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      CANADA PROCLAMATION . ~ , ' ¦ ' 5 Tje inflowing proclamation -was issued by Lord ^ Gosfi 2 jJ ROYlNCE OF LOWER CANADA . « HB ESCEL 1 E 5 CT THE BIGHT H 0 >\ ABCHIBALD E 1 BL OPGOSFORD . N . M PROCL 4 J 1 AT 1 ON . -: K ^ VTiereas , in certain counties of the district of M ontreal disaffection to the government of our moons Sovereign Quean Victoria has ¦ un equivo' faflr de cbredrAtself , and divers outrages -upon the «» rsons and properties of her Majesty ' s loyal sub-. jebtsfcare been recently perpetrated therein . And " ^^ eas , p risoners arresled on charges of high " treason have teen rescued from the hands of justice , , ^ -jjje troops of her Majesty , in the lawfuldischarge * & feer dnry , " whSe aiding the civil authorities ,

      lave teen assailed and hred upon by bands of armed peasantry . And . "whereas , it is notorious that the present blind and fatal excitement in that distnd is to be attributed to the machinations of a sfew evil-minded " and designing men , who iaye -- inposed upim the' credulity of an unsuspicious peasanuTs aa ^ ' i > y " plausible misrepresentations and ¦^ nlfcicalnmny / by practising ¦ upon their fears and jnflanung . their passions , by appealing to national fisiinctibTis -aad esisfiiig wmtical prejudices , -which it has been the unabated endeavour of the British Government to extinguish , have at " length succeeded in implicalins a part of a hitherto peaceable and loval population in the first excesses of a reckless and hopeless , revolt . 'As the representative of our

      anost-gracious Sovereign , I now most _ solemnly address myself to the inhabitants of this province , but more ' especially to the misguided and inconsiderate population on the river Richelieu , in the . : district of Montreal . I address myself to your good sense , end to your personal experience . of the beneiit you have received , and of the tranquillity you have so long enjoyed , under the British Government You possess € ae relicion , the langutige , the " laws , and the institutions guaranteed to you nearly ^ seventy Tears Knee . You know not the burthen of ; taxes . The expense of your military defence is defrayed by Great Britain . The prosperity jand happiness which have hitherto pervaded this province proclaim honourably and undeniably the political

      ¦ wisdom which watches over your safety , encourages your commerce , and fosters your rising industry . Theispontaneous confidence ot a British Parliament bestowed on you a constitution . Your representatives complained of grievances- ^ their complaints ¦ were folly and prompthr investigated . Grievances which were proved to exist were removed -at once ; Tftlress the most ample , but unavoidably gradual , was ¦ unrejervedTv p romised ; and up to this momenr that promise has been scrupulously observed .. But the demands of your leaders are insatiable ; the "language of reform has specially concejled the defirns . of revolution . 1 bave thus far deemed it ny duty to explain the injustice and iuadmissibihty of * the objects ibr which tout leaders contend , and

      for the attainment of which they would wantonly sacrifice ' yon and your families . The taiiorous designs of tho » e political agitators have btfn at length unmasked . I now . therefore , cail upon those who hare been thus far deluded to listen to the langnage 01 reason , sincerity , and truth . . Listen to the exhortations of your respectable and trustworthy clergy . Listen to the reprefatToiis of those worthy and loyal proprietors whose interacts are identified with your own , ana" whose -property in common with , yours must ever be graduated and rovemed by the internal tranquillity wf this province . " * Return to that allegiance to your Sovereign which you nave now for the nrst lime violated , sti 3 tn thai * nhi » dit » Ti «» to the law whicil von have

      hitherto invariably maintained . Spurn from you your insidious advisers . Reject with abhorrence their self-interested and treasonable course . Leave them 10 tlie retribution wMch inevitably awaits them . Return to your homes and to rae bosom of your Jamilies ; rest assured that a powerful and merciful government is more desirous to forget than to reseui injuries , and that within that sanctuary you will experience na . molestation . And , farther , hy and with the advice and consent of her Majesty ' s Executive Council of and for the province of Lower Canada , I . the ssi-1 Archibald , Earl of Gosford , do hereby call upon all her Majesty ' s loyal subjects in this province to be prepared at all timts to maintain a ^ ainst all -aggressors the authority of our Sovereign Lady the Oaeen , and to counteract the rebellious desi-ros of in

      the disaffe ^ led this province . The dearest rights and privileges of British , subjects , their laws and iiisdtutioiis . have been openly and audaciously assailed . They will remember that those sentiments of loyalty and honour which were the pride of their forefathers are the inheritance of their children , and in Qe £ iiding their allegiance to their gracious Q ^ een , and the ¦ connection which has so long existed between tiiis favoured colony and Great Britain , they will rush forward as one man to prove their gratitude for the blessings they enjoy , and their unswerving deterzmjiatiun to maintain them unimpaired . "Given under mv hand and seal st arms , at theCasue < jf St . Lewis , in the city of Quebec , 29 th of November , in the year of our Lord 18 o 7 , and in the 1 st year of lier Majesty ' s reign . . - — ~ Bv Ins ' Excellency ' s command .

      ** D . IXlly , Sec of the Province . . Upon this proclamation , a writer in the Globe thus comments : —*• Lord Gusiord issued a proclamation from Quebec on the fSJth of November , which vre are sorry to say has not given satisfaction . There is much of zLe old leaven ~ of conciliation in it . We can allow much , for " the ignorance and credulity of those who have been induced to take up arms ag ain ;? t ths government , by eg&tistic and EmLitiGus leaders , whose cowardice has left them to bear the pusiiliineat more justly due to the agitators . Martial law had . not been declared . Leave only our " great goose his bottle of "wine and a French companion , and he is hard to believe that there is anything out of doors less placid than xhe interior of the chateau .

      After having endeavoured to stifle every feeling ¦ of loyalty andlove of country—after having refused . to allow our warm-hearted bullied Brethren to organise themselresinto volunteer corps , fie calls upontlie Joj / al subjects to be prepared at all times to maintain , against all aggressors ^ " the authority of the laws nsd government . " ]\ J . r ^ re valour ' . how easy a thing it is for some _ mines to be blood-thirsty , wnen seated in acomfort-- . able parlour , out of the reach of danger . —Eds . N . S . ]

      TROOPS FOR CANADA . Orders have be ? n issued to add to the strength of ' every regiment stationed in the Canadas , Nova Scotia , and new Brunswick , 1 captain , 1 . subaltern , and lGOrtnk and file , with a proportionate number of non-commissioned officers ; and Her Majesty ' s ships Hastings , Figue , and Inconstant have , we ¦ understand , received instructions to immediately proceed to Cork , there to embark for Halifax the - above-mentioned . draughts , as also the service com-- panies of the 93 d Highlanders . 11 is also confidently rumoured that a brigade of Guards , and the 23 d and

      ~ t 1 st Regiments , are to be sent out to Canada in the " - firing , so as to incresse our present strength by upwards of 5 , 000 men . AD officers of jagiments stationed there , who may be at present ^ on leave . have received , oro ^ fs to join without delay . A num ber of half-pay officers , of various ranks , have also received ordera to proceed immediately-to Canada , ^ for the purpose of being attached to the different pilitia regiments , to assist in improving their disci-, ! pline , tScc Many embark by the next packet . Cakada . —^ Letters have arrived from

      correspondents at Montreal , of the date of the 1 st inst ., ' Bringing intelligence up to a later period than was brought by the Independence , by which the mes-; sage of President "V ^ an Buren was conveyed to this : ootmtiy . " The following extracts are from the letter of a gentleman who has the amplest means of ascertaining the true situation of affairs : — " lieutenant-Colonel "WetheraU ' s retam to town ( after fourteen days' absence , with the loss of three killed and wounded , with thirty-two prisoners taken in arms , their cap of liberty , &c . ) bas given us all fresh courage . He will no doubt remain . Five

      hundred men are barricading all the smaller streets of Montreal . 2 sone but Great St . James , Notre Dame St . Pad , : and the main street of the St . Xawrence suburbsj will remain open . A strong redoubt , has been erected on the Cote at Barren . Xient-CoL-Gore was sent off yesterday with three - eompanies of the 32 d Eoot , two of the 24 th Foot , - one of the 83 d Foot , a diTiaon of cavalry , six field pieces , and a train of artillery , to take St . Denis by ' storm , and reduce it to ashes . It will be done this erening , or to-morrow morning . The rebels are not « Ter 400 to 500 Aera .

