Washington telegraph., 1847-03-03
From The Baltimore Sun.
10 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS.

"Wednesday afternoon, bringing dates from
Liverpool to the 20lh ull., making hor pas.
sage in tweniy.onc days. She encountered
head winds nearly all the passage and has
proved herself good sea bout. We make
the following summary Of her news from
the Philadelphia papers;
Parliamen, was opened on Tuesday, Jan.
l9, BY the Queen in person, with the usual
ceremonies. Every available place. both
IN the body olihe House oil Lords and in
the galleries, was occupied before Her MAJ,
esty arrived.
The Queen having seated herself, do.
sired the Lords 10 be seated, Tho Com.
mons were then, according to custom, sum.
moned TO appear at the bar 10 hear the
speech fead. The Speaker, attended by
several members of the lower house, ap.
peared. There was the usual rush and
scramble for front places.
The speech was then handed by the
Lord Chancellor To Her Majesty, who pro.
eeeded to read it with usual eleatnoss and
emphasis,
Some of the public works have been sus.
pended IN consequence Of the outrages
committed by those employed on them.
The civil wat in Portugal appeared to
be subsding since tho defeat OF the nsur
gents at Terres Nedras.
The price of food continued TO rise in
France.
A Berlin letter of December 90, sayE
''some sensation has been excited hereb by
the refusal oil the government 10 grant an
eaequatur TO the consul of the United States
for the Rhenish Provinces.
Great eSertions were made in England
10 raise large fund ior the relief OF Ire.
land. The Queen had subscribed G200O,
Prince Albert f500, several Dukes and
bankers fl0O0 each, Lord John Russell
f3DO, Sir X, Peel, Coco, DC.
MEXICAN LETTERS OF MARauE.-tn
oilieo Tor the sale o Mexican Letters ol
Nafqle, was opened in London. So says
lhe London Uiuhe.
IRELAND.
The FAuINe.-rhc liberal couiribu
.lidns from Engaal 10 degree have mili
gated the dreadful ,uiietings Of the poor,
slill death Is doing his work among them
with unabalcd activity.
The provincial papers supply the orli
nary mass oi hcis IN reference lo The ter.
nbe dtsilufion whichsp pre- ,ails-"Jeaihs
by Starvation have ceased 10 attract al.
lenliOu-almosl eyeIy paper pnblishsi
within the provinces Of Connaught and
Munster has string of them. while the
north appears u be sinking 10 the deplofa.
be condition Of Tho midland Counties oi
Leinsler. Two children have died ol star.
yalion in EnnskilIen. Several persons
hive died of starvation and fever in the
counties Of Monaghan aud Armagh; aud
Donegal aud Antrim are afflicted with all
the horrors Of want and food, aud conse.
qurni disease.
A great meeting Of the Irish landholiers
was held a, Dlbin On the l5.h. Strong
resowior ,pressive Of the sense OF the
meeting, aud petition. wis an immense
number OF signatures, framed and forwarded
TO London.
Bread Riots ia he City Of Dublm.--Cn
The 10th January, body OF about 800 men
collected at the Broad,ione. and having AZ.
ranged their plans, rushed down, Dommlck
street into Dorset street, where they at.
lacked a bread cart, and Ia an instant
seized is contents. Shortly afterwards
they attacked second cart, when five or
sik mounted policemen, and about the same
number of loot police came, upon ihcm.--
A seuile ensued, and the police succeeded
IN arresling eigh, Vt the plundercrs.-
These persons were brought before the
magistrate, aud hom their statements il
appeared lhey wcrr, alh one exception,
from the counlirs Of Wicklow, Wexford,
kilkare, and onc from the connlyoi Glare.
The leader Of the mob was arrested. lis
uame is Murphy, native Of Dublin, and
on his person was found the sum Of Is 81.
They were all committed. Subsequently
five others were brought in for attacking
bread carts IN Dorset street. On their
person were found sums varying iiom siN to
two pence. They were also committed.
SCOTLAND.
The distress IN Scotland seems scarely
less,han IN Ireland, and earnest appeals
are made for assistance.
lrALl.
A letter from Rome states that The pro
yinc.al as asscmbe oil the Commune oi Rome
had ust held meeting, at which it was
resolved unanimously 10 present petition
10 the Pope, praying him 10 grant 10 the
city Of Rome a communal constitution, rs
promised by Gregory XIV, in lsil, TO all
the towns OF the Papal States.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET,
JAN. a. he spectators have done Iheir
utmost to get up the cotton market 10 day.
but it has failed. The sales are about
6OOO bales, and Of this the high priced
spectators have been Obliged 10 lake
5000.
From the Circular Of BroteH, Sbiplsy q Co.
l.IygRrovL, 10 h Jln., lsi1 I'VE have