The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-05 00:00:00

*:TION fly nis I WELLENCY SIR D.

We copy the following paragraph from a late
i Dublin Evening Post :
4, One of the most numerous and respectable
meetings ever held in Galway, took place there on
Wednesday last, upon the occasion of Lord Francis
hisvaLsoridnshtil/7,
ithei,irt:'. "ACjnor:l'edirls,ssviisii,at; Mayorproposed to
comgmenting him as a member of the Government,
particularly upon the spirit of impartial justice in
which he di,charges his public duties, and expressing
the sense entertained by the meeting of the benefits
conferred upon the country by the measure of ernes-
c;patiee. The address was first opposed by the
Rev. Mr. Roche, with reference particularly to the
late proceedings in the north and in Tipperary, in
which he could not consider that the Government
acted in any way deserving of approbation ; he was
answered by Mr. Blake, the Chief Remembrancer,
who vindicated the conduct of the Government, and
was repeatedly cheered as lie did so. The question
seas tl.en put upon the address, and Mr. Roche
!elving withdrawn his opposition, it was voted by
seelamatiore The result is particularly valuable, as
it affonis an index to the feelings of a very important
part of Ireland towards the present Government.
We have no doubt that those feelings will sp:Ta-I
and strengthen in all parts of the country, in prodor-
Con as the people are assured that the Government
really wish to do them justice."
in .
Now, the above paragraph contains itself
the most satisfactory illustration we have yet wit-
nesed of the natural consequences of the late
Relief Bill. Those consequences, indeed, were
not unf :reseeil,—they were predieted,t hey
were assumed by this journal a thousand times,
and reasoned upon as infallible tests of the bene-
fits to be derived from emancipation. We said
that the Catholics were incorporated by their
grievances, and by them alone ; and that the
only way of decomposing the complex )rut arti-
ficial body, and restoring its several parts to
their stations in general society, was to infuse
throughout the whole mass the genial warmth of
the Constitution. The priests had, within three
or four years, begun to figure in their novel
dress of politicians. The Orange outcry wa%
against the Catholics as a " priest-driver
people." The answer was " No, the priczts are
people-driven--they are forced into a place whet 4
the universal pressure forward retains them—
wait a little." The fact now speaks for itself.
The priests were seized hold of by the Catholic
agitators, and were turned to all sorts of mecha-
nical uses for the moment—here a spring—there
a lever—a wedge—a screw—a sledge hammer.
The notoriety of the priest—his familiarity tsith
the lower classes— the necessity of parochial or,
ganization every where, of which he only had
the key—all tended to make a convertible
tool of him to any grand purpose of -the
community, by which alone, and for which
lie existed ; although, as the profound nes
turalists of the Newcastle school inform,?d us,
the whole Catholic community existed, by, an:.l
for, the priest. Well, emancipation passes, rind
FURTHER PARTICULARS, what follows ? Why, already—aye, in six
Barnsley, Thursday Evening. months—the frightful tumour disperses. The
Yesterday the firm of Messrs Jackson and Hod- separate existence of the Catholic has ceased,
getts despatched a waggon load of yarn to be wove and, according to his rank or calling in society,
in the neigbouring village of Dodworth. The fact he aggregates to his equals of other creeds; he
soon got abroad, and brought the weavers together. becomes nobleman, gentleman, placeman, bards-
A party paraded the town, one of them carrying a ter, merchant, tradesman, peasant. What ii
pole surmounted with a huge bone, enveloped with here and there a cast-off agitator, with a black
black crape, intimating that a meeting was to be as-
sembled forthwith at Barebones. I have not been coat and stand-up collar, ft tees himself upon
able to collect what kind of addresses were made by the notice of a general assembly of the people,
the leaders, but sufficient apprehension was raised and attempts to disturb the proceedings by bray-
to call out the dragoons to protect the property; ing like one of the old Association bagpipes—.
and Lord Whamcliffe, being in the town, went him- is he listened to as he used to be ?---,-as he would
self to the scene, and remained till night fall. These have been twelve months ago ? or cheered by
precautions kept all quiet during the night, and at deafening acclamations ? No ; his time of ser-
daylight the dragoons were dismissed. vice has expired, he has got his discharge. Bonne
About eight or nine o'clock, however, this morn-
Catholic layman gets up—a man of talent, or dr
ing, numerous bands of weavers were seen proceed-
in some way assured of a hearing oi:
ing to the village, and before sufficient aid could be station, or
grounds distinct from the former one, of a
again collected for the defence of those who had or.
been bold enough to take out work, their cottages grievance, which affecting all ranks, levelled all,
were assailed and forced open, the windows smashed, and he quietly sends the priest about his busi-
and the yarn strewed along the streets, producing an ness. The Mr. Roche who attempted an asso-
effect more like a bleach-yard than a thoroughfare. ciation sortie at Galway, as related in the above
Our Magistrate, Mr. Beckett, was proceeding in extract from the Evening Post, would hard
a chaise to the spot to give orders, accompanied by made a good thing of it in 1827 or 1828. Fa-
Mr. Hodgetts and several other gentlemen on foot, S • hadpublic meeting
they pain no
when a little more than half way, Mr. B. having
to sport his acrimon in Tipperary, he therefore
Y previously got out, they met a large mob returning,
press. Not so in Galway : Father
who immediately began to assail them with stories. took to the
They were fortunately relieved from this peril by Roche tried a speech, and if there had been
