The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

Pre Log shoo's ', OA f ° they or 10 0 3014. ROYAL VISIT TO SCOTLAND. • EMBARKATION OF HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT AT WOOLWICH. It being known that her Majesty was to embark at an early hour yesterday at Woolwich, on her ieeo nd visit t o S co tl an d, that place, not :i."l!tanding the unfavourable state of the ; a u'er, present e d a n animated appearanee. It ' , as announced that the royal embarkation would :Ike pl ace at an early hour, and this, together with e kill and g l oomy appearance o f th e morning, pre v„ented a greater number of spectators from being 'Pant than would have been the Case under other mrrumstances. A very large concourse was pre lent notwithstanding, and amongst them were sere tll resp ec t a bl e l ad i es, w h o were anx i ous t o ca t c h i g l impse of a Sovereign, whose private virtues ia , a lustre to her sex pnd her throne. About ten min utes to ni ne o ' c l oc k, th e Royal party passed by where the church bells rang out their t4areerritelwch, sti peals, and the Greenwich pensioners were damn up at th e b ac k o f th e H os pit a l on one side of d: road, and the boys of the Greenwich College were P 4 up on the other side. The Royal cortege 1- J nu ed between, and her Majesty received a hearty e nthusiastic reception. About nine o'clock the royal carriages were seen to approach ° ° l wich. H er M a j es ty an d Princess Albert, Lteher R oya l Hi g h ness th e Princess Royal, in the fi rs t carr i age , which was a close one, drawn by four horses. The Prince Consort looked Nher bi t , pale, and if her Majesty was not altogether so mast and fresh looking as she usually appears, it : i nst be attributed to the rather short period which has ) ;1 18 d Since her Majesty's illness. But though pale, her 4 ,J"ty appeared by no means delicate. Her Ma te:''Y and the Prince were dressed in mourning. ,2 41 ea the carriage in which her Majesty t ras there were three others, each drawn by Lhorses, containing the Earl of Liverpool t " Steward, Viscountess Canning, Lady 4: li ne Cocks (Lady in Waiting), and the de soon in Waiting to the Queen and the Prince. °°n as her Majesty had arrived, a royal salute 11 ' 4 .r.a d• Inside the dockyard gates the Marines, der. the command of Colonel Mercer, were h o -wn 15 P, and acted as her Majesty's guard of : °u r) and th e bands of the Royal Marines and the j i rh./al Artillery struck up the National Anthem. en s were a l so i n a tt en d anc e upon her Majesty on " arrival three troops of the Horse Artillery, r i der the command of Lord Bloomfield, the con-I -t:l4er of the garrison. The Earl of Hadding he4 be the Honourable Sydney Herbert, who r , en superintending the arrangements for A L 4l ajesty' s vo yage, together with the Earl of h e r rt teen and Sir James Clerk, were present when 11 , fajesty arrived. Vice-Admiral Sir William G 0 Admiral Boys, Sir G. F. Seymour, and the 4' R. Coles and other officers were also in attend t,-_' Her Majesty was most enthusiastically th, d as she alighted and proceeded to 84, royal barge, which was steered by t em • Collier, K.C.8., Captain Superin tor;tnt of Woolwich Dockyard, to the Royal Vic k Albert steam-yacht, which was stationed at tet "?rt distance in the river, and on which they were t k red by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence. Im illtZtely after entering the royal yacht, the - ,„rua party descended to the cabin. The % 7d vessel had been prepared to start for p iat t time previous, and exactly at twenty minutes l one the vessel's moorings were left go, and she sc u ruad on her course to Dundee. A royal 4 1 .2_7" fired as the royal vessel passed the T 44 1, and the band played the National Anthem. which - 11 . 1 , ack E ag l e s t eam -y ac ht, t o the command of sp eti i 'ne Right Hon. the Earl of Hardwicke was aPpointed, followed in the rear of the royal 1 44 2; and, as he is the senior officer, the com kik' of the squadron will devolve upon B tro Resides those vessels, the Eclair, the 4 4 : 41) ° 1 i, the Blazer, the Porcupine, the Vol the ' and the Princess Alice, forming a portion of Bi t royal squadron, have already started for Scotland. Robert P ee l was to have attended her Majesty, tremained behind in consequence of the i • of his daughter. In his absence the of Aberdeen accompanied her Majesty. tte ;_i'a royal yacht got under weigh the clouds, which be came • threatening bad weather, broke up, the sky °tighter, and it would seem as if that beautiful tidaeter, which it has been remarked always coin s kith Rea not h er Majesty's journeyings and processions, h er dominn ojobes absent from her on her second visit to in the North. •Iv COURT CIRCULAR. b it MONDAY.—Her Royal Highness the rai tl ee 's of Rent arrived at the Castle at twenty le m,‘" before seven o'clock this mornirg, to take rift: the' Queen and Prince Albert. Immediately tl i - 1. -her Majesty's departure, the Royal Duchess left tie C astle for her residence, Frogmore Lodge. t4-triecisely at seven o'clock the royal party left the toei e e for Woolwich, to embark on the Royal Vic and Albert yacht en route to Blair Atholl Castle. t ot i';' , , e illust r i ous party occupied three carriages and T k ituti left in th e f o llowing order : 41 1 ,.'e first carriage, containing the Queen, Prince and the Princess Royal ; P:ue second carriage, containing the Viscountess to tk . wg 2. Lady in Waiting ; Lady Caro line Somers s . 411 0 ' Maid of Honour in Waiting ; and ad emm T,Charrie, in attendance on the Princess Royal; lz,ne third carriage, containing Major-General ttliktnltlyrspiyan querr in Waiting, and Colonel Bouverie, Waiting on Prin ce Albert. t o t 4 Party of the Royal Horse Guards, under the the il derld of Cornet Sheffield, formed the escort from 11 4 „‘Jastle t o th e sl oug h s t a ti o n of the Great' Western ti wk 3 li ttr il t er Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal te r 3 ' travelled by a special train to the Paddington tain us • thel , e It, unfavourable state of the weather prevented uha oyal Family from taking their accustomed \r i g this morning. 1e 4 e°ont Canning arrived at the Castle last even tislin a Visit to her Majesty. His Lordship left the • Z e this morning. Nter Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the il e ; h a er Lady Clinton, Earl Howe, and the Earl of P erk left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy ter in a carriage and four, for the Euston-square a 41 " of the London and Birmingham Railway, at O t rter bef o re ten o'clock yesterday morning. Her oq e3 tY arrived at the station at a quarter past eleven 1 1 , k, and was h an d e d from her carriage by Sir N . , : 5 e Seymour. The Hon. Miss Wheatley and the Af t "' Aliss Eden followed from Bushy Park soon pVards. b o — ,,, t twenty minut 's before twelve o'clock, the Queen teat aid suite left the terminus by a special e 4 ' for Witley Court, Worcestershire. Her Ma iittta suite consiste I of the Dowager Lady Clinton, 1 ~in Waiting ; Hon. Sophia Wheatley and the Eden, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Earl LO:d Chamberlain ; and Lady Georgina dieCur ki he Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse ; Sir tts s ,;w Barnard, Clerk Manhal ; Sir Horace Sey liar' Equerry in Waiting ; Sir David Davies, Phy t,lll to her Majesty ; Captain Edward Curzon, R.N., flroller of the Household; and the Rev. George Th", 80 n Chaplain to hm• Majesty. Royal ' Highness the Duke and Duchess of umei;ne, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Yestejlof Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived in town Ca mh7 7:7 from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses le ft k,.,"ge House in the afternoon for Kew. the 11 — ,\ ll d, Sir John Rennie, and a deputation from Yet;fect Northern Railway, transacted business .1„:`(' at the office of the Board of Trade. 44 Whlrncliffe, Lord Pesident of the Council Trit yesterday for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire. 4 5 ' fro 5 of a Earl H ddington returned to town yester - of th ni 'Woolwich, after attending the embarkation tr ail 5 Queen and Prince Albert. His Lordship offi 4 ea. 4 eted busi n ess in the afternoon at the Foreign . Lopa 4t. Adolphus Fitzclarence left his residence in for q r nes's Palace at six o'clock yesterday morning, -0 51 wich, to be in readiness to receive the Queen bVineo Albert on the Victoria and Albert yacht. N ei Patches from the Governor of G r ed yesterday at the Colonial-office. ibraltar were • ..,GMENT OF HOURS OF BUSINESS.—The most otC,, et ,able booksellers, grocers, chemists, milliners, and thot—its‘l,oPkeepers, excepting provision and refreshment have commenced now to open at seven in the ex," ll ,g, and close their doors at eight every evening, rao - P ti ng Saturday night ; then one hour later. Ar lo- % I nents are also being made to close at seven o'clock 1 / 4 p,. e months of November, December, January, and ma r , 6 --,TaTioti OF MALCIIINERT. —The exportation ezZe M achinery to France is again in operation. The bpd t ern alle ge t h at i t i s d one to eva d e th e p a t en t laws, So h ret th e N at i onal Institute of Par i s levies a d uty.o f eipf,"' Cent., but if the machinery is upon a new pnn h_ not known in France, the duty is only 15 per cent., s e e rs tofore.