The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-24
now. The causes Of difference, If not disputc, |


tween US are, indeed, many. Not satisfied with
kicking out of Spain, and tdrning US out OF
Greece, they are now busy with their inIigues IN
China that they may carry of all the advantages for
which fought and conquered IN the late war with
that country. Their eagerness TO repeat the fable OF
the Welt and the lamb towards our ally Of Morocco
may, also, in the end, lead to unpleasant issue
with U.S. But the grand bone of contention Just now
is the marriage of one of Louis Philppe's with
the sister of the Queen of Spain, which is sure to
elevate him to the throne of that country and bring
about new and formidable compact between
France and Spain. We say that such marriage
would surely elevate the French prince the throne
of Spain. We have not doubt of it. Louis
Philippe has no such thought; but the wrctches by
whom Queen Isabella is surrounded and held in
captivity, are too deeply STEPPED in crime and blood
and villany, TO hesitate about adding one more
murder to those which they have already commit
ted, to subserve their selfish and ambitious purpo-
ses--Lpe'pool Chronicle, Nor. 1.
| EXTENSIVE FoRaERIRs by LIVERPOOL MERCHANT.
On Saturday, information was circulated through
out the divisions of the metropolitan and city police,
that Mr.. Lyon, an extensive merchant in Liverpool,
| in the Smyrna and American trade, had absconded
from that city, having committed forgeries to We
! ry large amount. Mr.. Lyon is believed TO have
quilted Liverpool about Monday or Tuesday last;
but he was not missed till Thursday. It is suppos-
ed that he is in London, and that he intends to quit
the country. He is described about five feet ten
inches high, saliow complexion, black bushy hair
and whiskers, rather prominent nose dark eyes,
thin face, prominent teeth, thin figure, and very
upright; dresses generally in a black-frock coat,
fguredsilk wastcoat light trowsers and black hat,
| Wellington boots, and black stock, and wears a
large shirt pin, and several rings on his fingers; is
fond of smoking, and is well known in the sporting
world.-London Times, .Nop 3.
TERRIBLE RAILWAY REvULsloN.
The railway mania has received its quei,,s. Some
thing like panic has overtaken the spectators in
iron highways. Now that the reaction has come,
it brings in its train ruin and devastation and bank
ruptcy to thousands. But the end is not yet. A
more gigantic system of swindling has rarely been
seen in these latter days, and the number of "res-
pectable'' persons who have lent their names to
support bubble companies, make us blush for
the cupidity of our common humanity. The Times
has been foremost in this work of ''futtering the
Volscians." 1t matters little what motives may
have prompted the potentates Of Prntng-housc
| square to sound the toscin; whether jealousy of
their contemporaries, or yexation that they did not
participate equally in the spoil, or determination to
destroy the game Of those who did--all this is be-
| side the question. eve try the act the motive
Heaven judge" The only regret is, that it was
not done sooner But certain it is, that the Times,
true to its character seizng the right moment for
acting upon fears or controlling the public mind,
kicked the beam at the critical instant and to some
extent produced the revulsion which is now wit
messed But without desiring to undcrvalue the
power and the influence Of the journal in question,
twould be weak to attribute the prostration in the
share market solely to It's thunder. The Bank Of
England, the critical state in which the food Of the
country has been placed by the harvest and the
state of the potato cropabove all, and beyond all,
the ridiculous experiments which the projectors OF
the numbcrIess mooDshine companies made upon
the common sense Of mankind-thesc causes, ir-
respective of the diurnal monitor, have forced the
declenslon to its present point. The wreck Of for
tttne nd frha AZ.
ty has produced, will be felt long after the
that produced 1t have passed awey. As proof of
the extent to which this huge system of swindling
has been carried il may be mentioned that even
ladies were not exempt from It's influence. The fe-
male friends and relatives of those who pulled the
wires Of certain imposing puppet schemes, were in
the daily habit of haunting the purlieus and Offices
of the shareholders in the metropolis, to watch the
market, in order TO turn their letters Of alloments
to the best account! One Of the railway papers
mentions certain batch of female Spectators who
contrved TO realize, by this kind Of chicanery, dur
ing the height OF the mania, the astounding sum of
sf500,000.
FAMINE EXPECTED IN ENGLAND Hitherto the
cycle Of the seasons has bcfriended Sir RobertPeel
-Four good harvests in succession have filed his ex-
chequer- filled 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,
Famne--gaunt, horrible, destroying Eimine---sesms
impending. Fears have seized the public mind. In
Ireland matters look appalling-in England gloomy
The granaries of the continent are exhausted. The
corn-fcds of the Visuls, the Danube, and the Eibe
ire barely sufficient for the local wants Of the inhab
itants The nation is in commotion; and the cry of
"Open the ports, and let in duty free" is heard
on all sides, reverberated from every part ofthc en-
pire. The 'pressure from wthoul'' has made itself
heard in Downing street; and faith in the siding
scale-Peels sliding. scale-is gone forever. A
third Of the potato crop in Ireland is destroyed
The government has sent scientific professors the
scene of the mischief and the awful truth is out
that this large portion of the peoples food-the cs-
culent that Cobbett abhorrcd-is unfit for use
What is to be done, in this terrible, this unlocked
for emergency? "Open the ports!" is the exclama-
ton; and there stands the shvering Premier, like a
reed in the wind, parayzed between affection for
his sliding scale, and the horrors of public famine
There nc is, balancing the pros and cons. But ne
cessity is superior to consistency-superor to
law. The ports must he opened. o'Conncl-who
assumes to be the tribune Of the Irish people--goes
beyond this. he demands grant of public money
to the extent of million and half to be expended
in the purchase of food; he calls for tax of fifty
per cent on the absentees, and tax often per cent
the residents; he asks for the prohibition Of corn
and provisions leaving the island and the prevention
of dstilleres consuming grain. Large demands
these. Will they be conceded' A day or two will
solve the question; and, in the meantime, specula-
ton will find wide margin for the exercise of its
he sliding -scale--that cunning scheme to make
food artifcially dear-s in the crisis of its fa:e
Swept away now, as it will be, its reimposition
with the views which the public entertain, and
which conservative, and even agricultural members
have tardiy adopted, will be found impossible 1t
is gone forever. = ilturc years small fixed duty
may be imposed-the sliding-scale never Every
thing proclams the speedy extinction of the sliding
scale-the tone Of the government organs, the Ian
guage Of the professed supporters Of the ministry,
the feeling in the public mind! 1t has long been
seen and foretold that the first season of scarcity
would fix its doom. So it has. Peel is good ac-
tor. His "shivcring" is probably simulated, not
real. Placed between cross-6res, exposed on his
flank and his rear, it is necessary that he should
play his part so as not to appear to give triumph to
either party This he has done--ihs he is doing
Like the "coy maid, half willing to be pressed" he
may, perhaps, feel inclined to sing
nHow happy could be with either,
Were tother dear charmer away
But il is suspected by those who appear to know
him best, that his leanings towards liberal COM
mercial, in contradistinction to monopolist, pol