Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-03-25
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Dated the 25th day OF February, isI7.
From the London Shipping Ga1-ttr March cve,,r,l
MONEY MAEEEr-AdVces from various parts of The con-
uneni represents spceuaios in be purchasing in
ali directions with the intention of hoding until prices ar,
sun higher Thus the natural scarcity and dearness of
provisions are increased ictuously. France appears IN
ee the scarcity in greater degree than any other dsr
Large parcels OF grain at Hamburg have changed hands
from English French account Buyers from the no,,b
OF France have purchased largely Antwerp and the
warehouses there have IN consequence become very bare
Letters from the Baltic ports state also great portion
OF the gram purchased for spring delivery in our market
had been resold Tor the French market
he value OF money IN the open market has not
he last few days The bl-brokers, however seem in.
cned TO LOOK forward 10 advance before long but the
directors OF the bank WELL the face of the reeent
contract Tor the loan. make alteration in their rate, 10,
Ae present Inc letters from the have for the
week osen more favorable and the scarcity OF cash
appears 10 some instances to have abaied considerably
From the Liverpool Standard March
FROM all the information which can gather the pre-
Paauons Tor the growth Of breadsuis this wear have
becn IN Great Britain upon an enlarged scale: and -
AR we hear Of nothing prevent eaping in the same
measure is we have sown. We have been favored with
an old EngNsh winter; and may reasonably hope for
popuous spring secdmc. There is still every rosnec,
that our farmers, from their abacd confidence in Tho nd
ness OF The seed and the disastrous experience of the mast
two wears will restrict their potato cultivation Should ibis
De he case 70 any serious eNenr short crop root
may be anticipated. There is the possibility however
that the action OF the FROST which have bouad up the soil
uuflng the last Two months and OF the SHOWS which can
not iai 10 nave nourshed may have done much
It's iesiOTauon well towards the Eradication of the
disease from whatever arising by which the potato
has been destroyed. An average something slightly he
low an average crop. may possibly be the result
From 4feiaat however and parts Of Scotland our
hopes oi popuaon are not At ali sangune. The agrcu
turai production OF the county sunk down
into helpless dependence upon charity Of the state
tvaton to be almost abIndoned few nave the
at hand 10 buy seed they had energy required TO
into tie ground The cottcr population Of the Scousb
highlands are similarly hopeless and helpless From Ire
aud an average crop Of cereal products cannot be exncct
ed; potato crop Of average quantity. one infinite
beneath u, We are not warranted in looking for r.,
preserve the people OF these portions of the empire from
severe desutuuOn, 1t from defamation nv famine there
too great reason 10 fear ta realised capital Of the
J we have Just entered
The stock Of gs Ireland and Scotland Is almost ex
hius'ed Ia some parts Of both countries not a co,ters
pig Is % be seem having been hurried market A. pok
because there nothing lett feed them with ia
Britain itself there great decrease IN the quantity on
hand from the Perhaps there never wa. a
time when the farmer throughout the Country had less
Fourg stock 10 consume their coming hay cfopl IL HAVING
been found more profitable sell o their calves than
Nc'p them through an expensive Here also Anne
ca steps ~ That asute brother already secs in pros
Pect John Bull driven the consumption of h. beef his
pork. his ard his butter, and his cheese d. evident rom
the excited state Of the markets FOR these articles At the
The Irish Famine.
Amongst the many heart rendering cases OF misery and
lamne every day occurring IN Iceland, have scarcely
heard Ut ono more distressing than that which Is detailed IN
the following leter
ANSApurT, Drmsna, Feb 18th. AZ.
Sir: venture 10 write you, the hope that you may
perhaps be able to interest Of your friends at Liver
pool aud elsewhere assist in aleyatng the unn,e
cedenied lsh distress which abodndI every dc of US
n this parish lac your brother testify deaths from star
Yaon have become 80 numerous that they have
be recorded and cOrOners inquess which were az rs re-
sorted To, are now seldom held Of the fequcnc,
| of the cases that call for them.
There are, moderate computation four thousant
persons in this parish utterly destitute; in fact
not guu IL
once IN the twontyour hours, and many are forty
hours without tasting iood-and this only amongst III,
class whom we once considered paupers but the email
ncn and even the respectable housoholden. noigbbor
ing gentleman told yesterday that his havr,
died from disease last week, the people came IN crowd
begging or the flesh and though be ed 10 dssuade the
tom using such food, they persisted carrying IL away
| a poor man was found dead on the road near you
bro'hets house Sunday. In short are living in t
| midst Of famine, desttuuon and death.
may mention that scarcely any provisions are 90 be ba,
m the country. We dependent distant markets 70
supplies and inland position, remote from sosporis
renders carriage Of good both expensive aud difficult
believe me- dear SIR very truly yours
GEORGE SHAW.
The Rev Dr.. Booth Liverpool.
Prom the correspondence Of the London nerad.l
DUBLIN, Feb n.
TuE FANxE.-The government organ and another pa
here have observed within the past few days that r
accounts 10 reference 20 tho nmi1o received from the coun
y were more favorable than they had been Tor some tim
accusOmcd 10 receive, sud tho improvement dol
placed 10 the credit u government Now, w.
regret wo cannot verify the opinions FOR they moth
ing m,rc. True they fewer deaths by actual star
viu'n in Dublin Cork, Limerick, and tho other larq
towns, but the returns sent up the CASTLE and IN
statements received this day by the Central Rolie
Committee, rcprc1ort the average mortality nm1ngl
The poor o. frghdulIy increased since the boginnin
Of the mouth While the large towns arc better % th
s1tefinss Of Tho people In tho interior intcns
than ever Huudi eds dying every day Of slow starya
u0no dYecniary and fovtrihc consequence of insul
hJicnt noUnshmeng and all tho from the district
remote rom great markets, concur In anticipating wofs
state Ot things. 1ho supplies Oi in the haRgafds
The farmers ere rapidly sappeanng-not, think
b. transferred 70 tho gfourd seed bot either used BY the
amlf9 90 food, sold 10 distant dcnofs. This IL th
substance Of almost every communication written from III
southern aud western counties, from paT u Donegal On
Antrim, from LongfOrd, Moath and Leiuim
The moofy o tho deaths are from diseases brougt
on ~ starvation. The Clare Journal says;
Numbers around dying Of huageF Or u tho ten
der sensibres Of her msestys ministers prefer the Dho
sophics Phrase betief, Of hamilton. Yes, repeat IN
words again, the people dying In every corner Of Oh
land from absolute Of food. With truth IL may b.
sd tho men Ia power debating, Wills, tho people ~
dying"
/ France.
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tho Casm6er u Deputies by age majority follow r.