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THE 1S0RTHEBN STAR. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1844.
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ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE . The following « nngn 1 ar case came before the Castlebar board of Poor Law guardians ^ few days since . An old Trrem applied for admission to the workhouse , ¦ whose appearance and manner and style of speaaong denotea evidently that he had belonged to , OTmored in , the ranis or respectability" before ad-Terse circumstances had reduced nxm to his present distress . The Earl of Lucan . —What is your name ? Applicant . —My name , my lord , is ifichael FittgeralcL I -was born in the vicinity t ) f this town , in the Tillage of Minolla . I have moved through every phase of Jbrtane ; and , frem having been once the possessor of ¦ wealth and opulence , 1 have come by a sad vicissitude , brought on , indeed , not by my own conduct , but by the misconduct of others , down to the position which I at present occupy . The Earl of Luean . —Indeed , how was that ?
Applicant . —The incidents of my life are extraordinary , my lord , yet may be briefly told . In my "vouthinl dava , being desirous to travel and push my fortune in " a foreign land , -1 left Ireland for the Island of iladeira , taking with me a cargo of such goods as I thought ^ ould be disposable , on remunerative terms . My wishes and expectations were not then disappointed . Change of scene and the new climate invigorated mv spirits , and the enterprise in ¦ which I had embarked * proved most profitable . Resolving to settlepermanently in Madeira , 1 employed all my available capital in pursuing the trade which I had found so beneficial ; ana only a few years had elapsed , when the profits of my engagements so accumulated , as to leave me at length in possession of an immense fortune . The Governor of the island , whose acquaintance I had the opportunity of making , advised me to turn my capital and attention to the cultivation of land , wherebv agricultural produce could
be provided internally , -without being compelled , as iras then the case , to import from America the provisions requisite to support the planters on the island . TFeU , my lord , I assented to nis proposal , but took xhe precaution of making him enter into an agreement . wfth me to indemnify me for any expense or casualties I -should incur , by the grant of £ 75 , 000 . TThen the agreement was thus dosed , I converted all the merchandise then in my warehouses into cash , as soon as a cheap and rapid sale permitted : and with ample funds I proceeded first to Ireland , and after"wards to England , to purchase all sorts of plants and seeds , and implements of husbandry . With a large eargo of these I returned to Madeira , and soon after began the culture of the fields , to a great extent , according to the terms of the Governor ' s treatv . . Nothing' could have gone on more auspiciously than our first agricultural essay ; and 1 . am now enabled to boast that I -was the first man who-introduced into
ihat island the cnltrration of potatoes . Bui , THY lord , to be brief—4 he Governor was withdrawn from the island , through the influence and intrigues of those persons who deriving a profitable trade from the importation of provisions , and who were , consequently , averse to the proceedings 1 was engaged in . The result was , that I was compelled to desist , after having all my own rands « q » ended in the manner related , and without any further prospect of indemnification than the fulfilment of the Governor ' s agreement . To see myself justified , 1 went to Portugal . The Governor , who made the agreement with me , laid my riaim before the King , and his Majesty was pleased " to approve of it , and to dims that my claims should be liquidated along with'those of oiher British
claimants . Some delay having taken plai-e in my getting the compensation to which 1 was entitled , and which was thus approved of , 1 went to Mr . Ward ( who was then Charge d'Aifaires in Portugal ) , requiring of him to ¦ i > ee me justified . tir . Ward save me only promises of compliance . It was publicly stated , some time ago , that a large remittance of money had been sent over h \ the King of Portugal for the purpose of compensating the ^ Br itish claimants . I wrote frequently " on the subject of my claim to the Duke of Wellington , but at length I received a note from his Grace , stating that of the jnajiT letters of mine to -which I had in mv last coju-¦ munications Teferred , he hud received not a single letter : thus it was apparent that the conductors of
the Foreign Post-oince are the greatest robbers thai ever lived . I am not aware that the suppression ol my letters took place in consequence of tit- Post-otSce espionage of Sir James ( iraham : but this mut-h there is reason to suppose—that in the money remitted from Pormgal . the Dnke of Wellington made the first great gap—Lirreaz laughter;—l > y applying an enormous portion of it to himself . 1 do not think ihat . Sir Robert Peel would act thus ; be seems to be a well-meanins . honest man . < Renewed laughter , i My principal object in eoming here , at present , is tu get the opportunity of making the injustice to which I have been subjected public and notorious—so fiat
itmav . at length , reach the authorities , and induce them * to gram me redrew . If the maxim be true , that the people are best governed where the principle prevails that an injury done to the meanest subject is an injury to the whole community , surely it applies to my case in an especial manner , and the publicshould insist , and the Government should determine , that the wrongs to which I have been so long subjected should , at length , give way to impartial justice , and to the payment to me of those moneys which ¦ were remitted from Portugal for mj indemnification , according to my claim , as acknowledged by the King .
The Earl of Luean . —With referent * to your claims , the gentlemen of the press , who are now present , may assist you more than we can ; the province of the board of guardians i « merely to consider the propriety of your admission . The claimant withdrew . Mr . G . Ormsby . —He i ? a fine old fellow , and , however rich he may have been formerly , he seems poor now . I think we ought to comply with his application . J-dmitted . A
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MEETDsG IN AID OF FATHER MATHEW . A densely crowded meeting was held in the spacious school rooms of the British and Foreign School Society , George-street , Bermondsey , on Tuesday evening / December 3 rd ., to aid in " relieving the great Apostle of Temperance £ rom his pecuniary embarrass ments—the results of his more than Herculean labour in the good work of man's redemption from vicious habits . Every nook and cranny of the building was filled- On tie platform we observed F . Lalor , Esq . ; — Maeee , Esq . ;— Norton , Esq . ; Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; the Rev . Mr . Butler ; the Rev . Mr . Bowman ; the Hev . Mr . Coleridge ; the Rev . Mr . Smyth , Tfesleyan minister , from Colchester , ic .
