The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-19 00:00:00

applause.

• The CHAIRSIAN professed to lay claim for his admini-
stration in Ireland to little more than honesty of i iten-
tion, a sincere desire to promote the true interests of
Ireland, and to hold the scales of justice with strict itnpar-
tiality amidst the contending parties, which ti en, as now,
unfortunately agitated Ireland. Ile could not presume to
say, that throughout the period he spent in Ireland, he
might not have erred, but if he committed any error, he
hoped he might take credit for its being but an error of
judgment. Though he had made tours in Ireland, he
con d not profess to say that he had acquired the fullest
knowledge of that country which was practicable ; hut it
was impossible to attain even the most moderate acquaint-
ance of the people of that interesting country without
falling under the influence of a deep sense of the m:ny ex-
cellent qualities which distinguished its population. Those
qualities had made an impression upon his heart which no
time could ever efface.

The TREASURER then announced several subscriptions
and donations, amongst which were 100/. from the Chair-

man.

" The health of the Nlarggis of Abercorn" was then
drunk, and he was announced as the Chairman for the
next anniversary.

The Noble ICfarquis having shortly retuned thanks,
The Earl of MAYO proposed " The health of the
Duchess of Northumberland ;" and his Grace having re-
turned thanks, he gave " The health of the Stewards,"
for which

Sir HENRY' HARDINGE rose to return thanks. He
trusted there was no one who heard hint that wroniti for a
moment imagine he was advocating the interests of a rival
establishment, if he called the attention of s.ime of the
company to an institution existing in the sister country
for the maintenance and education of the children of
soldiers—he alluded to the Hibernian Society, which had
its care no fewer than 400 children of soldiers.
'There were Members of Parliament present, and amongst
them the Hon. and Learned Member for Lauth, whose
pri.eminent talents would advance the interests of any
cause__to him and to the other Members present he would
appeal in support of an institution which provided for the
children of those soldiers who could transmit to their
offspring no parochial settlement, and who at the same time
came from a part of the empire which contributed to our
armies nearly half their amount in men, of all others
peculiarly fitted by nature for a military life; of whom the
tileistrious Duke who commended our armies during so mans-
glorious conquests would be ready to acknow:edge, that
more devotion, more energy, more of every quality which
went to make a perfect soi,lier, was to be found in the
inimitable soldiers of Ireland than in, perhaps, those of any
other country. A vote would speedily be proposed in the
House of Commons, relative to the Hibernian School, when
the army-estimates came under consideration. lie Lad
when in office, endeavoured to practice as much economy
as was consistent with the efficiency of the publ'e, service,
and he should, therefore, be now very slow t ► r.connend
any thing which in justice, oral cven is pr tit letwe, ought
not to be conceded ; but that. was a case in which he
thought most men would agree with him, that the honour
as well as the most obvious interests of the country were
concerned; and he therefore hoped, at the proper time, the
Irish Membe s would come forward and give the proposi-
tion their support ; for
,the institution, he was sorry to
say, stood in tome jeopafsly.
" Mr. Shed and the Irish bar" were next toasted,
when the Hon. ani Learner/ Gentleman (who was re•
ceived with loud cb ears) said that it of necessity devolved
on him to return tha iks for the Irish bar—there was no
other Irish banister present. He lamented that there

