The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-16 00:00:00

IRELAND

Kerry has been lost partly by the personal unpopularity
and flagrant mismanagement of Mr. Mullins. The follow-
ing communication from the Pilot explains the circum-
stances under which Blennerhasset, the Tory, succeeded,
with abundant materials to defeat him. The conduct of

the agent of the Liberal absentees has been most injurious
in its operation. "It is quite true that the Marquis of
Lansdowne brought up and polled the electors of the Mar-
quis's estate for the Liberal candidates ! but his father-in-
law, the Rev. Mr. Godfrey canvassed against him, and the
most active Conservatives in the whole county are his
brothers. What think you of the voters on the estate of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, having almost to a man
polled for the Tory? The truth is, that his agent and
near relative, Mr. Colles, was perhaps the most active can-
vasser
fog the Tory. And thus Spring Rice's estate has
been made ancillory to a Tory triumph !! ! But all would
have been vain but for the personal unpopularity of Mr. Mul-
lins. It was asserted and believed, that instead of giving any
protection to the voters who were, after the last election, per-
secuted for voting for him, he actually insulted and derided
them. However, even his personal unpopularity might
have been got over but for his neglect and mismanagement.
The first polling day he had a quarrel with his law agent.
He, soon after the polling began, actually insulted and pla-
carded his Committee—neglected the voters the moment
they polled—had no order, no method—every thing was to
be done for him, when, alas !it was too late. In the annals
of elections there never was anything like it. But let the
Tories enjoy a triumph they did not deserve. There is one
comfort—the county cannot again be encumbered by an un•
favourable candidate."
The final close of the poll stood thus—
O'Connell
- 546 Hickson .

498
114

Blennerhasset
The HIGH SHERIFF, with the usual formalities, pro,
claimed Morgan John O'Connell and Arthur Blennerhasset
duly elected Knights of the Shire for Kerry.
Mr. O'Connell, it will be seen, headed the poll from the
beginning.
That we had occasion for stating our belief that the loss
to the Reformers of the borough of Tralee was only tempo-
rary. is confirmed by the following extracts :
(From the Correspondence of the Pilot.)—" Mr. Mau-
rice O'Connell was quite certain of his return for the third
time. On the first occasion he was returned by a majority
of eight. On the second by a majority of only four. On
this present election he had a clear majority of thirty-one.
On each election Mr. George Blake Hickson, who has
lately been made Q. C., was the assessor. The voters of
the borough had passed the ordeal twice before him—twice
—and voted in a majority for Mr. O'Connell. Could there
be a doubt that they would be allowed to vote the third

time ? Nobody, at least amongst the popular party, was
mad enough to suppose that the man who had allowed the
validity of their franchise twice, would disfranchise them on
the third occasion. Yet, so it is. Mr. Hickson disfran-
chised about one hundred voters who tendered their votes
for Mr. Maurice O'Connell, and thus easily obtained a
m ijority for Mr. Bateman—the entire constituency not
much exceeding 250 electors."

" The disfranchisement of the borough has created the
utmost excitement. The assessor dressed in the jacket of
a private marine—in which capacity it is understood Mr.
Hickson once served—was burned in effigy amidst the
groans and execrations of the people.
" But what is of more importance, a subscription, already
exceeding 1,100/., has been entered on to support the peti-
tion, and if any future event be certain, the success of the
petition must be undoubted, This is, indeed, the opinion
given by the loading men of the bar of all parties, whose
opinions have been regularly obtained."
KILDAaE.—This contest has happily terminated, and
with a majority on the side of the Liberals which has effec-
tively dealt the death-blow to any hopes the Conservatives
might have entertained towards the representation of the
county. The Freeman's Journal, in doing justice to the
determination and good sense of the electors, says they were
" guided, to a great extent, by that most incorruptible and
patriotic body of men who have ever stood in the breach to
the designs of bad men—the Roman Catholic clergy."
QUEEN'S COUNTY.—The contest is a sharp one. Suc-
cess, however, will crown the efforts of the Liberals. The
Pilot observes, " Sir Charles Coote lies at our mercy. On
petition he can be certainly unseated, on the very serious
ground of the abduction of voters.
CITY REGISTRY, SATURDAY.—LiberaIs, 8 ; Conserva-
tives, 6. 'We announce the numbers with shame, though
the majority is for us. It is deplorable that while there
are upwards of one thousand good notices yet to be dis-
posed of, there should not be more than eight registered
in a day. The success that might have attended the
Tories at the late election, if they had gained a point
which the assessor had nearly acceded to them, should teach
the Liberals the necessity of putting the franchise of the
city in a state to bid defiance not only to a fair contest, but
fraud and chicanery.—Pilot.
We are happy to learn that the electors of Athlone have
come to the resolution of giving Mr. O'Connell a public

