Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-02-18
Foreign Mus.
LATER FROM ENGLAND.

By the Sarah Sands, at New-York, London and
Liverpool dates to the goth ut have been received
The Cambria steamer, hence on the LIST ult arrived
at Liverpool on the 18th We copy the following sum-
mary from New York Slip
The Cotton market continued firm. Flour and corn
had slightly advanced. Bonded flour was held at 40
shlings the barrel. There had been another rise in
the price of bread in London.
Food of every kind is scarce and dear in England,
Ireland and France Notwithstanding the mmens e
quantities shipped from the United States The corn
md provision markets in Ireland and England are oX-
ceedngly animated, and the accounts from Ireland
and from the highlands and islands of Scotland are
still very deplorable.
Distress in Eeond-Large subscriptions had been
raised in England for the relief of the suffering poor
in Ireland and Scotland The Queen had given $1,000
Prince Albert, $500 Lord John Russell, 600; Sir
Robert Peel, 1900; and the Duke Of Devonshire,
Barring, Brothers e. Co., Jones' Lloyd & Co., Overend,
Quincy e. Co., Rothschld e. Co., Smith, Payne &
Smiths, Truman Hunbury & Buxton, gave ElCO0
each.
Parliament was opened by the Queen in person on
the 10Th ult.
The new measures proposed by the government are
Of the utmost Importance, The ports to be i'm
nedatey opened for the free admission of foreign corn
Of every kind by which the duty Of four shngs ster-
ling will be abolished. The navigation laws are to be
suspended, by which corn will be admitted in vessels
Of every nation and sugar is to be allowed in dstlIer
les, These measures will be carried as the protec-
tonists have promised to give them support They
have been forced from the government by the awful
condition of the people OF Ireland
THE QUEENS SPEECH
My Lords and Gentlemen:-It is with the deepest
concern, that upon your again assembling | have tc
call your attention to the dearh of provisions which
prevails in Ireland, and in parts of Scotland.
In Irnnnd psnpriallU lnsS nf he usual food of
the people has been the Of severe suierngs OF
disease, and of greatly increased mortality among the
poorer classes. Outrages have become more frequent
chiefly directed against property; and the transit Of
provisions has been unsafe in some parts of the coun
try.
With view to mitigating these evils, very large
numbers of men have been employed and have recelY
ed wages in pursuance of an act passed i'll the last SEES
sion of Parliament Some dcviatons from that ac
which have been authorised by the Lord Lieutenant o.
Ireland, in order to promote useful employment
will trust receive your sanction Means have beef
taken to lessen the pressure of want in districts whcl
are most remote from the ordinary Of supply
Outages have been repressed far as it was possible
by the military and police.
1t is satisfactory to me to observe, that in many o
the most suffering districts the patience and resignation
of the people have been most exemplary.
The deficiency Of the harvest in France and Germa
n.y. and other parts of Europe has added the Difficult
ty of obtaining supplies.
1t will be your duty to consider what further meas
ures are required to alleviate the existing distress
recommend to you to take into serious consideration
whether by increasing for limited period the lacitie
for importing corn from foreign countries, and by tn
admission ofsugar more freely into breweres and dis
tilleres, the supply of food may be benedcalIy aug
mented
have likewise to direct your earnest consideration
to the permanent condition of Ireland, You will per
ceive, in the absence of political excitement, oppor
tuny for taking dispasslonate survey Of the socia
evils which affllct that part of the United Kingdom
Various measures will be laid before you, which,
adopted by parliament, may tend to raise the grea
mass OF the people in comfort to promote agriculture
and to lessen the pressure Of that competition for th
occupation of land which has been the fruitful sourc
of crime and misery.
The marriage of the Infanta Lusa Fernando {
Spain to the Duke of Montpenser has given rise to
correspondence between my government and those
France and Spain.
The extinction of the Free State of Cracow has al
peared to be so manifest violation ofthe treaty of
enna that | have commanded a protest against tn
act should be delivered to the courts Of Vienna, Peter
burgh and Berlin, which were parties to it. Copies
these several papers will be laid before you.
entertain confident hopes that the hostlities in Il
River Platte, which have so long interrupted cor