The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-10 00:00:00

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THE " GETTING UP" OF THE O'csONNELL

MEETINGS IN IRELAND.

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.. • (From the Times.) !
Those of our readers who are fond of a graphic sketch will
not have failed to amuse themselves with that very pleasant
and *gent letter touching the O'Connell meetings in Dub-
lin, :Ilia was published in The Times of yesterday, under
the signature of our correspondent '6 B." A Dublin Con-
servative has opportunities, such as the.Englieli in, general
cannot possess, ofieeeine the way in which the-wires- of. the
puppet-box are worked from beneath by the big showman,
who, after acting. both Puneh.and Devil, goes,round .with his
hat to Coiled the halfpence. When " B." pulls up the;cur-
tain, and the showman's tricks are exposed, the excrtement
ceases, the crowd: -begin,. tee:be. ashamed -of :themselves for
gaping,. every- poor fellow . buttons
.up his, breeches .pesket
(WhOSe pd'eket ixineilffiCiently .geod repair- toebeegarmslied
With a hutOn,) and theitinerant's.antie,ipated halfpence, in-
stead of swelling his pernicious ,means, are; re sued ,forrtsiess
fitter. arid more natural uses of the, sickly wife and the starving
children. This is a disappointment which the balked and fe7
rocious expectant can neither brook nor forget; and his rage.
So far outruns -his cunning, that he commits the absurdity of
telling all the world how sore he is. _, .
The getting up of one of the O'Connell meetings in Ire:
land is managed on the principle on which the city sharpers
launch a-joint-stock company. The first point is to present
a good decoy. A man of some rank, for • instance .a Lord,
or; if that cannot be had, an Hon. Mister, is the best article
to put _feirwarde.- but these are now become-veryscarce and
difficult to -be prOcured. -Sudh persons 'h•ave, usually: some
reputation to lose, and they do not like to sell it for quite so
low a ,price as a " tremendous cheer."` 'The next. best thing
appears: to- be a barrister, or, as the Irish callhirus a eoun-
sellors-and- as the whole patronage of- the law is pretty well
.understohdto he at the Agitator's disposal, it is not to be
-wondered at that now and then an- ambitious • young! man
should allow himself to be tempted into a tool and .flattered
into a dupe.- Who can tell what honours, what emoluments,
inay await the professional progress -of an orator who.sig-
alizei himself in. the Corn Exchange or the Adelphi Theatre?
He may be a Solicitor General, an Attorney-General, a
Judge. a Master of the Rolls, or, if it suit him to leave the
Four Courts .for -the mom-dazzling attractions of. Downing-
street and Whitehall,. he ,may become a Lord of the Trea-
sury, a Secretary of the Admiralty—nay, let him he but vio-
lent enough in Popery, and wholly guiltless of all acquaint-
ance with business, and he may come to be Vice-President of
-the Board of Trade, and sit among, the Privy Councillors.
• Yet even these allurements,
.potent asthey are, .will., not,
always secure a prOduceahle person to undergo the dishonour
of. being .puppeted, patted, and patronised by such a master
as the Dublin demagogue. There is thew no resource but a
' -stranger.. Our correspondent gives an instructive and di-
verting example of the way in which a stranger is -got up arid;
dressed for the day in the sort of importance necessary Ink
imposing upon an ignorant auditory.. It is the instanee, of a
--commercial traveller from a Manchester house, whom Our
communicant, not recollecting •the good, ies.o's real name,
'cull's John Gilpin. John, being desirous to see the.lions Of
Dublin, and particularlyethat very loud--roaring and ends
neatly Wild animal the live O'Connell, repaired to the Corn-
Exchange to witness his antics. • O'Connell, who was driven
to-his last straits for a chairman, happened in his extremity
to hear of this Manchester runner,;. and John, who as a
stranger was accommodated
.with a station near the head of
the room, had net been five minutes in his place, when, to
his unspeakable surprise and horror, he heard the demagogue
announce his name, with a motion " that the said John Gil-
pin, Esquire, should take the chair." " Poor Gilpin pressed
'forward to O'Connell, and assured him that he was no
esquire, but a mere monthly runner for his masters, and that
he never was in-a chair in all his life, and never intermeddled
with politics, of which he knew nothing, and implored to be
excused the high honour of which he was so utterly unwor-
thy. O'Connell replies at once, 'Go into that chair, my
friend, and all Ireland shall deal with your employers.' The
runner understood this businesslike hint at, once, and got
into the chair, All this passed sub silentio in the upper con-
-clave, and of which the greasy mob were utterly unconscious;
