The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-25 00:00:00

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ORANGE PLOT.
( Abridged from the Dublin Eveniog Post.)
There is a plot in progress in Leitrim, the object of
which is to unseat either Lord Clements or Mr. S. White,
at the next election, now thought by the Tories to be very •
near at hand. Perhaps even the ambition of the faction—
for they are mad —aspires to the hope of disputing both the
seats. Certainly, 'there is one man at present taking a
military survey of the county, no less a personage, we un-
derstand, than Mr. West, the late, and petitioning; can-
date for the City of Dublin. We suppose the Learned
Gentleman or his father-in-law, Judge Burton, arc con-
nected by property with this county. Be this as it may,
it is certain he has connected himself with the Orangemen
thereof, by politics ; and that as at present advised, and .
provided they can secure a returning-officer of the right
sort, they arc disposed to try the experiment.
We now take Carlow—another small county, and one
which, from recent circumstances, has become the most
remarkable in Ireland. The present Members for this
county, it need not be said, are Orangemen. The Orange-
men have for the present the possession of Carlow. They
have at present, but they will not enjoy the dear delights
of his countenance long, a very considerable Conserva-
tive, made for the nonce by their beloved Haddington,
Assistant and Registering Barrister ; and they have, be-
sides, a High Sheriff, after their own hearts, Mr. James
Hardy Eustace.
Well, then, let us see bow this officer did his part in the
eventful drama—what were the names he presented to the
Going Judge, and-who, by those Honourable and Learned
Personages, were selected to fill the onerous office of Re-
turning Officer, to take care of the Petty Juries, to arrange
the Grand Panel, and to execute the King's writ ? What
are the names laid before the Lord Lieutenant ?
The first name is that of Butler. The son of Sir Thos.
Butler, a twenty-pound freeholder, and just of' age. The
second on the list is Rochfort, son of Colonel Rochfort, of
the Queen's County, a twenty-pound freeholder, and who,
like the other lad, has just attained his majority, and is
engaged, like him, assiduously,. in educating his whiskers.
The third is rather a modern antique of very small property
in the county, not three hundred a-year, we understand, but
a gentleman burning with the most fervent zeal for his glo-
rious Cumberland Constitution in Church and State.
With regard, then, to Mr. Butler, we shall not inquire
into the whereabouts of his father, Sir Thomas, or ask how
his estates arc circumstanced. But we do ask, what are
the pretensions of the son to represent the King in the
county of Carlow ? And the same question—for we would
wish to kill the two birds with one stone—we ask'in regard
to Mr. Rochfort? What are their qualifications? What
are their property ? and why are they selected?
Their property is this—a twenty-pound freehold each.
They may be the heirs to considerable property, and one
of them, we believe, is so ; but, we ask, are they in the
enjoyment of that property, or can they be Q If the Eng-,
fish system be followed here, how is it possible' we ask,
that Mr. Butler or Mr. Rochfbrt can be made High
Sheriffs of ? They are cLarly disqualified, and must be
passed over. With regard to the third name, Mr. Cooper,
he is an elderly gentleman, . with small property in
the County, though we hear he has some monies else-
where—a rank Tory and a Conservative—we will not say
an Orangeman—to the back bone.
Now with respect to the Whigs, th.s Liberals, and the
Catholics of this County, we will contrast them and their
qualifications with Butler, Rochfort, and Cooper.
The first Gentleman whose name we shall mention, in
this County, is a man whose possessions are equal, not to
the three named (for the two first in the list have no pro-
perty whatever), but to the father, of those two—one a
Gentleman of fair estate, we believe, and to the actual
freehold and monied qualifications of the third—we mean
Mr. Begot, of Castlebagot. The next Gentleman whose
name has been passed over is Mr. \'igors, the late Member
for the. County, who stands in a similar relation as Mr.
Begot with respect to the three wise men of Gotham on the
list. The third is the Hon. Mr. Ponsonby, the son of Lord
Duncannon, of whom, and of whose qualifications it is not
necessary to speak. The fourth name is Mr. Putland, a
Gentleman of 18,0001. or 20,000/. a year. The
.fifth is Mr.
Browne—the sixth is Mr. Kehoe, the seventh is Mr. Black-
ney. We need not surely go farther. We have said quite
enough to show that there are in this county, or belonging
to this county, unfortunately, we admit, as it is circum-
stanced, men of unquestionable rank, fortune, and qualifi-
cation for the office of High Sheriff, and that there was not
the least occasion to select a brace of beardless boys, whose
only income is the pocket-money allowed by their papas,
or an old gentleman of' peculiar and impracticable habits,
and whose name is scarcely known in the county, as persons
from whom the Lord Lieutenant is to choose. We hope
and trust that his Excellency will be enabled to decline
choosing either of the trio, and thus step in between the
country and the relentless faction which is harassing and
destroying it. We have shown that the names presented
from this county to his Excellency are two of them totally
ineligible, on, the ground of qualification, and the third un-
fit on account of the notoriety of his politics—if not upon
other grounds. We have also shewn that there are, at
least, seven or eight men in this county—Liberals and
Whigs—far superior to the present candidates in point of
aalification. . .

The. storm of Monday se'nnight has made great
havoc amongst the woods in the neighbourhood of Forfar.
On the estate of Burnside, eleven hundred trees (some of a
large size) have been torn up by the roots. The road
betwixt this and Glammis was completely
blocked up with
huge trees. The wood of Turin is in ruins ; and our town's
woods met a similar fate. Wc have also heard that a num
ber of stack yards in the vicinity are a total wreck.—.Aber-
decn Paper.
A MODERN MIRACLE.—Buckley, who may have
been frequently seen practising the mendicant profession in
our streets, was, on Friday, placed before the Mayor. The
prisoner has, by some accident, lost his left hand, and it was
his habit to thrust forward the stump of his arm, and implore
charity by the most emphatic gesticulations, from which it
has been hitherto inferred that he was dumb. Upon his
being placed at the bar, Police-officer Cockburn stated, that
he had found him, on the previous night, sitting on the
parapet, in Sawney Pope-street, in a beastly state of intoxi-
cation. He was practising his usual gesticulations to excite
compassion, as he no doubt, wanted more money for th
gin-shop. He at first tried his pantomimic blandishments,
upon the officers, but, finding this ineffectual, he openedilis
mouth and spake, saying, "He would be if they should
take him to Bridewell." Much, however, as the matter
seemed to go against his stomach, he was lodged in eon-
finement. The officers of the Court gave the prisoner a
very bad character. The Mayor, asked • him what' he had
to say for himself ? The prisoner held forth his mutilated
arm, and endeavoured to move compassion by speaking
thereupon. The Mayor, in reply, told him that he should
I go to Kirkdale for a month.—Liropool