The Sun. — London, England, 1837-11-02 00:00:00

THE QUEEN. tiatcH T hut her °N DAY.—T t WEDNEShe Queen sat again to-day, to Majesty h as not b een out , i t b e i ng excee di ng l y taer e f ore rnPeStUOUS. H er M a j esty i s qu i te we ll, an d D r . Cl ar k, left at three o'clock this afternoon for London. b Lady M. Stopford, took a drive at two o'clock. Lord M e lb ourne took his departure from the Pavilion at e"' and, accompanied by Lord John Russell, returned to tillaturd Lady J o h n R usse ll rema i ns at t h e B e df or d H o tel ay, a and will dine at the Palace to-morrow, and on Friday evening. Alr. Laurence and Lady Jane Peel, Lord and Lady J. Major-General Sir J. Macmahon, Hon. W. Cowper, ' gin! Lady Oranmore had the honour of dining at the Palace ' au night. I_ T he chain pier ha s no t sus t a i ne d th e s li g htest injury during 0 storm with which we were visited here this morning. has been visited by some hundreds of persons, many of va . 12 ( . 41 were ladies, during the day. (From the Bsighton Gazelle.) dThe d epar ture of th e C our t f or L on d on i s fi x ed for Satin-- next. I t i s not known when we shal l aga i n b e h onoure d t w h a ith the presence of the Queen ; but it is thought probable that, tempted by the salubrious air of Brighton, her Majesty ro d return in January, so as to avoid the fogs which gene- Y Prevail at Windsor in the winter. „ Th e Queen will remain in town three weeks, and at the Piration of that time proceed to Windsor. Q At the P a l ace we have l i ttle or no change to not i ce . Th e w hose sat a l most every morning to one of the artists 4.113eri names. hav e now become familiar to our readers ; C o g in th e a f ternoon her Majesty has rode out, e i ther on tie whack, or in a poney phmton. The Royal dinner par c 8 have -b een on a l i mited scale, and the music of the aii bineerb' b an d h as fill e d up t h e rema i n d er o f t h e even i ng . exn W e underst an d t h at some preparat i ons were on f oo t, i n e on r s eet ation of a R o y a l excurs i on on th e w ater, but that, in e ;lumce of th e we t wea th er se tting in, the idea was aa noned. We bear that her Majesty inherits that talent for music, Tha so many of her august family have possessed in a re- 1 o f l l'ahle degree. Her Majesty is more particularly fond ; s w Bin ging• Her voice is a pure soprano of considerable of e.ttno,, and extent. A few evenings back, during one pe 'lle musical soirees at the Pavilion, her Majesty unex fr ete dly joined in the performance, singing the Phegbiera' the a s Costa's opera of Alalek Ada. Mr. Gutteridge had 1 1 ,1? nor of accompanying her Majesty.. . h er venerable Earl of Egremont paid his respects to , p►.injesty last Thursday, by leaving his name at the p r 4 et vil i i° ll . having come to Brighton the evening before ex- 1 w o I'Y for that purpose, and on Friday returned to Pet ', r• We are happy to say that his Lordship is in good ea th. W STORM AT BRIGHTON, Nov. 1. bi ov :.° have h ere most tremen d ous weat h er a ll d a y. It i s to 41 g from sout h- west w i t h so muc h ve h emence that the th e n looks like a deserted village. All the shops along the wes tern cliffs are closed in consequence of the storm Ivo prevails. The sea presents an awful spectacle ; the It i aro dashing along the Grand Junction Parade that 104 3 . i mpossible t o pass, and the eastern cliffs present a awful aspect—the waves dash with so much force cjainst the cliffs that the water mounts as high as the e li B themselves. Hundreds of anxious Visitors are on the f° " the purpose of beholding that magnificent element th e ' e roaring sea. Yet many people, female and male, at Peril of ;heir lives, went on the chain pier, which did vert u 1 0 , ati l i t i 1 3 7 stand the waves in fine style, and at times that N ot , .ueent construction was completely buried in the waves. thing could exceed the grandeur of the alternate re appearance of the chain-pier. Portsmouth, Tuesday, October 31. neltear-Admiral Charles Ross will hoist his flag next. S: t Thursday on board H.M.S. President, .52, Captain ott, S tati Commander-in-Chief on the South American 41 0 "- The shi was te out of the basin on Friday °gside the hulkappropriated to her crew, and is rapidly rro, re . sslng The in her equipment. Penzbr o k e , 74, and Edinburgh, 74, are ordered to the squadron in the Mediterranean, which will 04 , u 1 1 consist of eight • sail of the line, exclusive of frigates smaller vessels. COURT CIRCULAR. 1 1 . 1 he Duchess o f Gl ouces t er en t er t a i ne d their Royal d l l.l'hnesses th e D u k e an d D uc h ess o f C am b r id ge , an d ri nce George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, at ITh er last evening, at Gloucester-house, Park-lane. V iscount Melbourne gave the first cabinet dinner for the a i yt e4 , ll 43 n last evening, at his residence in South-street. The Clste ts present were the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of tisdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Vis count Palmerston, Lord Glenelg, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl o f Mi n t o , L or d H o ll an d, Mr, P ou l e tt ip 4 /lorns on , and Viscount Howick. f T he Marquis o f L ans d owne arr i ve d i n t own y es t er d a y r l his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. s. Ric Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Stephen Lo r d n ar T i ved in town yesterday morning from the north. cello r o f — t t len elg transacted business yesterday at the Chan- Th e B . H ,e Echequer's Office. day ' s not) of Nova Scotia transacted business yester eat the Colonial Office. Ad ata , i e Back, R.N., transacted business yesterday at the imraity A IT eSt kleSh e t LaY, being the first day of the month, the usual fo r the r a ' c ues were forwarded from the Colonial Department Windward and Leeward Islands. t o :Vetches were forwarded yesterday from the India itm ro d for Lord Aukland, the Governor-General of India, 1 1141 r t he Officers commanding the Presidencies of Madras B ombay. P. 14 SHIONABLE - INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. 44 14° r d Macdon a ld, at Mivart's Hotel, from his seat in q. Sc serit ,1 the Rev. J o h n Pe e l and Mrs. Peel, at ditto, from their Waverley Hall, Stourport ; the Earl and Countess of Nit rol u the Ladies Hay, in St. James's, from Dover ; Lord rWdarr,% in Portman-square, from a Continental tour ; the their eancellor and Lady Cottenham, in Bruton-street, from p o :r villa, at Wimbledon; the Hon. H. T. Liddell, M. P., at h tri el Cross, Fulham from Ravensworth Castle, Northum 44.nd‘; the Earl of , Minto, at the Admiralty, from Scot % Lord and Lady Wynford ,in Conduit-street, from 1104restershire ; Lady Honywood and Miss Hollywood in ‘,11 4 1,f 1 d-plac e • G. D. Bartholomew, Esq., and Mrs. Bar itikti77, at the ' Bcrners Hotel, from a tour in the High °l,easel;'adY Woolfe at ditto, from the Continent ; Admiral Lier t , - n r !nd family , at ditto, from their seat, Benges Hall, gems; •;• G. Thornton , Esq., from his seat, Morden Hall, Dyer the Rev. E. Hogg and Mrs. Hogg, at ditto, from Is i t ,ett ! in r a . ; ,E• S. Trower, Esq., and Mrs. Trower, at ditto, from (I„'„"ain ; C. Gibbs, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; J. 4 t dit i u"r, Esq., at ditto , from Brighton ; D. Boger, Esq., hem Exeter. ' l e Earl and Countess of Sefton and the Ladies tr o ,,,,Yneux arrived i n Arli n crton•street on Tuesday evening t in - es ? r iFhton for the season. His Lordship's health con to Earpl imve. l'erk lie and Countess of Surrey arrived in Hyde NV -Plac e on Tuesday last, from their marine villa. thH ork inen are employed in repairing the gates and st "e - work on th e grand porch, or e ntrance of Nor- Illberland House. e Duke of Norfolk came to town on Tuesday, _to , qi e the necessary directions to the officers of the Heralds tO e ' respecting the preparations for attending the Queen 9itY on the 9th instant. has or " Howard de Walden, Ambassador at Lisbon, , 1 1( ) ,., e ceived l eave of absence for s i x months, an d w ill ve ry i s te'',Y r eturn ho me b y h er M a j es t y ' s s hip Hastings, which tis g , i Paid o ff . The Hercules, w i th S i r J . O mmanne y' s a r ec uning to t a k e h er pl a c e . i;t4,iekfoßobert P ee l was present at th e r e v i ew h e ld in tt rt th e 18th of October, the anniversary of the Leipzic. On the following day he set off for tt e r ,,,g , Where it was his intention to make a short stay. t 4 red w f e rt's mansion in Privy-gardens is ordered to be pre 'eetin-clr his. reception by the 15th inst., the day of the 1.0110 Parliament. ti 'to S aYe and Sle and the Hon. Fiennes 4%4 d e yesterday from Broughton „ e In Grosvenor-street Oxf ordshire. 