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London, England, 1844-03-20 00:00:00

protestant, tr tat Protestant does not live who could be
half so deters nined or strenuous as I would be in my
opposition to such a law.—(Cheers.) What I want is
fair play, and . that the Protestants, who are the richer
persons in In land, should support their religion—that
they should not call upon the Catholics for that pur-
pose, who, in addition to contributing to the
Protestant ( ,Ihurch in Ireland, support their own
clergy. Th: A is an injustice, and we have a. I
right to cc inplain of it ; it is a grievance of
a most unf air and unjust nature; for nothing can
be more unjust than to oblige a man with Christian
feelings to cc intributeto a religion which he does not be-
lieve to be tr tie.--(Hear, hear.) If I went to a man and
said to him, "% Father M'Ghee is my priest ; he is an ,
excellent pas' far, a good man in every respect, so I wish,
that you w' said pay him ;" the man says, in answer,
" He may ly a a very good man, but I do not believe
the doctrin e which he teaches." If I then said to him,
" Oh, I a* p the State, and whether you believe his doc-
trines or. not you must pay him, for I believe him ;" if
I spoke, land acted in that manner, would not the man
wl' form I so addressed myself, if he were strong
enot
„egli to do so, assist me to a quick march as soon
as possible?—(Cheers and laughter.) Well, that is what ,
done in Ireland every day. A Protestant says tca
,one, " You must pay my parson ;" and I say to him ,
" I'd rather not.' " Why so ?" he asks me. " For a
reason I have," I reply. " What is your reason ?" he
demands. " Because I don't believe he tells truth,"
I answer.—(GTeat laughter.) " Well," he continues,
" truth or no truth, you must pay him, and I'll indict
lou for a conspiracy if you complain."—(Renewed
aughter and great cheering.) That is the fact in Ire-
land—it is literally the way in which the case stands ;
and although Ti may cover it with the light colour of
jocularity, as the custom of my countrymen is in many
of their most serious sufferings, yet believe me that it is
an injustice of ;grievous and oppressive nature ; it is,
indeed, the morauter grievance of Ireland.—(Hear, hwy.'
Is it not a grows injustice to compel us to assent and give
our support to the propagation of that which we believe
to be error ? .As an Irishman, I abominate that in-
justice ; and, •an a Christian, I appeal to the God of
Justice against it. lam struggling for justice for
Ireland, which -would be obtained by a restoration of
her Parliament.. I appeal to you all, was there ever a
Parliament fro at whh.h I could have less hopes than the
present, with it a Chandos clause and its corn-law tax—
that tax which_ makes the poor man pay a high price for
his loaf, in order that the rich man may be made richer?
—(Hear, hear..) 'Why, Peel and Roebuck both ad-
mitted that the re never was so much bribery practised
as at the last election, and that is the Parliament that
deciated, with 'one hundred majority, against Ireland.
All I ask for )Ireland, all I demand for her, is fair play.
But what chaeke have I of that in such a'Parliament ?
—(Hear, hear!.) There is no chance of it; but if you
want to try and get the Repealers away from me, show
the Irish a chance of justice, and, perhaps, you may get
the Repealers to join you; hut for myselfsuch promises or
expectations would be of no use, for I am too old a bird
to be caught by chaff—(Laugliter)--and I look to an
Irish Parliament for the only redress for the grievances
otlreland. I have no hopes but in an Irish Parliament,
and I would loiak upon the obtaining its restoration as
the most useNl and important occurrence that
England ever •svitnessd; for if we had our domestic
legislature the 'attention of the English Parliament would
be more conce atrate, over England, and that time might
be devoted by Mneashmen to their own affairs, which is
now consumed ra Irish bye-battles, such as that which
occupied ten Or twelve days of the present session.—
(Hear, hear.) If Ireland had her own Parliament,
the foggy addiness which, arising from those Irish
squabbles i A the Imperial Parliament, now darkens the
political 9 onosphere so frequently, and prevents the inte-
rests of Englishmen from being so clearly discerned,
would " atm be removed, and Englishmen would have a
better,: thence of obtaining justice from an English Par-
liar atilt, with a closer attention to their own affairs. It
w "aid be advantageous in every respect ; Ireland, if she
',ere wealthy, would be a better consumor for English
manufactures, and a more prosperous sister-country, By
the way, it is rather an odd thing to call Paddy a
sister.—(Great laughter.) If that were the case
Ireland would be united more firmly with England, and
her union would prove more advantageous—she would
be bound to England with adamantine ties. If you are
desirous of taking away Repealers from me, give them
justice, and try to remove them from me by that means;
but you never can convince me that any other than an
Irish Parliament will give justice to Ireland, and I will
go to the grave with that feeline. ; but let me call on you
now to join in doing that which will be of benefit to both
countries—in, giving a strong pull and a long pull for
England and for Ireland- for Ireland and for England ;
a strong pull, a long pull, and a pull altogether. The
Hon. ar.d Learned Gentleman resumed his seat, amidst
loud c'aeering.
TI. .0 Rev. Dr. ULLATHORNE then addressed the meet-
ing,. which soon after separated.

