The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-17 00:00:00

Baronet concluded by reading the following resolution :
" Resolved—That his Majesty's Ministers, in endeavouring
to obtain for Ireland the same measure of Corporate Reform
as they have succeeded in effecting for England and Scot-
land, have entitled themselves to the lasting gratitude of the
Irish people."
Mr. GEORGE ROE came forward to second the resolution.
He said, that when coming to attend the meeting, he had no
expectation that he would have been called on to take any
part in its proceedings.—(Hear, and cheers.) He was there-
fore but very indifferently prepared to speak on the subject
of the resolution which he had been called upon to second.
—(No, no.) But it was lucky for him that any further re-
mark had been rendered unnecessary by the very eloquent
speech of the proposer. After that address, it would be
worse than useless to employ their time by any observations
which he might be enabled to add.—(No, no.) The senti-
ments expressed in this resolution were such, that he did
not see how any reasonable man could object to them.—
( Hear.) There was no Conservative, no Tory, no matter how
bitter his political prejudices, that would not be forced to ad-
mit that Ireland was as much entitled to corporate rights
as England or Scotland. The reason for refusing Cor-
porate Reform was said to be, because the present old
corporations had been established for the purpose of sup-
porting the Protestant religion. This he denied.—( Hear,
hear.) It was impossible that the Protestant religion could
rest on so wretched a foundation.—(Hear, hear.) But if
it did rest on such a foundation, the time both would and
ought soon to come, when it would tumble to the ground.—
(Cheers.) That was the first time he had ever addressed
such an assembly. To use a theatrical phrase, it was the
first time he had made his appearance upon any stage ; he
therefore hoped he would be excused for the imperfect
manner in which he addressed them.—(Cheers.) Having
au interest in the country ; having, in fact, his all embarked
in it, he felt compelled to come forward and raise his
bumble voice against the system of misgovernment which
had so long existed.—(Cheers.) It was a monstrous thing
that the county should be agitated on such grounds. He
asked was it a good state of things, when necessity existed,
to have such an assembly called in the midst of the metro-
polis ? Such meetings would, however, be continued to be
called until full justice was obtained.—(Cheers.) Wel-
lington had given them a lesson in the value of such agita-
tion ; for did lie not admit that by these means he was
compelled to grant that measure which added immortal
honour to his name—Catholic emancipation ?—(Cheers.)
lle concluded by seconding the resolution.
Mr. DILLON came forward to propose the fifth resolu-
tion. He had been entrusted with the fifth resolution to
move it for their adoption. He would first read it to
the.m. " Resolved—That we recognise in the effort of
the present Miaistry to effect a settlement of the tithe
question, an anxious desire to remove those grievances
hich have Leen a fruitful source of so much misery and
bloodshed, and upon the complete redress of which must

depend the permanent tranquillity of Ireland." He felt

conscious that this resolution might have been entrusted to
;.,any individuals present, who from their station in so-
rit:y, their ability and eloquence were possessed of for
more power of doing justice to the subject than he could
'boast of.—(No, no.) Ile could not, however, but congra-
tufalc the meeting on one thing..—(llear, hear.) It was
sin mi2n of their success that the son of an old Irish volun-

'ger should come forward there, and join bis voice in their
tiei..lnd for the full enjoyment of the rights of freemen under
the auspices of the son of him who rescued his country from
;he galling yoke.—( Loud cheers.) The resolution which he
.i•ad the honour of proposing was not by any means uncon-
ne.•ted with one which had been adopted at Dungannon on
the .eth of February, 1782, by the representatives of 14:._3
,-,duneer Corps. He then read the resolution, which was to
the effect that the free exercise of private judgment with re-
ird to religion ought to be allowed to all men, and that they
at the repeal of the penal code as the happiest means
rt. establishing union and peace throughout the kingdom.—
trius had the electric spark been communicated, and thus
that spirit been infused into the vapid masses which
eti:L7f.i it to heave to the very core, and which would not
cease' till the people of this country were fully fitted to
atalgcmtate with the sister country in all particulars.—
Great cheering.) Then it was, alter the passing of the
?-s-ilutions of which that which he had read was one, that
fi,- people became aroused—that the laws against the
nol!cu trade—the laws which forhid us to carry on any
,•o,imereial intercourse with Africa or the East. Indies, to-
•i•th,r with several others eqnally oppressive—laws which
auctioned idleness and crime, were repealed. How had
this been accomplished ? How had the electric spark
been communicated Why were the people so success-
? Because they had tried and approved leaders—men
courage, at their head.—(Loud cheers.)
The resolution was seconded by Sir WILLIAm PARKE.
Half-past Three o'Clock.
Mr. BEr.wieic has conclu'lcd a powerful speech in se-
c‘nn.:ng the sixth resolution, which is as follows :—Resolved
—Phut we have witnessed with unqualified distrust and un-
,,,e.:,;ured disapprobation the efforts that have been made to
,oprvss upon the public mind the belief that the Protestant
r. ligion has not been protected by the present Government.
That we support this Government because its protection has
Leven impartially extended to every creed ; and that we
fit ify recogni;e the proposition that the Protestants of Ire-
land, from their numbers, wealth, intelligence, and position,
ore entitled to as ample a protection and consideration of
their interests as any other class of his Majesty's subjects.
The followinc, is the 7th resolution. It. was proposed by
Cadwallader Wlddy, Esq., late M.P. for Wexford, and se-
conded by R. O'Gorman, Esq. :
Resolved—That the patronage of the Irish Government
n every branch of the public service, but more especially
in the judicial department, has been uniformly described in
such a manner, as to promote the peace of the country,
to inculcate respect for the administration of the laws—and
to preserve inviolate British connection.

