ARRIVAL. OF THE GALE
- lIONIA AT BOSTON.
IMPORTANT PROPOSITION RELATIVE. TO THE
lIRITIRFI CORN LAWS—THE STEAMER:
PRESIDER I raw HEARD FROM.—DEFEAT
Ot7RP. ENOI.I .1! MINISTERS.
Colloid's tine steamer Calidonia, ar
rived iiblioston at half past 5 o'clock, on
Wednesday mornin4, bringing London
and Liverpool papers to the 4th of May.
We are indebted to Harnden's Express
for slips and for English Gazettes.
The news of President Ilarrison's death
excited much feeling in London.
The Irish Register Bill was defeated in
the British Pa!lament by a majority of a
bout twenty-three. Such a decided opin
ion, so roundly expressed, naturally a
wakened the enquiry—..when does the
Ministry resign?"
THE CORN LAWS,
The most important measure that is
liVely to occupy the attention of the Par
liament, is one from the Cabinet, to re
duce the duties on foreign corn to a small'
regular sum. Ity which the revenue would
be increased. An alteration, also, on the
duties upon foreign and colonial timber,
and on colonial sugar, will be proposed.
The Corn Law subject is excitiug much
attention. It is doubted whether the
present Parliament will sustain the Min
istry ; but the question will be subinitteLl
to the people in new a election. Looking
to which the London Times says :
The modification of the corn laws,
however, is the grand affair ; and, indeed,
the only point to which the people ought
to direct their attention. It is a great
and glorious proposition. It is the most
practical measure of which notice has
ever been given in the House of Com
mons—it is not a means to an end, but it
is an end of itself. It is for the benefit
the manufacturer, the mercfant, the work
ing man—in a word, for the whole corn
munity ; but there is not the slightest
chance of its being carried during the
present session, unless the people rouse
themselves as one man, and tell their re
presentatives that they will not any long
er bear the monopoly of the staff ofliumaa
life. Up, then, we say, all ye men of
England, who are desirous of seeing Eng
land great, glorious prosperous in her in
dustry, by sea and land, and tell the le
gislature in a voice of rhunder, that you
will no longer submit to a species of tax
ation, which, while it enricheth not the
wealthy, condemns the poor man, his wife
and his children, to low wages—to small
bits of bread instead of large loaves—and,
generally -peaking to an absence of
fort, which is ill sooner or later bring a
bout a revolution, the character of which
we
- shall not attempt to foretell.
' Well might Lord John Russell say, in
making his memorable announcement te
'
spectino• a revision of our corn laws, that
a crisis hail arrived in our affairs which
rendered further delay impossible. Eng.
land must either advance or retrogade.
This is the law to which all that exists is
subjected. To one branch of this motnen
tous subject, viz: the blow struck at our
commercial greatness by the German com
mercial league, we now propose to advert,
for the purpose of showing, in one in
stance, what the operation of our own
laws has done. We may gather from this
example, that the United States and Bra
zil would ultimately do were we to re
fuse to relax our tarifl as regards their
products.
The London Chronicle (radical) of the
ad instant says—The sensation produced
by the Government notice of Ft:day night
on the Corn laws is rapidly extending
through the country. Every where it is
the signal of excitement and determination
By the monopolists it will never be for
gotten. Ministers have fairly thrown
themselves on the nation for support in
the assertion of great national right and
interest. The response will soon be heard
in thunder.-- The untaxing of the people's
bread is a prospect full in view ; and the
people will spring toward it like lions on
their prey.
A spirit will be roused on which the
Carlton Club may expend its million with
out making an Impression. We argued
this Corn law question long enough. l'he
pressure on those who find work for the
multitudes is becoming too strong and
threatening for prolonged reasonings.
The season of actien is arrived, and it
cannot come *more favorably fot the na•
Collet interest. The announced purpose
of the Queen's Ministers is as the setting
in of the tide. Let it rush on, and sweep
away before alt the defences of this inhu
man monopoly.
