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      BETTERS PROM THE UOTTNTAlKSBBUre i SERIES < ff I . XXTBB 8 TBJM A 2 » X >\ 3 > Tfcl * XS THB COUSIKT , TO A 1 OTJSG HAK IH JHTBLIS . JVo th " ^ ie Beauties of the 'Press : " * asdedicrn ' of original Affixes , Zswja . # el , tnfcu * oriff&aUy appeared i * Vie " Pisss" « Mta 5 > apsr , « siaW » sft «< is Ireland by ArDaa- O'Connor , afler the f » mbb suppression «/ ihe Hoiihern 55 » by fte Gowth-SMJZtJ IBECBB T . I awdl at » me length on the present administrationbecause like the Jfih « t * f * drama W tragic

      , arum ) It Mng » " » ith it , the denonnment , or unravelling of the plot , » hlen had been prepared and ripened iy preceding governments . Ibe action nay I ^ siM to commence vnBi the proconsulate , tim Mmmiurof BiiBhlnshim ; tt ™» earned onnndertheDnke cf Jfcnflanfraaa lord "Westmsrlsiia , vthxan continuance in office i » 7 be called the » econd and third acU of the pieces the fearth act ahovs t » lord Fitz ^ illiam invB&ted trith poirer , changing tlie maxims of GovernmEDt , Exciting the Slopes of all good men , and prodadng one ol thoBe transient changes of fortune in wbich tragedy delights , sod -which expand a short * li-red gleam of cnasbine , only to Tender SJ contrast "the gloomy catastrophe the more deplorable and

      surprising . When the establishment of a yeomanry ( as it has been called , by a gross abuse of terms ) "Was first brought forward , as a touch-stone of the court propensities , or SB it "was emphatically called , of the loyalty of the people , —for no smallpainBha- » ebeentaken , to confound loyalty , -with a Mind devotion to the present administration , — the patriotism and the penetration of the Irian nation perceived the treacherous purpose , and recoiled irom the snare ; it remained fur a profession , ¦ which requires , and indeed prodnces or cultivates professional ifirontery in its individuals ; it remained for & sodety « onJQderalAe in this country , and trMch ought to be independent from its -wealth , to come forward on this occasion , » hen meaner descriptions t . f men prodantly or "honestly held back , yet theirs -was only a seeming ; interference to fnrnish an example , -which afterwards became Tery prevalent . I use the word

      seeming , for the measure originated in the absence of » great part of tbs learned body to-which I allude . A lev gentlemen -of -whose secret motives I have no light to jadge , -whose character * as individuals , may be highly respectable , but -whose rank among their brethren with regard to talents and ability , or irlK-ae situation in life did not entitle them to dictate or proponed an example to the Test of the community , too > upon themselTt * to assurer for the rest of the body , and cmdonsly sent an embassy to the castle . The gentlemen projectors found themselves , for tome time , in ana-wtwatd predicament , tDl by their own uncommon aeSvity in the recraitang service , and- the srrennons interference of Government , applying hope to one , and Seas to another , actual emolument to a third , according to the temper y »«* circumstances of toe patient , the generality of ihe profession "were other driven or led into the armed ranks .

      The feat avowed motive of Association -was commendabie , —the maintenance of good order and the preservations of private property j -while the r aoreeffdotjra and regular troops are engaged in opposing the progress of an invader . Had the yeomanry , TOthont variike pomp , associated fairly for this avowed purpose , ard tbi » alone ; had they been permitted to embody themselves -without tie formality of commissioning their officers ; it had been -well for the country ; hat this-wwild noVhave promoted the secret aims « f the Cabinet . A military institution , on the principle of the true volunteers of Ireland-would have checked , instead of forwarding the schemes of a vindictive and encroaching Government The experfte to the country is the prosecutaen of this hopeful plan lias been

