The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-08 00:00:00

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THE RESULT of the ELECTIONS,
comprising an authentic LIST of the MEMBERS
of the NEW PARLIAMENT, distinguishing the RE-
FORMERS and ANTI-REFORMERS ; and also ex-
hibiting the pre.ent State of the Representation, will ap
pear in CARPENTER'S POLITICAL LETTER of
SATURDAY next, in addition to a careful digest of all the
news of the week, and a large variety of original articles.
A few copies of the first number may still be had.
Office, 312, Strand, and sold by all Newsmen.

extraordinary commission at Lisbon to ten years' bani ih
ment to Africa.
" 5. A satisfaction on the part of his Excellency for
the offensive expressions injurious to my character.
" 6. To forbid, on severe penalty, all Ecclesiastics from
interfering in politics against the French.
"7. To engage formally not to permit any one to write
in the papers, under the censure of the Portuguese Go-
vernment, against France or its Government.
" 8. The strict adherence of the French privileges,
that no person is to be arrested except by an order of the
Judge Conservateur.
" 9. An indemnity of six thousand francs to each per-
,on of the Gambay and Valton, detained at Oporto for
two yea's. . _

" 10. An indemnity of ten thousand francs, which I
claim in favour of Dubois, the engraver."
Letters from Semlin state, that the Pacha of Scutari
had succeeded in assembling a part of his dispersed troops,
and has taken up a strong position on the frontiers of
Bosnia, where he awaits the Grand Vizier.
Private letters from Warsaw of the 26th speak of an
affair unfavourable to the Poles at Ostrolenka, in which
they sustained considerable losses, but at the same time it
is stated that several Polish corps had entered Lithuania.
FRONTIERS OF LITHUANIA, MAY 26.—Accounts from
Tilsit state that a bloody battle took place between the
Russians and the insurgents, and that their chief Puschet
ryas taken
pertak cenprisoner,
fan2iic.immediately shot.
French Funds of Monday.—Three per Cents. 67f. 15c. ;
Five•

We direct attention to the alarming distress
at present existing in the northern parts of Ire-

land. The peasantry in that quarter are actu-

ally starving by hundreds ; they have not even
the ordinary nourishment of the potatoe-root to
sustain them ; money they know but by
name ;—in fact they are completely borne down
by the combined calamities, in their worst and
most aggravated form, of fever and starvation.
The accounts which daily reach us from the
west of Ireland are heart-rending in the extreme.
A respectable and intelligent Clergyman, who
dates from Newport, says, " I have examined
more than 700 houses. I think no less than
6,000 persons will want the support necessary
to prevent starvation before harvest comes in.
One hundred pounds a-week would not give all
who need relief one meal a-day. It would
purchase six tons of oatmeal, which would
be indeed a great means of saving many from
death by starvation. The accounts I hear
from the line of sea-coast, and the island of
Achill, about fifteen miles from this, from
good authority, leave the dreadful impression
on my mind, that no power of man—no relief
that may be sent—no efforts of ours—nothing,
in short, can save hundreds of the wretched
people from death before one month elapses;

the famine is so extensive—the means of alle-
viating the multitudes of claimants so inadequate.
That parish contains about a thousand families :
all their crops were destroyed. There is some.
disease ; where it is, it most probably will be
fatal ; for there is neither food, medicine, nor
advice for the sufferers. I have no language suf-

iciently strong to describe the patient resigna-
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tion with which the people bear their dreadful
sufferings—not a murmur—not an angry word,
no plunder of provisions—which I have now in
different parts of this parish, selling at reduced
prices, in places where there is little protection—
an universal idea appears among the people that
all are doing their best for them."
To this affecting statement we know of no-

thing that we can add, except to impress on the
minds of the charitable, the necessity that now
exists, for their doing their utmost to relieve the
distresses of the Irish peasantry, hundreds Of
whom must otherwise soon cease to exist. While
alluding to the subject of these distresses, we
cannot but call to mind with regret, mingled
with no slight degree of astonishment,, that
during the late meeting held at Exeter-hall, for
the purpose of proposing some plan of relief for
the Irish peasantry, only one Irish Bishop at-
tended ! Though the Protestant establishment
derives so many annual thousands and even
millions from that most unfortunate and cruelly
afflicted country, yet only one Bishop was to be
found, who thought it worth his while to enquire
into the state of a country from which the Irish
hierarchy draws such princely revenues !
From this censure we must except his Grace
the Archbishop of TUAM, whose charity to-
wards his starving countrymen, is by all ac-
counts, worthy his exalted rank. But the other
Bishops—where were they during the important
meeting in question 1 and, what is more to the
point, where are their subscriptions ? « We
pause for a reply."