The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-01 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Nov. 29.

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nieitts AO ill's th#.9rl were opened.
Mr. (I egged; Mr. !Dickson, K.C., and Mr. Picot,
tipPreared f§t the defendant. Ile-Counsel for the plaintiff were
Sergeant Jat,dtson; Mr.• Bennett; R.C.,, and Mr: Smith, K.C.
Mr. O'Connell applied to. the Court to set aside for irre.
gularity, the cYrder of the 28th of January last, and a writ of
commission of rebellion, and of renewed commission founded
on that ordt't; ofl the ground that no writ of procbmation,
or any previous procCza of contempt, had been iSsued or de.
livered to any sheriff, or atiy tviAti,n made thereat) or filed.
(If Mr. O'Connell succeed in this pan vt his motion, the
defendant must be set at liberty.)
Mr. O'Connell prOtTwied-at great length with tho afgef.
ments in this cause, which ivas, ono involving only dry points
of law.
At the conclusion of Mr. O'Connell's argument the
Chief Baron, addressing the Learned Gentleman said, you
have argued this case in a most proper and able manner,
and like a lawyer. After Mr. Sergeant Jackson, followed
by Mr. Smith, and Mr. Dickson, had been heard on the
other side in opposition to Mr. O'Connell's motion, the
Court, in order to allow time to Mr. Smith to decide what
course he would pursue, Baron Pennefather submitted to
Mr. Smith, if the Court considered that under the 10th
rule of the contempt, and that independent of Ile grounds
upon which the motion was founded, they should order the
defendant to be discharged, and the plaintiff entering an
appearance for him, would there he grounds for retaining
the defendant ?

Mr. Smith then said he was willing to accede to any
suggesti.on of the Court, and would enter an appearance ;
but even doing so, he did not think the defendant ought
to be discharged without giving security to abide the decision.
Baron O'Loghlcn observed, that if the plaintiff entered
an appearance for the defendant, the latter was tie longer
in custody, and the Court could not detain him in custody
to give security for costs.
Baron Pennefather submitted to Mr. Smitb, whether ar-
resting the defendant on A writ of rebellion did not do
away with the ancient right of compelling a party to give
security to abide the decree.
The Chief Baron suggested' to Mr. Smith to take until
to-morrow morning before he decided on the course he would
pursue. The Court then adjourned.
BANKS.—The Banks are now (Tuesday evening)
in full operation, with the exception of the Agricultural,
which is making strenuous efforts towards its re.establish-
ment.—Dublin Evening Pod.
Mr. O'Connell's letter appears to have produced confi-
dence in the country. At Gashel, a gentleman who had
before sent in notes for a large amount to the Cashel Na-
tional Bank, the very evening lie saw Mr. O'Connell's let-
ter, deposited in the Cashel National Bank, 1,1341. in gold,
to shew his renewed confidence in that establishment. The
Catholic Clergy are always at their posts. In every crisis
in which the temporal as well as the spiritual intekests of
their flocks are involved, there they are to be found admi-
nistering advice, assistance, or consolation, as the emergency
may require. In Limerick, for instance, they have been
endeavouring, since the run on the banks commenced, by
frequent addresses from their altars, to allay the panic
which had been spread among the agricultural classes, and
to convince them of the folly and injustice of pressing upon
the establishments whose very constitution affords ample
security for the payment of their liabilities. Such has been
the mischievous effects, we are informed by a Limerick
contemporary, of the recent insane attempts to destroy the
public confidence in these establishments, that in that part
of the country the value of agricultural produce has been
depreciated nearly 30 per cent. We.are glad to find, how-
ever, that in the city of Limerick the demand for gold has
entirely ceased ; and the county parishes are, in almost
every instance, holding meetings to express their confi-
dence in the security of the Joint-Stock Banks, and their
determination to support them.--Pilot.
As a fair specimen of Conservative candour, and Tory
liberality of construction, we give room to the commence-
ment of a tirade that. the Cork Standard has been pleased
to level at " Governor O'Connell," as our Contemporary de-
lighteth to designate the Hon. and patriotic Member for
Kilkenny Without expecting any very painful for-
bearance from the indulgence of either principle, prejudice,
or habit, it might have been reasonably expected, that when
Mr. O'Connell, in his capacity of Governor of the National
Bank of Ireland,' threw himself, his family, and all their
wordly possessions, upon the good sense, generous feeling,
and humane consideration of the country, he would in his
capacity of Governor of the Agitation'—as leader of
the anti-Protestant crusade, civil excommunicator of all
Saxons," Heretics,' Orangemen," Conservatives,' and
Tories'—have affected some reserve in his nefarious en-
terprize, and put out some indications of temperance, or
moderation ; for as to any thing more, even his hypocrisy,
after what has occurred, could not pass it off. He ap-
pealed, and very properly, from the madness of the moment
to the sanity of sober reflection, to protect himself and his
family from utter ruin ; but there would have been an im-
posing air of consistency in his conduct, had he made some
appeal to the universal good sense, and to the honesty and
humanity of the people of Ireland, in favour of the coun-
try—which has been brought on, by his own means, in a
vast degree, to the brink of a sad and sanguinary cxplo •
skin. Mr. O'Connell has told the country at large, of the
stupidity and evil of those runs on the banks for gold—
which we hope we may say are now blown over—s-that if
persisted in, they must bring sure ruin upon those besotted
creatures themselves. who resorted to them as the only re-
source in the moment of their panic—and he points to a
plain and discernible consequence, as a claim upon their
better feelings, namely, that every shilling which lie pos-
sesses in the world, and the properties of his son and also
of his son-in-law, are pledged as security for the Bank of
which he is the Governor."

We will not throw a word away on this discreditable dis-
play of personality.
DEMAND FOR GOLD.—The run on the Banks have to,
tally ceased in Wexford, an 4 it gives us much pleasure to
be able to add, that all the depressing effects which the
panic produced upon business 'of every description are fast
disappearing, so that we May expect in a few days com-
mercial trans actions will have arrived at their previous
steadiness. treaibrd Freeman.
The Freeman says, the above paragraph states the opi-
nion of the entire provincial press on this subject—so,
though we quote no more, It may betaken as the sentiment
of all. _ _

THE POST-OFFICE.—Every day brings us new com-
plaints of the irregularity with which the newspapers are
transmitted through this office. A Drogheda subscriber
states that his " his paper has been stolen every Monday
for the last five. weeks." There is a system in such plunder
which is most disgraceful. Newspaper property will be
worth nothing if it be longer tolerated.—Freeman.
We ourselves here in England frequently, almost daily,
indeed, have occasion to regret the extreme irregularity of
our newspaper arrivals from. Ireland.