The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-04 00:00:00

MONEY AND CITY NEWS

(Fr.G:l l iiE UORNINO FAFLIIS OF "/ AIIS
TIM E S.—Business continues very quiet in the Funds, but
the money price of Consols improved.
Commercial affairs remained without any particular new
feature. Cotton yarns and cloths were rather more inquired
for, and prices were said to be gradually recovering from the
late depression. The new crop of cotton was expected to be
at market in another fortnight.
A meeting of the Mexican and South American Associa-
tion it appears was held yesterday, to take into consideration
a communication from Liverpool, to the effect that the mer-
chants there interested entertained an intention to send a de-
putation to London, for the purpose of making certain repre-
sentations to the Foreign-office respecting the French block-
ades of Buenos Ayres and Mexico, and to request some ex.
planations as to the views or the probability of an interference
on this part of the Government. In such a case, it was de-
sired to know if the Association here would be disposed to
join and co-operate with them, which of course was agreed
to, although an (pinion was expressed that any steps would be
unavailing in the official quarter referred to.

CHRONICLE.—Spanish Stock has again improved,
and various rumours were current with a view of account-
ing for it, and amongst others it was stated that M. Thiers
was about to enter the French Cabinet, while by some it was
asserted that negotiations were going on between Don Carlos
and Lord John Hay.
The exportation of the precious metals from the port of
London, for the week ending Saturday last, the 29th Septum-
ber, consisted, according to the offieial returns, of 59,377,
ounces of silver, of which 40,200 ounces were sent to the West
Indies, 14.000 to Rotterdam, and 5,177 ounces to Mogadore.
The difficulty of obtaining money has been a good deal
felt in the city for the last few days by those who regu-
larly require it in large sums in some instances four per
cent. having been paid for short loans, upon the deposit
of first-rate English stock, and five per cent. for the dis-
count of the bills of the best of the northern i)int-stock
banks. This sudden scarcity of_ money, after the abundance •
which has been prevailing for so long a time, has been attri-
buted to the payment of various duties and remittances re-
quired in the trade for foreign corn; but this is very obviously
an insufficient reason for the change since the duties hitherto
paid have amounted to a very trivial aggregate sum, and the
small remaining stocks in the Baltic ports are understood to
have been long since paid far on English account; nor have
the foreign exchanges been affected in the slightest degree by
the recent opening of the ports. The probability, therefore,
is, that the scarcity of money is merely temporary, produced
by the accumulations of the revenue, which always effect the
Money Market previous to the payment of the quarterly
dividends ; and as these payments for the October dividends
are about to commence, there is very little doubt that
money will again be abundant in the course of a few days,
and that the rates of discount will again in consequence
decline. This is the more probable as, in addition to the
payment for the October dividends, there have recently been
very heavy arrivals of bullion from Mexico, Chili, and Brazil,

and as the greater part of the importations of the precious
metals invariably find their way to the Bank of England, the
currency will in the present instance be increased in the ratio
at which these arrivals may be taken to the Bank. The whole
stack of bullion is now so great at the Bank, and the pap:r
circulation being considerably under the proportion to which
it is usually extended, that no•permanent scarcity of money is
in reality to be apprehended for some time to come, however
much the demand may be increased, either by the revival of
speculation or the increase of the manufacturing and general
foreign trade. This afternoon, indeed, money was again much
more easily obtained, but the rate was Never under four per cent.
during the day. Some rather large loans were procured from
the 'link of England on the deposit of bills, which, of course,
!ended to improve the money market.

POST.—No amigo of the slightest importance has taken
ace in the position of any of the Foreign Securities. There
a rumour that negociations have been renewed in Paris for a

loan to the Christine Government of Spain, but in the present
desperate state of that amiable and virtuous lady's affairs, the
effort will doubtless follow the fate of its predecessors.
We have Canton Registers and Price Currents a few days
later than the previotis arrivals, but they do not add a syllable
of ne,ws of public interest. The Government of the celestial
empire was persevering in its exertions to suppress the contra-
band trade in opium, but apparently without the slighter
chance of final success. No other inference at least CAD be
drawn from the publicly reported fact that the exports from
our Indian dependencies go on much at the same rate as usual.
There is a repetition of the previous statement that the new
rick crop has been abundant, and superior in quality compared
with the least. season.
We have had no later arrivals from any other part of the
world.

