The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-07 00:00:00

IRELA ND.

DUBLIN, No.. 4.
GUNPOWDER PLOT.—We stated on Tae,day, that . on
to-morrow the parsons would fire a general vol:ey from all
the pulpits in Ireland, in honour of the Gunpowder Plot,
as well as in celebration of the Landing of William I IL—
both of which events occured on the sth November.

Some of the country papers which titre ~ince retched
our office conta.n similar intimations.

If the follow.ng paragraph, which we extract from tI.O
Evening Packet, Lc correct in i.orne of its ste.temelits—
that it is not correct in all we have reason to believe—
there can be no doubt that the parsons will proceed to
execute their menaces :
" Remember, remember, the fifth of November."

A umour is current that the Rev Dr. Elrington his re-
sigred his chaplaincy to Lord Mnlgrave under the follow-
ineciicumstances :—lt being intimated to the Doctor that
he was expected to preach in the Castle Chapel next Sun-
day, h: required .to know whether it was intended that the
service fixed for the sth of November by Act of Parliament
would be read, and being inforn-e I. in the negative, the
anter at once declined becoming a party to such a vioh-
tion of law and of the formularies of the Church, as by law
estahLs'n d, by tendering his resignation. The. Act, esta-
blishif g a certain form of prayer for the day, passed in the
third year of King James the First, and that Act not only
enjoins that the particular service shall be said, but directs
that " the Minister of every parish shall give warn;ng to
his parishioners publicly in the church at morning prayer
the Sunday before, for the observation of said day." The
form of prayer is thus introduced ;
• " A form of prayer and thanksgiving to be used yearly
upon the sth of November—for the happy deliverance of
King James the First and the three estates of England,
from the most traitorous and bloody intended massacre-by
gunpowder. And also the happy arrival of his Majesty
King William on this day, for the deliverance of our church
and nation."

We rather incline to think the powers that be, slaves
though they are to Popery, will on due consideration shrink
from a violation of the statute law. The resignation of Dr.
Elrington will probably bring them to their senses, and
cause them to abandon their evil designs. If the statute
should be repealed, let an Act for the purpose be passed ;
but so long as it is the law -of the land, it should be obeyed,
and respected by all, and above all by those placed in au-
thority over us. • We do hope that a Minister of the
Church will not be found to lend hiMself to such a dis-
graceful proceeding as that of I iolating the law.
What, if it should turn out that the Dean of Lb.:, Chapel,
Dr. Vignoles, in answer to the inquiry of Doctor Elrington
—acting, we have no doubt, under a mis'Apprehension of
the usage—told the latter that the: Gunpowder Service
would not be read, and that be made this communication
'to the Profesor of Divinity wi!..nout consulting his Excel-
len7 ? That Doctor Elrington resigned, and the resigna-
tion has been aceeptedsis perfectly true.
But, the material point, after all, will be the political and
mad sermons to-msrrow.—Du3lin Evening Post.

CITY OF DUBLIN PETITION.—SO then, it seems, that
after having, for four 'menths, essayed by every art that
could be put in practice to extract money from the Eng-
lish bigots and fools, who are stupid 'enough to belong to
the anti-Irish faction, the honest gntiemen electors and
supporters- of the Conservative e'..ididates have found out
now that " there is evidence sufficient to justify the prose-
cution of the Petition" against Messrs. West and Hamil-
ton. This very suodued form of expression is all that " a
minute and Larcrul investigation of the several grounds
for petitim;'enables the gentlemen electors to adopt at their
' meetir;„ held on Monday last, the ex-Attorney-General
:Ina veteran chief of the party, the Right Hon. Wil-
liam &writ!, in the chair. Now, we have elso had some
opportunities of acquainting ourselves with the details
of the case, and we arc qualified to tell Mr. Saurin, and
the party at large, that the defeat of the petition on the
merits is as certain as that to-morrow's sun will rise, and
that, in this instance, at least, the dupes who will be tre-
panned into subscribing will get no value for their money.
As to subscriptions in Dublin, they will never be had in
any thing like the amount requisite to carry on the peti-
tion. The fellows here have been brought up to the sys-
tem of inking; and giving, for public objects is unknown
to their practice. On this principle, however, they will
prove themselves admirable recipients of whatever contri-
butions their British brethren may be humbugged to supply.
To these latter we cr', " Take care of your pockets ;" but
the caution they have hitherto exhibited in this particular,
will probably render our warnings wholly superfluous.—
Ibid.

