The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-13 00:00:00

4VI7,NiN-G EDTIIION CRIMINAL COURT-CCHIS DAY.) I his morning being affixed for the t r i a l o f M r . M e dhurst, the avenues to the Court were crowded at an early hour I Admission to the Court was only to be obtained through the medium of tickets from the Sheriffs. The Court was crammed to suffocation immediately after the doors were op ened. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Mr. Justice COLTMAN took their seats on the Bench at ten o'clock. . Several ladies were on the Bench. Shortly afterwards Francis Hastings Medhurst was placed at the bar, and arraigned on the Coroner's Inqui sition for the wilful murder of Joseph Alsop, and also on an indictment for the crime of manslaughter. He pleaded 1 N.ot Guilty, an d a f terwards sat down in a chair provided for him in the dock. Sir F. Pollock and Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prose cution, and the Attorney-General and Mr. C. Phillips conducted the defence. S ir F. POLLOCK said it was his painful duty to state to the Jury bri e fl y and fairly the circumstances which had placed the prisoner in his present unfortunate situation. He requested the Jury to pay their serious attention to the statement he was about to make. The Learned Gentle ;flan then stated the facts of the case at considerable length, and took that opportunity of expressing the regret he felt that the Rev. Mr. Sturmer had not interfered to p re vent the quarrel betwe e n p r i soner an d t h e d ece a s ed, by interposing his au t h or i ty as tutor b etween t h ose gentle 'nen. Deeply l amenting that a gentleman of the prisoner ' s station and family should have adopted the un-English p racti ce of stabbing—a practice which had recently increased to such an extent as to demand Legislative in afteerrence—in justice to the prisoner he would state, that the occurrence he had shown every contrition, and endeavoured by every means in his power, to alleviate the sufferings of the deceased. The Jury had heard the Co roller's inquiaition, charging the pri soner w i t h M ur d er , a nd ttlihlieemintud.icsat, m v ent with M ans l aug h ter , and it would be for of which o ff ence the prisoner had been guilty. ue re l at i ves of th e d ecease d had instituted the prosecu tion for manslaught er , not f rom any v i nd i ct i ve fee li ngs , but in the di sc h arge of a most painful duty, they were th e desirous of p er f orming their duty to the memory of t d eceased, and at t h e same t i me of doing just i ce °„ 11 , g _ dying Opinion of the condct the prisoner is most p melancholy of occasion. He felt it i t his duty to state that in his ( Sir F. Pollock's) opinion, bthe prisoner's offence amounted to manslaughter only, and Tan ad come t o t hi s opinion after a perusal of the deposi and an attentive consideration of all the circumstances _ Ol the case ; and he trusted the Jury would not suffer their natural feelings of abhorrence at the use of such a weapon as that by which the deceased's death was occasioned, to induce them to enter a verdict which was not fully war ranted by the evidence. He felt assured that the Jury W ould give their utmost attention to the evidence on both sides, and return such a verdict as would give satisfaction to the countyy. eutiTuhne:f....ollovving witnesses were then called for the prose- Rdward Wm. Bunney examined by Mr. BODKIN.—Was a fellow pupil with the prisoner and the deceased in the esta blishment of Mr. Sturmer. Was present on the day the af fray took plebe. Mr. Dalston left that evening. Alsop that..lltiad took place. were in the dining-room with them on While they were there the prisoner entered. Had seen him befor e at breakfast. When he came into In room witness was getti a book. The prisoner said the blackguard that had "ust ag gone away, alluding to Dal ston, had broke the glass of his watch. 'That observation Wappeared to be addressed to Mr. Sturmer, who said he ondered h e ( t h e prisoner) had not knocked hint (Dalston prisoner ) own befo re . Alsop said the was a liar and a black guard, a n d on looking round witness saw the prisoner strike else4.lsop with a sti c k. Could not say whether he had anything in Stick fro his hand. A scuffle ensued, and Alsop got the Se m Medh urst, and struck him with it. They then parated about eight feet. Alsop then again advanced tiutowards the prisoner, apparently to strike hi, when Med asaprstiftlegt:hased W hi i s tn le e f s t s li h a e n a d r o d u t t h o e f s h p is ri p n o g ek g e o t . , put t s mething in isht hand, and struck Alsop with something that had st t the abdomen. Alsop then put his twTohheatnhcisastto was as o _ r !uleb, Crying, " he's stabbed me, he's stabbed 4_sienwent down on both his knees, near the mantel. 1 e • Before the blow was struck Alsop was ru nearer any door than Medhurst. Medhurst left the room seeinga immediately after the blow was struck. Did not recollect perso n before leaving the house. Before the andurrenee there had been a coolness between the prisoner A laoP ; it occurred the Sunday before and was about tomet trifling matter. Alsop and Dalston were on friendly krend'hii• Witnes s had seen the knife now produced, in to urst's possession during the whole of the last guar me Saw the knife before Alsop came to the establish- Citre Alsop was the stouter man of the two. s m s- u e r x e a i m eg ine t d be b y y the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—O n Sa t.Tay all breakfasted together as usual. After breakfast Dalston went away in company with witness. _u ot l ton and the prisoner slept hi the same chamber. Did 4 see whether Medhurst had a watch in his hand. The prisoner addressed Mr. Sturmer on the occasion alluded to, and not Alsop. After Alsop had struck Medhurst with a stick, witness did not ob serve n them come near t h e side board. Th ere was a table i thee Medhurst was a t t h e further middle of t h e room , an d the wi n d ow. Alsop was nearerztl:Tlity of th e t a bl e , near Re-ex am i ne d by Mr. BenKlN_--looser op could h ave l e f t , the room. __The R ev . M r. S turmer examined by Sir F. PoLtscee— Yr The of the parish of Hayes, and had been so for lagour years. Had an establishment there for pupil s , In inarch last had three pupils besides the prisoner, who bad last wit ness him about two years and two months. The , nt o ineas had been with him about twelve months. Al sop came there on Ash Wednesday. They usually sat in drawing-room, On Saturday, the 9th c.f March, _r Dalston left the establishment. At that time some of launerliiinpils were not on speaking terms with Alsop. On the h ad L in g in question Medhurst complained that Dalston he oroken his watch-glass, when the deceased replied that struck Wss a liar and a blackguard for saying so. Medhurst ; Alsop with a stick, when a wrestle ensued. Wit ,e:is did not interfere or say any thing, but left the room. whatwitnesa was leaving,he heard the prisoner say "Good God, hat was have I done." Sometime afterwards, the deceased was taken to his own bed-room where the Prisoner followed him and remained with the deceased un til Mr. Chadwick canie Witness informed Mr. Alsop's relations of what had ' taken place. Mr. Alsop was an ? r Phttnr and hi s aunt had placed him under witness's care. The deceas e d w i shed to see his aunt, and after some time, witness sent off an express. The deceased's aunt came about seven o'clock in the evening. Before the express was sent off, the prisoner said he would pay the expenses, let it cost what it might. On witness saying that the Wound w as on l y a scratch, that it would be well to mor row, the deceased said he might not live till then. After this, witness saw Alsop and Medhurst shakin g hands, the former said " We were both wrong and I forgive you." This was after Mr. Chadwick, the surgeon, had been there. On the following morning, Mr. Patten, a surgeon, was sent for, and he and Mr. Chadwick acted together. On the Wednesday following further medical advice was sent for, but Mr. Alsop died ou the Thursday, at twelve o'clock. On asking the prisoner for the knife he gave it up to Mr. Patten. Witness knew he had such a knife in his possession, and he had seen him open it. The prisoner had had the knife scme time. Wit_ Hess believed that he had it before he came to his estab lishment. He always carried it about him. Witness bad seen him cut wood with it. Had told the prisoner it was a very dangerous knife. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL —Th e pri soner was very fond of carpentering, and witness bad seen him frequently use the knife to cut wood. On the morn ing in question' had talked with the prisoner about car- Pentering, as he wanted something from Uxbridge. The Prisoner was as calm that morning as usual. He came down stairs with the watch in his band. Witness under stood the prisoner valued the watch exceedingly, as it had been his father's. The glass was broken. When Medhurst entered the door Alsop was at th e table and witness was near the fire-place. Mid burst addressed witness when he came in. Heard Alsop say that the prisoner was a liar and a blackguard. Before witness left the room a scuffle ensued. When he returned Medhurst seemed to feel the greatest regret at what bad happened. Indeed frantic. Didheappeared e ho n r t ro s r e - e st m ru e e d k . , a and w a lk e d about like person burst helping him up. When he first saw him after the exceedingly triag fatal occurrence Medhurst was standing wasover AI"P to alleviate his sufferings. anxious th a t the relations of thedeeeased ; shouldtbat was e besen e t fa r, and he voluntarily surrendered Himself the day of the death. WitncssandTb N e led N h ia u g rs i t str w at e e nt w to uu l d a Magistrat e u p o n his auggestiem himself to a no t interfere, and he then con stable. Th e st i c k h a d been surrenderedin his . m fo e r ti t m w e o s. years. He always carried a stick, even in th e e ss h e a s l s l in so n Mr. H. Dalston examined by i "log with th e d eceas ed. They In were upon p l on NVaintimates a te p r u m p s i . l Witness quitted the establishment about 10 togetherOteo'clockon t he 9th of March. They bad all breakfasted that morning as usual. He saw Medhwuarsststcanomdiinngg in n o t w h n e Witness . stairs in his dressing-gown. hall ready to go. He believed be cam o e o d d a te st r i m ck s. . The e y w did not speak, as they were not on g nothing about a watch. Had not seen Medhurst that Inerni sg , NvitTehses. ATTORNEY-GENERAL had no questions to put to the wasßose was footman to Mr. Sturmerin Coming into the house from the stables March s :iddbbe last. urrsdt standing. Mr. He went into the hall and s iA a i w r. Mr e . Alsop u ric "ng• Mr Medhurst was near him. . ri to e olt him by the shoulders and led him upthsetairros.om Wit as followed, and found the door of , _ saw ter , i ,ed- He knocked, and the door being opened, he Allsop sitting on the bed. Medhurst sent him week be sh" ad wielsr who came soon after. About a .. twhieethadceident h e saw Medhurst with a knife, showing it to uecueeabsescluda,nd others and telling them how it opened said that and how ' he could defend himself with it. