The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-08-18

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will be no appeal TO arms.
Spain is still in high degree OF excitement.
The party opposed to the Regent are fierce in
their clamors aud denunciations. 1t is generally
supposed that he wil! be deposed. Many think
that France il aiding the revolt, and, $50, it may
/ lead to difficulty between her and England. It
would not be a wonder to see Europe IN general!
commotion in few months.
The crops will come in very good here this
year, and the price Of wheat will remain about the
same, unless war should break out.-A repeal Of
the corn laws is confidently predicted by the COM
mercial men here.
! Great distress prevails in the manufacturing dis
lfcts. Thousands are starving for the want of the
grain that is rolIing IN our country. England
to save her own inhabitants and she is becoming
aware Of it, and she now talks Of the advantages
Of commercial treaty; but her past history shows
that she never makes a move except for her own
interest, and now that she is compelled to receive
our grain, she wants to a;ole US into an arrange
ment that will compel us to buy her manutactu-
red fabrcks at her own price, and, judging from
Wcbstcr's speech and the tone of some of ihe pa
pers in our country, suppose that many of our
citizens are ready to swallow her bait, hook and
line,
A great row is kicked up between the church
of Scotland and the SecedeIs--the whole country
is in a state Of excitement. One party swear
they are right, and the other swear as Justify that
they are wrong. The whole trouble has arisen
about the particular road they shall take to Heav-
en- like a set OF hucksters who quarrel about the
best road to market, do these worthy brothers
wronge. If they do rot keep sharp look out
"Oid Nick" Will come along with drag-net and
take them down another way, and save them the
trouble of any further enquiries for the right road.
What an example to the rest the world do these
followers of the meek and lowly Jesus set. This
must be- rare sport for the deyiI-whist the reap
ers are disputing he gathers the harvest.
The queen, prince Albert, and the royal babies,
arc all well--so says the court journal. And her
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The king and queen Of Belgium have been
paying visit to London. The king of Hanover
is also here, aud several Of the German and Rus
sian princes.
The general appearance of England is that ola
garden under high state of cultivation. Fine
hedges, beautiful fields, rich crops and handsome
stock, are seen in oil directions. If illinois were
under high rta,e of cultivation it would resemble
England very much.
On my first entrance into London was struck
with the general display of wealth the splendid
equipages of tho nobility, wealthy bankers and
opulent ,radcsmen, are constantly passing. One
need not be told, where SO many establishments
sapport host Of idle coachmcn footmcn, posil-
lions, porters, walters and numberless under
servants in idlrness that the producing class have
to labor 80 much harder and that the number of
their starving poor will be in proportion to the
number Of oilers.
London has a very ontiquated appearance; the
buildings in the principal streets are costly and
elegant they all have dusky tingc, caused
probably by tho humid atmosphere and smoke.
When the traveller recalls to mind the events of
the last thousand years, Of which this city has
been the theatre, he feels degree of veneraton
and awe for all around him. Here empires have
been sold and bought. Here crowns have been
lost and won. Here monarchs have sportcd with
kingdoms like children with their toys. Here is
tho heart of that mighty empire on whose dom-
mons The sun never sets, and every lhrob and
pusation of this heart agitates the rcmoest parts
OF the civilized world. Here rcposcs the dust of
Bnton's kings. Hero rest tho ambitious spirits
of those bold warriors, whose daring deeds have
rendered their names immortal. Here lie the re-
mains of those wise and grea, statesmen, who
guided England through her storms Of peril and
gave the British empire Immortality. Here sleep
tho bards whose sweet poetry still charms tho
soul aud thrills the heart of man. Here bright
galaxy of genius was shown forth, that raised the
English name to that proud eminenco from whence
the CLEAN of its glory burst, and still shines with
an immortal lustrc.
The English gentlemen appear robust and
healthy; they take more exercise than the Amei-
cans, and as they advance in age they generally
become corpulcnt. The English ladies are, many
of them, very handsome their figures are taller
and larger ,han tho American ladies', aud think
they show much more taste in the stye and wear
ing of their dresses. They seem generally to have
oiue to the conclusion that rs the Almighty has
been making women for six thousand years, he
caa do it. about ms well as a manlua maker, and
they are therefore con,entcd to appear as God
has made them; and must say they look quite
as interesting as a woman made up of bran and
whalebonc, and neatly painted. The American
ladies are naturally much handsomer than the
English ladies', and ii they would only be con-
tented to dress palmer and simpler, they would be
the mos, angelic creatures in the world.
attended fair in the vicinity of London last