The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

GREAT MEETING IN CORK TO
ADDRESS THE LIBERATOR.

We have just received an extraordinary edition of
the Cork Examiner, published on Monday evening,
containing a report of the great meeting held at one
o'clock that day in the city of Cork, and presided over
by the Mayor, for the purpose of adopting a congratu-
latory address to the great Liberator of his country
and his co-sufferers, upon the recent decision of the
House of Lords. _

The meeting was held in the City Court-house,
which was crowded to excess. _ _

The Mayor having taken the chair,
Mr. lIAvEs proposed, and Mr. O'SuLLIvAN se-
conded, the following resolution :
"Resolved,—That having already recorded our de-
liberate opinion that the charge of conspiracy against
Ireland's Liberator was false—that the persecution by
which it was sustained was unjust, and the course
adopted to obtain a conviction illegal—we now hail
with satisfaction the decision of the House of Lords,
as 1"

luny confirmatory of this our deliberate opinion,
and conclusive of the facts, hereby charged against an
oppressive and persecuting Government."
Upon which Mr. KEMP, a Conservative, proposed
the following amendment :--
" That the contents of the resolution which has
been moved and seconded, are not founded in fact, and
therefore is altogether unnecessary."
This resolution was seconded by Mr. HARPER, and
both gentlemen were attentively listened to.
Mr. lIAYES then replied, after which—
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was
lost, none but the proposer and seconder voting for it.
lie then put the resolution, which was carried.
No further attempt was made at opposition, and the
remaining resolutions were carried unanimously.
One of the resolutions was to the following effect :--

" That the proceedings which characterised the
State trials, if justified by the decision of the House
of Lords, would have rendered trial by jury a
mockery, a delusion, and a snare, and therefore do we
tender our gratitude to Lord Chief Justice Denman,
to Lords Cottenham and Campbell, for having
rescued that great safeguard of liberty from that de-
struction which perverted law had well nigh achieved."
This was proposed by Mr. D. Callaghan, M.P. for
the city, and seconded by the Very Rey. Thomas
Barry, P.P. _ _

Die following is the address of congratulation :
TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., M.P.
The address of the Citizens of Cork, unanimously
adopted at public meeting duly convened. The
Right Worshipful the Mayor presided.
ILLUSTRIOUS AND REVERED LI lIER ATOR, —TIIC
citizens of Cork—your steadfast friends and faithful
adherents, have assembled in public meeting to convey to
you their heartfelt congratulations on the recent triumph
of justice and nationality in ycur person. Eminent
statesmen and lawyers—nay, universal public opinion,
had already declared that you "had not had a fair
trial"—you yourself had recorded in indelible charac-
ters, " thatjustice was not done you ;" and it only re-
mained for the master-judgment of the upright Den-
man to stamp the trial by jury, which consigned you
to a jail, as a MOCKER; a DELUSION, and a SNARE.
Illustrious Liberator,—You were convicted on
counts pronounced unanimously illegal—they charged
against you the attempt to procure your righteous
object by intimidation and physical force, and on
these charges you were sentenced to imprisonment by
the same judge who proclaimed emphatically, and in
the same breath, that your acts and your intentions
were peaceable and loyal. Much as we felt the in-
dignity which, in your venerated person, bad law had
thus put upon the Irish people, still in our last ad-
dress we refrained from any expression of condolence,
because we felt that the insult would eventuate in
advantage to the national cause—and as we knew how
calmly you could endure for Ireland's sake, we simply
prayed that your health may be preserved for renewed
efforts for your country.
Illustrious Liberator,—ln the same spirit we now
address you our congratulations—not alone because of
your delivery from the prison walls, but because of the
triumph of right and justice in your person—because
of the victories you have won over the enemies of Ire-
land—of the effective impulse which unjust imprison-
ment has given to the national cause, and of the
bright hopes it has produced of a glorious and speedy
result from your sacrifices and your exertions.
Illustrious Liberator,—Join with us in offering to
the Throne of Mercy heartfelt thanks for the favours
we have received. The interposition of Providence
has been manifested. This long-enduring country is
destined yet for happiness and contentment. Go on,
Ireland's advocate—go on and prosper, until, having
by the influence of your eloquence and your pa-
triotism united all creeds and classes in the common
cause—you at length plant the standard of nationality
before the portals of our own Parliament in College
Green, and proclaim to the admiring world that the
day of Ireland's regeneration is arrived.

CONSECRATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, BURTON-ON
TRENT.—On Wednesday the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Lichfield contecrated the new church at Bur-
ton-on-Trent, in the presence of a large number of cler-
gymen and influential inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood. The Lord Bishop arrived shortly be-
fore eleven o'clock, and proceeded with the solemn cere-
monies of the Church; after which his Lordship delivered
an appropriate and impressive sermon. The church, which
is from the design of Mr. Joseph Mitchell, architect,
Sheffield, is in the early English, or Lancet-Gothic style,
and is cruciform in its arrangement, having a nave
seventy-seven feet by fifty-eight, north and south tran-
septs, twenty-eight by twenty-one, chancel, twenty-four
feet by fourteen, and a tower and spire at the west,
rising 150 feet. The windows in the nave and transept
are coupled, having small shafts running up the angles,
both inside and out, with appropriate wood mouldings.
The church is lighted by a triple window. This window,
as well as the chancel arch and other parts of the interior,
is elaborately carved with suitable mouldings, and the
whole is in stone. The interior of the church is lined
with Dorset stone, closely joined. The additional expense
between that and plaster has not been much more than
401., while the durability and general effect of the
whole structure has been materially improved. The roof
deserves attention from its peculiar construction, there
being no small rafters. The trusses are placed at twelve
feet distance. The whole of the benches, both open
and appropriated, have stall ends ; the appropriated
ones having small doors. The reading-desk and pulpit
are placed on either side of the chancel arch, so that on
entering the west door a full view of the chancel
is obtained, which adds greatly to the general effect of
the structure. In designing the font the -architect
has been guided in a great measure by the one in Ash-
bourne Church, Derbyshire. The church will accommo-
date 600 on the ground floor, but, unfortunately, to
meet the lack of funds, the increased required accommo-
dation, 400 sittings, have been provided by galleries in
the transept and tower, and this in some measure de-
teriorates from the good effect, but not so much as might
be imagined, from the fact of there being no galleries
along the sides of the nave. The exterior is built of
scabled wall-stone, with ashlar dressings round the
windows, doors, &c., which go through the walls. The
spire is built of ashlar. The estimated cost of erection
is 2,8001. In connection with the church, schools have
been erected to accommodate 550 children, at a cost of
800/. They are built in the Tudor style, and are much
admired for their efficient arrangement and design. The
church will hold 1,000 persons. At the close of the cere-
mony the Bishop partook of a cold collation with the
clergy, and returned to Eccleshall Palace.
DIAGFERATE AFFRAY WITLIPOACHERS.—PLYMOUTH,
SEPT. 17.—Yesterday three poachers were brought up
before Colonel Mudge and G. W. Solton, Esq., county
magistrates, at the George Inn, Ridgeway, near Ply-
mouth, charged with a desperate assault on three of the
gamekeepers belonging to the Earl o : Morley, under
the following circumstances:--It appears that on Friday
night last one of the gamekeepers while perambulating
the grounds of the Earl of Morley, called Cann Wood,
in the parish of Egg Buckland, met with one of the
prisoners, when a desperate encounter between them
ensued, the result of which was that the latter was for a
time disabled, and the gamekeeper hearing a noise in
the neighbourhood proceeded thither, where he found
two of his fellow-keepers engaged in a similar encounter
with the other two prisoners and a third person, who es-
caped. The other prisoner in a short time having some-
what recovered, rejoined his companions, and the struggle
which took place between them and the gamekeepers
was a very severe one. One of the keepers was dan-
gerously. wounded, and the others much beaten, and one
of the prisoners was so severely cut about the head and
neck that it was found necessary to have his wounds
dressed before he could be brought up for examination.
The prisoners, whose names are James Sanders, John
Langdon, and George Davy, were quay porters at Ply
mouth, principally engaged in unloading corn vessels.
After the necessary depositions had been taken before
the magistrates, the three prisoners were fully committed
to the county gaol at Exeter, to take their trial at the
next county assizes. Two persons have been taken up
on suspicion of being the fourth party concerned in the
affray, and who, as before stated, had contrived to es-
cape, but from their not answering the description given
by the gamekeepers they were discharged. Every exer-
tion is being made to discover the party who escaped,
who, it is hoped, will not long escape the ends of justice.
The keeper who was most severely wounded still re-
mains in a precarious state.
RAILWAY FROM NORWICH TO IPSWICII.—On
Friday last a most important and influential public
meeting on this subject was held in the Guildhall, Nor-
wich, at which the Mayor of that city presided. It was
resolved, that a line of railway to Ipswich would be of
vital importance to Norwich and the county of Norfolk ;
and that it was desirable to further the extension pro-
posed by the Eastern Union Railway Company.—lpswich
Express.
D'AUnIGNT REPRIMANDED.—MonsieLIT Guizot has
undertaken to order Captain Bruat to reprithand M.
D'Aubigny for his conduct to Pritchard. The solemnity
will, we understand, be performed in the following
manner:—Bruat will be seated at a table with bottles
and glasses before him. He will then order D'Aubigny
to be brought into his presence. Bruat will then rise,
and with great sternness address the prisoner, thus—
M. D'Aubigny, it is my painful duty to severely re-
primand you—and you are reprimanded accordingly
(D'Aubigny bows). Now, comrade, sit down (pushes
the bottles). Chateau Margaux or Lafitte? D'Aubigny
—Lafitte. Brunt (filling)—" Trinquous ! Ala gloire
tie
France !" • And, until a late hour in the evening,
D'Aubigny continues to be remanded.--Punch.