The Newfoundland Vindicator, 1841-10-02, vol. 01, no. 40

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JVewfoundland Vindicator.
to ervwr. the bark of freedom to nER fort,
DESPITE T3E TUREATS,—THE EL aSDISHMENTS of cocrt ;
of jcstice nolo the scales,—surFORTTUE laws,
MAINTAIN Tl(!* NONAR'CH'S AND THE PEOPLES CAUSE!
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TOTim RELIOIOH SOFTEN PARTY'S RACE,
TO VINDICATE Til' OPPRESSED,   THEIR PANGS ASSUAGE.
TTH*, Tl'IS WEAIMATlNOUnCOLUSIK'DPJCE,
this be oiiR norE Dt yoL-Tit, ora solacs in old ace !
ST.  JOHN-  NEWFOUNDLAND. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1841.
Vol. !.
.©ottct-fltion asai? ^pacUttfl.
Packet Boat
To   ply belurcen   Portugal Cove and
■   Carbonear.
T1IIE Subscriber begs to inform his Friend:
aid thc Public, that having now com
pleted the new Pecket *
NATIVE LASS
in a sivlc hitherto link mv.-n in this Cou-it-y—heiig
line J up with comfortable Cabin, SU-epinj- He.'ttis, Ice.
— lie has comir.ciK-i.-d .ilyins; lii.'lwtt-ll I'tirtusrat Cove
and ('a-b on car. The NbiU G"05*Ha. will alsocoii'nuc
loplyas heretofore,.imlhifwill iln.'.-.-1'irc lie eiwbkxl lo
arratiec so thai one of the above Packets will Icpvc
Oar'i.uni-ar a.id IViugal Cove every moraing while th*
navigation rcmai.is open.—-The Native L ■-s is biuli
in a superior manner, (tanspcr sthsteaw nnd coppered
-ailsrematk-tbty last, ana is ilmde-lly -upprior •—
Cral* ofHbrdesienpt<
tion as to herquelio
-ihe Not
UittENA is SUfflC'-
thai an* expos'.
c iii to.
should he <--
Cahi.i Passengers 7s.   Gd.
SteerageMtto 5s. Od.
I.eiiprs(siiis-:li?) Os.   Cd.
. .... (double) -     .     Is.   Od.
And pa-'cS's in piopon'on to their mzc and weight,
The Suhsi-r.be-- will he responsible for auy pa.cels
"-<-., ihat tnavbc-'iv-.-.) in clia-L-e io him.
JAMES DOYLE.
Jan. 17.
Conception-Hay Daily
Packet!
TH""   .Subscribers   bee  to   inform   iheir
Friends end the Public, thnt they  have
commenced running the CUTTER
ZEPHYR,
as a  Packet between   Cartmncar %ii& Portugal Cot
and thev hone iiy attention ami punctuality lo merit
share of public patronage.   This desirable vessel is '
Tons rc-n-vt'T; sails ron.a -kal.lv fasl, is coppi*.'ed and
copper-fa si en eil, and lias excellent accomiiaations for
pas-scns-e^s. ,-■
TlieZEPiiva isintendeil asa tbilyPacket,r-nd will
cleave Carhonear. ercry maraing   if possibh
o'clock weather perm it ting.
The pr6pr*e!-ii-s hold ihemsclvcsnrrniintahlc for  n'l
parcels tec. trial may hc con-milted lo their care.
Cab-m I*BSsengers.
Rtcem-fc Ditto.   .   .*-.   ,   .   .   .   . L    5s.
Single' Letter   . v   ,    €
Parcels inproportion.
SAMUEL PARSONS.    CACBaBBiTt.
C-EOKGE VANDENHOFF,    St. John's.
N. E.—Letters to   he left   at  the Genera'  Post
Office'or at Mr. Vpndcnhoffs.Shop, West end.
EDMOND PHELAN.
« "1TN returning his most grateful lht>nks forthe
M. liberal patronage and support -riven him
through b'statfl racket-boat .S;. PolWcft, begs io make
known to the Inhabitants of Conception Bnv and Si.
John's. tliPt he has made airsncsinanls for the building ofa new Packet-Boat, which will be fiiipd out on
a scale of e'e^nre and comfort hitherto unknown in
this District. She w.lWic ready to ply hctwce.i this
town and Ptirtugal-Cove, early ill April next, "tad tie
trusts io a gem-riius public IV a continuance of (hat
support which he has hitherto received.
