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UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; 97,
George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col-
lege-green, Dublin.

DIRECTORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.
HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Samuel Anderson, Esq. D. Q. Henriques, Esq.
Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. F. C. Maitland, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. William Railton, Esq.
Charles Downes, Esq. John Ritchie, Esq.
Charles Graham, Esq. F. 11. Thomson, Esq.

SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament in 1834, affords
the most perfect security in a large paid.up Capital, and in the great
success which has attended it since its commencement—its ANNUAL
INCOME BEING UPWARDS OF 94,0001.
In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 21. per cent. per annum on
the sum insured to all Policies of the participating class from the
time they were effected, to the 3 lst of December, 1840, and from
that date to 31st December, 1847, 2MI. per cent. per annum was
added at the General Meeting on 6th July, 1848.
The bonus thus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of
December, 1847, is as follows:

Sum Sum added to Sum added to Sum payable
Assured. Time Assured. Policy inlB4l Policy inlB4B . at Death.
- - --- -----
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths £683 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8
5000 12 years 500 0 0 787 10 0 6287 10 0
5000 10 years 300 0 0 787 10 0 6087 10 0
5000 8 years 100 0 0 787 10 0 5887 10 0
5000 6 years .. •• 675 0 0 5675 0 0
5000 ' 4 years • . • . 450 0 0 5450 0 0
5000 , 2 years .. .. 225 0 0 5225 0 0

The Pro
only one-
suranc,e is

'eminms, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
-half need be paid for the first five years, where the In-
s for Life.
trance Meney or charge except the Policy Stamp.
information will be afforded on application to the Resident
, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-wall, London.

No En

Every i
Director,

FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.
If the PORTMANTEAU which was taken from the Waterloo-
bridge Station at the starting of the 1014 A.m. Express Train, August
9, be brought, with all its contents, to 5, St. James's-place, the above
Reward will be given, and no questions asked.

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WEST LONDON ANTI-INCLOSURE ASSOCIATION.—
At the meeting on Monday, Mr. George Wiggall in the
chair, the committee resolved to memorialise the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests for entrances to Prim-
rose-hill Park from the Avenue-road, as well as en-
trances to the interior of the Regent's Park by means of
the acqueduct bridge, near to Portland-town; and the
erection of a foot-bridge across the lake, near to the
Baker-street entrance, whers no access to the interior is
offered within half a mile on either hand.

