Washington telegraph., 1848-01-05
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
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FmfAsr Decline ia C0tioH-Lngs lduagee IL
Corn-The steamship Britannia arrived at Boston
on the aficn on Of Wednesday the 9Th inst,
having len Liverpool on the 18Th ut She thus
made the passage in 10 days, aud brings adyiees
Is days later We annex the telegraplc drs.
patch Of her news made TO the Baltimore san
We commence with an account Of most deplofa.
bic catastrophe
Loss Of he Packet Ship Stephen Whitney,
This noble but unfortunate vessel was totally loa
at 10 o'clock, J., NJ, on the 10th inst, on her
voyage from New York to Liverpool, under cir.
cumsianccs the most perfectly appalling that the
Imagination can possibly conceive. Mistaking
the light on Rock Island, near Cape Fear. on the
south coast Of Ireland, for the old Head Of knslc
she continued her course 10 make Cork baIboT
bat in lrss than quarter OF an hour, with a sud-
drnncss which defcd all human eifns to avert
her fat,, she came bfoadside on rock called the
West Cail, about four miles inrde the Cape, and
Ia less than ten minutes after striking, was dashed
TO atoms, overwhelming no less than twenty-five
Of her hapless crew and passengers Is only out
Of ! 10 surviving, who succeeded in elambrring up
the face Of the rock which forms Il wrelched island
containing three dshcrmen's huls
An announcement reached London on Monday
afternoon that formidable conspiracy had been
discovered ia PARIS, which had the eiiec, Of sefi
ously depressing the English funds for a short time.
The committee oi the stock exchange had com.
nenced an investigation into the circumstances
connected with the report, but it could only BE-
traced TO Fokdone, from which Il had been tc.
ceiged by the electric telegraph.
HostilIlirs have at length commenced IN Swizcr.
land between the fortified city Of Fnbefg and the
troops Of the Sunderland. Some skrmlshiug had
taken place, in which the troops Of the Sunderbunc
were w0rsied
Count Bresson, French Ambassador at the
Court Of the two Seilics, committed suicide on the
Cd ult, aud short time previous Count MOrier
also French Ambassador at the Court Of Turn,
attempted 10 murder both his children and 10
cut his throat while aboring under I'll Of in.
sanity
A convention has been entered into between
the Pope, the Grand Duke of Tuscany and Lueoa,
and The King OF Sardinia, for the formation Of a
tariff based upon the principle of the German
Commercial League The measure has been
hailed throughout Europe with the greatest posi-
bic satisfaction,
| The state oi ireland is truly fHghiiul Asystem
Of agfaflan resistance is every where manifested;
landlords daily falling before the vengeance Of the
people.
The French mail steamer Union will not leave
lIavre until the Gath, in consequence Of the in
ures which her machinery received upon the last
voyage from New York.
| The Sarah Sands will resume her place upon
the line on the 22d of January.
The British and North American steamers will
continue to run :orlnghtly during the winter until
the new vessels shall be ready, when the spring
will commence with weekly mail, The new
arrangement will take effect on the lst Of January,
on which day the Cambria will sail from Liverpool
| for New York.
Before giving the remainder Of tho Suns de.
spach we annex the two following from Lightly
respectable houses in Liverpool.
Liuorgool, Nov 10, 1871
Cotton has declined I'll. Consos have advanced
per cent The money market s somewhat
easier, though the rate Of interest is still very high
Flour 2s to 30s Indian corn has advanced 5s
per quarter. Sugar has gone up 2s 9d per cwt
from the lowest point,
Another despatch;
liverpool Nov. 10, 1877.
Cotton ordinary to mddIing, 81 to 4bd Con
fdenoe partially restored--money little easier
Consols sal The arrival of the Cambrias ao
counts in relation 10 large crop MADE cotton dull
Indian coru So 10 39s