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Edward Gibbon Wakefield-to an office oeliigh authority, was
talked of. It was feared, that, if such an appointment did
take place, the British party would be exasperated with the

ption of a threatening attitude

War was still raging between Texas and Mexico. A ru-
mour was prevalent that the mediation of the United States
had been offered, in the hope of bringing about a reconcilia-
tion between the two powers. It was said that Mr. Web-
ster, by instruction of the President, had addressed a letter
to the American -Minister, at Austria, inclosing a copy of
instructions which had already been forwarded to Mr.
Thompson, at Mexico, directing him to express in the name
of the American Government, the hope that it might be
deemed to comport with the interest of the Texan Govern-
ment to suspend any offensive military operation which
might be in contemplation against the Mexican Republic;
until the result should be known of the negotiation which
Mr. Thompson had been directed to undertake.
Papers of later dates mention the arrival of General Al-
monte, Envoy Extraordinary .and Minister Plenipotentiary

from the Mexican Republic in the United States: He had
been formally presented to the President, to whom lie deli-
vered the following address:—

" The letter which I have the honour to place in. your Ex-
cellency's hands, sufficiently manifests the sentiments of true
friend Ship which animate his Excellency, the President of
the Mexican Republic, towards the Government of the
United States. I can assure your Excellency, that mine are
in perfect accordance with these, and that during the period
of my stay in this country, as the Representative of my Na-
tion, I will omit no endeavour to consolidate the friendship
between the two nations, which, by their political importance,
in this. hemisphere, by the similarity of their institutions,
and for other reasons, no less worthy to be considered, but
which it would take much time to enumerate, are called to
remain in a state of constant amity and good understanding
with each other, not only for the promotion of their recipro-
cal welfare, but also from the'faCt that they are the protec-

•
tors and perpetrators of true Republican principles in till
vast American Continent.

" May Providence favour my desires !"
The following is the reply of the President :
" It affords me pleasure to receive you as the representa-
tive of the Mexican Republic, and nothing will he wanting on
my part, compatible with the honour of the United States,
to encourage that friendly feeling between the two countries,
which you represent to be the chief object of your mission.
Every motive of public interest leads me to hope, that your
mission will be signalised by confirming and strengthening
the bonds of amity and friendship which should always exist
between neighbouring states, and nothing shall be wanting
on my part to bring about so desirable an end."

Meanwhile it a rom papers received from Galveston
to the Bth ult. t . • exican and Texian forces had met,
and that the latter ha. been victorious. The accounts are
full of rumours, and but little that bears the stamp of per-
fect authenticity can be met with.

THE AFFAIRS OF THE LEVANT

(From yesterday's Times.)

Our private correspondence from Alexandria of the 26th
ult., received by express, announces the departure of. the
British Consul-General Barnett for Cairo on the preceding
day. The last dispatches received from Mehemit Ali were
dated Zagazik. Letters from Dimietta and from Siout in
Upper Egypt give some melancholy accounts of the misery
prevailing i❑ tt►at province in consequence of the destruction
of their cattle. The oxen are described as dropping dead
suddenly as if struck with a musket ball.
Letters from Cairo of the lith of the Ramazan announces
that the unexpected and unseasonable rising of the Nile had
carried desolation throughout the country. The floods had
carried away the corn stores at Bonlac, which had been but
lately filled. Persons wishing to pass from old Cairo to the
new town were obliged to make use of boats, and the houses
of Cairo were flooded by the waters of the canal of Halle, a
circumstance unparalleled in the annals of Egypt
Boghos Bey, in consequence of a repro
him by Colonel Barnett,.and the Russia

ion made to
,!, I\l Krab-

mere had ordered the Cu.ston-;
chests or parcels addressed to

-house offwers, not to open any

From Constantinople we have letters to the 27th ult. in_
No account of the rising of the Druses and Maro-

27th ult. •So confident was the Divan that the Syrian coes7
tiou was settled since.tbe adjustment of the. difficulties started
by the European Powers, that it had intrusted Essacl Pasha,
on his arrival at Beyrout, to lose no time in organizing the
government of Lebanon according to the plan submitted to
and approved by the Ambassadors. lie was accordingly to
dismiss, Omar Pasha and appoint two Calunacans, who were to
govern, under his control, the Druses and Maronites.

