The Sun. — London, England, 1821-11-22 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN. IRISH PAPISTS. MR. Forma —Formerly it was the practice to accuse every man of bigotry and intolerance, who evinced any attachment to institutions venerable from age and estimable from experience. But the present period furnishes a new era in history,when it is considered as a proof of disloyalty to speak or to write in support of our glorious Constitution in Church and State, as established at the Revolution, by the wisdom of the greatest Statesmen our history can boast—that Constitution which has secured our religious and civil liberties,—which has given to Britain her proud pre-eminence in the civilized world, —which has been the admiration and envy of surrounding na tions,—and which has raised to Empire the PROTEST - AN T HousE of BRUNSWICK. So general has this modern anti-constitutional mania become in Ireland that those Jour nalists, who' ail formerly been zealous in support of the Pro testant interest, have of late closed their columns against every thing Protestant: but it is_easy to foresee what will be the re sult of this weak and strange apathy in Protestants, —this crimi nal dereliction of principle. In the hope, however, that the rentagion may not have extended to your side of the water, I ion : am now induced to trouble you with a few observations upon - . a recent gross misrepresentation of the preponderance of the Popish population of Ireland over the Protestant ; of which I do not find that any notice has yet been taken ; and which, if not contradicted, may have no small degree of influence upon the minds of many in Great Britain, as well as in this country.— Should you think them worthy of a place in your constitutional paper, they may lead to further communications upon this vital question. It has lately been mentioned in some of the public prints, that the present population of Ireland amounts to six millions and a half ; though I know not upon what authority. Of these the Popish Bishops, in their late address to his :Majesty, claim ed four-fifths, or five millions two hundred thousand, as be longing to the church of Rome ; and, upon the like occasion, the Presbyterian Clergy stated the members of their commu nion to amount to one million. This last estimate I consider also is much too high, without the smallest idea of charging those n-spectable Gentlemen with any intention to mislead; for if, by a census taken in the year 1732, by order of Government, the whole population was found to be under two millions; and if, by the account of the lateDr.Burke,titular Bishop of Ossory, it amounted in 1731 to two millions ten thousand two hundred and twenty-one,—a difference so trifling as hardly to be con sidered as worthy of notice, it is certainly allowing a great deal to say that it had doubled in the space of ninety years ; when in England and Wales, the population had increased only one million and a half in a century ; therefore, I think there can- not be one million of Presbyterians, taking in every Scot, in Ireland. Were that respectable body, the society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, to claim the residue of three hun dred thousand, it might riot be a more extravagant hypothesis, than that the Roman Catholics constitute four-fifths of the po pulation of Ireland ; in which case the Protestants would literal ly be " Men in buckram." This hyperbole might be amusing, were it not mischievous ; and, when the Conclave of Popish Bishops approach the throne, with so gross a misrepresentation, it is time that the fallacy of such vague assertions should be exposed—not by similar asser tions, but by references to authors of unquestionable credit; nor will the Popish Bishops, it is supposed, presume to call in question the authority of one of those authors, Doctor Burke, Titular Bishop of Ossory, as to the proportion Protestants bore, in the year 1731, to Roman Catholics. A few years antecedent to the Revolution, the whole population of Ireland, by Sir Wm. Petty's survey, amounted to one million one hundred thousand ; and Mr. Chalmers, in the year 1791, estimated it at tour millions two hundred thousand. The last named author computes the population of England and Wales, at the period of the Revolution, to have amounted to nearly seven millions and a half; ard, in 1794, to nearly eight mil lions and a half; consequently, the population of England and Wales increased only one million and a half in a century : while in Ireland the population nearly quadrupled in the same space of time. Upon the authority, I suppose, of Mr. Chalmers, the Roman Catholic Committee, acting on behalf of their Body, in the year 1792 stated the whole population of Ireland to amount to four millions; of which number they claimed three-fourths, leaving one million for Protestants, and every class of Protestant Dis senters. In the year 1803, Mr. Denis Scully, " the Catholic Adviser," stated in his work, the Roman Catholics to be four-fifths of the whole population,—a most miraculous in crease