The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-12 00:00:00

No. 11,569.

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER-1-2, 1829.

CORONERS' INQt.7ESTS.

On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at
the Hand and Flower, Portland-place, Hammer-
smith,"on Mr. John William Keen, aged 39, who
destroyed himself in the following manner :
Susan Field was in tha service of the deceased
gentleman, who resided with his two sisters at
No. 10, Vale-place, Hammersmith. She had only
lived there one week. The deceased was a single
man, and one of the Society of Friends. On Thurs-
day last, about half-past two o'clock, he sat down
to dinner with his sisters. Witness left the room,
and about five o'clock she was called on by her mis-
tress, and directed to fetch Mr. Parkin, the surgeon,
as her master had locked himself into his room, and
she could get no answer. Mr. Parkin came in a
few minutes, and forced the lock of the door, and
having entered the room desired her to come in,
when she saw her master lying on his face, welter-
ing in blood. On looking round the room a pen-
knife vras found on the wash-hand stand in a bloody
state, as if it had been recently used. Her master
was alive, but incapable of speaking, and expired
about eight o'clock the same evening. _
CORONER—Had you ever Made any observation
on the state of your master's' Mind ? Witness-
-Not particularly; but on the morning of his com-
mitting the act he came into the kitchen and looked
very wild about the eyes, 'but as I had not been
long in the service of the family, I thought it might
be his usual manner.

CARRICK-ON•SUIR DINNER TO LORD

DUNCANNON.

