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» SB WBO IS NOT WITH "US IS AGAINST us .- { COSC 1 TJDXD . ) T « - sonB ! fini seems to operate a change in the nrindj . ^ S ^ ifcsrtists ; thej go into prison lite lead into * i ^ hnmist * tonace and come ont transmuted into Sj ^ Sin ed inetzd . 22 ietrnJi ia , after drainiDyal ) SfsopcOTi possible from the -workrag-clssseB , they take Z ^ irisd ples t » a Mgfcer market and find purchasers * ftB ^ ddle c lasses . They are then used as decoya , Ztwm ifof ?> 1 Ike ihe VooitaAs used by fowlers , X witfc a foil knowledge of their fonl purposes , for , < f &e lex , having lost their « to tails , they would v DeJHiade © there to reduce themselves to the lite ~ £% l&nd Inilcrons coalition . How disgusting and S ^ iBiis this ; bnt they are paid for it Soms , fS ^ rer / sckei ) at the task assigned to them , feel re-* ** ! , or Eke the prodigal son , on finding their new ^^¦ nmake noihmg bntsnaneherds of them and feed return ^^^_ __
fl « tB- « th BotbiDg fint nusKS , mey repent ana *~ I 7 Tfe leeeiTB them again j bo * never let them ^ 4 that ibey ^ an be valued as they once -were , or jjatibeycan euJ ° y eS ^ a ! confidence -with those trbo isxs alwaja I )* 62 "sriflmssndiepttniB in spite of all jjLnees ana cbangeB . There are the prodieal son Char-^ T ^ na there me pedlaiing , 01 prostitute , Chartists , | wi TOSsy-eai Ctasdsis . 3 j the latter , J mean those * r , talk alwnt education and getting the franchise for ILiBn . Better let the men gain it , and then give it to Tri ^ jingn . Thesekind of Chartists , -who are so fine « 5 fcndM , remind us of those people -who -win not SLi dro' » ning snen because caste forbids them , and g l ylook -withhorror on the humane , -wko , regardless A Ji considerations , rush in and risk their own lives to ssTetheir fello-SF-crtatnres , -without asking -whether [ Ly ie-edncated or not . jrwstlw praise of the Whigs , and something more , gat eBConrsged the Sew Moras to set iheir more Sglce—Imt after the first step it wonld go no farther } Tyss » hobby horse -which only rocked backwards * Z& forwards , and the riders , -with all their "whipping ? 3 marring and gaUopping could not make it advance . 3 at ihej were too proud 10 dismonnt , and there they 2 Tae Qnixofce , all ready , if only they could proceed—S £ ] jB 5 iuBg stock of the bystanders . , They remind one j ^ jie 3 Bsn in J > r . Johnson * tale o / Bssselas— Kie m ^ -jg , made himself wings but -eonld only fly off the land Z ^ fla waUJ , ^ nd fljtmSered there unable to gBt ont 1 ^ n . like lams , the sun . of Chartism melted their » t £ » ak project , and lite Piston , they could not —sage £ ha steed they presumptuously thonght to Z ~ £ l andlea Mo a Siting fate . pjB 2 SrgtlBS their new move could not go , they next , ijiheeipi&SBd vexation endeavoured to spoil the Sl * 2 fi , * 7 eaifiii ? slurs upon it and affecting to doubt UatezsitJ- 3 j fears , by allurements , by any tmeans , flus sosibi tops * ^ s , but they could gain none save T&sCz 2 zti £ s ~ mea "wl 10 "were discontented on perjpm Tflpggg *—* f 5 dtl 9 ckangcQings and poor discontents . " jtt I ? e » Move became a sewer , a common sewer , to jjijin siid carry off dregs , and so far it was useful to afftodj' It became , and now is , a refnge for the jjsssJe—aiind of Botany Bay to which ire transport jjS esrnct -Ghartists .
2 w contraband goods for us—ne smugglers—no gang rfesEss to coin false principles for us . Let us have iB isir and above board , ao that the sun may shine on « 0 « sr proceedings . The press in the lands of the ynXoTea -would have been a lham press—worked by ^ rjfirtEBls . They Bured a little pure metal with their jSi ^ to imte it psES , but it was soon detected and cried " fcrwa , fat it was short weight , dipped round the edges , jEifiifl not itog txne . Moreover it bore upon its sur-Jsstbe image ana superscription , not of Chartism bnt d "Winery- Bow could it piss current except with fccSs—feat they ha 3 faiaves toutter it .
I Tronla wish you to be aware of anything these men paSish—I would warn you against taking it in—for if j 0 BfiD , iiwintakein"yon . The Stnrgeitea fled and lift gjEissautle behind them—these men have taken it up BSisesiobiBous of forming a third party—as if two Tit cot one too much . They hang like Mahomet ' s esSa—pentelum Chartists—they are trimmers that do Bs * s > before the wind -with a flowing sheet as they fffhi to do—batKiilis near it as possible , in order to ie ready to tack shout the first opportunity—they tnuHs-ihEy temporizs—they are hollow—they are fcsmbegs . They senfi out little papers at first like firfo bests to swim near the shore , but as seon as they
£ nd -Biter « nough they will launch forth in larger jtOBa , £ Bd if they can prevail upon us to embark with Ifcsm , we shfill make shipwreck of the erese , foi they will steer directly upon the lock cf Tringgerj , thongh we have a lighthonse to warn us off aa 3 da JSorSiern Star to guide us in a safer course . It amonsj that they want , and they want to get it withoctwtEimgfcrit Tfcey- know that the mid die-classes HeittteriKe top 3 ythem than the working classes , eS , thKelore , they take their stale consciences like jfeliM fish to thtm for sale , let them sell themsdTs ; "bat let them not think to sell us . Let us have id iSaTfc-assrifct for Chartists—no wolves in sheep ' s dcOsEsiofLs .
He ' iisi iiErt with us is against us—these men are liDt'wiflms , flstefore , ttey are against us—there is no mediom—3 «> miil » -path can be taken in duty , it must ieddis ! Hslhsi comes among ns pretending to be with us Is mast against us , for he is like s traitor inside aeaiiZe , who can let the enemy in by a secret door , or i tf&sy is Jyiomenew-Tiiove . sallyport , when onr sas- ' j Ibokh are lotted asltep by his mesmeric hypocrisy , j < e napitb-fanTirng ; and thus a fortress that has with- j tooi eraj ontward assauls is lost by the treachery of ; Ease within . How can the recusants have the impnfente io ask as to join them ; if we were to apostatzzs , » e ibmiM deserve lite them to be anathematized . Our \ wesson w Hie firlt , it has a prior claim—it is also j fiabest , the great majority are for it , only a miser y ] jSs misDrity are against it . Let the moles ! * Msh work in the dark throw up their !
