The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-08 00:00:00

MR. O'CONNELL.

(From the Pilot.)
We publish a letter from Mr. O'Connell to
night, as his opinions and intentions cannot be com-
municated in any language more forcible than
his own.

London, 14, Albemarle-street, Wednesday.

MY DEAR I3ARRETT,-The die is cast. We are slaves.
One more injustice has been committed towards Ireland.
Let us-now struggle for the double Repeal.
First—Of this new Algerine Act.
Secondly—Of that Union which alone caused this Act
to be paved.
I feel the awful duty imposed on me by the Volunteers.
I will endeavour to perform it honestly, at least, if not well.

Announce to the people of Ireland that I intend on every
Monday, whilst the Algerine act continues, to publish a
letter to them in the Pilot. I will, please God, begin on
Monday next.
I mean to take up in detail the necessary agitation in
each county in Ireland. Our enemies shall not triumph
over the people, nor put down the popular sentiment. We
will still agitat' within the law, a.:(1 without either moral
guilt or legal offence.
Call on the people to he quiet; to bear with patience
this new indignity. Let them hope for better days, and
better (lays must soon arrive.
Give a caution to the atrocious Whitgeet. They have
played the game which the enemies of Inland wished them
to play. The execration of every good or honest man is
upon their crimes. The vengeance of God will, sooner or
later, be visited upon their wickedness.
How sincerely ought we not to detest the vilest of the
vile Whitefeet—the last and worst of those villainous mis-
creants who have given strength to the enemies, and
weakened the friends of Ireland.

But still Ido notdespair of my country. No. Even in
the crimes which are committed against her there arises a
hope that these crimes will accelerate their own punish-
ment, and create thereby that state of things which will
insure the speedy restoration of our national and constitu-
tional independence.
Believe me to be, very faithfully yours,

DANIEL O'CONNELL.

BRAHANI, H. PHILLIPS, Mrs. BISHOP,
Mrs. KNYVETT, and several other vocalists of eminence,
have tendered their gratuitous services in aid of the Charity
of the Choral Fund.

THE TWEED.—We are sorry to say, that
from the commencement of the season up to the present
time, the salmon fisheries in the Tweed have been very
unproductive, and several fishermen have been unable to
obtain engagements. During the week salmon has been
sold to the public at 2s 3d. per lb., and trouts at Is. 3d.
—Berwick Advertiser.

A meeting of manufacturers connected with
the cotton trade in this city and the neighbourhood, was
held on Monday last, at which, we understand, a memo-
rial was agreed to, praying that inquiry into the state of
the factories should take place before Parliament legislated
upon the subject. A general feeling prevailed that Lord
ASHLEY'S Bill would prove extremely detrimental to the
rade.— Carlisle Journal.

Some considerable interest was excited on
Tuesday last by the arrival of the elephant, presented by
S. R. LUSHINGTON, Esq., i❑ Canterbury, by the rail..
road. Mr. S. KEEN very kindly offered his tanning pre-
mises for its reception, and, indeed, rendered great as-
sistance in the subsequent operations. The Curator of the
Museum, anxious to render the specimen as valuable as
possible to the collection, proposed to make two subjects;
the one by stuffiing the skin, which was carefully flayed,
and the admeasurement of the animal ascertained for the
purpose; and by way of still further approaching to accu-
racy, casts in plaster were taken of the limbs and head
after the skin was removed. The other by exhibiting a
perfect skeleton of the animal, the preliminaries for which
have been effected.—Kentish Gazette.

Addle. TAGLIONI and M. DAUNIONT are
arrived, and will make their debut on Saturday, which
night will be the list of Mdlle. ELSLER'S engagement.
The Opera of Il Pirata will likewise be performed for
the first appearance this season of RUBINI. ZUCIIELLI is
come to strengthen the Opera, and TAMBURINI is ex-
pected. Madame CINTI DA3IOREAU has left Paris for
London, and Madame PASTA will be here by the end of
the present month. The Italian Ballet, Ines de Castro,
new to this country, but celebrated at Milan, will soon
be produced by its composer, Signor CoaTEsr, to intro-
duce Madame PALLERINI and Signor RoNzANI.
We understand that M. LAPORTE intends
introducing occasional performances at Covent-garden
during the summer vacation, which are to combine the
talents of native and foreign artistes of the highest cele-
brity.— Court Journal.
Three of the voters of Marvlebone—viz.,
ABRAHAM WILKINSON, of Hadlow-street, Burton-cre-
scent, music-seller ; JOHN KATES, of Judd-street, hair-
dresser; and THOMAS BOTT, of Mirgaret-street, Caven-
dish-square, upholsterer—have petitioned against the
return of Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY. They allege that he
is nut qualified by law, inasmuch as he was not seised, at
the time of the election, of any estate of freehold or
copyhold for his own life, or any greater estate, or of any
land or tenements, over and above what would satisfy all
incumbrances, of the annual value of 3001.

