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Sztt.....i lIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
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_`' this paragraph concluding my last communi-
With tilt bi"; I stated that the principal topics connected
Di the
t7Peal of the Union, were yet to he discussed.
Nigh), "e first to be considered are the advantages—
ItepealillT4l, agricultural, and commercial, which the
Moe. ii B.°Pe to derive from the carrying of that mea-
Prosper. 2 in these essentials to the increase of Irish
Pat'iY, tran 'll'
Pue to sh„_
~ qui ity, worth, and happiness, I ,hall be
flat tber:wThat there will be a miserable defic:ency—
llality a ;rill be a lessening and a deteriorating of the
Ne all tch quantity to be had at present, I shall have
!If, and
0:4 from the commencement, I proposed to my-
Ines a PortioaP' h
.1? the sttain have done more than was wanted to con-
'Settled fur nof your readers that Repeal, though not
by a great body of the people, is not necessary
heir 1,,,„ . 'neat of all that can promote or will insure
The illness.
apeal soflYt,reeligious advantage which the advocates of a
:'orb
in tub Union promise the country, is a radical
' England
are
Estahlished Church ; and that the people
toessi,),
c re re•olved they shall have, without the
1e ea,, den despoiling the empire. No one denies—no
'lssentie Y---the right of the Roman Catholic and
Ziatteipegted h°dfies, being at ONCE and for. EVER
ling coo poll__,rom the intolerant persecution of
ing, ab ''"' to maintain a hierarchy, enter-
eve to , disseminating doctrines which they be-
lam." contrary to the Word of God. No one can
fitheFir right •
L. ch passively to resist the claims of the Este-
Liisap itn_rch, or passively to nullify any special enact-
te , "(> made by the Legislature to enforce such
1 the. I know the Conservatives would say a great deal
ep.,;gible, refractory, and rebellious spirit which
Liseld 40. we resistance would evince in the people ; hut I
%%9, to then
~,_ prove that resistance and guilt are sy.
Fromti.in ibis case.
Ilk in"°sources only can power be derived—God or
!/°l God, !ither case it is conditionally delegated. If
. et al, it ceases if the holder attempt to enforce, sane-
it ofthi';.,°l'e of any thing contrary to the letter and
k"lttlett F"ivine law, as revealed in the Scriptures,—the
telve tveti°C,which to men, consists in doing unto others
lese " they should do unto us. Now, the Scrip-
ethe tit,liwhere forbid us to do that which we believe
ce, b everywhere prohibit the sacrifice of con-
!knee braehomsoever demanded ; furnishing us, at
the An, With an appropriate answer in the words
thesterirsticap " We must obey God rather than men."
j4res the Established Church is not borne out
NI 41,4 ee of her demand by the authority of the Scrip-
Wotj:such a demand is at variance with the writ-
°El, the power by which it is attempted to
nee of
;cot be of God, and therefore the passive re-
" Wary, It is no transgression of Divine law. On the
IlZithusi cheerful and ready compliance with such de-
b Ititid he sinful, inasmuch as it would be providing
botil the means of doing what we believed to be
Oster this require an illustration ? If so, suppose
I;:sfitalt4n,Prit had the appointment of the bakers
theie tne kingdom, and that in your judgment the
44,4 Were invariably mad. Suppose, too, that
"I! th, - district in which he resided, a certain sum to
cos,:'ciency of a particular kind of bread for ge-
Olt
at kind
Suppose, further, your conviction to
,t4at
bind of bread was poisoned, or contained
ef ij ~sacs destructive of human life, and that the
;Nil.; "id be injurious to the health of your fel-
r_ irai,:is' Suppose, in additien, that when the
ut th"" on you for the sum of money which the
stc, will of the Sovereign obliged you to con-
eet yoja°4 stated all this, and that the only
I,‘
li sPes,o received was, that the bread would be forced
Lthtt,s 4, but exposed in the shop-window for sale ;
rct la ,liulti to yeti,.
hesitating to pay the sum demanded,
14 late nal--in the first place because a disobedience
imh, isj„ttucler Which it was exacted, and again it was
Ciisalo;4° tt‘u,rpose, inasmuch. as your property. would
146", tros"tlio ; so that, with the exception of addi-
t,r-iti th 4‘).e, and anxiety to you, the whole would
? *bate
Itnsarne position. To this reasoning of the
)' k 1,0,11 sorer would you give, or how would you
'toad
Ole for quiet acquiescence in what you considered a
I- 4 thettli. ardering your neighbours ? Would you not
ilt 4, shaker's suggestion of Royal authority, by ap-
'll." h'ge mandate in the Decalogue, " Thou shalt
iltdNee'd ,°,15 which no temporal audio' it y could set
kusilly :livered to you and every person on earth in-
,,,-"lts f.' „ler the observance or breach of which you
rtit if ;:",!'d upon to answer in an individual capacity ?
k )1114' !could be your reasoning in the case of the
lie Ns° nabse the example, and you will see the parity
if illtt4,:tng) and the uniformity of the conclusion in
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ltitk Po
Qiit e „L'vec be derived from, or delegated by, the
re-'es, and nothing but the unrighteous as-ump-
Olit t• Insins the moment a majority of them publicly
st e IselY declare it oppressive. Whether they be
kw Nt to
iti ' the tn regain the power of which they have
ti „t llosti selves to clothe others for their own benefit
1,,,,"ae,hi1e equity or v.,lidity of their decree; though
6,-'eleas Jig such inability will nullify it. Now it
Cetty, '''!t the majority of the Irish people have, in
l'"iletzkervacal2trted bylaw, declared tithes to be iniquitous,
hrlqed;Pri essive, and, therefore, they are virtually
oltrs,, , "11 that remains to consign them formally
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iet,i4`...wsre that this mode of treating. the tithe
1 eltre„,'Y opinion perfectly fair, will be objected to
vi, ,on tap ground that reasoning from analogy
ten(l tl;,,llett plied to revealed troths ; and as they
ion re-1.
,tithe is a part, parcel, or portion of the
Zshall waive any advantage my present
9sie"2 Me? and proceed, in a fe,v sentences, to take
of it of which they approve,—a Scriptural

