The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-13 00:00:00

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THE OFFICE OF CHAMBERLAIN.'
Yesterday put an end to the affair denominated
the Contest for the office'of Chamberlain of the City of
London. At four o'clock the poll-books were closed, .
'aiicri minute Or two afterwards the following numbers
"trite &Cid oh the poll-boards :
'Brown ... 2,319
.'' ileppel
There was a greater number of persons present
apes: the closing of the PollAkooks than we have Wit-
nesso since the day of nomination, in the body of '
the Hall; and upon the hustings.
Alderman Blown stood forward amidst load ap-
plause. The contest, lie said, if contest it could be
o alled, fc the office of Chamberlain, having terminated,
itbeciiine his duty to express to the Livery his warm-
'oaf thinks for the support which he had received. The
state of the' poll pretty, correctly explained how mat-
tett 'stood, bat the Sheriff Would on Saturday have to
perform the 'die of making an official declaration of
the•numbera, and he should then avail himself of the
opportunity- of expressing at greater length' the
.obli-
` idons he felt himself under to those who, had come
orWaid ,in his favour. He begged to be permitted
o say. one Word of entreaty to those he had the
onour to address, and one word of admonition to fa
:himself. - He would first say, that if he had Uttered a
"syllable ',thief' hid given the least pain to any one,
be trusted it would be. forgiven and fOrgotten.—
Thear, hea,r.) 'He had been long before the Livery.
ey well knew that he had been acting with a party,
'and that he had always acted conscientiouily. lie
was now a stronger party man than ever, and the
only 'party, he acknowledged was the Livery' of
London and their rights and privileges.—(Cheers.)
-Ire hopl by his future conduct to show the electors
'that he was deeply impressed with the important
"Oharaoter of the trust they confided to him, and that
he was determined to do all in his power. to prove
thatle 'merited their confidence and good 'opinion—
(Hear, hear)-7and he had no less expectation that his
'Nit& efforts would meet with a degree of indulgence,
clad to that which had been extended to him in the
Pekes of the ditties by the office in which he
tiadjilready served his fellow-Citizens.—(Cheers)
Bir:liarrist. then came forward amidst loud cheers
an 4 smile, disapprobation. He appeared, he said, as a
`AifeVsted; but he trusted not as a disgraced, candidate
==(Cheers)=and his first duty was to return his
gratefhl thanks for the support which he had received
frnmjhe 67 independent men who had come forward
tO!bear testimony to the soundness of the principles
for which he contended.—(Laughter and cheers.)
Ire,ftwi not one word of objection to urge against the
2; 19'I who had polled for Alderman Brown.
He was-hound in justice to say that they had polled
conscientiously ; and he had not a word to say as to
the larganumbers.Of the Livery who had not come
forWaid to vote for the Alderman.—(Hear, hear.)
One 'of the principles upon which he came forward as
a candidate was, that he had often heard it stated that
there Weis gogrOunds for putting in nomination for
the office of Chamberlain one of the Livery themselves.
Another principle which he had frequently heard ad-
icietifed- with eulogium was, that somebody should
einbarkin the contest for the office who had neither
paid' agents nor committees, but who would rely
ujidn'the:simple statement of his claims; and proceed
to the`'election withouttanvassing the constituency.—
(Cheera.)- There was another principle upon whiCh
beistirtecl, and to which he attached no small imPOrt-
-11140. ' The Aldetman had; in his speeches and his
istivertitementa,'-held. forth . that the contest was not a
political inie,' and he was right, for the accomplish-
ment of his own purposes, in making such a &Clara.
flop. All the Alderman's Committee,- and all those
who- eanie for Ward prominently' to support the Alder-
inan,'sietie taken almost exclusively -igroni that party
to Which 'be, was notoriously attached.--(Loud cries of
ei No; no,"and " Yei, yes.) It was only necessary
to -Took 'oer the list of . the Committee to 'be
convinced ' that - such . was the fact.—(Cheers
and disapprobation.) The Alderman was, there-
fore, right .in publicly declaring that the
contest • was not a political one, ' for while
he "hid the whole of his own party with him he neu-
tralised-:the other.--(Cries of "No," and "Yes.")