the soldiers, who came galloping up soon after them no Catholic gentlemen there, he probably
—no sooner were they seen, than the men dispersed might have shot his bolt with impunity. But
in all directions, betaking themselves across the Mr. Blake, the Chief ilemembrancer, " did"
fields towards an adjoining wood. No less than his reverence completely. He told the priest, in
nineteen were speedily secured, and brought to : n
ca. terms, that he had better let the Govern-
Barnsley. Lord Wharncliffe was forthwith solicited ment alone,—that he had better let alone the
trial b
to attend, and all this afternoon has been devoted to y jury,—that he had better not mix his
their examination. Sixteen or seventeen have been
remanded till to-morrow, irrelevant rubbish with the subject under discus-
w, in the hope that further
sion, which was the propriety of an address to a
evidence may be obtained to arraign them of the
riot at Dodworth, as well as of the assault—on the high officer of the State; and, indeed, the result
latter only of which offences they stood charged by was, not that the priest was encouraged by ac-
sufficient evidence. But the most important feature clamations, but that lie was put down by accla-
in this affray is the capture of Patrick Flanigan, who mations ; and that Mr. Blake carried with him
was seized while walking up the town in the middle the unanimous vote of the assembly. We ask,
of the day. It appears that he was at the meeting then, could thiS have happened in 1828 ? Could
yesterday, and was seen also at Dodworth while the
outrage was going on. On being asked what he
an Irish priest talking nonsense in the shape of
had to say, he replied that he was acting up to the politics have then been put down by any human
exhortation of his Lordship last night, to restrain power ? No, not by a bull from the Vatican.
the weavers from violence, but not succeeding, he Could a gentleman have rebuked a priest for his
had left them, and returned to Barnsley. His Lord- babbling ? If a Protestant gentleman, he would
ship not thinking this sufficient to shield him from have been turned out for impertinence ; if a Ca-
the penalties of the Statute, fully committed him tholic (Mr. Blake himself, for instance), he
to take his trial at the Assizes, and he was imme- would have been torn to pieces as a traitor.
diately despatched in a chaise to York, under an
Then let all candid Protestants agree with its,
escort of dragoons, there to await the judgment of
his country. Such is the result of this day's pro-
that the Catholics are no longer a closer
ceedings; what to-morrow will develops remains to lion, and that the Bill for religious libertycorpora-
has
be seen. The town is in a strange agitation; and likewise been a Bill for liberty of political
whether these captures will tend to a breaking up of action.—Times.
the Union, or whether it is to be a prelude to a The humane and munificent bounty (1001.
more fearful catastrophe, I hardly dare surmise. In
)
the mean time diligent search is going forward to sent on Saturday of Sir Francis Burdett to the
apprehend Ashton, who was very conspicuous, both refugee Spanish soldiers lately cast upon our
yesterday and this afternoon. shores from Portugal, has been handed over, as
Friday Evening, Seven o'clock. was mentioned in Saturday's Times, to Mr. -
The two weavers whose houses were broken into
Freslifield, Secretary of the Spanish Committee,
at Dodworth were, it appears, of the names of Ro- .-...
in i nrogmorton-street. It has since been suo-
bert Sykes and Abraham Ingham. The weavers es
who returned the work they had taken out from gested to us by, and on behalf of, some of these
Messrs. Jackson aed Hodgette, on Thursday morn- unfortunate men, that it would be an equal sav-
ing, were accompanied through Barnsley on their ing of trouble to the Committee, whose time
way to the warehouse by a considerable number .of (being gratuitously given) must be already much
persons of their own class, who manifested their occupied with the distribution of the general
triumph by loud bursts of applause. On the ap- , fund and to the poor soldiers themselves, who
proach of Mr. Beckett, Mr. J. Hodgetts, and Mr. i
Radcliffe, on Thursday, to Dodworth, they were ! cannot easily communicate with Englishmen, if
met by a number of the weavers, amounting to about ! any relief which may by possibility be afforded,
four hundred, who assailed them with stories, and - in imitation of the splendid example set by the
after breaking the carriage windows from which Mr. I Hon. Baronet, were to be henceforth conveyed
Beckett had just alighted, they threw stones both at'. to them through the medium of a Committee of
him and at his party, all of whom were severely hurt Spaniards, of known rank and reputation, who
by the missiles. The Magistrates who attended ' min-lit be disposed to take upon themselves the
this day to receive the examinations were Loyd responsibility, and perhaps the odium, of such an
Wharncliffe and Dr. Corbett, and the investigating office, (inasmuch as starving men are apt some-
of the charges occupied about three hours, when •
four individuals were committed for trial at the times to be unreasonable). We have no doubt
Quarter Sessions for the riot, and ten were dis-
i that such an arrangement would be the most
.l that could be made. Military men of
ficia
be-
charged on their finding sureties to appear at the i "e-
next Sessions to answer any indictment that might ; distinction and discretion are the fittest to exer-
be preferred againstthem, and also to keep the peace. , cise a salutary influence over time minds of
humbler soldiers when in misery, and can make
the most scanty comfort go further, with the same
small means, than any " civilians," even natives
of the same kingdom, could do. This Spanish
in „,
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committee might account to that nroginor-
ton-street. On inquiring if there were any in-
dividuals of their countrymen abokit London,

