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THIS EVENING, DEC. 29, Will be repeated Dr. Arne's 'Opera of ARTAXERXES Artaxerxes, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Arbaces, Mr. Manvers ; Ar tabanes, Mr. W. Harrison ; Mandane, Miss Rainforth; Semira, Miss Poole. After which, Mr. Butin's Comic Interlude of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE. Mr. Somerton, Mr. Cooper ; Mr. B rown ,'M r. M ea d ows; Mr. Smith, Mr. Bartley; -Mrs. Somerton, Mrs. W. Lacy. To conclude with a New Comicality, called PUNCH'S PANTOMIME; or, HARLEQUIN kING JOHN, and MAGNA CHARTA. By the Writers of " Punch." King John, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway; Pan taloon, Mr. Garden ; Columbine, Mrs. J. Ridgway ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 21. 6d. ; Pit 3s; second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Private Boxes to be had at. the Box-office • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond street, Mr. Mitchell Old Bond -street; • and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mart._ Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit !ow, at the Box-office, from Ten till Pour, where Season Tickets may be had. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKE T, — :` THIS EVENING, DEC. 29, Will be r. peat Congreve's Comedy of THE WAY OF - THE WORLD (Adapted for Representation). Period, 1699. Sir Wilful! Wit:emu/I, Mr. W. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining; Marwoud, Mr. Stu art; Witwoud, Mr. Charles Mathews; - .Petulant, Mr. Buckstone; Waitwell, Mr. Strickland; Mil lamant, Midame Vestris; Lady Wiafort, Mrs. Glover. To be follow e d by th e D rama of THE BASTILE. Louis Quatorze, MT. H. Holt; Fricarleau, Mr. Webster; the Duchess- de Montbazon, Miss Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma itre Celeste. To conclude with a Grand Comical Burlesque Bur a, RIQUET, WITH THE TUFT. Prince Tiquet, with the Tuft, Mr. Charles Mathews Green-horn the Great, Mr. James Bland; Prince Finikin, Miss Charles ; .Tia*Prineess Emeralda, Madame Vestris. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. LAST FIFTEEN NIGHTS OF THIS PRESENT SEASON: The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre, being compelled, by its Lieeuse, to close on the 14th of January, Ma ,!larne Vestris, airs. Glover, a n d 'M a d ame C e l es ' e; M r. W . ltirpen, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Webster, mri I ilk. Strickland, will not perform beyond that period again wit raster week. _ J. F. ARCHER, Box Book-keeper. FINICESTHEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING, DEC. 29, ,s Wit be repeated an English Version of Bel:ini's Opera likLA 80gliNAMBULA. Count Rodolph, Mr. W. H. '‘Vtiso. ; Aiessio, Mr. Walton ; Liza, Mrs. T. 11. Se- VI ; Anaina, Madame Eugenia Garcia (her first appearance e English stage); Elvino, M r . T emp l eton. a nvoludo with a New F a i ry b ur l esque b urletta, entitled R YELLOW DWARF. Principal characters by Mr. Oxberry,llrs. Anderson, Miss Noel, Madle. Melanie Duval, and M. beneze, who will melee their first appearance in this country in the incidental ballet. Places and Private Boxed to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL,, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 29,, Will be repeated the new Burleka, entitled THE MER CHANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford. Wright, Maynard, Wieland, Alias Chaplin, Miss lirooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan. After which, a New Faree,oelle YANKEE NO TES FOR ENGLISH CIRCULATION. "Principal Character,. by Mr. Rice (the celebrated representative of Negro Character), Messrs. Wright, Wilkinson, Maynard, Mesdames 1 . 1. P. Grat tan, H. Beverley, and Chaplin. Io coaeluile with a New Christmas Pantomime, exiled THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD ; or, HARLEQ UIN AND NOBODY. Harlequin, Mr. Frampton; Anti .(;lows (No body), Mr ieland ; Clown, Mr. If. Beverly; _Pantaloon, Mr. Sanders Co umbine, :Visa Bullin. II(M.", to Pif; 2 s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open. at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DA YIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEA."I'RE. AI usual, the most m agnificent Pa n t om i me in London--A ter rific hit ! Acknowledgedbyd andietices crammed to th e ce ili ng _SupSplendi ments. Scenery— Unequalled Appoint- —...... THIS EVENING,DEC. 2 9, - - Will be repeated a New Drarea, entitled RICHARD SAYE, in which iiircss!,;,.i_r_..eies, Hicks, R. Hornier, !y , er, Nrcfne4c mwil h l plelrforl Howler, Mrs. 11. Vii iing, Pax.torni a .n ee e , , with splendid I_,_ -- C - 2. y : ' , " Ne - folG i and Fairy J.. 1 . 7 16,`; ch a Tricits, r‘ Mechanicat Chan ': ' . . Vit - . 54e 1 g 1;od HARLEQUIN PUCK; orrTl-11?EN: 444 ( qb ' .. i"&' a . ...,- , ,,f^ , - • ' . 01 40 STATUE OF THE CHRYSTAL NOUN_ ~. %de 0 , . r . f-- , • • equip, Mr. Harvey ; Clown, Mr—, C. Mont o _ ... ' ed. • oon, Mr. T. Blanchard; Collunhillic,.illisslll. R. 0 .------- s E i t -- - T)io effects will exceed everything hitherto ... :.. , _ .. .. Mestej Sams, Ilitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, are Agents for Private Boxes during the run of the Pantomime. Places and private-Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kersebilrer, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. ! HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 51 minutes after 11 Evening 0 minutes after 0. LONDON : THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 29, 1812. Ever since the: close of the war, if not before, almost every class of political ireformers have been accused by their opponents of wishing to get rid of the National Debt. Some persone, like the present Secretary of State for the Home Department, have not concealed their desire to reduce it by the strong hand. That mode of pro ceeding corresponds to•border law, and the pre judices of birth and education may be pleaded in excuse for the Right Honourable Baronet. But whether political reformers have breathed a word on the subject or not, their opponents have invariably accused them of wishing to cancel the National Debt. All other topics of abuse against the League being exhausted, this is now taken up, and the League is accused by a Contempo rary, notorious for striking with any weapon which comes to hand, of having for its latent object, to cancel the 10ational Debt. " While you live," was Dean MILNER'S advice to an in timate friend, who had begun to, reproach him on finding a pack of cards on his library table, " never be afraid of bugbears." If there were the least chance of the League being alarmed at the revival of this antiquated piece of stale abuse, we should repeat Dean MILNER'S advice to it; but there is nut, for the League is not now to be frightened by a monster that has been paraded so often, that even the little girls pluck it by the tail. It is said, with an air of uncommon sagacity, that " the National Debt is a mortgage on the land ;" if it be so, who mortgaged the land but the landlords, for they have and had the legislative power, and why should not the land pay the ' mortgage ? It it be unable, why should not the landlords, like other miscalculating or spend thrift proprietors, suffer a foreclosure, and allow their creditors to have the property mortgaged for what it is worth ? But this