      :-- Brown , Papineau , and 0 'CaHagan aie sbll at large . The two latter ran away , at St Charles , , - . befoTethe troops came up—the fonner , as lientenant" . general of the rebels , remained to hear ihefirstshot , and then sjeedilj dq axted . ETerything is doing to place Montreal in a good state of defence . Fears *« entCT tanea . ^^ iat tbe " rebels are arming and v- ©^ rapping in great nuabera at TerTebonn # , at the s" Bralc Mint Ckir « , and in the direction of the Lake ; ofthe TwaHoan ^ tdos * TbiM last place nas been I * , fte hot-bed of rewjlion for some mondu , the coo »

      \ -Teaitwns being not' Hiere . Fears « re also enterr ; bSaed mat flje by-town a » d ^ pper Canadian mafls I * ffl be stepped , or have to be t&b ronnd by the -gated Stato , a detour of fallv 120 mUes . We K ' .-weJ&ifi inforna ^ ion that Geaeral Scott commands | ^; irebdB in dnef at tfe BrnK '; LienteBant-B * 6 c 9 eral- Eschambanlt » aecond in command . I Titty have ^ in three diTirioas , fbllj , 2 , 060 men ^ ell B '• ' * rffled and equipped . Sumours are afloat that m fte winter , ihej purpose , by a combined movement , -battaek Montreal bj ftorm ! : ; The priestB at St . Charles , preTioua to the troops I" ¦ : ¦ - " "¦ ¦ . -

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      M * lll ' ^ "ggB"BBBBgnMigMgMMWMMMB coming up , administered the sacrameht to the rebels , to encourage them to stand bold or die . The slain that were left on the field were yoraciotisly mutilated by hogs , -which had been penned up in ttie rebels ' stockade , and got loose on its being fired by the troops . ' ' - ¦ """¦ Poor Iieatenant Weir , of the 30 th Regiment , was shot by a rebel captain ' s order , immediately after falling into their hands . He was conveying despatches to the regular troops , and was betrayed by his rebel conductor , Tvho drove him to St . Denis instead of St , Charles . —Times . comirie un . ^ , ^ ^^ , ^

      ( From the Neve York Courier . ) The detachment of British troops under Colonel Gore , that marched upon St . Dennis by the way of Sorel entered and occupied that -village on the morning of the 2 nd instant , subsequently took possession of St Charles , and were left at the last accounts marching uponSt Hyacinthe in pursuit of Papineau and Nelson , who were supposed to have fled in that direction . St Charles and the other villages on the Richelieu are to be occupied until further orders . It is " stated in the Montreal Courier , that the howitzer , and five wounded men , left behind on the 23 rd ult ., were recovered , and that the property of Nelson ^ and the-houses from which he and his companions fired upon the British troops , were burned .

      The =-. nt gathering-place of the insurgents , if the Me : - J papers maybe betieved , is in the county oi the lake of the Two Mountains—from which many of the loyal families have fled—and where-it is said they have built block houses and other fortifications , at St . Eustaehe , Grand Brule , and other strongholds . Several additional arrests had been made in the district of Montreal . On the 1 st instant , Toussaint Peltier and Come SeraphinCherrier ^ Advocate of t ^ e city of Montreal , and the latter M . P . P . for the

      county , were duly committed to the common gaol on this charge . On the same day , a man named PieTrerCla-ade Phaneuf , of St . Damas , was arrested at St John ' s , the deposition of several vfitnesses declaring him to have been one of those who fired on the cavalry near Longuell . The steam-boat Yarejines , which arrived on the evening of the 2 nd from Sorel , brought up Dr . P . A . Dbr ion , M . P . P . for Champlain , and Louis Moge , who were arrested at St Ours the evening previous , during the visit ol the troops tothatvillase . . . '

      An arrest for sedition has clso taken place , of- a man named "Wjiliam Dorac , who lizs been admitted to bail . ¦ Lord Gosford , Captain-General and Commanderin-Cliief in and over the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada , has issued a proclamation , under dq . te of the -29 ih -silt ., calling -on the disaffected and malcontent inhabitants of ihe Lower Proxincu to return to their allegiunce , assuring them that her Majesty ' s Government is more " desirous to forget than to ressnt injuries , " and that within 'that saEcruary they will " experience no further molastarirvn . '

      . ^ > e Lara frcin Upper Canada that the magistrates of i ^ irgston have been esjrnged in briEging to lii ; ht som ? treasonable desl ^ s , and in arresting s . correspondence with some individuals in the district hitherto suspected of . disaSectura to the- ¦ Government ^ It i ^ stated in the 'Kingston Chronicle that -rhc-Lf efforts hs . ve been succft-sml , and that letters filled with in ? -: rrectionary views , plans and exhortations , hare fallsn into their hands , which they have despatched to the seat cf government , to be submittvd to the Crown olLcers . ( Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer . )

      Brnii ^ GTOx , Dec . 7 . —The northern mail has jest arrived . I have seen a gentleman—an acquaint-Jince—by the stage , v / bo says that volunteers , 100 in number , left Svranton yesterd . iv for Canada , with m ^ sketSj ponder , tivo cannon , and that they reached I'Lissiquo bay , where they were attacked ' by the KoyaiistS j and after a hard battle the patriots " were driven back , v . ith the loss pJ one man killed , three wounded , end the loss of one cannon and a few i 2 c ? ke . ts . T-esterdr . y the mail arrived from ^ Montreal , with only one letter and do paper ? . ! So papers from Montreal since Fridnv .

      Tue "B oyalists are fortifying the whole of the Canada line , hy Swanton , " Highgate , &c , and families are leaving for the States every day . . The " VN'ijao-: ^ steani-i > oa £ iei " t here last night for St . Johns , and will probably return to-nisht laden witii passengers . The streets at Montreal are all well "bu-ricaded . Honied affairs in Canada are in a deplorable condition . The banks are all guarded by the regular troops . 31 en in business can obtain but very sli ~ ht accon-inodations , and none but Koynfets are - ccommodaied at all . Canada money not taken at the bacis here .

      - ( From the Montreal Herald . ) Last evening , at eight o ' clock , the steamer Tarennes arrived in port from Sorel , having on board Lieutenant Sweeny , Royal Montreal Caviiiry , -who has returned in ill health . Four prisoners were brought up at the same time , accused of hiuh treason \ ttz : —Charles Gouin , Alexis Peloquin ^ and the Cbapdelalnes ( father and son . ) Colouel Gore , as we understand , "has proceeded - to St . Charles and St .. Hyacinthe to root cut the rebels . " St . Denis has been burnt from the entrance of the village , including " "VYolfred ZSTelson ' s . house . Ularcous ' s monument totally destroyed . Every search was m 2 de for" Mr . "Weir ' s body , but it could not be found ; it is supposed that his corpse has been thrown into the river .

