The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-25 00:00:00

NEW ROSS.

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WEXFORD, 5 O'CLOCK.-This town exhibits a
scene of extraordinary gaiety. A splendid regatta
covers the surface of the gentle Slaney, on both sides
of its celebrated wooden bridge, while several small
boats, decorated with various bright colours and de-
vices, contend with each other for prizes appointed by
the Yacht Club of Wexford. In the midst of this
amusement the meeting above alluded to took place,
and was attended by many of the most independent
and wealthy inhabitants of the town, with their Mayor
in the chair. A great many country gentlemen also
attended ; from all whose reports it appears it will be
difficult to.make arrangements commensurate with the
enthusiasm that prevails to entertain the Lord-Lieu-
tenant at a county dinner, on his arrival. No building
in Wexford is deemed sufficiently large to contain the
vast numbers that are signifying their desire to be
present, at any expense that may be fixed upon. In
this dilemma, the only thing that could be done this
day was to appoint a Committee of inhabitants of
the town, who are to regulate as to the number of
pe..sons that can be accommodated at dinner, the price
of the tickets, and the best mode of issuing these
tickets, so as to afford every part of the county an op-
portunity of having from their vicinage some person
admitted .to the dinner. it has also been suggested
that a Committee of procession will be appointed, to
escort his Excellency from the confines of the county
to the bridge of Ferry Carrig, whence he will be in-
vited to sail down the river to this town, accompanied
by all the naval powers of the town.

It is very generally rumoured that no successor to
the late Sir Francis Freeling, will be appointed till the whole
of the New Post office arrangements are completed.
Mr. Kean is playing in the Irish provinces with the
greatest success. He has not performed the character of lon,
as has been erroneously stated.
Mr. and Mrs. Liston, Mrs. Mathews, the widow of
the late Charles Mathews, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor,
are all residiti,, at a village called Pen, near Beaconsfield.
Mr. Liston's only son, an officer in the army, is at present on
a visit to his father and mother.
On Saturday evening a grand entertainment was
given by the Directors of the East India Company, at the
Albion Tavern, to Lord Elphinstone, on his appointment as
Governor of Madrs. Among the guests were Lord Mel-
bourne, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord
Palmerston, Lord Morpeth, Viscount Howick, Mr. Poulett
Thomson, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Sutherland,
the Duke of Argyle, Viscount Falkland, Lord Adolphus
Fit z elarence, Lord F. Fitz clarence, Lord Hatherton, the
Persian Princes, Lord Hill, the Earl of Lichfield, and a num-
ber of other distinguished persons. The usual loyal toasts
having been given, the Chairman of the East India Company,
Sir R. Camack, Bart., proposed the health of Lord Elphin-
stone, which wr.s warmly received, and his Lordship returned
thanks.
EXTRAoRDINARy POWER OF MEMORY.—On Fri-
day last Lord Lyndhurst sat as Judge of Appeals, as usual,
and was listening to the third year's proceedings in what Lord
Brougham happily termed " the Rhinoceros case of Attwood
and Small." Mr. Sergeant Wilde, in replying for the appel-
lant, alluded to an affidavit made by a Mr. Morrison, who had
descended into a mine to ascertain the probable value of the
vein opened therein, with a view to the purchase of the property.
Lord Lyndhurst reminded him that Philip Taylor had accom-
panied Morrison. Sergeant Wilde begged to correct the
memory of the Noble and Learned Lord. Lord Lyndhurst
begged to go for his notes. Sergeant Wilde meantime hunted
for and found the original document. Lord Lyndhurst returned,
and read from his notes between two and three pages of the
deposition, which lie had merely taken a note of at the time,
whilst it was read to him in Court, when the case was tried.
It was adetitted, on a strict comparison of his Lordship's notes
with Morrison'; affidavit, that Philip Taylor wag there, and
that the Learned Lord, who had been only bored with the case of
old, had a better recollection of the facts than the Learned
Counsel who had studied it lately. The notes were only " short
style," but such a perspicuous skeleton of the subject that Lord
Lyndhurst, as he read on, was able to clothe them with words
hat agreed with the affidavit verbatim, though years had elapsed
ince he heard the original."
" RATTLIN THE REEFER."—The popularity of
this new story of the sea, edited by Captain Marryat, R. N.,
aulthor of " Peter Simple," &c., may be estimated by the fact,
that the first edition was instantly sold off to the London book-
sellers alone. A new edition is announced to appear on Sa-
-turday. We congratulate the clever author upon the favour-
able reception of this admirable fiction, which is, in our opinion,
.destined to become one of the most successful novels published
for many years.

