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London, England, 1838-11-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MOVDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1838.

interests of the noblest and greatest empire on earth become
past saving.—Morning Herald. •
We published on Saturday the report of the Committee
of the Irish Orange Society to a general meeting of that
body in Dublin. We consider that document to be of
considerable importance, end although not free from ob-
jection on account of a certain declamatory vehemence
and oratorical exaggeration, which are perhaps national
characteristics, it may be regarded as a manly declaration
extorted from the Protestant party in Ireland by a sense
of suffering and wrong. We quite agree with them that
of their silence advantage has been taken, and that their
calm submission to authority has been made the pretext
for treating them with something more than tyrannous
neglect. Such is the generosity, such the justice of those
who at present administer the Government of this country!
No one can read the speech made to the House of Lords
by the Duke of Wellington, when introducing to that
House the Romanist Emancipation Bill, without feeling
convinced that he was determined after having made that
great change to administer the Executive Government so
that the Romanists should have no reason to exult in
having obtained a victory over the Protestants. The ob-
ject of the Prime' Minister of that day was to make the
Romanists politically equal with the Protestants, but no
more. Practically they had begun, even before that time,
to exercise a superior authority, through the agency of an
excited populace, which superior authority the House- of
Commons, owing to its opinion on the question of Romanist
Emancipation, would not concur in suppressing. It was
calculated that the Emancipation Act having passed, no
such difficulty would continue to exist in the House of
Commons. The calculations in this matter were over-
thrown, partly by a more stern and fixed resentment on the
part of the opponents of emancipation than hal been rec-
koned upon, but far more by the sudden bursting out of a
revolutionary spirit in Europe, with such an overwhelming
violence as not even the most sagacious could have expected,
and such as even now, when we can look calmly back upon
the event, seems utterly incomprehensible. But the storm
came, and for a time swept down all before it. In France
it shattered a dynasty ; in the Netherlands it rent the
kingdom in twain ; in Great Britain it overthrew the old re-
presentative system, and elevated to the direction of the new
democratic power a party hostile in spirit and by habit to
the long-established institutions of the land. Of this poli-
tical tempest, which flung all things into confusion, the
Romanists, with hateful treachery and base iegratitude,
took advantage to violate every engagement., expressed or
implied, under which their emancipation had been obtained,
and to set on foot a tyrannous persecution of the persons
and the institutions to which they had declared that eman-
cipation would bind them for ever by the tics of respect,
and the remembrance of abolished political distinctions.
While the leaders of the revolutionary storm in Great Bri-
tain remained in office, this Romanist tyranny was in some
degree confronted ; but when these leaders were under-
mined by the intrigues of base inferiors, and these inferiors
consenting to become the tools of the revolutionary body,
which they were incapable of directing, by that degrading
bargain obtained the reins of the Executive, then Romanist
tyranny raged in Ireland without control, and to this day
that monstrous tyranny is paramount, while a paltry pup-
pet in Dublin Castle represents what ought to be the
Protestant Government of Great Britain. This Romanist
tyranny, while it wields the Executive with exclusive at-
tention to Romanist interests, makes war upon the Protes-
tants and upon Protestant institutions by popular agitation,
which agitation again is directed and kept alive by associ-
ations which are formed and drilled for action with some-
thing like military activity and vigilance. The consequence
has been that during the years in which the Constitution
has been so changed that everything in legislation and go-
vernment depends upon the popular impression, nothing
almost has been heard of from Ireland but manifestations
of Romanist popular discoatent, eminently calculated to
create the desired impression in Eneland on their side,
while of the Protestant people of Ireland it must be con-
fessed that little or nothing has been heard. Under some
views of policy, which we certainly do not think well cal-
culated for the time, and for the circumstances with which
Irish Protestants have had to contend, they have been
kept in the back ground, while the Romanists have been
allowed to thrust themselves forward with multitudinous
clamour as if they were Ireland. This, the Committee of
the Orange Society declare, can by the Protestants of
Ireland no longer be silently borne. They complain that—
" The Protestants of Ireland have been so long silent under
their grievances, that these grievances are treated as non-
existent. The policy of quiescence enforced on them by their
leaders, and pushed to the extent of a compromise with evil,
inculcates it as a duty to suffer without resistance, and the
absence of reaction is adduced by our enemies as an evidence
of the absence of oppression. We were told that our long,
suffering and endurance would earn for us extraneous sym-
pathy, but our very patience has been made a proof that sym-
