The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-22 00:00:00

JULY 22, 1847.

—the representatives of the ancient legions, and em-
phatically the military representatives of Rome. Their
officers were there. They bore torches round the bier,
and many of them evinced by bearing and by feature
that they belong to the same race as the heroes who
still seem to live in the relievi of the ancient triumphs on
arch ard pillar. From the Campus Martius and the
Roman Forum—from both sides of the Tiber—and from
all the Seven Hills and their inteijacent valleys, this
people, who grow up from infancy with the trophies of
thirty centuries of greatness round them on every hand,
assembled with enthusiasm to supplicate for the eternal
happiness of Ireland's Liberator, and to exult in the
wonders he had achieved, as if he had been their own.
I am bewildered, I confess, between the grandeur of my
theme, the shortness of the interval—not many minutes
more in which it will be possible for me to speak of it—
between the deep sense of my incapacity to do it any.
thing even remotely approaching justice, and my strong
solemn conviction how expedient—how indispensable—
it is that Catholic Ireland should not be unaware of,
and it will not be insensible to, the share it has in
this grand event. I should have said, since I can-
not describe the funeral decorations of the church,
that they gave occupation to painters, sculptors, artists,
and artisans of every kind, who since early last week
pursued their work (I mean within the church itself)
incessantly by day and night. I have just got a
copy of the inscriptions which were placed around
the mausoleum—there were tablets also with texts
upon the pilasters round about the church. Let the in-
scriptions be given literatim, and translated word for
word. I have said that.the Pontiff had privileged all
the altars—the high altar was reserved from four o'clock
lathe morning until the Requiemlbegan—exclusively for
priests and bishops of the Greek and other Oriental rites.
From the dawn until nine o'clock it was difficult for a
priest to get an altar, though the vast Basilica cannot
contain less than twenty. Every mass had its congre-
gation of devout adorers, as priest succeeded priest in
orderly succession. Around the bier was ranged the
Irish in the front rank ; and, if we count, besides the
German College, the Scotch, English, French, the stu
dents of the Propaganda, we may say that all nations
were represented in his obsequies—wept for Ms dratli-=--
supplicated for his eternal felicity, and exulted in the
great things the Providence which ever protected and
guided this great servant of the Most High, enabled him
to achieve for his country and for mankind. But I must
pause. But this is just. Even Rome in one day could
not complete his funeral. The Bossuet of Italy—the
illustrious Ventura—could not, in a matchless oration
of two hours, say enough for his glory. His funeral,
interrupted by the glorious festival of Rome—that of her '
apostles, Peter and Paul—is to be renewed again on
Wednesday. To-day the great Christian orator treated
one half of his text, as he alone knows how to treat it.
Next Wednesday he treats the second part, and con-
cludes. Then you shall, with God's blessing, hear
again from your faithful friend,

J. MILEY.

The following are the other inscriptions :
INSCRIPTION—No. IL
(Over the Inner Door, cr rather Inside over the Door.)
TO DANIEL O'CONNELL,-
A man to be remembered in the praise of all ages,
And in this time of necessity ;
Who by the splendour of his genius, and wondrous fer-
tility of speech,
The lives, the religion, the rights and liberties of his
fellow-countrymen,
Preserved and battledfor.
In gravest interests engaged from earliest youth,
Nothing in the abstruse affairs of the Commonwealth
was difficult to him
That he did not conquer and unravel by the acuteness and
labours of his mind.
In highest gifts and honours,
On a like pinnacle he will ever stand ;
His door was never closed to any •
But to the needy was open with exceeding liberality.
At length all the duties to his country being sacredly
performed,
His adversaries conquered, and factions laid asleep,
The Catholic religion, to which he wholly devoted himself,
Vindicated in its liberties,
From the storms of this world to the harbour of eternity,
He has betaken himself,
To the overwhelming grief as well of his own country-
men as strangers.
He died at Genoa, 15th May, in the year of our Redemp-
tion MDCCCXLVII.
He lived 72 years, 9 months, 6 days;
For age and deeds a long period;
For the protection and comfort of his people,
Alas, too short!

Wn both sides of the tomb.)
NI DANIEL O'CONNELL.
t
r 0 ho will ()Clive the memory of mgn.
Who, by stings and speeches fraught wit wisdom,
he rights of faith and freedom,
- Which before seemed to be averse from one another,
He amicably set in order,
And to other nations, that they might enter on his course,
In which to such triumphs a persistance,
To religion such an increase would redound,
As it were a beacon to be held out to all.
He was in such popularity and estimation that he was

the firsi Catholic,
In the English Legislature, his adversaries vainly opposing
Who in the Commons House obtained a seat.
And there fur many years the same popular trust he ably
discharged,
And a principal position ever held.
By whom gravity was given to judgment, dignity to the
laws—
A bridle thrown upon license—piety and religion amplified
These were the arts great increase:
by which he aspired to Heaven.

