The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-21 00:00:00

YENIN EDIT lON

VerRN-LAMS AND COMMERCIAL
'.llO REFORM.
?Via. uNsLnw.—Mr. Sidney Smith lectured at Hounslow on
iiit"'Y ening upon the influencei of the existing Corn-laws.
;er the lecture, a resolution was passed attestative of the de-
,ght and satisfaction felt by the announcement that G. Byng,
had declared himself favourable to the commercial mea-
-7.e ree of her Majesty's Ministers. 'I he meetin..T broke up with
nsors for the lecturer, Mr. Byng, and the Ministers.
petition rural population are forming societies to
.1()n against Corn-laws. Troops of rustics with flags at:
corntowards Crowborough-common with banners, " _
•bill,"
doors. " Cheap Bread," &c., to a large meeting out, of
la W
A L ES• —ANI • Corm- L AWMEETINGS.—An Anti- Corrn-
:iw meeting was held on Monday last in the open air, at Bch
:‘,7rchrug. or. and another, on Tuesday afternioov,n.,i_oat
o_, About three thousand people attende‘, unui,
uziy condemned the bread-tax.
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.E uT----v:N- MO VE:dENTS.
A v\ OF oNno
CIIT - L
or TWAY
brieral raeetfg
--tr.--ParosußE
q the Committee fet promoting the return
TRICKERY.-
of :t 67.1",iber0l 'cadidates for the reftesentation in Parliament
I ,`-'?t:i of London, was lati.on Friday evening, at the
th4e' ttuall Tavern, Guildhaltl, Mr. Travers in the chair. From
the TIA'3.I speeches delietred it appeared that the canvass of
at ; t'lectors for the Liberal interest were of the most favour-
, ge description, and that even in the Tory districts there were
ti'l...derable excited the for their cause. But that which
that
excited the feelings of the meeting, was a statement
tr' notices were being sedulously served by the Tories on the
eel.raisinhabitants, who had already pledged to vote for the
exer_
tions, ho;so 'as to gain them over by treachery. T
wEsT. r,.er, will meet with no second-rate yo.tinterb, last,
field _ ' 41NsrEa.—Within an hour after the Tories took the
°Peratin Friday week the Liberals quietly commenced their
in sii km- We have it from the best informed quarters that
cue,. Probability the present Hon. Members will walk over the
At.
- - • !ItnOvesEx.—The requisition to Lord Ddward Russell, in-
i.,llTig hire to start for the county, isaspitles the electors with the
11:tthat they will yet be represented hy two good Reformeersa.
lie 11
1 Cldciasite:
foferarTeadlis. litoozer, that Lord E. Russell has betcaormt
for
and will therefore decline to s.
request x• In that case the requisitionists have determined to
less the Marquis a Tavistock to come forward. Doubt-
ro ever)! Liberal in the county would cheerfully rally
ond the ct d
stock. ,r.i: a" ar4 of Byng and Russell, or Byng and Tavi-
a eu,e_ine following resolutions were passed unanirnously. at
"1-' Th"s•ineeting of the Brentford Reform Association :
two
two , „ at, in the opinion of this meeting, it is desirable thatf
kir !ral candidates should he proposed for the count y o
t se, s,,x• 2. That as it is the opinion of this meeting that,
The.; fit,n!' Liberal candidate would be returned for this county,
liot;!,-dnk it desirable that no time should be lost in an-
tleeeetZig such candidate to the public." Several new members
"exeriol enrolled, and the meeting pledged itsed to use every
his re -turn. 4 tO Procure a second Liberal candidate, and to secure

