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London, England, 1838-05-01 00:00:00

OPPOSITION of the IRISH CLERGY.

TITHE QUESTION.
(From the Cork Southern Reporter.)

The Constitution announces that petitions couched in much stronger
terms than that sent forward by the Clergy of this Diocese, have been
adopted by the Primate and Clergy of the Archdiocese of Armagh, and
by the Clergy of the Dioeeses of Limerick and Kiltaloe. It is further
stated that before the 14th of May next the example will be followed by
the Clergy of every Irish Diocese. This we have no doubt of. The
opposition of the Clergy was sufficiently influential to cause the rejec-
tion of the Bill of 1834, and will have a similar effect on the measure of
the precent yeet. We must, howe7er, beg to controvert the assertion
that among:, all ranh§ of Protestants the " iniquitous scheme," as it is
termed, ol Ministers, is VA ul
.!
DEAN OuCLoYNE.—The following linp,77tanl lcttcr from the Dean of
Cloyne, a essed to the Southern Reporter, was pt;.,',lislicd in that
journal last Saturday. The station and character of the writer-7nd

•nsure for it the attention itg importance demands.

Sir,-1 have just read in your paper, a petition on the subject of
Tithes, professing to be that of the " United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne,
and Ross."

With great respect for the Lord Bishop and Clergy so assembled,
may I be permitted, as a clergyman of the diocese of Cloyne, to express
my doubt that those resolutions can be considered as such ; unless due
notice of the object, time, and place had been given to the clergy, and
thus the opportunity to attend and deliver their opinions on a subject
so much their individual concern, and so vital to the interests of the
Established Church. . .

Is not this announcement in the public prints calculated to impress
Parliament and the empire with the conviction that the Clergy of these
United Dioceses have indeed assembled, and hare so declared them.
selves against the measures proposed for Tithe settlement ? Whereas
the sentiments (represented as unanimous), are Merely those .of a cer.
tain, however respectable, portion of them, meeting ill the Chapter-room
of the Cork Cathedral.
I trust I am far from assuming any unfitting pretension, when I feel

it due to myself to express some surprise that I should not have been
favoured with such a notice, nor permitted to attend a meeting, denomi-
nated that of the " Clergy of these United Dioceses;" for I, alto, am
conscious of an honest anxiety for the " peace and good order of the
country ;" and if I differ from the other sentiments of the Petition, I do
so with regret--and only because I feel they are opposed to the prin_
elides of a measure of settlement ; and suited to defeat the very object
on which depend that " peace and good order."
It is a Voice from the Church which bays, " Things cannot remain
as they are." Its own security and the country's peace demand settle.
ment. It is a common cause and must not be committed to a mode of
recovering Tithes, which, even in its vexatious and partial success, is
painful and full of evils—even to bloodshed. By it all concerned—the
landlord—the landholder—thr tillie.payer, and the tithe-receiver are
alike aggrieved—and is this to be our point of settlement ? !!
I have the honour to be, Sir, your faithful servant,
THOMAS JOHN BURGH,
Dean of Coyne,

Ballymaloe, April 26, 1838

SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

nar.
Fifty Pounds, for four years old and upwards; four years, ist.
21b ; five, Bst. 31b ; six years and aged, Bst. 91b. Last three

. .
miles of B.C.
Mr. Sowerby's Scamander, 4 yrs
Mr. Houldsworth's Combat, 4 yrs
Mr. Hennesey's Bravo, 5 yrs
Col. Peel's Jacob Faithful, 5 yrs
5t04 on Jacob Faithful. Won by a length.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old ; colts, test. 71b ;
fillies, Bst. 41b. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 200, &c. 5

Subscribers.
Mr. Bond's f. by Partisan, out •f Coquette Coney 1
Colonel Peel's f. by Defence, out of Mary Ann 2
Lord Chesterfield's Davie Gellatley
Mr. Houldsvrorth's Brother to Circassian
Lord Lichfield's H. B.

2to 1 against Davie (taken); 2to 1 agst Coquette. Won by a
length.
Handicap of 10 sovs. each, for three years old and upwards.
T. Y. C. 13 Subs.

