The Sun. — London, England, 1835-11-12 00:00:00

T 0 HE ELECTORS - of the COUNTY OF CARLOW. DERRYNANE ABBEY, 6TH Nov., 1835. ...FELL OW C OUNTRYMEN —I b eg your p ar d on __„, I humbly beg your pardon for having recommended to your suffrages that most incomprehensible of all ima ginary vagabonds, Alexander Raphael. But the truth ,he deceived me—he altogether deceived me. There is °nly one consolation, that he has precluded himself Rota ever deceiving any one else again. Tam bound t o ac k now l e d ge th a t I had been cau tioned against him—that I had been told that he was a faithless creature, who never observed any contract, d . with whom no person ever had a dealing without b'etag sorry for it. Why then did I disregard these i Cautions ? F or two reasons . Fi rs t—l am in th e nab it , of perhaps, undervaluing the effect of calumny 'and as to calumny itself, I know by the experience of 4 , long life, th a t' th e b es t o f ac ti on s, and purest of ma t.!ves, cannot, in many cases, mitigate calumny. - I t herefore treated more lightly than it now seems I Should have done those who condemned him. Secondly lie - had long solicited my support to obtain a seat In Parliament. He canvassed me for assistance, as a L ta dioal,, when he avowed himself a candidate for estluinster. After that speculation was given up, le sought my aid at the last general election ; and upon my return to London, he assailed me with profession's ° f Purity and patriotism, taking up expressions of urine, of my attachment to those who were friendly to Ireland, and in his letters declaring himself the most ,ardent friend of our unhappy country. Perh a p s I s h ou ld not h ave a tt e nded to-him—J pro h i ably was w r ong even then in believing him ; but this at least is in my favour : that before I re eonlMended him to your notice, I obtained from him a declaration of public principles, signed by him, and el Which I was at liberty to make use publicly, if, as Your representative, he swerved from any of them in the slightest degree. Such is my excuse for having at any time been de ceived by so very worthless a being, as his late mean and malignant, but, at the same time, almost . unintelligible attack upon me, proves him to be. The di selosur? of correspondence written in . that .absence ()f caution w ith which men write when they do not f oresee th e possibility of meeting the •public eye, P l aces him in a predicament so deplorable, as to be an O bject of pity rather than of reprobation or mere con tempt. This is my apology for having recommended to you So base a man as he now shows himself—indeed at "Present he is a creature so paltry as to be below re- ProaCh. Let me give you just this specimen of this man's mendacity : There is in his publication t QLS passage-,-mark the hypocritical candour ! "That I should not do him an injustice, it is fair th at I 'should, in conclusion, observe, that the second ',to of 1,0001; has been accounted ,for by his paying in Cash 3501. to Mr. Biker towards the law charges, an d of , repeated applications madefor the balance, 6 giving him a bill for at a long date, drawn by Mr. O'Connell himself on the self-same brewers as t he eight hundred pounds before alluded to was dr awn Perhaps there never were so many falsehoods steed 44 0 so small a space. It may amuse to analyse them. ; Ist. It is false that the second 1,0001. was accounted f °t in the way stated. This is a pure invention—a Simple falsehood. 2 d. " Paying in cash 3501. to Mr. Baker towards law charges." I never paid 3501., or one shilling, to r• Baker towards law charges, or for any purpose. 4 hia is a complicated falsehood. 3 d. " And after repeated applications made to him for the balance." Mr. Baker never made to me any application—no person even applied to me, or any occasion to apply to me, for any balance. This is a multitudinous falsehood. 4th. " B 1 giving him a bill at a long date, drawn. Ly Mr. O'Connell himself, on the self-same brewers," T never gave Mr. Baker a bill for any sum upon ; 443 , breWer or brewers, or any bill at any date. This I.i s similar falsehood with the last. s th. As the 8001. before alluded to was drawn „ • i pn." Neither the 8001., or any part of it , was paid "- any person by a bill drawn on any brever or b revvers. I never in my life drew a bill on any brewer. Thin makes fals . ehood the fifth and last. ~-• .After this specimen I think it is not going too far t , ° , say, in the usual Irish phrase—that you , Alexander A'.aphael are a " mighty great liar." 1 have dwelt too long on this subject; I cannot conclude, however, without stating that. Raphael was awar e that not one shilling of the 2;000/. was, directly Or indirectly, for me or for my use ; that I received the In ° ll er merely as the trustee of Mr.. Vigors , who was t he person liable to all expenses, I having been his Su rety as between him and Raphael. I have to add , 1. 1 ' 14 '1 paid Mr. Vigors at the time, and as he called °r it, the entire 2,000/., not only to the last farthing, but that I actually made a mistake, and overpaid him by fifte en pOunds, a mistake which he soon discovered, an d , of course, repaid me that sum. As Raphael has had the indescribable meanness to llnhlish: letters which certainly were not intended for publication, it may be necessary to state, for the' sake the public, why the 2,000/. were required from him, 4 4 th e - purposes were strictly legal, and beyond re • Proaeb ; if Mr. Vigors agrees with me, as I think he Will, in the propriety of that .course, I will satisfy the Public on these points. In the meantime, fellow•cotintrytnen, this incident ' 4 3 taught me just so much of caution, as never again t ° hold t oo li g htly representations by honest and ex- Perienced men against individuals who thrust them tielYes upon me, and whose character I have myself no Personal means of estimating. The baseness in the present case is at once almost equally incredible and un intelligible. If I could understand the man he surprise but could not wound me. After all I er n , afford to forgive him this annoyance. I have the honour to be, fellow-countrymen, your "er faithful servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL. MR. RAPHAEL. ( From the Dublin Pilot of Monday.) . 1 3 We have been favoured with a copy of a letter written Y Mr. Vigors to Mr. O'Connell, on the subject of Raphael's publication o f p r i va t e corres pondence ; and, as we have the a uthority a o f M r . Vi gors f or p u blishing that letter, we do 2. It is, indeed, as himself says, superfluous ; but it may rwell b e put upon recor d, th a t it may be preserved to con und the' wre t c h e d scr ib es w ho avail themselves of every s ard charge against O'Connell. of The l et t er o f Mr. O'Connell, fully corroborative of that 1 %. Vigors, contains what has been anticipated by the 'Public, b o th from internal evidence as well as from the public an d explicit contradiction of Mr. Baker—namely, that so far 4 naphael's charges are intelligible, they were totally false— absolute i nvent i ons w i t h out a co l our o f an y transaction by Whi ch he could even deceive himself with the belief that they w ere tru e . M r. O'C onne ll seems to t hi n k th e mo tive of such bas eness incompreh e nsible. With a knowledge of the mean an c l avarici ousqua liti es of Raphael,and the consciousness that b e was just the person to be used and remunerated by the The and malignant Tories, it is not to us incomprehens:ble. o . bject was to make it appear that Mr. O'Connell, who e e gae:ated between the candidates and the Reform constitu eneY Of Carlow—who, on behalf of the constituency, en ttvonred to secure the lodgment of the money pro inised and which was necessary for the legal expenses, h i "der that the constituency might not be left In the r i !, ll ---that he (Mr. O'Connell), working to save the V,u,lie the money, applied it to his own purposes, and cationul9e county ;—this was the evident object of the t o old True, the calumny coOd pot long e?4,n ; but old Y. Ly, but no up to ,tbe FLEET. nning into recollect, nen core - He h ad the Fre et ' ether with e greatest ed to hea r to comm l r ule to e )urt should 11 of June , ,ber. iters visi.' Itienlan oug h road . Order thai, i„ n , to ecsi ie ex part e ' wor l d in,m had gran" the dat 6 f e been irate t° o f s ',i !fen dant 118 ,,, it the war% meat , as l er inwraP„, f Cornwl ,t s ;he Plai n ! 