The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-07


bined with heat and sunshine. The crops look most
promsing-as fine indeed. and luxurious as ever
existed In these islands during the memory of man
The same genial weather seems to be general 1t per-
vades the whole Of western Europe and whatever were
the drawbacks Of the last year the bounty nature
Will in ell probability amply atone In the present year
for previous shortcomings The potato crop has beer
less extensively cultivated and croakers there are who
declare that the disease which produced the blight du
ring the ast and the previous year even now az work
It may be 80 to limited extent but the accounts
which reach from sides show that the evil IL rather
local than general Indeed there are those who den,
altogether the existence Of the disease True the blight
IN the potato did not appear generally until the middle
OF July last that sufficient time hardly YETI
elapsed to know whether or not the
presentin operation But whatever may be the fate Of
the potato IT has been, have said less extensively
cultivated shsud 1t now fail.
Ireland .lt
correspondents has taken place between Mr. Smith
O'Bren and Mr. Maurice OConneIl. which has been the
subject Of much conversation. IL rumored that II
the wish Of Mr. O'Connels family that the Young
relanders should take no part as body in the public
funeral to be accorded their late father MIR Smith
OBen in order to test the addressed letter to
Mr. John O'Conns in which he inquiries whether it Is
their (the famiy wish that those who dissented from
the policy adopted by the Repeal Association during the
last twelve months should attend the funeral" The
duty of replying devolved by MIR. John OConnell
upon his brother Mr.. Maurice OConnell, who replied
that the for the funeral having been in
trusted to the Glasnevn Cemetery committee and thu
Rev DR.. Mlev, the family leaves 1t entirely in their
handsn Mr. O'Brien interpreted this into an intina.
tiou that he should not attend the funeraln and II
seems indeed pretty plainly to bear that construction
The Repeal Association have not given up the usual
weekly meetings ON the 7Ih large number Of mem
NJ p, eldest Of Mr.. O'Connel, deceased, and MIR.
John O'Conne present Several ad lresses and
solutions from various bodies Of the Roman Catholic
clergy, from various corporations and other public
bodies, read, proclaming adhesion to the political
conduct and teachings of the late Mr.. OConnel and
Tromising that they would conade in his son. Mr.. John
OConnel as the expounder of that conduct and policy
accept of any leadership but that with the Of
his brothers counsel and experience he would endeayor
to walk in the paths of his father would there
txVnh QxUil tat
assume to guide the movements of the Repeaers The
nds Of the association have been placed in the guar
danship Of trustees that OF Aldermen McLoghlin and
keshap. The rent acknowledged was nearly $50.
The prospects Of the crop in general of gratifying
character The Of the temperance of last years
In the potatoes to have melted
examination Of the crop the result such In
spire confident hope that the produce will be far and
every greater than Mt any time this year anti
cipated while In single instance true symptoms
of the disease discovered Occasionally bighted plants
are found but the most healthy fields of potatoes have
always exhibited such Of failure. On the whole
the farmers In the best possible spirits at the pros
poets Of the coming har, est.
Ireland fever still continues to make sad ravages
The accounts which come to hand from the principal
cities more especially from those in the south aud south
The mortality is of course principally confined to the
humber classes but others higher in the scale of society
occasionally the victims Of the infection Public at
ntion is more Immediately concentrated the
stence Of the malay when Of the middng upper
classes falls prey to it. The Irish papers mention
erous cases of robbery and murder and they figure
prominently in the journals Of the sister country they
readily transferred to the columns of the press In
England: and the inference Is that the
Of the peasanry the channel increasing in the
ratio Of the prevailing restitution AS rule when pro-
visions most dear and scarce crime Is most
Irish murders have however something in theI so Pc
GUITAR as TO take them out Of the category Of assassna
! tions in the mere pursuit OF wealth.
France.
