The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-23 00:00:00

Trick is always unpalatable, especially to thous who suffer by it. Patting the head of agitation et one moment, and drawing the sword upon it at the next, is not - certainly the way to obtain either its respect or its approbation. We do not say that strong measures are not necessary in the present state of Ireland, but we do say that, if we are to have strong measures to put down a starving popu lation, we ought to have strong measures of relief to accompany those of coercion. Church reform is a good thing; but, if Lord Althorp 's proposition were as sweeping again as it is, it would not, it could not, satisfy a population in the condition to which that of Ireland is reduced. Let them give poor laws to Ireland, and there will be less need of dealing in such commodity as a musket law, which, though an effectual sedative in individual cases, is not so in the case of nations, which may be wounded and tortured, but cannot be killed. Mr. O'Connell, we find, calculates on "considerable support" in his opposition to the Ministerial measure ; but he looks chiefly to the support " out of doors." The people of England have unquestionably a great dislike of arbitrary measures, even when they appear to be called for by existing circumstances. It is possible, therefore, that a stand may yet be made against the Bill. At all events it is evident, that whatever agitation can do, either in England or in Ireland, to resist and defeat it, will be tried imme diately. The breach between the Government and the Irish people is wider than ever; and if the statement of our Irish correspondent which we published yesterday be correct, that the Conserva tives and the Volunteers are about to join to oppose the Bill, the difficulties of Ministers will be much increased by such a coalition. Upon the whole, there seems to be a great prospect of agitation be fore us, whether the Bill be destined to succeed or not, for Ministers have contrived, by passing from one extreme to another, to produce as much indig. nation in Ireland as possible, at the same time that they keep as clear of the real grievance, and its remedies, as if they were determined to rely upon the efficacy of force alone for the restoration of peace. Peace and plenty go together by old asso ciation ;—outrage and want are as intimately con nected in the nature of things.—ilforning Herald. The Government are now in full possession and enjoyment of their measure of Reform in the consti tution of Parliament, and they have got, according to their former promises to the country, that instru ment which they said was necessary to enable them to confer extensive benefits on the community, and to enable every man to live with a degree of com fort and convenience he had not before been accus tomed to enjoy. We look, however, in vain for the accomplishment of the large expectations which have so naturally been formed; for, as Mr. Pease, the Quaker Member, said on Thursday night, " he had been much amused, and even informed, by a great many observations which were made since he b came a Member of the Reformed Parliament ; but he was sorry to say that any single measure was not as yet offered to the House of Commons which afforded any prospect of a practical result." Lord Althorp, as the organ of the Government, thinks he discharges his duty and theirs sufficiently by submitting every description of alleged grievance to Committees of Inquiry, thus exposing every man's transactions to the greatest uncertainty, and unhinging and breaking down every connection and relation by which society has hitherto been held together. We would ask, is this the mode by which a Government, professing so much as the present one has done, and exciting expectations so very largely, is to acquit itself with honour of the engagements it has undertaken, or give that confi dence to society which its different members have a right to look to from the Govern ment ? They have joined Mr. Hume in saying that the Reform of Parliament was to be con sidered as the means of effecting great practical benefit. Instead, therefore, of going on as Lord Althorp has done, what, we would ask, is the manner in which he should have discharged his duty to the Government of which he is a Member, and to the country at large ? Ought he not to have given a general statement to Parliament of the subjects into which abuses had crept, and to have pointed out t he principles and limits by which redress would be afforded ? Was it not his special duty, when he and his col eagues have promised financial relief in the shape of taxation, to explain in detail his views of those alterations which he has in contemplation as being calculated to afford the promised relief? We would say that if he does not abandon the duties and responsibilities which attach to Government he is bound to make such an exposition. If we look to the Order Book we find notices for the repeal of assessed taxes, malt taxes, and various other burdens, all of which measures of relief are looked to by the Members who give notice of them as the fruits to be derived fiom passing the Reform Bill. If Lord Althorp declines to make his exposition we may at once have the asse-sed taxes and other burdens repealed without any substitutes being provided, and thus, before Easter, we may find the revenue of the country rendered so deficient that there will be no longer the means provided for paying the interest to the national creditor. This surely is not an event that ought to be risked, by pursuing the headless and unbusinesslike course to which Lord Althorp is still permitted to adhere. If he be permitted to go on in this course we shall very soon find that the whole affairs of the country are reduced to a state of the most unmanageable and inextricable confusion. We throw out these hints, persuaded of their importance, and we hope they may prompt some active and intelligent Members of 1 3 ,.rliament to press them on the attention of the House. —Morning Post. DUBLIN, FEB. 20. " The military arm is the sole reliance; and then, call your Constitution what you please, it is the sword that governs." BURKE. I informed you some days ago, that ever since the an nouncement in the King's speech of an intention to visit this country with coercive