The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-23 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDA s.—At three o'clock this after-
l'-aon, her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Duchess of
kent, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha,
in pony phaetons and pairs, and the Royal visitors and
suite, in carriages and on horseback, rode out into the
Great Park and Forest drives.
In the early part of the day the Duchess of Kent took
an airing in a pony phaeton, attemled by Lady Anne Ma-
ria DaY:son, Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness.
Lo',A George: Lennox and the Hon. William Cowper
took. their departure this morning from the Castle. With
tire exception of these gentlemen, the Royal dinner party
txt the Castle this evening will be composed of the same
company as yesterday.
The Rev. Dr. Keatc and the Rev. Mr. Digby had the
honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner on Sunday
evening at the Castle.

'or Majeety the Queen Dowager and her Serene High_
titss the riuchess Ida cf Saxe Wiemar took a drive to
ilighga•,e and Hampstead yesterday afternoon in an open
carriage and four. The Duchess of Gloucester visited
her Majesty and her Serene Highness yesterday at Marl.
borotgh House.
l'he Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta
Yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left his residence, Bowood
park, Wilts, yesterday on his return to town.
NDespatches from Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of
ee Scotia, and also from Sir J. Harvey, Governor of
O Brunswick, were received yesterday at the Colonial

R 1 LAND:

DUBLIN, APRIL 21.
Merarree or TILE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR JUS•
TICE 01; REPEAL.—A meeting of this Society was held
to-day in the Corn Exchange. 11. J. LOteghttan in the
Chair. Several new raetribees were admitted, ainengt
whom were three of Mr. O'Connell's grandsons. His
worihy heiraatalaw (to use the words of the Hon. and
Learned Gentleman) Daniel O'Connell, his brother John,
and Daniel O'Connell John.
Mr. O'CONNELL rose to speak at quarter past three
o'clock. Before he read the report of the Committee, lea
alluded to the building of a new bridge. He thought it
essentially necessary that such a bridge a'tould be built, if
the citizens had the means ; bet he considered it arrant
robbery to tax the city foe the purpose in its present dies
tressed condition. He wished to state that he had been in
correspondence and intercourse with the heads of the
Woods and Forests to endeavour to procure h f.rart for
the building, and he believed if they got a grant no one
would object to it. The way in which they were
circumstanced in this respect wet ono of the eftecta
of the Union. The Parliament gate 75,000 L
for the building of tire ll:mites Tunnel, but the
Iriii.nation had~ueljtifitt of getting a farthing directly
to ouild a badges the Legislature gave this large sum
cf 1119:1011 b etre instance to build a bridge rimier water,
'ant they mould not give anything to erect a bridge over it
Dublin. But there was a fend Which ought to belong
to Ireland, he .alluded ter the revenue of Woods and Fo-
rests of Ireland 'oVit of which the bridge should be erected
—the revene of the Government property in Ireland.`.
that revenue had been applied for meray years to orna-
menting Charing- Cross, and building that house in which
the " fine arts' were exhibited—the National Gallery.
Perhaps the agitation of the Repeal question might he a
spur to tin Ireland a little pecuniary justice.—( Hear,
bear.) The first report which he had to make was that
which related to the state of representatien for Ireland in
the united Parliament. Upon the face of their association
there wag en alternative proposed—" Justice or Repeal"
was the motto. It was said that lie held out the Repeal
question merely as a menace—and in that way a sus-
picion had gone abroad that they Were not real repeaters,
but that he used the Repeal in terrorein, and thus pre-
vented the ready accession to their numbers which
would felloW if it were generally believed that they were
in earnest. He was convinced that, before he left Dublin,
not a human being would diabelitive the sincerity of his
Repeal agitation.—(Chtiert.) He was thoroughly con-
vinced that there Was nothing else for Ireland but Repeal.
In allusion to the death of Mr. Drummond, the Hon, and
Learned Gentleman said, that if he was remarkable for
nothing else than for his
.attention to the dirties attached
to property, his memory should he revered by the people
—and upon his tomb should be inscribed- as his best
memorial bls own emphatic words, " Property
has its duties as well as its rights, (Loud cheer-
ing-. ) In reference to the absentee system, he
said that he was obliged to be an ebsentee, but
if they had a Local Parliament they would take care
that the duties attached to property should be as
strictly enforced as the rights of that property were main-
teined by the individual.e-(Heae, hear.) The Hon.
Gentleman then adverted to the first speech he made in
eublic, which avaa in opposition to the Union, and pro-
wised to read it for the next meeting, as every act of his
political career since would be found embodied in it.
He also recommended the propriety of preparing and
priming reports, in which the grievances of the people
of Ireland would be detailed, and a copy of them fur-
nished to every member of the Houses of Lords and
Commons. After contrasting the population of
.this
country with that of Portugal, Spain, Holland, Belgium,
end other countries which had legislatures, Mr. O'Con-
nell read a long and elaborate report which was adopted
and passed, and is to be printed. A copy is to be sent to
every member of Parliament.

