The Sun. — London, England, 1829-05-26 00:00:00

'TRIUMPH OP WESpIINSTER, AND PURITY OF ELECTION. The 22d anniversary of the Election of Sir F. Bur dett, as one of the representatives for the city of West minster, was yesterday celebrated at the Crown and An eller Tavern, in the Strand. At half-past font o'clock, Messrs. Hunt, French. and Cobbett, made their appear ance, and were welcomed with some slight applause tom the gentlemen who were then present. Mr. Hunt and Ir. Cobbett afterwards separated from Mr. French, and placed themselves at the cross-table. Jack Lawless shortly afterwards went up to them, and, as we were informed, requeeted them to leave their seats and go with him into a private room, where Mr. O'Connell was waiting to see them. They left the great room accordingly, and during their absence a reconciliation was effected between " the great 0" and Mr. Cobbett. At a quarter-past five o'clock the stewards ushered Mr. Hobhouse into the loom. Among the gentlemen who fol:owed in his train we noticed Mr. D. W. Harvey, M.P. ; Mr. Otway Cave, MP. ; Mr. A. Dawson, M. P. ; and Mr. Monck, 3LP. Lord Nugent entered at a later hour in the evening, and took his seat on the right of the Chairman. After the dinner kad been despatched, Mr. HoBHOUS2, who had been placed in the chair, raw, and iafermed the company that Sir F. Burdett was I prevented from being present by very severe indisposition. The first toast given was " The people, the only source of legitimate power."—(Three times three.) Tune, Bri tons strike home. The next toast was " The King, and may he confirm his owu declaration that the Crown is held in trust for the benefit of his people."—(Three times three.) Tune, God save the King. While this tune was playing, the company all stood, with the exception of Cobbett, who sat and smiled. The next toast was " A full, fair, and free representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament, the only efficient remedy for our national grievances," with three times three. Mr. Sotrectr, in a complimentary speech, proposed the nest toast,—" The great and consistent Advocate of the rights and freedom of the people,—Sir F. Burdett." This toast was received with great applause mingled with some hisses. After the uproar had a little subsided, Mr. Hurf rose to object to the toast, but for some time the noise prevented him from being heard. It was a rule at these meetings, and always had been a rule since he had attended them, that no one's health should be drank who was not present.—(Loud cries of " No.")—That is not, however, my object in rising. My object is to put the same questions to our representative who is present, which should have put to our representative oho is absent, had he been present.—(Outcry.).--I will as ate first, that the House of Commons hare, within the last five years, passed ' votes of public money amounting to little short of 2,000,0001. for the building of palaces and other such purpose's Did Sir Francis Burdett or Mr. Hot:rouse oppose any of these votes? The same House has passed a Bill to dietranchise the 40s. freeholders of Ireland ? Did Francis Burdett or Mr. Hobhouse oppose that 13:11? 'The same House has passed a Bill to authorise overseers, hospital-keepers, and keepers of debtor prisons, to sell our dead bodies of the most unfortunate of the poor. Did Sir F. Burdett or Mr. flobliouse oppose that Bill? I Lave no doubt that our Hon. Chairman will give an answer to these questions. [A voice in the room—" Old Bonegrub bee can answer the last question ; what has he done with l'itine'* bones ?" - . 1 No doubt our Hon. Representa tive will give us satisfactory reasons, if lie did not oppose afrese measures, why lie did not. If the explanation be given fully and fairly, I hope that we shall act us fairly by him as we shall act consistently by ourselves --(Cheers )- 1 have isle word more to say. The passing of the late nteasuie for the relief of the Roman Catholics has been hai!ed with delight by Mr. Starch, aho has taken great pride to himself on account of the share which Sir F. Borden had in passing it. Now what in the name of oonemon sense has the Hou. Baronet done by it? Just 5i1i&,..4.1e has disfranchised Ireland...--(Cries of " No, no," amid crLiett the voice of Cobbett was heard braying " Yes ; I say yea,'')—Perhaps Mr. O'Connell will tell you the same story as Ido before the evening is closed. Sir F. :Burdett, I say, has assisted in disfranchising the forty, freeholders. Gentlemen, I have now done an act A duty to myself, to you, and to your Chairman ; and F sow/ ask for as answer to nay question before the toast is Olt .nit. Cosarrt then rose ; but as soon as he left his chair to take a position in the middle of the room, a storm of hisses arose which would have silenced any other political Merry Audrey,. It has been proposed to drink the health of Sir F. Burdett. Gentlemen, the title of this meeting is " Triumph of Westminster --Purity' of Election." The triumph of Westminster ! Yee, it was a triumph origin 4111' in caryiag Sir F. Burdett, in despite of al : a accursed eristorracy, by whom he was now surrounded, on tlie shoulders of the poeple, without expense, into Parlia ment. At that time what did he pledge himself to us to ale? To carry Parliamentary reform—(cheers), —to fight oar battles against the encroaching a(:d villainous borough stroslgere, and never to give up the hattie except with his Life.--Gentlemen, you. who were beds at the time, cannot remember this : but I appeal to your fathers, whether that was nut the compact between us and Sir F. kesraleat? Has he kept his compact with us? Has lit' protected our' rights as ought ? Hits he protected the rights of the forty shilling freeholders of Ireland ? .(ffeso, bear.) Gentlemen, there is Mr. O'Connell sreseot. If he let this opportunity Apses-1 I have to day .laden hand. again with Mr. O'Connell. (Cheers.) Mr. O'Connell had disavowed some expressions svhieh ha-I been impeded to him, and which I conceived bins to Inv, ea,d, very derogatory to my charact, r. I told Ur. O'Connell that I would shake hands with him if he disavowed those expressions. He has disavowed them; and I now say, that I would not have shaken hands wish him, even upon the retraction of these ex pressions, if he had not been discarded by the gonourable House.—("'nut's strange, Cobbett : you begged and prayed hard enough to get into it.")—lf the Hon. House had not done Mr. O'Connell gross injustice, I woull pot have condescended to shake hands with him.—(A loud Buret of laughter.)