The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.

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MEETING.- OF MR. d:CONNELL'S CONSTI-
TUENTS.
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(Abridged froM the DubliTz- ;yen ing Post of Tuesday.)
At an adjourned meeting of Mr. O'Connell's consti-
tuents, held this day at the Adelphi Theatre, the Ad-
dresi to the"Qacen, and Petition to the House of Com-
mons Were agreed to.

Mr. GHEENE proposed the adoption of the Address
and the Petition. He said, as a Protestant, believing
in the greater purity of his own faith, he was ashamed
to see the gown of a minister upo❑ the shoulders of such
pestilent mountebanks as M'Neile and M‘Ghee.—
(Loud cheering.)
A condemnatory resolution of the atrocious attecks
lately made upon the Catholic clergy was also agreed to.
A rote Of confidence in Daniel O'Connell was passed
with acclamation.

Mr. O'CONNELL said I accept yOur kindness readily.
andthough I may be accused of vanity for saying so, I
think I deserve some 'of it.—(Cries of You do.")
If at any time I lose the confidence of a majority of my
constituents—nay, if only one-third of those who voted
for me, ever feel dissatisfied with my course of conduct,
I will at once resign my seat, and either quit Parliament
altogether, or seek the representation of another con-
stituency.-7-(Cheers.) I am the delegate of the people
—I do not want to be their master-1 will do my duty
as their servant, and like a servant, if I fail in pleasing
them, I will give notice to quit.—(Laughter.) [We re-
tail a few of the Hon. arid Learned Gentleman's ob-
servations on the Ministry.] If I am asked am I con-
tented with the present Administration, I answer—No!
They do not go far enough.—(Hear.) I, for my part will
vote for Mr. Hume's motion for the extension of the
suffrage to householders—nay, more, I will support
Universal Suffrage—although the teem is inaccurate ;
no man is more convinced than I am, that there should
be no restriction upon the right of voting=--the conse-
quence of which is, that it divides the people into two
classes, And makes a master-class and a slave-class—
for those arc slaves who have no representatives ; and
who are there so base as to submit to be slaves ?
I ant not satisfied that the Ministry do not make the
B illot a Cabinet question.—( Hcar.) I do not want
them to risk their places, but I do want them to support
the Ballot—the honest Ballot.—(Cheers.) If there
Was the Ballot, there would be no bribery, for one
would not be scoundrel enough to give the bribe, when
he would fear that die other would be rascal enough not
to earn it. They have left the Ballot an open ques-
tion. and I thank them for so much. It is an in-
stalment, which I accept for the present, but will look
for the rest of die debt of justice.—(Cheers.) I will
support every motion for rendering the .s!lvc trade im-
possible.(Loud cheering.) I will vote for every motion
having for its object the protection of.the slave in every
country in the world.—(Renewed cheers.) I will vote
for the abolition of the Corn-laws.—(Loud and con-
tinued cheering ) All the property wine', I have my-
self, and all the property to which my children hope
to succeed, is in land, and yct I am thoroughly con-
vinced that those laws .are contrary to the best in-
terests of the agriculturists. I hey are dishonest
laws, which enable the rich to roll in their car-
riages at the expense of the poor man. The poor
widow is robbed to increase the store of the rich, and the
slice of the mechanic's bread is diminished, that the rich
may dishonestly have his turtle out of the . poor man's
mouth.—(Loud cheers.) The curse of heaven must be
on a system which weakens the working man's strength,
because it takes away his food.—(Repeated cheerso I
tell you that there is another vote I mean to give. I
will vote for the highest grant which the Ministry mean
to give Prince Albert.—(Loud cheers.) Radical as I
am, I cannot but recollect that they gave Queen Ade-
laide 100,000/. a-year, and I have no notion of being
stingy with the husband of the present Queen.—
(Loud cheers.) I say that in the name of the people
of Dublin--(a voice, " Of Ireland")—yossof the people
of Ireland, who will not grudge to pay their proportion of
the allowance proposed by the Ministry for Prince Albert.
He then referred to the distressed and distracted state
of England, which ought to be sufficient reason for the
Tories to keep
.from vilifying the people of Ireland ;
who, if they joined the Chartists would have left Eng-
land in a truly dangerous position. The 'Hon. Gentle-
man resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering, and
the meeting soon after separated.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

