The New York herald., 1845-12-06


has crsatsd dsarue un dssrnsss hes been followed BY
general distress The guests in Lucian sbSss banquet
and them to expect that the vi
snds would be daimler than the 6rs We have no such
hope We lose the opportunity ha. nature offers and
prudence should accept with the certainty thai u VIII
Dot return We are snamored Of scsrcy Tor Us ow a
sake and embraces the hssgsrd nakedness Of wa
insxplicaols fondAess And whom vt last we ny 20 our
resources 20 drain ourselves soi samsh our neigh
bora But l0t the merit be given where Il - due 10 ,he
nnsher and perfsctsr Of the slidos caa 10 ia
this our virtue our weakness HIS measure and its
working are easily described Take ms own siaoora's
suogism, and inssrt Little word expressive ol nssa
ton He told us that would guarantee us against the
psris Of famine aud ihs vcissnudes 81 prices tast II
would from stornations OF unprshtaoie ieauh
dance and pnchiug scarcity AMI would MI our yrnAres
with perpetual plenty ofcorn that should b. never too
dear too chesp =,
That men should hesitate before they believe In the
proxmation Of dsngsr natural That they should de.
lay or deprecats change in their own measures and
the work OF their osn hands - natural also bu, sae
necessity Is Powerful than selfovc or sstdelu.
sion IL works by signs md by wonders-by the popu.
,r voice the operations of nature by the distress OF
nations Let say that his work Is hnA-that his
wisdom paramountthat his counsel are for all time
Il not So Il never was, and never VIII be 80 The
ceptibls, inevitable. insxtrcsble.
Be it SO. A ptstsxt 10 at hand-a twofold pretext
"a prospective dearth in England, present one in
Ireland. The last carries its own warning with it,
You who fear not tho steady sarnestness of the
English people may dread the violence ,f Irish popu
lace ireland YOU pronounce to be your fcuy. Will
add it You say that ia EngI and there Is fear
OF tami saw the sams of ireland Already
thlt niggardly ood which supports lie 10 Tour millions
OF elbow subjects Is doomed it, duration Is thing
10 reckon by months After that ireland viii be depen.
dent your wisdom or your aim Charity she depre
Gates with scorn she demands leave 10 purchase food,
and Ia get employ You will net be rash enough
refuse her quest. You will open the ports and admit,
a, any rate, and gra n Bu, what prn-
cipa can you rest there How viii you reduce or abo-
lsh the duu ont staple food of one country without
doing the same to auo her Will you vote money TO
oct OF munhcsni charity. II not a it p O.
badly would bel perverted into mon trous job But re-
member If you o this you viii he taking away the mo-
ney Of the English people at tim when money will be
scarce and employ ment much than II Is now TO
feed the Irish win this be just Do think it will be
The present laws doomed 1t for tho Premier
to decide whether he will sign the warrant Of their
cution Self love, the tenderness of sponsorship ami
lingering regard for the gaces of consistency may say
his hand But his mercy will be suicidal II he delays,
others will be found ready to act for him he will only
gain the equivocal praise of having been unseasonsby
and on one point only consistent But there is much in
the look OF the thing" with premiers well pIudes
condemns what he has sanctioned and sanctions what
he has strenuousy denounced IL this be there is
open part in this impotan discussionto leave to
Others the merit OF settling the to resign
(From the Liverpool Mercury, Nov. u
The Intentions OF the government, with regard to the
great question which now sbsorbs the anxisss OF the
country. continue to be matter for conjecture "A
ef Cabinet ConncUf A,d almost ddiiy Fridoy a.t
,sr~als hs importance nchtd by sir Robert Peel
tie p,ss nj criss aud The dcuity of ringing his col
leagues to a unanimous decision Th- wellington and
Stanley party would SEEM still hold out against the
dictates of common humanity and common sense, and
the issue remains probemati Whether the ports
ts be forthwith opened by order 10 council was con-
fdenty expected up TO tho beginning Of the present
week-or whether Parliament will be specially sum.
