The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, AUGUST 1.
CITY ELECTION.—TIIE NOMINATION.
Yesterday being the day appointed for the nomination
of candidates for the representation of this city, the dif-
ferent avenues leading to the hustings were thronged at an
early hour by the friends of the candidates. The reception
of Mr. O'Connell was enthusiastic. The Liberals rose to
a man ; and the waving of hats was accompanied by loud
and hearty cheers, which were again and again repeated—
!he few friends and representatives of the Carporation look-
ing on in solemn and we must say decent silence. The
Learned Gentleman took occasion at an early stage of the
Proceedings to entreat the countless thousands of his
friends then assembled to listen in silence, and to give all
parties a fair hearing.
Mr. Hamilton was proposed by Mr. Sheriff VEEVERS,
and seconded by Mr. G. Ogle Moore.
Sir G. Rica proposed Mr. West, whose nomination was
seconded by Sir J. R. JAMES.
Mr. HENRY GRATTAN then came forward, and delivered
a senale and eloquent address, in the course of which the

Conservatives, but little heeding the compact entered into
between the rival parties to give every speaker an opportu-
nity of declaring his sentiments, frequently interrupted Mr.
Grattan, and caused great confusion by the exhibition of
Orange pocket-handkerchiefs, the loudest vociferation and
continued rounds of the Kentish fire. One individual
amongst the number of these loyal lovers of order appeared
armed with a dagger, and shortly before Mr. Grattan con-
cluded, a dreadful riot occurred in the gallery, occupied by
the friends of West and Hamilton, in consequence of a
gentleman having cheered Mr. Grattan. He was savagely
assaulted, but succeeded in keeping his antagonists at bay
for a considerable period, although attacked with the
greatest ferocity. He was fiaally rescued from his perilous
situation by the interposition of ?Ir. O'Connell and the
Sheriff.

After this somewhat tragical demonstration, the Conser-
vatives thought they would try their hands at comedy, and
accordingly when Mr. Grattan referred to Jim Crow, the
following elegant specimen of Tory wit was directed to Mr.
O'Connell by Judkin Butler, and forwarded in the shape
of a letter. Butler handed it to Edward Maguire, the elec-
tion agent for the Conservatives, who looked from the direc-
tion to the face of the writer with a puzzled countenance,
more in anger than in mirth, as if he half suspected Judkin
was going over to the strong side. After a minute's hesita-
tion he handed it to Mr. West! (to make all safe), who,
after glancing at the superscription, forwarded it to Mr.
O'Connell, who laughed heartily at the weak invention of
the enemy :

DAN CROW—A PARODY.
Poor DAN was out of spirits,
And he went to Mr. Roe,
But he would not stand a naggin,
So he jump'd Dan Crow.
Then he WHEILL'D about, and danced about ;
Now Hutton's all the go,
For he always was a VPHEELER,
And he'll jump Dan Crow.
Poor Dan was " shuck fur shelter,"
For his cash was rather low,
As he could not get a RAPHAEL
That would jump Dan Crow.
But he WHEEL'D about and ROWL'D about,
Now Hutton's all the go,
For he always was a WHEELER,
And we'll jump Dan Crow.
Then he mustered all his fellows,
Though his stocks were rather low,
And sent his TRUCKLE WHEELBARROW
For to fetch Dan Crow.
For with a Deist and Socinian
Now WHEELING'S all the go,
And both Infidel and Papist
Will jump Dan Crow.
Mr. GRATTAN concluded by proposing Richard Hutton,
Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the city of
Dublin.
Mr. PUAELL seconded the nomination.
Mr. ROE then came forward and proposed Mr. O'Con-
nell as one of the city representatives. He did so upon
various grounds, but chiefly as a commercial man, deeply
interested in the commercial prosperity of his native city.
No man had rendered such unwearied, such zealous, and
useful services to the cause of the trade of Dublin ; and he

therefore considered him the fittest representative the city
could have. Therefore, as a merchant, knowing, and in
some measure, representing the feelings and opinions of the
mercantile body, he boldly and earnestly recommended Mr.
O'Connell to their suffrages.—(Loud and long-continued
cheering.) He did so on other grounds. As a friend of
religious liberty, and the rights of all classes equally of his
fellow-subjects, he came forward to give his support to Mr.
O'Connell and his friend Mr. Hutton.
Mr. SLEVIN seconded the nomination of Mr. O'Connell.
After Mr. Hamilton, Mr. West, and the popular candi-
date, Mr. Hutton, had each in his turn addressed the
electors,

