The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-21 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, l'Em.

Cotton wa, in fair demand at this day'. market, which exhibited con.
,iderable tirinness, and holders were enabled to realize id. to :d. per.
lb. on our quotations of Friday last. The total sales amount to 3,000
bales :—IOO Stitsit, 41-d. 5d.; 20 Egyptian, 9d.; 259 Maratiliam,
9d. 91d.; 500 Laguayra, 7d. 71d.; 2,130 American, 7d. Sid.;
—Total, 3,000.

KETS.
WEEK. ENDING Tr. n. 16.
From To Average.
114 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 3O 0 :',2 6 31 0
38 Bere l6 stone l3 0 -- (1 0
48 Barley
314 Oats l4 stone 9 0 11 0 9 H
14,8i2 Flour, per cwt ... 8 st,nie
755 Oatmeal S stone lO 6 1 U 11 2
Sold to Bakers only.
11,860 Cwt. Flour l6 6 21 0 18 1,,,i
Average price of Wheat and Flour 41. 01. per sack.
Receipts of Flour, 13,075 Firsts' I
Sales of Do. 14,852 Seconds
1 iiiii
139:: (011. toto t; Iss,
1 0d.4.
Tnirds
TRICE OF TIRE.% D.
Quartern Loaf . ..... SlAtl. I Half Quartern 41.4d. •
CORK MARKETS.—Feb 17.
WhC2t (per 205t.).,.22s hid. to 275. 9111 Oats (per 14st.)
B.irley (per 16st.) ...II 0 12 6 1 Flour (per cwt.) 7 0 20 U
Oatmeal (per cwt.) 10,4. (hl. to I6s. Od.
Peef, 4d. to Bd. • Mutton, 4(1. to lid.; Veal, 4d. to M. ;
Pork, 44. to 41. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to Ild, per lb.
rues OF BOWEN.
To the Merchants.
First Quality 011.
Second 9l
Thirst
Fourth ... ....... -i 1
....................
Fifth ..................... 64
Sixth .............................. 54
42
CLONSIELL MA lIXETS.—Feb. 17.
S. d.
Per Cwt.
New B .. ii. a. d. s. d.
u 12 6 tter SO otoB4 0 Hides (raw)B
Oatmeal l3 Bacon Pigs 31
Rendered Lard _. 0 (I
44 0 Heads .— (11, to
3124 0
25 0 0

IRISH MAR"
DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the

To the County;B4i.

Flour, Second
3.4......7'Pe :00:Bra }Bra.rlageo:lul.ery, Thirds
iiiths
II a
..... 0 0 24 0
—Household...— 0 00
Rapeseed
Dere... .................. 8 4 10 0 Coa's 0 3 6
l'er Stone.
Wheat. ................. 014 0 1(1 I Tallow (rough) 4 0 4 6
Oats ..... . ............... 0 7 08 J Potatoes 0 3 0 3
KILKENNY MARKETS.
Wheat (per barrel) 20s. 3d. to 265. 6d. Beef (per lb Os.
Barley 9 6 12 0 Mutton 0
Oats
Flour (per* bag)-... 15 0 31 0 Veal 0
Butter (per cwt.)... 86 0 88 0 Fresh Butter 0
Bacon Pigs 33 0 34 0 Salt Ditto 0
Coals 1 I 1 3 Potatoes (per at.)... 0

t2d. to Os sd.

3i 0 5
4 0 5
6 0 6
0 I I
6 0 11
2 0 3

SCOTCH MARKETS.
HADDINGroN CORN MARKET.—Feb. 16.
Wheat. Neel'. Oats. I Pease. Beans.
First fili Od °3' Od 23= 64 36, 64 3is OA
Second s6s 3d 29s Od 22s Od 33i Od 33 Od
Third sls Od 24s 04 19s CA 1 211 s Od 31s Od
There were 475 qrs. of Wheat in market,46o whereof were sold.
13 Usseld.--0 Grey.
Average. 2l. 16s 0,1. 6.1205.
DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—Feb. 15.
1 Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Pease. I Beans.
First 636 Od 32s Od 26s Od 375:6d 37s Od
Second s6s Od 27s Od 22s 6d 3,3 s Od :-..3s Od
Third sls lid 25s Od IBs_Bd 304 94 30s Od