If Ministers be but adequately support
ed ; if that national enthusiasm which their
determination must produce be but evin
ced in time by a people awake to their
own in3st vital interests, we cannot but
auger the happiest results. In their pros
ant position, they can sustain no Parlia
mentary defeat that would not be equiva
lent to a victory. And we should like to
take office on the express grounds of din
franchisement for /reknit, and perpetui
ty to the Bread tax.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
The quarterly liabilittes;blo; weekly
average, from Febt uary 2 to April 27, was;
circulation, £16,587,000 ; deposites,
225,000. assets on the same average
were secui ities, £22,082,600; bullion £4,.
638,000.
THE PRESIDE:NT
Nothing had been heard of the Presi.
dent Steamer, in L and all hopes
had been abandoned.
THE COURT.
'The Queen of England is in good health,
but Prince Albert is to unwell, that his
rhysicians advised a fsit to Get many.
MINIS OF PEACE' IV ITH CHINA.I
It is very generally reported and be.
lieved that Lord Palmerston is wholly
dissati•fied with the preliminary articles,
signed by Captain Elliott, for the settle,
merit of the quarrel with China ; and it is
even added, that the Government is like
ly to increase the strength of the Chinese
expedition.
The session of Hong Kong had at first,l
the appearance of being a grott point
gained ; but further consideration has,
brought the well informed very generally
to the opinion that the advantages likely
to be derived from the possession of that
island have been over estimatt.l. Can•
ion, it is said, will still remain the seat of
the tea trade; the British merchant will
be debarred front commercial intercourse ,
with that city. Not so however, the A•
I mericans, tire French, the Dutch, and the
Danes ;so that, on this point, all nations
trading with China will have a superiority
in the principal tea market over the En
glish trade to Hong Kong will we give the
celestial authorities the means of making
us pay, by export duties, the very con
temptible amount of indemnity which has
satisfied Captain Elliott's moderation:--
London Jour. of C'om.
FRANCE.
The Paris papers give vent to a vast
deal of exultation at the result of the tri•
al el Mr. Montour, the editor of La France
and the virdict of acquittal is hailed as a
triumph of an important character. In
deed. the victory is not looked upon as a
mete advantage gained over the govern-
inept, but the more violent journals insin•
uate that the decision of the Jury implies
a tacit condemnation of Louis Philippe.—
So much excitement prevails upon the
subject that ithis by no means unlikely
that some further steps will be taken, for,l
under present circumstances, there are
not wanting persons who effect to think
that the letters to. Prince Talleyrand,
which are declared to be forgeries, were
actually written by the King. The Ga
zette de France has the following remarks
upon the decision of the jury.
The announcement of the ministerial
defeat in England caused a great sensa
tion in the French capitol. An opinion
is entertained by all classes of society,
that a conservative administration would
be more favorably disposed towards
France, than the whigs have been, and
'the French public rejoice at every check'
received by Lord Palmerston or the cabi
net which he forms part. The result of
the communication promised by Lord
John Russell for Wednesday next was
waited for with much impatience, as noth
ing less than a dissolution of parliament
lor a resignation was expected.
SPA/N
The Chamber of Deputies have nom
noted the five following persons as part
of the mixed commission on the regency
question—Senores Alonzo, Bravo, Gil
Sanz, Lopez, and Burriel.
From Madrid we learn that the mixed
committee of deputies and senators had
already met twice without bring able to
come to an understanding on the subject
of the regency.
CHINA.
The London Shipping and Mercantile)
Gazette of April 23d, has the following in
reference to China. It will be seen that
no official information has been received
in this country by the Bt itania.
The following most extraordinary con
versacion took place last night in the
)louse of Commons. It is perhaps the
best commentary that has yet been made
upon the mode in which the unfortnnate
expedition to the Chinese seas has been
misconducted. We quote from our re
port of the debate :--
"Sir R. Peel wished to ask the noble
opposite, whether he had received any of
ficial account of an action which had tak
en place near Canton, in which several
lives had been lust, and it those accounts
had been received why they had not ap•
peared as usual in the Gazette
"Lord J. Russell said, that al thoughlac
counts had been received through India,
the official despatches with respect to the
action in question had not arrived; when
they did they would appear Pb the usual
manner."
A battle is said to have been fought on
the 9th of January at the Bocce Ti,
gris, by means of which the Chuenpee fort
came into posses,ion of the British forces
at the expense of some lives lost, and the
destruction of 600 or 700 Chinese; it is
further stated, that in consequence of this, l
our Plenipotentiary has been enabled to
procure certain conditions, miscalled high
ly favorable to the interests of this country.