The Ret . Mb . BrrrEE , on the invitation ol the committee , took the chair ; he said , that at a meeting of the committee of tie Temperance Society , it was resolved that a public meeting should be convened , and that subscriptions should be entered into to aid Father Mathew , the true and devoted apostle of temperance . The creditors of Father ilathew did not press their demands until it was announced that he was about to sail for America , to administer the pledge to the inhabitants of the New World ( hear , hear ) : then they did press ¦ , and it thus became necessary to subscribe means to enable Father iMathew to pay his debts . Trne , Father Mathew ¦ was a Cathofic priest ; bat he was not a sectarian . He did not look at man's gait , or the cut or colour of
his coat ; enough for hrm that man was impressed ¦ with -the image of his Redeemer , and Father Mathew held Mm in reverence as one of the cn-at human family . No one had a better opportunity of knowing the evils of intemperance than Father Mathew . His dudes , in the Confessional , had made Mm thoroughly acquainted with them . ( Hear . hesr . ) Father Mathew had exhausted his own private resources , and borrowed largely of his brothers , who were distillers , and -who , xrom the loss of their trade by the holy Father ' s exertions , niisrht truly be said to be martyrs to the cause of total abstinence . ( Hear , hear . ) The people had oiher leaders , all of whom , more or less .
had an eye to self ( hear , hear ) : hence ,-Father Mathe's-, in singleness of purpose , had no equal . ( Hear , hear . ) Before the temperance movement the Rev . Theobald Mathew was a man of considerable wealth in the city of Cork—universally respected and adored . ( Cheers . ) What had he not done for the Teetotallers < What sacrifice on their part would ever repay t&e debt' . Then let all freely and cheerfully . subscribe , for that "was the only means of enabling Father Matthew to propagate the great principles of Temperance , east , south , north , and west , t Loud cheers , j , Mb . Flobesxixe Lalor moved a resolution in favour of the object .
The Rev . Ms . Jmtih , We > leyan minister , in seconding , the motion , said : —Father Mathew was an humble instrument in the hands of a higher power . Talk of Howard's humanity in visitinc the lazarettos and the prisons , what was his philanthropy when compared with that of Father Matfcew , who closed -die doors of aQ those place * , i Loud cheers . ) A good name was far better than riches . Father Matbew had a good name ; and better . « till , deserved it .. ( Cheers . ) Father Mathew had travelled in his mission far and wide ; and wherever he went , virtue and peace followed in his footsteps . ( Cheers . ) 'With - out insinuatins a word against any of Ireland ' s agitators , she haJno regenerator like Theobald Mathew . ( Cheers . ) This would be deeply engraven on the tablets of every rieht-thinkina man ' s mind , be he Tvnglish or Irish . ~ Talk of Repealing the Union , indeed ! where was there a greater Repealer than
Father Mathew 1 Had he not repealed the union between the stomachs of his countrymen and the filth called whiskey * ( Laughter and applause . ) Father Mathew ' s debts were stated to be £ 5 , 000 . Was ever so great a change effected at so small a cost ? Englishmen and Irishmen , Catholic and ProteSta ^ A uTlldCOTipete for the honour of reli eving Ihe jjreat and good Father Mathew . ( Loud cheers . ) He had heard some say ( and he had no doubt of their lonesty in so saying ) that they would not assist ^ Father Mathew because of the effect his labours had ; and " others because of the religious tenets held by "him .. He envied not , but pitied the littleness of such men ' s minds . ( Hear . ) The temperance cause ¦ was iibJ sectarian , but advocated by men of all sects aid parties ,, both political and theological ( Cheers ) TKen let all subscribe the means of setting Father Matbe / vr free , and allow TbimtoFgo forth , sowing the
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good seed of temperance . He thought Ireland -was in a fkrbetter condition toenjoypoliticalfreedom than when in her drunken state ( hear , hear ); and shame on the man who would keephisfeUow-manoutof his poli tical rights . ( Cheers . ) That meeting was called on to add Father Mathew , and if the assembly wished to « ee peace on earth , and good mQ toward men , they would set the Apostle free . Thus would the poet ' s ¦ words be realised , and Father Mathew ' s country become" Great , gloriousrandfree ; First flower of the earth—first gem of the sea . "
The Chairman announced Mr . Feargus O Connor to support the resolution . On that gentleman ' s rising he was greeted with every demonstration of enthusiasm . When he could proceed , he said that he appeared at that meeting because he had a duty to perform . Father Mathew was not only his countryman , but Ms fellow-townsman ; and he therefore deemed it a duty to do all that his energies were capable of to relieve such a man from difficulties . He could -well understand , from the observations that fell from the chairman , the motives which actuated Father Mather in becoming the apostle of temperance ; they were both moral and-religious . ( Cheers . ) Asa private gentleman and as a barrister , he ( Mr . O'C . )
had had ample opportunities of testifying to the fact that an alarming amount of crime sprung from the vice of drunkenness ( hear , hear ); and hence he thanked Father Mathew for going to the bottom of the well . He thought they were there that night to add to the labours of that good man ; and he had no doubt but that he -would -wifiinEly bear the additional weieht their humble efforts might inflict on him . ( Hear , hear . } 33 f ( Mr . O'C . ) had often said , "Let there be no drunkards , and there will be no tyrant * . " In most countries there were ministers of crime and ministers of education : and he hoped the time was not far distant when they would have such a man as Father Mathew attached" to the Ministry of England .
