The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-20 00:00:00

Protestant, that Protestant does not live who could be
half so determined or strenuous as I would be in my
opposition to such a law.—(Cheers.) What I want is
fair play, and that the Protestants, who are the richer
persons in Ireland, should support their religion—that
they should not call upon the Catholics for that pur-
Pose, who, in addition to contributing to the
rotestant Church in Ireland, support their own
clergy. That is an injustice, and we have a
right to complain of it ; it is a grievance of
most unfair and unjust nature; for nothing can
be more unjust than to oblige a man with Christian
feelings to contributeto a religion which he does not be-
lieve to be true.—(Hear, hear.) If I went to a man and
said to him, " Father M‘Ghee is my priest ; he is an
excellent pastor, a good man in every respect, so I wish
that you would pay him ;" the man says, in answer,
" He may be a very good man, but I do not believe in
the doctrine which he teaches." If I then said to him,
" Oh, I am the State, and whether you believe his doc-
trines or not you must pay him, for I believe him ;" if
I spoke and acted in that manner, would not the man
to whom I so addressed myself, if he were strong
enough to du so, assist me to a quick march as soon
as possible?—(Cheers and laughter.) Well, that is what
is done in Ireland every day. A Protestant says to
me, " You must pay my parson ;" and I say to him,
" I'd rather not." " Why so ?" he asks me. " For a
reason I have," I reply. " What is your reason ?" he
demands. " Because I don't believe he tells truth,"
I answer.—(Great laughter.) Well," he continues,
" truth or no truth, you must pay him, and I'll indict
you for a conspiracy if you complain."—(Renewed
laughter and great cheering.) That is the fact in Ire-
land—it is literally the way in which the case stands ;
and although I may cover it with the light colour of
jocularity, as the custom of my countrymen is in many
of their most serious sufferings, yet believe me that it is
an injustice of a grievous and oppressive nature ; it is,
indeed, the monster grievance of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.
Is it not a gross injustice to compel us to assent and give
our support to the propagation of that -which we believe
to be error ? As an Irishman, I abominate that in-
justice ; and, as a Christian, I appeal to the God of
Justice against it. lam struggling for justice for
Ireland, which would be obtained by a restoration of
her Parliament. I appeal to you all, was there ever a
Parliament from which I could have less hopes than the
present, with its Chandos clause and its corn-law tax—
that tax which makes the poor man pay a high price for
his loaf, in order that the rich man may be made richer?
—(Hear, hear.) Why, Peel and Roebuck both ad-
mitted that there never was so much bribery practised
as at the last election, and that is the Parliament that
declared, with one hundred majority, against Ireland.
All I ask for Ireland, all I demand for her, is fair play.
But what chance have I of that in such a Parliament ?
—(Hear, hear.) There is no chance of it; but if you
want to try and get the Repealers away from me, show
the Irish a chance of justice, and, perhaps, you may get
the Repealers to join you; but for myself such promises or
e-xpeetatioes would be of no use, for I am too old a bird
'to be caught by chaff—(Laughter)—and I look to an
Irish Parliament for the only redress for the grievances
of Ireland. I have no hopes but in an Irish Parliament,
and I would look upon the obtaining its restoration as
the most useful and important occurrence that
England ever witnessed; for if we had our domestic
legislature the attention of the English Parliament would
be more concentrated over England, and that time might
be devoted by Englishmen to their own affairs, which is
now consumed in Irish bye-battles, such as that which
occupied ten or twelve daYs of the present session.—
( Hear, hear.) If Ireland had her own Parliament,
the foggy muddiness which, arising from those Irish
squabbles in the Imperial Parliament, now darkens the
political atmosphere so frequently, and prevents the inte-
rests of Englishmen from being so clearly discerned,
would then be removed, and Englishmen would have a
better chance of obtaining justice from an English Par-
liament, with a closer attention to their own affairs. It
would be advantageous in every respect ; Ireland, if she
were wealthy, would be a better consumor for English
manufactures, and a more prosperous sister-country. By
the way, it is rather an odd thing to call Paddy a
sister.—(Great laughter.) If that were the case
Ireland would be united more firmly with England, and
her union would prove more advantageous—she would
be bound to England with adamantine ties. If you are
desirous of taking away Repealers from me, give them
. justice, and try to remove them from me by that means;
but you never can convince me that any other than an
Irish Parliament will give justice to Ireland, and. I will
go to the grave with that feeline. ; but let the call on you
now to join in doing that which will be of benefit to both
• countries—in giving a strong pull and a long pull for
England and for Ireland— for Ireland and for England ;
a strong pull, a long pull, and a pull altogether. The
Hon. and Learned Gentleman resumed his seat, amidst
loud cheering.
• The Rev. Dr. ULLATHORNE then addressed the meet-
ing, winch soon after separated.

