The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-12 00:00:00

tVASION OP THE CORN LAWS.

Ail application having been made, by the Chamber of
Commerce at Newry, to the Right Hon. W. V. Fitzgerald,
president of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the non-
Iltursi. of Irish grain in the English markets (whereby
forests grain tine been admitted to consumption at a lower
"uty than that contemplated by the Act of Parliament),
the following answer bee been received from that Gentle-
-414n, and we doubt not that the investigation now on foot
Will be attended by the most beneficial consequences to the
agricultural interests of Ireland

" Board of Trade, Whitehall, Feb. 28, 1828.
reply to your letter of the 23d inst., calling
firs attention of his Majesty's Government to the apparent
°m►ssion of the return of Irish Corn at the Port of Liver-
POOl, I hare the honour to inform you, that the case hay-
lx,en under consideration, directions have been given
r° ►nstitute an inquiry into the circumstance, and to coin-
Men ne- prosecutions to recover the penalties in those in-
Itaucto where the evidence is sufficiently clear to afford a
reasonable prospect of convicting the offenders.
• ". r hope these measures will be found effectual to pre-
vent the occurrence of such conduct in future.—l have the
honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, _ _

" W. V. FITZGERALD.
." To Smithson Corry, EN. President,
Chamber of Commerce, Newry."

CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION-MEETING

AT NEWCASTLE ON TUESDAY.

o THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
.ia—TTheO Meeting called by the Mayor, on the subject
of the Cat' r
•eeleis•%. 1° le Cleestion has been held here to-day. The
.1 ion for holding the meeting was signed by a great
c omitritiyy of the
most respectable inhabitants of the town,
c as. gat up, in consequence of hole.and-corner peti-
emg been put into a course of signature, by cer-
tts of the clergy, who had formed an holy alliance for
tate parpose with the Wesleyan Methodists. The means
ti to obtain signatures to these petitions were molt
u'ograteful, they were deposited in the vestries of the four
Parish churchee--.e, No Popery" placards, intimating that
the Protestant petitions were leering there for signature,
Were placed at the doors of the churches—parish paupers,
troops of children, and the farmers' servants, who came to
the markets with their carts from all parts of the counties
of Northumberland and Durham, were induced to affix
their signatures—so that numbers were not wanting.
These petitions were prepared by a member of the Este-
blidied Church, and he had introduced an expression of
the unalterable attachment of the petitioners to the exist-
lug Constitution in Church and State.
This petition was sent to the Brunswick Methodist
Chapel from the vestry of St. Nicholas, the principal pa-
rish is the town. The Methodists, however, refused to
louction the petition, unless the profession of attachment
to Citeret, and State" was withdrawn, and the Here-
Ira Clergy of the establishment actually consented to have
it words expunged, that they might obtain the assistance
of a Methodist mob.
These degrading proceedings were the cause of the re-
quisition for the public meeting above alluded to, and the
Mayor was pleased to appoint the meeting in the Guild-
hail, the place in which all public meetings of the inhabi-
tants of this town have been held from tine immemorial,
and which has never yet been found insufficient for the
itceaunnodation of all prsons who wished to attend. The
holy allies became alarmed at this proceeding—they fore-
hall a mob of
that it would be impossible to seluggle into the Guild-
the count poor ignorant Methodists from all parts of
te '3l, and they therefore got up a requisition to the
aor to hangs the place of meeting from the Guildhall
to
an open held calld the Spite!, under pretence of having
ne , e
question more fully discussed. The ;Mayor was induced
tO. rantg this request, from a strong desire that no pretence
should be afforded for accusing him of partiality ; but the
, !eutletnen who hail the original requisition sent a depu-
tation to inform his 'Worship that they regretted exceedingly
teat the place of meeting had' been changed—that it would
of useless to attempt any sort of discussion in the presence
a mob, not one half of whom could possibly hear what
r°ked; but that they would, notwithstanding, attend and
their duty, although it was certain that no proceedings
Which took place then could be considered as expressing
lbs sense of the inhabitants of Newcastle. The very no-
velty
(if • public meeting in an open field could not fail to
attract the attendance of the populace of this densely
• ,_l4°Pl'd neighbourhood ; the Methodist class-leaders were
Z• toile to exert themselves among their congregations, and
result hits verified what was anticipated.
Hustings adjoining each other were erected by the re.
satire
parties, and the Mayor took the chair in the centre
of the hustings at one o'clock, the hour appointed for the
• Meeting. The assemblage of people was very great,
about eight or ten thousand being calculated to be present,
and the business of the day was opened by Joseph Lamb,
I eg. in a neat and animated speech, which he concluded
by proposing the adoption of a petition, in terms of the re-
quisition. This was seconded by Dr. Headlam, in a very
,-, able and argumentative speech, but it was quite evident
that nothing like fair discussion could took place at that
• meeting : a clergyman of the Established Church, aided by
several Methodist preachers, acted as fluglemen in giving
signals to the mob, whose deafening shouts rendered it
quite impossible to hear a single word at the distance of
More than two or three yards from the speaker.
It then appeared to be the feeling of the respectable part
of the gentlemen upon the hustings, that it would be ne-
• e %wiry for the Mayor to dissolve the meeting, without
°°taing to any decision ; bat the mob having become less
Clanlorous, it was deemed expedient to go on.
The other speakers in favour of the requisition were—
. James.„ Loeb, Esq. and Mr. Ord, son of William Ord, Esq.
44. P. Many other gentlemen were prepared to address
the meeting on the same aide, but no arguments being ad-
.. e slneed by the opposite party, whose efforts were exclusively
'elurted to produce a clamour amongst the mob (with the
:,,,exception of a pettifogging objection on a point of form,
41truduced for the purpose of preventing all discussion,
' •• •Ittul which was decided against therm by the Mayor), it was
& wed useless; to address any further observations to the
t7eeing ; and upon the question of the adoption or rejee-
i'h of the petition being put to the meeting by the Mayor,
W Worship declared his opinion that the show of hands
ee.
against the petition.
Su great, however, had been the effect of the few argu-
' t!,.'"'tB in favour of the petition which it had been possible
,^)t the assembled multitude to hear, that a considerable
• ~P4rt of the people in front of the hustings had evidently
—'auged their minds, and held up their hands in favour of
tie: petition, sad the votes in consequence appeared to be so
sly eftgal, that the Mayor thought it right to request
the
ee.„PartLea to divide themselves into separate bodies. It
appeared that there was a majority against the peti-
lialt of about five to four, and the Mayor decided accord-
inglyL The whole of the wealth, talent, and respecta-
bility of the town were arranged upon the hustings appro-
Prieted to the use of the supporters of the petition, while
the appearance on the hustings used by the opposite party
Was perfectly ludicrous, and more resembled an exhibition
of itiuerant mountebanks than any thing else which can
14 conceived. Their great gun, (a Mr. West, a Methodist
keasher) was candid enough to admit that he was pre-
Pared with no urguments against the petition ; but instead
arguments, we were treated by Mr. Chapman, another
°f their champion, with en enumeration of the names of
(-lankly Matthew Bell, Lord 4aon, and George the
!bird," which he thought quite sufficient authorities to
did the question in favour of his party.
VFon the whole, there never was a public meeting got
tee' lien Which more decidedly showed on which side was
" sense, Led en whiel, the nonsense, of the respective

