The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-11 00:00:00

THE REPLT.

Whitehall.

Sir,—Secretary Sir G so. Grey directs me to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter, suggesting the appointment of
special constables during the winter months, to assist the
police in the prevention of robberies in the suburbs of the
metropolis, and to inform you that the magistrates are em-
powered to adopt this measure if they are satisfied of its
necessity, on application being made to them, by a state-
ment on oath, of apprehended breaches of the law, and of
the insufficiency of the existing police force. But lam at
the same timo to add, that as the new assessment in cer-
tain parishes has increased the fund applicable to the me-
tropolitan police, an augmentation of the force will be
made with as little delay as possible.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
H. WADDINGTON.

Mr. Stuart.

FELICE ORSINI'S LECTURE•

This distinguished Italian exile, who has just finished a
most successful tour in the manufacturing districts, ad-
dressed a metropolitan audience for the first time yester-
day evening at St. Martin's-hall. The meeting was thinly
attended, but from those who were present the lecturer
received frequent applause, and the warmest indications of
sympathy. As Signor Orsini himself frankly stated, he is
no orator, but a soldier, and consequently his lecture,
which took for its text the evils of Austrian and Papal do-
minion in Italy, was no more than a plain narrative of
Italian events during the last 30 or 40 years. He recapitu-
lated the various occasions upon which, as he alleged, Italy
had been first stimulated to insurrection and then deserted
by England, and complained generally of the conduct of
successive Governments of this country. *Nelson had
broken the capitulation of Naples, and harh,red a distin-
guished patriot at the yardarm ; Lord W. Bentinck had
raised the Sicilians, and then left them to the tender mer-
cies of Sing Ferdinand ; and England and France united
had restored the Pope to his temporal power, and thus
entailed on the States of the Church all the evils of
ecclesiastical government. Both England and France had
systematically upheld the Papal and Austrian despotisms,
and had their reward in the Russian war, which never
would have taken place had Poland, Italy, and Hungary
been previously permitted to achieve their independence.
But Italy was still full of hope notwithstanding her cala-
mities, and all the Italians asked of the people of Bog-
;And was that they should insist on the strict observance
of the principle of non-intervention, which was at pre-
sent grossly violated by the French and Austrian occu-
pations. He would visit every town in England and ask
a declaration to that effect, and if he could prevail on
the countrymen of Cromwell and Hampden to say " I
will," the powers of continental Europe would be obliged
to conform. Much cheering followed the cenelnsion of
the lecture.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.
GREAT STORM.

About 8 o'clock yetserday morning commenced
one of the greatest storms which has occurred here
since this time three years. It began with sharp
squalls, accompanied by torrents of rain, but a few
hours later the rain ceased, leaving the hurricane,
which was then at its height, undisputed sway.
It blew at first from a south-easterly point, but
when the tempest was greatest the wind went
directly round to the south. For fully 12 hours it
was a s3rvice of danger to walk the streets owing
to the fall of slates, chimney-pots, &c., from the
house-tops. The magnetio telegraph was unable to
work during the day, and the Chester and Holy-
head express-boat did not arrive until 4 o'clock
this morning, so that the Dublin papers of to-day
are completely cut off from the ordinary supply of
English and continental news. The storm was
general in the provinces, and by the accounts from
Cork, Limerick, &c., it would seem to have been
equally severe in those quarters. The gale had
almost ceased at 9 o'clock p.m., and after that hour
it completely abated, and the rest of the night was
calm and clear. As yet there are no reports of anY
material damage being done by the gale in the
city, but, from the point from which it blew, there
is reason to apprehend that the coast accounts will
be not so favourable.

THE NEWCASTLE AND TIPPERARY BANKS.
In the Court of Queen's Bench. this day, the
case of Walker v. M'Dowell was Proceeded with.
It was an action instituted by the plaintiff, as
public officer of the Newcastle Commercial Bank,
to recover from the defendant, as official manager
of the Tipperary Bank, the sum of 51,4001., as in-
terest alleged to be due on account of certain bills
of exchange drawn by Mr S. Kelly, the late ma-
nager of the Tipperary Bank, and discounted bY
the plaintiff. By consent the plaintiff had been
allowed to plead the general issue, so that the exact
nature of the defence was not stated. It Was?
however, implied from the statements of counsel
that the defence to be relied on was that the bills
were not properly chargeable as against the Tir
perary Bank, inasmuch as it was contended that
the money obtained was for the use of John Sad-
leir. Some witnesses having been examined to
prove matters of formal character, it was intimated
that counsel on both sides desired a little tittle to
consult, in order to agree to a settlement. After
some consultation, counsel for the official manager,
on behalf of his client, considered that the jury
should return a verdict of 25,0001. and 6d. cos?'
The verdict for 25,000/. was accordingly taken by_
consent. No stay of execution was asked to
,au
that the plaintiff may levy the amount of his juag"
ment as soon as he may be advised.

TIIE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AND II