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All this is as it should be. At the next

election these trick- lowing— sters will have to hoist Tory colours. They will not again be Carthagena.

permitted to refer to the trimming speeches of Sir ROBERT PEEL PALAFOX as expository of their political creed. The pretence of attachment ESPINOSA Andalusia. to Reform will be as stale and unserviceable, as that of exelu- MIKA Catalonia.

sive regard to the agricultural interests. The " farmer's friends" Connova Galicia. will be asked how they voted on the Malt-tax re seal question ? Rolm,

the Conformers will be called upon to explain how it happened the armies•of CORDOVA and ESPELETA, subsequently to the battle that their politics underwent so marked a revulsion. to; Toryism of the 11th instant, at Arrigorreaga, mentioned in the last Spec- when the Duke and PEEL were driven from office. It will puzzle later ; for the junction took place on the 20th September, the the wittiest and the wisest of the party to give satisfactory an- the British legion keeping the Carlist forces at bay. As yet the

swers to these questions. Carlists have not executed their threat of murdering their As regards the progress of the Registration we have little prisoners. news to report this week. Strenuous exertions are made by both

parties, and should another election take place this autumn, of Louis PHILIP has returned to Paris from his chateau in Nor-

which, however, there is not at present much likelihood, it is plain that for the first time we should see the full force of the be given to his Ministers and courtiers at Fontainbleau.

various constituencies ranged on one side or the other. The im- ODILLON BARROT, whom the Ministerial Papers nickname probability of being called upon to exercise the elective franchise "O'Barrot," has been ',agitating" the provinces and alarming very soon ought not, however, to be put forth as an excuse for the titnormis. Ministers of the French King. A Public dinner was neglecting to serum it. For, in the first place, it is on the, lately gieedtel)iinet the Chateau de Thoriepy, by three hundred presumed and 'in many districts the actual exertions of the of the inhabitants of the Department e nt of La Manche; and he took Reformers that we rely with certainty to prevent the Tories-from the opportunity of deliVering_ a 1i:461;1e harangue,. of which we liezarding another dissolution ; and. secondly, in spite of. human subjoin a specimen. . " Did I see in this reunion but a.personal homage to myself, I should feel precaution, ad event may' happen sehich by the forms of the consti- nothing but embarrassment in addressing you. I know, however, that my tution Must be followed by the summoning of a new Parliament. coming is but the occasion for the present manifestation of liberal opinions. The King, though in excellent health, is seventy years of age. In all countries there occur moments of crisis, in which men have need of meet • Therefore, our exhortation to the Liberals in all parts of the ing, of communicating their mutual anxieties, and of taking precaution in

country is to fight a hard battle. in the Registration Courts. common against imminent danger. We are, at present, gentlemen, in one of

a charge of bribery against their agent, Mr. COSTELLO, before the very time when it should have felt most. It has thrown itself beyond the • D. ublin Election Commission, has resulted in the discovery of an Charter, and beyond the true conditions of its existence. The press and infamous plot, in which the partisans of Messrs. WEST and the jury have received front the Government a severe blow. In such a HAMILTON are implicated. Nothing has occurred to prove that situation, a neighbouring country, our friend and our rival in liberty, would have either of those gentlemen were cognizant of the means by which sent forth its plaints and its protests in thousands of addresses. The would be covered with myriads of meetings, and Government would country their cause was to be bolstered up. But no fewer than six per- soon be warned that it could not violate with impunity the rights of a sons, among them an attorney, a captain, and the servant of great nation. Why has not this been the ease in France ? Why this universal Judge. BURTON, are in prison, or under bail, waiting their trial for silence whilst our Charter is flagrantly violated ? Is this silence an adhesion ? a perjurious conspiracy. The case for the petitioners was closed Sir, I appeal to all if it be not the silence of discouragement and disaffection? immediately on the " blowing up" of the plot : it was probably (Applause.) Yet, after all, what means of expressing their opinions have been deemed useless to persevere in the matter, after the taint which left to Frenchmen? The press is no longer allowed the right of representing or had been fixed on their witnesses and agents. The fact of re- expressing public opinion. Petitions to the Chambers-they may be sent ; but sorting to such means seems to indicate consciousness that the ciations and even private meetings can only be held under the authority of evidence pre. musty adduced was insufficient to support the case the Police. The only legal associations, that of National Guards, Municipal of the petitioners. Next week the sitting Members will coin- and Departmental Councils, may meet for the purpose of congratulating the nience their defence. More than four hundred witnesses have King ; but if they meet for any other purpose they are sure to be reprimanded been summoned to attend on their behalf; and this, it is said, is by an ordonnance of dissolution. Freedom of speech in our country is allowed only the first batch. to flattery and falsehood ; it is always denied to truth. And what is the conse- The conduct of Lord MULGRAVE'S Government in refusing to silence which they render compulsory, become encouraged in their attacks sanction the election of the Orange Mayor and Sheriffs of Cork upon liberty. ' The people stir not,' they say ; ' let us then advance ano. has given exceeding satisfaction to all but the baffled patty. ther step.' And thua trey reach the brink of the abyss, never warned, until We observe too, with pleasure, that when the new Lord Mayor of •too late, by the tocsin of revolution." (Applause.) Du. him w. as presented to Lord MULGRAVE, leis Lordship re- He enumerated some of the gross violations of the Charter by re- minded him emphatically that he was to act as an impartial Ma- the Government, and then continued- eistrate, and not as a partisan. He also rebuked that Prince of they Ministers ire ever talking of and recommending respect for the laws, which Impudence, Mr. Recorder SHAW, who thought proper to be eulo- limy always first set the example of breaking. Since 1789 every successive NEWS Of THE WEER- TOPICS OP TIIE DAY- gistie on the merits of one of the most rotten corporations in Ireland, and one which he knew Lord Mu LGR A.V x's colleagues in The Country 936 Results of the New System of Car- Lord Mui.ottave has just returned from his Viceregal tour in Scotland 939 Government 946 the North of Ireland. The reception he met with is evidence of stissenaneoui 941 Cant among the Public:tut 9A7 the existence of a large body of loyal, well-disposed, and peace- The Army 941 SPEPTATOICS 11.111RARY- able citizens, in a part of the country supposed by many to be