The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JUNE 10.- RUPTURE BETWEEN THE OLD
AND YOUNG IRELANDERS.—MT. John O'Connell has
declined entering the League, and thus one of the "great
contracting parties" has dissented upon the very thres-
hold ! The Evening Freeman's Journal will contain the
following extraordinary communication, with an early
copy of which we have been favoured :

" THE PROPOSED UNION OF REPEALERS - MR. JOHN
O'CONNELL.

Saturday Morning.
My dear Grey,—l have no right to ask or expect
the insertion of the following ; but I send it to you in
order to explain the course I shall feel bound to take on
Monday, in consequence of the, I fear. much too prema-
ture anticipations of your leading article to day. The
occurrences of yesterday leave me little expectation in-
deed that those anticipations shall be realised.

Yours, ever faithfully,
" JOHN O'CONNELL.

" P.S. I cannot feel the least surprised if you do NOT
insert the following, so pray do not hesitate to act as
you think best:—

" ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING FREEMAN.

" Saturday.
" Sir—l most sincerely regret to have such reason to
fear that the desired coalition of Repealers is not so im-
mediately practicable as is predicted in the Morning
Freeman of this day, that I cannot let the week close
without making public my impression on this subjr,ct.
" • I have received, from a most important quarter, a
remonstrance, couched in the very strongest terms,
against giving up the Repeal Association, founded by
Daniel O'Connell.

" • Difficulties of detail, also, have to some extent in-
tervened upon points of great importance; but my great
reason for fearing that the coalition may not very speedily
occur, is from the remonstrance in question. The im-
portance of the quarter from whence it comes cannot be
overrated; and I am bound also to say that communica-
tions to the same effect from other quarters, also of
great importance, have reached me since the first came
to band.

`• ' I therefore pray the friends of the Repeal Associa-
tion throughout the country to understand, that as yet
nothing is settled.
"' I am, dear Sir, your obliged servant,
"• JOHN O'CONNELL.'"

The subscriptions for the wife and children of John
Mitchel are rapidly increasing. Many of the Roman
Catholic clergy have subscribed in Dublin, as well as in
the country.
The Limerick Reporter says:—" P. C. asks us whether
any point will be raised in favour of John Mitchel?
We answer, none, but the point of—a pike."
NEW PROSECUTIONS.

HALF-PAST FIVE o'Cioca.Lit is ;;MOured that fresh
prosecutions have been determined upon by the Govern-
ment.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
On Saturday a Court was held.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
. . _

Alderman COPELAND brought up the report of the
Inspectors of Weights and Measures.
Alderman WILSON spoke in terms of praise of the
appointment of inspectors for such a purpose, and said
that if it were not for these officers, the impositions
upon the poor would be most heavy. In the perform-
ance of his duties he had fined great numbers. In one
case, a tradesman, who had been fined six times, had
been brought up and convicted in the penalty of 51.
The argument by which the conduct of the delinquent
was accounted for was, that his business in the sale of
diminutive quantities of goods was so extensive that
he could not feel a penalty. The course to be next
pursued with such a person was prosecution by the
City Solicitor as a common cheat.

Sir P. LAURIE said, in the parish of Marylebone it
was the practice to publish the names of those who
were convicted more than once. Publication was the
only corrective.

Alderman COPELAND approved of the suggestion,
and moved that the report be printed and circulated,
and that the opinion of the law officers of the Corpo-
ration be taken, as to whether the names of convicted
parties might be advertised.—Agreed to.

