The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-28 00:00:00

IRELAND.

This TRADES' UNION.—On Friday evening there was
a numerous meeting of this body, at the Adelphi Theatre,
preparatory to the aggregate meeting of the province of
Leinstcr.
In allusion to this meeting, the Register says, Mr.
O'Connell never was seen in a happier mood, and the un-
bounded enthusiasm with which every mention of " Re-
peal" was received by the vast assemblage proved beyond
a d ,übt that the heart of the people is in the cause.
MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LATE MR. DRUM-
MOND —On Friday there was a most respectable meeting
at Merrison'A Hotel, for the purpose of recording, by a
public monument, the public sense of Ireland with regard
to the moral worth of the late Mr. Drummond, and to ex-
press the deep sorrow which is felt for his loss.
COLONEL CREIGHTON.—We learn from Fermanagh that
the rumoured selection of Colonel Creighton for the Lord
Lieutenancy is very unpopular in that county. He is one
of the farm clearing gentry, and it is said that the people
would prefer one of the most confirmed Tories in the entire
province.
The Under- Secretaryship is yet undisposed of. The
rumour generally is, that it is to be conferred on Mr.
Alexander Mac Donnell—a man, certainly, of high cha-
racter, talents and experience ; and, what is by no moans
unimportant, an Irishman.—Register.
DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS MACDONNELL —We regret
to announce the death of Sir Francis Macdonnell, which
took place last Friday night. He was an excellent and
kind-hearted gentleman, anxious for the welfare of Ire-
land. —D üblin Evening Post.
ORANGE ANTI-EDUCATION SoeteTY.—Yes—Orange
Anti-Education Society ; this is the designation which
best describes the society recently excluded from the Exa-
mination Hall of the University by the Provost of Trinity
College. The speeches prove that the society is bottomed
upon principles the most intolerant—that resistance to the
National Board of Education is the leading motive of its
establishment—and that whilst the education of Roman
Catholics is put forward as a primary object, the most in-
sulting abuse of their religion afforded the most popular
topic for the lay and clerical orators who figured at the Ro-
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The Earl of Kinnoull is much better. The
answer to inquiries, on Sunday, at Hampden House was that
his Lordship was out of danger.

MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF

SUSSEX.

In the possession of the opinion of one of such emi-
nence as Dr. Lushington, and taking likewise into ac-
count the convincing arguments and the clear demon-
stration in favour of my rights, which occur in the
writings of my talented friend and acute advocate,
Sir John Dillon, I felt secure that. it was not the Royal
Marriage Act which could invalidate the union of my
parents at Rome, nor was it the sentence of the Court
of Arches which could bar my inheritance from a
father who was not a party to the suit.
If I had cause to feel (as I most assuredly did feel)

that my status was no longer questionable as to Great
Britain, my prospect as to Ireland was not less cheering.
When the high reputation which Mr. O'Connell
has earned for himself by his knowledge of the laws of
his own country is considered, and when the clear, ner-
vous, and unequivocal terms in which his opinion is set
forth, is borne in mind, I think that it must be admitted
by all persons of candour, and by those whose judgment
is not clogged with prejudice, that I am authorized to
consider myself, as I most decidedly do, an undoubted
Prince of Ireland.

Having proceeded thus far in my investigation into
my status, and having satisfied my own mind as to my
position in Great Britain and in Ireland, there remained
yet for me to ascertain what my rights were in regard
to Hanover.

this end, before I left England in June, 1833, I

drew up myself the following case, for the purpose of
submitting it for the consideration and for the opinions
of the most celebrated and eminent jurisconsults of
Germany :
CASE FOR HANOVER.
Duke Augustus Frederick,* of Hanover, the sixth
son of the Elector George, was born on the 27th of
January, 1773 ; he was educated at Gottingen, and
was brought up in the doctrines of the English Church.
Being upon his travels, towards the close of the year
1792, Duke Augustus, at Rome, became acquainted
with the Right Honourable Lady Augusta Murray.
1 shall here give a statement of the family of my
honoured mother.
The Lady Augusta was the second daughter of John
Earl of Dunmore, of the ducal house of Athol!, whase
grandfather was (in male descent) the grandson of the
reigning Sovereign of the island of Man ; consequently,
according to the customs of Germany, where the
younger branch continues to enjoy the same titles as the
elder line, Lady Augusta cannot be viewed otherwise
than as in a station equivalent with that of a Princess
of the Empire.
The Lady Augusta derived her descent three times
from the very same common ancestors with Duke Aar-
gustus, namely, from two crowned heads, and from a
family now become kingly.
The common ancestors to both were James the, Se-
cond, King of Scotland, Henry the Seventh, King of
England, and Prince William of Orange, the ancestor
of the present King of Holland.
See Genealogical Table.
It is here to be observed that in Scotland and in
England Earls are Princes, and are styled by the King
Cousins, in Latin Consanguinei.
Gwillim, in his Display of Heraldry, says (page
460), " The title of Earl is very ancient, the dignity
very honourable, their ca:ling being, in sign of their
greatness, adorned with the lustre of a coronet, and
themselves ennobled with the style of Princes."
If it were asked why Earls are styled cousins of the
Scottish and English Kings (and surely there must
have been some weighty reasons for it) my reply would
be, taking into consideration the marriages of the for-
mer Kings, that it must have been given to them to
signify that it was contemplated that Royal Consorts
should be taken from amongst their daughters : cousins
are assuredly the most equal in birth who by the Divine
laws are permitted to intermarry.
I now proceed to narrate the consequence of the
acquaintance between Duke Augustus and the Lady
Augusta, in the words of the Prince himself.
The extract is from Document E, being part of a
letter from his Electoral Highness to the celebrated
lawyer, the Hon. Thomas Erskine, afterwards Lord
Chancellor of Great Britain.
" A detail of the circumstances which relate to me
and my wife will put you in a better way of judging
the affair :
" In the month of December, being on my travels, I
got acquainted at Rome with Lady Dunmore and her
two daughters. * * * * The well-known accom-
plishments of my wife (then Lady Augusta Murray)
caught my peculiar attention.
After four months' intimacy, by which I got
more particularly acquainted with all her endearing
qualities, I offered her my hand—unknown to her
family—being certain beforehand of the objections Lady
Dunmore would have made to me, had she been in-
formed of my intentions. The candour and generosity
my wife showed on this occasion, by refusing the pro-
posal, and showing me the personal disadvantages I
should draw on myself, instead of checking my endea-
vours, served only to add new fuel to a passion which
already no earthly power could evermore have extin-
guished.
" At length, after having convinced Augusta of the
impossibility of my living without her, I found an
English clergyman, and we were privately married at
Rome, in the month of April, 1793, according to the
rites of the English Church.
After having lived with Augusta some months,
though privately, I was recalled to England, when, for
fear of any difficulty being made as to the legality of
my child's birth, I caused myself to be a married a
second time."
By the foregoing it is seen that Duke Augustus and
the Lady Augusta were married twice, first at Rome,
and secondly in England.
It will be well to give here the copy of Document
A, it is the espousals of the parents of Augustus of
Este.