The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-12 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MAY 10.
GENERAL ASSOCIATION.—ADDRESSES TO THE KING.—The
usual weekly meeting was held yesterday. Numerous com-
munications were read, announcing that meetings have been
held, and addresses to the King and petitions to the House
of Commons numerously signed have been forwarded, pray-
ing fur the continuance and support of the present just and
paternal administration. The writers generally state that the
number of signatures could have been greatly multiplied if the
exigency permitted delay. The Rev. Mr. Power read his re-
solutions relative to Lord J. Russell's system of emigration.
They embraced the question of absenteeism and the Poor-
laws. As some opposition was offered to the entertainment
at present of the Rev. Gentleman's motion, lie gave notice
that he will bring them forward on Tuesday. Mr. Clements
said in reference to the following notice, that if the subject of
misrepresentation alluded to in it was not taken up on Monday
at the meeting in Coburg-gardens, he would bring it to the
Association on Tuesday. Notice—" That this Association do
take into their consideration the many *misrepresentations,
falsehoods, and calumnies towards this country, as reported to
have been uttered in a late debate on the Municipal Reform
question, in order to give them ample and full contradiction."
GREAT COUNTY MEETING IN SLIGO.—In pursuance of a re-
quisition most numerously and respectably signed, the High
Sheriff called a meeting of the county for Wednesday, the 3d
of May, for the purpose of preparing an address to his Most
Gracious Majesty, representing to him the confidence of the
people of Sligo in his present Administration, and praying
him to continue them in his Councils, an.l also to petition Par-
liament to the same effect. After some sensible and spirited
speeches, resolutions strongly declaratory of the sentiments
entertained by all patriotic Irishmen, were passed, and an ad-
dress to his Majesty, together with a petition to the House of
Commons, were respectively adopted by acclamation.
MR. CRAWFORD AND THE IRISH TITHE BlLL.—This gentle-
man, as is known, is decidedly opposed to the Government
measure for settling the Tithe question. In a letter from
London, dated May 6, addressed by him "to the people of
Ireland," the following passages, declaratory of his determined
hostility to the Ministerial proposition, precede the Hon. Gen-
tleman's arguments on the question :
" FELLOW-COUNTY MEN—Are you ready to submit yourselves
the willing dupes of one of the grossest political delusions
which ever yet was played off against our unfortunate country ?
'• It is the consummation of the political farce of the appro-
priation humbng.
_ _

" People of Ireland—. Hear the words of one nho has honestly
and faithfully struggled in your cause, out of Parliament and
in Pm-nay-lent.

"Be uo longer deceived. If your own spirit does not save
you, you will be sacrificed to an unworthy coaipromisc be-
tween Whigs and Tories—between the landlords and the
Church—between the aspirants after office, and the holders of
office—and between British and Irish interests.
" Your rights.are to be surrendered. The iron grasp of ec-
clesiastical monopoly is to be riveted on your wrists, under
the pretence of a paltry remission of a part of the tithe as-
sessment, I say under pretence—for, in reality, you, the
people of Ireland, will not obtain oue farthing of real benefit
in return.

" I know you will be told you are to have a reduction of
30 per cent. Recollect this 30 per cent. is offered avowedly
as a bonus to the landlords. Now, let me ask you this plain
question—How can it be a bonus to the landlords, unless it
be levied off the tenants? When the tenant comes to make
a new bargain, he will find to his cost the truth of my asser-
tion. He will not only have to pay the tithe, but let him rest
assured that he will also have to pay the landlord the Proc-
tor's fees.

" The unfortunate tenants of Ireland may perhaps be taught
to curse the day when they transferred the tithe to this new
task-master, to be the proctor for the Established Church.
" flow did the present Administration put out their oppo-
nents? The appropriation clause. How have they held office ?
The appropriation clause. Why is it surrendered ? Because
the surrender would now promote the longer retainment of
office. Former professions are then cast to the winds. The re-
jected amendments of the Lords are to be taken as the foun-
dation of religious liberty of Ireland.
" What was the original proposition ? That a surplus existed
of Church property, and that Parliament had a right to apply
that surplus to national uses.
" By Lord Morpeth's Bill, in 1835, sinecurism was to be abo-
lished—all benefices not having more than 50 Protestants were
to be sequestered for the public benefit."
CauLow ELEcTioN.—The mail to-day returns to its dirt-
flinging, protesting that the Committee who came to the con-
clusion that Mr. Vigors had been duly elected, " have played
a most disreputable game." Petitions too, it is declared, will
be prosecuted in every similar case "until the registry be
purged of its fictitious voters !" This is a consummation de-
voutly to be waked, and by none more than by the Liberals. •
Dr. Baldwin refused the challenge of Mr. O'Driscoll in the
following terms :—" Dr. Baldwin, upon due consideration
and consultation with his friends, declines to give the hostile
meeting demanded by Mr. Henry Burke on the part of Mr.
Redmond O'Driscoll." The report which gave offence to the
Dr., and occasioned the rencontre between himself and Mr.
O'Driscoll, a report of a preliminary meeting respecting
the representation of the county, which was held on Wednes-
day, the 3d instant, at the Hotel of the Chamber of Commerce,
and was published in the Stiateiderit Reporter of the following
Saturduz,

Miss Bruce had her morning concert at the Havo-
ver-square Rooms or Wednesday, and drew round her a full
tide of the fir and fashionable. ll.r hill of fare well selected,
told was supported by the highest talont to be found amongst
our native musicians ; this, with Aliss Bruce's own popular
contributions, rendei•ed the whole attractive, and made the
concert etss off with eclat,