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THE StTN, LONDON,, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 141_1844.

limself—(Loud cheering)—and Sir James Graham,
and Gou!burn, and Knatchbull, and the rest, will all
dance after him, saying, " Oh, we are of the same
opinion, but we .must repeal these laws."—(Cheers.)
I think many of you will have read, in Sir Walter Scott's
novel of " Ivanhoe," the account of how the aristocrat
of those days got poor Isaac, the rich Jew of York, into
his dungeon, for the purpose of extorting the shekels
from Isaac's purse. He threatened him with the slow
fire, and other torments. The Jew begged and implored
for mercy, in the name of religion and humanity ; but
the aristocrat of those days, as of the present, was quite
dead to such appeals, he was determined to have Isaac's
shekels.—(Applause.) But in the midst of this aff'air,
when he was just ready to place Isaac on the bars, he
was stunned by a loud knock at the portals of his castle,
and the Knight of the Black Mail, with a hundred fol-
lowers, assailed him in his stronghold. He instantly
quitted his hold of poor Isaac to defend himself, and
then he was beaten.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you may
depend upon it the aristocracy will never give up their
hold of your shekels, till you assume such a position in
the country, and knock at the stronghold in a way that
cannbt be misunderstood.—(Loud cheers.) You need
not go armed ; you will require no battle• axes, spears,
swords, or shields ; you only need to be united in moral
force, as our friend from America has said ; you have
only to unite, and the moment you are all united, that
moment the Corn-laws are repealed.—(Loud cheers.)

The Standard, from a living conviction of the
similarity of the laws for starving the labouring
classes and the laws for degrading the Catholics,
coupled the two together on Saturday, and told
its readers that they " were to be haunted by
corn and Catholics for the rest of their lives."
Naturally enough, for men are generally
haunted by the recollections of their evil deeds.
Twelve years ago the Tories vainly endeavoured
to lay the Catholic spectre, but the frightened
fools in emancipating the Catholics by name and
by Act of Parliament, continued to degrade
them in fact;' and to exclude them from civil
rights by a vicious administration of the laws.
For twelve years, and even for twice twelve
years, the injustice done to the Catholics by the
Tories was the torment of that faction, and is
now a source of doubt whether it will be able to
retain possession of the Ministry. The Corn-
law will serve them in the same way, should
they not abolish it, or by some mock or
fictitious abolition, to attehipt to cheat the people
into the belief that they have given them free
trade and cheap bread, as they attempted to be-
guile the Catholics by a decree of emancipation
which they took care should never be carried
fitirly into execution. Catholic emancipation
was achieved in spite of the Tories, and it is a
happy augury of our success that both friends
and foes now compare the unjust restriction on
the supply of food, to that unjust restriction on
the freedom of worship which the same tyrants
who now curse us with a Corn-law were in 1829
compelled to abandon.
But the language used by Mr. COBDEN at that
meeting, greeted by enthusiastic cheering, was a
still more favourable augury of the success of
the rigteous cause. We have already informed
our readers, and, as far as we could, have
informed the public, including the obligarchy
and the skilful tool they have placed at the head
of the Ministry, that many persons had drawn
a distinction between obedience to laws and obe-
dience to the will of a body of avowed monopolists
and plunderers, and would set the latter at de-
fiance, though they endeavoured to clothe them-

selves with the sanctity belonging to the former.
Now let the reader, and particularly let the aristo-

cracy, mark and deliberate well on the language
used by Mr. COBDEN :

But now comes the grand admissid* which his Grace
has made. What does it all amount to but this—that
we, the landed oligarchy, have the power both of the
Crown and the people in our hands.(Cheers.) We,
poor ignorant people, thought that when the late Parlia-
ment was dissolved, and the Queen made an appeal, it
was to the people,--(Cheers.) But it appears that it was
nothing of the sort. The Duke of Richmond has dis-
closed the secret, and it seems that it was merely an

