The Sun.
London, England, 1836-09-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dublin, Sept. 21.
TRADES' UNION. —Last• night there was a numerous meeting
of this body, at the Corn Exchange. Several new members were
admitted. The last report of the Registry deputation which went
into the county of Dublin on Sunday last was then read. After
which a long and animated discussion took place en the difference
of opinion existing between Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Feargus
O'Connor, Mr. Reynolds argued that Mr. O'Connor's conduct
did not deserve the censure which it was proposed to the meeting
to fix on his ally. The meeting, however, thought otherwise, and
a vote of censure, concluding in the following words, was passed on
Mr. O'Connor:—" We feel that we are called upon to stat..,, for the
better information of that gentleman (Mr. O'Connor), that nei-
ther that body (the Trades of Dublin), nor do we believe the
Trades of DabLn ever spent a thought upon him, or the line of
conduct he may think it right to pursue ; and we also feel ourselves
bound to add that we deem any attack upon Mr. -O'Connell at this
time both ungenerous and unmanly, and also that that Hon. Gen-
tleman has the unbounded confidence of this body, and, we are
convinced, of the entire of the Liberal tradesmen of Dublin."
ENGLisir SYMPATHY.—In connexion with the charge growing
out of Mr. O'Connell's denial of English sympathy with Irish
wrongs, it has been asserted that Mr. O'Connell approved of the
mutilated Municipal Bill for Ireland, and would actually have ac-
cepted it. The Pilot says, "We have heard from persons in per-
sonal communication with Mr. O'Connell at the period, that the
contrary is the fact." Our Contemporary then proceeds to inti-
mate that the mutilated Bill ought to have been accepted, but ad-
mits that its rejection was justified. On the subject of the division
of opinion on some subjects among Reformers, the Pilot adds :
"We see a spirit of mischief is at work among the Radicals. There
are a set of brainless or bribed fellows, running about, evidently to
cool the ardour, and through that to paralyze the exertions of Rt.-
dicals towards a Reforming Ministry, previous to the pending ge-
neral election, and that through this feeling Toryism may exten-
sively creep in. This is intended by some ; others unreflectingly
administer to it. We ask is it wise or just ?"
LIBERATION or PRISONERS.—The Mail has, in his vocation,
been guilty of the grossest perversion of facts and statements with
reference to the liberation of prisoners from the gaol of Lifford.
If his Excellency sought mob-popularity, rather than obeyed the
dictates of mercy in such matters, he did not, as alleged, confine
his designs to the children of " mother church ;" for we find—not-
withstanding a veracious correspondent of the Mail has declared
that of Protestants his Excellency discharged " not one"—that
son- e members of the " loyal and persecuted" sect did absolutely
reap the benefit of the Viceroy's generous disposition ; nay, that
the offence of which they had been found guilty was of that nature
which might reasonably be supposed to make the Catholic party
look with dislike upon any extension of kindness in their behalf.
Of the sixteen persons recommended to his Excellency's attention,
thirteen were Catholics, and three members of the Established
Church. Of the former there were liberated fire, or little more
than one-third—of the latter, not only the entire, but there was
added to their number one individual, who, being a single man,
and not having such claims as the wants of a family dependent upon
his exertions would furnish, the inspector and governor of the gaol
did not feel called upon to recommend ! And what was the crime
Of which these parties were guilty? An attack upon the habitation
of a peaceable Catholic resident, of the town of Pettigo !—Register.
THE RUFFIANLY ATTACK.—We said that the Mail would dis-
claim the base attack made by a dull Tory paper on Mr. O'Con-
nell, in reference to his present domestic calamities. We have not
been deceived. There is something manly in the malignity of the
Mail—it is only a most noxious species of viper that hisses on all
occasions. Our contemporary says :—" We have very rarely al-
luded to Mrs. O'Connell—and never without all the deference due
to her sex, and all the respect which we sincerely feel for her
amiable and unobtrusive virtues." Mr. O'Connell, as a public
character, is a fair subject for public remark—but the wretch that
would invade the privacy of domestic life, and make domestic cala-
mities a subject of vulgar merriment, however his external ap-
pearance may entitle him to rank among human beings, has in his
heart no human sympathies. —Freeman.

THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND
MARRlAGES.—Yesterday a full meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors and Guardians of the Poor of Mary-la-bonne took
place, for the purpose of electing a superintendent-registrar,
and four registering officers, to do the parish duty under the
above Acts. This being the first metropolitan district in which
'such proceedings have taken place, in anticipation of these
measures, a great number of strangers were attracted to the
workhouse by the novelty of the scene. Mr. Wadmore was in
the chair. The candidates were Messrs. H. C. 'Wilson,
Clapp, Kensett, Sinclair, Bell, Bagster, Staines, and Boys.
The election was decided by ballot, though, from the popu-
larity of some of tho candidates, and the previously-expressed
sentiments of many members of the Board, scarcely a doubt
existed as to who were to be the appointed individuals.
Having drawn forth the votes, the Chairman announced the
returns to be as follow :—Mr. Wilson to be superintendent-
registrar and managing officer ; Mr. Kensett to be registrar
for the district of All Souls and Trinity, which contains 3,380
houses, and 34,000 inhabitants; Mr. Bell for the rectory di-
vision, containing 900 houses, and 30,000 inhabitants ; Mr.
Clapp, for St. Mary's district, containing 9,760 houses, and
26,300 inhabitants ; and Mr. Bagster, to be registrar for Christ
Church, the fourth and last district, containing 4,150 houses,
and 31,500 inhabitants. The fortunate candidates returned
thanks, and promised to discharge their respective duties with
fidelity and diligence. It is said that the situation of the su-
perintendent registrar will be worth at least 300/. a year.
The latest agricultural accounts from France state
that there has not been such falling off in the produce of the
wheat crop since the year succeeding the battle of Waterloo.
According to accounts from the canton of the Gri-
sons, the Rhine and other rivers overflowed their banks on the
sth inst. at several points of that canton, and occasioned great
devastation.

The manufacture of beetroot sugar has been re-
cently making rapid strides in France. La Paix says that
the whole question respecting that manufacture will be settled
satisfactorily by Ministers in the ensuing session of the
Chambers.

On Tuesday evening, between five and six o'clock,
the following daring highway robbery was committed on the
person of Mr. Atkinson, an elderly gentleman, residing in
Chalton-street, Somers-town. It appears from the statement
of Mr. Atkinson that he was returning home, and when he
arrived about half a mile from Kensal-green, on the Padding-
ton side, he was suddenly attacked by three tall powerful fel-
lows, having the appearance of excavators, armed with blud-
geons, who took from him his watch, gold chain, and appen-
dages, and also his purse. The ruffians effected their escape.
A few evenings ago, Mr. —, a Magistrate at
one of the police offices, hired a cab for the purpose of journey-
ing a few miles out of town. " How much is the fare ?" said
his Worship. " Vy," said the cabman, "as I've seed you
afore, I shan't charge more nor a crown." " That's too much,
man," exclaimed Mr. , " as you'll not be more than an
hour going." " Vell, now, and s'pose I does it in an hour, I
ought to have vot I hax, and I'm sure yer Vorship oughtn't to
grumble, for you fined me five bob t'other day, and war'nt more
nor half a minute about it neither !"
A few days since a poor fellow, named George Gill-
man, belonging to the parish of St. Peter, Sandwich, and
lately transferred to the Eastry Union Workhouse from that
town, in a fit of despondency, cut his throat in a most she..;king
manner. The wounds, it appears, were not mortal, and the
man is likely to recover to enjoy the coiqfbris of his situation
for some time longer.--Kent Herald.
We learn from our Toronto Papers that the Right
Hon. Edward Ellice arrived in that city on the Bth inst. Mr.
Ellice and his family have been long and intimately connected
with the political and commercial affairs of the Canadas. He
is the owner of a rich and extensive seignory in Lower Ca-
nada, and of other lands in this province and the neighbouring
State. On our return from England we gave him credit for
liberal intentions towards the colonists, but are recently in-
clined to believe that the Tory measures of our new Governor
and his Canada Company advisers have his approbation. Mr.
Ellice is of easy access, and his manners are affable and win-
ning.— Canada Paper.
A late fashionable physician, who, for some years
received fees to the amount of 20,0001. annually, endeavoured,
during the three last years of his life, to ascertain the sources
of the diseases to which he was principally indebted for his
wealth. After comparing the memorandums of each year, he
made the following as an average calculation :—Vauxhall,
theatres, and places of worship, 1,600 ; indulgence in wine,
spirits, and smoking, 1,300; indolence, 1,000 ; sudden changes
in the atmosphere, 1,200 ; prevalence of the north or east
winds, 1,800; force of imagination, 1,500; gluttony, 1,300;
quack medicines, 900 ; love, 10 ; grief, 850 ; unsuccessful
gambling, 900; contagion, 900; study, 950; reading novels,
450; of the doetor, 1,500.