The Sun. — London, England, 1834-11-27 00:00:00

I ....--- )v. °' sEog i meetloot ,oms w ;ilkenn) ., a• 0 last me eicitil ns sh °ll ll o o o The o Itlernetlf ,iamat'' S TAT.I±J OF OPINION AND 4 °VIMBNTS IN THE METROPOLIS. (From the Morning Chronicle.) It appears Consider a bl e are M r . H ors l e y Palmer and Mr. Wm. Ward. exc i tement h as b een crea t e d in the city by th /0 : conduct of the Lord Mayor, in refusini , the application our c i ty hea °Inmon Hall, the particulars of which we give under cd. STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION A da ._ PROTESTANT DISSENTERS. of o f the Committee in London, f orme d f or t h e p ur pose protestant the Claims and promoting the Intere sts of to Dissenters at the anticipated General Elect ion, aou -Confmnists of all Denominations throughout the E mpire • A f . o pr otestant Dissenters,—We, your brethren residing in the k o `.. Polis feel constrained, at the present crisis, thus to ma ke wn to you our sentiments and feelings in relation t o those wed principles and just claims in which we have a deep and lta n on inte rest . fot tla j e eh subjects we are convinced you require neithe r in lava I ° ll nor excitement ; we honour your understand in g s tk.. Your heart s . W e u tterly disclaim the thought of dicta icl); but confiding in your fraternal regard, we freely lay of„, o e You our views and convictions, and invite the expression 114, 111. own, in th e anxious hope of thus securing for our united _ harmonious co-operation and augmented strength. tt itt common with our countrymen of all classes, we expect General Election is at hand ; and the design of this ~Pected measure the electors of the country will not fail to tend, and justly to appreciate. That apolitic a l p ar ty by which his Majesty's late Administra - L ere been supplanted, anticipating the judgment that ern from the present Representatives of the people, (tae believe vainly hope), by a new appeal to the electors th e• empire, to restore and consolidate their shattered in- ICI , and to perpetuate that power which, in the moment of 'erlik ll tY, they have assumed. . it is not as political partisans that we address you : we to Protestant Dissenters, whose righteous claims have 4 1. .een opposed with haughty contempt and selfish virulence (f men of one party, and too long postponed by the leaders me other. We are well assured that you participate I Q ; regret and disappointment, tha by the Administration idr n . Ci ra, at the last general election, t our generous and con ' ti f a s support was given, our interests have been so tardil y eo it ;.'efficiently supported ; whilst recent eve nts must tend to bi e ll: lcemen in power, that it is no less hopeless tha n un j ust, I„,_ nd eavour to conciliate political opponents , b y p rocrasti- Z g the reasonable wishes, or undervaluing the firm sup h2 of faithful friends. We yield, however, a cheerful ho eto a sense of truth and justice, in expressing our con 0, that among the Members of the late Government were Of 4 Y, honest and able advocates of civil and religious freedom. hT e former services rendered by these noble.minded le s ti l , Protestant Dissenters will ever ret ain a vivid and te °r the , ful recollection ; and in their undiminished attachment to ti k l _ l iterests of truth, justice, and liberty, notwithstanding the it t tlties with which they have had to conten d, we still retain che erful confidence. Pr otestant Dissenters, what, then, is our duty in the ap- Z e‘ l 'ing struggle ? but to present a bold a nd determined re kttlee to those candidates for the re p resentation, who have li e „,,„ . it s' hesitated to declare their determi ned o pp osition to our of den:and s , an d w h o have made it one of the m an y offences e t i he t Cbrernment, of whose tardine ss and inefficiency we 111::` iai n, that Its attachment was s o ardent, and its views so ri t al, toward Protestant Dissenters—men by who m former h fr o o,isted till resistance was in vain, and tork t s were sternly r t :horn future concessions can be expe cted onl y , when ex r by the voice of the nation, and the vote of Parliament. ee,, c) testant Dissenters, what is our duty ? but to refuse our tioelice and support to every man who does not, in connec k,oit m with liberal and enlightened views on national p olicy, C ▪ t his fixed determination to support in the British Parlia ,, all measures designed for the redress of those grievances Whichten we have so long complained , and for the establish : of those sacred rights to which, as citizens and as Chris ' We are most equitably entitled. tie eve and veneration for the Constit ution of our country, tile Yield to no class of our fellow-subjects ; and we deem it, lit o nre, superfluous to exhort you to c ombine, in the ap- Ti ke ttg conflict, discretion with firmness, integrity with zeal. to i n ,T l ends of intolerance and bigotry may well have recourse of — ;Fflidate, violence, and fraud ; but the advocates of liberty, tif t &ous liberty, will not, by unworthy means, weaken and p e noUr their holy cause. sowr:testant Dissenters, be of one heart and of one mind. To t k i n division will be the policy of your adversaries ; to main s must be your steady purpose. Merge all con- Ykli!„ g feelings in a sense of general danger ; and . readily N t h + ''R to each other the right that every man claims, the te s `of thinkingand acting for himself in a ll thin g s p ertaining 14-eol4eience and to God, present to intolerance, your common i a 'well-ordered and united phalanx. IN:" the issue of the coming struggle we have no misgiv -4 41 1 overwhelming majority, including the most enlight qe,Portion of our countrym en, are our friends : in maintain- Pr o ,: l e C ause o f sacred freedom , we e nsure the stabilit y , and deb `` th e first ii:Prests, of our beloved land : and serving %i v ,e cause with tbd zeal that it demands, and with means Ifii t ru accordance with its purity, we may confidentl y rel y on 0 4 Who is the source of truth, justice, and freedom, to crown efforts with complete sucess• c Signed on behalf ,nt. the Committee, TH OMAS WILSON, Chairman. " g re gational Library, Nov. 25, 183-i, ob)i the d e l...t. I jo Nero ,- re so P t e qter f il )f r • ..s.oeift° Cr „ the p etarY e Anti ed to to alth of the ster 13° P ) Cler k e . 0* ( 41 Leeowe, 4i. .4- minio t f et ore ol a YE# „ of K at tbeel ss i s te c a ie4 e or e , a sr', t h ove, o ro” ,e Piny )4 : ( 1 , 7 0 ( the ": 0 0 noon d foo:o( ,:v a a tlaie r n ce eti or )1c• to ril a) ;:so' is Ad 1,31001; rd ir O j oe s cliftg a S i sir l'' c le c ti: ji joi Miss ~ Cha rle Tb e ~ ` o ;u ite• of en s r oi' o b 1 tile la f° l ion , e oPe ,shley are 14 i l'.. 019 ' „„. ir P t ; Ladl ne trel s j, g 0 ; • flO r t er , Ig°‘ ,010, ylie r ,,,eot he Sail6l: tjV i JI.I I% 9 P er t 4 0 ,1 hi s tr ri I' l all • Pi e° n d 10 pet: ica• tw o,' ad ia, froi k . oe9 :* * i tO , fr ° "st. • Arbo leg, f;o4o' C Ste k 00 ° V 1:) 01 5 e li 4 ( 1' e l V t Cl eI V ! ( • ie tyge are lio 0 , 4 1 SiV e ..he CITY. y REP IT AL TO CALL A COMMON' HALL. estorday the Lord Mayor sent the following answer to oe is t o , to Liv t e r Yrnen who waited upon him on Tuesday, vs.:th the ion to convene a Common Hall : " Mansion House, Nov. 26 . (‘ Centl ,134,Sitin„ for reply to your application to me with a re aor a Common Hall, ' to deliberate upon the measures pole Ought to be ad o pted in the present alarming state of the affairs o f th e coun t r y,' I beg most respectfully to say , tera_irom the ob serva ti ons ma de when you were with me yes. : t o r:y, found that i n the above proposition it was intended de e i Z oduce questions which I had, in another recent instance, the as improper to be discussed under my authority.