Etle dirt hills which are lite warts compared to our ¦ Oea . They are the aiits—Trear ° the bees . Those who cannot mate ^ ip their minds to be entirely irata 13 , we may expect will mate up theii minds to ie agassi us . Th ? y halt between two opinions and « e & Kna of stepping stones over the muddy way that isadJto'WMjgery—tJsei ? new house is a kind of half-TwyiraaelaMhB Whigs to eallat , who elsemight per-ESjahsTaesme over tons at once . But-the new house fm them hopes of setting up their finality staff BRreen j hovering temponzsrs are they who watch but » « 5 > portnmty to betray the cause . At the Battle of
3 pr » orth , Xwd Stanley , who seemed to be with King Bafcard , bui in leality was against him , posted the t » ops mder his command hJf-way between both KBaessothat hs could ' tam the sale whichever way hs a » vic » ry indina—ie watched his time ai = d went ' era to Sichmond . Richard deserved to be conquered tirhisijisiac ! , but noiby treachery , and Stanley proved tquaJy Bntme to Ms new master , for he who can be &jOi 1 bs to one master , thoueh a bad eae , is not to be ' felted , no more than the new movers , by another— '¦ cy Snigfr-faiasbDod muss be in their nature . And if KJDe treasoa to betray even a lad master cr a bad » ocs 2 , much more so is it to betray good j
» one . i caflea these eqnivccstais , traitors , tasassins , and \ i £ * % . ^? * Iiames fal t mild-too sngary lort&eitt . When we wmsiaer the sacredness cf ouri S" ^ * ° ^^ ^^ y it can be railed . J » Ja ^ keUer than ttaspianers-an d when we consi- j to its hemam ^ - ^ tat woes and ^ ant and rafieting \ 7 » seek to reliere acd what cruelty oDpression and - gMattwesett to jmaa—wiiat ean we call the : ^ T to a int flemoEs I lo prove ourselves sincere ! im ^ earnest we mas ; take a < k-eisive part—behave I ^ uie caasa at heart unless we advocate it zealously . ' "Gae are noble bnt the honest—not the half-faced or look
SS ^ J ™** tfaar boih ways-that want ! S ™^ * m iandsin the poekets of both parties . Let £ ZZ *«**««» tte £ tDcls - Tfcey are the pests that I i *^!!? 1 ^ 6 ^ mo «—mortified members thaimust ! ¦ KT ?^ to preserre life . I ^ £ r a , edOj letcs decide—for life is short and , ' eis ^ Ln 1311 do foTa ? ood caTlse m Ji"le enonfh—we , wra fio too much sad shall we co nothing j-shall , a £ iary t 0 ^ ^^ God IcftA& J- » t * t ^^ cjose ? - _ i is the cause ol wives , mothers , I teS ^ of parents , brethren , Mends ,-he who is'S ^? tta « au 5 e is against Mmadf—is against Ms h JSnl **? Dlood—against Mb country . He who I fisS , . 411 <**« " tot the oppressor , thej 2 ? ** the m urderer ; he is for famine , to , and ; £ J ^ R . md a atamst Mb own hearth , his own home , tt ? £° J * ^ He who is no t with us is against ' daflviw ^ r meaDB can wemore ^^ y prove , more r ^ "J _« s « ttat we are farthe « tn « t > ia « k-o / i . ™™™ ...
vl ^ . ^ Dot wthus ; all who only seem to be ! ** a tev ™ raKty are moBt a « amst ^ s ? If these ! Bi DB ^ TT ? : J ! lre " ^ canse > bs s 1118 the ? " ^ oal ^ " » iore 1 a » S ^ ^ yT 013 ld ^^ y «« «« " « »» ^' ^^ ^ ua tetoj as individually . We want no lecen- ' ^^^ ri& them j for whatffeUowship hath light with ; * 2 a fen- e " irailt " to crive them from among ns , even \ Ifc . W ^* snd ^ Uera ^ ere driven out of the tern- < ttgr ^ T ^^ y ^ s S ° i ^ e shall get hosts in ki-W ewLii 7 Say " " we ^ c 31158 ^ isseQtion , Be& » rfftr ena il ^ e ^^ ng those who cause it—by ^ BcW ^ " ^ a ghts ant cl c-g us ; the cro oked sticks ^ ibeS , w * ^^ S ^ Bat * bat Co I say ? this cae of S ^ mnf ^ cone—iovettism got its death blow in ttsjgg , ^ " *? ^* * rf EdeEce , and Siurgbm in its own S 4 byftotow . ¦ Bo ^ ~ seTb tez * thai own ground , ^ ot ^ Whom tbfcj bad -rain-gloriously challenged . sja ^ ne . ^ v ^ te ^ Ptfon caused by these traitors , isssie ^ Z 6 n Sot rid of -them ,, Itt us go on with "fcebnel ? 01 ? m onr just and benevolent designs . tfcii ^»^ «» iEpiou among us , and like a Hercules ,
teat , ijzf S 26 Amrean stable of the Govarn ** ®* iiW ^^^ ^ ° n 6 ^ km taaple of liberty wtt 1856 baTl , * ^ rtnlsced with a sound rase . W < ^ S ^ LS ^^^ t . TKill wort !—WLere were tht ^ io lig ^ * Q : e las t election—w hat gcod did the ¦ fti&e ij ^* formation of fer 3 iseh associations ?—fc oToa-lr ^ Jrori , tut few worters . If the " ne-s S ^ - ^ j ^^^ iond of moving In the right dixectioi » B 5 DjB r ~ 1 . ^ i ^ ipea ths tKL-Jta to come cut—thati 1
« all iajTir " moving in , hut they have sot moved QBdi » fcns fv k" * tte ircik ^ ^ dcES by * ' 4 £ fer ^ sssn ^ j ^ . " ^ srsnius about it or hsteidrg C —stim ^ - ° * firesWts lite eggs iatehtd in an ? ^ trcs f ? ? ° " * ^^ n ^ J thwart ihe honest efforts ^ 5 ^ r ^ ^ rtiEts , ana Urm all things into gold , lite Jstsy j L ^ T Postal pToLt . 2 ijej " forget tliat t very ij ^ jj ^^ ^ c * cau-e U feard-ear&Ml , ssd caa t * ill tssaa f ¦ & S ^^ iaTe ^ -t 21 fctir tndeavour to ia a we oaih y M s » n ss rosrible—i-n » d a
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densing plans , of endless agitation . We ask for the Charter , anaftey give us a readin ^ -made-easy . Oat upon them . They -would tax ns more than the pre sent extravagant ( Jeverament taxes us . How many more winters and summers wouJd they wish ua w spend in slavery and misery * Whig winters , in which famine pinches us more than the frosts ot NevaZembJa—Tory summers , in -whieh we experience a drought of all things good , only equalled by fiist of the deserts of Sahara . But " man ' s extremity is God ' s oppor tunity . " it is a long lane that never has a turning - When wa are at the worst , we must mend , or time must end . The Chartist tide may now seem to ebb low ; but the lower the ebb th © higher will be the flood , and the ntxt flood-tide will bear na to fortune . The stars are fighting for us in their courses . Never
was known such stagnation of trade , so many bankruptcies , bo little employment . Famine has begun its work . Plague will not be long behind . Suicides were never so frequent . All these evils—more deplorable as they are—are -working together for our good . The devil-duke declared that every industrious man may find work and make money : a most atrocious lie ! a lie that has cut more tbroata than ever Ms sword did . Tea , the tongue fiiat told that spoke daggers , and was sharper-than a two-edged swordmore venomous than the forked adder . Such lies are readiJy ieliered by those who wish them true ; -who want but an excuse for their iard-hearted neglect of the poor . The 3 > nke is decidedly against us ; but -we are not for the Doke , and so we are even . God and ourselves . ' and down with all those who are not with us , who are not for us , who axe against us . 1 J . Watkiss . Battersea .