HeUgreed with Mr. Harvey •in thinking, that con-
test:COT this kind must partake of. political and party
feeling;‘atiti he' said so, considering that for many
yeare...past no `political movement of any consequence
had taken place in which he had not participated.—
(Mai, hear.) He had a right then to expect, that
amongst the ranks of those with whom he had
acted; there should have been a stronger sympathy
with his views than they had 'manifested.—(Cheers
aPd:ditapprobation.) So far he had reason to com-
Valtforthose 'with Whom he had 'politically acted.
Itsittesidet the late and general chat of which he
"NO just spoken, there was an elite set of 'men who
lid, on those hitstings been in the habit of speaking
Of t* usurpations and corruptions of the Court of
ildssilien.—(Applause, groans, and hisses.) He ap-
pealed-. 10 ' Alderman Brown himielf, whether there
were no* then` *ho were accustomed both in that
Hall, and in an adjoining Court (the Court of Common
Connelly ' 'to attack the Court of Aldermen,
and. 'aeouser that body of corruption; and
usuttation; at stated periods ?—(Hear.). Now,
Where were thole loud declaimers against the Court
of Aldermen, *hi boisteronsly.asserted that the liber-
ties' and privileges of Liverymen were at stake, and
/Would be utterly lost, if a restraint were not placed
e4en 'the pondiict of that Court ?—(Cheers.) He
would put it to Alderman Brown 'Whether he had not
fairly stated facts.—(Cheers.) " lie had now, he cons
siderektaade good the grounds of the conduct he had
pursued. "lie could assure the Livery that he had
. not the'erightest disposition to renew the experiment.
_(Laughter.) . But he would, at the same time,
alsitre:theni that he did:not regret that he had made
.the-*Peritrient.;-.--(Cheers and disapprobation.) If
any Reling tif`letimony had arisen, he was sure that
the rich reward which the Alderman received at the
,hands -of 'the •Livery had by that time obliterated it ;
end• for himself he would say, that the Alderman's
eliriatiolf*as looked upon by him without a tinge of
sitivy.i-(Cheers.) The Alderman's portly appearance
and faddy cdinplexion indicated a promise of a long
course of enjoyment of the blessings to which he
hid 'attained; ' and if-a wish 'of his (Nlr.- Hep.!
pens) could "have the effect of abridging that
enjaynient a single day, he solemnly declared that he
would not give utterance to it.—(Loud cheers fol-
lowed itbe speech, which evidently made a most
favourable impression upon the assembly.)
':ltir•Vistriitosu Mooite said he rejoiced in the good
feeliiig, 'so -honourable to both parties, which,pre
vailedr;-'aiad ' in2speakine. policy against the policn which
gi.lletitiel had come ''forward,, ho'begged to state
' that he did not accuse him of any improper feeling,
bit: he certainly charged him with gross Want of
judgrcienL, 14.4 Heppel had' stated that he came for.
ward: to advocate some great principle7-sto vindicate
the ;privileges: of the Livery—a more. unfortunate vin-
dication had never been heard. Mr. Heppel first
stead, in defence of his position, that the Court of
Aldermen Ought not to be allowed to dictate to the
Liyery.:-NOW, how had they dictated? ' It wasa per:
fictlY: well understood principle that the Court of
' .Aldetiner( never asiumed any principle of the kind,
and ' that every member of the Livery had an un:
dotth,ted right to offer hianself as a candidate.—(Here
- there ;was an evident • disinclination among several
' persons. in___,_ the - body of the Hall to hear Mr.
