The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-20 00:00:00

adequate military force will or course speedily
arrest the career of crime on which the Irish
peasantry have entered ; and all good men must
rejoice that Government possesses the power and
the inclination to preserve the lives and pro-
petty of the -peaceable inhabitants of the agi-
tated district from violence. There can •be
no doubt that security and tranquillity will
be speedily restored. It is not, however, suf-
ficient that the laws should be " rigorously • ad-
ministered." The Government and the Public
should not rest-satisfied with the mere repression
of criminal violence by force. It is necessary
that the comfort 'and morals of "the population
should be established as well as that their obe-
dience to the laws should be enforced. The causes
of the moral and political degradation of the great
mass of the Irish people should be looked to,—
their wretchedness relieved,their minds and morals
cultivated, their grievances redressed. Our secu
rity must not rest upon the bayonet, nor even solely
upon the administration of the law. Our ex-
hortations must not be conveyed to them in the
thunders of our artillery. Good order and safety
must be "founded. on the. prosperity and happiness
of the people.-:Put them in possession of comfort
and intelligence ; and the appeal to their intel-
ligence which points- out that their comforts and
Prosperity depend.upon their submission to the
authority from which they have been derived,
will be more forcible than any other agency that
can, be employed. It is not enough that pillage
and murder are. prevented. The disposition
to murder and robbery must be eradicated from
their hearts, and their habits of lawless violence;
idleness, and- disaffection, changed into those of
peaceful industry and contentwe ot. It may be
dialcult to accomplish this ; but- it is not impos-
sible. It• will be half effected, when it is set
about in good earnest. Some parts of Ireland
itself afford evidence of the facility with which
the condition of her people may be ameliorated
and their character improved ; and in one spot,
the Merino Factofy at Kilkenny, a successful
experiment has proved that the Irish are suscep-
tible of the highest benefits of civilization.

BUILDING MATERIALS.-From the low price
Of building materials in the Metropolis, there is
r every encouragement for building :
The best Square British American Timber is £4 0 0 per load'
• • Round. . ditto - - 310 0 ditto.
The best Stoek Bricks, including carriage - 2 0 0 perlooo.
-And Lime, _including carriage. 0 12 0 per 100.

Ills LATE MAJEsTv.—We understand that it
is iu contemplation to erect an Equestrian Statue
°f Our late excellent lioNAncu in the centre of
Regeot Circus, in Oxford-street. Never was
the Sovereign of any country, at any time, more
entitled to the love, esteem, and admiration of a
Pe°l'le• His piblic conduct was governed by
no °therprinciple than a due regarkto the inte-
rest and honour of the Empire. That principle
'he supported through life with undeviating recti-
tude and firmness. He was assailed in several
periods of his reign by the cl amours of faction,
but, conscious of the integrity of his motives, he
treated with indifference, for his noble mind
'was far above the mean impulse of revenge,
all the attacks of his public enemies. The pu-
rity of his private life secured him from all pri-
vate enmity, and he left an example which, as
4 Sovereign and a man, ought to be faithfully
.observed, not only by those who may succeed
him in his exalted station, but by people in every
class of society. • All posthumous honours ought,
indeed, to be paid to his character ; and there-
lore the work in contemplation, when erected,
C& never ha viewed without exciting a sense
of morality, justice, and a due veneration for a
ttuly ,P.minoT KING•

The Lord flishop of LONDON yesterday held a
Confirmation aesthe General Penitentiary, Mil-,
baek, when, afor a very eloquent and forcible
'address from the Bishop, 200 prisoners, male and
female., in that (ruly philanthropic institution,
'were admitted to t hat solemn rite. •
CometNlTioN OF LACE MANUFACTURERS.—
pa 'Wednesday last, George Taylor, Thomas
perrington, Thomas Mooton, Thomas. Alforth,
relerick Blachford, and John
c °zlett, workmen belonging to two lace ma-
In this, city, were brought before
e Magistrates, severally charged with hav-
ing
left their work; unfinished,. without. having
Presinnsly given notice of their intention to quit
the service of their employers (Mr. Jackson and
`l4r- lienson), and also witlr having illegally ,and
conjointly entered .into a combination to strike
-‘l3l'li, for the Purpose.of rai sing the price of the
'-!alne- The offence was satisfactorily proved
against the whole of the pris.oners. Taylor and
Perrington were sentenced to imprisonment for
one month, and ireir confederates to three months
each, in the cormnon—:- gaol of this city. 'Thomas
ItYley was on Saturday committed for three
months. Ry ley was the person who induced the
above men to strike; he was a kind of agent to
a Society of Journeymen Weavers at Notting-
' ham, who raise subscriptions among themselves to
support those, who, are thrown out of work ;
he represented to- the men here that if they
would subscribe to this fund, they would, upon
striking for higher prices, receive an allowance
from the Society ; he concealed from them their
liability to punishment, and at length succeeded
In persuading the deluded men to adopt the steps
he recommended.-- Worcester Journal.)