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      ( COKCI / EPED . ) TmIsisonineni seems to operate a change in the " minds j Mffie CtertisteJ they go into prison like lead into { jffVjjjjennEfafnmace and come ont transicnted into " ^ nMB iSned metsL The trntli is , after draining all fiTsnpport posdbleTrom the -wciking-clssses , theytafce Srir -mtodpJesta-alughef ' -maiiet andfiad purchasers ? aB ^ ddi 33 s classes . They are tfcsn used as decoys , -Di aBTri tfinglj , lite the poor birds used by fowlers , w -Bits a fall knowledge of tbeir foul pnrposes , for , Svithe fox . having T&t ^^ ° "WB ****¦» ttey "wonia ttn -pssmas others toiednca ikemselveB to the iiie Stfnl and lniicrofls conii&m . How disgusting and is this iot

      5 ^ a 3 iB 5 ; Imt tcey are paia it- soms , Z ~ £ &zr ? sickea at the task aligned to them , feel rezLsb , * r like the prodigal-son , on finding their new ?™ ££ -smaie nothing but swineherds of them and feed gT ^ srithnothing bni husks , they repent and xemrn Jr ^ yre receive them sgsin ; bat never let th em S jni that they can be Talned as they once -were , or Setter em enjoy eqnal confidence -with those -who jars ai « ys been -with ns and kept true in spite of all jLjjjfs and changes . There are the prodisal son Chai-01 uteChartiBts

      « 2 i- and there are pedlsrisg , pros&-, , f ^' jjgj-c&t Chartists . ' By the latter , I mean those f f W , ta&aboEt education and getting the franchise for —aaen . Better lfct xhe men gain it , and then give it to gjeVoniEa . These kind of Chartists , -who are so Sne Cjd iBjcfsh remind us ef those people -who "will not fgj £ izovsing men becanse casle forbids them , and fheyiwfc " * Ub . horror on the iumsne , wio , regardless & iQ consideatiojis , znsh in and risk their own lf ? es tosTe thfcir fellow-crt&tares , TFithont asking whether #£ jie eaaeated or not .

      3 i -siathe praise of the Whigs , and something more , Uafcenewi 13 ?^ ^ 6 - ^ ew Movers to set Hierr move ^ n «_ Jbnt after the first step it would go no further J&vss a hobby horse which only rocked backwards bj 3 forwards , and the riders , -with all their -whipping aaj marring ^^ gsiloppixig conld not make it advance . Tjsi ihsj were io ° Proild * ° dismount , and there they BfcEke -Quixote , all ready , if only they conld proceedthetag hiEg stock of the bystsndgrs . They iemind one rfQgiMEH 1 ^ " Johnson * tale of Rasselas—the man who neSe ^ 'm ^ f wings hut could only fly off the land

      Cja the vsio , and floundered there unable to gat out ^ o . lilelcsrus , the sun of Chartism melted their ^^ erk -oiQeet , and like Ptseton , they could not -jjjjgg Ga steed they presumptuously thought to Trifls , jBaieaiiito a fitting f&te . HeSbz Uai their new move conld not go , they next , j ^ ^ eer spite jod Taxation endeavoured te spoil the clioae . ly eating films npon it and affecting to doubt jjjjia 57 . By fears , by allurementa , by any Jmesns , ffc ^ rss ^ Ssin U 3 , iut they could gain none save jgg ^ g Cardsi 3—men who Trere discontented on

      per-BpTati jTOSSQJ—« Kcile changelings and poor discontents . " He >* £ ¦» 2 IoTe became a sewer , a common sewer , to jSsiBaEd carry off dregs , and so far it was -useful to tsrlsoj . Ix became , and now is , a refuge for the ^ EStEt—a kind of Botany Bay to which we transport ^ 1 KSTict Chartists . Ud KEstraiana goods for tib—sb smugglers—no gang rjKases to coin ialse principles for us Lst us have

      jHisir ssd above board , so that the sna may shine on % 3 < m proceedings . The press In the hands of the yerXoveis would . have been s sham press—worked by T / Hng tools . They mixed a little pure metal with their jUoj to make it pass , bnt it was soon detected and cried ioTO , fcr it was short weight , clipped round the « ogea , sad iM not ring true . Moreover it faoie iipon its sur-Scethe imsge and EuperscripSon , not of Chartfsna bnt d Tfiigs 3 ? - SoW conld it piss current except with feds—to they had knaves to utter it

      1 wmld wish you to be awars of anything tisese men paifish—I wodd -Brani ytn against taking it in—for if ytsiecitwiataieinyon- ThsStnigeitesflsdaitdlsft fcarEsctle behind them—thsse men have taken It np SD-3 sre mibiSoDS of formiDg a third party—as if two Wi ^ oua too mnch . Tbty hang like Mahomet ' s beEb—pensulnm Chartists—they are trimmers that do sot | d Kfoie flie wind with a flawing sheet as they os ^ htto do—but sail as near it as possible , in order to in ready to tack about the first opportunity—they tesHs-fiicy temporize—they are hollow—they are isEtngE . They send out little papers at first like Eaebcsts to swim near the shore , bnt as saon as they

      fed water enough they will launch forth in larger iiS , atd if they can prevail upon us to embark jtiSh than , we shall make shipwreck of the eras , fer they will steer directly npon the roci cf TTfc 5 j ! gErj , though we have a lighthonBe to warn ns off snd ths JSorfhem Siar to guide us in a safer course- 1 % iimoaey that they want , and they-vrant to get it "withwltorkmg for it They know that the inidaie-classes « e kttter afele to pay them thsn the "working classes , ssi , thsr ^ ore , they take their stale consciences like ** rnVrn ; Sih to them for sale . Ijet them sell theiDselres ; but M them not think to sell us . Iiet nBhave no EisTHnaiiti for Charfista—no wolves in sheep ' s dcQssglts ' zi

      Sethst isnet wiih us is against ns—these men are EPiTOia us , therefore , they are against ns—there is no usSjnn—310 "Hiiflfile-path can be taken in duty , it must b ; flans . ' He that comes among us pretending to be lith us inmost against us , for he is like a traitor inside jtsxSe , whocaulet the enemy-in by a secret door , or i £ ay in by some new-Eiove s&Qyport , when our snspamB are lulled asleep by hia mesmeric hypocrisy , arnnreare-fanning ; and -thus a fortress that has

      with-Booa every outward aBsauls is lost by the treachery of Sffiae -srithin . How caa "ths recusants have the impnisszta ask us to join them ; if we were to apostatize Trt ^ nrfd desarre like tb . an to be anathematized . Oar ssoeaSon was the first , it has a prior claim—it is also BabssS , the great majorily are for it , only a mbersHj aanmty are against it let the moles * Mth work in the dark throw up their E £ 2 e &t h ! Hs which are like warts compared to our Oaa . Tfi = y are the siJa—wears the bees .

      xht ^ "Brlio cacnotmake np their minds to be entirely wita us , Trenay expect will make up thBir minds to iesgsaistBs . They halt between two opinions and aeaiind of stepping stones over thB muddy way teat laditoTPtiggery—tfeeir jiew house is a kind of halft ^ hoasefor the Whigs to call at , wio else might percspi lave rame over to ns at onca Bnt the new house pw than hopfe 3 of setting np their finality staff bSwesm ; hovering temporizarsare they who watch bat a opportunity to betray the cause . At the B 3 ttle or J 3 or » or 2 j ., Lord Stanley , who seemed to be with King

