The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-14 00:00:00

exposes the utter absurdity of these alarms, though they ought scarcely to need such an ex position, after the Turkish and the Polish catn• palgns, in both of which, though the Russians put forth th e fl ower of their armies against two na tions, or rather fragments of nations, distracted by internal anarchy, and in want of almost all the munitions of war, yet they made little or no im pression until the u sua l G ree k su b t l ety o f t h e S t . Pete rsburgh Cabinet was called in to their as sistance. Had treachery not been set bri,kly to work at Varna and Warsaw, the Russians, with all their immense military resources, would have failed both in Turkey and Poland. We are glad, for the sake of the general interests of humanity, that Marshal MATSON, who under stan w d s , i t appears, better than any man living, to deal with Russia, is appointed Ambas sador to St. Petersburgh. 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M eant i me , we quote " D A LETH , S s iEetch of the Dictator of Ireland, Mr. 0 CON -1 14.---as he m a y, w i t h ou t i mpro p r i e ty, b e e . a l l ea--for it is true to the life. Our artist 4 no LAWRENCE in the flattery of his por feflia.iture, but h e hits off a likeness with equal city :---" DANIEL O'CONNELL, the man or t he People,' the liberator,' the agitator,' t i the dictat or ,' as h e i s usua ll y an d severa ll y ters eri° Minated, is o ne o f th ose remar k a bl e charac yossessing in themselves the stamina of p si Y s tcal or mora l ac hi evement. Ti me , p l ace , o f tuati°ll in life, and a numerous variety u favourably concurring circumstances, have of tid is 'ubtedly contr ib ute d l arge l y to t h e e l evation a tan t " d e Pinnacle o f ce l e b r ity on w hi c h h e n o w h e ; but, without the aid of many of them, 0 W ould have tr a nsmitted his name to osteri ty. By n a t ure haughty, ambitious, e „ er t „;,, '''ng, and sanguine of success; by institution generous, warm, enthusiastic, : ti ent, restless, and unstable ; by edu ree4 a th eo l og i an, a po l em i c, an d a bi got; b y Section self-willed, self-sufficient, and contemp tri°ll4 of the j u d gment o f ot h ers ; b y h a b it a b u ttivirat e of priest, agitator, and autocrat, iil4llltl. O'CONNELL is not wanting to himself „11.9.4alities which in every age have distin. Ished their possessors." Prh, £1 56 14 4 5 1 9 3o n the eha4 . 'bout the tf, mo re than p from the n, ping any co1:1 " three" a is a tnistsp sements, bury I, 1833• kND tO and g .ord PA warded l' BrighiG 4 ' nuary 0. lays sill! munical iciliatory 1 ecornniorl ,ND, wbi I that of that he eace by ore will . "' Latch Min' lemi -ofhC l e German Papers r ec eived this morning ;: litai n 'e an article from the St. Petersburgh th t " , o l, in answer to some charges advanced by b a - , :Journal du Commerce against the har t i rztl es inflicted on the poor Poles. The 4rcle ' of course, denies the charges, and es very characteristically with saying,— i "Is is d ue to t h e interest of' truth, and it s • 'ere, once for all, without any design of :ter - i ng into useless disputes with those who the, always ready to calumniate Russia, of which . s nothing. A noble silence alone is l op i s c u 'e to the dignity of' our Government, which s w ith contempt at the arrows which cannot re a p it, p i 444; tr kassUrto, Drc. 27.—The Petersburg Journals - ; 11 the follo w i ng declaration :—`°The Gazette de in its n um b er of the 22d of November, has quoted sttiC: e le from th e J ourna l d u C ommerce an d at th e i 4 j: "nie exp resse d a w i sh to see the statements conta i ne d th at e Zotradict e d. T h i s contra di ct i on we give. It is false ', l lit et t : t e impoverish e d p o p u l a ti o n of th e Governments of Mohilen, Wil na , G ro d no , Minsk, Volbynia, and Provi l p 7 a re sent partly to the Ukraine, and partly to the , gr eat -" of Bialystck." The revolt has, it is true, reduced t ilts i llu Mber of f am ili es i n th ose prov i nces to poverty. i rri , Perial Gov e r nmen t i s i n d e fatig a ble in its efforts to ,fh e 7e Wounds th a t th e i ns u r r e ction has inflicted. s urrection d e pri ve d the countryman of his vot o -° ` ; the G overnmen t h as p rov id e d him w i t h tsd a . „, The i nsurrection h urr i e d away a mu l ti - Fatail:" deluded men, and took them away from their bsoi t l h " , t 0 abandon them to misery and send them into fc'rtti meat ; the Government has restored . all these un tettirt'hat People to their land and their families ; they have oWto to their homes and to obedience to the t° 5 t1, 4 T he Government knows that it may trust I hick submission, because they cannot forget the evils , Yae insurrection has heaped upon them. 14 nd, t i 'a stated that 40,000 Polish families, possessors of Rive Property, have been sent to the Caucasus. It is ° _,n l Y to th e s pi r it o f revo lt t o ren d t h e most sacre d T he f, n u to alienate wh o l e f am ili es f rom th e i r h omes . co t , ''Perial Go vernment i s consc i ous o f having pardoned tho le nderahl e number of individuals who had risen against sin gle i n authority over them, but it knows nothing of a thatbasi°h family it has condemned to transp or t a ti on or (I,,;Men t. :rt is likewis e f a l se t h at t h e cat h e d ra l o f Wil na has b een 11 01 , 41 ed for a powder magazine, and the church of the Fathers at Ponewies converted into a masquerade /on ; and it is false, that in the diocese of Wilna alone si;,: Catholic monast e ries hav e b een converte d into Ilus thq churches, and the priests of the Latin Church ex. ati ßed for priests of the Greek religion. \VI I ! is tru e th a t a cer t a i n num b er of monasteries in h tt 't s Russia and the southern p rovi nces have ir,4 dissolved ; but this ordinance, far from he tet), " act of persecution, as it has been falsely tc th 4e nted, is no more th an a mere regu l at i on conformable ' „, ea non law which prescrib e s th a t a monast i c commu tootZniit consist o f e i g ht mon k s at l east . N ow as several Cov,-74ties had n o more th an t wo or t h ree mon k s, the tati;°!llent has caused the ecc l es i ast i ca l aut h or i ty o f t h e °the,: C hurch to interfere and place those individuals in ha ve th 4in tlasteries of the s ame or d er . M onaster i es w hi c h Patio, 4 ,‘ ceased t o b e suc h h ave b een e i t h er converted i nto ds tio, tt 'u nrches of the Latin Rite, or into charitable foun- Ztsne, t ° r useful establishments suitable to local circum 't_to placed The