MR. O'CONNELL AND THE BALLOT (Box).--In the
afternoon of yesterday.this distinguished gentleman visited
the Chamber of Commerce, followed by a person bearing
a newly-invented Ballot-box, which appeared to afford per-
fect security against fraud of any kind, and to ensure se-
crecy completely. The large table, at the side of which
Mr. O'Connell placed himself, was immediately surrounded
by the mercantile men of all parties, to whom be explained,
in great detail, the advantages of the piece of mechanism.
't'o this object he devoted upwards of en hour, answering
the objections which were made by several persons to the
plan of the box ; but the proceedings were rendered highly
amusing by the conviction which " the Lecturer" seemed
to.entertain that the pi inciple of the Ballot was so certain
of bziog conceded as to lease little to settle now save the
2n aciiitztu through which the suffrages should I.)J received.
The box was, we believe, forwarded from London by Mr.
.Grote, for the purpose of being exhibited in the manner
adopted by Mr. O'Connell. It bad been previously "on
view" in the lobby of the House of Commons, and was much
approved of there.

THE EARL OF DURHAM.—TIie newspapers of
" the two extremes," natinue to attack the Earl of Dur-
ham's speech—the Tories with the. rabid ‘iolence of blind
and' undiscriminating hostility—the Ultraißadicals, for the
greater part, with somewhat more moderation, but in the
querulous tone of men who, without having a tangible
ground for quarrelling with the Noble Earl, yet venture
.4 to hint. a fault and hes:tate dislike"—while others of
them broadly denounce his Lordship as one in whom con-
fidence ought no longer to be reposed. Temperate and
reflecting observers—steady, practical, honest, and inge-
nuous Reformers—will know how to estimate these ebulli-
tions of corrupt and factious hatred on the part of the Tories,
and the no less unmerited and unjustifiable inuendocs and
as)ersions breathed against the character of the Noble Earl
by the opposite party ; who, professing to agree with the
enemies of all Reform in no one article of political faith,
yet rush into an ungrateful and unprincipled alliance
with them, to decry every man who does not reach the
standard they have established as the test of wisdom and
virtue—though his whole life may have been employed in
extending and consolidating the liberties of the people. It
is worthy of remark that the miters of " the two extremes"
concur in another respect in this crusade. In all the at-
tacks upon Lord Durham that have fallen under our notice,
with regard either to local or national politics, we have not
seen one in which the passages of his speech selected for
criticism have not been distorted to suit the purposes of tho
commentator. It is a hie' compliment to the Noble Earl
that his detractors, finding nathing in his conduct or lan-
guage t hat, by an honest iepresentation of the one, or a
candid interpretation of t le other, would render him amen-
able to the judgment they have evinced such eager haste
to pronounce against him, arc compelled to have recourse
to practices utterly oppos:•(1 both to honesty and candour.
It is gratifying to koow, however, that far the greater num-
tor of the public journals supporting the cause of Reform
have united to do justice to Lord Durham's integrity and
the statesmanlike ability and foresight which have marked
his whole political career.—Durham Chronicle.

EIRE AT Bow.—On Friday night, about half-
past ten o'clock, a communication was received at the
Eastern Engine-station of the Fire-Establishment that a
most destructive fire was raging in the village of Bow.
The engines immediately started to the spot. On tlTir
arrival the fire was discovered to be at the oil and varnish
works belonging to Mr. Poulson, Bromley New Town,
Bow-common. It appeared that the. fire commenced in
the manufacturing-room, and, by the negligence of the
workmen n, who hatj caused the bailers to be over-heated,
by which the combustible liquid they
.contained became
ignited, and in a very short time the boiling-house was en-
veloped in flames. 011 the arrival of the Wellclose-square
engine, which .was on the spot within twenty minutes after
the alart*had been given, the flames had extended to the
warehouses and storehouses at the eastern part of the fac-
tory. The engines worked from the canal ; and although
every exertion was used to stop the fire, by eleven o'clock
the entire_range of buildings were in ruins, and the whole
of the contents consumed. We understand that this is the
third time This year that the premises it question have
been destroyed by fire, and on each *ccasion has been at-
tributed to the carelessness of the persons employed
therein..

