Newfoundland Mercantile Journal, 1822-01-10, no. 403

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(Concluded fiom our lost)
Ii it ponibl* that these publication* can
loog dtaTulste, as they now do, io all parts
oflbe empire, without producing Revolution? I pot thest-vquwtion* to every man
who will -.-talc-to those Whio*, if any
iueh them be, who bave not renounced all
lore of tbeir country—who are not yet sufficiently bone*t, not to make its honour tha
foot-ball of their ambition, and sufficiently
patriotic, not to wish to involve it in destruction for the mar* purpose of driving
Ministers from ihavir place*.
If we turn our eyes from the dreadful effects oft be** publication* to their author*,
fkfj do we find f A band of men in
tbom th* last shadow of desert, and the
Un claim for indulgence have alike vanished.  Honesty of opinion, however mista<
which appear almost daily in different part* giv* the zest to every joy, and who chase, ,
of th* metropolis, and it excludes the infa- orsoiten every affliction, be reduced to that i
moui Caricatures. When it is considered state in wbicb we could only by eompassi- j
that the principal part of tbem circulates a- j or.ating cease to loath* them, and in which |
n.ong the lower classes, and tbat one copy i wecould only escape pollution and infamy, I
serve* perhaps twenty persons, the tremen- ; by flying from their presence? 1 would j
dous extent of the evil may ba in a faint de- ' shew Ihem tba conflagration ol the Nile— I
gree, conjectured. To render tbeir • fl" c. j the shot torn, captured colours of Trafalgar
•Ull more destructive, the poison of a great' — ihe splendid trophies of Waterloo, and ,
number of ihem is spewed forth on the Sab- the colossal empire of France shivered to a- [
bath. On that sacred day the butcher is toms, and I would say—Shall 'hat race of |
prohibited from selling food,—the barber men wbicb furnished the heroes to whom '
is restricted from following his calling of these are owing be suffered to become the |
cleanliness,—honest and lawful trade is prey of rebels and infidels, and from being
compelled to suspend its operations,. and , the pride and fear of the world, be rendered '.
tbe dealer in sedition and blospb**iny alone its scorn, and tbe curse of their country . I j
is suffered lo labour in his vocation unmo*> would shew them in the wilds of v. America
lasted. To bim alone is gra»led the privi. —in the flaming plains of India—in the
lege of violating all human and divine laws death fraught atmosphere of Africa, and
with impunity. Can this state of thing* amidst tbe cannibal* of the Antipodes,
continue T 1 say again, can this state of English Miuionane* witb their lives in
thing* continue! No more than flame can their hands,—expatriated from their coun-
remain without increase in thi midst of try, and without hope of earthly reward,
combustibles. If these publications be not distributing English Bibles, and shewing
put down, they will speedily put thems. Ives the savage and tbe al&v* th* way io Hea-
down, by bringing on tbeir head* the migh- ven, and I would aay—Shall the Religion
ty ruins of every institution in lb* country, which tend* forth these be overthrown ?
Were I asked what ste|is ought.to be taken, and shall we wbo have opened the gales
I would say, route the laws from their of Heaven to three quarters of ihe globe be
•lumber; if tbey are not sufficetitly strong ourselves shut out ?   I  would shew tbem
HALIFAX, Novfubeb 17.
I snow that it has been argued by those
♦bo can never see danger until it slaps them
1 °' e '*■' **ce» ant* Ps"'''*u*arly -ty 'bat Joanna
0i Souihcott of political soothsayers,' The
Edinburgh Review, tbat the libels of for**
•Mr time* ware as virulent a* those of the
present ag«, and yet tbay produced no ae-
lious mischief. The answer to this i* con-
**«"•. P*"***1*"1; tb* libel* of former time* were on-
sad *iy resd by the higher classes, who posses-
the mean* of detecting their falsehood
i of tbe present times are exclusively
by tb* lower orders, who are destitute
•fsll mean* of arriving at tbe truth. For-
****r hbek were directed against one party
•** favour of another—present one* are di-
j****! against all parties and ranks above
«e labouring population, Former libels
tod ! •'"-""•■ted only measures of policy and man
ork *"*p.e*ent ones attack law* and institutions.
ick -"ormer libel* were only intended to drive
of * Ministry from office—the object of tbe
bf . \*t*s*A ones ie to dethrone the King and to
•**wibrow tbe Constitution. After point-
bag oat these distinctions io tbe cause, it is
** "*c*»8sry to sbew what must be the dif-
"•"caofeflecu
^There are io London alone not fewer
*■*" eight or ten regular and diatinct publi-
***** of thi* description, from which their
m^ctt end publishers draw tbeir sole sup-
. —!
