The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-04 00:00:00

MEETING AT FINSBURY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta—l know that in such sketches of public meetings as you
can find space for, many speeches must be much curtailed ;
and that in such curtailment a slight omission may make an
important change in the character of the observations imputed
to any individual. It is not therefore in the spirit of com-
plaint that I request you to allow me the opportunity of cor-
recting such an inaccuracy regarding myself in your report of
the meeting in Finsbury, in your yesterday's Number. lam
there represented as saying, " It was the history of the Irish
to be treacherous ; and as a proof of that he need only advert
to Grattan and Plunkett, and lastly O'Connell, who had
capped them all."

'this, Sir, is an abbreviation of a good deal that I said ;
but all that I want amended is this : I did not say "it was the
history of the Irish ;" but I said, " It was the history of Irish
patriot leadership to be treacherous ;" and my instances, as
given in your report, Grattan, Plunkett, and O'Connell,
prove that such was my meaning. I have two reasons for
wishing to be understood upon this point. The first is, that
I have observed with great admiration, that all the malice, all
the insolence, all the false charges and attempted treachery
which the working men of England have drawn from Mr.
O'Connell by their well-founded d;strust of his integrity, have
never in one instance, that I have observed, provoked from
any portion of the working classes of England one harsh, hos-
tile, or ungenerous expression towards the people of Ireland;
though that people have seemed to give a tacit approval to
Mr. O'Connell's conduct; and though that conduct .has been
marked by a degree of treacherous apostacy which makes it a
dishonour not to be anxious to disclaim it.

generous
ed brethren in
forbearance
bea
glanntid, it would
be signally disgraceful in
Ireland be an honour to the vvorkip-
upon Ireland to an English audi•
rsaenccoend towards;easo;
their
itrh
suffering
iif this
6eanninldei gndhoetrivnd a
7:.-ie, wbo am an Irishman myself, to
address any national attacks
encc, especially when I know that even that abjectness of soul,
gifts of a Court, is to be traced to the
fwohritehhemsamkielessManr.dOth'Ceonnell ready to sell his confiding country
circumstance which he himself once mentioned with consider.
able pathos before an English meeting, that he " was born a
slave," and therefore cannot be expected to understand or to
display that masculine dignity of thought and action, which is
one of the most glorious fruits of freedom ; and the yet unde-
fined traces of which in the English common people are the
most striking proof of the excellence of those good old laws,
soon, I trust, to be restored.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES WHITTLE.

C74ampion-oftloe, Jan. 3, 1839.

COMMISSION 01 1417NAcY.—Yesterdav further
evidence tending to prove the insanity of Mr. Taylor was
adduced, and the inquiry was once more adjourned.
1400 E-LAW AMENDMENT ACT.—CHELSEA.—
yesterday evening a meeting of the rate-payers of the pa-
rish of St. Luke, Chelsea, was held, pursuant to public
New Church, Mr. Church-
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for
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the purpose of receiving a
report 4 the Committee appointed at a previous vestry to
memorialize the Poor-law Commissioners for a dissolution
of the Kensington Union, of. which that parish forms a
portion ; also, agreeably to A requisition addressed to the
Churelmardp§, o, determine who shall have the'custody
qtr ali parish books and documents, and also as to the place
where such books and documents shall in future he kept.
Several gentlemen addressed the tnee(ing, amongst whom
whom was Mr. ChamherAt who, moved a resolution to the
effect that the parish books should be kept h the Vestry
Clerk, ...;and deposited in the record-T.9pm, in the tower of
the ch reseltAk.'il was, after some discussion,
carried and the meeting adjourned to a future
period, Mr. Forsyth, who had been appointed by the poo-
law Commissioners to inquire into the t\-41 c t,he, state-
ments of the parochial autholities as to the increased ex-
penditure of the parish since theli;krination of the Keusingtea
Unicm lisiintelaae his
.port on the stkaot,