      Proclamations have at last been issued , offering rewards for the apprehension of the principal traitorsl The Tewards appear to be graduated according to the rascality of the parties , viz : —L . P Papineau ^ £ J , 000 ; Dr . "Wolfred Kelson , Thomas S . Brown , E . B . O'Callaghan , M . P . P , C . H . 0 . Core , M . P . P ., Joseph E . Drolet , M . P . P ., J . J . Giro-jard , M . P . P ., "Wiliisa Henry Scott , M . P . P ., E . . E . Hodier , M . P . P ., Amury Girod , Jean O . _ Courier , £ 500 ; Pierre Paul Demaray , Joseph F . Da-rignon , Julien ' Gagnon , Pierre Amiot , Timo ' the , " Franchere , Louis Perrault , Alpbonse Gavrin Louis Gauthier , Rod , Desriviers £ 100 .

      , AVe undrstand that the rebels have evacuated Saint Cessaire after having completely sacked the store of-Mr . Chaffers , a loyal * masnstrate there . We are sorry to learn that they have got hold of Mr . Chaffers' notes and obligations , thouzh wa hear his boots are savei Mr . Chaffers' lo ? s canr . ot be _ estimated at less than £ 3 , 000 , as we are informed . His . clerks again took possession on Friday last , and closed up every thing , it not being cons ' . d ' ered prudent for Mr . Chaffers to return amongst them for the present .

      SYMPATHY OF UPPER CANADA "WITH THE LOWER CANADIANS . Meeting in the Township of "VThitchurch , Upper - Canada , SepMnber 16 , 183 " . The object of this meeting was to take into consideration the Resolutions passed by the Imperial Parliament , and about to be enforced in the other colony , and to sympathise with Mr . Papineau and the Lower Canadians . Resolved— " That we view , with hatred and abhorrence , the course adopted by the British Government , relative to Lower Canada , and that it is our duty not only to sympathise with , but in case of the enforcement of Lord John Russell ' s resolutions , to support the Lower Canadians in their struegle for independence . "

      Resolved— - That forasmuch as Sir F . B . Head has virtually succeeded in wyesting from this Province the same inestimable right that Lord John Russell s -atrocious measures of coercion would take from the other colony by force , namely , the control of the provincial revenue , by which a constitutional check might be exercised over the corruption of the Executive , we most heartily sympathise with the people of Lower Canada , and wholly approve of the course taken by Louis Joseph Papineau and the majority of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada ; we consider their cause onr cause , and tender to them our warmest thanks and gratitude for their manful support of -c £ \ H and religious liberty . " -Other resolutions were also passed , and the whole were signed by Mr , H . M'Klnley the Chairman .

      Public Meetingin the Township of Markham , Upper . Canada , Sept 19 th , 1837 ., Among . the resolutions unanimousl y passed at a Tery numerous meeting was the following one : 44 That we have looked with , earnest attention to the course taken by the Government of England , and by B « people of Lower Canada and the Assembly of their choice , and we condemn the atrocious reso lutions moved by Lord John Rus&ell , for coercmg the Cnnatfiann ; and ! gc veming them by the iron rod of Colonial despotism . If their and our money can continue to be -taken from them and us , without tkeir and onr consent , for base and nnworthv tm *

      poses , by Resolutions passed in Europe , or by Legb IaliTeAiBts made thereiiypersena ignorant ofCanada —if Bank Charters with vast powers can . be granted and sent out to a few Monopolists and Javonrites of aQueenand King from England , in defiance of the resolves of the popular branch of the- Legisbitare and the requiremento of the Constitution—then are those wha submit to such oppression unworthy of the ikame of freemen , and unfit to be the depositarieB of British ^ or Canadian liberty ; and we do , there , fore , hereby nominate a Committee of Public Safety foT the township of Markham . "Besolred!—^ That being well assured of the love of liberty and hatred of oppression by which the Hon .

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      Louis JosephPapineau and his patriotic countrymen ofLower Canada are animated in their present noble ^^ T we teterrined *» make common cause withth emyaaA dohereby declare that we would consider the redress of then- griewa > ces the best gnaran e »* % redress of our own , which object , we verily _ , believe , would have been obtained , had a Tesponable Execntive , on the princi ple laid down by JJr . itolpb , Mr . Baldwin , and tfw other Members of the ExecuUve Council , of January , 1836 , been conceded to the Colonists . " ""~> ;¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ The whole of the Resolutions were signed by Mr . Tomlinson , Chairman . \ . ^ ^ . , ,. ,..,.,... - . . ;

      Public Meeting at St . Thomas , Upper Canada , Among several resolutions it was resolved ,: "That we deem the resolutions lately passed by the Parliament of the United Kiagdom a subversion of the chartered rights of these provinces ; and we therefore ap plaud the patriotic stand taken against their baneful operation by our brethren in the Lower Province . We approve of their determination respecting the disuse of tax-paying articles , and we recommend their example as worthy of imitation in this province , until the obnoxious resolutions be annulled , _ and until both provinces obtain such an amelioration in the Constitution as will enable our respective Leeislatures to redress the crievances

      which have long pressed ¦ heavily upon the people , and which have checked the prosperity of the Provinces , and engendered such discontent as have at last destroyed the credit of the Provinces abroad , and plunged it into bankruptcy at home . -.:-.. v < Resolved , —That time after time , both in this . Province and in Great Britain , most loyally , nay , most servilely , have we petitioned for a redress of the long and frightful catalogue of the wrongs of Canada . Our prayers have been spurned , and our feelings have been deeply wounded by the insults that have accompanied the contemptuous disregard of our most humble supplications for justice—that we hate \

      too long hawked our wrongs , as the beggar dotb his sores , at the fastidious threshold of haughty oppression , when , derided and mocked , we have beefl ^ nt empty , away . That , since our iron-hearted rulers have turned a deaf ear to the voice of our complamts , we , confiding in the goodnesi of our cause , resting as it wholl y does on reason , truth , and equity for its support , will call upon the God of justice to aid us in our holy struggle as Britons and as men . " ; When the business of the meetings , says the Liberal , concluded , several rounds of henrt-stirring applause were given for the friends of Canada in the British Parliament , for Papineau and the Lower Canadians . . " - ¦ ..--...

      At a very large meeting at Toronto , Upper Canada , held upon July 28 th , it was resolved : — " That the warmest thanks and admiration are due from the Reformers of Uuper * Canada to the Hon . Louis Joseph Papineau , Esq ., Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada , and" his compatriots , in and out of the Legislature , ior their past uniform , manly , and noble independence "in favour of civil and religious liberty ; and for their presents devoted , honourable , and patriotic opposition to the attempt of the British Government to uolatp tlieir Constiration , to subvert the power and privileges of their . Parliament , and to . overawe them by coercive measures into a disgraceful abandonment of their just and reasonable wishes .