pathy is uncalled for. The experiment of concession and
quiescence has been pushed to the uttermost, and its inefficiency
for good is an established result. If ever a system has been
allowed to fully dcvelope its affects, the system of concession
has been allowed to do so by the Protestants of Ireland."
These are bitter truths, and we trust that the Protes-
tants of England, to whatever political party they may
belong, will not shut their ears to truths so important, be-
cause they come with the name of Or ange" stamped upon
them, which name it has been the policy of the Romanists
and their tools to mark out to public hatred. We own that
we have considerable doubt—sb far as England is con-
cerned—that it is judicious to make this Protestant mani-
festation under the name of the Orange Society, against
which—however unjustly and unreasonably—a prejudice
exists in this country. But it seems there are reasons
peculiar to Ireland--reasons too which are in close con-
nection with a brave and honourable spirit—reasons spring-
ing out of a hatred of even apparent and supposititious
disingenuousness and delusion—which influence the leaders
of th Protestant people to adhere to this old designation.
It may be asked what are the specific grievances of which
the Irish Protestants complain ? Let the Committee of
the Orange Society answer the question :
" The Protestant institutions—the Protestant people of this
country, are in process of extirpation under the double in-
fluence of violent aggression and timid shrinking from de-
fence. There is no civil or religious right whose enjoyment
is left undisturbed—no constitutional privilege which can be
exercised with impunity—no duty whose fulfilment does not
incur pains and penalties—the rights of property, whether of
landlord or tenant, are too often but nominal—the exercise of
our religion is anathematized—the performance of its rights
disturbed, and its professors followed even to the grave with
the bitter persecution of Romish intolerance. The prosecutors
and witnesses in our criminal courts become the objects of out-
rage or assassination ; and intimidation, extending its influence
to the jury-box, makes the law itself the best shield for even the
avowed assassin : the exercise of the elective franchise is con-
trolled by the brutal violence of a sanguinary mob, who visit
Opposition to their will with the penalty of death; in the Le-
gislature bold and unblushing Romish perjury breaks through
the feeble protection destined to shield our Protestant institu-
tions, and the Executive, groaning under the despotism of a
ferocious priesthood, have discarded the repression and punish-
ment of crime from the number of their duties."
Who will deny that a large body of the people suffering
under such grievances as these ought to speak out against
the treacherous tyranny which oppresses them ? What is
their crime ? They are Protestants. T hey live under a
Government which is, de jure, " essentially Protestant,"
but de facto, and through the perfidy of those who
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ster the Government, it is a system of Romanist in-
tolerance. To one monstrous clause in the catalogue
of the grievances set forth by the Protestants we beg
particular [attention. Under the existing system " the
law itself is the best shield for even the avowed
" assassin." Herein lies the great abuse, so far as the se-
curity of Protestant life in Ireland is concerned. It is
not that the forms of law are neglected, but the forms of
law are abused to the screening of the cull rit. It has now
gown into a proverb upon the Assizes in Ireland, that
thefts and common assaults are punished fairly enough ; but
murder—cool savage murder--stalks through the land with
absolute impunity ! This is not the result of neglecting
to prosecute, but of affording facilities for the escape of
those prosecuted, through an abuse of the forms of law.
Into the history of these abuses we shall take another
opportunity of entering ; the appalling fact is, how-
-1 ever, as stated in the extract we have just given—the law
itself is now the best shield for the avowed assas-
sin. Under such circumstances—circumstances which
are leading rapidly to a weakening of the Protestant
people by emigration, and by the weariness and
vexation of spirit of those who remain, it seems to us to be
natural that the Protestants of Ireland should combine in
a defensive confederation. The object of their institution
they proclaim to be the exercise of the right of self-defence.
They are not the aggressive party. They unite to repel
aggression. The Government which ought to protect
them abandons them to the fury of their enemies. They
feel, therefore, that a necessity is cast upon them to defend
themselves, and that s nee their enemies conspire, they
must combine. The persecution of Government can
scarcely be greater than it is, and of such a Government it
is likely to be less, when boldly confronted and firmly
withstood. We give our applause to the earnest zeal of
the Protestants of Ireland, and our counsel to them is to
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BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON.—Bythe official do-
cument just printed agreably to the Parliamentary order of
the number of stamps issued for the different newspapers, those
for Bell's Life in London were during the last half year end-
ing the oth of September, 537,000, namely,
In the month of April 90,000
Ditto May 85,000
Ditto June 116,000
Ditto July 82,000
Ditto August 80,000
Ditto September 84,000
Thus showing the average sale of each Publication of Bell's
Life in London to have been 20,633 copies.