Tile following is the eig.hth resolution—it was proposed
HENRY GRATTAN, Esq., and seconded by PETER
RUSSELL, E;q.

llcsolved—That the present Ministry possesses our en-
tire confidence—and that we earnestly cull upon them not
to be induced, by the f►ctious policy of their opponents to
itbAndon the high station to which their Sovereign has
ealled thew, and in which they are upheld by the voice of
the people.

Half-past Four o'Clock.
Mr. W. FINN, M.P., is now addressing the meeting.
.He seconded the ninth resolution, proposed by Sir THOMAS
ESMONDE, and which is as follows :

Resolved—That Ireland is at present in a state of un-
cxaaripled tranquillity, that crime is daily disappearing, that
hal its of order and obedience to the law are rapidly ex-
tending, and that we owe these inestimable blessings to the
confidence reposed by the people in the upright intentions
.)t the Government, and the impartial administrations of
t !1! laws by the Earl of Mulgrave.
The following are the tenth and eleventh resolutions :

Resolved—That we regard with feelings of the deepest
alann the possible return of the Tory party to power, and
the necessary revival in Ireland of the baneful ascendancy of
a fiction ; and that we here pledge ourselves to avert, by
a.l means which the law and Constitution affords us, a ca-
lat,tity which, by interrupting the enactment of measures
essential to the public welfare and repose, would convulse
the country with civil strife, and endanger the integrity of
the British empire.
Resolved—That we feel grateful to those Members of
moth Houses of Parliament, who have recognized the
great principle of justice to Ireland, and have supported
his Majesty's Ministers in their endeavours to carry that
principle into operation by extending to this county the
rights and privileges already enjoyed lay the other portions
Of the empire, and that we so especially call upon the re-
presentatives of the people to rally round and sustain a
Government which has so eminently deserved the confi-
dence of the Irish nation.

On Saturday morning as a labouring man named
Dawson was proceeding to work through Kensington Gardens,
Ihy the side of the Serpentine, he saw on the banks a shawl and
bonnet. Immediately suspecting that some person had made
away with herself he gave an alarm. The drags were used,
and in a short time the lifeless body of a female, about twenty-
nine years of age, was brought to the shore. The body was
then conveyed by some constables of the G division to Pad-
dington workhouse, and Mr. Tedman, Inspector of the D
division, hearing of the circumstance, and thinking from the
,description given that he knew the deceased, immediately pro-
ceeded thither, and at once recognised her as a person who
was charged the previous day before Mr. Shutt at Maryle-
bone Office by one of his constables with being destitute, and
attempting to drown herself in the ornamental water in the
Regent's. Park. She then, in answer to the Magistrate, said
her name was Selina Sandall, that she was separated from her
,husband, who was clerk to an architect in Spring Gardens ;
that he had allowed her ten shillings a-week while she stayed
at St. Albans, where they had been living, but not being
comibrtable there she came to town, upon which he disconti-
nued her allowance, and she was in Consequence reduced to
the greatest distress. Mr. Shutt pointed out to her the hei-
rous offence of self-destruction, and advised her to get some of
leer friends to make peace with her husband ; and after talking
t, her for some time she departed, apparently composed in mind.
On Sunday afternoon last considerable injury was
done by the hail and thunder storm in the neighbourhoods of
Islir gton, Holloway, Hampstead, Highgate, Pentonville, and
ether parts. The roofs of several houses were forced in, and
the gardeners of the vicinity have sustained great damage by
their frames, &c., being broken. A cow was nearly struck
dead in a field at Islington, and the hailstones, which were
imment.,ely large, demolished numerous skylights in the neigh-
hourhood of Clerkenwell and other places. Several persons
complained of having felt the shock of the first flash of light-
and observed that the air before, and subsequent to its
taking place, had a strong sulphurous scent. At Finchley it
was said by an inhabitant that there was no appearance of a
storm. but, on the contrary, the sky was calm and serene,
though within a few miles distance the weather was equally
, 'roisterous as in London. We have not heard of any other
1,, tal accidents in the above neighbourhoods.