Star.
London, England, 1829-11-28 00:00:00

POLITICAL COMPROMISES

From the Norniug Chroqick.
It is an exceaingiy meth.r in this country to
question the mode it. which any one finds his way into Parliament.
If a man hi England svishe. that his conduct should be irreproach-
able he must in general consent to be placed on the shelf. A dis-
cussion was some time ago opened as to a compromise bet wren
Lord Geo. Beresford and Mr. Barron, respecting the repee-eiltation -
for the county and city of Waterford, his Lordship being to rtceive
the support of Mr. Barron for the county,on Mr. Baryon's o'staining
his Lordship's interest in the city. Lord Geo. disclosed the nego-
tiation when Mr. Barron started for the county. On the mention
Mr Barron at once pled guilty, and expressed his contrition ; but a
correspondent of the Waterford Chronicle takes the matter up where
Mr. Barron leaves it ; and says, in substance, this sort of crimi-
nation and recrimination, in the present state of things, is very
silly, when it is well known that no seats are obtained in Parka-
'went by any other than crooked ways; the Duke of Devonshire.
for instance, coalesces with the Beresfords for the scke of Hunger-
van ; and even the respectable Sir John Newport has his seat for
the city of Waterford on the condition of delivering up hip interest.
at his demise, to Mr. Alcock.
When a crew of pirates are taken it is always allowed to any of
them to plead, in justification. that he could not commit the cir-
cumstances under which he was placed among his comrades ; ant!
that be availed himself of his situation to prevent the commi.sion
of crime. When a man like Sir John Newport is caught in the
House of Commons, the good he bas uniformly knight to do should
be a valid apology for his being in bad company. A man may be
perfectly honest without much merit ; while another, without being
altogether honest, may have great merit, in the difficulties he sur-
mounts, in order to be as little dishonest as possible:
The following is the extract above alluded to :
" And I find, in the report of a speech delivered by Nit. Wyse,
at the Meeting held at Dutigarvaii, on Wednesday. tk•oher 7th.
that he labours, with equal earnestness, in "hewing the neer-si. y of
torget.ing all the cause's of p tat national differences. It is no, as.
tonishing, then, that Mr. Barron should have been hurried on,
even beyond his depth, by the conciliatory system ; and that, under
a wrong inipr-s ion as to the length to which it would justify bins
in going, be made the tauter of his interest in the County as a
quid fur his Lordship's interest in the City.
" But it will be asked, whet claim had he upon the City, and
why should he entertain the idea of disturbing its pat triarch il re-
presentative, Sir John Newport ? To these two question. I answer,
first, that some influential members of the Corporation solicited him
cto become a candidate for its representation . and. secondly, that it
was very genera ly reports d at the time that ST John Newport,
fielding himself .inking beneath the pressure of years and infirmi-
ties, had resolved upon r. turning into the bands of the electors of
Waterford that tru.t which they had s.r often Celifi,ird tun,.
And moreover. let me add, that it was the express de-ire of the
Corpor 'tors above alluded to hr made the proposal of a coalition to
Lord George reieshird.
" Co.lirious, as I sad before, are detestable in my sight, be-
cause they generally neutralise altogether the public voice. But
public men—men who a•pire to a station of houourabk ambition,
as the cant goes, are not usually so squeamish in the choice of those
means by which they expect to gratify their aspirations after fic-
tional confidence. In the year 1807, we had a coalition in this
county, to which must of its Catholic, Gentry were parties ; and
this coalition gave us a Claudius lkiesford, with Mr. itis.h.ird
Power, as our representatives.
•• There is, and always has been, an implied coalition between
the House of Devonshire sod the House of Curraghniore, in rho.
county, the object of which is to secure the undisturbed possession
of the borough of Dungarvan to the former. And, to come nearer is
the point at issue, is there not a most extraordinary cotopctt
between the present representative of the city of Waterford,
as bead of one portion of the Corporation, and Mr. Alcoa,
as bead of another portion of that most immaculate ho.iy, which
