The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-26 00:00:00

GENEAAL OPEN-AIR MEETING

A general meeting of the unemployed was convened in the
Orchard at half-past two this afternoon. As usual, there was
a very large attendance—Mr. Waddington, of Preston,
presiding.
Mr. COWELL, after some introductory remarks, continued
thus : There has been a great deal said in reference to our
reports, in reference to our honeity and our integrity. We
have now a portion of the press attempting, to the utmost of
its ability and power, to shake the confidence of the people
in their leaders. They know full well, that if they can in-
duce the people to form a baZ opinion of those why stand
high in their estimation at prestnt, they will accomplish
their object. In reply to the calumnies which have been
promulgated, I beg to say, that if there is any gentleman in
this assembly who will have the kindness to come forward
and audit the two reports I now hold in my hand, to which
special reference has been made, he shall have ten sovereigns
for his trouble, if he can show that the funds are not ac-
counted for in a proper and systematic manner. (Hear, hear.)
Now, a full examination of the balance sheets shows that the
working expenses, however, exceeded 81 per cent. And,:
let me tell this respectable meeting, that were it not for our
printing expenses, these reports costing £4O every week,
I have been to several towns during the week, • and I hive
heard resolutions passed to the effect that the operatives of
those towns are determined, to the utmost of their ability
and power, to support Preston, whilst you are determined
to stand true to your committee and to them. They feel.
the vast responsibility resting upon their shoulders as well
as the vast responsibility attaching to yourselves. They are•
perfectly cognizant of the fact that a vast amount of suffer-
ing, privation, and misery, is being endured in Preston, and
they are doing all they possibly' can in order to alleviate that
suffering and privation. In almost every town throughout
the manufacturing districts, they are determined that you
shall have either a Christmas gift or a new year's gift. In
all probability, the receipts to-morrow week will far exceed
those of any former week. - All that. is required on your
part is, that you should put up for a little while with these
privations. A good time is coming—you may depend unon
it. No great prize was ever won, but some have had to
suffer for it. Your ancestors suffered before you. You
who are prepared to play—who are prepared to live upon
the union allowance, small as it may be, and to wage war
with the manufacturers until an unconditional 10 per.; cent.
is awarded to you—hold up your hands, and don't put them
up unless your heart and soul go with them. (The response
was unanimous and followed by cheers.)
LMr. BA..xn.NDALs stated, that trade had been gradually
improving each week for the last three weeks. Large orders
were coming in from India and China, and there was
scarcely any cloth to meet them. The consequence was,
that it was getting up in price. That was encouragement
for them to persevere in this movement. If they were kept
out of work for two months longer, cloth would get up, so
that it would be their duty to demand an advance of 20 per
cept. instead of 10. (Cheers.)
MEETING OF CARD-ROOM HANDS.

The card-rom hands held a meeting this afternoon, in the
Temperance-hall ; and after several delegates had delivered
addresses, pledged themselves to persevere in this struggle,

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vext, says a Belfast paper, will be ol)sorvod :IS a gon,,ra.,
holiday, the Belfast and flectwood st,amers will not ,ail.
The Telegraph will not sail for Liverpool, nor the Vulcan
for Morecambe, on that day, but will next day.

