The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-04 00:00:00

IREL AND.

/BUN, JUNE I.—The season of spring has entirely
pass ?d away, and summer has suddenly come upon us
with more than ordinary maturity and intenseness.
Excessive heat at this early period is, however, not by
any means an unprecedented circumstance, and it is well
remembered and often mentioned by aged persons, that
the few first days of June, '93 (a memorable period on
other accounts), were perhaps the very hottest ever
known in Ireland
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

At one o'cl,ck, at the instance ofllr. O'Connell, Mr.
IL Grattan. M.P., took the chair.
Mr. GRITTAN. as Chairman, deprecated disunion
among repealers, and cautioned them against "danger-
ous enemies," bath at home and abroad, especially when
they had to contend against a Ministry, whom he de-
nounced as " desperate gamblers." The only reason,
he said, why they had not pounced upon the repealers,
was because the ropealers had not violated the law. The
Hon. Gentleman then launched out into a great variety
of subjects, none of them, however, either very new, or
set forth by any new lights.
Mr. Creagh acted as secretary, in the absence of Mr.
Ray.

Mr. O'CONNELL then rose, and was loudly cheered.
He would begin with the money.—(Cheers.) He had to
read a letter from the Archbishop of Tuara—(Cheers)—
and as there were many compliments to himself in it, he
must request of the audience to blit,h for him.—
(Lqughter.) He then read the letter, which, including
•he Archbishop's own subscription of 31., enclo-ed a con-
tribution to the funds of the Association of 130/.
(Cheers.) This wis the amount of a collection made
from among the clergy of the Arch-dioceses. There were
many passages in the epistle of very decided flattery to-
wards the Liberator.
Mr. O'CONNELL-I have another Bishop for you.—
(Hear.) Here is a letter from Dr. Cantwell, Bishop of
Meath, with a sum of 51. The Hon. Gentleman then
read the letter.

There were several other letters ;—the next from Dr.
Maginnon, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry, for-
warding a contribution of 151. (Cheers.)
There was a letter from Wexford, which menaced
certain deprivation to all the representatives of that
county, who would not take the Repeal pledge There
was else a letter from a gentleman, who desired his name
not to be mentioned, with a donation of 601. Mr
O'Connell, however, proclaimed the gentleman's name
and address to be a Mr. Francis Farrell. of North
Anne-street. The money, he said, was handed in by a
very b,nutiful and accomplished young lady, and he pro-
posed three cheers for her.—(Cheers.)
After some time, Mr. O'CONNELL rose and said he
was about to propose a tribute of national gratitude to
William Smith O'Brien.—(Great cheering.) He had
been reading letters very complimentary to himself, and
he was not ashamed to read them, because he had long
laboured for his religion, and hose who had suffered
disfranchisement on that account, as well as himself. As
a repealer, he belonged to nn sect. but was the advocate
of Irishmen of every persuasion. Now Mr. W. S. O'Brien
was an advocate and a patriot of the same class.—(Hear,
He had conse to their help at the most critical moment
—in the hour of peril. Others would join them in their
prosperity, but he was the friend in need.—(Hear, hear.)
%fr. O'Connell then enlarged upon the merits of Mr.
O'Brien, particularly as a working, practical men. He
felt the great,,st pleasure in proclaiming the great debt
of gratitude they owed him. He had spent five-and-
twenty days in prison for their sakes. Would they not
all join in paying a tribute to him P—(" We will, we
will.") It was false to say that there was any division
among them. He had no jealousy of Mr. O'Brien. Nay,
he would be delighted to see him their leader.--(Hear,
hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then read a resolution of
confiience in Mr. O'Brien, and also one to request his
attendance at a public banquet, to be given in his ho-
nour, and also to give him a grand procession and re-
ception on his entrance into Dublin on the day of the
banquet. —(Repeated cheers.) The names of the Com
mittee to take charge of the affairs were then read. They
included all the leading personages of both sections of
the repeal cause.
Mr. O'CONNELL next proposed that Mr. O'Brien's
fees, on being discharged from custody, should, with Mr.
O'Brien's permission, be paid out of the funds of the
Association, which was agreed to. The Learned Gen-
tleman next read a lecture to some Liverpool Repealer,
who had made use of some dangerous language at a
public meeting. He utterly condemned all violence, or
violations of law of any sort.
Mr. STEEL, as a London repeal warden, requested
that his London brethren would take warning by this
proceeding

