The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-19 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.)
LUEDS. —Our Cloth Market presents no new feature this
week; the same very limited supply of goods contTiues, prin-
cipally from the long existence of the frost. The demand
for balk goods is very brisk, and the stock in the Cloth Halls
unusally low. Business is improvinz a little in the warehouses.
HUDDERSFIELD.—Notwithstanding the continued severity of
the weather, and the consequent scanty supply of fresh goods,
our market was animated, especially in fancy woollens, which
met with a ready sale at fair prices. Buyers are on the look
out for new patterns, which the frost alone keeps back. Goods
cannot be manufactured.

13nAcwoltD.—We cannot report any material alteration in
our piece market as compared with that of last week, except
that buyers have bought more freely of six-quarter wide me-
rinoes at the advance quoted in our last, viz., from 3s. 6d, to
53. per piece ; this advance is now fully established ; to a more
limited extent, dales have been effected to-day at even a still
further advance.

HALIFAX.—The attendance of buyers at our Hall has been
good, aad perhaps the purchases larger than last week. The
demand appears to be moderate for almost every description of
stuff goods except low lastings, which are not in request at
present, We think there has been no variation in prices,
which are extremely low in proportion to yarns. There is no
new feature in the wool market this week; prices remain the
same, The supply is scanty. but equal to the demand. Middle
wethers are from 151. to 15/. los. per pack.
BARNSLVV.-Trade is at present in a bad state, as the drill
season is about terminating, and ♦ery few yarns can bc got
from the bleach crofts ',wing. to the inclemency of the weather,
which has caused great numbers of persons to be out of em-
ployment.
I'►OCIIDALE.—The Flannel market was better attended than
for some weeks past, yet but little business was done. Few
pieces were sold ; manufacturers standing out for an advance
of price, while buyers, on the other hand, were determined not
to meet them Oh higher terms.
WAKEFIELD.—WO have again to report a week of a very
uninteresting character as regards transactions in wool. Con-
sumers, who are not entirely rua out of stock, are delaying
to come to market until the canals open, when, if they cannot
buy on better terms, they expect better choice, the stocks on
hand being at present very lose. Prices are without variation.
ATANCURSTER.—We have had an unusually dull week.
Never in our recollection did we experience less doing, and,
as may be anticipated, at lower rates for every description of
goods and twist. This also applies to 27-inch power-loom
printing cloths, for which there was a good demand at higher
rates last week. The still declining prices of cotton have no
doubt produced this dullness to a great extent.—Liverpool
Chronicle.

We have copied from the Welshman the addresses
of Colonel Owen and Sir James Graham to the electors of the
Pembroke district of boroughs. Sir James addresses them
as a man anxious to rejoin the Conservative party in the House
of Commons. We fear, from the following observations of
the journal in question, that there is but too much reason to
fear the Cuallierland Baronet will be siuueessful :—.4 Will the
electors tamely
submit to this liocus pocus work—this whole-
saletransfer their electoral rights, and like barbarian Rus.
ors
o
sian serfs, with the passiveness of scourged bond-slaves ac-
knowledge submission and to a ' foreign' MASTER ?
‘Vill the electors in question,
fealty
we ask, basely concur in so de-
grading an arrangement ? We aro constrained to say, our
fears are that they will. The cool effrontery of the principals
in this gross indecency clearly shews us of what metal a ma-
jority of the Aufrunchised of Pembroke, &c., arc made—base !
Where is Mr. Alluo, of Cresselly ? Where are his honest
admirals—the friends of civil apcl religious liberty ? Are they
all crest-fallen ? All destitute of that wanly pride and inde-
pendence of gliata4ter which once seemed to.goiTris the poli-
tical conduct of the mere rpnryectable members of the constitu-
ency l.ero appealed to.'" it is usstieretaoLl the election will take
place to-mortww..,-Noming P#Per•
EFFECT OF ItAiLWAYS••,--,lt is stated that the
*coypu of the old district of road* LerP Ins decreased upwards
of 6001. in ,guta year, and that the receipts us toe Stafford Road
have diminished ii,S,q,„.? rate of 1,000/. per annum since the
Grand Junction Railway 00e44..,3. Wo(verhantrion clovnick.

IR ELAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
GALWAY ELECTION. - RETURN OF MR
LYNCH.

