The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-13 00:00:00

THE VOTE BY BALLOT.

The LORD MAYOR read the next resolution on the
books, which was to take into consideration the propriety
of voting by ballot on certain occasions.
Mr. CALLAGHAN—I gave notice of that motion, and I
regret that the consequence of this notice has been the
abuse of the party giving it, and an imputation upon my
motives. In fact, I have not only been abused, but the
influence of a party has been put upon me, in order to
get rid of this notice. Ido confidently defy any gentle-
man of the Council, your Lordship included, to show any
one act of my. life that savoured of jobbing. I will read
a paragraph in the Freeman's Journal, from a speech
made at the Corn Exchange, and which I consider tan-
tarnount to making a promise for an office in this Cor-
poration.—(Hear, hear.) The speech was made by the
Lord Mayor last Monday week, at Burgh-quay ; and
Mr. Fitzpatrick having proposed that his Lordship should
continue in office another year, the Lord Mayor is re •
ported to have said—
Mr. PERRY rose to order. As the reading of a speech
made elsewhere was irregular—
The LORD MAYOR—I am of opinion Mr. Callaghan is
in order if he makes it part of his own speech.
Mr. CALLAGHAN—In that speech there is an expres-
sion in which you forestall the appointment of your,suc-
cessor, saying that "there was no man in the Corpora-
tion who should be preferred to Cornelius M4Loughlin,
George Roe, and Alderman O'Neil.."So Mr. O'Neill
was not to be Lord Mayor for three years, two others
being preferred to him. Am Ito be bound by a promise
when coming into this room? And if I am, does not
this look like an infraction of the resolution passed half
an hour ago? It is also stated in the Report that you
said you would not be badgered by me.—(Hear.)
The LORD MAYOR—I did not say so. _ _

Mr. CALLAGHAN—I take it fur granted you did
not say so, having made an assertion to that effect;
but if you had said it, you mistook my cha-.
ratter ; for no one entertains more friendly feel-
ings towards you than I do. You have conferred
great benefits on me and the party to which I belong;
and I shall never feel otherwise than grateful for
those public acts, and for other acts of yours ; but I
wish to see the Council independent of all persons. Ido
not wish to see any imputation cast on the gentlemen
forming the Council. I desire to see it pure. I thank
you, my Lord Mayor, for the state you have raised us
to, by wholesome agitation ; but we cannot be otherwise
than slaves if we come into this place fettered by undue
influence.—(Hear.) A great many friends of your Lord-
ship have said to me that they lamented being fettered
here, and under undue influence.—(Name, name.) I de-
clare in the most solemn manner that such statements
were made to me, and members of the Council have
stated that by the ballot alone they could maintain the
independence of the Council.
The LORD MAYOR—Are you seconded in your reso
lution ?
Alderman PURCELL—I second the resolution. I do not
do so upon hasty consideration, for I have been long of opi-
nion that the only way to obtain true voting in this assem-
bly would be by the ballot. I am a friend to open voting as
much as any man, but whether in Westminster or at Car-
low, undue influence ought to be counteracted. This is
a limited assembly, and it is the necessity of the case
alone, and not the inclination of my opinion, that makes
me advocate the vote by ballot. Whatever of oppro-
brium my vote this day
may create, I feel I have only
discharged my duty in supporting the motion made by
Mr. Callaghan, as one necessary to inform the public
that we were independent, and not a mere subservient
branch of the Corn Exchange.—(Hear, hear.)
The Loan MA.Ton—The reasons given by both the
gentlemen resolve themselves into personal attacks upon
me—the intimidation, the power over the people, and
the dictation of•mine. I will put an end to this. I have
sat too long in this chair.---e. No, no.") Gentlemen, I
have prepared a notice for the election of another Lord
Mayor.—(Sensation, and .‘ No, no.") I hope my ser-
vices are of so much value to Ireland, although I may be
mistaken in your opinion
(pointing to the Conservative
benches), that I must not have my acts subject to im-
nutation. The imaginary bugbear of my influence, in-
deed ! What is the origin of that influence ? I cannot
promote any man---I cannot give him power—l
cannot give him titles. My influence arises from my
community of sentiment with those I represent.—(;Hear.)
But it is said my influence goes to intimidate. Since I
sat in this chair I have avoided giving offence to any.—
(Hear, hear.) I have conceded my private political
opinions ; but if this motion be carried it implies that I
have not succeeded in my object, and the sooner I retire
chair, and also the Corporation.
the better.—(No, no.) if it be carried I will leave this
Alderman PURCELL explained. HO alluded to the
great influence of the Repeal Association over which his
Lordship presided, and the weight it gave to him. It
was with sincerity he spoke of the great services ren-
dered by his Lordship.
Mr. SvmEs objected to secret voting, as if ono person
violated his promise to a second it would reflect disgracd'
on the whole Corporation. He concluded by moving
• that Mr. Callaghan's motion should by postponed for six
months.

