Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-12
FOREIGN NEWS.
Intelligence by tho Steamer Caledonia.
CONDITION OF ENGLAND.

The news by the Caledonia is most important,
not only commercially but politically.
The commercial tornado has at length reach
ed The Banks; TWO of which, The Liverpool Bank
ing Association, and The Royal Bank oil Liver
pool, have already suspended
The fearful condition of English credit is best
indicated by her consols which are selling al OIL;
lower even than during the wars OF Napoleon, the
darkest hour of modern England's history.
twill be seen By our detailed extracts, that the
famine, in aggravated form, has re-aPPearea IN
Ireland.
Her Majesty and the Royal Family are al
Windsor Castle where an illustrious party OF vi
sors are being entertained. The Queen Dow
aeer has proceeded 10 Madeira, where she will
remain during the Winter.
Some sansuine persons are expecting, we do
moi know upon what grounds, an investment OF
three million sterling OF bullion by Russia, to
enable US 10 overcome the present monetary ditil-
cpllies.
The trials of the Poles, and other persons i'm
plicaled in last years conspiracy, have been re-
su,ned Two have suffered death, twenty have
been condemned 10 hard labor in the lorresses,
while forty have been pardoned and sci al liberty.
Amongst the latter is the youthful Count Ney.
The Emperor Of Russia has issued decree
ordering all The Jews in The empire either 10 he
come members of one OF the guilds Of commerce,
or burgesses OF towns or 10 become cul,iya;ors pt
the soil. Those who refuse TO comply with this
order are subjected to all the measures OF repres-
sion which The government may think proper 10
adopt.
A depulaion OF he Society OF Friends is now
in Dublin, negotiating for the purchase Of Gao 600
OF waste land on the coast Donegal Tor The pur-
pose oil promoting an extensive lobster fishery.
The following important memorial TO the CO.
vcrnment was got up on Saturday last By me
American Chamber OF Commerce, and was very
numerously signed by the merchants and ship
owners of Liverpool. A Gepuration, headed by
the Mayor, Mr.. Brown NJ P. for the county,
and Mr. Caldwell. NJ. p Tor The borough, pro-
ceeded to London last night TO present it, and give
due weight and importance 10 its representations:
"To The Right Hon. tie Lord Johg Russell, first
Lord u Her Mojsstys Treasury
"The memorial OF The undersigned bankers, mer-
chants, traders and Others inhabitants OF Ii
verpool,
"SHswETH, That your mcmofas;s beg re-
sp-cltully TO represent 10 your lordshlp the pre-
sent deplorable condition Of the trade commerce,
and manufactures of the country, and the
imperative necessity for such immediate relief as
il may he in the power OF The government 10 al
ford. Produce, OF every description, is only sale
able in small Quaniies aud aI an enormous sa-
criice Bills OF exchange and the most valuable
securities are unconvertible into cash, even al
grea, depreciation, except in the most insisDif-
cant amounts Foreign oiders for produce and
goods caunut be executed for want Ct the cuslo-
mary facilities for disposal Of bills drawn against
them. Confidence is all but anpihila,ed, and The
currency OF The country in great measure with
drawn and boarded.
ut is needless on this occasion, 10 inquire by
what combination Of causes this lamcntable state
Of affairs has been brought about: crisis OF
unparalleled severity exists; and your memoir
alias believe that is in the power OF The Govern
~, nj aarf1 bt,
coming TO the relief Of the commercial and pan
uiac,utias classes, BY temporary advance on
the credi! OF The country. Your pemorialists be-
lieye il is not only the duty but The interest OF Co.
vernmenl 10 afford relief, inasmuch as they conf
IDENTIFY believe that the utter prosralion OF the
manufacturing and commercial interests cannot
otherwise be prevented, whereby The laboring, po-
pulation will be Immediately thrown out Of I'M
poymenl, and an amount OF misery and desilu-
lion will be witnessed unexamplcd III The annals
Of the country.