As respected Persia, the Porte receeived on the 23d,. via
Trebizond,intelligence of the most pacific, nature from that

No recent
_engagement had occurred, and a Per-
sian corps of army, assembled on the frontier, near Bajazid,
had consented to withdraw to a considerable distance into
the interior, on an assurance from the Ottoman authorities
that the Turkish forces collected in the neighbourhood would
likewise fall hack. The roads, however, in that quarter con-
tinued to be infested by Kurds, who plundered indiscrimately
the caravans and travellers of both countries.

cpu4try

•The Porte seemed to attach the utmost importance to the
events now passing in the Moldavo-Wallachianiprincipalities,
for, notwithstanding the solemnity of the Ratnazan, it never
ceased an instant to devote its attention to the affairs of
Wallachia. On the 21st Sarfet Effendi, the first interpreter
of the,lrnperial Divan, left for Buchorest, furnished with the
most precise instructions relative to the government of that
country.. On his arrival there, he was to appoint a provi-
sional administration, composed of three members, who were
to rule the principality until the. election of the new Prince
and his installation, in virtue of the sanction of the Sultan.
This election was to be made by the general assembly of the
deputies of the several districts, out of a list of five candi-
dates. Those candidates were Messrs. Campiniano, Stirbeg,
General Kisselef, Valpi, and Georges Philipesco. All the
chances were in favour of the latter, whose election was re-
garded as certain.

Rifaat Pasha, the new ambassador of the Porte in Vienna,
embarked for that destination in the Costendji steamer on
the 27th.

The Sultan intended to accredit a Minister Plenipotentiary
in Berlin. 'ralat Effendi, former Charge d'Affaires in France,
was to be invested with that mission.

Prince Nicholas Voghorihes, son of the Prince of Samos,
had left, with important despatches for the Governor of
Moldavia.

Emir Effendi took his departure for Verna, with the
Servian deputies, on the 20th. This Envoy, who was the
bearer of the beret of his Highness, confirming the election
of Prince Alexander in the place of Prince Michael, was to
proceed thence to Belgrade, to invest the former with the
decoration and insignia of his new dignity. .

The'Malta Times of the 2th instant announces that a pre-
cautionary naval force was to be stationed on the coast of
Syria. " The very serious news, it says, " which we pub-
lished in our last evidently requires a force to be sent to the
coast of Syria forthwith. We have seen the departure of the
Indus, and we doubt not that other ships will follow. The
.11owe and the Inconstant are talked of. They are taking in
six months' provisions. We imagine a considerable force
will be. sent."

RAILWAY THROUGH VIENNA.—The Austrian government
has authorised the construction of a railway to traverse Vi-
enna, and unite the station at the north with that of the south
of the country. The carriages, are to be drawn by horses.

The marriage of the Princess Augusta of Cambridge will be
announced to parliament immediately on its meeting, which
is expected to take place early in February, and a provision
to be settled on the Princess will be promised by the minis-
ters. The ceremony of the marriage will, it is expected, take
place at Rumpenheim, the residence _of the late Landgrave
Frederick of Hesse, the father of the Duchess of Cambridge ;
and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and
the Princess Mary of Cambridge, will accompany their rela-
tive to the continent, to assist at her nuptials with her
cousin Frederick William Charles George Ernest Adolphus
Gustavus, Hereditary Grand Duke of,Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
The time for the ceremony is not at present known, but is
expected to take place in the
.spring of neat year.—Court
Journal.

