The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-28 00:00:00

IRELAND

Moitemeerrs OF TILE BENCH ANDBAIL—In reference to some para-
graphs which we find in the Papers of this morning we may state that
one thing only is tolerably certain, namely—that Judge Moore retires.
With regard to a paragraph in the Mail, that a son of the Learned
Judge is to be appointed to the benefice lately held by Doctor Tensor),
we can state the assertion is absolutely false. The arrange:Twists conse-
quent upon this vacancy are not as yet finally concluded. We should
observe, however, that it is as false that Richard Moore is to be
Solicitor-General, as it is calumnious to assert that he is, or ever was, a
Tory. With regard to the business of the Crown solicitors, concerning
which sucn a pother is made, we imagine that sonic arrangement is
contemplated—whether it will be eventually accomplished, we cannot
undertake to affirm.—Dublin Evening Post of Saturday.
Terrible as have been the devastations of the recent hurricane in all
parts of Ireland, in no place were its effects felt with such dreadful
and ruinous con.tquences as in the town of Loughrea; for, there the
ravages of the tempest were united with a conflagration which reduced
to ashes nearly one hundred houses, and left thousands of human beings
without food, shelter, or raiment. And this, too, amongst a population
already steeped to the lips in poverty, and with little or no remunerative
employment in the district. Appeals to the public for charity are in
progress.
MANGE MISTING IN LIMERICK.—There was a meeting of members
of the Orange Association in this district at the Northumberland Build-
ings to-day—to which several Protestants were admitted. The object of
those present was stated to involve two considerations, viz', to guard
the Protestants of the South against the dangers to which they are ex-
posed, and to promote the general advancement of Protestantism. There
were about 2511 persons in the room.
Daoeneee DINNER.—On Thursday evening the men of Drogheda
entertained Mr. O'Connell at a public dinner. Sir Wm. Somerville,
Bart., M.P , was in the Chair.
PATRaoRDINART CONDUCT OF O'CONNELL—At the Precursors'
Society, on Friday, Mr. O'Connell lauded the Freeman, and gave notice
of emotion for the next day of a meeting that " all the advertisements
of the Society should be withdrawn from the Register." Mr. Staunton,
the proprietor of the Register has published a letter on the subject, for
which we regret that we cannot find room. His crime, or rather that
of his representative, appears to have consisted in not adhering closely to
" a note of preparation," prescribed by an attachi of the " Liberator's."
" Mr. Staunton," says the Pilot" has truly statedthat this extraordinary
ebullition (Mr. O'Connell's against the Press) arose from a supposed nets:is
gc nee en the part of the "Liberal"journals (as we call these unfortunate ve-
hicles of which we are yet permitted to be the owners in this country)
wifh reference to the banquet. I have endeavoured since Tuesday to
ascertain the nature of the imputed transgression; arid I fend that a
paragraph penned by one of the gentlemen now most in communication
with Mr. O'Connell, and which, I am told, underwent his own perusal,
was omitted in the Morning Register. I was no party to this " neglect,"
the duty of attending to the paragraph having devolved in my ob.
sence -upon my representative. The paragraph appeared in the Pilot;
and, as it was already before the public, my colleague wrote one in his
own words (a gratuitous and volunteer trouble on his part)."
The proprietor of the Register concludes his defensive communication
in the following terms :
"So much for the incident of Tuesday evening, and its cause. Now
for the conduct of the Press thereupon :
" The reporters resolved to suppress the proceedings, in vindication
of what they regarded their personal independence, and in resentment
of an affront not, unfortunately, for the first time put upon the laborious
and invaluable clam to which they belong. In this way it happened
that there was no publication of Tuesday evening's proceedings in Wed-
nesday's Mornirui Register. I say the reporters were wrong in
principle—they themselves declared at the Precursor meeting of Wed-
nesday that they yielded to mere feelings of indignation which
they could not controul. It was at that meeting announced that re-
porting was to be resumed permanently and unconditionally ; and
I really flattered myself that an unfortunate occurrence which I
