The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-02-22 00:00:00

WHO IS TO BE DAN'S LIEUTENANT?

The appointment of the Marquis of Normanby to be the
successor of Lord Glenelg relieves Ireland from one of the
greatest and most pitiable inflictions which ever yet pros-
trated her natural energies, or mocked the earnest endea-
vours of England to make her, in the sense of the words, as
" great, glorious, and free" as herself.

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It would be an easy task to write his Excellency's history.
An amateur actor, and writer of namby-pamby novels, he
was considered perfectly well qualified to bear rule over the
niggers of Jamaica, who rebelled whilst he was Governor.
His exploits amongst the Blacks rendered him, in the eyes of
the Whigs, most peculiarly fitted to be the Lordi Lieutenant
of Ireland. And how has he managed affairs in that unhappy
land ? During his Viceroyalty murders have increased in
number and atrocity ;—outrages of the most fearful nature
have multiplied, until the Police Gazette is unable to con-
tain the list ;—landlords have been assassinated, because Pro-
testants ; and criminals have been pardoned, and aspirants
have been promoted, because Papists. Every place of honour
or distinction has been given away in a manner studiously
contrived to insult the Protestants of Ireland, and to con-
ciliate the favour of the Priests, who rule the deluded peasants
with the hell threats of the confessional.

But let that pass :—his reward has been a Marquisate in
the past year ; and, leaving Ireland most appropriately from
the Theatre, a seat in the Cabinet in the present year, where
by the way, his fides Aehates, Lord Morpeth, sits beside
him. Why is not Mephistvhiles himself promoted to a
similar honour.

Who is to be the Deputy of the Agitator?—Many are
mentioned.

First, the Royal Bellyserious, the Duke of Sussex. Cer-
tainly, if the Viceroyalty of Ireland is to be given to poor
men as a place in which to save money, the examples of Lord
Wellesley and Lord Normanby, may be quoted by the wan-
derer of Kensington.
Next, the Earl of Radnor. He is well kndwn for a most
rabid hostility to the Universities and the Established Church ;
therefore, just the man to " carry out" the plans of the
Howicks and Russells. But we are well assured that Minis-
ters will not dare to send this Peer to Ireland. His appoint-
ment would be a challenge to the Protestants, which they
would not be slow to interpret and accent.
The Earl of Clarendon is also spoken of. His Lordship
is in Madrid ; and, we should think,:will not be over desirous
to carry his new honours to Dublin.
The Marquis of Conyngham ! This poor wretched cour-
ter—a Polonius at forty ! Well • as far as respects moral
training, he is well fitted to succeed Lord Normanby !
The Marquis of Tavistock, the eldest son of the erudite
' Johnny,' (as her Grace calls him), the Duke of Bedford,
has hereditary claims, Johnny himself having once enacted
vice-King at the Phoenix Park. His lordship is, moreover,
brother to another recommenda-
tion ; he is brother-in-law of the Duke of Leinster, which
may be another ; but we would advise him to stick to Oakley
and its hunt, where he is respected, anei eschew Ireland,
where a second ' Russell purge' will not be swallowed.
The Earl of Albemarle is also spoken of, as having con-
sented to relieve Ministers from their embarrassment. His
lordship is in the same category with the Duke of Sussex,
and Lords Wellesley, and Normanby, and may go for the
con-si-de-ra-tion

