The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-10 00:00:00

rized by the British Admiral (Purvis) as

would disgrace even the petty states of

.y." But we extract

e following remarks as

murder of two Frenchmen, taken prisoners

a the sth JI

it to mention the atrocious

taken prisoners by

s after that General
3urvis

Id no longer persist
The

'isoners of war

Frenchmen were

proceedings of Government in their effort to put
down the repeal agitation in Ireland ; and, although
we have not withheld our admiration of the vigour
and excellent arrangement, with which that effort
has thus far been conducted, we cannot even now
withdraw our past expressions of dissatisfaction at
the want of promptitude in adopting the step which
it has now at length been found necessary to take.
If meetings, such as that which was, on Sunday
last, to have been held at Clontarf, are now, in the
1 words of the Government proclamation, "calculated
and intended to excite discontent and disaffection in
the minds of her ILlajesty's subjects, and to bring
into hatred and contempt the Government and con-
„ue in the above paper
stitution of the country as by law established," they
Ainister, at Buenos Ayres,
were so calculated months ago. If such meetings
42, addressed to the Buenos
are seditious and dangerous to the public peace now,
\Tidean governments, demanding
they were equally so months ago. Why then, we
if it be true that such
ask still, were they not put down ? Why has the
lligerents, of which
miscreant agitator been permitted, week after week,
there is not a doubt, we are altogether at
to plunder a misguided people ;—to plunder them
to know why the conditions of this letter have
by his cruel exactions, and doubly plunder them by
m enforced by the British Government, as
the compulsory idleness to which he has submitted
gild at once have been established, the trade
hundreds of thousands, who must, during the ap-
- erved and extended, and volt
proaching winter, be plunged into misery unparal-
Indeed we can only see in
lelled even in his own unhappy country ? To these
he utter exhaustion of questions the vigor of the Government now furnish,
and the ruin of both as places of
in our humble opinion, no satisfactory solution ; and
Ach, from the large amount of British ma-
we wait therefore to be further enlightened upon the
'ures they consumed, must, in the end, be
subject by its ulterior proceedings.
ouslv felt by our merchants and manufac-
It will be urged, no doubt, by the thick and thin
to the River Plate. W e
adulators of the Ministerial policy, that Sir Robert
attention of our Govern-
Peel and his colleagues waited to complete that vast
to this destructive and long protracted strug-
amount of precautionary arrangement and military
impressed as we are with the conviction that it
preparation, which we now see so effectively brought
our duty to ascertain if the letter of the 16th Dec. I
into action. Such an argument might hold good,
written by our minister, and if so, then at once
if it could be shown that at any moment we were
o act upon that letter according to its tenor. No
I not prepared to assert the supremacy of the law in
they c , in our opinion, remains open to the
that country. But is this the case ? No ; for whilst
Iritish Government, without the srcrifice of the ho-
the Government has been concentrating its strength,
tour of the British nation.
the Repeal agitation has been growing in the power

e torments they were

letails of so dis-

that decency obliges

I to h

e sent to

th of what has been

dividuals, and the answer
at they had teen executed

.r, day M. de Clerval dis-

it is supposed with

to the French minister,

trde. It remains to be seen whether he will
ame shamefully indolent course adopted by
rine, or if, by some energetic demonstration,
• that the pestilent influence of Rosas has

