Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1846-02-27
9oreia11 ~artelligellfe.
Arrival Of the Steamship GambIia.
THIRTY-oNE DAYs LATER.

Great Change IN the Commercial Policy OF Grea!
Braain-Sir Robert Peel IL JarOr 9 q tdtal
Repeal Of The Corn Lat0s-Great ErcasFssli
IN E1gland-hecting Of P0rtlaz1ent-Paclac
feeling epiaeed toscgrds the United States
GuiSorS reply to he Presidents caargsEof an
Interference IN tie affairs Of Ie1es-hr. Pa
kenHam's Refusal Of Me ASA Gesgree moi aPFrered
buhiS G0perHmest-QaesIfS SPeech-iha JQt-
tan, Corn, and sMoneB Merksts, dc.
The Steamship Cambria arrivea on Thursday
morning last. She Nwas ont 16 days, and brings
news one. rnanth later aild4of tie most Important
andgratifying kind.
Parliament had assembled, and the Queens
speech, as well as the tone of the Press, with re-
gard to the United States is of the NEST pacihc
character.
Expressions of regret are made on all hands
that the difficulties between that country and the
United States,about Oregon, are yet unsettled.
From Wilmer & Smiths European Times, Feb. Al
The steamship Cambria, commanded by onr ex-
celIent and esteemed friend, Captain Judkins,
takes out to day the most important and gratifying
intelligence that ever left the shores of Great
Britain. Sir Robert Peel-England's powerful
and brilliant Minister-has developed his tuture
commercial policy. 1t is at once simple and COM
prehensive; and under its operation the exchange
OF commodities between this country England
and the United States will be carried to an extent,
and will be mutually productive of advantages,
greater, to quote not irre7erently, the words OF the
sacred volume than the eye hath yet seen, or
the heart hath vet conceived" The new scheme
embraces, with a full sense OF their Importance,
the principles OF free municipalities all protec-
ton for commerce, manufactures and agriculture;
admits corn, duty free, at the end OF three years,
with a scale, in the interim, which will probably
o~scillate between four and six shillings per quarter
and at once admits Indian corn and buckwheat
free of all duty whatever.
To the details of this great measure we ear
VASTLY opfrnaf tho aifpnEjOn of nuF commercial
readers. We beg to refer them to the speech it.
self, and to our remarks upon it. Great Britain
1.-THE present moment, is in a blaze of excitement;
men talk and think of nothiug else they have set
their hearts upon securing the great tiscais chcme,
fer the regeneration ofthe country, which the Pre-
mier has laid before Parliament, and they desire
to curtail the period fixed for the total extinction
of the corn laws. The friends of peace and pro-
erosion, On this side of the water, hope-earnest-
" and sincerely hope-that the new policy will
bind America to us by the ties of amity, brother
hood and interest, and that the miserable squab-
bling about 4 barren waste will give way to more
liberal, civilized, and comprehensive views.
The Immediate effects ofthe new tariff on the
most prominent articles of American exports we
have noticed elsewhere. Altogether the subject
III it's various phases, is Tie most Important that
ever crossed the Atlantic since the introduction
of ocean navigation; and all that is now wanting
is for the Government and people Of the United
States to meet us in q kindred spirit, and in the
true spirit of ommerce and of friendship, forget
the past, and run a generous race OF mutual hap
piness and prosperity for the future.
ALTERATION or DUTIES ON AMERICAN
PRODUCE.
Our American readers viii find, on a reference
to another column, that the British Ministry pro-
nose to make important reductions on many of the
articles exported from America to England. We
hope to see a similar spirit manifested by the Cabi-
net at Washington. The alterations comprise: