The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-24 00:00:00

tional benefit of preaching to us.—(A laugh.)—lt was a,
well-known fact, that immediately after the war, from 4 to
500 Naval Officers had entered the Church, and had been
provided with livings. One of these was the brother of
Lord Abergavestuy, who became the rector of a parish in
Norfolk, at the same time that he ettjvs his half-pay as
Captain of Dragoons. There was another individual who
held two or three livings together,
arl. also enjoyed the
half-pay of a Colonel. Thus it was that they dragged
the money out of the pockets of the people ; there was
no fear of the money burning their pockets, for it was not
left there even long enough to get warm.—(A laugh.)—
Then came the enormous abuses of the Church of Ireland,
where in many instances one individual had eight or nine
livings, some of which he never saw ; in many parish
there was no church at all ; and in them there was, of
course, n
o residentto
tend
the flock,
n shear it.—..(Laughter.)—Was it not, then, the interest of
the people of Ireland that the Meeting to-morrow should
Ls; thetha shearer te athere.re r theyCo come ,o mhad
andnot
shepherd
the
propose et revision of that Church property ? This it was
that the Aristocracy feared would be dope; they were ap-
prehensive that he, and those who thought with him, would
tell the people the truth—the whole truth—to prevent
which they would call upon therm to do nothing—they
would request them not to disturb the peace of the county.
But how, be asked, could it disturb the peace of the county
to have the freeholders meet together and talk about their
affairs? The affairs of Ireland were in a desperate state—
the system could not go on as it existed at present : the
people in Ireland had no arms to resist-..nor did he wish
that they should resist, as a body, by force of arms ; but
they did resist here and there, and took sunamary revenee
upon those whom they considered as their oppressors: and'
for doing so they were in this country called wild Irish !
Egad they had enough to make them wild.; we should be wild
too if our last potato was taken from us by the tithe proctor,
and . no. poor rate to resort to; we should then hear as
much about wild English as we (IN about wild Irish.
What would this meeting think when they heard that no
less than fifteen millions of money was paid annually to
the army and navy, and to spies and devils of all sorts, in
order to support the system at present existing in Ireland?
He called upon the people of this country to look to the
expence to which they were put to support that system.
Was there ever any thing in this world equal to what took
place in 1822—a year of such famine and distress, that
persons were detected stealing sea-weed, in order, by eat-
ing it, to keep themselves from total starvation ? Accord-
ing to the Roman Catholic religion, there Was a ritual or
benediction by the priest before death, which they consi-
dered requisite to salvation ; and would the meeting be-
lieve that whole parishes Lad received this last benediction
preparatory to that dreadful death which hourly stared
them in the face.—(Cries of " Shame l",)—It was a well-
attested fact, that upwards of 22,000 poisons perished
from hunger on that occasion.
A Person near the door, whose name we understood to
be Ancnew, called upon Mr. Cobbett to State whether he
asserted that as a fact.—[Here a scene of noise and tumult
took place, which it would be difficult to deseribe.] -
Mr. Column. told the individual to wait till he had con-
cluded, and then to come forward and answer him.—[The
noise still continued, and the Chairman rose to order. " Mr.
Cobbett ought to be heard out, and he would then hear
any -gentleman is reply to bias.".]
Mr. Coaaerr proceeded—He repeated his assertion that
nothing so horrible as the suffering of that period was ever
heard of before. The statements were not his—he took
them front returns made in the House of Commons, and
had no doubt of their correctness. Since then the burdens
of the people had increased ten-fold, and would continue to
increase till a reform in Parliament took place. They
would not obtain that to-morrow ; but the proceedings -ot
the meeting would have a great effect. The country had its
eyes on the country, and was anxiously watching for what
would take place on Penenden heath ; therefitre it was that
the Aristocracy were anxious that they should meet with-
out doing any thing ; indeed many Noblemen were already
sorry that the meeting had been convened ; and it had only
been done because they thought they were sure of cat tying
every thing their own way in the county. It was useless
for them to attempt to call together the counties near Lon-
don—Kent, Hertfordshire, Surrey, would not do. But,
said they, Maidstone is last a convenient distance. —(Hear. )
—But the Duke of Newcastle talks of his God, and that
God would desert them, if they deserted him. Whose God
was it he alluded to? Why, of course, the God that gave
his mother a pension of 1,0001. a-year, whose second hus-
band had also a fine annuitywhose relation, Mr. Fynes
Clinton, had noble pickings in the Church—whose relation,
Sir Harry Clinton, lately went upon the famous expedition
to Portugal—he the way, the son of the man who lost Ame-
rica to England. Here Mr. Cobbett read over the long list
of dependants upon the Newcastle family, their places and
pensions, and the manner in which they were fed out of the
public purse, in the whale tribe of all their relations, male
and female. Some of them having what is called the Cure
of Souls at Westminster and Northamptonshire at the same
time. What glorious proof of the omnipresence of these
pious folks !—(Laughter.)—This is the godhead of the
Duke of Newcastle; and what it would be if such a god
ever deserted hini—but desert hint he would, if the people
of England performed their duty. Mr. Cobbett concluded
by thanking the company, and sat down amidst great ap- I
plause.