think Mr. O'Connell has far less reason than any of us to wish to keep
in the public recollection, had passed away not to be fsought of more.
Mr. O'Connell, however, " put down the Press" in London, and he
" put down the Press" here before—and he wished it to be felt and re.
membered that he " put down the Press" again; all which feats against
the Press I KNOW to have been achievements againMst the iConnentereslltswas of
Ireland here and elsewhere. Having this feeling, r. O'
not satisfied with the concessions of Wednesday ; and on yesterday I
was informed by the Editor of the Freeman's Journal, that persons
were communicating with Mrs. Lavelle, of whom the Freeman's
Journal is the property, and that they operated so upon her fears for
that property (Mr. O'Connell having, in effect, threatened confiscation
on the day preceding), that she insisted upon the publication of a report.
Both establishments were embarked in the same bottom before—here
was a course proposed by one contrary to that which either ought,
under the circumstances, be called upon to pursue ; but this was avow-
edly the effect of fear operating upon the mind of a woman and a widow,
whose property was openly stated on the day mentioned to have
been entirely at stake. I did not publish on yesterday, though very
properly made acquainted with all the facts as to the Freeman. One
reason was, that a gentleman connected with :see was in Drogheda on
the public service, and my respect for the feelings of all upright and
well-intentioned men would not allow me to do anything in his absence
which he regarded as affecting his personal honour. He is now in
town. He and the other gentlemen connected with me say that they
will for one day do any thing I require in this matter, but that, if I
publish, they will, on the next, retire from the Morning Register—
feeling that there is now no substantial object to be gained for the pub-
lic, as the principle required is conceded—is not even disputed—and
is in actual operation never to be departed from again—and feeling that
the only end in view Is to give to what Mr. O'Connell considers his new
triumph an eclat, certainly illustrative of his great, and, I think, in-
creasing power over the people of this country, but humiliating to the
last degree to what he regards the fallen foe. I said to them, and I
now announce to the public, that under such circumstances as these de-
tailed, I would not put an aff,ont upon them, or force them to an extre.
mit y, to secure to myself the advantage of the Precursor advertisements,
or to preserve the very existence of this Journal."
'TIE PRESS, THE POLICE, AND Mu. O'CONNELL—It appears that on
Thursday several gentlemen connected with the Press attended at the
police-otlice in Henry-street, in order to hear the charge of a policeman
against Mr. R. N. Fynn, harrister.at-law, for an assault committed upon
him by the said Mr. Fyiin while he was in the discharge of his duty,
endeavouring to protect the reporters of the public press from being
beaten at Mr. O'Connell's dinner upon Tuesday evening.
The subjoined report suggests the question, who instructed the Com-
missioners of Police It—
" When the summons cases were about being heard, the first one
called was police constable 170 C against Robert N. Fynn, Esq., barris-
ter.at.law, for an assault on him while in the execution of his duty at
the Circus, Lower Abbey-street, on Tuesday night last.
" The complainant was called, but did not answer.
" Mr. Duffy—We cannot pass this over. A policeman comes for-
ward to prefer a charge of violent and unjustifiable assault against a
gentleman, and he does not come forward to substantiate it. In my opi-
nion we ought to represent the case to the Commissioners. He should
not be continued in the Force.
" Dr. Kelly—l am inclined to agree in your opinion; for it may
give rise to the concocting of cases against individuals, if the police
be permitted to withdraw charges brought forward by them.
" Shortly afterwards 170 C entered, and Mr. Duffy asked him if he
had not complained to him yesterday of a gross assault committed on
him by Mr. Fynn, a barrister, on Tuesday night, at the O'Connell
dinner, and asked for a summons against him ?
" Policeman—I did, your worship.
" Mr. Duffy—Why were you absent when the case was called on ?
" Policeman—The Commissioners desired me to withdraw the charge,
your worship.
"Mr. Duffy—How did they communicate with you ?
Policeman—The inspector desired me to go to them, your

