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The Cliarammi then called for a bumper, and the call
having been responded to, he proceeded to say :—Gentle-
m en, I have now to propose to you a toast mostly expressive
of the sentiments which have called us together here this
evening, and I rise to do so, I can assure you, with great
fear and trembling, because I feel my inability to do him
justice. When I think of the varied nature of the
great claims upon you of iny Noble Friend near me—
when I think of the different excellencies of his head
and of his heart, and look around at this great assembly,
and call to mind your attachment to him, and your just
appreciation—(Hear, hear, and great cheering)—Gentle-
men, it is feeling those things that I am impressed with
the sense of my inability to do justice to your senti-
ments, or to the merits of my Noble Friend.—(Cheers.)
This is not the first time, Gentlemen, that I have had
the honour of attending a dinner in this country in ho-
nour of my Noble Friend.—(Hear, hear.) It.is about
thirteen years ago, which is a long space of time, in the
public life of our Noble Guest and myself, since he first
visited Ireland, and he was even then heartily and warmly
-welcomed by the people, and he was at that time invited
to a banquet, at which many of my friends around me
attended, although the assemblage was not near so nu-
merous as that which I have the honour to address.—
(Loud cheers.) At that time even the people of
Ireland, and the party in whom they trust, had per-
ceived the abilities, and had reason to know the prin-
ciples of our Noble Guest, and they justly anticipated
the energy and efficiency with which he was then about
to serve his Sovereign, and to advance the cause of civil
and religious liberty.—(Great cheering.) Since that
time the career even of his early manhood has nobly re-
deemed the promises of his youth, and the zealous and
utliform tenor of his opinions have been always in fa-
vour of wise toleration--of sound constitutional Govern-
ment, and the principles of freedom, and in the support
of those principles, and in the promotion of a system of
policy adopted by the party with whom he associated
himself—a party which advocated good Government—
which, I trust, you never will surrender.—(Hear, and
great cheering.) You have seen him faithful to those
principles.—(Cheers.) You have seen him highly and
fully tried, because you have seen him invested with
power and entrusted with authority—using that autbo•
city and wielding that power in support of the prin-
ciples which he manifested in youth, and for the
good of the people.—(Loud cheers.) It would have
been to little purpose that we had obtained the erasure
of the penal /aws, and of intolerance, if we were to lose
the spirit which has guided the late Administration.
We happily hay.e seen and known the benefits of a Libe-
ral government in Ireland, and our Noble Guest has been
eminently the happy instrument of dispensing equal jus-
tice to all, teaching the people that government was en-
trusted not for their depression, but for their protection
—proclaiming aloud that property, if it had its rights,
had also its duties.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, our Noble
Friend has done much good, and it is at the present mo-
ment a consolation to know, that much of that good must
be permanent. The spirit of the old Orange party may
possibly be alive, it may be somewhat busy, but it must
be prudent. They will never dare to raise their Orange
banners in this country again. I will not detain you by
alluding to the industry with which our Noble Friend has
applied himself, and the interest he has taken in all
questions connected with Ireland ; nor need I dwell on
the manner in which he has attended to all the details of
his labours.—(Hear.) His merits are too well known to
you to require any lengthened comment from me. But I
cannot refrain from asking, in the presence of the bright
assembly I see around me—eyes that beam on our pro-
ceedings with approbation and sympathy—is there in
Dublin, or is there in Ireland any one member of society
who has had the honour and delight of our Noble Friend's
acquaintance, or who . has heard of his virtues, that will
not deeply feel his departure from amongst us.—(Loud
cheering.) The soft and fairer sex are not always mild
umt
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of
pbtolhelletri scresi x_e
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,at
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regrettedabna dd
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)1
gi_ee_nto
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and
courteous not :if)
politicians ; and I am quite sure even among that por-
coarteous hospitality-, and the charm of his society will
cause him to be remembered to no distant period.—
(Cheers.) I am sure, that you will permit me to say in
our name, that we cannot consent to his retirini, alto-
gether into private life.--(Hear, hear, hear.) England
cannot spare such a man, and Ireland cannot afford to
lose such a friendly heart, or the services of such a
champion.—(Haar, hear, and cheers.) It may be agree-
able to him to enjoy the tranquillity of private life—
when he can follow those pnrsuits of literature which
have engrossed so touch of his time, and the brightness
of which illumines his distinguised and enlightened mind
—but we cannot afford to lose such a man.—(Loudscheer-
jug.) 'rhe toastis—" Lord Morpeth, who has won and
wears the gratitude of the people of Ireland."—(Nine
times nine, and much cheering.)
Lord MORPETII rose and said—My Lord and Gentle-
men, I think that you will easily give me credit for
sincerity when I assure you that all the circumstances
attending the present meeting and the present spectacle—
all that has been dune and all that has been said upon

COURT AN- ECDOTE.—it has lately been re-
marked
that Sir : (. L. Goldsmid is the first gentleman of
the Jewish perst tasion that was ever made a Baronet.
Perhaps it is not generally known that an honour not
much inferior hIE once nearly fallen to the lot of an ex-
brother Israelite.. At one of those festive meetings at
Carlton House it -which his late Gracious Majesty George
IV. sometimes 1 alowed a few of his more favoured sub-
jects to participy de, Mr. Braham was introduced to sing
his then newly composed song,, "A Bumper of Bur-
gundy," when the gratified Monarch, rising from his
chair, was with *difficulty restrained from conferring im-
mediate Knight7l2 ood on the flattered musician.
CHRIST'S 2 HOSPITAL.—On Tuesday next,
beiirgiffs S,t. with.Sthe Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
ih Governors of tha several Royal Hospitals,
2iattthhen v ~ 's Day,
will attend Divine Service at Christ's Church, Newgate-street,
where a sermon is ill be preached by the Rev. W. Webster,,
air to the great hall in Christ's Hospital,
ALA., Head Maths Inatical Master of Christ's Hospital, after
Royal Hospitals will be
to annual custom, jv the three senior wdwehhl eii
vcrhee
rtoehrda: tyatocweniosl
accord[
od filo; ,:;. h e benefits of the.
scho-
ars, who are ab out to proceed to Cambridge; in Latin by
J. Phillips, and in
Aires. Eight Alfred L. At ~ poems also will be
French by John
of the senior scholars, viz. :—A Greek
Henry Newport, in English by Samuel
Emigrants," by I' t H •
eer amend' ; a
Sapphic Ode on
recited by othe rs
"The
on .. The Crusaders," by William Haig
.. To the Princess Royal," by John
i BLarotiwnnVacnaide
Hexameters, on "'the Shipwreck,"
Smith lenifold; Latin Hexa
Greek Jambics, on " Leonidas'
by Augustus Spill er Harrison;b
Eon,;4,:elish Ode
George Edwin Pattenden ; a
Address to his Soldiers
' Prince George of Cambridge on his
Latin Sapphic Od eto
of to David," by George
Latin Elegiacs of I "Nathan's repro
"Edward the Sxth," I
becoming a (Bove: nor of' Christ's Hospital. by Arthur Chubb ;
Barmstre Pix ; an ian English Poem on
by William Roma ins.
Patronized by their Majesties the King and
Queen of Hat cove r, and their Royal Highnesses
the
ellg Princesses
sterhazy,l
Augusta and S aphi;..c, her Serene Highness the Princess E
the Princesses Mary a nd Rosa, her Grace the Dowager Duchess of
Bedford, and tl leir Gra, ?.es the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Dukes
of Norfolk, De vonshire. and Manchester, Lord Hill, Sc. in addition
• 'to the above distinguish ed patronage in the Newly-
Invented Spec-
tacle Lenses at id Sound -Magnifiers Invisible Operatiie Voice Can
ductor, Messrs.. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Picea-
__ty,
dilly, opposite the York li•otel, and 76, King William-street, City,
feel great pleasure to sta to that their valuable inventions have also
gained the sanction and unqualified approbation of above four hun-
dred of the principal n ser. *era of the medical profession. Imme-
diately these New ly-i nve: ited Spectacle Lenses are placed before im-
perfect vision, either by d sy or candle-light, that mist and dullness
which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object be.
cosies clear and disti net, so that the mebt aged imperfect sight be.
comes bright and bT inlaid, and is brouglit to its youthful, natural,
and original st att. Their Invisible Operative Voice Conductor
Sound Magni fi,
.trs for deaf persons, is not the least perceptib.e nor
uncomfortable ; they give immediate relief to old standing extreme
eases of deaf, iess, and use faintest whisper at a public assembly is
heard with , exact dist I.,ctness. 39, Albemarle.sti ect, opposite the
1 York Hon ,l, and 76, iang William-street, City,—No•connection
with persc ,rs s:of tit c s; one )same,

this occasion—or to sum it up at once, that this present j proportiona.—(Hear, hear.) I still, however, hope that
moment must to me, as I now stand up here, wear a it will be found to be a measure capable of practically
character and produce an effect altogether overwhelming. carrying into effect the principal of popular control in a
At such a time it could not fail to recur vividly to my field where some such corrective -
process was most
memory, even if you,
,y
it, you being yourself a witness upon both occasions, apply that. principle in a spirit which will combine
that at the interval of thirteen ears ago it
my Lord, had not reminded me-of urgently wanted ; and I trust that you arc prepared to
was my let, efficacy with discretion—the assertion of long-slighted
an Englishman and a stranger, to be received in this rights .. with enlightened toleration, even in the : must
same city at an entertainment of more slender dimeu- impenetrable haunt of the old exclusiveness, the Cur-
sions indeed, but somewhat partaking of the same cha- poration of the city in which I have the honour to
raster and description.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) An be addressing this assembly. These are the prin-
Englishman I still remain, but it is, perhaps, the most cipal steps in legislation—the discussion and enactment
gratifying portion of the honours which have this day of which signalised the annals of the late Administra-
been poured so thickly around me, that as a stranger I tion. There were, I will own, many other measures which
appear before you no longer.—(Loud cheers.) At the I would most earnestly have wished to have seen adopted
period to which I have adverted, comparatively unknown at some period less occupied with disputed opinions or
and inexperienced, I must have been indebted for the with party politics, because they in no degree partake of
distinction then accorded ito me wholly •to the jr-C those elements of irritation, and might have fairly been
oumstance that I shared the sentimnnts upon the regarded by all parties as neutral and uncontested
great subjects of civil and national rights which you ground. I allude to the plans for the regulation of
yourselves considered as peculiarly consecrated, and fisheries, the pro Motion of drainage, the construction Of
that I was disposed in any sphere which might open railways—(" Hear," and loud cheers)—under competent
to me to act honestly upon m convictions.—(Cheers.)