1.-7:;;AN", ~NT-GOVERNOR.

'P x,,lain and amend
for the
• !1:,•..<•); and for
; h it tinlefore

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ii:c in:prove:nlll' of di..a c,;:,

enacted :

Ist. In refurenre to the fourteenth clans, of the
said ordinance, the ply:isitmenr
not exceed six nights, or thice d:rs alp; thre,,
nights ; nor shall more than one of the modes of
punishment provided l: the •aid (•1„,:t..! he inireted
for the same cffenre ; um. shit!:
•nents be exceeded, vlider a pen ihy not treater
,han six lint.dred gu;llT,,, an I not less than two•
hundred guilders.

2d. And in refercnee to the thirteenth and four-
teenth clauses, no other mode of puniNlonent than
is allowed in the snid clauses shall be inflicted, under
a pena!ty not greater than nine hundred goiL'ers,
nor less than three hundred guilders.
3d. With reference to 07.! twenty-lixth clause
„r the said ordinance, the provisions of the same
shall extend to all sales, as well under the decree of
the Court of Ju•tice as in any other manner ; anti
in qtnstions of doubt the person about to sell shall
going the matter for dt ri,ion to the protector of
slaves. Provided, however, that Forties whom it is
illegal or otherwise to separate may he separately
sold if they consent in the resence of the protector
of slaves, who slut!! give a certificate of such con-

*cnt, to be annexe;l .io the bill of sale; and any
person Who shall scll any slave or shoves in con-

travention of this (!naetment shall incur a penalty
of one thousand guilders.

- (Signed) 13. D'URBAN.
Colony-house, George-town, Den.erara, Aug. 1, 1829,

FRESH DISTURBANCES AT BARNSLEY,

(From the Lceds Mercury of Saturday.)

On Thursday morning a number of weavers, from
Barnsley, went to prevail upon the Dodwortli wea-
vers to return their work, and in most instances
they were successful, but two of the number de-
clared their determination to work for such prices
as they could obtain at all hazards. On this deter-
mination being made known to the great body of the
.weavers, they came to the resolution to take the
work from them by force, and in the middle of the
Thursday forenoon a large number of them pro-
ceeded to the houses of their uncomplying fellow-
workmen, and commenced breaking their doors and
windows, and destroying the work. On the arrival
of this information at Barnsley, Joseph Beckett,
t. sq. attended by a strong body of constables, and a
detachment of military, proceeded to Dodsworth,
where they scoured the lanes and fields, and several
men and boys, to the number of 18, were taken
into custody. During the afternoon Patrick Flani-
gan was arrested, on a charge, as it is said, of lead-
ing the men on to the commission of this daring
outrage. In the course of that afternoon Lord
Wharncliffe, who had returned to Wortley, arrived
at Barnsley, and Friday morning was appointed for
the examination of the prisoners. At the date of
our last accounts the greatest agitation and alarm
prevailed, though no fresh excess had been com-
mitted.

The Prussian Minister transacted business
with the Earl of ABERDEEN on Saturday, at the Foreign

Sir GEORGE MURRAY arrived in town )es-
terday, from a visit to the Marquis pf CHANDOS, at Wot-
ton, Buckinghamshire.