The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-05 00:00:00

ONE MODE OF OPPOSITION.

Tamworth must be a nice town to canvass, at least Sir
H. L. Bulwer's committee find it so. While a party were
out canvassing on Tuesday the Conservative men objected.
Of this objection the canvassers took no heed. But the
men persisted in their opposition, and by and by came to
violence. A general fight took place, which lasted a
considerable time. "After great exertions on the part
of the police," as one account says, the disturbance was
quelled, but not before several had received very serious
injuries, amongst whom was a gentleman belonging to
Sir H. L. Bulwer's committee, named Groom. So bad
have things got that Sir Henry has written to the mayor
of the town, complaining and asking for protection. "I am
sure," he says, " under such unforeseen circumstances
the authorities will see that preparations are made
in order to prevent future disturbance, if required—so
that we should neither be obliged to forego our right to
visit electors, nor be called upon to resist force by force,
which is most undesirable. This behaviour is the more
unfair since Mr. John Peel's canvass was never
interfered with ; and I address myself to you as
the guardian of the tranquillity of the town and the
rights of its inhabitants to protect peaceable men, who will
to-morrow recommence the task they abandoned to-day
from lawless outrage.*

THE CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN

OAT THE IRISH CHURCH.

The L:b rals of Dublin had a large demonstration on
Monday. Sir Dominic Corrigan, the Liberal candidate
for the city, Sir John Gray, M.P., the Right Hon. W.
Cogan, M.P., Mr. Pim, M.P., and others addressed the
kneeting. A letter was read from Dr. Cullen, the Roman
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, in which he says :
" The people of England is now anxious to re-
dress our grievances, and to inaugurate the reign of
justice, by putting the Irish Catholics on a footing of per-
fect equality with all the other citizens of the empire. In
such circumstances, is it not the duty of all the constituencies
of Ireland, and especially of the electors of Dublin, whose
example must have great influence in every part of the
country, to return representatives to Parliament prepared to
assist our Liberal friends in England in bringing to a
favourable issue the great question of the disendowment
and disestablishment of the Protestant Church in Ireland
--a question intimately connected with the peace and
happiness and the most vital interests of this country.
Other matters of great importance must also soon occupy
the attention of the House of Commons, and it is most desi-
rable that men should be sent to Parliament determined
to discuss them and to legislate on them in a way con-
formable to the wishes of the great mass of the electors
of Ireland. Public instruction, for example, is in an
unsatisfactory state, and parents are oftentimes prevented
from educating their children according to their ownwishes
and in conformity with the teaching of the religion which
they profess. The relations also between landlord and
tenant are far from being what the country has a right
to require that they should be. However, these and other
matters, though of the greatest moment to the welfare
of the country, cannot be settled all at once. They
must give precedence to the all-absorbing question of
the Protestant Establishment. As soon as that shall have
been finally settled, and the principal cause of dissension
removed, we may expect the land and education questions
will be discussed with a proper regard to the material and
religious interests of the country, and that measures will
be adopted with reference to them calculated to merit the
al p:'cbation of all classes.