( Cheers . ) Father Mathew was above all prejudice , above all sectarianism , and -was , therefore , -well qualified to be the disburser of charity . ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Mr . O'C . ) would not attempt to mix up politics with the object of the meeting ; but he thought it would not be irrelevant to say that whether Toryism was right , whether Whiggism was right , whether Radicalism was right , or whether Chartism was right — ( loud cheers ) — Teetotalisin had given all minds to think , ears to hear , and understandings to judge of that which was right . ( Great cheering . ) Irishmen would now be able to take advantage of passing events , and make the green isle of their birth to be indeed their own , their native land . And
" Breathes there a man with soul so dead , "Who never to himself hath said . This is mv own—mj native land ?" { Loud applause . ) There was not a greater difference between a live and a dead cat than there was between a drunken and a sober man . ( Loud laughter and applause . ) Sobriety and honesty were the two creastest ornaments of society . < Loud cheers . ) If Be had the formation of the rules for a new colony , he ¦ would exclude the brewer , the distiller , the banker , and the lawyer—( loud laughter and cheers )—Iwcause , wherever those parties existed there wa . s sun to be division , vexation , misery , drunkenness , dissipation , destitution , wretchedness , and death . ( Tremendous
cheering . ) Was it not horrible to read in the papers of the crimes caused by drunkenness ( Tyrants feared a soberjpeople . Witness the conduct of the Imperial despot , the Emperor of Russia , in putting down the advocacy of teetotalism in his dominions by a few catholic priests . Why did he do that ? lie feared that with a sober and ' unrted people all Russia would not be able to keep Poland in serfdom . ^ L ° ud cheers . ) There was not in existence a better priest , or a better eitken , than Father Mathew . ( Hear , hear . ) Their excellent chairman had told them that Father Mathew was about to set sail for America . Had he been there , the late disgraceful riots and destruction of Catholic property would doubtless have been prevented . { Cheers . ) They had seen do doubt ,
in their walks about town , a great number of different kinds of animals and birds confined together in one large ca < re , living in perfect security and harmony together . They were called the "' happy fainUy . " " The secret of their happiness was , that they were al ] well fed , and , therefore , had no necessity to eat each other . Well , Irishmen were now united . They were now sober : they have now minds : and by a richt direction of those minds thev will possess enough to eat . to drink , and to wear and they will become , also , one united , happy family , with Father Mathew as their recognised head and founder . ( Great cheerine . ) He would not longer detain them ; for . with their chairman , he a < lniitted that - VTorrts are but wind :
Action ? speak the mind . Tpetotalisni he looked on a- * toe lueans of raising Ireland { rvm a povr , pitiful , degraded province , into thv exalted station of one of \ he nations ol " the earth . Mr . t ) 'Connor resumed his seat amidst loud and longcontinued applause . ' The resolution was carried unanimously . A collection was then made . The chairman announced the amount to be £ 15 4 s . *> d . Mr . ¥ . Lalor said that the subscription list would be kept open for a week , aud thai the ReT . ilr . Butler had kindly fonscntcd to become their treasurer , i Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then rose , and paid a marked tribute of respect to the Catholic priesthood in general , and to the Rev . Chairman in particular , in moving " The best thanks of the meeting to the Rev . Mr . Butler for his excellent conduct in the chair . "
Mr . Lalor rose , but gave way to the Rev Mr . Smtth , who seconded the motion , declaring the Catholic pr iesthood to be part and parcel of the great human family . He claimed for them the liberty he claimed for himself—the liberty of worshipping his God in the way most agreeable to his own conscience . ( Cheers . ) The motion was carried unanimously and with ereat acclamation . The Chairman briefly reported . Three cheers were then given for Father Mathew and Ould Ireland ; and , at the request of the Rev . Mr . Butler , three cheers and one cheer more for Feargus OjConnor , the " man of the people , " as the Rev . gentleman designated him . Ihe meeting then dispersed , evidently satisfied with the proceedings of the evening .
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THE 1 S 0 RTHEBN STAR . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 7 , 1844 .
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THE ME 5 SIET-RS CHAMBERS' , AXD THE THEORY OF "WAGES . The -wholesale philosophers of Edinburgh , the Messrs . CHAXBrss , have recently published a tract , entitled " The Employer and the Employed , " in which they bestow much pains , in " A FamWuir Dinliyiue between a Mr . Jamxs Smith , a factorv mil ] owner , and a Mr . Ricbabb Jacssos , a cotton spinner , " to prove that as Capital is the pod . so it should be worshipped by the worldng classes ; that Labour is a tlej > endant thing ; and that the employed owes an incalculable amount of arwtitnde tu the employer who ' condescends" to give hhn work . The exposure of the weaknesses , the frailties , the
inconji- ^ t ^ ncie ? , the intemperance , and the improvidence t > f the working classes , —all oi" which are consequences of oppression and misrule rather thau characteristics of a decidedly improving people— -are the points at which the arrotvs of Mr . SjnTH , ' -the Capitalist , " are shot ; while poor Jacksox , a kind of passive instrument in Smith ' s hands , is , after the manner of the many ' old farmers , " whose liiV-lonjr prejudices we are t > - » ld have been destroyed in a single " dialogue with some sagacio"u = free trader , " so btunned by the ovenchtlmmp and conriiieinp reasoning of Mr . Smith , as to make him appear , if not a hasty convert ti > the opinion * of his antagonist , to be at least so shaken in his <» ld belief as to leave little doubt of his after
con-. The hurry and bustle of removal has precluded the ]> ossibilirv ui an earlier notice of thi ? . the most wily and insidious Won that has been aimed at the interest of the working classes since the memorable pamphlet of the notable and Honble Reverend Baptist >' oel . The subjoined note will show , iowever , that the subject was one whirh those connected nith the Skir were not likely to paw over in silence ; while it also limits our comm ent on the tract in the present number of the Star . From that note it will be seen that Mr . O'CojfsoB proposes to deal elaborately with the " dialogue r" and therefore w e shall confine our remarks to some of its most glaring- absurditie--- follies , and inconsisteiicies .
