Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-05
LATEST NEWS.
VEN DAYS LArEa rson EUROPE.

Arrival Of me Steamer Hibernia!
France aud srain ntn War OF words'-Csuon
mp n f-arthinE-Corn Ads lats Crep
nearly n total fsiiurct
Correspondence Of the New yort Erpr,-.
Bosros. Der. ,. osr O'crecx. ?. NJ.
By the mail steamer Hibernia. Capt. Ryrie. which arrived
here ,hi. forenoon from Liverpool. making the passage In
thirteen days and eighteen hours. we have sdsiees from
Liverpool to tho 18Th September. London 18Th. PAR. 10th.
Dublin l7tb, and HsvIe i7th. n condensed summary Of
which We hereby transmit TO you.
Well founded spprehensons OF n failure In the American
Cotton crop have caused an increased demand for the sta
pie in Liverpool. and prices have accordingly advanced .
farthine per pound.
Her Bttsnc Msiestys government and tho people Of
Spain have manifested 30 much hostility to the marriage
Of the Queen Of SPANS sister. to Louis Phillippe's young.
est son, thst the celebration Of the nupuals has been post
poned for the present. II not forever.
The immediate consequence IL a tremendous war Of
words between England, France and Spain. The remote
consequence will probably DO tho destruction Of the en-
fsnfe oordiai.. which has 50 long existed between the
courts Of St. James and ST. Cloud. IL IL hoped that the
sudden extngutshment OF the fires on the affairs Of two
young hearts. will not provo the means Of exciting n gen
eral conasgration among the crowned heads and kingdoms
Of Europe.
The total failure Of the potato crop appears TO be a sad
reality. Every whore in Ireland, and in the greater part Of
the British Island, the potato fields are shrouded with the
dark nantes OF the plague. The vegetable has tarnod
into puirid matter. which even tho hogs will not deyour.-
From tho continent Of Europe, including Rassip. we have
dismal accounts OF the progress Of the blight. The future
> OF " Pothto, u - an atuclc VI ioou, " . limos taOdn-
doned.
Al the latest date. 18th September. American -four was
selling ut twenty-nine shillinRs to thirty shilings per bar
rel. duty paid, at Liverpol. Tho price in bond, was TWEEN
y-seven shilings and sixpence.
Indian Corn was quoted three shinings the quarter high.
or; aud closed at forty shilhngs for yellow and forty seven
shiiings for white.
The Gazette de Cologne says it has been announced for
some time that a measure will shortly appear prohibiting
the expectation Of corn from the territory OF France.
Accounts from Paris dated l7th September. announce
that a dispatch had been received conveying the intelligence
that Don Carlos. the Spanish pretender. had made his es-
cape, and will probably proceed To Spain.
Foreign Stock, particularly Mexican, Spanish and Por.
tuguose, owing to the unsettled state Of those countries, has
receded.
Ireland.
The rupture amongst the Repsalers is daily mamfesting
its consequences in Belfast.
A day ar two back a meeting was called of ro-physical
and moral force men when the former achieved a decided
triumph and left the adherenIs OF Mr.. OConnell in a minor
iy.
France.
PARIS, Sept 1.-THE news OF the closing proceedings
in Congress, with Mr.. Folks proposition of peace to Next
CO, gave rise to considerable comment in the Partisan jour
mails.
The Journal Des Debats, the Government organ content.
ed itself with remarking that, without doubt, the new as
pee, given to the policy OF the United States towards Mex
leo mus, be ascrbed to offers Of mediation made by Eng
land.
Commercial.
The Liverpool Cotton Market, from day to day, since tho
18th, has continued active and spirited, and sales OF the six
days may be stated about $4,000 bales, advance Of lad per
ID. Prices Of American descriptions being fully maintain
ed, the market for other descriptions has experienced a
rise.
Holders have been enabled to obtsin former rates, bat
lower descriptions which arc plentiful have reeedod in
value.
The sales OF Cotton in Liverpool on the l4th September
were enormous, amounting TO no less than 10000 bales, of
which Spectators took 10. 900 American. For all deserp.
tons OF American below sd per h., an advance Of one far
thing per ID. was readily paid. Other descriptions were l
higher.
At Liverpool, foreign and colonial produce sells better
by private treaty. A good deal Of business has been done.
and a. holders refrain from pressing the market prices, If
not absolutely higher, may be said to be hrmer. The heal
thy state Of trade, and full employment Of the working
Glasses, are amongst the causes which have led to this re-
suit.