The Learned Gentleman then read a document (of
which we subjoin an extract) stating the expediency of
collecting a Repeal Rent, also an address of the National
Association of Ireland to the people of Ireland, on the
subject of this Repeal Rent :
" The Committee to whom it was referred to take into
consideration the establishment of a REPEAL RENT,' and
the best mode of rendering the same effectual, have agreed
to the following report :
" Your Committee are unanimously of opinion that it
is essential to the success of the great movement which
has been commenced for the restoration of the DOMESTIC
LEGISLATURE or IRELAND, that a public fund should be
instituted without delay, in order to defray the necessary
and indeed inevitable expenses attendant on our proceedings.
" As these proceedings are in their nature legal and
constitutional, so the application of such fund should be
public in all the details of its collection and application.
" We, therefore, recommend the immediate establish-
ment of a National Fund, tole called

" THE REPEAL RENT."
The collection of this Rent is to be placed under the
management of a Finance Committee composed of 21
members of the National Association, who are to appoint
a Treasurer. The accounts are to be settled every three
months, and the books containing them to be open to the
inspection of the members of the Association. Every
subscriber to the amount of one shilling will be inserted as
a Repealer in the lists of the Repealer&
FUNERAL OF THE LATE Ma. DRUMMOND.—The remains
of Mr. Drummond were this morning (Tuesday) conveyed
from the Under-Secretary's Lodge in the Placenix. Park,
to their place of interment in the Cemetery of Mount
Jerome, in Harold's-cross. Nine o'clock was the hour
fixed for the starting of the sad procession, but for nearly
an hour before that time private carriages and vehicles of
every description were seen thronging towards the Park,
and an immense concourse of spectators were also in the
neighbourhood. It was arranged that the carriages con-
taining the chief mourners and a few of the most intimate
friends of the deceased, would accompany his remains from
his late residence, and all other carriages were to be drawn
up within the precincts of the Viceregal Lodge; the dis-
tance of the Under-Secretary's Lodge from this point
being about two hundred yards.
Breakfast was provided for the private friends of the de-
ceased, who appeared as principal mourners in this melan-
choly ceremony. The coffin which was used appeared to
be quite plain ; but, we understand, there was, first, a
mahogany coffin lined with white satin ; this was encased
within a leaden one, and a strong oak coffin, covered with
superfine black cloth, enveloped both. It had a large brass
plate, on which was inscribed—" Thomas Drummond,
Esq., died 15th April, aged 40 years."
At ten o'clock the coffin was placed in the hearse, when
the procession moved from the Under-Secretary's Lodge.
The train having passed from the Under- Secretary's
Lodge, turned to the left on the main road towards
town, when the immense train of carriages, which bad
formed within the park of the Vice-regal Lodge, fell
into the general procession. There were nearly two hun-
dred carriages.
When the head of the procession reached the gate of
the Cemetery, at Mount Jerome, the coffin was taken from
the hearse, the principal mourners taking their place, and
the pall being borne by the Lord Chancellor, the Master
of the Rollq, Judges Perrin and Ball, Baron Richards and
Major-General Sir J. Burgoyne. The Rev. Mark Perrin,
one of the Chaplains to his Excellency the Lord Lieute-
nant, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Peed, Chaplain of the Ce-
metery Church, performed the usual funeral service, in
which he read the 15th chap. Ist Corinthians in a feeling
and most impressive manner.
The church at this moment presented a most imposing
apnearat,ce—the coffin containing the remains of the la-
mented gentleman was laid upon the communion table, with
the large lid, or plume of black feathers, covering it. At
one side stood his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ire-
-1 end, dressed in a suit of plain black, and only distinguished
from the crowd of gentlemen about him by wearing a small
slyer star on his breast. On the opposite side stood Lord
M irpeth. These noblemen appeared to be deeply affected
at the loss which they had sustained ; indeed, there was a
pie ure of universal regret and sorrow on the brow of al-
t every individual present. At the conclusion of the
ser ice, the body was brought to that portion of the Ce-
me •ry set apart for its reception. It is a proof of the
est ern which was felt for Mr. Drummond by those per-
sou who had the pleasure of being in his office and under
his direc.ions, that a joint request was made by ten or
teelve gentlemen to be allowed to lower his remains into
the grave, and this sad ceremony was accordingly per-
formed. Shortly after one o'clock the tomb closed over
the remains of as good a man in private life, and as effi-
cient a public officer, as ever the world produced.—Dublin
Evening Post.
It is most grateful to our feelings, and it must be most
satisfactory to the people of Ireland, to find the universal
voice of the press, throughout the Empire, bearing testi-
mony of Mr. Drummond's single-heartedness and inte-
grity as a man, as well as his zeal and superlative ability as
a statesman.

