The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-15 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON'S FAILURE

Lord Palmerston, in the memorable debate on the Affghan
war, asserted that England had been successful in everything
that she had undertaken while he presided over the Foreign-
office; or, that at least, every question had been " settled
according to the views adopted by the English
We propose to test this assertion by the prim
which arose under Lord Palmerston's aemi
beg our readers to note a few simple, MIN
pretending facts.
Lord Palmerston undertook to form a
with France—which has -not been settled
views of the British Government.
Lord Palmerston undertook to form
with France—which has not been settl
views of the British Government.
Lord' Palmerston undertook to form a
with Spain—which has not be
views of the British Government

commerc

Lord Palmerston undertook to form a co!
with Naples—which has not been settled a,
views of the British Government.
Lord Palmerston undertook to form a cm
with Austria—which has not been settled ac
views of the British Government.

Lord Palmerston undertook to form a
with Turkey—which has not been settl
views of the British government.
Lord Palmerston sought to form a con,
Persia—which has not been settled accon
the British government.
Lord Palmerston sought to form cemm
the Chinese—which have not been settle
views of the British government.
Lord Palmerston sought to obtain
breach of treaty by Holland in .Tara—tl
been settled according to the views of t
went. _ _
•. • _

Lord Palmerston sought to maintai
Poland—that matter was not settled a
of the British government. _

Lord Palmerston protested against
Skelessi—that matter was not settled acci4
of the British government.
Lord Palmerston promised to send a c
that matter has not been settled accordii
the British government.
Lord Palmerston sought to obtain reps
rage at Portendie—the matter has not bee
to the views of the British government.

Lord Palmerston sought to obt
Greece from the control of Russi
that end.
Lord Palmerston sought to obtait
so that in common they might resi
to attain that end.
Lord Palmerston sought to wz
being pushed on to attack Herat-1
end. _ _ _

nercial treaty
;ordine- to the

.onsul to

ty with

ie views of

Lord Palmerston sought to suostitth
unfriendly power in Affghanistan—he 1
that end.
Lord Palmerston sought to establish t
—he has failed to attain that end.
Lord Palmerston sought to get a better frontier for Eng-
land in North America than was awarded by the King of
Holland—be has failed to attain that end.
Lord Palmerston sought to obtain the liberation of
M'Leod without trial—he failed to at
Lord Palmerston sought to estab
he failed to attain that end.
end.me u s
Lord Palmerston sought to establish retrenchment,—he
failed to attain that end.
failedbeTr,hseouggovhetrtnomreenrata,ionfinwloliffichce—Loitrd
;test resu t are in a t ese
orEhiethdeidr,ntohtenle,tLthoerdnaPtiaoliTienrstoton claimed merit.
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lfailures,.h
The avowed intention and the theman
secret Palmerstont
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instances in flagrant contradiction
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successfully accomplished ie:::nanntdthaatt *F.l:e- c..IM ?f his

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ace upon earth—

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SUICIDE UNDEILSINGULARC!RcUMy,_
day night, an inquest was held before_lN. S. A..
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theth e
body u r r
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ty
age,
'denee it appeared, that the d-
the evidence,
almhonrgnibnyg,tahheosvide
of
packer, and resides in S
of who drowned herself in the &wt..
who is a Sunday
the A
E'slizAarbrnetshPJuabel
an and woman f
with another ra , .01
walk. They went to some gardens in the direct
shave,
oauntdonwhil s
tw
on their return, the deceased's husband in a'
upon the heel of her boot two or
4three tim,
ber so inuch that after sain
something to that effect, she leap' He
drowned. Her husband ed into th
attempts to save her,
but went in after her, i
that it was with some ultimately he became,
The deceased difficulty his own life was preserved
was got
st soon after the occurrence, and het
body conveyed to the u
Hurray's Arms. It appeared that the
party had some liquor a short time previous to the deceased
woman of act ; and it was proved that she was a
an exceed'
a verdict to theeffecttngly irritable temper. The jury returned
moment of that the deceased destroyedtherself in a
temporary ' •
insanity.-111ancherter &Aide.

