NEW TORY REVOLUTIONARY CLUB.
Ax attempt is at present making to import a little of the Irish madness into our peaceful island, hi the shape of what is called an Orange Institution. It must thil, because it wants a necessary ingredient even in an association of thieves,—the members could not trust each other. The Irish Orangemen are sincere fools with a sprinkling of knaves ; the English Club, when complete in its muster, would be found to be just the opposite. Among the proclaimed leaders of the precious scheme, which professes to have pure Christianity for its end, we find (perhaps a forgery) the name of the Duke of CUMBERLAND: he is set down as Grand Master. We need not dwell on the Christian character of this venerable gentleman. The Duke of GORDON, another venerable, is set down in the list as Deputy-Grand. The Duke is a man of mean intellect, but he possesses the craft of a mountaineer, and an insidious courteous- ness, that serve him instead of talent. Those who are acquainted with his little doings against the King's chosen Ministers and greatest measure, express surprise that his Grace should obtrude himself as he does upon his Majesty's hospitality. The good King WILLIAM keeps an open table—the Royal house was otherwise ordered in the time of GEORGE the Fourth, and the Opposition Lords of that day were very different men! The Marquis of CHANDOS is advertised as the Grand Secretary of the Club. He is a young man whose longings for office are much better known than his aptitude. At the time when the Duke of WELLINGTON was casting about for Borough support, Lord CHANDOS, beholding the Mint in perspective, naturally wished to be Master; and had it not been for an.unhappy contre- temps, Protestantism would have lost for ever its Taunted chain: pion. It so happened, however, that the son and the father (who was then abroad) were rivals for Ministerial favour, and the fa- ther having the Boroughs, was, of course, preferred. Every one must recollect the letter to the Bucks electors, the votes of the Duke's nominees, and the subsequent reward of the Lord Steward- ship, at a moment when, from the numerous new appointments, that office offered something much more substantial to its holder than a cart-load of blank-paper. The Marquis of CHANDOS is a young man very much to be pitied. Unaccustomed to the ordinary occu- pations of a country gentleman, and even hating the manly sports of the field, he has devoted himself to political intrigue : his talent for public business is, however, more than doubtful, and, what is worse, neither friend nor foe can be prevailed on to try it in any office of greater importance than that of Orange Grand Secretary.
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