The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-20 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, OCT. 18.

THE REGISTRY.—In connexion with the information
given yesterday on the subject of the Sligo Registration,
we copy the following confirmatory intelligence from the
Champion of that county :—lt is well known that the No-
ble and liberal Secretary at War possesses a large estate in
the county of Sligo. But it is not equally well known that
he expends nearly the entire rental of that estate in im-
provements, and constantly employs his tenantry in the
most useful works. He is consequently beloved by them,
and considered, as he really is, one of the best landlords in ,
Ireland. We have now the very great satisfaction to an-
nounce to the public that a letter was received by a gentle-
man in this town a few days back from his Lordship, in
which he states that he has given directions to his agent to
facilitate the registry of his Lordship's tenantry and that
the liberal cause shall have his warmest support. This
is as it should be. The liberals of Sligo are making the
greatest exertion to throw off the galling yoke of the To-
ries. Every day their strength is increasing. Many gen-
tlemen who hitherto stood aloof from politics, or gave up
in despair the regeneration of Sligo, have now joined the
liberals. Much has already been done, but much more re-
mains to be done. We think the manly and patriotic letter
of his Lordship will tend to increase the confidence of the
people in the present Whig Administration.
TITHES !—MULLINATIONE, OCT., 13, 1836.—A large
police and military force, amounting to nearly one hundred,
accompanied by five bailiffs, and a rebellion officer, sup-
posed to be named Jackson, from Dublin, proceeded at an
early hour on the morning of Tuesday, the 4th instant,
from Killenaule, to the lands of Mohobber, for the pur-
pose of arresting some persons in that neighbourhood under
Writs of Rebellion, for tithes claimed br Archdeacon Cot-
; they were principally under the command of Doctor
Fitzgerald, R.M. and Mr. Blake, C.C., and after dili-
gently searching the house of Richard Cormack, Esq., one
of the sought-to-be-made tithe-sufferers on this occasion,
they had to decamp without the satisfaction of arresting
him. The Rev. Gentleman is no more known in this union
than the ex-Dey of Algiers, except when his name is used
by miscreant bailiffs, when endeavouring to enforce that
odious impost in the union of Lismolin. It is but justice
to say that the Doctor and Mr. Blake displayed gentle-
manly conduct while protecting the ragamuffins in their
search for Mr. Cormack.
Mn. O'CoNNELL.—The Pilot states that the accuracy
of the rumour relative to the Hon. and Learned Gentle-
Man's intention to visit Kilkenny is very questionable.
STORMS.—AImost all the sea-port towns in Ireland suf-
fered more or less from the late high tides and storms.
Wexford was visited with the most tremendous storm re-
membered to have occurred for the last twelve or fifteen
years, by which vast injury has been done to the town and
along the coast, particularly to embankments and reclaimed
lands. The tide has seldom or never been known to have
risen so high.
ATROCIOUS CALUMNY.--WC copy the following from a
Clonmel paper, in the firm persuasion that it will be con-
tradicted in all its parts ; in fact, the monstrous and un-
natural story bears on it the deep impress of falsehood :
" Our Thurles correspondent has furnished us with the fol-
lowing account of one of the most barbarous actions, insti-
gatedby a bigoted and unchristian feeling, we have, perhaps,.
ever been obliged ito put on record. Gross as it is, and full
of savage brutality, we cannot doubt it, coming from that
hot-bed of infamy, that focus of murderous riots and revolt-
ing deeds, which furnishes more victims for the county
gallows than any other town in unfortunate Tipperary :
As the last division of the 18th Royal Regiment were on
their march through Thurles, en route for embarkation
for Ceylon, three soldiers were billetted on one house, and
the wife of one of them was shortly afterwards seized with
the throes of parturition. The persons of the house, on
the supposition that she was a Roman Catholic, immediately
despatched a messenger for their reverend father in God ;
but the confessor having made his appearance, his services
were, of course, declined—the husband of the woman af-
firming that they were members of the Church of England.
The owner of the house, on hearing this, swore by the Holy
Evangelists he would not sleep in his house that night,
where heretics and devils were ; he accordingly left the
house to procure lodgings for himself, and immediately af-
terwards a party of the Thurles mob, instigated by this
demon, assailed the promises, dragged the unfortunate
woman (in the condition above stated) out of the house,
and used her in a most inhuman manner—the consequences
are, the poor infant perished ; and the unfortunate mother
remains without hope of recovery. The three soldiers are
detained by the authorities of Thurles, in order to prose-
cute the perpetrators and instigators of this barbarous and
inhuman cruelty."
The Cork Standard is a formidable foe, and seems
destined to win victories by his pen as great and splendid
as ever Alexander achieved by the sword. There is a
peculiarity in the mode of warfare adopted by this new
ally of the Orangemen, unlike most of his contemporaries.
He attacks the persons of his enemies, and leaves unnoticed
their principles. He has done immense service to the ban-
ner under which he fights by this somewhat singular but
undoubtedly gallant mode of carrying on the war. A few
days ago he discovered that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
thought himself a handsome nzan ! He accordingly opened
a vigorous attack upon his Lordship's head and hair, face
and fingers, and the Viceroy, we apprehend, is reported
amongst the "killed." In the same engagement Lord
Palmerston was " wounded," and several other distinguished
men in the ranks of the Reformers are " missing," Truly
the Standard is an admirable tactician. With all his great
resources and acknowledged talents, to take up such posi-
tion assuredly is evidence of the strength and goodness of
the cause into which he has entered. To-day ho calls
names after this fashion," O'Connell and Crawford are two
of the vainest beings that ever wore the shape of men." If
this charge do not drive both the Hon. Gentlemen out of
the field, and force them to bide their diminished heads for
the future, no attack will reach them ; they must be un-
assailable, and carry about with them a charmed existence.

