Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-08
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL Ahsss OF THE
STEAMSHIP . ~s5r.ssAA$Sss -. CAN BRlA

/ Crpool, l9th ut. arrived at Boston about >
o'clock. Thursday evening, having made the
/ passage IN - DAYS and hours.
! The intelligence by this arrival is not of
great interest. aside from the more favorable
accounts of the English crops which it in
cludCs. The weather had for the most Part
been highly propitious to the harvesting which
/ the farmers had taken advantage of. But the
long continued wet aud the absence OF warmth
have operated iniuriously upon the quality as
well as the quantity of the new crops. The
| yield oi the grain which has been thrashed out,
IL light and oi inferior quality, and the ac-
counts from all parts of the country on this
head are nearly uniform.
The probability is, that good. If not high,
! prices, will bc obtained. during the ensuing
wintcr Tor most descriptions of food and al
though matters would have been much worse
II the home harvest had been less productive.
"A number oi other circumst anCcs--amungst
them. the floods which have DESTROYED the
wheat III the great com-helds ot Northern
Europe, the valleys sf the Vistua and the Elbe
will operate to prevent cheap food during
the next twelve months.
The American Provision market had been
dull OF late. At the sailing of the Britannia
trade was inactive, and The same state of things
continued. Anxiety u know the terms of the
Government contract on the 26th had suspen-
dcd business i'm Beef and Pork. There had
been sale of 1000 kegs of damaged Lard at
lbs I'd to los per cwt. but on prime parcels the
market was bare. The market wac without
Tallow, and the same may be said of Cheese.
I'm Ashes there had been good amount of bis
mess doing and some speculation. The best
parcels of American Hemp realize upwards of
t2O per ton. and for Lead Ell los is obtained.
The Cotton market was healthy aud vigor-
Gus. The sales of the last week present am av-
crage OF 1000 'aily, of which more than 1900
daily had been on speculation
The accounts from Germany state that the
Hop crops in that country this year have been
very Indifferent. Referring to their driicicn
cy. (says Wilmer and Smith, } a correspondent
IN that country with whom we are acquainted
and on whose judgment we have every reli-
ance. quantity SAYS, ''tell the Americans Ia
ship largely of this article tn the continent. .
The Iron trade is again in a healthy state,
and prices are advancing. Rails, in the pres
cnt condition oi the public mind, are in great
demand, and the price i'll Liverpool ell per
ton.
The Queen has returned from her German
tour. She called, on her way home at the
Chateau d Eu, and passed night or two under
the hospitable roof of the Citizen King. The
! meeting OF the two monarchs on the shore at
, Irepor; Is set forth with all the worly min
utcnese of London letter-writers. bathing
machine was the only available conveyance Mt
hand for landing Queen Victoria ON the do
minious of her powerful neghbor and in this
, Trail thing oi planks the ''anointed" monarchs
embraced. with becoming sense of the ludic-
! rous. At the shilling OF the Cambria the Roy
al family were snugly domiciled at Osborne
House. in the Isle nj Wight, but were in a
few days TO return to their permanent quarters
at Windsor.
Railway speculation continues. nav, increa-
:. SIS daily. Every t%cnty-lour hours give birth
To some new montrosity, and every scheme
however absurd, finds patrons.
4 Mr.. OConnell was still rustiCating at Oar
rynanc, from whence he issues his weekly
missives TO the Repcalers decentralization Hall
[ lie sabout emerging from his mountain home
To attend ''Inonster" demonstrations in Kerry,
Mayo, aud Hpperary. In the meantime. he
is cXeriing his powerful inlunce--a God-like
work-in celebrating the wretched distinc-
lions of cast and creed, by which his country
is torn he wishes the Repealcrs to become e.
namored of the "Boyne Water and the other
party tunes. which, from time immemorial
have marked the triumph of the dominant par
~. But his advances towards good fellow
ship are lar from being received in a cores
ponding spirit. The Orange party will not
listen 10 the voice of the charmer charm he
ever so sweetly." At Killeshanda, in the
county Cayan, the other day, a collision be-
the presence of a powerful military force At
the very moment that the leader of the Irish
people is putting forth his power to heal old
sores, the Orange leaders are doing theirutmOst
To make them bleed afrcSh
SwTTZERLAND.--The letters from this coun-
try dwell much upon the agitatcd state of the
country, but give no details worth repeating.
The people OF Berne are much excited and
il is believed that when the harvest shall have
been got in, all Switzerland will be again in
a state OF CONFUSION. At present the people
are too much occupied to make war upon
each other, but the disposition is not want
ing.
CIRcAssIA.-Thc brave Circassiaus have
. again been measuring lanCcs with their old
enemies, the Russians A battle in their
mountain businesses has taken place, where
both sides fought with indomituble COURAGE.
The slaughter was terrific, and terminated
without much advantage on either side for
the hardy mouutainccrs fought until their
ammunition was exhausted, and the Russians
were afraid ol following up the pursuit.
MiscsLfANE6us.- Tie potato cron Of Uo-
land has been so much affected by disease As
To- attract tie attention Of the Government
and the ISSUING OF royal ordinance to nor
init the importation OF certain articles ol
food as follows: From the 18th of S,nte,,-
Der the import duties on the following arii.
Cues are Potatoes, cents per 10 mudd: Bar.
ley, ] cent per 100 lbs Rice. cent prr ion
lbs; Beans, Peas. and Lcntils. 10 cent, nae,
last Groats and Pearl Barley. 9 norins nc,
= 100 lbs: Flour. forms per 100 lbs. mi,
scale Is fixed on all parcels Of these articles
winch shall " declared on importation on
AMI alter the 10Th Of September A nudd i
about four English bushels This reduction
~ the duiics Is very considerable, By fine
iarili now suspended they Gre ON poipfocs .
cents per Inudd on barley and rice. I'd cent,
per 90 lbs on b.ans 75 forms per last on
greats. &c 10 ilorins per 100 lbs f.; and on
potato -four. 10 loius per 100 lbs
Forest. thp American trapcdiap is1T;t.
, c,poul
4 The ron shipbuidrrs. Mrssrs. llog,on &
/ CO. OF hvcfPhpI, are building an iron Shin