The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-13 00:00:00

suistical letter addressed by Dr. Murray to Lord Mel- !
bourne, for the purpose of exonerating the Roman
Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland from the disgrace and
guilt of having sanctioned the principles and promoted
the circulation of that flagitious and polluted treatise.
It was demonstrated beyond the possibility of doubt
or cavil, that the book in question is calculated to dif-
fuse the spirit of tyrannical and vindictive persecution,
that it is a voluminous and unmitigated outrage upon
charity, decency, and good sense, and that, notwith-
standing these vices, or rather on account of them, it
has received the unqualified sanction, and enjoyed the
zealous patronage, of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy
of Ireland. The denial of this last fact by Dr.
Murray, in defiance of the testimony of documents
bearing his own signature, in defiance of the notorious,
undeniable and acknowledged circumstance that the
hook has been recently reprinted and sold among the
Roman Catholic Clergy and laity of Ireland to the
extent of six thousand copies by the accredited and
favoured bookseller of the Popish Hierarchy of that
country—in defiance of the circumstance that every
copy of two numerous editions of the work, and all
the catalogues of its publishers, bear a declaration that
it has the sanction of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy
—and, in defiance of the conclusive circumstance that,
until the book was publicly described and denounced
in Great Britain by the able and zealous deputation of
the Protestants of Ireland, no member of the Roman
Catholic Hierarchy thought fit to utter a syllable in
disavowal or rebuke, either of the treatise itself or of
the allegation by which its publisher had secured its
very extensive sale the denial—of Dr. Murray, in the
face of such evidence, that he or his colleagues had
anything to do with the publication, was placed before
the public on Saturday in its true light. This denial
in such circumstances is enough to convince the world
that the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, in circulating
among the Clergy of their Church, with the stamp of
their authority, this most, immoral and unprincipled
publication do not impart to others a moral poison
without having first freely and eagerly imbibed it them-
selves.—Morning Post.
The second reading of the Irish Tithe Bill is fixed
for this evening. It is understood that there will be
no opposition, as, from the announcement of Sir
Robert Peel, which we have already noticed, the at-
tack will be reserved for the measure in Committee,
when he proposes to move that the Bill be divided
into two parts, so that an opportunity may be given
to the worthy Baronet and his clique to secure their
tithes to the clergy by a rent charge, and afterwards
muster their forces to defeat that part by which it is
proposed to appropriate the surplus, and at present
worse than useless, revenues of the Church to the
education of the people. Now, when it is considered
that it was the resolution of the House of Commons
adopting the principle of appropriation which drove
the Peel Cabinet from office, it is scarcely to be ap-
prehended, whatever fate may await the Bill in the
Lords, that the Tories in opposition will be able to
accomplish that which, when in office, and backed by
the actual and expectant hosts of corruptionists, they
were inadequate to effect. However, it is a matter of
imperative necessity that the Liberals remain at their
posh until the measure be carried through the House
of Commons, in order that the odium of its rejection
may not rest on the representatives of the people, and
that, if the hereditary sages should in their wisdom
think it fit to continue a system of plunder on nine-
tenths to pamper the idle clergymen of one-tenth of
the community, the nation may know which of our
triple institutions is in a diseased state, and apply a
remedy for its more healthy action. When the reso-
lution of Lord John Russell was um progress, Sir
Robert Peel repeatedly taunted and vauntingly chal-
lenged its supporters to bring in their measure of
Church Reform, hoping that he might discover
some clause impairing the efficiency of the Pro-
testant Church on which to hang an opposition. But
now, when the measure is before the House and
country, and no such clause can be discovered, the
principle is attempted to be established that Religion
and Revenue are synoninnous (as no doubt with cer-
tain parties they are) ; and that unless the Established
Church be left in possession of its surplus wealth in
Ireland, its very existence is annihilated, and Popery
will claim Great Britain as her own. Sir Robert
Peel's opposition, the opposition of the Louis, or the
unwillingness of another party, are just as likely to de-
feat the ultimate success of the measure as arc the
rabid rantings which lately resounded through Exeter
Hall to make any but a ludicrous impression on the
minds of rational men. The nation knows its strength
and interests too well to be influenced by threats of
madmen, "the canting of hypocrites, or the brawling of
fools.—Morning Advertiser.

Gangs of workmen are at this time employed in ex-
cavating the ground for the Southampton railway, on the very
spot which, in 1645, was occupied by the forces of Cromwell,
previous to his last and successful attack on Basing Castle.

