The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-26 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVEN 'NG) OCTOBER 26, 1849

and few present had any idea of the wrongs and suffer.
ings of that country.. Suppose they were told that an island
of 20,000,000 acres of most fertile soil lay within four
hours' steaming of Holyhead, with harbours and rivers
admirably adapted to all kinds of commerce, with great
cities and 8,000,000 of population, which bad been for
many years under the mysterious blessings of " our glo-
rious constitution"—this meeting would expect a model
of an island—a picture of industry and happiness. But
he would tell them what Ireland was ; and ho would
lay the scene before the famine, and they should see
where the real blame lay. Sir R. Peel's committee stated
that in 1844, in the county of Down, 24 families out of
every 100 lived in houses unfit for human habitation; in
the county of Kerry 66 families lived in a similar man-
ner; it stated that there was no such thing as industry,
that a great proportion of the population lived for most
of the year without labour, there was no rate of wages
in the country. Outrages, too, were very frequent in
every county. The committee too bore testimony to the
submissive and patient manner in which all these hard-
ships had been borne by the people of the country. That
was the condition of Ireland before the famine; and was
the condition of Ireland anything but aggravated ?
We here knew not what famine was ; hundreds of

thousands had been there stricken down by it ;
in some districts one-third of the population had
been removed by it. Emigration too had taken place in
great numbers. He had seen many of the union
workhouses of Ireland; they were almost the largest
houses in the country. In June of this year there were
237,000 men, women, and children in the workhouses of
Ireland, besides 7E8,000 receiving almost permanent
out-door relief. The eviction system had added its
horrors to the scene, he believed that more than a
thousand men had died from the consequenons of evic-
tions unjust and mercenary. If then any man seeing
this horrible state of things, and understanding the
cause of it, could put forth his voice and point it out to
the Government and show the remedy, would be but
doing his duty to his country and his religion. The
Irish character and the Catholic religion had been op-
posed as two great arguments against all proposi-
thins for relief of Ireland. Why, then, did
Irishmen succeed so well in America ? What
faith did the inhabitants of Belgium, of Lombardy?
Do maintain these two arguments. The real cause of all
these evils was the crimes and plunder of the legislation,
These might be traced back to the time of Elizabeth,
James, and Cromwell, under each of these rulers exten-
sive confiscation had taken place. After the revolution,
William confiscated more than 1,600,000 acres of Ireland.
Cruel and severe laws had been promulgated against the
Roman Catholics. There was no atrocity which could
be described or imagined which had been practised by
one party or another upon this country ever since the
time it came under the British constitution. In Ireland
there was a monopoly of land in the hands of a few pro-
psietors, so hampered by mortgages and judgments that
they could not sell ono acre, end the consequence was
that the people of Ireland, though living on the soil,
had no property in it, they were sojourners and pil-
grims in it. He believed that the reason why so many
outrages occurred in Tipperary was that the population
of that county was more hardy and less disposed to sub-
mit to oppression. And now for the remedy, he would
have every law as regards land, which had for its
object the bolstering up of monoply in land, repealed,
land should be made as free as any chattel, to buy and
sell like a horse in a stable. There was an insecurity
of tenure too felt by every tenant in Ireland,
every landlord in Ireland was in the habit
of appropriating whatever improvement their tenants
made upon the land. He had visited Skiberecn—a town
which every ono had heard of—and there he had seen a
scene of misery which would strike a feeling of horror
into every man of the meeting if he had time to go
throueh them. A new system of legislation was needed
for Ireland ; the first duty of the Parliament, when it
met next session, ought to be to pass a measure which
should give to every Irish tenant every security and
compensation for every halfpenny that he spent on his
farm ; and he hoped that this would only be the
first of many beneficial acts of legislation for that
afflicted country. The Hon. Gentleman then sat down
amid repeated cheering.
Mr. TAYLOR, of the Birmingham Land Society, then
briefly proceeded to explain to the meeting the principle
of the Forty Shilling Land Society, and the numerous
meeting then separated with a vete of thanks to the
Chairman.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN- OFFICE, OCT. 25, 1849.
The Queen has b-en pleased to appoint Sir Edward
Stuart lsaynes, K.C.M.G., late her Majesty's Consul at
St. Petersburgh, to be her Majesty's Agent and Consul-
Ge-eral in thy--Regeney of Tunis.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles East-
land Michele, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at St.
Petcrsburgh.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Josei
Giugeppi as Consul, at Trinidad, for the Republic of
Venezuela.

