The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-24 00:00:00

THE ELECIION OF Tag. .21121Y0R OF

The election of the Mayor of Cork was a lively affair.
The council was excited enough, but the crowd went
beyond all bounds. When the name of Mr. Corbett, orte
of the Corporation, was called, he said he would not vote.
—A Voice : What way does Corbett vote ?—Mr.
Collins : He won't vote ; Le wants a better mnu.--A
Voice : He won't get a better man.—Mr. Collins :
Well, tell him so, and then he might listen to you, and
vote.—The numbers of those who voted were then an-
nounced, and Mr. W. Hegarty was declared duly elected.
—A respectable-looking young man here came forward
to the bench and asked, " Mr. Chairman, who did you
vote for ?" - Town Clerk : Ho voted for Mr. Hegarty.—
" We are glad to know that," said the " young man," and
jumping down, he told the people outside the way Mr.
Sullivan had given his suffrage. What the reporter de•
scribes as dissatisfied and angry yells here burst from the
crowd. Mr. W. Hegarty came forward and returned
thanks, but was received with hooting and yelling, so that
his remarks were altogether inaudible.—Chairman : Mr.
liegarty is a good man. (Hisses and yells.)—Mr. Nagle :
Order, order, Mr. Chairman. I offer my most hearty
thanks to those members of the council who voted for me.
I came forward here at the request of 300 or 400 of the
burgesses of Cork, becausel considered that no man should
flinch from a public duty. I regret very much that the
other members have not acquiesced in the recommendation
of the citizens made of me. But I hope now it will be all
forgotten, and I think that during Mr. Hegarty's year of
office you will not find anyone a better friend of his than I
will be.

Upon the fact liitoming generally known that the
enairman had voted for Alderman Hegarty, a rush was
made towards the bench, and in an instant half a dozen
fists were presented at his face. A scene of excitement
resulted, during which such expressions were used to the
ex-Mayor as " You sold the people to-day ; " You sold
your country last week ;" "You are a traitor;" "You
sold the pass twice—once in London, and now here
again ;" " Goula ; " and " Spy."—The Chairman (trying
to raise his voice above the uproar) : Fellow-citizens, I am
here—A Voice: Get away with you. The people put
you into a position and you betrayed them. You have
degraded your position. If the people knew how you
would vote you would not get the reception you did.
(Cheers and hisses.) You ought to be hooted out of Cork.
Principle is everything, but you degraded your position,
and sold the people. (Dreadful uproar, during which
several persons in the crush had to clamber over the
bench in order to prevent being injured. The ex-Mayor
in vain endeavoured to get a hearing, though he was fre-
quently heard to call for silence while he made an expla-
nation.)—A Voice: Away with you. Your pocket is
dirty. (Hisses.) You have betrayed the public ; and you
can never raise your head again. (Groans. )—Another
Voice : Why did you sell the people ? Chairman: I am alder
man of a ward.— AVoice: Ah ! and you won't go in nex t time.
(Hear.)—Chairman : I am ready this moment to give it up,
fellow citizens.—A Voice : You sold the people.—Another
Voice : By Jasus I'd knock the devil out of Dan Sullivan
after what he did to-day. (Cheers and laughter.) But
he was bribed. (Hooting and yelling, amid which the
chairman finding he could not get a hearing, retired.
As he left the court with several others he was loudly
h;ssed.)

In the room Lel,ind the bench, as the ex-Mayor ann
other members of the council were moving through it on
their way out, a spicy scene occurred between him and
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Mr. Nagle. Owing to the crush and confusion, several of
the late occupants of the galleries havin crowded into
the little room, it was hard to understand what the hot
discussion was about. The following rortions of it were,
however, audible.—Mr. D. O'Sullivan (to Mr. Nagle)—
When Patrick O'Sullivan proposed a resolution in the
council declaring my explanation satisfactory, what did
you say ? You said, "Gentlemen, this matter is before
the law officers of the Crown ; suspend your judgment."
—Mr. Nagle : I saved you from a vote of censure.—Mr.
D. O'Sullivan : If Mr. Sullivan's resolution were passed that
day at the council it would have prevented the Govern-
ment from doing anything. Mr. Nagle : Excuse
D. O'Sullivan : Mr. O'Sullivan, did you
not propose a resolution that day declaring my
explanation satisfactory ? Mr. P. O'Sullivan : 1
did.—Mr. Nagle : Would not a vote of censure have been
carried that day ? Mr. D. O'Sullivan: Dont you think,
Mr. O'Sullivan, that your resolution would have been
carried ?—Mr. P. O'Sullivan : It would, I believe.—Mr.
D. O'Sullivan : And what did Mr. Nagle say then?—
"Oh, suspend your judgment, gentlemen. It is before
the law officers of the Crown."— Mr. Nagle: The Mayor,
I know, has an insane hatred of me, but he wrongs me.—
The ex-Mayor: I have my opinions. (A Voice: "And
we all know that they are honest opinions ") And
this I will say, that not all the Orangemen in Ireland can
deprive me of them.—The ex-Mayor and some of his
friends then left the building, and the mob quietly
-aired from the court.