      £ « srd , but in isality was against him , costsd the atop * under his command hdf-way between both saies so that he could tarns the scale whichever way he B » victory incline—he watched his time and went war to Bichinond . Sicbard deserred to be conquered to his ijneny , but aotbj treachery , aad Stanley proved « q » ij mans to hi * new master , for be who " can be BiUUsss to one mastHr , though a bad ene , is not to bs ETufed , no inorethMi ths new movers , ty anotherfJ ^ S ^ -faix ^ i ofa must be iu their nature . And if i » be tttasro to betray even a bad master or abad Bass , OTduaareioua to betray a good one . Gl fcSB

      » rc ^^ ^^ oc&SoiB , tedtors , atssEsiiis , and i £ SJ ? ' ^ ' ^^^ f £ T to ° mild-too snrary lOTiaea WbaijFB consider the sacreduess ofovr m # >? ^ 3 ttfcmP- to betray it can be called fif ^^^ 1 to b ^^ mers-and when we connoa its hmity-what woes and want and suffering rfj * * KBeve and what cruslty oppression and ^ ua -re ^ eei to prevent—what can we call the " » wsn to it but demons ? To prove ourselves sincere - ^ m einat we imiataka a decisive part—we have « KQ 8 cmseat htartnnless we advocate it zsaloosly . ^^ e soble but the honest-not the half-fieed or fch ^^ Jaonw that lock both w _ that want «^ aErh = ndsin ths pockets of boih parties . 1 M . £ Z *®* oetweea the « oo ) s . They aie the pests that hJ ^ ZLl ^* 1 * ** most—mortified members th 3 tmust ^^ pexied to pres = rvelifi

      ^^ j ct ^ wedOj fct ^ dMMs _ Iife ^ ^ ^ g te ^ Ji ess do for a good cause is littie enouzh—we * i . Z ¦ t 0 ° mBc : h anfl & ** & we do nothing K-sha ! 2 ^ ttnajaty to thetMw ? eod forbid « —For what «» anK ?_ i t is the caTise of wives , mothers , SSrtrt ? P » ests , brethren , friends , —he who is ^« Uia cause 15 against himself—is against his i i »^ KJ&od—against his country . He who g j ^ t Sib eanse is for the oppressor , the « ierrL - nmrderer » - he is for famine , war , and ta lh a 2 * amst ^ oirn trath , his own borne , *»• ud " h 7--il He ^ io iBuo :-with us is against a ^ *^ ""fcat means can we more truly prove , more «« ^ I ^* ve are &r tlie csuse than D J denounc-* aiBt *^ ^^ ' ^ yfhoon } y seem to ^ fcQ sertT ^ ^ ^^^ most * S » fr » st ns ? If these * « B ^ . Tf ^* ^^ ^^ se , be sure they wonld injure

      ggj J ^^ ceiray as inarvidnally . We want no recen-^ b ^^ . io * shat fdlowship hath light with * Sis hnJle : Biai to drive them from among ns , even Ife . ^^* md sellers were driven out cl the tem-& ^^ Lr ^? ^^ y "H * « Ee , we shall get hosts in ^ " VSrafla 7 EaJ il ' ' fFB filat C 3 USe ^ iSSe ^ . tegj . *^ ma it iy ending those who cause itr—by aaHL"L-T * 'aghts that dog us ; the crooked sticks lsi ^ 2 , ^ 4 de stniigbt . But T » hat co I say ? this « ferfw J ¦ ^ en fi oac— iovettiBm got its death blow in losjgQ ^ halls of science , and Stnrgifm in its own fe ^ j 2 ~ ~~? Both were beat oa their otm ground , ^ WSb , ^ 0111 ^^ llad "rain-gloriously challenged . ^ ssa V -T 6 miarnP ^ on caBsed by these traitors , lB *^ iS ^ **? of *^ * Itt ns go tm with "KeliE ^^® 1 in our just and benevolent designs . ^ a a ^ 5 ^^* nipion among bs , and like a Hefcules , . ^ CiS- * ^ Augean , stable of the Govem-% 2 » cm ? 5 * tenitose to ow temple of liberty win with sound

      ^* fen ¦• *^» replaced a one . We r ^ fcete !* tittlt wm "work!— "Whera -were the ^ iB ^^^^ taelast election —what good didihey ^ " ^ S ^ ii fr ^^ on of bracch assodations?—S ^ Isfl iL * *' f& * ^ oikos . H the " new ^ " ^ waasT fond of JDO'ris S ™ the right direction llEo Haait e ^ Pea the trades to come cnt—that is * jJ ^] r ^^ rtJi moving in , but tley hare aot moved ^ a » irHk " ^ 5 l es * the ^ t 0 ^ done ** ? ^ 6 ^ « jk . at 7 are arguing about it , or hatching OrBu ^^ a ownfiresides like eggs hatched in an * "Ifefc i ? now ftey may thwart the honest efforts *** VI » ^ > ton all things ioto gold , like ¦ fec / idsdv ; ? 51801 * Pro £ t - TheJ f ° r 8 et * ba * eTtT J ^ Faai-I a ^ r , ^ < SQSe » hard-earned , and can be ill 25 : 5 : 11 fsa ' * Cf ! iii - ^ ^ " ^ fileir tndeavour to ^ ct a * -- outLjy as ic-jQ S 3 vo ^ sble—^ ipste syj t *

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      deviHing plans of endless agitation . We ask for the Charter , and they give ns a reading-made-easy . Out npon them . They would tax ua more than the present extravagant Gevernment taxas us . How many more winters and snmmers would they wish ua to spend in slavery and misery f Whig winters , in which famine pinches ns more than the froBts of Keva Zambia—Tory summers , in whieh we experience a drought of all things good , only equalled by that of the deserts of Sahara . But «• ' s extremity is Godts opportunity . " " It is a long lane that never has a turning " When TFa are at the worst , we must mend , or -time must end . The Chartist tide nwy now seem to ebb low ; "bat the lower the ebb the higher will be the flood , and the next flood-tide will bear us to fortune . The stars are ^ ghting for us in their courses . Never

      was knoiHi such stagnation of trade , so many bankruptcies , so little employment . Famine has begun its work . Plagaa win not bs long behind . Suicides wert never so frequent . All these evils—more deplorable as they are—are "working together for our good . The devil-duke declared that « very industrious man may find work and make money : a most atrocious He . a lie that has cut more throats than ever his sword did . Tea , the tongue that told that spoke daggers , and was sharper than a two-e ^ ged swordmore venomons than the forked adder . Such lies are readily fcdieved by those who wish them true ; who want but an excuse for their har ^ -hearted neglect of the poor . The Duke is decidedly againBt us ; bnt we are not for the Duke , and so we are even . God and our-Belves ! and down with all those who are not with us , ¦ who are Eot for ua , who are against ns . ' J . Watkins . Battersea .

