The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-11
A ARRIVAL THE E EUROPA
Two Weeks Later from Europe.

ARRIVAL THE EUROPA.
Two Weeks Later from Europe.
The steamer Europa arrived at Halifax at o'clock
on Friday evening, and will probably reach New
York early this morning
Cotton is one-eighh TO one-quarir of penny
higher. Sales last week SO 900 bales, of which the
trade took 40 900 bales.
The flour market inactive and trade triiie bet
ter Lard advanced two shillings Coffee il in less
demand at lower prices.
Money is abundant, with signs of greater strin-
gency. Consos have reccded-closed at So. u
5. stocks are unchanged.
The political news is unimportant.
The packet ship Hottinguer was wrecked off
Wexford, Ireland. Captain and ~ of the crew lost
Vessel totally lost.
Loss OF THE HoTTINauER The splendid New
York packet ship Hottinguer, Captain Bursley, has
fallen prey TO the fury Of the elements and from
the tenor OF the last accounts respecting her. mel
ancholy loss of life attends the disaster. The Hot
tinguer sailed from Liverpool for New York OH the
10th of January. She had 290 cabin and Storage
passengers, together with the captain and crew of
80 men and boys and very full freight of various
descriptions of goods. She had only passed as far
as Blackwater Bank, which is off the coast of Wex-
lord, when she struck on one Of those dangerous
ledgesof rock which lie concealed in that quarter.
This occurred on the morning of the 18th Of Jan
uary On the occurrence Of this mishap part OF
the and all the passengers were sent on shore
Captain b. and 10 of his men remained on board,
determined not to leave the ship while there the
least chance of saving her. On the following morn
ing the 18th, the ship floated off Blackwater Bank
and bore away before the wind and struck Arkow'
Bank, where she afterwards went TO pieces, and
Cap ain Bursey and twelve of the noble band, who
determined to be the last to leave the ship, met
watery grave. When the passengers left the ship
her situation seemed to be utterly hopeless. The
hold was full of water, and the sea making clear
breaches over her. II was with extreme difficulty
and peril that the passengers and seamen were
passed in the boats, the breaking with dreadful
violence ON the bank The passengers unable
to take any thing out of the ship except what they
had on at the time.
The boats happily succeeded in reaching the
shore, although with extreme difficulty from the
height of the and great distance seven miles or
more, from the bank to the land Captain Burs-
ley's son, who was on board the Hottinguer up to
the time when she struck Blackwater Bank, is
a passenger on board the Europa.
SHIP Guy MANNERING.-The Guy Mannering,
for New York, got aground on the outer sill of the
Princes dock on Monday. The fine goods being
landed in good order, she was afterward hauled to
in the Princes dock. She had at one time eight to
ten feet OF water in her hold and appeared very
much strained The Guy Mannering had dis
charged all her cargo, and will be taken into the
craving dock for any necessary repairs in her
caulking or lower planks, where crushed.
The Bombay and Calcutta markets essential
y the same by previous mail, under date of Can
ton, November 2Sth. 1t is mentioned that the ex-
tent OF business done in imports has been limited,
and the prices generally were most unsatisfactory.
Iron and grey sheetings little irmer than last
month, and these are the only goods which have
maintained their value.
The foreign news is unusually devoid of interest.
France.
Business progresses slowly in the Legislative As
sembly. The budget is still in committee The
Chamber had been for some time occupied with M.
Falloux's education bill. The latest Partisan adj
vices represent Victor Hugo having made a
speech against it, which was applauded with
phrenzy by the Mountain The debate adjourned
amid great excitement. The war against the press
continued. The Reforme has been suspended and
La Presse seized.
The weather throughout France, especially in
the south, has been more rigorous than for many
The Buenos Ayrcs expedition is said to be aban-
doned.
Prussia.
The threatened dissolution of the cabinet ap-
pears to have been avoided by some compromise.
The king is now disposed to take the oath of
the constitution. The Erfurt Parliament is de-
clared to be an imperious political necessity for
Prussia.
opinion favorable to Russian influence. The Ha
noverian Chamber refuses to recognise the central
commission of Austria and Prussia. A constitu
ton is recommended for Germany.
Austria is occupied with the numberess consti-
tutions for her provinces. The Provincial Diets
to be convokcd in October, and that of the en-
pire will assemble in 1851.
1t is said the want of money prevents the Pope
from returning to his capital, and that France
has offered funds to his holiness. The Arch
bishop of Bourges is said to be the bearer of this
offer made in the name of the French Episco-
pacy.
Sardinia
The Sardinia Chamber of Deputies has approved
the treaty of peace concluded at Milan between the
Piedmontese and the Austrians II is expected the
Senate will also approve it. At Berlin, negotia-
tons for peace with Denmark have been renewed
The Russians having resumed diplomatic relations
with the Porte, it is expected that the Austrians
will not be slow TO follow