American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-20


an enemy.
All vessels entering Danish port from stress
Of weather, or TO repair the effects of accident,
are to be free from all tonnage, lighthouse or
port dues.
Bonded flour and wheat are to be admitted
in England at low duties, on the third reading
of the new corn law.
The latest reports from the manufacturing
district are, we regret to state, Of an unsatis-
factory character, Leeds, small business is
doing.
Within the last day or two, however, 4
rather better feeling seems to have gained
ground, aud the general opinion is that the
worst Stage of the reigning stagnation has
passed, and that liyC.ler business is close at
hand.
The admission of Indian corn, buckwheat
and rice at nominal Interpretations which
the Government have wisely taken, to arrest
the dreaded dcarth, will he found Of infinite
service in the present position Of the country.
large quantity of Indian corn, now under
lock in this and some Of the other English
ports, viii be released alta duty oil one shilling
per quarter, the parties giving bond, as we
have elsewhere utmatcd, that iithc rev Ia
riff is rejected by the House Of Lords, orwhch
there is not the least fear, they Will pay the
present rato Of duty. The popularity Of In
dian corn as an article of food is daily on the
increase, and the loo, 900 quarters which the
Government have purchased for the lamshug
poor in Ireland, will give the poaslntry a taste,
there is every reason to hope, for u superior
and economical article Of daily life.
The effort is being made to effect Il reduc-
ton of the duty on tea, and Lord Sandon to
whom has been committed the task of bringing
the subject before the Legislature, has deferred
his motion until after the Easter holidays-n
other words, it is shelved for the year
Biscuits Of maize or Indian corn, have been
manufactured at Bristol, and they are describ-
ed as very agreeable and nutritious.
The Spectator thus estimates the feeling Of
the House Of Lords, relative to the ministerial
Corn Law BIZ; 1876 peers for the measure, l5l
against 81 doubtful, 10 bishops for, 10 against
s or 10 doubtful.
The Marquis de Beauharnais, brother-in-law
Of the Empress Josephine, died last week in
Paris, aged ninety. The Marquis was quite
blind.
There snow no difficulty in procuring dis
counts for bona ttde good bills in the London
markets, at rates varying from l-2 to per
cent, iftha dates do not exceed 8 months.
1t is now believed, on good authority, that
the customs and corn bill will not be brought
before the House Of Lords till after Easter.
Letters from Persia announce that the chul-
era is making irightlul ravages in the interior
of Asia. This scourge, which has travelled
through Cabool, has already penetrated nearly
as far as rebTan.
The French Legislature is occupied with the
consideration Of a law for rendering it compul-
sorry on manufacturers to place a distinctive
mark or stamp on their fabrics.
! The Cambria has brought orders to a consid-
cradle extent, some of which will require two
or three months TO complete. A greater activ-
! ity has, therefore, prevailed at the Cloth hall.
The Wheat Crop The appearance of young
wheat IN this country is at present very good
| though on rich lands it is growing more rapidly
than is quite safe at this season olthe year; but
! in some of the best districts in Lincolnshire,
where the wheat is sown in drills, the greater
part of the plant has been destroyed by slugs
and insects, which always abound in unusual
mild winters.
Famine on the Continent. We learn from
! Placenza that, on the Gath ult., the town was
threatened with serious riot, from the govern
ment having attempted to raise the price of
bread from ten to thirteen confines the pound.
| The populace having attempted to assail the
u,
and killed four persons, and wounded several
others. On the following day several bakers
shops were compelled to post up bills, announ-
cling that the price was again reduced to its for
mer rate, and flour lowered ST. sack The
people appeared to be paci6ed by this conces-
sion, but dragons were still stationed at the
provision shops.
THE OREGON QUESTION.
ITo,eo IF orJo TIuecda,i MoYcb NH TTho
Earl of Clarendon moved for such portions OF
the diplomatic correspondence respecting the
Oregon negotiations, as the Earl eff Aberdeen
might think it consistent with public duty to
produce. Nothing could be further from his
wishes than to embarrass the Government but
though the language of the British and Ameri-
can Governments had been entirely pacific, yet
it could not be denied that the two countries
were insensbly drifting towards war. 1t was
time, he thought, to break the silence SO rigidly
preserved on this side the Atlantic, and to fur
nish the House with all the information that
could prudently be furnished.
He was convinced that an ADLER negotiator
than Mr.. Packenham could not be found, and
that the Government had acted most udicious-
ly in every step it had taken in the matter; for
il had declared to the world that it would not
engage in war until every means of keeping
peace were exhausted 1t was morally mpos-
sible that two such nations as England and A
merica should embroil themselves for compa-
ratlvely worthless territory, and he should con-
clude by moving for the correspondence, and
by asking what course the Government intend
ed to pursue in the event of the Senate concur
ring in the twelve months notice.
The Earl Of Aberdeen (who was at times al
most inaudible,) said-My lords, in the very
delicate and difficult position in which am
placed, it might, perhaps, appear natural that
| should have viewed with some degree of he
station the notice which my noble friend gave
yesterday. But, my lords, however much this
might, under ordinary circumstances, have
been the case, felt certain, in the case of my
noble friend, that his sense ofpublic duty, and