—Cobbett then proceeded to describe she conduct of Sir F. Burdett on Warburtou's Ana • tinny Bill as cruel and inhuman ; but hie iovective on this siilicet were cut very short by the repeated cries of " Who dog up Paine's bones ?" Who was a re,urreetioioist ip America?" The Co/ululate—l put it to the meeting whether the toast ellen be drank. Is it the opinion of this meeting that we drink the health of Sir F. Burdett? Immense cheering, and cries of " Yes" from nearly all the room, followed this question. Mr. Ilormouset—l fairly say that this question has been carried by a large majority. Mr. lILINT requested the Chairman to put the otherside of the question. lion:louse complied with. the request, and then tire hande, or at must six, were raised in behalf of Cohbett's objection- The discovery of the trifling numbers of this noisy mi nority created roars of laughter throughout the room. Mr. Hoanousa, in putting the toast from the Chair, thanked the meeting for the support which they had al ready given him, and assured them, that if they continued to give it hint in the same way, every one of them would go away satisfied. He would now read to them a letter which ibs Stewards had just received fr an re.3it Francis Burden, cad wilitia was accompanied by another Letter from Sir henry Halford, stating the inability of S. F:ancia se attend. The Hon. Gas:Oman then read the following letter from Sir Francis Burden ; " St. Jomes'oplace, May a 5. fientletaen,—lt is very mortifying to use, ~rosteact of having the honour of atending you in person, to transmit you the encic;ed. " I had datte act myself, up to the present momiau, :wit b the hope of being able to preside as usual at our anniversary. A pairst::.d disease, however, quite incapacitates me, and leaves me no choice sat submit; ion to inevitable necessity. I feel this the snore, as it is the first opportunity which 11,44 ever presented itself to me of honestly praising a Minister and of.cos.gratulating my constituents ..n the vaccessful issue of a great public pleasure, establi,hing for over the great and paramount principle of Kr 4 ligious liberty, re trieving that eternal stumbling block out of the of public im pmvercent, And ey.ening a fair prospect to the public of went future advantageF. The .arr4ly of principles are on their march ;op pi.4er 1471 earth will long: e able to withstand their progress, until they , tismo reached their noturni termination in the establishment of • And liberty all over the ;v9rld. " I remain, Geritin, you"' r .f piest obedient servant, F s t4I2IS ." - . The toast was then drank with enthusia.sti,c applause. .Mr. JonEs Buunarr returned thanks. Alr. A. Dawson propeed the health of " The strenuous **poser of public abns2s, our ether able, enlightened, and indefatigable representative, Johu 4":;:rn Hoblionse, Esq." The toast haring been drunk with great applause, Mr. HOEHOUSX mounted the table to return thanks. Since he had had the honour to represent the city of West minster in Parliament, on his conscience and honour lie protested he thOught he had done his duty, and he appealed new to his constituents, as it had beau his custom at these annual meetings, in order to ascertain whether or not it Was their pleasure to set the seal of their approbation on his public conduct. He slid not wish to conceal from him. self that, in the performance of his duty, it was not with common men, or men of ordinary intellects, that a repre sentative of the city of Westminster had to deal : they were men experienced in public affairs, and more than ordinarily acute, who knew what their representatives bad premised, and who were orally aware of wh..t they ought to perform ;. they were persons who had been observant of public events for many years. He knew—and this was not an affectation of mock modesty, which would ill become them or him to adopt—that a better man than himself could scarcely come up to the test or criticism which might be applied under these circumstances to a representative of the city of Westminster. However, his conduct was he lium them. If they were dissatisfied, they had their redress. They had chosen him without any peculiar qualification. To what could he pretend ? To nothing except a desire to do what he thought was right. And as he had come to that point, he trusted they would allow him to answer, if he could, the first of jeetiota of the Hon. Gent. (Mr. Hunt) to the conduct of the Hon. cork-ague and himself with re spect to that great question, in order to procure the accom plishment of which be hell been sent into Parliament. It was objected to hint that in giving the toast " a full, fair, and free representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament, the only efficient remedy for all our national grievances," he had not done it with the usual honoure: He was not much of a formalist, but the eleven times he had attended here the toast was given by '-the chairman without a single comment. And why? Because it was thought to be a toast that needed no comment,—that was calculated to recommend itself to public approbationa and so was left on its own basis. A contrary line of conduct—the proposal of this toast with honours—would have been thought at best unnecessary, and calculated to do credit to the heart rather than to the head of the individual proposing it. Sir F. Burdett had always declined proposing the toast in that way,—Sir F. Burdett who had been cradled in " Parlia mentary reform,"—Sir F. Burdett, of whom it might be said that the very pillow on which his head had rested cried " Parliamentary reform,"—whose whole career had had that tendency, and who, when he died, would have " Parliamentary reform" engraved on hie bosom.— (Hear, and laughter from Mr. Cobbett.)—The question had been put whether Sir F. Burdett had recently proposed his sunned motion of Parliamentary reform. Persons then present well knew the taunts, outcries, and laughter di rected against his Hon. Colleague, when lie had brought forward this subject, and not from the opposite side of the House, but by the friends of Parliamentary reform itself, wits said, in the expressive language of a et ntleman (Mr. G. Lamb) once opposed to hint in his attempt to repres nt the city of Westminster,—thet is making those annual motions, Sir F. Burdett and those about him (with the exception of Lord Cochrane) were, in military language, merely keeping time, making much dust and little progress. Were they to suppose that, because we did not make annual mailing on the subject of reform, we were less friends of it than ever ? Let any man put his finger on the occasion which offered, where he or his Hon. Friend had not stood forward as the ativecetes of the cause, and he would confess himself guilty. But they could not do this—he appealed to what had passed on this subject, re specting which some men could nut etnily lie, though sonie men did lie. (The Hon. Gentleman here directed his eyes towards Mr. Cobbett).—(Loud cheering. )--These matters appertained not to the future, but the past ; therefore there was no room for prophecy.--( Hear.)_ If you found a man standing honestly and truly before the public for more than a quarter of a century, sever fluc tuating, or undecided in any matter that concerned the ge neral good of his coust:tueuts,—if you found a man of un blemished private chat acter, against whom not the finger of scandal, or even of scorn, could be raised,—you might predict, without any pretensions to the character of a pro phet, that such an individual would stand true, not only in his public, but in his private capacity. If, on the con trary, there were any individual in the world (such he was happy to say was not a common character) who was never known to le true to any public or private trust,—if an individual, who, after having been only half trusted, thought proper to appear before the public as if he had been wholly ousted, and played not a sitael,e• but a double villainy of deceit—(Cheery)—if there shoull be any man who, in order to convince the people ash it care he would have taken of the public purse, had shown the con sideration he 41 for the private prop, cry of hie friend— (Hear, hear.)