on their part, while the Protestants were on the de cline ; and the Popish Bishops have adopted the same idea, in magnifying the physical strength of the Members of their Church : but let the candid Reader judge, from the following Extract from the Appendix to a work published in the year 1800, and entitled " A Fair Representation of the present political State of Ireland," how far those Reverend Centlemen were warranted in making such a statement to their Sovereign. _ _ " Relative numbers of Protestants and•Romanists in lx eland." " Sir., W. Petty, in his " Political Anatomy," states the proportion of Protoakits and Romanists to be as three to eight, • in the year 1672, Irears before the Revolution ;so that at that time the Irish Protestants amounted to more than one third of the inhabitants of the Country. In the year 1732, an accurate enumeration was made, by order of Government, of all the families in Ireland, distinguishing the Protestant fami lies from the Romish in each province; and a calculation was made from thence of the numbers of the Protestant and Romish Inhabitants of Ireland : it was printed in Dublin in the year 1736, and reprinted in 1788. It appears from this calculation, that in the year 1732 the number of Protestant Inhabitants was to that of the Romish in the proportion of one-to two and a half. Dr. Burke, Romish Titular Bishop of Ossory, wrote a book in Latin, which he entitled ' Ilibernica Dominicana :' it was printed at ,Brussels in the year 1762: and he particularly states, an actual enumeration was made of the numbers of Protestants and Romanists in Ireland in the year 1731, and that there were, found to be seven hundred thousand four hundred and, fifty-three Protestants, and one million three hundred thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight Romanists•: so that the proportion of Romanists and Protestants was not, in the year 1731, quite two to one, according to Dr. Burke.— It is very likely that this Romish Bishop had very accurate in formation of the relative numbers,—perhaps better than that which could he deduced from the documents stated in the pamphlet containing the calculation made in 1732. Dr. Burke also states, that the proportion had much increased on the Pro testant side between the year 1731 and the year 1762, when he wrote, by the operation of the Popery Code, and the Protestant Charter ; and makes grievous complaints of the increase of heretics., as he styles Protestants. The Popery Code conti nued in full vi our till the year 1776, and its operation, toge.. tiler with fie Chatter Schools, must have increased the proportini on the Protestant side. There is a modern do- cartrent Wlich tntitt have great weight in, this question, taken from the numbers of beggars admitted into the House of Industry in Dublin, for the course of six years, be girming with the year 1784, and ending with the year 1789 ; and their respective religious persuasions." "'The House of industry is a general receptacle for all beg gars, who flock into Dublin from all parts of Ireland ; for there are no Poor Rates in Ireland. Divine Service is per formed separately in this receptacle for persons of the two per suasions, and Chaplains are retained for each by the Corpora- Romanists. 1870 2435 2912 3341 3643 3615 Numbers admitted : Protestants. 1784 696 1785 768 1786 1794 1787 1493 1788 854 1789 798 Sum total 6,403 Protestants. 17,816 Romanists. " The Rorr.ish Beggars admitted during a course of six years did not exceed the Protestant Beggars in the proportion of three to one. The House of Industry is filled with the few est class; and as the property in the hands of Irish Protestants is to that in the hands of Irish Romanists as thirty-nine to one, the proportion of beggars on the side of Irish Romanists to' those on the Protestant side must vastly exceed the propor tion of Romanists and Protestants in the Nation at large. Be sides, although wandering beggars flock to Dublin from all parts of the Kingdom, the fewest certainly come from the Northern' Counties, which abound most with Protestants; for having a flourishing manufacture, those counties send forth fewest beg gars. From all those documents it may be fairly concluded that Irish Romanists exceed Irish Protestants in numbers throughout the whale Kingdom in no greater proportion than that of two to one, perhaps in a much less." I have now shewn, I trust to the satisfaction of every ra tional dispassionate Reader, from authentic Documents, that, in the year 1672, the Protestants and Roman Catholics were in the proportion of three to , eight,—in the year 1732, as one to two and a half ; and By Doctor Burke's account, which will doubtless have greater weight with Roman Catholics than Sir Wm. Petty's ".Political Anatomy," or the Census taken in 1732—that the Roman Catholic Population was not in the year 1731 quite two to one ; yet Popish Orators and Writers have, for the last thirty years, blazoned forth the great superiority of their numbers over Protestants, starting from three-fourths to four-fifths of