The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, OCT. 16.
Major Blackall, of Colamber Manor, County
Longford, having been appointed Governor of
Sierra Leone, his friends have presented him with
a complimentary address, which has been signed by
Lord Granard, the High Sheriff, the Hon. W.
Forbes, the Hon. L. H. King Harman, and all the
leading gentry, magistrates, clergy, merchants, and
landholders of the county of Longford. They ex-
press deep regret for the loss of " one who so
zealously and indefatigably discharged the arduous
duties of Deputy-Lieutenant and grand juror and
magistrate, end who was always ready to devote
his time and talents to carry out every measure
conducive to the welfare of the country. They say
that he is entitled to the highest esteem and regard
as a country gentleman,—having a prosperous and
peaceful tenantry—kind, urbane, hospitable, and
anxious to make others happy. In his reply, Major
Blackall observed that he is going to a country
which boasts a warm climate and lovely scenery,
but he is persuaded he will meet nothing warmer
than the hearts of the friends among whom he has
passed so many happy years ; and, in his eyes, no
scenery can exceed in beauty the language in which
they bid him farewell.

The " Protestant demonstration" to take place
this day in the coanty of Derry is not likely to be
very successful. The Derry Journal—a Liberal
organ—states that it is reprobated by the Protes-
tant merchants, magistrates, gentry, and clergy;
that several Protestant landlords have refused the
use of their ground for the meeting ; and that no
Protestant of position has lent the affair the sanc-
tion of his name. It is stated as a fact that many
of the Presbyterian clergy have, both in public and
in private, earnestly advised their people to have
nothing to do with the " demonstration."
The conduct of the Irish who figured so conspi-
cuously in the recent Garibaldian riots has evoked
the admiration and sympathy of a certain class of
their countrymen here. The Nation has suggested
the collection of a fund in aid of those who have
have been already been injured in the
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of our countrymen in London who have beiesn
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jured in the recent encounters in the park. Theyseriously
assailed by the whole English public. In the
were attacked by police, by Guards, and by civilians,
since then the Saxon press, irrespectiveof and
party distinc-
tions, has poured out upon them volumes of abuse, in lan-
guage rude and brutal.
" Nowhere can there be found more ardent lovers of Ire-
land, or men who reverence more all that Irishmen most
venerate, than among the poor Irish who dwell in London.
Impelled by the noblest motives, they refused to listen to
the calumniators of the Holy Father, and accordingly they
were assaulted by a crowd which was as anti-Irish as it was
anti-Papal. At the hands of the English they have received
the treatment which Irishmen invariably receive whenever
they venture to oppose English prejudices, no matter whe-
ther the scene of their opposition be the mound in Hyde
Park or some other place. We may question the discretion
of our countrymen in bearding the lion in his den, but
every true Irishman must believe that those who carried
the mound would dare much more for the cause of the
Ihi°l3' Father, as well as for the cause of Ireland. What,
seriously wured
f:rw_bver, has been the result of this manifestation of zeal so
tlu) chief actors are concerned ? Some of them lie
must either
there, and k" others are in gaol—sent there, carried
?tt there by Englishmen, while their families
them. " or go to the workhouse, unless we save
~" Mr. Editor, I Ara
rare Ireland will come to the rescue.