ALTERATIONS IN THE MAILS.—The old
Leeds mail from London is to be accelerated, so as to ar-
rive in Nottingham about an hour earlier than at present,
in Sheffield about an hour and a half earlier, and in Leeds
at five o'clock in the afternoon, instead of seven o'clock in
the evening. The London letters for Leeds are to be
brought by this conveyance, and not by the branch lion)
the Glasgow mail, which is to be discontinued. The
establishment of a north mail from hence to Shields forms
a part of this arrangement. In order to secure a more
early delivery of letters from Lancashire, a Sheffield gig
mail is to start from Leeds to that place on the arrival of
the west mail in Leeds, soon after two o'clock every
morning, to commence running on the 6th of this month.
—Sheffield Courant.
DONZELLI.—DONZELLI has been a severe
sufferer by the failure of Mr. MAsosi. The first engage-
ment entered into between the parties was at Milan. The
terms of this engagement were afterwards modified on the
arrival of DONZELLI in London. By the wording of this
latter engagement it was stipulated that, failing certain
conditions and payments, DONZELLI was to receive 600/.
lodged at WRIGHT'S, or the securities which represented
this sum. DONZELLI contends that he has fulfilled his
part of the engagement, and he therefore claims the 6001.
lodged at WRIGHT and Co.'s. WRIGHT'S house refuse to
deliver up these securities to the Primo Tenore, and it
is now a question whether be should proceed against them
for the recovery of these assets.—New Court Journal.
AN ATHLETIC PARSON.—Many of the
relatives of ADAM. CLARKE on both sides of the house,
were remarkable for vast muscular powers. One of his
maternal uncles, the Rev. I. M'LEAN, a clergyman, pos-
sessed incredible strength, which he often used not in the
best of causes. He could bend iron bars with a stroke of
his arm ; roll up large pewter dishes like a scroll with his
fingers; and when travelling through Bovagh Wood, a
place through which his walks frequently lay, he has been
known to pull down the top of an oak sapling, twist it
into a with by the mere strength of Lis arms and fingers,
and thus working it dow❑ in a spiral form to the earth,
leave it with its root in the ground for the astonishment of
all that might pass by. One day, dining at an inn with
two officers, who, perhaps, unluckily for themselves,
wished to be witty at the parson's expense; he said some-
thing which had a tendency to lessen their self-confidence.
One of them, considering his honour touched, said, " Sir,
were it not for your cloth, I would oblige you to eat the
words you have spoken." Mr. APLEAat rose up in a
moment, took of his coat, rolled it up in a bundle, and
threw it under the table, with these fearful words:—
" Divinity lie thou there, and M‘LEAN do for thyself ! "
So saying. he seized the foremost of the heroes by the cuff
of the neck and by the waistband of the breeches, and
dashed him through the strong sash-window of the apart-
ment, a considerable way on the opposite pavement of the
street ! Such was the projectile violence, that the poor
officer passed through the sash as if it had been a cobweb.
—Life of Dr. Achim Clarke.
INFANTICIDE.—A horrible murder was com-
mitted last week, on the body of a new-born male child,
at Williton, near Wa'chet, in this county, who was found
concealed in a box in a bed-room, having a riba❑d tied
about his neck, a piece of musli❑ stufid into his mouth,
and a piece of cloth over his lips, and fastened behind
the back part of the neck. Many persons who could
give information on the subject being engaged at our as-
sizes, the case was deemed of so much importance as to
render it necessary to send for the Coroner at midnight
on Saturday; and at eight o'clock on Sunday morning
that gentleman arrived at the Wyndham Hotel, and
having issued his warrant for a jury and witnesses to be
as:embled at ten, the investigation commenced accord-
ingly, and lasted until about eleven the same night. The
jury, after two hours' deliberation, returned a verdict of
" Wilful Murder" against the mother, ELIZA BRADFORD,
a dressmaker, aged about seventeen ; and against ELIZA.
RF.TII BRAND, mother of the said ELIZA BRADFORD, of
being an accessary after the murder.—Taunton Courier.

LAUNCH of the ROYAL WTLLTAM, at PPNT-
BROKE DOCKYARD, ON TUESDAY LAST.