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIP3.—When he . IMedhurst took Mr. Allsop by the shoulder, and took him 'P Stai rs , h e meant that he was assisting him • and when h e sent wit ness for the doctor, he was in great'distress. , Thomas Clack, a t ra d esman at Hayes, went up to t h e Prig 'e'r. Mr. Sturmer's house on the 9th M arc h, an d saw the oner there, and asked if it was true that one of the ?''"ung gentlemen had stabbed another. Medhurst said he ont one of them in the heat of passion, for which he was , t."Y sorry • that he h a d sent f or a med i cal man, who had 13 ° 11. 1M‘ up ihe wound, and said it would be well in a few d ays. I:e asked witness if he should go out of the way for a week. He said no. Medhurst then said if anything 'lrious should happen, he should surrender himself to the law of the land, for he never meant to do any harm. Mr. Bunney recalled— About a month before the oc eurreace, lie heard M e dh urs t sa y th ere was suc h a t hi ng as stabbing with a knife. itt B hl y o th a Juror—Al sop was a d vanc i ng w i t h a ra i sed stick hands, when Medhurst only moved one foot fur wtttriku, and m a d e t h e bl ow. Al sop was ev id ent l y going to ste. Mr. Ch adwick, the surgeon, was called in to th e dec eased on th e morn i ng of the 9t h . fi e f oun d hi m i n a bedro om. Only M e dh urst was t h ere , an d h e sa id " G oo d ' ' — od, make haste." 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On examination he found a wound on the left side of the abdomen; it was from an inch and half to three quarters, and had been made by a sharp instrument. He made no particular examination to find what sort of instru ment it had been made by, as he was told it had been done with a knife in a quarrel. Witness did not think at first it was a dangerous wound. On Sunday morning he found the deceased much worse, and he had all the appear ance of one suffering from a severe internal injury-. Witness saw him on Wednesday morning, and then found the case hopeless. He died on the. Thursday. Witness examined the body on the Saturday by direction of the Coroner, and he then found the wound much more severe than he had at first thought. He had taken every means in his power to save the deceased. Cross-examined.—Medhurst was most assiduous in his attention to the deceased; he persuaded him to take the medicine, and the deceased was carried to Medhurst's room, because the latter said there was a fire there. If the deceased had been the brother of Mcdhurst the latter could not have been more attentive to him:or have clone . more for him. Witness sewed up the wound with a common needle, and left it in the wound to keep it together. He put ban lager on to keep it on its proper place—it was not bandaged too tight, but from the loss of muscle in the belly he complained of a difficulty in breathing. He found that the deceased had long suffered from a constipation of the bowels, and had been subject to fits, and had received an injury in the temple. Mr. Charles Patten, surgeon, of Uxbridge, said—l was called in about ten o'clock in the morning, and was in formed that the injury had been caused by a knife. There was a good deal of tenderness and swelling about the wound. I removed the suture, and a small discharge issued from the wound. I did not see the interior of the wound. The pulse was extremely feeble and irregular, indicating that a severe shock had been received by the system. The wound was highly dangerous, but there were some hopes of his recovery on the Wednesday morning. He was in a dangerous state when I first saw uirn. On examining the body after death the wound appeared to have gone from left to right. The part of the peritoneum immediately facing the wound was:not lacerated. The muscles were divided in an oblique direction. Cross-examined—When I first went I considered the wound but slight. On learning how the wound had been occasioned, I wished to see the knife, and the prisoner im mediately presented it. He showed the strongest feelings of regret, and the greatest anxiety that the deceased should recover. I said that I feared the wound might be fatal, and after that deceased told me he had called the prisoner a liar and a blackguard. Re-examined—l gave the knife to Count de Selig. Mr. Broglie—l am a surgeon, practising at Hounslow. I was called on to attend the deceased, and immediately thought it was a hopeless case. I could not observe the direction in which the knife had gone. I afterwards ob served extensive inflammation through the whole of the small intestines, and attributed the death of the deceased to the injury inflicted, and its consequences. Cross-examined—l was not present at.the original post mortent examination. When I saw the body, the parts were in a disturbed state, and the intestines scattered about. After the suture was removed, it would be highly improper to apply a tight bandage. I had some conversation with the deceased on the preceding evening. I said, from the character of the symptoms, I felt it my duty to communicate to him that I had no hope of his recovery, and asked him if be had done anything to in duce the row. He said, " Yes, I called him a liar and a blackguard, upon which be struck me." I asked if he thought there was anything premeditated on the part of Medhurst, he said, " Decidedly not." He also said that he had forgiven Medhurst, and could do no more. Re- examined—l am not aware that any bandages were on him. I she uld say he died from inflammation, caused by the wound. Count de Salis—l am a Magistrate of the county of Middlesex. I ordered the arrest of Medhurst. I received a knife from Mr. Patten, and gave it to police Sergeant Cooper. Sergeant Cooper produced the knife, which he had re ceived from the last witness. The case for the prosecution closed about twenty-five minutes before two, and the Learned Judges then retired for a short time. On their return, at two o'clock, Surgeon Key, of Guy's Hospital, was called and ex amined as to the injuries inflicted ; but from the very low tone of voice in which he spoke, we could not catch the purport of his examination in chief. Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—Did not think it right, for a sharp cutting wound in the abdomen to probe the puncture with a metal instrument, or the finger. Where there had been constipation of the bowels for seven days previous, the wound would be much more dangerous. Re-examined by Sir F, Pouocx.—Did not think that the surgical treatment in this case had produced any injury to the deceased. This closed the case for the prosecution. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose for the defence. (To be concluded in a Second Edition.) NATIONAL LOAN FUND. (From the Scottish Pilot of Wednesday last.) We lately called the attention of our readers to the National Security Savings' Bank, and expressed our satisfaction that the benefits they offer appeared to be so extensively taken advantage of by the class of per sons whose interests they are especially designed to pro mote. From the amount of business which seems to be flowing into them, we are encouraged to hope that per sons in that rank of life to which the depositors be long, will be induced to turn their attention also to the subject of life assurance, the benefits of which have hitherto been. chiefly confined to persons holding a higher position in society. We were glad to see a plain and satisfactory exposition of the principles and advantages of life assurances in a late number of Cham bers' Journal, from which, considering the extensive circulation of that periodical among the middle and working classes, we anticipate much benefit. We most cordially join in the appeal which the writer makes to the religious principle and good feelings of heads of families and persons having others dependent upon them. When we consider the sure footing on which life assurance now stands, we cannot but look upon all such persons, if they are without capital, and draw their income in the shape of wages or salary, or from any source dependent on the contineanco of their own lives, and are able to spare any portion of it, however small, as a premium for a policy of life assurance—we look upon all such persons as guilty of a criminal breach of duty if they neglect to take advan tage of the provisions of these institutions, for the purpose of securing their families from the want and wretchedness that would otherwise ensue upon the contingency of their death. The bearing of the principles of life assurance having been now tho roughly investigated, and their certainty established, it has become possible to extend the benefits of as surance societies to the persons insured in a greater variety of forms than was at first contemplated. We do not presume to arbitrate between the various in stitutions of this sort laying claim to public patronage —all, perhaps, have their peculiar advantages ; but the society called the National Loan Fund, respect ing which an advertisement appears in our paper to-day, while it holds out the usual benefits of such institu- tions, seems to present some novel features worthy of the especial attention of the industrious classes. From the rules of the institution, insurance in it may be made the means of present advantage to the is surer as well as a security to his family ; and it seems, in fact, to combine, to a considerable extent, the ac commodations of a savings' bank and benefit society with those of an assurance office. Should the assured stand in present need of money, he may, at any time, borrow from the fund, on the security of his policy, a sum equal to two thirds of all the payments he has made ;and provided he be punctual in paying the interest, may continue to use this money for a longer or shorter period as may suit his convenience. If from carelessness or inability an assurer should fail in the payment of his annua l prem i um, hi s po li cy i s not entirely forfeited, but an allowance is made for it, to himself or his representatives, to the extent of two thirds of all the payments made after the first five years. There are other peculiarities worthy of atten tion. For example, when a policy becomes a claim in favour of a widow and young children, a special bonus is given ; and in the case of policies on the lives of per sons who come to die by their own hands or by the hands of justice, the benefit to relations is not necessarily lost, but provision is made, under certain restrictions de manded by the moral interests of society, for acting on principles of liberality and benevolence. We recom mend the rules of the Society to the consideration of our readers. On Wednesday thethermeMetcr,in the shade, rose to 48, and in the evening of the same day sank to 34 —a Tdhitreer Marquis ence iin a few of hours n e a o d f f l o 4 rt de i g s to rees. be the new Knight of the Order of St. P a t r i c k. SUDDEN INCREASE OF LIVE STOCK.