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ted upon, by the learned and the unlearned
°kit:t r nature, purpose, and application of tithes,
be received by the Jewish Priesthood, under
eta dispensation of Divine Law. Hebrew usages,
be~°lB, venerable names, and ancient authorities
by4vp !looted, cited, explained, and rendered fa-
ct theirt' beadsn every side, who, whenever they took
etl, felt that tithes ought, or ought not to be
ot port it incumbent on them to dedicate the first
Atli °roe to the structure of Oriental languages. In
iti ." ce imitate them. In the presence of plain
leet.v- Proof such affected pedantry is worse than
arthi It is the empty jugglery with which vain
6eto4veclll) dlights to mystify truth, to attract the stupid
tieing ignorance.
of being the perfection of the old—the sub.-
oupw4ich the other was the shadow—the rule by
110, conduct is to be regulated—the standard by
iort‘ actions are to be judged the criterion by which
is to he ascerta ned—whatever law it abrogated,
tted 4td, or whatever ordinance it annulled, or an-
!' Oust in the observance have ceased to please
om the f flowing passage from Sr. Paul's
k,'" the Hebrews expressly declares the law of
aol.lOder which tithes were tiken of the people, to
0,4E0s thereby susperseding the necessity of all
!th4tlssertations on the subject :—" And indeed,
,110vOre of the sins of Levi, who receive the priest-
qte. 4 commandment to take tithes according to
lcti4,lo4Qf is, of their brethren ; though they them-
-4-o0 Noe out of the loins of Abraham. If then
op/e wr e ere by the Levitical priesthood, for under it
ihotil..etved the law, what further need was ther Ilelehr Priesthood shodd rise according to the ordere t7ol9tedte,es and not be called according to the order
,el9._
t'';:ir the priesthood being changed, it is nc-
IqN a change be made also of the law."
l• 7, V. 5, 11, and 12. This, I think, is
.1040):-;ithe head of any divine right to tithes
at.,;°110„1! law of biases. What a loss of time, and
instant, mss, th'e.va`i'ces, theologians might have ,pared their.
tke water ksthe 'Nile quotation, in the beginning of their
%et tibk 41"le explicit self-interpreted passage!
iantstatv- rep:ation may possess an interest with some
?ex; wee:4 hy I would briefly remark, that the Jews
titwr 414, Iwo laws—the moral and the ceremonial.
la0ar:110ty aWN in this consisted the distinction
„ut. 5100 of roan 44 engravers by the finger of God on
in is th:;40: oett'aie_oanimanding and forbidding the per-
! COn Ye'
jeoroyo Iseand e efts which, from their very nature,
, age,ityple:_e the Deily, could neitlaerac‘evasewatisi
lace of CHI:, 'Pleas" him and therefore su .11
g the PT te "` 'We whereas, the ceremonial law,
n opipi,ro 0 ter Perk et of obedience commanding and forbid
n. g 44 1144anee of actions hdeinselvdes(;
nonr per se,
esidenc" PleZ "ill, its continuance aghter•
thernonttth`ci;:" of the law giuvaetr-I.ce TerieenDeecalognel
the vo-
-7term3ll contained the whole of the moral law ;
now 0 veil
o'fieh w4ll‘,llo:bservances being part of the cere-
• a friaT, 'leen th_the tern!,e ever abolished with the rending of
him ; at so: theruilc!' and the departing of the glory from
d'e cereZdY
to Hence the change of the Sabbath
hag tvorshin jav:°,n_ day, this commandment partakin~couog "_.l prai,z.m.od
t, in the appointment of a certain day
ecing'airthunce.essity of devoting some time to offici° t found in the moral law. To

