The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-01 00:00:00

MR. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY.

We do not yet know what effect our article of yesterday, re-
lative to Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, may have had on the
electors of Southwark ; but we are gratified to learn, from the
following paragraph, that his services, in his late official capa-
city, have been duly appreciated by those who have bad the
best opportunity of judging of their value :

" We understand that the proprietors and drivers of the metropolitan
public carriages intend to express their sense of Mr. Harvey's official
services, by presenting him with a service of plate, to be raised by sub-
scription, not exceeding ss. from one person."

We are sure that this manifestation of the sense which the
parties in question entertain of Mr. Harvey's services, in his
official capacity, will have the effect of stirring up the consti-
tuency of Southwark to make him the more substantial mark of
respect, ac their representative, which we pressed upon them
yesterday..-,Morning Advertiser.

NEW REGULATIONS IN THE ARMY

RELATIVE TO COURTS MARTIAL.

(CIRCULAR.
" War-office, Jan. 17, 1839.
" Sir,—l am directed to request, with a view to supply this
office with information which is after required for the dueset-
tlernent of the regimental accounts, and to obviate also the ne-
cessity of requiring copies of courts-martial sentences in proof
of the correctness of deductions in the pay lists on account of
the forfeitures awarded by such courts-martial, you will, at the
expiration of each quarter, commencing with that just ended,
furnish the Secretary of War with a returrraccordin,g to the en-
closed form, specifying the particulars therein required of
every court-martial durinc, the present three months, on any
officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, belonging to the
regiment under your command--I have, &r.
( Signed) 6' L. SULLIVAN.
" Officer commanding the regiment of

Quarterly Return of Courts-martial between Ist of
and , 18—.

Regimental 1 Crime and
Number, Date, and I Place and
Rank and Place of Date of Sen-
I
Name of the I Commit- Trial. fence.
Prisoner. ting it.

Remarks showing
if any part of the
Sentence has been
Remitted,
&c., &c. &c.

IRELAND.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
DUBLIN, .TAN. 30.
GREAT MEETING OF MR. O'CONNELL'S CONSTITUENTS.

A meeting of Mr. O'Conncll's Constituents was held this day in the
Circus, Lower Abbe,•-street, pursuant to a notice from the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman, who was anxious to lay before them the course
he intended to pursue during the ensuing session of Parliament. The
Theatre, which was the scene of the late Metropolitan Dinner, was
crowded to excess.

R. M'CLELLAND, Esq., having taken the Chair,
Mr. O'CONNELL said that he always approved of the system of repre.
sentatives, at the end of each session, giving to their constituents an
account of their conduct—•but he wished to add to that system another,
a hich was that of representatives, before the commencement of each
session, stating the course they meant to pursue during it. Before he
would take up the questions likely to come on, he would declare in one
word his political faith. He was a repealer.—(Enthusiastic cheers.)
The first topic he would allude to was, the Committee on Combination.
Ile was accused of taking the part of the employers on that question,
but he acted on principle; and though he enjoyed more popularity than
any other man ever did, he would forfeit it all for principle. He did
not intend to examine any further witnesses on this subjcct, but that
Gayly and Moran, two deputies from the trades demanded as an act of
justice to get further witnesses examined on their part.
Mr. Molitor here thanked Mr. O'Connell for the course he was about
to take.

Mr. O'CONNELL continued to say he did not mean to propose any
legislative measure on the question.—(Cheers.) The next question was
the Corn-laws. An opinion was abroad that the landed proprietary had
an interest in keeping up these laws, but the poor man has an interest
in keeping bread cheap, and he would vote for their abolition.—(Cheers.)
If his constituents did not agree with him, he would resign rather than
vote for the Corn-laws, but lie saw by these cheers they agreed with him.
The next question related to Canada. As long as the Canadians confined
themselves to legitimate means he supported them; but when they took
up arms, and turned out in civil warfare, he shrunk from any connection
with them. He would not rote against them ; but he took no part along
with them. Their eflints had rudest in raising a despotism over them-
selves, and they were now trampled on by a savage yeomanry.—
( Hear.) In reference to Canada, he would speak and vote against any
cruelty and against the present courts-martial, and the unnecessary
shedding of human blood.—(Cheers.) The next question was one
in which he would properly be obliged to vote against the Ministry ;
it was the one between Belgium and Holland. A question has arisen
as to two provinces that formerly belonged to Belgium, which the
rants of Europe were anxious to give to Holland. It was a cruel
tyranny to hand them over to that country, and he would oppose it in the
English Parliament. He would vote against the Government on that
subject. Though he would not join the Chartists, he intended to support
Universal Suffrage, not that he expected it would be conceded at once,
but because he approved of the principle. Vote by Ballot would also
have his support as a necessary protection for the voter.—(Cheers.)
He would not support Annual Parliaments, but he would support Trim-

