Foreign News

Tlio Ilibernia b'-ings Liverpool quotations to the 19th inst. as follows : Flour, sweet, 34a36s , sour do., 27a20s. VTireaí, re'1, 9s, Idafte. 8d, white, 9s. lOdalOs. 2d. Beei, prime mess, 8S& to 9-ls. per tiercé, 55a60a. per bbl. Pork, nevv mess, 70s. tn 78s., old mess, G8. to 72s. new primo, COs. to 62s. A Liverpool paper of the 20ih uit., states thnt during the last ton days the weather bas been almost uninterruptedly linn, and eacb day strengt!iens the expectalions enter'.ained of an abundant liarvestof grain, throughout Irelnnd and all Europp. The heuvy decline in coro, wllich look place at the beginning of the montli, was checkcd sinoe the 13tli. The mnrket lins again given way. The prosprets of receiving t,t í 1 1 larger supplics from the United Slatos and by wav of the Mediterranean, ndded to Ilie fine weather, which prevalía in all quaiters, depressed the market, which presen ts every aspect of a downwaid nioveinent. The pot ato erop is representad to Ire free from ilanger, and coulributed not a little to elFect prices. During the liegt week, hovever, the market has been much firmen The prices of the l;Hli instant became cui rent and were maintained throughout the week, and jeslerday in Mark Lañe, a faither ndvance ol Is. took place. The trade in Iridian corn wa, however, quito prualyzcd, and flour, in barrels, was (uite neglecteJ. CHINA. The Britannia broughl acconnls of the comrnenceiTient of hnsti] itios between tho Ëngljsh and Chinese and niso between ihe French and Chinese. Thi fullowing are tlie paiticulars as given in the Knglish papers : The Ovcrland i[,iil from Iudja has brought tiie inttirgencc of two scrious Iconflicts in tbc Chinese Sois - :ho uno between tlie English and Chinese - and the olhcr between the Frcnch squadroi and the Cochin Cliinese in the Boy o Touran. It would appearthat Sir Johi Davis, tlio Governor of Hong Kong having ineíTecinnlly eii'íeavored to procure redress for the piratical acts of the Chinóse, nnd for the nuinerous effortf wbich are continually offered to the English resideuts in China, and having lailed in prociiring the fulfi lment of' the treaty of Nankin, wliich stipulated for the admissien of Ibreigners nto the city of Cantón, resolved to strike some blow whieh shoult' compel tl:e Chinee authorities to listen to reason. Acoordingly having made lus arrangements, Sir John Davis, accompanied by Ger.eral D'Aguilar, wltli about lOilü men of all anns, enibarkad on board her Mnjesty's ships Vulture and Espiegle, the Mon. Company's sicamer Pluto. and the CorsaLr, with ono or two small vessels for ihe conveyance of artillery and troops, - the whole n:ival forcé being under the cómmand of Captain Macdongall, senior ollicer on the station. With this expedition Sir John Davis eniored the Bocea Tigris, at 9 a. ni. of the 2nd April, surpriseJ the Anunghoy fort?, as vvell as those on the Islands of North and South Wan tong, and carried them on b-jth aides of the river in a few minutes. The gun?, amounting to 450, were spiked, and all ihe arms and amtnunition collected instantly destroyed. Having thus secuied a communieation wi:h [long Kong, the expedition advanced up the river, and recahed Whampoa late in the anemoon. All the troops were transferred on board such vcssels as could proceedup the river. Sir John reached the barrier, fonaed of stakea and extending across the river, at 9 a. m. on the 'd of April, and forcad a passage. The fortsat Whampoa and Wookingtap fired round shot and grape at the división under Colonel B rereion, but by his judicious management he avoided tbeir eiTects, and being eflectually supporied by the guns of the Pluto, the galIant Colonel took possession of those forts, spiked the guns, amounting to 200 and more, and destroyed all the atnunition and magazines. The river being now cleared of impedimenta, the expedition advanced up to Cantón, and here the strong fort called French Folly was evenlually demolished like those lowor down the 'river, and lhs guns spiked, making a Iota] of 870 guns disab'ed since the preceding morning. - These vigorous proceedinys reduced Keyiri'g to reason. A fier some further Chinese procrastination, Keying was cotnpelled to wait hutniiiatingly upon the Governor, whoreceived hiin at the British Consulate. After a long conference Keying solicited time fur consideration before lie acceded tothe terms diclaled at the point of the bayonet by Sir John Davis. On the Cth, general orders were issued to commence the attack on the city ofCanton, but between eight and nine o'clock it was notified that Keying had yieldod to the lerms of Sir John Davis, just in time to save tho city, and the assault was countermandcd. Afler ngreeing to these term', Kcying still evaded their fulfilnent,and it was only after further demonstrations of strength and resolution on the part of Sir John Davis, by threatening the city, and actually razing a house