The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-22
ny THE STEAMER OF THE 4TH INST.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
ENGLAND.

MINIS "ttenuinGi ana resolutions were passed eknort-
ing railway companies much as possible to to
tract their new works. and abstain from enforcing
call, on shareholders.
On the 18th ult the election Of Lord Mayor for the
ensuing year took place at Guildhall Alderman
Hooper was elected
On the 10Th ut the special court of propretors
convened for the purpose Of electng three directors
in the room Of Abel Cover and Sir J. X. Reed, dis
qualified and of Mr. Prescott who had been appoint
ed deputy governor, was held The ballot terminated
in favor of Mr.. Alderman Thompson, Mr. Christie
pher Pearse, and Mr., John G. Hubbard.
The writs for the newly elected members being re-
turnable on Tuesday the 2lst ut Parliament met pro
iorma. The Lord Chancellor having taken his seat
on The woosack shortly after two O'clock the officers
OF the commonsappenred at the bar; and the Queens
writ was read with the usual formalities DECLARING
Parliament prorogued until Tuesday the 18th Octo-
Der, The Clerk Of the Crown then delivered in tho
wrs and returns for the Scotch Representative Peers
and the proceedings terminated
The steamer Great Britain has been lowed out of
the Princes Dock Basin by FIVE of the steam tp
eolnpanys boats, and conveyed to the Coburg Dock.
on me south side of which she is now floating
ne repairs she has undergone have proved thorough
yehecluai IN preventing leakage, the quantity of wa
"r mace up 10 this time being scarcely pcrceptible
on the I'D nlt., Sir Harry Smith, with family and
stan, embarked in the lightning steamer, for convey
ance to the Vernon Qndaman) Capt. voss, at Spit
head, to assume the command at the Cane of Good
Hope
Mer Majesty has commued the sentence Of Lieu
tenant Munro to twelve months imprisonment in
NGwgate. ~
Inc reported marriage of the Duke of Wellington
ana Miss blrdeit Coutts, is said was the fab
ncalion Of a London penny -a-liner
rba Ex,u
concert night, the streets presented turnout Of
coaches, carriages, and vehicles of every description
such us hns not been witnessed in Edinburgh since
the Queens visit in 1912, if them The Swedish
Nightingale" receives the following sums for nine
concerts Edingburgh (one) fiO0; Glasgow (do.)
f4OO; Manchester and Liverpool (three) fl,40O;
Norwich uwo) fl,OOO: Brighton (one) E4O0 Birm-
ingham (one) EI0O; making total for the nine con
certs OF II 600. .r,#,.-
IRELAND. ~
STATE OF THE PRovIScEs- After a period of un
exanpled tranquility the old system of agrarian crime
Is again spreading through the Southern Provinces
The Limerick, Clnre, and Tpperary outrages on per-
son and property are becoming of daily occur
renee, and as complaints are general of the cessation
oi all employment by reason of the termination of
harvest labor 1t is apprchended that this In conjnc-
hon with many other circumstances will lead to n
season Of more than average disquiet
The Anti Rent movement Is also assuming scri-
GUS aspect in Galway and other quarters Where
the suspicion Of seizure is entertained the practice
is 10 remove The crops in the night
Severe distress is said to exist in Mayo Kerry.
Cork and other counties, arising from the DELAY in
getting the new Poor-law into operation. #
Evlcuons OF tenantry are going on in Tipperarv
sixteen families are reported by the Tipperary Vim
, IN hay. haa,, 4.
weeks from the estates Of Sir Edmund Butler and
Lord Blomfed
II gives us much satisfaction TO state that nm or
der has been received from Government for the dis
charge OF the American brig Islam from the restrain,
placed upon her last week. This was but an &C, Of
justice towards people who have done so much for
the relief of Irish distress dd the promptitude with
which the authorities have responded to the wishes
OF the inhabitants reflects credit upon them The
joybels rang merry peal in honor of the occasion.
Galrdy Mercury.
TIE REPEAL Association. The meeting on the
10th ult crowded Mr. John O,Connell de-
nounced the dangerous tendency of the Holy Cross
meeting; and then read a statement of the Assoca-
ions accounts for the ten months ending on the lst
Of September Thereceipts (including cash advances
by the Liberator out of his private funds f475)
amounted 10 f303l; the expenditure was f2. $40 .
the week, E33 la
AT the weekly meeting, on the. 25h ult., Mr.. John
OConnell denounced the conduct of Mr. Smith
OBrien and his "young" coadjutors in the South
in raising dissensions between tho people and their
clergy; and, "in his fathers name" he implored the
people to be guided only by their priests, and not by
what he any else might say IL 1t were not sane
toned by their pastors. Mr.. Reynolds, M. p. for
Dublin declared his belief that the state Of the coun
try would be in November than IL had been for
years; and called the Ministry to stop the expor
tation of corn from Ireland and purchase il up TO be
resold to the people after deducng expenses Rent
f35
FRANCE.
PARIs.The Moniteur of the 22d ut officially an
nounced the resignation Of Marshal Soult as Presi-
dent OF the Council, and the appointment of M Gut
Tot to the post. M. Guizot retains his Office as
Minister Of Foreign Afiars no salary being annexed
10 the Presidency Of the Council Fax 5
royal ordinance has at length appeared IN the
columns Of the Monieur appointing the Duke d An
male to be Governor General Of Algeria in the room
Of the Marshal Duke of Isy.
The Constitutional states that the King has con-
Tered ON the Shah Of Persia the grand Gordon of the
Legion Of Honor. The Persian Ambassador has
been appointed a member Of the same order
Inc vintage has commenced in the neghborhood
OF Toulouse. The weather is magnificent and the
crop most abundant nH
Prince Jerome Bonaparte, ci-devant King Of West
phalia arrived in Paris Thursday s.
The investigation into the uiair of Mndemoisee
De Lucy Is sui going on. Several witnesses have
been interrosaed; and commissions to examine have
been forwarded TO several tribunals in the country,
and especially 10 that Of Meum, TO inquire into mat.
tiers anterior to the period OF the crime and connec
ted more particularly with the position Of Mademoi-
seile De Lucy in the Prasn family. II is not until
after those enquiries have been concluded that she
can De again examined She is now kept less strict
" than before and has received permission 10 receive
certain visits.
According to the National, Lord Normandy has
Just handed TO Nj. Guzot diplomatic note from his
Government relative TO the affairs Of Italy,
England, IL is said, declares that in her quality as
constitutional power she cannot permit the inter
vention OF Austria in the independent states of Italy
Europe is interested that power of the first rank
should alone possess influence over a vast coniede.
rated territory; treaties have limited the Austrian
possessions; and il would be TO authorize compro
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