capitals of the dissolved monasteries have v uieh . Without any exception, in the Auxiliary Fund b c 'th to th : Cathol stains ics ossess in Russia, and which serves o ' th Q -uPPort infirtn P Priests and to increase the funds rshal N'',itit'otiot•l'Minaries, a measure which raises the capital, ed th • 1 4 :1 th is year to 350,000 rubles, to 4,500,000 ru e t "e o ttp ' in this spirit of justice and benevolence . that urgn. ° pl,,,.natices are conceived, which it is attempted ,_ w itt e d o t r r Noti„,i o the most odious colours. In thus red all the 1 p o T ii 'lly n. ,th i e .acts their naked truth, an h . ely t 'un uting the calumnies that have been of ess , ell ,. . e l o i j l e h t , c is tit Pr w 'n: l against the Administration, the only the readers of many foreign journals . Peters"' ,linssis:4thrieirinstatements which they contain respecting he resouP aere, c oflems di for a n I n' is due to the interest of truth, and it is done always 11, m . , rtit e , without any design of entering into use 4_, la, Of with those who are always ready to calumniate exagger' il ron e i t t they know nothing. A noble silence ar since °Q 4 6 4 viti ti ,' a "le to the dignity of our Government, which ” AS beet Sta te c °?sA c l te mpt at the arrows which cannot . reach . . ' x °. 28. —By an Edict of the Secretary of to ' t . 'r attieined here to-day, the taxes on salt, flour, and the colos", c l l. ° _" of iii,Xl, Which were reduced after the resolu . c", are placed on the old footing. This been 3 grad u , t ,to commence on the Ist day of January. t civililai iiintrA occP r eduction of the salaries of public officers was ~ltejoari,,i4nth ar e %rte,,...18 time ago. Salaties below 15 scudi per IA tax on ecclesiastical and parochial berate arti tii an de' will in Cool 3ritain greeable not interfere The Kt'' )ject, virtlii' TALLE .I o leave I'o l he disput e ild becoill 'rince TA' to the 0 proposa l is any 1.4 ) the CO l answer. the count he sole some ev' 'osition, Irussels end to 0 1 t ally 01 The so ;aid to 11 nd Engla MAJES iistake contain the No' ill be s c Sun. Ice at a sr It appc ealed up ran s,vise meet in reit), sits °ken by crown q e to tie 3 ipported ter, and ,he princii mers estates is expected. The Government is forming a new battalion and a squadron of Carabineers to be sent to Ro magna, where the Swiss are now in motion. It seems that many troops are to be assembled in the :Marches, the headquarters of which are to be at Maccrata. It is still affirmed that the three French transports lying here will go to the Morea to fetch away the French troops, and either bring them to this port or take them to Toulon. VIENNA: JAN. 3.—Five per Cent. Metalliques 87 9-16 ; Four per Cent. 75 5-8 ; Bank Shares 1,153. Allgemeine Zeitung, Jan. S. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY;) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 12 Awn 13.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed the outward bound. Arrived from the River and sailed, the Margaret, for Bengal. Arrived the Creole, French cor vette, from a cruise; the Flora, French frigate, from Cherburg ; the latter saluted the French and English Admirals and joined the combined squadrons ; and his Ma jesty's. ship Larne, from a cruise. Sailed his Majesty's ship Snake, on a cruise to the eastward. Sailed, on the 18th, the Endymien, French frigate, for Cherhurg. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 12.—Wind E.—Arrived his Ma . jesty's ship Briton, from —; the Joseph Williams, from Sr. Michael's ; the Azores packet, Westcott, from Missina ; the Minerva, Macdonald, from Saville. FAL3IOUTII, JAN. 11 AND 12.—Wind E. S. E. to E.— Fresh gales anti squally.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pike, from Lisbon—sailed on the sth instant, and from Oporto on the Bth ; the Lord r f the Isles, steamer, from Oporto and Vigo. Sailed the Mecaleta, Aurmenha, from Bilbao. Sailed his Majesty's ship Royalist, for Oporto and Lisbon, with mails. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Heram, Goad, from Gijon. Off port the Dolphin, from Gibraltar. GUERNSEY, JAN. 11.-Arrived the Adelaide, Brouard, from Rio Janeiro; the Trusty, Bergmar, from Copen hagen. JERSEY, JAN. 11.—Arrived the Red Rover, White man, from Bahia. LtvEarooL, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Frederick, M'Lean, from Sierra Leone ; Nimrod, Atkins, and :Lady Douglas, Cocks, from Charleston. Off port, the Bellona, Hutchin son, from New Orleans; and Dalmatia, Wiasor, from New York and Boston. The Birmingham, Glover, from Liverpool to New York, wag off Holyhead, putting back leaky. The Elizabeth, Edwards, from Bangor to Bristol, was on shore near Carnarvon, on the 10th inst.—crew saved. 'Fite Hannah, Bridges, bound to London, put back to Newry the 11th inst., leaky. The Brisk, of London, in coming through the Reef of the Harbour, at Wallis's Island, 18th April, struck on a rock and sunk in deep water—crew saved. The Learne, 111.Kenzie, from Liverpool to New Orleans, has put into Dublin in distress, and leaky, having been on shore. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. By the Charlestown papers to the 20th of Dec., re ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house, we have the following Resolutions adopted by the Virginia Legislature : Resolved—That a Committee be appointed to take into consideration the relations existing between the State of South Carolina and the Government of the United States, the consequence likely to result to each, and to the Com monwealth of Virginia especially, from an ordnance and o•hcr proceedings adopted by a Convention recently as senahled in South Carolina, a Proclamation by Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, lately addressed to the Citizens of the United States, and the communica tion of the Governor of the Commonwealth on the same subject ; and that the same Committee report such measures as in their opinion it may be expedient for Virginia to adept; the propriety of recommending a General Convention of the States, and such a declaration of our views and opinions as it may be proper for her to express in the present fe►rful impending crisis, for the protection of the rights of the States, the restoration of harmony, and preservation of the union. After considerable discussion on the subject, the resolu tion was adopted, and a committee appointed. THE FUNDS. The arrivals from the Continent and Peninsula are of an interesting description, although nothing of a decisive na ture has been furnished by them from Holland. It is