The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
About four o'clock this morning a fire broko out on COO
printing premises of Mr. Folds. A considerable. portion
of property, consisting of printing materials, paper, booth
&c., were saved. The fire, it is supposed, commenced 00
the first floor, and front the inflammable nature of ever/
thing lying about, soon raged with such destructive full
that the types were speedily melted, and came pe arid
through the building, to the imminent danger of thr,se wb°
were trying to save the property. The amount. of pro'
perty destroyed is estimated at upwards of 5,04204
The Dublin Evening Post this evening dean :ea a log'
portion of its apace to the registry proceeding?, now takii4
place in the various parts of the country. Tt contest'
continue to be fought with all the energy of idisputed
election ; and the Tory landlords aro everywhere banding'
themselves in a league against the franchise, Lord.
Listowel has sent the subjoined letter to the Cork Regis'
tration Society. The Post says that it is an example to
the Whig gentry, of the practical manner in which the/
ought to co-operate with the people against the coremeo
enemy :

" Convamore, Dec. 26,. 1840.
" Sir.-... 1 beg leave to enclose a check for as 011
subscription to the Reform Registry Associatioet of this
county. The slightest apprehension that this mita
might be the scene of such a disaster as has lately oe"
curred in Carlow, ought to rouse every Liberal too
within its limits, and I trust that the resolutions which you •
have circulated will be zealously responded to.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
R. V. Roche, Esq. " LIST(). E L."
The proiect of establishing railroads in Iceland, on the
principles set forth in the able Report of the Commi ssionell appointed by Government, is once more to be urg.ed twee
the consideration of the executive and the Leg...stature,
during the approaching Session. A requisition for A meet-
ing
of the citizens of Dublin upon the subject, addreosed to
the Lord Mayor, has already received the signatures of
considerable number set the landed proprietors of all parties,
including the Duke of Leinster, the 1,1 of Charlemosst.
and the Earl of Glengall. This meeting
.;11 take. plea
about the 20th instant ; and arrangements are in vrogr es.
for convening several town and county meetings', for the
promotion of this great national object. In conuectioa
with the establishment of a grand trunk railway, ie accord-
ance with the Report of the Commissioners, it him con.
templation to urge the adoption of the best and most 'erapid.
line of railway communication, on the English sig
order to
London and shorDublin.ten as much as possible the journey b. tt,een
AGGREGATE MEETING OF REFORMERS.
The friends of peace and good government in I :elanl.°4::
the Reformers of every shade, are cordially unitir ,g to re 4.‘'
der the meeting on the 15th a demonstration 'suitable
the crisis—a demonstration which must prove to Sir Wl'
bert Peel—if it fail to convince Lord Stanl.ey that Of
Irish people, headed and supported by the L'..berai Islobt"
lily and Gentry, are determined to resists
which the Constitution permits, the attempt every 'slow'
to transf the
franchise from the constituency formed under the 'lris,'
Reform Act to the Orange oligarchy., That meeti fig !9
convened not alone to resist inroads 'upon our stinted
vileges, but to demand a perfect equality of rights With
Englacd and Scotland.
The requisition, wo are Irapyy to announce, al ready
numbers upwards of twenty Peers, and three hu ndratg
Deputy- Lieutenants and Magistrates of Counties. An lore Vg
the names received since our last, are the Earl of F irra ;
Lords Cremorne, Lisrnore, Strafford, Acheson, Ft fun h;
Count de Solis, the Lord Bishop of Tuam ; tb a Ril
Rev. Dr. Higgins Catholic Bishop of Ardagi.,,; Rig bg
Rev. Dr. Redly, Higgins,
Bishop of Leighlin v ger, s;
Sir James Crofton, Bart. ; Sir John Burke, art,sir
David Roche, Bart. ; Mr. Thomas Fo,-tese'.(e, M. PI for
Louth ; Mr. H. M. Tuite, of Senna, Mr. U. R.. Ross.. 'S"
Benjamin Morris., &c. &z.—Dublin Eveuing Cost.

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ERRATUM —ln the Address of Mr. Aclan d to
t:e electors of Walsall, which appeared in The Sz, yt on
the 3d inst., fcr e‘ to appease and satisfy," read, " w assure," &c.

B ANK ROBBERY.—John Haslock, the de tic in
Messrs. Whitworth's bank in this town (Northam' ,toa
who, after robbing his employers of 800 sovereigns, tea de
his escape on Monday night, appears to have laid his pl. 13,°
3
b-forehand for his reception in the metropolis, a Ad Si .
expatriation. It has since the robbery come to 1.
sa
on Sunday Haslock went to town by the railway an'
returns
the same day ; on Monday evening the thief ar
',
his bra
ther obtained clothes and other articles they had ordered'from the tailors, &c., and got a supper of d anks and wiro
on credit before they lent the town • tilt then walked
topd/73,
.they to the station, and went to LOD.ight th.
aft by the nighf;
train. Since then no tidings hare beers) beard of them., A
Northampton Herald,