--illere Colaiett grinned like a hymnal— If there ehotthl be such a trem—(Cheeree leughttr, and some confusion, occasioned by an attempt of Mr. Preneh interrupt the speaker)—and now, Gentlemen (continued Mr. Hobhouse) if the gentleman who has interrupted me conceives himself to Le the person I have been describing, I can only say he is mistaken. That man, of course, if he imagines my observations to apply to him, will afterwards be entitled to a hearing; but I know nothing of him ; I dp not direct myself to hits,-1 direct my observations to you. If there be a man such as I have described—a person who lies been scouted, not by parties, for that an honest men well may le, but by society at large—any person whose character is thus declared l.y his conduct, that individual may well read his history in a nation's eyes, and it is not difficult to tell what is to he predicted of his future fame. Those who acknowledge his talents, even hie beet friends, must sigh for his baseness—(cheers, laughter, all eyes turned upon Cobbett)—and be sorry, gentlemen, that a mind qualified to illustrate the days in which he lived—a mind qualified to shell lustre over the great stage of his contein poraries—should hay; be.en disgraced only by the misfor tune of casting its own blacker, deepest, and moat dis graceful shade on the era to which it Lelonzed,,—(Cheer ing.)—Now, gentlemen, passing from this point, I hag your attention to the questions put to tee by Mr. Hunt, as 1 see by 44: paper which he has had the goodness to piece in my hand, the questions apply not merely to my Han. Colleague but to nay elf; we ride in the same coach on this occasion, laid the first queetipn to which I owe a categorical answer is this—" Did Sir F, Burdett nr Mi. Hobhouse vote against the grant of 2,000,0001. for build ing new palaces?" This question was intended for Sir F. Burdett, but it also applies to me. As far as I am concerted I have a short answer to it. I voted against it. -,-(Cieers.) ne -The second question is, did we oppose the disfranchisement of the forty -shillingefreeholders ? Now, gentleman, with respect to this I have only to see I shall not answer for any Hon. Colleague : he, I trust; will be able to answer for himacif pp a future occasion ; but I must say for myself, that I voted againet that proposition in 1825, when it was first brought forward and supported hy my Hon. Colleague, and I w,ll add with an equal sense of duty, i did not oppose it on a recent occasion, and I will tell you why--I against the dis!'ranchisement in 1825, hi2cause I knew fleet ther. was not then the least chance of carryit the Catholic question,-(ea; - , and hisses)—and I objected to disfianchietng any hotly', as informed toy Hon. Colleague, under pit cumatanegs, although he himself was the father of the Bill-4 told him could not support it notwithstanding, and I did not. Why pot oppose it now? I will tell you. I have no secrets on the sithject, I thank God the press of this country pre vents me from having apy eeerets on each a subjecn (Hear, hear. )---Tito question was p,t-,40;.it is to be done? And when I found gentlemen like Mr. V. Mr. M. Fitzgerald, Sir J. Newport, and many others epuld mention, whose love for Ireland and the Constitu tion is nridoubtel, saying that the disfranchisement was a great sacrifice, hut not too great for the boon to be re ceived, I confess that say, as my Noble Friend near me (Lord Nugent) can bear si r c y Plirdett and I, in point of reform, have more to sacrifice that-, all of you in agreeing to this measure, and in consenting to it have OW more to sacrifice than Sir F. Burdett, for he supported the Disfranchisement Bill in 1825, and I op. posed it. Yet, for the mike of the good which accom panied it, anti as a guarantee of the other measure (the Re lief Bill), I took the disfranchisenignt of ttie ;r tv-shilling freeholders, and egreed to it. j say I turdi tile - pod up found it—let the evil that batenee'eil it lie upon the con sciences of those who made this a coadition. 4.4 the other nteatsure.—(Hear, hear.)—lf this be not setittactory to souse indieideals, and if they are not willing to look at the general tensna q. man's life, in reference to his political acts, I cermet help it. if my constimente have any rea son to think th it I g-cvc this v.A.2 any dirty, shabby, mean, interested !waive, let them cendeinn tne en crude me from their confi,!ence and il.e honour of repie:. vnti• g them in future. Accept again the seat with which you leave home:xi:el ; if on think rue unworthy to hold it I,IIOC, of stico enpei 4ce iip;;l it. If you think I have been actuated by base or unworthy emtinee, judge rue by the test applicable to ail public men, end mart accord ingly. An accusation has been brought against me. I defy my accuser to the proof. If lie can approasit to proof, rat me tell him, I would more regret to labour un der your auspice e than the condemnation of others. The next question put to me lid the Hon. Gentle:nen redly al most involves a step from the sebaneg to titer ridiculous. I am asked if I have supported a Bill to sell the noti;ea of the most unfortunate of the poor ? So, after being charged with coldness and disrespect towards the great (Festion of Parliamentary raopn, with voting 2,000,0001. for palaces which no architect will ti ewe!, and which no king will ever live im—with sopprth!:, - ; disicanckivment of the Irish forty-shilling freeholders, it reerns, as we come to file glo.r of the charge, sat there is a sort of further sting its the tail cf the epigram directed against nie—a sting which I do not call ail 44tely ridiculon , , for those gentlemen are too clever to be ever t hliiqilolts.—(Cheers and laughter.) But certainly it is rather antu:ing, vilvn in the same breath we are accused of selling the dead hotline of site most riathetepate of the poor.—(Laugliter, and cries of !Sone grubber, whet dp you say to that ?')—Now I beg leave to quarrel with the teems of the proposition : the most un forninate of the poor are not e1:1.12.i t'!ose who are lodged in poor-hot -es ; I should say the most untoetu:-.:a•• of the poor are those wlio cannot get into pour houses.—(Hear, and a laugh.)—Allow me to ask whether this objection, brought forward by men of ability against Sir Francis Burdett, and so humble an individual as myself, does not partake of something exquisitely ludicrous ? Is it not strange that the serious charges previously brought against us should have degenerated into this " most lame and impo tent conclusion ?"—(flear, and a laugh.)