The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-27 00:00:00

17, 1848.

[PErct op,

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, APRIL 24,1 t is. said to-day at Lord
Clarendon intends to 'issue a proclamation - agelost the
meeting of .84 the Confederation," advertised to bk‘ held
on Wednesday evening. A meeting of the friends of
" Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" was held this (1.,V,
at Abbey-street Theatre; " To adopt the hest, the surest,
and the•shortest plan to Repeal. the 'Legislative Union
by forining;a League with the Repealers and Radical
Reformers of Great Britain for that purpose, and based
on the principle of o full and complete representation of
the 'people in the Commons House of Parliament."
Messrs. Leach and. Kydd, of ,the .Chartist Convention,
addressed the meeting.
The Evening Mail of this evening states that the
housekeeper at the Ciistom-honse has received directions
to prepare permanent accommodation for 80 soldiers in
that building, and that.a party of soldiers was this day
under arms on the roof of the Bank of Ireland. We may
add, that Government has offered to engage all the carts
and drays in the county of Dublin, for what purpose we
have been unable to ascertain.
THE COUNCIL OF THREE HUNDRED.--The delegates
of the trades of Limerick are to confer with the Con-
federates this ilia*, relative to the election of members
for the council of 300. '• = ' - •
WICELOiff ELECTION.—The nomination of candi-
dates for the representation of Wicklow took place on
Saturday. • •
Major 11URTFREYS proposed Sir Ralph Howard, Bart
• lir: BYBNE seconded -the nomination, and in doing so,
:said. there. was one: different* 'between him and Major
Humfreys, which was, that he had always been on the
Seine side. This showed the folly of men taking a pro-
minent part in pilitics, or making themselves enemies,
whenthey. so often-shifted sides.: . • ; •
Colonel ACTON proposed Mr. Charles Stanley Monck.
kl,ak angdn' t t.*pohilalhh has' declared
been d
Mr. Hifian seconded the nomination. - •
Th'd candidates'lniving addressed the electors, a show
of
emtoade
hneidn favour
o thee r
of mrhands.m wo:es
part ofSir R. Howard, it was appointed to be taken on
Monday morning at nine o'clock.
The court was then adjourned. • •
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w Wicklow, April 24.
• FIRST DAY'S POLL.
212
Mr. llonck (Conservative)
195
Sir R. Howard (Whig) . .
Majority . l7
COMMENCE IN LORD CLARENDON.—The following is
from the Mail of this evening:—
Since our last, several declarations of loyalty to the
of Ireland in the vigour antY;ollaiceyd Conservative
o Lo
dreaptastscedhnizyentth-eto the Union, have marked the
Of that which emanates from the northern tenantry of
the Marquis of Downihire, we subjoin a copy, together
with his Excellency's answer. The document is remark-.
confidenceCre Crown, and
n
able, from the number, station, tind character of the
rdclarepnedoopnle.
signatures. It extends through :147 feet of closely
written pages, with the aames, professions, occupations;
•z•:—
vt. .
county of Down ............... 3,667
aanudtogrerasipdhers of the respective subscribers, in their own
In the
In Antrim and Carrickfergus ...... 229

3,696
These are all tenants—comprehending magistrates
clergy of, all creeds and persuasions, farmers and trades:
men, Had it been thought right to include sons,
brothers, &c., resident on the lands of the parties signing,
the list might easily have been doubled or trebled.
The sentiments of such a bciciy—well representing
their general class throughout the north—are as noble as
they are valuable. The answer of his Excellency is just
what might be expected of "his good sense, spirit, and
discretion :

" Viceregal Lodge, April 20, •1848.
"My Lord,—l am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to
acknowledge the receipt of a loyal address, numerously
signed by your Lordship's tenants.
" His Excellency shares with those gentlemen the
sorrow and disgust caused by the perverse efforts made
to excite the masses, rendered peculiarly susceptible by
recent privations to deeds of outrage and violence; at
the same time he trusts that the reprobation with which
such attempts have been met by men of all classes,
creeds, and parties in Ireland, will deter the seditious
from their evil courses, or at legt regal to their dupes
the utter hopelessness of their wicked ichemes.—l have
the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient
servant,

" J. CORRY CONNELLAN.
" The Marquis of Downshire, &c."
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting cf
the Repeal Association took place this day, at Concilia-
tion Hall. The chair was taken by James Delany, Esq.,
T.C. Rent, 301.