Who, then, is to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland? What
think you of ' our right trusty, and well-beloved John
George, Earl of Durham ?' &c. There are more things,'
says Hamlet, ' in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in
our philosophy ;' and we should not feel at all surprised to
find the said. Earl installed in Dublin Castle. That the com-
ing battle between him and Lord Melbourne will be a rank
cross, there is no doubt ; and even Lord Brougham speaks
of the ex-Canada King as my noble friend.'
One thing we do know,—which is, that the Earl of Dur-
ham is a gentleman, and would not for one moment endure
the presence at his table of the bloated and dishonoured
beggarman. If, then, the ministry survives long enough to
be able to appoint a Viceroy for Ireland, politically opposed
to him as we are, we should be glad to hear that the Earl of
Durham was sent there. If we are to have a foe, let us have
an open one, not a jesuitical popinjay—not a whining Prince
starving on an allowance of X 21,000 per annum,—not a cun-
ning church destroyer under the plea of improving it,—not
the fawning courtier of equivocal morality,—not the hungry
heir of a family gorged with church plunder :—if we are to
have an opponent as the Irish representative of Majesty, let
us have Lord Durham, even though he take with him the
Turtons and Wakefields of his train. He at least would not
be Dan's Lieutenant,—or he is not the proud man we believe
him to be. He would fawn upon none ; and, what would
suit us very well, he would very soon blow up all !—Age.

INSULT UPON THE BRITISH FLAG BY THE

FRENCH.

THE EXPRESS PACKET.
(From the Falmouth Express.
With feeling of inexpressible shame and humiliation we
are compelled to record, another insult inflicted on the British
flag, by a nation that once trembled to encounter it upon the
seas. We pledge the respectability of the Falmouth Express
for the accuracy of the facts ; and we believe we are giving
them its substance as they have been transmitted to the Ad-
miralty.

The day of the attack on the castle of Ulloa, Vera Cruz,
her Majesty's Express, Lieut. Croke, R.N., was in the har-
bour ' • but seeing the preparations by the French for the
bombardment, a native pilot was induced to entrust himself
to the safety of the British flag, and pilot the gun-brig to the
Island of Sacrificios. On his way thither, Lieut. Croke,
with the English colours flying, passed the corvette which
Prince de Joinville commands ; mutual civilities being ex-
changed, as her Majesty's packet was proceeding, signals
were seen flying at the French admiral's mast-head. A shot
was presently fired by the corvette on the quarter of the Ex-
press packet, an English jack was shown at the Frenchman's
mast-head, and a boat was discerned pulling from him.
Lieut. Croke hove to, and a French officer having boarded
the packet, positively demanded the pilot. The packet being
under the guns of the corvette, the commander, after some
objection and remonstrance, felt compelled to surrender him,
and he was forcibly taken on board the French ship. Now,
be it remembered, the pilot had only embarked on board a
neutral vessel, under the confidence which foreigners have
hitherto reposed in the protection of the British flag. An
English officer induced him to leave the safety of his home,
and he felt that he was surely intrusting himself to the officer
of a nation powerful enough to protect him. In vain, how-
ever, the poor man—with England's ensign and pennant
waving above his head—in vain he entreated the rights of that
confidence which had brought him, not to pilot an enemy
against his country, but a neutral and armed ship from danger.
In vain he averred that should he even be forced to pilot the
French to the action, his own indignant countrymen would
reward his involuntary treachery with death. His just re-
monstrance was in vain—the red cross of Albion was dis-
honoured, humiliated, and powerless. The respect which,
under whig impotency, England ceases to maintain for her
own glorious flag, availed not for the security of even the
decent rights of neutrality. A British officer, beneath his
own pennant, with the commission of his Queen, and the
uniform of his country, in her Majesty's armed brig, was •
compelled, by superior force, to resign his pilot a prisoner
into the hands of the enemy—a prisoner to lead the foe to
the attack and slaughter of his own countrymen !
Comments on the outrageous insult were superfluous—
every Englishman will feel not more indignant than ashamed !
Shall we dare to resent it ? Where is the force to command
respect ? It is mockery to complain—it is only one more
insult ; and since the effeminate creatures that degrade our
government have held office, the flag of Britain has sustained
more insult in three years than she had previously brooked
for three centuries ! With such governors it would be wiser
at once to land our ships' guns, disarm our officers, and no
longer offer even the pretence of an armament to the bullying
insult of the foreigner !