1 1 !°"--s e 'I w znd Lady Ernest Bruce have left Buchanan th 13 ere they have been passing several weeks, on a visit ca i n uk e and Duchess of Montrose, and are shortly ex to Z q ros Earl and Countess of Tankerville have arrived 4 , 4 daa ni vn ur-squar e , from a visit to the Earl and Countess of -Zat,Latnbton Castle. Lord Ossulston is still staying Th e h r ; ', 4B tle, Northumberland. eZefor,f: B o _ l °l) of Hereford will leave his Palace at " the 10th inst., for town, his Lordship being "use te Junior Bishop, to be present at the opening of the featou I Lsirds to read prayers. - her ' b,Z e i e s y s :Le M... S_alis has returned from Ireland to tlrd ..,Tddlesex. i'appoi;misuurton, together with his mother, have th qr. `eq guardians to the young Marquis of Bath. 44ter to Masterm has been appointcd Barge 1114r. it t i7 Admiralty, in place of his late brother. hi I "eiv e e (Jim Crow) says, in a letter to a frie nd . 1.:1Eel qme 11 (I, tbat Mr. Vandenhoff " has carried all before at ; th e poop l e leave t h e i r o ld est f avou rites , pow i rn. forand have been for several times to get a glance to te y 4(1 1, that is all that is to be obtained, owing . _ 4V I.lRa " "seB Speakin g of himself, he says. " I finished tl N ;'ili ern ent 0 th e Bowery last night, the houses g I 00 re, i s e'_ Bolars per night, which, as partly a minor u sreimmense TILE SUN, LONDON, TB URSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1837 NORTHAIIIPTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Alas! for the hopes of the Tories in this borough— they have again had the temerity to tempt public opinion, and have again suffered defeat. The election for six Councillors has taken place to-day, and each of the three wards has returned Reformers.- The east and west wards were carried triumphantly, the lowest Liberal candidate being greatly a-head of the Tories ; whilst in the south ward, in which the Tories fondly imagined lay their strength, they were beaten by a majority of seven. The following is the close of the poll : DISSOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION. • (From the Morning Advertiser and Morning Herald Express.) Dublin, October 31. The approaching dissolution of the General Association occupies the attention of the public mind to the exclusion of every other topic. Many people entertain opinions on this subject in perfect unison with those expressed in the Advertiser of Saturday last.' As I have stated before, such is the implicit confidence reposed in the wisdom of O'Con nell, that even those well qualified to judge for themselves hesitate to place their own opinions or sentiments in oppo sition to his. Experience has shown that O'Connell is almost invariably right. Even his mistakes have tended in the end to gdod and useful purposes. He is known to be an accurate calculator of probabilities—his motives are above suspicion —the whole aim and object of his life has been to advance the interests his country, and few people, at least in Ireland, feel inclined to question the means he uses to obtain so desirable an end. Mr. O'Connell arrived in town last night at twelve o'clock. The Hon. Gentleman was waited on this morn ing by large numbers of his personal friends, and I un derstand from a gentleman who bad a long interview with him, that he is full of hope for his country, and confidently anticipates the attainment of justice from the combined in fluence of the Queen and her Ministers. GENERAL ASSOCIATION. This day the General Association met, pursuant to ad journment, at the Great Rooms, Corn Exchange. The meeting waV densely crowded—the gallery was thronged with ladies. The Countess and Countess Dowager of Clanricarde were present, and sat in the body of the house. At twenty-five minutes past three o'clock; Mr. O'Connell (who had arrived in town at twelve o'clock the preceding night) entered the room and was received with immense cheering. We never saw the Hon. and Learned Gentle man appear in better health or spirits. LELAND CROSTUSVAITE, Esq., was called to the Chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. French) read the minutes of the last day's proceedings, and the several notices entered in Mr. O'Connell's name, which stood for discussion this day, all with a view to the 'dissolution of the Association. Mr. O'CONNELL rose amidst the most deafening cheer ing. He handed in the subscription of Mr. Wm. Cudden, and proposed him a member of the Association. The gen tleman was an Englishman, an inhabitant of Bungay, Suf folk—a townsman of that enlightened and consistent friend of liberty, Mr. Childs, who had suffered imprisonment rather than sanction a tax which was opposed to his con science and all rational liberty. It was his (Mr. O'Con nell's) boast to possess the personal friendship of such a man. He begged to move the admission of Mr. Cudden. The motion was seconded and unanimously passed. Mr. O'Coarareee again rose, and spoke nearly as follows : Mr. Chairman—l rise, in pursuance of the notice which stands in my name for the dissolution of this body, to ad dress you, and I confess I do so with much embarrassment. My mind is filled with hesitation and affliction at the step which I have thought it my duty to take, believing, as I firmly do, that Ireland can alone depend on her own energies and inate resources. Notwithstanding the kind friends and influential supporters she at present possesses, it may be said that a measure, such as I now bring under the consideration of this Meeting—a measure for the an nihilation and dissolution of the Association, is one of im portance, and so it is. My motto is— " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow !" From the moment I read these lines from Lord Byron, I adopted them as my motto, as the means by which I should endeavour to procure the liberation of my country. By working with our own resources, with those lines ever in my mind, Irishmen first obtained freedom for the Protestant Dissenters before they themselves procured Catholic Emancipation ; and they procured it, not because the enlightenment of the times required it—not because it was a question of justice and right —not because Irish Catholics were entitled to it by every law, human and divine. No ; the Duke of Wel lington and Sir Robert Peel did not put it on any such public grounds as these —no, they admitted the claims of the Roman Catholics because they were —. Shall I say afraid ? They granted the measure, at all events, because they anticipated serious consequences ; and by our union, our energy, and our determination, we forced the brave Duke of Wellington, and the cunningest statesman that ever presided at the councils of a Sovereign, Sir Robert Peel, to pass a measure of long withheld justice.