The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-20 00:00:00

LETTER OF SIR J. GRAHAM.

The following is the reply of Sir J. Graham to Mr. W. S.
O'Brien's inquiry in reference to the refusal of the Governor
of the Richmond Bridewell to admit that gentleman and the
deputation who accompanied him, owing to an order he (the
Governor) had received from the Board of Superintend-
ence :

" Whitehall, June 13, 1844.
" beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 11th instant, upon the subject of the directions
given by the Board of Superintendence of the Richmond
Penitentiary, that no deputation should be admitted to
present addresses to certain prisoners therein confined, and
to acquaint you that by law the enforcement of the discip-
line of the Richmond Penitentiary is vested in the Board
of Superintendence ; that this Board is not under the imme-
diate control of the Secretary of State, and that I am not
prepared to interfere with the discretion of the Board on this
occasion.

" I have the honour to be, Sir, y,?l,l,rAlllen servant,
f.
" To William Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P."

TEETOTALISM.—John O'Connell, Esq., of Grena, brother
of the Liberator, has taken the pledge of temperance from
Father Mathew, who presented him with a silver medal.
The Hon. Mr. Jerningham took the teetotal pledge from the
Rev. Mr. Mathew, at Castlecomer, last week; also Colonel
Curry, agent to the Duke of Devonshire, at Lismore.
THE REPEAL-BUTTON WAR !—A runner from the market
having meat for some officer in the barracks, and another
from a baker's shop with a cart of bread, were refused ad-
mittance by the sentry yesterday, unless they took out their
Repeal buttons, and put them in their pockets'while passing
through the barrack-yard. This, those spirited fellows re-
fused to do, and declined to deliver 'their respectiVe commo-
dities unless permitted to wear the emblems of nationality.
They were about to retire when the sentry was obliged to
hand in the meat and bread.—Limerick Reporter.

TuNIIE AD CEMETERY.—The first stone of the
chapels to he erected in the cemetery of all Saints, Nunhead,
near Peckham, was laid on Bionday, the 17th of June, by the
Rev. Dr. Russell, the chairman of the London Cemetery.
Company, assisted by B. Hawes, Esq., the deputy chairman,
and the other directors. This extensive cemetery, contain-
ing above 56 acres, was inclosed and laid out in the year
1838 ; since which the services have been read in temporary
buildings; but the company having resolved to erect chapels
suitable to the extent of the ground, and the increasing
accommodation required by the populousness of the vicinity,
selected the designs submitted by Mr. Thomas Little, under
whose direction they are now in progress. Both chapels are
in the style of architecture prevalent in England about the
middle of the fourteenth century, known as decorated
English. The principal chapel is an octagon, with a high
pitched roof and groined ceiling, modelled after the Chapter
House at York. The exterior is to be built of Kentish rag
and Bath stone.

Preparations are being made at Ravenswortb
Castle for the reception of the Marquis and Marchiones.s of
Normanby, who are expected to visit our races, where the
Noble Marquis will_ officiate as 'one of the stewards.—Tyne
Mercury.