Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-01-30
UHlB PRRSS
FURElGN.
~ DAYS Later from Europe.

Nv s,'''''
on Friday last, in nineteen DAYS from Liver
pool. We copy FROM the Alias the follow.
ing summary Of news.
Trade in some Of the manufacturing districts has
slightly improved.
The alarm excited respecting n famine is s~ubsiding,
anil the prize OF bread-siufls IS giving way ~
TIL. Money Marnei IL easier. aud wild specuia'o"s
In rail ways have almns entirely ceased; H..
With rrpnrd Ia the Flo r Markets in England, me
monthly circuIais state. that " nj present clr'ea, p,.
ce,, n ruinoi. las must attend an ihipoftation VI "'"'
from the United States" 81.
The most important news. by this arrival, 10 Inc
nnshcccssf i attempt of Lord John Russell 70 '.tm q
Whir Mmi-lrr-nnd the return of Sr H"oe'' ree' '"o
his parry To Office. ,-
10Th OF December. the Peel Ministry rendered us re-.
eyon,i,n 10 her Majesty, nj Osborne House, isle oil
Wight, when the Queen accepted. II Is generally
believed that the difference Of opinion among Inc
members Of the Cabinet, On the sn. jcrt OF ne Corn
LAWS, was the cause uf tins rrsipnaiion. We cory
the follow ing remarks from the london Morning Her
aid, o' Dec. l2ti, and as the terali issu! The Minus.
teri,l Organ they are important. 1t VIII be observed
that the Herald calls the announcement uf the luneS,
Of the 4h ult.,1 respecting The total reioal nf The Corn
Laws. an 'infamous thtricdton." The Herald says:
1--WE stated yesterday that The whole Cabinet had
fe-igned. Such is the fact the whole OF the C0nser'
vatiye Cabinet gees out together, and, we have no
doubt, will adhere 10 the Conservative party. What
ever Sir Robert Pee's opinion upon the si rect Of the
corn Avs, the country may he wei assured that ne
never did propose, and IL office or out Of Office nevel
will either propose or support any change IN the corn
laws, unaccompancd by what he believes 10 he mn
CONDENSATION 10 the landed interest, through all Ms
prad1,ions. Whence iha, full compensation is to be
obtained we are utterly at a lass 10 conjecture, but IT
IS no more than an act OF justice 10 The late fienlltr'
as we s,prosc we may cal him now, 10 repent II, that
4, ncrcr did propose, ms infamous fabrication of the
Times asserted. an unqualified and total rcpeal OF the
corn laws. Nor, as We firmly believe, w he ever
propose 10 support any such measure. his IS ,nosi
Important. because. Whatever ditfrron'e has existed
in the Cabinet has been merely n diff renee IN degree
and not IN species, aud lhercin,e canno, extend tome
The q icen Immediately sent for Lord John kus.
cell, and com nissione him To form n ministry. A
ministerial nterreGnum Of ten DAYS followed during
viii h time nil kinds Of rumors were circulated res,
Meeting the arrangements which Lord John X 3 ell
vas rnie1v,ring Ia make with his marry. Just n an
Off i,l anno nnrenent was ~Spettrd io he made OF the
fr naGn, Of a Free Trade Cnhinel, lord J nm Rus
srll. on the 2)h of December. Informed the Queen
,h,, he had NJ, sncc rded, and could not 8 rc"ci, N
forming , Cahinet. and he consequent resigned the
commission conf led Il" HIM:
Tw VI mistress have thus been dissolved wi hin n
month the Peel min sfry and the Riss'l II ministry.
A third his been constructed, with Sir Robert T. 81
a,,r nj the 'i"ad Of the Clhine'. The cause ct ms
pIi,iral crisis M one rrcitnds To know, nj hough il is
conf lentlv asserted that the p emlrr pro nnndfh
certain mposuros At one nf the Cabinet Councils, linv.
ing fr II, ir ntI"ci come change in rhe earn l'"s.-,,
Ne > onp, .,lh v Lord Lvndhrr,t. III -'hn|cvt'd
Tia d npion. lord R'ptun. Lord G S0mersc'. and the
lie I. nd WnnrncHf.. tie was supported, It is be-
li,vri. " the D"ka of Wei mc'on. or James Graham,
Lord Aberdeen, llid Lincoln and MIR Sidney Herbert.
In conseq lencc OF this opposition, SIR Ro' er; Peel
btoke ny hns Cabinet nni niler The brief space 'i ten
d,vs Sr X ,bert re-lrg1nized il, leaving out Lord
S,nnicv. VIII resigned. Parliament will mrct on the
al Of this month, md then the world vii know eX-
a,tly what the Premi r proposed nj he recent coun-
CTS. and wha, he intends to do with the corn laws
Till then all is surtnise-mere rue.s work.
TIE reason why Lord John Russell ini!ed in his nj
tsmnt to form n Cabinet are variolslv stated the ru-
NOR is that he offered the Colonial Once 10 lord Grey:
he accepted it, bat asked who was TO have the Foreign
Office the reply was. Lord Palmersron. Lord Grey
refu ed TO serve with Pa.nerston as Foreign Minister
As Lord John could not dispense with the services o.
either Grey or palmerston. he returned hs comm
sion into the hands Of The Queen, and Sir Rob'l. Pee
returned Immediately 10 power. This is, in brief th'
political history Of the ministerial crisis OF Decem' er
The Presidents Message has not caused that .!srea
excitement which many persons anticipated. i
arrived in England, by tho packet ship Sea, on tn
ed ult. and was %pnbli,h'd N L?n'9n' in al IN
morning papers Of The 2sd. The Herald and Time
The Morning Chronicle calls the message 'blusfer
ing md belligeren',' and thinks that Congress wi
not give way to Folks insane counsels." IT say
that, from ,heday hat England receives notice It
termin,te the convention Of 1927, she must prepnr.
firmly to maintain the rights that are thus menaced.
