The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The intelligence from Dublin to-day is devoid of any
peculiar interest.
Colonel Bruen, the Carlow landlord, figures with equi-
vocal advantage as defendant in a trial that may be consi-
dered of 50111 C importance, involving, a§ it does in some
sort, political circumstances. _ The Jury brought in a ver-
dict for the plaintiff; damages 50/., costs 6d.
. . .

We refer with pride and satisfaction to the important
Address from the County of Cavan to the Lord Lieutenant,
which has been signed by the Marquis Headfort (Lieu-
tenant of the County), the High Sheriff, and a numerous
body of the Gentry, Freeholders, and other inhabitants.
To the eloquent reply of Lord Mulgrave we wish to direct
particular attention, because it disclaims, in the most em-
phatic terms, on the part of the English people, the insult-
ing terms applied by Lord Lyndhurst to the Inhabitants of
this division of the empire.—Dublin Evening Post.
By the report of the proceedings of the Dublin Society,
it is plain that their " Royal Highnesses" are yelping.
On Saturday night the performances at the Theatre were
by command of their Excellencies the Lord-Lieutenant and
the Countess of Mulgrave, and the house was crowded in
every part. The dress circle presented a brilliant array of
fashion. Shortly after half-past seven, the Vice-Regal
party arrived at the theatre, where a guard of honour was
drawn up to receive them, and the band commenced playing
the national anthem. The Lord-Lieutenant was habited
in the uniform of the Governor-General of Jamaica, blue
and silver, and was decorated with the Order of Saint
Patrick and the Guelphic Order. The Countess wore a
dress of gold lama over white satin. The Orange party
mustered in the galleries for the purpose of insulting the
King's Representative ; but never were the faction so ut-
terly discomfited.
The question of appointments to public offices engrosses
considerable attention. With respect to the contemplated
appointment of Mr. Duffy, a difference of opinion between
the Freeman and the Dublin Evening Post exists. The
former journal contends that a professional man alone is
eligible to the office in question. This notion is combatted
by the Post, the cogency of whose arguments on the point
appears to us conclusive :—" As to the denunciations which,
in the event of his appointment, are menaced against Lord
Mulgrave, Lord Morpeth, and Mr. Drummond," our Con-
temporary remarks, " we must be excused for not putting
any value whatever upon them. They are mere bruta ful-
mina, or the menace of bolts which will never be launched.
As to the idea of blowing up the Government—this is the
talk—because one of the Ministers of the Crown recom-
mends a friend to the vacant office—it is really too ridi-
culous to speak about. And, we must say, with all deference
to the disinterested persons that use it, that it is not judi-
cious to thrust such a topic as this in the foreground of
their reclamations. It is saying to the Government, do as
we desire you—or, if you don't—We'd rather be a dog
and bay the moon, than a Government that would submit to
such dictation as this."

OTONNELL.—The unscrupulous style in which the
Standard of Dublin wars against the dead as well as the
living, is shown by the following libellous statement :
" We (the Dublin Standard) are told by the Kilkenny
Journal that respect for the Liberator' is the cause why
the priests pray for the repose of the soul of his wife. We
wonder they never thought of her mental suffering while
living, when obliged to associate with the illegitimate off-
spring of her heartless husband. Will they offer an "of-
fice" for the departed spirit of Ellen Courtenay, when death
shall terminate her sufferings? Oh no, no—the masses
are now offered up to enlist the sympathies of the people
—to organize them—to agitate the provinces—and, pro-
vided they can achieve these objects, the priests do not care
a farthing how long the soul' ;of the Liberator's wife con-
tinues in the gloomy cavern of Limbus Patrem, or Purga-
tory; and there is not a man in Ireland knows this fact
better than the writer in the Journal, who upholds this
juggling because it brings profit to the craft." Of the same
ingenious character is the following specimen of lying and
slandering given by this same Standard of the Corrup-
tionists. After calling Mr. O'Connell a swindler, this
orange-fed, foul-mouthed calumniator says that Mr. O'Con-
nell has never rendered an account to the Irish public of
the expenditure or appropriation of the funds collected by
him, for the uses of the several public bodies hereinafter
mentioned :—The balance remaining due to the Catholic
Board when the Association was formed. The balance due
to the Association when it was dissolved. The sum col-
lected by the Irish Volunteers. The sum collected for
the Parliamentary Intelligence Office. The funds of the
Political Union. The Funds collected to go to law with
the Magistrates The Funds of the Anti-Tory Association.
The Funds of the Election Clubs. The Sixpenny collec-
tion Fucd. This absurd and malignant charge is as stale
as the exploded tricks and convicted cheatery of the Tories
and their unprincipled organs.
A majority of 130 in favour of the Conservatives ap-
pears on the City of Dublin registry.
The tithe victim, Leavy, has been liberated by Mr. Re-
bellion Smith, Dr. Harkin having certified that the
wretched man's life was endangered by confinement within
the walls of the Marshalsea Priaon.
On Friday morning last, Charles Fagan, Esq., and Rebt.
M'Leod, Esq., repaired, with their respective seconds, to
Inniscara, situated;about six miles from this city, for the pur-
pose of fighting a duel. The cause of the dispute between
them was, as we have heard it, vary trivial, and originated
on the evening previous over a card table. Through the
interference of the priest at Inniscara, they were prevented
from coming to the ground, for both the priest himself and
his parishioners, who assembled in immense numbers, and
in an inconceivably short space of time and actuaLlv drove
them from the place, having put themselves in a threatt2.-
ing attitude, and surrounded them on all sides. It was
with considerable difficulty, we understood, that the parties
escaped unhurt. In Cork they were bound over not to
commit a breach of the peace in this county. At three
o'clock, however, yesterday, the parties left Cork for the
county Waterford, where they intended to fight this morn-
ing. They slept in Youghal last night. By the arrival of
the Youghal coaches at one o'clock to-day, we learned that
the hostile parties met this morning, and fired but one shot
each. Neither was wounded. It appears that Mr. Fagan
discharged his pistol in the air.—Cork Standard.
In our last we performed the painful office of announcing
the wreck on Tuesday night, of the schooner Menapia,
William Morgan, of and for Waterford, from Liverpool, at
St. John's Point, at Killough, in the county Down. Let-
ters have since been received at the Chamber of Commerce.
These letters corroborate the statement of the wreck, and
take away all doubt that the crew perished in the storm—
their cries for assistance had been heard on shore but it
was impossible that the help which was implored could be
rendered. Five of the dead bodies of the crew had been
picked up, and a Coroner's Inquest -was held upon them on
Thursday. The schooner was on her starboard beam ends,
the side being completely washed away, and so powerful
had been the raging sea and storm that no trace could be
discovered of her having had a cargo. The masts, yards,
rigging, cables, were likely to be saved, with the assist-
ance, and under the protection, of the Coast Guard. De-
tached parts of the hull would of course be saved. These
subsequent letters that we have mentioned, bear testimony
to the active and praiseworthy exertions of Capt. Browne,
who is lord of the soil on which the wreck took place. The
conduct of the peasantry is described as most exemplary.—
Waterford Chronicle.

The merchants of Hull have an excellent opportu-
nity of abolishing the warehousing monopoly, if they will
follow up the spirit of active determination evinced by Mr.
Wallace, member for Greenock, in his letter to Mr. Moore,
of Bristol. The prospect of a general election will not
lessen the chances of success with the gentlemen of the
Treasury.—Hull Observer,