E P. alssjo begs lo sale that he intends, fo.- thc
••omtnodation of the public, logo round thc Bay
ing lhc winter, pnd will be rccoumable fur nil (ei
,:uid -.arcels committed to his care. '
All letters and parcels tn be left at Mr. r.icnARD
WAL-fl's, Newfoundland Tavern, St. John's; nr "
his own house').n Carbonear.
Carbonear, Jan. 16.
THE Express Pncket being how completed
bavin-- undergone such alterations and
improvements in bar accommodations and otherwise
as the safely .oinfuri and nr-vcnicncc of passengers can
piwsibly require: a careful and experienced Master
Having also being engaged, |las resumed her usual
trips across tlie BsjrJeuing HarlAr-Grace on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday mornings, at 0 o'clock, and
Portugal-Cove on lhe following-day-.
Fares,—Ordinary pas-sengers, 7s. Cd.; servants and
children, 5s.; single letters, Od.-; double ditto, Is.
and pack aires in proportion lo their size ond weight
[C/^Alllf-tiersa-id packages will be" carefully attended to-'but no-accounts can be kept for posla'ges or
pa-sages ; nor will lhe proprietors be responsible for
aay specie or other monies sent by ihis conveyance.
( ee**cii\::d *c i:oag, st.John's1
j  A. DRYSDALE, Harbour Grace.
(From the Globe.)
The debate on the Address has closed, and
wilh it, wc need hardly add, the Whig Ministry.
The majority in favour of the Amendment
was swelled by the absence of some, and the
railing of two ur three.of the usual supporters
of the government.'   The numbers were:—
For the Address 269
For thc Amendment 360
Majority against Ministers 91
Thc resignations ofthe present Ministry will,
ne have reason to believe, he immediate; and
lhe arrangements for committing the seals ol
office to ilie hands of iheir successors will follow v.ithoui delay.
Sir Robert Pee", contrary to general anticipation, wns induced Io address lhe House; whicli
ho did inn speech cautious, moderate, and iis
some pnrts even clij-nilicd und impressive,
Lord John Russell immediately followed. His
rtsing wns lhe signal for the most profound silence f nnd, notwithstanding the lateness of the
hour, cvnesl attention pervaded lhc crowded
House. The contrast between ibc speeches of
lhe two leaderswas strongly marked ; nnd pre-.
■si-nit--! :!,-■ peculiar clinractcrislics by which
'hey nrc distinguished as statesmen,' ns well ns
the different position's whicli ihey occupied.
That of Sir Robert Peel, had evidently been
prepared with considerable care. The more
thnn usually large piofessioi.s of enndour, nnd
copious admissions of the merits of the government he bad at length succeeded io overturn,
wilh which his speech wns interspersed, furnished n rniher strange comment on the amendment to lhe Address which he, by aid of his
majority, was about to pass, and which, by alleging that her Majesty's ininistcri did notjtos-
sess thc confidence cif Parliament, rendered
their removal from the councils bf thc Sovereign an acl of homage to thc Constitution.
Never do we remember to have read ,■■:■-■ I.
an occasion a speech so utterly ouf o' keeping
wiih iis professed object.' Instead of besiny in-
culpalive, it ivas'juslilicntory of the entire policy of lhe government for whose condemnation
be was about to call upon his majority to vole.
Indeed, the -whole scope nnd tendency of those
paris*of his speech in which he referred to iin
genernl policy of the government^ served ti
show ihal lhc nearer ho approached the front f
ofhis wishes, and lhc duties nnd responsibili-| It is
ti-'s ofthe high post be *
pressed themselves on h
ment cm. long retain its hold on  public confi
dt-nce, should have been exhibited.
Notwithstanding tbe necessity Sir Robert
Peel bad imposed on himself to abstain from n
a dioelosure of his plans and purposes with respect to the fiscal nnd commercial policy of i\~<-
govermeni, tha in teres ting secrei was disclosed,
ut least sufficiently to shew that,  nft,er nil
hubbub raised against the government foi
proposed intci-ferencc wilh thc landed interest,
by proposing a fixed for   a_ sliding  duty, the
proximate Premier already feels the   utter  impossibility of continuing lhe prcstcni.s'cale. The
explanation ofhis views wi'l, wenpprchod, bi
deemed anything but sutis'jetory IO his numerous-* supporters, who regard cue present   scale
of dutjes ns barely sufficient for the proteci'u
of the farmer, and predict ruin to the landed i
tercst,' shou|d lhe duties on the importation
*"reig*fi corn be reduced on iis entering thc E.i
;li market.'. Let ihe Duke uf Buckinghui
nnd his nuiperous adherentjfvvho deem thc present corn-laws the perfection nf wisdom, ihe
palladium of agriculture, and the security of
the people against the dangers n,"starvation, let
them rend, mnrk, learn, and inwardly diges
the, to >hem, nlnrming indication thai the mm
.to-ivtiom they gave their confr-jcucc U nboul to
invode the citadel or their, l.opis, and io cnsl
don-*) the lowers of defence in which tlicy trust
ctl (or protection :—
-   "Previous to ibfiHate   dissolution of Parli
ment I said ihal I preferred, on the whole—tb
after mature consideration   I   had   fotined i
opinion, which intervening  reflection  lias ni
inducedme io change—thai .ihe principle of ..
