The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-05 00:00:00

ANSWER.

Mr. HIGH SHERIFF AND GENTLEMEN—I thank you
most sincerely for your congratulations on the tranquillity
of the country, and for these expressions of the favourable
sense you entertain of the tendency of my government.
I feel assured that by extending impartial protection
alike to every class of his Majesty's subjects, I best fulfil the
intentions and earn the approbation of our gracious So-
vereign, whose reign has been happily marked by the
triumphant establishment of so many salutary reforms, pre-
viously so long denied.
You will not expect that on this occasion I should say
more with regard to any legislative enactments, than that I
should naturally desire that those principles of government
which I make the guide of my executive functions should
be established on the most permanent basis.
You have alluded to the altered feeling with regard to
the constabulary, remarking at the same time upon the
nature of that force. No one could more desire than I
should that the period might come when its peculiar cha-
racter could be safely altered ; but as many other changes
requiring time must precede that desirable result, I am
convinced that I am best confirming the growing confidence
in the impartial propriety of its proceedings, of which you
speak, by continuing to appoint the most able officers to
perfect its discipline and ensure its efficiency, always keep-
ing within my own immediate superintendence the controul
of its conduct.

I am grateful for your wishes for the continuance of my
government, which I should not desire to retain a moment
longer than I felt that its best exertions were directed to
secure to Ireland a perfect equality with every other portion
of the united empire.

THE INAUGURATION.—The Lord Mayor's late inaugu-
ration was a shabby affair. Indeed, we suspected as much,
when we saw the description, or rather the absence of de-
scription, of the raree-show in the columns of our grange
Contemporary, Saunders, who has a knack at varnishing
these things as well as that dabbler in the hue peculiar,
who paints to more immediate advantage on such occasions
—to wit, Long, the coachman. We said that such history
as Saunders gave of the civic display satisfied us that our
information fell short of the whole truth ; and why ?
Simply, because, in defiance of immemorial usage, that
gilder of gingerbread in the small way, makes no mention
whatever of coaches. Indeed, one would suppose that
there were no coaches whatever upon the occasion ; and
could only conclude that there were horses, because harness
is described. And yet the thing is entitled " the equi-
pages," and that too although the harness of the Lord
Mayor's hacks alone is described—we beg pardon, we are
informed that the liveries were made by somebody in " the
most tasteful manner"—it is not stated whether they were
new, or newly dipped. Then follows the history of the
Mayor's harness—that of the yoke-fellows being, as we
said, altogether overlooked ; and there is scarcely an inch
of the thing not described—tenets, hooks, swivels, buttons,
pad-ends, buckles, home-tugs, tug-eyes, Clarence reign-
eyes, breast-links, polypus-rings—all is depicted with the
most astonishing accuracy ; but the word carriage is not
once mentioned ; it was a crazy subject—not even the new
blue paint on the wheels of the Chief Magistrate's turn-
over could tempt our Contemporary to the use of his
varnish-brush on the occasion.—Pilot.

NEW TITHE TRAP.—The Leinster Independent in-
forms us of rather a novel mode of recovering tithes which
has just been adopted by the Rev. Mr. Trench, Rector of
Ballinakill, in the Queen's County. The bait held out by
the worthy parson is an offer of 25 per cent., if they but
pay him quietly. This, however, has been indignantly re-
jected by the great majority of the parishioners. The In-
dependent affirms that the object of this proposal is to
make it the ground of a petition to the Legislature, setting
forth how easily he can recover his tithe without having re-
course to law proceedings.—Pilot.
VACANCY ON THE BENCH.—The Attorney-General has
arrived in town. It is beyond question that he declines to
accept the vacant Baronship. The proof he thus affords
of his confidence in the stability of the present Government
is most gratifying. It must be also highly satisfactory to
the public to feel that they will not want his important ser-
vices in Parliament in the eventful session which is ap-
proaching. Beyond the fact that there is to be no change
in the Attorney-Generalship, nothing, we believe, is yet
finally arranged.—Pilot.
THE IRISH TREASURY.—It is understood that the visit
of Mr. Rice, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Dublin
has relation to the new mode of paying the army in this
country—the duties of the Irish Treasury being about to
cease. The financial concerns of the constabulary force
will, it is also said, engage the attention of the Right Hon.
Gentleman.

MORE TITHE DOINGS.—An auction was advertised to
be held on Friday last, at Russelstown, in this county, the
residence of Thomas Bunbury, Esq., at which a great crowd
of persons attended, for the purpose of making purchases.
A gentleman, known by the name of Benjamin Peter Moss
(a near relative, we understand, of the celebrated Trotty
Moss, of Maryborough), who is a lay impropriator, attended
for the purpose of serving processes ; and recognising a
tithe defaulter among the crowd, he instantly dispatched his
son to his residence for some subpoenas. On his return,
Mr. Moss served Byrne with a law process, upon which
the crowd assembled to purchase immediately dispersed,
and would have inflicted serious injury on the process
server, were it not for the interference of Captain Carter.
The sale was instantly given up.—These are some of the
fruits which follow in the train of tithes. We really feel
ourselves bound to speak out, and to express our firm belief
that melancholy results will follow the proceedings of tithe
hunters in this county ere the winter closes.—Leinster In-
dependent.
The Irish papers teem with similar accounts respecting
the operations of the State Church.
VICEREGAL VISIT TO THE MADAGASCAR.--Saturday,
shortly after two o'clock, his Excellency the Lord Lieute-
nant, the Countess of Mulgrave, and suite, visited the
Madagascar, now lying in Kingstown harbour. There was
a special train reserved by the railroad directors for their
Excellencies and suite, in which they took their departure
shortly after two o'clock. On their arrival at Kingstown,
the assemblage pf persons in waiting to greet them was fully

equal to any we have seen collected at the most nume-
rously attended regatta that has taken place in our bay.
The cheers of the multitude were most enthusiastic. The
appearance of the frigate was highly beautiful—she was
dressed in her colours, and had her yards manned. The
illustrious visitors were received with a royal salute of
twenty-one guns, and partook of a splendid lunch on board.
About five o'clock the viceregal party landed from the ves-
sel under a royal salute, and were hailed by the people with
the like demonstrations of applause as before. Immediately
on coming a-shore so smart a gale of wind and fain com-
menced blowing that the Madagascar was obliged to strike
her topgallant-masts. The train then returned to town,
and their Excellencies drove to the Viceregal Lodge, in the
Plicenix-park. The Madagascar is under orders to sail on
Thursday, for the West Indies.

BANK OF IRELAND.—At a meeting of the Directors, on
Friday, it was determined to raise the discount on Irish
bills from 44- to 5 per cent. The Directors have also de-
clined taking Exchequer Bills, as heretofore, at par.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—The Orange Mail of Mon-
day, under this head, gives somewhat less than the usual
amount of robberies and outrages. There are, however,
two moving stories—false or true we cannot undertake to
declare—of homicide and conspiracy to murder. The last,
which is said to come from a Westmeath paper, we copy :—.
On Sunday a man named Ruddihen, who was before in
custody for the murder of Mr. John Brock, at Balnamuck,
in June, 1835, was committed to Longford gaol, charged
with being concerned in a conspiracy to murder Mr. Brock.
Ruddihen was admitted to bail at the last assizes. A per-
son named Heaney, formerly residing at Balnamuck, was
apprehended in Manchester on a special warrant, for being
also in the party. He makes the sixth person who is now
in gaol for this conspiracy.