measures, the good people of this city contemplated a meeting for the purpose of signi fying their notions. Such meeting has been delayed for two reasons—first, a desire to know the measure of redress granted by Lord Althorp's Bill for " Church Reform ;" and, secondly, the precise plan for suppressing disturbances brought forward by Earl Grey. Both measures are now hafore the public, aad the citizens of Dublin meet this day, Ito discuss their efficiency. Being pretty well acquainted with the views and opinions of the individuals who have called this meeting, I shall give you tome account of them, from which you raay almost correctly anticipate their pro ,ceedings one day before their publicity through the Dub lin papers. It is quite true that there are many respectable signa- Zurfres to the requisition, of persons who have hitherto taken 7)0 part in agitation, but who come forward on this occa sion to declare that coercion, however requisite, is not the " one thing needful" for this country; but that even a larger measure of redress of grievances than Government has yet given notice of, is absolutt ly rt quisite to secure the permanent tranquillity of Ireland. It is equally true that a great number of the agitation or repeal-mongers will be very active and conspicuous at the meeting, urging their favourite topic—the necessity of a domestic Parliament to legislate fur Ireland. This party contend, that disturbances are not so general as to justify such an inroad upon the Constitution as the passing of ‘iyl Grey's Bill; that his Lordship bat been imposed Alpo, on this subject, by partisans in this country ; and that such impositions will ever be practised upon an Eng lish Ministry, until a domestic Parliament, the only pro per and legitimate channel of information, shall have been re-established in College -green. These are the views of the different parties which are to meet in a few hours at the Corn Exchange ; and, pro vided no angry collision takes place between them so as to interrupt their proceedings, resolutions will be passed ex pressing their disapprobation of the Ministerial measures in contemplation for the improvement and peace of this country. It is difficult to decide whether or not such re solutions ought to be adopted at this particular crisis, an d whether a reforming Government ought to be embarrassed in their policy, merely because one portion of that policy does not go far enough, and another portion goes too far, towards tranquillizing Ireland. It is certainly very strange that a Government, manife.tly well-disposed to Reform, should not, in the first instance, do that which is most loudly called for—extinguish tithes. Their vie ws on this subject seem $0 be no other than what were brought forward last sebSiOn. But the events of the last year prove how ineffectual Mr. Stanley's method of abolishing tithes are likely to be, and how little satisfactory to a people resolved upon their final and absolute extinction. The evidence before the Com mittee of last session, too, and Doctor Doyle's writings, have fully demonstrated the inexpediency, and indeed danger, of upholding tithes in, and withholding poor laws from this country. Had Government grappled at once with this first and mighty grievance, they would have suppressed disturbances and agitation, besides ameliorating the con dition of Ireland, more effectually than they possibly can by the measures at present in contemplation. Then might the coercive Bill have been welcomed without a dissen tient voice. It is evident, however, that Earl Grey is endeavouring tt► conciliate a faction by such measures, ra ther than public opinion, which has hitherto sustained him . " Invidiam placare paras, virtute relicta ?" But it will not do, my Lord ; dour present policy at most can only produce a temporary good effect. You must prefer the welfare of the many to the few, if you con tinue to command the support and respect of all honest OLD READINGS OF SHAKSPEARE'S WITCHES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,--Rummaging over some old papers the other day, I stumb!ed upon the enclosed paper doeketted " Old Read ings of the Witch Scene in Ma, beth." Perhaps they may amuse some of your country readers. I remain, Sir, your ob client servant, " A DEED WITHOUT A NAME." SCENE—The Cellar of Guy Fawkes.—Three Witches. Ist Witch.—Speak, sister, speak. The deed, is't done ? •?d Witch.—Aye. Twelve glasses since have run, 3d Witch.-111 deeds are seldom slow Nor single.—Following crimes on former wait, And blood from this will propagate. Ist W.—Murder on murder must ensue, As if in death were propagation too. 2d W.—Peace, they'll call the desolation Now hovering o'er the sister nation. :3,1 W.—They will. Ist W.—They will. 2(.1 W.—The haughty fools must spill more blood, And devastation make their promise good. 3d W.—True. Ist \V.—True. 9,(1 W.--True. 3d W.—Let us give them honour due. Ist W.—Agreed. al W.—Agreed. 3d W.—Agreed. All.--We rejoice when nations bleed ; When pale babes vainly suck the breast, The starved mother laid at rest Upon the father's stiffening joints While the swelling blood anoints, And the ravish'd sister's screams Ring through the dwelling's blazing beams, - Famine, slaughter, war, and strife, Thus prolong our charmed life. Ist W.—'Tis so, 'Tis so, let us dance before we go. 2d W.—Let us render honours due To G—, to S , and their crew. Sd W.—The friends of me, and you, and you.—(They dance. 2d W.—Now I mount -Ist W.—But where ? •2d W.—To a house, where never prayer From a starving people borne, But was mocked and laughed to a a 3d W.—And I—to soothe the deadly hate That selfish factions propagate; To keep it for a while suspended, Until our Hellish plot is ended. 2d W.—We fly to check a wicked strife, To make more wicked waste of life, And mingle hate from every part, To break a generous nation's heart. Ist W.—But, Sisters, say—The spells, the trouble That made this Hell-broth boil and bubble? Tell me—for I was near the moon, Riding in her highest noon, Seeking among thorns and burrs The missing wits of Ministers. Therefore tell me—Sisters, say By what enchantment mad'st thy way ? How bewitched these motley fools Thus to be our easy tools ? 2d W.—First we formed a caldron black Of clanking fetters, axe, and rack, A massive, dark, capacious bowl . . _ Whose iron once pierced many a soul, And now its broad circumference rings With crimes of Cabinets and Kings. 