New-York daily tribune., 1843-08-24
7 he state of Great Britain and ireland.
Correspondence of The Tribune.

! Pegasus, like the loss of every other steamer,
has made the people exclaim for the hundredth
time, What carelessncss y The Queens visit
in state to the Opera was days ta!k-her pas
sage through the Tunnel "a half a DAVIS. There
was an amusing incident occurred as she passed
through Mapping. \ coaheavcr, black and
dirty from his work, threw up his hat as she pass
ed near and shouted Ike a Stcntor, :. God bless
you Marm-I hope you Will come to Wrapping
again. The Queen seemed TO enjov it much.
The visit to her royal relatives has been the occa
sion of much visiting, ball-maiing. &c. The
most absorbing topic In England at present Is
! the state of Ireland Sir Robert Peel dare not
move. and seems inclined to wait the motion Of
| O'Conncl O'Connell stands nearly IN the same
attitude, watching the measures OF the Minister.
| Peel is blamed on every side, yet | do not see
what else he could do. The cXertion Of physical
force would be, in the present agtaiion nothing
! less than declaration OF war, which would be
followed by madness on the side and massa-
ere on the other. 70 redress their wrongs and
give them their rights would be utterly lrDposs-
! bic; for the first step that way would end his
premiership. SO he takes the third course, and
waits to see il Irish excitement Will not grow
weary of no particular opposition and dc away
There is no 0ppareat alarm, and every thing
moves on as if 100000 of men were not starv-
ing to death and ready for almost any measure.
| Our Minister, the best source for information, IS
wondrously close and prudent lie seems to
think the agitation is exaggerated, and chiefly
from the fact, as he told me- that the landholderS
residing in London receive their rents regularly.
This was true, he said in every case except one
But it seems to me quite nonsense 10 attempt to
| itatin fact nj
a deep and powerful excitement no one, not viii
fully blind, can doubt; and the regular payment
of rents must be accounted for on other prncl-
pies. 1t is to be attributed TO the great care of
O'Connell that no cause OF complaint should be
found aside from their calm and earnest desire
Tor Justice. Indeed, few days since he caused
the names of several Irishmcn to be erased from
the repeal list because they attacked police
man. lie occupies dangerous position, and he
knows it, He has aroused stormy clements. and
it requires no ordinary skill TO direct and control
them. Hc has publicly promised Ireland q lie
gislaturc by next February, or May, at the
farthest. The 18th is to be great day, and
Ireland will shout from one end to the other.
In passing through the shres OF England,
saw very few IriShmcn on the road, while at this
season they are usually seen in crowds making
their way into the interior of the country to assist
at the harvest. was told there were not two
now where there were usually twenty. The agl-
tation at home and the increasing hatred of Eng
land are stronger than the demands OF hunger
1t is astonishing to witness the ignorance OF Eng
lishmen OIL the HISTORY OF the connection Indeed,
except tho higher ranks, an Ergiishman Knows
nothing out of his own department of business.
| have talked with many, and they seem to be
entirely ignorant that Ireland ever had her own
4 ,,ol
the Union by means the most foul and villainoJs,
and that even then the solemn promise that the
exchequers should never be consolidated was
broken, and the English debt saddcd on Ireland.
and the collection and disbursement of her own
revenue taken entirely out of her own hands,
An Englishman's argument amounts to this
Ireland is asking for independence; England
can't grant it without running herself, and there
fore the repeal of the Union is not to be thought
of A short and easy method Of dlsposng OF the
question: truly.
Wales is fast treading on the heels OF Ireland,
and unless Government does something speedily,
political agitation will soon be mingled with her
present outcry against tolls. The English en-
deavor to represent the Rebeccaitcs as a gang OF
low villains, but nothing can be more untrue
They are wronged, and unable TO get their rights
by peaceabe means, and so arc taking them by
force. ! came from Wales yesterday, and a gen
tleman there told me, as an evidence OF the re-
spectablllty of those engaged III these dlstutban-
ces that $4,000 had been offered as bail for
those who had been taken prisoners. 1t is non
sense, it is madness, to let such agitatlons grow
and spread on so paltry subject In few days
the prisoners arc to be taken to the Justice to be
committed. and the workmen of one copper mine
have resolved to form a procession to escort them
No one need wonder if there should be some
fighting. As an evidence of the injustice III
tolls, this gentleman told me that in one place
there were eieren turnpikes in nineteen miles
One gentleman wants the turnpike to part his
land, and another his SO they make two and sup
port them by tolls. But the wisest measure Is
about to be adopted. The local magistracy haye
resolved to create RGrGl Police for the preser-
vation of the peace, and lay tax on the people
TO pay its expenses Seriously a more lnludl
cious act. or one more calculated to render the
people mad could not be adopted. Never mind:
England must swim when she can no longer
wade, and sink when she can't SWIM. Men !nay
turn up their nose at the suggestion that England
may vet receive blow that shall make her stag
ger, ay, and fall too. But such have read history
little, and their GOODNESS, instead of indicating
wisdom, reveals simply that credulousness winch
is ever deceived by outward appearances. The
same apparent strength may exist, while all is
weakness and rottenness within. If the lncreas
ing troubles do not work something beside tran
quillty and stability 1t will be anomalous indeed.
TRIBUNE JOB PRINTING OFFICE,
No l6o NASSAU-STREET.