The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-31 00:00:00

IRELAND

(Faom OUR OWN CJRRESPJNDENT.)

DUBLIN, MOiNDAY EVENING, OCT. 29.

The cale of the disputed franchise of Mr. Roynolds,
M.P., and Lord Mayor elect for Dublin, his excited
great interest here, and a fierce warfare is raging on
the sultj_ et. It appears that the time having ar-
rived for the Hon. Gentleman to re register as a
burgess, he applied for that purpose on Wednesday
last at the Revision Court, held in the N isi Prius
Court, by the Lord Mayor and his two assessors,
Messrs. Mullins and II tyes. It was, however, dis
covered by the Conservative party that Mr Reynolds
(who sought to re-register on his original certificat,)
had let a portion of the premises out of which he hid
been registered to a Mr. Wisdour, a merchant, and,
therefore, came forward to register on a tais-

descriptive certificate. It is well known that on
this "law point" numbers of votes were struck off
during the Parliamentary Commission on the Dublin
Election Petition. It is popularly termed " the
house and premises" objection. The case of Mr.
Reynolds having been before the Court since the day
above mentiornd, was decided upon at four
o'clock this af:ernoon. Mr. Mullins decided in
favour of Mr. Reynolds's claim ; Mr. Hayes, in an
elaborate judgment, against it; and the Lard Mayor
concluded the decision by saying that, alth,aigh he
had grave doubts on the matter, he would give the
benefit of his mind's uncertainty to Mr. Reynolds,
and he did so the more readily as, if any one felt
dissatisfied with the decision, there was a power of
• appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench. The result
was hailed with loud cheers by the friends of Mr.
Reynolds, who, in my opinion, are " hallooing" too
soon, for affidavits arc already prepared for an appeal
to the Queen's Bench, of which Judge Blackburne—
no friend of Mr. Reynolds or the popular cause—is
chief. The Hon.: Gentleman is in a most annoy-
ing dilemma. He has gone to a very great expense
in the purchase of carriages, liveries, horses, &c., for
his mayoralty ; and if the decision of the Queen's
Bench—which will consider his case about the end
of November—be adverse, as I have little doubt it
will, the Honourable Member will not only be
disfranchised as a burgess, but his hopes
of civic eminence will be wholly frustrated. The
novelty of this case, which is unexampled in Dublin,
has naturally caused much excitement, and anta-
gonist politicians regard it as a turning point in their
respective interests.

Two regiments have already been sent to the north
to prevent the expected Orange demonstration on the
approaching sth of November. It appears from the
Northern newspapers that extensive preparations have
been made by the Orangemen to present a demon-
gtration of defiance on that anniversary ; but we un-
derstand that Government, acting on Mr. Berwick's
report, are resolved to treat such party exhibitions as
unlawful, and to prevent the expected collision by not
allowing the intended marching to take place.
There will be a " great meeting of the Pro-
testants of Ulster" held i❑ Belfast to morrow, Lord
Downshire in the chair, for the purpose of evincing
their respect for Lord Roden and sympathy for his
dismissed brethren. The gathering has been for some
time in contemplation, and every effort has been made
to render it as numerically imposing as pos-
sible. The Government has taken due precau-
tions to prevent a collision, or the probable results of
tha stimulants in which Orange "loyalists" are as fond
of indulging, after the rarefaction of their lungs in
cheering the eloquence cf their chiefs.
Conciliation-hall to-day was but thinly attended.
The sum of 281. 104. was announced as the receipts
at the hour of adjournment. The only document
read worth noticing was the following letter from Dr.
Cantwell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath. The
speaking was of the usual sort, and confined almost
entirely to John O'Connell :

"Dells, Oct. 28, 1849.
"Dear Mr. O'Connell,—l hailed with delight the
re-opening of the association, and have been ever since
anxicus to congratu'ate ou in your new efforts in be-
half of poor afflicted Ireland. I have been on duty for
the last 'our days in this district ; it is the richt st part
of this great and fertile county—it might with justice be
called the garden of Ireland, yet it exhibits a state of
things unknown or unheard of in any civilized country.
" During the period in which the association sus-
pended its meetings, the Irish people endured an
amount of suffering and wrong disgraceful to any
Christian Government. The peaceful and constitutional
efforts of the association will inspire hope, and check
that growing despondency among all classes so danger-
ous to social order. It should, without loss of time,
direct its labours to the tenant question. The state of
the law on this head has created a life or death struggle,
destructive of public peace and ruinous of the happiness
or prosperity of the country. That monster iniquity,
the overgrown and gorgeous Church Establishment, must
also be got rid of. The hatred of the Irish people towards
that insulting remnant of ascendancy (although a Minic.
ter of the Crown has shamefully asserted the contrary)
and I trust Will be, as lasting as their love of justice..
You will oblige me by handing in the enclosed subscrip-
tion.