---A lucky farmer, residing in the neighbourhood o f M a id en Bradley, had a cow which brought forth two calve s , a ewe w hi c h had two lambs, and his wife who presented sented him with t wo children, all on the same da y .— Ind ependent. WOOL MARKET, THURSDAY, APRIL 4. Although conflicting opinions exist as to the amount o f n business done during the past week, there is o doubt prices remain quite firm, and unless purchases can be made m ore freely of the growers, stocks will soon become very e li g ht, with the present consumption. —BradfordObserver YARN MARKET.—There appears a little more caution manifested by purchasers, and perhaps not quite so much business done, but prices continue fir m.—Bradford Observer. ANDES.—Lake Titicaca, six times the size of that of Geneva, and elevated 12,000 feet above the sea, untraversed by anything but the native rush-boat, has now a schooner of 70 tons, carried piecemeal over the Andes, and put together by an Englishman. RADICAL ,SERMONS.—On Sunday last, two sermons were preached in the school at Clayton Green Bottom : in the afternoon by Mr. Arran, and in the even ing by Mr. William Thornton, both of Bradford, when collections were made after each sermon towards the ex penses of the Rev. J. R. Stephens' trial.—Bradford Ob- server. On April 9, at two o'clock, a fire broke out in our House of Correction, by which one half of the build ing is reduced to ashes. Unhappily several persons pe rished in the flames.—Hamburgh Paper. A treaty of Navigation, on a footing of complete reciprocity, has just been concluded between the Austrian Government and the three Hanse Towns. The Magistrates at the County Session on Tues day, agreed to resolutions in favour of the establishment of a rural police.—Chelmsford Chronicle. AG GRIV GATE - - MEETING T IRISH REFORMERS, AT THE THEATRE ROYAL. foulest stigma that the Tories of that day could cast upon the members of that family was, that it had become little better than mere Irish.—( Hear.) Now, gentlemen, we have amongst us here to-day the representative and successor of that noble and patriotic family—a man who never was afraid, from the earliest period of his life, of hav ing such a stigma cast upon him by the Tories of the present day.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, without further intruding on your time, let me move that his Grace the Duke of Leinster do take the chair.__(Loud cheers.) The Marquis of HEADFORT—Gentlemen, I feel great pleasure and honour in seconding the proposition of my Noble Friend the Earl of Charlemont.—( Loud cheers.) His Grace the Duke of LEINSTER having taken the chair, said—illy Lords and Gentlemen, I return you my sincere thanks for the honour you have done, in voting me into the chair. I shall not detain the meeting now, except to re quest you will give every person who wishes to address you a p*lient hearing, and that the speakers will confine them selves as much as possible it) their observations to the ob jects of the meeting.---( Cheers ) Lord CLONCURRY_ I move, my Lord and Gentlemen, that J. WDonnell and John Smyth, Esqrs., be requested to act as Secretaries to this meeting.—( Cheers.) The motion having been seconded, was put from the chair and passed unanimously. Mr. SMITE' then read the following FROM THE PROVOST OF TRINITY COLLEdE, DUBLIN. Gentlemen—l have had the honour of receiving your letter of the 4111, and return you many thanks for your ob liging offer of a place on the platform. I approve most highly of the object of the intended meeting, and regret exceedingly that the duties of my situation, as Provost, will prevent me from attending it.—l have the honour to be your most obedient servant, _ _ (From the Dublin Evening Post of Thursday.) The grand demonstration of the friends of Liberal Go vernment in Ireland, took place this day, in the Theatre- Royal, Hawkins's-street, and never certainly did we be hold so splendid an array of rank, property, and substantial respectability at any meeting in this country. The Tories have attempted to regain possession of the Government, and to re-establish the domination of Orangeism in Ire land. The meat assemblage of this day is the reply given by Ireland to the challenge of the faction. The Reformers united to a man—combining the aristocracy, the gentry, the men of commercial and professional standing—have proclaimed the deliberate determination of Ireland never again to bend under the yoke of Orange misgovernment. The meeting of this day is a manifestation of the gigantic strength and well-disciplined energy of the Reformers of Ireland, which must carry confusion into the camp of the enemy. The Tories were compelled to yield the claims of Ireland, and they were even forced from the Government, when the Liberal party in this country had not amongst them a tithe of the men of rank and pro perty, and nothing like the moral power and cordial unanimity exhibited by the truly splendid meeting whose proceedings we are now about to detail. It was, :n every respect, the most extraordinary, the most important, THE MOST SIGNAL DEMONSTRATION ever made in this part of the empire. The meeting of the friends of Liberal Government in Ireland was convened, " in order to prepare an Address to her most gracious Majesty, and a petition to Pa•liament, expressive of their unabated confidence in the present Ad ministration, and their approval of the general policy pur sued by it towards Ireland." The requisition bore the sig natures of the Duke cf Leinster and nineteen other Peers, of eighteen Baronets, thirty-seven Members of Parlia ment, nearly one hundred and fifty Deputy Lieutenants and Magistrates, and some hundreds of the most respect able landowners, merchants, professional men, and traders in various parts of Ireland. The place selected for the meeting was the Theatre Royal, Hawkins's-street, and as no building could accom modate a tenth part of those desiring to attend, it was ju diciously arranged that admission to the stage, the boxes, and the pit should be regulated by a moderate charge, the galleries being left free. From all parts of Ireland, and especially from the North, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, considerable numbers of gentlemen had arrived yesterday and this morning, to take part in the proceedings of this great national meeting. One o'clock was the hour appointed for the meeting, but long ;before that time the Theatre, which was brilliantly lighted up, presented a most animating scene. About the centre of the stage a large ornamental chair was placed, before which were tables for the reporters, and in front of the stage a platform for the noblemen and gentlemen addressing the meeting. In both tiers of boxes numbers of fashionably attired and beautiful women graced the meeting by their presence. The pit was most densely crowded with our most respectable citizens—the galleries were completely filled—in fact, every part of the Theatre in which standing or sitting room could be obtained was fully occupied. Outside the Theatre, even before twelve o'clock, an int . - mense crowd had congregated, who loudly cheered the leading Reformers as they came up to the stage entrance. A bout a quarter before one o'clock, the arrival of the Earl of Miltown was announced, and the Theatre rang with acclamations. The Marquis of lleadfort, the Earl of Charlemont, Mr. O'Connell, and other Noblemen and Gentlemen, soon after appeared, and were greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering. One of our reporters, in passing through the space be hind the chair, observed a knot of Orangemen and corpo rators, in the centre of whom was Alderman Archer, and in the front of the house a few of the same class were ob served. FRANC SADLEIR. John Smyth, Esq., and John :Mcdonnell, Esq., Secretaries. FROM THE MARQUIS OF SLIGO TO THE EARL OF CHARLEMONT. London, April 9th. My Dear Charlemont—Will you add my name to the Address—l regret m uc h t h at I was not i n D u bli n to sign the requisition. Pray be kind enough to make my feel ings known, if you have an opportunity. In haste, yours very sincerely. SLIGO. FROM FRANCIS A. PRITTIE, OF CORVILLE, TO SAME. My Dear Lord—You will much oblige me by affixing my name and that of my sons, to any resolutions that you may adopt at to-morrow's meeting. I cannot be wrong when the names of Leinstcr and Charlemont appear. I am, my dear Lord, very sincerely yours, FRANCIS A. PRITTIE. FROM EARL GOSFORD TO LORD CHARLEMONT. Workingham Hall, Wagford, Suffolk, 4th April, 1839. My Dear Charlemont—lt was late yesterday when your letter reached me. No man would co-operate with you with more pleasure and satisfaction in the measurez You are now so laudably engaged in than myself. I feel with you the importance of the crisis, and most happy should I be to unite with you and the real friends of Ireland, in giving that direction to passing events which would best promote the interests of the empire, and secure for our country those rights, liberties, and privileges to which she is en titled. A Government not only professing but acting upon Liberal principles must be maintained ; and I trust your exertions may contribute to so desirable a result. I have an attack of gout, and am not equal to travel at the rate I should be obliged to go, in order to reach Dublin by the Bth inst. I deeply regret being thus unavoidably prevented from attending in person at your meeting. My warmest wishes are with you, and to any resolution or proceedings to which you may attach your name, you will greatly oblige me by adding mine.