—lf I thought those very intelligent and able individuals sincere, I confess I should be somewhat surprised that they had so much care for the bodies of the dead, particularly as one of them (lees not appear to have cared much for the bodies of the living. Certainly 1 have not found in the public career of one of these gentlemen evidence of any very tender regard of those who walk about above ground, though he takes the persons of those under ground under his special protec tion.—(Laughter, and exclamations of ' Poor Tum Paine.') I was not aware that this gentleman cared much for the persons of tho s e living to whom he is so kind after they are dead. His conduct reminds me of the lines— " But still the great bath kinnne,s in reserve, They help to bury whom they help to starve.'--( Laughter.) Having taken cote of his living contemporaries, Mr. Cob bett thinks his care should descend to the, dead; this his own conduct proves—(Cries of Ay, hore-grubker, it does')—and not finding charges enough against the Mem bers for Westminster with respect to their conduct towards those who walk above ground, he accuses them of not re garding the tombs of those who are beneath it.—(Cheers and laughter.)-1 say the Hon. Gentleman thinks it tie cesaary to bring a grave charge against Sir F. Burdett and myself, because, not having thought enough of the living, our neglect has also (according to Mr. Cobbett) extended to the dead. Allow :ne to make a contrast be tween our conduct and that of Mr. Cobbett in this re spect, who, having made as much as be can of the living, wishes also to make as much as he can of the dead.— (Cheers and laughter.)— However, gentlemen, having met for higher purposes than the dissection of base and infamous characters, I shall presently pass from this sub ject. I think I have answered Mr. Hunt's questions pretty fairly, whether I opposed or supported the selling of the dead bodies of the poor, as Mr. Cobbett teams it, and upon what grounds you will hardly think a fit subject for present discussion. Passing by the case of the poor, I • may say there are a great 'natty individuals who, though they have done no good in their life-time, perhaps ' might be found serviceable in their death.—(Hear, and laughter. )—When we hang up these gentlemen in Sur geons'-hall, being well-limbed men, stout men—(' Ah Cobbett')—they may do credit to a scientific dissec tion, and afford an example calculated to enlighten and ilhoarate us in a physical, if not in a moral, point of view. -(Cheers and laughter.) When they come to be shown hereafter,—when the tongue of falsehood is silenced,—and more bitter still, the tongue of slander which can never ac knowledge or forgive a benefit—(hear) —these individuals, who have been a disgrace to life, will afford an illustration of how black a soul might lodge in a human body.— (Cheers. Mr. French again attempted to interrupt the speaker.) I challenge any man—be lie who he will—to confute what I gay. I don't address this to the electors of Westminster. Let any individual who thinks himself authorised to put the question, ask me why, in my capa city of his representative, I have done this thing or omitted that—to such a person I shall give, with the utmost respect and fairness, the best answer I can. If in thus delaying the assembly while glancing upon topics perhaps of too personal a nature, I have overstepped my strict line of duty, let it be recollected that the subject was not of my own choosing, it has been imposed upon me. Questions were put to me, which I have endeavoured to answer. In one respect I make no complaint. Mr. Hunt, as an elec t r of Westminster, had a right to put these questions; but as my public conduct has been a topic of, I will say, no fair censure,--of no criticism which eves the talents of that individual (Cobbett) entitles him to make, I could not refrain ftom seizing this opportunity of replv ing to ;t. call on Mr. Cobbett, who has repeatedly oh:Feted tither to what I have done or to that which I have not done, to establish his charges. He has nothing personally to accuse me of; but that powerful writer has chosen to make me the butt of charges, my only answers to which have been directed, not to him, but to you. I heartily congratulate you on the Roman Ca tholic Relief Bill. I beheld the smiles, and sneers, and few murmurs which prevailed when this subject was al .uded to in the earlier part of the eveniu ; but I disdain such feelings. You disdain them, and I congratulate you on th•it triumph.—(Hear.)—lf there be any cause in which lam deeply interested—l had almost said in which I ant engrossed—it is the cause of Parliamentary Reform. As long as you do me the honour to send me to Parlia meat, i shall conlinug to do what I have hitherto done, with all due respect for what I beiiev r to ha yo4r fair and just opinions. If I s%ould unfortunately differ from you, I shall readily afford you an opportunity to place in other bands the hononr which you have so frequently,bestowed upon me." The Hon. Gentleman concluded, .amid loud demonstrations of approbation, by thanking the meeting for the Lini;lici4 an;; atlenti9n with which they had listened to his observation;. Cobbett, as soon as the Chairman had finished, came forward to reply, but his demeanour was not so outrage ously insolent a' it was on his first appearance. He evi dently quailed under the laceration which he had received, and would have slunk, if he could, from the withering glanciei of copt3npt with which nearly the whole of the assembly eyed hith. There Was the utinzist tplitotatip to hear him ; and many persons with whom he came in con tact. shrunk away from him with as much disgust as if he had just been fresh from his loathsome task of disin terring the body of his crony, Paine. In com;qquence of Mr. Hunt's anxiety to have Cobbett heard in .eply, s disppte attended with considerable vine knee took place between him and one of the stewards. It was proceeding with eousiderable violence when Lord Nrc ENT interposol.—He said that it was the in tention of the (- hairman to propose the health of Mr. O'Connell the next toast. After that had been done, it Wtg the intention of the Chairman to give Mr. Cobbett a bearing : Mr. HUNT.—It will be most unfair, if my friend eph bett is not heard immediately, after the Violent personal altseL has been made upon Lord NUGENT-Well, then, if you think it unfair, I will ask the Chairman to allow your friend to be heard first. The CHAIRMAN requested the meeting to bear Cobbett, 7---ht he might as well have talked to the winds. 2tlr : O'CoNlst<4l, interposed,—l am anxious to address an assembly of F.',oglWamei3, but 1 cannot speak till you hear Mr. Cobbett. A temporary calm was obtained. Cohbett then pro ceeded—" 1 made no objection to hear the Chairman ; hope nn objection will be made to hear me."—(Outcry.) COBEETT (almost crying).—l can't be heard. The Cumama N..—(.enth . men, gentlemen, it is but stir t) bear Mr. f)olibett. Air. O'CpNNEt.t. made a gepud application on behalf of Cobbett, which again carried 4 temporary cet i sation pf the tumult. COBBETT then proceeded to address the meeting, and if we heard him correctly amid the wild uproar which the distraction of his behavious excited, spoke to this effect z —The Chairman, he said, has made a direct at tack upon tile.