our whole population of Ireland ; and, strange to say, the Advocates of what is called Catholic Emancipation, have adopted the same boastful, some might think, threatening, language. It is neither my wish tor 'my intention. to irritate and, if Roman Catholics entertain the same sentiment, they will refrain from such hyperbolical exaggerations of their phy sical strength, which savours too much .of-the old system to allow their Protestant fillow subjects to think they were sincere in their lately expressed wish for unanimity and con cord. SIDNEY. Cork, 1821. STATE OF IRELAND. The following important intelligence is ex tracted from The. Limerick Chronicle of Saturday Last : A BODY of WHITE BOYS met by the MILITARY. On Thursday morning last, at four o'clock, a considerable number of armed White Boys at tacked the house of Maurice HeWson, Esq. of Finuge, near Listowel, in the County of Kerry, in search of fire arms. The shots were dis- tinctly heard at Gurtenard, the seat of John Church, Esq., a distance of two miles, upon which Mr. Church disp . atched his son, Edward Church, Esq., with Captain Ball, Lieutenant Quade, arid twelve privates of the 40th Regi ment, and the gallant Mr. Kitson, Chief Con stable, to his relief. This party, by Mr. Church's judicious plan, took a route by which the instil-- gents were likely to retire, after accomplishing their purpose, and by that manoeuvre came up with them between Mr. newson's house and the mountains, towards which they were proceeding. They were instantly challenged and commanded to surrender their arms, but instead of comply ing, they fired upon the soldiers, who as quickly returned one volley, and then charged them with the bayonet, which soon put them to flight in all directions. This gallant hand, however, suc ceeded in taking five prisoners, which, with six horses, two guns, a carbine and bayonet affixed, all in good condition, were brought into Listowel. By letters received from Mill-street and its vicinity, it appears that there is not a Gentle man's residence from Kanturk to that town, with the exception of Drishane Castle, the seat •of Captain Wallis, and Rathroe, the seat of Denis M'Carthy, Esq. that has not been visited by these nightly disturbers of the peace and tran quillity of the country, who prowl about in search of arms. In most instances they have succeeded. DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER. This morning, between five and six o'clock, John M'Queen, of the 79th Highlanders, a sen tinel posted at the King's Stores at Mardyke, whilst walking from his box at the corner of the station to the extreme end of the building, an assassin rushed from under the shed, near the stores of John Kelly, Esq., where the villain had concealed himself until the soldier was within two feet of him, when he fired a pistol at his head. Two slugs were lodged in his hand, which happened to be raised up, and the powder com pletely burned the hair off that side of his head. One of the parish watchmen, on hearing the shot, came to his assistance, and the guard having been sent for, a fruitless pursuit was made. Desperate Attack, and brave and success! Resistance. At one o'clock on the morning of Wednesday last, a party consisting of several hundred fellows commenced an attack upon the house of the Rev. Henry Bevan, Vicar of Bruree, in this county. Without any previous notice whatever, they fired a volley of musketry into the windows, whiclt were completely demolished ; they then de manded his arms, threatening him and his family with instant death unless he delivered them up. Upon Mr. Bevan's refusing their demand, they proceeded to break open the hall door, which they soon effected by means of sledges and crow bars. Mr. Bevan and his son, a youth of about sixteen years o: age, kept up a brisk fire upon the assailants ; and, after an obstinate contest which lasted upwards of three hours, compelled the ruffians to retreat. It is supposed that several of them have been wounded. One man who was dressed in a blue coat s pan taloons, a white 'sash round his waist, a rocked hat and white feathers, and , who was called by his companions, " Captain Rock " has been severely wounded, if not killed, as Mr. Bevan had a full view of him, and fired at his white sash, when he instantly cried out, " Oh! mur der !" The party were met, shortly after their retreat, between Bruree and Charleville, by a person who saw three wounded men on a car, proceeding towards the latter town. N young lad, named Graham, servant to Mr. Bevan, bp hayed in the most brave and determined manner, in beating off the ruffians ; and actually, assisted by Mr. Bevan, jun. followed them for some dis tance in their retreat. Further Particulars.