—N o t t i ng h am R ev i ew . of t r g e ant Davy had a very it large brief, with a fee •14 ° , guineas only on the back of . Ilis client asked to If he had read his brief. Ile pointed with his finger 111 41 ,, fee of , ad said, "As far as h have d, and for Ine n I can road no furthat,"— at IL t; of L rea urtl.Eldon. IRELAND. parties put into prison i ending an appeal ; and now they are liberated, their sentence declared illegal, and their power of agitation restored. So sharp ani sudden a blow has staggered the Ministry—they can never recover from it. Their vicious labours have been thrown away—their illegality exposed. Ireland was irritated, organised, and disciplined, by the im prionment of her chiefs; and now those chiefs are rest Ted, without favour or concession, by a legal vic tory. If we use our success to strengthen our faith, to prompt our studies, to stimulate our organisation, and to confirm our order, this reversed judgment will overthrow, not a Minister merely, but English rule in Ireland.—Nation. on the part of the trades and Repeal Wardens ; Mr. Spillane, Mr. Cullen, and o hers ; and the unanimous opinions of all were that from pre cedent it would be quite consonant with the views of the Liberator that no public illumination should take place. A resolution to that effect was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be published and placarded instanter, to acquaint the Repeaters throughout the city, who had previously resolved to illuminate. The meeting was then adjourned at half-past two o'clock. LIBERATION OF MR. O'CONNELL. THE ORDER FOR THE REVERSAL OF TIIE JUDGMENT. The following isthe - copy of the reversal of the judgment, as lodged by Mr. Gartlin with the sub sheriff, And on is hich the discharge was given : " At which dly, before our Lady the Queen, and the Peers in the same Court of Parliament now here at Westminster, in the county of Middlesex. as sembled, come as well the sail Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, Thomas Mathew Ray, Thomas Steele, Charles Gavan Duffy, John Gray, and Richard Barrett, by their attorneys, as the Right lion. Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, Attorney- General of our said Lady the Queen, who prosecutes for our said Lady the Queen in this behalf, in his proper person. Where upon all and singular the premises having been seen, and by the Court of Parliament aforesaid now here fully understood ; and as well as the record and pro ceedings aforesaid, and the j udgment thereupon given, and the affirmance thereof as the several matters before assigned for error being diligently examined and inspected, and mature deliberation being there upon had, it appears to the said Court of Parliament, now here, that the said judgments before given, and the affirmance thereof, are erroneous. Therefore it is considered and adjudged, by the same Court of Parliament, that such judgment, and the affirmance thereof, be, and the same are hereby accordingly re versed, and that the said Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, Thomas Mathew Ray, Thomas Steele, Charles Gavan Duffy, John Gray, and Richard Barrett, respectively, be restored to all that they , have respectively lost by occasion of the said judg ment, and the affirmance thereof, and that the record aforesaid, and also the proceedings aforesaid in the said Court of Parliament, had in the premises, be for the purposes aforesaid remitted, by the same Court of Parliament, to the Court of Queen's Bench of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland. " BENJAMIN CURREY, Dep. Cler. Parliamentor. " 1 %T. Forde, " P. Mahony, "J.M. N. Cantwell, Attorneys." " Peter M'E. Gartlan, "DIE MERCURII 40. SEPTENIBRIS, 1844. ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITIZENS AT LARGE. The citizens assembled at the appointed hour at half-past two o'clock, and unanimously resolved to in vite our beloved Liberator, on his liberation, to a grand provincial public banquet, to be given in Limerick on whatever day it was his pleasure to name for that purpose. We understand that the mayor of Cork and several members of the corporation, as well as other highly respectable citizens of Cork, have already noti fied their intentions of being present at anz provincial demorptration that might be made in Limerick upon the liberation of O'Connell. We have .no doubt the mayors and corporations of Clonmel, Waterford,'and Kilkenny, will also join in this manifestation of national feeling. It would be an idle attempt, we acknowledge it, to express, adequately, the veneration which we feel for the three Whig law Lords, who saved England and the empire from the infamy of confirming the judg ment of the Irish judges—who saved the Constitution from the fatal blow' which a wicked faction endea voured to inflict on a subject of this realm—and it is needless to add, that we are utterly incapable of find ing words to express our admiration for the Lord Chief Justice of England. Whether, in future, con spiracies to entrap a political opponent, and to work injustice, under the forms of law—there will be an attempt to poison the fountains of justice—to steal jury lists—to pack juries—and to corrupt them ; whether, in future, law officers of the Crown will be found to act, as those unfortunate men bearing the office have recently done in Dublin—whether judges will be found to address such juries—if they could be scraped together now—in the tone of a rabid advoca'e for conviction, and in the temper of a fierce fanatic—whether those odious and disgusting exhi bitions can hereafter be repeated—we say not. But this we may affirm, that they will not be repeated with impunity—this we may assert, that justice will be done on the juries, the advocates, and on the judge. While the Lord Chief Justice of England lives—and long, long may he enjoy:his honours, his dignity, and his fame ! long may England glory in her first judge, as Ireland shall long remember him with gratitude and exultation—as long as Lord Denman lives, no such gross injustice—no such ignorance—no such virulence will be allowed to go unstigmatised, un punished. But, the example—it will be enduring as the Constitution.—Dublin Evening Post. The transports which the glorious announcement of O'Connell's liberation created in Belfast yesterday morning were such, we believe, as no other event, how auspicious soever, could have produced. Those who first heard the glad tidings, hurried with joyous looks from house to house, and from friend to friend, happy and pre ud to communicate them. " Did you hear the news ?" " I say, O'Connell is out, sure." "Glorious news this morning," and a hundred such exclamations were heard on every side. In ten minutes after the first breath of rumour whispered it abroad, cur office was literally stuffed full of people, eager to catch up the slightest word about the all absorbing topic. Some enthusiasts proposed a bon fire at once in Smithfield, to give the people an op portunity of expressing their exultation publicly; hut this proposal was overruled, to guard against the re motest occasion of riot. This was prudent, as a quiet triumph is better than public rejoicings, which the malignants may turn into pretexts for disturbing the peace. The 'Wardens are taking the proper steps.— .Belfast Vindicator. Cork, and we believe Ireland, has been taken by surprise by the arrival of the alt-important and glorious news of the liberation of the father of his country. Whilst we write our ears are deafened by the cheering of the thousands who surround our office. Gentlemen, known for years for their devo tion to Ireland and her cause, are addressing the people from the windows of the Chamber of Com merce. Women lose their shrinking delicacy, and join the melee. Never were man or people the one so worthy of the other. The people have just seized our placard, which announced the reversion of the sen tence, and are bearing it on a pole through the city. In every district its annunciation is hailed with cheers of delight. The windows of the houses all through are filled with de lighted spectators, who join the enthusiastic multi tude below in their loud huzzas. Another crisis for Ireland has arrived. Had the Queen of England, with her own right royal hand unbarred his dungeon, it could not have been received in the same light. Simple justice and the cause of Ireland are triumphant in his person. Men of Cork !he is your representa tive, as well as the father of your country, be the first to honour the patriot-martyr and yourselves, and invite him to Cork. On the eve of his trial and im prisonment he sat in your banquet-hall ;on the day of his triumph let him witness a similar ovation. Hurrah for the repeal and O'Connell I The Chamber of Commerce will be illuminated . this evening ; and we hope that our fellow-citizens generally will follow the example.