DINNER TO MR. REYNOLDS, M.P.,
IN CELEBRATION OF HIS TRIUMPH IN
THE DUBLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE.
On Saturday last a numerous and highly influential
company assembled at the Brunswick Tavern, Black-
wall, for the purpose of testifying their high respect for
the eharacter and political services of Mr. Reynolds,
and also to congratulate that gentleman upon the victory
which he achieved over his corrupt and vexatious op-
ponents in the recent Dublin Election Committee.
Among the distinguished gentlemen present were,
Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P., Mr. Wilcocks, M.P.,
Mr. Reynolds, M.P., Mr. George Thompson, M.P., Mr,
Wyld, M.P., the O'Gorman Mahon, M.P.; r. Turner,
M.P., Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Clay, M.P., Mr. Dovereux,
M.P., Colonel Tennyson, M.P. Mr. Carpenter Rowe,
the counsel of Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. G. Lewis Smyth,
his Parliamentary agent, Mr. Geeson, Mr. Keating Clay,
Mr. Hooper, &c., &c.
Lord DUDLEY CourTs STUART, M.P., having been
called to the chair, proposed the usual loyal toasts.
Colonel TENNYSON, M.P., responded to," The Army
and Navy."
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, I
now come to the toast of the evening. We have
done honour to her Majesty and the Royal Family, we
have toasted the services which protect her Majesty's
dominions and people, and I confess I am impatient now
to come to what I have called the toast of the evening,
the object which has brought us together on this auspi-
cious occasion. I may be allowed to preface the toast,
by saying, that individually I myself feel the greatest
pleasure in being present at every opportunity where
Irishmen and Englishmen meet together.—(Cheers.) I
am one of those who desire nothing so earnestly or sin-
cerely as to behold a cordial union established between
all Irish and English hearts.—(Renewed cheers.) Ido
wish, and I have always done so, and I would that I
were able to do something more than merely wish, but
still I will wish most earnestly, that there should reign
between the two countries—which I am ashamed to call
two countries, because they ought to be one and the same—
the most perfect unity and good feeling. I thitik that.
things will only be placed on their right and proper foot,:
ing when there shall be no difference whatsoever be-
tween the inhabitants of one island and the inhabitants
of another.—(Cheers.) I am of opinion that we ought
all to be one, and all to possess the same privileges and
immunities; and I certainly do consider that we should
also bear the same burdens.—(Hear, hear.) But
at the same time I hold that there is no advantage or
privilege which Englishmen enjoy which ought not to be
enjoyed to as full and complete an extent by every Irish-
man in the sister country.—(Hear, hear.) I trust that
the day will come when that state of things will be rea-
lised. lam quite ready, both here and on every occa-
sion, when I have the opportunity, to do the utmost in
my power freely, cordially, and earnestly, to promote
that object.—(Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, we are met
here to-day to do honour to an Irishman, who well de-
serves that name—to do honour to an Irish patriot, to
ono who not only desires, but who has laboured for the
advantage and welfare of Ireland, as well as the entire
kingdom. We are met here this evening in
order to express our feelings of delight, and con-
gratulation, and enthusiasm at the success, after
a long and arduous conflict of our Honourable Friend, at
his triumph over all the difficulties which surrounded
him, at his victory over the devices of corruption and the
efforts of tyranny, at his frustrating the attempt to pre-
vent the largest and most important constituency in Ire-
land from sending as its representative in Parliament
the man of their choice.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I say
that, looking at the great object for which we are as-
sembled together, that this is pre-eminently a proper
occasion for the meeting of English as well as of Irish
patriots. In my judgment, it is .indeed a great and noble
object which has convened us together, and we ought
to esteem it a privelege to be gathered to-day around
this board; and sure I am, that if this dinner had been
given at a time when gentlemen had been able to attend
who have since been unavoidably called away from
London; if it had been given at a time when it was pos-
sible for Members of Parliament to attend as
they would have wished, I am convinced that this
room would not be occupied, as it is now,
with a company whom I am most C h appy
to meet, a company of most honourable
and distinguished gentlemen, but we should have had
the presence of an immense number of Members of Par-
liament, anxious to testify their respect and admiration
of our Honourable Friend.—(Loud cheers.) I say that
the object for which we are assembled was sufficient to
collect large numbers of liberals of all shades of think-
ing. It would, indeed, have been sufficient to have
called forth a numerous assembly, had the object been
merely confined to the celebration of the defeat by our
Honourable Friend of the attempts of certain parties to
endeavour to prevent the constituency of Dublin from
sending to Parliament the man whom they thought best
fitted to be their representative; but when I look upon
my Honourable Friend and know what his character is,
what his standing in Parliament, and how he is thought
of in that assembly—when I know that he is not only
respected for his high character, but also that his
talents have caused him to be greatly admired—when I
know that there is that about him which, in spite of
some of his peculiar opinions, which I will not now go
