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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1835. ,~.... r T he BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. Called riAnse aarfttiecrle, Shall we overturn the Peers ?" is Christopher North's usual fashion. tera d ,, id as the old gentlern - sa may be, and. indeed ge t. II Y is, on literary matters, no sooner does he mount iZstPelitical hoblw-horse, than he is all distrust, so that t ry, and ptcjudice. Why does he take for granted ( ~r ei_ n e Reforme rs are a ll panti n g for an opportunity to oot rt 'maw the Upper House of Legislature ? Facts do awarat:arraot this sweeping assertion. It is purely on Kit's part. So far front desring to do i o 1 , w ith the Peers, and vest all legislative authority oh, ‘a Commons, the Reformers, even the most ultra ha ve st , always strenuously protested against any 4111 folly b e i ng i mpute d to Them; they feel, and have tho usand times given expression to their feelings on thi s s ubject, that a second chamber is indispensable to of Government. At the same time, ,Z wey er, they are equally desirous that that second um ber should be so constituted, as to further, rather :than retard, the progress of rational improvement ; and lio e . refore is it that they are so anxious to accelerate — t . ," overthrow, as Blackwood implies—but a reform, Rouse of Peers. Till this be accomplished, vain pro t i be all attempts to work out satisfactorily the great b ... ul em of Reform ; so the sooner it is set about, the fr ' e tt er, even for the Lords themselves, who will then be seed from that weight of public odium which at pre m"_t attaches to them, and be restored to their proper p la ce in the ~ .espect and affections of the community. It tir ee laely because we are Conservatives that we hold or l anguage, for we deny that those are so, who, in de, ' , O preserve the unjust privileges of an oligarchy) kti tl 'd peril the peace of tivo kingdom, and even the hrt ° . lia rchy itself. With the remarks at the close of the t h i . el e , we wholly coincide. Let the Peers originate in "vn House useful measures of Reform ; we shall fir 7 the ph enomenon w i t h transpor t, and he the to rank ourselves among their Lordships' most ~t t h reP 'uous supporters. " Strong's Sonnets" is a eery so-so and in parts, eloquent, notice of a so-so series of poems. The observations on the proper nature and structure of the sonnet—that smiling Itli eksand on w hi c h so many fine wits have been Iv reck ed—show that the writer has evidently stud ied the tilsject with attention. In the tale, " Myself a nd Arran," we have the materials for a broad farce It 'two acts. The sketch of Dr. Flop, though extra is irresistibly ludicrous. " Naples under the uthons an&Bonaparte" is a prosy affair, the lead 'g circumstances of which have been narrated in print t le ast a dozen times. " William Pitt" is a continua l"' of a series of political papers, whose main features fl ee uncommon assurance, and great powers of high , ew il abuse. The writer has made the discovery that wilitt was not to be corrumed by personal ambition T." . as ever assumption equal to this ? The " Trans :tens from the Greek Anthology" are, many of them, ti e , beautifully and feelingly rendered, particularly t i l e one front Meleager to Zenophyle playing o n e lute, "'Eight days in the Abruzzi " i s remark able for its flat con t ra dictions to the very general ru mour ---for years past—that these mountains are so steel v:ith brigands, that it is dangerous to trave th t ouch them. The writer assures us that there is w et s the slightest cause for apprehension, for that he alidered among their most savage and secluded defiles, tt 4 11 hours, alone and unarmed. The descriptive parts of this sketch are admirable. We take for granted 'hat it is the production of some young landscape :Painter, of a Salvator Rosa turn of genius. Among 14 ther i nterest i ng anec d otes , lie tells us of a cook whom .1i e Met with, at a little way-side inn among the '‘bruzzi, w h o h a d all Sir Walter Scott's novels by heart, which he had read and re-read a dozen times at lea st, in translation. 'We subjoin a specimen of the a uthor s - descriptive powers : m " The p icture was the blue, smooth lake —a picture six -teirty miles in circumference ; the chasing in which it was .I t , -w as plain, and wood, and icy mountains. It was abut mid the sun was high and bright, the sky deep . and cloud ; and the landscape, which melted into the light, was a i i r Pageant, which nature had adorned with her richest inlig -11--toe. Round and round soared vast rock y mountains, : „ „ -e le of th e loftiest of the Apennines ; the never - melting --„„"° ;vs crowned their kingly heads, forests wrapped their feet , thef t hum an d we lli ngs sl u mbered white and peaceful beneath shadow. The outlines of the scenery were varied as well as wild• We stood a good way above the level of the Water, 2 4 the side of a flattish, moory range of hills, the only incon 4,derable heights about the ; and about halt a mile be 'ath us, b e yond a sandy plain, the inland sea rippled against °ts shore. To the left rose a very fine and lofty mountain, ' ste ep and bare, with two conical summits, and snow lying in e"e gullet's far down its face. This was the Mount Velino ; 1 " 4 on a rugged bill, among its roots, a tuft of cypresses mar ked the site of the ancient prison-town of Alba. At the foo t of the mountain, a beautiful wooded plain, verdant like 'I4 orch ar d , came forward to meet the lake ; and through the • bo wers twinkled the roofs, church-towers, and castle of ikvez lj,it lak e . W the gahen th rden-e eye moved thence, plain between hill stilland w alonater appeareug the brink , o to f ~ , t e ° t rew ; white dwellings shone among the trees, a huge mis lined rock strode down like a promontory from the great m ountain-chain nearly to the a.lid beneath it stood the n orth of C e lano, the largest on the lake. Round this left, or 'rth side of the lake, as far as Elie sight could distinguish, ran a girdl e of woods, gemmed with habitations ; and over the To ok l_ of Celano were piled prolonged mountain-ridges , line . ehind line, a perspective along leagues of snows, the border o f , an inaccessible icy wilderness. On the right side of the l ake the h e i g ht s were l ess rem ar kable ; some headlands dipped tight down into the water, and gloomy pine woods darkened • t he northe rn s ide s o f th e loping hills. Directly in front, be 'o the eas t side of th e l a k e , the view was hounded by a I3 g, distaxit mountain range, the celebrated Majella, which, seen from so remo t e a po i nt , p rese nted a more gradual eleva ) `too than the other mountains : fields of snow clothed it wide and deep, and from its flat head two immense black rocks pro tebe rn ain eted o i u n n t t oth . e sky, the temples where old devotion worshipped sp'sits, or the castles in which the genii might aye dwelt," tpe't.'