The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-07 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, OCT. 5.
TRADES' UNION.—At the meeting of this body last
night, a scene took place, in which Mr. Reynolds played a
part which gave offence to the members generally. One
gentleman, Mr. Haynes, in allusion to the confusion and
uproar excited by Mr. Reynolds's interruption of the pro-
ceedings of the meeting, said, " He would not, be put down
by the Tom-foolery of a drunken opponent.
CENTRAL CLUB.—An extraordinary general meeting of
this body was held on Monday ; Dr. Harken in the Chair.
Mr. Kertland read the minutes of the last meeting, and an
account of the income and outlay of the club, by which it
appeared that the funds in hand only amounted to 601.,
while they were in debt a large sum for rent and advertise-
ments, and also a portion of the secretary's salary. Mr.
Kertland read the requisition, which announced that the
business of the meeting would be to consider a report pre-
pared by the managing committee, to receive the resignation
of Mr. Kertland, the secretary, and to dispose of some
notices affecting the existence of the club, and as a conse-
quence the prospects of the city. After a long and not a
little noisy discussion, some resolutions were brought for-
ward, and the meeting then separated.
DINNER TO LORD DILLON.—On Monday last, the
friends and admirers of Lord Dillon gave that nobleman a
very elegant dinner at the Court-house in Ballaghaderreen.
The Chair was taken by Charles J. M'Dermott, Prince of
Coolavin ; Joseph A. Macdonnell, Esq., acted as Vice-
President. The usual preliminary toasts having been pro-
posed, the Chairman said—This is a glorious spectacle—a
hallowed scene—an honest people pouring forth the tide of
their gratitude to their friend, a Protestant nobleman, who
hasidentified himself with the cause of truth and righte-
ousness.—(Loud cheers.) The compliment—the deserved
compliment, we are now paying my Lord Dillon, is not a
local one—it is not confined to a few individuals—we are
the representatives of millions. By one act, one wise and
just act, his Lordship has endeared himself to the hearts
of Irishmen, and reached the pinnacle of fame. A great
confederation has been formed to redress the wrongs of
Ireland, to procure for us corporate rights and crush cor-
porate abuses. Foremost in that confederation stands the
name of Lord Dillon. Gentlemen, fill a bumper—l give
you, with nine times nine, " The health of our Noble
guest." His Lordship said—l have certainly one claim
on you which no other member of my family, for a century
back, has had—l am an Irishman.—(Loud and long-conti-
nued cheering.) I was born, and I esteem it as one of my
proudest boasts, in the beautiful metropolis of your own
-beautiful country. This is all the claim I have on you ;
I will, however, give you a pledge—l will promise to main-
tain the rights of Irishmen.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, this
is my maiden speech—my first entrance into public life ; I
am like the modest virgin, blushing at the hymeneal altar.
I feel that I am standing on the altar of my country, and
about to register sacred vows.—(Hear, and cheers.) I
may say lam but just yoked. lam for the abolition of the
Tithe system—(Enthusiastic cheers)—for its utter extinc-
tion ; but certainly I think it but common justice to com-
pensate the existing tithe proprietors ; and I am sure you
all agree with me on this point.—(Hear, hear.) Gentle-
men, I have done. Believe me I thank you for your kind-
ness towards me ; and I assure you it shall not be for-
gotten, and, I trust, not undeserved by me. His Lordship
concluded amidst loud cheers. The Chairman then gave
The Melbourne Ministry." Tune—" Garryowen."
Several other toasts were given during the evening, and
the festivities were kept up to a late hour.
THE GAMBLING-HOUSES.—In reference to the Hells,
against which the Freeman. daily raises its voice, that
,Journal, whilst giving to the late Lord Mayor much well-
deserved praise for what he did during his Mayoralty, does
not acquit him of whatever blame may attach to suffering
the harpies of play to plunder the unwary with impunity.
The house of Alderman Morrisson," says our contempo-
rary, " may be said to be surrounded with dens of infamy
and swindlinff. There is one not twelve yards from his hall-
door—there is another not twenty yards from the rear of
his house. Fortunes have been lost—families have been
ruined—and more misery created under the very nose of the
Lord Mayor than in the remainder of the city beside. In
fact, if the hells to which we allude had been taken under
the immediate protection of the civic authorities, they could
not be in a more fatally flourishing condition than they are
at this moment. Our object now is not to condemn the
late Lord Mayor for what he has left undone, but to direct
the attention of the present Chief Magistrate to the duties
which he has to perform. If he courts applause—as every
worthy man must—for the honest discharge of his duty—
for the suppression of infamy and swindling, for the benefit
of his fellow-citizens, and the enforcement of morality, he
will at once direct the powers which the law has given him
against the hells of Dublin." We suspect that gambling-
houses exist in Dublin as in London, simply because they
are too strong for the existing law. If the Lord Mayor
had possessed the power of putting them down, no doub
he would have exercised it.

