The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-10
Foreign News.
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Foreign News.
The steam packet Acadia arrived at Boston or
the 9Th ut, in 10 days from Liverpool, bringing
news from England up to the 4h ult.
Parliament met on the 81 uit. The Queen no
being present, the royal speech was read by III,
Lord Chancellor. Il it rather conmon.p place af
fair, and Is thus spoken of by Wilmer and Smith.
European Times :-"RoyaI speeches arc not quit
so communicative as republican messages; hut
the one which was delivered on Thursday, in tn,
name Of Queen Victoria is more than usually in
sipid, made up ofcongralulalirns aud condolences,
which knock their heads together in a very anu
sing if no, absurd manner. The speech says, ia
elect that every thing goes on swinminch
abroad and ruinously at home. The boundary
treaty is alluded to in complimentary terms, much
to the chagrln Of the CX-mlnistcrs especially Lord
Pamcrston, who is preparing 10 attack it with re-.
newed Ngor."
The corn laws are not to I've tou bed at this
session Of parliament. 1t seems that "o.liyia de-
corum" will not permit Sir Rubsit Peel 50 soon to
knock to pieces his haudiwork of last session. H.
speech in the house of commons on the evening
of the 81. he said he still retained his belief of the
superiority of the sliding scale over a fixed duty
bu. he was not SO welded to any law as To support
i, when ii failed to answer the purpose. An hws
were subjec, to change, and mus, be accoumod,-
ted to the circumstances OF the times. Bot rs far
as this session is concerned, he did ~, intend,
and would resist any attcmp, at altering The corn
law of the last session.
An important speech was made by Sir Robcr,
Peel the first night of the session, respecting the
tniIed States. The suhJec, under discussion was
the Ashhurton treaty and the construction put
upon it by the president in his last annual message
to congress, aud the right hon haronct, after cx-
pressing his pleasure at the amicabe settlement,
between the two nations, of very difficult ques-
tons, regretted that he compelled to say that
the message did not give a correct account of the
negotiations relative to the right of visit Nothing
was more distinct than the right Of visit and the
right Of search. The right of visit simply cx-
tended TO the veriication Of the nationality Of the
vessel but the right of search extended also TO the
object Of the voyage and the nature Of tho cargo
and while the British nation utterly disclaimcd
the latter with respect to American vessels, they
never meant to and never would yisld the former.
Yet the president Of the Z. s. in his message TO
congress had represented England as giving up
both.
In the cotton market Mt Liverpool there had
been a continued and gradual decline. Sales at
the la,es, dates were, for fair cotton. Bowed SIS,
Mobile A 81, Orleans A 7.Sj
Mr.. Drummond, the private secretary Of Sir
Robert Peel, had been mistaken for the minister
and assassina,ed by Daniel McNaghten, a native
of Glasgow.
Sir Chahes Metcaf governor general of Cana
ia, and successor I, Sir Charles Bagot. came
over in the Acadia
Mr. O'ConncI has published letter to the pco.
Pile of Ireland, in which be says:-'l am able
at present, without doub, or difficulty, to an
nouncc tha, the crisis has come upon US, when, if
the people Of Ireland, the clergy and lay, will
bu. combine in their overwhelming majority, the
repeal of the union is all but immediate and the
commencement of a new era of Irish prosperity is
at hand"
The accouchment Of the queen is expected to
take place in March or the beginning OF April.
The news from France is of little interest.
Louis Philippe opened the French chamber of
deputies on the 9Th Jan. with a speech in which
he hints at many grea! questions, but evadcs them
The document is looked upon as very pacific, but
unmeanng in other respects.