- Mr. O'ooNNELL—I believe I am making too many
speeches to-day.—(No. no.) He had to speak of thepros-
pects of the repeal cause. He would begin with the
Coercion Bill. He denounced the discu.sion which it had
drawn forth in the House of Lords. They did not forget
Lord Melbourne's insulting letter, nor that " coxcomb
Lord," Lord St. Germans. In the Commons they had' for
nine nights fought against the Bill—and never was there
better speaking on the side of. Ireland. They had ob-
tained the greatest moral victory over the Government.

He now called for the attendance of every Irish Mem-
ber in the House of Commons on Monday next. They
would never allow the Government to carry the Bill—
not before Christmas, at all events.—(A laugh.) In
other respects the Government promised some useful
measures. If the tenant-right were legally established,
it would be a great boon to Ireland. The Bill restrict-

ing the landlord's power of ejectment, would also be a
most useful measure, as would that reducing the stamp
duty on leases. But to what did they owe even the
promise of these things ? Why, to the Conciliation
Hall and the repealers.—(Cheers.)
The repeal rent for the week was then announced to
be 3551. 16s. 54.. and at a quarter to three o'clock the
meeting adjourned to Monday next.

STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER, JUNE 2.—Owing to the Whitsun ho-
lidays, there is very little business doing this week ; but
prices, both of goods and yarn, are very firm ; and
there is a decidedly improved feeling in the market,
with a confident anticipation of a decided increase of
business as soon as the holidays are over.
RocanALE. JUNE I.—We have had rather more busi-
ness doing to-day, and prices a shade better than on
the preceding Monday. The wool-market has been
steady, and prices firm.

HU-DDEASFIELD, JUNE 2.—There is only one opinion
as regards our market to-day, namely, that there is a
complete dearth of business. The last American packet
brought orders for vesting, which our merchants are
giving out, without which manufacturers would be almost
at a stand still.

LEEDS, JUNE 2.—Owing to this day being half
holiday, the- attendance at onr-•market has been thin
and the business transacted of. very lath; moment.
M anehester Guardian.

