The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-08 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FEB. 6.

THE COUNTY CART.OW.—WC have received cheering ac-
counts from Carlow. The Tories appear to be paralised, not-
withstanding they have managed to parade a candidate. The
day of battle cannot be far distant. The people must continue
on the alert. It would be well, we should think, if the Asso-
ciation were to depute a few of its members to urge upon the
minds of the people the necessity of a vigorous effort on this
all-important occasion.— Pilot.
The Mail, as usual on such occasions, assumes a bold and
confident tone, telling us that everything augurs well for the
cause of Conservatism in Carlow. 'We think there can be
little doubt indeed that Mr. Vigors will be returned by a large
majority. The result will show whose prediction, is best
grounded. The victory of Longford is but the harbinger of
a glorious triumph in the county of Carlow.
LAW APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. O'Loghlen was this day sworn
in as Master of the Rolls, and Messrs. Woulfe and Brady as
Attorney and Solicitor-Generals. They were warmly greeted
by their several friends. Immediately after being sworn they
proceeded to the Levee at the Castle.—Pilot.
MR. SHARMAN CRAWFORD. —Mr. Crawford, we believe,
leaves Dublin, where lie is this day, to meet his constituents to-
morrow. We should think the conference of the electors may
end thus, without compromising either party. The electors
may state their firm opinion, as they did before, that " in case
the fell principle cannot now be realized, an instalment, accom-
panied with the appropriation clause, may be accepted, if, by
throwing cut such a hill, the existence of the present Govern-
ment may be risked." Mr. Crawford will then know whether
he can or cannot represent his constituents, and he will have
time previous to such a Bill being introduced to consider it in
all its bearings, and then either to resign his seat with spirit,
or to hold it with honour. We strongly recommend such a
prudent deliberative course to both parties.—Pilot.
ATTACK UPON TI:E MILITARY.—Tuesday last, between three
end four o'clock in the afternoon, a corporal and two privates
of the 22d depot, escorting a deserter from Tipperary to
Mitchelatown, were threatened by a violent mob of, country
fellows on the road near Galbally, who called on the small
party to liberate their prisoner (and lie happened to be a na-
tive of that part of the country ), or if not they would stone the
military to death ! The corporal temperately but firmly-
warned the crowd of the dangerous consequences, should
they attack him in the discharge of his duty ; but finding
them heedless of the remonstrance, lie_ told them they
should not obstruct his progress unless at the risk of life.
Observing the assailants still press on his party, armed,
too, with stones, spades, and pitchforks, he presented his
musket, and cautioned the foremost that he would shoot the pri-
soner before they should rescue him, and ordered his com-
rades to prepare themselves. At this ci isis the deserter ob-
stinately refi'scd advancing another step with the escort, and
threw himself on the ground, at which signal the country fel-
lows commenced pouring a furious volley of great stones upon
the military, when the corporal, no doubt under a strict seite
of duty, discharged his gun, wounding the deserter in the
shoulder. Before the lapse of another minute the corporal
was struck to the earth by the blow of a stone, which fractured
his skull, and while laying senseless on the ground, the two
privates
fired in defence of their lives two shot's each, wound-
ing five or six of their desperate assailants, who now rushed
upon the little party in overpowering numbers, and before they
could reload, knocked them to the earth, seized their arms, and
would have sacrificed them on the spot to their vengeance,
after releasing the deserter, but for a gentleman who happily
rode up, and with extreme- difficulty prevailed on the infuriate
multitude to spare the soldiers' lives. The corporal labours
under a severe fracture of the back of the head, while his two
comrades are in a hopeless state from bayonet wounds and con-
tusions. Hogan was the name of the deserter.—Linieriek
Chronicle.

Tl►e Countess of Essex is convalescent. The at-
tack of influenza under which she suffered was very severe,
but her excellent constitution has carried her through.

