The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-17 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

PORTRAIT OF JOHN THOROGOOD.
This likeness is drawn from the life, and lithogriphed
by Mr. J. Taudevin. We cannot speak to its resem-
blance to the original, as we have never seen Mr. Tho-
rogood ; but as a work of art it is skilfully executed, and
shows us a countenance characterized by much energy
of expression.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, APRIL 15.
" NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
FOR FULL AND PROMPT JUSTICE, OR
REPEAL."

Pursuant to an advertisement published by Mr. O'Con-
nell in the Morning Papers of this day, a meeting was
held at the Corn Exchange, for the purpose of organizing
a new association under the above denomination. J,
O'NEILL, Esq., in the Chair.
Mr. O'CONNELL, on this occasion, as at the meeting on
, Tuesday, was the only speaker. The Hon..and Learned
I Gentleman was received with those enthusiastic demon-
strations of applause which his presence always commands
from his fellow-countrymen. After the cheering had sub-
sided, he said, " I rise with a deep sense of the are Irishul
im-
portance of the step I am about to propose to h
people to take, and a full knowledge of the difficulties by
which we are surrounded, and the obstacles we have
.o
contend with.—( Hear, hear.) 1 trust that MY heart eis
pure, and my judgment on the present occasion tt.nclo. d_ el;
and I declare, in the presence of that God who is topdg
me for an eternity of weal or woe, that I have no object iii
view but the love of my native land, and that I feel in the
deepest sense the moral responsibility I am about to met.
—we are about to enter upon a struggle that will termi-
nate only in having the most ample justice done to Ireland,
by placing her on an equality with the sister country, or in
the establishment of our Legislative independence.—( Long
and continued cheering)—The struggle commences now,
and will end only then.—( Hear, hear, and continued
cheers.) We commence under auspices that may afford
little prospect of ultimate success to some, but those who
know the character of the brave, moral, religious, and pa-
tient Irish people, cannot be of that opinion. I who have
watched, I may say, over the cradle of Ireland's liberty
until it grew too strong for further resistance, and who
have seen her people triumph over all difficulties, and who
know how easy it is to confine them within the strict
limits of the law, whilst in pursuit of their rights, can never
despair; but, on the contrary, I see cause of hope in that
which gives cause of despondence to othgrs.—(Loud
cheers.) We will no douot be laughed at and derided
on all sides, and sneered at by friends, who believe
everything impracticable, and opposed by those malig-
nant enemies who will be delighted to find an opportu-
nity of manifesting their hostility. But no matter ; we
' were derided and laughed at before by persons of this de.
scription, when we set about the accomplishment of that
great moral revolution vrh!ch won religious freedom for
ourselves and others. I know, too—indeed I feel it strongly
—that the step we are now,about to take will be hailed with
delight by the Orange faction. It is right to know
that we have those enemies and obstacles to encounter;
and the question is, is Ireland able to resist them, whatever
auxiliaries they may get from the other side ? As to any
allegation with regard to our own weakness, it is unfounded.
We are strong—we are more than a match for the enemies
of freedom in both countries; for we, too, will have
auxiliaries on the other side. And when my friends
around me here think for a single moment of difficulties,
let them only lock back to the commencement of the
glorious Catholic Association, which commenced with oulv
six or seven persons in a back room, who were then laughed
at, and called briefless barristers. I need not tell you of
toe power and glory which that mighty assembly after-
wards arrived at. You all know—you know that it was a
power too strong for the wily Peel and the victor of
Waterloo to resist, and that we won, in spite of them and
the same faction that is now opposed to us, civil liberty for
i.nF native land.—( Loud cheers.) We will be crowned
with success, and ere long have a Parliament in College-
green.—( Loud and long-continued cheers.) Am I asked
where is the necessity for taking this step ? My answer
is, we have no real union in England. Union does not
consist in declarations in Parliament, or in Acts of Par-
liament, or in the acts or dictates of lawyers, printed and
published by the King's printer. That does not constitute
an union. Union should bean equalization with England.
That was the union that Pitt held out to us, and Castle-
reagh and the Houses of Lords and Commons declared
should exist between the countries. The pledge given by
Pitt remained unredeemed for more than twenty years;
and but for the concentrated strength of Ireland we should
to this day have been without Catholic Emancipation.
The concession was not a sacrifice to principle or promises
made at the time of the union. We achieved Catholic
Emancipation by our own exertions, as we shall achieve a
repeal of the union.--(Loud cheers.) The last thing
left to us—the perpetuation of the right to vote, after
registerinss, to a period of eight years—is now about
to be taken from us.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Have
we obtained the same degree of religious liberty as
the people of England ? Have we obtained the same de-
gree of religious liberty as the people of Scotland ? No,
we have not. There the State revenues are given to the
Church of the majority, but in Ireland they arc given to
the Church of the minority.—( Hear.) I don't want those
revenues for my own Church—(Cheers)—l ask no such
thing. I look for other and different courses. I have
respect for vested interests, and I think they ought to be
respected. I would have the riches of the Church ap-
plied not to the Church of the majority, but to the susten-
Cation of the poor, and to provide for the progress of edu-
cation, and for other national purposes. We have not ob-
tained from Englund that religious equality which we
ought to get.—( Hear.) What chance have we of that
equality ? Oh, no chance but in obtaining of repeal.—
(Hear, and cheers.) This is the second point on which
we complain—(Hear, hear)—and thus it has been since
the passing of emancipation, and yet we have not obtained
justice ; they kept us for twenty-nine years looking for
emancipation, and then they keep from us that religious
equality to which we have a right.--( Hear.) And what
have others got in the mean time ?—( Hear, hear.) Much
has been done for England—much has been done for Scot-
land, but for Ireland nothing.—( Hear, hear.) And yet
it is to the Irish Members that they are indebted for all
the advantages they have obtained. We are told we have
a union—why, if we had a union we should have the same
measure of corporate reform as England and Scotland.
Ireland had more need of reform—here, in Ireland,
they plunder us and abuse us—they rob us and they
hate us—they calumniate and raise against us the
horrible shout of religious bigotry and exclusion.—( Hear. )
After a long and powerful speech, of which the fore-
going furnishes an outline, read the subjoined :