—Cork Examiner. THE MEN OF TIPPERARY. The intelligence that the decision of the House of Lords on the writ of error was in favour of a reversal of the judgment which had caused the Liberator and his co-martyrs to be impri soned in Richmond Penitentiary, arrived in Ne nagh at six o'clock on Friday morning, by the mail from Dublin, and seldom, ifever,.do we remember to have witnessed such a motion as that intelligence created. As if by magic, the streets became intensely crowded with . people who had heard the report in various parts of the town, where it spread like wildfire, and who sped to where they deemed the truth was to be learned. Various bands immediately assembled, and marched through the streets in procession, playing lively airs, and ac companied by thousands of persons, whose shouts rent the air, and tore off branches of trees, which they waved aloft in their inexpressible and unspeak able joy. As the day proceeded the streets became more crowded—the various flags and colours of the trades' societies were placed on poles at the Market cross—business was entirely neglected—the people could talk of nothing, think of nothing, but the glorious victory which the Liberator had obtained over the enemies of Ireland. The dim eyes of aged men lit up with pleasure—the young men walked with a firm step, and their countenances bespoke the gay delight that animated their hearts—while children, who could scarcely talk, lisped, " O'Connell is free !" All were happy. Nothing was to be heard but the wild shout of delight ; poverty —suffering — hunger—all were forgotten. The freedom of the Liberator was the dearest object of their hearts ; and by their actions they showed how much they loved—how much they idolised the " Victor of a hundred fights." —Tipperary Vindicator. THE MEN or KILKENNY. Yesterday, after the account had arrived of the reversal of the judgment against Mr. O'Connell and his associate conspirators, joy, mingled with fear and doubt, were generally expressed, lest, as the familiar phrase is, " the news was toe, good to be true. ' All doubts of the fact, however, having been soon di ssi p ated, every countenance was lighted up, and gave testimony to the most powerful emotions. But the feeling mani fested was not one of thanksgiving, or of gratitude for favours conferred, or even contemplated. Oh, no ; the state prosecutors barred that. The citizens met at twelve o'c!ock, the mayor in the chair, and passed resolutions, which were ably in troduced by the respective movers and seconders. It was expected by many that there would be illuminations, and a wish was strongly expressed to that effect ; but upon a full explanation, and remonstrance of Dr. Cane,. who pointed out the manifest inconveniences and mischiefs that illumina tions might produce, with the best feeling possible the thought was at once abandoned—the "Boys " being fully content with bonfires, which, while we write, are blazing in all the open spaces around us, and on the hills and dales of the county.—Kilkenny Journal. THE MEN OF THE NORTH. That this is a triumph, a great and glorious triumph, there is no doubt. That it has taken Ireland by surprise we will not deny. Why should we? Ac customed as we have been to the grossest and most shameless tyranny—to the vilest and most illegal op pression—borne down by brutal force and humbug law—by cavalry, artillery, infantry, on the one hand, and packed juries, lost lists, pistol Attorney-Generals, and indescribable Chief Justices on the other—we had totally resigned all hope of even the shadow of justice falling across our devoted path. And now that the shadow has fallen—now that we do indeed at length behold a slender outline of her form, however distorted—with what indignation must not our souls be filled—with anger must not every honest mind, throughout the world, be inflamed at the consideration that for fourteen weeks !—for a week more than three months—has our leader been incarcerated in a common gaol, with felons, for no crime whatsover—for no offence against morality, or even law !—for nothing but his daring love of fatherland, and his open and manly opposition of foreign tyranny! ! !—Newry Examiner. THE MEN OF TIIE CITY OF THE VIOLATED TREATY -STATE OF PUBLIC FEELING IN LIMERICK. 1 The arrival by the mail this morning of the news of the judgment having been reversed, spread through the city as if with electric rapidity. Before ten minutes every man, woman, and child was in possession of the gratifying intelligence. Crowds of people continued, during the day, at every corner of the streets, talking over the subject, and joy and delight beamed on every countenance. The Trades' Hall and every temperance room in the city immediately hung out their beautiful flags, which continued floating in the breeze the entire day. PREPARATORY MEETING OF THE CORPORATION AND TILE CLTIZENS. " Whereas by virtue of her Majesty's writs of error returnable in the House of Lords in Parliament assembled, in the first of which Daniel O'Connell is plaintiff, and the Queen is defendant. In the second, John O'Connell is plaintiff, and the Queen defendant. In the third, Thomas Steele is plain tiff, and the Queen defendant. In the fourth, Thomas Mathew Ray is plaintiff, and the Queen defendant. In the fifth, Charles Gavan Duffy is plain tiff, and the Queen defendant. In the sixth, John Gray is plaintiff, and the Queen defendant; and in the last, of which Richard Barrett is plaintiff, and the Queen defendant ; a record of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland was brought into this House on the 21st day of June, 1844, in order to reverse a judg ment given in the said Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland against the said plaintiffs in error, and affirmed on writ of error corain nobis in the same Court. And counsel having been heard as well on Thursday the 4th, as Friday the sth, Saturday the 6th, Monday the Bth, Tuesday the 9th, and Wednesday the 10th days of July last, to argue the errors assigned upon the said writ of error, and the unanimous opinion of the judges on all the questions of law to them proposed, except the third and eleventh questions, having been delivered on Monday last, and the judges having also on the same day been heard seriatim to deliver their opinions with their reason on the said third and ele venth questions ; and due consideration had this day of what was offered on either side in these causes ; it is ordered and adjudged by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, that the said judgments of the Court of Queen's Bench, and the affirmance thereof upon the said writ of error coram nobis in the same Court, be, and the same are thereby reversed. " BENJAMIN CURRET, Dep. Clerk Parliamentor. " William Forde, P. Mahony, Attorneys." " J. M. Cantwell, " P. MT. Gartlan, At the close of the procession in honour of the liberation of Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman addressed the im mense multitude from the balcony of his house in Merrion-square, in these words : Fellow Countrymen,—This is a great day for Ireland—(Tremendous applause)—a day of justice and retribution ; and you know that all we wanted or desired was justice.—(Cheers.) We have got one in stalment of that justice at any rate. After a foul at tempt to convict eight honest men of conspiracy, and after suffering imprisonment upon an illegal judg ment, we are now free ; and Ireland may yet be what she deserves to be—a nation.—(Loud cheers.) Do I doubt the people of Ireland that they wish to be tranquil and peaceable? No. If I did I would be worse than the basest of mankind ; for have I not the experience of years past which tells me that they will obey my commands ?—(Hear, hear.) Have I not tried the experiment of collecting millions together, who would lay down their lives for me ; every one of whom upon all occasions conducted themselves with as much simplicity and gentleness as children ?—(llesr, hear.) Yes, from north to south —from east to west—the congregated millions have assembled with such order and regularity, that it is plain to the world that Ireland will be free.—(Ap plause.) We have held our monster meetings—all passed off peaceably—and there is but one remaining to be held—the meeting of Clontarf—(Hear)---that meeting which, I am sorry to say, I fear was intended to be put down by a deluge of blood, because I cannot let it escape from my mind that there was a scheme concocted to disperse the people by force. However, I did not give them an opportunity of carrying out their intentions, for I issued my counter-proclama tion, advising the people not to put themselves in danger ; and they took my advice, and foiled their enemies. —(Hear and cheers.) What is the conse quence ? Why, since that, you are aware that the Government has endeavoured to make out that those meetings were illegal; but I think I have proved myself to be a better lawyer than the Attorney- General, for after all their verdicts given by packed juries, and judgments by corrupt judges, here I am once more free.—(Cheers.) The Clontarf meeting was not held, and perhaps it should be held, to carry out our principle, and to show that we were right.—(Hear.) I do not say that it should be held. I do not think it should, but that will be a matter for the future con sideration of the committee of the Repeal Association; and if they think it ahould, we will hold it, and show the Government that we acted legally, and that it acted illegally.—(Cheers). I have a secret for you, my friends, which is, that we will now do every thing necessary to obtain a repeal by peaceable and legal means. They told you that if you took my advice before, that you would cut your own throats. Was that the case ? Who was right ? 