dinner.
A retainer has been forwarded to Messrs. Thessiger an
Harrison, to support the petition from Limerick against the
return of Col. Fitzgibbon and Mr. Smith O'Brien.
The Kilkenny Journal has the following from a corres-
pondent ;—" During the late contest for Waterford, the
Hanoverians scattered a good quantity of the Carlton Club
bribery fund. In several instances so much as 50/. were
given for a single vote. In many cases poor fellows who
were tendered large sums for their votes, refused to sell
their souls to the sable ally of King Ernest, although hard
run for the price of a loaf. One poor, but virtuous Spar-
tan woman came to our Committee almost frantic at
having just learned that her husband bad swallowed the
bait of the Hanoverians, and begged some of us to assist
her in finding him out, for he was hiding from her until he
should have voted. She succeeded in discovering him—at
once took the money from him—returned it to the Tories
—and went with her husband to the booth, where he voted
for Wyse and Barron. He is a carpenter named Harry,
and neither he nor his wife possessed five shillings. He
was afterwards chaired by the people. Do not the electors
of Waterford deserve credit for having done their duty in
spite of such temptations ?"
A Morning Contempory says, that the defeated Tories
threaten to petition against the return of Mr. O'Connell
and Mr. Hutton, and are levying subscriptions ostensibly
to defray the expenses of their petition. Of course they
know a petition is utterly hopeless ; but it is very true that
the money so raised will be extremely useful in paying Mr.
Harrison, the Parliamentary Counsel, the fees (something
like 5001.) still due to him as counsel for Messrs. Hamilton
and West in their last petition. The smallest donation will
be " thankfully received."
STATE OF THE COLINTRY...-- NO sooner does the pro-
gress of electioneering matters allow the possibility of find-
ing room for the fabrications in which the Ultra Tory party
trade, than the Mail is found at its dirty work again,
making up and carefully collecting from the " state of the
country papers," and cramming in to its own columns all
sorts of horrors."On Monday last its readers were gratified
by an account of an attack on a clergyman—a Protestant
of course ; then follow most terrific details of a rising of the pea-
santry at Kildoney, for the purpose of murdering Mr. Hector,
a Scotch fisherman. The statements alluded to may not be
wholly devoid of truth, but we have detected the utter
groundlessness of similar reports so frequently that we
have now necessarily become chary in giving our credence
to any account coming from so suspicious a quarter. On
the present occasion we will give and leave the Mail's own
paragraph as we find i t:—
" ATTACK ON A PAOTESTANT CLERGYMAN.—We re-
gret to say that last evening, while the Rev. Mr. Gregg
was preaching in the Church at Swift's-alley, a large stone
was flung with great violence at the preacher's head, which
it fortunately missed ; but such was the precision with
which the missile was hurled that it fell in the pulpit,
having passed within an inch or two of his head. This
scandalous and atrocious aggression, unprovoked except by
the faithfulness with which this excellent divine preaches
th eGospel of Truth to his auditory, and bears his testi-
mony against the errors of the Roman Catholic creed, de-
mands vigilant inquiry at the hands of the police, and con-
dign punishment on the perpetrator, if discovered. If Go-
vernment will not protect the Ministers of the church in the
exercise of their duties, though it may not be time to close
our churches, it will at least be time that the Protestants
should seek elsewhere for protection."

At the recent election for Waterford, our respected
fellow-citizen, Captain Dyer, was sent by mistake to the
qualification booth, to take the oath of allegiance, for
which there was not the least necessity, as he is an inflexi-
ble Protestant. When the magistrate came to that part of
the oath which imposes the obligation of not doing any-
thing " to disturb' or weaken the Protestant religion as
by law established in these realms," the honest sailor
that's all
astounded the magistrate by unceremoniously exclaiming
in the fulness of his heart,—" Aye, by
right ; but every man should pay his own Pilot, tho', for
all that." Those that were by, could not help laughing
outright, at the honest bluntness of the practical illustra-
tion of the wilfully murderous system. Volumes could
not say more.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 14.—The
demand for Cotton to-day has been very good, and upwards
of 6,000 bags have been sold, with a firm and rather dearer
market. The particulars are-200 Pernams, Bid. to 9d. ;
100 Babies, 7d. to Bid. ; 200 Maranhatns, 71-id. to 9-id. ;
400 Egyptians, 7i-d. to 9id. ; i3OO laguiras, 6id. to 74d. ;
1,800 Surats, 30. to 4:12-d.41 and the rest, American,
chiefly at .51d. to 74d. per lb. 200 bags American, and
300 Surat are taken for export, and 400 Surat on specula-
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