Despise the ignisfatuus which i* now unequalled in wisdom—resplendant with i
•kipping about Irom place to place through*, glory, aud inexhaustible in blessings, ami 1
out Europe dignified with tbe <oundiiig ti- would say,—Shall ibis sacred pile which
tie* of Light, Knowledge and Reuton, and was raised by the consummate talents of
bave recourse to the unerring wisdom of ages—cemented with the blood ofthe no-
your ancestors; they distinctly traced the ble and consecrated by lh* worship of the
path which the Press should pursue, and world ;—which gives wisdom to our Se-
in this path compel it to traiel. When it nates, valour to our armies, victory to our
•bads light through the country cberi-.li it, fleets, and power, happiness, and life to our
when it scatters fire-brand*, restrain and country;—which has made us the migh-
purify iu Speak no more of the re us.l of t{M among the mighty, and the noblest a-
Juries to convict; if men can ue found who ^ nob|     <n(, wh|cb |jka |hj} m *
will dare to perjure themseves Im fore God     «...   .    ,i_     _, •     .       _.*,_,  . ,
and their couAtry, on their heads be the of the heathen deity, has shielded us from
guilt, but let not the fear that such men the united attacks of Ihe woild—shall thu
may be found, involve the nation in ruin, be mutilated with impunity, and over-
Let the loyal and the friends of order thrown without defence! In fine, I would
throughout the country unite with each 8new ihem jk*\Soa of that best of Mo-
oth-*., and with the Government for these ^.^ ^fft.t of men< Geoboe the
purposes, and the curse will soon d.sap- T„,ao j-TIorTwhose reign ba* exhibited
* '-     ..       , . all   his  father's integrity and patriotism
On. .object ike this let me guard my- withoul bi> mitfortune,_whose wisdom
self from imputations ;    I would not make
the law weigh word, by the scruple, or ba. decorated ihe Bntish Crown with jew-
convert it into a torturer of syllable*; I •'• wh,Cu fil1 «be earth with their blaze, and
would bave it to connive at the excesses of whose public act* not falsehood itself can
bone*., constitution*!, oppo*irion writers; £,„„ impncat or caogure.—I would shew
..should give the whim latitude to m* thein lhil So0 dwrted b bif NoWe9_
discussion as is now legal, and it should al- '
low fierce personal a lacks on public con- bearded by atrocibue guilt—publicly induct; but here it should raise an impassa- suited—vilified—threatened—dishonoured
ble barrier for beyond this the Pre** only _denied ^^ and nfomn - « and I
produces intolerable evils.    T he  libels of _.,,....        -.     ,.   v
the present day could not puzzle the plain- woultf say—Shall this be suffered I Is
nt understanding, for they are couched in not the intuit to the Son, an outrage on the
the broadest terms that sedition and bla*- nMI10ry of tbe Father t Are English
pheiny can use. , .        , „       , ~    _
r      ' . laws to give redress to all no longer ?    Is
These letter* have attracted tome notice, " **"
and happy shall I be, if they proouce some «be benefactor of bis country to be treated
public benefit, for they are the transcript of as its greatest enemy ? Is this Kino Io be
my heart, and the attestations of my coo- deprived of his birthright, and to be driven
science.    If the eloquence of tbe immortal _,__..
