The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-01 00:00:00

becoming public through the columns of your valu-
able Journal,. would,
_I flattered myself, have oper-
ated as an example in terrorem, and have tended to
prevent the recurrence "of-similar vexations. Your
own judicious and stinging remarks on the subject
in the Pdies • of the 20th of Atigust, confirmed me
In such expectation; but alas! Sir, the Commis-
sioners are incorrigible, they are "like the deaf
adder that stoppeth her ears." I have now another
case to
.introduce to your notice and to that of
the public. Yesterday was appointed by the Com-
missioners of the 12th List for a meeting to re-
ceive proofs. of debts, &c. on no less than six
bankruptcies. Assignees, solicitors, creditors (and
among these several from the country), assem-
bled at the appointed hour, and during the
whole of the day only two Commissioners ap-
peered. Your readers are, perhaps, not aware
that each list consists of five Commissioners,
three of whom must, by law, be present in
order to make the proceedings of the day valid.—
Notices are regularly served upon them some time
before the meeting, and they ought to ensure, by a
previous understanding among themselves, that the
number required should be present. Now, Sir,
what occurred was this :—Two Commissioners were
present—the-others were said to be disposed of as
follows :—One was in France, the second was on
the circuit, and the third was indisposed. The two
gentlemen present could not receive proofs of debts
(of which there were, by the way, to the amount of
20,0004 alone on the estate in which I am con-
cerned) in consequence of the absence of a third
colleague, dividends could not be declared, all the
business of the day was null and void, and, what is
worse, another meeting cannot take place till No-
vember, in consequence of the long vacation. Let
me ask, Sir, whether this is as it should be ? It is,
in my opinion, a great and a crying evil, and a dis-
grace to a'commercial country. The system, every
body allows, is bad; but, in Heaven's name, let us
have all the benefit we can extract from it, by a
punctual discharge of duty on the partof those who
are paid for carrying its provisions into effect.—
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
London, July 30. A CREDITOR.
The Dublin Papers in the confidence of the
Catholics studiously dwell on the fairness of the
Lord Lieutenant. The Dublin Morning Re-
gister of Tuesday last, for instance, tells us that
" ao individual placed in his situation ever pos-
sessed more entirely the confidence of the Irish
people than his Excellency, and it would be in-
justice not to say, that no individual ever appear-
ed influenced .by a more sincere desire than he
does to prove it to be well founded." Again—
" On Sunday last, Mr. O'Connell had a long
interview with Lord Anglesea. The business
was of course of a public nature ; and without
going into details, we will merely say that the
Viceroy received what was submitted to him
with all the attention it merited, and gave new
proofs of his determination to act with perfect
impartiality and justice towards all classes of his
Majesty's subjects in this country." Yet; in the
same Paper we are told, " that the Orange
Lodges are to be formally re-organised, if, indeed,
the former organization had suffered one mo-
ment's change or modification." In this coun-
try, the confidence in the Administration is by
no means so firm. We look to the troops order-
ed to Ireland, at a time when that country
is more than usually tranquil ; 'and "we na-
turally ask, what is the meaning of this ?
We know what the Duke of Welling-
ton's feelings are, as an individual—that
about five years ago lie openly declared that the
evils of Ireland were all owing to the conquest
not having been completed; and
.that he has been
known on many occasions. to express himself
nearly in
.the same terms. The Duke is, no
doubt, a cool man, and would not be influenced
by feelings peculiar to himself in the measures
he might deem it advisable to adopt as Minister.
A King of trance' forgot the wrongs done 'to
the Duke of Orleans ; but if the Duke of Wel-
lington forget that' he is an Irish aristocrat, when
the consequence of the Order is at stake, we
should be disposed to attribute this to any cause
rather than magnanimity. The question we
ought to ask ourselves is, what are the sentiments
of the aristocracy of Ireland and of this country,
for the Duke of Wellington is but the instru-
ment of that.body. All the Papers and Journals I
supported by their patronage speak with confi--
dence of strong measures with regard to Ireland
being hi contemplation, -That the aristocracy of
Ireland, whose power has been shaken by the
Catholics, would feel disposed to attempt any
measures, however desperate, by which the
Irish might be humbled, we can readily believe.
But if the Catholics keep themselves within the
limits of the law—if the leaders, and more espe-
cially the priests, aware of the advantage which
might be derived from any collisions with the
Orangemen, exert themselves to keep down the
people, will it be in the power of the gentry to pro-
duce such a state of things as would afford even
a pretext for the action of the military ? We
observe that the Tory Journals are stimulating
the, Government, by language which may be
termed offensive. Blackwood says, " the House
has lost public confidence ;" that nothing is more
common than to hear it called " a public nui-
sance ;" and arraigns Ministers for suffering the
Catholic Association and the Order of .Libera-
tors to levy taxes through. the Priesthood,
" which are expended in feeding the flame of con-
vulsion and disaffection, doing every possible*
injury to Protestantism and the Church, and
getting up war and separation between Bri-
tain and Ireland:' All this looks like'
getting up a justification for something de-
cided. An Evening Contemporary (the Stm)
tells us " Mr. Otway Cave was also, as we under-
stand, prevented in the same way from present-
ing an Irish petition, and . making a last appeal
to Ministers for a disclosure of their inten-
tions with regard to Ireland, on the. un-
fortunate state of affairs, and on the .inde-

cent display of military force at the late
election in that country—and if we are to
judge by the sudden movement of troops
to that quarter, we must confess that the sinis-
ter silence of Government, on this most im-
portant point, throughout the whole of the
Session, and the almost unconstitutional avoid-
atonceexe°
itefit in the Kind's Speech, are calculated
no trivial apprehensions in the mind of
every considerate man." We throw out these
brief observations, which we .may follow up at
greater length on .a future day.— Morning Citron.
d justly op-
posed monopolies of all descriptions. Of
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rangement, as ridiculou.S as it is unjust, a law is
allowed to disgrace the Statute Book, by which
the performance of the legitimate drama, within
a circuit. of 20 miles of the metropolis, is con-
fined to two patent theatres. Such a regulation
as this works a double injury ; for it not only
prevents dramatic performances from having the
extensively useful influence which they otherwise ,
would have ; but, in compelling them to ex- I
change sense for sound, and the works" of the I
poet for thoSe of the machinist, a false taste is'