worship.
" Mr. Duffy—And they desired you to withdraw the charge ?
" Policeman—Yes, your worship.
" Mr. Duffy—l cannot too strongly deprecate the employment of the
police on such occasions. If a breach of the peace were apprehended,
then the police might be stationed in the neighbourhood to act as re-
quired; but the infusion of a body of police into an assemblagewhete
they are subject to such violent treatment as this man received, is a
course with which I cannot agree."
In the North, all that O'Connellite malignity can do has been at.
tempted against that portion of the Liberal Press which will not yield
the most slavish submission to the dictation of the mighty " Precursor,"
but to find such a man as Mr. Staunton in the excommunicated list is
absolutely astonishing. We are unwilling to hint the only explanation
of this phenomenon which could at all account for the facts to which
we have been referring, but which will naturally occur to all who have
ever read the works of Drs. Burrowes and Combo on a certain medical
subject.—Belfast News Letter.

MISS PARDOE.--A new work by the author of
" The City of the Sultan," the principal scenes of which are
laid, we believe, in the same attractive locality which that pro-
duction has made so familiar to English readers, will appear
la a few days. It is entitled " The Romance o tinted Harem."
As the " Arabian Nights' Entertainments," pres through
the medium of fiction, the most instructive information on
Eastern Society in the olden time ; by similar means, Miss
Pardoe, we suppose, intends to illustrate the distinguishing
characteristics of Oriental nations in our own day. Perhaps
no other living writer is so well qualified for the task. Few
excel her in brilliancy and originality of imagination, and hcr
experiences of the most minute details of Turkish domestic
and public life have been gathered, not from the vague and
erring descriptions of other travellers, but from actual resi-
dence and intimacy with the people themselves. We may,
therefore, expect that her forthcoming work will be of that
delightful description which, blending the actual with the
ideal, gives to fiction the semblance of truth, and tints plain
matter of fact with the dazzling hues of romance.

A circumstance is at this moment occupying the
attention of military circles, which we deem of vast import-
ance as regards the discipline and independence of her Ma-
jesty's army. The facts in circulation are shortly these :
Captain Smith (brother to the Princess of Capua) had made
arrangements for exchanging into the 11th Dragoons, com-
manded by the Earl of Cardigan, better known as the Lord
Brudenel of the celebrated Court-martial against Captain
Wathen. The Earl of Cardigan had given his assent to the
entrance of Captain Smith into his regiment, having, how-
ever, previously ascertained from that officer that be was
unmarried. Pending the arrangements for the exchange,
Captain Smith had been affianced to a lady, whose name we
would not introduce if it were not hallowed by the memory of
her father, the late Lord Tenterden. Lord Cardigan now
opposes the entrance of Captain Smith into his regiment,
and his pretext is, that he will not accept of married men.
He is himself a married man, and what madness possesses him
to oppose the introduction of an officer with an honourable
and virtuous wife into his regiment? Really the Earl of Car.
digan should seek better counsel.— Observer.
FAIR AVERAGE PRICE.—He had heard it said,
and by gentlemen who had reflected on the subject, that if we
had great fluctuation!, there was in these fluctuations a fair
average price. A fair average price I He wondered what
this phrase meant, when applied to the provisions of the
people. He should like to know how any gentleman who
was accustomed to eat a good dinner every day would like to
be kept one week without food, and to be supplied the next with
twice as much as he wanted) Would he feel satisfied at
being told that he had got a fair average quantity of provisions
for each day in the two weeks? He thought that the gentle-
man would not be satisfied—that he would find such an ave-
raging system to be neither salutary to his constitution, nor
pleasant to his stomach.—. Mr. Huslasson's Speech, 1825.
MEETING AT LICHFIELD.—In conformity with a
requisition addressed to the Lord Bishop of Lichfield, and
signed by a great number of the nobility, clergy, gentry, and
others of the diocese, favourable to the extension and improve-
ment of education in connexion with the Established Church,
his Lordship convened a public meeting, which, was held in
the Guildhall, Lichfield, on Thursday last.
THE LAST CAB CONUNDRUM.—Why are the
hackney-coach drivers, cabmen, &c., now much better off'
than ever ?—Bccause they have always got a plate of Wailes
before thew