" PLAN OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
IRELAND.

" The Association to be named The National Asso
ciation of Ireland, for full and prompt Justice or Repeal.'
" The Association is to be formed on the following
basis :

1. alost dutiful and ever inviolate loyalty to our most '
gracious and ever beloved Sovereign Queen Victoria, and
her heirs and successors for ever.
" 2. The total disclaimer of, and in the total absence
:rem, all physical force, violence or breach of the law, or,
in short, any violation of the laws of man or the ordinances
of the eternal God, whose holy name be ever blessed.
" 3. The only means to be used are:those of peaceful,
legal, and constitutlonal combination of all classes, stets,
and persuasions of her Majesty's loyal subjects, and by the
power of public opinion concentrated upon most salutary
and always legal means and objects.
" 4. The basis of the Association to be principally found
in the perpetual exclusion of all sectarian differences anti
dissensions, and in the assertion of perfect equality in the
eye of the law for Christians of all professions, and in the
principle of perfect freedom of conscience, to the total ex-
elusion of the political ascendancy of any sect, party, or
persuasion whatever.
" Such are the principles, and such are the rules of prsc-
tice upon which the association is formed—we desire an in-
dissoluble: connection with the Crown and people of Great
Britain ; but we will no longer acquiesce in an in:erior
rank in the British Empire, or with rights and privileges
for the people of Ireland in any degree less efficient that,
those of any ether portion of the inhabitants of that empire.
" We demand that justice to Ireland which consists in
perfect equality of political rights, and of civil and reli-
gious liberty, with the people of England and Scotland.
" To achieve that justice, these four concessions are ab-
solutely necessary :
" 1. That inasmuch as the State Ecclesiastical Reve-
nues of England are not applied to the sustentation of the
Church of the minority of the English people, and as the
State Ecclesiastical Revenues of Scotland are not applied
to the sustentation of the Church of the minority of the
Scotch people—so the State Ecclesiastical Revenues of
Ireland shall not be applied to the susteutation of the
Church of the minority of the Irish people.:.

" Upon this subject we desire to be distinctly undei-
stood.

" Our object is not to maintain for the Church of the
majority of the Irish people the State Ecclesiastical Re-
venues—we are thoroughly convinced that such an ap-
propriation would injure and degrade the Church of that
majority.
" Let it be understood, we again repeat, that our ob-
ject in this respect is that such State Ecclesiastical Reve-
nues should (after respect being had to vested interests)
be applied in Ireland to the relief of the poor, to the ex-
tension of education--and for such other public charitable
purposes.
" 2. \Ve demand Reform of our corrupt and bigoted
Corporations, to the extent and in the mariner that the
Corporations have been reformed in England and Scot-
land ; we demand no more, and we will not accept of less,
in any one particular, as a satisfaction of our just claim tr.
equality.
" 3. \Ve demand an equality of electoral franchises
with England, where the tenures of lands are the same ar
in this country, and we demand this the more perempto-
rily,
in order that we may be the e
and Scotland,nabledtosi
better assist
the unrepresented, or slave class inEngland
to obtain for themselves, as well as for us, a considerable
extension of the franchise.