SUICIDE.—The following melancholy case of suicide
occurred at Gloucester on Saturday last :—Mr. George Beard,
the landlord of the Star Inn, and a large boat-owner and
coal-merchant, had been indulging too freely with liquor on
Friday morning last, notwithstanding which he went to the
Lower George Inn, to the anniversary dinner of the Druid%
of which society he was a member. There he also drank
freely, but went home about nine o'clock. He there became
very quarrelsome, and went so far as to strike his wife, after
which he left the house, swearing he would never enter it
again. After having called at two or three places, at each of
which he took " another glass," he got back to the Lower
George, when the landlord seeing the state he was in,
very kindly, and with a great deal of difficulty, induced
him to go to bed, and afterwards went into his room to
see that all was right, when he appeared to be very fast
asleep. About ten o'clock on Saturday morning the land
lord took up some coffee for him, when, to his great horror
and astonishment, he found him fastened up to the bed-post,
and quite dead. He had tied a large scarf to the bed-post
and round his neck, with what in bargemen's phrase is
termed a bowling knot, and had then apparently fallen for-
ward from the bed, as his legs were quite doubled under
him, and his elbow resting on the bed ; but being a very
heavy man, his great weight had drawn the knot up tight,
and occasioned strangulation. No cause but drunkenness
can be assigned for this melancholy circumstance, as he was
in very good circumstances, and had a good business. We
are sorry to add that a widow and six young children are
left to deplore his untimely end. A coroner's inquest was
held on the body on Saturday, when the jury returned a ver-
dict of Temporary Insanity.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—NEWCASTLE-ON TYNE, MON-
DAY NIGHT.—An accident occurred this evening on the New-
castle and North Shields Railway, at the Newcastle termi-
nus, bet fortunately without any serious consequences to
life or property. The seven o'clock train from Shields,
heavily laden with passengers, overshot the station, and ran
with tremendous force into a stone building, used as a ware-
house at the end of the line. The engine struck the gable
corner, and brought down nearly a third of the building,
which it penetrated about a yard, when it stopped, being
little more than a couple of yard. from the edge of the coal
depot, a fearful precipice 15 or 16 feet below the level of the
line. The engine was partially covered with the deb 7
which arrested its progress, or the catastrophe wouldhatliee
been appalling, for if the engine and train had gone over
precipice a serious loss of life would havee b
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turned off, and the warehouse checked * the momentum eavdoitfbabethelene.
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the steam being applied it brought itself out, apparently
having sustained very trifling damage. The accident would
seem to have arisen from the great momentum of the train,
which was unusually heavy. It being holiday time, a re-
markably fine day, and Shields races, many persons were
induced to travel on the lin from Newcastle, and the car-
riages were crowded with persons returning. The engineer
that(sttahteesusual
he turned off the steam at the Ouse Burn •bridge
place), and on observing the train approach the
station too rapidly he applied all the power of the break,
but was unable to prevent the accident. Several of the pas-
sengers received severe blows, and two or three had slight
abrasions; one lady fainted. All, however, were able to
leave the station soon after the accident, and we have not
heard of any serious case.
EARLY POTATOES.—A dish of early potatoes was dug
on the 27th ult., in the garden at Castle Toward, Argyle-
shire, which had not been forced in any way. The largest
measured between six and seven inches in circumference, and
two and a half dozen weighed 2lbs.—Glasgow Herald.
We are informed that Mr. Maeready, the celebratgd
tragedian, will pay a visit to this island in the month of
August, and will perform a few of his best characters.—
Guernsey Start

