The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1847-10-12
v oil. 5.-No. "a
Arrival OF the steamer Britain

Left Liverpool 4ih inst and arrived on the 18Th
ONE WEEK LATER FOREIGN lNTELLI-
eENcE.
The Queen and Royal family ssilI con-
sinue in Scotland.
The steamer Great Britain was sue
cessfully foaled of on The night Of the
9th ultimo, and arrived at Liverpool on
the 3Oth.
The wreck of the barque Canton OF
Hull, with the loss OF 900 emigrants, IL
reported to have taken place upon the
west coas, of Scotland.
The British Islands had, within tho
previous week or ten days, been visited
by succession Of disasterous hurricanes,
which had caused iacalculabie damage to
the shipping.
! Notwithstanding the war speech Of
Lord Palmerson, on the subject Of Span
ish bonds, there is but little fear enter
tanned in England, that an appeal viii be
/ made TO the ultimatum.
/ A smart engagement took place on the
18th of June, at the Cape Of Good Hope.
between small party Of British troops
aud the erwhelming number Of Ksirs;
in which the former suffered a defeat.
The Sarah Sands sailed from Liver
pool on the Sd instant.
The overland mail from India has been
received. The general state of the coun-
try was satisfactory. Trade was some
what depressed at Calcutta and Bombay,
but brighter prospects cheered the mer-
chants from the favorable state Of tbs
crops.
Financial Intelligence.--It viii be graf
flying to know that the drafts Of Prime,
Ward & Co., of which acceptance was
on Wednesday lay definitely refused by
Oyerend, Quincy & Co., were on Thurs
day honored by that firm in consequence
of the interposition Of the friends Of
Prime, Ward &c Co.
| IRELAND.-The furniture Of the late
Mr.. o. 'Connell, at Marion square, Dub
lin, is advertised 10 be sold. Il is ex-
pected to realize considerable amount.
The library is not mentioned.
! Reports are circulated OF ravages Of
the potato rot, many Of which are well
authenticated. Although the Irish grain
crops are one fourth larger, the crop Of
sound potatoes, il is confidently asserted.
viii not exceed that of last year.
SCOTLAND.-Her majesty's recep-
ton in Scotland has been highly saiis-
factory TO all parties.
FRANCE-The suicide Of the Duke
de Praslin still agi,stes the public. Gov
ernment having seized upon the newsps-
pers which charged the state officers with
aiding the suicide, the excitement became
intense. The French government has
formed an alliance with Auslria to op-
pose the liberal measures Of the Pope
The opposition journals say that the
French people are in favor of the liberal
policy of his holiness.
A secret department exists in the
! French P0st-ofice, in which suspected
letters are broken open and read, by or
| der Of the government. An employees
who oficiated in this department before
the revolution of 1880, is reinslated at
salary of ten thousand dollars per an
nun. This it is alleged, affords clue
to the extensive robberies Of the nail.--
Charges Of corruption are made against
thirty or forty officers of government.
Six journals have been seized for ex.
posing government abuses, viz. The Dem
ocratic Paeifquc, the Esfafeife, The Ga
zefte de France, the Union .MonGrchique,
the Charirari and the Reforzae. An
internal machine was exploded on tho
Boulevards on the evening ofthe 9th
ult., at the most crowded part Of that
fashionable promenade in front OF the
/ Eafe de Paris. It was an oaken box,
containing Eliminating powder and va
rious kind of projec.iles- Fortunately
no one was hurt. The assassin was inn
mediately arrested.
Count Alfred de Montestique, officer
Of the Legion Of Honor, the husband Of
rich American lady, and the father Of sew
Ell or eight children, was found dead in
his bedroom in Paris, from a slab by
poniard in the heart. A legal inyessigar
/ tIon ended in verdict Of death by bis
own hand. He was forty-three years Of
age.
fTALY.-The British government sre
preparing formidable naval expedition
at the Ionlan Islands, to aid the Pope a-
gainst Austria, should the latter invade
his dominions.
Italy still remains in a state of ferment-
The town Of Ferrara has been invested
blythe Austrian troops, and 4 declaration
Of war seemed unavoidable on the part Of
the Pope.
Pope Plus has declared that he viii
lead the Italian army in person, in case
Of war with Austria.