The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-23 00:00:00

DECLARATION OF THE TRADES.

Mr. O'Co.NNE11i1;;;;; and s;ur---ii;erels one subject to
which I would particularly call the attention of the press. A pla-
card, not signed by any person, has been exhibited in the public
streets, stating that the appointment which I made with several
individuals for two o'clock to-morrow would not be kept. The
trades promised in this room, deliberately and publicly to me on that
occasion, and I do not believe they will thus break their words or
stigmatise themselves with the appellation of falsehoods.—( Hear. )
I do not believe, therefore, they will falsify their promise,
until I shall see it with my own eyes. I shall attend here, in the
confident hope that the,tradcsmen of Dublin, whose honesty and
integrity I have never doubted, will not be violated, and that
they will not, at the commencement of the proceeding stamp them-
selves with falsehood.—(Hear, hear.) I refrained on the last day
from stating nine tenths of the facts of which I have been made
cognizant of, because I did not choose to have them exposed to the
public. There are an immense number of facts by which I shall
clearly demottstrate that the present system is ruinous to the honest
and industrious portion of the tradesmen themselves, and
that a few bad men have an interest in encouraging it to the ruin
of the honest hardworking operative. Now, what slo Viind?
There are fire or six houses at this moment repairing in Merrion-
square, and not one singll. Irish tradesman employed. They have
got over some Scotch workmen, who, I suppose work much cheaper,
and thus the tradesman of Dublin, are deprived of employment.—
(Hear, hear.) There are a multitude of other facts which I will
have to bring before the public, because I do not mean to let
the matter rest, nor will I shrink in the performance of what I con-
ceive to be my duty.—( Hear, hear.) ' I shall attend at their meet-

„ ing, on Tuesday next, if they ask me to do so. I hare but one
object in view, and that is..the good of trade itself, and to increase

the sphere of its utility by every means in my power ; and it is
therefore that I ask to meet me to-morrow, where we can discuss
the subject coolly and calmly, and where nothing shall transpire but
what they wish themselves.—(Hear, hear.) I hope they will be
here at two o'clack to-morrow—they have promised to do sn—let
them either do that or stamp themselves with falsehood.—( Cheers. )
Mr. JOSEPH D. MuLLEN then read the notice of Mr. O'Connell.
The Hon. Gentleman then rose, and was left speaking.

CHARLES KEAN.—The son of Kean is about to try his fortune
before a London audience. He sailed this day for Liverpool, where
he will perform a few evenings, before the commencement of his
engagement at Drury-lane.

