The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-03-28
FOREIGN.
7wenty Ttoo Days Later
FROM ENGLAND.

MIA a, Boston, we gather the follOwnel
inporlant news.
The very impor,sn, Tariff B Il Of SI'
Robert Peel passed the House OF Com'
mons By IN jorIy Of 97--i m'Jor,y
an decided as 10 have consiler'oit
wsiqh, with the House Of LoIds'in 'he''
recen,jon of that great measure.
The .osressioos of he British IN To-
da are likely 10 cost them mucn "e's
ure OF blood and money A battle mas
been fought between Them ana .ne
Naive troops, 10 which, though The ior-
mer were successful, yet they lost ove'
4 lhensand troops, iocuding LORD sale
and Sir ]. McGaskill.
The slkhs pss,ed,i ,ihe Su'lej, in mum ,
bers vsriously estimated at tom oo'oooI
10 so, 600, with splendid park OF aF'i'
lery. The fighting lasted days. aud
the carnage was dreadful The Brllsn
and Native forces smoua,ed 10 2o'ooo'
out IF which they lost nearly fooV'
Several distinguished officers iei',
amongst others the veteran Sir h'oef'
Sale.
The Pilot boat Romer, which carried
ou, the correspondence between Mr.
Buchanan and Pakenhsm had not arrlv-
ed when the II bernia lefi. =,
The correspondence between Mr'
Buchanan and Mr.. Pakenhsm had reach
ed England by The Patrick. 1t had pro-
duced an uofavorable effect, ana ee''0"
advanced an eighth. M,
The great debate on Sir kooer,ree'
financial scheme, which extended ovel
8 weeks, and afforded food Tor twelve
pieh,s' incesssnt oratory, was broush' ,'
close on the morning Of the 2Sth ull
by division whicn gave the 4n'nis'er
majority OF 81
The American Minister is contined
his house by severe indisposillon. II
was unable 10 attend hsrMajesly's levs
on the Illh, but, was represented D
Mr.. Ganes.oori Melville. his Secretar
of Legation.
Louis Philippe is said to be in favo
Of referring the Oregon dispnts TO the ~
bilrauon Of three English and three A
,nerican genllemen-thus carry oLt IN
->s>-,s ~ ~ SNss,esap. Of Massachusetts,
mems, il issaid, are forming q 0oniniss
cal treaty by which Spanish wine sr
Cuba sugars are 10 be received in
Great Britain on favorable terms; II
msnufac!uss!al gg,paldai n JwreItesaorAdu
From Wilmer g. Smiths Times 4th inst.
.England'S Commercial Policy.
The agitation which is now procse,
ing in favor OF free trade is almost e
-clusively confined to- The walls OF parii
mept. The people out of doors-t
great mass Of This thinking, inlelligsn
string nation, require no FLIP, want /
incentive, to wed them to the caus
The safety Of the measure is insure'
and our transatlantic readers engaged
commerce with England, may rest 81
is6ed that PeePs commercial poll,
will become The law OF the land. The
will he wrangling, there will be dss
but there will not, cannot be defes
The events of the last few days sho
that The House olLords will swsllo
the pill.
Some fears have been expressed ih
Lord Stanley would lead the eProlectiol
ist forlorn hope 10 the, House of Peer
But it is Understood that even he quail
AS Golden demonstrated, there is
sufficient amount Of public opinion
presenl,in favor of,Free trade 10 chang
if necessary, the very succession TO Il
=. Crown Itself.
Sill il is doubtful whether the repe
of the corn laws will be immediate.
Mooday night, Mr.. Villers moved,
committee, for The immediate repeal
the duties on corn instead Of the repea
years hence, enforcing his position Gle
erly by proof, that the present time W
The bes, adapted for the interest OF I
sgricutuIiSt; that now he could belt
compete with his foreign rival, VIII
wheat was scarce and dear in all parts
the world, instead Of three years henC
when | might possibly be cheap al
pienriul. The debate stood ad ,ourn
Until the following night, and at the til
we wriIe-on The evening of Tuesd
we are unacqusiniss with lhe.resu
In all probability, however, The ser
OF the Hsuse will be agsins, Mr.. Viii
as Lord John Russell and Sir Rob
Peel think that it is impoIilic, on
score of Success, 10 depart from
scheme as oringinslly pTopounded