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this, however, should it be objected that St. Paul made no
distinction in declaring the law to be changed; the an-
swer is, that the injunction to observe' the moral law was
renewed by the Redeemer—" If thou wilt enter into life
keep the commandments."
Under the old law religion was hardly discernible
amidst the crowd of forms by which she was surrounded—
all was gorgeous glitter, and pious pomp. In the new she
stood alone arrayed only in her own pre-eminent purity
the naked loveliness of which spoke not to the senses
but the soul. Her high priests, Aaron and Christ,
in whose persons she was represented, formed, in this
respect, a striking contrast to each other. The former was
decorated with all that makes man great in this world ;
the later was adorned with those mental perfections, to
the possessors of which the Deity has promised blessings in
the nex►. Aaron, as head of the Jewish clergy, was, in
his costly habiliments, emblematic of a priesthood des-
tined to be great in the estimation of into. Christ, in his
humble birth, his obscure life, his privations and poverty,
even to a want of the necessaries of human support, was
an excellent model of a ministry, who, whilst they con-
tinued
his disciples, were not to be of this world—who
were called upon to despise its honours end its wealth— i
and who, following the example of their founder, were not
to have on earth where to lay their head. Nor were they
confined to his example,—they had his precepts to the same
effect Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass, in
your purses; neither scrip for your journey; neither two
coats."—Matthew, chap. 10. " And he said unto them,
take nothing for your journey; neither bread; neiti-er
money ; neither have two coats a-piece."—St. Luke,
chap. 9. " Therefore, take no thought, saying, what
shail we eat ? or what shall we drink ? or wherewithal
shall we he clothed ? for after all these things do the Gentiles
seek."—St. Matthew, chap. 6. The writings of the
Evangelists contain many other passages of the same
kind, addressed by Christ to his followers, on various
occasions. His every precept seems intended to remove
their affections from earthly things. To the treasury of
Heaven alone does he invite them to look for rewards,
assuring them, that as his servants, they were to expect
to be hated, reviled, despised, and calumniated on earth.
How the Apostles understood these instructions of the Son
of God is evident from the following passages from their
letters to the various Churches Giving no offence to
any man, that our ministry be not blamed ; but in all
things let us show ourselves as the ministers of God in
much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses,
in stripes, in prisons, in labours, in watching, in fasting,
in chastity, in knowledge, in long-stiff ring, in sweetness
in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned."—" By honour
and dishonour ; by evil report and good report ; as de-
ceivers and yet true ; as unknown and yet known : As
As dying and behold we live as chastised and not
killed : As sorrowful and yet always rejoicing ; as needy
and yet enriching many ; as having nothing, and yet pos-
sessing all things."-2 Cor., chap. 6. Receive us; we
have injured no man, we have corrupted no man, we have
over-reached no man."-2 Cor., chap. 7. " And labour,
working with our own hands ; being reviled we bless ; be-
ing persecuted we suffer it."-1 Cor., chap. 4. "I have not
coveted any man's silver, nor gold, nor apparel, as ye your-
selves know ; for such things as were needful for me and
for those that were with me, these hands have provided.
I have showed you all things, that so LABOURING you
ought to support the weak, and to remember the word of

