The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-19 00:00:00

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7REATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.
reiNlitt of, the Last New Play called the SEA CAP-
'44°4 b THE BIRTHRIGHT, written by Sir Edward_
itlietr..Quiwer, Bart and now performing nightly, with
llifcptest success, at" the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket.
tttlie4t
Lresent TUESDAY EVENING, the 19th instant,
./Ole Performed, for the second time here, with New
TK messes, &c,, the Last New Play, called
recei'('lt'A• CAPTAIN, OR THE BIRTHRIGHT,
at this Theatre last night with enthusiastic
Asi‘ plaudits.
PMvetuir• • • •
Itilittudalelie•e(Son to Lady Arundel) .. Mr. W. Howard.
I), relat (A
reputed
Miser, and though but
"
to Lady Arundel, the Heir-at-Law to
. th
"Titles and Estates, failing the Children of the
Countess).... MI-. Baker.
(the Captain of a Ship of War).... Mr. Stuart.
"_
w. . (his Friend and Lieutenant) Mr. W. H. Bland.
(a Village Priest).. Mr. Lynne.
sen •• . ..... (a Pirate) ...... Mr. Gray.
At.•••• •• •- Mr. Slaiter. I Dwyer .... Mr. P. Crowe.
t; a'un• •
• (Landlord of the Inn).. Mr. Vivash.
Ph-7 C.
41 Servants of Lady Arundel .. Mr. Starke.
Lti arid St Mr. F. Lloyds.
Y,Artiqd, ern • • (Sailors).. Messrs. Benwell and Jonas.
t •(a Countess in her own right).. Miss Cleaver.
'; • • (her Wad and Cousin t Lord Ashdale
Ilittres °Y his fatherr's'side). ... Misso Fall Cit.
8 Prudence Mrs. Edwards.
41,41/ To conclude with the Melo-Drama of
ROBINSON CRUSOE.
6,144.0ffice will be open daily, when Tickets may be
.41'11 daces taken, of Mr. J. WILKINSON, from Ten
,the ree.
INtWPular Vocalists, Mr. TEMPLETON and Miss
leitre 'of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-
-1 for Eight Nights, and will make their ap-
;to uere LA
\-• MORROW EVENING, the 20th inst.,
41taraPetrear°,f LA SONNAMBULA. Elvino, (his ooriugi-t
k114,1(10, AVr 1‘16.. Templeton i ; A;iniieisiasioMkisrßAmakeerr;; CLizna
0t,,,it,t.---To con l'uncliecanslteh;the Melo-Drama of ELLA
Tjail.jrt.R°. Rocsenberg, Mr. Stuart ; Ella Rosenberg.
irX Opera Pera of THE LOVE SPELL is in preparation,
14d hZi Produced during the engagement of Mr. Temple-
Itt.•
qt tir''"POOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION.
u'nIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY
`tX WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOM'
I,l4ei';,.!tt, the GALLERY, Church-street, from Nine
it ti3e Morning, till dusk. Admission, One Shilling.
iliale_4_,oone Shilling. Season Tickestes;enFiNo-f:clSoiclillcliuniftsii
qitibrZint from
illuminated Evenings,
&ans. Admission, One
Y
EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy.
PROPRIETORS OF THE CONSERVATIVE
1,.4CE PRESS.
4,LENIAN, who has been many years connected
MAI° English and Irish press, is anxious to meet with
"
lON as EDITOR, or Editor and Reporter, of a
kik Wei.' Journal of sound Protestant and Conservative
r ANC
'st:ttliaddet3, references will be given, and all communica-
lat (ptoost paid) to A. 8., Standard-office,
aMPIMMUSIMESMSFI
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
St:f°arid it utterly impracticable to give insertion to
to,r 11 interesting particulars, with which we have been
ed
yqt enresPvcting the " Radical Doings at Poole." We
to oblige our informant on Friday.
communications are necessarily postponed
or space. We have made considerable sacrifices
rit the report of the admirable speeches delivered at
4111 kqestant Meeting at Sheffield, the length of which
%tZe trust, prove a valid excuse for the omission of our
favours.

• TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.
S.of
ik our distant Subscribers have been disappointea
ike;-v receiving last Friday's STANDARD, we beg
kkiehlt`i4 attribute it to the accident at the Post-office,
10,4 is noticed elsewhere. We hare the same apo-
sk Plead with those who may have received da-
cleVies of the same paper.

Zibtrpoot (ttanbarb.
•utsn A
-'417 MORNING, NOVEMBER If', 1839.
IN "are been favoured with a file of Demerara pa-
tO
Nil the 30th of September, inclusive. In the
Gazette of September 28 we find a requisition
Ho
''Rt' 41°11r, George Bagot, the High Sheriff, re-
to call a public meeting, for the purpose
!tkied. g expression to the general feeling in favour of
114146,1 ate measures being taken for the promotion of
itraTiati'm into the colony, and for taking into con-
'111(11)64 by 'what means this most important object
th e e carried into effect. We heartily rejoice to find
respectable colonists have taken this subject in
tag.' good earnest. We anticipate the greatest ad-
5,441104,14 6.°111 the proposed movement on their part,
,Iteohs—ecl to as that movement will be by the merean-
4f4"tronity in Great Britain. The question must
INiiettl upon the early attention of Parliament, es-
-1444 Y after the publication of Lord Normanby's des-
tlotkete Governor Light, in which he formally an-
Silk: the Royal disallowance of the Ordinance to
40 the immigration of labourers into that ill-fated
Ch
perfectly agree with the editor of the
onide when he characterises this proceed-
calculated to stamp Lord Normanby as " the
thatevlittPrincipled and shallow-minded functionary
er mismanaged the business, or disgraced the
tvciej°llof the Colonial Department." The despatch
We allude occupies too much space for inser-
titft}lin the limits at our command this day, or we
tiltree',ll,rnish our readers with another specimen of
c,(111 pr'tleBB Policy pursued by the present administra-
r!a o king of the Noble ex-Secretary for the
ktotreiltts laughable in the extreme. He admits, in
Illtoui.2rms, the propriety of enacting laws for the
enlent of immigration, but is " not as well
•reb'ed that it is just or wise to appropriate the pub-
tlit,ekle in aid of this service." He adds that, "if
ktid
koVitalists are anxious to enlarge their agricultural
tile 'tufaeturing operations, it seems reasonable that
wielit.tise should he borne by themselves." Now, it
L4tloti,ripe'rwil that British Guiana contains no mann-
), operly speaking. The capitalists of the co-
'lttof agriculturists, or they are nothing. The fail-
Zetg tbeir agriculture would involve the failure of
:44 Otherv.;; interest. If sugar, cotton, coffee, and
I:N6:liable staples be not raised in the colony, the
144. t will get no sale for his wares, the lawyer for
hi; the doctor for his medical skill, or the artizan
handicraft. The Guiana Chronicle very pro-
kteder einarks, that " people of Limerick—(an Irish
Ljt Lrdlitvis very appropriately introduced in the case
07. ray allrmanby)—the people of Limerick do not
fr tile expenses of the British empire : yet they
th°4l the public treasury an enormous grant by
:le re eY will be almost exclusively benefitted." The
mark will apply to numberless other cases in
money s been appropriated for the
l'itNtitle?f developing the resources of Ireland. But
eitial contributors to the revenue of British
L. 4 okre not allowed to appropriate a fraction of it
?tilt lett of
y such paramount importance to the pros-
Neetllepeu':ll.le colony ! Such is Whig" consistency !
e
ttp to Many considerations connected with this
t At
4N Which we may have occasion hereafter to re-
-4 rPresont we shall content ourselves with the
o%l,e:hark that the conduct of the present "farce
`4l_l)t,eo .111nment" towards the colonists of Demerara
tiplitit, harsh, cruel, and unjust in the extreme. The
4141te the ave done everything in their power to con-
pt. e tile ruling party in Great Britain. They have
tZeticieci
(Mc ost self-denying sacrifices to please the
tZtt the; friends of the Negroes." And what has
Ottia, reward ? Have they not been loaded with
.Ik4
trued
Have not all their appeals for redress
-tited .
with insulting mockery and contempt ?
.