and then comes tbrth-O'Connell—' Gentlemen, I have mov-
ed a stranger into the chair, and with Irish hearts you will
will give him an hospitable welcome. (Cheers,) Did I say
astranger ? - I was wrong. The name of Gilpin is known by
every man who hears me. "(An awful silence.) Is there one
man in this powerful assemblage of Irish genius, intellect,
and talent, . who can be so beastly ignorant as not to know
that the name of Gilpin, in .the north of England, was the
foremost in the cause of Irish emancipation? (Cheers.) Do
you. now' 'know my • long-esteemed and valued friend ?
(Cheers., and cries of 'We do, we do.') And yet I had great
difficulty in prevailing .upon this modest. English merchant
to take the chair. (Cheers.) But-could Ido less, when lie
came oveteas the head of. the
.greatest mercantile establish-
ment in England, to be present at this meeting, and, as he.
himself so happily said; to see and hear what we were doing,
knowing well:that there can, be no safety in England unless
justicObe fititdone to Ireland ?' (Tremendous cheers.)"
Poi a piece Of genuine " blarney," this effusion is not to
be exceeded ,'' Our correspondent, taking a =meat random,
has been rather lucky in hitting upon• that of John Gilpin ;
for it is clear that-the worthy traveller, like his prototype,
Was made to go a good deal '• further than he intended."
Such frauds as this provoke only alaugh ; but others, from
the same crucible, are too flagrant to he ludicrous. The last
new imposture is an address to her Majesty, to be signed by,
the inhabitants of all the parishes in all the counties of "the
first flower. cu the earth, and.first gem of the .sea," and to be
presented-to the:Qs-teen in person, by the.member for all•lre-
land in petson. , We shall see in what way the whig ministers
of the crow.nioszilleeAvise her,Majesty to receive and answer'
this insolentiromputtions „It insults the. Sovereign by de-
nourreing,u.svast botlyeof the most loyal and faithful as well as
of the most respectable and honorahle anion.- lier subjects as
" ,' a party•thatsitsgrace the constitution" arid " sully the sa-
cred nanseltif religion ;!li and then with imparalleled audacity,
'.it'sealls open the_,Qhgeo.-to vjolete.thed.nties ov-inS- 'from ever-
Ssrveriegn•,as.. the::equiyalenteot . tile people's allegiene,?, by
.
jehling the conspiracy of the Popish faction against the whole
l'•*,)t-es.int4PopoliatiCM9t 41-P) l'eJilligi.i9/11- .It goes - -t.°
West, ashssuatesitAls,ft.pesee.. esopsigssst sltywieby f 11Q Irish'
pee rile, with a special' vaunt 0 their readiness to peril life Miff
pet) pe r ty," its defeiMol Saf TAto igl)t•NIlPfPgS449Y,el Qftl: stislki4-,-
jesty:s throne:'' ,with which pgh.44prilvitiyestii,s&letiflOn-
ers are So tanfroniin terieling, t. 14,4 t4igt pteser.4o, hp fjpArel t
a.incideSt. and humble reque.st,, ;or NE,6f4f)., -,11120,5b,,,i
serva..„‘„....,(...ttreKtplisicV4l94- l'hic . ' itth9Yetl
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mies.of t444,aomplv o!' ireli\tAhs.;.tr.9ui. pkoxst 113?-4Mek '-'ri,
'COtitils-anttOlto.q94Po o.oSieneelf3:394rAegie:Aact) '
,li:2't'64al:4.oYVNP)449 Aille.FOßLPFOSqls,.__AlVitil C'' °I.
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haat, Auorl,isikiligeSieestA4 W,S4IjIkIFY4BWAr* '. A . , '
majority, of its actual ,inern ex#;tATAl6 AMIN 14 Y.
`-
-councils of fire Sovereign, i;,.:. a toleral,rg,e,, eman'd 'Clititt
a propos ai fer excluding allstisese,,from:any,partiCifiation'.iir
the4iower of the state, that is, fOr putiing theist iti the .very:
situation fi:om which the. Roman Catholics. have just been
relieved-, .and restoring .all
,the vices of an unequal law,
With the additional', aggravation of giving the ascendancy.
to. the minority, and. that. _minority a Popish one, it
really is a stretch of iniquity and impudence which, even
at a time and from a person such as this, we were riot quite
prepared,to expect. sHow .we again as.. will the Ministers_
deal with this libel in, the shape of a prayer ?. Row will they
counsel her Majesty to,. answer the intruder, who shall dare.
to force himself into her: presence' with such a petition as
this, which he has admitted—nay, boaster.?—to his copi-Ex-
. change. mob, "is principally his own composition ?" Will
they ,not advise her to avert her head on 'his approach—to
Withdraw her hand from, .the • contamination of his saluteH
to ' signify in brief; . but indignant terms, her repugnance to -
his arbitrary demands, and her abhorrence of his slanders on
her subjects' loyalty ? No, none of. this. His petitionVvill
be placed in the hand of the Lord in Waiting, without so
much as ashint to the Queen from her trine-serving Minis-
ters of its unprecedented and abominable contents : and the
sturdy.mend,icant will, leave the Royal presence unrebuked,
;o brag of the graciousness of his reception at Court, and of
lie thriving condition of the Popish causes .