ial Parliaments, which he thought a proper limitation of time.—

(Hear, hear.) One reason that prevented him from joining the Chartists
was the foolish and ill-assorted leaders they had got. There was first
Feargus O'Connor, who was for Annual Parliaments, and every thing
else on the same scale; and with him was Stephens, a dissenting Parson,
who did not care if Parliaments lasted 20 years, and that but 20 persons
had the Franchise. Who was the third ? Why, Oasticr, who had
put down Parliaments altogether. Such leaders was like three men
singing different tunes, and calling it a glee. Then their mode of
working out what they profess to seek was most objectionable, like a
greedy child who was hungry, and would not take a slice of a loaf without
getting it all—they refused to take instalments.—(Hear, hear.) Worse
than all, they preached up bloodshed and murder. Could he join mis-
creants like these, who would make England like what Canada is at
present, and who arc so cowardly that when one of their leaders was ar.
rested they shrunk like rats into their holes ? No, he would have
nothing to do with them.—(Loud cheers.) The next subject he would
touch upon was the Ministry. He went to Parliament, determined to
give them his decided and most unequivocal support; they were valuable
even if it were only to keep Haddington and Hardingeout of the Castle,
and the Orange flag (win again waving triumphant in the public
theatre. These things would occur again, If the Ministry were not sup.
ported, and to prevent it he would support them. He had, to be sure, to
complain of their not dismissing Lord Oxmantown, but even with the
recollection of that in his mind he would not desert them. The
only other question on which he had to touch was his views
with regard to a repeal of the. Union. He was firmly convinced
that England would not consent to do us justice as would induce the
Irish people to give up that question. He had asked for bread and got a
stone, he had asked for liberty and got restriction, he had asked for
equality and got insult. When the Session commenced he would bring
in a Bill for the equalisation of the franchise, if it passed he would bring
in another for an incre4sed representation, but if both were refused, he
would despair of obtaining justice, and once more raise the green flag of
repeal, and call upon the Irish people to become a nation again. The
Honourable and Learned Gentleman sat down amidst loud and long.
continued cheering.
Resolutions were
passed approving of the course proposed to be adopted
by Mr. O'Connell, and expressing
their willingness to take up the Repeal
question when he conceived the experiment which was being made had
terminated. The inciting then separated.

MR. O'CONNELL AND THE PRESS.--A meeting of the Precursor Society
took place yesterday', O'Meara,Esq., in the chair. After some
routine business, Mr. O'Connell came to the notice of the motion
he had given on the last day for the withdrawal of the advertise-
ments of the Society from the Morning Register, and stated that
since then matters had arisen which enabled him to change the
form of his motion, the Pilot had published the proceedings, the
Freeman's Journal had given up its resistance. Mr. Staunton, al-
though he still withheld publication in the Morning Register, had
distinctly recognised the principle of publication. In his Weekly
he
gave the whole proceedings.
Register Thus the great ends of
Publication had been answered, and although ' Mr. Staunton refused
to retract to the full extent, yet he (Mr. O'Connell) did not feel
called upon to persevere with his intended motion.—(Loud
cheers.)
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded to show
that lie only stood up for a principlr, and that if evil befell a jour.
nal that opposed that principle, the evil was of its own choosing.
In the resolutions he intended to propose, lie should have been glad
a man who had been so long identified with
to include Mr. Staunton,
the public cause, but under all the circumstances he was bound to
propose two resolutions, the one declaratory of the necessity of pub-
lication, the others conveying a vote of thanks to the Pilot and Free-
manl Journal. The resolutions having been read—
Mr. T. Wri.cit rose and said that he was rejoiced to be relieved from
the necessity of proposing an amendment to any proposition coming from
the Liberator, while he protested against the principle of suppression.
No matter how unjustifiable attacks on the press might 'be assumed to
be, he yet felt that any censure proceeding from Mr. O'Connell, carry-
ing with it the weight of his name and popularity, would make the
punishment more than commensurate with the guilt. What he had
intended to propose, therefore, was that a Committee should be ap-
pointed to inquire how far the Metropolitan Press had so discharged its
duty, as rendered it unnecessary to establish another journal, which would
be the organ of that Society.—(Great hissing, with cheers.) After
proceeding to give his reasons for his intended course, he concluded.
Mr. SCOTT moved as an amendment, "That Mr. Staunton's name
should be included in the vote of thanks."
Mr. O'Connell's original resolution was put and carried.
The Society adjourned until Saturday.

Lord St. Helens is much indisposed at his house in
Grafton-street, Berkeley-square.