IV.
TO DANIEL O'CONNELL.
In discharge of that high reverence for the Holy See,
And for the most Holy Pontiff, the best and greatest,
Whose tame amongst all nations had already spread
abroad,
To Rome, although in infirm health, he took his way;
But at. Genoa, the disease having meanwhile become
much aggravated,
Embracing the cross of Christ, his Saviour, placed there
by himself,
He breathed his last.
Another Moses, the land of the living he from afar be-
held,
Whose heart, however, in which, whilst he lived,
Pure religion, piety. love of country, solely reigned,
Daniel his son, labouring after the father's example,
To Rome, as dying he had ordered,
Took care should be conveyed.

" His heart he devoted to watching to the Lord."
Eccl. 39.

V.
(On the obverse face of the temporary tomb.)
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
Was of surpassing piety towards God,
Towards the God-bearing Virgin,
To whose protection he had recommended himself,
With singular dvotion.
Elut in the justice. integrity, fortitude of mind, liberality,
Diligence, and ease, with which he adapted himself to all,
He was to be compared to none.
Which virtues of his mind into his four sons
With such sedulousness he instilled.
That it would seem he had destined them not so much for
Himself as for God and his country.
May they long remain after him!
" Let the generation of the righteous be blessed."
Psal. cxi.
A medallion representing him chisping the crucifix on
his heart, was over the door of the temple like mau-
soleum, over it the text, "In memoria seterna erit
justus." On the other three sides of the mausoleum,
each with one of the three inscriptions under it (twenty-
four feet square), were represented in alto relievo his
first entering into Parliament, his going to return thanks
in the metropolitan church when elected Lord Mayor,
and his liberation from prison. A colossal figure of Re-
ligion surmounted the temple.

NIFORMITY OF TIME BY TELEGRAPH.—The
Electric Telegraph Company are now making such ar-
rangements as will enable them to communicate the
true time, as observed daily at the Royal Observatory
at Greenwich, to every station on the various lines of
railway where the company has a telegraph station, and
of course to all large towns throughout the kingdom. It
is now the daily practice at Greenwich, at one o'clock,
to indicate the true time by dropping a ball from the
upper part of the Observatory, which being telegraphed
to the Admiralty, and signalled to the shipping on the
Thames, enables ship's chronometers to be adjusted.
The contrivance by which the Telegraphic Company
propose to extend the knowledge of this exact time
throughout the kingdom is exceedingly simple. It is
intended that the, ball, immediately on being detached at
the top of its fall, should strike a spring, which, con-
nected with the various lines of electric wires of the com-
pany, will instantly strike a bell at every station. Thus
it is not only possible and practicable, but what in all
probability will be a matter of daily experience ere very
long—that before the ball at Greenwich Observatory
shall have reached the ground in its fall, the electric
bell at Manchester will have struck and set ringing; so
that we shall know it is one o'clock at Greenwich before
the ball announcing that fact there has finished falling
a few feet! In this way the true time at Greenwich may
be kept by every railway company and every large town
in the kingdom.—Kentish Mercury.
LICENSES TO DEAL IN GAME. Tuesday the
justices acting for the Newington division of the county
of Surrey gave notice that they would hold a special
session, at the Court house, Newington green, on Fri-
day, the 23d instant, to grant licenses to deal in game.
Notice of intended application must be given to the
justice's clerk this day, or the license will not be granted.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—AN IMPORTANT CURE BY THE
USE OF HOLLOWAY'S Pru.s.—Extract of a letter from a gentleman
residing at St. Helier's, addressed to the Editor of the " Mirior de
1847.—Sir,—For some time I have suffered
Jersey," dated June 18,
from a very severe malady, for which I sought the advice of the most
eminent of the faculty, but to no purpose. I resolved, therefore (and
in sheer despair), to give Holloway's Pills a trial; by the Ise of one
box I found myself better, and by a short continuance of this inap-
preciable medicine, I was perfectly cured, to the great astonishment
Possibly have re-
of my neighbours, who supposed that I could not
covered.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor llolloway'6 eda.
blishment, 244, Strand, London.

PR.ICIt SD.

