The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

SIR J. 4R ATIAIII 0-SFX-GRTC=TIE7.____i____GENERAILIVINDITAM_AND THE ARAB

We received the following several days since,
but, in consequence of a press of ,ether matter, have
been unable to find room for its insertion until the
present time :

fir
James Graham has been sixty-four years in
the world, and thirty eight years in Parliament.
Few Men have spoken more in the Senate, and we
cnow no member whose speeches will furnish pos-
terity with a truer outline of the character of the
legislators of his day. At one time a gladiator, at
another a leader, and anon a passive partisan
rrtune placed him in a position to do great good
th sticietY. Nature bestowed upon him talents of
e highest order and both friends and foes sought
and obtained their assistance. It was only neces-
sary to ask advice of Sir James to secura the hearty
"-operation of the " Cumberland Baronet." His
Political opinions always sat as loosely upon him
as his slippers, and he could shake off principle
or friendship or office at tiny moment. Men so
constituted and circumstanced ought to be able,
lieneife wh it would think, to look back upon a long public
4tages inestimable delight. Every one of its
ought to bear testimony to some great deed
or transeendant virtue. But our modern states-
rill is not a second Janus. He will never live
111).11g enough to be. deified after his death, nor will
w'B most ardent admirers represent him on canvass
ail two heads, to denote his constancy and
Prudente.
.1,311 1819, Sir James Graham was what is termed
t‘t„".,uarlgerous agitator" on " coin and currency,"
„,`1 it has never since been the good fortune of any
e°,erament to•silence a formidable opponent on a
sally vital question so easily, or in as short a
13aee of time. Sir James went right round from
north to south of the compass in twenty-four hours.
tie threw all material interests, like " physic to the
a"„dogs," for political considerations, and in his
bveeeb, delivered at the meeting of the East Cum-
rland
Agricultural Society, the result is shown in
brief retrospect of his public career. "I can
~ 'ook back," says the right honourable baronet,
4: have
vast satisfaction to the several measures I
lye supported. First of all, as a striking instance
°l's the advantage of self government apart from
" e executive of the day, I gave my support to the
I,'"u
14: "or Law Bill, which conveyed to the yeomanry,
4, ratepayers, and the city authorities, the manage-
-4,lllent of their own affairs in that particular. And,
again, I look back to another measure not less
• ;
`4lPortant in its results, which has been, as I
4, .c°rlceive, one of the great causes of agricultural
improvement throughout England, but more
ePecially in this county ; and upon that change,
• 4180, I. look back with satisfaction. There is yet
"Other mighty change which has taken place in
Which I was concerned ; and although politics
44 re very properly excluded from our discussions,
4, cannot help referrinr, to it. I mean the change
With reference to the laws regulating the impor-
4, Cation of foreign produce." To these three
bn eangea" Sir James limits his satisfaction
s ""
regards the past. And from the extraordinary
ea'e,vitY of his recapitulation, the reader can easily
r
freel at the
the extreme mortification he mast
the immense number of other radical
eneff°rels which have taken place since he first
at ereel Parliament, and which he opposed to the
.most of his power.
to le le well to hear, however, from so high a
e 'tee, that the fears and hopes of the agri-
hUltnrist are reduced to mere trifles. First,
tbe„ tells us that free imports have secured
th,;',. termer natural prices for his produce, and
fer"",k;e may rely mainly on the freedom he enjoys
prolificness of the soil lie cultivates.
ear,:squiEn is cited in support of this aphorism,
the fertility of the United States is referred
to. illustrate the truth of French philosophy :
(cm. -Ow produce of land depends less on the iCrtility,
fn. ,114 e soil than on the freedom of the cultivator.'
4.i Sir James Graham adds Just reflect
the moment, what is the immediate cause of
A, c immense produce of the United States of
? Why, the freedom of the cultivator.
44 Ett is the distinguishing mark of the success
(•
31 the yeomanry of Cumberland ? The freedom
°f
'the e cultivator." So much for our hopes.
in y ?thre
w spread over a wide field for discussion,
theilPll we should be almost afraid to trust
in irlg,bt honourable baronet too far ; for,
" Ile:unlit:ling, up our fears, he says :—" I
ithe'er shall entertain the slightest appre-
11tat1410u of foreign rivalry till I see that all
liberr°P° possesses that freedom," meaning the
hittv,,tY Ivhich the English farmer enjoys. Now, I
Closely, no Wish to criticise any man's words too
eO2IY, but here we have a professional Statesman
advmtng forward to increase his popularity on the
to Re,„4„tof a general election, and giving utterance
ena-,,""rnents which are sufficient to stamp his
of CrYmen in the eyes of all the world as a nation
Sir of
obstructivea
presir James Graham tells Europe that we owe our
demPetitY, as an agricultural nation, to the free-
ea,,,,Thera,Payed by the subject ; and he goes on to
e"„' the same breath, that it would be inimical
• "nr Material interests if the seeds of that pros-
the cad were to take root in other countries—that
ePread of human freedom would tend to
greater
and tplenty, happiness, and peace in the world,
as hat We should look upon it with a jealous eye,
ar,..‘ 'night interfere with the natural prices of our
tel`letitural produce. To have such political
eaecuers4 even in East Cumberland, is quite bad
NI ugh, but to have them as legislators, and as
ber,B, is the greatest of all misfortunes that could
Ada"; an enlightened people. Fancy a Graham
forstratiou demanding increased freedom
with the tenant farmer at home, and opposing
Britsu all the moral and political power of Great
u ,n the cause of civil freedom in every other
widp.lll Fancy a British Cabinet destroying
iethe breath from its nostrils the fertility of
etY land but that which yields them princely
thtlies, and makes them tenfold more potent
itnne State, than any species of feudalism ever
! We have had to battle with many
to b—u'Le political anomalies ; but it is earnestly
a Goh° political
that we shall not have to submit to
oft;verlament composed of men who would enter
of Conti professed obstructives to the prosperity
prolnental Europe, and who would aid in its
en ,°,laged political and social debasement, to
-4`ana the fertility of the British soil, and the
ziaitlatitral" price of agricultural produce in these
". Commercial Cumberland should ponder well
Bier Sir James Graham's speech, and the Tenant
ght party should bid high for his services.

