The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

IRELAND,

DUBLIN, ('( pt. 17.
The death of Mr. J. B. Dillon, member for the
county of Tipperasry, which occurred on Saturday
evening at half-past 7 o'clock, has given a great
shock to the public mind. The hon. gentleman was
in his usual health on Monday last. It is stated that
the disease to which he has fallen a victim was Asiatic
cholera. He felt indisposed on Tuesday, but paid
no attention to the symptoms till Thursday, when
he became alarmingly ill, and gradually grew worse
till he succumbed to the terrible malady. He died at
Druid-lodge, Killiney, where he had been staying
for some time. Mr. Dillon, though he had extreme
views on Irish politics, was respected by all parties
as an honourable, upright, truthful, and earnest man.
Every one who knew him felt that he acted from
conviction and from a sincere love of country. Mr.
Dillon graduated in Trinity College, where he ob-
tained a moderatorship, was called to the Irish bar
in 1841, and soon after distinguished himself in the
agitation for the repeal of the Union, joining the
Young Ireland party, who repudiated O'Connell's
doctrine that no political gain was worth the shed-
ding of one drop of Christian blood, and that moral
force could accomplish all that the Irish people de-
manded. When the two parties separated in 1846
the Young Irelanders established " the Irish Confe-
deration," which held its meetings in the Music-hall,
Abbey-street, where the platform was generally occu-
pied by Dillon, Doheny, O'Gorman, and Martin.
The object of the Confederation was not war, but, if
possible, to render war unnecessary " by the force
of opinion, by the combination of all classes of Irish-
men," &c. They were especially anxious that Pro-
testants should be united with Roman Catholics in
the movement. Resolutions to this effect were
adopted at a great meeting in the Rotunda, when
John Mitchel moved a revolutionary amend-
ment. This was rejected after a stormy de-
bate, which lasted three days. This led to
Mitchel's secession from the Nation newspaper,
and the establishment of the United Irishman,
in which he openly advocated rebellion, and de-
nounced Lord Clarendon as " her Majesty's Execu-
tioner-General and Butcher-General of Ireland,"
inviting ladies to throw vitriol on the troops and
fling bottles from their windows under the horses'
feet. This state of things went on for months.
Meantime the Irish Confederation sent Messrs.
Smith O'Brien, Meagher, and O'Gorman on a de-
putation to the President of the French Republic to
ask aid on behalf of "the oppressed nationalityof Ire-
land." Lamartine returned their high-flown com-
pliments in. kind. " The children of that glorious
Isle of Erin" would always find sympathy in France.
" Our diplomatists," he said, " are nations, our
treaties are sympathies." The sympathies, however,
were barren in this case. At last the patience of the
Government wa3 exhausted, and when the necessary
measures were adopted for the suppression of the
rebellion, rewards were offered for the arrest of the
principal conspirators—.£soo for W. S. O'Brien, and
£3OO each for Meagher, Dillon, and Doherty. Dil-
lon made his escape from the country, and remained
au exile for many years. Soon after his return he
resumed his practice at the Bar, and was little be-
fore the public till the establishment of the National
Association, of which he was secretary and may be
said to have been the founder. His labours in con-
nection with this body pointed him out as a suitable
colleague for Mr. Moore in the county Tipperary,
and he was returned without expense at the last elec-
tion. It was through Mr. Dillon that Mr. Bright
was invited to a banquet in Dublin, to him the let-
ter accepting the invitation was addressed, and the
last public matters which occupied the mind of the
deceased were the arrangements for the reception of
the English champion of popular rights. Tije pre-
mature decease of Mr. Dillon in the midst of his
labours will cast a mournful shadow over the fes-
tive proceedings in which he had taken so deep an
interest.

