The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-17 00:00:00

ORANGE MEETING.

A General Meeting of Orangemen was held on Wed-
nesday, the 14th inst., at the great room of the Conserva-
tive Society, Dawson-street, under the sanction of the
Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Chidley Coote, Esq.,
Deputy. Grand Master, in the Chair ; at which representa-
tives from every county and district in Ireland attended.
The Lodge having been duly opened with prayer, the
following resolution of Committee was read :
" Resolved—That this Committee do recommend the
Grand Lodge of Ireland to sanction a General Meeting
of Orancremen, to be held during the November meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, with a view of more publicly
and specifically making knowu the increasing grievances of
the Protestants of Ireland, and the dangers which threaten
their dearest rights and interests."
The Report of the Committee of the Grand Lodge was
then read. During its perusal, which occupied a considera-
ble time, for it is a very verbose and lengthy document, the
secretary was frequently interrupted by loud and continued/
cheering.
The report having been received and adopted, Sir
Amyrald Dancer, Bart„ moved, and James Harvey, Telsq.,
Deputy Grand Master of Wexford, seconded the first
resolution.

CLERGY RESIDENCE ACT.—It is the intention of Go-
vernment to extend to Ireland the provision% of the Clergy
Residence Act, passed last Session for England, and to,
assimilate the powers, jurisdiction, and emoluments of arch-
deacons in both countries.—Dubli!,‘ Monitor.
Excepting the intelligence vre have given above, from the
Irish Papers, they have noQiing noticeable in them ; the
Post, as usual, proclaims the prosperous progress of the
new agitation, and tells the Tories that it does not wonder
that they are half crazy at Mr. O'Connell's success—but is
incapable of understanding the alarm felt or affected to be
felt by the friends of Liberal principles. The Monitor
abuses the Post ; and the Evening Packet nearly equals the
London Times, in its command over a most extensive
vocabulary of vituperation. Mr. O'Connell, according tothat Orange organ, is " the scourge and curse of Ireland"
—" an agitating firebrand"—" a blood-stained savage,"
ex-
citing revolution, " with the entire sanction of her Majesty:
Ministers 1" What next ? A pretty Packet truly l Com-
mend us to a Conservative for extravagantly
ridiculous
de-
claration and mendacious assertion,

The weather during the past week has been wet,
boisterous, and unsettled. On Sunday last, after a heavy fall
of rain during the preceding night, the AY
became clear and
serene, with a sharp wine. tram the north-cast, and at night we
had one of the severest frosts we have experienced this season.
Yesterday the sky as unclouded throughout the day, with a,
cutting easterly wind, and night set in with another severe frost..
The mountains are capped with snow, and present a wintry ap-
pearance. The more adjacent mountain, Dent, is wrapped in
his hoary mantle of white.. Meanwhile in many elevated situa-
tions stooks of grain way be seen, and in some places even
patches of oats unshom ! We have been told of cattle having
been let loose in some fields of corn too far back to admit
of any possibility of its ripening. One very extensive farmer,.
Mr. Watson, of Snow Hill, so late as the beginning of last
week, had about 6,000 stooks of grain standing in the fields..
The wheat crop is gonerally though not entirely secured; and
we are afraid Inur:,, of the grain now in the fields will be either
entirely lost -ur in a great measure rendered useless.—Cum-
berland 1 acquet.

...HE THAMES TUNNELL.—This great limier-
t.aking is now making very rapid progress-820 feet arc com-
pleted, leaving only 100 feet more to reach low-wattr mark on
the Middlesex side. The entire length of the tunnel will be
1,300 feet. The sectional area of the excavation is 850 feet,
being 22 feet 6 inches in height, and 38 feet in breadth.