stated that a counter project has been sent from the Hague, in answer to the Convention of France and England. This, no doubt, is a proof that the King of Holland has a desire to negotiate on modified terms, the particulars of which have not as yet transpired. The information from Lisbon and Oporto, the latter so late as the Bth inst., leads us to expect that in a few days we shall hear of some decisive blow having taken place in that quarter. Don Miguel's Generals, knowing the ar rival of General Solignac, and his preparations for offen sive operations, are determined to destroy and damage most part of the town of Oporto by a continual bombard ment before Solignac attacks them, and for which purpose he is only waiting the appearance of Don Pedro's squadron to join in the operations. The information from Berlin continues to be of a pacific description. At Brussels and Antwerp all is tranquil ; and the Belgian troops have taken up an advanced position that they might not be surprised by the Dutch. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off on Saturday, 874 j for Account, at which price they continue at present, with nothing doing. HALF-PAST ONE. Proposals have been received from the King of Holland, and the terms on which he will negotiate are said to be favourable on his part ; and, should any difficulty take place on the articles proposed, he will leave them to his Prussian Majesty to decide. The mercantile letters received from Holland are of a pacific description. We have a lailure in the Consul Market this morning for a difference in the 80,000 Consols, which will be about 3,0001. Consols have been, during the morning, 874, alter nate'y buyers and sellers, as the general opinion is that the Dutch affairs are drawing to a crisis. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 871. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols Dittofor Account 87 Greek Brazilian Bonds 48 Mexican , Buenos Ayres... Peruvian ...... 101 Chili= Ditto.... Russian...~. Columbian 1824 Spanish We are glad to learn that the Queen of Sean; has instructed her Minister here to subscribe, in her name, 201., for the public monument to the memory of Sir WALTER Scorr, proposed to be erected in Edin hurgh. This is something new in history, and cannot fail to have an influence on the dilatory admirers of the poet in this country. The people of New York are busied, we see, in doing honour to the same illustrious spirit ; from India much is expected.—Athenaeum. WESTERN.—it is with great pleasure we are able to communicate to the public that our late highly-respected representative, Mr. WEsTEitti, has re ceived from his Majesty's Government the offer of a Peerage, which he has accepted. The selection of the title has been left to himself; and so soon as he shall have determined this point his elevation will be gazetted. —Essex independent. The report that an Ex-Premier contemplates visit to the continent for two or three years is not, we aelieve, without foundation. The noble person alluded to 6,, within a short period, exceedingly diminished his hstablishments both in town and in the country. The ecause, however, assigned for this determination, we are very reluctant to believe;—the enormous income, pro perly enough bestowed upon the " Great Captain" by a grateful country, we consider more than adequate to any obvious expenditure on the part of the distinguished indi vidual, and his immediate family ; for even his eldest son has never been allowed a separate maintenance, but since he came of age has been domiciled with his father. The motives for this determination, it is farther said, will soon be developed.—Morning Chronicle. ALARMING INDISPOSITION OF THE Du- CHESS OF BEDFORD.—Accounts were received yesterday from Baron's Court, in Ireland, stating that it bad been the intention of the family to quit the mansion on the 12th inst. When they were packing up the Duchess of BED. F ORD was seized with spasms in the head and stomach. Medical aid was at hand, and strong antidotes were re sorted to, which had relieved the patient, but she still remained very ill. The Marquis of ABERCO RN was absent, attending the annual ploughing match at Stra bane. This unfortunate event, it is supposed, will pre vent the family from returning to England until February. Since the above information, we hear that indications of intlamsnation have appeared, and leeches have been plen tifully applied. If the accounts are not snore favourable this snot fling the Duke of BEDFORD (who is now in Bel grave-square) will leave town for Ireland about noon, COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) HUGHES V. WYNNE. In this c ;se two sets of exceptions were taken ; one party set down his exceptions before the Master of the Rolls, and the other set down his in this Court. His Lordship before the vacation directed the Master to hear for him the exceptions that were set down here. The Master of the Rolls has heard the set of exceptions set down in his own Court, and sent the case upon them back to the Master; and he has appointed the first day of causes after next Term, on which to have the exceptions for his Lordship. The proposition now raised by Sir Edward Sugden was put. His Lordship could not direct the Master of the Rolls to hear the exceptions for him du ring which his Lordship himself was sitting, because otherwise the Court would be transferring the jurisdiction to another, and occasioning two Chancellors to sit at one and the same time. Mr. Pepys could not see why tin Master of the Rolls should not be allowed to go on to hear the exceptions as he bad b , en directed. He had in point of fact taken jurisdiction of them, and appointed a day for their hearing. Counsel had been instructed there, and the present objection ought not to have been raised. The LORD CHANCELLOR was quite aware that he could not direct another Judge to sit for him at a time when he was himself sitting, but it would be easy to find a day for the Master to bear the exceptions when he Was not sitting, and probably the first Scotch Appeal day in the House of Lords would be the day named. The only question then was where the Master should hear the ex: ceptions—whether in his own Court or here, and upon this his Lordship would consult with the Master. IN RE BENNETT, A LUNATIC. Sir EDWARD SUDDEN held in his hand two petitions— one which prayed that the solicitors, Messrs. Austin and Co., might be ordered to leave in the Master's-office the Lu natic's will,and that the Committee might be allowed to have a copy of it; the