--This desperate gang forced the back gate leading to the yard, and, from a lobby window, Mr. Bevan commenced firing on them—his fire became so brisk, and the window so completely commanded the entrance,. that not a man attempted to approach the yard. They then came to the front door, which was soon smashed to pieces with a few blows of sledges. When the door lay prostrate, they called out to Mr. Bevan to surrender his arms. Mr. Bevan had then taken his station on the first landing of the stair-case, and he answered them by saying—" Come on, ye cowardly rascals—l am ready for you—you shall have the full benefit of them first." Not an individual dared to enter ; and, as they crossed to each side, Mr. Bevan or his son. were sure to have a flying shot. •At one time, the Captain shewed himself near the door, and young Mr. Bevan, taking aim at his apron or white. sash, fired—there was an instant confusion among the entire gang—one. cried out " murder !"—another said, " Captain, supply us with more ammunition, and order up a fresh detachment," and another cried out, " Lieutenant Sledger, advance ;" but in a few moments, they called a retreat. When they first commenced breaking the hall door, some immense large stones, which had been placed for the purpose outside an upper window, were pushed down, which must have had sonic effect, as one fellow was heard to screech vio lently.—Mr. Bevan's house, was so much injured, that, to protect his family From a second attack, before he could get it repaired, a party of the 93d have been sent to his assistance.—A number of farmers' horses were taken from the lands of Lackinavi, near Kirmadulla, on Sunday night, and were found next morning at Carrigstoher, near Nenagh, much fatigued, and some of them greatly injured. [FROM THE. CORK MERCANTILE CHRONICLE.] OUTRAGES IN DUIIALLOW.—After the assailants had been beaten off from the house of Mr. Purcell, they returned with pitch or tar, for_ the purpose of setting fire to the house ; and while they were in the act of smearing the woodwork of the win dows with such combustible materials, with that view, Mr. Purcell, with great resolution and presence of mind, repaired to the leads of his house, whence he threw down large stones on the incendiaries, and again put them to flight, without hav ing accomplished their design. This spirited conduct of Mr. Purcell is entitled to the warmest praise ; he reminds us of his gallant namesake Sic John Purcell, who some years ago defended himself with so much intrepidity from the attacks of a ferocious gang of robbers, who broke into his house. We are glad to learn that many other gentlemen, as well as Nlr.Purcell; have fortified their houses. It is an example which ought to be followed. And those who deem that the best part of valour is discretion, should send their arms to a place of safety, and not keep them a tempting prey to the Insurgents. No man should keep arms unless he has the courage to defend them. if: -- 1'i. 31; , / 4 : • \ s , ~.,,...e SOd._, ; i2- - 4 , i, MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. Monday, November 26, LONDON, Nos. 4, 46, 71, 104, 305, • 321, 407, 458. COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 246, 320, 490, 546, 578, 707. Tuesday, - 27, LONDON. No. 65. COUNTRY. Nos. 33,_67, 63, 143, 427, 537, 668. Wednesday, - 28, LONDON. Nos 36 . 2,349 12, Lodge 91 o, f 8e235, 2, .- nevolence. COUNTRY. Nos. 84,112.215, 314, 414, 440, 442, 478, 548, 549, 661. 29, LONDON. N 04.7. 86, 222, 327. Gen. Com. Fern. Sch. at 12. COUNTRY. NOS. [lO, 176, 453. - 30, LONDON. Nos. 10, 11, 2W, 399, 409. CouNTItY. Nos. 53, 236. Thursday, Friday, IRISH WOOL. The Annual Sale of IMPROVED Igisit Woor, was held at the Dublin Farming Society House, Summer-Hill, on 22d and 23d October, of which the following Summary will afford our Readers some information as to the extent of the Sale, the Quality and Value ; the Lots selected will also give the average price of the different species contained in them. The number of Fleeces sent by Lord Lismore exceeded that of any other. Proprietor; the Earl of Mount Cashel appears to be the second on the catalogue. When it is considered that such a large portion of Ireland is admirably fitted by nature for the pasture of Sheep, which produce Wool of the finest description, and that it is at present in most instances neglected and unpro ductive, perhaps an hope may be indulged, that from the im proving spirit of the age, and the exertions of the different Farming Societies of the Country, this national object will re ceive increased attention from the Landed Proprietors, tending, as it must, to advance their own interest, benefit their tenantry, and promote the encouragement of Irish Manufactures. Total number of Fleeces sold 10,01 iFleues Sold for account of Lord Lismoie Merino, Ist quality Do. - do. - - Do. - do. - - . Do. - Merino cross, Ist qual. Do. - do. - - Do. - Merino cross, unwashed Do. - Irish - - Do. - Merino Lambs - Do. - • Broken and Skin Wool Sold for account of Earl Mountcashell, Merino Wool, 4th cross' Do. - do. - - Do. - do. - - Do. - do. •• - - Do. . - Merino, 3d and 4th cross Do. - Merino on Leicester Do. - Merino Wool - Do. - do. - - Sold for account of Earl of Shannon South Down - Do. - do. - - Do. - Culls - - ' Sold for account of lion. It. Hare South Do,wn, Ist quality Do. - - do. - - Do. - do. - - 185 189 18(; 112 110 687 711 715 471 448 248 Price. s. (I. 2 5 2 5 2 3 1 5 1 6 2 4 1 4 2 0 1 10 2 0 1 11 1 10 1 5 2 3 2 3 1 11 111 1 4 1 9 1 7 1 9 SINGULAR INSTANCES OF CONSANGUINITY.