The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-06 00:00:00

IRELAND,

On Wednesday a special meeting of the General
Assembly was held in Belfast, to take into conside-
ration the refusal of General Peel to appoint the
two ministers nominated by the Assembly in Derry-
to - the post of chaplains to the army. The pro-
ceedings, which commenced at an early hour, did
not close until one o'clock a.m., and were then ad-
journed to the following morning. The delibera-
tions of the reverend body were not conducted with
the strictest decorum, and occasionally the flights
of language reminded one' of the scenes enacted in
Conciliation-hall, when that memorable arena was
about to close its doors for ever. At the evening
sederunt of the Assembly, and when the speakers
might be fairly supposed to have been worn out by
the length of the sitting—
" Dr. Cooke thought they should adjourn. He
could sit as late, and rise as early, as the whole
of the assembly put together—(langliter)--out he
thought they should look after their bodily and
mental health. He therefore moved the adjourn-

meat.
" Dr. Goudy said that this was virtually an
attempt to crush the question. He regretted
that there was occasion for his occupying
the invidious position which he was com-
pelled to stand in on this subject. He felt it to be
his duty to stand up for the honour, the indepen-
dence, and the liberty of the Church. (Applause.)
" Dr. Cooke said he would not allow Dr. Goudy
to stand up and say that he was the only person
prepared to assert the independence of the Church.
" Dr. Goudy—l stated that I would stand up for
the independence of the Church. Dr. Cooke has
already spoken a dozen times on this subject, and
I'll not permit him to misrepresent me. (Confu-

sion.)
" Dr. Cooke—l'll not allow Dr. Goudy to Goudy
me here till morning. (Renewed confusion.) .
"Dr. Goudy—l'll not allow Dr. Cooke to Cooke
me here day after day. (Laughter.) I stated that
I will stand up for the independence and dignity of
the Church, but I did not say I stood up alone. I
am glad to hear;however, that Dr. Cooke is pre-
pared to stand up for the rights of the Presby-
terian Church. (Confusion.)
" Mr. Rogers insisted that the question should
be put to the vote, and that the roll should be
called.
" The roll was then called, when there appeared
—79 for going on with the business, and 59 for
adjournment.
" The Assembly thenproceeded with the business.
" Dr. Cooke thought they should have a time
fixed for adjournment.
" Mr. Dill considered that Dr. Cooke should not
waste the time of the Assembly by this trifling.
" Dr. Wilson proposed that the Secretary-at-War
should have a copy of all the resolutions passed by
the Assembly on this question, for he believed the
private statements which the Secretary-at-War had
received led to the misrepresentations which had
taken place. The other resolution which he would
move was that the Government be informed that
the Derry resolution, appointing Dr. Goudy and
Mr. Rogers, was unanimously passed by the As-
sembly,
" Dr. Cooke—l say it was not passedurianimously.
" Dr. Wilson--I say, yes. (Confusion.)
" Dr. Cooke—l say, no.
" Dr. Wilson—l say there was no member who
made any objection to that, resolution. (" Hear,
hear." and cries of " No, no.")
" Dr. Cooke—l did.
" Dr. Wilson—l say no member attempted to
negative that resolution.
"Dr. Cooke—l did. •
" Dr. Wilson—l deny it. (Renewed confusion.)
" Dr. Cooke—l assert it in your face that I did,
and I can prove it.
" Dr. Wilson—l appeal to the Assembly as evi-
dence that you did not.
" Dr. Cooke—l can produce living men to prove
in any court of law that I did.
" Dr. Wilson—Let the clerk produce the record,
and let us see if you did.
" The Clerk—l am prepared to state, before this
house and before the world, that the resolution at
Derry was passed without the slightest opposition
—(applause)—and I was never before cognizant of
there being any opposition to it. (Applause.)
" Dr. Cooke—l can prove by ten living witnesses
that I objected to it. (Uproar.) I will not be put
down by this. I would not depend upon my own
recollection,. but I can prove by ten living wit-
nesses that I most decidedly objected to the resolu-
tion, for upon no consideration could I ever approve

of it."
Dr. Wilson's resolution having been seconded,
another tempestuous discussion followed, e.g. :
" Mr. Richard Dill next addressed the assembly,
and mentioned that Dr. Cooke had consented to
allow Mr. Rogers' name to be put on the list of
candidates at Derry.
" Dr. Cooke—l consented to no such thing.
" Several Members—You did.
" Dr. Cooke—l never did.
" Mr. Rogers—lt is very unpleasant for me to
interfere here ; but Dr. Cooke stated in the school-
room at Derry that he would permit my name to
be put at the top or bottom of the list, by way of
ornamentation ; and the assertion which he has
now made is worthy of the man who does not know
the difference between memory and imagination.
(Applause.)
" Dr. Cooke—l am above the insult as lam above
the man who uttered it—(applause)—but if I am
to stand here to receive these insults I will remain
no longer a member of this meeting. (Hear, hear