the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is a more blessed thing to
give than to receive."—Acts, chap. 20. " Feed the flock

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of God which is among you, not for filthy lucre, but of a
ready mind ; neither as being l►rds over Goes heritage,
but as being examples to Vie flock."-1 Peter, chap. 5.
In this sense all the Apostles understood the words of the
Redeemer. They never thought in their sermons, preached
in the various cities through which they passed, or in their
pastoral letters to the different Churches, of inculcating the
payment of the tenth of a man's income to themselves as
a part of the Christian religion. They never dreamt of
wearing wigs; of using powders and pomatums to change
the colour of their hair and the texture of their skin ; of
driving in coaches ; of being followed by a crowd of cringe-
ing lacqueys ; of residing in palaces; of giving balls ; of
visiting routs; of indulging in revels; or of attending
levees and fluttering about Kings' courts. The Apostles
were poor fishermen, not the sons of Peers ; they were
unlettered, not read, nor even initiated, in the quirks of
those theological puzzles which enable men to profit by mis-
takes in Divine legislation, and entitle the adepts in such
mysteries to the name of Doctors of Divinity ! The Apostles
were not sufficiently versed in theology to perceive as mod. rn
Churchmen: have done that when the Redeemer spoke
against shoes, he was recommending clerical hoots ! That
when he reprobated the carrying of money he meant it
should be placed in the funds, or kept in the strong box !
That when he mentioned persecution he referred to a host of
creditors ! Or that the death of which he forewarned
them was to be realized in the successful attacks of the
gout ! These were mysterious meanings of which the
poor fishermen knew nothing, nor indeed any one else
in the world until the arrival of the happy period when
men began to graduate in divinity !
Si much for the Scriptural—the divine right of the
clergy to tithes, and, did the limits of this letter permit, I
should be able to show that, humanly speaking, their
claims are still more defective. Opportunities, however,
will not be wanting' when you will hear from me at full

length on the subject.
The Vestry Act forms the climax of ecclesiastical tor-
ture, and religious persecution in Ireland. By the 7th of
Geo. IV. c. 72 the. Protestant clergy are authorized to
hold vestries twice a year, and lay any sums which they
may think necessary for the building or repair of churches
without any regard to the circumstances of the Catholics,
who are obliged to pay the money, though not eligible to

