The Sun. — London, England, 1837-07-13 00:00:00

NEW ROSS-MONDAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) This borough, so notorious in the " olden time" for its indisputable venality, is situated on the confines of two counties—Wexford and Kilkenny. I have been detained here to-day, having missed the steamer to Waterford, for want of a chaise or other vehicle to get forward. Every quadruped of the horse species, for hire in this town, has been engaged to convey the Judges of Assize or their lug gage and the Leinster Bar from their different places of sojourn during the last two days to Waterford, where the Commission opened this day. The learned functionaries of the law have had a sinecure in Wicklow and Wexford ; and, as far as I can learn, are not likely to have full cm p:oyment on any part of the Circuit. The criminal pro ceedings of this part of Ireland are in abeyance ; and iaene of the lawyers depending on such precarious subsist ence are said to be unable to defray the expenses of a summer excursion owing to the lightness of the Leinster calendars. N o won d er we h ear so m uch of re-action—the thought is parent to the wish of mans-, who fared better miler a different order of things. " Give us a bit of an election," says a hard-featured attorney just after lunching pretty heartily, "to compensate for the Wexford Assizes. I never knew the times so bad. Only one Tape case at Wexford, and a petty larceny or two, altogether not worth five pounds. But we jockeyed the Bar in the few records that were—for after spinning out the pleadings as long as we could, we settled the business by compromise and apo logy without the loss of fees or briefs to the barristers. It is always best for the parties and ourselves to settle mat ters so, when there is a doubtful ease ; in fact, it is the most honest way. So much have I learned from a disap pointed limb of the law, who says he came down on specu lation from Dublin, but doubts the prudence of visiting •any more of his connections is this part of Ireland. Mr. Talbot will be again returned for this town in de spite of Tory influence and interest. He has no property in the borough, which almost entirely belongs to the Tot tenham family ; yet he has been twice returned, notwith stauding all their money and exertions. There are ru meurs of a secret canvass throughout the whole county of Wexford, on the part of the Tories. From the best in formation, however, which I can collect, I may venture to say, you will have the present County and Borough Mem bers, Messrs. Power, Maher, Walker and Talbot, in the new Parliament. I never witnessed such a political calm as pervades the whole county. If' you ask any person ac quainted with the state of' society—will there be a contest at the - next election ?—he tells you No ; and assigns as his rea son, that the Tories are afraid to throw away their money. That tasking every allowance for bribery, jobbing, and the hostility of the greater part of the gentry to Reform, the Lioeral party must be triumphant in this county as long as the Tithe and Corporation questions are unsettled. The Tories ruined themselves during the two last Sessions by opposing these measures. Had they allowed them to be settled, there might have been a diversion in their favour, on the part of very many influential Reformers, who stop short of what is termed Radicalism. Were it not for the inveterate opposition of the Tories to principles and mea sures so intelligible to every class of Irishmen, the Wigram family would find favour in Wexford and New Ross. But they have pinned their colours to the mast of the Ascend ancy party, while Walker and Talbot have been fighting the battle of the Constitution ; and, consequently, the lat ter gentleman have almost secured for themselves the re presentation of these two boroughs as long as they please. At the same time they must not be remiss in declaring their wishes, for the enemy are on the alert here as else where, and may, under false colours, delude some of the constituency. I have learned as much as warrants me in saying, Reformers cannot be too watchful. Efforts are being everywhere made on behalf of their opponents, who, if they fail to fight on the next day of battle, know they are for ever fallen. BATH ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIP. As a constant reader of The Sun, and knowing its large circulation in this town, permit me to correct the effect a letter published in your paper upon Tuesday last is likely to produce. Captain Scobeil is put forward as a candidate here, without the slightest chance of success. His proceedings here divided the Liberal interest, and de sttoyed that strong sense of the importance of the coming election, which every true Reformer desires to encourage. Ho also will not say whether he is in favour of the Ballot —the Repeal of the Corn Laws—Church Reform—or any other great measure to the accomplishment of which your own endeavours are directed. The Agnewites here are his chief supporters, and Saint Andrew being a Tory, the object of Scobell's Committee is apparent. Only yester day, the paper that advocates the pretensions of Sco- Lett, published a manifesto against Mr. Roebuck, issued by the Society respecting the observance of Sundays, ac cording to the laws of the Jews. As for your correspondent ch,ssing M r . R oe b uc k w ith H un t, & c ., it cannot be ima sined that he would be, as he is, the most intimate friend f Messrs. Grote, Warburton, &c , if s uc h was th e case . hi_ is errors arc not from eccentricity, and it is to be re gt e tted that so many who censure him think politics to be, nnt 'the assertion of great principles of morals, but a sort of bush-ranging. Bittb, July 12, 1837. AN OLD SUBSCRIBER. I 0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. perceive in your Monday's paper a letter signed " A Tr aveller," recommending the members of that most respectable fraternity always to drink the customary after dinner to est of " The Queen," on their legs, for which ce remony h e assigns a most sapient reason, viz., that " We have now a Lady for a Sovereign." What are all the dis coveries of . science, the productions of genius, or the inven tion of art 'compared with this glorious revelation of my brother-chip ? The writer of the letter to which I now allude might well expect that if it appeared any where in the columns of your Journal, it would " hide its diminished head" in a corner. The modesty of this writer is only equalled by the profundity of his wisdom ; for he suggests that the body generally will act upon the proposition of himself, and the large party of which I suppose he was the " Pr, tsident." Of all the solemn blockheads that peram bulat,t the " road," methinks, Sir, your correspondent stands• pre-eminently distinguished as one of that order, by Lis late imbecile and contemptible effusion. I am, Sir, your's faithfully, A TRAVELLER. Ma k -lesfield. July 11, 1837. [The letter did not appear in The Sun, but in the Globe.] MR. HUME AND THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS. We have much pleasure in quoting the following from the. .Morning Advertiser : We have great pleasure in submitting, the following letter to the consideration of our readers, and more especially to that portion of them who may happen to be electors for the county of Middlesex, and who have been persuaded by false insinuations and false reports that Mr. Hume is an enemy to cane of the first principles of justice—compensa tion to those whose interests may suffer by any changes in the law of the country which might injuriously affect them. When the calumny was first uttered in our hearing we gave it a flat, but unavailing denial—but our assertion is now borne out by a letter from the Hon. Member for Middlesex —we mean Mr. Hume—respecting which there can be