A horrid case of murder has occupied one of the
Provisional Tribunals in France. A mad of the name of
Maze, a farm servant, had married a widow, who possessed
some little property, but who was also possessed of what
was less welcome to the fellow—five young children. He
appears to have made several attempts to murder these
children, and one of them is supposed to be in a decline
in consequence of his ili-treatment. One of his attempts
p7oved completely sueces,ful. He had ascertained, on one
occasion, that a violent kick which he had given one of the
childr-ort io the belly had left no mark behind, and, specu-
lating on this observation, he actually kicked the poor child
to death. His only object appears to have been to relieve'
himself of the expense of maintaining the children. Tee
French papers mention the remarkable character of mild-
112SS wbieh distinguishes his features. He has bceag con-
demned to death,

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We refer cur readers to an account of the Flititshire

Reform meeting at Holywell, on Saturday last, for an
elucidation of some points of importance at this time,
when so much interest is attached to the working of
the Reform Bill. The Hoo. E. M. L. Mostyn, the

unsuccessful Reform candidate at the last election,

stated the result of an analysis of the voters, by which
it appeared that if tenants-at-will had not had the
power to vote, he would have had a majority of 84.
"At the election," said the Hon. Gentleman, " ob-
tained 901 votes, Sir Stephen Glynne 935, giving him a
majority of 84. Of the 901 there were 576 freeholders,
95 leaseholders, and 230 fifty pound tenants-at-will. 01
Sir Stephen Glynne's 935 there were 549 freeholders, 40
leaseholders, and 346 tenants-at-will. Of the freeholders
I had a majority of 27, of the leaseholders 55, mak.ing a
total of 82 ; but Sir Stephen Glynne had a majority of 116
tenants-at-will, which left me in a minority on the gross poll
of 34. By this I wish to show you that I was defeated by
a combination of landlords against me, and by their prac-
tices of intimidation and coercion, whilst I can lay my hand
on my heart, and say w ith sincerity, that I violated no
man's conscience—(Applause)—and I can sifely contrast
my conduct with that of the despot who, in the evening of
his days, sets friend against friend, and parish against pa-
rish."—(Hear, bear.)
This may fairly be taken as a sample of county
elections in general. The Squirearchy might as well
have had the direct power of voting, for they return the
representatives. The leaseholders and freeholders voted
for Mr. Mostyn ; but the tenants-at-will, the thralls of
the Squire, for the Tory. The analysis of the parsons
is not less curious. " When I consider," says Mr.
Mostyn, " their unscrupulous and indelicate conduct,
and, after promising neutrality, when I find some of
those who promised neutrality my most active op-
ponents, I cannot help again looking at my analysis,
where I find that sixty were registered, twelve of whom
did not exercise their franchise ; but of the remaining
forty-eight that voted, thirty-nine voted against, and
but nine for me." If this proportion be taken as that
of the Church in general, we must consider the
rate of Tories to Reformers as six to one. Lord
Dinorben, in endeavouring to answer the question,
why Mr. Mostyn did not continue to represent Font-
shire, observed
" There may be others amongst you, gentlemen, that can
account for this better than I can, and who are better ac-
quainted with that prodigality of purse and promise, and
of the intimidation of agents, which have been used to
stifle the public voice..—(Hear.) I believe they have been
very actively employed on a late occasion throughout tthekingdom, and I have been told that they were not inactive
in our own county.—(Bear.) I have heard of bankers' ac-
counts being withdrawn.—(Laughter.) I have heard of
honest tradesmen being threatened with loss of custom—
(Hear)—and of farmers with the loss of their farms—the
object of their industry and the support of their families.—
(Applause.) Nay, still further, I have heard of party zeal
chilling the impulses of eharity."—(Great applause.)
Are we to have a repetition of these doings every
election ? We wish Lord Ebrington would ap-
ply himself seriously to answering this question.
What hopes are there that the middle claases
will suffer themselves to be baited in this way
for the sport of men of property ? The Ballot
must be adopted if the Reformers wish to hold
their ground. Lord Dinorben did apply himself
to the question like a man of sound common sense.
" The weak," he said, " must be protected against
the oppressions of the powerful ; and I am compelled