      en-© r cBOtts—tBO -unavoidable charge , for arms ,. accoutrements , clothing , and pay for these satellites ef ministrr > as "been enhanced , I fear , in many instances , by T ^ i ^_ s forms of peculation ; particularly by a system of false musters ,-which , I am told , has too frequently erect into practice among the exercising officers of the yeomanry- What might be the force and utility of this body of men in case of invasion is problemati cal . 3 fear they -would uofbe answerable to their coat ; if the practice of false musters has prevailed to any eonsjderable extent , their numbers and discipline have been much exaggerated . Certain it is , however , that they are sufficiently dreadful to the peasantry of Ireland 5 and certain it is , that to the yeomanry -ire may attrihute the Idea of Catholic Emancipation , of

      Parliamentary Reform , and of Temper and Moderation to the Government of the country . To them we are indebted for the reign of terror ; for ferocities that might draw tears of pity from a Bobespiere . How these gentlemen " may protect vsfrom foreign enemies , I know not ; "but -we are bound to thank Them , in the next Inrtance after the British Cabinet , for the state ef intestine warfare that sutaosts in this country 5 for tbs appearsuce of hostile invasion and more'than savage devastation , "Which appalls the traveller , and traverses the country in evEry direction from sea to sea ; at the same time , I amrear tyto acquit the msjorityof any foresight or jsWu ^ m / thB * mdi should be the effsct of their association ; they have been mere instruments in the bands of desi gnin g men .

      2 am sorry to see , that some of the yeomanry are rapidly sinking into a character , that will not contribute to render them more estimable in the -eyes of ttierr-TellD-w-citizens . IFrom a mistaken idea , of maintaining the peace of their zespectxvs districts , -of arresting suspected persons , and of punishing iha idle and disorderly—they have been led to oppress the poor , on slight grounds , and sometimes , without any grounds -whatsoever ; they have also , been betrayed into Tery injurious conduct in . some instances towards individuals in the respectable "walks of life . I -wcnld

      conjure those gentlemen to avoid such acts of indiscreet 2 bs 3 ; to rtflsct , that they may bring disgrace and odium on the character of a yeoman ; and that they do not essentially serve the cause of Government ; but , on the contrary , alienate the minds of many loyal and ¦ well-disposed persons ; and that such conduct must have a fatal influence on society by diffusing a secret inveter acy and rancour between man and man , and disposing the sufferers their adherents and connections toa fatal retaliation , should matters in this country be fatally brought to the last extremity .

      The gentlemen of the yeomanry corps have strong ideas of a kind of military spirit or military honour , 'Which , as they think , implicitly biads the armed ™» p to obey , -wkhoot reserve , the orders of his commander . Such gentlemen -wholly loss sight of thB first aim and institntian of yeomanry associations ; and -while they 2 oacy iltemrehres to ~ k © soldiers , forget ttia » XtitJ STB citizens . I -would entreat them , in the moment of interference , en actual duty , to put themselves in the place of the persons whom they may be urged by others or inclined by themselves to -maltreat ; let them not trespass on the forbearance of a much-enduring people ; let them leave to the foreign mercenaries that fereatbe imprisonment death and desolation , the taat of coercion ; and let Him not seek to bs recorded in history among the founders of military despotism in their native country .

      It is Tjpif-h to be lamented that the patrons of the yeomanry institution , in their i 3 ge for making the adoption of the cockade and the uniform jgeneral , have been led to intrude "with profane step and sacrilegious hand into the sanctuary of learning . His Majesty , -who represents the l onodas of that venerable institution , bad he been timely apprised , -would have interfered in the fullness of his paternal care to preserve the only University of the country from a measaxe bo mtaooB , so incompatible -with literary pursuits and academic discipline . It is not surprising that the generous and fiery spirits of -warm and inexperienced youtL should catch with eagerness at the idea of arraying themselves in arms to defend their country . It is natural that the neighing steed and the shrQl