—(Cheers.) Men may speculate on achieving a particular object on what may be done, but we may relay on again doing that which we have done once before : we beat them before we ob tained what we fought for, what was justly owing to us, and we will do so again, by peaceable, unanimous, and consti tutional means. I rely altogether on what we are.to ac complish by our own means ; on a legal combination and organization, to obtain legal purposes, I place my depen dence ; and avowing these principles I may be asked how I am to obtain the confidence of the people and the con currence of the meeting, in a measure having for its ob. ject the dissolution and disorganization of this body ? (Cheering.) It is a contradiction I admit, advocating on the one hand organization and dissolution, and pro posing on the other dissolution and disorganization. I found my claim to the confidence, to the unlimited confidence of this meeting and of the people, because of the abuse I am receiving. I am the most abused man in the world. I always felt within myself that when this torrent of continued abuse slackened, that my exertions for the welfare of my country must also have slackened, for the one is the inevitable consequence of the other. They rail at and calumniate me—from John O'Groat's House in the northern extremity, and from Cape Clear to the Hill of Howth. nen the people of Ireland, did I not deserve this treatment from her enemies, I would not be deserving of this correspondence. Sergeant Jack son, who is getting up his budget for the next Session— (Laughter)—has assailed me from Bandon, about the speec h w hich I am alleged to have delivered in Carlow. This man, who used to go to the Circuit with me, should have known that on the appearance of that allegation, I contradicted it. I was sustained by the High Sheriff of the county, who wrote to that effect by Mr. Haughton, a Protestant Magistrate ; and by the estimable and pious Roman Catholic Bishop, who sat at my right at that din ner, and who now sits in a more transcendent place. Oh, by how far ! the reward of his unostentatious sanctity, his ex emplary and benevolent life—an honour to his station, and an ornament to his Church. On the factory question, I am calumniated too ; and I wish once for ever to set that busi ness at rest. It was called a venal vote—yes, Professor Wilson, to whose praises I see no end in the English papers, was the originator of that slander—at least it was in his paper it first appeared. He was editor of Blackwood's Magazine. I will now again contradict the base unfounded story, and state the case as it happened.—( Hear, hear.) It was stated that I got a 1,0001. for proposing that the Bill should be discussed by a Committee. The circum stances attending that Bill were these :—lt was brought in by Mr. Poulett Thomson merely to suspend the falling in of children, under the age of thirteen years, within the eight year Bill. I went down to vote against the Bill. I heard it stated—and it was admitted that it was stated— that 25,000 children would be put out of employment if the Bill passed, and this was confirmed by subsequent evi dence, that at that age, so far from factory work being in jurious to children, the number of deaths in the cotton factories of children in this employment is only one out of five to other trades in England, proving its salubrity.— (Cheers.) And, again, Sir Robert Peel carried my vote that night, for he pressed upon the Ministers the appoint ment of inspectors for the protection of the factory children, Mr. Poulett Thomson admitting four men were too few for that purpose, and promising, if the Bill went into Com mittee upon that account, to have the facts discussed.— ( Hear, hear.) I acted upon that occasion merely for the advantage of the children themselves, and would to God children of thirteen years' old in Ireland could earn the money which the English factory children might have earned.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The matter never went further. I beg pardon for trespassing upon you by an allusion to Sergeant Jackson's calumnies. I now come back to the topic with which I commenced—l ask for your confidence. I admit the eminent utility of the Asso ciation—l am sure it was the means of liberating Car low—of saving Longford from Tory tyranny. ( Hear, hear.) I know its influence in driving out a Tory from Athlone ; and I do not believe there was a single Tory displaced in Ireland that the organization sif the popular force cbuld not he traced to the exertions of the Associa tion.—(Hear, hear.) We have done eminent service—we have been eminently useful ; and if ever there was a coun try that required the assistance of such an Association, it manifestly is Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Why ? Because the disorganized state of public opinion, with so much of the magistracy opposed to the country, with so much of the squirearchy, the enemies of the people, by whom they are surrounded, with so many of the wealthy clergy 'de cidedly opposed to everything that could increase the li- berty and prosperity of the Irish people—(hear, hear) — and in this state of society there is nothing so necessary as open, avowed, pu bli c, an d constitutional combination. _(Hear.) In alluding to this topic, I cannot avoid men tioning another species of combination, that is as much to be condemned as the other is to be praised. I mean the secret associations, the associations hound by - oaths that once existed in many parts of Ireland, and which I continued to put down in any place that it at any time showed its head—l mean the Ribbon Society.— (Hear, hear.) That Society was instituted by our enemies. I It was commenced by the Orange party, and its progress was even stopped by our pacificators, who convicted the , s py who went down to Kilkenny to spread the spirit of - combination throughout the country.—( Hear.) I am the t more anxious to speak upon this subject now because com bination prowls to a great extent amongst the workmen in Dublin.--(Hear.) Two or three times it has produced murder in our streets. Dublin stands particularly polluted by that spe c i es o f com bi nat i on. — ( H ear, an d c h eers .) Wh y , it is a senseless combination. If they force the mercantile ,men from employing persons at the rate of wages which they can give them with profit, they will drive them out of the city of Dublin, and destroy their own trade.—(llear, hear.) Why, wh a t h as h appene d i n ship-building ? Mer cantile men arc obliged to send to Liverpool to repair their ships, which might, under different circumstances, be re paired in Dublin.—(Hear.) Men who, giving a fair rate of wages, would be, at a saving to themselves, able to repair vessels in Dublin, are compelled to send to the English ports inconsequence of the combination amongst the ship-build ers.—( Hear, hear.) This combination has been stained with blood, for one 9f the men was murdered in the canal below some years ago. The fellows have escaped the punishment of man, but the vengeance of the Almighty is yet unappeased. —(Hear.) I will take an opportunity, and I pledge myself to do so, to address the Trades' Political Union upon the subject, none of whom are concerned in this combination, for all their leaders strenuously condemn this atrocious system. I will take a particular opportunity of addressing the Trades Union, and going into details, for I have them by me to show how much the business and trade of Dub lin has been destroyed by the foolish and absurd attempt to work up wages beyond their natural standard.—(Hear, hear.) The truth is, the wages would have raised in them selves healthfully and profitably if the combination did not exist.—( Hear, hear, hear.) I will not apologize to the meeting for introducing the topic of illegal combination, while speaking in reference to public and legal combination —that combination which abhors the system that fain would enforce the poor man to leave his employer, and permit his family to starve, because he worked at a rate of wages which the combinators considered was only fit to be be stowed upon idlers, for even to that extent has combination gone—(Hear)—and above all, that secret combination which existed, avowedly opposed to our interest, though secret iti its machinations, but which fell before the powerful hand of my respected relative, Mr. Finn—l mean the Orange Association—an Association, however, that died only to re vive again. Col. Perceval, in the House of Commons, said that Orange Association Lodges were given up. He was mistaken. I suppose he did not know to the contrary, but we ail know it.