The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, DEC. 21.— MR. O'CONNELL IN DROGHEDA.
-116 f Drogheda entertained the Liberator
of Ireland at a public dinner to Monday: At 7 o'clock
the Hon. Member for Kilkenny 6ilicitti the room, and was
received by the guests standing, amid loud ciidef§:
The chair was taken by Joseph M'Cann, Esq.
On the right of the chair sat Mr. O'Connell, Sir Wil-
liam Somerville, B. Stafford, Esq., and Alderman H. Smith ;
on the left, the Right Rev. Dr. Crolly, Roman Catholic
Primate of Ireland, Rev. Dr. Cahill, Henry Chester, Esq.,
D.L., James Jameson, Esq., J.P., Nicholas Markey, Esq.,
and N. Boylan, Esq., J.P.
Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner, among
whom, says the Pilot," were men of the highest standing
and respectability in the town and neighbouring counties ;
and we understand that several applications for tickets had
to be refused, as the Great Room (the largest in the town)
could contain no more guests."
After the health of the King, followed by that of the
Viceroy, had been drunk, Sir W. M. Sommerville re-
sponded to the call of the meeting, and addressed the as-
sembly.
The Chairman next proposed—
" The health of Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Mi-
nisters." Three times three, and loud cheering.
Air—Rule Britannia.

After which Mr. O'Connell rose and spoke at great
length to the toast. In the course of the Hon. Gentle-
man's speech, be observed, " When I hear some of the Radi-
cals accuse the Ministry of not having performed any act
worthy of a Government professing liberal and enlightened
opinions, I ask them do they fbrget this mighty and magni-
ficent deed (Catholic emancipation), and that a grateful re-
collection of it will for ever be enshrined in the hearts of a
free people, and that it will remain for ever inscribed on the
historical tablets of the British empire."
Sir W. M. Somerville's health having been drunk, the
Hon. Baronet addressed the meeting, disclaiming all per-
sonal views in coming forward as a candidate for Meath.
The next toast was—

" Daniel O'Connell, the advocate of civil and religious
rights to every portion of the human race." Nine times
nine. The toast was pledged with the most unbounded ap-
plause. Air—See the conquering hero comes.
After the applause subsided, the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman rose and delivered a speech, for which we cannot
find room to-day, and which it would be unjust to the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman to curtail. We may, how-
ever, mention that the following passage was amongst those
that were most cheered :—" In this industrious and intelli-
gent town it will be seen what is the opinion of the con-
tumely thrown on our country ; Ireland will rejoice in your
sentiments, and the Press will tell the whole British em-
pire that it is not safe for England to be a party to the in-
sult. Chains of adamant, and the force of the Russian
empire would not be sufficient to bind us under insult ; it
must then be wiped off, or else —."

DUNGARVAN ELEcrxoN.--The independent electors of
Dungarvan have decided that John Power, Esq., of Gur-
teen, should be called on to represent that borough. The
talents and patriotism of Mr. Power—his large fortune and
respectable connections in the vicinity of Waterford—but.
above all, his relation to the illustrious Sheil, Ireland's se.
cond son, well entitle him to the consideration and pre-
ference of the patriotic electors of Dungarvan.—Tipperary
Free Press.

Col.. BatJEN.—We give to-day, from a contemporary,
the following summary of the particulars of the trial which
we alluded to yesterday. The Carlow landlord's statements
in the House will henceforth, we apprehend, be received
with something less than implicit confidence and belief :
" Murray's ground of action was, that he was employed for
a considerable time as wood-ranger, game-keeper, rent-
warner, and election agent to Colonel Bruen ; and that he
never received any wages or remuneration for all this labour
and loss of time. The defence was, that he was not so em-
ployed. How any man in any station of life could venture
to rely upon such a defence, in a case where the numerous
letters of the defendant's head agent completely established
the contrary, is to us incomprehensible. The plaintiff's
evidence—the letters of the defendant's chief agent to him—
demonstrated the validity of the claim, and so the jury felt—
for they found against Colonel Bruen, and gave the tenant
51/. damages and 6d. costs. It is thus established that
Colonel Bruen was equitably and legally the debtor in a
large sum to his tenant, the plaintiff in the action, in De-
cember, 1832—the period at which the plaintiff's services
were discontinued—he having refused to vote for the second
Tory candidate at the election which took place in that
month. Yet it appears that Murray was served in the early
part of 1833 with ejectment for non-payment of rent, and
that, having settled this claim, proceedings were subse-
quently taken against him for 6!. 1 Is., another half-year's
rent, which he paid, however, together with the costs in-
cuited."