• E . my IZ.- -- " your mig ;2, or your tions, ;posed posed, , lg toe ne the is, who Post, p v per„ Ld anyiyon ngUage 1. Fair xitorous nd con- 'airman, fabrica yo:i. had by his publis'' Le would did not o witness was pre" idresszng then, mY Sze., Ste. t ::eused a viz. the a Colonel t, when 1 Is himself, he Royal he traitor. the recital. J. •f Nkshire. DAY•) o f appoint the ensuing :11.,:y met ill and. said-- e sitting . uP y suggestton of the Court, the notice xle their alc dness of their ayor, Justices and Aldersalli Gurney, the on e Arraivs to -The Session 9 4, c. 14, Jan' us t [lily 4, Aug , re Judges Y tbeCourt e nd' the C 04 ,0 ,n, Ind on in th eir resPev la be .enforced s , anti o3 c l wet th® PY DAY.) ectivefte tolersl94 e turn, her am, terms wet *einefresll a era te 50V,11Y ,plef .s of fine . Vheat of : e it e vet ovement vk-P ia rtef ned ls. per' 1.,01 els have maint, ;00d al command i h er , and nearlY brisk demand, _,,01 Oats here is r - t , k y there has beeoll y have been oe lew) .......... old) ............ 1, iew) ........... g y Ad) ..........• 11. (new) .......... ~ (old) ......... ...... ...... ..... . of 2" . ;40*: ..... A . * ...... . 4 . 244• - "46 ....... ..... ;;;S WY ' tO . ...... ........... ri `p I F; ?r, I z. AY .......... . Jew ........ ............... New ...... ..16;. • 1 , , :!r sack) .. ........ Couutry G Q TS • ` i 1 fir%' 42 - 53 I .2'2 5 ill 1# 415 - 9$ t,:O 6, THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-row. rhe several articles in the present Number of the `` 'Old Monthly" cannot be complained of as too long, 'and they are certainly sufficiently varied 'to suit the 'taste of the most fastidious ; yet we cannot say that t his periodical improves, as we had hopes it would, under its present management. The conductors must secur e a class of contributors very different from the hulk of those whose literary efforts they now patronize, if they would ensure for their labours that reception by the public to which they are, on their own account, fairly entitled. Some of the papers are good, a few very good ; but, taken altogether, they want humour and elasticity, and occasionally force ; while in origi zality of ideas they are not a whit more inviting than Roebuck's pamphlets. The " Editor's Letter-box"--which by the way purports to be an article liable to inscription anion? ) . the papers of the month—does not altogether ple;l 6e b s• The idea is a good one, and not the wo , - .se for its , ant of originality ; hut, nevertheless. , 'e en. • fr • ' n inF 'enough hag nut .... o . s r e ; 1 ... .‘ made of it. extracts from works of so Why, - ~..anee, 4iv€ l . iMertion to rola ...." 5 6 4 t 'l' ' on, i u n ,iddli a. .... .., 1 1 / t' ' recent tract '..tttla liktifty pretension as a ___. . rne ..... .„.• 0 4 . .. on ColorL za ti tya , ........„ VI . .........., r t , Which contains t 4 'rra 0.- ment headed " Literary Wives," which would never b :, large ............. ~,,, ~, I. „au .....• 0. Wrier" 1 ')C, 47 h ave i been heard of had no notice been taken of it ? ----- ...Oct -00 Ali t Aw , 01 1. ',,claY t th ° , P . 4,''. ' Such carelessness as this is apt to provoke unmerited rtners -t br O , a ' c loili•g o t 1 9 6 1% 'i t ' - ten 5 scere is l ittle i o 1 0 ,6 , j q —SUIT. When Magazines betake themselves to b m ore 1 1 ::::: o ; '0 , / 01 10 1 e il , r, '''' ::: inie:_keil:g extracts from works, whose merited obscurity re wis c oot' te ° r oom for the indulgence of hopes that plagiarisms g a it P e don Fl a lp 4,, , , . - fl:o4:_them vrill not be detected, readers of taste are apt to turn a• o,'' , " ~,,w.. ......- with more vexation than becomes persons . ~... 33 , 4 !' .. AI• _ .... _ / 411 terpreted, we shall regret a misunderstanding for which we are net prepared. The " Editor's Postcript" and the " Principle of Loyalty" are well conceived; but we should like them better if the language were less rhetorical, and if more pains were taken to give expression to the writer's pre cise and fixed l'irgs on the several political questions of which he treats. We look for something tangible in political essays ; albeit, the contrary is so general among professors of the seience of government, that we could point out several who have obtained distinc tion for pamphlets and addresses in which we have looVied in vain for the expression of a definite opinion. It is doing nothing to tell us that " fortitude is the practicable attribute of the Premier ;" it is doing still less to give a definition of " fortitude," and the various ways in which the term is applied : we want proofs, not definitions ; facts, not assertions. In fact, such a form of conveying public instruction is, in our humble Opinion,. extremely ill chosen. For our own part, we candidly confess that vte do not• understand what is meant by " idiot-like ambition running riot with true patriotism," and " pretermined madness strutting upon the political stage of the world with all the impotence of legalized defection !" as applied to current events. No doubt the Editor means something superlatively fine; but, unfortunately for us, we are among the dull of comprehension. " Reform your Universities " is a very sensible article on a subject worn nearly threadbare. The writer tells us nothing new, but we concede him the merit of putting what has been already before the public in an inviting, and altogether, a very satisfac tory form. In the correctness of his opinions we cor dially concur ; and we have hopes that, in a very short time, the Legislature will take measures for remedying one of the most degrading grievances of the Dissenters. " Patriotic Songs of Spain" would please us better if it were longer. The vet ses arc full of fire—of that unextinguishable patriotic fire, which glows brightest in bosoms which in infancy have been taught to glow with a martial ardour, borrowed from the memory of chivalrous ancestors. In this sentiment principally consists the riches of old countries over new—riches of immense value when glory is to be gained in the battle-field. "Between Decks," " On Bores," "The Serenader," " The Omnibus," and' Tom Moore at Baunow," are all articles of a class too common to entitle them to any especial notice. Thousands as good are written and forgotten every week in the year ; and we should say the best of them are such as never appear in print. " The Poems of Shakspeare," " An Essay on the Moral Effects of Fiction," " A Day at Cowper's Tomb," " Mr. Public Instructor Roebuck," and " Notes from the Diary of a Sub-Editor," though greatly differing from each other, are, nevertheless, ar ticles of considerable merit. But even in them we find nothing remarkably striking, with the exception of one remark on the article on Shakspeare. As we have been so severe on the " Old Monthly" for November, perhaps the editor will excuse us if, by way of reparation, we offer him what censors are least sparing