The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-05
By Special and Extraordinary Express
FROM BOSTON
NEW YORK HERALD OFFICE.
Important from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE
STEAMSHIP BRITANNIA.
HALF A MONTH LATER.
The Receipt Of the News of the Bat.
ties of Palo Alto and Resaca
de la Palma In Europe.
ITS EFPECT In ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
The Oregon and Mexican Questions
IN EUROPE.
The Death Of the Pope Of Rome.
THE REVOLUTION IN POLAND.
FALL I'M THE PRICE OF COTTON.
THE LONDON MONEY MARKET.
The Corn Bill in the House of Lords.
ITS BFPECT In ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
The Oregon and Mexican Questions
IN EUROPE.
The Death of the Pope of Rome.
THE REVOLUTION IN POLAND.
FALL I'M THE PRICE OF COTTON.
THE LONDON MONEY MARKET.
The Corn Bill in the House of Lords.
&C., &C., &c.


&C., &c, &c.
The steam ship Britannia, Captain Hewitt, ar
rived at Boston, at about nine o'clock yesterday
morning, with advices from Liverpool to the 10Th
ult, inclusive.
Our special messenger, Mr.. L. Bigelow, of the
Boston, Ftchburgh and Keene Express Line, i'm
medately boarded the steamer, obtained file of
papers, jumped on the locomotive Mars, and ran
over the Worcester road to Worcester, then took
the General Putnam to Allyn's Point; then the
splendid steamer New Haven, Capt. Van Pelt, to
Greenport; and then the locomotive New York
over the superb Long Island Road to Brooklyn
running the whole distance in ten hours.
This may be considered remarkably quick time
on a day like yesterday, when there were so many
extra trains on the several roads with immense
crowds Of passengers en- route Our messenger,
however, who is the Napoleon Of the Expresses,
did not permit any thing to prevent him from
making good time. No live Yankee can beat
him.
But il is to be remembered that he was indebt-
ed to the energy of Mr.. Fisher, the gentlemanly
conductor Of the Long Island train, and 10 Capt.
Van Pelt of the New Haven for their assistance.
The news thus received is of considerable i'm
portance; particularly in commercial point Of
view.
The official dispatches of General Taylor. de-
scrbing the brilliant battles Of Pao Alto and Re-
SAGA de la Palma, had reached England and
France, and produced the desired effect.
The dispatches Of " Old Rough and Ready"
were praised as much in England as they were
abused in Canada.
The Corn Bill had been taken up again in the
House of Lords, and considered cas- good as
passed"
ton.
The Pope of Rome is dead.
The Queen of England had fully recovered her
health. The Royal Infants wefe well.
The Mexican funds were, Of course, affected
by the war news from the Rio Grande.
According to the Limerick Reporter, 1857 emil
grants have left that city for the United States dur
ing the present season
The number ofpaupers in England was, in
1913, .426 ,065; in 1s43, they were 1,539,49O in
number.
Rumors prevail that negotiations have again
been opened between England and Brazil for
the admission ofthe sugar OF the latter country.
Among the foreigners of distinction now in Lon
don several young East Indians OF a large for
land, its manners, customs, and people.
The British Government have sent Mr.. Hood
to the River Plate, to effect n settlement OF the
differences between Rosas and Monte video.
An effort is being made to raise a national SUBJ
scription for Mr.. Golden, which will amount to
El00,000, or il may be even E20O,OO0. The move
ment for this purpose has commenced IN Man.
chester.
The three dead bodies discovered lately ut the
London and Birmingham Railway station, Cam
drn-town, turn out TO be those OF three Ameri-
can Indians, which had been disinterred and sent
to DR.. Hunter, by some American Psychologist.
The total quantity OF foreign wool imported in
1916 was 65,55l 950lbs.; of which 2,6O9 I00lbs
were reexpor'ed. The he total quantity OF British
len and worstea yarn 9,4O5 ,92Slbs.
In the year 1921 322 ships and IL ,733 men were
engaged in the British whale fishery; in 1871,
these numbers had fallen TO 50 ships and 4,OOS
men; being decrease in 20 years of 237 ships and
STATE OF THE CRops The weather is, and has
been for some weeks past, delightful, but oppres-
svely hot Following as ithas done the heavy rains
offs very wet spring, the earth has become covered
with luxuriant vegetation, and promises to give
us one of mans best bessings-an early and
abundant harvest The hay crop is the district
OF Liverpool is being well secured the quality is
reported TO be excellent. The wheat crop, from
all the reports that have seen, both in this and
the sister kingdoms, is likely TO be most luxuriant
and ready at an unusually early period for the
reaper's sickle. The corn crop seems to have
suffered little from the scorching nature Of the
weather, and in some places by vermin not.
withstandng, where it has escaped both these
perils, the appearance oats bids the husbandman
take courage and rejoice mt the prospect of spen.
did reward for all his labors.
Reports begin to spread respecting the bgh,
amongst the potato crops Ii has been reported
as visiting the neighborhoods of Glasgow and
Dublin, and correspondent OF the Gardner's
Chronicle mentions that 1t has shown itself a,
Portugal. No doubt the state of the disease-ifi i,
actually exists-has been exaggerated but we
shall watch carefully, and report to our transat
iantc readers, from time to tune, all the nforma-
ton we can Obtain upon matter so interesting
and important both to Britain and America. In
connection with this subject, it should be remark
ed that the original cause Of the potato murrain
WAS supposed to have been the cold, wet spring
and summer Of l545 whereas the present sum-
mer has, up to this period, been characterised by
awant of rain and extreme heat; the disorder, II
it really exists, cannot therefore have been occa-
stoned by the weather Winners Times, June ~