3d W.—lt stands on three deformed feet,! Tyranny, Bigotry, Deceit, The crooked handles on each side, We moulded out of Fear and Pride. Ist W.—Good. But within, to work the woe, What ingredients didst thou throw ? 2cl W.—Heart of Jefferies moulder'd long From corruption rank and strong, Upas-blood of Castlereagh, S--'s spirit, not his clay. (The former lent by Belzebub On mortgage for the charmed Tub.) 3d W.—We caught it hot, and strong, and true, From recent field of Peterloo. Ist W.—Good, Sisters, good ! a potent spell As ever came through gates of H—. 2d W.—This, softened by Eldonic tears, Sublimed from out the crimes of years, A lump from Londonderry's brain To make the folly pure and vain. 3d W.—(Our greatest trouble to obtain.) 2d W.—Mixed with juice that creeping strains Through M 's false and freezing veins. 3d W.—And I, being hid within the porch, Stole fire from Irish parish church. (How it came, I canno. tell, For Parson, Clerk, nor book, nor bell, Had waked the echoes of the place In memory of the present race.) Placed it, the caldron well beneath, And fanned with Orange Parsons' breath. 2d W.—When the mixture 'gan to heat, 'Twas cooled with blood of Ninety.eight. It hissed and seethed to overflow, Half quenched the fire that burn'd below. 3d W.—And yet this last I well supplied With bones of kine and sheep that died, And beds and clothes, the cause of sighs, When seized for Christian pastors' tithes. Ist W.—Was this all? 2d W.—No, not all. 3d W.—For then we made a ladle meet To stir the porridge bitter-sweet. Ist W.— What was it ? 2,1 W.—The handle of an Irish scourge, The lashes thick with blood and slime, Which of yore was wont to urge The wretched serf to own a crime. This, to a pitch cap (1), black and gory, So common in Hibernian story, We soon attached and stirred the barro, Until the scalp within was warm, And melting mingled with the charm. 3d W.—And now we danced with fiendish laugh Round the caldron with our staff, Muttering incantations strong, And throwing scraps the broth among. 241 W.—The Conqueror William's curfew bell Hardened in the fire of H—. :Id W.—The Statute of Kilkenny came, (2) I shoved it in to feed the flame. 2d W.—" Black Tom" (3) Wentworth's gouty toe. 3d W.—And Mountnorris' tale of woe. 2,1 W.—A silver lock of Desmond's hair, With clotted blood and brains, was there. :Id W.—A slip of Limerick's broken faith, Kindled well the fire beneath ; Scraps of Church cess, tithes, and fees. al W.—Fingers long of absentees. 3d W.—Whiteboy, Insurrection Acts, A green bag of undoubted facts. ‘2d W.—The stomach of a royal porpoise. 3d W.—Broken Acts of " Habeas Corpus." 3d W.—These agonizing sighs and trouble Made the Hell broth boil and bubble, And, fearing it might prove too thin, We tumbled head of C— in. And as round and round we stirred Heart of Clare and Beresford (4) Turned the porridge black and curd. :k1 W.—Rank ingredients, thick and hot, We poured within the charmed pot, Screaming loud at each gyration, Agitation, agitation ! Both—Then began our incantation— By all the curses which of yore Erin had from Britain's shore, By six hundred years of pain, Saxon tyranny and gain— By the legal murders done From day-light to the setting sun, • By the famished babes and mothers, Ravish'd sisters, murder'd brothers. By the Irish throats that bled Under C— 'sreign of lead— By the screams of those that lay Under torturing Castlereagh— By the pitch-cap and triangle That in the Castle-yard did mangle Wretches to confess their sin, While tyrants howled with murd'rous din, And danced around their agonies 1. The pitch caps and triangles of Dublin Castle were well known in 1798, and perhaps are not yet forgotten. 2 By the " Statute of Kilkenny" it was declared penal to allow an Irish horse to graze on the pasture of a liege subject ! 3. The tyrannical deeds of " Black Tom," are still spoken of with execration by the peasantry in some parts of Ireland. 4. John Claudius Beresford's riding house made a conspicuous figure in the annals of 98, With shouts and martial symphonlft-- By the blazing hamlets' light, By the half.hang'd wretches' fright, By the millions' starving roar, Echoing through old Galway's shore; By a nation's cry for bread Answer'd with bayonets and lead, By Irish wrongs, and woes and death (5) Too numerous for our mortal breath, Appear, Appear, Appear ! 3d W.—The charm now work'd, and boil'd, and bubbled, Until the caldron shook and doubled Ist W.—What came? ‘..'d W.—A clear, a bright, a searching flame. Slowly it changed to human form, Dispersed the smoke, dispelled the storm, And said in mournful accents clear, " Behold the Agitator here 1" Both.—Then we knew our work was done, And round about the caldron run In wildest dance, and h--h fun, And mounted on our brooms so fleet And flew away to Downing-street. Exeunt, Omnes. 5. 1641, In:the Orders from the Lords Justices (Parsons and Borlase) to Lord Ormond were to'" kill and destroy rebels, and their adherents and relievers," arid " to burn, waste, consume, and demolish, all the places, towns, and houses, where they had been relieved and harboured, with all the corn and hay there; and also to kill and destroy all the male inhabitants capable of hearing arms !" Dr. Borlase, who wrote the history of these transactions, professed to vindicate the character of his near re lative, the Lord Justice, boasts, that Sir w. Cole's regiment killed 2,500 rebels in several engagements, and adds with horrid complacency, "there were starved and famished of the vulgar sort,whose goods were seized on by this regiment, seven thousand!" —Vide Taylor's History of the Civil Wars of Ireland. men. MR. O'CONNELL. (From the Dublin Morning Register of Thursday.) MY DEAR BARRETT—I cannot send my address to the people of Ireland this day. I have been too much engaged on Irish anirs to write with the calmness I could desire. Besides, my blood boils with too much of indignatioh to permit me to suggest the minuter details of the proceedings which the noble and ge. nerous, but long-oppressed Irish nation, should adopt, in order to obviate the infliction of the last and greatest outrage which Whig despotism h s, as yet, attempted. I trust and hope they will attempt it in vain. But although