Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-12-12

Aggregate average Of the six weeks wheat SIS Gil.
| barley 32s Cd, oats 24s 81 rye 3is 81
Duty an Foreign Produce present week, wheat l4s,
barley 6s, oats As rye IS 81.
Duty Oh Canadian, wheat Is, barley Gil, oats Cd.
rye Gd. '.
Duty on other British colonies wheat Is, barley Cd,
onls Cd, rye Cd.
The opening Of the ports of course did moi
take place. There is sill rumor Of The Inten.
tinn Ut Ministers tn make some change in the
law, altering the sliding scale Of duty, and also
! The mode OF taking the averages, so AS to pro.
dure the effect Of lower rate Of duty.
CoInparing the prices ri wheat at the London
Corn Exchange, as qnnieJ in the Mnrnins
Chronicle of Monday, Nov. 3, and Monday.
NV. IL, VIC find there was a dimlnuion Of
prcc at the latter date in all the varieties, u,
from 81. I" d.. per quarter.
In thu public Funds there was hardly per.
| ceplble change uf prices between the two pc
r"ds Consols I'm The l7,h were quoted a, 95
LA 49, Reduced 05 LEADS. The Rail
R"ai share market was "firm for the registered
roads," and for the better descriptions Of scrip,
but the business limiled.
Noiice was given by the Bank Of England on
th" 9th Of November Of a further advance Of
| l.2 per cent. in the rate Of discount, making
. per cent. on bills not having more than
05 days to run. This notice was followed Tor
some days by slight depression in the public
funds.
| We intina'cd on a former occasion that pos
s'b'y the cabinet meetings, of which 81 much
hice was taken by the corn spectators, in
their advccs by the last steamer, might have
been occupied in part by anu,her sulJect-ihe
| American negotiation. Whether the British
government had then received from this conn.
try Information If the reception by Mr. Paeken.
ham Of President Folks prnposio, -ts rejec.
tion by the fur,ner-and its withdra ~al by the
| Latter, we arc not informed. The orjeriure
that this suhjec; may have been under consider.
| alton receives c0untenarcc from lie fu lowing,
which we fnd in the Morning Chronicle OF
! Nov. g.
| We are led 10 believe. from infrm,to1 on which
we are entitled 10 rely that n",wihstanny the I'M.
ortdI:e ~ the food q,rsuon," which has occupied
the deliberations and divided the opinions Of the Cab.
met IN Their recent meetings, the of ney,,.
ila'mns al Washington, IN regard to the Oregon ter
ritory. has been question scarcely less petplexng
AMI embarrassing Certain II ~, from all we can
CLEAN v: public opinion the states. and from Ill
can learn from private sources Of the views Of the
Cabinet nt Washington, and Of their power To con-
troll public olnIon, even were they dis, ,sel do
IN order 10 effect friendly settlement of this qnes
ton-and II is with reluctance ami snrere regret that
we make the asuwal-,here appears nj present
scarcely chance of such views being entertained u
The pending negolii)n AZ Wa hinyion as ,ciH or can
meet the acceptance Of an English Cabinet Nor
our fears on this scare esstneI when refer 10 the
apparent precautionary preparations which the recrn
activity in the various Government dock yards wonid
indicate against npprehrnded d,nser nor when w
refer TO the fact that our cruisers Stationed IN ih'
west COAST Of rlh America have sailed 10 The noyH
oim sealed orders. The approach of he meeting u
Congress, when ns mat eT "f course the Piesiden
in his Message i'll be under the necessity Of d.rlr
ing the VI Tvs Of his ;ovcrnuent in regard ID This iInv
excl ing QUESTION renders II u mater Of -c-.sty thu
our Ministers shO I'D he dcci led !, tn their policy
How far Mr. Polk may, in his Message to Congress
change the t''ne Of his inargurnii, m SPEECH, WE vii
not venture To >ay, hat Is certain that the event
which have since then occurred in America have bee
such as rather Ia increase than subdue the populi
appetite for TERRITORY"
The Chronicle Of the llth ADDS the follow
in:
The Funds h,ve improved n day. in consequence
Of the dispersion of the Cabinet, and its being under
stood tina, the result of their drlhega,ions has hce
not 10 tuuch the corn laws Some people, il is true
ina gne that their dsc,. were chiefly cunnec e
with the safe Of the Oregon Question: an that tn
fund Of the people seI,m inierfrret with thri
thoughts. Be that az il my. the impression helm
now general that no'hlng will be done with rpspc
10 the sliding scale until the Parliament meeis an
iha, the Session will commence At the usual pe,Ot
prices again looking up. The funds have hee
for some days past very much depressed by the Con-
inued meetings Of the ahinei, and an expeciniio
that me greni political movement was abo Il TO tax
place; nnv immediate .pprehrnsipns nf such an ever
helm. nOw nOke'l upon ms remOvty the markets hnv
naturally begun 10 from their depression, on
favorable reaction has taken place.
A treaty Of commerce and navigation Ia
been concluded between Belgium and the Un
ted States.