—III a vil lage adjoining the City of Bath, there are now livin g , in one house only, four persons, who are related to each other in not less than eighteen different degrees of consanguinity ! viz. one brother, one sister, two mothers, two daughters, one uncle, one great uncle, one father, one husband, one wife, two nieces, one grand-niece, one grandmother, one nand-daughter, one mo ther-in-law, one son-in-law, one sister-in-law, one aunt, and two first cousins.—The two eldest members of the family are brother and sister by the same father and mother, who are . both dead. The sister has a daughter, who is married to her uncle. 1 her own mother's brother, and by her uncle the daughter has a daughter.—The names of the family are John, Salley, Grace, and Ann.—John is brother and son-in-law to Salley, husband and uncle to Grace, and father and great uncle to Ann ; Salley is sister and mother-in-law to John, mother and sister-in-law to Grace and grand-mother and aunt to Ann • Grace is daughter to Sall ' Salley,. niece and wife to John, and mother and first cousin to Ann ; Ann is_daughter to John and Grace, grand-daughter to Salley, grand-niece to John, first cousin to Grace, and niece to Salley-, New York Papers arrived this morning to•the 27th, and Boston Papers to the 28th October. (From the New York Paper of the 26th October.] HEA LTH OF NORFOLK.-The Norfolk Board of Health has issued a proclamation, dated 22d October, assuring the public that they may re new their intercourse with the town without the least danger ; there had been no attack of malig nant fever later than the 13th instant. HEALTH OF A LEXANDRIA, - The Mayor of Alexandria announces, that one case of malig nant fever had been reported within the twenty four hours ending on the 21st instant. II rAurn OF BALTINIO nr.—The Baltimore Board of Health informs the public, that owing to the severe frosts in the nights of the 17th, 18th, 19th ; and 20th inst., the malignant fever has entirely disappeared, no deaths having occurred from it since the 18th instant ; they advise all persons to return to their homes. The daily reports are to be discontinued. [From the Boston Paper of the 27th October.] PENSACOLA, SEPT. 22.—Capt. FERRAND, from New Orleans, states ) that the St. Stephen, JONES, and the Washington, MAYNE, of New Orleans, and the Bright Phoebus, of this place, were lost in the storm of Sunday last. Capt. F. reports, that all on board the Washington perished ; on board the St. Stephen and Bright Phcebus no lives were lost. [From the Montreal Paper of the Oth October.] We understand that the survey required by the 6th article of the Treaty of Ghent has been completed last season by the Commission, super intended by Mr. BAzr.r.y ; that the Commis sioners of both nations agreed to meet at lirica on the 23d ult., for the purpose of comparing the results of their respective operations, but that our Commissioner having fallen sick, their ren dezvous was altered, and shifted to New York, where •it has produced nothing decisive of the boundary line, which must, therefore, be sub mitted to the arbitration of some friendly Sove- reign. The Washington City Gazette supposes the amount of claims presented to the Commissioners on Spanish Spoliations to be 15,000,000 dollars, and that it is hardly possible 5,000,000 dollars can pay the principal of actual losses embraced by the Treaty. The whole number of memorials already presented exceeds 500. BURLINGTON, 0 CT. s.—Lumber Trade.—Since the prohibition of American lumber in the Cana dian market, many of the adventurous Gentle- men are very wisely turning their attention to the Southern home market. Several contracts, we understand, have already been entered into for planks, and we anticipate that many more will speedily be made. It is excessively painful to read the accounts of continued outrages with which the Irish papers abound. We have inserted in another column the particulars of a few of those atrocious scenes into which the infatudted peasantry have been betrayed. By accounts from the town of Mal 19w, it appears that the disturbances in its vici nity are far from being abated. The military force there has, however, been augmented by the Staff of the North Cork Militia, consisting of about 96 effective men. A band of Ribbonmen, it appears, has been enconntered by the mill la ry, and put to flight with loss: The brave resistance of the Rev. HENRY B EVAN, of Bruree,to the party of marauders who attacked his house will be read with admiration. We hope his courageous ex ample will be generally followed. Government, determined not to overlook the disturbances, or , allow them to be committed with impunity, had issued a Proclamation, appointing an extraordi nary establishment of Police in the two Baronies where the tuwultuary and lawless spirit had principally manifested itself. THE IRISH YOTIKSHIRE.