MONEY MARKET.—The feeling of the City on the
subject of the proposed inquiry into joint-stock banking may
be very briefly stated. They would infinitely prefer the decla-
ration of some principle as to the future management of banks
to another collection of evidence similar to the last, and they
are decidedly of opinion that the recent management of the
Bank of England should not be left out of any form of inves-
tigation that may be resorted to. For the sake of the Bank
itself, as well as the country at large, this last point is most
strongly urged, for without the confidence of the moneyed in-
terest it can never go on successfully or efficiently, and that
this has been severely shaken, if not destroyed, by events
which have recently taken place, any man can testify who has
been in the habit of late of mixing in the higher commercial
circles. What has occurred within the last three months in
the management of joint-stock banks, whose general difficul-
ties have been matter of public notoriety, will furnish evidence
of the most useful kind, and, as the recent investigation by the
Bank of England must have sifted the system to the bottom,
it is hoped that the full details will be shortly submitted,
through the Committee, to the public, that they also may hare
the means of forming a judgment upon it. In the opinion of
the best-informed men in the city, no public question was ever
brought forward in which a speedy decision was of so much
importance as in this case. Every department of trade is at
this moment languishing, not for the want of demand, or pro-
pitious openings of all kinds for commercial enterprise, but
literally because no certain or steady policy is pursued, or can
at present even be hoped for, in the management of the cur-
rency of the country.— Times.
The Vice-Chancellor having, upon an ex-parte
application, at the instance of Messrs. Colnaghi and Co.,
granted an injuuction to restrain the sale of that number of
Ryan's Portraits of Conservative Statesmen, which contains
the portrait of Sir Robert Peel, the public are hereby informed
that proceedings have been taken ; and the proprietor of this
magnificent work feels no doubt that the injunction will be dis-
solved in a very few days. No. 1, containing portraits of Wel-
lington, Wharncliffe, and Lyndhurst ; and No. 2, containing
Newcastle, Sidmouth, and Follett, may still be had of all book-
sellers—price twelve shillings each Number.—James Fraser,
publisher, 215, Regent-street, Feb. 7.
MAJOR SKINNER'C OVERLAND JOURNEY TO
INDIA. SECOND EDITION.—The reputation Major Skinner
acquired by his " Excursions in India" will be increased by
the present work, which is the most charming book of travels
that the year has produced. Accustomed to rough it through
the world, he submits without a murmur to those hardships and
privations which would horrify a common tourist ; familiarly
acquainted with the remoter East, he enters into the Asiatic
character, adapts himself readily to its usages, and transfers to
his pages the spirit of its manners ; whilst the skill with which
he seizes the distinctive features of persons and things, his
graphic and animated style, and the happy art by which he in-
vests every incident and almost every scene %%lII' a personal
interest, would impart an attraction to the most common oc-
currences and every-day scenes. Our perusal of these vo-
lumes has been accompanied by something of the spirit of
youthful reading, when one turns with enthusiastic delight
over a narrative of strange lands, and watches the termination
of the book with a feeling akin to that which is felt at parting
from an agreeable friend on a dull road. —Spectator.
THE DUCHESS OF LA VALLIERE AND MA-
DAME DE NIA INTENON.—We congratulate the public on the
re-publication of these two charming tales. The character
of Madame de la Vallire is well known, not only from the
interest which the beauty and misfortunes of a royal favourite
must always excite, but because the mistress of the most
powerful and illustrious monarch of his age, who reigned for
seven years in a court, without ambition, and buried herself
in a cloister at the age of 28, could not be hated, nor, con-
sequently, calumniated by her contemporaries. Madame do
Genlis has really touched the heart in these moving tales, and
displayed a most perfect genius and moral taste in every page of
her work.—Messenger. . .

" ABEL ALLNUTT."—The popular Author of
" Hajji Baba," " Zohrab," &c., has struck into a new line of
fiction in his new work, " Abel Allnutt," in which Mr. Mo-
rier has successfully accomplished an union of the style of
Goldsmith and Fielding ; that is to say, of the sly and quiet
humour of the former, and the strong portraiture of character
aboianding in the latter. These qualities arc brought into the
service of an English story of modern life, developing the
newfangled chicaneries, whether arising in the Stock- Ex-
change or in the existing bubble companies, or from the tricks
of pettifogging attorneys, or from the mean inanreurres of
would-he-fashion Ales, which are too often pot into action to
ruin the simple, the unwary, and the confiding.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1837.

