The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-21 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BENGAL lIURKARU ANn

CHRONICLE.

" SIR,—I am directed by the Right Hon. the Gover-
nor-General in Council, to acquaint you, that you are
prohibited from admitting into your paper any comments
en the letter from the Hon. the Court of Directors,
No. 37, dated 31st March, 1830, which will be pub-
lished in General Orders to the army, in the Government
Gazette of this day.—l am, Sir, your obedieut servant,
" GEO. SWINTON, Chief Sec. to Government.
" Council Chamber, 6th Sept., 1830."

The annexed extract of a letter by a gentleman
connected with the press in Caicutta, may serve as
a specimen of the feeling which this prohibition has
excited:—

" I had the thought in my head of a mourning line, but
feared to ruin the paper by giving room to a Star-cham-
ber construction of the law of comment. Whether com-
ment on the letter of the Court precludes comment on the
mandate of Council, and whether this might not be
•mourned over, in words or by tokens and signs, is another
question. But the Star-chamber is accuser, judge, and
executioner, all within itself. Who can say what will be
be their view? We knew that nothing so exasperates
them, or any men so situated, as significant dumb show
• of resistance or sauciness.

4, The Court have not profited by Lord Mansfield's ad-
vice to the Military Governor and Chancellor of Barba-
doe., ' never to give reasons for a decree.' rheir reasons
are sophistical and worthless—dishonest and full of false
pretences. They deny the mutiny and treaty of 1795,
because no official records of that notorious negociation
with Pitt and Dundee exist. They do not even directly
pledge themselves to respect any other part of the pay or
pension. Sic rolo, sic jubeo,' and they talk of their
many bounteous acts to the army of late years ! The tinny
where are they ?"
in reply ask,

PIRON, the celebrated French satirist, was
once brought, for some midnight frolic, before a Divisional
Commissary of Police, who sternly asked bins the usual
questions—his name, his profession, &c. ; of which he was
no sooner informed than he changed his tone, and, tissum-
ing a smiling countenance,
said--" Ah ! M. PutoN,
poet—we are all friends here; for I too have a brother
who is a poet.'' " That is very likely," returned the
satirist, " for I also :lave a brother who is an egregious
blockhead." the

Mr. Timm as WILSON said he came forward as a
Protestant to propose the first resolution, and to
recommend brotherly love and union among all men
for the welfare of their country.
Mr. P. NOLAN seconded the resolution. He said
he had never raised his voice before at a public
assembly, but when he saw the liberties of his coun-
try trampled down by a Lord Lieutenant or a Lord
Lieutenant's Secretary, and the walls of his native
city placarded with worse than Polignac proclarra-
tions, he could not refrain from expressing his sen-
timents on the subject.—(Cheers.)
111 r, 13, TooLE proposed the second resolution,
which was seconded by Mr. L. FLANAGAN.
Just before this Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by
Mr. Steele, entered the arena, and was received
with such demonstrations of popularity as we have
seldom heard or seen equalled.
Mr. LAWLESs, in a powerful speech, next pro-
posed some resolutions relative to the dispersion of
the committee of thirty-one by the Dublin Magis-
trates.

Mr. O'CONNELL rose to second the resolutions.
He was received with loud and enthusiastic cheer-
ing, waving of hats, handkerchiefs, and every pos-
sible demonstration of the most intense affection and
devoted love. As soon as silence could be obtained
he proceeded to say—The doughty Lord Lieute-
nant, and his Solomon of a secretary, have aided me
much by their proclamations. 'What have they done
for me ? they
have dispersed a committee of thirty-
one on Saturday, and on Monday they have col-
lected together a meeting of from four to six thou-
sand—that is the way in which they are putting
down the Repeal of the Union.—(Loud cheers.)
Thus it is they 11 ill continue to put the question at
rest ; for every thirty-one they scatter, they will give
to me four thousand adherents.—(llear.) I pledge
myself that I am able to prove to demonstration that
the Act of Alderman Dailey and Mr. Uraves was
an illegal one—the men who sent them there were
guilty of a high misdemeanour, and if I should ever
see aßeformed Parliament, I pledge myself to Ireland,
that in that Reformed Parliament I will impeach them
for this act.—(Hear, hear.) The people who advised
the act, may indeed think that they will never see
a Reformed Parliament in England, but the spirit
that forced my friend Hunt into Parliament, and
drove Stanley out of it, is now animat-
ing the people of England universally. Ido
indeed feel that _slave is written upon my fore-
head, and I am now determined to wear crape upon
my hat until that act is repealed.—(Hear, hear, and
cheers.) When I awoke this morning, I thought to
myself that this was the first day of a new week,
that in my labours for Ireland,
and determined riot
titio taste a particle of one tva s c commencing
cx-
ciseable article—that nothing on which excise duty
was paid should go within my lips in Ireland, till
that statute was repealed.—(Cheers.) Accordingly,
at my breakfast, when I was presented with tea and
with a bowl of milk. Nothing, I
ori n
said, e
bu t t
coffee, as usual, I rejected them, and resolved to
content myself
o
selfr
water, shall pass my lips till that
t
act is repealed.—(Hear, and loud cheers.) I have
done more—l have repeated my vow never to wear
a particle of any thing but Irish manufacture. I
always bring to London With me boots that are
made in 1r eland ; gloves ; and I assure you I have
always more hats than heads with me.—(Hear and
laughter.) These, however, are but eerememes—l
began my Monday with au additional vow to work
double-tides for a repeal of the Union—to have a
petition every day for it, and a letter or two in the
„ewspapers—not to let a single hour pass without
agitating the question, and for the incitement to
make these exertions I thank you, Lord Anglesea,
and ask you have we not began the week well ?
There was one name which I knew would be a spell-
word to liberty—that name was, " Henry Grattan."
Let me remind those by whom I ant surrounded
that in 1782 the Duke of Portland was sent here,
and it was that he could Lord-Anglesea the people
at that period.—(Hear.)—The Irish were then
forward for independence, the Tories gave
way, acrd
the -Whigs came into place. It was then
thought that the Irish could be humbugged by fine
speeches and false promises. It was then said the
Whigs have come into office, will you have no con-
fidence in them—will you not give them a fair trial?
What was the answer of Mr. Grattan to such ques-
tions? " I will never ask a foreigner to do that
for Ireland which Irishmen are able to do for them-
selves-"—(Cheers.)—Grattan was surrounded by
calumniators ; he was called " a madman,"—they
have not yet called me one. There were incite-
ments held out to his assassination, when he could
not be otherwise terrified. They then went down
on their knees to him to refrain from the course he
was pursuing.—(Hear.)—Ohl there are high and
haughty men who are now trampling upon my
country—who did every thing but go down on their
knees to me, to beg of me to refrain from the agita-
tion of the question of repeal.—(Cheers.)—When
they found they could not terrify nor cajole Grattan,
they then implored of hint to give them three
weeks—" not one week," said Grattan. They
next asked hint for a fortnight—" not half a week,"
answered Grattan. They then required but two