I cannot enter into details, I can beg of you to impress on the minds of the people the leading topics to which they should turn their attention. First—Let there be perfect peace and tranquillity. Even the Whitefeet themselves—all miscreants though they be—may understand that it is by peaceable conduct alone ; by abstaining from further crime, they can expect to see themselves relieved from any of the grievances under which they labour. Secondly—Call for petitions—strong, vigorous, energetic peti tions—in decorous but firm language. Thirdly—Collect in detail all the police and magisterial out rages, and let us have those details for Parliament, with real signatures of persons who are ready to vouch on oath the truth of such statements. Fourthly—Let each petition describe the state of the vicinity of the petitioners. If tranquil, let them say so; if disturbed, state the nature and causes of the disturbance. Let me implore of you not to injure commercial credit, by call ing for a run on the bank for gold. That run will take place of itself, to the last bank note, if the atrocious Algerine code be enacted. I write in haste. Yours, very faithfully, London, Monday. DANIEL O'CONNELL. BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION. At a meeting of the Council of the Birmingham Poli tical Union, held at the Rooms of the Union, in Great Charles-street, this 19th day of February, 1833, G. F. MUNTZ, E•q.. in the Chair, it was Resolved unanimously,—That in the opinion of this Coun cil, the Bill which it is reported Ministers are attempting to pass into a law, for the alleged purpose of pacifying Ireland, is utterly subversive of all the principles of the British Consti tution ; and that if it were possible that it should be carried into effect, it would in fact lay the lives and liberties of the whole population of Ireland entirely at the mercy of a single individual. That if the example be once set of allaying dis content, and silencing the voice of misery in Ireland, by the employment of tyrannic power, common sense shows, that the same principles mvy be brought into play with equal justice and equal effect, in England and Scotland. That this Council do therefore earnestly implore all classes of their fellow countrymen, as they would preserve their coun try from the horrors of civil war, as they would preserve the liberty which has been purchased by the blood of their fore_ fathers, and as they would wish that the lost prosperity of their country should be restored, to come forward without delay, and meet respectively in all their towns, for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons, not to pass this Bill into a law. And this Council also beg of the different constituencies, to exert themselves to the utmost to induce their respective repre sentatives to oppose the Bill, and to require immediate investi gation into the causes of distress and misery with which the industrious working classes are at present weighed down, throughout the whole of the United Kingdom. G. F. MUNTZ, Chairman. By order of the Council, G. DE BOSCO ATTWOOD, Hon. Sec. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Last night the usual Lenten musical performances corn. menced at this house with a novel sacred entertainment, which will probably save the management here the trouble of future selections during the continuance of this season. It was an oratorio, or rather sacred opera, entitled The Israelites in Egypt, or Me Passage of Me Red Sea, the dramatic portion of which was founded upon the events which preceded the final escape of the Israelites from their first bondage, and the music was selected from Handel and Rossini. The adaptation of the latter and the composition of the former are both the work of Mr. R. Lacy, and reflect much credit on him. The piece opens with a meeting of the exulting Hebrews, who, after the eighth plague, have extorted their liberty from Pharaoh, and are arranging the course of their departure; it proceeds with their disappointment, in consequence of the -love of Amenophis, the King's son, for Anal, one of the fairest daughters of their race, whom he dreads to lose by their departure. The plague of darkness is introduced, as the palpable obscure may be on the mimic scene, and afterwards that of the death of the first. born of Egypt, ilmenophis being struck with a thunder-bolt, just as he is on the point of slaying Moses in the Temple of Isis. The whole concludes with the passage of the Red Sea, and the destruction of the Egyptian host. The mode in which this series of events is put together by the dramatist is at once simple and effective; the interest is of the most elevated kind, and is fully sustained even to the end. Such are the Greek tragedies. The music, which consisted in a great measure of heavy concerted pieces, powerful chorus, and an energetic recitative, was very judiciously selected, and in deed full of grandeur. The opening chorus, which we take to he Rossini's, the subsequent one of Handel—" He gave them hailstones," &c., and the concluding chorus of the second part (Rossini again), were particularly fine. The music of the latter master prevailed in the piece; but the recitative was, for the most part, from Handel, or in his style. Phillips per formed the part of Moses, on whom the chief effort of the com position devolved, and it could not have fallen into better hands. Both in his solemn acting and emphatic singing, Mr. Phillips deserves the highest prase. Mrs. Wood appeared as Ania, and was in excellent voice, which she particularly displayed in an exulting triplet, which concludes the piece, and which she gave with all the power of her lungs. The choruses were well sung, and the orchestra was very full and powerful—a great deal too much so in its accompaniment to the duett between Mr. and Mrs. Wood, commencing " Ah, if thou whom I adore," how absurd to drown the two singers' voices in the full storm of all its instrumentation—drum, cymbal, and all ! To conclude, the dresses aed scenery of this sacred drama were most care fully got up. The scene of the bona fide passage of the Red Sea was as successful as it was daring. it ) ''"" • ' 0,4; A. =titt4 ADELPHI THEATRE. Last night Mr. YATES commenced the recitation of his reminiscences. Some parts of his performance were peculiarly happy. He