Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-09-23
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Important and Interestiuy Ma.

Important and Interesting News
The steamship Britannia arrived =, ~
sunday forenoon, bringing Liverpool da.. .'I ~
the 9Th instant
Among the passengers on the Bntann;.
Hon II. G. Winthrop Of Boston, and Gen A..
stnng, our Consul at Liverpool. She n.
brought some $4,000 ia specie.
On the 18th inst, NJ o'clock, p. NJ. Tho NJ
iannia struck upon Gaps Race, Newfouudlsnd
during the fog, and remained half an hour, ~
received soinc injury, bat not enough 10 c,u,o
further detention. She arrived at HaIisx m
the eth, and left tie same day. -
The steamer Great Britain was succe,.falv
noated OF, on the night Of The 25th ut, ami n.
rived at Liverpool on the S0th.
The .barque Canton Of Hull, England, i re.
ported 10 have been recently wrecked On he
Wet coast Of Scotland, and three hundred em
granis, her passengeTs, psre lost
The British Islands have been visited. within
the last week or ten days, by a succession q dis
astiotis hurricanes, which have caused ihcalcula.
bic damage 10 the shipping.
The Queen and Royal Family still ccDtnue
in Scotland.
The harvest, 1t Is said, will realize al that Ia,
been promised Of Il. The potato rot T. how.
ever, very generally apparent, both in Great
Britain and Ireland, though not to the extent Of
former visitn;ionS
The English Government has thrown open
the contract for supplying the Navy with beef
and Pork 10 all nations Heretofore Il was al
ways stipulated that the articles should be cured
in some part Of the United Kingdem. The
amount wanted is 5000 1ierces Of Beef and
| / 4 900 1ierccs Of Pork.
Corn MARKET.-We have been fully sup
piled with new wheat from farmers, at pri,es
from 50 70 G2S per quarter. The arrivals Of
| foreign grain have been immense, while the
stocks in granary are unprecedenteslly large
This, added to the heavy fixtures, has caused a
complete panic in the trade, and even at the fol-
lowing nominal prices little progress could be
made in sales; Red Wheat 40 46s per imperi-
al quarter; White do. a. sos. Flour super
kne and best brands, 20 24-. per Dbl, Inferior
and sour 20 22s.; Indian Corn &c sos per
$50 he; Barley 20 a 25s. per imperial quarter
Oats IL i9s per quarter.
MONETARY ADMINISTRATION that
the funds have continued tolerably steady since
the departure OF the last steamer, fearful press
ure has been experienced in the money market,
deeply affecting, IL not entirely paralyzng, eve
| ~ branch Of trade and manufactures. This dis
trcssing state Of relaxed monetary circulation
has been followed by several heavy failures,
many Of which, from the character and position
Of the houses, have spread the utmost alarm
among the whole trading community. Whaiev-
er may be the immediate causes which have pro-
dueed this state Of thing, the Bank Of England
has not escaped its share Ct blame, and there wn
be a general despair q amendment, until IT dis
plays a spirit Of improved hbcraiiiy and accom-
notation.
The liabilities Of dcfaulting houses in London
exceed two millions sterling, while in Manehes
Il ter. Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Lime
rick, numerous large houses are irretrieyabl,
gone In Liverpool, we have to notice the stop
page OF the houses Of Lyon and Finney, ant
kirkpatrick & Co. whose liabilities are staiet
respectively at 10000; m addition 10 which
7 many houses OF lesser note have declared theii
incapacity to carry on business any longer.
The improved quotations Of the course Of Ex
change at New York, and The fact of very Iarg,
\ importafions Of English goods into the Unitet
States for fall trade, induce the hope that the an
ticipated mischief which the failures in Grea
Britain might create in the United States, ma,
in n great degree be counteracted.
! II Is in contemplation to Close the Mills a
Manchester on account Of the pressure Of th,
times
notwithstanding the War Speech of Lon
Paimcrs,on on the subject Of the Spanish bonds
there Is little fear eniersainsd ~ England tina
/ an appeal viii be made 70 the uiiiHd rdfio.
FRASCE.-In Paris, the eldest son Of the Ia.,
Duke Of Prassin, only IL years Of age, has com
united suicide, being overwhelmed BY the dis
gTucc which had fallen upon his family. Mr. Al
fred Aiontesqueu, son-in-law of Gen. Peyrun
one OF the first families Of the city, has stabbet
himself in consequence Of either gaming losses
or having committed forgery. And to complet,
this horrid commentary ON the depraved state q
rarisian society, the Prince D'EckmuhI, son o
Marshall Davoust, who has been deemed insane
for some time, has stabbed his mistress, a woman
lrul.. l..l .Il IL N
OF France he has not been arrested, but be /,
said to be kept in close confinement by hi.
friends.
The vintage in France is 50 abundant. that a
great quantity Of vino will be wasted for want
of casks to put Il in.
ITALY still remains in state Of fernent. The
town Of Fernra has been invested by the Ans
TRAN troops; and fhe declaration of Var seems
to be unavoidable ON the part Of the Pope. The
King of SARDINIA has declared his intention of
aiding the Pontifcal power, aud England warm
" sympathlzes with his Holiness Such war
must annihilatc the Austrian dynasty in Italy.
In SPAIN, public excitement is still unabated.
The Queen has intimated her intention of CALI
ing the detested Narwaese to the head of her
councils
In SWITZERLAND nothing of public interest
has taken place. The Diet stiff continues its
sittines and is determined to suppress the Son
derabnnd or armed league Of Catholics. -
The OVERLAND MAIL from India has been
received The general state of the country is
satisfactory. Trade was somewhat depressed at
Calcutta and Bombay but brighter prospects
eheered the merchants from the favorable state
Of the crops
On the 25th Of june an engagement took
place at the Cape of Good Hope, between
small body of British troops and an overwhelm-
ing number of armed Cafirees, in which the for
MGR suffered a defeat
Nrw Yopr Cry Auv is. 1877