The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1834,

wise mentioned as a Member of the new Cabinet.
These appointments would give great pleasure.

What with ConnETT'slectures and O'CONNELL'S
epistles, poor Ireland bids fair to be bothered ,out of
her seven senses. Both these patriots, as we perceive
by the Dublin Morning; Register of Thursday, are
just now hard at work, plying the same game of agi-
tation ; and
_both have the same end in view—the
replenishing of their own pockets. Of the two
quacks, we protest we know not which is the greatest.
Sometimes we feel inclined to give the preference to
the " Liberator ;" but then out comes the " Corporal"
with a remedy for all Irish grievances, past, present,
and to come, of so exquisitely absurd a character, that
we feel it a positive injustiCe to deny him the
superiority. COBBETT'S lectures beat any thing
we know of, except O'CONNELL'S epistles.
Ms is high testimony to their original worth,
but not more so than they deserve. It is odd that
whil..g both these arch-humbugs attribute the sufferings-
of Ireland iZ` the same cause—her poverty—both take
special care to ineret::..,p that poverty, by Making her
contribute her pounds, shillings, and pence to their own
exchequer/ " You are as poor as a church-mouse" quoth
the Liberator,. " so—pray, remember the Rent I"
" You are worse off than a WTelch curate," rejoins the.
Corporal, " so—pray, help me to stock my farm at
Barn-Elms." Date obolum Belisario, is the con-

stant cry of both ; and so successful are they at this
mendicant trade—so fortunate in the ability to wring
money from those who have little or nothing to give,
that we verily believe they would contrive to squeeze
blood from a turnip, and sap from a sign-post. There
is no mistaking the drift of O'CON NELL'S last letter.
It is written with an eye to the Rent. We see this
inspiration breathing in every paragraph—lending
point to every sentence. It is this that makes him
speak out about Repeal more decisively, than he has
been in the habit of doing of late. It is this too
that makes him back out of—or rather, gently ease off
from—his recent declarations in favour of government,
and avow himself a half-ministerialist. Apprehensive
that he has gone too far on the one tack, he is now
desirous to put about, and make 'sail on the other.
But this trimming between Government and the Radi-
cals—this mean, miserable halting between two sets of
opinions will never do. It will conciliate neither party ;
but excite the disgust of both. No doubt Mr.
O'CONNELL looks on himself as a sort of " chartered
libertine," who may take as many liberties with prin-
ciple and consistency as he pleases. True, he is a
political rozd. Still, even political profligacy has its
limits. It should not be openly gloried in, and car-
ried to such a height, as to call forth one general
burst of indignation. It should at least have the
decency to affect shame and regret. But Mr. O'CON-
NELL knows no feeling of the sort. He chops and
changes—trims—turns—shuffles—and equivocates ;
just as if consistency were a vice, and tergiversation
the only virtue in a politician. Yesterday, he was
wholly Ministerial ; to-day he is only half-Ministerial;
to-morrow, we suppose, he will be exclusively Radical.
A few years since he was all for conciliating the
Orangemen, for they were honest, well-intentioned fel-
lows at.heart, however wrongheaded they might be ;
now, he is all for coercing them, for they are a bloody,
vindictive, execrable anti-Irish faction, fit only to be
knocked on the head with a " short-stick." We have
no patience with such weather-cock tomfoolery. As
for C OBBETT'S lecture, it requires little or no notice
at our hands, seeing that it is a mere recapitulation of
all the nonsense that its author has been in the habit
of writing in his Register, for years past, on the sub-
ject of Ireland. He talks of it, we see, as being dic-
tated by the purest " disinterestedness." What an
ironical dog it is !