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") We have a number of summonses, and they will be displayed in the House of Commons, summonses which were privately issued, but not the less malevolent in their effects and de sign on different parts of the country.—(Hear, hear.) A public association being useful, I should give reasons why this public association ought to be dissolved—( Hear, hear) —and in doing so, it is the duty of the people of Ireland to understand distinctly their present condition, what friends they have, and who their enemies are a hear.) Take Scotland. We have many friends in Scot land—there is a spirit of liberty there. The maiority of the Scotch Members are in favour of Ireland ; but even there there is a formidable party against us, actuated by the worst of passions and the foulest of bigotry.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'Connell then alluded to the mal:gnant bigotry enter tained by the Scotch in former years against prelates of the Established Church, the cry against whom had been changed to the "No Popery cry" now. In England the cause was much worse. The Tory Secretary of Ireland having so long engaged monopoly, that power having been so extensive and advantageous to them, they are unwilling to surrender it ; and some of the greedy Aristocracy who have been kept fasting so long from the enjoyment of this monopoly are becoming violent in their desires to satisfy the cravings of their appetite.--(Hear, and loud cheers.) It is to these men we owe the national antipathy which exists towards Ireland. What has Ireland been for centuries ? Was she not in a state of proscription, and continued so even down to our days ? Who is it that read the state trials that is not aware of those facts ? I, myself, read a case which occurred in the reign of George 11., and the Judge, in reading the indictment, exclaimed to the Jury, " Oh, the prisoner at the bar is an Irishman, and a Popish priest, and he is, therefore, ready for any treasonable practices. lie is a traitor by country and religion, and you must deal with him accordingly." What, Sir, must we think of the state of feeling which existed in England then, when such lan gusge was used in a court of justice, and that by a Judge of the land ? Do they not show the malevolence—the bigotry—the vile religious hate which existed when those whose sphere it was to soften down asperities and heal public feeling were themselves foremost in setting the ex ample? Seven hundred years of the most cruel and unre lenting persecution have passed away, and it has been part , of my duty for some time past to lift the hideous veil ' from the black catalogue of enormities, which, before the I year is over, I will present as an olio for the hands of English readers.—(Loud cheers.) Oh, Sir, in col lecting extracts of those scenes which were enacted during that period, I have alighted upon scenes of more cruelty, of more barbarity—more acts have been performed of the most fearful, sanguinary, and demoniacal cruelty than ever sullied the pages of any other history.—(Loud cheers.) I have not quoted a Catholic historian, nor an Irish historian save a few Irish Protestant historians, who were far from being friends of Ireland. No, Sir, my quotations are chiefly from English Protestant historians, who have writ ten our history in letters of blood ; but, thank God, they will be read in letters of infamy. The feeling against us is strong in England. The parsons have turned against us. They have subscribed liberally to rob me and my worthy colleague of our scats—a subscription which has now be come very general in England, and of the number who have ' so subscribed, five out of every nine of them are parsons. —(Cheers.) They are spending money to rob your Re presentatives of their seats. Arc they advocates of reli gion ? Will such conduct as that convert a single man to Protestantism ? You, Sir (turning to the Chairman), if you had not been already a Protestant, feel the force of such arguments as the English parsons are using, and be induced to embrace the doctrines of the Established Church ? • The CHAIRMAN—I would not, Mr. O'Connell. Mr. O'CONNELL—I am sure you would not ; and if I, a Rotr6n Catholic, wanted to use an argument against being a Protestant, the conduct of the parsons is the very first thing I would grapple with..—( Hear.) Religion ! no, Sir; their religion is the tithes—it is founded on money and aristocratic domineering power.—(Loud cheers.) It is for the insolence displayed by 7,000,000 of human beings in differing with them. ,There's one Parson Newcombe, who declared the other day he would sell his garment and buy a sword in order to come and conquer Ireland. I would send those two young gentlemen here against him (pointing to two sons of Mr. Carew O'Dwyer who sat next him). The blood of the 0' Dwycrs would do much for them. Sir, this feeling generally prevails throughout England. There is a ruffianism of phraseology used, and I am not going too far in using that word, which is unjustifiable—and if any one among those who hears me think otherwise, and that I have used strong language, let him look at the Times and Standard, which were the organs of the faction. Day after day, and week after week, do not the conductors of those Journals use the most inflammatory and abomi nable language when speaking of the Irish people ? Do they not day after day speills of the Irish Roman Clergy— the beloved of the people—(Cheers)—in the foulest and most atrocious manner? Is not the diabolical phr .se, '" surpliced ruffians," ringing still in our ours ? And, Sir, let me ask you, is this idle cant ? . —is this mere decla mation ? No ; the miscreant Barnes, who writes for the Times, with his worthy associate Bacon—is it religion, I ask, which makes them write and act as they do ? Is it religion which makes Gifford of the Standard follow in the infamous train of the Times ? On, no, it is the pros pect of peculation and plunder—the prospect of a return to power which makes the bigots of England hire those foul and infamous traducers.—(Loud cheers.) Would they be combined for an hour if the Aristocracy in England had not an object in view ? The)'il tell you that the Aristo cracy would degrade themselves by a connexion with such characters, if they did not expect to bc enabled to grasp the helm of the State by the prejudices which they disseminate throughout the land.—(Loud cheers.) There is no mis. taking it—they have involved themselves in a desperate game, and they will see it out. Let it not for a moment be thought that I complain of the many ferocious attacks made. upon myself, or the expense and trouble which I'll be put to in defending my seat. I do not condescend to complain, but merely state the facts—for, oh, should the period arrive, we will stand by Old Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. and Learned gentleman then went on to say that he would cease agitating for the present, but that when the time should arrive, if it were ever found necessary, he would again be at his post. The Hon. and Learned gentleman continued to say, that now things were changed—the Court was for Ireland, and the Queen was favourable towards her interest.