The Lord Chancellor has returned to town, and will
sit to hear motions on the first day of Term. Yesterday
Lord Ashley, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Edmund Hals-
well, Dr. Southey, Mr. Bryon Waller Proctor, and 1,,,c0.4
Seymour, attended at his Lordship's house, in Bruton.,
street, and were sworn in Metropolitan conitnis.sionnrs in
Lunacy.

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The Munster family, who have been at Brighton
for the last eight months, leave there on Friday for Hamp-
stead, where they have engaged a house for their winter re-
sidence.

PARLIAMENTARY VOTERS.—The opinion of an
eminent barrister has been received on the question of the
eligibility of the Collector of Assessed Taxes being entitled
to vote. It is conclusive as to the right of Collectors ap-
pointed by the Land Tax Commissioners ; and in the
borough of Southwark, and all other places where the ab-
jection has been made, the Court has retained the names
of the Collectors on the list. Collectors of the King's
Taxes are excluded from the privileze, et voting.—_tontish
Gazette. [Collectors appointed by the Land Tax Com-
misSioners are entitled to vote for Members of Parliament,
and Collectors of King's e. Assessed) Taxes are not. The
same persons generally collect both, and under the opinion
of the Tory Tax Boards of Coinmissioners, the collection
of l'and tax formed a panoply of qualification, over-riding
the disqualification by collecting the house and window
duties. The above paragraph does not appear to deter-
mine this point quite so clear as may be desired—Whether
a person collecting land tax, and also King's assessed taxes,
is entitled to vote or not ?—En. SUN.]
The students attending Glasgow 'University purpose
inviting Lord Lyndhurst to become their Rector in the
room of Lord Stanley, who retiree iv, November next.
THE NORTHERN Licitivs.,—Last Tuesday night
messengers arrived al all the fire stations of the London
establishment Rd West of England offices, stating that a
dreadful fire was raging in the direction of Islington or Hol-
loway, and certainly, from the appearance of the sky, there
was every reason to fear the Most dreadful results. In a
few minutes twelve of the London establishment engines,
and also, one belonging to the West of England, with up,
wards of sixty firemen, arrived in the supposed direction of
the fire ; but after traversing Highgate, Hampstea(l, and
other places, for about two hours, they were cor.-,pelled to
return, with no other information than that the supposed
fire could have been nothing more ttitn the aurora borealis,
or northern lights, which will be visible several times during
the present month, 1400 of the inhabitants of the above
named f laces wp4,o very much alarmed on the occasion.
CiViL MARRI.AGL—A green, good-natured,
money-making, up-country Jonathan, who said everything
drily, ‘i got things fixed," and struck up a bargain for ma-
trimony, Having no particular regard for appearances, the
parties agreed to employ a green-horn country justice to put
on the tackling, He commenced the ceremony by remark-
ing that " It was customary on such occasions to commence
with a prayer, but he believed he would omit that." After
tying the knot, he said it was customary to give the milt
ned couple some advice, but he would omit tlkaA ztilsa ;: it
was customary to kiss the bride, b3,A ksq, helkeved he would
omit that. The ceremony being 9.41 ed„ Jo,natban took the
Squire tly the button;Aole, and clapping: his finger an his
nose, said, ".'quire, rt is customary to give the magistrate
five dollars, but `l'believe All omit that.m—Raltiniore Paper.
Qne of. the highest tides ever remembered in Wex-
ford CMAtroil no Wednesday night, the quay was com-
pletely goaded, and ..it was with great difficulty the ves-
sels were kept bff 'while all the streets near the.
:aver
werA aucr water. The sudden rising o.f'
one river eaused
no little alarm and confusion -
einenpt tho,se who inhabited
houses not
pnt! elevated to eicape the invasion of an
(4'49t rqnverbially dangerous as a master. We base
nod beard of any serious injury being done.—Wexford
.lerectifqn,

SIR JOHN CAMPBELL.