'Whether was my law or the Attorney-General's confirmed by the House of Lords ?—(Great applause). You know the result, and I need not detain you by repeating it. They said I had meditated treason, and was guilty of conspiracy. They lie; and I'll tell you who said they lied—Lord Denman.—(Loud cheers). Yes, he told them so to their teeth, and we have obtained a victory—the first, fair, and full victory over them — and we will keep it. Won't you stand by me ? A Voice.—We will, till death. Mr. O'CONNELL — Yes, you will stand by me peace ably and detsrm:nedly, and, in spite of political judges, succeed in obtaining Irish independence.—(Here several of the bands struck up lively airs, upon which he called out, " Stop those rascally bands," and con tinued rs fallows :)—I will not now develop all my plans, for I would not have time at this late hour, and, had I plenty of time, I would not detain you under the rain ; however, upon Monday I will be at my post in the Conciliation Hall, to tell you what I intend to do, with your sanction ; and in the mean time I have only to implore of you to be peaceable, to have no illumination—not one candle is to be lit. That is my wish—it is my command.—(Cheers.) At the termination of the trial I told the people of Ireland that justice had not been done us. I reiterate that sentiment, and declare the judgment to have been an iniquitous one, which I will show you more fully upon a future occasion, or perhaps on Monday, when I will. detail my plans at large. Listen to my advice. No illuminations, and we will meet again, when you shall know what it is intended to do. I will not de tain you longer than to express my gratitude to God for his providential interposition upon my behalf — for there were a million to one odds against my ac quittal, after the decision of the English judges. Yet, by His interposition and all-ruling providence we are free. Hurrah for the repeal !—(Tremendous applause.) At the conclusion of the speech Mr. O'Connell re tired, and Mr. Steele, O'Connell's head Pacificator, came forward, and desired the people to go to their homes. They at once quietly dispersed. Although the decision of the House of Lords has been received throughout Ireland with the most en thusiastic joy, in no one instance has the public peace been broken—the law has released the Libera tor, and that law has in no single instance been vio lated by those who rejoice at his triumph. The fol lowing extracts from the Irish papers show the effect which the first announcement of the " great fact" of the victory of O'Connell produced in dif ferent parts of the country : Having thus carefully revived the history of this writ of error, and followed it to its triumphant end — the liberation of the prisoners—we must look ahead once more. The political importance of what has happened is immense. The prosecutions began to suppress the monster meetings ; every artifice, no matter how low—every insolence, no matter how ikree, wm used to get a verdict. It WAti got the A twelve o'clock a most numerous and highly respectable meeting of the corporation and the citizens assembled at the Exchange, the mayor in the chair, for the purpose of considering whether any, and what expression, should be given to the public feeling on so triumphant and gratifying an occasion. The meeting was addressed by Counsellor Divett, Rev. Mr. Bruhan, MA Raleigh ; Mr. Ahern, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY M.OnNING, SEPTInIttEit 10, i 844. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, SarT. 9.—Wind Easterly, light breeze, and cloudy. It rained hard all night. DEAL, SEPT. .7.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W., moderate breeze. 8. A.M., Wind N.W. to N.E., light. roc! E.N.E., thick weather.—Sld. Brankenmoor, Port Ade laide ; Mohawk, China ; Queen, Calcutta ; Eleanor, 3lauritius ; Tasmania and Phmbe, Hobart Town ; Wil liam Bayley, Cape of Good Hope ; Amy, Mary Ann, Exporter, and Ann, Ichaboe ; Robert Clive, St. Helena; Richmond, Rio ; Marys, Berbice ; Ghika, Cape of Good Hope ; Commodore and Ludlow, Jamaica ; Tyrone, Thomas Town • William Lushington and Zealous, Que bec ; James, Halifax ; Margaret, St. John's ; Civility, Prince Edward's Island ; Eagle, Shippegan ; Prince George, Montreal ' • Dispatch, Cape de Verds, and the rest of the outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. B.—Wind N.E., light. —SI her Majesty's ship Collingwood, South America. COWES, SEPT. 7.—Arrd. Harpye, Schmidt, and Al bion, Norman, Bahia. Ski. James Duncan, Berbice. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. R.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Tul loch Castle, Stamp, Ichaboe, and sailed for London. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 7.---Wind S.W. to W.S.W., mode rate. 8. Wind E.S.E., light.—Sld. Crane packet, Te neriffe and Brazils. Otf Adelheid Jorgensen, Buenos Ayres, skii June 22, and proceeded for Antwerp. PENZANCE, StrT. 7.—Arrd. Marquis Chandos, Pen treath, Miramichi. Off ihissorah Merchant, Nill, Eomba3, sld. from St. Helena July I I. BRISTOL, SEPT. 7.—Arrd. Anna, James, St. Vin c3nt, Day, Leroid,lchaboa. JERSEY - SEPT. 6.-- Arrd. Harriet, L. Picot, Bahia. Sld. William. Pitt, Gaspe. :The Congo, from Capnemast Castle, leaky, the master and two men, very ill, was spoken with in lat. 20 N., lon. 31 W., out 53 days, and supplied with provisions by the Harriet, at this port. . LIVERPOOL. SEPT. 7.—Wind S.S.E. to S.W., mo derate.—Arrived. Ennadale, Boadle, and Robert son, Calcutta ; Reliance, Kemp, Bombay ; Tagus, M'Farlane. Valparaiso ; Bounty Hall, Ward, Bonny ; ; Alexander, Primrose, Quebec. 8. Corunna,Bray,Calcutta; Lydia, Jones, Antigua ; Triumphante, Menchaca, Havannah ; Job Brooks, ',ticket, Margarita, Duke of Wellington, Lawson, Honduras ; Henry, Smith, Africa; Pearl, St. Johns, N.B. ; Helena, Cuck', Quebec. Off Magnificent (ship). GLASGOW, SEPT. 7.—The St. Vincent, Brown, hence to Demarara, aground near Bogney Point, 4th instant, Came off yesterday, and has put back to Greenock. CLYDE, SEPT. 6.—Arrd. Alceste, Fraser, Trinidad ; Ann Johnston, Newfoundland. Sid. Dromohan, Quebec; Dalhousie, Trinidad ; Amanda, Newfoundland. CAMBLETOUN, SEPT. s.—The Bear, M'Donald, from Oban to Arran, in leaving this, got on the Stnirley Rocks this morning, and it is feared will receive damage. OFF CAPE CLEAB.—Superb, Short, Calcutta, .expe rienced severe weather off the Cape, Benares ; Gilkison, and Winnifred, Calcutta ; Ocean Bride, Bombay ; renice, Coquimbo ; Matilda, Cumberland, United States. The Reliance, at Liverpotwl from Bombay, saw on the 19th June, off the Cape, a ship of about 700 tons, appi rently in distress, with a barque in company, and both steering for Algoa Bay ; the following day passed a quantity of drift timber, and at night struck somethiug which started a bow plank, and became leaky, and hove ship to, and made all tight NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTS ON THE COAST OF NORWAY. The following has been received at Lloyd's:— "hllydrodgraphic•office, Norway, Sept. 3, 1844. " In pursuance of the intentions expressed in the notice of this office, dated the 18th June last, the follow ing lights were to be established by the Norwegian Government on the Ist of this month:— _ _ " 1. A fixed light on Great Torunzen Island, :in lat. 58 deg., 23 min., 15 sec. N., and lon. 8 deg., 52 min., 30 sec. E. " 2. A fixed light on Little Torungen Island, bearing from the light on Great Torungen Island N., 4 deg. E., line 1, or by compass N.N.E., distant 1,237 yards. " Both of the above lights are visible in all directions, and being 130 feet above the level of the sea, may be seen at the distance of six to seven leagues. " 3. A fixed light on Sandoig Point, at the entrance to Arendahl, forty-two feet above the level of the sea, visible from three to four leagues on any bearing west ward of south and E.N.E. by compass, unless concealed by adjacent land. The lighthouse stands in 58 deg., 25 min., 30 sec. N., and long. 8 deg., 52 min., 10 sec. E. " The buildings of the above three lights are white." MOROCCO—BLOCKADE OF MOGADORE, &c. The following was received at Lloyd's yesterday : " Gib r altar, o for the August 3 " Sir,—l have to announce, finformation llB o 4 f 4 ihe Committee; that her_ Majesty's steamer Vesuvius, which I stated in my last (of 24th inst.) was daily expected from Mogadore, arrived here on the following day, bringing our Consul, Mr. Willshire, his family, and most of the English residents at Mogadore. " It appears, from the intelligence she brought, that the French squadron had silenced the batteries at Mop dore on the afternoon of the 15th instant, and no fire was returned by the Moors on tke 16th ; the said fleet poured in shot and shell during the whole of that day to complete the destruction of that city. In the after noon the wild Arabs entered it and committed acts of atrocity and plunder, by which the European and Jewishinhabitants; were the principal sufferers. " Mr. Willshire and family, in the dead of the night of the 16th, succeeded in getting to the water-port, from which spot one of his clerks plied off on a raft he had constructed, to communicate with the