The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-21 00:00:00

THE NEW IRISH MEMBERS.

In prop-ntion to the number of Members for Ireland,
the pers:inal changes in the representation have been
very numerous.
The following are the alterations in the counties:—
Antrim—M-Naughten for Sir H. Sc) moor.
Armagh—Caulfield for Lord Acheson.
Clare—Sir L. O'Brien for C. O'Brien.
Galway—St. George for Bodkin.
Kerry—Herbert for Browne
Kildare—Biurke for Archbold.
Kilkenny—Green for Smithwick.
Louth—Fortescue for Dawson.
Leitrim—C. Clements and Tenison for Lord Clements
and S. White.
Limerick—Nlonsell for Powel.

Longford—Fox and Blackall for White and L2froy.
Mayo—Moore for M'Donnell.
Monaghan—Dawson for Shirley.
Queen's—Fitzpatrick for Sir C. Coote.
_Rose )Imi:ion—Grace for O'Conor Don.
Tipperary—Scully for Fitzgerald.
Waterford—Power and Keating for Stuart and Carew.
Westmeath—Nugent and Mahan for Tuite and Chap-
man.
Wexford—Fagan and Morgan for Power and Hatton.
Wicklow—Lord Alilton for Howard.
The total number of new Members in the counties is
twenty-five.
Changes of representatives have occurred in the fol-
lowing boroughs :
Athlone—Keogh for Collett.
Belfast—E. J. Tennent for Ross.
Carrickfergus—Cotton for Kirk.
Carlow—Sadleir for Layard. •
Cork—Fagan for M'Carthy.
Downpatrick—R. Ker for D. Ker.
Dublin—Reynolds for Gregory.
Dundalk—NliTa.vish for D. O'Connell.
Ennis—O'Gorman Mahon for Bridgeman.
Galway—O'Flaherty for Monahan.
Kinsale—Guinness for Watson.
Limerick—J. O'Connell for Kelly.
Lisburn—Seymour for Maxwell.
New Ross—Talbot for Gore.
Portarlington—Dunne for Damen
Waterford—Meagher and D. O'Connell for Barron
and Wyse.
Wex•orl—Devereux for Esmonde.
Youghal—Anstey for Cavendish.
The changes of persons in the boroughs amount to
nineteen, making the total number forty . four.
But the political changes are, notwithstanding, com-
paratively few, as in the majority of cases the late
Members have been succeeded by persons of the same
politics. Liberals have displaced Conservatives in the
following places :
Dublin City, Reynolds for Gregory; Longford County,
Fox for Letroy ; Monaghan County, Dawson for Shirley;
Queen's County, Fitzpitrick for Sir C. Cuote; Portar-
lington, Dunne f6r Rainer—in all five.
Conservatives have dkplaceil Li:erais in—
A:111one, Keogh for Collett; (3 al.vay County, St. George
for Bodkin; Kidlare County, ,urmo for Archbold; Kin-
sale, Guitines, for Watson—in all four.
The Repeaters have gained in the following places:—
Dublin City, 1; Galway Borough, 1; Longford County,
2; Waterford City, 2; Waterford County, 2; West-
meath, 1; New Ross, 1; Youghsl, 1 —Total gains of
Repeaters, 11.
The Repealers have lost the following places :—Athlone
Borough, 1; Ciare County, 1 ; Galway County, 1;
Limerick County, 1; Mayo, I.—Total loss 5; leaving a
balance in favour of the Repeaters of 6.

AN ORATRESS.—Abby Folsom preached a 4th of
July oration, of two days' length, from her chamber-
window in Boston—commencing on Sunday, and getting
through on Monday night. The Mail says—" She
preached enough during the two days from her window
to wear out the lungs of a lion and make an elephant
hoarse. Her physical powers are tremendous, and her
love of the freedom of speech stronger than death."—
New York Mirror.

We learn from Genoa that a duel, with swords,
took place there on the 10th, between M. Geniole, a
French artist, and the Chevalier Sebastien Fenzi, of
Florence. The Chevalier received a wound in the
breast, which, however, was not of an alarming cha-
racter.

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OBSEQUIES OF THE LATE DR. GRIFFITHS.--A
solemn high mass and requiem were celebrated yester-
day at the Roman Catholic chapel of St. Mary's, Moor-
fields, on the occasion of the obsequies of the Right
Rev. Dr. Griffiiths. The late reverend prelate held the
rank in the Catholic Church of Bishop of Olena and
Vicar Apostolic of the London district. The Right
Rev. Dr. Briggs, Bishop of Tachis, officiated, assisted
by the Rev. G. Rolfe, the Rev. P. O'Dwyer, and the
Rev. J. Walshe. The Right Rev. Dr. Waering, the
Right Rev. Dr. Uilathorne, the Right Rev. Dr. Morris,
the Right Rev. Dr. Wilson, and upwards of 100 of the
inferior clergy, were also present and assisted at the so
lemnities. _ _

