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0 D 2 TO BEKETO 1 EXCB . Ceiestiax maid , in snowy rest , THlli tfcarfnl eye , and i&robbhufbreaEt , Ofrieaa cfmsa , indulgent pow * r , Conductine to ib ; sacred 2 xWx"Rliseibs pnreioTEsthy izsflneEee share , Anfeo 323 sweets perfnme 1 ib . e sir , And sneltiiigsrrinB of music * 9 fll ( l , 32 sii >* "thB deep sHOness ^ Uaisg rnlld , OnSie ^ sr ^ nrapisif'a steal , AndnaHislessecitadesTSTeal ; TTatinirlhs harmonies of mind , TTiidi man to nan so sweetly linfl
-Thosaibs accords , mysteriraa lies , 3 fce £ eelingliesri ' , B blest sympathies Tell me the placs , erickantres tell , lytere chief thou tatst delight-to dwell . Id tod I search th&g&zk retreat , TThsresuperstition leatsher seat ; Sunk in the Convents 4 ismal cell , TThere ascetics slnggJshdweU Auad-whose damp and cheerless gloom , Its victims rn&less prMs entomb , ¦ with breaking teari aail streaming eyes , "Wieraewi sad angbiBOniB TE 3 t 3 l *\ gh » ., TomihHn tbejsputalierBonl ield dear : Canlf atare ' a Goa condemn the tear ?' In vain I searchthe lonely shade ,
"W £ = re Anchorite Mb care hsSi made ; And solitude , in cypress Test , Consumes the hours in selfissh rest Thou , 01 social nymph , I -srsen , Iniosy life areo&nest seen ; Arid yet in Tsin ea ihee I « all In silfiy pleasure * dfesirza halL More TamlysSIl Ilaa&y same 3 hro * tha cr < ra 3 s& . - «» Tats ol iasae ; " Wjbere Ambition ' s fiery eye 3 ? e ' er drops a tear on misery ; Sat tyranny , in blood-stained vest , — "While fiercer torments rack his breast ! Than Qioss his irrelched-ric&nB feel , Stretch's on the iorErinz hed of steel ,
Srodaiins alond the jaorrid "Bar . See , 1 ) 09 Wip ¦ mr . ' ngy ^ y gT » TTg < « f « r t £ fl& smo ^ Ongi ^ ood rf yfa'vffifc ***^ Jxsaps And as fhe jtstiItc "widow weeps , "With savage joy be drinks her tears—Her cries are mnsic in his ears . "Where trarils Moody standard rears , In Tain thy gsntle form appears . Yhen £ rem the palace lefcme Me , Ana swat -wiSi thse , sweet virgin , fij 5 " o some-lone « e £ , -where poverty DHspairing * Its with hopeles eye . 01 Goadess , liastetoEi 5 n * sJ £ nd , Ihera deign to Jafce ifayialloWd stani £ >! let thy sooSmeiijirit heal
! D 2 B miseries irMch her people feeL Xo ! froniMB helpless daaarentam , ! & £ fr sole rcpporfc , their father borne Tsi , isr from his native land ; i " crced ly oppression ' s iron Isasd , 3 ) o'BBE 3 ar on the ¦ stialiy -wave ! EhaSme?—Ha TrouldEot I > 3 aslave . Bold , O * Bold Satiaffisa hsnd l See , it prepares thehorrM brand ! Alas ! the flames already spread , And , 01 consume the hnuibleEhed ¦ Where misery alone conld find A shelter irom the piercing -Bind ; Andie , -rboss labour fed that pride , "Which now MsinfPrin ^ s can deride ; Psdorn , aua destitnts mnst xosm ,
"Slthonta friend , wiSioui a home—EsalldestroysdJ what I nothing are 1 O' no ¦!—Ha £ onld act be a slave . Ea J Triienca comes that dying moan ; O . ' "s ^ hssce thsi agonizing groan ! 'SSs Score ' s parting pang J—He dies A mangled , lifdeES corse fee Ees—An aged parents fostiing hope , An aged possES onrjr prop J If aked , defecceless , te -wxs slain BysrmEflsoiaieia ] O ! foul stain ' OpprEsaon marlfdhim lor the graTS ^ ffis crime ?—He could not be a slsre . O ! Goddess haste to Erin ' s land , There deign lo take thy hsJlow'd stsud-O » let thy s » £ hing spirit heal 3 he mis ' 3 ie 5 Triich her people feeL
Z . Trtra THE Psess , an JrxsS xarsjxzptr , szjppresssd fry CcBETEZBOii , to carry " Uinos . "
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SOSG OF THE HAXMAKER 3 . 5 HExoosKde 5 s hot , and t > nr fcrebeads are Tbtqtsji , Oar pains are all shining and hard ; Ed ^ clcBe ss oni-B-oii'srithlhe-wainandthefeJk , - And ^ 04 poor is our daily reirard . 2 nt iil ^ r&Ts JOJ Xn ^ &e ^ trr ^ v T't i ; !^ wnfi Tn ^ -rfH jll t ^ kit Tctt tSSms Tsbttfins avsy cvsr head ; Osa sp 5 i 5 t 3 are l ^ hl , though cnr skina may be dark , Aa 2 lhere * £ pears 'aith obt meal ef brown bread . KedWfcD in the meadows , -vre toO on the sod , T « s « sy fecn the d $ yB dnH gloom ; And * moreJ&Sy ar « ire , though in rage ire may be , Ifesn the pale ^» s ^ jtet the loom , TTfcsna Eoag End a cheer , 1 st tbebonnie green stack CfiTfiHrg np lo the ann iridesnd high ; Fwti £ iakberB , ai > dMkera , and merry haymakers , Aaa the beautiful . Midsummer sky .
Oaneibrai , genSe ladies—come forth , dainty srSj Aid liEtl us j-oiir presence a"srliile ; Tee ggnngntsrgiH gatfeer bo stain from the burs , Anfl-a frecklBTron * itaniish yonrsmila ttar cxrpefa mere soft for your delicate feet ^ hmihepSe of yoni Tdreled floor ; Aad &s s £ r of < rar balm awarfh is snKly as swett As the perfnniecfAiabia ' s shore . CcEslciih , noble masters , * ome forth to the £ el § , Whe ? g frsEhsssB and isalth may 1 » fonsd j yiiSJt ClB'srbi-a-i'O'wsare » p ? = aa for ih& is ^ ierSlss , As 3 flsB ebTsr-bloom £ JMh aroand . ^ hEB sKmg and a cheer for fes bonnis green stack , CSaleng up So the Bun-wifleanahigh ; Tsa the pitehsa , and rakers , and merry hsymakars , And thfi beantifnl ifidsnmmer sky .
Eaa lz £ r ensa the Trassorer , londlyand gaick , ] Asa then comes 4 he hearty * ' Gee-Tro ! *' iThils fks rWTmtng old tesm-horses manage So pick AxvE 6 t monthroItoTJiinjch as they 50 . SbsiaTOy-Isced children come ronnd ns to plsy , And braiely they scatter the h&sp ; 33 Jhefefcst one , all oatepent -with the fan , It csSetL X 5 > uiih lie sheep-dog , ssle ? p . tSd ^ e E&a dtrsra « n ihe haycock'a fir com , J ^ the eiiw of our labouring d 3 . y ; AiJ'BaJuj Ms Efe , 12 k the gi- « g « . si his fee * , Hay be pireatits " paESEgaway .--Thei a ksj asdatheer for the becnie green stack , ( SjeKes sp to ibe snn-wide and high ; iorthspitdiea , ssd T ^ ers , and merryhayaiakers , AndttEbeaa&lltlidsammer sky . Eliza Cook .
