The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Dublin, Oct. 15.
GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND.
The usual weekly meeting of this Association was held on
Thursday, at the Corn Exchange. Patrick Costelloe, Esq.,
in the chair. Counsellor Guthrie, as Secretary, read the mi-
nutes of the proceedings at the last meeting. The Secretary
then read a mass of communications. Amongst other sums
handed in was 401. from the persecuted people of the county
of Carlow. The question that subscribers of 1/. and upwards
be admitted members of the Association, was put and carried.
Lord Rossmore then rose—it would be impossible to describe
the enthusiasm with which his Lordship was received. When the
cheering had subsided, his Lordship addressed the Association
at considerable length, in a speech of great power and elo-
quence. We cannot resist the gratification of giving the con-
cluding passage of his Lordship's address:—" I would be glad
to know how the Noble Lord (Lyndhurst)," said Lord Ross-
more, " means to allay the storm he has created; and I beg
leave to tell him, that if he cannot make us better, we at least
would be glad if he would have the kindness to let us alone.—
(Loud cheering.) I will take the liberty of giving his Lord-
ship some information on a point or two of which he seems
to be profoundly ignorant. First, that to be a good Minister
for Britain, a man must also be a good Minister for Ireland.
Again, that every man is not born a statesman, and that at all
events none but a statesman could reconnoitre with effect the
position in which Ireland stands at present. The Noble Lord
either cannot or will not see that the misrule of centuries
has brought about such a chaos of misfortune, that none
but the hand of a statesman could separate the particles of
the mass, or clear out the Augean stable of Tory corrup-
tion. It was reserved for the present Irish Government
to effect this, and I have no hesitation in saying that the
administration of Lord Mulgrave is the only one for half
a century that knew how to go about it. Firolly, I
hope the Noble Lord will live long enough to see
testimonials erected, not to Constantine, the oppressor of the
Poles, but to Constantine, the emancipator of the Western
slave, and the pacificator of :Ireland, commemorative of the
wisdom of a government, that made our calendars light and
our gaols comparatively empty—of a government which, with
one arm smote down the demon of party outrage, with the
other upheld the dignity and supremacy of the law—( Loud
cheers)—and which by well-directed acts of humanity be-
guiled the latter of its terors and the former of its bitterness."
Mr. RAY announced that the amount of the Justice Rent

for the week was 1721. 2s. 6d.
The Dublin Evening Post has some just and pertinent ob-
servations on the General Association. " Any person (truly
remarks our respected Contemporary) who reads the docu-
ments produced at the Association—(on the speeches, except
that of Lord Rossmore's, we do not for the present lay any
stress)—must arrive at the conclusion, that the Justice Asso-
ciation of Ireland is, at this moment, quite as formidable, and
every whit as powerful, perhaps more powerful, than the
Catholic Association of 1828.
" Almost all the Liberals of Ireland are members of this
Association : and the remainder, whether Peer or Com-
moner, will speedily join. It is a grand confederacy of the
nation—the Orange Conservative excepted—against the
Tory faction of England. Here, most unquestionably, we
assure the Times, the effort of the Lyndhurst faction will
fail. The registries, almost in every place, are rising rapidly
in our favour, so much so that we are sure to oust twelve
Orangemen at the next general election, without a struggle,
and to beat twelve more in a contest. Sir Robert Peel has
told us that the battle of the Constitution was to be fought at
the registries. We believe the Right Hon. Baronet, and
there we have fought and conquered.
" The Central Registration Club, and the Justice Association
—and
let us not forget the Trades' Union—have done their
business like men whose bearts we in the work ; and this busi-
ness Lord Lyndhurst may be assured the aliens in blood, in
religion, and in country, will continue to do."
MR. S. CRAWFORD'S LETTER.--.This gentleman's letter,
dated the 14th Oct., in answer to that of Lord Cloncurry,
which appeared last week in our columns, is praised by the
Dublin Evening Post as being " temperate, judicious, honest,
and sufficient to heal all differences between the Reformers."
Our Contemporary thus concludes his notice of it :—" What-
ever dissensions may exist amongst some portions of the body
in parts of Great Britain, there will hereafter be none in Ire-
land. We are now in our proper position— Quis seperabit ?
THE REGISTRIES.—We are rejoiced to perceive that the Re-
formers in every part of Ireland are obtaining decisive advan-