But lam here to-night, Gentlemen, having filled for a sures were introduced into Parliament; and I ant least
authority.—(Hear, hear.) Bills upon all these mea-
-
Gentlemen,
longer period than any of my predecessors the office of willing to place confidence so far in our immediate atm-
Chief Secretary oflreland—(Hear) andknowing now,by cessors to give them credit for a willingness to promote
my personal experience,
the responsible difficulties and de- any such work of internal material improvement, which
licate duties which it involves, remembering the feelings I shall not grudge to them the credit of completing, while
of anxiety and even of misgiving with which I first en- we can onlyclaim the credit of contemplating.—(Cheers.)
tered upon their discharge, and conscious above all of But there is a piece -of legislation which Ido not wish
the many errors and imperfections which a retrospect of to bequeath to them, and that is Lord Stanley's Bill.—
the whole intervening period cannot fail to conjure up (Groans and hisses.) I perceive that this is almost too
before my mind, I own that I cannot -fully suppress the grave and peppery a subject to introduce, and I thiar the
thrill of pleasure and exultation with which I look at very mention of it may have infused some acidity even
this brilliant scene before. ine,ertisdhsay.as.• I. look at it, • into the generous vintage of to-night.;tetertfelh•s:) • I
" this my rich •reward."--(Loud cheers.) It would, in- shall only say I think I could give them very good ad-
deed, argue a strong degree both of injustice and in- vice upon the subject e how far they would be disposed
sensibility if I could either forget myself, or pass over to act upon it I don't know, but it is my sincere Opinion
in silence the assistance and co-operation which I have that on their mode of dealing with that subject mainly
received, and which have mainly led to my being placed depends the question whether they will have any very
upon the level by which you, Gentlemen, have effec- serious present difficulty in carrying on the Government
Lively prevented me from ranking as a•low or as a mean of this country.—(Hear, hear,) Having said thus much
one.—(Cheers.) I need not to be reminded, without pans- with respect to what we did, or what we attempted,
ing now to dwell upon upon the acts of my colleagues in in the way of legislation, I pass on for a few moments,
the immediate Councils of the Crown, of whose views of if I may so far tresspass upon your time—(Hear,
policy with respect to this country I have been the part- hear)—to some of the points connected with our Govern-
ner and the interpreter, that it has been my especial memo With regard to the administration of the law,
pleasure and pride to act here in Ireland m Adini- I believe I may say, without any degree: of over-boast-
nistrations headed by the gallant and chivalrous fulness, that we leave the administration of ' justice,
bearing of the Marquis of Normanby—(Loud cheers)— having been exercised without partiality to class or creed,
and by the steady and deep-rooted patriotism of Earl and with no lack of efficacy and vigour, fag more
I ortescue.--(Continued cheering.) I will not descant deeply seated in the respect and affection of the people
here, because the subject is too copious, upon the sers than we found it.--(Loud cheers.) We leave the police,
vices of the successive advisers with which it as been the both in this metropolis and in the country, dis-
good fortune of the Government, within the period of charging the difficult and sometimes unwelcome duties
my experience, to be connected, and who have brought allotted to them with far less irritatation to public feeling
to its ,service, with their distinguished natural endow- and less suspision of partizanship than we found it.—
ments and professional attainments, that keen sense of (Cheers.) We found a portion of the Coercion Act in
justice and that high pursuit of truth which has outshone operation ; we first mitigated it, and afterwards dis-
even these. There are, Gentlemen, recollections of ser- penned with it without detriment to public repose or
vices and attachments to earth not yielding to any of safety.—(Ceeers.) We found the army with an amount
these, but which, amidst such gay and glittering accom- of military force consisting of 23,000 men in 1834—we
paniments, would he too painful and too tender to dwell leave it in 1841 at the amount of only 15,000 men.—
upon.—(Cheers.) But as the image of the absent Brutus (Cheers.) We have done what in us lay to give
impressed itself most strongly upon the minds of the spec- encouragement and development . to the. system of
tators at the: pageant of the living Emperor, you would have national' education—(Loutscries of "Hear, hear.")—
as sensibly felt the void if I had withheld the allusion.— which we found established here, upon which point, not-
(Cheers.) But that which has been the main source of withstanding my conviction of its surpassing importance,
spirit and strength—which has given • confidence in the I would not attempt to dilate farther, because I would
struggle, a rallying point amidst discouragement, an ani- shrink from giving to it even the appearance of a party
melon to victory—has been the generous and unswerv- complexion, and because I feel that much of the credit
ing fidelity of the Irish people.—(Cheers.) I have the due to the principle upon which it was founded, and
gratification •of seeing around this board many of the by which it has been invariably recognised, ought to be
ancient nobility of the land. I see many of its popular allotted to my predecessorin office, Lord, Stanley, who, as
representatives, many of whose voices have been wont to I have already coupled him with an unpopular measure, I
give eloquent utterance to its feelings, all of whose votes now the more readily associate with one which lam per-
have been given in furtherance of its just and legitimate suaded has done, and which I believe every day in a rapid
pretensions.--(Loud cheers.) The support which the Go- increase to be doing, more solid and permanent good to • j
cerement has received from them has been an honour- this country than almost any other measure I could name.