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      MAT * WORSHIP . —COSCVCSIOH . And if Chartism ref ubb to touch faction lest it be defiled by—if it repndiate manworship , lest it ba enervated- by it—it will also reject filthy lucre , lest it Jt > e dishonoured by it When we hear of Chartist blacking , ef Chartist beverage , of GhartiBt pills , and so on , do we not almost feel ashamed of Chartism ? Wonld il not be better never to bear of Chartism , except in connexion with something great , something noble , as Chartist honour , Chartut humanity , Chartist honesty , fcc But when we are further told that the expence of

      carrying on the organisation , or of supporting the Executive is defrayed by the sale of blacking—that consequently our Executive may be called a " blacking Esecutive *'—what are eur feelings ? 1 know not ; but I know that , for my part , I do not like to hear of Chartist balls and concerts ; for it is like playing with Chartism , making a Merry-Andrew of it Let us have nothing flagitious , nothing frivolous , nothing mercenary . That cause must possess great merits that can stand in spite of all these detracting influetces . We want no halfpenny , or farthing , or half-farthing Chartism . It is not money so mnch as men that is wanted .

      There is another being scarce less fatal than the man-god—I mean the profit-monger . He who takes advantage of a virtnous enthusiasm raised by others to turn it- to his own account . The money-grubbera are a kind of vermin that crept into the cause while yet it was young ; like the fly to the tender turnip while yet it had not strength to resist theiu ; but now it has grown powerful and its tasse should prove too pungent for their palates ; Chartism should be poison to all such vile things . We want voluntary and gratuitous advocates j men who , like St Panl , work at their own callings , that by the labour of their hands they may render themselves free of the cause and not burthen it , or deteriorate it , or become chargeable to it , as to a parish . Are we to agitate

      mereiy to put pelf into the pockets of those who make a trade of Chartism—who make it a part of their stockin-trade along with other isms ; who , like fowlers , lay out lime-twig publications ? Many men will sot join for such ends—f 01 such an issue to their exertions , to have their labours for the public diverted into dirty channels of private interest—into the pockeis of peculators—of those who are « onstantly flinging their sprats to catch mackarel withaL Chartism , instead of a fruitful river , fertilizing all ia its free comae , would turn into a sewer , a mere sink . We want to do away with monopoly and ir-justce in the community , and we must first do away with it in our own body . Our noble cause should ntver be made the means of ignoble ends . We are not agitating for self bat for the public : bo far

      from agitating for self , our asitation is at the expences of self—it casts a great deal of time and much trouble—it exposes ns to mnch persecution and ill will—bnt all this we endure—we endure it cheerfnlly for the sake of the cause—counting ourselves 'well repaid , if only we oni serve the csuse by suffering or by sacrifice . We agitate not for self , and shall we agitate for selfish men—for men unworthy of the cause—for men who sought to betray the cause—for those who are the Arnolds , the Reynolds , the Olivers of Chartism ? The men of the North struck not for self—not for wages , but for

      liberty—and shall we for whom they died be so forgetful of their memories , and of the cause for "which they bled—shall we be ungrateful to the martyred < iead —; so neglectful of the heroic living—so ncjust to ourselves , and the cause—so indiscriminating as to sixfiWr our agitetien to be taken advantage of by the mean , the mercenary ; hy political pedlars , and Chartist cositr-mengen ? Shall it be said , that we have voluntarily encountered starvation , and disinterestedly dated death for the sake of the cause , while others were suffered to make a living of it , yea to boast of making a'fortune out of it ? It were enough to make a Shell , a Clayton , and a Holberry turn in their

      graves . In conclusion .,. as we have been diligent -to denounce and expel from our body all unsound memberslike rotten sheep that would taint and infect the rest—to prune all soperflaona slips that prevent the 3 > E £ riiig branches—to lop off all unsightly excrescences —so should we , so must we , to be consistent , remove and put far from ourselves all that may impair— -tnat may impede us in our golden race for the Charter , especially the sins that are most likely to beset us—Mammon , or man -worship—for those Bins have prevented man ; a good cause from being gained , and lost many others after they were gained . Let us remember that when we take up Chartism we take upon ourselves an office , a mission scarcely less holy—scarcely less

      responsible than Christianity itself ; for if by Christianity we work out the salvation of our souls , so by Chartism we work out the redemption of onr bodies ; and lafeow the salvation of the soul depends very much npon first having the body freed—freed from a slavery scarcely less infernal than the bondage of sin to Satan . We take up Chartism , not fer our ewn sakes only , but for the sake of all men : not for the present generation , but for all future generations : not for one man , for one man is us good as another ; at least , too good to be sacrificed , or made subservient to another . We are at present under a despotic Government ; and if we were to hare a despotism in Chartism , we should be doubly enslaved ; ' and I Very much mistake if the latter slavery would not prove ten times more galling , mote grinding than the former . Horrible proscription would ensuea reign of terror , But , thank God , there is virtue enonxb amonjst ns to save ourselves from this : virtue

      enough , 1 trust , to save our country . There are men in the Chartist ranks who have sacrificed themselves to the canse , ss Gsto did—srbo have sacrificed their brethren , as Timothy did—their parents , as the " good Queen Anne" did—their children , as Junius Brutus did , all for the s&ke of freedom ; and can such men ever be found sacrificing the cause at tbe shrine of Mammon , or for a man-god ? ¦ No . ' they will rise and overthrow the Dagons where they are erected . Like Brntus , they would strike down Cse 3 ar himself were Ca 23 ar to set himself np as a god to be worshipped . Manifest virtue like th ; s , and we cannot be put down- We shaU laugh at the threats of the " strong Government , " and Bay , as Croaiwell did whea he saw the royal army moving down from their advantageous heights to attack him on equal ground— " The lord hath delivered them into our Bands !" Battersea . J- W .

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      THE CURRENCY AND TAXATION . 10 IBS EDITOS OP THE SOUTHERN STAB . Sir , —The currency system has st aU times been considered of the greatest importance to those who have understood it , not only in relation to trading transactionj , but as afftcting the happiness of a people in proportion to its improper application . ETery man's experience tells us this is true . War , an Act of Parliament , or even the rumour of a stock-jobber , will effect a panic—so frail is the tenement of trade ; bnt it is trade the poor man lives upon ; then upon what ground rests fee security of his livelihood , if the means are so very liable to fluctuate ? This must be worth a thought , ana if the -wise and influential would only use their 3 b 2 ities properly , ifae resources of the nation might be made conducive to general benefit . Bnt they have not only neglected to do it , but they have done every thing they could do to divert the people and their friends from its consideration .

      I will therefore show the working classes , if possible , how it is they are injured by onr Bnnnrfal institutions and arrangements , and how they must ke if no alteration takes place in them . 1 will first commence with its effects npon wages , that have been said , by all onr political economists , to depend npon " demand and supply ; " an assertion that ia both false and inconsiderate . How suppose we take the wagea of a workman , in any branch of trade , at the commencement of the banking system in 1693 . We win not be particular as to the precise amount of wages , but we wUl take any amount—say £ 1 per week , in the above-mentioned year , and out of that £ 1 was paid Is per "week ia taxes , t « support an annual teveaae of £ 4 , 000 , 000 which may be » little * more than it leaBy waa .

