The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING.
SIR GEORGE BROWN E.
General Sir George Browne, the new Comman-
der of the Forces, arrived in Dublin late on Satur-
day night, accompanied by Captain Kingscote and
Lieut.-Colonel Whitmore, Military Secretary. The
gallant General will be sworn in before the Lord
Lieutenant and Privy Council this afternoon. The
garrison field days commence in the present month
of April.
DEATH OF LORD FITZGERALD AND VESEY.
The papers announce the death of Lord Fitzgerald
and Vesey, which took place on the 30th ult. at
Annesfort, in the county of Cavan. The deceased
was in holy orders, and held the deanery of Kil-
m ore.

A MAGISTERIAL DELINQUENT.
Mr. R. W. Hall Dare, J.P. of the county of Sligo,
was tried at the Quarter Sessions of Ballymote, on
Saturday last, on a charge of having indecently
assaulted Elizabeth Montagu, an Englishwoman,
the wife of Thomas Montagu, Mr. Dare's under-
gamekeeper. The jury took a long time to deli-
berate, but eventually they brought in a verdict of
guilty of common assault. In passing sentence,
tiu, Assistant-Barrister (Mr. Harstonge Robinson)
said
'qr. Hall Dare, a very painful duty devolves upon me.
You have been found guilty of a common assault, and I
have consulted my brother magistrates, and we consider it
to be cur duty to impose upon you a punishment that
will mark our disapprobation of your conduct, and' show Ito
the public that, no matter how high the position of a party
unfortunately guilty of such an offence, the law must take
its course with regard to him. For these considerations we
feel it to be our duty to sentence you to one month's impri-
sonment, and that you pay a fine of £5, together with £lO
which have been incurred as expenses by the prosecutrix."
Mr. Hall Dare, who had risen from his seat to
receive the sentence of the Court, made no observa-
tion, and shortly afterwards, in company with the
sub-sheriff, walked across to Doyle's hotel.
Mr. Dare formerly represented an English county
in Parliament, and a few years ago became the pur-
chaser, under the Encumbered Estates Court, of the
Perceval property, in the county of Sligo, since
which he has resided constantly in Ireland. The
whole affair has, of course, created great interest in
the county of Sligo.

LOUIS NAPOLEON ?r SWITZERLAND.

It is well known that, in the autumn of 1838,
when Switzerland called out her troops in order to
support, in defiance of France, her right of keeping
within her territory a citizen of Sallenstein, in the
canton of Thurgovia, a certain gentleman named
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, in order to prevent a
sanguinary conflict, voluntarily quitted the country.
On that occasion he wrote a letter to the Govern-
ment of Thurgovia, from which the following pas-
sages are taken, and which it may be useful to re-
print at the present moment :
" Switzerland has shown for the last month, by
its energetic protests, and now by the decisions of
such of the great councils as have hitherto been
assembled, that she was ready to make the greatest
sacrifices for the sake of her dignity and her rights.
She has known how to do her duty as an indepen-
dent nation ; I shall know how to do mine, and
remain true to the voice of honour. I may be per-
secuted, but I never will be debased. The French
Government having declared that the refusal of the
Diet to yield to its demands would be the signal for
a conflagration of which Switzerland might be-
come the victim, I have no choice but to leave a
country where my presence is the cause of such un-
just pretensions, and where it might become the
pretext for great calamities. On quitting this
day, by my own will, the only country in
Europe I have met with support and protection,
and on leaving behind me spots endeared to
me in so many ways, I hope to prove to the
Swiss people that I was worthy of the mall
marks of esteem and affection which they have
lavishc.d upon me. I shall never forget the noble
conduct of the cantons who have pronounced them-
selves with so much courege in my favour; and,
above all, the generous protection which the canton
of Thurgovia afforded me will remain deeply en-
graved on my heart.
" I hope that this separation will not be for ever,
and that a day will come when I shall be able,
e
without compromising the interests of two nat'%
which ought to remain friends, to 'find again 1,
asylum in which a residence of twenty years and
-..cquired rights had given me a second country'.
" I request, M. Landamman, that you will con'
vcy my feelings of gratitude to the councils, and
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believe that the thought of avoiding trouble. ti
Switzerland can alone soften the regrets which
feel on leaving it.--Receive, &c.,
(Signed) " NAPOLEON, LOUIS'
" Arenenberg, Sept. 28, 1838."