. 3{Pdre.) He begged to know. whether the Livery
Woiski• agree to the doctrine that the Aldermen
should be disqualified as a candidate for the office ? If
• ii:Milifireived-therd faithfully for forty years, was that
• 41'reiteron for-preventing him -from offering himself for
•-•-~
:the inffrages of those 'who were aware of his services
r'ifidliii! FinafifientiOnS? Mt. Heppel had said he was
liikrintned to try what he' couid do without .a -cons-
mittee or paldragents. How far he had •condacted
tb*, -principles appeared from his 67 upon
the
.p91).-=(Laughter.) In vindieating what were
considered great principles, it was necessary to put
forward some capable person, some individual worthy
• of the confidence of more than 67 ~ : brother
Liverymea.-47.(Laughter.) He did not mean to offer
' thelerast objection to the character of Mr. Heppel,
whinineknew to he a most respectable and honour-
. 11) K.l.lr,:but he certainly did not look upon Mr.
1e.% Atittii,
~eligibleperson 'for the office of Ch.ani.-
1—.4 --, n pietl so far from supporting the prsnei-
rive t,, ,vek. 4 Mr. Heppel had set out, 'be ' had
177„.7,,„:2: principle in favour of the Alderman,
but f. AnlticiPle existed.—(Hear, hear,, and
. ,t
.51,..,„, ) While Mr. Heppel could reckon
instance 'art-"`inexTin' Alderman Brown presented an
unanimity of choice. Al-
fixiederm,
bandliiic...edmr,_tiet.7hf.,ll7ol,-mscagible in every respet,
knowledge-of the positi6n in
Which Aldelinan,llrown Mood, t forego any contest,-
,
thought proper to -1
himselfin
blit-gr; nePpel had
by doitiXiSeacet in ;a
oppp4tion,- and had certainly,
discreditable to his niannvre,twexiiirtrne.v.l
extremely
Yresented
rhimself to the Livery 100
say a few Wordi - relatiie to his friend. Mr.
Ward,, who had represented the City of Louden with
such high character in Parliament. He centtiatttlatedl
Aldernian Brown upon his success, at the same time
that, he gave credit to Mr. Heppel fop breaking
thilough a line which it was necessary to sever, flit
there-could be no doubt that the Aldermen ought
- not to be allowed to calculate upon making the office
of. Chamberlain their office.—(Cheers.) He did not
know that he could name a man whose qualifications
ter the offiee Were superior to those which Mr. Ward
possessed. He hid devoted a great part of his time to
the#rvice9f his country,' and had been returned to
two, Parliaments by the very body which elected
to the Office. of Chamberlain, that office - which,
notwithstanding all that had been uttered of the ar-
dnottaneas of its duties, presented the otium cum dig-
sada to the individual who was fortunate enough to
obtain it, and which certainly ought to be the reward
of one 4whose services could not be mere matter of
opinion Or qt.,Jation.
.._
_Little,.
_`Jacaltoisussosi, the Liveryman, who has
r.2_2_3oc-atitton. et
.:engaged during the :eve!) days' ima-
-I:7t7witytesotiiii_erio.vrtuhgatr.s theez-tmraunleotituut,; net's tried

Mr. WINDUS resumed—Explain it, 1 I will explain
it.--(Great laughter.)
JACK ROBINSON—Tit speak in plainer language to
you. Extraneous means, that it has nothing at all to
do with the question ; in fact, that you know nothing
at all about it.—(Laughter.)
Mr. WINDUS resumed—He had read t most erro-
neous account of the severity of the aut.( s of Cham-
berlain of London ; one account stated that they were
equal to the duties of a judge.
JACK Roninsoit—Cut it short. My friend Brown
is going to perform the duties, and will to our satis-
faction, if they were ten times as great as the duties
of a judge. What's a judge ?—(Great laughter.)
Mr. Witirms declared that, whenever a Chamber-
lain fell into sickness or death, the duties were
just as well performed as if he was in the full
enjoyment of health.
JACK Roninson—And why not ? That's the
beauty of it.—(Laughter.)
