The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-11
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence of the Union.


the Niagara, which reached Boston IN, yesterday,
but three four of people of the
United States considered in Parliament OF these
the proposed abogation of the navigation laws is the
ter OF most importance other commercial nations On
the night of Tuesday the 18th umo the House divided
off upon motion give the bill of the ministry its second
reading and IL carried by the meagre majority of 90
votes, there being 40 members present On the previous
Friday large number of petitions from the shipping
Exeter Liverpool Hull, Dundee North Shields, Dart
mouth, Penzance, Weymouth, Mecomb Regis. Ports
mouth &c , against the passage of the BILL presented
by Mt Herbs, champion OF The proectioniss and
others also signed by 2o757 citizens OF London prin-
/ cipally merchants bankers ship owners, &c.
This opened the debate upon the BILL Mr. Herbs moving
that receive its second reading that day six months His
speech In support of this motion (Which is equivalent
moving to lay the table with Washington) was a
sweeping attack upon the bill being likely PROSTATE
the commercial marine of Great Britain yielding up vol
UNFAIRLY were, the maritime supremacy of the king
dom. He dwe, too with considerable force upon the
fact that from all parts of the kingdom there had Pc
'ions against the proposed change while those in its favor
We're very few and comparatively Insignificant.
! Mr. II. was followed by Mr.. j. Wilson, the editor of the
London Economist, earnest free-trade who made his
first speech of the session From the in which the
English papers without distinction of party notice this
speech and its author infer that he is OF powerful
Intellect extensive aanments practical abilities, and pos
great yigor and erseness He boldly
took the ground that the petitions against the bill did
express the popular opinion and that they had been
coced to the order of proeconss in the House. Adj
hitting that the London petition the spontane-
GUS action of certain commercial of the city,
he called attention the fact that when Sir Robert
Wapoe proposed the great commercial reform of his
day, (the bonding system,) it first defeated
by the united protest of the commercial Of London.
He also combated the idea that the colonies opposed
10 the proposed Misunderstanding chiefly the we'll
known desire Of the Canadians for commerce with the
United States, unrestricted the commerce between
the individual States of this Union. His main argument,
however, in favor of the bill important link in the
chain of tree trade measures, which eventually be
| rate the commerce of the world.
The Marquis of CRANKY (proteconst of course) follow
ed, dwelling with the fact that this
gave evdeace of a desire change its navigation
laws; to which he attributed (American) remarkable
strides tow ards maritime supremacy.
After short speeches (of little momenD from Messrs
Henley and Key the House adjourned.
On the night TUESDAY the l3h) the subject was
sumed-Mr Gladstone making the first speech. From
what gather in the English papers corning this gentle
mans peculiar talents and style he is in the House Com
mons what the late Mr. John Forsyth of Georgia was
in the United States Senate in his day; remarkably
ready and fluent speaker great shadow
every one ese and to powerful sensation in the
mind breast of the hearer but always competent the
task of contendng in mastery manner with the most
powerful of the opposite sde and permitting his
cause TO lose nothing from of skill information on
the part of its advocate. He free-trader high stand
ng but he is interested in protection for British bottoms
his father being the leading West India merchant in the
kingdom He took medium ground, advocating the abb
ogation fthe navigation laws in favor of any
which would sipuate to do the by Great Britain
Mr. Gladstone laid considerable on the fact (aeged
that the United States could be induced come into
the arrangement and that abrogate these laws would
be at transer't the OF the Cinadas
and the British West Indies, without the shadow of
an equivalent
The debate further continued by Mes.rs Robin son
Clay, Honby, C. Bruce Wawn. Hldyard Admiral Bowies
Dummond, and Munz, who opposed the bill, which was
advocated by Messrs Mitchell, Wilcox, Ricardo, Labou
chere and Schoefeld find nothing of particular
interest in the views Of these gentlemen After these
as m ed nd
the bill ordered to be read second time by So
majority. The London News calls attention to the fact
that though the majority of votes small the prePonder
OF talent and character in favor OF the
greater than had been displayed either side of any lues
ton upon the division of the House in many years. All
the titled members all those holding by the favor of
great lord, and ali the nvariable opponents of pro-
gress, voted while every who had made his way
into Parliament without patronage birth, through his
own merits and public services, voted yea
This triumph, however, appears to be regarded a
virtual defeat of the bull Mr. Gladsones opposition (co
his speech but half sustans i carries with less
of the freeaders without whose aid the government will
not be able 10 the passage of the bill, that
petitions against the policy pouring in upon Parlia
ment. On the day which tho bill passed a second
reading by-theby, depuation waited upon Lord John
RUSSELL Consisting of many members Of Parliament among
others) to urge him to withdraw the Acknowl.
edgng the force OF the arguments adduced to influence
him, he, however, replied firmly, refusing from
the policy in this connection laid down for his admnistra
ton.
nOuOn 10 20 lntO committee OF the whole
the subject of wing the agricultural interest anded
capasts) from the alleged burden of bearing nearly all the
taxation, tho subject OF importance the navga
ton laws discussed between the departure of the
To this proposition Mr.. Hume proposed amendment,
looking again bringing forward the previously defeated
movement of Mr.. Golden in favor of financial REFORM to
the expenditures of the government to standard
of 1885, millions of pounds sterling less than
The Of all the speakers this ques-
ton, which debated for three evenings, are
of particular interest The proeconiss under the
lead of the candidate for tho next prime minstership,
the of the resolutions labored prove that free
trade had beg2ared the farmers; that competition
farms of late had ceased almost entirely many of the
districts and that the nation from the starvation to
grow out of the cultivation of lands which last year
were very productive, additional of a half million
he raised aid the poor of agricultu dis
cts. Free trade the demon doing all this mischief!
They said much relative the reaction going in the
popular mind upon this subject of free irade and
three of their speakers interested in restoring the
protection" Of which the titled apalsts owning the
lands had been deprived, expressed themselves high
praise OF the wisdom and patriotism displayed by the pro
tecons of this country defence of their privileges
under the law Mess DIsraeli Christopher and the
Earl of March the principal speakers in behalf of the
motion into committee; and the Chancellor of the x
chequer, Lord John Russell, Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobtlen
made the speeches OF the dozen delivered against it, Lord
Johns argument went to dicule the idea that the agcuu-
raj interest in the condition described by protection
ists He deprecated the supposed design of Mr. DIsracl
add half million tho present income tax if no had
indeed plan of relief to present, he (Mr D'I main.
tanned. Mr. Brght's argument princ paly to show
that Mr. Dlsrael and his friends fighting bebnd
the sucrngs of the in the agricultural Districts that
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