      In this year , 1 843 , we wfllBaj the menue "Will be £ 60 , 080 , 000 j even supposing tfee workman to labour no longer , and to have aa much of it , he -weuldhava to pay , st- £ he same-rate ot taxation , fifteen shillings out of his pound a week , to support an increased revenue of sixty millions . I call this a fair way of calculating . We have here s reducQon in wages to the amount of fourteen shillings per week , independent of demand or supply . It ia quite true , that if a great demand for produce ia created , that a great supply ia needed ; but it does not follow ths . t an , increase in -wages is the consequence lor tbe last few years prove the contrary —in -which jears , deaand aud supply have been greater , iU' 1 - greater reaction of -srs ^ -es in til t 'ariea rss isles , j la , v-.

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      Perhaps it may be said , that it is not tbe demand that has decreased wages , but the facility ef supply in multiplication of machinery , resulting also In a surplus nnmber of labourers , that has produced It It matters not which , for if the supply had not been so plentiful , the demand would not have been so great-rand if the demand had not been bo restrained , competition could not have been compelled to reduce the worih of supplies ; and tbns supply and demand acts each npon the other ; and both depend for their healthy action upon the state of the currency and taxation .

      As the tednstionin wages has been considerably less injurious than the increase of taxation , is it not therefore onr first duty to remove the evil ? Nay , further , as taxation increases the price of articles , and diminishes the net income of aU trades and professions , it must necessarily diminish the ability to purchase j and ultimately become the very cause of reduction in wages , by compelling the manufacturer to reduce the value of his articles and to cheapen labour . I remain , yours respectfully , S . A . Manchester , February lst , is « .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REPEAL ASSOCI

      AT 1 ON OF IRELAND . Ibishmen , —In my letter of the 17 th inst , addressed to you , among- * other thingB I stated , that the party professing to lead you in tho safest , surest , and speediest way to yonr desired object , namely , the union , should be a patriot . Let us now see how your leaders bow conducted themselves towards the people whom they profess to teach sound principles of political knowledge , and call on to rally round the standard of repeal . Let us examine how far sincerity and true patriotism exist , as it regards the quesiion of the Union .

      I have before stated , I have only to do with the political acts of the repeal leaders , and with that I feel a right to be critical . The political acts of politicil men are public property , and , therefore , free to be commented upon at pleasure . This of itself is not of little value to society , for public men being amenable to the opinions , and their acts subject to the scrutiny alike of friends and foes , is , in many respects , the surert and best guarantee for their fidelity ; It is only when public men become callous , or insensible , and perhaps reckless to the voice of public opinion , that they ever dream of swerving from their principles , and this is alwajs certain to be the case when men withdraw from the advocacy of the suffering m 31 ions , and join the ranks of their oppressors . There are many such renegades now a-dajB , who from ambition , avarice , or perhaps more

      base passions have steeled their hearts and closed their ears to the expiring and agonizing cries of suffering humanity , and who even affect to be religious , whilst tbe very ljfe-W » od of their victims is crying to heaven for vengeance on their gnilty hesda . I cannot , ' tis true , charge the leaders of the repeal movement with directly placing themselves in conjunction with the enemies of the Irish people , name 5 y , the Tories ; but I regret to say if they have not joined the Tories they allied themselves to the Whigs , and I only ask you to reflect for a moment on the polities ! characters of the two parties , and say if you can , were they justified as friends of freedom and leaders of the people in doing so ? The Tories you have ever known to be your avowed and insatiate enemies , and I need only refer you to recent acts of the Whig Ministry to remind you of their friendship and love to Ireland .

      I will now suppose you to have examined tbe linaments of their political faces , and mayhap fingered tbe bumps of destructiveness on their aristocratic craniums , and that you have impartially weighed tbeir vices and their virtues (?) and are about to pronounce your decision on the relative merits of both parties ; but allow me to anticipate you . If justice to Ireland be th . 8 object of your souls , yon must in tbe name of liberty pronounce tkem both guilty of high crimas and misdemeanours , nay , of conspiracy , treason , anS even murder itself against your country ; deny it who may , precisely such a verdict your dnty commands yeu to return . They are bolh gnilty alike , and the pnnishment awarded for one party would be equally deserved by the other .

      This is a point to which I particularly wish to draw your attention . It is the basis of all your sorrows and sufferings , 'tis the fruitful source of wrongs to Ireland , and wb 3 t is vastly more larncntablo it is for want of a proper understanding on this point , the fatal rock upon which you are shipwrecked . Remember , a wolf in sheep ' s clothing is a dangerous companion . There is scarcely a child of ten years old , in Ireland , who has not heard the story of Little Red Riding Hood , and shuddered at the awful declaration , that " grandmamma had a great set of teeth , to eat her up in a bit . " But in sober seriousness , let me ask you , how many grandmamma ' s with great teeth bad you in In > land during tbe late Whig administration ? Ob , let tbe dreadful tale unfold itself ! Let the orphans' blood , the

      widows' tears , the parsons' faggot , and the mercenary bayonets of the military , answer to tbe question . Lot them answer , fot they can ; nor deny that the acts of tyrants exist , even after tbeir demise . Who shed tbe blood of Skibbereen ? Was it the Tories ? No ; it was the wolves with the teeth who erected bastile 3—not to fatten , but starve tbeir victims , and it ia upon their heads tbe blood of tbe unfortunate sufferers should falL If Irishmen would only seriously and individually reflect on those facts , and reason for themselves instead of passively submitting to be influenced by the wily and artful doctrines of OTHERS , they would very soon see the necessity for adopting some better

      remedy for their grievances than they now pursue ; and we should not have to hear the silly and childish arguments which Repealers , generally speaking , bring forward in defence of their previous system of agitation . Ask any msn in Ireland who acknowledges O Connell as his political guide , why he pnrsues the present plan ? and what will be his answer ? Wiiy , he can scarcely tell you . And question him as you will , you learn little more of hiB reasons , than that O'Connell recommends it Nay , if you push him closely on thesu > ject he will most likely fly into a rage , and denounce you as a traitor to Ireland , or a " Sasenaeh , " or a spy , or perhaps nso some more vile epithet .

      Now I ask you , is this not true ? 1 also challenge any man of the Repeal Association , be be a leader , member , or associate—I challenge O'Connell himself to dispreve this assertion . This Js however a vain request , for they dare not meet the question publicly ; they well know that their manner of proceeding merits tbe severest censure , and con be { to say the most of it ) of little benefit to Ireland . But why o " o not the people know their political position ? Are they to be only the toofs in the bands of tbe moverB , to be handled and used as individual policy may deem expedient ? Ato they not to know what may be tbe probable result of their co-operation , and to be kept blindfolded from the truth ? They know not , even when they shout for Repeal , anything more of its nature , than that it is to

      get the Parliament restored to Colieee Green ! That is all they dream abemt . Bnt "why are they not told what may possibly take place , namely , that a Repeal of the Union might be an evil instead of a good ? Why are they not taught to look upon the H-epeal , not as an end , but only as a means to an end ? Why are they not made acquainted with the fntnre plans of their leaders ( if they have any ) for rendering the Union a blessing instead of a curse ! I am at a loss to imagine , unless it be , as the people are only tools tbey cannot be expected to know as much as the tradesmen who use tbem . If this were not the case , the Irish would never have been dnped by the Whigs ; if tbey had been honestly dealt with , they wonld not so long have helped to rivet their own chains , or lent their assistance to prop ap their