HERA Lll—Advices have been received from Canton to
the 18th of April. From the Canton Register, it appears that
the Hong merchants, on the 4th of April last, addressed a
species of circular to the creditors of the Hing-tae Hong,
wherein they state that they bad before resolved to pay the
foreign debts of the Hing-tae Hong, in nine years, by instal-
ments ; but that to this arrangement the British and other
merchants had not acceded. The Hong merchants than time
for other arrangements, in consequence of their public charges
amounting to 300,000 taels for tribute, &c. ; and tlp,t they
had to pay up the debt of Fatqua's Hong, amounting to
300,000 taels; those of the Iling-tae Hong to the amount of
100,000 tads ; and the arrears of Kingqua's Hong to the
amount of 300 000 taels. In consequence they prayed in this
memorial that the British and other merchants would assent
to the pe,i3d of nine years, that they might put forth their en-
ergies to sustain the payments, and discharge the claim
within the allotted period. In conseouence of these cir-
cumstances, the firm of Dent and CO., Jardine and Co.,
and Turner and Co., addressed the Governor of Canton,
with 'a view that he should compel the Hongs to come to
a speedier settlement, wherein they showed that the foreign
merchants 113 d pail within four years the sum of 1.500,000
dollars to the Hong-yune, or indemnity fund, without
claiming one dollar, whilst the Hing-tae Hong retained up-
wards of 2,000,000 of dollars of foreign property, yet the
Cohong proposed to pay the fling- tae debt in the course of
nine years.

The r:ply of the Viceroy of Canton to the addresses of the
merchants on this subject was in complete keeping with true
Chinese policy, wherein he states that the Hongs had behaved
with much liberality, rebuked the foreign ►merchants for
their bet king; at the same time warning them not to continue
the discussion under pain of most celestial denunciations.
There had not been much alteration in the commerce at either
Lintin or Canton. Cottons have advanced, and long cloths
were inquired after. Opiu'i at \Vhampoa bad been in con.
siderable demand. Good M.lwas were readily purchased at
460 dollars per chest ; New Patna were 400 a 410 dollars.
In other respects there was no alteration in the commercial
quotations of any moment. The amount of teas exported to
Great Britain from the Ist of July, 1837, to the 17th of April,
1838, was 31,218,133 lbs. ; and to the United Slates during
tl-e same period 137,254 chests. Bills of the United States
Bank on London. at 180 days' sight, were negotiated to a
considerable amount at 4s. 4d. per dollar.

PARACHUTE DESCENT AT CHEL-

TENHAM.

Yesterday, Mr. Hampton, a gentleman who has already ac-
quired some celebrity in aaronautics, accomplished the
desperate feat of a parachute descent, to the great wonder
and no small delight of the residents and visitors of Chelten-
ham. About a fortnight back Mr. Hampton ascended from
the Montpelier Gardens, in his " Albion" balloon, and after
a pleasant voyage, affected a safe descent at Twigworth, a
villTe about two miles north of Gloucester. He had on
that occasion pledged himself to descend in a parachute on
Garnerin's principle, some time in the month of October, but
the general impression was, that he had not, in reality, any
such intention ; and eventually Wednesday, the 3d of October,
was fixed upon for making the daring experiment. Several
scientific gentlemen of the town endeavoured to dissuade Mr.
Hampton from his pr(ject--the local Press joined in the re-
monstrance, but Mr. Hampton persisted in his intentions, de-
claring that unless the machine itself gave way—a result
which he could by no means anticipate—the descent was in
every respect as practicable as by the balloon. Notwith-
standing this, Mr. Spinney, Chairman of the Cheltenham
Gas Worl,s, with whom Mr. Hampton had entered into an ar-
rangement for the inflation, appeared before the Bench of
Magistrates on Monday, in order to have their advice upon the
matter. The Bench stated, in reply, that they viewed tre
project with much suspicion, and regretted that Mr. Hampton
should persist in making an experiment which might in all
probability be attended w lib the loss of his own life, but they
doubted whether they had authority to prevent it. Capt?in
St. Clair, one of the Magistrates, observed, that Mr. Spin-
ney, by refusing to supply the gas, could do so effectually, or
the proprietors of the Gardens might refuse Mr. Hampton's
permission to ascend from their grounds. Mr. Spinney re-
tired, and having communicated the decision of the Bench to
Mr. Hampton and the lessees of the Gardens, a circular was
then issued from the Gardens, stating, that in deference to the
opinion of the Magistrates, partial descents within the Gar-
dens only would be permitted.
The process of inflation commenced early in the morning,
and was not finished till 5 o'clock, when the parachute was
brought into the enclosure from the Montpelier Pump-rooms,
where it had been exhibited the two previous days. Under
the superintendence of Mr. Hampton, it was speedily
attached
to the balloon by a slip-line. The car which lay on the
ground was not even uncovercd—the valve was not closed—