—(Cheers.) Was there ever greater folly than to keep one-third of the empire in a state of' disaffection and disorganization, which was all but revolt ? Suppose Ireland had never been oppressed, and that a Sovereign had come on the throne, to whom his Ministers would say--England is loyal and at tached to the Throne and to the Constitution ; Scotland is in a similar peaceful and thriving condition ; and Ireland, too, deserves the same character. But yet, Sire, you work out your salvation better by making Ireland disaffected and disunited ; by putting such men as magistrates as might de serve to be put fitter in the dock. Your Majesty must tell them, that though they may be as good, as intelligent, and as deserving of civil liberty as Englishmen or Scotchaten, they must not enjoy it, or any of the other pri%ileges which English or Scotch enjoy. They say, " a straw thrown up ' will tell what way the wind blows ;" and the temper of the times, too, may be often intimated in things generally al most as worthless. For instance, there was a resolution lately passed by the Corporation of Limerick, which I must read to you. It is to this effect—" Resolved, That as the Rom an Catholics of this city have, for some years past, been increasing in numbers and in health"—here's a discovery for you—(Laughter)—these are crimes, certainly; that they must plead guilty to—(Hear, hear, and laughter —" and are no longer actuated by any rebellious trn dency." What a compliment we have here for the r . ch Catholics of Limerick!—(Great laughter.) Now, really, is it. not also a compliment to the Queen's Government Hear, hear.) " A few members of that persuasion are hereby admissible to the rank of Common Councilmen of this City, and to other Corporate offices." 'Now, they were declared eligible to be Common Councilmen, although the law of the land gave them the privilege nine years ago. But it is now that the Corporation of Limerick thinks fit to say so. These Corporations, however, are rather extra ordinary things. I remember reading of a time when, in our own Corporation of Dublin, Jack Gifford, the father of the Siandard man, was proposing some furious resolution against the Catholics, and after lie bad concluded them was a great silence. " What," said he, in a fit of noble indignation, " is there no honest man to second my proposition r (Hear, and laughter.) There was one • Mr. Wm. Smith, however (I don't know whether he is any relation of Re bellion Smith), who said he would, as an honest man, se cond Jack Glford's motion. Yet this only other honest man in the Corporation was afterwards caught with 1.51. of the .collection made at a charity sermon in his pocket. He was liberal enough to go to collect even in Catholic Cha pels, but though detected also in one of them,-they did not prosecute. him. He was convicted, lam told, for a similar affair in Mcchun's Church. But no matter now about Corporations. Let any man look throughout Ireland now, and was there ever a period in which there was more tranquillity and submission to the laws ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) In counties' where faction fights and, broils were a disgrace to the fairs and markets hitherto, the utmost peace and tranquillity now exists.—(Hear.) Mr. O'Connell then referred to a letter from Brabazon, Secretary for Ireland to Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII., and dated Dublin, July, 1536, and published in 13 volumes of State papers, recently issued from the press. It spoke about this country, and the means to be then adopted for the tranquillization of the land. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman contended that the writer's views were just as applicable to the present state of affairs, and displayed a great and statesman-like knowledge of the treatment neces sary for the country. The extract was as follows :—" A good deputie that is cute and not covetous, who will see justice done to all his Majesty's subjects, soon shall order Ireland, so_ that it shall be as tranquil .as any part of Eng land." * * * It then went on to describe the character of the people as follows :—" The poor commonalitie here be a very true people, and conformable to all good order, and the destruction of this land is wholly _chargeable upon the base extortions of the Lords and Gentry of the country." That was the cause of all Ireland's grievances still. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then alluded to the wretched condition of Ireland for centuries, that a different line of policy had been practised towards her ; and then drew a contrast between that condition and her present, when the bem facial results of the present Government are beginning to be felt everywhere. Ireland is a great and powerful nation, and there is great confidence placed in her people by the present Ministry. Lord Melbourne has not, it is true, been vet able to adjust the Tithe ques tion—he has not been able to pass a measure of Corporate Reform for Ireland ; and, as long as the system by which those measures are withheld shall continue, Ireland must be prepa'red to show the firmness of her determination. But as soon as that system shall have ceased—as'soon as those measures of justice -shall have been obtained, that instant Ireland is tranquillised, and her people become the most tranquil portion of the British subjects. The people of Ireland have set us a glorious example—l mean the com monalty of Ireland—and shall we not imitate them ? Shall the educated and enlightened portion of the population be too scrupulous and too diffident, when the people have set the example of patience and forbearance which we should be proud to imitate?—(Loud cheers.) Let us have confidence in the Queen and her Ministers. We have found peaceable and legal combination necessary. Let us now give up that combination. Shall Ibe told that Irish men never gave up combination but they were betrayed ? Yes ; I am aware of that, but let us still make another ex periment. Where is the man that would tell us that the measures which we seek will be ultimately denied us?—but our prospect of obtaining them will be better by this gene rous confidence. Give me the man that acts right from the heart, as well os from the head ; it is a feature of the na tional character of Irishmen to act so. But am I aban doning the "cause of I: eland by the step which I propose to take ? HER MAJESTY'S VISIT to the CITY. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police have for some days been making active preparations for the preserva tion of the public peace, and the prevention of any dis turbance or accidents on the day of her Majesty's visit to the City. The line of road along which the royal procession will pass previous to its arrival at the gates of the City will be lined by detachments from the various divisions in and round the metropolis, headed by their superintendents and inspectors in full uniform. It is intended they shall stand two paces apart from each other, and from the measure ment of the ground, which has been made by order of the Commissioners,:who have been in daily communication with the Home-office on the subject, it is computed that 3,000 will be required for that alone, and that upwards of 750 more will be required at the various barriers and streets lead ing to the line. A paragraph appeared last week in some of the papers, stating that a lady of rink had offered to present any cha ritable institution in the City, to be recommended by the Lord Mayor, with 1,000/., on condition of being accom modated with a seat at the ladies' table, which by many persons was considered to be untrue, but we understand, from an authority on which we consider we can rely, that it is substantially correct ; the only error being, that instead of the offer being made by " a lady of rank," it was made by a lady of large property, residing in the•neighbourhood of Twickenham. Since Monday numerous shops at Kensington, Hammer smith, Chelsea, and other of the suburban villages, have exhibited bills notifying that the occupier is commissioned to let seats in the houses by which the procession will pass. The carriages of which, with. the customary addition of troops, yeomen of the guard, gentlemen pensioners, mar shalmen, &c., the Royal cortege will be formed will be the Queen's State carriage (which is being re-decorated for the occasion), drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, richly caparisoned with dressings of deep purple riband ; four of her Majesty's private State carriages, the first drawn by six black, the second by six gray, and the third and fourth by six bays, each with splendid dressings of scarlet ribands ; the Duchess of Kent's State carriage, drawn