1 ; 11 ; that 'd Court, a!' ent moment' ;tion. VON. pt to C° - se ller, at t The sa t° a t the Cil a ; Ted no r 4t Tiled 4. 31° ' having beer' on o • f eviouslY P o j alection, .01, au/14 141 ' 1 , 8 d 0 _ 5 , acr e was r e, Led for. othe li c ation t° so , it any Pell,rt, e the Ce'leo, it of an e o five chilaret, a t the Co u . r o , inishrneot W r ' 3 lo resoled 00,7 e of 131. 7, 0 5e'r vas ueoPr. ntati s di; pree. rt. .1; . 1 ,, s Cog fr i e n 3 ,. o r get to " ;charg e • For •te clg e [tut to o ! diter 00; 4 L of ;1 ,0 4 ? e r the " cieta lo • the ' 1 his P et,l e try tell 'ri.rier det al iO , MO. the le• li e ations,,sciis to their 13 , 0 0 obiee' r or ( c c , i s e —,tet , if, v s°' 6.. ...... ...... six " .............. ie ....... .11* °- 9 i s . ...... • . 05 , ..... DA Y-) , e Too-03s 1a " 13 6 g "0 a 4 o 3 5 /, • 4 5 1 1 4 5 ▪ 1 11/ 0 0 j o o 0 • t o it f ; ; 4 4 3 1 3 4 , 5 5 I 10 • (le a L ft° aile l [lt Marl' - - to find himself in a majority, although that majority was ' only eight. No one could forget the memorable declara tion made by Lord John Russell, on behalf of that Cabi- • net, that " although they must ever remember that they were the servants of the Crown, yet they could never forget that they were equally the representatives of the people." (Cheers.) A. Ministry professing such sentiments could not, he was sure, go far wrong ; and when so much was now attempted by their enemies to be insinuated in the way of depreciation, it was particularly incumbent upon all who desired to have the affairs of the country conducted by a /doming, instead of a Tory Ministry, to come forward and avow their sentiments.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then gave the following toast : " The Cause of Reform ; and may success crown the exertions of all the Reform Registration Committees throughout the Country." He did not consider the Corporation Reform Bill as a final measure—(Hear, hear) —though he believed • that the nation at large received it as a boon from the hands' of the Legislature ; and a boon it certainly was, for it had given them a voice in the election of their local govern ments. 'Whatever remained behind, for even thus much they were grateful, especially to those who would have done more for them, but for the controlling influence of ano ther House.--(Hear.) The toast was drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN then gave- 7 -m Ireland, and may the wrongs under which she has groaned for ages be redressed by a beneficent Government." The Irish must be relieved from the oppression of the present Church system in - that country. In his opinion, indeed, no man should be called upon to contribute towards the support of a Church which he considered heretical.—(Hear.) Sir WM. SOMERVILLE returned thanks. The loyalty of the heart was a thousand times worth all the loyalty which ' could be claimed by the dry abstract rights of the Constitu tion.—(Hear.) Much was talked about our " venerable institutions." Of venerable ruins, venerable men and wo men, and venerable nations he had heard, and could un derstand the term so applied ; but confeSsed he could not understand what was meant by " venerable" institu tions. At all events, our institutions could only be truly venerable in proportion to their•utility. It was not enough that an institution was ancient ; -that alone was no con vincing argument for its continuance ; it must be adapted to the necessities and exigencies of the present times. A Liberal Ministry was now at the helm of affairs, and he be lieved that the axe would shortly be hid to the root of those evils by which Ireland had so long been oversha dowed. The iniquities of the Orange Lodges had re cently been laid bare ; the people of England now knew what the Orange system meant. Would, he asked them, would the people of England tolerate the continuance of such a system of tyranny, injustice, and crime ?—(No. no.) Several other toasts and sentiments were given, and the company did not separate till a late hour. SPAIN. (From the Madrid Gazette.) DESPATCH OF - GENERAL CORDOVA TO THE MINISTER AT WAR, DATED HEAD-QUARTERS AT VITTORIA. aOth OF OCTO;H 183.5. Sir,-4 quitted Saivatierra on the 28th, on my return to this city, having previously ascertained that the enemy had obtained a reinforcement of five battalions during the night. I directed the second division, with the flying ar tillery, the wounded, and the convoy of provisions, to pro-' ceed by the high road, and the rest of the troops by the heights to the right. Every thing being arranged in the best possible order, I commenced the march at nine o'clock in the morning. Having advanced a short ,distanee, we perceived that the insurgent army had taken up its sition upon the height of Guevara, its centre being pro tected by the castle, and its wings extending to the towns placed bathe right and left in that direction ; their cavalry and some bodies of troops occupied the outpost on the plain, where our men had charged them on the previeus evening ; they had occupied two or three small villages on the same line, 'but on the other side of the river. To our left, and almost in front of Salvatierra,. we discovered sonie tents, as if belonging to one or two companies, a strong squadron of cavalry, and a body of staff. The enemy's intention might have been either to accept or offer battle upon the ground which lay between them and my route, or perhaps to induce me to attack the same posi tions from which 'I had driven them the evening before. As to the first supposition, they would have found me perfectly willing and even grateful for the opportunity ; with respect to the second, in pursuance of my system, that. is to say, my determination of avoiding the effusion of blood, but too dear to my country, unless to effeet some real benefit to the holy cause we have espouSed, I Zshould have avoided. The previous day had proved sufficiently flattering: to the pride of soldiers': having possessed ourselves of those ter rible positions, even that achievement was dictatedby a wish to secure our operations, frustrate those of the enemy, and and attack them on their march ; but the rebels have not as yet been able to understan;. that this war has outiived the worst period to which it owes all its extent and import ance, or to see the folly of our attacking them in their own chosen positions, without any object or likelihood of suc cess for our arms. Thus when I had arrived on a lint with their outposts, the whole of their advanced guard fell back upon the posi- . tions on the heights of Guevara ; so that the design of the new rebel chief to entrap me into an attack was not better executed than conceived, and it was even ridiculous on his part to entertain such a hope, for with a little consideration he ought to have supposed that in that ciue, instead of at tacking him at an inaccessible point, I would have' followed the line of the Cordilleras from Salvatierra, which leads to to that part the least difficult of access, and where, on the , previous day, we had charged them with our invincible bayonets, and 'driven them from their position. Having advanced in front of the centre of the enemy's forces, they thought proper to vary their position ; I de tached a few companies of Chasseurs, who about 12 o'clock commenced firing along with their guerillas. A company of mountain artillery took up a position with the brigade and