A condensed report of the speeches of the princi-
pal orators who figured at the " Grand Dinner at
Canterbury, to commemorate his MAJESTY'S declara-
tion in favour of the Established Church," will he
found in another part of The Sun—against the perusal
of which we admonish all persons of weak nerves, and
strong imaginations. The condition of England is
deplorable ; the nation hangs suspended by an Act of
Parliament, over the " burning lake of fire and brim-
stone ;" and the erasure of a single word engulphs us
for ever in regions of endless night. With such horrors
around us—with the bottomless pit gaping to receive
us—are we not mad not to betake ourselves to the
wearing of sackcloth and the strewing of ashes ? Why
are any sounds heard in our streets but those of lamen-
tation, mourning, and woe,—why any voices in
our " high places" but the wailings of women,
the groans of old men, and the " miscreres" of priests
for the evils which are about to befall us ? It is an
awful thing to contemplate the indifference with which
mankind view these calamities ; to behold with what
unsanctified zeal the world pursues its ordinary avoca-
tions, apparently insensible to the proximity of the
abyss into which it is now sinking. But our report
must be incorrect, as it does not state that there was
any remarkable demonstration of grief in the assem-
blage of the " children of the prophets," who meet to
forewarn each other and the nation of the dies bye,
—the dreadful day—which is to shed tho last light
on Christian-England. It is not possible that seers
so met should " eat, drink, and make merry,"
gulping down at every draught, the cost of
an Irish parson's dinner, according to the esti-
mate given in by the pious, charitable, and meekest
of men—the Earl of RODEN. No, the report of a
dinner being eaten by such a mourning conclave must
he a hoax, got up for the disgraceful purpose of insinua-
' ting that WINCIIILSEA'S appetite would not fail him,
were he to behold the primate of all England and his
Right Reverend Brethren make their last obeisance
before the throne, preparatory to their quitting for ever
their benches in the House of Lords. No, no : the
conservative days of dining are over. They could not
eat, agitated as they are by the evils which the Whigs
are bringing on the country ; and as for drinking—
although some abandoned wretches take to their cups
in despair of better comforters, the Tories are too
deeply impressed with the awful condition in which the
country is placed, to even stain their lips with the blood
of the vine. It is, therefore, cruel to circulate reports
of the quaffing of conservative bumpers over the ruins
of the Whig-o'erthrown Constitution in Church and
State, as if they could indulge in comforting the " out-
ward man," while the inward was being handed over
to the eternal possession of the Evil One.
But although we doubt the correctness of the state-
ment that a dinner was eaten, or a bumper quaffed at
Canterbury, we give full credence to the delivery of
the various speeches by the persons to whom they are
attributed. Here we could not be deceived, for no
number of men, . except the members of the Conserva-
tive Clubs there present, could give utterance to half
the quantity of gross stupidity—of fierce wrath—of

