Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-07-28
F o r EIG n.
News by the Caledonia.

Subsequent to the departure Of the ITibernia
from Liverpool nothing OF any interest to the
people Of this country had taken place in the
British parliament. The cotton market remain
Sd in depressed state, few large transactions
had been effected There is no probability OF
immediate improseme trlflng rise is no.
ticed in the corn market, although the prospects
for the forth coming harvest arc still faYora-
BILE. Money continues very abundant, but the
agitation in Ireland had occasoned some huc,u-
ation in English securities. In the manufac.
turing districts little business is going forward,
and great want and deprivation is still endured
bya great mass of the laboring classos
IRELAND.
Mr.. O'Connell, (says the European Times)
continues his triumphant course OF agitatons
In the sister kingdom, in which he is powerfully
assisted by the priests The rent comes pour
ing in by thousands weekly. and he is almost
daily engaged in addressing hundreds Of thous.
ands of his countryl.en in various parts of the
kingdom. But the movement-owing, probably
to the people on this side the Irish Channel be.
coming more familiar with it-excites less al.
te ntion, or, rather, less alarm, and it forms a
less prominent topic than hitherto in the jour
nails. Attention is now chiefly directed TO ira
cling the complicated social malades under
which the country labors, and various are the
yemdes rrrposcd The Government, it is
clear, will have to buy Off the agitation by re-
ducing that unseeny anomaly, the Irish Church
within its legitimate dime by quartering
upon the EXchequer, or otherwise elevatlng the
social position OF the Catholic priesthood and
BY the Introduction Of practical measures for
the benefit of the laity. The Irish ask as a
condition for being quiet, high price, which
they know will never be gven-thc Repeal OF
the Union but it is more than probable they
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sion Of such measures as those alluded to-
which, all things considered, would DO fail
compromise.
The Liverpool Times of the 4th says: ETH,
evening. Mr.. w. Smith O'Brien, one Of the
most sensible and patriotic of the Irish members
will move the following resolution in the House
OF Commons -
"That this House will resolve itself into Z
committee for the purpose of taking into con
eideration the causes Of discomfort at presen
prevailing in Ireland, with view to the redres
Of grievances, and the establishment of sys
tenn Of just and impartial government in tina
part of the United Kingdom"
This resolution will, no doubt, give rise to ar
eloquent debate. We wish we could sly tina
it was likely to be followed by the adoption o
come useful and paciyng measures; but g
that there is little chance"
INSULT TO Mr.. EvERETT.-Mr. Everett, TIT
American minister to England, was grossly in
suited at tho University Of Oxford few day
since, as the he ads of that institution were abon
to confer upon him the degree of Doctor Of Civ
il Law. We find the affair reported as follows
in Wilmer's News Letter Of the 4th -
at is the custom OF the University of Oxford
upon the occasion of the annual commemora
tion, to confer upon certain distinguished per
sonages, selected by themselves, the honorar
Of n n I prof nlDial oft III
University Of London, and Mr.. Everett, tn
American Minister, were this year chosen 10
the persons on whom this boon should be cor
ferred. The moment Mr. Everett was presen
ted, furious storm Of disapprobaton aros'
which increased to such pitch that the Vic
Chancellor was compelled to dismiss the cor
vocation, (after having conferred upon Mr. E'
erett his degree,) without hearing the prose es
says or poems read-'rhe Vice Chancellor, VIII
was compelled formally to ask the Masters
Arts and Doctors whether they assented to tn
compliment he was about to pay to Mr.. Everett
did wrong, it is contendad, in neglecting, aftt
the storm of 'non plareis" with which he W;
assailed 10 call for a poll. Against the gran
ing Of the degree formal and formid able pr
test has been entered, because, as the prote
tors say, Mr.. Everett, who is an Unitarian, az
who was an Unitarian preacher, is not entitlt
10 any degree which an University eminent
and especially Trinitaran can confer upon hil
His Escellency has been distinctly inform'
that the annoyance with which he has been a
sailed is not directed to him personally. 1t
solely and simply mark Of the displeasure Il
undergraduates and a certain portion Of 4
graduates entertain against the comforting
distinguished academical honor upon man "
distinctly repudates the religious opinio
which the members of the University Of Oxfo
are sworn TO uphold"
The Princess Augusta was married on &
18th ult. Three queens and two kings were
the wedding: Victoria, the queen Dowager, a
the queen of Belgium, with the kings Of IlaI
yer and Belgium.
The convention Of the friends Of univer
peace commenced it's sitting on Thursday,
22nd June, at Freemason's Hall, London,
Hindley, Esq M. P- in the chair. The proce'
ings were continued on the following days
There were about 300 delegates present, inc
ding II from America, and 8 from France.