The New York herald., 1845-12-07

Mr. CoBDEN's NOTIONS OF SUPPLY OF CORN
FROM THE UNITED STATES AT a free trade meeting
recently held at Halifax, Mr.. Golden thus alluded 10
the Pfemlers conduct IN refusing to open the ports
+" Why had he (the Premier allowed other coun-
tries TO go over the earth scrambllng up the little
corn that was TO be found, while this country did
nothing He understood the steamer sailed for
America yesterday. He (Mr. Cobden) did not know
whether II sailed once tortnight-( Turning to
gentleman on the PLATFORM" How often does the
steamer sail 7"
gentleman on the PLATFORM" Once fortnigh
In summer, but only once month IN winter"
Mr.. CoBpES-"Then say, Sir Robert Peel deserves
impeachment for allowing the steamer to sail without
instructions that steamer had carried out the news
that tho ports OF this country would be open for six
months we should have got an immense supply of
go till the lst of December The would have
arrived in America in time 10 have induced the Ameri
not only to gather up the last grain Of their Indian
and tn sh out their wheat with additional care but it
would have decided them to economise their grain to
the utmost both in their and their cattes food and
to do that which of all men the earth Americans are
fond Of dorg TO send oil they could to the Atlantic
cities and get much money back possible in return
Any who knew the American character would
acknowledge that these would have been tho effects If
news Of the opening Of the ports had been sent out by
the last steamer Now he asserted, that IL any man
starved ear ing Sir Robert Peels vaclaton
hesitation in this matter heavy responsibility would
At a subsequent meeting, held at Birmingham, Mr..
Golden, while descantng ON the same theme said that
heaVsr Isnd than sir Roe PEEL my belief
that il in the time he do not take the step OF throw
ing open the ports he will not dare to face us at all next
session OF this am quite snre, that if the leading
members of the opposition in another session, take the
position they ought to take they will shake
him out Of his Office in week"
[From Wilmer s Smiths European Times
Domestic Affairs.
The state OF England, since we last addressed
our readers, has been very peculiar and extremely
exciteing The feeling then was, that, pressed on
all hands by the cries of the country and the urgen
cy OF th~case, Ministers would have opened the
ports by an order in Council for the free admission
OF every description of grain. Everything, in fact,
indicated such result. The Cabinet had protract
ed, and II was said, angry sitngs; the fears OF the
public were becoming serious; the accounts OF the
potato crop from all parts OF the country-we had al
most said from all parts of the world-especlaly from
ireland, were really alarming; the price OF grain, un-
til checked by the feeling that the corn laws would
be suspended, was risingdally All this, combined
with the panic IN the share market, and the utter
prostration of the buoyancy and speculation which
existed only short time previously IN rampant
impetuosity, caused the opening OF the ports to be
looked to with hope and with certainty, as a thing
that must be. But the quidnuncs have been doomed
to dlsappointment-the ports ,ctu not be opened
Secrets, hermetrically sealed, sometimes ooze out,
no can tell how; and those who profess to be
wise in the work ings of Cabinets declare that the
Crown, but from the Conqueror of Napoleon; that
the commercial spirit of the Premier was overrued
by the constitutional prejudices of the soldiers and
that the old motto, cedant arma togG, was In this
case reversed. So runs the gossip OF the clubs.
But when the Government determined to brave
the storm-and a storm based upon the fears OF a
public famine must be "no joke" even to so i'm
passive parsonage as minister OF Sfate-lt was
confidently expected that Parliament would have
been Immediately called together, in order that the
nation might have the benefit OF the nations WIS.,
dom in such an emergency. The expectation was
premature. 1t is now intimated, in semi-officia
much, if any, before the usual tIme-certainly not
before the beginning OF the year, and that mean
while, as
"Culprits hang, that jurymen may dine"
the country must take the best it of itself
The inference from all this clearly is, that the
danger has been exaggerated, and that Government
is in possession of information which demonstrates
that matters not bad as they have been repre-
sented. The newspaper press, when 1t does bring
its fears TO bear UPON gwen question: more espec-
with party, and has dash OF the phianthropc in II,
raise monster as the Scottish Thane expresses
II, (which might aPpal the devil" The cry OF "short
commons comes home to every one 'sfeelIngs; every
person has selfish interest IN the matter, and putting
out of view the ordinary feelings OF humanity, cala
NIFTY pregnant with evils so horrtyng IN ihemse Ives,
Is, Of all other clrcumsanc IS, the most calculated
TO bring down on the devoted head OF an obstinate
or wrong-headed minister, the general, sweeping,
unmitlgated Hostility OF the commonwealth. 1t
may, therefore, be not uncharltably inferred, that
bad things are, they are not quite so bad as they
have been represented. Whatever may be thought
of PeePs partialty Tor his sliding scale, his
terest, his position, his strength minister, is
certainly not mixed up with It's continuance In
fact, on the OF party tactics, his interest would
seem to point the other way. The time would have
been opportune tor his giving up what he will AT
last, and speedily, be obliged to concede. II is
tolerably evident, then, that Sir Robert Peel does
dot think the crisis" has arrived, and that, sensi-
tive he is to the gales OF popular favor, he must
Aaf, Cuppla
The world regards HIM as a PRACTICAL man, and
whatever may be thought OF the abstract merits of
sliding scales and prohibitory duties no one would
suspect him OF producing so monstrous calamity
as public starvation, either by his obstnacy or his
passlveness
The fine weather, too, which has rued in thus
country during the last fortnight, has enabled the
farmer to take the best precautions tor arrestlng he
disease to which the potatoes are subject, and much
good has been done in the way OF saving " hat was
thought to have been irrecoverably lost Neverthe
less it is clear from all that has transpre that the
injury TO the escuent has been very serious, and
as far as the poor of Ireland are concerned, The
evil must cause hardship, and It's concomltant
disease.
The present is the period for the annual collection
of the "O'Connell rent" This lmpost has sublec-
Of ugly terms-whch may date from the time
when the "Liberator'' first deigned to accept
the national alms-is, at the present mo-
ment, showered upon HIM most protusely and
this respect very unlike all other taxes; but its
exaction, in the present distressed condition of the
Irish peasantry, does really seem harsh. The very
fact OF the gilt being spontaneous, and sprnglng
from personal regard for the man, ought TO in
drce, at such moment as the present, reciprocal
feeling. Nay, more, i the funds OF Cancellation
Hall were applied 10 the necessities OF the public
wants. in purchasing food for the people, or pro-
curing them cmpoyment-the step would not only
be charitable, but, on the lesser grounds of pru-
dence and policy, would answer the purpose OF the
agtators. The Repeal fund, at such time, might
not do all that the exgencies of the case required,
but il would do someth.ng-it would be putting the
shoulder to the wheel, instead OF calling upon Her
cules for help Admiral Oliver, indeed, suggested
such an appropriation OF the Repeal funds, at pub
lie meeting, the other day, in Dublin, but it was
harshly received, and Indignantly secuted; AT the
same time, it is only fair to state, that OConnell
has never labored under the imptation OF being
parsimonius man; if he lives upon the public bounty,
he spends it gaily,, and even profusey; and as TO
boarding up wealth, it is notorious fact that he
lives from i'hand to mouth" and sins against Poor