and their Utopian colleagues : • •
'As strong aa'reVengeor tiny other paSsion in the
human heart is the passion of war, QuakerS, Cot
dens, Brights, Mialls, and other cowards tell you tilt
it is the easiest thing in the world to strangle mams
martial propensities, to emasculate him, to change
him. into a peaceable Eunuch ready to lick -the
feet of ferocious Czars. They- issue silly tracts,
and:they babble their silly speeches, and they try
to•feed us all on tapioca. • But whatever is noblest
;*1 us, revolts against their debasing .doctrines..
Our most ..rritio.llS are evercloSely en-
twined with our .military instincts. - Jr
• necessary to reason on' the subject, it would be
easy'_ to show how much' of fire- War gives to
patriotism, how much. of chivalry to character,
how much of variety and energy to civilisation.
Bui for present purposes no-argument is required.
It is simply necessary to point to the fact that the
pugnacious tendency is an indestructible element
in Human Nature, and is as little the* invention
of great warriors as religion is' of priests, or the
appetite for food of cooks. What right have
these ; peace-folks to cut and carve Human
Nature in the fashion they do ? Why do they not
get' an act of parliament passed, dethroning God
for making sharks, crocodiles, and boa-constrictors
Why do they wish the privilege of cutting throats
limited to their beloved Nicholas? Why should
England be the first to trim and twaddle , into a
milksop ? Away with such craven slang. We can
dispense_ with their free 'trade in broad, if they will
not let us have - free trade. in' bayonets. If the
newspapers are sold to'the stockjobbers, and if the
stockjobbers are greater 'serfs - to Nicholas than
those he has in his own dominions, we, the people,
have Surely some of old' England's spirit and old
England's pith left yet. If we have' not, I care
not heiV soon 'Cossacks are dashing along under
the shadow of Saint Paul's; in which case:l should
go and see how braVe men can fight:and brave men
can die in Circassia."
He further speaks of individualism with refe-
rence to nationality . .
'l' Not lea's than to war does indivichialisin do
homage to nationality._ Nothing so,natt.i,ral as, the
family; and "a: nation_
is simply , the family , de7
tel Oped, to be field ,as sacred, therefore, as the
fainily, and as valiantlydefended. Who does not owe
much-to the sanctity and the. love that made the
paternal hearth soft and sweet as odorous breezes,
but impregnable as a wall of mountain precipices ?
Who has not had some grand virtue -nourished in
Win by the memory of home, when long and weary
years, and a thousand leagues of howling waved
lay between him and that paradise of hie child-
hood ? And what is the fatherland but an enlarged
hoine—the home of thirty millions of brothers and
sisters ? And are we to believe the charlatans wlid
tell us that as war is the worst of crimes, nationality
is the most foolish of dreams? Shall we not still
continue to think that the shores and the valleys of
our country are dearer and more beautiful than the
shores and the valleys of all the world besides ?
But these persons who -affect to speak with such.
contempt 'of Nationality, are the same who force so
many of our unforGunat,o teILOW-tuLiztulS Lo IlVe in
dark, damp, putrid dwellings, steaming with filth
and pestilence, while they are baWling and sub-
scribing at Exeter-hall to convert Hottentots; Patti-
gonians, and Kangaroos."
It will at once be seen that Mr. Maccall con-
demns what he conceives to be wrong, or injustice,
with no sparing hand. So generous and .deVoted
s' disciple of the True, he abhors the False ; and,
like another David, hurls 'the sling and stone of
fervent denunciation against the Golialis of Pro-
gress, Whether iri Russia, or elsewhere. We com-
mend him for his daring, honest, and outspoken
spirit; - Were there many such' men, the world
would be the better.
We shall close this- notice of Mr. Maccall's pam-
phlet by the following brief but graphic description
of France and its manners -
" The French are a great and gallant people : none
so willing to admit that as I; but they are not a poetic
or original people. They are satisfied if they can put
the stamp of 'fashion on whatever they approach,
but with the essence of things they do not bother
themaelves much. They have more ingenuity than
talent, more talent than genius ; and though in
their epic moments, their revolutionary outbursts,
there is no nation so stupendous and imposing ;
yet,. in their normal existence, they are satisfied if
they can make-.women all over Europe wear 'pre-
posterous bonnets, liker fat and dropsical pigtails,
than anything 'else; and the men preposterous
trowsers, which look as if the wearers had stolen
the coverlets of patches made by' their grand
mothers, cut them with a carving knife, and pastod
the shreds with treacle into Siamese twin bags."
There, reader, what do you think of that ? Does
it not equal anything in "Thackeray's Lectures ?"

In the case of the Maitlands and the Gloucester, Aberyst-
with and Central Wales Railway, the Lords Justices have
decreed for £40,878 against Maitland the elder, and
for £20,046 13s. 8d against Maitland the younger.
In the appeal case of Bryson, and the Warwick and Bir-
mingham Canal Navigation Company, the Lords Justices
have dismissed the appeal with costs.
Mr. G. V. Brooke, the eminent tragedian, has distributed
among the poor of all persuasions in 'Belfast, upwards of
1-30 pairs of blankets through the clergy of the town of all
the churches. It is Mr. Brooke's habit to offer a similar
benefaction each Christmas to the poor of tho town in which
he happens to be located.