ALICE LOWE AND LORD FRANKFORT AGAIN.-At the
'street Police-office, on Saturday. Alice Lowe, whose
name has acquired so muchnotoriety in connection with Lord
Frankfort, appeared before Mr. Twyford, the sitting magi-
strate, accompanied by Mr. Wolff, from the office of Mr.
Flower, the solicitor, in Hatton-garden, to apply for a sum-
mons against Mr. Vaughan, the pawnbroker, under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—Mr. Wolff said he was instructed by
Miss Lowe to apply for a summons against Mr. Vaughan, to
compel him to give up to her a quantity of jewellery and ar-
ticles of verlu, which had been pledged by her at his shop.
He (Mr. Wolff) stated that Miss Lowe had been tried at the
Old Bailey on a charge, brought forward at the instigation of
Lord Frankfort, of stealing the articles in question, when,
after a lengthened investigation, she was acquitted, and on
leaving the gaol the duplicates of the property were, as a mat-
ter of course, instantly delivered up to her, but when she ap-
plied to Mr. Vaughan he refused to part with the property
unless an indemnity was given him. A friend of the appli-
cant attended to give the requisite indemnity, but in the in-
terim Mr. Vaughan had been served with a writ of action on
the part of Lord Frankfort, and had therefore again refused
to give them up. There were a great number of articles
pledged, but at present Miss Lowe only applied to redeem
three of them.—Mr. Twyford said he thought the applicant
was entitled to a summons, but he wished to know under what
particular act of parliament Mr. Wolff had applied to him.
Mr. Wolff said it was under the 39 and 40 Geo. 111., cap. 99,
which commanded a pawnbroker to show cause why he re-
fused to deliver up property on the production of the dupli-
cate together with the principal and interest for which it had
been pledged. Mr. Twyford wished to know what power he
had under that act? Mr. Wolff said if Mr. Twyford was
satisfied that the case was made out, he had power:to order
the pawnbroker to deliver up the property, and if he should
refuse, he (Mr. Twyford) could commit him to prison until
he complied. Mr. Twyford : Well, you may have your
,ummons. (Turning towards Alice Lowe) Fray,: how old
' Mice Lowe : I shall be twenty in February. Mr.

are you

Are you sure that, you have made a regular
application to Mr. Vaughan to deliver up the property?
Mice -Lowe : Oh, yes! I offered him both principal and in-
terest, and tendered the duplicates. He says he is aware that
I am entitled to the property, hut he is afraid to give it up,
in consequence of the writ of action havir, been served on
him. Mr, Twyford again said that the applicant could take
a summons, and the parties, having thanked the worthy ma.
gistrate, withdrew. ,The applicant was driven to the court in
her own private carriage, her coachman being in livery. She
was attired in the same garments she wore at her trial, but
appeared-to be in much better health. On Wednesday the
parties again -appeared befere,Mr. Twyford,-when that gen-
tleman postponed his decision until March, by which time
the action brought by- Lord,Frankfort against Mr. Vaughan
will have bcen decided,

'Vws ford

desper

a mark of the high esteem ent
essential service they had done the province in their exteri
nation. It appears that these indiviLluals, who were parties
having an interest in the quiet and peace of the out stations,
where these depredations aenerally occurred, undertook to
scour the spot supposed to be the rendezvous of the delinquents
whom they surprised and effectually vanquished, but not be-
fore the death of the leader on the one side, and the wounding
of one of their own party on the other. The capture was made
on the Yavra-yavra.- So hotly had the bushrangers been
pursued since their late robberies in that district, that, ac-
cording to the confession of one of the gang, their determi-
nation was fixed to have mustered the three hands from
Goulbouru, Geelong, and Melbourne for the next day, in
order to seize's vessel and leave the colony. The bushran-
gers appear to hate been runaway seamen, well armed and
accoutred for resistance in-every:possible way. A good deal
of valuable property was recovered from their haunt. One
of them is described as uCharles 'Ellis, of Surrey, in Eng-
land, aged le, but of athletic proportions considering his
youth. His enthusiasm for a freebooter's life was exhibited
in the maniac grasp with.which be received and caressed the
dead body of his comrade when called upon to speak to its
identity. Accounts had. arrived from Portland-bay of the
murder of Mr. M`Kenzie, at his sheep station in that dis-
trict, by the backs, and the robbery of 8,000 of his flocks,
The crops in most parts of Port Philip promised favourably,
and a ship from South Australia advised the grain lands
there as furnishing much evidence of the abundance which,
in the shape . of .wheat,. barley, and oats, will hereafter be
afforded by the agricultural operations of the settlers. .A
surplus is positively predicted, which, it is said, including
the expenses of shipment, .&c., will be available for the sup-
ply of the other parts of Australia.