graduating scale is better than   lhe   imposition
ofn fixed and irrevocable duty on corn. (Cheers)
I said, nnd I mtisT'.epcaL il, lhat   I   think   ll-£
sliding scale n preferable method ofsctih
luiy.    I snid thai I would noi. pledge my
ihe details of the  existing law;   but   that   I
ild reserve to myself ihe  unfettered pi
of considering and amending  those details.   \
>old> that   tangling-*   now.    (Cheers.)    L-slill
prefer the principle of a graduated duty ; but i"
you nsk me wheiher 1 bjnd myself to the iiinin-
lenancc of   '.he existing law in nil   iis   details,
-bother that is lhc condition on which lhc
landed interest give mc their support, I say tlint
nn that condition I cannot accept their- support,
(Cheers from the opposition.nnd ironical cheer
he ministerial side.)""
., we contend, no longer n Question, tha
Sir Robert Peel hns already forhd  it necessary
Insepn-,") assure his ngncultnral  supporters thnt  ibc
able from the honoitrsand ndvamngcsrriToffice, present system
the more be seemed to-be convinced that iheiTliciigb a ""slidin
embers was lhat which ;t*iincd as n tribute to consistency i
itel he   materially   rob
stale" of duties will be re
policy of lite retiring members was that which 'mined as n tribute to consi:
must'bc  lhc'ute nnd   governing 'principles, of amount of duty   will be   materially   lowered,
theirsiicccssors- and thnAhis   hold   of office I The embarrassment and oncerla'mcy caused b;
would be dependent on the incorporation into
his policy of thc very measures which, proposed
by his predecessor, he had been able to defeat.
Wc nrc precluded, by the crowded slate of our
columns, f.'om illustrating and confirming the
general views wc have here given of lhc speech
of thc proximate-Premier, by extracts from it.
As, however, the speech itself is given in another column, nnd public curiosity was wound
ip almost to intensity lo know whether the
ighli lion, bnronel would speak nt all, and if be
did, what hc \Vould say on lhc important questions brought by her Majesty's Speech before
thc House of Commons, it is not assuming too
much to'suppose thnt tiie whole of il will be
generally^ ic.ad with careful uttciflion. One
part of it will especially command notice. U'e
allude to tbe very markc;1 manner in which the
lender of the party which had succeeded n* ob-
taininga triumph over the government, abandoned the professions, and in effect trampled
upon the pledges, by which ihe vaunted majority was obtained. While we cannot but feel
gratified that the selfish and sordid monopolists
have been deceived—that the expectations of
perpetuity to tbe existing system of protective
the Shifting scale will thus he perpctuaicil
Thc Corn-market will continue subject to thc
fluctuations in price which render il Llie nrcna
of specula-inl), rather than lhe mart of free nnd
cnlin-htcncd commerce. Instead of being obtained nnd rcgulmly brought lo our pons, in
■aiurn for our staple productions, our tnanui'itc-
tures will slill be extensively excluded from lhe
markets of lhe continent. Our commcrco will
thus be eri-iplcd, our master jnanufacttn
ruined, or compelled to withdraw iheir capita)
from trade;, and abandon their pursuits to pre
icrvo ihcn^eTvcs fjom ruin. Our operative
classes will remain but partially employed, oi
-ailierbe deprive*! of employment in numbers
constantly increasing* while thc rest, but ti
few removes,from tbem in lhc scale of misery
will "be unable, through the labour-market being over-slocked, to obtain sufficient- wages lo
procure necessary food and clothing for ■tbem-
and families. The consequences which
such such a state of things will inevitably pro-
luce to thc national tranquility, are hut too
s?ident. Lord Bacon has well said—lhat of all
rebellions, that of lhe belly is thc most difficult
to suppress. Yet that most terrible of all visi-
trd ii
Agents
duties have vanished into empty nir, dispersed -Jntions Sir Robert Peel is willing to hi
by the breath of the very statesman on whose-ibis pursuit of power; and for the purpose of
implied assurance of support they rested their^dhering to the " sliding scale," as Ins only
hopes of preserving their exclusive advantages, ,chancc of retaining the funded interest majori-
wc are compelled to dcpl6re that Buoh "triflingity, by which, In opposition to the wants and
with principles, such utter disregard to charoj"-!wishes of the community, lie has been bcu-pe
ter and consistency,- without which no govern-1 back to power!-
have left ourselves  but small space for
noticing the calm, forcible, well-sustained, and
ruly statesmanlike sneet-h .of Lord John   "Rus-
-ell.    Thc occasion wns inspiring.     About  to
clinqiilsh office into thc bands ol the now uuc-
jersful Opposition, h-^triumphantly vindicated
ll.e government he represented from the accu-
ind tho aspersions with whipb it bad.
