The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-09 00:00:00

DERRENANE HOUSE AND O'CONNELL.

It is an extensive pile, a most singular jumble of
incongruous additions ; part of it weather slated, part
of it aping the castellated style. I believe, though,
that its accommodation within is much superior to its
appearance without. There is some attempt at gar-
dens and grounds immediately around it ; but neither
Nature, nor western breezes have favoured the Libera-
tor's improvements. In front, is a boggy meadow ;
and beyond that a ridge of sand, which extends to the
shore of the little bay. The situation is wild and se-
cluded, and therefore strikingly in contrast with the
busy scenes in which Mr. O'Connell is usually occu-
pied. I rode round the house as near as I could
without intruding, and while thus engaged, was much
Fzoor9 s4P4pd
_to see " the great 0" coming out to
meet me. 1 must do him the justice to say, that he
accosted me with the politeness of a gentleman and the
hospitality of an Irishman ; inviting me in the kindest
manner, as a stranger, to dine and sleep at his house.
This invitation, however, I was reluctantly compelled
to decline, partly from feeling my time to be very li-
mited; but chiefly from the arrangements I had made
respecting my car and baggage, which were waiting
for me at Sneem. He repeated the invitation more
than once, in a manner that both showed he wished
me to accept it, and also that he was accustomed to be
refused, but I obstinately withstood all his solicita-
tions, much to my after regret ; and Thus lost an op-
portunity of seeing one of the most remarkable men
of his time, under peculiarly favourable circumstances. I
however, gladly accepted his offer of refreshments, and
accompanied him into the house. The drawing-room,
into which I was shown, is a new and spacious
apartment : the furniture was neat, but nothing
more. There were on the walls a few moderate
engtavingti ' some that appeared to be Austrian, one
of General Devereux, another of Hely Hutchinson, -
another of the Princess Charlotte. But the two to
which he chiefly directed my attention were a pair of
engravings respecting the principal founders of the
Catholic Association : in the centre of the one, stands
himself; in the centre of the other, his only rival at
these famous meetings, Richard Lalor Sheil. This
led to conversation about the different characters of
each individual there pourtrayed, the portraits of him-
self, &c.: in the course of which he referred witii
much self-complacency to the part he had played on
the world's great stage ; but more as a matter of his-
tory than of politics, it being his prudent maxim to
exclude politics at his house, except when all are
known to entertain the same opinions. His conver-
sation was replete with anecdotes, chiefly legal ; and
was very lively, good-humoured, and pleasant. I
thought it was his evident wish to make a favourable
impression on the Saxon stranger ; and in that he cer-
tainly succeeded to some extent. Kindness and atten-
tion, I trust, I shall always appreciate, from whatever
quarter they may, come ; but when received from a man
like Mr. O'Connell, without the slightest claim to his
notice, they naturally dispose the heart to feel more
kindly towards him who shows them. My impression
of his private character was, therefore, somewhat
softened by this glimpse of his domestic manners ; cor-
roborated as it was by the favourable accounts given
me of him by his immediate neighbours of all ranks.
But my opinion of his public conduct, of course, re-
mained exactly the same as before our interview ; or,
if any thing, was only confirmed and strengthened.--
The Angler in Ireland.

FIRE AND EXPLOSION ON BOARD A
GOVERNMENT STEAM-PACKET.