Duke of Richmond's c. Bracelet, by Sultan, 3 yrs, 6st. 41b.
W. Day
Duke of Portland's Skim-milk, aged, Bst. 21b 2
Colonel Peel's St. Vitus, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b 3
The following were not placed :—Lord Suffield's Arsanic, 5 yrs,
9st ; Mr. Tillrook's La Meprisee, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b; Mr. Houlds-
worth's Torelli, colt, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Duke of Rutland's Hawker,
filly, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b. (carried 6st. 121 b. ) ; Mr. Pettit's Anne
Boleyn, 3 yrs, 6st. 101 b ; Mr. Bircham's Bolivar, filly, 3 yrs, 6st.
101 b ; and Mr. Osbaldeston's Streamlet filly, 3 yrs, 6st.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Bracelet, 4to 1 agst St. Vitus, 6to 1 agst
La Meprisee, 6 to 1 agst Skim-milk, 7 to 1 agst the Hawker f.,
and Bto 1 agst Arsenic. Won by a head.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts Bst. 71b ; fillies, set.
41b. (31bs. allowed). R.M. 8 Subs.
Duke of Grafton's Chemist, Bst. 41b ...J. Day 1
Mr. Bowes's Jagger, Bst. 71b
Mr. Sowerby's Caligula, Bst. 71b
Lord Exeter's Brother to Cactus, Bst. 71b ...............
6 to 5 agst Caligula, 6 to 4 agst Chemist, and 5 to 1 agst Jagger.
Won by a head.
Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft., for four years old A.F. 3
Subs.

Lord Suffield's Cowboy, 7st. 91b Paris 1
Duke of Richmond's Skilleygolee, 75t...
Mr. Wilson's Quicksilver, 7st. 91b
2tol on Cowboy. Won by half a length.
Match, 300 sovs., 200 ft. T.M.M.—Lord Suffield's Cara-
van, Bst. 41b. (Davis), beat LordsLichfleld's The Carpenter, Bst.
71b., by half a length. 11 to 10 on The Carpenter.
Match, 200, h. ft. D.M.—Lord Chesterfield's Scroggins, Bst.
81b. ( Scott), beat Mr. Thornhill's Medizabal, 7st. 71b., by a length.
2 to 1 on Scroggins.
Match, 100 each, h. ft. D.M.—Duke of Portland's Bmtian
received from Lord Tavistock's c. by Taurus, out of Mysie, Bst. 71b.
each.

TWO T/1011.SAND GUINEAS STAKES, r.r. (TO-MORROW).
2 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo
5 to 2 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus
4 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin
5 to I agst Lord Exeter's lot
Seven expected to run.

BATH SPRING RACES, THURSDAY.
The Dyrham Park Handicap Stakes of 10 sous. each, h. ft., with
20 added, for horses of all denominations. Gentlemen riders.
One mile and a half and a distance. 6 Subs.
Mr. Craven's b. c. Doncaster, 4 yrs, 10st. 41b...Mr. Oliver 0 1
Captain Williamson's King of Clubs, 4 yrs, lOst. 101 b
'The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr Blath-
wayt na. Barney Bodkin, aged, 12st ; Mr. Foster's Nike, aged,
list. 101 b ; aid 111 r. Haddy's Cannon Ball, aged, 10st. 121 b. A
fine race.
'The York Stakes, a forced Handicap of 5 sous. each, with 20
added. Mile heats. 8 Subs.

Mr. Fox's Spectre, 3 yrs, 7st. 91b S. Rogers 1 1
Mr. Galpin's Arctic (h. b. ), 5 yrs, Bst. 71b
Mr. Tacker's Lueretia (h. b.), 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b...
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Hob-
son's Snarley Your (h. b. ), 3 yrs, 6st ; Mr. Hinton's Oberon,
aged, 9st. 21b ; and Captain Williamson's King of Clubs, 4 yrs,
9st. 41b.
A Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 10 added. l Ist.
71b. each. Gentlemen riders. Heats, one mile and a half and
a distance, with three leaps in each heat. The winner to be
sold for 80 sovs., if demanded, &c.
Mr. Sadler's Forward, 6 yrs Mr. Oliver 1 1
Mr. Bishop na. Walker, aged
2 2

CROSBY RACES.
13 hands 3 inches high, with a purse added,
At these Races on Monday and Tuesday last week, the Sweep-
stakeseiPgrticas; d catch weight ; mile heats ; were won in two
Willey's br. m. Bella, aged, beating L.
eeatths e
feather
for r
Syers's br. tn. Melton, aged ; Mr. Collins's ch. in. Miss Pussey, 4
yrs, and another.
mile heats, UGC., were won in two heats hy Mr. Aus-
tin's The Sweepstakes for horses, &c., not thorough-bred, with a
6ch y.rs h.
9st.
Derry, aged, 9st ; and Mr.
, br
late Lmtitia, aged, 9st., beating MI. Gardner's
b. tn. Elizabeth, 3 yrs, 65t. 81b. ; Mr. Evans's br. h. Euphrates,
aged, 9st ; Captain
Al3ly"uagl
A Sweepstakes and a Purse, for ponies 14 hands high, &c.
mile heats ; were won in two heats by Mr. Willey's ro. in. Pussy,
beatin, Mr. Dunn's b. h. Binbow, 6 yrs ; and Mr. Evans's Eu-
phrates, aged. ,
Lrhy, 's,
The Tradesmen s and Coach Proprietors' Purse ; mile heats,
were won in two heats by Mr. Garryrnore's My Lady, beating Mr.
Gardner's‘ Elizabeth, Mr. Evans's Euphrates, and Captain Brough's
Derry.
A race
for the beaten horses wound up the sport.