of—namely, our best advice with regard to all forthcoming Numbers. Now, albeit we are not fond of long articles, yet we hold that vety short ones are, in general, neither entertaining nor instructive, and therefore we arc for papers of a moderate length—say from four to ten, or even fifteen pages—always provid ing the subject be interesting, and the manner of treat ing it be well chosen. Mere paragraphs are to be met with everywhere ; and though we sometimes hear of silks of so fine a texture that a lady's dress might be enclosed in a nutshell, yet would it be impossible to compress a cargo of serviceable linen into the same compass. Variety is as requisite in the length of Ma• gazine articles as in the subjects of them. Again, no maximum should be fixed in the price of literary con tributions, and nothing should find its way into a Monthly Periodical, merely because it may be had gratis, or because the writer happens to have some influence, literary or political. Every thing should be punctually paid for—the least valuable contributions according to the ordinary price, and those of especial merit at a rate sufficient to insure the assistance of the writers. It may be regarded as an axiom in literature, that what is had for nothing, is in nine cases out of ten worth nothing. We make these observations in utter ignorance of the internal nianAgt , Meilt of the " Monthly," and we trust Choy will be received in the spirit in which they are offered. TAir S MAGAZINE. Simpkin and Marshall, London. This is a very varied and readable Number, and would richly deserve a favourable notice, were it only for the essay on " Church Establishments," which is full of point and argument ; and is, moreover, quite h con more production, at least we judge 0, lYom the spirited style which it is penned. In the amount of its practical informatioo, it is superior to anything we lase read on the subject, even in the paget t Oat Edinburgh Review. W e extract the 'opening .para graph, as a specimen of the ttuthoe4 mode of treating the subject K1.0.ut0,...-and yet we have many a great blessing i— heroilitary Peers are the first in the seentid 'class., they *eve always distinguished; but since the C,'orernonV linse Was reformed, the Lords are twice Messed. That', liave done Vet the Church; and they hare, With aiAnterste`a for themselves. Talk of the journals era 'the Y.. , ther scribes and talkers against the hereditary kiioeors I —they arc but t 4 heralds and trumpets to the tell;'- of the Peerage: Reform was propose47-.llity would not concede Itelloritt fe the Commons this they laid the train let their V:vii hez form. They blustered 1 - flightily against it eteii% iltl rowed, and vowed :—sis.ty or a handl' sve* threatened, then the o; - ,,,osition Lards 4 , ..Akaoa, Church Reform passed the Commons,, rat attellent ; and it ;, a s res i s ted, as were '.calf a seem to of the last sess:, n , issuing conWettutielly from parliamentary Reform, isy such rotet'Veangt, the Lords tbroUght they were conservative; 4,o l 6ottuly they IraYe',4een affording proofs of high eritlVe% anti misdemeanours =the feit, their own eotistitntibtal existence. Mnk is 'WV! Versatile in respect to custiaffit ot all kinds; :Yelt It! Those regarding go ' vernment he is fixed Ws ijikei' , Ateon of the revolving wheel: --hence, the'endttragr t 7 hereditary pressi.tm is tiNtiikt. Profession 1 4islators. The ex s. 'oy inheritance have long been d.screclit.: it was the practice in many countries l---in Egypt, in tit?: East, &c., it continues. In England, we have escaped that curse among our tradesmen' and manufacturers; but it flourishes among our Peers, tvho t in right of their heirship, pass laws—or obstruct their pining. What Bishop Heber says of castes, is partieutaii,Y fitting to the present conduct of our lordly legisiativ th'ste—‘ The system of castes, a system which tends Incort: than anything else the devil has yet invented, to o.zstroy the feelings of general benevolence, and to make nine-tenths of mankind the hopeless slaves of the re ril."..inder.' A hereditary king is sufficiently humiliating ; and this practice is only supported because it is insisted that the ignorance of the people is so great, the nonsense so infuriate, and tht anbitkm of ‘• e of partis;;„, Uldr ea, overwhelming, that it is bet tb r t o res by blind chance, than • to tome person provided pular apprehens;- noose the best according to the po clstl so lilindand -.LI of the best. But this peaca-Sake compro mi‘ ise, , those who use it, cannot have credit in favour of ....reditary legislators. A senate, or Second Chamber, or whatever such part of the legislative machinery may be called, admits no such fearful consequences as those adverted to in respect to royalty. In fact, there is no reason, except the drudgery of custom, to authorize such a solecism. In ancient. times, the great lords were immense proprietors of land : now many of them have become State paupers, and most of theta look eta the Sizte 'to provide places for their children and relations. Some never 'had: any land : arid it is among the growing absurdifiei . OfhiS hereditary House, that, while corn ' monera must'baVe a property qualification to be entitled to be elected to tlip Commons' How of Parliament by their fellow citizens, and to legislate —any. man, by being a primogeniture rionr "Itirrint - 6fo L o nn the! the amazing difficulties that a man; has even to pass such a trifle as a Turnpike Act ; and will convince even the most enthusiastic admirer of Parliamentary usages, that there " is something rotten in the state of Denmark " as respects the present method of dealing with private Bills. The article is a - valuable, well timed exposl!. " Abdy's Residence and Tour in the United States," is one of those well-digested notices of new publications which are so frequently met with in this periodical ; where the Reviewer does not, as is too often the case, show off his own sagacity at the expense of the subject of his criticism ; but places his merits and demerits fully and fairly before our eyes. The extracts arc remarkably well selected, and just of a fitting length. The " Great Christian Republic" is an intelligent essay, whose title sufficiently explains its nature, from the pen of William Howitt. Passages of it display much of that impassioned eloquence, which gained such general popularity for .the ." History of Priestcraft." In the criticism on " Robert Nichols's Poems," ample justice is done to the merits, apparently, of a rising young Scottish poet. We have read a few of the extracts, and they seem to possess much merit, though to our unpractised Southern ears, the broad Doric dialect of the Lowlands is anything but melo dious. We can tolerate it in Burns and Scott, and in the " Noctes" of Blackwood,. but elsewher; it is abo minable. The " Confidential Correspondence between Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst" is a pointless at tempt at