statement, that the land is mortgaged for the National Debt, can only be received with explanations. Of itself land is worth nothing. Like sunshine or rain, it is merely one of the natural elements by the help of which the industry and skill of man wins or creates food. In its natural state it produces nothing but rank grass, bushes, and trees, which must be cut down or rooted out, or burned—as in the United States—befßre it can be productive. If the land be left unt:lled, too, what does it produce ?. Rank grass, bushes, and trees; and it must be again conquered, as it were, be fore it can be rendered productive of food for man. Sunshine and rain lend their fructifying powers without any previous labour; but the land must be cleared, and kept cleared, of natural in cumbrances before it can be employed to supply food. Land, therefore, we repeat, is merely one of the natural elements by the help of which the industry and skill of man creates food; and, but for one circumstance, it would be as wise to talk of the National Debt being a mortgage on rain or sunshine as on the soil of the empire. Rain and sunshine cannot be monopolised, hut the land can, or, rather, the people by whose labour it is cultivated may be enslaved. We all know that the land has been monopolised, and that the people who lived on it were succes sively made slaves of by more than one con queror, whose power to exact the toil of their slaves has descended with modifications to the landowners of our own times. W hen men talk of the land being mortgaged for the National Debt, what they really mean is, that the land owners, claiming a power to dispose of the indus try of the people, have pledved that to the holders of the National Debt. In Parliament, and out of Parliament, the landowners, by way of taxation, have claimed, and exercise to this day, a power over the industry of thelpeople, somewhat similar to that which was first gained by the sword. They may possi bly have given up some of the produce of that industry to others in contract ing a National Debt, but what they have pledged to pay it is not the land, but the labour of the community. The land by itself could not pay one farthing. The National Debt, there fore, is a mortgage on the industry of the people, who having that mortgage to pay have become impoi.;erished, while the landowner has been enriched. Ve must remind those who talk of the land being mortgaged for the National Debt of the two economical truths—that all wealth is the produce of labour, and that nearly all which is annually created is annually consumed. These two truths prove that all taxes are and must be paid by the annual produce of industry, whether it be applied to the soil or a steam-engine. It is not the land, therefore, but the labour of the peasant and the husbandman, the labour of the weaver and the spinner, of the smith and the tailor, of the machinist and the manufacturer, which annually pays the whole interest of the National Debt, as well as pays all the rent of the landlords and the profits of the capitalist. Asserting broadly that industry pays all taxation, it is scarcely worth while to notice, as another refutation of the statement that the land is pledged to the National Debt, that the bulk of . taxation is levied on consumption, to which all persons contribute, that the land scarcely yields, directly, the thirtieth part of the annual taxation, and that if th e i n d us t r y an d consumption of the nation be not diminished by the total repeal of the Corn-laws, it is a mon strous bugbear to assert that lowering the rent of land by such a repeal, would have the effect of ditn.inishing the revenue and endangering the public credit. We shall briefly show t h at i t would not, and that the League is composed of man who would be amongst the last in the king dom to sweep off the National Debt. The first effect of abolishing the Corn-laws would be to increase the industry of the commu nity. Mills, forges, furnaces, power-looms, steam-engines, ships, locotnotives,would instantly the set in motion, or receive an additional im petus. It would be impossible for the industry of the country to be increased without a corre sponding increase of consumption. The revenue, which has of late suffered so much as really to endanger public credit—hardly assured by the unpopular Income-tax, at which the holders of property assessed under schedule A begin to kick most vehemently—would be immediately increased, and the dividends more easily and more certainly paid. The abolition of the Corn-law would remove from the people the tax they now pay the landlords, and enable them to contribute more to the Exchequer. It would also release trade from a restriction, and instantly increase the productive power of the community. The industrious people would both gait} more, and they would have less to.give to the landlords. The course, therefore, , adopted by the_Anti-Corn-law League, apart from its intentions, is about the best possible means to secure the continued pay ment of the National Debt. It will give the nation capability to pay; and, wanting that, the most sanguine would scarcely look for the pay ment of the next dividends. As for the memh ers of the League designing to cancel the debt, 'nothing can be more absurd. They are nearly one and all manufacturers, and if not personally haterested in the preservation of the debt, as man jr of them are, they are all closely bound up by ties of interest with bankers and the monied dosses, most of whom are large holders of the publi c funds, As a class they are infinitely more interested i►t the due payment of the dividends than the landlords. They belong to the moniec 1 classes. They are captalists, and that which they are said to design would deeply injure them; selves. The accusation, therefore, that the I,eagu e design to cancel the National Debt is as absur d as it foolish to sup pose that the repeal of tlb e Corn-laws will injure the national revenue, or endanger in the smallest degree the payment of the dividends. Such absurd accusations and such silly inferences show how hardly the landlords and their scribes are driven to find anything to say in support or their proved injustice. It is for us quite amusing to find Lord JohN MANNERS, the son of the Duke of RUTLAND, a foremost bread-taxer--a man who, we will ven ture to say, would never be heard of but for his father's wealth and station—" adding," as lie says, " his protest against the national idolatry of wealth to those which have of late so sea sonably appeared frOm divines and philan thropists." Would not his protest be more effi cacious if he were to give up his appanage, and rely, like other men, on his own labour for his own subsistence? There would be something like consistency, if he did that, in protest ing against other men idolising wealth. lie, however, only follows in the rank of certain " divines," who, having got for the Church from the people, and fro►n the Church for them selves, all that they can, now preach against the idolatry of wealth. Not that they blame ,it in Bishops or Deans, but in master-manufacturer s and capitalists it is a great vice. They do not even reprobate it in Dukes. We have yet to learn if any of them hai•e lifted up their voices against the avarice which is embodied in Acts of Par liament; but the avarice of traders is an abon►i. nation in their eyes. To hear youthful . Lords and eminent divines launch out against the idolatry of wealth, apropos of manufactarers endeavouring to grow rich, and not thinking of granting holidays to their workmen, appears to us another example-of the cant which is now so common, and which finds a necessity for reform, and an occasion for the exercise of justice and philanthrophy, everywhere but at home, - These gentlemen discovered nothing to blame in the pursuit of wealth as long as it was confined to the nobility and clergy, and as long as their pursuit of it was crowned with success; but when the other classes imitated their example, and surpassed them in the acquisition—when manufacturers became more opulent even than Bishops and Dukes, then it became convenient to cry out against the idolatry of wealth. A little envy has I►ad a much more powerful effect on their minds than the precepts of their Divine Master, which were utterly neglected till they could be directed against the intruding opulence of the trading classes. We hope we are not idolators of wealth, and we are glad to.find auxiliaries in denouncing that idolatry. At the same time we should like the Lords who preach on this subject to begin by vot ing in the House of Commons to abolish the_ bread-tax, and by laying on the altar of the new divinity all the pensions and emoluments which they and their families have extorted from the people. We should like, too, that the divine s • who uphold the new worship by their words, should set the nation an example by their deeds, and, resigning to the poor all of what the clergy in successive ages have plundered the poor, be come the worthy successors of those who had neither silver nor gold. At present, does a rumour prevail that the Metropolitan is ill, all the Bishops are at once set in motion, courting the Minister, wooing the patronage of some great nobles, in order to benefit by a translation. Is there a rich living to be given away, there are scores of applicants, all eager to forsake their flocks, whoa► they say they are appointed to lead to salvation, in order to get a larger income. Is there a lectureship or a preachership vacant in the City, worth having, there are more clergy seeking for the post, than clerks sending to an swer an advertisement for a steady young • man who writes a good hand. In Parliament and out of Parliiiment all sortsof intrigues areset on foot, all sorts ofmissions and societies promoted, to increase the emoluments of the clergy; and while that is the general practice,.what avails it that a few divines, who give up nothing, denounce the ido latry of wealth which prevails amongst laymen ? Let the clergy only act on the precepts of their Divine Master, and then their preaching against the idolatry of wealth will be as efficacious as even Lord JOHN MANNERS can wish. .. ' • 0,,,, , _ •, -1 -,,-,,0 , '"'...., ‘ ,,,-, , i11k."14 $ l4 , s io 4 , , ~.,,(;--, . sv .--..:milM .4. 471 ;- 3 ..- ~. ...,,, L , ~ = 7,..,..---.,. :.,,,,,, -. ..._4740w Ztt THE SUN, LONDON,' THURSDAY EVENING, DECEINI BER 29, 1642. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. - Sir Henry Wheatley took his cl-narture from the Castle yesterday. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed walk in the Home Park. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was also taken out. Prince Albert rode to Cranbourne Tower on a shooting excursion. His Royal Highness was at tended by the Marquis of Ormonde, Viscount Can ning, Major-General Sir E. Bowater, Mr. G. E. Anson, and the Hon. C. A. Murray. The sport was excellent. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty at the Castle in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness took a carriage airing in the forenoon, attended by Lady Fanny Howard. Her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort walked to Frogmore Lodge, and returned in a pony phaeton. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and her Lady in Waiting, and Mrs. Arbuthnot, will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in an open pony phaeton, on Saturday, in the drives in the vicinity of her residence, Canford House, Dorset shire. The Hon. William and Mrs. Ashley took leave of her Majesty on Tuesday, and left Canford House on a visit to the Earl of Shaftesbury, at his seat St. Giles's House, Dorsetshire. Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, visited the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign-office. His Excellency Count Kielmansegge.:the Hanoverian Mi. nister, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. LITERATURE. * THE POPE AND THE ACTOR. 3 Vols. Newby, London, 1842. The period at wliich - the incidents related in this historical novel are supposed to have oc curred, is the commencement of the sixteenth century, shortly after the famous battle of Ravenna, which was gained by the French over the combined Spanish and Italian forces, and in which the celebrated French Commander, Gaston de Foil, received his death-wound. The hero and heroine of the story, are Giulio, son and heir of Count Rinaldo Zatti, a nobleman of an ancient and distitiguished Italian fiimily, and livesLucia,n a e a y r o young g girl of unkresidencenowparentage,n of a o who father, and has been the youth's companion • from childhood. After undergoing—the girl ht e u sua l i pair a o e (t e vicissitudes ha pp yw ritl'oirber marriage, tetinspe i it being e luckily discovered that Lucia is the - . child of Inoble parents, and every way, therefore, suited to the heir of the Zatti family. Much of the narrative is taken up with the in trigues of a scheming physician, Battista, t o procure the hand of Lucia, and also to advance the political interests of his patron, Cardinal Petrucci, who, with several other Cardinals, plots against the Pope, but is foiled in his attempts at conspiracy. The character of this subtle, bland, intriguing Doctor, is forcibly pourtrayed, and indeed is the redeeming feature of the tale. THE ENGLISH BIJOU ALMANAC. Schloss, London, 1843. By the help of a pair of spectacles, we have been able to discover the peculiarities of this tiny volume, which is about the size of half a roast chesnut, is edited by Miss Mitford, and con tains several poems from her pen, which are ek ceedingly pleasing, though we have had no slight trouble in deciphering them. Among the portraits, is one of Mr. Rogers, the poet, but we cannot say much for the accuracy of the re semblance, which is at least thirty years too young. The volume is enclosed in a neat red morocco case, and, is certainly the greatest cu riosity of the season. JACK HINTON: THE GUARDSMAN. Curry, Dublin, 1842. This tale, which forms the first of a series, entitled " ur Mess," and which is from the pen of Mr. Charles Lever, has already appeared from tune to time in the pages of the Dublin Univer sity Magazine, and was noticed by us, as suc cessive portions came out, in our usual sketchy criticisms of the monthly periodicals. We need, therefore, say nothing more on thc present occa sion, than that the tale is well worthy of repub lication in its present handsome octavo form, and that it is embellished with a half-length portrait of the author. JAY'S WORKS. Bartlett, London, 1842. This volume contains a series of Morning and Evening Religious ExeiCises for October, No vember, and December. The author is Mr. William Jay, who has executed a useful and important task in a spirit of rational, unaffected, yet fervent piety. COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CON FERENCE. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY. —The delegates as sembled again last night, when the Chairman corn inenced the business by reading to the meeting two letters, One from Mr. Sharman Crawford, who had deputed his son to attend on his behalf, and referring to a pamphlet which he had just published, entitled " A Defence of the Rights of the Working Classes," for an expesition ofhis views with respect to the pre sent movement, The second letter was from Mr. Daniel O'Connell, addressed to Joseph Sturge, Esq., and was to the following effect : " Darrynane Abbey, Dec. 22. "My respected Friend,—Year letter, requiring to know whether I could attend in Birmingham at the meeting of delegates for carrying out the principles of the Complete Suffrage Association, has been followed by the draft of. the Bill for that purpose, which draft reached me only this morning. With respect to the first point—namely, my at tendance at the Conference, I have, on the fullest con sideration, determined not to go there. Do not ima gine, however; that this refusal results from my want of Zeal in the cause of Universal Suffrage. No such thing. lam thoroughly convinced that every man of legal age, who does not forfeit his right by crime or idiotcy,' has, by the principles of the British Constitution, a _ distinct, inextinguishable right to vote for a representative in the Commons' House of Parliament. lam convinced that such right On the part of every male adult is to the full as complete as the right of any member of the House of Peers to the privilege of peerage ; or as the right of our •gra eious Queen to the throne. The only difference is, that in practice the two latter-are in full vigour, and perhaps somewhat superfluously so; while the fornier —the -suffrage right--is curtailed, and restricted, and mutilated; thus creating, where all should be free men, a distinct and: 'separate slave class, who, by iniquitous laws, and .more iniquitous practices, have been robbed of their natural birthright, and are essen tially slaves. " I am the friend of the slave class in every clime and country ; but more especially in the British dominions. " I am also the most decided advocate for -the voting by ballot; the best, if not the only mode of prevent ing corrupt and criminal practices at elections. " I also concur in the other points proclaimed by the Complete Suffrage Association ; that concurrence, however, is created by my sacrificing my own opinion of a preference of triennial to annual Parliaments, to my sincere desire of producing unanimity of exertion amongst all friends of a real, substantial, and radical reform of Parliament. " The reason why I am thus distinct in once more stating my political creed is, because I can answer for. it, that the overwhelinhig - majority 'of the people of Ireland go'sVith me upon these points and that they will co-operate with their English brother Reformers in all legal and peaceable means, but in no other, for obtaining a fair, free, and complete representation of the people in Parliament. "The great reason why I do not consent to attend . the meeting at Birmingham is because I have con vinced myself that I ought rather to be a spectator of than an actor in your approaching exertions: I have been personally so hostile to that class called 'physical force Chartists —I have been so unjustly and, indeed, so absurdly calumniated by their writers, that I have brought myself to believe, though perhaps without any suffioient foundation, that any efforts I could make for conciliation and to produce harmony might be defeated, and that my presence might tend to di minish the prospects of concord and co-operation which are so necessary for the success of your just deMands. " Besides, it is to be apprehended that there are too many other causes of strife and contention be between the more ardent and violent of the Chartist party and the more placid and mild portion of the Complete Suffrage Association. If I could throw oil upon the troubled waters, so as that the ark of British liberty might float in tranquil grandeur on. the poli tical wave, I should attend at once and at any , sacri fice ; and if, after the meeting has been organised, you should be of opinion that my attendance would be of any possible use to the great cause, I will, with the rapidity of steam, place myself amongst you. " I do most anxiously desire that the spirit of peaCe, harmony, conciliation, and concord may reign in the COniention ; that you ,may there have the means and the opportunity.of considering and adopting the best modes of ensuring 'success. My entire conviction is, that without co-operation between the - middle and what is called the lower, that is, the poorer or working class you cannot possibly succeed, and perhap s y ou ought not: • Whether you ought, or not, the concur rence of the middle classes is, in my judgment, most essentially necessary towards obtaining the right of suffrage for the operative classe3. Recent events have proved to demonstration the essential importance of the middle classes in any struggle for the amelioration of political institutions. I know that it was the co.; operation of the middle classes that enabled the people of Ireland to achieve Catholic emancipation. I know that it was the co-operation of the middle classes that enabled the people of England to obtain the first step in the . march of Parliamentary reform. I- see before my eyes at the present moment the irresistible progress of the middle class towards the total abolition of all taxes upon human food: How anxiously, therefore, do I desire to see a combinatiori p between the middle and operative classes for the attainment of radical Reform. If that combi nation takes place, the aristocratic classes, who have hitherto insulted and trampled upon the people, will be scattered like chaff before the wind ; and the honest and just principles of democratic liberty will pervade, ameliorate, and ennoble all the institutions of the State. Let me then conjure all the friends of peace able and rational liberty to use every possible exertion to constitute, to combine, and to consolidate the ope rative arid middle classes, If that can be done, the materials of complete and immediate success are in your hands, a success unstained by violence or crime— a success deserving the praise of good menl—a success deserving I hope the approbation of all good men. The meeting at Birmingham is a glorious oppor tunity for working out these purposes. That op portunity may be thrown away. It may be soiled, stained, and destroyed ; but the spirit that will work among the best part of the members of the Cori ference will survive; and even at the worst it will afford an opportunity of separating the chaff from the good seed. But let me not anticipate evils Which may be merely imaginary ; and let me trust and hope that any 'discordant element may soon evaporate, leaving nothing behind but kindly feelings and cordial disposition to unanimity in the service of our country. It may be said, by way of discouragement, that the present 'Administration, over which the Duke of Wel lington and Sir Robert Peel presides,sbeing composed of men strongly inimical to Reform, there is no chance of their acceding to any measure approaching