The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-03 00:00:00

IRELAND.

INAUGURATION OF THE NEW LORD MAYOR,-
THE STATE PROSECUTIONS.

DUBLIN, JAN. I.—This day the Lord Mayor for the cur-
rent year ( Timothy O'Brien, Esq.) was sworn into office Stith
the usual formalities.
The members of the Corporation proceeded to the Assembly..
house in state, and after some preliminary proceedings,
The late Lord Mayor, GEORGE ROE, Esq., rose arid ad-
dressed the assembly at some length. He commenced by say-
ing he felt it his duty to render an account of his steward-
ship for the past. rear ; and, after adverting to some topics
of local interest, he observed that he regretted much toled
himself opposed to the majority of the house on a question
which had been discussed by it ; but while he could net concur
in the opinion of the majority, still lie f: It thai. the discussion
of the repeal of the union was a perfectly constitutinnel
and justifiable one in that house. The manner in which that
discussion was conducted elicited the approbation all who
were pfeserit or had heard cf it. There was no ill-temper
exhibited on either side, and the question was disposNl of
without produeing in that House the slightest feeling of
The next topic to which ho said he should advert
might be•considered to base grown out of that di cussien—he
meant tke pending State trials. lie ;cooked upon them with
the deepest anxiety ; and ; fter considering the sulject in
all its bearings, he had come to the conclusien that it
would be fur the benefit of the country—Lay, of the
United Kingdom at large—that these trials should
not take place.---( Loud cries of llear, hear.") Ile felt
that they would produce excitement and agitates-1, and lead
to all the evils consequent upon such a state.—( Pea., hear. )
Sus: ly, ie the midst of :such agitation as these trials would lead
to, the country could not apply itself to the promotion of com-
merce or agriculture. lde would frankly tell the assembly that,
after being in communication with men of all parties since the
prosecutions bad commenced, he firmly believed it to be the
general desire that the agitation • f the country should be pre-
vented by the abindonment of those trials.—(Hear.) He felt
extreme delicacy in saying anything that might he considered
trenching upon the Administration of the land, which he felt to
be sacred ground ; but he considered that an expression of
public feeling, under all the circumstances, would be calculated
to serve the country. He would, therefore, urge such an ex-
pression of public feeling, praying her Majesty to take
the question of the state of Ireland into consideration, to
appoint a Committee, if no essary, cf the whole House
of Commons, to ascertain the cause of discontent
which unhappily prevailed.—( Hear; hear.) It was admitted
by all there were grounds for discontent, and, without more
particularly alluding to them, he should mention the system of
centralization as one. He held in his hand it document, pub-
lished by order of the House of Commons, in which it appeared
that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests received
028,000/. in this country, and only expended here 120,0001.,
leaving a balance of half a million spent out of the country,
from which it was raised, for the advantage of England.—
( Hear.) He mentioned this solitary fact torshow Vivre were
great and numerims grounds for discontent. As a mercantile
man, he felt that the agitation and excitement that would
be produced by the State prosecutions would retard the in-
flux of capital and all improvement for a considerable time.
Suppose that complete success should attend these
prosecutions—would it be calculated to allay the irritation and
discontent of the country ?—( Cries of " No, no.") Suppose,
again, there should be a verdict of acquittal, would that restore
peace ?—( No, no.) If, on the other hand, as was apprehended,
it would be a drawn battle, would that tend to any possible
good—would it allay the angry feelings which had been ex-
cited? No man could say what the consequences would be
should these prosecutions be pressed on. —(Hear, hear.) His
Lordship concluded by expressing a hope that the majority of
that house would petition her Majesty to grant an amnesty for
the past, and take steps to remedy the grievances cf Ireland.--
( Loud cheers.)
Alderman Bosse (Conservative) asked his Lordship whether
the address he had delivered w s to be taken simply as his own
s•ntiments?
The LORD MA Mt. replied in the affirmative..
Alderman Boise again rose, and proposed a most compli-
mentary vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, for the Admirable
and impartial discharge of his duties.
Alderman Sir JOHN POWER, Bart., said he felt the highest
gratification in seconding the motion, which passed unanimously,
amidst the warmest plaudits.
The Lord Mayor then retired.
The Lord Mayor c'ect, Timothy O'Brien, Esq., was then
sworn in with the usual formalities and took his seat as Lord
Mayor. Soon after the Council adjourned.
The procession which accompanied the new Lord Mayor
consisted of a great number of private carriages, headed- Di a
military band,
IMPORTATION OF FIRE-ARMS.
A letter, of which the following is a copy, has been addressed
to the agent of the British and Irish Steam-packet Company,
Eden quay :
" Metropolitan Police-office, *tblin Castle,
December 28, 1843.
" Sir,--The Commissioners of Police have directed me to
acquaint you, for the information of your Board of Directors,
that it is considered necessaay, and has been directed by Go-
vernment, that the police shall inspect on arrival, and while
unlading, the portion of the shipping in the port of Dublin, end
under the uninterrupted superintendence of officers of Customs,
with a view to the more effectual prevention of the clandestine
importation of fire-arms; toad that therefore the inspectors of
police have been ordered to make this inspection, in pursuance
of the power given by the Dublin Police Act, 5 Victoria, c. 24,
sec. 23 ; but that in the performance of the duty they have been
directed to avoid the adoption of any steps calculated to inter-
rupt the commerce of the port, or cause unnecessary inconve-
nience to passengers or otle r persons in the vessels inspected,
towards whom the officers will demean themselves with due