no mistake. We are not positively certain that we have a right to publish the letter—tlte letter itself being simply an answer to a private note—but as it has reached us without any seal of secrecy, and farther, as it embodies many matters with which the electors of Middlesex ought to be made acquainted, we shall take the liberty of presenting it to our readers " Bryanston-square, July 11, 1837. My Dear Sir, —I regret to learn from you that there is, on the part of the Licensed Victuallers, some objections against me for my opinions and conduct on the licensing system. I Lave, as you know, for more than twenty years advocated the great advantages of freeing Public-houses from the vexatious interference of the Excise and of the Magistrates with their proceedings. But that advocacy has only been a small part of that policy uhich I have always followed in Parliament, of reducing taxation, of promoting free trade, and of removing all useless restrictions in the employment of capital and on the industry of the country, which I have always considered so highly injurious to the best interests of the country. I have, on these grounds, advocated the repeal of the malt duties, and the removal of the licences to publicans for music-rooms in the metropolis, and many other important measures of the same nature. I opposed, as you must ri - Tollect, Lord AlthorP 's addi tional tax on licences, and I a s strongly advocated its removal. I am confident that it would be great') to the advantage of publicans generally if those broad principles which I have advocated were acted on, and their trade freed from those heavy charges and mischievous restrictions now imposed on it, "ad there is but one objection I can see to their entire re in, ,val, namely, the loss that might arise in the value of many of ,the houses now licenced, by the sudden alteration of the pres Cut system. I admit the possibility of that taking pl ace, as our experience teaches us that no great ch ange ca n take place in the reduction of taxation on any article ithout less accruing to some parties ; and it is only ju stice in Parliament to guard as much as possible against lc sacs falling on individuals, when measures are adopted for th le benefit of all classes. It was on that principle that I ad vcocated the allowance for the stock of silk goods on hand at tla e time, a large reduction of duty was made on silk goods generally. I proposed in the last session that the paper mai tufacturers and paper-!lers should have an allowance as dra• whack on all their stock in hand at the time of the reduc tion. of the duty on paper, to one half of its former amount ; and I am not aware of any instance in which I have not thought h - just to give compensation to those oho suffered by such re dl lotions and alterations of taxation. " On the same principle, ashen it can be fairly proud, I - - should support fair compensation for losses arising from any great alteration of the existing laws; and I trust you will se, how erroneous the feeling you allude to has been formed respecting me. If the whole of my conduct in Parliament i, looked to in that respect for these twenty years past, I feel confident you will do justice to me, and remove the existing error on that subject.—l remain your's sincerely, " JOSEPH HUME." MIDDLESEX ELECTION. A meeting of tl e Chelsea electors was hell yesterday. at the White Hart, King's-road, Samuel Moate, Esq., in the Chair. F. GODRICH, Esq., stated that Mr. Saul had taken the trouble to make out fourteen canvassing lists, and ha!! divided the parish into as many districts.; and by this means the parish could be canvassed in an hour. He should now move the first resolution. They were all aware of the noble declaration of her Majesty. It was the duty of the rational supporters of the Queen and Constitution to rally round the Throne, and to show the Jacobins wile would upset both for Tory ascendancy, that her Majesty, in taking the step she had done, had acted with sound discretion. Mr. BAILEY seconded the motion. In calling upon the electors to ph dge themselves by every honourable means to secure the return of their present representatives, he did not ask their support because the candidates were Ra dicals or Whigs, but simply because they were both pledged to support her Majesty's present liberal and enlightened Government. The first Parliament in a new reign, and a young Sovereign, was most important ; by it, in all proba bility, the future life and the future conduct of the new Queen would be influenced. Mr. AlutAxgs, in.rising, to support the resolution, said with regard to that part of it which stated " that it is the duty of Reformers to support the present Ministry," he must observe that really es yet Lord Melbourne had not had fair' play. He had never yet had a fair trial ; and the country should in justice give him one. With all loyalty he would observe that it was notorious that Lord Melbourne had the Court against him ; and the power of what is called back-stairs'-influence bad been at work, biassing a royal mind to thwart and counteract the enlightened policy of, he believed, a well-inclined Ministry. Reformers should throw away the word Whig, and, like the Tories, try to drop the designation. Reformers should support any men honestly inclined to act rightly and do justly with the people. On no ground should any Reformer do other than vote for Byng and Hume. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. N. C. SloanisoN was of opinion that the objects of this meeting would be forwarded by Messrs. Byng and Hume being invited to attend an early meeting of the electors of this district, when the electors would have an opportunity of hearing their sentiments. A resolution to the effect was then passed unanimously, and the meeting separated. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. Another meeting of the constituency took place last night at the Committee-room of the Reform candidates in Hungerford Market, for the purpose of affording Colonel Evans and Mr. Leader an opportunity of explaining their sentiments. Mr. Gosbee in the chair. The first resolu tion was about to be put to the meeting, to the effect that Colonel Evans and Mr. Leader were fit and proper persons to represent the city of Westminster in Parliament, when Colonel Evans rose and said that he. could not allow the resolution to pass, however satisfied his friends might be with his conduct, without giving an answer to some of the charges so lavishly heaped upon him by the Tories. When he started for Spain they called him a traitor to his consti tuents ; when at the command of his constituents he had returned, they exclaimed " Coward ! to desert his com rades." There was no pleasing them.—(A laugh.) They declared that he bad paid himself, and left the men to shift for themselves. What was the fact ? Why, that the men had been paid up every penny, and that he himself was some months more in arrear than any of the officers. Because he had the military chest in his possession the Tories argped that he was well paid—they judged of him by themselves.