The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-31 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sur,—The Standard of Monday has an exquisite "Deader"
relative to Mr. Shell's speech.
After (tacitly) almost admitting the innocence of each se-
parate act for which Mr. O'Connell and his " co-seditionists"
(vide Times) have been dragged into Court, and put to in-
tolerable expense, the editor ingeniously discovers that a
number of acts separately innocent may be conglomerated
into guilt "by the vinculum" (how learned!) " of a common
bad purpose." (Of course the "vinculum" is not to be dis-
covered in the usual vulgar way of inference from the facts,
but by some admirable metaphysical process in the mind of
an Attorney-General!)
Now let us imagine a case :—A. 8., on a bright sun-shiny
day, mounts his horse at the door of his residence in Dublin ;
rides ten miles to get an appetite for his dinner • meets on
the road Mr. O'Connell, with' whom he ' has a bowing ac-
quailitance—exchanges a remark on the weather; returns to
the city; puts up his horse; strolls through a street or two;
sees a capital carving knife and fork in a window; recollects
that he was puzzled to get through with his present one
yesterday, it being marvellously blunt and obviously worn
out ; buys the knife and fork ; at dinner admires and com-
ments on the sharpness of the new carver; eats a hearty
dinner of roast beef, " settles" it with a tumbler of "poteen,"
and water, laughs at its potency, and exclaims " Erin go
bragh 1" in the evening goes to the theatre—the piece
happens to be John of Frock& ; returns to his domicile, and
in a few days is informed that the Government have pro-
ceeded against him for a conspiracy " against our Sovereign
Lady Victoria, by the grace of God Queen of Great Bri-
tain," &c. The poor man protests that he is guiltless—asks
what guilt there is in riding, eating roast beef, &c.—and is
informed that all these acts may be innocent in themselves,
but " become criminal by the vinculum of a common bad
purpose." He inquires how this applies, and is informed
that the Attorney-General is convinced of his guilt, and
means to argue that the ride in the morning was taken, in
order to obtain physical vigour to sustain the fatigues of a
campaign against the Saxons, if necessary—the eating roast
beef for the same purpose ; that the meeting O'Connell, a
repealer and " co-seditionist," was "doubtless" concerted to
plan the details of an insurrection ; that the preference of
poteen to Port, and the exclamation " Erin go bragh" were
strong proofs of antipathy to English connexion, and that
his going to the theatre to witness the performance of a piece
grounded on the success of an insurrection. (followed by a
massacre), proved to demonstration that he was prepared to
loin in one against Saxon rule, and to massacre all the Pro-
testants !

Are not all these "proofs" as cogent as those produced
against " the Traversers ?"—I am, Sir, &c.,

MOMUS,

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY.
The Market exhibited a very scanty supply of English
Wheat, yet the demand for that article was inactive, at
about previous rates. In Foreign Wheat a fair amount of
business was passing, and Monday's prices were supported.
Malting Barley sold firmly; other kinds slowly, at unvaried
figures. The Malt trade was in a sluggish state, yet the
quotations were supported. Although the supply of Oats
was extensive, that Grain was quite as dear. Beans, Peas,
and Flour as last quoted.
ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Flour
English. 1,170 qrs. 1,130 qrs. 2.0011 qrs. 2,410 seals,
Irish ••••• 4111••• Mo
Foreign 1,860 710 -
Malt, 4,230 qrs.
WRITECIZAPEL.
We had about an average supply of each kind of meat,
while the trade was heavy, on the following terms :—Beef,
from 2s 4d to 38 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; -Veal, 4s to 5s ;
and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per Blbs. by the carcase.

The Peel-and-Penny-a- Liner conspiracy against
the liberties of the British people, as exhibited to the
world in the conducting of the Irish State Trials,
has sealed the doom of the present Ministry. Sir
Robert Peel himself predicted that Ireland would
prove his great difficulty. It would have established
his reputation as a prophet had he foretold that in
the Administration of that country his reputed statesman-
ship would find a grave. Every lover of truth must con-
fess that a very great, and a very culpable indifference to
the grievances of Ireland does exist in the popular mind
of England. Nor can it be disputed that a feeling approach-
ing to a personal jealousy of the great influence of Mr.
O'Connell lurks at the hearts of some of the leaders
of the Liberal English Members of the two Houses of Par-
. liament ; and that not a few of the Whigs would secretly
rejoice at his discomfiture had the Government only granted
him a fair trial. But no Englishman worthy of the name
can witness, without indignation, • the attempt to find
O'Connell guilty by packing a jury, and by the hitherto
unheard-of endeavour to establish the crime of cumulative
sedition.—Hull Advertiser.

-lOrTAshley arrived at his residence in Upper Brook-
street, yesterday afternoon.