Mr. WINDUS begged the -Livery to look at the
office of Chamberlain during the illness of Sir Wil-
liam Heygate. -
JACK Roanisox—Well, but have you anything
to say against my friend Alderman Brown ? That's
the ticket.—(Laughter.) He don't mean to be ;
and if he should fall sick, why, we'll do the business,
that's all. Very hard if some of us a'n't capable.
Mr. Wisnus, without any further noticing Mr.
Jack Robinson, said he strongly admired the conduct
of Mr. Heppel in driving a wedge
JACK Roninsolv—What do you mean by that ?
Had he got a hold of your head ?—(Roars of
laughter.)
Here the crowd called aloud for Mr. D. W. Harvey,
who appeared upon the hustings with several other
gentlemen who have been long in, the habit of ad-
dressing the Livery. It was understood, however,
that the great speech-making day will be Saturday,
and it was intimated that on that day a great deal of
interesting matter would be discussed.
Mr. JACK ROBINSON was at length introduced to
the hustings, amidst roars of laughter and shouts of
applause. He said he was glad to have that oppor-
tunity, at the side of his friend Alderman Brown, of
addressing his brother Liverymen. He had been
brought up at Christ's Hospital, and he was by trade
a blacksmith, and if his brother Liverymen heard him
make any mistakes in grammar no people ought
more readily to excuse him.—(Laughter.) He re-
joiced to say that he had had the opportunity of ex-
ercising his franchise, and he had exercised it fear-
lessly. He had advocated his friend Brown, and had
recorded his name as Jack Robinson, the black-
smith, in the poll-book for him, spontaneously, and
without fee or reward.—(Cheers and laughter.) Had
his friend Daniel Whittle Harvey maintained his
post, he would have supported that same Daniel
Whittle Harvey in preference to anybody, and in
defiance of anybody ; but as the contest was re-
nounced in that quarter, he went over to Alderman
Humphery—(Laughter)—no' it was to Sir John
Key he went then. Well, Sir John Key gave it up,
and he met his friend John Humphery, and told him
what he had been doing for Key. So John said to
him, " Well, now you must come over and work for
ine"—(Great laughter)—so to work he went, but at
last the business was left between two of them, and
then he had to choose, between the two, and, accord-
ingly he selected his friend Alderman Brown, and
brought him in triumphantly.—(Great laughter.)
The Hall was then adjourned until Saturday,
when the numbers' will be officially declared.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

FROM THE HORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—It is understood that at the Court of Bank
of England Directors held this day, a resolution Was
passed, so clearly defining the meaning of the words
" bill" and " note,' as to render all future misunder-
standing impossible. By this resolution, it seems, in all
cues where the drawer is the discounter, the document
is to be called a "note," and in all other cases it is to be
called a " bill." If this be true, it shows that the Di-
rectors have been quite aline to the difficulty prevailing
out of doors as to these two technical expressions, and
have taken the very first opportunity of removing it,
Thursday being the regular day on which the Court is
held.
A reference to the New Savings'-bank Act (7 and 8
Victoria, cap. 83) has shown that several of the pro-
posals announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
have not been embodied in its provisions. The Act
contains no clause placing additional restrictions on
the sums to be deposited by individuals, and, therefore,
in this respect, the statute 9 George IV., c. 92, remains
unaltered. According to this statute, it will be remem-
bered, the trustees must not receive from any one depo-
sitor more than 301. in any one year, nor more than 1501.