to the grou"d, whenceastono bad boen hurled against an English officer, that Keying reluctantly cor.scnted at last to punish the Fubsham rioters within the factories. The French missionaries in Cochin China having for nmny ycars past pxcited perpetually recurring disputes with the nation, ili? gJVC'.T.ment at length interfered, threiv the missionaries into piioon, and upon releasing them sent thein lo Singapore. The French ships of war La Gloireand La Victonense sailed into the Bay of Touran lo obtain redress, and !aidan embargo on five corvettcs. The French alleiígo tliat a cons[)iracy was forrned on shore to assasinaie tho French at a conference wbich was eought to be arranged between lbo parties. An explanation was demanded by the French, when the following day war junks were veen working into the bay ; and tho result was, that, in seyenty ïuitmtes, one oí the corveitos was burr.ed, another blown uid a tliird sunk. Tho remaiuing two were afterwards captu'cJ and set on fire. ALGKRIA. Extract of a letter f rom Algeria, publisluii in tlie Paris Nationa!, describing Marshal invasión of Kabylia: "The buttle füuht iy Marshal Bugeaud's culumn lasted frorn five in the ttfiernoon till the fullowing morning ; but dirringthe night t he outpost.s ftniy of the French camp kept up the firing. At daybieik ihe ailuir beca me more serious. Our troops werp, a théy ahvavs are, Pull of ardor atKJ mtrppidily. Severa! oons de rabia vülages wërê taken, sone of vvhich hod a population of C,(H)0, aini were del't'iulo 1 by ereiie'aloJ tuwers. - The Marshal, as tho Akbar has óiated, liiniM'l!' gnve Ihe orders far this devastation, it liaving previously :igrecd '.lulht firing of tliree cannon houlJ bc the signal for putting a stop to the pillftge. 'J'!i tioo[)o; excited bv the heat oí' the comba! I rushed lieacilong inlo the villngcs and completely sacked tliem. Jewèls, riel) stuíís. cárpela, provisions of all kinds, a qunntitv of arm?, and a profusión of gold and si'lver, fell into tho hands of our soldier?. The bnity was immense. Numoious jars fillcd with olive ol were broken, and theÍT contents allowd lo ílow nbout tlip stroPls, and the fire from the buining houses gaining this liquid, a horrible spectncle presented itself. A:l tho inliabitants who carne within reach of our soldiers were put to the sword. In the midst of lliis frightful melee a Kabyle chief of a'.hletic for.n was scen fjrcing hs way to the Marshal, and, having come up, entreatod him, in tertns of humble supplication, to put a stop to the devastation, and he and bis people would iinmeriiately make tubmission. In the accenls of the voice and in the exprèssion of hiscountenance tbere was so much sincerity as well as grief that the Marshal ordored the three cannon to be fired, and the dostruction and plunder at once ceased. This was to the great regret of the Marshal, who said last evening, when on tlio terrace, that he wished he had bren more violently altacked, in order that the deKtruction might liave been more complete and the lesson more severe. This is no cnlumny ; it is the truth, and nothing more than the truth." ENGLISII PRICESOF FRUITS. The London correspondent of tho National Intclligoncer gives the following bilí of priefis of fruits in .England. A comparison of them, with those paid here vvill afRird an illustration of the beauties of living in a Democratie country : As for pnces, let it sufficc to say, that cherries, bul tliey ave really very superb ones, are now selling at 4 shillings the baskpt,containing about a pound in weight. The grapes ('hot-house raisedj in the fruite.-s' Windows are indeed very beautiful to the eye, but the palale can only be gratified by paying 10 sliillings the pound for them. VVhilst upon the subject of prices, let me add that beef, mutton, and lamb are now selling for lOd. the pound, that the best flour costs 6d. the pound, and all other kinds of animal nnd farinacious foods in proporiion. England has no doubt soms very finefru'ts; her gooseuerries, currents, cherries, pears, and plunis are excellent, and she produces some very fine varielies of apples, but none superior if equal to the Newtown nippin. We have now a great abundanre of pine-npples from the West Indies in our market , the best are markrd at 2s. Gil. each, but they may be purchased for much less. These pine-apples want the ine flavor of ïho fresh ent fruit, nnd are iangerous lo indulge in on account of .heir stalencss. fhey are retniled ahoul the streets on wheelbarrows and sold by the slice. Cocoanuts are split open, and tlie kern.il retailed in the same way. - r_,arge and fine strawberries are now in great plenty, and retailing about the streets at about eight cents the boltte, holding about a pint. They are really fine lookng fruit, but want the delicious flavor and 'ragrance of y our American wild ones ; the flavor which they do possess, however, is vory delicate and agreeajlp.