appeal from the Queen, or the executive, to the landlord
oligarchy ; and they have decided, naturally enough, in
their own favour.—(Cheers.) _Now, the principle in-
volved in this admission just amounts to this, that the
landed aristocracy claim the right of controlling the
Crown, and trampling upon the people.—(Applause.)
The principle of that declaration, thus openly avowed,
if carried out in practice, amounts to a practical usurpa-
tion, and a virtual revolution.—(Loud cheers.) I do
not know how you may stand in this matter, but when
I went into the Rouse of Commons, I took a certain oath
of alien-lance—allegiance to whom ?—(Applause.) To a
(Cheers.) No —I
litsotst.h—e
Queen, and I owe- ntitillegiatfee to any other autno,—
rity.—(Cheers.) And, more than that, I say, let it be
shown, let it be put in practice, let that usurpation which
is implied in the Duke of Richmond's declaration be car-
ried into effect, let me see it, let it be tangible, and I
will yield to such usurpation only by force.—(Loud
cheers.) I will pay no taxes—l will render no services
unless they are exacted from me by force ; and I would
suffer martyrdom itself before I would submit to the des-
potism of the proudest, but the meanest and most sordid
oligarchy that the world ever saw.—(Loud and prolonged
cheers.)
Well done Mr. COBDEN, speaking out in that
bold and manly way will soon bring the question
to a decision, and bring the sordid oligarchy on
its knees to the outraged people for forbearance
and mercy. Power, beneficially exercised, ex-
cites no inquiries into its origin ; but power,
exercised to enrich itself at the expense of
starving the people, provokes such inquiries.
Can the oligarchy bear the investigation ? Can
it show its patent ? Dare it bring before the
public the deeds signed and sealed by which it
has authority to pass a Corn-law ? Is it not
aware that its power depends altogether on
rotten prescription ? Does it remember that
this prescription was interrupted, and shown to
be rotten, in 183.2 ? Can it forget that the Consti-
titution of the House of Commons, as it at pre-
sent exists, by which the oligarchy is enabled to
trample both on the QUEEN and the people, was
the child of popular commotion, and that the
same people who were beguiled in 183.2 to pro-
mote a reform, which has turned out worse
than valueless to them, can, whenever they
choose to arise in their might, achieve
a still greater reform, by. which the
most sordid oligarchy the world ever saw may
be hurled into that nothingness it so richly de-
serves ? Political power is correlative. It is
measured by obedience ; and when obedience is
refused, power is at an end. It is plain, from
the language used by Mr. COBDEN, and the en-
thusiastic cheers it met with, that the oligarchy
has disgusted the people by its rapacity, and that
the day of the extinction of their obedience and
of its power, unless it act wisely and beneficently,
cannot be far off.

The French Journals. of Sunday have all
reached us. Much of their contents was antici-
pated in our afternoon Edition of yesterday. M.
ROTHSCHILD baS returned to Paris, and it is sup-
posed that the French Minister of Finance will
be obliged to accept his offer of 75 per cent. for
one-half of the loan of 450 millions of francs at
three per cent., which the Chambers authorised
him to contract. The credit of such a country
as France ought to be better than that of a pri-
vate individual, and it is deplorable to find it thus
fixed according to the estimate of a money lender.
The following is the official account of the evacu-
ation of the Island Del Rey (Minorca), of which
so much has appeared in the Journals. We
quote it from the columns of the Moniteua :
" Several of the journals have published inaccurate
statements of the circumstances relating to the resolution
taken by the King's Government to evacuate the small
island Del Rey, in the Balearic Islands. The following
is the true account :

" During several years the French Government occu-
pied that island in virtue of temporary leases which
were successively renewed by the Cabinet of Madrid, and
had established in it a depot of coals, for the supply of
the steamers, and en hospital for the invalids of the army
of Africa. The lease, concluded in 1839, was to expire
on the 3d instant, Nevertheless, no explanation had as
yet taken place on the subject between the two Govern-
ments, when, towards the close of July a despatch from
the Consul of France in the Balearic Islands informed
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the Governor of
Minorca had received an order from Madrid to come to
an understanding with the French Vice-Consul for the
evacuation of the island.

" The Minister for -Foreign Affairs, who had reason
to be surprised at receiving through this indirect me-
dium the notification of the intentions of the Cabinet of
Madrid, expressed viva voce to the Charge d'Affaires of
Spain the astonishment which he felt at such a proceed-
ing. In reply to those observations, which M. Hernan-
dez hastened to transmit to his Government, the Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs of her Catholic Majesty, M. Gon-
zales, authorized that Charge d'Affaires to communicate
to the French Government a despatch, in which he for-
mally disclaimed all knowledge of the notification made
to the Vice-Consul at Mahon, and assuring him that no
such order had been sent from Madrid; that the Spanish
Government had, it was true, deliberated upon the expe-
diency of renewing the lease, and also whether the
wants of
.the Spanish military service in the Balearic
Mends might not require the evacuation of the hospital

on the Islabel Del Rey, at a more or less proximate
period ; but that nothing had yet been decided on the
subject, and that, in all cases, the Regency would afford
every facility, and treat' with all possible regard the
invalids which France might leave in the island. In an-
other letter, equally communicated by M. Hernandez,
M. Gonzales, reverting to the step, for which he could
not account, taken by the Governor of Mahon, an-
nounced that an inquiry was about to be instituted, in
order to arrive at the source of this strange incident,
and, if necessary, to punish the guilty.
Shortly afterwards the same Minister verbally gave
the same explanation to the Charge d'Affaires of France
in Spain, and even added, That if the Government of the
King still wanted the island for its present use, the Go-
vernment of her Catholic Majesty was disposed to re-
new the lease, and thereby to testify its gratitude for the
services which it had received, and still continued to re-
' ceive, from France.
" The Government of the King had, however, already
determined that the' renewal of the lease should not be
called for, and that the hospital be given up within a
certain period. The Charge d'Affaires of France offi-
cially apprised the Cabinet of Madrid of this resolution."
Commercial distress is very general through-
out France. Among the latest failures is that Quf
M. GERVAIS, a Member of the Chamber of De-
puties. The number of his creditors exceeds six
hundred, and it is supposed that they will not
get above 25 per cent. in liquidation of their
, demands.

