The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-26 00:00:00

BUN.

(mom ourt OWN CORRESPONDENT.

" Sive res bellis agitancti, sive,
Pace -- collates societe vires."

DEC. 24.—The excellent advice contained in the
leading article of The Sun of the 2211 inst. will be
adopted by the Irish nation. A Reform Association
on the principles suggested has already made conside-
rable progress in its formation ; and we are scarcely
less indebted to our enemies than to our friends for
the Institution. The struggles lately made by the
Tories to arrest the progress of Reform have united
Irishmen of different politics in a common cause.
Dr. Johnson has written of political, improvements as
being " opposed by every passion that can exclude
conviction or suppress it—by ambition, by avarice, by
hope, and by terror—by public
,fadion, and private
animosity." It is now- one month since I apprised you
of the operation of such vassions and prejudices in
this country, and of their probOile, consequences. I
stated that the manceuvres of the Orange Tories,
under these impulses, were likely to produce effects,.
ultimately, as salutary to the people at large, as they
were intended to be beneficial to their autliocs alone ;
and that out of the reaction occasioned by thejr ef-
forts would arise a new, strong, deliberate, and vigo-
rous society, for increasing the number of Liberal
electors in Ireland, by- whom the battle of the Con-
stitution may be fairly fought. The announcement of
the " Reform Registry Association" within the last
week proves that my informants did not deceive me,
nor were themselves deceived in their most sanguine
expectations. The number of Nobionen and Gentle-
men who attended the first meeting for ibe promotion
of this object, was nearly one hundred, including
more wealth, talent, rank, and respectability, than
ever before assembled as the nucleus of a political
body in this country. If the body bear any propor-
tion to the head—and there is little doubt of the sym-
metry of the whole, when it shall have attained ma-
turity—this promises to be the most important poli-
tical engine that has had existence here since the
Catholic Association of 1828. The number of names
already subscribed to a requisition for a public meeting.
exceeds three hundred—not more remarkable for their
respectability and influence in soeiety, than for this
undeniable peculiarity, that the majority of them
never before took part in the proceedings of any po-
litical meeting whatever. Though always Liberal,
and discharging their duties as independent members
of the community at elections, and elsewhere, this is
the first time many of them have come forward to de-
clare publicly their sentiments, and animate their fel-
low countrymen by their example. There is not a
country in the world where so many liberal men have
been apathetic on great emergencies as' Ireland ; and
this circumstance arises, perhaps, more out of the
anomalous state of things here, and the Tisk which
prudent men would incur of offending their superiors,
than from any want *of national spirit or inclination.
The origin of the " Registry Association" is, how-
ever, in many respects worthy of the intelligence of
the nineteenth century and of the Government under
which we live. It was observed, that the Tory party
were applying all their energies, and exerting every
possible means of recovering perfas atque nefas, the
ascendancy ; and were actually combined as one man
—while the Liberals were dispersed, and inattentive
to the security of their recently-acquired advantages—
some of them rejoicing in these advantages, with ap-
parently ulterior hopes, in such a manner as to make
their adversaries fear, or affect to fear, their triumph!
would not be moderate. To counteract this false position
both of friends and foes, and more particularly to im-
press on the minds of all reasonable men, of every party,
the conviction—that certain members of society, whose
whole lives, actions, and interests are a guarantee for
the extent of that definite and necessary Reform which
alone they required, were determined on obtaining it,
and on upholding the Government that seemed pledged
and willing to procure for them—in order, I say„ to
exhibit to the whole empire a nation's fixed determines
tion to effect these desirable objects, a few discreet
persons resolved on evoking spriits of the age, not
hitherto introduced on the public stage. They knew
that many of the Liberal party had been reluctant to
come forward, lest they should incur the imputation
cast on some public men, of. wishing to upset the
Church and present order of things; but that, if they
had an opportunity of promoting the good cause,
without incurring such an imputation, th'y were most
willing to do so. These discreet persons, accordingly,
consulted together—whether they could not find ma-
terials altogether new, in addition to the old machinery,
for the construction of an Association of this descrip-
tion ; and the result of their deliberations was, to be-
gin with persons and principles beyond all suspicion.
and exception. The persons selected as an original Com-
mittee, are of this character, and the principles, on which
they propose to act, are universably applicable, and in
fact such as have been already adopted, and are operating
so effectively in England. Their object is, to encrease
the number of liberal electors—and to protect those
more humble members of the community, whose right-
ful and independent exercise of the franchise may draw
on them the persecution of their Tory landlords. There
is to be no debate—no speechifying about the freedom
of the subject—liberty of the Press—or the abuses, of
present institutions in Church and State. Nothing
but business—in the course of which will be suggested
the most simple and effective machinery for carrying
their views into execution. No doubt O'Connell will
unite all his power and influence—many of his follow-
ers have already signified their adhesion ; and thus
junction of every class and shade of Reformers must
impart more strength to the present administration than
has ever been derived from Ireland. This happy
amalgamation of all parties, seems to be among the
first fruits of Earl Mulgrave's Government, which
the majority of Irishmen agree in believing to be
founded on justice, firmness, and impartiality. You
may rest assured of this fact—that in this portion of
the United Kingdom, the people have conceived new
notions of, and imbibed a taste for honest and impar-
tial government, and that no effort of the Tories can
either cajole or deter them from supporting those states-
men who have laid its foundation. They laugh ai the
silly falsehoods of the renegade and itinerant agitators,
who ascribe to O'Connell or 'the Irish Catholics the
design of superseding the Protestant religion here, or
contemplating any thing more than a thorough cleans-
ing of the abuses of our institutions, both in Church
and State. This being once effected, there will be
no further difference of opinion between the friends of
British connection and British institutions, and their
friends will be the majority of Irishmen.

The Hanover Gazette declares that there is no
foundation whatever for the account of a negotiation of Ba-
ron Leon Humboldt, to induce Duke Charles of Brunswick
to sign an act of abdication, adding that the Government of
the Duchy of Brunswick, as it now exists, does not depend
on Any act of abdication, but is irrevocably fixed by the ordi-
nance of the family, founded on the resolution of the Ger-
man Diet of December 2, 1830, and recognized by the
German and European Powers.
GERMAN DINNERS.—The mere action of eating
is performed in Germany pretty much the same as in other
parts of the world ; the quantity demolished being rather
below the French, who take the lead of all but the Russians,
and above the English standard. They fall, however,
into the great error of handing round champagne, which is
a dinner wine, during the dessert, an error that should be
rectified. It is also during the dessert that the principal
conversation is carried on, and the moment this begins to
flag the entire party start up at once as if by signal. rf it
is a gentleman's party, each man wipes his mouth, makes
his bow, and instantly vanishes. If there are ladies pre-
sent, you generally take your coffee in a drawing-room, and
say a few civil things before you leave. When in the coun-
try you are probably treated to a walk round the grounds,_
and to a cup of tea, before the carriages, which have an
intuitive knowledge of all these things, make their appear-
ance. 1 have dined at the distance of 12 miles from Dres-
den, and been safely lodged in my hotel before five o'clock
in the evening. And as late as the year 1829, the dinner
guests of the Old King of Saxony were all feasted, off, and
out of the palace by two o'clock in the day—we English
not knowing which way to look or to turn at findirg our-
selves thrown on the world in full dress at dinner time.--•
Eraser's Magazine.
An old miser, named Coleman, dropped dead a few
days ago in Fermoy, while in conversation. The tubject
of conversation, which Coleman introduced, was the most
economical way of living. The wretched man, although
113 denied himself the common necessaries of life, bad two
savings' bank-books, containing entries for dqosits for 70/.
—Limerick chronicle.