(FRoSI A CORRESPONDENT.)
ttlrte,l for Harley, Lord Oxford's son, has
Iltiner,', r this county in the Whig interest.' The Tories are
olared' IS, Sir John 'Walsh their candidate is. excessively. un-
an(' nothinz but coercing and intimidating the Fifty
11;ntrinIPest:vsinitillers can secure his re-elec.tion. A section of tbe
lanoite with the Whigs to give Sir .John a lift back
db .•
118Toc, (rnom A CORRESPONDENT.)
,P°a'r--The two Liberal candidates (Cobden and
'arc: 11;'and) have addressed the electors, and their return isa
ckedidatairstove, the Tory-Chartist, has announced himself as
Vridav e 420, and is feted by the Stockport Tories. On
the ,3t, Mr. Easby addressed an immense assemblage, and
n
vet toState, not
which prevailed was tremendous, and, we rt.-
naccompanied with personal violence. It
der at P:airstow s scheme is only t.o go to the bus-
Libel, sver hanself of a speech in villification of the
^eluse 4.4ndidates, and thereby attempt to damage. the good
Ztasby tee-tade. In this he will be partly foiled, as Mr.
nildata: Inshlicly announced that he will offer himself
eluisy'o also, with the distinct understanding that b (
'rtiv motive and intention is not to poll a vote,. but
,rty.i %Ito di9aect the Tory Chartist fallacies from the hustings,
ary b Ikgiya an antidote to the nostrums of these receivers of
rsitri"es•
AN We wish him God speed.
TI-TORT ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.—On
Lis4, more respectable and influential meeting was held
'fPre„.°!.e, at the parochial Catholic Church, for the purpose
I,' her-4'g an addressoh Majest , praying her not to call
heral "hnils therheasla Toities,rtrhe avowedY enemies of every Li-
e%te very e, and more particularly the enemies of Ireland.
eet Iva-5 Z. Pr. Fogarty presided, when an Address to that
anitnously adopted, and also a vote of en.tire confi-
PresT'esePt the present Administration, and a determination
4" state° s4PPort the present Ministry, and their enlightened
Aveta.bi alba.nlike Policy. The Address, numerously and res-
ilteell, jtilitgonhced; was for; arded to Viscount Melbourne, to be
Majesty.—Dublin Evening Post.