THE LATE GALES.

DEAL, TUESDAY NIGHT.
An English brig, the Smales, Robert Tyas, master, bound
from Quebec to Whitby, was fertunately preserved last night
from being driven from the beach (where she must have be-
come a complete wreck, from the violence of the gale, then
just springing up)by the interpidity of the Deal boatmen.

. ,
At about 9 o'clock last night she was about to run from
the Downs, where she had put in for shelter on Sunday, to
the northward ; but the captain, not well knowing the coast,
got within a quarter of a mile of the shore, and in less than
three fathoms of water. Indeed, so near was the vessel to
the beach, that during the lull of the wind 1 could plainly
hear the men speaking on board. Four Deal boats (with 40
men) immediately put off, and after great efforts for upwards
of half an hour, the boatmen succeeded, with an easterly wind
" blowing dead ashore," in preserving the brig (worth be-
tween £4,000 and £5,000), and taking it to a safe anchorage
in the Downs.

The captain has agreed to give £lB5 to the boatmen for
having saved the vessel—an offer which will not be accepted,
and therefore the case must Le taken before the Salvage
Commissioners here for adjudication. There is no doubt
that the salvors would accept of £2OO for their really valuable
and efficient services.

The revenue cutter Ranger, Lieutenant Baker, and the
Lady Flora, Lieutenant Batt, which were cruising in the
Downs, were last night compelled to make for Ramsgate
harbour, which they reached in safety.
The Russian Finland ship Iris, Captain H. E. Hockhort,
arrived in the Downs this morning with loss of anchor and
cable, which parted in the bay of Boulogne during last night's
gale. They have just been supplied by Messrs. Goodwin,
Curling, and Co., the agents to Lloyd's.

Thef;rig Phcebe, of S-underland, Irom Quebec, with a cargo
of timber, was very nearly blown on shore here last night, but
by the timely assistance of the Deal boatmen she was got
clear, with 'the loss of two anchors (which have since been
supplied) and she is now riding in safety in the roads.

Counsellor Lamb, an old man when Lord Erskine was in
the height of his reputation, who was of timid manners and
nervous disposition, usually prefaced his pleadings with an
apology to that effect, and on one occasion, when opposed in
some cause to Erskine, he happened to remark that " he felt
himself growing more and more timid as he grew older."
" No wonder," replied the witty but relentless barrister.
" every one knows the older a lamb grows the more sheepish
he becomes."

THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.—While rumour gives so many
future husbands to Isabella Segunda, did it never occur to
any one that, most probably, she will never marry ? Too
many conflicting and powerful interests are at stake for
Espartero to risk his existence, by such a step. Besides, it
is a melancholy fact, that her Majesty is inflicted with
scrofula, and her general health is very precarious. Her
young sister, on the contrary, is endowed with an excellent
constitution, which bids fair to outlive the political one of
1837, and Exaltados, Moderados, and id genus omne, look
towards her as the destined arbitress of their fortunes.—
Correspondent of the Morning Post.
OUTPACE.—On Friday night last, two men knocked at
the door of Bridget Shaughnessy, a lone widow, residing at
Quinn's Acre, near Portumna ; not getting immediate en-
trance, one of the fellows forced his way through the window,
and opened:the door for his comrades. On his entering they
demanded money, which she denied ; they then seized her,
and threatened to roast her on the fire, which they drew
from` its,reakings for that purpose; being dreadfully fright-
cried' , she, yielded up £29 Gs., the earnings of many a year.
The'ruffians then set fire to the house at both ends, which,
with the little furniture, was speedily consumed. The poor
creature was robbed about five years since of all her clothes.
—Galway SWindard.