—A. most numeroaS and dignified meeting of the Magistrates of the extensive County of Cork has been held at But.' tenant, where the Hon. RICHARD HARE, M.P., r having been called to the Chair, the disturbances of the neighbourhood were fully discu3sed in the presence of Lord AYLMER, the Irish Adjutant ._ who came down by order of the Lour, LIEUTENANT ; and it was resolved, That the state of that part of the country did not re, quire the aid of the Police Bill, but that any attempt towards lawless conduct could be substantially defeated by the activity and firmness of the Magistrates, the loyalty of the inhabitants, and the military force in the neigh- 1 bourhood, upon all of whom the most decided confidence might be placed ; and therefore they thought it advisable to decline the inter-' ference of the Police.—lf the Magistrates and the Inhabitants of the other parts of the country would thus unite, all would be well.—We can also state that at Listowel, in Kerry, where Lord Viscount ENNISMORE has very large estates, and which adjoin the county of Limerick, every thing is in the most tranquil state. There is nothing, at the present moment, of greater interest and importance than correct in-f formation respecting the state of Ireland, and particularly as relates to the religious, moral, and political sentiments and feelings of its popu- lation,—to its real distresses or imaginary griev ances,—and to its natural resources and capabili ties for sustaining its inhabitants in comfort and security, and for developing their faculties in such a manner as to give the most advantageous direction to their physical energies and intellec tual powers. Notwithstanding the vast importance of the Sister Island to the grandeur, strength, and inte grity of the Empire, notwithstanding its geographical proximity to England, and the simi larity of a great portion of its people to those of this island, in their religion, .their language, their manners, and national character, and not:- withstanding the calamities to which for centu ries they have been subject, in consequence of the injurious influence of some untoward, though hitherto, perhaps, undiscovered circumstances, in its political constitution, or in the peculiar frame of society which has been produced by its con quest and colonization by England,—we are ashamed to say, that so little interest has beer excited by its value to the State, so little spy pathy by the consanguinity of its people to the EngliSh nation, and so little commiseration 14 their sufferings, that the people of Great Bri tain are - generally more ignorant of its past his. tory and present condition, than they are of tb discovery and colonization, and of the existing circumstances, of the most distant and coinpara tively insignificant . dependencies of the Britisl Crown. There are, of course,. many reasons for sup posing that Government is: in possession of rnor , extensive and more correct information respect ing Ireland than has hitherto been obtained the public, though, from the little attentiol which has been paid to the concerns of this vita part of the Ilritish:dominions, by such persons a are best qualified for conducting an accurate. in vestigation into all the peculiarities of its condi tion, even the Government . may possibly h deprived of the additional lights which migt arise from frequent discussions, and froM that se vere scrutiny to which conflicting statements ar usually subjected .by the advocates of contend ing parties, when the public evinces a dispositio to attend to their disquisitions, Deeply impressed, as . we are, by a convictio that no permanently advantageous change can effected in the situation of Ireland, until at lea the nature and character of its population sha have been ascertained, we present to our Reade this day, with unfeigned pleasure, the letter 44 SIDNEY," written . by.a Gentleman who Ic been much distinguished by his enlightened vie of Irish affairs, and by the accurate and laborie researches which he has frequently institute for the purpo3e of establishing or disprovio many of those Confide'tit allegations that ha been advanced respecting them, and which. t! apathy of the Public has too. generally receiT' without due examination. The present valuable communication of " NEV") ju:Alj complains" of the excessive IRELAND. At a late General Examination, at Cork, of Children in the Scriptures, before the Loun Brsuor of Cor.K and the Clergy of his Diocese, twelve Freemason Charity Children, out of eighteen of that description, obtained premiums. PRICE OF Tilts DAY AT Tv Bank Stock ‘)39 F STOCKS WELYE O'CLOCK. I 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.... 110 8 I Bank Long Ann.... 19 9-Itiths India - Bon& 68s: Excheq. Bills, 1 pr. pir Cons. fur Account 7B ..... . . 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons, 78 78,i 31 per Cent 88 4 per Cent 96i HIGH WATER AT LONDa Morning, 45 minutes after 0. , N BRIDGE TO-MORROW I Evening, 5 minutes after 1 THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUJI AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1821.