The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

ShTmA NLtElo''fS
that BILL.—Lord IL 1 .
p.a—rarm:oordunStt,ananledy,'sinteamlpiottrlaerymt.hrijulem, pallil-
has had precisely that effect which might have been expected.
The menaced extinction of the franchise has aroused the excit-
able population of Ireland ; agitation is now the order of the
day, and a repeal of the Union is insisted on in several public
papers. Ireland, in short, is in a blaze of indignation, and,
amongst other ebullitions of the popular feeling, we lament to
perceive that the old complaint against England is not unnatu-
rally resuscitated.
The reenzan's Journal says—" Every day is furnishing fresh
proofs that we have nothing to expect from English sympathy."
The Pilot declares that " The remedy which alone can cor-
rect the indifference, the ignorance, and jealousy which govern
British legislation for Ireland will be, what we never gave up,
but shall now insist on—a Repeal of the Union. To this we
must come, and that shortly ; and the energy and organization
which this last outrage must provoke will aid in the peaceful
a cLacomnnilis en
absorbing question. . . . Therewemto,uytsohtteilbdkennaifoestilmceltasliaievoeuss.
owrTgaarnhi zaes db resistance,een
declared a
g struggle,ains
against
i us—warf
This is the language of the journals of Ireland, and no doubt
the determination of the people will be unequivocally evinced
should the Orange faction and their allies persevere in success-
fully pressing a measure so justly unpopular as is Lord Stanley's
measure. The Registration Bill, however, will not pass. Let-
ters have been received in Dublin from Mr. O'Connell, in
which he states it his opinion that the stability of the Ministry
is unimpaired, and that there need be no apprehension that the
Bill will ever pass the ordeal of a third reading, even if it shall
not fall abortive in Committee. Mr. O'Connell will, we under-
stand, forego, for a short period his Parliamentary labours, to
give his personal aid in concentrating the voice of universal Ire-
land against the Bill of their malignant political enemy. A re-
quisition is in progress of signature for an aggregate meeting of
the citizens of Dublin.
FATHER MATHEW.—On Monday morning, about eleven
o'clock, the Very Rev. Mr. Mathew commenced administering
the temperance pledge. Nothing could exceed the anxiety
which was manifested by the people to embrace a life of tem-
perance. There could not have been fewer than 4,000 people
present at any time of the day; and, though the weather was
extremely unpropitious, yet the interest of the multitude never
flagged. The Very Reverend Gentleman, previous to his com-
mencing the good work, addressed the assembly on the benefits
likely to arise from temperance, after which the persons anxious
to take the pledge were admitted to the presence of the great
apostle of the moral reformation. The Very Reverend Gentle-
man stood upon the steps immediately under the portico, at the
entrance of the Custom-house, facing Beresford-place, and the
" pledgers " covered the landing around him. This space, which
dwc,it
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:ac,iwhot,enclosed
proceedings
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about
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di
npttoadeasrdesstandard during
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crpeh elmoaa:
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netlohdp icett skohdon,
repeatedoare when
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—1 ,
formuladay's
Pilot.

INTELLIGENCE OF PRO-CORN-LAW-MEN.—
An extraordinary instance of clodpole wisdom lately occurred
at Kirton, Lincolnshire, which deserves to be recorded as a
" sign of the times," as well as because of its instructive bear-
ing on the constitution of juries, and the present system of
Parliamentary representation. At a Sessions held there, a few
weeks ago, a prisoner was arraigned for having stolen pig iron
from the premises of an ironmonger at Gainsborough. After the
usual examination of witnesses, and a lame defence by the pri-
soner, the jury were ordered to bring in their verdict ; when,
to the horror and dismay of the prisoner and the Court, the
Foreman announced that they had unanimously agreed that the
prisoner was " Guilty of MANSLAUGHTER !"fhe Recorder
then explained to the Solons that the offence was Stealing, and
.hat their duty was to consult whether they considered him
guilty or not guilty of that offence. After a little jolting toge-
ther of heads, the Foreman returned a verdict of " Guilty, and
we also sentence hint to Six Months on the wheel !" Now,
we will defy any one to pick out thirteen greaetleosobißesidtihan
these jurors, from any operative class ino
h tshend West Riding.
These are a sample of the constituency
impose laws upon the people
while employed on
reta:d'oirofo,,thoe pooooorse,oatn.d tIo-t
of Parliament
11 to state, that the Members
1.l
may be we
gislators to Parliament, to
tors below.. are
repre-
senting the district to which the
.abovhe egibs ah f
~
Lord Wersley and Mr. R. A. Christoper ; ot o whom are
letaxwitthheouht
on the Corn-laws.—Leeds Times.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.—HEROIC CON..
num—On Saturday last, about six o'clock, while the Royal
bread-taxers: and voted last year against Mr. Villiers's motion
Adelaide steam-ship was on her voyage from Leith to London,
George Craig,
the jib-boom of the ship. fell overboard into the sea. The en-
gines were almost immediately stopped, and at the same moment
William Kinnear. the man at the helm, jumped overboard after
his shipmate. The weather was very boisterous, and the sea in
the boatswain of the vessel,
a rough state, tut Kinnear being an excellent swimmer battled
with the waves until he succeeded in coming up with Craig,
who had drifted some distance from the steamer. The heavy
sea prevented him retaining his hold of the poor fellow for
more than a few moments, and he was obliged to let go. A
second time he grasped his shipmate, but the waves again sepa-
rated them, and long before any boat could reach the seamen,
Craig sunk and perished. Kinnear was nearly sharing a
similar fate, and was taken on board in a most exhausted state.
The brave conduct of Kinnear excited the warm approbation
of the passengers and crew. The fatal occurrence took place
off the Bass Rock, and the steamer was going at the rate of
more than ten knots an hour.