The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-02-26
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The European Times says:--''we hear that
Messrs. Barring Brothers q Co. have opened al
Iloyd's large policies on specie ffom Mexico 10
The United Kingdom, supposed 10 be for account
of the American government The proceeds will
in this case be most likely drawn against in bills
The Bank Of England has reduced the rate of ia
terest TO fom per cent. Out Of the bank the rate
Is three per cent
The King of Denmark did not die on the 18th,
as reported, but he so bad on the Goth that he
was NOT expected 20 survive many hours.
The directors OF the North and South Wales
Bank. which suspended in November last, have
made arrangements TO resume payment in the ear
IN part of February. The head office of this bank
is al Liverpool with branches all over the princi-
paliy.
Lord Palmerston has protested against the for.
chile levying of taxes upon English residents IN
Mexico 10 support the war with the United States.
These leyies were made some six months since e,
and the English residents then protested against l.
The King OF Bavaria has ordered those Jesuits,
who have taken refuge there, after banishme nt
from Switzerland, 10 leave within tree days.
The editor of the Presse, Paris paper.) states
he had seen a letter, written from on board an
American ship of war, dated the 10th, off Messinn,
which states that hTe of artillery had been open
ed ON that place.
At Naples, Shen the account of the outbreak
was first announced. placards were posted mp
containing the following short address, Neapoli-
tafls, awake from your tofpor, anc follow the eN-
ample of your brave brethren Ia Sicily: initiate
them and let il mol be said thar they worth
more than you-rOuse yourselves
letter from Rome of the 18Th, says;--Gen.
Gabrielle, formerly an officer in the French army,
has Just been named by the Pope Minister Of War.
This nomination of laic 10 ministry has pro-
duced an excellent effect The account Of the in
suueetion in Sicily has produceda deep sensation
in that capital.
Ii was reported that the Austrian ambassador, in
compliance with instructions he had received fr)n
his court, in case any serious Disturbances took
place in the kingdom of Naples, had demanded a
passage through the Roman dominiOns for an army
Of 3OODO men, 10 assist King Ferdinand IN putting
down the revolt. His Holiness had PeremptoTily
refused that permission, and declared that he
would in coniunct with ali his allies resist by
force all invasion of his States.
The mercantile failures which have occurred
since the 10th ofJanuary, have been fewer in num-
Der and less in magnitude IN Great Britain Than
during amy corresponding period wthin several
months past But, on the continent, firms OF con-
siderable Importance continue io stop payment;
and the reaction of the late crisis in England is
very severely felt throughout Europe and in other
parts of the world In India, several other houses
have stopped payment, almost the whole OF
them being branch houses OF firms Intimately con-
nected with the great London houses which faded
in the fall of last year. The cities OF Bombay and
Madras have escaped with less loss than almost
any other places, the chief weight of the late
misfortunes, having fallen, as We anticipated, on
Calcutta.