former part of which was ordered, but the Court directed the will to remain in the office sealed up as it now was. The prayer of the next petition was that part of the real estate might be ordered to be sold or mort gaged to enable the Committee to pay the law expenses which had been incurred by the sueing out of the commis sion, &c. The lunatic was about 95 years of age, and as probably she would not live very much longer, the better way would be to direct a mortgage to he executed rather than sell any part of the real estate. The next of kin consented to a mortgage. Mortgage ordered to be executed VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY. IN RE THE BEDFORD CHARITY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied to-day in this peti tion, the arguments of which have occupied the Court for several days. His HONOUR immediately gave judgment, dismissing the petition with costs, cons . dering first that there was a want of substantial ground of complaint, a want of authority to entertain the petition at all in its present form, and also want of general jurisdiction. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) REPEAL OP THE UNION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—To discuss questions purely political as abstract principles, wholly unconnected with the consideration of what may be the merits or de merits of the individual by whom they have been submitted to the notice of the public, and to re gard them only as they may happen to agree with our perceptions of general utility, is a rule from which a writer, aspiring to be thought respectable, will seldom think of departing. There is a mean ness of mind—a sordidness of soul—a poverty of intellect—and of all that is noble, generous, great, good, and God-like in man, in any attempt to re fute or ridicule opinions by exposing the faults, frailties, or imperfections of those by whom they were promulgated. In philosophy, there is no ne cessary connection between the actions and the •entiments of any man, and nothing could exceed the absurdity of inferring, that because the former may be improper, the latter must be false. If, however, the promulgator of opinions be im pressed with the belief, or if he wish to im press the belief on others, that his words, through some - known or expected agency, will resolve themselves into actions, then are his opinions to be considered a portion of himself, and himself to be identified with his opinions ; for then " of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh." These observations are intended as a sort of apologetical preface to the introduction of the subject-matter of this letter —the GREAT AGITATOR. The question of the Repeal of the Union is not an abstract one in the proper acceptation of the term. It is a question, the final settlement of which must affect the moral and physical condition of millions; and therefore I have a right to introduce the name, and express my opinion of the conduct, the capacity, and the motives of those by whom it is forced on the attention of the country. Daniel O'Connell, " the man of the people," " the liberator," " the agitator," or" the dictator," as be is usually and severally denominated, is one of those remarkable characters possessing in them selves the stamina of physical or moral achievement. Time, place, situation in life, and a numerous variety of favourably concurring circumstances, have un doubtedly contributed largely to the elevation of the pinnacle of celebrity on which he now stands ; but without the aid of many of them he would have transmitted his name to posterity. By nature haughty, ambi tio us, enterprising, and sanguine of success; by constitution, generous, warm, enthu siastic, impatient, restless, and unstable; by educa tion a theologian, a polemic, and a bigot ; by reflec tion self-willed, self-sufficient, and contemptuous of the judgment of others ; by habit a triumvirate of priest, agitator, arid autocrat, Daniel O'Connell is not wanting to himself in qualities which in every age have distinguished their possessors. I know not if any man ever stood so long before the public, so closely watched by all parties, whose real character was so little known. If you ask a member of the Trades' Union, what kind of a man is Mr. O'Connell, he will tell you, in the most glowing language, and with the most fervid elo quence, and earnestness of manner, that he is the FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY I—the concentrated wis dom of SEVEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE !—that he is BRAVE, GENEROUS, and DISINTERESTED ! HUMANE, BENEVOLENT, and CHARITABLE! PIOUS, LIBERAL, and LOYAL ! as GREAT as he is GOOD ! and, in a word, a SEMI-HEROICAL, SEMI-APOSTOLICAL MODEL of human PERFECTION ! Having parted-, with your informant of the Trades', put the same question to the next Conservative that crosses your path, and the answer delivered with a stamp of the foot, a shake of the head, and a contortion of the whole countenance, will be the very reverse. Daniel O'Connell, he will inform you, is a public INCEN DIARY—the Cataline of the State ! He will assure you, that lie has watched his conduct for years, and that the whole has been a commixture of cowardice, knavery, cunning, selfishness, rebellion, bigotry, and priest-ridden prostration of intellect. That the " Man of the People " is a tyrant ! and that the " Liberator" is a vile detestable demagogue ! There is also a third party, whose opinion of Mr. O'Connell agrees with neither of these. By those he is re garded in every respect as an ordinary person, ex cept in the matter of wisdom and foresight. Ac cording to them, he saw with the eye of a seer, and delivered with the inspired tongue of a prophet, ail that has happened to Ireland or himself since the Union, at or immediately after the passing of that measure. This party is hardly less numerous than either of the others, and as they are impressed with a belief that whatever is prophesied by Mr. O'Con nell will come to pass, the line of conduct which they adopt is admirably calculated to realize his expectations, and of course confirm their faith, as well as add to their numbers. That the judgment of these parties is severally incorrect, is a proposition the truth of which will hardly be questioned by any but themselves. Daniel O'Connell is neither possessed of all the virtues, disgraced by all the vices, nor gifted with any por tion of the prophetic spirit here attributed to him. That no misconception may arise, I shall be as de finite as possible in the