Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-01-29


sulling in death by starvation. People were
going over 10 England 10 avoid starvation. Great
distress prevailed in the Highlands. The Co.
yernmrnt had offered an annuity 10 Father Mat
4 thew Of Ei00 per annum.
( MIR O'Connell is looking feeble, and is said TO
be fast assuming the character OF extreme old
age.
! II is sail that government intends 10 shorten
The term of The soldiers enlistment TO ten yeaTs
The negotiations Tor a commercial treaty be-
tween Brazl and the Xollverein are stalled 10 have
failed.
The condition OF Ireland continues 10 be the
absorbing object OF attention. Day after day the
distress continues to increase, ana famine is do.
ing the work OF death in various parts OF the coun.
try
Immense numbers OF poor, hsli-s,arved crea-
lures find their way across The channel and beg
and exist as best they can By appeals 10 the feel.
ings OF the inhabitants in The great towns OF Eng.
land.
The suffering population in the Highlands and
Islands Of Scotland is estimated al 100000.
| A considerable supply OF potatoes has arrived
in London from Holland
| Great Britain's protest against the ob,eraton
of Cracow had been received by The Cabinets 81
Vienna and ST. Petersburg. lis mild character
| aayed all fears of 4 rupture.
Lord John Russell had issued n circular 10 his
supporters in the House OF Commons soliciting
! their attendance al The meeting 81 Parliament, as
measures ol great importance would be consider.
ed. and first among these would be how 10 relieve
the Irish poor.
| Subscriptions Tor me fetlei oi Inc poor are oe-
| ing made in England.
II has been discovered in England that the law
against poachers applies only 10 males. Women
and girls may capture as many hares and rabbits
| as "my lord" or "his grace the Duke"
Grimes are painfully numerous in England
and France, chiefly murders and suicides.
One American house established in The Md
land counties for Enslan and New York, has by
last steamer, ordered over forty thousand barrels
O. -four in lieu OF remitlances in bills.
plan OF national education is said 10 De IN
p,eparation BY The British Government.
The people OF Ireland are petitioning govern
ment Ia probibi, the dislillation OF grain.
The December overland mail reports tranqniii.
| " in India
Twelve thousand men are 10 be added 10 the
British Army.
came Out 10 Boston by the Hibernia.
American Beet and Pork continue in eYceel.
demand, and although supplies are coming IN
Tree, very stiff rates are paid.
An American ship, which had Just arrived H.
London, from New York, has brought 81 bols. Q!
pork suet.
Louis Philippe is said TO have proposed
Congress of European nations.
Abd.el-Kader is said 10 have proposed 10 maze
peace with France.
Dissatisfaction in the British West Indies,
caused by the reduction OF the sugar duties, has
compelled the "Home Government 10 mature
plans for the introduction Of La6oyers from africa,
10 be eonreyed By steam 10 The Islands.
The massacre Of the Christians continues in
Turkey. Mar Yohannah, the HISTORIAN Bishop,
who visited New York some years ago, has been
impaled alive BY Bedrham Bey. The HISTORIAN
Pastors had oil poured over their bodies and
were then roasted alive before slow fire, amidst
The leeIs and savage yells OF their tofmentoIs-,
Sixly-seven villages have been laid waste, AMI
eight hundred christians put TO death BY 'or'rie,
by he Mahomedans. Neither wemen nor chi.-
dren were spared in this savage bulchery
The Prussian Government has, in order 10
check emigration 10 America decided that the
crown lands in Prussia and Posen, Of which the
leases fall in during the years 1871 45 and AZ, shan
be sci apart Tor persons VINO would otherwise DC
disposed 10 emisrate.
FRANcE-The French government has protest.
ed against The suppression OF the Polish Republic,
and it appears, though the precise terms are not
known, that the protest IS harmless allaifs nuch
softer and honeyed than that Of The British gov
eminent
Report has i, that Mons. Guizol proposed 10
lake high ground and 10 declare 10 the three pow
FRS that il The suppression were persisted in
France would consider herself free 10 violate The
treaty OF Vienna whenever il nigh; suit her pur-
pose, but the King, backed by majority Of The
Cabinet, would not hear this on any account, and
accordingly The protest was shorn OF all energy
and made as mild as the miIdesi milk and water
A Paris paper asserts that The French Govern
mcnt intends 10 propose TO The Chambers con-
siderable reduction in The duies on foreign corn.
Several Sigh! shocks ofearlhquakes have laie-
IL been tel, in the ncishborhood 10 Marseilles.
MADRID, Dec 2S-All doubt as 10 the recan-
tation OF the lhlana Don Enrique is now al an
end. Alter having. for space. deceived The
world BY The suppression that he alone Of the
Spanish Bourbons did not inherit with his name
the qualities Of lreachery and imbecily which
are the characteristics of the race, be has jus!
proved himself the worthy son oil his father.
BRussgLs, Dee. 2l.-The explorations aud i'm
nortalions OF Belgium in 1915, we're 977 millions
francs. France sent 81 millions Of products 10
Belgium and received 100 millions Great Bril-
tain sent 100 millions and received 90. The U.
States sent 20 millions and received 81 millions.
The inhabitants Of Berlin have presented an
address 10 the municipal authorities, praying
them TO petition The King for the long promised
Constitution.
II is announced the King OF Prussia has signi-
fed 10 England that he does not intend 10 continue
the navigation treaty made between them 10 1911.
From this resolution, connected with The augmen-
talion Of duties recently imposed by the Zollye-
rein on various manufactured articles, and par
icuarly on cotton and linen threads, il may be
concluded that The German Customs Union is
entering into a new commercial phass.
This treaty, which might have been lavorably
received BY Germany had she confined her am
bon TO An exchange OF her agricultural pro-
ducts for The manu- actured goods Of England,
has since met with nothing but repugnance.--
Views have changed with circumstances.
The Cabinel Of Berlin, therefore, yields 10
national feeling in giving up a treaty which has
become unpopular; but This is moi the only con-
sideration which has brought Prussia 10 the de-
cision.
The manufacturing and maritime ambition ci
Germany has augmented She wishes 10 dispense
with the Intermediates She has hitherto made
use Of her relations with transatlantic countries
in direct way, by The exchange OF her own pro-
duce for The tropica provisions Of America. The
treaty with England opposed these projects.
The cos, Of passage BY The overland ronle 10
India, first cabins, will be reduced in March next
TO fl27.
The rate Suffice has been prohibited in The
Rajpool State OF Jaypote; by a unanimous vote
OF the regency.
CaiNA--A conflict had taken place between
The Chinese and Portuguese at Macaee, in rela-
ton TO fiscal and general relations, in The course
Of which several Chinese fast boats had been
burned and sunk. Order had been restored III
conse quence OF the firmness Of the Portuguese
Governor.
We understand that under the system proposed
by the Loan Bill, there will lie no difficulty in
supplying The wants OF The Treasury. A The
same lime, under existing circumstances, there
can be no question Of The expediency and the inn
por'ance OF promptly adopting measures 10 in
crease The revenue BY the imposition of duties
upon articles Of The Free List, and by such other
notifications Of The Tariff of 1886 as in conform
y with its general principles may tend 10 The
same result. Such course will commend Itself
to the favor Of the people, in that il is needei'o
maintain the rights and honor OF the county,
By such course We shall have less money .