by six chest nut horses, with rich trappings and scarlet dressings ; the Duke of Sussex's State carriage, drawn by six bay horses, the dressings for which consist of scarlet, purple, and yellow ribands ; the Duke of Cambridge's State carriage, drawn by six black horses, with dressings of crimson riband ; another of his Royal Highness's State carriages (for Prince George of Cambridge and his attendants); drawn by six bay horses, with crimson dressings ; her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta's carriage, drawn by six bay horses, with crimson dressings ; and two of the Duchess of Glou cester's carriages, each drawn by six horses, with dressings of crimson and yellow riband. A splendid scarlet hammer cloth, with deep yellow and green fringe, is also in the course of manufacture for the Duchess of Kent's carriage. Orders have been received at the office of the Master of the Horse to prepare her Majesty's state carriage, to be drawn by cream-coloured horses. It is arranged that, after her _Majesty has arrived at Guildhall, the carriage and those in the suite shall pass over Southwark Bridge and through the Borough, to avoid confusion. Her Majesty will return to the New Palace in one of her close carriages. It is understood her Majesty will proceed to Guildhall through Pall-mall, and not Piccadilly, as generally supposed. Yesterday morning a public notice was issued by the Lord Mayor, stating, that in consequence of the suggestion of an especial Coutt of Aldermen, it had been determined to brilliantly illuminate the portico of the Mar.sion-house, on the occasion of her Majesty's visit on the 9th inst., and also urging the inhabitants along the line of road through which her Majesty will pass, to illuminate their houses as bril liantly as convenient. In every direction, and in every possible way along the expected line of the royal procession, preparations are making to do honour to our youthful and beloved Queen on the occasion of her visit to the city. There appears every reason for believing that the demonstrations of joyous loy alty and grateful homage will exceed anything of the kind that has taken place for many very many years past, per haps since those made on the jubilee festival in the reign of George 111. Th foolish intention of the Lumber Troop of discharg ing their pop-gun cannons just as the Queen enters Temple bar, from the roof of their suttling-house in Fleet -street, will be put an end to by a judicious notice yesterday issued by the Police Committee of Aldermen, strictly charging and enjoining all persons, on the 9th of November, when her Majesty's visit to the city is to take place, not to allow or suffer any guns to be fired, nor to make, nor cause to be made, any squibs, serpents, fire-balloons, or other fire-works, nor to fling them, fire, or throw them out of, or off, any house, shop, or warehouse in any public street of the city, under the penalties contained in the Act of the 10th of William 111. We understand that the men in armour will be dis pensed with on the ninth of November, during the proces sion of the Lord Mayor and Corporation to and from the water-side, and his Lordship and retinue will leave Guild hall as early as nine o'clock, for the purpose of proceeding to Westminster Hall to be sworn. It is said that the number of applications which have have been made by gentlemen desirous of discharging the duties of bottlemen at the ensuing Royal and Civic ban quet is excessive. Those applications have been made first to the Entertainment Committee, and recently to the pro prietors of the London Tavern, Messrs. Bleaden, Breach, and Bathe, to whom it is stated the Committee have wisely delegated the management and arrangement of all things connected with the feast. It is fortunate that the applicants have in almost all instances been refused. If the rule of exclusion had not been rigidly enforced towards them, much inconvenience might ensue. Those who had gone in for the apparent purpose of ministering to the wants of the guests, would in all probability as soon as their curio sity was sated, become negligent of their self-imposed task. Nay, it is not unlikely that they may, throwing aside the character of attendants, assume a different one, and instead of being providers, become partakers of the cheer. Such a change of characters would certainly be viewed with well merited indignation by the worthy civic dignitaries, whose calls would in consequence be unanswered, and whose sto machic cravings would be unattended to. A correspondent has suggested the extraordinary and novel effect which would be produced, and which we think would add much to the splendour of her Majesty's visit to the City on the 9th instant, by the ascent of Mr. Green in his balloon from the neighbourhood of St. Paul's Cathe dral. The balloon to be attached by ropes to some part Of that edifice, by which means a most gratifying view of the procession would be obtained by those who might ac , company Mr. Green, and afford the means of lowering some emblematical device, such as a figure with a wreath of laurel, or an address written for the occasion ; to take place at the time of her Majesty's arrival 'at a convenient spot, and which there can be no doubt would be most gra ciously received by our youthful Sovereign. The students at the King's College have abandoned the idea of greeting a scaffold under the archway leading to the College, and have made an agreement with the com mittee appointed to let the seats in St. Mary's church-yard for the occupation of those placed on the side of the church They will appear in their caps and gowns, and are making suitable arrangements to show their loyal at tachment to our Virgin Queen -by presenting to her a con gratulary address. Yesterday between the hours of one and two o'clock, during the prevalence of a very violent gale, a large shed over part of the premises of Messrs. W. and J. Marshall, extensive steam-boiler manufacturers, in Colchester-street, Whitechapel, was blown down, and carried with it a house of two stories high adjoining, both falling with a tremend ous crash, which was heard all over the neighbourhood. The house was the property of Mr. Frencham, and was occupied by a young man named George Godfrey and his mother, who took care of and attended to the parish green yard behind for Frencham, and it was at first conjectured that the occupants were buried in the ruins, as Godfrey had been seen to go in a short time before to his dinner. The utmost anxiety was therefore manifested for their safety, and no time was lost bya number of the police belong t o th e 11 division with Serjeant Dickenson, who were promptly on the spot, and a number of the mechanics on the premises of Mr. Marshall, who at the moment arrived from their dinners, in removing the ruins, and in a few moments they found. poor Godfrey lying beneath a lar g e beam which had fortu ' nately fallen in a slanting position so as to partially shield him from the ponderous weight that fell upon him ; bad it fallen flat upon him he must have been crushed to death upon the instant. The poor fellow, however, received some very severe contusions, and was at once removed to the London Hospital, where his wounds were dressed, and pronounced not of a decidedly dangerous character. As soon . as he was found he removed the anxiety of the crowd with re spect to the safety of his mother , by saying she was out at the time of the accident, and that lie was alone in the house at the time. There are upwards of 70 men on th e premises of the Messrs. Marshall ; and had they not been fortunately at dinner at the time of the accident, the loss of life must have been considerable, as 00 at least would be employed in that part of the building where the roof gave way. A gentleman who w as d r i v i ng past in a gig, had also a mira culous escape, as a part of the front wall had tumbled into the street the instant lie drove past the place. ROBBERY OF A WAREITOUSE,-The Manchester' Guardian of Wednesday last, contains a variety of details relative to a warehouse robbery, of an extensive kind, com mitted about the 23d ult. in that town, the parties in which, through Mr. Thomas and the poli ce , are lik e ly t o b e iden tified and brought to justice. Th e c i rcumstances un d e r which this robbery was . committed, and th e ma d e of re ceiving and disposing et the goods, exhibit i n a str iki ng degree the facility with which property of the most bulky description can be abstracted from a warehouse, and, when once obtained, can be sent from place to place, EAST WARD. Tories. Mr. J. Groom Mr. Stevenson WEST WARD. Reformers. Mr. Turner Mr. Hallam .. ..... . 