described the " genus" and " species" of the English coachman, with the varieties of the " body-coach man," the " hackney-coachman," and the " mail-coachman," in his very best style, and received from a most overflowing audience the praise to which he was most fully entitled. He was equally good in his personification of a loquacious chambermaid, in which character he sang a very ludicrous song, called " The Warming pan." Of the second part of the entertainment of the evening we are compelled to speak in terms of much lower eulogy. Mr. JOHN REEVE attempted to enact what had been put down for him, but he was unfortu nately not able to complete what he had purposed. After a good deal of embarrassment he came forward, apologized for his " want of nerve," and solicited the audience to give per mission for the curtain to be dropped ; this request was re ceived amidst a thunder of applause, and REEVE made his exit. Mr. YATES with the utmost gravity apologized for his coadjutor, on the ground that it was the first time Mr. REEVE had ever attempted a " monologue," and that his nerves were shaken by finding himself " alone" upon the stage. 1 o what ever cause this " nervous affection" is to be attributed, we hope that the next time he appears there will be no return of the " old complaint." Of the ballet we can only say that it will bear judicious and ample curtailment. The tableaux, how ever, are very good. Don Juan and The Sleeping Beauty drew more than 5001. to Drury-lane last Thursday, and we hear there is every prospect of an equal receipt to the same en tertainments this evening. We are informed that Count Pozzo DI BORGO had a long and strictly private conversation with Lord DURHAM on Wednesday last, at his Lordship's residence in Cleveland-row. In the afternoon of that day Lord GREY cared at Ashburnham House, where he had an in terview with this distinguished diplomatist. Barons Zu Y LEN, BULOW, and NEUMANN, and the ['since LIEVEN, also held a conference on that day, at the Russian Embassy. Belgian stock has risen nearly 2 per cent., not, however, from any causes of a political nature, but in consequence of the new financi,l plan for raising money by the circulation of bons royaux, which, though issued at a high rate of interest, are calculated to press less hea vily on the Belgian resources than a creation of stock at the present prices. At the same time, the measure tends to keep the new loan, which was expected about this time, out of the market. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1833. In the House of Lords last night the " Disturb ances in Ireland Bill," was read a third time and passed. On this occasion the Earl of WESTMORE• LAND observed that he " thought the thanks of all classes of the community, but more especially of the poor, deluded people of Ireland, were due to his Majesty's Ministers, for the firm and decided man ner in which they had brought this subject forward." The poor, deluded people of Ireland ! Mark the meek, dulcet language which this benevolent Peer holds towards seven millions of his fellow-subjects. He claims their thanks—their cordial, unanimous thanks for Ministers, for the martial law, the sus pension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and the other supplemental little coercive comforts with which it is proposed to accommodate them. He claps a pistol to the head, he fits a halter to the neck of Ireland, and then wonders that she does not leap and shout in ex tacy. His Lordship is no SwiFT,or we might be apt to suspect him of indulging in irony on this occasion. He is no SHERIDAN, Or we might be tempted to conclude that he was giving utterance to a brilliant witticism. " Poor deluded people of Ireland !" We cannot, fur the life of us, but repeat this phrase. It is too good not to be made the most of. It is the finest indirect comment on Tory statesmanship we ever yet met with. Had it proceeded from a Whig— from a Liberal—from a Radical—we should have understood, and felt its force ; but that it should have been spoken by an Ultra—by a princ:pai Member of that Administration which reduced Ire land to the state in which she now i-i, and which his Lordship so pathetically deplores ;—this, we must confess, fills us with extreme wonder and ad miraticn—with -wonder at the fatuity, and a-lmira tion at the impudence, that could have suggested it. By what ratiocinative process his Lordship recon ciles his affection for Ireland, with his advocacy of the Coercive Bill, it is not for us to inquire. Pro bably he acts on the principle, that " the LORD chasteneth him whom he loveth." If this be indeed his explanation, the mystery of his conduct is at once solved. But what a surprising amount of love he must cherish towards Ireland, if his affection bears any proportion to his coercive inclinations ! The coercive Bill will, we foresee, occasion great embarrassment to Ministers. Already it has set all Ireland on the stir, and drawn forth some bold " sayings" (as our readers will perceive by reference to the Dublin aggregate Meeting in another part of The Sun). which are likely enough to be the fore runners of as bold " doings." Mr. WaLsn's motion, though withdrawn, and certainly not to be com mended, is yet important, as•being an ugly sign of the times. It is the straw thrown up to show which way the wind blows. We repeat, then, what we have before said, that the Bill can never pass in its present state. It must have its teeth drawn, and its claws pared. In a word, it must be greatly—very greatly modified; for itt its present anomalous shape, call it by what name you please, it is neither more nor less than a Bill for promoting the Repeal of the Union. The " Coercive Bill " was last night introduced into the House of Commons, where it was received with a spirit that at once betokens the stormy charac ter of its future career. Mr. H. GRATTAN, without venturing on debate, promptly entered his protest against the Bill; and Mr. HuatE touched a chord t hat jarred through' the Ministerial Benches. He hoped the House would not pass the Coercive 8 , 1 l until the remedial measures promised by the Government were passed, or that at least an assurance were given that they would pass in another place. The experience of last year was not lost upon Mr. HUME. " The Government then pro mised that remedial