The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-22 00:00:00

IRELAND-TITHES.

DUBLIN.—On Monday a meeting was held at the
Corn Exchange, to consider the case of the farmers
of Allen, county Kildare, who suffered their cattle
to be sold in preference to paying tithes in money.
Mr. Thomas Steele took the chair. Mr. J. Rey-
nolds, Mr. Ronayne, and Mr. O'Connor severally ad-
dressed the meeting, and dwelt upon the ingratitude
with which Ireland had been met in return for her
late exertions to support Earl Grey. Resolutions
expressive of sympathy with the feelings of the
farmers of Allen, and of determination to promote
subscriptions to remunerate them for their loss, were
unanimously agreed to.
Swonns.—A meeting, consisting of nearly 10,000
persons, was held on Sunday last, on the commons
at this place, to adopt resolutions concerning tithes.
Mr. James O'Reilly, a Protestant gentleman was in
the chair. Mr. T. Cuffe, as several gentlemen have
done elsewhere, gave up any further connexion with
the tithe system. He observed, that for fifteen
years he was the representative of his father, as les-
see of the tithes of the prebend of Swords, during
which time he had never instituted any sort of pro-
ceedings against any individual for tithes.—(Cheers.)
He would now, however, declare that henceforward
he gave up all connexion with them.—(Great cheer-
ing.) This was an example, he trusted, would be
followed by every person similarly situated in the
country.—(Cheers.)
MAINoon-I.—A meeting of the inhabitants of
this district, to the amount of 10,000, took place
here also on Sunday, upon the subject of tithes. The
principal speaker, Dr. O'Kelly, paid some compli-
ments to the Duke of Leinster, who had the right
of presentation to the living here, and by whose
conduct the spiritual director had always been on
good terms with his neighbours.
We have received a communication from a cor-
respondent in Granard, stating, that a tithe sale had
taken place at Ballinahoe, near the town of Long-
ford. Upwards of 80,000 persons attended, whose
demeanour during the proceedings was distinguished
by the strictest decorum. At the close of the sale,
the immense mass, notwithstanding the strong ex-
citement produced by the occasion, dispersed to their
respective homes in the most orderly manner.
Several of the Roman Catholic clergymen were
present, to whose salutary influence over the people
the peaceable termination of this irritating scene
may be justly attributed.—Freeman's Journal.
TITHES.--A❑ attempt to levy this unchristian
impost occurred on Friday, the 15th of June inst.
On the day preceding, a report being circulated that
the cow of a poor man, named Dennis Hyde, in the
parish of Iveleary, was to be sold for tithe in Mac-
room, on Friday, by a Mr. O'Leary, of Glasheen,
tithe proctor to the Rev. Dr. Sealy,the Rector, who
has not seen the parish these twelve years, the sur-
rounding parishes immediately resolved to attend—
on ascertaining which, the Proctor delivered up the
cow to the owner, informing him that no sale would
be made, and every means were had to counteract
and prevent the assembly of the parishes. The in-
habitants being apprized that no sale would take
place, had no idea of a meeting, when there appeared
entering the town not less than 18,000 men from
the neighbourhood of Mill-street and Duhallow, ac-
companied by Dr. O'Connell and many respectable
Protestants. There were between 5,000 and 6,000
horsemen, with an excellent band, wearing the ri-
bands of orange and green. The square of Mac-
room became immediately thronged, the people
having congregated to over 30,000. The multitude
having been informed that the Proctor relinquished
the sale, three cheers were given.
An anti-tithe meeting of eleven parishes is con-
vened for Monday, the 18th inst. in a large field
near Macroom, at which it is anticipated 200,000
will assemble.—Cork _Mercantile Chronicle.
Yesterday, a large concourse of people assembled
at the top of the Threc Rock Mountain, for the

purpose of petitioning the legislature for an extinc•
don of tithes. There were between 4,000 and
.5,0 00 persons on the hill. A boy presented him.
self to the meeting, and, in the course of a long speech
called on Lord Grey to learn a lesson from the im-
posing spectacle then before him. " What," said
he, " does not such a meeting as this prognosticate !
Here are five thousand men congtqated toge-
ther, all perfectly sober. Yes ! They have, at our bid-
ding, abstained from their habitual potations, and all,
to a man, are ready to act in obedience to our
commands."—(Much laughter.) A petition, pray-
ing for an extinction to ithes, was adopted.—
Saunders's News Letter.