The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-02 00:00:00

the benevolent single breasted coated gentlemen—( Laugh•
ter)—and the quiet small bonnetted beautiful women— 1
( Leughter)—were broken in upon by the Chartists, who I
cried, " No peace"—who would have their own theory or
nothing at all.—( Cheers.) The wise course wan to at-
tempt as much practical good as possible. There being
te.o classes is the country—one the slave class, who were
without fair representation; aad the other the master
class, who monopolized all the authority to themselves.
(Cheers.) There wa3 no honest Reformer who did not ab-
hor the very idea of revolution—(Cheers)—or anything
that tended to such a fatal result. In a country like
England—with institutions of such ancient growth—with
millions of people dependent upon mere weekly wages—
the man who talked of " physical force" was
a maniac.—(Loud cheers.) Oh, but then it was said
why support a Government which does not satisfy the
wishes of Reformers ? Was it to be wondered at that the
people of Ireland—a blundering people, as they were
called—who had for centuries been misgoverned—who had
only lately seen justice to Ireland attempted ; was it to be
wondered at that they should endeavour to retain in office
the first Administration which had treated them with im-
partiality—which had, during four years, governed them
justli—while the Tories cried, " blasphemy," " rebel-
lion," " Popery," kick out the Ministry ?"—( Loud
cheers.) What was the state of Ireland now ?
Look to the subject of Corporations. In this country
the municipal institutions had been justly thrown open to
all classes without religious distinctions.—( Cheers.) But
in Ireland it was far otherwise. In Ireland they were
still subjected to exclusive iufluence.—(Hear, hear.)
Then, as to Legislative rights—why the county of Rut-
land, with scarcely 30,000 inhabitants, had more repre-
sentatives in Parliament than the County of Cork, with
700,000 inhabitants.—( Hear, hear.) Again, he would
ask, was it surprising that the Irish people should adhere to
to an Administration which had manifested a desire to do
justice to Ireland. Were the Irish people to be charged
with selfishness for that ? Was there any measure benifi-
cial to the people of England for which the Irish Liberal
Members had not voted ?—( Cheers.) It was a proud
thing both for Ireland and his lion. Friend ;dr. Hume
that Kilkenny had elected him as its representative, and
that without any solicitation on his part, but simply on
account of his good qualities and just principles.—
( Cheers.) Let not any individual in that assembly think
that he was too humble to aid in the cause of reform ; let
each unite, and the combined effort would be all-powerful ;
let them recollect his (Mr. O'Connell's) example ;
let them remember the obscure origin from which
he had risen to the station which he now held—first as
demagogue, then as agitator, and now a leader of the
Irish people.—( Loud and long continued cheering.)
Once more he would advert to the folly of the "physical
force men"—the blockheads I Why, didn't they know
that physical force could only be used with success
whet the great mass of the people were on its side—and
then it was unnecessary ?—(Cheers.) He avowed himself
a universal suffrage man ; but at the same time he would
take any instalment which was offered him, because that
would give him greater power for recovering the whole debt
—(Cheers)—an4 he thought that extension of the suffrage
was the best bond of anion among Reformers.—( Cheers.)
lie would ask, what would be the effect of driving the pre-
sent Government from office. Why, Peel would doubt-
less give plausible words and fine sentences.—( Loud
laughter.) He. would be like the man in the
Irish legend, who was condemned to be put at one end of
the roof of a church, with a sheaf of corn at the other, and
to be fed upon the grains which the wind blew through
the eye of a needle placed in the middle—( Laughter).—
just so would Peel's reform be.--( Roars of laughter)
Wellington, too—though perhaps a good soldier. he (Mr.
O'C.) was no judge in such matters—(Laughter)—had
declared priaci plea which showed how unfit he wee to
govern Ireland, and though neither Peel nor Welling-
ton might have bad designs, vet certain it was, if restored is
office, they would not b able to restrain their myrmidons
from the excesses which they would be prompted to com-
mit in Ireland—so long had their tyranny and cruelty
reigned dominant.—(Cheers.) The people of Ireland
were not to be trifled with—they were eight millions.
If the Tory Government was restored their best friends
might not be able to restrain them ; they might break out
terribly in the wild justice of revenge.—( Hear.) The
only hope of Ireland was in the continuance of the
present Administration—let Reformers therefore be united
—( Cheers.) Let them follow the example of the Hon.
Member for Kilkenny, who throughout his long public life
had made utility the groundwork of his exertions.—( Loud
cheers.) . .

Mr. llumE proposed a rote of thanks to the Gallani
Chairman, which was cordially responded to, and the au
dience then (shortly before midnight) began to separate.

BANQUET TO THE JUDGES AT
THE MANSION HOUSE YESTERDAY-

A splendid entertainment was given to the Judges by
the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress. Contrary to
the usual custom, it was given in the Egyptian Hall, and
the invitations were very numerous. We observed
amongst the company the following distinguished persons
—The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of Queen's Bench, the Master of the Rolls, the
Vice-Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, Mr. Justice Littleton, Mr. Justice Pattison, Mr.
Justice Williams, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice
Coleridge, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Maule, the
Hon. Colonel Cavendish, lie Hon Frederick Byng, Sir
William Forbes,, ,1344,;,., Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart, Sir
William Hunter; i.if,:;-gir-Benjamin Brodie, Bart., Sir
Benjamin Hall, Bart: •ttil/Vederick Retherell, Sir Fre-
derick Pollock, Sir )61in Smith, Sir Richard Jenkins,
Sir Peter Laurie, S Webb, Sergeant Taddy, Ser-
geant Merewether, Sergeant Andrews, Sergeant Goul-
burn, the Rev. Dr. D'Oyley, the Rev. Augustus Hewitt,
Sir John Dodson, the Queen's Advocate, Dr. Phillimore,
Dr. Nichol!, Lieutenant-Colonel Hall, Major Wood, Ma-
jor Marshall, Captain Cator, Captain Gould, Alderman
Brown, Alderman Venablea, Alderman Lucas, &c. &c.
There were many ladies of the party.
The LORD N1.4.v0a, in proposing the health of the
Queen, said that he would call upon the company to
drink that toast with three times three. The rest
of the toasts he should, for the sake of conve-
nience, call upon them to drink without rising.
He had invited the company to celebrate one of the most
ancient and valuable of the customs of the City of Lon-
don—that of entertaining the Judges of the Land.
The health of her Majesty was drunk with much ap-
plause.
The next toast was " The Queen Dowager." Most
vehement and long-coitinued applause followed this on-
nouneement.

" The remaining Branches of the Royal Family," way
the third toast.