the facetious in verse. FBA SER' S MAGAZINE. Fraser, Regent-strect. By far the most amusing article in this Number, is one furnished by Nimrod, the same gentleman, if we mistake not, who contributed, a few years since, two admirable papers to the " Quarterly Revie'v," on the subject of the " Turf," and " Fox-hunting." He here gives us the substance of his post-prandial reminiscen ces, under the title " Bacchanalia Memorabilia," and very memorable they are, such as once read are not speedily forgotten. The Paper is purely anecdotical, and contains some whimsical details of the bibulous zellievements of the old Welch Squirearchy. The following passing notice of two hard-drinking Welch parsons may perhaps amuse our readers. We have few such in " these degenerate days." " He was the friend and companion of the younger days of my father, who, by the by, lived to see four generations of his name, all issuing from one parent stock ' • and they exchanged dinner-visits about twice a - year during the latter years of their lives. But some foresight was requisite on these occasions. Previously to fixing upon a day with " the doctor," two or three hard-headed neighbours were to be secured to meet him, as my father could not half sit him out. Again, it was awful to see him put into his carriage at night, to go home,—for he WAS twenty stone, plumb weight. Both doors were thrown open ; and, by the coachman meeting him in front, and the footman in the rear, he was, from practice, rather scientifically hoisted in. " Not more than twenty miles apart, but among the moun tains, lived another rector, of similar calibre, who also drank his wine by measure. Being one by on a visit to a neigh bouring squire, when a very small glass was set before him after dinner, he pulled the servant by his skirts, and thus ex postulated with him : ' What is this glass for ? Does your master wish to keep me here all night ?' The celebrated John Warde, of fox-hunting fame, rather improved upon this. On a very diminutive glass being set before him, he also halloaed the footman back, and, placing it on his stomach—one of very considerable dimensions, as all the world knows—asked him if he thought they were any thing like a match?' But the Welch rector was as famous for eatinr , as he was staunch to the bottle. This preaching thirty-five minutes,' said he at dinner one Sunday to his curate, will never do : here's a fine goose roasted to a rag, and not a drop of gravy in it.' " Your readers will bear in mind that I am alluding to times long since gone by ; and although I have not been lately amongst them, there cannot be a doubt but that the Welch clergyman has matched with ' the march,' and . . that such a rector as this, such a diamond in the rough—for he was a good man, good to the poor, good, in short, to every one but himself—is likely to become a black swan. Could any one believe, however, that, since the days of Squire Western, such a scene as the following could have taken place at a gen tleman's table, but which actually did take place at his? • A stranger at his board asked his curate to take a glass of wine with hint, and the invitation was accepted. But on the order bein[F given to the butler to fulfil the contract, the rector sang out, in an audible voice, Wine I give him (the curate) ale.'" The " Gallery of Literary Characters" contains, this month, a portrait of the Earl of Mulgrave, author of a passible novel, entitled " Matilda." The slight memoir attached to it is remarkable for nothing but its Billinsgate personality. The " Greek Pastoral Poets" contains some able enough translations, from Dion and Moschus ; though the learning contained in the article is scarcely more than might be supplied by any fifth-form boy dt Eton or Westminster. The " Cognate Cities" is well written) both tts respects mattok allrl 1416.111 - tor. It is, however, too long. " Re collections of Sir Walter Scott" give some interesting details of the youthful Clays of this fifst of Modern • t • • to , well authors, .3e rem :scot, kvas Oa .y ac qtlailiteki With Scott, who appears to have left an inde lible impression on Isis mind. The anecdotes, one and all, tell highly in ttiVottt o lit bOnhontnue, and mauly frankness o' character. " National Hymns," by J. Humid' are the ofd Who is st'rMiAg iftitt, in spite of nature, to be a poet. His hymns arc sad stuff, of the Stcrnhold and Hopkins style of writing, though paittru4 elaborated. The " State of Pt ttiev" id of course a truculent attack on lh Whip, and all things Whiggish. leriodical. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAG'AZ_ Sitstpkin cowl iltdrAtrk Statitintr We are greatly pleased with the general tone of the l'oVembk•Y:NtiinlYer of this periodical. It is throughout, with the tNee:i;tiot thro litgor passages aitoc The Present is not a (..;risis," most creditable to the judgmenti and the critical discernment of its unquestionably able tqlitoi: the very article • in which *e tt pauag:d6, it flit Wrtl4_li of a most redeeming character; perhaps we ought to say of a character which entitles it to b'it'e its errors spoken of with tOspetti What, tof etatiipie, cast IJe tftlet than the following observations, taken front the article tlklestion, which aYg Pffergcl 1 y the WtitOt as 'elleabkg 'aauses of the present wretched condi ,lon of Ireland :—" There can be no doubt in the mind of any one who Will talie the ifoithie tt) feitd iitir national history, and to make himself acquainted, not by theory, but by practice, with our national character and circumstances, that this country has never been properly governed. England has acted not only un justly, but, as in such cases usually follows, unwisely towards Ireland. No pains were taken to improve her enforce beneae al the t l o aw th w e itll subject ll ifo people ;no endeavour was made at SaMe time to ; rm ti i l t e y y , and wcr oorteeilitdaetreitlymeti either subdued by force ? 