Tee following is a copy of a letter received at Lloyd's,
addressed to William Dobson, Esq., dated China Hong-
kong Anchorage, Sept. 5, 1839 :
Sir,—Since we last had occasion to addri'ss you, affairs
have continued to become worse. The Commissioner
came down with a body of troops to Macao, to enforce his
demands for a British subjeet,to be given up for execution,
stopped provisions, and took away all servants of that
ration from the merchants and families, and finally
ordered their immediate expulsion, the Portuguese Go-
vernor being only able to protect them for twelve hours.
The consequence was, tho whole of the British commu-
nity were compelled to a hurried embarkation in boats,
schooners, &c., on Monday, the 26th ult., when they
took refuge on board the shipping at Hon e-Kong Anchor-
age, where there are now upwards of 60 sail of merchant-
men, fully laden with inwards cargoes. Since then her
Majesty's ship Volage has arrived from Singapore, but
too late to do more than assist in the defence of
I the shipping, the destruction of which has been
Write(' at by the Chinese. Not only have all
' provisions been stopped, but an attempt made to poison the
wells, of which moit undoubted proofs have been obtained,
end will be sent home by Captain Elliott, our Superin-
tendent. This letter goes by the " Hellas" taken up to
carry a despatch requesting the immediate assistance of the
Admiral. A 13ritisli schooner has been attacked by
Chinese Mandarins, whilst at anchor, at night; many
Lapcars butchered, and an English gentleman, named
woMousnsd,eled. In forft ford
fc,ct
sa o many nets of a
after bei dreadfullyng
rfarehave be
mutilated and
n
committed that nothing is now left to the British authorities
hut to inflict the most severe chastisement upon the
ehinese, or allow the trade to be lost with the most signal
dishonour to the flag and name. This
,already large fleet
daily increasing, and every ship is filled with the British,
and purser, merchants, and families; while no provisions
are permitted of any kind, and commun'eatiort cut off by
the Macao Government.

Sept. 10.—Nothing new ; all quiet, and pro;isions a
little more abundant.

Lady- Granville's rout, last Friday, was very
numerously attended. Most of the company, however,
did not arrive till midnight, as many parties had been to
the reception at the Tuileries, The number of beauti-
ful women was rernarkable.—On Saturday, tbe Russian
Prince Toufskin gave a very splendid ball to the fa-
shionables of all nations. An elegant supper closed the
evening.—The Marquis de Brignole, the Sardinian Am-
bassador, commenced his weekly soirees last evening,
which was very fully attended.—The Countess d'Ap-
pony commenced her weekly soirees last week, The
splendidly furnished upper apartments are this year
opened for the occasion, as the last season the company
assembled in the apartments on the ground floor. Beauty
and fashion of all nations were assembled, to wish the
amiable host and hostess the compliments of the season.
—Galignani.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JAN. 7.—From
all we can learn our report of improvement in this
market last week is fully confirmed to-day. A gradually
increasing demand for goods is generally apparent ; and
purchasers of the raw material are pretty extensive.
Prices, too, are on the advance. Orders are more plen-
tiful, so that the warehouses begin to wear a more stir-
ring appea'rance. Work, too, begins to be more plenti-
ful ; but we fear a great mass of operatives will have to
struggle hard during the winter months, until a revival
of trade becomes more general.
VIENNA, DEC. 30.—Letters from Bucharest
in the ASS(1111 Gazelle, say that Milan, Prince of
Servia, will defer his journey to Constantinople, on
account of his bad health, and will go with his mother
to Kragsjewatz for the winter. It is thought that the
coronation of the Empress as Queen of Hungary may,
perhaps, not take place till 1841, which will be one him-
dred years after the coronation of the Empress Maria
Theresa..

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EVENING EDITION.

IQOUTHWARK ELECTION
~...; At a PUBLIC and most NUMEROUS MEETING of i
the ELECTORS of the Borough of SOUTHWARK, holden
I 'at the Jamaica:Honse Tavern, Bermondsey, on Thursday, the
ft h day of January, 1940. for the purpose of adopting mesasuree
s
t, secure the return of BENJAMIN WOOD, Esq.,
of the Representatives of this Borough in Parliament.
Mr. VOUSLEY, senior in the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN read a letter front Mr. Alderman Lainson,
regretting tht he aould-not take the Chair, and expressing his
Ivst wishes far tiee suocets of Mr. Wood, and promising Alf
n pot t.
The following resolution was moved by Mr. ALDRED, and
seconded by Mr. 1L supported by Mr. WaLvzru,
'al,: u .: timously ads ipt•d:—
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44 That in selecting a Gentleman to fill the vacancy caused
by the retirement of their late talented representative, Daniel
Whittle Harvey, Esq, it is highly essential to the interest of
this, one of the largest and most important Boroughs in the
Kingdom, to return to Parliament a gentleman of well-known
Liberal principles, who advocates and will use his utmost en-
deavours to carry out the true principles of Reform,by support-
ing an alteration in the objectionable clauses iu the New Poor-
law Act, an Extension of the Suffrage, and the Vote by Ballot,
and who is a firm supporter of Civil and Religious Liberty
throughout the kill,
1 Ttie following resolution was moved by Mr. Mannox, and`
seconded by Mr. KING, supported by Mr. GRAFFTEY, and
unanimously adopted :
That Benjamin Wood, Esq., from his long residence in the
borough, and from his well-known principles, and his unequi-
vocal declarations in favour of all liberal measures, pre-emi-
nently possesses the requisite qualifications, and is fully en-
titled to the support of the Liberal and Independent C,onsti.
taene.y of this Borough ; and.this meeting, therefore, pledges
itself to use their most strenuous endeavours to secure his
return.