n the whole, and when deposit and interest amount to
2001., interest is to cease. The only restriction upon
trust accounts in the new Act is, that the money cannot
be drawn out without the signature of the peraon on whose
account the deposit has been made, as well-as that of the
trustee. This provision is declared at the end of the
clause which contains it, to be inapplicable to trust ac-
counts opened before the passing of the Act. Had it not
been for such an exception, the trustees in many in-
stances would have been obliged to remove the
money before the 20th -of November (when the Act
comes into operation), from the difficulty of obtaining
the signature of the parties apparently interested, for it
is a frequent stratagem for a depositor to feign the cha-
racter of a trustee, and to make his deposit in the name
of a person who has no interest in it whatever, to avoid
the operation of legal restrictions. The requisition that
the parties named must also be parties to the drawing
out of the money will put an end to this practice, which
depends on the power of the trustee to draw out the
money alone. Even after November the trustee may
allow the money to remain, and may draw it out, but
then he will not be able to add to the deposit, unless he
is prepared with a bona fide nominee when he asks for
repayment.
Sydney papers to the 3d of May have arrived, and are
about one month later than the previous advices. There
does not appear to have been matters of much interest
stirring in the interval, although general complaint is
made of the recent regulations enforced for the sale of
Crown lands. The minimum upset price is said to be
too high, especially in the present depressed condition of
affairs, and little allowance is made for any honest in-
tention the home Government may have had to suppress
the ruinous speculation which took place two or three
years ago, and at last resulted in much of the misery now
experienced by the colonists. The sew regulations have
the effect of excluding from the market the needy ad-
venturer, and place the land at the purchase of those
who have really the means of paying for it when they
hare purchased. Some points may be objectionable
and open to revision, but it is generally the sfate of
any useful measure,' stringently enforced, to encounter
opposition, till a steady and persevering trial has proved
its efficacy. The statements published in these papers
with respect to trade show that the improvement in
business has not reached the anticipated height, though
it is at the same time certain that more steadiness and
firmness in the character of commercial transactions is
perceptible. The export of horses to India is said to be
a profitable business; and hopes are expressed, in the
recorded opinions of brokers in the London market, that
Australian tallow will, before long, stand as a formidable
rival with the produce of Russia and South America.
The news of French aggression in . Otaheite, .and the
expulsion of Mr. Pritchard, had reached Sydney through
the usual intercolonial channel, and bad created much
excitement. French domination in that locality is re-
garded with considerable jealousy by the Australian
traders, who have established a rather profitable inter-
course with the natives of the several groups of islands
in the Pacific.
Letters have been received from Batavia by the over-
land mail, dated May 23, which mention that the whole
of the Dutch naval force in the Java,seas had been dis-
patched, as was supposed, in quest of pirates. A great
number of these had infested the Straits of • Sunda, and
had become so extremely.daring, that two colonial ves-
sels, which were missing, were .supposed to have been
taken by them. Great scarcity existed in the article of
rice, which had advanced upwards of 200 per cent., and
the importation of which had '..consequently been for-
bidden by the Government.
SUN.—The same paucity of business prevailed in the
English market. Consols closed at 99f sellers for pre-
sent Transfer, and buyers at about that rate for Account.
The Foreign Securities also exhibited rather a dull ap-
pearance. Spanish Actives were 231 to' 23i; the Three
per Cents. 34i to 341; Portuguese Converted, 46 to 461;
and Mexican, 351 to 35i for the Actires, and 154 for the
Deferred.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 12 to 101;
Chester and Holyhead, 1 ; Dublin and Cashel, 8f to
9f; Great Western, 75f ; Ditto, Half, 381 ; Ditto, Fifths,
141 ; Hull and Selby, 18 to 19 ; Birmingham, Thirds,
34f; Greenwich Preference, 41. to 44; Croydon, 3k ;
London and Yore, 3 to 2; ; Midland, 71 to 7i; Nor-
wich and Brandon, 91 to 9; South Devon, 5 ; South-
Eastern, 61 to 61; Ditto, New, 91 to 9; Trent Valley, 61;
Yarmouth and Norwich, 9; York and North Midland,
57; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 1; Paris' and Orleans,
181 to 181 ; and Paris and Rouen, 181 premium. Cale-
donian have been i; Eastern Counties 12 to 111;
Brighton, 31 to 41; and Grenwich, 3f to '2l discount.
