Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-23
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ACADIA.
We give below from The last editions of the N.
York Express OF Saturday evening, all the items
Of news by The Acadia, reported up TO that Time.
The money article OF the Express dated Salur-
day, 4 P. M, says:
1.-THE news by the steamer is considered favor
ably, and things look decidedly brighter in Wall
street. Private letters received by the previous
steamer stated, thai things would be either worse
or better, in London, after The 26th. BY these ac-
counts there was an Improvement The advance
in Flour and Grain gives holders an impression
that Great Britain will want our breadsuffs.-
The decline in Colon lakes off some Of The buoy
ant feeling, still il is usual for Cotton 10 fall when
Breaaslnis 90 up. No private letters are receiv.
ed consequently there is no disposition 10 operate.
But on The receipt OF the news, holders oil Flour
asked S6,37l $50, and Corn was held al , 10 3
cents higher
"All sales OF Cotton were suspended. There
will be nothing sold, in the market, till Monday
when we shall be in possession OF letters"
The steamship Acadia, from Liverpool, 4th
instant, arrived at Boston al about p. M. Her
adyices, eleven days laer,-so far as received
by telegraph, will be found below:
Correspondence oil the New YORK Express.
LIVERPOOL Nov. 4lh-l2 NJ.
Conn, &c-Besl Western Canal Flour 29s.
PCS Cd per biol; Richmond and Alexandria 26s.
TO 29s.; Philadelphia and Baltimore 2Ss. TO 29s /;
New Orleans and Ohio 2Gs. 10 27s.; United States
and Canadian sour 2ls. 10 23s U. S. Wheat,
white and mixed, Is. I'll. to IS. per 10 lbs; red,
Is Cd. to IS I'd. Indian Corn, 30s. 10 35s. per
quarter. Indian Meal, AS 10 lbs. Cd. per bbl.-
Oats, Is. ID. TO IS. l0d. per 45 lbs. Barley, per
TO lbs, IS. 10 Is. Peas per 504 lbs, Sos 10 40s.
OF all branches Of trade, that OF Corn alone
shows The slightest symptoms OF animation.
Before The day OF the departure OF The last
steamer, and Tor two days subsequently,, The
Liverpool Market has been more than usually
dull and declining, owing 10 the pressure OF heavy
home arrivals, with limited demand; but
slight improvement in The Money Market on the
2Glh, impaired better feeling, which was greatly
stimulated by The advices received per Hibernia
Since then prices have steadily advanced TO our
present quotations, al which price they continue
firm.
The demand for Indian Corn and Meal for
Ireland has been remarkably great.
The arrivals OF English Wheat in London
last week were less on fair average scale, but
the show Of samples was small yesterday
Selected qualities, OF both red and white, were in
good request; but in all other kinds the business
was lriAing.
II may be fairly presumed that as The supplies
of foreign Grain and Flour will be limited, this
spiing, prices will maintain a steady position.
CoTToN-Upland and Mobile ordinary TO mid
ding, 81 TO AID per h.; fair 10 good fair st 10 5t
good 10 fine 6 st. New Orleans, ordinary to
mddling 10 al; fair to good lair 81 10 Cd; good
10 fine 81 10 Il. Alabama and Tennessee, ordi.
uary 10 midd ing TO Il; bowed Georgia ordinary
TO mddlns IL Al; fair 10 good fair 81 10 81. good
10 fine s.; 20 6. Sea Island ordinary 10 good fine
9 10 lSJ, stained ordinary to good fine 4. 10 81.
This market las greatly fuclualed since our
last advices with decided downward tendency,
and does not indicate the slightest disposition 10
ascend. This position OF the trade has been
caused by The favorable accounts received by the
Hibernia OF The coming crop; but in greater
d,gree by The curtailment of consumption, in con-
sequence OF the closing OF additional mills, and
OF working short time from The embarrassing
condition of manufactures
The sales for the week ending 29ih instant,
amounted 10 % 300 bales OF which 5000 were Ia
ken on speculation, and 4 900 for export.
The transactions from that lime 10 yesterday
evening are estimated al only 5000 bales-about
5000 OF which were for export, bat none on spe-
culalion. The stock Of American Cotton now
on hand amounts 10 about 30S 000-being de.
crease Of $4,000 f.oul laslycaIs supply.
Tobacco from Virginia, leaf faded 10 manulac-
lurcd, 81. 10 Cd. per ID.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
TIbf ydiSpa In & d5ut adeIc per Caledonia,
continue to exist with unmitigaied severity up 10
the 26;h ult. When the Government yielding al
last TO The popular cry for succor authorized The
Bank Of England, TO depart from the Bank act Of
l544-and 10 make advances on good security
on sums OF not less than f2000-at interest after
the rate per cent.
A striking reaction al once took place in The
funds Public confidence appeared 10 have ac-
quiyed fresh impulse.
Produce beca me in better demand and The en-
tire fabric ollIadc indicated returning strength and
vigor. The accommodation, however, was found
10 be miseraby disproporloned 10 The necessities
OF the public, AM the result has been, within the
last few days, that trade has almost wholly re-
lapsed into The same slate OF torpor and alarm.
FROM THE MANUFACTURING DI>TRrcTs, paricu-
larly, the advices are of mos, unsatisfactory ma
ture Many mills had ceased 10 work, and nu-
merous others were working on short time
merely open from motives Of humanity TO the
workmen, and 10 preserve the appearance OF &C.
cupation.
Il is therefore perfectly clear that the pressure
cannot be ameloraed, if the Bank does not ex-
tend its accommodations. Meanwhile il is i'm
possible to form any adequate idea OF The fearful
ruin which must oyerwhelm every department Of
trade.
Day after day, instead of dispelling, has bu,
deepened the shadow OF approaching calamity,
which, though perfectly loreseen, cannot be avert.
cd, save by the interposion OF the Government
and the Bank.
Fresh failures, 10 an enormous extent, have la.
ken place within The last fortnight, some of them
the oldes. establishments in The land, and all at.
feclng, in a greater or lesser degree, various
houses who have .lill continued 10 maintain their
credit!
The funds which for some days following the
departure Of The Caledonia had fallen 10 point
of depression beyond the recollection OF any liv-
ing man, have considerably revived though sui
lering Observation-Disclosures.
Moncay is reported as havin. been a compar-
alive quiet day; lie funds rising considerably
On Tuesday the fluctuations were very rapid;
Consols opened a, an advance OF per cent
The quotations for money being Sly 10 So! from
which point they slowly rose 10 S2s
Some speculative sales immediately took place,
when prices declined considerably Yesterday
the feeling was easier in The money market, and
less unsleadness was perceplible. Consols for
money were quoiul at Sit 10 S9s, and 9lt to 62f
for account. Bark stock is worth 1854. Foreign
stocks are merelynominal. Mexican bonds have
fallen 10 ISL l6i.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
The English Parliament will assemble on the
18Th inst, for tie despatch OF business. The
Pope's rescript has been received, condemning
the proposed Roman Catholic Provincial Collie
ges for Iceland. feeling OF universal sorrow
and disappointment has been caused by il.
The Catholic Bishops ctlreland have address.
cd The Lord Lieutenant on he certain recurrence
Of the famine in The approaching winter. He
promises that Government will interfere Tor the
preservation OF human life.
SWITZERLAND.
The affairs If Switzerland are fast approach
ing crisis. The bellisernt forces are in view
Of each other, and hostliii.s appear TO be inevi-
table.
SPAII.
A reconciliation has taken place between the
Queen If Spain and her husband. The lale Mi
nisler Ct Finance, Senior Salamanca, is charged