The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-26 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dublin, Aug. 23.
To THE MEN OF IRELAND.—The Pilot of this day
contains a powerful and eloquent appeal to the people who
" once lifted a nation from the dust, and made the slave a
man." They are counselled to be wary and wise, to be
stirring and energetic, now—for " it is now that they should
pull up the mischief by the roots ; the present is a golden
opportunity." The address then announces, that "on
Thursday next a member from the National Association
will arrive in each of the counties in order to assist upon
the spot, in creating the local organization which is abso-
lutely indispensable for collecting the strength of Ireland
upon the coming registries. We trust that this is an oc-
casion that will not be lost." Great importance is very
properly attached to the collection of the sinews of war.
The " Justice Rent," comprehending, as it does, the attain-
ment of valuable political immunities, and the much re-
quired aid and relief of those who suffer for conscience
sake, whether in the exercise of the franchise, or the re-
sistance of an odious impost, has claims upon the sympathies
and generous liberality of all.
THE REGISTRIES—THE WHIG ARISTOCRACY.—It is
lamentable to observe that the Tories have the superiority
in so many Irish constituencies, where, from what we know
of the political statistics of the country, the case would be
directly the reverse, if all classes of Reformers did their
duty. The advantage of the enemy in the places we allude
to is the fair guerdon—we are bound to say—of superiority
in the science of party warfare. It is not by dint of inac-
tivity, or force of disunion, that the Tories defeat the Libe-
rals. We can eulogise even the virtues of our foes ; and
we feel ourselves bound to say that the Irish Orange aris-
tocracy are models for public imitation in the whole art of
political strategy and tactics. They work incessantly ; they
associate compactly ; they move vigorously ; they contribute
bountifully. No emergency ever finds them unready ; no
contest ever takes them by surprise. All their appointments
are complete. They have their agents, clubs, and local
associations everywhere. Their very private dinner-parties
are registration societies. The parlour of every Orange.
proprietor in Ireland is an election club-room.—Dublin
Freeman's Journal.
At one o'clock on Saturday the registry terminated. The
numbers registered when the Court closed were—

Liberals G
Tories .
The Liberal party have a majority of thirty-nine for the
week. The gross majority obtained by Reformers on the
entire past registry is seventy-five. This leaves us grounds
for congratulating our Liberal friends on their victory.

TIIE ORANGEMEN OF WEXFORD.—It seems that
amongst the Enniscorthy police there is an Orange con-
stable, one Dempsey. This person was ordered by the
authorities to prevent, as far as he could, Orange displays
in that place on the 12th of July. How he performed
that duty we shall not now stop to enquire. Suffice it to
say, that he was ordered from his station at Enniscorthy to
some place in the county of Cork. Dempsey, however, bad
friends in Wexford ; and, through the memorials or repre-
sentations of these friends, he had the good luck to have
the order recalled, and had his domicile fixed once more
amongst his brethren of the Wexford Lodges.
The following paragraph, from the Wexford Independent,
will show the feeling entertained of the matter in that
county :—" We are astonished at the report just reached
us, that. the order, which gave us so much satisfaction,
and was one of the good results of the investigation holden
in Enniscorthy, for the removal of constable Dempsey from
that town, to a station in the county Cork, has been coun-
termanded. We are not now prepared to say from what
cause ; but we are assured an individual has interfered with
the Government in this matter, whose name (when before
the public, if our correspondent correctly informs us), will
not only cause astonishment but disgust. To what state
will power, by secret working, at length reduce us ? When
it was announced by the magistrates on Thursday, in the
open court of Enniscorthy, that Dempsey would not be re-
moved from that town, three distinct rounds of the Kentish
fire, the Orangeman's feu de joie, followed. This speaks
trumpet-tongued." There are two things to be observed
—first, the Magistrates announced from the Bench the
re-appointment of the Orange Constable ; and that,
next, in a Court of Justice, the Kentish fire was
given—the galleries, as we understand being crammed
with Orangemen to hear the announcement, and to
celebrate their triumph over the mass of the population.
It is needless to say, that in such magistrates the people
cannot have, and ought not to have, the slightest confidence.
These magistrates disdain even the craft of appearing im-
partial. They have the indecency of parading their poli-
tics, and expressing their contempt and hatred of the peo-
ple, for whom they are appointed to administer justice.
With a view to evince this disposition still more emphati-
cally, they announce, in a tone of triumph, that an odious
Orangeman has been placed in a position which brings him
into constant contact with the people ; and the temper and
malignity with which the announcement is made, was caught
up and reverberated by the packed galleries, brought to-
gether to glorify the Orange victory. Lord Haddington's
Orange Ovation at the Dublin Theatre was regarded with
disgust—and justly. What are we to think of a Court of
Justice indulging in the Saturnalia of Orange triumph ?
But, we turn to another part of this county, in which
still more extraordinary scenes are enacted. Will it be
credited in England, that a practice prevails in Gorey,
which does not exist in Constantinople, not at any time, or
in any country in which the name of justice, (we shall not
speak of liberty,) has been heard—viz., that the Court
decide with closed doors !—that they do not let the public
in to hear their discussions ! Strange—almost incredible
as it may appear—the statement is literally correct, as will
appear by the following Memorial addressed to the Lord