      enemies . They would have known that class legislation plaefes the Whig on a level with tbe Tory , and crushes the people beneath its weight They would have known tbat the barefaced T-ry , who unblushingly boasts of his enmity to Ireland , aud the interests of the poor is , if possible , the honest- st tyrant of the two—( in-smuch as he wears no false colours to deceive , that he may destroy . ) They would h 3 Ve hailed with indignation the broken promises , which followed their instalment into office . But you do not , you cannot , forget those . You asked for bread , but , in the language of Scripture , " They gave you a stone . " They promised you everything , but they gave yon nothing but aggravated miseries . They promised to make your country happy ; but tbey

      despoiled tbe face of nature ; and . in their bypocritcal malignity , stained even the very hearth-stones of your families with the blood of your brothers ! O ! harrowing rtflection , to know and to feel all this ; and yet to be compelled to listen to Irishmen—to Repealers who boast of being patriotic , defending , and not ; only defending , but supporting and strengthening tbe hands of their bitter and treacherous enemies . If you ask Repealers , I mean O'ConnelTs Repealers , or to speak more truly , ulterior measure hen , to become Chartists , they will tell you , ( if they are not too much offended to answer ) that the Chartists go too far ; and are very dangerous and disorderly people , and will not hesitate to tell you O Connell orders them to hold no correspondence with a " known Chartist . " Here we see a melancholy proof hiB influence 1 So blinded are the Irish to their ow . i interests , they commit themselves to his individual keeping ; but they ought to

      know that the man who commands them to keep aloof from the Chartists was one of the principal parties to draw up the document ef tbe Charter . No wonder , then , that Repeal does not progress when the people know not what they seek , save by name ; but this is not the case with the ( wicked ) Chartists , they all know what they seek for , and what is better , they do tbe work themselves ; tbey do not , like the Irisb , ignobly resign their right of thinking or acting into the hands of any leader whatever , except whilst such leaders deserve their obedience . The leaders of the Chartist party are only respected so long as tbey do their duty to the people . Nor should the Irish act otherwise . Every man to whom mentis due should receive his reward in the gratitude and affections of those whom he labours for ; but those who < Ionot practice what they teach , or otherwise neglect to perform the duty required ef them , shqntd meet the severest censure , and be dismissed tbe people ' s service .

      I know aot which to be disgusted at , the tame , creuching , sycophantic pusillanimity , which voluntarily resigns its noblest prerogative of' « reason and free will , " or the aspiring and haughty despotism which not only accepts , but insolently demands the tribute . No wonder you are moulded in your own fashion . He ia a Whig—he has been oe ?> . And you are TVLs ^ s because yoahava no : courage 1 ¦> ba othersise ; ii . u ; - it u you can . O'Ocnnell is your guide ; aud jit ^ 'i ^ Ji he

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      i * ^ L - ^ J *" « M » HB « HF blind , he has nevertheless acted the part of a blind guide to you who have followed him , with every ditch the Whiga chose to dig better than the Toriea , and that they are advocates for Reform . True , they- talk load enough about reform when out of office ; but do they act oavthe principle when in office t If ad , where are the proofs ? In what are you better than you were eleven years ago ! Are yonr burthens lighter , o * do you feel more comfortable ? Have yon more to eat or to drink , or better clothes to wear , or what ? If yon have , they will be evidences in favour of a Whig adminjatration ; If not , then my position mustbe correct . Ob , yes , reform sounds well -Ittickles the fanfc . and ia a capital bait to catch poor hungry fish ; it bas , however , to& long filled their nets , and it la fitting they should , as they will henceforth have to do , "Toil all night and catch nothing . " °

      If the WhJcs had the will , they had also the power , to serve you ; but we flnd . that you had scarcely helped them Into office ere they forgot you ip their eagernesa to help themselvea , and when you dared to be dissatisfied with their conduct , they nsed the very power you gave them against yourselves . Ingratitude ia said to be , and undoubtedly in , the basest of crimes , bat it would appear that Irishmen , have no conception of auch a thing , or else tbey would a 5 once shake off such dangerous acquaintances . And , mark me ! you will have to do so ; in fact , no man thinks of associating with his nearest or dearest friend after he departs out of this life

      , and thus it mnst ' be as regards the Whigs ; they are politically dead , as a faction , for ever , and consequently will very soon be forsaken by tbeir old acquaintances and dependants . Indeed there are visible signB of sacb a result , tor even O'Connell himself is , from the force of circumstances , compelled to shape a different course , although , if we may judge by appearances , he is Teluctant enough ta " part company" with his old associates ; bnt change he must , and you along with him , or else yon will have to change , and then you may depend upon it he will follow you , and , what is better , the Whtga will follow you into the bargain . Veritas .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Momday , Feb . 6 . Their Lordships met at the usual hour ; sat a short time ; had some talk ; and aujourned in time for an early dinner . Tuesday , February 7 . Their Lordships met this afternoon at four o ' clock . Lord Mosteagle intimated his intention of taking an early opportunity of asking a question relative to the Bank of England . Lord Brougham explained his observations relative to the objections of America to any treaty containing a clause recognising tbe right ef search , bis object being to remove misapprehensions entertained by the Attorney-General of France . :

      Lord Penman's Law of Evidence bill was read a second time , alter some observations in its favour from Lords Campbell and Brougham . Their Lordships then adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Frida y , Feb . 3 . Lord Eliot , in reply to a question from Mr . H . Grattan , stated that it was not the intention of Government to introduce any ; measure this Session to change the mode of assessment for Poor Rates in Ireland . With respect however to some of the miner provisions of tbe Irish Poor Law Act inquiries were being made , and when the Government was in possession of tbe necessar y , information , th « y would state what alterations were contemplated ; Several notices of motion were given . Mr . Tilliers gave notice that , en an early day , be would submit & motion to the House on the subject of the Corn L * ws , with a view to their total repeal . On the bringing up of the report on the Address ,

      Mr . Walter addressed the House at considerable length upon the Btate of the country and the Corn Laws , aud expressed a determination , whenever tbe question of a fixed or variable duty oarae fairly b of ore the House , to vote for the former . Mr . Ward also addressed the House on the same subject . The Right Hon . Baronet at the head of the Government could not , he said , rest his fame as a commercial reformer on what he had already done ; he must go further . He ( Mr . Ward ) would caution the landowners , that S some employment were not found for the population by the expansion of trade , there would , before long , he no security for property . Mr- Liddell was not disposed to take a desponding view of public affaiis , but circumstances showed only too plainly the unfortunate condition of the working classes . He was nojt , however , in favour of any alteration in the Corn Laws .

      Sir Robert Peel in reply to a question frem Mr . Yilliers , stated that be did not contemplate at present any alteration in the Corn Bill as agreed to last Session . He did not think that sufficient time had elapsed to give that bill a fair trial . On the motion of Captain Polhili . an address to the Crown for the production of copies of the correspondence that has taken place between the Secretary of State and the magistrates at Dover respecting Mr , Fitzjames was agreed to . ; Mr . Edward Ellice moved for a copy of the Instructions given to the Commission appointed to inquire into the Scottish Poor Law system .

      Some discussion endued , in which Sir Robert Peel , Mr . Pox Manle , Mr . Campbell , Mr . Wallace , Lord John Rjseell , Sir James Graham , and other members , took part . Ultimately , on the suggestion of the latter , the motion was amended for the production of the warrant of the Commission , and in that form agreed to . Mr . Hawes gave notice that when tho motion for issuing a now writ for Sudbury came on , he should move that the writ be suspended for six weeks . The House then adjourned .