able and unfailing one, because it has been responsive —(Hear, hear.) And I therefore most unfeignedly
to the people's feelings and true to the people's cause.— cherish the hope, that by the Noble Lord to ;thoin it
(Cheers.) But, gentlemen, I must not forget that I owes its auspicious birth, and his colleagues in office, it
come before you to-night as the Member not of a stand- will be adequately encouraged and enforced ; being fully
ing • but a beaten Ministry ; and although I have happily satisfied that from whatever quarter any hostile blow or
proved to-day that lam not yet excluded from your obstruction to the . system shall proceed, a more serious
streets, from your places of public concourse, from your or dangerous responsibility could not have been assumed
halls of pleasure, from the warm grasp and the friendly by any one. But the most satisfactory . test of the ad-
greeting—(Loud cheering)—from the social board and mmistratsve merits of the Government must be found in
the flowing wine cup, yet into the guarded precincts of the condition of the people, with respect to internal
the Castle of Dublin lam no longer privileged to go. tranquillity, to habits of industry and order, and to the
Into the general causes of the defeat and downfal of the prevailing amount of crime.-(Hear, hear.) Ido not of
Government to which My colleagues and I belonged Ido course seek to conceal from myself, or from others, that
not think this would be the appropriate time or place to during the period ofour administration we have witnessed
enter. It is gratifying for me to reflect that, whatever and deplored several instances of shameful and di eadful
may have been the other contributing causes, the imme- outrage; even now it is present to my recollection; and
diate occasion of this overthrow has been an endeavour to perform the part assigned to the slave in the Roman 1
to do what we conceived was justice—perhaps to the triumph, to repress sudden exultation, and check un-
prejudice7—certainly in despite of partial and particular seemly boasting, I admit the fact that outrage has been
interests—to the struggles of industry in all its branches, committed] but still, gentlemen, I venture to affirm that,.
and to the wants of the entire pe9ple.—(Cheers.) .If „taken as-a whole, the state of society in Ireland, giving-
we have acted wrongfully we have probably sealed every consideration to the causes which stir its depths
our doom ; but if otherwise I most firmly believe that and trouble its springs, has exhibited a mostencouraging
• time will work out our vindication--(Loud cheers)—and and charming contrast with almost any other period, •
that too in as full a measure as the utmost .ardour of choose it when you may, or under whatever circum-
party can desire.—(Continued cheering.) But in this stances you will.— (Cheers.) I find from the return of
place„ before the present auditory, and upon this precise outrages which are reported to the Constabulary
occasion, I feel that whatever further remarks I have to office, and which are made up under the direction of that
offer ought to have reference to the connection of pass- admirable and most impartially conducted department,
lag events with the fortunes of- Ireland.—(licar, hear.) that the gross number of outrages committed in Ireland
And upon this subject I hope that you will bear with me, in 1837, amounted to 6,775; in 1838, to 4,945 ;in 1839,
or rather that you will take the blame to yourselves, if I to 5,009; in 1840, to 4,629 ; presenting a dimiution of
feel a less modest estimate than I ought of past transac- one-third—(Cheers)—andof theheaviestoffences, such as
evens; but now that our day of office is closed, and that homicides, outrages upon the person, assaults with in-
we have to transfer the reins of government to other tent to murder, aggravated assaults, cutting and maim-
handsel have no hesitation to come forward and say that, ing, there were in 1837, 12,096 ; in 1838, 11,058 ; in
backed and supported as I have described ourselves to 1539, 1,077 ; in 1840, 773.—(Loud cheers.) I need not
have seen by the Irish representatives and the Irish peo- remind you that the charges.of the Judges upon their
ple, our time of stewardship has not Wen unfaithfully or respective circuits brought down this gratifying progress
unprofitably spent.—(Cheers.) We come not empty- of tranquillity to the latest moment.—(Hear.) Indeed,
handed to the reckoning, and some of our sheaves are I might trouble you with many testimonies to this effect;
with us.—(Continued cheers.) I might remind you that but I know that after-dinner speeches should not be too
with a Sovereign—(Cheers)—who has more than shared statistical; and I believe I owe you some apology already
every benevolent and kindly feeling towards every class upon that score.—(No, no.) Well, then, in having' to
of her subjects, and every portion of her dominions— transfer our high trust to other hands, I feel that look-
(Cheers)—with a majority in the House of Commons— ing upon the past, certainly not with blindness to our
of slender limit, indeed, but which, up to the last hour, errors—those errors against which no human feeling or
may have been pronounced to have been firm and true— perspicuity can at all times guard, lam entitled to say
we have yet sufficient power in the Legislature to enable to our successors—" Improve upon our management by
us to effect all that we wished, or all that we attempted. all means, in whatever way you can—avoid the errors
Still I think that any excuse for non-performance of ser- and imperfections against which we have not been able
vices sounds somewhat lamely, and therefore it would to guard—carry the fortunes of the Irish people still
be my with to claim any credit that may be thought due further and still higher, but do not suffer the sacred de-
to us, not upon the score of our wishes, our intentions, or posit to be tarnished in your hands.—(Loud cheers.)
our attempts, but for our acts.—(Cheers.) And I must Keep it clear. Above all—knowing some of the compa-
first of all advert to that which has been sometimes re- nionship by which you must be surrounded, and some of
,presented as " the very ]head and front of our offend- the excitements by which you must be solicited—keep •
ing." I mean our conduct with respect to the Tithe ques- it clear of the blighting breath of bigotry—(Loud
tion—(Hear, hear)—and the Appropriation clause. Upon cheers)—foster the seeds of religious peace, which, al- '
our accession to power we found the country disturbed— though they may how be sown at rare intervals through
convulsed would hardly be . too strong a term—by the the land, are capable, under friendly and prudent culture,
collision between the Church, the law, and the people— of filling all its furrows with increase, and crowning -all
(Hear, hear)—which arose from the endeavour to collect its heights with gladness, and may make a united people
the legal impost of tithe. Before our Administration great, virtuous, and happy."—(Continued cheers.) I have
blood had flowed at Rathcoemac ; during it blood flowed not glossed over the occurrence of past outrages and
at Inniscarra. We thought—whether the opinion was crimes, so Ido not either keep outof view that there may
right or wrong—that the people had an essential griev- be causes of difficulty, and sources of difference which
twee to complain of connected with this.eubject, and we may lower upon the advancing horizon. You will easily
endeavoured to embody in an Act of the Legislature a believe that I would consider it as much beyond my pro-
a principle which we thought calculated to counteract teem as it is beyond my intention, to dream of offer-
and remedy those grievances. We made the attempt ; ing even to either the Irish Representatives, or the Irish
we renewed it with the same result ; we•renewed it a people, anything in the way of advice or admonition with
third time, and a third time failed. What ought our respect to the course which it may be expedient and right.
