Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-03-23

| The Earl of Aberdeen said that some
communications had taken place upon
this subject with the government of Amer
Tea, but he hoped the noble lord would
not press for them, If he informed him of
| inc course which the government intend
ed to pursue. After receiving all the L.
gal assistance they deemed requisite, the
government was satisfied that, by the law
! OF THIS country, there was no authority 10
oring the persons who had escaped in the
Creole to trial for mutiny or murder, or
| even to detain them in custody. Instruc-
tons had accordingly been sent out for
their liberation, unless It should appear
that there was any colonial law under
which they could be brought to trial. He
was not however, aware of the existence
OF any such law.
Lord Denman said he believed that the
whole OF Westminster Hall were unani-
nous that the law of England furnished
no means ofdelivering up the persons who
had escaped in the Creole. The noole
lord quoted the opinions Of Lord Coke,
and, IN late years, of Sir G.. Wethera|I, TO
the same effect, and said that i. would be
indeed desirable if there were an interna.
tIonai law giving a power to surrender
criminals; but such law could on Y rest
upon the presumption that the laws of all
nations were reasonable, and he feared
the netarous traffic 10 slaves would stand
very much IN the way of any such ar
rangement.
Lord Campbell said he should not have
spoken on the subject, but that an opinion
had been attributed to him contrary to that
, just expressed by the lord chief iustce,
which opinion he had never given. He
was of opinion that the American govern
ment had no power to demand that these
men should be given up, and that, if such
demand were made, there was no power
by the municipal law Of England 10 com
ply with it.
Lord Cottenham and the Lord ChanceI-
lor gave similar opinions, aud Lord
Brougham said that the SINE view was
likewise taken by Lord Wynford and
Lord AbiDger
Lord Brougham then withdrew his
motion, and their Iordshps adjourned.
The Corn LAws.-Another important
item of intelligence brought by the Acadia
is the defeat of the motion of Lord John
Russell 10 amend the Corn Laws, by a
fixed duty on foreign Corn. The motion
was lost on the 10th uIt. by a vote of $40
TO 226-Tory ma 0rity 1913
There are five motions on the notice pa
per of the House of Commons to be
brought forward in the committee, on the
importation of corn. The first is Mr.
ViIlers's resolution for the repeal of all
duties, to be proposed 10 lieu of Sir Rob.
ert Peel's resolutions. The next Is Co..
Sibthrop's motion for levying all duties
: at the period of importation. The third is
Mr.. Christopher's scale duties, commenc-
: ing at SIS. when wheat is sos and under,
and descending gradually to Is. when the
price is 73s. The fourth is Mr.. w. o.
Brieh's proposition for fixed duty Of Is.
pei quarter on corn. the produce of the
colonial possessions of Great Britain.
The fifth is the motion of Mr.. Valentine
Blake, to be proposed in the event of the
rejection of Mr.. ViIliefs's motion, 10 the
effect that, in consideration of the unex,
ampled depression of trade and manufac-
lures, corn be admitted duty free for one
5 year. or such other limited period as par.
l lament may deem proper.
The London Times says: The rvjec-
: ton Of Lord John Russel's resolution By
0 the large majority of l23 may be consid
P cred equivalent to the adoption of Sir Rob
d ert Peeps proposed corn law by he House
d of Commons. 1t is a vote which does no
b commit any individual who concurred in
j. it to a preference for the principle of &
: sliding scale over that of a fixed duty; i
t. offers no lmpedimentto the future progress
: of legislation on This question. 1t sgni
e fes nothing more than this-lhat tn,
n House of Commons prefers Sir Rober
PeePs plan to the present law, and is no
disposed to convict before trial, or perpet
uating all the evils of the existing system
that at all events it does not recognize tn,
y wisdom of refusing to move forward, be
cause the frs. step will not finish the jour
: ney.
We have accounts, also, of the openin!
e. of Pariament-the Queens Speech, ant
+ the failure of motion OF Lord John Rus
sell TO abolish the sliding scale. and to rs
:. tabish fixed duty, on imported grain
4 The papers coDtain very full details of tn
Of arrangements and all the para phernaIi
ia of the christening of His Royal Highnes
10 Prince ALBERT EDWARD, Heir to tn
n. Throne of England. Trade still contin
~ ues in a very depressed state, and grea
Of distress prevailed among the people-thl
some protested to entertain the opino
that signs were evident of an improve
~ state of things. Lord Ashburton, A mba
i. sador Extraordinary to the Unned State
-. with his suit, sailed from Yarmouth, Is
he of Wight on Tuesday morning, the 15t
II. Iof February, on board of the British shi
re Of war Warsplte, Lord John Hay, Con