few remarks I am about to offer ; and, in so far as I may be mistaken, shall be most happy to submit to proper correction from whatever quarter it may proceed. The efforts which Daniel O'Connell has made to redeem his country, as he believes, were not, in the first instance, the result of any deep-laid scheme of personal or family aggrandizement. In the College of St. Omer's he had first been made sensible that he was born with the foul mark of slavery on his forehead—that he was an alien in the land of his fathers—that his religion—the religion of Christ, was proscribed, and that any labours to redeem himself, his country, and his faith would not go unrewarded in another world. His early studies were of a nature to make this sink deeply into his heart. Divinity was then considered a necessary portion of the education of one who was destined to spend his life in the company of heretics, and to it the future agitator applied himself with a zeal seldom exceeded. This first introduced him to the notice of his countrymen, as the readers of his disputes with parson Daly, and other celebra ted polemics cannot have forgotten. The law com pleted what the monks had already begun. Cruel enactments, and the tyranny of a ruthless executive Government, apparently aimed with deadly intent at the bosom of his fellows in faith, feeling, and suffering, determined him at all hazards to at tempt their freedom. Rebellion, he saw, was use less, and mere remonstrance equally unavailing. Bigotry he found was confined to no Christian com munity, and as c o- o p erat i on was necessary to o b ta i n the object of his longing anxious hopes, he, as far as conscience under the dominion of an illiterate monk would permit him, sacrificed his intolerance, and love of religious disputation on the altar of public good. The effect was first perceptible in the readiness with which all parties joined the Catholic Association; and the result of the labours of that Union, of which he has the honour of being both the founder and head,. is one of the most memorable victories oh , tamed by the force of public opinion, over besotted bigotry, and murderous oppression, commemorated in the history of mankind. So far Daniel O'Connell was the father of his country, and so far he has made Ireland his debtor to an amount that no penny subscription can ever repay. He may, however, yet live to cancel the debt by inflicting evils on Ireland, from which she may suffer as severely as she has done by the ini quitous laws which he was an ostensible, active agent in having repealed. Inhaling the incense of adulation, feeding on flattery, and never moving be yond the poisoned sphere of parasitical praise, he knows not how to exist without excitement. Neither the love of Ireland, nor the love of the 12,0001. a-year which he receives as tribute, is the real cause of Mr. O'Connell's anxiety for a repeal of the Union. That is to be found in his implacable hatred of Stanley and the Government, in his newly cherished hope that the measure, if carried, will lead to the revival or resuscitation of the rank of his fa mily, which lie boasts is of Royal origin, but above ill in his love of stirring scenes in which he will be tEe leading actor, of commotions of which he wil be the author, and of cheers of which he will be the object. As to what is said of the Repeal of the Union being long contemplated by Mr. O'Connell, I shall content myself with observing that there is no truth in it. He has never proposed any measure to the people of Ireland, with the exception of Catholic emancipation, which engaged his attention a month before the public were made acquainted with it. His every measure is a mere experiment tried on the feelings of the people, on the benefits of which he is sure to say little until he has obtained a part) to second him. As to the repeal, he would have never thought of formally introducing the subject were it not that the hints he threw out, for the evident pur pose of annoying Mr. Stanley, were taken up and commented upon by the English and Irish press. The sparks would have become instantly extinct had not Mr. Stanley gone over to Ireland. and, by his absurd letter to the Secretary of the Trades' Union, his madness in enforcing tithe pro secutions after the British Parliament had pro nounced them unjust, his dismissal of Colonel Pierce Butler from the Lieutenancy of Kilkenny, and a thousand other wild and wicked pranks, for zhe mere purpose of disputing the power of doing mischief with the Dictator, fanned them into a flame, which, spreading north and south, tvith the rapidity of lightning, soon enveloped the country in flame. Whatever Mr. O'Connell's sentiments may be in his reflecting moments, he has now gone too far to recede, nor need a hope be entertained that he will not do his utmost to carry the Repeal by any, and every means, promising to be attended with suc cess. Not only is he PLEDGED, but, according to himself, he is SOLEMNLY SWORN not to accept any office or appointment of trust or profit for himself or his family, until the Parliament is again as sembled in College-green ! This oath he will keep to the letter, as on its observance depends his in fluence over the minds of his countrymen. The Irish in general are averse to swearing on a Prayer book or Missal, and would never forgive the breach of such an oath. Yet the fact of his having so sworn will procure him thousands of supporters amongst the ignorant, who will consider that a pro ceeding so solemn will sanctify his cause ! Had Mr. O'Connell no other motive for a repeal of the Union than the pleasure he would derive from thwarting Stanley and the Whigs, I verily believr he would go as vigorously to work as he is doing at present. In his resentments he is implacable. Hr• never pardons an injury, whether inflicted in an in dividual or collective capacity. Though the per formance of religious duties or ceremonies—of which he is the veriest slave—or the policy of party in trigue, may wring from him the offer of reconcilia tion, and the extension of the hand of friendship yet the heart has no share in the transaction; and when the fitting moment arrives, he never fails to satiate his revenge. His professed liberality and detestation of telgious bigotry are mer e Quixotism— dreams of the imagination, in which for the time he is himself a sincere believer; but neither the one nor the other has an actual existence. Be Mr. O'Connell's avowed purposes what they may, his real object is to establish a republican form of government in Ireland, after the model