The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

LORD STANLEY'S BILL.—Tbe Irish papers of last Sa-
turday, which we received this morning, are filled with
reports of public meetings held for the purpose of denounc-
ing the attack upon the franchise involved in Lord Stan-
le3's Bill. Queen's County, the County of Longford, with
several other counties, have sent out requisitions for meet-
ings to petition the Legislature against the measure.
Ulster met on Thursday at Belfast. The Dublin Even-
* Post, speaking of this great provincial meeting, says—
" Since the glorious era of the Volunteers of Ireland,
Ulster never shone more pre-eminently. The requisi-
tionists and the speakers are the first men in the North.
The Charlemonts, Gosfords, Cremornes, Leitrims, Lur-
gang, fifty Deputy-Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace—
four Roman Catholic Bishops—several Rectors of the
Established Church—several members of the different
Presbyterian communities—the leading mercantile men of
Ulster. Of these and of the Liberals of the North was
the provincial :assembly composed." On Thursday the
great provincial meeting of Connaught was held at Bal-
linasloe.

MR. DRUMMOND.
(From the Dublin Evening Post.)
The admirers of Mr. Drummond will read with melan-
choly satisfaction the following tributes to his memory,
especially the letter of the Marquis Normanby, with whom
he had so cordially co-operated during the arduous period
of that Nobleman's Administration in Ireland :

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Copy of a letter addressed to Sir John F. Burgoyne,
with a draft for 100/.

" Hill-street, April 29th.
" MY DEAR SIR have just seen the account of a
meeting, at which you presided, for the purpose of erect-
ing a monument, upon Irish ground, to poor Drummond.
I lose not a moment in forwarding the enclosed con-
tribution.

" To you, who were in Ireland during the whole of. my
administration there, I need not add any thing of my own
feelings on this sad subject. Every one who has• at any
period enjoyed the same opportunities I for so long had of
daily intercourgo with high trinst share in that affliction felt
at the untimely ross of so single-minded and warm-hearted
a friend ; but no one else can so thoroughly estimate, its I
do, the justice of this tribute to his memory from the
Irish people ; because no one is so thoroughly aware of the
untiring industry with which he unceasingly devoted his
powerful intellect to what he honestly believed, with me,
to be the true interests of that country during all those
years when my Government had the inestimable benefit of
his constant assistance.

" Believe me, my dear Sir John, very faithfully yours,
" NORMA NBY."
Althorp, April 28.
Sir,—l take the liberty of requesting you to put my
nun° down as a subscriber to the monument of my lamented
friend, Mr. Drummond. I have by this post directed my
banker to pay 1001. into the hands of Messrs. Coutts, the
amount of my subscription.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble
servant,
Leland Crosthwait, Esq.

SPENCER.
April 28.
Sir,—l beg to enclose 501., as my humble tribute of un-
feigned respect and gratitude to the late Mr. Drummond.
I never more deeply lamented the death of a public man ;
and it is a consolation to me to asvist in commemorating his
spotless name and services. How well has it been said that
be was only faulty in the neglect and sacrifice of himself.
I remain yours faithfully,
Leland Crosthwait, Esq. LURGAN.

GREAT HARDSHIP.—At the Hereford Police
Court an order was Dade fer the removal of Emma Porter
from the union workhouse to her husband's parish. The hug-
band is a Chelsea pensioner, and the woman left him some
years ago and lived with a man by whom she had several chil-
dren ; the poor pensioner cannot prove their illegitimacy, and,
under the new Poor-law Bill, his pension will be attached for
th 3 support of the children of another man. —Hereford Journal.
On Tuesday the three Chartists, Lewis, Evans,
and Jones, who were convicted of sedition, and sentenced to
transportation at the last Brecon Assizes, were removed from
the gaol of that town, for the purpose of being placed on board
the Justitia hulk at Woolwich, prior to their being sent to the
celonies.—liereford Journal.
This morning, at nine o'clock, the mortal re-
mains of the late Countess of Burlington were removed from
her Ladyship's residence, West-hill, Wandsworth, for inter-
ment in the family vault at Streatham, in Surrey. The hearse
was drawn by six horses, and followed by four mourning
coaches, each drawn by four horses, containing tha relatives,
and by about forty noblemen and gentlemen's carriages.
On Saturday the Members of the Royal Aca-
demy, gave their anniversary dinner at their apartments in Tra-
falgar-square,which was attended by a numerous assemblage
of guests of the first rank and talent.
CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.—On Saturday
last the friends and patrons of this institution, to the number
of about 100, dined together at the Freemasons' Tavern, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the Chair.
On Sunday afternoon, the whole of the exten-
'ire farming premises, homesteads, farm-house, sheds, and cot-
tages, at Court Barten, near Newton, St. Cynes, were burned
to the ground; a large quantity of cyder, p.,tatoes, grain, and
live stock., fell a prey to the flames. The property belonged to
John Quick, Esq., of Newton House, who is partly insured
against his great losses. The origin of the fire is involved in
mystery.—Exeter Post.
MISS KELLY'S NEW THEATRE, SOHO'--
This theatre is now upon the verge of completion. The pit will
contain upwards of 500 persons, but there is no gallery.
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