"Your Lordship may depend upon US when We
assure you that il the present pressure be mol re-
Ieved merchants and other traders Of undoubt-
ed responsibility are not only solvent, but
rich, and who have merchandiZ re and bills which,
under ordinary circumstances, would afford easy
and ample means Of meeting ensagemenls-wi
inevitably b. compelled 10 stop payment"
We resre; 10 STATE that, just as We were going
turned TO Liverpool, having failed 10 make IA
voIabe impression upon her Majcsly's Govern
ment.
STATE OF IRELAND.
ANOTHER FAMINE AppRoAcuINa.-Th in
crcasins difficulties under which the people oil
Ireland appear 10 be suffering, as tine season ad
vances, claim The most painful attention. Two
appeals, the one from Mr.. Trevylian, and The
other from Sir John Burgoipe, addressed TO The
haan he'd No
implored 10 extend once more the hand OF chari-
ty TO the sufferers on the west coast OF Ireland;
and the statements made OF the already existing
dislresses by two gentlemen so we'll acquaiG'ei
with The case, cannot, we regret 10 say, hc in
peached. II is indeed most melanchoy pas
pect Tor the winter With daily irc'easiny dis
iress in our own manufacturing districts, Arising
from the stoppage OF mills, and The present de-
rancemen, OF trade il is grievous 10 find that the
poor of Ireland will again become supplianis for
relief from The affluent and The humane, both in
this country and in our colonies, and, indeed,
wherever the English language is spoken. II is
y iarher aggravalion OF this national calamity
that crime is alarmingly on the increase in many
districts Of the sister country.
A Mi. Roe, a magistrate OF Rockwell in Tip.
perary, has been murdered at broad noon day,
under circumstances of frigh,ful atrocity. Little
or no doubt can be entertained that the murderer
WAS UuC VI ulS tCuduto, liz Hnu PiOPSilJ
eyicted, alter having shown towards him the
greatest beraly and enhy. In a late Dublin
Gazette no fewer than five proclamations appear
ed offering rewards Tor the perpetrators OF muir
dsrs, and other ou,Iages. The Government has
expressed resolu,e determination to enforce The
payment OF poor-ra,es even in the most distress
ed western unions; bu, i! is hardly 10 be expected
that the sudden change can be made, without
very great privatioa and suffering, from an idle,
barbaroas, isolated potato cultivation 10 cul-
iivaton, which will necessarily bring down, at
the commencement of the system, a large class
OF co,liers just above paupersm to be themselves
dependent upon The rates As il requires three
times fhe quantity Of land laid out in corn, TO
what would be necessary 10 potatoes to feed for
the year any given number OF persons it is plain.
ly evident that, with only one-sixih OF The usual
quantity OF potatoes planted, The position OF great
numbers Of the people Of Ireland must be truly
distressing.
A great outcry is being raised by some of the
London journals against any future contribution
on the part OF The English in favor of Ireland
but whilst we perfectly agree with them in The
absolute necessity Il refusing eleemosynary aid,
with view TO stimulate exerlion, in all cases
where the smallest doubt may exist respecting
the utter desti'ution of the supplicants; neverhe.
less, we are not prepared TO turn our faces Ut
Ierly from the poor" and refuse relief in cases
WhciG ucatu duu ultci cAtct uitudttou 1ie dStuuiJ
threatened. Stale necessity and expediency must
override even The harsh theories Of political econ
omy.
OUTRAGEs AND MURDERS IN IRE
LAND.-Wiimer & Smiths Times, OF the 18th
nlt., says:
This unfortunate land is again the scene %!
asrarian outrage and murder The papers from
the southern provinces leem with deiails Of The
illegal combinations which have been formed 10
resis, the payment OF rent and the brutal and bar.
barous manner in which these intentions are put,
into execution. The last victims TO this ami
rent conspiracy are Mr. Roe and MIR Lowe, both
resident landlords in the county Of Tipperary.-