The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-28 00:00:00

IRELAND.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
DUBLIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
DUBLIN, MOD:DAY, Nov. 26.—The municipal
elections for the couucillors going out in triennial
rotation took place to. day. There was no contest of
any interest, except in the case of Mr. Reynolds,
M.P., who was elected without opposition for the
Castle Ward. Mr. Butt, the former town councillor,
being disfranchised for non-payment of rates.
The Hon. Member was also returned for the
Linen Hall Ward by a majority of 45 over the late
Liberal Member, Myles Tobyn ; and, by a majority
of 23 over Mr. Goldsmith, a Conservative, in his own
(the Merrion Ward), notwithstanding the most
strenuous efforts of the Tory psrty. The decision as
to Mr. Reynolds's right to be en the burgess' roll
will not be decided by the Queen's Bench until
the 11th of January, when he will have been
Lord Mayor. The Tories prophecy a " brief
authority" for the Honourable Gentleman, as the
law not only deprives of the chief civic office the
person holding it under the assumed adverse circum-
stances of Mr. Reynolds, but imposes a fine of 50/.
for every act performed in an official capacity by one
unentitled to the Mayoralty. But the law has pro-
verbially many " delays," and it will be odd if Mr.
Reynolds, who has won his way through greater
obstacles, do not fight it out to the end of his civic
year.
THE E s GLISU MAlLS.—Another alteration has been
made in the dispatch of the morning English mail
(or as the Post-office authorities facetiously term it,
the night mail) consequent upon the acceleration of
the trains on the London and North-Western Railway.
Letters will in future be in time until 12, noon,
instead of 10, A.M., as hitherto. This, - although
the time allowed is very short, may he
said to be the first real approach to a one day
communication with London. There is no
intention to resume a direct mail to Liverpool:
indeed it could hardly be expected that a sea route at
ten miles an hour should be resumed instead of a
land one at thirty miles an hour. At the same time,
some provision might be made to forward the letters
by a special train from Holyhead on the very few
occasions when it arrives too late for the mail train—
we understand but seven since the commencement of
the transmission by the Holyhead route—and that the
charge for a special train is under 201.—Freeman's
Journal of Nov. 26.
FAIRS IN C9NNAUGHT.—ThtI November fair of Tul-
linadely was held on Wednesday last ; the supply of
stock was small, and the demand especially for black
cattle was bad, sheep, however, sold well, and nearly
all at the fair were disposed of. At the fair of Clare-
morris, held on Friday, the principal demand was
also sheep, very few• sales in black cattle being
effected. The fair of Castlebar, which was held on
:Monday, and being the last for this year, was, we
regret to say, equally as bad as the three preceding
ones. The few cattle offered for sale were of a very
inferior description. The fair of Ballinakill, held on
Monday list, was one of the most hope inspiring ex-
hibitions of the kind witnessed in this district for some
time. The show of stock of every description was
large, and fetched good prices. There was a consider-
able attendance of buyers, and much business was
done. Fat cows brought from 81 to 101; to
old hei.ers, 51 10s to 71; yearlings, 2/ 10s to 3/ lOs ;
fat sheep, 24s to 32s ; lambs, 16s to 20s ; fat pigs,
3-1 s per cwt; stores, 36s to 455 each ; bullhorns 20s to
283 Fir couple.— num Herald.
Mil BLIGII I' AND MS SPEECH ON IRELAND.
The following lett r from Mr. Bright, in reply to
the vote of thanks recently passed to him by the
Repeal Associatien, was read at the weakly meeting
of that body yesterday, ia "Conciliation h all :''—
" Rochdale' Nov. 22, 1849.
"My dear Sir,—l duly received your letter of the
9th of this month, conveying to me the resolution of
the Loyal National Repeal Ass,.ciation, expressive of
their approbation of my recent speech on Ireland. I
can say with all sincerity that I am much gratified to
learn that the views I have formed, and publicly ex-
plained with regard to the calamities which afflict
your country, have inst with the concurrence of an
association which must contain within its ranks a
large number of those thoroughly acquainted with
the condition of Ireland, and most honestly anxious
to improve it.
" I can easily believe that upon a case of so much
difficulty as that which Ireland now presents, differ-
ences of opinion will be inevitable, and I am not
therefore discouraged if the policy I have but partially
sketched should seem to yeti but a portion of what is
required. I will not now enter into discussion upon
the points you have submitted to me, but can assure
you that to every one of them I will give that con-
sideration which, coming from such a quarter, they
must so eminently merit.
" I may remark, however, that I have no idea that
any changes cf the law can instantaneously change
the condition of Ireland. Anarchy, political and
social, cannot give place to order in a moment of
time. The long violation of every economical law
cannot be remedied at once, nor can the traces of its
ruin be obliterated in a single season. I have seen
the land, and I have seen the people. I know the
land is fertile, • and that the people are industrious.
With these elements, then, I propose to work
out the salvation f Ireland ; and my policy
would so secure to industry its reward, and -by
perfect justice in your political and ecclesiastical ar-
rangements, so extract the root of bitterness from your
social system, that, were it adopted, I have faith that
Irishmen would speedily effect the restoration of Ire-
land.
" I am delighted to believe that a better feeling pre-
vails with you and with us on the great questions which
so deeply interest both countries ; and I shall especially
rejoice if the coming session of Parliament exhibit a
more cordial and united effort, on the part of the
English and Irish Members, to advance such legis-
lative measures as shall be found necessary for the
relief of your suffering country.
I feel grateful to your Association for the reso•
lution they have passed ; and to you personally for
the very kind manner in which you have conveyed it
to me, and subscribe myself,
" Yours, very faithfully,
" JOHN BRIGHT.