no grappling irons were attached—andfrOm those circum-
stances the initiated few began to surmise that the aeronaut was
intent on something more than a partial descent. A strong
rope, some eighty or a hundred feet long, was made fast to the
parachute, and Mr. Hampton having taken his seat, cause
the stay-lines to be gradually relaxed. After trying the
ascending power of the machine, which was then about thirty
fe:.t above the earth, he gave a cheer, and suddenly cutting the
ropes, shot suddenly upwards, to the great surprise of all and
to the consternation of most of the spectators. The balloon
aid its appendages floated gracefully and steadily in the direc-
tion of Gloucester, and when up to the altitude which the in-
trepid aeronaut originally contemplated-5,000 feet from the
earth—and distinctly visible for miles round, he detached the
parachute from the balloon, and gradually descended, appa-
rently not more than a hundred yards, when a volume of flame,
bright but transient, announced the fact of his having
the gas. The balloon instantly collapsed and reached terra
firma long before the parachute. Mr. Hamp'on effected
luedirg at Budgeworth, within five miles of Gloucestet
only injury being a slight wound ou the eyebrow. ignited
Our c:Are,ponde,,t promises to furnish us with further parti-
, ulm a of this daring exploit in time for to-inorrow'a Pub"
ligation,

AIR. O'CONNELL. TO HIS
sTrruLNTs.