The house was crowded, and the dress circles and many of the private
boxes, presented a most brilliant appearance.
Mr. Macready's personation of Brutus is one of his fittest perfor.
mantes. The style of this gentleman's acting Is perhaps bet adapted
for classical characters ; and admirably does he pottrtray the disinteres-
ted, high-souled patriotism—the noble rectitude of feeling—the digni-
fied, undaunted heroism, almost stoical in its calm firinnes, which
mark the " noblest Roman of them all," with those gentle
traits of kindliness, that so beautifully harmonize and soften the
harsher elements of character. It is a portrait so faithfully
drawn, so exquisitely finished, reminding us, by its noble beauty, of
some faultless specimen of antique sculpture, that it affords a perfect
realization of all the high conceptions we have ever cherished in our
mind of the patriot,
" who made the dagger's edge surpass
The conqueror's sword in bearing fame away."
Mr. Phelps played Cassius with great ability he possesses no mean
talent for declamation, but occasionally " o'crsteps the modesty of
nature," through falling into the vulgar error of imagining vehemence
of action alone indicates force of passion.
. . .

....
Mark Antony was performed by Mr. Elton ; and though he laboured
under the disadvantage arising from the smallness of his figure—which
is little fitted to represent the person of the brave, yet voluptuous
ltoman—he gave the character with skill and correctness,•and often with
considerable power of actinr.
The part of Portia was filled by Miss Huddart (now Mrs. Warner)
in a manner which no other actress now on the stage could hare
equalled. The fine, classical features of this lady's countenance, her
dignified, and graceful demeanour, especially fit her for the represent&
lion of Roman heroines ; and we sincerely regret that OP slight defect
in her pronunciation should too frequently mar the effect of her splendid
acting.

Although some of the principal characters might have been better
sustained, we never saw this play represented with such general effect,
owing to the minor characters being so ably supported, as well as to the
care and taste by which the details of scenery, costume, &c., were regu-
lated.

At the close of the tragedy Mr. Macready was loudly called for, and
came forward, and was received with enthusiastic applause. Mr. Phelps
was also called for, but did not appear.

The opera of Fra Diavolo was then given ; and in a style which we
never saw surpassed at any theatre.

DI?UItY-LANE.

Sheridan's sparkling Opera of The Duenna was retired last night
with a powerful cast, so far as names were concerned, but not with such
a happy disposition of the parts as might have been adopted, It was a
great blunder to take from Dowton his celebrated character of Isaac
Meddoza, and place it in the hands of Buekstone. The latter is quaint
and amusing at times, but a great mannerist, and his cunning little Jew
was, therefore, essentially Buckstonian. The transfer of Dowton to
I)ou Jerome was so much certainly gained for the latter part, but still his
Mendoza is too well remembered for an audience to relish his rich and
racy humour in the testy father. Another novelty was al►o of question-
able policy. Father Paul was assigned to H. Phillips, and lie seemed to
feel that it was not sufficiently important for him, in an acting point of
view, and he, therefore, introduced Dr. Arne's " Poculum elevatum,"
in the cloister scence. The bills ►tated that it was the first appearance
of Miss Romer in Donna Clara. This was incorrect, as we recollect,
this lady making a debut on the Covent Garden stage in this very part.
We then prognosticated her success, and our predictions have been
verified. The best acting in the piece was that of Mrs. C. Jones in the
Duenna. It was most admirable, and excited infinite mirth. Her
masculine manner of saying " I klight in the tender passions" was
irresistible. Templeton and Fraser were the Antonio and Ferdinand;
and Miss Poole, Donna Louisa, so that the music, upon the whole, went
smoothly, if not brilliantly.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 2.0, 1838.

MEMBER. RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIM !RESENT PARLIAMENT.
District of Burghs of Elgin, Cullen, Banff, Inverury, Kintore,
and Peterhead—The Hon. Fox Motile, in the room of Sir An-
drew Leith Hay, Knt., who has accepted the *lice of Governor of
the Island of Bermuda,

DOWNING-STREET, Feb. 13.
The Queen has been plemed to appoint Colonel De Lacy Evans,
Lieutenant-General in tite service of the Queen of Spain, to be a
Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of tho
Bath.

St. JAMES'S PALACE, Feb. 14.
The Qtteen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood upon John Doratt, Esq., M.D.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 19.