tr Mr. Lionel Talmash and Mr. Felix Talmash,
p'!'nbers for Ilchester, did not vote at all on Friday, but
4"-d off in support of Mr. Peel's Resolution.
T
411 the list of the majority of the House of
v s .that voted for going into a committee to consider
14 laws imposing penalties on the Roman Catholics (6th
4,1.4) name of the Hon. Col. F. W. Grant was
°--„,"ltt'd by mistake.
pf 4,11 the list of the members of the University
zford rhg vottNi for Mr. Peel, the name of "Mr. C.
41.,,-ooptr, of lkadham,"should hays had the letters "
tnan ,(instead " C." only) attached to it—that gentle-
14,4iltZing a first-class man both in Classics and Wattle-

•
}k, The improved prospects for Ireland are already
ro,44ing t 4, be appreciate.] by the natives resident in
-4"*. Within these few days, 200 Irish families, in
e7,Weaving line, have left Bridgeton, and embarked for
.47 native country, and more are preparing to follow.—
bkrgh Adertiser.
4, The Irish Reporter of the late murder at Ports-
‘‘'uth states the unfortunate victim to have been a crippl.:
of souls years' standing."
N. 6,44 devout mendicant, at Liverpool, charged
unsw:rinting and begging, being asked what he had to say,
1414 " Your Worship, I was hot begging, I was only
1 Ivo ir the 49thPsahu to she honour and glory of my God.;
4(1 not sing a profane song for any money whatever..