Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-11-17
ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA.
ELEVEN DAYS LITER EROM ENGLAND

ELEVEN DAYS LATER EROM ENGLAND. I
The Caledonia reached Boston yesterday
at "a i. NJ. She left Liverpool on the 10Th
ut. Her passage was prolonged by heavy
weather and dense togs on the coast.
According to the European Times, there
has been fearful augmentation of mercan-
tile distress, Confidence in every branch
OF trade seems extinct; the proceedings OIL
the Bank of England, in one day offering
increased accommodation to the mercantile
world, and the next shutting off all relief
mas, with other causes, scattered ruin far
and wide and the depreciation Of stocks
Is no less than five per cent. under the low
est prices quoted during the panic of April
last.
In Liverpool and Manchester there had
been heavy failures, which, from the stand
ing OF the parties, were wholly unexpec-
ted.
AT the London and Liverpool Corn Ex-
change, prices have fallen to and below the
currency noted in our last The quotation
Tor American flour in Liverpool is 24s Cd,
to 26s Cd. The accounts from the Lin
coin and Hull markets, received at the mo-
ment oil going to press, report a decline Of
Is 81 per quarter.
Altogether fhy-fyc houses have either
broken down or suspended payment, since
the departure of the last steamer.
Parliament has been further prbtogucd
on the | It'll November
Ireland Is again the scene of outrage and
murder. The papers from the southern
provinces TEEN with the deaths Ly the com
blnatlOns which have been formed to re-
SIst the payment Of rents.
public thanksgiving for the bOuntiful
harvest was generally observed Oh the
9Th.
The Austrians gave up Ferrara on the
Sd inst, to the POntihcial troops. His
Holiness threatened them with cxcommu.
nlcatlon.
THE REVENUE.
by the quarterly accounts of the revenue,
published, it will be seen that the net de-
crease OF the quarter ending the It'll inst
compared with the corresponding quarter
OF last year, is no less than 81 ,507 ,23O,
whilst on the year Just ended, compared
with the the preceding year, ending 9th
81 ,O42,268. The absence of the China
money i'll both abstracts will account in
some dgree, for the deficiency on the year;
but the great decrease on the customs, and
still more on the excise, amounting together
on those articles alone 10 GI,0IG,l7l, indi-
Gates but too plainly the Causc of this seri-
Gus deficiency on the quarter Just ended.
emma GrdSS.--A very powerful rope,
made of China grass, has been exhibited at
Manchester, by the Manufacturer, Mr..
Briggs, of Stafford. 1t is 600 Yards long,
and 10 intended for the for the iron works /
OF Earl Frltzwiliam. Ropes made of this
material are not common in this country,
but their strength and durability are bring
ing them into notice.
Substitute for Poiai0eS.-A large inn
portalion of West India vans has lately
taken place IN consequence of the anlicipa.
ted scarcity of potatoes, which has given
a stimulus to the cultivation of this tropical
substitute for that root. Some tons have
been sold for the purpose of cattle feeding,
and quantity has also been sent gratuit-
ously to Ireland, to test their applicability |.
to the feeding of pigs.
IRELAND.
This unfortunate land is again the scene
OF agrarlan outrage and murder. The
pePers from the southern provinces tccm
with details OF illegal combinations which !
have been formed to resist the payment of !
rent, and the brutal and barbarous manner
III which these intentions are put in cxccu-
ton. The last victims of this anti-rent con-
Spracy, are Mr.. Roe and Mr.. Lowe, both
resident landlords in the county Of Tippera-
ry. The crime of these gentlemen ap-
pears to be cjecting idle and worthless ten.
ants,whonol only refused to pay their rents, /
but absolutely left their land uncultivated. !
With respect to Mr.. Roe, his case was not
only painful, but a melancholy one. His |
character for humanity was above rcproach |
lie was friend to the poor in the true
sense OF the word.
The organized resistance to rent is not
confined to Fippcrary a similar spirit be- |
gins to peryade the adjoining districts of
Limerick, Galway, and Kings county. All
Galway some food riots have taken place, |
and carts containing llour plundered of
their contents.
Piracy is also carried on on the west
coast of Ireland. The Cltharinc. of New |
ry, John Cook, master, from Sligo 10 Bel !
mullct, with Indian corn mcaI, was plum /.
dcred of about two thirds of her cargo, on
the night of the 3d and morning of the Iih
inst, at the entrance of Black Sod Bay
The master states that the pirates carried .
away about 203 out Of 40 sacks.
The Poor Law Guardians are becoming
much more easily managed, and there are
nOH very few boards that refuse to strike /
the rates required by the Commissioners.
Mr.. Sherman Crawford, the great cham.
pIon of tenant right, is to be entertained at
a public dinner by the tenant farmers of the .
county of Cork.
ITALY.
The AustriSns gave up Fcrrara on tbs Sd
instant, TO the PontiiciaI troops. His Uo-
iness tried without effect, mild and concili-
aImg circumstances 10 induce the Austrian
cabinet to withdraw the troops. liz then.
II Is sand, informed Count Lutzow, that if
human means failed 10 enable him TO pre-
- he frt,c D.. II l.