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MAN WORSHIP . —CONCLUSION . And if Chartism refuse to touch faction lest it be defiled by—if it repudiate manworsbip , lest it be enervated- by it—it will also reject filthy lucre , lest it be- dishonoured by it When -we hear of Chartist blacking , ef Chartist beverage , of Chartist pills , and so on , do we not almost feel ashamed of Chartism ? Would it not be better never to hear of Chartism , except in connexion with something great , something noble , as Chartist honour , Chartist humanity , Chartist honesty , fee . But when we are further told that the expence of
carrying on the organisation , or of supporting the Executive is defrayed by the sale of blacking—tbat consequently our Executive may be called a " blacking Executive "—what are our feelingB ? I know not ; but 1 know that , for my part , I do not like to hear of Chartist balls and concerts ; for it is like playing-with Chartism , making a Merry-Andrew of it . Let us have nothing flagitious , nothing frivolous , nothing mercenary . Thai cause must possess great merits that can stand in spite -of all these detracting inflaeaces . We want no halfpenny , at farthing , or half-farthing Chartism . It is not money so much as men that is wanted .
There is another being scarce less fatal than the man-god—I mean the profit-monger . He who takes advantage of a virtuous enthusiasm raised by others to turn it to Mb own acconnt . The money-grubbers are a Mnd of vermin tbat crept into the cause ¦ while yet it was young ; like the fly to the tender turnip while yet it had not strength to resist them ; but now it has grown powerful and its taste should prove too pungent for their palates ; Chartism should be poison to all such vile things . We want voluntary and gratuitous advocates ; men who , like St Paul , work at their own callings , that by the labour of their hands they may render themselves free of the cause and not ftarlben it , or deteriorate it , or become chargeable to it , as to a parish . Are we to agitate
merely to put pelf into the pockets of those -who makes trade of Chartism—who make it a part of their stockin-trade along with other isms ; who , like fowlers , lay out lime-twig publications ? Many men will not join for such ends—for such an issue to their exertions , to have their labours for the public diverted into dirty channels of private interest—into the pockets of peculators—of those who ara constantly flinging their sprats to catch mactarel withaL Chartism , instead of a fruitful river , fertilizing all in its free course , -would turn into a sewer , a mere sink . We want to do away with monopoly and i « just : ce in thacommunity , and we must first do away with it in our own body . Our noble cause should never be made the means of ignoble ends . We are not agitating for self tut for the public ; bo far
from agitating for self , our asitation is at the expence ] of self—it cests a great deal of time and much trouble—it exposes us to much persecution and ill will—bnt all this we endure—we endure it cheerfully for the sate of the cause—counting ourselves well xepaid , if only we can aerve the cause by suffering or by sacrifice . We agitate not for self , and shall we agitate for selfish men—for men unworthy of the cause—for men who sought to b&tray the cause—for those who are the Arnolds , the Eeynolds , the OliTenof CiiartiBm ? The men of the Nortb struck not for self—not for wages , bnt for
liberty—and shall we for whom they died be so forgetful of their memories , and of the cause for which they bled—shall we be ungrateful to the martyred dead—so neglectful of the heroic living—so unjust to ourselves , and the cause—so in discriminating as to suffer our agits . tit > n to be taken advantage of by the mean , ihe mercenary ; by political pedlars , and Chartist cosier-mongers ? Shall it be said , that we have voluntarily encountered starvation , and disinterestedly dared death for the sate of the cause , while others were suffered to mate a living of it , yea to boast of mating & fortune out of it ? It were enough to make a Shell , a Clayton , and a Holberry turn in their
graves . In conclusion , as we have been diligent to denounce and eri ^ l from our body all unsound memberslite rotten sheep tbat would taint and infect the nest—to prone all superfluous slips that prevent the bearing branches—to lop off all nnsightly excrescences —so should we , so must we , to be consistent , remove and put far from ourselves all that may impair—tfiat may impede us in out golden race for the Charter , especially the sins that are most likely to beset ns—Mammon , or man worsMp—fur these sins have prevented many a good cause from being gained , and lost many others after they were gained . Let us remember that -when we take up Chartism we take upon ourselves an ofiice , a mission scarcely less holy—scarcely less
responsible frh * " Christianity itself ; for if by Christianity we wort out the saivation of our souls , bo by Char&sm we work , out the redempticn of our bodies ; and 1 trow the salvation of the soul depends very mncb upon first having the body freed—freed from a slavery scarcely less inff-n ^ nl than the bondage of sin to Satan . We take up Chartism , not for our ewn sates only , but for the sate of all men : not for the pseaent generation , but for all future generations : not for one m- ^ n , foi one man _ is as good as another ; at least , too good to be sacrifice * or made subservient to another . We are at present under a despotic Government ; and if we were to have a despotism in Chartism , we should be doubly enslaved ; and I very much mistake if the latter slavery would not prove ten times more galling , more grinding than tie former . Horrible proscription would ensuea reign of terror . Bnt , thank God , there is virtue enoueh amongBt us to save ourselves from this ; virtue
enough , 1 trnsi , to » Te our country . There are men in the CfeartiEt ranks who have sacrificed themselves to the cause , es Cato did—who have sacrificed their brethren , as Timothy oid—their parents , as ibe " good Queen Anne" did—their children , as Junius Brutns did , all for Mxs sake of freedom ; and can such men ever be found sacrificing the cause at the shrjnfk of Mammon , or lot a man-god ? " No J they will rise and overthrow the Dagons where they are erected . Lite Brutus , they would strike down Csesar himself were Cssar to set himself np as a god to be worshipped . Manifest virtue like th ; s , and we cannot be put down . We shall laugh at the threats of the " strong Government , " and say , as Crom-¦ Wfcil did whea he saw the royal army moving down from their advantageous heights to attack him on tgual ground— "The Lord bath delivered them into om tanas !" Battersea . J- W .
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THB CURRENCY AND TAXATION . 1 TO THE EDITOB OP THE KOKTHKBJi STAB- j Sib , The currency system has at all times been con- ' ¦ sidered of the greatest importance to those who have understood it , not only in relation to trading transac- j tions , but as affecting the happinew of a people in ' ; proportion to its improper application . Every man's ' experience tells us this ib true . War , an Aet of Parliament , or even the rumour of a stock-jobber , will effect j a panic—so frail is the tenement of trade ; but it is ¦ trade the poor man lives upon ; then upon what ground j rests the security of his livelihood , if the means are bo j very liable to fluctuate ? This must be worths thought , and if tbe wise and influential -would only use ttieir J abilities properly , the resources of the nation might be ; made conducive to general benefit . But they have not i only neglected to do it , but they have done every thing j they could do to divert the people and their frienda j from its consideration . j
1 will therefore show the working classes , if possible , how it is they are injured by our financial institutions and arrangements , and how they must be if no alteration takes place in them . 1 will first commence with its effects upon wages , that lave been said , by all our political economists , to depend upon ' demand and supply 5 " aa assertion * h »* is both false and inconsiderate . Now , suppose we take tbe W 3 ges of a workman , in any branch of trade , at the commencement of the banking syBtem in 1693 . We will not be particular as to the precise amount cf wages , but we will take any amount ^—say £ 1 per week , in the above-mentioned year , and out of that £ 1 was paid Is per ; -week is taxes , t » support an annual revenue of £ 4 , 000 , 000 which may be a little more than it really was .
