The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-27 00:00:00

poulterer's to a magic toy-shop, concluding with the
launch of the Trafalgar. It will be seen that this is a
departure from the usual scenic custom observed in the
open,ng of pantomimes hitherto, though there is no rea-
son to imagine it should not prove an alteration for the
better. A vast number of persons have, we know, been
employed in its preparation, and the acknowledged ta-
lent of every artist, before and behind the curtain, gives
promise that it will be as successful as that species of
performance has hitherto been.

IRELAND.

DunLIN,DEc.24.--:-.The Corn-law Repealers of England
may rely upon it, that the people of Ireland not only
sympathise with them in their endeavours to obtain a
sufficiency of food at a moderate price for their country-
men, bitt that they will heartily co-operate with their
br'ahren in effecting so desirable, so holy an
object. A series of demonstrations in favour of free trade
in food will be made in this country during the interval
between this and the meeting of Parliament. The first
, of them took place. last night in the banquetting room of
the Mansion-house. The meetinc, was originally intended
to have been held in the Rotunda ; but it vas found that
the place would be totally inadequate to accommodate
k. the numbers applying for tickets ;it was accordingly
determined on holdin,, it in the Mansion-house, and the
result was a complete triumph for the Repealers.
At seven o'clock in the evening the Lord Mayor took
the chair.

The Loan MAYOR, oh taking the chair, said it was
with the greatest alacrity ho obeyed the summons to
take the chair... It was impossible for any subject to be,
in its nature, of a deeper or graver interest than that
mid,* called them.together that evening ; it related to
the food of the people. The effect of the present law
was starvation. The world had arrived at a period
when it was 'emphatically necessary, for all statesmen
to look to the good of the working classes. There was
no danger of the wealthier classes of the State, unless
they involved themselves in that peril by pertinaciously
insisting that a portion of their wealth should be derived
from the taxation of the people.—(Hear.) They had met
that evening to consider the effects of the bread-tax ; it
was a tax which made bread dearer to every human
being—(Hear, hear)—and, of course, the pressure of
that dearness was felt by the poor and labouring classes.
A's to the wealthier classes of the State, the quantity of
bread they consumed, as compared with their general
expenditure, was trivial, but to the working classes it was
'a question of life and death. The pressure of this tax
• was -grossly unequal, and the pressure on the wealthier
classes was totally insignificant, and that was demon-
strated by the single reflection that the quantity of
bread that wealthy persons consumed was very insignifi-
cant in comparison with their expenditure ; whereas the
quautity of bread the poor man consumed was the entire
Lul of his expenditure for food, and made nine-tenths
of The value of his productive power and of his wages.—
' iUlear, hear.) If the Corn-law were of any value any-
Where it would be of value in Ireland. Now, he ap-
pealed to every man who heard him, if wages were not
lowr in Ireland than in any other portion of the British
• &minibus ? Wages were lower here than in any other
part of the entire world.—(Hear.) A miserable six-
pence a day was the utmost the labourer received in Ire-
, land, except in the vicinage of the greater towns, where
• the wages. apse higher. If any country profited by the
Corn-laws it would be Ireland, and if the Corn-laws had
a tendency to raise wages it would raise them in Ireland,
whereas the direct contrary was the fact.—(Hear, hear.)
That demonstrated that the Corn-laws did not raise
wages. But C;tri if it were useful to Ireland, and in-
jurious to the British dominions, he would say, perish the
advantages that were thus obtained for Ireland at the
cost of any other portion of the country. He would
say, that though he was a Repealer, and preferred Ire-
land, yet he did not wish to give her a preference by
means of injustice or iniquity.—(Cheers.) It was their
duty to stand by the people of England in that
struggle, and a gentleman would address them who had
come there to join with him in calling on the Irish to
juin in that struggle. On his left was Mr. Thompson,
whose name .was inscribed on the brightest pages in
Mae history of human benevolence.—(Cheers.) Ile was
one of the men that was instrumental in striking the
chains from off 100,000 of their coloured fellow subjects,
and in o!uining that splendid act of generosity, the
emancipation of. the negro slaves through- the British
dominions.—(Cheers.) They had also amongst them
another' distinguished English gentleman, Mr. Bright,
• who had taken an active part in the emancipation of the
,sJuves of England from the tyranny of the oligarchy.-
4Cheers.) His knowledge and information would in-
Street and delight them, and though his accent might be
„ differetit from their own, the generous emotions of his
heart beat responsive to theirs in the cause of suffering
lunnanity.—(Cheers.) They would hear the gentlemen,
he was sure, with the deepest attention, their charac-
ters deserved that every respect should be paid to them,
and the information they were capable of giving would
reward any lengthened attention they bestowed on them.
They should all recollect that they were struggling to
feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and they would
now be addressed by Mr. Bright, one of the gentlemen of
whotnle had
.spoken.
Mr. Ilerowr and Mr. THOMPSON subsequently ad-
dressed the meeting : they were listened to throughout
With the greatest attention ; and on resuming their
seats, were enthusiastically cheered. Mr. Thompson
concluded by expressing a hope of seeing an Anti-Corn
Assoclution formed in Dublin, and petitions sent in from
i•arioirS parts of the country, for the repeal of the unjust
• laws, the effects of which he had been describing to them.
—(Cries of " So you will.") •
.The Loan MAYOR said that such an association
should be formed, and the announcement was hailed
with eheero.
APTIERNAN, of Mount Tallon, then came for-
ward, and was greeted very warmly. He was most
happy to have that opportunity of informing the gen-
tle:nen who had conic there from England—and he
told them so as an Irish landlord—that he, fur one, who
possessed estates in this country, was favourable to a
repeal of the present system of Corn-laws.—(Loud
cheers.) He spoke there as a landlord, and he knew

