The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-05 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—The result of the
county of Dublin Protectionists' meeting, held this
day, has diffused great joy in the camp of the Irish
Protectionists.

The meeting, which was held in the Courthouse
of Kilmainham, was very numerously attended, the
Free-traders forming no small portion of the as-
semblage.

The High Sheriff presided.
The first resolution, affirmative of the necessity of
a moderate protective duty, was proposed by the Hon .
Edward Lawless, and seconded by Mr. A. Hussey,
of Westown.

An adjournment was proposed but afterwards
withdrawn by Mr. Fitzsitnon, and an amendment
by Mr. Dennehey, but which was negatived by an
immense majority, and the original resolution was
carried.

The second resolution was proposed by Sir Edward
Kennedy, and seconded by Mr. Byrne, of Bally bog-
hill, instructing the High Sheriff to sign the petition
for the county, and requesting Lord Meath to pre-
sent it to the House of Peers, and Mr. Hamilton to
the House of Commons.

The lion. Edward Lawless being then voted into
the chair, a vote of thanks was proposed by Mr.
Hamilton, M P., and seconded by Colonel Taylor,
M.P., but neither of these gentlem©n were able to
address the meeting from the uproar that prevailed.
At the close of the proceedings an attempt was
made by the Free• traders to hold a counter meeting, but
the Sheriff called upon the police to clear the court,
which was accordingly done, and the meeting sepa-
rated.

THE Colts TRADE.—We had a brisk market at our
Corn Exchange today. Wheat and barley fully
maintained the prices of Tuesday, and oats were 3d.
to 6d. dearer. There was rather more inquiry for
Indian corn, but we note no alteration in prices.
THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols for opening,
961 ; Three-and-a- Quarter per Cent. Stock, 97;

ATER SUPPLY.—MEETING IN LAMBETH.—A
meeting of the inhabitants was held last evening at the
large rocm of the Angel Inn, Lambeth-walk, for the
purpose of appointing a committee of ratepayers to make
all necessary arrangements for holding an aggregate
public meeting in the borough, at the Horns Tavern, to
take the sense of the parish as to the defective state of
the water supply of this portion of the metropolis. Mr.
P. P. Newman, chairman of the Lambeth Sanitary As-
sociation, was unanimously called to the chair. A re-
quisition, it was stated, had been forwarded to the
authorities, very numerously signed, to join in the
movement in favour of a better and cheaper supply of
water, but there had been no encouragement given to
it, the authorities considering that the present supply
of water at Lambeth was " plentiful and pure." It was
stated that Mr. Churchwarden Taylor had not joined in
this expression of opinion. In the course of the Chair-
man's allusions to the quality of the water supplieda to
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Mr. Cobb detailed the objects and proceedings of the
association, and Mr. Child moved that a committee, con-
sisting of eight gentlemen of local influence, be formed
to collect facts and to report on the sense of the parish
to an aggregate public meeting. Among the principal
speakers were Messrs. Child, Edwards, Harding, &c.,
and the feeling of the meeting was unanimously and
warmly expressed in favour of sanitary reform through-
out the whole of the district. A vote of thanks being
given to the chairman, the meeting broke up.
AMERICAN CIDER.—A vessel, just arrived from
New York, has brought some barrels of cider, consigned,
as a portion of her cargo. This is a very remarkable
and unusual importation from the United States at this
season of the year.