common feelings of

find r,

tier of the Br

1 Mon

was written to the two be

nte Video

e of tt

Ils war t

Curers engaged in tra

would earnestly call thi

ourse

of its organization and the daring of its leaders. THE MERCURY'S SLANDER OF THE PROTESTANT
We predicted, after the success of the Anti-Corn- Some months ago the same vast effort now makin OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF LIVERPOOL. —T
he
popish
n.,aw League at Durham, that in the first borough would not have been required. A proclamation ofg Protestant
olt es s
afac li sa et
ihaono dws
we
dei rxepcat
se
edd tlast
a rwdese tkh et as) era qv e u -
w
re
vhere a blow could be effectually struck the the illegality of these monster meetings, now become rates his calumny in his publication of Friday : w
mtire energies and the vast organisation of this so threatening, would then have shorn the cowardly and .At s we quite expected, the Tory paper, of Tuesday, T
m i
s aion
o f
the leave
rioters deniedto ttbhea tthe
Amphitheatre, coppers
tis
)and of conspi ators would be at once devoted to rebel of his strength, without more than a tenth part for thes correspondents,a
the occasion of the Repeal Meeting, were handed to them u
:he task of perverting the judgments or overawing of the military demonstration, of which Dublin was by the Operative Protestant Association. The treasurer u
he will of the constituency. And we are not mis- on Sunday the scene. An entire people driven to himself denies that he has paid any such money for any t(
,aken. In the metropolis itself the agency is now the verge of outbreak—prepared for blood and vio- such purpose. These denials do not shake our confidence b
i b bin the
repeatedoriginal statement, amt 7d ee n
tt
0, and
appearwe
morebelieve
decidedthe denials
still,
couldyd wicti. übl d Pr
at work, which is destined ultimately to spread fence—contemplating it day by day, with passions
throughout Great Britain ; to break down those excited by the constant iteration of imagined wrongs, any such means the identification of our informant s
by possibility be reached ; but he is not to be caught."
constitutional barriers, which hedge the Church, and with a winter of wretchedness, the result-. of Nowmade
iv:yhaat
man
nn
tteassadstiinnatre7yfurteastiory
eic)finatillyia statement (
the Monarchy, and the Liberties of the People, and their own folly, and their betrayer's scoundrelism
ofb truthl ? Obviously, our only course is to despise contempte f
to render the representative principle a farce, by vir- before their eyes, require no doubt all the force now many fables,
hyaandspleonettrieaat
mindhi faasrsegaioinasjaarsv
ofso amp
tually handing over the choice of the majority of arrayed against them, to secure their subjection to iforegleedr,
the House of Commons to the dictation of a body the law ; but the same people, disorganizad and ponent. In the present case, the Mercury distinctly 1
stated that the admission-money to the Repeal meeting was (,
of men, leagued in pursuit of their own selfish ob. comparatively unexcited, might have been repressed, urnished to a set of riotous boys by the Protestant Ope-
rative Association. We had the best of authority for 1
jects, and inveterately hostile to the established in- with a hand less strongly armed, and with even less denying this. It was in the same publication denied by .
stitutions of their country. In every ward of the danger of ultimate failure. the treasurer. And, moreover, we had the additional as- 1,
city, the hireling missionaries of this body are busily Besides we have ever maintained, and we must surance of knowing that the association at the time—and '
weh
aared nnoo tfna
nwdasr thatefor
thatit soposition
other's
pa muchrpo improved p r oii endd now
yet ;
circulating their mendacious statements, to mislead continue tc maintain, that a numerous portion of
and betray the citizens'. In every ward they are the population of Ireland have for months past our contemporary's " confidence" is not shaken ! He is
erecting influences to enable them to coerce those' panted for such an opportunity of escaping from fosrmed
oollntic that his
b f"treigpraolte informant"starit
i_sso elabtieotriteroilann-
whom they cannot convince ; and, as the result, it O'Connell and his priestley myrmidons, as a firm the association itself, and proceeds to state that
—our original informant—tt" declares the coppers
appears to us almost inevitable that the Conservative position on the part of Government would have were furnished
cr to "the ipersonages3yi,or int e theporapsosose-
feeling of the metropolis of English commerce will afiorded them. If we mistake not, the truth of this ciation, and disirributel
stated.tbe please
t.haeaddelityming parties know, or may soon know
perhaps,
f.
the decencyexposur
e sake,of the be stifled, and a Radical member of the council of opinion will now be seen. There may be some
the Anti-Corn-law League will be elected to repre- fiery spirits in that country who will not be disposed now syoparranged, in consequenceay
transaction, thtt the treasurer may not be called upon to
books. Assembled ble d mischief
experience
t o
sent, or to misrepresent, the interests of its mer- to sit down quietly in subjection to the dictates of
chants, its bankers, and its traders, in the House of the great agitator. There may be men who will say makers, like the association, have sufficient
know
to deny w howtovi wt
