The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-06-15
FOREIGN ITEMS.

very awful. Duplln corIesPo"sS
Morning Courier. says, "There nave Deeh
further lumultuary proceedings ana process
sions OF the peasantry in various Par's oi 'le
country, and The military and ponce nave
been in general requisi,ion TO keep this spirit
Reconsideration IN check, The reports Of
The progress ofpestilence are quite disheart-
ening. and, Notwithstanding all the imports
of food and money. great destitutioD still pre-
walls, and the markets are advancing. All
accounts concur in showing that the moriaii'y
is still very considerable. According to some
calculations, has already been diminished 10
the extent Of nearly one million. from DEANS
and emigration. But should suppose that
| this estimate, Tor which there can be notning
like certain OF accurate data. is generally ex-
aggerated." I'M,
| The Kerr, Examiner says: zine Caiho,
lie clergy OF this county have been obliged
10 suspend their usual monthly conferences
in consequence OF their inability 10 attend,
owing 10 the heavy duties that devolve on
them in their respectiAe parishes in these
times of pestilence and death"
CHrNA.-The Chinese Repository gives
an account which can hardly be credited,
had we not positive proofs OF the density oil
population Of the Chinese empire, "A civil
war. or rather ieuG, took place between the
two neighboring departments of Chang Coo
and Tseven- Chao. in the province oil Gokien,
| in which 24515 houses and 660 huis were
piIlaged and burnt 10 the grond, and 130, 632
! persons killed and wounded" 1t appears
that wars Of this kind are OF frequent occur
renee 10 the interior Of this country. without
the government attemptlngor rather caring 10
| interfere. Il is stated that when such riots
| L. oh ha
authorities care but little about the result TO
thorities of Canton allowed two villages to
be destroyed, and the population murdered,
as the question was only certain losses al
gaming.-Tbe empire, they say, is too thick
ly populated, therefore there can be no harm
in allowing turbulent people TO make room
for more quiet SET
DISTRESS I'm MANcBEsTER.-We regret
to find that the number of hands thrown out
of employment in Manchester, by the closing
ofmills, is on the increase-(2000 more be-
ing out oil work on the 10Th inst. than there
was on the 1st.) y and that consequently,
distress is extending more widely amongst
our working population. The very high and
still advancing price of provisions. of course,
aggravates the pressure, and increases the
privaiion and suffering; while the continued.
though at last, we hope, somewhat abating
torrent oflrish emigration, has brought with
il the consequences which we have. from the
first anticipated of lodgeing-
houses. and consequent disease Guar
dian.
SCARCITY OF FooD.-The following order
has been issued by the Lord Steward Of The
Queens household =
Her Majesty having taken into consider
alton the high price of provisions, and espec-
tally breadstuffs. has been graci,usly plea
sed TO command that from the date of this,
ends only Of -four shall be used in her Maj
esty's household, and that The daily allow
ance Of bread, shall be lib. per head 10 each
person Gieted in that palace,
In opposition TO the starvation accounts of
high prices, we are happy 10 perceive that
the season was promising fair if not an a
bundant harvest. We copy from the Liver
pool Times of the 1Slh:-
The Season and the Crops.-It is scarcely
possible 10 over-estlmate The importance oc
The present delightful and seasonablc wea.
''S'' ~ Ho( UP dppcdTeu 10 DE
lost, has been rendered quite secure, and
thus the principle winter food for cattle issafe
This is Of the utmost importance. as il will
yet only enable US 10 keep more cattle and
sheep at less expense. but to economic gain
and al. descriptions oil food, during the win
Ter OF the present year. In the pastures the
benefit will be Immediately felt, in the i'm
proved condition Of sheep and cattle, and the
great increase of butter. milk and cheese.
Under the Ieviving influence ofmoisture and
mild temperature the spring corn has re-
covered from the effects Of the biting irosts
OF April, and looks as well as ever il did at
this time Of the yea r; and though the wea-
plant is still thin in this par, of the country.
yet the process oftilling or spreading has be-
gun, and will do much 10 pair the loss off
the plant. In other parts of the country. the
wheat plant looks much better than il does in
Lancashire. and will easily fill I'D at this
season ofvigorous growth. What is also of
The greatest importance, it will grow much
more rapidly,than any veniured % hone that
j, would do during the cold whitening wea-
ther from which we have so happily esca- |
capped, and will thus give us a iolerably early
harvest.