The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-16 00:00:00

IRELAND.

P
DUBLIN, May 15'
The parties most aggrieved by the discussions en
the Irish Bench are obliged to be silent. It has been,
often stated by the defenders of the Lord °
Chiel
Justice that he is one of the best, if not the best, J.
the Irish judges. The other judges naturally Ref
this statement to be a grievous disarrangement ott ,
the Irish Bench, for the world must think their
sorry set of judges if they are all inferior in eal3aclu'yr
to a lawyer who is more than 90 years of age. via
highest legal tribunals are certainly suffering
public estimation by imputations which, if ito,
founded, ought to be refuted by competent auta,o
rity. For example, the Evening Post, referring ‘0
the late debate in the House of Commons, states' 3
a well-known fact, that—
" Were it not for the rule of procedure which rectel,re°
rotation from ono', of th. ihroe
courts not an action of any consequence would be °it-
menced in the Queen's Brnch, owing to the notorious ioc9-*
pacity of its chief judge to preside over legal investiP:
tions of any difficulty or importance. The only alters tin;
left to parties who are driven into his Court by the rule ols
practice in question is to withdraw their records, as bar.,
been done to a considerable extent at the present aft° d
sittings, or to have them postponed at great expense
inconvenience to themselves until a subsequent Perth
whole
hi
rot
T 1 she eheocefus
vrat ehemnet
eheNr
ae them in the hope of some arrangement in the meantime IvOtc
bs
Nisi :gel:1r? uni as: chief
idjas justice
miscarriage of justice."
t
the
Ter
—a course to be explained, we dare say, byhissuperahun 0
st:to—ictehehassitttirnagnssfaferrteerdnnee:ll
ance of physical vigour and mental eller yat 91- If
consulted as little the dignity of the chief justiceg as d°—iifi;
of his Parliamentary friends, we could amuse the Pg;i6
public by anecdotes of the Queen's Bench which Nre.°l-
- be
int,oadt disclosures oesvuernets towthhiec
which
Irish s
businesspublic, tot :ohs! L°rts
of law." ; the
Such statements are continually repeated .01 do
provincial journals, and they cannot but lower
dignity of justice.
At a meeting of the Dublin Corporation Yesttcerti:
day, after a stormy debate, a petition was 3(l°P be
by a majority of 18 to 14, praying that a clas.e,v,
introduced into the Irish Franchise Bill, aholieelioag
the freeman franchise, wherever now reulairltbe
throughout Ireland. During the proceedings
ill-
Lord Mayor was obliged to leave the chair freni
health.
Yesterday a new parish church at Clontari
site
consecrated by the Archbishop of Dublin. if
ilewho '
was given by Mr. Vernon, of Clontarf Castle' the
entertained the Archbishop and a number eloine
clergy at a defamer. The church is a bands t.
building, cruciform, with tower and spire -1- a.
high. The entire cost is £7,000. It will ace°
modate from 600 to 700 persons. ter-
At a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy Yes
lettef
day, Sir W. Wilde, Vice-President, read a —tot,
from the fburth Earl of Meath, dated Thornas-c,,°ttle
sth of July, 1690, to Lady Stephens, on the P3cieo
of the Boyne. The letter referred to an incl sir
recorded in several histories of that period' 511.411°
W. Wilde stated that he had been enabled to la'
„,,,r the
tify the spot upon the bank of the Boyne, 11-,001;.
Obelisk, where he believed the occurrence oh
place. The following is the letter, which is wriciero
in the old style, but which is given in re°
orthography :=
"Dublin, Thomas-court, July the 501 (91ter
"Madam,—Yesterday morning I entered this tovitt„ar or
our army and King James had-a smart battle for fe—; s
five hours on this side the Boyne, both our whole turiep
being very warmly engaged. It happened on the Ist ef tithe
about 11 in the morning, when King William f°reqedfret°
pass on the river Boyne called Old-bridge, three re'e-ii
Drogheda (in person), under the enemy's great glclee
mercy, and ours—with small shot like showers of le
to
hailstones. King William, viewing the enemy's eaujiiPnder
day before the engagement, was shot with an 8-p blood
which took off his coat off his shoulders, and just drew, old
from his skin ; he called for a napkin and another eealt'ilree
after it was settled upon him he stretched out his arnt de-
times and said, without the least passion,
, The en I'll
signed to prevent my fighting next day, but certawJ
asitist
be to-morrow amongst the thickest of them. Se toss,
to his word, for the next day he fought through t'e i the
and with loss on both sides he took the battery that
enemy's great guns, and killed all the small-shot ineeprot,i
endeavoured to retain it. Soon after he charged tbf 40g ill
in the rear, broke their first lines, and, our line rwitelo
front of theirs, we drew up to enclose the enenV sot soli
army; but a deep bog being between, we could tl_,,tie till
pass it, and the night drawing near, -we did not Pul',„ for
next morning, and thenit was too late, but well enoonNivg
they fled to Dublin, and made short stay there,
of
.
low, in order, as I suppose, to take shippingat tl
_re
killed
James, Tyrconnel, &c., flew through the countlio 11.; pert
where they can find vessels to transport then 2.
012 i„y
between 6,000 and 7,000. Most of their best tn
ovl-
dead and gasping upon the ground. We lost D kud
genre f`'%ir
12 thenog° a
officers and soldiers, inconsiderable for such a
__s
berg, killed in the neck with a musket ball, an loot.
The enemy is so dispersed, and threw awayvier
run westward, and there is no danger of them eon arii,Joi.t
again, so that you may be pleased with the ev
outreA_fo
hours' fighting, which brings you all home to for
010
terests and properties, ivhich I desire may be, 1"•
.•Ylan
u
sake as well as-yours, as soon as you can. • -‘,3000.
Madam, your one humble servant, .soner,
" We took Lieutenant-General Hamilton pri
sent
for to the
.1 believe, will soon be executed. lam s
present."
near Qlasnoyin, audgaa add no more Paxtiotlax'