K ALlscii.—Kalisch, which from the approaching
review, and from the assembling of the great Monarchs of the
North acquires a peculiar interest, is one of the finest as well
as the most ancient towns of Great Poland, and is the capital
of the Palatinate whose name it bears. The town is seated in
the middle of a marsh, on the banks of the Prosna, which falls
a little into the Warte. The number of the inhabitants hi
1816 was only 8,000, but it has since very considerably in-
creased. The government contains 572,000 souls, and ex-
tends over 4,730 square miles. It had formerl3i to boast of its
ancient castle, built by Casimir the Great, its Church of St.
Paul, in which was buried, in 1202, Mieczylas the Aged, who
was dethroned three times, and a magnificent college of Je-
suits, founded by the Primate Karnkowski. There are nume-
rous manufactories, particularly of cloths, which are very flou-
rishing, and very fine public gardens, called Opatoweck, which
are accessible from the town by a magnificent road. Before
the Polish revolution in 1830 the Deputies of the Palatinate of
Kalisch formed part of the opposition in the States. The two
brothers Niemojowski, cne of whom, Vincent, perished in Po-
land, a martyr in the cause after it was lost, and the other,
Bonaventure, died recently in exile, at Vanvres, near Paris,
were at the head of this party, which was called the Kalisch
party.

CITY POLICE COMMITTEE.—Saturday two water-
men presented a petition to the City Police Committee at
Guildhall, stating the danger of navigating the river at the
present time owing to the agitation of the water, caused by
the number of steam-boats which ply on it, and the rate at
which they proceed. The petitioners stated that the present
tonnage to every boat for eight persons was one ton one hun-
dred weight ; of boats for six persons, eighteen hundred
weight ; and of boats for four persons, fifteen hundred weight.
They considered it necessary, in the present state of the river,
to have two tons and a half to each boat. The Master Warden
and assistants concurred in the petition, and the Court re-
commended them to pass a by-law for licensing proper boats,
and to lay the same before the Court at their next sitting.

FIR Es.-Yesterday morning,, about four o'clock, a
fire broke out in a sleeping-romm of the Southwark Arms
public-house, Tooley-street, which for a time assumed a most
alarming appearance. The family had retired to rest about
three hours before, leaving a candle burning on a chair by the
side of the bed in a second _floor room and a spark unfortu-
nately caught the curtains round the bedstead. Very fortu-
nately an engine belonging to the London establishment was
stationed a few doors from the Southwark Arms, and the fire-
men instantly repaired to the spot to render assistance. After
considerable exeetions the damage was confined to the second
floor, but everything of wearing apparel and furniture was
destroyed ; none of which is insured. Whilst the firemen
,Were engaged at the above fire their attendance was required
at the house of Mr. Bateman, baker, 28, Minories. A back
room, with all the furniture, was entirely destroyed ; but none
of the inmates of the house received any injury, though with
some difficulty they prevented any farther damage to other
parts of the house.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN A COAL-PIT : SE-
VENTEEN PERSONS DROWNED.—We have to record another
instance of the deplorable loss of life of which coal-pits have,
in one shape or other become a pregnant cause. On Friday
last as the workmen in the employ of John Fletcher, Esq., at
a coal-pit called the " Hullart Hole," near Prestolle, between
Manchester and Bolton, about four miles from the latter place,
on the banks of the Irwell, were at their employ about eight
o'clock in the morning, the water burst in from the bed of the
river Irwell, about one hundred yards from the mouth of the
pit, with such force that seventeen persons (ten boys and
young men, and seven adults) were immediately buried in the
water and gravel. The pit contains three mines, the lowest
of which the water entered first, and rose with such amazing
rapidity that the men working in the upper mines had but just
time to escape. About fifteen persons who were working near
the mouth of the lower mine, on hearing the roar of the water,
ascended the shaft and were providentially saved. The unfor-
tunate individuals lost have not yet been extricated, and it is
supposed that with the greatest possible exertion some days
will transpire before they will be able to be got out. The
workmen believe there must have been some works underneath
the river, and that there has been a.giving way some time. A
large piece of timber, together with a gale, was thrown into
the river at the point where it seemed to have made a breach
in the pit, and they were immediately swallowed up, so that
there must have been a very large cavity beneath. The pit is
about fifty yards deep, and is now nearly full of water. This
melancholy accident has caused the greatest distress and con-
stqrnation in the neighbourhood. An inquest will be held up-
on the bodies as soon as they are extricated,