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CA 12 SLE —A Modess Jack Sheppaep—^ 5 » G iSdPE psoji ^^^ T . ijgT . T ; GiOI »— JfotwishsaEJlisg the excellent axrangefflems of car cocnty ^ k- * ^* Te to record the escape of a prisoner from ? R 3 Hfi its walfe ; but it tos the resnli of an adren-4 O £ a » paatns in itself , sad accc-mpHshed iwth snch ^^^ dinary daring , that -we maj safelj say iXsras * s caaps -since so posa&le foresghs conld prrreui . « UltTBc 2 nt Carlisle sessonF , a Js < 2 nsjjjed isw-^ ceDDogaa , cHos Joseph Hajnes , "who \ s ^ s oa 3 y * Seei jeais « fage , iras comicted on an indictment *® Se ^ iDg sererai diver spoons , the property of ^ tt-iaac Scott , of WoxfciBglon . H 13 * ase excite from the feel that
*^ eraHe attention ha -was r-sr aa &mDy of ihieyes of which , no lea than three , ^ eonTicted at the last sesaoss . On the trial it ^^ ^ LaTrrence Doogan had been pre-^^ J coETicted and imprisoned for theft some J * 3 ago ; and he "was tberefcre sentenced to trans-^« hpn for serai years , The earnest entreaties fa * v ^ ^ ^ niSgsfion of his panishment , J oined " we outcry mised in the eonrt , apparently by ^ J 6 lstjon 3 j -R-hen ibe sentence Tras anEoncced , ^ " ^ - qaite a sensation at the time . After his l ^ teMSjie-iraSjasTisual , subjected to haid labour 9 ae g aol ; int ezbiblttug symptoms of catarrh , flrf HD ^ ? OBafly placed in the hospital , and a f- ^ TOa pu t upon iisehesL At Eight , however , «« atrirBd toraaie hi 3 « e from the hospital
cap , *** !« the lofty -srall by xeeshs of a lesdeai -jyater P ^ and lia . Tiii £ lhrjsicac > i £ d the leads he escaped ? 7 » t roorof flieJGroroi Cfcart . iiis xonte being clearly ^^> 1 ^ xmS he dropped Inlo the Ehrobhery he-«« a opposite to Mr . Head' s back . The difficul-^ ie lad to encounter were most formidable . The 5 ? 5 cutlet from 1 he hospital is a irindow -srith three ^ s of glsss , int the bars of the sash are of iron , frr •« space between than 13 bsrely ax inches * wta ialf trifle , and only fifteen and a- hsif inches ^^ lornan ^ -an apgitare Eo small , ii&i it seems * iS ^ P * " inpossibHity for any hnicaa being , beyond S |_^ * f ^ hHdbood , to force himself thron ^ i it . r ^ iaw ^ aLconixiTed jq &O i fint it ia supposed he J ^ . ^ EiBted in t"ha j dtemnt- bv a . deserter of the at
| j *<| K ® ment , iyho -sra 3 ^ 1 so in the hospital the 3 P" ^ elat , howCTer , is one of great aifficnlty , ^? as he : Tjm £ t have eome ihron ^ i head foremost 9- ffl aBarrellcw he gained his feei Triihout serious ? 3 'nj . fhice ontsiaethe hospital his work "was but |? SnL , aIormjaaHe ^ rall , of foil twenty-eight feei « * & |» asij& be staled ; and this he oonld « nlyac-¦ S $ & * y the help of a frail Icades "wafer pips r ^ -nms np the Trail fer twenty-fonr feet , and v ^ aks in a & > t % « f l > ox . To « Kmb this must S ^ t eqnired extraordinary strength and daring ; ^ 3 » en ha reacted the top of the pipe , -where a " T ^ box or enp , receives the rain from ihe leads " «* enter Trail of &s goal , it is scarcely possible 1 » vj" * " ? icw he raised himself to his feet , or how "SKp 1 J 3 nr ^ prscariDns footing , I " roia £ he top
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oft ^ jE pipe to ihe top of the parapet of the leads is a dL-sces of folly fonr feet : and the surmounting this ebsisele -was the most perilous part of the whole nEdotathig—the slightest mistake mast have preeipitaiea the adventnrer to the bottom of the yard , and dashed _ him to pieces ; bat it wonld appear that he reached it by a bold and vigorous springs aa the lead evidently bent nnder his feet , and one of the two nails by -which it is attached to the -wall was torn from its holding . It was & leap dEciding life or death j bat it succeeded !! and having gained a par-chase for Ms arms , a strennons effort placed him on tha _ top ; the difficulty of this moat have heen moch increased by the parapet being tride and roimded instead of sqasxe . From the leads to the Conn House the way is comparatively easy , hut it
involved a dropping leap of nearly twenty feet from t&B leacb of the Conrt Honse to the lower buildine , and a further descent of still more from thence to the shrubbery , by both of which the lad must have been considerably shaken . It is a singular feature in his escape , that he did not take any blanket , or other means cf helping himself , and although he must have left the hospital naked , he appears to have passed his Nothing through the aperture and dressed himself afterwards , as bis prison clothes are gone , sad there are marks on the parapet , where the ¦ n-ooliea part of Ms ooat came away in his struggle to reach the top . A reward of £ 20-wa 3 immediately offered for M 3 recapture , and the exertions of the police are unremitting ; but up to the time of our going to press , no trace of the daring lad has been , discovered . —Carlisle Patriot .
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Stxajtees are running from Hull to Hamburgh twice a week . UTRECHT . —It sppesxslrom the report of the Estates of the provinea of Utrecht , that the population amounted on the 1 st of January , 1843 , to 447 , 915 souls . TheEussias akmt being employed on the St . Patersburgh and Moscow Railway is now confirmed , so that the line is likely to be prosecuted with vigour . The Belgiah Baixwat traffic for April , is 643 , 399 femes , £ 25 , 736 ; number of passengers , ? S 3 , 277 ; goodV traffic , £ 9 , 279 . The Espobi of ceal from Bristol his fallen from 3 , 614 tons in the year 1841 ., to 2 , 481 tons in 1 S 43 , or uearJy one-half ' It is asseeted that the Pm 3 sian Govarnment has suggested to the states of the German confederation a central system of railway administration on the plan of ZoUverein or Customs Union .
As some persons were shooting at a mark near ihs Tillage Pierrefitte , near SL 3 > enli , lately , a ball struck a pebble on the ground , and , rebounding , penetrated the left breast of a young girl of eighteen , standing at some distance , and killed her instantaneously . Postmastebs lending newspapers , - which pass through their hands , for the purpose of being read , if proved to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General , will be dismissed . Shockisg . —A man named Fiz ? era 3 d was committed from Worship-street , on a charge of selling , foi prime Dossst batter , a paa of cart grease , covered ¦ over on the top with a coating of the genuine article . Several persons have by this means been imposed upon . O . \ dit , that Sir R-Bael has intimated to the Bishop of London tie settled determin&tlan of Government to put down this Pasey movement , and that we shall shortly hear of the supersedeas-ing of Bishops as well as Magistrates .