foul and malignant calumnies—of fiery and treason-
able threats, as weak as they were intended to be mis-
chievous—in twice the number of words. The Earl of
WiNciiiLsEA—that ornament of the Church—that
sacred champion of the gospel who dared to bid defiance
to the laws of heaven and earth, by deliberately engaging-
to perpetrate a deed of blood in conjunction with the
Prince of Waterloo—offers to prop up the sinking
establislunent With that body which was found bullet-
proof when assailed by the conqueror of NAPOLEON.
His Lordship took the chair on this solemn occasion,
as the Great Invulnerable ; and it would be injustice
to say that his sentiments were not in the most perfect
harmony with the well-known habits of the man. His
first denunciation was against the House of Commons,
which he declared required to be closely watched ;
after which followed his usual tirade against the Whig
Cabinet, delivered with his wonted—" I will say"—
animation. We will dismiss his Lordship in a very
few words. We believe him to be the worst enemy of
the cause 'which he espouses. He has neither reason,
nor judgment, nor learning, nor discretion, nor ability to
serve any cause ; though his zeal may go a great way
to ruin whatever question he undertakes to advocate.
He is dangerous as a friend, and only becomes harm-
less when he declares himself an enemy. We speak
of his Lordship as a public man--as a legislator—not
as a private gentleman, for in that capacity we assail
no man. But his Lordship's speech was only rabid;
The hypocritical part of the performance was left to
Lord RODEN, who, of course, chanted the requiem
to the memory of Protestancy in Ireland. The tones
of the tender-hearted Earl were truly affecting. The
eighteen parsons, who graced the board with their pre-
sence, burst into loud lamentations, when his Lord-
ship came to that touching episode in his speech, in
which an Irish Protestant clergyman had to attend to
the culinary affairs of his household. Then again, where
he dwelt with deep pathos on the Irish peasantry's
fondness for the cruel sport of shooting Protestant
farmers, on account of " their religion," and the calling
of nicknames or soubriquets to the little boys, styling
them " Young Orangemen," there was a cry of
horror. But the worst remained untold—the banish-
ment, the transportation of the Irish Protestants by
their savage Catholic fellow-countrymen—this was
even too much for the stoicism the overflowing
charity of the Earl himself. He protested his heart
died within him at the sight of this instance of human
depravity, so demonmcally exerted. He could no
longer behold such a scene an inactive spectator. He
girt himself for the combat, taking the gospel as his
guide. He could not in duty—.in charity—avoid so doing,
and his trusty blade should never be sheathed so
long as Papists were guilty of affixing the soubriquet
of little Orangemen on the juvenile descendants of that
loyal body. We certainly feel no inclination to disarm
his Lordship, so long as he amuses himself with the
recital of Irish legends. But it is not fair that his real
character as a " story-teller" should be concealed
from the British people. It is right that those who
know nothing of Ireland should be made acquainted
with the important.fact, that the truth is pretty gener-
ally about the reverse of what the Earl of RODEN
describes it to be. This perhaps is no more than an
allowable license in the champion of a faction, but as
the people of Kent may not think so, it is proper to
put them on their guard. There were other speakers,
but their speeches are not worth commenting upon.

In another part of The Sun, our readers will find
a reply from his constituents at Gateshead to the let-
ter which Mr. CUTHBERT RIPPON addressed to them
at the close of the last Session of Parliament. This
document—though we do not agree with many
of the uncompromising Radical principles it
developes—principles which, if acted on, could
only have the effect of producing confusion
and anarchy—is yet valuable; as containing a proud
and deserved tribute of respect to one of the staunchest
Reformers of the day. Mr. CUTHBERT RIPPON is a
statesman to whom not only his constituents, but his
country also, look up with respect and gratitude.

Lady Frances Somerset and family returned to
South Audley-street about a fortnight ago from a tour. On
Monday her Ladyship will again leave town on a visit to her
brother, the Duke of Beaufort.

Lord and Lady Frederick Beauclerk returned to
town yesterday from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of St.
Alban's.

The Ladies Beauclerk, in company with Mr. and
Lady Caroline Capel, have left Paris for Italy.

Sir Montagu Cholmeley and Lady have returned
from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, and are
now going to their scat, Nocton Place, in Leicestershire.
The mansion of the Earl of Eldon is now undergoing
a thorough repair, preparatory to a lengthened residence in the
metropolis, the air of London agreeing with his Lordship's
hale constitution.

The Archbishop of Armagh and the Ladies Beres-
ford are settled in the Palace of Armagh for the winter.
Much company are expected, and much hospitality will prevail.
Lord George Beresford, who lately returned from a tour,
early in the week, for Dublin, accompanied by Sir John and
Lady Isabella Brydges ; the latter is sister to the Primate of
Ireland.

The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's still occupy
the magnificent mansion built by Earl Spencer in the Isle of
Wight. There their Graces intend to pass the month of
October, and then go to Brighton for the winter.

Sir Alexander Grant, J. Murray, Esq., John Abel
Smith, Esq., &c., took their departure this morning for Rot-
terdam, in the General Steam Navigation Company's mail-
packet Sir Edward Banks.