—With cyery heartfelt wish for the success of those measures you and the real friends of Ire land are now labouring to advance in the cause of good government and rational liberty, believe me, my dear Char lemont, your's most sincerely, GOSFORD. The Right Hon. the Earl of Charlemont. Kilboy, April 8. Sir—l beg leave, by writing to you, to express my re gret at not being able, owing to indisposition, to attend the meeting in Hawkin's-street, to be held on Thursday next, with the view of giving support to her Majesty's present Administration. I shall be glad to join in this object, and have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant ) DUNALLEY. A Major Hassard, who has occupied himself in causing placards against Popery to be posted on the walls of this city, was seated in one of the dress boxes. Touching a work in preparation by this Major Hassard, who (it will be seen) attempted to create a disturbance, and was subse quently ejected by the police, the following notification ap • peered in a Weekly Paper on Saturday : " Shortly will be published, • Popery as it was, is, and will be, until destroyed'—exhibiting a most frightful detail of the impiety of that system, clearly showing the utter inuti lity of Papists taking an oath, and the fully of Protestants demanding one." To the Secretary. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN EVENING POST. Convamore, Fermoy, April 8. Sir—As I see in your paper of Saturday last, a rcquisi don calling a Meeting of the Friends of Liberal Govern ment in Ireland, to held on the 11th instant, of which I had no previous intimation, I beg you will add my name to those of the requisitionists, in your paper of to-morrow, if it be possible, and if not, in any of the morning papers of Wednesday in which the list may appear._l remain, Sir, your obedient servant, LISTOWEL. Castletown, April 9, 1839. My dear Barron—Your letter on a subject of the requisition for a meeting in Dublin on tle 11t14 inst., only reached me this morning, in consequence of my having left Dromana. It has arrived, therefore, I fear, too late for my answer to reach you in time to attach my signature to it. I need scarcely say how ready I should have been had I fortunately received your letter sooner, to have assisted, by adding my name to that requisition, in obtaining for the people of Ireland, by the proposed meeting, an opportunity at this moment of recording their opinion of the policy which her Majesty's Mi nisters have pursued towards this country. As far as I myself am concerned, it is not so essential that I should proceed to Dublin to record my opinion on this point, which, from the public situation I have the honour to occupy, is so well known, and which, in a few days, I shall have a new opportunity of supporting by my vote in Par liament. But, it is most essential that every one who is not so circumstanced, should seize this occasion for rallying round the Government, by being present at the meeting in Dublin. I trust, therefore, that the independent gentry of this country will attend to the call, and by their numbers, wealth, and respectability, convince our English brethren that Lord Roden does not represent the opinions or the feelings of the people of this country. I remain, dear Barrcn, yours very faithfully, W. VILLIERS STUART. Dublin, 11th April, 1839. My dear Sirs,—As the pressure of matt er at t h e meet i ng this day will, no doubt, be such as' 0 preclude, even for a moment, my expression of my brother's deep regret et his unavoidable absence, may I beg that you will have the kindness to communicate it, and to say that nothing but his feeling (to use his own words) " that the House of Com mons is where demonstration is most wanted, even more than in Ireland," could have induced him to be absent on the present momentous occasion, and his health has not been such as to admit of his running so great a risk as that of not being at his post on the 15th. Yours, dear Sirs, most truly, THOMAS HUTTON. _ Messrs. Smith and Maedonnell. From the Hon. MARTIN JOSEPII FFRENCH, to the Se cretary, stating that his father (Lord Ffreneb) was con fined by indisposition, and would, therefore, be unable to attend the meeting, but requested that his Lordship's name, the writer's, and the Hon. Thos. Ffrench's should be af fixed to the requisition. "BY RICHARD MAJOR HASSARD. " If any King of Britain Great should dare Before the world our Magna Chute tear, Is any Englishman so servile known, Who would not forfeited proclaim the throne ? Altbo' his Ministers corrupt might sleep, Would individuals tamely silence keep?' The wretch detest, who would not rather die 1" Soon after one o'clock his Grace the Duke of Leinster, followed by a crowd of the leading requisitionists, came forward, and never did we witness such a scene of enthu. siasm as the Theatre presented. Cheer succeeded cheer _ _ —hats and handkerchiefs were waved in all directions, and, when his Grace reached the front of the stage, and bowed in acknowledgment, the acclamations became deafening. No rational man could behold that spectacle without being impressed with the conviction that the Irish people never again will submit to the rule of Orangeism. It is, of course, totally impossible for us to give even a tenth part of the names of those in attendance. But amongst the noblemen and gentlemen present, and giving their countenance to the meeting, were the following : His Grace the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis of Head fort, the Earl of Charlemont, the Earl of Fingal, the Earl of Listowel, the Earl of Miltown, Lord Southwell, Lord Cloncurry, Baron Robeck ; Hon. Captain South well, Hon. Colonel J. Westenra, M. P. ; Hon. E. Law less, Hon. Gonville French ; Sir John Kennedy, Bart.; Sir W. Somerville, Bart., M.P. ; Sir Percy Nugent, Sir Thomas M'Kenny, Right Hon. Patrick Pellew, Lord Lieutenant Louth ; Sir W. Chatterton, Bart., J. P. ; Sir T. Finlay, Bart. ; Sir Benjamin Morris; Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart. ; Sir Montague Chapman, Bart., M. P. D.L. ;,Sir Richard Nagle, Bart., M.P. ; Daniel O'Con nell, M. P. ; Maurice O'Connell, M.P. ; Morgan O'Con nell, M. P. ; Robert Archbold, M. P., D. L. ; Nicholas Fitzsimon, M. P. ; John Maher, M. P. ; Thomas Wyse, M.P. ; T. N. Reddington, M. P. ; H. Chaster, M. P. ; J. J. Bagot, D.L. ; C. H. Walker, M.P. ; Henry Grat tan, M. P. ; Sergeant Curry, M.P. ; Hewit Bridgeman, M. P. D. L. ; George Evans, M. P. ; Robert Hutton, M. P. ; Blayney Balfour, J. P., Tow nly Hall ; Robert Challenor, D. L., Coollatin Park ; Clotworthy Dobbin, Belfast ; James T. Tennent, J. P., ditto ; James Gib son, ditto ; Adam M'Clean, ditto ; Doctor Montgomery, ditto ; Rev. Mr. Glendy, ditto ; Hugh M`Gill, ditto ; Daniel Cronin, of the Park, county Kerry ; Perrott Thorn ton, county Cavan, J. P. ; Pierce Morton D.L., county Cavan ; N. C. Whyte, Loughbricklan, D.L. ; Leland Crosthwaite, D. L. ; John Power, D. L. ; Jobn O'Connell, Grena, D.L. ; Lee M'Kinstry, Armagh ; D. R. Ross, Rostrevor, D. L. ; Pierce George Barron, D. L. ; Chris topher Fitzsimon, D. L. ; George Taaffe, Smarmer, D. L. ; Henry T. Kilbce, county Cavan, J. P. ; Mich. Dunne, J. P. ; Pierce R. Mahony, jun., J. P. ; John Handcock, Lurgan, J. P. ; Edmond Taaffe, J. P. ; Thomas O'Mara, J. Pin.t;erM, J. PT.h;unDdeerr,aiJs. C. ; j Brady,. D. ; Cornelius M'Log hlin ; Geor g e R y an, J. P. ; R. o 1 J. Chester,P. ; Abraham J. P. ; Samuel Col e s Winter, , Moore, Q. C. ; George Roe ; Nicholas Boyalan, J. P. ; F. Murphy, J. P. ; J. M'Donnell, Gardner-street; Edward Wolstonholrne, James M'Clelland, A. Seton, Pierce Ma hony, Thomas Fitzgerald, Barrister ; John Lloyd Fitz gerald, Barrister ; Peter Grahan, Rutland-square; Henry Grattan Curran, Barrister; Patrick Sweetman, John M'Mullen, Thomas Welsh, J. Guthrie, D. Mahony, jun., David Daly, J. M'Cormick, James Gernan, Athcarne ; C. Waddy, F. T. Porter, E. M•Donogh, J. D. Mullen, Barry E. Lawless, Edward Berwick, Peter Purcell, Hal versrown ; Pat. Hayes, C. J. Trench, Barrister; A. R. Symes, Barrister ; Laurence Finn, Henry Cones, Barris ter ; John Murphy, M. D. ; A. C. O'Dwyer, Jeremiah Dunne, Rich. 0' Gorman, J. Scott Molloy, Stephen Molloy, M. D. ; Francis Dalzell Finlay, Proprietor of the Northern Whig ; Cornelius Lyne, P. V. Fitzpatrick, Rich. O'Gorman, jun. ; Surgeon White, Alex. M'Cartby, Barrister ; Stephen Synge, Harcourt-street ; Captain Dillon, J. S. Close, P. M. E. Gartlan, T. M. E. Gart lan, Thomas Maher, Waterford; Ignatius Callaghan, W. W. N. Barren, Barrister; J. Scully, Jas. Finn, Rev. John Sheehan, Waterford ; Rich. Hayes, Col. Allen, Jas. Murphy, Ringmahon, Cork ; Pat. Waldron, Ratbgar ; Mathew T. Derinzy, of Clobemon Hall, J. P. for Wex ford and Carlow ; Henry R. Westenra, M. P., D. L. ; Peter Connollan, Coolmoore, D. L., J. R ; Carew O'Grady, D. L. ; Geo. R. Keogh, D.L. ; Richard Duckett, J. P. ; David Cather, J.P. ; John Lyons, Dar diston, J. P. ; Richard John Hinds, of New Grove ; Bryan Sheehy, Mathew Esmonde White, M.D. and J. P., Carlow ; Anthony S. Hussey, D. L. and J. P., Westown House ; Charles Frizell, Stapolin House ; J. White, P.P., Baldoy le ; Gerald Doyle, P. P., Naas ; Joseph M'Cann, Beaumont; Wm. O'Donnell, Cottage, Car. rick-on-Suir, J. P. ; P. Byrne, P.P., Castletown, county Westmeath ; James Mathews, Mount Hanover House, J. P. ; James Gernon, J. P., Athearne- Castle ; Peter Aungier, Lays; Wm. J. Lynch, M.D., Naas ; Alexander Mans field, Morristown Latin, J. P. ; John Nuttall, Newtown- Mount- Kenedy, J. P. ; Joseph A. Lynch, Roebuck, J. P. ; Robert Mullen, M.D., Dunshaughlin ; Denis C. Brady, Newry ; C. Maguire, ' J. P. • John White, J. P. ; and Messrs. Maguire and M'Parlan, from Newry; R. Grim shavr, of Whitehouse, Belfast, J. P. ; Wm. F. Mara, Portarlington • Richard Lalor, of Fr es hf or d, J. P. ; Alexander Nl:Daniel, of Banabrough, Wicklow; James Henry, Monaghan ; Nicholas, Mackey, Walshestown , Thomas M'Evoy, Mullingar; Redmond Peter O'Carroll, Great Charles-street; Charles Bianconi, Clonmel; Wil liam M'Clean, M.D., and James Marron, of Ballyba county Monaghan; Nicholas Boylan, H ill t own - H ou l' e county Meath, J. P. ; Francis Murphy, Kil ea i rn - H ouse, ' J. P. ; James M'Cann, Drogheda, J. P. ; William Knares: borough, of Inch-House, Kilkenny; Henry Dillon Trent, D. L. ; William Murphy ; Mr. Hatchell, Q. C. The Earl of CITARLEMONT, on moving his Grace 'the Duke of Leinster to the chair, said—Gentlemen, when I intrude myself thus early on your notice, you may well suppose it is not with the intention or for the object of taking up much of your time. I take the liberty of address ing you on a matter of form, for it is necessary that such a meeting as this should have a head, and I am, therefore, about to propose that an individual should be called to pre side over us, whom I am sure will be voted into the chair with universal acclamation.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, since the year I7B2—(tremendous cheering)—l say, Gentlemen, since the glorious year 1782, I may say Ireland has not sent forth, Dublin has not witnessed, such a demonstration as this.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, at that time the rights of Ireland were restored to Ireland by the unparal leled efforts of her valorous sons.