3 J 0 B . S " Dead Weight . "—An order in Gouncil has jns » been made , under which thirty parsers are to be permitted to retire oa the half-pay of 8 s . 6 d . per diem . Tbe Board of Admirality will select those whose qualifications come np to the rule Jaid down by their Lordships . The increased half-pay commenced from the 1 st ol July . " Fbee Boe . 5 Britoss . "—Five men were committed from Lambeth-street to the Honse of Correction , is ? refcalus to do the work required of them by the Board cf Guardians of the Stepney Union . They complained bitterly of being allowed nothing for breakfast bus &rj bread , being kept at wotk grinding glass till so late an hour in the day that it was impossible to get to any work ont of the union house .
Bad ?> E \ rs FOB the Ibon Tbade . —The Courrier de Lyon states that "water-pipo made of thick glass , covered with a costing of bitumen , and made to insert into each other with bitumen joints , are being manufao tuied-at KiTB-de-Gier . These pipes will , it is asserted , bear 3 higher degree of pressure than tho 3 « of cast iron , and are 58 per cent cheaper Sisgclab Pact . —At the Burgess Hill station , near Nottingham , a nest , filled with young birds tof the wstsr-wag-isil kind ) was discovered under the rail over which the traJEc is daily passing , and it is somewfcai extraordinary that neither the old birds dot the yonsg ones fake any alarm at the ergine and carriagts thundering over them . Sines it was discovered , it has been placed under the especial care of the police-W >*;^ 1 O ? £ ^ I ^ £ . T ^ Tirm .
I \ CHC £ S OF I ^ EWSPAPEfiS AT PRESS ^ rc PVBLlSHiB IS DITPEJISXT PaE 73 OF THE . TTOSIO . — In Spain thtre are twelve newspapers ; in Portugal , ssv = nteeB ; in Switzerland , thirty-six ; In Russia and Poland ., « 3 hty-four ; is Holland , 150 ; in Great Britain , nearly 300 ; in Prussia , 283 ; in the other Germanic Sates , 305 ; in Australia , nine ; in Asia , twenty-seven in Africa , twelve ; in America , 1 , 138 . The total number of newspapers published in Europe is 2 , 14 S . At TJ 3 i 5 A in Iriule , a poor man suffering under the agonising torture of hydrophobia , was cured with draughts of vinegar given him by mist ike , instead of another potion- A physician at Padua got intelligence of thin event , and tried the same remedy npoa a patient at the hospital , administering a peund of vinegar in the morning , another at noon , and a third at sunset , and the man was speedily and perfectly cured .
Bajlwat Tbapfic—The fallowing is a calculation of the w « Jdy returns of forty-one railways 1 ^ 19 miles in leu ^ th : — =-Kmnber of passengers on twenty-six railways , 367 , 626 , * consequently the total for the week must be above 5 & 0 , O 00 . The receipts for passengers for fortyoes railways , £ 78 , 860 la . lid .: ditto for goods on thirty-ax railways , £ 22 , 451 7 * . ld . j £ 101 , 311 9 a . 6 i This is an average of £ 66 ^ per mDe per week . The traffic , therefore , is certainly at the rate of about four millions and a fealf a year , and carrying twenty millions of passengers .
ExmioBDJSABT Fish . —A man , named Hawtry , who was trolling a short time since in the Thames , at Clewer , near Windsor , hooked one of the largeBt pikes ever caught in the river ; and , after skilfully ** playing" -wkh the pike for upwards of an hour and a half , he at length landed it safely on the bank , but net without considerable difficulty , being alone , and unprovided with eo necessary an aid 83 a landing gaff . This enormous fish , which has just been stuffed as a , great curiosity , -weighed upwards of 301 bs , and i = three feet sev ^ n inches and a half in length i Mr . Mills , banker , of Lombard-street , who was " spinning" in the Thames , from a punt , on Saturday last , canght , in th » conrse of the afternoon , between Windsor and Datchet bridges , three splendid trout , in beautiful condition , which weighed upwards of 251 bs . A baTbel was also hoeked , * and landed , near Datcbet , two feet ten inches long , and -weighing -241 bs .
Esieaobdixabt Lobster . —A lobster was purchased at Billingsgate last wetk which measured in length two feet five inches and a half—the siza of the bony wa 3 sixteen inches , and the claws measured upwards of fourteen inches . Altogether it was the handsomest specimen of the kind ever exhibited in Billingsgate market . A Fatal Legacy . —An inquest was held on Saturday c : the Captain Cook , Mormon-street , Commercial-road , before Mr . Baker , on the body of Frederick Bentlej , aged 30 . Deceased aad been a publican , and having had a considerable turn left him by a TelatiOBj gave np business with the intention of living privately . Since he got possession cf the property ,
he had not , the witnesses said , been sober for a single day , but filled his pockets -with money and treated indiscriminately all he met . Thursday morning he was seen leaning against a house in Back-road , St . George's , bleeding from the nose and mouth . He ¦ was then intoxicated , and said as well as he could that he thought he had broken a blood-vessel . He was taken to a surgery , where attempts were made to administer medicine bnt without success and he was conveyed home , bnt before entering the honse he expired . A surgeon said that a confcinned conrse of drunkenness , and consequently great excitement , was the cause of the rupture of the vessel from ranch he died . Ycrdict— Died from the bnrsting of a blood-vessel cansed by excessive
drinking , *' A Sisgitlab Phesomenos appeared in the harbour ef Valetta , at Malta , lately , the water suddenly rising to the height of three feet , and overflowing theworksoftlie new dry dock ; it almost immediately fell five feet and a half ; during this period a Tery strong carrent * ras running ont of the haroonr , ¦ which the boatmen could scarcely stem . It is supposed this circnmstarjc 8 must have occurred through some earthquake at a remote distance . The kamb of the Penitentiary at MiDbank has been chajiged to Millbank Prison , and placed HndBr the superintendence of inspectors . The practice of visiting justices has been discontinued , and magistrates have now no power oTer-tbe internal management of ihe place . These alterations taTe been erected by an Act which Ja ^ So operation on the 27 * ulfo enfafled , « An Ac * for regnlaMBg the Prison at Millbank .
