A portion of the landlords in Ireland seem disposed to
get up an opposition to the Tithe Act, which Mr. O'CONNELL and the Irish Members forced upon the Government so recently. The principal movement is in Meath County ; and the most conspi- cuous person in it is the Marquis of HEADFORT, a Privy Coun- cillor and a Lord of the Bedchamber. The Times holds up the Marquis's interference in the anti-tithe agitation as something little better than treason aggravated by perjury. But, without exagger- ating the affair, his conduct may be styled unbecoming. A person connected with the Government ought not to head an opposition to an important measure of that Government, just passed, and espe- cially when the object is to overturn the Established Church of the country. The requisition to the High Sheriff of Meath states that the meeting is for the purpose of petitioning Parliament " for the total extinction of tithes, in substance as well as in name, or their appropriation to national purposes." This is equivalent to a demand for the overthrow of the Establishment ; and comes with a bad grace from a person holding a high office in the Queen's House- hold, under a Government which professes a determination to uphold the Establishment. At the same time, bating the inde- corum in his peculiar situation, the Marquis has an undoubted right to petition Parliament for any measure he may think de- sirable.
How far the Anti-Tithe agitation will proceed, it is impossible to say ; but, discountenanced by the Government, and not encou- raged by O'CoNNELL, we shall be surprised if it become for- midable.
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