The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-12 00:00:00

IRELAND.

GREAT MEETING OFTHE COUNTY ONIALWAY.
LOUGH: EA, JUNE B.—At en tail), Lour this morn:ng
the carriages of many of use noblemen and gentlemen who
signed tle. rtylis:ien were .to be seen roiiing ihto town
amongst theni were those of Lord Wrench, the Her. Gon
vile Ffrcnch, Sir Jo'en Buz ke, Bert., M. Dillon Bellew,
Mount-Bellew, James Lambert, Sze. These gentlemen;
with others who had been in town from tilt pi-etione teen-
ing. proceeded to l',lonahatr's Hotel, for the purrose of
holding a preparatory meeting to make arrangements for
the general of which was held in the Court-house. A
good deal el interest was excited on account of a rumour
which ‘Vas prevalent here for some daps; that Dr. Mee-Hale
would come in with a oct of resointions, expressive of e
want of confilenee is any Ministry- who would not pledge
themselves to a total abolition of tithes. However, the
good sense and universal feeling, we rniel.t any, of the whole
of the landed p:cprictors and aristocracy of the county
Galway, as well az. the great bulk of the Cuthelic clergy,
were gratified, and all was unanimity.
Meta 11-elf-Fast two o'clock the principal requisitithrists
proceeded to the Court-house, which was thronged to suf-
focation by the country people, thousands of whom could
nut gain admission. When the High Sheriff entered the
Court-house he was received with loud cheering. We do
not exaggerate when we state that, besldes the building
being crowded to excess, it was surrounded by upwards of
10,000 persons.
On the motion of Lord Wrench, which was seconded by
Stephen Donnelim, Esq.,
The High Sheriff was called to the Chair.
After this gentleman had . addressed the meeting, Lord
Wrench rose and concluded an eloquent and most impres-
sive speech by moving the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted :—" That whereas by the Legislative
Union between Great Britain and Ireland, the liberties of
both nations were amalgamated in one common Charter,
we, the inhabitants of this portion of the united empire,
consider ourselves entitled to a full participation of equal
laws and equal. ustice with our fellow-countrymen of Great
Britain." Other r e
esolutions--amoncest which was one
cf thanks to Lord Mulgrave—prefaced by Addresses,
which cannot fail to produce a beneficial effect, were
carried amidst the enthusiastic plaudits of. assembled
thousands. As our space will not admit a report of the pro-
ceedings, we must content ourselves with adopting the de-
scriptive terms of our Contemporaries, the Dublin:
Post and the Freeman. The former journal says that the
meeting, "in point of the rank, influence, and talent, has
certainly been second to none that have been hitherto
held in Ireland. The object of the meeting was for
the purpose of voting an Address to our gracious Sove-
reign—cordial confidence in his Majesty's Ministers, and
a confident hope that no disappointments concerning
any Legislative measures should induce them to abandon
the reins of Government." The Freeman observes " that
it was a noble and timely demonstration of opinion, a demon-
stration every way worthy of the men and the occasion. Galway'
(continues our excellent and right-thinking Contemporary)
has now spoken out, and in language which cannot be mis-
understood has recorded her solemn conviction of the good
intentions of the Ministry, and the absolute necessity of
rendering them efficient support."
TITHE BILL.—One of the consequences of postponing
this measure has at. length become pretty evident. The
Bill is becoming unpopular. The tax has become odious
under any shape. The landlords arc no.v beginning to de-
nounce it as sturdily as the tenants. But when the new
Poor-law Bill comes into operation—when the landlord is
handed a receipt for the parochial-assessment in part satis-
faction for his rent, we beg to ask with what temper will
he put his hand in his pocket for tithes ? The Irish Pro-
testant landlords were never good tithe-payers. Lord
O'Neil, one of the greatest Orangemen in Ireland, and
erst Grand Master of the Confraternity, is the most re-
nowned tithe-recusant in the country. But when his
Lordship and others will have to pay their quota of the
Poor-laws, with what feelings will they regard the Parson's
demand ? We say again, if this Bill, Appropriation
Clause and all, be not passed this Session, there is no
chance, not the remotest, in our deliberate and conscien-
tious opinion, that legislation can do anything for the
Church hereafter.—lbid.
Speaking of. this Bill the Waterford' Chronicle—by
what process of reasoning it has arrived at this conclusion
we have no means of knowing—says
" We believe that tithes, as they are at present, do not
inflict more hardship on the people than this Bill will."
TITHE MEETING.—We understand there will be a tithe
meeting at Baltinglass to-morrow, with a view of adopting
the opinions of Mr. Sharman Crawford on the Tithe Bill.
We hope that the gentlemen who propose to be present at
the meeting will reflect upon the coursechich they are
about to adopt. The measures of the Government, with
regard to the Church, are perplexed enough, God know-s,
already, by their. enemies. If their friends—those who are
passing votes of thanks and confidence, in every part of the
country—shall join their enemies, they will perplex the
matter inextricably ; they will play the game of the enemy,
and, perhaps, ultimately lay themselves at the feet of the
Orangemen.—Dublin Evening Post.
THE CHURCII.—On Monday next, the fourth year of
the Irish tithe campaign will have ceased its worrying ope-
rations, and the rebels, the ruffians, and the attorneys will
all have concluded an armistice until November next.. The
Spanish warfare resembles the Irish in not a few points—
both have been, we believe, in operation for about the same
number of years, and both are equally interminable, harass-
ing, and inconclusive, in their results.—lbid.
DUBLIN, JUNE 7.
GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
The Association held its weekly meeting yesterday.
E. WOLSTENHOLME, Esq., in the Chair.
Mr. FRENCH read the minutes of the last day's proceed-
ings, and the following letter which had been received from
Lord Rossmore