IRELAND.
ADDRESS FROM THE CORPoRATION TO THE LORD-
LIEUTENANT.
DUBLIN, JULY 10. he Lord Maermen, and
Common-Council of this city waitedyor, uponAld his Excel-
lency the Earl of Clarendon today, at three o'clock, at
the Castle, " for the purpose of presenting him with an
jaddress of congratulation upon his arrival as her Ma-
esty's representative."
His Excellency having taken his seat upon the
throne, attended by Captain Williams, comptroller,
Captain Bernard, A.D.C., Mr. Harvey, A.D.C., Mr. U.
Connellan, private secretary, &c., the deputation were
ushered into the presence chamber, and introduced to
his Excellency, when the Lord Mayor proceeded to read
the address of the Corporation. When his Lordship
had concluded,
His Excellency proceeded to read his answer as fol-
lows :
"My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen—l cordially thank
you for your assurance that my appointment as Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland has been viewed with satisfaction
by the corporation of Dublin, and I rejoice that, in your
opinion, our gracious Sovereign has given a fresh proof
of her anxiety to promote the happiness of her Irish
subjects, by selecting, as her Majesty's representative in
this country, one who has always and conscientiously
adhered to the glorious principles of civil and religious
liberty. _ _ _

" Ii would, doubtless, have been more agreeable to me
if, with those flattering congratulations upon my arrival
in this country, which I gratefully accept, it had not
been thought necessary by you to mingle topics of a
painful nature ; but I should have much regretted it on
any account the municipal representatives of this great
city had hesitated to express their opinions with that
entire freedom, which, whether collectively or indivi-
dually, is the unquestionable right of all British subjects.
" I fully admit, and deeply lament, that the social con-
dition of Ireland should he such as you have, without ex-
aggeration, described it to be. Like you, I believe that
the terrible calamity of this year, unparalleled almost in
the history of the world, has been but an ageravation of
that distress, .which in many parts of the country may
1 unfortunately regarded plrininent Ctitirknowi
as we all do, that Ireland possesses a genial climate, a
soil of prodigious fertility and vast mineral wealth,a po-
pulation hardy, intelligent, and laborious, eager to learn
and easy to lead, that she might to any extent share in
the prosperity and progress of' England, and at home, to
any extent, command the capital and enterprise of Eng-
land, and yet that her people should be wretched, her
trade languish, and her wealth grow less, is a state of
things alike anomalous and disastrous.
" Upon the causes of these evils, and the nature of
their remedies, you entertain, and have expressed de-
cided opinions. I respect them, as Ido every opinion,
which, like yours, I believe to be honest and conscien-
tious ; and I am sure, gentlemen, that from you I may
unhesitatingly claim a corresponding regard for my con-
victions, which are the result of long and deliberate re-
flection—which in some essential points, especially as
regards distinct legislatures for England and Ireland,
differ widely from your own, but into an explanation of
which, on this occasion, I should think it neither oppor-
tune nor desirable to enter.
"Differing though we may as to the means, we have
the same end in view; to promote the improve-
ment and the welfare of Ireland must be our
common purpose. You may possibly consider that
this imperial object can alone be secured by
the aid of Government and of laws ; while my
belief, founded on experience both at home and abroad,
is, that the less a government or a legislature interferes
beyond the removal of obstructions and securing of per-
fect freedom, the better for the community ; because
the result of legislative intervention in the affairs of in-
dividuals has in most cases been to put a check upon
enterprise, to destroy telf-reliance, and to misdirect ca-
pital and industry, and among the best laws of recent
days are those which have annulled the legislation of
former times.

" To bad laws, most of them happily repealed, many
of the evils of this country are doubtless attributable ;
but, towards bringing about. a state of things now most
to be desired for Ireland, neither laws nor the action of
the Executive Government are indispensable. They
may indirectly assist, but they should not, in my opi.
nion, alone be relied upon for rendering the land and the
sea more productive than they have hitherto been ; for
promoting habits of order and industry ; for giving se-
curity to capital, stimulus to trade, and encouragement
to manufactures, which, to judge from the specimens
exhibited at the Royal Dublin Society, (night, I am
convinced, successfully compete with the m&aufactures
of England both in the home and Torergn *nets. •
" National benefits such asithele depend but ill
.. .
degree upon the Government ;,they must, in kigji y, be,
the work of the people of all classes, determinedNo unite
for the criimmilin good, laying aside with true patriotism
those politicalldissensions which have so Nig-blighted
the pros,peciv gf Iqland, and remembering the, past ouly
iirosmi
as yvarning for the suture. • May we not, however, eon.
sicr& the prOsat moment as auspicious for the coin-
meitement of anew era, Alien from various causes party
strife has happily stikided ; when an awful visitation of
Providence has brought different classes and creeds into
kindly co-operation and sympathy ; when misfortune
has taught meu, hitherto socially estranged, to know and
to appreciate each other ? And, gentlemen, if, in ful-
filment of the wish you have kindly t zpressed, I have
hereafter the satisfaction of thinking, though without
presumptuously claiming any share in their promotion,
that, during my residence in Ireland, the social condi
lion of the country became improved, that land was no
longer the first necessary of life to the poorest peasant,
and that he no longer depended for subsistence upon the
lowest class of food—that the law was duly obeyed, and
education widely extended--that capital was invested
with confidence, and industry directed into the most
productive channels, I shall then consider that day the
happiest of my life on which, with conscientious doubts
as to my own fitness, I ventured to accept the office
which I have now the honour to hold."
Iler Excellency the Countess of Clarendon and a few
other ladies were present during the ceremony.
The deputation, having been introduced to his Excel-
lency by the Lord Mayor, withdrew.