Another account of the proceedings gives a portion of
the speech of the ex-Mayor, which was delivered amidst
much confusion. lie expressed his confidence in the
Government, and went on to say, " I believe Ireland is
the birthright of the Irish race. I believe every inch
of ground confiscated two hundred years ago was con-
fiscated improperly ; because, after the Treaty of
Limerick had been agreed upon, that treaty was
in 1714 broken by a party in England, and the land
of Ireland, and the whole of Ireland was, under the
Act of Settlement, taken from the Irish people. I believe
we are coming to doing away with that Act of Settlement.
It was a wrong, a violence, and a fraud. It was done after
Ireland had made a treaty with England, but I believe
that the days are coming back again when the Irish race
will still be the possessors of their own soil. I believe the
true position of Ireland is to pull free and unfettered
alongside the English nation."

Owing to some " difficulty" with the Board of
Trade, the members of the Liverpool Local Marine Board
have resigned en mowee.

The Bishop of Salisbury continues to improve
nt health. The anticipations of Dr. Gull, of a speedy
restoration to health, we hope will soon be realised.

LAW REPORTING.—The annual report of the
Council of Law Reporting for the year 1868, just issued, is
very brief this year. It is announced that the subscription
receipts in 1868 were £22,067 10s. 6d., as against £21,860
16s. 4d. in 1867—an increase of £206 14s. 2d. The cost of
printing and delivery, we are told, has been reduced by
£1,087, and the " debit cash balance " from £3,324105. 7d.
to £292 Bs. 2d. £5,346 ss. was paid to the editors and
reporters, and if the profession will increase their subscrip-
tions the council hope that they may at some time not far
distant pay full salaries.
SINGULAR OBITUARY NOTICE.—One of the
Spanish provincial papers publishes a singular notice in its
obituary. It says :—" This morning our Saviour sum-
moned away the jeweller Siebald Illmaga from his shop to
another and a better world. The undersigned, his widow,
will weep upon his tomb, as will also his two daughters,
Hilda and Emma, the former of whom is married, and the
latter is open to an offer. The funeral will take place
tomorrow. His disconsolate widow, VERONIQUE ILLMACA.
P.S.—This bereavement will not interrupt our business,
which will be carried on as usual, only our place of busi-
ness will be removed from No. 3, Tessi des Teinturiers to
No. 4, Rue de Missionaire, as our grasping landlord has
raised our rent."

THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO A VOLUNTEER.—The
inquest upon the body of Matthew Chatterton, a private
in the Bilston Volunteer Corps, who was shot on -Thurs-
day, was held on Saturday, before Mr. W. H. Phillips, '
deputy coroner. The deceased, it was shewn, ran out of
he mantlet, just as Serjeant Penney was firing, for the
purpose of either blacking or whiting the target. He did
Ao, however, without raising the red disc, the signal of
danger, which lay by his side in the mantlet. The jury
returned a verdict of " Accidental death," but recom-
mended that in future markers should be dressed in red,
so that they would be more quickly discerned. The
coroner drew the attention of the captain of the corps to
a contrivance which he thought would prevent such acci-
dents. It consisted of a seat in the mantlet, to which
was attached a danger signal. The marksman should
occupy this seat. While he did so the signal was not seen,
but as soon as he left it the signal appeared.
ROMAN CATHOLICISM IN THE DIOCESE OF WEST-
miNsTEn.—Arehbishop Manning has just issued " A
Pastoral Letter to the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of
Westminster for Trinity Sunday." " The breathing of
the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Life," says the archbishop,
" has sensibly gone forth over England. We feel it like the
coming of spring. God has his purposes for us ; and there
are some even now in the midst of us who will perhaps
see what a few years ago the most hopeful hardly
dreamed." The Archbishop states that " through the
zeal of our clergy and the generosity of our flock, no
fewt;r than eleven churches will soon have been
added to the diocese since Trinity Sunday last.
The Church of the Guardian Angels was opened in the
East of London last December. The little church
at Ongar, in Essex, was opened in the last month. Five
are at this moment in course of erection ; another has
been already completed ; and the first stone of four others
will soon be laid. The new church at Sunbury will be
opened while these words are being read. The
noble Church of Our Lady of Victories, at Kensing-
ton, will be completed in about six weeks ; the church at
Barking 'will be opened without delay; the church at
Southend ought to be completed by August next ; the
church at West Drayton is rapidly advancing. The first
stone of a fine church will be laid before long at Hollo-
way ; in a little while a church will be begun at Harwich
and at Bow ; and the church and seminary for Foreign
gissiona at gill "