The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-05 00:00:00

IREIAAND.

(FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.)
DuBLIN, SATURDAY.
" An credi posse ullum populum, aut hominem denique, in ea condi-
tione, cujus cum pceniteat, dint iva quarn nee sse sit, mansurum

You have been informed, from time to time, of the efforts
made in this country to suetain that line of liberal policy which
is considered the only one calculated to promote peace and
happiness, and you are aware that the people here have long
since been taught to believe that tithes would soon be totally
abolished. Amongst the teachers of this tithe doctrine the
most conspicuous were the late Dr. Doyle and the Right Hon.
Mr. Gotdburn, of whom one passed a law, about fourteen
years ago, on which the other chiefly founded his renunciations
against the tithe system. I shall not, however, now enter into
the history of " tithe agitation," but advert more particularly
to the objects of the Parliamentary debates of last week.
Lord John Russell's iesolutions, brought forward at the
commencement of this Session, although susceptible of a more
liberal construction than has been since put upon them, did not
realize the people's anticipations. Accordingly meetings have
been called in various parts of the country to record the public
sentiments on this subject. You are already aware of the
numerous assemblages convened in North and South Wexford,
and of the resolutions unanimously adopted by them, never to
be satisfied with anything less than total abolition. The ccunty
of Kilkenny has followed the exemple, and Waterford county
and several other parts of the South of Ireland are preparing
to do the same thing. Thus it appears that all Irclaed is dis-
posed to give expression to their feelings on this subj••ct as soon
as possible. In the mean time we learn from the discussions
in both Houses of Parliament, that " an adjustment" is likely
to take place this Sessicn ; but whether it be such as will
meet the expectations of the great body of the people really
interested therein does not appear. All that we know with
certainty is, that tithe composition is to be converted into a
land tax, payable by the owner of the fi:st inheritance. But
how much is to be deducted from the present rate—which, in
some places is exorbitantly high, and equal to the file,: rent of
inheritance—or how much paid by the owner of said first i t.-
11critance is subsequec.tly to be levied directly off the occupant,
or what indulgence is to be given to a Catholic or other Dis-
seating owner of the inheritance, remains as yet a mystery.
In this juncture of affair's it is right to say, that if Catholics and
Dissenters shall be bound to pay, in any shape, the detested
impost, the measure cf this Session cannot give universal satis-
faction, and will not be permitted to be final. The writer of
this, having opportunities of correct information from every
part of Ireland, feels it his duty to be thus prompt in com-
municating to the public, and more particularly to the Legis-
leture at this crisis, his honest impressions on the subject. Ile
thinks it right to state also, that while moderate men on all
sides are delighted with the prospects held out by the conce,-
sions and conciliatory policy of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke
of Wellington, and fed grateful for such a boon, they are not
without their suspicions that the course is one designed ulti-
mately to restore the Tories to power. And they are con-
firmed in this view by the conduct of the more steady and
rational portio❑ of the Tory party in this country, who do not
hesitate to put that construction upon the motives of their
leaders, and arc actually consoling themselves for the conces.
sines wrested from them, with the hopes of a restoration, at no
distant period, to their old ascendant position. In truth, these
speculations seem plausibly fdunded. For, if the present Go-
vernment shall not be able to secure for us something more
than the niggardly concessions squeezed out of their oppo-
nents, and if the measures founded thereon shall be con-
siderably short of public expectation, the claims of Government
to our gratitude roust be greatly diminished, and we shall not
be so enthusiastic in sustaining them as we have hitherto been.
It is therefore incumbent on tern, in the first place, to modify
the Tithe Bill, so as actually to relieve the Catholics and other
Dissenters from the immediate pressure cf the Church Estab-
lishment; and, in the second, to insist upon a greater number
of corporations than the rule of 15,000 inhabitants in a town
will include.