Iwere so many absentees of so many kinds—(Loud cheers).—
• it did so happen, by mere accident, that there was riot a
single man in office present at the mettint. But allow-
ance was to be made for tltel'a ; they were, of course, en-
gaged in deer Mttlslerial deliberations for the good of Ire-
land; ',hey were not employed in official compotatione_
l'hat was iinpossible—(Loud latighter)—bur, abstracted
from all disturbing convivialities, they weitt teVolving in
their minds the means of conferrin4 peace up- n
Ireland. There were spree incident§ in the Aaspeah:y
which sti na4t. lailli ; the te was a spectacle of English he-
creotente,,---of Irish eratithde,z-,ond (a' range phenomenon)
of Irish concord. tragtieh benevolence was the nurse of
rrish childhood.—(Cheers.) Misery and depravity would
rock ita cradle, but that the spirit cf.gritith mercy ran in,
and snatched the Irish infieit fl'om their inauspicious care.
Here, to-a, was Faiglin benevolence exhibitad in its best and
noblest let*. The N.able Duke had said that he rectal-
Vete,' Ireland ; let bian be assured that the remembrance
was mutual,—lrela nal did mat fereet him,—(Cheers.) if he
recollected the n attpal cordial; y and entibiasiesin which
characterised Ireland, Ireland never sbou'd forget that
happy cc:l:bin:qt.:ll) of dignity and of affability by which he
was dtettirguished, and that charity which had a hand as
• Open as its means w -e large, and whose acts of goodness
were to be maker by an almanac's: of benevolence, and
counted by the day of the year.-a-(Cheers.) Associated
with the Node Duke was uh*.e, his consort in compassion,
his partner in eyeapatby, a noble and generous woman,
witurn h',', should refrain from praising, because too rude a
panegyric was apt to wear off the ena.inel from a woman's
name.—(Loud cheers ) Nor was the Duke of Northum-
berland alone. Besides him were his asscciat s. There
was a gentleman, a clergyman, who proved himself a
Christian in the true sense of that term—whom it wax
irnpossib'e to know and not to esteem ; and there was
another, a soldier of as frank and gallant a spirit as ever
drew his sword in the cause of his country, from whom
he (Mr-Sheil) differed in politics, but whose manliness
of character, unaffected kindness, and integrity of con-
duct, won for hint the applause of those who were
most reluctant to give it ; need be name Sir H. liar-
dinge?—(Lond chetrine.) He had stated that Irish
gratitude attended on British benevolence. He had ob-
served, when the group of children were passing in their
customary procession before the Noble Duke, that a little
bey with a ruddy face and beaming eyes—yes, beaming
with thankfulness—in paying his humble and untutored
courtesy to the Noble Duke, as he bent and pulle 1 his
hair, looked fully upon him, and that there was an ex-
change of regard between the child and the Noble Chair-
man ; the Later had smiled with that consciousness of
having done a good action, which i. so full of true moral
luxury.—(Loud cheers.) Fur his splendid donation, in
that encounter of the eyes of this little boy the Notate Chair-
man was repaid —(Loud cheers.) He had said that a
third ineiJent to this meeting was Irish conte.r.l. There
were men of all feelings and of all patties. It is possible,
then, that we can meet without disseesien. May the time
arrive when the tierce passions of Irishmen, running witb a
turbulent force, may meet in tranquillity, and after having
chafed, and foamed, and spread a temporary devastation.
flow into a profound and unruffled confluence.—(Cheers.)
This was followed by the health of the Vice-Presidents.
Lord F. L. GOWER. returned thanks for himself and the
other Vice-Presidents.

The gallery w.s filled with ladies, whore health was
&rink before the meeting broke up.
The vocal departmtnt was sustained with signal success,
and the festiv4 of ihe evening maintained to a I.lre hour.

The Duke of Northumberiani and the more distin-'
guishA guests left the hall Goon after eleven o'clock.

CRISIS.

,IDDRESStu the PEOPLE (41ENGLANDfrom the COUNCIL

of the NATIONAL POLITICAL UNION.

The Council of the National Poiti•al Union invite the
attention of their countrymen to the present critical atwe
of the Reform Bill.

A second time this Bill, which is to 1):: the charter of
the people's emancipation, has, in spite of the desperate
opposition of an expiring oligarchy, been carried through
the House of Commons. its course, nevertheless, has,
rvrn in this branch of the Legislature, been iu the highest
degree tardy and difficult. No sign has appeared in the
discussions which have taken place on this second appear-
ance of the measure, that there is any mitigation of the
hostility formerly felt and expressed towards it.
They who were its opponents in the Commons before
have proved so also on the list trial ; the party composing
the enemies of the people were not in this second instance
less numerous, less bitter than before.
Taking this party in the House of Commons as a fair
resemblance of the same party in the House of Loids, we
may safely conclude that the conduct which in the House
of Commons has been pursued as respects the measure, is
but a forete.ste of that which will take place in tt.e Lords;
as in the Commons hostility has not been less, as the num-
ber of its opponents has not been diminished, so we may
rightly csnclude that in the Lords also will that hostility
be as fierce as before, and the ranks of our opponents in
no degree lessened.
But this body was before sufficiently power fu;, head-
strong, and ill-intentioned, to defy- the people, and set at
nought their desires. They then rejected the Bill ; and
since the same motives, the same feelings, exist, we are
justified in concluding that such is the conduct they will
again pursue.

- The House of Lords remains unchanged—unchanged as
to opinions—unchanged as to numbers. They have no
more wisdom, no more patriotism than before, no new
creation has infused freshness and purity into the old mass
of corruption. To this body thus unaltered, the Ministers
of the Crown are about again to present a Bill quite as
obnoxious to the enemies of Reorm as the former one
again. are they about to subject the people's measure to
defeat.
It is to this state of affairs that the Council of the Na-
tional Political Union earnestly solicit the attention of
their countrymen. 'the pub!ic energy alone can bring a
remedy to the evil—if that be not powerfully, significantly
manifested, the cause of peaceful Reform will be lost fur
ever.

The Council of the National Political Union do, then, in
this eventful crisis, anxiously call upon their countrymen,
as friends of peace and good Government, again to come
forward, and forcibly to express their determination to
make the cause of Reform triumphant.
They intreat the people distinctly to signify their de-
sires, to speak in so plain a manner that their wishes can-
not be misunderstood, and in so forcible a one that they
cannot be denied. By Order,
ROWLAND DE (ROSIER, Secretary.
March 14, 1839.