-,--(4iot.),Well, if you don't hear me, you shall Lear nobody Ilse, that I cap tell you.,(llisses.) The Chairman, in one part of his speech, mid you that he was ready, when he displeased you, to' resign into your hands the power with which you entrusted him. yes, he said that he would resign :it into your bands lint it is not into your hand that he ought to re sign it, but iuto the hand* of the people of Westminster. liiifortunately, of late year() Alr. Ilobhouis and Sit F. Burdett never meet us out of doors now a-days; and they have taken measures, in conjunction with the laws which have been pas,ed, never to meet us out of doors again.— (" It won't do, Colibett ; that's one of yi Every thing that Mr. lloblontse ln,s said about his own reit: A :pets end about Sir F. Burdett's readiness to throw Vietnselv'es l on the of tl , e people is not true. They have not met the people for two yi f itys, I think I may say for three years ; and I v enture to sily,ln spirit of the prophecy, that they never will dare to meet the Deoi k aga i n ,—(" Tell us something else, old bone grub her; you've said that lial4-do7en tunes already.")—An Oppoitunitv will uccav foi them, 1;! days, to me e t 'he rcorie of Middlesex at llaeltirey. 7 444, 1 qer of therp dare meet rue and Mr. Mut out of doors b e f ore th e people—mind that. As to t h e attacks %strict. Mr. Hob house has made upon me, one is that I h ave c h eate d semebtolv, he dare not say whom, o , it of money ; in;ct!:_er is, that I starve the poor u hilst alive, and unly take : Careos vheo dead; and a third, th a t I t a k e u p bones, and dispose of 'eui liar a oia, in7 , cr a mail is dead. As to the charge of cheating s:inieb,,dy out el mow.), I have only to say that Mr. Ilobliouse (late not ,ay whom I hire cheated ; no, nor the orglity . Den, his master .—(A voice, hambouz ! eil h...r.")—That is one of the most barn sued and 'anpndeitt hea that was ever st ited by man, ur ret :fled by ti,e dirty rump of Weatminster.— Let the letters come into a Court of Justice, and I'll prove Fine words, s to starving t c h , e ,bl c ,e li t a r t:g i e m a t g l a l izt re toe r e a y b ( a m se r fa p l s r e , ) 11 0 f i ) - 2 , the ix-IT, hoe had great delight, during all the course of any lire in being bowmen,' t..; :Ea 1, , 00r.—.4A loud laugh, minglal with hisses. )--I have, I say, with my slender means, thaw &nonc for the poor than Burdett with all his tlinusand , :. Then as to the boa , 4—(Cries of " !or ttie mingled with laughtei - .) ! ---A dead lacily sold to be cut up.--(Cries of " What's became of your rings with Tom Paine's hair.")—Yes, there's a mighty differ ence between selling a dead body to be cut up by sur geons, and bringing the bones of a great man home which were lying in neglected obscurity, for the purpose of bury ing them in his native land.—(" Where have you buried them you old lesurrectionist ?")—Who blames me for doing that which the very Govern:trent of this country was then doing ? At that very time, I say, the Government was sending for the bones of an Officer who perished in the American war, for time purpose of burying them in West minster Abi,ey.—(lmmense uproar.)—Well, I see there is no such thing as getting a fair hearing in this place, and thoref :le I shall conclude.—(Loud hisses.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed as a toast—" Daniel O'Connell, Esq., and the Catholics of the British empire, and may their emancipation limn civil disabilities prove a source of strength to the country, and seem e the prosperity and happiness of the empire." _ _ Mr. OTONNFLI: came forward, amid the loud cheers of the meeting, and addressed it in a speech of great power and eloquence, of which want of time and room prevent us from giving any thing but a very imperfect abridgment. He fully concurred in the wish of this toast—that the emancipation of the British Catholics might prove a source of strength to the country, and of security and prosperity to the empire at large. It was because he conceived that it would produce that salutary effect that he bad so long struggled for it, and not because it would give some eleva tion to the persons of his religious persuasion. Others who had embarked with him in the cause of the people, had prospered for themselves as well as for their country ; but he had succeeded for his country, and had suffered a penalty for himself.—(Cheers.)—lt was due to the disinterested perseverance of his struggle that such a compliment should be paid to him; but it was undignified in the Lords and Commons of England concentrating all their vengeance against him.—(Hear.)—He rejoiced exceedingly that the measure of emancipation was passed ; for it put an end to the period of the oppression of one country, and of the plundering of another. Theological controversy was now at an end : religion was free,—conscience was free; and if any man now proclaimed a change of his re ligion, as he was free from penalty, you could not doubt his sincerity in abandoning his opinions. —(Hear, bear.)_ We were now commencing upon a new era; we were now proceeding from a new starting point, and therefore he would trespass for a short time on their attention whilst he explained for the first time to an English auditory his political opinions and views. " First, then, Englishmen," said Mr. O'Connell, "I appear before you as a reformer, as a radical reformer."—(Loud and long cheering-, in which Cohbett joined with heart and voice.)—To the first question which I have been asked by you, my feliew countrymen, I ray that lam a friend of radical reform,— not of !evolution, but of that reform which will render a revolution unnecessary. That was the reform to which he was devoted. His principles should not be torpid sir idtvebering principles; but, in dome, or out of doors, he cal'ed upan the people to second him in the expression of them. He had heard that the people of England were a people of common sense, and yet he found that the possessor rf a ruined tower on a hill, like Old Sarum, commanded two votes in the House of Commons, which was all that fell to the share of a large, and epult nt, and intelligent city like Westminster. After several other observatioes to the same effect, and after passing a glowing eulogiom oa the transcendent skid', energy, courage, and bravely of the people of England, he adverted to the condition of Ireland. The forty-shilling freeholders, he laid, had been spoken of that night. He had formerly been of opinion that a part of them might be saerificed for the advantage of the rest of the community,— he meant smelt of them as were possessed of a short term. Since th time, he had enjoyed the advantaee a knowing them mere intimately. lle bad himself had the honour of bringing them to tri :1; and he had found in them a de seoednetes to time cause ~I civil and religious liberty, which was worthy of the hi ightest periods of history, He wished that the higher classes of the country would imitate the virtuous independence of the poor but honest forty-shilling freeholders. The disfranchisement of those heroic and magnanimous freeholders would work on the Relief Bill as a canker and gang: em', until the people cut away from it that eitert.pt god imoeund part. Ministers might think that by passing that measure they had put down the cause of freedom in Ireland ; but they would find themselves de : caved. In the county of Clare there were 6,000 forty-shilling freeholders, in a fortnight's time there would be 3,000 101. freeholders ready to set an example to the rest of Ireland, which the rent of Ireland would be ready to follow. If the people of England bore with tranquillity the dis franchisement of the fort --Chilling freeholders in Ireland, thy eveuld before long witness the same disfranchising ex periment m3de on the forty-shilling freeholders of England. After they had struck off the forty-shilling freeholders, they would then attack the teen-pound freeholders, then the twenty-pound freeholders, and then the fifty- pound freeholders, till at last the Lords would not go through :brim present form of &feting Members for the Commons lombr. tit Parliainent, Lot would send down a warrant under their sign manual to Mr. Speaker, desiring hint to a limit Mr. So-unirso as their Represeutative into the House of Commons.