The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-17 00:00:00

p'.CQN.ELL AND. THE, W.HIGS

We have learned that there have 'been fonnd persons suffi-
ciently hardy to suggest the necessity Of conciliating Mr.
O'Connell; and one noble lord is said to liave'undertaketi the
task qt inducing theAritator not to prevent the formatidn of a
newlovernineat by any unrelenting deinknd of Offloe: We are
also informed that the negotiation has so far succeeded that
Mr. O'Connell; who declares that his:patriotism transcends bis
ambition, has consented to ware his claim on condition that be
is to have the nomination of the- Irish-• Attorney and Solicitor-
General, and, we believe, a veto upon the appointment of Lord
Lieutenant. - •

Will this.shallow attempt atth6 'modification of his demands
deceive- evert Lord' Melbourne ? Will Lord.MelhOlirrie be able
to convince the King'of the safety: of a juggle, which bestows
upon Mr: O'Connell all the attribsites of d' minister except the
responsibility? or, •willwe ask it 'in no spirit of hostilitV—Will
any man amongst those whose names haVe• been mentioned as
the present advisers of his majesty,'venture to recommend such
an admission of the- Trretensums'or the man whom they have
eoutiselled.the-iovereign-:tO•detiotinre'from theAhrone, and of
whose principles and intentions, both as regards themselves and
the country; they are perfectly aware—their inforinatiou 4114
knowledge coining from the most unquestionable authority—We
rneari-from'Mr,O'Connell - " '•