—(A laugh.) It was said that he had starved the troops, but he affirmed that the troops were fed better, far better he was sorry to say, than four-fifths of the working poor of England. They had daily a pound of good beef, a pint of wine, and a pound and a half of bread. It was true they had met with hardships at Vittoria, but what troops in the field escaped them ? As to the subject of flogging, he had, together with Colonel Thompson and Mr. Hume, allyays advocated the repeal of that portion of the Mutiny Act which had reference to corporeal punish ment. His practice had been in strict accordance with his theory. In every case of general court martial, the only court over which lie had control, he had mitigated and changed the mode of punishment. The Gallant Colonel then proceeded to read some documents, which gave com plete satisfaction. He concluded his observations amid general cheers. Mr. LEADER then rose to address the meeting, and com menced by alluding to the charge of being a Destructive, and afterwards went into a detailed exposition of his opi nions. The meeting concluded in an expression of general good feeling to the Reform candidates. REPRESENTATION of the BOROUGH of LAMBETH. Yesterday evening a numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitant householders of Lambeth was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose of securing the return of two efficient Reformers as Members for that im portant borough at the approaching election. Messrs. Hawes and D'Eyncourt were present. SAMUEL PALMER, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair, and briefly stated the object of the meeting. Mr. HARDY, in rising to move the first resolution, im pressed upon all genuine Reformers the absolute necessity of union, and that they had two other candidates in the field.—( Name !)—Mr. Baldwin, a Conservative, and a Mr. Welford, who professed himself to be a Radical Reformer. —(" He'll not do 1") He thought that the people of Lam beth could not have more respectable Members than Mr. Hawes and Mr. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, and would move as a resolution that it is the opinion of this meeting that it is necessary to secure two efficient Reformers as the repre sentatives for the borough of Lambeth, and that this meet ing consider the present Members to be in every way eligible to be chosen as their representatives. Mr. FALL seconded the motion. Several individuals, said to be Radical Reformers, put a variety of questions to the two candidates, especially as to their opinions on the ballot, shortening the duration of Par liament, the New Poor-law Act, &c. Mr. T. D'Evricouter, who was received with great ap- plause, proceeded to answer the questions put to him, and said that he was in favour of the Vote by Ballot, Universal Suffrage, Triennial Parliaments, and the total repeal of the New Poor-law Act. . - _ Mr. HAwEs addressed the meeting, and was received with continued cheering. He was not in favour of Uni versal Suffrage, nor would he repeal the Poor-law Act, al though he would consent to modify some of its provisions. As to the pension list, the demise of the late lamented Sovereign now left it an open question, and no doubt it would be fully discussed in the approaching session. The resolution was then agreed to, as were several others of a similar purport. Mr. Cheesman, Mr. Goldsmith, and other gentlemen ad, dressed the meeting ; after which thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated—having given three hearty cheers for Reform. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1837. them.—(Laughter.) So you perceive that they are dead beaten." After some remarks upon the necessity of exer tion to keep out "ugly" West, Mr. O'Connell said," Now I don't think I can stand for Dublin.—(You must.) Ab, don't press me. The corporators appear to forget what the Duke of Wellington sari a few days ago. The Orange faction will go home defeated and despised by united and strenuous exertion. It is not by applause, but by working that this is to be done. Every one c.:4) influence some body ; by active exertions we have the game in our hands, and we will leave our enemies the Knave of Clubs. Now, my friends, I have to tell you that I am pledged to the deople of Kilkenny to stand for that city. I hope to be returned for Kilkenny, for it will have this good result— .when the Orange faction see they cannot keep me out of Parliament, they have no longer a motive to harass me with petitions against my return. They may show their teeth, but they can't bite. I would prefer that some other person stood with me for Dublin, and I think there is every prospect of getting a good candidate. We ought to make every preparation for the election, although Hamilton his too nuch wisdom, and West too little money to come forward to oppose us. And now my friends, let me conjure you to refrain from the use of ardent spirits during the ensuing election. The Temperance Societies are, I ilia, a bit of humbug ; but still I like them. Let us have a Temperance Society in Dublin luring the election. At the Clare election, under a burn ing- sun, a hundred thousand men came for nine consecutive lays, and during that time nothing met their lips but water. —(" Hear," and cheers.) What was the consequence ? By that glorious victory we beat Wellington and Peel, and there remains but one battle more for the Queen and Ire iand.—(Great cheering.) I ask you all, as Irishmen, is there a man among you who would not do anything he was ~sked in honour of the Queen ?—(Hear.) Now, in her tame, I ask you to drink nothing but water, and we shall beat them in temperance as well as at the poll!ng. I repeat, we -ire making an experiment. Let it be heard from the hustings, we are for Repeal if justice be not done to Ireland.—(Loud cheering.) I pledge myself that if justice is not done, and my own opinion is, that there is a faction in Eng land too strong to let us obtain all we want, but let not the blame be ours ; let us act candidly, openly ; let there be no chicanery or double-dealing on our side.—(Cheering.) When I was looking for emancipation they called me an agitator with ulterior views ; I stamped and said I was an agitator with ulterior views. —(Cheers.) Emancipation alone would never answer me—it was only a means to an end. So I say, now, lam a Repealer.—(Cheers.) But though I am, I am ready, especially under the government of our young Queen, to try again if justice can be done to Ireland by an United Parliament.--(Hear.) If so I shall, on my own part and that of the Union, give up Repeal ; but if not, I declare in the presence of my congregated countrymen—l will not profane the sacred name of God by appealing to him, who knows the secrets of all hearts— but even in his awful presence I proclaim that I will not be deceived. I will not take half measures when we are entitled to twenty shillings in the pound.—( Hear, hear.) My countrymen, I will not take less ; and if we do not get it, why then, Hurrah for old Ireland!' "—(Loud and long continued cheering.) CITY ADDRESSES to HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Ye3terday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, City Officers, and Members of the Common Council, proceeded in state from Guildhall to St. James's, to present the Addresses agreed to by the Court of Aldermen and Court of Com mon Council upon her Majesty's accession. They were respectively introduced, when the following Address from the Court of Aldermen was read by Mr. Re corder : " MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, " We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, most humbly approach your Majesty for the purpose of giving ex pression to our feelings on occasion of the demise of our late most gracious Sovereign, and of the accession of your Majesty to the Throne. " Long and justly as the House of Brunswick has been en deared to this nation, we deem it a privilege to be permitted to sympathize in your affections; and we most sincerely con dole with your Majesty, the widowed Queen, and the Royal Tinnily, under the bereavement, by which an all-wise Provi dence has been pleased to remove from this transitory state a Sovereign who lived and reigned in the affections-of his family and people. " While with feelings of the deepest and most affectionate interest, we contemplate your Majesty, thus early called to wield the sceptre of this mighty empire, we rejoice that your Majesty is no stranger to your people nor to their institu tions. Born and bred a Briton,' your Majesty has been