Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-11-27
ARRIVAL oSthe steamer Acadia.
rwrLvr pAys LATER fnoM Eunc re.


to q'vc relief--Disss,er to,he French Steam.
ship Union. .a.a..s se..f
The steamship Acaia, Captain william Har.
ri.on, arrived AZ Boston, Saturday afternoon.
from Liverpool shn sailed on the 4ih inst.
The number Of commercial bill. dae and raya.
BILE TO the Bank Of France. on the s0th uIt va.
50 great that it became necessary to employ al.
ditional collecting clerks-a fact unprecedented
in the annals Of that estab ,shment.
During the 29ih and 3Oih ult., the Bank of
Francc issurd bank notes, TO the value Of 400
francs zach, TO the amount Of fifteen millions -
II appears further, that the bank proposes 10 10.
sn" similar notes TO the amount Of twenty Eve
millions. fr ,..
II is reported that the French eovernunen NJ will
during the next session, bring in a bill TO repeal
the law which excludes the Bonaparie family from
that country. rH'H
The French steamship Union met with two
severe gales. and burst her boiler off the Azores
.u her last Passage home.
The Hbernia arrived on the morning of the
ss,h, after run of ll3 days from Boston.
The Sarah Sands will not sail ill January.
The following is the condition Of the Bank OF
England for the week ending October 23. Notes
Ssued. .f2i s65.al5 gold and silver bullion held
t7se5li5; increase Of circulation for the week
Of 81 o02.lsl; decrease of bullion, Ellis, ,009 /;
decrease Of deposits. Gs2i 504 increase of &c.
eurities f31i,s32.
Wilmer & Smiths Times mentions the stop
page Of several banks in various parts Of the
country. the North and South Wales Bank at
Liverpool, the Salisbury Bank (Brodie 4 Co J
the Shaftesbury and Hindon Bank, tBrode &
kIng.) and the Shrewsbury Bank, adams, War.
re" Co.,l have also stopped payment
On the continent considerable failures have IA.
Ken place; Lcghorn, Genoa, Trieste, Lisbon and
Client having chiefly suffered The French
hoose, a, St Petersburg. OF c. Riva & Co., has
also failed Letters received in Hamburg state
taat Emperor Of Russia had g,vsn orders TO the
bank to assist every merchant that nigh, be able
TO prove his solvency by his books"
EsaL.Sp. The English Parliament " III as.
'emb'e on the 18th inst for the despatch of bu.
sin"s. The Pope's rescript has been received,
ccndemnng the proposed Roman Catholic Pro-.
Yincial Colleges for Ireland. A feeling of uni.
vcrsal sorrow and disappointment has been eau.
sed by it.
The Catholic Bishops of Ireland have addres
sed the Lord Lieutenant, on the certain recur.
renee Of the famine in the approaching winter
He promises that Government will interfere for
Ihe preservation Of human life. rH
ASSISTANCE FROM THE BANx or ESaLAxp -
wilmer aud Smith give the following account
of the measures taken to get the government to
authorize the Bank Of Eng land to give its assist.
ance:
On Saturday the 2sd ult Mr. Ma,terman and
Mr. Clyn, al the head ofa depnta;ion OF London
BANKERS called upon the Prime Minister, a,
Downing street, and were Immediately admitted
10 an audience They represented :he intensity
OF The panic the impossibiity of allowing mat
t"rs to continue without making some effort to
siteviate the pressure; that the bankers were
full OF money but not one dared to part with il
TO bis customers tor fear Of run upon him, and
their statements produced such effect on :he mind
Of the Minister that he promised on the Monday
following TO give them an answer. Mr., Roth
schild also visited the Minister. When the new,
Of these interviews transpiIed better feeling il
the city was the result Consols and shares
somewhat rallied II transpirrd, also, that Si
Robert Peel had arrived at Loudon on the rrevi
Gus evening, and was Immediately called upol
Nv the Chancellor Of the Exchequsr. The in
t-rview lasted several hours Sir Robert Pee
Castle on a courtly visit TO her Majesty, al