THE SPECIAL CONSTABLES OF THE CITY OF LONDON.
The LORD MAYOR said, he considered it necessary
to address the Court on the subject of the publication
in the newspapers of the suggestions of the Com-
missioner of the City Police, as to arrangements for
the regulation of special constables. In consequence
of a communication which he had received from seve-
ral merchants and bankers, he had called upon Mr.
Harvey to draw up a statement of his ideas upon the
subject. His request was complied with, but as
things continued in a state of tranquillity, he did not
think it expedient to lay the paper before the Court
The recent revival of the turbulent spirit, however,
led him to suppose that it would be advisable to
produce the statement, in order that his
brother magistrates might consider the propriety of
adopting or rejecting it, and he had accordingly inti-
mated at the commencement of the proceedings of the
last Court his intention was to lay it before them.
That Court, however, broke up before he could intro-
duce the Commissioner's suggestions to the notice of
his brethren. Between the day of that meeting and
the present the contents of the paper appeared in the
public prints, quite contrary to his knowledge and
wish, and unfortunately there appeared at the same
time a copy of the circular which he had sent to his
brother magistrates, with the view of ascertaining
what number of special constables could be spared
from each ward to relieve the regular police in case
of emergency. He expected by the present moment
to have lists from all the wards, and to be in a com-
plete state of preparation to meet any exigency which
might occur on Monday. From some of the wards he
had received returns, but he had encountered a diffi-
culty with regard to the rest, in consequence of the
publication of the paper to which he alluded, and which
he now should bring under the consideration of the
Court. It was suggested by the Commissioner that the
special constables should undergo training, and a
strong feeling was excited amongst the inhabitants, in
the supposition that it was meant to place them on
the level with policemen and under the authority of
the Commissioner. He would do the Commissioner
the justice to say, that he by no means thought that
officer meant that the special constables should un-
dergo more training than would merely enable them
to make an adequate defence in the event of an at-
tack made by a mob, and that Mr. Harvey did not
present the report as a perfect one, but merely as a set
of suggestions for discussion in compliance with the
request, made at the instance of the merchants and
bankers. The feeling out of doors, however, on some
parts of the suggestions, was not to be mistaken, and
he trusted that the disclaimer would totally remove the
impression.—(Hear.)
Sir P. LAURIE was glad that the Lord Mayor bad
disowned the statement. The suggestions were such
as he could not by any means approve of.

Alderman FAREBROTLIER said' the statement was
evidently made by the Commissioner with the view,
in the case of necessity, to relieve the labours of his
own men, by rendering the special constables quali-
fied by some discipline to act availably against a
mob. It would not be fair to treat the suggestions,
made, no doubt, with a good intention, with disre-
spect. He should, therefore, submit a motion on the
subject. He did not consider it necessary to make
any extraordinary preparations to oppose a set of
vagabonds, and he was quite aware of the existence
of the difficulty to which the Lord Mayor had
alluded. The special constables were quite willing to
go out and act under the direction of the Aldermen,
and to cooperate with the Police Commissioner, but
they did not relish the idea of the control to which
the suggestions were supposed to point. Under such
circumstances, he should move that the Lord Mayor
having laid before the Court the suggestions of the
Commissioner of the City Police, they resolved that
it was not advisable to adopt them, but the Aldermen
would make such, regulations as appeared to them to
be most eligible for the preservation of the peace,
under the authority of the Lord Mayor.
Sir P. LAURIE said that training was quite unneces-
sary, and desired the Court to look to the 10th of
April for a precedent. He believed there was not
the slightest prospect of danger. If anything of the
kind presented itself his ward would, to a man, come
forward for the preservation of the peace.
The LORD MAYOR said he had done his duty, and
it was necessary he should know upon what number
of special constables he could calculate for positive
service in the event of a contingency. He wished to
have 1,200 or 1,400 to send in aid of the police, if
any necessity should occur, and he trusted that he
might calculate upon that number.
Alderman SALOMONS said the disposition of the
special constables to act under the Lord Mayor was
as strong as ever, but they certainly had an objection
to be trained in the Artillery-ground.
Other members of the Court spoke of the readiness
with which their fellow-citizens would be at the com-
mand of the Lord Mayor, and the resolution was
then agreed to.
The election of chief clerk of Guildhall Police-
court was fixed for next week.

On Saturday evening an inquest, which lasted
three hours, was held in the Queen's Prison, before Mr.
W. Payne, on the body of Mr. William Capel Clayton,
aged 28, son of Sir William Clayton, Bart. It appeared
in evidence that the deceased had been for some months
past a debtor confined in the above prison. O❑ Sunday
(yesterday week) while inebriated, he created a dis-
turbance with a female of the name of Lett, who visited
him, and on the following day was taken before the Go-
vernor and placed in the " strong room." He remained
there until Tuesday, when being seized with a fit, he was
taken to the infirmary. In the course of the night he
became mad, and died on Friday. Verdict—Died from
delirium tremens.
ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, JUNE 10.--
Captain Wilford's company, 3d battalion, left the gar-
rison :at one o'clock to-day, for Waltham Abbey, to protect the powder mills at that plaee, in the event of
any outbreak amongst the Chartists on Monday next, the 12th instant. Two batteries of artillery are also under orders to proceed to London this evening, to
hold themselves in readiness to act, should their ser-
vices be required ; and all the troops will be kept in an
efficient state, ready to move to any quarter on the
shortest notice.