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 26.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Veterinary•Sur-
geon Opie Smith, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be
Veterinary-Surgeon, Oct. 26.
Ist Dragoons—Sergeant-Major William Scott to be
Quartermaster, vice John Partridge, who retires upon
half-pay. Oct. 26.

12ih- Light Dragcons—Lieut. Thomas Cockayne
Maunsell to be Captain by purchase, vice Sutton, who
retires, Oct. 26 ; Cornet and Adjutant Charles Marr to
have the rank of Lieutenant. Oct. 25; Cornet Georgp
Fearaley Whittingstall to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Maunsell, Oct. 26.

2d Regiment of Foot—Captain Thomas Barnes Lord
Cochrane, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Gil-
lespie, who exchanges, Oct. 26.
18th Foot—Captain Alexander Gillespie from the 2i
Foot, to be Captain, vice Lord Cochrane, who exchanges,
Oct. 6.

34th Foot—Captain Benjamin Barlow, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice Charles Ferdinand Her-
vey, who exchanges; Lieutenant Edward Frederick
Agnew to be Captain, by purchase, vice Barlow, who
retires; Ensign David Steuart to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Agnew, Oct. 26.
42d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Bligh Sinclair to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Farquhar Campbell, who re-
tires; Ensign James Erskine Paterson to bo Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Sinclair, Oct. 26.
57th Foot—Captain James Goold, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain (repaying the difference),
vice Henry Gahan, who exchanges ; Lieutenant William
Inglis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Goold, who re-
tires ; Ensign James Franklyn Bland to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Inglis, Oct. 26.
74th Foot—Ensign Arthur Henry Dillon, from 67th
Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gordon, ap-
pointed to the 59th Foot, Oct. 26.
90th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Johns, from the
Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Lieutenant, vice
Eager, who exchanges, Oct. 26.
Ceylon Rifie Regiment—Andrew David Hays, Gent:,
to Le Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ciiffe, pro-
moted, Oct. 26.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant Henry
McMahon Eager, from the 90th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Johns, who exchanges, Oct. 26.
MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Gentleman ap-
pointed to an Ensigncy in the 56th Foot, on the 19th
October, 1849, are Walter Fitz Gerald "Kerrich," not
" Kerrick," as previously stated.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham.
_ _

George Frederick D'Arcy Earl of Durham to be
Deputy-Lieutenant, Oct. 9.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton.
North Hants Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—Sir
Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart. to be Major, vice Sir
William Heathcote, Bart. resigned ; Thomas James
Willis Fleming, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice the Hon.
George Anson Byron, resigned, Oct. 9.
BANKRUPTS.
Francis Lonsdale, grocer, Bermondsey-street, South-
wark, to surrender Nov. 2, at half-past eleven, and Dec.
10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street; Dingwall, Token-
house-yard. _

James Kitchner, scavenger, Gravel-lane, Southwark,
Nov. 7, at two, and Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street; Chester, Blackfriars-road.

Samuel Groo-cock, batter, Leicester, Nov. 9, and Dec.
7, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleson,
official assignee, Nottingham; Stevenson, Leicester.
James Kievil, jun., draper, Bristol, Nov. 9 and Dec.
7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol; Brittan and Soas, Bristol.
Hutu Sydenham Bolt, wine merchant, Plymouth,
Nc v. 6 and Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Hine and
Robinsen, Charter house square; Little and Billing,
Devonport; Stogdon, Exeter.
Frederick Palmer, wine merchant, Bristol, Nov. 9,
and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan and Sons,
Bristol.

