Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-04-27

tou masd.f Chief. lie luss e ihr enemy IN thi
engagement Is tsi1sled al from 10 600 10 1900 'nef
hat of The British In killed and weondeJ at np~ ard
2uoo. amongst "ham t. latge pfaparlon o eliictf.
| The actin Commenced IN The murning. and the snf
Vi destfactn had closed by eleven s'elack In'bs fore
nam. SIR sfugl 4saugh's scc1urt of this battle prove
10 have been. Wilde II lasted. ui te 81 lem
&c battles tceurd. Under the able ruvering .
SIR III. Smith. this affair 10 have owed It's sue
cess 10 tAe da-i.g lniresdsty uf men, Nho sofut
the enrrs. enirenenest hsyonei IN hand, defended
as thes wete. ny 10000 Silks and 10 sreees ol arle
~ The slaughter innepss. Tor ifonPs bfased
the enemy Ere by fesesins their shot NIL They 90
within his eaireuehmens.
An awful sacrifice nj lite look place the Sntlej in
attempting 10 cross which Iroops moved down thou
sands oi the ,ing oe and lhse who escaped the fire
were dtowned IN the stream. This victory has put the
flushing stroke 10 the war.
ARLlAMENTARYsN
The Eorerenn Times. Of he tih nsl. in summary
u Psrlismensry proceedings says-
English politics CENTRE at the present moment Ia
two measufes-ihe Enpl sh Tariff and the tlsh Coer-
civn Bill, The bsne and aniidoe of the Government.
The latter measure Is being fefccly ssssled. and, IA
truth, wh much fpce by The opposition, f proceeds
upon principle repugnani 10 every principle OF civil b-
efy-ihat Of panishlng The 0noreBt with The guilty"
II further states that The Irish Coercion Bill will be
slnuily orposed by The bulk e tho Insh and large
Pofiloa Of The English Liberals In Parliament.
From Uiim1 g. StnM's European Times .9prH 4.
COMMERCIAL.
The commercial accounts from all raris Of the world
are responding ard elcouy Nnh The solitary ex,
ceplion u The Iron trade, IN which great activity pre-
walls, owing 10 temporary causes there is nui branch
VI manufacturing industry which is mol suffering
OF less under paralysis In maay u the manufacturing
towns there thousands Of workmeu nnt Of cmploy-
meat; The markets for all descriptions Of produces
state Of siagnalien; stocks daily The increase,
with sinking prices and diminishing consumption, aud,
IN short, condition Of things exists which threatens
suspend all the ordinary uoc ioas Of CONNIE fcial and
manufacturing industry.
IL is hardly necessary state that this depression,
which every week renders more CALLING aud rulnons has
Its primary origio In the uncertainty which still hangs
about the fate 81 the tariff o her causes, undonbted,
ly contribute TO etief the wheels Of trade but The great
impeachment is the one al which we have glanced a
panic appears 10 be impending THE dependency is
daily on The increase; and many persons IN business,
Influenced probably by their fears, labor under the i'm
preston that The measure will yet be s,ransed in
or,he other tooee Of Parliament So potent Is this pres.
tlge Of evil, that Sir kobet Peel on the evening of
.dnesday last, felt bound To the of
his desire 10 carry out his commercial policy with the
least possible DELAY.
The gloom which hangs over business has be-, grad
uslly deepening during The last we,kshe last fort
night being the darkest Of ALL Under the mos, favor.
able circumstance there seems little chance u seeing the
new lariH on the statute hook before the end Of May
and will be al lears the middle Of that month before
The critical stagethe second feadngcan have passed
the upper branch Of The Legislature IT, happily The
measure should be thrown out he sumner VII be con
sumed IN the turmoil Of general election, and auiama
will hardly see the new Parliament assembled. Then
The war ot words will recommence. embtteed by disap
noined hopes and individual suffering aud sup.
I"sing The FIee.Iaders To have majority their policy
rnnnot come into play beiue the end Of the present or
The commencement of the following year. But If, on the
'oalIary, Proeconst ministry is formed and attempts
10 govern the country, the battle will be still further
Proonsod and the intensity Of commercial and national
suffering ieafuly increased.
While we hope lor the best, il is Just well to glance
At the datkat The worst side of the picture; and he
must indeed have bold heart that can, without shuddcr
Y at Tho lehety, be party 10 convusing this great
commercial nation by Struggle so nieuse that all the
elements Of society would stand chance Of being redu-
ced TO their chaotic condition.
Al the last Manchester market there rs little doing
and feeling Of loom prevailed during tie day influenced
by the hostile movements Of tho minority IN the House
VI Commons 10 the fee trade measures of the govern
meat
The Cotton Market, more especially. is aboring un.
Ter The effects of the genenl depression. The estimates
81 The new crop are reduced 10 two millions of
staple the price continues low thai the rates which
run IN this market involve loss Of less than twens
shillngs per bale, on comparison with the prices
which prevail IN America. The statistics of the trade
show gradual deelUe The sales since the measures Of
The government were announced: aud trade " cerlans
y not recover lis tone until all doubt has disappeared
capital. like the sensitive plant, shrnks from contact
while uncertainty is abroad and the holders, well as
he importers ui cotton. destined, like other branch.
- OF the commercial world feel and TO deploo the
'urse of selfish obstruction.