      trumpeter , the royal banner , arid all the pride , pomp , and circumstance « fgloiious-war , should make a strong impression on juvenile fancies , and lead the stadent for the moment to farget that the most important and essential service he can sender the public is to form his mind -while he has aa opportunity to catch the pure spirit of freedom from the immortal writings snd the glorious models of Greece and Horns ; to lean , to know , and to value his own Tights , and to xsspect the rights of other men ; in fine , by a due attention to the attainment of elementary knowledge to prepare himself for learning and discharging with integrity and ability ; the mighty duties-of thec * ta » 3 n and-thBman- It is indeed surprising and deplorable 1 iat 4 iieTiaar » ana preceptors of the- learned seminary

      in question—men -who ought to consider themselves as trustees for the parents and guardi ans of the Btndents nnaer their ore ; thatthey , whether possessed "with the demon of alarm , or smitten -with desire of preferment , and eager to conciliate the favour of a « mrt should sink the literary preceptor in the drillsergeanfc , and exchange * he sober cap and gown of the college fellow for the light infantry jacket and the helmetof the common soldier . The drum and fife resound inces-** aUy throngi the peacefnl and retired jwnwrioof the coDes » -r and lectures and eraininatione are postponed to idd days ana sham battta . ThB feJlo * B « f th .

      college , if J mistake not , take a solemn oath that thev ¦ wi ll both observe the statutes themselves and to the best of their power enforce the observance oT them in others . How thea could they bring th emselves to take up arms asd put -weapons into the hands of the students , in direct and open violation of a positive proo&ifion of the statutes ? If the obligaUon of an o * th is a alight thiag-with tiK » e gentlemen , ought ttiej not to have reflected aerioasly on the conBequecce of such a mtarure ? HowdesUucUvs of nbordinataon—how unfriendly to study—iow introductory of di aaipaaon and intemperance—ho'w apt- to throw young men into the mflitarypTofeanon , in opposition to the wiekes of their

      parents ! J : I have dwelt even to satiety , on the conduct and -views of our governors ; -let us sow transfer our attention to the governed , and inqnire into the temper and disposition of the people . It cannot be denied or concealed , that deep and general discontent prevails . The people have been illadvisedand intemperate , in seme instances ; and furnished a pretext for the makiBg this country an example of severe chastisement , a lesson of intimidation to the zest of the British empire , to qcelJ tbe movements towards reform , and Etifle tbe mnt'nr-ns aspiratioEB after freedom . It ias been ihe e » vf of Govammeut to eonnect ¦ with ihe French RevoloTioa thesa efforts and mevtmenta which have been made towards renovating the Constitution , and bring * i ^ g ii back toiu fint principles . The libera Isentisaeut ,

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      thd wish for freedom , the censure of the present order of regulated corruption ; all are reprobated , and asdiked to the fetal and alarming progress of French principles , I -will not presume to deny , ! that a great great ^ ttataon triumphantly contending for freedom fnrnidpi an apt subject of criminsting comparison , and contumelious reference . 1 will not venture to insinuate that the atrocities which disgraced the ) revolution in France may all be traced to their true source , in the wicked and perfidious interference of the coalesced powers . But -why resort to Prance and French

      principles ? Are example and precept ; necessary to teach men to feel the law -which nature has engraven on tbeir hearts ? Must the faint and bleeding bondmaniravel to France to learn that he is oppressed "Kb . en the burthen actually galls his shoulder , and the scorpion lash of hU tormentor descends on his back ? J oat tbere is room—room did I say ? JAn argent and imperious necessity fer a reform in our corrupted constitution , and an amendment in the condition of the miserable people is a truth -written in the blood of the Irish peasant ; and he that runs may read it by the light of the fUmes that consume the cottage .

