The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-12-01
From the Union.
MR.. BANCROFT AND THE CORN

TRADE.
IL is amusing TO see how the federal prints slu-
n.y. themselves and presume upon their readers in
| order 10 rake up sort of material fnr an al
tack on The administration. Here is the last sad
J"ke of the kind. The New York Conrier thus
repuoilshes and comments upon absurd story Of
London tory Journal. the Staudard-,he we'll
known - Mrs. Harris" (the Herald being 'Mrs.
Campo of the British press:
The London Standard of the 30h nit says
Lord j. Russell and Lnrd Couenham, at the
cabinet conncil, IN "Wednesday, urged earnestly
The constitutional necessity Of aR early session. 10
obtain parliamentary sanction for The reduction
| OF the As duty on imported grain. The council
| broke mp without coming to any definite resolu-
ton. Al the meeting of the ministers, on Thurs
| day, the subject was resumed, and on this latter
occasion The opponents of an early session had
The advantage Of Mr.. Bancrofps arrival from
! The United States, with intelligence that The
supply of grain collected in The American ports
Tor expectation IS so ample as 10 rendeT extremely
improbable The necessity for reduction Of The
duty"
So il seems Mr.. Bancrofi's first act, ailer
reaching England minister from the United
States, was to preUent The opening Of the British
PoTis 10 American gTaini u Ibis is specimen
OF his diplomatic career, he will certainly make
valuable representative. We hook with interest
Tor his neat movement. Probably he will induce
The cabinet to put the duties up To the old mark"
] The Philadelphia " North American" fol-
lows the lead Of The Courier" with this diff
terence only, that tho q" North American" spins
It's nonsense out into whole column.
| Now, to any person who has the slightest &C.
qnalnlance witb the duties Of a minister. or with
what naturally and properly passes between him
and The government to which be is accredited,
the story of the London " Standard" il a gross
absurdity on the very face Off, No stupid cock
ney, starting forth fresh and green in the capacity
! Of gWdnunc, could have committed duler blum
der. Ibe Brush cabinet, dependent upon tho
arrival Of Mr.. Bancroft for intelligence" as TO
The quantity Of grain collected in Ibis or that part
OF The world Why the next thing this news
c"lIecto! VIII furnish us with can be nothing less
man That The haiters of London were about
70 raise The price Of hate, but Mr. Bancroft in
~rmed them thar there wos great collection Of
drawer hins at Fort NesqnalIy, which might DO
expected round in due time
The Evening post makes perbaps ton serions a
matter VI this foolish story in thus setting il right:
4" Ma. BAEcRoFT.-A paragraph is going tho
ronDd OF The papers 10 the effect HAT the British
ministry determined mol 10 omen thei, poris 10
Consequences Of Mr.. Bancrof's statements az TO
the supplies ol grain IN America ready for expor-
talon. There must be some mistake in this
Mr.. Bancroft arrived in Liverpool on The 25th,
and DID not 90 mp to London till after the Both
While the last cabinet which was held took place
on The 29lb October. In the interval Mr. Ban.
croft spent his time IN visiting various friends 10
the country round about Liverpool. He could
certainly have made no formal statement 10 the
BRUSH ministry, as their course must have been
determined by iDtelig ence taken out by the Great
western, IN which vessel Mr.. Bancroft arrived
in England"