—(Cheery.)—Alter making several severe remarks on the conduct of Lord Eldon, whom he described as a person who looked at his conscience and wept- and at hie purse. and doubted,—(A laugh,)—be turne d !, by way of 'contrast, to the contemplation of the conduct and character of his friend the illustrious Bur dett —(Cheers.)—He recollected that that illustrious man was once convinced that the Catholics of Ireland ought not to be emancipated. He went over, however, to the green fields of that country, saw the desolation and oppression which paralysed the exertions of its inbabibsnts, and turn ed all that watt meant for biestings into cum's, and he be came enlisted at outT into their catlse. His exertions, his patriotic exertions, had rendered him dear to all the na tives of Leland. Her matrons and her maids sent up tt.eir prayers for his happiness ; and her streams poured forth in a voice of thunder, echoed back again from her mountains, " Long life to the illustrious Bortleto"-- (Cheera.),-Mr. cobbett had that day conde-cended to shake hands is ith him—(a laugh) ; but when he got into the House of Continuos, no hottest man should shake hanis with hint if he did not contend tor frecdom of con seience for nien of every "Oaten description, and c ol our ._ (A voice in the crowd. " dews and he did not oppose monopoly both in small corporations and in the ac cused system of the East indi t Company—it he did not oppose that bastaid species of free trade which, whilst it gave coirontali!iea free to the rich, gave bread dear to the p00r.,-(Cheers.) The health of Lord Nugent and the Electors of Ayles bury havieg been His Lordship retuned thank., and corrected a mistake into which the lion. Gent. (Mr. O'Connell) had fallen, with respect to Sir F, Burdett's original opinion op the Cat! odic question. Ile could say, that the Hon. Baronet had htnn always upon principle a supporter of Catholic en.aneipation, ay examivation of the votes of Parliament for the last St) years would prove. Several other toasts were drank amidst much eonfueion, which prevailed, with little ov no intermission, tip to the close of the meeting. Glt AND REMW.-(TO-MORROW.) A Grdinl t,:ke place t,:-morrow murning, at eleven o'clock. in Ilyde Park, in horu•ur cfour Illustrious Visitors, the Duke 4.f ORLEANS and the Duke de CHARTRES. His Griee the Duke of WrmaNc•ros will command on tae oco•ision, when the following Regiments will be reviewed : 'rue Ist attd 2d Battalions of the G't•enadier Quatd,. The 3st Bavaliou of the 24 Foot Guard*. The Ist Regiment of Life Guards. The Hord Ihmse Wards, Blum. The 10th Rug tnent of Hussars. r:e 15th Regiment of Hussars, &e. The ground will he kept k a detachment of the Life Gtuird.. The Cavalry Regiments will go through a number of evolutions, and the present fineness of the weather will, no doubt, draw a very large, concourt , e of spectators to the ground. _ . The Duke of CpmftEnr,AND and the Duke of Colo.xA,is viciit;:ll AlAjvs-ty ut his Palace in St. Jarots's. The Duke of WELLINGTON had an audience vesterlay of the KING. The Duke of CLARENCE, we arc concerned to state, has recently had a slight attack of the gout :a one of his feet, which has kept his Royal Highness confined to his rr_ide:ace in Bush)..virk. This is the first time the Royal Duke has exper;enced atlack of this disorder. Prince LEoPor,o pee his first grand enter tainment this season yesterday evening, at MEndboti,!ugh muse, to a very numern i is puny. At half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon a Cabin. t Council was held at the Fort.ign-atlice, Down ing-street, which was attended be the Lonn CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earls BATHURST and ABER • nEE N, Vi,caunt MELVILLE, Lord ELLENEonorcii, secretary HELL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCEL LOit of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. Timms, and Mr. VESEY FriZG git 1.% The Xliiiis!to . s retrained assembled about an bout and a hail, PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Ztock 9 10 % 3 per Cent. Red. ... ..... 87% 1 4% 3 per ( mt. Cons , C; 8 3% per Cent, 96 % i :4 Dim) Red. iloi 56 4 per Cont. 10 3 .'4% Ditto, it , 2o Ditto Scrip Rink 1... Ann. India stuck 0 29% 30 L}itto litqads 54 53:prn. THE COLOSSEUM. THE Public are respectfully invited to an inspection of this MAGNIFICENT EXHIBI TION in its progress towards Completion. The Works consist of a STUPENDOUS PANORAMA of LONDON taker from the summit of ST. PAUL'S, a SALOON for the reception of WORKS of ART, an extensive range of CONSERVATORIES, ►tocked with the CHOICEST PLANTS, and a SWISS COTTAGE, &c. &c. Admission is. each Person from Ten till Dusk (Lily. -- 2 , 1 ei)V Ligyk-WiiivA l *MI* - LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1829. The Bill for facilitating the business in the Court of Chancery was last night withdrawn by Mr. PEEL, on the ground that there was not sufficient time to carry it through this Session. The whole subject will he properly discussed next Session, and several other improvements made. The French Papers of Saturday have been re ceived, but they are barren of news. The Messager des Chambres says that General DIEBITSCR had ar rived at the army before Silistria; and though obliged to be borne about in a litter, directed all the operations. The heavy artillery from Ibrailow had not arrived before SiliStria, which delayed the com mencement of the siege. The works were going on with great activity, and all the bridges over the Danube were finished : 20,000 men have been sent to reinforce General GEISMAR at Kalafat. FAENCit FUNDS.—PARIS, MAT 23.—Five per Cents. 108 f. ; Three per Cents. '7Bf. 95c. 79f. 3c. ; Bank Stock, 187 M. ; Rentes de Naples, 86f. 45e. ; Royal Spa nish Loan, 78ff. ; Ilaytian Loan, 360 f. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 50c. ; three months, 25f. 35e. Lours Authentique. Mr. COBBETT has often complained, in that noisy hebdomadal, the Register, that his moral and intel lectual faculties have never had proportionate justice awarded them. We think, after Mr. tionuousE's speech, last night, at the Westminster Meeting, the demagogue will no longer complain on this head. His unflinchingpuhlic integrity, his tried consistency, and peculiar notions of honour, were there severally commented on at length by the Honourable Chair man, with an earnestness, a truth, and laudable tenacity of purpose, that cannot but hare proved eminently gratifying to the resurrectionist of THOMAS PAINE. To complete the picture of this gentleman's virtues, we must bear an equal tribute of admiration to.that submissive and Christianlike meekness which enabled him to shake hands with an opponent, the mildest of whose sarcasms launched against him at the late Catholic Association, would have driven a less amiable spirit to desperation. New York Papers to the 241 inst. have been re ceived; Mr. Ryan, the late Secretary to the United States Treasury, has arrived at Liverpool in the packet. There Papers contain no authentic news of interest. A rumour was current that Mr. CLAY, the late Secretary of State, had bees killed in a duel by Mr. POPE, brother-in-law to Mr. ADAMS; but considerable doubts were entertained at New York of its truth. A number of changes in the revenue department at the different sea-ports, consequent upon the change of administration, had taken place, and had excited a considerable degree of party feel ing. GEORGE W. ADAMS, of Boston, the eldest sett of the late President of the United States, had, in a fit of temporary derangement, either fallen or thrown himself overboard from the steam-ship Ben jamin Franklin, in the night of the 9th ult., whilst the steamer was sailing through Long Island Sound to New York. His body had not been found. We direct attention to an article from' the Dublin Errning Past, inserted in our columns of to-day, regarding the l)oneraile plot. It is a fair sample of those ingenious machinations set afloat by the Brunswickers dining the progress of Catholic Eman cipation. Mr. TYLCOTE, a King's Messenger, arrived at the Colonial Office late last night, with despatches from Matra. He was also the bearer of despatches from Lord ABERDEEN. We understand they con tain no news of any importance. Despatches have also been received at the Colo nial Office, from Major-General Sir HILGROVE TURNER, the Governor of Bermuda. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 25.—Wind N.E.—The Reliance, Onyx, has arrived, and 1 homas, outward-hound, aailed. Arrived the Mary, Loch, from the South Seas. Arrived from London, the Capricorn, for Bombay. The Eveline, for Alexandria, put back and went for Dover, with loss of anchor and cable. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Flora transport, from Bermuda. Sailed the Phyllina, Dido, for Cadiz. FALMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind N.—Arri red the Ann, Hayward, from Trapani. PLYMOUTH, MAY 24.--Wind N.W.--Arrived the Thalia, Hammond, from Manfredonia. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE o'CLocur. The Consol market has exhibited some firmness this morning at the closing , prices of yesterday, 88 at which Consols opened for the account ; there is not, however, much business doing. This is settling day in the English market, and up to the present time every thing goes off The prices in the Foreign market are nominal, the chief interest of the Brokers being directed to the settle ment of their differences is the English stocks. TWO O'CLOCK. The settling of the Consol account is going off well up to the present time, and we do riot hear of any failures. The extreme fluctuation during the present account may he quoted about 1-1 per cent. Consols have been, during the morning, at 88k, alternately buyers and sellers. The Saving Banks have again sold 50,0001. Consols; the market continues firm at 88 anti Stit k for next account. It is supposed that it - will turn out a Bear account. Ex chequer 67 8 ; Brazilian, b5l 6; Buenos Ayres, 241 54; Colombian, 14 16. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols fur money, 88,-; for July account, 88i, buyers. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consuls 884- • Danish 66 Do. for Ac. 88i Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds 57 ! •Mexican, 1825 Buenos Ayres 25-i Peruvian 1 Chilian Do. Russian 96i Spanish 9i DAY AT ONE O'CLOVE. south Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bin d , 2d. 67 GS pm. Ditto 500 2d. 07 t 8 pm. Ditto Small 2O. 68 C 7 pm. Ditto Commercial — pm Hank thr Account India for Account Cons. fur Op. July 23 8.5%, 1824 -- littyrtt.—On the 23d instant, in Welbeck street, the Hon. Mrs. Dyneley, of a son. DIED.—On Sunday, the 24th inst., in St. James's-t.quare, Captain fiviCLAIR EastasE, second non of the Earl of ReSSTSN, in the 25th year of h's ate. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• TATTERSALL'S. t st r i Although many of the b e tti ng men ar e she"' York Spring Meeting t tr., , attendance yeeterdat numerous, the room being crowded to e xcess " 0 - ' l 4 hour than usual. Th e betting was of a YerY 0 4 1 clun•Acter, particularly on the Oukti, for which ; S vu 'a i n'if have been difficult at any on e ti me t o na me the ' l. ' 4 it' Amidst noi;ie and confu s ion, al mos t unprecele nte . ► [' urrived it the following list of the odds : DEIIIV. - • • 20 to 1 apt Camel e• - 20 to 1 apt Mohican 30 to 1 agst Brother -t° 30 to 1 agst Prince Euge-- , 30 to 1 agst P r ineipeseefi jos: 30 to 1 agst Forth's lot not win and Forth ride as. 10 to 1 agst Seraph 20 to 1 agst Fickle 25 to I apt Device 33 to 1 agst Worry 40 to 1 agst Bunter. r cup. 13 to 2 agst Cadlan . d„., S to 1 agst Lamphg.tr, 16 to 1 agst Lady Eau" t Bobadilla. 2 to 1 agst Patron 7 to 1 agst Ebury (taken) 7 to 1 agst Rhoda c. 12 to 1 agsi Fspagnolle (taken) 12 to 1 agst Morris Dancer 20 to 1 agst Rupert (taken) Ito 1 that Exquisite does 5 to 2 agst Clotilde 5 to 1 agst Varna 3 to I apt Green Mantle 11 to 2 agst Mouse f. 14 to 1 apt Pauline 100 to 45 apt The Colonel 3to 1 apt Mameluke to 1 apt Zinsnee 20 to I age, CLARE ELECTION. The news from Clare is most cheering to the frit tl e ; Mr. O'Connell. By letters received this day, it t al :biel , that there are in all 2,721 no ti ces o f reg i str y, 790 0 ," t ot are in the district of E nn i s a l one , an d i t i s calculiouve of the 2,731 there are scarce ly 31 a d verse to Mn ° t og nell ; indeed it is quite certain that at the veil' ° bo o 100 cannot be found t o vo t e aga i nst t h e people's roc he No opposition is, how ever , expecte d ; an d, s o far ‘- s itb Dublin Correspondent of a Morning Paper mistaken : t o, respect to Lord Conyn g h aru and Mr. V. Fitzgelni a L i iiett well ascertained fact, that the Noble Marquis,wbe '"agt has returned to London instead of going off post beget° ill, as represented by the scribbler in question, be doee! .. „ °B o tend to offer the le a st o pp os i t i on , nor d o an y o f bin S e r to Mr. O'Connell's re-el ec ti on . It i s equa lly. well ,7; tamed that Mr. Fitz gera ld w ill no t oppose hits-'t 0 we have been informed, th a t a gen tl eman , a t p resen o i ls , London, and who int en d e d t o vote f or M r . Valet ; l og gerald, has tendered his suppo r t t o M r . O'Connell, W o o first learned from Mr. Fitzgerald himself, that it wa s his intention to come forward on the present o ccashO no t As to Ministers, we trust an d b e li ev e, they win . ; of carry any personal obj ec ti on or di s lik e they, or 5°1 1: them, may entertain tow ar d s th e i n di v idual, to nu' f o r extent as to interfere in any way with his re-elec tinD b Clare. If they d o , th e y will subject themselves to In til i t popular animadv e r s ion. W e h ope t h ey w ill not---we k ° they cannot with the slightest hope of success. The just tribute with which Ireland is about to acni, ledge the services o f M r . O'C onne ll w ill be, We ifj :ll.