men of old-thai eloquence whose thunder. from h'«,hrone bV * l«"'"» •"« 'ofctuatod
reverberated through lha universe, and mob, whose leaden are lewdness, crime,
who** lightnings flashed into the darkest  and hypocrisy T    If by auch  arguments I
St-ES^*? 5*72*% -.«—a.b-«»*-is *****
plished. what armie* could not accompli*!., rlash, arid the cheek to crimson ;—if I could
and which led nations captive io its chains make the sword leap from the scabbard,
!fr??y^m*£*?3A 4*«rtcaJlfortbthesubUl_»,*u_d electrifying
thi* holy cause, would I  employ it 7    1 '   •
would call around me tbe millions who yet] •**°«*t of Church, Kim, CoMSTiTtrriow,
tread tbe face of my distracted and diagre- ; and Couhtrt, it would be a reward which
ced country, in all the dignity and gran- i wouId not. excbange for a diadem. The
deur of lofty spirit—unsu Hied honour—untainted principle*, and enthusiastic patrio-
Itn thst opinion may be, will at least save to cope with the evil, create subsidiary ones, the Constittjtion, venerable from age
m devote* from scoro and disgust, but haro n
tbem is no inch preservative. We see
tbem asserting what they know to be false,
and denying what tbey know to be true;
■oidefending Constitutional Liberty, but
calling for the destruction of the Constitution;—net circulating argument*, but tbe
foulest abuse;—not lashing public conduct
bat -Marinating private characle* ; — not,
warring with tbe worthless, but endeavouring to destroy tbe honourable and tbe good ;
—not supporting order, moral*, and religion, bal using evefy effort for iheir destruction. I* this to be tolerated ! Are
these men, whose wretched garment* are
Ached from the nakedness of tbe lower order., whose accursed bread is eaten at the
stpeowof the poor man'* boneaty and sal-
•ration;—who are robbing, not only tbe
body, but'the soul, and who are aiming the
■halts of death, not alone against individual, but .gainst the nation,—are these to be
tbe only men in tbe State wbo may commit
crime with impunity, and whom no taw*
•an punish f If it most be *0, let us st least
be impartial;—let us destroy the hulks and
•be {allows, aud legalise robbery aod murder. . /-s
publishers draw tbeir sole sup-
calculation is made without re.
Ike innamerible irregular one*
Madrid, Sept 20.
Fresh disturbance took place in this capital on the I8ib instant, on which day the
Political Chief promulgated the following
PROCLAMATION,
Having learned through various channels, that it ..'intended to parade rhe portrait of General Don Raphael Riego, and
these processions being out of custom in
Spain, and interdicted by the laws, especially by tba Military Code, which is in
full vigour, and wbicb prohibits even holy
solemnizations to the honour of God and
the Saints, without the knowb-dge and permission of ihe military authority in fortified
cities of which Madrid is one ; considering
that such meetings may compromise ihe
public tranquillity, the maintenance of which
confided to me is by ihe Constitution and
tbe Laws;
I hereby ordain, that the said procession
shall not lake place ; and I hope that all
ibe inhabitants of Madrid, who are friends
ol public order, and who renpect the laws
will contribute to the execution of ibis my
order * well understanding that all authorities, as well military ns political, will
make use of all the means in thou power to
this effect, if unhappily il should be necessary (which I do oot think it will).
Having also been informed that in the
sittings of the Foutana d'Oro, the laws have
been infringed by several speeches being
delivered of which I had no knowledge,
using the power with which I am invested
by the Decree ofthe *_.1st Oct., last year, I
hereby ordain that ibis Assembly be suspended.
(Signed)
J. Marninez Sah-Mabtiw,
The Superior Political chief
Madrid, September 18.
A s soon as the above proclamation was
posted, tbe troops were called out under
arms to enforce respect towards authority,
and to prevent the disturbance of tbe publ'-
tranquillity. As evening closed, numerous
groups were seen whose aspect and attire
were quite sufficient to excite alarm in the
minds of peaceable and respectable people.
A large portrait of Riego wa« now displayed, crowned with palm branches, and borne
by men wiib laurel in their bats, and accompanied by a crowd with lighted torches.
A battalion of the National Militia drew
up in battle array, in front of the Club
Fon tana, and a detachment of'of'airy wa*
posted on the Place of the Constitution; tb*
remainder ofthe garrison was under arm*
in tbe barrack*, ready to march at tbe first
•ign*l.
Happily, however, all paused off less seriously than could have been hoped Some
individuals who assaulted tbe soldiers, were
wounded by blow*, from the butt-ends of
tbeir muskets. On tbeir way 10 tb<* Municipality, where they wished lo depose
the portrait some wretches cried oot incessantly •* Riego for ever j Death 10 bis
enemies !" Tbe Political Chief himself
wrested the portrait, of Riego from tbem,
and threw il into the sewer.
