The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-01-27
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Eleven Days later from Europe.

Eleven Days later from Europe.
The French steamer Missouri arrived at
this port yesterday at l o'clock 2, M, in %
days from Havre.
At quarter before z. NJ the English
steamer Cambria WAS teegraphed, bein: at
that time 40 miles out. She arrived at the
Cunard Dock at Jersey City at 9 o'clock in
the evening but it was near midnight when
we obtained our files.
The Cambria left Liverpool on the list inst.
and brings advices from that port and from
Europe generally II days later than those OF
the Caledonia.
The political intelligence brought by this
arrival is quite unimportant. Affairs in Eu-
rope are on the whole more quiet
The London and Liverpool papers conf
ment freely on President Folks Message
| We do not discover in their observations any
evidence that the document has increased
the respect of the British people for our in
situations or won special honors for its author.
The news is on the whole quite favorable
The money market is steadily improving, the
rate of interest has been reduced by the
Bank of England to percent and the guam
tity of bullion has been augmented
Cotton and Brcadstuhs have slightly al
vanced.
The British Parliament has adjourned to
the Sd of February,--N Y. 1riJ. 18th.
ENGLAND.-The money market has cen
tinued to improve since our last The Bank
of England, on the Esd ult, reduced its rate of
interest down to per cent. and the facilities
of discount of good paper have become great
er. This step of the Bank of England has
been much commented upon as tending to
revive undue speculation by making money
cheap; but, as VIC have repeatedly said, the
Bank, in the present case, exercised no vol
untary action in the matter, as their discount
business, which, during the excessive high
price of money, absorbed nearly the whole
requirements of the country by re discount,
now, as the rate of money falls, leaves them,
aud is again resumed by the private bankers
throughout the kingdom who are, in fact, at
this moment discounting paper at half or one
per cent. lower than the Bank OF England.
The bill brokers have also reduced the rate
of money, at tho call of their depositors, to
per cent. The example of the Bank of
England is expected to be followed by the
Bank Of France, the commercial circles in
Paris anticipating speedy reduction. The
weekly bank accounts continue to exhibit u
rapid progress in the increase of bullion, and
in the general improvement of the position of
the establishment In the last week S returns
tho increase in bullion was no less than
9565, 200, making an aggregate in both the
Issue and Banking operations of sll ,991,3 1916.
The chief importations of gold come from the
| United States each packet bringing con-
siderable amount. Accordingly, the reserve
in the Bank has now risen 10 no less sum
! than GS,233,12l. These circumstances alone
Justify the Bank in lowering their rate Of
interest, which so long as it is above the rate
charged in Lombard-st. cannot be said to
influence materially the value OF money.
The Corn market since our last has con-
tinucd firm, and upon the whole prices are q
shade higher The fine descriptions of wheat
may be said to have advanced about Is. but
Barley and some other grain have not parti-
cipated in this improvement. In Liverpool,
the supplies from Ireland and tho English
coast have been limited, Indian Corn and
Meal have been in slow request, and the
rates now current are SIS. for best Corn, and
/ IS. to IS. for meal. The price Of best Wes-
tern and Canal Flour is about sis. per barrel.
while Wheat, here, has participated in the
advance established ut Mars-laue. We may
farther add, that at the market held here yes
terday the trade ruled very dull, and hardly
any sales we're effected
STATE OF DIsTREss.-A striking evidence
of the extent to which distress prevails at the
present moment in London will be found in
the annual report of the Mendi city Society.
The year 1916 was a sad one enough for des-
titution, yet the number Of applications for
relief to the Society was less than $4,000,
while the present year they have amounted to
nearly $4,000.
IaELAND.-At no former period has the
social state of this unfortunate country been
so appalling. Murders, threatening notices,
robberies, crimes and outrages Of every spe-
cies and degree, are the order Of the day
Added to all this is the extreme destitution of
& large number Of the poorer classes, II is
most painful to be obliged to record, IN every
publication, the details of such sanguinary
and barbarous deeds. The short period that
has elapsed since the dispatch Of the last mail
furnishes melancholy proof of the disturbed
condition Of the Southern and Western Pro-
vnces. We subion some of the details. A
Dublin paper OF the 23d, in referring to this
subject, says;
ave deeply grievc to state that farther
accounts of INSTRUMENTATION have been reccv-
ed since our last and from districts hereto
fore comparatively free from agrarian crime.
We have repeatedly stated it as our opinion
that the parties engaged in the preparation
of the frightful outrages that disgrace the
country arc, in almost all cases, idle vaga-
bonds altogether regardless of the sufferings
of the poor, but who take advantage of the
prevailing destitulion to organize secret con-
feleracies Up to this time we have not
heard of single case where persons really
distressed have been concerned in this system
of atrocious crime. Some of the best land
lords in the country have become obnoxious
to those miscreants, and threatening notices
have been served upon them"
The State of Sligo is thus described " A
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