(Abridged from the Edinburgh Observer of Tuesday.)

It having been announced that the Attorney-General
would address his constituents yesterday, a very crowded
meeting was held in the Waterloo Rooms. Exactly at '2
o'clock Sir John appeared on the platform, and was greeted
with loud cheering. The LORD PnovosT, on taking the
Chair, briefly addressed the Meeting, but from the length
and importance of the address of Sir John Campbell, we
have been forced to omit his Lordships' remarks.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Electors of Edinburgh, my
much respected constituents—There was a question once
put to me in this room by an elector ; says he, " Sir John,
if we elect you our representative, shall we ever see your
face again ?"—(A laugh.) I ventured at that time to give a
pledge, the only pledge I ever gave, that I would pay you
a yearly visit, and that I would be ready at •all • times to
give you an account of my stewardship. It becomes my duty
now to state to you what has passed since we last met. Par-
liament met in the beginning of February ; and the King's
speech gave an outline of the measures which were to be
submitted, and it was allowed by him who has become the
leader of the Tory faction in the country, that the King's
speech held forth a glorious promise. That individual, I mean
Lord Lyndhurst, said there was a brilliant promise, but
there was a sad deficiency in the execution. Whose fault
was that ? The fault was Lord Lyndhurst's. If he would
have allowed these measures to be carried, the last Session
of Parliament would have been the most beneficial in the
annals of British legislation ; but the Tories had otherwise
decreed. They were determined, if could not repeal
the Reform Bill, that at least the fruits of it should not bo
fully tasted by the people. If they had not the courage to
seize the reins of the Government, they were resolved to
bring the machine as soon as possible to a dead lock. In
the beginning of the Session the Tories had great hopes
from an attempt against an individual ; and by the ruin of
Mr. O'Connell—(Cheers)—great advantages were expected
to arise to the Tory cause. I wish you had seen their long
faces—(Laughter)—when the report of the Carlow Com-
mittee came out, and acquitted Mr. O'Connell, and proved
to a demonstration that the charge of corruption brought
against him was foul and calumnious. Another hope was
then entertained that disgrace might be fixed on the
Prime Minister himself. But let me be' rightly under-
stood—l say that the respectable leaders of the Tories were
ashamed of the attack made upon Lord Melbourne ; but
I must say the great bulk of the party looked forward with
eager expectation to the result of the trial, and in the ver-
dict did anticipate a return to power. I rejoice that I had
a part in exposing the falsehood of this charge, and in vin-
dicating the innocence of the party accused.—(Cheers.) I
had a glorious reward for my anxieties ; when, after the
Jury returned a verdict of not guilty, I entered the House
of Commons, and heard the cheers of the representatives
of the people, rejoicing that truth had prevailed.—(Great
cheering.) The hopes of the Tories being thus disap-
pointed, nothing remained for them except to adopt a system
whereby, as far as practicable, useful legislation might be
put a stop to. It seems to me, that for this purpose the
Tories changed- their leader. They,now threw aside the
mask of Reformers—they no longer appeared as pseudo-
Liberals, but were determined to act on their own genuine
principles. Some of them looked on Sir Robert Peel as
little better than a Radical, and the Duke of Wellington
was considered deficient in energy and vigour.—( Laughter.)
They, therefore, resorted to my Lord Lyndhurst. It is
with great reluctance that I say anything which can be
considered, in the slightest degree, as reflecting cen-
sure on that Noble Lord. 1 have known him long—
I have eaten salt with him ; which I cannot forget;. though
he may. He is possessed of brilliant talents, and„-most
agreeable manners—" he can assume a pleasing form."—
(Cheers and hisses.) I must recollect what he said of me
—he believes I am a Whig ; I must say of him that I be-
lieve he was a Whig, and a great deal more—(Cheers)—
and I do not despair of seeing him again return to our
side of the question.—(Hear, hear.) He is liable to sud-
den changes of opinion—always acting conscientiously ; and
though it may happen that, in those changes, his opinions
coincide with his interest, yet he has the magnanimity to act
upon them.—(Laughter and cheers.) When he returns
to the Liberal cause, we shall hail him with satisfaction—
(Cries of " No, no")—taking care that he does not drive
on too rapidly, and that he may not urge us to propose
measures which may prove subversive of the monarchy
under which we were born, and under which I hope we
wish to die.—(Cheers and laughter.) One great measure
which was carried in last session was a Bill for the com-
mutation of tithes in England. Another measure was also
passed of great importance to the Dissenters in England.
Since 1754, they were compelled, before theyecould con-
tract marriage, to enter a church, and have the ceremony
performed according to the rite of a religion of which they
disapproved. This is now remedied. Another measure,
favour of Dissenters, has been likewise passed—a Bilt, by
which the births, the marriages, and the deaths of Dis-
senters, as tvell as of Churchmen, are recorded. .in a civil
