The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-30 00:00:00

Some ether resolutions having been severally put and
carried,
Mr. O'CoN:vrfx, came forward. He was received with
!east enthusiastic shouts of applause. He began by ay-
nig they should not make the people of Ireland slaves—
they lied in their teeth who said they would.—( Cheers. )
He defied Stanley and his gang. There was nothing of
which Lord Stanley so reminded him as of the bust of the
tyrant Nero, and they should call him " Nero Sta ley,"
if they had not already christened him, by giving him
the appropriate appellation of " Scorpion Stanley."—
( Cheers and laughter,) He could not help that burst—
( Renewed cheering)—the manner iu which he had been
received had almost overpowered his heart—he was going
to say his aged heart ; but no, it was as young as ever it
was.—( Hear and cheers.) Did any man ask him what
brought him there? No person did so, and he would
himself answer the question which they did not ask, and tell
them what brought him there. Ho came there to declare
that he would obey the advice as implicitly as if it
were a command given by their respected chairman, when
he said it was the duty of the Irish representatives to op-
pose the bill, and to impede Lord Stanley in every way they
could. Now that the people of Ireland were aroused in
defence of their franchises, they would not only seek to
drive back their assailants, but they would stand together,
and demand, in a firm and energetic manner, equal fran-
chises and equal rights with Great Britain. He concluded
by moving John Power, Esq., of Harcourt-street, to the
chair, and the thanks of the meeting to the Hon. Mr.
Ponsonby, whit was seconded by Mr. Collis, and passed
amidst the warlliest applause. The meeting then adjourned.

WAR WITH NAPLES.

THE SULPHUR QUESTION.

( From the Semaphore of Marseilles of the 25th inst.)
The English and Neapolitans are at open war, and
measures of reprisal, on the part of England, there is every
reason to believe, have had a commencement. A report
prevails here that several vessels, with the flag of the Two
Sicilies, had been captured by the British ships of war ;
and it is even said that as many as 50 have been taken.
This number no doubt, much exaggerated, because
authentic inforrzation is not given ; one thing only is
certain, and that is, that the Hydra chased the Maria An-
toinette, and would have retained her if the captain of the
Maria had not proved that his was a Tuscan, and not a
Neapolitan vessel. The packet-boat of the Levant, the
Sesostris, has brought this account. She came in here
last night at seven, having taken on board, at Civita Vec-
chia the despatches of the Maria Antoinette. In the absence
of other more important news, we give the following cir•
cular of the French Consul at Naples, addressed to M
Miege, a foreign agent ;--.

" Naples, April 18.
" Monsieur le Consul,—l have the honour to inform
you that the attempts made to conciliate the difference
which has arisen between the Courts of Naples and Lon-
don having hitherto failed, Mr. Temple, the English
Minister, yesterday gave orders to the English vessels of
war the Bellerophon two-decker, the brig Jaseur, and the
steamer Hydra, to commence measures of reprisal, and to
take possession of vessels navigating under the Neapolitan
flag, which are to be carried into Malta and detained. The
Hydra is cruising at this moment for that purpose at the
entry of the Bay of Naples. You are aware that you are
in a position to give guarantees of French property to
merchandise on board Neapolitan vessels ; but these gua-
rantees, although they will prevent the confiscation of
merchandise, will not prevent the seizure of the vessel.
If you have in your port any Neapolitan vessels ready to
sail for Africa, in virtue of charters with the French
Government for the supply of our army, you have only to
give them certificates of property of the trench Govern-
ment, which are to bear the visa of the English Consul
at your residence. It has been agreed upon with Mr.
Temple that the English Admiral is to allow these ves-
sels to pass.

" Viscount d'HAUSSONVILLE,"

(From the Malta Times of the 15th of April.)
HOSTILITIES WITH NAPLES.

The Hydra war steamer returned from Naples and
Palermo (at which latter port she called to communicate
with the British Consul) on the Bth inst., after staying two
days and a half at Naples. By this arrival we learn that
his Sicilian Majesty persists in his refusal to break his con•
tract with the sulphur monopolists, insisting that it is not,
as pretended, in violation of the commercial treaty with
Great Britain. Preparations to resist any British naval
force are making upon a graad scale, as far as regards the
manning and fitting out of gunboats, and a very large
force of cavalry and infantry has been marched through
Calabria, and thence conveyed by steamers to various parts
of Sicily. In Messina alone, it is said, 16,000 men have
been added to the garrison. It would appear that France
is understood with Great Britain in the point at issue, for
it is stated that the French Charge d'Affaires at Naples
has pointed out to the King the irregularity of his pro-
ceedings, and the consequences which may result from a
rupture with so strong a naval power, whereupon his Ma-
jesty observed, " That there had been one Napoleon in the
world, and he saw no reason why another should not start up."
On Saturday last the following notification was pub-
lished by the Government of Malta :