Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-12-09

terms on which foreign grain and -four
are to be admitted for home consumption
by the Order in Council, expected out to.
morrow. five are correctly inlorme d, the
following will be the scale laid down.
Wheat, As; barley, Is; oats, Is; beans and
peas, 2s per quarter; and flour, Is per
sack. This order will release about one
million quarters of grain and flour in bond
in the United Kingdom. 10000 barrels of
flour on the way from the U. S. and $780,
600 barrels from Canada
The Morning Chronicle says: ga sus-
pension Of the corn laws has become daily
more necessary"
A report was in circulation that foreign
grain was to be admitted duty free, but
this is mere conjecture, caused perhaps by
by the calling Of the three Cabinet Coun-
cils spoken Of above. 1t is not in the pow.
er Of a Cabinet Council to adopt such a
measure. A Privy Council must be call
ed for the object. The ministers may
have, says London correspondent, rec
commended to the Queen the calling of a
Privy Council, to devise measures in the
present crisis, but no more.
RUMoRED CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY.
1t is asserted with a great deal Of conf
dence, that important changes are in course
Of operation in the Ministry; and that there
is little doubt that Lord John Russell will
join the Administration of Sir Robert Peel
that Lord Stanley will retire from the
Office Of Colonial Secretary and will be
succeeded by Lord John.
| In Ireland The potatoe crop is reported
to have failed one third. O'Connell, in
view of this, demands a grant of money
from the British Government to the extent,
Of n million and half, TO be expended in
the purchase of food-he calls for tax
Of fifty per cent, on the absentees and a TAX
Of ten per cent. on the residents-he asks
for the prohibition of corn and provisions,
leaving the island-and the prevention Of
distlleries consuming grant
GERMANY.-Ronge and his disciples
are continuing their career at Proselyt-
ing.
The STATE OF AFFAIRs.-The Euro
pean Times has the following upon the
condition the ministry.
Hitherto the cycle of the seasons has be-
friended Sir Robert Peel. Four good har-
vests in succession have filled his exche-
quer-fill the stomachs Of the lieges-
made the nation prosperous-the people
contented. Alas the scene is changed
the evil day has come upon him, and has
found him unprepared to face it. Famine
gaunt, horrible, destroying famine seems
impending. Fears have seized the public
mind. In Ireland, matters look appalling
in England, gloomy. Tie granaries Of
the continent are exhausted. The corn
fields Of The Vistula, the Danube. and the
Elbe, arc barely sufficient for the local
wants Of the inhabitants. The nation is
in commotion; and the cry Of "Open the
ports, and let in corn, duty free!" is heard
on all sides, reverbera.ed from every part
Of the empire. The "pressure from with
OUT has made itself heard in Downing
street; and faith in the sliding scale-PeeFs
scale-is gone forever. A third Of the
polatoe crop in Ireland is destroyed.
The government has sent scientific pro-
fessors to the scene of the mischief, and
the awful truth is out that this large por-
ton of the peoples food is unfit for
use. "Open the portsw is the excla
nation; land there stands the shivering Pre-
mer, like reed in the wind, paralysed
between affection for his sliding scale and
the horrors of public famine. There he
is, Balancing the pros and cons. But ne
cessiiy is superior 10 consistency, superb
or even to law. The ports must be opened!
| O'Connell, who assumes 10 lie the tribune
Of the Irish people, goes beyond This. He
demands grant Of public money, TO the
exten, Of million and half, to be expen-
ded in the purchase Of food-he calls for
tax of fifty per cent. on the absentees, and
a tax Of ten per cent on the residerts-he
asks for the prohibition Of corn and provi,
sions leaving the island and the proven
ton of d;stilleries consuming grain
Large demands these-wIll they be conce.
ded1 a day or two will solve the ques
ton, and in the mean time speculation will
find a wide margin for the exercise of it:
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