measures should be passed along with the coercive one—and yet when the 4 Tithe' Bill was passed, the House never saw the ot hers." Lord ALTHORP stated, that the Church Reform Bill would be brought in by the end of next week, and the Bill for amending the Grand Jury System, by the middle of the week. Mr, O'CONNELL was by no means satisfied with this assurance. Although be did not doubt the good intentions or Ministers, yet he could not be certain of their carrying their remedial measures in the House of Lords ; and, acting upon this impression, he was determined to oppose the " despotic Bill" at the outset. He said he felt the"madness of slavery" coming on him, and gave notice that he would move for a call of the House on Wednesday next, to which day the first reading is deferred. Mr. STANLEY vindicated the conduct of Ministers in a very straightforward and manly speech, deprecating the want of confidence now ex hibited by Mr. O'CONNELL and others it► the intentions of Ministers with regard to those very measure., the announcement of which had extorted their approbation. So strongly was the Right Honourable Secretary impressed with the necessity of the coercive measure, that whether in or out of office, he would have felt bound in honour to have supported it. He went even further. " Speaking in the name of the Cabinet, he said that the Government was pledged to carry through the remedial as well as the coercive mea sures. If they could not carry the remedial as well as the painful and coercive measures, they were no longer a Government—they could not continue to sit on those benches.—( Cheers.) He said, that if they were unable to carry their measures through, they were not only unable to exercise, but unworthy of exercising, the functions of a Government ; and he should hold himself di -graced by continuing to hold the situation which he filled under such an Administra tion.—(Cheers.) Government therefore was pledged to this—that both the remedial and the coercive measures should pass. They were bound by their character—they were bound by their situations— they were bound by their honour as gentlemen— to carry them through; and if they failed in doing so, they could not continue to hold their situations— they could not call upon the House to place confi dence in t hem.—( Cheers.) That was the line of policy which Government meant to pursue; but he could not stop to inquire whether this measure or that measure should be passed first or last,—it was suffi cient to state that if they could not carry every thing they proposed, they were no longer the Government of the country. The two sets of measures were independent of each other, but the rejection of either would equally establish this fact, that the Ad- ' ministration did not possess the confidence of the two Houses of Parliament, and therefore could not continue to conduct the affairs of the country.— ( Cheers.)" This, we repeat, is manly and straight forward, but we fear that Ministers delude them selves with the hope that the House of Lords will pass the Church Reform Bill after the co ercive measure shall have passed in the Commons. if they believe so, they will be mistaken. But the coercive measure must be greatly modified before it can pass the Commons. It savours not a little of bad faith, though we are sure Ministers mean ho nestly, to hurry the coercive, and be so tardy with the remedial measures. This is the more remarkable when it is considered that the coercive measure is to take immediate effect, while the comforts of the remedial boon are few and dependent on uncertain and far distant contingencies. This is the great defect of the present system of legislation towards Ireland, and the sooner Ministers meet the etnergency,the better will it be for their own honour—the peace of their country —and their continuance at the helm of affairs, which if they fail rightly to guide—•who else shall dare to fill their post ? With all our respect for Ministers we sincerely trust that Mr. STANLEY will not again peril their continuance in office upon the carrying of a measure which is so susceptibleof modification ; for though the great majority of the country is with the present Administration, yet should the House of Lords reject the Church Reform Bill, after the passing of the coercive measure, Ministers could not so securely calculate upon being restored to office, in the event of resignation, as they were on the late memorable occasion of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. MATTHIAS ATTWOOD'S attempt, on the part of the Merchant Tailors' Company, to which he belongs, and the other Corporate bodies which have been for years growing rich by managing the af fairs of the poor—to bamboozle (the low dirty clumsiness of the affair compels us to use the word) his Majesty's Ministers into throwing a cloak over their gettings arid spendings, their doings and dinings, last night signally failed. It will be seen that the Honourable Member for Whitehaven en deavoured to prove that the fact of an officer of the Merchant Tailors' Company attending with a silver yard, at the Smithfield Cloth Fair, and go ing through certain, forms with it, so kept up its trading character, and, with other circum stances, so dissevered it from the main Corporation of London, of which it is a branch, that the Com mittee now sitting had no right to inquire into it• affairs. Lord ALTHORP, however, held that the fact of freemen being made only-by the different C,,rporations of London, and exacting money for thus acquiring the right to vote for Members of Parliament, was sufficient to bring them within the scope of the Committee's inquiry, although he thought no investigation should take place into their property. Of course this limitation cannot extend to the disposition of the motley raised by the sale of the freedom of a company, and we are satisfied that sufficient will appear, on an investigation into that disposition, to warrant the adoption of some measure which shall prevent an abuse of property, assuredly left, to a certain extent, for public purposes. Having failed' in his object of excluding inquiry, Mr. ATTWOOD professed that the Company were anxious to have a full inquiry. How happy the worthy Conservative must feel at the failure of his motion! It will be seen that