Darrynane Abbey, Sept. 29, 1838.
Hereditary bondsmen, know you mot
Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow".
FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,—The affectionate yet manly con-
fidence which you, my beloved constituents, are pleased to re-
pose in me, the readiness with which you have given me
credit for intending and doing the best for our common country,
which existing circumstances render possible, are to me sources
of pride and pleasure, and would be the greatest consolation
under the difficulties that surround us, if I wanted any other
satisfaction or comfort than the cheering excitement that
arises from the consciousness that we have arrived within one
stage—and that a short one—of the spirit-stirring, soul.
exalting agitation for REPEAL. Yes, my friends—the attempt
to be made by the Precursor Society for full justice to Ireland,
foeurg
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precede,our demand
The arrangements which you are making between this and
November, for the perfect organization of the Precursor So-
ciety—arrangements
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we shall be able to bring our demands before the British
several
people, and British Parliament, in a shape of so much weight
and authority as will leave them no kind of excuse or pallia-
lait
tion for refusing, or postponing, to do us justice.
The time is come when we must—once for all—experimen-
tally KNOW whether the Union is to be made real by a perfect
identification of the Irish and British franchises, and liberties,
or the duty be.cast upon us of requiring, in the voice of seven
millions, the repeal of that obnoxious and degrading statute.
Hurra! then, for a powerful, a combined, and a last expe-
riment.
It fills my heart with joy to say these things to you, but it
is not in the mere gratification of any pleasure, however exalted
or refined, that I write to you. Ido it from a sense of duty,
and to bring your attention to some particular topics. The
first of these is Corporate Reform ; we have repeated, till we
are disgusted even by the repetition, the shameful insult
offered to us by the Peel-Wellington party, signified by the
familiar phrase—" England has Corporate -Reform, Scotland
has Corporate Reform; Ireland is refused Corporate Reform."
Now, I wish to call your attention to the extent to which
this evil afflicts you, my constituents.
Firstly—The Corporation of Dublin consists of not more
than one per cent. of the entire population. It is a miserable
minority, and a'l the rest of the population are excluded ;
not only the Catholics, but the Liberal Protestants, without
almost a single exception.
Secondly—The Catholics have been, in point of law, ad-
missable to be freemen of Dublin, since the year 1792. Forty-
six years have since elapsed, but not one single Catholic has
been since admitted to the freedom. There is a great deal of
Protestant bigotry in the world, but I believe a more perse.
veiing instance of Pro•estant exclusiveness does not disgrace
any portion of the civilized globe.
Thirdly—This exclusive and bigoted Corporation, con-
temptible in point of number, anti still more contemptible
in point of individual character and property, has the con-
trout over funds of great magnitude and value, which it of
course monopolizes among its own members, but which, it
applied as they ought to be (and would be by a reformed Cor-
poration) would diminish, to a considerable extent, the /taxa-
tion of the city.
Let me here observe that there are certainly some persons
of character and fortune in the Corporation. They are,
however, but few. I do not speak disparagingly of these
few, hut I do of the great and overwhelming majority of the
Corporation.
Fourthly—The consequence of the iniquitous waste of the
Corporate property, for individual purposes, is that the city of
Dublin is the most heavily taxed, and burthened with rates
and cesses, of any in the British empire—beyond any compa-
rison so.
Fifthly—Nothing can be more lamentable than the impediment
which this Corporation creates to the administration of justice.
The Lord Mayor's Court, the Court of Conscience, and the
office of Sub.t4heriff have.beea for years farmed out to the
highest bidder; even the Sheriffs have been long com-
pelled to give a partizan pledge as the Shibboleth of office.
Sixthly—These Sheriffs have the 'nomination of the Grand
and Petit Jurors, and 'he Gi and Jurors inflict a taxation, which
has gradually risen within the last few years from what I re-
member it, viz., from about 1-t,OOOl. a year, to upwards of
36,0001. per annum; , whilst in the meantime, the value of
house property has diminished more than 501. per cent.
Seventrily—These Sheriffs have also the nomination of the
Jurors who try all the issues, criminal as well as civil, in the
Queen's Bench and other superior Courts or justice.
Eighthly—lt is scarcely necessary to add, that the.appoint-
ments to various lucrative Offices, important to the well-being
of the citizens, are vested in the limited and bigoted corpora-
tions, and have been given to those who most diStinguish
themselves in extravagant bigotry, may serve to stimu-
late the worse passions among the holders, and the
still larger class of expectants. All these evils, and
many more, exist in our unreformed Corporation. It
foments bigotry ; it creates, encourages, and continues
dissension and rancour among the citizens ; it overlays
the inhabitants with enormous taxation ; it tends directly
to pollute the source of justice, and is in fact a nuisance of
the most comprehensive magnitude.
Tne Peel-Wellington party offered us but one alternative,
to continue this nuisance or to create a worse.
There is still one greater crime committed by this Corpo-
ratio—ea fraud deliberately concocted and carried into effect
by the deliberate aid of grave and judicial personages—IT IS
THE FABRICATION OF FICTITIOUS VOTES. Let us put once
more the facts before the public.