A quantity of arms and some political pam-
phlets were seized in Paris by the police in the
course of last week. These affairs are conducted
with none of the noise which at first distin-
guished them. The Government is grown wiser
than when it proclaimed to the world every in-
stance which it could either collect or fabricate
of popular disaffection.
The Moniteur of Sunday contains full de-
tails of the unfortunate disturbance which took
place at Macon on the 9th inst., and which we
announced yesterday. The following account of
the affair is taken from the Moniteur :
Serious disorders, but without any political character,
have broken out at Macon. For some time a certain
number of parties have pretended to the exclusive right of
doing the work of the port, and of admitting into their
body only those whom they pleased. Commercial people
complained of this, and of the high prices imposed on
them in consequence. The coopers of Macon, called
brocs, encouraged by the drivers of carts and boat-
men, resolved to have a share in loading and un-
loading wine casks from the boats. An order of the
Mayor, dated October, 1833, approved by the Minister,
ordered that persons recognised to be well behaved.
should be permitted by the Mayor to take part in
the work of the port. A register was kept, and medals
delivered to the porters-. entitled to work as such. Six-
teen coopers demanded medals and permission, and there
was no reason for refusing them. The old porters de-
termined to prevent these coopers from working. On tin
Bth they formed groups, and uttered menaces. The
authorities took precautions. On the 9th, beside the.
National Guard, one hundred soldiers were posted in
the Hotel de Ville, and reinforced afterwards by one
hundred more. The Bens d'armerie was alsonear. The Co-
lonels of the National Guard and of the line attended. The
parters were summoned, and the Mayor explained to them
how wrong theirpretensions were, and how contrary to the
laws. The porters hearkened to these arguments, and a!
last consented to share the work of loading and un-
loading boats with those newly inscribed. The Mayor',
adjoint and the officers repaired to the port, it being
about eight o'clock in the morning, to see the worl,
begun peaceably, and it was about to do so when tilt
wives of the poi tern, in number about twenty, raised a
clamour, and declared they would not let the cooper;
wo:..k. The porters joined themvociferation and vio-
lence increased, especially against the guard of the port.
The Mayor ordered 60 soldiers out, and soon 100 more.
and several endeavours were made to clear the port. Tht
drums were then beaten, and the crowd summoned to dis-
perse. But the porters said they would die first, ere they
would yield or let the coopers work. The more sum-
monses were made, the Mayor and officers endeavouring
to persuade the crowd ; but the most violent flung them
selves on the ground and refused to move. A little be-
fore some of them attacked the guard of the port, Tref-
fier, one of the assailants, being armed with a knife, ann
it was with diiiculty he was rescued. A fifth summon
was then made by the Mayor and adjoints, with theil
scarfs on, and the people were told that the soldiers woulc
be ordered to clear the port with the bayonet. When
they proceeded to do this, the porters, armed with larg.
pieces of wood taken from the boats, attacked the sol-
diers of the 44th, who were in front, one of them striking
a woman who was before him on the bead and
her dead. A pistol, too, was fired from the crowd. Tin
troops then loaded and fired. Two of the porters wert
shot, and the rest dispersed, and the soldiers afterward:
withdrew. Some stones were flung, one of which struclt
Colonel Piot, of the National Guard, on the head and
wounded him. Tranquillity is restored. The work of
the port is resumed, and arrests have been made withou!
resistance.
The Emancipation of the 9th says:—" We learn from
good authority, that a considerable number oESPani.l'
Carlist refugees settled ut Toulouse, who }lnce the rani.
at. 3:;..,tcuacbt, Lic.”tpag.v.t., Captain, Major, 0.
Lieutenant-Colonel, or civil officers corresponding witl
such rank, are making preparation's to avail themselve:
of the supplementary amnesty published by the Regen
Espartero on the Ist of this month."
The lndicateur de Bordeaux has the following lette!
from Bans :—"
When the Prefect and the Attorney-
General arrived at Bazas order was restored. A barn
cade had been erected on the preceding day, but wa,
immediately demolished by the gendarmerie. On tilt
following day some provocations were addressed to tht
Commander of the detachments that had come fron,
Bordeaux ; thanks to the moderation of the troops, tht
events that have taken place have not had any more fa-
tal consequences."
The Moniteur says that the troops will remain at
Bazas till the census is completed. Some persons have
been arrested.--Le Constitutionrat
According to a letter from St. Jean Pied-de-Port
the Gth instant, published in the Sentinelle des Pyrenne,
of the 9th, the inhabitants of Orbaycette, in the Spanisl.
territory, have just made a general razzia against tht
French flocks on lands, the property in which is much
less disputable than that in the lands on the frontiers o'
the Aldudes. It is said they have extended their plun-
dering incursion even to the first French houses of tht
village of Esterin-Guibel.--Le Commerce.
A few days ago two thieves were arrested on the root
of a house in the Rue St. Martin, as they were trying to
get in at the garret window. The circumstance caused
some excitement in the neighbourhood, and in particula!
so affected the mind of an old lady, that she constantly
fancied that thieves . were entering her apartment, and
two nights since, under the impression that they wert
breaking in, she rushed, in a moment of insanity, to her
window, and having opened it threw herself into the
street, and was killed on the spot.