      " That the Reformers of Upper Canada are called upon , by every tie of feeling , interest , and duly , to make common , cause with their fellow-citizens of Lower Canada , whose successful coercion would doubtless be in time visited-upon , us , and the redress of whosa grievances would be the best guarantee lor the redress of our own . " Resolutions equally strong and decided have been expressed by large public bodies in various " other parts » f Upper Canada . We extract the following one from a string of resolutions passed by the

      TORONTO POLITICAL UNION . 4 10 . Resolved—That as a contradiction to the false a < persio : i of the , agent of the Colonial-pffioe in Toronto , that " the people of Upper Canada hate democracy , " and -clv . ijj tu despotism , we do declare , as-the opinion " of this meeting , that we heartily appro v « _ oHbv proceedings of the last House of Assent lily-with repjird Ur Lower Canada , the rwpresentative . of the people of which colony havenubly maintainel the deinocratiye principle of the Briti .-jh Constitution , by steadily insisting on honest economical government

      , responsible to ' public opinion ,-as in Oreat Britain , the United States , nud all . free countries , That we are ready to make common caure with Lower Canada , if any British Ministry shall dare to ' dishonour onr nation in the eyes ot ' the world , by putting in-force Lord John Russell ' s aborninnble resolutions ; . and that we have the fullest confidence in the unshaken integrity and democratic principles of the Kon . Louis Joseph Papineau , and of John llolph , and Marshall S . Bidwell , £ squires s whose lon ' g ,. anu valuable sen-ices to the people of the Canadns , have entitled them to the hearty thanks of every good citizen

      . : Passed unanimously , with a show of hands , read again , and three cheers given for our patriotic leaders . Upper Canada . —Political Unions have been formed in every part of Upper : Canada , and resolutions of the strongest character have been agreed to —Resolutions in which the Upjer Canadians speak out p lainly , and tell ihe world that they only wait their time to free themselves from the tyranny that oppresses them . On the day on which . the Patriots in Lower Canada were arrested on charges of sedition and treason , the Political Union at Uxbridge agreed to resolutions which appearjn all the Liberal

      newspapers of the province . First , they expressed their disgust at the House of Assembly " being " . allowed to continue its existence for four years longer than the Constitution allowed ; secondly , they state that reforms are wanted , and that those in power are unworthy to be continued in office ; thirdly , they approve of the conduct of Papineau and his party in Lower Canada ; and fourthl y , they resolve that every man in the township who * has not a rifle should get one , as soon as he can , to maintain their political rights , "let Me consequences be xi-hat they will . " After these proceedings , who will say that L pper Canada is in a state of peace and contentment ?—Sun .

      TRANCE . ( From the French Papers oj " Friday and Saturday . ) The Last Infernal Machine . —A letter from Dr . Kunzel on the history of the machine which was intended to be used by Hubert , is given by the Constitutiorinel of Friday . According to this , it was invented ten years ago " by a Swiss named Steuble , who took his plan to St . Petersburg , where he borrowed money of a man to whom he pledged it but who attempted to secure to himself" the whole

      benefit of the discovery , which . was to be exhibited to the Emperor ^ Nicholas . Steuble having discovered'this , sold his machine to the British Charge d'Affaires for £ 12 , 000 ., and on the morning of the day on which its powers were to be displayed to the Czar , contrived to explode and destroy it . The British Government having refused to perform the contract , M . Steuble came to France , and offered bis machine to-the Government , but meeting with no success , went to Vienna , leaving it in the hands of his son : with the nature of . whose transactions with

      Hubert the Doctor is unacquainted . The following is the description he gives of the machine : —It is a single cannon placed ofl an ordinary gun-carriage , having several mouthsj . which throw 172 balls in a minute , or 10 , 320 in an hour , carrying them to a distance of 2 , 500 feet . This gun , which requires six men to serve it , and may be drawn by four horses , is intended for besieging fortresses ; but Steuble has formed field pieces upon the same model , throwing 8 , 160 balls in an hour , and mountain euns throwing

      6 , 000 balls in the same time . ' p The Bank of France has issued a notice , that from January 2 , it will give bills payable at sight , to order , and consequently negotiable by endorsement for any sum from 500 f . to 20 , 000 f . The demand made by : travellers for negotiable paper on Paris , and the facilitating of the circulation of money between different commercial plates , have induced the Bank to adopt this measure . Application must be made at the Caisse des Recettes . . .

      The Comtitntio nnel mentions a report as being current yesterday , that in consequence of the events in Belgium and the attempts of Holland , the French Government had given orders for a corps of observation to be formed on the frontier . M . Tessibb . —The Paris papers announce the death of M . Tessier , the senior member of the French Academy , at the advanced age of ninety-six . M . Tessier , at an early period of his life , devoted hm > self to agriculture as a ' « ctence .. ' - . and rendered an

      -important , servioe to his country , by improving the breed of sheep , in doing which he was assisted by Louis the Sixteenth . . During the period of anarchy eBgendereii Tjy the freach revolution ^ M . Tessier liyea in retirementjn Normandy , without ceasing , however ^ to occupy aimself with his favourite pur-£$ , ; T ^ n

      , to the scientific world . " • : r ^ Trade vith : HoLLAND . - ^ -The Gazette , tit Tridaj week , € ontain * an Order in Cptmcfl > dated tb e 11 th instant , that from and after that date ( in consequence of the equalisation , by ? ihe King of the Netherlands , of the duties and drawbacis on car «> e » whether in Butch or British vessels ) " Dutch vessels entering or departing from the ports of the ^ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , together with the cargoes on board the same ( such cargoe

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      consisting of articles which mayibe legal ly imported or exported , ) shall not he subject to any other 6 r ^ gher ^ aties . ' dr : \ chai ^ . ' whateyety ' ^ ati ' -aTeV' ^> hall bei levied on British vessels entering or departing from such ports , or on similar articles when imported mto , or exported from , such ports in British yesseb ; and also , th * t such articles , when exported from the saidrports mlJutch vessels , shall be entitled to the same bounties , drawbaclts , and allowances that are granted on similar articles when exported in British vessels . " . ¦" ¦¦ , ' - ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ .:. ' ' - ¦ .- ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦• -. ;¦ ... ¦ :. ¦ ¦

      TREATY BETWEEN MEXICO AND . ; : ; 7 ^;^ 3 / : : ' // -. spm ^ ( From the Eco del'Comercio . ptiSlis ^ dt Mdrid ' , ' . .- ¦ . ; . ' .. ¦¦ _ ¦ Bedembef Sthj ^ : ¦ ' :. ; , / . -v ' v- -. ^ .,-c fel p ^ " !! be found a copy of the treaty just vatihed between Mexico and Spain . This document possesses great political interest , not merely as being the first treaty in which the solemn acknowledgment by Spain of any of the South American States ap : pears , but as containing stipulations far more liberal than might have been expected ; . ; ., ¦ ¦ A ? . P ^ od . when so ^ many dangers impend over hieinfant hberties andindependence of the Mexican Mate , ; we hail with satisfaction the commencement

      of a new umon frob which England ,. ; itoder * -cto ^ KSf *» tion ,. might recover her lost influence from the St . Lawreice to Cape Horn . ; : V ^ he FUnipotenbanes having communicated their full powers ^ pund n ] due form , have agreed on the following articles , viz . ; - — - . ^ : ¦ : ?¦ . £ ! ¦ £ ** ? Her vM ^ esiy the Queett governing the Spams in the name pi her august daughter * Isabella 11 .. recognises as a free , sovereign , and independent nation , the Mexican RfepubUc , composed of the states and countnea set forth in its constitutional Jaw , viz ., the territory cpmprisedin tile vice . roydltv formerly callei New Spain , the Ca ptain-Generalship oj Yucatan , the cprnmandancies ; ' of the internal provinces to the east and west of Unnei-and Tinwornnu :

      fornia ^ andoftallthe districts and adjacent island ^ in both seas , of which the said republic is actually in possession jahd her Majesty renounces , as well for hereell as for herheirs and successors ^ all pretensions to the government , property ,-and territoriat rights over the said states and countries . : v ° : " Art . 2 . There ^ shall be perpetual oblivion of the past , and a general and complete amnesty for all bBamards ^ and / Mexicans , without auy exception , who . may be-banishe . d , absent , or hiddeii , or wko may have been taken Or confined without knowledge of the respective governments , whatever part they may have taken during the wars and dissensions happily terminated by this treaty , and up to the ^ time oi ita ratification . ¦ :-. ¦ : ¦