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d and her husband,
ct, Oldham road.
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company

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at do it a

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id was

so exhausted

On Monday forenoon, the father of the hump-backed
youth had an interview with his son, in Newgate, and the
scene was (as might be readily imagined) a painful one. The
prisoner stated that he was very comfortable, and almost in
the same breath said he did not " know what to make of it,"
(alluding to his commitment). He betrayed deep emotion
upon the mention of his mother's name, but upon every
other subject he displayed an absence of mind.
He said that he slept in the fields on the night previous to
the supposed attempt, and on the following day " wandered
into the park with his pistol in his pocket." It is known in
many instances a deformity of the spine has been connected
with an aberration of intellect, but whether that is the case
in this instance has not yet been developed. The prisoner
appears to be much attached to the chaplain, and reads with
attention the books which the rev. gentleman has supplied
him with. His food consists of the ordinary prison diet, viz.,
20 ounces of bread per day, gruel for breakfast and supper,
and a quart of soup, or six ounces of meat every alternate
day. The prisoner was placed in a cell by himself at his own

request.
There are some singular circumstances connected with
this and Oxford's case. The following particulars may be
relied upon :
The father of Oxford and Bean's father were playmates to-
gether, and were subsequently both brought up to be chasers,
and consequently their acquaintance existed until within a
short period of the death of Oxford's father, which took
place in one of the metropolitan hospitals. Mr. Bean, who
is an industrious and respectable workman, gave information
to Inspector Penney, of the G division, of his son having
absconded from home nearly a week before the supposed at-
tempt upon the life of the Queen, and that information led
to young Bean's apprehension ; and it is not a little singular
that Inspector Penney is the uncle of Oxford, his wife being
the sister of Mrs. Oxford. Great and general indtgla4tion is
felt as to pistols being sold as toys to idle lads, a practmethat
has resulted in the commission of an act which has created
so much alarm in the public mind,

SIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE ANTI-CORN-LAW
DELEGATES.

From the Morning Herald.)

111 the official report of the interview which the anti-corn-
law delegates had on Saturday with Sir Robert Peel, there
are two notable instances of the unfairness both in intention
and inference which are common in persons of that kidney.
Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, the month-piece and spouter in
ordinary to the declamatory free traders of Liverpool, while
discoursing most magniloquently of the distress which exists
in that town, was interrupted by Sir Robert Peel with the
very natural and simple inquiry—" Has the trade of Liver-
pool fallen off?" There could, we should suppose, have been
but little difficulty for a person so learned and familiar with
its statistics to reply to this question ; but a direct answer
did not suit Mr. Heyworth's purpose, and thus he fenced,
parried, and attempted to escape from the inquiry.
" Mr. Heyworth said that there was a host of shipping
anchartered, and likely to continue so, in the docks.
" Sir R. Peel.—Has the value of the exports from Liver-
pool fallen off ?

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`'Mr. Heyworth said that it must be evident from what he
was saying, that the quantity of goods used at home must be
greatly diminished. Dear bread, in consequence of its being
dear, absorbed too much of the wages of the poorer classes
to permit a market to be found for the goods exported abroad.
" Sir It. Peel.—Did I understand you to aay that the ex-
ports had diminished ?

" Mr. Heyworth.—The exports must be increased when
the consumption at home is diminished."
Mr. Heyworth's shufling is not so contemptible as the false
inference with which he endeavourrd to neutralise the fact,
which it required all Sir Robert Peel's firmness to extort.
Notwithstanding " the wonderful composure, both of muscle
and countenance," which the right hon. baronet is described
to have displayed on the occasion of this interview, a smile
of scorn and indignation at the disingenuousness of this
quibbling delegate of Liverpool's anti-corn-law fury most
have been visible when his cross-examination had brought
out the falt, the concealment of which was thus impudently
attempted, and its proper application blusteringly perverted.
" The exports must be increased when the consumption
at home is diminished " ! Wherefore " must " they ? On
what compulsion is there any such irresistible necessity ? If
increase of exports be produced by decrease of home con-
sumption, how is it that home consumption has not been
regularly decreasing for the last fifty years? If the Liver-
pool agitator's political economy be worth a pin's fee, we
ought long ago to have been reduced here in England to
nudity. His costive reply assumes that the amount of pro-
duction can never be lessened, and that if the supply be not
consumed at home, it will be sent abroad. Grant him his
monstrous assumption, and why should there be any distress
in the manufacturing districts when the amount of fabrics
made is not lessened? But enough of this foolish though
furious spouter ; his nonsense would not be worth noticing,
save as a specimen of the absurdities propounded by the
rabid wisdom of anti-corn-law leaguers; it can pass current
only in the columns of the Chronicle.
The union of dissenting teachers and desperate manufac-
turers who visited the Premier on Saturday seem, indeed,
to have considered themselves entitled to make what state-
ments they pleased. Thus Mr. Whitehead, of Leeds, we
are informed, " stood before Sir Robert Peel as a tradesman
of that town," and " was proceeding with details of its wide-
spread and awful suffering," when
an‘ral Sir R. Peel inquired whether the consumption of tea
sugarhad decreased ?
cies had Whitehead believed the consumption of these arti-
.. sir ii,otpbeen so much affected.
Mr. aheadWid. Suppo it should have increased ?"
position was the knew well enough that the Premier's sup-
,eslity—that the consumption of tea and
sugar had increased in Leeds ; and thus he imitated Mr.
Heyworth in his
able : attempt to explain away what was undeni-
"Mr

