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London, England, 1851-07-15 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 15.

THE farewell address et the Earl of ARUNDEL
and SURREY to the electors of the borough of
Arundel is as gracefully pathetic and as stimulating
to our sense of wonder as anything Mra. Itsticurry.
ever wrote. It might, with great propriety, be en-
titled " The Mysteries of Arundel Castle."
Fourteen years ago, the enrl tells his ex-consti-
tuents, he was chosen "the unpledged and unfettered
representative" of their ancient borough. He re-
minds them that his house has been connected with
the " citizens [(lucre, burgesses] of Arundel almost
since the period of the Norman conquest ;" that his
house and the citizensof Arundel suffered together in
the disastrous days of civil war, and have shared in all
alternations of public prosperity and national adver-
sity. Ile affirms that he has on all occasions acted
independently and honourably as a politician, and
exerted himself to promote the local interests of his
constituents. And he expresses a confident convic-
tion that his and their " feelings of kindness and
kindred interest " aro " mutual." All this, which
might naturally be expected to be the prologue to a
declaration that the Earl of ARUNDEL and :intimv
and his constituents arc united till death them do
part, is but the preface to an intimation that their
connexion is already dissolved. And the noble earl's
resignation of his seat as representative for .trundcl
is not with a view to retirement from public life, for
be is evidently on the outlook for another consti-
tuency. lie tells his old friends what he is to do for
them as soon as he finds a new seat.

'fhis is indeed a mystery far transcending the
famous " Mysteries of Udolpho." And the earl ap-
pears determined that, in so far at least as he is
concerned, a mystery it shall remain. He declines
to enter into a " detailed account" of his rearons for
resigning; and he is even better than his word, for
he enters into no account of them whatever. He
alludes darkly and mysteriously to the "great excite-
ment, both rdiyimss and political" which characterises
the time in which we live; says with a sigh that
"many arc called upon to sacrifice their private incli-
nations to a deep sense of religious and public duty ;"
and there he breaks off looking unspoken volumes.
Now what we most admire in the Earl's great
precursor in this baronial and mysterious style of
writing is, that however she may tantalise your
curiosity in the beginning and middle of her works,
she lets you see the whole of the machinery by which
her puppets are put in motion at the close. After
giving you an hour or two of pleasurable excitement
she dismi.ses you to repose, untroubled by uneasy
questionings. The Earl of ARrNDEr. and SURREY
having omitted to do this, has imposed upon us the
task of adding a supplementary chapter to hi*
romance.

The key to his mystery will be found in three pas.
sages. Ile says he was elected " the unpledged and
unfettered representative of Arundel :" he says that,
in these times of reliyious and political excitement,
many are "called upon" to sacrifice their inclina-
tions; and he says he is " obliged" to resign " the
honourable pest" in which the electors of Arundel
have placed him. The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY
therefore, though unpledged and unfettered in so far
as the Arundel electors are concerned, was both
pledged and fettered to serve another party, and
that party has "obliged " him to resign his seat be-
cause lw has acted up to his sense of " religious and
political " principle.
Who that other party is no one who knows the re-
lations which exist between the electors of Arundel
and the master of the stately pile which domineers
over that little town can for a moment doubt. The
electors of Arundel return to parliament a mem-
ber "pledged and fettered" to do the bidding of his
Grace of NORPOLK ; and the member-making duke,
like the King-making WARWICK, unmakes whenever
it pleases him the poor shadow of a representative
for Arundel.

The country, all backslidings set off, owes con-
siderable gratitude to the wings. They have at
times dune good service to the cause of liberty and
purity of election, by their strenuous advocacy of it;
at others, by affording us, in their own persons, an
example of the ugliness of the practice of its adver-
monies. The Duke of NORFOLK has, on the present
occasion, dune as much to promote the cause of parlia-
mentary reform as he several years ago did to promote
that of corn luw repeal by his immortal " pinch of
eurrie-powder "speech. Lord JOHN ItussELL has
pledged himself to bring out a new reform bill next
year, and his friend and supporter, the Duke of
NORFOLK, is doing his best to supply him with argu-
ments to show how much it is needed.

ith the reasons which have induced the duke to
unhorse his own son, we have nothing to do. Osten-
sibly, of course, the duke as a liberal Roman catho-
lic, who knows better than to sacrifice his rights,
feelings. and duties as an Englishman at the bidding
of a foreign priest, may be displeased at the subser-
viency of his son to the occupant of Bt. Peter's
chair. That would make no difference in our eyes;
no end, however good, can sanctity unworthy means;
the system which enables one rich and powerful
nobleman to scud his nominee to the House of Com-
mons in the name of the dependent electors of a
paltry borough, is not the less vicious because it may
sometimes appear to be exercised in support of a
good cause.
But the truth is, that Romish aggma 'on and
priestly usurpation have little or nothing to do
with the Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY'S resigna-
tion of his seat for the borough of Arundel.
The Duke of NORFOLK, as '.Raster of the Horse,
and father of the Vice-Chamberlain, cannot, without
setting an example of insubordination to his supe-
rior officers, allow an opponent of the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill to represent him in parliament. The
whole affair is merely a question touching the disci-
pline of the Whig official regiment. We thank the
Duke of NORFOLK for teaching the public what his
class mean when they talk of old associations between
their families and dependent boroughs, and of mai-

floes to " religious and political duty." These fine
words mesa only obedience to a minister, to avoid
dismissal from office. Vl's congratulate Mr. STRUM'
on the prospect of his unopposed return for Arundel.
Rejected by the independent electors of Coventry, he
is just the man for the &rodent electors of Arun-
del. The master sf the Wroolh, who deals so pe-
remptorily with his own son, is little likely to stand
upon ceremony with & commoner and a stranger to
his blood. Mr. Smu had better put on the duke's
livery at once.