The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-02
FOREIGN NEWS.

! Ola ia - IAIEh rpOh LCieOt -
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMER GREAT WESTERN.
UNIVERSAL FAILURE OF THE Po-
TATO CROP-FAHURE OF THE WHEAT
CROP in FRANCE-ADvANCE IN THE
| GRAIN MARKETS-THE COTTON MAR
| KET LOOKING UP-THREATENED WAR
| n in INDIA, Sc. d bl ftEg fs
Weclip the following items from our ex-
changes
The steamship Great Western. Capt. Hos
kins. which sailed frop Liverpool on the 10th
ult-, reached N. York yesterday. after stormy
passage. p s 4g
On the 20th and 25th she encountered tre-
mendous gales, but a. them out triumphant
ly not. however. ithout the loss Of her
wheel house and qutSter boal1s and suffering
much other damage adk
The political intelligence by Sarrval is Of
very little interest, butshe com1Ikrcia news is
of the the highest importance.
The markets for all descriptions Of American
produce were advancing. -
The ravages Of the Cholera have diminished
in Sckinde, and it appears they have been ex
aggerated, ,s a,,s., n. 4. ~
The failure Of the poatoe crop is uniyerl
sal. tFSi
The reports from every part Of the United
Kingdom are appalling, whilstletter after letter
from the continent Of Europe. details the raw
ages which this strange ard unaccountable dis
ease has made in France, Belgium, Holland,
and Prussia. 1tat
The crops in the United Kingdom are not
more than an average, either in quantity or
quality. We must. therefore, look to other
countries for supply sufficient for the large and
increasing consumption that is now going for
ward. - sas al Hagt
Again the accounts from France as to the
harvest in that country are most distressing.
The improvement in business which we no
tced at the sailing Of the last steamer contin-
ues, and matters are nearly in the same rela-
tive position as when we last addressed our
readers.
Indian cornis also increasing in value, as in
tact is almost every kind Of grain. e9sa
the liberal way in which the government is
acting in Ireland disavows all fear Of national
starvation. The first duty or a government is
| to feed the people, and what is now regarded
as calamity may prove. in the end. a substan-
tial benefit, by the Introduction Of improve
ments which would not otherwise have been
made. s 4s t4s. tr
| The employment of the people on public
works in Irelandd. will, il is clear, be carried
out on a large scale. The present popular Lord
Lieutenant has already issued nearly fifty COM
missions for the holding Of Colonial sessions
in different parts of Ireland, and upon the in
vestigation and decision Of the majorities in
session as 10 their respective districts. s4
In the grain market encouraging prospects
are before us. l5sas
There is every reason to believe that the pre-
sent prices may be maintained ii indeed they
do not advance ais an article Of human food.
The use Of potatoes seems likely to become
extinct. a Ha11tA q ial sl#ass
The Cottos market has been steady, and al
although we cannot fix higher quotation, ye'
in some descriptions there has been an upward
inclination. Considerable anxiety prevails res
pecting the new crop.
The news from India is calculated to produce
feeling Of uneasness, in political as well as
in commercial sense. a@
Sir Henry Harding, il :,eems now to be uni
versay admitted, notwilh standing his skill and
bravery, evnced in the ar, with the Sikhs
has made bungling BUSINESS OF it, and in all
probability, the work will have TO be done over
again. f.A He i@H
For the staple article Of consumption has
yielded unusually short.
LoFDos. There is very little Indian corn in
the London trade. The immense extent of the
orders tor Ireland renders improbable any i'm
portatons tc' England sufficient TO effect the
market ior oats for the present year.
On the 10th, foreign wheat was held about