It is a fact , perhaps not genn-ailj known , that Chad wick , of Poor Lava notoriety , is the bosom friend of the Messrs . CHAMBms ; and therefore we may infer that he has been their instructor upon a treatise which is evidently iutendwl as an auxiliary to the present starvation system . The ** dialogue " opens with the recital of Mr . Suite ' s magical rise in the world of manufactures , and the fascinations of the great Things that he has accomplished by sobriety , attention , perseverance , and travel—not forgetting a few instances of unparalleled good luck , and one of a very successful marriage , which appear to have so completely "fiabergaitid" poor Jackson as to have rendered
hi-m an easy prey to his judicious instructor ! Smith inspires J ^ cssos with a large amount of self-esteem ; and would assure Mm that all that he ( SatrTH ) had SO SUCcessfully accomplished was equally within the reach of the man Jackson . And hence we find each alluring prospect laid before the employed met with the becoming observation , or response— " WQJ , 1 confess I never saw it in that light before f "there is such a deal of staff talked of , that it is so long before one gets at the truth ; " or "I confess it is rather strange I never heard such explanation be fore . " Here we quite agree with Mr . JacxboH . Ve much doubt that it hadl > een his lot , or that of any other
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man , tohearsomuch "stuff" talked , as was conveyed to him by Jfr . Smith . The blow aimed at Trades' Unions is ominous at the present moment , if taken in connection with the letter of Mr . Dumcombe to the Trades of Sheffield ; as the manifest object of the tract is to convince the middle classes generally , as well as the satisfied portion of the working classes , of ihe necessity of putting down oXt labour combinaXions , and of strengthening the hands of Capitalists *
to the end that all the benefits arising from the paoTEC . TioN of Capital , and from the gratitude of the employed may be fully developed . This is the aim and end of the " dialogue ; " and many cases drawn from the situation of Dublin , Belfast , Bandon , Nottingham , and other towns , . thoug h wholly irrelevant and unconnected with the qu | stion at issue , have been lugged in as arguments in aid of that blow which will assuredly be aimed at the last remaining r ights of the working classes .
Mr . SMITH is professedly a " free-trader ; " although , through Mr . JaCKSOK , he proposes some startling considerations for reflection , and the answers to which must come from others . For instance , he tells us that the result of a strike in any district has usually been the rei moval of the " concern" to some other district * r « ere the capitalist might work unshackJod by the rules or regulations of the ejnpioyeO . Now , this is one of those unjust privileges which we have contended against ; and as the only means of meeting which , we have proposed uniform regulations through National Trades' Unions ; so that the migrating Capitalist , who flies from justice in one district may be met by a similar code of laws in that to which he may remove—thus giving to Labour the same
protection that Capital enjoys . Mr . Smith is compelled to admit that wages are regulated by the number of "hands " in the market ; and he takes our standard for illustration . He informs us thatnfty in a thousand being unemployed , will inevitably regulate the wages of the nine hundred and fifty at work ; and that the magical inventions , improvements , and alterations , between " brisk" and " slack'' trade , have a never-ceasing tendency to augment the competitive unemployed reserve . Thus , fifty in the thousand may constitute tin * surplus to-day which a new invention put into operation may ajipment to a hundred to-morrow ; and a change from "brisk " to " slack"' trade may further augment until the emp lovedbecome the minority , and the unwilling idlers the majority .
Sow , to deal with such a case , —not at all an unprecedented one , —should be the object of every frieud of the working classes , and of every well-wisher to society . When the idle reserve consists but of one in twenty , or fifty in a thousand , by good regulations the employed could withhold their competition from ihe Labour market . - \ s nineteen men employed about wimt thev are all required tu do will recehe more wages than twenty men' doing the work of nineteen , it is the interest of the nim-teoh at work to support the one in idleness , rather than to allow his labour , reduced in value , to be brought into competition with those at work . This principle may ,
perhaps , apply to so large a reserve as one in ten ; but thebe we fear its efficiency ceases ; and where isolated Trades'regulations fail , then a cesebal system should step n to prevent tin- Labour market from being prejudicially glutted . Mr . Smith , while evidently looking for legal controul to destroy Trades" Unions , not only eschews politics altogether , but further assures us that " wages cannot be regulated by law ; " and although Mr . Smith induces Mr . Jackson to put the question , he must have been aware that while he denies the power of equalizing wages by law—in which we fully concur—he is throughout contending for protection for Capital .
