The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

(From a Boston pap!r.)

The Acadia arrived at this port on„ Monday, at noon, in
16 days and 18 hours from Liverpool, having been detained
ten hours at Halifax. She has experienced very severe wea-
ther the entire passage, with a constant succession of westerly
gales ; but, excepting the loss of one or two planks forward
of her starboard paddle-box, she has not received the slightest
injury., During the whole passage she has proved her ex-
cellent qualities as a sea-boat, and the power, strength, and
superiority of her engines. Indeed, her progress across the
Atlantic, in the very teeth of continuous gales, is regarded,
by the most experienced of her passengers, as a truly won-
derful performance. _ _

We are happy to add, that great praise is awarded to Capt.
Miller for the prompt and energetic discharge of his arduous
duty, night and day, with untiring zeal and unflagging faith-
fulness. He was constantly at his post, and gave his undi-
vided attention to the safety of passengers, crew, and vessel
intrusted to his charge.

MR. O'CONNELL AND HIS " PRIVILEGES"-
LORD EBRINGTON AND HIS GOVERNMENT.

(From the Dublin Evening Mail.)

Mr. O'Connell; through the agency of government, pro-
ceeds to Belfast under the protection of a " guard of
honour."

In fact, military preparations, to a large extent, for his re-
ception and safety in the metropolis of Ulster, betray the ex-
treme cowardice of the man, and the trembling subserviency
of the government.

There is no part of Ireland in whici life is so secure as in
Ulster. In Ireland it is nowhere else secure. The blood-
marks which, on Lord Hatherton's map, thicken in the west
and south, " making the green one red," disappear as you
approach the north. Mr. O'Connell might sleep, on the
murkiest night, upon the wayside, naked and alone, with no
danger but from the elements—with no apprehension, but
the fear of taking cold.

Well: Mr. O'Connell is a timid man; he is about a
business which may well alarm his conscience ; and, in some
sense, " conscience doth make cowards of us all." He dares
not venture to the north unguarded :

" The 45th Regiment (sags the Belfast Chronicle), which
did such good service when Frost invaded Newport, will be
strongly mustered, and under arms, ready to be called upon
on a moment's notice ; four troops of cavalry are under or-
ders for Belfast, and a brigade of artillery from Charlemont,
to be ordered out in case of riot." _

These troops are to be reinforced 'by two troops Of the
Carbineers from Dundalk ; and five companies of the 99th
Regiment, which, at this inclement season, in the midst of a
dense fog, and under an atmosphere overladen with snow,
embarked from the North-wall, in this city, in the afternoon
of yesterday.

And for what is all this " baste-post-haste, and rummage
of the land ?" On the one hand, to save Mr. O'Connell from
his fears ; on the other, to affect an anxiety for the safety of
the subject.
Honest men, who go about their lawful business, seek no
such protection. Government would yield none such, if
sought for. Let a country gentleman say that he cannot
travel to his own home with safetf , unless with a military
escort, and the answer at the Castle will be, that in that case
he had better remain where he is.
Now, what is Mr. O'Connell's business to the north? Is
it an honest or a lawful one ? Is it such as the Executive
should undertake to protect ? Is it matter even of impera-
tive necessity on the man, or of vital importance to the Go-
vernment? One would think it to be all this and more,
when, at such expense to the country, and much inconve-
nience, to say nothing of hazard to the troops, the Govern-
ment would put such an armament in motion—when, at the
manifest risk of the lives of the men, half a regiment is to be
exposed to the dangers of the seas in the midst of fogs and in
the prospect of a snow-storm. But what is really his busi-
ness—the business through which Lord Ebrington provides
for his safety at the national expense ? Lord Ebrington him-
self shall answer. To effect the Repeal of the Legislative
Union—in other words—" to effect the dismemberment of
the empire—the separation of Great Britain and Ireland—the
ruin of the former, first—the destruction of the latter, after-
wards—an object to which, as the alternative," his Lordship
declared he would " infinitely prefer a civil war with all its
horrors."

But why should Mr. O'Connell fear to approach the north?
Is it because he has thrown the first stone, and provoked re-
taliation? Is it because, having threatened the " Satanic
Saxon" with extermination, he is conscious of having chal-
lenged the fate he apprehends? Let him banish his terrors.
In the Saxon blood and Protestant faith of the north lies his
security. The Saxons would laugh him to scorn, though
with their own ears they should hear him, under the protec-
tion of Lord Ebrington s military armament, dwelling with
complacency, as he did at the aggregate in Cork, upon their
extermination, saying : _

" Oh, then, in no country under heaven would it be so
well worth the while of the bon vivant to live ! And then the
merry, joyous, innocent people, the majestic mountains, the
clear and beauteous rivers, the sweet and sheltered vallies,
the fair and fertile plains—what a scene to live in—what a
scene for regenerated man to roam at large in, when the Sa-
tanic Saxon shall be banished for ever from the land .1—
(Hear.)"

It is to enable Mr. O'Connell to dismiss his fears whilst
he is doing such work, and saying such things, that Lord
Ebrington places the scanty armament of Ireland at this
man's disposal

strange inconsistency—or monstrous crime ! His excel-
lency will not patronise a repealer, but he will protect the
father of repeal in his seditious movements with the arma-
ment of an empire !
Really this matter requires public investigation ; and when
the army estimates are brought up, we trust some honest
member will bring under the notice of parliament the item
touching the expenses of the Belfast expedition.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager continues in the
enjoy-
ment of excellent health, at Sudbury Hall. Her Majesty is
daily doing much good in the neighbourhood of Sudbury
Hall, for within the past week her Majesty has liberally con-
tributed to the funds of the Derby Benevolent Society ; and,
having heard that the St. Peter's Sunday School in that town
was backward in its resources, kindly forwarded the sum of
£lO. Her Majesty will leave Sudbury Hall for Marlborough
House, the second week in February to be present at the
christening of the Princess Royal.