MOLASSES.—In 'Vest India a good business has been
concluded this week, and all sorts have realised rather
higher rates; supplies also continue to get smaller, and
with every prospect of a continuation. Bengal Treacle
met with a more active sale at 14s 6d to 15s.
COCOA.—liolders cf West India have refrained from
submitting any to public sale this week, and by private
treaty only small purchases have been made, whilst
prices still tend downwards. Trinidad, good and fine
red can be purchased at 43a to 48s, other sorts 383 to
42►; Grenada and St. Lucia 36s to 433. There are few
buyers of Foreign, and 253 61 to 283 is the value ac-
cording to quality.
TEA.—In scented Orange Pekoe operations have
been upon a more extended scale this week at
from is 3d to is 7d, for scented caper the demand
is also better at is 3d to is 6d. Holders of Congou
are not disposed to accept lower rates, yet dealers
have made purchases with caution; low to good ord
at 8-id to 9d, mixed blackish leaf 9d to is Op,
ditto strong is ld to is 2d, fine and Pekoe flavour is
2id to is 9d. For flue and good sorts of Green there
ere few buyers, and sellers arc willing to accept former
terms; in low and medium sorts operations are upon
rather a larger scale at previous rates, and holders
evince more firmness.

COFFEE.—This afternoon there was an extensive
demand for Ceylon:Coffee, andihe large public sales went.
off at stiff rates whilst the whole offered fovnd buyers. Of
Native 2,000 bags were disposed of at dls Gd to 42s 6d for
good and real good ordinary ; 2,100 begs and 300 casks
Plantation, fine 655, low middling and middling 5.4 s to
56q, fine fine ordinary 49s 6d to 535, but the chief part
fetched 56s for middling. Of Mysore 126 pkgs realized
41s to 43s 6d for good, and 51s Gd to 53s 6d for fine fine
ordinary. 3,651 bags
and fine fine ordinary
and 198 boxes Costa Rica, gcod
42s to 46s per ciwt.
RICE.—The market for East India assumed a quiet
appearance, and holders are not so firm. The rates ac-
cepted are rather under those current on this day week.
By private treaty the business concluded has been much
smaller than in the former week for all purposes. At
auction 2,353 were only in part disposed of ;
Ceylon, geod cargo at Bs, low and mid pearl barley,
.7s to Bs, Madras good ditto Bs, Bengal good mid
white 9s 6d to los, mid 95 to 93 6d, ord 8s 6d, good
cargo 7s 6d to Bs, Manilla mid and good yellowish white
8s to 9s, ord and mid cargo 78 6d to Bs, and Penang low
8s 6d to 9s. The value of fine white Bengal is 101 6d
to I Is, and of pinky white Madras 8s to 8s 6d per cwt.
Only moderate sales have been made in Patna at 125 to
20s, broken lOs to lls per owl. Arracan 10s 6d to
lis 6d. Carolina town dressed 22s to 265.
SPICES.—To-day at a public sale 12 boxes Jamaica
Ginger were sold at 417 s to 6175 for middling to good ;
26 bags Barbadoes Ginger at 36s per cwt.
SrlitiTs.—There are several buyers of Leeward Island
Rum, but holders asking higher rates, caused the busi-
ness done to be small, and: Is 6d to Is 6d is the value
proof. East India met with a lair sale, and 200 hhds
were sold at Is 3d to is 3,4 d proof. In Jamaicia a
good business has been concluded to supply home
and export orders whilst former rates are well
supported. The sales are 550 hhds at 2s 4d to
25 10d for plain and mid quality 30 to 40 per cent over
proof, and small !parcels of better sort at 3s to 4s. In
Demerara operations are upon a large scale at stiff rates;
sales of 30 to 40 per cent over have been made at 2s Id
to 2s 4d. Brandy has been dealt in with caution, and
prices keep on the decline ; there are sellers of Cognac
best brands of the vintage of 1848 at 4s 3d to 4s sd, and
1847 ditto at 4s 10 so 5s per gal.
COCHINEAL.—The supply is less plentiful, especially
of the better descriptions, and former rates, are well sup-
ported for black and silvers. A public salo of 70 bags
Honduras went at from 3s 6d to 3s 9d per lb for ord to
good mid silvers. 2 bags Mexican black 3s 10d. There
is no prospect of any demand taking place in the home
or shipping demand.

