Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-02
LAST EVENINGS MAIL.
Arrival of the Great Western.
EIGHT DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
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biohI AIS LATER FROM EUROPE
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New Yosr. Sept 30. r. NJ. is46.
The steam ship Great Western. Captain Matthews. with
dates from Liverpool to tho 18th Of sep,euber. sr,,od :,
New York at l O'Clock. On tho goth and ais, sho exper-
fenced heavy gales; los, wheel-housc, quarter boat, and
suffered mach other dsmsge.
There Is no political news Of importance.
The markets for all descriptions Of American produce
Were advancing.
The news from India is Of rather unerpse,,a ,,,.,..,
The victories which the British army achieved a n tho h,nL.
Of the soiledgo have not resulted in tha, amicsble snsnge.
prematurcly boosted OF.
From Wilmer 4 Smiths European rime., Sept. iath.
Inc Improvement IN business which We noticed al the
samng OF inc las, steamer, continues, and matters are near
~ IN mo same relative position a. when we last addressed
our readers. The failure Of The potato crop influence, tho
price Of provisions ofevery kind. Bacon and ma NJ. ar, n
sing rapidly. nsa glance at our Market returns will show.
Indian Corn il also Increasing in value. az in fac, 4, Al
most every Kind Of gain. That Tho failure In the potato
crop IN evoty part Of tho world must greatly multiply the
wants OF the laboiing classes In Great Britain IL undenisbl,
The advance To which we have alluded may be traced 10
tho increased demand for other descriptions Of food which
the people enjoy.
The liberal way in which the Coy,rnmc,, Il. aetna, 4,
Ireland dissrms oil fear OF national starvation. Tho frt
duty vi a Gosernment IL TO feed the people, and what In
now regarded a a calamity, may prove, in the end. 4 sub
s'antal benefit by tho introduction Of improvements which
would nototherwise have been made. Tho omploymsntof
Tho people on public works in Ireland wall, il is clear, be-
carried out on 4 large scale. The present popular Lord
Lieutenant has already issued nearly fifty commissions for
the holding Of colonial sessions In difercet pirts a Ir land.
sno upon inc investigation and decision OF tho nsjorties
IN session, ~ 10 their respective districts, he will act.
With the confidence which exists nj present. the mon
ey market and tho encouraging prospects that arc before
us, there Is every reason 10 believe that the present prices
may be maintained, II indeed they do not advance. Asan
article OF human food, the use Of potatoes seem likely 10
become extineL The injury may be temporarily pressing
and productive no doubt Of suffering; but ultimate copse-
quenees can hardly fail to raise tho condition of The Irish
peasant and to improve his social habits. He will be rails
cd IN the scale OF civilization by living on higher and more
nutrtNnn Linda III faa1 Tha,a 49, H. a -.
that the potato has been a curse aud not 4 blessing to Ire
land.
THE COTTON MARKET continues steady, and al.
though we cannot fix n higher quotation. yet on come de.
scripuons there has been an upward inclination; conside.
raole anxiety prevails respecting tho new crop. The
next accounts are eagery looked for, and prices will pro-
oably take their complexion from the advices BY the in
coming and succeeding packets.
The GRAIN MARKETS with u. rs with our Cou,i-
mental ~neghbors are on the nae. Whatever affects Eng
land influences the whole commercial world. II will be
seen that everywhere animation prevails, and that the new
theory OF free trade will have plenty of scope for tho de-
Nelopment OF Its alleged benefits, and, as some contend, its
Injuries.
The nows from India is calculated to produce a feeling
OF uneasiness IN q political as well rs a commercial sense.
Sir Henry Hardinge, IL seems now universally admitted.
Notwithstanding his skill evinced in the war with the
Silks, has made n bungling business OF IL, and in nl pro-
liability the most will have TO be done over again. Mista-
Ken clemency in the case Of semi-barbarians is oftenimcs
positive cruelty. The details will be found elsewhere.