There were several deaths from cholera in Dublin
on Saturday. Dr. Mapother, medical officer of
health, obtained from Mr. Allen, police magistrate,
an order for the immediate interment of a man who
died in hospital of a contagious disease, and whom
his friends wished to " wake," which was the first
application of the kind under the recent act.
The Committee of the Donnybrook Dispensary
District of the South Dublin Union sat at the Dis-
pensary, Ball's-bridge, on Saturday, to investigate
a charge of neglect of duty brought against Dr. Mur-
doch, one of the medical officers, by a man named
Aspill, whose wife died of cholera a few days ago.
Attention had been called to Aspill's account of the
neglect, and of delay in procuring him a shelter
after he had been temporarily ejected from his home
in order that it might undergo the process of disin-
fection, by a letter written by the Rev. Mr. Chad-
wick, and published in the Daily Express of last
Wednesday. After a lengthened investigation the
committee separated with the understanding that
there must be a Poor-law inquiry on the subject,
having unanimously passed a resolution to the effect
that great credit was due to Mr. M'Donnell, Sani-
tary Inspector, for the attention he had paid to the
case from the time it came under his notice.

The Kingstown correspondent of the Express
states that recently a sailor died on board a schooner
bound from Liverpool to Wexford, and now lying
at Holyhead, as supposed, of cholera. Before he
died the entire crew abandoned the vessel in a panic,
and left him to his fate. They have been arrested
and confined in Holyhead gaol, pending an inquiry.
The schooner is said to hail from Arklow. By order
of the Central Board of Health in London the body
•of the dead man was shotted and committed to the
deep off the Holyhead Breakwater.
On Saturday afternoon the Lord-Lieutenant
visited the Royal Hibernian Academy's exhibition
of painting and sculpture in Lower Abbey-street,
accompanied by Lord John Claud Hamilton, M.P.,
Aide-dc-Camp in Waiting ; the Hon. Luke Gerald
Dillon, private secretary; Lord James Butler, State
steward ; Major Hayes, and Captain Everard.
His Excellency was received by Mr. Catterson
Smith, President of the Academy, and several of
the members, including Mr. M. A. Hayes, Mr.
George Mulvany, Mr. B. Mulrenin, Mr. Watkins,
&c. Among those also present were Sir Robert
Shaw, Mr. Thos. Deane, Mr. R. J. T. Macrory,
Col. Meadows Taylor, Dr. Mapother, and Alder-
tilthougariliVib'Swiney. His Excellency was conducted
the exhibition halls by Mr. Catterson Smith,
and examined several of the pictures. He expressed
himself highly pleased with the exhibition.
On Saturday the boys of the Royal Hibernian
School, Phoenix Park, attended in - the private
grounds of the-Viceregal Lodge to be
reviewed by
the Lord-Lieutenant. At 11 o'clock they took up
a position on the lawn in front of the house. His
Excellency, accompanied by
Lady Abercorn, the
Ladies Georgina, Maud, and Albertha Hamilton,
and Lords Ernest, Frederick, Ronald, and George
Hamilton, and attended by Lord Claud John Hamil-
ton, A.D.C., the Hon. Lukecap
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secretary, Major Hayes, and
bandrpilvae;inbgy th e
boys with a Royal salute,the
appeared on the ground, and was received
the
National Anthem. He passed alondg
mtlineultinele; ac-
companied by Col. Wynyard,
in-
spected the boys. This terminated, the
young sol-
diers broke into columns of a quarter distance, and
performed a series of evolutions with great steadi-
ness and precision. At the conclusion of the re-
view the boys marched past the Viceregal party,
after which they proceeded to the Viceregal Cricket
Ground, where the Zingari match was played, and
gave three hearty cheers for the victors.

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New Orleans Riots.

OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TIIE LOUIS-
IANA CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICIALS AND TIIE
AUTHORITIES AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, August 24.—The following is the official
correspondence relative to the New Orleans riots :
WAR DEPARTMENT TELEGRAM.
From New Orleans, Louisiana, July 27th, 1866.
His Excellency President Johnson.
Sir—Governor Wells has, in compliance with the pro-
clamation of R. K. Howell, President pro tem., signed
writs of election to fill vacancies in the Convention and
forwarded the same to the office of the Secretary of State.
(Signed) ALFRED VOORHEES.
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.
Andrew J. Herron, Attorney-General of Louisiana.
The War Department received the following tele-
gram:—

Now Orleans, July 28th, 1866.
To President Johnson.