CONNAUGHT.—The reformers of this province are up
and stirring, to oppose Lord Stanley's so-called Regis-
tration Bill. A requisition is in progress of signature
for a Provincial Meeting, to be held at Ballinasloe, on the
30th instant, which, we have no doubt, will be nume-
rously and respectably attended.—lbid.
We regret to announce the death, from fever, of Tho-
mas Forde, Esq., Chairman of Roscommon, which took
place this morning at his residence in Mountjoy-square.
—lbid.

GAMING AND DVELLING.—On the 17th inst., Mr. Bur-
goyne, a medical student, was brought up to Henry-street
police-effice, charged with being about to be concerned
in an affair of honour with a Mr. Brett Brady. The
difference that led dot only to the intended but also
to an actual bleach of the peace, it appears arose
out of the following circumstances :—On the even-
ing before, the parties drank, played cards, and quar-
relled at a public-house in Britain-street; one told the
other that he was cheating, the other told him that be lied ;
kicks, cuffs, and handy grips followed on both sides; the
combatants were separated, and a challenge to mole deadly
strife at half-past six the next morning, on the fatal " fif-
teen," followed. Those intermeddling busy-bodies the
police, however, getting wind of the matter, stepped in and
spoiled the affair by arresting Mr. 13urgoyne the same night
at his residence, 8, Percy-place. The other belligerent
escaped the favour intended for him at their hands, and still
keeps his corpus out of their clutches. The captured was
held to bail, himself in 2001., and two sureties—Surgeon
A uchinleck, and Counsellor James Doherty, in 100/. each,
that he should keep the peace.

The Duke of Devonshire, Earl and Countess
of Zetland, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, Duchess de Can-
nizzaro, Lord and Lady Clarina, Lady Jane Hamilton, Right
Hon. Edward Ellice, Hon. Colonel Dawson
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ELGIN COUNTY ELECTION.—.The writ for the
election of a Member of Parliament for the combined counties
of Elgin and Nairn, in the room of Colonel the Hon. F. W.
Grant of Grant, resigned, was received by the Sheriff on Tues-
da,' morning ; and Saturday the 25th curt. has been fixed for
prOcee,ling to the election at Forres. From the list of names
attached to the requisition, a majority of the electors have al•
ready come forward in support of Major Cumming Bruce. It
i is therefore more than probable that he will be elected without
any show of opposition.—Edinburgh Advertiser.