9r encouraged in sedition, but no ....,cnsive or permanent endeavour was made by Eng land/to communicate to this kingdom the blessings of religious truth and social comfort. In no part of the empire does the uncertainty of Pu nishment produce so much mischief as in this country. Man will always consider rather t h e chance of escape than the probability of punishment ; but if there exists one class of mankind who possess this disposition in a higher degree than the rest, it is the Irish peasant. The English nation ought long s ince to h a ve been as intimately acquainted with our national character, resources, wants, and circumstances as their own ; and this know ledge would ere now have afforded them means of doubling the wealth and power of the empire ;. but that ignorance and crime; which resul ted in a gr eat _ _ • . • was IiVE, energetically applied himself to overcome the ignorance and superstition which were the root of the evil, by active and moral education." All this is unfortunately too true of the past govern ment of Ireland by this country. England's great mistake has always been her reliance upon the loyal devotion of a fraction of the people of Ireland, instead of adopting such measures as, by placing all upon an evality, would have secured the confidence of all alike. She sought to govern Ireland through the foul and corrupting agency of a faction ; and she now reaps the only reward which such short-sighted and unjust policy can be presumed to merit. But it would be unjust towards England to assert that she was cogni zant of all the crimes committed upon the people of Ireland in her name. True, it was her duty to have watched over the administration of justice in a country • robbed of its nationality by the force of her arms ; but in all else she was either wholly passive, or the blind instrument of such of the Irish themselves as sought the ascendancy of a party ; nor was she ever an active participator in the crime of which she is here accused. Ireland was in truth her own oppressor. The Orange faction alone regulated the move ments of the sword of justice in that distracted land. The ignorance and superstition of Ireland were shared alike by the worshippers of William 111. and the believers in transubstantiation ;—and the great error of England was the committing to either of these factions the government of the other. But England has lived to repent her of her past neglect of the righ teous claims of Ireland. She mow sees the e'Ytent of the evils which in her name have been perpetrated against the liberties of the majority of the Irish people; and she has resolved, cost her what it may, that the inhabitants of Ireland shall enjoy equal rights with each other, and the common blessing. of an uniform system of education. The dominion of faction draws to a close in Ireland. Thanks to the firmness of his Majesty's present Ministers, the anomalies which marked the so-called administration of justice in that country are fast disappearing ; and the profession of a certain form of religious and political faith is beginning to be no longer necessary to the extension of legal protection to any class of his Majesty's Irish subjects. According to the great principle of all Representative Governments, exclusive privileges, If conceded at all, are the right of the majority and not of the minority ; and therefore the Orangemen of Ireland may be well satisfied with the Catholic population for claiming no more than a political equality with them. Henceforth England will endeavour, so to adjust the balance, that none shall have grountls for charging her with sectarian partiality or political bias. Her object will be the promotion of the general good, not the advancement of the interests of a fanatical section of the population. The article on the " Life and Writings of the late Sir James Mackintosh" is deserving of special notice, for the correct and impartial estimate which the Re viewer forms of that justly celebrated, though greatly over-rated individual. Sir James was a great man in his way ; but he was by no means the great man for which his friends gave him credit. We agree, how ever, with the Reviewer in the opinion that the study of his character would be less useful, were he what the world is pleased to call a man of first-rate genius. The ascent clambered by Sir James is open to all ; and by diligent study, and perseverance in the paths of moral rectitude, there are few incapable of attaining that literary eminence which formed the basis ' , of his cele brity, and the foundation of the honours so liberally conferred upon him. The Reviews—and there are several very able ones, including " Frithiors Saga," " White's Belgic Revo tion of 1830," and " Miss Martineau's Tracts"—arc all excellent ; entering fully into the spirit of the works, and carefully analysing the designs of their respective authors. In this department, the " Dublin University Magazine" displays uncommon care, great liberality of sentiment, and occasionally a depth of re search seldom met with in the pages of a Monthly THE PARTERRE. Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. One of the most amusing and neatly got up of the minor periodicals, consisting chiefly of tales, light essay§, anecdotes, and scraps of poetry, which we like the better, as the majority of them are of an anti sentimental c haracter. Many of the tales arc selected front Various sources, but the few that are original pos sess much merit. We subjoin a lively extract MONEY —A fish peculiarly difficult to catch. Til t GRAVE—An ugly bole in the ground, which lovers and oets wish they were in, but take upcom mon pains to keep out of. Monam—A beautiful flower, that flourishes only in secret Videßl SENSIBILITY—A quality by which its possessor, in attempt ing to promote the happiness o f other p eo p le loses his filVtl. A YOUN© MAN or TALENT—An impertinent scoundrel who thrusts himself forward ; a writer of execrable poetry ; a per soh without modesty ; a noisy. fello*; a speech maker. LAitilft---A. learned gentleman, who rescues your estate from your enemy, and keeps it himself. Mt DtAs----An expression used by man and wife at the cons theileettietit Of a quarrel. Witittitiiiii--,,A man employed by the parish to sleep in the upoi Alf. 1-10iik§ft —An eteellent joke'. iliNfigf—A peli@tt *lid Oncl9 work for his own teeth by to if" Out,thoie of, othtir peor,"l6 fl ti iiii4ow of hope. ReitAt. I .fiteiiiliitsiiBel and tpirtip. PBOS,PE CTD S AND INdEx—Appdiiddeist iB,a; literary Work the former showing what it ought to be, tile igift4 iiliai is. , Orivittvv--Eatmg yourilYat With a silver fort, .:'.Aliei ftiti r litge ittti V . :lid i 6 Weller, TAO. li Filifq§ei AttiidE , M entression used by a Pm oilier, he is gomg 10 lie ithfietlitietit , Ugemssily OritNice.4-:-...din opinion, tliti killtlineki Of *MA it outeged from the ttrodel. Titt ild.ff Nfoiiiiiethri 4 Cilit.r./ VIA/ NtAs EVEIi giEN- 7 ever y man's own child. . , . . . TiPlli .Suox—An article worn in wint er` ty . ijigli-tiAc -64pg latilesi, who could rather die than conceal the beailif .4 their led: WifNksi-Boi—,in ii diiiirt 64 itisOdei e kiwi of s of pverb a illory, where a po g,cin is Ali g 6d id redeitd ever i y speele l insult liiotii tielti# allie to fe§dilt it: ,-- .........._ ._ .. ..._ „ MONTHLY REP 0 tit Iran r. Charles Fox, Paternoster-row. IA turned with some interest to the promised con. tinuation of the analysis of Hazlitt's literary character, but have been disappointed ; for instead of telling us what Hazlitt was, and wherein his excellence as a writer mainly consisted, the critic puts us off with some stale, musty, metaphysical speculations of his Own. Of the remaining articles in the Number, the best is the Essay on " Organic Reforms," from the Pen of Mr. Fox, the Editor. ........--,....- MAGAZINE DAY. 