      There are two parties in this country that like to profess themselves friends of the constitution . The ad-Herecia -of the one profess an enthusiastic admiration of our inestimable constitution , not only in its substance , but in all its present forms ; and think an attachment to the British constitution may be beBt-1 manifested by vehement expressions of loyalty to thej British Sovereign . The other party would willJBglyl concede something to the chasgeB -which tffiux of time has wrought in the sentiments and circumstances of men , since various parts of the British constitution were first framed and settled as they now exist . According to the opinions of those men , a true regard to the spirit and substance of the constitution , -would lead by a blind devotion to mire forms , but by a temperate pnrsuii , through legal

      means , to the emancipation of the oppressed Catholics of Ireland , and to a Bolid and effectnal , not an aristocratic and riusory reform in Parliament f Each of these parfiBS accuses its rival of secret aims dissembled with cautious art , and far more extensive land alarming than the avowed ostensible objects . The friends of Reform suspect th&ir opponents of conspiring to extend the prerogative of the crown , and even of harbouring a covert wish to effectnate the Union between Ireland and Britain , as the only sure method of rendering permanent the connection of the two countries . The opposite party charge the friends of reform with what they deem an heinous crime , a secret predilection for a Republican form of Government , and a design to attain this darling object , under the Bpecious pretext of a Parliamentary Reform . \

      I hold it fair Is judge of men from their professions as long as their transactions are conformable . The secret intentions of the heart can be known only to the great searchers of hearts ; but I believe , in fact , that each of the parties I have mentioned might be subdirided into two classes . The first into' constitutional royslisU , or honest alarmists , and the minions of power ; the creatures and adherents -without discrimination or Irso will « f every administration who thrive on the abuses and corruptions of Government : tbe latter into constitutional royalist reformers and secret

      republicans . The ministerial royalist abhors all reformers alike as his natural enemies ; for all reformation tends to cut off a gainful traffic in abuses to remove the disorders in the state , to which these vermin owe their existence and magnitude . On the other hand , the friends of reform are apt to consider the persons who dignify themselves exclusively with the appellation of the supporters of Government as enemies of the country , in general , and of the reformers in particular ; as persons who thirst for their destruction , and wish to extinguish all iree inquiry [ and public spirit . :

      Impartiality obliges me to say , that from my observation < an& I converse much "with people of both descriptions ) the reformers , though violent perhaps hi their politics , are moderate in tbeir demeanour , compared -with their opponents ; and controversy on tbeir parts , ( with a few exceptions among the lower order , ) is free from personal 1 outrage , and has not degenerated into savage ferocity and thirst of blood . What change the conduct ; of their adversaries may produte is not easy to conjecture ; the other party are actuated by a rage more thun human ; their teeth are spears and arrows , and their tongue a sharp rword . They brand those who differ from them in politics with opprobrious

      epithets—incendiariesanarchists—traitors , and rebels No professions of loyalty or s » l for tbe British constitution can appease their foxy . Erery man who wishes for a Reform is Parliament , or even -with the utmost diffidence intimidates a doubt of the immaculate purity of Government both in theory and practice , is a traitor in his heart , and should be cut off from the face of society . They -would prefer , as they scruple not to declare , the open rebellion of the reformers to their concealed hoataiiy . They seek to light the torch of . civil discord The sabre ttuxna in their hands . They long to immolate thousands , and tens of thousands , at tbe Moloch-1-ke shrine of a Minister , to whom myriads of Hecatcosabs have been already offered .

      Such are the parties into -which the peeple of this country seem to be divided at present . \ Tbe voice of the moderate and wholly unprejudiced few , ia too faint to be beard between them , much less to restrain their rage . The number of the moderate diminishes daily ; they are like an Isthmus , on which the tide perpetually gains—they -will soon disappear , in t £ e tumultuous swelling of tbe parties that surrounded ibem . Let us analyze the parties into which the people of Ireland are divided , and resolve them into their component elements—and first let us see which are the classes of men that devote themselves Without reserve to the Government party . The most striking and the most vehement are the clergy of theestablished church . Nor can it excite our wonder . Their numbers in this

