The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-02-23
dition OF Great Britain.

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firm in Liverpool
The Condition o Great Britain.
FROM the Liverpool Times Feb. L.
The parliamentary proceedings have exclusively alb
sorbed attention The eyes of the nation are fixed on
Ireland where death is doing lis work through the in
strumentllity of Starvation The details ate horrible
slckemng The poor try to escape, and thousands find
Their way daily to England and Scotland Liverpool and
Glasgow are ovenun with these poor creatures. In the
former town as many 100000 have received outdoor
relief IN week The pressure of local taxation the
rate payers IS likely to rum many small housekeepers
and leave them without covering shelter The pres
sure has becomeeo overwhelming that Parliament has
been appealed to, but has hitherto given no relief
! A determined effort is being made by the wealthy
classes in England assist the Irish by OF private
subscriptions ag oy abstanng much as possible from
any suIefiiuoas consumption of food queens letter
has appeared addressed TO the ministers of the church of
England, requiring subscriptions to be made and large
sums have been thus collected in every place Of worship
and by every form OF faith in the kingdom Unhappily
the state of the Highland poor is nearly bad that of
the destitute irish For them, also, liberal subscriptions
continued TO be gathered An occasion like the present
depicts, forcble the virtues the vices OF
people in the way that the presence of danger tests
the courage of individuals English sympathy for suf
feng humanity has long been poverbla but never,
like virtue exhibited IN striking form and graceful
manner. individuals contribute handsomely to soften
the rgors OF the calamity and the first act of the Prime
Ministers on meeting Parliament, Is to dip largely INTO
the public purse for the same object
But the distress is not confined 10 Scotland and lreland
there is much at present existing in England The high
price OF PROVISIONS and the reduced stock of cotton,
amongst the that have aggravated the condition
of the operatives in many OF the large towns of Lanca
shire and Yorkshire. The cotton mills, under the lniu
ence OF the present quotations of cotton, working
langudly Mr. Bright is going TO take up the question
OF the cotton crop, by moving for select committee to
inquire into the best mode OF promoting the growth of
cotton in India Indeed there prevailing convection
that the days of cheap cotton gone and are not like
~ TO return for an indefinite time.
The suspension OF the law, according to the min
isteral intention, only to extend TO the LIST of Sep
TENDER next Mr.. Ewar and other members in ia
vo OF an amendment making the suspension permanent
but the proposition met with little support The debate
distinguished by two noyetes-a declaration on the
part of Lord George Bennck, that all borders Of grain
IN times Of scarcity ought to be hanged, which he illus
appearance of Mr.. William Brown, the great American
merchant in the house, The speech OF the latter gentle
man. sound and practical and embracing the subject more
Immediately before the house referred TO by Lord
John Russell IN terms very complimentary to the new
member
On Tuesday the 26th the royal assent ,cas guen to the
corn and the navigation bHs the Peers rFere the bu
sineSs other respects merely routine. In the low
house the subjects discussed had reference to the
Chelsea pensioners, the ten hours BILL and the national
galleryal the matters in the present condition OF the
country, of subdued interest.
Thursday, the 2Sth, was principally occupied by Mr.
Ferrands attack the poor law commissioners, and
more particularly on Sir James Graham. The reply of
the latter dignied and telling, and he carried the
feelings OF the House with him.
On Friday, the 29th the Monpenser marriage dis
cssed in the House of Lords, and the House of Commons
was engaged in good deal OF mutfarious business In
rex % qe9n lssgee,ag letters q morqHe wnder ne
Of the Mcricd,t charge do6dtres, that person Eng
tand had been authorised 10 such letters Foreign
subjects abroad the noble iord adcd, not amcnabc
10 be treated pirates for being engaged such
tep7Se.
had exclusive reference to the state of Ireland The
of the government Were discussed at great
length the lower house for the most part, spirit OF
generous criticism The urgency of the crisis admit
led by all the speakers Mr. Roebuck made bitter at
tack
their extravaganza their want of business habits, and
their incapacity to discharge efficiently the duties belong
ng to their station There much truth mixed with
some eXaggeraon in the statements of the honorable
member. The debate adjourned
On Tuesdey (the 2d) it was resumed, when the second
reading of the destitute persons Qreand) bill took place
and the other measures connected with Ireland, were
put in train be speedily carried out Sir Robert Peel
made speech in Inch the conduct of the present gov
eminent was warmly eulogzed. In Parliament as in
the press the distress in Ireland is the only topic But
the United Kingdom is rising in ITS might, and the corn
mdykets aireadyth the influence otHe sympathy In all
directions they ae falling but under any stances,
the importation of provisions must prove, for months to
come, the most speedy way of realizing fortune Hap
Ply they on the western continent VINO have well hlled
granaTics to EXPORT
We have thus glanced at the parliamentary proceed
ings during the last fortnight The famine in Ireland
exclusively occupied the attention of the peopess repre-
sentatives. The time has come for graphing boldly with
the chronic evils of that country Never the public
mind in fitting frame. The fault will certainly rest
with the ministry, and not with the British nation, if a
panacea does not spring. like the tabled ashes OF the
ph9niy out of the gloom and misery and desolatlon
which now, like PAIL covers Ireland through its length
and breadth
The advices from Paris are of the lst instant
few days after the delivery of the royal speech, the
chamber of Peers began the discussion of its
thereto Its debates occupied several days The Span
sh marriage was the main question dwelt upon, The only
, points worth noticing however, were two-flrs
that several noble peers heretofore distinguished for
their devotion TO intimate alliance between Great Brit
ain and France warmly defended the conduct OF the gov
eminent in the Spanish business, although it had
had the effect of breaking of the entente cord,de; and
next, that Nj Guizot, the Minister of Foreign Affairs
took very high tone indeed when speaking OF Great
Britain strongly recommending the chamber to maintain
boldly what had been done-to make no CONCESSIONS
no advances but to wait until the good of the Eng
sh people should convince them that France had only
exercised her right and that they had nothing to gain BY
remaining bad terms with her Such language IN the
Chamber OF Peers, and from M Guzot too, was so nov
ell that IT created great sensation, and the sensation was
increased by the fact that the eminent Duo de Brogle
. formerly a warm English alliancenan took the SAME
ground the minister The destruction OF Cracow wat
Indignantly denounced by several peers NJ Gulzot took
no part the discussion that subject, but he read tC
the chamber despatch he had received from the Russian
ambassador i'll which stated that the Russian gov
ernment Indignantly denied that II had any INTENTION a.
reported of abolishng the separate existence ant
and even the very of the kingdom OF Poland, so "a
o TO anagamate Poland with its own empire. The othe
paragraphs OF the address caused debates OF any inter
est The address itself finally adopted, and subse
quently presented to the King 1t was, usual, mere
paaphrase of his Maesty's speech.
II will be on Monday next that the Chamber oil Depu
ties will begin the discussion of its address Its debates
will be much longer and much violent than those
the peers.
The Minister of Finance has presented bills relative