The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-02 00:00:00

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hand of a small tin shovel, and retreated to get it into his
right hand. He had not seen the defendant since ;he assisted
in getting the defendant out ; there was only one other Eng
lish gentleman present.
Mr. Sergeant TADDY addressed the jury for the defenda.:,t,
and remarked upon the ages of the several parties, the Fact
of
the plaintiff having had an illegitimate family, his ?.-4stressed
condition, and the probability of the lady's affeet:tons having
been estranged from her husband before the defendant became
acquainted with her.
the j ur after a short
Thousand ,
His Loansirtp having summed up.;.
consultation Five, found a verdict for I'.'ne plaintiff y
Damages, One
Hundred Pcrands.

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PURL c Jou RNALft _
Lord Greeitiirroducw House of Lords le .st night
of last year,
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ef e
ht h. e Irishfi bill
iis Coercion
a slinßpillel
at the partialdispassionate
declaratory;'tt agr a
ve
enactment of the Act
" for the more effectual
suppression of local disturbances and d
niaa'agerous associations
in Ireland," excepting only the eourt
rtial clauses, which
it is not proposed to renew. The
statements f
o Lord Grey,
of the present amount of crime and agitation, were justifl-
catory rather of the agrarian objects of the bill than of the
renewal of the enactments restricting public meetings.
In one sense, the asserted necessity of the renewal of this
suspesasion of constitutional law argues ill for the past
of!:icacy of the Act. Nothing can justify the renewal
of this unpopular Pleasure but the most unequivocal
pledges of Ministers to redress Irish grievances. We
admit that mteal has been done...--that the Irish Church
Bill of last session will ultimately prove a consider-
able relie:f—that the abolition of church cess was a
gratefe,
concession to the Catholics—that the Tithe Bill
now in progress is a valuable remedial measure, although it
'say disappoint those landlords who had hoped to pocket •
the state property ; but there is much yet to be accom-
plished before justice is done to Ireland. The church must
be reduced in its dimension& No coercion can reconcile
the Catholics to a Protestant hierarchy. We do not, how-
ever, concur in all the objections to the Church Commis- I
sion. The reformation of the Irish Church Establishment
is a work of some difficulty. We have all the reports and •
official results of previous inquiries, but we are more and
more persuaded that much extended investigation was re-
quired before any practical measures of sweeping reform •
could be designed and successfully proposed in Parliament. •
Ministers have this vindication, that they did not create
the social evils of Ireland, and that life and property peremp-
torily require protection from a government. But the con—
tinual application of blisters may wear out a patient. Such
measures may.limit, but cannot cure •the evils of Ireland.
We, defer, however, further comment on this subject till
to-morrow. It is proposed to renew the bill for one year.
All parties must concur in one common sentiment of com-
mendation of Lord Wellesley and Mr. Littleton for the
mild manner in which they have exercised the powers given
by the expiring act, however public men may differ as to
the necessity of the measure.—Mornieg Chronicle.
The third reading of. the Poor Laws Amendment Bill
was carried last night by a majority of 187 to 50. A con-
versation on the suisjeet of the distress which at present
prevails in some of the districts of Ireland preceded the
discussion on the Poor Laws Amendment Bill. Mr. Sheil
said be had received a communication from Thurles (Tip-
perary), stating that several thousands in that neighbour..
hood were in a state of utter destitution, and he wished to
know whether it was the intention of Ministers to take any
measures for the relief of that distress ? Mr. Littleton, in.
answer, said he had received communications from
the 'dis-
tricts referred to, and he admitted that the distress was of a
very lamentable nature, though he begged it clearly to be un-
derstood that it was by no means general in Ireland. He could not at that moment say whether it would be necessary for mi-
nisters to apply to Parliament for a grant of money. If,
however, such a course should be deemed esspedient, he
trusted that those who had property in the sicinity of the
distressed districts would think it their duty to subscribe
liberally towards the support of their sufiering fellow crea-
tures. And thus it, always will be. The whole produce
of the soil of Ireland goes to the landlords. The people,
who raise that produce, possess literally nothing ; and when
distress occurs, instead of the owners of the soil relieving the
cultivators, government is asked to come forward— that is,
the people of England and Scotland are called on, in addition
to their own burdens, to support the Irish poor. We cannot
find language strong enough to express our condemnation of
this departure from every principle of justice. In the
most barbarous parts of Europe—in Russia and Poland,
the owner of the soil is not allowed to avail himself of the
industry of the cultivators, without also maintaining them
in periods of famine and distress. The landlords of Ire-
land ought not to be allowed to consider themselves en-
titled to the whole produce of the soil. They ought not to
be in a better condition than even the owners of slaves
in Russia and Poland. They who receive the benefit of
the industry of the wretched cultivators of the soil, ought
at least to be obliged to maintain these cultivators in pe-
riods of distress. What would be thought of the land-
owners of Kent and Sussex, were they to demand that