SAaTPETßE.—lmporters of Rough have displayed
firinnes; this week, and supplied the market sparingly,
still only small purchases have been made by private
treaty tor home use or exportation. At public sale to-
day 632 bags Calcutta wore taken in at 28s 6d to 26,.
6d to 31 to 4i per cent refraction of fine quality. The
market for British Refined is quiet at 30s Od to to 31s
per cwt,: _

Ls.—To-day at auction 82 tuns Sperm Oil went al
811 to 834 inferior 781 15s to 791; and 2 chests of Cey-
lon, 5015 s to 601 10s.

TALLOW.—To day at auction 612 casks of Sydney
Tallow want at 33s 6d so 36s ; 1,170 packages South
American, 33s 6d to 355; 15 casks fine Cape, 325.

ST. MARY-LE-STRAND VESTRY-
' *CLERK ELECTION.—(THIS DAY.)
During the whole of this morning no slight excite-
ment has existed in this parish for the election of the
" fortunate" candidate as Vestry Clerk of the parish.
By eight o'clock the friends of all three candidates—
Messrs. Isaacson, Yonge, and Murrough were " up and
doing," and certainly they did not leave a stone un-
turned for success. However, by eleven o'clock, the
time for taking the vote at the Vestry-room in New
Church-court, it was pretty evident that the first candi-
date, Mr. Isaacson, had but slight chance, and the rest
of the contention for the honourable post was left to
Messrs. Yonge and Murrough.
It ought to be stated, that nothing but good humour
prevailed with both parties, and at eleven o'clock the
numbers stood thus :

ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

Mr. Yongo ... ... ..,
Mr. Murrough ... ..,
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
_ _
__

Mr. Yonge
Air. Murrough

... 58
... 29

ONE O'CLOCK.

Mr. Yonge ..
Mr. Murrough

TWO O'CLOCK.

