The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-24 00:00:00

CARGO W ELECTION

(Abridged from the Dublin Pilot of Monday.)
CARLOW, SATURDAY NlGHT.—Shortly after eleven
o'clock this morning Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by his
son John, Messrs. Steele, Reynolds, O'Neill Daunt, and
the Rev. Messrs. Maher and Tyrrell, proceeded from
Carlow to Bagnalstown, for the purpose of addressing
the people who were then assembled at the market. The
whole face of the country presented a most delightful
and cheering prospect ; the crops, refreshed by the late
salutary rain, are in a flourishing condition, and give
promise of an abundant harvest. Mr. O'Connell
and his friends arrived in Bagnalstown shortly after one
o'clock, and immediately afterwards proceeded to the*
house of the Rev. Mr. Lalor, P.P., and vicar-general of
the diocese ; convenient to which a spacious platform
was erected for the accommodation of the gentlemen who
were to address the people, and around which several
Thousand persons had already taken up their position,
with a view to secure in time good hearing places.
Mr. O'CONNELL then came to the front of the plat-
form, and was greeted with the most enthusiastic accla-
mation. Most of them present remembered the battle
for Emancipation—they remembered that, opposed to
justice and the rights of the people, there was the Duke
of Wellington, the hero of a hundred fights, and yet
they conquered him.—(Cheers, and cries of " We will
conquer again.") No doubt they would conquer again,
and, what more, the conquest was much easier at present
than it was when he won the Catholic Emancipation, and
trampled under foot the spirit of bigotry that actuated
the Newtons, the Burens, and all the Orange faction.
He (Mr. O'Connell) would say to the non-electors that
they should go round to the houses of the voters and
reason with them, and their honest wives and daughters,
and ask them how it would be possible for them to be
such Judases as to sell themselves to the Bruens and the
Newtons, who would, if they dared, re-enact the horrid
penal.laws with more than their former sanguinary fe-
rocity. Let them tell the wife to beg of her husband that
he should not be marked• out as a black sheep—let no
handsome young woman marry the son of a black sheep
—let them be marked out as degraded creatures who sold
their God and their country for some paltry considera-
tion.—(Hear, hear.) They should do them no harm, but
merely mark them out as traitors to their country and to
their own families. He would tell them what the people
of Clare did to mark out the black sheep there after the
election; they would not prevent them from going to the
chapel or hearing mass; indeed the unfortunate people
wanted to pray more than ever they did, in the hope that
God would pardon them their crimes—but they fixed up
a kind of pew in the chapel, like a dock, and there the
black sheep were put, so that the honest, virtuous
part of the congregation might have no communication
with them.—(Cries of " We will do the same if any fellow
be found bad enough to go against God and his coun-
try.") Yes, that was the way to treat them, but he im-
plored of them to use no violence to any man. If the
Tories came into power they would appoint their own
Sheriffs, their own Judges, their own Juries, and the ad-
ministration of justice would be a mockery throughout
the land. They had all heard of the blood-stained tithes.
—(Cries of "We did, to our sorrow.") If the Tories
were in power, they would keep up the remaining three-
fourths of the tithes, for that odious impost still existed
in the shape of rent-charge ; they would still perpetuate
the wrong and the injustice of the people paying the
parsons of a different religion ; they would never redress
any of the evils which the country groaned under. Let the
people assist him, and he would take off the taxes, and let
them remember that every man who voted for Bruen voted
for keeping on the Grand Jury Cess.—(Hear, hear.)
No honest man, Catholic or Protestant, will vote for
him—no man who is not blinded by prejudice, or dead to
the true interests of his native land, will vote for him.
Let the honest wives, if they could not get their husbands
out till the day of voting, imitate the conduct of the wife
of a freeholder in Longford, named Prunty.—(Cheers.)
Her husband was shut up for about a fortnight before the
election by the exterminators ; his wife and family were
not allowed access to him, and on the second or third
day of the Piootion he was brought from his prison in a
chaise, guarded by dragoons, up to the hustings ; his
faithful wife watched him, and in the crowd got near the
step of the chaise as he got out, and exclaimed, " Oh,
• Peter, remember your soul and liberty 1" and that memo-
rable appeal which embraced, in a word, both her tem-
poral and eternal prospects, sunk into his heart ; and al-
though brought up upon the tally of the exterminators,
he did vote fur liberty and his conscience.--(Cheers.)
The patriotism and virtue of Mrs. Prunty were not al-
lowed to pass without some mark of esteem, and the
Association In Dublin sent her a present of a horse,
bridle, saddle, and pillion, and she goes to mass every
Sunday mounted behind her husband, and looked up to
by all her neighbours as a model worthy of imitation.
Again, he would conjure the people to assist him to put
an end to the supremacy of that fell faction, who, from
the days of Queen Elizabeth down to the massacre at
Rathcormac, desolated Ireland. The Honourable and
Learned Gentleman sat down amidst loud and long-
continued cheering.
Mr. STEELE came forward next, and addressed the
meeting in a strain of fervid eloquence, which was most
loudly cheered.
Other speakers then addressed the meeting, after which
Mr. O'CONNELL came to the front of the platform, and
called for three cheers for the Queen and Old Ireland,
which were heartily responded to.
Mr. STEELE called for three cheers for O'Connell and

