The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-23
From the New York Herald
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.

From The New York Herald.
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL or TuE str ,NtsHIP BRITANNIA AT
BOSTON.
Terrible rail,cay repulsion in England and
France.-Erpected famine in England
Proposed opening Of the ports.-.Meetisgs
Of the English ca6inet.-W arlike prepa,-
ations an Great B,itain.-Depression in
the cotton-mmket, SC. 8-c.-Imporfant
ministerial changes. Resignation of MIR
sinh SouH--Prostrafio of trade IN The
manufacturing dist icts, &c. S'c.-Jhar-
hefS, &c. SC
We lay before our readers, in an extra form, very
copious extracts, containing the foreign news of
importance. We are indebted to the "New York
Herald" for these items of general intelligence on
this head.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon our special
and exclusive express from Boston reached this of
flee, with the dispatches which arrived that city
in the stt amshp Britannia at o'clock on Thursday
evening.
Our messenger came by horses part of the way,
and then by the famous steamer Neptune, of the
Independent Line, to this city. We particu-
larly indebted to Mr.. Geo. Williams, the gentle
nj ally agent of that line and to Capt Rollins the
N,p une, for their energy and exertion in aiding us
10 carry out this piece OF enterprise.
The Britannia sailed from Liverpool on the 4th
jrs and we have papers from that city to that date,
from London 10 the 3D., and from Paris to the LIST,
III lusve.
Our accounts in commercial and financial point
ofview are more important than they have been for
the last twenty years A terrible revu'sion has
commenced in England, greater than that of 1925,
lais. "a, ~ ~ h. TI,.ka1 Stuta.
This Revision has been produced by the combined
influence o. bad harvest all over England and Eu-
rore A bad monetary system, and the unthinking
imitation in railway specuations All stocks and
every staple are going down-except the price Of
breadstuis, which the impending famine enhances
and improves. This terrible movement is just in
its commencement. The first blow has been struck;
uni in ireland, the agtator O'Connell is already
rs ny i for the purpose OF opposition to theiunIon
He English government SEEMS 10 be III a state oil
alarm and Sir Robert Peel is calling cabinet after
cabinet TO deliberate OH the opening of the ports,
and the best means to meet impending famine Cot.
ton is down--corn is up--and the excitement caus-
ed by the revulsion is increasing every day. What
the result may be- no one can tel--perhaps il is the
"beginning Of the end" Of the financial and political
superstructure of England ind France.
The steamship Marmora from New York and
Liverpool for Constantnople, put into Cove I'd No
vember, with Goals on fire, and would discharge
them.
The warlike preparations in Great Britain contin-
ued.
The frequent cabinet councils, following each
other so quickly, had created good deal of anxiety
throughout the kingdom, and il thought that
they would result in the opening Of the ports for
grain.
The London Standard of the evening of the Sd
instant, officially makes the annexed important an.
HJuncements:
"A cabinet council was held Saturday afternoon
at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall
Gardens The ministers present were Sir Robert
Peel the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor,
Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl Of Aberdeen, Lord
Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer the Earl Of Haddington, the Earl Of
Lincoln and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The
council sat four hours and half. After attending
the council, tie Earl of Lincoln left town for Wind
sor Castle on visit to the Queen.
"Anothcr cabinet council viii be held at the resi-
dence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall Gardens,
this afternoon"
All this trouble and distress in England is produc-
ing an extraordinary revolution in parties there.
is already stated excellent authority, that Lord
John Russell, the late leader of the whlgs will JOIN
the administration of Sir Robert Peel and that he
will succeed Lord Stanley colonial secretary. To
this important change in the ministry may be attrb-
uted in great degree the confident hope that the
ports will be thrown open.
American news to the 18th was republished in
London papers Of the 18th, together with specula-
co Texas, and the La Plata. The London Times,
in an article on American politics. remarks that the
commencement of the session will, in the course of
a month, call from Mr.. Polk full and authentic
statement Of the policy of the government, and adds
thus: sfThe message of the President of the United
States has seldom had more momentous topics to
deal with, more important doubts to remove, more
hidden things to reveal"
Mr. O'Connel attended a great gathering Of the
repealers at Mayo, Sunday, Oct. 18th. 1t is
stated lhp 80 900 persons were present, in spite OF
q great deluge OF rain.
The Paris share-market is IN still worse state
than that of London or Liverpool.
Reserved carriages for ladies' are becoming gen.
eral upon all the principal railways in England
II is rumored that the banks of England and
France are about to make arrangements for the re-
ciprocal remittance of railway deposits, so as TO OBJ
viaie the arrangements in the currency.
Accounts from Lepsic and Frankfort state that
the commercial interests in both those cities were IN
II very embarrassed state, and financial crisis was
iieytLls.
leayen Of their bankers in Vienna; the consequence
is fall in shares and curtsilment of credit.
Another advance of halfpenny on the a h. loaf
took place on the 2Sth ut, in different parts OF
London; the "tP price, therefore Of cheap" bread
is now SD, and of the best wheaton 9sd., and IN
some places l0I. the Id. loaf.
Since the introduction of railways, 4l2 acts have
passed the British Parliament, empowering the con-
tr on Of 278 lines (some of the acts were for ex-
tensio IS, duratons &c.,) and the total amount OF
canita to be raised on them was Elsa 7l6,937.
There is report that the Prince de Joinville is to
rroceed TO the coast Of Morocco, with squadron
of ships OF war, protect the subjects OF France
and to overawe the government OF Morocco
The average number Of British shpwrecks in q
war Co., the value of property destroyed e. 500,
Zoo sterling, and the number of lives lost $50.
A Paris ministerial paper has the following ru-
NOR of a settlement of the Oregon questions Our
private correspondence from London announces
that the cabinets of London and Washington have
come 10 an agreement on the question of the Oregon
territory. Oregon territory has been rejected by