THE IRISH POOR-LAW COMMISSION.
Under the new Bill, there will be ten poor-law in •
specters in Ireland, the designation of the office being
changed from assistant-commissioner to inspector. Seven
are already employed, and the three vacancies will be
tilled by the appointment of the following gentlemen:—
Mr. Burke, son of Sir R. Burke, late Governor of New
South Wales; Mr. P. G. Barron, and Mr. W. Stanley,
present secretary to the relief commission.
Mr. Senior, one of the present assistant commissioners,
is to be transferred to England.
The general belief is that Mr. Twistleton will be the
commissioner for Ireland, and that Mr. Power will be
assistant commissioner.

CLOSE OF THE RELIEF SYSWMM.
The following important circular has been issued to
the inspecting officers of the various unions:—
"Relief Commission Office, Dublin Castle,
July 15, 1847.
" Sir,—The relief commissioners have to recur to the
subject of their circular (No. 60) of 6th July, as a

matter of the deepest importance to the country: The
present relief measure must close entirely before long,
and much distress and confusion will arise unless the

greatestiehy theeff aremortesansthat made,w then ex
preparation,timelyiatforthe
op
support
opporor-
vdt
of the people now receiving rations. The Lest arrange.
ment which can possibly be made for this purpose will be
by the remunerative labour that ought to be arising at
this period, and the most scrupulous attention to
making it the means of en immediate corresponding re-
duction in the distribution of gratuitous relief. The com-
missioners have great reason to believe that this is not
effected in many
i places ; and that many men are en-
gaged for others n hay-making, turf cutting, and vari-
ous works, without being withdrawn, as they ought to
be, as well as their families, from the ration lists. This
is partly facilitated, as the commissioners are informed,
by the attendance of able-bodied labourers at the daily
distribution of rations, being in some places dispensed
with on slight excuses. Very determined measures
should now be taken to relieve the lists of labourers and
their families, where work is to be haft, even at mc-
derate wages, and which is sometimes refused. A very
active and zealous officer has obtained a great and
clearly a proper reduction on the lists, by organisitnigona.
test of useful work, of a few hours' daily.
the Public
He states—' I have got implements from. h
responsible,W orks Department,and
make for t whichho
able-bodied the c omimnwiot :nine sdi
nbs gangsece
wa ir
-e
for three or four hours daily, clesianos.
g
also et pro.
the town, sinking
pumps,bi sold, and the pro.
breaking, the broken stone
that it clears
the adopting
this system
generally,
and is attended with the
ceeds placed to the crgeditillyt,haneg
the lists of all doubtful cases, committees
fi
nd
ds for rations from many districts
of finding the demands
best effects.' The Commissioners cannot but complain
continually increasing, and sometimes largely, without
even a word of explanation to account for it, as if what-
ever was asked tor was at once allowed. The inspecting
officers are requested, in concert with the Finance Com
mmeitatnees of s, to turn their attention anxiously to the best
preparing their several districts for the entire
cessation of the present relief system. Large reductions
ought to be made weekly in the estimates from the pre-
sent time.—By order of the Relief Commissioners,
" W. STANLEY, Secretary."
THE HARVEST.
The usual very favourable reports have been received
respecting the grain crops. Regarding potatoes the ac-
counts are still conflicting ; but it is certain the disease
has re-appesred to some extent, although in a form
somewhat different from what it bore in the two pre-
ceding years. A letter from a landowner in the Naul,
county of Dublin, dated yesterday (Sunday), says,
" The potatoes in this neighbourhood are all blasted to-
day, although yesterday they showed scarcely any
symptoms of disease."
The following agricultural reports have been received
to-day :
COUNTY OF DOWN.—The crops in this neighbourhood,
and in the whole surrounding country, continuebo to pre-
,
sent a promising aspect. Excellent new potatoes were
one. —Down-
sold here on last market day at is. per
s
neigh
patrick Recorder.
COUNTY OF KERRY.—The r
meetings in different parts thee county
encour-
agingly of the coming harvest
ingports of the poor-law
ofecnnrai.fk
reraaieec,hra..
nick.