Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-05-26

an immediate dissolution was inevitable.
Thursday cumpassed matters Of more import.
ance-of importance second only TO The fiscal
measures of The Government The outlines OF
the ministerial scheme for enabling railway COM
panies 10 wind up their affairs-such Of them as
have not procured their acts, or have not yet ap-
piled for lhem-were detailed in the Commons
by Sir R. Peel and in the Lords by The Earl OF
Dalhuuse. The Objects 10 check the fatal rage
which has existed for making the chemins dc fer
"a rage which has paralyzed the monetary sys-
tenn and even ruined thousands upon thousands
OF hapless spectators.
On Monday, The 9th ult. the never-ending,
slil-besnning Coercion Bill was again on The
lapis in the House ot Commons. On this even
ing Sir r. Peel made long and able speech as
10 the motives which induced The Government 10
introduce i. He made ou strong case in the
character and frequency Of The crimes OF which
Ireland was The scene, and showed that The pre-
sent bill was no worse in its penal features than
the act which was in operation when the Marquis
OF Normandy was Lord Lieutenant.
On The same evening, in The Peers, Lord
Brougham made melancholy declaration 10 the
effect that, as the Corn bill was stopped in IFS
passage lhrcushthe House ofCommons, he would
take the sense OF their lordships on its merits al
an early day.
The House ofCommons came to division on
The first reading OF The coercion BIZ, on the even
ing Of Friday. The members in lis favor were
21i, against il 1875; majority l49; 81 Wings vo!ed
in The minority.
Er,endiy International AdJreS~s.-The Britain
MIA, which sails today takes on, Friendly lneIna-
lional Addresses from different towns and cities
in England TO the same number Of cities in
the United States. The most remarkable Of
these addresses is the one from the women of
Exeter 10 the women of Philadelphia, signed by
sixteen hundred OF our fair countrywomen. We
are reluctantly compelled 10 defer the publication
Of this address until Saturday, when the Great
Britain sails.
IRELAND.
The accounts from Ireland are gloomy, and
every day adds 10 The misery Of Inc people in thai
unfortunate country.
The accounts from various paris ot the conn
try give painful evidence al the existing distress.
Many Of The disricis are suffering the horrors of
famine anG fever is on Inc increase. The Bal
inasloe Advertiser states that The district hospi-
ta in that town is very crowded.
There are many fever cases. The Galway
Mercury give. an account Of & feiet meeting in
that district, where The sum subscribed was TO-
tally inadequate 10 the emergency OF The evil
Ia Mallow fears Of an outbreak have been gene
raj. In Clogheen, oat meal and coarse flour had
been distributed 10 above 900 starving creatures.
In Waterford the respectable sum Of ESQ had
been subscribed in one day, and other sums had
since been added
In Tralee money had been raised and provl-
sions distributed 10 The furnishing popuace. The
accounts iiom the districts on the south and
southwestern districts are nearly uniform IN
their statements OF the restitution and apprchen.
sion Tor The continuance OF peace.
FRANCE
The French papers are filled with details OF
the attempt upon Louis Philippe's life mention
ed by the last steamer.
The Monileur publishes dispatches from Mar.
shall Bugeaud, dated Algiers, 18th inst. On The
9th, General Joussouf, alter forced march OF IA
hours, overlook large column OF Onled Nayl
emigranis, and ca pured an immense booty
Queen Victoria, on the receipt OF the lnlelli-
sence respecting the attempt To assasslnatc inc
King OF the French wrote warm autograph
letter 10 her ally, conaralulating him on MS es'
cape, which was despatched by special mes
senger TO Paris.
The report OF The committee of the Chamber
of Deputies, on The law for establishing comInli-
nicaiions between France and America, has
been published and circulated The committee
recommends the Chamber to adopt, with all pos
sible dispatch, the Law aulhofisinS The Minister
of Finance 10 treat with companies for the eSia
blshment Of regular communications, BY sailing
vessels, or by vessels working partly by sails and
partly by steam with Rio Janeiro, Martinique
Tor Guadaloupe) the Havana, and New York
The same law directs that secondary lines shall
be established TO La PLATA Laguayra, and such
OF the pors OF the Gulfof Mexico and OF the An
titles as shall be designed by royal ordinances.
President Folks Message.-Mr. Folks mes.
sage, recommending an increase The army ana
in nf fhu CT nf %
with England on The Oregon question, and with
Mexico has attracted attention. The message
produced exactly the same effec, here as II APP
pears TO have done in London Every body, on
first perusal, set il down as Warike; but on Sc
cond thought came 10 the conclusion that II was
not warike al all. On the Bourse The effect was
The same; for an hour or two il caused decline
in the funds, but afterwards there was an ad-
vance, and the market became firm. The ma
jorty Of the newspapers think that il need occa-
sion no alarm as TO The peace Of the world being
broken.
The Presse finds that MIR. Polk initiates the
conduct OF England in preparing Tor war, but
finds it grave matter that he should announce
that his opinions have undergone no change as
to the rights Of the United States 10 the whole of
Oregon. With such declarations The Presse
says, il is all nonsense 10 talk oflhe hope OF max
ing an arrangement
This language of The Presse is the more re-
markab bic from The FACT that some months ago u
declared that England would sooner abandon
Oregon than have any trouble about il. The
Cou.e Francois says that The message IS not
more OF menace than Lord Aberdeen's letters
and speeches, but nevertheless finds il very
grave. This newspaper has always maintained
that neither England nor the United States is en-
titled 10 Oregon, and il seizes this occasion 10 re-
nd ne 81
the whole territory being DECLARED neutral.
The Steele finds thai Mr. Polk could not act
otherwise than recommend an increase OF naval
and military forces; and that, upon The whole, the
question between England and The States remains
where it was. II adds thai Mexico presents more
dangers 10 the United States Than Oregon; Tor
any annexation of Mexican territory would &c
opposed by England, and probably by France,
whereby there would b. complete subverson
OF alliances and political interests. The Nation
al, The republican newspaper, does NOT hinS mat
Mr.. Folks message changes anything IN the Ore
gon question. Ii admires The Presidents firm
ness and thinks that it will eventually force Eng
land to give up.
In the course of discussion in the Chamber
of Deputies, il was remarked thar NJ Theirs, and
indeed every other speaker, spoke strongly in Ia
vor OF maintaining The English alliance; and Nj.
L HitlS dlSO utCldlCu, WHICH W. Vs.
ted States Navy that hp could never bring him
sell to believe that, under any statement, France
could be plunged INFO war with The U. States.
Ensland's Warlike Preparations Jar America.
NJ Dnpin, in a recent debate in the Chamber OF
Deputies, SAID
"Within the last six months great war party
has manifested itself in The United States. Eng
land thinks that in the Oregon affair there is one
of those questions Of national honor which do
not permit her To cede TO mperious injnnctions.
She has feared, especially as The probable result
OF war with The American Union, The loss OF
her immense possessions OF Canada, New Scot
land, New Brunswick, and other colonies on The
continent OF the North TO The great Republic
To put herself in position TO meet all dangers,
she has, without Alteration, bur without mystery,
made the most formidable armament. II is as
follows:
Armament Of England IN the Atlantic and me
I'ac,fc DREAMS, reaip u msnaectte United States
on Isl January, 1876:
Vessels. fngatcs.
G vessels, decks : frisates OF SO guns
6 Of so guns OF AZ 10 IA
3 OF II OF 40