In the Chamber Of Deputies the general discussion
the bill demanding credit for the military civil SER
was laid before the chamber by NJ NJ Abraham Dubois,
De Bobaye the Marquis de Chasseoup Laubaut, Colo
mel Oraison and General Ouinot demanding that the
of three millions of francs be allowed In budget
of lSl7 1913 and ls49 for the colonization in Algeria
married soldiers sailors who had served their
full time, the preference to be given to who have
served in Africa To this effect of million of
francs to be allowed ia the budget of l547 in the depart
ment of the Minister Of War Any part of the credit
granted which should have employed carried
over to budget Of the following year N. Cremieux call
ed upon the Minister If Foreign Affairs a day for
giving an explanation regard ng tn line Of policy follow
ID in Portugal VI Guzot replied that he had ohjec-
ion, AID Monday next was accordingly fixed upon :
The commission for examining the bill relative the
propagation Of he law Of JAM ~ and Feb ~ s47,
the trade have Terminated their abos They pro-
pose the propagation of the law to 81 1915
suppress the fac Ny accorded to the government by Art
of prorogung by ordonnance It is stated that at
council OF ministers held the 6th inst the letter
from Marshal Buseaad it decided that he should
not be mmediat-y replaced but that leave of absence
Tor twelve months should be granted to him According
to the reports In the Paris the prospects If the
growing crops most cheering and favorable, the
wheat particularly has derived great strength from the
continued hot weather.
The debate the credits for Algeria was brought
to close Friday having been cut short by thu aban
donment the part of the government of the project
of military colonization. upon which the discussion had
chiefly turned. An additional clause proposed by NJ
Behic aocating 000f in aid of soldiers freed from
military service becoming colonsts and condition of
their merging into the general body of civil colonist
was accepted by the government. second additional
clause rendering IT obligatory upon the Bank of France
to establish branch Bank Agiers before the LIST of
April sis or to be deprived of such privilege pro-
posed by GARNER Pages and accepted by the govern
| nent This abandonment Of vital question followed
b, such concessions to the opposition regarded by
of weakness the part of the government well
An intention to avoid. during the remainder of the
sion: counting divisions upon disputed questions.
The quantity OF corn imported into France amounted
the 3's OF April last to 400 900 hectoltres about
one,half of that imported into England.
me consumption OF cotton In France in the first four
months of 9546 - lbs In the
period Of this year, &c 0O0 600 lbs.
The free Importation Of all sorts of grain into France
has been extended to the 3Ist January. 1913
The crop Of apples in Normandy promises to be so
large that the price Of elder has fallen considerably
that country.
Marshal Grouchy, who commanded the French corps
darmee which was destined to employ the Prussian
Waterloo, dedlatey at ST. Etienne the Loire in his
| 92od year. ~
railroad has partially fallen. The accident has
caused loss of life but the Prssse reckons that the
damage done is to the amount Of two three millions
| of francs.
Spain
The Madrid Gazette Of the ID ut publishes n royal
Decree authorizing Don Manuel Godoy, the cele-
brated Prince Of Pence TO return to Spain The decree
orders that arbitrators shall be appointed
questions with respect to the property Of the Prince
Peace aich the time of his Danish
ment from Spain The Prince Of Peace has been ex-
lie since 1903. he has resided for many years in Paris
in great privacy and completely has he fallen into
oblivion, that We believe that few OF the public
aware that no still drags out his heightened existence
The Spanish troops have enter Valcnza do Minho In
Portugal after having driven away the insurgents They
have yarrsoned t la conjunction with the troops
Queen OF Portugal and Intend TO make the of -
operations The convention between Spain and Por-
ugab by which the former binds itself to send 600 men
20 the assistance OF the Portuguese has
signed
We have received the journals aud correspondence of
Nadrid OF the 9th and 7th The Spanish army of inter
yenton had occupied Valenza del Mimic within the
Portuguese frontier after having driven from that place
the forces OF the jupta, which had infested IT, Tb.y
had pur-ued them and taken village in which thev had
entreuchd themselves There were furteen ~ tl,s
troops ot the junts killed and forty taken prisoners
we have Madrid papers to the lith. They continue