The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-05 00:00:00

DUNKIRX, SEPTEMBER. 4.

ORM A CORRESP'ONDEIM)
I have just seen a gentleman who arrived this Morn-
ing from Dunkirk, which place he left entirely on ac-
count of an endemic distemper or fever raging there,
in consequence, as it is supposed, of the state_ of the
water. My informant states, that bei*cen forty and
fifty persons were daily falling victims to it.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 6.
A Strip ON FlRt.—Yesterday morning, between
nine and ten o'clock, whilst proceeding to London by
the Dart steam-packet, (which, by -the bye, was
crowded to excess, having between three and four
hundred persons on.board) when about two miles dis-
tant from the Reculven, we perceived a. ship on fire,
which we learnt Was an Exeter Trader. She was sur-
rounded by boats, rendering her ev?ry assistance, and
it was a most beautiful, as well as a most gratifying
sight, to observe all the craft, smacks, &c. &c., pro-
ceeding to her assistance in full sail, each vying with
the other as to who should lend the first helping hand.
It had the appearance of a fleet in miniature, so
many had assembled to assist in rescuing their fellow-
creatures from the perils of the two elements. She
burnt to the edge of the water, when she went down
bow-foremost : no lives were lost, and it is hoped from
the number of boats, &0., near her, that very little of
her cargo will have been destroyed..

IREI,A,Nf.

(From the Dublin Patriot.)
LORD MAYOR'S COURT.

FDA UDS"...ADULTERATION 'OF mutt AND MEAT. ! &C. &C. &c.
A case of fraud of llonsiderable importance . was on
Thursday tried before the Linil MayOr, at his Court, in
Green-street. A poor woman, named Eliza Cann, stated
on oath, that she bought half a stone of wheaten meal from
Thomas Miley, a floor dealer, which, on her making into
hread, she found to be very disagreeable, in consequence
of its containing sandy or gravelly particles; that she
brought the bread to. Miley for the purpose of getting back
her money, which .he,, with the grossest and most aggra-
vating language, refused.
Mr. W. H. Finlay, one of the Clerks of the Market,
deposed to his having examined the bread, which he found
to be adulterated to such n degree, as to induce bim to
consider it extremely dangerous if used for food. He
then 'updated the bread, which excited the
,strongest
feelings of disgust amongst the numerous persons present,
(many of whom tasted it), the proportion of sand and
other deleterious:Matter being so great as to make it diffi-
cult of Mastication.

Thomas Milny, in his defence, deposed, that he bought
the meal from a Mr. James Byrne, ,of, Great Brunswick-
street, who told him that it was consigned to him by a
biscuit-baker' on the City-quay; named with in-
structions to dispose of it at I 2s. 6d. per' cwt.
The Loan MAYOU expressed himself in the strongest
terms in reprobation of so base a fraud; he would, there-
fore,' inflict a fine on Thomas Miley of 101., and directed
that Byrne and shbuld be summoned before him.
The next case was a flour or corn factor, named Hawk-
shaw, who was summoned on the complaint of Mr.
O'Hara, of Mountjoy-square, for fraud in the delivery of
Oats. The. Oats were confiscated, and the penalty of 101,
inflicted on Hawkshaw.

A number of. Grocers, Publicans, and other dealers,
Were fined pursuant 'to the statute, for using fraudulent
weights and measures.

In the midst of their distresses the Irish people are
tranquil. This is by no toeun,i surprising. Nations are
seldom troublesome to their governors when they WV:
giWe'rlled -well-in other .words, shoo the councils cif
the goernment are threctotilo the attainment of pub-
lic ntility—justi mater ct trqui. And notwithstanding
the libels which have occasionally assailed the Irish
national character, from the early periods of her his-
tory to the present time—notwithstanding that the
debased, the narrow-minded, and the , interested, who
never had a feeling in common with .the mass or
the people, have waged interm 1 table war against
their love of justice—that. same character is now as
strongly evidenced itt the people's confidence in
Lord Wellesley's
,government, as history records it was
in the ineffectual attempt to bribe the modern Justinian
and his Lieutenant, Ufford, by the sum of S,00() marks, to
grant the benefits 'of equal law to the Irish people.
Through the probation-period of six centuries, the national
character, as well as the national want, 'continued the same;
and 'if a practical proof were required:. by the British
Minister, of what were necessary for the consolidatiOn of
the interests of the empire—for the maintenance of amoral
union between the two countries—it would be afforded by
the attachment of the people to the present Government.
The scheme' of the' Liberators' is abandoned, and we are
sincerely glad of it. rWe are determinedly hostile, for we
are opposed from principle to any measure which has for
its object to sever those ties which bind a people together.
God knows` our hearts' dearest wish is to see our unfortu-
nate country tranquil and happy---to, see its agriculture, its
commerce floitrishing—to see it contributing to the Ern,
pire, that moral and physical strength which
.its natural'
resources are so eminently capable of affording. Do we
take credit to Ourselves for this wish ? The contrary
would be the desire of a demon. .