over so truly intelligent and respectable a meeting.
He disclaimed all interested objects, and he would
regret offering a word on the subject had not the
Noble Lord on his right thought meet to allude to
his conduct at the late meeting at Thurles. An ac-
count of that meeting had appeared in the public
prints, which, he would say, was a garbled one.
He would not deny but he was one of the few who
was opposed at that meeting to the infliction of the
Insurrection Act on this county—but he was not
opposed to it from a desire of gaining popularity.
The worthy Chairman, after passing a high and
suitable eulogium on the noble individual who had
done him the honour of proposing his health, con-
cluded amidst much applause.
The Duke of Wellintton.—(Great applause.)
The next toast he" would propose was that of a
late Noble Governor of Ireland, who, after a short
period, was recalled, because lie had brought the
Government into a position out of which they could
not back.
The Marquis of Anglesea—nine times nine.—(Cheers.)
3. W. O'DONNELL, Esq., being loudly called on,
rose and said—
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—l can safely say
there is not in this assembly a warmer or more de-
voted admirer of high and exalted worth, -or one
whose heart beats more honestly for his couittry's
good, and surely, if in any instance the exhibition of
youthful exertion be at all admissible, it must be on
such an occasion as the present, where it is employed
in the praise and commendation of a man, who, while
he won the admiration and respect of the old, in-
spired every enthusiastic and generous youth with
feelings almost approaching to worship and venera-
tion.—(Cheers.)—Never was any one more ade-
quately adapted to rule the passions and sway the
affections of the Irish people than the Marquis of
Anglesea. Bold, generous, energetic, and frank, he
first secured their regards by the similitude of his
disposition to the leading traits of their character,
and then strengthened it into fond attachment by
the appropriation of his power to the advancement
of their welfare. He came over to Ireland, his mind
fettered, and his judgment clouded by the false and
ignorant misrepresentation of deep-rooted and ma-
lignant bigotry. But his chains were soon wrenched
by the strong and mighty force of experience and
observation. Reason and unbiassed judgment were
the arbiters of his decisions, and the regeneration
and welfare of Ireland the leading object of his ex-
ertion. And never were the delightful results of a
just and impartial administration more generally felt
—the despotic, intolerant, domineering oppression
of the wealthy aristocrat was crushed when the
law began to protect the poor and the oppressed,
and the stream of justice purified at its source, re-
freshed and comforted all those who quaffed its
waters. But he well knew he would riot be left
long amongst us—he knew that the baneful system
of policy which enviously grudges the affections of
the Irish people to a benevolent Viceroy, would soon
urge his recall—and he was resolved on his depar-
ture to leave a lasting proof of his attachment to
Ireland, and to secure the happiness of her future
sons, by devoting all his talents, his time, his ener-
gies, to the accomplishment of that mighty means,
Catholic Emancipation. This it is that will hand
down the name of Anglesea to the latest posterity
as the dearest and best friend of Ireland, and for
which the matin hymn and vesper song of millions
daily ascend in prayer to heaven for his happiness
and welfare. To him, Mr. Chairman, are we mate-
rially indebted for meeting here this night, all on
the proud footing of equality, and with all those
cursed feelings of religious distinction and superiority,
buried, I hope, for ever in oblivion. To him we are
mainly indebted for breathing our native air with
the noble elevated pride of freemen, and not the
debasing downcast degradation of slaves. And for
walking forth in the manly consciousness of enjoying
an equality with our Protestant brethren in the
blessings and privileges of the Constitution. Whe-
ther we consider him in the impartiality, strictness,
and justice of his administration, or in the genero-
sity, frankness, and kindliness of his private character
—we may safely and truly say, that, take him all
and all, " we ne'er shall look upon his like again."
But there is one particular feature of Lord Angle-
sea's administration which merits the serious and ma-
ture consideration of every well wisher of his country.
He had not the Insurrection Act in one pocket to
confine the people in their houses, and deprive them
of that blessing which Heaven ordains especially for
their comfort and enjoyment, " the balmy sweetness
of the summer's eve" to refresh their wearied hearts
and limbs after their daily toil and exertion—or the
Riot Act in the other
,to disperse their little happy
society, to blast their convivial happiness, or in case
of refusal, to shoot or stab them like dogs on the
spot.—(Cheers.) No—he came with arms more
conquering, more persuasive., He who was to have
exhausted the phial of oppression, and violence on
the heads of millions, filled the cup to the brim with
humanity and benevolence.—(Continued cheering.)
Stolius mentions in his writings of Agathou—that
lie used constantly to say, there were three great
considerations which governors should always hold
in their recollection—first, that they governed men
—second, that they should govern according to the
laws—and thirdly, that they would not govern al-
ways.—(Loud cheering.)-oh, gentlemen, how ap-
plicable are these to the late Viceroy of Ireland.
What a splendid epitome is this political apothegm
of Lord Anglesea's administration ; how closely and
strictly did he adhere to these three grand precepts.
It is the most perfect, concise, and vivid description
of the principles and practice of his. Government.
He governed the people as men, he appealed to
their reason, their feelings, and their passions as
thinking individuals, and did not violently and for-
cibly drive them into sulky submission like brutes.
—(Cheers.)--And never in the memory of the
oldest individual was peace and tranquillity so com-
pletely established in Tipperary.—(Cheers.)—He
came down to know the people, to see their mi-
series, and if possible to banish them. He was
asked in this very town, and I myself am proud
to say was the querist, whether he found the Irish
the savages and barbarians the English represent
them, he indignantly answered, that he never was
more agreeably or delightfully surprised than in the
real genuine Irish character, that he never in his
life experienced such kindness and warmth of affec-
tion as in Ireland; in fact, said he, the English do
not know you, even I myself did not know you
until I came down amongst you.—(Loud cheers.)
Oh, gentlemen, what a depth of information does
this last sentence convey with regard to the real
causes of Ireland's misery—what a lesson to the
future Lord Lieutenants of die kingdom to become
acquainted with the people ; oh ! what a contrast is
Lord Anglesea to those sagacious worthies called
Justices of the Peace, who residing for the greater
part of the year in Dublin or on the Continent, and
totally unacquainted with the real state and excite-
ment of the country, at the least intimation from
their upright agents of the slightest disturbance or
outrage, ponder down post-haste to crush the mighty
nothing vi et arniis—(Cheers and laughter)—who
imagining that the most trivial act of insubordina-
tion can only be checked by violence and power,
arid determined to act in accordance with this igno-
rant conviction, use every exertion and strain every
nerve to procure that most nefarious, abominable,
and savage Insurrection Act, abusing the power of
justice when its clemency and forbearance would
have been better employed, and fan the flame of dis-
content into general indignation by the misapplication
of those means, which properly employed; WOUld

(Abridged from the Tipperary Free Press.)