to join the ranks of those who seek for that protec-
tion in the Ballot. I would couple that with the
household franchise. Of household franchise I have
always been a warm friend ; but I confess that I have
been a late, and perhaps reluctant, convert to the
Ballot. But though late and reluctant, I assure you
that I shall not be the less zealous advocate. But you
will remember that the subject is one of paramount
importance ; that it is—is our own representive system
to recede to a state worse than that in which it was
before the passing of the Reform Bill, or are we to
realise the benefits intended for us by that Bill ?"
The degree of hold which the Ballot has taken
of the minds of the electors may be inferred from
the effect produced by Lord Dinorben's declara-
tion :—" On the venerable nobleman," says the
reporter, " making this declaration the whole company
simultaneously rose and gave three cheers, which were
succeeded by clapping of hands and long continued
plaudits." This feeling cannot be baffled by evasions.
We bold it to be the part of a wise statesman to yield
in time, with a good grace, what cannot be ultimately
refused. We are far from advocating the adoption by
Ministers of changes for which the people are not
prepared ; but, on the other hand, it is equally unwise
to resist, without any intelligible reason, changes on
which the people are seriously bent. We foresee, and
account no great degree of penetration necessary to the
discovery, that a Ballot will either cement or dissolve
the Reform party, It is a question which the people
will not suffer to be treated with indifference.—Morn-
ing Chronicle.
Had Dean Swift been now referring to the Conser-
vative Festival which took place at Hull on the Ist
inst to celebrate the return of Sir Walter James and
Mr. Wilberforce, the great master of irony might have
been tempted to place his remarks under the simple
bead of "No reaction ! " It might not indeed be con-
cluded that there was an anti-Radical re-action in
Hull, merely because 500 respectable gentlemen sat
down there to dinner for the assertion of constitutional
principles, for there has, we will undertake to say,
never been a moment at which the great bulk of men
of education and character, from north to south of
England would not have eagerly assembled for the
same purpose, had their presence or absence from such
a scene been made a test for solving the inquiry whe-
ther they were or were not Radicals. No, the ques-
tion of " reaction " or " no reaction " was to be other-
wise decided. Why did these gentlemen now assemble,
and what did they desire to celebrate ? They met to ho-
nour that exertion of constitutional spirit through which
two Conservative Members were returned to Parliament
for their borough. But there was something more be-
hind. To make way for two Conservative members there
were two Radicals to be turned out, two dogged Ra-
dicals of the second table to be sure— one of them a
personage of scribbling notoriety—the other a mute in
Parliament, we believe, or nearly so, but neither of
them above the rank and file of faction—men who, as
inhabitants of a trading town, might have lived long
in unstigmatised obscurity, but who as Members of
Parliament raised that which in itself was but a defect
—namely, their want of personal importance—into a
visible and prominent blemish. The election of such
men to Parliament is always a sign of unsound and
sickly tines. Their dismissal from Parliament in
favour of more wholesome organs of the national
voice bespeaks, on the other hand, a return to politi-
cal sanity. It was, then, the rejection of a pair
of " catry-out" democrats that the festival at
Mill was designed to exult in ; as well as in the
substitution of two members chosen from among
the educated and highly connected gentlemen of
England—men whose zeal for the support of our
institutions in Church and State has been pro-
nounced emphatically and manfully, and who came
before the constituency with banner flying, and crest
and motto conspicuous, above them. 'Here, then, there
could be no mistake ; the change was one from broad
and coarse Radicalism to Conservatism downright and
undisguised. But there still was something further.
Hull is in the East Riding of the county of York, and
it was stated by more than one among the able sneakers
at the meeting, that the day mightwith equal pro-
priety have been devoted to commemorate the re-action
throughout the whole East Riding, as in the single
Borough. What was he result of the elections for
the aforesaid Riding in 1835, and what is it now ?
To Sir R. Peel's Parliamen t there were returned—
Radical. Conservative.
For Beverley
Hull 2
Scarborough
East Riding