CO MEETING OF THE DUBLIN IIORSE-SHOERS. 
Grey himself was rusty in their eyes; whilst Billy Pitt,Castlereagh, 
and others of the illustrious dead, who had welded the two coun¬ 
tries together, were very freely voted to a place much darker than 
the workshops of these reformers of equine understandings. As 
for the unfortunate devils at Brookes s, who had the temerity to 
turn their unkicked-\$ rearwards upon Dan, never, since the 
days of Polyphemus, was such a vulcano of invective poured out 
by or upon any set of scamps in the creation. A Mr. Brannagan 
delivered himself in a very happy strain of irony, and the speech 
of Tim Rooney the less was replete with many a brilliant spark . 
Both these orators were cheered, and urged forward by animating 
bellows of applause. So many, and energetic, and timed w ere 
their blows with the hammer of reason on the iron of their 
hearers' understanding and loyalty, that they bent them as they 
liked, and the shoe fitted to a T, and the hall resounded more 
melodiously than the most musical anvil that ever responded to 
their efforts. Their enthusiasm w as not forged ; their arguments 
were all steeled at the point , and fireman and doormen seemed 
determined to strike while the iron was hot . The union pressed 
fcpon then sole ; the nails that united them with England were 
driven far too close , and they swore that they would no longer 
be pricked and stubbed, and pared to the quick, and confined 
at the heels, and overreached, and bruised on the corns, and 
cankered, lamed and foundered, by any iron-hearted tyrant. If 
they put iron fetters on the feet of their horses, they scorned to 
wear them themselves; and they would continue to blow the 
coals of agitation, until the whole country w as in a glow, and far 
too hot to hold their opponents. 
It is needless to say that, usually favourable to a remove, 
the breaking-up of an administration which has too long rode 
rough-shod over the people, w T as hailed by this assembly with 
applause; at the same time that many a fervent prayer was 
breathed, that the new set, although now seemingly well clinched , 
might wear out before long. 
A dinner followed, at which every gentleman cleared off his 
heeltap with due loyalty, and a most striking display of native 
talent ensued, for if such artistes possessed not the gift of the 
tongs, who w ould % Most of the company went home ere the 
hour for opening the forge, and, like their customers, upon all 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Mr. C. will perceive the reason of the temporary omission of Mr. Youatt’s 
Lectures. 
Mr. Wilkinson in our next. 
Mr. Sinclair’s communications would be very acceptable. Many thanks to 
him for some useful hints: they shall be attended to in future. 
