The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-20
From the New York Courier and Enquirer, June 10
LATER FROM EUROPE.

From the New York Courier and Enquirer, June TO-
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The packet ship Prince Albert Capt. Sebor, ar
rived Yesterday afternoon from London which port
she left on the 2lst ut She thus brings intelligence
two days later than was before received. We find,
however, very little news of any interest; and, as
| the intelligence by the Boston steamer fortnight
later will doubtless reach us this morning, we shall
copy only the following paragraphs. The shipping
and commercial news will be found under their ap-
propriate heads.
IRIsH REPEAL-OREGoN meeting of the Irish
Repeal association was held at Cancellation Hall,
Dublin, on the 18th ult. In the of the pro-
'ceedings, Daniel 0'Connell said
I" He sa@a great dispute between England and
America, respecting the Oregon territory. That
dispute was anything but settled and it was mani
fest there must be abject submission the part
. of England or America, or desolating war. He
wanted England to be prepared for the worst--he
wanted England to enlist the Irish nation in her
cause, and then she might set America and all the
rest of the world at defiance. For the first time
since the union, they had a government that was
aware of the great advantages to the empire by con-
ciliating Ireland (hear, hear Sir Robert Peel was
making exertions to bring about some good meas
ures some certainly were not very happy, but still
he was entitled to credit for good Intentions They
would call upon him to extend corporate reform To
extend the elective franchises and, in short, 10 RENE
dy the palpabe grievances often stated in this
socaton but the real remedy for all the evils of Ire
land was to be found only in an Irish parliament
| Hear, hear.)
The East India Company, in reply to a resoluti0
of the House of Commons, have presented papers
relating the increase of import duties in the COM
panys territories The papers said to be very
imperfect, and i'll calculated to throw light on the
object of the inquiry Among the monopolies of
= the company is the article Of salt. The average
price of salt free on board at Liverpool for the last
txua has been 13s Sd n while the
company's wholesale price at Calcutta, for vastly
inferior article, is about 9l2 los ton. The cost
of manufacture to the Indian government is Cos. a
TOM whilst for 35s ton Liverpool salt could be i'm
ported, all expenses paid.
MONEY MAnKET-LoNpoS, May 20lh.--The
public securities have been steady through the day,
without any variation on the closing quotations of
Yesterday We have heard Of no operations Of
Especial Importance; but the government broker made
his investments in the reduced" and three'and-a-
quarter per cents. Consols are last quoted 99a to
! for money and account.
LONDON, May 2l.--The writers in the Paris pa
pers of Monday appear to be very much excited on
account of the political desertion of the famous Wis
count de Cormenin from the ranks of the republic
leans to those of the Ultramontane and antUniver-
isity party. 1t was M, de Cormenm who, under the
name of Tmon, reused the country against the pro-
jcct Of dotahon for the Due de Nemours; and now
behold him enlisted under the banners Of the
aChurch
The Constitutional mentions as report that tthe
government is preparing bill for presentation to
the Chambers at the opening of the next session. on
the subject of postal reform. uniform rate of
postage of25 centimes will be fixed for the whole king
= dom"
J. M. Arago gave to the academy an account of the
: last experiment made with the electrical telegraph
T. on the Paris and Rouen railroad. The description
H. Of this mode of communication given by M. Arago
is familiar to readers that it Is unnecessary to
repeat it. We will merely state that M. Arago esti-
mates the rapidity of transmission at the rate of
80 900 leagues per hour He states that the expert.
ment in question was thoroughly successful.
SPAIN.
MADRID, May l2.-The deputies voted all the re-
manning articles of the budget of ways and means at
to-day's sitting. They also the passed the bill au-
thorizng loan to the amount of 500 millions of
three per cent stock-he proceeds to be applied TO
making roads and canals.
4 The Hcraldo this evening announces at length the
arrival of dispatches from Rome.
SWITZERLAND.
The following is an extract of letter which we
have received from Switzerland:
"The Lucerne government has minated to the
Vorort that it is disposed to deal mercifully with the
prisoners condemned for their share in the late
events and especially spare the life of DIR. Steger
on condition that he shall be transported from Eu-
rope to America. The Vorort has addressed note
to the French government upon the subject, and has
proposed that it should undertake the office of con.
veyng the prisoners to the New World as the only
means by which the lives of the unhappy prisoners
can be saved The French cabinet has just sent an
Aanswer to this request 1t expresses its regret at
the disturbances which have recently taken place in
Switzerland, and strongly recommends that merci-
full course should be taken by the Lucernc govern
ment; but it declines constituting France the gems
dames of Switzerland, for the purpose of sending ts
Sconyicts into transportation Nevertheless, the
French government is willing, should DIR. Stcger
and the other convicts themselves request to be
transported to America, to allow them passage on
board French man-of-war, where they will be
treated not as prisoners, but as guests"
TURKEY.
Accounts from Constantinople of the Goth state
that the Greek patriarch in that city has resigned,
to avoid threatened dismissal. lie was accused
~ by some of his countrymen of being partisan
and under the influence Of Russian accusation
which is contradicted by his friends
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