AreI'II,.BBUNTS FOR QUEEN VicroniA.—A letter dated Siam,
s"3) says the British ship China is loading here with
A.ents for the Queen of England from the Bing of Siam.
winol;gst them is an elephant of a remarkable colour, and
ii`ea will, no doubt, cause some little excitement.
alarming
aolVltors ACCIDENT AT A MENAGERIE.7;AD.
1107;'ent occurred on Saturday night at Ballig s menagerie,
ttphr exhibiting in Birmingham. A man imprudently
auf,nnhed too near the den of one of the tigers,. when the
iuenta,l suddenly struck him across the face wit its paw,
fil.,,;,"ng a fearful laceration. A scene of considerable con.
vtoniLZ, ensued among the scared snectators, while the
p"ad man was carried out, bleeding profusely.
Itrt:24l. ACCIDENT AT ROCHDALE,—On Saturday, Mr.
likv—"nd Dearden, coroner, held an inquest, at Tunshell
appears the body Of a manufacturer, named Bamford. It
11,444e1,,,c1 tiklat Mr. Bamford, along with another person,
;lilt, VI% was returning home on the previous ,londay
g 4 'Le nie,s,"Y had a lantern with them, lint it went out.
iimratistoL'" was dark, and they both walked into an old
'aatfor-,Onarrv, and fell a distance of ten yards. Mr.
shouid" was seriously injured about the
injured,
an
but e". Mr. Mills, though seriously survived,
13 .f A verdict of
accift Bamford expired on the Ist instant.
wental death was returned.
v
slirßii? BEATING ADVOCATED TS CLERGYMAN
--tfAvaN —A very AT
large number of wife-beatine• cases
ve ree
hare. ently been brought before the magistrates at. Whit.e-
pro ", where there exists a sect of professing Christians who
~4..P2gate the opinion that the practice is in accordance with
47,,w0rd of God. The Rev. George Bird, formerly rector
ti:jr,uniberworth, near Huddersfield, has established himself
last I.: and drawn together a congregation ; and within the,
it i. w weeks it has transpired that he holds the doctrine that
Aye'llerrettly scriptural for a man to beat his wife. About
&re weeks
Wasp James Scott, a member of Mr. Bird's con-
te ricm, summoned by his wife for brutally beating
thart
he she refused to attend the same place of worship
the e did. When before the magistrates, Mrs. Scott said
.„I,_ "ad no wish her husband should be punished if he would
iutilise not to ill-use her badly again. When asked by the
luile.etrates whether he would make the requisite promise,
laws tTed) Saving, "Am I to obey the laws of God, or the
maut man ?"
.As he would not give the promise, the
gistrates committed him to prison for a month, with hard
leetnr" The Rev. Mr. Bird has since delivered a course of
.es. on the subject of Scott's conviction. He contends
ELtt is a man's duty to rule his own household; and that
his wife refuse to obey his orders, he is justified, accord-
'Ag to the • of God, in beating her in order to enforce
°adieu°, law

