The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-24 00:00:00

THE CARLOW ELECTION.

At the weekly meeting of the Repeal Association, held
in Dublin on Monday, several new members were intro-
duced, among others, Mr. Wm. John O'Connell, who
had been actively engaged on the Liberal side at the
Carlow county election, and who took that opportunity
of describing the treatment which he met with during
the riots. The following account we extract from the
Dublin Morning Register of Tuesday :
Mr. W. J. O'CONNELL was introduced to the meeting
by Mr. Steele as the kinsman of the Liberator, and was
received with loud cheers. He said it'was the first time
he had erer the honour of attending a meeting in that
room ; be had been resident in England for the last
eleven years, and had, therefore, no opportunity of taking
part in their recent struggles, until he came over for the
express purpose of being present at the Carlow election,
and to give the great man who had been agitating that
county his humble assistance. He would have a few
words to say of himself personally, as connected with
that struggle.—(Hear.) The meeting, most probably, bad
heard of what had taken place between him and a Capt.
Smith, of the Carbineers, during the election ; and that
the re might be no mistake as to the facts of the case,
he would state, upon his honour as a gentleman, what
had really occurred. His friend, Mr. Steele, had been
addressing the people near the Court-house, and at the
time he was doing so, be (Mr. O'Connell) saw a rush
made, and fearing that any violence might be offered to
him, he went towards him in order to render him assist-

.nce, if there should be any necessity for his doing so.
He found that between the place where lie was standing
and where Mr. Steele was speaking, there was a file of
infantry drawn across, with just room for one man to pass
between them in the middle of the street, and thinking
that lie would be allowed to go by the footway, the proper
place, in his opinion, to pass, he thought to do so, when he
was stopped by one of the soldiers, who spoke to him
rather insultingly. He told the man that he might be
civil at all events, and at that moment Captain Smith, who
did not belong to the regiment, and who was not
mounted, or apparently on duty, came up and asked him
why he should be addressing himself to his men. There
were two officers of infantry present, who said nothing.
He replied that he was not addressing himself to his
men, when Smith said "go about your business," and
before he had time to say one word in answer, he gave
him a push. He would have repelled such ruffian
violence on the spot, but he dreaded a collision between
the poor people and the military, and he had, he thanked
God (and he believed such conduct was the true indica-
tion of a brave man), such a restraint over himself that
lie did no more than merely tell him that his conduct
was cowardly, and that he would not dare to commit the
assault if he were not surrounded by his troops. An in-
vestigation into the circumstances of the case took place
the next day, and in the evidence given by Police Con-
stable Cunningham these expressions appeared. The con-
stalile swore to some matters that were not correct, but he
swore positively that he (Mr. O'Connell) said that " Smith
was a cowardly fellow, that he would not co conduct him
self if he were not amongst his troops, and that he would
let him know something that evening. He said every
word of that to Mr. Smith ; it was before the public
through the English and Irish press, and it was also be-
fore the public how Mr. Smith had subsequently con-
ducted himself. The witness (Cunningham) was asked
by Smith was the place where he (Mr. O'Connell) was
a proper one for him to be in, but Mr. French objected
to the opinion of the policeman being given in evidence
in a matter where it was impossible he could form a
correct opinion. He was in the public street, merely
claiming his right to pass by the common footway ; but
Mr. Smith sought to shelter himself from the conse-
quences of his improper conduct by getting the opinion
of the policeman that lie (Mr. O'Connell) was in an
improper place, and that Smith only did his duty in
putting him out of it. Well, then, in the evening he
sent Mr. Reynolds to him—not to deliver a hostile mes-
sage, or to receive one, but with a note which he would
read for the meeting, and which would explain itself.
Mr. Reynolds wished to deliver the note in private, but
Smith refused to hold any communication with him at
all, and, in point of fact, himself and his brother officers
allowed him to be knocked down, and most brutally as-
saulted by a gang of Orange ruffians. Smith rendered
him no assistance, and were it not that he had escaped
into a room, and that the police soon arrived, he might
have been murdered.—(Cries of " Oh.") The following
was a copy of the note which he sent Mr. Reynolds
with, and which was to be delivered privately to Mr.
Smith :

" Hanlon's Hotel, Burren-street,
•' July 14, 1841, 9 o'clock, P.M.
•' SIR—You have this day offered me an insult, for
which you are doubtless willing to account. The neces-
sity of avoiding everything that can increase the excite-
ment of the pending election, and of giving to the latter
the whole of my attention, precludes me from demanding
an explanation until the conclusion of the contest, when
I beg to inform you it is my purpose to do so.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
"WM. JOHN O'CONNELL.

" Captain Smith," &c.
That was the purport of Mr. Reynolds's communica-
tion, and there was no gentleman that would not, under
the circumstances, admit the propriety of it. He said
that Mr. Smith's conduct in the commencement was
cowardly in assaulting him ; it would be for the public
to say what his conduct with regard to Mr. Reynolds
was ; and lastly, judge how far he had a right to screen
himself from responsibility, under the plea that he was
on duty.—(Cries of " He ought to be horsewhipped.")
He would leave him to public opinion, which would
not fail to place him in that position he was so well en-
titled to hold.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending July 17, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General 1—

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average
1838-9-40.

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases llO 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l6B 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and ether Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Heal and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of Digestion 47 60
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, Scc.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Museles
Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay 42 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 24 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes 761

Average Weekly Deaths •• 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths,lB3B-9.40.
Western Districts ••• 128 •••••• 139
North Districts
Central Districts 179 ....• 190
East Districts 143 •..... 211
South Districts ... ••• 177 223

T0ta1......... 761 ...... 926
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
g
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St., St. Pancras,
Lcraeso,nKaredns(ißngtroornn:
Fulham, Hammersmith ( Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea),Pad-
ldeiyn g),ton ,
St. Smt
a.
r Maryy.ie.
b(oSwt,o kceatnbe
N e wri n,eltlo, nGreenwich, St. Nicholas
)
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1836, 1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ZNDING
July 10. July 174
Highest
Lowest 52 50
Daily Mean . .. 65 60
General Register Office, July 22, 1841.

A Tartar ver vishin was thold Jan Cott.
I've know'd theck chap goo out wi nothin but a vly made
wi es own hair, an' a kidncy-bayne-stick ver rod, an' lug
out two or dree darnt gurnt sammun iu one martfin'.
Wet er dry, hot er coold, day er night, 'twas all's one ta
he. In shart, Jan was a sart ev a2phibbus animal, an'
used ta think th' water es houze an 'hum ; an' I raly be-
lieve that if theck feller'dltv'd much longer, ee'd a-had
a tail an' becom'd a mermaid.—Piscator.