Whitehead
classes of the populatio
said, that the food of the poorer
, generally consisted of bread, milk,
meat, potatoes, cheese
obliged tdbutter. The male part of them
did not, except when
take tea and coffee. What
was used of those articlesgvrea'a
so inr the worst quality and the
lowest price, so much
that the revenue was
scarcely benefited by the consumption
ignorance is compressed
What a mass of folly and wilt,- '
into these sentences. The increaseddLersumption of tea and
„ vihe rich alone ; the
sugar in Leeds, according. to this
obliged 1" and
credulity and impudence, is caused b;gtauted. compound of
poor in Leeds only use tea and coffee
preserved
when they do consume thor articles " the reerinveonbeitureotirsp
valorem,
that
benefited by the consumption." How sir
his gravity whilst listening to such nonsense is
can imagine. One would imagine from this statement than we
the customs' duties on tea and sugar were. levied ad
those
and that it was only the high-priced articles which contributed
to the revenue. If the poor can consume tea and coffee and
" scarcely benefit the revenue, the consumption of
commodities cannot be checked by the duties imposed on
them ; if there be duties on them, such consumption must
benefit the revenue. On to one of the horns of this dilemma
Mr. Whitehead, the Leeds tradesman, " who stood before
Sir Robert Peel," must mount. Let him choose whichever
suits the ignorance and glorious mental confusion in a
com-
which
he revels. The man seems, however, to have had
punctious twinge, for in the very next sentence after that last
quoted, he proceeded to account for an increase of consump-
tion, "if such there was," by informing Sir Robert Peel
that " the mcn who still went to the factories had tea and
coffee dinners." Comment on such ridiculous inconsistencies
and contradictions as these is useless.
There is surely misery, suffering, and distress enough in
the country to induce even anti-corn-lawand spouters to cease
disgusting the well-disposed charitable by their flagrant
attempts at imposition and monstrous disingenuousness.

The munificent offer of £5OO. has been made by J. B.
Cresswell, Esq., of Newcourt, to the committee of the insti-
tution for the blind, established in Exeter, in aid of an ap-
propriate building to be erected for the purposes of the
charity.— Taunton Courier.

PAISLEY.—Ten barrels of beef, and an equal number of
beans, have been sent by Mr. James Watt, of New York,
for the benefit of the unemployed in Paisley, the Lords of
kthe Treasury having consented that they should be admitted
14134

Peter Tally examined by Mr. Schoales—ln the month,of
April last a man named Keenan spoke to me in the market
of Granard. He asked me would I like to get on. He
brought me into a room where there were five or six persons.
The prisoner was in the room. I did not know him before.
Was introduced to him by Keenan. The prisoner was to
make me a ribandman, but I would not accept of it. Keenin
said to prisoner, " Here is a man I can recommend." The'
prisoner seemed to think well of it. We talked a little upon
the riband business. The prisoner said he was a ribandinan.
He said he was head man among them. There was some
talk of towns. The prisoner mentioned the towns of Scrabby,
Granard, Arvagh, and Edgeworthstown, round to the Cal-
lows' side. He also mentioned the county of "Westmeath,
and said he had some power over these places. Keenan said
something of people sending cattle to Lord Lorton to graze,
which Keenan complained of. The prisoner said he would
come down to Keenan's and settle the affair. Mr. Howley
and the police then came in and seareb,ed us all, but finding
no papers went away. After Mr. Hipkwley and the pblice
were gone, M`Canna was very angry with them for searching
us, and with Mr. Howley, for bringing about things that
happened about five or six years ago. Ar Canna also said he
would haae a stock purse made, and have some of themtaken
down.

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To the prisoner—I had not' known you before thdt day.
Keenan said, " This is the *Man I was speaking to you
about." You said " Very well." Keenan'spoke to you
about getting me on. I don't.think it a fair tfuestion-to ask
me if ever I was a ribandtnan.
The Court told witness he was not bound to answer that
question.
Witness—l suppose I was stopped being made by Mr.
Howley coming in. I said nothing about Michael Gill. I
had not seen Mr. Howley that day until he came in. •I had
no conspiracy to get up evidence for Michael Gill. You
said you would have a stock purse made to take Mr. Howley
and some of them down. You said you were bead man of
Scrabby and Arvagh, and the other places. I had
to you, and never lodged informations against you. I was
served with a summons to come here. I never said if I got
back I would set Michael Gill free again, as I did for the
murder. I never spoke to you of the evidence I made for
Gill. Keenan and you both said you were head men -dyer
the town of Granard. I did not swear by the contents .of
anything after Mr. Howley went out, or demand whisky.
might have boasted of snapping a paper, after they went out.
I think I did snap the paper from the policeman. It was an
old process the policeman bad taken out of my pocket.
P. C. Howley, Esq. resident magistrate, examined by Mr.
Fox—Witness went on the 25th of April last to the liOuse of
a man named Hourigan, in Granard, and found five persons
at a table in a room there. The prisoner, Tally, and Keenan
were three of them. Searched them, but found 'nothing
treasonable on their persons. These are the paiswords
(identified the paper found in the lid of the trunk, on which
they were written). •
James Hagan, examined by Mr. Henderson-1 am a na-
tive of Sligo. I know of the existence of a secret society
which was known by the name of the Sons of the Shamrock
or ribandism. lam upwards of 16 years a member of that
society. When I was made I was sworn on my knees to 14
articles: The first article was—