trained to venerate our glorious Constitution in Church and State; while your Majesty's former associations with those who are now your Majesty's loyal subjects, must have convinced your Majesty of their devoted loyalty to your Majesty's Illus trious House, and their no leis devoted attachment to the in stitutions of the country, both sacred and civil. " We pray your Majesty to be assured that our supplica tions will ascend to that Gracious Being by whom Kings reign and Princes decree justice,' that wisdom profitable to direct may be imparted to your Majesty in the performance of the dutiei of your exalted station. That your Majesty's reign may be long and prosperous; that it may be eminently dis tinguished by a zealous defence on the part of your Majesty, of that Reformed Church of which your Majesty is, under God, the Head, and by the continuance of all classes and de nominations of your Majesty's subjects of that protection in the rights of conscience, which has so long snd so happily prevailed in this highly favoured land; and further, that a w i se , a just, and municipal administration .by your Majesty of the laws may be met by affectionate and loyal obedience on the part of a free, a happy, and a grateful people. " Stgued by order of Court, " HENRY WOODTHORPE." To which her Majesty was pleased to make the follow ing most gracious answer I receive with much satisfaction this loyal and dutiful Ad dress. I partake in the sorrow which you feel for the loss the nation has sustained by the death of his late Majesty. In the c ongratulation which you offer to me upon my accession you estimate justly my love for my people and my reverence for the institutions of my country. I fervently join in the prayer which you offer up for the prosperity of my reign, and for the welfare of my subjects ; and you may securely rely upon my determination to maintain the Reformed Church, to protect the rights of conscience, and to administer the law in justica and in mercy." The Address of the Common Council was then pre sented in the following terms : "TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The dutiful and loyal Address of the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled. " MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Lon don, in Common Council assembled, approach your Majesty with feelings of the deepest grief and sympathy upon the oc casion of the loss your Majesty and the nation have sustained in the death of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, a Prince whose warm attachment to the liberties and privileges of a free and loyal people, and whose constant solicitude to improve the institutions of his country, and to advance the in terests and happiness of all classes of his subjects secured to him while living, and will attach to his memory for future ages; the respect, the gratitude, and the affections of a great nation. While we bow with resignation to the inscrutable dispensations of Providence, we acknowledge its mercy in prolonging the life of our late beloved Monarch, to a period when your Ma jesty, under the maternal care of your illustrious Parent, became qualified to fill the Throne of this great Empire. " We hail with heartfelt gratification your Majesty's auspi cious accession to the Throne, and have received with the liveliest satisfaction your Majesty's most gracious declaration and assurance that it will be your Majesty's unceasing study to maintain the reformed religion as by law established, se curing at the same time to all the full enjoyment of religious liberty ; arid that your Majesty will steadily protect the rights, and promote to the utmost of your Majesty's power the happi ne►s and welfare of all classes of your subjects ; and we ear nestly pray that your Majesty's life may be long spared to realise the just expectations of a free, loyal, and devoted people. " Signed, by order of the Court, " HENRY WOODTHORPE." To which her Majesty was likewise pleased to make tile following most gracious answer : " It gives me great pleasure to receive this loyal Address fro::; the Common Council of the City of London. " The ;lief which you express for the loss of his late Ma jesty, and the just tribute which you pay to his virtues, are alike in accordance with my opinion, and congenial to my fco b • " I receive your congratulations with the most lively satis fiction, and you may rely upon my adherence to the declara tion with which I commenced my reign, and upon my deter mination to maintain the reformed religion as by 13w esta blislicmi, and at the same time to secure to all the full enjoy ment of religious liberty. " I trust that I may be permitted by Divine Providence to promote the happiness of all - classes of my subjects, and to fulfil the expectations of a free and loyal people." The rumour of its being the intention of the Queen to create a number of m.'w Peers is not correct. A creation of Peers gonerallv accompani6•s a coronation, and the coronati on J of her Majesty will not take place till next spring. - TOURNA VENT AT WINDSOR.—The privileges of knighthood are being claimed on every side. Not only the young and the unmarried amongst our nobility are eager to distinguish themselves at the expected tournament (the cu rious account of which was given in the Court Journal of last Saturday), but even those who might plead an exemption from chivalrous exercises on the score of age or wedded life, are preparing to enter the lists to contend for the royal prize. One thing is quite certain, that when the Period fur her Ma j..sty's coron a ti on sh ll be fixed, there will b e no lack of cham pions should the hereditary one be absent. We understand that the Court .I,urnal of next Saturday will contain some more very interesting particulars on this subject. Lord Banger: has had an attack of paralysis, of so serious a nature as to cause some alarm since his arrival at Castle Ward. The Noble Viscount is, however, pronounced out of dunger.—BeVast .News Letter, NEWSPAPER PRESS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. The first General Meeting of this Association took place yesterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the Report of a Provisional Committee appointed to frame rules and regulations for its government. The meeting was numerously attended. Several proprietors and editors of metropolitan newspapers, and a large number of gentlemen who have been long connected with the literary department of the public press were present. Mr. ANDERSON, having been called to the chair, briefly stated the object of the meeting, which he said would be best understood from reading the Prospectus and the 'deport drawn up by the Committee. The SECRETARY then read the Prospectus, as follo•.vs : " England is honourably distinguished from other nations by the number and the liberality of its benevolent institu tions ; and much of our social happiness may be ascribed to the various public Endowments and private Associations which, in this country, extend to the sick and the destitute . . that succour which elsewhere they arc condemned to seek from the precarious resource of casual bounty. Besides those munificent charitable foundations which administer to the necessities of the humble poor, experience of the evil conse quences of that improvidence which is habitual to mankind has given rise to Friendly and Mutual Aid Societies amongst the labouring classes; and even those of a higher grade in so. ciety, who are engaged in professions, trades, and public offices, have perceived the prudence of raising fu ids by joint contributions, with a view of securing a provision for such of their members as, through unavoidable calamity or ne glect of due precaution, may sink into indigence. The duty of providing against the unforeseen contingencies of life, espe cially where other individuals, and