Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-03-26
From. the Union, Extra, March 20.
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
ARRIVAL or the KIBERNiA.


| The steamer Hibernia arrived at
Halifax at 4p. m. on the afternoon OF
the 18th inst.-thiIteen days and three
hours from Liverpool.
From the European Times, March 4.
ENGLAND's COMMERCIAL POLICY.
The agitation which is now procee-
ding in favor of free trade is almost
exclusively confined 10 the walls of
Parliament. The people out of doors
the great mass of thinking, intelli-
gent, stirring nation, require no flip,
want oincentive, to wed them to the
cause. Their love is deep and abiding
They are passive, but no indifferent
spectators of the conflict. 1t is the
nation rersus the lords Of the soil; JUS
tice and expediency on the one side
obstinacy and sefshness on the other.
We have alluded below to the monster
debate, and its all but monster majori-
ty-a majority too potent for the
landlords to struggle against. The
safety ofthe measure is insured; and
our trasatlantic readers, engaged in
commerce with England, may rest sat-
isfed. that Peel's commercial policy
will become the law of the land. -
There will be wrangllng, there will be
delay, but there will not, cannot be de-
feat. The events of the last few days
show that the House of Lords will
swallow the pill; with wry faces it may
be, like children taking medicine, but
they will gulp it down, from convic-
ton Of its necessity-combined, prob
ably, with a conviction equally strong,
that they will be made to do SO should
they turn FESTIVE.
Some fears have been expressed
that Lord Stanley would lead the pro-
tec,ionist forlorn hope in the House of
Peers. He is Maynard, imprudent
man, with strong nerves,a good deal Of
snowy talent, and very little judgment.
But it is understood that ev en- he quails.
Cobden's speech in the House on the
night of the division, was devoted less
to consideration of the question on
it's abstract merits than to an lnvestiga-
ton of the pitiful, desperate condition
of the obstructives. He clearly show
ed that an appeal to the country would
only procIastinate and embltter the
fight, without settling it. He proved
that all the great towns in the nation
the seat of trade, commerce, capital,
manufactures, and mind--were sup
porters Of the government policy; and
that the landlords must depend upon
their rotten boroughs and nomination
counties alone for support. All laws
which mar the onward progress of the
age are transitory. The peers know
this. In the present spirit ofthe times,
the defects in the representation,
should they take shelter behind them,
would be the commencement of an
agitation which would not leave YES
tige remaining. AS Golden demon
stIated, there is sufficient amount of
public opinion at present in favor of
free trade to change, if necessary,
the very succession TO the Crown IT.
SELF
Still, it is doubles whether the re-
peal of the corn-laws will be immedi-
ate.
WAR IN THE EAST.
Our columns to-day contain record
Of two terrific battles, in which the
British troops have been engaged, in
the East. The Sikhs, it will be seen,
passed the Sut'ej, in numbers varionsy
estimated at fom $4,000 to $4,000,
with splendid park of artillery, dou-
Bile that Of ours, and invaded the Brit
ish territory, to measure strength with
our forces. The fighting lasted three
days, ond the carnage was dreadful
Our forces only amounted, British and
native, to 10000, out Of which we
lost nearly 1900 Several distin-
guished officers fell, amongst others
the brave veteran, Sir Robert Sale
The Sikh general committed some
sad blunders; and our ewn troops,