The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-29 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

AIR. EDITOR-1 send you a short extract of
an account of the origin of the MAssActle of the
PROTESTANTS in Ireland, taken from BURNET'S
LIFE of Bishop BEDEL, which I think worth put-
ting in your Paper at this critical and awful
state of the country.
March 29, 1825. A CONSTANT READER.

" I must here open one of the bloodiest scenes that the Sun
ever shone upon, and represent a nation all covered with
blood, that was in full peace under no fears, nor apprehen-
sions, enjoying great plenty, and under an easy yoke,
under no oppression in civil matters, nor persecution upon 1
the account of religion ; for the Bishops and Priests of
the Roman Communion enjoyed not only an impunity
but were almost as public in the use of their religion, as
others were in that which was established by Law, so that
they wanted nothing but empire, and a power to de-
stroy all that differed from them, and yet on a sudden this
happy land was turned to be a field of blood ; their Bishops
resolved in one particular to fulfil the obligation of the oath
they took at their consecration of " Persecuting all Heretics
to the utmost of , their power," and their priests that had their
breeding in Spain, had brought over from thence the
true spirit . of- their religion, which is ever breathing
cruelty, together with a tincture of the Spanish temper that had
appeared in the conquest of the %Vest Indies; and so they
thought a massacre was the surest way to work ; and intended
that the natives of Ireland should vie with the Spaniards for
what they had done in America. The conjecture seemed
favourable, for the whole Isle of Britain was so embroiled that
they reckoned they should be able to master Ireland before any
forces could be sent oacr to check the pro:tress of their butchery.
The Earl of Stafford had left Ireland some considerable time be-
fore this; the Parliament of England was rising very high
against the King; and though the King was then gone to
Scotland, it was rather for a present quieting of things that he
gave all up to them, than that he gained them to his service,
so they laid hold of this conjuncture to infuse it into the
people that this was the proper
_ time for them
,to recover their
ancient liberty, and shake off the English yoke, and to possess
themselves of those estates that had belonged to their ancestors ;
and to such as had some vests of duty to the King, it was given
out, that what they were about was warranted by his authority,
and for his service; a seal was but from another Charter, and
put to a forged commission, giving warrant to what they were
going about, and because the King was then in Scotland they
made use of a Scotch seal; they also pretended that the Parlia-
ments of both Kingdoms, being either in rebellion against the
King, or very near it, that the English of Ireland would be
generally in the interest of the English Parliament: so that
it was said, that they could not serve the King better then by
making themselves masters in Ireland, and then declaring for
the King against his other rebellious subjects, tlvse things took
universally with the whole nation ; and the conspiracy was ce-:
meated by money, oaths, and sacraments ; and in conclusion,
all things were found to be so ripe that the day was set in which
they should every where break out; and it was resolved that
they should seize on the Castle of Dublin, which would have
furnished them with arms and ammunition, and have put
the Metropolis, and very probably the whole island, into their
hands ; but though this was so well laid, that the execution
could not have missed, in all human appearance, the Castle of
Dublin was preserved, and in effect Ireland was saved, for in
Dublin there was both ,a shelter for such as were stript and
turned out of all they had to fly to, and a place of rendezvous
where they that had escaped before the storm had reached to
them, met to consultabout their preservation; but though Dublin
was thus secure, the mat of the English and Scotch in Ireland,
particularly in Ulster, fell into the hands of those merciless
men, who reckoned it no small piece of mercy when they strip-
ped people naked. and let them go with their lives ; but the vast
numbers that were butchered by them, which one of their own
writers, in a discourse that he printed some years after, in order
to the animating them to go on, boasts to have exceeded two
hundred thousand ; and the barbarous cruelties they used in
murdering them, are things of so dreadful a nature, that I can-
not easily go on with so dismal a narrative, but must leave it to
the historians."

During the course of the last week, as the Earl
of WEsTmontAxn was riding towards Chelsea, he dropped
the ring of his watch, to which were attached a seal of exquisite
workmanship, and particularly valuable from the beauty of its
engraving, together with three keys, one of which belongs to the
Cabinet (as we have heard), containing the Privy Seal ; the
custody of which is vested in his Lordship, by virtue of
his Ministerial office of Lord Keeper. The inconve-
nience arising in the transaction of public business to his Lord-
ship from its loss was
great in . the extreme ; and he at
once applied to Bow-street, in order to its recovery.—
He, however, in the interim, luckily discovered that the Lord
' Harrowby would remedy the temporary inconvenience. Hand-
bills offering a liberal reward - for its recovery, were widely
distributed, and' a most minute examination of the different
roads his Lordship had traversed in the course of his ride,
took place. under the superintendence of the officers of the
different Police Establishments of the metrop6lis, but all'
to no purpose. Every ho p letepe -of its recovery had comp
vanished, when a young man, in a shabby genteel gait),
presented himself to the Magistrates of -Queen-square Of-
fice, and stated that he had -found on the Chelsea-road, a
ring, seal, and three keys W
and that being ignorant of the per-
son who had lost them, he Wished to know from-their orships
if they could inform -who it was ; and if not, what he was to do
as to their disposal ? The Magistrates, on examination, dis-
covered from-the description in the hand-bills, and the arms on
the seal, that they were the objects of the late anxious search,
and transmitted them to his Lordship,
add, rewarded the honest principles of ,their finder in the most
liberal manner.—(Morning Pax.r.) who, it is unnecessary to