DISTILLATION FROM SUGAR.—" Mr. Green," said a
tolerably-dressed female the other day, entering a
grocery store in which were several customers, " have
you any fresh corned pork ?" " Yes, ma'am." " How
much is this sugar a pound ?" " One shilling, ma'am."
" Let me have," she continued, lowering her voice, "half
a pint of gin, and charge it as sugar on the book."—
American Paper.
A Mexican artist has published a caricature, repre-
senting an American surgeon in the act of amputating
the leg of General Santa Anna, who is inhaling the
vapour of ether from an apparatus held by Mr. Polk ;
but the sponges containing the ether are represented by
money bags, marked " 3,000,000 dollars."
THE CHARTIST LAND SCHEME. Monday last
being the day fixed tor a grand demonstration to cele-
brate the location of allottees on the Lowbands Chartist
estate, at Redmarley, on the confines of Worceslershire
and Gloucestershire, crowds of visitors began to arrive
at an early hour. Notwithstanding the rain, the com-
pany, consisting of at least three or four thousand people,
many of whom had arrived from many miles distance,
remained patiently all day, hoping that the weather
would clear up. A band of music was in attendance,
and dancing, and a variety of amusements were in-
tended to form part of the day's proceedings, but
the weather proved an Effectual bar to enjoy-
ment. About fitty deligates were in attendance, prin-
cipally from the manufacturing districts of the north,
and some from Scotland. These delegates are to hold a
conference daily during the week on the affsirs of the
company. On the Lowbands estate forty five cottages
have been built. and nave been allocated to that number
of occupants. To the cottages are attached two, three,
or four acres of land, to be cultivated by spade hus-
bandry, and the proprietors assume that out of this
land the occupants will be able to maintain themselves
in comfort, and pay interest in the shape of rent to
the company, at the rate of five per cent. on the outl ty.
All the delegates, and a large proportion of the com-
pany, appeared very sanguine as to the success of
the plan. On the estate is an extensive building,
intended to be used as a school, and also for lectures and
social meetings of the community. At three o'clock the
band, headed by a number of banners, marched to a
hustings which had been erected on the estate, but the
audience that collected round it were informed that the
rain would prevent Mr. O'Connor from addressing
them, as it would be cruel to keep them longer exposed
to such weather; and as to Mr. O'Connor himself, it was
necessary that he should husband his strength in order
to enable him to fight their battles in another place.
After this announcement a great number of the com-
pany departed, but between five and six o'clock the
weather improved, and during a cessation of the rain
Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Mr. Donovan, and one or two
other delegates, briefly addressed such of the company
as still remained, on the advantages of the land plan as
a preventive of pauperism, and an encouragement of
honest independence.
A CHILD RESCUED FROM DROWNING..--A boat
laden with salt was passing on the Regent's Canal, at

Paddington, about lialf-past five on 'Thursday evening,
when the boatman's daughter, a child ten years :of age,
overbalanced herself. She was sinking from exhaus-
tion in eight feet of water, under a bridge, when Mr. H.
J. Smith, the collector of the Regent's Canal Company,
most humanely dashed into the water, with his clothes
on, and succeeded in restoring the little girl to her
agonised parents, who were unable to afford her any
assistance.
Ax ODD FUNERAL.— A few days ago there might
have been seen two persons conveying down Kirkgate
the mortal remains of a young child; the first indivi-
dual bad the coffin under his arm, walking along at a
good pace, while the second jostled along as a mourner,
with a short black pipe in his mouth I—Leeds Intel&
gencer.
LLOYD'S.—VOTE OF THANKS TO HIS HIGHNESS
MEHEMET ALI PASHA.—The agent to Lloyd's at Alex-
andria, in a letter dated the 27th of July last, states that
the vote of thanks passed at a meeting of the committee
of Lloyd's, on the 941 of June lest, to his Highness
Mehemet Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, on behalf ot
the subscribers to Lloyd's and the commercial and ship-
ing interests, for the generous, prompt, and valuable as-
sistance rendered on all occasions by his Highness's
orders, to British vessels stranded or in distress, on the
coast under his Highness's government, had been pre-
sented to his Highness, who expresed himself much
gratified at the mark of the attention of the committee,
end desired it to be made known that it would always be
a source of gratification to him whenever he could render
:assistance to British vessels in distress, or requiring aid
0: any kind.
PERSONS EMPLOYED ON RAILWAYS, &c.—A return
r: oved for by Captain Gladstone, shows that 256.509
persons were employed on all the -railroads io cour.e ot
construction ou the Ist of May Est, t 11;, li:ngth tin.?
lines amounting altogether to 3,455 Niles. are
232 secretaries, 34 treasurers, fe.l2 enTr'ineers, 2,352, su-
perintendents and store keepers, 264' uccodut_n,.s and
•
cashiers, 1,437 drau,,ht.sTen. and clerks, 240,301 arti-
ficers and labourers, eitnusi.ectors, laud-surveyors,
6,741 miners or quarry 1,087 foramen or overseers,
driyl22
eproaliorceolorteen,
comers, aid
andporte4resi
zatiletia7u6ectoplatee= 1,793