Firstly—No person can compel the Corporation of Dub-
lin to make him a freeman, no matter what his claim or title
may be. He may be the eldest son of a freeman or be mar-
ried to a freeman's daughter, or have served a regular ap-
prenticeshipall the three, yet he has no l ecral remedy or legal means
to a freeman, or include in his own person
admit him to
to compel
matter what the facts be, which might give
Secondly—No
either branch of the Common Council,
a right to the freedom,
the Sheriffs, and Commons may
t
ile Corporation to his freedom.
the Board of A.dermen, or
of
claim the Commons could reject it, and vice
ac-
ceded to the
the the Boardof
if the Commons allowed claim Al-
versa,
t it. Thus the concurrence of both in a
reject the claim. So that even if the Board Aldermen
dermen could reject
is essentially necessary to make a man free of
thof Dublin.
the Board of Aldermen nor the commons
Thirdly—Neither
reason for rejecting the claim. Their own will
need give any
or caprice, or dislike regulate their conduct in
end pleasure,
; ut appeal and without cnntroul that behalf video
While the
Ref orrußill was in the House of
Fourthly—While
voluntaryotpearactti
Corporation
I moved for a retie 0 of the persons who had ob-
tained Commons
, or marriage
of Dublin. I didthis •
in the Corporation
the Corpora,ion of Dublin admitted no
which is now being commuted 1 and
the very fraud
ryas duly made by the Cot • poration to the
ingly a return
their freedom in right of birth, servitude
and printed b.y order of
o that House, dis-
tinctly s'Ati
edont as of rig
person tot he
Fifthly—TueCorporation have always claimed and exer-
d power to admit to the freedom any person
cised an unlimited
hand, • • thus, upon one continuing the succession
they pleased;
by admitting such persoes
of the Corporation,as they pleased
House of Coemg
on the other band, rejecting whomsoever they
to admit ; slid,tilohnast,,
chose to reject.
these circumstances there is not in •
Sixthly—Under exist-
ence and integrity who
ence a lawyer of intelligence g
thatt all the freemen in the citwyoufldpnot
give it as his opinion,e• en—that is, freemen admitted o Dub
at the dis-
cretion are honorary rem
Corporation, without any legal right to compel
cretion of :he .
such thing as
admission. There is no. a legal right in our
the a
legal remedy. Such being the facts
law without a and such
Corporation
what has our corrupt. done? Why, they
the law,
introduced the rights
the
first time of birth, tervitude,
have for
and marriage into the certificates of admission to the freedom.
They have, for example, given a certificate of freedom by who had
ap-
prenticeship
e in Dublin to a person served his
was appren-
ticeship iii London 1 That apprenticeshipi as served to an
Englishman, who had never been Ireland,.. and possibly
never hear,l of the Corporation of Dublin. They have given
a certificate of freedom by marriage, to a person married to a
woman whose father was equally ignorant of the Corporation
of Dublin. They have given certificates of feedom by birth
to many persons, whose fathers were never free of the Cor-
poration t Thus you, my friends, are aware that the fair con-
stituency of Dublin, the resident householders, are Ready
swamped by this deluge of freemen with fistitiou3 titles, and
who have not property to register as householders or free-
holders. There is, to be sure, one remedy, and that is, in
case the popular interest were defeated at an election, there
would be an appeal to an Election Committee of the House of
Commons. But Garagantua's plan of
deciding
causes, by
throwing out dice, was honest and respectable, compared to
the chance of a Tory Committee of that House, It is true
that the last Dublin Committee decided against ninety such
votes, but instead of the Corporation being checked by this
rebuke, they have gone on, and are going on, multiplying the
fictitious and fraudulent voters, with the utmost indecency, as
well as most palpable injustice.
What is the remedy ? For my part, determined to
leave no effort untried to stop this deluge of fraud. I applied
to the Court of Queen's Bench for a writ of quo warranto, but
that Court refused, upon a mere crotchet, or quibble, to allow
the question to be put into a train for trial. The Court, as is
usual upon such occasions, were unanimous, and having refused
to allow the merits to be tried, our only remedy is from Par-
liament. To obtain, relief from Parliament I want two millions
of Precursors. Let the people of Ireland support me. and WE
SUCCEED—I believe they will support me ; Dublin, at least, is
doing its duty well and honestly ; and I have no doubt, by
November next, THE MOST POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL PUBLIC
BODY THAT IRELAND EVER saw, will be found in the Precursor
Society. q
-he question of Corporate Reform alone ought to
embody every man, woman, and child in Dublin in that Society.
The second topic relates to the relief that Ireland requires
on the subject of ecclesiastical re venues. These facts are im-
portant to be known and distinctly recollected.
Firstly—That the liability to a tithe to the Parson has
been totally transferred from the y occupying tenants to the
landlords or the proprietors in possession.
Secondly—That this transfer has taken place under two
Acts of Parliament, the fi, st called " Lord Stanley's Act,"
and the other the Act of the last Session.
Thirdly—That it appears by Parliamentary returns that
prior to the last Session Stanley's Act had gone into operation,
in about four years, to the eeeraious extent of something more
than 'one-half of all the tithe compositions of Ireland, and
must inevitably iii a
few
years have gone into universal opera-
tion. It is probable that within three or four years more this
transfer woul.l have taken place ; it must have done so in a
very tew years more et all events-
Fent thly--S-The effect or the Tithe Bill of the last Session
was this, that it compelled the transfer at once. It gave no

