The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAY, MAY 28, 1841.

godly ladies, turning up the whites of their eyes,
declared the tale to be a foul scandal, propagated by the
emissaries of Satan against one of his most powerful ad-
versaries, and when his Reverence was himself appealed
t^, he declared before God that he was innocent, and
da red his enemies to the proof. A respectable medical
gentleman had chanced to mention the story in conver-
sation; and he was immediately assailed with the wrath
of all the petticoats of the place, who were continually
running after his Reverence. An action of damages was
ordered to be raised by the clergyman for defamation of
character, and the preliminary of sending a lawyer's let-
ter had been gone through, when some additional dis-
closures put a stop to the action. The Presbytery of
the district had found it necessary to make inquiries into
the scandal against their reverend brother, and
witnesses were, we understand, prepared to prove
that he had taken lodgings for the frail female in
a neighbouring watering place, where he was in
the regular practice of visiting her—that sho had re-
cently given birth to a child, but not until every effort
had been used, by means of drugs, to procure abortion,
which, however, only succeeded to the extent of atte-
nuating her own feeble frame, and led to the death of her
offspring—that the father of the child was the clergyman
to whom we have alluded. When the Presbytery had
assembled for the purpose of entering upon the inquiry,
a written acknowledgment of guilt, and expressing great
contrition for the sin which he had committed, was laid
before them from the reverend offender, which, of course,
put a stop to all further proceedings. Within a day or
two thereafter, the reverend culprit disappeared from the
place, and is understood to have sailed for one of the
British colonies. The affair, as may readily be supposed,
has created no small sensation in the gossiping commu-
nity where it took place.—Glasgow Argus,

TORY LIES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sm,—The Tory cause must needs be a very bad one,
when the party deem it necessary, in order to prop it
up, to have recourse to the most barefaced and wilful
mis-statements, or rather I should say, atrocious false-
hoods, as daily appear in their Journals, both morning
and evening, by which their country friends, who have
no means of ascertaining the real state of the case, are
so constantly misled. As an instance, take the following
account, furnished by the Morning Post of Monday last
to its fashionable readers. It is there stated that, on the
occasion of the late Draiving-room, as Lords Melbourne
and John Russell were proceeding to the Palace, they
were received by the very great number of most respect-
able persons standing near to York House, with the most
marked and determined hostility, and that for a full hour
they were obliged to bear the pelting of the pitiless
storm ! ! As one of the lookers-on at this very spot, I
take upon myself wholly and entirely to deny this most
impudent assertion. So far from this being the case,
during the few minutes, and not the full hour, as the
Tory Post affirms, that the carriages of these Noble
Lords were detained in the line near to York House,
they were approached by the persons then and there as-
sembled, when the Noble Viscount and his fellow-
labourer in the people's cause were • most cordially and
enthusiastically welcomed by repeated, long, and loud
cheers, and which continued until they turned into the
Court-yard leading to the Palace. Lord Palmerston was
also well received, as he deserves to be, for his straight-
forward and manly conduct on all occasions.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
ONE OF THE LOOKERS-ON NEAR TO YORK
HOUSE ON THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

IRELAND.-GENERAL ELECTION

The question now for Irishmen to consider is, whether
they will pass under Ole Caudine Forks, and surrender
the liberty they have alhieved to their avowed and deter-
mined enemies. A change of administration in England
would be a mighty grievanee. To Ireland it would be
destructive. This all feel, and, accordingly, we are all
prepared for the struggle. We repeat it deliberately, we
shall not only hold our own, but add considerably to our
numerical strength.
Unfortunate Colonel Bruen. notwithstanding all his
sacrifices of money and temper, will lose the caunty of
Carlow, and no mistake. He knows it, and though he
may screw his courage to the sticking place, he will go
to the hustings with the feelings of a losing gambler.
Indeed, he has already gambled a very good fortune on
Carlow. Heaven be merciful to him !

Colonel Thomas, it is understood, has already sounded
his retreat from Kinsale. Five or six thousand pounds is
enough to throw even at such a beautiful borough as
Kinsale.

