The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-13 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JAN. 11.
The following letter, addressed to the Electors of Kil-
kenny, appears in the Pilot of this day :
" Merrion-square, Jan. 11, 1837.

" BELOVED FRIENDS,—It is my intention to present
myself before my constituents on Monday next, the 16th
inst. I respectfully request of them to fix upon a suitable
place of meeting, where I can address them at the hour of
one in the afternoon that day.
" I intend to do these things,—
" First—To tender myresignation, if there be any one
amongst my constituents dissatisfied with any part of my
conduct.

" Secondly—To resume my functions in case the great
majority of the constituency declare themselves satisfied
with the exposition of my views.
" Thirdly—To call on my constituents to consider the
propriety of repeating the declaration of the General Asso-
ciation, that Lord Lyndhurst is an enemy of his King
and country.'
" Fourthly—To consider the propriety of forming a
Committee of the city and county of Kilkenny to forward
from every parish in each petitions for corporate reform—
for the extinction of the blood-stained impost of tithes--
for shortening the duration of parliament—for the extension
of the suffrage—and, above all, for the free right of voting
by the protection of the ballot.
" The proudest event of my life was my return for your
fair and independent city. It is my most anxious wish to
show myself deserving of your confidence by exerting all
my faculties to promote the pure and peaceful principles of
democratic liberty.
" I have the honour to be, beloved friends, your ever
faithful and devoted servant,

" DANIEL O'CONNELL."
Mr. O'Connell has also published an address to the electors
of the County of Limerick, on the subject of the opinions
lately expressed by Mr. Smith O'Brien, their representa-
tive, relative to the ballot, and to the making a state pro-
vision for the Catholic Clergy of Ireland. The object of
Mr. O'Connell's call upon the Limerick constituency will
be seen by the following passage, which we meet with to-
wards the conclusion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's
letter.

" Your representative, Mr. O'Brien, has behaved fairly
and manfully towards you—he has thrown upon you the
duty of correcting his erroneous opinions. Up then, men
of Limerick county, one and all, and call upon your repre-
sentative to abandon his mischievous scheme of pensioning
the Catholic Clergy, and•his resistance to the honest, con-
scientious, and protective voting by ballot.
He will, I am quite certain obey you, and then you
will be able to treat him with all the confidence you at first
reposed in him."
Yesterday the usual weekly meeting of the Trades' Union
was held. Mr. Ray brought up the petitions from the
Committee, which they had prepared for the approval of
the body. There were four forms of petitions prepared,
which he would read to the meeting. The first petition
was in favour of the vote by ballot. The second was for
the extension of the elective franchise to all rent-payers.
The third was for short Parliaments. It prayed that Par-
liament should exist only for one year, and that the mode
of election might be simplified and made less expensive.
The fourth was not inferior in importance to the other three
—lit was for a Reform of the House of Lords.
The Reformers of Derry met on Monday.

Lord Morpeth sailed for England on Monday en
route to Yorkshire.
A grand high-mass has been celebrated at Brussels
for the providential escape of the King of the French
from assassination. The Queen and all the Court were
present.
TIIE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S STATUE.—
The Committee appointed to take into consideration the
propriety of erecting a public testimonial of the eminent
services of the Duke of Wellington to the City of London
is to assemble on the second Thursd&y in February, for the
purpose of determining upon the sort of statue which it
would be advisable to raise, and the most eligible site. It
is generally supposed that the statue will be equestrian, and
report is quite busy in fixing it in different parts of the city.
The sum already subscribed towards the object is between
7,0001. and 8,0001.

The " Flittings of Fancy," announced for pnblica-
cation on Monday next, are a collection of sketches by Mr.
Robert Sulivan, the author of two of the most beautiful
poems, of their kind, that have appeared since the " Ger-
trude of Wyoming" of Mr. Campbell, his intimate friend.
The poems we allude to are " Faithful and Forsaken," and
" The Silent River," of which Blackwood remarked on their
appearance, that " their nature and simplicity were quite
refreshing." The prose sketches now announced are about
twenty in number, and we predict that they will afford
much pleasure to the lovers of elegant literature.