" I do declare,in'iiie presence of Almighty God, that I
am here to join the Song of the Shamrock of my own free
will and accord.

" 2nd—That I Ain not buy anything from a heretic or
orangeman, when I can get the same as good and cheap from
a brother."

There were 12 other articles. The society were known by
secret signs and passwords. (The witness here repeated the
passwords mentioned in the third and fourth counts of the
indictment, which were the passwords for last October.)
The passwords are changed four times a year. There are
different officers of the society. The county delegate is
highest ; next parish-masters, next committee or council
men, and lowest of all the common members. The re-
newals are made by the county delegates. I was a county
delegate for Sligo and partly for Longford. Was at a meet-
ing of delegates on the 26th of December last, at Derrymore,
county of Armagh. There was one delegate there from
Monaghan and two from Armagh. I sent " goods," which
mean passwords, to Longford, about the 15th of January
last. The passwords for last October are written in this
copy-book.
By the Court.—l think I can't read them out of the copy-
book they are so badly written.
To Mr. HENDERSON.—I can't say that the words written
on this paper (which was the paper found in the lid of the
trunk) are passwords. I think they are the Leinster pass-
words. There are Ulster and Leinster societies, which are
quite different and opposed to each other. Both societies
are exclusively Roman Catholic.

[The witness here, after some time, was enabled to read
the greater part of the passwords written in the copy-book,
which he did.]
To Mr. Henderson.—The words I have just read are part
of the October passwords, mentioned in the third and fourth
counts of the indictment. The objects of the society were.
directly opposed to orangeism. If any member of t
with thamet y
was dispossessed of his land, and any one else tooeks()i
would not get long to live. If you annoyed any of thehe
from 1825 to 1831
so-
ciety you would get a good hiding, if you got off
In such cases a meeting was called by the parish master, whot.
directed what was to be done to the people giving offence.
I have made, I am sure, 2000 members,
which was before I became a delegate. It is the parish mas-
ter's not the delegate's duty, to make members. About one-
third of the lower class in this country are ribandmen. This
county and Sligo belongs to the Ulster society, and have no
connection with the Leinster society. I have known several
foreigners at the meetings of the delegates. There was one
fromlast. They could make themselves known to us. The dele-
gates can make themselves known to each other without the
common members knowing how. I don't consider myself
now to belong to that society. I gave it up when I was ar-
rested, and five papers taken which were built up in the wall.
The information was close. The October passwords were
settled at Middletown, in the county of Armagh. I was in
gaol when they were made. I sent my parish master to the
meeting, and he delivered the passwords to me, and I sent
the Crown
them
or
ttlno
ewDapernifisi so
prisoner.
tIo betu distributedrned
to sa
save
en this county.
was first businessjanrgreistt.edTlhdoimdasm,myself and family.
Ken
aans aw
adsedleegleagtea,teatrordr
Longford.
i.ng of the 26th of
were eight delegates who sat at the meet-
the Middleto of December, at Derrymore. It was when
meeting was 111 Meeting was held that I was in gaol. That
given out, ancl3lrn ed to Keady, where the passwords were
meeting at Middletownbrought to me by my parish master. The
gollen, and tte D was fixed at the meeting at Derry-
house, in Iris -streerPnoose, meeting was fixed in Wood's
To the Court.—ihAe Armagh
written in the copy-book way I know that the passwords
meeting is, that they were given given out at the Middletown
I sent the October paBBtvorgzetn to me by my parish master.
The case for the prosecution°harnerier.
The prisoner examined a maa.vine closed here.
sister Rose M`Canna, and endeavoured to
Keenan, and his
rebellious document came accidentrell to prove that the
His lordship then addressed the jurytynto his possession.
of Guilty. who returned a verdict
M`Canna was sentenced to seven years' transportation.

Stan-
The four peers who formed the minority against the second
reading of the Tariff Bill, in the House of Lords last week
hope , ,
were the D
Lord Beaumont ukes of Richmond and Buckingham, Earl
and .