register. Another measure which distingr!,shed the last
Session of Parliament was the putting down of Orange
Lodges.—(Cheers.) You obtained Municipal Reform ;
and, after a severe struggle, NT:anicipal Reform was also
obtained for England, and ;:n consequence of that measure,
in almost all the towns of Great Britain, there has been a
marked improvemnt, and general harmony prevails among
all classes. Is it fair to withhold from Ireland what Scot-
land and England have obtained ? Yes, says my Lord
Lyndhurst, because the Irish are aliens in blood, aliens in
language, and aliens in religion.—(Cheers.) He might
have used the sama argument against the Scottish Muni-
cipal Reform Bill ; but you would have indignantly
raised your voices against such language, and have in-
sisted, as your ancestors did, upon your right to enjoy all
those free institutions to which you are entitled.—(Cheers.)
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then went at great
length into a recapitulation of the events of the last ses-
sion, alter which he proceeded to say—There have been
several debates in the House of Commons respecting the
part our Government takes in proceedings abroad. The
Conservatives of England sympathise with the Conserva-
tives of Spain, and are eager to support Don Carlos because
he is for absolute Government, and would re-establish the
Inquisition if he could.—(Cheers and hisses.) But I hope
you approve of the conduct of ,Government in supporting
the cause of civil and religious liberty all over the world.—
(Cheers.) I hope constitutional liberty will still trevail ii
Spain as well as in Portugal ; and I think you will not talk
of the efforts which Englishmen have made in Spain as a
buccaneering expedition—to. use the language of Lord
Lyndhurst. Many of your ow.o countrymen have gal-
lantly engaged in this enterprlee--they have shed their blood
in defence of liberty, end have maintained the character
which the natives of ibis country have always enjoyed for
military virtue.—(i;beers.) Then what is there in the last
session of Peiiiament to condemn ? Objections have been
made to the present Ministers that we are supported by
Mr. O'Connell. We are supported by Mr. O'Connell,
arid 1, for one, am very glad of it.—(Great cheering.) Ido
net participate in all the opinions of Mr. O'Connell, any
more than I do in his creed. I do not approve of all he says
and does, but I regard him as a man of great talent—to
whom his own country and the empire at large are deeply
indebted.—(Cheers and hisses.) It is said there is it tom-
pact between him and the Government—that it a foul
calumny ; there is no compact between hint and, the Go-
vernment ; and unless you can point out improper measures
which the Government has brought forward, it will not do
to blame them for accepting his support. Often have I
seen the Tories court the support of Mr. Hunt, or Mr.
Cobbett, and of Mr. Whittle Harvey. A great deal has
been said 4 the danger of the Protestant religion. lam
prepared to shed my blood in defence of the Protestant
religion ; but I believe that many who have brought for-
ward this objection have done it as a stalking horse. Tl:.e.re
are some who seem to be anxious respecting the Protestant
religion, but who, if it suited their purvoses, would bring
in a Bili to restore the dominion c,,i the Pope—(Great
laughter)—and would, I have no, doubt, make a very clever
speech ill favour of the measure.—(Continued cheering.)
I allow that the present State of the country is unexampled,
critical, and alarmiug. I have no doubt the Tories have
down the resolution that, so far as it depends on them,
if the people submit to it, there shall be no further
improvement in our laws and institutions. There
appeared lately an article in the Quarterly Review,
which I consider to be the manifesto of the party. "It is
said to have been written by Mr. Crokcr, the great enemy
of the Reform Bill, and who has disdained to appear in
the reformed House of Commons, but who finds it more
convenient to sit in his closet and issue forth anonymous
articles in support of his party. His motto is " ne plus
ultra." No more—you shall go no further. king Croker
has mounted his throne ; and, like king Canute of old,
'says to the tide—thus far shalt thou conic, and no further.
This is vain and presumptuous language ; the tide of im-
provement will cotioue
to rise till every grievance is e-
moved of there is
cause to complain. What is the
rereeily for this state of things ?* I have nothing to disguise
is appearing
before lily constituents, and I say the first re-
medy we ought to attempt is, a union among all sections of
liberal politicians' and a loud and unequivocal expression of
public
epieio,—(Cheers.) It is said that we of the Re-
form party arc for the bludgeon and the brick-hat, That
is a foul calumny ; we wish to instruct ilea Lards by law-
ful and constitutional means. lAlt 'oettitinne pour in—let
public meetings raise thAkomW,, it a dissolution of Par-
liament take,
setitris an overwhelming majority of
Literal Pitgebees to the House of Commons,, chef in this
• -way shoW on which side is public opinion, Cheers.) If
the time should come, which j do not anticipate, when
measures approved by the King and his Ministers by large
majorities of the representativei of the people, and in whose
favor the public voice is loudly and unequivocally declared—
if such measures shall be rejected by one branch of the
Legislature-- then, I think, it may become neces-
.

