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evils be thus gratuitously encountered ? Why
should two nations be plunged into violence and
micery, when it is plain that the pro-
fe,sed purpose of the measure is one
which all but a small minority of its
authors reprobate ; and which would not, even
if it could, be persisted in for two Sessions
more ? The path is clear by which Government
might disembarrass itself of this most superfluous
peril. Let them declare not only that tithe in
that form shall cease, but that in its present
amount the substitute for it shall not hereafter
be monopolized by the estblished clergy. Let them
winounce that, in its actual and absurd dimen-

sions, the Irish hierarchy shall not hereafter exist
—that the number of beneficed clergy shall not be

perpetuated—that the number of Archhishopsand
Bishops shall be greatly reduced—that the Deans
and Chapters sh,Jl be wholly abolished—that the
entire edifice of the Church of Ireland shall be
suited in its proportions to those for whom it
ought to be a shelter. That announcement,
distinctly and promptly given, would quiet the
agitation of Ireland, for this reason, viz. that
itt.tice between man and man exacts it from the
Government and the Legislature. Until the
grievance of a sinecure church be got rid of,—
we mean until the foundation of redress be laid
in some legislative act,—there can be no peace
throughout that country. Redress that grievance,
and Parliament may treat the howl for a repeal of
the Union with contempt ; or, if it cannot be
silenced so, and that war must come, it will be
an upright war, on behalf of those who seek to
maintain the integrity of the British empire ; and
all honest men at both sides of the Channel will
prove that they can enforce justice for them-
s,ves as well as for their neighbours. We do
implore Mr. S anley to give up his noxious rill,

or the more clear-sighted colleagues ofthe Right
Mon. Secretary to avow their own dissent from
his opinion, otherwise it is not difficult to foresee
that a long series of calamities must follow.—

In our zeal for the interests of the newly-en

franchised communities, we must not forget the
prosecutions and oppressions which prevailed in
many of the old and smaller boroughs, and which

will demand prevention and redress from a Re-
formed Parliament. We exhort the indepen-
dent electors throughout the kingdom, systema-
tically and accurately to record all instances of
corruption and base intimidation. They may be
assured that these scenes of political iniquity
will not meet with impunity ; and we trust that,
confident in the protection of the new House of
Commons, the electors will fearlessly and honestly
f.,110w the dictates of their consciences, and vote
only for liberal candidates. " Heaven and hell"
will be moved by the " Conservatives," to coerce
returns of bigots and " family candidates." A
blind Aristocracy is not a whit intimidated ; the
refuse of the boroughmongers will infallibly prat•
their old electioneering arts and devices ;
and in proportion to their loss of power in the
Reform Bills, will strive to retain, if not to in-
crease, the remnant of their nomination boroughs
and corrupt influence. Experience is no pre-
ceptor to men of elevated rank, or to old mono-

polists of political influence. We doubt not that
the Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of New-
c tYle, Lord Warwick, and the rump of the
horoughmongers, will exercise or connive at
their ancient practices ; that is to say, that
their agents—stewards, lawyers, and Corporation
tools—for Noblemen are not the outward and visible
performers—will continue the various modes of
seduction and intimidation which marked the
two last General Elections especially. The
" one-eyed boroughs" in Schedule B will also

afford ample scope for their more humble
imi-
tators. The Member-mongers will moreover
calculate on the gradual extinction of the scot
and lot votes, as the life interests expire, and
will therefi)re look forward with sanguine hope,
till the diminution of the Elective Franchise
brings the smaller boroughs within their grasp,
and more vulnerable to their machinations. The
p inted petitions of the House of Commons, this
month, present remarkable expositions of the
scandalous practices in two boroughs—Warwick
and Stamford—towns eminently and deservedly
distinguished for their spirited exertions and
cruel sacrifices in the cause of liberty and re-
form. Petitions from the burgesses of both these
places were this month presented to Parliament,
exposing, in terms of blazing dishonour, the op-
pressions practised at the last returns to extin-
guish freedom of election. " Notices to quit,"
every species of coercion anal foul practice were
visited on the unprotected and conscientious
electors. But we enforce on the honest and
offering voters of these and other Boroughs to
be undaunted, and to place implicit reliance on
the justice of the next Parliament. Such shame-
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fill interference with the purity and integrity of
British representation must now meet its deserts.
It ►:ever can or will be endured, that the electors
shall be persecuted and ruined for the independent
exercise of their franchise. We have no doubt that
Lord Warwick will oppose one or both of the
independent Members tbr Warwick, Mr. Tomes
ard Mr. Bolton King. Stamford has again two
Anti-reform candidates in the field—Colonel
Chaplin and Mr. Finch. Let the independent
electors contest every inch of ground, they must
And will succeed. The new Parliament will
shield their efforts, and if no existing remedial
legislation will extirpate the Boroughrnongers,
the Ballot will be soon applied as a certain spe•
citic ; if the Peers who wish to monopolize both
Houses of the Legislature bravely risk that
Reform, they may he assured the people will
never rest until its acquisition. The cost
of the rattle has already partly cured one
Noble Peer, the Marquis of Exeter. He has
withdrawn his present nominee, Lord T. Cecil,
and substituted his second candidate (defeated
by Mr. Tennyson last year) Colonel Chaplin.
But Lord Exeter's influence is given to the cor-
poration of Stamford, on behalf of a second
candidate, Mr. Finch. The elastic consciences
of the extravagantly pious have ever been pro-
erbial. Mr. Finch is an " Exeter Hall " High
Churchman and Saint, the itinerant companion

(->f Captain Gordon. How this gentleman,
with piety and charity on his lips, can
ranot himself under the banners of a Borough-
mobriger—how he can " conscientiously " embark
in the riot, drunkenness, cursing and swear-
ing, and persecutions of such an ei ecs
lion contest, would puzzle a Jesuit to compre-
hend or affect. He lends his purse, his elec-
tioneering scriptures, and his personal exertions
to oppose the independent candidate, Mr. Gre-
gory, and to perpetuate all the irreligious prac-
tices notorious in Stamford. At the next Bible
Meeting, Mr. Finch may explain this doctrine
of " evil that good may come." Certain we are
that lie will not impose on the Dissenters and
really pious electors of Stamford. We again
impress on the burgesses of these and other
towns to maintain the character and self sacrifice
which have gained for them so extensive an
amendment of the representation, and which
%sill infallibly prove their certain redemption