hive received a copy of the Hobart Town Ad-
l. ttr of
May 3d. It contains an elaborate article in
nTo f establishing a Chamber of Commerce in HO-
WhiCh, it is properly argued, would conduce
014%11411Y to the convenience of the mercantile
0151,11 Y. It contains no other article of news of
cvil: 44Q. From the "Price Current" we learn
frog was selling at 12s to 14s per bushel ; bar-
-14)14 • el:8 to 6s
(d; butter, (Irish) is 4d to is 5d
1(11)4 ib-tese,English) is 4d per lb ; colonial ditto,
44 Der tn.' 114Y2 £6 to £8 per ton; potatoes, £9 to
(1441; salt, (Liverpool) £5 to £7 per ton ; and
tfl erls°°l) £5O per ton. The trade of the colony,
14144 hy
beige
to from the tables of imports and exports,
remarkably brisk.
0Y th
41 e are
11ter, 0 'val. of the packet-ship Garrick, Captain
it 4
to42'ridaY last, we have received New York
thlt;thilla le 25th of October, inclusive. The most
htkttlelkiot°l3ie of news which these papers furnish is
11;11,.• wg to the monetary affairs of the Unitedh
4,1, Proceed to give a brief outline of te
,}4tl other commercial intelligence from the
• IN the r,ell the Liverpool sailed, up to the period
'tie "rarrick I‘tleft.
tittle% the " and Enquirer of October 21st states
211 y Rs. Previous Saturday the stock-market was
ee,itLizer.
United States Bank shares advanced
Nttlyn '4°lldav
"le ;1446; evening, Oct. 21, the position of the
rreahur; ila Undergone no material change.
rel4ined unmitigated, and the commu-

nity were looking forward to the relief promised by the
banks throughout the preceding week. Stocks gene-
rally were a little better. One considerable failure, at
least, was said to have taken place. Many representa-
tives of country banks were in the city, for the purpose
of making arrangements for their respective institu-
tions. Nothing was this day done in foreign exchanges.
All the banks in Cincinnati, with the exception of the
Commercial, had suspended payments in specie, and
that without any extraordinary demand upon them for
specie.

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, there was no alleviation of
the state of the money-market. The pressure was as
severe as ever. On first-rate paper 3 per cent. per
month was offered, and little could be done even at
that high rate of discount. In stocks the transactions
were light ; United States Bank closed firm at 76, but
other stocks were dull, and experienced a slight de-
cline. Bills on London of an undoubted character
were offering at 1081, and no operations made. A
committee of merchants waited on the banks this day,
for the purpose of urging them to receive and pay out
safety bank-notes at par.
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the scarcity of money was
still felt to an unprecedented extent. Public securities,
of all kinds, could scarcely meet a purchaser at any
price. Some sales of business paper were made at 3
to 3 per cent. per month, discount ; and United States
Bank post-notes were offered at 31 per cent. per month,
without buyers. London sold at 1081. Stocks had
considerably declined. In short, the whole operations
of the day were extremely limited, and more gloom
and despondency was perceptible than on any previous
day. The application to the banks, for the purpose of
urging them to receive and pay out safety fund notes,
did not meet with a favourable result.

On Thursday, Oct. 24, the money-market bore no
evidence of improvement. Money was scarcely to be
had at any price. Stocks were lower, and the only
propitious circumstance that could be mentioned was,
that foreign exchanges were becoming more decidedly
in favour of the United States. Sterling bills were
sold at from Bto 81 per cent. premium. The whole
amount of business, however, done for the sailing of
the packet, was scarcely equal to the business of one
house in ordinary times. The Havre packet of this
day took out 82,000 dollars in specie.

The banks at Boston remained firm. When the
suspension of specie payments at Philadelphia was first
known at Boston, some apprehensions were entertained
that the operations of the banks at the latter place
would have been embarrassed. Those apprehensions
were, however, speedily removed, and general confi-
dence restored.

