Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-01-10

Parliament has been prorogued, pro
lorna, until the middle of December
land an impression prevails that it will
meet little, if any, before its customary
thine. Alarmed by appearances, a re-
tquisition has been signed by many Of
the leading bankers and capitalists in
the city of London, urging upon the
Lord Mayor the necessity of calling
without delay, public meeting; bu!
the civic monarch hesitates. Trade
is already staggering under tho blow
which the impending scarcity-or what
is the same thing, the fear of it-has
produced. In the manufacturing dis
tricts there has been sad falling off
in the demand for goods, and the gloomy
prospect which the approaching winter
presents, is shared by persons whose
interests and temperament would in
duce them to look at matters in the
most favorably point of view.
| Lord John Russell has addressed a
letter to his constituents, the citizens OF
London, in which he emphatically con-
dennis the sliding scale, and declares
himself an unconditional repeater
Many regard it as the doom of the ex-
listing ministry; it is certainly the
doom of the corn laws. His lordship
has long been known as the advocate
of fixed duty on corn the Wing
budget of lS4l fixed the duty as high
as IS per quarter; but the intervening
years have witnessed considerable
declension from this figure on the part
of Lord John Russell, and now, select
ing the present moment of scarcity and
apprehension, he repudiates all duty
whatever, and goes as far in his con-
domination Of the present corn law as
Golden himself, or the most enthusias-
tic Lacquer.
The Free Trade party, by this aris-
tocratic accession, are now in posi-
ton to assume the reins of power, and
to form a Government at any moment.
The move Of the Wings towards the
Free Traders, is one of the most inn
portant political events which has oc-
Cured for several years.
The Oregon Question.--We have
before stated, and the repetition at the
present time is almost superhuous, that,
as regards England, people here care
little in what way the Oregon dispute
may be patched up the value of the
territory is hardly rated beyond pins
fee, and right glad would the thinking,
intelligent portion of the country be, if
the 49th parallel of latitude would hit
the views and the taste of the Ameri-
can Government and people. The an
noyance, the irritation, arises out of
what is conceived to be the bullying
spirit" with which the United States
claim is advanced, which naturally
wounds our national pride, and creates
frame of mind little calculated to
produce amity or end in forbearance.-
The refusal of the President to refer
the dispute to arbitration, looks like a
+" ioregone conclusion," and is pointed
to as a proof that the worst may still
be apprehended from obstinate coun-
cils."
The news by the Great Western,
taking out the famed article of the
Union, the achole or none, created
great excitement, which was somewhat
allayed by the Caledonia's news, that
the Union was not the President
The European Times further states
that the people of England care not
Pin about the boundary line, and would
as soon divide the territory at the 10th
deg as any where else, if it would hit
the views and the taste of the Ameri-
can Government and people.
1t has transpired during the last day
or Two, that Mr.. Polk has repeated to
the English Cabinet the offer which
they have rejected two or three times
during the last quarter of century,
namely, to divide the territory by the
49th parallel of north latitude, and that
they still adhere to making the CoIum-
bia the boundary, each nation being
free of its waters. 1t is cur curse to
have monopoly Of some kind or
other always to fight for or to defend
some "vested interest" about which
the people in the aggregate know and
care as much as a COW does for astron-
omy. The nation, If noses had been
counted, would have accepted this offer
by an overwhelming majority, but then
the interests of the people, and the in
terests of powerful incorporated COM