Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-12-09


The IMPENDING FAMINE.
CABINET COUNCILS ON TIE OPENING OF THE
PORTS.
THE RAILROAD REyULsIoN.
THE COTTON MARKET. &c, &c.
The famous packet ship Queen OF the West, Captain
woodhousc, arrived of the Hook early yesterday morning
in the remarkably short passage Of wentysiS days
| the Atlantic.
Our swift clipper Tcazer, her first cruise for
the winter. boarded her and obaned London papers Of
the 9th, aud Liverpool papers the 9Th ul which
ceived early lsst evening.
The news thus obtained by our superior enterprise, is
important Ia many points ol'iew particularly IN CONNER
cal one.
Affairs in Eosland had reached a crisis. Cabinet Council
after Cabinet Council had been heidi the impending famine
had alarmed the Ministry; and the London Times had inss
ted upon tho opening OF the ports Ihroushou' The king
dom the feeling appeared be universal that prompt
and decisive step absolutely necessary.
The last Cabinet CuInci! OF which have accounts,
was held at the residence OF Sir Robert Peel the 5th
ut All the Ministers in the present, aud pre-
you session, the President o tho Board OF Trade had
an interview with the Premier. II expected that the
question whether not the ports should be Immediately
| opened, then decided.
Twas conceded all hands that the alternative OF
the Ministry IN this crisis, open ports resIgnu
ton.
The market unsteady. BUTT does not appe,r
that there had been any further decline M prices
The arrival Of this intelligence tends The
isty for that 10 come by the Cambria.
The Eng ish funds continued dull; aud then little
better aspect shone but be supported The gen
era dependency tue part attributed the pre-
vasnce Of an cspec,ayn ha, foreign grain would be nd
mlIed n nominal duy, and the unsettled state OF minis
ters On the 9Th. the market for con.os looked
well, and prices slightly improved; they, however, again
Ieeeded. The last quoted we've got 10 for money and
| account.
The Emperor Empress of Russa are now la Sicily
On DIT, that in Leeds IL specuutor
70 dine AT ian, and the bill with scrip, the waiter
handing him the change Just readily the paper
| were Bank OF England
Letters from Stockholm announce Tears OF famine Swe
den tbs badness the harvest both quantity aud
quality The Government, is taxing measures prevent
u and already have the brandy corn
been offered high premium 1t they will abandon ther
| tsale for thsoc months.
The potlae disease has spread fearful extent in the
| sosth OF England.
Henry Philips i giving concerts in Liverpool.
Rumors hs there si BE- smother alteration in
the com Laws, or, AZ all cNens>, temporary admission
o'en by p:de5 n Council that step, taken
WILL n our opnon never be rcsced' the opportunity will
be eIet 20 nix amount ~ lay the respective
e!es which w. Afterwards he made the foundation OF
Z permanent Observation-Disclosures E<P-sss
Every mile ct railway skes eight ~ good l.ui-
The $500 miles already eE.ung, 2ad 10000 miles in.
pending, va, Guire the Dug gaau,iy q IL OyO acres
vitaoG, rcrain,srs any irUI other roais
TaL DyKL IND rBs CcES Lsws-Iiis now currently
reported that lie Duke Of Wellington i opposed 10 eh,n.
gee IN the ave, the adoption any measures
which may DC Supposed injurious 10 the agricultural
such process but says 10 hs colleagues e" yea are de-
;ea.ine interfere ata call P.rliaaIent ;ost.aer add
Iay yort plans before 'hctl.- -QSrElhs CaFosis.<.
OrLNIS. o. 1HE Pokrs.
