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

We extract below from the New York papers
some details OF the European intelligence brough
by the two last Liverpool steamers
The Cabinet has decided that Parliament is not TO meet
I'll January 18th, and that The ports not to be opened
tae free admission OF grain In ustng the Ministry agains
the popular complaints which will probably be made the
Times says that the summonng of Parliament before its regu
lar time Of meeting would withdraw the Irish magistrates from
their proper sphere Of duty and greatly embaass
the operations of the Government and with regard /, the
opening OF the ports in view of unprecedented scarcity
food, the same article says
" We are not unaware that apprehension has prevailed
Tor some weeks past OF coming deah We ourselves shar-
ed the alarm. But the danger is no longer imminent
Not only private advce the which had become gen
orally known within the last few days. but the public
recently received from America, such very
much OF the uneasness that has been felt the
i've supply OF wheat and flour. In the granaes of New
York stored abundance of grain awaiting only the inn
pulse OF speculation TO be discharged upon Such
an impulse will be given by the noorety of duties having
reached their lowest point That any delay in transmitting
the hoardcd treasures hher will be caused by hope that
present duty will be ubrogated shown be highly mpo5a-
BILE by the decenson which abundant supply has already
caused IN the prices Of the American market
The eager avidy for selling dearly has already given
way to the prudent desire Of selling any obanube
price Competition has dued the appetite for excessive gains
on The other side OF the Atlantic the very time that the de-
eced auence OF has deadened the edge
% speculatohere Instead of advancing, home prices
have already begun to decline We do not, indeed auc-
pate such retrograde shall raise the uly above
It's present point but there appears every for concud
ing that the in the value OF wheat will be SO rapid as
was once anticipated independently OF the influx from
rca speceaios talk OF at Hamburg and other ports
which, proper occa0 be duad the neces-
ties OF the English buyer Whether this opportunity is likely
soon TO not leave be decided by those who will
take Inc trouble to compare the prices Of the last with those Of
the present year"
he also A.
much better quality than that Of last that the potato blight
1915 unantcpaied visitation whereas that of 1916
was generally oreseen and that is the only gain which
could be made general substitute for potatoes especially in
Ireland.
Cotton at Liverpool, owing To the unavorabe
from this side as to the crop had advanced eighth of
cent per pound since the departure of the Britannia The
duty wheat had gene down to the minimum of As per
quarter on wheat and % Sd per barrel Prices of American
four however, had declined about s. per barreWesern
flour IN bond being only worth 32 while by previous adj
vices was quoted at BIS In Ian quoted noni
naly at 81 56 quarter, which is advance Of Is, but
letter states that there SALE and the quoted
are not at all likely to be sustained.
There can be doubt that hundreds and thousands The
Irish population the verge Of famine and that with all
the advantages of the liberal aid from the Government and
from private sources they at present barely subss and
less something be dono for them, sink
under the pvaton The warehouses crowded. and many
who cannot gain admission there lodged outhouses
Altogether the prospect is of the gloomy character
Complaints are made perhaps unlsty, that there is in
places undue delay in getting The public works operation
and still more loudly is it urged that the absentee landlords
have generally failed contribute the private funds the
relief of the sufferers.
The tone of the English press towards France has under
sudl nd rlal, oh
long and elaborate editorials in its abes and emphatic
sye to rdcule and denunciaon of France and its King ami
its example very generally initiated by the London journals
The French press returns the compliment and the abuse
promptly and with The Paris Presse predicting
uion OF France Russia, and the United States against Eng
land but the other papers of the capital unite dcue its
bombastic and absurd representations.
An Admiralty order has been received the Sheernes dock
yard for the following ships Of be brought forward for
with all possible expedition, viz
The Waterloo, 1870 guns the Howe, 20 guns the Asia,
81 guns the Glnge 81 guns; the Monarch, 81 guns the
Hawke, ~ guns Achilles ~ guns Russell, ~ guns and
Hercules, ~ guns. The following fGates also nearly
completed The Cornwall so guns Conquestador, SO guns
Worcester, SO guns and Chichester so guns. Many
y want few stores 10 complete them, when they TO
he Immediately put into commission and upon foreign
service.
Letters ON Tfebizonde that the cholera has
crossed the Russian quarantine line the Caspian sea- and
is making terrible ravages in many of the Persian cities
The overland mail from Bombay arrived in London on
the 10th, bringing dates from Calcutta September 22d
The most noticeable topic Of remark in the journals tie
high price of provisions throughout India which is ascbed
however 10 combination among the Dealers and any
positive deficiency Of supplies In fact the granaes said
to be teeming The following given of affairs in
Scinde
" 1t is generally understood that however the
tiers be kept the purposes OF the supreme Government
xed and that at day far from distant Scnde will be in
corporaed with the Bombay Presidency, relieved of indie
pendent Government and least Of half its army The
Engagements Of Sir Charles Napier for his return 10 Europe
" expected at Bombay, proceed by the Red Sea route
The climate OF Scnde - present pleasant and healthy the
temperature cool and agreeable
The accounts from Lahore the 18th of September
Things remained without change the last advccs The
British force under Sir John Litter had been withdrawn
but there had been nothing give active employment The
Raah Ghoolab Singh, however, appears 10 have diff
Guilty in maintaining his possession Of the country assigned 10
him by the AngoTndan Government sundy chiefs resisting
II not supposed that Lord Hardnge would undertake To
help him.
The Hbernia arrived al Liverpool the 29th with intel
gcnce Of the stomng aud seizure of Monterey The London
papers Of the 3Oh devoted large portion of their columns
The details Of the news, which created marked sensation
there. The London journals had found time DISPOSE
lion to comment upon the any considerable length
The Times publishes the without word Of
The Herald simply calls attention the fact and the Chron
cc Of the 30h barely aludes the intelligence as Of con
siderable interest The Daily News says that 'the Mex