— am, Ile ot e eonscienlious discharge of my public duty , under the lko sli tY of declining to call the Common Hall for the pur e i ntended.-1 have the honour to be, Gent lemen, y our most Obedient and faithful servant, (Signed) " HENRY WINCHESTE R. " ' Pr 0 th e Deputation of the Liverymen who signed the Requisition." f o h U pon receiving this refusal the Deputation addressed the tow; 'flg letter to the Lord Mayor , vili t lY Lord M a yor,—We, the deputation who yesterday 1 47' °n your Lordship, with a requ isition for a Common 'to deliberate upon the measures which ought to be Ar Pt o ed, in the present alarming state of the p ublic affairs 0,, e-u ntrY,' have to acknowledge your Lordshi p 's re p l y of PlN d f a te, that ' you are, in the conscientious disc har g e of y our t ot% V, under the necessity of declining to call the Com -4411, for the purposes intended.' Preh„, cannot but look, my Lord Mayor, with increased ap heligtion at the state of the public affairs of our country, the „, t ue expression of public opinion is thus suppressed, and fro k ,titens of London are thus shut out by your Lordship, b u t i t ne constitutional mode of expressing their sentiments. litty addition to our regret that our fellow citizens should at °liii i i„ itn e be denied their undoubted right of expressing their to th -4 , through the constitutional channels rendered sacred 1 1 4 0 4 1.11 , as citizens of London, we have further to express our Livti nfr s urnent at receiving such a refusal from your Lordship,. t o y o Vespeotfully to remind your Lordship that, just previous koo th r election to your present office, and now scarcely . two th eta s since, five of our number, together with certain other t 0 y o ( 1 : 4 of the City of London, attended a meeting held by ,7 y o appointment, in consequence of a letter addressed i' 0 11;, 1 0 -11 the 26th Sept. last, referring to a meditated opposi ".ordah,Yeur election, to which letter we beg to refer your l'o„ir, trn i P , and that at that meeting so held by your own ap nt, - „ en t , you gave your most solemn pledge and assurance is woole the event of your being elected Lord Mayor, you of that th li at ot act as others had done in refusing to call meetings, freo You could afford the citizens every opportunity t he exercising their rights and of expressing their ,"4t meats on all qus?stions they might deem necessary ; t ige 1 ,• 7° 0 Would at all times, when regularly and in :so 4 841 manner required so to do, and regard 'ol• 1 eY °ll r own political opinions, call meetings of the Com 'qtt o drocil, Com mon Hall, and of n ew constituency, L'ett ` ll , that although you were yourself a Tory, yet that t 4 rti ou e i u m feel bound thus to act, and not allow your known 414 bias to interfere with the important discharge of the t all time duties of your office, for the performance of which in ?e you pledged your honour as a gentlernan. avin g , my Lord Mayor, yesterday presented a requisition eot o 4• , 1 , 41 " er Lordship, requesting you to c all a Common Hall to the present alarming state o f p ublic affairs, and teri o :( whilst abstaining, as being a deputation only , from en- Y°O rt lll to argument on th e matter) strongly impre ssed u p on t ithe er cts hip the urgent necessity of an ear l y attention to the -I N: ' 3 ' , the roquisitionists, we cannot but feel, and beg to 4 PeedP our heartfelt regret, that your Lordship should,.thus „Y after your assumption of the guardianship of the rights ple d Privileges of our 'fellow-citizens, have forgotten the 1114 t e or d d i tnictly given to your constituents.. But be assured, L• aw n ‘ .4Yor, that no exertions will be . . found wanting to • th, the rights and privileges of the citizens of London, a 'n Opportunity will be found by them, peaceably and • t utio n -a • , Y, to give a full and free expression to their sen 'r t° in ai dl: ° .. w , ever unpleasant that exression may be to a party do ideals, " "'e have the honour to remain, My Loid, your Lordship's most obedient servants. ('?tied HENRY BRADSHAWFEARON. ri -,, t gal' WILLIAM WILLIAMS. WILLIAM PRITCHARD. 11625 RT FRANKS. JOHN D;;;' l3N * 4$ L on .0 Nov. 26, T 18 1 3 10 4. 1p S GlBsu—; ' i vtar , Nov. 25. , e ooL COTTON-MARKET have again had a good demand for cotton, and the market Anda,6l::ll,s to be very firm. To-day's transactions are about ',ales (including 1,000 bales taken on sps7 l I 20 0 , t lly A merican descriptions, at W. to 114-d per lb. ikswats have been taken at 7,-}d. ; 100 Mar . anhams Pr olD e g t.nd 100 Egyptians at 16d. per lb. There is ever y ° L a still further advance in prices. IN THE COUNTRY. DUBLIN. X. \v.., Association of Ireland.' That the objects of the proposed I club should be to use all Constitutional exertions to pre vent the formation of a Tory Administration, or, in case of its formation, to oust such Administration, as speedily as possible."—( Hear, bear.) That is the entire limit of the proposed association, and that is the least expected from it. The Committee thought with me, that it would be most desirable that the association should be formed so as to keep back no repealer and no anti-repealer.—(Hear, hear.) We do not abandon repeal, as some of the news papers say ; but we postpone it, and we postpone it no longer than the Duke of Wellington's Ministry continues in office. Our objects are two-fold—First, to keep the Duke of Wellington out of office ; and, if we are not able to do that, then to kick him out as soon as we possibly can afterwards.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Committee then propose—" That every individual who shall subscribe 1/. shall, upon being proposed by one member and seconded by another, become a member of this club."—(Hear, hear.) It is, I consider, impossible for the present Par liament to do the business of the Duke of Wellington. It is impossible that the Tories can act with the present Parlia ment. It will then be our business in the anti-Tory Associa tion to form liberal clubs—county, town, and parish clubs— to have all the machinery for avoiding expenses---to do away with uncertainty and ignorance with respect to the popular strength in the different counties—to have our ar rangements so made as that the elections will be carried on without expense to the anti-Tory candidates—while we leave the enemies of Ireland to squander as much as they please.—(Hear, hear.) With this view the committee pro pose—" That the Anti-Tory Association will use their best exertions to prevent the return of every Tory Member at the ensuing election ; and, without interfering with the choice or preference in any locality between men who pro fess to be friends of Ireland, they will use their utmost efforts to prevent any such divisions or dissensions amongst the anti-Tories of Ireland as may assist the return of any candidate of Tory opinions."—( Hear, hear.) These are the entire of the resolutions adopted in the committee ; and if there be any reasonable objection to them, which I do not foresee, I shall most readily yield to it. My ardent wish is to yield to every reasonable objection. (Mr. O'Connell then concluded by proposing the different resolu tions seriatim, which were seconded and passed unanimously.) Mr. HENRY GRATTAN, M.P., here came forward amid loud cheers from all parts of the room. He said he wished to address a few words to them upon this important crisis. It was three years since he had mounted his horse, and rode in from the country to oppose the Duke of Wellington. The same thing had occurred that very day. He had come from the country to give his utmost opposition to the Duke of Wellington. He defied the Duke of Wellington to carry on any species of government unless a military govern ment. Would they, could they, support the man who had entered his protest against the liberties of Ireland?