The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-24 00:00:00

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Scotland, and all Wales, were not also Celtic)—ereltlek
!Smile's uee'ess ill att nnits to improve them. Bd.
Edmund Spenser, who was a poet and a gentleman, -'AV
arid knew Ireland well, from actual residence, judged
/the Irish differently, and contended
," that _ _the cause
of the brill • proceeded of the unsoundness of
councils and plots which have been laid for its
reformation : or of faintness in following and effecting
the same. than of any such-fatal course appointed of
God." We, in our humble way; " sa.ydittia,f to Ed-
mund- Spenser. It the British Qiivernment will but
choose a course wisely, and follow it vigorously, there is
every reason to hope for the regeneration, and no reason
to despair of the ultimate condition, of Ireland/ We
have always contended—and this was also the theory of
the late lamented Lord George Bentinck,—that reran-
! nerative employment would produce tranquilli.Pyslighten
the pressure of the poor-rates, greatly improve the for-
' tunes and estates-of , the proprietors, and marvellously
improve the condition of. the- tenant. -This is not mere
speculation, but actual fact. Mid: Qriffithstlie,,lsisp, civil
engineer, states in one of his reports. 4 1830. that in the
sear 1822 there were large garrisons in Newmarket,
Castle Island, A bbeyfeale, Glynn, Newcastle, Dams
eller, and Listowel. Eight years subsequently
in 1830) there were no troops in any of these towas.
What wrought this change? The persons who formerly
were engaged in night marauding were then, i e., in
1830, beneficially employed, end had become quiet and
useful members of society. Al r. Griffith further states
that since the works were begun nu outrages had been
committed in the mountains. This testimony of Mr.
Griffith was in the same year, 1830, supported by the
evidence of the agent of Lord Headley, who spoke' of
the barony of lereagh, in which the late Daniel O'Con-
mill was born. This respectable agent stated that in
1809 or 1810 the district was wild and savage, au asylum
for robbers and murderers. In 1830, however, owing
to a system of reproductive employment having been
adopted, the people •had become industrious and
orderly. A constant and earnest attention to the
improvement of the property of the landlord, by
the industry of the people, had worked this wonderful
change. The writers in the Times are not, perhaps,
aware that the very same imputations—the very same
charges, which they perpetually bring against the Irish,
were, thirty or forty years ago, urged against the Scotch.
Mr. Loch, the able and intelligent agent of the Duke of
Sutherland, stated before the Select Committee on Publio
Works in England, in 1835, that when he first became
acquainted with the Highlands the great proportion of
the people were irregular in their habits, were poachers,
smugglers, &c. But he went on to state that since they
had become immediate tenants of the landlord, and had
been regularly employed, they had become industrious
in every class of agricultural labour. The same facts
are set forth by lll'eulloch in his statistical account of
the British Empire. "In Wigtonshire," says he, "as in
most other Scotch counties, agriculture was formerly in
the most barbarous and wretched state; there was no
rotation of crops, the implements were execrable, the
pasture land was overstocked, the occupiers were
steeped in poverty. In various districts in Argyle-
shire land was held in partnership, on what is there
called ' run rig,' and in Ireland 'run dale.' Under this
system a number of persons take a farm in common, they
divide the arable into small contiguous portions or ridges,
the extent of land falling to each not exceeding from
three to seven acres." One would think, so accurately
does Political-economy Peter note the symptoms, that
Mr. M'Culloch was describing Ireland. But no. This
was the true description of a great portion of his own
canny land of cakes half a century ago. How have the
habits of indolence, of improvidence, and of lawlessness
of the Scots been overcome ? By proper treatment and
attention—by proiiding for them remunerative and re•
productive ein ployment. Difficulties beset the first attempt
at improvement in the Highlands of Scotland ; occasional
dis ippoinninents also supervened. But Scotch pro-
prietors persevered—English legislators aided their
effirts, and the result is a complete change in the habits
and condition of the people. Why should not similar
results follow similar efforts in Ireland ? The statesmen
who framed the English poor-law in the reign of Elisa-
beth accompanied it with measures meant to afford tem-
porary relief —such, for instance, as draining the fens in
Lincolnshire. Why should not the Government in 1849
accompany the amended Irish poor-law with railway,
pier, and harbour works, with a labour-rate, and a pro-
ject for fishing the rivers and sea coast of the sister
country? Till these efforts be tried and found wanting,
it is mere mouthing—mere coxeombry, to rant against
the Celts. As well might the writer rail against the
Picts and Scots—the Patagonians, the Californians, or
the inhabitants of Timbuctoo!