the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER was last night rubbed a little upon the sub ject of his declarations, as Lord ALTHORP, agains• the Six Acts which himself and friends so fiercely attacked Lord CASTLEREAGII for bringing in. Surely, as Mr. HUME said, they cannot do less than now repeal them. Lord ALTHOILP appeared to feel the force of the appeal, but refused to give any pledge upon the subject. Let Ministers repeal these Acts, and so reduce the duties on newspapers as to make it no longer profitable for smugglers to publish them without a stamp, and they will not only put a stop to prosecutions which, although not instituted by them, they sanction by maintaining the present law, but will increase the revenue, and tend to restore some of that popularity arid confidence which they have undoubtedly, we grieve to say it, lost. The latest accounts from our Charge d'Affaires at the Hague state that the King of HOLLAND iq much disappointed at the refusal of Russia and Prussia to press his claims on as they have hitherto done, and that hopes are entertained of his lowering his tone. It is not true, however, as insinuated by a Ministerial Paper, that the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and Prussia in this country have manifested a desire to cooperate in any measures which may be adopted by the British and French Cabinets, with PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds ....... 3 Belgian Bonds 85N 6 Ditto Account 85% 6% Brazilian Bonds 59 I)itto Account 59 1 4 9 Rtxenos Ayres Routh Ditto Account 2940 (Milian Bonds . Ditto Account 2(114 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1£424 ... 16 1541 Dtto Account 154; Danish Bonds % Ditto Account Dreek Bonds. 26 Ditto Bonds, .825 35 3 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 27y6 Ditto Account per cent 33% Ditto Account. !.geapolitata PRICES OF SHARES TIM DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (lss. at 51. pm.) .£lOO Bolanos Mining Company ..£l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £2O Ditto National 17% Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/, pm.) 495( English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association l2 Mexic]n Miring C 0......... Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — Tlalpuxahua Mining Co g3o United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. vm ) 40 Ditto New So ip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector insurance Comp. ...... £2 Australian C 0.... . .. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of I reland 25 DAY AT OX O'CLOCK. PRICES OP STOCKS TFTIC Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent Cons. 5744 Ti 3 per 0 , 1'14 Ditto Red..... 95% Nrew 3% per Cent. 94N 5 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 - per Cent. 1828... 'o2% R,ink Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, - 186 , ` ...... .... 174 5-16 Oct. 10, 1859 l7 5-16 Jan 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1980 - Jan. 5, 1870 - New 5 per Cent. l2l India Stock Ditto Bonds 35 33 pm. South Sea Stock 98% Old Annuities New Ditto. .. • 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO --49 pm. 49 48 pm. Ditto Small 5O pm. Ditto Commercial ........ pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Feb. 27 87N 'HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds 14% I Ditto Account 14N Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 52 Regency Scrip qt nitto Account 41 ills. Prussian Bonds lO3 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds 18.22 ln2 Russian nonds, 1822 lns Ditto Account lO5 New Loan 05% Spanish Bonds, Fl2l ...17►, ' Ditto Account 17 1 4% Ditto Bonds, ls', Ditto Account 156 French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. ner cent. —f —c. Exchange .. Dutch 45% 6 5% Ditto Account4s% 6 1 ,6 5% 6 French Scrip 45,i pm. Per Share. 1144 155, 142 1 145 61 4% 15a. 18% 8 26 8 4M4 27 144 10 XI 7 0 6% 45 9 3 ,4 29% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS DIIRLIN. FEB. 20, Bank Stock Consols, 3 oer cent Gov. Stock, 3w, per cent 9354 Ditto, New 934 I per Cent. Goy. Deb. N percent B7 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock 19.)4 City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. c. St. Patrick I nsur. (pei Share) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings ,i(IE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F 12 11 Ditto, at ...............l1 19 Rotterdam 2 U 12 2 Antwerp 12 7f Hamburg M.B. 13 151 Altona 19 15f Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto 0 U 26 15 Bordeaux 0 0 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M.:54 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 II Trieste do lO 12 Madrid 38 % Cadiz 16% Bilboa 36% Barcelona 36% Seville 36 Gibraltar 4714 !Leghorn 46.34 Genoa 0 6 15 Venice 46% Malta Naples . 9% Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 49 Rio .Janeiro 'l2 Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork 154 BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 4 10 a view to bring the King of HOLLAND to an 101° diate settlement. We are Governmentresorrytolearnntn from co aipuoe very tiv m esour; he Spanish ior: posed to the recognition of Donna MARIA. M. 1.1 B to Eß t h m e u C DE o z nst ta i t k u e t s io a na v l er c y au active pa . part o i np t r h A e o ll: b ll o .l o ever, is better disposed. Several severe remarks on Don PEDRO haveAree'd cently appeared in the Time: and Globe, fon o on the dismissal of the Marquis of PaLAIKLI4I' tad late Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Portue io Regency. The appearance of these rem ark p r o f Papers which g e n era lly ta k e their tone from tbetu; the Foreign-office, must convince our readers the we were well informed wh e n we contradicted 6: report of the Marvis of PALMELLA'S having bee di-missed by Don PEDRO for an offence too ur e tr .ie e vernment, and attributed it to a directly pPI, gF a ur u ieg s r e m . ohf R l p t eAg i me any: Regency, A, not be uninteresting to our re u 7 .1 to give them, as a key to the p resent state of the relations between the British Cabinet end e t 't' cum.tatices which a le n d fr a o t u m o th t e t h h n e e tic d ß i. a e m c g c e i ° 9 o -la i ll tofotfhiebeff ri ' d , of in the name of the young Quteil. - pro' When the arrangements for