the Irish landowners should contribute to the maintenance
of the poor of those two counties. The cool assurance with
which Mr. O'Connell, the opponent of Irish Poor Laws
called on the people of England to relieve the Irish poor is
very edifying. " He regretted to state that a stimu-•
lus was necessary to be applied to the gentry of Ire-
land to induce them to come forward in aid of the poor,
and he suggested the propriety of the Irish Government
Opening a communication with the gentry in the neighbour..
hood of distressed places, to inform them that if they were
prepared to do their duty, Ministers were ready to make
good any deficiency of funds." Ministers have no funds
for any such purpose. To apply the produce of taxes to
relieve Irish distress, would be a downright robbery of the
people of England. The English landlords are not allowed
to seize on the whole produce of the soil, leaving nothing
for those who raise it when unable to exercise their indus-
try ; and Irish landlords ought not to be allowed to strip
the cultivators of all beyond potatoes and water in common
years, and to throw the support of their poor, in years
of difficulty, on the people of England.—Morning Chron.
The return of Mr. T. Duncombe for Finsbury, in spite
of the most untoward and adverse circumstances, to say
nothing of gross misconduct in pretended friends, may help
to enlighten the Tories somewhat further upon the prevail-
ing spirit of the people of England, and their determined
rejection of men tainted even by the suspicion of borough..
monger politics. Mr. Duncombe has many fine manly
qualities, and, unless we are greatly mistaken, will never
suffer himself to be, as his opponents allege, a ministerial
We will neither revive, nor add to, any feelings of ani-
mosity which may have been engendered in the course of
the present election for Finsbury, by any remarks upon the
parts which have been played by different persons and par-
ties in the course of it ; but we cannot, in pointing the
attention of our readers to its result, refrain from congra-
tulating them upon the triumph—the noble and unexampled
triumph—which has been achieved. Tories, ultra-radical;
and doubtfuls, have all been floored—completely floored—.
and that, too, notwithstanding one of them standing alone
as the representative of a party, and the two others
having been in the field before Mr. Duncombe, and
being supposed to have unquestionable chances of
success. The electors of Finsbury have done them-
selves immortal honour by the choice which they have
made, and we doubt not that their new representa-
tive will so acquit himself as to insure their warmest
approbation and most ample confidence. Nor can we help
also congratulating ourselves upon the result. We gave our
warmest support to Mr. Duncombe, as we had previously
given our best counsel, and we are proud that our zealous
and uniform, but humble, efforts in his behalf have been
crowned with such gratifying success. The result, we are
well aware, is owing to the action of more important causes
than that of the mere influence of our journal upon the
opinions of the electors of Finsbury ; but it is, at the same
time, true, that no class of the electors of that Borough ex-
erted themselves with greater vigour and determination, or
with more uniformity of purpose, than the licensed victual--
lers. No exertion was spared on their part—no time was
deemed of any value which could be usefully applied to his
election ' - but they have had their reward in the triumph
achieved, and the hon. member is not the man to forget
those who so zealously supported him.—Morn. Advertiser.
Mr.. Stanley's speech on Monday, on the Irish Tithe
Bill, was vigorous, bold, and effective ;—for, in it, he ex-
pressed the extraordinary but perfectly justifiable determi-
nation rather to agree with the great agitator than allow
the bill to pass in its present state. The wooden, phlema-
tic temperament of Lord Althorp could not withstand the
powerful assault of his late colleague. He evidently
writhed under it, and was so ashamed at the miserable figure
which, the government cut that his extreme agitation of
manner was perceptible to the commonest observer. The
noble lord has still too much spirit left to bear this exposure of
the truckling, shuffling system of the Irish Secretary with pa-
tience. Mr. Littleton is reported to have threatened to resign
unless certain alterations were made in the bill, which he
assured the Government would appease Mr. O'Connell ;
but, so far from this weak man's notion proving to be true,
Mr. O'Connell, with great force and ridicule, tore this
wretched piece of legislation to tatters ,—and, after an
able address from Mr. Shaw deprecating the attempt of
Mr. Littleton to 'go into committee pro forma, it was con-
ceded by the Government (to avoid the dilemma in which a
division would have placed them) that the bill, with the
new clauses as intended to be moved in committee, should
be printed, together with the clauses as they now stand,
and the subject be regularly discussed on Friday next.
The entire exhibition was most contemptible, and his
Majesty's Ministers, as well they might, seemed to be tho-
roughly ashamed of the figure they cut on the occasion.—
Morning Post.

DISSOLUTION OF ANOTHER ' FRADES' UNION.
Eland with Greet_
,a g 0 ~
—The millowners and manufacturers of
Sowerby Bridge,
land, Stainland, at ii Halifax, who closed
their works -With a determination not to
employ any workman,3was a member of the Trades' Union,
have recommence working,
a feww
as their men have generally sigped
the declnition and returned to their work. At a meeting of
one on, ionists held at Norland Moor yesterday week, it was
felt that their struggle was hopeless ; suave qui •peut became'
the cry, and immediately afterwards there was a race to the
mills to gain employment.