The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-28 00:00:00

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"DISTURBANCE IN YOUGHAL.—Her MajOSty'i war-
' steamer Myrmidon, with two gun-boats in tow, and
large number of marines and gunners on board, arrived
in our harbour yesterday, and proceeded immediately to
Youghal, to prOt4ct the shipping interest of that port.
"FURTHER FOOD OUT2AGES.—OII Wednesday last a
numerous body of labouring men, from the.diariet of
Shanagarry, came into the town of Coyne, and, of er
exhibiting their force for the paraose of intimidating
the shopkeepers, proceeded to rifle the flour and provi-
sion shops. -The bakers, seeing that resistance was com-
pletely useless, thought they might as well perriait it
with a good grace, and, fur the purpose of protecting
their remaining proiwrty, gencrotody distributed their
loaves to the hungry claimants, who retired with, utcura-
mittine• further irjury.
" We have heard that a similar d, monstratiOn' took
place yesterday in C.,stlenasrtyr, and that the labourers
were not satisfied until they were similarly feaSted.
"It was ramottreif this morning that Moore Park, the
residence of Lord Meunteashell, had been attackud yes-
terday, end a quantity of Indian corn, stored in iert nut-
house for the use of the tenantry, abstracard. On in-
quirv, however, it has been ascertained that no ,such
atitrage was committed, nor was there any at!empt to
warrant even the rumour."
" CLONMEL, SEPT. 23. Major-General his Royal
Highness Prince George of Cambridge will arrive at
Limerick on the 30th instant, to tare charge of this dis-
trict. It is strongly rumoured here that the 34th Depot
and the Royal Artillery stationed here will be re-
moved to make room for head-quarters of a regiment,
which could be easily eXected now by the additional ac-
commodation afforded by Mr. I.3lanconi's house, which
the Ordnance still retain as a barracks, although the
period for which they originally hired it has expired."
THE REPEAL MAGISTRATE,S.
At 'the 'eleventh hour, and when the act of amnesty
has lost its grace, the Government have thought proper
to reinstate Mr. Smith O'Brien in the commission of the
peace. The correspondence annexed will tell the .his-
tory of the' circumstances connected with Mr. O'Brien's
peculiar case:—
" Secretary's Office, Four Court?, Dublin, Sept. 22.
" atn directed by the Lord Chancellor to in-
form you that he'yesterday received a letter, enclosing
to him a document signed by several magistrates of the
county Limerick, stating their regret at being deived
of your advice and assistance as a magistrate, and
sug-
gesting to him that your restoration to the commission
of the peace would be productive of advantage to the
county.