course to have been ? We Might have retired from of- to pursue upon political operations of magnitude. To
five, but that was not' sought for by those upon whose remind you that the observance of moderation and pati-
behalf we made the endeavour, and such a resignation ence—of an unqualified adherence to the law—of strict
would have been looked upon by them as an aggravation adherence to the neutrality, of the violation of which you
of the evil--(Hear, hear, hear)—to persevere in the at- would he the foremost to complain, are both the surest
tempt would have been manifestly futile and fruitless—, road to general success, and the noblest dicta of indivi-
to leave the whole question of tithe perfectly untouched dual duty, if not impertinent, would be at least ,uperflu-
and unsettled would have been to bequeath to Ireland a ous. As little would Ibe disposed to counsel acquies-
legacy of strife and mischief, which we thought no empty ence in any positive wrong, or any flaggin7 in the most
praise for consistency-, no fancied point of honour, should dauntless or determined resistance to arbitrary proce-
be allowed to balance. And who are the parties that dures, or paltry obnoxious measures ; but amidst all the
blame us ? Are they the opponents of the Protestant difficulty and uncertainty that may rest upon the future,
system established in Ireland ?—(dear, hear.) Without and the elements of difference by which we may be cur-
stopping to discuss how far I go with, or fall short of, rounded, •I plact, I own, my chief reliance upon the
the extent of their opposition, yet I would point out to ultimate prevalence of good under the Supreme bless-
them that bloodshed and riot, and, even litigation, are at .ing, upon the manifest tendency and advance towards
this time perfectly at an end.—(Cheers.) With respect improvement, which have of late been exhibited by the
to the question of tithes, and apert from all abstract Irish people themselves —(Cheers.) I have already
considerations, I for one will not repent of my share in adverted to the gradual diminution in the amount
the work of peace,—(Cheere.). Are we blamed by, the of crime ; but when I look for the source of the most
supporters of the present Administration. ? I leave them striking development in this ameliorating process, own
to be rebuked by the Prime
.Minister. of England--by that lam rather pleased not to have to refer for it to the
Sir It, Peel himself. 'What did he say upon the 10th of acts or policies of any Government of the day. It was
July, 1838 ? Why, he thus expressed himself—" lam my lot in my place in the House of Commons to hear
not about to censure the course which Lord J. Russell an humble but sincere tribute to the wonderful efficacy
has so manfully taken—a course which I think the best that attended the exertions of Father Mathew—(Loud
that could he adopted. • Looking at the difficulties with cheers)—and although I fear at this moment we present
which this great question is surrounded in Ireland, I rather too convivial an aspect for his entire approval, yet
believe, really and conscientiously, that he and his col- lam glad to speak in the presence of so many who, from
leagues have taken the best Course for 'the general rote- lam glad to speak in the presence of so many who, from
their personal observation, can confirm the marvellous
rests.of the country, and the peace of Ireland."—(Hear, effect his mission has had in extending—nay, increasing
hear.) The only • quarter from which I could conceive —habits of temperance throughout the land.--(Cheers.)
blame could be consistently or appropriately alleged, He looks not for our praise—higher motives impel him.
would be from those: thorougim-paced party p
who might affirm that as long as we left the tithe ques-
°Racial's, I will not go into the details of this mighty transforma-
impossible for tion; but I will ask, considering this pure and lofty re-
tion unsettled; it would haVh been morally
novation of a nation's virtue, is there anythine which
a Conservative Administration to have assumed the go- seems too large to hope for or too bright to redise ?
vernment of • lireland.—(Hear, hear.) I do not know
that lam inclined to dispute, time truth of this proposi- (Loudcheers.) change passed over time
with p
tion ; but I submit, perfect unconcern, to an people seems to have bee anticipated by the poet of a
Y former day, who is never so much at home as when he
censure which may be founded upon it.—(Hear, hear.)
celebrates heroic or holy actions :
Surpassing in real and paramount importance the
"The wretch who once loudly laughed and sung,
question of tithe itself', was that which related to the And drank in dizzy madness—in his draught
introduction of the Poor-laws into Ireland.—(Hear, • Has wept a silent flood—retraced his way-s—
-hear)—and I think that no one could have made him- Is sober, meek, benevolent—and prays."
self acquainted with the wretchedness—the chilling and —(Loud cheers.) These are things which make me
horrifying amount of -wretchedness—exhibited in hopeful, and justify the belief that good will ultimately
many dark hovels and many a squalid suburb in our emerge and prevail. Upon the occasion to which I ad-
country, without coming to the. conviction that the. time verted in the opening of my address, no gentleman
had arrivied for looking fairly in the face the dark linen- professing the Roman Catholic religion, when I was a
meats of Irish destitution—(Loud cheers)—and I may guest in Dublin in the year 1828, could obtain a seat in
say that we were the first Government who encountered the councils of his Sovereign or in the Senate of his
appalling difficulties of country. By how many Roman Catholic Members of
—(Cheers.
