The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-07 00:00:00

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London, Ist Sept., 18:35.
beg leave to acknowledge the high honour of the
invitation to a public dinner which you, as secretary of a depu-
tation of the inhabitants of N;:or::a•.tie did rte the honour to
transmit to me.

I solicit from you the kindness to present to the very respect-
able gentlemen who formed that deputation the
the very proud grdtification with which I respectfully accept
their invitation.

The grounds on which they declare that invitation wa3 based
very much enhance the pleasure with ni:ich I accept it. They
arc pleased to express praise—which, as corning from thorn, is
valuable indeed—of my character as a lover of liberty.

Sir, I beg leave to say that I am an ardent lover of li-
berty—in the very same proportion in which I detest an-
archy and licentiousness. I love liberty, first, and princi-
pally, because rational freedom is 'our best, and, indeed, in
the present state of the wants and of the knowledge of man,
our only security against violent revolution. We must go
on, peaceably and constitutionally, to sscure, on its proper
basis, rational liberty, by those ameliorations in the principle
of our modes of legislation which good sense requires, or other-
wise an interested and Factious majority in the ilouse of
Lords will establish once again that dominion in the Aristo-
cratic oligarchy which has been the cause of the imposition
of those frightful burdens under which even British industry
groans, and also of all the miseries under which the operative
classes in Great Britain, but all the people—the universal
people—of Ireland are oppressed and degraded. Lierty—
defined to be good government, honest government, cheap
government—is the darling and incessant object of my po-
litical life.

The second ground of the invitation appears to be, the sup..
port I have, during the present Session, given his Majesty's
Ministers. That support does, I hope, merit the epithets
which you have bestowed on it. We have all -of us a deep
interest in the present crisis. The democratic principle of
popular control, which is the vital principle of the British
Constitution, is now being assailed by the minions of the
Court, the oligarchs of the Lords, and the base and servile
herd of • selfish. Toryism. Every lever of freedom must,
therefore, rej :ice at the manly part which his Majesty's Minis-
ters have taken in resistance to the antipopular party. Dis-
creet, but resolute—calm, but determined—ready to sacrifice
every thing of mere form and technicality—but closely adher-
ing to principle, they are determined to bring the people of
Britain through this contest without violence or force, or re-
volutionary movement, but with an addition to their franchises,
and an amelioration of their institutions. Let but the people
be true to themselves and to the Ministry, as their best leaders,
and the opposition which all useful measures now meets with
in the Lords will be dissipated and extinguished; and the
Constitution, like a good ship after a gale, will right itself
gallantly and securely, with a better crew and more trimly ar-
ranged rigging.
I am delighted to find that the good people of Newcastle
understand so distinctly what the present perils are, and how
to surmount them bravely, but peaceably—and, above all
perseveringly—for the contest may be long and wearisome.
Perseverance, therefore, is one of the greatest popular virtues.
I mean to go. to Newcastle through Manchester. I attend
at a public dinner in the latter place on Monday next. I will
give you the earliest possible intimation of the day on which I
can be in Newcastle. It will be one of the proudest days of
my life.
. . .

I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very faithful and obedient Servant,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.
To Thomas Doubleday, Esq., &c. &c., Newcastle-on-Tyne.

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, SEPT. s.—Wind N. W. ; 6, Wind E. S.E.—Ar-
rived the British Tar, —, from Quebec ; Blair, —, from St.
Petersburgh ; Hero, Gibson, from Belfast ; Margaret, —,
from Cork ; Demerara Packet, from Jamaica.; Glasgow,
Wylie, from Cork; Margaret, —, from Cork; and William
Luaklin, Rowe, from Jamaica. Arrived from the river and
sailed the Rambler, Hall, for Gibraltar; Lord Wellington, —,
for Quebec; Diana, Trail, for Mirarnichi ; Regent Packet,
Liddle, for Constantinople ; Hotspur, Wishart, for Santander;
Mary Ann, Farbutt, for Malta; Margaret, Dixon, for Sydney;
Nymph, Edwards, for Malta; Adventure, Fleming, for Na-
ples ; and Camilla, Ward, for Exeter.

ILFRACOMBE, SEPT. 6.—Arrived off, the Adelaide, Brooks,
from Tobago.
MILFORD, SEPT. 6.—Arrived the Azrn, from Alex-
andria.

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. s.—Arrived the Senator, Stacey, from
New Orleans; Martha, Hawse, from Virginia ; Devon, Cur-
tis, from Naples ; Crescent, Martin, from Odessa ; Ade-
laide, Earthy, from Trieste ; John, —, and Economist, from
Quebec ; Charlotte, Simson, from St. John's, New Bruns-
wick ; Lupus, Soultwick, Lavinia, Lisk, and Malvinia, Bye,
from St. Petersburgh ; Brailove, Luban, from Archangel ;
Dulcinea, Bulow, from Memel ; and the Orlin, Lindflyn,
from —.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. s.—Wind S. S. W. ; 6, Wind E. S. E.,
fine.—Arrived the Osprey, Pain, from New Orleans.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. s.—Wind variable.

FALMOUTH. SEPT. 4 .—Wind S. W. to S., moderate breezes
and line; 5, Wind E. S. E., fine.—Arrived the' Briseis Pac
ket, from Halifax ; sailed 15th ult. Off port the Friends,
Garson, from Oporto. Sailed the Lapwing Packet, for Ma-
deira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres
ISLE OF WIGHT, SEPT. 4.—Arrived off, the President, Rip-
ley, from New York.

STANDGATE CREEK, SEPT. 6.—Arrived the British Union,
Flinn, from Leghorn.
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. G.—Arrived the Beacon, Nicholas,
from Marsala.