The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-06


Adj in ls45 at SID; and now this year they are as
high as ID to SD by RETAIL and il is by retail that
the poor buy them. As there is ne employment,
and prices are so very high, there must be extreme
destituion." Committees have been formed at Bal
lyduf, kllenkere, and Balleboroagh, county Ca
van. Accounts pour in upon us daily of the in
creasng distress,
In many places there are no potatoes lefl-in none
will the fast perishing root be found after May.
Castelar, paper has the following, headed Famine
in Mayor This gaunt and long dreaded scourge
has at last broken forth. We have been written to
from several parts Of this extensive country, by
gentlemen upon whose veracity we place the most
implicit reliance, giving the most awful accounts of
the sutierings Of the people at this early period OF
the year Even al Turough, in the immediate
neghborhood Of this town, many families are at this
moment, we learn, without food; and the wretched
sufferers in vain endeavorng to get provisions in
time, that their children may not die At the mar
ket of Castelar, on Saturday last provisions which
were hitherto considered reasonable, rose TO an
alarming height-potatoes from "a 10 Sd per stone,
and oatmeal from lbs. to los. per cwt.
A great riot has taken place at Clonmel, in whlc h
an attack was made on some mills aud shops in that
town and neighborhood, and several Of them plum
dered by the mob. meeting was held in the
courthouse a; Clonmel--Captain Osborne, J. p, in
the chair. A subscription list was entered into and
over 500 subscribed, for the purpose Of giving en-
ployment to the inhabitants in its vicinity alone.
The Repeal Association had its usual weekly
meeting on Monday, April 10. MIR. o'Connell was
ercion bill. The rent was upwards OF 200
pounds.
LIVERPOOL CoKS MARKET, Arm lS.-A better
feeling in our corn market, and prices rather ad-
vaneod Indian to-day is 10. TO "a per $50 lbs.
dearer than on this day se'nnisht. On the 17th,
English wheat %. per 10 lbs. dearer. Canadian
-four in good demand at an Improvement Of Cd. per
bbl. Indian corn still moving of freely into hands
Of English and Irish buyers, fully supported previ-
Gus quotations. A cargo Of American wheat sold
at rs. per TO lbs, and few hundred bbls. United
States -four brought Dos per bbl, only sales to-day
in bond. We quote United States flour, sweet, in
bond, 32s. a 32s. 3D.; Indian corn S6s Ais. per
$50 lbs.
LIyERPooL CoTroS MARKET, April l7.-The
decreasing receipts Of cotton in America is producing
some effect on our market. In addition TO this the
reports Of the Manchester markets are becoming
more favorable.-We have consequently to notice
to advance Of TO 3D. on nearly all kinds Of Amer
lean, and indeed upon the market generally. Our
stock al this place. which is the lowest market IN
Europe, and perhaps in America, is already reduced
below that Of last year, and the supply likely TO be
abridged below general expectation, and Il Is in nc
wise surprising that an Upward tendency should
show itself in prices. The sales OF the week are
So, $50 bales. April 10, sales to-day 5000 bales
/, 500 on speculation. The market steady. Prices
are we'll supported but not higher Quotations Of
fair to good fair New Orleans 5 a 81, Mobile 4. q
S. Alabama and Tennessee a, Georgia AZ a.
Sea Island 49, l4id.
| LIVERPOOL AMERICAN PRoyIsIos MARKET, Apr
| ls-For beef there is good inquiry, and the mar
ket quite bare Of stock. None of the large ship
ments from New Orleans have yet arrived, anC
dealers buy cautiously. In pork but little doing
Lard dull, with large arrivals and larger shipments
on the way-tendency of the market downwards
and 3es the highest price obtana6le, except fo
extra qualities in kegs, for which 3Ss. can be had
Tallow has a ready sale, with ligh, stocks, and
fair consumption market likely to be well sus
| tanned.