      Monday , Feb . 6 . The House met at four o ' clock , and sat till nearly seven . Colonel RushbrOOKE withdrew the motion of which he had given notice , that a new writ should issue for Sudbury , whose franchise has been for some time suspended on account ef the bribery prevalent there . Mr . Ti'PHBLt moved that no writ should Issue for ! Sudbury until the 20 th of March , urging that the evidence already before the house of corruption in that borough made it necessary to take time for ini qo-iry-1 This suspension having been ordered , Mr . Tufnell ! moved for leave to bring in a bill which should per-^ manently exclude Sudbuiy from sending burgesses to 1 Parliament .

      Mr . Blackstone opposed this motion , on the ground that the bribery proved to have taken place at Sudbury bad not been shown to be of an extent so general as would warrant a disfranchisement of the whole town . A borough ought not to be disfranchised solely because it had got a bad name . He would therefore propose , as an amendment , a select committee to inquire into the facts . Mr . T . Buncombe thought that the strong report of the committee which tried the late election was quite ground enough to warrant the proposed bill . A similar measure , founded on that ¦ Very report , had passed that House last session , and had failed in the other simply from the lateness of the season . The election committee had taken its evidence en oath , whereas the select committee now proposed by Mr . BJacfcstone wonld have no power to swear the witnesses . Ho did not believe Sudbury to be worse than other boroughs ; but he wished to take every tit opportunity of making an example on this snbjtct .

      Sir Robert Peel saw no reason to question the soundness of the ground taken by the House in the last Session , and would therefore support the motion for leave to bring in a bill of disfranchisement . Mr . WykdhaM expressed a similar opinion ; after which The gallery was cleared for a division , bat the opponents of the motion gave way and the bill was read a first time . Mr . Ewart proposed a series of resolutions for the regulation ef select committees and committees on private bills . The object of these resolutions was to limit the number of members on each such committee to seven , and to provide against the appointment of members interested in the subjtctB referred to the committee , or wanting leisure to attend to them .

      Sir < i . Clerk , considering tbe reforms made not long since ia the constitution and practice of these committees , and tbe satisfactory way in which those reforms had worked during the laet Session , was indisposed to concur in the alteratious now suggested . It -was not desirable to exclude all those persons , who , having a local aud direct connexion with the subject , would be the best informed upon it and the most willing to give tbeir attendance . Dr . Bowrino supported tbe limitation of number , being of opinion that to increase the responsibility of each member was the best security to the public . Mr . Goulbdrn did not think it desirable to invest a private bill committee with a judicial character . If the interests now represented in the committee should be excluded from it > the discussions whieh now go on there would be transferred to the House itself , with so small disorder , and an interminable delay to public business .

      Mr . Bebkal thought , that oa each Committee there should be some one presiding in the character of a judge , whose duty it should be to see carried out such regulations as the HouBe ought to | ur » vide , Be was sorry he could not support the present motion . Mr- Hpme , In advocating the motion , Insisted on tbe advantage which bad resulted from the reduction of numbers on the committees of the House of Lords . He waa of opinion , that every member of every committee ought to be present throughout . Mr . Ewart shor tly replied , contending that the probability of protracted debates on third readings mnst be rather diminished than increased by any measu re which should produce impartiality in tlie previous committees . Tie House tLen divided , rejecting 3 rt . Ewa-. fa a ggo&tiocs .

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      Tuesday , Feb . 7 , . The House met at four o ' clock , and after some routine business , several questions were asked by different members , Sir George Siauntoh enquired jwhether or not it was the intention of the Government to provide , by legislation , for the due administration of justice at Hong Kong . i Sir Robert Peel said the Government were wait , ing for the opinion of Sir Henry Pottioger on certain points -which had been referred to him . He paid a high compliment to Sir Henry Pottinger , eulogising his ability , energy , and prudenca : Sir Robert Peel also , in reply toiMr . T . Duncombe , said he had no intention of bringing ! in a measure on the the subject of Chnrch Rates , but in so saying he did not preclude himself from legislating ! on it .

      Mr . Ferrand gave notice , that ou the 16 th instant , he should submit to the house the folio-wing motion : — " That there be laid on the tabl 6 of this House a copy of any correspondence which has taken place between tbe Poor Law Commissioners , the board of guardians of the Skipton Union , and a firm of cotton-spinners carrying on business at the Low Mill , AdUingham , in ths West Riding of Yorkshire , and trading under the firm of Seed and Co ., respecting the sale of a number of poor persons confined in the Skipton Uni ^ n Workhouse to the eaid firm , for the purpose of being worked in their

      factory ; also " a statement of the amount of money agreed npon between the said pavties , the number of cripples among the poor persons handed over jto the said firm , tbe manner in which they were conveyed to the said f actory , and the reasons for they : being so conveyed ; also , copy of the conviction of the said firm of cottonspinners upon the information of Mr . jt Baker , Inspector of Facteries , for having worked their mill hands on Friday , Saturday , and Sunday , the 23 rd , 24 th , and 25 th days of December last , in violation ( of the Factories ' Act . "

      Mr . Wallace , in pursuance of notice , moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the ¦ ' treatment , since May , 1841 , of the distressed inhabitants of Paisley , not being paroohial poor . He meant to bring no charge against the Government , and he proposed te confine the inquiry to the particular parties whom he had specified . v ; Sir J . Graham , considering tbe long continuance of tbe distress , tbe patience with which it had been borne , tbe limited terms of tho motion , and tbe temperate tone taken by the mover , would not , on the part of the Government , refuse the inquiry . , He only wished , in expressing his assdut , to guard the Government against being supposed to recognise the sufflxers as having any claim upon the public purse , i

      Mr . F . Frekch desired leave to introduce a bill for extending and regulating Medical Charities in Ireland . He eBtei-ed at great length into the idetails of many evils appearing to require some remedy , and proposed to controul those evils by unpaid commissioners , to ha chiefly members of the medical profession . Lord Eliot said , it was much easier to discern the evil than to discover tbe remedy . He ' : had himself , on the part of the Irish Government , caused a measure to be prepared , which be bad hoped would bring some r * dress ; but he had met with too much opposition from medical and other gentlemen connected with tiio subject to proceed with that measure .: ( He would not oppose the present motion ; but he did not think that medical men in any considerable practice would give their time as unpaid commissioners , i Leave was then given to introduce the bill .

