The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-27 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR.—I have the pleasure to inform
you, that a general feeling of commiseration
exists among the tradesmen, workmen, and gen-
tlemen's servants at the west end of the town, in
behalf of the persecuted, scourged, tortured,
every thing but crucified, innocent Tilos. BYRNE;
at which feeling I rejoice, not only as it proves
their charitable disposition, but their abhorrence
and indignation at the cruelty and crime of the
monstrous Bishop. I have been applied to by a
most respectable body, to attend a Meeting, on
Wednesday, Sept. 4, at eight o'clock in the even-
ing, at the Vernon's Head Tavern, North And
ley-street, Grosvenor-square, to promote the sub
scription arready commenced for the poor man's
benefit, with which application I shall most
cheerfully comply.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
la, Bridge-street, Aug. 24. J. M'. PARKINS..

POOR BYRNE.

(Front the Dublin E`vening'Heralcl;~

Mr. Ex-Sheriff Parkins, with a zeal that becomes him in
the cause of suffering innOcence,' has called a meeting to take
poor. Byrne's case into cOnsideration. It was to. he held yester-
day, " at the White Lion public house, St. • Alban's-placef
St. James's, kept by the honest man, Edward Dee, through
whose intrepidity and' abhorrence of Bishop Jocelyn's abo-
minable conduct, the public is indebted, not only to him for
his courage in exposing the monster, but to his.integrity for
having refused, to my" certain knowledge (says Mr. Parkins)
an enormous sum of tnOnCy,' to purchase his conscience or
lerice."

This notification appears in the London Morning Post, in
which it seems to have been published gratuitously. The
London Morning Post is quite a Court paper—and we espe-
cially mention its services in the cause of poor Byrne, to show
the Court Papers here, real as wells as mommal, the probability
of their having gone a little farther than was required, in the
unfeeling work of hiding this ppor man's- wrongs, and by that
means extinguishing (as far as in them lay) his chances of re:,
paration and sympathy.
We have been applied to, on the part of a highly respecta,
ble merchant at Manchester, for information relative to Byrne,
and we are gratified to be able to? state, that. subscription is
to be opened in that great town, and that the contributions are
likely to be liberal. We can say with great truth, from all we
can learn or observe, that this all but crucified man," as
Mr. Parkins calls him, is a very likely person to make good
use of any opportunities of emerging from indigence which
luck or public benevolence may, throw in his way. He is
strictly sober, well conducted, and industrious, and has been
always remarkable for steadiness and application to his hum-
ble duties. His wife, too, is a very decent. and intelligent
woman—and a very remarkable attention has been paid to the
morals, and even minds, of his children, for persons in their
condition of life. The present ambition 'of thii humble but
interesting family is, that the father should be put in posses-
sion of a coach and a pair of horges, to drive on his own ac-
count, and the mother placed in some small line of industry.
One hundred pounds would, probably, realize all their golden
dreams of happiness and prosperity.
The Jocelyn family have yet done nothing for unfortunate
Byrne. 'They have not, in tact, as yet had time to think of
him ; 'in the interval between this and the horrid disclosure, it
is no wonder that only one image had been present to their
agonised minds. It is, however, of serious detriment to Byrne
that the time is not ripe for an interference on their part; for
the mischievous and absurd notion that relieving him will give
them offence, will certainly prevail until the public mind is
disabused by some overt act of their benevolence, and exertion
for him will be proportionably neutralized and impeded. A
five, or even a one-pound note, from any one bearing the name
of Jocelyn, is a sort of license to every one .; to friends, ac-
quaintances, connexions, and all, to do what time-servers and
humanity dictate in behalf of this wretched man. Until *is
authority for the exercise of compassion appears, we do not ex-
pect to see done for Byrne half of what it would be reasonable
to calculate upon, if there were no fear, or feeling of what is
called delicacy to be combated.