GRAND MASONIC MEETING AND
FESTIVAL.

On Wednesday last an Especial Grand Lodge of Freemasons was
held in the New Temple, Great Queen.street, (which had been
re-modelled by Mr. Hardwick), at which his Royal Highness,
orfai, thed
MasterP rorince‘s ~a, es well as by London
Masons. ln,he from
Royal the Duke of Sussex presided. The Temple was literally crowded
Brethren
proclaimed with more
than
the usual demonstrations of loyalty and affection, and, aßiir
he api>ointed the various Grand Officers of the year, his Royal High-
ness addressed the Members upon various subjects, and then closed the
by Rl all
Grand
Grand Lodge.

—..._
The Grand Master, accompanied by the numerous cortegi• of Grand
°dicers, then entered the Masonic Banquetting Hall, where 500 Bre--
thren were assembled to greet him on the completion of the twenty-
MTh year of the Presidency of his Royal Highness over the ancient
fraternity. A very magnificent piece of plate was nresented to his '
Royal Highness on this occasion, as " a testimony of grateful and
respectful acknowledgment from the Members of the Masonic fra-
ternity to their Grand Master, and to commemorate the benefits derived
by the craft from his Royal highness's personal snperintendence, un-
wearied attention, and judicious conduct in the exercise of his functions
as Grand Master during a period of a quarter of a century." There
has seldom if ever been so large or respectable an assemblage of the fra-
ternity of Freemasons as on this occasion. The great hall of the order
was crowded to the very door • and even in the ante-room tables were
laid out to accommodate those who could not obtain seats in the Hall.
The gallery was crowded with ladies. his Royal Highness presided.
Hon. Col. Anson,
Among those who assembled were the Lords Monson, Southampton,
J. Churchill, Worsley, and Frederick Gordon ; Count de Taaffe, Beker
Bey, Hon, T. Dunda's M. P. Right Hon. C. I'. D'Eyncourt, M.P.,
B. B. Cabbell, H. Perkin,, J. Henderson,
M.P:, R. Steuart, Esq., MP., Colonel Wildman, J. M`Gillivray, H.
Lewis, J. Wix, H. Willett, R. Perceval, J. H. Prescott, J. Clarkson,
M.P.' J. Ram' sbottom. Esq., M.P., J. Easthope, Esq.,
Fall°field, Dr. Granville ' Dr. Crucifix, D. Pollock, Q. C., W. Harrison,
labrum, wrought in silver, Esqrs., Rev. J. Vane, Rev. J.
of other grand officers as well as Provincial Grand Officers.
Q. C., T. Bossy, J. Laurie, J. Shadbolt, Esqrs., &c., and a great numbei
The testimonial,splendid temple and Cande-
liili consistsw preis,ef
John Clinrelfill, who at he same tithe read an appropriate
.address,
during, which the Masonic offering was uncovered by Dr. Crucifix.
.and
presented to Royal Highness by Lord
Brother Norris. The scene was altogether very striking, and visibly
affected the Royal Mason, who was the deserved object of such attach-
ment.

The illustrious Duke replied in a speech of great eloquence and feel-
-Ing• He was throughout evidently much atrected, but more especially
where he spoke of the number of his illustrious relatives who had been
members of the fralernity, and nearly all of whom had now passed away.
He was listened to with respectful attention during the course of his ad-
dress, and at its conclusion was loudly and warmly cheered.
Many toasts were given, which our limits prevent us from noticing.
His Royal Highness left the room shortly after ten o'clock, evidently
oppressed with the exertions which he had made. Lord John Churchill
then took the chair, and the hilarity of themeeting was kept up for some
time longer.

The attention of the Stewards was marked by the most scrupulous ob-
servance of courtesy we ever witnessed, and on their health being drunk
Mr. Chanter, their President, returned thanks.

Sir Francis Burdett will, it is understood, b,
sent at the ensuing anniversary of the Wiltshire Society.

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