In the House of Lords yesterday the proceedings con-
sisted only in the presentation of petitions from Poole,
Derby, Chard, Bradford, and Morley, praying for the
Abolition of Church-rates.

In the House of Commons Mr. It. Bowles (a Tory)
the new Member for Evesham, took the oaths and his seat.

Petitions were presented from all parts of the country
calling for the extinction of Church-rates.
Petitions on the following que,tions were also seve-
r.dly presented :—From Salford for the Repeal of the
Poor-laws Amendment Act ; from Linlithgow on the
subject of registering fictitious votes in Scotland ; from
Bristol for the removal of the soap tax ; from Glasgow to
the same effect ; from Limerick for the introduction of
Poor Laws into Ireland.

Lord MORPETII, in reply to a question put to him by
Sir G. SINCLAIR, respecting the Irish Tithe Bill, said that
he did not know whether Government would be able to
bring it forward before Easter or not.
The remainder of the evening was occupied with the de-
bate on Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion, for leave to bring in
a Bill for the Reform of the Irish Municipal Corporations.
As we have made some observations elsewhere on the Bill
brought forward last night, we shall here only state that the
present measure of Municipal Reform does not differ from
the Bill passed by the Commons last year, in principle ; nor
in its great features is there any dissimilarity. The prin-
cipal alteration in the details of the new Bill, consists in
vesting, under certain regulations, the nomination of sheriffs
in the Council, and not in the Crown.
At twelve o'clock, after several long and elaborate
speeches, one of which, Mr. Sergeant JACKSON'S, was strongly
spiced with personal sarcasm, the debate was adjourned.

The speech with which Lord JOHN RUSSELL introduced
the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill into the House of
Commons last night will be read with unmingled satisfac-
tion by all who regard the tranquillity of Ireland as an object
of national importance. That it will be equally gratifying
to the partizans of the " Ascendancy" faction we cannot
presume to anticipate. It has always been the policy
of that faction to keep a spirit of hostility between the
two great:classes: into which the people of Ireland are
divided—the Catholics and the Protestants. To rouse
into activity all the unsocial feelings, to foment every
wicked passion that has a tendency to make man the
enemy of man, has ever been the object, and the too
successful object, of the Orange-ridden Governments
with which Ireland has been so long cursed. To
the Tories, therefore, the Orange Tories particularly,
the dawn of peace is not, as it is to all true patriots, the
" day-spring from on high," that is to usher in the full
splendour of the perfect day, but the " darkness visible,"
that shows them their own deformity, and reminds them,
at the same time, " from what state they fell," never to
rise again. To them we think Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S
speech will—dealing as it does in fact and argument, and
not in declamation—not be much more palatable than gall
and wormwood.

The Noble Lord commences his masterly address by stat-
ing that the present Bill differs in no material respect
from that which was brought forward last year. The only
point to which he thought it necessary to refer was a
change -in the manner of appointing the Sheriffs in such
boroughs as have the privileges of counties. According
to the Bill of last year it was proposed that this appoint-
ment should be vested in the Town Council ; by the pre-
sent it is provided that the Council shall nominate three
persons to be presented to the Lord Lieutenant, who
may or may not select one of them for Sheriff. In the
latter case three others are nominated by the Council, and
if the Lord Lieutenant shall think all these also unfit
for the office, the unqualified appointment is to be vested
in him. The Noble Secretary then enters upon the state
of Ireland at present, as contrasted with what it was under
the ancien regime, and proves, by a reference to official docu-
ments, that at no former period was there any thing like the
tranquillity and order that prevail in the sister country. The
test which is adopted to make out this most important
point is one which cannot be objected to by the most cap-
tious opponent—it is the diminution of outrage and crime
among the people. Lord JOHN RussELL does not content
himself with quoting the addresses of the Irish Judges,
congratulating the Grand Juries at the late Assizes on the
unprecedented lightness of the calendar (extracts of which
addresses a ppeared in The Situ of yesterday) ; but shows,
by a comparative arithmetical statement of the cases of
crime at (Efferent periods, the almost incredible improve-
ment which has taken place in the morals and habits of the
Irish people, since they began to feel that they were under
a paternat Government. We mn=t refer our read„, to the
(.peeelt itself for tie particulars of this highly interesting
statement, Merely observing that the only answerLantwer