of the United States, of which he expects to become the President. Your readers may ridicule the idea if they please, but that affects not the truth of this statement. I know he denies that such is his ob- ject ; but he does so because he is aware that many of those who now join him in crying out "Repeal !" would desert his standard were any intimation given them that repeal meant more than a simple separa tion of the legislative body of the two countries composing the Commons' House of Parliament. Of the other Irish Members pledged to support a Repeal of the Union, it may be enough in this place to observe, that many of them will take no active part in the advocacy of the question, unless the obstinacy of the Government in persevering in the ruinous line of policy which they are at present pursuing, render such a proceeding indispensable to the safety, security, and tranquillity of the Irish people. Besides, such is the hauteur of Mr. O'Con nell, and his extreme jealousy of every one aspiring to rival him in the affections of the people, that few would desire to act in concert with him, were they not compelled to do so by their constituents. Of this knowledge it is the duty of the Government to take the proper advantage. With the exception of the O'Connell tribe, and that automaton pink of servility, Ruthven, there is hardly a Member that will suffer himself to be dragged at the chariot wheels of the Dictator. Even the ex-secretary, O'Dwyer, will now and then vote against him, were it only to show the country that he is now indepen dent, and thinks for himself. I stated before that O'Connell's real object in pressing the question of repeal, was to separate Ireland from this country, and establish a Republic. I now challenge those who differ from me in this opinion to give any other satisfactory reason for the existence of such a body as the newly organized force entitled THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS! I shall be thankful to be told the purpose for which men are divided into companies, under the com mand of persons bearing the titles of the different officers appointed to superintend regular troops, un less to prepare them on some future occasion to act the part of soldiers! If I am to believe Mr. O'Con nell, their business is to keep peace in the country, by performing the duties, and superseding the ne cessity of police. Will any one believe this ? Or, if it be indeed true, why ale the peasantry to be accustomed to the presence of officers assuming the ranks of Captains, and Majors, and Colonels, and even Generals ? These names are unknown in a constabulary force. The word Captain is, I be lieve, used in Ireland as the word Superintendent is here, but there is no idea of military rank conveyed in it. But, to seem unacquainted with the design of organizing such a force, is to affect a dangerous ignorance. The time to dispel the charm by which they have been collected is the present, and the way to do that is not by transporting fresh regi ments to Dublin, but to assure the people that their interests are in the hands of those who will not put them to the trouble of standing on the defensive to obtain justice. Our wise Administration are, how ever, too tender of their reputation, as men who never submit to have their motives questioned— too fearful of being taken, for cowards—too trem blingly alive to the appearance of an insult to reason with arguments, short of fixed bayonets, with the people of Ireland ! It might be whis pered that they dreaded coining into collision with Mr. O'Connell's volunteers, and therefore they resolve to vindicate their sway by sending over an additional military force to wring from starvation its last morsel, from shivering widowhood her only covering, and from half-sheltered orphanage all that protected helpless innocence from the damps of earth, arid the dews of heaven ! in order to vindi cate the right of that divine MOLOCII, the Esta blished Church, to human victims of every creed! By a single act of justice the Irish volunteer as sociation might be for ever crushed; and yet such is the fool-hardiness, the windmill courage of Ministers, that rather than have it said the victory was gained by a prudent concession of just claims, they prefer a path tracked with blood, and seared with burning ! and which in the end may possibly lead to their own discomfiture and disgrace ! Whatever may be the colour of their crimes, or the tenor of their ac tions, the people of Ireland are becoming more and more enlightened, so that, tf , govern them by co ercion would be the height of human folly. I have heard in several respectable quarters, that Mr. Stanley is concocting a Bill for the refor mation of the Irish Church, which he intends taking an early opportunity of laying before the new Parliament. I have also learned that the Bill con templates, or rather proposes, the reduction of the Irish hierarchy, so as to assimilate that body with their brethren in numbers. Now, if the measure in preparation be worth the acceptance of the peo ple of Ireland, why was it not given them before the dissolution of the last Parliament, as a means of r .....0....„„c„,,,.....,T) ,\ itemming the torrents of bloo litjniip-)gi )';':,,'?"-, Inger] the whole face of t ttat ' mil; l.'-* - lrf.' ducing,the Reform Bill into \flimtt ___ f . ' .frO y E trl Grey declared that the reas . - - irf it - ";/ Ration of the Catholics was not good predicted by the friends of the - tii i -;,*was because it was delayed too long—it was given too late. The same may be said of every measure in ended to ameliorate the condition of Ireland—the remedies all come teo late. Besides, nothing short rtf the total abolition of the tithes wit be of any service. Mr. S•anley may model and remodel the establishment, as long as he pleases, provided the bur lens are removed from the shoulders of the people. But they will no longer compromise the matter. The tithe system has become so oppressive, and the oeople have become so sensible of the injustice of Is existence, that we either must destroy it or sacri fice the country. Before dismissing the question of tithe., it is im possible not to point to it as a lamentable proof of the correctness of English notions of morality. Thus, for instance, we say the tithes exacted from Dissenters or Roman Catholics are an unjust impost, and yet, with the utmost coolness imaginable, we give orders to an army deliberately to murder them if they attempt to resist the exaction If asked why we do this, our answer is that the exaction which we