We are requested to state that. Mr. Dennett's Nar-
rative of his " Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia,
Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China, being the Journal of a
Naturalist in those Countries during the Years 1832, 1833,
and 1834, in 2 vols. Bvo., with plates, was published this day by
Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street, and may be had of all
respectable booksellers. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell
and Bradfute, Edinburgh; for Ireland, Mr. John-Cumming,
Dublin.

We regret to learn that there have been two exten-
sive failures of commercial houses in London connected with
the Nottingham trade, from which our manufacturers are ex-
pected to suffer to the amount of several thousand pounds.—
Nottingham Review.

MUNICIPAL CORPORA TIONS.—John Blackburne,
Esq., the professional gentleman at the head of the Corpora-
tion Commission, and Joseph Parkes, Esq., its secretary, are
now engaged in a tour to the corporate towns, for the purpose
of revising the returns made by the commissioners, previous to
the completion of the report, which, it is understood, will be
ready to be submitted to Parliament early in the approaching
session.

The Journal de Paris assures its readers that his
Majesty, wherever he goes, leaves behind him traces of his
progress. The worthy journalist said identically the same
thing two years ago of the cholera.---Le Corsaire.

VALUABLE CARGO.—DUNDEE STEAM-SHIP.
—This magnificent and powerful steam-shipcontinues her su-
premacy of the " world of waters." She arrived off the Wap-
ping entrance to the London Docks yesterday afternoon, after
a very quick run from Dundee. There was a great number
of passengers on board, besides a full cargo of merchandize,
chiefly manufactured linens, valued at upwards of 20,0001.
RADNORsiiißE.—There is every reason to sup-
pose Walter Wilkins, Esq., of Maseloiigh Castle, will be
elected for this county without opposition. His canvass
throughout the county has been a most successful and flatter-
ing one.
MOMENTOUS QUESTION FOR GRAVESEND.—A
correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, who signs himself
Peter Simple," and dates from Gravesend, states that
22,000 barrels of gunpowder are kept in the magazine at Til-
bury Fort, the explosion of which would reduce Gravesend to
a heap of ruins ; and, after pointing out six or seven possible
contingencies by which such an accident might occur, he begs
to be informed why the town and people of Gravesend should
thus be exposed to the danger of being " suddenly jerked
into the air like a skyrocket."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
WEST INDIES-IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE

FROM DEMERARA.
(From the Guiana Chrofticle, Aug. 8.)
" It suits neither our duty to the public, nor our inclina-
tion, to act the part of idle alarmists, and proclaim aloud
the cry of danger where none exists. The fact is, that such
is the extreme dissatisfaction and factious spirit now preva-
lent amongst the negro population, that the match may be
Said now to be burning on the edge of the mine.
" On Saturday, the Gangs of Richmond, La Belle Alli-
ance, Maenstay, and Reliance (four very large estates) re-
fused to do any work. On Monday their tumultuous
example was followed by the negroes of Hampton
Court, Windsor Castle, Devonshire,Walton-hall, Exmouth,
and Perth ; and it is likewise said that slight symptoms of
insubordination have shewn themselves amongst the gang of
Lima. On the last coast, on Plantation Lodge, the ne-
groes have set the law at defiance, and all the authorities.
The presence of his Excellency the Governor was required
to quell the tumult, and when he appeared amongst them,
these misguided people insulted and scoffed at th Repre-
sentative of the King. Several of the estates on the coast
have likewise shown the same factious spirit.
" In Canal N 0.3 all the gangs may be said to be in a state
of mutiny. Already correction has visited some of the
offenders. Let us hope this example will have the desired
effect.

•
" On Hampton Court plantation yesterday morning a
district Court was held, at which Captain Coleman
presided as a special justice, when five men, and a
like number of women, were tried. The men were
sentenced to 39 lashes each, and to three months hard
labour. Detachments of troops have been despatched to
the various disturbed districts within these last two days, to
be placed at the disposal of the magistrates, after which fol-
lows the proclamation, addressed to the apprenticed la-
bourers of British Guiana, by his Ekcelleney Sir James
Smith."