The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1845-12-16

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The rumors brought by tho last arrival
of a probable opening Of the ports fOl
bread siuffs. are not confirmed, but rath
er discoun,enanced. though il is still be-
tIievcd that before long foreign wheat and
-four will be admitted at ihe lowest rate
of duty on The sliding scale.
| The railway sdeculalion continued &C
live. though the Bank Of England had
raised the in,eres, OH discounts to 33 PEI
cent, and farther advance 10 per cent
was expected.
| Professor Morse arrived in The Cam
bria. He has in charge the ratified tres-
~ between Bavaria and the United
States. transmitted by Henry Wheaton,
| United Siaies Minister a! Berlin; and
also the proposed commercial treaty be-
tween Belgium and The United States
He has also dispatches for the Depart.
men. of State, and for Postmaster Gen
eral, from Louis McLane, United States
Minister to England.
Rufus Prime. Esq, OF New York, is
also passenger in .hc Cambria. and
bearer OF dispatches from the U. States
Legation in Paris to the Department ol
Stale.
The Cambria, on Wednesday last,
boarded and exchanged papers with
Steamship Britannia, from Boston. I'd
instant, for Liverpool.
POTATOES.
The Londsn Globs Of The l7ih Of No.
vember says:
There is sisable improvement in
The quslity Of the potatoes introduced
into The London narke. during the last
few weeks"
|. Ofibe fvis::=es The European Times
says
The fine weather which has ruled in
country ddfing The last fortnight. enabled
The farmer 10 take the best precautions
for arresiing The disease to which The
Peiaies are subject, aud much good has
been done IN The way Of saving what
was lhoughl 10 have been rrecoverably
lost
Nevertheless, il is clear. from all that
has lransplree, that The injury 10 the es-
cuIeni has been very serious, and as far
as Ihe poor OF Ireland are concerned, the
evil must cause hardship, and its con
comitau,-disease.
THE PORTS NOT OPENED.
The Steamship HibcrDia. Captain
R,rIe; which left Boston on the first Of
November, Halifax on the fourth, and
81. Johns m F on the ninth, latter
being ashore on Cape Race, arrived al
Liverpool on The 18th.
|! appears settled that the ports will
not be opened, and the European Times
in The following article. ascribes this
determination 10 the Duke OF Willing.
ton.
The state Of England since we las. ad-
dressed ovr readers, has been very Pc
culiar, and extremely exciting. The
ceiling then Was, that, pressed on all
hands by the cries Of the country and The
urgency Of The case, Ministers would O.
pen The ports by an order in Councii
for The free admission Of every descrip.
ton Of grain. Everything, in fact, indi.
Gated such result,
The Cabinet had pro,racted, and, it
was sad. angry sitliugs; the fears Of the
public were becoming serious; the ac-
counts Of the potosoe crop from all parts
of The couniry-we had almost said from
all the wcrld-especially from ireland.
were really alarming; the Price Of grain,
unli checked by the prevailing feeling
,ha. The corp-lsws would be suspended,
was rising daily.
All This combined with the panic in
lhe share market, and The utter proslra
ZION OF the buoyancy and speculation
which existed only short time previous
IN rampant impe,uosity, caused The O.
pening OF the ports 10 be locked 10 with
hope and with certainly, as a thing that
must be. Bui The quidnuncs have been
doomed TO sappoinlnsnl-THE FORTS
WILL NOT BE OPENED!
Secrets. Theoretically sealed, some
times ooze ou. no one can tell how; and
those W no proless 10 be wise in the
workings Of Cabinets. declare that the
opposition came. not from the FIRST Min.
lister Of the Crown. but from the con-
qucror OF Nzpelean; that The CONNER
cial spirit Of The Premier was overruled
by the constitutional Prejadices of the
soldier, and that the old motto, cedenf
ar,na tog3. was in his case reversed.
So runs The gossip Of the clubs.
GRAIN.
A London letter says-Meanwhile :he
trade in Wheat has remained very quiet;
and though no material change has oc-
Cured in prices at any of The leading
provincial markets, an unwillingness TO
get into stocks has been very prevalent
owing TO which conside rabie difficulty
has been experienced in disposing of the
supplies brought forward by farmers at