The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

IRELAND-MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.

" Friday, 16th of August, 1844.
" The Marquis of Downshire in the chair.
" The council having been specially called together in
consequence of a letter from Mr. S. O'Brien, M.P., in
reference to some expressions used by the Earl of Erne,
at the banquet yesterday, at the Theatre Royal, and
Lord Erne having come forward and expressed in the
promptest and most handsome manner his regret that
any observations should have fallen from him of a poli-
tical tendency, and calculated to offend the feelings of
any member of the Society, and which expressions were
contrary to one of its fundamental rules :
" It was unanimously resolved—That it is a matter of
the greatest gratification to the council that so satisfac-
tory an explanation has been given by the Noble Earl,
retaining as they did the strongest conviction that the
security and prosperity of this great society can only be
preserved by a complete abstinence, at all its meetings,
from allusions of a political tendency.
" Resolved—That a copy of the above resolution be
forwarded by the secretary to Mr. Smith O'Brien, in
answer to his letter, and that these resolutions be pub-
lished in the newspapers of this evening.
"DOWNSHIRE, Chairman.
" The following members of the Council "Were present
on this occasion :
" The Marquis of Downshire in the chair ; the Duke
of Leinster, the Earl of Erne, Sir R. Bateson, Bart. ;
Mr. C. Fitzsimon, Mr. C. Roper, Mr. D.Wilson, Mr. F.W.
Barton, Mr. John Sharman Crawford, Mr. George Roe,
Sir James Stronge, Bart. ; Mr. Naper, Mr. Wade, Mr.
Peter Purcell, Mr. George A. Hamilton, M.P. ; Mr.
Andrew Ball, Mr. Archbold, M.P. ; Sir John Kennedy,
Bart. ; Mr. William Tigh, Mr. Charles W. Hamilton,
Mr. Thomas Hutton, Mr. William Owen, Mr. Thomas
Ball, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, Mr. Denis Kirwin,
Mr. F. Donough, Mr. William J. Armstrong, Mr. J. B.
Bank head, Mr. Thomas Butler, and Mr. Thomas R.
Hardy."
Mr. Smith O'Brien, in the following communication,
accepted the explanation of Lord Erne, conveyed
through the society, in the spirit in which it had been
offered :

" 82, Lower Mount-street, Aug. 16, 1844.
" have had the pleasure of receiving your
obliging communication of this date, in which you
transmit a copy of the resolution passed by the council
of the Royal Agricultural Society, in reference to the
occurrence which gave occasion to the letter which it was
my painful duty to address to you last night.
" I trust that the prompt, honourable, and explicit re-
paration which has been offered by Lord Erne to those
whose feelings may have been hurt by his unguarded ex-
pressions, will be deemed as satisfactory by others as it
is by me, and that this incident may prove serviceable
rather than injurious to the interests of one of the few
national institutions in regard of which Irishmen of
every class, creed, and party are enabled to co-operate
for the common good of all.—l have the honour to be
your obedient servant, W. S. O'BRIEN."
" To the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society."
THE AUCTION IN THE SHOW-YARD.
Yesterday there was an auction upon a very large
scale at the Coburg-gardens, of a portion of the stock
which bad been exhibited, and, generally speaking, the
prices obtained were remunerative, and in some instances
verv:high. In the class of bulls the sums obtained were
not in general more than an average, but the cows and
breeding stock brought large auras. Paddy Blake, the

little Kerry bull, was sold for 5/. 15s. ; Prince Albeit's
cow, which had obtained the prize in her class, was sold
to a Dublin butcher, it is said, for 501.
TIIE AGRICULTURAL BALL.

One of the most brilliant—indeed, we may say, one of
the most agreeable, and in every way unexceptionable—
public balls given in the city for many years, took place
last night in the Theatre Royal, under the management
of the Agricultural Improvement Society. '
Among the company were the Earl of Leinster, the
Marquis of Kildare, the Marquis of Downshire, Lord
, Castlemaine, Lord Crofton, the Chief Baron, Sir Percy
Nugent, Mr. A. Lyle, Mr. J. L. Naper, Mr. E. J. Cor-
belly, Mr. Kincaid, Mr. Hatchell, Q. C. Mr. G. Roe,
Mr. John Sharman Crawford, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M.P.,
the Right Hon. F. Shaw, Mr. C. W. Hamilton, Mr. J. R.
Barry, Mr. D. O'Connell, jun., &c. &c.
THE QUEEN—THE CORPORATION.
On Thursday there was a special meeting of the Cor-
poration, held for the purpose of adopting a congratula-
tory address to her Majesty on the birth of a Prince.
The Lord Mayor presided.
The address was adopted with much enthusiasm, and
it was arranged that it should be forwarded to Sir James
Graham, for presentation to her Majesty.
A Privy Council sat in Dublin Castle on Thursday,
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, the Bishop of
Meath and Kildare, the Master of the Rolls, the Chief
Baron, and ex-Justice Moore were present. It was
ordered that the Archbishops and Bishops now in town
do prepare a form of prayer and thanksgiving to
Almighty God for her Majesty's safe delivery of a Prince,
and that such form of prayer and thanksgiving be used
in all churches and chapels in Ireland, upon Sunday, the
18th of August instant, or the Sunday after the respec-
tive ministers of such churches and chapels shall receive.
the same.