helpless ones, are depen dent upon us, is sufficiently apparent; but a duty which is not urgent—which may be deferred without present inconvewence, and which we are always tempted and sometimes fercA to postpone—is too frequently neglected altogether. " If there be any class in the respectable grades of society, for which, more than for any other, an Institution of this kind is required, it is the large and increasing body of persons con nected with the literary departments of the Newspaper Press of this country,—_a body whose functions, though not distinctly and formally acknowledged, or visibly exercised, like those of the learned professions, exert a great and beneficial influence upon our social system ; and to whose welfare, therefore, the public, which derives an advantage from their labours, may be supposed, by analogy with other cases, to be far from indiffe rent. A slight description of tho constitution and character of Reporters for the Newspaper Press, who constitute the largest proportion of its paid contributors, will show at once the ne cessity of such an Institution, and the peculiar nature of the one required. " The Parliamentary Reporters, who have annual or ses sional engagements with the London Press, comprise gentle men who have entered, or are entering, the legal profession, or who have chosen literature as a profitable pursuit. It is an error to suppose that the reports of the proceedings in the two Houses of Parliament, in the Courts of Law, and at impor tant public meetings, can be prepared and presented to the world in the concentrated and intelligible shape in which they appear, by persons who are merely rapid writers ; other and higher qualifications must be superadded. It is superfluous, and would be in bad taste, to dwell upon this point further than is necessary to show the position, intellectual and social, of this class of persons ; and this may, perhaps, be most com pendiously done by stating, that Membcrs of the Senate, some of the ornaments of the English Bar, conspicuous literary characters, and most of the conductors of our Periodical Press, have been Reporters. " As the office, however, does not demand, like the profes sions, a special course of education or of study, or confer upon its possessor any rank or status, it is at the command of any competent individual who can obtain employment in that ca pacity ; and as it is but seldom regarded as an ultimate and exclusive object, the corps of Reporters is incessantly fluctuat ing, individuals being continually detached from it who enter upon higher functions, or diverge into other branches of pro fessional or literary occupation ; and it is recruited with others of a similar character, and with similar views' The office, I in short, supplies a convenient stipend in a respectable employ ment to those who have no sufficient patrimonial resources. " This description will apply mutatis mutandis to the other literary contributors to the Newspaper Press of the country ; and it is obvious, that in a class so constituted, dependant prin cipally upon literary exertions—the most precarious of all— the individuals composing which, whilst they are obnoxious, like others, to the ills of life, are not likely to perceive the ne cessity, or always to possess the means, of making a provision against them. An Institution which shall perform that impor tant duty for them, is highly desirable. " It is, moreover, equally apparent, that in framing an In stitution for that object, these facts must be considered, namely, the fluctuating nature of the body, which renders it impracticable to construct it on the ordinary principles of a Mutual Assurance Society ' • and the character of the indivi duals and their families, which is such that they might feel a natural repugnance at subsisting upon mere eleemosynary aid. Those who have paid any attention - to the subject, well know that the claims to charitable succour which are obtruded upon us in the public streets are not the strongest; they must be sought in recesses where they shrink from observation, and the individuals are often to be soothed and reconciled to the acceptance of that relief, for want of which they are almost perishing. This sensitive delicacy, which the vulgar stigma tise as pride, is, however, a mixed sentiment, in which the virtuous and honourable principles greatly preponderate. " The plan of an Institution has, consequently, been de vised for the end in view, under the title of The Newspaper Press Benevolent Association,' in which it has been attempted to combine two apparently incongruous objects ; that is, the Fund is intended to be raised partly from annual contributions amongst the Members, and partly by donations from their own body and from others; for it is not attempted to be concealed, but on the contrary, it is distinctly avowed, that as the body is too small, too fluctuating, and too imperfectly cemented, to afford any ground for expecting that a sufficient fund can be raised by their own subscriptions and donations, a considerable reliance is placed on the hope of assistance from the public, founded upon the considerations already referred to ; namely, that the community derive material benefit from the labours of the persons who arc the objects of the Institution, and that, in such cases their generous sympathy is never withheld. The basis of the Institution is essentially that of a Benevolent Fund; but by requiring that all who are to partake of its benefits, either for themselves or their families, shall have subscribed to its support, so much of the mutual aid principle is imported into it as will divest the relief afforded by the Association of an eleemosynary character, whilst its resources will be fos tered, without imposing too heavy a tax upon those who do not subscribe with any view to their own ultimate benefit. " The object of the Association is defined in its rules to be, 'to raise, by subscription from the members thereof, and by voluntary donations and bequests, from members and others, a stock or fund, for making such benevolent provision for decayed or distressed members, and for the widows and children, and nominees, of members, as shall hereinafter be set forth.' " It is proposed that the Association shall be managed by twenty-one Directors (the majority to consist of Reporters) • that the persons eligible to be Members shall be all Editors of, all Reporters for, and all paid Contributors to, any stamped Newspaper, published in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; including the Mirror of Parliament, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, and any other publication containing original reports of proceedings in Parliament, though not stamped Newspapers. " That the property of the Association shall be vested in five Trustees, who shall invest it under the provisions of the Statute, 10 Geo. IV. cap. 56. " That the affairs of the Association shall be under the con • trout of the Members at General Meetings, to be called every year, or oftener, if required. " That the annual subscription of Members be four guineas, to be paid in advance, quarterly. " That one-third of the annual income of the Association shall form the accumulation fund ; and that two-thirds of the amount of the annual subscriptions of Members, and all the interest of the accumulated fund, be the available income of the Association, for effecting the objects for which it is esta blished. " That when the sum of twenty thousand pounds sterling shall be accumulated, such sum shall become and remain the permanent fund of the Association, and shall be invested by the trustees in the purchase of Government funds or stock, or otherwise, in the names of the trustees, on behalf of the Society. " That all sums accumulated beyond the permanent fund, shall be appropriated in such