TITHE PERSECUTION.—The Mail in its own peculiar
magniloquent fashion, says—" If proof were needed of our
recommendation to institute future suits for recovery of
tithe, in cases where it is apprehended the parties will
adopt the system of filing long answers in the Court of
Chancery, and how completely that course must defeat the
devices of the enemy—it is to be found in the disgusting
virulence with which this measure, and the gentlemen who
first suggested its adoption, have been assailed by Mr.
O'Connell and by the Radical Press. A gross libel is put
forward against the Court of Chancery, from which, how-
ever, the sting is taken by its monstrous absurdity, in the
broad assertion that the Court of Chancery 'awill give no
costs in tithe cases.'"
We are threatened with measures of a severity, now in
preparation, which the tithe recusants, poor good easy
men, do not dream of—measUres which shall give " prac-
tical proofs of the stringent powers possessed by the Court
of Chancery." The battle, it seems, is to be fought in
the Court of Chancery, beaten in the Exchequer ; the pro-
secuting parsons hope for success in Chancery. The Mail
says that the tithe campaign was commenced never be-
fore so vigorously. The measures alluded to as certain of
securing success, may be guessed at by the advice given
" that in cases where bills have been recently filed, and the
parties have not entered appearances, that the remedy
would be advanced by dismissing such bills, which can be
done without costs, and filing new bills in Chancery." It
seems that several arc in preparation. This new scheme
of operation will be as abortive as the previous plan of the
Tory tacticians.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, DEC. 21.—Letters from Naples say that more
serious disorders than before had taken place in Calabria,
especially at Nicastro, and that some agents of the public
authority had been killed. It is not yet known how far
these troubles had the character of rebellion, but it seems
that some soldiers joined the Calabrian peasants, and threw
away their uniforms. A vessel which was at anchor in the
Gulf of Saint Euphemia heard a great number of musquct
shots fired in the country ; it did not send any persons on
shore on account of the cholera, only the crew observed on
the evening when they sailed an extraordinary movement
among the boats of the country.—Messager, Dec. 21.
We said two days ago, after another journal, that the
Colonial Consul of Guadeloupe intends to ask for the
emancipation of the slaves. This statement requires to be
corrected. The truth is, that a great number of the inha-
bitants of Guadeloupe, weary of a state of uncertainty
which may cause their ruin, seem inclined to apply to the
Chamber the request that the emancipation may be de-
clared, an equitable indemnity being previously given con-
formably to the laws.
A letter from the frontiers of Servia says that Prince
Milosch having consulted the Emperor Nicholas on the
education he should give his sons, the Emperor replied,
" Have your sons educated in Servia ; when they shall
have attained to years of discretion, send them to travel in
Europe ; otherwise, beware of letting them see foreign
countries, especially France, where they will imbibe bad
principles. Besides, Servia wants a Servian, and not a
Frenchman." Prince Milosch, has submitted to the will of
the Emperor Nicholas, and his children, instead of going
to Paris or Vienna, as at first intended, will complete their
education at Krajearez.—Journal du Commerce, Dec. 21.
(From the French Papers of Wednesday.)