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take a part in the proceedings. Independent of 575,0001.
a year which they (Catholics) pay in this way, there is a
sdecies of cruelty in the system unequalled in the annals
of heathen hate. Not to dwell on the instances I could
cite of money raised for the service of religion in this way
being applied to the purcbale of services of plate fur
Bishops—not to speak of instances where the rector's own
servants composed the majority of a Vestry, to levy sums
for paying organists, sextons, and bell-ringers, in parishes
where a church never stood, and where the name of a
sexton, bell-ringer, or organist was never heard of—
there is a bitterness in this tax which no Catholic can
pay without feeling. What cruelty, I ask, can exceed that
of obliging a Catholic to pay a priest who remunerates
him with a promise of hell ; to build a Church where

the continuation of his subserviency is the wish of every
heart, and the ejaculated prayer of every tongue; and to
erect a pulpit from which be is weekly denounced as the
enemy of God ? This is, indeed, cruelty ; but it sinks into
comparative nothingness, when the fact of obliging the
same poor Catholic to purchase the simple elements
for the Communion Table is considered. Gracious Heaven !
with what face can the clergy of the Established Church
scoff at the religious ceremonies of their Catholic brethren
when, by the sweat and toil of a starving peasantry, they
dare to commemorate one of the most solemn festivals in
the institution of Jehovah ! Commemorate the death of
him whose last prayer was for hi. enemies : whose spirit
was peace, and whose breath was mercy, with bread plun-
dered from the poor, and with wine mingled with the
tears of the widow and the orphan ! But no—l will be
silent. I dare not trust my feelings on this subject.
Where is the religious man that could do so ? Where is
the man of feeling that, undisturbed, could contemplate
such a picture?

Having endeavoured to show, in as compressed a view
as was possible, that tithes are not an integral part of the
Christian religion, I have only to state that nothing short
of their total extiocti, n, in any and every shape, will of
ought to satisfy the people of Ireland. The Catholics
are accused of ingratitude in seeking for this relief,
having so lately obtained emancipation; but such accu-
sations sound in my ears like the reprobation of the con-
duct of a sufferer on the rack who, having got one arm
extricated, should employ it in freeing his feet. The misery
and ruinous expense of which the Tithe System is pro-
ductive, cry aloud for its utter abolition. In proof of this
I refer you to the evidence on the subject, taken before a
Select Committee of the House of Commons in the month
of March last. Gerald Fitzgerald, E•q,, a police Ma-
gistrate in the county of Tipperary, states that crime
is not increased in the districts where resistance
was made, and continues to be made, to the collection of
tithes. The Bev. Robert Butler, of Kilkenny, when re-
quested to detail the steps he took to obtain the tithes from
the refractory peasantry committed to his care, all of
whom were Catholics, answers by saying that he filed

bills in Chancery, the expenses of which amounted to 141.
each! The Rev. Thomas Roberts proceeded by latitat
the cost of which was ISI., even when no resistance was
offered. The Rev. Hans Hamilton, a pluralist holding
five livings, and yet ignorant of the number of schools in
them, informs the Committee that his plan was to drag
his victims into the Court of Exchequer, the costs of
which were never under 301. to each ! This Divine

Doctor, when asked his opinion as to the best means of
quelling the disturbance, recommends the bayonet as the
wisest argument, and assures his hearers, with all imagi-
nable indifference, that coercion was the only safe remedy to
be applied in Ireland! These are by no means specimens
of the worst order of the established clergy in Ireland,
and yet ignorant as the Irish may be, doubtless they will
mistike them for any thing rather than apostles !
These are the evils complained of, these are the re-
ligious evils to be remedied, and now the question is
whether they will or will not be more effectually and

