Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-09-08

FoKElGN'--drrarat Of the NidgarG.-This
steamer arrived at New-York on Thursday af-
ternoon' the 31st ult., from Liverpool. which
place she left on the 18th ult. She brings one
weeks later intelligence than the Britannia.
1retdmd.-The news from this unhappy
country is much of the same tenor with that
published in our last.
The accounts of the potato crops are gloo-
my, almost without exception or mitigation,
Numerous arrests have taken place through
out the country, as many as sixty having ia
ken place in Tipperary.
The Roman Catholic clergy of the Diocese
OF Tuam, have got up memorial to the Queen
on behalf of the State prisoners, praying that
the prerogative of mercy should be exercised
in favor of the individuals who recently tool
up arms against the crown.
The report published in some of the Dublin
papers OF an afiray at Abbeyfoile, turns out to
be uniounded. All was quiet there. and in
The whole county of Limerick.
An active chase is kept up both by land
and sea for Mr.. Richard OGorman. He was
traced to Kilrush, but what become of him
afterwards no one can tell. 1t is said that he
is IN the Derry mountains, at the head of 600
men, but other accounts assert that he escaped
in an American vessel A reward of R3OO
has been offered for his apprehension.
England.-The Chartists are still active at
various points throughout England. There
seems, however, to be no concert of action
between the various clubs. The magistrates,
aided by the police. and occasionally the mil
ltary, are active in putting down these clubs
They have already dispersed several of them
in and around Manchester, and have made
number OF arrests.
France.-Paris was quiet. The Assembly
was steadily progressing with the great work
of forming the constitution under which that
country is to get along as the great Republic
of Europe. Gen. Cavagnac stated that he
hoped. in conjunction with England, to be a.
BILE to settle the difficulties between Italy and
Austria peaceaby in a short time
Commercial affairs IN England.--The
oCCILlo iiO" tilt OlilN impeachment 10
commercial confidence. Affairs in the Baltic
and IN Italy are likely to be speedily settled,
and nothing, therefore, remains to interrupt a
progressive trade but destructive potato rot.
The harvest on the continent has been nearly
completed, and nothing very alarming has
been done at home. The weather has been
in this locality unfavorabe. The harvest is
now general, and ten days of fine weather
would enable the farmers 10 get in their crops.
From all quarters, we regret to say, the re-
ports of the potato rot are rife and dishearten-
ing. In the west of Ireland it is hardly less
dlsheartening than in 1916, but as the fine
weather seems to have sci in in that country,
we still indulge the hope that fears have ex-
ageraed the mischief Yesterday, the wealth
er was very fine, although we had showers Of
rain IN The evening, and it does appear that
whole fields, after being attacked, have subse-
quently recovered.
The extent of the blight cannot now be es
timated, but it is agreed on all hands that the
crop is unusually large. The other crops, too,
are an average, and the quantity of grain in
store is very large.
The state of trade this week exhibits no
new feature, and the intelligence from Amer
lea adds nothing to previous accounts. The
demand for cotton, consequent on advices
from England, had improved, and the prices
of breadstutfs had advanced little.