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CITY OF iJONDON POLITICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, 1, TURNAGAINLANE, SKINNER-STREET.
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XETTKRS TROM ! THE MOUNTAINS . BKI 5 G A KWrtTEft 07 lEETTXBS TSOM AS © IJ > 3 LA * IS T 3 BB CO 1 HSXRT , TO A "J OtTSG KAB IS DUBUS . From ^ Sfee BesnSea of tbe ^ Press : * " a selection of original Ariida . isssys , # * -, ioifc& originally appeared in ihe " Pbxss * newspaper , tsiablu&ed in Ireland , oy Arthur O'Connor , after He fo ^ jf suppression of Hie 2 f oribem Star cy ft * Govern Lbtteb V . 1 amai at some lengfli on tie present administration , Twcanse Eke the fifto «* of a drama « tragic drama ) at Mnra -with it , fi » aenommient , or
unravelling « t ibe jtfo * , T » hl « a » l » a wen prepared and jipeneaiy preceding jpvemmsnte . The action may be aid to commence -with the proconsulate , the MarqaisofBui&iiighsiBj it-wm carried on under the Bnke of Battand . and Sord "Westmorland , irhose continuance in office ~ m * v be ailed the second and third acts of the piece ; the fourth act shorn xa Lord Fitzwflliam invested vrrSt power , changing foe maxims of Government , pr ^ tawjg : flie hopes of all good men / and producing one oi those tnmirtFrit changes of fortune in ¦ which tragedy delights , and -which -expaad a shortlived , gleam oT sunshine , only to Tender fey contrast the gloomy catastrophe the more deplorable and
sur--Tpy \ wjn cr _ "Wten' the eefaWWiTTiftnt of s yeomanry ( as it has been called , by across &bnse of terms ) wastet brought fonrard , aia tonth-atone of iha court propensities , or aa It mi emphatically called , of the loyalty , of the people , —for no snail pains hare been taken , to confound loyalty , nrith & blind derotion to the present administration , —the -patriotism and the penetration of the Irish ration peromeil the treacherous purpose , and recoiled from tiie mare ; it remained fur a profession , ¦ wh ich requires , and indeed produces or cultivates professional effrontery in its indlTiduBla ; it remained for a society considerable in this conntry , and which ought to be independent from its "wealth , to come forward on this occasion , "when meaner descriptions ef men prndantly or lonely lieM back , yet thefrs teas only a seeming interference to fwrnith an example , ¦ which afterwards became Tery prevalent . I nse the word
seeming , - for the measure originated in the absence of a great part of the learned body to-which I allnda A lev "gentlemen , of-whose secret motives I hare no 35 fh \ to judge , -whose characters as individuals , may be highly respectable , but -whose zonk among , their brethren -with regard to talents and ability , or ivhoae situation in life did not entitle them to dictate or propound an ; example to the rest of the commnnity ,-toot upon themselves to answer far the lest of the body , and cffidouily sent an embassy to the castle- The gentlemen projectors found themselves , for some time , in an awkward predicament , till by their own uncommon activity in the recruiting service , and the strenuous interference of Govemm ent , applying hope to one , and fear to another , actual emolument to a third , according to fiie temper and orenmstanees of the patient , the geneaHry of £ beprofession -were either driven or led into the armed ranks .