      ' ¦ An d . this ; amnesty is stipulated for , and is to be granted by her Cfitholic Majesty , ; in proof of the desire to cement , oh principle of justice : and benefict ? nce ,. th ; e . close frieiidshi pi peace , arid ; union which h . oncelorth , and tor ever , are to . be maiutained between her subjects and the citizens oftUe Mexican Republic . . ' .. -- . ¦ , - / ;¦ , - ¦ ' Art- 3 . Her Catholic Majesty and the Mexican Ivepnbhc agree that the . . subjects and citizens of the two nations respectively shall preserve their entire and free nght to-. claim' and obtain justice and full a- t" i-T /• ¦ ' ii , ' i " — -.-. ju" >* w UliW tun satisfaction lor

      all debts , ponajide , contracted beuvetn them , and that on the part of the public autlionnesthMe shallbe nolegiii obstacle opposed to any claims ; they may set up , whether urwing from niarn ; ige , inheritances by will or bequest , succession , or any other titles to . propurtyrecognised by . the laws of the country in which the claims may be made .: -, « Art . 4 . The high contracting - parties . also agree to proceed with all possible idispatch to adjust and concluUtf .-.- . a treaty of commerce and ^ navigation , tonnded on pnEciples of reciprocal advautawe to both countries . \ . - '¦ . ¦ •¦ - ¦ ¦¦ - a \

      ' Art : o ; 1 he subjects of her Catholic Majesty and the citizens oi the Mnxican Hepublic : sliall b ( 3 considered , in respect to duties , payable on produce , eflects , or goods , which they may import or export in . the territories of the high contracting parties , under their respective ( lugs , ns the people otthe most favoured nation , except iu sucli casesan which fur their mutual advautiigu they inAy . agr ' ee ' - ' on ' -reciprocal concessions for . tUe-beiiiifit oj both ; coun trie , * . ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ 'Art .-6 ...-The merchants and ¦ ' subjects-of . her Cii ^ tholic Majesty , or the citizens of the Mexican Republic , who may reside in , trade with , or pass through any part of the territories , of either nation res ] jectivel y , shall enjoy the most perfect st'cnntv lor their Dersons smrli nmiwitv : .. iwl oK ^ ll U . ^ « .. « . i ... \

      irom all iorced spruce in the anny , niiw , or national militia , and ji-om all cluirges , ; contributions , or loaiis liotpiudby the subjects or citizens of the country in which they may be residing ; aiid as well in the distribution of all contributions , loans , and othercharcres , as m thei protection and . free . exerciso of their incTustry , aiidlu- the administration of justice , they shall he considered in the s ' iime inaniier us the natives subject always to ' the laws , regulations ,. and customs ol the two countries respectively ' ^ ' . " Art . 7 . Tim Mexican llepuWic having , by a law passed ' . on the 28 th of June , 1 & 24 , by its general Con-3

      gresb , reuognisea voluntarily nndspontaneously as its own nauonal debt till obligations contracted on its revenue by the government of Spain , and bv its nuthonties dum ^ tlieir rule uver'tlio how-iiKl-epeiidentMexican nation , up to the cessation of that rule in 1821 , . and ; there-. being in the said Republic no conhscabon of property belonging ¦¦ , iq Spanish subjects , her Catholic ¦ Majesty , for , herself > nd her heirs and successors , and the Mexican Republic , by common accord ; desist ^ from all claim or pretension respectively , winch might ¦ arise -on the said points , and declare that both the Irish contracting parties are henceforward free , and quit for ever of all responsibility on this subject . .

      ' -Art . 8 . Iheproserit treaty of peaceand friendship shall be ratified by butli povenHueiUs ; and the ratiiications exchanged at iMadrid within nine-months from the present . date , < ir sooner , if possible , ior which all diligence shall be used . ¦¦ , * ' In iaitli of which we , , th « unvlevsisrnei plenipotentiaries , bave signed andi ' sealed this treaty iu triplicate at Madrid , 28 th December , 1836 . " Josi ^ Maru CaUtrava . ~ c * " Miguel Santa Maria ;" Ihe above treaty has been duly ratified by the high contracting parties , and the ratifications ; exchanged . ; -..- ¦ -. > .: : .

      FxVtal Fire at AMSTBn-pAia . —A more ( dreadful fire than any we have heard of for a long time at Amsterdam , broke out on -Thursday morning , the 28 th" ult ., between one : ahd two o ' clock , in the house No .. 62 ,. Wasnoes-stTeetj the lower part of \ yhich was occupied by . M . Eigimann bookseller , ' Sic . The fire was so violent that ' the whole house wss at once in flames , which extended tb the adjoining arid three opposite hqu-es , Unhappily , no fexver . than six persons lost , their lives—the widow " jacot , the mistress of the house , with three daughters , of the ages of ten . j : eighteen , and twenty-four years , Mrs . Akerslbt , widow , and M . ' Eigimann . Only a German , named Taaks ^ escaped , with great difficulty . —Dutch paper . r v

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      ¦ ¦¦ ¦ .. ' , - j ; ' IRELAND . ' ^; : ^ : > . ¦• .. . - ¦ ; . O'CONNELL AND THE TRADESMEN ; At a late meeting of the tradesmen of Dublin , the CiiAinMAN , on taking the chair , said—i am sure there is not one amongst you but is aware of what brought us liere to-day ., Qri . the 1 st November last , I saw a , paragraph in the : Moniing Register newspaper , which lias been at work to injure the tradesmen of Dublin , stating ; that Mr . Q'Cp » nell intended speaking of the combination that existed amongst the tradesmen of this city , On the dissolution of the association . 'Mr ; O'C ' oririell . accordingly did speak on the subject of combination , and in the coarse of his address called the tradesirieri assassins We lind him next : sayine , in an : address to the Trades' Political Union * ' . that they had dyed their hands in the blood of their fellow-citizensthat they

      , were the means of driving trade out : of the country , and that they would not allow a . manpossessing capital to ; live in it ( and next , in the British Housl of Commons , on the occasion of Mr . Harvey presenting a petition tor inquiry into the conduct of the law officers of Scotland , Mr ; O'Connell said they could not jallow the opportunity to pass without declaring that the system of combination existing amongst tradesmen should be crushed ^ arid that tradesmen should not be ' allowed to meet without giving public notice ? of their interitibn , and that they should have a public officer in the chain Again , we find Mr . O'ConneU in Dnblinj speaking about the rate of wages to be paid to the tradesmen ; ( Hear , hear . ) We did hot come here to abuse Mr .

