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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1339•

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By the packet-ship Samson New York papers to -cid
11th ultimo have been received. They do not
much to the news which was brought by the VT;
pool. The Governor of New York had addresseuo
message to the state legislatute at Albany, on the'l
of March, respecting the north-eastern bouodari
i.O
question. This message strongly maintains that, wi'.
the several state governments should carefully ab'
from any act that may in any degree interfere with thec,
constitutional duties of the federal government, ".0
casions may arise in which they ought to make ko°'sg,
to that government, to foreign nations, and to any
to
grieved sister state, that they are a united people, ieal
of their sovereignty, and determined to resist aggress' .°ll%
on the rights or territory of the union." After indtligi so
in this tone of defiance the message proceeds to egretbe
a hope that the governments of Great Britain an
United States will cultivate every disposition W

and repress all tendencies to hostile action.
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The accounts of the money and stock in
brought by the Samson are very unfavourable.
to,
stoppage of the Detroit bank, added to the recent !do
pension of the Alabama banks, and the discredit I,:osi
which the bills of the Michigan banks had fallen, ujoi,
created a larger demand for specie, and began t°
vat.,
pair public confidence. The apprehensions cf 3 oy
arising out of the boundary disputes, had necessar
influenced the money market. ties.
The exchanges were in favour of the southern °la
Specie was abundant at New Orleans, from which Pceoe
advices had been received to the 2d of March' ,ere
sales of cotton for the week ending on that claY7ahts
about 15,000 bales, at from 12% to 17 cents. Fre'
to Liverpool I, Havre 1 cents, and New York ,1•

ve
We have received from the Cape of Good
file of the Graham's Town Journal to the 30th of oaire,
ary. As usual, they are filled with complaints °f ort
quent depredations committed by the Kafir tribes f°YOO
the colonists. Intelligence had been received
Natal to the 7th of January. The Boers bad
turned from their expedition against Dingaan, hats' to
lost six of their number, and failed in their atterlx the
rescue cattle. It is stated that the Zoolus attaelt7ere
camp of the Boers, on the 16th of December, but
re-
Capet 4

4d with a loM
e?ellt engage,
atal Were 10,
eci Biggar.

\ye hay e receive(
fromto
th.the 26th 0
iniPortant
Mill r fe Character.
P
the le tact°rY
and
extera. ntations the
bleedtitlisiz getti
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tot
eleem to have
11141,1ter4or.
4L defiat
their e'l is describe(
itegroe''ivance at
The pro'scalculate(
4111 ti,4Pects Of th
Itt4t e cultivation
t.a°°lnY and di
a tourers
, districts,
Pick 'erS could
P what v,
as had been °'
ic. off
!the pr„ ancnester is I
co4l4l)tetS of the
tir., fro nof five
isasi
aat the 11th I
1839 ,114 from D,
labour"t resulted tha
ilbouree"Picked 3,(
fore t 8
Picked 46 b'
Peo 444 two
at weeks
Itiod work
I 'or an only
due Ile average,
`ithe forn,4:" for the
t*ere Years, al
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allY unf
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insisted
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enhance
Perquisii
Per rent a Price
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which have br
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ficti, pra
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twerity.
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444 with a loss of 3000 out of 10,000 men. In a
el:?ent engage or 30 of the party from
atal Were lostm,ent and2o among them an Englishman
led Biggar.