adaitionai title to the l'osons. There are more than kit)
gets upon the statute hook encnreing. under the most tigorous
penahics, including transportation and death, the payment of
tithe, or tithe composition, to the Parsons.
Fifthly—That the last Tithe Bill having done no more than
limited the remedy of the Parsons to the landlords, and thus
effectuated at once what Stanley's Act was doing gradually
but rapidly, it had this striking advantage that whereas.
Stanley's Act rendered the landlords Lable for the entire tithe
compensation, save and except the few who, within a limited
period, had bound themselves to pay, and were, therefore, en-
titled to a reduction of 151. per cent; yet, the late Act strikes
off at once 251. per cent of the entire burden.
Sixthly—The recent Act strikes off at one below, a quarter
of all the tithe compensation in Ireland, that is, it extinguishes,
not merely in name, but in reality, one-fourth of all the Parsons'
tithe composition throughout Ireland, amounting to about ONa
HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS PER ANNUIL
Seventhly—All the arrears due by the occupying tenants
are remitted by the late Act ; unless in the cases in which
some suit by civil bill, by action, or by proceedings in a
Court of Equity, are in existence. This exception does not
include suits in which the Parson has been defeated. It only in-
cludes EXISTING sun's. But it must be always recollected
that it includes suits by civil bill, as well as actions by com-
mon law ; as also the more monstrous proceedings of suits •in
equity.
Eighthly—ln every case (if any such there be) in which
the Parson chooses to remit the costs against the occupying
tenant, he can go for bis arrears to the treasury, and thus
totally exempt the occupying tenant.
Ninthly—lf the occupying tenant think fit to pay the
costs, and thus get rid of that claim, the Parson can re-
cover his arrears at the Treasury, and be must be a very
harsh and cruel man indeed, if in that case he does not resort
to the Treasury. I know there are some such Parsons, but I
hope not many. But if the Parson will refuse to take the costs,
and choose to continue his proceedings already instituted
against the tenant, there is no remedy.
I have been thus diffuse as well (I hope) as distinct, be-
cause I have been written to from many places, making in-
quiries as to the operations of the Act, where suits have been
commenced, but not actually proceeded upon. ln every such
case the costs must be remitted by the Parson (which is not
probable), or paid by the tenant in order to have the arrears
remitted.
I now proceed to some other points respecting the last
Tithe Act.
Tenthly—The Bill, as it left the House of Commons, con-
tained a very valuable clause, giving a power ..f appeal from
all compositions that had been unjustly overcharged. Tiiia
valuable clause, which would have included the case of Ruth..
cormac, was struck out in the House of Lords by Vesey Fitz-
gerald ; and the appeal was limited by him to cases of a sole
commis,ion, under Lord Stanley's Act. This cruel proceed-
ing upon his part fully justified the impression I orieinell
• Y
formed of the man, as if it were by iastinct. I felt that he
had an innate hostility to the people of Ireland, and all his
subsequent conduct ha; proved it.
Eleventhly—lt will be recollected that before the last Ses-
sion I had prop >sed a plan of total extinction of tithes, placing
the Parsons upon the Cousolidated Fund, and compensaiiag
that find for expense's now sustained by it, a; well out of the
income of the Woods and Farms in Ireland as by county
assessments, which were to diminish in proportion as the tran-
quillity of each county might render such assessments unne-
cessarr

