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country than any event which has occurred in its
history; but a Parliament unduly chosen, as this
would he, would not, we are persuaded, possess the
full confidence of the country, and there-
fore would, as far as it fell short of that, be
witnting hi that share of good which the peo-
ple a►e entitled to look forward to as the
reward of their persevering labours. At the
Outset of the Reform Bill, and during the whole
of its progress, we uniformly pointed out its
machinery as likely, in a &eat degree, to preju-
dice, if not entirely defeat, its benefits; and events
are proving the truth of this augury. Such be-
ing the case, we do not. see why Ministers need
have been ashamed or unwilling to lend a hand
in perfecting their o'tvn measure, or at any rate
in removing obstacles which, whether they were
foreseen or not, cannot be denied to have taken

; and this, unless they are prepared to give
us annual Parliaments, which we hope they are
not, must, we contend, still be done. The re-
gister was, we know, a favourite part of the
Bill; and it is to perfect this that the preli-
minary steps of tax-paying, &c., are required
to be gone through. Well, keep the register
if you please, though we confess we see in it,
as we imagine, at least, more inconvenience
than advantage ; but then be consistent with
yourselves, and let it be perfect, or your own
praise of it must fall to the ground. We con-
fidently contend, then, that Ministers are bound
to see the Act amended, to re-open the door
which has been prematurely closed, before they
can call upon the country to exercise its elective
franchise. It is said that they are afraid of ridi-
cule—that they do not like to venture the
chance of a defeat in the Lords. Both these
reasons are futile. The Lords, unwise as they
have been in part of their career upon the sub-
ject, would hardly venture any thing so absurd
as to deny to give reasonable effect to a tnea-
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sure which has, in spite of their opposition, be-
come the law of the hind. We do not believe
that any such attempt would be made. At any
rate, it is the business of Ministers to put them-
selves in the right, and, at all events, to show
the country that it is their intention that it
should enjoy Reform, not in name only, but in
reality.—Morning Herald.
The state of Ireland continues to be most
unsatisfactory and disheartening—so dishearten
ing, in fact, that we are almost without hope
that any thing which may be done for her, how-
ever important or beneficial, will ever restore her
to a state of quietude. She is the prey of in-
terested and selfish agitators, and the victim i❑
all respects of the vilest system of agitation that
was ever witnessed in a civilized or uncivilized
country. No sooner is one wound healed than
another is opened—let one great grievance be
redressed, and another, of a thousand times its
magnitude, is sure to start up in its stead. Ad-
dress themselves to the matter how they may,
the Government never gives any satisfaction—
never excites any gratitude—never secures any
permanent attachment to it. If it yields to the
prevalent clamour, the concession forms a new

claim for a fresh inroad on its favour—if it re-
sists, and has recourse to the strong arm of the
law, no terms can be found in the English
vocabulary to express the hatred which is en-
tertained towards it, and the tyranny of which
it is accused of being guilty. When Ca-
tholic emancipation was sought for, a pledge
may be almost said to have been given,
that the people would be satisfied—but what sort
of satisfaction has it been ? Has the country
been more quiet—has property been more secure
—has life been more safe—have the agitators
been less busy in keeping the country in a state
of fever ? Look also at the fate of I.ord
Anglesea. At the time alluded to, he was al-
most deified ; now, although he has done no-
thing to forfeit. the good opinion of any party,
he is execrated by all ! All these things are
the fruits, as we have already hinted, of a sys-
tem of agitation, of which the end is now ma-
nifest in the late inflammatory address of Mr.
O'Connell, although formerly, such was our
simplicity and confidence in the repeated asser-
tions of that grieavnce (for so we must term
him) of Ireland, that it was not even guessed at.
In the address in question, he commands that
the following pledges be exacted from candi-
dates :—" 1. To insist upon the total extinc-
tion of tithes. 2. To call for •an alteration
of the Grand Jury law. 3. To demand such
a Reform as will make Justices of the
Peace eligible by the people. 4. To vote for
an address to the Crown to dismiss Lord An-
glesea, Mr. Stanley, and Mr. Blackburn. 5.
Repeal of the Union." Heaven bless the mark !
The people of England are first to be insulted
by the concession of everything which the arch-
agitator may take into his head to propose ; and
secondly, they are to be told that it is not fit that
Ireland should hold communion with them any
longer ! Lord Anglesea must be dismissed,
because he has governed the country impartially
—Mr. Stanley, because Mr. O'Connell has so
often smarted under his scorpion lash—and Mr.
Blackburn, because he sides with no party—
and then—and then—when this humiliation has_
been submitted to, the Union must be repealed.
Need we say a word more in proof of the unset-
tled and unsatisfactory state of Irish society and
its causes ? Is it possible that a country can be
quiet or prosper, while it continues to listen to
such violent demagogues ?—Morn. Advertiser.
During the two years in which they have held
office our present Ministers have been rich in
promises of measures by which commerce and
shipping were to be extended, agriculture im-
proved, and the colonies tranquillized ; but the
result is, that each of these vitally important
interests is in a state of unprecedented depression
and progressive decay. In turning our attention
to .these subjects respectively, that which first
demands consideration, and to which we shall for
the present confine ourselves, is the state of
the shipping interest, which the economists of
Downing-street fancy they have so efficiently
served, by a reduction of the hemp -duties, and a
permission to shipowners to take in provisions
for their vessels, above 70 tons burden, clearing
out for foreign ports, from the bonded ware-
houses of Great Britain, no matter in what
country those stores are produced. With re-
spect to the abolition of the hemp duties, the
shipowners declare their utter contempt for this
Ministerial offering, which the Government
itself must have known they would have done,
taking it for granted that they understood
their own business, and consequently duly
appreciated the extent of the advantage. The
other regulation may be a boon to the ship-
owners, but how paltry is the benefit to
them when compared to the injury it en-
tails upon Ireland, the great mart for the pur-
chase of ships' provisions. But we will not
waste time in discussing these pigmy efforts for
the relief of the shipowners, one of which is
made at the sacrifice of every principle of sound
policy and honour ; because, while he is op-
pressed by the Reciprocity Acts, aggravated as
they have been by the mock liberality of the pre- ,