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When a rting. Gtrat dsman, he was spending his
leave in a tour thro.egli Syria, and was journeying in the
desert under convoy of an Arab scheik and some twenty
or thirty retainers—swarthy, desperate-looking sons of
the desert—himself and his servant, a Stalwart " Cold-.
streamer," being the only two Europeans of -the 'party.
The route was 'dangerous, and beset by brigands.' It
was impossible to travel except under escort, and Capt.
Windham had engaged the services of his guides and
guardians at a fair remuneration. For the first few days
they went on amicably enough. The captain, with his
short black pipe and frank handsome face, winning, as
was his wont, golden opinions from all with whom he
associated ; but at the end of that time, and when so far
advanced into the desert that it was equally dangerous to
go forward or to return, behold the wily scheik bethinks
him of a scheme by which he may yet worm out another
thousand or two of piastres from his English friend.
Accordingly, at their evening halt, he proceeds to the
Guardsman's tent, and holds conversation with him,
through the intervention of a rascally dragoman, to the
following effect :—Arab Scheik—" shawled to the eyes
and bearded to the nose," enveloped, moreover, in dirty
draperies, waving his pipe stick courteously to drago-
man—" Tell my brother that the way is long, our barley
exhausted, our horses without water, we must return or
perish." Windham—in shirt-sleeves and much-worn
inexpressibles, without removing the short black pipe
from his mouth—" Tell him to be d—d." Scheik—
Unless the effendi will pay us two thousand more
piastres ' back-sheesh,' my men will be compelled tb
return." Windham—" Ask him if he means to abide by
his agreement or not l" Dragoman—much alarmed, as
is their wont--" Better give him the money ; we shall
be left here to die." Windham--with a sign to Private
W. Sykes, of the Light Company, whom nothing has
ever astonished—" Bill ? you catch hold of this chap
whilst I leather him." In a twinkling the Scheik's
gravity is upset, by the summary process of tripping
! up his heels, performed secundwn artcm by the captain, a
powerful square-built man, no whit inferior in all
athletic exercises to his illustrious ancestor and name-
sake, the famous statesman. Bill, a brawny front rank
man, holds the chief down by shoulders, and his master,
with a good-humoured smile the whole time upon his
countenance, lays into the prostrate Arab " with a will,"
some twenty or thirty telling stripes from an honest
English hunting-whip that has accompanied him through
his travels—the Arab writhing and abjectly intreating
for mercy. At the end of the performance, what does
the wild son of the desert to avenge his disgrace? does
he call in his retainers and massacre the two bold
strangers on the spot, or does he spring like a tiger on
the strong-armed Englishman, and bury his yataghan
in the throat of his enemy ? Not a bit of it. He crawls
to the Captain's feet, he embraces his knees, he calls
him "my father," he promises to do his bidding, "him-
self and his troop, and all that is his, in every thing be
shall require," and moreover he keeps his promise; and
to use Windham's own words, " behaves quite like a
gentleman" till the end of the journey.—Fraser's
Magazine.