The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-03 00:00:00

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, JUNE I.—Mr. Mitchel is now on his way to
Bermuda, wherQ his sentence of transportation is to be
carried out.- The Scourge steamer reached Spike
Is!and yesterday morning to convey him to his desti-
nation. The necessary order to deliver him to the
custody of the ecmmander of the Scourge had been'pre-
viously received by the governor of the depot at Spike
Island.

The Dublin Evening Post gives a positive and autho.
rised contradiction to statements that have been pub-
lished, to the effect that Mr. Mitchel has been treated
with cruelty. That journal says—
" Mr. Hitchins, of the Chief Secretary's dice, as
superintendent of convicts, attended on the departure of
the Shearwater on Saturday last. On arriving on
board, that gentleman introduced himself to Mr. Mit-
chel, and assured him that he should receive every
indulgence consistent with his safe custody. On
referring to the irons, which were merely on one
leg, Mr. Hitchins promised, on the understanding that
no improper use should be made of the indulgence, that
Mr. Mitchel's wishes for their removal should be acceded
to, and in about a quarter of an hour afterwards they
were taken off by the policeman in charge. Mr. Hitchins
also directed that Mr. Mitchel should not be dressed as
a convict, but that the clothing should be given up (as it
was) to the Governor of Spike Island. On referring to
Mrs. Mitchel, in the course of their conversation, Mr.
Hitchins permitted him to write a private note to her, on
the understanding that it was merely on private matters,
which he promised to have delivered on his return to
Dublin. Mr. Mitchel expressed himself, on Mr. Hitchins
leaving the vessel, as very grateful to that gentleman for
his kindness. We shall now place before the public the
following communication from the officer in command of
the Shearwater:—

" Shearwater, Kingstown,
May 31st, 1848.
" Sir,—ln reply to your query communicated to me
by Mr. Hitchins, I have the honour to inform you that
the allusion made in the Freeman's Jonrnal of this day's
date, as to the harsh conduct of the officials is charge of
Mr. Mitchel while on board her Majesty's ship under
my command, and my interference on the occasion, is
totally without foundation.
" ' Every attention, consistent with the prisoner's
safety was shown, both by all on board, and the two
policemen in whose custody he was placed.
"' I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
"'EDMUND E. TURNOUR,
Lieutenant and Commander.' "
The Repealers and Confederates of Cork had a meet-
ing on Sunday to organize clubs, " the only practical
measure which the present time suggests." The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted on the motion of Mr.
1. J. Barry:—:

" That the flagitious proceedings which have termi-
nated in the consigning of John Mitchel, that truly noble
and self-sacrificing maa, to a felon's fate, impose on all
Irishmen the duty of immediate preparation to meet
any emergency which may arise; that the organization
promulgated by this club should be proceeded with in
the most rapid manner possible, in order to combine and
concentrate the national strength."

PRESENTATION OF AN ADDRESS
IN FAVOUR OF REPEAL.
maTnhKe
eleZhigahnt Hon. ,
Aldermanthe lO,o,BrdrieMn,ayom.rp.o,f Dublin,
Alderma A
Alderman
Gavin,
Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Ferguson, T.C., and
several other members of the Irish metropolitan corpora-
tion, attended by the civic officers, and attired in full
municipal costume, were honoured with an interview by
the Queen on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace, for the
purpose of presenting !oher Majesty an address in favour
of the repeal of the Legislative Act of Union. The fol-
lowing- is a copy of the address, which was read by the
Lord Mayor:—
"To the Queen's most excellent Majesty. The
humble, loyal, and dutiful address of the Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens
of Dublin.
" May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's
loyal and dutiful subjects avail ourselves of the ancient
privilege of our Corporation to approach, with all due
respect, the foot of the Throne, and tender' our humble,
but dutiful and heartfelt congratulations, on the late
happy event of the birth of a Princess, and to express
our loyal sympathy on any event which may conduce to
increase your Majesty's domestic happiness.
"N:lowing, as we do, that nothing can tend more to
give your Majesty happiness than to see your people en
joyinr, peace, comfort, and Constitutional liberty, we
venture humbly to entreat your Majesty to be pleased to
direct your immediate advisers to pay particular atten-
tion, at the present juncture, to the necessities, the
wants, and wishes of your most dutiful, long-suffering,
and much-wronged people of Ireland.
" Most gracious Majesty, we humbly and with all due
deference venture to suggest, that the main cause of the
misery of Ireland is that her laws are not made by an
Irish Parliament—that instead of a sister nation, she
has been legislated for as a mere province—and that the
certain and effectual course to restore her prosperity, to
preserve the integrity of the empire, and to attach most
of Ireland, is by the restoration to Ireland of the power
to make her own laws and to manage her own resources
by the repeal, as speedily as possible, of the Act of the
Legislative Union, and the assembling of your Majesty's
Irish Parliament.
" Thus, as we humbly conceive, will the prosperity of
Ireland be secured, and that of your Majesty's other
dominions increased ; and, let what may happen in
other countries, the throne of your Majesty be based on
the most secure, steadfast foundation—the love, duty,
and allegiance of your Majesty's people."
The Queen then read the following reply, in a distinct
and emphatic tone :
" I thank you cordially for your address of congratu-
lation, and for the interest you express in my domestic
happiness. •
" It is my constant aim to promote the peace, comfort,
and constitutional liberty of all classes of my people,
and my greatest satisfaction is derived from the assur-
ance of their loyal and affectionate attachment.
" I have felt deep sympathy for the suffering of many
of my subjects in Ireland.
" I-have given my cordial sanction to the various Acts
passed by the Legislature, for the mitigation of that
suffering, and I trust that by means of those Acts, aided
by private charity and local efforts, the pressure of severe
distress has been materially relieved.
" I am fully persuaded that measures calculated to ad-
vance the interests end promote the welfare of that por-
tion of my United Kingdom will continue to receive from
the Imperial Parliament the most careful and attentive
consideration."
Mr. M. O'Connell, M.P., the mover of the address,
and Mr. Ferguson, T.C., the seconder, had the honour of
being introduced to the Queen, and kissing hands.
The Senior Alderman present had also the ho-
nour of being presented and kissing hands. The de-
putation then retired from the Royal presence and pro-
ceeded to the House of Commons, where, as we have
already noticed, they presented a petition in favour of a
repeal of the Legislative Union.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Right Hon. William Sebright Lascelles, Comp-
troller of the Queen's Household, had an audience of her
Majesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, and presented
an address of condolence to her Majesty, on the death
of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, from the
House of Commons. Her Majesty returned a gracious
answer to the address.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
the Queen yesterday.
The Royal Children took their accustomed airings
yesterday.