THOMAS EDWARD LALOR, of Cregg, Esq. in the
Chair.
After the cloth was removed and grace said by
the Rev. Dr. Connolly,
The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the health of his
gracious Majesty—it was unnecessary to do more in
such a society. One of his Majesty's latest acts
proved that he was the friend of civil and religious
liberty—and it was a libel on his revered character
to say otherwise.
The King—nine times nine—great applause.
The People, the only source of legitimate power—nine '
times nine. _(Great cheering.)
He had next the honour to propose the health of
a Noble Duke who was also the friend of civil and
religious liberty—and who had come forward at a
period of danger, and when the Government was
nearly overthrown, to give his vote in favour of a
measure which restored it to security—the Duke of
Clarence.—(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN had next the pleasure of proposing
another Royal Duke who was equally the friend of
civil and religious freedom—the friend of every
thing liish—the benevolent and warm patron of St.
Patrick's ClVrity in London—(Cheers)—and in his
station in the:}louse of Lords, the supporter of their
rights and privileges—the Duke of Sussex.—(lm-
mense cheering.)
The Laud we live in and prosperity to it—nine times
nine.

CORONER—Did you hear any high words or dis.
pute between the deceased and his sisters ?
ness—None whatever.

Mr. Henry Parkin, of Kensington, surgeon, was
well acquainted with the deceased, and had attended
the family professionally. He had always considered
the deceased to be flighty, but more particularly so
for the last two years since his father died. The
deceased's sister informed him that on Thursday he
sat down to the table with them to dinner, but, re-
fused to eat, when they remonstrated with him,
upon which he suddenly left the room, and did not
return.

The C'rrArrorAN said, in rising to propose the
health of their Noble and distinguished guest—
(Hear, hear)—who had that day honoured them
with his presence, he felt utterly at a loss for words
to designate the patriot and public friend of Ire-
land, who had thrown his weight into the balance
of public spirit—the enlightened Nobleman--the
upright, independent and honest magistrate—
(Cheers)—the amiable country gentleman, the kind
and indulgent landlord, the senator who shewed
spirited example in the cause of civil and religious
liberty, not content with giving his annual vote on
the great question, but his efficient support both in
and out of Parliament to forward it until his exer-
tions were crowned with success—(Cheers)—need
he call their attention to his talented advocacy in the
cause of the Forty-shilling Freeholders—(lmmense
cheering)—who because they dared to think and
act conscientiously, for that crime alone were ex-
tinguished—he would give their distinguished guest
the Lord Viscount Duneannon, the earnest and un-
compromising advocate of the rights and liberties of
the people.—(Vehement cheering.)
After the applause which continued for some time
had subsided,
His LORDSHIP rose under stropg feelings of emo-
tion, and said, for the honour conferred on him by
the respectable and numerous assemblage of gentle-
men by whom he was surrounded, he could not but
express his deep, his heartfelt acknowledgments.
Since last he had the honour of meeting them on the
occasion of petitioning for a repeal of the odious
grievances which had oppressed them, important
events had occurred—although not doubting that at
some distant period, the united efforts of his Catholic
countrymen would ultimately succeed, he confessed
he was not then so sanguine, as to hope that the
question which for half a century had agitated and
almost convulsed the empire, should have been in
the short spac4 of six months set at rest—and for
ever.—(Great cheefing.)—This had been undoubt-
edly owing to the united energies of the Catholics of
Ireland—(Cheers)—and he would be guilty, in-
deed, of great ingratitude, if he did not embrace that
public opportunity of expressing how mush he felt
indebted to the Duke of Wellington, for carrying a
measure, which, he believed unfeignedly, both from
the peculiar situation of the country, and the state
of Parliament at the period, that the Duke of Wel-

Mr. Silver, the Foreman of the Jury, asked the
witness if he did not consider the deceased's mind
to be affected in consequence of his close applica-
tion to studying the Bible ?
Mr. Parkin—Probably so, but I should think his
malady existed previously ; he has read very exten-
sively, both medical and theological works; and at
the time Lord Castlereagh committed suicide, the
unfortunate gentleman remarked that his Lordship
must have been a clever anatomist to discover the
carotid artery so cleverly, and I have heard him con-
tend that a person was perfectly justified in destroy-
ing himself, and that there were passages in the'
Bible that would bear him out. _

CORONER—Was the deceased in good circum-
stances ? Mr. Parkin—He was, but possessed a
strong irritability of temper and excitation of mind.
He had entirely secluded himself from society, and
had not been out of the house for some years, as he
entertained an idea that he was an object of de-
rision and ridicule to those who saw him. He was
remarkably shy, and bad a dread of encountering
the sight of females; so much so that when any
ladies visited the house, he would hide himself. The
appearance of the deceased was peculiar, being very
diminutive in stature, and very small featured.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Suicide, com-
mitted while in a state of insanity."

