The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The Pilot of Wednesday publishes additional evidene:v
of the spirit abroad on the subject of " Scorpion" StanleY
aggre-.;
Registration Bill. On Tuesday there was a great
unitr,eun,
gate meeting in Drogheda. On Monday the
parishes of Moncoin, Carrigern, and Kilnaspig met- On
toice:
thepiae. same
Adtaya
la
these
public demonstration at
meetingsth towne
tthe
of Nen ag
attendancetr
no less numerous than was the denunciation of Lord Sta,n...
ley's Bill loud and emphatic. Strong resolutions, e
dunning the meditated mischief, were unanimou I
adopted, and petitions to Parliament for the complete
jection of the " infamous Registration Bill" were, in every
case, carried without a single dissentient voice.
The Drogheda demonstration is reported to have beheeil
the largest and most respectable public meeting ever
,„inz
there. The Pilot refers to it with exultation., as arguing
the energy of the public mind. This mectink-,,qaken in
connexion with the others proves that the scorpion has stung
the Irish into agitation with a vengeance.
DEATH OF THE WIDOW MURPHY.-We have learned
from a Longford correspondent, that the poor wid ow hag
gone to where care and pain can reach 'ner no more. It
is remarkable that a few days before this event took ielacea
Lord Lorton moved for a new trial in the case already fa
miliar to our readers and the world. We will not trust
ourselves with any comment on the subject.—Pilot.
VACANCY.-Mr. Forde, the chairman of Roscommon,
no more. Several are named t, succeed him, of "'This:
among them we are happy to hear Mr. Shea bider' 1- co:
is t'ae more creditable to the Government,
Mr. Lalor has not been one of the plagues of the C"tic..".
Ibid.
Ors ,1"-4
MR. O'CONNELL AND THE ANTI-COEN-LAW
TIVES.-Mr. O'Connell has published a letter, address,ein;.
Mersrs. Warren and Nightingale, who presided es C I.ave,s
opera
of at the Dinner given by the Anti-Corn-law
of the Town of Manchester. ne-
W e shall probably advert to this address on a. futures 6
casien. For the present we subjoin only the folloAinet.
geforrn
sentences as a sample of its spirit :—" But the
has proved a total failure. as we be te
disvn
"Above all, the bread tax is pertinaciously contin jil,'
combination of the Whig and Tory parties—witheni the
least hope or prospect of its repeal! The burthen% noorer
State press too heavily upon the working and rion!
classes. Long-continued labour with small remtinera-
Great misery—want of adequate subsistence.
" But are the people of Britain to despair?
" No ! no I—a thousand times—No r and
" Up, then, Englishmen! up ! Arise, slave-cfass' wi•
fling from you your fetters. Arise, not in tumult i ; legal'
lance, in outrage, or in blood ! Arise in peaceful' will
constitutional combination ! Stand up as men vg" but
commit no offence against the law of God or of mane too
who, in their moral strength and peaceful vigour,
many and too good to remain any longer classed agl- snd
the willing slaves of the world, but who arc entitled
determined to be freemen
" I think you ought to be thoroughly convinced that tbe
the political evils that afflict this country flow fronif,
Corp-
want of adequate representation in the House of
see'
mons; from that House not being the organ of pu."-d that
timent ; from that House representing but a class, an
class but a small one, of the British people:"