French brig Cassaid ; from her he obtained a boat to remove the Consul and his family " On the evening of the 15th, after a heavy can nonade (alluded to in the P.S. of my dispatch of the 18th). the island opposite Mogadore was carried by a,sault. The Moors, having no means of escape, kept up a deadly fire of musketry on the storming party, which it is said killed and wounded a considerable num ber of the French troops, including some officers. " Mogadore has been declared in a state of blockade, and in the waters of the island (now occupied by a strong French garrison) will be stationed a naval division, to enforce the interdiction. They are fortifying this island, and public attention is much directed to their possession of so important a point, as it commands both the town and the harbour of Mogadore, which is the principal commercial seaport of Morocco. _ " On the 28th instant a French force, consisting of a line•of-battle ship, frigate, store-ship, and steamer, I passed the Straits from east to west, and were seen after wards steering down the western coast of Barbary-sup posed for the purpose of reinforcing the island, and pro bably to keep possession also of Mogadore. Her Ma jesty's ships Formidable and Scout immediately put to sea in the same direction. The Admiral, Sir Edward Owen, shifted his flag to 11. M. steamer Vesuvius, in the • Mole, where she is undergoing some repairs. "The Greenland, one of the largest of the French war steamers, was totally lost on the west coast of Morocco, on some rocks about three leagues from Larache, on the 26th inst. The Moors immediately commenced an attack upon the vessel, which had lasted full four hours, when fortunately the steamer Vidette arrived to her assistance, succeeded in dispersing the Moorish soldier., and received on board the crew and such things as could be saved from the wreck. In the afteinoon the Prince de Joinville, in the Pluton, also arrived on that part of the coast, and finding it impossible to float the Groen land, caused her to be destroyed by fire. It is supposed that his Royal Highness was steering for Cadiz, to meet the Due de Glueksberg, who is on some special mission from the French Government, the nature of which has not transpired. Two days ago his Excellency H. L. Bulwer, Esq. (British Minister to the Spanish Court), returned from his second visit to Tangiers in the Hecla steamer, on his return to the capital, via Cadiz and Seville. "It appears, by a semi-official communication, that his Excellency's exertions, combined with those of Mr. Hay, our able and indefatigable Consul-General and Charge d'Affaires at Tangiers, that a complete recon ciliation has been effecte d - between the Sovereigns of Spain and Morocco, so that the Spanish Consul at Tan giers' will return thither to resume his functions in the course of a fortnight ; and I trust that the ratification of so desirable a settlement of the Spanish question will not be frustrated at Madrid by the undue influence of any foreign Power. "An order has been recently received from Madrid by the . Captain-General at Cadiz, for the frigate Christina, and corvette Venus, to return to Tangier Bay, by which it is inferred that the happy result of the negotiations adverted to could not of course have been known in that capital when that order was issued. " Rumours are afloat that the French contemplate a second attack on Tang iers, and, if so, probably its occu pation, but I cannot trace the report to any credible source. They frequently call at Tarifa, but for what object is not known. (Signed) " J. LONGLANDS COWELL." The Sun of Wednesday evening, in a late ed i t ion, brings the gratifying news that the House of Lords have, by a majority, reversed the judgment in the case of O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners. Great must be the joy among the Liberals in Ireland at this somewhat unexpected et - Olt, and a corresponding degree of de spondency must have seized the virulent Orange faction. —Aberdeen Herald. The Sun, in a late edition, has a report of the pro ceedings that took place on Wednesday in the House of Lords, occupying nearly eleven columns. The transfer to our columns of such a mass of matter, at so late an hour, of course is quite out of the question ; and, inte resting as it doubtless is in its integrity, we can do no more than adopt the condensed account of our other evening Contemporaries, curtailing even that consider ably, but, at the same time, giving quite enough to indi cate every point that is important to the general reader. —lVelshman. O'CONNELL'S LIBERATION.— The Sun evening paper 'of Wednesday contains the important intelligence, that in the House of Lords the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland hAd been reversed, Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell, voting for re-. versing the judgment, and the Lord Chancellor and - Lord Brougham for affirming it. Several lay Lords expressed their wish to vote.—Dundee Advertiser (second edition). INlonocco.—Accounts received, via Gibraltar, state that another battle had taken place between the French and the Moors, in which the former, falling into an ambush, were defeated by Abd-el-Kader with much 16ss. We have to express our sincere thanks to the pro prietor of the London Sun, for transmitting to •us a copious report of the judgment ; and also to the pp prietor of the Dublin Monitor for a bulletin cntain i tng a brief summary of the same.— Londonderry Se o nline. REVERSAL OF TILE JUDGMENT OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH.—The London Sun, of Wednesday evening, for which we beg to tender our ac knowledgments and best thanks, brings us the early intelligence of the result of the writ of error, in the House of Lords, on Wednesdly last ;'that result will be found in our columns.—.Nepagh Guardian. HINTS for the ENGLISH in PARIS. Truly at this moment is London out of town. Nay, not only out of ton n, but out of the realm. Any one who has counted the myriads that for the last month have vs-, Oily bade their native land " good night"—any one who still numbers the tens of thousands that c tinne weekly to wing their way to continental shores, will have little difficulty in guessing where London is now actually to be found. Despite the threatening murmurs from Otaheite—despite the portentous booming of the Prince de Joinville's cannon at Tangiers and Mo gadore, London rushes onwards to Paris, and Paris, de serted by its recreant Parisians, may almost be said to be in the possession of adventurous tour-enamoured Lon doners. To carry away the spoils of the French capital ere the blast of war be sounded—to secure some of its rich and unequalled produce in this perhaps their last trip—is the natural desire of our travelling compatriots. A few hints touching the selection of their purchases may not be unacceptable at this critical moment. The Palais Royal, as a general depjit of all that is taste ful and graceful, need only to be mentioned. But they who depart from it without visiting the magazine of La hoche Boin d6l' esealier de Cristal, have seen but the half of its attractions and wonders. This is the house. s bleb, at the last Exposition Nationale, displayed such exquisite designs in porcelain and crystals as elicited unbounded admiration, and from which Mr. Wilson, the agent of our Government, made such large purchases. For those who have not inspected the stock of' this ma nufactory, to form an idea of the novel shapes and bril liant colours imparted to porcelain and crystal by recent improvements in the art would be impossible. The chaste - and striking forms of antiquity are reproduced with increased beauty, anti ,the elegant designs of mo dern taste are wrought in st - Ityle and with an edit hitherto unimagined. To the simple lovers of vertu a visit to the magazine would be a treat indeed, for here the rarest specimens of old Sevres, and, in fact, objects of curiosity of all descriptions, and of the greatest value, are to be found. Ancient and modern art, side by side, delight the eye, and offer to the connoisseur the widest scope for the exercise of his judgment and his choice. Should our sight-seeing countrymen be pass ing along the Boulevard des Italins, let them not fail to enter the handsome furniture manufactory of M. Osmont, Here they will see the: effect of this gentle man's imitation of Chinese laquer (La Lague de Chine), as used in the varnishing and decoration of general fur niture. Nothing can be conceived more truly splendid than a drawing-room suite lacquered with this composi tion, which is infinitely superior to that used by the Chinese, and the invention of which was very de servedly rewarded by the silver medal at the last Exposition. Hitherto we were forced to be content with shawl-boxes, screens, tea-caddies, and such like little articles in this lacquer, which the " Celestials" were pleas:d to send us ; now, however, thanks to M. Osinont's invention, we may have our drawing-rooms and our bou doirs entirely furnished in this rich' and beautiful style. Mention of the drawing-room and the boudoir reminds us of la tielle tuillette; and to our fair countrywomen sojourning in the French capital we say—" As you value your reputation for elegance, neglect not to consult les Dames Herbau:t Nieces, of the Rue Melard." Besides the certainty of seeing in the maison des modes of these ladies such a daily variety of costume and fashion as absolutely amazes the spectator by its pro fusion and good taste, one has the great advan tage of being certain to meet there the elite of Parisian society, and the cream of distinguished foreigners. In such a circle of stylishness and bon ton, and in the hands of such artistes as les Dames Ilerbault Flees, it is impossible not to become " the glass of fashion and the mould of form." English beauty adorned by French art is truly the perfection of loveliness. As we are on the subject of female costume, we may as well give a hint regarding that most important portion of it, the bonnet. The chapeau de piffle still continues the rage, and a visit to the magazine of M. Fleschelle, of the Rue Richelieu, is indispensable to ladies desirous of being regarded as models of fashion. The variety of chapeaux de paille is so great that to particularise them would be endless. The chapeau de paille fantasie, the chapeau de paille de tiles et paille de riz brode, the chapeau brocete guipure et paille, in different colours and designs, are equally charming and equally commendable for ele gance. To each wearer must be left the discretion of choosing those which best become her comp!exion and style of beauty.