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London, England, 1828-10-03 00:00:00

GRAND CIVIC DINNER.

(From the Dublin Eveniflg
In the evening the New Lord Mayor entertained
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, at a splendid
entertainment given in the King's Room. I►► ad_
dilion to the members of the Corporation, the Lord
Mayor invited a large portion of the Nobility and
Gentry of the Metropolis and its neighbourhood, to
meet his Excellency. Amongst those present, we
observed the Marquisses of Downshire and Clan-
ricarde--the Earls of Rathdowne, Errol, and Howth
--Viscounts Forbes, M.P., and Dungarvan---Lord
F. L. Gower, the Provost, Sir John Byng, the
Chief Baron, the Attorney and Solicitor General,
Sir E. Lees, Colonel Blacker, the Hon. Capt. Le
Poer Trench, R. F., Thomas Ellis, Esq. &c. &c.
Altogether, upwards of four hundred persons sat
down to dinner, which was served in the best pos-
sible style, and comprised all the delicacies of the
season. The wines were of the very choicest flavour,
and were supplied with the utmost profusion.
After the cloth was removed, the Lord Mayor
gave the health of
" The King, and God bless him"---Three times

three.
" The Duke of Clarence."---(Cheers.)
" The Duke of Cumberland"---Three times three,
with tremendous cheering, and one cheer more for
Protestant Ascendancy.
The LORD MAYOR---I beg to propose a toast
which I am confident will be drank with the greatest
pleasure by every person present---
" The Lord Lieutenant and Prosperity to Ire-
land"--Three times three, accompanied with loud
cheers.
His Excellency the LORD LIEUTENANT then rose
and said, my Lord Mayor, and Gentlemen, for your
kindness in proposing my health, as the representa-
tive of his most gracious Majesty, I return my grate-
ful acknowledgments. Anxious as I am to contri-
bute to the prosperity of this country, and conscious
as I am that I can pursue no course so likely to ef-
fect this as steadily looking after its interests I
pledge myself to put forth every exertion to effect
this purpose, and to preserve and increase the tran-
quillity, happiness, and prosperity of this part of his
Majesty's dominions.—(Much applause,)—Gentle-
men' give me leave to propose the health of
" The Lord Mayor."—(Loud cheers.)
The toast having been drank, his Lordship rose
and said—My Lords and Gentlemen, I beg leave to
return my sincere thanks for the honour you have
done me in drinking my health, and also to return
thanks to the distinguished individual who proposed
it. Gentlemen, I have this day commenced the du-
ties of an office which is of considerable importance,
and to which great responsibility attaches. With
the co-operation of my brother Magistrates and with
the countenance of the higher authorities, I hope to
go through my year of office, giving satisfaction to
my fellow-citizens in general, and with some benefit
to the lower classes of society.—(Cheers.)
" The Duke of Wellington and his Majesty's Mi-
nisters."—(Loud cheers.)
Lord FRANCIS LEVESON GOWER rose to return
thanks. His Lordship commenced by regretting the
absence of the Lord Chancellor, who would have been
more competent to return thanks when such a toast
was proposed. He nevertheless felt great happiness
in expressing to the Lord Mayor, and the numerous
and respectable company by which he was sur-
rounded, his gratitude for. the honour conferred en
his Majesty's Ministers.

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" Lord Melville.anithe Navy."
" Lord Hill and the Army. —(Cheers.)
Sir JOHN BYNO."--I rise, my Lords and Gentle-
men, to return you thanks for the honour you have
done the Army. I know that Army well, and I
think I may vouch for their ever continuing an
honour to the country mad a terror to its enemies.—
(Cheers.)

