The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-06

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hostility to the new poor law ac-a party powerful
ly represented by the Threshold his value at a
pms Zee, because OF his unbending frmness in re-
slstlng all tampering with the measure which they
SO much abhor. Some of the accounts are for
sending him 10 India, to relieve Lord Ellenb0-
| rough OF the duties of the governor neralshp
object OF his desire. In all probability there is
much more speculation than truth in these rumors,
and they may have been set on foot-such things
are not uncommon-in order TO annoy an unpopu-
lar or formidable opponent The Home Secreta-
ry is an able and a business man, long connected
with official duties, and thoroughly acquainted
with their tortuous windings Between HIM and the
head of the government it has been long under
stood the best personal and political understanding
existed; and nothing, certainly, as far as the pub,
lie have the opportunity of Judging, has occurred
to Justify the secession of Sir James Graham at the
present moment.
! nell, which has been on the taps for some time
past will, before the present week is out receive
solution. We have given, under the head of Ire
land, the proceedings which will take place when
the parties are brought upfor Judgment Ministers,
1t Is said, are determined to throw the great aglta-
tor into goal 1t is bold stroke; whether it is
wise one, is foreign TO the question. The only
point of interest at present is will the imprison-
meat commence with the passing of the sentence,
and before the exceptions to the proceedings have
been taken before a higher tribunal. The chief ac-
tor speaks OF his dungeon" and his 'prson bars,
as though he felt enamored of them If the 60
vernment do intend to ncafcerate him, their inie-
rest certainly lies in doing it speedily, for Mr..
O'Connell talks OF coming over to England, and,
Il necessary, dying" on the floor OF the House of
Commons, in opposing the new government mea-
sure relative to the franchise in Ireland.
The agitation in favor OF ten hours factory bill
has been carried on with great energy during the
last few days IN the great manufacturing towns of
Yorkshire. The principal orators have been Mr..
Ferrand and Mr. Oaster-two protesting friends OF
the laboring classes, remarkable for their
thusasm than tor their Judgment They have been
hours BILL the operatives labor under this unfortu-
nate deluslon-that while it will curtail their labor
sixth, their wages will remain as at present. A
more absurd or monstrous deluson cannot exist
The profits OF the manufacturer, with the competi-
ton that meets him in every market of the world
are sufficiently small at present-too small to adj
init OF his paying the enormously increased expen.
diture which the proposed regulation would impose
upon him. Now, as this operatives labor is his
only capital, and as a reduction of his earnings
must necessarily follow curtailment of his labor
are these men his friends-are they friends to his
moral and pecuuiary advancement, who seek thus
arbitrarily to curtal his earnings and necessarily,
his comforts? The primeval malediction, to earn
his bread by the sweat of his brow, falls, heavily,
1t is true, upon the factory operative. But upon
whom, exceptthe most wealthy, does it not fall r
Even the mental anxiety and drudgery, to say no
thing of the physical exertiOn, which all classes
that are separated from the humbles: endure, may
be regarded as fulfilmen Of the Divine dispense,
ton. Besides, as compared with the agricultural
!aborer, the condition of the population employed
in manufactures is infinitely neutrality-suspicious.
In the amount oftheir earnings, in their intellectual
advancement, IN their social progression and indie
pendence. AS regards children, who cannot act or
think for themselves the State, like a considerable
parent, Is justified in protecting them from being
over,wrought; but the interference with adult la
Dor, by the same authority, must in the estimation
OF the lud,cleus, partake somewhat of the treat
| ment of an unkind step-mother.
The workmen in Messrs. Herdman's flax spin.
ming mill, at Belfast, have held meeting, and
passed resolutions against the ten hours proposition
| The AMERICAN PRESS AND THE REV SYDNEY
SMITH. The following letter from the pen of the
Rev. Sydney Smith, has made its appearance in
the Morning Chronicle =
/ To The Editor Of the Morning Ch,oniele-
Sir-The ocofoco papers in America observe full
of abuse Of Mr.. Everett their minister for spending
month with ms at Christmas, in Somersetshire. That
was nsitner lunar nor calendar but consisted Of
"Inever heard wiser more judicous defence than
he made to me and others Of tho Amercen insolvency
trary with the deepest feeling but urging with great ar
gumentative eoquence every topic that could be pleaded
he appears to make universally in this country we
thought him "a character which the English al
Ways receive with aiisctionste regard) an ama-
complshed without ostentation. II had known that
gentleman ve!year: ago. Said one Of my guests shond
the wound in his face
However this may be- am sure we owe TO the Anne
rcans debt Of gratitude for sending us such an excel
lent specimen OF their productions. In diplomacy far
n h s Son, is to
Mr.. Edward Everett:
81 am, sir your obedient servant
SYDNEY SMITH,
April II.
COMMERCIAL SuMMAnY.-The treaty which has
been recently entered into between the Zolveren
OF Germany and the United States, has not escap-
ed the notice of the British press. The admission
Of American tobacco into Germany, at a lower du-
~, to be followed by the admission of the manu.
features OF Germany into the United States, IA
yournble terms, not calculated to prove very paa-
table IN England. Strange to say, the United States
are flred into from two opposite quarters--by the
protectionlsts" on the hand. and the free tra-
ders on the other The new treaty with Germany
has excited the ire OF the irst-named parry while
the protective" character of the United States Ia
riff is annoying to Mr.. Cobden and hisfrends At
meeting, held Al the Liverpool Ampbil hcatre, on
Friday last, Mr.. Golden travelled out of his way 10
have ga shy" at the Union, which he pronounced
Il" failure" He endeavored to show that Amer.
ca was a great agricultural country-that the inha-
bltants OF the Western States grew more produce
than they could consume or find markets for-and
that the citizens were coarsely clothed while Eng
land, Astounding in every material that the States
wanted, was prevented from sending her produce
ard taking that of the United States in return But
this argument assumes too much When England
shows disposition to admit the grain and flour of
America, on easy terms, II will be time enough TO
find fault with the citizens of the United States for
refusing the offer. Let the offer be made before
the censure involved in Mr. Cobdens theory is held
to be applicable. On Tuesday, meeting Of the
central American bond holders was held at the
Hall of Commerce, in London, to receive the Com
mitee's report relative to the division of Ell $50
amongst the bond holders, IN satisfaction Of their
claims on the State of Costa RIGA, for onc-twelfth
of The central American bond debt, assigned to it
at the dissolution of the Republic The offer was
accepted, as regards Costa RIGA, accompanied by
protest against any composition being taken as re-
CARDS the other States. The amount of the esn
contracted by the late Republic Of Central Ameri-
ca, was upwards Of 81, 100000.
A considerable degree Of langour has pervaded
our mercantile markets DUNG the past fortnight,
but more particularly within the last week Cotton,
by far the most important article in the American
trade, has been much affected by the news brought
from the United States, by the steamer Caledonia,
and prices have declined TO Id per ID. The re-
action here has influenced the Manchester market,
causing buyers to withhold their orders in antclpa-