The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-23 00:00:00

CASHEL ELECTION.

JAN. 14. —Sir JOHN JUDRIN FITZGERALD, one of the twelve
Aldermen who in the good old Constitutional times used to
elect the representative for Cashel, rose to propose Mr. Pen-
nefather, and spoke for three hours in order to kill time. He
said, among other things recorded of him in the newspapers,
that lie understood there were two people—he meant two gen-
tlemen—proposed for the representation of Cashel. The first
was his friend Captain Pennefather, who resided constantly on
his estate, and spent among his neighbours the riches with
which the Almighty had blessed him. The next man we have
is Louis Perrin, Esq., a gentleman deservedly esteemed, and
high in his profession. Mr. Perrin, gentlemen, is his Ma-
jesty's first Sergeant at law and Judge expectant, gentlemen ;
and, gentlemen, I wonder what great experiment he is on to
come down here. Gentlemen, a seat in Parliament is a great as-
sistance in climbing up to the judicial bench.—( Groans.) And
if lie gets in and all to this, he will get a retiring pension.--
Any place, gentlemen, will answer for him. He is not of this
country.—( Great uproar, caused by the corporation rabble.)
In looking to the addresses of the two gentlemen, excepting
words, gentlemen, they are the same--( Laughter)—gentle-
men, I say, except in words, I see no difference in either of the
addresses.—( Loud laughter and uproar.) Mr. Pennefather's
address was first put forward, and, I believe, the Learned Ser-
jeant copied it.—( Continued laughter and confusion.) Gen-
tlemen, there is one paragraph in Mr. Perrin's address which
has astonished me much. —lt is this —" The crisis demands all
your energies. A powerful and long dominant party, the
steady and uniform enemies of Reform and religious liberty
have made a desperate effort to regain their sway and stem
the current of improvement. We must resist and overthrow
them, or be for ever fallen."—( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen,
here is a gentleman holding a high situation in his Majesty's
service. Were lin his situation, I would say, if I entertained
those sentiments, " I am no longer able to be your servant—l
resign my Sergeancy."—(Grear uproar.) I say he is not an
independent man if he retains the Sergeancy. I perceive,
gentlemen, by Mr. Perrin's address that he is for the total ex-
tinction of tithes; he does not say abolition, for he is a Mi-
Wished ChureL
adequate competency for the ministers of the Esta-
blished of the Crown—( A laugh)—he says he is for giving a
fair- and
Hear, hear, from Mr. Perrin.) Gentle-
men, my worthy menu f
—hom I have had the honour of pro-
posing says be will give his vote or the settlement of the
-.lemen
question.—( Great disapprobation.) bet.—
there is
another subject on which I have to address you. Tie earned
Sergeant contributed to the success of the Reform Bill, a BHA
which Daniel O'Connell himself is opposed to.—( Groans.)
The Hon. Sergeant is at the head of the Corporate Com-
missioners : gentlemen, he never accepted that situation with-
out being amply paid for his labour.—( Disapprobation.)
Mr. FOGARTY (one of the Commissioners)—He never re-
ceived a farthing for his trouble, nor would accept it when
offered.
Sir JOHN FITZGERALD—WeII ! It is a long time sire° that
commission began, and a long time since it ended, and no one
knows anything about it. Sir Robert Peel says he never saw
it. Mr. Pennefather, by going to Parliament, wants nothing
for himself or for his friends. They have enough already.—
(A voice in the crowd, " The Corporation lands, to wit.")
The Learned Sergeant, if he goes to Parliament, goes under
different eir cumstances. If be does not vote according to his
promises—which I say he has no right to do unless he resigns
his Sergeancy—for if he does not, he will be treated as every
other unfaithful servant is treated, he will be turned from his of-
fice with a bad discharge—( Laughter)—and he will then lose his
chance of a seat on the judicial bench.—( Loud laughter and
uproar.) Gentlemen, should the Learned Sergeant be re-
turned (which I confidently hope he will not), I am sure he
will be very much obliged to you. He will thankfully take
his leave of you, go into his carriage, and set off for Dublin
to bag the briefs, and think no more of his friends in Cashel.
Continued laughter.) I say that he will not be able to
keep his promises, for they cannot be fulfilled.
The sapient Baronet kept it up at this rate for an immense
length of time, uttering things true and untrue, wise and
foolish, favourable to his own side, and unfavourable, until the
patience of his auditors was completely worn out.
Mr. WOOD (not " Tom Wood"), in seconding the nomina-
tion of Mr. Pennefather, said he thought Sir Robert Peel was
a sensible man, and should change with the times. Tempora
mutantur, 4^e.
Mr. O'BarEN, in a speech characterized by good feeling and
an independent spirit, proposed Mr. Perrin to the electors
amid great cheering.
Mr. DOHINY, in a speech of great eloquence, seconded the
nomination.