fired off a few rounds, on which their cavalry fell back ; in fine, I provoked them to action on the ground • inter vening between their army and mine ; but the rebels were unreasonable, and seemed to prefer it at the • castle. Of course, I persevered in the plan of not complying with the wishes of my enemy. The brigade having established its position, continued to face the enemy, whilst the entire remaining portion of the army quietly pursued the high road to Vittoria. The first corps which arrived at the heights of Argomaniz took up a position with a flying bat tery,-for the purpose of protecting the march of the brigade and of the troops composing the rear-guard. Nothing less than the positive and well merited confidence which the valour and coolness of these troops inspired could have decided me to attempt one of the most brilliant and difficult operations of the war—namely, a regiment under taking a march with its rear-guard and flanks exposed to a regiment of the enemy—to such an enemy and on such a ground. The execution of this movement was such that I can only compare it to a dream. Tile rebels detached five bat talions of the reinforcement which arrived the evening before with Ituralde,and all his cavalry,in order to harass our rear guard and break our flanks ; but all our posts were in perfect order, and under my own immediate inspection ; the last of the detachments constantly commanded by that worthy and distinguished officer, General Marcellino Oraa , our cavalry charging, and protecting all those points menaced by the energy, and the latter being thus frustrated in every direc tion, our army continued its majestic march, the soldiers singing hymns of liberty to the terrific and uninterrupted' sound of the discharge of fire-arms, by means of which their brave companions kept at a respectful distance those fanatic; bands who presented themselves on our flanks and in our rear. Once only, and on being taunted by their infantry, the enemy's cavalry hazarded an attack on our arriving on level g round. At that instant the intelligent and bra ve Colonel J. Srcos, at the head of our cavalry, faced the enemy . , and merely detached half the Lancers of the Gharde who rushed forwards in the most impetuous man ner ; their antagonists fled in the most cowardly disorder, and took refuge in a wood occupied by their infantry, but not until, some of their men had fallen into our hands. From that moment the sharp shooters merely kept up a fire at a considerable distance. At the approach of night I was desirous of putting an end to any further obstructions by leaving three bdt talions in Elorriga ; the rest of their troops made their triumphant entry into Vittoria at seven in the evening in the highest spirits. The inhabitants testified their sa tisfaction at the great coolness and valour displayed by our men on this occasion. In this short and brilliant expedition, which has given rise to the general order, of which a copy is subjoined, the troops have given me cause for admiration greatly exceed ing the great things I always expected of them. All the trophies of the enemy are reduced to three soldiers of the regiment of Almanza, and a Chasseur of that of Alava, who were surprised on the first day in a house while pre paring their dinner. With regard to their loss, I cannot reckon it at less than 80 killed, and 400 wounded, besides 100, partly prisoners, and partly deserters, whom I have now in my power. This estimate is the most moderate which can be collected from the prisoners, the deserters, and' the people of the country. Froth the hospital of Salve ticrra there have been brought tome a number of our own prisoners, 60 of whom were sufficiently recovered to bear the fatigue of marching, together with a great quantity of fresh supplies which were found in that establishment. On this second day the duties of every one were as ho nourably fulfilled as by those who took part in the former. The cavalry, however, deserve my more special praise, and I cannot defer the well-deserved tribute which is due to General Don Marcellino Oraa, who remained at the ex treme rear-guard the whole day, to the brave and indefa tigable Colonel Don Pedro Regaled° -Elio, to the equally brave Don Fermin Saleedo, to Lieutenant-Colonel Don. _ Difcoun Juan La Carte, to Don Ventura Loygorri, to Don Mari ano Belesta, and to Captain. Don Fernando Malibr rs well as to all my - aides-de-camp, .who rivalled each other on all the points where there was the greatest danger, inclu ding Don Jose Maria Urbina, who, although outfoxing se yore y from his wound of the evening before, persisted in performing his duty zealously and bravely. From the want-of time and of circumstantial information s and the difficulty of naming individuals without doing injus, tice to others who have equally distinguished themselves, I find it impossible to satisfy all the well earned claims .on my attention. Their merited rewards I shall propose to her Majesty without delay, but with due attention to eco nomy, impartiality, and justice, concluding for the present with the assurance, for her Majesty's satisfaction, and for that of the national pride, that the army has recovered all the ardour, constancy, and decision whie'l have made our legions feared and celebrated in all ages.. In the mean time that the bulk of the enemy's forces aro concentrated around me, the bridge of Arminon has been re-established, and its fortifications are in progress, as are also those of Larrago. The bridge of Lofosa has also been protected and substantially fortified, and the bridscs of Arga have been blown up and destroyed. General I.:;per tero was able to reach Bilboa without accident, and will have returned to Vittoria to-morrow morning, with the bulk of the British legion and ofJaureguis brigade, all un der the orders of General Evans. To cover this move ment, and protect them on their arrival, I mean myself to set out at daybreak in the direction of Villareal and Ochan diano, and I believe that we shall have another encounter with the 'rebels, who will seize the opportunity of opposing an incorporation under the shelter of the extensive thickets of Ochandiano. FiMNCH PAPERS. (From the ..illessataer des Clanthres.) A letter of the sth instant, from Bayonne, says—" They write from Durango on the Ist, that the Anglo-Christino troops under the orders of General Evans, Espartero, El Pastor, and other commanders, quitted Bilboa on the 31st • ult. for Balmaceda, leaving in the town only about 1,800 men, including the Urbanos. Travellers who left Porta galette on the .2d confirm this statement, and add that, when they left, all the baggage, artillery, and hospital stores of the English were being embarked for Santander. It was asserted at Portugaletto that the Anglo-Christino columns had taken the direction towards Santander, by Balmaceds, with a view of gaining a point on the Ebro from which they might reach Vittoria, and join General Cordova, without falling in with the Carlists, whose movements, particularly since their departure froth Estella on the 16th ult., have all been made with a view to prevent this junction. A person worthy of credit who left Salinas, three leagues from Vittoria, on the day before yesterday, relates, that on the 01st Gen. Cordova marched out of Vittoria by one of the roads towards Bilboa on Villareal de Alava and Ochandiano, where he rested for the night, and returned to Bilboa on the Ist. This movement was made with the view of favouring the march of the columns from Bilboa to Balmaceda, by keeping in check the forces of Don Carlos under the orders of SaroP, which were within this circle. If the Anglo-Christinos from Bilboa effect their junction with General Cordova, he will have under his immediate orders about 25,000 men, and should a battle then ensue, it may produce serious Consequences." The Guarda Nacional, of Barcelona, of the Ist inst., affirms that the