EFFECTS OF THE CANADA WAR UPON PAR-
LIANIENT. —We never saw such an -e:r.citement as prevailed
among the few Members now left in town, last night, respect-
ing the Canada war. Fifty timea in five minutes the word
" Canada" Was uttered. It discomposed the gravity of the
Judges who came up with the Royal message from the Lords.
They were talking of " Canada." Many Members condoled
with the officers the House on their anticipated Christmas
holidays being broken up in the middle by " Canada." Mr.
Leader came out of the House much excited, and was imme-
diately addressed by some person about " Canada." It was
an unexpected thunderbolt to the million, but not to us ; for
%hen the infamous resolutions were passed, we said, " Voila
le commencement du fin."—Morning Advertiser.
Her Majesty the Queen was graciously pleased
yesterday to honor Mr. Henry Weekes, Sculptor, with a final
sitting for her Majesty's Bust.
THE CELEBRATED REBEL GENERAL HOLT,
whose memoirs are just published, edited by Mr. Crofton
Croker, possessed many of the qualifications necessary to form
a great commander. He was a man of keen observation, ex-
traordinary physical energy, and cool and undaunted courage ;
with a mind fertile in expedient at the critical moment of iin-
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skirmishes,
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enabledd danger.
to defy for six months the united efforts of the Royal Army, and
the numerous corps of Yeomanry in an area of little more than
twenty miles square, and within thirty miles of Dublin at its
further, and eight or ten at its nearest point of approach.
THE METROPOLITAN for January will contain
some very interesting Papers—Among these there will be a
new paper by the author of Notes on the Irish Bar—the com-
pletion of The Bit 0' Writin by the O'Hara Family—a de-
lightful Novelette by Mr. C. Gore, entitled Nature and Art
—the Blockade of Curacoa by a Naval Officer—an interest-
ing Paper by Dr. Burke on the efficacy of warm Bathing in
the preservation of Health—Match Breaking, by Mrs. Ably—
London Newsmen, by the Author of Random Recollections of
the Lords and Commons, and several other lively and inte-
resting articles in prose and verse. Increasing as has the cir-
culation of the Metropolitan been both at home and abroad
during the past year, we have no doubt its sterling character
and resources will carry it much further during that on which
we are about to enter, and for which the commencement of the
year will afford so favourable an opportunity.
SUPPLIES OF BOOKS FOR THE NEW YEAR.—
Families and Book Societies, in every part of England, Scot-
land, and Ireland, are reminded of the approaching New
Year as a favourable time for commencing to have regular
supplies of Books, Magazines, and Reviews, for perusal upon
Bull's New System. Full particulars of its advantages, with
terms, and a list of ieveral hundred modern works, and all the
valuable new publications, are published for general distribu•
lion, and can be had gratis, or sent by post as a single letter,
on application to Mr. Bull, the librarian, 19, Holles-street,
four doors from Cavendish-square, London.
" A GIFT IN SEASON."—Amid the multiplicity
of articles usually selected as pledges of affection or friendship,
while the invention is racked, and the utmost variety of taste
exhibited in the production and selection of objects of beauty
and elegance, those of real utility are too often overlooked—
the result most frequently of carelessness. What can express
a sincere sentiment of attachnient or regard more forcibly than
that which contributes to make the donor an instrument of
good ; and by nothing can this be more fully accomplished,
than by " Oldridge's Balm of Columbia" an admirable inven-
tion, which, in restoring to the bald their most appropriate and
becoming ornament, not only ministers to their comfort, but
affords the crowning grace to the pleasing varieties of human
beauty. The Balm is contained in Bottles, of which the
smallest size, (price 3s. 6d.) strengthens and fixes weak hair ;
the next in size (price 65.) produces hair on the partially bald,
and creates whiskers, &c., and the largest, (price I Is.) gene-
rally restores the hair of the head both to the middle-aged and
young. No other prices are genuine : and it is requested,
that to guard against counterfeits, the Public will apply to
none but respectable venders, or at the office, No. 1, Welling-
ton-street, Strand, London.

Two paintings of the battle of Navarino have just
been placed in the gallery of Louis XVIII. at Versailles.

