The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-06
FOREIGN NE W s.
FURTHER NEWS BY THE CALEDONIA.

OciuS ABOUT y fLilicS.
Mr.. Macready had very brilliant reception at
the Princesss theatre in Oxford street. on the 18th
ult, upon his return to the English stage. He per-
formed Hamlet that evening, and Lear the next.
The commissioners on the fine arts have made
their fourth report upon the subject of the decora-
tons Of the new houses Of Parliament. In the 'st
of distinguished persons TO whose memory statues
might be erected, Crom,osis name is inserted among
the generals; the commissioners thus silently pass
ing over his right TO be placed among the sovercgns
IL is recommended that three Of the statues, those
OF Hampden, Lord Falkland, and Lord Clarendon,
be commenced Immediately, and models Of them
were ordered from VIM. Calder Marshall, John
Bell, and John Henry Foley.
On the 10Th ult. the Bank Of England issued a
notice fixing the minimum rate OF interest in London
for bills and notes discounted at the bank per
cent.--such bills and notes not having more than
95 days to run. Il was supposed by many that
the rise in the interest of money would not stop al
this point.
AbdeLK ader had surprised another detachment
Of the French troops in Algeria consisting of abou,
200 inyalids, and captured them all. We arc glad
that this occasion, he satisfied with caplur-
ing, instead of butchering.
We lind very strange piece Of intelligence pub
lished in the Emancipation, a Toulouse print II
states that the young Queen of Spain is already
married TO the son of Don Carlos; that the marriage
has secretly taken place by proxy. The Enamel
patton says that il has derived its information from
u quarter tiht uua seldom uecelveu.
The Londoa Gazette OF the 10Th inst. announces
the appointment Of ]. A. Taschereau, esq, so
icitor general for Lower Canada
The Hamburger Gazette states, from Riga, that
the cholera has appeared in Livonia, and caused
many deaths.
Prime American beef is selling in the Isle of Man
mt Dad. per Id.
Accounts from Berlin state that treaty OF COM
merce is on the eve Of being concluded betwcei,
Austria and the Zol-verein.
vessel, called the George Palmer, arrived at Liv
erPoo in the early part Of the present week, with a
cargo of 200 tons of guano, and 100 tons of sub
stance which, it is believed, is chrystalized am
mona.
Mrs. Fry-who, for SO many years, devoted her
time and her purse to ameorate the miseries of the
inmates of our various prisons--died ON Tuesday,
Oct. IA, after protracted illness.
letter from Barcelona states that a rich mcr-
chant, named Fontalleras, whose son had been car.
ried off by brigands, had received letter stating
that, il the sum of 100000 piastres (about ga 00O
sterling) were not deposited in certain place. on
certain day, the young man would be put to death.
part Of Drury-lane theatre took fire, during the
performance on Tuesday night, the It'll Oct. II
caused great alarm to the females present; and, in
the hurry escape, one Of them had her ankle dis
located. The fire was easily extinguishcd, and the
performance proceeded.
The Basic Gazette publishes intelligence of the
slipping of mountain in the Grisons on the 7th
an entire forest of young trees. On the 18th, an
other catastrophe of the nature occurrod inn
mense masses Of rock rolled into the valley,
the inhabitants Of which fed in the greatest con-
sernation. The damage done is estimated al
400, 000f
The town council of Client has voted 100000
for preventing extraordinary rise in the price of
provisions during The approaching winter This
will be ntrusted to the burgomas,ers and sher-
ifs, to be employed IN the way most conformable to
the above object. The price Of potatoes in the
market on the Sd Oct was from is to l6f. per sack
About 2O0 sacks Of white potatoes, from England,
were sold at l5c per sack of something moro than
200 lbs.
The VINTAGE IN PoRruGAL.--Thc Douro vintage
is reported 10 be complete failure this year; the
grapes are rotten in parts, and quite green in
Others owing to the variable weather during the
summer and the late heavy rains.
BANK OF ENGLKND.--Thc usual return of the Bank
Of England, for the week ending the 18th ultimo,
shows, comparison of its items with those Of its
predecessor, the following result:
In the notes issued, there is decrease Of f2S6,-
$50, or to c2S,066,S20. The banking department
has of this f7,037,6 800
The rest is now given at G3,14O,OO6-a decrease
of 9469,972.
/. The public depositcs are higher by S7947S, or at
&c, 782,975. They will be much less in the next
turn.
In the other deposites there is an increase to g.
474,656.
The seven-tay bills have been diminished from
9l ,08l ,206 to FL ,G6S, l60.
Other securities stood last time at els, lSS,964 |;
now, at els, 1884, 65.
The stock of bullion is given now at GA, $50, 654
Ia decrease in the week Of 124S, $3.50.
The IRISH POTATO cRoP--The accounts Of the
potato crop in Ireland are of nature to excite the
most serious apprchensons for the ensuing year
The Mark Lane Express says that correspondent
10 the county of Kildare writes:
There is no doubt of the failure of the crop, and
there is every reason 10 apprehcnd famine in con-
sequence. The attention Of most persons appears
to be entirely directed to one point-that Of ascer
tanning how far any portion of the crop be saved
Suppose the untanted portion secured from the
destruction which threatens it, would the populs
ton of the country be secured from want approach
ing to famine' Think not.'
The Cork Reporter Of the 18th says
'Accounts continue 10 reach us OF the deplorable
state of the potato crop. The maady is increasing,
and the district which was free yesterday is to-day
visited with the pestilcnce. Kerry, which was hh-
erto safe, is beginning to complain; and our Crook
haven correspondent, who last week informed US
that all was right in that district now assures US
that since he last wrote, the potato murran has
made its appearance. The accounts from Meath,
from the neighborhood Of Dublin from Tyrone,
Roscommon, Waterford, Kilkenny, and Carlow,
Down, and Armagh, are all to the same effect.
Things begin TO wear an alarming aspect. The
vegetable pestlence, nOugn not universal, ana In
some instances happily asccrtained to have been ex-
aggerated, is yet known to be spreading and to be
most destructive"
Yesterday week (Oct. 81 was Louis Philippe's
I'D birthday, and he never in better health.
On Wednesday he passed in review all the regi-
ments which, having completed years service, are
about to quit the capitals and, although he was on
horseback for several hours, he felt no fatigue-a
circumstance remarkable for so old man. At the
review he was surrounded with all his family, and
was like venerable patriarch; for besides his wife
and his sister, there were four sons and two daugh-
ters, four daughers-in-law, three sons-n-law, and
nine grandchildren.
France has only about 20, 900 persons possessing
the elective franchise; yet, exclusive of the army and
navy,.s has 36,648 employees paid for the budget
No country in the world, with the exception per-
haps of Spain, has so many persons employed in
the different departments Of the government; but
they are for the most part wretchedly paid.
Two curious documents have just been published.
They are letters Of the celebrated Taleyrand to the
Pope and Archbishop of Paris written shortly be-