The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

am a constant reader of your Paper, as it has
long sustained the character of the best Evening Journal,
and certainly has taken a deep interest in Irish affairs.
For these reasons, and that you may not not be led into
a mistake about the meoting held yesterday at the Ex-
change, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against
the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, it

may not be amiss to describe its character and objects
without any colouring.
A requisition, stating the above objects, was signed by
some of the merchants and citizens of Dublin, and pre-
sented to the Lord Mayor, who appointed yesterday for
the meeting at the Royal Exchange. It was accordingly
held not in the hall of the Exchange, but in a room above
stairs, in which about a hundred persons attended, nine-
tenths of whom were the unemployed tradespeople of
Dublin. Mr. Leader, a well-intentioned but sanguine gen-
tleman, spoke against the abolition of the office, as did
also Mr. Lawless and a Mr. Finn, a brother-in-lacy of
Mr. O'Connell, but as compared with the former meetings
in Dublin, particularly of the " Association," this shrunk
into utter insignificance. The truth is, that the abolition
of the Lieutenancy is a matter in nhich the country gen-
tlemen of Ireland feel no interest whatever, and the proof
is that though this is what is called the Castle season,
hardly one of them passing through on his way to Parlia-
ment goes to a levee or drawing-room. National vanity is
however so strong in the minds of some people in Dublin,
that they cannot bear the idea of turning their capital into
what it is in effect, a country town. The high Pro-
testant party, who in the good by-gone dims, made a pro-
perty of " the Castle" and its jobs, have had a sufficient
demonstration in the course pursued by Government to Mr.
Lefroy that their reign is over, and they will offer no re-
sistance to the abolition should Ministers adopt Mr.
Hume's suggestion.
There is much anxiety here to know the items of the
Irish Estimates. It is apprehended that the grants to the
Kildare-place Association and to the Charter schools will
be as liberal as heretofore, and they arc particularly un-
palatable. The necessity of retrenchment is felt on this
side of the water as strongly as on your's.

I iM, &c. -
Trinity College, Dublin, 17th March, 1830.

D. J.

POPULAR NOVELS.—The present publish-
ing season promises to be unusually fertile in Works of
fiction. The author of " Caleb Williams" has again
taken the field. His new production, entitled " Cloudes-
ley," exhibits an intimate acquaintance with the unseen
and mysterious workings of the human heart, which are
depicted with a reality perhaps hitherto unequalled—
Gertrude, a Tale of the Reign of HENRY IV. of France,
the production of a Lady of rank, has also just appeared,
in which she has introduced with great effect CATHERINE
de Mxoicis, SULLY, the Prince of CONDE, the Duke de
GUISE, and other historical personages. We may next
notice " Carwell, or Crime and Sorrow," from the pen of
Mrs. SHERIDAN, a Tale of great power and pathos.—
" The Manners of the Day," and " Sydenham," are ex-
citing great attention in the upper circles from the many
admirable sketches they contain of fashionable Society.—
"The Country Curate," by Mr. GLEIG, "Darnley,"
by the author of "Richelieu," and " Lawrie Todd," by
Mr. GALT, likewise prefer no ordinary claims to public
notice.