" Mr.-Ronmers—l will never retract the

am prepared to stand over it." (Confusion.)
Finally, the motion of Dr. Wilson, informing
Gen. Peel that the nomination of Dr. Goudy and
Mr. Rogers was the unanimous nomination of the
Assembly, was then put to the vote. The motion of
Dr. Wilson was carried by a majority of 74
ap•ainst 16. Dr. Cooke gave notice of protest for
himself and for all who would join him.
THE CARDINAL IN IRELAND.
Cardinal Wiseman continues to monoplise Irish
attention, and, according to the Freeman's Journal,
he has succeeded in one particular to the position
of the late Daniel O'Connell. "He is," says the
organ, " that unenviable individual on whom the
largest amount of vituperation is heaped, without
provoking in his acts the penalties with which he
is visited."
His Eminence left Dublin yesterday for Dun-
dalk, his movements being closely watched all
along by vigilant reporters, who duly chronicle
everything that occurs in his progress.
The article in the Times in reference to the
omission of the Queen's name at the Ballinasloe
Clerical Reunion has elicited the following apolo-
getic remarks by way of explanation, from the
Freeman's Journal of this morning :
" It was a meeting of ecclosiastics to honour a
distinguished member of their church. A few lay-
men were present, but that trifling ingredient did
not alter the nature of the meeting, or invest it
with a public character. At private meetings it is
not usual to propose the Queen's health, nor is
such a mark of respect ever expected. Nothing was
done to exalt any personage or potentate above the
Queen or the Government of England. But if the
hosts of the Cardinal at Ballinasloe erred, much
more did the Cardinal himself ! He spoke, it
seems, of the Catholics of England and Ireland as
subjects of the same Sovereign, but ' still more
closely allied' as members of the same church. Why,
what is there objectionable in such a statement ?
Which is the closer bond of union, the temporal or
the spiritual ? The world knows there are such
bonds, and, if they once clashed in Ireland, the
time of conflict has long passed into the twi-
light of tradition."
THE DUBLIN POLICE FORCE.

Saunders' of this day says :—" A paragraph
having appeared in this paper, which has been
copied into others, that Colonel Browne, Commis-
sioner of the Metropolitan Police, had resigned,
without any explanation, we are authorised to state
that Colonel Browne applied to Government to
recommend him to the Treasury to be allowed to
retire upon his full salary, on the grounds of length
of service, and his having arrived at the age of 68
years. The Treasury having acceded to this,
Colonel Browne will retire as soon as the necessary
forms are gone through, and will be succeeded by
Colonel Lake, C. 8., aide-de-camp to the Queen, an
officer of great experience, and highly distinguished
at the defence of Kars against the Russians, and on
other occasions. Colonel Attwell Lake, C. 8., aide-
de-camp to the Queen, who has been appointed to
succeed Colonel Browne as Commissioner of the
Dublin Metropolitan Police, is associated with one
of the most heroic and gallant events of the late
war—the defence of Kars. Colonel Lake's appoint-
ment is deservedly popular, and is as creditable to
the Government as it is likely- to prove satisfactory
to the public ; he brings with him the reputation
of being a high-minded and courteous gentleman
as well as a tried and skilful soldier, and is reported'
to be in every way qualified for the important
office which, in just appreciation of past services,
has been worthily conferred on him."
THE CORIVACKS.
The just strictures of nearly the whole of the
London press upon the recent disgraceful exhibi-
tion at Nenagh have found an echo in a respectable
Roman Catholic journal. Honestly ashamed of the
whole proceedings, the • 'Cork, .Reporter writes :
" A meeting has been held at Nenagh, for which
we are ashamed. The sentiments enunciated were
violent, extreme, and unwarranted to the extent of
being actionable. We do not at all mean to enter
into a discussion of the trial,- which was managed
in tho usual fashion. There was, as usual, a pre-
liminary investigation before magistrates. A grand
jury found the bills, A Crown prosecutor: ¶t13.9%

any earthly object, performed the case. A jury of
12 men found that the facts were proved. A judge,
who had nothing to say to the finding of the facts;
directed the law. A conviction being announced,
he sentenced the prisoners, who had seven weeks
to refer to the Court of Criminal Appeal if
they had any cause of complaint. The_ mode of
pressing their claims upon the reprieving preroga-
tive of the Crown was open to them. Probably
the ablest advocate of the bar in such cases, Mr.
Rollestone, was retained, and pleaded for them.
Now, a public meeting of some 10,000 of Tipperary
men has been held to express sentiments of the
rankest dissent from this result of an open trial.
We regret to say that in that county where, even
by the evidence adduced upon the trial, it was
apparent that the murder of landlords was reduced
to a faultless idiosyncrasy in popular belief, many
priests sanctioned the assemblage, not alone with
their presence, but with their spoken assent. Un-
doubtedly, paid assassins can be procured there to
work the will of any per,,on murderously inclined.
A long series of outrages can attest it, and one of
the Crown witnesses avowed it. In the face of
such incontestible truths we refrain from publish-
ing what some of the speakers were not ashamed
to advocate—the moral rectitude of taking the law
into their own murderous hands. It is with deep
regret that we advert to such a matter even inci-
dentally, but it is impossible to pass that which
has been so carefully emblazoned. We coincide
with the expression of the Dublin Evening Mill,
with which we seldom agree, that the Government
should not pass over this case, but visit it with
Punishment both exemplary and decisive, both in
the case of the speakers and the chairman, who,
holding an official position, still warranted with
his presence the rabid abuse which was heaped
upon the administration of criminal law in
this country without a shadow of reason. The
notion of placing blame at the door of the judge
who tried the case when, if any objection could be
raised, it could only be attributable to the learned
counsel who was retained for the defence, is quite
absurd. If Mr Justice Keogh were faulty in his
rendering of the law the Court of Appeal was open,
and he left abundant time that such correction
might be availed of. If the jury were so depraved
as to murder two men by a perjured verdict, yet
the right of applying to the Lord-Lieutenant re-
mained. It seems to us most unjust, unconscien-
tious, and cruel that such an occasion should, be
used to satisfy party feeling against a judge em-
ployed in a case where life or death was in the
issue. As we have said, we turned to this subject
with much and serious dislike, and we now leave it
with a hope that such a lunatic exhibition of
popular rancour will never again appear in Ire-
and."