The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-07-02

BH THK oTEAMsHIP ARCTIC,
Accounts from the provincial manufact uring dis
tricts are more favorable. At Manchester there
had been more doing. At Birmingham there was
more activity in all departments.
A new league is being formed In England for the
purpose Of obtaining reform banking laws, based
upon the free banking system Of NewYork. The
league has gained great favor in the mercantile
communities of London and Liverpool.
! The receipts at the Crystal Palace when open to
working people were not as great as was antci-
pated. The Times continues its sneers at the dis.
play Of American articles.
The agitation against the penal measures oil
Lord John Russell had subsidized in Ireland. Ac.
cordng to the authority of correspondent of the
Evening Mail, paper violently hostile to every
Irish Interest, the long threatened demonstration
Of the county Of Tipperary against the ecclesias.
teal bill has turned out failure, result which
the Mail attributes, perhaps correctly, to the
| courage Of the Roman Catholics. The High
Sheriff, who refused to connect himself with the
| movement, may have emboldened many Of the
requistonists to absent themselves at the eleventh
hour. Esga
There had been . general rain throughout Che
| country. greatly beneftting the grain crops.
The Cork Examiner mentions that some potato
fields had the appearance of discoloration but attr
butes these symptoms to blight from late harsh
winds and frost. During the past week the weather
| had been intensely cold. In Dublin it was more
gentle, but still unlike what might be expected in
June.
Froncs--A duel took place on Saturday morn.
ing, at Versailles, between the Prince Delato and
M. Ross the son Of Baron Rossi, who was assas.
| sinated. The duel was caused BY M. Rossi hav.
ing lain in wait for the Prince whom he struck in
| the face. After two shots were exchanged sever
ally at thirty and fifteen PAGES, profound express
sion of regret was offered by the Prince that he
| should have been supposed to rejoice in act which
he regarded with the utmost horror; both parties
| shook hands thereon.
Spain.-Our accounts from Madrid are to the
I'd instant:
The Chamber of Deputies proceeded, under the
presidency OF its senior member, M. Cortezar, to
| elect its President The number of votes was
| 1879. M Magous, the ministerial candidate, got
ll65. There was every probability that the minis
terial candidates for the Vice Presidency, M. Tes-
| sado Noedalcastro, and L. Arquellus, would be
| similarly returned The Senate met on the I'd,
| and elected secretaries.
Portugak-Letters to the 18th contain no account
Of the counter revolutionary movements said to
| have broken out in Portugal, the news of which
| has been transmitted via Madrid and Paris, the
details Of which were extracted from the jou rnas
| of Thursday.
Portugal is generally tranquil The army ap.
| pointments had not met with decided appreciation,
though they seem to have created dissatisfaction in
only portion of the army.
The Duke Saldanha and his chief officer had
been seriously indisposed but both had recovered.
There was no truth in the report of poison having
been administered to either.
Roms.-Advices to the Both state that the nego-
| tiations pending between the Holy See and Sar-
dinia relative to the ecclesiastical que ston, were
! not likely to terminate in a favorable manner to
the Pope.