—(Hear and cheers.) If he thought that they could be base and degraded enough to do so, for his part he would not only resign the representation of the first county in Ireland, but he would leave it altogether—he would not look upon it—he would not allow his family to be reared in it—he would cast his eyes on it with contempt, and regard its people with scorn.—(Continued cheers.) Why, the King must have been deceived—grossly, blindly, madly deceived—when he was led to believe that the peo ple of this country would consent to be ruled by the Duke of Wellington.—(Hear.) The blood of their fathers still ran in their veins—the spirit of their ancestors of 1782 still lived in them. The Volunteers of Ireland were not dead.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) A divine spirit watched over them—it would animate, it would revive them, and again the free minds of Irishmen would be dis played in all their strength and majesty.—(Cheers.) He He felt great pleasure in stating that there would be a meeting in Wicklow, and he could assure them that there were men there who were not afraid to do their duty.— (Cheers.) Longford would also do its duty as well as Wicklow.—(The Hon. Gentleman sat down amid loud cheers.) Lord MILTOWN said that as to any apprehensions and fears that might be entertained for any ministry that might be formed, he for one did not hesitate to say that he had no fears. Let the minister be who he might, when he con sidered the principles that were abroad, and the feelings that animated the people, lie feared no minister ; for, who ever might be minister, unless he boldly marched in ad- Lince of public opinion, he would be overborne and de stroyed by its force. To oppose that advance would be futile and absurd in any minister to attempt, were he ten times victor of a hundred fights. The people were not in tended to be the footstools of churchmen, ministers or kings. The two latter dignities, at least, were created for the use of the people.—(Cheers.) They existed but by the sufferance of the people, and if the power they pos sessed degenerated into abuse in their hands, the great original authority by whom that power was delegated, might exercise the right to resume it. The Noble Lord was very warmly cheered. Mr. FRANCIS A. WaLsii (of Cork) said, that with re gard to the Duke of Wellington, if he yielded to the wishes of the people, and acted upon those principles, however slightly, which were the principles of the people, he would, by so doing, inflict on political virtue and political faith one of the deepest wounds that either had ever received. If the Duke of Wellington swerved from those principles to which he stood pledged, he would prove himself to be the basest of public men. Badly as he deemed of the Duke of Wellington, he would not suppose him capable of the base tergiversation which such a supposition would imply. H e could suppose no greater calamity than the accession to office of the Tory party. He thought that it was most sa lutary that the crisis had arrived. The country was falling into a state of political apathy ; they were splitting into paltry little parties and cabals, whilst great principles were almost beginning to fall into neglect. He rejoiced at the crisis that had now come. It was what the people had long been expecting. Two rival principles were now strug gling for the mastery, and which should triumph could the people doubt.—(Cheers.) Mr. RONAYNE, M. P.—Who were those that rejoiced most especially in the return of the Duke of Wellington to power ? Were they not the bishops and the parsons and the tithe-eaters—(Cheers.) He, therefore, regretted that any observation should have fallen from the noble lord which might be construed into an apology for the Duke of 'Wellington. Lord MILTOWN—No, no—no such thing was intended. Mr. RONAYNE was very glad he had mistaken the noble lord. The people of Ireland were perfectly unanimous, and they were determined to give a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether, to defeat the Duke of Wellington and the Tories—(Cheers.) Mr. O'DWYER, M. P., said, could any one doubt that the first act of a Tory Administration would be an attempt to repeal the reform act. Would the people consent to the surrender of that, by means of which no King or Lords, nor any combination would have the power to check the pro gress of improvement ? It required three estates to pass that act, and the people would never submit to the surren der of that great measure. The hon. and learned gentle man proceeded to animadvert on the various mischiefs that would accrue to the country from a Tory Administration. His hon. friend, Mr. O'Connell, had expressed some doubt as to Louth. He had received letters from Louth that day, and he was happy to inform the meeting that there was not a chance of success for Mr. Foster. Mr. O'CONNELL—I did not express any doubt of the success of the independence of Louth, but you supposed I did, to have an opportunity of letting in your good news.— (Cheers.) Mr. O'DwYEa. pleaded guilty of the fraudulent expedient which his lion. friend had imputed to him.—(Laughter.) The interruption, however, had totally deranged his speech, —(Laughter.) Mr. O'CoNNELL rose and proposed the following gentle men members of the new association : Daniell O'Connell, M.P., Charles Walker , M.P., A. C. O'Dwyer, M.P., J. A. Curran, William P. O'Connor, James O'Dowd, J. Nugent, Edward Jacob, M.P., Richard O'Con nell, Thcmas Reynolds, J. C. Dillon, Thomas Dunne, Rev. Edward Groves, James White, John Redmond, Edward Power, Maurice O'Connell, M.P.., Morgan O'Connell, M.P., Daniel O'Connell, jun., Michael Staunton, T. M. Ray, Da niel M‘Nevin, Patrick Lavelle, H. J. Prendergast, Dominick Ronayne, M.P., William Grace Kelly, Alexander Seto n, Robert, White, John Shea Lalor, Christopher Fitzs imon, M. P., John O'Hagan, Stephen Coppinger, William Magen nis, Joseph Pollock, Sir Thomas Esmond, Bart., Sir George Cockburn, Bart., Clancy, John H. Talbot, M.P., George Evans, M. P., Francis T. Porter, Barrister at Law, Patrick Hanbury, James Flanagan, Richard Barrett, Lord Miltown, Edward Ruthven, M. P., Henry Grattan, M. P., Arthur French, Alexander M'Carthy, Lysaght Penefather, Callaghan, John Gannan, Denis Armstrong, Merchant's quay, Francis Walsh, Counsellor Britton, William Kenny, David Lynch, Counsellor Close, Counsellor Kennedy, Michae l M'Kenna, Scott Molloy, E. S. Ruthven, Richard Gr ace, William Murphy, Smithfield, Edward O'Connor, John Mar tin, John D'Arcy, William Murphy, jun., Patrick Edward Browne, Thomas Walker, William Lombard, Peter Aungier, and J. P. Doyle, Esq. junior, Gaffney, Mr. O'CONNELL, in stating that he had received a lette r from his friend, Mr. Thos. Cloney, requesting lti to be proposed a member of the new association, he thought Mr. Cloney entitled to the distinction of Wing proposed separately.-4 Cheers.) lie then proposed Mr. Cloney as a member. Mr. H. J. PRENDERGAST seconded the motion, and amidst warm and unanimous acclamation this well tried and sterling patriot was admitted a member of the Anti-Tory Association. Lora 111 co~Vrr, aipiti great ejitg, was admitted a member. Mr. H. GRATTAN wished tq be proposed a member. Mr : O'CPNNTI , j — Is there any one here has any ob jection to the name qt Gratt4o,-..