French Government, in consequence of re presentations by General Mina, has given orders to deliver up to the Spanish GOvernment all the arms of the Carlists that may take refuge on the French territory. These arms were before kept in depot. (From Galignani's Messenger, Afternoon Edition.) A letter, of the Gth instant from Bayonne, has the fol lowing :—" A few days-since, when a pretended victory of the Carlists, near Vittoria, was talked of, our Legitima tists thought it expedient to exaggerate the accounts, and the journals of a certain Ministerial tendency fell into the snare. Now that the advantage is known to have been on the side of the Queen, the Legitimatists affirm that not only has no victory been gained, but no battle has been fought. It is, however, certain that Cordova took posses sion of Salvatierra on the 27th. A private letter announces that he conducted to Vittoria 700 or 800 prisoners, with provisions, arms, &e. Assuredly this looks more like a triumphal entry than a rout. Letters from the frontiers state that the ringing of bells heard on the lines occupied by the Carlists, was occasioned by the arrival of the Infante Don Sebastian. Letters of the 31st ult., from Bilboa, speak in satisfactory terms of the enthusiasm which animates the troops of' the Queen, and the frank cordiality which exists between. them and the British Legion. Many Chris tinoa taken by the enemy have made their escape. and re tUrned to their ranks. General Espartero, who has recovered from his wounds, left Bilboa on the 19th with the Com mander, Count de Mirasol, for Balmaceda, where they found nine battalions, five of which belonged to the division of Cordova. He is stated to have advanced to Vittoria, where lie had a conference with Cordova. This last account, if . Confirmed, would be important, inasmuch as it would prove the union of the two Christino cores to he less difficult than was imagined. Espartero returned to Bilboa on the 27th, and on the 30th again quitted with 18 battalions, forming a force of 0,000 men. Tea of them are English. These are on their route to Santander. Espartero's object is to fort4y Salvatierra, and transport provisions and ammunition to Vittoria. The latter place is occupied by 20,000 infantry , 1,200 cavalry, and 18 field-pieces. The fortifications of Durango, Bermeo, mid other points of Biscay, arc to be restored. 'BF:boa is not in any. degree Invested. The in habitants go into the environs without molestation. The troops of the garrison are still numerous, notwithstanding the departure of Espartero and Evans. They have been augmented by the division of El Pastor, which is composed of the brigade of Guipuscoa, the Chapelgories, and 200 National Guards of St. Sebastian." (From the NafionaL) The great interest that the English Government has for some time taken in the affairs of Spain is to be in a great measure ascribed to the financial and commercial relations which exist between the London capitalists, the providers of- Birmingham, and M. Mcndizabal. But these are not the only motives which call for the protection extended by the Whig Ministers and the good offices of the English Press to the Ministers of Spain. Besides the consideration of loans and the hope of orders for supplies profitable to English trade. territorial cessions are spoken of, and the Balearic Islands, it is said, are to be given to England as security for some loan. This - group of islands is distant about 54 miles from the kingdom of Valencia. It includes Ivica, Majorca, Minorca, Formentera, and other smaller islands. Palma is the chief city of Majorca, and Port Mahon of Minorca. The former has a popclatinn of 31,000. It may be easily conceived that the possession of these islands must he a matter of importance to England, as they in some measure intercept the communications be tween France and her possessions -in Africa. We fully expect to find time London papers disclaiming all idea about this cession, as an insult to the patriotism of M. Mendi zabal, and to the good faith of the English alliance. But Lord Palmerston will probably take the opportunity of ca ptaining the indiscretion of which M. Saraiva, the former agent of Don Miguel in London, has just. been guilty, in communicating to the Journal de la Hayc a series of dis patches addressed by him to his Government, disclosing an attempt of the English Ministry in naturo precisely similar to the one above stated. In reference to the military investigatiort which has been proceeding for some time at Carlow, the Freemait's Journal says—the nature of the evidence and the character of the witnesses for the defence, satisfy our mind that the military acted with impropriety.. We see by our advertismg columns that " Gilbert Gurney" is really on the eve of its appearance. It is a novel not in the usual style of its author, but consists of a series of humorous adventures ; of which, if he have not himself borne a part, he ems at least had full cognizance. We conf.ss we thought the best of Mr. Hook's .stories was that of Snowdon, in his last work, tailed " Love and Pride." But we think we shall be obliged to.trassfer the superiority to the forthcoming work. O.SULLIVAN.—A portion - of the itinerant - Clert , ,y -um's flock have been wreckir.,,• ,- the house:i of the Catholiee, and 'committing all sorts of barbarities. The " Killyman Boys," cut a figure in the Maghera wrecking:, two or three years ago, when a whole village was,nearly destroyed by the loyal brethren belonging to Col. Ve'rner's Yeomanry Corps, and in the presence of the Gallant Colonel, who was-unable to restrain the violence of his soldiers, or to identify . any of the persons afterwards pat on trial for the wholesale out rages. Informations have been taken against nine or ten of the Reverend Mortimer's flock, two of whom are in custody, and the Lord Lieutenant has promptly offered a reifard for the apprehension and conviction of the miscreants concerned in these abominable and revolting outrages,--41.ibliii Even ing Post. THE SYSTEM.--A lialtinglass correspondent com plains of the want of public confidence •in the administra tion of the laws, engendered by the Orange Spirit. mani fested by parties whose duties require them to be - above Suspicion. He states that the recent Quarter Sessions were distinguished by the Orangeism of the Magistrates, the Assistant-Barrister, the Sherif, and, above all, by the ultra-Orangeism of the Jury! He det--:res'the attention of the Government to the fact, that one of ti:e Magistrates is a Grand Master of the Duke of Cumberland's corps for the alteration of the succession to the British throne. lle states, that when the two sons of the Rev, M T ,. Orogan put in their claims to register for the countY," the sulk:Sheriil stood forth as their advocate. Was thiS . d4eent"- , ;-was it even necessary, seeing that three rents itno.amAbyed to defend the interests of the dominant party,?, §jOy not. The Grogans, however, were defeated, iton'l. ground of insufficiency of stamp.—Dzibliri Pilot. • lb. 6wlo t i-311ziAta THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMTIER 12, 18: speeches they had heard from the .Noble Lerd (Russell) who had last addressed them, it was not his intention to trespass on their time for many moments. He should first of all thank them most sincerely for the manner in which his health had been proposed and received ; and in the se cond place, he should endeavour to express the gratification he had derived from the invitation he had received to time there that day—(Cheers)—upon an occasion which had given him the opportunity of witnessing a tribute justly paid by one of' the first and most opulent cities in the empire, to their Noble guest Lord John Russell—(Loud cheers) — who as a Minister and servant of the Crown, had always discharged his duty to the Crown in . the most prompt, fearless, and. bold manner.