the Repeal of the Union, which were answered with equal
enthusiasm.
The people then quietly separated, declaring that they
were almost to a man teetotallers.

Mr. O'Connell will be at Rathvilly to-morrow, and the
barony of St. Mullin's on Monday—and it is thought he
will not return to Dublin for another week.
CARLOW. SUNDAY.—The rain fell in torrents this
morning from five to twelve o'clock; but, as soon as
the day cleared up Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by Mr.
T. Reynolds and some gentlemen of Carlow, proceeded
to the town of Rathvilly, which is situated on the borders
of the county, adjoining Wicklow, where Mr. O'Connell
again addressed a numerous and enthusiastic assembly.
I have just now heard that upwards of two hundred
freeholders are locked up in the castle of Kavanagh, at
Borriss, and their wives, daughters, and sisters were to
go in a body some day this week to demand the release
of the captives.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

.41r. John Tracers, of St. Swithin's-lane, merchant,
was summoned upon an information to show cause why
he refused to make a return according to the Act of Par-
liament, of the names, aes, and occupations of the in-
mates of his house. , /Pbc7o•defendant had been previously
summoned on',the subject, but did not appear. He was
also absent yesterday when his name was called.
Sir PETER LAURIE, :Who directed that a second sum-
mons should be issued to Mr. Travers upon a written
information, in consequence of that gentleman's neglect
of the first, presided, and desired that the case should be
proceeded with.
Mr. Alfred Nelson Wicks, registrar of births and
deaths, in the south district of. the City of London,
stated that having appointed Mr. White to call for a
census of the population in the district, that gentleman
left one of the usual forms at Mr. Travers' house, and
the paper was returned with a mere general statement of
the number of males and females, the defendant having
refused to make any other return. .
Sir PETER LAURIE required, as he intended to make
the defendant responsible in a higher penalty than.' he"
believed was thetractice, in consequence 0 the ina„tpii-
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required, by statinz the names, ages, #nd ,ec Aos of
all the individttats in his house. Mt. Tr: 'eh; tin a
A.coiiversatioir-of 'ionie length with him, refused to state
nail of ttiesreqUired partiolio, and the Registrar upon
,big infermed.of the defendant's determination, thought
*,himself compelled to issue a summons, and have the
' matter decided before a Magistrate. Witness again
waited upon Mr. Travers, and represented to him that
if he persisted in his refusal the Registrar would be
obliged to proceed against him by information, and
after th, heating of the summons to enforce the
penalty. - The reply of the defendant to the last ap-
plication was, that he could give no further particulars
than the paper contained, and that the matter must
take its course.

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SIR PETER LAURIE—Was this before the informa-
tion was acted upon ? Witness—lt was. He was
summoned before the information was obtained, and
he neglected to appear. Se reraA days have elapsed since
he was first applied to.
Sir PETER LAURIE—Then Mr. Travers cannot com-
plain that we have been hasty.
Stroud, the marshalman, said that he served the copy
of the writ personally on Mr. Travers, who was in the
Committee-room of the candidates for the representation
of the City of London, at the Guildhall Coffee House, at
the time. Witness told Mr. Travers that the summons
was the secor.d served upon him relative to the popula-
tion census. " Give my compliments," said Mr. Travers,
" to the Lord Mayor, or any Alderman who may sit for
his Lordship, that I cannot come, situated as I am, and
that I will not come, and I disagree with the law alto-
gether. I have made a return as it was wished, but to
question my servants as to the particulars required is
what I will not do. lam acquainted with. the tine, and
I shall leave that to the Magistrate."