Mr. O'CONNELL spoke to the following effect :
When the cheering concluded, he said—Many and many a
day has elapsed since I felt the same pleasure I have expe-
rienced this day.—(Loud cheers.) I feel delighted at what
I have witnessed on many accounts.—(Hear.) I love much
to see such crowded assemblies of my fellow-countrymen,
and it is a pride to me that they have conducted themselves
in such a mann 'r as they have to-day.--(Cheers.) I rejoice,
too, exceedingly, Mr. Sheriff, in the arrangements which you
have made for our proceedings, from which it Would be per-
fectly impossible to guess your political feeling.—(Hear.)
You have given to both parties a clear stage and no favour.
—(Hear.) In the name of this multitudinous assembly, I
respectfully return you my best thanks.—(Hear and cheers.)
I next beg leave to thank every one that has spoken before
me, for the mode in which they have given expression to
their feelings. Not one harsh or disagreeable word has been
spoken, though there has been no saisiking from a free ex-
pression of feelings—those who would shrink from it would
be unworthy of thanks.—(Cheers.) There has been on all
sides a perfect forbearance from saying anything insulting
or offensive to the feelings of others.—(Hear.) I next re-'
joice (and it is the principal cause of my joy), that the
grounds on which any seek popular favour, and that on
which my honourable friend and myself look for it, are so
plain, so wide, and so distinct, that it is impossible to be de-
ceived as to our respective claims. Mr. Hamilton has stated
their case as opposed to ours. He imputes to us the sin of
being friends of civil and religious liberty. Thank God I
am, and have ever been an humble champion for that mighty
cause.—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I will do him the
credit to admit he did not say that he was its enemy ; but
he has conjured up a phantom from his own brain which
he would fain have us worship instead of the great prin-
ciple of civil and religious liberty.—(Cheers.) 1 have but
one regret, and I owe that too to the candour of our op-
ponents. It is, that they are trying to make this a religious
question. A Protestant question they would call it, but
it is only half a Protestant question.—(Laughter.) A great
many of that faith are with us, unless they cut them off for
their political opinions from any participation in the faith
which they profess. My hon. friend is a Protestak lam glad
we have with us a segment of the Pi/otestant party, and it is
not a small one.—(Cheers.) I was this day proposed by
a Protestant, and as good a one as ever held the creed, and
lam the fellow-candidate of another.—(Loud cheers.) I
deplore that religious feuds should still exist, when we should
only remember we are Irishmen. Those upon the opposite
side spoke more as the representatives of a party than part
of a nation. They talked about disputes and battles be-
tween sections of the people ; but did they say one word
about putting Irishmen upon equal terms with their fellow-
subjects in Britain ?—(Cheers, and cries of " Hear, hear.")
They forget the land of their nativity. Even their mark of
applause has borrowed a foreign name. Why (continued
Mr. O'Connell, looking up to the gallery in which the
Tories were seated), why have not you an Irishman ?
I wish to God I could make good Irishmen of them. I wish