Corps of Royal Engineers.—Second Captain A. Walpole to be
Captain, vice Young, deceased; First Lieutenant H. Tvicker to be
Second Captain, vice Walpole ; Second Lieutenant W. H. Roberts
to be First Lieutenant, ♦ice Tucker, Doc. 25.
. _

Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Captain J. M. Savage to
be Adjutant, vice Schalck, promoted, July 27.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 20.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Francis Jenne,
D.C.L., to the Deanery of the Island of Jersey, void by the death
of Doctor Corbet Hue.

WHITEHALL, FEB. lb.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Munre Allan, of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gent., to be a Mastet Extraordinary in
the High Court of Chancery.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
JOHN WYATT, machinist, West Smithfield.
JOHN FINDLATER, coal-merchant, Queen-street, Mayfair.
JOSEPH SMITH HOLDSWORTH, corn-merchant, Lower
Edmonton.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
SAUL YATES, bill-broker, Bury-court, St. Mary Axe.
BANKRUPTS.

HENRY WINCHESTER, stations, Buckingham-street, t•
surrender March 1, at half-past oae, and April 3, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Briggs,
Lincoln's-inn-fields.

JAMES GREEN TREVITT, linen draper, Liverpool, March
6 and April 3, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool.
Taylor, Sharpe, and Field, Bedford-row, London ; Worthington
and Holt, Liverpool.
WILLIAM COTTRELL, factor, Birmingham, March 13 and
April 3, at eleven, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chaplin,
Gray's-inn-square, London ; Harrison, Birmingham.
JOHN COOPER, brewer, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, March 5,
and April 3, at eleven, at the George Inn, Trowbridge. Daz and
Bicknell, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Rodivay, Trowbridge.
HENRY WILMOT SEALY, upholsterer, City-road, March 3,
at half-past one, and April 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Berry-, Trafal-
gar-square, Charing--cross.
ALFRED ROBINS, printer, Tavistock-street, Covent •garden,
March 2, and April 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Aldridge and Hinde,
Austin-friars.

PHILIP EDIIAN LYCETT, glove-manufacturer, Worcester,
March 2' twelve,
and April 3, at at the Hop Market Inn, Wor-
cester. Bedford, Pidcock, and Rea, Worcester ; Bedford, Cal-
thorpe-street, London.
SAMUEL WOODS, warehouseman, Manchester, March 6,
and April 3, at ton, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester.
Bower and Back, Chancery-lane, London ; Atkins, Manchester.
JOHN JONES, miller, Gclly Gross, Monmouthshire, March 5,
and April 3, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Newport. Waters,
Newport : White and Whitmore. Bedford-row, London.
.1 AC' )11 BTI D( sett•, Che4,rtield, .1 A 'OB BRIDGE, jun..
Whittinton, t;Et.titt;F; sMIT Clie=tertiel(l,• and
JOSEPH SMITH, Sheffield, road-invkvr., Nlarcli -2, and !ui-,
at eleven, at. the Sheffield. Battve, amt Sod-
Chancery-lane, Louden; Dixon, Sheffield.
JOHN EVERETT, grocer, Burwell, Cambridge, Feb. :".4, and
April 3, at eleven, at the Bull Inn, Cambridge. Bowden, Wal-
ters, and Reeve, Aldermanlyury, London ; Thurgood, Saffron
Walden, Essex.