      Mr . Hume moved for papers connected with a commission of inqudy held in October , 1836 , at Sattara , in the East Indies . Mr . BisgHam Baring , on behalf jof the Government , acceded to the production of the papers . Mr . Roebuck moved an address to tho Crown , praying the pardon ef all political offenders transported from either of the Canadas to our ! penal colonies . They had not been transported in the common course of proceeding , but by the sentence of an extraordinary tribunal , constituted in consequence of the second outbreak in Canada ; and thus an intercession in their behalf would not be open to the objection of being an interference with the regular administration of the law . Their impression , right or wrong , had been , that tbe Government were resolved to swamp , ) or , as it was called , to Anglicize the present population ef

      Lower Canada , by abrogating their { language , their institutions , Bnd their very religion . The Canadians were distinguished from the other American races by their superior civilization and polish , and would be found , since the adoption of the late judicious policy , to be the main stay of England in that part of the world . The recent change of policy had caused great rtjoiriag , which , however , had been quite unmixed with any insulting triumph over the opposite party . The restoration of those for whom he now pKaded conld be productive of no danger . Tiiey were fuwjwith reference to the entire population , though numerous as regarded their own immediate connexions . The old severity ought not to be kept up against the poor and ignorant followers of the party , now that its leaders had been admitted into the councils of their Sovereign . What he now asked was , that the key-stone should be added to the arch . >

      Mr . Ewart seconded the motion , taking this opportunity to express his approbation of Sir Charles Bagot ' s policy , I Lord Stanley , though he felt it painful to interpose against any exercise of the prerogative ! of mercy , was obliged to resist the present motion . Under any circumstances it was constitutionally inexpedient that tbe House of Commons should interfere with that prerogative ; but in this case there were also Special reasons against such an interference . In the tranquil and contented state in which the Canadian population were now admitted to be , it was peculiarly ] undesirable to revive the subjects of past dissension . The recent policy and appointments of Sir C . Bogot , which has discarded aU distinctions of origin , bad been in fu ) l

      uniso . i with the views of the Government at home Whatever difficulty had existed under ] the separate constitutions of the Canadas was removed by their union . There was now an end of th ' e danger lest the English Canadians should be overwhelmed by tbe French race . It would be an injustice to the French Canadians to suppose that they considered tbe termination of past discords as involving impunity to such a crime as treason . If those who had committed that high offence were now at once to obtain a full amnesty for their acts , tho loyal , who had bravely made bo many sacrifices , would have reason to complain of a Government which should thus confound its faithful subjects with the disturbers of the public peace . He then stated the circumstances under which the insurgents had been taken , andfexplained the lenity with which they had b 9 ea treated . 1 The learned gentleman , indeed , had made it an argument that the trials had been under military law , and not by tha

      ordinary tribunals . But there was no other possible mode of bringing offenders to justice in the theri state of the country . In both the Canadas the whole number of exeeutions had been but twenty-nine ; the ' remainder , to the number of one hundred and thirty-six , had been subjected only to transportation , —no very severe penalty for men who , throughout a Canadian winter had agitated a country with a murderous , predatory , and bucani- ring insurgency . The Hon . Mover did not even distinguish between the different degrees in the fiuilt of these transported culprits . Directions bad long sijice been given to Sir C . Bagot to consider , with clemency , those cases in which there might be circumstances of alleviation ; but the GjVurnmant cou \ d not consent to this indiscriminate restoration ; ttey could not consent to connect the boon lately bestowed on the respectable classes of the French Canadians with a sweeping re-introduction into tbe colony of the seditious , tbe disaffected , and the disorderly . )

      Mr . Hume urged the Government to carry eut their own policy by completing it with this act of mercy . He would cot , however , advise the mover ; to press the matter to a division against tho obvious wish of the houde , and after tbe liberal declarations which had been elicited by the Colonial Secretary . * Mr . C- Buller regretted this motion , ! as one by no means calculated to advance the otj ^ cts most desirable for Canada . He disliked the inteiference of the Houslof Commons with the prerogative of mercyj ; and be also disliked , except under extreme necessity , tbe interference of tbe Imperial Parliament with the colonial Administration . He eulog ' zed the policy of Sir C . Bas / ot , and the subsequent appointment of StrjC . Metcalfe , both of which he regarded as guarantees jfor the good Government of Canada . He thought it inexpedient to fetter the Administration of Sir C Metcalfe , whom there was no ground for distrusting , and he recommended it to Mr . Roebuck to withdraw his motion .

      Mr . Roebuck , in reply , denied tfcat the Housa committed any interference with Her Majesty ' s prerogative of mercy by merely soliciting her to exercise it . He concluded , however , by asking leave to withdraw his motion . v Mr . M . Sutton obtained leave to introduce a bill for making some amendments in the law affecting transported convicts . The House then went into committee of supply , and passed the usual vote , " that a supply be granted to Her Majesty , " and then adjourned .

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      Scene is SblKikk Court . —On January the 31 a ( , two men oelonging to G-tlashiels , John and Adam Dryden , brothers , were tried , on a charge of day poaching , before Major Pott and Sir James Russell , of Ashiestiel , when a scene occurred certainly very uncommon in a coart of justice . One of the panels , Adam , sat with a stick in his hand , which he brandished in a threatening manner towards the Court , keeping at the same time his bonnet on his head . The superintendent of police , seeing thi 8 » took it off , and laid hold of the stick , when in an instant two fellovre jumped from the gallery and assisted the prisoner in struggling for the stick , which was broken in the scuffle . One of the justices directed the officers to let the prisoner alone , who accordingly wore his bonnet and kept tne broken result

      stick during the whole of the trial . The was , that the two prisoners were convicted in foil penal * tiea with expences , which not being forthcoming , Adam was sentenced to two , and John to four months' imprisonment . Upon this they both declared that all the officers of Selkirk should not take them to gaol ; and it was only after a desperate struggle between them and the officers that they were placed in a cell in the Council-house , where they immediately commenced breaking the windows and furniture . John Dryden was soon after dragged by the police towards the gaol , the officers being followed by some hundreds , a great part of whom seemed determined on his rescue ; but he was at length securdy lodged in that Btrong hold . The superintendent of police then called out an additionalforce , and having bound tbe other prisoner hand ^ uid foot , carried him also to the gaol . —~ Golcy l 6 nian Mercury .

      Loss op the Ship George M'Leod . —Intelligence was in the course of Friday received by the underwriters at Lloyd ' s of the destruction of another Indiaman named the George M'Leod , with a valuable cargo of rum and 3 , 700 bags of sugar on board , by running upon a hard sandbank on the coast of Scotland , in the Solway Frith , within a few miles northward of Southernness , on Sunday se ' nnighi . She was , like the ill-fated Reliance , Conqueror , and Jessie Logan , homeward bound . All the wrecks occurred within a very few hours' sail of the place of destination . The George M'Leod was commanded by Captain W . Murdoch , and a crew of sixteen , besides officers and mates . She was of about 600 tons burden in measurement , being the property of

      Messrs . Leisham and Huntley , merchants , residing at Glasgow , and sailed from the Mauritius in the early part of November last for the Clyde . She appears to have bad a favourable voyage until the moment she struck upon the sandbauk , and that arose entirely from mistaking a newly-erected lighthouse oa the Little Ross for the one at the entrance of the Clvde . At the time , ( three o ' clock in the morning ) the wiud was blowing almost a gale from the north west . They had all sail shortened ,, and hopes were manifested that the vessel would reach the Clyde by twelve o ' clock that day ; fhe light was perceptible , and the utmost hilarity prevailed amongst the crew ; but suddenly she struck , and it was discovered , that instead of the Clyde they had

      bp * n steering for , they had run the vessel upon one of the most dangerous sands along the coast of Scotlaud ; and the light they supposed to be the safety b . acon at the entrance of the Ciyde was one to denote danger . The yards were instntly backed , in the hopes of her floating off , but finding that ineffectual other means were adopted , but all in vain ; for as the tide advanced , every wave threw the ship higher upon the bank , and her situation became more and more perilous .. Captain Murdoch unfortunately was confiaed to his" bed , and had been during the greater part of the passage ; consequently , the chief mate had charge of the vessel . He and the crow exerted themselves to save her , and , as a last resource , the mast and riereinar were cut away . This was useless ;

