The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-10 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Special Sittings at Nisi Prius in the City, before the
LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.)

NEWALL V. WEBSTER.

The Court has been sitting yesterday and to-day for
the purpose of hearing the aove case, which was a suit
to recover damages for Ln alleged infrinzement of a
patent c:or making wire-rope in a peculiar manner.
Tho case for the defence occupied the whole of to-day.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DA/.
GLOBE.—Agitation against the Catholic Charities
rJequests Act continues to disturb the public mind in
I Ireland. Unreasonable and hopeless as is the oppo-
sition, the agitators seem determined thp.'t " small
blame" shall rest with them if there be rmt a popular
demonstration against the measur4. The -Roman
Catholic Prelates, who have colsisented to lend their
assistance in carrying out is provisions, by accepting
the office of Commif,sioners, are denounced with
spucial virulence, as though it were thought that
wy thout their aid the Act would have been a memorial
of the Government's inability to legislate for Ireland.
The xn.rirked jealousy with which the bulk of the
!Ilish. people view the measures of the present Go-
ve:znment, is one of the results of the iron rule

',chick successive Tory Administrations were wont to
exercise in that long-misgoverned country. The
mantle of office has fallen upon Sir R. Peel, or was
rather seized by him. He must take the conse-
quences of having undertaken the responsibilities
of office under circumstances of great, if not in-
surmountable " difficulty." The good deeds of
his Government are regarded with suspicion.
The evils perpetrated in Ireland by former
Tory Ministers live after them. The people
—whose memories yet retain a keen sense of the
numerous injuries and insults they received from those
Governments, of which they regard the present Ad-
ministration as the lineal representative—will not be-
-1 lieve that anything really beneficial can emanate from
such a source. They, therefore, readily listen to and
adopt any representation which the wildest declaimer
makes of --.y.natever measure the Government of Sir
-11"er`,, Peel may introduce to Parliament, for the
Pr:rpose of changing or regulating anything relating
their country. The Catholic Charities Act is, we think,
a measure calculated to effect much good. By guard-
ing against an abuse of the influence of the priestly
office upon the minds of the laity in the prospect of
death, by which property may be appropriated by
bequest to the Church which would otherwise be be-
queathed to their families, it throws protection around
them against an influence which might be used to
their immense injury. Under the regulations pre-
scribed by the Act, and the superintendence of the
Commissioners nominated to superintend its operation,
no well-founded objection could be raised to its ob-
jects, or the way in which those objects were to be
attained. The most venerable of the Roman Ca-
tholic Prelates have consented to act as Commis-
sioners. This, of itself, would, under ordinary cir-
cumstances, be taken by the laity of any communion
as a pledge that no direct or covert design war' en-
tertained by the framers of the measure against the
interests of their Church. This confidence would,
doubtless, have been cherished by the Irish people
with reference to this measure, had there not
previously existed a deep prejudice and inex-
tinguishable hate—which they, as by instinct,
cherish—against a Tory Government. Had this
Act, which is denounced as a combination of all

the elements of evil, been introduced and passed by a
Government in whose administration the Irish people
possessed confidence, from an experience of the fair
and equitable disposition with which the functions of
Government were exercised by it, there would have
been no opposition against its objects worthy of notice.
We shall not readily forget the remark of an Irish
Member of Parliament—who, while he avowed its
existence, deplored the prevalence of the feeling, as a
barrier to the accomplishment of the good which Sir
Robert Peel might be disposed to effect among
them :—" If a Tory Government," said the gentleman
alluded to, " could coin the paving-stones of Dublin
into sovereigns ; and having done so were to dis-
tribute them by handfulls among the people, they
would hurl them back in their faces with disdain.
So deep is their hatred of everything, however
good, which bears the name, or comes forth from
the hands of Toryism." We find an exemplifica-
tion of this undying dislike to Sir Robert Peel's
Government generally, and the determination to
reject even good at his hands, which the Irish people
evince by their opposition to the present measure in
the speech of a Mr. T. W. Skelley, at, a meeting
consisting of several thousand persons, held near
Drogheda on Sunday last. The sins of the leading
members of Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet, and of their
supporters—their insulting expressions, and their
irritating and injurious acts, are set before the people,

and are appealed to as evidences, showing the utter
improbability of anything calculated to " pacify the
Irish Church, or to protect the laity of its communion."
We adduce the passages we extract from this speech,
not for the purpose of expressing approval of the senti-
ments it enunciates, or the spirit which it breathes, but
of showing that the " difficulties" which the present
Government will experience in carrying out even
remedial measures are partly derived from the con-
duct of their Tory predecessors ; but are principally
caused by the dishonest and dangerous means which
they employed to create prejudice against 'the late
Ministry on account of its Irish policy. In opposition,
they sowed to the wind—in office, they reap the
whirlwind :

