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cates - } ' — 7 . . «| , i t i ly the very case in which foreign and Irish pro-| sorning 3 after eleven o'clock it was in complete dark |by the Queen’s Printer, at the Prince Edward House, only the very rare ps 7 the! melieet at | Bess. It has refused the use of the ovens bclomg ns ee in honour of the men who have lately concluded their ducts sfthe masquity ere Oe" ‘the town hospital, and, notwithstanding the format ar-')) ane and profitless campaign against the late Repre- exactly the same price. ‘These non-importation Or non-| ngements of the. federal on hig gage a ‘sentative of Majesty, no reference whatsoever is made . " is bel insah ane Deak ili rid ocale for the offic consumption pledges seem to us not very wise or practl- not yet been willing to provide a | j alas cable ala - they could succeed fora time they the Etat Major-General. A company of the 13th Bat-|to one of the most remarkable incidents connected with C . dition of Ireland, accomplish |tlion has to-day taken possession by force of the Hotel that remarkable Meeting. And as it is one which serveg would, in the present condition of it ie. ‘@Erlach. The inhabitants of Berne town may very pos-|,, develope in a most masterly manner, not only th 1 h d it is far be-|-. le of tl ton | , 7 oe much good ; but how they are to succee 'sibly weary out the patience of the people of the conton) springs of action, but the whole character of the yond our power to imagine. The coasumer cannot of Berne, and draw on themselves treatment similar to, es hod Wl icmnthats inline ffect the design, because in the immense majority of that of the Sonderbund.” parties who put e Deleg | In progress, we GES as have no hesitation in giving to the public such informa-

cases he does not and cannot know whether his cotton === | esita : is silk APStTS TAY AEE Rake ching it as we have obtained through authe is made in Belfast or in Manchester ; whether his silk | SP YETEO} LYS ey: Oe TP SeatsSe tion touching it g ntic

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im from Dublin, Spitalfields, or; ——_——__——— sources. lg a ‘his seg my sad ip Cale or in SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1647. Every person knows that for many months Mr. Col- _ ‘ a soleaieaes ee desnasenieue nonnenetre ere ee nance eee . ee tanpits; and whether his coat was woven by Irish) ee remus ; lard has been employed as Editor for the Islander and

| AN ARTFUL DODGE. the Royal Gazette—every person likewise knows the

or by English looms. In alinost every article of manu- ) facture the consumer is at the mercy of his tradesman.| The character of the Press conducted by Mr. Collard kind of character this person has borne ever since his

If the customer was willing to pay even more for Irish’_the champion of the office-bearers—is such that ite | arrival in the Colony, and ane are not ignorant of the than for foreign goods, it would still be the interest of insinuations by no means pass current with the public ; fact that the Secr etary for the ’olonies made reference the shopkeeper to buy where he could buy cheapest, and but we must own that they are circulated with an arti-| © him in a public Despatch, a manner by no means to gratify the purchaser’s whim by taking a higher price fice wel! becoming those whom they are meant to bene- complimentary to himself and his employ wise Well, as from him. So that with the best goodwill on the part of ft. There is scarcely a paragraph written which is not} ' his character we forbear any further allusion now. the consumer, nothing but the almost universal diffusion | ¢y]] of cuile, or without asinister object. Of this nature Mr. Collard attended the Meeting on Saturday evening, of a most exalted patriotism among the class of both is the attempt which is made at all times to gull the) he had a just right to do so, for he has been the ost wholesale and retai! dealers, could in any degree tend public into the belief, that the present contest of ad- zealous and efficient promoter of the business for which to bring about the desired result. Tenant-right—the verse opinions is one of persons and parties contending it was called together, He even made a speech, which, other topic discussed at much length at the Irish Coun- for power, and not one of principles. No pains are Shameful to confess, is unreported and unnoticed—a cil, is too large a subject to enter upon here. The debate’ spared to persuade the public that this, that, or the other speech which is said to have electrified the burning and of Tuesday led to a second adjournment, and it seems. person is playing a part for his own selfish purposes, to|TSponsive hearts of all his auditory, for Mr. Collard is to us that a great deal more has yet to be said on both cause some office to be vacated that he may himself reputed to be one of those whose