We received nave
to
the 26th of February, inclusive. The news
Important colony continues to be of an unfa-
itilipu'e character. The negroes are represented as
liciliZetory and undisposed to work. On most of
Nerietitti°as the greatest difficulty continues to be
Aliagl eed in getting the labourers to work on any
k• lle reasonable terms. The stipendiary magis-
ve"eetn to have set the admonitory caution of the
i,„erlier at defiance. Their conduct towards the
--q‘eri is d . • .
`their
t_ scribed as arbitrary in the extreme : and
ee:i'llvance at the rebellious proceedings of the
, 8 calculated to do great mischief in the island.
e rofi,_,
ti.
t d the 78 of the planters, in reference to the crops
itiestgi cultivation of the grounds, were still of the
lill vari uurn37 and discouraging character. The coffee,
4,1415°:4 districts, was actually falling from the trees,
Pick at urers could with difficulty be obtained even to
lkshelL
iwilat was on the ground, although 2s. id. per
tlleclflplrehostn offered.
One property in the parish
is mentioned as an instance in which
Nt Nets of the planters are literally ruined. From
tit., :411'8°11 of five weeks in two successive years—
ihs (4'l the 11th of December, 1837, to January 12,
1839'4" from n
.uecember 10, 1838, to January 12,
,e reBllited that in the period first named, " 2,986
botirerall Picked
h; , - 3,917 bushels, and in the latter 46 la-
re ktic4ed 46 bushels, showing that for three be-f
),,,,pleorattwwoorzeoenkisy after Christmas, the number o
14
amounted to 46 for the whole pe-f
„billePer,a„tt,,average, allowing four days in the week, o
'4e torn:" for the week, or two per day ; while in
bete .., et Years, allowing five days to the week, there
147 for th ,_
i en as ~ e weeis., or 159 per
tetate, ilia
,fain sample of the general condition of the
h uktlaica.
kre
fl•.e repo),
-."8 from the other islands in the West In-
ritielt 6(1411, Y unfavourable, as are those also from
t ritf, u'rla. From Trinidad, which previous ac-
klitiea
trelia° Present ed as being in a more flourishing con-
liad the other islands, we learn that the labour-
Vilieli a,geuerally refused to work, excepting on terms
'taktith°llld Prove ruinous to the planters. In most
their
~e)( insisted upon a dollar per day, in addition to
'ent ual h.
Nake 4,_ r'rqUisites-----a rate of wages which would
Percent "te Price of a hogshead of sugar at least fifty
The n;
musts, pe-eBe;lt condition of the West India colonies
`4elit,w-411 'y be brought under the notice of Parlia-
iliknithe ell we trust a searching inquiry will be made
ItillentiL,• e°llthlet of the respective governors and the
Y inagistrates.