CI itimus GIFTS,—A benevolence originating with
Mr. H. Neil, Surgeon, who has had in the establishment of
it valuable aid and co-operation from Mr. R. C. Gardner
was yesterday manifested in Abercromby Ward. Upon that
occasion about 80 tons of coal were distributed by the con-
servative committee of the ward through Mr. Christian to
nearly 300 of the old and poor inhabitants.
A- private letter from Madrid mentions that a duel has
taken place between the Marquis de Turgot (the French
ambassador at that Court) and Mr. Soule (son of the Ameri-
can Minister). M. de Turgot was severely wounded. 'rho
cause of quarrel is not stated.—London _Paper. [The cause
of quarrel is known. M. Turgot made some observation on
the dress worn by his antagonist's mother, in Mr. Soule's
hearing, on which the latter struck him.]
Mr. Charles Lowcock, of London-road, has perhaps
the best display of meat in that locality. The Galloways
fed by Mr. Tenant and Mr; Marshall; of Kirkcudbright-
shire, the Cheviot wethers -by Mr. R. Neilson, the four-
year heifer by Mr. R. Willis' and a ig weighing 17 score,
fed by Mr. W. Proctor, of West Derby. The lamb fed by
Mr. Lowcock, are all most excellent specimens.
CAUTION To LADIES.—A respectably dressed, lady-like
woman-on the shady side of" forty," but with considerable
pretensions to those qualities which tradition assigns to the
never-dying widow of that blissful age, was charged at "the
police-office, yesterday, by revenue officers Dodd and Har-
ford, with, in the first instance, attempting to smuggle, and,
secondly, with destroying a Queen's seizure—in other words,
a quart of precious Irish whiskey, of that superlative
quality, alas! that a head-ache could not be found in gallons
of it--undcr the following circumstances : When the " Iron
Duke" 'reached the landing-stage on her trip from Dublin,
the prosecutors observed the defendant, who gave her name
as Mrs. Jane Smith, anxious to prevent sonic of her luggage
being examined. One of the officers accordingly followed
her to the cabin whither she had retreated, but found nothing
in her possession. But when she landed and was waiting in
the shed for the omnibus, he then observed something sus-
piCintudy bulky under her arm. Ile attempted to seize it,
but quick as ttfought the lady anticipated' him, and hurling
the bottle (fore quart bottle it was)," on the fira (it imr-
rowli grazmg in its flight, the watchman's head) smashed
it inn, thousand!bits—the diving spirit which it Contained
commingling with the flames. It was, intended for, Mr.
Smith, (so the lady said) and, in truth, we deeply sympa-
thise with him on his loss. Mrs. Smith was !fined 12s, or,
itLdefatAt, to be imprisoned fog tiggp

RATHER LATE IN THE DATE.- Two bellicose
gentlemen of -the county Clare, bearing the respec-
tively " un-English cognomen of O'Donnel and
Burke were arrested a few days ago, when on the
point of fighting a duel.

Another sectarian riot • took place in Kilkenny a
few 'dai=s ago, when the " missionaries" were with
difficulty rescued from the hands of the mob.
MR SADLEIR AGAIN !—A conditional order for an
attachmet, bearing date the
.15th December, has.
issued against John Sadleir, Esq., M P., to compel
Elie plyment of the purchase-money of the portions
the Glengall estate bought by him on the • 11th
Nniromhpr last_ in tlica ineurnboroci Efitftte,,
being to the amount of .E 7,970, of which•
has been: paid in. Mr. Sa-dleir pu'rchased those
estates in trust for -others; and not on his own
account. •

The-Athatross screw steamer, from Liverpool to
• LiSten; with a-general cargo; was compelled to put
into QueenstdWn on Tuesday, haring sustained
"damage in the gale, and being short of coal. She
.proceeded to Cork to refit, and was expected to be
ready to sail again on Friday, or this clay,
D4RELICT VESSEL - AND CARGO.—The schooner
Elizabeth, with a, cargo of 200 tons of sugar, bound
to Liverpool from Southampton, was abandoned
by the captain, mate, and crew, off. the Old Head
of Kinsale, on
.Monday evening, in a disabled state.
The vessel had sustained considerable injury in the
gales of Saturday and Sunday, having lost her
foremost, main-top-mast, and bowsprit; besides
damages to the hull, which induced those on board
her to believe she would strike off the Old Head.
She was fallen in with by a Queenstown pilot
cutter, and subsequently the Eagle steamer was
dispatched to her assistance. The schooner was
then towed into Queenstown, where she arrived
yesterday morning. The captain, mate and crew,
after -abandoning the vessel, got ashore at Kin-
sale, whence they proceeded to Queenstown and
arrived yesterday. The value of the cargo was
between .15,000 and £16,000..

The -Chief Secretary for Ireland, Sir John
Young, has arrived in Cor4 on a tour inspection
into the Condition of the convict prisons.

MARRIAGE. —ln Belfast Captain Barron Stanton, 91st
Regiment to Miss Henry, daughter of the Reverend the
President of Queen's Coll oecre, Belfast. -
ALLEGED MURDER.---,WO have heard it rumoured that a
murder of a wife by her husband took place on Thursday
night, in the vicinity of Antrim, under circumstances of a
distressing! nature. The rumoured murderer was, 'for several,
years, an inhabitant of Belfast.—Northern Whig.
There was a meeting and subscription for the Flee Church
Manse fund in Dungannon last week, and £240 collected.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office on Satur-
day morning from the governor of Bermuda. Dispatches
were sent off the same evening to Hong Kong, Malta, and
the lonian Islands.

