The Arkansas banner., 1845-05-14

IS hls name--Was a member of that cablnet. He was a farmers friend. It became neces- sary to alter the corn laws, and greatly to modify the tariff, and 1t was not desirable for further purposes, to be hereafter accomplish ed, that the confidence of the farmers m the Duke of Buckingham should be entirely de stroyed. He, therefore, left the cabinet, and did not interfere with the carrying of those free-trade measures. But did he get nothing for so doing' 1 am not able to estimate the compensation which he received, but It was stated in the public newspapers that he re- ceived what IS called "a garter (Laughter.) l Let no one imagine that fhs garter Is that homely article by which stockings are kept up Renewed laughter l do not know exactly what 1t is, because never saw one; l but l have some information from the ordi- nary sources that 1t is decoration, a sort of toy, which the men in the pit of this theatre would laugh at, or be insulted If any one sup posed they were for a moment covetous ol; but still decoration for which gentlemen with long lines of ancestry will do very dirty work. Loud cheers.) know not its use unless 1t be that it gives men precedence of some one else. I have heard of magnetic or metallic rings, some contrivance by which either very wise or very suPersttious people l fancy they can cure lie doloreHr and other complaints; 1t may be that this collar, or gar i ter, may have some effect upon the body; but this am perfectly certain, that 1t comes l like shock Of paralysis upon anything like independence and honorable feeling. Loud cheers) Then the next in the firm is the Duke of Richmond lLaughter.) It is hard to tell whether he is not bigger man than the Duke of Buckingham. He once talked as though he had made the cabinet, and in- timated that if it's members did not do his bidding he would unmake it. (IIear) We'll, one would suppose that the free-trade mea- sures of the government had made the Duke of Richmond exceedingly hostile to 1t. When he talks to the farmers he tells them of his independence, of his having led sol diers to battle some time during the last gen. erafion. and that so long as there Is a drop of blood in lis veins he will stand by the British farmer. Laughter What does all this mean: The Duke of Richmond Is be- lieved 10 be a rich man, but his brothers are supposed to be very poor. He allows his brother. or brothers, a small income out of the family property until they can get settled under the government Now, one of the Duke of Richmond's brothers-I know not whether he has more, but probably he has -is Lord Arthur LennoX, who Is, am told, the colonel of a regiment, and who lately has been placed in office, under this govern ment, as lord of the treasury; and, believe, holds the command of his regiment at the same time The salary of a lord of the treasury is reputed to be about gl, 200 year. Things are very much now as they were when Butler wrote his .IIHdibras;' then it was G200 a year, now it is G1, ,200:
 ..What makes all doctrines plain and elear2
 About twelve hundred pounds year.
 And that which was proved true before.
 Proved false again3 Twelve hundred more.'
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 But the Duke of Richmond has a son known to the public ny the title of the Earl of March, who represents, believe, the district of West Sussex; and he also has had special favor from this government. am told that he eX- paned to some farmers i'll that country last year, that he had left the army and shaved off his mustachios. Laughter. Now, have often suspected that vast deal of the gallant bearing of these men really consists in their musta chios Renewed laughter But am told he has left the Blues,-I may make T mistake in using these phrases, because am not very conversant with such matters, )--| where he was a lieutenant, and he has now an unattached company on halt-pay, and is besides paid aid-de-camp to the commander in-chief, the Duke of Wellington, cabinet minister. ltappears 10 me that this trade of farmers friend is not a hadone. Cheers and laughter. Now, you know the Duke of Richmond is rumored to be in the habit of withdrawing the family allowance when his brothers and relations get settled in life--that is, settled upon you. Laughter. If there fore, by his brother becoming lord of the treasury, he is able to dispense with the al- lowance of f300 year, why, then, that amount is some compensation to his grace for the loss which he sustained owing to the free trade in salmon. Cheers, We now come to Sir E. Knatchbull Laughter. Y ou recollect he comes from the country of Kent; that he once made a speech upon the ques- ton of the corn laws in the House of Con- mons; and, as a country gentleman, mem- Der of the House told me the other day, |it was a very imprudent statement Laughter.
 He spoke of the settlements of the daughters of the nobility and gentry, but never for a moment thought of the settlements of the daughters of farmers and laborers. Hear, hear. It is understood that Sir Edward knatchbull is about to be called to the other house of Parliament-to be, as some people have expresse it, translated , It is further understood tha Sir Robert Peel has declined to give peeragcs or promotions in the peerage since hsadventto office, except on the ground of special service-lor this very good reason, that he had list of applicants so long that it would reach almost from Charing-cross to the House of Commons, and that he did not like, or dared not, promote any one, except where there were special reasons for it, because he would thereby offend all those whom he did not promote. Then we take 1t for granted that there are special services in the case of Sir Edward. According to the newspapers, he is 10 be created Viscomt Peneden.- Laughter. Now, believe there are special services which that honorable baronet has performed. He was taken into the cabinet in lS41, along with the Duke of Buckingham, as sort of decoy-duck Loud laughter I- He was understood to have such an unbem- ished reputation, to stand with character so