The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-15

From the latest EngHsA papers recsivsd at
the" Union" Office. M

the Union" office.
LAsoR IN IRrLAxp--The "London Times has
lately despatched commissions" to Irsland--a
man evidently possessing high order of intellect,
a. well az extensive requirements and great indus
trywho is charged with the duty Of inquiring into
the present state of the country, laboring classes,
&C. This is done solely with the view of eliciting
upon which measures intended to
ameliorate the condition of her suffering masses
may be based. His dispatches are indeed full Of
interest. They enter most fully into every particu-
lar worthy of attention, in the examination of SO
grave subject In late number, he incidentally
quotes from new book on the same topic, saying
as follows:
What does the same DIR. Kane say (page 1917 of
Irish laborersi
ga wretched man, who can earn by his exertons
but As. or S. week, on which to support his fami-
ly and pay the rent Of sort Of habitation must be
SO i'll fed and depressed in mind, that to work as a
man should work is beyond his power. Hence
there are often seen about employments in this
country number of hands double what would be
required to do the same work in the same time with
British aborers. The latter would probably be paid
at least twice as much money per day. but in the end
the work would not cost the employer more.
When say that men thus employed at low wages
do SO much less real work, do not mean that they
are intentionally idle or that they reflect that as they
receive little they should give little value; the
contrary, they do their best honestly to earn their
wages but supplied only soith the lo,uest description
Of food and perhaps in insufficient quantity they have
not the physical ability for labor, and, being without
any direct prospect of advancemeH, they are not
excited by that laudable ambition to any display of
superior energy"
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and not of the sons of Irish gentlemen at the Edin-
burgh University; and this testimony is the truth,
any impartial man may convince himself who will
use his eyesight.
We make this extract to show the readers Of the
"Union" what has been the result Of protection
tariff protection-to the agricuturists of that portion
of the kingdom of Great Britain. II will be remem-
bered that there as here the supporters of monopoly
cry out that their protective system, "the corn
law" is mainly for the protection Of aboragricul-
tural labor with them, but manufacturing labor with
us. Facts like these are not more conclusive as to
the result of protection on the other side of the At
lantic than are the statistics presented by Mercator
in the "Union" of Oct 10, showing the failure Of
in the wages of the factory operatives Of the United
States which were guaranteed, so far as assevera-
tons go, when that tariff became law.
The ATTEMPT AT REVOLUTION IN SrAM.--The
London Morning Chronicle of the 18th furnishes ds
with the latest information concerning the troubles
in Madrid:
We have received letters and papers from Madrid
Of the 10th inst. The excitement in the metropolis
continues at its height; and all the accounts concur
in expressing their apprehensions Of further ex-
plosion. Nothing can exceed the violence and mis-
conduct of the military authorities at Madrid on the
night of the 5th. They clearly laid trap for the
people, and now endeavor to make the world be-
eve that there was vast conspiracy of the parti-
sans of Espartero fomented by England. They say
that English gold was prosely distributed not only
among the conspirators, but among the soldiery;
I'd they have even the impudence to point out a
ighly estimable member of the corps diplomatique
who is connected with the English embassy in a
ncighboring country, as one of the principal pro-
moters Of the conspiracy. The truth is, that the
disturbances were caused by the agents Of the gov
eminent.
At the time when our accounts left Madrid, the
court-maral on the prisoners, who are to the num-
Der of thirty four was still sitting. II was sup
posed that judgment would be given in the course OF
the day; but the excitement among the inhabitants
great, that was likely that the government
would not venture to put any Of them to death. A
correspondent at Madrid writes to us, /" If the
cution of any one Of these prisoners takes place. il
appears beyond doubt that the effect Of it will be
to produce great degree of excitement in Madrid.
Pognards will be called into use, and assassinations
are already threatened. The officers Of the regi-
ments in garrison have already received orders not
to appear in the streets In their uniforms when not
on duty One thing certain is, that the state of this
place at the present moment is not at all satisfac-
tory one, and that this unhappy country is con-
demned 10 anarchy Of which it s difficult to see
the end"
The French ambassador has made some represent
tatons to the government on the shameful attack
advocate and member Of the French Chamber of
Deputies,) on the evening Of the 9Th, which has
been already mentioned.
The Queen was expected to arrive in Madrid on
the evening of the 18th. She was to be accom-
panied by General Narvaez and M. Martinez de Ia
Rosa.
Letters from Saragossa state that that city is in
state of great excitement and that there great
probability of an outbreak.
M Theirs was to leave Madrid on the 18th for
Toledo
Discovery OF AN ANCIENT BIBLE.---A copy of the
first complete edition of the English Bible printed
by Myles Coverdale, bearing the date 1885, was ac-
cidentally discovered few days since in the false
bottom Of an old oak chest, ut Holkham-hn the
seat Of the Earl Of Leicester. There are numerous
imperfect copies of this edition Of the Holy Scrip
lures in existence being deposited in the library
of the British Museum one in the Bodleian Library
at Oxford, one in the Cambridge University Library
and others in most Of great libraries and public
Institutions well as many private individuals pos
sessng the volume. The above book is the most
valuable specimen of Myles Coverdales labors hith-
ero brought to light being in every respect perfect
whereas all the other volumes enumerated are def
cient in many leaves both at the beginning and the
end. During the religious persecution in the reign
Of Queen Mary, the proof of the possession Of the
Bible subjecting the parties to the consequences Of
an accusation of heresy, most Of the copies Of the
impression were buried, which accounts for the dis
crepancy, the humidity of the soil having destroyed
considerable portion Of the leaves. The noble pro-
prietor of Holkham has had the book appropriately
bound, and enclosed in an oaken box, and It now
graces the shelves of his magnificent library. Some
idea may be formed of the estimation in which this
bbliographical treasure is held, from the circum.
stance Of London bookseller having offered 20 pur-
chase it for the sum of 500.-Times.
TAHITI.--sINcULAR PROCLAMATION BY THE COW
ERNoR.--The "Oceane" publishes u curious ad-
dress or proclamation by Governor Bruat, on re-
ceivng the news Of the victories of Mogador and sly
and the exchange of visits between the sovcreigns
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