Amidst the general tranquillity which an enlightened Go-
vernment has almost succeeded in spreading over the face of this
country, there are, doubtless, some symptoms of social ds-
content highly injurious to the progress of improvement. But
as this is not associated. with any political feeling, and as,
therefore, every honest member of the community, no matter
what his religious or other creed may be, must be sincere in
his endeavours and cooperation in putting an end to such a
state of things, we may soon hope to find our peaceable and
improving condition without an exception.
Mr. O'Connell has undertaken a duty, in which, if he suc-
ceeds, as it is thought he will, he will have achieved one of
the most important and moral enterprises of his whole life.
The public journals have already informed you of the proceed-
ings of the Trades' Union meeting on Monday last, at which
O'Connell attended. It appears that, for twenty years
past, a species of combination has existed amongst the
working tradesmen and labourers in this city, which, if
not actually illegal, is at least very detrimental to the
best interests of society. The evil has not been confined
to Dublin, but has spread more or less over several other
cities and towns in Ireland. It has not originated from
the same source, as that from which various other asso-
ciations and confederacies took their rise, namely, bad go-
vernment and bad laws, administered in a spirit of partiality
and regard to the interests of the few. No, the combination
alluded to, is not the immediate offspring of the mal-admi-
mistratiori of public affairs—it proceeds-rather from the vi-
tiated state of things consequent upon, and flowing out, of
the internal construction of the social system itself without
any regard to the policy of statesmen. At the same time, it
cannot be denied, that this internal construction itself; is al-
ways greatly influenced by the conduct and principles of Go-
vernment under which we exist. And, therefore, though we
should not charge every malady afflicting the public body
upon the Tory practitioners, or " shave beggars" that have
been trying their hands and their nostrums upon poor Ireland
for centuries past ; still it would require no very great skill in
logic or political economy to be able to assign the ascendancy
regime as one, at least, of the remote causes of the very com-
bination in question; For; the whole nation being as it were
suffered to exist only for the sustenance and convenience of
the few that composed the Ascendancy party, they were ne-
cessarily in a state of great humbleness and prostration. Such
of them as depended for their subsistence on handicraft trades
or manual labour of any kind were more particularly in
this condition. Then, as each individual was by in-
dustry or accident emancipated from the obligation
of supporting himself by the sweat of his brow,
he availed himself of the facility afforded him of providing for
all his wants by the slightest possible remuneration to those
who supplied them. In this way the working tradesmen and
labourers were paid very niggardly for their services. By the
extension of the franchise, however, and other privileges
granted within the last half century, the great body of the
people are made better acquainted with their own rights, and
their importance in upholding the social compact. They
have accordingly, in cities and towns, made great progress,
from time to time, in exacting from their employers a more
liberal remuneration for their skill and labour than they were
accustomed to receive. And, as success begets boldness, they
have, in some instances, pushed their demands beyond a re-
munerative price ; and, in order to support them, have en-
. tered into combinations by which they coerce each other not
to work under a certain standard. The effects of this system
have been severely felt for some time past, as well by the
operatives themselves, many of whom have been in great dis-
tress, as by the employers. And nothing can be more detri-
mental to society, or to the progress of national improvement,
should it continue much longer. It has already been the
cause of crimes unheard of, in any but savage notions,
and if not successfully put do etn, must be a greater obstacle
to every sort of improvement than can be well imagined.
In vain will the Legislature, in vain will the Executive,
adopt measures of Reform for Ireland while the system exists.
O'Connell's interposition, therefore, has caused a great sensa-
tion not only here, but throughout every part of Ireland where
the evil has been head of or felt. He is in himself, perhaps,
the only moral power in existence capable of grappling with
or destroying such a monster; and his labours, it is hoped,
may be productive of the happiest results to his country.
The proposed system of Poor-laws has also eng-ged his
attention ; and his opposition, it is feared, will render the in-
troduction of the measure less serviceable than it might other-
ise be to the country. It is by no means agreeable to many
persons who have considered the subject to find, that Mr.
Nicholl's plan is to supersede all that has been said or written
by 30 many intelligent Irishmen on the subject. But as this
is a question of deep interest, and great magnitude, I shall
reserve further observation, till I can communicate more of pub-
lic opinion respecting it than I am at present enabled to do.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 22, 1837.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir George
Arthur, K.C.H. to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of
Upper Canada.

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 22, 1837.
BREVET.

Col. Sir G. Arthur, oa half-pay of the York Chasseurs, to have
the local rank of Major General in Upper Canada only, Dec. 22.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon.
H. Fortescuc, Esq., commonly called Lord Viscount Ebrington,
to be vice Lieutenant, Dec. 4, 1837.

East Devon Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.
E. Stam, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Sept. 1G ; C. Hansard,
Gent., to be ditto, Nov. 27 ; G. B. Northcote, jun., Gent., to be
Cornet, Sept. 16 ; C. Hayman, Gent., to be ditto, Nov. 27.
North Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
C. C. Drake, Esq., to be Captain, May 27 ; G. Cooke, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, June 7 ; H. Dunn, Gent., to be ditto, une 29;
G. Ley, Gent. to be ditto, Oct. 14 ; J. J. Harris, Gent., to be ditto,
Oct. 14 ; W. C. Vicary, Gent., to be Cornet, June 7 ; E. L.
Lockyer, Gent., to be ditto, June 7 ; A. R. Hole, Gent., to be
ditto, July 24 ; E. G. Cann, Gent., to be ditto, July 24 ; G.
Scott, Gent., to be ditto, Nov. 3.