The LORD MAYOR—Gentlemen, having drank
the Army, .allow me to propose as a toast a scion
of that stock. I know not how I could better de-
scribe the distinguished hero whose health I am
about to propose; than in the language of the histo-
rian, who truly remarks, that " he was the first in
the charge and the last in the retreat"—
" The Marquis of Anglesea."--(Tremendous
cheering.)
The Noble MARQUIS then rose and said--My
Lord Mayor and Gentlemen--I rise under consider-

able embarrassment. I feel much my inadequacy to
express my feelings. Never can I forget the recep-
tion I have met with in this country. I came here

a stranger, you received me as a known and a fa-
miliar friend ; you took me upon credit, and I hope
1 never shall disappoint you, or exhaust that credit.
(Applause.) Yet I ought not to say that lam a
stranger to Ireland; I am connected with it by no
common ties—by blood, by connexion, and by the
still more highly important tie which should bind a
landlord with his tenantry,—(applause)--a tenantry,
permit me to say, loyal, well-disposed, peaceable,
attached, and united. (Applause.) Under these
circumstances I never can cease to feel a deep inte-
rest in the welfare of Ireland, and to do everything
in my power to increase its happiness and prospe-
rity.—(Loud Cheers.)
" The Primate and the Church of Ireland."—
( Loud cheers.)
There was here a general call for Sir HARCOURT
LEES—after a short interval the Rev. Baronet rose
and said—My Lords and Gentlemen, in the absence
of a more dignified representative, permit me to re-
turn you thanks for the honour you have done in
drinking the Primate's health, and coupled with it
the Church of Ireland. I trust, my Lords, the pe-
riod will never arrive when I shall be ashamed to
stand forward in support of that Church, or to thank
you for any honour conferred upon the distinguished
Prelate who is its head in this country. I conceive
it necessary, before I sit down, to remove an im-
pression which many persons labour under, that in
supporting the Established Church, Protestants are
hostile to the emancipation of the Roman Catholics
in consequence of their religious principles. I beg
leave to state that the Protestants of Ireland never
felt any hostility towards their Roman Catholic
countrymen on account of their worshipping God in
the way they like best, and that any enmity they
may ever have shown against them, exists not in
consequence of the delusions which envelope their
minds on the subject of religion, but arises in
consequence of the hostility which the Roman
Catholics have ever exhibited towards the Church
Establishment.—(Loud and continued cheers.)—lt is
not, my Lords, so much the religious principles
they inculcate, as the political tenets they hold, that
render them unfit to partake of the full blessings of
the Constitution—(loud cheers)—and I fearlessly
assort, that until the Court of Rome shall repeal
the decrees which still remain in full force, and bind
the consciences of the Roman Catholics, the Legis-
lature cannot relax in the slightest degree without
bringing total ruin upon the Protestant Constitution.
(Loud cheers.) The festive board is not the place
to indulge in long speeches ; I shall not, therefore,
my Lords, detain you longer than to state that I
shall be ever found ready to support the Constitu-
tion in Church and State, so long as I have life, and
I would impress it upon our Rulers that the best
possible proof any Government can give of its wish
to preserve tranquillity and peace in the country, is
by preserving with the strictest integrity, the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church of these realms. (Loud
cheers.)
" The Lord Chief Baron."
The CHIEF BARON rose to return thanks and
said—l beg to state that if the Legislature should
find it necessary to alter the laws, they will find the
Judges ready to administer them for the advantage
of all.

" The Marquis, of Downshire, and the resident
Nobility of Ireland."

The Marquis of DovrtcsmitE—l feel this a very
high compliment, and without saying more, or in any
respect alluding to a political subject which might
cause a difference of opinion, I may be permitted to
say that the best way to induce such of that class as
are amongst us already to continue, and those who
are absent to return, is by supporting the Govern-
ment and the Laws, and giving strength to the ad-