EXECUTION.-WINCHESTER, MARC!! 17.

This morning Henry Hunt and Thomas Berrimar, con-
victed at our lasts Assizes of incendiarism at Barton Stacey,
were executed at the back of our gaol, pursuant to their
sentence. Hunt, since his condemnation, has paid unre-
mitting attention to his religious duties. He entertained
from the first no hopes of mercy, and expressed his acqui.
escence in the justness of his sentence. Berriman had,
since his condemnation, maintained extraordinary firm-
ness, and met his fate with a fortitude deserving a better
cause. The prisoners were, from an early hour this
morning, engaged with the Rev. Chaplain in their devo-
tions. About half-past seven o'clock they partook of the
holy-saCiamegt,' 'and ar eiehro'cloch, the mournful pre-
psrations being completed, they were conducted to the
scaffold. Berriman, on reaching the platform, addressed
the crowd, which was very great, in the following words:
—" Now, I hope alt you youeg men will take warning by
our untimely downfall. Here we are, cut down in our
bloom by drunkenness and sabhath-breaking, which has
brought us it.to what we be now ; and I hope you that
he come to see us will take the Scriptures for your guide
and then you will never come to our untimely end, so
God bless ynu II." He then stepped back, and stood
with firmness while the final preparations were being
completed. Hunt said nothing, but trembled excessively,
and seemed to be unconscious of what was passing around
him. At the appointed signal the drop fell, and they
seemed to die with little Wilily suffering. Their bodies
were received by their friends, placed in two coffins
brought for the purpose, and taken to their native village
for interment.—Hants Advertiser.

We observe that the majority of our shop-
keepers have begun to shut up their shops at eight instead of
nine o'clock—anxious to escape as soon as possible from being
exposed to the influence of the night air, so dangerous at pre-
sent ttom its tendency to produce cholera. The propriety of
this alteration is so evident, that we are surprised it has not been
universally and at once adopted. And though the Cholera
should leave us, the shopkeepers will be great foals if ever they
revert to their old hours. Their business can be equally well
transacted under the present limitation; and it is surely no
small advantage to them to gain a full hour to themselves every
night, which they may pass in reading or conversation at their
own firesides, instead of wearying through it in a cold shop,
with little else to do, than count their fingers.—Glasgow Free
Press.

STATE OF TRADE.— The prevalence of cho-
lera on the continent last year had a very serious effect upon the
fancy muslin trade of this town ; but the introduction of fancy
silks, by some respectable houses in Manchester and Pilking-
ton, has furnished considerable employment to our weavers.
Gingham weavers are in great request ; but the counterpane and
guilt trade is in a very depressed state,—Manchater Guardian.

THEIR MAJESTIES.

From the Windsor Express of Saturday.;

We regret to state that up to the hour of otir going to press
the health of Princess Louise continued in the same alarm-
ing state; and the answer to all Inquiries throughout the day
has been, that she is net expected to survive many hours.
Indeed, since the vlbient skittles& which came on so suddenly
on Wednesday, and which the medical men then Supposed to
be the immediate forerunner ofdissolution, all IfopeS have been
abandoned. The Princess was left by her mother, the Duchess
of Saxe Weimar, last autumn, in a very detibtful state, in
which she had previously been for a long time ; but it was
hoped that the Brighton air and the superior medical advice
tliich she would receive in this country might effect a bene-
ficial change, and the Queen entertaining the most sanguine
hopes of recovery, undertook the charge of her young niece.
Soon after her removal to the sea-side, however, a manifest
alteration for the worse was obrerrcd, and since that time the
health of the young Princess has been gradually sinking.
The precise nature of the complaint has not been ascertained ;
but a diseased spine and paralysis appear to have brought on a
rapid state of decline. Nothing can surpass the affectionate
and assiduous attention of the Queen towards her afflicted
young relative. It has, in fact, been Such as only to be
equalled by the attentictt of a parent. When the express
arrived in London, her Majesty was much agitated, and from
the accounts from the Castle, did not expect to find the Prin_
cess alive on her return. The medical men in attendance are
Dr. Clarke, and Messrs. Keate, Brodie, and Davis. Since
the Queen's return on Thursday morning, her Majesty has not
once been out or dined at the family table, or in any way al,_
peared in public, having been constantly in the sick chamber of
her dying relation.
The terrace has not been opened this afternoon, nor will the
public be admitted to-morrow ; neither will the two regiments
assemble as usual in the Quadrangle in the morning, owing to
the alarming state of Princess Louise.

At three o'clock this afternoon, the King drove out in a
double-bodied pony phaeton, accompanied by Lady Erskine.
Prince George and his tutor (the Rev. Mr. Wood) rode out on
horseback at the same time.