sides before the matter can be considered as even theo- succeed to its emoluments. Though we indignantly de- “ tongue retically exhausted.— Tablet. ny the imputation, and challenge the proof of the insi- Drops manna, and CaN make the worse appear or regener engi ‘nuation, yet for a moment let it be supposed to be true— on =— ’ ment PP pnren oe SWITZERLAND. let the instruments be considered ever so base, how can} TT ele ae

From Switzerland—up to Thursday night—there is'it be in the power of any man to displace another from and having done so, he felt that he had an unquestion-

no decisive news. ‘The preparations on the side of Lu- an office if no culpability can be fastened on him; and able claim to replenish his inner man by partabing of cerne are completed, and from the neighbouring Cantons if there can, then is the public to lose the advantage of those luxuries provided for Mr. Pope and his ‘ influential’ of Uri, Unterwald, and the Valais, assistance has already ‘a change, because persons who bring it about are actu-|ftiends. But Mr. Collard formed unfortunately an er- marched,to strengthen and secure those parts of Lucerne ated by selfish or unworthy motives? Are exclusiveness|Tneous estimate of the gratitude and generosity of his which are most exposed to attack. The snow, which |and monopoly—is treachery to the Head of the Govern-| employ ers, He was indignantly commanded to with- shuts out the Bernese from the passes of the Valais, also ment so sacred, that no man can assail them without 4t@w from the scene of festivity—the “respectable and shuts out the Valaisans from Friburg, and still further incurring the charge of selfishness? If to stand for-| influential people” had no stomach for their victuals— isolates that devoted Canton against which, it should ward as the asserters of right in opposition to the doers | /i8 presence was supposed to be a blight, a taint upon seem, the first storm of war will be directed. There is of wrong, be the mark by which a selfish individual is|the viands, and he should either leave the festive board, now, it would appear, little hope of the dispute being to be known, then, indeed, not only are the leaders in| Or become the means of driving others from it. Through adjusted amicably. The latest attempt by Mr. Peel, and this movement, but nearly the whole population, men |the intervention of some of his more immediate friends the peace-mission of the Grisons deputies, have boti of the most selfish and interested character; and the 294 associates, Mr. Collard was prevailed to forego the failed, to the infinite content of the Bernese Radicals, contest is one of personal views, and not one of public Pleasures of the repast; but before he left the premises who thirst for blood. “ Thanks to Heaven”—says the principles. But the dodge is this: the persons who °"" informants say, he vented his indignation, in good Bernese Gazelte—“and to the pretensions of the Sonder- command the Islander and assist Mr. Collard to do their S¢t Phrase, in a letter which he addressed to the chair-