(Great cheering.) Mr. E. RUTHVEN expressed his concurrence in the sen i_...3 halm AxDressed that day. Hy fidycrtcd (From the Dublin Morning Register of Tuesday.) ANTI-TORY ASSOCIATION. Yesterday the adjourned meeting of the association took place at the Corn-Exchange rooms. Notwithstanding the charge for admission the great room was so much crowded that many persons were obliged to stand upon the lobbies. The gallery was occupied by ladies. Amongst the gentle men present we observed Lord Miltown, George Evans, Esq., M.P., Charles Arthur Walker, Esq., AMP., Henry Grattan, Esq., M.P., Dominick Ronayne, Esq., M.P., Christopher Fitzsimon, Esq., M.P., A. Carew O'Dwyer, Esq., M.P., John H. Talbot, Esq., NI.P., Ebenezer Jacob, Esq., M.P., Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart. ; Sir George Cock burn, K.B. ; and 'William Murphy, J. Scott Molloy, Dillon M'Namara, Daniel M‘Nevin, Thomas Walker, William Grace Kelly, Pollock, Edward Power, W. P. Kenny, Lysaght Pennefather, John Shea Lalor, and James O'Dowd, Esqrs. GEO. EVANS, M.P., for the county of Dublin was called to the Chair. Mr. E. DWYER acted as Secretary. Mr. EVANS, upon taking the chair, thus addressed the assembly :—Gentlemen, you are all aware of the crisis and the times at which we have arrived. I feel great satisfac tion in being placed in this chair at a meeting of my fellow countrymen, convened for the purpose of reaping the fruits which reform has sown, and which the Tories are about to blast.—(Hear and cheers.) Gentlemen, this is a vital ques tion to Ireland and to England at large.—( Hear, hear.) But it is one that is not merely confined to these countries —it is one which affects other European countries.— (Hear, hear.) If the Tories will continue in office, Spain, Portugal, France, and Poland, must hear of it with the greatest alarm, for our Administration will then be con nected in principle with .the " Holy Alliance."—(Hear, and cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL rose and was received with the most enthusiastic cheers, which were continued for several minutes. As soon as the applause had subsided, he said— Sir, our business here is to postpone every cause of dissen sion amongst ourselves until we strike down the common enemy of all.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot conceive that any policy would be more base and wicked than to go back now to dissensions which existed under a different order of things. I am not the lauder of the Whigs—(Lord Miltown here entered, and was received with loud cheers)—l am not the eulogist of the Whigs—no man personally ought to be more hostile to them than I ought to be, as far as an individual could be influenced by his own feelings.—(Hear.) They hated me most cordially—they did their best to put me down, and—l forgive them heartily. Our triumph here is to be over our political differences ; we forget their errors and their faults ; for we have now another duty to perform —it is to contend against these enemies, and, I will say, the enemies of the human race.—( Hear, and cheers.) I repeat the enemies of the human race—for Toryism, English Tory ism, has opposed the progress of liberty all over the globe. —(Cheers.) It was Toryism which drove the French people mad, and hurried them into excesses.—( Hear, hear.) This was the work of the British Tories—of Pitt, who was the personification of Tories ; it was they who disturbed the course of that revolution by the most frightful and ex tensive bribery. I myself heard the fact. A certain paper passed between three of the Directors, which was never seen by a fourth person in France. Where is that paper now ? In the archives of the British Museum. It was bought from one of the three Directors of France. That is the genius of Toryism.—(Hear, hear.) There is not a foul Miguelite in Portugal who will not exult when he hears that the Duke of Wellington is in office ; there is not a base Carlist in Spain who will not exult when he hears the Duke of Wellington is at the head of affairs ; there is not a Car list nor an absolutist in France will who not rejoice when he learns that the Duke of Wellington is prime Minister. The " holy allies" of the Duke of Wellington rejoice—the absolutists exult—the traitorous Orangeists in Belgium—the Dutch spoilers of the fertile fields of Belgium—a land whose fertility almost equals that of green and neglected Ireland— there as well as here the Orangeists rejoiced when they beard the Duke of Wellington again was in power.—(Cheers.) And the Russian, the sanguinary monster who deluged Poland with blood—the torturer of men, of women, and of children, exults because he hopes for another massacre : that the time may again come when the mother—for, sacred God! it has already occurred—such was the cruelty of one of the Duke of Wellington's allies, that mothers put to death their own chil dren, rather than let them fall into the hands of the Russians. (Hear,hear.) Yes, every vile and horrid Russian will exult, while the mothers of Poland will scream in agony to their God, when they hear that Wellington and Russia are triumphant--( Hear, and loud cheers.) There is not afriend to despotism—there is not an oppressor—there is not a tyrant on the face of the earth, from him stationed at Cairo and Constantinople to him, the still greater miscreant, who triumphs over the ruined walls of Warsaw, and reigns in the wild deserts of Siberia—every monster, every polluted mi nion, every sanguinary satellite who serves a despot, every treacherous and servile wretch who is ready to sell his con science and his country rejoices—all rejoice that the 'Duke of Wellington is in office.—( Hear, and continued cheering.) So, on the other hand, we find that every friend to genuine liberality and the amelioration of the human race—every friend to morality and to improvement, who desires.to put an end to ancient abuses, to destroy oppression, to amend and correct all cruel, expensive, and doubtful laws—who wishes to improve the condition of mankind without any distinc tion of orecd or colour, all over the globe—all these have heard with harm- and regret that the Duke of Wellington is in power again.—(Hear, and cheers.) But we shall not weep for this. Why should we ? Let tyrants lament, for they are insecure—let despots tremble, for they are not safe— let Wellington hesitate, as he is hesitating, because there is no certainty of his continuing in power.—( Hear.) We com bine here for the freedom of Ireland—we will stand toge ther—the free people of England will stand toge ther. One shout will come from emancipated Scot land, and the reformers of England and Ireland will be too strong for Wellington of Waterloo and all his foreign allies, whoever they may be.—(Hear, and cheers.) The curse of our country has been dissension. We will always think the better of each for having acted upon this occasion to gether. Should further differences arise, we will at last carry them on with better temper, better humour, and more com placency than we did previously.—( Hear, and laughter.) See the situation of England —your good sense, Sir, pointed out the ludicrous situation of England at this moment. See the ajvisers of the Duke of Wellington ! He has got together Lord Londonderry, and Ellen-borough ; and an old gentlewoman who ;'alls herself Mary-borough ; he has put them into the Treasury. Such a batch, I believe, never met together at this side of a hot place.