... AFFAIRS. THE following are extracts from a very sensible letter signed A Ratepayer, which appeared in yester- day's l'orihers Whig Concerning our municipal difficulty, can anyone tell what is to be the end of it? That it should have an end Al seem now ...

... cannot be remembered to the credit of the Ministry; and many a voter, when asked to give his vote for the Whig candi- date, replies that the Whigs threw out a Govern. ment that was acting with zeal and honesty, and that was giving the country a good Reform ...

... office ere he gave ample evidence that, so far as he is concerned, go- vernment in Ireland will be carried on, not after the old Whig fashion of disgraceful concessions . and convenient compromises, but with honesty of ipurpose and a fearless determination ...

... only mode of governing Ireland was by hold- e ing out to certain classes inducements, lie would not say bribes, to support the Whig Government. It was absurd to- suppose that it was possible to pua-. chase up Roman Catholic Wbigs in Ireland, and to f preserve ...