(Abridged from the Cambrian of Saturday.)
The day appointed for this magnificent spectacle turn-d
out favourable, and at Milford all was bustle and prepara-
tion at an early hour. As the hour of four approached,
much anxiety was manifested, and when the dockyard
clock struck the hour, expectation was at its height.
Precisely at five minutes past four, a heavy gun discharged
from the fort announced that all was ready, and the spec-
tators, as may be supposed, were on the look out, when
in less than a minute this magnificent ship entered on her
future element without the least plunge, and almost without
cansing a ripple on the water, amidst the deafening shouts
of the dense mass of thousands assembled around her build-
ing slip, and in various other positions in the yard,which was
simultaneously answered by the roar of cannon from the
vessels, and the long and continued huzzas of those on
hoard, the bands playing ," God save the Kink,"
" Rule Britannia," &c. She glided past the vessels after
taking the water rapidly, and would have reached the
other shore, but her speed was soon checked by letting go
her ponderous anchor, and she was speedily brought up,
hauled alongside his Majesty's ship Hannibal, and secured
in safety until the Bellisle, of 74 guns, now repairing in
dock, shall be hauled out to make room for this splendid
three-decker, to copper, mast, &c. The name was given
by Lady Owen, the Lady of Sir J. Owen, M.P., and
Lord Lieutenant of the county of Pembroke. This part
of the business being now conducted on a very simple
and new principle, the following explanation may be
deemed interesting. On each side the bows the dog_
shores are affixed to the keel of the vessel, from which.
trunks of wood enclosing two large pieces of pig iron, are
sosp,:nded by pullies, held lay a cord fastened to the stem
of the ship, Captain Buller, R.N.. superintendent of the
yard, held a chisel on the cord, which Lady Owen struck
with a small mallet, the weights fell on the dog-shores,
and the ship was launched ; which, we feel pleasure in
reporting, happened without the slightest accident, and at
a time of the spring tide unprecedented, being four days or
eight tides before the top of the spring. This circutn-
stance alone will establish Pembroke-yard as the first
building yard, and, cf source, the best in his Majesty's
dominions, for a ship of this immense magnitude could not
have been launched, nor even a frigate, at the same state
of the spring at any other vatal in the kingdom,
DIMENSIONS, &c. FEET. TN.
Length aloft over all 244 9!4,
Ditto of lower gun deck 203 0
Depth of hold from ditto 23 0
Breadth to outside the wales 55 6
Height from the top sides to the under side of the

false keel . --
C 4 SY,
Weight 4589 tons
Admeasures 2698 tons 5-94ths
Guns l2O
Cost for building • £94,971 0 0
Draught of water when launched, 18 feet; expected to
draw about 26, when all her ballast, guns, stores and pro-
visions for six months, are shipped.

The survey undertaken by Mr. BrtuNEL for
the proposed Bristol and London Railway will he completed
in about a fortnight.
THE AMERICAN TARIFF.—It has been
stated by some of our contemporaries that the President of
the United States has refused to ratify the new Tariff Bill.
On the contrary, he has given his assent to it, and the
Act comes into operation in January, 1834.
The Earl of SANDWICH is gone to the Con-
tinent. As his Lordship is on full pay of the Coldstream
Guards his absence will not, it is expected, exceed three
months. The Noble Earl proceeds to Paris direct, where
he will snake a short stay iv ith his relations, the Count
and Countess WALEwsxs.

The political axiom generallyattributed to Sir
ROBERT WALPOLE, that all men ha •e their price, was
perverted by leaving out the word thos&. Flowery oratory
he despised; he ascribed it to the interested views of
themselves or their relatives—the declarations of pretended
patriots, of whom he said, " All those men have their
pi ice ;" and, in the event, many of tbem justified his ob-
servation.—Coke.—Murray's Byron, vol. 16.
The Norwich Election Committee were, on
the twelfth day of their sitting, thrown into fits of laughter
from the circumstance of Mr. GALWAY, M.P. for the
county of Waterford, having said, when apparently getting
tired of hearin, the long speeches of counsel, " That with
two of his Irish° petty sessions clerks, the Committee could
have known just as much of the real justice of the case
before them, and ;lave decided in two days what they were
near two weeks thinking of."
STATE OF TRADE AT OLDHAM. The
staple manufactures of Oldham, cotton spinning and power
korn weaving, continue to flourish with unabated vigour ;
and though the cotton hand loom weavers are in a state
of great destitution, a slight advance of 6d. per cut has
been given for some light goods, woven by hand, such as
satteens. Silk weaving is rapidly increasing in extent ;
and the operatives are busily engaged in fulfilling the usual
spring orders. list making is a little livelier. The woollen
goods of Saddleworth sell well in the market, and afford
comparatively tolerable profits to the manufacturers.—
Mancliester Guardian.