CELTIC ENTERTAINMENT.
HIGHLAND MUSIC AND DANCE.
Under the above title an entertainment of great novelty
and interest was last evening given (for the seventh time)
at the Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square, by
the celebrated pipers and dancers of the Highlands,
who were selected for their eminent excellence, by
the noble owner of Taymouth Castle, to exhibit the
peculiarities and beauties of their national music and
their equally characteristic dances, before her Majesty
and Prince Albert, during her stay at the Castle, on the
occasion of her late visit to Scotland. It is well known
that her Majesty, who is in these matters a connoisseur
of the greatest taste and judgment, expressed herself
delighted with their performance. The entertainment
of last night convinced us that it could not have been
otherwise, and a crowded audience testified by enthu-
siastic applause, and encores (too numerous, considering
the great exertion required from the performers), that
they felt equal delight with that which their gracious
and accomplished Sovereign had enjoyed. The per-
formers are four—John Cameron, Archibald Mac •
donald; Duncan Mackay, and Donald Macdougall,
and the labours of the evening, and opportunities of dis-
playing their powers, are fairly divided between them,
and in each Piobaireachd (Pibroch) and tune each re
ceived that full meed of applause and admiration which
he richly merited, and which was, perhaps, much en-
hanced by the entire novelty of the amusement, to the
lovers of song in this " Far South." The dances—
extremely pleasing, and, to us of London, entirely new—
whose pas de sent, or, if we may so speak, sobs
—or perhaps flings—were performed by Archibald
Macdonald, with polished grace and finely regulated
activity, as well as, in some instances, with considerable
humour. In the character of " a Highland Shepherdess,
in real costume," he took the company by surprise (not-
withmanding the previous exhibitions of his art in the
course of the evening), and drew down unbounded
plaudits. He looked and dressed the character to per-
fection, and mingled an expression of coyness, sim-
plicity, and archness in his style, both at his entrée and
and throughout the dance, which did great credit to his
powers as an actor. It was the very reverse of coarse
and droll, and yet it provoked irresistible laughter,
simply because the role of the shepherdess, with a well-
formed foot and ancle, which the omnibus-box would
not find fault with, was performed by the manly High-
lander, whose exhibitions in his own character hadpleased
them so much. The metamorphosis was complete and
well sustained, and the dancing graceful, elastic, and
elegant. We have unintentionally been led to speak of
the dancing before the music, although the latter, on
account of its rank and the excellent style of its per-
formance, claims priori of of notice. Perhaps the greater
novelty of our impress ons may be an excuse. The
music consisted of varied performances on the Highland
pipes, with the exception of a tune, " Roderick Mhic
Alpine Du," and a hornpipe, " the East Neuk of Fife,"
played on the violin in a masterly style by a Mr. Ewen
Fraser, and rapturously cheered by an audience to whom
the instrument was by no means so novel as the pipes
were. We must acknowledge that we had no
notion of the merits of the Highland pipes until
we heard the instruments in rho hands of
these masters. Their tones were as melodious
as they were brisk, and theirplaying was equally steady,
vigorous, delicate, and exact. We need not particularise
the names of the numerous pieces played, as we could
have little to say as to their comparative merits. They
were all received with equal enthusiasm. If an excep-
tion should be made in this respect, it should be to the
tunes " Queen Victoria's Welcome to Dunkeld," by
Mackay (the difference of the applause being certainly
to be ascribed to its loyal, theme) ; and " Bodich na
Lrioga.a)," by J. Cameron. " The Gillie Callum, or
Sword Dance" (as performed before her Nlajesty, at
Taymouth Castle), by Archibald Macdonald, and
the " Strathspey Steps," by Donald Macdougall, were
executed with surprising agility and neatness. Each
part of the entertainment was concluded by a 'reel in
which four of the performers take part, and each of
these elegant, and truly national dances, was encored.
In a word, we have scarcely ever made part of a more
gratified audience, or witnessed an entertainment more
deserving of its success. They are to be at the King's
Arms, Kensington, on Friday next, under the special
Patronage of Captain Charles Forbes ; and at the Lon-
don Tavern, on Wednesday, the 3d of April.

ANONYMOUS LETTER-WRITING.--A well-conducted
female servant, who had been dismissed from her servitude
in a highly-respectable family in Hereford, for telling a false-
hood by denying she had a " follower," drowned herself in
the Wye about nine days since, her body being picked up on
Friday se'nnight, about a mile from the house of a relative
with whom she had found an asylum. There is too much
reason to believe that this unhappy, and ill-fated girl was the
victim of the heartless calumnies of one of her own sex !
An anonymous letter, in a feminine hand, was addressed to
the mistress of the deceased, cautioning the lady of the equi-
vocal character and something worse of the maid-servant,
and broadly hinting at acts of profligacy upon the part of the
girl, which, if true, would have seriously affected her reputa •
Lion. The contents of the letter were communicated to the
accused and the rest of the household, and its purport, as a
consequence, was also soon known to some of the other ser-
vants residing in the neighbourhood. 'The deceased, in the
innocence of her nature, detailed the slanderous imputations
to her lover, whom she was going to be married to, and for
whoso, reception, upon the prospect of a happy union
taking place; a house had been furnished. The infamous
insinuation preyed so much upon her sensitive and
feelings, out-
rag i:,
• 'that notwithstanding her betrothed scouted
the charge with scorn, yet life became intolerable to the poor
girl, and the destruction of her own existence became (in a
moment when reason was overpowered by despair) the only
apparent means of escape from the fangs of her secret per-
secutors The infamous and cowardly practice of sending
anonymous slandering letters has latterly much prevailed
in Herefod. It is to be hoped the horrible consequence
which has in this instance been the result, will bring the au-
thors to the most contrite repentance ; but we must add, that ,
these who listen to cruel and malicious slanders so conveyed
are themselves responsible for much of the guilt of this vile i
sin.—Gloucester Journal.

The three days' balloting—Tuesday, Wednesday,
And Tlntriday—:at the United ServiCe Club, has passed over
black balling. Sixty candidates were elected. We
wish this improved system of ballot was adopted by a kin-
dre,l club, and likewise by another is the neigbbouihood
Trafalgar-oquare.—Naval and ,AGitary GatOtte.