The first avowed motive of Association ins commendable , ttm Tnn . Tnt ? Ti' \^ rp of good order and the pre servations of private property j while the more . efieotxre * " «* xegular troops are engaged in opposing the progress of an invader . Had the jeomanry , without -tranite pomp , associated fcirlyfor this avowed " purpose , ardthisalone ; had they been permitted to embody themselves "withont tte formality of commission ing their officers ; it bad been "well for the country j bat this-wonM not Jmve promoted the secret aims « f the Cabinet . A . military institution , on the- principle ' of thetrasTolunteers of Ireland-would have checked , instead of forwarding the achemes < jf a -vindictive and encroaching Government The -expence to the country in the proeecatien of this hopeful plan has been '
enormous—the unavoidable charge , for arms , accoutre ments , clothing , and pay for these satellites ef minis try has been enhanced , I fear , in many instances , by ¦ variouB forms of peculation ; particularly by a system of false stater * ,-which , I am told , has too . irrguentty crept y- z ~> practice among ihe exercising cmcera of the yeomanry . 'What might be the force and utility « f &na body of men in case of invasion is problematieaL Ifisarttey-sronldiiolbo aiunrerable . to tiieir COBt ; 31 the practice of ialae masters has prevailed to any considerable extent , their numbers and flrariplms have been mncb exaggerated . Certain It is , however , that they are sufficiently dreadful to the peasantry-of Ire . land ; and certain it is , that to the yeomanry-we may attnbutetheloES « f Catholic Emancipation , of
Parliamentary Eeform , and of Temper and Moderation to the Government of the country . To them -we are indebted for therein of terror ; for ferocities that might draw Sears of pity from a Bobespiere . Bow these gentlemen may protect « s from fereign enemies , I know not ; bot-we are bound to thank them , in the next instance after the British Cabinet , lor the state cf intestine -warfsre tbK su ossta in this country ; for the appearance of bosfilein-rasioii aiid more than savage devastation , -which appalls the traveller , and -traverses the country in every direction from sea to # ea ; at the same time , I smTeatiyto . acquit the majority of any foresight or intention , that such should be thetfectof tbeirasso toa&on ; they have been mere instruments in the hands cf ^ f"y w'i"ff- * "ft -
laan . sorry to see , ttat -some of the yeomanry are rapidly sinking into a character , that -win not contri bute to -render them more estimable in the eyes of their felLnr-cItfEyis . yrom a mistaken idea , of maintaining the peace of their respective districts , of aries * ing : suspscted persons , and of punishing the idle and disorderly—they have been led to oppress the poor , un alight grounds , and sometimes , -without any grounds -whatsoever ; they have also , been betrayed into -very injurious conduct in some instaTtces towards Inditidnals in thftyespectablB "walks of life . I -would
conjure those fenBemen to avoid such acts of indiscreet isal ; to rtfleet , that they may bring disgrace and odium-on the-cbatacter of a yeoman ; and that they do ^ wt essential ly « erT 8 Hiecaiiss or GJoveHuneat ; bat , on the contrary , alienate the minds of many loyal aui well-disposed persons ; and that such conduct must have a fatal influence on society by diffusing a secret inveteracy and rancour between man and man , and disposing the sufferers their adherents and connections to a fatal retaliation , should matters in this country be fatally brought to the last extremity .
The gentifimen of the yeomanry corps have strong JdeaB of B lani of mflitary spiiit t * m \ £ Urj honour , "Which , as they think implicitly binds the armed man to obey , in&oht reaerve , the ordea of his commander . Sneh gentlemen -wholly lose sight of the first aim and institution of yeomanry associations ; and -while they fancy themselves to ¥ e soldier * , forget that they are otmmtL 19 otnld entreat-. them , in tiiB moment of istHrffirpstrtto , en actual duty , to put themsslves in the place of the persons -whom they may be urged by others or inclined by themservea to maltreat ; 4 e * -ibem not trespass on the f orbearauce of a much-endnrins people ; Ul Stiem leave to £ b . e foreign mercenanes that breathe impriBonmEnt-dBaVh and desolation , the task of coercion ; and . let them not seek to be recorded in history among the founders of military despotiEm in tbeir native eonntay .