Nothing could save the banks and the bank debtors
in Ohio but an ability to continue specie payments by
the banks. By the banking law of last session, Feb.
16, 1839, provision is made that if any bank of the
state suspend specie payments for a longer term than
thirty days in any one year, the president judge of the
C. P. Circuit in which the bank is situate, shall issue
a writ for the sequestration of such bank, and through
the sheriff deliver all its effects to one or more of the
bank commissioners. The commissioner is required
immediately to collect the debts due to the bank, and
dispose of its property, and apply the proceeds to the
payment of its debts. The provisions of this law are
said to be imperative. The bank commissioner must
apply to the judge, who must order the sequestration.
It is thus that the Ohio banks are exposed to utter
ruin, unless they can continue their specie payments.
From this devastating ruin there is only one mode of
escape, and that is a special call of the Legislature
within the thirty days to modify this rigorous law.
The banks at Wheeling had not suspended specie
payments at the date of the last accounts. The North
Carolina banks have suspended specie payments. It
appears from a notice issued by the cashier of the
Bank of the Valley, in Virginia, that that institution is
prohibited, by the banking law of the state, from re-
newing any note so long as it suspends the payment
of specie. The,banks of Kentucky have all followed
the example of the Philadelphia banks, by suspending
payment in specie.

We learn from Philadelphia that the officers of the
Government have positively refused, or were unable,
to pay the hands in the Navy Yard in specie, and that
payment was refused at the Custom-house when drafts
upon it were presented. The Government, however,
unlike the banks, will not receive anything but silver
or its equivalent in payment of debts due-to it. The
citizens of Philadelphia were suffering great inconve-
nience from the scarcity of change, owing to which
they were unable to make their purchases at the stores
or in the markets. This inconvenience was most se-
verely felt by the poor man and the stranger, who
found it difficult to procure on credit the articles ne-
cessary for the comfort and sustenance of their fami-
lies. The National Intelligencer says—" We do not
exaggerate when we say, that many poor persons have
had to return from the store and the market, since the
suspension of specie payments took place, without
being able to procure bread or meat for themselves
and their families, the storekeeper or butcher being
unable to find change for the lowest denomination of
bank notes tendered to them in payment. How long
this distressing state of things will remain, we are at
a loss to conjecture." This statement seems to be
utterly at variance with the boasted abundance of the
precious metals in the United States.
The premium on specie had declined somewhat at
Philadelphia. It had become a fixed principle with the
merchants of that city to suffer protest on notes and
drafts from New York, whenever payment was de-
manded in specie or New York funds.
The New Orleans cotton market, on the 12th ultimo,
showed symptoms of improvement. An animated de-
mand had continued throughout the previous week,
although the weather had been most unfavourable.
The demand had been confined almost entirely to the
finer grades, principally for France, with some small
lots for the northern manufactories. The receipts con-
tinued heavy.
The sickness in the southern states had considerably
abated. Passengers, we are told, need not feel under
any apprehensions in going to Charleston or Augusta.
Rensselaer Van Rensselaer, the quondam-general at
Navy Island, had been sentenced by the United States
Court sitting at Albany, to six months imprisonment,
and to pay a fine of 250 dollars, on the charge of set-
ting on foot a military expedition in the United States
against a foreign power.
The Washington Globe states that orders had been
given to prepare a sloop of war and a schooner, with all
possible dispatch, for cruising on the coast of Africa,
in execution of the laws of the United States against
the disgraceful traffic in slaves,
The Woodstock (N. 8.) Times states that Colonel
Mudge and Mr. Featherstonaugh had concluded their
tour of exploration through the disputed territory, and
had proceeded to Quebec. Nothing had transpired,
says the Times, that could be fully relied upon as to the
reeult of their investigation ; but it adds, as the rumour,
that no highlands corresponding to the terms of the
treaty had been discovered, except at the source of the
Penobscot, where they are said to be " decidedly and
distinctly marked."

"We announced in our second edition of Friday last
that the Cceur de Leon, Captain Robinson, had brought
advices from Montreal and Quebec to the 22d of Oc-
tober. From the Montreal papers we learn that Sir
John Colborne had left that place on the 18th ultimo.
On the day of his departure an address, signed by 3000
respectable inhabitants, was presented to his Excel-
lency, declaratory of the general regret experienced at
his departure. He was accompanied to the place of
embarkation by a brilliant cortege, and amid much
military display.
Her Majesty's ship Pique, with the new Governor-
General of British North America, the Right Hon. C.
P. Thomson, and Sir R. D. Jackson, Commander of
the Forces, anchored in the port of Quebec on the af-
ternoon of the 17th ultimo. They did not land until
the following day, when they were received on their
landing with:the usual marks of respect. His Excel-
leney the Governor-General, on assuming the govern-
ment, issued the following proclamation :

C. POULETT THOMPSON.
By his Excellency the Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomp-
son, one of her Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council, Go-
vernor-General of British North America, and Captain-
General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces
of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Bruns-
wick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral
of the same.