declared to he ini quitous in the first instance, being made accord° ing to law, it was our duty to have so acted, in order that the power of the law might ba vindicated, but we never think that whilst we are vindicating human, we are outraging divine law. No, no; the part of a good Christian, and loyal sub ject in England is to obey the law whilst it is law , no matter what may be the nature of the Divine command or ordinance with which it may clash. As the length to which this letter has already gone precludes the possibility of grappling with any of the great questions that are interwoven with the subject of the Repeal of the Union, I shall take an early opportunity of again addressing you on the subject. I have the honour to be, S'r, Your most obedient servant, London, Jan. 14. DALETH. P. S. In my second letter, publiAhed in The Sitit of the 11th, there is a slight inaccuracy in the sub stitution of" Munster" for " Muncer," as applied to the courage of the Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees. In all probability, the history of the celebrated German Reforming fanatic, was, in the hurry of the moment, forgotten by the corrector of the press. D. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week the arrivals of all kinds of Grain were tolerably good, and the return of Flour was considerable. The trade continued very dull for every article during the wok. This morning the fresh supply of Wheat was moderate, chiefly in tender condition, and the finest samples were readily taken off at Is. per quarter, advance, but other kinds were very dull and nearly unsaleable. Barley is plentiful at Is. to 2s. per quarter, cheaper. Beaus that are dry meet sale at last quotations, other kinds are lower. Boiling Peas remain as last quoted. Grey Peas are unaltered, but dull in sale. The Oat trade remains dull at last quotations for most descriptions, but fine parcels have met a tolerable free sale to-day. There is a fair trade for Flour at last prices. PRICKS ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) -s.-s. - White (old) -s. -s. Red 18.32.) - Fine 4Bs. 525. Superfine s3s. 565. -White (1832) 46s. 50s. - Fine s2s. 548 - Superfine sss. Ws. - Foreign free 40s. 625. Rye Barley 23s. 265. - Grinding 275. 28s. - Malting ..... 30s. 31s. Malt 42s. 48s. - line New 525. 565. Pease, Grey New 365. 38s. - Maple New 3Bs. 40s. - White --- Boilers Beans, Small (new) (old) —a. Tick (new) .... 30s 3is. (old) .... 365. 40s, Harrow (new) 325. 04s. (old).. 40s. 425. Brank —4. Oats, Feed 153 I 7s. New 17s. 19s. Poland —New 18s. 225• Potatoe 21s. 2.65. New 23s. 235. 16s. 20s 225. (per sack) 45s 503 Dnds 425. 455. th Country 40s. 445. 6s. 7s. - Scotch - Irish., Flour Town - Norl Bran ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. '''' td . 0 I:4 : ~ •< . *"" co c, .6. From Whence. ry '.,:i. t".• F i N. r . 4 Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. Aldborough lB3 13:3 97 192 Arundel Boston - 580 Bridgwater — 30 70 Bridlington — 510 Clay 3O 256 Cowes — 40 210 .: Colchester 77 412 290 10 32 615 J Harwich A Leigh 863 401 100 137 92 .4 51aldon 1287 341 537 34 508 231 1225 Grangemouth — _ _ ___ _ _ Hastings .... Ipswich ...... Kent 3124 1152 538 298 530 586 1975 Liverpool ...... Louth Lymington Newcastle ..... Southwold ..... Stockton — 582 Veils Wisboach ll3O Woodbridge 65 827 12 1(15 Yarmouth ...... Aberdeen Banff — 670 ---- nerwick Dunbar — 44 10 Leith — 66 17 8393 11021 6113 3998 1454 1496 82‘C., I RUM. Dublin Lialway 925 3325 -- It .4 ) Limerick Londonderry FOREIGN. Dant= — 390 --; Total AGGREGATE Rye, 0--Tares, QUA N 210—I Must Ilioil iTITY 0 Linseed, Lard, 17 F OT . ,190- I Lk NUS a ER kl •Rapest eds. 54! PULS' .Brant SMITHFIELD MARKET. 0- This day's supply of Beasts was rather great, of Sheep good; and of Calves and Porkers rather limited. Mutton and Veal ex perienced a steady sale, at an advance of about 2d. per stone but with Beef and Pork the trade was very dull, at barely Fri day's quotations. PRICES PER STONE OF SLIM TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 Prime large Oxen 3 10 4 U Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep 2 4 2 10 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 10 Coarse-woolled ditto 4:0 4 2 SouthdownWcthers 4 6 4 10 s. d. toe. d. Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 4 3 8 Prime small ditto 4 6 5 4 Large Hogs Small Porkers 4 4 4 8 Suckling Calves 12s to 325. each. Quarter old Pigs 123 to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERKS STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I PiePigs.l 2,896 19,240 150 About 950 of the beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 1050 up the other northern roads; about 220 (including Inst ) from the western and midland districts; about 600 from Nor. folk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire; about 40 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c. ,n the neighbourhood of London. NEWGATE AND LEADENH ALL MA ULU . : la. At per stone by the Carcass. a. d.tos.d. s. d.tos. d. Jed, inferior - middling 32 6 - middling.. 2 4 210 - prime large 2lO 3 '2 - prime 3 8 4 0 - prime smalL.. 3 4 4 8 Pork, large Veal '2 10 410 small 4 0 4 8 BRADFORD MARK ET.—At this market last Tuesday, there was much business done in both goods and wool and an advance in price was readily obtained.— Halifax Express. STATE OF TRADE.—The staple trade of this county is improving, and considerably more business has been done during last week, from which we expect a still further improvement. —Halifax Express. MERTHYR TYDVIL.—We learn from good authority that the iron trade is reviving, many ironma4ters holding at present more orders than they can execute in due time. The price of iron has advanced same little, and bids fair to increase still more.—Hereford Times. ROCHDALE FIRST MARKET.—On Monday was held what is termed the " first market." Jr was as it generally is, rather a holyday than a market day. The sale of flannels was not very brisk, though, under circum stances, not much to be complained of. The number of persons attending the fair was very great, and the shop keepers as well as the publicans did considerable business. —Manchester Guardian, tini T nfhaec U evneo A dl. au n R r ad, A T ao , mnfsdoc A hbso rea S leniswtee O naputsa F esitdaitai ß hdhlweiit U sylbtti T uoi,f : to : iwur:i . tco -- ehhssioatt. aptL.esaol fellow -countrymen. l u d tie but mike influence, but without effect i , Liet:eA‘ t hvbx o ß;Qta p anhv r 'at:l e ay : :i ent the p e rf l o ) r u i r n i ac e e , of MACKLIN'S Love a la Mode, in which the character of Sir Archy Macsarcasm was particularly offensive to him. His predilection towards his fellow-coun . try tmen once na a de s e , l 08 i an n igd d e dancede d to , s o aim, notorious, o t ,t t e, o n : difoaunys:,e. your that Lordshipa t h i a s i d i s appoint ed rL.eswt oaul me a Scotchinany you would insure toy gratitude f.l ever 1" Georgian Era. HAWES V. FOSTER. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved that the verdict for the plaintiff in this case should he set aside, and either a nonsuit entered or a new trial had. The case was tried at the last Guildhall sittings. The action was on a war ranty under the following circumstances :—The defendant was the vender of a quantity of oil, which was warranted to arrive on or before the 30th June, and it was for a breach of that warranty the action was brought. When the oil was expected, the defendant employed Mr. Wright, a broker, to sell it in May, IS3I, and to be delivered on ar rival, but if it did not arrive before the end of June the contract was to be void. The broker entered into a con tract with the plaintiffs to sell them the oil, and in his book made an entry of the conditions as he was instructed by the defendant, 'to which he signed his name, but in the bought note, which the broker delivered to the plaintiff he stated that the oil was v - arranted to arrive on or before the 30th June. Now the question was whether the broker's book or the bought note was to be the evidence of the contract. Formerly the broker's book was the only evidence of contract, but Lord Tenterden had laid down a different dicta. No so lemn decision had, however, been obtained upon the point, and as it was a question of much importance—inasmuch as if the verdict must stand the defendant would have his remedy against the broker, it was desirable to have the opinion of a full Court. Another point was, it did not appear that the defendant was privy to the contents of the bought note. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the question was of great importance to the Court, and he would grant a rule Nisi. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY). MALINE V. KERSII. This was an action on an attorney's bill fir 81. 2s. Sd., for business done for the defendant, a hatter. The amount of the bill was proved. The defence was that the de fendant was to settle with the plaintiff's clerk, wbo owed him 111. for hats ; but it failed, and the Jury found for the plaintiff, deducting three guineas for two hats supplied to him, for 41. 19s. Sd. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) FOWLER V. DAVIS. This was an action tried before Mr. Baron Bolland at the London sittings of the last term, when a verdict was found for the plaintiffs—Damages 1,6421. Mr. RICHARDS this morning applied for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted, or the verdict reduced to 5371., on the fol lowing grounds:— The plaintiffs were large iron-founders near Waterloo. bridge ; the defendant, Mrs. Ann Davis, widow of the late Mr. Jonah Davis, who was also an iron-master at Tipton, in the county of Stafford. Mr. Davie, in his life time, had entered into a contract with a French company, for the due performance of which the plaintiffs were guarantee. They had also made advances of inoneyto him, in order to fulfil it. 311.. Davis died very suddenly in France at the time. owing to the plaintiffs upwards of 2,000/. The present defendant entered into the business and completed the French contract, also receiving assistance from the plaintiffs ; he believed the verdict was made tip in the following manner : 1,557/. the debt, and 75/. odd paid by them to their own attorney. Why Mrs. Davis was to make that good he did not know, and 6/. 6s. paid to a Mr. Galloway. These latter aunts he disputed, and now wished the Court to strike out, in the event of his being refused a new trial. After the death of Mr. Davis the plaintiffs received, on account of the defendant, a sum of money amounting to 1,000/., and they also drew on the French Company two bills to the amount of 1,0061. also upon the account of Mrs. Davis. The question was, were they justified in placing those sums to the old account, and leaving the debt she had herself contracted unpaid. He (Mr. R.) contended that they were not, for they did not prove any authority given them by the defendant for that purpose, further than that the son of the plaintiff went down and exhibited some accounts made out in that way, to which she did not object ; but it was also proved at the trial that she was a woman of no more education than being able merely to write her own name. The case had already been twice before the Court ; once it was referred to a gentleman at the bar, which satisfied every one, but fortunately for the gentleman, though unfortu nately for his clients, he received a high appointment in India ; so the case was not finished. Mr. Baron BOLLAND was of opinion that the Court could not form an opinion on the cose without seeing the documents produced at the trial. Therefore the justice of the case required that a rule .Nisi should be granted. The rest of the Court agreed.—Rule gra:ate& The LORD CHANCELLOR has issued cards for a dinner party on Friday next, in Berkeley-square. Earl GREY will give his first grand dinner to morrow, in Downing street. Prince Pozzo no BORG°, the Cabinet Ministers, and the Foreign Ambassadors are invited. The Noble Earl and the family have come to town, from Sheen, for the season. The play at Hatfield-houn will be Richard the First ; the performers 52, and all amateurs. The eldest son of Mr. LONG WELLESLEY is gone to visit his father at Calais. Letters were received on Saturday last, from the Castle in Dublin, announcing that the Marquis of Art- GLESEA and his family would be in London in 10 days. We have been informed that it is in the contem plation of Government to send ten regiments of English militia to Ireland, two regiments of cavalry, and two regiments of the line, and a proclamatio❑ will be issued forthwith to suppress the " Volunteer Association," as it is called, which bas been pronounced illegal and dangerous to the State. The agitation produced in Ireland by a turbulent and designing faction, requires prompt and ener getic measures on the part of the Government, to save that unfortunate country from the anarchy and confusion that trust inevitably ensue, if the ambitious demagogues, who are imposing on the ignorance and weakness of a large portion of the people, are not immediately stopped in their illegal career.