The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-10 00:00:00

tenant, and between tenant and labourer, which
so happily characterises Scotland ? We hope to
see the .day when the wretched faction which
prevents this consummation shall be on a level
with the rest of the people, and when the agri-
culture and commerce of Ireland shall vie with
those of Scotland. At present, however, there
are unfortunately, no Mr. Hope Johnstones in
Ireland to hold to any of her Dukes the follow-
ing manly language, which was addressed to the
Duke of Buccleugh
:
" You are placed in a situation which may truly
be said to connect you with the great family of man-
kind, and which must render you the object of very
general attention; and we, particularly and warmly
interested in the welfare of this county wherein so
large a portion of your Grace's property is placed,
wid which must be greatly affected by the influence
of your conduct and example, have felt ourselves
called upon to come forward, and while we congra-
tulate you, as we beg most cordially to do, on your
having attained to man's estate with such bril-
liant prospects open before you, to express also the
expectations which we entertain. It is scarcely ne-
cessary for me to remark that it is not on the pos-
session of rank, and tvealth, and influence, consider-
ed merely as such, high, and ample, and powerful
though they be, that we thus address your Grace.
These do not necessarily confer a truly honourable
distinction, or procure for the possessor the sincere
tribute of respect and esteem. It is upon the pos-
session of these advantages, as the means by which
your Grace may render yourself eminently useful to
your_ country and your race, that we congratulate
you. It is in the hope that we shall see those means
applied in promoting every measure which tends to
enlarge the suni of human happiness that we are now
met. We look upon your Grace, and feel thus
warmly interested in you, not at being raised by
external circumstances above the consideration of
the necessities of humanity, and a participation in its
cares, but as being imperatively called by those very
circumstances to devote your mind to the study of
the causes which are productive of individual misery
or national calamity, that you may labour to alleviate
or remove them."—Morning Chronicle.
It is one, of the characteristics of modern elo-
quence (and one, by the bye, which tends in no
small degree to show its utter, worthlessness) to
say a great deal about nothing. In this quality
the late Mr. Coining was a peculiar adept. Ile
could spread over an immense surface a mass of
verl&ge with little or no meaning ; znd could
charm the hearer for hours, who, in the, end,
found upon reflection that, though he had been
listening to a world of harmony, his under-
standing was but little enlightened by the eva-
nescent blaze he had been witnessing. Mr.
Peel seems to have tickled the ears of the good
people of Manchester with something of this
kind ; for though his speeches at the public din-
ner and breakfast are exceedingly eloquent, we
think that had the Right Hon. Gentleman
played his hearers—" thk Cotton Lords," as
Mr. Cobbett calls them—as many tunes on the
flageolet, just as much ultimate effect would
'leave been produced. Ministers of State,
Speechifying at tavern dinners is, at all
times, a hazardous undertaking. Every word
that drops from them is watched with as
much eagerness as if their breath were gold.;
and the very manner in which they cheer
or disregarded a toast is looked upon with a
mock importance, reconcilable only with that
thirst for trifles which is one of the many symp-
toms of bad taste and of frivolity with which
the age we live in is infected. Mr. Peel, to be
sure, had, on this occasion, a task of more than
ordinary difficulty to perform ; for not only was
the state of public affairs such as to call for much
discretion in commenting upon them, but he had
before his eyes the memorable indiscretion of
Mr. Huskisson, at Liverpool, and the still wore
recent indiscretion of his own relation, Mr. Daw-
son, at Derry, to deter him from infusing too
much meaning into any thing he might say. The
Right Hon. Gentleman, it must be admitted,
took an especial care to keep on the safe side in
all that he said. Neither wine, nor Protestant
ascendancy—neither early recollections, nor. the
present enthusiasm of those about him, could
thaw the reserve which he- had wisely prescribed
to himself upon the occasion. Unlike Mr.
Huskisson or Mr. Dawson, Mr. Peel will have
nothing to explain away on his return. The
Duke cannot say to him " You went too far in
your speech at Manchester," for such, as we
begin by stating, is the case with the modern
eloquence, that nothing is more easy than to say
a great deal and mean nothing.—Morn.Herald.

On a recent occasion a Rev. Gentleman, in
preaching. before the Corporation of Northamp-
ton, introduced into his sermon a defence of
Corporations in general, and, as we think, inju-
diciously, adverted to their original institution,
for the purpose of demonstrating their present
wildness. This part of his discourse contained
the -follcming passage :—When the minds of
Men were enveloped with the clouds of the dark
ages, and the barbarism of the feudal times
checked every wish of the talented and indus-
trious citizen for the prosperity of his brethren,
then wee know that whole- nations presented a
continued sAene of bloodshed. Soon did the
legitimate Sovereigns discover their want of a
bulwark to check the strides towards military
despotism made by their unruly Barons, who had
.no idea of that self-oheisanee which religion
teaches. To whom could they look for the sup-
pi.vt they needed better than to the wealthy and
respectable, and, I may add, pious citizens, who
were oppressed by those lords of the soil, and
who, when seconded by Royal approbation,
would be able to check- the advance of those
usurpers, as those whom they employed in their
commercial orsuits could easily be arrayed against
such as the haughty Baron forced to cultivate his
estates, and to fight battles which might be
ilt# effect either of his ambition pr his insolence ?
Here, then, we may first discover th?. origin of
chartered Corporations in this country." NOW
this is saying, in
4 g
some time since statedr itilalamtery:
that Corporations were first established by the
kingly power, as a check upon the ambitious inr
What does this
solence of the yewv, Lords.
prove ? Not that C orpoiations are now neces-
sary,iiPt
that there teas a time they were
usefid thq .
have outlived the necessity
created then!. The Feudal System has been
long since overthrown. The embattled casiles,
as well as the military domination of the reudal
Lords, pnly exist in the recollection
romance. But those Corpo-
rates of history
them, still have
or the scoter? PT
exclusive privileges, that
Societies, 0*
4farc4c;ifferew, P4Tposes
most of them spent
were created. Th 9
4afr'oerrner iltnleisoilestittefelolderea;:lb)iatiCitcihtefhocei:y
toes which they levy #.,e
in feasting and drinking, or Rvprse purposes,
such as corrupt jobbing with respect to the
else of the elective fraMise. 'Their powq is,
in genera), a local tyranny over the
rest of the
inhabitants of t4O towns which they goYeill• In
almost every Corporation there is al/0 that
dictate to the bOdy at large, while they keep to
themselves the principal share of the " loaves
and fishes," and have the vices of the Feudal.
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