The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-11 00:00:00

IRELAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
DUBLIN FEB. 9.
THE CORN-LAWS.--Several Pro-Corn-law meetings have
taken place here as might have been anticipated, prompted
by Tory landowners. However the feeling of the nation,
notwithstanding the immense proportion engaged in agri-
cultural labour, is for cheap bread. The entire of the
Liberal Press, with only the exception of the Pilot, advo-
cate repeal of the accursed laws upon food, and the Pilot
rather appeals to the fears of the people than ventures to
argue the question. The principal Anti-Repeal demon-
strations toook place in Fermoy and Nenagh, the former
of the county Cork, the latter of Tipperary, the chief agri-
cultural counties in the kingdom. The speakers and
leaders at both were Tories, and several of them parsons,
which affords a strong presumption that the body of the
people will have nothing to do with them, for when did
they agree in anything with their tyrants. An effective
Anti-Corn-law agitation would easily be got up in this
country if Mr. O'Connell be really alive to the importance
of abolishing this abominable code.
CARLOW ELECTION. —Mr. Maule's successor will posi-
tively be Mr. Gisborne. A meeting of the electors of
Carlow was held on Thursday to select a candidate, on
which occasion the following letter from Mr. O'Connell
was read :
" My Dear Fitzgerald,--The candidate for Carlow is
Mr. Gisborne. He is in every respect qualified to repre-
sent you efficiently and usefully. His principles are of the
right and popular sort, and his talents and activity render
him in every respect most suitable. I hope there will be
no idle jealousies to prevent the unanimity of the good
people of Carlow. I earnestly implore of them, under
present circumstances, to give their undivided support to
Mr. Gisborne, who has in the worst times supported the
rights and liberties of Ireland.
" Your obedient servant,
" DANIEL O'CONFELL.

" To E. M. Fitzgerald, Esq."
It was immediately determined to put Mr. Gisborne in
nomination ; and Mr. Welch, having withdrawn his claims,
a vote of thanks was passed to him for not creating a divi-
sion amongst the Liberal voters.
MURDER OF LORD NORBURY.—It appears from the Lein-
!ter Express, a well-informed local Tory paper, that there
is no truth in the rumour so generally prevalent, that two
perms against whom there was strong evidence, have been
taken for this murder. Two persons were arrested, but
no evidence could be procured against them, or to throw
any light upon the mysterious crime.
TILE CORPORATION.—It is a sign of the times, and one
strongly indicative of the coming fate of tte Dublin Cor-
poration, that their ancient organ, the Evening Mail, ac-
cuses them of illegally carrying " money jobs," and acting
in other respects at variance with the clause of the Non-
alienation Act. Even their own friends have deserted them.
TIIE TIPPEIURY Commissiosr.—Walsh and Hickey, who
were found guilty of the murder of Messrs. Wayland and
Cooper, were executed in Clonmel on Wednesday last.
Hickey acknowledged his guilt, and it is said that both Of them
died penitent. Kelly and Hourigan, who were convicted
of killing a man with a blow of a stone, have been respited,
and the sentence commuted to transportation for life. Or-
ders were given for their immediate removal to Kingstown,
from thence to be sent out of the country without delay.
Tile REGISTRY.—The Liberals have been a good deal
annoyed and surprised by the Assistant-Barrister for Dub-
lin having made decisions on the same point, which appear
to be right in the teeth of one another. In the present
case he decided that evidence of identity, and of the exist-
ence of the applicant, along with the production of the
certificate, was sufficient to entitle a party to be re-regis-
tered, if no rebutting case were made ;
but in the second
case he decided that it was necessary to go into the title of
the applicant, and to prove that the intert still existed
under which he originally registered. This last decision,
if generally acted upon, will delay the re-registry of the
kingdom to an indefinite period, probably till after another
general election. Mr. Pigot, the new Solicitor-General,
has addressed the electors of Clonmel (who forwarded an
invitation to him), expressing his willingness to represent
them, and his devotion to the cause of Ireland, of which
they are such warm and zealous friends. The address was
published this day. The election for Cavan will take
place on Monday, the 18th. Mr. Maxwell, brother to the
late Member, and a determined Tory, is a candidate, and
will probably be returned without opposition.

The Gateshead Observer states that Lord Lon-
domderry has addressed the Journal on the subject of certain omis-
sions in the report of his Lordship's speech at his late Sunderland
symposium of Tories.

THE MINISTERS and the CORN-

LAWS.

