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MARCH 15.
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the policy of his successors. Our frequent allusions to the
principles of the lattMinister, and our efforts to hold them
up as an example to the present men, render it quite unne-
cessary to enter into any details as to what he would have
done when the individual who had sworn to maintain the
charter granted by his august brother, displayed all the vil-
lainous treachery of his nature, by trampling obligations
the most sacred and solemn under foot. The truth is,
Mr. CANNING had in this, as in all other questions con
nected with our foreign relations, a most difficult card to
play. He had not merely the apostolicals of the Conti-
nent to deal with, but those of England, who we so-
lemnly believe to be as vile and degraded a crew
as their brethren of Spain and Portugal—quite
as inimical to freedom, and fur more corrupt.
Although we acquit Mr. CANNINU of exercising any
undue influence in forcing the Charter on the people
of Portugal, we should be sorry to see the day arrive
when it would become necessary to defend a British states-
man from a charge of having laboured by every possible
means to disseminate the blessing of rational liberty. On
the contrary, we maintain that while England can only
be great and free by imparting freedom to others, the
proudest boast of her rulers ought to be that of promoting
the interests of freedom throughout the world. This being
our opinion, we never did and never will advocate any
Quixotic crusader in behalf of this or that Sovereign. All
we contend for with respect to Portugal is, that we were
bound front the first, as we still are, to enforce the
treaties which we have made to guarantee the succession
to the legitimate heirs of the House of Braganza. But
in the face of this sacred duty, what has been the conduct
of Mr. CANNING'S successors? We point to the debate
on Lord PALMEntrros's motion for the answer !

On Saturday there was a meeting of the County of
Hertford presided over by the High Sheriff, in the Shire-
hall of the County town. It was attended by the Mar-
quis of SALISBURY, Lords MELBOURN r, Vrlt Ul. A NI,
the County Members, and a considerable number of the
most influential resident gentry. The Marquis of S.t Lis-
nu a Y—perceiving the room to be inconveniently crowded,
and that upwards of five thousand persons, desirous to
participate in the proceedings, were assembled on the
outside of the building—moved an adjournment into a
more open space. The Sheriff having put the question,
it was negatived—when Lord SA LIS /IV KY again rose,
and stated that if his motion for adjournment were
now pertinaciously opposed, he should conceive that
the Shire-hall had been taken possession of by
a particular party. The opposition, however, to
the proposal of the Noble MARQUIS, was for some
time even tumultuously continued; and Lord VERUL AM,
Mr. DuNcomßE, and Lord SALISBURY, successively
remonstrated in strong terms, against wEat was now an
evident design to make the meeting subservient to party
purposes. Lord MELBOURNE—as well as the High
Sheriff himself—appeared to us to lean to the side of
exclusion, and to have been the sub-rosil instigators of
this most impudent, but abortive attempt to get up a
series of bole-and-corner Resolutions. The adjourn-

ment, however, was at length effected, and Mr. FORD•
HAM addressed the meeting on the state of the coun-
try. After alluding to the extravagant grants for the
army, navy, the civil serviee, and the colonies, Mr.
FORDHAM called upon the people to press their
claims for large reductions of taxation, as the
only measure which could afford them substantial
relief. He attacked the tithes, and the tithe-takers

—indeed, they appear to us to be exquisitely vul
nerable—and insisted upon the necessity to get rid of all
the beer duties, and taxes upon malt and hops. The lie,
which the KING'S ministers put into his MAJESTY'S
mouth at the opening of the Session, was severely repro-
bated. After an animated speech, Mr. FORDO ASI
moved some spirited resolutions, which were ultimately
passed, as well as a Petition to Parliament founded on
them.
We were much mortified at the circumstance of Lord
DACRE 'S absence from this Meeting. Knowing. as we
do, the sincerity of that Noble BARON in the cause of
public happiness and amelioistion, we felt something even
stronger than disappointmeht on hearing Mr. FoRDII AII
read the letter, which intimated his " inability to at-
tend." There were some passages, moreover, in that
letter, which we felt to be both indiscreet and unsea-
sonable : we allude particularly to what was said by
the Noble LORD relative to the Vote by Ballot. • We are
aware that these have long been the conscientious
convictions of Lord DACRE, and that while he sat
in the Lower House, not only as the champion
—but almost the prescriptive champion—of Reform,
they were always energetically and eloquently main-
tained, in the speeches with which he introduced
his motions. At the same time, we give it freely
as our opinion, that the intellect and patriotism of the
noble Bcaox ever seemed to us to be of too high a stan-.
dard ; that his views of Reform—advocated twenty years
ago—should not have materially expanded, as the vista
of public necessity opened upon him through devolving
years. A philosophic and enlightened mind will never close
itself against contingent convictions, nor cling with an ir-
rational tenacity to pre-conceived opinions, the moment it
discovers that these have been adopted in error, or super-
induced by prejudice.

Among other speculations in the City this day, there
is a report that one of the financial measures to be
mooted this night in the House of Commons, will be a
Property-tax, to the amount of two axd a-half per cent.

By accounts from Newfoundland we learn, that the
last was the most unsuccessful fishery season ever known
at Newfoundland. ln numberless instances there was

not enough caught to pay the, servants' wages, particu-
larly from Bay Poulls to Ferryland. It was no secret
that nearly all engaged in the fishery in that quarter wen
ruined, TU fish sent to Portugal since August last
would not, on an average, return more than seven shil-
lings per quinud, to pay cost and insurance. The Brasil
and West India markets were still worse.