„„„_DESTRIICTIVE FIRE. .
t°t 4 I'll minutes past three o'clock this morning, the 'abe-
!' Illtaii;llaze-pond,near Guy's Hospital, were a.roused by
1-e ham, 'AR out of a most extensive and and calamitousßfiryteart
kkl II” •°f llazeiond, in the premises of Messrs.. illi
14enutrrls, extensive oil-merchants, and which join d the
eabizet 8 °T Messra. Fishers leather-factors, and Mr. Jaeckson.,
441 prqstn •
eratker, all of which' have. been levelled to the ground.
:ti!tecite,e,r,i3i7s,teiodotosheamount, it is stated, of at least 60,0001.
throwing menabotutrti7uOte out of employment.
b d solely to the want of
,e4tor; uvwl'ar(ls sosf is to
obuer
h attributed solely to the want of
tKtliWln, °an hour elapsed, and from eight
ttouteer.i
ces'''here present before a single drop could be obtained.
hip
;tentio'n—Ast4hie fli,ghwood, No. 102, wasthet'st‘e
o a
deep
N4llar•-•,mrawn to a thick black smoke, intermixed with.
d. liTflame rising up at the rear of the houses in
ttleazine:
't,hita.,t'e instantly sprang his rattle, and knocked
Ztilrlie otsh.erSeveral police.constables came to his auspsistance,
ti 'al then started for the engines • but before their.
tlternabi tire raged with uncontrolled fury. The in-
;TN], „,,e tiature of the property, consisting othfooil and oil
!_,?ierlt''. 4,!,5' accelerating the spreading of devouring
t..4,llserpebt,s
pro.reretytantihes. after demolishing A essra
.Billiter's and
1):, ', the ~ , in took a south-s.vesterly direction, and
4es at ~."'ober yard of the factories. and the hop ware-
, liari. ,nessrs. Nokes which are opposite to where the fire
Q'til MI. 4t this juncturi e watertiwu obtained, and the fire in
Pess ''. se place,
h.q lift%,the devouringsv at
eolentuceenetx gasuished. During the pro-
several very narrow escapes.
of*letiiiiatote.lYkartere'tbeioute the Chandos-street men were im-
ree
r wall of Messrs. Fisher's house,
t,sstaillyiltoallosudden a tremendous crack was heard, which was in-
tli,e, /,/ well by the falling of the rail ere they had time to
c'tar4lld b. tt,t the slightest information as to the cause of then andfit e
• oen;,°Dtaine(l.° troth premises are insured in. the Su
l_t"eit olf '4'e-offices The arched vaults, in which is an immense
'''sides h'Pero, •ar e pposed to have escaped the fire.
Le
above tl'iereearesuiliout ten houses damaged.
e........................e...-,......... rhat
Iv ti 0
'i, Lt;SAL E IN TIM II) AT I ON.
I*.e'"t' a time of considerable excitement lilzethe
tlnio4rit, there should be many instances of influence,
enkpio,lllg Pretty part of
nearly to intimidation, on the
Nretjteders towards their servants,. is perhaps more to be
t'irlP,' on !Ilan wondered at ; and that, in the struggles
le:/tIrinedt_ill tills town, such instances have not e
oil'eve' "'" allY "e party, wo are quite prepare,d to be-
otClen naturally sot' a harsh and desotic cnaracter,
ext• ers- labouring- under an. excitement. so strong as
tt . -01-1,,:_,
~,,lioe fi,',‘ll their sense of justice, are unfortunately
Tliti found on all sides ; and such men, whatever their
t-eltlc4l3l)4li"s m• 1 'll occasionally try to forcy
01%1,0.1,
leasers ;but it is somet in ,
tlliars,t,-..oarit
t, toafinde'ea'AVni.didates hse.nrdinligewr''oninnd.thiris-,
IN ° eMployers, and requesting them, in mantis eatillailzi'ded language certainly, but in language which
..
Ileulbti I e Inista,ken, to ceerce their servants and cro
'el lithos-aralts e have now before us a litithographed.ci -
'ettir-"graohed • C t mistaken, from the
b, writit
~‘,- , 1. we are no.
,„ bo,l-1 gi, °I blr George Murray himself, and signed
te. r.a :____ "'e candidates,—couched in the following
tl.— -r. , •
um. ' It has be
,Manchester, June 14, 1841.
, attent; been repea.edly and strongly pressed upoii
.'ttive 'Oll by the executive Committee of the Conser-
'las •il Pa/13', that there is one element of success which
i, the°tlritt.heen s 9 fully employed as it might be,—that
4tttiori
.g ituate influence which attaches to property,
dash tt,"111(1 character in society. The number .ot Iran i
444,"sest3ing such influence in Manchester is very
(*l‘?„,ii and the preponderance of it is believed to be des:
t4lne(? ,°,ll the Conversative side ; but it is much qume e
ectirit l'ntther it has yet been exercised with the
‘sat _
11%1 {);',, uttergY, and perseverance, which has charae e
The insllse by the opposite party.
tv„,,e_ portance in the existing crisis,
ditilen'ti,ee to the relief of the country from its present
as well with
'141'4, "es, as with reference to its future and permanent
l?ars'e, does not seem to admit of any doubt. It ap-
Dr"trnegtially clear that a favourable opportunity ilomve,
those 3 itself for recalling the minds of the people from loner unsettled views and excited feelings which have too
imiZ:nxereised dominion over them ; and to substitute the
that "hi of moderate, reflecting, and impartial
4M itt,14,141 the state of the world has enabled men, for
tie liee. 11-I)(l'ate partizans to aciiiire.
1, IL(' these considerations appear worthy of atten-
glent,r'ntlit us to request your valuable _ support to
tl-1,4e end the active exercise of your influen,c i
!'311t3 whi. InaY be likely to show deference to you
eo_pei:
'erf—Th'e have th himour to be, Sir, your most b
4.:14 faithful huemble servants,
1,4411 GEORGE MURRAY,
WILLIAM ENTWISIiE.
it, 4(licer the parties to whom the ungrammatical
1, epistle
nbt esel, nor those who read it in our colu.mi ..,,,,ss_ilel
`Nitii P-3. moment what is meant by employing 11
431(1,7,4114e influence which attaches to property, station,.n-
the!lt'll oftt.r,aeter in society." It is obvious, that the iiite
for
of the
writers (who seem to have as little regard
te th,7 relation of masters to their servants, as of verbs
_
k 411,17 nominative cases) is to induce employers, and
theirgl:trties possessing influence, to coerce and com
lieti,jl-Ints and dependants to vote against the con- Pert :1 nf their own consciences and to give their sup
C/4eater ce,,oidates t• 3 whom they are opposed.—Mun-
ardtan.