permanently remedied in an Irish or English Parlia-
ment ? To this question my answer is, unquestion-
ably better in the English House of Commons than
anywhere. If the Union be repealed no doubt one of
the first acts of an Irish Legislature, if the organization of
such a body could take place, would be the repeal of the
cruel and insulting Vestry Laws, and the extinction of
Tithes. But what would be the consequence? Why,
that all those who are now favourable to the continuance
of the system, would rise up in arms against the enact-
ment, would fire by their cries the fanatics of this coun-
try ; and, unfurling the standard of rebellion, would de-
luge the island with blood. In this extremity, the strong
arm of England would not be withheld, and Ireland would
soon become an object worthy the eye of Ezekiel the pro-
phet—a valley of dried bones.
I know too well the hearts of the two factions that have
so long devastated Ireland, to entertain any hope of a
union of feeling ever existing between them. Indeed,
their amalgamation has long appeared to me impossible,
as their first principles are heterogeneous. But even sup-
pose the Orange or Conservative fiction offered no resist-
ance, would not England still have the paver of putting a
veto on the bill so passed, as, unassisted in their inquiries
or deliberations by the information, as well as unsup-
ported by the presence of the Irish Members, the Mi-
nistry might overlook the force of the arguments used
in College-green, as well as the importance of the ques-
tion ? In this ease, what would be the consequence?
Would Ireland submit to this decision of a Bei..
tish Cabinet? No, no ! Ireland would resent the
wrong in her national capacity; she would hurl defiance
at England as she severed the last chain that hound them
together, and, unalile to defend herself against a nation so
powerful, would throw herself into the arms of France,
America, or any country proffering assistance. Divided,
the subjugation of the British empire would become like
the breaking of the divided bundle of sticks in the beauti-
ful fable of .lE.np—a task which a child might perform.
Let not your readers suppose, that when I speak of the
two factions in Ireland, I mean to attach exclusive blame to
either. To understand me as doing so, would be entirely
to misconceive the drift of my observations. The hate is
mutual, and if there be aggression ou the'one side, there
is adequate provocation on the other.

As tar, then, as relOon is in question, I am of opinion,
that whatever is necessary to be done will be best effected
in the United Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland.
Everything connected with schools and general education
shag be considered in my next. I have the honour to re•
main your obedient servant.
London, January 19. DALETH.

P. S.—l am not able to determine whether the allusion
to my pen contained in the letter of your Portsmouth cor-
respondent of last Thursday, be intended as a sneer or a
compliment. That, however, is of no consequence. As
the question he asks is one which I shall have a pleasure
in answering, I beg to Pay, that my sixth letter shall con-
tain my views of that part of the question about which
we are directly at issue.

CITIZEN, ALIAS LORD, LAUDERDALE,

IN 1797.

(From a Correspondent of the Times.)

In tl,e Annual Register, under the date 24th of June,
_ _

1797, is recorded the following amusing, though eccentri-
cally absurd, instance of the effect of the republican mania
with which some very silly folks were inoculated at the
close of the last century

" The meeting of the Livery this day at Guildhall was
the most numerous and respectable ever assembled on any
occasion. The election of Sheriffs called up the exertions
of both parties. The popular party was fortified by the
appearance of the Earl of Lauderdale, who a few days
since purchased his freedom, and became a member of
the Needle-maker's Company, in order to qualify him to
be a candidate. Mr. S. F. Waddington joined the Earl,
and their pretensions were supported by a strong party of
friends.

" Sir William Herne and Mr. Alderman Williams were
successively nominated. The show of hands for each of
them was so great as to leave no possible room for doubt
upon the final issue. The sev ral gentlemen who had
been drunk to for Sheriffs by the present and former Lord
Mayurs, and who have not been discharged by fine or ser-
vice, were put up in succession, and pissed over with little
notice.

'• James Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, citizen and
needle.maker, was then proposed, and a considerable but
very insufficient, number of hands were held up in his
favour. The Noble Lord then endeavoured to address the
meeting, but the cry of ' Off! off!' with a loud chorus
of hisses and groans, prevented him.
" His Lordship's name was then put up a second time,
but with no better success.

" Mr. Waddington was then proposed, and had a simi-
lar show of hands with Lord Lauderdale.

" The Sheriffs then declared the election had fallen on
Sir William Herne, Knight, and Robert Williams, jun.,
Esq."