—Post. THE GAME Liws.—Two of the gamekeepers of :he Earl of Stradbroke committed suicide on Saturday and Sunday, within twenty-four hours of each other. Report attributes the death of both of them " to their anxiety and dread of meeting their master (who was ex- Feted at Benham-park on Saturday, on his return from his Irish estates, but who is not now looked for till this week), fearing his anger that such extensive depreda tions should have been allowed among his preserves as have lately thinned the number of his pheasants, &c." There are other reports to a similar effect, showing that the anxiety of mind which ended in these unfortunate men destroying themselves was caused by their solici tude about the game they had to preserve. It is not long since another gamekeeper of this same Lord Strad broke was murdered by poachers, and, if our memory serves us aright, several transportations beyond the seas were the consequence. Look, then, at the loss of life, the misery, and the expense to the public, that this, single landlord's game may be preserved. Let it be held in mind that, during the last ten years, some thirty gamekeepers have been murdered, and as many poachers _ _ hanged for the murders—that in one year, namely, 1843, thirty persons were transported, and 4,500 convicted and sentenced to fine and imprisonment in England alone, for infringements of the game laws—that the cost of prosecuting the " criminals," and in maintaining their families when thrown upon the parish, amounts annually to not less than 100,0001. sterling, not to speak of the im mense cost of maintaining those who are transported beyond the seas, nor of the wreck and ruin of virtue and happiness to tens of thousands, nor of the brutal and re vengeful feelings engendered, and the desperate crimi nals who are brought into existence and fostered by these laws ; and who shall say but that they are one of the greatest curses of our land, and ought, without delay to be swept from off our statute-book for ever ?—Leeds Times. NEWPORT, ISLE OF 'WIGHT SEPT. 7.—Another land slip of a rather alarming character has occurred at Atherfield; upwards of an acre of land at the point of the cliff has moved off into the sea, without giving no- tice to quit. This part was supposed to be most secure, being based upon large rocks. The superincumbent weight, however, has forced these layers of stone, which it appears reached to no great depth, into grotesque po sitions. The inhabitants of a house, which was supposed to have been erected at a safe distance from all danger, were not a little surprised one morning at hearing a loud noise like thunder, which awoke the villagers above, and on getting up to ascertain the cause, they found their habitation within one yard of the edge of a tremendous precipice, the walls of the building giving evident warn ing that a further sojourn in it might prove dangerous to its inmates. It is said that the station-houses appro priated to the use of the preventive service are not in the most safe foundation if another slip should occur. SERIOUS INDISPOSITION OF MISS PEEL.—We re ' vet to hear that, owing to the alarming illness of Miss l'eel, daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Peel, that the Right Hon. Baronet, who had made every arrangement to accompany her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to Blair Athol', will not be able to embark to day for Scotland, as was his intention. On Saturday morning the most painful adviees were received from the local medical adviser at Drayton Manor, who, it appears, deemed it his duty to call in additional medical attend ance—Sir Charles Clark and Dr. Hodgson from Bir• initighain having been requested to give their professional opinion on the disorder of the youthful invalid. Yes terday morning a messenger arrived by the earliest train from Drayton Manor, and was the bearer of more aggravated accounts, as to excite the worst apprehen sions ; and, in consequence, Sir Robert and Lady Peel left town by the ten o'clock train, yesterday, for Bir mingham, with the intention of proceeding direct to Drayton Manor with all possible haste. ATTEMPTED MUlDER.—Yesterday morning (Sun day) the inhabitants of York-street, London-road, Southwark, were thrown into a state of the greatest ex citement and alarm, which lasted throughout the whole day, in consequence of a most inhuman and murderous attack which was made upon an aged man earned Richard Barber, residing at No. 8, Lewis's rents, situate .in the centre of the above street, adjoining St. George's Market. It appears that the man Barber, with his wife and son, have been leading a very dissipated life for some time past, especially the son, who is about seven teen years of age, and bears a very bad character in the neighbourhood. Shortly before eleven o'clock yesterday morning, whilst they were taking breakfast, a quarrel took place respecting a book called the" Newgate Calen der," which the son (Thomas Barber) was in the habit of reading. The father said he (the son) should net read such works, and attempted to take the book from him ; a scuffle took place, during which the mother seized a knife and the son a poker, with which the son inflicted a dreadful wound on the base of his father's skull, at the same time the mother, who took the son's part, made an effort to stab the old man in the left side, but was fortu nately prevented by the timely arrival of police-constable a No. 9M, who was passing the end of the court tthe moment. In a short time Mr. Gellatly, the surgeon of the London-road, attended to the wo und_ of theman Barber, which was stated to be o f a most dangerous orwarded to the de scription. Information having b police-station in Southwark--bridgeeZad, the mother and son were taken in charge and conveyed to the police statin, followed by a vast concourse caret pe A r i soi G is. man, o Barber, who re mains under th e car of r. e ty, is in a very precarious state. Alst. HORACE SMITH'S. NEW HISTORICAL Ro- MANCE.—" Arthur Arundel" is the name of the new historical novel, by the popular author of "Branabletye House," and the story, is illustrative of that stirring and highly interesting period of our history—the Revolution of 1688. The principal characters in this attractive work are the prominent personages who were engaged in bringing about this important change in the Govern ment. Amongst them are the Prince of Orange, the Pensionary Fogel, the Bishop of London, the Earl of Sunderland, Colonel Sydney, and the other Protestant champions ; and James the Second, his Queen, his con fessor, and the most distinguished of his Popish friends and advisers. The intrigues of the two parties, and the g eneral excitement which existed throughout the coun try, are well pourtrayed, and make the narrative re markably animated, whilst the imaginary personages, scenes, and events, which the able author introduces with great effect to give variety to his story, render it one of the meat entertaining of all Mr. Horace Smith's productions, not excepting even " Brambletye House" itself. The Senior and Junior United Service and the other leading club-houses are undergoing their annual course of re-embellishment during the absence of most of the members from town. INVITATION TO TIIE LIEERATOR. As agreed upon at (hl3 meeting, the Right Wor shipful the Mayor, and . Martin Honan, Esq., T.C., proceeded by the mail thi s e v ening for Dublin, as a deputation on the part of the the Repealers of Lime rick, to invite Mr. O'Connell to this provincial de monstration. Limerick is always at its post. TAR BARRELS ANB BONFIRES. Just as we were going to press preparations are being made by several for lighting tar-barrels and bonfires in various parts of the city. We also learn that the news of Mr. O'Connell's libe ration has spread with such rapidity throughout the country, that the surrounding counties will, to night, be one continued lurid flame.