Twelfthly—l had an intimation from a very influential
member of the Government, that the Ministerial Tithe Bill Of
thft last Session would anopt, to a considerable extent, my
plan of the extinction. This was the only intimation I re-
ceived upon the subject.
Thirteenthly—l cannot say whether any other Irish Mem-
ber knew of the Tithe Bal intended to be proposed ; I don't
believe there did. .ttßut for myself I say distinctly, that I knew
nothing of the Bill, as it really existed, until it was placed on
the table of the House. On the contrary, I had announced in
the public newspapers that my plan of Tithe Extinction would
be to a considerable extent adopted, justified as I was by the
announcement made to me by a Cabinet Minister.
Fourteenthly—No Irish Member accepted the Tithe Act of
this Session as a final measure, or as a satisfactory measure.
For my own part, I distinctly stated that I did not accept it as
an instalment, cr as a measure likely to be satisfactory, far less
final. On the contrary, I distinctly stated that the people of
Ireland would not, and, in my decided opinion, ought not, to
be satisfied with it, or to relax their efforts to get rid of all
compulsory payments to a Church to which they did not
belong.
Foleanthly—l did state, and I repeat my conviction,
that the Bid of last Session, instead of being an additional
security to the Parsons, would increase the resistance to the
payment of the tithes in the shape of rent charge; that it
would bring into the field a new class of Whitebo‘ s, that is,
of tithe resisters men in broad cloth and boots, instead of
the small farmers in fiieze; men who would dislike exceed.
ingly the payment of the rent charge, and would. not relish
the mixing up of the rents with the blcod-stained tithe im-
post, and who would rue the day that they acquiesced, if they
should acquiesce, in any such admixture. I have reason to
believe, as I sincerely hope, that the resistance to the payment
of a sinecure Church will be augmented, and not diminished,
by the late Act of Parliament.

A good deal of clamour has been raised upon the subject,
and 1 have not been spared either by friends or foes. Heaven
forbid I should lam one of those who think that public
men cannot be too narrowly scrutinized, and I care little
whether the scrutiny be in terms of courtesy or of virulent
hostility. That is the affair of the assailant—it is not mine.
I am not justifying myself, or vindicating any thing I hate
done; the facts are giten nit as an excuse; but as a mere
statement; and if others differ from me, and abuse me, the
only revenge I shall take is in future to be doubly active in
endeavouring to render service to cur common country. That
country has arrived at a crisis in which she re quires that every
cause of dissension and division—at least as to what is past—.
should be exploded, and that a multitudinous and continual
exertion should be made to preserve her from her enemies and
to sicure her liberties.
It is true that I had two strong reasons for desiring to re-
move the pressure of the tithe war from the actual occupiers
of the soil. The first was my ap; reh..usion, that as the Go-
vernment had been compelled by the House of Lords to give
horse, foot, and police to aid the rebellion ruffians, the people
might be driven to open resistance and to one of those drift-
less rebellions which bring destruction upon the population
and strengthens the hands of every crawling creature con-
nected with power or Government. The recent proceedings
in several of the Midland and Southern Counties amply justi-
fied my apprehension.