... 94
... 49

... 115
... 65

Mr. Yonge ::
Mr. Murrough _

... 131
... 72

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—The passage in which the Apostle of the
Gentiles has prohibited Sabbath-keeping, may use-
fully be made the eultject of more remarks. How-
ever an Anglican bishop by his proprio nwtu may
set his foot on the Apostle's claim to know anything
about the matter, the pagan Longinus will be found
right in his opinion, that Paul of Tarsus, (though like
the bishop he abnegated his authority), was a master
of his weapons in any cause he undertook.
The words of the Apostolic direction, after more
accurately rendering one or two not very happily
given in the common translation but about which it
is apprehended there will be no dispute, are these:
" Let no man therefore judge you, in meat, or in
drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or
of the sabbaths. 'Which are a shadow of things
to come; but the body is of Christ."—Coloss. ii. 16.
Ilolyday as the common translation has it, gives
little or no idea. The Apostle's word is " feast,"
being the term constantly used in the New Testa-
ment for Jewish celebrations. And "judging you
in respect of a feast," clearly means, "setting up to
be judge over you, to decide that such or such is a
feast you ought to keep." What then were the
Jewish celebrations which came under the title of
" feasts" ?
And now to see the clearness of the great Hebrew,
who ,was as much at home in his native religious
law, as an Anglican bishop knows little of his own.
Is there a peasant well-read in the Bible, who does
not see that the Apestle had in view the passage in
Leviticus,—
" The feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to
be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
" Six days shall work be done : but the seventh
day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation ; ye
shall do no work therein : it is the sabbath of the
Lord in all your dwellings.
" These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy con-
vocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
[The others, mark, were things of constant occurrence,
and therefore did not want " proclaiming in their
seasons."]
" In the fourteenth day of the first month at even
is the Lord's passover.
" And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the
feast of unleavened bread" [and so goes onto enumerate
other feasts and their regulations.]—Lev. xxiii. 2 to 6.
It i,a difficult to know what an Apostle, or a Council,
or an Article in a Creed, could do to say more dis-
tinctly, that sabbath-keeping, along with the observa-
tion of meats and of new moons, was struck out of
the roll of Christian observances.
It is undeniable that the Apostles, in 301110 way or
other, found themselves possessed of great power in
the way of countermanding Jewish observances.
With this it is not our business to cavil ; for, but for
this, we should have been subjected at this hour to the
most onerous of Jewish rites. The presumption must be
that they were ordered for particular families or parti-
cular races. Circumcision is three times over declared
to be " an everlasting covenant ;" (Gen. xvii. 7, 13, 19)
and yet, principally or entirely through the inter-
ference of the despised Apostle, we are not circum-
cised. The Passover, the feast of Unleavened Bread,
the sprinkling the door-posts with blood, the offering
of first fruits, the feast of Pentecost, the day of Atone-
ment, the feast of Tabernacles, are each severally
declared to be statutes for ever. And yet we keep
none of them, simply upon the strength of the dis-
pensing power of St. Paul. These we are to be al-
lowed to dispense with on the Apostle's authority;
hut the other we shall not; and it shall be put back
into the orderly-book because it suits the purposes of
priestly domination which St. Paul repudiated, and
we shall be abused and black guarded (I purposely
use the gross term, as the only one that is descriptive)
it we presume to resist the sacerdotal falsehood of our
own day, as cur fathers did in theirs.
Fancy new, that at the period when some bold and
good man took to pieces at St. Paul's-Cross the image
which goggled with its eyes, and showed the multi-
tude how the whole was a sacerdotal fraud, dependent
on springs and wheels which he handed about among
the crowd,—fancy that a morning paper of that day,
if there had only been such a thing in existence, had
published a letter to the Lord John Russell of the
hour, beginning "My Lord,—Are you a Christian
or an infidel ? Do you or do you not believe that the
Church has power to make images which can goggle
with their eyes ?" Or suppose it had taken this
other form, "My Lord,—Are you a Christian or
an infidel ? Do you or do you not believe that the
Bible gives authority to the Pope to depose kings ?"
Or suppose it had been this third—" My Lord,—Are
you a Christian or an infidel ? Do you or do you
not believe that the Bible authorises the Church to
sell the forgiveness of sins for money ?" Had any
of these half insolent and half insane addresses been
directed to the Premier of our bluff Elizabeth, I
leave it to admirers of ancestral virtues, to paint as
their imaginations may suggest, the cool concentrated
scorn with which the fling of the feeble animal would
have been received, and retorted only by more
vigorous action against the clumsy fraud.
But the Lord John Russells of all times must take
care of themselves ; and whether they do or not, the
matter cannot stop where it is. Every grown man
in the country has been insulted, who feels himself
capable of resisting an impostor who presents himself
with a falsehood in his hand and claims obeisance to
it. If lords and gentlemen cannot be roused to face
the ecclesiastical hobgoblin, the appeal must be to the
peasantry who have the Bible in their hands, and to
those working classes universally whom one object
of the falsehood is to mislead and keep in sub-
jection. Point, then, to the powerful religious
establishments in England and in Scotland,—Church,
Dissenters, Methodists, and all,—and cry aloud to
all those millions who have got one eye open to the
necessity of political and religious improvement, and
say to them, " See what these establishments are for,
and what they do. Weigh them, as your fathers did,
by the honesty with which they can quote to you
what they maintain to be the written rule. Have
not you the Bible, as your fathers had not at the
time of the Reformation ? If they tell you the truth,
give them credit for it. If they are found lying
prophets, then see what the machinery is for."
If in this there is anything too severe, the leaders
of the Church, the Dissenters, and the Methodists,
have the power to turn it into good, by coming forward
like honest men and of a good courage, to avow and
support the truth. Why does not the calm and
dignified Primate it was my good hap to listen to
only a few weeks ago, summon his wandering
younger brother and the schismatic priests and dea-
cons who have had the hardihood to present them-
selves to Lord John Russell with a heresy, to answer
for it to the Canons and printed Ordinances of the
Church of England ? Is the Church of
England a mouse-trap, that allows free
passage one • way, and only snaps up
those who would go the other ? 'Why do not the
honest men among the Dissenters and Methodists, of
whom there are many, avow the truth as Watts and
Wesley would have done if the book of Scripture
had been laid before them and they bad been charged
to tell us what was there and what was not ? And
how long will the Scotch people, so ready to take to
the hills again if any attempt were made to make
them acknowledge that the Pope's right to depose
kings was proved by Scripture, allow themselves to
be made the active tools of a grosser and more palpable
falsehood than ever their fathers contended against,
because enforced in the face of positive words in the
Scriptures appealed to, whereas in the other case it was
nowhere written in precise words that the Pope bad
no such right.
So, however, the case stands. On which, in con-
clusion, it remains only to say, that however the
Nebuchadnezzsr of a false religion may rage and
frown, and whether political leaders may think it
worth while to stand by them or not, there are still
those who have no answer to make to the mendacious
tyranny, but " Be it known to thee, 0 king, that we
will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden
image which thou hest set up."
ONE WHO BELIEVES SABBATICAL OBSERV-
ANCE PROHIBITED TO CHRISTIANS.