His Royal Highness Prince George visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her resi-
dence, Clarence House, St. James's.
A deputation from the inhabitants of the parish of
Hammersmith, had an interview with Sir George Grey,
yesterday, at the Home-office, to place in the hands of
the Right lion. Baronet a loyal address to her Majesty.
The deputation consisted of Mr. John Webster Watson,
chairman of the committee of special constables; Captain
West, leader of the special constables; Messrs. G. Bird,
J. C. Christopher, and A. J. Roberts, honorary secretary.
We are authorised to state that Lady John Russell's
first assembly will be held on Wednesday, the 7th inst.,
at the official residence of the Premier, in Downing-
street.

Mr. Berridge, Mayor of Windsor, Lord John Hay,
M.P., and Mr. J. Clode, jun., a deputation to present a
memorial from the inhabitants of Windsor, on the sub-
ject of the proposed " Improvement Bill," had an inter-
view with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of
her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in
Whitehall-place.
A deputation from the Committee of the Baronets of
Scotland fur Nova Scotia Rights, composed of the Hon.
Sir W. A. Maxwell, Sir Frederick Hamilton, Sir W.
Ogilvie, Sir James M. Cunninghame, and Sir Richard
Broune, Baronets, had an interview yesterday, with Earl
Grey, at the Colonial-office, relative to the rights of the
order in Nova Scotia.
A deputation, consisting of Baron de Goldsneid, Mr.
Maynard, Mr. Bailey, and Mr. J. M. Rendel, had an in-
terview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods
and Forests yesterday.

THE FUNERAL OF HER LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCESS SOPHlA.—Yesterday, in pursuance of
orders from the Lord Chamberlain's Office, ground was
opened in the Kensal-green Cemetery for a vault for
the reception of the remains of her Royal Highness the
Princess Sophia. The corpse will be deposited in the
catacombs until the royal vault is completed. The
funeral will be as private as circumstances can admit.
The high esteem in which the Princess was held has pre-
vented the strict privacy being observed which was, it is
understood, the desire of the lamented deceased. The
preliminaries on the solemn occasion have been left in
the hands of Messrs. Wakeling and Son, of Gerrard-
street, Soho. The body, which lies in Kensington
Palace, has been deposited in a coffin of Spanish ma-
hogany french polished, enclosed in one of lead. The
outer coffin is covered with crimson silk-velvet, elabo-
rately ornamented with silver-gilt nails and massive gilt
handles. The inscription plate bears the following :
"H. R. H. Princess Sophia, born Nov. 3, 1777; died
May 27, 1848, aged 71." His Royal Highness Prince
Albert and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
will be chief mourners. Twelve mourning coaches are
ordered for the royal suite. It is arranged that the
solemn procession shall leave Kensington Palace at
seven o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, the 6th, and
will be attended by a guard of honour of the Royal
Horse Guards. The tradesmen of Greenwich have re-
solved on closing their shops on the occasion, and the
theatres will be closed in the evening.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAT.--We con-
tinue well supplied with wheat, for which there is a
moderate demand at a decline of Is. per qr. Oats and
Shelling are offered on rather lower terms. Beans are
more plentiful and fully is. per qr. cheaper. In Barley
nothing passing.