A PROCLAMATION.
The Queen having been graciously pleased to appoint me

to be Governor-General of British North America, I have
this day assumed the administration of that office. In the
execution of this high trust it will be my desire no less than
my duty to promote, to the utmost of my power, the welfare
of all classes of her Majesty's subjects. To reconcile exist-
ing differences, to apply a remedy to proved grievances, to
extend and protect the trade, and enlarge the resources of
the Colonies entrusted to my charge, above all to promote
whatever may bind them to the Mother Country by increased
ties of affection and interest, will be my first and most anxi-
ous endeavour. In the pursuit of these objects I shall ever
be ready to listen to the representations of all, whilst I shall
unhesitatingly exercise the powers confided to me to repress
disorder, to uphold the law, and maintain tranquillity. The
suspension of the constitution in Lower Canada places in the
hands of the executive government powers of an extraordinary
nature, the necessity for which is deeply to be deplored, and
which can be justified only by the circumstances of the pro-
vince. One principal object of my mission will be to deter-
mine in what manner, at what time, this state of things may
be brought to a close, and the full benefits of British institu-
tions be restored to her Majesty's Lower Canadian subjects.
In Upper Canada, the loyalty and courage of the inhabi-
tants have preserved the constitution, and maintained the
powers of the law, through difficulties of the most trying na-
ture. Their exertions, during the last two years, have been
viewed by her Majesty with the highest satisfaction, and
have commanded the applause and admiration of all classes
in the mother country. It would appear, however, that in
that province causes of embarrassment are not wanting : her
trade is said to be cramped—her finances deranged—and the
development of her resources impeded. To devise mea-
sures by which these evils may be removed, in a manner sa-
tisfactory to the inhabitants, will be one of the objects to
engage my earliest attention, and I shall rely upon the pa-
triotism of the people, and the wisdom of the legislature, to
aid me in the effort.

Animated by the most anxious desire to promote the wel-
fare of these important provinces to uphold the rights of the
Crown, by whose confidence I have been honoured, and to
advance the true interests of the people to whom I am sent,
I confidently call on all those to whom the prosperity of Bri-

tish North America is dear, to unite with me in the work
which I have undertaken, and laying aside all minor con-
siderations, afford me that assistance and co-operation which
can alone enable me to bring my task to a successful issue.
Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the Castle of
Saint Lewis, in the city of Quebec, in the said province of
Lower Canada, this 19th day of October, in the year of our
Lord 1839, and the third year of her Majesty's reign.
By his Excellency's command,
T. A. C. MURDOCH,
Chief Secretary.

At a late hour last evening we received a file of the
Sydney Commercial Journal to the 26th of June, in-
clusive. By accounts received at Sydney, it appears
that the settlers on the Hunter are beset with armed
bushrangers ; and to such an extent•that it was feared,
if immediate steps were not taken by the authorities,
they would, by being joined by others, become so
numerous as to openly defy the existing police force.

The intelligence from Hobart Town, by these pa-
pers, extends to the 7th of June. Trade was very
brisk in Van Dieman's Land. The prices of provi-
sions continued very high. The port of Launceston
was unusually busy for the season of the year, and the
quantity of shipping in the harbour had the effect of
raising the wages of labourei s to Gs. per day.' Every
boat on the river was in full employ, and labourers
could scarcely be procured to unload the vessels.

The Liberals, within the last fortnight, have disco-
vered a notable mare's nest. Not content with the
ordinary terms of abuse and calumny with which they
have made their party so familiar that the sound of
them has become wearisome and stale, they have at-
tempted to flavour the dish they set before the public
by matter of more piquancy, and have added treason
to the catalogue of enormities for which the Conserva-
tives have to answer.

