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London, England, 1842-09-01 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'Cldch.

We deeply regret to learn, that some of the manu-
facturers in the disturbed districts—irritated by the
foul and calumnious obloquy cast upon them by the
Tory Press, and sanctioned by the Government—
manifest a disposition to suffer their mills, furnaces,
and other works to continue to stand idle, notwith-
standing the willingness of the operatives to-resume
their employment. They expect to get rid of their
stock of goods on hand at increased prices ; and if we
.may credit a well-informed Manchester Correspon-
dent, some of them propose—as manufacturers are de-
nounced as nuisances by the Ministerial organs—to
either throw the distressed poor on the parishes, or
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send them back to the farmers in the country, and see
what they, in the plenitude of their patriarchal
charity, will do for them. Should any number of
them persevere in such a course, the result would be
most disastrous. And yet who that has heard the
cheering of the House of Commons when Mr. FERRAND
denounced the members of the Anti-Corn-law League
and the manufacturers, can blame them for thus re-
sisting the foul slanders heaped upon them in the pre •
sence of an applauding Premier ? Who that has read
the articles in the late numbers of the Quarterly Re-
view, and the daily lucubrations in the Times, can
feel surprise that the manufacturers should threaten
to withdraw their capital from trade, and leave the
landlords to provide for the wants of the labouring
population ? For ourselves we have always protested
against these criminations and recriminations. The
members of the Anti-Corn-law League never ap-
pealed to the passions of the poor with half the vio-
lence that the Times did on the question of the New
Poor-law Bill. But neither the 'members of the
League, nor the opponents of the New Poor-law,
were the real authors of the late turn-out. The in-
dividuals at whose c:oor the blame of the rising
lies, are the Members of the Cabinet. The real
mischief was done entirely by them. They came
into office with declarations that they had dis-
covered a remedy for the distress of the country.
Sir It. PEEL proclaimed in the House of 'Com-
mons that the patient was sick at heart, and that if
consulted he would prescribe an efficient remedy.
He was consulted. The country agreed to give him
a fair trial. In the QUEEN'S Speech at the opening
of the session, commiseration for the general distress,
and praises to the people for their long, and unre-
pining endurance of misery, were liberally dealt in.
The inference from this evidently was that the evil
was at last about to cease—that the day of their sal-
vation was at hand. The session proceeded ; measure
after measure followed, each announced by a flourish of
Ministerial trumpets as greater than the last ; but still
no improvement took place in the condition of the pe-
rishing people. Nevertheless they suffered on,
" hoping against hope," till Ministers announced that
on such a day in the ensuing week Parliament would
rise, as there was no other measure of any importance
to detain Honourable Gentlemen from the aristocratic
.amusement of grouse-shooting ! Then it was that
the hope inspired by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S promises
disappeared in
.utter darkness. In the figurative
language of Scripture, the hearts of the working
classes died within them. They felt that they were
duped, and awakened, as if from a dream, to a full
sense of their misery. They had told their wives and
children that the day of their redemption was at
hand—that fuller bellies and better garments would ,
attest in August the wisdom and the humanity of
her .MAJESTY'S Government. They were bitterly
I disappointed, and the turn-out followed as a natural
consequence. What showed the excessive stupidity
of the Government was the not having foreseen it,
and being prepared for it.
But whatever injustice the manufacturers may have
suffered at the hands of Ministers and their insolent
myrmidons of the Press, we think they are quite wrong
in contemplating either a whole or a partial retirement '
from business. Why should they yield to the ignorant ,
clamours of any faction in the State ? Knowing, as
they must do, that they constitute the right arm of
the strength of England, they can have no' difficulty
in repelling with interest any attack made upon them.
Besides, they are intelligent enough to know, and
eloquent enough to persuade their opponents, if they
will only make the attempt in a proper spirit, that
the interests of all classes, instead of being opposed, are
identical. If the manufacturer is flourishing be
can afford to pay high wages, and the persons in his
employ can indulge their appetites in the plentiful use
of bread, beef, mutton, fruit, vegetables, eggs, and
milk supplied by the farmers. By finding a ready mar-
ket for their produce the farmers can clothe their
wives and daughters in silks, muslins, and other fine
fabrics of the loom, multipy the implements of hus-
bandry, and consume larger quantities of foreign and
colonial produce, such as wine, tea, sugar, coff'ee, and
the like. Thus it is with every class : the true interest
of each is in reality more or less interwoven with the
interests of all.

Mr. STURGE, of Birmingham, as President of the
National Complete Suffrage Union, has published an
address to the Irish, with a view to unite the popula-
tion of the two countries in the bands of political free'
dom and social happiness, and devise Christian means

','or removing oppression from the land. His address
was read on Monday at the Repeal Association in
Dublin, amidst loud applause, and Mr. O'CormuLli
announced his intention of drawing up a counter ad-
dress to the people of England, the object of which
would be " to draw together, by the strictest ties of
interest, affection, principle, and duty, the people of
both countries." We rejoice to see this mutual ap-
proach to reconciliation between two nations that
have been too long separated by religious pre-
judices, and by the selfish and ungenerous
policy of their rulers. This union, too, can have
nothing in it dangerous to the peace of society, the
offer having been made by a member of the Society
of Friends, and accepted by a leader who has ever
denounced physical force, and procured incalculable
blessings for his native country by moral power
alone. It was moral power that carried triumphantly
two of the greatest measures of the age, the Catholic
Emancipation Bill and Parliamentary Reform ; and
whoever recommends any other means, either physical
force or illegal associations, for the accomplishment of
their views, however justifiable, may be regarded as
the bitterest enemies of the people. The system adopted
by sir. O'CONNELL forms a new era in the history of
nations, and will entitle him to the lasting gratitude of
all who labour under oppression. It is carried on without
blood-shed, or weeping for the loss of relatives and
friends; it conciliates ev( n enemies, and in the end is
generally successful. In order, however, to carry
into effect the reconciliation of the two countries,
Mr. O'CONNELL must go a little further, and renounce
the doctrine of exclusive dealing which he proclaimed
at the Drogheda meeting. Can England and Ireland
over cordially unite if all appointments are to be con-
fined to the natives of the respective countries, or if
all commercial intercourse is cut off? If an Irish-
man is to be hooted for wearing an English hat, would
not Englishmen be hooted in turn for wearing Irish
linen ? Commercial intercourse forms the best bond
of friendship, and if we wish to live in unity, there
must be an end to national distinctions, and the words
" exclusive dealing" must be banished from
our language. We are surprised, too, that
a man of Mr. O'CoNNELL's knowledge and
experience cannot see the absurdity and
wicked tendency of such a scheme. What would
become of the Irish if they were shut up within their
own island, cut off from all commerce with other
nations, forbidden to buy in the cheapest market, or to
sell in the dearest ? In a few years the farmers would
be ruined, manufactures would disappear, the people
would relapse into a state of barbarism, and in process
of time would devour one another like the wild beasts
of the field. Such a doctrine is the more preposterous
as coming from a legislator who is in favour of free
trade, and has recorded his vote for the removal of
one of the greatest obstructions to our commercial
and friendly intercourse with other nations.

The dearth of news continues in the Frer:eh

Journals. His Majesty the King of the 7RECIL
addressed the following letter to
President of the ChamhP-. of of
Peers , on the passing
I)aron Pasouißß,
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the Regency 13.1.11 by that Assembly :
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" Eu, Aug. 28, 1842.
"Monsieur le Chancellier,—l am too much'