.further into than to say they are not popular amongst
the majority of the Members of the House of Commons
and the very circumstance of his honestly maintaining
his principles, although they are not popular in that
assembly, only enhances his merit for his fearless advo-
cacy of what he believes to- be right—(Hear, hear)—l
say, that looking at him in all these respects, and know-
ing that there is displayed in him such an amount of
talent, ability, and honesty—of that which I know not
actually how to describe, but something which certainly
has made him one of the most popular men in the Legis-
lature of the country—(Cheers)—l cannot doubt that if
there had been opportunity, this room, or even one twice
as large, would have been filled to overflowing by his
friends and admirers in the House tof Commons, had
they been in London, for I am sure there is
hardly any Member of that House who would
not have been delighted to do honour to him,
and desire to record his satisfaction at the
termination of the labours of the Dublin Committee;
who would not have been anxious to come here, what-
ever might have been their political opinions, to testify
their admiration of his talents, and their respect for his
personal character.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I call upon
you all to join me, with full and flowing bumpers, in
drinking " Good health and prosperity to John Rey -
nolds Esq., Member for Dublin."
The toast was then drunk with prolonged and most
enthusiastic cheering.
Mr. REYNOLDS, M.P., then rose, and said—My Lord
and Gentlemen, I am quite sure you will readily believe
me when I state that I have not a command of language
that would give you a sufficient idea of how highly I
appreciate the compliment you have paid me. My first
duty, my Lord, is to thank you for the extremely kind
terms in which you have introduced my health, and to
plead not guilty to some of the kind charges you have
brought against me.—(Cries of " No, no.") My Lord, I
ascribe much of the kind obligation and friendly exag-
geration in which you have indulged to that inherent
disposition for which you are so remarkable, to speak
well of all men for whom you entertain a good
opinion. If anything could enhance this compliment
which has been paid me to-day, your presence in that
chair would do so, for, my Lord, I remember that:your
name is identified with every measure that has liberty
for its object, not only in your own country, but in fo-
reign climes, and that your high rank, connected as you
are with the highest order of the peerage, sinks into
perfect insignificance in the estimation of the people of
England :and Ireland, when compared with the full and
affectionate regard which they entertain towards!you as:an
apostle of rational liberty. Before I had the honour of
your acquaintance I had read of you, and I must say,
even at the risk of being charged with that which I cer-
tainly would wish to plead not guilty to—that of praising
a man to his face—that I had strong preposessions in
your favour. I remember your manly and determined
struggles in favour of enslaved Poland.—(Cheers.) I
frequently thought that there was something parallel in
pthriesecdarse
moyf
Llroerldan, dthasz having patronised the oppressed
d that of Poland. lam not sur-
Poles, you should raise your patriotic voice occasion-
ally in behalf of the oppressed Irish.—(Cheers.) I am
one of that race—one of that chosen race, certainly ;
perhaps I have been so selected because the class that I
belonged to were formerly oppressed. Thanks be to God,
my Lord, no class in Ireland is oppressed now. If there
is a great deal of misery in Ireland, it is not of a secta-
rian or political character, it is the oppression of po-
verty and long suffering; but at all events the enlightened
march of liberal legislation has struck down political and
religious oppression, and we have now this comfort—that
there is a perfect uniformity in our state of degradation.
—(Laughter.) My Lord, I am to a certain extent ac-
customed to compliments of this kind. I have some-
times received from my fellow-citizens marks of their ap-
probation at the festive board. I have received those
testimonials in my own native city; and upon the last oc-
casion, when a compliment of this kind was paid: me, we
meetingtoDoc
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had about the festive board close upon 1,000 of the elec-
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tion, and intimidation, achieved a great victory, solely
upon the principle of purity of election. I was the
humble instrument in their hands, endplaying used me as
that instrument, they properly celebrated their victory;
but my Lord, highly as I appreciated that triumph,
and festive meeting, it sinks into :perfect insignificance
in my mind, in comparison with the present, because
this is a meeting of English Members of Parliament
and of Englishmen to do honour to an Irish popular
representative.—(Cheers.) When we remember, my
Lord, that you represent probably the largest and most
intelligent—and, if it is a make-weight in the scale in
your favour, the wealthiest constituency in the British
empire—l do feel that your presence in that chair to-
night is another great mark of honour in our favour.
It is something like an attempt on the part of the elec-
tors of Marylebone to shake hands with the electors of
Dublin.—(Loud cheers.) When I recognise, also, my
friend Mr. George Thompson, the Member also, my
Tower Hamlets—(Hear, hear)—and when I observe
other English Members of Parliament here, it seems to
me as though you were stretching out the hand of your
national affection towards my country. My Lord; al-
though no man living has stronger notions of Irish na-
tionality than I have, I would not give you a fig for