Ekgiosh Law a Gbeai Hespecteb oh | sssons . -On Wednesday Sir Thomas Pbjlbpp ^ Bar t p ^ f Middle B 21 , near Broadway , late Mayor of ^ ewport , Monmouthshire , was i ^ ictea at our County Sons , in conjunction with two persons named ISner and Fl etcher , Sot misdemeanour in assaulting one Thomas Cooper , » tax collector , in the * xecut 5 on of his duty . The offence was deufa ^ EtantiatedagaicEt the principal , Sir T ^ omasPoiuips , evidence against Faulkner and Fletcher was so « % M that the Jury acquitted them . Sir Thomas Phffliijps was punished bj a fine * f £ 10 , Trhich of cwm » £ as paid immediatelyiMidtbere wasaa end « f
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tha farce . It will be seen by the report of the trial tbat Sir Thomas was seated on the Bench with the magistrates while it took place , and that dk codefendants sat with him ; that isjfae was seated on the Bench as a ineabfr of the very Court which tried him , and , for all the means the public have of knowing to the contrary , might have voted in the division of magistrates which took place on the qnestioa whether he should ba fined £ 10 or £ 20 . The fact Of Sir Thomas Phillipps , appearing as he did in the character of a person against whom a Grand Jury had returned a true bill for misdemeanour in assaulting a Queen ' s offic ^ Bi tting on the Bench with his Judges , is a proof of the observation prefixed in tne shapo of headzne to this article , that
English law is a- great respector of persons . Had the Baronet and his co-defendants been allowed to git beside their counsel , it would have been the only concession which ought to ihave been extended to them , and which , according to any practise of the Court in cases where persons of the better class are concerned , they conld posBibly have expected . But ive shall make the respect for persons more apparent by contrasting this caso with the treatment of Wm . Gomm , a mill Wright , who -wasmdictedfor an assault on a peace officer at Kiddeiminster , the only difference between Ma case and that of Sir Thomas Pnillipps being that there were not the slightest grounds for the charge against Gqmm , who , so far from having committed any assault on the policeman ,
appears to have given him a very proper and well merited castigation for his interference in a matter fwhich did not concern him ; an interference held by the Court to be out of the performance of his duty , and which the Jury , by their instant verdict of not guilty , fully confirmed . But Gomm answered to his name in the prisoners dock .: He was not allowed to sit by the magistrates whp were trying him , nor « Ten beside the barrister who appeared on his behalf , though the verdict of the Jury , pronounced clearly in accordance with the summing up of the ' Chairman , absolved him of the charge against him . Sir Thomas Phillipps , accused and found guilty of assaulting an officer of her Majesty's revenue
In the execntion of his- duty , rises from the magistrates' bench on which he sat during his trial , U > receive sentence for the oifence . The charge against Sir Thomas Pbillipps , the baronet , and the charge against William Gomm , tho working inan , were of the same f natnre—the one was found guilty , the other purged of all offence—yet the baronet , who was found guilty , was allowed to $ it in ths seat of honour in : the midst of his Judges , while the labouring man , who was declared guiltless , was made to hold up his hand in the felon's dock , and there await tke verdict of the Jury . We think after 4 Mb no one will he so hardy &i to deny the truth of pnr text , that English law ! is a great respecter of persons . Sir Thomas PhillippB was fined £ 10 for the offence of which he was convicted . The utter
inadequacy of the punishment must be apparent to the least reflecting observer . ^ What punishment is a fine of £ 10 , levied on a person like Sir Thomas Phil-Iipp 3 ? Is it any punishment at all ? Cannot every one of our readers call to : mind cases where poor ignorant working people , iiqt an educated and a learned , and by comparison with them , certainly rich gentleman , have been sentenced to three months at the treadmill for assaulting police officers . Such things are of too frequent occurrence not to be in the recollection of all the public who pay the least attention to these matters . To fine a person of Sir Thomas Phillipps' station and means . £ 10 for assaulting a collector of taxes , —an officer , bo it observed , of the Queen ' s Majesty and armed in that
behalf with very summary powers , —iB about equivalent to finiDg a poor labourer , who earns twelve or fourteen shillings a week by patient toil , sixpence for assaulting a policeman . "But , if law is to be equal for rich and poor , then calculating the poor labourer ' s fine at £ 5 for such an offence , the man of rank and fortune ought to pay £ 500 , or in proportion to the ratio in which his means exceed these of the labourer . Unless this be done , and we all very well know it is hot done , this system of pnnishment by fine is as uneqcal and isignst , as it is to place one offender in the criminal dock , While another is allowed to fiit oheek by jowl with the very persons who are trying , and may be called on to Bentence him . —Worcestershire Chronicle . —{ This said Sir Thomas Phillips was Mayor of Newport , at the timo of the Welsh outbreak ; and as such , he was extremely active in visiting [ upon John Fbost all the " vengeance of
ths law . He received his " jSir ' -shipfor his efforts on that occasion . On a charge of making war on the Queen ' s person , in the person of her representatives , the troops , John Fbost was sentenced to be iioso and QUARTERED !; and he bad the cruel indignity inflicted upon him of being compelled to see the scaffold on which the inhuman butchery was intended tojbave been perpetrated , builded before his eyes . For making tear upon the Queen ' s representative , the Income-tax collector , Sir Thomas Phillips was fined £ 10 , whilo sealed on the judgment seat ! V « rily , a ** name" makes all the difference ! Johjj Fkost ' s offence was called " treason , " and he was sent to horde among thieves . and outcasts , after Jbe had been treated as before detailed ; Sir Thomas Philliss ' s offence was called an *• assault . " and £ 10 satisfies cash-needing Justice ! How would Frost have fared , had he been a ** Sir" ?]
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LETTERS FROM THE MOUNTAINS . BEUfG A SEBIES OP LSTTXBS * H 0 M AN OLD MAM IS THE COCKIBT , TO A 101 JSG MAN IN DUBLIN . From " The Beauties o ! tfce ; 'Press : * " a selection of original Articles , Essays . 4 "C- , which originally appeared in the " Pbess" newspaper , established in Ireland by Arthur O'Cont ^ or , after the forcible suppression of the Northern Star by the Government ] LETTFB IV . Necessity ia called the tyrant ' s plea . It mu&t be worse than tyranny , that cannot plead even necessity . Can the present managers of our theatre of calamity plead necessity as a justification of the horrors into ¦ which they have plunged us ?* -No ; tbtee
measuresconcession to the Catholics—even the shadow of a Parliamentary Reform—some amelioration in the coddition of ths peasantry : these would have fully pacified the country , -without impairing the just prerogatives of the crown , or destroying that vigour of government , of which some among us are such admirers . The Irish people were not prone to insurrection . The peasantry , in general , are an indolent , much-enduring race , subiriasive to their superiors , Jeven to an excess of servility . The extremity of oppression and misery alone could destroy the implicit veneration and terror , with which they had been taught to view rank and property —and to rouse them to violation of law , and to outrage on their task-masters , who , when they asked for bread , gave them a stone . We shall be ' apt to think
that the complaints of the people have some good foundation , when we consider toe parts of the kingdom which have been pointed out , end punished , as the Chief seats of sedition , the fountain head of disaffection . Are they not the most sober , industrious , and enlightened parts of the uland ? What are the descriptions of people who have been marked out for proscription and ppjscntion?—Not a Caialine , nor a Cethegus—not the libertine populous ef luxurious capitals ; but the humble peasant , the plain [ farmer , the frugal manufacturer , tne sober rational merchant , and the pious teacher of the Christian faith ., Thess are not the materials , let me tell the werld , of which wanton rebellion is composed . They are great and crying grievances alone , that can call from tbeir retiremtnts the sons of
sobriety , indnstay and peace , and lead thorn to join tha bands of disaffection . From these premises , I conclude that the occasions of severity , the pretences for superceding the laws were courted by our present rulers . Terror and coercion being introduced , as ths principles of government , every part of society ib filled with danger and suspicion—tfce circulation ^ tbougbt is destroyed the intercourse cf life is poieohea "; all expressions of the public wish , the surest guarantee against secret conipiracy , is unwisely prohibited . In one county , the gentry and freehoJ- era , legally convened by the Sheriff to exercise the constitutional tight of petitioning tbeir Sovereign , were actually dispersed by an armed force . Meetings for a similar purpos 8 . * were prevented in other counties , and in tha sscond icity of this country , by