In thia year , 1843 , we will say tbe reTenne will be j £ 60 , » eo , 000 r even supposing tie ¦ workman to labour no longer ; and to have aa much of it , lie weuld bavs to psy , at the same rate of taxation , fifteen shillings out cf bis pound a -week , to support an increased revenue of sxty millions . 1 call thisa fair -way of calculating . We have htre a reduction in -wages to the amount of fourteen stiiiings per week , independent of demand or supply . It is ^ uite true , that if a great demand for procuce is created , that a greafc supply is needed ; but it dees not follow tfeut an increase ic wages is the
coEssqueice ivr the last fe '^? years piOTc concrary —in -which years , de ®^ 2 d and enj-ply trva been greater , ai ; n a ri-ea isi reduction of ^ a ? ea ia * -ll trades . tis ' . ak . s : i via . *
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Perhaps it may be said , that it is not the demand that has decreased wages , but tbe facility © f supply in multiplication of machinery , resulting also in a snrplus number of labourers , that haa produced it It matters not which , for if the supply had not been 80 plentiful , the demand would not have been bo great—and if the demand had not been so restrained , competition could not have been compelled to reduce the worth of supplies : and thus supply and demand acts each upon tbe other ; and both depend for their healthy action upon the state of tbe currency and taxation .
Ab the redu « tion in wages has been considerably less injurious than the increase of taxation , ib it not therefore our first duty to remove the evil ? Nay , further , as taxation increases the price of articles , and diminishes the net income of all trades and professions , it most necessarily diminish the ability to purchase ; and ultimately iecome the very cause of reduction in wages , by compelling the manufacturer to reduce tbe value of his articles and to cheapen labour . I remain , yeura respectfully , S . A . Manchester , February 1 st , 1843 .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND . Irishmen , —In my letter of the 17 th inst , addressed to you , amongst other things I stated , that the party professing to lead you in the safest , surest , and speediest-way to your desired object , namely , the union , should be a patriot . Let us now see how your leaders how conducted themselves towards the people whom they profess to teach sonnd principles of political knowledge , and call on to rally round the standard of repeal Let us examine how far sincerity and true patriotism exist , as it regards the quesSion of the Union .
I have before stated , I have only to do with the political acts of the repeal leaders , and with that I feel a right to be critical . The political acts of political men arepnblio property , and , therefore , free to be commented upon at pleasure . This of itself is not of little value to society , for public men being amenable to the opinions , and their acts subject to the scrutiny alike of friendB and foes , ia , in man ; respects , tbe surest and best guarantee for their fidelity . It isonlywhen public men become callous , or insensible , and perhaps rerkless to the voice of public opinion , that they ever dream of swerving from their principles , and this is alwajs certain to be the case when men withdraw from the advocacy of the suffering millions , aW join the ranks of their oppressors . There are many such renegades now a-dayB , who from ambition , avarice , or perhaps more
base passions have steeled their hearts and closed their ears to the expiring and agonizing cries of suffering humanity , and who even affect to be religious , whilst the very life-bleod of their victims is crying to heaven for vengeance on their guilty heads . I cannot , 'tis true , charge the leaders of the repeal movement with directly placing themselves in conjunction with the enemies of the Irish people , namely , the Tories ; but I regret to say if they have not joined tbe Tories they allied themselves to the Whijs , and I only ask you to reflect for & moment on the political characters of the two parties , and say if you can , were they justified as friends of freedom and leaders of the people in domg so ? The Tories you have ever known to be your avowed and insatiate enemies , and I need only refer you . to recent acts of the Whig Ministry to remind you of their friendship and love to Ireland .
I , will bow Buppose yon to have examined the linaments of their political faces , and mayhap fingered tbe bumps of destructiveness on their aristocratio crauiums , and that you have impartially weighed their vices and their virtues (?) and are about to pronounce your decision on the relative merits of both parties , but allow me to anticipate you . If justice to Ireland be the object of your souls , you must in the name of liberty pronounce them both £ uilty of high crimes and misdemeanours , nay , of conspiracy , treason , and even murder itself against your country ; deny it who may , precisely such a verdict your duty commands you to return . They are both guilty alike , and the punishment awarded for one party would be equally deserved by the other .
This is a point to which I particularly wish to draw your attention . It is the basis of all your sorrows and sufferings , 'tis the fruitful source of wrongs to Ireland , and what is vastly more lamentable it 1 b for want of a proper understanding on this point , the fatal rock upon which you are shipwrecked . Remember , a wolf in sheep ' s clothing is s dangerous companion . There is scarcely a child of ten years old , in Ireland , who has not heard tbe Btory of Little Red Riding Hood , and shuddered at the awful declaration , that" grandmamma had a great set of teeth , to eat her up in a bit . " But in sober seriousness , let me ask you , how many grandmamma ' s with great teeth had you in Ireland during the late Whig administration ? Oh , let the dreadful tale unfold itself ! Let the orphans' blood , tbe
widows' tears , the parsons' faggot , and the mercenary bayonets of tbe military , answer to the question . Let them answer , for they can ; nor deny that the acts of tyrants exist , even after their demise . Who shed the blood of Stibbereen ? Was it tbe Tories ? No ; it was the wolves with the teeth who erected bastiles—not to fatten , but starve their victims , and it is upon their heads tbe blood of the unfortunate sufferers Bhonld falL If Irishmen would only seriously and individually reflect on those facts , and reason for themselves instead of passively submitting to be influenced by the wily and artful doctrines of othebs , they would very booh see the necessity for adopting some better
remedy for their grievances than they now pursue ; and we should not have to hear tbe silly and childish arguments which Repealers , generally speaking , bring forward in defence of their previous system of agitation . Ask any man in Ireland who acknowledges O Council sa bis political guide , why he pursues the present plan ? and what will be his answer ? Why , he can scarcely tell you . And question him as yon will , you learn little more of his reasons , than that O'Connell recommends it Nay , if you push him closely on tbe subject be will most likely Sy into a rage , and denounce you aa a traitor to Ireland , or a " Sasenach , " or a spy , or perhaps use some more vile epithet
Now I ask you , is this not true ? I also challenge any man of the Repeal Ass&ciation , be he a leader , member , or associate—I challenge O'Connell himself to disprove this assertion . This ia however a vain request , for they dare not meet the question publicly ; they well know that their manner of proceeding merits the Beverest censure , and can be ( to say the most of it ) of little benefit to Ireland . But why do not the people know their political position ? Are they to be only tbe tools in the hands of tbe movers , to be handled and used as individual policy may deem expedient ? Are they not to know what may be tbe probable result of their co-operation , and to be kept blindfolded from the trntb ? They know not , even when they shout for Repeal , anything more of its nature , than that it ia to
get the Parliament restored to College Green ! That is all they dream about But why are they not told what may possibly take place , namely , that a Repeal of the TInion might be an evil instead of a good ? Why are they not taught to look upon tbe Repeal , not as an end , but only as a means to an end ? Why are they not made acquainted with the fnture planB of their leaders ( if they have any ) for rendering the Union a blessing instead of a curse ? I > m at a loss to imagine , unless it be , as the people are only tools they . cannot be expected to know as much aB the tradesmen who use them . If this were not the case , tile Irish wenld never have been duped by the Whigs ; if they had been honestly dealt with , they -would noi so long have helped to rivet tbeir own chains , or lent their assistance to prop up their
enemies . They wonld have known that class legislation places the Whig on a level with tbe Tory , and crushes tbe people beneath its weight They would have kno ^ n that the barefaced Tory , who unblushingly boasts of his enmity to Ireland , and the interests of the poor is , if possible , the henesttst tyrant of the two—( inasmuch' as he wears no false colours to deceive , that he may destroy . ) They would have hailed with indignation the broken promises , which followed their instalment into office . But you do not , you cannot , forget those . You asktd for bread , but , in the language of Scripture , " They gave yon a stone . " They promised you everything , but they gave you nothing but aggravated miseries .