—( Cheers.) A crisis in political affairs has now occurred—lreland has been called upon to afford her aid, and it is for this meeting to show that Ireland has universally responded to that call.—( Hear, hear, bear.) Now, to the immediate ob ject of my addressing you—is there any person in this assemblage that has not heard of the noble family of the Geraldines? if so, let me tell them that that family settled in this country, adopted the country as its own, and that country adopted them as her sons—(Cheers)—and the From Lord Rossmoee to John Power, Esq.—Authoris ing his name, and those of his sons, the Hon. Col. Henry Westenra, Lieut. Col. Henry R. Westenra, and J. C. Westenra, to be attached to the requisition. From CHARLES BROWNLOW to Lord Charlemont—Ex pressive of his anxious wish to attend the meeting, to rally round the Gove r n ment o f the Lord Lieutenant, and ob serving with peculiar he Tyrone, emphasis, that " the bri g ht es t point of their administr a ti on i s to a found in thei r I r i s h policy, though through it th e i r chief d an ger g r er is incurred in E ng l an d." From A. ST. G EORGE, to the same, request ing his Lordship t o state to the e meeting (which he was unable to attend), that he had not only the most perfect confidence in the pr esent Administration but that, as hislt country—for the Orange and Tory Irishman, he " felt indignant at t b fa insulttionin the castup on House of Lords dared n o t i nter f ere with the prerogative of her Majesty in dispensi ng mercy to her English subjects," and authorizing his na me to b e s i gned to the - requisition, add ing a hope that her Majesty's Ministers would be the means of regenerating Ireland, that was sold by her corrupt Par liament, in 1800, and concluding by expressing his convic tion that the Union must be repealed, although he was un. willing to give any aid to such a change. From W. S. O'BRIEN, M.P.. to the same, requesting his Lordship to assure the meeting, that the sentiment of approval of that policy which is so strongly felt by his Lordship is fully shared b y him, and expressing his belief, and that of his constit uents, that a similar degree of confi dence will be deserved and obtained by the new Lord Lieutenant as was given to Lord Normanby ' • and al though, previous to the appointment of Lord Fortescue, his wishes would have selected either Lord Charlemont the Duke of Leinster, as the most natural Viceroy of Ire land, yet he almost retracted the wish when he heard that Load Ebrington had been named, possessed as he is of such high qualifications for the office, and identified in po,. litical opinion with the great majority of the population of this country. From SAMUEL J. WINTER, authorising his name to be affixed to the requisition, and signifying his intention to at tend the meeting. From Sir War. CIrATTERTON, Bart., expressing his en tire concurrence in the object of the intended meeting, and requesting his name to be affixed to the petition, adding, that he would esteem it an honour to be appointed one of the deputation to present the address to her Mrjesty. From ALEXANDER SAUNDERSON, of Castle Saunderson, to the Marquis of Headfort—Requesting his name to be put to the requisition, and expressing his fear that he would not be able to attend the meeting. From Sir JOHN POKER, of Killan e — Lamenting that his state of health would prevent his attenda nce at the meeting, but authorising his nam e to be put to the requisition, and any other act to be done for him thatsl m°nualde to h bene e ce :ffi sa x r e y d . From Sir R. MUSGR AVE, directing his to the requisition, and expressing his regret at not being able to attend the meeting, observing that it is of the highest importance to preserve the present system of go vernment in Ireland, which has effected so much good for the country ; and that the people must succeed in a struggle with the Tories, even though that struggle sho u ld lead to the separation of the t wo countries. From LEONARD DOBBIN, Esq., regretti ng that his health would not permit him to undertake a journey to Dublin, or he should have great pleasure in meeting the friends of Ireland on this day; and signifying that he was then get ting up an address to her Majesty from the borough of Armagh, expressive of their sentiments on the occasion, which were in accordance with those contained in the re quisition. From Sir M. D. BELLEW, Bart., - I. P., AND.BROWNS, of Mount Hazel, and JOIIN D' Ancv, of Clifden, reque s ti ng their names to be attached to the requisition, and apolo. gizing for not attending the meetin g , being employ e d i n their respective localities, in preparing similar addresses to the Queen, and petitions to the Commons in support of the present Government. From Francis Megan, of Emo, Walter Blakeney, of Bal. lyellen ; Andrew Armstrong, of Gallen Priory ; Thomas Crawford, of Ballydown ; Geor g e D elany, of Ball vspc ll an House; Niel). C. White, of Loughbri c kl an d ; Edward Howley, sen. and jun. of Belleck Castle, and Henry O'Connor, of Baronston, authorising their names to be at. tach c d t o the requisition, and intimating their intention of being present at the meeting. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1839. From the Hon. HENRY TRENCH, of Cangort Park, re questing his name to be added to the requisition, and ex pressing his " approval of the general policy of the present government towards Ireland." From James D. Lyons, D. L., Croom, Justice Brennan, of Somerston, D. L.. Wm. Harvey, of Kyle, and C. M. Lecky, of Londonderry, expressing their entire concur rence in the objects of the meeting, and their regret at being unable to attend it, but authorising their names to be put to the requisition, address, and petition. From Sir F. MAcooNNELL, of Dunforth House, con curring most cordially in the object of the meeting, and . signifying his intention of being present, should his state of health permit. From Sir SAstun O'MALLEY, Bart., stating that his state of health was such that he could not with safety to his life undertake a journey to Dublin, otherwise he would feel it his duty to attend, and observing that obedience to the law is most firmly secured by the consciousness of the people not only that it is framed but administered with a sincere and sole desire for the good of all, and that that consciousness is now, by the liberal policy of Government, becoming impressed upon the Irish people, and to prevent interruption to the accomplishment of a benefit so vast to the whole empire as that consciousness would confer, every effort should be made by every man who wishes well to his country. _ _ _ _ From Lard Langford, Charles Coote, of Bellamont Forest, D.L. ; William Irwin, Kilbracken, county Cavan, D. L. ; Gerald Deese, of Turbotstown, county Westmeath, D. L. ; W. F. Tighe, Woodstock, D. L. ; Perrott Thorn ton, of Greenville, county Cavan; J. Parnell, Avondale, D.L., J. P. ; William Minheir Raleigh, J.P. ; Daniel Meagher, Cork ; Philip Harding Furville, J. P. ; Thomas Deasy, Clonakilty ; William Cooke, Athlone, J. P. ; P. C. Howley, Broadland Park, Ballina, J. P. ; H. O'Logh len, Port, J. P. ; Alfred G. Richardson, Rathbeg, J. P. ; James O'Neill, Falls, Belfast ; John Muldon,!of Oldcastle ; John P. Ryan, of Kilkenny ; P. M. Lynch, Galway ; M. Macdonnrll, Westport ; James Harden, of Harrybrook, Armagh ; Berkely B. Stafford, of Maine, Castlebelling ham ; J. W. Macloghlen, J. P., Ballyglass ; Elias T. Cor bally, Rathveale, Swords, J. P. ; N. Maher, Thurles ; John Cook, Rathminna, Borrisolcigh ; Thomas Dougherty, of Muff; Peter Gale, of Ashfield Hall, Carlow; John Hare, Longford ; James Flynn, M.D., Tullamore ; William Thomas Haughton, Kelvin Grove, Carlow, J. P. ; Richard O'Donnell, St. James's Park, Kilkenny; Edmund Doyle, Kilkenny • Edward Kennedy, Bantiss House ; Richard Daly, Tuflamore ; John Keily, of Ross ; Denis Cormack, Kilfienny ; Patrick M'Donnell, Tanderagee ; Thomas M'Evoy, Mullingar ; Edward Colgan, lidcock ; John Kearney, J. P., Miltown House ; John Boyce, of Lime rick ; Laurence Ccnrahy, New Park, Kilcullen, Honour.. able F. A. Prittie, Custos Rotulorum of the county Tip perary ; Henry Prittie, Esq., J. P., expressing in the strongest terms their opinion of the necessity of sustaining the present Government, and authorising their names to be affixed to the requisition, address, and petition, but regretting their inability to attend the great meeting. The Earl of MILTOWN then said—My Lord and Gen tlemen, previous to the commencement of the meeting, and before any resolution is put, allow me to state why I have not attached my name to the requisition convening this meeting. It is simply for this reason, that although lam a sincere friend of Liberal Government, and willing to approve, in every way I can, of the conduct of the Mi nistry to this country, yet, I cannot say, in the words of the requisition, that my confidence in Ministers is undiminished. Let me not be mistaken..—(Hear.) My confidence in Minis ters is diminished, but it is not destroyed.—( Hear.) I con ceive in their conduct, the Ministers, on many topics, and in many ways, have acted in a manner calculated to diminish the confidence of their friends, and to give confidence to their enemies and the enemies of the country.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I say the man that points out danger to his friend, when he perceives that dangers exist—the physician that points out to his friend the danger he is in, and sup plies him with a remedy to avert that danger, acts more consistently than if he lulled him in a false security. I will tell the Ministry that honesty is the best policy, and I will proudly point out to them the relative positions they hold in England and in Ireland, and I will ask them to account for it. It may be simply done. In Ireland they have to a certain degree at least, followed public opinion ; in England they have tried to set themselves up against it.—( Hear.) I will not, for this is not the place, proceed to canvass their acts, or to say what can be the reasons that induced them to adopt this line of conduct ; but let me give merit where it is due. For their policy to Ireland, we are in a considerable degree, indebted to the two Noble men to whom the interests of Ireland have been entrusted. —( Hear.) Gentlemen, I trust 'We .Ministry will see the necessity of changing their mode of proceeding, and will support, instead of opposing, public opinion in England.— ( Hear.) They will do well, instead of badly opposing or meanly following public opinion in that country, to place themselves manfully and boldly at the head of it.