Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1847-06-10
Arrival of the llibcrnia,
Eleven Bays later from Eu-
rope.

The steamship llbornia arrived At Boston or the
Sd inst. She brings Liverpool papers TO the 10Th
of May. She had Is passengers,
The Cambria arrived nj Liverpool on the lih
May, after run of twelve days and half from
Boston, including her usual call and detention AT
Halifax,
The American whale ship Delphos, (or Tisbury
Marlha's Nineyard) Capt. West, was wrecked ON
II reef near ramcrslon's Island, on The eth Oco.
her. All but two Of the crew were saved.
BRITISH AND Norm AMERICAN MAIL
SrEAMsIIps.--Ih he first Of the four new steam.
ships intended for this service which will establish
II Weekly Mail Communication between Liverpool
and America, was launched at Grcenock, on
Thursday, 18Th inst, from the building yard of
Messrs Il. Steele & Co., and named the America
She is Il remarkably fine ship of 1900 tons The
length of keel and fore rake is psi feet, breadth
OF beam tlrt eight feet, The building of the
"Nmgam' and "Europa'' are proceeding very
rapidly, and in II few months we shall have the
satisfaction Of seeing these additional ships in
weekly communication with Liverpool and New
York and Boston
A further and important advance has taken place
in the price Of bread stuils. Wheat has reached
so high point as to put it beyond The reach of The
poorer classes; greatly contracted consumption
must, therefore, follow This, it was thought,
might be the means of Stay ing any further imne
date rise in the value.
The pressure in the money market has been
more severe than has been experienced for many
years.
The accounts from the manufacturing districts
aIe of the most gloomy character, and little hope
can yet be entertained Of any decided or suhSan-
lin Improvement, at least unit, the price of pro
Visions is lower, and the demand for manufactured
goods increased
IRELAND. The accounts from ireland are
very awful. A Dublin correspondent Of the Morn
ing Chronicle, saws, There have been further lu-
muItuary proceedings and professions of The peas
antry in various parts Of the country, and The mil
ilary and police have been in gencia requisilion
10 keep this spirit of INSTRUMENTATION in check -
The reports Of the progress Of peslilcnco are quite
dishearlnlng, and notwithstanding all the imports
of food, aud The immense extent OF relief in food
and money, great deslllution still prevails, and the
markets are advancing. All accounts concur in
showing that The mortality is still very consldera-
| hle. According 10 some calculations, the pOpula-
non mas aneauy ueun unnnr>ucu tic ,,,'", .,
nearly one million from deaths and emigration. -
Int should suppose that this estimate, for which
there can be nothing like certain or accurate data,
is greatly exaggerated The Kerry Examiner
says, 'Ihe Catholic clergy Of this county have
been obliged to suspend ;hcir usual monthly COR
ierences in consequence Of their inability to attend
owing TO the heavy duties that devoIve on them in
their respective parishes in these times Of fnmine
and death, The peslilence is nearly as dcslruc-
tive in some parts Of Ulster as in any of the south
ern or western districts. In the northern country
Of Fcrmndagh the mortality is fiighlluI. The
| Cork Examiner contains details Of the ravagcS OF
peslilence in various parts of that extensive conn.
ty. In the famed district of Schulz the extensive
relief afforded has caused some alienation, and the
mortality is decreasing. In the Cork work-bouse
the deaths, last week, were 95,-an increase of ,
over the preceding week,
Father Mathew is likely 10 be appointed Roman
Catholic Bishop Of Cork.