The Morning Pat does not l,lnk that the mes,aa
contains 20 much 'hluster and bull lying as Mr. Poll
p,eviously gave utietnnce 10, Int il says. that II
very long, though less fl shry and bombastrr in s'yl
than usual. As 10 Oregon, he u rs " pretty s'ron
language" The Times, Of the 2ih ult, says of III
message thu, II is unusually readable, simple an
clear. The Times reviews Mr.. Polk's remarks upo
the Oregon question, and thinks that the terms nj III
mela1pP lnpIk III IiitInllNt % II W ifs''ll W.
"War is to monslrousi 10 be thought of for n M 'nei
exc,p, az er every eli mt nj = compromise ha- bee
eshau.ted. Great Britain and America must be Ia
sensible If their mutual benefit, mutual dependence
and mr,u,, respect, TO peri the BILE sings they No.
eniov fr the body AMI precnrinnS 2lorlrs OF war
r ,e I'll ncs. VIII ici has heretofore been 81 enner f
war. n NV SAYS il is almost impossible that Englnn
and Ane,ic, sh mid again heroine nni mi and anna
ural destrovrr-, for n mere point Of honor for n =
IN ne wilderness. II SAYS The Gl1rrei can only
a",le by spec " ne lo'inti'n. The Examiner oil II
A1i-l, ,ou, II, ~ tho Inn..n no ilTul nt M 4 - he
vrry hreaIial thing, rs the people expected. M
Polk has evi!rnt'y become more moderate. in In
cn,ge a, le,sr. lie has abandoned the Fl nv for It
Yatincin,,ine. the imperative for the persuasive, 4
nin,,orv ir the Ill ia"ir,' With regard To Greg"
the Ex,miner saysii is q ntr absurd and prcpoS'ero
for two o eat natHns 10 q nrr'' a't"li II.
Tho .JJtn BuN" complains of the unu nal lcng
Of the message aud says that y clear head and pri
,iced pen would have comprised al the really essr
,i,i mit,crs in half the space whici, Mr.. Polk has
o,irel. Respecting Mr.. Folks remarks concern
the Oregon 0le.ion, II is observed, that "iie event
e,,,nuance Of peace, depends upon Two con'inet
cles nuly-ihe one, whether Congress VIII grant
the President the necessary powers for cnrrving
hi, policy the o'her, whether the Blush Cover
ment will re EIDE from its position, and 'nbmi, to
Washington Cabinet ; the latter, we venture To p
dict. will not take place, but we feel less assured
meeting the course which Congress may pursue"
Another Journal says: III the seven or eight C
minus Of the message, diluted with twaddle, mean n
thing, they mean 6 .hting. But n more %contempia
state paper has never been issued, and ii is perha
assigning TOO much Importance 10 such a dornme
10 treat sincerely The trash which Mr.. Polk, or one
his clerks has out together" 1T S not easy TO
acme thu, even a soi-disan! statesman could
such rubbish"
The Herald o. the same date, says: "Our RELATE
with the Uni'ri States roniinIe 10 prpdute much
ti-rude, and il has moi been much abaied by the ri
licsti,n ns the diplomatic correspondence on the q
pon a ,es,ion. II would hr acting unf,irlv 10 cone
the fact ih,t, in forming a judgment on ihis qies'i
all n,riv p,ir'> are thr ,wn a=lde, and the unhias
commnn sense ot the community pronuunrts d'
dsdly against The 81 iims put forth nv The AmerI
neg waters on Nil the recognized principles Of inter
ti,,,l law. The more peaceful lone nf n portion
tho Amrri,an Press, is looked u ,on with consi r.
bic mis- rivings. repeciing their sincerity, nacoinpnr
es il 10 With The proposition To raise y nillti, tore
100 ono mon. with = corresponding. nd hrinn Ia the
w! II h,h been previrns v believed that The Fl n,
uhersn,r nf p PRESIDENT Polk would he ieinperel d.
~ IN. refAr i've power Of he 'wp Houses If cong,
In, IN, fact that 9th ths Senate and he House h
saicr,rd the most irvetcraie enc mi,s Of Englari
The mo- MIXERS nf their cunnilteos ~ fprrf,n relat
h,I ion ted much 10 shake the ronf lence in Tint
Gf rhayris n s'ro,, f"e'inr in fiv'r II our Gov,
nan, h-inring the 1ues i'm Ia sue ns early ne ~
bl.. n hcuo evidently the 'esi m OF the shrsw
American Sta,rsn'n Ia prorra innate, whist
e,nsi le,.d our n'licv 10 give no further time Tor r
s-s,io, 10 NJ pr'ra'e i'stre"
A.,hc Herald ia = i'll rnnsile,cd the minis'eri'l
ON. ,heso remarks n this imp'r ant su'JHc' nre
n,h'e. The Tln.s. IN the nnney article ot the J
avs Tho documents concerning The Oeron
r;,orv have crenicd nu'h interest, in the cirv.
.en.r,I irm,essi,m produced bv reading them il,
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