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

ITO L:S E OF COMMONS.
Luna', 28° die Martii, 1825.

.I%lEssaar: from the LonDs—That they have agreed to—
Weights and Measures Bill, Judicial Inquiry (Ireland) Bill,
Creditors (Scotland) Bill; Stock and Bradley (Worcester),
and Weston (Norfolk) Inclosures Bills; Caisnscross and
Sfroud, Grantham and Trent Bridge, and Mailing and Strood
Roads Bills ; and Bolton and West Leigh Railway Bill,
without amendment.
• That they request Copies of the Reports and Minutes of
Evidence of the Committees of last and present Sessions on
the state of Ireland.—Copies delivered.
PORT OF LONDON—Copies of Bye Laws, &c. presented—

. -
to lie on the table. - •
CllAPEL—Gosport
Bills read a first
WATERWORKS—AImond
(I thne.
BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS (Ireland) _
_ ... ...

ROADS—Dawlish and Exeter, Shaidon and Torquay, Glasgow
and Redburn Bridge, Halifax and Sheffield, Glasgow and
Parkhead, Kensington, Fulham and Kensington, and Work.
sop and A ttercliff—Bills read a second time, and committed.
Gravesend and Wrotham—Bill read a third time, and passed.
Haleworthj, and Eccleshill and Bradford—Bills reported, to
be ingrossed. Mary-le-bone and Finchley—Petition of J.
lon, against—to lie on the table. Cockermouth and Mary-
port—Petition from Wigton, against—referred to the Com-
mittee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Cork and Ballyhooly,
. and Leeds and Halifax—Bills read a first time. Rochdale
and Burnley—Petition of Trustees of the Rochdale Roads,
against—referred to the Committee on the Blli, Counsel

ordered.
Two PENNIES SCOTS—Dalkeith.—Bill read a third time,
and passed.
Lixr.osunEs—White Ladies Aston)

(Worcester!, and Garford Becks)
ESTATE—Rowbottoes

CH U RCH YARD—Stratford-le-Bow
NAVlGATlON—Portsmouth & Arun-

del
GAS LlGHTS—Glasgow and Louth

Bills read a second
time, and committed.

ST REE T—Glasgow
CHURCH—Chelsea

PAymc—Norwich

Do cKs—South London—Petitions, against, from Rev. A. Ker-
steman and J. T. Wheeler—referred to the Committee on
the Bill, Counsel ordered; and from Watennen of Mill
Stairs—to lie on the table. Liverpool, and Bermondsey Col-
lier—Bills read a second time, and committed. Isle of Dogs
—Petition from West India Dock Company, against—re-
ferred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Port-
sea Wet—Petition for leave to present a Petition for a Bill,
referred to a Committee.
POOR—St. Bride's 1 Petitions for Bills referred to Corn-
GAOL—Cambridge mittees.
COMPANlES—Edinburgh and Leith Water—Bill read a se-
cond time, and committed. Atlantic Steam Navigation—
Bill read a first time. Equitable Loan Bank—Petition of
B. Ross, in favour—to lie on the table. Metropolitan Fish—
Petitions from Brighton and Worthing, in favour--to lie on
- the table ; and from Fishermen on the Thames and Medway,
against—refered to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel or-
dered. Metropolitan Water—Petitions from Bartholomew's
Hospital, and New River Company,!against—referred to the
Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Hibernian Gene-
ral Railway—Petitions from ViTaterford, against—to lie on
the table.
IMPROVEMENTS—Dundee, Louth, and Abingdon—Bills
read a second 'time, and committed. Oundle—Bill read a
third time, and passed. Beverley—Bill read a first time.
RanwaYs—Limerick and Waterford—Bill ordered. Stroud
and Severn—Ten Petitions, against—to lie on the table.
Dublin and Kingstown—Petition of Grand Canal Company,
against—to lie on the table.
BANKERS (Ireland}—Bill " for the better regulation of Co-
partnerships," read a first time.
ROMAN CATHOLIC Cnatats—Petitions against, from Arch-
deaconry of Cornwall, and Bandon ; and, in favour, from
Limerick—to lie on the table.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL—Two Petitions, against,
from Glasgow—to lie on the table.
AT TORNIES Tax—Petition from Kincardineshire, against
—to lie on the table.
CORN LAWS—Petition from Kincardine, against—to lie on the
table.
HOUSE AND NVINnow TAX—Petition for the repeal thereof,
from Sheffield—to lie on the table.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY.
1. Sir' Francis Ommanney—Account of Piratical Vessels taken
or destroyed by Ships of War on the Jamaica Station be-
tween Ist April 1823 and Ist December 1824; together
with the number of Pirates tried and condemned in the
same period.
2. 3lr. Hume—Papers relating to the Burmese War.
3. Mr. Peter Moore—Bill to repeal Act 6 Geo. 1, c. 18 [Bubble
Act.l
4. Sir Henry. Parnell—Bill for further improvement of the
. .

