Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-06-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
From Wilmer & Snila's European Times
LIVERPOOL, June

DOMESTIC SUMMARY.
The 5av after the SAILING of the last steamer, Lord
Stanley introduced certain resolutions INTO Inc house
&c Commons, based on the long'aiked OF measure TO-
tho introduction Of Canadian flour and wheat at
fixed duty Of Is per quarter. glance Al he farl'a
mentary Summary in another column viii She" what
an apple Of discord this measure has proved 10 The
Minister: hundreds uE his followers in open re-
beion against il, and the dH OF the day 49, that 81
Robert Peel emphaticaily declaIed, that unless The
ucountry gentlemen swallowed this bolus, he would
resign The Cabinet siaksd their existence upon 1t,
and the agricultural party had no alternative out 10
pulp the medicine with wry faces or sacrifice their Ia
vorae Minister They preferred the former, 81 choice
Of evils, and throwing Their consistency to the Winds
and without thought upon their vaPourlnS out Of
doors, voted for the measure OF all others which they
most profess to abhor. Some, TO save appearance,
spoke against the easure, but recorded their "swee
voices ia ITS favor, while others, 10 keep up the deu
sion sacrificed their judgment 10 their character,
and profeJsed To have understood the merits OF
The question until eypounded by Lord Stanley, and
then they nothing III it 10 excite apprehension
But mol merely the ministerial benches was this dis
rupt on appSfent-tbe other side oi the House was
equally oswlGerec Various sections OF the Opposition
opposed nnd supported it from the most conflicting mo-
tives. No question has been brought before Parlia.
ment Tor years, which has completely disorgaased,
broken, in TACT aprooisd party manGuvrng, this Ca
madam bill. Some argued that it free trade
measure in Disguise between England and the U. s.. that
this produce would be d-ugged with the produce OF the
Of IS. to be levied The Canadian frontier all
rnoonshine, as iiupalpable aacbetts air dagger
that the extent OF the frontier afforded the greatest ia
cilities for cheating the Custom House officers and
that, far as protection went, the corn laws might
ne well be abolished altogether. Others contenced,
that the Americans would regard the measure a de-
clara.on tina. restrictive commercial policy would
still be persevere1 in-that it would raise Up add
tona barrier against the admission Of IT, S. wheat al
a low fixed duty, measure which the Americans would
the stringency of their Tarff--and that it was
giving the Canaiians "vested interest in vicious
system, ut the expense of the mother country Others,
again, maintained, that the concession of such
sure could not bc confined 10 Canada-that, if other
colonies requested the boon, must be conceded
to them-and that it was only opening by "back
door route which the ministry had not the honesty
the courage TO open III front Bat The strongest
Of all assigned by Sir Robert Peel himself,
namely, that 1t was measure upon which the Cana
dams had set their hears: aad, as Canada The
7eedkest part Of our coIona! empire 1T deemed re
cessary conciliae them. For this admission he
sharply taken to task by Lord john Russell, who said,
that according TO the showing Of The head Of the Co.
vernment, it only necessary for colony rise up
rebellion in order get whatever it wanted But,
apart from the conflicts of ariy gadaiors, may
be stated in brief, of the measure, that practically
it will be almost imperative the bsst proof Of which
49, that during the last four years Of HIGH prices this
country, when the duty on Canadian wheat has
ragged as low as 2s ID the importation of Canadian
and American wheat through Canada has only reached
six hundred thousand quarters As high prices, owing
10 The sliding scae-to nothing Of the all but
omnipotent feeling which prevails avc OF free trade
and which renders speedy change in that direction
inevitabie-are hardly ever likely to occur assin in
England, s clear that the of transit from the
Western States 10 the ST Lawrence and the duty and
the expense OF again transhppng the produce his
country the average here must be at least sos or Cos
to pay Besides has been demonstrated, by careful
calculations, that when the sliding scale oscates be-
tween medium and low figure, II will answer the
purpose oil importers TO send their shipments Of flour
TO this country direct from New York. rather than by
the more expensive and circuitons Canadian route
Upon the whole, then, notwithstanding the fuss which
has been made about the measure it is one which is
llaely TO do llr harm good TO any one Ii is GER
tany not worth the interest it has excited much less
the "sound anc fairy, sgnifying nothing OF which it
has been the fruitful parent;
Ireland absorbs, al the present moment, the e1cu
sIve attention of the Brush Ministry and the British
people Tine Repeal movement continues to make the
most gganlc s.ndcs the whole country is in fearful
state of excitement, and MIR OConnel after visiting
Cork, and various other parts of Ireland has returned
TO Dublin. During his soJourn in the provinces hun
dreds OF thousands OF his countfymen concregated al
his beck, and his progress resembled continuous ova
,ioi from his outset until his return He addressed
them, every occasion, in the most inhammatory
strain, condemnatory of the British connection while
ne poured out the most unmeasurej vitupcra.ioh and
ridlcule against Sir Robert Peel the Duke Of yelling.
ton, and Lord Brongbam. The great bulk of the Ca
thoic Clergy have thrown themselves head long into
the movement, The re comes pouring bv thousands
of pounds per week, add all Classes to regard
crisis al hand Whether, in this emergency, MIR.
OConnell will prove himself
FIJI 10 command world
And rule tits widest,
time will show, bat lie has brouph: his darling epeal
panacea 10 pitch al fearful and sublime If he
now fater in his course, farewell lone farewell 10
all his greatness, while continuance in his present
policy must inevitably bring hlm into collision with
the Government, and prcciptate CONFUSION. There
middle course. Troops daily pouring into
the country, Government steamers constantly en-
gagged between The Tower Of London and the Pigeon
house, Dubn in carrying and landing arms the Castle
IN the latter c,ty oeing placed state of defence
and every thing shows that the Government anticipates
immediate outbreak. VIVA, will O'Conne do:-
every asks Up tn the present time his OPP onents
the other side of the channel have played hs game
better than lie could have played 1t hImssf Sir Ro
bert Pee. and the "Dnke set the example, making
it important by denopncipg 1t, and this unwise act has
been followed up by the Irish Lcrd Chancellor Sir Ed
waTo Sugosn-n clever Lawyer but an execrabe poa-
tcian-who has been removing number Of Nlagis.
traes from the commission of The peace, including Mr..
OConneil himself and Lord French, because they at.
tended, or expressed their intention OF taking part in,
the Repeal demonstrations In letter 70 Sir Edwards
son. who acts as lie Councillors Secretary, Mir. o.
Conneil threatens to mpeach his father in the Irish
Parliament Thus moe, on the part of the Irish
Executive, IS tn. caax OF bad judgment, for many
spectacle persons who ia"e hitherto taken part in
the Repeal movement resent the attempt, sliae pub
lie opinion, as Iiiega and unjust. The act of Union,
say they, is only like any other OF Parament-al
far subject for discussion, and long The discus
son is conducted peacefully and cons,uonallv 50
long have the people rgh, 10 petition against it-and
any attempt to suppress The expression of public OPT
lon is ,yrannous, and ought 10 be resisted Acting
upon this feeling several Magistrates, who opposed
TO Mr. OConnells views, have thrown up their COM
-
Der of baris,ers and others, who have hitherto kept
aloof from the agitation, have sweed Mr.. OConnells
ranks Foremost amongst these new and superior re.
cruits is the Of the late Master of the Rolls Sir
Michael q loghlen, who, spirited letter, denoun-
cling the Soggpg system Of the Lord Chancellor with