The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-07 00:00:00

their delicate hands=" Lands which the rod of empire
might have siviyed,7.iithoir sturdy grasp had closed on
,„p„p4e staff instead ofdanfili.ng.an.l shqinitio,' a thin white
rod. The flags of, these unwashed u4b.rsdid not, that
We could see', carry any treasonable inscription their
emblematic harp indeed, though not wz:hout a crown,
was surmounted with A crown so reduced in its denien-
sions as to be scarcely perceiVable. One ingredient, At
least, of Illegality in this prucesssion, v o cei t only want-
jog ; for thOugb
.Meeting with banneis, flags, and em-
blems, in thilhavy. array„ and marching In procession to
celebrate a.pulitigalevent—t here was no:danger i,f "ex-
citing animosity among any class of his. majesty's
.sub-
jects." •If to excite derision had hen the Statute OffenCe,
then undoubtedly might the apparatus hacie.been..crimi-
nal.

,The,party,,trtylged to meet bis excellency, who, it may
be,snpposed, was not altogether pleased with theirevident
intention to " fraternisii; " perhaps' re thought,of,par-
liamentary tiehati.,s ;
,at alf events, he drove full ,trot
throughs or o.V.r lice
-.and shortly arrived at the:
'Manion house, I.l.lovy,ed close by a carriage, in which:
.sat, barefaced aud bareheaded, Mr.lleaglier gesticulating;
then came in train elev,enjingles, one dray, and a jackass,
cart. The, Pede.Strian , procession, followednt leisure. 'The,
Various deputations then presented their addresses.
Notwithstanding thentorriing's commotion, the day and
evening passed without riaisbhief or riot. in ;the City--
ing, we bell ev aie'prudence„and.vigilance
of the mayor and civil authoritiei. •
The course of this. procession lay through the, principal
streets of the city. The windows were crowded with
respectable yeC4l,ztors, who looked on in 'solemn and
. boding silence; seareea kerchief waved; no joyous gratu-
latiuns 'followed the ovation. The mistake was in not
selecting the lanes: as the route. The joy of thespec-'
tators would then have been clamorous and universal.
,There was nothing to account for this freezing chill-
ness in a loyal city but the O'Connell curse. *The per‘-'
sonal manners 9f ,Lord 'Miilgrave are popular; more of
"yes' than ,of "no" about him; then he had neither
Broughamised, nor knighted Mr. Meagher, nor shaken
hands with the coal-heavers;. he had kit the. trades "to
tread their way to dysty drought," andinanfully resisted
. the thir4y importunities,for porter and whiskey, and he
had not promised,to go. to mass.
If Lord Mulgravt came on this tour for instruction, he
will receive a painful lesson. The triumphant shouts of
the very dregs of the rabble are no compensatiOn•for the
coldness and distance of the-worth, worth, intedigence, and
rank of the county and city. His official station indeed.
requires and obtains a sober, oflicial respect;. but the in-
dependence of private feeling and opinion emphatically'
marks its damning estimate of the agitator's alliance.-
No matter with what image it .may be• impressed, the.
counterfeit. !natal of the O'Connell mint cannot obtain
currency in the country.

Friend and foe seem determined to regard the man and,
•his.office as.a form, and .the. half-veiled influence whielv
inspires.them as the substance; the rabbre shouts for.the
royal representative are therefore notioValty to the
sovereign; the. eentness of the better classes is . not. in-
difference to the Xing .or his deputvelyta hatted of ,the
,patronising agitator and contempt of a stibmissive minis-
try. Applauding or contemning, all see OveOnnell in
the triumphal car. Lord Mtilgrave little needs the,acl-,
moni!irm Of the moral Romans, ite ,yi.bi.dilucent, when .he'
reflects w.ho it is that is seen by The political vision of the
spectators, Seated at his side. Such A reflection .must be
about as painful to the petsonal•feelings or the man, as
the experiment which.bas suggested it must, by proving
,the adverse judgment of the thinking part of the corn-.
munitvebe mortifying to the hOpes id,tlie politician.
Cork :Constitution.