Mr. PENNBPATHER addressed a few words to the electors.
He said, " I hope and trust the people of Cashel will not de-
ceive me, and I will not deceive them. Come to the poll and
place me at the head of it. My address is before you ; Ido
not belong to any party."
Sir JOHN FITZGERALD (nudging his elbow)—Say you will
not vote for any Administration that won't be for the good of
the country.
The worthy candidate would not take the hint, but con-
eluded his address in " expressive silence."
Sergeant PERRIN, amid loud and long-continued cheering,
presented himself. He would not detain them long at that
late hour. We have business to do; and, with the blessing of
God, we will do it.—(Cheers.) You have heard a long
speech, which I have not time to dissect. It has been well
answered by my eloquent friend, Mr. Doheny, and we will
answer it again by the result of the poll.—(Cheers.) You
have been told that lam a stranger. lam personally a stran-
ger to you, though born in your neighbourhood ; for I had the
good luck to draw my first breath on the banks of the Suir,
within a stone's-throw of Clonmel.—( Cheers.) If a stranger,
I am not unknown to you and your friends—not unknown to
those in whom you implicitly and deservedly place confi-
dence. I aridetiti'ai property to rely on—nothing to
recommend me to you but my character. On that I rely, and
on that I confidently lay my claims for your support.—( Loud
' cheers.) The Hon. Baronet has laid a great number of
inconsistent dlidrgeS againk Me. Ile hat told you that I,
a King's Sergeant, put forward in my address (which
he also says is a servile copy of my honourable oppo-
net's)—( Great laughter)—that I will resist and endeavour
to overthrow the present Administiatinn. lie did not, in that
statement, go beyond what my opinions are.—(Loud cheer-
ing.) Ido here, before you, in the hearing of the electors of
Cashel, avow myself the uncompromising enemy of that Mi-
nistry, the whole political life of every one of whom has been
passed in opposing civil and religious liberty and refortn.—
( Great cheering.) Having briefly adverted to other topics in
Sir John's rambling oration, and distinctly asserted, in con-
tradiction to one of that worthy gentleman's charges, that he
had opposed the Coercion Bill, clause by clause, and every
particle of it, the Learned Sergeant concluded by making a
request—namely, that in this contest we shall be pedeetible,
and quiet, and orderly. Let us act in the spirit of freemen.—
(Cheers.) Our watchword shall be " Liberty t " and freedom
we will obtain.._( Loud and general cheering.)
The show of hands was declared by the Mayor to be in fa-
vour of Mr. Perrin.
A poll was demanded, and the parties polled one each, when
the Court adjourned.
THURSDAY.—The polling proceeded very tediously; and
at the close, the numbers were, for
Pennefather 56
Perrin
FRIDAY.—Mr. Pennefather was exhausted yesterday, and
the polling now was entirely in favour of his opponent. But
a petition having been threatened, on the ridiculous plea that
the Catholic voters had qualified, by swearing the accustomed
affidavits before the Magistrates at Quarter Sessions, it was
deemed advisable to keep the poll open during the whole time
allowed by law.
Yesterday ( Monday) it was finally closed, when the num-
bers were declared, for
Pennefather
Perrin
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of those gentlemen. A bright fire was then kindled on the
top of the rock of Cashel, where it blazed away, unmolested
by any
dog in office, till morning—" the cynosure of Tery
eyes."y