Provincial Bank of Ireland shares were 191 premium.

' ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, SEPT._ 12.—A re-
port has been circulated that application hsis been made
to the Master-General of- the Ordnance 'to closo the
Royal Arsenal and only open it for the admission of
the public one day each week. This request is said to
have been made in consequence of the loss of the missing
stores, but it is to be, hoped the public will not be de-
prived of the advantages hitherto enjoyed of visiting the
,Royal Arsenal six days in the week during working
nours, as it is preposterous to suppose for one moment
that the respectable visitors 'silo have entered that es-
tablishment could have had any hand in abstracting the
howitzers. Let the Master-General give his consent to
the introduction of a sufficient number of police to insure
that no depredations are committed on the river side of
the Royal Arsenal, and her majesty's
property will then
be perfectly safe. It is almoit impossible that pieces of
brass of 14 cwt. and 24 cwt each could have been taken
out at the gates without detection, or that they could
have been broken up without. more than one party being
cognizant of the circumstances.
E.EXTRAORDINARY AND NOVEL FEAT.--Mr. Barry,
the clown to the ring of Batty's Circus, has undertaken
to float, in a washing-tub, from Vauxhall to Westmiri-
ster-bridge, drawn by two geese, on Monday afternoon,
Sept. 23, at four o'clock. A similar feat was performed
by Mr. Usher, the celebrated clown, about 25 pars ago,
14KI attracted siveral thousand spectators,

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—From assailing the majority of the law
Lords, by whose decision the writ of error was
affirmed, the impugners of that turn to level-
ling objections to the House of Lords as a court of
appeal in such cases. The court, it is alleged, was
inadequate for what it performed. What 1 the so-
lemn judgment of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench,
with all its long train of previous, concomitant, and
subsequent circumstances, reversed in a moment
by a triumvirate of Peers, acting for the nonce,
in the capacity, of judges; and the four folio
volumes of evidence, so carefully prepared, and
so beautifully arranged, reduced in an instant to so
much waste paper ? True : this has been the case.
But, then, if the Court be inadequete for the perform-
ance of its functions, blame not the Court, but the
law, which constituted the Conrt. Let the law be
changed, if it require alteration. In the meantime,
it is the Court which has been appointed, and has
been accustomed, to decide such questions. It has
violated no rules. It has observed its prescribed
,forms. And, if the lay Lords thought fit to waive
as they have been wont to do, their undoubted right of
voting on a question respecting which they could have
no knowledge, it is only what they have done on for-
mer occasions. It would be very hard if a rule which
they have laid down to themselves, and long acted
upon, as most consonant with justice and decency,
should then only be departed from when the punish-
ment of a political antagonist was to be secured by
-its violation. It is only those who would trans-
form the lay Lords into fit associates for Jeffries;
caring not for justice, but thirsting for revenge ; who
have ventured to blame the lay Lords for not esta-
blishing a precedent which, however it might gratify
the evil passions of a particular party, would have
covered the House of Lords with disgrace, and for ever
ruined its character and influence with the country.
Another objection is, that the writ of error was al-
lowed, and the judgment passed on the defendants re-
versed, contrary to the opinions expressed by a ma-
jority of the judges, whose advice had been sought.
But to this may be replied, what is the end and de-
sign of a court of appeal, if it is not to possess this
liberty of thought and act ? Why was the House of
Lords constituted a court of appeal by our ancestors,
if it is to b. restricted in the way assumed by those
who urge this objection ? If it is merely to have the
privilege of confirming, and not reversing the judg-
ment of the inferior courts, it might as well not exist.