      U Connell , but to show the Gbverrimerit and the two Houses of Parh ' amerit that we are not men of blood . ( Hear , hear . ) v I hope that every person who ¦ may address thisVm ^ tbg will connne hunself to the unportant qnestions that will be brought forward . We do not disagree with Mr . O'Connell on political grounds , and 1 hope that no political Bubjects will be introduced , i It was stated that this meeting was got npby apolideal faction ; I deny ^ at . - I would not , T declare , identify myself iwith any faction . I am sure that eight-tenths of the men here to-dav areineri that graded tM ^ O'C pririeU ^ nrocessibna 2 P 1 * u e ^ their employers , and ^ erifected ttewr femflies . for the ipurnose of sunDortinw hiw

      The people nlaced unplicit confidence in Ink ; but now dp we > > now ; now but that onr fights and PJ ** j kS «» Me goingto be bartered , Hke . tbeTianldren of / Manchester ? n And the ( time will come when these children ,-when they become more advanced in years , warlanghi to sconi the men who fceMyed them . —{ Hear , hear . ) Twentj' infllibns of money were expended in redeeniing the slaves of Jamaica from their bondage ; ' ^ hd will Mr . O'Connell turn about to iw , like a modern Vtilcan , to forge new f ^ P ^^" Bat where will he get the Cydopli tonvetthem oniis ? -- < Cheers . ) Did we nbt ' place all our hopes in Mr . p ' Gonhell ? Did we ever Sunk he wonld torn round upon us ? Was he not our political Cesar ? - <« Hear" and cheers . ) Thoufh

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      JJrutusloved . Cffisar , when ' lie tbund Km ^ an ivk ^ * $ » ¦** . M" ^ ot ; - ta m imarmSniSmaS ¦ W ^ SS- 'S ?? ^ e not tarn against ir . O'Corinell ? We wfil do so , but not with onr arms . We will mse ^ our ^ voices in our owtf vindication , and ; inSe attempted to lessen us m tfc * scale of national-{ XjOBSIS . } : , ¦ ; , *¦ - . - .. - : ¦ ¦ ; ¦• . ; .. . V :.-..... ;• ' - . ¦¦ - . ! . ; . ¦¦ "' . " * Mr , M'Do » A « sr ; --i shallread ; for the ^ meeting a cop ^ of ; alettep sent to Mr . O'Cennellf and Sve ?? " > j * whetheritis the production of ^ an incendiary . Mr . OTMuaell read this fetter in the Corn Exchange on Sunday las ^ ' and then asked if anv person would vouch- that the document was arithentic . _ I immediately came forward and , said I would ; he then said he would be here at 12 o ' clock iiwliiv out

      ; ne has not comet Mr . M'DonaglBtienread the following letter , — : : :, ; ; v ¦' . : ¦ ¦ " v /~ - ¦^ P ? red Sirv- I am directedb y tnecommittefi Pf the various trades in the city of Dubnnrespecttully to solicit the honour of your presence at the aggregate meeting aboutto be held on Tuesday , the 26 th nistant ^ in , th e old chapel , Townsend-street . The chair will be taken at 12 o ' clock precisely The committee have also requested me to mfonByou that it was notmteaded their declaration should &efdre the ; public anonymously } but being called feoni our retired avocations to . defend : ourselves from the charges made againstus in avspeech reported tohave

      ; emanated from you at a meeting in the Corn Exchange oh the 6 th of November , we feel confident that your long ^ experience and general character of the tradesmen of Dublin will acquit the committee of any design in the omission : ; and we confidently . assure you that it wasi only anacciderit , occasioned by ; the . press of business - and we further declare most sblemuly that we have nb other motive mour present course but ? first , to vindicate our own character before an intelligent world , and then to joiri wuh you * nd ^ 11 other good men in the detection oi all illegal combination arid the regeneration of Irish trade , and manui ' acture . ¦

      ¦\ g . 1 have the -honour to remain ^ most re sojetfuH yj :- \ y- ' : v . ' v ' ¦ : ' .. ' . . . ;¦ : ¦ ¦' . - . v ' ;¦ . '¦•'¦ • ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦• " : . ¦ : v- " your obedient servant ^ « Qfi t ;" PETEH M'DONAtJH , President . •* 38 ^ Jervis-street ^ Dec . 23 , 183 ^ . ^ Mr .. rRENCH .--Mr . Chairman and fellow-tradesmen , I be § . to propose the first resolution for your adoption ; lt . is to the effect that we conduct our proceedings here , to-day with order and regularity . The charges , made against us are of a serious nature : it is said that we ha \^ e injured the trade of the citjvand , wors , e than all , that we have dyed our bauds in the blood of our iellpw-citizens . ( Hear , hear . ) ¦ I am sure . none of you would be guilty of : such an act , ' arid that you detest the : crime , of which you are accused

      as much as . Mr . O'Connell does , even when he is kneeling in prayer before the altar- of his Maker ; ( t / Ueers . ) \ Ve have rights to protect we have the lHferests of our wivesand children to look to , and we w . ill not allQw . those rights and interests to be trampled upon , even if a greater mail than O'CpinieU attempted to do so , We ; do not-mean to touch on pQlittcal subjects ; if we did , I would not coirie forward ^ agamst him : but we wisli to giw a ¦ ¦ ' denial to the charges agaiustHs , that have b « m forced on his mind by some ; peculating politicians , meri whoso p ^ atnotem , as Mr . iO'Conuell said of Alderman piuyiu

      -. s loyaity ue m their breeches pockets , ( llear . ) It-has beeualso said . Uvat this meetirig . was got up by the , Orangemen . Am I an Orangeman , 1 ask you , citizens oi Dublin ? . 1 iun not , My political creed is the same as Mi . O'Connell ' s ; but when he assails my Tights as a tradesman , and the , interWts of iny family , I must come forward to protect thorn , and 1 shouldhot have the feeling of a . mau . abbut me if I did not do so ,. Mr . French concluded by moving the first resolution , which contained a declaration tliat the pnjctediiigs ' of the meeting should be conducted in an orderly manner , and that no interruption should be allowed . ¦

      Mr . Walsh ' seconded the resolution , which passed With one dissentient voice . ¦ -Mr / fnuiiPE .-Mr ; Chairman and fellow-tradesiiihii , in prop () sing tlie second resolution 1 beg to say that I'have never on jiny Occasion previous , to this come forward , to : address sudi .-au iirsembly as that . I see before irie . It is my opinion , that every man haring a heart to feel and a tongue to speak should comi' forward and use his best exertions to . " vindicate our characters , and to protect ourselves Iroui tUe fals ^ uiifounued , and basi ) calumnies directed ¦ . againstus |) y Mr . OX ' oiiiioll in November last at the t ' onihxchaiige . ( ic'iitlenien , it is my opiuiun , thatciitl we licit come forward on this occasion aiitl di > : abin . ii tht' public mind , w <> should deserve to be qoiisidered

      what Nlr . O'Conuell has proclaimed us to be to the world—a lawless band of coinbiuators . Tliere are uxany ' euiployiur-siri- Dublin who , since Mr . d'Connell marie that siwwcli , have cut dinvn the want's of their workmen ,--willi no oilier gronutis . for doing so than the stateinents made in that speech . ( ll \> ur . ) Mr . l- ' tTZPATinCK , in seconding the resolution , said—When it was . necessary to support tlii' ( jo \ ern-Tnent of Lord Mulgrave the people of Dubliii were called on to give ' atoiio to the other parts of the kingdom , and " they Ji < Uo ; and I ask you ( on the oceiision to which i allude ) were the tradesmen of Uublin as a ' feuther in tli «' Si- ^ lc :- ' Ko , ' tlvvy Syere not ; they R'sciu'il this city i ' min the tvninuy and despotism of a - . faction , aivd returned Liberal men as

      their representatives ; and now that they have ' . accomplished that , are the tradesmen Of- 'Dublin ft ) be branded as assassins ? ( The -c «> ufu , sion- bfrinue m > gri-at tbiit we couM not cutclr the words of the » : peHker-fyrsdver ? il ' . niinutt \ s , ) . lUt aily ertcd'at . VOn ' . sid- « ri aJile . length to-the rate ot w ; - < res ' - '" in Liluerick uh < 1 )\ att'rforU ,- and coutrastecl the . . < y > tem inoper . ition ill those places Avith that adopted ' in this city . ( The cries of" question " were . so loud ami incest ' ant . tb " at we could only catch detached portions of hi , s adliress . ) The C « i . 4 ir jian , —1 must rise to orJer . ( Hear , hear . ) FiTzpATiuciv . —I ' m right , anil 1 will prove it in two words , if you allow me . \ V- ' o fought the battle at the eleftibus , and we gained it . ('" Question , question . ") Chairman .---If politics be introduced 1 will riot stay-in the chair .