On Saturday afternoon an inquisition was taken
before Mr. GEHL, the Coroner for the city of West-
minster, at the sign of the Spread Eagle, !bank,
on the body of a fine young female, only 17 years
old, named Emma Curtain, who was found drowned
in the Thames, near the above house.

The case excited considerable interest, it being
generally understood that the poor girl had flung
herself into the water in consequence of having re-
ceived some slight from a young man to whom
she was attached.

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lington could alone have carried or accomplished it.
But he regretted that his Grace should have thought
necessary to accompany that salutary and grateful
measure, and should have run the risk of destroying
the effect that would have accompanied it, by dis-
franchising those noble minded Forty-shilling Free-
holders, who were the electors of such an individual
as Mr. O'Connell—(Great cheering)--on those
topics he would not however then dwell--but in
fairness to the Government, he would acknowledge
they had passed the measure of complete emancipa-
tion, they had enabled them to address the Roman
Catholics as brethren possessed of equal rights, as
men equally interested in the support of the Consti-
tution.—(Cheers.)—They might be told they had
not succeeded, but no reasonable man could say
they had not. Was the repealing of these odious
enactments to lull their minds, to divert them from

Mrs. Rebecca Curtain, the mother of the de-
ceased, was first introduced. The poor woman
was unable to restrain her feelings, and it was
with difficulty that it was obtained from her that
she lived at the sign of the Rummer, on Old Fish-
street-bill, and that her daughter had lived with her
up to Monday last, when she suddenly disappeared,
and she heard nothing of her until the tidings were
brought her of her having been found drowned.
The CORONER was proceeding to inquire into
the circumstances which might have been supposed
to have influenced the deceased in thus abruptly
leaving her home, but the feelings of the mother
completely overcame her; she burst into a fit of
hysterical crying, and all that could be obtained
from her was agonizing cries, at intervals, of " My
daughter ! oh, my daughter; my poor daughter !"
The CORONER refrained from asking any further
questions, and caused her to be led out of the room
by the constable, in order that her feelings might
not be further excited by hearing the evidence of
the remaining witnesses.
James Holsey, of Hospital-row, Chelsea, deposed
that on Friday morning, about six o'clock, he was
proceeding from Chelsea to-Vauxhall, along the bank
of the river, and when about 50 yards from the
house in which they were then assembled, he saw
the body of a female lying in the mud on the bed
of the river, whence the tide had receded. The
action of the water had disordered her dress, and he
passed through the mud, and placed it properly.—
Having so done, he went and procured assistance,
and had the body removed to that house on a shut-
ter. A woman's pocket, but detached from the
rest of the dress, was lying close by. In it were
two purses, a duplicate, and a morocco memoran-
dum-book, in which was written the name and re-
sidence of the deceased's mother.

the consideration of other questions almost as great
as that which had so long absorbed all their atten-
tion ? Had they not to look for instance to the re-
presentation of Ireland—a subject of the greatest hn-
portance.—(Hear, hear.)—Had they not to enquire
whether if Ireland was represented, it was really a
representation of the feelings and the wishes of the
people ?—(Loud cheers.)—lt was true, the right
of election was taken from the Forty-shilling Free-
holders, and give to the Ten Pound Freeholders,
but he felt confident the latter would follow the
noble example which had been set them by their
predecessors.---(Loud cheers.)—And in place of ar-
rogating to themselves any pride, they would look
on themselves as their Representatives for whom
they held their power in trust.—(Great cheering.)
—A new spirit was going abroad in Ireland—they
would no longer be content with confining them-
selves to questions merely Irish. The Ten Pound
Freeholders would no longer swell the majority of a
venal or corrupt Ministry. He could have no doubt,
he could not but place confidence in them, be was
satisfied that they never would submit to a yoke of
tyranny, for, on the only occasion which had yet of-
fered, they had acquitted themselves nobly—they
returned in triumph one whom he had the honour
of being seated by, the true, the tried, the staunch
friend of the people, Daniel O'Connell.—(Cheers).
—The Noble Lord then called for a full bumper,
and said, in proposing the health of their respected
Chairman, he felt it almost unnecessary to offer any
observation to those who knew so well how to appre-
ciate his worth, nor would lie then have troubled them
with any were it not for the circumstances that had
lately occurred.—(Hear.)--He alluded to Mr. Lay-
lor's manly conduct at the Thurles meeting.—(Loud
cheers.)—He was not surprised at Mr. Lalor's con-
duct—for lie knew that that gentleman having once
formed a deliberate opinion, was not to be deterred
from its expression, even though he was to find him-
self surrounded by a minority.—(Cheers.)—They
might talk of the administration of the law, but
could it be submitted to, to find a body of men
armed with its authority, seeking, without cause, to
enforce a grievous calamity on the country. He re-
joiced that Mr. Lalor bad saved the county from the
stigma of having given an unanimous vote for the
infliction of one of the greatest curses that ever was

