The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-01 00:00:00

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FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1339.

1,11.11 E NEW LORD LIEUTENANT FOR IRELAND.—
, le fate of our unfortunate fellow-Protestants in Ire-
'and is DOW sealed
of Viscount EBRINGTON, the uncompromising enemy
the Established Church—the very joint of the
Connell tail—is to be the successor of Lord NOR-
MAN/1y
jrotestants of Ireland ! Protestants of England
..111, is act of the whig government should open your
ye ou, like a voice of thunder, from your
8 argY—and call forth all your ability, to save your-
an from being swamped in the vortex of this Infidel
End popish conspiracy.
N:LAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY!
''ill YOU remain silent, stupid, and inactive, in the
ruidst of this storm ? If so, your blood be on your
"II heads
re Attend to what the London Times of yesterday says
sPectin
me g this protege rn of the radico-whig gove-
nt
.
Perof~th whig spaniel of the last ten sessions, stop-
4gaps, leader of forlorn hopes, most indefatigable
'4-alien', thou hast thy reward; joint of the O'Connell
yati r'Ost practised and most pliant, verily, it is an aggra-
°ll. ofLord Normanby. There is nothing in the way of
self. which which this fag of faction has not pledged him-
The Protestant The Protestant church 'he murders while he smiles.'
6",
_rabble under him will swell—the gentry wither. We
.."11 have the looseness of Normanby without the spirit, his
:'ooteirtlpt
for law with more (if in nature) than his legal
gt,itaoce.
R he What the feelings of the Protestants of Ireland will be
n
Vcet they hear that Lord Ebrington has been selected for
;ko°7 of that part of the empire must be easily imagined
everY roan whe reads the following inflammatory and
st seditious harangue :
" SOUSE OF COMMONS, July 26, 1838.
(On the third reading of the Irish Tithe Bill.)
1: w Lord EBRINGToN.—I am desirous of saying only a few
dB, • 1, for one, entirely concur in what was lately said
eaLue noble Sacretary of War (Lord Howick), that this
r will be a mere adjournment of the question. I have
titte
,c()naidered the existence of a church establishment so
iteltl disproportioned to the wants of the people as that of
atZliti' a stain and a disgrace to the Protestant religion,
great misfortune to the country. I should not be in-
preeed t° support the bill if I thought its effect would be to
belie
that reduction of the Irish establishment which I
i'ehe
ve will soon be extorted by the unanimous demands of
tiltle,Pe°Ple• If I could see in the present state of parties,
nr; t!r°3l3ect of carrying into effect the principle of appro-
P tal.°ll, 110 consideration whatever would lead me to listen
t4n"e question of a compromise. I shall vote for the bill
rho because I expect, that so far from preventing a thorough
of °2111., of. the Irish church, it will, by throwing the payment
..."toes into the hands of those who have more power and
l'itlence than the present payers, render the war now waged
moist the church more formidable."

•
FREN
AGGRESSIONS.—Every day exhibits more
to '1 more the total incapacity of our present ministers
41111, ide, regulate, or protect, the affairs of this great
atl°ll. Wherever we turn our attention, either to
v ers abroad, or to affairs at home, we see abundant
wl'"idence of their timidity, their want of foresight, their
44t of practical knowledge, and their want of that
prlntiess of action and of decision, which ought to be
atBBessed by the ministers of Great Britain. They
: destitute alike both of suaviter in modo and of for-
re:. in re, as the following transaction will fully mani-
liaM2st of our readers are aware, that the FRENCH
for some time past, blockaded the ports of
th:3clco and BUENOS AYRES; but it is probable
t Ithey are not acquainted with the circumstances
it tt'lat blockade, nor the vast inconvenience and loss
tee as been to many of our merchants. The commit-
of the South American and Mexican Association,
th° were at length under the necessity of calling
:ta attention of our government to these circum-
tees, remark, that " this proceeding on the part of
Reh 'le
Preach government, whether in reference to the
th eritY which appears to have marked the course of
ti at government in its dealing with the States in ques-
f"—the indifference which, as a neighbouring and
Gly Power, it has shown towards the interests of
pel'ea Eritain, so grievously affected thereby—or the
stain,
view which the British government has taken
the right of blockade assumed by the French,—is
Le of the most important that has for many years
117 brought under the notice of the commercial corn-
ePitY of the empire." This committee first address-
a letter to Viscount Palmerston, dated July 31st,
te 38 ; and not having received any satisfaction) or the
ioaBt intimation that his lordship would pay any atten-
-444 whatever to their communication, as will appear
lor LTediately, they addressed a second letter to his
IP, dated August 30th, 1838. The answer to
giv,:aa a verbatim copy (dates excepted) of the answer
Itait—a to their former letter ! Under these circum-
e: they deemed it prudent to have an interview
ofd Lord Palmerston; and, accordingly, a deputation
ochants, from London, Liverpool, Manchester,
merchants,
and Belfast, had an audience of his lordship.
e 0 118 now advert to those letters ; for we must
olodess we never witnessed—we never heard of, in
oil ern times, any minister of England exhibiting,
art,lliell an important occasion, such indifference,
protgaice, and rudeness. Whigs, the friends—the
N,:ct(irs, of the :people ! Pshaw ! we are sick of
count rash ! We are grieved to the very soul that our
Flo Y should be cajoled and deceived by the preten-
,nB and empty promises of these personages.
the
Stith
first letter addressed to Lord Palmerston, from
fStit4ow
h American and Mexican Association, is as
8
To
`L'e Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, M.P., one of

et Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, &c.