indeed !—which was attempted to this strong evidence in
favour of a conciliatory system of rule in Ireland was, that
this tranquillity and this absence of crime were occa-
sioned solely by the absolute influence which the General
Association exercised over the people. Now, if this be so—
if the Association does actually possess this power, and
exercises it so beneficially, our earnest prayer for the As-
sociation is, es to perpetua. Unfortunately, however, for
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON'S quibble, it so happens that this
decrease in the number of offences against the laws has
been going on gradually. It did not begin simultaneously
with the operations of the General Association ; but was
going on in a steady progression, when that great organ of a
people's wishes, and monument of a people's power, sprung
into existence. What must the Learned Sergeant and his clique
feel, when they find the extraordinary fact sent abroad
through the world, that.the number of crimes in the whole of
Ireland last year, was less than those committed in a
single county a few years ago !
The next topic which Lord JOHN RUSSELL took up, and
which he handled in excellent style, was the defence of
the Irish Government from the charges brought against it
by the Orange people. -He pointed out—with great
force, and exquisite irony—tho mean shifts to which
they and their Protestant Association had had recourse, in
order to blacken Lord MuLGRAvr. Nothing, in short, was
ever more triumphant than this defence—nothing more com-
plete than the castigation inflicted upon the opposite party.
This was felt acutely by the champion whom the Tories
put forward to answer Lord JOHN. Mr. Sergeant JACK-
SON rose in a great rage, and instead of apply-
ing himself to the question before the House, ut-
tered for two long hours little else than personal abuse
of Mr. O'CONNELL. This indeed was, with the exception
of Lord CLESIE NTS' and Mr. ROEBUCK'S excellent ad-
dresses, the main characteristic of the remainder of the de-
I bate.

In to-day's Times we find not less than two columns
filled with Mr. ENEAS MACDONNELL'S Index to the Let-
ters lately addressed by him to our Cotemporary, and now
republished in one volume. This Index is an exceedingly
sprightly affair—as such things are apt to be—and is by
fear the cleverest, most amusing, and best written portion
of the work. We have a high respect for Mr. MACDON-
NELL as an Index-maker. His learning and abilities are
every way fitted for such a task ; and would he but perse-
vere, we think we might promise him high preferment as
one of the wooden sign-posts of literature. Nay, we will
go further and say, that in his present Index he has exhi-
bited powers singularly and daringly original ; for who but
a MACDONNELL would ever have dreamed of' making
such a work the vehicle of puffing a MACDONNELL ?
WARREN and RowLAND, inimitable self-eulogists as they
are, have never yet hit upon a scheme so novel or inge-
nious as this? Conceive two mortal columns of Index de-
voted, almost exclusively, to a recapitulation of the various
intellectual merits of the compiler ! We extract a few of
these egotistical uzorceaux, which, if we mistake not, will
both surprise and edify the reader :
" Resting, Right Rev. Dr.—laudatory attestation to conduct
of writer, as agent to the Catholics of Ireland.
Kolar', Right Rev. Dr.—laudatory attestation to conduct
of writer, &c.
Loffan, Most Rev. Dr.—laudatory attestation to conduct of
writer, &c.
Logan, Right Rev. Dr.—laudatory attestation to conduct
of writer, &c.
O'Shaughnessy, Right Rev. Dr.—laudatory attestation to
conduct of writer, &c.
Prelates, Roman Catholic—laudatory attestations to conduct
of writer, &c., p. 159, et seq.
Ryan, Right Rev. Dr.—laudatory attestation to conduct of
wrlter, &c."

This is only a small—a very small—portion of the "lau-
datory attestations" which Mr. MACDONNELL enumerates
with such complacent minuteness. Let us see now in what
terms he speaks of those who refuse such " attestations :"
" Sheehan, Rev. John—false and calumnious attack on writer.
Trades' Union, Dublin—Their impertinence towards writer
corrected."