THE LATE STEAM-BOAT COL-
LISION ON THE MERSEY.
The inquest on the bodies of John Roche and Patrick
' Geoghan was resumed before the Borough Coroner yes-
terday morning. Mr. Harden and Mr. Myers attended,
as before, on behalf of the captain, mate, and owners of
the Sea Nymph ; and Mr. Duncan and Mr. Hassell for
the captain and owners of the Rambler. Fourteen of the
jury answered to their names ; the fifteenth bad met
with an accident, and was unable to attend.
Wm. Daniels, the pilot; W. Jones, sailor; J. Walker,
fireman; J. M.Gregor, engineer; R. Campbell, car-
penter; and T. Hardigan, pig-jobber—who were all in
the Rambler at the time of the collision—were examined
on the part of the captain and owners of that vessel,
and gave evidence similar to that detailed on the
previous day,
Samuel Easter was then called.—l am chief mate of
the Sea Nymph. She is of 350-horse power. She sailed
from the Clarence Dock at twenty minutes past ten
o'clock on Monday night. I looked at my watch passing
through the gates. We were bound for Warren-
, point, Newry. We had a general cargo on board,
and from eighty to one hundred deck passengers.
Captain Joseph Thompson is our commander. The
night was fine and clear. The wind was moderate,
and from the N.W. It was about a three-quarters flood-
tide when we started from the dock. We advertised to
sail at half•past nine, but we were fifty minutes past our
time. The tide carried us up the river, and the helm was
put hard a-port to bring her head on. We took our
course down the river, outside the vessels at anchor on
the Cheshire shore, and we steered North and a little
East. We passed a ship's length and a-half outside the
coal hulk, which is stationed off the Magazines, and
from which the New Brighton vessels are supplied with
coals. We then made for the Rock Light, which was
about a-half or three quarters of a point on our star-
board bow. I was on the forecastle head ; and, shortly
after passing the coal hulk, I saw a light passing round
the Rock Lighthouse. It proved to be the Rambler's
masthead light. I reported the light to the captain, and
asked him if he saw it. He s--,id, "I do—all right.
The light shot across from the Lighthouse at a tremen-
dous rate. I did not hear the captain speak. for he was
100 feet from me. The next thing I heard was the
blowing off of the steam. The captain was on the
bridge between the paddle-boxes. In about a minuet
and a half after I had spoken to the captain, I observed
the Ramble's starboard bow white light, and then I
knew that it was a steamer. I then called out to the
captain again, and told him that it was best to keep the
helm hard a port. I did not hear him make any answer,
nor do I know whether he heard me or not. I rather
think he did not, the steam was making such a noise.
then saw the Rambler's red light on her larboard bow.
I could then see the full length of the Rambler's hull,
and that she was flying up to the westward, Kith her
helm hard a-port. I could also notice our vessel's bead
by the Rock light, going off to the eastward, but we had
lost a great deal of our way by this time We were
only going at the rate of three or four knots an hour.
I sung out to the captain again that it was impossible
for the vessels to clear in the way they were gcing, for
with both helms a-port, they were running fairly into
each other. The captain never answered and in half A
minute afterwards the collision took place. We struck
her nearly stem on on her larboard bow. We were en-
tangled together about half a minute. I then went be-
low, after we got clear of her, to see if we were making
water anywhere. I found the stem, the cutwater, and
both bows zone. I came up again and told the captain
he had better run her ashore or into clock, but he would
not do that, but run his bowsprit into the rigging of the
Rambler aft. The captain of our vessel then called to
know whether he could render assistance to the Ram-
bler, but whether any or what answer was made I knout
not. We then put back to the Clarence Dock.
By Mr. Harden—l have never seen our captain the
worse for liquor these five years, and I say emphatically
that he was sober on Monday night.
L. Hogan, seaman, and J. Hagan, second mate of the
Sea Nymph, corroborated Easter's evidence, after which
the inquiry was adjourned to this day (Tuesday).
Liverpool Times of Tuesday.

CHEAP RAILWAY AND STEAM
TRIPS FOR WHITSUNTIDE.
The development of the railway system is greatly en-
couraging the extension of cheap railway trips and
marine excursions ; which, although for the most part
really afforded to the public at a low price, are re-
munerative to the railway companies by the immense
numbers of persons they attract. So numerous have
neon these arrangements, with reference to the present
annual holiday week of Manchester, that it would oc-
cupy more space than we can afford, to specify thew
all. Suffice it to say, that cheap. railway
trips have been planned, affording -to those
availing themselves of these opportunities to escape
from Manchester, periods varying from one to ten
days, for visits to London ; to Liverpool ; to Lythata,
Blackpool, and Fleetwood; to Alderley, and other places
on the Birmingham line, &c. The marine cheap trips
have been to Glasgow (via Fleetwood and Ardrossan);
to the Isle of Man, from Fleetwood; to Ulverstone, from
Fleetwood; besides various excursion trips from Liver-
pool. Besides the cheap trips, of which any
any person may avail himself, much has been
done by special contract on the part of the
conductors of Sunday schools with the railway compa-
nies, for special trains at low fares, to convey large bodies
of children to various rural spots on the different lines
diverging from Manchester into the North and West of
this county, and into Yorkshire and Cheshire. The swift
boats to Altrincham, Bowdon, and Dunham, have
also been much in request for holiday parties to
Dunham Park and the neighbourhood, and the various
omnibuses to places distant a few miles from Man-
chester, have been filled inside and out both on Mon-
day and yesterday. These various means of transit
)ake Manchester during Whitsuntide the scene of an
extraordinary ebb and flow of population. Fast
as our citizens pour out by every iron outlet, and by the
waterways and roadways, in search of rural ehjoyments,
—as rapidly as they rush out of this immense brick
Babylon, " to seek fresh fields and pastures new,"'—
so rapidly does the influx of visitors from the coun-
try for thirty miles round, roll a still larger human
tide into this great town. Then the stream that
pours forth every noon towards Kersal Moor, and
flows back at night, its life-springs almost choked
with the dust of that dustiest spot in her
Majesty's dominions, is a scene not without a deep
interest of its own, fur the intelligent stranger, the
philosopher, the statist, and philanthropist. The bright,
clear weather, though attended with so much heat,
has contributed much to the enjoyment of this uni-
versal holiday. And well is it, for so industrious
and laborious a community as our's, that there is one
week in the year when, by mutual consent, almost
every one ceases from labour, and seeks enjoyment
with that zest which only labour can know ;
for such a holiday is indeed a luxury rarely, perhaps,
too rarely, enjoyed. So far as we can judge, the rail-
ways are promoting greatly both the increased influx
of country visitors to Manchester, and the rapidly
spreading efflux of those who prefer some rural haunt,
,or a,tounto ,some, distant, part, of the. ,kingdom,,.to the
noisy sports of the.race-course. Thus, in every opposite
ways, the railways are mighty agents in promoting
the holiday enjoyments of the people.—Manchester
Guardian.