Mr. Cobbett withdrew at eight o'clock, and the company
sat for an hour or two in the enjoyment of much harmony.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

Several errors have been pointed out in the estimate
given by a correspondent of the receipts and expenditure of
the Bank of England, the principal of which relates to the
supposed fund of undivided profits, which was stated at
11,000,0001. This, we are assured, is not more than
3,000,0001. The amount of Exchequer Bills en which
interest is received from the Government is said to be esti-
mated far too high, the circumstance haring been over-
looked that this is a fluctuating account between the Bank
and the Government, increasing with the payment of the
dividends, and diminishing as the receipts for taxes come
in from the Exchequer and the Treasury. We present
another estimate, conceived to be nearer the truth than that
given on Wednesday, though there is no material differ-
ence in the results :—..

Dividend on Bank capital, 14,608,500/., at
S per cent.
ExpenEes 275,000

£1,443,680
Cr.
3 per Cent. upon 14,686,800/. lent to Go-
vernrnent 440,604
4. per Cent, upon 1,400,000/. lent on Mort-
gage
56,000
3 per Cent. upon 6,000,000/. of Exchequer
Bills
3 per Cent. upon average of advance upon the
Consolidated Fund,—say 8,500,000/ 105,000
4 per Cent. upon average Discount, say
1,000,0001.
Allowance for mmagement of Public Debt 260,000
Portion of annuity on dead weight, applicable
to the payment of dividend, after reserv-
ing sufficient to accumulate to re-produce
! capital
Other sources of profit
Balance

300,000
50,000
12,076

X 1,443,650

The Mowing is given as an estimate of the balance-
sheet of the Bank, about the 20th of March or 20th of
September, in this year, when the advance upon the
Consolidated Fund has been paid off by the Quarter's Re-

venue :

Circulation... £21,500,000'
Publie. and pri-
vate balances 7,500,000
Undivided profit 3,000.006
Capital 11,608,500
Balance . 78,300,

Gold arid silver .£12,600,000
Bills discounted 1,000,000
Mortgages
Lent to Govern-

ment 14,686,800
Exchequer Bills 6,000,000
Advance upon an-
nuity about 11,000,000

(Times.) £46,686,800

-£46,656,800

The Duke of WELLINGTON has left town for
Northamptonshire, on a shooting excursion.

Portsmouth
about The Hon. Captain WILLIAM Gonnow, com-
mander of his Majesty's frigate the Briton, arrived in
town at four o'clock
atyht- morning,Bzif"s )u
and travelled le;;;: dl.l to( fi
from Viscount STRANGFORD (our Ambassador on a special
yesterday afternoon, with despatches
oor
11-1
mission to the Emperor of
Ati6RDEF.N. The captain also brought despatches for
t. I:ll.ll:itna:poroFe'retsl-oeicllkaLiEse• and Thfeo four. Captain
The C landedaptaai attn
gun, a
parried
locn!htliaorliged,
ndLay.rlia,t,ulhetoilreirs pbialtsclAlaeirost.nifsvriLl)
our ):R:(11
enp, Emperor
Pcnao to the Marquis de 11ARBACENA., the nobleman to
PON
l i
Muse care his Imperial Majesty had intrusted his
daughter. Monateiw 1-2
..ODER:co accompanied Captain
ton's Note!, and bad an interview with the M • 1.
Martinis
BARIIACENA.