The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-16 00:00:00

LAMBURN V. CRUDEN.

This was an action to recover a quarter's salary, 29/., brought by
the plaintiff who was lately superintendent of the Gravesend Star
Steam Packet Company, against the defendant as Chairman of the
Directors of that Company. _ .

Mr. Sergeant ATCUERLY and Mr. PAUL' were for the petitioner,
Mr. Sergeant WILDE and Mr. SHEA for the defendant.
The plaintiff's case was that he had been engaged at a yearly sa.
lary, which he had received up to Michaelmas, 1837. In November
he sent in his resignation to the Company, which was not, however,
accepted till near the end of December, for that period he claimed
a quarter's salary.

Evidence of the contract, &c., having been adduced,
Mr. Sergeant WILDL, for the defence, submitted that the letter of
resignation (which was put in) must be considered as a voluntary
termination of the agreement. •

It was eventually agreed that a nonsuit should be entered, on
condition that the plaintiff should be at liberty to move to have the
verdict entered for such sum as the Jury thought a sufficient
compensation.
The JURY thought 291. was due.

IRELAND.

(PROM OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

DUPLIN, TIiptSDAY.

GREAT MEETING.-LORD NORMANBY,

This day a respectable and numerous meeting of the citizens of
Dublin, was held at the Arena, Lo*er Abbey street, to adopt an
address to his Excellency Lord Normanby, pursuant to the resolu-
tions of the preparatory meeting, mentioned in my letter of "ester.
day. Sir Thomas Esmonde, Sir Thomas Finlay, Sir David Roche,
M.P., O'Gorman Mahon, Carew O'Dwyer, Colonel Morris, Thomas
Dickson, Q.C., John Power, D.L., Henry Grattan Curran, Major
Soutliwell, John Smith, Lawrence Finn, J. J. Murphy, Peter Purcell,
Sharmpn Crawford, and others were on the platform around the
Chair, which, at half-past two o'clock, was taken by the Right
Hon. the Earl of Charlemont.

His LORDSHIP said it was only two hours before he had heard 01

the intended meeting. Many present were aware he had lately suf-
fered a severe loss, and his heart was not less in mourning than his
person ; but he could not refrain, even under these circumstances,
from attending upon such an occasion as the present.—(Cheers.)
Lord Normanby had, during his stay in Ireland, done incalculable
good, and he left it with the warm blessings of the people. Before
he came among us he had earned a high character, and he had here
raised it stjll higher.—(Cheers.) He would not intrude further on the
time of the meeting, but permit the business to proceed at once.
Mr. French was appointed Secretary.

Sir THOMAS ESMONDE proposed the fire resolution, to the effbct
that the citizens of Dublin, in profound grief, seized the few minutes
left to them to express their feelings towards his Excellency. The
Hon. Baronet observed that the only consolation the people of Ire-
land had was, that he was removed to a sphere of greater usefulness,
where he would still be their friend.

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Mr. L. CROSTH WAITE seaconded the resolution, which Ives passed
unanimously.
➢lr. POWER moved the next resolution, to the effect that Lord
Normanby had not only been productive of good to Ireland, but to
the en►ire Empire.
Sir T. FINLAY briefly seconded the resolution, which was
and carried amidst loud and continued cheering.

Major SotrrowELL proposed the next resolution, which declared
that by the greatest urbanity, in public and private, and by the
exercise of perfect impartiality, his Excellency had tamed the
deepest respect and gratitude of the Irish people. He Could add
nothing to this resolution, which embodied tally the Sentinietits of
the nation, and of himself, as a unit of the multitude.
Mr. FITZSIMON, in seconding the resolution, said the meeting
deserved no thanks for assembling there, for all they could do would
but feebly embody the gratitude of the nation. He had taken
the deepest interest in the welfare of Ireland, and was determined
to work out her prosperity. None who had met him in private,
but had been captivated by the urbanity of the gentleman, the
accomplishments of the scholar, and the elegance of the man of
the world. But in public life, which was of so much more Import_
ance, the dischargeof his duty was above cavil, and beyond praiser
He had been abused for using his prerogative of mercy, but it was
doubtless the sweetest consolation of his life, as it was the pride of
his many friends that he had tempered justice with that
Godlike quality. Everything that could be done to check bad laws
and make us forget the atsence of good ones was done by him. As
he could not wipe the evil off the statute book he rendered the
noxious enactments futile.—(Cheers.) For these things he earned
the love of the people, and would ever retain it.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BERWICK seconded the resolution. They had met to do jus-
tice to the Viceroy, who for four years had done justice to them.
The moral of their manifestation was, that with the same strength
of feeling with which they expressed their gratitude to Lord
Normanby, they would display their enmity towards any of his suc-
cessors who would fail to pursue the same course of equal and im_
partial justice.—(Cheers.) When the Coercion Bill was brough
forward, Lord Mulgrave was the solitary opponent it met with in the
House of Lords, and it was equally true that it was he who first
carried the Emancipation Bill into effect, by acting in the spirit o
it, while its framers would willingly tear it from the Statute Book'
—(Cheers.)
O'GORMAN MA/lON having moved a vote .of thanks to the
Marchioness of Normanby, which was passed by acclamation, the
Address was read and adopted, and to.mon ow fixed for presenting it
to His Excellency. Some other gentlemen addressed the meeting,
which shortly after broke up.

COMAIITNICATION WITH ENGLAND.—Our Liverpool Correspondent

thus writes:—" A sccond mail to Dublin from this town daily is
determined upon. The Post-office have arranged with the Dubli❑
Company for four of their boats being immediately put on the
station

The valuable living of Dunmore, diocese of Tuam, which was
given a short time since by the Lord Lieutenant to the Rev. Mr
Lyons, of Ballysax, is again at the disposal of his Excellency, by the
premature death of Mr. Lyons.—Dublin Evening Pest.