—(Great cheering.) The desire that he entertained to witness the payment of that tribute, had made him extremely anxious to be present on that occasion ; but his anxiety had been. ren dered tenfold greater, by the opportunity which it would afford him, individually, of expressing that which he had often expressed before, but which he now again reiterated, and which he never yet had felt regret at having expressed, and that was his unshaken confidence in the present Go vernment, of which the Noble Lord was so distinguished a Member, and his determination to support it to the best of his power and ability.—(Great cheering.) He knew it had been contended by many that the Members of the House of Lords, from the nature of that assembly, were not bound either to give an account of their votes, or to explain the motives which bad influenced their votes. He (Lord Segrave) disagreed from that doctrine.—(Cheers.) If the King held his crown for the benefit of his people, which in this country he undoubtedly did--(Cheers)—and if the King was responsible for his acts, which, through his Ministers, the King of this country undoubtedly was— (Cheers) —he (Lord Segrave) held it to be the greatest absurdity that could be uttered, to say that the House of Lords should assume to itself an irresponsibility not claimed by the first man in the realm.—(Great cheering.) There fore he had always been anxious—fearlessly anxious to meet the body of the people—to lay his public conduct before them, and to prove, that though be did not derive his legislative power immediately from them, yet that he considered it as a sacred deposit. to be used ;only for thepublic good.—(Cheering:) On his first entrance into pub lic life, he had invariably supported, both in and out of Par liament, that line of politics which 'had been termed the libe ral line ; and ever since the formation of the Administration of Earl Grey, and in the subsequent Administra:ion of Lord Melbourne—during the five years that he had sat in Parlia ment (and he had been a constant attendant in his place)— he had never differed on the principle of any one measure brought forward by those Administrations—(Cheers)—on one only had he differed from them upon the details of a particular measure. On that occasion he did not mean to say that he was right, for he was the last man in the world to claim to himself an infallibility of judgment ; but he thought he was right, ha believed he was right, and with such a conviction upon his mind, he did not hesitate to express his dissent.—(Cheers.) And now he would ask of every man who heard him—of every Liberal Reformer in the room- . —but most confidently of the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) near him, whether he (Lord J. Russell) did not think himself, and the Government to which he belonged, stronger in the support of those men who, after weighing scrupulously, and conscientiously examining, every measure to the best of their abilities, came to the conclusion that ,be and his colleagues were the fittest men in the kingdom to be entrusted with the reins of Government ?—(Cheers.) And he asked the Noble Lord with the greatest confidence, whether the rare and accidental circumstance of differing on some particulars points of detail was not more than counter balanced by the support which they usually afforded—a support beginning first in scrupulous examination, and end ing in the conviction that to him and his colleagues the confidence of the whole nation must justly be given ? (Cheers.) He knew very well that the attention of the whole kingdom, and of all men's minds, was now fixed with a great deal of attention and anxiety upon the future course of proceeding to be adopted in the House of Lords. —(He r, bear.) He knew perfectly well that the great majority of the nation looked to the Lords with anxiety for the support of those measures of reform which the spirit of the times, as well as the increased knowledge of the age, rendered absolutely necessary : while, at the same time, it was impossible to conceal from themselves that there was another body, not, perhaps, so numerically strong, who were equally anxious that the Lords should, with hereditary dignity—with stiff hereditary prejudice—stick to all here ditary and acknowledged abuses.—(Laughter and cheers.) These two parties were looking with great anxiety to the events of the next Session of Parliament. For his own part, he confessed he had very little doubt as to the result, because, although the obstacles and difficulties thrown in the vire of wholesome and necessary reforms, might for a time be numerous and great, still it was his firm belief that the House of Lords would ultimately sec the necessity of acting more in conformity with the general feeling of the country.—(Cheers.) With these observations, he begged leave to return thanks for the compliment which had been" paid him ; and, by the permission of the Chairman, to pro pose " Prosperity to the city of Bristol."—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed , " The health 4)f Lord Ebrington, and the Independent and Patriotic Majority of the House of Commons, which had re-instated the Reform Ministry:'—(Long-continued cheering) Lord EBILINGTON returned thanks, but in a tone of voice which was only occasionally audible to those who were any distance removed from him. It was with great difficulty that our reporter was enabled to gather up the following fragments of a speech, which occupied some time in the delivery. The Noble Lord commenced by stating that he was unable adequately to express his high sense of the honour conferred upon him. An honour conferred by such an assembly must necessarily be regarded As great and valuable ; but in this instance it was rendered in finitely more valuable to him, from the peculiar occasion upon which it was bestowed. He wished he could per suade himself that he was more deserving of all that had been so kindly said of him in far too flattering terms by their excellent Chairman—(No, no, and cheers) —but if there were any merit of having been an humble labourer in the great cause of which his Noble Friend (Lord J. Russell) had been so distinguished and successful an advocate—if there were any merit in having given to that Noble Lord a constant and zealous support ie those great measures of amelioration and improvement which, under his guidance, had happily been so far advanced—to that extent, certainly, he (Lord Ebrington) might lay claim to the encomiums which had been passed upon him. Beyond that, he felt that eulogy was undeserved. With respect to the peculiar occasion on which their Chairman had alluded to what he was pleased to call the valuable service which he (Lord Ebrington) had performed, he begged to observe, that upon that occasion it was only his good fortune to do that which would have been far bet ter and more ably done by numbers of those who did him the honour of voting with him ; and if he had any merit in the course be then took, it was simply this—that he be lieved a Parliament more freely chosen than any that had gone before it would , not turn its back on .the interests of the people, and that the people would not, upon such an occasion, turn their backs upon themselves, or upon the Ministers who had truly and honestly supported all the best interests of the kingdomej--(Cheers.) That was the sum total of all the merit due to him upon the occasion— (Cheers) —and if by the course he adopted he succee,ded in retaining the Liberal Administration in the situation to which they were so justly entitled, he felt himself more than amply repaid for any exertion he might have made.