It is mnch to be lamented that the patronB of the yeomanry institntaon , in their r ? ge for making the adoption of the cockade and the uniform general , have bees led to intrude -with proface step and sacrilegious hand into the sanctuary 01 leaning . Hia _ lla-Jesty ,-who represents the founders of that -venerable institaition , had be been timely apprised , -would have interfered in the fullness of bis paternal care to preserve the only University of the country from a measure so ruinous , eo incompatible isith literary pursuits and academie dlscipiine . It is not surprising that the generous and fiery spirits of -worm and inexperienced yonlt » should eateh -with eagerness at . lite idea of xzrayingUiemtelvBa in arms to defend their countiy . It b uatural ttiat the nelgliiBg steed and the shrill trumpeter , the royal banner , and all the pride , pomp , and circninstance © f glorious -war , should make a strong impression on Juvenile fancies , and lead the student for ibe moment to forget that the most important sod fwentia . 1 service be can lender the public is to form
bis : minfi ^ bilB an opportunity "catch pure spirit of freedom from the immortal -writings and the glorious models of Greece and Borne ; to learn , to know , and to -valne bis own rights , and to -xexpeeb a » .-sights of other . men ; in fine-, by a tine attention to the attainment of elementary knowledge to prepare himself for learning and discharging -with integrity sndiAbintyj ibfrmtigbty duties of tie c * t « sn and tb * man . It is indeed « nrpri « ing and deplorable tbattJrarulers and preceptors of Qje iesmed seminary in quettlon- ^ nen who ought to consider themselves as trustees for the parents sad guardians of the asndenfa under their « are j thsVthey , vfhetber pessessed ¦ wifii fhs demon « f alarm , or smitten -with desire or preiermenVBnd « sfer to conciliate the favour of a court shouW » nk the nterary preceptor in the drill sergeant sad MEChsnge the sober cap and gown of thecoPere fellow for tshe light infancy jacket aad the helmetof
the common soldier . The drum ana fife resound incesatnUy throufb the pesceful and rttited pmnaria o ! the e 6 De ? e and lectures and examinatione are postponed to field days and sham batttes . The fellows of the college , if I mistake not , take asolemn oath that they -will both observe ihe statutes themselves and to the best of tbeirpoTPer enforce the observa&ee of them in then . How then could they bring them « &ves to take np arms and put 'weapons into the bands of the students , in fllrect and open violation of a positive prohibition of ihestatutes ? If the obligation of an oath is a "flight thing with those gentlemen , ought theyxot to have rtflected seriously on the consEqnence of such a TMssniB ? How ^ eatrncti ve of snbordrnation—how ud . meualj \ 0 aVad 5— $ > dw xniroiueioTj ot dissipation and Jntempennee—how » pl io throw jonng men into the jnilitaryprcie 8 sion , in opposMon totiie wishes of then parental !
1 have ^ welt even to arfiety , on the conduct an * ¦ ne-wact our governors ; let ub now transfer osx attention to 5 he governed , and inquire into the temper and disposition of the people . It cannot he denied or concealed , tbsb deep and general discontent prevails 3 Jje " people fcave been in advised and intemperate , in some instances ; and furnished a pretext for the making this country an example of severe chastisement , a lesson of intimidation to the rest of the British empire , to jpisli the movements towards reform , and ' Btfis the smtinous Expirations after freedom . It has bees Qx craft of" RoverDment to connect with the French
Revo-Irtion these tfiVris snd mevEments which have bet 3 nacc towards rtnyTaung the Gonstitnlion , and brinj is-S-st b&cS lolls firstprinciplBE . The iiberal s&ntixieir
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the wish for freedom , the censure of the present order of reyuUted corruption i all are reprobated , and ascribed to the fatal and alarming progress of French principles . I will not presume to deny , that a great gnat nation triumphantly contending for freedom furnishes an apt subject of criminating comparison , and contumelious reference . I will sot venture to insinuate that the atrocities which disgraced tha revolution in France may all be traced to theii trae source , In the wicked and perfidious interference of the coalesced powers . But why resort to France and French prin-?
ciples Are exampla and precept necessary to teach men to feel the law which nature has engraven on their hearts ? Must the faint and Weeding bondman wave ! to France to lean thatfhe ^ oppressed when the burthen actually galls bis shoulder , and the scorpion lash of bis tormentor descends on bis back ? That there 4 sjroom—room did I aay'f An urgent and imperious necessity f « a reform in our corrupted eonstitnrion , and an amen dment in the oondition of the miserable people is a truth written in the bleod of the Irish peasant ; and he that runs may read it by the light of the flames that consume the cottage .