—( Cheers. ) Then we shall hear no more of the absurd doctrine of the finality of the Reform Bill—then we shall hear no more of the false doctrine that the Vote by Ballot is un-English. The English Noblemen, the aristocracy of England avail them selves of the protection of Vote by Ballot in their clubs, and yet they will refuse this protection to the poor man.— ( Cheers.) I ask should not the protection that is ex tended to the Nobleman be, in like manner, extended to the peasant T—( Cheers.) I say it, and I say it with justice, that instead of opposing Vote by Ballot, they should support Hear, and cheers.) They should also p.opose a more frequent meeting between the representatives and the re pro sented. Let the Members of Parliament more fre quently return to their constituents, to give an account to them of their actions. —( Hear, and cries of " Question.") There is no question, gentleman, before the chair ; proba bly I am intruding on the meeting ; but, I say, let more effect be given to the Reform Bill by Ministers, and let them make a bold and manly push, as they did when they were borne on the shoulders of the people into power.— ( Hear, hear.) Now, one word to the meeting—the first resolution is, in fact, the question that is to be proposed to the House of Commons, and I have no doubt, that the Tories will be defeated on it, for, notwithstand ing the difference of opinions that, exist. amongst, the Liberals, they will join together on fliat occasion to oppose Toryism.—(Hear, hear.) That is the question you would second.—(Hear, hear.) I say again, I have no fear.—( Cheers.) lam delighted that Lord John Russell has come to the question at once. That he has declared he will take the sense of the House of Commons as to the policy pursued of late years, and whether that line of policy shall or shall not now be car ried out into effect.—( Hear hear.) Upon what principle, let me ask, can any oth e r line be adopted? Let me ask, can an exclusive system be again carried on by a faction? —( Cheers.) No man in the House of Commons, from Sir R. Peel down to the humblest Member of his party, but must admit that the day is gone by when a faction could rule this country. We have only to look round, we have only to look at this great meeting, to put an end to such a delusion, if such a delusion can exist upon the mind of any man.—( Cheers.) We have been threatened by an Evening Paper with steamers armed to the water's edge, with clouds of canvass, bearing guns, with the claymores of Scotland ; I wonder they did not add the chivalry of the grand tournament, which is about to take place in that country.—( A laugh.) But may not these thunders be wanted at home.—( Hear, hear.) Let me not be mistaken, God forbid that I should rejoice in the existence of any such necessity, although I may feel obliged to lament the fact. But every one must admit that this is not a moment for carrying on a warfare against Ireland.—(Cheers.) By justice, and by justice alone, can this country be governed. —( Renewed cheering.) I shall not detain you further than say, that upon any occasion where justice to Ireland is concerned, my name shall not be wanting.—( Cheers.) The Earl of - FiNeaL came forward amidst the most en- thusiastic cheering, to move the first resolution. As soon as silence could be obtained the Noble Lord spoke as fol lows: —My Lords and Gentlemen—l shall begin by adopting a phrase, used by one whom, although I d o not see , I am sure is in this meeting—This is a great d a y f or Ireland— ( Loud cheers.) That expression has been used upon many occasions, but never upon one more appropriate than the present. What do I see here this day ? I see t h at , which although I have kno .vn it to exist, yet has never ap peared in so ostensible a form. I mean the visible union which here presents itself between the aristocracy and the people.—(Loud cheers.) We see presiding at this great meeting the first of our Nobles—in ra n k an d property, he is inferior to none ; in public or private virtue be has no superior; and here we behold him in his proper place, presiding over this great assembly.—( Vehement cheering. ) We behold here the aristocracy supporting the people, and the people doing that which they never refused to do —supporting the aristocracv.—( Cheers.) The move of tho 21st of last month has had a good effect.—( Hear, hear.) It is true that the Nobility, from their avocations, and their habits of life did not come forward as often as might reasonably have been expected from them, to aid the people in that great struggle which has been going on ; but the move of the 21st has put all parties in their proper place.— (Cheers.) It has brought the aristocracy forward. They are determined to support the people, and the people are determined to . support them.—(Renewed cheers.) The object of our meeting here this day is not, as my Noble Friend, Lord Miltown, seems to suppose, so much to flatter the present Administration as to make a declaration of principle.--( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The present Ad ministration have gone farther, although, perhaps, they have not gone so far as they ought to have done, yet every thing considered, they have gone farther than any other Administration which ever preceded them in dealing impar tial justice to Ireland.—( Loud and continued cheering.) The resolution which I am about to move will, I am sure, meet your unanimous approbation. It is in effect, if not it the very words, of that resolution which Lord J. Russell means to move on Monday next, whenhe will take the sensa of the United Parliament, as to the proceedings of the Go vernment towards Ireland.—( Hear.) I know that there are many who are anxious to address you, and who, although men of property and station, have not the opportunity which I have of advocating the interests of this country in another place. I shall not, therefore, trespass upon you at any length. My own opinions and conduct are before you.—(Enthusiastic cheering.) I hare been a good deal mixed up with the agitation of the last twenty years, and during that struggle I never sought for the ascendancy of any party.—(Cheers.) I have, I believe, contributed to establish that which we now enjoy—perfect equality.— ( Loud cheers.) I never sought for more. I always said we ought not to be satisfied with less.—( Cheers.) I now thank you for the extreme attention with which I have been honoured, and beg to propose the following resolution. —" That it is the decided opinion of this meeting, that it is equally due to the people and the Crown, that the Go vernment should persevere in those principles which have guided the Executive Government in Ireland of late years, and which have pruduced the effectual administration of the law and general improvement of this part of the United Kingdom." The Noble Lord then moved the resolution, and resumed his seat amidst the greatest applause. PIERCE MORTON, Esq., then came forward and seconded the resolution. He felt highly honoured at being per mitted to associate himself with the duties of that great meeting upon that occasion, which was so important to Ireland. The disqualifications under which be laboured, and which he could not but feel most painful, would, he was sure, be overlooked or forgotten. He should be content, leaving the field to the mighty masters who were to come after him, with briefly stating what he conceived to be the object of that meeting. They were met, he conceived, to address her Majesty—an ad- dress distinctly giving expression to the alarm and appre hension which they could not but feel at the present crisis ; to give a proof to her Majesty of their fixed determination to abide by the right which they had achieved—to main tain the ground which they had obtained after ages of civil convulsion ; nor allow them to be rolled backwards upon the couatry by the bidding of the enemy whom they had quelled, to be renewed by increased fury, and with a vigour proportionate to the sense entertained by the Libe ral party of the prize which they had obtained.—( Cheers.) Although claiming to be a moderate Reformer of the county Cavan, he conceived it to be his duty, and that of every individual, to support the present Administration. At this period Alderman ARCHER came forward and proposed an amendment, to the effect—" That an humble and dutiful Address be presented to her Majesty, detail ing the evils resulting from the general course of policy pursued by her Majesty's Ministers."—( Loud groans, and shouts of approbation from the worthy Alderman's party, who then exhibited themselves in a knot in the pit.) The confusion increased—the interruption completely drowned the voice of the Noble Chairman, who called the disturbers of the meeting to order. A scuffle then ensued in the pit, which, however, was immediately sup pressed by the p o li ce , w h o pro d uce d t h e i r b atons , an d t h e factious row was quelled, but the Orange incendiaries con tinued to groan, shout, hoot, and blackguard—several tried to get upon the platform. A number of the Conservatives e,f the Dawson -street Hcuse were in the pit, distinguished leaders of this factious and disgraceful conspiracy. Mr. Leland Crosthwait, Mr. Marcus Costello, and several other gentlemen walked forward on the platform where Alderman Archer stood, stuttering and trembling, endea vouring to gain a hearing, and prevailed upon him to re tire from his position. The uproar still continued, notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the police to procure silence, which was par tially obtained when the audience again burst into peals of laughter, hisses, groans, cries of " hark, hark, away," " off she goes," " turn him out, &c." The uproar having in a great measure subsided, The Noble CHAIRMAN endeavoured to get a hearing, and in a short time silence was sufficicntly restored to enable him to address the multitude, who, by this time, had taken the most prominent places they could—the benches, seats, and tables were crowded—however, his Grace, at length, strained his voice to its utmost pitch, and was understood to say that Alderman Archer had withdrawn his resolution. —(This announcement was received with the loudest de monstrations of satisfaction ; nothing could equal the cheers which 'pealed from all parts of the house.) When silence was obtained, His Grace again addressed the meeting, and was re ceived, if possible, with louder cheers than had before ex pressed tire approbation of the multitudes ; he said—Gen tlemen, as Alderman Archer has withdrawn his amend. merit, I shall, therefore, put the original resolution.—( Loud cheers, and cries of " Bravo.") As many as are of opinion that it pass, will say Aye—(Tremendous cheering) —and thoS# of a contrary opinion will say No.