The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-04-17
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM
Pc.
ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP WASHING
TON IRVING.

, lO4N IN ' l+NN.
The fine packet ship Washington Irwin.
arrived at Boston last Saturday, 1911. doy.
from Liverpool.
The cotton market was dull, at reduc,io,
of l-s lid per ID. American SWEEP Goo
flour in Liverpool, on the 18th, WINS nuo,o5
at lOs To Ais. The sales for the three nro,i
Gus days had been 10000 barrels. m6;,,
corn was Il TO Is lower. Money was beco~
ing more scarce in consequence of ho
mount ofspecie exported for brcadstufs
Queen Victoria appointed the 24,h Of
March 10 be observed throughout Great Brj,
min and Ireland as day ofGeneraI Fast ar
Humiliation, in consequence ola "grieyou
scarcity and dcarth ofdivers articles Of sus
tenauce and nccessnries Of life"
A fire damp explosion took place in ar-e
coal mine at BuruSley, by which acreniy Hrq
individuals were instantly destroyed Fon
TWO ofthe bodies were inferred in one grave
/ in rows SIX abreast, and seven deep.
/ II is STAGED that Queen Victoria, WHO'S yer
properly great advocate for PrOpiety has IN.
timaLed to certain noble and titled brides
who thought proper to consent TO cl0ndes.
tine unions, that their attendance at her MAJ.
esty's drawing rooms will not, for the pres.
eat, be expected.
/ Incendiarsm was becoming very common
{ in some ofthe agricultural districts of Eng.
/ land. A very considerable number of ricks
ofhay, peas, beans, &C., with some barns
had been fired and burnt; one instance
mentioned, in which il head Of cattle were
destroyed by the flames.
| The IlighIanders of Scotland. driven bG
| famine, are migrating in considerable nun.
beers TO the lowlund districts. Many have bee,
employed on the Caledonian Railway
| Favorable accounts have been received
the growing crop in Egypt.
The Circassians have nearly eXtermnGA
the Achenes, IA native tribe in alliance with
RUSSIA. The Achemes were at CasabD
where the Circassians fell upon them, 0Ui
put 5000 of the men, women, and chiIdren,o
the sword.
Mr. O'CoNNEL's HEALTH. The LoudoH
correspondent of the Cork Reporter gives
very gloomy version of the effects Of the
chunge of air upon Mr O'Conners constilu'
ton. CATER the first short rally was over
says the writer, "hc relnpsed into his former
excessively depressed and nervous state, and
has continued so ever since, gradually sink
ing, and settling more firmly in the conyiC
ton that his case is hopeless. His voice has \
failed. and he spends much of bis time in dtV
yotional exercises.
IRELAND. Fever has become much les
viruleut in Cork. On Sunday evening, the
lIllI, in Athoue, % houses were desuoygi
by fire.
Emigration is rapidly increasing, OndaII g.
long the lines which lead from the interior'0
the ports of emharkation a continued stream
flows towards the west. 1t is announced in
the Cork papers, that over two hundred ten
ants ofthe Duke of Devonshire, in the south
of Ireland, many ofthem holding large farms
and all ofthem in comfortable circumstances
are about III emigrate: and so great IS th'
stream from the northwest of ireland Wa'
the Il oval Canal Company have found Nnsc'
essPry 10 put on an additional packet noM
ior the exclusive Use Of emigrants from ~.
20, Donegal, Leitrim, Longlord, and NG''
meath
ARRIVALS OF MAIZE AND GRAIN. Ihe%'
rivals of grain laden yessels-maize beng lLe
principal import--nt this port, during the 10"
few DAVIS have been as follows: on the I'LL
seven vessels; on the 18th, eight vessels On
the 18th, nine vessels, on the 14th, five yes
sells. In addition TO these, our Cove cores
pondent announces at. least twenty Others
particulars of which, owing to the hoistero",
state of the weather, could moi be ascertained
in time for this days publication. rs te
may expect many more during the next le"
days. The American vessels are, we per
ceive, beginning to drop in. Our hurbor
thicky studded with merchantmen.-Cor
Examiner.
MISERY AROUND Coax. Messrs. RowIlr
and Son have received the following note
"Your esteemed favor OF the LIST instant is I'll
hand, conveying second half of the $50 i!alh
ofEugand note, so kindly contributed by I"
unknown donor. Ilument to say that dysen'
terry and fever, particularly the latter dsoT
der, are spreading to frightful extent. y
gain last week, the mortality in Cork WORK
house (which is crowded with over 5OO0Pau \
pers) amounted to one per hour; in hhSac,[r'
containing 1900, the average is slaeGU m
teen daiIy-whilst in Dingle, and some sur
rounding parishes, as our last accounts It.
form us, one hundred and fifty are sweep a,
way every week. The individual and iai'lG
cases of destitution and suffering, mous.
before us i'll our country correspondents
frequently ofthe most narrowing choia'"y
and some of them present such cNI,1r
pictures ofhuman misery, as the lnaghl"..
can scarcely conceive, unaided by Tic
reality. And even of the furnishing wv;
sands, not yet brought 20 the last agoneS
their unutterabe miseries, let those VINO n",
"enough and to spare" contemplate me ", w.,
dition. when an eye witness can declare u,
the starving creatures assure him SIT Tue ,o "J
ties and dock leaves were grown, they N ,".
not consider themselves badly of, as NV"
weeds would at least afford them u'e e,r
But if such be the condition of the cou" w.,
Notwithstanding the gigantic exertIons 10 on III
the piague, what must have been our co.," MI
ton ere this time, if these efforts mao and '
been made. Asking you to excuse haste ~
repeating my cordial Acknowledgements
am yours, sincerely, D,rr
| "ABRAM BEALE
FRANCE. Baron Rotbschild has de E.,.
= million fInncs for the purchase oil W.,