been assailed.   And ihis be  did with  n force
of truth which thc most dctctiniiicd of bis opponents, whether within or without ibc walls of
Pa-llamcnl, will find il'impossiblc to.gainsay or
resist.    The dishonest  use made of the  neiVCf",
Poor-law, as a yetiiclc of attack upon  lhc go-
irnmcnt out of doors,-was emphatically refcr-
dlo by bis lordship, as n specimen of the ul-
r recklessness of principle by which llie Opposition  had' conducted  their electionceriug
contests.    To such base mean-,as an auxiliary
the froud and force brought lo bear upon the
franchise, were the party opposite indebted for
icii- position.    While wo ntimtre the mngnani-
iity of tho it-nly ilignilied and generous sentiments wiih which Lord-John Russell closed his
iddrcss, wc nre no;   sanguine in   our  expects-
ions lhat nny such bcnCii' s to this country and
,o lhe world can possibly proceed from a party
jo utierly destitute nf honesty while in pursuit
of lhe power it has at length obtained:—       /
"Although ihe means which were ihus used
were dis- credit able,  I   trust,, when   that parti
comes into power, tiial there will be some cessation of ilie'g i.ieniis, iintl lha' ai least wc shall
sec lhat it has by no menus served   those whr
will then holdib-.destinies oT ihe-country.     I
am coi-vii.ccd, as 1'bave already said,   ihat   if
this country he governed with gootl"sensc,-and
j" large ntiti liberal maaims, you   may proceed
orti your present SLreiigtb and power lo grcnt-
i- strength and. powe., nnd thut you may spread
the maxims of libcr.iliiy *.o all pnrts of the globe,
bless millions by youi' acts, and benefit all mankind by your cxumple."'
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At half-past two this morn'me ihe-Con
live majority of the House of Comtnjms—in a
stale between sleeping and waking, which is
highly cliaractc-;|stic of iis antiyJeli'ueralive
tendency—performed ihe gtent object for .
which ii has been cilted into existence, nnd
turned (Hit lhe ministry.. The division was
come th amid yawning* nnd rubbing of eyes on.
both sides oTlhefiouse j bui such is the meg-
net ishig power of lhe great professor of polili-
cal Mesmerism over the members of the Conservative body, thnllhe grand scene of legisln-
ive somnnmbulism v.as as efficiently' gone
through ns if every one who gave n Tory vote.
hnd Imd hii,eyes fully open lo ihe consequence
of his-doinjj so.
Wcll,'ll|e Whigs are out, nnd uow what nre
wc to  have from their successors'!    The cur-
fallen on the tedious drama thai bas
lately been played, and we confess wc arc. all
ipatience for lhe pnntomine.    We   hope the
iroductory pnTt will be brief, that wc may nt
once hnve the fun of  those tricks and changes
■hich are sure lo come, and which have been
in preparation fns-,n considerable period.   The
early Scenes will lie, ns usual, in the precincts
of n palace ;  Ihere will be a distressed rady,
d a tyrannical gentleman, who will probably
attempt to make her a.prisoner   in   her own
tie, and surround her wiih followers, of his
own, all with very thick bends—as pantomimic,
persecutors invntiably arc—and then will come
series of evolutions of the most astounding
character.    The Harlequin   will twi.il'. round
so rapidly that no one will be able to guess on
which side he means to stop—thc Clowns will
pockci all they can while lhc fun lasts,' tvhich-
ivilt nut be very long—the Pnnlaloons will blunder abort in nil directions, victimising others,
to be victimised in their turn  by   their  more
habile associates—and tit length the   good ge-
v in ■■ of England, exemplified in til * belter sense
of t■]r- nation, will put an end to  tbe knavery
and foolery that will  have been   permitted to
prevail, for, ail' ihe play-bills  say,   "alim'ttted
pej-iod."'
There never yet was a House of Commons
which has so unreservedly ns the present written itself down—that which we have no inclin-i-
f
y
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