menaces of military execntion . Government has adopted arbitrary imprisonment of the most peaceable and respectable individuals , for indefinite times , and without knowledge of tbeir accuser , intimation of their offence , or hope of trial . If there can be any plausible reasons alledged for dispensing with Bome of the formalities of law in the arrestment of persons who are supposed to be disaffected— -none can , surely be offered for any wanton delay in the examination , according to the course of law , of their guilt or innocence , it is to he feared that such conduct may terminate in the rendering of many persons disaffected , who were loyal previous to their commitment . An
imprisonment for nine or ten xno ^ tns , on a charge unspecified and unfouneed , through the suggestion of a perjured end villainous accuser , fished up from the very sink of the community with all his impurities reeking on his head , wiij not improve the loyalty and good temper of the sufferer . Can we wonder if men of warm tempers and strong resentment , who in themselves or their near connections , are marked out j as the objects of severo persecution , should be guilty of some rash and unguarded expressions ? Is it not to be feared that a continuance of rigour may suppress the outward form and expression of discontent , by the present influence of terror , but -will laave a deep looted disaffection secretly rankling in ths mind ? - ¦ of
) We were led to hope that the system espionage and proscription w » juld have ; been relaxed and mitigated , on a view of the dreadfnl and detested harvest of perjury it fcta produced . It has been proved , not in cne , or two , or a small numbw of instances ; but with a strange uniformity through every part of the country , at tfce last and the preceding assizes , that an infamous treffic iu blood prevailed . How many innocent and xeapectable persons , who had been torn from their . homes , their honest industry , and their dearest con-Jnexiocs , and languished in dungeons for many months , ihave been acquitted on the clearest and most satisfac-¦ tory evidence—and resigned their places in the dock to ; tfee very witnesses against them , who have been contvicted of wilfnl and corrupt perjory—perjury of the ¦ blackest die—to destroy the' lives and characters of ' guiltless men , for hire { What disgraceful echoes have
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been disclosed ! what foul conspiracy ! what intemperate thirst of blood !! what evidence extorted by the extremity of torture ! Ought not the sight of ail this tp have produced some consideration , and compnnctaott ? Ought it not to bave produced somo cessation of that rigour above law , displaying itsM in preventive perSecut ; on and cautionary cruelty ? Should not the beareis of tha iron rod have inquired whetoer | the freight j of information and informers , wlivcb they had btragbj or manufactured , with no small pains to themselves , ancl coat to the publb , was not a base and unprofitable kind of merchandfzj ? Qujfhfc they not to have supposed it not only possible , but hiehlv inar
proDaoie , t 6 ( Sse respectable and virtuous persons who cave been aingled out as martyrs in the cause of freedom , and pined weary months in severe captivity , may have been torn from their homes and faailies , frora the enjoyment of domestic comfort end the pursuit of useful and laudable occupations , on the venal deposition of a forsworn infomor , or the vague suggestion of weak credulity ? The recorded examples of artificial alarm and cruel folly whiea ^ ere exhibited In England when a whole nation wag the dupe , and so many innocent people were the victims of the infamous Gates and * is vile accomplices ; —s&atl these be forgotten as if they wera erased from the [ page or history ? Who that recollects how many perbhed by tUeir monstrous fictions , equally gross , Improbable and circumstantial , could suppose it possible that such" tragedies could be repeated in humane and
a enlightened age ? Yet , houses have been forced open in ' the dead hour of the night ; their owners have been hurried away with circumstances of uncommon outrage ; they have not been allowed even the poor consolation of bidding farewell to their weep-^ . ^ T 1 !!? 3 5 they ha ^ e ^ nfeept in flltby guard . rooms , amidst the noise and ribaldry of common soldiers ! Some of the objects of these severities , afteri many days of suffering , have been wholly discharged , or suffered to depart on their parole—others have been detained whole months and then reluctantly liberated , though their innocence was apparent As the imprisonments were without mercy , so the releases were without clemency ; and new arrests so closely : followed them , that one might suppose the former captives had been discharged only through Want of hpuseroom in the bastile of the country .
I cannot pass unnoticed a' singular kind of recognfss * nc 9 , -which was lately introduced , iu some instances by which parsons were obliged , as the condition of obtaining freedom , to bind themselves In a " penal form to qnlt a certain district or county . The only instance which I can find parallel , or in any degree similar to this curious device ,. isjwhat was practiced in Scotland by the wicked and tyrannical tauderda 2 e . To engsge the gentry on the side of the persecutors , a bond or contract waB , by order of the Privy Council , tendered to the landholders of the West , by which they were to engage for the good behaviour of their tenants . But it was ridiculous ( as Hiime justly remarks ) to give sanction to laws by voluntary obligations .
The reign of Charles II . inglorious abroad , and oppressive at home , bears a striking analogy in many particulars , to the present tinies . Much of the history of what passed in . Scotland ati that period in particular , would appear with the mere variation of names , to , be a faithful picture of what Is now passing in Ireland . The Scottish Covenanters resembled , tho United Irishmen of the present day , in their union , and their perseverance ; and they were , like them , decried , viUiBed , and persecuted . Take ( for instance ) this extract : " As it was found difficult to get evidence against these conventicles , however i . umerous ; it was enacted , that whoever , being required by the * council , refused to give evidence
on oath , eboujd be punished by arbitrary fines , by imprisonment , or by banishment to the plantations . Thus as persecution naturally , or rather necessarily adorns the iniquities as well as the rigours of the inquisition ; what a considerable part of the society consider as their duty and their honour , and that others are apt to regard with compassion and indulgence , can by no other expedient be subjected to such severe penalties , as the natural sentiments of mankind appropriate only to the greatest crimes . " Hore the inquisitorial power of sending for porssns and compelling them to give information under pain or arbitrary imprisonment , is bestowed in a much more dangerous latitude , on the single magistrate . ,
To what real cause or motive are we to ascribe the present system of severity ? To the overbearing insolence of conscious strength , exulting over the feelings of the people , and despising their resentment , or to the influence of secret terror ? certain it is , that no passion is more cruel and , sanguinary , thar . panic fear : be that as it may , the history of what passed in Scotland furnishes an example of military coercion , perfectly similar to that which prevails in Ireland at this day . " Military force ( says Hume ) was let loose by the council . Wherever the people bad generally forsaken the churches , the guards were quartered throughout the country . Sir James Turner commanded them , a man whose natural ferocity of temper , was often inflimed by the use of stf orig liquors . He went about and reeelved from the
clergy , lists of those ; who absented themselves from church , or were supposed to frequent conventicles . Without proof or legal conviction , be demanded a fine from them , and quartered soldiers on the supposed delinquents , till he received payment . " ( Now , indeed , instead , ef the supposed delinquents paying a fine , be is committed to prison , or sent on board a tender . What do I say ? this is mercy ! His house is burned , and he is shot )—Again— " A multitude not accustomed to discipline , averse to the restraint of laws , tralnoi up in rapine and violence , were let loose amidst a people , whom they were taught to regard as enemies to their prince and to their religion . Nothing escaped their ravenous bands . By hardships , and sometimes by tortures , men were obliged to discover their concealed wealth . Neither age ,: nor sex * nor innocence afforded protection . " What was the end of all this in Scotland ? The long-sufftring and firmness of the people prevailed .