Madrid Journals of the sth inst. have reached
us. The Government is about to contract two
fresh loans; one of forty-five millions of real:
on the salt monopoly, and another of seventeen
millions of reals on the Stamp duties. The law
for the annexation of the Church property to the
State domain is loudly condemned by several of
the Journals. If it be divided, however, into
small lots, and sold to a number of poor pro-
prietors, it will soon become a very popular mea-
sure. Every occupier of Church property will
rally round the Gwerntner.t. In doing so he
will be compelled to inquire into the origin of
the ecclesiastical tenure. This will do more to
promote a reform in religion than a thousand
acts of the Legislature.
Among the curious rumours circulated in
Madrid, is one of the discovery of a plot to carry
off the young QUEEN into France, of which
the EX-REGENT was stated to be cognizant.
We trust, for the sake of the QUEEN herself,
that no such plot will ever be put in execution,
lest Spain should make the discovery that
she could do without her Monarch, now that
she has got rid of the old institutions characteris-
tic of monarchy. The young QUEEN'S friends
had better leave her where she is. A better
guardian she cannot have than ARGUELLES ; a
worse one is not to be found than the wife of
MuNoz, who now makes such a noise in France.
Some people do not know when themselves and
their friends are well enough. The ex-Regent
is of the number if she seek to remove her august
daughter from the protection of her best friends.
Fifty-eight alcades, out of sixty alcades, composing
the town of Saragossa, have resigned their functions on
account of one of the first Judges ordering the release
of two criminals, at whose bands the alcades fear assas-
sination.

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dicitkisoltihteo Athlaedfruidero:vernment in its late decrees, issued
and ordered the Basque Provinces to supply their quota
ui lnitil)ias.ases:eritto:u.6eseCiii; rtes, had imposed taxes,
.of men for the army, which decrees are in direct contra-
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dependent Press
doubt
. - --
TRICKS OF THE TORY • JUDGES.—The Canibridge In-
Lord Lieutenant of the county of Huntingdon, has re-
signed, and that the Earl of Sandwint has been
announces that the Duke of Manchester
there will, no
appointed in his stead. During the next few weeks
which this is merely the forerunner. It is further
stated that at least four Irish Judges, one Scotch Judge,
be many other resignations, of
,
and one English Judep are all ready to resign, though
they have been fur many months—some of them for
years—sensible e
that h had become inadequate to per-
t y
form the duties of their office, but the.), would not resign
while the Whigs were in office, because they would with-
hold from the Whigs the power of appointing their suc-
cessors.' Now the Tories are installed, they will resign.
These worthy men, then, hold office after they are worn
out, with a view of serving a party. They wish, in fact,
to appoint their successors. With all due respect to
those learned men, we are of opinion that this is a most
depraved ambition, and that their conduct deserves the
severest reprobation.

" n E EwS
Pit :AI

AND
Vtil) OptiliOn.

" Who runs may read."

FOR:ZIG-N.

The President of the United States has rejected the
Bank-Bill passed by the House of Representatives and
the Senate. This is stretching the prerogative of the
Supreme Power in the State to an extent which would
be dangerous in England. No British Sovereign would
incur the odium of vetoing so popular a measure.
An attempt was made yesterday, by a man named
Papart, to assassinate one of the sons of the King of
the French. Thank God the Princes escaped.
Serious disturbances have taken place at Clermont, in
Auverge, in opposition to the taking of the Census.
The people fired upon the soldiers, 17 of whom they
killed or wounded. . .

.....
Cries of " Down with Louis Philippe—down with
Gtiizot !" were heard in several districts of Paris on
Sunday night. Another revolutionary attempt was

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