Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-09
RTCHMOND WING.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Wa have been kindly furnished with the New York
I,urpsl of Commerce of September 2Ssh from which We
extract the following items of foreign news;
A.nivAL OF rHE PERsIA's NAILS.
The European mails per steamship Persia, previously
reported of Cape Race arrived at this port TINS morn
ins. We make the following extracts:
The most painful intelligence from France te u'n
% oF the lass harvest This deficiency, IL is now as
aimed is much greater than was previously suppoStu
80 n i estimated viii be compelled 10 spend forty
millions sterling this year to make up 'he
The pr;cc of hour is rising throughout FRANCE We
,ted recently that large quantities OF Hour were oeng
L;5 Frcm Liyerpool 70 various ports IN France; ana
We nov learn that sixty millions OF francs IN goa ha'e
beep sen, to Russia 20 purchase grain rms sao uii
viii react upon the English Market and Will shec1 more
or less seriously, ell the grain markets IN the WGnG
U,rnIy pleuy of grain for expectation Is 70 DC haa IN
R,ss and on the western shores OF the Atlantic botn
Tsnsd, and the Uatcd States " Be importing largely
Toto France the moment this intelligence arrives OUT
E,sropsla TINES, lih ale.
Tbs Evsn,eesl Alliance Conference, lately sitting at
Gsneva has under It's consideration the question Of
ae-;c,n slavery audit was resolved to hold meeting
az E,gsh aud Americans to consult upon the form OF
solpon embotyrg the feelings OF sympathy and ALI
anee toward Amsc4 in the present crisis OF her history
"A crisis attributed entirely TO the institution oil sa-
very =,
Confederate States of America will shortly be started in
London .
A strange niece Of information comes from Pafls, 10
the eject that number Of French Canadians have ar
rived there 70 claim the aid OF the Government in re-
eying the colony om is connection with the British
Crown. Remarking on this fact the European Tunes
says: ,,.,,.
"Perhaps this uneasy feeling amongst the hdoitaaS
NAV account for the military reinforcement which has
,dv been sent TO Lower Canada aud the ether rein
f,reemeut not been sent which has been talked about
Now that this fac; has TRANSFERRED we sea "o1e' OF
WHICH we we're previously ignorant, and the Americans
viii see one also which will relieve US OF the imputa-
ton Of distressing them 1t would have been better for
the Government when Informed of this ridiculous plot
or whatever may bs called TO have published the at.
fair TO the world aud abded by the worlds verdict,
which in this cass would have been unanimous and Just
The A,hereim states that hessTs. Longmans losses
nv the late FIRE include the whole of the stock OF hacsu'
laws htlh volume aud Of the illustrated edition OF Lat
n Rookh." The Mcssrs Backis among other property,
have lost Ls whole of the cOpperplaes Of thef large
qulrto Atlas.
ANERlCAS AGESIs IN BIRNISGHAN We are informed
that staying in the same hotel in Birmingham, are 4
tepresentave of toe Federal aud official of the Con-
feerate Governments Of America, their business In the
city of smoke" being the purchase o. munitions oil
war The two gentleman go on from day 70 dag order
ing and experimenting the dispachng OF guns, cannon
aud other deadly Implements and at the same time are
on intimate aud friendly terms. In fact, they dine TO-
ge,her, smoke together, and do "b'andy smash In
agreeable compsnionship -Bris'Ol Duly Post