• - - RAILWAYS. 11,0Nzt (From the Railway Magazine.)
Gazette
that :4. °N AND BRIGHTON.—The Brighton says
iltir,h nn BRlGHTON.—TheWednesday the first trip
fr();Z itlir end of the line to Clayton tunnel, six i
was made. on the
`pith rlghtf.m. A train of seven carriages, decorated
the 114{.., conveyed about 170 persons up the line, for
,f,
tI)1111!1)ose of viewing the ceremony of keying the arch
terft, last length of the was
Patcham tunnel, which _ nbetitrrll('d ii 3• Mr. Strathare, the resident engineer. _ In
the a fortiiiit,Pht Clayton tunnel will be ready to admit
itels'age or trains, which will then be able to run
itho In a distance of ten miles from Brighton. Only
elifiat three miles of the road swill then remain unfinished
its e-t:IA.a Portion of the line is in so forward a state, that
t;,). 9Pletion will take place in about six weeks. The
t•lan.), have entered into contracts with some, of the
a.81:-Itoit C,,,,,i,
proprietors, for the conveyance of the
Dit4Fogers from Ilayward's-heath to Brighton, on the
0,.14,1 oPening Of the road on the 26thinst.
tilt, '''4llA' to the difficulty of et
tin-*
ge.t.ng through
tO . 11,":1,k in sufficient time, with a due regard
vre st4lu"tY, though every exertion has been made,
*rittill:;r that the opening to Hayward's Heath
14,k_ postponed to the middle of July. Though this
a7trl a matter of prudence, and .can make no difler-
-4:lx(?,in the ultimat value of the' line, the public, whose
tti4W .seeins toee been more than usually intense
4tia, the ening of this line, will naturally feel some
hpintment, at this announcement.
Nep!s:rot AND EXETER.--The traffic
tvtr7ttig from Bath to Bridgewater, ,
upon this line,
on the first
heii,LaSs, about 802/. or 303/. each day. was
At present, we
tit, —e, r roost of the coaches still
maiutaiu their place on
094.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine Ser-
vice yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The sermon was preached by
took his text from the Ist,
The Prayers were read 1-.3*.ie Rev. Dr. Sleath, who
Peter, chap. ii., verse 17.
v th -bf
by the
D. Dr. Wesle •e Eev. Dr. Knapp, the Lessons
the Rev. Dr. Sleath, and the Communion Service by
Wesley. The Fo- "icy. Dr. Knapp, and the Rev. Dr.
sion to the Tim
m of Prayer for her Majesty's Acces di
-
the Te De" -one—the Chaunt was the Earl of Wilton's,
Respo” _au and Jubilate was King's, the Sanctus and t
is ..ses, Earl of Wilton's. The Anthem, "In Jewry
- known " ( Whitfeld), was sung by Messrs. Haw-
, xins, Hobbs' J. B. Sale, and two of the young gentle-
men of the Choir. Sir George Smart presided at the
organ.
The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, was in
waiting. The Royal Suite consisted of Lady Barham,
Hon. Miss Paget), Hon. Miss Anson, Lord Polthnore, Lord
George Lennox, lion. Sir William Lumley, Sir Edward
Bowater, and Colonel Wemyss.
The Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, and
the Duke of Sussex, visited her Majesty and the Prince
yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her .Majesty
yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham
Palace at half-past one o'clock on Saturday afternoon in
an open landau and four to honour the Duke of Devon-
shire with a visit at his residence at Chiswick. The
Equerries in Waiting, Colonelyem yss and Major-Gene-
ral Sir Edward Bowater, followedin a chariot, and four.
Lady Barham, Lady in Waiting, Hon. Miss Anson, Maid
of Honour in Waiting, Lord Poltimore, Lord in Wait-
ing, and Lord George Lennox, Gentleman in Waiting on
Prince Albert, occupied another (open) carriage and
four. Her Majesty and the Prince returned from Chis-
wick at half-past five o'clock.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by-the
Duchess of Sutherland,. Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss
Anson, Lord Poltimore, Hon. Sir William Lumley, Col.
Wemyss, and Sir Edward Bowater, honoured the Italian
Opera House with their presence on Saturday evening.
The Duke of Cambridge went to Kew yesterday morn-
ing. His Royal Highness attended Divine Service in the
church in the forenoon.
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta
of Cambridge attended Divine Service yesterday morning
in Grosvenor Chapel. Lady Augusta Somerset was in
Waiting on the Royal Duchess.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured Sir Henry Halford
with his company at. dinner on Saturday evening, at his
residence in Curzon-street.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the resi-
dence of Viscount Melbourne, in South-street. It was
attended by all the Ministers except Viscount Palmerston.
The Council sat an hour and a half.
The Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges met
at the Clarendon, and transacted business on Saturday.
Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope, and also from the Governors of -Malta and
Gibraltar, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