—Limerick Re porter. The letters which reached town this morning re present the excitement in the provinces as intense be• yond all former experience. The counties of Kildare, Carlow, Dublin, Louth, Tipperary, King and Queen's Counties, Kilkenny, &c., &c., were literally one sheet of flame last night. In Wicklow, the hills have been converted into cinder ; heath and furze have, as the newspaper people are accustomed to say, " fallen a prey to the devouring element." CHANGES AT TILE CASTLE. There are confident rumours of contemplated changes at Dublin Castle. It is said that Mr. Penne father, Chief Clerk in the Secretary's office, is to suc ceed Ned Lucas, as Under-Secretary, and that Mr. Cane, son of the army agent, is to succeed Mr. Pen nefather. Law changes are also - mentioned. We suppose that Mr. Barrister Brewster will have to crawl out after Lucas. pOOR PRISONERS. This morning, on the return of the State prisoners to Richmond Prison, Mr. O'Connell called for a list of all the prisoners confined for the non-payment of fines, and discharging the claims against them, had them liberated. The joy of the poor fellows was ex cessive.—Nation. ELECTION TOR THE CHAMBER LAIN SHIP. Yesterday the polling was recommenced at nine o'clock. It was a most tedious concern all through the day, to all except to Mr. Heppe], who appeared to be delighted with the pastime, and the advance he had made towards victory, having polled six votes within the six hours. The good humour of Alderman Brown was, notwithstanding this formidable rivalry, quite impurturbable. He, however, considered that he might very fairly make an appeal to the courtesy of his antagonist at the conclusion of the day's proceed ings. At three o'clock the following numbers were exhibited : Brown ...... 1,966 I Heppel 59 Alderman Brown had, during the day, polled 160 to Mr. Heppel's 6. Mr. POTTER, the presiding Secondary, having announced the state of the gross poll, Alderman Baows exhibited himself on the hustings amidst cheers, with a little of what is called " goose" amongst them. He hoped the meeting would do him the justice to believe that he felt the most lively gratitude for the manner in which . the Livery con tinued to come forward with their votes in favour of his claims. He was, indeed, most grateful. Mr. Heppel had declared, and he (Alderman Brown) be lieved that such declaration was sincere, that he was acting in favour of a principle—the principle that the members of the Court of Aldermen had no exclusive claim to the suffrages of the constituency, and that a Liveryman had a right to set up for any office the Livery had a right to bestow.—(Hear, hear.) Upon that principle Mr. Heppel and he perfectly agreed. There was, however, another principle upon which gentlemen were seldom. at variance—the principle of courtesy, by which a losing candidate, finding that there was an unequivocal demonstration of the Livery against him, and that he had not the slightest chance of success, was influenced to cease from increasing the expense and the trouble of his opponent.—(Hear, hear.) In that principle he could not tell Whether:Mr.' Heppel agreed with him, but he hoped to hear from that gentleman' that they held the same opinion upon that, as well as upon the other subjects on which they had expressed their acquiescence.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. IlnerET. then stepped forward, amidst applause and hisses. The Alderman had, he said, made an appeal to him as to the course he meant to pursue under the present condition of the poll, and stated that courtesy required that a candidate, against whom. the intentions of the Livery were unequivocally de clared, should retire from the contest. Ile agreed in that opinion, but he differed from the Alderman in thinking, that while the poll boards exhibited not so many as 2,000, out of 15,000 votes, the demonstra tion could be called unequivocal.—(r the Alderman, Hisses, laughter, and a faint cry of " Hear, hear.") f indeed, should, next day, bring up as many voters as would make his nu m b er o f su pporters 8,000, there could then be no just or reasonable ground for pro , longing the contest.—(A roar of laughter and hisses.) The Hall was th en a dj ourne d till nine o'clock to morrow (Tuesday) morning. GUANO TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—There lately appeared in the Liverpool il/bion and Glasgow Courier, an article on tilt guano trade, in which the sovereignty of his Highness the Imaum of Muscat over Latham Island, is attempted to be im pugned. As the article above referred to might lead parties to enter on the rash and fruitless speculation of attempting to retnove without authority the guano from the said island; I take the liberty to request you will give publicity to the following facts of the case, for the information of your numerous commercial readers : the Imaum of Muscat t ? and where does he live ? &c. I would remark , in article in question asks, who is The writer of t he represents the that the Imaum of Muscat ex isted for the last two of that name, which has reply, for many general:, Cape Delgado, and whose authority south latitude to tw ' East Africa, A th f e ri i c s a la , n f d ro s m an of Oman, dob past has extended over the pro vincein CA Ar :o a a b fo i k a, s as well as on the coast of degrees n 0 r i ten t n h ab o o f ut th e E d g e n g a r t e n e r s , Imaum ea, Latham Islands, &c. The Zanzibar, Pemba dominions, is min. maum of Muscat, and the in tegrity Imperialwithth e Governmentand Europe,defensive of the United States of America :he concluded a convention of amity and comm erce in 1832. He with the has Government t also treaties of some an tiquityovernme of France, the dates of which lam unable to specif y, Hence the identity of the Imaums of Muscat as • mde cident can not be disputed by the subjects sovereigns of any of the contract ing parties. The writer of the said article labours under a mis take, when he insinuates " that L atham under the protection of a Shei k, Island is only who governs the island of Zanzibar. The fact i s, the palace wherein his Highness the Imaum h as es (which is his p rinci p al naval rided at Zanzibar station) for the last three years, is within forty , mi les of the island of " Fungel R huviel," which is the ancient Arabic name of this gua no island, t hat v as discovered to the English many y ears back b y the Latham, East India man, and introduced on our charts as Latham Island ; cons luently, from its proximityand connexion with the 'mantis's dominions , it is as much (by inter national law) his property, as any oyster-bank, island, or shoals, in t he vicinity of Biit.shor other posses sions, and hi s Highness i Britis h as competent to transfer the deposit on the said island to othe r parties, as he is competent to make a resent to th e Crown of Eng land of one of the nineteen sail o f pen d ants b e l on ging to his Government. It consequently becomes a consideration for the owners of the Alan Ker, or any vessels employed on a similar adve nture, how far her peedings will be r legitimate, an d how far they maysubject their vessels to confiscation abroad, and s sel t nem ves to the conse quences of litigati on at home. —I am, Sir, your obe dient servant, VERITAS. London, Sept. 9th, 1844. T t r s, r it and r a the Hon. Miss Byng, a g ff e or b d e , t G we .C en .B. l , L is, we un- Tufnell, derstand, fixed to take p lace on the 22 d of the ensuing month. CONTEST FOR THE OFFICE OF V ICE -C HANCEL LOR OF OxFOßD.—This office is held f or th ree y e ars ; it d E a s u ri g . h,heiltl„.r con t emp l ated t e nrPDi Generalat e evoa Lordnpi) lroa generally falls on the senior of the six doctors, but this year it has been determined to oppose the party whose name stands at the head of the list. The Puseyites are resolved on a grand push, and intend to nominate one of their own party'. S IT ~, HISTORY OF THE LE 1C IJE. , 1-,rl THE SPEECH OF AUGUSTUS STiIFFORD O'BRIEN, Esq., Member for North Northampton shill., in the House of Commons, Wednesday, June 26, 1844, in the Adjourned Debate on the lion. C. P.