To the Journal des Debats, who recomtnends that
50,000 men be forthwith sent to Constantino to take re- '
venge upon the Kabyles for the snows and mud of the Man-
soure, and to La Pail', which has not ceased, during the
last year, to advocate the cause of intervention in Spain,
and the necessity of marching another army of 50,000 men
to the aid of the Queen—to these two journals, now more
warlike than ever were the Tribune or Courrier Francais,
we submit the following return, which we have carefully
drawn up, for the purpose of cooling their belligerent ardour.
The reign of Napoleon, as Emperor of the French, lasted
nearly ten years, from the 18th of May, 1804, to the 3d of
April, 1814.
We annex the list of the Senatus-Consults, or decrees
for the levy of men, enacted during that period :-
Ist. 24th September, 1805 Men 80,000
2d. 7th April, 1807
3d and sth. 21st January, 10th September, 1808 240,000
Gth and 7th. 18th April, sth October, 1809
9th and 10th. 13th December, 1810
1 1 th. 20th December, 1811 120,000
12th and 13th. 13th March, Ist September, 1812 237,000
14th and 19th. 16th January, 3d April, 24th
August, 9th October, 11th November, 1813

Total
exclusive of voluntary enlistments, departmental guards,
the 17,000 equipped horsemen, offered in January, 1813 ;
the levies in mass, organized in 1814, amounting to 143,000
men. The number of soldiers enrolled between the 24th of

September, 1805, at which period our army was already
formidable, and 1814, may be estimated at 3,000,000 men.
In 1814, the clective force of our troops ,employed in active
service, retreated or prisoners of war, amounted to 802,600
individuals. If we deduct that number from the 3,000,000,
we shall find that 2,197,400 men fell victims to war during
those nine years, or 244,155 per annum.
On the 12th of July, 1814, a document was published,
retatitulating the losses of war materiel sustained in 1812,
181 b, and 1814, and consisting of the following objects :-
210 pieces of artillery of all sizes ;
1,200,000 projectiles of all kinds ;
600,000 muskets and other arms ;
12,000 artillery waggons ;
70,000 horses ;
These objects are valued at 250,000,000 francs.
This, however, is not all. During a space of 13 years,
from 1801 to 1813, the increase of the national debt leaves,
according to the official return, a deficit of 1,645,469,000
francs ! _

......._
Behold the consequences of ten years' war, of which
Waterloo was the finale. Three millions of soldiers;
2,000,000,000 of debt, the agriculture, manufactures, and
trade of France sacrificed to a false point of honour, more
military than national—has all that, we ask, rendered
France more glorious and powerful ?
Who will dare reply in the affirmative, in presence of the
treaties of 1815 ?

Taught by a fatal experience, we must not suffer our-
selves to be led astray by empty words. The honour of a
nation rests in the power it possesses and exercises. The
power of Governments now resides less in the force of their
armies than in the organization of their credit and the extent
of their commerce.
Let your finances be in good order, and pay small armies,
and you will be more powerful than with a large standing
force and a budget exhibiting a deficit ; and, if you be
powerful, you may be disdainful or severe, as your interests
may command contempt or chastisement.
The weak are always the most susceptible, and this feeling
constitutes nearly all the courage of those who want for
strength.
On that account do we understand national honour dif-
ferently from La Paix and the Journal des Debats.—La
Presse.
The Deputies are convoked for Monday next, the 26th
inst., on which day a private meeting is to take place under
the presidency of M. de Gras Preville, the senior member,
or, in his absence, of M. Bedoch. The names of the
grand deputation which is to meet his Majesty on the fol-
lowing day will be drawn, and tickets for the Royal sitting
given to the Deputies present. The King, after delivering,
on Tuesday, the speech at the opening of the Session, will
receive the oaths of the Deputies lately returned or re-
elected during the interval of both Sessions.
The legislative operations will commence on Wednesday.
The Chamber of Peers will appoint its board on that day,
and name the Committee of the address.
The Chamber of Deputies will have to organize its nine
standing Committees, in order to verify the powers of the
newly-elected members, and their Reports will be succes-
sively brought up in the ensuing days. The ballot for the
election of the President, the four Vice-Presidents, and the
four Secretaries, will probably commence or: Thursday. It
is only after the Chamber is definitively constiiutcd that its
standing Committees will name the Committee of the ad-
dress. The latter is composed of nine Deputies, and the
President is by right a member thereof. The public dis-
cussion of the address cannot well take place before the
beginning of January.—Journal des Debats.
On the 18th inst. M. Pahlen, the Russian Ambassador
in Paris, gave a grand dinner on the occasion of the feast
of the Emperor Nicholas. Fifty persons sat down to table,
among whom were most of the Foreign Ministers, the
Members of the French Cabinet, and the Presidents of
both Chambers. Towards the end of the dinner, M. Mole
proposed the health of the Emperor of Russia, and M.
Pahlen in his turn proposed that of the King of the French.
No other toasts were drunk, and the attitude of the guests
was, during the whole time, silent and cold.—Courrier
Francais.