—(lncreased cheering.) The resolution was then passed. Lord Viscount Cloncurry then went forward to the front of the platform, and was received with loud cheers. Shortly afterwards the Noble Lord was followed by John O'Connell, of Grena, Esq. (brother to the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin). The most vociferous cheers greeted Mr. O'Connell's appearance on the plat form, particularly when he advanced to Lord Cloncurry, with whom he shook hands moat cordially. Lord CLON C URRY then proceeded to address the meet ing, but was prevented by loud cheers, mingled with hisses. When order was partially restored, his Lordship said he never in the whole course of Isis life, as a Magistrate or a country gentleman, refused a hearing to any man.— ( Cheers.) lie listened to the poor man as well as to the rich—( Continued cheers and hisses)—and he was not then, that he came to perform a duty to his country, to be inti midated.—(Tremendous cheers.) He would stay upon that platform for ever until he was heard.—(lncreased cheers, with cries of " Hear Alderman Archer first.") His Lordship then proposed the following resolution : " That to depart from those principles would produce in this country immeasurable evil—would destroy the confi dence of the people in the administration of the laws— would retard all improvement, and probably produce that insecurity to life and property, and those insurrectionary movements and bloodshed which have been the invariable consequence of Tory ascendancy in this unhappy country." The resolution was received with loud acclamations. Now, Gentlemen, continued his Lordship, I have admi nistered the laws of this country, as a magistrate, during thirty years of Tory ascendancy—(Cheers)—and let me see the man of whatever opinions he may be, that can say I refused to give him justice.—( Loud cheers) I think it might be no harm to tell the meeting a few anecdotes. [Here the uproar became so great that it was impossible to hear a word.l Mr. MARcus COSTELLO interfered, and said that no friend to the cause would open his mouth or speak a syl labic, however provoked or insulted he might be ; if they did that, the business would be proceeded with satisfactorily. The noise having abated, Lord CLON C URRY resumed his speech. He said that it was then some years since a party of police had been sent from Dublin to preserve the peace at the fair of Saggard— (Hear, hear)—a murder was committed—warrants were issued by him, which were backed by their Noble Chair man.—( Hcar, hear.) And what was the consequence ? No person war arrested. There was not an Alderman to be found in Dublin who would come forward to assist them. —( Hisses and loud cheers. ) That was during the admi nistration of Lord Wellesley.—(Hisses, loud groans, and cheers.) lie (Lord Cloncurry) waited on him, and with difficulty obtained a dismissal of the police who had acted improperly upon the occasion, but in a short time after wards they were promoted.—(Groans.) He was himself recently put upon a Committee of the House, of Commons to investigate the condition of this county.—(Cheers.) He lamented to say there was outrage on both sides— ... ( Hear)---but he wis prepared likewise to say that the outrages of the people of Ireland were cutrages which bad their source in misery and poverty.—(Chcers, cries of No, no," and loud expressions of applause.) Re medies without end bad been proposed—(Cheers and hisses)—but, lie would ask, was there ever any other than the gibbet and the bayonet administered by the Tory Administration ?—( Loud cries of " No, no," " Yes, yes," and great cheering.) Even the mere proposition of the introduction of railroads into the country —( Hear, hear)—which would be serviceable to all parties, was scouted at by the Tories---( Hear)—lest the present Administration should have the merit of it—( Great cheer ing)—the people of the country were all generally invoked in the question of railways, still the Tories opposed it for those reasons.—( Cheers and hisses.) He had lived for fifty years in his own country—( Cheers)—he hardly ever left it, and he always a d m i n i stere d t h e l aws to the people with justice and propriety.--( Cheers.) He would tell them another anecdote, and appeal to the Noble Chairman whether it was not a fact.—( Hear.) There was a Magis• trate in the county of Kildare who by his misconduct had been confined in the Sheriffs' prison—(Hear, hear)—that Magistrate told him ( Lord Cloncurry) that he was bribed and paid by a Tory Administration_( Hisses and cheers)__ for what? for producing commotion and insubordination in the county of Kildare.—(Cheers, and loud cries of " No, no," " False, false.") lie did say so—(Cheers, and loud groans)—and, what was more, that unfortunate Ma gistrate said that he ruined himself by going to public houses, in order to meet the lower classes of the people.— ( Laud cheers, and cries of " There's the source of Ire land's evils.") Ile mentioned this anecdote merely to show what the feelings of the Tories were towards Ireland— ( Cheers)—and that he could not, as a man of feeling— (Tremendous cheers)—but oppose them.—( Cheers.) He would appeal to the Marquis Wellesley for a confirmationon of the facts he had stated; and he could , likew ise unhesitatingly appeal to the acts of every i Tory Ad ministration that ever disposed of the fate and interests of Ireland. I appeal to Lord Norrpanby—(Cheering)—and I appeal, above all, to the Leinsters, the Charlcmonts, and the Headfords, who have known rue for many years, did they ever see or hear of my makin g a difference be tween man and man, no matter however politically op posed they might be , provided he was right ?---( Loud and continual cheering.) I do not call on you to be of my opinion now, I know many of you differ from me.—( A few cries of "We do.") Well , but if you differ, differ like Christians, and like men--( Loud cheering, and partial hisses) but' don't interrupt, I entreat of you, those in fluential and respectable men, who have come here from all parts of the country—(Loud cries of hear, hear)._ and from this city too, to support what they think, and indeed, what I consider to be the right side of the ques tion.—( Loud cheers.) I again say, I do not court any man to be of my opinion, but I do solicit of you-_u— (addressing the Orangemen in the pit)—to act with jus tice to the gentlemen who have to succeed me. ( The Noble Lord resumed his seat amid great ap plause with a few hisses.) Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, of Grena, brother of Mr. O'Connell, then rose to second the resolution, He ascended the platform in front of the stage, from which the other speakers delivered their addresses, and spoke as follows—l shall not, my Lord Duke, de tain you or this meeting by offering my opinions at length to you.—(hear, and applause.) I fully concur in every sentence that the resolution contains.--( Hisses from the pit.) No man admires more than Ido a great deal of the general policy adopted by her Majesty's Ministers ; but I regret that upon many occasions they have not gone as far as they should, and that they did not act altogether pro perly with regret to the Reform Bill.—( Hear, hear, hear.) But we are met here to-day to consider whether the voice of Ireland shall continue these men in power.—( Cries from some of the Orangemen in the pit of " We will not.") I say we will—( Cheers and laughter)—l say we met here to decide whether we shall keep in office the men who have honoured us by appointing that distin guished and patriotic individual, our late Lord Lieutenant, and that equally distinguished Viceroy who has succeeded him—l mean Viscount Ebrington,—(Tremendous cheer ing, and hissing from the Orangemen.) We are called on to decide that question, fellow-countrymen. and I em phatically say, we will decide in their favour.--( Loud c heering.) I am, my Lord Duke, surrounded by gentlemen from all parts of Ireland. lam happy to see that from north to south, from cast to west we meet to-day, and that we are under the control of Ireland's first and only Duke. Cheers.) The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to de scribe the Orangemen of his county, Kerry, as better men than those.he saw around him in the pit, and by whom the dis turbance that had interrupted their proceedings, had been created.—( Loud cheering.) He would not detain the meeting by any further observations, as he knew there were many gentlemen to follow him, who were far more competent to address them; and who had done service to the country. The Noble Earl who had proposed the reso lution he (Mr. O'Connell) had the hon our to secon d , was, he was proud to say , his private friend; and there was no•, he would firmly assert, a more liberal politician in the country. The Learned Gentlem an resume d hi s seat am id g eneral approbation. Mr. l'! , :iacE ManoNv then came forward and addressed the meeting as follows :—He said—Mv Lord Duke and Gentlemen, I shall occupy your valuable time with very few observations, indeed. The question to day is, whe ther the policy of some few short years was beneficial to this country or not ?—( Ilear, hear.) You will all, of course, give me some little credit for knowing something practical of th e wor ki ngs o f the country.—( H ear , hear.) I don't intend to address you on the political part of the EVENING- EDITION. question so much as on that portion of it that interests all in common.—( Cheers.) My position and pursuits enable me hero to stand in this assembly and to Speak here as a witness for the country of her commercial and general advancement.—( Cheers and hisses from the Orangemen in the pit.) And on that account I have presumed thus to intrude upon you, and thus to hear testimony, as. a mercantile man, that at no period has the country been so prosperous as at present, and for these few years past.-- (Loud cheering and hisses.) With respect to the intro duction of capital, I say, that before the passing of the Emancipation Bill scarcely any came into this country, whilst immense SLIM flowed in since, and never at all to be compared to the last three years.—( Hear, hear, hisses, and loud cheering.) To be sure, some may differ from me, but I say here, without the fear of contradiction, that at no period has land produced so much as it has during the last three years.---( Cheers.) Lord Cloncurry has spoken of a circumstance that has come within his knowledge, when in the administration of the law as a magistrate; and spoke to you of facts within my knowledge. And I stand up firmly and feal)Essly to state how far the property of Ire land has increased of latter days, originating in justice to the country. and continuing daily to increase, while justice is dune to Ireland.