The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-06


In the same time last year You have had increased
demsnd but you cannot suppose that will have that
increased demand to meet an importation Of corn,
which arises from sudden and unexpected deficiency
which you would have had under regular and growing
trade esr, hear) there had been some sudden Gala
mity In America the cloth
ing cutlery plou bs harrows spades axes and other i'm
PIGMENTS of agriculture contemporansously with our
famine here, then you might have expected sudden
demspd from them just the same ss We had here for
their food Cheers | have spoken OF the distress
you have suffered in the cotton districts through the
want of rial but there great copsoaton in
looking to the other parts Of the kingdom to find that
in those places where other descriptions of manufac
lures carried they have not suffered so much as
~ like periods of high priced food before You will re-
collect that have been engaged in this controversy for
something like ten years, and that during hat period
have had while visiting other districts
of witnessing the condition of the working classes there
You may remember that in he years 1882 1870 and lSal
we we're suffering from the high price OF Cd and tna
great caamitie resulted from the stagnaon which
followed to our trade was visiting other manuiso'
hampton and the Potteries and remember, then. that
they suffered to the extent as We did in the cotton
districts Nay, remember that there was more suffer
ing il Sheffield and Leeds than in Manchester (H-ar
hear There 20 600 people in Sheffield and 90 900
dependent upon psrochal relief in Leeds; and Wover-
| hampton, and Birmingham, and the Potteries, suffered
in the same way And you may recoNect that Paisley
not the case now 1t is worthy of remark that whilst
have been going through great suerngs here they
have had comparatively none In those places Herr
the want OF the material for cotton manufactures as
well priced food but in sheffield, Brmingham,and
Woverhsmpton they have been sustained by the manu-
cture goods peculiar to those places goods intended
chiefly for the American market and boughtn exchange
for the brought to supply our wants Cheers
say, give to this district abundant supply of the
raw material, and you would have had comparatively
little suffering. And that have seen that in
America they will have abundant crop of cotton and
that have the price down in Liverpool almost at
able price-you not paying much more than three
half pence per pound now (hear hear-and seeing that
for
for state of prosperous trade as you have ever had
here since Stockport Stockport loud cheers) Give
you these Observation-Disclosures of materials, and
ordinary price Of food and money at ordinary rate OF
and you never can have bad trade long in this
district (Hear hear) With those elements to help US,
| don't despair OF seeing revival OF trade
Affairs OH the Continent.
Tho present brief session of the British Parliament
and the approaching meeting OF the French Chambers
have stirred up the few continental questions in dis
pute and the enemies aud supporters of Lord Pamers
ton and NJ Guizot, respectively, find ample scope for
an at
the tptoe of expectation, waiting the result of
erland Lord Palmerston, melted by Mr. Osborne the
new member for Middesex, gravely rises in his plscen
Parliament and, amidst the laughter of tho House Of
Commons declares shat the civil in Switzerland
was in point of fact at an end-as mediation meant
nterposton between two contending parties-it
dent that when there was an end Of contention there
must also be end of mediation Upon the enuncation
of this appears that NJ Guizot taxi
umbrags and being thwarted ia his designs Of media
ton, vows he will resign and the Paris papers teen
sooth, the federals have completely vauquished the
Sonderbund party in Switzerland. In our last num-
Der said that the tardy intervention of the Five
Powers would come too late. The Jesuts are expelled
from the Catholic cantons; their property, ind that
fear of other monsstc institutions, has been
hecated and the federas completely masters both Of
the field and of the cantonal sovereignty However we
deplore these of triumphant party flush
ed with success they the almost nvarate concomi
Of predominant power and the great fear have
that as retributve justice invariably recos upon ar
Srsry tyranny the crastes p1sot;ed upon the CStho
tain continental governments not quite so friendly to
popular liberty that of Great Britain In the
time, Sir Stratford Canning has reached Berne and
will doubtless effort to check uriate zeal in
| politics and religion on both sides
In France NJ Guizot's tenure OF Office is now deemed
highly precarious 1t Is certain that serious divisions
exist in the French cabinet, and we receive daily
the Council will resign before the meeting Of tie Cham
bers The success OF the federal party in Switzerland
position must OCCASION him serious annoy snos and,
altogether the movements in Italy and the proceedings
of tbs electoral reformists in France must tend to dis
| turb Louis Phippe's unexcitabe Prime Minister.
The Emperor of Russia has at length consented to
give to Kisseeff the title of Minister Pienpoentiary
At Paris and in consequence thu Marquis of Dalmatia
he son Of Marshal Sout) will be appointed Minister
In the Two sioiliss the most violent commoion pre-
walls and although the Preach journals dsavow that a
general nsurreotion has taken place think there is
sufficient evidence to that the position Of the King
| Of Naples Is one of extreme danger to his throne
The visit Of Lord dnto, English Cabinet Minister,
70 the Court of Rome has been several times alluded to
in both Houses of Parliament but Ministers unequvo-
cay state that he has diplomatic mission entrusted
10 uitn, OtlnS merely on tour through lbAy give
advice'' to the Italian princes and the people Lord
Pamerston distinctly declares that until the commu
Parliament shall be interpreted by Parliament a. to ad
init OF diplomatic intercourse with the See of Rome
the government will not take itself to violate the
law. There s certainly strong feeling that with lib
ers Pope the present very state things
The French ambassador at Rome had given an audience
to Lord Minto to which he had invited the members of
the ConsutR di State His ordship had been received
| by the Pope In private audience.
letter from Prague of the 9th instant in the Cologne
Gazte states that order bad been received to place
all the troops Of Bohemia Immediately footing
This order had excited great sensation 1t supposed
duchy Of Austria to take the psce Of thos. who have
been sent to the frontier of ltay--Wiimer's Times
The London Times of the 18th ult, says A general
insurreotion had taken place in Sicily "Our Naples
correspondent" Gays the SemcphOre de MarsHs, COM
muncates to us this important fact The excessive
rgors displayed by the government for the sake Of self
preservation the imprisonment of multi ude of cit
zen, and the capital executions have borne their fruit
The entire country has risen In arms and the soldiers
refused to act against the justly popu-
to The brink of which he has been led by those who sd
vised him so make fatal use Of means Of terror.
India and China.
The latest dates we have received from Bombay are
to the 18th ut, brought by the Meerzu-r steamer de-
spatched to suez convey Lord Dahouse to his gov
erpment at Calcutta Tie most satisfactory feature is
that Bombay has not as yet suffered from the reaction
of the mercantile failures in Europe Great confidence
is expressed in the capsbty Of the mercantile houses
at Bombay to maintain themselves and We trust that
|
shal have fully reached Calcutta and China, the
anticipated results may prove to be without any very
| serious consequences.
| Foreign The0trlcals.
The grand Shaksperian Festival in London, under
the patronage of the Queen passed of with great eeia
| and was numerously attended.
Mr.. Macreadys adaptation Of "Phip Van Artweld"
was brought out with great spendor ut the Princess
but Withdrawn after the sixth representation. 1t
has not sufficient dramatic interest for the stage.
Anna Thilon made successful debut at the Princess
In the opera of the Z" Ambassadrice "
Mr. and Mrs Kean have been quite successful at Shelf
aeld and Liverpool They In Dublin playing to
crowded houses They appear at the Haymarket early
| in January.