MONEY AND CITY NEWS.

(FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.)
TlMES.—Amongst the various schemes which have
latterly been concocted on the Paris Stock Exchange,
there is one of a singular nature directed against the East
India Company in this country. This scheme, which is
characterized by the French Papers as " very ingenious,"
has for object the institution and pursuit of legal proceed-
ings for the recovery of what is termed the " Succession
Bennet," consisting, it may be presumed, of the property of
some Frenchman of that name, who dying in the Indies in-
testate, his effects were taken possession of by the Com-
pany, and are still held, whether in default of heirs whose
claims have not been, or could not be, legally estab-
lished, or upon what other plea, does not appear. The
prize thus held, and to be contended for, is said to be
of the enormous value of 200,000,000 francs, or about
8,000,0001. The joint-stock association formed to dispute
it with the East India Company sets out with the capital
of 125,000 francs only, or 5,0001. in shares of 100 francs
each, which, in case of success, will entitle the holders to
proportionate interest in twenty times the amount of the
capital risked, which being 2,500,000 francs only, seems a
very niggardly proportion of the immense sum of
200,000,000 francs at stake, falling. to the lot of the
shareholders, and to be played for at their expense. In
this instance the modest projectors propose to take some-
thing more than the lion's share. One of the paper 3
remarks upon the capital, that for so large an object it was
too insignificant, and suggests the expediency of doubling
it, reserving to the Managers the power of distributing,
" gratuitously, one-half of the (new) shares among influen-
tial personages in England ;" otherwise, it is observed, so
powerful a Lody as the East India Company must gain
the day.

The confusion in the Paris Share-market appears to be
on the increase. As the discount on Shares became more
considerable, the Companies got into discredit, and quarrels
broke out between the shareholders, projectors, and mana-
gers. Efforts were not wanting among those papers exclu-
sively devoted to stock and share concerns to reconcile
differences and cheer the desponding shareholders, who are
gravely admonished that schemes after all are an affair of
chance, in which the best calculator gains, and the less skil-
ful (maladroit) or unlucky is sure to lase. In a statement
made of the situation of share Companies about a year ago,
it appeared that out of 380 there were 136 of which the
shares were at a premium or rising in price, 68 on the decline
and 76 either at par or without business. Since that time it
is stated not more than 40 or 50 projects have been esta-
blished with an effective capital ; but more than 200 had
been started, and shares issued, and would continue
to be issued, until their absolute dissolution. Some
grievous mistakes had been committed there, as Weed
there have been here, in estimates of the cost of railrdads.
The projected railroad to Versailles by the left bank of the
Seine was undertaken by a Company upon the basis of an
outlay drawn up by engineers of 4,000,000 f. only. By way
of greater certainty the capital of the association was fixed,
however, at 8,000,0001. The whole of this capital has now
been expended, and the Directors have declared that no
less than 7,000,000 f. more will be necessary. Under these
circumstances the enterprise has been suspended, and must
so remain, unless the shareholders can be prevailed upon to
consent to further advances, which from the discontent and
discouragement among them did not seem probable.

CHRONICLE.—Reports were current on Saturday
afternoon of an extensive forgery having been discovered
upon a firm which has latterly been conspicuous in re-
ference to a loan ; but we refrain for the present from
entering into particulars, lest there should be some mis-
take, more especially as the guilty person is said to have
filled a prominent position in that establishment.

POST.—By the usual periodical returns of the Bank
of England, it appears that the affairs of that corporation
continue in a healthy condition, though it is evident that
the Direction have been curtailing their business. Their
stock of bullion has again diminished, which was antici-
pated from the late importations of foreign corn, but it will
also be seen that the amount of the " Rest," or surplus
profits, has considerably decreased. It appears by a com-
parison of the present with the former return, that the
circulation of the Bank of England has been decreased in
the sum of 459,0001., the deposits in the suit' of 378,0001.,
the securities in the sum of 844,000/., and the stock of
bul ion in the sum of 98,000/. Tile Rest amounts to
2,661,000/., which is less in the aggregate than the last
return by 105,0001. The circulation on the year is more
by
_556,000/., and the stock of bullion by 1,907,000/. ;
the deposits and securities are also much, on the year, in
proportion.