TIIE MAILS.-The two-horse mail, esta-
blished a few months ago between this city and Glasgow,
ceased running yesterday morning, having proved a losing
concern to all engaged in it. To make up for this loss to
the " Glasgow bodies," the heavy mail starts an hour
earlier in the morning—viz. at five o'clock. The Man-
chester mail now arrives here at 4, and the London mail
at a quarter past 4 in the morning ; and the mails to
Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Portpatrick, are despatched at
5 o'clock. Will this satisfy the Glasgow people ? Car-
lisle Journal.

\VEBER'S grand Opera, Euryanthe, was to
have been rehearsed on Thursday by the German Company.
Ttie rehearsal was, however, postponed until Saturday, in
consequence of the non-arrival of the scora of thel Opera.
It is cli,uhtful whether the Italian Company will appear
to •morrow ; if not, WEBER's Opera will be performed on
that eveninz.

A STRONG ARGUMENT IN FAVOUR OF
MArnotoNy.—A mother and four daughters, three of
whom are now residing in this town, have, collectively,
approached the altar or Hymen no less than seventeen
times ! The mother has had four husbands, one of her
daughters four, and the others three each.—Northampton
Herald.

Air. Justice TAUNTON, our Recorder, who
was seized with an alarming and dangerous illness at
Gloucester, is so much recovered as to be able to leave that
city. His Lordship arrived at his seat at Freeland, near
Eusham, on Thursday afternoon.— 0 zford Weruld.

The alterations which were contemplated at
Marlborough House, in order to render it a fit place of
residence for the Princess Vicroat.a, have not yet been
commenced, and we hear that the idea is likely to be
abandoned, Government being unwilling to apply to Par-
liament for the means of repairing and fitting it up as it
ought to be. The estimate for repairs was, indeed, an
alarming one; but probably not beyond what would be
required, considering the dilapidated state of the building.
In order to make Mat Thorough House a residence for the
QUEEN Presumptive it would be necessary to rebuild
nearly the whole of the interior.—Court Journal.
JUVENILE COURT BALL IN RUSSIA.—
The following is an extract from a letter which we have
received from a friend in St. Petersburgh :—" By the
bye, since I wrote to you last, I have been at court. I
went one evening during the last week of the oil year, to
a children's hall. There were about 200 children all of
the first nobility, and nearly as many grown up folks. As
soon as we entered the rooms, the Emperor and Empress
came towards us, spoke in the kindest manner to the
Countess and children, and did me the honour to bow to
me. Nothing can exceed the grace and ease of their man-
ners, and they are as attentive to their guests as the mas-
ter and mistress of a house usually are in the middle
classes of society. There were five of their children pre-
sent, all of them uncommonly fine both in appearance and
manners. After a few qu idrilles and mazourkm, we
passed into the Marble Hall, which was fitted up as a
temporary theatre, and where a ballet was performed by
children from the theatrical school. The piece was taken
from ' Don Quixotte,' and was acted by the little crea•
tures with as much spirit as if they had been grown up
men and women. It lasted about an hour, when we re-
turned to the ball :osm and the tea was banded round ;
after which a large circle was formed, and the boys and
girls who had acted the ballet came in, two and two,
dressed, each pair in the costume of a different nation, and
danced one of the national dances of the nation whose cos-
tume they wore. There were at least fifteen couples, re-
presenting as many nations. Toe English were regular
caricatures. The gentleman, who was about 14 years of
age, and dressed in a long blue coat, with knee breeches
and long gaiters of drab, was staffed out so as to make
him appear very fat, and danced with his hands in his
breeches
pockets, while both he and his lady turned in
their toes very much. They danced ' Jacky Tar,' and
excited immoderate laughter. After they retired the com-
pany again danced for about an hour, when negus, lemo-
nade, &c., were handed round, with sweetmeats, after
which, about half-past ten, the Emperor and Empress,
with their children, bowed to the company and retired.
This was the sign i 1 fir breaking up, and so we made the
best of our way home, being highly delighted with our
evening's entertainment."—Liverpool Chronicle.

DEVIZES CORN MARKET.—ApriI 4.
Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. s. d. s. d.
Best Wheat 27 6 to 25 6 Barley 24 0 to 30 0
Second 95 0 26 6 Oats
Thirds 0.2 0 23 0 Beans (per sack) 13 0 21 0
977 Sacks of Wheat sold/ ~...)5 6 Hour (per bag).. 40 0 45 0
at the average of Bread (per gall.) 1 3 0