The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-15 00:00:00

IRELAND.

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
DUBLIN, JUNE .ItObe; t Harty, the Lord
Mayor, has appointed Alderman Smith, Chief Com-
missioner of Paving and Lighting, to be his Lord-
ship's locum tenens during his attendance on his
Parliamentary ditties. Before giving his sanction to
the proposed delegation of authority, the Recorder,
it is said, consulted some high law authorities in
England, and the result, as boasted by some CQr-
porators, is, that Sir James Scarlett has given his
opinion that the Lord Mayor is incompetent to ap-
point a deputy for the cause assigned—namely, to
attend Parliament.
I have taken the trouble to look into the Act,
and find that his Lordship can appoint a Thrum
tenens, whenever he is obliged to be absent from
sickness, or• any othe►• necessary) cause. His Lord-
ship thinks, with justice, that watching over the
interests of his fellow-citizens in Parliament, parti-
cularly when his place here will be so admirably
filled, is cause sufficient to authorise him fora short
Period to exercise such an authority ; and go he
will, maugre the opposition of the Recorder, or any
other portion of the Corporation.
BANK OF IRELAND.

A numerous meeting of the proprietors of Bank
Stock was held to-day, when a dividend of 4,4 per
cent. wa; declared for the last half-year.
Mr. Scot Molloy moved, and Mr. Hugh O'Con-
nor seconded, a motion, " that the Bank should pub-
lish a full and detailed account of their business,"
&c.; but the motion, meeting no support, fell to the
ground.

The following letter has been addressed by the
Right Hon. Mr. Stanley to the High Sheriff (3.7
the county of Limerick :

" Dublin Castle, June 6.

" SIR, have had the greatest satisfaction in receiv-
ing the directions of the Lord Lieutenant to express to
you, and, through you, to the Magistrates and Gentlemen
of the county of Limerick, the high sense which his Excel-
lency entertains of the firm, decided, and most judicious
line of conduct which they have, on a recent occasion,. so
creditably to themselves, pursued. On the tirst appear-
ance of the spirit of insubordination, all the respectability
and influence of your county was, at once promptly, and
effectually arrayed against it; you evinced a resolute deter-
mination to support the laws, to check the first symptoms
of insurrectionary outrage, and to maintain, while it was
yet time, by your personal exertions, the peace of your
neighbourhood. On the occasion of the Special Com-
mission which has just closed, the spirit with which you
offered yourselves to serve both upon. the Grand and Petty
Juries, and the manner in which you have discharged your
important duties, has called forth his Excellency's warmest
acknowledgment, and cannot but have produced the most
salutary effect upon the minds of the misguided population
of your own and adjoining counties.
" It may be satisfactory to you to know that your public
spirit has not been unappreciated by his Majesty's Govern-
ment ; but it must be a source of far higher satisfaction to
you to terl assured that, by your own prompt and active
co-operation, you have vindicated the authority of the law,
checked the disposition to insubordination in the first stage
of its progress, succeeded in restoring the tranquillity of
your county, and relieved the Government from the ap-
prehension of being compelled to adopt, with regard to the
county of Limerick,. measure, the roost repugnant to their
feelings and principles, by applying to Parliament for
powers of coercion beyond the ordinary course of the law.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient humble servant,
" E. G. STANLEY.
" To John Coker, Esq., &c. &c. &c., High
Sheriff of the co. Limerick, Ballinaguatd."

THE PERISHING Inisth—The Rev J. H.
Evans, on Sat Sunday preached two excellent sermons
John-street Chapel, King's-road, for the benefit of the
starving Irish. His affecting appeals were answered by
the congregation. One hundred and twenty•eight pound::
were collected—a noble sum front a dissenting church,
particularly when it is consi .erect how often appeals are
made to their benevolence.
It has been stated that Ministers having re-
solved not to reduce the total number of Members for the
United Kingdom, have it in contemplation to unite two or
more towns that may be situated within two miles of each
other, one of them being a barongh, so as to enable the
union to return one or two Alembers, as the case may
warren,,. We have heard that it is in contemplation to
unite Penzance with St. Ives; Falmouth with Penryn ;
St. Austell with Bodmin, &c., each of these unions to
return two Members. By this means, the total number of
Members may be continued, without trenching on the
great principles of the West Br;ton,