The CORONER here remarked to the Jury that it
was dear, from the evidence they had heard, that
they could come to no other conclusion than that
the deceased was found drowned. It was probable
the poor girl, in a state of excitement and distress of
mind, had thrown herself into the water; but of
that they had no evidence, and they could not act
upon improbabilities. If they were to call in the
mother again she could give them no further infor-
mation as to how the deceased came into the water,
and it was a pity, therefore, to further awaken her
feelings by asking her any questions.
The Jury coincided in this opinion, and re-
turned a verdict of " Found drowned."

The deceased had evidently not been long in the
water. She was genteelly dressed, and had on a
black silk gown, with other articles of dress and or-
'lament to correspond.

On Tuesday night last, as Mr. SMITH, in
the Market-place, was closing his shop, in the window of
which a large quantity of lace, veils, caps, &c. &c., were
exposed for sale, a current of air brought one of the veils
in contact with the gas light, and it instantly took fire,
and communicating with the rest, the whole were con-
sumed in a few seconds. The loss in this short period of
time, we understand, exceeds 20/.—Norfolk Chronicle.

inflicted on any nation,Thaving the slightest preten-
sions to be free—the Insurrection Act.—(Great
cheering.)—Was it that Mr. Lalor thought less of
the peace and tranquillity of the country ? No—but
that he knew there was sufficient strength in the
law to correct the inroads of crime, without calling
on the Government to suspend the Constitution.
Mr. LALOR rose to return thanks to the Noble
Lord who had so handsomely eulogised his conduct,
and be would also embrace the opportunity of ex-
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have instantly extinguished it. But here, gentle-
men, the very man who could command the most
apparently authentic sources of information, he who
could procure official despatches from all quarters
relative to the state of the country, disregarding
these dirty and corrupted channels of intelligence,
' was determined to see, examine, and judge for him-
self. He knew that camelion-like such reports al-
ways partake of the colour and opinions of the party
through whose hands they pass. He was convinced
there was some secret thorn still goading the people
—some latent and undiscovered disease disorganiz-
ing and disordering the public mind, which nothing
but personal experience could discover, and he was
resolved to come at it—lie came down himself—he
saw the declining symptoms of newly repressed dis-
content retiring before him—he probed the disease
to the very core—he speedily discovered the real
cause of the disturbance here—he applied his reme-
dies, and, gentlemen, we know how efficaciously he
employed them. But, thank Heaven, we have still
left a few Magistrates who imitate his conduct and
follow his footsteps. Gentlemen, I thank you for the
patience with which you have heard me, and beg
leave to propose the health of
The glorious Minority of Five at the late Thurles
meeting.
Mr. O'Donnell sat down amidst loud and en-
thusiastic cheering.
After the applause had subsided, the Chairman
gave—
Mr. Otway Cave, and the Reformers of England.
The room again resounded with shouts of ap-
plause mingled with incessant calls on the Hon.
Gentleman—and silence being at length restored,
Mr. CAVE arose and said that although he had had
experience of the warm-hearted way in which Irish-
men received all who shewed any sympton of zeal
in the cause of civil and religious liberty, yet he was
not prepared for the warm manner in which his
health had been drank.—(Cheers.)—His only wish
was that those who slandered the country, those
who lent themselves to the ungenerous act of op-
pressing Ireland, had opportunities of seeing Ireland
and the spirit and hearts of Irishmen. If they had
known her they would not slander her; if their
hearts were not dead to feeling they would do her
justice.---(Loud cheering.)—The worst Govern•
ment had ruled over the warmest, the most enthu-
siastic hearts in the roll of nature's creation.—(Con-
tinued cheering.)—He had come there as an humble
spectator to witness a public tribute of approbation
paid to a Nobleman, who had united to a residence
among them the additional claim of having used all
his commanding abilities in the restoration of his
country.—(Cheers.)—He (Mr. Otway Cave) had
not the honour of residing among them, but lie felt
bound to them by a community of sentiment. He
was bound to them by the common love of country,
by the public tie of a kindred spirit, and though a
stranger—(No, no)—as a friend, though a new ac-
quaintance. He could not but feel pleased at their
connecting his name with that of Reform in Eng-
land, and he trusted that the people of the country
would follow the advice which had been so often
given them, that of turning all their attention to the
many abuses of Ireland.—(Cheers.)—The Irish
were deeply interested in Parliamentary Reform—
the public eye of England bad fixed itself on the
bosom of their country—the people of England had
made common cause with them—they suffered their
prejudices to be dispersed—they believed that there
was something noble and enlightened amongst them,
they beheld their Catholic Association, and that as-
sociation had led theEn to believe so, and they now
looked for a reciprocity of feeling from them.—
He was quite aware that the objects of the question
could not be carried at-once—but they could be
carried by detail, by little adding to little, or rather
by little deducting from little, until the whole fabric
of monopoly fell to the ground, and the spot on
which it stood was as the mere rubbish of yester-
day.—(Cheers.)—He could scarce detail the many
abuses which surrounded them—surely there never
was one more unjust, more ungenerous than the dis-

