Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-10-10
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

The London Mark Lane Express says that Eng
land will require assistance in breadstutfs TO an ex
tent which must raise the value OF agricultural pro
duce all over the world. The weather in England
continued fine and the harvesting was finished.
The London Globe, of the 18th, gives the follow
ing information in its money article of that date
The accounts from the Continent become daily of
interest respect the OF the grain markets. and the
probable supply of food. Il appears that at Frankfort the
free Importation of wheat is TO be permitted and the treasury
of that State will pay to the ZoVeein, according to the
of the Unoh the amount Of the duty This OF course
will be relieving the people, though the State cannot get rid
of the mpost In Hesse the Government and many OF the
leading nobes going to make extensive purchases OF
corn to be stored up for period OF greater scarcy and Ho
land expected TO be the place where the largest quantity
will be obtained especially of American Many OF the other
States of Germany also making timely preparations and
il is likely that the supplies from the United States and Cana
da will find very ready markets "
We abridge the following remarks from long
and able article in the Manchester Guardian, on the
scarcity of food in Europe and the commercial pros
poets of the next year:
st is impossible 10 take this view of the special
this and neghbohood without feeling that present
prospects by satisfactory That there present,
scarcity in almost every district Of Europe, with threatened
famine in many, is longer question Of doubt In France
the wheat crop every where defective. In the countries
bordering the Mediterranean old stocks much exhaust
ed and the present years crops very much below
which, the best is not equal to the annual consump
ton Throughout Belgium, Holland, Germany, Russia and
the whole of the north of Europe the rye crop has failed
The potato has also failed less more in every country
where il is cultivated for general use France is importing
wheat from the Baltic and from this country to her northern
and ports and from the Black Sea her Meditera-
potts and the other Mediterranean countries look to
the of supply Germany has to every
Market including this country, for inferior and owprced
wheat supply the place Of rye. he Dutch markets for
grain says letter from Amsterdam by the last mall are
brisk, mostly for expectation the Rhine, which 1900
lasts have gone forward last week, at improved prices
Then, if turn from prospects abroad to those at
home, do not find matters very much improved The
wheat crop, though abundant expected is
doubt the best in Europe but it the only crop which, TAX
ing all parts Of the United kngdom must not be pronounced
failure The spring crops OF granoats barley beans, and
peas-as whole deficient to considerable extent the
potato may be called total failure and especially in Ireland
and Scotland 1t impossible, them regards large por-
lion of the population, but that great suffering must be
renced and much difficulty obtaining the bare necessaes
of life which must matter of course, materially limit the
demand for other articles of less urgent necessity With these
facts before it would not be wise TO overlook tho necessary
influence which they exercise trade for the next
year and regards the staple trade Of the neghborhood
il matter also greatly to be regretted that there some
wclgrounded appehensons of higher price of the
eria which will seriously aggrapae difficulty which may
arise from the have enumerated We not alarm
sts but al such moment, with many indications OF dan
ger ahead should neglect grave duty if did not place
them before readers the light in which they present
themselves u.s. the hope that timely precauon may mill
gate the evil
The urnp and potato crops in the north of Scotland have
failed 1t is said that the consequence TO the cattle will be
very injurious.
The Irish journals are filled with the most gloomy
of the condition of the people Of Ireland owing to the failure
the potato crop The Glare Journal gives gloomy picture
of the state Of distress in that district, thus:
We feel absolutely necessary from the present state of
the country, call upon the Government take immediate
and decisive steps satisfy the camors Of starving people
Provisions rising price every day As for potatoes there
little indeed in market, and it almost dangerous to
make OF those offered for sale Not stone Of potatoes
be obtained without OF them being found tainted
and those bring 71d Indeed, strongly inclined
believe that for the sake of their health the people should
not be any longer allowed to this diseased food"
The state of Femanagh-the county Of all others in Ireland
where there to be said in favor of the andodsseems
TO be unsatisfactory any Of the southern western dis
trcts. The following is from the Erne Packet:
'.On Wednesday, the 9th instant about Thousand Of
the aborng peasanty entered the village Of Newtownbutle
and having proceeded TO the police bauack called for the
stable charge of that station whom they stated that they
and their families pershng for lack of food that they
had hitherto waited patiently hopes something would be
done for their relief by the neghborng gentry but
having been adopted them employment, and
thereby them from starvation, their only alternative
to take by force what they could otherwise obtain The
constable demonstrated with them the evil consequences
that would attend violation OF the law and told them that
Lord Erne on that day gone TO Enniskilen TO hold
meeting for the purpose of adopting immediate for
their relief upon which they all returned peaceaby to their
respective places of abode.
The following proceedings copied from the Cork Re
porter:
About O'Clock yesterday number Of aboring men,
from distance of twenty miles from Cork the neghbor
hood Of Bayeared, into the office OF this paper and
presented document written evidently by of their
body, and containing painful narrative OF the suferngs
which the labong population in the barony Of Kinnalea
which they stated themselves to represent dcpuaon
enduring They ntimaed desire that should be ad
versed public notice, and desired know the Of
publishing in that FORM On reading the document
found il TO EXPRESS besides relations of misery and dire
want declarations that they would not be quietly borne any
longer in word il formal notice that if certain
dons not complied WITH such would procure food
for the furnishing aboers their wives and Children within
certain specified time and for which they willing give
their labor, focble would he had
to procure it. Such is the most mitgacd form in which
can at present express the substance of the notice"
second edition of the Cork Reporter contains voum-
account OF meeting held the 18th, which describ
ed the largest the influential and by far the
important meeting held in Cork within the memory Of the
present generation. The object for which this meeting
convened consider the present condition Of the abong
and farming classes consequent the failure of the potato
crop, and point such of relief might be
considered advisable the pressing exgency of the
occasion.
Pursuant TO notices posted all the chapels in the barony
Of kenny, county Of Limerick meeting was held the 18th
ulmo at Courh for the purpose of calling the land
lords to assemble and try by every in their power to
avert impending famine On arriving at Court-hii and
Courrbdge according to the Limerick Chronicle, there
assembled multitude Of four thousand persons, including
women and children
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