that a%vast number of landlords in this country enter-
, taimed similar opinions —(Hear, hear.) The law, as it

stood at Present, was murderous in its nature and ten-
dency, and he had no doubt whatever that the time was
come when Sir Robert Peel himself, and the most vio-

lent upholders of the present system, 'must yield to the
overpowering voice of the people, and repeal those ac-
cursed laws, which in their tendencies starved half the
population of this empire.—(Loud cheers.)
Counsellor MOORE then addressed the meeting in an
eloquent speech, and concluded by proposing the follow-
ing resolutions

" That the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-
laws, by permitting the unrestricted importation of food,
would essentially advance the agricultural condition of
Ireland, and would establish and revive Irish trade and
manufacture. .

" That it is expedient that all Ireland should petition
for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws ;
and that measure* be taken to procure signatures to the

petitions

The LORD MAYOR said he would undertake to get
signatures to the petitions,
• Mr. Alderman GARDINER was then called to the
' Ohair, and a warm vote of thanks, which was proposed
by Mr. THOMPSON, and seconded by the general meet-
mg, being passed to the Lord Mayor, the vast multitude
separated, givitg three cheers for the Queen, the Lord
Mayor, the Repeal of the Union, and the Repeal of the
Corn-laws.

, . MEETINGS TO ADDRESS LORD DE GREY.
The: Queen's County gentry and freeholders have fol-
lowed the example of the Corporation of Dublin, and
refused to address Lord de Grey. On Wednesday last
his Excellency's admirers, agreeable to requisition duly
Presented to the High 'Sheriff, met at Maryborough for
the purpose of voting a connTatulatory Address to the
Lord de Grey, but those wilt do not admire the Noble
Lord met the re also, and as the latter happened to be in
a tonsiderable majority, they moved an amendment to
the e .:!,t ella t an Address to the Queen on the birth of
the Prince of Wales should be presented, in place of the
intended one to Lord de Grey.
The amendment was proposed by Atr. P. SALON in an
admirable speech. When the gentleman had ceased
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speakingi, -
.The Hirai SHERIFF proceeded to put the es
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and amendment separately, and although it uite
evident that the resolution was negatived, and tZe as
ment carried by at least ten too one, the High sl:,7lend-
otherwise. Here a scene of great nff de-
clared commotion en-
sued, with cries of "Divide, divide," but the Sheriff' not
consenting- to adopt that criterion, decamped with his
"
followers throtth a side door into the street, amidst the
hooting and sift! uting of the victors, who were left in full

possession of the Co-urt-hotise.
At this time it could be easily discerned the disparity
of the numbers, as the Tories who decamped did not
leave a chasm visible in the crowded Court. The Sheriff
made his exit most unceremoniously, without waiting,
according to the usual mode, of votinc, another person to
.the chair.
On the flight of the Tories, Mr. Lalor was
proposed
as chairman by MICHAELPUNNE, Esq., J.P., and

sconded by JOSEPH LYONS, ES(I., J.P.
Mr. LALoit was procevding to show the turpitude of
the runaways, when he was accosted by the Sub-Sheriff
in a low tone.

Mr. LaLon, addressing the people, said—Mr. Turpin
says he will bring the police to clear the Court-house at
the point of the bayonet.—(Cries of " Manchester !")
Here Mr. DUNN, J.l'., came forward and stated, that if
he considered that such a thing would be attempted, he
would stop there till night to see would they dare to do it.
When the irritation of the people had subsided, a re-
solution, proposed by Mr. J. Delany, and seconded by
Mr. Fitzpatrick, was adopted with acclamation, de-
nouncing factious ascendancy of any kind, and declar-
ing the necessity of such an administration of the law of
landlord and tenant as would protect the occupier from
the tyranny of rack-rent landlords.
A vote of congratulation to tha Queen and Prince Al-
bert, on the' birth of the Prince of Wales, was adopted
with acclamation, and three cheers were given for the
Queen, Prince Albert, and the Prince of Wales. Three
cheers were given. for O'Connell, and also for " honest
Patrick Lalor."

The people then quietly separated, greatly elated with
their victory over the Orange faction.
I,lle Orange and Tory party left Maryborough com-
pletely chop-fallen. They arrived in the morning pre-
pared for victory, and went home defeated and humiliated.
OUTRAGES IN TIPPERARY.
The Limerick Reporter, received this morning, says
that outrages On person and property never were so pre-
valent (even in the most disturbed periods) in Tippe-
rary as at present. In part of Limerick and Clare a
.similar spirit is manifesting itself, and yet the Govern-
//wilt is insane enough to think of dismissing the respon-
sible
Alagistracy.

girlie Marohioness of Queensbury has arrived at
Farrunce's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from her seat
in Scotland.