Ministiation of the Noble Marquis now at its head
in this country.'4, With your permission, my Lord
Mayor, I will propose as a toast—
" The King and Constitution."—(Loud cheers.)
The LORD LIEUTENANT then rose, and claimed
permission to give a toast—
" Prosperity to the Corporation of Dublin."
Sir E. NUGENT rose to return thanks, but there
was a general call for the Recorder.
Alderman ARCHER insisted upon the late Lord
Mayor's right, as senior Alderman, to do so.
The company, however, still persevering in their
call, the LORD MAYOR said, that to put a stop to the
matter, he, as the undoubted head of the Corpora..
tion, begged to return his Excellency his best thanks
for the honour he had done the Corporation by
drinking its prosperity.—(Loud cheers.)
Ths Marquis of ANGLESEA again rose and said—
As I cannot longer partake of your hospitality, per-
mit me to propose as a parting toast—
" The health of the Lady Mayoress."—(Loud
cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks--after which
the Lord Lieutenant, accompanied by several of the
distinguished guests, retired. His Excellency was
accompanied to his carriage by the Lord Mayor and
the Civic Officers, &c. &c. During the Lord Mayor's
absence Alderman Darley took the chair, and pro-
posed--
" The health of our Noble Visitor, Lord Francis
Leveson Gower."
Lord F. L. GOWER—I beg leave to express the
sincere satisfaction I feel as a component member of
the Government, however humble I may be, in wit-
nessing the compliment paid, in the presence of
Viceroyalty, to the Lord Mayor, who has been raised
to the high station he now fills by your unanimdus
suffrages--and I feel confident, gentlemen, that he
will pursue his career with honour to himself and
satisfaction to his fellow-citizens hi general. If,
gentlemen, you will allow me, I shall propose as a
toast—
" The health of the Gentleman who filled the
Chair in the absence of the Lord Mayor—Alderman
Darley, and with it allow me to couple the Police
of Dublin."—(Cheers.)
" Sir John Byng, and the Army serving in Ire-
land."—(Loud cheers.)
Sir JOHN BYNG--I beg to assure you, my Lord
Mayor and Gentlemen, that I feel most grateful for
the honour you have done me--and that I am as
anxious for the prosperity and tranquillity of Ireland
as any man can be. My profession is not one in
which speaking can be expected. On one subject
alone lam competent to speak--I mean the state of
the army. A long and intimate acquaintance with
that army enables me to state that it is composed of
officers and men, whom I may well feel proud in
having the honour to command; and I feel gratified
in being able to state, that it is deserving alike of my
confidence and that of the country. (Cheers.) I
wish the soldiers under my command never to inter-
fere either with the political or religious discussions,
which, circumstanced as the country is, cannot fail
to take place. It is our duty to keep our judgments
unbiassed, and that can be best effected by not
mixing ourselves tie with the disputes that occur.—
We are bound to protect the authorities in adminis-
tering the laws ; we may be called upon by these au-
thorities, and if called on I hope we shall be found
acting with temperance, but at the same time with
firmness and decision. (Loud cheers.)
. Our City Representative, George Moore, Esq."
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. MOORE—The last. time I had the honour of
addressing you on an occasion similar to the present,
I ventured to express a hope that no short-sighted
policy would induce our rulers to repress the consti-
tutional loyalty of the Protestants of the empire. I
now, and with the greatest satisfaction, congratulate
you, that nothing has occurred to repress the spirit,
or to discourage the Protestants of Ireland. On the
contrary, a feeling exists, and is daily manifesting
itself, which, while it gives courage to our friends,
cannot but strike terror into the hearts of our ene-
mies.—(Cheers.)—Believe me, Gentlemen, the ex-
pression of that spirit cannot be too highly prized.
These are times when every man should exert every
possible energy in promoting the expression of Pro-
testant sentiment. These are times when we all
should unite heart anti hand in preserving the in-
tegrity of the Protestant Constitution.—(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR—Gentlemen, I will now give
you—
" The Loyal and Independent Commons of the
Corporation of Dublin."—(Loud Cheers.)
Sir A. B. KING--My Lord Mayor, finding that
no person has risen to return you thanks on the part
of the loyal Commons, permit me to say a few
words. lam placed in a peculiar situation with re-
spect to that body. The Commons were the first
to return me to till the office of Lord Mayor—•in
doing so they supported the act of Lucas, and they
returned me in opposition to the Board of Alder-
men. Ido not mean, my Lord, to speak of myself.
These are important times in which we live, and we
want men who dare be honest in the worst of times.