South Devon Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry.
S. Kingdon, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 27 ; J. G. Hamil-
ton, Gent., to be Cornet, May 27 ; W. J. 'Watts, Gent., to be
ditto, July 24.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of tho North Riding of the
County of York.

North York Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.
J. J. Robinson, Gent., to be Cornet, Dec. 12.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

WILLIAM SPINK, veterinary-surgeon, Witham, Essex.
WILLIAM RICHARD DYER, corn-factor, Hungerford.

WILLIAM CHARLETON and JOSEPH HADLEY RED-
DELL, white-lead-manufacturers, Berners-street, Commercial-
road East.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

JOSEPH SIMPSON, grocer, Bawdeswell, Norfolk, from Jan.
9 to 16, at one, at the Angel Inn, Norfolk.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOHN SEALS, lace-manufacturer, Nottingham.
BANKRUPTS.

JOSEPH PARTRIDGE, stock-broker, Middleton-street,
Clerkenwell, to surrender Dec. 29, at half-past eleven, and Feb.
2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-
street, official assignee; Wilde and Co., College-bill, Queen-street.
JOHN CLEMENTS, carpenter, Barnet-street, Bethnal-green,
Jan. ti, at twelve, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. EdvVard, Pancras-lane, official assignee ; Jennings and
Turner, Whitechapel-road.
SAMUEL SMITH, farmer, Pedmore, Worcestershire, Jan. 8,
and Feb. 2, at one, at the Talbot Hotel, Stourbridge. Jenkins
and Abbott, New Inn, London; Grazebrook and Guest, Stour-
bridge.

EDOUARD LE COMTE, witch-maker, Bryanstone-street,
Portman-square, Dec. 29, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 2, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee;
Gresham, Castle-street, Holborn.

RICHARD AUGUSTUS EATON, miller, Lutley Mill,
Worcestershire, Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Talbot Hotel, Stour-
bridge. Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry,
London ; Roberts and Crompton, Stourbridge.
JOHN STEAR, hosier, Oxford-street, Middlesex, Dec. 27, at
two, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John-
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Cook and Sanders, New
Inn, Strand.

WILLIAM MORLEY STUBBS, scrivener, Knaresborough,
Yorkshire, Jan, 11, at the Crown Inn, Knaresborough, and Feb.
2, at the George Inn, York. Hawkins and Co., Boswell-court,
Lincoln's Inn, London; Powell, Knaresborough.
HENRY SPEIGIIT, stuff-manufacturer, Allerton, Bradford,
Yorkshire, Dec. 27, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court-house,
Bradford. Butterfield, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Lister,
Clackheaton, near Leeds.

JAMES HARTLAND, brick and tile maker, Gloucester, Jan.
3, and Feb. 2, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. White
and Whitmore, Bedford-row, London ; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol.
MAXWELL KINCH and ROBERT KINCH, warehousemen,
Manchester, Jan. 10, and Feb. 2, at ten, at the Commissioners'.
rooms, Manchester.. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle
Temple, London ; Atkinson and Co., Manchester.
JOHN CLARK, corn-factor, Keyningham, Yorkshire, Dec.
26, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull.
Rosser and Son, Gray's Inn-place, London ; England and Shackles,
Hull.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Muscovado Sugar, from the returns made
in the week ending the 19th of Dec., 1837, is 395. 11 d, per Cwt.,
exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable on the Importa-
tion thereof into Great Britain.

THE dOURT AND TIMES OF QUEEN ANNE.—
The private correspondence of the celebrated Duchess of
Marlborough (Queen Anne's Prime Minister as she was
called) appears very opportunely at the present moment. It
will be found to throw great light on one of the most interest-
ing and famous reigns in the whole course of our annals.
Among the leading correspondents are Mr. Mainwaring, the
confidential Secretary and friend of the Duchess, the famous
Earl of Peterborough, Lord Sunderland, the Treasurer,
Lord Godolphin, the Duke of Shrewsbury, Lords Halifax and
Conin
rough, and Mohun, and a host of others.
gsbY, Sir Robert Walpole, Ladies Cowper, Scarbo-