The Tories, as we foresaw, have not been backward
in taking advantage of the negative see-saw system
which it is apprehended Ministers have some inclination
to pursue regarding the repeal or continuance of the
Corn-laws. The Carlisle Patriot taunts the Cabinet with
want of courage, and talks away triumphantly after the
following fashion :—" The farmers have already obtained
an advantage over their enemies—the Ministers have
not dared to introduce any suggestion for a change of
the Corn-laws into the Queen's Speech. Their deter-
mination on this point must have been a very sudden
one, for it is evident, as Sir R. Peel observed, that the
speeches of the movers and seconders of the address
had been prepared upon the supposition that the subject
would form a prominent point in the Royal Speech: The
farmers will view with disgust the treacherous plot
which the Ministers have prepared for their destruction.
Having originated the agitation out of doors, they now
meanly shrink from originating any measure on
the subject themselves—the question, forsooth, is to
be an open' one, but the result as regards them
may be gathered from Lord Melbourne's declaration
that the majority of his Cabinet are opposed to the Corn-
laws. In order to keep up the game of delusion by
by which, alone, these men exist, his Lordship declares
that he differs from his colleagues, and yet he consents
to remain at the head of the Administration, the ma-
jority of which are resolved to attack a system which a
few months since, he declared bad worked better than
could have been anticipated for the interests of all par-
ties,' and the alteration' of which, he believed, would
be productive of evils of the greatest magnitude' un-
accompanied by " a single advantage.'
"After the sinister rumours which have been circulated
in some quarters, our readers will be glad to bear the
the Conservative party are to a man, united in a firm
determination to resist ANY attack which may be made
upon the agricultural interest. There will be no
surrender."

TO THE ANTI-CORN-LAW DELE-

GATES.

By this time you will have discovered that at the
hands of the present Representatives there is not the
slightest chance of obtaining that which you are sent to
demand—" a total and immediate repeal of all laws af-
fecting the free importation of food ;" nay, that
the probability is against any alteration whatever.
A few clays will decide this. What will then
be your course? Will you patiently wait until
conviction works a change in your opponents ? Will
you submit to a delay which must inevitably further un-
dermine your welfare ? Will you go home defeated and
without a ray of hope—to act on the only alternative
which is left you—to screw down the wages of your
workmen ? It will to yourselves and the country be a
fearful expedient. But if your position is such as you
publicly state—their comforts or your capital might be
sacrificed. Are you prepared for this? If so, I am
much mistaken in the materials of which your body is
composed. You will, rather than do this, frankly and
energetically avow your despair of having justice done
from a body of men who have no sympathy with your-
selves and the people ; before you will submit to these
alternatives you will seek a coalition with the
working-classes—a coalition which shall be based
on principles of justice to us all. Already
you are haunted with the indifference of the
masses, and your opponents conclude they have nothing
to fear from you WITHOUT the people. But they com-
mit a blunder, if they think it is indifference. It is not
insensibility to the evils which they, yourselves, and their
country are suffering from these cursed laws, which
keeps them aloof. '
They think—and to a great extent, rightly—that to
spend their energies in petitioning for the removal of what
they conceive is one qf the efects of an unjust system of re-
presentation is futile,and therefore direct their sole atten-
tion to the cause. They may, to a certain extent, be
wrong ; as far as present circumstances show they arc
substantially right. That they are, is not the rejection of
Mr. Duncombe's motion by such an overwhelming
majority a proof ? If you are in earnest, seek to unite
the people with you ; give them evidence that you
sympathise with them, and acknowledge the justice of
their demands.
The middle orders did all they could to enlist the ener-
gies of the working-classes to carry the Reform Bill ;
but for their assistance—bad they stood aloof as nosy—
Sarum and Gatton would have had their representation.
They zealously and enthusiastically co-operated to carry
that measure—expecting to their country a cheap and
good government. They since have seen those whom
they supported in paths of honour and emolument break-
ing the links which then knit them together—the acts
and professions of their leaders have not been in accord-
ance. Thus disappointed, we ought not to be surprised
that they now tenaciously cling to principles emanating
from themselves, and that they venerate them the
more from the scorn (it is not too strong a
term), with which their principles are treated
by those to whom they, with the most generous
and ardent feeling, before gave their assistance. You
taught them to agitate, and after the lesson gave them
nothing for their labour. They have now declared their
will, and unless both parties show a desire to co-operate,
you will each be laughed at in your present attempts.
You have reason and justice on your side in seeking
the removal of these cursed laws. They are deeply
convinced of the necessity of adopting the principles
they have placed before the people ; but, so long as you
are disunited, you will both be treated wth derision by
the majority of representatives.
Seeek, then, an early coalition. There are minor
pointh which the working classes will readily give up.
Only respond to the demand that representatives ought
at more limited periods to be chosen by and made re-
sponsible to the great body (f the people. Coalesce
and struggle for this great principle. Throw yourselves
fearlessly into their ranks. Once more, try to gain their
confidence and assistance—you will be cheerfully re-
sponded to ; and then, I ask, dare the present Ministry,
or any that might be called into its place, neglect the
demands which would emanate from a resolute and re-
united people? Unless you make an attempt at re-
union before you return to your homes you will not have
done your duty.
Lincoln, Feb. 9, 1838. N. A. T.