This last moiceau is exquisite. Was ever a powerful
fraternity so keel-hauled in an Index before ! ENEAS
is the very JUN ius of Index-makers ! His sarcasm takes
the skin off, like a blister. But even this, rich as it is, is
nothing to what follows. Under the head " Tithe Bill,"
we find

" Lord Morpeth invites suggestions—Writer suggests."
" Writcr suggests ! " How terse, and yet how imposing is
this ! What an unrivalled sample of epigrammatiC
egotism ! Lord MoRPETH expresses a wish to receive
suggestions on the subject of Tithe, of course from
those best qualified to offer bins advice ; and 10,
Est:As steps forth, evidently under the impression that
lie was the very adviser whom his Lordship had in his
eye ; and that unless lie " suggested," all would be over
with the Irish Secretary and the Irish tithe-system ! We
should not have noticed these little escapades on the part
of the bashful ENEAS, if we did not distinctly see that his
Index is drawn up for no other purpose than to give him
an opportunity of repeating his own praises of himself.
The " Letters of JuNius" have no Index ; why then
should the " Letters of MACRO HELL" But enough of
this subject.

The Paris papers of Monday contain no political intelli-
gence of interest. The Siecle states that a succession of
diplomatic notes are passing between the Cabinets of Lon-
don and Paris, on the subject of a war with Russia. The
negociation is supposed to arise out of a secret treaty be-
tween the two Powers, by which they mutually pledged
themselves to unite against the Autocrat. It is strange
that we should never before have heard of such a treaty.
We suspect the whole affair to be a fabrication.
Ministers anticipate a partial defeat upon the Civil and
Military Tribunals' Disjunction Bill ; but they will not re-
tire in consequence. To break their fall, an amendment is
to be proposed which shall satisfy the Chamber, and to
which they will give their support.
The accounts from the North of Spain are unimportant.
General SAARSYIELD is at Pampeluna, with about 800
infantry and 400 cavalry. Brigadiers CONRAD and ESPE-
LETA command two divisions of this force, the third being
under the immediate personal direction of the General him-
self. Pampeluna is well supplied with provisions and ap-
pointments for the troops. General IRRIBAREN'S force
upon the Ebro has also been reinforced by the arrival at
Lodosa of a Christino column, composed of 2,000 cavalry
and 900 infantry.
The latest advices from Madrid are to the 30th ult.
The Minister of the Interior was recovering fast, and it was
expected that he would shortly resume his official functions.
The Cortes had decreed that all secularized monks and
nuns shall be entitled to acquire and hold property, and
to enjoy all the common rights and privileges of other
classes of Spanish subjects.
PARIS. FRB. 6.—We have this morning received a letter
from Oran, dated Jan. 23. It announces that it is in contem-
plation to conclude a treaty of peace with Abdel Kadir. The
following are statod to be the conditions :—" The fortress of
Tremezen to be restored to the Emir, to whom a port on the
coast would be given up, to have a vent for the disposal of the
produce of the province. The hostile tribes have long been
unable to carry on any traffic ; at this moment there are in the
interior of the country great quantities of wool. The Jew
Baron Duran, who would be the representative of Abdel Kadir
to our Government, would doubtless make all the profits, for
the monopoly of the trade would undoubtedly come into his
hands. The portion of territory comprised between the sea
and the mountains of Bausiri, Jonaial, and Ghelina to remain
to France, and the Emir to undertake to render all disorder in
that tract impossible. The Arabs in friendship with France
to remain under Mustapha." Such is the proposed treaty which
is the general subject of conversation, and the Jews, who are
usually well informed, seem to be much satistied.—Constitu-
tionnel, Feb. 6.

FRENCH FUNDS.-PARts, FM 6.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 25c. 20c. 15e. 10c.
Four per Cents., 1011.
Three per Cents. 7911 35c. 20c. 2rx.
Rank Actions, 2,110 f. 2,105 f. 2,400 f
Rente de Naples, 981. 45c. 50c. 3.5 c. 30c.
Roman Five per Cents., 102. N.
Spanish Actives, 25'14%v.
Spanish Differes, 111,j
Spanish Passives, 7.
Portuguese 'three per Cents. 31%.
Haytian Loan, 375 f.
ECNCOANGE ON LONDON.
One mouth, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 251.
Three mouths, paper, 251. ; money, 2511 10c.
-['oars Authentrvic.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 35)c.
Three per (*etas. 79f 40e.
Bank Actions, 2,100 f.
itente de Naples, 91'. 90c.
Raman Five per Cents., 1021,..
Portuguese Three per Cent., 31
Haytian Loan, 3791.
Spanish Actives, 201's.
Spanish Passives. 7.
New• Differes, 11.