They promised to make your country happy ; but they despoiled the face of nature ; and , in tfceir hypocritcal malignity , stained even the very hearth-stones of your families with the blood of your brothers ! O ! harrowing rtflection , to know and to feel all this ; and yet to ¥ e compelled to listen to Irishmen—to Repealers who boast of being patriotic , defending , and not only defending , bnt supporting and strengthening the hands of their bitter and treacherous enemies . If yon ask Repealers , I mean O'CobecIIs HepeaieiB , or to speak more truly , ttlteiuob . measure mes , to become Chartists , they will tell you , ( if they are nol too much offended to answer ) that the Chartists go too far ; and aie very dangerous and disorderly people , and will not hesitate to tell you OConnell orders them to bold
no correspondence with a " known Chartist . " Here we see a melancholy proof his influence ! So blinded are the Irish to their own interests , they commit themselves to his individual keeping s but they ought to know that the man who commands them to keep aloof from the Chartists was one of the principal parties to draw up the document of the Charter . No wonder , then , tbat Repeal does not progress when the people know not what they seek , save by name j but this is not tbe case with the { wicked ) Chartists , they all know what they seek for , and what is better , they do the work themselves ; they do not , like the Irish , ignoKy resign their right of thinking or acting into the hands of any leader whatever , except whilst such leaden deserve their obedience . The leaders of the Chartist
party are only respected bo long as they do their duty to the people . Nor should the Irish act otherwise . Every man to whom merit is due should receive his reward in the gratitude aad affections of those whom be labours for ; but those who do not practice what they teach , oi otherwise neglect to perform the duty required of them , should meet the severest censure , and be dismissed tbe people ' s service . I know not -which to be disgusted at , the tame , crouching , sycophantic pusillanimity , which voluntarilj resigns ita noblest prerogative of " reason and free will , " or the aspiring and haughty despotism which not orlj accepts , but inBolentiy demands the tribute . N < ¦ wonder you are moulded in your own fashion . Hi ts a Whig—he has been one . And you are Whip because you have not courage to be otb . \ . rwif ? ; deDy i if you can , O'ConneU is you . r guide ; and aiUlOCi . h h
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fa not indrndqaUy or politically blind , he baa nevertheless acted the part of a blind guide to you who have followed him , with every ditch the Whigs chose to di * 2 ™ tS ^" ' ^ ttot they are advocates for SS ^ ' ^ V" ' ^ loud enough about reform when in office ? If B 0 . where are the proofs ? In what are you better than yoti were eleven years ago ! Are your burthens lighter , o * do you feel more comfortable ? Haveyon more to eat or to drink , or better clothes to wear , or what ? If yoa fa ^ th ^ m be evidences m favour of a ^ Wb-ig administration : if not , then my position must be correct Oh , yes , reform sounds well -it tickles the fancjr ,. iind is a capital bait to catch poor hungry flab . , it has , however , too long ailed tbeir nets , and it is fitting they should , as they will henceforth have to do , Toil all night and catch noihing . " :
If the Whin had the will , they had also the power , to Berye you ; but we find that you had scarcel y helped them mto office ere they forgot you in their eagerness to help themselves , and when you dared to be diasatfafied with their conduct , they uaed the very power yon gave them against yewaelve * Ingratitude is said to be , and undoubtedly is , the basest of crimes , but it would appear that Irishmen have no conception of such a thing , or else they would at once shake off snen dangerous acquaintances . And , mark me ! you will have to do bo ; In fact , no man thinks of associating with his nearest er dearest friend after he departs out of this life , and thus it must be aa regards the Whiga they are politically dead , as a faction , for ever , and
consequently will very soon be forsaken by their old acquaintances and dependants . Indeed there are visibie signs of such a result , for even O'Connell himself is , from tbe force of circumstances , compelled to shape a different course , although , if we may judge by appearances , he is reluctant enough to " part company" with his old associates ; but change be must , and you along ¦ with him , or else you will have to change , and then you may depend BDon it he will follow you , and , what is better , the Whigs will follow you into the bargain . Veritas .
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HOUSE OF LORDS—Mohda y , Feb . 6 . Their Lordships met at the usual hour ; sat a short time ; had some talk ; and adjourned in time for an early dinner . Tuesdav , February 7 . Their Lordships met this afternoon at four o ' clock . Lord Moj * T £ agle intimated his intention of taking an early opportunity of asking a question relative to the Bank of England . Lord Brougham explained his observations relative to tbe objections of America to any treaty containing a clause recognising the right ef search , his object being to remove misapprehensions entertained by the Attorney-General of Franco . Lord Dbkmak ' s Law of Evidence bill was read a second time , after some observations in its favour from Lords Campbell and Brougham . Their Lordships then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fhiday , Feb . 3 . Lord Eliot , in reply to a question from Mr . H . Grattan , stated that it was not the intention of Government to introduce any measure this Session to change the mode of assessment for Poor Rates in Ireland . Wiih respect however to Some of the miner provisions of the Irish Poor Law Act inquiries were being mads , and when the Government was in possession of the necessary information , they would state what alterations were contemplated . Several notices of motion were given . Mr . Yilliers gave notice that , en an early day , he would submit a motion to the House on the subject of the Corn Laws , with a view to their total repeal . On the bringing up of the report on the 'Address ,
Mr . Walter addressed tbe House at considerable length upon the state of the country and the Corn Laws , and expressed a determination , whenever the question of a fixed or variable duty came fairly before the House , to vote for the former . Mr . Ward also addressed the House on the same subject The Right Hon . Baronet at the head of the Government could not , he said , rest his fame as a commercial reformer on what he had already done ; he must go further . He ( Mr . Ward ) -would caution the laudowners , that if some employment were not found for tho population by the expansion of trade , there would , before long , be no security for property . Mr . Liddell was not disposed to take a desponding view of public affairs , but circumstances showed only too plainly the unfortunate condition of the working classes . He was not , however , in favour of any alteration in tbe Corn Laws .
Sir Robert Peel ia reply to a question from Mr . Yilliers , stated that Be did not contemplate at present any alteration in the Corn Bill as agreed to last Session . He did not think that sufficient time had elapsed to give that bill a fair trial . On the motion of Captain Polhill an address to the Crown for Ihe production of copies of the correspondence that has taken place between the Secretary of State and the magistrates at Dover respecting Mr Fitzjames was agreed to . Mr . Edward Ellice moved fo ? a copy of the instructions given to the Commission appointed to inquire into thtt Scottish Poor Law system .
