Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-04-10
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
Two packet Ships which sailed from Liverpool
on the 9th of March, have arrived at New York
furnishing two days later intelligence from Europe
4 We make a few extracts:
In markets the tendency still upwards for agricultural
producea steady demand having sprung up for expectation
France. The effect of this foreign demand was ne
cessary that Of enhancing the home markets letter dated
at Liverpool the 9Th, gives the prices OF flour follows
i "Saes Western canal flour at 42s. Cd. New Orleans al
Ais, which is an advance of Cd. to Is. per bbl
Business cotton moderate. Sales for the 4th and 9th,
$500 bales, without change in prices American quoted
i at 81 to r.
i The money article of the London Globe Of the 5h March
states that experiment is to be made by the British Gov
eminent to supply the British navy with salt provisions from
the United States and that order fol- 1000 erces had
already been given We have plenty ofsuch provisions sell
Paris dates are to the Sd of March The French papers
occupied with squabbe between the Greeks and the
Turks, point Of etiquette. The Turkish Ambassador al
the Greek Court had been nsued Athens and the Greek
Cabinet refusing make suitable repaaton he had quilted
that city and returned Constantnope Great sensation
said be occasoned thereby in the Turkish capital and
it was believed the mediation both of France and England
will be required stay the consequences this mighty quarrel
The annual of the export trade and shipping Of
House Lords on 4th u show these aggregate results;
1914. 1915. 1916.
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Cotton Manufactures lssl6,764 l9 096 l7726, 966
Yarn, 6,9SS,5S4 1858, 235 7,S73,727
Linen Manufactures, 3,O24,7ss 3,036,37o 2,s3s, 1884
=" Yarn, l,o50,676 l,O6O,566 s75,576
Wooen Manufactures, ,204 1886 1888, III 6,33429s
Yarn, 95s,2l7 l,066,s25 907, 1913
Prince ALBERT has accepted the CHARACTERISTIC of Cam
bridge University for which he is roundy scored by Of
the newspapers.
The Duke de PoIgnac died at Paris March . after long
and painful illness.
LONDON, March s, evening.-our advces this morning
from the Continent state that the drain Of bullion upon the
Bank of France again increasing For some time past
parties have been purchasing in London large quantities Of
for the French markets. and they willing to give
higher prices there appears every probability OF large bust
being done such account The drain Of bullion will
therefore, be enhanced by these purchases The opinion that
the French Government will be compelled raise loan
is generally entertained II is said that some of the
Bank OF France directors favor of further raising the
Of interest," but is believed that such will
be adopted
ConS.-From Parliamentary just issued by order
OF the House OF Commons appears that in the year ending
January 5, lS47 there imported into the United King
dom 2 00l ,44 quarters of foreign wheat and wheat -four
259344s being entered for home consumption and $780,,
433 quarters Of colonial imported and 369 3S4 entered for
home consumption. Total, 235l, 907 quarters imported,
and 962 s32 entered for home consumption. From Cana
da quarters imported and $685. $50 entered for
home consumption. From Ireland there imported into
the United Kingdom from July, 1916, to January ls47,
sos quarters of wheat Of Irish growth AZ 757 quarters Of
barley and 477sl3 of oats ls6, 600 of wheat meal
flour and l69 006 cw OF meal, all likewise of Irish
growth.
The London Chronicle of March 4, though il records no
late event Of much Importance, presents greater variety Of
interesting matter than il is usual find in single number
Of any journal First there is the debate in the House Of
Commons the motion To go committee the factories
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res. The motion prevailed by vote Of 80 to 100 but
the debate called out in opposition several of the abes
in the House, Of both political parties
The general grounds taken against the bill that the
proposed restriction Of time would be unjust interference
with the natural right Of both employer and employed
guae their conduct would prove seriously if not
ousy detrimental to the employer by abrdgng his ability to
produce and injurious the operative by reducing his
These objections, and the mpolcy Of curtang production
and wages at time when English manufactures have such
powerful competition struggle against and English opera
ves stratened for subsistence urged with great
force by Mr.. Escot, Mr. Ward Sir James Graham Mr. NJ.
Gibson, aud Sir Robert Peel the latter Of whom made speech
Of considerable length and the Chronicle admits, Of
consummate ability.
The bill supported though with difference by two
Of the Cabinet Minister'S Sir g. Grey and Lord Morpeh, the
former being willing to concede the greatest restriction
hours the latter insisting eleven and opposed by another
Minister Mr. Labouchere Lord John Russell has taken
decided ground and for this he is sharply rcbuked by the
gan Of his Administration, the Chronicle which cas
gates him severely il would Conservative Premier
thus exhibiting independence Of party trammes which
should like TO see in country
Another matter Of interest in the paper before is ed
toria article on Mr. Humes pending motion stop the
nua payment Of El2O 900 Russia by Grea, Britain in
sequence Of the course pursued by Russia Austria and Prus
STA to the Republic Of Cacow. We copy much of the ar
Gle as gives the history Of this little known subsidy
"The obligation to pay this loan to Russia original,
contracted by England and Holland IN 1915. The obligation
accompanied by certain conditions One Of those cond
tons was that the payment should the Bsgic pro
vnces should at any time (beoe the debt lqudaed
pass be severed from the domnone Of the King Of the Ne