—(Great cheering, accompanied with hisses from the pit.) I 'have come here to attend this meeting; I know I am a very humble individual, having no pretensions to address you ; but I do say it is my duty, and the duty of every man to give his meed of support, no mat ter how small that support may be, to sustain the policy we now applaud.—(Great cheering.) The resolution was put from the chair, and carried. Lord Laseowee next presented himself. He said—My Lord Duke, I have the honour to propose a resolution which, with your permission, I will read for the meeting. It is as follows : " That the experience which of late years the people have had of the advantages of impartial Government, would render still more disastrous the return to the old system of misrule under which they had for centuries so severely suffered, as the contrast bAween the present syetaim of impartiality and justice, kith the contrary rule of Toryism, would embitter every feeling of discontont and resentment." My Lord Duke, in proposing this resolution, I feel una ble to express with sufficient strength my sense of the im portance of the occasion upon which we are now here as sembled.--( Hear, hear.) My Lord Duke, we are here met in the name and in the face of the people of Ireland to express our confidence in her Majesty's Ministers.—(Cries of " No," from the Orangemen, and great cheering.) confidence inspired by our experience of the benefits we hare received from them—(" Hear, hear." and hisses)._ and we are assembled to express our fervent hope that the policy which brought those benefits may long be continued to us. My Lord, sure lam that the deepest gratitude has ever been felt, and frequently expressed by the people of Ireland fur the impartial and just course of Government that has been pursued of later years, so wisely and fully A lliministered by our late Lprd Lieutenant, the Marquis irr Normanby.—(Loud cheering, which lasted several minutes.) [Here we arc compelled to stop wir repeat in order to go to press. After the Earl of Uowell concluded, the meeting was addressed by Baron Robeak, Lord South well, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Cronin, of the Palk, Mr. Winter, Mr. Edward Berwick. Mr. O'Connell is now speaking. ] The following is the address to her Majesty : TO TILE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, beg leave to approach your royal presence with hearts filled with the warmest affection to your Majesty's person, and the strongest attachment to the stability and glory of ' your throne. We beg leave to call your royal attention to the present state and prospects of this part of your Majesty's domi nions. For centuries previous to the accession of your Majesty's predecessor, the great body of this nation suffered under a system of laws the harshest and most oppressive to he found in the history of any people. The spirit in which those laws were administered, rendered snore cruel the injastice in which they had been conceived—framed to secure the monopoly of a faction, they were dispensed by that faction's most heated partieans. Such a system begot its natural consequences—contempt for laws which afforded the people no protection, and distrust of those by whom they were administered. Life and property became insecure, and the oppressed and uneducated masses sougl.t in violence that redress which they despaired of obtaining by appeal ing to the law. Even when the laws themselves had been somewhat ameliorated, the people continued to mistrust the men who administered them, seeing that they were exclusively taken front the ranks of those who had been the nation's oppressors. When our late gracious Sovereign was pleased to call the Marquis of Normanby to the Government of this country, the principle was, for the first time in Ireland, not only proclaimed, but fully acted upon, that the laws should be administered for the benefit of all, and that to every class of the Irish people should be rendered equal and im. partial justice—factious intolerance was no longci a pass port to authority, and hostility to the rights of the people ceased to be a patent for place. The consequences of this change were soon made mani fest in the improvement of the people. The laws began to be respected —outrage and violence became less fre quent; life and property more secure; the Government won the public confidence, and the seeds of peace and prosperity were sown throughout the land. The Irish people will ever recollect with gratitude that one of the first acts of your Majesty's reign was a gene rous and hearty approval of this just and impartial pol_icy— they hailed that act as the harbinger cf their country's hap piness—but they received it with enthusiasm, ac the esi (fence of the wisdom and virtue of their youthful Sovereign. In the selection which your Majesty has been graciously pleased to make of a successor to the Marquis of Nor manby, in the government of this country, we gratefully recognise the same affectionate solicitude for the peace and welfare of your Irish subjects. Whilst we tender to your Majesty a people's gratitude for the benefits which your Majesty's reign has given, or continued to us, we see with anxiety and alarm the efforts which are now made to fill the public and the royal mind with sentiments injurious to the Irish nation, and to create impressions unfavourable to the system by which Ireland has, under your Majesty's present advisers, - been so happily governed. By a powerful party in England, aided by a faction in this country, the character of the Irish people is hourly vilified—they are represented as a f a i t hl ess, barbarous, and sanguinary race—the evils resultin g f rom l ong mis: government are imputed to them as incorrigible vices, and they are pourtrayed in the blackest charact ers w hi ch calumny can invent. We, who are deeply interested in the preservation of the public peace and the security of private property__ we, to whom a just and vigorous admiristration of the laws is all-important—we who have no interest but in the quiet and prosperity of our country—we, who are inti mately acquainted with the character and condition of its p eo ple—we repudiate those calumnies—we bear testi_ mony to the great social improvement which, under your Majesty's present Government, has taken place—and we implore your gracious Majesty not to lend the royal ear to those who malign a brave, long-suffering and most loyal nation. Whilst the crimes and disorders of this country have been enormously exaggerated, the grievances and severe privations of its people have been sedulously kept out of view—and those who are the readiest to assail the charac ter of that people have been equally distinguished by their improve their to every plan that has been proposed to their habits, or ameliorate their condition. The return to power of a party thus' . reckless of the chsrcter, nut fferent to the sufferings, and hostile to the interests of the Irish, we regard as the heaviest calamity which could befal us. To your gracious Majesty , we tutu to save us from so great an evil; and we humbly beseech your Majesty that you will not suffer to be delivered war to Viet enemies, and to the miseries: and horrors of civil commotion, a generous and gallant pe o pl e , w h o rely with confidence upon the virtues of the Queen, and would gladly sacrifice their lives, should the glory of your crown, or the defence of your royal person, require it. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, APRIL 12.—WindN.E., strong brecz2s.-=Ar rived from the river and sailed the Cygnet, Dalston, for Hobart Town ; Water Witch, Rolls, Algoa Bay; Swal low, \Vithycombe, Muscat; Science, Rowland, Boibice ' - Cecrops, Finlayton, Q ue b ec; T u ll oc h C as tle, Crawford, ditto ; Mary, Tate, ditto; Houghton lo Spring, Proud : ditto; Clyde, Kerr, ditto : Onyx, Hogg, ditto ; M ac i a, Jones, Sydney, C. 13. ; Ann Elliott, Reed, Ri c b c b ucto Symmetry, Colledge, Prince Edward's Island; S tephen, Pictou ; City of Edinburgh, Murray, North Am6ri ea * Ocean, Robinson, river St. Lawrence ; Gloucester, Dar ling, 'Matanzas; Conservative, M•Lachlan, Constantinople; Logan, ditto; and Albert, Charlotte, Bordeaux. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 12.—Wind E.—Arrived the Eesta nia, Killisoso, from Havannah ; Koti, Cutiabectson, Ham burg ; Adelaide steamer, London; and Alexander, ]Washer, Liverpool. FALMOUTH, APRIL 11, —Wind E. to E. N. E., strong breezes.—Arrived the Gemini, Decker, from Bahia; Winskabit, Blom, Speen; and Iginso Kloster, Lund, ditto. Sailed the Brothers, Massy, for Quebec; and Enchantress, Newsom, Gloucester. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 12.—Wind N.—Arrived the Daunt.. less, Jackson, from New Orleans ; Napoleon, Chadwick, Mobile ; Yaskea, —; Triton, Alarseilles; Herman, Bremen; and Concordia, Amsterdam. Sailed the Ann, Whinfield, for Maranham ; Forth, Lamb, Montreal ; Scot land, Black, Quebec ; Mary Campbell, Barker, Taln ia ., gouclic ; Nancy, Wilson, Newfoundland; Sovereign, Jones, Oporto; and Maunsey, Downes, Lisbon. S HOC KING ACClDENT.—Yes terda y evening an ' accident of a very alarming nature occurred to a little girl named Elizabeth Townsend. It appears that she was 1 crossing Drur- I .ane, near Blackmoor -street, when she w ds knocked down and run over by a gentleman's cabrifA ct, I and on her being conveyed to the su r g er y of Mr. Welkor, of No. 101, Drury-lane, it was found that one, of her thighs had been laid open to a great depth and I(ATillcat:di that one of her ears was nearly severed fro:n her head. The wounds were sewed up, and the gentleman (whose name did not transpire) who occasioned the acciden t, to s a y gave a liberal sum towards her present comforts, a n d every attention to be, paid to her at his expense, an d pro mised to see to her future welfare, as the p:oirrocrnhilhdi d rin sh - ortly in town, s is la i t a e all probability maimed tor life. LORD HoWDEN.—We are happy his usual alacrity, this much respected Nobleman is re p c e o c v te e severe attack ei o inb f ul r,influenza,orekshire has,. a n d w is it l e i x from Lo h r i ( s i se K at started for A y Ayr Paper p r e e r p r o e f s t e h n i t s ati on morningo f thatAyrshire. his Lordship Lordship has called meetings for to - day , of the electors of f\o:tcoebnsedrivfe ferent parishes, whom he will addross- at five different places. No Liberal candidate is as yet a nnounce d.— Crlinriliocniel ofß Z e ns d :\ l ' e ic sd i, 7 u . nder date of Ap r i l Gla l\ sg ,c oa l , ea 9d, that the Duke has entir e ly recovered f rom the effec ts , of his fall. —liantburgh Paper. iG ND 'field, inted ippli have with- Lich posed In our- Rail ar and