Mr. Bell and Mr. Prendergast are both spoken of by the
Pilot in terms which those gentlemen cannot conceive very
flattering. Of the latter the Pilot says, " When editor of the
Freeman he foully and falsely assailed us—we hold the man
in no personal estimation, either for talent or anything else."
The terms in which Mr. Prendergast denounced Mr. Bell
are then defended by the Pilot, as giving a just description
of the character of the latter gentleman's conduct in bring-
ing forward the charge against Mr. O'Connell relative to
the Factory Bill, after which the journal in question thus
concludes :—" We do not arraign the moral personal cha-
racter of either this Scotch Bell or an F. O'Connor ; but
we say that the latest device of the Tories is to divide the
Reformers through dishonest or crack-brained Radicals.

These men may not have been paid the price, but they are
certainly delivering the goods—if they are not suborned,
they are doing Tory business as well as if they were."
Without entering into the merits of the personal part of
this question, we are free to avow our concurrence with the
opinion of our contemporary as to the effect of this kind of
criminatory impracticableness. We desire to see an end to
the miserable squabbles which, like a plague, have been
spreading wide their baneful influence. We would also
wish to witness no more unbecoming personalities—no dirt
throwing—" no duels with rotten eggs."
PROTESTANT CONFEDERATION.—The anniversary of
the Protestant Reformation in England, afforded the noto-
rious Johnny M'Crea an opportunity to pour forth a
stream of bigoted inanities, the nature of which may
be inferred from the following passage :—" The con-
gregation of the Methodist meeting-house was also at-
tacked by those cowards, and who do you think the
ruffians were ? Why, they were a parcel of fellows
after coming out of the Popish house of worship,
and who were jest after devouring the body and blood, soul
and divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are the strongest
and most extensive body that ever confederated together
for the defence of Protestant principles since the days of
the Scotch Cameronians. No Popery' is our grand ob-
ject. Next to the devil I hate Popery.—(Loud and
deafening cheers.) It is hard to say which of them I hate
most." A Mr. Nolan seemed to be animated by a spirit of
sectarian rivalry. Among other specimens of this pseudo
priest's rhodornontade, this bigot said, " If he would but
retract two words, he would be at the highest pinnacle of
the Catholic Church ; but I have a soul to be saved, and I
considered I would be ruining that soul if I remained any
longer a Catholic clergyman."