1 that great q . ) With respect to our Parliament am I now surrounded ?—(Cheers.) There
I
precise mode of dealing with it, do not conceal from are still amongst them some who are wont eloquently, to
in earnest, and grappled with, the
myself that much difference of opinion prevails ; and I descant upon the imperfect measure of justice as yet
am further quite ready to admit that the measure we in- accorded to their beloved country ; but at the time to
troduced could hardly have been considered to have which he alluded the Members for the counties of Cork
emerged from its existence as an experiment ; neverthea I and Meath---(Cheers)—could not have crossed the
less, from all I know of the principle upon which it is threshold of the House of Commons.—(Hear, heas.) 1
founded, and the progress and development hitherto ex- ' don't mention these things as reasons for an acquics-
hibited by it, I would bp content to book my place in the • sense in any admitted wrong ; I don't mention them as
diary of posterity for my full share of the. responsibility motives
:for inaction, but as beacons against deapair.
of the introduction of the Irish Poer-latieh-(Ch-eers.) And when I
look back • upon the past histery of thi,
I With respect to the Act for the regulation of Irish Cor- country and upon her present capabilities—upon all that
porations, no one can. be more sensible than myself of she has suffered, and all that she has done and all that
the extent to which it was docked of its fair an
d suitable she may become—when I perceive how much she con-

tributed in some ways to the weakness, and in others to
he strength of England—how her own exhaustion and
is roes have rolled back upon that country with fearful
retribution, how .she 'has shed upon every page of their
blended history the traces of her prowess and intellect—
the light that still flashes from the sword of a Welling-
ton, or that plays upon the lyre of Moore—l can form
no wish but that, two such nations should enter into the
fullest and frankest participation of every civil right
and every national privilege—(Loud cheers)—that they
should repose in the same liberties, and flourish from
the same sources, and that they should be more and
more encouraged and adapted to essay.the task of ho-
nour and the way to greatness.—(Cheers.) And, Gen-
tlemen, whatever may be the object—and whatever
may be the spot upon which the energies of the em-
pire may be called into action—whether it is to plant.our
standards upon the walls of Candahar, or under the bat-
teries of Pekin, or above the ruins of Acre—(Cheers)—
whether it is to open the Euphrates to our merchants,
and the Niger to our missionaries—whether it is to con-
solidate dependencies like Canada, or to stem the south-
ern seas, in order to plant its islands with free in-
stitutions and with Christian worship—(Cheers)—
as Ireland has. through all past records shared in
every high achievement with England, and has let blood
freely mingle upon the crest of the billow and upon the
bayonet of the foeman, so I trust that she is determined
through many an age to share those brighter triumphs
which will impart to the haunts of barbarism all the
benefits of civilization, and which will establish in the
abodes of the Heathen the religion of the cross.—
(Great applause.) And now having been led to say
thus much
,ley the eircumstanceseilavatime and the occa-
sion, iii takineel4arn'of - you as the members of a political
party, of those amongst whom I have acted, and by whom
I have been supported, I can"only express my unshaken
reliance in the strength and endurance of the
many links which unite and cement our sympathies. I
believe that may best be resolved into an ardent attach-
ment to the cause of civil and religious freedom—not in
the cold letter, but in the living spirit—not in the formal
language of the lips, but in the deep devotion of the
heart.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Viewed as such our
cause is grounded upon an immortal principle, and you
may all rest assured that it will bring to its adherents no
shame.—(Cheers.) As for myself individually, it is my
psiuful, although at the same. time gratifying office, to
bid farewell to associates whose prompt and active zeal
has lightened the load of business and shared and
smoothed the responsibilities of office—to friends whose
warm and steady kindness has gladdened for years the
recreations,. and enriched the store-house of kindly and
pleasant recollections—and to the people, who must ever
command my respectful and affectionate attachment,
sympathy,
.and gratitude, whenever I have the means to.
serve—as long as I have the power to remember.—(Loud
and long-continued cheering.)
Lord MORPETH, shortly after the cheering subsided,
rose again and said—Gentlemen, you will not think,
after my lengthened trespass upon your kindness, that I
am about to intrude again upon you at any length; but I
flatter myself that I am at liberty to propose to you a
toast that will find its way to your willing and pleased
acceptance. My own debt of gratitude to our Noble
Chairman for coining here upon this occasion, and for the
flattering manner in which he has proposed thy health to
you, may be attributable to the feelings which I know
have subsisted between us ; but I cannot think that in
any meeting of Irishmen it will be deemed an intrusion
to do justice to the merits of the Marquis of Clanricarde.,
—("'Hear, hear," and-loud cheers.) Born of one of the
noble families of the land—descended from a family
who have illustrated almost every page of Irish
history with their deeds--the MarqUis of Clauri-
carde has derived from them a sincere attachment for
the land of his forefathers ; and upon every occasion
when he had been called upon to come forward he en-
deavoured to the utmost to assert the liberties of the
people of Ireland, and promote their interests.—(Hear,
hear.) lle has of late been witdrawn from a residence
in this country so constantly as he would have otherwise
enjoyed, and front that home which he loves so well, by
his services at a foreign Court, where he had been in
obedience to her Majesty's command—where I can bear
testimony to the amount of skill and ability with which
he performed the important duties of his office.—(Hear,
hear.) He has served his country amongst alien institu-
tions with the same zeal and efficiency which he has ever
evinced in he cause.--(Cheers.) I therefore call upon
you to do justice to the name of our Noble Chairman
the Marquis of Clanricarde.—(Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk. with great enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN rose and said—Gentlemen, I rise to
return you my sincere thanks for the honour which you
have dose me in drinking my health in so flattering a
manner. lam quite sensible of my inability to preside
properly over this great entertainment. At the same
time I must say, that I was qualified more than most
peopleevould be for the-task, as I believe thereis,searcely
any person at this table who has enjoyed. so long an ac-
quaintance with our Noble Guest as I have. We were
at school and at college together, and I have had the
happiness of meeting him constantly in society ever,
since, and I need not therefore tell you what my feelings
for him must be.—(Hear, hear.) My Noble Friend has
been pleased to allude to my family.—(Hear, hear.)
