The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-12-01
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The English Parliament would assemble
on the lSL instant, Tor the despatch Of but
sineSS.
The India mail had arrived. Accounts
said TO be good.
Money was easier al Stock Exchange.
London, at the latest adviccs; worth say 6
per cent.
The number Of commercial bills ,!uc and
payable to the Bank of France, on the 3D,h
ult. was SO great that il became necessary
t. employ additional collecting clcrks-a
fact unprecedented III the annals Of that cs-
tablishmen,.
During tue 29,h anil 3O,l ,l. tic Bank
of France issued bank notes OF the value Of
2OOf each, to the alnoun, Of fifteen millions.
1t appears, further, ,lat the bank proposes
TO Issue similar hotcs 10 the amount of
twenty y-fivc millions.
1t is reported that the French govern
men, will, during the next session. bring in
bill 70 repeal the law which excludes ;hc
Bonapar,c family from that country.
ROMAN CAruoLlc HIERARCHY IN En-.
GLAND.-A,l the documents relating 10 this
long debated question among the Catholic
clergy in Engiand have no" arrived in
London. The Right Rev. DR.. Walsh,
heretofore vicar apostolic of the midland
district, becomes Archbishop OF Wcstmn-
ster; Dr. Wi$rman, who it WAS expected
would fill that po$ition, Is 10 be Bishop of
birmingham. The tile Of vicar apostolic
is TO be Abolished am, the bishops are to i,c
called after their respective sccs-Such for
instance as Bishop OF Northampton, now
held by Dr. Waring. Preparatory to Ike
further increase OF tic number Of blshops
by four more, tho division of England i,.lo
a greater number Of bi>iopric; is under The
consideration Of his holiness. There are
also to be created one or two more arch.
bshopr:cs, and it Is not improbable that
ere long all the arrangements respecting Il
nuncio from Rome will be effected.
Among the melancholy events of the
day, we mist note the suicide OF Professor
McCuIlagh, OF the University of Dublin.
which took place early last week. The
learned gentleman had brought on tempo
rary insanity by excessive study. His flu
neral took place on the 3Olh uI, The prin-
cipal squares OF the University were throng-
cd from an early hour with tic sorrow,nr
friends and admirers Of the deceased, com
prlsing all the men of rank in science or
literature in Dublin. 1t was originally in
tended that the funeral should be strictly
private, but the desire to do public homage
to the meIn"ry Of this great ornament OF
Alma Mater SO far prevailed, that no less
than from twelve to fifteen hundred gen
tlemen escorted the remains EN- route to
'heir last resting place as far as the con-
fines of the city.
'hfsI SIf.I III &c, 81,
Association took place ut Cancellation Hall
on the lst, but it was devoid Of any public
interest.
The CHoLERA-In our paper Of Octo
ber 3, we announced that the cholera had
reached Europe. 1t has since committed
dearlul ravagrS on both sides Of the Black
Sea, and for some days has ragged al Odessa
In Southern Russia the population of whole
villages have been nearly swept away
Cases have been observed at Orcl, Tcu;,.
and in the village of Pcnsa, which is situa-
ted only about 50 leagues from Moscow,
and where four peasants had lecn attacked.
In the province OF Astracan: which contains
81 300 inhabitants, there have been 59I5
cases, and 3l3l deaths. The epidemic
reigns with great intensity at Tscharno
Jarsk and its cnvirons. At Saratow. cap-
tai Of province Of same name, $500 have
been attacked, and 1901 have died In
the country of the Don Cossacks there
have been 1861 cases, (which 70l7 have
proved fatal. At Charkow So persons have
died of the disease; and at Kursk there
were, on the 18th Of Sept, 5ss sick. At
Woronish, city containing upwards Of
$4,000 inhabitants, the cholera had appear
ed on the 4,h Of September, and since there
have been 420 cases per day, and $50
deaths. On the 10th there were in the hos
pitaI 1919 cholera patients, OF whom 4lS
had been attacked the same day; the num-
Der of deaths on that day had been 152.
Without counting Georgia, Caucasus, and
the country of the Cossacks of the Black
Sea, it already reigns in sixteen govern
ments. On the 17th it broke out at War
saw, and on the 30lh at Moscow. Only
one case has occurred in Austria, and one
in Prussia. Up to the Goth ult. it had not
visited Constan!inoplc. The Allgemcine
Zeitung, of the 9th October, says: The
cholera is advancing from the east to the