What we have to ask of Mr . Smitu U this - . —as he lias admitted that the surplus of Labour in tbi- market has a tendency to reduce wages ; and as he admits that Labour is Capital , < rhy h < M ti tot j > roj > ofil a rcmethj for aU thofe tvils which ) , ( tid-hits arise from Ihe rindry of nui / kt -f , t ) w cayricioitfitits of trade , and the irregulnriUi " / deiiiuml and suyjJii f 1 V [ have PROPostD TI 1 £ LA . M ' AS THE KF . MIDY' ' and although Mr . . Smith speaks upproriiuily of ( Emigration ' he does not venture to recommend it as a "rvmeclv . " He i
tdls us , indeed , that " society has done much tor the poor in the erection of hospitals , infirmaries . "' and so forth He would , we presume , have added workhouses , had not CujtDwjrK , who we further presume personated Jackson . remind ^ him , with a nudge , that thai would be " letting the cat out of the bag . " Mr . Smith is against early mar riages , —but is iu favour of pi-upliu ^ other climes ., lit U'Us us that " asour forefathers came here from other i-ijuutries , he sees no reason why we should not follow their example , and go to the places from whence they came . " So that ' multiply and be fruitful" is a divine ina . viin whkh ui > j > lie ? tv > all the world except ( ireat Hlitaill .
Emigration , education , and ventilation arc Mr . Smith ' s ouly specifies : —Emigration , without telling us where to go , or how to get there : —Education , the advantages of which we shall give in Mr . Smith ' s own poetical language . He savs : '" 1 know of nothing so well calculated to assuage tlie hardships of one ' s lot as a habit of reading instructive and entertaining books . The mind is expanded ; a world formerly sup ] K > sed to be dull and miserable is seen to abound in beauties , and a new belish is given to existence , HOWEVEB DRUDGING BE THE OCCUPATION . Besides . I cannot sympathise in the idea that working men are to be pitied because they labour . Labour is not an evil , but a positive blessing ; it is ^ only injurious when carried to excess . "
Here , then , we learn that the chief value attached to education by Mr . Smith is , that it may reconcile the slave to his " drudgery" by presenting scenes of bliss and beatitude ichich he camiot hope to enjoy . ' Hare Mr , Smith . ) " Incomparable Mr . Smith ! Philanthropic Mr . Smith ; " Ventilation , " the remaining specific , Mr . Smith tells us " must be done by law ; " , in fact , the simple right to breathe fresh air , is the only privilege which our philosopher appears to think can be conferred by law upon the working classes . ' -We are anxious to see Mr . O'CuHROB ' B iravestie of the " dialogue" between Smith the oapitaliit , and Jackson Hie converted slave ; and offer the subjoined letter as our apology for not entering more fully on the subject : —
Dear Hobson , —Say by return it you can spare me room this week to bury Cbainbers ' s tract ? If 1 am too late , I shall expect a larger grave lor it . in next week ' s . 'Shir , It is the worst , and far the weakest , of the " Free Trade Dodges" that I have yet seen ; worse , if possible , than Baptist >' oel ' s rigmarole . Yours very truly , Feargcs O'C ' o . nnob ,
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they were at " liberty" to vote for the mitigation of the atrocities of the Factory system , but they were speedily commanded to undo what they had clone ; and like dutiful slaves , they obeyed . True , there was a demonstration of " independence " of controul and a " bouncing " show of resistance to the unreasonable demands of the Minister , personally and peremptorily made , on Mr . Myles ' s Sugar Duties question—which ended in the reversal of the vote of the " firm , " undevi ating " jump-Jim-Crow sticklers for " pure representation . " True all this : but equally true , that hitherto Peel has been able to coerce his supporters into the support of Aw measures ,
however much " against the grain " those me asures might be : and that consequently there has not been any real opposition for him to contend with . He has indeed hitherto been lord paramount : able to say , " Go ; and he goeth : come ; and he cometh . " Ko « i however , the aspect of affairs promis * *« •*> different . Now signs of real oppo 8 ' »»«« appear to be setting in . The "farmer "* /• m \ ds are finding out that the measi " "" *" eel te ^ woefully against them ; that stock for the market , ready fatted , brought in b y hundreds in a week from abroad—fed on foreign grass , foreign hay , foreign rape , foreign cake , and foreign corn ; brought over
by foreigners ; " driven " on our own lands by foreigners , and sold in our own markets by foreigners , who thus pocket all the proceeds , employing none of our labour but to kill and prepare the carcase for the retail market ; the " farmer's friends " find out that all this is not to their interest ; that neitheT their grazing land nor their capital is employed ; that the stock they have is consequentlydepreciated in value ; that their ' estates " are melting out of their grasp ; and consequently a growing feeling of dissatisfaction and uneasiness is manifesting itself on every hand , which threatens to become really formidable to the Minister , and which , before this , he has seen cause to fear and dread .