MARRIAGE IN THE ROTHSCHILD FAMlLT.—Wed-
nesday last was appointed for the wedding, at Frankfort-
on-the-Maine, of Baron William do Rothschild, son of
Baron de Rothschild,, of Naples, to a grand-daughter of
13. Solomon de Rothschild, of Vienna. Nearly all the
membLrs of the houses of Rothschild at Vienna, Naples,
London, and Paris came to Frankfort to attend the
solemn ceremony. Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore were
also present. The bridegroom is very young and hand-
some. It is most remarkable, however, that he attends
very little to business, but is mostly engaged in religious
study and in the affairs of Jerusalem. He is a punctual
attendant at the synagogue twice every day of the week,
and wherever he goes is accompanied by his Hebrew
tutor. Indeed, his incessant devotion to the religion of
his ancestors has secured for the young Baron a universal
reputation.—Jewish Chronicle,
THE SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF LONDON.—As a part
of the original intention of this society, established for
the practice of the ancient and noble science of archery,
and the encouragement of Scottish national sports and
pastimes, the first of its evening parties took place last
evening, at the Club-house, Hanover-park, Peckham,
when, in addition to quadrilles, and the other popular
dances of more recent introduction, a very select, but at
the same time, a very brilliant company indulged in the
still more exhilarating Scotch reel and s trathspey.
pacing commenced shortly after eight, and was kept up
with unflagging spirit until long after midnight. It is
intended to close the seo.s,Ja with a full-dress and fancy
costume ball at Willis's Rooms, on a day which the oom-
mittee will shortly advertise.
Lord and Lady John Russell returned to Pem-
broke Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday afternoon,
from -Windsor Castle.
A GOOD SHOT.—Last week as Mr. Gill, of Wil-
liam-stone, was hunting for a woodcock in the banks
adjoining his residence, he sprung a rabbit, and at the
same moment a large blue hawk darted from the thicket
in pursuit of it; but just as it was in the act of pouncing
upon its prey, Mr. G. levelled his piece, and with the
contents of ono barrel killed them both,—.Dumfries
Courier.