There are several respectable corporate towns not so popu-
lous, amongst them Carlow, Wexford, and Athlone, which it
would be both unjust and impolitic to deprive of their ancient
privileges. The prevailing opinion is, that 10,000 inha-
bitants would be a much fairer stanriard to he guided by than
15,000. In other points of view, Sir Robert's exposition of
his policy is looked upon by all intelligent persons as fair and
statesimnlike —more particularly that in which he suggests the
rating under the Poor-law Bill as the test of a bona fide fran-
chise
in corporate towns. This is an idea worthy of adoption,
inasmuch as it has a great moral tendency to prevent public
fraudulency and fiction, and may be productive of very desirable
results to the community. While Ministers, therefore, follow-
ing the Roman polity in advancing the interests of their country,
adopt good suggestions, from whatever quarter they come,
" Quod übique apud 50C.03 aut hostel, i loneum videbatur,"
let frern take care not, on the other Land, to concede so much
to Sir Robert Peel in return, as may render themselves un-
popular amongst their best friends and supporters. The people
of this country cannot be charged with ingratitude amonast
their other failings ; but should they discover, at the end of the
present Session, that they owe as much to the Tories as to the
Whigs for the settlement of the questions now under consi-
deration, their gratitude to the latter cannot be very fervent or
lasting. If, on the contrary, they shall find that Government
has struggled honestly and earnestly to obtain for them the
greatest possible share, that circumstances will permit, of
national equality and justice, they will not be unmindful of
their benefactors.
The blessings of an enlarged policy, as advocated by the.
Whigs, are more deeply impressed upon, and more sensibly felt
by, Irishmen now than they ever were before. This is prov-
able, not only by the cordial support given everywhere to the
Mulgrave and Morpeth Government, but the new political in-
stitutions that have been founded since its commencement.
Amongst these are the Reform Registry Association, estab-
lished early in 1836, still in existence ; the General Associa-
tion, which dissolved itself at the termination of the last gene-
ral election; and the Central Registration Board, founded a
few weeks ago. The latter is, in fact, a revived branch of the
Registry Association of 1836, constructed on a broader and
more popular basis, for the purpose of counteracting the steady
and systematic endeavours of the Tories, of late, to increase
the number of their electors. If both branches co-operate
cordially together, as it is expected they will, Tories can never
again regain ascendancy in Ireland. But that junction which
was anticipated a few days ago has not been effected, merely
from an apprehension that some of the aristocracy-members of
the Registry Association may not subscribe to the Central
Board, because its operations are carried on at the Corn Ex-
change. Such prejudices, however, are wearing away slowly,
and the Liberal aristocracy and people of Ireland are beginning
to understand their common interest.

SECOINID EINTION,

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock

TETE LONDON GAZETTE

OF THIS EVENING.

FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 5, 1838.
Earl Granville, her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, has trans-
mitted to Viscount Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, an official letter (of which the follow-
ing is a translation), which has been addressed to Earl Granville
by the Count Mole, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, notifying
the establishment of a blockade of the ports of Mexico, against all
vessels, except British packet boats, employed in the conveyance of
the mails:

(TRANSLA LION.)
MY Loan,—The Mexican Government having refused to re-
dress the numerous grievances for which the Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of the King, at Mexico, had been directed to demand repara-
tion, the Commander of the French naval forces before Vera Cruz
has found himself under the necessity of adopting, as by his in-
structions he was authorised to do, the measures which in such a
case, the dignity of France, and the justice of its claims, re-
quired.
Accordingly all the ports of Mexico have been declared to be in a
stateof blockade ; and this blockade, which became effective so far as
regards Vera Cruz, from the 16th of April last, will, without delay,
have taken effect in like manner with respect to the other ports of
Mexico. In making known to you these measures, I hasten, my
Lord, to add, that- the orders given by the Government of the
King for insuring the execution of them arc so conceived as to
reconcile the practical exercise of a legitimate right, with the re-
spect due to the independence of neutral flags, and with the sin-
cere desire to cause the least possible inconvenience to the
navigation of neutral vessels. Of this the Government of her
Britannic Majesty will find a_special proof in the measure which ex-
empts British packet boats employed in the conveyance of correspon-
dence, from the application of the rules of the blockade. This ex-
emption has appeared to us to be an indirect consequence of the
liberal principle sanctioned by the 13th article of the Post Office
Convention of 14th June 1833, which authorises the continuation
of the Post Office arrangements between the two countries, even in
case of war.
I request you to be so good as to convey the present notification
to the knowledge of the Government of her Britannic Majesty.
(Signed) MOLE.
Paris, June 1, 1838.

WHITEHALL, May 29, 1833.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Adam Taylor the voutyrer,
of the city of Norwich, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Royal Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry—C. L. Phipps, Esq., to be Major,
vice Benett, resigned, May 29.
Marlborough Troop—Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell Lord
Bruce to be Captain, vice Earl Bruce, promoted, May 29,

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
CHARLES THOMAS, merchant, Jerusalem Coffee-house.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
JOHN COLLINS, Hereford, builder, from June 5 to July 17,
at eleven, at the Royal Oak Inn, Leominster.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
SARAH SADD and THOMAS SADD, grocers, Beccles,
Suffolk.
BANKRUPTS.
SAMUEL CHARLESWORTH, grocer, Shoreditch, to sur-
render June 12, at twelve, and July 17, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Foster
and Lyon, Fish-street-hill.
JOHN HUMPHRIES, victualler, Great Yarmouth, June P),
at one, and July 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsal
ger, Birchin-lane, official assignee; Vandercom, Comyn, Cree,
and Law, Bush-lane, Cannon-street.
WILLIAM ATTWOOP, clock-maker, Lewe:, Sussex, June
16, and July 17, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Lecies. Jenkinson,
Walbrook, London.
GEORGE PAUL SHARP, stone mason, Gloucester, June