This feeling , so likely to result in real opposition to Teel , whose measures have engendered it , daily receives force from the operation of the Tariff in other articles of food besides beef ; and especially from the thousands of barrels of American flour that reach our shores , after having been . smuggled across the St . Lawrence into Canada . Nov are the ship loads of cured beef and pork ; the : thousands upon thousands of lbs . of cheese ; the heaps of fruit and other garden produce ; the vessel lo < l'ts Of / Ml / that are constantl y reaching- us , without their t ' jffct . These all tend to make the "farmers who whistle at the plough , " open their eyes , turn them up in wonder and astonishment , and feel anything but graUful to the man who has exposed them to such unequal competition as a means of relieving them from difficulty . ! It was from this section of feel ' s
army that we long since said danger to Aim woVlId arise . On the tirst promulgation of Un- Tariff scheme , Mr . O'Connor pointed out what its operation on the lamSt < 1 interest must iim itably be ; that it could only have the effect of rendering comparatively valueless English gr . 'izing farms ; that it would impose the necessity of further and bettereultiration of Die cultivable lands ; that prices must necessarily depre-CUlte ¦ ' that rents would assuredly be att ' eeied ; and that the " farmers who whittled at th .- plough" would reln-l against , and turn out , tin * " fanners who whistled at Ilowning Street . " How truly is all this corning to pass . How roou the prediction is in process of being fulfilled Though the " agriculturists" could not at first see how they were to he affected by / 'eel ' s Tariff : though they
could not see that a duty of only £ 1 a head jvas a premium on the importation of foreign beasts : though they could not discern that with a duty on foreijrn tallow—a duty on foreign hides—a < lutj on foreign horn —a duty on foreign , hoofs—a duty on foreign hair—a duty on foreign Viuius , all of trhirh articles tec rc-jularly aud ) i ( t ' . csnirU > i ioiport—the admission of a beast , WITH ALL THESK TISINOS IN IT AND ON IT , at fl duty , «•• («(
The storm is brewing . The ' whistlers at the plough " are gathering Up for a fight . They feel that tA «;; have been Kiicritit'cd . Tiny discover that Peel has used them against themselves . Tluy lfuni that he . good-naturedly , took them out of tlieir depth , knowing that they would then , tike swine , " cut their own throats with their own petti , tovs . " They arc cuilseious , moreover , that the steps thev him- thus been rieceive'i into taking cannot he retraced ; that the old Tariff cannot be revised : that the Canada lorn Bill cannot be repealed ; that the blow inflicted <> u their order b \ these measures must lie endured ; and the >) are therefore preparing to demand something in their turn
which shall saerifiw somebody else ' The eoncessiott demanded from Ft < l is the Malt-bar , The " cry " for it is being got up . It is making " head-way . " Farmers and landlords are associating for the purpose of pressing the demand ^ on the Ministers , and on their " friends , " the representatives . It has already become so formidable as to cause alarm in Downing-streot . i ' eel knows that if the " cry " becomes anything like general , be must cither yield to it , or rjo out . If the farmers take the matter iu band in earnest , as they from appearances Beem disposed to do , they will operate on their " friends" the members for Counties and Agricultural
Boroughs ; and if only one half of I eel ' s ordinary supporters are detached from him < j « this question , his fate is sealed ! That they w HI be so detached may be reasonably expected : for interest will dictate thai course to them . In the repeal of the Malt-tax , ¦ they see an immediate benefit : and they will be disposed to secure it . This measure is not like the Tariff—prospective ; distant ; dubious . It might be matter of speculation as to what would be the effect ot a measure which would take some five years to develope its full operation ; biit as to what would be the effect of a repeal of the Malt-tax there can be no dispute . That tax
amounts , with the expenses of excisemen and collection , to some £ 4 , 000 , ( 100 annually ; and the effect < if the repeal would assuredly be to leave that swain the pockets oftlie consumers of malt , to be fetched out again may be , if l'eel COuld effect it ! but th ( ,- < ' it would be , spite of fate , for tlie time . The effect » f the repeal of this monstrous tax , on the fanner who grows the barley In- gi'ts made into malt , would be direct : for all that he now has to add to the cost of producing the "barley would , be saved to him ; ami he would also enjoy the benefits arising from increased consumption , through the increased means of the people to consume , The benefits
and advantages of such repeal are therefore apparent—manifi st- * -tangible : ami we may fully expect that they will be energetically sought for . It is true that I ' et-1 cannot afford to give up the tut . It is true that he cannot do without the " amount . " It is true that if he loses £ -1 , 000 , 000 , not onl y will he have to bid farewell to his " surplus , " but enjoy the company of a tremendous deficit . It is true that without the Malt-tax , the (^ ueen would be in danger of having to go short ; Pvuice Albert ' s " allowance" be reduced ; the " pretty misses" on the
pension list be without " quarterage , " aud the fundholder without dividend . It is true , all this : but what of it \ The agriculturalist will say , " . what have I to do with that i State necessity was pleaded when the interest of the cul tivators of the soil had to be sacrificed ; and my iiecetsiti-s , arising from the operation of your own fleecing measures , have made it imperative that I seek for relief at whatever cost . The repeal of the Malt-tax will be an immediate , relief as far as it goes . The repeal of ¦ the Malt-tax I can enforce from you , or break you up ; and , therefore , that repeal 1 must demand . "
And thus will begin the battle of the lands and the funds . Thus will begin the contest between the holders of the soil and the livers out of the taxes . God speed it ! and the Devil aid it ! What , then , can Peel do * Can he keep the "farmers who whistle at the plough " quiet ? Can he blarney them over ? Not if the "beasts " eoutinue to come . ' Not if the cheese , and pork , and beef , ami poultry , and eggs , and flour , and hay , and candles , and fruit , and vegetables , continue to come . And that these will continue , according to season , no one can doubt . All the elements then , are at work to pet the " cry " well ¦ ' up . " Peel , therefore , has to prepare to meet it ; and thus arises the first real difficulty he has had to contend with . It is one which he will be a stateman and a tactician indeed , if he surmounts with power unimpaired .