" To John O'Connell, Esq., ALP ,
" Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland."

ITEMS OF IRISH. NEWS.
(From the Provincial Papers of Saturday Evening.)
On Tuesday last a young woman, aged eighteen
y ears, had her thigh amputated in the incredibly
short period of fifty seconds, in the South Charitable
Infirmary. In consequence of ether having been
administered, she suffered no pain, and was uncon-
scious of the operation having been performed.—
Cork Constitution.
Lord Burghersh, son of Lord Westmoreland,
whose marriage with Miss Locke was recently an-
nounced, has been in Kerry during the past week,
visiting the Locke estates. On Saturday right his
Lordship .was approaching Tralee from O'Dorney,
accompanied by Major Fairfield and Mr. Day, when
his carriage was upset and thrown into a river. His
Lordship and company escaped with a few bruises.—
. erry Post.
Our distinguished countrymen, Colonel Hodges, the
British Charge d'Affaires at Hamburgh, is selected as
member of the Commission, and to act as arbiter in
the administration cf the difference between Schleswig
Holstein and Denmark. Colonel Hodges is descended
from an ancient Irish house connected with the first
families in this country. At en early age he devoted
himself to the military profession, and served in the
glorious campaigns in Portugal and Spain, under the
Duke of Wellington, then Sir Arthur Wellesley, and
fought in every battle, from that before the lines of
Torres Vedras down to the entrance of the British
into Vittoria. Colonel Hodges became more known
in tho war between Don Miguel and Don Pedro, as
he raised in England a military force, and went to
aid the cause of the latter in Portugal, where he also
gained great distinction.—Limerick Chronicle.
We have seen a letter from a manufacturer in the
West of England to a respectable woollen draper
in Clonmel, announcing the intelligence that he
was one of the purchasers of the Martin property,
and felt strongly disposed to come over and reside
on his estate in Connemara. As this manufacturer is
rich, and belongs to a family as remarkable for their
enterprise as their wealth, our friends think it highly
probable that a branch of their great manufacturing
business may also be established in what was once
called Dick Martin's kingdom of Indolence.—Tippe-
vary Free Press.
MALICIOUS INJURY.—On Sunday night last the
banks of the grand canal, at a place called Cowerton,
within three miles of Kilbeggan, were broken down
by a party of men, numbering about fifty, who tied
the watchman to a tree while they accomplished their
olject. No clue can be obtained to the parties con-
cerned, nor can any reason be assigned for this mali-
cious injury, except a love of mischief.— Westmeath
Independent.
The Tipperary Union is to be widely extended.
Cahirconlish is to be annexed to it, and Castle Lloyd
is to be made a permanent auxiliary workhouse, and
a considerable addition is in course of erection. It is
curious, that though from 540 to 600 inmates are ,
constantly in the establishment, not a single cholera
death occurred.— Clenmel Chronicle.
Tulsa COAL is not, perhaps, generally known
that during the past week a cargo of Ballycastle coals
was landed on our quay. IVe are much gratified
in being able to announce the fact, inasmuch as it
forms evidence of an effort, in some direction,
to develope the mineral resources of this country.
P
NEWS that the arrival of forty-ore tons of coal
P.::--..-----fearyeselny quarter is rot in itself a matter of much
ahsereet), ; but, when we consider the important results
aolly enterprise of this nature inevitably tends,
=We ate ompelled to admit that it is, by no means,
ass it over in silence —Banner of Ulster.
'NEN TRADE.—The transactions last week
were ery extensive, as the following note of the ex-
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