—( Hear, and laughter.) There they are, but they arc doing no thing. They are waiting for that great monarch of cotton —that dictator of spinning-jennies, Sir Robert Peel ! (Laughter.) " Cotton for ever !" I say.—(Laughter.) The cotton lord now rules supreme—the aristocracy of England must bow down before him ! The iron gauntlet, the lofty crest, the proud plumage, the gallant chivalry of England are all lowered before the high, the grand, the exalted lord of cotton, and the supreme master of spinning jennies ! (Cheers.) He it is who is the sense-carrier of the entire party.—( Hear, hear.) The Duke of Wellington, with all his state and military rank, must wait upon him—the Duke, who, as Cardinal Wolsey used to do, may now write " Ego et re.r »zeus," " I and my King" command you, Sir Robert Peel, to return to England. Wellington, who is the cardi nal point in the new Ministry, may thus write, putting him self first, as he ought to do—" I and my King command you home, and to bring with you all your wisdom, as you have a mighty mind to govern this empire." It is Sir Robert Peel the English may thank for the grievous weight of their debt. Let them cotton to each other as much as they please, but they are not for the people.—(Cheers and laughter.) The next trait about this Sir Robert Peel is this—he was the most inveterate no-Popery man that ever lived—his conscience stood in the way of the freedom of the Catholics. Political measures may be altered, but con science, anything affecting conscience, never could ! If any measure interfered with conscience or religion, rightly un derstood, it certainly never ought to pass. But here was Sir Robert Peel, with his conscience turning to the right about—he, the child and champion of the no-Popery men, second to me for Catholic e mancipation.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) I am not here, as I said before, as the advocate of the Whigs—neither am I here to be their accuser ; but, I am here for the purpose of preventing the Duke of Wellington being Minister. I am here with that object, believing that his eleva tion threatens the foundation of every state in Europe. We have seen in England the vilest and the basest truck ling to the Tories. The Times has been most adverse to me—its hostility to me has been base, and, if I had wished for revenge, it has revenged me on itself in a way that shows it to have sunk aeeper in the profundity of literary turpitude than it was thought possible to reach even in the mine of rascality. The Times has become the sup of the Duke of Wellington, Some say it ought to be burned ; but, in my opinion, burning is too good for it !—(Laughter.) My friend Stuart, of the Courier, is, I find, to-day running between both—he is like a rat be tween chairs.—(Laughter.) I tell, h ow ever, the basest of news papers, the Tinzes, 4,114 the Duke of Wellington will not make concessions in the Spirit 4f Op Reform Bill. i z c (l in o n p ot b a l c in t , as if w e ta i ; resolve. potion There n i o lo t7 i e s n ia tal co ki n in tU f n -nt included in 04r ROMllipgioll. We are up and sticripg, i hp ye Is no ^+. perform good deeds. thoso There 1. of Ireland is bound to have the peo, use in saying good,things if we do 1., —(Hear.) The resolutions we have come to „. " That there should be formed in the city of Dublin Liberal club, under the denomination of the Anti-Tory timents tual, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 18341 o f try O f ssi t °l:3B lPeaP cill ex eelgeY , 4 11135 t o", 41 C thl s in # t ot 1 grade Da illgralefee, order°tll tht cou 01, nin e ' tbs. of at vv 39 llo o° ky) D• 0 O I ,Cys t)'‘ rg rijoti a o o / i m ilar Co rte : r of t ° O l/ 29 creile b e sof t ) rrs ti elite nfesteicji i n the r 0 1 P g 10 11" 1) fe t'rf) p t 01 ) o it) 1 t. hea r, „g gar , tit e 0 4 / fo u r o fi t y e sP ee 0 as ee t ( Pr..'3sl3 AS i' t 9lllol F- 11 0 ;. n oie e , 0 4. , T n ot 6ro C nguese' 0 0 'CY to the necessity of exertion at the elections. The county of Kildare, which he had the honour to represent, fully par took of the spirit that was abroad, and the people there were ready to join their countrymen in the crisis that ha: :t come. The Hon. Gentleman was admitted a member• of the Society. Mr. BARRETT warmly deprecated the accession of a Tory Administration to office. He himself had personally suffered by the Whigs, but he forgot his own injuries in the public danger, and he forgave them. If the Tories re turned to power, it would be a death-blow to the liberties of Europe, and the happiness of the entire European family. —(Cheers.) He was not an admirer of the Whigs, but he did not wish to see them removed to make way for Tory ism.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL then moved the adjournment of the Association to this day. The meeting then adjourned to this day. NORWICH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-It appears to me that the fate of the Tory go vernment might be settled in a week, thus :—Let two statements be drawn up—one to be signed by all members of Parliament, who are opposed in sentiment, the other by the people in each county and town. Let these declarations BE WORDED IN PRECISELY THE SAME SPIRIT, as the decla ration of the metropolitan members, and as nearly as cir cumstances will allow IN THE VERY WORDS. Such declarations will be signed by ALL REFORMERS (Radical and Whig), and would, I doubt not, receive the assent of two-thirds of the House of Commons, and a like proportion of the people—millions of whom are now quie scent, lest they should be supposed to approve wholly of the acts of the late Administration. B. BRISTOL. PRIVATE-PUBLIC MEETING. The hot-bed of Toryism was held this morning in the Horticultural Rooms, top of Park-street. Never was there such a display of noxious plants beheld. Out of a population of near 120,000, not more than 1,000 were seen in the room, including persons from the country and Bath. Peti tions were laid on the lawn for signatures to the King, Lords, and Commons. About one o'clock there was ad mission given to those who would sign the addresses, else they were excluded (not knowing what they were) ; this was their conduct. We expect shortly a meeting of the Reformers, not by cards and circulars, but by general pub lic advertisement. We are not afraid of our cause. It must stand—it will stand—it shall stand—in spite of all opposition !—Yours, &c. A REFORMER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—As a constant reader of your invaluable paper, I beg to trouble you with a small piece of information. There is, as the Tories call it, " a great meeting" here to-day of their body, to support (as they describe it) the Church. This meeting is professedly a public meeting, whereas no person is admitted without a ticket. Every vestry throughout the city has assembled, and acted under orders from their Captain, who is an old silly corporator ; but his regiment is a most servile one ; they throw up their caps and cry " Wellington for ever," not heeding or caring if he be Liberal or Conservative. They are all, or nigh all, men who have directly or indirectly fat tened on abuses ; and, poor silly souls! still hope to plunder once again. The nature of the meeting should be known. Your well-wisher, Bristol, Nov. 2G. AN OLD WHIG. STRATFORD-ON-AVON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—A portion of the weak-minded clergymen con nected with the Established Church of Stratford-upon- Avon and its vicinity, gave vent to their inexpressible joy on receivinc , tidincrs of the dissolution of the Whig Minis try, by walking from street to street in orange ribbons. I have not heard whether the clergy and their partisans, in any other town in England, ventured to make such a bold a display ; therefore I am anxious that the spirited conduct of our clergy should not be lost sight of. I have only to say that this paltry exhibition of party-spirit elicited nothing more than a smile of ineffable contempt, that they should suffer— " The expedition of their violent love—to Outrun the pauser reason." Should a general election, or any other political commo tion occur, the vain and ostentatious conduct of these " Gentlemen in black," on the occasion before alluded to, will not be entirely forgotten.