      Air , Fitzi'atkick concluded by seconding the resolution , which passed unanimously ; Mr . CARhoLtproposed the thirdresolution . —There are lo' trades here to-day— ; AVoico—There are 21 trades . Mr . C ' AlinoLi . —Yes , thure are 21 trades here , or atleastcoriimitteesfi-om ^ l trades . This is not lik e the -meeting held on- ' Friday lastat the Corn-Exchange ; therefore , let not the Trades' Union run away witu the story , or say that " the various trades of Dublin met Mr . O'Coimell on Friday last . ( Hear , hear . ) There are 21 ; trades here and only nine trades met Mr ; O'Connell ; -but he : is misled . ( The cries of /' question" and " chair" became so loud that we could not hear the speaker ' s concluding bbservations . ) -v - : : ¦'¦ ¦ • : . ¦ ¦ , - , " . ;¦ ¦'¦ .. ¦ ,. - '• ¦ '¦ ¦ , - ..

      _ : Mr . Cavanaqh .- ^ I beg to secotid that resolution . I declare that the charges made against us , so far as the . trade with which I am connected- 'is concerned , are false and unfounded , and 1 would not associate with any man that I knew to be concerned in the outrages thftt have been committed ; We deny in the mos t positive terms the charges preferred against us by Mr . O'Connell ' s anonymous informer ; and iu the r iextplace wei declareithat we are ready to meet Mj \ O'Connell and the einplpyers hand to liand , and foot to fopt ; arid let us : see , if any respectable employer will come before us and denounce us . 1 he resplution was put from the chair and passed unanimously . The following letter was handed to the chairman at this stage of the proceedings : —

      " TO THE CHAIllMAN OF THE AGGREGATE MEETING OF TRADES AT THE OtDCHAPBL jTOWNSENP-STREET . " , '¦ ' * Sir ,-rl am much concerned at having to inform you that Mr . O'Connell is confined to his bed by severe indisposition . The Hon . and Learned Gen > - tlemari regrets exceedingly his- inability to avail himself of the invitation of your cpmmittee , by attending- your meeting this day ; but he hopes he will have the pleasure of meeting the Trades before he resumes his Parliamentary ^^ duties . : ¦ .- '" ; I have the honour to remain , Sir , your obedient humble servant * T . M . RAY . ' Corn-Exchange , Tuesday , Dec . 26 , 1837 . Mn M'Donagh proposed the fourth resomtionv After some prefatory obseryations relative to the charges made by Mr , X ) 'Corinell , he proceeded to say—In the first part of Mr . O'Corinell ' s speech he

      cnargea us wnn megai combmation ; and though he endeavoured-afterwards to draw a distinction between the tradesmen and those ^ illegal combiriators , staU the charge was calculated ' to do injury to them . It was true that Mr . Gwiiiness had been persecuted for the vote he gave , and it was most unjust that he should . Mr . Gnmness should not be attacked in this manner , and the tradesmen did not either counted nanceor takepart in it . ; He had done more to sup ^ port the tradesmeni of Dublin / than almost any other person ; . he had wjthih the last two years , expended a _ largfe sum ^ of unoney in building in the city of Uuplm . Mr . Guiriness-had , also , by-the sale of . hi ^ porter in India andin other places" put of this Kingidom , brought a great deal of money into this ^ WBtry' ( Hear , ) Mr . O'Connell * in another part of his letterj Kad praised - ^ Jie" condnct of the people of Clire at the electionof 1828 . He ( Mr . M'Dona&L )

      womatchaiiengeany man to pointout in the annals of . electioneBrmg any ebjetion conducted in a more peaceable manner than the three last elections for the city of Dub ^ n . and they were conducted by the tradesmen of Dublin . Mr . p'Connell had also spoken of the Ribband societies that existed in the country at various tiriies . Now ^ e ^(< hStradesmi 8 n df Dubhn ) stood there not e ^ q- tattered segment of' 98 but as true and loyal subjects of the Queen . Mr . O'Connell had also spoken of the " Billy Welters ^ feat those persons were not in any wavcannected with the trodemen of Tioblin . He ihad also allnded to the rate Pf wages ^ and ; stated thaf combination had the effect of caasmg the perfect and imperfect tradesmeji to be paid aKke ; but did Mr . OConnell recollect that "the tailors' wages were regulated by act of Parliament ;; therefore , the law waa an abomination , and not the tailors . ( Laughter ) . He also stated .

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      ^ W ^ ^ one atoaprin ^ g ^ pe ^ ceived ftatspme of the tradesmen were bTetterlr ^ fei ^ s ^ ssi s ^^ ^^ fp ^ fesfeii fesftsssasaas ^^

      n defence of Jus own trade , ; Mr . O'CeBnell saul ^^ ^ ey droy ^ he trade . out of Dublinhyr t hS ^ K nation , ^ ^ arulvet upon the becaaon of the * irnoat- o ^ Mr . Huttoa ^ men ^ 1824 , he was the % S conn * hef , and , by his . legal © piBion he dOuntelariced th&r proceeding ^ MrAO'tonneu had statei tlmt S an wcreasft m- the . number of apprentices the faSte would be bettered . N « w he would ask him iflt 7 ^^^ want of apprentices that ^ thare waaa , fault m Ihe wwk ? - Was it from a want of ^ them that the consumption was low * . No , it : was ; not , but Jt was from . thpsa- to whom ^ Mi . Q'Conriell had ae " * yery . bad . example ^ W haying his ijwri carriaae : fcnilt ?

      m i ^ ondon . ^ -Hear , hear , ' arid hisses ! ' Ha wpuldthen read the Opinion of Mr . O'Connell in favour of the legality of the turn put of thexoachmakers . It was as follows :-i > < v > ' . ; l ? I have read with : attention the different documents laid before me * and amof opinion that there is nothing illegal in ^^ the intended publication of , th » Quenste . As the law now stands ^ tradesmen , are allowed to combine in : order to . raise tike price of labour , and nothing canbemore just than that they should be so aUowed .: Labomvis in fact , the mc ^ t sacred ot all property ,, as ^ it is the only property of the poor-iaun . And the labourer of every clas * has juiit the same right to set his own price on his in merchant hasto set

