The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-18
Our London Correspondence.

Our London Correspondence.
LONDON, August 1915, 1siS
The Probable Expenditure of Sir Millions sterling for
.ameYican Produce-Spread of Disconient--T The Ne,c
York Herald before the Lord Mayor of London
State of Eeland-.4merieans hberaed-Foi,y of Smith
O'Brien-Cuious Escapes Of English Reform The
Duke of Bueking hdm-The Queen, and Ertrapag Gnce
Arrests of Chartists.
priority Of attention is claimed to the important
truth that gloomy forebod ngs still remain The
tnuance Of wet weather mpedes the progress of the
harvest Injuries it seriously whilst fuller account
confirm the almost total destruction of the potato crops
The consequences Of these disasters already
msnted on by various parties capable of their proper
estimation who concur in the opinion that mpor-
tation of of from five to six millions sterling will
be required to meet them. Where the money is to
come from for the payment of such sum seems
mystery as the impov state Of the Exchequer
at this moment such that the collectors of the in
come tax are pressing for its payment in a manner
hitherto unprecedented, and do not scruple to say
that it is on this account their urgency is SO great
An additional tax to raise such sum will be
tolerated by the middle classes out of whose pocket it
would principally come, nd it therefore remains when
the necessity becomes imperative to adopt the old
resource Of raising the money by oan and FASTING it
to the debt 1t Is thus the evil accumulates 1t is not
straw by straw that is added to the back of the poor
national horse to test its power of endurance to an
ever increasing load, but the weight is thrown on
wholesale by reckless and prodigal hands. The exam
nation Of the physical force charss before the maqs
trates has led to their remand for fortnight and it
Is worth observation remark that their apprehe
was accomplished by of their numbers proving q
government spy who stated his motive for betrayinR
them to be that danger would arise to the state
It Is only necessary for the information of the dsta
reader to etate that the great Of chartists
throughout the kingdom repudiate the proceedings OF
these men, who are more verify of restraint within
the walls Of mad house than those of prison. The
moral chartsts comprise in their ranks the great
body of respectable portion of the working classes
Though these peacsably disposed the fact ia
becoming apparent every day that they as well
Is the lesser shopkeepers and radesmen becoming
more disafe cited towards the middle classes and the
government The breach is wide, and it is not difficult
to imagine that diminished employment and profits
and scarcity and increased rce of food, will greatly
tend to widen 1t. vile journal that has ever been
anxious to stigmatize chartsm seeks to reduce its
points to threenamely. murder, robbery, and arson
which it declares to be the means intends to adopt
to accomplish its objects During the last week CITY
cnartst orator arrested and his examination at
the Mansion House caused some amusement by the
dexterous in which he evaded the higher class
Of charges the law seeks to attach to political agi
tation.
OF fish in the street. his speech reported the pa-
pers, was marked by clearness of purpose aud ex-
preston, that would have done honor to higher So
cial position. The gist Of his address an ex DO
sure of the conduct Of government, in which he fort
fed his arguments by reading several extracts from
leading articles of the New York Herald, which had
Journal sensitivey alive to transatlantic ami
nadversions, and which whilst it prete nds to laugh
at them feels the full force of the whipping across its
mercenary shoulders Some unlucky remarks upon
the prominent topic of the evenings discussion
whether "Jreland was up" brough him within the
ochoru Of M adams oh hax
committed for trial. With regard to Ireland it may
DE truly sad that she is at the present
she has been for yearsat the point of the bayonet
An overwhelming military force still keeps the people
nder restraint and when this is relaxed it is
that large crop of revenge will spring up and wreak
its fury on those who opposed to them Ireland,
with the exception of Ulster Is one mass of disaffec
ton, that English legislation will reconcile
eradcate and 1t appears to be only prolongation Of
a useless struggle to hold it against its will. English
money, and the force of arms postpone the sepa-
ration for some wears but with the delay will
all those repusve features in its present history which
alike shock and sicken the impartial observer AS
Illustrative Of ore among the many evils that have
arisen from this sad conts ntion may be mentioned,
that independent Of the usual outlay throughout the
country such purposes the large of thirty nine
pounds voted by Parliament secret service
money, is all being spent in the pa yment Of detec-
tive police numbering in it's ranks all conditions of
persons, from the half-pay officer Of the army and
navy to the necesstous workman Land of liberty
as the United States may be, they there mnglipg
in meetings Of the sympathizers and marking their
leaders How easy solution are these facts to their
on English soil little imagining they cross the wide
Atlantic in the liner impatient Of delay in the
expensive Cunard steamer they encounter the willy
Establishments of the accomplished and we'll dressed
epy to probe their opinions and the objects Of their
mission. This is conduct unworthy great country,
but 1t Is always thus that governments who rule
wisely and have large means at their disposal defeat
the purposes of their opponents and it may be worth
the FERROUS consideration of those who would earnestly
desire Ireland whether this could not be
efectualy accom- plished by the firm and rational
preston Of opinion and sy mpathy in its behalf Pub.
min
and the English government are already painfully
alive to its manifestations in America, though they
may appear disregard it. The idle threats about the
Irish invasion Of Canada will do good they find
general response. 1t would be not only impoitc,
but ungratefu to vove the interests of the country
Of their adoption by so rash an act Much more
likely Of would be the united prayer Of so
merous portion Of the population of the -epubl c
to its government to jntercede with that of Eng
land for more humane treatment of their afflicted
brethren, than the policy they pursuing. In
avsr Of the foregoing oe %ged the
1nisson has nteifered in the internal affairs of Swift
zerland Piedmont Tusc my, Lombsrdy and Rome, and
has at this time feet placed to intercept and prevent
the forces of Naples operating against Sicily Media.
tion unsolicited only another term fer gratuitous
meddlng In many cases put the irequent examples OF
Iroprieiy be adopted to recall them to sense of JUS
tice towards Ireland. In her of famine Ameri
has extended the hand Of charity, and now in the
time of political calamity may she not extend that of
Cancellation The five American travellers, who were
arrested at Armagh, and imprisoned at Dublin, have,
after examination, been liberated 1t found they
were continuing q pleasure tour through Ireland,
which they had through the greater part OF
Europe. The zeal Of the authorities in this as in
many other instances, has been too precpitate in
volvng, as IL has done the infection of temporary
degradation, to say the least on innocent parties
which, though temporary, the less uni ust.
II Is to be hoped that Lord Clarendon has made such
reparation the required. similar incident Is
related Of the upglng stupidity Of the Irish police,
Who during the present week, arrested staid and
primtvely dressed member of the Society Of Erie nds
who was actively engaged in distributing food to
famisbng population in the south The society, of
which the good is tie represt ntative, had during
preceding week, dispensed in charity the sum Iof ten
thousan nd pounds, which ought to have proved some
shield against Iained course Of action. The quiet
protesstons Of this meek Friend were uttered in vain
tacit submission In the time did not spare him
from violence. lie was dragged along and buried on
board her Majestys steamer Bloodhound, (g nifcant
nancy there to be examined by Commander Somebody
who, with air of gravity, becoming the occasion,
terrogated the whereabout and wbatabout Of this
of and good will he of