Of Lord Melbourne Mr. O'Connell thus speaks in a letter
addressed to Lord Dune:inn-on, dated' October llth, 1834, and
headed "llunitAir FOR THE REPEAL !".-" 1 knOw; and every-
body knows, that- Lord -Melbourne wants 'sufficient powers of
mind to be able to comprehend the facourabtepportunities" af-
fieded him to conciliate the popular party—that.ii, emphatically,
Ireland: i In plain-truth; my lord; it is quite manifest that Lord '
;Melbourne is utterly incompetent for the high office he holds.
It is-lamentable- to think that the'destinies of Ireland should
depend in any degree upon such a person." •
Of. Lord Grey and Lord John Russell Mr. O'Connell says-:--
" Of what value -is it to Ireland, that Lord Grey should have
retired, if he has left to his successors the same proud aud ma-
, lignant hatred he appeared toentertain towards the nation?
Are the representatives of that- sentiment predoMinant in the.
cabinet ?. I KNOB' THAT Lotto JOHN RUSSELL CHERISHES
• FERLINGS of A SIMILAR description. Ireland,•in the unjust'
and disgraceful scantiness of- her reform bill, felt deeply, and
aleplorably felt, that hostility." '
•'O,l Lord-Lansdowne Mr:O'Connell says—" Lord Lansdowne,
too, is-hostile-to Ireland, with a hatred the mere active and per-
severing, because he is bound by' every Obligation to entertain
diametrically opposite sentiments."
Of Lord Plunkett Mr. O'Connell says—" On this account
repeat the chorus of that song: called- the Wild Irish cry,
HuittiA 11• FOR THE REPEAL You area muMi better repealer
than I am—(this is addressed to Lord Dencannon)—Your
conduct, and that' of your colleagueS, has' Made more of the
people inveterate for repeal than any atguinents or exertions of
Minecoald -possibly. ; Continue to govern Ireland under the
'special guidance Orthe father of all the Ilannibirls (Lord Plun-
kett), and you may probably see. the bench—no, that is ground
too sacred to be handled in publicbut you WILL see Ireland
sufficiently strong,to laugh to scorn every malignant enemy, ,
whether whig or orange tory." • • .
-00-the 2! all .October last we find Mr. •O'Contiell sayings—
" The dotage-of•Wellesleyis allowed to doze in vice-regal dig-
nity, and to him, foisooth,• is intrusted the chief government of
Isath a.country as Ireland—the drivelling of a Littleton, a man
of too much canning to possess intellect, and' too varying to
possess "
Upon these last paragraphs we' think we ought to observe,
that since they were written Lord Wellesley has shaken Mr.
O'Connell'hy the hand in the Houseof CorriniOns;' Ptunkett's
sons—the young Haurribabevoted for him in'Dubtin; rind Mr.
Littleton undertook the friendly office of assisting:in strikirig
his election committee.
"Of Lord 'Brougham' Mr. O'Connell says—" If we look to
England, we see the chancellor twaddling in the Most childish
tory-Ism, courting with a discreditable servility the- defeated
remnants of that faction, and pledging his ministry to do no
thing in the ensuing session."-
Here; then, we have some specimens of Mr. O'Connell's views
of character. Let us just glance at the political principles
which he has asserted and maintained within the' same period.
Of the House of Lords Mr. O'Connell says=" The reform of
that house is essentially necessary to the establishment and Sc-'
curity of popular freedom. 1 most anxiously:desire to assist you
in that peaceable struggle by which the House of Peers is, I
trust, shortly to yield to common sense, and 'be converted by law
into an elective senate; subject to the necessary control of public
opinion." • •
Of the whig government Mr. O'Connell says—" We abided,
, . • •
respectrut hope and expectation, your time to' begin to act
.With common sense and common 'honesty towards thelrish pea,
ple. Alas, alas ! with what drivelling fateity, with what. dis-
graceful folly, have yeti deluded,and.deceived us!"
But all this is trifling, eamPar`ed with what we, find Mr.
O'Connell stating at the A:NTT-Toes, Assoct.Olos; in Dublin.
:No longer" agO than the 10th of last Februry--twa monthsago—,
he said upon that occasion,-" I now, in the presence of my cun-
stituents, affirm; and I beseech the meeting not rOattribute my
declaration to any vain or foeliSh ambition fur office, that I would -
beenme a" member' of a new administration, principally that I
might give them an opportunity ,of obi„erving hoW futile are all
attemts nt.foreign legislation .for Ireland."'
Ile was never,"' fie Wald, " naoi.e fully impressed with the
necessity of a domestic parliament; and it was, if possible, more
than ,the most anxious wish of bis,"heart to behold that parliament
once more established "College-Vreen." (Cheeri.) Every,
man should sire rip g:the whigs: they had committed faults.
when in power, arid. faults, too, of R. grave and serious nature.
* * •* I now look torwarsl to the completion of my
lahnOrs 'with a sure and certain hope of its accomplishment.
((sheers.} I begari political career by opposing the union :
I DO Not INTEND TCIC.LOsE IT 1:14T.1L THE I.N IoN IS. REPEALED.
(rielnendOtlS cheers) Yes, I really think that which I
been describing as adr eani about to be realized.. .I,aar ,s one
I should. stand in a :parliament in College-greeu, (continued
applause;) and, as it member of the Irish legislature, it will be
MY pride to propose the aAtre,ss upon that. grand, that solemn,
that 'elorieus occasion in the first Haase of. Commons of regenes
rated Ireland." (Loud and continued scheering_.)
r having Oh, ves, my friends," said Mr. O'Connell, a.e
com-
pared itimsell to Brut u. 5,," my hopes beat high--ray expect:dim:lS
sH:ti.L sic FUI.FiLI.En. It is not Niinity vFhich makes me think.;
it; but I imagine the day is riot far distant ashen ss,me.member
of the Trish parliament will, while standing in .his, place, calf,
-upon his by namer—liail mk: as the father of our country.; for.
the UNION 13 PRosritATE IN TUE DUST, arid:IRELAND AGAIN is
FREE."
These are the. opinions and declarations of 41e.,gentlernan.
who, having been denounced -front the throne under the _advice.
of the whigs, whilln 'he despises,, is at this moineat,,for all we
know, recommeuded by those vets, whigs toalie:Ran.g, as one pf
his ministers, Or
.persuaded to abstain Itvis, pressing hjs.claini,
by accepting the
,gOveririnent of Ireland in an irresponsible
• character,: . .
We haye, suhrnitted these quotations,.. because we are sure it
is most `important that the protestant people should, at the
earliest possible• moment, see the course which the popery
government propose to adopt.
With reflect to the new administration, it seems certain that
Lord Grey .keeps aloof ; Lord John is. married and cannot
come;" .antl Lord Melbourne and Lord Lansdowne are in
communicifi,on, and were on Friday at St. Jaines'.s.
• At:Cording to the new' arrangements, if they ,come to perfec-
tion, Mr. Poulett Thomson and. Lord. 1-lowick are to be in the
cabinet, Hume has generously declined office, upon con-
.clitinn that newspapers are, exempted fronr stamp-duty. Mr.
Charles Wood will. proliably:reinime his. old otlare. •
Mr
,Charles-Grant, who, it is said, feels very awkward under
existing, circumstances, proposes to vacate his
,Seat, in which
case the master of the roils will be good enough to make way
-fur him.
Lord John Russell, upon vacating, will be opposed in Devon-
shire, and; as they say, beaten. Ellice, who saws be shall not
vacater--for which reason, we are sure he ,will—must fight
,Coveutry; and,' Lord Melbourne begins to feel uneasy in his
osition duce he has heaid that his , great partisan, Mr. Fox,
the solicitor,,has turned directly round against, him in the heart
of his own possesSions. Mr. Spring .Ilice is, we should sup-
pose, the most unhappy man in England. . The seals in 183.4
were too great 'a temptation, and with talent and popularity
enough to have kept him always respectable, he is destined, we
conclude, to, be chancellor of the excheeuer. What his success
may be we will not augur; but What sans own feelings must be,
following Sir Hebert Peel, any, body may easily (mess.;
.„ We'do net affect' to know more time our neiglitionrs; but We
have that firm and implicit ,the King, that we fear
much,. less ,than many of °Air correspondents the- result of the
present ,negotiations.
After we had cuncluded this article, we were informed that
Mr. O'Connelthimself stated in the Dublin election committee-
room yesterJsty afterutem, that he. had at first asked ;for. the
attorney-generalihip of Ireland, but an objection being made
to this arrangetneet, he had proposed, as his terms, the,lrish
mastership 'oCtbe rolls for himself, with Mr. Perrin and, Mr-.
O'Loghliti as attbrne'y and sulicitur-general, and three remedial
measures. for Ireland; and, O'Connell further s,ated•that
these ternis.haVe been acceded to, and-that the new government
would,receive the support of those wino usually voted with him.
This,: w e are teld, Mr. O'CUnnell himself. Stated. If .se, 'Goo.
HELP us !--.fidifi Bull..

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Thomas Dibdin, the prolific author of 37. pantomimes, 41 bur-
lettas. and of songs and poems the number of which it is a work
of difficulty to calculate, comes infOrma patipetis before the
public, with- a,compilatitm+tentitled The last Lays of the.last of
the ;Three. Dihdins. This compilation contains 50 new s(ings.
aud poems, ancUlso selections from former productions of his
,unwearied pen. , Under such circumstances criticism is out of
the question, but we may express a-hcipe that this new produc,
tion of a man of considerable talent and of unquestioned indus-
tryl
will induce the public to contrite by their purses tome
assistance to an author whose nem- has been for so many
years identified with the loyalty an .naval successes of., the
country, and from oneof whose fagay, an aged and belplesS
,female, the left handed economy of wtninister of withheld
a paltry pension which ought to have rewarded the services °
her bushancl amihis:.eonsort.— TilliCi. . .. .

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