Prom L-1-4oa Ilass Nov 81
Whist the public miaa has been kept a
Pense the ministerial Council. have been distracted with
divisions 81 ~ tie eG'eni and remedies Of the tsmae
eF,sls. !; has ever been - Tue tenaciiy Of human
nope ciI7g7 -, ard -s-A..----s - r-@soa
pai4de~. -s.I grssrzts IN the presence impending
cslamires. l. not unu The daace- becomes too sreat
e. DC feslsied With success, confronted with courage
that tue errors Of Tasu confidence, snd the folly
sPeeIols Ptoc' as'uaton, coUtes-ed snd then ie
| immensely ct The cr.sis put forward a. excuse
iYf s1s "eh were once J1snhaoe on the score OF
deHcs but n.lIy become inevitable from nscsssy
It's no use Tor uen whether IN the Cabinet out Vi
10 as2GsSe VI To undsaIe tue magnitude Oi the mPen
ding danger IT., fJr iiem argue that because
wheat cheap Engan there chance II famine
here hat the iadIe Of the p7si1e crop IN Ireland
cannot affect the markets this county The
are known 10 every who has had the will ana Op
EUTtunlsy for inquiry. Wheat cheap. But what
wheat The very that brought market
Good "heai-the wheat which supplies The table OF oil
middle class amies-is already dear. What them may
II be expected 10 be four i've, and months
imet The Inggr Of the averages Teurns fictitious
pnce Just no" by cOnOundng the good with the bad
The averages determine the duty and The dut, 10 such
exclude a supply from abrosd. Under any circum-
stances, therefore, It reasonable to unlicpse thsI be
tore the period OF snvtheT harvest arrives the staple
food Of all classes will have become dear; that OF the
poorest aud Lowest. dear beyond the pos bty of pu-
ehase But when W take into consideration the Of
the continental marketable deficient crops IN France
Belgium, and Holland, and the prospective demands OF
those counties the gTananes Vt EurOpe-the
complicated with difficulties and new absurdi-
ties. il many weeks large quantity OF corn
was taken Of bond in England ind clipped foreign
ports; let the present duty few weeks
longer and much Of that which remains IN bond will be
exported 10 countries whose may be greater
but whose whose wisdom Is proydent ihan
who know the advantage Of laying store sganst a
son Of Distress and who know the slippery virtues OF
the sind ing scale We shall thus present eyoH OF the
ciyrcL world the singular spectacle nation yountsTj
y poor III the midst OF greet wealth. boarding up
whc iobtHfs touch, and starving itself for the good
OF it' neishboIs However the philanthropy Of such
country may be admired for its novelty, yet mankind
! VIII quesuon Is sense 81 justice, ospecally when
they remember that his temporary self-denis Is To
be compensated by future eaiaV1Rance; and that though
we abstain from buying when we might buy cheaply,
shall enter tho markets when competition has dear
and deaTness has been followed general distress
The guests Lucisns ghost banquet pissed each doca
cy by in succession because memory and Imagination
Taught them 10 expect that the later Vands would be dbn.
Tier than the fret. We have no such hope We lose the
opportunity tina, oilers aud prudence should accept
with the cefsainy that Will We enamorod
oi scarcity Tor ~ sake, and cinbrnce tie haggsrd
kedness OF dearih with inexpcabe fondness And when
az las fly fesource il - TO drain ourselves and
famsh neighbors But let the merit given where
II T due. To The hnsher and perlecsr Of the sliding scale
be attributed this our virtue weakness. Ills
sure and ne working easily described. Take his own
elaborsis eulogsm and insor one little word. expressive
VI negaton. Tie told US that would guarantee us against
the pers Of imine and the yicsde- of prices; that
would ave We from sefnaons Of Improbable redundance
mud pinchng scarcity, aud would hil granares with
perpetual plenty Of corn that should be dear or
| 100 cheap
That should hc-ate before they believe IN the an.
proIimniion ~ danger uaurs That they should delay
o. deprecae change their measures and the work
Of their hsnds, natural s-o. But necessity
more powerful than s,iOye selfdsusion II works by
signs and by wOrds by the popular voice. by the opera
ions Of nature by the distress Of Let no man say
That bic work is hn8tha his wisdom COMMUNICATIVE
his councils are iyf oil time II not So II never was
and yI be so. The great chain OF events coils
| bic
Et % so. pfooEt b. hnnd-a wooid preext--a pros
Pectve dearh ~ England, present 20 Ireland The
las cufnos s own waning with H. You who fear not the
steady oarne'trcs Of tie Engsh people may dread the
violence Of an lnsh EypIlce Ireland you pronounce TO
be your difficulty. Will you add 10 ~ You say that IN
England incfc fear Of famine; can you say the same
o fclandl Already thit nggardy food which supports
life 90 four millions n fellow subjects s doafned H..
duration thing reckon by months After t1st Ire
land will bo dependent on your wisdom or your aims. Char