- Villiers's Motion fur a Repeal of the Corn-laws. iSik,A.aribi William Blackwood and Sons, London and Edi n b urg h. 1844. Pp. 28. Published for the Agricultural Pro tection Society. We have often thought that a concise and accurate history of the League would be both interesting and useful. A narrative of the rise and progress of an association, whose avowed object is the removal of all restrictions upon commerce, in perfect confidence that the consummation of their labours would produce employment, and diffuse comfort and happiness amongst the great body of the people, would neces sarily contain matter for anxious inquiry and solemn reflection. But that a " History of the League" should be published for the Agricultural Protection Society, bearing the respectable, yet imposing names of Messrs. Blackwood, containing only a speech of Augustus Stafford O'Brien, Esq., M.P., in the House of Commons, albeit carefully prepared, and afterwards revised and corrected by himself and his colleagues of the Publication Committee, was indeed prefer . cpcm! We do like the "litera scripta manet" principle. To all public speakers " just allowances" must and ought to be made. A fertile imagination ; the ap plause of a listening audience ; the excitement of rude or impatient antagonists, sometimes betray the practised orator into exuberant metaphor, complacent confidence, and rash or unconsidered declarations. But when the lucubrations of calm contemplation (and such this speech undoubtedly is) have undergone revision and correction, and are issued to the world for profit or for fame, Avg...and all have a right to scru tinise, to test, to compare, and, if need be, to deny, to contradict, and to expose. This principle Mr. O'Brien has largely applied to the speakers and writers of the League; for about three-fifths of the publication be fore us consist of extracts from the circulars and papers of that body. To those who have read, in the Parliamentary,re ports of the day, the speech of Mr. Stafford O'Brien, as it was delivered in the debate on Mr. Villiers's motion, little had been said of this pamphlet beyond calling attention to the affected im portance of its title. But as the Publication Com mittee have probably destined this favourite produe of their chairman to bear upon the title-page of some future edition the stately announcement of " seven tieth Thousand," a dignity already conferred by them upon the work of a Fleet-street tradesman,* we should be wantin: , in respect to the "Member for North Northamptonshire" if we were not to do what in us lies to ascertain the validity of his claim to such extensive notoriety. Few readers will take up this reprint of Mr. O'Brien's harangue without being prepared for dis gust or entertainment in a competent proportion of abuse of the League, nor do we think that either class will he disappointed. And inasmuch as the ob ject of this publication is to describe the character, conduct, and proceedings of the League, we will commence our notice of the literary part of Mr. O'Brien's work, with his description of the members of this pernicious confederation' : " Take one of our modern philosophers ; one of those men with just knowledge or rather sciolism sufficient to addle their heads and harden their hearts; men who have learned so very little, and that little so. very badly, as to be actually ignorant of their own ignorance ; who are ever ready to spring to an abstract remedy to prescribe for a complex case ; who, untaught by the consequences of a thousand errors, continue still to dogmatise and blunder; men to wham experience comes in vain, and to whom time only adds obstinacy to error ; who, without the least power of seeing into the life and truth of things, are ever enamoured of some tawdry theory, and ready at all hazards to embrace it ; who never looking high, or deep, or far, are perpetually patching and re daubing their systems, which are as perpetually splitting and cracking, falling to pieces and passing into infinite nothingness as soon as ever practical life comes near them with its touchstone; and who reject nothing except toleration towards those who differ from them, and veneration towards those who hare gone before them. These are the men—it were easy to mention more of their characteristics— of whom Napoleon said, Give them power, and they will grind the happiness of any nation to pow der and lam sorry that the Noble Lord (Howick), with his abilities, with his earnest convictions, and with his honest purposes, should for a moment lend himself to them; for their power would be the weak ness of our country, and their ascendancy would peril he existence of all we hold best and dearest in it." We believe there is no class in society, from the Peer who makes the laws, to the peasant who suffers by them ; from the merchant who imports the pro duce of foreign climes, to the handicraftsman and me chanic whose labour moulds that produce into a ser viceable form ; from the landowner whose rent-roll is his boast, to the tiller of the soil who starves amidst the plenty he brings forth; which has not sent forth its numbers to swell the ranksof the League. Bishops we believe there are none, but of ministers of the Gos pel a goodly array; and, in our cursory glance, we have also noticed the names of officers of rank in the army and navy, physicians, and barristers. This varied band, amounting in numbers, if we mistake not, to very many thousands, must be especially grateful to Mr. O'Brien for hie estimate of their learning, knowledge, principles, and conduct. Difference of opinion may exist upon any subject of general or national interest, without imputing to the one side or the other "impudent in terference," " insulting arrogance," "impertinent presumption," or a wish to " destroy the institutions of the country." All these expressions, and others of a similar tendency, are to be found in Mr. O'Brien's pamphlet ; and possibly we may hereafter find reason to regret that he should have deliberately indulged in language of calumny and vituperation towards older and wiser, if not better, men than himself. In the commencement of his speech, the Honour able Member for Northamptonshire trusted that, as the corn-law was the subject of the debate, the House would excuse him if he confined himself more strictly to it than Lord Howick had done. Those who came to listen, and to learn or to judge, would reasonably expect from a Member on that " side of the House,' after such a preface, some reasoning and argument in opposition to the motion of the Member for Wolver hampton, tending to prove the policy and prudence, or at least the expediency, of the corn-law as a mea sure of general benefit and utility, founded upon the advantages which the nation, or " the agriculturists as a class," have derived from them since the termination of the war. In the address of a Member who could " scarcely imagine a more noble office than that of a statesman devoting himself to the examination of the vast question of the people's food ;" in a debate in which that vast question was the only subject, some of the results of his " ability, knowledge, and experi ence," might have been brought forward with peculiar fitness ; but throughout a lengthened speech, not one passage in favour of the corn-law can be found, ex cept the following trite remarks :—" The arguments, Sir, in favour of the principle of protection have been repeated in this House as often as the question has been brought forward. The particular burdens upon land; the necessity of being independent of foreigners for a supply of food ; the desirableness of maintaining agriculturists as a class in the important position they now occupy; the perils of so vast an . ex periment in the face of all experienceiinctehinesge th e against e ainst reasons which, in my mind, ar e col the abolition ofoiy neouors; corn-laws. I do that to other minds do not say not say that they are the o minds they are the best o nes." Upon this text, often as we have heard it, Mr. O'Brien might have expatiated. The opportunity was afforded him of furnishing the public with information which has long been sought. The nature of " the particular burdens upon land," Ro bert Peel; the county rates a nd the malt duty, accord ingwhether they be the p oor-rates, according to Sir to Lord John Russell ; or the hop duty, land tax, and tithes, acc o r ding to others; the manner and the proportion in which all or any of these burdens press peculiarly on the agricultural interest, and the rea son why one class of persons in a community should be protected at the expense of the remainder, would h a ve been listened to and read with attention. These are points on which information would be valuable, be cause it would be new ; for no author or orator has hitherto made out even a prima facie case in favour of protection on the ground of any one or all of the so called peculiar burdens. ‘ fo reigners" has becom e a by‘iveNndependnc ord ,• the e e of arguments against it are as well understood as the plainest aphorism, whilst those which have been brought forward in its support have fallen into disuse by absolute inanition. But " the desirableness of main taining agriculturists as a class, in the important position they now occupy" is a phrase (but no more than a phrase) deserving more notiicee. allude whom does Mr. O'Brien here speak ? floes S doubt to tenant-farmers and farm. labourers ? !they will alas • ey and form two very important classes. less are agriculturists in the proper sense Tor the term, ' D ie oes - t,he im. of the " position they now occupy will look around in vain to discover, t B I importance produce,s occasioned hie s i po s t:ion consist in the p uncertaintyortan ce of t o h l e ttheie price fer nished, and his fields d► Alr . . O'Brien defends ? io having which he dares neither ravaged by animals h by these that produce capital in land , the possession us e nor destroy session of which he may ? In the investment of his be deprived of be knows not how soon, or for what without return 2 c apricious or fortuitous reason,. su b m it to by accepting an occasional allowance in re turn or recompense . the degradation he must Seventieth Thousand. Corn Laws. An Appeal to Tradesmen in Town and Country, by One of Themselves. London: John 01livier, 59, Pall-mall, 1814. (N.B. Sold by the Avieultural Protection society,_ D.) v?jl W 5 ioe 6ll. 14 . FOP -00, oise s for 101 oft 4 g to , . t 3