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Alderman GA.RDINER seconded this resolution.
Mr. M'CuLLaGil spoke at some length in favour of
open voting.
Ur. M‘LouonLlN contended that the jobbing of the
old Corporation all arose from the ballot.
The Loan MAYOR said that he should emphatically
declare voting by ballot, in that assembly, would be the
pregnant parent of jobbing.
Mr. CALLAGHAN withdrew his motion, although of his
original opinion, because he saw that the majority in the
assembly were against him.
Sir J. POWER then moved that the Lord Mayor should
withdraw his intended reesignation.—(Hear, hear.)
The motion being seconded and carried,
The LORD MAYOR said he would do so, and he ac-
cordingly took back from the Town-Clerk the written
resignation.
The assembly adjourned.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.
On Friday the members of this Society commenced
their musical season at Exeter Hall with the performance
of Handel's Oratorio The Messiah, with Mozart's addi-
tional accompaniments, which we see is likewise an-
nounced for repetition on next Friday evening. The Hall
was exceedingly crowded. His. Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sutherland, and
other distinguished individuals were present. Before
the oratorio, " God save the Queen" was finely given.
We have repeatedly noticed the able performance of The
Messiah by the same parties, viz : —Mr. H. Phillips, Mr.
Hobbs, Mr. J. A. Novello, Mr. Young, Miss Birch, and
Miss Lucombe. The solo singers, the band, and chorus
of the Society deserve high raise for their execution of
Handel's divine strains. Friday night the performance
was masterly. The beautiful and well-known passages—
" Comfort ye" (IIobbs), " Rejoice greatly" (Miss Birch),
" For unto us a child" (chorus), the " Hallelujah" (cho-
rus), " The trumpet shall sound" (Phillips, with Har-
per's trumpet obligato), justly produced the most enthu-
siastic applause, only restrained by a proper sense of the
sacredness of the subjects, and testified that, however
much foreigners may surprise by their execution of se-
cular music, the English stand foremost in the perform-
ance of sacred compositions. This is a fact the more
remarkable, as our cathedrals and churches present but
scanty means for the perfecting of our singers in eccle-
siastical music, as compared with those of similar esta-
blishments in Catholic Europe ; in which, from morn to
dewy eve—
" The organ's swelling peal,
Loud rolling meets
The Hallelujahs of the choir."
The Messiah, as
.performed by this Society, is greatly
enhanced by the introduction of Mozart's additional
fac-
companiments. These accompaniments are graceful and
appropriate, and give a granderatnde
founds*uli fuller
effectto the
otherwise rather jejune score of the oratorio. It is
_on
retsi
e.
gra-
tifying to find that the members of the Society, s-tole
of the exertions of Mr. Harrison, h
dent, have determined to present that "d pff'ntleatan with
some substantial and appropriate testi- -,:'
ial.
GENEALOGICAL I' --..*=ee
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family, near An ' - s
now 'to be - . --04--
Sari a Nantes paper, " there i
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waii-osed the extraordinary genealogical
_, ion of a child, now two years old, who has got
n. 410 ascendants all living t viz., a father, mother, two
grandfathers,
' two grandmothers, a great-grandfather.
And two great-grandmothers. The joint ages of the
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f9J1141 iAcitid.il34 ta° child, tunollut to 530 years.