Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-12-19

~ENeLAND.-The great topic among all class
es is the repeal Of the corn laws and open
ports.
FRANcE.-Marshal Soult, Minister Of War,
has resigned.
GRRMANY,-The King refused TO sanction
a society established for rendering assistance
to the working classes. =.
RUssIA.-The Emperor, with his wife and
daughter, were in Italy on the 4th ult.
IRELAND.-A Committee appointed at a
public meeting in Dublin passed a series OF
resolutions.
l. That sufficient evidence of the immense
famine exists TO render il necessary for the
government to take immediate steps to pro-
vide food for the people.
,. That the best mode of distributing such
food will be by the encouragement of public
works of national and local utility.
3. That the Lord Lieutenant be called up
on 10 open the ports for the reception Of all
articles suited for human food.
4. That the Lord Lieutenant be also CALI
ed upon to take measures TO prevent the ex-
p%ortation Of corn from Ireland.
.. That the Lord Lieutenant he called up
on to take measures for the establishment of
public granaries, in convenient situations,
into which the grain shall be received and re-
celpts given for the same at the current pri-
ces; and that III the event of famine being a.
Verled from this country, the owners of grain
SO stored shall be permitted to dispose of it at
any higher prices that it may be possible to
realize in other markets.
d. That the propriety Of stopping the dis
%tiialion OF spirits from grain be submitted to
the consideration Of Government.
!. That the Lord Lieutenant be requested
to take measures for raising at least a million
In aid OF the purposes recommended; and that
the payment of the interest and principal be
secured upon the receipts of the Commiss-
toner's Of Woods and Forests in Ireland.
IMPoRTANT.-The Journal of Commerce.
says that the report that Mr.. Packenham is
recalled, is confirmed. 1t learns from vari-
Gus sources that the rejection by that Minis
ter of the 49th degree of north latitude, as the
boundary line of Oregon, so far from having
been in accordance with positive instructions,
is deemed by the British Government a false
step, and he is therefore to be recalled.-Cin.
Herald.
MExIco-By a recent arrival from Vera
Cruz, the intelligence is brought that the Mex
lean Government has agreed to open negotia-
tons with our Government. for an adjustment
of all the questions of difference between
them.-Cin.H Herald.
Telegraph Speed.-B. B. French, ESQ.,,
Clerk of the House of Representatives at
Washington. sent an order to Baltimore by
telegraph a few days since, for 200 sets Of
engravings for Captain Fremont's report, and
received a satisfactory answer from Messrs
Weber g. Co., in the short space Of thirteen
minutes. Distance about thirty miles.
The Emperor of China has issued an edict
in which he says he does not wish to exclude
the Christian religion from his dominions, but
means to punish with rigor those who make
that religion Il cloak under which crimes arc
committed. He does not prohibit the build
ing of Christian churches at any of the five
ports open to traders, but cautions christians
against introducing their vices among his peo-
pie.
Wre Fences are now made and highly ap.
proved in Scotland. Five wires are used,
with oak posts, costing only about l23 cents
per yard. The top wire is No. g, and the
Others No. 5. This fence is said to be cheap
er than one OF boards, or of posts and rails.
Pan SeenJurg and O'Conner.-The Della
ware Express says that when the news of tho
commutation of their sentence was commune
Gated to them by the officer in charge, VAN
Steenburgh and O'Conner danced about tho
room in which they were confined like a
couple of madmen.
THE ScoTcH FREE CHURCH IN 1885,
The Toronto Banner, the organ of the Scotch
Free Church in Canada, says: awe will
venture to p~rophesy that the year '46 will
witness a strong remonstrance, sent across
from the Free Church 10 the sold School
supporters Of slavery"
PoTAToEs.-Thc potato-roti is reported to 30
+ almost universal in Canada. The crop in Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick has suffered all
most as severely. In the States generally
the disease has not prevailed to any great ex-
tent.
TExAs.-The Washington Union of yes-
terday says:
Mr.. Darnell has arrived iu Washington,
from Texas, as a special messenger, charged
by President Jones with the duty of bringing
a copy of the Constitution Of the new State,
accepted by a large majority OF her people.
a correspondent informs us, in proportion Of
at least 81 to /.