The topic is rather -a dangerous one, for, as it has been
justly said by the poet—
" Man should look forward in life's noble chase,
Nobles look backwards, and so lose the race.".
I-only hope that such will not be my case. I hope that
I will continue to be received for the sentiments which I
have always entertained, and which I have ever warmly,
though feebly advocated.. I hope I shall always main-
tain the same sentiments ; and, should I ever conscien-
tiously alter them, I shall, at the same time, change my
heart.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot but feel an apprehen-
! sion that-, after giving credit for good intentions, I can-
not still have much confidence in the men who support
all the abuses and grievances to which these principles
are opposed.-(Hear, hear.) I shall not be sorry to see
them act fairly and liberally at any time ; but this I am
sine of, that if any attempt be made by them to revert
to the vile bigotry of former times, I am sure the people
of Ireland will be able to repel it.—(Loud cheers.)
The Noble CHAIRMAN again rose and said—l will at
once give you the next toast, which is—
" Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world."
There were here loud calls for Mr. Sheil, when
The Noble CHAIRMAN said he did not wonder at the
anxiety displayed by the vast assemblage to hear Mr.
Shiel ; but he would then give them an opportunity of
hearing one whom they seldom heard without pleasure—
a man with whom he (the Noble Lord) differed on some
points, but who was unquestionably the friend of the
Irish people. He would give them,—
" Ireland, good Government, and prosperity to her."
Mr. O'CONNELL then rose to speak to the toast, and
was received with the most enthusiastic acclamation we
ever witnessed. When silence was in some measure re-
. stored, he said—My Lord, I say it without the least
affection, that my conviction is, that there is
not a man in -this assembly less suited to speak
to that toast than I am.—(Cheers and laughter.)
Foamy own. part, my Lord, I do not despair.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) How are those who are now in power
to govern Ireland?—(Hear, hear.) I know how they
did it before—(Cheers)—and although I may be told
that the Orange flag will no longer wave over that box
(pointing to the spot where it was displayed during Lord
Haddington's Administration), who shall tell me that
the Orange spirit will not inhabit the Castle of Dublin—
(Cheers)—that the Orange bigotry Will no longer show
itself in the streets—that Orange counsels will be less
virulent or less malignant in its exertions to promote
those interests which that faction have so deeply at heart,
by trampling on the rights and liberties of the Irish
people?—(Loud cheers.) They may throw over the san-
guinary Orange rag—the robe of expediency—they may
conceal it beneath their surtout, as they did before, and
assume an apparent conciliation. But we cannot shut
our eyes, or banish from our remembrance this
question—What are we to expect from the present
Administration ?—(Loud cries of " Hear.") Are we
to look for anything at their hands but hypocri-
tical pretences, and mischievous performances? It is
impossible it can be otherwise.—(Hear, hear.) How can
the many unrepentent sinners of ancient atrocities among
that Administration aao otherwise than still follow the
same course which has characterised them through life ?
—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord (Morpeth) talked of mis-
sionaries. Who, let me ask, is to be sent as a missioner
up the Niger of the soul of Lord Lyndhurst ?—(Loud
cheers and laughter.) Who is to convert him ? Ac-
cording to him, for I heard him proclaim it—and I was
not the only witness—(Hear, hear)—we Irish are aliens
in blood, aliens in language, and aliens in religion.—
(Cheers.) And would we not be the most inconsistent
of human beings if we consented to give a government
of fraternal amity to those aliens who were, according
to him, in every sense, aliens in blood, in language, and
religion ?—ls he not now Lord Chancellor? But, my Lord,
perhaps he stands alone. 1 want to know whether the
Duke of Buckingham—who remained in opposition to
the Catholic Relief Bill, even when that opposition was
hopeless, and who, therefore, showed the malignity. of
his principles when he had not the. power of carrying
them into effect—(Hear, hear)—he clung to those prin-
ciples of exclusion with a desperate tenacity, even when
the Cabinet was obliged tesgrant a reluctant concession
—whether he is the man from whom we are to expect
justice ?—(Cheers.) Who is the next ? The Right
lion. Henry Goulburn.—(Groans.) What has Ireland,
may I ask, to expect from him. ?—(Hear.)
and he was candid, at least, in doing so.—(Hear.) all tunes avowed his bitter hostility to Liberalllprie'nlciiepste_ase,t
overc
_ear.)
principles,hasnever thrownnor
v.i
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dcloak o of expediency
came But. perhaps, Sir Edward Knatchbuill,
whoent apostle of
di-
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where
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Canterbury
to trample on
defiance to a tyrant King, who attempted
and set himself. upeasthey
make some selections
- the political liberties of his fa-
naticism,subjetchtebnuotdteoempreera.—ch(tHlpear,
hear, and cheers.) It is true,
Aofi tire
utonpfli
ititeCidse
with their
rt:
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hiirs, therto,
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exhibit
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of Ireland,issens
cousithib.deeriasivenilds,
believe for
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injure
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by signing every poi
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moment t
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'oass.il'c6Sti:'Ota.:ktruiot ?then past history ? They de-
l"
in'terelsatst.Pele)l°le‘silal ladnaertliining
ttroinbre?surDe
mend a trial—foe what ?—one would suppose for the pur-
pose of carrying out some promise made by them to do
something for the good of Ireland. But did they ever
make any promise to Ireland ? Never,—(Hear.)