14t4tioy;°secl our remarks on Tuesday with the
nexot-
ttetipitat:f °lir belief that Sir Robert Peel will
iecilit;,tile crisis, which their own knavery andd
"blich rn' "aye brought upon the wretched Whigs, f and
htlite 111 t very shortly, and in the due course o
itB OWII way. The tangled web of fraud
4 v
tih'
• eai tolot be unravelled. The first adverse wind
'4
of lino lino shreds, and scatter it to the four cor-
Tlie • earth.
Able spirit of whiggery meanwhile,
Titra 604, alUMquo non aliud velocius ullum
-Liveb, Pravique, tenax, quam nuncia veri,"
ktid at work in spreading rumours of the wildest
",..1141114t ilicredible character. What do our readers
iluble 461°1 instance, of a statement that, unless
lou,r,
have obtain a majority " clear of all officio s,
mtktth e kagnanirnously determined to resign ?—orha
Notite)lae the smallest chance of obtaining sucion
klig a :1: It must have required a whig imaginatfirst,
origi4
t:ig command of countenance, to give the
the Y, "'h;131141 reports as these. A majority of thirtyof
.•
1;8 They have never had in the palmiest days
N 1 etc' alliance. A majority " clear of all offi
41(44 if
there were the slightest chance of this, then
411141. tile talk of a ministerial crisis would be rank
,r,„
N )I'°ll 4.ueY may bless blind Fortune if they
1 eaty.
rtt:,,Phirase "clear of all officials" gives rise to
1/41,eti hu—ligtntsffiethialan these. Does it mean that the
Why, they
pv, not , votes for nothing ?
t44t secti'WelitY friends in the house except officials.
° of liberals is there in this realm—in the
" out • •
At, of it—tnat honestly supports Lord Mel-
"an R°vernment ? The Irish tail support themir,
ik't• government
Patronage of Ireland has been laid at the.
lititltd ;4 the leader of their gang is no longer impno-r
Ntir sedition, or denounced from the throne,
I,N kaeti4 by the radical Speaker,—but his creaturesd
mt.! hi -el4lleen's Counsel and Attorneys-General, an
4,4llinerif i 8 offered—is enabled to reject—the Mas-
at'd— the Rolls in Ireland ! There are cliques,
(461 11- de°teries of men who are radicals on the hus-
-4,44' 4 for reasons best known to themselves
b 4 tilt-wwY surmised by others), mellow down into
t:):(k`l4d.l'a• iter men in London, and when they roar •
Like sucking doves." Certain returns that
`rve t,e-4 Published, of commissionerships and places,
ede ebew that a majority composed of men like
\lr :11,11:k
. a majority " clear of all officials."
ae
1441 111 days of political paradox. If there be
4111111°re unpopular in this country than another,.
4risto • - be aristocratic
11priii • crate whig. tory may
,I'4'44,l_le' and those who are acquainted with the
• '''llracter of some of our most proverbially
-‘-ratie
' tories, such as for instance the Duke of
**l:l;te °f te)
krt°w very well that whatever may be the
1414 e these men, their deportment is not only
qLke that lld Conciliating,but hearty, kind, generous,
I°l'eti bel a real Englishman. Lord Chandos wk
as
ithAaril every farmer and farm-servant in Buc
`',..°otilL—re• These men do not always profess theld
things in public, for they are of the o
Ivn,tll) the)? give you the old John-Bull shake,
C'erett Y°l4. hand be plebeian or aristocratic : they
‘,ll4lelk,' ii4ttitet You : they never insult you by a con-
4els I:°rldescension They are better than their
11114tin.R o`is' turn to the whig. He gets upon the
LI 144' lid says he is a whig, perhaps a leveller.
ce t• he rights of men, of equality, of indepen-
'tteeti Uoiversal brotherhood. He cuts you in the
:Nay. b_.e. would not soil his noble glove in your
mit•
tja7l(l he hates low people : he jabbers the
• -e-hg°ll he treads the very earth as if it was not
irIN4 .4;!11R11 for him to walk upon. The leading
t14011(C only proverbs for their pride. Lord.Gkre.ys
of ; Lord Durham is proud ; Lord Howie
''tittielsride, and spleen, and arrogance. Lords Mel-
it here rtie.4ll4 Palmerston, and Normanby, and the rest,
the court dandies : and when they are trifling
'l4
o{ destinies of this great country, and the well-
114dlions and millions of men,
TO " it makes one mad
them shine so brisk, and smell so sweet,
qhd b talk Si like to waiting gentlewomen."
Illeet he" Pe°Pie are t
their he leaders of democracy, the heads
, and language is " the spirit of the
411; can it be that such men should be so
tk pre't74o.r in their public professions they ab-
t;',Nt 'at ensions to difference by blood and birth:
pride
is that of democracy. We answer,
&;411ilie ;1111.(1° is bred in the bone with them : it is
4 IN lggery : they have the pride of Lucifer, the
eO Apd gi and the father of whiggery.
411i8 ;
°:'etym.. '8 well known to any one, whether he be a
,kr„cave or a destructive, who has any knowledge
114411,e41,111en or measures. Why, then, should they
ti;4lver, '4l, Power ? Is not this a paradox ? If we
b the
have gained their places, and they hold
''; e°4rt intrigue,—will not the natural rejoinder
Le ole of.hY,,, there is not anything so hateful to the
t°Pitlio,,-"gland as court intrigue; and surely pub-
h..fit 0,11: would have swept them away long ago,
• e th tenure was by court intrigue ?" One should
it °lt lit
L'' g Certainly that public opinion would. But
tokivePenn that there are two parties, each of which
ov Pretences to popular support—either of which
bidesertow them at any instant—each of which
tail
R for thatita time" ; while both are too intently pre-
t7yand
Bgreat ulterior conflict, which is so cer-
4eCo 0 nearly at hand, to care for a contest with
N 4114 whigs• The ministry hold their ground
ihe.,"lY on the sufferance of both. The minister
4tive °I. rather pacifies,
pie • —" the one party with conser.-
iri
he
80.78,t_ , since they are contending for pnnci-
N lucre
°hie other with promotions, for their object
vatierltiot,
.gain• This policy is wise in its own
veil het
..",°• a
slywisave the Whigs, until the conser-
,ueir to shaping their own measures

for themselves and carrying them, or (which we trust
we shall not live to see) until the radicals can seize the
pelf and patronage into their own proper grasp, and
will therefore be satisfied no longer with that " half
loaf," with which they are wisely content at present,
because "it is better than no bread." When either of
these events shall happen, the Whigs must fall, for once
and for ever.

