Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1846-01-21
Foreign Extracts--by the Arcadia.

COEcISM EAtttsCtS~eWy the AfCSAOldt
| SYMPTOMS OF WAR-Within the las
few days survey has been going on, UNI
der the direction of a naval officer high II
rank, Of the large mercantile steamers il
he service of her Majesty, with view L
| the asceriaining Of their capabilities for car
rying guns Of The largest cal.bre. An ar
Il ransement has also been entered into, il
virtue OF which these steamers are TO BE-
placed at the command OF Government il
the event Of their being required as vessel.
OF war. These fine vessels were examin.
ed as 10 their strength for carrying gun.
and capabilities as war steamers, in tie
event 81 their services beihg required, BY
competent persons from Woolwleh Do. k
yard before they left the East India Docks
at Blackwell for the conveyance OF the
mails, and copies Of the reports were lodg-
ed at the Admiralty relative to them up
wards oftwo years ago. Indeed the AID
+, miralty have been for some time in pos
session OF sufficient information TO be al lie
to arm them, and The General Steam Nav
igation Company's and other large vessels.
on the shortest nutice.
/ Eaypr.--The Viceroy's Prime Minis
tiers, Ar:im Bey, issued notice on the
I'D inst that his Highness, ever study
ing the welfare Of Egypt, had decided on
prohibiting for the present the expectation
of all grain and pulse, in consequence Of
the short crops.
LIVERPOOL Dec. 1.-The threatened ia
mine continues to occupy mems minds.
Nothing, during the last fortnight, has al
tered the previous aspect OF affairs as re
spects the extent of the deficiency. The
potato disease continues to progress in
me quarters, and to be arrested in others.
/ Tie accounts from Ireland vary, but the
I most favorable regard fourth of the peo-
/ pies food as being destroyed. In Eng
land, the disease also pr crosses in the
south and we more especially. In the
belief thai some hing will yet be done by
ministers, the food markets are in state
ottransition. W hat the something" may
be is mystery, and the uncertain, which
hangs over the future. affords abundant
scope for speculation, not nnmixed with
angry reeriminaiion. Two or three cabi-
utt lihS GCSIl DCtN ubflItE tle
part fortnight, the las, Of which took pllce
on Tuesday. Matters may be said at the
present moment 10 be in statas quo, but the
popular anxiety as regards The apprehend-
ed scarcity is now participated in by the
great traders and capitalists men, too,
"he are abave being infasnced in mat
ter SO vitality important, by idle fears, still
less by party or personal predictions -
Trade is already staggering under the blow
which the impending scarcity, --or what
is the same thing, the fear Of II, = has pro-
duced. In the manufacturing districts
there has been sad falling of IN the de-
mand for goods, and he gloomy prospects
! which the approaching winner presents, is
shared by persons whose interests and
temperament would induce them to look
q, matters in tbs most favorable point of
! view.
With the country n this frame OF mind
harrassed by the fears of scarcity, and
listening daily TO the most eloquent
aud emphatic objurgation of the Corn
Laws, to The ope5 atoms Of which the evil
is more or less attributed--ha appeared a
letter addressed by Lord john Russell to
his constituents, the city of London, in
which he emphatic.,lly condemns the slid
! ing scale, and declares himself an uncondi-
tlonal repeater. Tie sensation which this
letter has excited, is proporiionei to the
staten OF the writer, 10 the important ia
terests at stake, AMI to the new comhina-
tIon Of parties which it Involves Many
regard II as the doom Of the existing min
istry-itis certainly the doom Of the corn
laws. As stroke Of policy, this move
merit Of the Wing leader is admirable, and
as it would appear, has been followed,
without concert, BY Lord Morpeth, " ho
has not only declared for total repeal, but
has joined the league.
he Free Trade party, by this aristo-
cratic accession, are now in a position to
assume the reins of power, and to form a
Government at any momert. The noble
men we have named are the foremost men,
the choice spirits, the hope of The Wing
party, ant' in thus giving their adhesion TO
the League, they receive as well as com
municate strength and power.
We have before stated, and the repeti-
ton at the present time is almost superflu-
Gus, that as regards England, people here
care little in what way the Oregon dis
pute may be patched up; the value Of the
territory is hardly rated beyond pins
fee, and right glad would the thinking, in
telligent portion Of the country be, if the
49th parallel Of latitude would hit the
views andthe tastes of the American Gov
ernment and people The annoyance, the
irritation, arises out Of what is conceived
to be The bullying spirit with which the
United States claim is advanced, which ma
turally wounds our national pride. and
creates frame of mind little calculated to
produce arnity or end in lorbearance -
/ The refusal Of the President to refer the
dispute TO arbitration looks like '.iore-
gone conclusion" and is pointed to as a
proof that the worst may still be appre
hended from obstinate councils.
1t has transpired curing the last day or
1.-TWO, that Mr.. Polk has repeated TO the Eng
lish Cabinet the offer which they have re
iecied two or three times during the last
! quarter of century, namely, to divide the