" The Chancellor directs me to say, that, on examin-
ing the lists of magistrates who had been removed from
the commission of the peace, which he did in Conse-
quence of a communication from the Lord-Lieutenant
(as you are no doubt aware from the statements in
Parliament and the public papers), he found that you
had not been removed for any specific cause, but'had
yourself resigned the commission, and been superseded
at your own request. Under these circumstances he did
not cause any communication to be made to you on-the
subject, deeming it a matter altogether for your Own
discretion and judgment whether you woeld think fit to
intimate your wish to be replaced on the magistracy ;
but having received such a statement from a large body
of the magistrates of the county, he cannot hesitate to
inform you of it, in order. that you may apprise hiM of
your intentions as regards the resumption of the office.
"I am, Sir, ycur very obedient humble servant,
"FRANCIS W. BRADY,
• "Secretary to the Lord Chancellor.
"To William Smith O'Brien, E-q., M.P."
" Cahermoyle. Sept. 23.
"Sir,—l have had the ,honour of receiving your -
,hfiging letter of the 22d, in which you inform me that
ieveral magistrates of the county of Limerick have re-
iresented to the Lord Chancellor that my restoration to
he. commission of the peace would be of advantage to
;he county, and that in consequence of such representa-
:ion the Lord Chancellor desires that I should apprise
lim of my intention as regards the resumption of the
Ace.
"It affords me extreme gratification to learn, that
without suggestion upon my part, a large body of the
magistrates of the ceunty of Limerick have expressed
-uch an opinion to the Lord Chancellor.
"I will not conceal from you that I felt some surprise
that I had not received an intimation similar to that com-
municated on the part of the Executive to other magis-
'retes who resigned their commissions for political ma- •
eons; but I now rejoice that this delay has taken place,
AS it has elicited towards me a demonstration of gener-
eus feeling, which upon every account I highly appreciate.
" The present Government having wisely renounced
the principle of excluding individuals from the magis-
tracy on account of their ivocacy of the national rights
Hof Ireland, the motives which induced me to resign my
commission no longer exist. I shall, therefore, cheer-
gully resume my functions as soon as reinstated.
"I have the honour to be your obedient servant,
"WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN.
" To F. W. Brady, Esq., Secretary to the
Lord Chancellor."
The Limerick Reporter is by no means satisfied with
he Chancellor's explanation, ex. gr. :
" The Lord Chancellor or the Government are at ,
length about to perform an act of tardy justice in restor-
ing our distinguished and excellent county Membei to
the commission of the peace. The delay has caused a
good devl of surprise, much speculation, and great in-
iignation on, the part o a very numerous sectieen,
Limn" -the- Tory- press exclaimer
,g,.inst the' injustice. The reason assigned by the
Lord Chancel/Or is moat unsatisfactory, inasmuch as the •
commission of the peace has long been offered to others
who also resigned for political reasons, and did not apply
to be restored. For example, the Orangeman, Mr. Rose
Cleland, who resigned in consequence of his friend
Commodore Watson being superseded, was offered the
commission without any intimation on his part that he
would accept it, which is evident from the fact of his
'laving refused the office; so that the justice which was
,ffaren to an Orangeman was denied by the Whigs to
in uncompromising repealer, until the magistrates of
the county of Limerick at last reminded the Government;
of their duty. With how much better a grace would they
have offered him the commission in the beginning than
to te thus forced to do him justice. Did they want tho
lineal descendant of an Irish King to bow down at their
teen and, ' with bated breath and whispering humble-
ness.' sue for the office from an English faction ? Some
of the Whig organs and apologists of the Government
appear to think he ought to have dome so, but he knew
his own dignity and proud position better than that.
The Government stated, when coming into power, that
they would investigate the merits of each case, and act
accordingly, and, for our part, we think it would be
derogatory to any gentleman who was superseded to ask
tor a restoration."
LANDLORDS AND THE RENTS.
The Clare Journal (Conservative) strongly impresses
upon the landlords the actually necessity of foregoing all
demands for rent pending the present crisis, for, although
the farmer may obtain a remunerative price for his corn.
he must, in self defence, reserve it for his own conEump-
don now that his usual resource has been swept of the
land:—

" It were well, we think, if the exertions of the Go-
vernment received a corresponding assistance from the
landlords of the country. They must be forbearing to
the tenantry. We do not desire to retail the com-
plaints that are hourly spreading of the conduct of the
landlords and agents pressing for rents at this season.
It is true, for every commodity that the farmer has
to sell he has high prices to gat ; but then it must
be remembered that the corn upon which he eepended
to meet the greater portion of the rent, must bo
now kept to feed his family, in place of his potatoes,
that
public of lt d.ewpCiotrm nt t( sell,
up
heesthapt,,,rat his familydependnc ? It is f
on the chancey
to think it. We know, too, all the complicated demands
that those rents may be, in idea, allocated for, but they
must, in fact, be laid aside for the present. There must
be mutual forbearance on all sides, and, as none of 'the
demand that is to be laid upon the land will be levied
during this year, the landlord is relieved from any bur-
den by its presentation. Again, we repeat, we do not
desire to repert the various complaints every day cir-
culated of parties who are pressing for rents, and where
a gale's rent has been refused, yet when to meet tho
year's rent the tenant should deprive himself of every
ounce of subsistence for his family. It is the extreme
of folly to ask for this ; no matte: what the pressure
upon the landlord may be, he cannot hope to get this
demand ; and if he endeavours to do so, the consequenits
will be dangerous to the peace of the'country."