Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-02-04

staples in England have been much hgiiaied dur
ing the past month. The graia trade has been un.
usually active, and prices have improved. There
have been great snes Of cotton, aud tho market
was firm at the last ndyiccs
The Money market appears to be in healthy
condition The European Times says;
"The condition Of the Bank of France has caus-
ed considerable discussion lately in monetary cir
cles. Owing TO a drain of Bullion, caused by the
enormous purchase of grain from other countries,
the Bank Of France requires assistance from the
Bank of England, which is the more readily con.
coded, as she gave aid few years back to the
Bank Of England under circumstances not dissim-
liar The amount has been stated at two millions
sterling"
STATE OF IRELAND The condition Of Ireland
is represented as indeed depIorable In no former
period Of her history has this part Of the United
Kingdom exhibited such a miserable and alarming
aspect as at the present time. Starvation OF the
most dire description stalks throughout the length
and breadth Of its provinccs-disease and death
are hurrying their victims from of the stage Of
time, and millions of brave but misguided people
know not how, and where, to brave the awful mis-
cry which haunts their MONDAY walks AID midnight
visions. Immense numbers of poor half starved
creatures find their way across the channel and beg
aud exist as best they candy appeals TO the feelings
Of the inhabitants in the great towns OF England
The European Times says;
$50 great aud unparalleled is the amount oil
restitution now prevailing that the efforts Of gov
eminent to abrdge aud mitigate the suaerngs Of
the distressed prove unequal to the emergency
Private beneyolence starts back at the horrilying
picture Of misery which daily demands relief In
fact. in many instances the Irish cabins are little
better than charnel houses, where the dead,
ed for unburied lie fostering by the side Of the dy
ing
rha 4. hat, ~ Lei,
landlords have become alarmed for the safety Of
their estates, and combining TO devise measures
TO arrest the ruin which seems TO he impending
over their heads. The present is the time for &C.
ton, no defamation, and accordingly Parliament
is TO be called together on the 10Th inst. TO con-
slider what ought TO be done in this crisis Of the
peoples fate.
The steamer Great Britain is still ashore in Dun
drum Bay. Mr. Brunei thinks she may be got oil
eventually, if she can be protected from further in
Jury from the sea-
| A Coon 1DEA.-The very sensible project is
ogitated in England and Ireland to prohibit the
Of grain in distilleries and breweres while the
existing scarcity Of food continues in the country
A public meeting was held at Belfast, at which the
necessity Of such prohibition was strongly argu.
ed
Information has Just been received from Egypt
by respectable mercantile house in Belfast. THAI
thS oNtihohHS VI AHc ANhc hds Odiiicu away ~
villages in Lower Egypt with oil the produce they
contained, including very large quantity Of fax.
The Government, has set vigorously TO work 10 re-
pair the dykes.
ITALY Adrces from Rome to Dec. 81, says
The Pope does not proceed with his proposed
reforms with all the aacriiy that could be desired,
but nevertheless he is advancing and that is some.
thing His letter to the Bishops Of Christendom is
not all the document that was expected from en-
liehtened man. Il is full Of denunciatons a.
gains philosophy against questioning The Pope in
fallibiity, &c.
Rome has been visited by terrific inundations.-
The distress is great the amount Of property de.
stroyed serious The Jews have been the create.
sufferers by the overflow of the Tiber, But the new
Pope has mtigaied their suiTerings by purse and
his personal exertions."
In PORTUGAL the civil war continues. Some
battles have been fought, but nothing decisive has
occurred.
In Prussia the government has in order to
check emigration to America, decided that the
crown lands in Prussia and Posen, Of which the lea
ses fall on during the years 1877, 1913, and ls49
shall be set apart for persons who would otherwise
be disposed to emigrate.