- pate, of a satisfactory and even splendid character'. ba re ready every town, hamlet, and parish in Ireland' Aid met or are about to me e t o n th e occas i on . We a re 11 to perceive, too, that a meeting is to be held be rr o o, Thursday next at the Lo n d on T avern , BishopePt e- n st preparatory to (as the circular we have says) " Meeting to be held in aid of the National Fund, the people of Ireland are now ra i s i ng , i n gra t e ful w -° ' ledgment of the public s e t vi ces o f M r . O'Connell. THE DONERAILE CONSPIRATORS; °II A PLOT DISCOVERED. (From the Dublin Evening Post of Saturf Like a dog with a canister tied to his tail, . The Admiral rattles through sweet Doneraile• f r og We have at length received authentic intelligen ce .,,e* Doneraile, concerning the arrest of twenty-one charged with a treasonable conspirac yt o kill aad 61-I . o g Yellow Admiral, against the peace of our Lord thc w oe and the Constitution of th e r ea l m , an d c harged with similar intents against certain other Magistraire whose names are not know n b e y on d t h e c lassic car' of Doneraile—being thereto instigated by the tempt 46°P the devil. It is a most Mt rible plot—but the Dramatists have 101 taken the time. It should have been laid a bout r oo Christmas, in the long nights, and wh e n Brunse/ i , eig a tt was in its glory—when Boyton's plumes were claaelP"bio his crest, and his brother Martin was pouring for th fr ot fluent ignorance on the ears of the well-dressed r ob l t i t s the Rotunda. It would have been capital then , 4gl " play would have been received with vast apply At At the same time we think it was a nnot e ::" - di fia : make Lord Kingston the God of th e Daman vindice nodes. His Divinityahip was at a diet4",_:'"a, j one thought of him— an d h e i s not , t h o ugh rather a 11-";; and eccentric God of his inch e s, the w o rst speci'n eli So might select from the Hib e rni an P an d emon i u m--w e or from the Pantheon. Your common herd of ran°o Satyrs, though they be Irish Deiti e s, would one t sufficient dignity on the warrant, and so, to wake a rl of our metaphors to Admiral Evans and Mr. Cred i g, 1 40 Lord of Pa r liament was sought out, and a L oro v a forthcoming. This was clever, but we are reP i ‘ co d believe that his Lordship was in no other war Con ;a : t ra• with this Plot o: its Detectors than as the mere meat of its explosion. god In short, it is a mere Paddy M'Kew's affair. one knows, or ought to know, Paddy. He war hand at a plot, the sweetest swearer you can iwg „isili There was not a county in Ireland that he did 1 101 .. „ — ti o when it was found necessary to continue a Yeetnantl'"'' upon permanent pay, or to provide some agreeabl e or ployment for the village Justices--or to put a hare g ',/1, 0 10 der the Insurrection Act—or to carve out some ba";be for the constabulary—or to furnish the grinders of Orange papers with food for their paragraphs. 13dt rr verily believe that this will be among the last 01 o. '„i t y , trick's pranks. The eye of Government is on the tv e- fi . o o The unpaid Magistrates will certainly be relicvelf 4- tbi much of the unnecessary trouble they take to Pr e.e n . :ltbl peace, and in the course of twelve or eight e "„A m ad the'e gentlemen will be called upon top rovide 1 """ s igli employment for the people, instead of p t bern pro viding • Bridewells and tread-mills. f a r ait Upon the statements in the following letter, as ' Bl. - goes, the reader may rely. the 06.60 (EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM DONERAILK.) v ir The report that has appeared in the Cork Paper* l ost tive to a late transaction in this vicinage is not altog i pie correct. 'Tis true that in the midst of peaceful rePolf and anxious industry, this neighbourhood wa° 14 fi ge plunged into consternation by the sudden arrest of Saf e el SOUP, of whom three only were farmers. The Pare e ec ni• this unlooked-for event appears to have been an OP o ta tion that persons of suspicious character may, by t t i;eir or rewards, be induced to give information agsiliat of partners in former violations of the law. The Pr ete f, f irl' the arrest was, that a conspiracy against the Bravo 110 e Magistrates of this parish was now proved to exist i ii that the extra-loyal men may not be accused of o rigi 0 :01 the alarm, it was contrived the warrants should be lee ° Lord Kingston, who resides 10 miles from Donerail e ' t pe would appear that this business is a little mysteriou*ooo Magistrates have arrested these poor people at a when their attention to their business was most ne°"-fisi, They have since liberated some of them without t;" others they have sent to Bridewell to Fermoy, to Mi di% town, and Mallow ; from the latter town they ordereV, of them to Cork Gaol: these six men were lion ti `l i and given in charge to a party of police, who , ere, road to Cork, took the handcuffs off, and four o ' e% escaped. One of the three farmers is from the P all ,„ tb e Doneraile, his name is Leary; the other two are r"f neighbouring parishes. The Doneraile farmer is 1 ,,%s it / circumstances ; he soinetimea drinks to execs' , "" other respects is inoffensive and industrious. The Marquis de BARBACENA and • - sc i . - . e - ITABATANA, the Brazilian Minister, had a long VellO se with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at t; : e ofbe Secretary of State for Foreign Afftsirs: T oss CHAS The Dukes of ORLEANS andtot visited the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich on Saturday-es il l Highnesses afterwards went on board the steam - 50e which Capt. Ross will proceed on his northern ear which was lying off Woolwich. The Duke of WELLINGTON visited Secretary PEEL yesterday morning. .10 1 _; CHARLES KEMBLE'S benefit the owe- r ei v, ing netted upwards of six hundred pounds--a PI r be: for the exertion of great talents. LAroaaa is raid on received, including presents, nearly fifteen hundred P re , u . At the King's Theatre the prices of admissi o P_l course, more than double the Metrppolitan 40 0 "`", 1 cially on benefit Nothing of importance took .p l ace • 4 the Law Courts this day. THE RING.—The battle between BA R , e j, AARON and JEST RAINES (a full account of o bi se have got in type, but are compelled to omit till tf - . o , s. str row, for want of space), took place yesterday on I'o stock•green, Essex, for 50/. a side. After thif t Sag gk verely-contested rounds, occupying twenty-eight ! BARNEY was declared the victor. PRIXTAS and Pus mans by MURDO.YOUP' OFFICV, I It, STAA NH, LOWDOTO J