in orkfoth e affair in substance, and yet not be
Commons. to their cowardly betrayers, " You have led us thus able
rm."
In addition to this merely desultory effort of the far on the road to civil convulsion, and you shall Well done, Mercury ' The jesuitical dishonesty of the
faction, what is their declared intention, with respect not now hold us back from our meditated prey, the course suggested is worthy of Loyala himself, and might,
if well considered, throw a light upon much that has
to future proceedings. Last year we saw fifty thou- Saxon whom you have taught us to hate." For such hitherto been deemed incomprehensible in liberal tactics!
sand pounds, and upwards, raised and expended for there is nothing but the arm of the law; and should
.COUNTY REGISTRATION.—The court for revising the
L
the purpose of disseminating throughout the coon- it fall heavily upon them, we fear that the Govern- v emr peonocledistrict
at the Sessions-house
of the
parliamentary b listis m foro
rtaliiins
g. county
try those mendacious tracts, in which the aristocracy ment which permitted them to be misled, and their commences
and the agriculturists of England are painted as I feelings to be exasperated to this pitch of despera- earnestly press upon our conservative friends who have
b to
aba
e esnstobjectedati to, the
robbers and virtual murderers of the poor, whilst tion, is scarcely to be excused for its unhappy error.ate
claims.their
rcessity of a personal attendance
the millocracy are lauded, as the only source of the But that the bulk of the population of Ireland will EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVITY IN THE COTTON
nation's strength, and the only party who care for thus determine we do not believe. There are hun- e2TOI noticed last last week the extraordinary fact
N. AnßoKleEsTs.---thn
aeledsayoyfreCeoeettdoinaghoauvirnpgubbelfenatSiOblnd:
the people's happiness. This year it is proposed to dreds of thousands, we believe, who have all along at advanced prices on th
and we have now to notice the more extraordinary fact
double the amount of this contribution for seditious been re Balers only from the necessity of their posi- that this activity in the demand has been sustained durin
purposes. A hundred thousand pounds are to be tion—from the compulsion to which they were sub- the entire week, the aggregate sales for which are now
g
raised ; and mark the changed
.purpose to which jected : and these men will rejoice to be emancipated caetsetedradtav7Oireo
samebale at anty awdvaasnceofful
manifested,ly idtbaper let
r,
they are to be devoted ! It is not in the circulation and permitted to return to the peaceful avocations being 10,000 bales (nearly half a week's consumption);s
and the market closed with great firmness.
of weekly tons of mendacity; it is not in the inva- of industry; and they would have rejoiced to have
MUNICH" ALL REVISION.—The municipal revision was
sion of the pesceful villages of England by hired been thus emancipated half a year ago ! resumed on Tuesday, and terminated on Thursday. The
sowers of sedition; it is not in the getting up of But the most important question which now pre- following is the result :
fraudulent petitions to the House of Commons. sents itself respects the further proceedings of Go-
Objections. Objections. Claims. Claims.
WARDS.
Ai Radicals.sa l l A (Ic'. nery
Disald. AS
o. n_.,, esravi .d .
Aid. C o nasz a .
More definite and direct are now to be the operations vernment in Ireland. Of course, we may now ex-Dl____
of this powerful body. The League is now at pect to see those meetings, which are declared to be Everton.... .. .. .. ..._ 1 2 1
length to assume the unconstitutional position of an dangerous to the public peace, repressed by the exe- Scotland ... 35 8 37 17 2 •2• 1 3
e 5 17 7 25 .. .. .. 1
electioneering body. Its vast organization is to be cutive. But is the mercenary fellow who has now rta.upxahuall,ls .. ..
12 12 9 22 .. •
, Exchange.. 5 14 g i i 2 .. 1 2
devoted to a simultaneous action upon the consti- added cowardice to his other crimes—who is only Castle-street 7 31 33 is 3 30 4 6
tuencies. Its agents are to enter into immediate preserved from the fate of a rebel, by a fond regard St. Peter's.. • • • • • • • . 1 2 • 1
itt..treet 26 25 II 28 1 6 i i
Gt. George.. • • •
communication with the electors of every borough for the'safety of his body—is such aman to be per- P •-
• • 2 14 .. 1
1 .. ..
and county throughout the kingdom ; and when mitted to retire to obscurity, to chuckle over his past AR t)ed
I.ll:joins tt;y.
.. : : : : : :•• : :
.• •• 1
Lime-street. .. • •
" the pear is ripe"—when a sufficient amount of ill gains and to brood over fresh robberieq, unvisited 2 3 ..
St. Anne's.. .. • • •*, ' • • •
feeling has been created, and some check in the by the laws which he has violated ? We trust not... .. .. .. .. 1
West Derby. .. .. '. 3 • • • • • • 1
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prosperity of the country lays open the passions of a The very proclamation of the Government is itself o
No. TTooteet
thi; 1.5 •1•9 • 1
5 31 16 10 7 3
suffering people to the operations of the incendiary an acknowledgment of his guilt. That proclaina-
_,. which would.leave Boston on the istant, may be ex-
The North American Royal Mail steam-ship Acadia,
and demagogue, the cry is to be raised to the throne tion declares that "at several of the meetings"—of pected to arrive here on Saturday inert,