Tbe Club Fontana is dosed. Tbe Al-
cade, «*ho was charged to take into custody
some of ihe moat infuriated orators waa
near falling a victim to the intrepid discharge of his duty;   poinards were raised
had assumed the name of Ypsi'a-ti, in order to obtain the more esteem amongst his
comrades. The firmness of General Mo*
rillo and tbe Political Clue), bas again defeated the sanguinary projects ol our Sans*
culotle.—Gazette de France.
Th* last advice* from Sarragossa state,
that Cugnet tte Montarlot and his four a-
gents are imprisoned in the Castle there.
Proceedings are preparing against them
witb all possible despatch
Letters from Catalonia announce tha arrest of General Riego at Lerida, by order of
tbe Spanish Gevernment. Since hi. stay
there, he has daily sent to the Madrid Journals co.iie. of bi* correspondence with the
Government, and ihe authorities under him.
He concludes one of bis letters thus, " I
have hitherto demanded {Liberty and tbo
Constitution ; I now demand, and, until
death, I will demand, justice ! justice! justice 1"
General Morillo has re-assumed his command as Captain General.
General Don Mignel Alava ha. been appointed by ihe King provisional Commandant General of Sarrago*t*ta. io the room of
General Riego. This officer was Aid-de-
C'ampto Lord Wellington until ihe peace of
1815, and he has since diacharged the
functions of Spanish Minister P..*mpoteu*
tiary at the Court of the Low Countries.
tism. I would shew them my Countrywomen, whose loveliness, perfect as thai of
tbe fabled Eastern daughter* of Paradise,
is yet le**enchanting than iheir virtues, and
I would wy—«_iall i_i«s*  oho soppy, w
reflection would throw splendours.round a
life which has bad its full stare of suffer
ing, and it would abed comfort aod couso.
tattoo around my death-bed.
CATO.
Within the tsst three day* many arrests
have taken place ia Madrid. Amongst
tbe number are numerous Frenchmen,
wbo it i. said, were net backward in
recommencing a revolution, aod scenes similar to those which occurred in their own
country in 17ttaad 1703.
One j ©nag paupar was taken »p who
From the Halifax Weekly Chronicle,
EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHV.
Extract fiom Dr  Franklins   Experiment*
and Observation* on Electricity
" First let me mention an experiment you.
may easily make yourself. Walk but a
quarter of an hour in your garden when die
sun shines, with a part of your dress Wniie
ond a part B.ack—then if you apply vour
hands to them alternately, and you will fi.id
a great difference in their warmth. Tiie
Black will be quite hot to the touch—the
White still cool.
" Another—Try to fire paper wi»h a
burning gloss. Ii it is wtiite you will not
easily burn it—but if you bring the focus to
a block spot, or upon letters written or printed, the paper will be immediately on fire
under the letters.
" Thus fullers and dyers fine" black
cloths, of equal thickness witb while, and
hum out equally wet, dry in the Sun mu> h
sooner than the while, beieg more readily
heated by the Sun's rays. It is the samts
before a fire, the beat of which sooner penetrate* black (lockings than white one*. Also beer much sooner warms in a black mug
than in a while one, or in a bright silver tankard.
*• My experiment was this :—I took n
number of little squire piece* of broadcloth
from a tailors pattern card, of various colours—there were black, deep blue, lighter _
blue, green, purple, red, yellow, and colon ra
or shade* of colour. I laid tbem all out
upon ibe-snow in a bright sunshiny morning.
In a few boom (I cannot be precise aa to
the time) tbe Black being warmed tbe most
by tbe Sun, was so low as to be below the
strokeofthe Sun's rays-tbavdark blue almost a* low, tb* lighter blue not quite so
much as the dark, and other colours less as
they were lighter—and the quite White r.i-
mained on tbe surface of the Soow, uot having entered it all.
" What tignifiet Philosophy that does not
apply to tome use t May we not learn f • m
bono*, that Black clothes ire oot so fit to
wear io a hot sunny donate or Mason, as
White ones, became tbe body in su$u
ei.. **m is bom healed by the *5«n when -$* •