vat.
LIIEnPOOL, OCT. 7.—This morning, between the bowie
of twO and three o'clock, the greatest alarm pervaded Of
river aid the neighbourhood along shore, in consequence,?,
a destructive fire having broken out on board the Dab,'"
mail packet the Thetis, commanded by Captain TowilY'
accomPinied by the explosion of the magazine of the re,s°
sel. It appeared that the Thetis, one of the finest, I°°:'
beautiful, and fast-sailing vessels in the service, arrived 'Li
Liverpool, from Dublin, yesterday morning, and, lias'ing,
discharged her passengers, took her customary
the Slyne, opposite Tranmere Ferry. The crew slept 05
board, and about the hour above-mentioned they sver
roused from slumber by the crackling of the vesse:
which had taken fire in the after cabin, the best apart
ment. The crew immediately used every exertion to rri
tinguish the flames, but. it was found to be impossible. ,'";
alarm was instantly given on shore, when the Richnroilet
Government tender, shortly came alongside with a nu° le
of extra hands. The flames were then raging, with Pre
hopes of saving the most valuable part of the vessel, "bece
the fire broke out, and it was deemed necessary to role).
her from the moorings to some part of the river where t,c,
might have the advantage of a bank, and scuttle her. li'vg
station ab
cordingly, the Richmond, whilst the flames were buerstoa,
through the cabin windows, proceeded to tow her to Iv°_,.as
side, where she was run upon the bank, about SO Yajj,
from the shore. She arrived in this burning-state at 71;
side between four and five o'clock, when the Sir 21°1
Stanley, Eastham packet, and the Rival, of Runcore,l,
to her assistance, and by means of their force pumps pion
menced playing upon the flames. The Norwich un'ts,
engine was also put on board one of the Woodside steagwe,
and brought into effective operation. Great fears we biro
tertained that the small magazine, near the after eauo
containing a barrel of gunpowder, would ignite, and attille
o'clock, whilst all hands were at work on the fore-deel" e,r
magazine caught fire, and immediately afterwards a rer.:oe
dons explosion was the consequence. Fortunately not s'.o
person was seriously injured, but the planks from the 5100.
of the vessel and the windows were forced from their the
Lion and scattered in all directions. The best cabin SbY h
arc
explosion was now completely gutted and destroyed• t bot
was subsequently made for the plate, valued at 700 es'
not a vestige was to be found. Five minutes after thesoto
plosion the main-mast, which had been burning forties of
time, rolled overboard, together with large quantie the
other timber. The only plan then left, in order to Was sio
rest of the vessel, was to sink her as near in shore I, 05
could be brought, and about half-past six a large b°:tbing
bored through her forepart, and she went dowo,11;00
being visible but her chimney and stern. It is, not. bol:e,
how the fire originated, but it is conjectured that 't, Ot
out in the caboose. The packet belongs to a °°,lTlCik.ets'
proprietors, and is hired, like the rest of the inal—lt .15
by the Government, at a certain rental per niontu:taioell'
impossible, at present, to estimate the damage su'f
The style in which the best cabins of the line 0 The
packets are furnished and appointed is very costly
original cost of the vessel was 17,0001.
REIS'
DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP ELIZA-

BY FIRE.

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On Tuesday night a fire broke out on board ther6ty
Elizabeth, lying in the Eastern or Shadwell basin °`t 011
London Docks, which has terminated in the ahntsLleil`
destruction of the vessel. It appears that the .07, /0(
had lately undergone a thorough repair, and had heef) cF
l
copper bottomed and rigged at the New Grade beef
Wapping-wall, and it was only on Tuesday afternoon.. be'
she was hauled out of the dry dock, for the purpose eV
ing fitted out in the basin for the South Seas. Abnui.st
past twelve o'clock, a body of fire issued from the thief
The first thing done was to remove the ship ffroman° file
large one lying alongside, and Captain Manglnun
Dock-master, effected
and his men soonthis,
and 31,!e
hauled further up the basin, in a convenient place lee°
engines to play with effect. In a few minutes the -6113
burst forth, with increased fury, to the hatch tale 00
through
the port holes, quickly communicating to then'
and rigging. 'yid'
At three o'clock the mizen top-mast came down ea t°
tremendous crash, and soon afterwards the fire
be seentipg 1
so far subdued, that several engines ceased. wafr-tbe
but, in a short time, the flames burst forth agan ter
ore hatchway, and fore peak, and the Dock-oas
last gave his consent to scuttle the ship, and four eacireptit
ters instantly offered their services. She sunk to thei, et
of nearly fourteen feet ; but the fire was not entire,i;e
under, until two o'clock yesterday afternoon, whenfo'elOt
tenor of the ship was completely gutted. The —coil*
came down about half-past four o'clock in the 0_413'
n The mainmast stood until six, when it was burnt thirv;_ sf,
tae dit fell over. Preparations were making
rnoon, to take back the remains of the vessel t°
Crane Dock.
yesteroNei
prsoa
The orirlf
gin of the fire is unknown. The only 14- ne
board was an old man, the ship-keeper, who was ;-clos(*
su ocated. He says he put out his light at eight ° ibree
when all appeared safe. The damage is estimated a'