Some discussion ensued , ia which Sir Robert Peel , Mr . Fox Manle , Mr . Campbell , Mr . Wallace , Loxd John Russe ll , Sir James Graham , and other membars , took part Ultimately , on the . suggestion of the latter , the motion was amended for the production of the warrant of the Commission , and in ' that form agreed to . Mr . Ha wes gave notice that when the motion for issuing a new writ fur Sudbury came on , he should move that the writ be suspended for six weeks . Tbe House then aejourned . Monday , Feb . 6 . Tbe House met at four o ' clock , and sat till nearly seven . Colonel Klshbbooke withdrew the motion of which he haa given notice , that a new writ should issue foi Suiibury , whose franchise has been for some time suspended on account of the bribery prevalent there .
Mr . Tufnell moved that no writ should issue for Sudbury until tbe 20 th of March , urging that the evidence already before the house of corruption in that borough made it necessary to take time for in . quiry . This suspension having bGen ordered , Mr . Tufnell moved for leave to bring in a bill which abound permanently exclude Sudbury from sending burgesses to Parliament . Mr . Blackstone opposed this motion , on the ground that the bribery proved to have taken place at Sudbury had not been shown to be of an extent so general as would warrant a disfrancbisement of the whole town . A borough ought not to be disfranchised solely because it had got a tod name . He wonld therefore propose , as an amendment , a select committee to inquire into the facts .
Mr . T . Duncombe thought that the strong report of the committee which tried the late election was quite ground enough to warrant the proposed bill . A similar measure , founded on that very report , had passed that House last session , and bad failed ia the other simply from the lateness of the seaBun . The election committee had taken ijba evidence en oath , whereas the select committee now proposed by Mr . Blackstone would have no power to swear the witnesses . He did not believe Sudbury to be worse than other boroughs ; bnt he wished to take evety fit opportunity of making an example on this subjtct . Sir Robebt Peel saw no reason to question the soundness of the ground taken by the House in the last Session , and would therefore support the motion for le&ve to bring in a bill of disfrauchisement . Mr . Wy . nd . ham expressed a similar opinion ; after which
The gallery was cleared for a division , but the opponents of the motion gave way and the bill was read a first time . Mr . Ewart proposed a series of resolutions for the regulation of select committees and committees on private bills . The object of these resolutions was to limit the number of members on each such committee to seven , and to provide against the appointment of members interested in the subjects referred to the committee , or wanting leisure to attend to them . Sir ( J . Clerk , considering the reforms made not long since in the constitution , and practice of these committees , and the satisfactory way in whioh those reforms bad worked during tbe last Suasion , was indisposed to concur in the aiteraticua now suggested . It was not deBirable to exclude all those persons who , having a local and dittcti connexion with the Bubject , would be tbe best informed upon it and the most willing to give their attendance .
Dr . BowaiKG supported the limitation of number , being of opinion that to increase the responsibility of each member was the beBt security to the public . Mr , Goulburn did not think it desirable to invest a private bill committee with a judicial character . If tho interests now represented in the committee should be excluded from it , the discussions whi « h now go on there would be transferred to tbe Heuse Itself , with no small disorder , and an interminable delay to public business . Mr . Behnal thought , that on each Committee there should be some one presiding in tha character of a jutfvo , whose duty it should be to see carried oat Buch regulations as the House ought to provide . He waa sorry he could not support the presen ' , motion . :
Mr . Hche , in advocating the motion , insisted on tfao advantage which , had resulted ttovi ^ he reduction of numbers on tbe committees offfplie House of Lords . He was of op inion , tJaat everj member of every committee ought to be presp nt throughout ) . \ Mr . Ewart shortly replied , contending that the ! probability of protracted debates on third readingf ! mnst be rather diminished than incr eased by any niea sure which shonld produce impartiality in the previoui committees . , The House tben clmfieflj r&ject ' ng Mr . Ewait ' s sug , gestioas . '
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Tuesday , Fe& . 7 ., The House mefr at four o ' clock , and after some routine business , several questions were asked by different members . ¦ Sir George Stabnton enquired whether or not it was tbe intention of the Government to provide , by legislation , for the due administration of justice at Hong Kong . j Sir Robert Peel said the Government were waiting for the opinion of Sir Henry Pottinger on certain points which had been referred to him . He paid a high compliment to Sir Henry Pottinger , eulogising his ability , energy , and prudence . Sir Robert Pjeel also , in reply to Mr . T . Duncombe , said he had no intention of bringing in a measure on the the subject of Chnrch Rites , but in so saying he did not preclude himself from legislating ea it
Mr . Ferband gave notice , that on the 16 th instant , he should submit to the house the following motion : — " That there be laid on the table of this House a copy of any correspondence which has taken place between the Poor Law Commissioners , the board of guardians of the Skiptin Union , and a firm of cotton-spinners carrying on business at the Low Mill , Addingham , in tha West Riding of Yorkshire , and trading ! under the firm of Seed and Co ., respecting tbe sale of aj Dumber of poor persons confined in tbe Skipton Union Workhouse to the said firm , for the purpose of being worked in their
factory ; also a statement of the amount cf money agreed upon between the said patties , the number of cripples among the poor persons handed over to the said firm , the manner in which they were conveyed to tbe said factory , and the reasons for their being so conveyed ; also , copy of the conviction , of the said firm of cottonspinpers upon the information of Mr . R . Baker , Inspector of Factories , for having worked their mill hands on Friday , Saturday , and Sunday , the 23 rd , 24 th , and 25 th days of December last , in violation of the Factories ' Act . " :
Mr . Wallace , in pursuance of notice , moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the treatment , since May , 1841 , of the distressed inhabitants of Paisley , not being parochial poor . Be meant to bring no charge against the Government , and he proposed te confine the inquiry to tbe particular parties whom he had specified . Sir J . Graham , considering the long oontinuance of the distress , tbe patience with which it had been borne , the limited terms of tha motion , and the temperate tone taken by the mover , would not , j on the part of the Government , refuse the inqniry . He only wished , in expressing his assent , to guard the Government against being supposed to recognise the Bufilrers as having any claim upon the public purse . \
Mr . F . French desired leave to introduce a bill for extending and regelating Medical Charities in Ireland . He eBtered at great length into the details of many evils appearing to requite some remedy , and proposed to controui those evils by unpaid commissioners , to be chief y members of tbe medical profession . Lord Eliot said , it was much easier ! to discern the evil than to discover the remedy . He had himself , on the part of the Irish Government , caused a measure to be prepared , which be bad hoped would bring some redress ; but be had met with too much opposition from medical and other gentlemen connected with the subject to proceed with tbat measure . He would not oppose the present motion ; but be did not think that medical men in any considerable practice would give their time as unpaid commissioners . Leave was then given to introduce the bill .
Mr . Hume moved for papers connected with a commission of inquiry held in October , 1836 , at Sattara , in the East Indies . ; Mr . Bingham Baring , on behalf of the Governmeiit , acceded to the production of the papers . Mr . Roebuck moved an address to the Crown , praying the pardon ef all political offenders transported from either of the Canadas to our penal colonies . They had not been transported in the common course of proceeding , but by the sentence of an ] extraordinary tribunal , constituted in consequence of the second outbreak in Canada ; and thus an intercession in their behalf would not be open to the objection of being an interference with the regular administration oi tbe lav ? . Their impression , right or wrong , had been , that the Government were resolved to swamp , or , as it was called , to Anglic za the present population of
Lower Canada , by abrogating their language , their institutions , and their very religion . The Canadians were distinguished from the other American races by their superior civilization and polish , and would be found , since tbe adoption of the late judicious'policy , to be the main stay of England in that part of tbe world . Ihe recent change of policy bad caused great rejoicing , Which , however , bad been quite unmixed with any insulting triumph over the opposite party . ] Tbe restoration of those for whom be now pleaded could be productive of no danger . They were few with reference to the entire population , though numerous as regarded their own immediate connexions . The ; old severity ought not to be kept up against the poor , and ignorant followers of the party , now tbat ita leaders had been admitted into the councils of their Sovereign . What he now asked was , that the key-stone should be added to the arch .