Just so it is in Ireland ; the soldiery are let loose on the people . What will be the ev 9 nt ? *•*—It is said that the United Irishmen , though they pretend only to a Reform in Parliament , are the secret friends of anarchy , and wish to make this country the Beat of war . What is the remedy ? I will not compare the military with the United Irishmen—I will not say , that they outrage tho persons of his Majesty ' s liege subjects ; that they plunder nnd destroy their , dwellings . Far be it from me to say , that some ol the Yeomanry assume , with the garb ; and functions of the common soldier , a spirit of unprincipled ferocity , and breathe out rage that would disgrace a Crete or a Tartan . Yet certainly though we may givo government all possible credit for good intentions , ; the country io in a state of uncom monmiBery . Every'hour brings forward some tale of rapine , murder , and every hostile aggression ; sometimes perhaps against the disaffected , too often against the peaceable and unoffending .
The military having now superceded the civil authority , and beiDg invested with the whole preservation of internal order and care of the police in most parts of Ireland , they have thought fit to shew themselves worthy of the impertant charge , by loyal addresses from tne non-commissioned officers and privates of the different regiments . I will not intimate that Government may possibly be ( deceived by those solicited , or even extorted adddiesses , that fill the public prints at the expenee of the public , and are , no doubt , accounted for among the army extraorduiaries . I will not even hint tbat the addresses in question may , In many instances , have been obtained by a certain mixture of menace and blandishment—I will suppose them the spontaneous , untutored declaration of the men
themselves . Yet still I ant of opinion , that to the obtaining of this loyalty on paper , much of the solid discipline of the army baa been sacrificed . I bold it unwise to accustom large bodies off illiterate mercenaries , to debate on political affairs in arms . Britain , rich , ambitious , and luxurious , grasping at conquests beyond'her means and population , and at the same time seeking to overawe the discontents of the people , by 8 millitary force at home , is obliged to maintain a numerous host of mercenaries . The history of mankind tells us , that every « overnmen % , 6 very country , that wholly depends on a mercenary force , falls the victim of that wbiob was hired to support it . The navyof England has given an alarming intimation of the dangers of her situation ; and I will venture to predict that the storms in that quarter are not fully overblown . ;
It is not by outrageous penalties and sanguinary laws , of a new constitutional form , that these perils may be averted . It ia by securing the affections of the people , by attention to their wants and complaints ; by obtaining peace abroad , and rendering a numerous military force unnecessary , that these perils are to be averted . Believe me if the military are set above law—are invested with the whole civil authority , and police of the law—if they are , at the same time , freed from the restraints of discipline , ( and turned at large to scourge the people , they need no corrupters . Thfey corrupt themselves—they are already corrupted ; -r-they will soon turn the power ^ and license , which were given them for the oppression of the people , against their employers , and tyrannise over those , who hoped , by their means , to tyrannise ever the multitude .
The mention of military force naturally leads me to the yeomanry of Ireland , which I still wish ; to consider as distinguished front mere mercenaries . This institution was a favourite ' s of thfe Viceroy , and the Right Hon . Secretary . Parfc of tbe Irish Cabinet , if I am truly informed , apprehended it to be a daingerous experiment , and opposed it in its first concoction ; but superior authority prevailed , and it weiit forward . What advantages fyou will ask me , ) did the patrons of this measure , in their own private thoughts ;; propose to themselves ? Their secret aim , as I apprehend , was twofold . In the firstjplace , ' they meant toiestablish a Bmotuered war , originating in a system of coercion , between the opulent and the poor of this country . In the next place , they w ' lshtd to lay down a line of deto introduce bad
marcation , on plausible grounds , ges and ensigns of party , ! to raise a standard round which tbe adherents » of the present AdmmtetjrajUon might rally—nay , more , to attach a degree of disgrace on all tbose wbp should refuse to crowd around this standard , by exhibiting them 1 as persons disaffected ox cowardly , who were wanting to the defence of jtheir country . There waamuch ' cunning and stability in the plan ; and in aoma measure it bas succeeded , and ' contributed more than any other cause , to strengthen the bands ef government , and to embolden it for the terrible agressions against the people , and the grievous , intolerably grievous system of coercion which has been adopted . — I shall pursue this subject in a future letter—meanwhile believe me your sisoeie friend , ; Monianus .
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HOUSE OF L 0 RDS .-Frid 1 y , July 7 . On the motion of tbe Earl of DalHousie the Canada Cora Bill was read a third time and passed . The Eii't of Aberdeen postponed ! the next stags of the Scotch Church Bill till Tuesday . The Bishop of SAtBBTmY presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Salisbury , praying for the establishment of a Bishopric in Manchester . Tha Archbishop of Dublin prefentod a cetition from certain persons connected with Now Zjalaud , against the introduction into that colony , on the part of the Government , of individuals who had been transparted for felony . !
Lord Wharkcliffe said the only convicts sent thither were boys , and they had given great satisfaction in the settlement 1 Lord Bhougiia m then meved the second reading of the Slave-trade Suppre 83 ion Bill , which , led to souie discussion , and tha motion wasagreed tb . Tao Limitation of Actions ( Ireland ) Bill then went through Committee , and will be read a third time on Monday . ! Their Lordships adjourned at Nina O ' clock .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , July 7 . The Townshend Peerage Bill was fread a third timo and passed . Two petions were presented from [ the shipowners of the ports of London aud Scarborough , against the Coalwhippexs Bill . | Mr . T . Duncombe presented a remonstrance from tho London National Association , complaining that the House of Commons did not represent the feelings of the country . j The Speaker intimated that a r ' emoti 8 ttance could not be leceived , unless it came iu the form of a petition . I Mr . DracoMnE Bald ho had referred to precedents , and found that a remonstrance could be xec&ived , if it concluded with a prayer . After a brjief conversation . The Speaker said if tbe House would postpone the question , he would refer to precedents ; and the House adopted the suggestion . 1
Ia answer to a question from Mr . Christie , the Member for Weymontb , the Attorney-G-Weral said it was his intention to proceed with the La * v of Evidence Bill this session . SirJ . Graham , in answer to a question from Mr . T . Duncombe relative to an intended , measure for giving the home Secretary concurrent jurisdiction with the magistrates aa to the authority over I officers of prisons , said , in the course of the session he ] would introduce a Bill on the subject . j Sir R . Peel , in reference to remarks made by Sir R . Ferguson about the Irish Bills , said it was a matter ef deep regret to him that legislation should be suspended as regarded not only these Bills , but others , and he did not know what power the Government could exercise to put an end to this obstruction The Government had no control over tbe actions of individual Members , I
Sir James Graham said the Government were most anxious to preses on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill and the County Courts Bill , but be could Wt say when they would again come under discussion , j Sir R . Peel announced tbat on Monday it was his intention to move the Committee on the Irish Arms Bill , and to take precedence of all others . The adjourned debate on the redress of grievances ( Ireland ) was then resumed . The first speaker was Mr . Cochrane . «« Conciliation , " he saidj was the wiseal policy to ndopt towards Ireland . j Mr . Ward complimented Mr . Coch ' ranefor tbe kindly spirit which prevaded his speech . But the formidable organization going on in Ireland w | as not to be put down by kind speeches ; neither were the grievances ,
alleged in the speech of Mr . W . S , O | Brien , to be met by such a reply as that of Lord Eliofs , on Tuesday night ; for the Secretary for Ireland , notwithstanding his humane and honourable character , treated the subject as if he were discussing the details of a turnpike bill , and in deprecating the agitation , repeated official language with respect to Ireland oif sixty years ago . Mr . OConnell , who boasted of having three provinces with him , and a great portion of the north , was now chalking out his plan for a Congress to meet " accidentally" in Dublin , pledging his reputation that he will drive the 300 members of his " accidental" Congress through any Act of Parliament that ! might be brought against them . Something , theroforej the Government must do . The spirit of nationality was now far more difficult to ba dealt with , seeing | tbe population of Ireland had increased from four millions to eight ; and
to allay the mass of discontent , something practical should be attempted . The tenant must be protected from the landlord ; tbe franchise must be enlarged ; the Ghutch Bhould be reduced within J reasonable limits , saving existing rights ; that Establishment was the great obstruction to peace and harmony between the two countries , and would continual so until Ireland was treated like England and Scotland , each of which bad a church for tbe respective majorities . It was impossible that Ireland could be left as it is ; you may adopt a reckless and sanguinary policy , resuscitate the old cry of " No Popery" ftom its unhallowed grave , and create a war of races and religions ; or a large and conciliatory policy , satisfying the people , aud subduing an agitation which nothing else can , and which , so long as it exists , exposed us to tbe observation and the attempts of every country in Europe .