— (Cheers.) When he did himself the honour of accepting the invitation to dine with them. that day, he certainly did so under, tae expectation of deriving great gratification ; but he must say that his expectations had been very far ex-- ceeded by what Ito had witnessed in the course.of the day. —(Cheers.) He had heard, with an entire concurrence in the sentiments expressed in it, the able and eloquent address which had been presented to his Noble Friend. He had heard his Noble Friend's reply, and he had heard with no less satisfaction all that had been addressed to them in so masterly a manner by the Noble Lord (Segrave) who sat on the left of' the Chairman. He believed that that purtion of the House of Lords which clung to old and hereditary abuses constituted but a very small minority of that assem bly, and he felt satisfied, in common with the Noble Lord (Segrave), that they would not obstinately resist what they saw the people, from a sense of right, calmly determined to obtain.—(Cheers.) He thought that the conduCt of the Lords, with respect to the Corporation Reform Bill, af forded a proof that that spirit had already obtained a mongst them. He believed that they at first mistook what was the real drift of the measure—that they totally miscalculated the opinions and feelings of the people of England, and that it was in consequence of that error, in the first instance, that they were led into a strong opposition to it. But in the course of their discussion upon the subject they saw their error, and although they undoubtedly, in his opinion, ren dered the Bill less perfect than it was when it was carried up to them, still they returned it to the House of Commons unimpaired in all its main and principal provisions.—(hea r, hear.) if, upon other measures, they took a different and more erroneous course, it must be recollected that the opi nions of the House of Commons had been very much divided upon the subjects to which those measures related. Upon the subject of the Irish Church Bill, for instance, not only were the opinions of the House of Commons much di vided, but it appeared that very serious differences of opi nion existed amongst the people, not only of the country to which the measure was to be applied, but .even to Eng land itself. He sincerely hoped that as the Church of Ire land became better and more intimately known in this country, the prejudices which existed against its reform would pass away.—(Cheers.) But, unfortunate as he con sidered the course taken by the House of Lords in the last Session of Parliament, he still thought that, upon the sub ject of the Irish Church, there was a s ufficient difference of opinion amongst the people in this country to give them a reason to believe that the public mind was most fully made up upon it. He believed, therefore, that if the people of this country, without resorting to hostile threats,or agitating any of those great organic changes which, unless productive of certain and positive good, were always to be considered as fraught with some danger—if the people, ab staining from this, will take the opportunities which the Constitution affords of making their opinions known with respect to the House of Lords, he was convinced 'that thosuopinions, as soon as the Lords were satisfied that they expressed the general sense of the community, would not be regarded with indifference or apathy by that branch of the Legislature.—(Hear, hear.) He called upon those whom he addressed, therefore, to stand by the Constitution —not to have recourse to any great organic changes until they found that. the Constitution as it then stood no longer worked well—no longer tended to promote the happiness and prosperity of the kingdom.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed, " The Historian of Ire land—the Bard of Freedom—Thomas Moore." This toast 'was received with the most enthusiastic cheering. Mr. MoostE begged to express how very deeply he felt the honour paid him in coupling his name with that of Ire land ; and it would seem that the Chairman, in doing so, had known the nearest way to his heart, and learnt the chord which there vibrated most strongly and most con stantly.—(Cheers.) He himself had been one of the vic tims of that system in Ireland which his Noble Friend had so ably and so eloquently described—he himself was born one of that proscribed class, whose history would lay a brand upon the memory of their oppressors, and a brand upon the systeni which his Noble Friend bad so well pointed out.—(Cheers.) But he hardly knew whether he regretted that such had been his destiny, because he verily believed that.the being born a slave had given him a keener and sharper relish for the blessings of freedom—(Laughter and cheers) —and a more extended sympathy with all those, Whatever their - grade or colour, high or low, black or white, who were in any part of the world struggling, with even a glimmering of the value of that for which they sought, for those rights and privileges of civilized men, without which civilization itself could not exist.—(Cheers.) But, with all this value for freedom, he could understand and allow for those who, like a party in his own cou ntr y , viewed with alarm and distrust the great movement of tho popular mind which was now in progress. He could allow for that. So far, indeed, from being out of temper with • the opponents of his political views, he looked upon them but as assisting parties in the great principle of action and counter-action which was now going on, and out of which alone it seemed to be the general and prevailing opinion the country could look for a safe, well sifted, and satisfactory result. He would not compare the struggles of the two parties to the conflict between light and darkness,' out of which, 'as the pacts told them, the beautiful system of nature around them arose ; because upon his and their opponents he should be obliged to throw the disagreeable Part of darkness.—(Laughter and cheers.) Neither would he compare it to the clash of discord pur posely thrown into a strain of music, which but helped along the general flow, -acid by a sudden contrast of rude ness enhanced the sweetness of the general concord. He would not use that illustration, because in the same man ner to the Conservative 'performers in the concert-4) the Tory first :fiddles—(great laughter)—he should be obliged to attribute those occasional discords which were sometimes wont to interrupt the harmony of discussion and legislation. The Tories were ministering, without themselves being aware of it, to the ultimate triumph of rational freedom.—(Hear, hear.) -He seriously looked to the energies of the Tories as well as to their own—to the power of check as well as impulse—for the establishment of the due balance in our institutions : for the safe, and free, and well•working of the political machine, which was all that any of them, whatever their political opinions, could desire.' He was going to use another illustration, but that, too, • might he offensive ; and as that eminent divine, South, said of his own efforts in the pulpit, " in order to be pious it is not necessary to be dull," so he (Mr. Moore) must remember that " in order to be patriotic it is not .necessary to be uncivil." —(Laughter and cheers.) It was possible, as they had shown that night, to talk of the popular cause, without having their attention strongly directed to a certain high and privileged few, upon whom the eves of the whole community were at this moment rather inauspiciously fixed. Whatever might be the general opinion of the particular privileges and peculiar position of that 'body, no one would deny that, from the noble manner in which many had acted, they not only became but adorned their high station. Upon that point he conceived there could not be two opinions. He would venture •to state without taking the liberty of mentioning the name of the individual, the opinion of a distinguished American upon that' point--a Radical leader in his own country, who visited England some years ago. Adverting, in conversation with that gentleman, to an incident which had lately happened which proved, as he (Mr. Moore) thought, the political influence of rank