We shall revert to this subject in our next. Protes-
tant England and Popish Ireland must soon meet on
the floor of parliament, foot to foot, and fight their
battle fairly and in earnest.

O'Connell has addressed another of his objurgatory
epistles to the " hereditary bondsmen " of Ireland—
meaning thereby the rebellious popish faction—in
which he indulges in his usual strain of lavish, vulgar,
and exaggerated abuse of all that is good and noble,
and in which, likewise, he uses language designed to
goad the deluded victims of his selfish agitation to acts
of open violence and insurrection.
The career of this eminently " bold, bad man " is
evidently drawing to a close—a close as inglorious and
humiliating as that which his ministerial lacqueys are
destined to experience. His fate is intimately connec-
ted with theirs. It was by his assistance, and that of
his caudal appendage, that the Melbourne ministry
were enabled to displace Sir Robert • Peel. The same
assistance which, for certain reasons, could be depen-
ded upon on every emergency, has enabled the whig-
radical cabinet to set at defiance, for so long a period,
the unequivocally expressed opinions of the people of
England. Again, it was by the assistance of the pre-
sent cabinet that O'Connell has been enabled to " rule
the roast" in Ireland for the last four years. The
O'Connell-appointed ministers have reciprocated the
mendicant's patronage, by throwing the whole patron-
age of Ireland virtually into his hands.
O'Connell is not so shallow as not to perceive that
the days of Lord Melbourne's cabinet are numbered,
and that with the fall of his accommodating clients a
total change in his own prospects must take place, as
an inevitable consequence. Hence arises his intense
anxiety to prolong, by every expedient in his power,
(short of putting his neck into a halter) the existence
of the Whig-radical cabinet. Hence arise the frequent
journeys to Ireland, to keep up an agitation which has
proved so profitable to himself, and so useful to his al-
lies. O'Connell knows full well that the ascendancy
of the Protestant party in England would be immedi-
ately followed by the ascendancy of the same party in
Ireland, and the annihilation of priestly influence over
Irish policy. Hinc illce lachrymw ! Hence arise the
fears which haunt him day and night like a murderer's
dream.

That we are correct in attributing a perfect coinci-
dence of views to O'Connell, on the one hand, and to
Lord Melbourne and his degraded associates, on the
other, will appear most evident, if we consider for a
moment the manner in which Lord John Russell post-
poned to the 15th of this month the important motion
which stood for the 9th. When the original announce-
ment was made, it was evident that O'Connell had not
been consulted; but as soon as it was declared by this
inexorable task-master that the latter date suited his
convenience, the motion was incontinently deferred.
In the epistle of the arch-demagogue, to which we
have already alluded, we find little that requires com-
ment. Like all his other effusions, it partakes of all
the essential character"' sties of his mind. It is vulgar
and inflated—a tissue of malignant falsehoods. Its
object is as bloody as its language is coarse and abusive.
We shall not pollute our pages by transcribing a single
passage from this treasonable farrago.
But let this pink of mendacity beware. He must
not expect to escape unpunished while he controls the
movements of the gigantic conspiracy which has its
ramifications spread over the whole of Ireland. How-
ever " cunning of fence," he may yet be caught in his
own snares. An ignominious end generally follows a
career of violence.

