The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-27 00:00:00

his way.
If to so transcendent a genius as Harry Chester,
Esq., we might take the liberty of tendering our
critical counsel, we would beseech him by all means
to study Blackmore as his future model. Were he to
do so, with more than ordinary diligence, we do not
doubt of his yet writing a poem, which shall stand in
the same relation to " Prince Arthur," or the " Crea-
tion," as Robert Montgomery's " Omnipresence of the
Deity" does to Milton's "Paradise Lost."

DUBLIN-MONDAY.

(FROM our, OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

" Quos Deus vult perdere, Arius dementat."

The last ten days have been, in this country, pregnant
with events tending to the destruction of every machina-
tion resorted to for the restoration of Toryism. This must
be manifest to all who pay the least regard to that species
of relation which exists between cause and effect, though
at first view it may not be visible to the intellectual eye of
the majority of your readers. A few moments of reflec-
tion, however, will render it intelligible to all.
Within the short period mentioned, the desperate and
despairing faction have made three great efforts to recover
their lost position. And none that are not as blind and as
demented as the faction themselves, can be ignorant of the
reaction which their efforts must immediately produce.
First, we have a list of upwards of ninety Tory—not to
say Orange, because the assertion may not be universally
tr le—candidates for the office of Sheriff in the thirty-two
counties of Ireland. The state of society in this country
is too well known to render it necessary to explain how
this has been effected. Secondly, we have the " Orange
Report" brought forth, and published in the shape of an
appeal to the sympathy of all true brothers throughout the
nation, on behalf of a superannuated class of gourmands,
whose existence seems to have been shortened by the glut-
tonous voracity with which they have been hitherto, though
comparatively few in number, feeding on the life blood of
the whole community. This document contains in itself
intrinsic evidence, as I shall show presently, of its being
likely to operate more as an " argumentunt ad misericor-
dianz" with the adversaries, than as a stimulant with the
supporters of ascendancy. The third effort is that by
which Lord Glandine, Sheriff of the King's County, has
been inspirited to refuse convening his Bailiwick for the
purpose of enabling the people to testify their respect for
the representative of Majesty. I shall endeavour, in a few
words, to inform you how each of these efforts are regarded
and estimated by " public opinion."
There is a general belief that Lords Mulgrave and
Morpeth, duly impressed with the importance of having
the first executive officer of each county—such a person
as would be entitled to confidence and respect—will not
confine themselves to the lists already sent in, while pro-
viding fit and proper persons to discharge the high duties
of the Shrievalty during the ensuing year. There are
many instances of the appointment of what is called pocket
Sheriffs since the revolution, though the practice is not a
gracious exercise of the prerogative, except in emergencies.
Formerly the people of the county nominated twelve
electors, who chose the Sheriff, and presented him to the
King for his approbation. But for some centuries past
the twelve Judges have discharged the duty of electors.
These high functionaries, however, are in Ireland very
much exposed to the possibility of " mistake" in selecting ;
and there seems to be an opinion abroad that the list may
be deviated from on this occasion, without any great stretch
of the prerogative. As an instance of the propriety of
such a rule, at least in some cases, I shall only mention
the three persons returned for the county of Wexford.
They are the two Mr. Tottenhams, near relations of the
Marquis of Ely, and of each other ; and Francis Leigh, all
whose names must be familiar to those acquainted with
the history of Irish boroughs and monopolies. Now for
the names of some Wexford gentlemen, any of whom, I
am told, might as well be placed on the list as those who
have been preferred, if talent, character, and property were
a recommendation. There are Thomas Boyce, Caesar
Collough, and William Harvey (Protestants)`; Henry
Lambert, late Member for the County, Sir Thomas Ed-
mund, Bart., and the two Mr. Redmonds (Catholics),
all of liberal principles and independent fortunes. Similar
contrasts may be made in other counties, and probably re-
monstrances on the subject will be in a few days addressed
to Government.
As to the refusal of Lord Glandine, nine out of ten of
those you meet, say it will produce a greater reaction in
favour of Reform, and a greater diffusion of Toryism than
even the eqnduct of the Sheriff of Meath, the consequences
of which have redounded so much to the advancement of
Whiggism. A requisition for a meeting of the King's
County on the 22d inst. has been most respectfully and
numerously signed ; and there is very little doubt that the
meeting itself will convey as salutary an admonition to the
opponents of equal and impartial justice, as was read to
them from Meath, through the mistaken policy of another
Tory Sheriff.
The " Orange Report" is the last, though not least, of the
efforts to prop up a sinking cause, which provokes public
discussion. It is an elaborate letter of condolence to all
whom it may concern ; and notwithstanding the endeavour