That this matter the agricultural " " producing its effect in " head-quarters , " let the following testify . We take it from a paper devoted to agricultural purposes , and an ardent supporter of the Peel Administration .. It is a paper that has been found to have " shrewdly guessed " at the intentions and plans of Ministers on for mer occasions of Cabinet Councils . The opinion of BtVL ' s Weekly Messenger is therefore worth attention . He says : — [ An extraordinary Cabinet Council was held during the past week , the business of which was considered Sp important by the Premier and the Secretary Qf state , that all the Ministerial Ministers of the Council were present . The matter _ of . discussion turnedfupon the . probable em-
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barrassment of the Ministers from ' the two important subjects now so generally occupying public attention : — first , the association getting up in the country to obtain the total or partial repeal of the Malt-tax ; and , secondly , the measures which are to be brought forward early iu the next session for the relief of tlie labouring community We fear we must add , thirdly , the question whether the Property-liax shall cease on the 1 st of April next , or shall be continued for another two years , or , in other words , as long as Sir R . Peel ' s Administration shall continue ; for if it be continued for another two years , we feel convinced that we shall be permanently fixed with it . On the question of the " farmers' defection ** from the Miniterial ranks , the Messenger says : —
As to the movement getting up for the repeal of the Malt-tax , it touches the Ministers in more point * than one , and all of ! these very sore points . Sir Robert , Peel holds his office alhiost entirely by the support of the agricultural body . Thus , any division of this body , which should impair its strength , and Rive him only a fraction of it , instead of its united force , would inevitably be fatal to his Ministry . It could not stand a mouth under any considerable defection of the county and country members ; tlie union of the WlligS , Free-traders , and Radicals -would then outweigh the numerical amount of that portion of his party in the house which he now derives from mere Government influence . Under the Reform Bill this latter influence has indeed been reduced to within a very small
compass , as was sufficiently proved by the defeat of the Whig Ministry , who possessed all this Government influence to the very last . Now , this Malt-tax Repeal Association is producing this ; division amongst the agricultural body . Hence the great degree of alarm wliich obviously exists in the ministerial ] ranks upon the point of this agricultural association to obtain tlie total or partial repeal of the Malttax . It is junderstoocl that the Ministers eanriot give up this tax , arid therefore they must stand tbe-eonsequenees . The main questions among them , we believe to be , first , whether a partial repeal may be conceded ; and secondly , if not to her supported by the Government itself , whether
it may be left what is called an open question ; that is , that the agricultural members of the Ministry may vote upon it as they please . It is understood that the great parliamentary leaders of the agriculturists are themselves nearly equally divided upon the subject . We know enonph of sir Robert Peel to Indulge no expectation that he will g ive way to any considerable extent . No one , indeed , Better understands , or more uniformly exercises , the system of expedience compromises , and what the French call the jutte milieu ; but no one is more impatient under any thing like an opposition or personal independence amongst his own party .
There , then , the difficulty is ! There it exists : and Peej must grapple with it . But it is not the only ; one . There are the " measures for the relief of the labouring poor . ' It seems the time is , at length , come when that question ' must be considered . ' Thank Ood for it ! The speech of LordJuhn Russell , at tin * close of last session , " when he declared that " the . labourers had not their fair share of the produce , of their hands , " and that "legislation must Revim ? this ' tor them , " lias acted as a Spur to the "
donothing" i . ' iibinet . They feel that they must now do something . Wliat that something is , we shall in due time be made acquainted with , CevUiinly we shall not speculate as to « vhat it may be . All \ v < have to iio ; is to point the question out , as one of real difficulty lor Peel to grapple with . He will be a ' lucky man indeed , if he produce " measures" on this head that will satisfy generally . If he satisfies the poor who need relief and protection , lie will have the propertymen—those who would a thousand times over soun-: r
ucrifice a m < m than a hare—at him open-mouthed , joined by all the traffickers in human sweat of every degree . If his measures "' satisfy" thii '' lords of the soil and the loom , " they will run great danger of being solemn mockeries 6 f the misery-enduring slave , and be met by that class with a torrent of scornful indignation . Then there will be Lord John Russell at his he-cls , anxious to trip him up , and set himself off by contrast as the better "humanity-monger" of the two ; so that Peel seems likely to have to cook a " pretty kettle of fish . '' It will be well for him , if he gets his dish served ui > without his fingers beintc burnt .
Xext session brings on aj ? ain the question of the Income Tax . ' " To lie , or not to be ; that ' s the question" the Cuniijiuns Will imt to the Ministers . The Ministers , we apprehend , mii ^ t say " to be ' . " Then for a fighf . Then fora struggle . And yet huw is Peel to do without it ? AH the " surplus" lie has had has been created by it . Ilad it not been W the £ . j , iuMj , uoo , his /• deficiency . " would have been woeful . How can he dispense with it ? But of what avail viU such a representation be to faction ' They want I ' eel *) ot . To put him out a good " cry" is needed . It is possible that the repeal of the Income Tax may become such " cry ; " and no doubt but the " hangers on on providence " will try it . Whether they will succeed or not is another question ; but it is not unreasonable to
suppose that many who voted for the ' odious impost " originally , to get the finances « ut of the Whig mess , will oppose it my / v , on the grouud that , as there is a " surplus , " the necessity- for a war-tax in the time of peace has ceased . All things considered , then , Peel has his work . He meets Parliament surrounded by difficult questions , full of < 2 iffic-uJties theni . « e / vcs . It is not improbable that in- may be upset . The chances are decided !}' againsthim . It behoves the people therefore to be prepared . If Peel goes out—a dissolution follows . The next dissolution , come when it may , ought to see twenty real representatives of the people returned . To this end tlie people ought to work : aud to that work we call them . " Be ye ready . " 5
