Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-06-02
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Cassel is advertised TO be sold, the whole OF the In
habitants being about to emigrate to America.
Some curiosity has been excited at Cork, by the
arrival, from New Orleans, of a ship wholly man.
ned by blacks.
The Union Monarchique, Paris paper, contains
letter: dated at Beyrout in which the Jews of that
neighborhood are charged with murder of the
kind attributed to those of Damascus some six or
seven years since.
The plan of an overland expedition TO the north
MOLE under the direction of Dr. Sir John Richardson
of Hasler hospital has been Submitted by him to
the government, and approved Of
A special train consisting of five carriages, was
taken from London to Birmingham, II miles yes
terday "wednesday morning, in two hours and
thirty minutes. The actual time of travelling did
not exceed two hours being an average OF So miles
per hour.
The distress in all the manufacturing districts o.
England is exceeding great, the factories having
either stopped or commenced running short time
Lord Cowley, brother of the Duke of Yelling
ton and British ambassador at Paris is dead
The Emperor of Russia has determined to invest
9I,500,000 in foreign securities. 1t is expected
that the greater part of it will be invested in the
English funds.
The recent emigration law of our Congress, which
requires the space of ii superficial feet to each pas
senger, has produced considerable dissatisfaction
and meeting of shipowners in Liverpool, at which
it was resolved to memorable Lord PalmerstOn
TO use his influence to get the requirement OF the
law RENTED in regard to such shipoWners as had
entered into engagements TO transport passengers
previous to hearing of the law.
FRAxcE-Gen Taylor's victory at Buena Vista
is much admired by those useful and distinguished
animals the military connolsseurs of Paris The
occupation OF the Mexican Custom Houses by our
government is not reshed in France The bill
relative 10 the Havre and New York steamers has
become law. The steamers are the Chrlstophe
Colomb, the Canada, Ihe Daren and the Ulloa-
The company advertise that the first voyage to New
York will be made between the goth and 30th OF
this month
The Gcrmanc Diet has determined that the cot
ton powder of Doctor Schonbein shall not be en-
ployed in the armies of confederation.
FrALY--A most dabocal plot to murder the
Fope has been discovered 1t was first found out
by the French Ambassador and he revealed the
names of the conspirators TO the Pope. Their in
tenton to assassinate him while giving audi
cncc to one of them who was, By lot, to be appoin-
ted 10 kill him. a Capuchin presented himselffor
an audience OF the Pope His Holiness requested
his name; this he gave boldly but before being adj
mtted the Pope looked the list of the consprators
and found the name ofthe Capuchin there. He I'M
mediately called for and concealed six caTbineers,
who on the Capuchns entrance, seized him, and
on searching him found he had a brace of loaded
pistols and poisoned dagger about his person.
The Capuchin conveyed to prison. Many ar
rests have taken place. This plot is no doubt
connection.
The number of sailing vessels wrecked in 1916
amounted to 537, the tonnage 9l,S09.
a vessel named the Isabella arrived in the Mer-
sey the 22d ult, from Lima, with speciein cargo
to the amouet of 100000.
Sir II. G. Booth of Sligo, is fitting fine ship, of
500 tons for the purpose Of conveying the poor on
his estate to the North American colonies
T. NJ Ray, the repeal Secretary, has issued
private circular appealing earnestly to the members
10 their subscriptions for the present year,
the funds being at the lowest ebb,
The materials already used in building the
new Houses of Parliament include eight or nine
hundred thousand tons of stone, twenty four mill
ions of brick, and five thousand tons ofiron.
The Great Western Company are about to adopt
engines of a novel construction, which to en-
greater steadness to locomoton, and travel at
aspeed equal to eIghty-iour miles an hour
IRELAND.
The weather has of late undergone a favorable
change. Vegetation is making rapid progress
The accounts of the wheat and oats crops are high
~ encouraging and even in regard to potatoes very
favorable accounts are received. The smaller class
of farmers who have suffered so terribly by the de-
structive failures of the last year are plucking up
courage to try their tavorite root once more The
early spring growing OF potatoes had been confined
TO the large farmers and gentry. who could afford
to make experiments, but within the last week the
small farmers are also yenturing The Newry Te-
lcgraph says The pantingo potatoes in this part
81 the country, is quite general, several of the
extensive farmers having large breadhs of land laid
down for that purpoSe-Ihe early planted are ex-
hlbtlng the most gratifying promise of large and
abundant crop the young plants coming up strong
and vigorous, as III the most favorable seasons. 3"
The accounts from other districts are similar.
Whether for good evil the E will be am extern
siNe potato culture this year Probably the amount
sown will be one lourth part of the crop OF ordina-
~ years.
On the 9th ult. deputatons from the city of
Cork and some public bodies proceeded TO Cork to
present an address to Captain Forbes OF the United
State soop of war, Jamestown which has brought
relief cargo, valued at 4I4,UOU 1t was determi-
ned at meeting in Cork on the oath nit at which
Lord Bernard. VI p. presided, that the cargo OF the
jamestown should be distributed amongst the ten
unions of the county, according to the extent of po-
pulaton and the prevalence OF distress in each.
We read in the Gazette dc Lyon, of the 18th Of
April: ~ consultation of physicians was held YES
to-day, 10 decide whether il was advisable or not
tor Mr,. Cornell 10 proceed on his Journey, owing
- the extreme state OF weakness he was in The
result of the consultation suot given Intelligence
which reached town on Tuesday night, represents
Mr.. q Couucl> condition as peculiarly distressing.
his suljcrings being considerably aggravated by the
fr.4R4, Il
physical vigor for which he was once so dstin-
guished is represented TO be gone and he is peri
ohca)ly afflicted with mental depression which
It is in the last degree painful to contemplate
ExpERtNENr At PorrsvrLLy WITH Gux Cor
- Tox-Ihe result of a series OF experiments in
mining with gun cotton is published in the Potts