sary to consider to what remedy we shall resort for reform-
ing the Peerage. Ido not anticipate such a crisis. My
own opinion is, that the Lords, being prudent and intelligent
men, as the majority of them must be allowed to be, will
consider that public opinion is an important element and
ingredient in weighing the expediency of public measures,
and will bend, as the Duke of Wellington did on a former
occasion—es their other leaders have done on former occa-
sions—and as Lord Lyndhurst himself has done to the
public voice, and that the crisis may be thus averted. But
my opinion is, that the people will never submit to tyranny
—never submit to misrule ; and that as the Peerage Was
made for the benefit of the people, it belongs to the Peers
to recollect, that it is for the good of the people they have
been entrusted with the privileges which they now enjoy.—
(Cheers.) I again say—that on reflection—an considera-
tion—on listening to the voice of the people—another ses-
sion of Parliament will find this branch of the Legislature
more reasonable and complying, and that the cause of Libe-
ral legislation will triumph.—(Cheers.) I cannot conclude
without congratulating you on the prosperij.y which prevails
in Scotland, as well as in every other part of the British
empire : commerce, manufactures, and .agriculture—alt are
improving ; and, in the general harmony and conter,tment,
you are reaping the benefit of the exertions you made in
favour of liberty when yob conquered the Reform Bills.—
(Cheers and laughter.)
Mr. TAIT, after stating that Sir John had not noticed in
the catalogue of beneficial measures Of the session, the -re-
peal of the newspaper tax, proceeded to put several ques-
tions—First, what were his views of the ballot ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had not yet voted for the
ballot—he was not yet prepared to vote for it. ' If intimi-
dation goes on, and no expedient is' found to put a stop to
it, I may become a reluctant convert to the ballot, •
Mr. TAIT 11C,Zt asked his opinions respeCting the. Aorten-
hime' of the duration of Parliaments ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was of opinion that Parlia-
ment should not sit so long as seven vears ; but this was
rather a speculative than a practical question. He had
years, land in that period
rrghter)—so that only been in Parliament for six
he had been six times elected—(La
Par-
liaments had been annual for him. He would be bound to
say that the present Parliamo',t would not sit for seven
years.
Mr. TAIT then asked his opinion respecting the clogs
that existed on registration ?

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was of opinion that they
were abominable.

Councillor RUSSELL asked whether Sir John would vote
for the abolition bi Church-rates in England without 4 com-
mutation ?

The .P...TTORNEY-GENERAL had great hopes, in the nest
Session of Parliament, a measure would be brought for-
ward to relieve the Dissenters, with which they would be
satisfied.

Sir T. D. LAUDER proposed the following motion :
That Sir John Campbell's Parliamentary conduct has been
highly satisfactory to this meeting, and that he is entitled to
the cordial thanks of his constituents for the manner in
which he has discharged his important duties 'as one of the
Representatives of this city during the preceding Sessio:o._
(Great cheering.)
Treasurer BLACK came forward with a similar vote of
thanks to the Speaker.
Mr. TAIT came forward, and said that he considered the
objectof this meeting would only be half obtained if they
separated after hearing the opinions of Sir John Campbell
only. He thought his constituents ought
Ids° to tell him
their opinion, so that, on his return to London, he might
tell his Colleagues of the Governmer,t, " these are the
opinions of my Constituents, for trie.y
so."—(Cheers and laughter.) r A'Jr somethemselves told me
further observa-
tions, Mr. Tait moved a series of resolutions. But the
opinion in their favour not 'appearing to be unanimous,
Mr. Tait withdrew ther:,,

Sir JAMES GIBSO"A CRAIG then moved a vote of thanks
to the Lord Provoc,c, for his conduct in the Chair—after
which the meetin-s separated.