—(Cheers.)--Gentlemen, I was not called upon,
and if I had I would not have shrunk from the duty
of stating my sentiments boldly and fearlessly in the
presence of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant.—
(Loud cheers.)—This is the time for every man to
uphold the Constitution and the laws. This is an
opportunity which 'should not be lost, of giving ex-
pression to Protestant sentiment. Gracious God,
my Lord, are we to remain dormant—to succumb
to a traitorous banditti, and to be trampled under
foot ?—(Cheers.)—Are we, the Protestant Corpo-
ration of Dublin, to remain dormant while treason
stalks abroad, and the insignia of treason and
blood is fearfully displayed ?--(Cheers.)—There is
now scarcely time to speak, we are called upon
to act.—(Cheers.)—The sword is drawn, and
the scabbard should be thrown away.--(Cheers.)
—Let not the miscreants who threaten us
within the citadel of our Constitution. If once they
gain admission, they will cry " havoc," but it will
then be too late for us " to let slip the dogs of war."
(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I tell you you must
assume the attitude of defence. (Cheers.) Now is
your time, or never. I am one of those who laud
Lord Anglesea as much as any man for what he has
done for the trade of the city. (Cheers.) He has
done great and marvellous things for the city of Dub-
lin; he has given an impetus to trade that is really
surprising. But, let me ask, is that all that is re-
quired from a Chief Governor of Ireland P (Cheers.)
I do not presume, for indeed it would be the height
of arrogance in me, to point out what he ought to
do. But will any man tell me; that when treason is
stalking through the land, when thousands of men
are seen clothed in the garb of treason, disciplined
and marshalled, will any man tell me that some-
thing ought not to be done. (Cheers.) I call upon you,
freemen as ye are, and ye are bound by your oaths so
to do, to have a musket and carabine in good repair.
The time is fast approaching when you will need it.
They talk of blood-hounds, but I retort upon them.
It is our blood they seek—our very heart's blood.
(Loud cheers.) I would say to the Protestants of
Ireland be prudent, be cautious, lye steady, be perse-
vering, be watchful ; but, above all, be ready.
(Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR—Gen tlemen we are all of one
sentiment in this room. It was the Protestant Cor-
poration of Dublin that elected me to fill this chair.
Oar feelings, I am glad to say, are in perfect accord-
ance, and I shall therefore give you the Charter
Toast of this Corporation—
" The Glorious, Pious, and Immortal Memory."
--(Tremendous cheering.)
Alderman BERESFORD here presented himself to
the Chair, and begged permission to give a toast.
The LORD MAYOR—I cannot permit it until I
have given one. It is the health of a man whom I
had the honour of serving under in the wont of
times—

" Alderman J. Claudius Beresford."—(Thunders
of applause.)
Alderman BERESFORD—My Lord Mayor, I little
anticipated that I was obtruding myself upon your
notice, when I claimed permission toi ive a toast.
I feel proud, my Lord, in having had tlt! honour of

being your Commander, in times when rebelliori And
treason were stalking through the country. A re-
currence of these times, I fear, is fast approaching.
I trust I shall again be found at my post, acting as
zealously, if not as vigorously, as 1 did thirty years
ago, in conjunction with yourself, and many other
loyal friends in support of the Constitution.—(Loud
cheers.)—The toast I was about to propose was—
" The health of the loyal Protestants of the
county Monaghan who put a stop to the Agitator's
going Northward."—(Loud cheers.)
Several other toasts were then proposed, and the
company did net separate until a late hour.

LITERATURE.

THE ANGLO-IRISH, 3 VOLS. LONDON, 1828.

There is some information in these amusing
volumes, which, judging from internal evidence,
are penned by a writer who understands his sub-
ject. It is but a short time since we received
the books, and can therefore merely state what
has struck us on a very cursory perusal of them.
They excel in hitting off the prominent pecu-
liarities, those chiefly which hang on the surface,
of character ; but there is no deep pathos—no
absorbing passion about them. The plot is
slight, and somewhat confused, though still suffi-
ciently interesting to allure the reader on. The
character of Gerald is pourtrayed with much con-
sistent ability ; and some one or two specimens
of low Irish humour look as if furnished by hints
thrown out by Lady Morgan's clever novel of
Florence Macarthy. In our selection of extracts
we know not that we can find, just at the present
momentous crisis, a more appropriate one than
the following description of ,Messrs. O'Connell,
Sheil, O'Gorman Mahon, and one or two other
Catholic agitators, as they appeared in the streets
of Dublin, on their road to the Four Courts.
The dialogue having a dramatic cast about it,
considerably heightens the interest :

" About this hour in the morning, Sir," said the head-
waiter, " a stranger in Dublin might be amused by having
pointed out to him different remarkable gentlemen who pass
this hotel going to the Four-Courts."
" Then stand by my side, and catch a few of those great
people for me, if you can ; the man bowed and repaired
to the window. " Are you an Englishman ?" continued
Gerald, hoping that he might find in his decorous attendant
a man who had acquired respectable habits and demeanour
out of Ireland, though much residence in Dublin, of late,
would account for his accent.