The second reason is of a more personal nature. Multi.
tudes of persons who were sued for tithes, or whose property
was seised upon, or whose persons were incarcerated, wrote
me the most moving and heart-rending letters, heart-rending
because I could not give them any relief or advise any course
that would extricate them from their difficulties. 1 was the
power less butt of thousands upon thousands of afflicted com-
plainants. Every now and then a victim perished in gaol a
tythe-martyr. It was a strife that made my heart bleed, and
I was hot sorry to see the tithe-war shift its quarters from the
poor and the lowly to those who can better bear the brunt of
the battle, whilst the spirit of the ever-faithful people will sup-
port and back their wealthier co-operators, in order to put an
end to the tithe-system for ever.—[We probably give the
conclusion of this letter to morrow.l

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

TOCTOBER ,2.
Tux CORPORATION.—Yesterday Alderman Hayte was
sworn in Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Messrs. Grant and Taylor
sheriffs. Thera were none of the usual political squibbing be-
tween the ReCorder and the Lord Lieutenant, to which this
occasion hitherto gave rise. The inaguration dinner took
place on the evening, and was a very splendid affair. Very
little party display took place. Sheriff Grant's dinner takes
place this evening.
KILKENNY CORPORATION.—The brave and indefatigable
Reformers of Klkenny have succeeded at length in wrestling
their corporate rights from the bigoted corporation of that city.
The following details will be found interesting :
On Thursday, pursuant to notice and requisition of the
Mayor, a further meeting of freemen was held in the Tholsel
or the following purpose :-
Ist. To have the city seal placed in such custody as to be
at the disposal of the Mayor and citizens, and in case said
seal cannot be obtained, to have same cancelled and a new
seal adopted for the use of of said Mayor and citizens, in pur-
suance of the power granted-to them by the charter.
2d. That the Treasurer and Town Clerk be directed to at-
tend the assembly, in person, to receive directions of the Mayor
and ctiz.ms as to the duties of the respective offices, and to
act accordingly.
3d. In cese said officers shall refuse or decline attending said
assembly and obeying their orders, then to consider the pro-
priety of removing said Treasurer and Town Clerk, and, if
deemed necessary, of removing them from their respective of-
fices, and to elect other citizens in their places.
4th. To admit freemen and to make the necessary rules for
making the Common Council a representative body, and filling
up vacancies therein.
Twelve o'clock was the hour named in the Mayor's notice, hut he did not make his appearance till twenty minutes to
three o'clock. Having taken the chair he said he had to
state that as it wuold be necessary to have an adjournment
under soy circumstances, of this day's meeting, he wished
that they would now adjourn without going into any business,
till to morrow, if such a course could be -pursued without in-
terfereee with the legal mode of proceeding.
Mr. Issas, on the part of his fellow-citizens, begged to
inform his NVorship that they would proceed to business;
but before entering upon it, he wished to make a preliminary
arrangement, by moving that Mr. Hart be appointed to act
as Secret-my to this meeting, and to take down the proceed-
ings iu the absence of Mr. W.,ters, the Town Clerk.
Mr. H. J Lovenee—l beg to second the resolution.
The MAYOR—I want you to state those branches which you
think it essential to have gone through to-day.
Mr. JAMES—The course that it had been considered pru-
dent to adopt was to take the most important measure first.
By the Charter the Town Clerk was an officer absolutely
necessary to be present at, and to record, the meetings of
the Mayor and citizens. The Treasurer was not an officer
under the Charter, but by the rules of the Corporation he
.was
also rendered necessary, as anybody having funds to dispose of
should have some officer in whose charge to place them,
and by whom they should be disbursed. These, therefore,
being essential officers, the first thing the citizens felt they
should be obliged to do was to secure obedient officers in the
two situations. The object and the intention of the citizens
in the beginning had been not to remove either of the gen-
tlemen who now filled these situations, as it might seem in-
vidious to do so. Even now they felt reluctant to disturb
any of the other officers, but the recent proceedings before
the Privy Council, and the conduct of both Treasurer and
Town Clerk, had removed any scruple that might exist.
he MAYOR—OII, if you show that feeling —but I n ill
have more discretion than you, Mr. Loughlan, arid not meet
your remark as it might deserve ! 1 I will have no objection
to put the following. (The Mayor then read a resolution
summoning the Town Clerk to attend the next day, but omit-
ting the part which warned him that he should be removed
from his office in case of non-attendance.) I have stated
that the omission of the latter part will not mar your objects
should they not attend, or prevent you to-morrow, if it may be
necessary, from removing them. I'll agree to put the reso-
lution calling on them to attend,
.without the part that
threatens them with removal.
Mr. JAMES said he was sure the Mayor and his fellow-citi-
zens would listen patiently while he explained the reason why
the latter pert of the resolution should not be omitted. It
was necessary that they should. have obedient officers, and
what occurred before the Privy Council showed that the
present gentlemen were not inclined to be so._( Hear, hear. )
One of them had there openly disclaimed the authority of the
Mayor and citizens, and styled himself the officer of that
select body from whom the power had been taken and re-
vested in the citizens at large. Could we, then, consistently
with our own interests, continue such an officer in his situation,
if he persevered in refusing to acknowledge the authority of
the Mayor and citizens ? ( Hear, hear.) Such a resolution
could be no bar to an amicable adjustment, but would rather
tend to forward it.
Mr. H. J. LOUGIINAN then proposed the following resolu-
tion —" That it be, and is hereby ordered that Charles Mad-
don, E 54., Treasurer of the Corporation, do attend as an
adjourned assembly of the Mayor and citizens to be held on
to-morrow, at the Tholsel, between the hours of two and
three o'clock in the afternoon, to receive the directions of
said assembly touching the business of the office, and that in
case the said Charles Madden, Esq., shall refuse or neglect
attending, that the expediency of removing him, and of ap-
pointing another Treasurer in his place shall be taken into im-
mediate consideration, and, if deemed expedient, he shall be
removed and another appointed in his stead, and that a copy of .
this resolution be served on Mr. Madden by the Secretary."
This was giving him full and fair notice of the consequence
of disobedience.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. M. SeLLIVAN--SUBpOSe they come, are you satisfied
to continue them in office ?
Air. JAMES—Certainly, if they undertake in future to act
according to the directions they may receive from the Mayor
and citizens. If the Treasurer pledge himself to publish his
accounts half yearly, and to give no motley for Corporation
contests or other purposes, without being so directed by the
citizens. To show that we have no personal object, 1 should
mention that if they do not attend it is our intention, should
the matter be afterwards amicably arranged, that the officers
we will elect shall resign in favour of the present officers.
Mr. Letioneare—At all events I beg to hand in the resolu-
tion which I proposed.
Mr. P. BYRNE—I beg to second it.
Mr. HART—I believe Mr. Byrne is not a freeman.
Mr. BYRNE—I am, and a freeholder too.
Mr. J. P. RYAN—To prevent mistake, I beg to second it.
The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously.
Mr. E. SMITHWICK said he had a similar resolution to pro-
pose regarding the Town clerk,
Mr. M. O'DONNELL having seconded the resolution, it was
carried unanimously.
Mr. JAMES moved, and Mr. P. SHORTALL seconded, a resolu-
tion of adjournment to the following day, between the hours
of two and three.—Agreed to.
The meeting then adjourned.
FRIDAY.
On Friday an adjourned meeting took place, and after a
good deal of discussion, Me freemen accepted a proposition
from Me Corporation, snaking the Common Council elective.

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tbtind it had b,,en done by some °co
dr, n, as they were not able to light one in t
hut, in which they have been obliged to liv
ejected. On this charge he expected that 14:. 'lttAtts
would take informations against this tinfortunat
Singleton and Captain Wickham (the Makistalar4 lea" :4 `T
ance), of course, without hesitation, dismissed the case. This
last abortive attempt to prosecute this poor man, needs no
comment. The heart sickens at such_conduct, and must exe-
crate the doers."—Limerick Standard.
The Mai/ would have the world believe that the counties of
Sligo and Leitrim are in a horribly disturbed state. Its quota-
tions from its own newspaper creatures, as usual, include vio-
lent assaults on the person, the injury and destruction of
cattle, the administration of illegal oaths against the payment
of tithes, rent, &c. Crime is in a most flourishing condition,
according to our Conservative truth-telling Contemporary.