to uni versal suffrage. There are, however, two facts con nected with the l ea ders of. this Administration which show that they are inspired with a more pliable dispo sition. The first of those facts is, that the Duke of Wellington' and Sir Robert Peel were selected by George the Fourth as the leaders of an Administration framed for the express purpose of continuing the laws by which the Catholics were excluded from the Con stitution ' • yet that very Administration, with these identical leaders, totally repealed these excluding laws. The second fact is, that the landlords of England have forced into power, in despite-of the Queen, the same Duke of 'Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, for the ex press and proclaimed purpose of preserving in full vigour the Corn-laws. Yet there are most unequivocal evis dences already exhibited to the public that this same Duke of Wellington and this same Sir R. Peel will totally repeal those same Corn-laws. These are most en couraging facts ; they demonstrate that, unless some some selfish desertion ruin our feud, some violence, present prospects, the re ex i s t s ever y probability, a t no remote period, of vi n di ca ti ng and establishing the rights of the people at large. With respect to the draft of the Act of Parliament, I will return it, suggesting some alterations, which, I believe, will be improvements. But, in any event, it will be difficult to amalgamate the case of Ireland with that of England and Scotland. There are two objections to the inclu sion of Ireland in the same ' Bill with Great Britain. The first is a technical one, and relates to there being no such machinery for the registry of voters in Ireland as in Great Britain. There are not in Ireland any parish as in Scotland, though there are schools in almost every ov erseers as in Engla n d, nor any parish schoolmasters parish. The expressio n " parish schoolmaster " would in Ireland be either too vague, or infer, as matter of law, a schoolmaster employed by the Protestant clergy man. Of these there are but a few, and there are still fewer to whom it would be safe to entrust any political duty with reference to the elective franchise. The second objection arises from matter of substance. The millions in Ireland who are anxious for Universal Suffrage are much more solicitious for the restoration of the Irish ParliaMent. They are convinced that, in the present state of the property and population of Ireland, a local Legislature is essentially necessary for the peace and prosperity of this country. In this opi nion I am bound to say I most thoroughly and entirely concur. We Irish are not the less disposed to aid the British people in working out the right of suffrage for every male adult, Complete Suffrage being the only honest basis upon which either our Parliament or yours should be founded. "I have the honour to be, with sincere regardland respect, your faithful friend and servant, "DANIEL O'CONNELL; "To Joseph "Sturge, Jsq." The meeting then proceeded to elect nine delegates to form a Committee to decide on the claims of par. ties, the legality or honesty of whose elections had been questioned by the Council. Mr. THOMAS BEGGS, of Nottingham, then proposed the following resolutions : "1. That this Conference, ' , nvened in conformity with a resolution passed at the first Complete' Suffrage Conference held at Birminghimi, April sth-Bth, 1842, and having for its paramount object the consideration of the necessary details of a Bill embodying the prin ciples then agreed upon—viz., the extension of the suffrage to all male adults, not deprived_of the rights of citizenship by a verdict of a jury of their couni.ry men—vote by ballot, equal electoral districts, aboli tion of a property qualification for Members of Par _ _ liament, payment of Members for their services, and annual Parliaments, do now declare its adoption of these principles, pledges itself to employ such means only for obtaining the legislative recognition of them as are of a strictly just, peaceful, legal, and constitu tional character ; and will forthwith proceed to fulfil the mission with which it has been entrusted, resolved to support their chairman in preventing the introduc tion of any propositions not in accordance therewith. " 2. That, as this Conference will resist the intro duction of any topics not obviously relevant to its 'main design, so it also disclaims all interference with existing organisations, recognising as its paramount duty the arriving, if possible, at a cordial agreement in reference to the object towards which peaceful agi tation may be directed. " 3. That this Conference, agreeable to resolution 17, passed at the first Conference, is prepared to receive and to consider all documents which may be laid be fore it, and which may be supposed to contain an embodiment of the necessary details for working out the principles already recognised. " 4. That the documents so to be presented to this Conference be taken into consideration at the opening of our next session, by a Committee consisting of the whole body of delegates. And that the Committee be instructed to observe the following rules :—First, That the Bill to be presented by the Council of the National Complete Suffrage Union be taken as the basis of discussion,' Secondly—' rhat each clause as it is read shall be considered pari passe, with the correlative clauses of the other documents."Chirdly— ' That all amendments be handed up to the chairman in writing.' Mr. J. DUNLOP, of Edinburgh, seconded the adop tion of the resolution. Mr. LOVETT moved as an amendment to the fourth resolution, to the effect " That the Bill or document be entitled The People's Charter,' instead of The Bill to be presented by the Council of the National Complete Suffrage Umon." Mr. F. O'CONNOR seconded the amendment, when the meeting adjourned till the following morning. This morning (Wednesday) both parties assembled to try the question of the " Bill" or the " Charter." M. LOVETT resumed thquestion of the previous evening, by asking Mr. 13eggs whether he had re considered his motion, and would give in his adhesion to the amendment ? But Dr. Ritchie said that the " Hon. Member" was clearly out of order in putting such a queStion. Mr. Lovett replied, that such being the case, he would re-move his amendthent, which he did amidst cheering from the O'Connor. party. Ile said that he had made up his mind to keep to his amendment, which was worded as follows : " That the document entitled the ' People's Charter,' embracing all the essential details of just and equal representation, couched in plain and definite language, capable of being understood and appreciated by the great mass of the people, for whose government and guidance all laws ought to be written,—that measure having been before the public for the last five years, forming the basis of the present agitation in favour of the suffrage, and for seeking to secure the legal enactment of which vast numbers have suffered im prisonment, transportation, and death, has, in the opinion of this meeting, a prior claim over all other documents professing to embrace the principles of just representation. It is therefore resolved, that we proceed to discuss the different sections of the People's Charter, in order to ascertain whether any improve ment can be made in it, and what these improver ents shall be, it being necessary to mak e th a t d ocumen t as clear and perfect as possible." Mr: F. O'CONNOR did not think the result of the amendment would create so much division as was an ticipated. On the contrary, he thought it would tend most materially to unite all those who were the ad vocates of sound principle and consistency against a few weak and feeble men, who were without any principle or consistency whatever.