" Who are the proposers o. this Bill ? They are the
men who hold the reins of power—they are the men
to whom the Government of this country is unfortu-
nately committed. And how did they obtain that
power ? Was it not by creating and fostering au
anti-Irish and an anti-Catholic feeling in England ?
Was it not by pouring out the most foul, filthy,
and profligate abuse against the ministers of our
religion, and by making a mockery of its most sacred
ceremonies ?—(Cries of "Hear, hear.") Oh ! yes, the
adorable sacrifice of the mass was then an 'ldola-
trous mummery,' and the men whom they have lately
been pleased to recognise under the titles of the Arch-
bishops,' Bishops,' and Priests' of Ireland, were then
designated by our charitable rulers as surpliced ruf-
fians,' a demon priesthood,' and other such complimen-
tary appellations—whilst the people were denominated
as a filthy and felonious rabble,' and as 'aliens ix blood,
in language, and in religion,' by him who occupies the
highest official situation in the empire—the Lord Chan-
cellorship of England.—(Groans.)"
The speaker had touched a chord in the hearts of his
audience to which their memories responded. Their
cheers, and other audible demonstrations of sympathy,
showed how completely they entered into the argu-
ment and its proofs. He proceeded :
" I ask you, do you think for a moment that the pre-
sent Government would introduce any measure having
for its object the purification of the Catholic Church and
the protection of its laity ? Do you consider that they
who have ever been the professed enemies of your creed
and country, care one jot for the welfare of your reli-
gion, or are at all anxious concerning your charitable in
terests ?—(Shouts of No, no.') Ah ! believe zne, it
requires no great gift of political foresight to see what
their object really is. They want to divide the priest-
hood from the people; and shall they succeed in doing
so ?—(Cries of Never.')"

The agitation against the Charitable Bequests Act
is but a new demonstration of an old dislike to
Toryism, however it may change and modify itself to
meet the changed circumstances and milder spirit of
the age. Repeal is the same spirit working under
another form. We offer no suggestion as to the way
in which Sir Robert Peel can best deal with this
difficulty." It exists. It is for him to surmount
it, or retire, acknowledging his inability to conquer
it, as he may be influenced by a love of office which
induces him to retain the government at all hazards;
or by an elevated patriotism, which sacrifices self to
promote and secure the peace of one's country.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, JAN. 8, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev.
James French to the charge and office of Second
Minister of the church and parish of Dunfermline, in
the presbytery of Dunfermline and shire of Fife, vacant
by the resignation of the Rev. John Tod Brown, late
Second Minister thereof.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 10.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major M.
Richmond to be superintendent of the southern division
of the colony of New Zealand.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 10.

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lord 0. A. Fitz-
gerald to be Cornet, by purchase, vice G. East, who re-
tires, Jan. 10
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—G. Fisher, Gent.,
to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice J. Constant, who retires
upon half-pay, Dec. 29, 1843.
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. A. Hamil-
ton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Palmer, who retires ;
Cornet E. C. A. Haworth to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hamilton ; J. C. W. Russell, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Haworth, Jan. 10.
87th Regiment of Foot—Second Lieut. A. H. Cobbe
to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Willington,
who retires ; H. S. Bawtree, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Cobbe, January 10.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign
Kingsley, of the 31st Foot, are Edward William Pincke.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 31, 1844.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Pashley
Burbeary, of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 7.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Chalk, of
Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Gent , to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

Joseph Brown, grocer, Regent-street, St. John's, West-
minster, to surrender Jan. 17, at one, and Feb. 20, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Baylis, Basinghall-street.
George Flintoff, bookseller, Plymouth, Jan. 17, and
Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street; Surr, Lombard-street.