      country are unnecessarily great , in proportion to the nnmbers of people who are of the use persuasionand the possessions of the established church in Ireland , are unreasonably , enormously great , j whether considered -with respect to the numbers of tbe clergy , er to the aggregate property of the country . Toe established clergy , therefore , view the subject of Revolution with eyes of anxious fear and abhorrence . They are sore and tremblingly alive to everything that tends to innovation . They see that the property of the church was sacrificed to the genius of Revolution in France ; and their experience of this renders them inimical to all information , lest it should indispensably lead on to revolution . The majority of tbe professors and retainers of the law are of the same party . This I attribute to tbe extensive influence of the patronage of

      the Cro-ro , on a profession , vrbiCD . 1 fear IB WO apt to cherish sentiments of selfish venality . ! There are unnessary and necessary places under Government of an incalculable amount in number and value in this kingdom ; the collection of tbe revenue , in particular , is profuse and expensive in a most culpable dtgree . By these means the country is overspread with a host of placemen and expectants . To this we may add the military patronage—and -we shall find a-third class impVicidly devoted to the party of Government , and loud and violent in tbe defence of its very abuses . It is not surprising that in a corrupt state of society , the sets of men in question , should blindly devote themselves to the court party . They are influenced by a seme of present interest ; but it is somewhat extraordinary to find the great body of the aristocracy of the wintry ranged under the same standaid .

      To irb&t shall we ascribe this oblivion of their proper character and functions , this direlectlon of their situation and influence in the community of this base political suicide ? To three causes— - » corrupt ' and neglected education in the higher ranks of the " community ; a degree of luxury and expense vastly ; beyond tbeir means , tendering them at once proud , ; unfeeling , necessitous , and dependent ; bnt above all—to the provincial sunation of the country . It is ' now time that ¦ we should consider the elements of which the other party is composed .

      Two very different sects of Christians have concurred in langing themselves under the ensigns of Reform : the Catholics ef Ireland , sad the Protestant Dissenters . Of these in their order , the Catholics of this country are sot "what they -were in the preceding centuries . "We mnst not jndge of them from the violent pastoral letters , breathing the spirit ot ancient bigotry and un-Christian disunion , of one or two indiscreet and medlinx monks , -who have happened to obtain high situations in the Romish Church of Ireland . These unhappy

      priests , if they are sincere in what they profess , do indeed deserve our pity , and perhaps the aid of Dr . Willis . ——If they write from a desire of fishing in troubled waters , and at the impulse of 'men more important tV" themselves , to instil , with malice prepenee , the poison of religious and civil discord , they deserve the severest reprobation . As to the great body of the Catholics of Ireland , the beams of philosophy have not dawned tnthem in vain ; they have revealed to them their true interests , and animated them -with the warmth of benevolence and

      liberality . They are actuated , I am persuaded , with a true love of freedom ; they plainly perceive that religions distinction * have been too long *; employed for the base purpose of rendering human creatures the dupes of artful and wicked men , and the blind instruments of their own oppression . They stretch forth their arms -with as amity truly fraternal to embrace their Protestant brethren of all descriptions . They are ready to concur with them , sincerely and vigorously , in the great work of reformation . I The ^ Protestant Dissenters have been at all times disposed to maintain the cause of freedom ; but it is a gross error and an high injustice , to conclude , that , because their habita and manner of life are , comparatively speaking , simple , and their ecclesiastical

      Goveramea has a republican form , rhat thejare of coarse champions for democracy in temporal establishments . M * ny of the dissenters * re persons oTj large fortune , deeply interestedin the continuance of public credit We cannot rationally suppose that such persons-would be t ? k ™ endB oI anxrehy , or the ringleaders of innovation xoe forms or their religion , it is true , -exhibit an example of rational equality—and the precepts of their religion lad them in common -with other Christians wfco attend to the spiritaad precepts of tbe Gospel , toa ^ T ^ if 01 * " ** 10111- Thisii aU that can fairly be * ¦^^ JS ^ ^ TOli ^ ° f O » e dialer * ^ xtti respect to their pcaxacali sentiments . The dissenters , in common witt their Crfbolic orettra ,, have ] learned , by a tedious lesson ia the school of adversity , to be friends to civil and religious liberty , er « « i ^ e $ e \ f wlfiahness , u requisite to their own perfect emancipation , and full enjoyment of civil rightf .

