The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-17 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

(FROM OUR OWN cangspompletT.)
The situation of Chief Clerk in the dice of the Secretary
of State for Ireleza has not yet been filled. It is a place et
great trust, CI the correspondence of the Irish Government
Passing through the hands of this officer ; and much depends
on the choice which may be made of a person to succeed the
late Mr. Taylor.
that The Orange party are exceedingly anxious
some or:e of the subordinate clerks now in the offite they
obtain the preference, well knowing that if the seleettin must
be made from that number, the lot can scarcely fall upon a
person adverse to their views. Two or Sieve° gentlemen have
been already nominated, the preference, however, being gene-
rally awarded to a Mr. Handcoct, out of regard, I suppose, to
his distinguished relative, tis.z. Lord Castlemaine, who is one
of the roost virulent feet to the enlightened policy of the pre-
sent Government. The public looks with confidence to Lord
Morpeth, and relies on his firmness and sagacity that he will
not allow liim.„,elf to be cajoled by the blarney with which he
Will b; if he has not already been, assailed on this subject.
If a tool of the Orange party is placed in the situation of
Chief Clerk, it will be impossible for the true friends of the
country to communicate confidentially with the Government.
During the Administration of Irish affairs by former Secre-
taries, few men committed themselves by unreserved corninu-
hideation with their office who have not seen reason subse-
biierely to suspect, if not to know, that secresy was the least
;URng of the obligations recognized in that bureau. In mak-
this statement, I do not impugn the honour either of the
living or of the dead, but merely affirm a notorious fact. A
belief has been very prevalent in the minds of those who hold
.free opinions, that there existed no friendly feelings towards
them in that office, and that it was unsafe to make it the de-
pository
of any communications of a strictly confidential nature.
deterred fro eusequently many assured friends of the Government were
were
em corresponding with it at all ; while those who
identified in sentiment with those behind the desk, felt
assured that no revelations inimical to their interests would be
n.".{le-
;lens, They made their and dealt their insinua-
with the same security asstatements ever ; and thus the correspon-
ence of the Government was, in a great measure, confined to
a party whose object it has always been to mislead it.
The discoveries recently made of the close and secret un-
derstanding which exists between the members of the Orange
Institution, and of the extent to which that combination has
abdiffused itself through all ranks of society, will point out the
solute necessity of excluding any individual implicated in it
toem a knowledge of the areana of a liberal Government.
or three years ago it was supposed that none but the very
'?west class of Protestants Were affiliated to the Orange So-
y._ Bu it is now rpti'se clear that all the Tory gentry are
the
rs of it ; and, therefore, to place the correspondence of
e Chief Secretar 's office in the keeping of an Orangeman,
week' la Y
„, to place the Government itself under the actual sur-
te'"a'ace of its implacable and avowed enemies.
rhe following singular statement appears in a late number
et the Wexford Independent :
` On Sunday the 26th ultimo, most of the male attendants
11te the Protestant houses of worship in the north of this county
if in their respective churches for a considerable time
Z.ter the females had departed. On this strange circumstance
bwould not remark, were it not followed, on the succeeding
Pearshath, by another, of fearful and alarming import. It ap-
ou. from our private letters, that on the latter day—which
aught to be devoted exclusively to the Omnipotent Author of
Ledges were dispatched from the several Orange
pit geS in the district before-mentioned to the different eha-
edes (Ilthe etluin Catholic) in this county, where they remained
I; Part ..11nt celebration of mass. These secret movements on
of the sworn enemies of the people and their religion,
she not calculated to inspire much confidence in. the purity of
44ti Motives which could dictate such extraordinary proceedings,
et.,,,t,hc Catholic population, naturally excitable, and still
reer7eg under the scorpion lash of this confederated banditti,
exits: Re utmost alarm for their lives, liberties, and properties."
hAaPa these Sabbath movements will not be deemed so
Isse inc'riujeary, when it is recollected that the Rev. Dr. Martin,
lee;ei-'4w and chaplain of the Bishop of Down, and richly
to theeed iu that diocese, lately addressed an Encyclical Letter
sumo Protestant Clergy of Ireland, exhorting them to devote
Politic-. ! the Twelfth of Jul,,, to the purposes of preaching
the Tit,se-
_ ....iinons, and collecting signatures to petitions against '
joyed 6' e„13!ll, and against the elective franchise, as now en-
'' tc Roman Catlsolie csz,unymen.

EAST
REWORD CORPORATION

EVIDENCE.

