Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-08 00:00:00

Ike at random the

records woul

evidence

m a strong

name is lc

reciprocity; by which I E

an equitable ex-
a mutual return."

ray's letters to Shields; 1858

n Lord Russell, 184

"While England so that

of madness the

"He would show that
Free-trade was more for the

to the climax

sal benefit of the British ship-

Free-trade." " Free-trade owner, shipbuilder, and me-

principles are level
—lbid.

panic, than Protection."—
Peech at Sunderland, 1859

It may be urged, it is true, that these utterly irrecon-
cileable opinions having been expressed at intervals, of
several years, Hr. Lindsay's convictions may, during
those intervals, without reflection on him, have under-
gone a change. But his present letter expressly declares
that the theories which he then supported, and which I

still maintain, were " out of date
aoo." Was lir. Lindsay, ten years ag

Pre than -fifty years

:0, one of those

;hes and t

At what date did he change his costume and his prin-
ciples'? Is the fashion now in vogue better adapted for
pockets, and for filling them ? Was the repeal ofthe
Navigation Laws—so fiercely denounced by Mr. Lind-
say in 1849, and so palliated or defended by him in
1859--contemplated, or even dreamt of, fifty years ago,
or forty or twenty ? Did the wildest .Pree-trader, in
contempt of Adam Smith, their eulogist, and iluskisson
their champion, even fifteen years since, venture to sug-
gest, so insane a measure ? Let Mr. Lindsay, then cor-
rect his chronology before he again indulges in small
ineers at principles from Which he is a renegade.
But my opponent has absolutely the hardihood to
that my opinions on the particular question on
ie are held only by a, few antiquated

which we are at

gentlemen, while his own are
_participated

tenths 01

the community

It i7cruel to dis

self-complacency of tins political Narcissus' to use a
phrase of O'Connell's); but surely he must have par-
taken of the waters of Lethe, to have already forgotten,
that no longer ago than on the 15th December last
a public meeting was held in London, which an
adverse journal described as " unimpeachable in
respectability, in numerical proportions unquestionable,
and in enthusiasm most. enthusiastic," at which an
address to the Crown was unanimously adopted,
imploring that reciprocity' which he vilifies and
opposes; and that this address was signed by delegates
deputed to express the. sentiments of the shipping
interest of almost every seaport of the United Kingdom,
including the shipowners of Tynemouth then anethose
of Sunderland now, represented by him.in the House of
Commons. • Mr. Lindsay declined to attend that meet-
ing, as he now declines the meeting to which he chal-
lenged me, unable, I persume, or afraid, to defend the

opinions in which he ventures to affirm that nine-tenths
ofthe community concur with him. Let him lay aside
his conceit, and he will perceive that at all events that
portioiV of the British community which best understands
and is most deeply interested in the question, has neither
sympathy with, nor confidence in him. In the name of
the shipping interest, whose sentiments I well know,
I repudiate his self: assumed leadership ; and disclaim-
ing all intention of using " hard woids,' towhich he ap-
pears so sensibly alive, I repeat my readiness to prove
all I have advanced with respect to -his-statements, his
opinions, his conclusions, and his recommendations ; in
all which I am confident I shall have the almost unani-
mous concurrence of. shipowners ; while instead. of the
ridiculous rhodomontade of nine-tenths of the commu-
nity agreeing-with .him. on the particular subject-? of
navigation, I firmly believe that among these whose
attention has been directed to it, few indeed will be
'found to accord with his views.
him,
have
,his sentiments,
dtimeonntes,wainthd 3hfirs.
bookiin
, elsta
to the
t eI
calm commend
and
impartial judgment of -the Sunderland constituency.-
Remaining, sir, your faithful and obedient servant,
GEo. Furah...
Oakfield LoOge, Reigate, Oct. 31st, 1859

RICK YQUNG

Horn AT THE POST-orricr,.—lt is a long lane that
has no turning, and we hope that even the plodders
along the narrow, dreary iron road of the Post-office
have at last come to a point leading to the right. We
believe we may call upon the almost despairing emp/oye's
in this public department to cheer up, for the statements
of their wrongs made in this journal have excited
sympathy and inquiry in the. proper quarters, and
powerful and energetic friends to justice have expressed
their determination to sift the caw to the bottom and to
insist that right be done. We believe we may also
assure them
m thattheir complaints the
in a generous spirit,
Postmaster-General is disposed
to
hhee
will—to
finds t hem well-founded—as we are quite
afford
them the best redress in his
power. A Member of Parliament, both able and
active—who, when he takes up a question, takes
and
certain if
it up with a resolution to go through with it—
has declared his intention to make the present Post-
office Administration the subject of a searching in-
vestigation, and has already taken steps to put that
intention in execution. Let, then, the employes of
the Post-(!ffice of every grade be of good 'heart, let

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kin; unvarnished. nn!