The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-11-24
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
W, refer our readers to the copious extracts
,.b we lay this evening before them from the last
.,,on papers, received by the Britannia, for
.,.,lan,ic news of Importance.
n, most engrossing topic in the kingdom Of
-, Bri,an, naturally enough, we find 10 be the
..,udoc calamity which failure Of the crops has
,,.ooed. Priyaton and want, happily with
!, ,0v paralel in our own favored land, are the
.u1ar forms of human distress in England, and,
,,,. AL in wretched Ireland. The anticipated
[sm;re in the landn has excited the utmost con-
,,reuon in England, and especially in Ireland
|. mos, mseraby destitute and unfortunate coun-
ofbe civilized earth. Through what mystic
81, and painful probation has this most generous
!, sensitive Of the race Of mankind been condo mn
|, i mass! If the bountiful earth withholds in the
nj rs usual supplies, the lamentations Of distress
Ireland are heard throughout the earth. 1t GER
,nv is out of the legitimate course of Gods
r,dence, that people of such great char
,,isics as the Irish, and to whom has been
tv,a SO fertile a domain, should nevertheless
subjected to perpetual series of strange Attic
Bos exciting the sympathies of the world--Eng-
"a excepted Very true it is, that England should
NJ be, and is not, held responsible for the potato
p,hdy But she is answerable, in the judgment of
haknd, for not providing according to her ability
bem,igating remedies for such an evil--remedics
Ihuh would enable the unhappy people Of which
are Speaking, to meet, without utter despair the
asaers which fall upon no other population than
bal Of Ireland, with such crushing force.
A temporary measure Of relief, it seems to be
bought, will, under the vehement call for its adop-
lon, be probably embraced. The demand is heard
rom all parts OF the kingdom Of Great Britain, that
X ports be opened, as the means, in connection
ah other extraordinary expcdients, to prevent STAR
anon and famine. MIR. O'Connel, seizing upon
sdaadful crisis, not only supports the PROPOSE
m for free admission of whatever goes to the
Haniaiion of life, but boldly urges the idea oftax
and that heavily, the absentees.
hsesms now to he thought that the tariff inven-
n well known under the denomination of the
.dtng scale" the tendency Of which has been to
nduce, like some Of our own contrivances, an arii-
aI instead of a real value in commodities, will not
xsr be countenanced.
Ahas all along been anticipated in America, the
asay mania has been followed with dreadful
WlSon Vast sums have been sunk in railway
ruhlions, and fortunes Of corresponding magni-
Ne have been as suddenly made.
Cabne. councils have been repeatedly held at the
puse Of s,s Robert Peel; the object Of which was
deliberate upon the proprietY Of opening the
English ports.
The Preparations which not long since were re-
nnd to as being warlike, and which created some
tnsaion in this country, are yet going forward in
ayand. The lynx-eye of "John Bull" is directed
pably across the channel--rather than to the
hores Of America.
Our London files present matter of an information
character, upon which we may hereafter give oui
aders the opportunity to speculate.
The article Of the "London Times" which has
post attracted our attention, is that upon Oregon
Vhhrespeci to the possible bad consequences which
Times presumes may grow out Of the conflicting
aims Of Great Britain and the United States, tina,
pa expresses its belief that an arbitration of thu
'pu'e is the rational and safe way to prevent them
he article of the London paper is more moderate
hdm much better taste than usual. The follow.
Paragraph from long article of the Times Of
Goth October, contains pretty nearly the gist Of
question:
of
hscked; and two questions arising out Of the state
Oregon territory, and the intervention af France and
sahd In the river Plate, will doubt provoke enor
~, consumption Of angry words and bold resolutions
me cfmer subject we have nothing to add 20 our for
Msument; and we rest our whole hopes OF CON
ense on the proposal Of arbitration. But, II this he
ea, signifies very little whether the sbrogation Of the
ns arrangement for the joint occupation Of the ter
w proceeds from this country from party in the
WV s'aes Under existing circumstances. since emf
uOn has been going TO a considerable extent west
ecN mountains, and the new settlers there carry out
angry feelings which threaten to embroil theil
Yu9se countries the system of joint occupancy IL
saha Tor aggression and, instead Of being an admis
concurrent right IL is practical denial OF one
@ and defence; and unless lie Il provisional demar
NV a can be agreed upon II Is scarcely possible that
uaon should long be averted.
iheaoove paragraph of the London "Times" car
considerable force with it. fit be true that thu
'ecuVe enigrants, on both sides, are likely to
me into collision, then, indeed, it is comparatively
u'ue consequence which nation il is that gives thu
's OF the abrogaton Of the convention for join
'upalon. Such a notice, of course, does not ne
"aniy interrupt their amcable relations. 1t may
one pom, of view, even facilitate the adjustment o
question II shows both nations that II is tim'
0nng the question to the issue Of adjustment, AMI
y 3ad both of them to think more seriously o
measures that are necessary to produce it.