On all sides we discover infallible evidence of the
progress of conservative reaction in the public mind.
The extent of this reaction is not less evident from the
prominent and fervid manifestations of attachment to
our glorious institutions in Church and State, which
are daily witnessed in every part of the kingdom, than
from the reluctantly extorted confessions of the more
rational portion of the whig press, and the more honest
portion of the radical press. The Spectator, which
belongs to the latter class, has repeatedly acknowledged
the overwhelming growth of conservative principles
through the length and the breadth of the land. This
independent journal has also, on more than one occa-
sion, candidly avowed the utter hopelessness of the
cause which it has so long and so ably advocated. But
we were scarcely prepared to meet with an acknow-
ledgement of the same kind in the columns of the
Manchester Guardian. A late number of that paper,
which we cannot but consider as the leading demi-
official provincial organ of the whig ministry, contains
an article so strongly corroborative of our oft-repeated
assertion that " there is a wide-spread reaction in favour
of conservative principles," that we cannot avoid be-
stowing upon it a few passing remarks.
After deprecating, in the strongest language, the
" schemes which the Morning Chronicle most strangely
propounds, as being fitted to constitute a rallying point
for all classes of reformers," the Guardian proceeds to
state its conviction that, " as regards the first reformed
parliament, it was too exclusively liberal"—that " there
was not in the House of Commons a fair representation
of the actual state of parties and opinions as they ex-
isted in the country,"—and confesses that it " saw with
regret the many crude and extravagant propositions
which their fancied strength in that house induced
some well meaning, but extremely injudicious, reform-
ers to bring before it." It is, indeed, perfectly true
that the first reformed parliament did not represent,
with any degree of fairness, the feelings and opinions
of the people of England. This was partly owing, no
doubt, to the apathetic prostration of the conservative
party : but we must not forget that, what chiefly con-
tributed to give the movement party the ascendancy
was, the spirit of brutal intimidation evoked by those
very whig ministers who have ever been the especial
objects of the Guardian's praises. In spite, however,
of the " reign of terror" introduced by the whigs—in
spite of their profligate multiplication of offices—in
spite of their reckless use of ministerial patronage—
the cause of conservatism has been making silent, but
steady progress, not only among the constituency, but
even among the great masses of the non-electors. In
reference to the evidence afforded of the truth of this
assertion, by the issue of the last general election, the
Guardian remarks—" The last general election—that
of July, 1837—though it occurred during the exist-
ence of a whig ministry, and in the first days of the
joyous popularity of a young female sovereign, who
was known decidedly to favour them, supplied, during
its progress, no indications Of the existence of any
strongly excitable state of feeling among the con-
stituent body, and terminated, to say the least,
without any increase of strength to the reform
party." It would have been nearer the truth to
have said that this election terminated with a vast
accession of strength to the conservative party.
The following, however, is still stronger—" Now, what
is the conclusion we draw from all these facts ? It is
shortly this—that making every allowance for the utter
prostration of the tory party, in the first moments after
the passing of the reform act, and making every allow-
ance, likewise, for the extent to which impure influen-
ces, and the intimidation of landlords, have operated
in the subsequent elections, it is still impossible for us
to resist the impression, confirmed indeed as it is by
facts which we see existing in the society around us,
that there has been and is in the public mind a con-
siderable reaction, not in favour of, but in opposition
to further public changes ; nor have we the least
doubt, that, of the truth of this fact, the result of an
appeal to the constituency at this time would furnish
new and irrefragable evidence." If this be true, in re-
ference to the " society around" the editor of the Guar-
dian, how much more so must it be in reference to the
agricultural districts ? Let our conservative friends
profit by these frank confessions, and redouble their
exertions for the emancipation of their country from
whig thraldom.

We regret that want of space precludes us from
doing justice to-day to the important proceedings at
the meeting held in this town, on 'Wednesday last, for
the promotion of national education and the extension
of church accommodation. The subject demands

more than a passing notice ; we shall, therefore, recur
to it on Tuesday. The clergy of Liverpool, whose
strenuous exertions in the cause of scriptural instruc-
tion are beyond all praise, have nobly repelled the base
calumnies of their enemies, by whom they have been
so " liberally" abused as selfish bigots, and opposed to
the " education of the people." We heartily rejoice
to find the clergy generally assuming an aggressive
attitude. They have too long contented themselves
with acting on the defensive. The wily machinations
of the " religious equality" gentlemen must be met by
bold, open, and uncompromising hostility. That the
schemes of these destructives will be signally frustrated
we have every confidence—a confidence which the
meeting of Wednesday last has strongly fortified.