thousand pounds.
1, Al 5.
CHOLERA DURING the LAST THREE

_ _ _---- - -
ITS GRADUAL DECREASE.
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. It is now two months since we ventured to offer the
e 8
jecture, founded on the experience of the last threeisbiiii
that the malignant cholera had diminished, was dintoe-i!I
and would probably be less fatal this season than jar,
first irruption. The result has fully borne out this there
pation. In 1832, according to the bills of mortality; Ser
were, in July, 1,006 fatal cases ; in August, 777 ; le
wer'
tember, 607 ; giving a total of 2,390. In 1833 ther ig9
in July, 181 cases ; in August, 853 ; in SePtem. hej'illP;
giving a total of 1,233. In 1834 there were, in, s t ~,
cases ; in August, 247 ; in September, 241 ; givirgis to rf
of 488. And in this last part of the calculation, it
(305 0
observed that the accidental circumstance of theteobe'
makes the number in this month appeal'
the month falling so as to give five weeks in SeP it 'e.
A 10 , 0
tually was ; so that to allow 307 for August, an-eek. P4t
September, would be nearer the truth. The "f' J-Vel't
terminated gives only 23, whereas in the course 0 056
so many as .103 occurred in one week. The I' g 01'
crag' all
which the
above presents is by no means discoll ode
shows the entire groundlessness of the alarm °I); h volnj
one of our contemporaries some years ago ; vill'eflontficil
sented the disease as having broken out in London
tourte-
other parts of England, with a degree of viralenbe#;
greater than 4 for
exceeded its first onset, in 1832. Nothing 01_1, than
calculated to mitigate the evils of a fatal ePide', e,bich,re"
citing a panic, and we trust that the ridicule ;', jeor
taches to predictions at once fearful and false, ridicule
greater caution in future.—Medical Gazette.
the
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Fun{ MARKET.--The fishermen beloi'g—bra hie
Forth having now all returned from the nort
ii a to a
ring fishing, our market is beginning to be suPP ea
eet,
rably with white fish. On Wednesday there e oirrre,
many haddocks, whitings, flounders, fec., in theo.iven ffeb;
and a few coddlings, turbot, &c. Thep rices ,„'' 4d. 6;
for turbot, 6s. to ;12s. each ; haddocks, 2d.
....,`",, wow Dot
whitings, ls. 6d. to 2s. per dozen ; spirlings 45* rearceleso
esqouldalalyt
fithshe dheeminagndstiilsl
salmon, being now only got from the Tweed, it r•ien, no,
anilb.,, 5`7, eAc
Bd. to 9d. do. ; lobsters, as before, from 6CI. t° 16'
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On the 2d inst., at Oatlands, Lady Francis EgEOWn'lbert,
On the Bth inst., in Parliament-square, Mrs. Cul' of of
daughter. the 'r
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square,
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woAeaf
sy7a:tpsooor
dfni inst.,
still-born.
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dhaaumg Lodge,hter. Tw i c kpeenrh
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On the 6th inst., the lady of J. W. Brain, Esq., sr"
e of
On the 7th inst., at River-terrace, Islington, I%ir6" 0°
; the
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On the 24th ult., at Kellsberg, near Dresden, on salty °f
lady of John George Pole, Es q., of A son, who died 0" the
On the 6th inst., at ChartqL'odge, near Seven oaks, the
William John Monson Esq., of a son v nsiateu
On the 7th inst., at 'St. Mary AbbOts's-terrace, .P-e Y.
Of
adv of G. K. Bathie, Esq.,of - daughter. 'lliao,
On the 7th inst., in
On the sth inst., at West Brsixion, Mrs- 113°Ea35 ;°t,
son, Esq., barristr-at-law,-asquon ' Fe'
lice °t
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daughter.
At Ashwell, the wife of Thomas Durham,
of a female child, and after a lapse of 21 days she wasi.:`
fine boy : both children and the mother are doing ice“ of
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MARRIED. hfield,
On the 7th inst., at Croydon, Charles Kaye Fres
oni/W°
New Bank-bit to Elizabeth Sims Stephens°ns etre. user
Daniel Stephenson, ,Esq ~ of Guilford-street, Russell- Su. lo
On the 6th inst., at st. George's, Hanovr-Ws:ll%ton. voorei
Blackburn, of Knightsbridge, to -Miss Pike, of Ken 1 biilr. I,t,°
Hanover-square! . 1.01,5
On the 6th inst., at St. Georre's,
b of 11.1 r
of tbe
of the Terrace, Pimlico, to Mary, only daughter
operative fleverea o
the Stock Exchange. J hn Pool, 01500
On the 6th inst., at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, 0 d Loco ,
late Rev. John Whitelocke, Rector of Dearhag!..alieses• t, Y
Cumberland, to Miss Mott, of I%lile-end-r0ad,1%1,?(, Mr. ', ,Ir'
On the 4th inst. at St. Martin's-in-the-tieloso,, the law
So .01
Michael Ashley, also of the Strand. Woldeular v:41,,,,
On the 6th inst., at St. Marylebone, ,r of tb,,ry-
Leigh, of the Strand, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter ' etb,
LL.D., late from Dresden, to Louisa Sharpe, Inern_u!,iiisin ,"..."
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Esq., of Pentonville.
of Painters in Watercolours, third daughter of "

DIED. •,..Clartbe
LL.D.,On th ectithoninosft.ivaintdßsorri,ghatnor
Dtehpeutyßcevle.
rJkalndestroos—es to
.pt
King.
On th, Bth inst., at Grosvenor House, Waltinanste'' the i 1./ti
dauglitc-: of J. R. Mills, Esq., of Tavistock-sopr2. 3 in her '
On the 29th ult., at Clapham-Common, Did• OS '
year, relict of the late Mr. Samuel Moss•

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