The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-02 00:00:00

" Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not," &c:

Should we fail, this will be my rallying word. Should our
grievances coainue, and our redresses be refused, the Asso-
ciation will again spring into existence ; it only slumbers, it
does not sleep.; nor is the spirit which convoked it extinct.
—( Hear.) I make this experiment as my last : I know not
how long it may please my Maker to leave me here below,
and how soon 1 may be called to the great account of a fu-
ture life ! But while here on earth, I find it my duty—my duty
as a man and a Christian—to use every energy of my soul to
raise my country to the dignity of a nation.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. O'Connell proceeded to state that upwards of 4,000 indi-
viduals paid subscriptions of 11. each to the Association :
that 50,000 contributed towards its funds, thus making
close upon 60;000 individuals coming forward to support
it with their money. Of those who paid 1/. each, he
was proud to say that 280 were Englishmen, many of them
members of the Corporation of London. The lion. and
Learned Member concluded by proposing the following re-
solution :

" That, impressed with the most lively gratitude to the
Earl of Mulgrave for his firm, manly, humane, and perfectly
impartial administration of the Government in Ireland,
and reposing unlimited confidence in the sincere and un-
equivocal disposition of her Alajesty's present Ministers
to do justice to Ireland by placing her on a footing of
equality with England and Scotland ; but above all, and
before all, filled with most respectful and dutiful gratitude
to her most 'gracious Majesty for the enlightened and pa-
triotic policy which has distinguished the commencement
of her auspicious reign—we do, under these circumstances,
deem it a proof of our confidence in the existing Adminis-
tration to declare that this Association is dissolved, devolv-
ing the carrying out of its purposes into full effect on the
Irish popular Members in aid and support of the Queen's
Government."

Mr. WOLSTENHOLME seconded the resolution, which
was passed amid unanimous acclamations.
Mr. O'CONNELL then rose and proposed a resolution,
eulogizing and acknnwledzing the great practical services of
the assistant secretary, Mr. T. N. Roy.
Mr. REDstoND suggested that the Association should not
dissolve without putting on record the sense entertained by
the body of the splendid and important services rendered
by Mr. W. J. Finn generally to the cause of Ireland, and
particularly in his successful exposure of the treasonable and
dangerous designs of the Orangemen.
Several g-ntlemen expressed their approbation of the sug-

gestion.

A resolution was proposed, embodying the above senti-"
ments, by Mr. PuacEt.r., and seconded by Mr. REDMOND.
Mr. FINN returned thanks for the honour conferred upon
him.

The proceedings terminated at a late hour.

CLERICAL RAPACITY.-It appears that, in the
year 1835, a Commission was appointed to inquire into the
revenues and patronage of the Established Church of Eng-
land and Wales—that each incumbent was required to fur-
nish the Commissioners with a true and full account of the
value of his living, founded on an average of three years,
ending December, 1831—that the Rector of Earl So-
ham stated the true value of his living was 5151. per
annum,exclusi‘c of a parsonage house—that an Act
of Parliament for the Commutation of tithes was
passed in 1836, and that the Worthy Rector, now
that his tithes are about being commuted, declares their
value to be,_ not 5151., as he previously stated, but 60. V.
The landowners in the parish, notwithstanding this wide
discrepancy, have liberally cffered to commute the tithes,
setting them at 5801., which is 651. more than the Rector's
own valuation ; but no, the worthy Divine says, " I ant
not contented with that, I will have 91/. more than my
own estimate, and not a farthing less will I take." We
will nct ask whether this be the right way for a Minister
of Christ's Church, the Apostles of which were commanded
by their Divine Master to take no scrip, no money in their.
purse," to treat his parishioners ; but we will inform our rea-
ders.that this eminent Divine is also rector of another living
—that of Monk Soham—the value of which is returned at
530/. per annum, and to which is also attached a par-
sonage house.. Whether he has added another 91/.
to that, since the Tithe Commutation Act was
paSsed, we have at present no means of obtaining
correct information, but the presumption is that lie has done
so. In Earl Soham the parishioners amount to 762, and
in Monk Soham to only 433—thus the rector takes 1,1351.
per annum from 1,195 persons, not half of whom attend
his churches, fur preaching two sermons in the week, being
an average of 101. 18s. aid. per sermon, and has besides,
two houses to live in. The pluralist rector of Earl Soham
and Monk &Thaw, is of course a " Conservative" of the
first water. He hates the. very name of Reform as much as
the rabid dog dreads the sight of water ; and like ethers
of his genus, is a rampant, politician. He is also a grand
.stickler for the maintenance of the Established Church, is a
county magistrate, and we need scarcely add, is not over-
respected by his parishioners.—Salfo& Chronicle.
On passing a cottage the other day, early in the
morning, during a very heavy shower of rain, I heard the
sliding up of a window, and on turning my head, saw the
outstretched arm of one of the fair sex, as if for the pur-
posethe weather, when
. she immediately called
out of testingloudina
and audiWc voice " John" (whom I after-
wards learned to be her good husband), come and fetch a
can full of water, for it is not fit to turn a dog 0ur,"..--
Preston Chronicle