Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-11-21

The French Government, justly alarmed at the failure of
The late harvest appears have lost in obvatng the
consequences More than hundred vessels laden with
grain were in the harbors of Naples Genoa and Leghorn
ready to sail for France
The Great Britain steamship still lies in Dundum Bay.
Since the departure Of the Britannia she has had 10 contend
with very rough weather and heavy seas which have forced
her some twenty yards further into Shore and lifted her stern
completely ledge of rocks, which she was lying
She still continues an object of great interest.
Terrible foundations have visited nearly every department
OF France destroying great number Of lives and immense
amount of property The Paris papers filled with details
OF this great catastrophe
The revolution in Portugal has been consummated The
London papers contain very full Details but find little
likely TO interest readers new Ministry has been in
stalled, and the election Of Deputies is put off sine die
The Frankfort Diet has voted recompense of 100 900
ho'ins to Dr. Schonben and Dr. Boetige the inventors Of
the coonpowder, provided the Federal Military Commits
soners and the authorities of Mayence, after seeing tried
should pronounce it TO be substitute for ordinary gunpowde
and to possess advantages that the latter had not.
Intelligence from Geneva to the 25th instant has brought
the result of the elections by which the Radical party have
6a against 81 The Council includes seventeen
Catholics.
Colonel Wyhle about 10 proceed TO Portugal for the pur
pose OF furnishing 10 the Government information upon the
ton will be made 10 the British feet in the Tagus.
Lord Russell has written letter the Duke of Lenstsr
on the state Of Ireland The Improvement Of her arcuk
ture, he thinks, the only which restore prospe
! ~ 10 iceland
letter from Berlin Of the l3h states that shares for the
new bank, which is to be established in lSi have been
scrbcd for the amount Of u 0OO 900 thaers OO0 900
more than required So much confidence is felt in the es
Enlistment that the shares much sought for premium
| Of 10 per cent
! FOOD RIOTS IN IRELAND.
Ireland sppcars TO be in jeplorable situation Coun-
ty Tpperdry almost in a Of insucction few days
since painful duty notice the murder of
named Gleeson III that county. Another man, named Viii
lans, has shared tie The town Of TempIemore
the of three food riots Monday by mob vary
ing IN numbers from five hundred men The worst
feature in this Transaction is that several OF the persons engag
ed in might have had employment, though vely limit
ed extent public works. but they prevented
ayailng themselves Of by intimidation The rage the
possession Of firearms is increasing daily An attack upon the
Very Rev. Dean Holiness fishing lodge Saturday last by
an armed gang, eighty in number was in
ccssul On the evening the house of farmer in the
Parish Ofrigass burgaousy entered By three ruans
armed with pistols, who carried off 80 IS. Nor have the
depredaors spared their clergy. The residence Of
the Rev. IT omas Meynn parish priest of Cas,ledown ARA
ate forced his keys from his pocket unlocked his DESK and
seized on Ell, with which they decamped.
In the Southern Division Lord Donoug agent was
robbed of G7o0 in the open day. the mail coach road and
within less than mile Of the populous Of Conmel
BY far the greatest portion of Munster presents this
ment the appearance of slumberng volcano.
| DIFFICULTIES OF THE BRITISH MINISTRY
Lord JoHS RUSSELL and Lord CorrESHAM at the Cabinet
Council at Windsor Wednesday, urged earnestly the
stntona necessity for early session of Parliament before
Christmas, not only to obtain of indemnity for Lord
Bessboroush, extension of the labor act but also
tain Parliamentary sanction for the reduction Of the four
slngs duty the import Of grain The Council broke up
without coming toany denve resolution At the meeting ofhe
Ministry Thursday the subject resumed, and on The
occasion the opponents Of early had the ad
vantage of Mr. BAScRoFrs arrival from the United States
with intelligence that the supply of grain collected in the
American ports for expectation ample render
extremely improbable thus removing principal motive an
early session. and relieving the Premier from the obligation to
take another step which he is said call the administration
Of despotsm The objections early session have been
raised and most anxous pressed by the Irish Secretary and
the other Minister connected with the Ireand
and with show of reason they &c that early
sion must embroi them with Mr.. O'Connel and his adhe-
rents thus depving the Cabinet of its principal support 1t
only the side Of Ireland however, that there such
difficulties threatening the Administration the assembling
Of Parliament whether early late. We have the testimony
Of the M-owner's Journal the fact that feeling Of the
necessity Of reducing the produce and wages between thirty
and forty per cno such must be the effect &c working but
four days instead Of Skis rapidly spreading and becoming
almost universal This serious reduction in the amount OF
contemPoaneous with steady advance the price Of
all the principal necessares Of life is calculated inuse
agreeable temper into the popular branch OF the Legsa-
ure. third objection early session msy from
Lord PALNEnsroy who be DESTROYS Of explaining the
process by which he has managed give the French Govern
ment and People triumph
FRANCE.
The ses in Paris in honor of the matrimonial conquest of
LOWS PHILIPPE and his have postponed for some
,ime in consequence is alleged OF the foundations in
certain part of France, caused by heavy rains and Oh
these foundations have disastrous and melancholy
accounts The Loire and its tributaries have been the prnc-
pal theatres Of this phenomenon and have produced foundations
exceeding any known the oldest citizens Of the departments
Of Aller, Leer, and Elchicre. In single night the
Of the Lore itself rose twenty French feet
ANOTHER RESURRECTION IN PORTUGAL.
The latest news from Portugal, received Madrid,
nounccs that revolutionary movement had broken out at
Oporo The report Of the arrest Of the Duke Of Tercea
was confirmed That statesman in prison at Oporo. The
Regency II said, proclaimed in the OF Brlbee
Ill II said Madrid that Costra Caba and Don Zaas
Bravo to have left, the 10Th instant for Lisbon Our
Lisbon letter of the 10Th instant states that all communication