JOIIN LESTER, shoe-manufacturer, Derby, March 3, and
April 3, at eleven, at the New Inn, Derby. Stubbs and Hollings,
Birmingham; Williamson, Derby ; Chaplin, Gray's Imi, London.'
FRANCIS PETIT, builder, Sheffield, March 2, and April 3,
at ten, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Fiddey, Sergeant's Inn,
London; Thompion, Sheffield. •
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, l3asinghall-street.
11. IL Franks, hatter, Barbican, -March 9, at one—J. P.
Greaves and CO., merchants, King's Arms-yard, Coleman.street,
March 15, at eleven—ll. Waddington, merchant, Bridge-street,
Illackfriars, March 15, at twelve—J. Holiaway, straw "hat manu-
facturer, Bridge-street, 131ackfriars, March 14, at eleven—G.
Bedford, grocer, KCppel-street, Chelsea, March 15, at one—.J.
Smith, potato salesman, Portman-Market, March 13, at one--E.
Jones, grocer, Kingston-upon-Thanes, Surrey, March 14, at
twelve—R. Johnstone, woollen draper, Chelmsfunl, Essex, March
13, at half-past twelve—B. Gregory, ironfounder, Allen-street,
Goswell-street, March 13, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. Phipson, button manufacturer, Birmingham, March 14, at
twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham--W. Bartleet, needle
manufacturer, Redditch Worcestershire, March 14, at eleven, at
Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham—J. Smitherd, tailor, Derby,
March 13, at eleven, at the New Inn, Derby—H. Godfrey, che-
mist, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, March 15, at twelve, at
the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors—C. Parker, flax spin-
ner, Houghton-le--Skerne, Durham, March 15, at one, at Mr.
Ewbanks, innkeeper, Barnard Castle—C. Priestley, glass manu-
facturer, Fishergate, Yorkshire, March 14, at eleven, at the office
of Messrs. Blanchard and Co., York.
CERTIFICATES, Maucif 13.
W. Eldridge, hotel keeper, Swan Hotel, Hastings, Sussex—
W. Bonella, cabinet maker, Booth-street, Spitalfields—J. Garner,
wine-merchant, Liverpool—J. Wilson, butcher, Manchester—H.
Doncaster, porter merchant, Sheffield, Yorkshire—J. Schofield,
jun., woollen manufacturer, Rochdale, Lancashire—J. Ring, ochre
manufacturer, Chew toke, Somersetshire—R. Saunders, ale mer-
chant, Birmingham.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
C. Bonglower and W. Wayden, surgeons, Colchester—D. Or-
telli and B. Bianchi, silversmiths, heading W. J. Tailor and J.
Cutts, machine makers, Manchester—J. Knapp and 'I. Simpson,
hat dealers, Sheffield—T. Sutcliffe and Co., worsted manufactu-
rers, Shipley, Yorkshire—J. Brook and Co., cotton spinners,
Meltham Mills, Yorkshire —F. and G. Bean, coal merchants,
Norwich—J. Paine and T. B. Simpson, hardwaremen, Wellington-
street, Southwark—J. and P. Solomon, Plymouth—P. Neale and
F. H. Beart, coachmakers, Norwich—T. Kirkman and C. Rad-
cliffe, London bottle porter dealers, Leeds—R. C. Hay and C.
Walton, machine makers, Leeds—J. Hamer and Co., calico
printers, Irwell Springs, near Bacup, Lancashire—T. Banning and
Co., wine merchants, Hammond-court, Mincing.lane (so far as re-
gards B. Hewitt)—J. Robinson and A. Candelet, accountants,
Manchester—G. Smith and T. Dry, attorneys, Serle street, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields—J. Walker and Co., cotton manufacturers,
Striven with Tentergate, Yorkshire—M. H. Hart and Co., Tyne
and Glass Company, Gateshead,