There are two parlies in this country that like to profess themselves friends of the constitution . The adherents of the one ' profess an enthusiastic admiration of our inestimable constitution , not only in its substance , bat in all its present forms ; and think an attachment to the British constitution may be best manifested by vehement expressions of loyalty to the British Sove-Teipu The other party would willingly concede something to tile changes which emux of time has wrought in the sentiments and circumstances ( of men , since various parts of the British constitution were first framed and settled aa they now exist According to the opinions ot thosemen , atraeiegard to the spirit and robstance of the constitution , would lead by a blind devotion to m&re forms , but by a temperate pursuit , through legal
means , to the emancipation of the oppressed Catholics of Ireland , and to a solid and effectual , not an aristocrafie and illnsory reform in Parliament ] Each of these parties accuses its rival of secret aims dissembled with xauidoca art , and far more extensive ? and alarming than the avowed ostensible objects . The friends of Reform suspect their opponents of conspiring to extend the prerogative of the crown , an 4 even of harbouring a covert wish to effectuate the IJnion between Ireland and Britain , as the only sure method of rendering permaiient ihe connection ef the two conntries . The opposite party chargs 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 specious pretext of a Parliamentary Reform . '¦
I hold it fair t » judge of men from their professions as long as their transactions are conformable . Tbe secret intentions ot 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 subdivided into two classe * . The first into I constitutional loyalists , or honest alarmists , and the minions of power ; the creatures and adherents without discrimination or free will ef every administration who thrive on the abuses and corruptions of Government : the bitter into constitutional royalist reformers and secret
republicans . The ministerial royalist abhon all reformers alike aa his natural enemies ; for all reform ation 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 tbe reformers in particular ; as persons who thirstior their destruction , and wish to extingaish all free inquiry land public spirit . i
ImpartiaUity obliges me to say , that from my observation ( and I converse much with people of both descriptions ) the reformers , though violent perhaps in their politics , are moderate in their demeanour ' compared with their opponents ; and controversy on their parts , ( with a few exoepHonf among the lower order , ) is free from . personal ontrage , and has not degenerated into savage ferocity and thirst of blood . What change the conduct ot the ?* adversariea nay produce Is not « asj to conjeetara ; the other party are actuated by a rage more than human ; their teeth are spears and arrows , and their tongue a sharp sword . They brand those who differ from them in politics with opprobrious epithets—incendiaries
anarchists—traitors , and rebels No professions of loyalty or zaal for the British constitution can appease their fury . Every man who wishes for ) a Reform in Parliament , or even with tha utmost diffidence intimidates a doubt of the immaculate purity of Government both in theory and practice , is a traitor in his heart , and abonld 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 hostility . They seek to light the torch of civil discord The safere thirsts in their hands . They long to Immolate thousands , and tens of thousands , at the Moloch-like shrine of a Minister , to whom myriads of Hec&tcoaabs have been already offered .
Such are the parties into which the peeple of this country seem to be divided at present . Ibe voice of the moderate and wholly unprejudiced few , is too faint to be heard between them , mnch 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 the tumultuous swelling of the parties that surrounded them . l&t us analjzs the parties into which the people of Ireland are divided , and resolve them into their component elements—and first let us see which are tbe eiasses cf men that devote themselves without reserve to the Government party . The most striking and the most vehement are the clergy of the . established church . Nor can it excite our wonder . Their numbers in this
conntry are unnecessarily great , in proportion to the numbers of people who are of the same persuasionand the possessions of the *» tabliahed church in Ireland , are unreasonably , enormously great , whether considered with respect to tbe nombers of the clergy , « r to the aggregate property of the conntry . ; Tiie 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 thia 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 the extensive influence of the patronage of
the Crown , on a profession , which I fear is too apt to cherish sentiments of selfish venality . There are unnessary and necessary places under Government of an incalculable amount in number and -value in tM » king--dom ; tbe collection of tbe revenue , in particular , is profuse and expensive in a most culpable degree . By these means the conntry Is overspread with a host of placemen and expectants . To this we may add tbe military patronage—and we shall find a third class implicidly devoted to the party of Government , and loud and -violent in the dbfence of its very abuses . It is not surprising thai in a corrupt state of society , Che sets of men in question , should blindly devote themselves to the court party . They are influenced by a sense of present interest ; bat it is somewbat extraordinary to find the great body of the aristocracy of-the country ranged under the same standai d . ,
To what shall we ascribe tfaiB oblivion of their proper character and functions , this direlection of their situation and influence in tbe community of this base political suicide ? To three causes—a corrupt and neglected education in the higher ranks of the community ; a degree of luxury and expense vastly beyond their means , xeadexing ibem at once proud , unfeeling , neceSHitoua . and dependent ; but above all—to the pro-Tincial situation of the country . It is now time thai we should consider the elements of -which the other party is composed . :