'I 1 /.1,, . .s remains for us to perform our part—is is to recommend them. It is not a single pleasure to which we have it now in our power to invite our readers, but a source from which ' a long an'l varied gratification may be experienced. " Col burn's MasZern Novelists" present a series of those works of fiction -;:hat have most tended, with the writings of it Walter Scott, to elevate this description of literature, and to render succeas in it an object of ambition with the most accomplis's•ed writers of the day. This publicatio n p resents a concentration of imaginative genius. The new Volume ... comprises that, bold and vigorous production o f Ca p tain Marryat °' FransMildmay," Which may now be had' complete in one vote: me, bound and embellished for Siix Shillings ; and the Fotarth Number just issued, of Mr. Bolwer's " Pelham," price One Shilling, is embellished by, a very beautiful frontispiece. Two more numbers Willi complete that work. PUBLIC DINNER, Ross-SHIRE. --y We are in debted to the Inverness Courier for a copious report of the public dinner which was given on Wednesday, by the li beral electors of the counties of Ross and Cromartv, resi dent in Dingwall and its neighbourhood, to their represen -tativc, J. A. Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., of Seaforth, in the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall. The cha ir was taken by R. Macleod, Esq., M.P. We regret that the pressure upon our space prevents us inserting the lows and eloquent speeches delivered during the evening. We may, however,. mention that Mr. Stewart Mackenzie gave a full and clear account of the, proceedings of last session in Pa rliament, defending hiniself aginst the imputation of unfriendliness towards the Church of Scotland, in the course which he felt it his duty to adopt inl•elation to that subject, during ,its discussion in the House of Commons ; and that the Hon. Gentleman concluded by laying before the meeting a ldcid exposition of the principles of the present Admini stration. The addresses of the other speakers were full of matter, and breathed an air of that pure and just patriot ism, which proceeds from the heart and the judgment of wise and liberal men. After the " Health of the King and the other Members of the Roya l Famil y ," had been: drank, amongst other toasts were the following :—Lord ; Itlr. S. Mackenzie ; Lord John Russell ; Mr. Coco of Norfolk, and the prosperity of the Reform Asso ciation ; Grant of Glenmorriston ; the Lord Advo cate, and Cie Liberal Gentlemen of the Scottish Bar ; the Duchess, Ccuntess, . and Tenantry of Sutherland ; the Chairman ; Lo:d Glenelg ; Mr. J. Mackenzie, Banker ; the Schoolmasters of Scotland, and the extension of edu cation ; the Speaker of the House of Commons ; the Duke of Sutherland, and the reforming Peers of Scotland ; Lord Mulgrave, and the Irish Government. On Sunday evening last it blew extremely hard , a nd o ccasioned considerable damage to ships unprepared for it. On the following morning a small vessel was seen to sink off Sherringham, and it is feared all hands with her.—Nor- . zeich Mercury. ANOTITER DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—On Satur day evening last, as Mrs. Younge, of Wells, wife of Mr. Younge, surgeon, of that place, was proceeding on a visit to some friends, accompanied by two of her daughters, a severe tempest came on, by which she was so much alarmeti as to occasion her almost immediate death.—Norwit' lkfercury. REPARTEE LOYAL.—When Sir Lumley Skeffing ton was told that the Angel Inn, at Oxford, would, in con sequence of the Royal visit, be henceforth named the Queen's Hotel, the Baronet immediately replied—" Call it as you may, the remembrance of her Majesty must still pre-. sent the Angel,' MILITARY FLOGGING. —Yesterday the second battalion of the Scots Fusileer Guards, under the command of Colonel Drummond, was marched, at the very unusual hour of seven o'clock in the morning, from the St. George's Barracks to the Portman-street Barracks, in order to witness the punishment of Nathaniel Knight, a private of Captain Hawkins's company of the Fusileerss who had been tried by a district Court-martial, and sentenced to receive 300 lashes for insubordination and disobedience of ordys. It appeared that the prisoner had been tried on the 17th inst. for refusing to take from the officer appointed by the regi ment to distribute necessaries, a shirt, the prisoner having objected to it on account of its being stained with iron mould, and otherwise, as he considered, unfit for service. 'rids sentence was commuted by the Commander-in-Chief to 150 lashes, which the man received, and was then con veyed to the Infirmary. A SYMPATHISING THIEF.—A smartly dressed fellow called at a house in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, and inquired for the master (who was confined to his bed), ,stating that he had urgen t business with him. The servant cos ducted him to her master's bed-room, who was so un *ell that he could scarcely inquire the stranger's business, who at :•1 that his name was Johns on, son of Mr. Johnson, reet. The invalid did not recollect an y one of of Bond-s: /aid requested the intruder to be brief. He that name, the . sick man, and begged of him not to fati g ue leaned over he would call again in a fe w da y s, himself by speakin; ; fines him better, and then departe d. He sincerely hoping nse when the gentleman missed a w a s scarcely out of the ho from undef the pillow, which very good silk hand kerchief. the impertinent M r. Johnson baJ taken with him , vice a watch, which he doubtlessly expected to find there. On Saturday au inquest was held at the Newcastle Coffee-house, St. .Margaret's-hill, on Thomas Bowman, aged 9.6. The deceased was chief mate of the Elizabeth„ trading to St. Pctersburgh, and since his return to Lon don had given way to excessive drinking. He left the house of Mr. gall, 22, Church-street, Tooley-street, on Thursday morning, in a state of intoxication , and, not withstanding a boy was sent home with him, the deceased, on reaching London -bridge, threw himself into the river, and was drowned before assistance could arrive.---Verdi at, " Temporary derangernent." BRUSSELS, OCT. 30.—Mrs. Opie has been stay ing three or four days at Brussels, on her way home e from and Germany. Thoug h at an advanced age, this amiabl distinguished authoress is full of activity and spirit. She visited the different public amusements at Brussels, anct received marked attention from the authorities and men of letters. The Diario di Roma of the 17th of October an nounces, that experiments have been recently made in the Roman States for' the cultivation of cotton, which prove that, according to an improved system now adopted, the maturity of the pods is sufficiently advanced in the season to produce cotton eq ual in quality to that which is imported from Smyrna. The cultivation of the plant had been at, tempted on former occasions, but was abandoned in conse quence of the scarcity of the p roduce. It has, however, been renewed by Grassini Paulini, of Ancona, who having proved the efficacy of his mode of culture on a d sm of all scale, obtained a reacript from the Pope o n the 26t March, 1833, authorizing him to make, at the expense of Govern ment, an experiment on a large scale. In the following year, 8,000 c otton trees were planted, which are certified to have perfectly succeeded hy the Magistrates and Com missioners of Ancona, appointed to the progress of the experiment. HORRIBLE MURDER. —Extract of a Letter, dated Armagh, October 29.