These matters took place, according to
the private accounts received by the last
overland mail, on thr 9th of January, at
the distance of thirty five miles front Ma
cao by the same mail up to the 27th Jan.
and yet, according to Lord J. Russell, no
official despatches have been forwarded
respecting these affairs to the Government
at hotne; which is, of course, utterly ig
norant at the present moment as to even
the very existence of the expedition, and
cannot, possibly, send out any instruction
by the next mail with reference to any
circumstances which may have occurred.
The Penalty of an Elopemrnt.—A year
since a letter was published in Montreal,
announcing the elopement of Mrs. Harris,
wile of Captain Harris, 24th regiment,
with E. D. David, Esqr. of Montreal, Bar
rister, and Major in the Montreal cavalry.
--On the oth instant the action commenced
by Captain Harris against Mr. David, was
tried in Montreal, and resulted in a vir.
.
!tiict for th i rty thousand dollars damages.
The Revenue
The U. S. Gazette thus speaks of the
Revenue ;Hill:
,
We hear some people cry out that it is
an infamous hill —we certainly
.cannot
see any thing in its provisions that de•
serves so uncourteous an epithet. Oth
ers, who dislike it, call tt an "extraordi
nary bill"--it is certainly an extraordi
nary bill, but we nave fallen on extraor•
dinary times, and must expect seine "ex
traordinary legislation.
The bill provides for three millions ut
income to the commonwealth, which sum
was and is absolutely necessary to the'
preservation of her credit, and the carry-1
ing on of the government. Two millions
are required for the debt, and one million
for expenses. Now no one can be blind
to the effect upon existing stock, and to
ihe immense loss that must be sustained
by the state upon that to he created, hail
the commonwealth come into the market'
with the proposition for a loan of three
millions of dollars; it would have been
.ruinous all round. The plan proposed,
then, will, it is confidently believtd, meet
the exigencies of the state, without de
preciating existing stock ; on the contrary,
it fully and promptly carried out, it will
add to the credit of the state, while it sup
plies her wants.
Those who called for a tax will find
that one million five hundred thousands
dollars are to be raised by taxation. This'
will fall rather heavily on this neighbor
hood, but we get used to such things, and
therefore cease to complain.
IVe notice in one or two of the Loco-lo
co papers of this state loud denunciations
of those members of the party who finally
voted in favor of the majority, and helped
to make up the "two thirds." This is a
family quarrel, and it does not become us
to meddle therein; but we can well ima
gine that the gentlemen alluded to, seeing
the position of disgrace into which the
old commonwealth was inevitably falling,
felt that a saciifice such as they have made
was not much for men who, in the as
sumption of office, seem to have pledged
themselves to regard the public good as
superior to their own. The measure may
indeed deserve the name of 'temporising,'
which has been applied to •it ; but there
are positions into which the body politic,
no less than the body physical, may be
placed, which cull fin- the application a'
temporising expedients until time shall
be allowed for the operation of permanent
remedies.
It has hitherto been a matter of com
plaint that the revenue of the state appro
priated to the specific purposes, particular
ly the interest of the public debt, has been
thrown into the public treasury and paid
out for ordinary or extraordinary expen
ditures, without regard to the provisions
of the statute; and when the interest was
due, the money had to be raised as it could.
By the amendment proprosed by Mr.
Senator Reed. it is made a punishable of
fence in the treasurer to allow of any di,
version of such funds from their proper
specific purposes. This is well, and will
be telt mu the strengthened credit of the
state. No new expenditure is to be al
lowed—no clew contract made—,ho chan
nel left open to draw off the public funds.
It is said that several of the banks will
not accept the provisions of the law. Of
course the banks will consult their own
interest ; we are bound to say that they
have done enougti for the commonwealth,
but if some oldie banks should not feel
called on to accept the provisions of the
law, the operation will be more favorable
on those which do• The issues of small
notes may be apportionately enlarged, and
the adv.antage probably proportionately
increased.
The bill, too, gives repose to the banks,
which they certainly noed, which they
I have long needed, we hope, will result to
their advantage, but especially to that of
the public through them.
The Extra Session.