Emerson Tennent—our old friend Fuscus Amyntas—
has got tired of Belfast, we hear, or, what is more likely,
Belfast has got tired of Emerson Tennent. He cannot
—even if he was in funds—stand another brush. With
regard to Mr. Dunbar, we imagine that gentleman will
find, on comparing notes, that he has little chance for
Belfast, " at the present momentous crisis."
If Ned Litton should be mad enough again tc stand
for Coleraine, he must post the coals to some purpose, that
we can tell him. He is not yet—nor is it likely he ever
will be—Solicitor -General.

And this puts us in mind of the Sorry Sergeant. Ban-
don has been kind to him—but he has done nothing for
Bandon. It is true he only went into Parliament to work
fur himself ; but though he did work and sweat, he has
clone nothing. It is possible, however, that he will try
his luck again. In for a penny in for a pound. At all
events, he will not be permitted .to walk over the course.

Portarlington will be fought for, and Mr. Dawson
Darner will have to 'resign. He had no business at all
to go into Parliament as a Tory. He was a sort of Li-
beral in former times, and we wore willing to take him.
—Dublin Evening Post.

Mr. HILL said that the other party had had since August to
consider the matter, and this was the first time that such an
insufficiency had been hinted at. The proof required was ex-
ceedingly long, as it related to lands severed from an estate in
the time of Queen Elizabeth, which then had been of no great
value, butwhich now from the mineralswhich had been discovered
under the land became of immense value, and one of the wit-
nesses who had proved the boundary of the land in question,
had died since the trial. _ _ .

The Soucuon-GzerRAL asked until Saturday to consi-
der the question. Whatever their Lordships thought right he
would do. _ _ _

Mr. HILL hoped the Court would gin him the costs of the
reference. .

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected. They had on the
first meeting given distinct notice of the defendant's intention
to appeal to the Court, and if the plaintiff after that chose to
go on it must be at his own risk.
Lord Chief Justice TarKDAL suggested that that question
had better be left to the Muter, to which suggestion both par-
ties acceded. _ _ _

With respect to the amended plea it was ordered that the de-
endant should put in his amended plea in a fortnight, and that
it should be a plea issuabla so as to bring on the case for trial
at the next assizes.

were perfectly satisfied of the propriety of the course
adopted on that occasion. Several of the relatives and
friends of unfortunate people who had been sacrificed
lived in his neighbourhood, and were most anxious to
have their case investigated.
Mr. LABOUCHERE, who was almost inaudible,
was understood to say that the vessel alluded to was not
an English vessel, and interference with their
regulations, however desirable, was a matter of very great
difficulty. To the particular questions that had been
put by the Hon. Gentleman, it was obviously impossible
for him to give any satisfactory answer.
Mr. FLEMING presented petitions from three parishes
in Southampton, praying the House to address her
Majesty to remove from her confidence her present Mi-
nisters, in whose conduct and policy they could no longer
feel either confidence or safety.—(Opposition cheers.)
Mr. MARK PHILIPS said he hoped the forms of the
House, and the courtesy of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir
R. Peel) would permit him to put a question to the
Right lion. Baronet respecting a statement made by
him in a recent speech, in which he was pleased to refer
to a conversation which he had had with a gentleman
named Ashworth, one of a deputation to the Right
Hon. Baronet from the Chamber of Commerce in Man-
chester. He wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet
whether he had since received any information which
had led him (Sir Robert Peel) to the conclusion
that the statement which he made was erroneous,
especially when he had referred to a pamphlet placed in
his hand by one of the deputation, as one which they
wished him to peruse, as expressing their opinions.
Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he had not received
any communication on the subject from any one of the
parties.—(Cheers.) If he had received any direct
communication from them, he would have immediately
returned an answer, and if they had shown him any
misstatement he had made, he should at once have cor-
rected it. But he had not received any such com-
munication. There were letters in public papers,
but .the originals were not addressed to him. If it
were wished he would state his recollection of the inter-
view with the greatest pleasure.—(Loud cries of " No,
no.") Then he would only say that if he did receive any
such communication he would immediately return an
answer.—(Cheers.)