LITERATURE.

SIXTEEN YEARS IN CHILI AND PERU.

ws
Fisher, London, 1841.
We fear that this narrative of a sixteen
year's residence in Chili and Peru will go far
to illustrate the truth of the old adage that
" a great book is a great evil," for it is a heavy,
bulky, octavo. volume, a considerable portion
of which is almost unreadable, being stuffed
with official documents, whose interest or im •
portance has long since passed away; with long
extracts from different authorities, local and
otherwise, respecting Lord Cochrane's naval ac-
tions off the coast of Chili, while in command
of the fleet of that province ; and with parti-
culars of the great earthquake of 1835 which
did so much damage in the neighbourhood of
Concepcion, and with which the majority of our
readers must be already well acquainted, through
the medium of the' newspapers of the time.
The best, or at any rate, the most entertaining
parts of the work, are those wherein the author
describes in detail the manners and customs of
the natives of Chili, their severe, protracted
struggles for independence, and the disastrous
political convulsions which have taken place,
since the final emancipation of the province from
the mother country, Spain, up to the period of
the establishment of the Government now in
authority in Chili. On all these points the
author writes with the ease and decision of one
who is thorovighly master of his subject, and his
statements
.wear all the appearance of authen-
ticity. In the course of some incidental allu-
sions to the earthquake at Valparaiso—that de-
structive convulsion which, in the year 1835,
ravaged so large a portion of the South American
coast—he relates a curious anecdote of a bigotted
Catholic priest who, in his addresses from
the pulpit, attributed the earthquake, and
all the other evils that had recently be-
fallen Chili, " to the pernicious custom of
reading heretical books." The Governor of the
city of Aconcagua, the place where this clerical
fire-brand held forth, was so struck by his dis-
courses that it gave him an " irreconcileable
hatred against books," and he swore " upon the
cross of his sword, and before the Lord of Hosts,"
that he would not spare any volumes which
should fall into his hands. Accordingly, he
issued strict and precise orders that all the
books in the city should be collected, " and on
a fixed day and hour, taken to the principal
square, and burned." A pile was forthwith
made, and the auto-da-fe commenced with a col-
lection of the Ecclesiastical Observer, which was
declared to be a pernicious work; next followed.
the Bible of P. Scio; but the spectators, impa-
tient of the destruction of volumes by ones and
and twos, " committed the whole of the books to
the flames, and saw them consumed!" Striking
illustration this of the spread of intelligence and
liberality in Chili ! The bachelor, Sampson
Carrasco, who, out of his excess of the practical
and matter-of-fact, made a bonfire of Don Quix-
ote's collection of romances; and the victorious
Omar, who, from'sheer wilfulness, destroyed the
Alexandrian Library—or at least is said to have
done so, for the fact is somewhat doubtful—were
paragons of enlightment compared with this
thick-skulled Governor of Aconcagua, who was
prompted to his disgusting task by mere igno-
rance and fanaticism.

A HAND-BOOK FOR HAMPTON-COURT.
Cunningham, London, IS4I.
A neat, unassuming little.volume, embellished
with several appropriate engravings, whiCh will
be found very serviceable to those who may feel
disposed, during this fine weather, to take a trip
to Hampton Court, and see its paintings, gardens,
grounds, &c.