—(Cheers.) Dr. RITCHIE denied that the Conference had ever adopted the Charter, and complained of the dishonest course pursued by the mover and seconder of the amendment. They had never adopted, the Charter, and they never would. The Rev. THOMAS SPENCER, of Bath, contended that there was no reason why they should be bound by a document which had been brought forward five years ago, whilst another• document equally embrac ing the five points of the Charter, and possessing va rious improvements, could be advocated by every reasonable and honest man. Mr. ROBERT SUMMERS, of Newton Stewart, begged to submit an amendment, which he. hoped would meet the difficulty and enable them to take the two mea sures into consideration. Mr. Summers then proposed his motion, to the effect that both Bills, with Major Cartwright's Bill, and any others that might be thought necessary, should be referred to the Confer ence, and the 'clauses of each considered pani passe, and such amendments made as might be considered essential to the well-being of all. The CHAIRMAN thought that one of the resolu tions, submitted last night, fully met the views of the speaker.. Mr. BRODIE, a delegate from Scotland, seconded the resolution. Mr. MAGAN wished to set the meeting right with respect to a few facts in reference to the Bill of the Complete Suffrage Council. Mr. Lovett stated that he had not seen it, but the opportunity had been af forded him had he chosen to avail himself of it. A copy of the document would be placed in the hands of each delegate the moment it was decided to take it into consideration. Mr. LOVETT said he had never seen the Bill till it had been prepared. Mr. BREWSTER, with a view to promote a good un derstanding and secure unanimity, begged to move that the Bill prepared by the CounCil, being founded on the People's Charter, and embodying its principles, it is unnecessary to discuss any other document. The amendment of Mr. Brewster having been se conded, the discussion was continued till one o'clock, when the debate was adjourned till the afternoon sitting. DETERMINED SUlClDE. — Yesterday morning, be tween nine and ten o'clock, the following determined suicide was committed by Mr. John Sowerby, highly respectable master butcher, who for some years past resided in Farringdon-market, Farringdon-street, by drowing himself in the Paddington-canal. It ap pears, from the statement of two labouring men, that they were walking on the foot-path of the canal, at the above-mentioned hour, when they observed the unfortunate man jump into the canal; they hastened with all speed to his assistance, but he immediately sunk; they rushed into the water, and after a quarter of an hour, they found the body. Every exertion was used to restore him, but without effect. The body was removed to Paddington station-house to await a Coroner's .inquest. ALARMING FIRE AT CROYDON.--Yesterday infor • mation was received at the chief station of the Brigade Force in Watling-street, of a destructive fire breaking out, about one o'clock in the morning, at the Greyhound Inn, opposite the Town-hall, Croydon. The first to raise the alarm was Mrs. Martin (wife of the proprietor), who had retired to bed, and was awoke by the smoke; but the exact spot of the fire could not be found until the inmates had effected an escape, when, upon the police entering, they dis covered the flames burning fiercely in the cellars under the counting-house. The alarm-bell i n the town being immediately rung, plenty of assistance was soon on the spot, and, after some exertion, the fire was prevented from extending further than the cellars: - It is supposed to have been occasioned by a spark falling from a candle into a heap of sawdust on the previous day, while some coals were being unloaded into the cellar. The amount of damage was reported to be between 2001. and 3001. FIRE IN DRURY-.LANE.—Last night between six and seven o'clock an alarming fire broke out in the manufactory of Mr. Hover, a paper-stainer, opposite Brownlow-street, Drury -lane. It originated in the drying-room,: and spread with great rapidity. Infor mation was soon forwarded to the fire-stations, and very quickly afterward s th e eng i nes from High Holborn, Chandos-street, and Farringdon-street, ar rived, when the firemen with their usual exertions were soon enabled to arrest the progress of the flames, but not until a great portion of the stock was de stroyed. Mr. Hover is insured in the County Fire office. SUPPOSED MURDER AT SALISBURY.—On Tuesday morning a labouring man, named Samuel Bruton, was found dead at his lodging, in a yard leading out of Giant-street, under circumstances which lead to the suspicion of his having come by his death in a violent manner. The unfortunate man lodged at the house of a person named Greek, and on Tuesday morning, about six o'clock, upon the latter being called up by a Mr. Spreadbury, in whose employ he was in the capacity of housekeeper and porter, the de ceased was found lying on the stairs quite dead, with his neckcloth closely twisted round his neck as if he had been strangled. A Coroner's inquest was held upon the body in the course of the day, and several witnesses were examined, from whose evidence it ap peared that a cry of murder had been heard to pro ceed from Greek's house on Monday night, and also that Greek had frequently made use of several sus picious observations respecting the deceased. Greek was taken into custody immediately, and remains so still, the Coroner's inquest having been adjourned for the purpose of obtaining further evidence. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 29. THERMOMETER, I owest / 35 ; llighest, 51 : Noon, 5, BAROMETER, 30.21.-WIND, W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. , - , r vg;:' c §t i ti 4 , - A.841111.'e *tronbbiltton SUN OFFICE Three o'Clech. AMERICAN NEWS BY SPECIAL EXPRESS FROi LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING, HALF-PAST THREE. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Columbia, Captain MILLER, arrived in the River Mersey, this morning, at three o'clock, after a very rapid passage of ten days from Halifax. She is the bearer of the Canadian and United States Mail, but she entered the river so close upon the departure of the train that her letters cannot reach London till Friday morning. Our express only saved the train by a few minutes. The news by this arrival is seven days later than brought by the packet-ship Independence, and is of considerable importance. From Canada the accounts of Sir CHARLES BAGo-r's health are very unsatisfactory. The Montreal papers state that very serious fears are entertained respecting the confirmed illness of his Excellency the Governor-General, lest his remaining strength should prove insufficient to enable him to rally under the com plaint from which he is now suffering. It is now stated, on what seems to be good authority, that his Excellency's medi cal attendants entertain but slight hopes of his recovery ; there is too much reason to be lieve that this report is true. It is said that some days back the physicians in attendance were of opinion that a removal to a more genial climate might have a favourable influence on the Noble invalid, and that such a step was ad vised, but that since that time a change for the worse has taken place, and that at the present moment his Excellency is in too weak a state to render his removal possible. Upon the subject of the State debts, the New York Journal of Commerce says :—" NVe hope that those States whose bonds are in dishonour, will, during the session of their Legislature this winter, do something to restore their credit and redeem their obligations. That which is espe cially wanted, is a system of revenue. Several of the States have absolutely no system of reve nue, which has any reference to their large debts. Some of those who are in debt, have lived so long by borrowing, that they have hardly revenue enough to pay the current expenses connected with the administra tion of government. Any system which might now be established in a new State,' would grow with its growth, and become important. If' the amount raised were but two per cent. on the debt now, the same rate of taxation would pro duce'six per cent. a few years hence. The desi deratum is to do something. It is the establish ment of a system of revenue, however small the results may be at the first. Such a movement would prove at least that the moral sense of the people was not altogether bad. This proposition will determine whether it is so or not; for no State can say that it cannot do something. The usually long reports of the War, Post office, and Navy departments, have made their appearance. The same paper remarks upon that of the Navy and upon that of the Post.office:— " The Navy proposes, among other things, a thorough scrutiny into the merits of our naval officers; and that those of inferior qualifications be discharged, and placed upon half pay. To some extent such an expurgation js probably necessary. It would of course be popu lar with the officers of superior merit, as it would elevate the character of the ser. vice, and increase the chances of promotion, It appears that the receipts during the past year have just about equalled the expenditure. The number of miles of post-road traversed during the year is 34,835,991; post-masters, 13,733; re ceipts, 4,546,240 dolls.; expenditures, 4,627,716 dolls. The Postmaster-General recommends the enactment of more eifie;ent laws to prevent the transportation of mail matter by private expresses —a reduction in the rates of postage—and a purchase by Congress of a perpetual right to have the mails transported upon railroads. The amount paid last year for mail,transportations on railroads was 432,568 dolls.; miles of railroad over. which the mails were transported, 3,091. " The suggestion in favour ofa reduction in the rates of postage, we trust, will be acted upon in the present session. In some parts of the coun try, if a farmer raises a bushel of wheat, he can sell it for 25 cents. If he receives a letter from a distant friend, lie, must pay the same-25 cents. We fully believe, that if a reduction of one quarter was made in the rates of letter postage, the revenue accruing to that department would be greater than it now is. The Postmaster- General complains of a diminution in the amount of postage collected in the principal cities, and attributes it to the increasing quantity of mail matter conveyed - between those points by private expresses and individuals. Reduce the postage, and the motive for resorting to such modes of conveyance would be diminished. In these hard times, people are inclined to.econornie, even in the matter of postage. The experiment of penny postage has succeeded admirably in England ; if we cannot safely imitate it to the full extent, we can at least approximate towards it." The New York and Boston papers, speculate upon the probable measures which the present Congress will adopt, upon which the Journal of Commerce, a paper of great influence and circu lation, asserts that they will repeal the Bank . - rapt law ; Congress will provide for the pay and mileage of the Members; Congress will not adopt an Exchequer project; Congress will not do much with the tariff at this session. The foreign news which had reached New York since the Independence left that city is to the following effect :—The New Orleans paper s contain important intelligence from the " seat of war." They mention that the Mexican troops, 4,000 in number, were becoming disgusted with the war, and were deserting in great numbers. Many of them were joining the Yutacanese, who were represented as full of spirit and thirsting for battle. It seems that an expedition has been fitted out at Havana to utt against St. Domingo. The cause is LIS follows :—Some time since the Hay tiens, contrary to the provisions in the recognition of their independence by the several Euro pean Powers, fitted out a small armed vessel, which, cruiuing in these seas, put into Porto Rico. The authorities immediately took possession of her, and the Haytiens, to retaliate, have fitted out a corvette and taken sev.eral Spanish mer chantmen. On learning these facts, the-Gover nor of Cuba immediately ordered all the Spanish men-of-war in the West Indies to rendezvous at Porto Rico, and then to act according to orders and as circumstances may require. The force of the squadron will be a 50-gun frigate, four brigs of from 18 to 28 guns, two steamers with 4 car ronades and a 68-pound Paixhan each, and seve ral schooners. The only force possessed by the llaytiens is said to be a sloop of war mounting 24 guns. We learn from Captain GREEN, of the brig Frances Ann, that the insurrection in the north- era part of the province of Rio Grande and two or three of the neighbouring provinces, still con- inued. Large bodies of troops bad been sent to Min as Geraes, to keep down the rebels. The Esperanza, published in the Mexican ea- ital, says, under the date of the 4th ult..--" We have great satisfaction in announcing to our readers that all the differences which existed be tween the United States and Mexico, have been definitively arranged. " It is said Upper California has been ceded to us. We sincerely hope it is so, for no acqui sition of territory which we ever gained, except Louisiana, is so important to us. Without it the Oregon territory will be of comparatively small value. It contains the finest harbour in the world (San Francisco), in which the whole navy of England might ride together in safety. Oregott contains no harbour that is worthy of the name." NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, DEC, 15. Affairs appear to be working well. Specie is ac cumulating and large amounts are known to be on the.:• way from Europe. There is more spirit for invest,- ment in State Stocks, and all of them are better, with more business. Exchanges on the South are getting into a better • state. Sterling bills are 6a 61 prem., and francs 5,42 k a 15 cts. per dollar. NEW YORK SALE OF STOCKS, DEC. 15. $5OO New York s's '45 11,000 Ohio 6's, 1860 1,000 Kentucky.,,., ...... 1,000 Alabama s's 3,000 City Water Loan . . 1,000 Illinois .. 5,000 Ohio 6's, 'GO.. • 50 shares North American Trust and • Banking Company 2l 11 shares American Exc. Bank 5 do. Del. and Hudson Cana1........ 