Surely, it is not intended to be affirmed of the
judges that infallibility pertains to their deci-
sions. The records of their judgments attest the
contrary. The celebrated privilege case of Ashby
v. White is a proof to the contrary. In that case
Lord Chief Justice Holt stood alone against the other
eleven judges, with the Lord Chancellor into the bar-
gain. But, in the end, his judgment proved to be
right, and was eventually affirmed. On the great
Regency question the judges were also notoriously in
the wrong. Besides, what has our legal constitution
established ? From a judgment in the Queen's
Bench, confirmed by the justices of the Common
Pleas, and the Barons of the Exchequer, an ap-
peal lies to the House of Lords ; the dernier re-
as Blackstone calls it,. for the ultimate de-
cision of every civil action. Does not this show
that on the very nicest points of law the
House of Lords—constituted, as we know it to
be, and imperfect as we may think it for the office—
mayireverse the decision of every judge in the land ?
And are we to suppose that this has never been done ?
There was a time when the privilege, strange as it
may seem, was of infinite value. Such times may
come again. That it admits of abuse, is true. In
the meantime the principal inconvenience attaching
to it the House of Lords wisely gets over, by leav-
ing the decisions on points of law to the law Lords
who may be Members of the House. This is
merely what was done on the late occasion. And
this is what the Tory journals, and the Tory party
generally, have the modesty to complain of.
"To do a great good"—for such, in their eyes,
would the, further imprisonment of O'Connell have
been—" do a little wrong," is the advice they would
have given. Most fortunately, it now appears, that if
given it would not have been followed. The lay
Lords have not been the rogues their friends wished
them to be. They have acted, in this instance, as
honest men ; and honesty, in this instance, as in all
, others, will prove to be the best policy. In the event-
ful times which are approaching, it is everything
to have justice clearly on our side. This the Tories
themselves will be brought to know and to confess.
In the meantime let them rail. Perhaps railing
may abate their rancour ; which, bottled up, might
explode, and damage if not destroy them, and those
around them. Let them exhaust their vocabulary of
abuse upon the men who by Pair and honest means, in
the exercise of their legal right, and in conformity with
established custom, have rescued the victims from their
hands ; and restored them to that liberty which, it is
now proved, they ought never to have been deprived of.
It is to be hoped that their restored liberty will not be
abused, either by the principal of the unjustly-convicted
parties, or by any of the subordinate leaders of the repeal
movement. The irate Tories by all the railing and
ribaldry they employ cannot reverse the decision.
From the decision of the House of Lords there is no
appeal—except to posterity. The names, and the
slanders of those who seek to invalidate that decision,
will pass into oblivion. But on the principles they
have sought to establish—on the monstrous proceed-
ings to which they have lent the aid of their advocacy
—and on the political leaders and their tools on whom
they fawn—the sentence of future generations will be
pronounced in terms of unequivocal condemnation.
STANDARD.—Our attention has been directed
by the-Morning Herald to an announcement in a
provincial journal, evidently possessing some peculiar
means of information in regard to Whig tactics, which
derives additional confirmation from sundry signifi-
cant hints in the speech delivered by Mr. O'Connell
at the Conciliation Hall on Monday. It is as follows :
—" It will be recollected that we announced, some
time back, on high authority, the difference of opi-
nion among the judges, and also that the majority of
the tribunal of final appeal held an opinion favourable
to the traversers. We revert to this, not for the
purpose of vain boasting, but to obtain confidence for
the announcement, which, upon the same autho-
rity, we are now enabled to make. It has
been resolved to form a union of Liberal parties, for
the purpose of driving the present Ministers from
power, and it is intended to propose that one of the
bases of agreement shall be a federal Parliament for
Ireland. We have every reason to rely on the source
from which we derive our information ; and we re-
commend the constituencies of the kingdom to be
prepared soon to declare what policy is to be adopted
in the present critical circumstances of the State."