Congress will convene on Monday
next. The National Intelligencer con•
eludes an able article on the subject of its
duties in the following manner :
01 all speculations as to what Ccngress
may or may not do in reference to the cur.
rency, perhaps, alter all; no more can now
be set down as certain than that the Ex
tra Session will not pass away without the'
establishment of some fiscal agency as a
substitute for that which exists under the
familiar name of the Sub-Treasury sys
tem.
The measures, in fine, which may be
expec4ed to become the subject of deliber
ation in Congress at the approaching Ses
sion are.
I. The distribution of the proceeds of the
sales of Public lands among the several
States.
2. A revision and argumentation of the
duties on imports, for the purpose of
securing from that source a revenue ad
equate to the wants of the Government.
3. The repeal of the Subs Treasury law.
4. The establishment of a fiscal agent,
central or other to aid the Goverment
in collecting and disbursing the reve
nue and equalizing the currency.
5. A temporary loan, if necessary, to sup
ply the immediate necessities of the
Treasury.
The measures would at once- disperse'
the clouds that have so locg over hung
and yet obscure the prospect before us.
These measures, taken together, would
we feel entirely confident, suffice, not on.
ly to restore to the country its wonted
vigor, but to carry it forward with a firm
er step that it has ever taken.
NVe have said nothing about the exist•
ing public debt, which it will be time c-
'lough to prbvide for at the regular annu
al session of Congress, when its amount
will have been better ascertained than it
can yet be. Nor have we taken into con
!sideration the question of atlni form Sys-
Item of Bankruptcy, which seems to be
(within the contemplation of some of our
friends as vmeasure to be agitated at the
Extra Session ; nor any other question of
la general character, because Congress has
been called together with a special view
Ito the revenue and the finances ; and it
seems to be desirable, under every aspect
cf the case, that the deliberations of the
two Houses of Congress should be limit
ed, as far as possible, to the objects for
which they have convened.
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TUE JOURNAL.
One country,one conetituttonone deatin
Huntingdon Hay, 26, 154.111.
Democratic Candidate
FOR GOVERNOR,
JOHN BANKS,
OF BERKS COUNTY
Hypocrisy of the (doe'crnor•
Is there any honest man who can look
at the con luct of the present Executive
of Pennsylvania, and not blush at the
unmanly and deceptive course he pursues?
Is there any man with a spark of honor
who can advocate his conduct, or even
the man that would be guilty of it? If
there be, we pan only say we regret his
blindness; and he deserves, at least, the
pity and commiseration, if not the con
tempt and scorn or the Community.
We ask these questions frum the tact
that the present governor pretends to be
unfriendly to the provisions of the late
revenue bill. In a veto of several col
umns he paints, in the most vivid colors,
what he calls the objections to the bill ;
and those unaquainted with the real char .
acter of the man might imagine that the
bill was fratiOit with danger to our free
institutions. Ilk message is seized hold
of by his party presses, as every thing
that is patriotic or just. All denounce,
in no measured terms, the bill of abomi
nation, as they are pleased to call it, and
heap the most fulsome adulation upon the
governor for his firmness. and integrity.
What a contemptible humbug! They,
as well as the Executive, have learned
that their abuse of banks—bank rags, and
• small notes, has at length become idle.
Therr is no remedy for the disasters of
• the times but the one that has been appli
ed. (And to us it is a matter of no little
doubt whether this will prove effectual.)
They saw it and felt that nothing else
could furnish the state with the means to
keep the wheels of Government in opera
tion. Still they knew Olt for,years they
had endeavored to prove to the people
that they would put the screws to the mo
ney monsters, and make them fulfill their
promises. What was to be done? The
last few days of the session tells the tale.
This very Lill which the governor ye
. toed, and which his whole party denoun •
ced in • the bitterest language, became a
law by the vote of the very men who had
opposed it by speeches and votes. On
different occasions did these people 10.
wing and self styled democrats oppose
• this. First by the passage of the bill and
twice on the reconsideration after the
ve
to. Alter all this thirteen of these same
men, on the third reconsideration, voted
in favor of it—others did not vote at all; .
and then it became a law by the constitu-
tional majority. What graceless hypocri
sy! II they believed the law a good one
why d:d they not vote for it at first? It
they believed it a bad one did they not vi
olate their oaths by voting for it at last?
. We think the question easily settled.