compact gives the city to Sir John Newport during his
own life, whilst a post übitum bout! .of the Right Honourable
Baronet assigns the • urea intact& to Mr. Alcock during his natural
existence, or giunsialiss abbe placuerit l From this, you will perceive,
Mr. Editor, that however coalitions may be odious hi the abstract,
honourable men are not ashamed of them, when they promise, by
entering into them, any practkal advantages. If Mr. Barron did
then, what so many did before him, without rebuke or imputation
upon their general honesty, I know not why so much acrimony
should be manifested towards him now by the public Press."
A gradual thaw commenced ou Wednesday night, and
in the course of Thursday nearly the whole of the let,
vious heavy fall of snow disappeared in most parts of
the country.
A WELSH VV.GETABLIt IN THE BAY OF BISCAY.—
All the world knows Sir Watkins Williams Wynne, as
the Welshman—all the world likewise knows a Welsh-
man's partiality for a certain vegetable : indeed, such is
his ardent love for this esculent, that on the Is' of March
he actually decorates his beaver with it; and if the na-
tural gem be non eat incentis, he will mount an artifici..l
one, and, like Flucllin, make any man eat it that date
but smile at it. Sir W. W. Wynne, on his health-
seeking voyage to the milder climate of Lisbon (the •
welther was stormy, and the vessel strained,) lay in his
cabin, exhausted by sea-sickness, and nauseating every
thing in the shape of ship food, and indulging in tender
reminiscences of his beloved national vegetable, when a
dreadful commotion was heard, and hoarse voices front
the lower regions shouting, "A leak ! a leak ! we've
sprung a leak!" •‘ What ! sprung a leak ! (and tip
sprung the now excited head of a family, whose great
ancestor knew Adam before he was b:eeched,) sprung a
leak ! how lucky ! now I can eat snmething. But who
would have thought that our beloved vegetable could
spring up in such a horrid place as the Bay of BL:cay ?
St. David must be at the bottom of it."
SsvER 11 STO It .—The wind blew with great violence
on Tue.d'ty night, and during yesterday the force of the
gale was little abated. About nine o'clock on Tuesday
night the Manchester steam-packet, with goods and
passengers, bound for Cork, passed the Light House, but
in consequence of some accident to the machinery, the pad-
dles could not act, and an endeavour was made to return.
It was, however, found impracticable to weather the Light
House; and as the vessel was placed in a very dangerous
situation, the ' crew and passengers get into a beat,
and succeeded in reaching the shore. The Manchester
has, we have learned, sustained considerable injury.---
Early Wednesday morning the brig Louisa, of White-
haven, William M'Adant, master, laden with coals, was
driven on shore on the South Bull, and was totally
wrecked. The crew were landed safely at Sandymount.
A party of the horse police was sent yesterday to protect
whatever might be saved from the vessel. A boat, sup-
posed to belong to her, was drivers on shore, and slashed
to pieces on the rocks near Merrion. Such was tire fury
of the gale yesterday morning, that the waves beat over
the Martell° tower at Williamstown.—Dublin Morning

Register.
The female elephant, which has just arrived from
Calais under the auspices of the proprietors of the
Adelphi Theatre, was pet on board the Belfast steam-
boat on Wednesday evening last, about 11 o'clock. She
was walked from the shore into the cage prepared fur her
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on board the deck of the boat without difficulty. The
passage was an exceedingly rough one, but the elephant
did not appear in the least degree discomposed, and was
very playful with her keepers, the hat of one of whom
she threw into the sea for some slight affront passed on
her. The expense incurred in bringing over this new
performer is very great. Her freight was 451. and she
was insured at Lloyd's for 4,t'►Utrl. On arriving at
Blackwall, where she was to be landed, some impediment
arose, and the vessel proceeded to the Custom-house,
but here again the elephant could not be landed, and
was compelled to be carried back again to Blackwall.
The animal is about twenty years old, and extremely
docile. She is expected to prove a star of the first mag-
nitude at the Adelphi. Mr. Yates came over with the
elephant.

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