STRONG MOVEMENT OF THE
IRON-WORKERS IN ABERGAVENNY TO
REDUCE THE HIGH PRICE OF MEAT—
PRICE OF IRON—STATE OF THE CROPS.
( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Several thousands of men who are employed:at the iron works
at Merthyr, Dows, Tredegar, and Nant-y-glo have signed
a most solemn pledge not to consume any fresh meat till the
price is reduced to 4d. per lb. ; at present their dinners are
principally of Irish bacon. Very few butchers attended Merthyr
market last Saturday; not one tenth part of the meat was sold
that is generally disposed of on a market day in the same place.
I left Merthyr -yesterday evening ; on the road from thence to
Abergavenny I met many butchers returning with their meat
unsold.
Bar-iron i 3 now selling at the Welsh Iron-works at 61. 10s.
per ton ; large quantities may be bought still lower. Now is
the time for railroL proprietors to 19. in a stock.
In consequenc o the very low price of iron, wages have
been reduced 15 per cent. This was indispensable, as the
masters, for some months past, have been losing money. The
bulk of the workmen are now earning from 20s. to 28s. per
week.; Colliers, 18s. to 21s. ; labourers, 10s. per week. The
price of bread at the Welsh Iron-works has no effect upon
wages ; as a proof of it, in 1839, when wheat was ss. per
bushel, the colliers were earning 255. to 30s. per week ;
roller men, 39,x.t0 455. : puddlers, 245. to 365. ; carpenters,
21s. to 245. ; masons, 21s. to 265.
THE HAY HA RVEST.— From Gloucester to Chepstow, and
on to Abergavenny, including Herefordshire, the crops are
most luxuriant, many very large ricks have been made and
thatched without a drop of rain falling on them. There were
some fine showers on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday last, which
will he a vast benefit to the after grass, the gardens, and the
wheat. Bay is coming down in price rapidly; it will be very
cheap.
Abergavenny, Jtine 20, 1841.

RESIGNATION OF LORD PLUNKET.—The
resignation of Lord Plunket—and at this particular juncture—
has filled the Tory ranks with exultation and delight. We a-e
not at all surprised at it. In the lottery of polities
they have
drawn a most capital prize—or, rather, the prize has been put
into their hands, without ever passing through the process of
the wheel. As to the trash which we read in the Tory papers,
and which we find fluttering upon every Tory lip we meet,
that the movement has been made with a view to provide for
Sir John Campbell—to give him a retiring pension of 4,0001.
a-year, we remliate it with the utmost scorn. What is 4,0001.
a-year to a man of Sir John Campbell's practice and sta.-
lion ? Do the persons who put such idle rumours into circu-
lation imagine that such a man would lend himself to such an
arrangement, or that an administration which has been
distinguished above all others for retrenchment, eco-
nomy, and an uncompromising resistance to all schemes
of the kind—could be influenued by any such motives?
Again, as to the pretence which is put forward, and which the
Tories have made their clteval de battaile, that the present
move is an indication of weakness, it is equally ridiculous. It
is, in short, an evidence of durability and strength. We re-
gret, we need not repeat, that it has been made. We think
it should not be, but it is evidently one of those movements
which are growing out of the general arrangement, in order to
guard against the inconveniences of re-appointments after the
new Parliament shall have assembled. They have committed
a gross b:under who imagine that, divided as we are—dis-
tracted as we are—there is not still a point of reunion. It has
been ingeniously hit. The Tories are rampant with joy, in the
expectation of insulting the Whig nominee for the Chancellor
—the Whigs are indignant at what they consider an affront
to their foremost man. Both parties of the Bar remember
the treatment which Lord Plunket received from their Eng-
lish brethren, when he was made Master of the Rolls in Eng-
land, during Mr. Canning's administration. Let the incoming
Chancellor, whoever he is, beware of the application of the
lex talionis to his own case. And this we say, irrespectively
of parties. Sir Edward Sugden will encounter the same op-
position as Sir John Campbell. An Irishman is never made
Chancellor of England—and when an attempt was made to
appoint the first man in Ireland to the Office of Master of the
lions, it was resisted, and effectually resisted, by the English
bar, We are
quite sure that a similar game can be played in
Ireland, and with similar success.—Dublin Evening Post.