Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-11-27
Foreign News.
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ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA.
ID DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
VERY IMPORTANT NEWS.


I tiOa Of ireiaad--F France The Resignation q
Marshal Scar, ssc
i The steamship Britannia arrived at Bos-
Ton on Thursday afternoon. having Jeff
Liverpool on the 4th inst. The London
dates are TO the 80, and Paris to the Isl
instant.
/ The news was conveyed by express
from Boston for the New York Herald,
and we ale indebted to the editor OF thai
journal for an extra containing the siea.
mer's adyices.
( THE CROPS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Il The condition OF the pabic mind in
England, growing out Of the failure Of
1 the crops may be inferred from the an
nexed article, copied from he Liverpool
Times Of the 4th instant:
FAMINE EXPECTED IN ENGLAND.
Hitherto, the cycle Of the seasons has
beirlended Sir Robert Peel. Four goo1
harvesis in succession have filed his ex
chequer- filed the stomachs of the Iieges
ma e the nation pfospefous-lhe PEG.
pie conieuted. Alas the scene is chan
ged--the evil day has come upon INN,
and has found him unprepated TO face il.
Famine gaunt, horrible, destroying ia
mne-seems impending. Fears nave
Sc ed the pubic mind. 10 ireland mat.
lers ook appalng-in Eng gloomy.
The grauaries Of thu continent are ex.
hausied. The corn fields Of the Vlslua,
the Danube, and the Ebe, are barely SUI
ficent for the local wants of the inhab-
tants. The nation is in commotlon and
the cry OF Open the ports and let in corn,
duty free = is heard, on all sides, rever.
berated from every part Of the EMPIRE
The pressure from without has made it.
self heard in Downing street and faith
in the sliding scale--Peel's sliding scale
lis gone forever. A third Of The potato
crop IN Ireland is destroyed.
"The Government has sent scientific
professors to the scene of the mischief,
and the awful truth is out that this large
portion of the peoples food the esculent
that Coobetl abhorred-is unfi. for use.-
What is to be done in this terrible, this
unlocked for emergency 'Open the
ports! IS the exclamation and there
stands the sbivering Premier, like reec
in the wind, paraIysed between affection
for his sliding scale and the horrors oil
public famine. There he IS, balancing
the pros and cons. But necessity is supe.
rior TO consistency, superior even to law.
The ports must be opened. O'Connell,
who assumes to be the tribune OF the Irish
people, goes beyond this. He demands a
grant Of public money 20 the extent of a
million and half, to be expended in the
purchase Of food-he calls for tax oil
| fifty per cent. on The absentees, and tax
of ten per cent. on the resideDts-h asks
for the prohibition of corn ard provisions
leaving the standard the prevention OF
d'st'leres consuming grain. Large de-
mands these, will they De conceded? A
day or two will solve the question and
IN the meantime speculation will find a
wide margin for the exercise Of its ings.
nuity.
1.-THE sliding scale-that cunning
scheme TO make fooo ar.ificially dear-is
in the crisis of It's fate. Swept away now,
as it will be, its re-Impos:ion, with the
views which the public entertain, {and
which conservative and even agricultural
members have tardily adopted) will be
found impossible. II is gone forever. -
In future years small fixed duty may
be imposed-the sliding scale never
Every thing procaims the speedy exlinc-
ton oil the sliding scale--the tone Of the
government organs, the language OF the
proiessed supporters of the ministry, the
feeling in the public mind. 1t has long
beer seen and foretold that the first sea-
son Of scarcity would fix its doom. So
it has. Peel is good actor his SILVER
ing Is probably stimulated, not real.-
Placed between cross fires, exposed on
his flank aud his rear, it is necessary
that he should play his part so as not to
appear to give a triumph to either party.
This he has done-this he is doing"
The failure of the potato crop becomes
more and more disastrous, and in Ireland
especially it will cause a general and dis
tressing misery. Ii will be seen tina. so
pressing has the necessity for remedy,
and supply of other food become, that
Cabinet Councils have been held at which
he proposition Of opening the ports of the
Kingdom for the admission of Breads,uffs
DUTY FREE, has been discussed, and il is
very probable that it will be carried into
effect.
Trade, in the manufacturing districts,
is Frustrated. In Liverpool the Cotton
market was quiet. American Coltons
had not varied essentially ia price. In
American provision there were no impor.
tant changes. Dealers were waiting the
action OF the government upon the duties.
In American wool, however, there were
some buyers and the trade was apparent
iy improving.
The steamship Marmora from New
York and Liverpool, Tor Conslaniinople.
put IRto Cove, aud November, with Goals
on fire, and would discharge them.
From Willmer s. Smith's European Times. Noe.
COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.
Provisions. The American Provision
trade presents no ve.y striking feature.
OF Beef there IS only limited quantity
in market, and holders appear ANXIOUS TO
dispose Of the stock on hand before the
Of ia -.