Marshal Soult left his Estate of St. Amans on the 15th,
slept that night at Cahors, and was to set out on the follow-
ing day for Paris.—Courrier Francais.
M. de Rigny having demanded that an inquiry be made
into his conduct during the expedition against Constantina,
it now remains with the Minister of War to decide whether

the fact imputed to the General is of a nature to justify his
demand, or if it is not one that a court-martial ought to take
cognizance of, according to a law of May, 1836. A council
of inquiry instituted to investigate the conduct of a field-
marshal must consist of two officers of the same rank, two
lieutenant-generals, and a marshal, appointed by the Minister
of War. The reporting officer, also named by the Minister,
must hold a higher rank than the delinquent. The pro-
ceedings of the Court arc not public : the votes are given
lAy secret ballot, each member merely replying yes or no to
the several questions put to the Council, and the question
is decided by a simple majority. There is not in the forms
of the Council of Inquiry either that solemnity desired by
M. E. de Rigny, or the publicity required for the satis-

faction of the country.
On Monday afternoon Prince Talleyrand had an audience
of the King. In the evening the Duke de Frias, Count
Pozzo di Borgo, the Count de Toreno and his son, the
Duchess de Dino, and several other personages of distinc-
tion, had the honour of being received by their Majesties.
Yesterday the King transacted business with the Minister
of the Interior, and at half past 2 held a Council of Minis-
ters.—Galignanrs Messenger.
" It was affirmed yesterday," says the Siecle," that Go-
vernment intends to afford the Chambers no opportunity of
discussing the question of Constantino. The Ministers will
confine themselves to announcing that fresh troops are about
to be sent, and that the Government will call upon Marshal
Clausel to account for the failure of the late expedition,
adding, that the honour of the nation will not admit of this
being made a subject of debate from the Tribune. This is
a very convenient mode of arrangement, but the Chambers
must be brought to give their assent to it."
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, Doc. 21.
Five per Cults., 107 f. 80c. 75c. 90c. 60c.
Four per Cents., 99f. 20c.
Three per Cents. :9f. 20c 25c. 15c.
Rank Actions, 2,347 f. 50c.
Rente de Naples, 97f. 40c. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents., 101.
Spanish Actives, 2.;11%.
Spanish Passives, 5%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 29 29)4 2S5iNi.
Haytian Loan, 3.52 f 5Cc.
EXCDANtir. ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 2:51. t75Qc. ; money, 25t. c.
11 rcc months, paper, —l. —c. ; money, 25f. 121X,c.
Cori rs AuthentiQue.
BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.—There has been little or no

business done here to day, particularly in foreign securities.
The Spanish Actives declined in a trifling degree. The Por-
tuguese fell per cent. below yesterday's quotations, notwith-
standing that the knowledge that the dividends would be paid
was communicated by the arrivals from London to-day.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents., 108 f.
Three per Cent. Itentes, 79f. 30c.
Bank Actions. 2.,317f. 50c..
Itente do Naples' 97f. 75e.
Rom in 1 ive per Cents., 101.
Belgian Loan. 102.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 2iN.
Haytian Loan, 35'2f. 50c.
!vanish Actives, 20)g.
Spanish Passives. 5:18.
Spani,h Differes,
Miguelites, 14.