The Arkansas banner., 1847-06-28

qqey wul hNte @ fnu0 i 1fyida of the IF. etbqner nilis nov aHonl in af1srenea wa are glad sol stnts that tis paysnenis Uf tlse present week. which are supposed 10 be ths heaviest ever knownsl are provided for; aud that the Hiberhia will take th4 news of she fnlhlmenl of all eagagemenls
 1he pss1saFe dnfinN the last fosnigha has been more intease but, hy extEa0FdinaTy efforts and sacrifices, credit has been preser- ved. The pOsiiion of afairs is now shis {; the extrsme pressure is gone; but money siill teia,ains extremely scarce, and clear for tho profitable prosecution Of hssiasss. Our quotations for all the several stocks. though lower than thc closing prices q she last steAmer, must ba nmdesss0od to be from ! to per cent higher than ihe lowest prices during the interval Avefy decided improve ment took place between the Slh and lg,h inst, and there can he 10 doubt that the Rank is m . steadily improving eondiaion. The present amount of bullion hold by this es- taolishmeut is estimated, by very competsn. judges; at GIG. .00O, GOO, while she reserve of the brokers notes ia nearly E4,OO0,OOO.
 The market to-day is steady, wiah little doing.
 The prices Of Cotton were---EOr fair how ed 6 l-Sd. Mobile, 6 l-8d. New Orleans. 6 3-Sd. Sales for the fortnight ending May l4ih, were 66y360 bnles--AIOO on specnla- tiou, and lbO0 American for specnIution.-- The imports of the fortnight were 3233 hales4 and there was tendency to an ad- vance in price.
 Sales were effected oC 5000 barrels oi Pork, and the demand Tor Provisions were very active.
 FRANCE.
 l h was stated in ihe Chamber of Peers. on the 10th inst. by the Minister of Commerce and Agriculture. thai the prospects for the next harvest were extremely promising. Not ~i.hsssnding the prospect the markets con tinued to rise Tn various parts of the country. The account If an investment by the Em- peror of Russia tn the Eaglisl, funds, had produced great sensation in Paris. ls has deprived the recent investment in the French funds of its character of exclusive friendship for the French government
 Among the passengers in the Hibesnia, Is the Countess Eigin.
 1 The steamship Cambria arrived at Liver pool on the l4th of May. 4 4 MExicaw PRivATEER-A Barcelonia paper, of the 3d of May, says the Mexican prisaieer Umieo, of Vera Crns, carrying one gun and 5 men, had been captured in the waters of Africa and brought iu,o Rarcelo- na, by the American ship Carmeliie. Captain Edward Littleield, bound from Ponce, fPor- to Rieo,) with coffee, to Trieste
 Ireland.
 The accounts from ireland are very awful. A Dnbiia correspondent Of ihe Morning Chronicle. says: s There have been further Etumnltuary proceedings and processions oi the peasantry in various parts of the coun- ! try, and the military and police have been in general requisition to keep this spirit of in- snbordinasion in cheek. The reports of ihe progress of pestllence are quite dishearten- l ing, and, notwithstanding all the imports ot flood. and the immense extent of relief ia food and money,. great, ,desiiiusion siiIl pre- vaiis, and the markets are advancing All ac counts couenx tn showing that the mor- iaiiiy IS stlll very considerable. According to some calculations, the population has al- ready been diminished to the extent of nearly 900. 600, from death and emigration. Bal l should suppose that this estimate, for which there caa be nothing like certain or accurate data. is by great exaggeraied.n The Kerry Ex- aminer, says, :. the Catholic clergy Of this county have been obliged to suspend their usual moaihly conferences in consequence oi their inability 10 attend, owing to the heavy duties that devoive on item in their fespec- tive parishes in these times of famine and deash.' The pessilence is nearly as desruc- tive n some parts of Ulster, as in any of the southern or western districts. la the nor- thern county of rermanagh the mortality is frightlul. The Cork Examiner contains de- tails of the ravages of pestilence in various parts of that extensive county. In the famed district of SchuH the extensive relief afIor- ded, has caused some alleriaiion, and the mortality is decreasing In the Cork work houses the deaths. isst week, were 95,--an increase of l2 over the preceding week. Father Matthew Is likely to be appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork.
 The Repeal proceedings, excep; as iudi- eating the protracted existence of the asso- cia,ion, are wholly ulwoIihy of notice.- 1 The rent for the week, ending May 10th. was announced si E27 7s. Id, but the attendance was miserable beyond all precedent. The Lsefpooi supeertphOu oi aoout &O. was sent in the early part of this month. whilst inc town is burdened with S0.000 Irish paupers.
 SeARefTT oF Eeen.-The followine order has been issred by the Lord Steward of the Queens household ' Her Majesty having taken into consideration the high price os provisions and especially hreads,uiIs, has been graeiossly pleased to command sha, from this, Ends oniy of four shall be used in her Majesty's household, and that the daily allowance of bread shall be lb. per head to each person dieisd in the palace.' ; Plus K. has added another claim to the many he already possesses on the gratitude of his subjects He has instituted < system of national representation, in the shape of q council of delegates from the different pro vinces, who are to assemble in Rome, for shs 1 puruose of diseusssna wifh the Cover meni