Two very different sects of Christians have concurred in ranging themselves under tbe ensigns of Reform : the Catholics » f Ireland , and the Protestant Dissenters . Of these iu their order , the Catholics of this country are not what they were in the preceding centuries . We must not judge of them from the violent pastoral letters , breathing the spirit of ancient bigotry and unchristian disunion , of one or two indiscreet aud medlinjf moats , 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 than themselves , to instil , -with malice
prepence , the poison of religion * and civil discord , they deserve the severest reprobation . As to the great body of the Gatbolics of Ireland , the ) beams of philosophy have not dawned t > n them in vain ; they have revealed to them their true interests , and animated them with the warmth of benevolence and liberality . They are actuated , I km persuaded , with a true love ol freedom ; they plainly perceive that religious distinctions 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 an 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 . *
The Protestant Dissenters have been at all times disposed te maintain the causa of freedom ; but it is a gross error and an bigb injustice , to eonolude , that , because - their habits asd manner of life sr 9 | comparatively speaking , simple , and their ecclesiastical Governmen has a repnbfiean form , that they axe of coarse champions for democracy in temporal establishments . Many of the dissenters are persons of large fortune , deeply interested in the continuance of public credit . We cannot rationally suppose that such persons would be -the friends of ansrsby , or the ringleaders of innovation
Taefomwof tbeii religion , ik is tone , exhibit an example of rational eqaality—and thepreeepts of thai religion lead them in common wita other ! Christians who attend to the spirit and precepts of the Gospel , to a temperate fire of freedom . This is all that can fairly be infrared from the religion of the" dissenters with respect to their political seotimenta . The dissenters , in common with their Catholic brethren , have learned , by a tedious lesson in the school of adversity , to be friends to ci-sil and religious liberty , even on a principle ol £ d 3 shnt £ 3 , as nqaiMte to their 6-wn perfect emancipation , and full enjoyment of crfil li | ht » .
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To the two great bodies of Catholics and Protestant Dissenters , I will a * d certain philosophical and speculative minds ; that filled with abstract notions of freedom , and Bmlt with the charms of theoretical perfection in Government , aim at a general participation of the- rights of pan , on the bread principle of the French Revolution .: Sach 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 aristocratic influence , tbe sweeping vortex of court favour , andseekfor 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 permament 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 ] prefers tbe state of civil outrage , and a Government by military force to the trial of this mild expedient ? : I conclude this long scroll , with assuring you through all changes and chance ? of this mortal state of the friendship of MontaKtjs .
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Fatal Accident to Captains Drew and Jones . — "With deep regret we announce the death oftheBe gentlemen , two of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity house , London . It appears they 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 the ; attempted to land in a boat on the Qaies Bocks , but owing to the heavy surf they were unable to do so . On returning , the boat came in contact with the steam-yacht ,-and all in theboat ( webelieve nine in number ) were thrown into the water * by which the two unfortunate gentlemen named were drowned . —^ Shipping Gazette .
A Strange Visraon . —On Sunday the inhabitants on both sides of Frith , from Dtinoon to Helensburg , were surprised at ihe appearance of a huge whale , which was discovered making its way up the river . It appears to have been first noticed about Dunoon , from tbe noise occasioned by its frequent blowing . It afterwards proceeded towards the GairJoch , keeping near the , Koseneath shore ; but it had not proceeded , far up when it turned round and again Bet out for Bea . Its length has been estimated at from 60 to 70 toelJ—Glasgow paper . Success . —The astonishing increase in thesaleof Parr ' s Life Pills , affords strong evidence in favour of their efficacy . It is not to be supposed that parties who purchase a single box , would buy more if they received no benefit by taking them ; tbe fact is , those who once try ' them , determine never to be without io benign a medicine ; and thousands are being oured daily of the most inveterate maladies .
SIR . Weight , long known as a most useful and successful missionary amongst the Grequas , has died of putrid sore throat , a disease which had become epidemic , and bad cut off a number of persons at Pbilippolia , Mr . Wright had been in South Africa from 1822 , and appears to have made more progress in civilizing and Christianising the Aborgiues , who&e unbounded confidence he had obtained , than any individual that was jever sent on the mission . It follows , as a necessary corollary , that his loss is universally regretted along the whole line of the frontier , where his merits were best appreciated .
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City Of Ijondon Political And Scientific Institution, 1, Turnagainlane, Skinner-Street.
CITY OF iJONDON POLITICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , 1 , TURNAGAINLANE , SKINNER-STREET .
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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-ncseproduct811/page/2/
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