The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-23 00:00:00

DUBLIN, APRIL 20.

By the extracts from the Tipperary and Limerick Pa-
pe,, which I send you, you will perceive that the dis-
turbances have not subsided.

The insurrection, if the turning up of the soil may be
called so, is extending into Kilkenny, in some baronies of
which county a large constabulary force is assembling.—_
They ta'k of martial law, but I really cannot see how it
cars be applied. lam afraid we must have the Insurrec-
tion Act ; and it is said, I know not with what truth, that
to this conclusion Lord Anglesea himself has been At length
reluctantly compelled to come.
There must be some alteration in the law. For it is a
capital offence to turn up ground by night, but it is only
a misdemeanour if the offence is committed, as at present,
more boldly in the day-time.
The traversers in the case of O'Connell and others have
received notice for judgment this day. Affidavits for delay,.
in the instance of Mr. O'Connell, will be sworn to-day.
That the object will be obtained, is likely. He is expected
in town to-morrow,
" The Protestants," as they are called, it is said, in-
tend to make a rally against Reform. But they will be
no more able to encounter a meeting here than in England.
Great commercial embarrassment continues to prevail in
Ireland, owing, as they say, to a scarcity of money, and
yet within the last four months the meat markets, Etc.,
have advanced nearly 25 per cent.

About four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a
horse in a gig ran over Blackfriars-bridge, the driver was
thrown out, the gig Was broken to pieces, and the horse
ran with part of the vehicle hanging to the harness.
When opposite Christ Church, Blackfriars-road, it came
in contact with a gig, in.whick was a gentleman, accom-
panied by Miss VINCENT of the Surrey Theatre, and their
horse was knocked down, both shafts of the gig broken,
and Miss VINCENT was thrown with great violence under
the two horses, but very slightly hurt. Both gentlemen
escaped unhurt, but the horse which occasioned the accident
was dreadfully cut.

IS THIS A CHURCH OR A COLLECTION OF
SINECURES :—The Reverend H. FARDILL, Son-in-law to
the Bishop of ELY (the patron), has been presented to the
valuable living of Wiahech, worth 5,400/. ;—in addition
to the following list of pluralities already held by that
gentleman :—" 1. A Prebend of Ely. 2. The Rectory
of Bexwell. S. The Rectory of Feltwell St. Mary. 4.
St. Nicholas. 5. 'Vicarage of Wsterbeach ! In
all six appointments. Each of these good things is in the
gift of the father-in-law, the Bishop. Has the bestowing
of so many sacred appointments, five of them requiring
active duty, upon one single individual of his family,
been done in the service of GOD or Mammon ? Arc

there no poor curates i❑ his Lordship's diocese to whom
some of these livings might have been appropriately and
justly bestowed. To show the extent to which pluralities
and non-residence are carried in -the diocese of Ely, it may
he observed, that there are 25 livings in the Isle-of Ely,
one of which is of the value of 6,0001. per annum, two of
2,4001. each, four between 1,5001. and 2,0001., four be-
tv!oen 1,0001. and 1,500/., and nine under 5001 , and in
the whole but two resident incumbents."—Cambridge
Paper.

SHAPE OF BIRDS, AND FORMS OF BIRDS
AND FISHES. —Art in these cases only imitates nature.
Animals, to whose existence or enjoyment a power of
easy and rapid motion in fluids is necessary, have been
created in a form which, with a due regard to their other
functions, is the best adapted for this end. Birds, and
especially those of rapid flight, are examples of this. The
neck and breast tapering from before, and increasing by
slow degrees towards the thicker part of the body, cause
them to encounter the air with a degree of obliquity greatly
diminishing the resistance, slight as it is, which that atte-
nuated fluid opposes to their flight; but we find a more
striking illustration of the same principle in the forms of
fishes of every denomination. The reader must not, how-
ever, be tempted to indulge in the supposition that nature
has in these cases solved the celebrated problem. to find
the form of the solid of least resistance. It will be appa-
rent that many conditions must enter into the eenstqc;
lion
imal, corresponding to its various
intp .and flo through the deep, ar rileuvf the air. The
tusifonnciattn,ii:in.tfisi
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verifications of the
in the
kind -- .D er .s Ca& t
works of
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