—l am, Sir, yours, &c. Nov. 26, 1834. POOLE, Nov. 26. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Standard of last evening professes to give an account of a meeting of the Corporation of Poole, on the 24th, and of an Address then voted to his Majesty. The intention of the writer is evidently to impress the public with an idea of the political feelings of the inhabitants—the very reverse of the truth. Poole is a town containing up wards of 7,000 inhabitants—it is also blessed with a corpo ration consisting of 81 resident burgesses, who, with a Mayor and Senior Bailiff, sway our destinies. It is true, in the Address to his Majesty, the word " commonalty" is appended, by which it is intended the inhabitants should be included. The meeting is pompously described in the Standard as " most numerous, pursuant to a requisition, and the majority overwhelming." But to the facts. The requi sition was carried round late on Saturday evening to the houses of a few (Poole won't produce twelve) of the Tories ; special care being taken to avoid publicity. The Mayor issues a printed notice on Sunday, which is circulated during Divine Service for a meeting on Monday morning— the thing being . previously arranged. The Tory burgesses, having at all times a certain number of men under com mand, assemble with a ready-cut-and-dried address which they move shall be presented by the Duke of Wellington to his Majesty. They were urged to show the necessity— the propriety of such an Address ; but n o, they persisted in maintaining dignified silence. The Corporation Seal was affixed, and before the meeting is generally known in the town to have taken place, the Address appears in the Standard. I am happy to inform you, however, that a requisition, most extensively and respectably signed, has b een p re sented to the Sheriff, requesting a public meeting of the inhabitants to be convened for the purpose of conveying to his Majesty the cordial approbation of the inhabitants to the general measures and policy of the late administration, and earnestly imploring that men may be called to his Majesty's councils whose past public conduct affords a guarantee for their carrying into full operation the great principles of the Re form Act. Whether the Sheriff shall consent to call a meeting or not, a meeting we shall have, which we dare to tell our " hole and corner" Corporation will leave them in an " overwhelming" minority. A. HULL. (From the Hull Observer.) Can an Administration, formed by the Duke of Welling ton, stand ? To answer this question it is necessary to ask who are to be the Members, and what are to be the prin ciples of that Administration ? The members of the em bryo Government are to be Tories, such as formerly sat upon the Treasury benches with the Duke. Peel—Her ries—Scarlett—Goulburn— Wetherell, are prominent names upon the list. Will they be determined Anti-Reformers— will they be for a system of temporizing Whig management —will they be thoroughly liberal in their measures ? A s Anti-Reformers alone can they hope to be supported by their accustomed confederates. To retain these they must be prepared to erect a rampart of penal statutes and a palisade of bayonets against every innovation in Church and State. But can they meet the House of Commons, or the constituency of that House, as Anti-Reformers ? Can they satisfy Ireland as tithe proteetors ? Can they bring over Scotland, with its reformed municipalities, and England, with its enlarged electoral system, to their leading dogma, that what ever is old ought to be everlasting ? If they can accomplish these things they will prove themselves more astute sages in the arts of government than any the world has yet seen. EDINBURGH. (From the Edinburgh Chronicle. ) The Times and the Courier have already hoisted Wel lington colours. The Times is notorious for advocating whichever side it thinks will be most for its pecuniary inte rest. Fixed opinions it has none, and moral scruples appear not to he troublesome to its conductors. If we may judge from its conduct for some months past, the Courier appears to have resolved to act on the same principle ; and more over, to place unlimited confidence in the judgment of the Times as to what card will turn up trump. The Times has, however, made some gross msicalculations of late, and we trust that in this case, too, it will find itself mistaken. Con sidering the m i g hty i n fl u e n ce of the press, and its power, by misrepresentation and downright perversion of truth, to mislead the public mind, it is to be regretted that there should be any unpr i nc i p l e d scoun d re l s connec t e d therewith, but as there i s a p ro p or tion of a t iol i worthies in every class of society, it world be unreasonable to expect the " Fe,urth Estate" to be free of them, But as the public_ instinctively avoid vagabonds, as a matter of interest and feeling, in all the ordina r y i n t ercourse o f lif e , mercan til e an d social, it might be expected that they would also discontinue rascally papers. And so in the long run undoubtedly they do. GLASGOW. (From the Scots Times.) Citizens and Reformers $c prepqrQd fP,r the fiery which may he, yld is iy t ost likely before you—be prepared at all poiht s ; tor the strong mall armed, will assuredly try to break into 'the house of your freedom. Misrul. abuse, as embodied in the Oligaret, I .,Kvc Made a stand, and they will see ye sure of that. There new Holy Alliance formed, with Wellington at its head ; and if he fall before the public virtue of the British people, they will play their last and most desperate card. The Rhenish Provinces of Russia are within forty-eight hours' march of the Texel, and thirty thousand Huns could be thrown upon the shores of England in four-and-twenty hours !! Ponder deeply, we intreat you, on this identifi cation of the Boroughmongers, with their brethren of the sword abroad, as developed in the simultaneous activity of their Powers and Principalities ; it is the most emphatic commentary on the character of the Government you are now to live under—if you please ! ! (From the Glasgow Argus.) The Duke of Wellington's rule must be for evil. It is neither in him nor in his associates to do good. Their object is to strengthen the Oligarchy, to re-conquer their sinecures and needless offices, to trample on the consciences of men, to throw back Europe into the hands of the despots, to prevent the growth of intellectual and commercial inter course among the nations lest men should grow too wise— too well aware of their own interests. These, let him make What fair pretexts he will, are the Duke's objects, and he is not a man to undertake a task without calculating his re sources. He is far-sighted, capable of making the most complex combinations, cool, so as to " bide his time," and as the lightning when the opportunity of striking offers. He is not a man to be troubled with nervous scruples—he will cut his way to his object through every human tie. He