238 I Mr. Whitmy SOUTH WARD. Mr. Hagger ...... 217 I Mr. Phipps 195 Mr. Stimpson 202 Mr. Campion ...... 184 Northampton, Nov. 1, 1837. PROFESSOR WILSON. The Professor has given the best kind of reply to the report which some silly one sent abroad, that his mind had suffered an eclipse. He " leads off" in the new num ber of " Blackwood," and " beautiful exceedingly" are the bright gems of poetry which drop, with apparently care less, and certainly prodigal, profusion from his pen. We do not mean to say that the first article of " Blackwood" has the Professor's name to it ; but it is as certainly his as if his 11 , 1111 C were printed all over it, in every variety of type that Miller has ever cast, or Ballantyne pressed into the service. There is perhaps less of strong jocularity than there used to be in the flights of Christopher North, but in other respects he is unaltered. Ever wilful, often wrong, but almost always striking, and exquisitely fanciful beyond—far beyond—what could be reached by any other living writer. His usual humour we do not miss in this leading article, but it is slightly changed as to its reckless force, and (we think) none the worse for this, but contra riwise, better. Then, as to the flow of his poetic prose— "'Tis sad by fits—by starts 'tis wild ;" but ever soaring into regions where the sunshine strives with the loftiest clouds, and broken rays of sublimely brilliant lustre are the result. The following, we suppose, may be taken as an allusion to the circumstances of the poet himself. It is from page 577 in the new number of " Blackwood." " The Poet's Home !" We have a poem of our own, if the hon. gentleman will allow us to call it so, with that title lying by us, five thousand lines of blank verse, which we shall leave to our executors, with permission of our moths and mice. We are satisfied with our popularity as a " war bler of poetic prose," not the sole point of resemblance, surely, in us to Sir Philip Sidney ; and look forward with pleasing apprehension to our posthumous fame as a poet, when, by some fortunate chance, some indefatigable anti quary, in course of a lifelong dedication to the restitution of decayed intelligences, shall dig up our remains. Mean while, let us expand our wings, and, crushing through our cage, be off like an eagle to the mountains, " And set the prisoner free." A simple line, but glorious, and we bless the name of mercy as we cleave the clouds. Higher than the Andes we hang over Westmorland, an unobserved, but observant, star. Mountains, hills, rocks, knolls, vales, woods, groves, single trees, dwellings, all asleep! 0, lakes ! but ye are, indeed, by far too beautiful ! 0, fortunate isles ! too fair for human habitation, fit abode for the blest. It will not hide itself—it will not sink into the earth—it will rise, and risen, it will stand steady, with its shadow in the over powering moonlight, that one tree! that one house ! and well might the sight of ye two together—were it harder — break our heart. But hard at all it is not, therefore it is but crushed.—Morning Post. 'fun STORM.—The wind blew a gale from the west yesterday, and during the day occasional heavy showers of rain fell. We have not experienced such a stormy day since the hurricane which did so much damage in October last year ; but, fortunately, the high wind of yesterday has not done very serious injury in the metro polis. The inconvenience to pedestrians was very great-- umbrellas afforded no shelter from the rain, for it was im possible to hold them up, and on the bridges and open spaces the wind dislodged many hats and bonnets from the heads of the wearers ; and it was difficult for passengers to proceed to and fro. The river was in commotion all day, very few ventured out in small boats, and the steamers on their way up were constantly getting athwart the tide, and were detained for some time. The Grand Tar/c, from Boulogne, was detained for upwards of an hour in the pool, in consequence of the storm, and the difficulty of getting her in a straight position. The Greenwich steamers were often in the same predicament, and the sudden gusts and squalls, and the desire on the part of the captains to avoid collisions, frequently put them hy. There were few ar rivals or departures of shipping yesterday, and there is no doubt the storm has been severely felt at sea, and that the next account will. bring tidings of many losses. The Perth steam-ship left her moorings at Wapping for Dundee soon after one o'clock. The passage of this fine vessel to Scot land will be a boisterous one. FEARFUL THUNDER STORM.—" Early in the morning of Friday last (writes a Correspondent of the Greenock Advertiser), Inverary was visited by a thunder storm, accompanied with heavy rain and hail. Between five and six o'clock, a.m., a peal was heard of tremendous loudness, which was instantly followed by a noise like the failing of rocks or heavy stones. It was evident to those who heard the sound, that a thundersbolt had struck down some place within the town. Accordingly, when day dawned, the Church spire and the Highland and Lowland churches, which are situated on either side of the spire, presented a scene of fearful devastation. The portion of the spire over the dome, being a tapering solid building of about eighty feet in height, vas entirely demolished ; the greatest part of it being precipitated through the roofs into the areas below, shivering into fragments a great portion of the seat• ing of both churches, also the pulpit and precentor's desk of Gaelic Chur c h : severa l o th er masses o f t h e stone were projected in all directions to distances from 20 to 100 yards, some of them having made their way through the roofs of the neighbouring houses. One piece of stone, about a cubic foot in dimensions, was hurled into a bed-room in the George Inn, through one of the win dows, shattering to pieces the window sash, and the bed-. stead within the room. On the south-east side, the whole street was strewed with broken stones and mortar, to the distance of about twenty yards. In the main street, leading to the Church from the N.E., there were several large fragments of stone scatterred here and ther e ; an d most of the glass in the windows of the Churches, and many panes in those of the houses in the immediate neigh bourhood, were broken. The electric fluid seems to have first struck the vane and iron work supporting it, and from thence to have been conducted to the dome by an iron rod which passed through the centre of the spire, connecting the several blocks of freestone composing it ; and, from the dome, to have followed the flue of the stoic, twisting and shattering it into innumerable fragments, and next to have run across the front beam of one of the galleries, and escaped through the solid wall at the 'N. W. corner, making a pas sage for itself, by displacing several large stones. The in jury done in the interior of the Churches is very consider able ; and this is the more to be regretted, as the English Church had been very recently re-seated, painted, and otherwise neatly fitted up. Owing to the early hour at which, providentially, the occurrence took place, no lives were lost, and no person was even injured. Had the catas trophe happbned during any part of the preceding day, the consequences must have been serious, and the loss of life great, it having been the market day, arid the streets around the Church being constantly crowded." We fear we must bid a long farewell to the delight ful weather with which we were favourud up to the com mencement of this week. On Tuesday we had during the night a smart frost, and a fall of snow of several inches, which did not entirely disappear till the sun was well risen. Indeed, patches were here and there visible, even in town, as late as nine in the morning. Wednesday and Thursday were cold with showers, and Thursday night, as Tuesday night had been, was oxceedingly boisterous. Friday there were showers, but on the whole, though cold, the day was fine.