DU3LIN, APRIL 25.—The Court of Queen's Bench is
to resume its sittings tomorrow, after the Easter holi-
days, The pleas of abatement filed by Mr. Mitchell,
of the United Irishman, have placed upon the Crown
the onus of making the next move, and some step must
be taken to-morrow.
The Government have determined to carry through
the prosecutions with vigour. The Crown counsel are
of opinion that the objecticm to a member VW-grand.
jury, raised by Mr: Mitchell's pleas, cannot hold good.
'The following is the clause of the Irish Municipal Act
on which he relies :

" Every member of the council, for the time being, of
the borough, and justice assigned to keep the peace'
therein, and every officer of police therein, and the
treasurer and town-clerk for the time being of every
such borough, shall bo exempt and disqualified from
serving on any jury summoned within such borough, save
and except juries summoned for an assize or general,
gaol delivery."
_ _

The disqUalification of Alderman Bowles, a member,
of the grand jury, is here specific ; but the Crown
counsel will hold that the law only requires a majority',
of the grand jury to find a bill of indictment, and that'
thirteen out of the twenty-four members of . the jury;
will be sufficient for all legal purposes. There is, how-,
ever, quite enough in Mr. Mitchell's plea for a good'
argument, and, perhaps,, for an appeal to the House of
Lords, in•case the Court should decide against him. The;
Crown, supposing that the Court rules with them in'
favour of the indictment, will proceed with the trial of
Mr. Mitchell, as well as the other traversers, in the
sittings after the present term.
As an evidence of the determination of the Crowii to.
proceed with all promptitude, a notice was served at Mr'
Mitchell's office last night, requiring him to appear per-
sonally (not by attorney) in the Court of Queen's,
Bench to-morrow. Mr. Mitchell had left a few hours'
previously, to attend a Chartist meeting in Manchester,
and a special messenger was dispatched to that town to
acquaint him with the service of the Crown summons, in
order if possible, that he might be enabled to attend in
Court to-morrow.
The Crown, it is stated, will demur to Mr. Mitchell's
plea. In that case, there would be a four-day rule for a
joinder in demurrer, which would expire on Tuesday
next, thus affording ample time for the argument before
the expiration of the term on the 12th of May.

FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE

TIMES COMMISSIONER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

m friends,
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ininfyor meMembersth
atas toaftemtheen tilmostudsee
of
Scionm, —m So
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sv rha
al
eoef
by Mr. Feargus O'Connor in the House of Commons on -
Saturday; and reported in The Sun to the effect; " that
a gentleman, some years ago called upon him, stating
that he was about to go over to Ireland as a 'Commis-
sioner' for one of the morning papers, and applied to
him to be engaged to write for the Northern Star, on the
ground that his communications would be written to suit
the newspaper for which he was going to Ireland, and
would not do at all for the Northern Star, unless written
differently," have beets understood in the House of Com-
mons to apply to me, as the Times Commissioner. I
beg to say that I never, called upon, or spoke to, Mr.
Feargus O'Connor in my life, nor did I ever hold, or
seek to hold, any tort of communcation with him, directly
or indirectly, on any subject whatever • nor did I ever
make any proposal to write from Ireland to the Northern
Star, or to any other newspaper whatever; nor was that
which I wrote for the Times, either directed, suggested,
or biased, by the editor or conductors of the Times in its
matter or tone, in any respect whatever.
To those who know me, this contradiction is un-
necessary. There are some gentlemen, however, who
may apply the statement of the Hon. Member to me,
and who,-indeed, I am informed, have done so, and who
may, perhaps, believe it unless contradicted, which must
be my excuse for occupying your space with such a
matter.