The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-06 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—Lord Clarendon is still Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland. The preparations for his Excel-
lency's departure, have all been suspended, and the
usual dinners and evening parties at the Castle are to
be resumed forthwith.

DUBLIN, UNIVERSITY.—Yesterday being Shrove
Tuesday, the Spring commencements were held at
Trinity College. Among them was that of LL.D., pre-
sented to the Right Hun. Lord Gough. His Lordship
appeared in the examination hall in the full uniform of a
general officer, and wore the insignia of the Order of
the Bath. Joseph Napier, Esq., M.P., and G. A.
Hamilton, Esq., M.P., were also raised to the dignity of
LL.D.
REPRESENTATION OF KILKENNY CO UNTY. —The
friends of Mr. Sergeant Shee, in anticipation of a gene-
ral election, have commenced an active canvass 01 the
county Kilkenny. Mr. Patrick R. Welch, one of the
defeated candidates at the last general election, has ad-
dressed the constituency, which will amount, tinder the
new franchise Bill, to upwards of 5,000 electors.

MR. JOHN O'CONNELL -It is said that Mr. John
O'Connell has come to the final resolution of withdraw-
ing from Parliament and public life. The universal
te.ling of indignation expressed by the people of Ire-
land at the conduct of himself and connexions, on the
occasion of Mr. Disraeli's motion, has led to the most
desirable consummation. The Conciliation Hall delu-
sion will also be abandoned. An advertisement, an-
nouncing the suspension of the meetings, by order of
Mr. John O'Connell, appears in the Freeman's Journal
of this morning.

GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.—The annual meet-
ing of the subscribers to this fund took place yesterday, in
the saloon of the Lyceum Theatre, Mr. Buckstone occupy-
ing the chair. Mr. Cullenford, the secretary, stated that
having determined upon application for a royal charter of
incorporation, the directors had prepared a memorial to the
Home-office, which was presented to Sir George Grey by Mr.
Justice Talfourd. It afterwards appeared that the power of
granting the prayer of that memorial rested with the Queen
in council. A second memorial, together with a draft of the
required charter, was consequently in preparation. A ques-
tion had arisen as to the defraying of the funeral expenses
of deceased annuitants, and it was resolved that the repre-
sentatives of deceased annuitants should be entitled to 101.,
as the portion of the quarter's annuity due at the time of
death, but not to both. Their finances were in a flourishing
condition. After defraying the expenses of the year, there
remained of its income, which was 8421. 18s. Ild., a balance
of 4031. Os. 3d. Their general assets were as follows :—ln-
vested in the funds, 5,545/. ss. 7d. ; in the bankers' hands,
1,280/. ; ready cash, 691. 3s. ld. ; making a general total of
6,903/. Bs. Bd. Mr. Hoskin was elected in the place of Mr.
Lyon, one of therfive retiring directors, Messrs. Cullenford,
Lacy, Attwood, and Lewis being re-elected, The other offi-
cers were re-elected, and thanks passed to them for their
services. It was resolved that a special general meeting
should b. held on the Wednesday in Easter Week, to revise
the rules and consider the charter. Mr. Worrell proposed
the thanks of the meeting to Mr. C. Mathews for the use of
the saloon, and the usual compliment having been passed to
the chairman, the meeting separated.

FIRE IN OXFORD-STREET.—Yesterday afternoon,
at o few minutes before two o'clock, a fire broke out in the
premises belonging to Mr. Smith, perfumer, No. 1, Prince's-
street, Oxford-street. The building, including the base-
ment, was five floors high, and was adjoined on one side by
the premises belonging to Messrs. Thomas and Robert Mar-
tyn, silk-mercers, which formed the corner building of
that portion of Regent's-circus. The property of Mr. Os-
borne, a jeweller and silversmith, flanked the other side of
Mr. Smith's establishment. The fire mounted terrifically,
igniting, not merely every floor of the premises in which it
commenced, but also the adjoining property of Messrs.
Martyn. From inquiries made on the spot the reporter
learned from Mr. Smith that a bottle, containing some per-
fumery spirits, had been placed on the mantelpiece in the
counting-house. There being a fire burning in the grate, it
is supposed that the heat must have altered the temperature
of the spirits, and made them expand, fur all of a sudden
the bottle burst, the contents ran into the fire below, and
then arose an immense sheet of flame, igniting the counting-
house and every other room in the building in rapid suc-
cession. In a very brief reriod the engines of the London
Brigade, West of England, and St. Marylebone parish were
on Lthe spot, and copious streams of water were scattered
over the flaming premises; but, in spite of the indefatigable
exertions of the firemen, the work of devastation continued
and it was nearly five o'clock before the flames could be
subdued, and, not until the whole of Mr. Smith's valuable
stock-in-trade, his furniture, wearing apparel, and other
effects, were entirely destroyed. The extensive property of
Messrs. Martyn is also severely damaged. Mr. Smith was
not insured to one-half the extent of his actual loss. Mr.
Osborne, the silversmith and jeweller, who has also sus-
tained great damage by water, was uninsured, but, fortu-
nately, Messrs. Martyn were insured in the National Mer-
cantile Fire-office.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—FOREIGN ARRIVALS.
—The arrivals of three days from abroad have included the
following for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry
of all Nations in Hyde-park, viz.-52 packages by the
Antwerpen, from Antwerp; 5 by the Albion, from Boulogne;
10 by the Fyenoord, from Rotterdam ; 6 by the Fame, from
Calais; 15 by the William Jolliffe, from llavre ; 31 by the
City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk; 44 by the Countess of
Lonsdale, from Hamburgh ; 80 packages by the Governolo,
from Genoa; 30 packages by the Ranger, from Amsterdam
265 packages by the Earl of Auckland, from Dunkirk'
and 11 packages by the Sir Edward Banks, from °swtehnicdch
comprising altogether the largest number of arriv:!
sthin so
have taken place from abroad for the Exhibits 25 2 packages
short a space of time. In addition to these,.
have arrived by a Spanish ship at Plymouthbition building; and
which have been forwarded to the Exhi
India, for the East
several arrivals at Southampton, from
_lowarded to their ware-
India Company, which have been .om Santander,
nrto their destination. The
privilege from the Treasury,
houses in London, under special P
for examination and transm
ti-sts!°of very valuable jewels from
the Government of India
latter have included a qua:enie by
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late
ce
Lahore, which have
East India House.
ONTeTv,I,N arklliAnmthsue
were sent direct to the
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for the Exhibition, and which, for the purpose of security,
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and re-
ceived the THE
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contest with Dlr..Barrow, his Lordship met an intelligent
ANECDOTDEuriOnrg
farmer In the. neighbourhood of Loughborough, and ac-
costed him with the inquiry, " Are you an elector ?"
ceived an answer in the affirmative. The farmer was then
told who his Lordship was, and learned that he was the
aristocratic candidate for his suffrage, which was then most
earnestly solicited. " No," said the worthy farmer, "we
have had plenty of boys, we are going to have a man this
time." His reply proves now to have been a pretty true
prophecy.—Nottinglun Mercury.

REFORMATION IN DUBLIN...--On Sunday four per-
sons renounced and abjured the errors of Popery, under the
spiritual direction of the Rev. Thomas Scott, and subse-
quently received the holy communion in St. Thomas's
Church. One of the converts had been a student for the
Romish priesthood in St. Jarlatk's College, Tuam, under the
auspices of the most Rev. Dr. DlSale, and is now a pastu-
lant for admission to the care of the Priests' Protection So-
-1 ciety.—Dublin EtTninu /kW.