that Irish nationality if it is to be achieved at the ex-
pense of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.--(Loud
cheers.) Because I think that the interests of Eng-
land, Scotland, and Ireland are closely interwoven
and bound up with each other.—(Hear, hear.) I
believe they must stand or fall together, and
that the integrity of this empire depends upon
maintaining Ireland as an integral portion of it.
.Although, my Lord, you have certainly, with great de-
licacy, glanced at a section of my political principles, I
do say—for there is nothing like open confession, it is
good for the soul—(Laughter)—I mean the: political
soul—that I do plead guilty to that charge ; and if your
Lordship and others hope to convert me from what you
consider an error, you must do so by effecting in Parlia-
ment a more liberal and enlightened system of legisla-
tion towards Ireland. You say it is possible to convert
me. I should like to see the experiment tried. lam
told that there are great things in store for us in the
next session of Parliament. That there are certain
sugar plums and political sweetmeats in the hands of
the State confectioner for the pacification of Ireland,
which are to be served up to us liberally upon the open-
ing of the next session of Parliament. My sincere hope
is that we may partake of them ; and if the cake is good
we will not hesitate to give praise to the maker. But,
referring again to the compliment which you have this
night paid me, I assure you, my Lord, that I appreciate
it very highly, and I will tell you why Ido so. I think
it is calculated to do great good, both in this country and
in Ireland. Do not let me be misunderstood as
being sufficiently vain to believe that this
compliment is merely paid to me individually. I cer-
tainly do consider that a portion of it is of a personal
nature—(Cheers)—but the great bulk of that compli-
ment is to be brought to the credit of you as Englishmen
Eopeprtgobibudn.eitilydolfrbelraiungLngccrobuenedrs.a) belttdeer
believe
and English Representatives, desirous to avail themselves
of
between every
that you could not make any effort more calculated to
accomplish that most desirable object than the effort
which you have now made. I have only to say that if
I can,humble tis.l am, be instrumental in accomplishing
the smallest possible particle of good in that way, I shall
feel exceedingly proud. Allow me to assure you that,
no matter what violent men upon either side of the
Channel may, say, the heart of my country is sound
towards this country. No matter what political charla-
tans or the press on both sides may say, or designing
bigots may preach, you may rest assured that the people
of Ireland are loyal towards this country, and that al-
though they may find fault with laws and complain of
Governments, whether Whig or Tory, they still believe
that their interests are bound up and closely interwoven
with the welfare of this country.—(Cheers.) I ventured at a
time when it was believed that we were on the eve of
dissolving our national connexion, to raise my voice in
the House of Commons against that opinion. I stated
that it was all talk, and it turns out to be talk, and talk
of a most balderdash nature. I have, like very few
prophets, lived to see my own prophecy realised.—(Hear,
hear.) Although the atmosphere looks exceedingly
gloomy at present, it is only a temporary cloud. Rest
assured that the sun will melt away those mists and fogs
which at present obscure the eyes of the British people,
and that Ireland will again arise in all her strength and
prosperity, and will then be seen to be, what God and
nature intended her to be—the right arm of this empire.
—(Loud cheers.) Let me, however, not be misunder-
stood; we have great grievances to complain of, and we
do complain of them, and I shall continue to do so,
whether in or out of Parliament. But, my Lord, when
I complain of Irish grievances, I shall not go back for
700, nor for 600, nor 500, nor 400, nor 300, nor 200,
no, nor even 100 years; nor shall I arraign the English-
men of the; present day before my countrymen for the
crimes of their ancestors, and I hope that Englishmen
will not hold me responsible for the crimes of my ancestors.
What I am disposed to say, in private and in public, is
" Let bygones be: bygones;" throw a veil over the
atrocities of our common nature, turn over a new leaf,
and begin a fresh.—(Hear.) What I want my country-
men to do is, to get down from talking poetry to plain
prose; I wish that they should forget Col-inlother and
Brian Boru, and talk of what? Why, of men who are
remarkable for originating and promoting the arts and
sciences • that they should follow the excellent example
of my relations, the Scotch; for we claim to be the an-
cestors of that thrifty nation.—(Laughter.) It has
been said, my Lord, with truth, that the pupil has often
exceeded the master, and, I believe, that the old adage
is strikingly exemplified in the case of our descendants
on the other side of the Tweed.—(Laughter.) How-
ever' I am satisfied that we shall get on rapidly in that
path in which we are likely to succeed. Now, my Lord,
having to apologise to yourself and my friends for this
digression, I trust you will permit me to allude to the
circumstance, which I will do very shortly, that has
brought us together.ll have already:stated that you were
assembled here to attest by your presence your approval
of the triumph of purity of election. I venture to say—
indeed I will challenge contradiction—that a purer
election than that which took place in the month of
August, 1847, and which resulted in my return for Dube
lin, never took place within the United Kingdom.
The O'GORMAN Manoze—Exactly, excepting that of
Ennis.—(Laughter.)
Mr. REYNOLDS—I am corrected by my
friend the
Member for Ennis, who says there never as a purer