and station in England, the American said, " Undoubtedly if there be anything that rank and station cannot do in Englend, I have not yet found it out ; but I will say for the distinguished class we have been speak ing of, that in taste, in intelligence, and in all the graces • of social life, I have observed that the higher one rises in society, the purer is the atmosphere." In concurring, as he (Mr. Moore) most cordially did, in that sentiment, lie expressed the pleasure it gave him at bearing such an Opi nion from one from whom he should have so little xpec te d it ; observing, at the same time, that if it had come from one who, like himself, had sprung up from a very humble level, it would be viewed with jealousy .and suspicion ; but that coming from - a stranger and a Republican, whose prejudices were all enlisted on the other side, the opinion must ne cessarily be regarded as trust-worthy and true. He (Mr. Moore) was well prepared of the sort of ridicule with which the sentiments he had expressed would be received. He could, indeed, almost anticipate the manner in which he should be described in taking the nobility under his protec tion ; something in the manner, he supposed, of the well known dandy, who, on receiving some slight from the heir apparent to the throne, threatened to cut the Prince and bring the King into fashion—(Laughter and cheers) —so it would be said that he (Mr. Moore) had cut the mobi lity, and was endeavouring to bring the nobility into fashion.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) But notwith standing the shining qualities of the distinguished. class of which he had been speaking—notwithstanding so many of them reflected far more lustre upon their station than any they could derive from it—and in illustration of that truth he need not go further than the noble Russell who was then sitting amongst them—(Great cheering)— whatever utility, as well as ornament, might exist in such an order in the Statenotwithstanding all that, if it should prove upon deliberate trial that the machinery of popular representation as newly constructed was likely to be re tarded or stopped in its free working by an irresponsible body, then he must say the question would arise whether there was anything so sacred in the legislation or institu-; tions of the past, as to entitle them to interfere with the pressing calls of the present, or the brightening prospects of the future ?—(Cheers.) Still .more he would say, that if from any vice inherent in the constitution, which he, for one, was not prepared to adMit, or from any fatal obstinacy of which a particular class were composed, it should ap pear that the privileges of the favoured few were incom patible with the just rights and privileges of the many, then would the serious question arise, what should be done with the encumbering branches, which, though beautiful in them selves, endangered: the vitality of the parent stem. At the conclusion of Mr. Moore's speech, which was very indistinctly heard, Lord John Russell and the rest of the distinguished gueStS retired ; and shortly afterwards the whole party broke up. • REFORM DINNER at CANTERBURY On Tuesday afternoon the Reformers of Canterbury gave a dinner to Lord Albert Conyngham, one of their Mem bers, at the Lion Inn. Considerable excitement pre vailed in the town, in consequence of the opposite party having got up a counter dinner to Mr. Lushington on the same clay. About 150. sat down. to dinner ; several gentlemen dined in another room, and joined the main company after dinner, and many were unable to procure any accommodation at all. Mr. Alderman Brent presided. After the cloth was removed, and the usual toasts were given, The CHAIRMAN proposed " The People, the only legi timate source of power." After which he said,.that on the last anniversary of this celebration, the present Ministry had, by a resort to one of those desperate measures which, if often resorted to, - would endanger the stability of the in .stitutions of the country, been abruptly removed from their offices, which they filled with so much credit to themselves and satisfaction to the country. They were succeeded by the late Ministry, the Would-be Reformers, amongst whom Sir Robert Peel' was most c onspicuoui. A Ministry so ini mical to the interests of the people was, however, too much for the people to bear. The Reformers were roused. Not withstanding the ternpOrary advantages' which, in some places, the superior preparation of the Tories gave to them, the Liberal - party succeeded in returning a majority of re presentatives determined to support the true interests of the people ; and it was to the votes of those representatives that he now owed the gratification of being enabled to propose to them, " The health of his Majesty's Ministers."—(Drank with the greatest enthusiasm.) Mr. FLI N T proposed " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World," in connexion with which he begged to give " The health of the Duke of Sussex, the tried eham pion of both;'—(Drank with three times three.) The CitantmAN. then gave, " The health of their much respected Member and guest, Lord Albert Conyngham." Lord A. CONYNGHAM rose to return thanks. Although connected by marriage with the' late Speaker, he was proud. .to say that he voted against his re-election, and was happy. liars know •thele of - an- uncontra&cted falsehood even for a day. What, then, must be the value of a lie unan swered for a week? Accordingly, the liars, upon pious Protestant principles, made their subordinate hireling liar, the Jew, reserve his base falsehood till -Mr. O'Connell was far off in Derrynane, and then they had the space of a week to make use of, and trade upon, the mendacity of Raphael. " CARLOW, Nov. 3, 1835. " MY DEAR O'CoNsEt.,—Having seen in one of the Dublin papers of yesterday a letter from Mr. Raphael of London, in which he refers to certain transactions relating to his late election for this county and the subsequent petition, I do not delay a moment in stating that the insinuations conveyed against you in that gentleman's letter respecting pecuniary matters, are perfectly unfounded. I make use of the word insinuations, for I see no direct charge ; nor indeed can I by any means divine the object of the publication. The whole of the sum handed to you by Mr. Raphael to cover the expenses of the contest in which he was returned for this county, was transmitted by you to the county through me, to the uttermost fraction. The greater portion of the money being in tended to defray expenses incurred in this country was neces sarily remitted by bills on Dublin. " If it were not superfluous for me to bear testimony t. 3 the, people of Ireland in any proceedings in which your honour is involved, I would add, that in all the transactions between Mr. Raphael and this county, in which you acted as the mutual friend of both parties, and to all of which I believe I was privy, your conduct was most upright, and honourable. " Believe me ever yours, " To Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P." “ N. A. VIGORS. DUBLIN.