Mr . Ewaux seconded the motion , taking this opportunity to express his approbation of Sir CharleB Bigot's policy . \ Lord Stanley , though he felt it painful to interpose against any exercise of the prerogative of mercy , waa obliged to resist the present motion . Under any circumstances it was constitutionally inexpedient that the House of Commons should iuterfere witbJtnat prerogative ; but in this case there were also special reasons against such an interference . In the tranquil and contented state in which the Canadian population were now admitted to be , it was peculiarly undesirable to revive the subjects of pa ^ t dissension . \ Tbe recent policy and appointments of Sir C . Bagot , whioh has discarded all distinctions of origin , had ! been in full
unison with the views of the Government at home . Whatever difficulty had existed under the separate constitutions of the Canadas was removed by their union . There was now an end of the danger lest the English Canadians should be overwhelmed by the French race . It would be an injustice to ! the French Canadians to suppose that they considered [ the termination of past discords as involving impunity to such a crime as treason . If those who had committed that high offence were now at once to obtain a full amnesty for their acts , the loyal , who had bravely made so many sacrifices , would have reason to complain of a Government which should thus confound its faithful subjects with the disturbers of j the public peace . He then stated the circumstances under which the insurgents bad been taken , and explained the lenity with which they had been treated . ' The learned gentleman , indeed , had made it an argument that the trials had been under military law , and not by the
ordinary tribunals . But there was no other possible mode of bringing offenders to justice in the then stats of the country . In both the Canadas the whole number of exeeutions had been but twenty-nine ; the remainder , to the number of one hundred and thirty-six , bad been subjected only to transportation , —no , very severe penaity for men who , througbont a Canadian winter had agitated a country with a murderous , predatory , and bucani-rring insurgency . The Hon . Mover did not even distinguish between the different degrees ia the guilt of these transported culprits . Directions had long since been given to Sir C . Bagot to consider , with clemency , those cases in which there mignt be circumataucea of alleviation ; but tbe Government could not consent to this indiscriminate restoration ; they could not consent to connect the boon lately bestowed on the respectable classes of the French Can&dA&aB with a sweeping re-introduction into the colony ; of tbe seditious , the disaffected , and the disorderly . '
Mr . Hume urged the Government to carry out their own policy by completing it with this act of mercy . He would not , however , advise the mover fo press the matter to a division against the obvious wish of the house , and after the liberal declarations which bad been elicited by the Colonial Secretary . Mr . C . Bulleb regretted tbis motion , as one by no means calculated to advance the objects most desirable for Canada . He disliked the interference of the House of Commons with the prerogative of mercy j and he also disliked , except under txtreme necessity , the interference of the Imperial Parliament with \ the colonial Administration . He euiog zed the policy of Sir C . Bat ; ot , and tbe subsequent appointmeni of Sir C . Metcalfe , both of wh ich he regarded as guarantees for the good Government of Canada . He thought ifc inexpedient to fetter tbe Administration of Sir C . Metoalfe , whom there was no ground for distrusting , and he recommended it to Mr . Koebuck to withdraw his motion .
Mr . Roebuck , in reply , denied tbat th e House committed any interference with Her Majesty ' s prerogative of mercy by merely soliciting her to exercise it . He concluded , however , by iiskiflg leave to withdraw his motion . ; Mr . M . SC 6 XON obtained leave to introduce a bill for making some amendments in the law aflfectiDg transported conviats . ; . The House then went into committee of : supply , and passed the usual vote , " that a supply be granted to Her Majpsiy , " and then adjourned . :
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Scene IX Selkirk Coukt . —On January the 31 st , two men belonging to Ga . lasb . iels , John and Adam Dryden , brothers , were tried , on a charge of day poaching , before Major Pott and Si ? James Russell , of Ashiestiel , when a scene occurred certainly very uncommon in a court of justice . One of the panels , Adam , sat with a stick ia his band , whioh he brandished in a threatening manner towards the Court , keeping at the same time his bonnet ; on his head . The superintendent of police , seeing this , took it off , and laid hold of the stick , when in an . instant two fellowB jumped from the gallery add assisted the prisoner in stmggiing for the stick , which was broken in the scuffle . One of the justices directed the officers to let the prisoner alone , who accordingly wore his bonnet and kept the broken stick during the whole of the trial . The result was ,
that the two prisoners were eonvicted in full penalties with expences , which not being forthcoming , Adam was sentenced to two , and John to four months' imprisonment . Upon this they both declared that all the officers of Selkirk should not take them to gaol ; and jt was only after a desperate struggle between ihem and the officers that they were placed in a cell in the Council-house , where they immediately commenced breaking the windows and furniture . John Dryden was book after dragged by the police towards the gaol , the officers being followed by some hundreds , a great ; part of whom seemed determined on his rescue ; but he was at length securely lodged in that Btrong hold . The superintendent of police then called out an additional force , and having bound the other prisoner hand and foot , carried him also to the gix >\ . —Caladonian Mercury .
Loss of the Ship George MTLegd . —Intelligence waa iu the course of Friday received by tbe underwriters at Lloyd ' s of the destruction of another Indiaman named the George M'Leod , with a valuable cargo of rum and 3 , 700 bags of sugar on board , by running upon a hard sandbank on the coast of Scotland , in the Solway Frith , within a few miles northward of Southernness , on Sunday se ' nnight . She was , like the ill-fated Reliance , Conqueror , and Jessie Logan , homeward bound . All the wrecks occurred within a very few hours' sail of tho place of destination . The George M'Leod was commanded by Captain W . Murdoch , and a crew of sixteen , besides officers anil mates . She was of about 600 tons burden in measurement , being the property of
Messrs . Leisham and Huntley , merchants , residing at Glasgow , and sailed from the Mauritius in the eariy part of November last for the Clyde . She appears to have had a favourable voyage until the moment she struck upon the sandbank , and that arose entirely from mistaking a newly-erected lighthouse on the Little Ross for the one at the entrance of the Clyde . At the time , ( three o ' clock ffi the morning ) ihe wind was blowing almost a gale front the northwest . They had all sail shortened , and hopes were manifested that the vessel would reach the Clyde by twelve o ' clock that day ; the light was perceptible , and the utmost hilarity prevailed amongst the crew ; but suddenly she struck , and it was discovered , that instead of the Clyde they had
been steering for , they had run the vessel upon one of the most dangerous sands along the coast of Scotland ; and the light they supposed to be the safety beacon at tbe ' entraBoe of the Clyde was one to denote danger . The yards were instntly backed , in the hopes of her floating off , but finding that ineffectual other means were adopted , but all in vain ; for as the tide advanced , every wave threw the ship higher upon the bank , and her situation became more and more perilous . Captain Murdoch unfortunately was conRaed to his bed , and had been during the greater part of the passage ; consequently , the chief mate had charge of the vessel . He and the crew exerted themselves to save her , and , as a last resource , the mast and rigging were cut away . This was useless ;
she rapidly filled , and was laid upon her beam ends , with the whole of her broadside under water . The boats were lowered , and preparations were made for abandoning her , for the gale was increasing , with foggy weather . Accordingly , at seven o ' clock the crew lowered Captain Murdoch over tho ship ' s side into the boat , and having got in themselves , they pushed off for the shore . At that time the sea was making a clear eweep over the ship . The crew laboured hard at the oars until ten o ' clock in the forenoon , when they came in sight of Southerners Lighthouse , which they succeeded in reaching in a short time . All of them suffered dreat'futly from the cold , but particularly Captain Murdoch , who lay in th 8 bottom of the boat apparently dead . Upon being
taken ashore every possible assistance was rendered by the inhabitants of the town , and several medical gentlemen were in attendance upon the unfortunate captain . He shortly afterwards rallied , but only a little , and his dissolution is hourly expected . The crew having recruited their strengti , in the afternoon proceeded in a boa . t with a party of pilots down to tho wreck . Upon arriving at the sands not a vestige of the ship or cargo was to be found . She had gone to pieces . The spot where she had struck was opposite Drumduff , between Balcarry Bay and Southernness . On Tuesday last portionsof tbe wreck , namely & head-board with the name " George " vi ' Leod" painted on it , and the top of the round house were picked up by a sailing smack betwen Port Carlisle and Skenburneaa .