election than that for Dnblin, excepting that of Ennis.
w
By no means • permit me to crack a joke at the expense
of Ennis, and' to tell you that you may
compare small
things with great. I shall not say that Ennis is small,
still less charge my friend with being a little man in any
sense of the word. I speak with perfect sincerity, but,
when compared with Dublin, Ennis is a little place Thq
-
city of Dublin contains a population approaching to a
quarter of a million, the number of electors upon its Par-
liamentary roll is 21,000. That city was supposed to be
the citadel and stronghold of a party with whom I have
been in open and honest antagonism from the period of
my boyhood unto the present hour—the Tonis of Ireland.
There has been nothing like bad temper between us. I
must say that they have borne all my opposition
with the most Job-like patience and Christian
fortitude; they, however, considered that the city of
Dublin was their political patrimony. This right was cer-
tainly disputed occasionally, and they were by the oxeye
tions of determined men sometimes ousted. Daniel
O'Connell beat them twice, at a very heavy expense and
with great trouble. But they have in Dublin always a
petition; there is always a Dublin petition, and a Dublin
Committee is in perpetual existence. The Times slul,
that
very properly, that it was a mistake to say
Lord Robert Grosvenor and the other gentlemen who
sat with him were a new Committee; it
was nothing
more than the old Committee resuscitated. It was a
kind of Rip Van Winkle, that, in point of fact, it had a
perpetual existence. They ousted my deceased leader
once, and he defeated them the second time. But, my
Lord, in the year 1847, the Dublin Conservatives deter-
mined to have a walk over the course; for it was sup-
posed that after the many efforts which had been made
no man could be found to have the hardihood to contest
the city with them. Being a very humble, and I might
say almost obscure individual—(Cries of " No, no")--
i
I was forced forward to lead the forlorn hope n
the Liberal cause, not at the eleventh, but
at the eleventh and a half hour I entered the field. I
use the word " field" not in a military,
sense, but it is
the best expression I can think of. I determined to
try my fortunelwith them. It was rather a gloomy pro-
spect. First of all, the constituency were 21,000. The
law required that there should be a separate booth, or
polling place, for every 120 voters upon the list, which
involved the necessity of 180 polling booths. That in-
volved the necessity for throe officers for the Sheriff to
each booth, which, multiplied by the 180, makes 540.
That again brought with it the necessity of three officers
for myself, making 540 more, and 1,080 for my two op-
ponents, making together a tolerable politico-military
establishment. The Sheriff's expenses for his booths
and officers was 2,4001., of which I had to pay one-
third and my opponents the remaining two-thirds. The
polling was confined to a few hours, namely, from eight
in the morning until five in the afternoon. All Dublin
turned out; we had at least 60,000 able-bodied men at
the election, for the unrepresented attended as well as
the electors. We had also a considerable per tentage of
old and young ladies, for many of them were deeply in-
terested in my welfare.—(Laughter.) The:consequence was
that at five o'clock, on a magnificent evening on the 4th
of August, 1847, I was duly elected, and the only re-
gret that I had was this, that I had not had a colleague
in the election, in order that we might have had a double
return. But, my Lord, my opponents could scarcely be•
desperate; they did
lieve the evidence of their own senses, and went about
terrible thing,
like political madmen, saying, " Is it possible that this
but some of them
it
istoa ground a man is returned?" They met each other with long
faces, asking the question, and the answer was, " Yen!,
bheetiseeeeletcentetdt.i:
said, " No, we will not bear it; we will put him down
eltvl lea,
themselves
theywwi
well
lbs asescyawimbe
ge
can,
and we must beemaWrsei
peti-
tition? There is no bribery." They said,
how will
by a petition." " But on what are see
admit that." "Then " No, we
You put him out?"
e Why, we will charge his voters with non-payment of
y
local taxes; we will crush him by expenses; swe will
break him down."—(Hear, hear.) And,
my
Lord, they
good as their word; that is, they
were as
did not succeed.—(Cheers.) The scrutiny into my
election lasted thirteen weeks, and at the
end of the twelfth week they
succeeded
striking off ninety of my votes for non-payment of
taxes. The expense attendant upon the taking off of
those votes for non-payment of taxes was, upon my part,
about 7,0001., while upon the. part of m-
y opponents it
was probably 10,000/.; and, if my defence had not been
managed economically, as well as being conducted in a
r it would have cost
very talented marine , 20,0001. But it
the
is, my Lord, a singular fact in statistics of elections,
that in taking off 90 votes for the non-payment of rates,
17,000/. of money was required to be expended. To
show the grievous nature of that Opposition, I need only
state that the amount of taxes due by , those 90 voters
(
was not qute 50/.
Cries of " Shame. ') To strike off
90 voters 17,0001. of hard money has been expended,
and I will not say, what an enormous amount—l will
not call it perjury, but of " hard swearing." To ag-
gravate the calamity, my Lord, the men who lost their
votes by this hard swearing had no opportunity of de-
fending themselves, for they resided in the city of
Dublin, nearly 500 statute miles from the place where
the jury sat to determine-their case. - I would not deem
it my duty to trespass on your valuable time by dwelling
on these figures for my own gratification, but I
do so merely for the purpose of impressing on