tages over their Opponents.
UNION OF REFORMERS.—We shall in our next have to pub-
lish a letter from Mr. Sharman Crawford to Lord Cloncurry.
This letter, we are satisfied, will be as grateful to the feelings
of Lord Cloncurry, as to those of every Reformer:in the coun-
try—including Mr. O'Connell himself. Indeed, the time has
come when Reformers of all classes and shades of opinion
should unite.—Dublin Evening Post.
THE VACANT JUDGESHIP.—The Freeman's Journal says
that " Mr. Sergeant Green, the diabolus and bosom friend of
Mr. Blackburne, is, at the urgent instance of Lord Plunket,
not unlikely to supersede Mr. Woulfe. For the sake of Lord
Melbourne's administration, to which we have hitherto given
general and disinterested support, and particularly for the sake
of Earl Mulgrave, whose continued popularity is almost es-
sential to the Ministry, we anxiously hope the information is
incorrect." On the above article the Dublin Evening Post
observes " We do not believe Mr. Green is any more a candi-
date for the office than Mr. Sergeant Jackson. And, we may
add, in discussing the arrangement consequent upon the death
of Sir William Smith, the name or pretensions of Mr. Sergeant
Green never once occurred.
" We do not feel ourselves called upon to enter upon the other
topics, broached by our contemporary, either with regard to
Mr. Green, a most respectable gentleman, the Solicitor-Ge-
neral, or Mr. Sergeant Woulfe, still less is it necessary to
utter a word in vindication of Lord Plunket, inasmuch as the
accusation against his Lordship is altogether groundless. We
cannot help thinking that the more speedily the office is filled,
the more advisable it will be. There is one satisfaction, at
least, the public may have, and it is this, that every liberal
and enlightened man in Ireland will applaud the appointment,
when made."
RAILWAYS IN IRELAND.—The Government Commission, for
the purpose of surveying and determining the best lines of
Railways hereafter to be made in Ireland, is expected to be
constituted in a few days. Mr. Drummond and Colonel Bur-
goyne will be at the head of that board.—Pilot.
THE WEATHUR.—The weather has been unusually severe
for the past week. Several very heavy falls of hail and rain
with piercing winds were prevalent, and we understand in the
country districts the farmer has suffered in no small degree in
consequence.—Cork Standard.
LOVE ♦ND DISAPPOINTMENT.—An individual in the 35th
regiment, stationed at Cork, wooed long, and at length won,
the heart of an accomplished and confiding girl, the daughter
of a most respectable citizen. Friday last was fixed for the
solemnization of the marriage, but no bridegroom came.
Couriers were dispatched in search of him throughout va-
rious directions of the city, and about eleven o'clock they re-
turned with the direful intelligence that he had embarked on
board one of the steamers for Liverpool, with an intent to
reach the shores of America I
THE STORM—THE RAIL-ROAD.—Wednesday evening, be-
tween six and seven o'clock, this city and its vicinity were vi-
sited by a very violent storm, accompanied by torrents of rain.
The Kingstown railroad suffered considerable damage on the
occasion. At half-past eight o'clock, the sea rose to such a
height as to completely overtop the boundary wall, and dash
in upon the line, which, in the course of the night, it com-
pletely inundated. -At 12 o'clock, the greater part of the
range of wall from Williamstown to Kingstown gave way be-
fore the impetuosity of the waves, and fell upon the track way.
A portion of the metal forming the return line from Kingstown
to Dublin was disturbed, and rendered unfit to be run by the
carriages. A number of men employed on the new works at
Kingstown were immediately set to work to clear away the
rubbish, so as to permit the passing and re- passing of the
trains along one of the tracks. Considerable delay, however,
was necessarily occasioned during the day, in consequence of
the carriages being confined to one side. It is supposed that
an outlay of from 1,0001. to 1,2001. will be required to repair
the damage. No injury whatever was sustained by the new or
extensive works at Kingstown. Several of the bathing places
along the shore have more or less suffered from the effects of
the storm.—Freeman's Journal.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAT.)

HATTON-GARDEN
" Jut Caow."—This morning a miserable-looking little
urchin, with a handful of songs and a short pipe, and who
stated his name to be John Brien, was charged by Wadding-
ton, the jailer, with creating a disturbance in the vicinity of
this office, by singing the well-known and now celebrated po-
pular song " Jim Crow," thereby creating a vast concourse of
people, and obstructing him (Waddington) in the execution of
his duty.
The Boy (crying) said be earn'd a liveliwood by singing
in the street.

Mr. LAING—Loek him up.
Sarah Mason and Caroline Johnston, two prostitutes, were
brought up for stealing a silver watch, value 31., from
D. Horsefell, a tinman, who stated that he accompanied
one of the females to a house of ill fame on Saturday night,
and while there he fell fast asleep, during which time the
watch was stolen. Upon his awaking, and missing his watch,
he gave them both into custody.
Remanded till Thursday.
Wm. Perkiss, a shabby-looking man, was charged with
stealing seven boots from his employer, Michael Jefferies,
shoemaker, of Cow-cross, and fully committed.