bund, the Confereaces for conciliation are happily broken dirty work. know well that amongst the adversaries of 9" of the Meeting. off, and the curtain is raised for the fifth act of the their party are men of an elevation of mind which they The cause of the sudden squeamishness which has drama.” The same journal insists upon it that the secretly appreciate, though it does not enter their Come over those straight-laced gentlemen, who have so defeat of the Sonderbund, its dissolution, and the ex-|thoughts to imitate it; and they think too, and we fear long enjoyed the labours of their amanuensis, many per- pulsion of the Jesuits, will by no means put an end to with too much ground, that their taunts respecting the Sons must be at a loss to discover. Is he not the same the strife. What is wanted is a permanent occupation views of these men will deter them from accepting of- Mr. Collard now that he was when he first came to the of the Catholic territory, in order to change the whole fice if it fall in their way—thus to weave another web | island ? We know of no circumstance connected with spirit of the population, and thus, “ with the help of the of artifice in which something may be retained for him which should induce the immaculate people who at- necessary amputations” to effect acomplete cure. Mean- themselves or their followers. But we implore our tended the meeting on Saturday last, to cut their che- wh i!e means are being taken to rouse the people to the friends, if they disregard office and emolument them-/‘Shed friend and ally in so shabby a manner. Not ma- due pitch of frenzy. While Mr. Grote is labouring to selves, as we know many of them do, not to fall into the|BY months ago, we were told, the Speaker’s conscience persuade us that “inthe Radical cantons every one who |snare that is spread before them. If the principles for | as so easy regarding the character of his friend, that chooses to denounce the Government or uphold the which we contend are any thing, their very essence js he even condescended to sup with him at a party at Sonderbund is at liberty to do so,” the Government of responsibility in office, and if responsibility cannot be |Mis own lodgings. It is well known that he conducted Zurich, following many a well-kown example, is giving safely placed in the hands of one set of men, what is to| he Constitutionalist—a paper set on foot for the express ett pat Te er ne nef fry fee ee ef a tn Nepean sey ea only inform us that it described ve ~ cs ee ees *! - - came Over arrive wen this oyiem me SADR +r ote enTiet- a8 ania ” 1. 64 ind Gisiennidehdliaeectes : ~ against shail prevail—as arrive it will—let no false delicacy— might be seen the names of gentlemen high in office. naidnabiaaieeaaanan s a : . t e os snone of the pride of high feelings intervene to rob the | Did they not know Mr. Collard then as well as they Schultheiss, dia ie i one cu . a € a M. country or the Crown of the services of those whose du-| know him now? Was he not employed through oe ARIA sheers eka uthor of the artic e, M. ty it 1s to step forward as their supporters. Well do we | !fluence of the same party to report the proceedings stant Conservative chief of know that we are writing to men who care nothing for Of the Assembly for their party papers, the Gazette and

| Zurich, committed to prison. While repressing truth on the emoluments of office, but it would be folly to | 4slander, and were they not well aware that he was the

aed ee = ae are actively scattering falsehoods think that on that account the country should lose their “titer of a pamphlet against the Lieutenant Governor, a aliens ss —.. the Bernese militia against services, whilst they must themselves become the laugh-| Which was printed at the office of one of those papers ? sidaceeareiiileed oa — a story has been invented to ing stock of their adversaries. The trick is too apee- What opinion the man himself can entertain of his © friburgers had seized two Bernese rent to need exposure. supporters and employers, after the return they have

resident in the canton, and hung th | : ie teaditteihi, tach lian em up on a tree by - ieee made for his services, we know not. To us it indicates 5 ing Hrst embowelled them. Strange’ THE COMPACT AND THEIR SCRIBE, | Tecklessness of frinciple the most glaring and unpat-

-to say the town of B ba! ok Rca ee is hostile to the unjust policy “ AU should unite to pnnish the ungratefal - donable. If he was considered worthy to be their (a Radical journal) will - paragraph from the Helvetic| Ingratitude is treason to mankind.” scribe, amanuensis, pamphleteer, editor of their papers, saidintiite ae ian oo both the, ae of ie THomson’s CorntoLanus, {their associate and bon vivant in private places, he is

€ disposition of the Radical | “If th € their fr . : majority : a ae — acrime | surely not unworthy of their friendship and regard in “The Communal C | Of h pet Sys Sane Se a gly ee public assemblies. He is allowed to tickle their fancies :, nal Council of Berne manifests a very | Tene: Tien ie: Sngeatione,” with his eloquence ; but, j it ill-will, and endeavours in the most scandalous aa Broox’s EaRt or Wazwicx. “ ; but, in a sudden fit of moral purity,

they turn up the whites of their eyes, if he dare attempt ' to tickle his own palate with a share of the viands set piace, 88 we are informed |before them ina public house. Give us,” say they

to withdraw itself from military charges. It hasbecome| | i tsel ges. e| In the report of the public (2) meetin mecessary to insist on the town being lighted up until | quent festivities saa adh : eeeneee ‘