DIIELIN, SEPT. 15.—At six. o'clock this morning Earl
De Grey, the new Viceroy, arrived in Kingston har-
bour, on board the Admiralty steamer Medina, which
left Liverpool last evening. His Excellency did not land
until eleven o'clock, when he took his place in a proces-
sion, consisting of a long line of carriages, and pro-
ceeded towards town. His Excellency travol:ed in his
carriage until he reached Ball's-bridge, about a mile
from town, where he got upon horseback, and was re-
ceived in the usual -form by the corporate officers.
All along the line there was a total absence of
any popular demonstration, until the Rev. Tres-
ham Gregg and some Orange Corporators made
their appearance, when the persons casually assembled
hooted, and uttered repeated groans " for the dead Cor-
poration." Through the streets of Dublin the proces-
sion, chiefly composed of the Tory gentry, several of
whom had come up from distant parts of the country„
passed on as coldly as a funeral, except at intervals a.
solitary " hurra" might be heard, but not meeting with
any response from the populace, this faint attempt at
applause only served to render the otherwise silent pas-
sage of the cavalcade still more remarkable. Earl de.
Grey, who seemed to have expected a very different re-
ception, looked, I thought, impatient and disappointed.
There was not, however, the slightest indication of per-
sonal disrespect towards his Excellency. As the pro-
cession neared the Castle gates some cheers were given.
At twelve o'clock the procession reached the Castle,
when his Excellency proceeded to the presence-cham-
ber, where he was received by two of the Lords Justices,
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Blakeney, and Chief
Justice Doherty, both of whom wore their hats, while
his Excellency was uncovered. Accompanied by the
Lords Justices, his Excellency went to the Privy Council
chamber, where the following members of the Council:
were assembled :--The Duke of Leinster, Mr. F. Shaw;
Mr. A. It. Blake, Chief Remembrancer, the Bishop of
Kildare, Mr. Pigot, late Attornev-General, Mr. Black-
burne, present Attorney-General, the Chief Baron, and
Dr. Radcliffe.

As soon as the Queen's letter had been read, and the
ntHlkiesafter a procession was formed, and his
usual oaths administered, his Excellency, wearing his•
hat, took his place at the head of the Council-board-
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Justice Doherty, Bishop of Kildare Marquis of West
Sir Parker
11.
meath, Earl of Clonmel, Lord Gort;Lord Powerscourt.,„
Excellency
Earl of Rathdowne, Lord Kilmaine. the Chief Baron, Sir
Robert Shaw, Mr. Pigott, Lieut.• Col. Shaw, Sir Roger
there
Palmer, Mr. F. Shun' (who bowed twice to his Excel-
lency), lion. F. Needham, Mr. Blackburne, Sir H. Lee;
Hon. Carroll, CaptaineColonel
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C.
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Smith,S
Browne, Mr. Lucas (the new Under Secretary), Alder.
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Lord Lieutenant
CLhiaeumtbeertra,n‘tvhllich seemed too
astonish his Excellency.
England on Saturday or Monday next' to bring over his.
family. His excellency is reputed to be very wealthy„
and to be popular in lushabttS. The shopkeepers arc%
calculating upon a busy season during the winter.

THE WEATHER.--/iooN, SEPTEMBER 17.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELA TDE-STREIAT.
Barometer
Thermometer... 64 Highest 67 t Lowest
Wind N.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S )
LONDON, SEPT. 17.—Wind this day at noon W.
DEAL, SEPT. l6.—Wind S.W. by W. moderate..—Arrived
the Henry Davidson, 1114 Donald, from Calcutta; Vernon,
Madeira; Commodore, Jamaica; Effort and Leila, Mediter-
ranean; Hebe, Westward. Arrived from the River, Dawson fir
Sidney; Condor, for Naples; Baltic, for Gibraltar.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 16.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived the
Janse, Hoaeybarn, from Buenos Ayres ; Thomas P. Cope,
Philadelphia; Dee , Poole, Bonny, sailed July 6; Thomas
Tattersall, I.,ghorn ; Riehard, Pillau. Sailed the Lyriher,.
for Sydney, New South Wales. Reliance, Rio Janeiro; Mar-
garet, St. Thomas; Lyra, Demerara; Apparition, Smyrna..
Put back, North Star, for Philadelphia, leaky.
WIVENHOE, SEPT. 16.--The Neptune, from Dantaic to
London, was on shore on the Long Sand yesterday, with loss of
rudder, anchors, and cables, part of the
cargo has been brought
in here, the vessel was expected to be got off last night's tide.PoaTsNtowrit, SEPT. 16. Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the
Wettminster, from New York, and sailed for London. Sailed
the Dominica, for London.

The death of tl-Te Duke of Bordeaux. at Graz
was reported on the Bourse of Paris on ArednesdaY.