Sir PETER LAURIE--Then I shall not hesitate to de-
cide in the absence of the defendant. If mit Travers
had appeared and answered to the first summons, I would
have fined him no more than forty shillings, the lowest
penalty, but as he utterly disregarded it, I shall inflict
the highest penalty of 51.
The Registrar applied for costs, but Sir Peter Laurie
refused at once to grant any.
A young man of very respectable appearance and good
address, named Watkins, was brought up for re •examina-
tion, charged with having picked the pocket of a gentle-
man, named Cassel, in the great room of the London
Tavern during the meeting, when Lord John Russell at-
tended to address the constituency. At the first examina-
tion the prisoner, upon being spoken to on the subject,
immediately acknowledged that he had committed the
offence, and produced the handkerchief from his pocket,
stating, at the same time, that want had compelled him
to disgrace himself.
The officer into whose custody the prisoner was given,
stated that the gentleman who saw what had occurred
said that he observed the prisoner the moment before
wiping his face with another handkerchief, and his im-
pression was that both handkerchiefs had been stolen.
The prisoner declared that the handkerchief which he
had first put into his pocket was his own, which, on ac-
count of its bad condition, the pawnbroker refused to
lend him anything upon. The other handkerchief he
confessed he had taken, but it was the first dishonest act
he had ever 'committed in his life, and he was really
driven to it by want. .
The LORD MAYOR observing that the appearance of
the prisoner did not indicate any extremity of the kind,
desired him to give some account of himself.;

The prisoner said that he had been brought up as a
surgeon in the country, and that he came up to town for
the purpose of passing. He, however, met with a re-
fusal, on, account of alleged deficiency in anatomical

;:noWledge ; and being altogether destitute, he wa
tempted, upon seeing the handkerchief hanging out of
:he pocket of the gentleman who appeared against him,
:0 possess himself of it,. _ _ .

IThe LORD MAYOR—Have you no friends in town, to
come forward and give you a character? Prisoner—l can
call upon some medical students to come forward.
The LORD MAYOR—No, that won't do; I must have
some of your family.
The prisoner said• that, as his family and friends re-
sided in Yorkshire, some time would be required to bring
them forward.

The case was accordingly postponed to yesterday, when
Sir P. LAURIE, upon hearing Mr. Hobler read the
notes of the accusation, expressed suspicion that a medi-
cal student, of respectable appearance, should steal a
pocket handkerchief.

The father of the prisoner, a gentleman, it is said, of
property, stood forward and said, that having been given
to understand that the Lord Mayor remanded his son,
in order to have a character of the young man, he came
to assure the Magistrate that the prisoner never before
had the slightest imputation cast upon his honesty.
Sir PETER LAURIE—How does he maintain himself ?
The Father—l make him an allowance.

Sir PETER LAURIE Why, he says he was in want of
the necessaries of life. How is that ? The Father—l
certainly maintain him from my purse. Perhaps he has
not been frugal, and had experienced inconvenience in
consequence. I have letters in testimony of his inte-
grity and skill in his profession.
Sir PETER LAURIE—The education he has received
could not have been very moral, when the moment he
feels necessity come upon him he picks a pocket ? The
Father—l assure you, Sir, that the education he re-
ceived was strictly moral. A great deal of care has
been bestowed upon him.
Sir PETER LAURlE—lndeed ! then it has. been very

ill bestowed ? The Father—lt is not always that men
act with propriety. The best and most virtuous men
may sometimes act with impropriety. I hope you will
take that into consideration.

Sir P. LAURIE—Do you -call picking a pocket an im-
propriety ? The Father—l call it a very great impro-
priety—a moral impropriety.
Sir P. LAURIE—It is an impropriety for which I shall
punish your son, by sending him to Bridewell. The
Father—l understood that the Lord Mayor was only de-
sirous to.have the attendance of some one to give him a
character, and to answer for his future good conduct.
Sir P. LAURIE—How could I send a poor wretched
creature to Bridewell for a similar offence, and let your
son, who has been brought up as a gentleman, walk off
. without suffering any punishment ? You very much
mistake my character, if you suppose me capable of
being more indulgent to your son, because you are a
gentleman.
The prisoner was committed for seven days to
Bridewell.
ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FRAUDS ON MESSRS. BROADWOOD,