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      To the two great bodies of Cathollci and Protestant Dissenters , I % IU add certain philosophical and ipeculatiTe minds ; that filled with abstract notions of free * dom , and smit with the charms of theoretical perfection in Government , aim at a general participation of the rights of man , on the braad principle of the French Revolution ; Such are estimable men ; but I apprehend that their number in Ireland is not very great ; I believe they abound more in England . There are also some ambitious , disappointed , oppressed and injured men , particularly in the army , and in the learned professions ,-who are disgusted with the impenetrable routine of aristocratio influence , the sweepingvortexof court favour , and seek for the gratification of their cupidity , their vanity or their vengeance , in a new order of things . These two last descriptions of men do not avow their aims ; they conceal themselves among their royalist

      reformers , and ; concur in their measures , as an intermediate step ' to the object of their 'wishes . An argument has been drawn from the republican views of some persons against any concession to the friends of reform . The answer is obvious , and has been often given , that temperate concessions , perfectly consistent with the continuance of royalty , nay , tending to its perm&ment establishment , would satisfy the major part of the reformers , and detach them effectually and immediately from their more violent associates and fellow labourers . What shall we say of the Government that deliberately piefers the state of civil outrage , and a Government by military force to the trial of this mild expedient ? 1 conclude this long scraU , with assuring yon through all changes and chancei of this mortal state of the friendship of Montanus .

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      Fatal Acpidbnt to Gaptains Dbew and Jones . —With deep regret we announce tha death of these gentlemen , two of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity house , London . It appears thay had been engaged , with others -of the Brotherhood ( whose lives were providentially saved ) , in surveying the lighthouses in the Bristol Channel ; and when off Trevoise Head they attempted to land in a boat on the Quies Bocks , bat owing to the heavy surf they were unable to do to . On returning , the boat came in contact with the steam-yacht , and all in the boat ( we believe nine in number ) were thrown into the water , by which the two unfortanate gentlemen named were drowned . —Shipping Gazelle .

      A Strange Visitor . —OnSunday the inhabitants on both sidesof Frith , from Dunoon to Helcnsburg , were surprised at the appearance of a huge whale , which was discovered making its way up the river . It appears to have been first noticed about Dunoon , from th © noise occasioned by its frequent blowing . It afterwards proceeded towards the Gairloch , keeping near the i Koseueath shore ; but it hid not proceeded far up when it turned round and again set out for sea , 'Us length has been estimated at from 60 to 70 feet . —Glasgow paper . Success . —The aBtoniBhing increase in the Bale of Parr ' s Life Pills , affords strong evidence in favour of their efficacy . It ia not to be supposed that parties who purchase a single box , would buy more if they received no benefit by taking them ; the faot is , those "who once try them , determine never to be without so benign a- medicine ; and thousands are being oured daily of the most inveterate maladies .

      MB . Wright , long known as a most useful and successful missionary amongst the Greqaas , has died ot putrid sore throat , a disease which had become epidemic , and had cut off a number of persons at PhUippolis . Mr . Wright had been in Sauvb Africa from 1822 , and appears to have made more progress in civilizing and Christianising the Aborgines , whose unbounded confidence he had obtained , than any individual that was ever sent on the mission , it foliowa , as a necessary corollary , that his loss is universally regretted along the whole line of the frontier , where his merits were best appreciated .

      City Of London Political And Scientific Institution, 1, Turnagainlanejskinner-Stjreet.

      CITY OF LONDON POLITICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , 1 , TURNAGAINLANEJSKINNER-STJREET .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 22, 1843, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct491/page/2/