The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-09-22
FOREIGN.
Partner Foreign Items.


BY the Britannia which We copy from the New York
Journal of Commerce:
Mr. Prescott. who was understood to have accepted,
40 far as the court of directors concerned the office OF
deputy governor of the Bank Of England has sgn
fed his objections TO undertake the duties II is stated
that Mr. Grenel is elected by the Board. but such
general dissemination to accept the chair exists among
the members, is not improbable that the present report
NAV give place to other The election must IN any
case be approved by the proprietary at public meeting
The balance sheet OF Messrs Lesley, Alexander and
Company who recently stopped payment is not consider
ed SO satisfactory as was expected ~ SHOWS COWS a .o'a
liabilities The assets, however-at least that portion o
them which consists of on hand-have been valued
at low figure The amount of debts owing to the firm
by houses in the trade which have recently failed
is stated at E300,000
Adyces from Paris allege that it is the intention of the
Bank of France shortly to reduce their rates OF discount
from five to four per cent Under ordinary circumstan
ces little credit would be given to such statement
from the bestnormed parties but at the present moment
is actually contemplated the of enabling the
government to attempt the raising OF their loan
Adyess from st. Petersburg announce the failure Of
shipping grain to Europe and his suspension is arou
table to his drafts having been returned upon hm.
From the Liverpool Mail of Sept a.
The CRops-The accounts received from all quarters
respecting the state of the crops most cheering and
the harvest prospects become daily brighter still In
England and Scotland the produce Is likely TO 1e un
ties and in modified form, the potato, disease mas
undoubtedly re appeared yet there is on the whole not
only ground for gloomy appehensons Suoa as
at this time last year, but there is every evidence OF
bountifu supply for and beast, that supply, more
over being to an extent which, although still far below
what is desirable is yet great beyond pecedenof grain
rather than that OF the comparatively precaous root
which has SO long formed almost exclusively the susie
nance of the bulk of the Irish people. From the CONT
nen of Europe and from America we have equally graft
flying announcements OF fertility At various parts of
the European continent the crops are DC sc6ed as double
rah drnp he
aboundngs of plenty on the other side OF the Atlantic
may be inferred from the vast imports which we have
lately had of flour aud other bread stus The potato
disease prevails extent but the diminuton of
the usual supply is not expected to be more than one
fourth 1t could not be expected to disappear all at
In Scotland the yield of all kinds of grain, SO far as
can be ascerained is very abundant-much so,
deed, than expected week two before the har
vest began In various quarters the idea OF more or
held but the Glasgow Courier says: AS regards the
districts this city, any symptoms OF failure have
been observed at all they are OF avery afng chaac
ter" The Perth Constitutional observes, In this quar-
ter the crops mostly cut down, and great proportion
secured in admirable condition There is partial faint
amongst the potatoes, but to very limited extent Iur-
nips continue to look beautiful and the crops will be
abundant"
The GREAT BRrrAIN.--The 9th of August, the day
on which the steamer was got Oft the Dundrum sands,
was the anniversary OF the day on which she was launch
We quote from the narrative of her recovery:
The grand attempt was made on Friday, when the
crew of the Scouge under Commander Coffin and about
100 men, all under the directions OF Captain CaxtOn and
Mr. Bremner, commenced operations in right earnest
AS soon as the vessel began to rise with the tide and at
tam floating position the men at the cspstan COM IN.
Brkenhead and on her own best bower AT LII O'Clock
she moved 50 fahoms $50 feet TO seawards and
left in position to float at even neap tide. From
Dundrum Bay the Great Britain proceeded to Belfast
Tough. and subsequently to Liverpool.
Great were the rejocngs welcoming her once more
to the Mersey All the vessels port hosted their flags
The piers crowded with dense masses of the pop
lace Cannon too resounded from most OF the adjacent
heights ,,n,, d,,,r =. ,.., .v;a.n, h.
her humping against the rocks at Dundrum for, not
withsanding all the efforts made to make her water
tight, 156 men had to be constantly employed at the
pumps during the passage from Belfast TO keep her
clear and, she came up the river, large quantities OF
water were pouring from her scuttles
The less said about the interior OF the vessel the bet
ter. 1t had undergone complete transformation. The
engines had been removed the mbers had been broken
through the cabins had been dsmanted; and in short
80 great has been the work of destruction, rather the
process of preservation used in Tightening the vessel
that few who saw her before would have been able to
recognise her again.
A Liverpool letter in the London Times says: We
learn that tits intended Immediately to put her into
thorough state of repair; after which, presume she
will again cross the Atlantic
TEEN LIVES LosT.Letters have been received from the
political agent at Alden Capt. Haines, r. NJ communi.
eating the melancholy loss Of the bark Welcome Of
London, 800 tons burden, the coast of Yambo, with
most of her The vessel had been chartered by the
Peninsuar and Oriental Steam Navigation Company to
convey Goals to their depot at Suez. On the l4th OF
April by unforeseen circumstance, the weather be-
ing moderate and still water, the vessel reef OF
coral rocks, known the Shoad Subad, southwest OF
Yambo
Loss OF HER MAJEsrY's SHIP AUcKLAND.-Prvate let
tiers which have reached London give reason to believe
that her majestys ship Auckland has been wrecked
her return from voyage made to the north port of Es
singon with view OF discovering suitable spot for
new penal settlement
GENERAL Posr OFFIcE--The government of the United
States having raised the transit rate of postage upon
closed mails between Great Britain and Canada all news
papers hereafter forwarded by closed mails to from
Canada will be liable to charge of penny each, in
stead of one-half penny, as heretofore.
NAVAL APPOINTMENT. --Rear Admiral Phipps Hornb,
has been appointed to the command in the Pacific to sue
coed Sir George Seymour, and will hoist his flag in thu
Asia, eighty-four guns, at Sheerness Capt StopfOrd
eldest of the late admiral, is to be captain Of tn,
Asia.
The Peruvian President has accepted the proposal O
Mr. Wheewrght to construct line of railway, the frs
in Peru, between Lima and Callao, length of about
miles
IRELAND.-At the weekly meeting of the Repeal Asso
citation on the 23d u, the rent E51 1Ss, whilst thu
amount last Monday increased it said, to E100 thu
sum OF ESQ having been RENTED from Boston, U. s.
France
The vintage is so abundant in the wine growing dis
icts OF France that much of the wine cannot be pre-
served as it is impossible to procure sufficient number
of casks to contain it.
The returns OF the customs receipts for July amounted
to ll307 francs They had been, in the correspond
ing month of 1915, 2,s37 500 francs and in ls4f
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