The Tories are affecting to wonder how it happens
that the friends of the Ballot arc so well satisfied
ivith the result of the last discussion in the Commons.
" Did the Radicals gain a victoty ?" they ask :
" Were the numbers in favour of the introduction of
the Ballot into our electoral system ?" What can be
the reason for this ostentatious rejoicing ?" We will
tell them. The Ballot was virtually carried, and they
know, and bitterly grieve to know, that nothing can
now stop its progress until it is adopted throughout
the three kingdoms of which the British empire is corn.
posed. This is the reason for the " ostentatious re.
joiciug" of the friends of the Ballot. At the same
' time its advocates must not for a moment relax their
exertions, or trust merely to the strength of justice, to
effect that which will be resisted by its enemies
by all the means they can bring to bear against it.
If they cannot defeat they may delay the accomplish-
ment of the wishes of the vast majority of the nation.
Let the friends of the Ballot, then, in every quarter, be
active and stirring, and not sacrifice the smallest part of
the advantage they have now gained either by over-
, confidence or supineness. It is possible that the To-
ries, if they are driven to extremities, may make some
show of compunction, and pretend to regret that coer-
cion and intimidation have been employed in some
cases with such severity. Lord John Russell advised
landlords to be more moderate ; to drive voters to the
poll with more tenderness and consideration ; and when
the Tories see that no other chance is left them, they
' may endeavour to stave off the Ballot for a while by
affecting a degree of forbearance and respect for the
consciences of humble and submissive electors. Those
who trust them under such circumstances will not de-
serve to be pitied, and if a dissolution were to take
place to-morrow, we should like to know what effect
Lord John Russell himself thinks his recommendation
would produce upon the great body of the squirearchy
and parsonarchy of the country. Let us not be insen-
sible, however, to the advantages we have really gained,
and which have dispirited and disheartened the whole
Tory party, and every jou7nal in their pay or power.
Tile total number against the Ballot was never greater
than on June 2, 1835, when 319 Members voted in
opposition to Mr. Grote, who was only supported by
146 Members, so that he was defeated by a majority
of 173. What is the case now ? The total number
of Tories is only 317, being two short of the muster
in 1835, while the minority in favour of the introduc-
tion of a Bill for the adoption of the Ballot has risen
to 200, leaving a difference of only 117, or a majority
of 56 less than in 1835. In the last year only, and
mainly in consequence of the cruel extent to which
force and threats were used at the last election, there
has been a gain to the Liberal side of no fewer than
45 votes, and this in a House of Commons in which
all parties admit that the forces are more nearly ba-
lanced than perhaps at any former period of our Parlia-
mentary history. The Times asserts that there were 61
Whigs in the 117 votes of which the majority consists,
and subtracting these, the balance will only be 56
against the Ballot, which, be it remarked, is precisely
the difference between the majority in 1835, and at
the present moment. " Arithmetically speaking," to
borrow a phrase from Puddledock, deducting the
Whigs, the exact disproportion between the two sides
of the House on the question of the Ballot is now,
according to the division of Thursday, only 56 votes !
Let the Times contradict this position if it can, and
when it has read it, let it ask again, with apparent
simplicity, what is the meaning of this " ostentatious
rejoicing by the Radicals ?" We might just as rea-
sonably inquire what is the cause of the evident dis-
may among the Tories ? How the Oracle of Print-
ing House-square, which for the last six weeks
has been foretelling so different a result, and which in
that interval has filled column after column to prove that
it is highly immoral for a man to vote according to his
conscience, will combat these facts we cannot conjec-
ture. It made sad lame work of the matter in its ar-
ticle of Saturday. Murphy has not been more out
regarding the weather, than the Times regarding the
Ballot. Murphy may publish a new edition with cor-
rections, such as " for frost read thaw," and " for
rain read sunshine," Sec., and it seems a fair occasion
for our political Murphy to do the same, and to de-
sire its readers, wherever they have met in its columns
with gross abuse of the Liberals, to substitute Con- .
servatives, and wherever they have seen arguments
against secret voting to apply them to open voting.
The change will not be so preposterous after all ;
for, as we have had occasion more than once to
show, the reasoning of the Times will generally be
found quite as well adapted to the one as to
the other. Surely a much better opportunity for
making another circumgiration could hardly be hoped
for than is at present afforded to our capricious con-
temporary. It was not lucky in the time it chose for
its wheel-about at the end of- 1834, but the chances
seem all in its favour now, and perhaps it will take the
matter into its serious consideration. The Ballot
must be carried : there is no possible mode of resisting
it : and as Murphy ought to take advantage of the re-
cent change in the atmosphere, so the Times ought to
take advantage of the recent change in the House of
Commons. One point, and one of great importance,
seems now acknowledged on all hands. Sir Robert
Peel, and those two great Standard orators, Mr. Sydney
Herbert and Mr. Cavendish, admitted that they saw no
ermied for believing that such a mechaeical contrivance
for seeeivine Votes by ballot might not be employed as
would enahre ail elector, if he close it, to eoneeal the (E-
-section of hi suffrage. The 1 'imeslAbotired hard a week or
s
too
since to prove the contrary, and it is also remark-
able that no single speaker against Mr. Grote's motion
condescended to advert to one of the sophistical and
hypocritical positions of that newspaper : much as
they were put to it for reasons, they were not abso-
lutely reduced to that necessity. See again how the
Times argues the subject on Saturday. " Is it not a
fair question whether the franchise ought to be en-
trusted to those who arc debarred by their position in
society from its free and independent exercise ?"
What will the Marquis of Chandos, with hie 50/.
tenants-at-will, say to this question ? What will Sir
Robert Inglis say to it—the champion of the poor
miserable remnant of freemen in old corporations ?
The Times throws both classes overboard at once ;
they are to be deprived of the franchise altogether, be-
cause they are such mere tools in the hands of landlords,
or so degraded in the scale of society, as not to be ca-
pable of " its free and independent exercise." This
may be very true, but it comes ratites oddly from the
Times, unless, indeed, we are already to look upon it
as in a state of political transmigration. Then as to
the right of voting for Members of Parliament, it takes
pains to direct especial attention to unquestionably
one of the weakest parts of Sir Robert Peel's weak
speech on Thursday, and by the expression of its
own admiration to confirm people in the belief that
the Right Honourable Baronet had singularly exposed
himself to reply. Mr. Ward chniged Sir Robert
with a '' confusion of ideas" in not making a dis-
tinction between the right of a voter, and the trust
of a Member. How did the Tory leader answer this ?
By making '' confusion worse confounded :" by as-
serting that a right might also be a trust. Who de-
nied it ? Nobody ; but as we showed on Friday, Sir
Robert to excuse himself from one " confusion of
ideas" fell into another, by contending that his
right to sit and his trust as sitting were one and the
same thing. The right by the law of Parliament to
sit for the borough of Tamworth is one thing, and
the trust to represent the electors fairly is another.
Nobody will dispute the right, but every body may
doubt the manner in which the trust is executed. Be-
sides, taking it as Sir Robert would have it, how
does it prove that an elector discharges a trust, be-
cause Sir Robert establishes that a member of Par-