DUBLIN, SATUkDAY.—COIHRIUIIiCatiOLS from Gala ay, dated
Thursday, have only reached town to-day, owing to the heavy
fall of snow, and the consequent state of the roads. By them
I find that Sir Valentine Blake's party were polled out, leay.
ing Lynch in a majority of 286. The mail leaves Galway at
half-past two o'clock, p.m., and up to that hour upon Thurs-
day, not a voter had been polled, Blake's party either having
no more electors, or being hopeless of success, and Lynch rest-
ing on his oars. For Tuesday the poll was as fellows:—
Lynch, 204 ; Blake, 81—Majority 123.
On Wednesday—Lynch, 445 ; Blake, 159—Majority, 286.
Blake was supported as well by the Tory party as the ultra-
Radical ; it is remarkable, however, that of the freemen who
were Sir Valentine's principal reliance, 175 voted Lynch, while
only 101 voted for him—thus giving Lynch a majority of 74,
even in Sir Valentine's chief supporters. Documents have
been circulated, and placards posted through the town, declar-
ing Mr. Lynch ineligible to sit in Parliament, and the Blakes
will petition against him on this ground.
QUARTER TO SIX O'CLOCK.—I have just seen a letter from
Galway, which states that Mr. Lynch was upon Thursday
evening declared duly elected, several hundred of his voters
being, notwithstanding, unpolled. The friends of Blake have
declared their determination to petition, in which they will be
supported by the money and interest of the Passes and Dud
leys, two leading Tory families in Galway. Mr. Lynch will
return to London immediately. Sir Valentine Blake was not
present at the election, having only arrived as far as London,
upon his way from France.
1118. FINN.—The proposition, which was some time ago
broached at Kilkenny, of presenting a testimonial of gratitude
to W. F. Finn, Esq., late Member for that city, has been
taken up actively by some influential gentlemen of Dublin,
who will make it worthy of the Learned Gentleman's services
in uprooting the Orange Scciety in this country. Several
considerable sums have been already received, and means are
about to be taken to make the collection general.
SAM GRAY.—The greatest astonishment and indignation
has been excited in Ulster by the appointment to the office
of Sub- Sheriff of Monaghan, of the son of Sam Gray, the
notorious Orange tithe proctor, who has made his name a
terror to the peaceably disposed, by his violence and malignant
bigotry. This fellow, who is in his private capacity but the
keeper of an obscure house of public entertainment, first obtained
notoriety by collecting an armed mob, to oppose the entrance
of the late Mr. Lawless into Ballybey, when on his celebrated
mission to the North from the Catholic Association. He has
since sustained his character by organising the Orangemen of
the county Monaghan when they were deserted by their more
respectable leaders, and latterly presented himself in the
Court-house of that county to make tennis on their behalf, on
the occasion of the trial of some of them under the illegal
Procession Bill. His son is but a boy, and will of course be a
tool in hi. hands.
THE WliATHEß.—During the whole of yesterday the city
and the country, as far as I have learned, was visited with a
snow-storm of unprecedented severity, and a heavy gale
blowing from the south-east. The snow drifted to an extra-
ordinary height in several quarters of the city. Six of the
country mails did not reach town yesterday, and two of the
miil-day mails from Dublin were obliged to return, after hav-
ing proceeded a few miles on their journey. So heavy a fall
of snow has not been known in this country for half a cen-
tury. The southern and eastern mails were not dispatched
at all last night, and several of the country mails due to-
day have not arrived. The English packets, however,
arrived with perfect regularity. The snow is rapidly thawing
to-day.

POOR LAW FOR IRELAND—O'CONNELL.
The following► letter from Mr. O'Connell appeared in the
Pilot of last night :

TO RICHARD BARRETT, E.

London, loth February, 1838.
M dear Barratt,—l have just read your paper of the
12th. I zum quite sure no man living would less desire than
you to delude the Irish people. But you arc doing so with-
out intending it.
In your leading article of that date you say, " that my re-
sistance to the Poor-law I3ill, while it will not prevent a Bill
passing, it will render the Bill a better one for the industrious
classes."

It is of this last sentence I complain. There will not be
any improvement of the Bill in Committee. 1 took a division
on the first clause. The question I raised was, whether the
Bill was to be executed by the English Poor-law Commis-
sioners sitting in London, with one of their number occasion-
ally in Ireland, or by an Irish Board ?
My amendment was, that the Board should be Irish, sitting
always in Ireland.
For my amendment there were only twenty-three votes!
I will take a division on every other obnoxious clause. My
own opinion is that I shall not succeed upon any one—at least
upon any one important clause. In fact the Bill is entire in
its provisions, and to break in upon any one of its general
features would be to destroy this Bill. The course to be
taken by those who wish for Act-of-parliament charity should
be to throw out this Bill and propose another. But I repeat.
and beg of you to enforce this opinion—that it will not be
possible to amend this Bill. 1 have promised, and do promise,
to divide the House on every obnoxious clause, although with-
out the least hope of success. Whenever a British Minister
determines to carry a measure injurious to Ireland—as this
Bill in its present shape certainly is—there are no materials
in ruts Parliament to enable an Irish Member to defeat, or
substantially to modify, any such measure.
Let the people of Ireland, then, know the fact, that if they
do not bestir themselves at once, and meet and petition, TIIIS
BILL will pass, and the occupiers of lands and houses in Ireland
will be charged with an additional million of direct taxation,
without any adequate or tangible benefit to the Irish poor.
The Bill in that respect has no hypocrisy about it. It does
not purport to be a Bill for the relief of the Irish poor gene..
rally. It is, by its vary title, as well as its enactments, limited
to such of the Irish as are selected as " destitute."
Pray publish this letter. It will serve to prove that no
effort of mine shall be wanting to make this Bill better, but
that these efforts must certainly be vain.
Believe me to be faithfully your's,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.

CITY REGISTRY.
The Tories are succeeding at the Dublin Registry to an
extent that is disgraceful to the Liberal party. They (the
Tories) have to be sure, by means of their freemen, an endless
list of claimants, but the Liberals who have a claim on the
franchise are not attending to urge it. On yesterday but one
Liberal was admitted, though seven Tories were; and on the
whole registry up to this period the numbers registered are._
Tories, 35 ; and Liberals, 15. It is hoped that, as the regis-
try may last a week yet, the Reformers will regain their lest
ground; but there is an unaccountable apathy among them.
Perhaps it arises from the national temperament, which is
averse to precaution, and is only roused to action when the
battle is at hand,