Among the many droll circumstances which attended
this freak of the noble citizen, to whom the Peers of Scot-
land now bow the head " with reverence due and submis-
sion," there occurred, immediately after the election, one
ludicrous scene, which is too entertaining to be forgotten.
A certain party in the city, which contemporary chro-
nicles describe as being composed of personages by no
means the most respectable in the metropolis, had made
sure of the election of Lauddy and Waddy,—the sobri-
quets of familiarity and endearment by which the Destruc-
tives of that day designated their two favourites for the
shrievalty. They, however, dubbed themselves Citizen
Lauderdale anti Citizen Waddington. The now noble
and Conservative Scot was also known by the republican
titles of Citizen Maitland and Citizen Jem, but Lauddy
appears to have been the appellation most commonly be-
stowed upon him—though- it must be confessed tha',
euphonite yratia, that of Citizen Jem should have been
preferred. Certain, as this party considered themselves,
of the success of the two candidates whom they honoured
with their support, they hired some ragamuffins to draw
the noble pin-and-needle-maker home (to his shop in
triumph ; and some malicious wag having assured the
crowd that the show of hands bad been in Lauddy's fa-
vour,
the two-legged asses harnessed themselves to Citizen
Jem's carriage, and sent the coachman and horses home.
Out cline the pink of pin-makers, and seating himself in
the vehicle, without undeceiving the prods, he was drawn
amidst groans and laughter as far as the middle of Cheap•
side. Here, however, the actual result of theelection became
known to the dragsmen of Lauddy's triumphal car ; and,
as though the news of his defeat had not been damper
enough, a soaking shower poured down upon them
without a moment's warning. There was no standing
this, even for the glory of Citizen Jem. The sans-cu-
lottes who were dragging him took French leave and
trotted off fur shelter, while his needle-making Grace and
the carriage remained alone in their glory and the rain.
Lauddy waited in this situation for some time, in the
hope that they would return, but that hope was vain—
for, contented with the short reign they had usurped from
the quadrupeds, they abdicated and were seen no more
At length, his patience exhausted, having neither horses
nor asses to his carriage, and there not being a single
" Jarrey" on the stand, the pin-making Peer was obliged
to prick his way home through the crowd on foot.
The city wits made themselves very merry on the occa-
sion of his Lurdship's admission among them, and his
attempt to make himself Sheriff, as well as citizen and pin
and needle-maker. Attributing his conduct to disappoint
went of an English Peaage, they reported that the noble
dealer in whitechapels and blunts had chat pd his coat 01
arms, and that fur the future he meant to bear " a pin-
cushion, tri-colour, on a shield, copper—crest, the bon-
net-rouge—with 'he motto, Flectere si neguto superos,
Acheronta movebo." His Lordship seems now inclined
to take the converse of this maxim for his rule of action.

The late Lord ROBERT FITZGERALD, whose
dissolution is announced as having taken place at Nice, on
the 2d inst., was formerly Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Cour t of Lisbon, and received, as a retired diplomatist,
a pension of 1,7001. per annum. His Lordship, in addi-
tion to this allowance, derived an ihcome of 6241. from
the funds of the Civil List for " good services." He was
the fifth son of JAatEs, third Duke Of LEINSTER, uncle
to the present Duke, and brother to the late Lords HENRY
FITZGERALD, ROBERT FITZGERALD, and Baroness RAY.-
nninn. Lord ROBERT had been resident many years on
the continent, where two of his daughters formed ma-
trimonial alliances with foreigners of distinction. By hir
marriage with Miss FIELDING, of the noble family of the
FIELDINGS of Denbigh, he has left one son and three
daughters. Lord ROBERT was in his 68th year.

A reduction, we understand, is to take place
immediately in the number of artisans at present einployeo
in his MAJESTY'S dockyard at this port, pursuant to an
order lately received from the Board of Admiralty. Fifth
shipwrights will, in consequence, be sent to Sheerness, and
an additional 20 to the dockyard at Pembroke.—Ply-
mouth Journal.

It is reported that a Field Officer and 250
Royal Marines are to embark for the infant settlement on
Swan River, which, it appears, is in need of grater mili-
tary protection than has yet been afforded to it.— Plymouth
Journal.