'.lament has both a right and a trust ? Sir Robert
felt the nettle,
And was put upon his mettle,"
and it was necessary to say something in answer to
Mr. Ward's charge of a " confusion of ideas." We
only adduce this to illustrate the manner in which the
Times serves the cause it espouses : hence, too, the
Tories may learn to reconcile themselves to the event,
should our Contemporary, one of these fine days, un-
fortunately for the Ballot, undertake its defence, plod
Deus (medal !—Morning Chronicle.
On the third reading of the Parliamentary Electors and
Freemen's Bill last night in the House of Commons, Sir
Robert Peel declared that all the fond anticipations which
had been excited in his mind by Lord John Russell's oppo-
sition to the Ballot had vanished ; for as the Noble Lord
had consented to extend the time in which electors should
pay their rates as a qualification for the exercise of the
franchise, thereby making an important change in the Re-
forth Act—declared to be a final measure—he (Sir Robert)
had no confidence that the Noble Lord would remain
steadfast in his resistance to the Ballot, but much feared
he might at some future period yield this point also to the
progressing claims of public opinion. These sentiments
were uttered with a vehemence savouring of personal dis-
appointment and exasperation. However, in this disap-
pointment and vexation may be found a subject of congra-
tulation to the Ministry, to the country, and especially to the
Noble Home Secretary. Associated, we may say identified,
as Sir Robert is with a party which has invariably arrayed it-
self against the restitution of popular rights and the interests of
the people generally, his approbation of the acts of the
Government should always excite apprehension, and his
reprobation hope. It is true he has been sometimes in-
strumental to popular concessions, but by what influence
was his conduct in these respects directed but by the love
of office ? Whenever he has found opposition to Reform
incompatible with the possession of office, or the near ex-
pectancy of it., he deems it expedient to concede ; but
whenever public excitement becomes calmed, he endea-
vours by direct or indirect means to mar the work of grace
by some vile equivocation. Had Sir Robert a just appre-
ciation of his own abilities, with integrity of purpose, he
might become one of the somewhat influential in his
time ; but the base ambition of conciliating an aristo-
cracy which, while availing itself of his talent, despise
him as a parvenu, induces him to make a prostitution
of intellect, pitied and contemned by the very men in
whose behalf it is employed. Did he but dare to be honest,
spurn the shackles which he now woos, and endeavour to
wipe out the foul blots which duplicity and tergiversation
have embossed on his escutcheon, be might even yet be-
come respected ; though, had any man of less personal at-
tainment pursued a similar course, his fate would be irre-
mediable. To the leprous eulogy of Sir Robert Peel on,
the conduct of Lord John Russell respecting the Ballot,
the Times has added its infectious portion of applause,
and asks, in indignant terms, " Has Sir Hussey Vivian er
has he not been dismissed?" Or, " How comes it that
Lord John Russell, with so decided and not unnatural
lead amongst his twelve or thirteen colleagues, has
suffered himself to be bearded in a manner so offensive
by subordinate Statesmen?" How comes it, gentle Times,
that you concentrate all your wrath on Sir Hussey Vivian ?
Other Ministerial " subordinates" voted for the Ballot as
well as he ; then why not call for the dismissal of all who
proved refractory ? Without examining other motives,
a comparison of those Members in office who voted for the
Ballot, with those who opposed it, will, in the great pre-
ponderance of the former, furnish a solution of the query.
Several Members holding high official appointments, who,
unlike Sir John Cam Hobhouse, were ashamed to betray
the whole promise of their previous political career, ab-
stained from voting altogether, but of those who did vote a
large majority of those holding places under the Govern-