courtesy.
"'I am at the same time to refer you to a provision in the
27th section of the Arms Act (an abstract of which is sent
herewith), authorisire• passengers to import tire-arms usually
carried fur personal defence or sporting, on registerit'er them
with the chief officer of the part, and I am to suggest, fur the
consideontien of your Board, the expediency a adopting some
means of making this provision known to persons taking berths,
&c., at the Company's offices in England and Scotland, as trio
obtaining of the information there may prevent inconvenience
to passengers, and any misunckrstanding with respect to their
fire-arms on arriving here.
" The Commissioners have suggested to the Government
that this information might be best afforded to passengers in
the mail-packets by a printed note on the form of receipts
issued on taking berths.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your
obedient servant, " W. STANLEY, Secretary."
FUNERAL OF V. MAHER, ESQ., -M.P.
Tau unrs, DEC. 28.—The remains -of the late lamented
Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P., were removed Crum Turtulla
Ifou,e at twelve o'clock en Wednesday, attended by a
numerous train of carriages, jaunting cars, and gigs behnig:ng
to the resident gentry of the surrounding neighbourhood, hi be
interred in the family burial place in Thurles churchyard. The
number of carriages exceeded thirty, and the cortege extended
from Turtulla gwe to the town. Never was there in this
ntighbourhou.l such a respectable and numerously attended
funeral. The most marked re•p"ct was paid to his memory—
all the shops of the town of Thurles being closed from the time
of the melancholy occurrence of his death. There was a most
numerous attem'ance of his tenintry, and a great number of
the clergy.— Tipperary Free Press.
The Tipperary fr x hounds did not meet for the lest week, is
consequence of his death.

ERRATUM.—Iii a paragraph yesterday, relative to
the departure of the India Mail—for " Maid" read " Mail."
ALARMING EXPLOSION OF GAS AT GREENWICII.--.
Last night ( Tuesday) shortly after dusk, the inhabitants of
the neighbourhood of Trafalgar-street, Greenwich, were much
alarmed by a most terrific explosion of gas, which took place
wirier the premises eccupied by Mr. G. Oxborough, tailor,
&e ,in the Trafalgar-read. It appears from what we could as.
certain upon the.spot, that some difficulty was experienced by
the next door neighbour of Air. Oxborough in ,getting his gas
to ignite, and that consequently he sent a man down into the
basement of the premises to ascertain the cause of the difficulty,
when ihe pipe suddenly burst immediately underneath the floor-
ing of Mr. Oxbormigh's room, tearing away the wood work and
bursting up the counter. Th?fece it passed towards the ceiling,
and upset in its progress Air. Oxborough and a female who was
sitting with him at work. The ceiling is torn from the lathing,
and the shock was so violent, that the front wall was split by it
from the top to the butt mm. Upon inquiring, last night, be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock, we were informed that Mr. Ox-
borough's injuries are but trifling, but that the female is so mu-
tilated, that she is considered in a very precarious state.
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT BY TILE KICK OF
A Cow.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter, Cortehe. for Sur-
rey, held an inquest at the Bose and Crown, Salisbury-lane,
Bermondsey-wall, on the body. of Richard Creasy, aged 65
years. It appeared by the evidence that the deceased was in
the employ of Mr. Edward Kelsey, cowkeeper and dairyman,
in East-lane, Bermondsey. On the morning of Saturday, the
9th ult., the deceased went as usual to milk his master's cows.
After so doing he fed them, and whilst in the act of wiping his
shoes in the litter beneath the cows, one of them rushed against
him and knocked him down, and before he could recover him-
self another beast, whose propensity for kicking was well known
by deceased, struck him a violent blow on his head with tier
hind hoof, which laid him prostrate. A fellow-servant of de.
ceased immediately went to him, and assisted him home, when
it was ascertained that his skull been fractured. He died
on the 9eith ult. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
c'eath."