THE CHARTISTS- AND' THE ANTI-CORN-LAW

AGITATORS,

• (From the Standard.)'
The anti-corn-law whig-radicals have been again shame-
fully defeated by the chartists. The scene of this, their 'more
recent dischmfiture and disgrace, is Sheffield, where, on
Thursday, 'Mr.—(appropriation) Virard—Mr. Parker and
some others tried tt.get up a meeting in aid of the anti corn-
law swindle.: The-chartists beat them out of the Circus,
their first lace of assembling, and then relentlessly pursued
them to a Place :called Paradise-square, where the whig-radi-
cats sought a 'refuge, and there' beat them soundly again.
The beating was all, however, merely figurative; and very
Peaceable; for though there were hints Of a horsepond, and
one 'or two blows struck towards the close of the proceed-
the general conduet of the chartists Was orderly; and
Mr. Ward and Mr." Parker were permitted to slink away in
•
safety.
The Morning Chronicle observes that it is " sorry to say
that the proceedings at the anti-corn-law meeting at Sheffield
by no means correspond with the' inference which it drew
from the statements in the address from the working people
of that town." It is natural enough that the Morning Chro-
nicle should be disappointed. The whigs have held the po-
pulace "by the ears long enough to expect a perpetuity of
influence. Their influence is, however at an end, and now
they must learn to follow those whOrn they lately drove, or
they will be left in solitude. We are not without a hope that
the whigs are making the discovery, and that the country
may be permitted to rest •from agitation. Exhibitions like
that of Sheffield demonstrate nothing -at present but the
weakness of the whig-radicals.; if persevered in, they will
expose the folly and malignity ofthe 'party.
Let them not for a moment flatter themselves with the
notion; that by incurring the hostility of the chartists, they
in the least recommend themselVes to the favourable opinion
of the friends of order. No ; every man of common sense
sees that their arguments' are the arguments of chartism, and
that the inflamed temper which they seek to kindle, is to the
full as dangerous and malevolent as-any disposition by which
the chartists have been animated. The difference between
the anti-corn-law agitators and the-chaelist agitators is this :
the first to seek a disaffection, by which, either masked as
" moral -force" or nakedly- displayed in rebellion, their own,
particular class will be gainers at the expense of all other
classes, while the chartists entertain insane projects by which
they hope to realise benefits to all classes.
The designs of both are equally dangerous, but by no means
equally base and criminal r they differ as far as mean villany
differs from- generous folly. The whit-radicals, moreover,
have pictured to them in little, by their late defeats, what
would be the consequence of their success should they suc-
deed to their utmost wishes. The chartists are already too
strong' for
,them.-
.-Well, suppose the corn-laws repealed,
'what would they have to offer in opposition to the principle
of chartist demands ? Every principle upon which they
claim the repeal of the corn-laws is a chartist principle.
The anti-corn-law men would limit the application of such
principles to matters in which they' are to be gainers ; the
chartists would 'apply them universally. . Well, as we
have said, suppose the anti-corn-law men to have suc-
ceeded, with. what face could they resist the- further
application of their own principles; or how could they
dare to denounce the violent agitation by which them-
selves are now labouring to win success for these principles ?
As far as the restraints of honour and conscience go, we are
aware' they would have no difficulty in hunting, even to the
gallows, the followers in their own track ; but much as they
may despise the restraints of honour and conscience, the
Whig-radicals could not dare to insult a stronger party than
their own ; and 'raving carried their, repeal of the corn-laws,
•they must consent to assist in the use of the same means in
carrying the Charter—the moral necessity is complete.
However, there is a hope that the lesson received in Sheffield
may warn them that in calling anti-corn-law meetings, they
are reallysummoning chartist musters.

CURIOUS AND IMPORTANT INVENTION.—Mr. James
Sutcliffe; of Limerick, Superintendent 'of the Dock Works,
Under Sir Thonitis Dean and Co., has recently and
taken out a patent for a pump, whiCh • bids
.fair to ..,)•-i•c,ede
every thing of the kind that has gone befott it: its-pririCi-
ple is' infallible, and infinitely supedoi-foi. all Practical.pnr
poses.. It has already received the palm from a Multitude Tof
the greatest scientific men of the present age, who have ex-
amined its structure. Its peculiarities are so strikingly
di-
versified as to command strict attention. In its almost total.
relief from friction, a continuous stream, and having no
valves, can never be rendered useless by being choked, so
common with every other one before ; the' vacuum is moven
by an elipsis revolving in a calendar, and will discharge any
thing that can pass up the pipe. It is made entirely of iron,
so is almost everlasting. It will treble the quantum of the
common pump by the same power, and if applied to' an en-
gine, will work wonders. Mr. S. has gone to Liverpool to
• enter into a contract with some respectable establitlimaiet for
the manufacture of them. He has already .got, ran ininietise
quantity of orders from engineers and contractors all .over
the three kingdoms.—Linterick Standard. • • '