There was an extraordinary attendance of strangers
under the gallery of the House of Commons, last night, to
hear the debate on the Irish Municipal Bill. We observed
among them the Duke of Palmella and the American Ambassa-
dor. Th.;,, latter tool; his place on one of the seats appropri-
ated to Peers, by miF,taLe, of course. His. F.Neelleney being
reminded of his error by one of the officers of thr House,
withdrew behind.

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

The Loan CHANCELLOR in the course of the morning stated,
that as soon as the paper of appeals was cleared up to the
end of the last Term, which he hoped would be the case in a
reasonable time, he should proceed with original causes. It
was necessary that parties concerned in the business he should
then proceed upon, should have due notice of his intention, so
as to avoid any inconvenience from counsel having had their
briefs delivered in cases pending in the Vice-Chancellor's
Court. After disposing of the few appeals that remained, set
down to the last day of term, he should take the paper of
original causes.
Mr. Wioakm enquired of his Lordship if he had come to
any determination relative to the days he would sit in the
House of Lords ?
The LORD CHANCELLOR'S intention was, unless some sug-
gestion was made to the contrary, to sit in the House of Lords
this Session on the same days he had done last year—namely,
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, devoting the other three
days of the week to the business of the Court of Chancery.

ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.)

BOULTBEE V. BOULTBEE.

The MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied with this case the
whole of the morning. It came before the Court upon further
directions and costs, but contained no point of interest.

EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

(Nisi Prius Sittings before Lord ABINGER. )
lIIVRRA/ V. SCOTT.

Mr. CHANDLER opened the pleadings.
Sir WILLIAsi FOLLETT stated that this action was trought
against the defendant as the registered proprietor and printer
of a paper of very considerable circulation, the Morning Ad-
vertiser, in which appeared a libel upon the character of the
plaintiff. The plaintiff was an extensive dealer in marine
stores ; he was a most respectable man in that line of business,
and dealt with Mr. Alderman Thompson, and others of the most
respectable Houses in London in the iron and lead trade. On
the 24th Oct., the plaintiff, who resides in High-street,
Bloomsbury, sent a cart-load of old lead to Messrs. Maltby
and Walkers, in Lambeth, and was to receive in exchange
some new lead. When the cart reached Grafton-street, Sobo,
one of the Thames police officers seized it, and took it to the of-
fice to which he belonged, and an investigation took place before
Mr. Clarkson, the Magistrate. This occurred on Monday, and on
Thursday following a report of the investigation appeared in the
Advertiser, as of the previous day. In that report,the plaintiff was
stated to have declared that he -was Linable to state from whom
he had got the lead, which was false, for with the exception of
a few cuttings, he stated to the Magistrate the names
of the gentlemen of whom he had purchased the lead—stating
particularly that the greater part of it had come from
the house which had been purchased and taken down for the
purpose of the Greenwich Railway Company. The libel
went on to say, that the Magistrates cast reflections upon the
plaintiff—that great depredations in lead had lately taken
place—and that Marine-store shops gave too easy access to
thieves for all kinds of plunder; and it further stated that the
plaintiff was fined 51. for not being able to account satisfactorily
for the possession of the lead; that four cwt. of the lead was
condemned for the use of the Crown, and the Magistrate was
made to say that he considered the plaintiff's business as a
great nuisance. These charges were very detrimental to the
character of the plaintiff; they would be proved to be untrue;
and it would be for the Jury to say what reparation in damages
the plaintiff was entitled to.
The formal proof of the publication was then given, and Sir
W. FOLI.ETT was proceeding to call witnesses to prove the re-
mainder of his case when our reporter left.