The grer.ter part of the Town Council of Leicester
have signed an address to the present Mayor, Mr. Paget, to
cont.moc,. another year in that office.
In. Leeds, on the municipal registration this year,
the Liberals have a majority of 187 votes ; we hope they
will keep up to what is expected from them at the next elec-
tion of Town Councillors.

Lord J. Russell has appointed Mr. Gambier Re-
corder of Feversham.

Mr. Dampier, the Judge of the new Stannaries
Court, has appointed Mr. P. P. Smith, of Truro, his Se-
cretary.

LUDICROUS INCIDENT.—In a recent trip by one
of our Scottish steamers, she carried on deck a number of
old mail-coaches ; and a steerage passenger, who had got
some grog, ensconced himself in one of them, observing it
was much more comfortable to travel by coach than by
ship. A storm came on shortly after leaving port, which
increased, so that it was found necessary to lighten the
vessel ; and the old coaches, being upon deck, were tho
first of the cargo condemned. Coach after coach was cor.-
signed to Davy's locker, and the one .containing the live
stock was about to follow, when a heavy sea knocked, in
the window-blinds and roused the sleeper, of whose 'situa-
tion the crew were first advised by a gurgling noise in his
throat, caused by an effort to eject salt water, whi'zh was
immediately followed by a stentorian call of " Holl,oa! stop
the coach!"—Scotch Paper.
Sir W. W. Follett, M.P., arrived from lnis tour on
the Continent on Wednesday.
This day is remarkable for being the anniversary of
the death of several eminent persons :—`6ir T. Browne in
1682 ; Sir Godfrey Kneller in 1723 ; Jean Swift in 1745 ;
H. Kirke White in 1816 ; and Taline, in 1826.

An original drama, from the r)en of Mr. Bulwer,
M.P., the author of several pay altar novels—" Pelham,"
" Eugene Aram," &c., is in rf,nearsal at Covent-garden
Theatre, and will be performe'd next week.

It is intended to corn'l)hment the Lord Provost of
Edinburgh, for his dischi.rge of his official duties, with a
public dinner, in the c.xent of his Lordship retiring from
officc. It is, howevx4 not improbable that he may serve
!other year.

The Boroi:igh of Knaresborough is taking steps to
deliver itself from the disgrace of ,being misrepresented in
Parliamr,nt by Messrs. Richards and Lawson. Mr. Rich
and Sir William Ingilby are mentioned as candidates.—
Hull Observer.

Monday the first increase of ls. a! day to the half-
pay of the Pursers of the Royal Navy was paid at the
dock-yard, to the great satisfaction of this deserving but
hitherto neglected class of officers, who have been endea-
vouring for more than twelve years to accomplish this ob-
ject, and are now indebted to a liberal Administration for
a boon which is universally admitted to be founded on jus-
tice.—Devotport Telegraph.
No less than 93 whales of the bottled-nosed species
were driven on shore and captured at Scapa Bay on the 3d
inst. The appearance of such a number on the coast at
once is a very rare occurrence. The whole population,
man, woman, and child, turned out to this " sea hunt ;" and
the skill and energy manifested by the performers in the
novel sport was responded to by the acclamations of the
numerous spectators that lined the shore. The whales
measured from six to 20 feet each, and were sold for about
31. to 101. each, leaving a very handsome remuneration to
the captors.

ANGLING WITHOUT CRUELTY.—Mr. Jesse, in
his delightful " Angler's Rambles," asserts that it is not. the
fato.l of fishing, but of the fisherman, if angling is ever a
cruel sport ; and he mentions his own practice, which ought
to be universal I never fish with a live bait, or with
worms ; and 1 am furnished with a large knife, having a
small hammer at the end of it, with which I kill my fish
the moment they are out of the water. It may be said
that pain is inflicted on the fish the instant the hook strikes
its mouth. Ido not think that this is the case. It is
either resistance, or the sight of an object that alarms
them, which occasions a fish to show fear, and not from any
actual pain they feel from tht:: book." And at the conclu-
sion of his directions for trolling—for which, by the way,
he strongly recommends Limerick hooks—he observes—
" My readers will mrceive that I have said nothing about
snap or live bait-fishing, or of setting trimmers for pike. I
detest theta all, especially the two last, as they are attended
with no small degree of cruelty. An angler may enjoy
his amusement, and yet inflict very little pain upon the
fish he takes, or the bait he uses. As long as he does this
the sport is an innocent one ; but when a live gudgeon has
a wire passed under his skin, and is than set afloat to
.be
gorged by a pike, which probably remains for hours with
hooks in his stomach, swimming about in very fear and
pain until it is hauled into a baat, the sport degenerates
into an act of wanton cruelty."