They voted against it at first, in order to
give Porter a chance to veto it, and thus
play the hypocrite before the people; and
they did so with the perfect undcrstan•
ding that they would finally make it a'
law, after the governor had tried to pour ,
a little "suit sawder" down the throats of
the anti.bankites. 'fhb was the truth, or
else they were driven or coaxed to sup
port it afterward by 'David R. himself.
There is no mistake about it. There is
no man in his senses that can doubt that
one of the other of these positions is true.
What shallow deception. Did they im•
magine that an intelligent people would
not see through their thin veil of de's
The bill is now a law, and if Mr. Por
ter told the truth in his message, the peo
ple are cursed with an never ending /We
-1
ension, and with evils more portentious
than those which enshrouded our country
in the darkest days of the Revolution.
If he told the truth, t.nd still forced hi s
partisans in the House to sustain it, the
peoples' curses should ever follow him.
If he did not tell the truth, his name should
be handed flown as the most arrant hypo
crite who ever disgraced an Executive
chair.
Anti Bankistn
The citizens of our county can N ell re
collect the grounds upon which his par
ty advocated his, Porter's election to the
Senate some years ago, and still later, his
election as governor. .
The banks—the worthless, unsafe, en'
sound and rascally rag shops, the banks,
was the beginning and end of their tale.
And in the most apparent and earnest
manner they begged and plead with the
people to help them, and him, reform
the whole system, and 'renter every man
sale who held a bank note by making the
stockholders liable. We presume there
is hardly a man that does nut recollect
the vicleut attack by Porter himself upon
our then member, Jer. Cunningham, be
cause he had the independence to oppose
the section in the West Branch Bank
charter which made the stockholders lie.
ble, although he knew perfectly well that
I l Cunningham had opposed the whole bill
from beginning to - end.
This all sounded very well, and show
ed great love for the 13001' note holders
It was excellent precept. It was good.
bait to catch gudgeons with, and it was
scattered far and near. On every occa
sion Gov. 'tither was denounced for not
bringing these villianous institutions up
to the bar of Justice, and deprive than, of
their charters.
So far so good. What is the sequel of
this? Is it soon told?
Tito:, in his changes, elevated this man
Porter to the chair of State, and gave his
party the majority in the• Legislature.'
,'Phis boasted measure was brought up and
a bill passed to establish a bank in Lan
caster, and this valuable provision was
attached to the charter. The stockhol.
tiers were to be held personally liable fur
their issues; and many of the honest of
their party fancied that their darling
!scheme was now to be brought to bear on
, the banks! Poor dupes! no such thing.
Governor Porter vetoed their favorite bill,
and the miserable bantling slept the sleep
of death. Inhuman fratricide !it died by
its own father's hand; and !or once the'
eyes of the people were directed to the
fact that Air. Porter talked otvs way and
'acted another. But the message vetoing
the bill must be read. That possessed
the charm. The honest, patriotic and
people loving governor had objected to
the bill, because there was alrmily too
touch banking capital in the state; and
hundreds "ploughed to the cow" and ful
, lowed their stilburn cub to the grave with
out a tear, and in a tone of rejoicing, de
clared that the. Governor was right!—we
had banks enough! Entirely forgetting,
however, that they had all for years con
tended that we had no good ones; and
thus, in reality, saying,That so long as we
,had bad twits we did not need any bond
ones. But the governor, in order to keep
all true to the faith, signified his willing•
ness and determination to carry out th e
measure so soon as more bank charters
were needed, or in fact, old ones renew
ed. This was all right but the end is
n ot yet.
Now let us look at untidier leaf in the
history of this matter. Another session
of the legislature has just been concluded,
and by a reference to our paper of last
week the list of their enactments will be
found there.
Are you an Anti•bank democrat—a
follower of, or a believer in the political
integrity of D. IL Porter and his party ?
Did you follow the cow when the Lancas•
ter loan bill was vetoed? If so, we want
you, in particular, to read that veto rnes•
sage again, and then turn to ttic list just
spoken of, and read "an act to exten4 the
charter of the Northampton Bank." Here
was a chance to resusticate the deceased
humbug of former :days. This made no
more banking capital in the state, and that'
objection, of course, was of no avail. Now
why we ask, in the name of honesty, did
not your veto king put his thumbupon this
shaving machine? Why did he not veto
this bill which breathed anew the breath
of life into the body of this_unsafe, un
vound and wicked institution, as you have
been told, all are, when the stockholders
are n' liable? Answer 11l that, waster
Rout?