I was able to have them with me. I have long tried to have
them so ; and if the truth were known now, I am sure many
of them ate sorry.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Well, we
must do the best we can without them. I wish they were
for old Ireland. Three cheers for old Ireland.—( This was
responded to by the most enthusiastic cheers.) Well, they
won't come with us ; they would rather stay in a miserable
co rut:. by themselves. I will turn now to what has been
said by Mr. West, and, indeed, I am sorry lie was not
better heard. I did my best to have a hearing for him, but
it did not succeed. Mr. West introduced different ...op'ies,
and amongst the rest he quoted speeches of mine. which I
made at different times about the Racorde.,-, where I spoke
in very different terms of him. As tb Learned. Gentle-
man is not present I will not now give the reasons which
made me change my opinion. 111. y opinions about John
David Latouch were quoted. I. can only say that, with
a nervous and prejudiced mind which did. hint no credit, be
turned round on me because I defeated Ills friend the Knight
of Kerry, in the county of Kerry. He turned round on
me wantonly, and if I gave him a. *castigation he deserved
it.—(Laughter.) Well, I shall say nothing of John David
Latouch, he may think better ant I forget what is past.
But Mr. West did not say anythin g to you about Robert
Latouch. Three cheers for R. La.'coeich. (This call was most
heartily responded to.) Mr. Wftst, too, introduced the
subject of Lord Durham's letter. I believe you did not
hear what he said about it ; but he s oppressed the most par-
ticular part of it. Ho (Lord Durfia .m) said that the people
ought to have a greater extension a ,f civil tights, and that
he wished to uphold the institutions by reform. That be
said was his political creed. That its my political creed too.
—(Cheers.) There havo been ch arges made against Mr.
West which, in my opinion, he has/ satisfactorily explained.
Anything paid about him was sat d upon facts so exagge-
rated that they were worse than the worst falsehoods.—
(Hear, hear.) He has here given me a list where he says
he has 158 Papists in his employrc ent, including 32 horses.
—(Laughter.) I excuse myself tt ) him for any misrepre-
sentation on my part, and only asst .re him that I did so upon
reports in newspapers.—[The Luz rued Gentleman was left
speaking by the reporters of tl rt : Pilot—to the columns
of which able and liberal journa.. we are indebted. for the
materiel of the foregoing summ airy of the proceedings at the
nomination in Dublin on MorAday last.]
It were idle to raise a super: structure of probabilities,
and reason upon a result which : must soon be ascertained
and put beyond all question. T ne Mail, in its political
braggart tone, says that 012 bra ce of Tories will be re-
elected. If the Conservatives • will come to the poll on
Tuesday and Wednesday, and %I ill remain, under any cir-
cumstances, until they vote, the evening organ of the
Orangemen declares that their success is certain"—ad-
ding that " the opposite party hI ,ve not men in sufficient
numbers to supply the booths, • The taxes are not paid
Many hundreds assembled in rep! to a wicked hoax which
appeared in some of the morning ; papers on Saturday, an-
nouncing that Mr. Hutton was r eady to pay up all arrears,
on a certificate of the Roman 4 _;atholic clergy, testifying
the incapacity of the voters,"
IWe suspect, however, that, s Ifter all, the Mail has some
SM* misgivings, from snarl biz paragraph, in which it is

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said that Lord Mulgrave "has embarked him .11 and his '..--== .
Government in proceedings which we promi to bits(shall '-f-T.;';'"
hereafter be the subject of solemn investigat ' ;' and al- .. 7 ‘‘'':-.T'7•
though the unconstitutional measures so inde critOirgod ,_ ?!.,:‘,„
have been honourably rejected by the .independekt*Vllo ... ;
officers and others, yet there be some few who titrhtfic
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bear in mind the precedent for inquiry set in the case 61".14 NI
Alderman Smyth." These ambiguous allusions and
mumbled threats look exceedingly like apprehended defeat.
The Pilot, in allusion to the enthusiasm that prevails
amongst the Reformers, says, "we scarcely ever saw it
equalled, and it certainly could not be exceeded. It was
such as to give us assurance that though the contest should
be desperate, the victory would certainly be ours."

COLLEGE ELECTION.—Tbe "election of members to re-
present the University in Parliament commenced yesterday.
The doors of the Examination Hall were thrown open before
ten o'c'ock, soon after which Dr. Stock the Liberal can-
didate, accompanied by some of his friends, appeared on
the hustings. The Learrnd Gentleman vas received with
loud cheers. The Provost, attended by his asscsor, shortly
after entered the Hall. The writ to hold th election was
being read when the late representatives, Messrs. Shaw and
Lefroy, attended by their proposers and seconders, made
their appearance ; they were greeted with the most astound-
ing andi vociferous yells of " No Popery, no Popery," in-
termingled with repeated rounds of the Kentish fire. After
some exertion, order was restored. The writ having been
read, the Vice-Provost proposed Mr. Lefroy ; Counsellor
W. rre Q.C., seconded the nomination. Mr. Shaw was
proposed by Dr. Prior ; he was seconded by Dr. M'Cawl.
Dr. Sadieir proposed Dr. Stock ; Mr. Macan seconded
him. Great noise and confusion prevailed throughout the
proceedings, the report of the conclusion of which has not
yet reached us.