A report reached Elgin on Thursday, of the death
- I th.e it'e a Fraser, minister of Kirkliill, near Inverness,
-which took:- plage under llrr entable c'rcumstances. Tuesday,
in returning frpm the funeral of one of his parishioners, his
horse ran off, am; the Rev. Gentlerran was thrown from his
gig with great and falling upon his head, received
violence,
so much injury that he died almost instantaneously.—Elgin
• cur,
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(FRONI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
JULY 19.—" It is undoubtedly," wrote our dis:in-
guished countrymen Burke, " the business of Minis-
ters to consult the inclinations of the people : but
they ought to take great care that they do not receive
that inclination from the few persons who may
happen to approach them. This maxim seems
to be, at length, adopted by Earl Mulgrave,
the first Viceroy who has given practical proof
of his unwillingness to govern Ireland according
to the inclination of " a few persons," or by
b. faction. Ever since his arrival amongst us, he has
Leen ascertaining the resources, wants, and condition
ny the country by personal observation. And though
the Legislature has not yet assisted him much in pro-
viding for the numerous improvements suggested, not
ifiany years can elapse before we shall have expe-
rienced, no matter who may be our rulers, the benefits
of a new order of things. You have been already in-
formed of the pacific state of this country, unprece-
dented within the memory of living men. While the
political horizon of Europe is overcast with clouds,
and statesmen and potentates are struggling for ascen
dancy, this little island, so long the sport of whirl-
wind and tempest, is serene and tranquil, enjoying a
repose which rebellion itself, in legal form, cannot dis-
turb. To what is this owing ? To the promises of
the Premier, arid the practices of the Lord Lieute-
nant. The former has constructed his Cabinet on the
principle of " justice towards every part of his Ma-
jesty's dominions ;" and the latter has, by adhering to
this principle, while making himself acquainted with
the objects of his care and duty, diffused much hope
and some happiness among the great body of the
people. It is almost incredible how effective his Ex-
cellency's visits to remote parts of the kingdom have
been in promoting present tranquillity. This borough
and its vicinity were, about three years ago, the scene
of great poverty and disorder among the humbler
classes of the conounity. It is now the reverse ;
there is comparative comfort and peace, arising out of
the prospect of amelioration. At this moment, in-
deed, an unusual hilarity and excitement prevails, from
the expectation of beholding in a week or two the
representative of Majesty himself, in the ancient rest.-
deuce of some of Earl Mulgrave's ancestors. No
promise has yet been obtained ; but as his Excellency
is expected in Waterford, and also at Castleborough,
the seat of Lord Carew, in the county of Wexford,
little doubt is entertained of his visiting New Ross in
his progress. It is also rumoured that he will sojourn
for some days with his old friend Thomas Boyce, of
Bannow. Nothing could be more grateful to the
friends of Ireland than an intercourse like this, be-
tween our Governors and the benefactors of Ireland.
Mr. Boyce ranks more conspicuously among the latter
than gentlemen of ample fortunes are wont to do in
this country ; for his treasures and his talents are not
exhausted in the voluptuousness of distant cities, while
a struggling and most frequently a starving tenantry
know the excesses of their landlord only by the im-
portunity and oppression of his public agents. Mr.
Thomas Boyce inculcates patriotism by precept and
example ; and is not more conspicuous for the admirable
model of rural economy and happiness established
among his tenantry in the far-famed Bannow, than for
his inspiriting eloquence and energy, as often as the
exigencies of his native land demand the aid of the
truly liberal and independent. He is at this moment,
I am told, encouraging, at Wexford, all the Reformers
of the county to make such preparations for the re-
ception of their Viceroy as will be worthy of that
portion of Ireland, which is more celebrated than any
other in the history of the British connexion. Some
of the most ancient families, descendants of the first
English settlers, who never heretofore intermeddled in
politics, are this day to meet the principal Reformers
of this part of Ireland, for the purpose of organising
the convivial and political demonstrations which the
occasion seems to call for. Being on my way to
Dublin, I shall proceed through Wexford, this even-
ing, and may probably be enabled to conclude this
letter with a shOrt account of a meeting supposed to
be the initiative of more important proceedings.