franchisement of the Forty-shilling Freeholders.—
(Great cheering.)—The system might have been
attended with abuses, but he would say that its ex-
tinction was more than one thousand times counter-
balanced by that extinction. It showed, however,
to the Government, there was a strong weapon in
the hands of the people—(Cheers)—and for that
reason they got rid of it.—(Loud cheers.)—They
knew there was a sword in the hands of the people,
which hung over the heads of the aristocracy.—
(Great cheering.)—They knew the people detested
that oligarchy which traded on the distresses of their
country, and whose patrimony handed down from
the father to the son has been the detestation of
the people—(Continued cheering)—but in spite of
their malice the spirit of agitation would again rise
up.—(Tremendous cheering.)—He trusted the po-
litical tyranny which had disfranchised the Forty-shil-
ling Freeholders, would give an additional increase to
agitation—that the Ten-pound Freeholders would
sound a trumpet that would cause the resurrection of
those now dead. The Ten-pound Freeholders would
advance in the steps of their predecessors and sooner or
later the elective franchise would be restored.—( Con-
tinued cheering.)—Were they afraid to exert their
privileges ?—(No, no.)—There might be some
who would, there were others who would not kiss

the dust, and if he were not deceived, if they were
the men he took them for, they would remove the
incubus which pressed upon Ireland—(Cheers.)—
One there was•who singly could accomplish that ob-
ject, need he allude to Mr. O'Connell,—(Cheering)
—on whose qualifications it was superfluous to
dwell—few men in the House of Commons were
possessed of his intellectual endowments—was it
necessary for him to observe ho►v eminently quali-
fied such a man was to produce a reformation in
the law, to redress that crying grievance, where
justice was 20 easily obtained by the rich man but
denied to the poor man. Was not reformation
wanted in the Church, where, at a late Meeting,
even Lord Mountcashel admitted the vices of that

Church. He declared, for his part, that as a Pro-

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testant, he could not for a moment dwell on the
abuses of that Church, as it at present existed, without
feeling a blush of shame and indignation. Was it not
deplorable to observe its high dignitaries lending their
influence and authority in support of a system of in-
tolerance, which aimed at rivetting the chains of the
people. There was the corruption of Corporations
—bad as Corporations were in England, they were
still .worse in Ireland.—(Hear.)—There was the
same iniquitous malversation in Ireland, the same
squandering of charitable funds. Need he advert to
another grievance, the Burial Bill—(Hear, hear,)—
which obliged them to wait the time and caprice of
a bigotted Minister, before they could presume to
mix vile Catholic carrion with the nobler dust of the
Protestant churchman, and if the poorer peasant
who had toiled through a long life of labour and de-
gradation, should not be suffered to find at length a
home in that narrow house, where even the wicktd

repose in peace, and the weary find a rest.—(Cheers.)
—Every Protestant ought to feel ashamed at such a
Bill, it was a disgrace to a Christian Legislature.
Need he allude to that perfection of iniquity, the
Vestry Bill—(Cheers)—which had added 23 clauses
to the five it before contained.—(Cries of "Hear.")
Then there was Jury-jobbing, he was certainly
excluded from the Grand Jury of the County—
but he trusted he should not be long so—did they
not every where see roads made for the benefit of
gentlemen whose houses happened to be in the
neighbourhood, but no road made for the peasantry.
The whole system Wag one of roguery and jobbing,