84 - 1 40 do. Mohawk Railroad 50 do. Harlem R.R......... b6o It; 50 do. Patterson R.R. 18 do. Uttica and Schenectady 11 45 do. Auburn and R oc h es t er , R.R 941 - PHILADELPHIA SALES OF STOCKS. S 400 Lehigh 6's '45 190 County 6's 1860 731 700 Wilmington R R, 6' s , 1858 123 State 6's 1813.. 50 Wilmington R R , ..IV ••••• . 40 shares Louisville B an k ~ ••• 5 f -• 7.14 . 62 6✓ 85+ 181 71/ A large agricultural meeting was held at Blandford, Dorsetshire, on Saturday, which 09 attended by the three Members for the Count)", Lord ASHLEY, Mr. STURT, and Mr. G. BANf" 9 I , all good Tories, and friends of the farmers. MenY speeches were made on the occasion,slldistinguish ed by that moderation and content which bore generally prevailed at Tory gatherings, since the party have obtained their objects, the expulsion of the Whigs and place and power. Railing s against the • doings at Court have ceased, the speeches are full of loyalty and devotion to the Sovereign, and even O'CoNNELL and the Irish priests escape abuse. Th e 4 of late alterations in the Tariff and the Corn-laws , ,,' sr naturally formed topics of di s c uss i on , and as the . . j l oe i opinions of the speakers are entitled to some ,„ asf weight, it maybe , useful to refer to them. T h . ! ' 9 9 - speeches certainly display a different tone fr° lll l,joi that evinced at some other agricultural meetingS of held in the adjoining district s , f or they all , lead` dl to the conviction that many of the landlords are .determined to make every possible resistance to' further changes. One of the toasts given by Lor d 1( ASHLEY was" Live and let live, a n d let thellalone! /10, and Mr. STURT declar e d his determinat i on to' resist to the last. " I beli eve I ma y s tater said . he, " that I am uttering the opinion of• all the landowners and farmers of England, when T s n Yt that we do not r equ i re suc h protec ti o n as ina3r'„, injure the gen e r a l i n t erests o f t he n ation—tha t we do not require an y f urt h er pro tection than such as will prevent us f rom b e i ng crushed by foreign competition.—(Hear, hear.) In the situation of this country, and the burthens we have to bear, we are not able to contend with unlimited competition ; and while such is the case, it is our determination, with all out might—and our might is great—(Cheers) — t hat there shall be protection, : that we will have ft' ir protection.4Cheers.) We wish this to go fi irth , to the publiC; f or — U?e require nothing / 411 ' justice. 'We ``are' ready to meet our fellow' country Men upon the merits of the case; we will submit the question to fair reasoning, but we are not to be cajoled, or flattered, or frightened out of protection."—(Tremendous cheering.) Lord ASHLEY is equally explicit on the course which will be pursued by Sir ROBERT'PEut nex t session. "The Anti-Corn-law League," said his Lordship, " will neither drive the Ministry, he r will it lead the people ; and, notwithstanding Earl FORTESCUE'S prognostications, ' I do not 3 think there will be any attempt to introduce , 1,, further changes during the next session of Par 1 liament,—(Loud cheering.) I . d o not apprehend .0 any further changes, and i know that many of those who voted in favour of the late alterations did so vote because they considered them as the settlement of a great questio n." Mr. 13ANKEs expresses himself in :similar terms, and it may therefore be taken for gran ted that if Sir ROBER T P EEL p ro p oses any f u rther altera - Lions as regards the slidi ng sca l e an d a fixed dutY l he will be opp ose d t oot h an d na il by the agricul turists. " I have no wi s h," sa y s M r . BANKES,4.‘ to overrate the agricultural inter e st, or to pretend that it is exclusiv e ly en titl e d t o a t ten tion over a ll the other interests of the State, but I will no t consent to see agriculture undervalued. I w ill not consent to see its interests put out of th e place which they are entitled to hold, and,. eve!, The Minister is thus have held, since this country became a great an", a happy nation." place" between two fires. Th e mercan til e body, the shipping interest, and the Anti-Corn-law Leagu e call for further concessions, and the landlords and parsons as loudly call for protection. B ut the great question is, whether they are •really protected by the present law, or, whether it would not be for their interest, as well as th' t of the tenant, and all the rest of th e community-, that all the absurd restrictions on trade should . be completely abolished. l'ns sibly Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot resist furthe r change, and, in that case, there will be the saute feverish excitement and anxiety about the future which at present injure alike the landed Pro prietors, traders, and manufacturers. Of all those Tory country gentlemen who, btu a few weeks since, gave pretty broad hints a t public dinners, meetings, &c., of their willingnes to conform to the altered circumstances of the times, as respects agricultural matters, an d tO , give , up the doctrine of " protection"—thZi darling crotchet, which th e y h ave s o long he' ll with the tenacious grasp of a b u ll-dog—of a l l those Tories who have thus expressed themselv es ! there is scarcely one that has not taken fright al his own novel declaration, and denied that be "a, " 13 ; spoke but as a farmer's friend sho u ld speak----thibf 0. is to say, in favour of " protection," and again st any further modifications of the Cora-law s * They have been shamefully misrepresented --is the ery of one and all—by that satanic instru ment of mischief the Public Press ! The Re - - ' porters have entered into a sort of fiendish, Ca' tilinarian conspiracy to misinterpret their every sentiment; to saddle their speeches with a hos t of highly objectionable substantives, adjective‘' verbs, and adverbs ; and to induce the " Pens ive public" to imagine that they said "Yes," in , refer° ence to further changes in the Corn-laws, whe n in reality they said " No," and said it, ton , ill the key of a Tower-gun, so that all might hear, who were not as deaf as a post. Alas for the • Reporters of the Press, what a painful destiny is theirs To say nothing of the arduous and re sponsible nature of their duties, they are wa de the scape-goat of every public speaker, wh e ' from want of consideration, excitement; or the quickening impulse of the moment, has sai d more than he meant to say, and re vealed what he would fain have kept secret from the world. Does some blockhea d in the Douse of -Commons blurt out an, awkward truth before the fitting season, an d thereby run the chance of damaging his politi ca l interests, the limit pf his precipitation is instantly laid, with the coolest effrontery, at the Reporter's door! Does some Tory country-gentleman -- fancying that he sniffs an approaching change in Ministerial policy—throw out a hint of his readi ness to accommodate himself to altered circum stances, &c., and by such hint alarm all tho:x with whom it is essential that he should be 0 " - friendly terms, he instantly denies that 1w ever hinted anything of the sort, but was scandalously', misrepresented by the Reporter! It may be safely taken as an axiom—as a rule without an exception—that no public speaker ever males fool of himself. It is in variably the Reporte r who " writes him down an ass," and exhibi t° his long ears to the gaze of an admiring publi