moned before Christmas as has more recently been
mored whether after all Sir Ronert Peel has made
u his mind to brave the storm and let the law of art
cial cearth and famine take its courseare questions
which time only answer. The last alternative
absolutely inconceivahe yet it be well that the
country should prepare itself for this pioce OF
fatnation SO far least the ministerial journals
TO be regarded indicating the OF ministerial
policy II would appear that Premier actually has
termined TO take all chances and leave his sliding scale
to do its worst The Morning Herald Of Tuesday,
as Will have been observed by those OF our reader
VINO are IN the habit OF consulting that siDgularly
feeble and stupid but, in emergency like the
present, not altogether unimportant exponent of
toes have any thing to do with English or that
corn Is now becoming in England matter of great
ton with the working of the corn law OF 1912 Mean
hiie the accounts from Ireland, though varying
before. respecting different localities the whole,
sncn as TO increase the public alarm and confirm the
worst apprehensions that have yet been entertained.
The disease has appeared in many districts which had
up TO recent period been supposed to be free from its
ravages ard in faw instances the fatal faint has
been detected on portions of the crop that had been dug
and housed seemingly in good condition The govern
ment is actively exeting itself to ascertain the extent
Of the calamity. and to discover and promulgate the
best means of arresting its further spread Of
II is quite right that all remedial measures should be
taken which present any toeraby fair prospect of
cess but we confess expect little from these well
and habits but imperfec,ly known" The more
this mysterious and insdious calamity developes
isself, the less reason does there seem to be for
confdng in the efficiency Of any curative prevena
tive device yet known. II is ceer that the time has
now arrived for the anxetes of the country to express
themselves, distinctly and emphatcay public meet.
ings and memorials the government The of quef
tact faith which the trading and industrious Glasses
have hitherto reposed in Sir Robert Peels percep.
ion OF national exgenciss, and determined to meet
them by bold aud decisive measures must now
give pa Q to action The Minister must be made
IN rel tha nfru will nfn hand hold
him responsible for all tho consequences which may
ensas on an obstinate adhesion to his insane and
ruinous sliding scale and, on the other, support him.
vigorously and eicen'ly IN those measures which he
must see TO be necessary to the safety aud well being
houses as in Manchester Hull Edinburgh and Glasgow,
havetet good example: we hope TO see it promptly
and generally followed.
The Railway Revulsion.
From the London Times Nov.
Thess returns (of railroad concern) and The obvious
general unwiilirgness to furnish more of them, still
tend TO establish the conviction that the money In hand
resulting from the whole Of them is smaller than
any At hrst had the least notion Of Nothing could
be more general in the city than the persuasion
first smong the leading merchants and bankers that a
very large Withdrawn from The circulation for
this purpose They from day to day the
hlled with announcements q new projects representing
capital of about f500 600 600; avoid coming
the conclusion, which honourable naturally shrank
fom that the major part Of them based fraud,
and only put forth TO feed the gambling mania which
seemed TO have seized upon the hole community
inferred at low cac uation as 10 per cent the
uinaTy depotF reQureo that there could not be much
less than ESQ 900 700 so placed. This journal may lay
claim, We believe to tho merit of hav hest cd
doubts a. to the correctness of fearful conclu.
son and put the noneyed interest upon such inquiry
into the truth IA circumstances would permit Where
men have 30 many and such obvious motives for con.
csslnsnt this may be work Of time well dic ul.
ty but the returns quoted above show that IL making
some progress though slowly and may venture to
assure the public that such info has already
communicated by BANKERS to each other. may soon
bring 10 light tho actual amount Of deposits paid in
the Professionally registered companies This itself Ia
all that the money ed interest about They
will leave the depositors separately obtain what kno
ledge they can from the Poeco aud managers of he
various undertakings in which they have thoughtessly
ventured their mems.
Ell. CT OF the Crisis on Trade and Finance.
From the London Times, Nov. 81
On the u uence OF the present crisis upon trade and
banking operations better suthoy is not to be met
with in he city than the Overland Despatch, OF Tree
msn and Cook prepared for the mail 10 India which is
TO leave England This week. We select the follow log
esuatts from ii-
"Duih the spring and summer, and sonnet what later
in The yeaf there wss an unusual buoy sncy in almost
uiih "a