The faction is enraged at this victory, and the Evening
Mail has some egregious lies upon the subject, which will be
duly copied into the Standard and Post, to, comfort the good
souls who love Corporation plunder in,England. Among other
fictions it is stated, that the priests went out on Sunday last
with crucifixes in their hands, calling on the people.to vote for
" Perrin and their God." It is a sufficient exposure of that
atrocious falsehood to state, that the voting was all over before
Sunday ! But it is by such pious frauds that old women (of
fiboth sexes) are terrified into a good Conservative alarm, very
t for the purposes of the knaves who fatten upon them One word as to petitions. The war of bribery is to be fol-
lowed up by the same honest party, and of course out of the
same funds, by a war of petitions. Every member whom the

unbought suffrages of the country have placed over a Tory
competitor is to be harassed with petitions. Ruinous expenses
are to be heaped on his head. He is to be impoverished per
fas et nefas, and the chance of the ballot tried for a good Tory
Committee, to despatch him outright. Nothing, in short,
can be more audacious than the open-mouthed profligacy of
the vile crew, who flatter themselves that they havo regained
the absolute rule and sovereignty.

SIR R. PEEL AND THE DISSENTERS

The Patriot of last night gives the following account of the
interview between Sir Robert Peel and Dr. Pye Smith and
Mr. Clayton, to which allusion was lately made by the
Record :

" It is true that both the Rev. Dr. Pye Smith,and the Rev.
John Clayton severally received a letter from Sir Robert Peel,
requesting them to call upon him ; and that each 6f the two
Rev. Gentlemen, though surprised at the communication, felt
that they could do no less than wait upon the Premier, agree-
ably to his request, each supposing the interview would be
private. When the Learned Doctor arrived, he was surprised
to find his brother Clayton already there ; and it afterwards
appeared that Mr. Edgar Taylor had also been sun.moned to
the conference. The'only topic upon which it appeared that
their opinions were wished for related to Dissenters' mar-
riages. No other subject was adverted to. The Rev. Gen-
tlemen, in expressing their sentiments, explicitly stated that
they must be understood as conveying only their personal
opinions; adding, that in those opinions many of their
brethren might not entirely coincide. And we understand
that Dr. Smith, with his characteristic manliness and simpli-
city, avowed that his political opinions were in accordance
with those of his Majesty's late Ministers. We say no more
of the interview, than that Sir Robert Peel did not by any
means seem prepared to go as far as any reasonable Non-
conformist ought to desire' on the point in question, and that
nothing could be gathered from it as to the general intentions
of the Government in other particulars. The conduct of Sir
Robert Peel we must regard as anything rather than frank,
open, or statesmanlike. Had he wished for infor.nation as
to the sentiments of the Protestant Dissenters, tile natural
course would have been, to open a conference with their accre-
dited delegates. The Rev. and Learned Gentlemen who
were honoured with Sir Robert Peel's summons to: his extra-
ordinary conference were placed in a very delicate and invi-
dious predicament. The interview had a clandestine, without
being of a confidential, character; and it could not but be
wholly unsatisfactory to all parties.
" With regard to the Marriage Bill, we are convinced
that, apart from a national registration, based upon broad
principles, no efficient or acceptable measure can be devised.
Half of the difficulty relates to registration ; and if this is to
be left in the hands of the clergy, we are sure that no party
will be satisfied. On the other hand, a separate registration
for Dissenters' marriages would be open to serious objections,
which every lawyer will appreciate, and would only graft fresh
inconveniences upon a vicious system.
" We have had no communication with either Dr. Smith or
Mr. Clayton on the subject of this article, but we arc well per-
suaded that they would both resent the insolent compliment
paid to them by the Record, at the expense of their brethren.
Mr. Clayton is understood to be in politics more of a Con-
servative than the learned Doctor; but we know no one who
more happily unites a firm, uncompromising attachment to
liberal principles, with suavity of temper and high-toned piety,
than Dr. Smith ; and we believe we should do him no wrong
by ascribing to him an entire communion of sentimea with the
feelings expressed in the masterly addresses to uhich Mr.
Thomas Wilson's name is subscribed as chairman."