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from Beverley, to lecture on temperance principles. During
his lecture, the populace outside the room. pelted the door
with stones, and used every species of annoyance. The
constable, who is a " Jerry Lord," was califal in to keep the
peace, but, instead, threatened the lecturer, and refused to
act. When the lecturer was returning home he was pelted
with mud, 8:0 During the night the people burst open the
door, and broke the window of the house in which he slept:
Observer.

FIGURE VERSUS FACE.—The young gentlemen.
of New Ross wager one hundred sovereigns that Ross,
which so lately won the " palm of beauty" will produce at
young lady of fines figure and uglier face than can be found
in any other town in Ireland (Waterford, Limerick, and
Newry excepted) ! If the cazllenge be not ace apted
within the three next months,, Itoss will be considered to
have gained the victory.—lnrfigd Conservative.

-4)-f THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.
c,....i.___L-,_>, ....c.
t''::`.7 il,!'.i?Wereff„r:wilti ride and exultation to the proceed-
;
:/ -5t:,-<'--4, i_gitti ous meeting yesterday in the City of
`l-\-",e\ .-16iid-On i:CMe. ouse, which scaled the doom of
14 -.''fi: • Misters will see that the question of
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can no longer be trifled with. The Dis-
144ttisliA been long enough made micas!, by sacri-
fices such as those detailed by Mr. Charles Lushing-
ton ; and, aided by the Liberal brethren of the Esta-
blished Church, they will no longer suffer an Essex
Quaker to have property to the amount of 1,500/.
confiscated for the establishment and repair of a place
of worship where the services of religion are performed
in a mariner obnoxious to his conscientious convictions.
The Church, as was observed by the Honourable
Gentleman, has an enormous revenue of 3,500,0001.
(though, as Mr. Hume said, it was nearer 5,000,0001.
a year) ; and if it can afford 150,0001. a year to
twenty-four bishops, to maintain them in unscriptural
pomp, it ought to afford to keep in repair its religious
edifices. We are not reduced to the necessity of
casting about for finding means to keep up the fabrics
of the Establishment ; the means exist in abun-
dance ; and all Ministers have to do is to prevent the
unscriptural application of funds to clerical sinecurists
and pluralists, and over-gorged Bishops, which belong
to the Church itself—that is, to the flocks, and not ex-
clusively to those who shear them. Thank God, no
public men in this country can place themselves perma-
nently in opposition to public opinion ; and a Reform
Ministry, being most dependent on public opinion, will
least be disposed to do so. The meeting of yesterday,
therefore, has but to be properly followed up, and suc-
cess is certain. But it must be followed up ; for, as
Mr. Hume very justly stated, " in the present state of
political parties it was requisite, in order to enable Mi-
nisters to do justice to the Dissenters, that the people
should show they were in good earnest." In the expees-
sive language of the Rev. John Burnett, whose speech
was one of the most powerful ever addressed to a po-
pular assembly, " his Majesty's Ministers will do
what the country will enable them to do :" for Minis-
ters are but " the organs of his Majesty, who is the
ruler of a country that chooses to think for itself ; and
if we dislike their measures, it is our duty to come for-
ward and tell the whole world our determination, and
not whisper our disapproval of his Majesty's Minis-
ters." ~ Ministers," the Reverend Gentleman added,
.‘ are neither men after old granite formation, nor men
after new strata which had risen above their standard
of politics and religious principles ; they are those who
occupy the medium condition out of which you must
bring them by working them well, and by the power
of agitation." Were the Church not in possession of
ample funds, still, on the mere principle of justice, the
Dissenter ought not to be called on to keep up his own
place of worship and that of his neighbour. This
the conscientious Churchman feels, and he does to his
neighbour as he wishes his neighbour should do unto
him. He asks.himself, " How should I feel were a
Dissenter to tell me, be thankful, Sir, that you are
tolerated, and keep up or not, as you please, the fa-
bric of your own Church, but, at all events, you must
please to put your hands in your pocket and pay for
the support of my chapel ?" Were the Dissenter to
insult him by language like this, he would of course
retort on him as the Rev. John Burnett did yesterday
on the high priests of the establishment :
" What is toleration ? Toleration is simply permission to
the Dissenter to do what ? Not to plunder his neighbour—
that would be a crime, and the State will not tolerate a
crime. Is it permission to malign his neighbour? No ;
that also would be a crime, which the State dare not tole-
rate. What, then, is toleration ? It is a permission to the
Dissenter to worship his God according to the dictates of
his own heart.—( Hear, hear.) If he has not a right to wor-
ship God, if he has not a right to worship Him according to
his conscience, put the Dissenter down for his crime—give
him no toleration.—(Hear, hear.) But if he has an inde-
feasible—which must go with him through all the circum-
stances of his history—to worship God according to his con-
science, do not interfere with that right, for by doing so you
interfere with the Divine preregative itself.—(Cheers.)"
And in truth every liberal and conscientious Church-
man knows that to have his own rights respected he
must respect those of the Dissenter. Churchman and
Dissenter must live in unity together as brethren ; and
unjust assumptions destroy brotherly love, and engen-
der uncharitableness and bad passions. Churchmen
.and Dissenters, therefore, will work together for the
one great end of abolishing an impost, the submission
to which on the part of the Dissenter would imply his
recognition of his religion stamping him with political
inferiority and degradation. The Churchman and
Dissenter both feel that it is time the Imperial Parlia-
ment were relieved from discussions which withdraw it
from the discharge of its proper functions, the manag-
ing the afrairs of a great nation, to constitute a great
vestry for 'Episcopalian Protestants. The speech of
Mr. Thomas .Duncombe was, and deservedly, most en-
thusiastically re,eeived. Our limits will not allow us to
notice any of the other speeches, some of which de-
served and obtained the applause of the meeting. The
hearts of speakers and hearers were in unison ; and
we have no doubt that .the enthusiasm felt at the City
----- of London Coffee-house will diffuse itself throughout
every corner of the Empire. The blow will be struck
home.—.o orning Chronicle.