they were too idle to work ; the pay of the deserting poor
being still continued to them, and in about one hundred
instances having been actually increased.
" That notwithstanding the diminution in the number of
out-of-door paupers, the number of inmates in the Union
Workhouses is rather less than the total number in the
workhouses of the respective parishes prior to the forma-
tion of the Union ; for although greater attention has been
paid to cleanliness, ventilation, and every reasonable com-
fort, yet the new system not permitting the use of intoxi-
cating liquors, or the privilege of going out at pleasure,
which privilege was commonly abused by their begging in
the streets, all those who have no relish for sobriety and
decorum have departed.
" That in various parts of the Union there are favour-
able symptoms of returning industry and good conduct,
even amongst those who formerly appeared to be incorri-
gible ; and during the last three months, the unprecedented
number of fifty-three persons have enrolled themselves
members of that excellent institution, the Bath Friendly
Society.
" That the Board reflect with pleasure upon the grand
moral effects now producing upon the habits of the work-
ing classes, in the change from idleness and improvidence
to industry and forethought, and especially when they con-
sider that, in the partial evils which must attend every
general good, the worst that can happen is the offer of a
workhouse, where a comfortable maintenance is provided,
the aid of able medical men, the spiritual superintendence
of a chaplain, and the unremitting attentions of a school-
master and schoolmistress to the children.
" That it is with feelings of honest pleasure that the
Board look forward to the speedy diminution of the pa-
rochial burdens hitherto so oppressive to the rate-payers, for
the non-payment of which so many persons were annually
summoned before the magistrates, their goods seized, and
themselves reduced to poverty.
" That this Board cannot adequately express their sense
of the great advantage they derive from the guidance and
control of the Central Board in London : the privilege of
consulting the Commissioners in all cases of difficulty, and
of referring to their authority when there exists a dif-
ference of opinion amongst themselves, has been found to
be one of the greatest conferred upon them by the new
system.
" That not only by offload correspondence have the
Board derived advantages from the concentrated intelligence
and enlarged experience possessed by the Commissioners,
but also by the frequent presence of an Assistant Commis-
sioner, who with the greatest urbanity has answered ques-
tions put to him by the Board, explained doubtful points of
the law, and given most valuable advice on whatever mea-
sures were in contemplation.
" That whilst a large discretionary power is vested in the
board of guardians in deciding the cases of paupers and in
electing officers, the general rules issued by the Commis.
sinners, and their sanction of the persons and salaries of the
officers, afford a well devised safe-guard against the igno-
rance and inexperience of the guardians themselves.
" That the authority of the Central Board can alone
secure uniformity of proceedins, in the various districts of
the kingdom, and prevent that discontent which inevitably
arises amongst the poor of a well-regulated parish when the
management of the poor in a neighbouring parish is at
variance with sound principles.
" That to the same authority the Board refers the free-
dom the parishes of the Union have enjoyed from all forced
and opprobrious marriages, and from those oppressive
charges made by distant parishes, formerly so common.
" That in all delicate matters connected with the con-
duct or character of any of the officers of the Union, the
Board do not merely appreciate the weight that must ever
attach to the judgment of persons holding such vast public
responsibility, hut they recognise in the Central Board the
only tribunal of appeal that is divested of local interests
and party passions.
" That it would not have occurred to the Board to make
the present declaration of their sentiments had they not
seen in some of the London papers reports of speeches de-
livered at public meetings convened for the purpose of
addressing the Secretary of State against the new poor-law,
some•of which speeches, purporting to come from guardians
of unions, contain statements utterly at variance with fact
and sound principle.
" That as the danger attendant upon such mischievous
declarations arises entirely from the lamentable ignorance
of the people as to the true nature and intent of the new
poor-law, and of the real character and conduct of its chief
functionaries, the Commissioners, this Board deem it their
bounden duty to counteract the evil, as far as the weight of
their testimony may have influence, by this expression of
their sentiments, and by asserting the deep conviction of
their minds that the new poor-law, under the judicious su-
perintendence of the Commissioners, will promote prudent
and moral habits amongst the working classes, and the
prosperity of all.

Signed and sealed, by order of the Board,
" C. BROWN, Clerk

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.
In consequence of the boisterous state of the weather, the
arrival of all kinds of Grain this week have been small. The
Wheat trade remains firm at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans,
and Pease are unaltered. The factors demand a considerable
advance on the prices of Oats, but the buyers do not comply.
I❑ the Flour trade there has been a fair business transacted at
former prices,

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. f Barley.
English
Irish -
Foreign -

Oats. I Flour.
SO qrs 2,710 vital
3,110 _