      she rapidly filled , and was laid upon her beam ends , with the whole of her broadside under water . Ta © boats were lowered , and preparations were made for abandoning her , for the gale was increasing , with fogey weather . Accordingly , at seven o ' clock tha crew lowered Captain Murdoch over the ship ' s side into the boat , and having got in them 3 elves , they pushed off for the shore . At that time the sea waa making a clear sweep over the ship . The ores ? laboim d hard at the oars until ten o ' clock in the forenoon , when they came in sight of Southernesa Lighthouse , which they succeeded in reaching in a short time . All of them suffered dreadfully from the cold , but particularly Captain Murdoch , who lay in the bottom of the boat apparently dead . Upon being

      taken ashore every possible assistance was rendered by the inhabitants of the town , and several medical gentlemen were in attendance upon the unfortunate captain . He shortly afterwards rallied , hut only & liule , and his dissolution is hourly expected . The crew having recruited their strength , in the afternoon , proceeded in a boat with a party of pilots down to the wreck . Upon arriving at the sands not a vestige of the ship or cargo was to be found . She had gone to pieces . The spot where she had struck was opposite DrumdufF , between Balcarry Bay and Soatbernness . On Tuesday last portions of tbe wreck , namely . « head-board with tho name " George M'Leod" painted on it , and the top of the round house were picked up by a sailing smack betwen Port Carlisle and Skenburness . . «*

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      London Corn Exciungb , Monday , Fkb 6 th . — The stands this morning exhibited a small show of samples of Wheat of home produce , and the demand for the best descriptions was brisk , their quotations were quite 2 s per qr . above those noted on Monday last , while the other sorts were Is higher . In Foreign Wheats the currencies rose Is per qr . Good malting Barli y found a steady sale on quite as good terms a 3 of late . We can note no alteration in the value of MaU . In some instances Oats were taken at a rise of Gd per qr . Beans and Peas tolerably steady . In Flour very little was doing .

      London Smithfielb Market , Monday , Feb . 6 . —Tne supply of beasts , brought forward in out market of to-day , being , the time of year considered , moderate , the attendance of buyers were more nume-> -ou 3 than on several previous occasions , and the weather favourable to slaughtering , the beef trade was comparatively steady , a&d the prices advanced , upon those noted on this day se ' nnight ; about 2 d per 81 b : the very primest Soots producing , without diftiouity , 4 $ 4 d per 8 ibs . We had a few lambs and some sheep offering , but they commanded little attention . In calves , rather lower currencies . Prime small porkers were quite as dear ; but large hogs were a mere drug . No importations of live stock have taken place from abroad , eiiher ia Lundon , OT at the outports , during the past week .

      Boroobh Hop . Market . —For the very bes . yearlings we have still a steady inquiry , at prico equal to those noted on this day se ' nnight ; but in all other descriptions , though we can notice no material alteration in figures very little is passing . Potatoe Markets . —The supplies on offer nofc being by any means extensive , the demand has become much more active than of late , and prices have an upward tendency . Wool Markets . —No public sales are yet announced , Sstill the private contract demand is in a very sluggish state .

      Tallow . —The prioe of Tallow is still on the declme , but while the quotation is 45 = 6 J , some parties are fiettmg 46 s for teaUy fma Y . C . The prices prospectively are also heavy . For March and April we hear something has been do » e under 453 , and for new Tallow , the last three months , 44 a is the nominal figure ; separate months , from Sspt . to Dec . inclusive , 45 a ; Tjv / u Tallow , 47 * to 47 s 6 d net cash . Liverpool Cattle Market . —Monday , Feb . 6 . — We have had a much smaller supply of Cattle at market to day thaa of late ; any thing good eagerly sought after , " and sold at a little advance in price . Beef 54 i . to 6 J ., Mutton 5 ^ d ., to 9 | dL , per lb . Coiton Market . —Monday , Feb . 6 . —There is less desire on the part of holders to press their Cotton for sale , consequently the market ] a more steady to-day . The eales amount to 6000 bags , including 860 American on speculation . —On Saturday 5000 bags were sold .

      Manchester Corn Market , Satobday Feb . 4—There has been a steady consumptive demand for both Flour and ] Oatmeal throughout the week , bufc bo improvement in prices can be noted , the purchases hav . ag beon confined chiefly to quantities suitable for the present use only . The iaiports at Liverpool and Runcorn , from Ireland , of Oats , Oatmeal ,, and Fiour , are to a fair extent ; and our supplies ef the latter article , from the interior , have of late been rather more liberal . A degree of firmness has been imparted to the trade by the _ declaration of Government to oppose any alteration in tha Corn Laws at present ; and at our market this morning th » re was no disposition to press the sale of any artieie at prices below the previous currency . A v « y limited business , however , was done , tho dealers supplying themselves sparingly , and we reseat the quotations of this day se ' nnight .

      Liverpool Cobn Market , Monday , Feb . 6 . -7 * Daring the past week we have had moderate arrivals of Wheat , Oats , Flour , an * Oatmeal , from Ireland ; from other quarters , the imports are of trifling amount . Toe business in any article of tiao trade has , at the same time , been in a very limited scale , no material change occurring in prices . At to-day ' s market , a parcel of fine Irish Wheat sold at 6 s . 8 i . per 70 lbs ., and the best mealing Oats ( though all descriptions were muoh neglected ) could not b 8 bought under 2 s . 5 d . per 70 lbs . Both Fiour and Oatmeal have moved very slowly ; ihe former % t 278 . to 283 . per barrel for Cauadiau and United States , and 37 * . to 393 . per sack for lnsli manufr . cture : 21 s . to 21 s . 6 d . per load are tne quotations for Oatmeal . English malting » Wt wb ' . ch is stiil Scarce , maintains our . previous rates , grinding parcels almost without inquiry , _ and nmy be bought on rather easier terms . B ^ ans ~ na reas i arc heft without change a : to value , but meet pply a slow retail demand .

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      The roads between the South and North are completely blocked up with snow ; aud a ssvere storm blew the whole night from the South-West , rendering the journey b > tween Dublin aad Belfast very difficult . —Belfast Whig- \

      Valuable Relic . —A . valuable gold ring , supposed to have belonged to Queen Mary , has lately fallen into the hands of a travelling Jew , named Solomans , residing in Barnardoastle , who appears to have received it , with fourpence " to boot , " in exchaDge for some trifling article , from an old housekeeper , who had found it some time ago , aud ^ ignorant of its value , parted with it as above stated . The J&w perceiving some Latin inscription in the insida of t&f ring , took it to one of ihe oleigymenjof tho town , to learn the meaning ot it , who told him he had

      reason to believe it was the riug spoken of in history as presented by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl ot Essex , and whieh had been lost . The reverend gentleman undertook to forward it to the ! Antiquarian Society of London , who returned it with an intimation that it was not the ring supposed , but they bolieved it had belonged to Queen Mary , and that the value was sGmewhere about 250 guineas . It ib rumoured that Solomans has since parted with it to tbe : t ' : nve t .- cuty for 350 guineas , but we canne ' , vouch lor : «¦ * iaci . —A ' cwc «>//« Un \ "tict € i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 11, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct790/page/7/