Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-11
A FORTNIGHT LATER FROM EUROPE.

Inc steamer BRITANNIA arrived at Boston on Sa-.
g 'urday morning. from Liverpool, whence she sailed
= on the 18th ultmo.
= Inc papers brought by this arrival are ortnight
iatsl than those last received by the Hibern;a OF
their contents the Telegraph makes the following
brief report:
II LryERroor, FEnRUARr l2l2 M.--rhe following are the
quotations up the of the sailing Of The britannia
Best Wezteni Canal -four 27s 27s Cd per barrel. Rich
mond and Alexandra, 27s 27s. 3d. Philadelphia and Bal
tnore, 27s 27s. 3d. New Orleans and Ohio 26, 2ss
3d. Canadian, 27s. 27s 6dyIndian corn 2ss 8. Cd.
per quarter Indian meal, 12s cd 3s per barrel w heat,
United States and Canadian, white and Mixed U.s. Cd
! 3D. per 10 pounds; red, g. cd. Is I'd.
This market has seaIy declined our last advces
above being the highest prices present aanab This de
precision has great been caused large sup
plies of home produce which has into country mar
! keis, well as the increased Imports
Operaonsin -four and wheat have been and
cnlcny Deans, which scinzc
2ss per quarter have materially affected the demand for
Indian corn.
1t viii be borne in mind that the resumption Of duty takes
place upon the LIST of March, ranging from As per quar-
wheat and Is. Cd. As. oats rs. S. barley,
rye peas and beans los Indian corn 3D. per barrel
meal, and IS S. per barrel on -four.
On the Est of March is expected the duties will be about
bs quarter on Wneat, ana barrel on Hour
CoTTos MAnKET.-New Orleans ordinary to middling,
AID 43d per pounds fair to good fair, 3D. SD good to
fine, Cd Upland and Mobile, ordinary midding, AID
3d.; fair to good fair, sid SD good TO fine, 3d. Ala
bama and Tennessee ordinary to middlng, Aid 41d fair
good fair, Std Bowed Georgia, ordinary middlng, AID
3d. fair good fair std. sgd good fine, SD Sea
Island ordinary to middng fine, I'd. Sd. do. stained,
SD. AID.
sensible improvement has been produced in this market
laged with decided improvement prices that however.
has caused by from America Of diminish
ed receipts into the po and the moderate shipments TO this
country, than any marked revival.
GENERAL ISrELLIsEscE.-Thc British Parliament has
assembled and first debate of Importance upon
selection for select committee to inquire into the condition
and prospects Of the West India colonies. The appointment
committee acceded but upon the express under
standing that change would be made in the policy OF
eminent other than that already announced.
The venerable Archbishop Of Canterbury Prmate of all
England died l4lh of February, the SD year of
his age
The inquiry the of the national deences has end
ed in the determination of Government double the artillery
forces and embody 10000 militia The country targets
opposed to the measure.
recrpt from the Pope has been received in Ireland, de-
handing Bishops whether be that theehave been
political ntermeddngs by the Priesthood and, So depre
eating and s,erny rebuking such conduct
The pc ,ple OF the Two Sices have tumphed their
King, and the form of constitution has been agreed To-
,ablshing liberal Legislative representaton-the Catholic
religion alone tolerated.
Lord PALMERsroS has sgni6ed to Austria that further
armed Intervention her part in the affairs of the Papal
States will considered by Great Britain declaration Of
war;
France tranquil but angry discussions were in pro-
gress in Chamber Of Deputies. Reform banquets have
been denounced Illegal and prohibited The health Of the
King is improved.
In Switzerland the Diet has resolved maintain the nights
Of the country independent State.
The accounts from Ireland still distressing, from the
many deaths that have occurred from starvation and its
sequences
The waters of the Rhine presen.so low that the
foundations the piers the great bridge which the Emperor
built the river in the year sos, visible.
The following maxim of genuine Christian philosophy is
attributed TO ADD ell Kader rhe other world is to this
like the the west cannot approach the with
out turning away from the other"
letter from Agers Of the goth January that the
llh, artillery was oyertaken in the mountains by
violent storm, and that fourteen out of foryve
persisted from cold and exposure.
The Indian Government has resolved allow thousand
pounds year, for to come TO be bestowed on
permens the cultivation Of tea the banks OF the Bea
newly acquired Seikh dominons and in Simla district
The Rev. W. Thorp has effected important improvement
in the Davy lamp for mines by OF which i've tunes as
much light afforded, and the danger from the removal Oh
the eauze is obviaied.
Letters from Sidney the l7 August announce the wreck
Of the whaling ship British Sovereign, W. H. Jones master,
the side Of the Sandwich Islands, ana he subse
quent massacre of (twenynne in number by the
natives.
The last accounts Italy that Etna and Vesuvius
were both vomiting forth flames and an eruption oil lava was
daily expected.
4 DR. Locock the Queens accoucher, Is the medical
who returned his professional income at ESQ., 600 year,
upon which he is to pay income tax
The employment of ether motive power has long
gagged the attention Of NJ du Frembay, of Lyons whose
periments said have length been crowned with
cess For the last month ether machine Of nearly twenty
horse power has been employed in the gasswoks of La
Cuio,ere conjunction with steam engine Of the
force for driving the machinery used for cutting the glass;
IMPORTANT administrations, Post Onfce,
i Mint &C. Of Great Brtain.-THE BANKRns' MaeA-
1ISr for 1915 contains the following articles found
i i anu oiLef periodical 81 the United States:
Historical Descriptive and Statistical Ac of the London
Post Office.
Historical and Descriptive Account OF the London Mint
Historical and Descriptive Account OF the Thames Tunnel
Memoirs OF Bankers Rohschld, Coutts Ri
4 cardo, Grard and others