" My native place is Knockballochery, in the County
Kerry, Sir ;"—Gerald wondered.

" Well ; can yft see any body, yet ?"
I think I can, Sir: please to look at that tall, lusty
gentleman, with the Oxford-grey surtout, buttoned below,
but wide open at the breast, and with the quaker-like hat,
and the healthy, good-humoured face, and his eyes cast
down, thinking, and the umbrella lying along his arm. He
that walks so firm and stout."

" I have him—he may be some famous priest."
" A friend to them, Sir. That's Counsellor Dan."
" Indeed ! and now going to some law-courts?"
66 Yes, Sir; to the Four-Courts. See how all the people
turn to look after him, Sir, and then smile at each other as
they pass; they like to see him walking so bravely along,
with his broad shoulders and his full breast; and 'tie thought
he likes to be seen by them, stepping out over the flags of
Dublin, through thick and thin, friends and foes; for he
could go in his carriage to the Four-Courts every day if he
thought fit, Sir ;--look, Sir ! here it comes, close after him,"
" The green one, with the green coachman, and green
h arness- ribbons ?"

" Yes, Sir; and he'd have the horse green if he could."
" Pray assist me, again ;—I have my eye, I think, upon
some other popular character, for the people turn to look
after him, too; though he is so different a figure from Mr.
O'Connell. I mean the low, slight, little gentleman, who
walks so rapidly, jerking his arm•, and pushing out his
under-lip so often, and whose complexion is so bilious, and
whose nose is rather short and cocked, and—now that he
happens to look up—whose eyes are so dark, and fine, and
expressive ?"
" You're right, Sir; that's Mr. Shiel."

" Ay !—lle is overtaken, now, by a very large person,
who carries his head very high, and wears his clothes very
loose, and has great whiskers, and has a profusion of shirt-
collar, and bears a huge stick or club on his shoulder—is
he any one of note ?"

" indeed, and he is, Sir ! Counsellor O'Gorman, the
secretary, no less."

" The secretary !--what secretary ?"
" Of the Catholic boord, Sir."
" Well, and that other gigantic gentleman who now
meets him and Mr. Shiel—who is he ?"

" It's a lucky morning for you, Sir; sure be is Mr.
Eneas M'Donnell, that hunts the Biblicals over the whole
country, and gives them no rest or pace ; when he's on his
legs, it would be no asy thing to make him sit down, Sir,
against his liking, as you may persave, and he knows that
well."

" See ! the three gentlemen are passed by another, who,
by the expression of his brow to them, does not seem a
friend."

" Do you mean the gentleman with the broad red face,
Sir, black coat and waistcoat, yellow leather breeches, top_
boots, spurs, and a heavy whip in his hand ?"
" The same."

" Then you're right again, Sir; its the Rev. Sir Har-
court Lees, that calls himself Commander-la-chief of all
the Orangemen, and offered himself yesterday, in the pa-
pers, as hangman to the same gentlemen you're after seeing
pass by."

" A precious set altogether !" thought Gerald ; " what
a state of society ! what people ! what a Baronet ! what a
Clergyman !"

" But no one minds poor little Sir Harcourt, Sir ; he's
only cracked a little, and hasn't a bit of harm in him, after
all. Now, Sir, here's one worth looking at; the purple-
faced old gentleman that gets such a shaking on the back
of that little rough-coated horse, bending forward, and
dropping his jaw so much, and followed by a servant. If
ever you heard of the pleasantest Judge in the Four Courts,
there he is, Sir—old, old Lord Norbury."
" Pray, glance the other way, after Sir Harcourt Lees--
he stops at the corner of a street a good way off, to shake
hands with a gentleman—quick, and tell me if you know
his friend ;—tut ! they both turn up that cross-street,
now."