Sithis T, 71°
TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
A series of accidents, attributable to my sojourn at
atie-at*„ 111, ?te Part of the sea-coast, has prevented any of the
uie -a Have hitherto taken, to expose the attempt made by
frorolerPoration of East Retford to discredit my evidence,
tail a—"Og public the ground that a witness, as.
faose "Y the hostility of a Corporation, for having declared
offie P:reitldieial to their longer possession of the magisterial
tae e, is entitled, from the friends to Corporate Reform, to the
eoluntninesf. viadication, I beg to solicit a small space in your
pai)i. will be remembered, for the matter has been sufficiently
si n 'shed, that I described, before the Corporation Commis-
Sla,:s' a personal struggle in my presence between Mr.
prisoner a shoemaker, and magistrate of East Retford,. and a
threenear before him ; to which was opposed the evidence of
Wo Liefford Freemen, Benjamin Scott, a blacksmith, Robert
sel:l:gh, and one Brown, shoemakers.
atr 'Vs evidence, corroborated by the other two, was (as
worletcd from the Morning Chronicle) in tho following
Slaney ordered Grimes to be taken to prison : that
I s; eniae conducted himself the same as other Magistrates do :
aff-w nothing indecent in his behaviour : all passed quietly
tileal°rig as I was there. I remained with the prisoner all
tta"nie until he was sent to gaol : there was no struggle be-
',eh him and Mr. Slaney during any part of that time."
se three men are of the old leaven of Retford Burgesses
arie:Lt the taken bribes—all love a system. which has ministered
rested!le gluttony and drunkenness of their class, and are inte-
Zeay ekosed to its reform. Slaney, also a Retford Bur-
inss, but a moral and pious man, is not examined ; and the
Wlarataa_ntwer I shall give, will enable. the public to conclude
tli'cr it be possible (as I hope it is) to extend. to these men
then construction that, coarse of mind and low in circumstances
atiatllselves, they saw nothing remarkable in such .an affray,
theirthat, after a lapse of three or four years, it escaped alike
Ilotb.servation and memory. I,,tinn it happens that a circumstance accompanies 7 the occur-
Slat,ea„which puts an end to controversy. Ni hen I saw
stlbi`J nad the prison& struggling together, one of the eon-
' dee"alkiadinn', and two of the constables rolling on the floor,
againstie", that he was unfit to entertain further any charge
athopQerss;dteridoirptrihsiosner, and that it was necessary he. should be
ric)iasrtt
eyr
seaati or bailift;
Williammagisterial
Rfunctions.Rieke,
E s
q e will
ew
wasen went
at instantly ntßly tdinnero
Which Messrs. Fisher and Moylan, the Revising ar_
qf the' °were present I told him, Wore them and t.he rest
gether-4,?),ane, that 'Slane and the prisoner were fighting to-
Samcyle:',3fr. ICirhe, in consequence of my representattenanqf
74'ent; and tuoton,9 8° disqualified himself, openly left the party,
'put markl ,911izance of the case.
d
Illacle hi ue sequel. When Mr. Kirke arrived, Slaney
1%4 hits c(klPlalut before him of the assault just c
"rnPiaind bY the prisoner; and I believe it was the only
The „ .gttenssed,
meminrsener was not sent to gaol, but, when sober the next..
nitY of "' Set at liberty (as the best means of saving the di.g-
aes the Retford Borough Magistracy) without further la-.
jent7atiera
-out I will not enter into that branch of the sub
sense of
dwell on the fact that I gave my evidence in the
f Air' Stanch who declined the opportunity of being
t give .i ned in contradiction, in order that I may have room
little idea of the candour of the parties who instructed
r 1111110. a.
th' gave them notice of Mr. Kirhe's evidence, months ago,
flan"giUtir. A'cwton, the Town. Clerk. Mr. Kirke is a gentle.
Easte,,f fortune—a magistrate for the County—and resides at
netford. What would persons prosecuting the truth
would
done? It is easier to describe what tho enemies of truth
:yuld have done. Being acquainted with Mr. Kirke's testi-
,eily on the subject, they would have prudently abstained
"ern any reference to him ; they would have eontrived, al
tho„h
e that gentleman was the magistrate actually prestling
home the affair, to avoid the hazard of mention..ing tais very
; they would have shunned the testimony offing Slaney,
• einr* an honest man; and would leave
trioai ha
t,'archased their
reekiP , by the testimony of interested and 'packed witnesses,
ess that such a triumph would be short-lived and dia.
ereditable---e pleasant in the mouth, i,ut bitter in the belly."
I am, Sir, your's 1,•-aa).,
obediently,
I3ri •
dlington Quay, August
13,
1835.TH05. BIG SBY.
INVESTIVIT:atE OF KNIGHTS OF
THE GARTER.
The
Cztrt„ ‘IrA, as Sovereign of the Most r
Noble Oder of
Sgto 14 L'
--Id a Chapter of the Order at Windsor Castle,the on
afternooa.
ales Knights Companions having been I robed in their man,-
bia,n,u collars by Messrs. Hunter and Edo in the Queen s
404%a-room, 'here they were called over by Garter, and pro-
ted to the presence of the Sovereign in the Royal Clo-
.tt((ir White Drawing-room) the Senior Knight first, followed
oiler he officers of the Order. Then having been again called
firer, procession was made from the Royal Closet through the
tl,e•NiTi procession
(which was lined by the Prebends and
a''al and Military Knights of Windsor in their respec-
tie uniforms, intz, the Red Drawing-room, or Chapter-
tTnr'' in the Nlowing order, being according to the Order of
T in the Royal Chapel of St. George in Windsor.
is 11:)e• Kaights, whose Companions were not present, walked
aZ P ion alone.
Ina Duke of Buccleugh and the Duke of Grafton, the
pu'e ef Norfolk, the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of
Jareeter, the Duke of Leeds, and the Duke of Dorset, the
auis of Bath, and the Mar of ertord, the Duke
. Northumberland the Marquisq ofuis AngleHsey,f and the Duke
gie, Wellington, the Marquis Wellesley and the Earl of Lons-
, the Duke of Rutland and the Marquis Camden, the
Care 4, ().1' Westmoreland, his Royal Highness the Duke of
his Royal Highnesss the Duke of Cumberland,
Augusttis Clifford, Black Rod ; the Dean of WindSor,
Sir William Woods, Deputy Garter; the Bishop
(i_4lf:.l:lll4`,%;irtnricdalrgiee;s'ter, Prelate ; the Lord Chamberlain, the Sword
of
.State, borne by the Marquis of Ailsa, as a Knight of the
the
The Sovereign, followed by the Groom of the Stole,
ague, Master- of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Trea-
kiTt ef the Household, the - Comptroller of the Household,
,L,Sir Horace Seymour, Equerry in Waiting.
Sovereign being seated in the chair of state, and the
s Knights having by his Majesty's command taken their re-
Places at the table, his Royal Highness Prince
"rgn-Ql-C.amlari4ge tens iateechteed 13,y4 .51r William Woods,.