SAGACITY OF A CAT.—Au almost incredible instance of
sagacity occurred a few days ago in a cat, which, if it bad
happened in ,days of yore, when people firmly believed in
witchcraft, ,would have been attributed to that cause. A

friend of ours having occasion to leave the house along with
his family, accidentally locked the cat outside the door.
After an hour's absence. they returned, and found the cat
purring at the fireside ; and onlooking about to see by what
mode it had effected its' entrance, they found a quantity of
soot lying in a bed-room grate, and a board, which is gene-
rally placed in front of the fireplace when the fire is out,
forced out of its place. As an additional proof that the cat
had entered by the Aimney—which, by the by, has several
cans at the, top., and• is not less than four stories from the
ground—,on examining it, they found it covered with soot,
and a quantity deposited on a bed on which the cat had lain
down. By what• Means it had found out this novel way to
get into the house,,must, like many other important things,
remain unkaown; butit certainly shows a degree of reason-
ing power for •which the cat does not usually get credit.—
Scotsman.

POISONING BY SNAILS.—A family of peasants living in
the commune of Clermont, near Toulouse, fell a sacrifice to
poisoning by snails. The physician who attended them com-
municated the details to the Journal de Toulouse :—" From
what I collected concerning the circumstance which preceded
the disease, and those' which accompanied it, and from the
symptoms 'which I myself witnessed, I had no difficulty in
recognising a case of poisoning like those occasioned by nar-
col!co acrid vegetables such as belladonna. hyogcyamus,
thorn-apple, &c. No doubt remained in my mind as to the
case of this terrible disease, as soon as I knew that the snails
eaten had been collected in the bushes called in French
redout, but i❑ the patois of the country, roudout. Every
one knows that the leaves and young shoots are a poison to
the domestic animals which browse on them, and that they
kill them, after causing giddiness, and a kind of epileptic
attack ; but a fact which is not known, is, that the flesh of
these animals may occasion the greatest danger, and even
death itself. Symptoms like those which I have just wit-
nessed are rare ; but it is common to see among our peasants
indisposition caused by snails, which comes from their eating
them as soon as they are gathered. The example of the an-
cient Romans should he followed, and these animals should
be brought to table until they have been kept six months or
a year, feeding them with bran and wild thyme. This is the
way also to make them fatter and more savoury.—Gazette
Medicale, Oct. 22,1842.
Ecosoms- AnaoAD.—(Extract of a Letter.)—" There is
no alteration in the hostile disposition of the people towards
us. They are greatly disappointed that our affairs hare taken
so favourable a turn with America, but console themselves
with the hope that we shall lose India. I have lately been
into La Vendee. to Vannes and L'Orient. Except along
the few chaussees, the roads are almost impassable even on
foot at this season. I did not like the country. The bread
is very bad, and is coated over with a thick, dark kind of
varnish. The butter is worse. Inside and outside it resem-
bles lard mixed with dirt. I could live in Ireland cheaper
than on the Loire—and how much better! Dress for fe-
males is double the price here that it is in Dublin ; and many
articles are three times the price. Clothing for men is nearly
in the same proportion. Such are the prices when the shop-
keepers deal fairly with you; but taking into account the
cheating and imposition, you could live cheaper in London.
The winter has now set in. During the last 10 days the weather
has been very cold ; and they say it is excessively cold in the
depth of winter. The houses are not suitable for cold wea-
ther ; and fuel is very dear. I feel like a man in a prison,
because I cannot obtain any out-door amusement. The
lands are divided into very small patchess of one or two acres ;
and, without the permission of the owner, a man is not al-
lowed to shoot. Each owner of a small field is very tenaci-
ous of his rights, so that sporting is impossible." Such is the
description given by a plain Englishman of the advantages of
a residence on the far-famed banks of the Loire.