Elvidge's Hotel, June 6, 1837.

DEAR SlR—Knowing how much is due to the exertions
of poor Tyquin by the friends of Ireland, I beg leave to
suggest that a subscription be .commenced to sustain Lis
widow and children ; and that you will have no f.Nection
to receive mine and family. and that you wilt be so good
as to confer with my friend, Mr. Peter Purcell, on future
measures.

I have the houonr to be, dear Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
CAIRNES ROSSMORE.

A. French, Esq., Secretary.
Cairnes Rossmore, 501. ; Hon. R. Westenra, 10/. ;
Hon. ',kith-Colonel Westenra, 10/. ; Col. Westenra, Mona-
ghan Regiment, 51., Hon. Major Westenra, Nlonaghzn,
Regiment, 51. ; Nicholas Fitzimon, Esq., M.P., Si. Capt.
Richardson, Rathheg, Birr, 51.
The above letter was inserted od the minutes and 01.'aered
to be published.

A vote of thanks also to the Noble Donor was moved
byMr..,CLEmENTs and carried.

Several communications were ;.cad relating to the ad-
tresses to the Kiag, and ntiiions to Parliament, in sustain.
mcnt of the present ';/Thistry.
TRADES' T, rtrox,-The Trades' Political Union held its
usual trw„ing last night.
A
memorial was.adopted to his Excellency on behalf of
the artizans of the several trades and manufactures in
Dublin. Its object ii.to secure to this country the supply
of the outfit and clothing of the new police, and such simi-
lar sources of employment.
FUNERAL OF THE TITHE VICTIM.-It appears from
the Pilut,-in whose columns to-day a lengthened and inte-
resting account of this extraordinary funeral appears, that
poor Tvquin's remains were consigned to the tomb on Sun-
day, and that the place of burial presented a most extraor-
dinary and very impressive scene. Our respected Contem-
porary says—" It is a fact that will not soon be forgotten,
that though such immense bodies of the people assembled
no the melancholy occasion of this funeral not one of them
violated the law either by a breach of the peace or by in-
toxication. The whole proceedings were of a character to
give a fixed impression to any thinking man, that in a
country where so steady, peaceable, and determined a de-
meanour has been displayed on such an occasion, there is
little chance of overcoming by persecution the spirit and
resolution of the people."

The Aini/, with that hardened and reckless disregard of
truth and decency, which forms its chief recommendation
in tiff estimation of its paymasters—the Orangemen—this
orgzin of the foe-faction, does not hesitate to describe the
burial of the tithe victim as an " incendiary procession—a
solemn mockery of religion !" Good God ! that there
should exist in the bosom of Ireland a writer who can thus
prostitute his pen to- pervert truth, and avow himself an
alien to the common fecing of his true-herrted coun-
trymen !

Mr. O'Connell has already made the antentle lionourable
to the Black North. He has acknowledged that he was
in error when he stated that the Northcrns were apathetic
or indifferent to the cause of Ireland ; and every day's ex-
perience goes to prove that the spirit of nationality still
pervades a large portion of the inhabitunts of Ulster. We
were the first to chronicle the proud news that the high-
minded and patriotic men of Donegal were arming them-
selves for an encounter with the common enemy. We
have now the satisfaction of stating that they are fully pre-
pared to meet their antagonists on the constitutional battle
field. Captain Hart will certainly contest the county at
the ensuing election ; and unless his friends have totally
miscalculated their strength, he is almost certain of being
successful.—Freenzan's Journal.

Tram TITHE BILL.—Mr. Crawford has addressed a
second letter to his " 00w-countrymen," to whom he re-
presents the new measure as possessing " the character of
complicated injustice and insult." The impracticability of
the well-intentioned Member for Dundalk must excite the