-TUESDAY. IRISE ASSISTANT BARRISTERS. It is said another chairmanship has become vacant by the promotion of Mr. Macair of Wexford, to, the Chief Justiceship of Prince Edward's Island. No doubt the place will be filled up with the same attention to the in terest of the community that have marked all the other appointments of the present Government. The nomi nation of Mr. Gibson, not Hudson as I supposed, to the county of Waterford, has given very general satisfac tion. He is a Northern, an inhabitant- I believe of Bel fast ; he is, though not a Roman Catholic, a steady friend of the popular cause. I understand, also, that it has been determined on removing such assistant Barristers as pre side in counties on their own circuits to different places ; indcei, a general move of these functionaries would do the State some service, for many of the old school being Tories, and having a natural bias in favour of their party, stand in the way of the electors on the popular side, who claim the franchise in their Courts. The Regi.ttry Bill, introduced by the Irish Attorney-General.. last Session, would do much to cure this evil ; but their Lordships could not allow even this trilling measure of justice to pass their House. In a little time, and with an Administration such as we have on this side the Channel, we will not have to thank the Peers for some reform in the. Registering department. LAW APPOINTMENTS. (From the Dublin Mercantile Advertiser.) We were enabled, on Monday last, to announce the ap pointment of Mr. Fogarty to one of the vacant Chairman ships. The facts has since been stated by our Contempo raries, some of whom, however, have been premature re garding the individual - selected to fill the Second Chair manship. The naives of two gentlemen have been men tioned for this office, neither of whom has been appointed. Mr. Pigott was offered, but, on account of - the extent of his professional business, declined the appointment. Mr. John Gibson, of the Munster Bar, yesterday received an official notification of his nomination to a Chairmanship ; but no particular county has been fixed upon with regard either to that gentleman or Mr. Fogarty, a fact which ren ders it not improbable that there will be something like a general move against the Assistant Barristers. Mr. Bur rowes, the venerable and excellent senior Commissioner of the Insel - :ent Debtors' Court, is now on circuit. The state ment regarding .his retirement is, therefore, premature. The unWillingness of Mr. BUrrowes to resign the station which he has so ably and so impartially filled since the for mation of the (ourt over which he presides, is attributable to a laudable reluctance on his part to receive the money of the public so long as his health would permit him to dis charge the arduous duties- of his Office ; but, as far as we can learn, it is not unlikely'that, on his return from cir cuit, Mr. Burrowes will retire full of years and honour, and that he will have a fit successor in a distinguished mem- - her of the bar, and a man every way qualified to fill the office, Mr. William Henry Curran. The promotion of Mr. Curran would necessarily produce a vacancy in the Chairmanship of Galway. ASSISTANT BARRISTERS. (From the Dublin Evening Post,) Mr. John Gibson has been appointed to one of the va cancies. We understand, it is the intention of Government to make a general change in most of the counties. Of the particular nature or the alteration, we do not pretend to be entirely ignorant ; but as the final determination, though adopted, we believe, is not yet prepared for circulation, we shall content ourselves with stating, that no Assistant- Barrister practising in the county, can he longer continued as Chairman. We are aware that this rule had been pre viously laid down and acted upon in some cases. But it was not. general. No exception will hereafter be allowed. We believe it is even in contemplation to withdraw the Assistant-Barristers from their Circuits—that - is to say, that no Barrister shall be a Chairman of a county in the Circuit in which he practices. Thus, for example, Mr. Freeman will be :withdrawn from Kerry, Mr. Robinson from CarloW, &c. This determination, on the part of the Irish. Government, will, we knew, produce a prodigious sensation. But the principle is one which the public will recognise as excellent. It will be another step to render this important body still more valuable to the country than they are at present. DINNER TO LORD JOHN RUSSEL'. AT BRISTOL. (Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers." This toast was bailed with rapturous applause. The cheering lasted for many minutes. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose to return thanks. He had again to express his gratitude for the honour done to him and his colleagues. He had the satisfaction of being joined with Lord Melbourne in the conduct of public af fairs.—(Hear, hear.) He said he had the satisfaction, because he was quite sure, from his personal and private and intimate knowledge of the Noble Lord, that there never was a man more determined to carry into effect useful Reform in despite alike of any opposition or of any difficulties or ob stacles that might be attempted to be thrown in his way. —(Loud cheers.) Of that fact, indeed, he thought they 'had a convincing proof in the conduct pursued by his No ble friend when in the House of Lords he was urging those provisions of the Municipal Corporations Be.form Bill wilch had been carried by large majorities in the House of Commons, but upon which the Government was left in small minorities in the House of,Lords. But no one could discover from Lord Melbourne's conduct on' that occasion, either that his equanimity was in any degree disturbed, or that his conviction of the correctness of the principles involved in those provisions was in any respect changed. Lord Mel bourne and many of his colleagues, having been likewise the colleagues of Earl Grey, when that illustrious Noble man brought forward the Parliamentary Reform Bill, had identified themselves with the principles which, in the,Cor porations .Reform Bill of the last Session, were obnoious to the majority of the House of Lords---(Cheers)--and if he (Lord John Russell) ventured to say that there ought to be any preference of the present Ministry over those who, in the course of the last winter, were placed at the helm of the State, it was because he confessed himself of opinion, that if measures of Reform were held to be desira ble, those who adopted such measures frankly and freely, and after a long and steadfast conviction of their necessity, were the most likely to carry them into effect.—(Cheers.) It was said that those who came into power last year, if left to themselves, would carry all necessary reforms. He confessed he should like to know how.—(Laughter and cheers.) If they were sincere in the course they had for merly pursued, it would be difficult to consider them more sincere than consistent, when they came forward in the character of Reformers.—(Cheers.) If they said that the measures of reform of which they spoke, and of which they asserted they were prepared to become the advocates, were necessarily to the result of the carrying of the Reform Bill, then, they must have originally opposed the Reform Bill, because they saw that such measures would become neces sary.—(Cheers.) In that case, the opponents of the Re form Bill attaining to power, and proposing the very mea sures which they had foreseen and deprecated, would, in fact, be placed in the situation of recommending to the Adoption of the Legislature that which in their secret hearts they could only be regarding as so many evils.—(Cheers.) Were these the men in wose hands the carrying out of further measures of improvement in our institutions could be safely intrusted?—(Cries of " No, no.") He thought he might venture to say this of Lord Melbourne and his colleagues, without taking credit for superior wisdom or ca pacity, that with regard to measures of Reform they had the advantage of men who worked willingly ovei• those who . worked only under restraint.--(Cheers.) After some further observations, which were totally inaudible in that part of the room. where our reporter sat, the No'ble Lord' concluded by stating that Lord Melbourne and his colleagues, considered they were strengthening and aiding the preroga tive of the Crown, when they proposed measures which were to extend the liberty and promote the welfare of the people. —(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The health of Lo d Segrave."--(Great cheering.) Lord SEGRAVE said that after the very able and eloquent - - C _ _ -- ~~•_ti \_ / -=-~~ it ! 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