manner as may be decided by a General Meeting." The report was next read, which entered into a detail of the machinery and mode of management proposed for the Society, one of the rules being—" That no subject of a political or polemical character shall, under any circum stances whatever, be introduced for discussion at any meet ing of the Association." The report was signed by all the members of the Provisional Committee, including represen tatives of all the morning and evening Papers and most o f the weekly Journals of the metropolis. After a short discussion the Rules were agreed to, sub ject to such alterations as might be considered necessary at the first General Meeting after the election of Directors and Officers, which election was fixed fur Saturday, the 22a inst. In the course of a conversation it was stated that the Society was not intended to be restricted to the metropolis, but would extend to the editors, reporter, and other paid contributors to all the journals in the United Kingdom. In reference to the election of Directors and Officers, the meeting resolved, that no candidate is eligible, and that no person can nominate an officer of the Society unlets each shall have respectively paid up his admission fee of one guinea, and that no candidate can be nominated after' Thursday, the 20th inst. The entrance fees were directed to be received by Mr. Dodd, the Treasurer, No. 13, Pa lace-road, Lambeth ; Mr. Knox, Secretary, No. 10, Ken nington-green ; and also by Mr. Young, at The Sun Office, Strand. Messrs. Twining, of the Strand, were appointed Bankers of the Association, and were also uuthorized to re ceive dom,tions and subscriptions. Among the donations announced was one of 50 guineas from Mr. Clements, proprietor of tie Observer newspaper, as well as others from gentlemen formerly connected with newspaper establishments. We learn with great satisfaction that her Majesty has been pleased to name the Countess of Mulgrave as one of the Ladies of her Bedchamber. The Irish people %will no doubt feel much gratified at this mark of favour shown to the wife of their popular and esteemed Viceroy. Madras Colonel of the 52d Re- giment laide. Pension 1,000 434 Maid of Honour to Queen Ade- SPIRIT OF TI-:E PUBLIC JOURNALS The tactics of the Tories are of a curious fashion, and have little resemblance to their ancient demeanour an.l practice. The corruptionists of a past day are the eco tomists of the present, pure and undefiled. In Tuesday's number of their organ, the Times, we find a long " List of the emoluments, &e., of the family and connections of the Earl of Minto." This list is eked out by bringing together all manner of persons in any way connected with that. Nobleman, for the purpose of raising the presumption that all of them owe their po sition and advantages' to his phtronage. But in the blindness.of its zeal it has overlooked the fact, that the larger part of the list derives its existence from the Tories—that many of the persons recounted in it began their career almost before the present Lord Minto was born. The Adams, for instance, owe nothing to Lord Minto ; but because Sir Charles Adam mar ried a sister of Lord Minto, the pension of Com missioner Adam, an octogencrian, is set against his account ; and Mr. Frankland Lewis, who mar ried a cousin, is also debited to the Earl ; and for that the father is connected, Mr. Cornwall Lewis, the son (whose admirable paper on the Irish Poor-law is before Parliament, and who has written other most statesman-like docuiterits that distinguish him as highly fit for his present post), must have his preferment from the same source. „Everybody know:, how Lord Brougham attained his eminent position in the country ; arid his brother's promotion may surely be more safely attributed to the affection of a bro ther than to that of a second cousin. Colonel Drinkwater, too, married not a cousin of Lord MintO, but a cousin of Lord Minto's wife, and was in office long before. The truth is, nothing is so easy as to get up a. list of this kind. The Aristocracy and official people marry and intermarry with each other, and are thrown together both in social and official intercourse : their merits in consequence become known to one another, and family and party in terest of course has its share in giving advan tage to them. But it would be very unfair to set down all the good things which all the con nections near and remote may obtain to the influence of any single eminent person. If that were so, there are some among the Peers, and other distinguished persons whose connections are very extensive, who must father all the welfare of half the connections of the rest of the Peerage. Nor is it less absurd to attri bute to the head of a family the successes of all per sons of the same name. If that were done, a Scotch man might bear the odium of providing for all the persons of his own clan whose good fortune has placed them in any department of the ptiblic service, army, navy, or elsewhere. Again, it is equally ab surd to put together all those who are in the army, or the navy, or the Church ; especially the first, where the commissions are bought, and the last, where the preferments are obtained from the gift of some living in the family ; for so long as the aristocracy seek professional livelihood in these services, it will follow that all the less favoured members of an aristocratic family will be found there. It will be easy then to make out a list much more numerous than this, on the same plan, of one half of the Peers, Whig and Tory ; but the latter had better look to it. They would not fare so fa vourably sin the 'comparison. We have not had the opportunity of examining this list either in regard to the correctness of the amount assigned to each person in it, or to that of the alleged connection with the Earl of Minto which is assigned to them. But we have said enough to show the dishonest malignity of the writer, and we give the list below as the best il lustration of our remarks. The names which are printed in italics are of persons who clearly owe no thina. to Lord Mint°, and we doubt not that the num ber of them might be increased t ig We submit for the amusement and wonder of our readers the following list of the emoluments, &c., of the family and connections of the Earl of Minto fur one year : . Earl of Miuto, Admiralty, First Lord £4,500 Pension on Civil List 924 -•- Pension for late Earl lion. Admiral George Elliot, brother of the Earl of Minto, Admiralty, Junior Lord General of Mint in Scotland ... 300 George Elliot, son Of last, a young Lieutenant em ployed over the head of his seniors. lion. Charles Elliot, son of; the Earl of ;into, Lieu tenant, ditto ditto. _ _ _ Sir Charles Adam, brother-in-law to the Earl of 11:into, Admiralty, Junior Lord Witham Adam, brother of the last, Accountant-Ge neral of Court of Chancery Sir Fredericlz Adam, brother of the last, Governor of -13,434 N. B. He has been succeeded by Lord Elphin stone, a connection of the Minto family. Right Hon. "William Adam, father of all these Adamses, a retired Judge of the Jury Court, pension . 4,000 Captain William Elliot, cousin of . the Earl of Minto, commanding Revenge, 78, Malta •••••• 598 Commander Russell Elliot, cousin of Lord Minto, commanding Fly, 18, South America 276 Lord Auckland, cousin to the Earl of Mint°, Gover nor- General of India 25,000 Pension 7OO Lord Henley, nephew to last Lord Auckland, who married sister to second Earl of Minto, Master in Chancery A. Eden, Assistant-Controller in Exchequer l,OOO lion. Miss Eden, cousin to the Earl of Minto, Pen sion on Civil List . 