HERALD.—In consequence of the easy state of the
Money:Market there is not that interest taken in the returns
of the quarterly average of the liabilities and assets of the
Bank of England that is usually exhibited in times of mo-
netary pressure ; still this hoodwinked return of the Bank
of England excites a certain degree of interest, because the
public conceive that it is some check upon the proceedings
of that powerful monopoly ; at the same time it is very
problematical whether by this mystified return the Chan-
cellor of the EAchequer or the public are actually rendered
much wiser as to the real state of the affairs of the Bank at
the moment this return is rendered. By a comparison of
the present return for the period between the 21st of Au-
gust and the 16th instant with the former return ; which
refers to the period between the 24th of July and the 16th
of October, we obtain the following results—anti their only
merit is that they are derived from actual data, though not,
like those of a Morning Contemporary, of a mere specula-
tive, and, by consequence, of a delusive character.
It appears that the Bank Direction have reduced their
circulation from 19,359,00)1. to 18,900,0001. on the aggre-
gate, thus showing a decrease of 459,000/. in that-item ;
the deposits have been reduced from 9,327,0001. to
8,949,0001., which gives a decrease of 378,0001. ; the secu-
rities have been reduced from 22,015,000/. to 21,171,0001.,
being a diminution to the amount of 844,000/. ; whilst the
amount of bullion at the command of the Bank has been
brought down from 9,437,0001. to 9,339,000/., which is
less than at the last return by 98,000/. The circulation on
the year is, however, more by the sum of 556,000/., whilst
the stock of bullion is greater by the sum of 1,907,0001.,
at the same time the•deposits and securities have been pro-
portionably reduced, as compared with the same period
last year. The " rest" amounts to 2,661,0001., being a
decrease since the last return of 105,0001. So far as may
be judged from the results derived from this specious re-
turn, it appears that the Bank of England Direction
have continued to conduct their business in tile most
cautious manner ; that they hays found equal difficulty with
the rest of the monetary community to obtain profitable
employment for their capital ; that consequently a mighty
change must have been effected for the worse in the com-
merce of the country under the blessed influence of free
trade doctrines, and the chilling operation of Peel's Bill,
most effectively crowned in mischief to the industrial com-
munity by the kindly working of Satan's chef d'ceuvre, the
New Poor Law. It is evident also that the state of the
corn-trade, by its operation upon the exchanges, continues
to drain the Bank of its bullion, though, under existing cir-
cumstances, that is yet not seriously felt. The next and
last point of interest in this return is the great and in-
creasing diminution in the amount of the " rest," or sur-
plus profits, which must convince the Bank Proprietors
that the days of monetary monopolies are fast wearing
away, and that one most lamely managed is not the only
eligible scheme for investment.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS' COURT, Nor. 17.
MACK V. BUTLER.

This was a bill for a specific performance. The plain-
tiff and defendant are tradesmen at Colchester, in Essex.
Butler, who was in partnership with the plaintiff's brother,
finding things going wrong, assigned his stock in trade and
debts to the plaintiff, his largest creditor, in trust for the
other creditors and himself, to pay to them a composition
of 15s. in the pound upon their several demands. A meet-
ing took place, at which Mr. Turnlcy, the solicitor, of
Ipswich, put a deed before the defendant to be signed,
telling him it was all right, and that there was no need of
a solicitor to inspect the document. Butler, becoming
employed Mr. Carter, a young gentleman, as his
jealous,so licito
solicitor, whom heinfected with his own suspicions, and
who, attending the meeting, demanded a copy of the deed
to settle for his client. Mr. Turnley did not send a
copy of the same deed, but drew another, which pro-
duced some very hasty expressions from Mr. Carter,
who refused to settle
the other deeds, which was refused, unless the ex-
pen,„ of preparing them were paid. Mr. Turnley de-
manded the execution of receiving deed, but receiving no an-
swer, and the deeds having been for three years in hand,
he first threatened and then filed the 'bill for the specific'
performance. The defendants endeavoured to cast reflec-
tions on the plaintiff's conduct, but failed, and the Master
of the Rolls, in granting the prayer of the bill, said that
this was a case which, through the indiscreet conduct of
the defendants, cast a slur upon the Courts of Law. He
ordered the deed to be sent before the Master for his P
probation, and that the defendant should pay the costs -be-
tween attorney and client.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nor. 17.
THE QUEEN v. GREGORY.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the time for
showing cause against this rule might be enlarged to the
first day of next Term. He founded his motion upon an
affidavit which stated that the defendant did not know of
this rule having been obtained until Saturday last, the 10th
of this month, when the rule was served. That on Mon-
day morning he ordered from the proper ofacer copies of