" Mr . Emerson Tennent arranged tfce topics of complaint nnJer two heads , tha first of which , the maintenance of the Established Church , was too important to be incidentally discusBtkl . If tbe Irish Established Churcb were to be surrendered , because of the dissent of a majority , the English Establishment must be prepared to be triedj by the same test . The Union had been accepted by the Protestants , aud agreed to by tho Roman Catholics , as a guarantee for tha security of the Established Chtirch ; and though another condition , tbat of Catholic Emancipation , had been so long delayed , that did not affect the contract deliberately entered into , and repeatedly confirmed on the part of the Roman Catholics ; aud if they were prepared to retract their solemn engagements , they ought also to surrender the advantages which had been conceded to them on the pledge of their faith .
Sir Deniiam N 6 breys replied that they were not discussing the Repeal of the Union ! but the evils of Ireland , of which , from his own knowledge , he adduced some practical illustrations , chiefly bearing on the ownership and occupancy of the soil , the remedy of which was an improvement of the jrelations between landlord and tenant , and so removing tbe discontents of the peasantry , as to lead to that tranquillity which caused capital to flow intej tho country , and promote manufactures , for which it presented such facilities . I
Mr . Lascelles briefly dwelt on the importance and justice of governing Ireland impartially , ¦ which he thonght the policy of the administration aimed at Mr . MORE O'FERRALL traced thej agrarian outrages to insaeurlty of tenure , and the exercise of the power of ejectment over a wretched class j and asked for a law , similar to that which prevaile ' d in Scotland , by which a tenant may be secured in obtaining the means for outlay of capital in improvements . He did not approve of the Repeal of tbe Union ;] bat were Government to go to war with Ireland to put down the agitatson , and to call on all loyal subjects to aid them , he , for one , would firs * consider what had been done to retain their affections . [
Mr . Shaw expressed his amnzement that the changes should bo ao continually rang upon the appointments of Baron L » froy and Judge Jackson ; and cited Mr . O'Connell rs to whether the Whigs were more likely to satisfy the Repealers than the Tories ' . The idea of the substitution of " Russell" for "Peel , " was answered by Mr . O Cohnell with " Bah '—Whig and Tory might all he sbafevn up in a bag together , snd the first man drawn out would prove an enemy to Ireland . " Mr . Shaw defended the Irish landlords \ and argued that the question raised as to the Established Church waa really whether it was to be subverted—to which he apprehended the people of England were not likely to agree . The character of the Protestant clergy of Irelind was high ; there were 2 . 20 Q with an average
income of , £ 150 each : and even the Catholics would admit that , aa well educated resident gentlemen , they were a blessing to the country . Tfce Union and the Church roust stand or fall together . The multitudinous assemblages in Ireland inspired terror in well-disposed subjects , and disturbed the public peaco , and therefore weieillegat ; the late Dnblin demonstration , and the language used by Mr . OConnell , came within this description ; aud it was impossible ; that the Government could stand still , witnessing , thfi progreas of an agitation which might lead to bloodshed and « ta , and which ought to be firmly met by a vigorous admmistratf HT ° i A e cAULAt remarked how iUceutly the Go-—i « r « SeM ^ s
discontent must be largely traced to the Ministry and its party : from 1835 to 1841 this Repeal agitation did not exitt . Sit Robert Peel had unquestionably a great " difficulty" in Ireland . Amongst the party supporting him was to be feund the name of every man who had rendered himself odious to the Irish people—all who had resisted emaneipation , all who had sounded the alarm when Catholics were admitted into tbe Government , every creature who had called the Irish Bishops " sons of Belial , " and every scribbler who had termed their priests " surpliced ruffians . ] Remember how they harrased the late Government on the subject of the registration and the franchise , admitting no delay ; aud now in the Government they find that delay is essential , for tbeir measure turned out one of di&franohiseme&t
It was impossible not to see through all this ; the result proved that political probity was the best policy . Sir Robert Peel used to lecture on the inconvenience of a ministry which permitted " open Questions ; " yet , in constructing bis Irish Government jbe has taken two individuals diametrically opposed in their views ; Lord Eliet as secretary , and Mr . Serjeant Jackson as Attorney-General , who , on the subject ol education , edified the House by the beat Parliamentary " . set-to" which had been witnessed for some time ! Sir Robert Peel had endeavoured to govern Ireland as well as he could ; but Sir James Graham , aB Home-Secretary , was practically the Irish Minister , and he bad not only declared that " conciliation ! had reached its utmost limits / ' bat if wojdg bad any meaning , be
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had a ! 3 o tspressai his regret that CathoHc enianoips V . on h . i < i i < een granted- What had the Govevitu ^ n «' . ? - " .. since V : : i auction commenced ? Prrposed an Aru . 3 Bill , intj . wluca new au-l irritat ' r ^ provisions wet 3 introdac-.-l , end dismissed magistrate ! . , on ground unconstitutional . Thesa were the only seta t&ey had performed I ^ Conciliation bad not been exhausted ; t > u as to tbe Repeal of the Union , all history vraa sub Stantially opposed to the experiment of two indepea dent legislatures harmon : z ng . On fixity cf tauure he ¦ would rather ^ learn than teach ; but soma of tha plans which had been proposed were useless , and others were neither more nor 2 s ? s than confiscation . But they could manifest confidence in the Catholics by letting theai Bhare in office and power ; even if tbose they appointed were eom . ewb . at opposed to them in politics , it was but a small penance for the long exclusion of the pn , <_ t . Tlie
elective franchise was another matter for considaration . As to the Established Church of Ireland , be defied them to pick ont , from the writings of any authority whatever , let him be tho stanchest supporter of establishments , anything which would justify the present condition of the Irish Established Canrch . He wonld not destroy it : bnt , respecting all vested rights , he wouM reduce the establishment ta the wants of tha Protestants ,, and place the two religions on a footing of perfect equality . Why was it , that under unfavonrable circumstances there had been no agitation for a Rapeal of the Union with Scotland ?^ -a union which ; bad been so compltte and successful . The secret lay ia the fact that the great Whig statesmen who surrounded the throne of Queen Anne had recognised the national religion of Scotland . A similar course with Ireland would have spared us to all our present emfearrassmeot . Bnt it vrss not too late to adopt a conciliatory policy .