      . Dpur as a , a ' price uricoi his goods , or the landedprOprietor to set his Onceupon his farms . But none of these persons have » right to compel others to deal with them for any " or these articles , arid accordingly it continues perfectly illegal to use any force ^ or . violence ,. or any threate or menaces to compel any persoris' to employ anr body or to put any person out of employmeut . ' :-: " : lliave .-stated thrfse general principles of th * present ; law for the government and protection of th& qiienste . But the only principle upon which" my onuiion : is required is the legality or illegality of their , intended publications ; . and I . am of opinion . that these publications are perfectly le » al ¦ . . - . ¦ . -. " DANIEL O'cbNNEL ^ " Merriori-square , Dec . 15 > 1824 . " : ¦ : This was the written opinion of Mr . O'Connell , and he turned round

      now ; upon us for doing that whicV he had pronounced to be legal . They had gonft tlirough iiiri

      > Hereditary bondsmen , know ye not , : " Wu ' owoulJ be free themselves must strike the - blow ?; ' v : ¦ - "¦¦ : ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ : ' . - , ;' ¦ :-. ' ... ' Mr . Gaxly , a tailor , . seconded the resolution . Mr . I ) . \ yi , s proposed the nextroolution . He was glad / . also to have , it in bis povrer .: to contradict the report \ vhicli'h . aJ goiie abroad -that they had met towitlist . ; uid ; t > 'Corinoir . Never was there a more basa assertion . ( Hear . ) He hiinself had always supported that . guntleinan in his political career , ( HearO N » Orange factioii had ^ ot up that meeting , but it had . i > een . got tip by men who always pulled with tba learned , gentleman .: He hoped that they would avoid any coinrimnication witu the Bill y \ VLelters as they baa always done , and beJfelt not tlie . slightest doubt that they would come out of the preserit ordeal mitr . v clearl y ^ and morO untainted ; than when they viiterod it . . : ¦ . '"¦'¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ '"¦ ' . . ¦'¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - - : v

      Mr . . M . A-BTi-iy seconded the resolutiori ; Mr , C . Gahan proposed thu sixth resolution . There liiiirlit , he said , be some ground lor Mr . O'CqnticU ' s assertion aV ) out apprentices if trade was in that coiiditipri that thi ^ e : % vere not hands sufficient : to supply the demand tor labour in tUfr several li ' raucu . rdoi ¦ euiplojTnent : but with the filet of more than one-half ot tfiu skvUul , uioral , . well-cowducted ujori Ijyloirgiiig to inaiiy tnulv-s totall y destitute of einplpvmedt ^ taring biin iu thii face , to put forward . such a doottine as he did , betray ^ rlOiat ignorance of which no man could huvo thought / Mr . O'CounelL i' ! tpa )) lt'V i - ¦ : ¦' . ' .. ' : ' ;; ' : ' \ . ' .. ' . '¦ , " ¦'• ¦ ¦¦ : . ' ¦ ! . ' . ¦ ' '¦¦ Kir . U . ip ' iwitnso . v said , bo rose to second the ri'solutioii ' ,. ' ili > Nvnivlil In- niiist happy to meet Mr . O'L ' onuell ; thfre tVice to face and ' -Iw thouKht ho

      ^ sliouLi liave- ^ tj-iijin-d a point to come there " . ¦ ' ¦ ( Hear , hifiiri ) : ^ . J't , was taid ho was siuk ; but ho ( Mr . Richamson ) would venture to say that they would lioar to-morrow that O'Coiinell was well t ' norigli and no nian would be more liappy to hear of tlia Hon . ( uiuleniaii ' s speedy recovery . than ha \ yv ) ii ) d ; There was a time when , if he ( Mr . Itichardson ) shonia say * that Cl'Connell was iguoraut , he wt . mlil have \> wn ¦ -. ¦ h ' urle . d out of that " spot j but now lie was compelled in his own defence ' te make the charge , for if it Was not ignorance , it was worse , ( lloarj ) Mr , O'Connelli wiis a Radical . Why not support Undical principles r ( Hear , hear ;) But the wet-ting bad cast their political principles to-the

      wmu , ana met there that day in a ; common causey upon wliicii there could be no disagreement . ¦ '• He would ayain ask , why did riot Mr . O'Conuell come and iueet tliein there face to face ? ( A voice in the crowd , ^ Olv , hpwas sick . ' ) The speaker in conclusion , said that he did not comei--there to attack Mr . O'Council ;" i ' jvr irom it ; be came there to deterid hi ; : i self ; a ml hu would beg of the Hori . and Learned (> eutleniaii"to . never agam take hole and , corner reijorts as iuforinatipn upon which to be guided . Mr ; M'Maniis , a printer arid paper ^ tairier , proposed the : seventh resolutionj which was seconded b y Mr ., Davis , and carried vrith acclama tion . .- ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ' " ' ¦ - . : ' ¦ ' -- - .- . , ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ' '• ¦ V : -.- - ¦ . ;\ ' . •' - ¦ : ¦ . - ; : ') ¦

      Mr . ^ CjufRoxjLy- chandler , proposed the eighth resolution , - which was seconded by Mr . HarriB .: " . ¦ : Mr , Doyle * house-painter , proposed the riinflt resplution . ^ _ ¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦¦ . '¦ \ : \ : : "_' - ' .. . ilr . FiNDiiAVj copperplate puriter , rose to second it . - There was not ( he , said ) bhe . of the banks , with , the exception of ttall and Co ., who did not get their copperpiate erigraving and printing done but of the country . > . •'¦ " . ;¦ - . '¦; : . -. ¦ ' -r ^' - ' . / V ; -, / - .. " ' - ¦ : ¦ - _¦ : " ¦ :. ' ' / l A voice : in the crowd , — "Sure the engraVirig ! $ f O'Connell ' s' own bank , which he patronised and recommended ,, is not done put of the country ; ; ^> The speaker replied , that ' all was doriein ^ ^^ England ( Cries : of ^ Shame , ; shame ; sure it is not possible that those who . are draining so much out of the country in the -shape of profits , which eo irito the

      pockets Of Englishmen , don ' t leave even that much , amongst Irishmen . " ) The speaker continued by saying that even the price of engraving and printing thebank notes was riot given-as a return to Irishmen—they ^ yefe all ; done . at the house of Perkinst and Heath , in tpndon . —( Hearj hear . ) : In a word , there neverAvas any such thing < as combination amongst the copperplate ^ printers of Dublin , ar id yet the work was given away . ' - ¦ O ' "" --A vpice .-rYes ^ and some of it by those who are qalung out for , " Justice to Ireland ; - The resolutiori was put and carried ^ ¦ ' ¦\ It was then moyedjarid seconded that the resolu tions should - ' -bo iriserteii ^^ in the Morning arid Weekly Freeman , - the Evening Mail , the Haufidertf ^^ and London True Sun . .:-.... - . ¦ -, i -. ' . ¦ .

      Here a voice-cried out , ^ " Notm theJfQ ^ /^/' - ^ ( Loudcries . of ^ N pjno ; no jtegisfer t u and partial groan s . ) ' . " ¦ : /; 0 ' - <^ :: " ,- ¦ ¦ : , { V- - ' ' r " .- ; - ! - - -:. ' : . .: > '' : " . ' The mover saidhe did not meritibn the Register Thei resolution ; . was ^ then put and carried . ; . ^ Mr . WAlbh then rose to address the meetings bat great noise and confusion prevailed ; there were cries of ^ ' Too late , too late . " '" -... Mr . M'Dbriagh was thenvcailled [> ito the chair , thanks were , iemrried to Mr . O'Brien , (( me chairr ma ^) and the meeting separated . : - > v

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct987/page/3/