4. We demand and insist that the counties in Ireland
shall obtain an augmentation of representatives, upon the
same scale with the English counties.

c, 5. We demand and insist, that- Ireland shall obtain
an adequate number of representatives in the Commons
House of Parliament, so as to place her upon a just equa-
lity in this respect with the Parliament of England and
Scotland.
" Such is our definition of the words' Justice to Ireland.'
" We demand this justice, and wo demand it speedily.
It must be prompt—it must be full and satisfactory. Ire-
land is no longer to be trifled with, and cannot be deluded.
" If this justice be not rendered us, we then demand the
repeal—that is, the restonition of our domestic legislature
—in order that Ireland should be legislated for by I
roure
most gracious Sovereign, the undoubtcd monarch of
•
land, by the Irish House of Lords, and by the
the
representa-
tives of the real, and not fictitious representatives of
Irish people in the House of Commons of. Ireland.
" For the purpose of obtaining the justice we require,
a repeal, our Association is formed."
Right Hon. William
DEATH OF MR. GREGORY.—
Gregory, for many years Under Secretary SeerFeutallryofoyfeaSrstaatned ionf
Ireland, has paid the debt of nature.
honours, his grey hairs Nave descended to the grave._
Mail.
ME. DRUMMOND.—Tbe Pilot of Wednesday states that
at four o'clock on that day but little hope was entertained
M
of Mr. Drummond's recovery. Mortification, it is under_
gentlienmthane
stood, set in on Tuesday night. A correspondent of a
Contemporary writes—" I have beard, from a
just returned from the Under-Secretary's lodge

EVENING E 1 1`

M
• Phmnix Park, that Mrs Drummond has ct*.aeked to live. H '
has left a widow and three infant children.'
LORD STANLEY'S BILL—THE IRISH ilifEstagri.-7 it 15 g
_,,-
said to be the determination of several IrisigLib.era.‘ Iv'eln •
bers, in case Lord Stauley's wholesale clisfranchis 01614
Bill should become law, at once to retire from Partial. n,ut,,
Mr. H. Grattan, in a letter to his constituents, says— AZ
is right for me to state, that if such a Bill be carried,
,c'•
shall retire from Parliament, and shall request you to self
1
another representative.
REPEAL.— DOMESTIC LEGISLATION.—.Under this head, •
the Pilid, of Dublin, puts forth an article urging the ne-
cessity of Repeal. " Yes, the appropr;iate answer to the
English majority on Stanley's Bill is--. Repeal the Union."
• • • . There can be no mincing, we must repeal
the Union. Even should Stewley's OM be rejected, 1
justice is denied to us. As to capital, ''' When the Bank
of England, and England herself,
bles, and that a good harvest would restol
are soak to the centre,
we are told that a bad harvest is the eau, %e of their trou-
and capital of England. A nation such as Ireland, -c the currency
, abundant, and luxurio, is
re-
markable amongst the nations of the earth
Thereitute— issofor its pro-
lific fields and its rich,produc-
tions, must, therefoie be in full possession of cap. ..larb"
but miserable?
one
answer
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thenstary
carp
ceriwodeicsaollylest t ;
',se must have domestic Legi I • s atzon." r

.GI:.RIVIAN and BRUSSELS PAPERti.