This is somewhat startling, we confess. To accuse
Tories of disloyalty and traitorous disaffection to the
Throne, does, we think, sound paradoxical. Let us
for a moment suppose that the Downing-street jour-
nals are right in their hypothesis, and that a deep-laid
conspiracy against the Monarchy has been secretly
plotted at the Carlton Club, and that Mr. Bradshaw
has been indiscreet enough to reveal its existence be-
fore it was ripe for explosion. We have, then, these
remarkable results—so remarkable, that we think they
may not unreasonably stagger the belief of even a
Whig-Radical, envenomed as his mind is with ran-
corous malignity sufficient to pervert his judgment
and jaundice his understanding.

But the Conservatives are traitors—plotters of trea-
sonable conspiracies—leagued together with the view
of bringing the Crown into contempt. So runs the
charge. What a revolution, then, has taken place in
the sentiments of the party during the last two years !
As Burke said of chivalry, the age of loyalty is gone
with them, and their chief anxiety is to pave the way
for a Republic by making Monarchy odious to the
people. The Tories have become democrats : they
delight in everything which can make the ignorant
masses chafe against aristocratic rule, and look across
the Atlantic with a sigh for the blessings of that free-
dom which the relics of feudal barbarism deny them
at home. They now love to expose all the anomalies
and apparent absurdities of our Constitution, and think
Torn Paine was correct in the view he took of the
Crown, when he said that the right of peace and war
resided in a metaphor shewn in the Tower for a shil-
ling a head. They grudge the expense of Royalty,
and turn their enamoured gaze upon the simple dig-
nity of the Chief Magistrate of a Republic. Calling
themselves by the name of their political forefathers,
they desert and belie all their principles, and, under
the mask of Toryism, seek to work out the schemes of
the desperate Jacobins of the French Revolution. And
all this for what ? In order to increase in this country
the power of popular licentiousness, contempt for con-
stituted authority, and hatred of old feudal distinc-
tions.

Such is the portrait which the pencil of Liberalism
is now tracing upon the canvas as the likeness of the
Conservative party. How desperate must be the re-
sources of our opponents, when they are compelled to
resort to such transparent fabrications ! Their picture
has not even the merit of being a caricature. It is a
clumsy daub, and under it they are compelled to write,
like the wretched painters of the middle ages did under
their compositions, "This is a Conservative," lest the
portrait should be taken, as infallibly would be the case,
for that of a modern Liberal.

We animadverted, in the conscientious discharge of
what we believed to be a duty, in strong terms upon
the impropriety of some of the expressions which re-
cently disfigured the speech of Mr. Bradshaw. We
did upon that occasion what we firmly believe no
Whig-Radical writer would have done in the case of
any language whatever which might be used by a ve-
hement partisan of his own cause. We have too firm
a conviction of the strength of the principles which
animate the Conservative party, to dread lest we should
weaken it by protesting against any ebullition of mis-
guided zeal or erroneous judgment, even though it
comes from a devoted adherent to our own side. But
because we thought it right to censure the language
used by Mr. Bradshaw, and equally condemn the
speech of his imitator Mr. Roby, at Ashton-under-
Lyne,—prompted though, in each case, the speakers
were by an honest conviction that dangers menaced
the Throne which loudly called for the voice of faith-
ful, though uncourteous warning,—does it follow that
we can for an instant admit or approve of the com-
mentaries on the part of the Whig-Radical press with
reference to this much-abused subject ? They would
be purely ridiculous did they not reveal the degree of
falsehood and uncharitableness to which political par-
tisanship will hurry and degrade men. The charge of
treason against the Conservatives is a fitting adjunct
to that of meditated murder with which they have been
assailed, the indictment running to the effect that they
deliberately intended to take the life of Queen Victoria
by bribing her physicians to poison her. Both are
equally worthy of the party which originated them—
both equally contemptible—and both excite in the
minds of honourable men nothing but feelings of in-
dignation and disgust.
But who are our accusers ? In the name of all that
is constitutional and loyal what right have the degraded
Whigs to impeach the Conservatives of treason,

Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes
If we go back to the latter end of the last century,
we find Charles James Fox—the Corypheus of the
Whigs—in the year 1793, when the scaffold in Paris
had been stained by the blood of a murdered Sovereign,
attending mob meetings of the most violent and sedi-
tious kind, ostentatiously at public dinners omitting the
health of his King and substituting in its place, with
most significant prologue, the toast of the Sovereignty
of the people, Since his time the Whigs, by their in-