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J . K . Duckenfield . —We cannot advise . He should get all the facts of bis case together , and employ a solicitor , if he wishes to prosecute his claim . An honest lawyer will tell hhn what he thinks of the case . " Globt . "—A Fact foe Punch . —a . ' Bristol Mend , Mr , W . H . Clifton , sends us the following : —Let it be " read , marked , learned , and inwardly digested" by aU who intend to " list" and fight for glory : —Passing one evening through Old Market-street , about two months ago , I was struck with the appearance of , a wretched being , who , like a ghost , crawled along the streets barefoot and almost naked . He was a man of colour ; and from the costume ( white ) which he wore , contrasted with his dark features and fleshless form , inspired the beholders with an involuntary feeling of horror . He was begging , by hia
manner , but spoke no words . In the reflection Of a light wliich he carried suspended from his neck , -1 fancied I perceived something glitter on his breast , and imagin . ing it to be some Indian curiosity , I stopped and ad . dressea him , at the same time placing my hand On thfl article which had attracted my attention , When to my surprise , and I will add , to my shame , I discovered it to be—What ? Hear it—You who employ men to do murder in cold blood . ' Hear it , mighty England , and boast of your " Glory "—it was a " Waterloo Medal !" Astonished , I asked " where he got it , or was it hia own ? " " Yes , " , he replied in exceedingly goo d English . " How long was you a soldier ? " I enquired . " Ten years" was the answer . " Have you any pension V " No ! " " When where you discharged ? " " After
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HOW ARE THE MINISTERS TO MEET I'AKLIAMENT i The Session of 1 S 45 approaches . Tlu-noU- ofpreparation has hwn sovmded . Tlw day of meeting for " the dispatch of busino > s "' has been duly Gazetted ; and Ministers are deeply engaged in the concoction of measures wherewith to meet the assembled legislators . The dimculties of Peel are now conrmeneing . Hitherto ; all , comparatively , has been plain sailing . Borne in , as he was , on the torrent of public indignation let loose by Whig treachery and Whig baseness ; looked up to , as ht »
was , as the " only man of the in-coming party at all able to lead , " he found himself in a position more independent of his supporters than any Minister that ever held the reins of power . He was , in consequence , able to embody his own mind in his legislative acts . He was enabled to pass measures founded on principles , and pregnant with consequences , which his main body of supporters had unceasingly and consistently opposed and deprecated , —dragging them through the mire to their own ruiu their own declarations and predictions being the witnesses . Never before was there an instance of an English Minister being able to do what Peel has
done . Suspected , feared , nay , even dreaded by his own party : no confidence reposed iu him by any one ; still was be thrown up by circumstances on the surface of events , and enabled to use the power ' of the " great Conterratixc party" to the curbing of the arrogan pretensions of the Church ; the keeping from local power the rabid Orangemen of Ireland : the handing over of the principles of protection to the advocates of Free Trade ; the passing of the new Tariff , with its admission of all food ( excepting corn ) at merely nominal duties , the virtual Repeal of the Corn Law , in the Canadian Corn Bill ; and the giving up of England ' s superi , oritv in the manufacturing market , in the legalising of the free exportation of machinery . AU this Peel
| has been able to do , in spite of the opposition and hostility of his own friends ; and that too with comparative ease _ Trne , there have been faint signs of rebellion and disaffection , but which only ended in showing the subserviency of the Conservative party as a whole to a man they detested and hated . True , the Duke of Buckingham would not " swallow the leek ;"—but then he was choked off with a paltry blue riband . True , there was much growling and grumbling amongst the " farmer ' s friends , " when they were required to pass the Tariff that doomed their estates to confiscation ; but then the " whip" was exhibited , and , like thorough-bred spaniels , they " licked the hand that smote . " True , the '' free and independent '' representatives of ^ agricultural constituencies ^ thought
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INDIA AND CHINA . - - More Slaughter . —The news brought from India by the mail of the 1 st of December , which has reached by extraordinary express , is not remarkable . Tie only place in which any disturbance of the general tranquillity exists , is at Kolapore , where the Rajan being a minor , the government has been administered hy various agents , who , by acts of despotism 38 ^ oppression , drove the people into resistance . Tms Rajah being allowed by the treaties to maintain l , 0 w men , his forces were sent into the provinces to pot down the rebellion . The insurgents soon routed them * and then retired into the mountain fortresses . 0 b « of them , Samunehuv . was taken bv storm on the lota
of October , and a portion of the garrison who resists were put to the sword by the British troops that were invited to aid the Rajah ' s agents in suppressing t " insurrection . The storming of the fort of SamungnWr and the defeat of the body of insurgents that came ra its relief , had in part lowered their courage , ye ^ , " ? I demands were as forcible as ever . They had loft about 500 men at Samunghur and near it ; yet tliei ? resolution to defend their properties and their ri lc ~ seems to be unshaken . The Madras and Bomb * Governments were exerting their utmost influeD . ee w put an end to those commotions .
Scixde . —The intelligence from Scinde states that perfect tranquillity prevails there . Sir Charles iNa ^ pier had adopted the plan of marching the troop * away from the rivers' banks during the time when to » exhalations from the mud while drying rendered tne » residence there exceedingly dangerous . Sickness pi *" vailed to any remarkable extent in only four regiments . Sir Charles Napier was , it was ^ ° i * fr ~ to proceed to Upper Scinde , in order to imike efleCT n ^ arrangements with the tribesmen , Poolajce , and aion& its neighbouring mountains . „ ¦ ,.,
The Pcnjab still presents the game pictore « . »«^; tracted councils . Heera Singh , the Prime Muuswr of the young Lahore Rajah Dhuleep , has not ternunated his disputes with his uncle Ghotlab-binjjg-Troops were prepared on both sides , batHke . Mmsi has sent some agents to try the effects of negptjauonsv Nothing positive was known of the results atjhcw ^ of the departure of the steamer . Heera S ?^* wily and craf ty , and *' may succeed in overcominD strength of Ghoolab , although the latter is now *» £ mated by a wish . to avenge the death of his OT 5-Suchet , who was slain through the machinations v * the Minister ,
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