ment will be found to have voted in favour of the Ballot.
The Times represents Sir H. Vivian to explain his reten-
tion in office by saying, " They thirst not turn Me out ;
there are jinn' of us." But we can supply an ampler rea-
son, even supposing the Ministry inclined to adopt the
practice of the Duke of Wellington, who, on a similar
occasion, stated to a predecessor of Sir H. Vivian's, who was
disposed to be contumacious, that he might vote as he
pleased, but the Master-General of the Ordnance must sup-
port his (the Duke's) measures. Still we can furnish a more
satisfactory reason why Ministers should not dismiss their
subordinates for opposing them on the Ballot. It is not
that there are four " Vivians," but because there are
millions and millions of people desirous of the Ballot who
would confide in no Government arraying itself against the
Ballot, and who would not allow the " subordinate states-
men" to stand alone in their dismissal if such measure were
resorted to. In fact, had not a number of the members of
the Cabinet abstained frona voting, and a greater number of
others connected with it, voted-in favour of the Ballot, the
Ministry would have found itself in a position of still
greater embarrassment than this caused by Lord John
Russell's f.oward aid injudicious conduct. It was the re-
fractory, in truth, " subordinates," as the Tones designates
them, that have preserved the Government from the utter
forfeiture of public confidence. The question, however, is
'now virtually carried, and we cannot imagine for a moment
that Lord John Russell will again attempt to oppose his
ipse dixit to the decision, not only of a majority of the
legitimate supporters of a Liberal Government, but of the
millions who pant for the free exercise of the elective
franchise.—ilforniny Advertiser.
The public meeting held at the Freemasons' Tavern,
yesterday, proves how deep and how sincere is the hatred
borne to the new Poor-law by the great mass of the
people. Earl Stanhope presided, and sustained the cha-
racter which he has borne so lone, of being one of the best
friends whom the labourers of England possess. His
Lordship's speech was, as usual, full of sound argument ;
and it was pervaded by a feeling of enlightened benevo-
lence, more valuable a thousand fold than mere talent,
even in its most brilliant forms can ever be. Mr. Fielden,
and Mr. Walter proposed and seconded the resolutions
(which will be found in another column) with adinirable
effect ; whilst the Reverend Mr. Dewdney and General
Johnson followed up the attack on the new roor-law
with great plwer. But the speaker, who most deeply
rivetted the attention of the crowded audience was Mr.
Oasticr, of Fixbv Hall—the celebrated opponent of Mal-
thusianism in all its farm=.---the nntiring Champion of
the poor factory child. This able and benevolent
man has ,devoted his energi,,, tnr fifteen or twenty years ,
past to tlif enuancipation of the poor oppressed labourer :
and if the love of those whom he has sought to sir ye, 0:111
atone for the deep hatred of their oppressors, Mr. Oastler
.has no reason to complain of his lot. The Whigs and Mel-
thusians all over England lute Mr. Oastlar with a more
deadly hatred, than they bear to, perhaps, any other indivi-
dual. That fierce, inextinguishable hatred, however, has
only endeared him the more to thelabouring poor, for whose
comforts he has struggled, and on whose behalf, he has
male so many sacrifices in a worldly point of view'. The
meeting of yesterday is, we trust, the commencement of a
new era in our social history. We trust that the men of
landed property are beginning to perceive that Malthusien-
ism is not more deadly in its operation on the rights of la-
bour, than on the enduring honours of aristocracy. There
can be no true foundation for the power of the nobility, and
gentry, except the permanent prosperity of the labouring
classes. It is, in short, as much the interest of the aristo-
cracy of England, as it is the interest of the classes which
live by the sale of their daily labour, to get the new Poor-
law repealed !---11Lraing Herald.