CHRIST-IMS FOR THE POOR.—A gratifying sight took
place this morning at the soup kitchen, in Ham-yard, St.
James's. The committee of that institution having deter-
mined to give to the really deserving poor a dinner to cele-
brate the return of the most auspicious festival, and their
benevolent intentions having been most charitably seconded
by the nobility and gentry, they were enabled to carry out
their philanthropic object to the fullest extent. The dis-
tribution of food commenced accordingly at nine this morn-
ing, which consisted of 41bs. of roasting meat, 21bs. of
pudding, half a quartern loaf, and -2 oz of tea, Scaz-Globe of
Saturday.

A dreadful malaria prevails at Clapham, arising from the
accumulation of foetid substances on the road.
On Friday last, a smith named May obtained XlOO damages
from the Eastern Counties railway, for injury sustained by his
wife while travelling on the line.

SCOTTISH LAW !—On Thursday, Bth instant, the sheriff of
Mid Lothian decided that elder brothers were bound to support
their younger brothers and sisters,-who are unable to support
themselves. The same decision also bore that children were
legally bound to support their parents.—North Bri isle Mail.
CHOLERA.—The cases reported in the city parish, from
Thursday night till Friday night, consisted of 8, 3 of which
proved fatal. These were a man and two women, one of the
latter having died in the hospital. The cases reported to the
barony parish within the -same time were four. One patient
was last night in-a state of collapse, one was recovering, and a
third had died. We have no reports of any cases having oc-
curred oa the-south side of the river.-=North British Mail.
On Saturday morning last, a journeyman tailor, named
Andison, was found lying on the Glasgow and South Western
railway, at Annan, in a dreadfully-mangled state. He had
been intoxicated the previous evening, and is supposed to have
wandered upon -the line,--and been run over by the night goods
train.. He died the same afternoon.

BOARD OF TRADE NOTICES.—Friday night's Garette con-
Ita ins notifications that a French Imperial decree, dated the
14th inst, has been received, by which Chinese crape shawls
,are-temporarily admitted into France free of duty, under
!the regulations set forth in the said decree. Also a dispatch.
'from Her Majesty's Consul at Paraiba, reporting the re-
Ictindins of the decree which prohibited' the re-exportation
lof.forergn goods from that province, and the permission of
such re-exportation on payment of the transit dues. Also a
dispatch from Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Naples,
transmitting a translation of the new quarantine regulations
paned by the Neapolitan Board of Health Likewise a dis-
otttrh from Her Majesty's Consul-General at Guatemala, en-
closing a communieation announcing that the custom house
'at that port has been removed to San Jose, and the closing
I')f the port of Iztapam. And a dispatch from Her Majesty's
'Vtiee-Consul at Buenos Ayres, enclysing a decree of the
government of Buenos Ayres for opening the port of San
Nitelaa,Aat the Parana, to general tradet from.the-l§th of
4ulti

The friends who happened to enjoy the • confi-
dential intercourse of Moore in private, life were
well aware, that what, particularly dissuaded hith
from seeking the honours of the bar, which he had
much coveted, was the aiiprehension that his
poetical fame, rather than • his diminutive size,
would fatally obstruct his advancement. The
cautious solicitor would be shy of trusting to, it
barrister, whose head was crowned with a chaplet
I lanrel, like the bard of Erin's, with a heavy brief
in an important cause. Yet experience soon
proved_ for an
.adventurous lawyer, at the Liver-
pool sessions, that his Greek and Roman pro-
fusions, albeit well known in Lancashire, had
.only: -tended to confer additional luStre on his
forensic abilities. While his fame had gone
before him, the merchant princes of this magnifi-
cent town, as if- they 'designed to bestew especial
honor on the son of their commercial brother,
received him With more than their . accustomed
hospitality. His convivial accomplishments lent a
sort of fascination to his society.,- that was perfectly
irresistible, and he was , welcomed
,everywhere
with intense cordiality. Amongst his brethren at
'Abe bar,. in like' manner, though a Straner, •hiS
,:characterhad rendered him thoreughlynceeptable;
.and it was soon = apparent 'Viet' `tire k- neither' felt
nor obServed Al ' trejudiceW of 'Bo'lintrY, nor the
distinctions of creed. His _whole .mind, which 14
the Way, seem have been • a-lniw-;t instinctively
legal, was now devOted to hiS practice and his
powers' of application,' notwithstanding the blart
dishments of the table, were immense. His prof
lessiorial duties- as an advocate, appeared to come
itS easy to him as the robe he wore ; and thd
salient and technical points of his briefs, •were
caught with an. apprehension that would do credit
to a more experienced age. His barque was nori.
indeed ,steadily before the' breeze. He was made
serjeant