The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-13 00:00:00

COUNTY OF TIPPERARY ELECTION.

Mr. Nicholas Maher was returned yesterday without a
contest. He is to attend the meeting of the Repeal Associa-
tion to-morrow.

ADDRESS FROM MR. O'CONNELL TO THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC PRELATES.

The following address has been forwarded to the Roman
Catholic Bishops by Mr. O'Connell, invoking their assistance
to preserve the peace at this juncture :

" TO THE CATHOLIC PRELATES OF IRELAND.

" Most Reverend and Venerated Lords,—lt is with some
difficulty, and after much consideration, that I take the li-
berty-of addressing you, with a respectful confidence that,
although you may not approve of my so doing, you will
kindly appreciate the motives which prompt me to trespass
on your attention.

'I-on may deem my anxiety excessive, but you will rea-
dily forgive that excess, which arises from my extreme de-
sire to prevent the slightest violence or breach of the peace
in any part of the country.
" I have not the presumpton to think that anything ema-
nating from me would be needed to stimulate the active zeal
of your Lordships, and the revered clergy of the Irish people,
for the preservation of the most perfect public order and peace.
Those who have the advantage of knowing you are familiar
with the fact, that the tranquillity of this country is in a para-
mount sense attributable to your unbought, successful, and
most pious endeavours to cause all the population of most dis-
tricts, and as many of the people as possible in every district,
tobe obedient to the law, and dutifully submissive to temporal
authority.

" What I respectfully submit to your Lordships is merely
this—that perhaps it may be useful, at this crisis, to take
measures for ensuring, on the part of the people, with regard
to the result of the Crown prosecutions, now ascertained, a
continuance of the same loyal, quiet, and peaceable demeanour
which has characterised them up to this period, and in a
marked manner since the trials commenced.
" You agree with me, my Lords, on the momentous im-
portance of this object, and 3-ou feel, as I do, that popular
violence or outbreak of any kind would be alike. criminal
and calamitous. I know that every exertion for maintain-
ing the public peace will have your Lordships' sanction and
powerful assistance. But that assistance is probably the
more necessary now, inasmuch as the State prosecutions
have had a sectarian colour given to them by the conduct of
the prosecutors, in striking all the Catholics from the balloted
jury list, in addition to the fact of the dropping out from the
jury panel at large no less than thirty-five Catholics. It is
to prevent any irritation springing from this violation of
the religious feelings of the people of Ireland, that 1, with
profound humility, intimate to your Lordships the propriety
of suggesting to the clergy of every parish—and your
suggestions mill of course be acted upon zealously and uni-
versally—to. take care that neither vindictive nor angry feel-
ing shall be exhibited by their flocks as a consequence of this
wrong—to stifle every expression of sorrow and resentment
in the recollection that prudence as well as duty, personal
safety as well as religion, imperatively demand that every
district in Ireland should persevere in maintaining the most
perfect order and imperturbable tranquillity.
" If there be presumption in this address, it is concealed
from my own view; and if that character should be supposed
to attach to it, my regret would be sincere indeed. My pur-
pose is to employ the most influential and efficient medium for
enforcing on the public mind, that if this crisis should pass
over, as I feel confident that it will, without riot, violence,
tumult, or outrage of any kind, the success of the efforts for
repeal will be rendered certain, and the attainment of a do-
mestic Legislature secured.
" I have the honour to be, most Reverend and Venerated
Lords,' your most faithful, obedient, humble servant,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL.
" Merrion-square, Dublin, Feb. 11, 1844."

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE-FRENCH

PLAYS.

M,-L'Herie, from the Theittre des Variet&-, made a very
successful debut at this theatre last evening. He is one of
the most versatile of actors, in fact, a French 11fathews, The
firstpiece in which he appeared was Le Roi et le Comedien, a
piece which must be familiar to many of our readers, as it has
already • been adapted, more than once, if we mistake
not, to the English stage. hi this he appeared as
Stolbach the celebrated German actor, who having
undertaken, for the amusement of his friends, to personate
Frederick the Great of Prussia, encounters the real } rederick,
by whom he had been previously banished from Berlin for a
similar piece of impertinence. The acting of L'Herie, as
Stolbach personating Frederick, and of Barqui, as Frederick,
was admirable. It was really scarcely possible to distinguish
one from the other. At the bill of the curtain L'Herie was.
called for, and appeared, leading forward Barqui. Le Rot
et le Cornedien is an excellent vaudeville, certainly one
of the best that has been produced this season—
it was moreover excellently acted and well put
upon the stage. The vaudeville of PArt de rte pas
monter su Garde followed, in which M. L'Herie appeared
as Victor, an actor who for neglecting to attend -to his
duties as one of the National Guard has been condemned to
fifteen days' arrest. He escapes from the gensdarmes, who
are conducting him to prison, and takes refuge in the room
of a young bonnet-maker. He hears the gensdarmes mount-
ing the stairs in pursuit, he bars the dobr, puts on an old
dressing gown which he finds in the room, ties up his head
with a handkerchief, takes his paints from his pocket, goes to
the glass and makes up his face for an old man, and when the
gensdarmes arrive, they find him transformed into a garrulous,
childish, old man. The transformation was admirable ;
and as it was made in the presence of the audience
the effect was vastly increased. His acting was ex-
cellent -; never .has a vicux bavard been better de-
lineated. 'He gets rid of the gensdarmes, but meets
with the suitor of the young bonnet-maker, who, taking him
for the girl's uncle, asks his consent to the marriage.
He gives it,' of course, and then takes refuge in a cabinet,
to endeavour to make his final escape. The girl herself then
enters accompanied by one of her lovers, who is furious at
finding Victor's hat on the table. In the midst of the dis-
pute Victor himself emerges from the cabinet disguised as a
negress, the young bonnet-maker quits the room, and the
negress commences making love to the jealous youth, who
seems not altogether insensible to her attractions ; but on
kissing her hand he finds the black comes off on his face, be
suspects some trick, and Victor finding all further disguise use-
less boldly confesses his real character, and bullies the other out
of the room. Victor then seeks refuge in the chimney, just
in time to escape from his pun-tiers. They search the room
and the cabinet, of course without effect, and are about to
search the chimney when Victor, in the garb of a chimney
sweep, and speaking in the Savoyard dialect, appears before
them. He relates his family distresses, and so works upon
the .feelings of his auditors by his Pathetic appeal, that
he gets from them not only money but snuff-boxes, and other
valuable articles. The real chimney-
sweeper, with whom
Victor had changed clothes, now appears, and poor Victor is
at length captured. The acting of L'lferie was admirable
throughout ; there was something exceedingly comic in his
personation of the !regress, and his ramoneur was one of the
most characteristic delineations we have ever seen. The
house, was well and fashionably attended.

GAMING" (Qui TAM) Actions.--This Bill has passed
the Lords, and stands for second reading in the Commons.
It is to discontinue certain actions under statutes for the
prevention of excessive gaming, and to Prevent for the future
the bringing of such actions. It is provided that proceedings
commenced by common informers for penalties incurred by
playing at or betting on certain games shall be discontinued
on application to the Court or a Judge. In future no action
to be brought for playing or betting at the games mentioned
without the consent of the Attorney-General. The following
games are specified :—" Horse-races, foot-races, boat-rac6,
regattas, rowing-matches, sailing-matches, coursing- matches,
fencing-matches, golf, wrestling-matches, cricket, tennis,
fives, racquets, bowls,: quoits, curling, and puttingstone." Mr.
Milner tilbson has given notice of a motion on horse-races.