HA50,,,.• APRIL 9.—An official notice was issued yes-
terdaydepartpublished at Leipsig, is prohibited in
department of the interior by which the
from tts.'
se who disregard this notice are to
Allgemeine
a.:)d the papers to be seized.
this kingdom, and the'
be fined five rix dolleVa
The police has offered a reward of 100 dollars, and
Senator Meyer 40 Louis-d'on for the discovery of the per-
son or persons who placed and exploded a petard before
his house in the night of the 6th inst. The Ki,sh, is said
to have sent an Atd-de-camp to M. Meyer to cal sress his
regret at this event, and to assure him of all possib i.e Pro-
tect ion.
HANOVER, APRIL 10.—His Majesty yesterday ga, we a
private audience to Lieutenant-General V. Mansoroff, •,vho
had the honour to deliver an autograph letter from bit /t
jesty the Emperor Nicholas, congratulating the King on'
the celebration of the 50th anniversary of his military
service.
GoTTINGEN, APRIL 7.—Yesterday was the day fixed
for the election of a Deputy to the Second Chamber of
the Estates, in the room of Mr. Wachsmuth, who resigned,
after sitting only a week. A considerable majority (23) '
chose Dr. Wagner, who, it is hoped, will accept the office.
—Hamburg Paper, April 14.
It seems that the King has succeeded in overcoming the
repugnance of the Hun, M. Devaux, and that he has tut-
derteken the formation of a Cabinet. He has had to-day
a conference wii.ll the Senator Damon Demortier, who it
appears.wili consent to accept a portlfeuille.
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg and his son arrived
here yesterday.
A letter fi:om Durant, of the 12th instant, says yesterday '
M. D'Huart had an audience of his Majesty. After a
pretty long conference the Hon. Representative declared
to his Majesty that his, precarious state of health hindered
him from joining the future Ministry. This refuge' to
accept office will prolong, for some days, the Mini;terial
interregnum, which is so injurious to the interests of the
country. It is said that several States of the German
Confederation intend, after the example of Bavaria, to
give orders for cannon for the boundary at Lite.g
ITALIAN FRONTIER, APRIL 6.—lt is remarkable how
often acts of legislation or administration emanate from the
Austrian Government which, in other countriee,would fill all
the newspapers, and would gain for the Government abursdant
p pularity if it wanted it, but pass over without creating
any extraordinary sensation. After the persons condemned
for political offences were so far pardoned in 1835, tlmet if
they chose they might be released from prison, and • con-
veyed to America, the remainder who were still in pr ison
were, on the Coronation at Milan in 1838, released, and
those fugitives who were in foreign coantvies allowed to
return.
A few weeks ago, as I learn from an authet.'tle some,
the Emperor, of his own free will, not only pardoned
those who were condemned in contumaciarn, but also per-
mitted those who were transported to America in (1835 to
return home.
Equally Pleasing and truly affecting as this act of cle-
mency itself, is the a holly unostentatous manner in w N3,P11
it has been performed.
No letters patent announced it—no public notice of any
kind was given of it ; but the competent authorities were
simply informed of the Imperial resolution, and the indi-
viduals themselves acquainted through the Imperial Am-
bassador of an act of clemency which they scarcely hoped
fur, and had not ventured to a•lr for.
Count Gonfalonieri has already returned to Milan.
tAN kUNDS—.lSautmEt.o, Aram 15.
ecru Delst, 2!.i per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C..nt 1 2
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent.
--- 3 per Cent. " 741(
Loan of City, IS3:1, 4 per Cent.
Secietyor Commerce, 45,; per Cent
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent B3
National Society .
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, April 15.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, APRIL It.
Bills. Money,
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares
An, Russian Loan lt 8;4 li*,;‘
Russian S per Cent. Ist series, Cortiticate
Inscription, Ist Series —
RuStion S per Cent. Hops and Co. lid and 4th
9) Sig
Ditto in Certificates
Dutch Actual Debt, 254 pe Cent. slli,
Ditto per Cent OS -
Polish BOlllt4 -
New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ;5 '74%,
Norwegian Loan, teas, 4 per Cent...
Spanish. New 3 per Cents. 21%
EXCHANGES LONDON.
HAmariao, APRIL 14.-13. .534—Two months, 13 4.
STOCKHOLM, Amin, 7.—Seventy-five days, 12 2,
C3RISTIANIA, APan. :Z.—Three months, 4 I@6.
Two i
PETERSBURG', APRIL 4. months,
SBp-nce
BERLIN, APRIL I —Three 111011IIIS, 6. 1914
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIIiNNA, APRIL
live per Cents. Meta/liques: llO -
Four per Cents
Three per Cents. ....... ..„ ......
Bank Shares ............ .. .... ... : :£Ol
Stung April ......

EXECUTION OF THE CORNISH

MURDERERS.

(PROS! OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Bodmin, Tuesday, April 14.
The execution of William and James Lightfoot, for the
murder of Mr. Nevell Norway, near Wadebri'ge, on the
Bth of February last, took place yesterday, at twelve
o'clock, in front of the county gaol. There was one of
the largest assemblages of people that VCRS ever seen con-
gregated in this county. The numbers were variously esti-
mated, but in no instance below 20,000, and the greatest
order and quiet were preserved.
With:n the last few days of their existence the prison-
ers made confession to the Chaplain. William admitted
that lie snapped the pistol twice at Mr. Norway, and on
finding that it missed fire his brother struck the unfortu-
nate deceased the first blow, lie followed up the blow
v.ith the butt end of the pistol, and afiet wards assisted in
dragging the body across the road into the stream.