Ghoolab hnds himself beset by pscuniary difficulties; he
either cannot, or Is unwilling 10 pay his debis. All such
emergencies in India are the first development and resist
ance Of the British claims. The next consequence is that
the war will have TO be renewed in tho Punjaub and the pro-
vince Of Lahore, and the territory condiuonally assigned to
Ghoolab Singh, rePossessed and attached to the BRUSH ter
niory. The ravases Of the cholera have diminished in
schinde' and 1t appears that they have been exaggerated.
The Potato Crop,
The failure OF the potato crop is universal. The r.por,.
from evcry part Of the United Kingdom are appalling. wbilst
letter after letter from the continent Of Europe details The
raSsges which this strange and understandable diseas has
msdo in France, Belgium, Holland and Prussia. The crops
In the United Kingdom ATE not more than an average, either
in quantity or quality. We must, therefore. look 10 other
countries for n supply sufficient for tho large and increasing
consumption that Is now going forward.
Again, the accounts from France, as to the harvest in
that country, are most distressing. A very large quantity
OF wheat will therefore be required for its immediate wants
oil over the North OF Europe for the staple article of con.
sumption has yielded miserably short.
LONDON There is very little Indian Corn in the
London trade, and the immense extent of the orders for
Ireland renders improbable any importation to England
sufficient to affect tho market for Oats for tho present wear.
on tho lOth foreign wheat was had about one shilling
per quarter higher; Flour was in fair request, fine Ameri-
can is now bringing 80 to 3ls. per barrel.
LI~VERPooL.-our market here has been like that Of
London, lathe! animated for all kinds of grain; the demand
extensively large. Speculative purchases were made Of
barrel Hour, both free and bonded. from tho 4h TO the Sh
inst. For Indian Corn there has been an extensive enqui-
~, and the stock being much reduced prices advanced
10 I shillings per quarter. On the 9Th instant large opera
tons were renewed. Wheat sold currently at an advance
Of fully Cd. per bashrl on lac rates of that day week; free
Hour may DO quoted Is. to 4s. per barrel deareI, and bonded
nearly Us much.
The total advance on Indian Corn from the LIST to the
9th instant, was 6J. per quarter, and on meal , to b. per
load. AT yesterday market n few thousand bushels of
foreign wheat were taken Tor Irish account; but having a
slender attendance of town and country miilers, the de-
mand for consumption was limited. The general runs Of
Irish Hour. although in slow request. maintein late plces,
and prime maTAs OF new were held on rather higher terms.
whilst Canadian aud States, duty paid, moved less freely
than before. and merely sustained their previous value.
Superior Western brands, in bond However, continued
q meet a good enquiry, and several thousand barrels chan.
ged hands at 27s To 2S. the trade closing at about 27s Cd
per barrel; Indian corn exciting much less attention than
heretofore, barely upheld its previous value.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Sept. 4h.-There was a
large demand to-day, and fully 10000 bales changed hands.
the market closing firmly.
Sales for the week ending Sept. li.--Tho quotations Of
prices ate much the same this week as last; in some instan.
ces they might perhaps be placed a poiu, higher. There
has however been a much narrower market, and more
critical examination Of qualities on the part Of buyers Than
during the hustle OF the previous week.
We close tho week with our quotations steadily support.
ed, but without much animation, ind looking with consid.
cradle interest TO the next accounts from the Unit d States,
as 10 the promise Of the crop in that country. $500 Anne
can, l5OOSurat. and 500 Egyptian have been taken on spec.
plahon, aud 2O50 American, and 100 fernams 50 Bahia.
l24O Surats and 800 Smyrna, fDr export. Sales to-day 6
10 1000 bales. The saos for Tho week arc 4I $40 bales.
BY Magnetic Telegraph.
tT%TaHsmiffed for the Baltimore american
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30, 8 r. NJ.
The news by the steamer Great Western reached this
city at too late On hour this afternoon for its effect on the
-four market TO b. asccrtained. A large advance il nnti.