Another session of Parliament approaches. It will
he one of the most eventful on record. Its pro;.,,eed-
ings will occupy a prominent place in the history of
England. If ever there was a time when the friends
of liberal principles and of free institutions required
union and energy,. that moment is the present. The
faction opposed to the people is powerful. It were
unwise to disguise this... It is only by forming a cor-
rect estimate of the amount of opposition to be over-
come, that the nation are likely to be led. to adopt
those measures by which that opposition may be de-
feated. There cannot be a greater error than that of
under-estimating the enemy's forces. If the Tories
are but a mere handful in numbers, compared with
the people of England, it is not to be denied that
they are closely leagued together ; and the advan-
tans of such a union in the approaching conflict will
make up in a great measure for their deficiency in
numbers. There is also this in favour of the Con-
servatives in their battles with the Reformers—they
have ample funds at their disposal. And money, we
need not say, is the sinews of war in those battles
which are fought in either house of Parliament, as well
in those which are fought by armies of men on the
plains of Waterloo, or on any other part of the earth's
surface. With regard, again, to the determination of
the Tories, we know that it amounts, in this case, to
desperation. They are aware the struggle will be one
of life or death—that their own permanent triumph,
or their utter extinction as a party, will be the issue of
the impending struggle. Hence they will contest the
point in dispute inch by inch : if they are to die, they
will die in the last ditch. Do we mention all this to
intimidate the reformers ? Our object, as already
hinted, is the very reverse. We wish to apprise them
of the full force of the resistance they have to over-
come, in order that, instead of lulling themselves into a
false security as to the result of the conflict; they may
adopt those measures, and prepare to act with that
union and energy, by which alone they can vanquish
their foes. Let the people of England be only true to
-themselves, and not all the money in the coffers of the
'Carlton Club, nor all the bayonets in the kingdom, nor
other means of warfare which the Tories may have re-
course to, will be able to resist their demands for good
government. We know that the people of England
will quit themselves like men in the impending con-
flict. The House of Commons is nominally with the
nation. Will the Reform Members of that House
cordially co-operate with the people ? If they do not,
they must themselves prepare for a day of reckoning.
We tell them that the country will not any longer pas-
sively submit to the truckling and trimming, in order
to propitiate the adverse faction, which they exhibited
lest session. The patience of the people is now--and
:no wonder—quite exhausted. They will no longer
look tamely on while they see the Reform party on the
floor of the House of Commons bringing forward liberal
measures as if for no other purpose than to raise the
.Hopes of the people in order that they may be again dis-
appointed. This was the besetting sin of the reform mem-
bers last session. There was no lack of good measures on
pap ez. They were brought in in abundance—the evil
was,,they were never brought out. They were intro-
duced with a flourish of trumpets—they were ushered
into beikv amidst pompous speeches--but unfortunately
that was all. Either the very authors of those measures