—Bilaningham Journal. This is .a busy day throughout England and Wales, as the elections for Municipal officers for the year ensuing are in course of proceeding. We are glad to hear from the country papers that the Reformers seem every where to be fully prepared for the struggle. We have this week hail a sudden transition from tie genial warmth of summer to the biting cold of mid-winter. The whole range of mountains on our north, from Lang dale Pikes to Harter Fell, and Howgill Fells, on our north east, have been snow-clad since Tuesday morning. On Wednesday we had a keen visitation of frost, which was succeeded on Thursday by a violent tempest of wind and rain the whole day ; yesterday it was a good deal abated, but we had several y h eav y s h owers o f h a il an d ra i n. Th e Leeds Union coach was considerably delayed by th 6 hurri cane on Thursday evening ; the horses could not be driven forward, and it was with the utmost difficulty the driver maintained his scat. A large tree was blown down in the neighbourhood of Crooklands.—Kendal Mercury. Charles the Second, when a n y one remar k e d t h a t it was a fine day, used to say he was sure it was raining at Tavistock. In modern times this imputation has devolved upon Manchester. An ancient miter, speaking of his favourite county, Devonshire, says, that " she can lice better of herself, withr out being beholden to 'the rest of the kingdom, than that can subsist without being obliged to her." " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not," &c: Should we fail, this will be my rallying word. Should our grievances coainue, and our redresses be refused, the Asso ciation will again spring into existence ; it only slumbers, it does not sleep.; nor is the spirit which convoked it extinct. —( Hear.) I make this experiment as my last : I know not how long it may please my Maker to leave me here below, and how soon 1 may be called to the great account of a fu ture life ! But while here on earth, I find it my duty—my duty as a man and a Christian—to use every energy of my soul to raise my country to the dignity of a nation.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. O'Connell proceeded to state that upwards of 4,000 indi viduals paid subscriptions of 11. each to the Association : that 50,000 contributed towards its funds, thus making close upon 60;000 individuals coming forward to support it with their money. Of those who paid 1/. each, he was proud to say that 280 were Englishmen, many of them members of the Corporation of London. The lion. and Learned Member concluded by proposing the following re solution : " That, impressed with the most lively gratitude to the Earl of Mulgrave for his firm, manly, humane, and perfectly impartial administration of the Government in Ireland, and reposing unlimited confidence in the sincere and un equivocal disposition of her Alajesty's present Ministers to do justice to Ireland by placing her on a footing of equality with England and Scotland ; but above all, and before all, filled with most respectful and dutiful gratitude to her most 'gracious Majesty for the enlightened and pa triotic policy which has distinguished the commencement of her auspicious reign—we do, under these circumstances, deem it a proof of our confidence in the existing Adminis tration to declare that this Association is dissolved, devolv ing the carrying out of its purposes into full effect on the Irish popular Members in aid and support of the Queen's Government." Mr. WOLSTENHOLME seconded the resolution, which was passed amid unanimous acclamations. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose and proposed a resolution, eulogizing and acknnwledzing the great practical services of the assistant secretary, Mr. T. N. Roy. Mr. REDstoND suggested that the Association should not dissolve without putting on record the sense entertained by the body of the splendid and important services rendered by Mr. W. J. Finn generally to the cause of Ireland, and particularly in his successful exposure of the treasonable and dangerous designs of the Orangemen. Several g-ntlemen expressed their approbation of the sug- gestion. A resolution was proposed, embodying the above senti-" ments, by Mr. PuacEt.r., and seconded by Mr. REDMOND. Mr. FINN returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him. The proceedings terminated at a late hour. CLERICAL RAPACITY.-It appears that, in the year 1835, a Commission was appointed to inquire into the revenues and patronage of the Established Church of Eng land and Wales—that each incumbent was required to fur nish the Commissioners with a true and full account of the value of his living, founded on an average of three years, ending December, 1831—that the Rector of Earl So ham stated the true value of his living was 5151. per annum,exclusi‘c of a parsonage house—that an Act of Parliament for the Commutation of tithes was passed in 1836, and that the Worthy Rector, now that his tithes are about being commuted, declares their value to be,_ not 5151., as he previously stated, but 60. V. The landowners in the parish, notwithstanding this wide discrepancy, have liberally cffered to commute the tithes, setting them at 5801., which is 651. more than the Rector's own valuation ; but no, the worthy Divine says, " I ant not contented with that, I will have 91/. more than my own estimate, and not a farthing less will I take." We will nct ask whether this be the right way for a Minister of Christ's Church, the Apostles of which were commanded by their Divine Master to take no scrip, no money in their. purse," to treat his parishioners ; but we will inform our rea ders.that this eminent Divine is also rector of another living —that of Monk Soham—the value of which is returned at 530/. per annum, and to which is also attached a par sonage house.. Whether he has added another 91/. to that, since the Tithe Commutation Act was paSsed, we have at present no means of obtaining correct information, but the presumption is that lie has done so. In Earl Soham the parishioners amount to 762, and in Monk Soham to only 433—thus the rector takes 1,1351. per annum from 1,195 persons, not half of whom attend his churches, fur preaching two sermons in the week, being an average of 101. 18s. aid. per sermon, and has besides, two houses to live in. The pluralist rector of Earl Soham and Monk &Thaw, is of course a " Conservative" of the first water. He hates the . very name of Reform as much as the rabid dog dreads the sight of water ; and like ethers of his genus, is a rampant, politician. He is also a grand .stickler for the maintenance of the Established Church, is a county magistrate, and we need scarcely add, is not over respected by his parishioners.—Salfo& Chronicle. On passing a cottage the other day, early in the morning, during a very heavy shower of rain, I heard the sliding up of a window, and on turning my head, saw the outstretched arm of one of the fair sex, as if for the pur posethe weather, w hen . she immediately called out of testingloud ina and aud i Wc vo i ce " John" (whom I after wards learned to be her good husband), come and fetch a can full of water, for it is not fit to turn a dog 0ur,"..-- Preston Chronicle - ' .7. VP' ter -}► 7 .0." 4", ..' . . . . ~ • t . ~ .t..' . 4, r,_ ..... % - ~. ~, 1. . .5 v /4 lit!' :- s ~ Ai .i.- .., . „.....1