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either of them wish to secure by the factor's regulations i❑
this metropolis.
In conclusion, I respectfully submit, Sir, to your sense of
justice, the fairness of your giving insertion to this eposition
of the mi,=repr—zertwiovs of your correcpondrnt, try which he
has not only imposi•d must flagrantly upon you, but upon sucl
of your readers as know nothing of the coal trade but from
bra-say : and in anticipation of your doit.g so, I shall be pre-
pared in a subsequent letter to prove that your correspondent's
second article contains allegations equally as untenable, out
rageous, and ridiculous, as any which I have herein exposed.
I am, very respectfully, Sir. &c., &c.,
BLACK DIAMOND.
March 3, 1838.

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SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1838.

There is, we believe, at present, a general disposition to
refrain from political agitation, and cultivate in peace the
industrious arts. We should suppose that it would be the
great desire of those who call themselves Conservatives to
encourage that disposition to the utmost of their power,
and to take special care not to direct the angry passions of
uny classes against exiting institutions. In our opi-
nion the Tory Lords forgot their own best interests the
night before last, when they took it on themselves to
kick out the Parliamentary .Electors Bill, because they
were determined that the democracy should not obtain any
secession cf political power. The result will be to strengthen
the desire of the democracy for political power, and direct
it against themselves. If they could stop the growth of
democracy in actual power, we should acknowledge that
their conduct was wise ; but as they cannot, it is only an
insulting display of a +Nish, without the means to strike.
Actual power depends on numbers, intelligence, and
wealth, and the Peers can neither limit the numbers of the
people, curtail their intelligence, nor prevent them acquiring
wealth. They cannot, therefore, prevent the growth of the
democracy in actual power, and if they were teachable, but
uniisrtunately time brings them no experience, they would
studiously endeavour to associate that power with the
the preservation of our institutions. They would be anxious
to introduce it into the Legislature, that it might not act
out of its sphere, and be directed against the Legisla-
ture itself. Those who are now exeluded from all share in
making the laws will feel inclined to deride their authority.
If they are not enjoy any of the honours and advantages of
the State, but be treated by the Tory Peers like mere tax-
paying, burden-bearing slaves, why should they not seek to
overturn the State that only makes itself known to them by
pains, penalties, and privations? In our opinion, it was most
unwise in the Lords to begin, as they did the night before
last, an open war on the growing and already powerful de-
mocracy. But that the Tory Peers are very foolish lawgivers,
and most contemptible Statesmen, is no new discovery.

There appears in the Times of this morning a long letter
from Dr. WHALE, the Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, in
which we may trace the desire, undisguised, generally attri-
buted to the whole body of the Catholic clergy, of obtain-
ing and preserving power over theminds of the people. It
is full of complaints of " vexatious tampering with poverty
that literally, for a mess of broth or buttermilk, the children
are occasionally tempted to go where their faith may be cndan
gered." It is bitterly hostile to the proposed Poor-law, chiefly-
because the workhouses will be liable to be made " chartered
prisons for proselytism." While we deprecate as much as
the Bishop any and all attempts to mould the religious opi-
nions of mankind on worldly advantages, instead of intrinsic
truth and excellence, we cannot share his anxiety for
the preservation of the power of the Catholic priesthood.
Sensible men have viewed. with some surprise, but without
apprehension, the dispute which has lately arisen between
the Government of Prussia and the Catholic Archbishop
of COLOGNE, for they see on his part a great anxiety, like
that of JOHN TUAM, to set the ecclesiastical power above
secular authority. We have no sympathy with this priestly
love of dominion, whether it be manifested by JOHN TIJAH
or CtiartLEs LONDON, whose love for power equals that
of either of his Catholic episcopal brethren. Against the pre-
tensions of these worthy ecclesiastics, all of whom seek the
same end, it behoves the public to be on their guard, and not
to suffer themselves, from a dread of the POPE, much er.-
coura,ged by our priesthood, with a most sinister design, to
establish a Protestant POPE in the heart of our empire,
The object of the Protestant hierarchy is not to liberate
the mind from the terror of priesteraft. but to take the
place and the power of the Roman Catholic hierarchy.

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A Government can have no more irksome or more hope-
less task than that of introducing a measure, even of the
most beneficial nature, which may interfere with the inte-
rests or patronage of a few of their habitual supporters.
As parties are now balanced in the Commons, the deser-
tion of a few friends will turn the scales in favour of ene-
mies who are ready to support any motion for the
annoyance and defeat of Ministers. It was the self interest
of a few Liberals, that defeated that excellent and
just Bill brought forward last Session, for the total abo-
lition of Church-rates. The same cause is already
in operation to defeat the proposition of Lord JoIIN
RUSSELL for remodelling- the city police. Nearly all
the Aldermen, and all persons interested in filling up
vacancies in that motley group, called the day and
night watch of the metropolis, are prepared to resist
a measure when applied to themselves, which they con-
sidered just and necessary for all the parishes beyond the
precincts of the city. What was reckoned good for Mary-
lebone or Lambeth is called infringement of the franchise,
spoliation, and robbery in Portsoken and Billingsgate ; and
such is the inconsistency of human nature that the very men
who voted for a new police in the rest of the metro-
polis will be the most violent in their opposition to
the Government plan when applied to themselves.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL wilt, therefore, perhaps. be
obliged to yield to the city authorities, or be defeated
'n Parliament by the union of the Tories with a few Liberal
Members who have an interest in keeping up the old mis-
chievous, expensive, and incongruous system in the heart
of the metropolis. He will for the same reason be defeated
in his plan for settling the Church-extension question in
Scotland.

We have begun to-day to clear off some of our arrears
on the coal monopoly, hut we can only find room for one
letter, though that is a long one. The writer labours very
hard to prove that our former correspondent has com-
mitted some grievous errors, and a sense of justice induces
us to publish his remarks. The number of communications
which we receive is an evidence of the great interest which
the subject excites, and we shall not cease our exertions.
[,otwithstanding the remarks of those who see their mo-
nopoly threatened, till we obtain some redress for the con-
sumers. If our former correspondent was in error, he
shares his error with persons who ou;ht to be well in-
formed In the Gateshead Observer of Sat urdaylast, we find
the following passage which contradicts our present, and
hears out the assertions of our former correspondent :
" Lately, the price of a tonof the best coal at Newcastle has
been 'los. 3d., the freight has been 104. 6:1., and the charges
at London paid by the factor (including his commission, which
is 31. per ton, and his charge for guaranteeing the proceeds,
which is 10a. ver cent ) arc 35., mahi.ig a total of 235. 9d.
iicr ton, which is the real cost of the coal in the London
mark t. When the market price has been more or lrss than
this, the coal-owner, ship-owner or spcculatiir, of course. gained
or lost accordingly. The difference, therefore, between the
235. 91, or whatever price has been paid on the Coal Ex-
change, and the price chargEd to the consumer, arises after
the article has left the hands of the factor. This difference
we know is enormous, being in many cases absolutely more in
amount than the whole freight from the Tyne to the 'fhatnes."
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The factors, ther,fure, and their friends and allies, do cost
the public as much, according to this st•itonient, as 3s. per
ton, arid 3s. per ton on the quantity stated by our correepora.
dent amounts to 390,8951. When these gentlemen factors
can agree amongst themselves as to their charges, for it is
quite plain that the 3d. per ton faworage, which they have
cunningly represented as all their charges, is only ore. small
item in the catalogue, we shall be disposed to balance
their services against their
.gains, At present we believe