---" A most dreadful murder was per petrated in the vicinity called William town last night, on a quiet unoffendina• man, called William White, who had been in here yester " day ((Train market day), selling grain. He was a drummer in Colonel' Verner's yeomanry corps. The poor man received three stabs in his throat • his upper lip was hi s Ain cut across, and the under jaw dreadfully cut off, -Dublin Evening Post. fractured:l -LSTER.—WESTMINSTER CONFES SYNOD OF t r . T ture in favour of absolute subscrip sto::.—Though ovs7 t the last adjoU7 ned meeting of since appeared of Ulster brought before that bolN't and has since appeared tion waS in var!ous publications as if it were the established rule of the, body ; yet we understand that a :ctrge portion of the m eet?nv; 6°llo not a majority, voted again:t it ; that severa Influential tiassehers protested against it, and thsst the subject is to undergo it move full consideration at next Synod.— _Belfast News Letter. , THE CELEBRATE], AUTHOR OF rmined to preset s We observe that M r. Bentley ha% dete * -the unrivalled Novels and Romances of the great novelist. Cooper in stealing w eekly parts, thus affording to personis of all classes an opportunity of possessing, at a comparativel y trifling coSt, these suitable companions to the Waver.ey Novels. This design merits and will, no doubt, recei ve immense encouragement. Cooper has built most of striking stories on the lasting foondations of those great and various events which arose during the American Revolu tion, and which are not only of the highest interest in themselves, but, being nearly as much connected with the English as with the American annals, possess a strong hold on the attention of readers in this tottedcontry, and arc likely, in the progress of time, to give back tory the celebrity which at present. in addition to their own attractions, they derive from it. " Prior to the appearance 'of Coop " I ' s e had it " the Edinburgh Review observed, " how lit . t mantes," comic side of a been done for the poetry of the sea ! The but for its naval life had been displayed with ample detail ; of tempests loftier and more tragic aspect—its alternationss and calm, of labour and listless idleness, of battle and . giddy revelry, of bright moonlight and weary days when Trusts ob d ? The power scurc the sun —what had been attempted'?" with which the scenes on the waste of waters are depicted, and the living interest with which Cooper invests every particle of a ship, as if it were all a.mintellppt being, cannot be excelled, and has never been reaclied. IsOny author with whom we are acquainted. For these qualities, his novels '•i -tom, we may look in vain else- / /.I / 1 I :- ;11. 10 01 - KINDS rd. 1 , 0 , , . ------ 1001 riled' ,RK , of e, u Fta 23-- 1 40 Rll' t" K E T.,; vo le n d ,fgAlVe;; SINK TO / 5 ' sr Sheep ditto. •g ) d qualitv 10 ajd ditto ' io " ,:n 1 1 Hogs ........ Porkers.•-•••;e0; ter old DO `, l . / STATE:OI' ov Catves. A 360 e fS• I{X , EIALL . 41. Carcass. - COURT CIR Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal visit Jrown tow on Saturday, at his residence in elgrave-square. Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, visitec 1 . the Prince, at the Queed§ house, on Saturday. His Sc Irene Highness left town at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon ,for Windsor Castle. Lord Glenelg, and M r. B a rge , agent fo r Jamaica, had interviews with Vis count Melbo u :ne, on Saturc , 'ay , in Down ing-street. Viscount Melbourne left town in Sat at his scat i Staffordshire. Vi sco unt Bic e resford transacted busess at, 'the Foreign office on Saturday evening. arr• . i edn town The Right Hon , C. Po ulett Thomson' w on Friday night. • Despatches from 11L'ior-General Bourke, Governor of New South Wales , . were rnceived on Saturday ;Ad the Colo nial-office. Mr. Under-Secretary Hay has' a rrived in to Vin. Earl B WINDSOR.-(SCNDA.Y-.) George of Cam- The Queen, accompanied by Prim,'" Ba rnard, and her bridge, the Rev. Mr. Woo d, Sir Andrew, ' isi norning in St. Lady in Waiting, attended d ivine service th George's Chapel. Th musicA service IA *cis King's in F. The anthem, " Lord, e for thy tender me, N:=lol6' Farrant. Tier Majesty and party walked on the Tt T race of the He~re Philipps- Castle after the service. Prince Ernest of thal returned to the Cas tle this afternoon from Own, and vrning for will leave with the King and Queen to-morrow n. the Pavilion at Brighton. Their Majesties took their usual airings yesterda; DRURY-LANE THEATRE. ""---.-----=-- THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.—It has been ar ranged that the procession shall pass in the forenoon from Guildhall to Sun-street, and through Bishopsgate (the Ward represented by t he New Mayor), to Fresh Wharf, by the Custom-house, where the company will take water. Considerable damage has been sustained at Down ham Market and the vicinity by the gale on Sunday night last, and several barges (coal-laden) were sunk at Denvor Sluice by the violence of the storm. Extract of a letter dated Port St. Mary, Oct. 16. " We have all been mistaken in our estimate of the influence of the friars over the multitude ; every one expected no thing short of a popular commotion as the consequence of meddling with them, whereas t h e very re verse has taken place. Not a voice was raised in their favour in Seville ; the difficulty of th6' Government was to prevent the mob irom_niunaerifig i the conit4ies; therefore the friars 2,—. left el them. - --- A --,....._2.:.x........ nil.. A drama in one act, called a comedietta, and bearing title of Forgive and Forge t, was played for the first time au Saturday night. It is taken from a French piece played repeatedly here 1.); the French company last seaso m n, me de and which was called, if we recollect rightly, La Fe L'Avold, , . Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt (Mr. Warde and Mrs. Yates) have occasional quarrels, principally arising out of the husband's suspicious and irritable temper. Mr. and Mrs. Pelhanz (Mr. Cooper and Miss Tree) quarrel also, but hardly knew why. The differences between theerm lattene r have, however, risen to s uch a hei g ht, that they deti on a separation ; in order to effect which, they everally repair to Mr. Harcou rt for advice, he being a lawyec. In Mrs. Pelham, Mrs. llarcourt finds an old school - fe i.low, and in M. Harcourt an old lover. While the Harem* Are very amiably endeavouring to bring about a reconcilia tion between their friends, they fall into a quarrel of their own, and do more by their example than they could have effected by their counsels to convince their friends how very foolish such squabbles are. Thus the moral of the comedy is hammered out—namely, that to " forget and forgive" is the best cure for matrimonial differences. These materials being hardly sufficient to furnish even as many scenes as were requisite for one act, the author has introduced the characters of a silly old uncle of Mrs. Pelham (Mr. Bart ley), and a barrister's clerk (Mr. Meadows), who platays they e double part of cle rk and footman, but, excepting ha y th e eke out the length of the pied, they can hardly be said to render it much assistance. The actors did their best, and the piece was favourably received. thL' THE THEATRES. M DRURY*L'ANE.—To-night, and during the week, Baife's opera of The Siege of Rochelle will be repeated. The triumphant success of this opera will, it is supposed, enable the manager to dispense with other novelties until the customary change for the Christmas holy-days, when, in all probability, its attraction will increase rather than de eflifte,owinn- to the many fashionab les at p resent absent who wilt t then in town. The trifle Forgive and Forget, which wag produced on Saturday, and favourably received, is announced for this evening with Der Freischutz, and for every other this wee!: with The Travelling Carriage. COVENT-GARDEN.—iit Covent -garden, where their first novelty, Paul Clifford, holds !tightly sway, the entertain ments will alternate with Jonathan .Bradford, which is an nounced for this-evening, and the po'formances of Mr. Power, who will appear to-morrow night as .Sir Pknipo, in The Irish Ambassador, and Padey Carey, la his own farce of that name. ENGLISH OrEnA HousE.—The English Opera House, which has made a still further reduction in its prices of ad mission—to the balcony and the hoses, es. ;to the pit, Is.; and to the gallery (to which there is no half-priee), 6d.— produces d rievt , piece to-night , by Mr. Barnard, called Woman's Faith, with burn Out, and The Miller's Maid. ADELPHI.—The Adeiphi presents to-night a new ro mantic drama, intitled " The Castilian Noble and the Con trabandista," in which Messrs. Vinirr, - ;,: O. Smith, Bennett, and Webster, with Miss Daly and Mrs. Keeley, have prin cipal parts ; to lae succeeded by The Mysterious Family, and, for the first time at this theatre, Jonathan Bradford , OLYMPIC —The Olympic makes a change this week in its performances, substituting for An Affair of Hono ur and Court Beauties , How to Gt Of and The Ritter God, with Love in a Cottage, and A Gentleman in Difficulties. QUEEN'S THEATRE.—Wreneh is permanently engaged at the Queen's Theatre, where he will re - appear to-ni g ht, to-morrow, and Wednes , day, in The Station House, preceded by The Chelsea Pensioner ; wherein is introduced a tableau vivant, giving a most faithful representation of Wilkie's celebrated picture of " Reading the Gazette," and Catch ing an Heiress, followed by Hearing is Believing. VicrontA.—At the Victoria, this evening, Mr. George Jones, from New York, who has been performing there Hamlet and Macbeth, will make his appearance as Glo'ster Richard the Third. • r___---- -- _ The much-sought-for appointment of a Clerkship in tha 'foreign Office has become vacant by the promotion of the nOti. Thomas Geo. Molyneux, son of Earl Sefton, to be Secretary of Legation to the Embassy at Frankfort. Mr. Stanley (joint Secretary to the Treasury) has been on a visit to his noble friend, the V_Airl of Mulgrave, at the Vice-regal lodge, whence he proceeded to join his lady arid family at his father's, Sir John Stanley, Alderley Park, Cheshire. It is confidently rumoured that a matrimonial alliance will shortly take place between William Constable Max well, Esq., of Everingham Park, in the East -Riding, and Miss Vavasour, the lovoly and accomplished daughter of the Hon. Sir Edward M. Vavasour, Bart., of Hazlewood. We understand that his Excellency the Lord Lieu tenant will visit Newry on Monday next, on his return from the North. —Newry Examiner. The Marquis of Waterford, on board his yacht the Vent, arrived in Waterford on Tuesday, direct from the 'United States, His Lordship proceeded to Curraghmore. •;:-:=Dublio Nth . his Serene Highness Pri H nce Ernest of esse Phil tiVi,Ailiil (attended by Lord Elphinstone and another no- bl eman ,) 6edtittled her Majesty's box at Drury-lane, on v r i tinl . evening, t 6 coa Mr. Balle's Opera o f the Sie g e o f ).1, pi, i ri ic vi returns to the Continent in a Pokell6 froti dye, oz . anetb,'Aide-de - , His gliesiloncy General de .!..°llcll and suite, left tamp General to the Emp eror of Russ:, Vivar t's • Hotel on Friday, on a tour to th e maxi.... ,facturing dititfiets a the North. celebrated political economist, Signor Agursiniy the has arrived in Belcti.!!; from Milan, tid inspect our commer cial establishments. M Y AUNT PONTYPOOL. --It having toeciß ithrroured that the name which gives title to this work has referenee to a lady who is as conspicuous for her station as for her virtues and liberality; we a re authorised to state , that the character of Lady Pontypool has no such reference. John Kemble's correct and graceful delineation of Hamlet added considerably to his sicserved fame as an actor. His closet scene with his mother was considered by even those who saw Garrick and Henderson in the character as a masterly performance, and the whole personation of the part as not surpassed. In a conversation eelbtween Mr. Sheridan and John Kemble on the subject, th atter asked Mr. S. how he thought more effect could be given to the performance ? " I know not, John," said Mr. Sheridan, " unless soft music was to be played during your p auses." Those who remember the acting of Mr. Kemble must re collect that in his latter years ills pauses were very tedious, being unnecesiarily long. MEATH MEETING.—III relation to the proceed ings of this meeting, which was reported in The Sun of Sa turday, the Freem an ' s Journal says—lt of wa s, in every sense, a great mee tin g — g reat in point numbers, and great in respect of the rank of sentiments w the Chairmerean anduttered the speakers. Liberal and patriotic by men of high rank and large fortune, and all ended in harmony and peace. From this the faction and their pup pets will learn the folly of opposing their pigmy arm to pub lic opinion ; their efforts but prove their r ins utter i ns ign aificacountynce and total Weakne ss. The country sees, too, that can be convened, and can express its o ons, in contempt and defiance of a factious Sheriff. The absence of the High Sheriff merely showed that he was opposed to liberal principles and to a good Government —whilst the nobility and gentry. el Meath, as well as the freeholders, are of the .. . .. _. ~.,<~, LA - R• ~~:~~,