Sir James Ghauam , referring to the expressions which he used three weeks ago , expressed his regret that anything , in word or manner , should have given offence . He did not regret the course he had taken on the subject of Catholic Emancipation , and denied that the party with whom he acted had any other feeling , in witnessing Catholics in office , than that of satisfaction . ^ It was mere word-catching to fasten on his expressisns about conciliation : he did not mean , to imply that concession could not be carried further . Mr . Macaulay had converted the discussion into a party debate , althougU it related to eo important a subject . He proceeded to defend the Government with respect to the dismissal of magistrates , the franchise , the Arms Bill , and the bestowal of Government patronage on
tbe latter head contending that their judicial appointments proceeded on professional merits . It was complained that " the voice of Irish Members was not heard in that House . " Such a statement was not consistent with the fact that some of the greatest ornaments of the House had been Irishmen , from Burke down to O'Connell and ShieL In a dull and listless way , the House scarcely maintaining attention , the Home Secretary touched on various topics , tendiDg to show that Ireland had not . been neglected by the Imperial Legislature ; and adverting to the opinions which had been expressed on the subject of the Church , said Mr . Roebuck wonld subvert it , that Mr . Ward , proceeding on the principle of population , would deprive the Protestant Establishment ef seven-eights of its property , while Mr . Macaulay argued for perfect equality between the two religions , and Mr . Charles Wood and Lord John Rursellwere more modified . For himself , he couiB not consent to alienate any portion of
the revenues of the Church for the endowment of Roman Catholics—the inaintainence of tbe Church wea involved in the articles of Union . He spoke the opinions of all his colleagues when he said they were determined to maintain the Establishment The crisis waa important , and required plain speaking ; the Legislature must not hesitate to express its determined resolution to maintain the Union ; and if the Government were to conduct the affairs of tbe ceuntry , it was essential that they should b 8 strongly supported , and that their measures should meet no undue obstruction , If England was to maintain its position in the scale of nations , they must be prepared to put down the rebellious spirit manifesto I on tbe subject of the Repeal of the Union : to suffer ifc to go on , would drag this country into ruin . The adjournment or the debate was moved ; and after some discussion , iu which Sir R . Peel promised to give way , on Monday , with Government business , in order to let the debate be contiuuously carried on , the adjournment was agreed to .
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Makchesteb Corn Mabket , Saturday , July & . —• Daring the week a steady demand for Flour of all descriptions has taken off the fresh supplies of this article on arrival , and , the trade being but light ia stock , factors were enabled to establish a further improvement in value , particularly on choice marks apjd superfine whites , some quantity of the latter description having realized 41 b per Back . Oatmeal has likewise been in rather better request , but tha aales were chiefly in retail , and not extensive . The imports from Ireland and coastwise are but to a moderate extent . From Canada 7 , 843 barrels of
Fiour , 316 barrels of Oatmeal , and 643 qrs . of Wheat , the first of the reason , are reported ; and 500 barrels of Flour from the United Stateo . Theadvance noted on Wheat in the leading markets has had its influence here , and we may raise our quotations 3 d to 4 d per 701 bs in accordance . At our market this morning : there' was a fair attendance of the trade , and Flour was readily disposed of at fully Is per sack above the rates obtainable on this day se ' nnigbt , confirming the price already noted as realized during the week . Oats continue scarce , and are Id to 2 d per 45 bs dearer , and the previous value of Oatmeal was firmly supported , some descriptions having reached 22 s per load .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , July 10 . — Since this day se ' nnight we have had very moderate arrivals of British Grain , Flour and Oatmeal . From Canada there are reported 630 qrs of Wheat and 6 , 401 barrels of Flour , the first imports of the season from that quarter . On the whole the weather has been favourable for the crops . Advices , however , of higher prices both in London and the leading country markets , have given more firmness to the trade here ; and , upon a fair amount of business , our rates for Wheat have advanced generally 3 d to 4 d per bushel . Foreign Flour must also be noted fully Is per brl higher ; 29 s 6 d to 30 s per brl has been paid
for best bounds of American : home manufacture has not improved in proportion . Scanty supplies of Oats continue to put up their valne ; fine Irish mealing have brought 2 s 7 d to 2 s 7 ^ d per 451 bs . Oatmeal has met a fair demand at 21 s to 22 s per load , the latter price paid for a parcel to hold over . We advance our quotations for Barley 3 d to 4 d per COlbs , and there is now very little offering . Beans are Is to 2 s , and Peas 2 s to 3 s per qr dearer . A few hundred qrs of the latter have bees sold in bond at 25 s to 27 a per qr , and a couple of small parcels of Egyptian Beans and 16 a to 16 s 6 d per 480 Ibs . 1 , 000 to 2 , 000 brls of United States Flour have also changed hands under look at 22 a to 233 per brl .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , July 10 . —The market to-jay has been dull and heavy , with prices the same as last weak . Baef 54 to 6 d . Mutton 5 d to 5 . Jd , Lambs 5 hi to 6 ^ d perlb . Number of Cattle : —Beasts 914 , Sheep and Lambs 9 , 344 . Richmond , July 8 th . —We had a fair supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 61 6 d to 7 s 3 d ; Oats , 23 9 dto 33 l 0 d ; Barley * 33 9 d to 4 s per bushel ; Beans , 3 s 9 d to 4 a 6 d per bushel .
London Smithfield Catile Market , Monday , July 10 . —The demand for all kinds of Beef ruled extremely heavy , and the quotations suffered aa abatement of quite 2 d per 81 bs ; the very highest figure , for the best Scot ? and homobreds , not exceeding 49 per 8 Ibs . The numbers of Sheep brought forward were , again extensive , Prime old Downs were very scarce , and commanded full currencies—or from 4 s to 4 s 4 d per libs ; but the demand for all other kinds was inactive , at barely stationary prices . For Lambs , last week ' quotations were hardly maintained . Calves at the late decline in price , tha highest figure being 4 s 6 d per 81 ba , . Neat email Porkers maintained their previous valae , but other qualities were a mere drus . During the past week no foreign beasts have reached Hull , Southampton , or London ; but the first importation has taken place at Bristol , where ten heifers have been received ] in a sailing vessel , from Nantes .
London Corn Exchange , Mark Lane , Monday , Jvly 10 . —The demand for English Wheat was very aotive , at an advance in the quotations obtained on Monday last of fully 23 per qr . In fine Foreign Wheat the rates improved from Is to 2 s per qr ; for bonded parcels there was more inquiry . Very little Barley was at market , and the few qualities offering produced , full currencies . Good sound Malt sold freely ; other kinds at late rates . Oats at last week ' s Bgurea . Beans and Peas were quite as dear . The best town-made flour 48 s per 2801 bg . Ship marks were 2 s higher . Borough and Spitalfields . —Old Potatoes are selling at 70 s to 95 b per ton ; but in other descriptions next to nothing is doing . New Potatoes command a brisk sale , at fr , om 3 s to 63 per owt . Foreign Potatoes are mostly inferior , and may be purchased at from 2 s 6 d to 4 s Per owt .
Borough Hop Market . —The accounts which have come to hand , this morning , from the plantations , being of an . unfavourable character—an increase of blight and fly being complained of—the demand , for most kinds of Hops , is firm , and the quotations have an upward tendency . In the duty , there is Bcarcely any netting . Wool Market . —There has been an unusually large importation of wool into LondOBi during the past week . No further public sales are yet announced ; still , by private contract , a very limited amount of business is passing both in British and Foreign , at barely late rates .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct941/page/3/
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