The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-08-07

/. Temporary Relief Act will expire on the 3O,l
Of September, and that, as after that period re
lief must he granted under tho powers Of th
New Poor Law Act, 1t is desirable to close thei
present arrangements on the 18th of Angus
next. when the gathering Of the harvest will b,
in full activity. The advances for fever hospi
tails are also requied TO be discontinued BY III,
Both of Sept. and the hospitals closed.
MEAyNEss or IRISH LAxDLoaps-Ther. Ar
923,363 ratiOns distributed gratuitOusIy, in Ire.
| land, daily. under the superintendence Of III.
Relief commission AT a cost Of ) cents per "a
ton. The Times Of the LIST instant, contains
the Commissioner Report, wherin they des-
cnoe the meanness of country gentlemen. OF
perhaps $iU,oo0 year income, who, place ,heir
donestics ana wealthy tenants the pauper
raion-roil. Isn't il too bad The language OF
the Report. dated June ID, is as follows:
In several instances the Government inspec-
ting officer, on the occasional visits he is able
10 make TO any COMMITTEE (having perhaps the
charge OF 10 or ~, found no difficulty in stri.
King on hundreds Of names that ought not to
have been placed on the lists, including some.
times those OF servants, and men in the constant
| employ Of persons Of considerable station ana
| property; these latter frequently themselves
| members of the Committees and in some cases
The very Chairman being Magistrates, have
sanctioned the issue Of ratiOns TO tenants of
| their own of considerable holdings possessed OF
livestock, and who, it was found, had paid up
their last half wears rent.
GERMAN
PRussIA.-1he Kin. arrived at Potsd,m Oh the
18th ult. on his return from Silesia The object
OF ms excursion was TO attend the inauguration
OF the statue of Frederick the Great at Breslau
1t is rumored that the Emperor of Russia has
resolved to place here very considerable sum Of
money; some accounts say II ,0O0, 900, and Others
l3,oo0 silver roubles. Ii is asserted that this
loan will not be made to the Prussian Govern
menf, but has been offered to the King personal
ly. The importance of this fact will not escape
any one who has followed the recent incidents
OF our internal politics Ii is not useless 10 add
that personal loan to the King is not a new
'hing; when the extraordinary expenses occa-
casioned by the state of Europe in 1880 exhaust
ed the Treasury. the King personally contracted
loan of lO,OOO,0O0 thaleis.
RoAE, July 9.-The Council of Ministers
assembled yesterday. for the first time At Csrdi
nal Uizzis. Besides the ordinary members. the
Roman princes were also convocated. The Pro-
gressists have sent deputies into the provinces TO
collect signatures for the petitions they in
tend TO present the Pope. Yesterday eve
| ning several individuals passed through the
streets, singing the hymn of Piur TX u,terng
at the same time threats and msediciions
against the gendarmes. The police had taken
energetic measures against all perturbators.--
augsburg Ga,ote.
AREIv,L OF THF HIBERNI.-We learn from
the " heeiing Times that the steamship Hibernia
arrived at Boston at 10 o'clock on Monday
morning. We have no advices of her news
but give below the result on the markets. from
| the Times.
Exclusive Correspondence Of the Wheeling Times
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. ?. :. p. VI.
Prices Of flour feebly supported, though the
receipts are light. There were small sales of
Western at St-S6 % asked by some
Sales of 5000 bushelsprime red wheat At 81 p.
| Prime yellow corn sold at .5c
Sales of cornmeal al 50 30.
| Oats Coo
No transactions in cotton-tendency down.
ward.
NV YORK, August =. sP. W.
The flour market is extremely unsettled.
Owing, il is believed, 10 private represe ltaiions
Of the state Of the crops in Europe, flour has
| fallen off again. and there sellers but no buy
.rs. OF western flour at s. 50, with an appsrs n
apprehension from the nature of the advices by
che llbernia.
BALTIMORE, Aug. ,, : 7. VI.
| The flour market is unsettled and we canno,
make any quotations from actual sales or definite
demands, there having been no transactions
| -o-day.
| Nothing done in provisions. and groceries
quiet without change.
| The Washington correspondent of the New
York Journal Of Commerce SAYS:
At the moment when the war bill passed, in
| Nay. lclb, Democratic Senator remark ed tina,
| the war would he very short one-that il would
not last longer than a month. Mr.. Calhoun re-
plid. ii will last three wears and cost us a hun
dred millions
i have reason TO know that Mr. Calhoun
opinion is unchanged-that he considers the wal
MS merely begun, and the engthening train o
is evils as having been scarcely vet manifested
The views Of the Administration and its friends
have undergone n great change, in consequence,
of the obstinate refusal of the Mexcans 10 max,
peace.
They deem peace as hopeless now, and will
OF course, look about TO find some person 81
whom Ia lay the blame of failure TO procure il
They have seized upon Gen. Scott--his dilatori
ness in marching on the city of Mexico, and hi
delay in sending forward Mr.. Buchanan's letter
That Mr.. Buchanan's letter written on the ! jtl
of April was not transmitted TO the Mexican
Gorernmen on the 18th of the same month i
the only fault that the Union proposes TO fin,
with Gen. Scott. This Is the only Gstinc
charge. although limitations are strongly mad
that Cen Scott has refused 10 move without AL
cquate force, and has written several more sill,
letters.