The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

The O'Connell Monument.

DUBLIN, Monday Evening.
The first stone of the intended O'Connell monu-
ment was laid to-day by the Lord Mayor and the
corporation at the southern extemity of Sackville.
street. The demonstration was the greatest that
has ever taken place in Dublin, and the conduct of
the people was most orderly and quiet. The pro-
cession started at 12 o'clook from Stephen's-green,
where the several trades of the city had assembled
from an early hour, with their bands and the
banners of their respective guilds. The persons
who took part in the procession wore green sashes,
rosettes, and ribbons, and many of the people
who thronged the streets were similarly decorated.
Amongst those who took part in the procession were
the Roman Catholic Primate, Dr. Dixon, Arch-
bishop Leahy, and several other Roman Catholic
prelates. Starting from Stephen's-green, the pro-
cession passed through the principal streets of Dub•
lin to Sackville-street, where the first stone was
laid at about five o'clock, by the Lord Mayor in the
presence of a vast assemblage. The windows along
the line of the procession were closed. Traffic and
business were completely suspended, and the day
was kept as a holiday by the artizans and trades-
men. in the evening a banquet took place at the
Rotunda. The Lord Mayor presided, and amongst
the speakers were Archbishop Leahy, Mr. J. F.
Maguire, M,P., Sir Colman O'Loghlen, M.P., and
Sir John Gray.

NEW LIFEBOAT STATIONS.—The Royal National
Lifeboat Institution invites the co-operation of
clergymen, officers of the navy and mercantile marine,
and the gentry in general resident on the sea coast, in
assisting to maintain a lifeboat station on every point of
the shores of the United Kingdom where danger exists,
and where shipwrecks sometimes occur. It is requisite that
there should be a sufficient number of men (fishermen or
others accustomed to the management of boats at sea) to
man the lifeboat, and a c9mmittee formed from the re-
sidents in the neighbourhood to superintend the station,
and to obtain such small annual subscriptions as may con
tribute towards a portion of the expense. We may add
that communications on this important subject may be
addressed to Richard Lewis, Esq., secretary to the Royal
National Lifeboat Institution, John-street, Adelphi, Lon-
don.

SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN IN KENSINGTON-
GARDENS.—At half-past 4 o'clock on Sunday
morning the dead body of a young gentleman was found in
one of the enclosures in Kensington-gardens by Park
constable Bunton, No, 30. Deceased held in his right hand
a pistol of an ordinary kind, with which he had shot him-
self through the head. The body was taken to the
Paddington dead house, and examined by Mr Beale,
surgeon, who states that death must have been instants
neous after the shot was fired. There were no papers or
anything else found on deceased to denote who ho was, but
the following description will no doubt lead to his being
identified :—Age about 20 ; height about 5 feet 4 inches ;
light complexion, brown hair, no whiskers; dress, black
hat, black cloth coat and waistcoat, grey plaid trousers with
cord seams, Balmoral boots, white linen shirt and collar,
and black necktie. Deceased was a cripple, and had in 114
possession a pair of brass mounted crutches, white cambric
handkerchief, some silver and copper money, a pistol,k on€
ball (lead), two percussion caps, and a paper containing
powder.

_
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory of the sth
inst. is as follows :--.‘, The Mediterranean was yes.
terday traversed by the gale announced from Spain•
There was a storm at Ajaccio about noon, a hurri-
cane at Palermo, and another storm at Madrid
in the evening. On the other hand, storms
continue to day at St. Petersburg, but tend
more to the north-west. Between these two
lines of summer Borms, France enjoys calm
and bright weather; more or less of clouds are ob-
served along the sea coasts; but in the inland dis-
tricts, where the air is always drier than on the
seaboard; the sky is cloudless, especially at Paris.
This morning the hygrometer indicated a less de•
cided degree of dryness, and another fall of Vac
mercury at Corunna presages more otorrad from the
south-west."