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London Cons Exchange , Monday , Feb . 6 th . — The stands this morning exhibited a 6 mali show of samples of Wheat of home produce , and . the demand for the best descriptions was brisk , their quotations were quite 2 s per qr . above those noted on Monday last , while the other sorts were Is higher . In Foreign Wheats the currencies rose Is per qr . Good malting Barley found a steady sale on quite as good terms as of late . We can note no alteration in the value of Malt . In some instances Oats were taken at a rise of 6 d per qr . Beans and Peas tolerably steady . In Flour very little was doing .
London Sshtufield Market , Mondat , Feb . 6 .. —Tne supply of beasts , brought forward in our market of to-day , being , the time of year considered , moderate , the attendance of buyers were more numerous than on several previous occasions , and the weather favourable to slaughtering , the beef trade was comparatively steadyy atd the prices advanced , upon those noted on this day se ' nnight , about 2 d per 8 ib : the very pnmest Scots producing , without difficulty , 4 s 4 d per 81 bs . We had a few lambs and some sheep offering , but they commanded little attention . In calves , rather lower currencies . Prime small porkers freie quite as dear ; but large hogs were a mere drug ' . No importations of live stock have taken place from abroad , either in London , or at the outports , during the past week .
Borough Hop Market . —For the very best yearlings we have still a . steady inquiry , at price equal to those noted on ihis day se ' nnight ; bat in all other descriptions , though we can notice no material alteration in fignres very little is passing . Potatoe Mabke-ss . —The supplies on offer not being by any means exteasive , the demand has become much more active than of late , and prices have an upward tendency . Wool Mabkkss . —No public sales are yet announced , '• still the private contract demand is in a very sluggish state .
Tallow . —The price of Tallow is still on the decline , but while the quotation is 45 s 6 d , some parties are getting 46 s for really fine Y . C . The prices pro 9 peonvely ace also heavy . For March and April we hear something has been done under 45 s , and for new Tallow , the last three months , 44 : ) is the nominal figure ; separate months , from Sept . to Deo . inclueive , 45 s ; Town Tallow , 47 s to 47 s 6 d net cash . Liverpool Cattle Masked—Mondat , Feb . 6 . --We hav » had a much smaller supply of Cattle at market to day than of late ; any thing good eagerly sought after ., " and sold at a little advance in price . Beef 5 H . t » 6 d ., Mutton 5 id \ , to 9 £ d ., perlb . Cotto ^ Market . —Monda-e , Feb . 6 . —There is Ies 3 desire on the part of holders to press their Cotton for sale , coaseqaeutly the market is more steady to-day The ealea amount to 600 & bag ? , including 860 American o& speculation . —On Saturday 5000 bags were sold .
Manchester Corn Market , Saturday Feb . 4 . — There has been a steady consumptive demand for both Flour and Oatiasal throughout the weeb , bnfe no improvement in . prices can be noted , the purchases having beon confined chiefly to quantities suitable lor the prasent use only . Tue imports at Liverpool and Rancorn , from Ireland , of Oata , Oatmeal , and Flour , are to a fair extent ; and onr supplies of the latter article , from the interior , have of late been rather more liberal . A degree of firmness has been inverted to the trade by the declaration of Government to oppose any alteration in the Cora Laws at present ; and at our market this morning there was uo disposition to press the sale of any article at prices below the previous currency . A very limited business , however , waa done , the dealers supplying themselves sparingly , and wo repeat the quotations of this day se ' nnight .
LiVEErooL Corn Market , Monday , Feb . 6 . — During the past week we have had moderate arrivals of Wheat , Oats , Flour , and Oatmeal , from Ireland ; from other quarters , the imports are of trifling amount . The business in any article of the trade has , at the same time , been in a very limited scale , no material change occurring in prices . At to-day's market , a parcel of fine Irish Wheat sold at 6 s . 8 d . per 70 lbs ., and the best mealing Oats ( though all descriptions were much neglected ) Both
could not 08 bought under 2 a . Sd . per ? 0 , lbs . Flour and Oatmeal have moved very slowly ; the former at 27 s . to 28 h . per barrel for Canadian and United States , and 37 s . to 393 . per sack for Irish manufacture : 21 s . to 2 Is . 6 d . per load are tne quotations for Oatmeal . English malting Barley , which is still scarce , maintains our previous rates , grinding parcels almost without inquiry , and may be bought on rather easier terms . Beans and Vets are held without change ar to Y ? JU ? i & «* meetQUj a slaw retail demand .
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Trs soA . r . s between the South and North are completely blocked up with snow ; and a Sivere storm blew the -whole night from tho South- West , reaaering the journey between Dublin and Belfast very diSouU ,. —Belfast Whig .
Valuable Relic—A valuable gold rmg , supposed to h » vo belonged to Queen Mary , has lately fallen into the hands of a travelling Jew , named Solomans , reading in Barnardcastle , who appears to have r < ooived it , with fourpenee " to boot , " . in exchange tor some trifling article , from an old housekeeper , who had found it some time ago , and , ignorant of its value , parted with it as above stated . Ihe Jew perceiving some Latiu inscription in the inside of the ring , took it to one of the clergymen ! of the town , to learn the meaning of it , who told him he had
reason to believe it was the riug spoken of in history as presented by Queen Elizabeth to ; tho Earl of Essex , and whieh had been lost . Tbe reverend gentleman undertook to forward it to the I Antiquarian Society of London , who returned it with an intimation that it was not the ring supposed , but they believed it had belonged to Queen Mary , and that the value was somewhere about 250 guineas . It is rumoured tiiat Solomans has since parted with it to the above society for 350 guineas , but we cannx't vouch ' for the fact . —Newcastle Chnnicte ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 11, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct637/page/7/
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