TILE LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BistioPSGATE.—
Yesterday, Mr. %V. Payne, Coroner, held a court of
inquiry ac the Vine Inn, Bishopsgate-street, respecting
the origin of the disastrous fire which occurred on the
evening of Friday last, upon the premises belonging to
Mr. Blackburn, a mat and sack merchant, in Helmet-
court, Wormwood-street. Michael Plater said that on
Friday evening last he was engaged in the warehouse
hewing some tar, when, in lifting the pot off the fire,
the handle broke, and the tar running into the fire
became ignited, and set fire to the building. On finding
that be could not extinguish the fire, he ran and called
the engines. There was no grate in the warehouse.
The tire was made of coke piled on the hearth, and sur-
rounded by bricks Mr. Braidwood, the superinten-
dent of the London Brigade, said that the practice of
making fires upon hearths was attended with great
danger, inasmuch as the rafters beneath them frequently
became ignited. lle should recommend that Mr.
Blackburn should heat his tar for the future outsido the
premises. Mr. Blackburn said that in future he would
discontinue the practice. A verdict," That the fire was
accidentally caused," having' been returned by the jury,
the court broke up.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.--Yesterday morning, at
seven o'clock, the body of a woman, with that of a c'iild
clasped firmly to her breast who had been observed beg-
ging on the previous evening, were found lifeless in the
mud at Bankside, near Barclay's brewery. On being
removed to the George public-house, they were identi-
fied and found to be Hannah Kerry, of Mint-street.
Southwark, and her daughter.. The deceased woman had
been cohabiting with a young; man, by whom age had
had the deceased infant, and he having forsaken her she
was reduced to extreme distress. Nothing was found
upon, and the general belief is that the unfortunate
creature has sacrificed herself and the life of her babe,
rather than wander the streets in a starving and desti-
tute condition.

THE LATE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE LORD CHAN.
CELLOR AND THE BISHOP OF LLANDAFF.—The dispute
which it will be recollected took place between the Lord
Chancellor and the Bishop of Llandaff, relative to the
presentation of a clergyman, said to be a relative of Lord
Cotten ham, to a benefice in the Bishop's diocese, has
been for the present settled, although there are circum-
stances connected with the matter which will in all pro-
bability ere long re-oven the controversy. The rectories
of Llanilid and Llanharan, it will be remembered, became
vacant in the early part of last year by the death of the
Rev. Dr. Griffiths, and in due course? the Lord Chancel-
,or nominated as the new incumbent the Her. H. Samp-
son, M.A., Vicar of Cudham, Bent. The Bishop of
Llandisfr refused to institute Mr. Simpson, as the rev.
gentleman proved to b, utterly ignorant of the Welsh
language. The Lord Chancellor, atter a protracted dis-
cussion with the bishop, withdrew his nomination of Mr.
Sampson, and on the recommendation of Sir J. Guest,
presented the Rev. Thomas Morgan Davis, M.A.,
Fell,tw of Jesus College, Oxford, to the livings. As Mr.
Davis is a native of Wales, and thoroughly acquainted
with the language of the country, the Bishop of Llan-
daff made no objection to the nomination, and instituted
the rev. gentleman forthwith. A difficulty of a some-
what different character has arisen. The Bishop of
London has called upon Mr. Davis to proceed at once
to one of the colonies in the capacity of a missionary,
inasmuch as the Fellowship at Jesus College, which he
has held for some years, and which he has expressed his
determination to retain, was founded for the expressed
purpose of providing for the support of a missionary
abroad. Mr. Davis positively refuses to proceed to the
colonies, and, on the other hand, the Bishop of London
has resolved to bring the question to an issue. Mr.. ~
Davis, it appears, held the curacy of Ram/gate, but wall:
removed from it in consequence of the representations
of
the Bishop of London. Almost immediately afterwards
be obtained a naval chaplaincy, but when the factsma ofe
his connexion with the Oxford Fellowship were made
known to Lord Auckland, the appointment ,Vc
The gentleman who stands next for the fellowship in
teller his
case of Mr. Davis's removal or resignathioans.ins intimated
Edwards, 8.A., of Jesus College, who.
The case has created
possession of the emoluments.
and the result is looked
intention of proceeding to the colonies on being put in
considerable interest at Oxford,
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ventured so far—and
seem-.
- executing a treaty of amity
and commerce, the benefit of Which
the merchants at Why dab.is now being felt by
Dahorod
lie has also dispatched an
officer to the King with
a treaty for the suppression of
the slave trade in his doe
ivinions, and if it bo accomplfshod.
all the cruisers in the Bight may be removed. We find
also that the lieutenant-governor has lately returned
from leading an army of 6,500 against a rebel chief of
A
. PPoloni a, with complete success, which has thrown a
beautiful country open to commerce that had been for
many years completely shut up. He also relieved 120
prisoners of different tribes, whom the King had heavily '
ironed, and, in all probability, would have sacrificed at
his next custom making. The lieutenant-governor has
receiv, d a most flattering address from the magistretes,
merchants, and others residing on the Gold Coast.
SEIZURE OF A PRIVATE DISTILLERY.— Josiah
Curtis, Esq., Supervisor of Cork Ist district, left Cork
on the evening of the 9th instant, accompanied by five
of his officers, directing the Supervisor of Bandon to
meet him and his officers at Macroom. Mr. Curtis called
upon the Sub Inspector at Macroom, who very kindly
gave him six o' the pence stationed at Inehigeels, at the
toot of' the mountain; lie alto took with him Mr. Row-
land, the surve\ing officer at Macroom—they' then predo-
c ceded to sc u- theearrigdanean ouniains,aed .v disc,er
an eitcnnive priv.tte dis illery in full work. The (Beers
d• strop el about 500 gailens potale, a large mash tun,
two cool( r..;, several open-he a.ied vessels, a Kiln, with
ah,,ut 120 bushels of malt, in process; seiz:d and secured
a 60-g ,Ilon copper still, head and worm, nine gallons of
'Pm", °hoot seen bushel, of dry malt, and three
bushels of °e.g. Bandon being the nearest place to
the seizure, Mr. Curtis gave directions to the Bandon
officers to convey the seizure to that place, which has
• arrived there in safety.—Cork Examiner.