The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Duistmr, JULY 29.—The Irish assizes have nearly termi-
nated, and the result goes to show that Ireland never was so
free from crime, and criminals, as at the present moment. In
every instance the judges have testified to the peaceable state
of the country, and in very many of the most populous coun-
ties their Lordships had literally. nothing to do. Even Tip-
perary—once so horribly pre-eminent in crime—is free from
criminals; and Clare, once the head-quarters of the Terry
Alts, has only one case of manslaughter on the calendar. In
the West, the " Going Judges" have gone "a pleasuring" on
Circuit. The assizes of Mayo have terminated three full
days sooner than was anticipated.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was
held this day at the Conciliation-hall.
The Rev. J. Tierney, P.P. of Clontibret, late traverser, in
the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, on taking the chair, said he believed
there was no necessity for him to make a profession of politi-
cal faith. He was one of those who had the honour of being
found guilty on the 12th of February of keeping the peace,
and it was for the Government to say why he had not the
honour of being a martyr also.--(Cheers.)
Mr. J. KELLY, the new Member for the city of Limerick,
handed in a sum of money from that locality, and in doing
so, said he would not have the honour of being among them
that day, but for the fact of his having understood that
Lord Heytesbury intended to put down the Association.—
(Hear. hear.) When that report reached him, he considered
it to be his duty to attend in that room, and share any re-
sponsibility that might attach to the proceedings of the As-
sociation.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN then referred to Lord Wicklow's letter
to the Association ;- and, after a rapid review of the Ministe-
rial policy, read the reply of the Committee of the Association
to the Noble Lord.
Mr. GORDON then rose to bring forward hismotion relative
to the agitation of the repeal question in Parliament, when he
was interrupted by
Dr. NAGLE, who said Mr. Gordon had given no notice of
his motion.

Mr. GORDON said he had.
Dr. NAGLE—Your notice was forfeited, as you did not
bring forward the motion on the day fixed.
Mr. GORDON said he had saved his notice by writing to
Mr. S. O'Brien.
Mr. D. O'CONNELT„ jun.—ln that letter you did not require
your notice to be saved.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN believed Mr. Gordon had saved his notice,
and that he had a right to be heard ; but he would put it to
Mr. Gordon whether he would not abandon his motion, when
he knew it was wholly against the wishes of the Committee.
Mr. Gordon could promulgate his opinion through some other
channel.
Mr. GORDON would be happy to adopt that course, espe-
cially as it was recommended by Mr. O'Brien. He then
went on to observe on the necessity of adopting a line of
conduct similar to that recommended in his notice of motion,
for it was idle to think they could bully or cajole the people
of England.--(Tremendous confusion ensued, in the midst of
which one of Mr. Gordon's neighbours offered him ss. to sit
down ; the money was immediately handed in to the Secre-
tary, and Mr. Gordon having found it somewhat difficult to
obtain a hearing, resumed his seat.)
Several large sums of money were handed in, and after the
transaction of Some other routine business,
Mr. S. O'BRIEN moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Wyse for
the manner in which he brought forward their petition in re-
ference to the State prosecutions.
The rent amounted to 1,0001.
SIR COLMAN O'LOGIILEN.

The following favourable report appears in the Clare
Journal of yesterday :—" It will be gratifying to the friends
and admirers of Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Bart., to learn that
he is now fast recovering to convalescence. He laboured
under a severe attack of bilious fever, brought on by his
assiduous attention to the case of Mr. O'Connell and the
other traversers, during its progress in the House of Lords."
MURDER IN ROSCOMMON—RESPITE.

Yesterday, Mr. Malone, the under-sheriff of Roscommon,
received a respite for Catherine Bryan and Bridget Langan,
who were to be executed to-morrow, in pursuance of sentence
passed upon them at the late assizes, by Baron Lefroy, for
murder. The respite extends only to the 7th of August,
on which day the sentence must be carried into execution,
should no further respite be granted. It may be well to
remind our readers that the charge against these wretched
women was, that Bryen poisoned her husband, and when he
was dead, procured the aid of her sister (Langan) to bring the
body outside the house, where they cut the threat with a
razor, which they placed in the hand of the dead man, to lead
to the inference which was drawn by the coroner's jury, that
he committed suicide. However, in nearly a year after, a
party implicated mentioned the facts, and the body having
been disinterred, some portion of the poison was found in it.
The jury who tried the case recommended the prisoners to
mercy, but Baron Lefroy refused to transmit the recommenda-
tion to the Irish Executive.
SHOCKING CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.

The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains the following :
" Painful indeed is our duty to announce the death of Mrs.
Delacour, the second victim to this fearful malady in one
family, within the short space of five months. The sad death
of the young and graceful girl, the first victim, excited ge-
neral horror and consternation ; but who can describe the
feeling with which the announcement of the second death
will be received by the public ! For more than five months
the terrible poison lurked in the veins of this amiable lady,
until it at last manifested its presence in that horrible agony
which heralds the dissolution of the sufferer."

A cosrespondent of the same journal, writing from Mallow
on Sunday, says :—" An account of Mrs. Delacour's death
has reached town. She fell a victim to that dreadful malady
against whose ravages science has, as yet, discovered no
antidote—hydrophobia. It appears that the little dog which
caused Miss Delacour's death, about five months since, licked
Mrs. Delacour's face at that time ; and she since had a horror
of the fatal disease."
Mr. Edmond Murphy, of Mount, in the parish of Clon-
digad, has been fully committed to the county gaol, charged
with conspiring to attack the habitations of Major Ball and
F. B. Rosslewin, Esq. The alleged offence occurred some
months ago. This committal has occasioned much surprise
in the country.—Clare Journal.