ON THE GROWTH. OF OSIERS.—Much has been said and
written about the waste lands in Ireland, and no doubt the
subject is a very important one, and it were much to be de-
sired that capital and skill should be employed to fertilise
them. There is, however, a description of waste ground to
be found in almost every district that by common consent
seems to be allowed to lie waste and unproductive—these are
the marshy and wet spots of the farm, which, from their
levels, cannot well be drained or made available for tillage.
Now, if persons who have such patches were to plant them
with osiers, and annually cut them, it would produce a sum
that would astonish the owner. It is scarcely to be believed,
although it is nevertheless a fact, that the Institution for the
Blind of the city of Dublin have been obliged to import
osiers largely from England to keep their hands employed,
and that it frequently happens the trade of basket-making in
Dublin is at a stand still (with souse at least) for want of
osiers. When it is considered how little trouble there is in
the cultivation of osiers—how otherwise valueless the ground
is that will do well for them—how very smalli, if any, the
risk of failure froM the vicissitude of seasons, and that, after
all, an acre of osiers, at anything like the present price, will
make More money than an acre of wheat, is it not surpri'sing
that the growth of them is not more attended to? With re-
ference to the employment induced by an abundance of
Osiers, it could easily be shown that a large plantation of
osiers, as a source of employment, is of more value to the
neighbourhood where it is. situated (particularly to the
children, as leading to habits of industry) than the proximity
of a great public work—the first is continuous and natural ;
the other is evanescent, and, when done, leaves the desola-
tion and idleness that may be seen at Howth and other
places. And let it not be supposed that the trade in baskets
is a b triflins- or insignificant one. By the facilities of steam
the' Great English ports are oped to us the consumption and
use of fish 'and fowl baskets in London alone is enormous,
where they could ha sent in nests at a very moderate freight,
while the export baskets, required for the nearer ports of
Liverpool, Glagow; &c., is also very considerable. The
tendencies of human nature are too much to the sighing for
great things that arc out of our reach, and to despise or ne-
glect the small Practical matters that are within our reach,
Let us suppose a benevolently disposed person, having, at
the same time, a wish to improve his own property, to plant
in ground abet wise of ,very little value a few acres of osiers
near a village, abOhnding with unemployed children ; a few
pounds spent instructing them, in the first instance, would
turn all these idle children to profitable induStry, and he may
haVe the Pleasure.of cirenlating one, two, or three hundred
pounds per annum (far better than the suns in alms) to in-
crease the comforts of the villagers ; hut should he not wish
to enter into the, manufacture, if he but grow the osiers he
will find a.ready sale.for them,.and the abundance of the raw
material will do good somewhere, either in the city or the,
cotintry, by the employitentit would give. -

Ebr Ethrrpoot tansoarD.

FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 184

We have for some months past heerribuder the ne-
cessity of suppl} ing to our Manchester readers tbi,
want of a journal honest and bold enough to reill
upon the doings of the junta who misgovern that
great manufacturing emporium. This admission `viii
account to our Liverpool friends for the rather undt;e
space which Manchester politics have occasinnle
occupied in our columns. Our neighbours, as t f
world knows, possess the unspeakable advantage. °
being enlightened twice a week by that unerring
oracle, the Manchester Guardian. His dicta, leis °l3l
•
nions, his facts, are the meat and drink of the cotton,,
spinning population. The Guardian is their literaryt
breakfast, dinner, and supper. He is the misty Plans
which they worship morning and evening; and tt if
well for mankind that a constant contemplatioe
such a luminary has the effect of producing in t'r
gazer the state of mind denominated " muddy," °
the world w 04 long ago have been subjected t°
some awful ;ulsiOn or conflagration, from the e.•
traordinary amount of knowledge, commercial, 13°11e
tical, and philosophical, which appearsemanat
from the very handling of calico and cotton bobbins,:
Of late, however, " a change has Come o'er the spirit,
of the luminary in question. He has refused to shine,
has been mysterious and moody ; upon nil
important matters, has been but a dumb oracle; and
we have unwillingly been compelled to step out of
orbit to enlighten his dis'consolate and defserted Asrol'

shippers.
We are happy, however, to ob:;erve, that the
sullen fit of the Guardian is at length passing fray
him. The crash of the Bank of Manchester belbre
his very eyes ; the sight of bank directorS with wh°lll
he once hobnobbed,