has intrenched himself in office as he did in the lines 'of Torres Vedras. If we do not drive him from his position, his advance will be resistless when it commences. There is one task at present incumbent upon Reformers, and that is, superseding every other object, to drive the Duke of Wellington from office. D UMFRIES. (From the Dumfries Courier.) But the grand query remains behind—what line of policy will the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel pursue? At the very outset the former seems to have secured the co operation of the Times newspaper, and accordingly that wonderfully plastic Journal tells us that he intends to make the Reform Bill the compass of his Government, and out bid even the Whigs in the market of popularity. This will be strange news, if true, and as the Times cannot give us absolute warrandice, we must pause before we rush into the snare or " sprynges to catch woodcocks," so cunningly et for the people of Britain. What ! turn to the right about with all the alacrity of the Times itself, become an, ultra- Whig and Reformer, and thus stultify and set at nought all the opinions and actions of his public life. The bare idea of a change so radical appears to us to be ludicrous and ex travagant ; and we are sure the Duke of Wellington is too straightforward a man to avail himself of the knave's plea, necessity. The effect of such a wheel would prove tre mendously demoralizing—destroy all confidence in public men—induce the people to believe that there is something in politics that saps the foundations of moral rectitude, and furnish apologies for the blackest apostacy. Lord Durham remarked on this in his spirited speech at the Newcastle dinner ; and viewing the question, not so much on political as on moral grounds, it is impossible to conceive a single event that would be more thoroughly revolting and deroga tory to the dignity of human nature. PROBABLE RESULT of a GENER. IN IRELAND. (PROW OUR OWN CORRESPON Antrim County Belfast Carrickfergus Armagh County Armagh Town Athlone Carlow County Carlow Town Cavan County Clare County Ennis Cork County Cork City Mallow Youghall Kinsale Bandon Drogheda Down County Downpatrick Lisburn Newry Dublin County Dublin City Dublin University Fermanagh County Inniskillen Galway County Galway Town Kerry County Tralee Kildare County •••, Kilkenny County Kilkenny City King's County Leitrim County Limerick County Limerick City Londonderry County Londonderry City Coleraine Longford County Louth County Dundalk Mayo County Meath County Monaghan County Queen's County Portarlington Roscommon County Sligo County Sligo Town Tipperary County Clonmel Cashel Tyrone County Dungannon Donegal County .. . Waterord County Waterford City Dungarvan Westmeath County Wexford County Wexford 'town New Ross Wicklow County . Refor. mere. Tories. Doubt ful. I think it may be relied upon, that there will 1 , ,b a majo rity from Ireland against the Autocrat, of forty at least. Our expectations will be much disappointed if it do not mount up very near to fifty. Of those which I have re turned as doubtful, there are several whom a less cautious calculator would set down, without hesitation, as assured friends of Reform. The constituencies of eight of them have the power, and are not wit the will, to assist the good cause. Of the other nine, there are six who went into the last Parlienent as Reformers, and voted as such. But five of ttem have ratted to the enemy since then, and the ei.:lth is doubtful. The other three might be ousted by a vigorous effort ; but it is not very likely that they will. Let England, however, acquit herself as well as Ireland, and the triumph of the Tories will soon be brought to an end. Mr. O'Connell's wise abandonment of the Repeal Pledge will " confound the politics and frustrate the knavish tricks" of the intriguers. _ _ It was a sad instance of forgetfulness in my Lord Strang ford, to step forth for the purpose of vindicating the dignity and honour of the peerage. He is, perhaps, of all who sit in that Upper House, the one who has the least reason to brag of the conservatism which resides in an hereditary assembly. The Lord Strangford who was before him was expelled from the Irish House of Lords after a solemn trial and investigation, wherein he was convicted of having soli cited a bribe of a hundred pounds from a party who had an appeal from the Court of Chancery before the House. The then Lord Strangford offered, for the moderate dou ceur I have mentioned, to go down to the House, contrary to his wont, and adjudicate in favour of the appellP-.A . There was not much of the Vox Dei in that ; an'', i t cer tainly looks odd for the immediate deseen!!‘ant of such a peer to provoke reminiscences by clamln g superiority ove r the people for his Order! It *7;fould not be easy to bring forward, from all Parlionentary history, a case more de monstrative of thc!, absurdity of an hereditary legislature, than the caw:, of that Lord Strangford. Why should the descenants of such a man inherit, with his blood, the right to make laws for a free and virtuous people ? CONSERVATIVE MEETING at PORTSMOUTH. (FROM A CONSERVATIVE CORRESPONDENT.) A very numerous and highly-respectable meeting of the friends and supporters of John Fleming, Esq., was held on Tuesday evening, the 25th inst., at the C o mmittee-room, Old Rope-walk, Portsea, Captain Smith, R.N., in the Chair, when resolutions were unanimously passed, expres sive of the gratification which the meeting had experienced at the recent change which had taken place in his Majesty's councils, and of their firm determination to support such candidates only, in case of an election, as were known to Possess aafe constitutional principles. With this view the meeting pledged themselves to use their best exertions to promote and secure tj , ::. - retarn, for the Southern Division of the C , -- my of Hants, of their tried and valued friend, John Fleming, Esq., and of such other candidate as should be known to entertain the same Conservative principles. At the same meeting an Address to his Majesty was unanimously adopted, and is now lying for signature) in va rious parts of the town, AL ELECTION IN?.) SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIO JOURNALS. It would give us great satisfaction to be able to state that the Duke of Wellington has seen the folly of his ways—that he has become an admirer of the Reform Bill—that he loathes the old corrupt borough mongering system, which hitherto he has so fervently admired—that be detests the policy with regard to Belgium, Portugal, Spain, and France, which he re commended during the whole time that the Whigs were in office—and that he has renounced all the obnoxious opinions entertained by him with regard to reforms in our laws, or our municipal institutions, and in the Churches of England and Ireland. Repentance, when it springs from the heart, is never too late. " There is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance." But we have no evidence of the re cantation of the Duke of Wellington of his former errors of opinion. We are bound in justice to his Grace to believe that lie retains all his old Tory opi nions—that in his heart he detests the Reform Bill, and all that has taken place under it. All those who enjoy the confidence of his Grace continue to express Tory and High Church opinions. In the Quarterly Review, for November 1834, there is a postscript, dated Nov. 19, since the dismissal of the Melbourne Ministry, attributed to Mr. Croker,, who is known to be the adviser of his Grace, in which we are told that the majority