Don PEDII o% • On . ceeding to Oporto were nearly completed, BP'..bei ments were offered by him to several distingulor Refugees, wh ose p r i nc i p l es were ra ther more d A e ic e crane than those of the persons under whos e 7.:0 he had been acti ng , b u t w h ose ta l en ts were 1 % f o r an order as to render their co-operation eas e " the success of his cause. Same of those or although made indirectly, were s uffieier" gible for accept ance; but as letters from de Janeiro, writt en by t h e ene mies of •L'" DRO, conveyed an impression that he vas of ing at absolute sovere i gnty i n P o rtugal, ° bid' fers were declined except upon conditions to the immediate partisans of the EMPEROR C° 01(1 , 0 4 11 without offence to the British Governmen t 'Zpe r Amongst the persons whose talents and in'i ni so were most desired was M. CARVALHO, a ge nt-e dei of unblemished character, but of strongly 1/3- : be liberalism. He, however, refused to accololniof EMPEROR without guarantees as to the en nu . 4 ll-l iss l the Regency; and for some time, the polio,'" ott which he had protested was adopted il l ° tots' without obtaining the aid for which it had be e " e is of blished, viz., the moral s u pp ort o f t he & T e r 1,1 , ' Great Britain and Franc e . Th e M a rquis MELLA, whose conduct throughout has be t 1 1 # and patriotic in a high degree, considering re interests of the c ons tit u ti ona l cause, OO mended the appointment of M. CARO IO post in the Ministry, with such assurancei-dy the intended policy of the Regency as w °u. pei satisfactory, and that gent l eman ha ving the appointment, proceed e d t o Oporto, w be , - r q for some time co-operated cordially with the of PALMELLA, and care f u ll y mo d era ted h's ° 4l views. After some time, however, a susP ie l entertained—a most unfounded one, we er e that the Marquis of P ALMELLA was nol°o with Lord PALMERSTON for the expulsion °' dir MIGUEL, on terms i n j ur i ous to t h e honour!: t e terests of the Constit u ti ona l p a rty, and the e " e t c p, which would be to change th e G Overn meu_r: es' . tugal only in name. Upon this suspicion w r i ge were adopted, not only to remove the Nobic # quis from any share in the direction of a cSfie, which he had sacrificed a splendid fortune, ' ib " A quently hazarded his lif e , b ut i t was reso le reef in the event of Don PEDRO'S success, the 'I I is merit should be even more d emocra tic l b : - irti' Constitution a li s t s o f t h e Ch arter h a d e ver b e n t This determi na ti on , com i ng at a mo ment f a ll it P . , high degree of reserve a s to the intei'll ieg 0; the Pedroites was necessary, in order l e the neutrality of Spain, added to the disu lis sg el . the Marquis of PALMELLA, gave great nfi lb' Lord PALMERSTON, who was far more rel' oi litr d listen to insinuations against the Constitutiegotir than he ought to have been, or than h e probably have been, but fur the fear which a f f . e O O -uddenly to have overt a k e n the B r itish ar t Cabinets, that the Mouvement party W 0 around too rapidly, and that Conservat ive ciples ought to be the order of the dey' Under these ci rcumstances , i t i s n ot g ur l( ti ; that great a nger i s man if este d b y t he 14 ' 11 0 -4 nrints against t h e Mi n i sters o f D on P 61)1; ' *o that efforts are making to re i ns t ate the 1411 1, 41 19 - , PALMELLA, under th e b e li e f t h at h e will I .': Ite r j tractable than the i nex p er i ence d man who ,' appointed t o succee d hi m; b ut we are Vir ll''ti M ° from what we k now an d h ave h ear d o f the , of PALMELLA, that if it is hoped to make 11 '7 Coe servient to any scheme for the abridgmen t (I ' m e e l stitutional freedom in Portugal, the parties tertain this hope will find themselves deceivet° THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY• CITY, T WEL VE 0' C L • Port-au-Prince Papers, to the 7th January, h a ceived at the North and South American Coffee-h ° "d"epe_o' bring the celebration in the capital of their indep en a or. which occasion, the Secretary-General delivere d ; stating that this day they celebrated the thirtieth l e2 otiV independence, that agriculture had produced $ ll O O harvest, and that their commerce had brought t riches. His speech ended in the following nrdS at sl 0 swore on our swords, and on the remains of the ilnut ° 0 0 ,4 and to the whole universe, that we.will destroy al. 00 Pr attempt to invade us, and never renour.ce our O s° pendence. THE . h'S We have neither foreign mails nor ship letters Li . flo At present the debates chiefly'occupy the attentl; the public. Consols opened as they left off, 87 Sy R+o count, with scarce a bargain doing as yet. t1. 0 ,' 0, 1 The Foreign Market is in th e same state as the Q UARTER.PAST T f $i Since writing the above, Consols have improves and 88 for next time, owing to money being so 010 .0 1 1 HALF-PAST „ye' We have no arrivals, or political information, t ° irile ti up to the present ti me. ,h ee We understand th a t th ree sa il o f th e line and DO" are getting ready, said to be for the M e diterrane7the supposed they are d est i ned to j o i n a F renc h force ° e dO number, and are to p rocee d t o th e T agus to settl e t " h between Don Miguel and his brother. „ n ot. , j p Consols continue firm at 87 % for the Ae c— „tee being in ab un d ance, good bi lls have b een disco' . City at 1 per cent., an instance scarcely known' In the Foreign Market all Securities have iloP' cularly Belgian Stock, which has been done at Sa n Cl ° THREE o ,Cbv I Consols for the Account 87 att "Y. fi? 0' The Duchess DE DINO had a g ran d list night, at the house of Pi ince TALLETRANP, n ver square. N..arly 400 persons were preseng'of, whom were the Duke of GLOUCESTER, Ea l n i 0 Marquis of LANSDOWNE, M. Pozzo nt nearly every member of the Corps Diplo:rtiq . n On Thursday morning, BIRTHS the 2lst inst., of a .da ,ghterOiv 0 0 George Watson Smyth, relict of the late George N•• Ono New Bond-street. cprrer6' er the 2•241 inst. in Gr lace Mrs. • " osvenor.p of O E n dw th a e rd 22 s cl . S i n te s p t. h i e n os G o r n e , a E t s Q q u ., ee of n i stj a e u e g t daughter. I:re.stminster, DIED. p a t' ) 'vOn the 21st inst. Mr. Robert Curtis Maxwell, of Gr street, Minories. Ca n' s On the 22d inst. 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