Loco Foco Groanings.
I We cannot take up a piper of the. Loco
Focus, that is not weeping and v ailing
over what they call the persecution for
opinions sake. Officer after officer they
name, who has been beheaded with the
political guilotine of the Harrison party.
Oh / dear oh /is on every tongue. Per
secution!persecution ! persecution !
Now we have a word to say on this
subject. It was the leading argument a
gainst Van Buren and his fictionist--that
corruption had become the order of the day.
That from the Great leader down to the
petty Leg Treasurers, they had pursued
a regular system of appropriating the
money of the nation to .their own use.
Some people have called it by the mor e
offendive term stealing. At any rate such
was the fact. Every speaker who advo.
cated a change failed not to lay the whole
truth before the people ; and they were
urged to assist in driving these cormorants
from their prey. Nobly and patrioticals
ly did the honest yeomanry of our state
rise in their might and decree that the
day of deliverance was at hand.
Does any sane man, suppose that the
pledges made to the people, will he vio
lated. Never! The people demand the
removal from office of these old rats. They
desire to try another swarm, who if they
be more greedy may for a time be less
bold. The people demand ed, in words
not to lie misunderstood, a complete and
universal change ; and does any one im
agine that the groans and howlings of these
pampered curs, will make them relent.
What a dreadful thing this persecution
is !so says the Loco Foces now. But has
our readers forgot the turning out ct i every
petty post master, who refused to do the
dirty work for that prince of knaves Amos
Kendall. 'We hope you have not. But
some of these groaning Locos have com
pletely, forgotten it. It • was very good
then, and it was very fair too. That was
all right. Now when these minions of
this " panther pimp, and parasite!' are
told as the fanner told the sturdy beggar
—to ttavel--,their party presses moan taut
a sigh and with tears in their eyes, talk of
the proscriptirri.
Curiosities.
The Boston Transcript publishes a list
o f curiosities, any one at which, we think,
would afford capital enough to "set up" a
Inusru:n upon. The follou log is the in
ventory:
It i a curiosity to find a stump orator
who will not praise himself, and will not
abuse his opponent.
It is a curiosity to find a politician who
will hold an argument with an opponent
for half an hour without getting angry.
It is a curiosity to find a politician who
will be convinced by his opponent's argu
ments.
I_ is a curiosity to find a person who
does ILA think his own children possessed
of more talents and accom,lishments than
those of his nei4hbors.
It is a curiosity to find an artist who
does not think himself perfect in his pro
fession.
It is a curiosity to find a candidate for
an office who does not think he is fully
entitled to the suffrages of his fellow citi
zens.
It is a curiosity to find a man who pla
ces too low an estimate on his own abili
ties.
It is a curiosity to find a Miss of fifteen
who has not begun to think of getting, a
husband.
It is a curiosity to find an old maid who
does not wonder that she has not long been
married.
It is a curiosity to find a fop who does
not think he is the admiration of every one
he meets in the street.
It is a curiosity to find a miser trans
formed into a generous man and a bene.
factor to society, so long as he can retain
his riches in his own possession.
It is a curiosity to find a political editor
who always tells the truth.
It is a curiosity to receive a letter from
a lady which has riot a P. S. attached to
it.
It is a curiosity to meet with a woman
who stammers in conversation.
It is a cariosity to find a lawyer who.
pleads a case succ?sslully for you, and
then docks off a nr"elion of his fees.
It is a curio - istY to find a physician who
I Whir , restored you to healt'h, does not
I wish you to think lie has performed a won.
Jarful cure.
It is a curiosity to find a dentist who
will nut tell you he can extract a tooth
and cause less pain than any one else.
It is a curiosity to find a schoolmaster
who does not wish it to be understood
that he knows more than any body else.
• It is a curiosity to find an editor who
does not know every thing, and more ton;
and
It is a curiosity to meet with a man
who thinks less of himself than other peo.
plo think of him.
ELECTED.—John Greig, (whig) has
been elected in the Ontario Congressional
Distric, N. Y., to fill the vacancy caused
by Mr Granger's resignation,