CELTIC ENTERTAINMENT.
HIGHLAND MUSIC AND DANCE.
Under the above title an entertainment of great novelty
and interest was last evening given (for the seventh time)
at the Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square, by
the celebrated pipers and dancers of the Highlands,
who were selected for their eminent excellence, by
the noble owner of Taymouth Castle, to exhibit the
peculiarities and beauties of their national music and
their equally characteristic dances, before her Majesty
and Prince Albert, during her stay at the Castle, on the
occasion of her late visit to Scotland. It is well known
that her Majesty, who is in these matters a connoisseur
t)f the greatest taste and judgment, expressed hers&
delighted with their performance. The entertainment
of last night erinvineed us that it could not have been
otherwise, and a crowded audience testified by claim-
eiststis.; applause, and encores (too numerous, considering
th,= groat ex rtion required from the performers), this
Cate felt equal deli ht with that which their gracious
'and accomplished S ivereign had enjoyed. The per
formers a'e four—john Cameron, Archibald Mac
&maid, Duncan Mackay, and Iknaid Macdougall,
and the lahours of the evening, and opportunities of dis-
playing their p .veers, are fairly divided hi tween them,
and in each Piohairtr.;;hd (Pibroch) and tune each re
ceived that full tn" Jed of applause and admiration which
he richly mer;ied, and which wa-i perhaps, much en-
hanced by the entire novelty of the amusement, to the
lovers bi song in this " }at. South." The dances—
extremely pleasing, and, to us of London, entirely new—
wil•Dse pas de seul, or, if we may so speak, .90/..%
or perhaps flings—were performed by Archibald
_Macdonald, with polished grace and finely regulated
activity, as well as, in some instances, with considerable
humour. In the character of " a Highland Shepherdess,
in real costume," h~ took the company by surprise (not-
withstanding the previous exhibitions of his art in the
Course of tile evening), and drew down unbounded
plaudits. Ile looked and dressed the character to per-
fection. and mingled an expression of coyness, sim-
plicity, and archness in his style, both at his entrée and
and throughout the dance; which did great credit to his
powers as an actor. It was the very reverse of coarse
and droll, and yet it provoked irresistible laughter,
simply because the rMe of the shepherdess, with a well-
formed foot and ancle, which the omnibus-box would
not find fault with, Wits performed by the manly High-
lander, whose exhil-,itions in his own character had pleased
them so much. The metamorphosis was complete and
well sustailied, and the dancing graceful, elastic, and
elegant. We have unintentionally b-en led to speak of
the dancing before the music, although the latter, on
ueettnt of its rank and the excellent style of its per-
tAmance, claims priority of notice. Perhaps the greater
novelty of our impressions may be an excuse. The
music consisted of varied performances on the Highland
pipes, with the exception of a tune, " Roderick Mhic
Alpine Du," and a hornpipe, " the East Neuk of Fife,"
played on the violin in a masterly style by a Mr. Ewen
Fraser, and rapturously cheered by an audience to whom
the instrument. was by no means so novel as the pipes
were.• We --must acknowledge that we had no
notion of the merits of the Highland pipes until
we heard the instruments in the hands of
these masters. Their tones were as melodious
as they were brisk, and theirplaying was equally steady,
vigorous, delicate, and exact. We need not particularise
the names of the numerous pieces played, as we could
have little to say as to their comparative merits. They
were all received with equal enthusiasm. If an excep-
tion should be made in this respect, it should be to the
tunes " Queen Victoria's Welcome to Dunkeld," by
Mackay (the difference of the applause being certainly
to be ascribed to its loyal theme) ; and " Bodich na
Driogaisi," by J. Cameron. " The Gillie Callum, or
Sword Dance " (as performed before her Majesty, at
Taymouth Castle), by Archibald Macdonald, and
the " Strathspey Steps," by Donald Macdougall, were
executed with surprising agility and neatness. Each
part of the entertainment was concluded by a reel, in
which four of the performers take part, and each of
these elegant, and truly national dames, was encored.
In a word, we have scarcely ever made part of a more
gratified audience, or witnessed an entertainment more-
deserving of its success. They are to be at the King's
Arms, Kensington, on Friday next, under the special
patronage of Captain Charles Forbes ; and at the Lon-
don Tavern, on Wednesday, the 3d of April.

ANONYMOUS LETTER-WRITING.--A well-conducted
female servant, who had been dismissed from her servitude
in a highly-respectable family in Hereford, for telling a false-
hood by denying she had a " follower," drowned herself in
the Wye about nine days since, her body being picked up on
Friday se'nnight, about a mile from the house of a relative
with whom she had found an asylum. There is too much
reason to believe that this unhappy and ill-fated girl was the
'victim of the heartless calumnies of one of her own sex!
An anonymous letter, in a feminine hand, was addressed to
the mistress of the deceased, cautioning the' lady of the equi-
vocal character and something worse of the maid-servant,
and broadly hinting at acts of profligacy upon the part of the
girl, which, if true, would have seriously affected her repute-
lion. The contents of the letter were communicated to the
accused and the rest of the household, and its purport, as
consequence, was also soon. known to some of the other ser-
vants residing in the neighbourhood. The deceased, in the
innocence of her nature, detailed the slanderous imputations
to her lover, whom she was going to be married to, and for
whose reception, upon the prospect of a happy union
taking place, a house had been furnished. The infamous
insinuation preyed so much upon her sensitive and out-
raged feelings, that notwithstanding her betrothed scouted
the charge with scorn, yet life became intolerable to the poor
girl, and the destruction of her own existence became (in a
moment when reason was overpowered by despair) the only
apparent means of escape from the fangs of her secret per-
secutors The infamous and cowardly practice of sending
anonymous slandering letters has latterly. much prevailed
in Herefod. It is to be hoped the horrible consequence
which has in this instance been the result, will bring the au-
thors to the most contrite repentance; but we must add, that
those who listen to cruel and malicious slanders so conveyed
are themselves responsible for much of the guilt of this vile
ein.—Gloucester JournaL
The three slays' balloting—Tuesday!, Wednesday,
and Thursday—at the United Service Club, has passed ever
without black-balling. Sixty candidates were elected. We
wish this improved system of ballot was adopted by a kin•
Bred club, and likewise by another in the neighbourhood of
Tratalgatiquarto-Naval and Military Gast*.