200 Hon. W. Osborne, cousin of the Earl of Minto, and nephew of Lord Auckland, private Secretary to the Governor-General, said to be worth 5,000 Sir Rufane Donkin, brother-in-law of Lord Minto, Ordnance Surveyor-General Edward Elliot, Esq., Ordnance Clerk under Master Ge - neral Philip Elliot, Esq., Senior Clerk under Clerk of Ord nance Right Hon. Frankland Lewis, married the first cousin of the Earl of Minta, head of Poor-law Commission 2,000 George Cornwall Lewis, son of last, commander at Malta, with allowance of 3/. per day Hon. John Elliot, brother of the Earl of Minto, said to he still Postmaster-General of India, but now in England 5,000 Rev. Gilbert Elliot, first cousin s and brother-in-law of the Earl of Minto, author of pamphlets against Church -rates, rector of Kirbythore, and has no ob jection to be made a Bishop T. Frederick Elliot, brother of the last, Colonial-office, put over heads of others 9OO Captain Plumridge, brother-in-law of the last, com manding Falmouth packets, put over heads of 417 captains• Earl of Malmesbury, first cousin of the Earl of Minto, Governor of the Isle of Wight Lord Brougham, second cousin of the Earl of Minto, ex-Chaucellor of Gent Britain . 5,000 William Brougham, brother of last, Master in Chancery Colonel Dri4water, married first cousin of late Earl of k Minto, ,ontroller of Army Accounts 1,500 J. Elliot Drinhatater Bethune, son of last, married second son of the Earl of Minto, Comm:ssioncr on Boundary . , Factory, Scots Law Commissions, Re ‘ising Barrister, 'Draughtsman of Acts of Parlia ment circa 1,600 Captain Drinktvater, son of Colonel Drinkwatcr, COM. mantling Contrail, 28, East Indies E. Drinkwater, son of Colonel Drinkwater, Admiralty Clerk, ad class Henry Elliott, Secretary to Board of Generals, query 1,000 We have had hard work to track our Contempo rary's course. lie goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Following the p a p er we h ave j ust not i ced i s another,, in which the most absurd statements are made respecting the emoluments of the Assistant Poor-law Commissioners as a ground of attack on the economical conduct of Mr. Hume and on the Poor-law measure itself. We have in the next article examined the principle on which the Government have acted iii issuing Commissions, and shown the advantages de rived by the public from them. We have also, we trust, succeeded in exposing the absurdity of the ob jection to the rate of remuneration to the Commis sioners and Assistant Commissioners. We may here, however, observe that the ' Times skilfully suggests a falsehood, which it must have known to be one. Thus, it states the emoluments and expenses of these gentlemen to be about 2,0001. a year ; and then, de ducting certain assumed payments, it pretends that their net emoluments arc some 1,2001. or 1,400/. a - year. But let the honest gentleman speak for himself : ~ We uselerstand their receipts to be something like the fol luwing : —Salary, 7001. ; allowance for expenses of board and lodging, a guinea a day; salary of a clerk, 1001., though we believe that some of them take the salary, but do without the clerk ; charge for a private room, 11. to 21. per week ; expense of travelling past, though by taking the coach or riding On EAST SURREY ELECTION. On Tuesday (being market day), the Honourable Locke King met the electors of East Surrey at Reigate. The meeting was to have taken place in the large room of the Swan Inn, but in consequence of the numbers who at tended, it was found necessary to adjourn to the market place. THOS. GLADWIN, Esq. was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN briefly introduced the business of the day. After adverting to the position in which the Eastern division of the county was placed by the retirement of Major Beauclerk, he stated that the electors had signed a requisition to the Honourable Locke King, the consequence of which was, that that gentleman, casting aside his predi lections for a private life, had ventured to come forward and solicit their support. To the late Lord King, the father of the honourable candidate, they, in common with the British public, owed a deep debt of gratitude ; and, from all that he had heard and seen of his son, he sincerely believed that if they returned him as their Representative to the House of Commons that debt would be greatly increased. EDWARD RUSSELL, Esq., moved the first resolution, to the effect that the meeting, sincerely regretting the retire ment of Major Beauclerk from the representation of East Surrey, deemed it most important to secure an able and efficient representative i❑ his place. After adverting in terms of high eulogium to the services of Major Beauclerk, he expressed his satisfaction that the electors of East Sur rey has been fortunate enough to secure in his stead a gentleman, whose family, education, high descent, and ex tensive property rendered him in every way qualified to represent them in Parliament. The motion having_heen eloquently seconded by lIOBERT RUSSELL, Esq., was put to the meeting, and carried una nimously. The Hon. LOCKE KING then came forward, and was warmly cheered. No man had the interest of the land and of its cultivator s more at heart than he had ; so much was he attached to agricultural pursuits, and to a life of retirement, that though urgently solicited at the last elec tion to offer himself for the representation of the other division of the county, in which this property was more im mediately situated, he had declined the flattering offer, under th firm belief that nothing could ever induce him to engags in the harassing turmoil of political life. The electors o' East Surrey had, however, chosen otherwise for him. They sent him a requisition, so numerously and so respectably signed, that he could not but regard it as a command to Mai to devote to the public interest, as far as it was in hi. humble power to promote it, those services which no man, whatever his private feeling, had a right to feel himsels exempt from rendering when demanded by the public voice —( Loud cheers.) If, therefore, the electors of East Surrel claimed his services, lie would freely, frankly, and faithfully give them.—(Hear, hear.) He did not come to them t; court a seat in Parliament—he came to keep the enure out—he came to keep the Tory out.—(Loud cheers.) He )eg.ged to congratulate them on the prospect they now has of a final settlement of the tithe question. Contention be. t.veen the clergyman and his parishioners never coul. have ceased so long as the former had the right to earn off one-tenth of the produce of the soil, whereas a fixe6 and certain income was not only less obnoxious to the Farmer—not only tended more to the improvement of thi 'and, but added to the respectability of the pastor's po sition, and promoted that spirit of harmony and good. .vill between him and his flock, which was essential tc the best interests of morality and religion.—(Hear, bear, hear.) He hoped that in this, as in all other respects equal justice would be done to Ireland as to England.— ;Cheers.) They had now a bright prospect before them To the late Monarch they owed much ; from the present they had every just reason to expect more ; and the regret for the loss of William IV. was by no means inconsistently blended with the hopes which a loyal and affectionate eeople.cherished of the future proceedings of their youthfu' Queen.—(Great cheering.) He rejoiced to find that the Queen had placed a generous and implicit confidence in those Ministers who had so strenuously exerted themselves to carry the Reform Bill, and nho had since so earnestly and so faithfully laboured to secure to the people the fruits which they had a just right to expect from that measure.— (Hear, bear, hear.) Human events were uncertain ; the great Disposer of all alone could foresee them. And were in event, which he earnestly hoped might be delayed for many long, peaceful, and happy years, to occur—were such a calamity to befal this nation, how would the electors then reproach themselves if they failed to seize the pre sent opportunity for erecting those barriers of liberty which the well-known political opinions of the heir presumptive, and of his noble, learned, and confi dential adviser—(Groans) —gave but too much cause to fear would, under such auspices, not be raised.