" Fallen from their high estate,
And weltering in "
recollections of rotten rag-money, premiums, a
dividends of nine per cent. per annum ; the conteilv'
plation of ruined widows and orphans, of desolate
homes and blighted prospects, caused by the grasp
'
ing selfishness and dishonesty of men who can then',
selves swagger in official trappings ;—these thing
moved him not. A hundred Banks of Manchester
might have been broken, a hundred tnanagers °ire
.sconded; and not a word would our moody (0°,4
have vouchsafed respecting them. But a few rentafr,
of ours upon one of his favourite theories—the regti..l3
tion of the market for labour—have waked the sltum;
being philosopher. The stream of drivel is once rnelc
let loose; and in a while, after the way the wind blebs
has been duly ascertained, it will meander over the
whole range of hitherto untouched ground, and 141'
chester will be enlightened upon the subjects of ball';
ing and hank directions, corn-laws and curreneY, °,
mystified with respect to the same, as the breeches
pocket barometer of our astute friend may decide. e
Really, and seriously, we do sympathise with tb
of
people who are self-condemned to the tolerance
,er
such an organ as the Manchester Guardian.
shuffling and trimming, nibbling at straws, fasteo
upon petty questions of mere words, that journal os
never, during its long existence—if to crawl can ny
called to exist—grappled, in time and honestly, with ats
question, however importantly affecting the intere.o
of the locality in which it is assumed to rePresess
u
public opinion. It is, at this very moment, and '1
been for years past, at issue with the principlesti,
s action which actuate the proceedings of the A,
Corn-law League ; yet it dares not denounce thtlhe
proceedings. It cannot. have been ignorant of t
reckless management of the Bank of Manchester; ),ete,
it has never dared to denounce that reckless
ment ; and it dares not even now, ready as it is Usti%
to kick friends and opponents when they are c 161111.;
express an opinion upon the subject. It shirks eve s
question upon which any section of its supP°rte to
however unimportant, may differ from it; and, 0
quote its own expressive language, used on a reeefor
memorable occasion in a recent memorable article, of
all useful purposes of a local journal, as directors
public opinion in their own locality, the
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Guardian and its editors " might just as well "0
Liverpool" or Kamschatka " as where they are."
the
We purposed offering a few remarks upon
article in his last publication addressed to ourselc'ps,i
but really; on re-perusal, we find that to do so w°l-110.
be only a Waste of paper, ink, and the patience (4°of
readers. As a specimen, however, of the kind of
flimsy rubbish,.which the Guardian is in the babl'n,
passing off among his readers as philosophy', sve clop,
not resist laying before the public the following e,
lent morceau :—" Can the Standard point to anY c3ll
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except one suicidal restrictions on trade, which s as
prevent the women of Great Britain from earilifigo
good wages as are earned by the women of Anteric abe
Now what, we ask, is the inference intended t°
ti
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conveyed by this passage ? Obviously, that the g,
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wages earned by the women of America are on
butable to the absence of "suicidal restrictions
trade" in that country. And, yet the veriest h°°bor,
that ever pinned his faith upon the sleeve °f
Anti-Corn Law philosopher, knows well that ictitorleit
rica, above most other countries, has ever nl3
a point of her boasted commercial and floanc
policy to impose those very " restrictions upon traciebe,
which the Guardian terms " suicidal," and tot be.
.absence of which he would have us believe is t° r
attributed the prosperity of her industrial population
America America protects her native industry; and hence
parts, at .least,,its flourishing state when compared is,
the PanperiSed industry. of Great Britain. Surely nos,
attempt to deceive is, on the part'of. the Guardian,
impudent as it is-transparent and silly!
The task of correcting garbled statements
„t to'
false , premises, is, however; an occupation 11—
our taste; and we shall, therefore, take leave of °Le-