" Freeman's Court, July 31, 1838.
1Y Lord,—The Committee of the South American and
add;all Association feel themselves under the necessity of
of the Psitlg Your lordship on the subject of the continuance
rench blockade against Mexico.
he consequences of this blockade are of the most inju-
ev
e nob- character to all persons engaged in trade with Mexico.
ke„N vessels despatched with cargoes from England for
have brought them back to England. Notice has
R tiven• that the packets are to be restrained from bring-
is (fellecie• and in short, commercial intercourse with Mexico
Z°Yed.
eotr, ,r 1 the cause which has produced this state of things, the
reniar—ittee feel that it does not become them to offer any
• Rest As British subjects they can have no right to sug-
of 4 -). interference with the proceedings of the' government
rille:c4,,her state, so long as the same are kept within the
eti°l international law. But, considering that large pe-
-141.Y interests are at stake—that the peaceful pursuits of
44u:21441g Parties are ruinously interrupted by the con-
::e of this blockade—the committee venture respectfully
14raess their hope, that it may not seem inexpedient to
4O'atl jest Y's government to offer its friendly mediation to
ge the existing differences between both parties, and
itite„„l'llt an end to a state of affairs injurious not only to the
Nlt
s'e° themßritish subjects, but to those of France and
selves.
" I have the honour to be, &c.,
" J. D. POWLES,
Deputy Chairman of the South American

and Mexican Association."
W hat.
. kind of an answer did this communication
Open your eyes, ye whig people of England,
term t earn what you have to expect from YOUR minis
letters Behold the answer ! It ought to be printed in
P• of YON, and attached as a motto to every whig
';zttebeon
J• 1). Powles, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the South
Sire American and Mexican Association.
Ngean directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknow-
.,tct of e receipt of your letter on the 31st ult., on the sub-
the French blockade of the ports of Mexico.
" I am, Sir; &c.,
Po,„; " W. FOX STRANGWAYS.
'ph 'gli-effice, August 2, 1838."
1111qate• ~eornmittee felt themselves necessitated, by the
him is'actory nature of this answer, to apply again to
frollilrd; and all the satisfaction they received
lien :41 was a second edition of his former letter !
titikteny person should doubt the correctness of this
tioutZeallts-for we confess we ourselves should have
herethl, e 1184 W not seen it in black and white—we
-"Pin his lordship's SECOND answer :-
4, sir
raj " Foreign-office, Sept. 6, 1838.
aril directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknow..

ledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ult., on the sub-
ject of the French blockade of the ports of Mexico.
• " I am, Sir, &c.,
" W. FOX STRANGWAYS.
" J. D. Fowles, Esq., &c."

What excuse—what palliative circumstance—can be
adduced for this unparalleled conduct ? Could his
lordship have treated the letter of a beggar with more
sovereign contempt ? And when we reflect that the
communication was from the committee of a highly
respectable and wealthy body of merchants—that the
subject was to them of vital importance, knowing not
what they should do under the peculiar circumstances
of the case--and that the answer was from a member
of a whig administration, we have only to say, that
the people who placed, and who keep whigs in office,
richly deserve it. May they receive more and more
of such treatment, till they spew them forth as nause-
ous and noxious vampires !

The committee, having abandoned all hope of re-
ceiving any satisfaction by letter, deemed it prudent
that delegates from various parts of the kingdom should
have a personal interview with his lordship. This
they had on the 30th of last October, when, after re-
capitulating the substance of what the committee had
before stated in their two letters, his lordship requested
they would " put their application in writing, when he
would return to it an answer" ! Accordingly, another
(the third) letter was sent to.his lordship, to which, at
length, he condescended to grant a reply. The letter
from those gentlemen is well worth reading : it fully
details the grievances our merchants are suffering, and
the effeminate conduct pursued by our Government
on the occasion.
The Mexicans have offered to submit the whole
question at issue to the decision of England : the
French have refused ! The latter insist on having
what they think proper to demand. How differently
did they act on a late occasion, when they gladly ac-
cepted the mediation of England. But the difference
is, that the quarrel then was with a nation (the United
States) that would have given them a little trouble,
and, peradventure, more than they altogether were
disposed to risk. But now the French, considering
themselves able to enforce their demands against an
infant nation, not only refuse the just offer of the
Mexicans to leave the question to the decision of Eng-
land, but, totally regardless of the serious consequences
to innocent persons, and regardless of all feelings of
humanity, they appear thirsting for human blood, and,
like Shylock, they exclaim—

" I'll have my bond ; I will not hear thee speak ;
I'll have my bond; and therefore speak no more.
I'll not be made a soft and dull-ey'd fool,
To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield
To CHRISTIAN intercessors. Follow not ;
I'll have no speaking; I WILL HAVE MY BOND."
The French had better take care. One would imagine
they had suffered enough, within the last thirty years,
from ambition, tyranny, and unjust demands. But
some people, like our radicals; and Whigs, will never
learn to be wise.