Such a rumour has been current for some months
past, and experience has satisfied us there is no
imaginable baseness to which the Whigs will not
descend, that may offer them the remotest chance
of a return to office. • That some such scheme as
the one above described has been gravely con-
sidered, even if no very active steps shall have
been taken to carry it into effect, is extremely pro-
bable. After the Lichfield House compact, a con-
spiracy against the best interests of the country more
disgraceful than any previous coalition in the
history of political parties, we can have no reason
to question the readiness of the Whigs to enter
once more into a similar undertaking. In the
present desperate condition of their affairs, in-
deed, the temptation is greater than ever ; and
notwithstanding the five hours' speech by which
Lord Monteagle established the fact that the union
was the greatest blessing ever conferred on Ireland ;
the Royal speeches, in which Lord Melbourne
denounced the very idea of repeal as the direct
prelude to civil war ; and the elaborate declarations
of Lord John Russell and other Whig notables,
that any evil would be preferable to an attempt to
disturb the Act of Union ; nothing is more probable
than that they are ready and willing to combine with
Mr. O'Connell for that purpose if they can foresee
any prospect of ultimate advantage to themselves
from such a compromise. Their argument for de-
livering the Irish Church into Mr. O'Connell's hands,
will, we doubt not, be repeated on the present occa-
sion ; a pretext which has invariably afforded the ex-
cuse for violent and unconstitutional changes.
The howl for repeal is, we are told, about to
subside into a canting whine for a federal Par-
liament, and the Morning Chronicle attempts to
delude its readers into the belief that a federal
Parliament would not necessarily involve a step " so
desperate as the repeal of the legislative union." The
chief object of our Contemporary, indeed, in its article
of this morning, would seem to be prepare the way
for the open adhesion of its party to Mr. O'Connell
on this question. Nor are certain passages in his
speech on Monday last by any means less significant.
There is a coincidence between the sentiments of the
Whig journalist and the Repeal Agitator, which,
at any other time, might excite surprise. Mr.
O'Connell recommends his proposed Council of
Three Hundred as " a steady drag on the wheel
of the movement." The Morning Chronicle deplores
the position of Mr. O'Connell as the "creature of
circumstances," adding that, " like all popular
leaders, he must follow as well as lead ;" and ex-
presses its belief that Ireland " might be conciliated
by a Liberal Government." Mr. O'Connell de-
clares that, though " the Whigs deserved in some
instances to be assailed, the Irish owe a debt of
gratitude to them," (base, brutal, and bloody, as
he was wont to consider them), and he adds

that " it would be hard to get him- to abuse them

again." Then follows a compliment to our Con-
temporary, which is reciprocated by another
compliment to Mr. O'Connell for the mode-
ration of the language of his late speech !
To this succeeds, in Mr. O'Connell's harangue,

an appeal to " the English people to join him in
hurling Peel from office." By the English people
Mr. O'Connell elsewhere informs us that he means

the English Whigs; and ("there is nothing like

leather") the Morning Chronicle is of opinion that
Ireland can only be tranquillised by a Whig Go-
vernment ! It is to the Whigs that Mr. O'Connell
has been indebted for the late extraordinary re-
versal of his sentence; and it would be hard,
indeed, if he did not express some gratitude
for their services. Gratitude is often the pre-
cursor of even more tender feelings, and ac-
cordingly we should not be in the least
surprised to find that Mr. O'Connell and the Whigs
had become as loving and intimate as of yore ;
and had entered into the rumoured compact
with him. The only safeguard of the country
against the consequences of so mischievous an ar
rangement, is the difficulty of rendering any contract
between two ;parties so much better known than
trusted, binding ; and whilst the Whigs will
not commit themselves again without a direct pros-
pect of advantage, their evil genius will not en-
cumber himself with their support unless they
seem likely to attain a position very much more
commanding than the one they occupy at present.
Repeal agents are, we are told, about to be dispatched
to this country to feel the pulse of the public on the
subject, and if it should turn out that the Whigs are
as destitute of influence as they are of character, the
visits of these missionaries of sedition, as well as the
subscription of Mr. O'Connell to the Duncombe fund,
will have been hazarded in vain, and the contemplated
ooalition will fall to the ground.