of the late Cabinet " could not meet Par liament without announcing strong measures of what they called Church reform, or, to peak more truly and plainly, Church spoliation." This means, that with the party to which the puke belongs, the Church which the M , ibourne Ministry would have conceded means sr,oliation. Can his Grace be of ano ther opinion But the Times has put the claims of the Duk e of Wellington to hold the reins of Govern- ITYInt on another issue. It assumes that the Duke is as hostile as ever to Reform in his heart, but that this is the strongest of all grounds for our trust ing him :—" There may (says our contemporary) be advantages in the accomplishment of extensive Reforms by those who had heretofore opposed them, even greater, in some respects, than if they had been obtained through the earlier advocates of such measures. When an habitual stickler for things as they were' has been brought round, it is not only like the conversion of an old sinner—a legitimate cause of gladness to the faithful—but it tends to settle doubting and restless disputants ; it tends to satisfy all. objectors that the thing was right, or that it hadbecolne inevitable, and that further opposition was chimerical or useless. If, for instance, Catholic Emancipation had been carried by Whigs, against the sense of the Duke of Wellington, Sir R. Peel, and the intelligent, as contrasted with the fanatical and unreasoning Tories, no man surely will contend that the adverse portion of our countrymen (for such there were) would so easily or so speedily have set down contented with the bill, as when they saw that it was introduced by those who had been Anti-Catholics, but who, in yielding to wh a t th e y acknowledged to 1 , - ,*e a necessity, gave the most convinc ing proof to others that such necessity was of overpow ering force. So will it be with other reforms, intro duced and executed through the agency of old Conser vatives. They will not only enact the law, but they will do more—they will settle the con t roversy an d silence the most inveterate objectors ; not merely enforcing the legislative act, but restoring the peace of society." These are startling doctrines. If a man who had long lived by robbing, were to present him self to you, and exclaim—" There is no use in my attempting to carry on this game any longer ; I find robbing a bad trade ; pray trust your money and goods to me ; as I am well known, my employment by you will make other men of loose principles turn to honest courses, as they will see that nothing is to be gained by thieving"—would you trust such a man with your keys ? According to the Times, dishonest men ought always to be trusted. in preference. The greatest benefactors to socirzty are those who, after long opposing all that is just and right, offer without any change of opinion to execute what they have so opposed. The highest claim to public confidence, is the having always stood in the way of the public good I rnere is no danger of doctrines like these doing larm, because the sound unsophisticated sense of mankind instinctively repels them with abhorrence. They tend to the utter demoralization of society ; but their tendency is so obvious, that no man, how ever obtuse his understanding, can be gulled by them. With respect to the repeal of the Test and Corpora tion Acts, and the concession of the Catholic claims, there is really no analogy between the circumstances under which these measures were passed, and the cir cumstances under which we are called on to trust the Duke. His Grace was then in power, the people were not represented ; and as he yielded not to conviction, it is plain that he could only yield to necessity. It is possible that the fanatical and unreasoning .Tories, might be more disposed to give way when, they were told by their own leader that further resistAnce was use less. We are, however, far from cert that it would . not have been better in his Grace t.O h ave h onest l y ad mitted that he had obtained a no.,ev light, than to have claimed an adherence to all his former opinions while he yielded to the power of s opponents, because by the course he pursued inculcated the lesson, that nothing was to be obtained from Governments by reason —but everything 1 : 1 force, a lesson which, by shaking the confidencer,f the people in the honesty of States men, lays th e foundation for confusion and anarchy. But be thi s as it may, it was not for the people to re fuse ju'A and proper measures from the Duke, because they might not approve of the grounds on which he conceded them. They might have preferred receiving Emancipation, and the repeal of the Test Laws, from Statesmen alive to the justice, as well as the necessity of these measures ; but they had no choice. They could have said to the master of a boroughmongering Government—We will not take Emancipation from you—we will wait till, by the success of a rebellion in Ireland, we have laid you and the boroughmongers prostrate at our feet, and then, and then only, will we consent to receive it. The Duke would then have been justified in refusing concession ; and what is more, he would have ranged on his side all the well-disposed advocates of Emancipation, through whom principally the Catholics were successful. His Grace might have played the same game with Reform ; and, in deed, it was expected that he would profit by the signs of the times, and concede such a measure of Parliamentary Reform as would have satisfied the people for the time. But he insulted the nation by a bold unblushing advocacy of all the corruptions of the boroughmongering Government ; he extolled it as the best of all possible Governments, at a time when the people were peculiarly sensUe to its defects ; and the consequence was, the agitation which drove him from power, and gained . for us the Reform Bill. We have now obtained teat which enables us to exclude from power all men whose principles do not receive our approbation. We have obtained in a Parliament chosen by const i tuenc i es id ent ifi e d i n i nterest w i t h t h e natin, an instrument through which we may securely count on all desirable and expedient reforms. We can now determine what Ministers shall receive our confi 7 dente, and what Ministers shall not. Being, then, in the possession of this power, should we not be justly the object of the contempt and scorn of the whole civi li zed world, if we were to say—" The King has made the Duke of Wellington Minister—a man who op. posed the charter of our liberties, who opposed every measure introduced for effecting the reforms in Church and State for which the charter was demanded—who advocated In Parliament the cause of every foreign despot—who lamented every ad vance made by the people of every country towards Constitutional Government ; and we will support the Ministry of this man, because, though he detests all that we wish, he and his supporters—find ing that if they do not give effect to the Reform Bill, their opponents will, in which case these oppo nen t s will retain possession of valuable places and exten sive patronage —are determined to offer violence to their consciences, and do as much in the way of the reform of abuses as if they were sincere in the work, in order to know once more the sweets of Qua - iter-day." We defy any man to construe the conduct of the Duke, as explained by the Times, in any other way. He op poses all Reforh'is—b".. throws every difficulty in the way of the 11 . 1 florm Ministers—he condemns their —he exposes the State to the danger which uisappointed hopes is calculated to produce—and he