A Radical mass meeting, composed mainly of negroes,
was held last night, ending in a riot. The Committee of
Arrangements of said meeting are assembling to-night.
Violent and incendiary speeches are being made. The
r.egroes aro called upon to arm themselves. You are bit-
terly denounced. The speakers are Field, Dostie, Haw-
kins, Henderson, Heir, Ward, and others. Governor
Wells arrived last night, but sides with the Convention.
I would place the whole matter before the Grand Jury,
but it is impossible to execute a civil process without the
certainty of a riot.
It is contemplated to have the members of the Convention
under process from the Criminal Court of this District.
Is the military to interfere with the process of the
Court ?

A. VOORHEES, Lieutenant-Governor, La.
A. J. HERRON, Attorney-General, La.
Executive Mansion, Washington, July 28, 1866.
To Albert Voorhees, Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana,

New Orleans.

The military will be expected to sustain and not to
obstruct or interfere with the proceedings of the court. A
despatch on the subject of the Convention was sent to
Governor Wells this morning. _

_
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Executive Office, Washington, July 28, 1866.
To Governor Wells, New Orleans.

I have been advised that you have issued a proclama•
ion convening the Convention elected in 1861.

Please inform me under and by what authority this has
been done, and by what authority this Convention can
assume to represent the whole people of the State of
Louisiana. ANDRzw JOHNSON.
New Orleans, July 28, 1866.
To President Johnson.

Your telegram is received. I have not issued a procla-
mation convening the Convention of 1864. This was
done by the President of that body, by virtue of a resolu-
tion adjourning the Convention subject to his order,
and in that case also authorising him to call on the pro-
per officers to issue writs of election in unrepresented
parishes.

My proclamation is in response to that call, ordering an
election on the 3d of September. As soon as the vacancies
can be ascertained an election will be held to fill them
when the entire State will be represented.—Your obedioni
servant,
(Signed)

J. MADISON WELLS,
Governor of Louibiana.
New Orleans, July 28, 1866.

Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington.
A Convention has been called, with the sanction of
Governor Welles, to meet hero on Monday.
The Lieutenant Governor and city authorities think it
unlawful, and propose to break it up by arresting the dele-
gates, I have given no orders on the subject, but have
warned the parties that I could not permit such action
without instructions to that effect from the President.
Please instruct me at once by telegraph.
A. BAUtD, Brevet Major-General.
- New Orleans, July 30.
To the President, Washington.
We aro in the midst of a terrible riot, caused by the
assembling of the Convention. Owing to the mixed con-
dition of affairs among the State officers, I see no hope of
quiet without you give us a military Governor. Cannot
General Granger act ?

A. J. HERRON,
Late Major-General U. S. A.
Executive Manion, Washington, July 30, 1866.
A. J. Herron, Attorney-General, New Orleans.
You will call on General Sheridan, or the officer in com-
mand, for a sufficient force to sustain the civil authority in
suppressing all illegal or unlawful assemblies who usurp
or assume to exercise any power or authority without hav-
ing first obtained the power of authority from the people
of the State. If there be a Convention, let it be composed
of delegates chosen fresh from the people of the whole State.
The people must be first consulted in regard to changing
the organic law of the State. Usurping will not be tole-
rated. The law and Constitution must be sustained, and
thereby peace and order. A. JOIINSON.
New Orleans, July 30.
To President Johnson.

The Convention met. A riot has broken out in the city.
So far, the police has the uppor hand. Several white and
coloured persons are killed. Called on General Baird for
assistance, which is cheerfully tendered. Intense excite-
ment. ALBERT VOORHEES,
Lieutenant-Governor, La.
New Orleans, July 30-9 p.m.
To the Secretary of War.
A serious riot has occurred here to-day. I have been in
full consultation with the city authorities, and have kept
my troops well in hand for such an emergency. The riot
commenced unexpectedly, and before the troops could
reach the scene of action, a number of persons wore killed
and wounded.

I have felt compelled to declare martial law, and have
appointed a Military Governor of the city. All is quiet
now. Several prominent gentlemen connected with the
Convention aro killed or wounded.
A. BAIRD, Brevet-Major-General.
New Orleans, July 30.