Wt cannot close these observations without entering
our protest against the intemperate language'of Mr. O'Con-
nell at the Waterford Provincial Meeting. We thought,
and'still think, the Catholic Question requires noitersonal
abuse of its opponents to advance it. Personality and
abuse always savour of a bad cause,. and Mr. O'Connell
should beware of giving up the vantage ground of reason
and good sense, which •the cause of u nation .atrords him.
It is•by reason the question of Emancipation must ulti-
mately be carried,--byreasen then' should it be discussed.
What.use will be made of his language, this gentleman
very well knows. That part of the press opposed to the
tranquillity of Ireland, will ring incessant changes on it.
In the Legislature, too, it, will be• the text on which the
opposers of Emancipation will preach.- In every point of
view it 'is injudicious. -

CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.
(From the _Patin Evening Post.)
SIR. HICKEY IN Tug CHAIR.
Several letters were read, inclosing 101. from Sir E.
Bellew, 701. from Dundalk, 263/.,from Waterford.
Rev. Mr. L'Estrange read a long letter from Mr.
S heehan.
Application,was made from. Waterford for 4001. upon
which the Rev. Mr. L'Estrange moved, that that sum,
or as much as possible, should be sent.
Mr. Sheil and Mr. Brie spoke in' favour of the Aggre.
gate Meeting.
The motion was then put, and passed.
Several sums were then handed In by Mr. Lawless, Mr.
Browne (who presented the collection of Sr. Catherine's
Parish, of 430 by Mr. Conway and others.
The amount of the Rentihis week is 4701.

DISTRESS.
Wu have to solicit the particular attention of the reate.r.
to the, report of the proceedings of the Third Meeting held
t Crat on the subject of introducing some modified sys-
t"e 4 Poor Rates, into Ireland. We perceive that there
AVIA 5011110 ditiscrence of opinion between gentlemenfavour-
bn favour-
able
othert O the
ginetteitit:eunr:latiinstoisizes; Lord Carbery wished
to have it denotninated a National Provision for the Poor,
Poor Laws. For our jnto, weueuPTel note what
ti t Rate,is enle°dr,
if the principle be recognised.
The thing has come to
this :—Shall the people of the country be allowed to stfwvo
while the land produces a superabundance of food ? or
shall relief be stopped in obedience to the the quid-
dities of political economy ?—or again, if it, were

possible that the people could be sustained from eta.
Mosynary contributions, is it fair or just that the burden
should be thrown upon the hit-mane; leaving the coffers of
the rich Miser, alluded id in Mi Boyle a speech, uh;
touched ? Is it right that Lord Middleton or the Duke of
Devonshire should draw immense revenues out of the
'Country, and contribute comparatively nothing to the sup-
port of the Poor of the Chuntry ? Is it fair that Doctor
Magee should content himself with a subscription
.of
Thirty Pounds froni his princely M ' eans mid that a poor
man, like Doctor Murray, should give from his scanty re-
venue the same sum ? If a third of the Tithe be not re-
stored to its original purpose, surely the Tithe,eater.ought
at least to contribute his' quota. In some of thaNblin
PariiheS—We belieVe, indeed, in most of them, ceriainly ;ti
the richest of them all, St. Peter's—there are two assess-
ments made: one for the Rector, which is compulsory; and
one for the Curate,, which is demanded at the same time,
and which. is generally paid—most people imagining that
it is a legal demand (the Collector taking good care not to
disabuse the taxes),. but Which is Voluntary, NoiVi Odd
knows we would wish the Curates better paid; and we
would take two or three hundred a-year from the rich
Rector, in order to give the curate the maintenance of a
gentleman ; but it is it gross imposition upon the public—
;Protestant as well as Catholic—to impose this additional
tax upon the housekeepers of Dublin. But the Vestry
plan may be adopted for the relief of the poor: There
would be no grumbling to pay ten shillings, or, if neces-
sary, a higher assessment, for the relief of the indigent.
Something of this kind has been broached at a late meet-
ing of this very parish, under an Act of Parliament,which,
by the construction put upon it, lets in the principle of the
Poor Laws. It is a good- beginning.

ir HE CQUNTRY.—The reader will rejoice to
hear thatthe late rains effected the most salutary', and in-
deed a wonderful change in the aspect of the country.
There is now every prospect that three•foutths of the
potatoe crop will be saved,and that there will be an abun-
dance of aftergass.. Hay has already fallen in the market,
and the price of butter, which was looking up in conse-
quence of the drought, is likely again to.recede.