FRENCH NAVAL PREPARATiONS.

A correspondent at Cherbourg gives the following de-
tails of the launch of the Friedland, on the 4th instant,
which we have already mentioned :
" At eight in the morning, the Cure of Cherbourg per-
tOrmed the ceremony of baptizing the ship, and with the
rest of the clergy of the town walked in procession round
her. Booths were erected on each side for the accommo-
dation of the ladies, who came in great numbers from all
parts to view this imposing sight, and all of whom were
in their best attire. The Maritime Prefect was present,
with the whole of his staff; and assisted in the operations,
which were ably conducted by M. Besuehet, the Marine-
engineer, under the order of M. Lefc•bvre, Director-ge-
neral of ship-building. Not even when the King came to
Cherbour' in 1838 was there such an immense influx of
visitors. Upwards of 20,000 people surrounded the outer
port. Four steamers arrived early in the morning from
Havre, filled with passengers, many of whom came from
Paris. Tee spectacle is described as having been very
majestic. The following are the dimensions of this ves-
sel, the largest in the French navy :--Length from stem
to stern, 67.3 metres ; depth of hold, 13.615 metres;
breadth of beam, 13,46 metres; entire length of mainmast,
81.19 metres; of the foremast, 74.79 metres; of the
mizenmast, 37.37 metres ; and of the bowsprit, 59.73
carry metre, makes
lung
nnd aga
total3o
r
metres. She contains 38,000 cubic metres of timber,
which, at 90 kilogrammes thsehecubwie
30
of 342,000 kilogrammes.
pounders, 30 short 30-pounders, four 80-pound shell-guns,
thirty-tour 30-pound shell-guns, sixteen
robaCles, and four thirty-pound howitzers. Her magazine
will be stored with 8,t60 balls of 30 pounds each, and 32,800
kilogrammes of gunpowder. She will have six cables of 37
eentimetreseircumference, and 10 anchors weighing together
34,000 kilogrammes. The aggregate weight of her rig-
ging and ropes will be 124,000 kilogrammes. In her
construction there are 67,000 kilogrammes of iron, and
28,000 kilogrammes of copper. For her sheathing there
will be required 2;325 sheets, weighing 15,412 kilo-
grammes, and in nails 2,40 kilogrammes. For her
ballast she will require 700 tons of iron in pigs. When
completely manned, stored, and provisioned for war, she
will have an actual burthen of 5,200 tons of 1,000 kilo-
grammes each. Her complement when upon tliewa
officers war
establishment will be 1,087 men, peaceandonthe es-
tablishment 851 mere, including 21 and 13 naval
pupils.
al Yacht Club were at Cher-
Two vessels of the
wthaes
owner, Lord
They were
Lord Dysart, on
Margaretlawi;:dhy of Mr. Delme. The for-
tbhoeu r I•4cline rGi
Glendower,
Friedland
board ; and the St.
with 13 guns, and the batteries re-
luted the port
MCI" SA
turned the salute.
The je pp of 100 guns was launched at L'Orient
the 2d
inst., the slightest accident, in theon
ce a an immense concourse of spectators.
prcsen

RESIGNATION OF AN r...XECUTIONER.—The
public executioner of Carcassonne has given in his resignation,
in order that he may not have to perform the last office of the
law upon four men, who have been recently condemned to
death. It. appears that the public executioner had almost for-
gotten the duties of his post, as there had not been a condemna-
tion to death by the Court of Assize for tourtevn years_
French Print.

HAIt K AWAY.—At Gloucester assizes much in-
terest prevailed in the expectation that an action by Air. Fer-
guson, owner of the celebrated Harkaway, against the Steward
of the Cheltenham Races, last year, to recover the amount of
the stakes in the Tradesmen's Cup (of which Harkaway was
the winner) would come on for trial, and many of the sporting
gentlemen of Cheltenham end its vicinity were in attendance to
Five evidence as to the liability or non-liability of the Steward.
rite action, -however, was compromised, the Turf Club of
Cheltenham undertaking to reimburse the Steward upon his
paying over the amount claimed by Alr. Ferguson.
011 irs
A merting was held in Enniscorthj
day, to petition "against any alteration inthe Corn-laws
detri-
mentalsmons, hdetolraitg taken
interests,
chair."theHigh Sheriff, Sir Thomas
t