• Holyhead Road.
5. Mr. I-I uskisson —Select Committee on the effect of the repeal

the Combination Laws.
6. Mr. Secretary Canning—To move the adjournment of the
House from Wednesday, the 30th instant, to Thursday,
' 14th April.
7. Mr. Arbuthnot—Bill for extending the provisions of the Act
15 Geo. 41, for more effectually paving, &c. the new street
from the Regent's Park.
0. Mr. Arbuthnot—Bill for dividing and inclosing the Forest
of Salcey.
9. Mr. Arbuthnot—Bill so extend the provisions of the Act
159 Ge. 31, relating to the disposition of certain real and
personal property of his Majesty.

ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY.
1. Tewkesbury and Cheltenham Roads Bill—Second reading.
2. Dissenters's Marriages Bill—Committee.
3. Barikers (Ireland) Bill—Second reading.
4. St. Andrew's (Holborn) Church—Report from Standing
Orders Committee, to be considered.
5. Police Magistrates Bill—Second reading.
C. Threatening Letters Punishment Bill—Committee.
7. Felonies Pardon Bill—Second Reading.
8. Supply—Report.
9. Game Laws Bill—Report.
10. Judicature (Scotland)—Second reading.
11. Fisheries Bill—Second reading.
12. Small Debts (Scotland) Bill—Committee.
13. Debts Recovery (Scotland) Bill—Committee.
14. Prison Laws (Ireland) Bill—Second reading.
15. Sheriff Courts Fees Bill—Third reading.
16. County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill—Third reading.
17. Arrests for Debt Bill—Committee.
18. Fishery Bounties Act [5 Geo. 4, c. 64j—Committee there-
upon.
19. Colonial Intercourse Bill—Second reading.
NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY.
Wednesday, March 30.
1. Mr. Alderman Heygate—Bill to repeal the penalties and
forfeiture under the Usury Laws, and to substitute others
in lieu thereof.
2. Mr. Hume—Papers respecting the past and present state
and expence of the Settlement of Sierra Leone.
3. Mr. Kennedy—Return connected with Parochial Education
in Scotland.
Thursday, Aprill4.
Sir John Newport—Bill to limit the power of holding a plu-
rality of Benefices, and to repeal the Statutes granting to
the Archbishops and Bishops the power of forming Epis-
copal Unions in Ireland.
PRIVATE BILLS.
Second Readings
.for This Day.
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CHATHAM, MARCH 27.—Yesterday afternoon
the detachment
tially rescuedlinghani.bridge,where a band was in attendance to escort them to
Brampton-barracks. The Royal Marines had invited a few f:iendsffi
to meet these officers at their mess,to welcome theirreturn; to-day
they dine with the 60th regiment; to-morrow with the 51st regi.
nt
from of
theo n
ment ; in fact, every heart seems anxious to sympathize with
these sufferers ; particularly the poor women ; the mother, with
her infant (who was born in the midst of the distressing scene),
are both landed in safety. The whole party attended this day
at the Garrison Chapel, for the purpose of returning thanks to
Almighty God for his late merciful protection in the hour of
such frightful danger. During the Diadem's passage up the
Medway, on approaching the Prince Regent, of 120 guns (the
pride of England's Navy), that active and meritorious Officer,
Lieut. Cole, who is ever alive to the feelings of others, caused
the ship's rigging to be manned by the of and men, who
gave the officers and soldiers in the transport as they passed,
nine hearty cheers, the band at the same time playing th
" Duke of York's March." A sad accident happened on
board the Prince Regent just at this time, a sailor went up to
the mast-head to clear the Admiral's flag, while at the very
top he unfortunately missed
man was literally dashed to pieces ; in the fall he struck the
sentry and knocked himdown, who down escaped with only a slight
bruise. his hold and fell, when the poor