—(Hear, hear.) Let them picture to themselves, instead of Queen Victoria his most despotic Majesty of Hanover on the throne, with Lord Lyndhurst as his premier—that man who dared to say that lie would treat their fellow-citizens in Ireland as aliens in blood, aliens in language, and aliens in religion.—(Shame, shame.) Well, then, if they did not wish the possibility of such principles ever becoming the dominant principles of a British Administration, let them now by one bold and vigorous effort return to Parliament such a House of Commons as would place it out of the power or any future Sovereign to overturn that fabric of freedom, the completion of which every honest and intelli gent man so ardently desired to behold.—(Loud cheers.) In his address he had alluded to the question of the Ballot. It was with great pain that he had come to the conclusion that the Ballot was necessary to preserve that independent exercise of the franchise, without which the franchise would be worse than a nullity. With regard to the revenues of the Church, the only alteration which he desired to see in their administration was a more equal division—a division that should remunerate the most valuable portion of the com munity, the working clergy—a division by means of which the large revenues of the Church of England should be made subservient to the spiritual comfort of the many, ra ther than the temporal aggrandisement of the few.—( Hear.) BURT, Esq., then moved that the statement made by the Hon. Locke King, and his political opinions, and his replies to the questions that bad been put to him, were highly satisfactory ; and that the meeting pledged itself to supnort his return at the ensuing election by every means in their power. 'l'. CHAPMAN, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and one of the largest meetings ever known in Reigate broke up with three cheers for the Queen, and three cheers for the Hon. L. King. EAST CUMBERLAND. The following circular, lithographed, was forwarded, post paid, to a Cumberland freeholder (who is, by the i bye, a friend to reform) in London :-- • " Netherby, July 3, 1837. " Sir,—A contest being announced for the eastern division of Cumberland at the approaching general election, when Major Aglionby and Mr. James stand together for the avowed purpose or ejecting me, allow me earnestly to request the fa vour of your vote and influence, if my conduct and principles should on the whole appear worthy of your support in this great emergency of public affairs. . " I have the honour to be, Sir, your faithful servant, JAMES G. GRAHAM." PREPARATIONS for the GENERAL ELECTION. - Parliamentary electors, who live in ten pound houses in cities and boroughs, will lose their votes unless they pay, on or before the 20th July instant, all poor's-rates and Win dow-taxes due prior to the 6th of April last, whether de manded or not. Scot and lot vote,-s will be disfranchised unless they pay, on or before the 30th of July instant, all the poor's-rates which have been demanded of thhe►n up to that day. County voters who are not already registered for the same property, or who have changed their places of abode since last July, must send to the overseers of the parish in which their property is situated, on or before the 20th of July instant, their claims to vote ; which mutt contain places of residence, the nature of the qualification, and its situation ; and they must send with each claim one shilling. NORTHUMBERLAND, SOUTIIERN DIVISION. —The friends or M. Blackett, of Wylam Oakwood, have great pleasure in an nouncing to the electors of the Southern Division of the county of Northumberland, that in consequence of a commu nication from him, they feel the most perfect confidence, that relying on the support of a liberal and enlightened consti tuency, he will offer himself as a candidate for that division, to supply the vacancy in the representation, occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Beaumont. Mr. Blackett's principles are well known. He will support her Majesty's present Minis ters, and lend them his cordial aid towards a further ameliora tion of the laws and institutions of the country. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JULY TRADES UNlON.—Yesterday Mr. O'Connell attended an extraordinary general meeting of the National Trades Political Union. Never upon any former occasion was there so numerous an assembly of the Members. After the report had been read, which the Union had adopted at their last meeting, and a resolution carried to the effect that it should be inserted upon the minutes, the following reso lution was put and unanimously adopted : " That we hereby earnestly call upon all sections of the Liberal party to use their influence and best exertions to secure the return of Mr. O'Connell, and thereby assert the triumph of popular and reforming principles." Mr. O'CONNELL then rose and delivered an address of which the following outline furnishes a short summary : " I began ray career in the service of my country•by op posing that measure so fraught with evil consequences for Ireland—the Legislative Union—(Hear, hear, and cheers) —and 1 have long struggled for its repeal. — (Hear, hear.) Do you know that lam a Repealer still ? I think that I have yet left enough of life either to render it unnecessary or to carry it.---(Tremendous cheering.) I have now avowed before you that I am in the progress of a great experiment for Ireland. The struggle in my earlier years was one of doubt and difficulty. I was opposed by many ; I was taunted and despised by numbers ; I was betrayed by some, and scarcely supported by any.—(Hear, hear.) Yet the struggle was not an unhappy one ; for the huinming of human happiness sounded ever softly and sweetly in my ears, and if I. be now alone I am but the more able to devote all my energies to the one object. (Here the Learned Gentleman became so affected that he could scarcely speak.) Our beautiful island could be made a paradise upon earth, if evil-minded men would but do her justice.—(Loud cheers.) What is the first thing necessary to effect this change? Good government.—(Hear.) What reduced her to her miserable condition ? Bad government. What were the principles of this had government ? Division among ourselves—making religion a passport to power, and a cause of dissension among men—profaning her sacred name, and making men hate men for her sake —hating and murdering one another in the name of the Gol of peace and charity. West's and Hamilton's gangs would not merely create and organize—they would even protect and reward the spillers of blood. I proclaim again from this spot, that the agitation of Repeal will be effectually and for ever put down, if Ireland obtain those measures which she would expect from a Parliament of her own, and which would put her on a footing of equality with other nations. Now, we have the fairest possible opportunity of performing our ex periment. Did you hear what Wellington said in Parlia ment the other day, when he found that the Queen had retained the Liberal Administration, and was s urrounded by ladies of the most unquestionable honour, but of \Vhig connections, when lie saw the true commanding officer, though in petticoats, said there should be an end to Corporate monopoly—(Hear) —the valiant Duiic wheeled to the right-about face, and declared that the Cor porations must positively be reformed next Session. — (Cheers.) This is a fact that any corporator knows just as well as we. They are quite aware that they are fight ing fora dead horse, and much good may the carrion do