RAILWAY SHARE MAKKETS.
LEEDS, JUNE 3.
&rock ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Huddersfield and
Manches-
ter, 10s. dis.—Leeds and Dewsbury, IIA p.—Leeds and TThirst,dis.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 6s. p.—York and Bat"
Midland, East and West Riding, 10% p.—Chelmsford and Bury. 155'
dis.—East Lancashire and Airedale Junction, 20s. dis.—Leeds,
Wakefield, and Midland, 6s. dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 4s. Gd. P
—Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 18s. 6d. dis.—London and York, 6s. 6d-
dis.—London and Portsmouth, Is. (Hs. —London and Manchester
(Rastrick), dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland,
21s. p.—Midland and Thlrsk, Junction, 21s. dis.—Northumberland
and Lancashire Junction, 20s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 4 P.--
North Western, 6s. p.—West Riding Union, 41. 16s. 6d.
HULL, JUNE 3.

STOCK EXCEANGL.—The sales are—North British, Half Shares.
11 —Ditto, Carlisle, 31s. 6d.— Axholme, 30s. 6d.—Derby and Gains-
borough, 14s.—East Coast, 16s. 3d.—Grimsby, Louth, and Horn-
castle, 235. 6d.—Hull and Barnsley iotetion, 275. 3d.—Leicester and
Bedford, 265. 9d.—Leicester and Birmingham, Bs.—Leicester and
Tamworth, 26s.—Loudon and York, 2—Mslton and Driffield Junc-
tion, 445. 9d.—North Staffordshire, 6/. 26.—West Riding Union,
4/. 15s. 6d.

HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and North Midland
Extension, 33%—Huddersfleld and Sheffield Junction, 184—North
British, New, 11%—Great Eastern and Western, 20s. 6d.—Manches-
ter, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, 225. 6d.—North Staffordshir,
4 p.— London and York, 21. 6s.—Direct Northern, 365.

YORK, Juin 3.
STOCK ExcnANax.—The sales are—lpswich and Bury, 6—Leices.
ter and Bedford, IL 6s.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction, 214, —London and York, 2IA —Mallon and Drillleld Junc
tion, 21. 3s. 6d.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, a-
Newcastle and Berwick, 25 —Newcastle and Darlington Exten-
sion, 9!—North British, Carlisle Extension, 1% —North Stafford-
shire, Si. Is.—Welsh Midland, 11. 3s.—West Riding Union, 41. 165,-
York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 11%.

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M. Guizot, and in the evening, at nine o'clock, went to the
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of the establishment.— Galignani.