The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-18 00:00:00

Mr. Rigby, another of the jury, said that he was him-
self a person of active habits, and during the last two
days he had sat longer than for the last six months—
(Laughter)—he was accustomed to be on foot for nine
or ten hours a day, and he was already beginning to
feel the effects of sitting so long.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that if the Court con-
sented to allow the jury to go home, he hoped they
would take measures to allow no communication to be
made to them. In saying this, he did not mean to cast
the least imputation on the traversers or their attorneys;
but it might be done by persons who were not in the
least concerned in the cause.

Mr. Rigby said, that if any person interfered with
him, he should feel it his duty to communicate it imme-
diately to the Court. The other jurors made similar
declarations.

Mr. MoonE said, that as it appeared to be the desire
of the Court to afford every convenience possible to the
jury, and as the Attorney-General seemed to assent to
the jury going home at night, he, on the part of all the
traversers, begged to state that he had no objection to
the jury being allowed every possible convenience; and
he hoped that no party whatever would interfere with
any of the jury.
The CHIEF JusTicE then said, that if any interference
were made with any of the jurors, he hoped they would
reject it, and inform the Court of it. They could now
retire to theirhomes, and attend to-morrow at ten o'clock.
The Court then adjourned.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The following letter was read on Monday by Mr.
Crean :
" Merrion-square, Festival of the Holy Name, 1844.
" Dear Sir,—As I shall be of course confined by my attend-
ance at the trial to-morrow, and thereby unable to be person-
ally present at the Association, I inclose you 11., and beg of
you to get proposed as a member of the Association my twenty-
sixth grandchild, Miss Eliza O'Connell, who had hardly a right
to u.e the name as yet.
" I hope and believe that in the necessary absence of many
of the leading members of the Association not one word of an
irritating nature will be uttered, but that, on the contrary, the
people throughout the country, and the repeal wafdens in par-
ticular, will once again have it authentically declared unto
them that the success of the repeal agitation depends altogether
upon the most perfect peace, order, and tranquillity being pre-
served throughout. If they wish to gratify me and their other
friends they will preserve the most perfect peace, order, and
tranquillity. I repeat this advice so frequently that every man
throughout Ireland might understand the deep conviction I
entertain, that whoever disturbs the public peace in the slightest
degree is a traitor to the sacred cause of repeal.
" The next point to which I wish to call the attention of all
the members of the Association is the great Catholic move-
ment which is now being made in order to endeavour to obtain
for the Catholics of Ireland some legal guarantee for the enjoy-
ment of the rights intended to be secured to them by the
Emancipation Bill—it being perfectly clear that the conduct of
the Attorney-General is, on the other hand, a practical repeal
of the most valuable right intended to be secured by that Bill.
I do not at all deny that the Attorney-General had legal autho-
rity to make the use he has done of the royal prerogative, by
the exclusion of Catholics from that jury. The moral pro-
priety of so using that prerogative is quite another question ;
but this is perfectly certain, that it is absolutely necessary
for the Catholics of Ireland, for the preservation of their
lives, liberties, and properties, to continue the Catholic agita-
tion until a legal guarantee shall be obtained against a :similar
exercise of the Royal prerogative in future. The Catholics
have two things to complain of—first, of the striking off
of every single Catholic, eleven in number, from the bal-
loted panel. This is sought to be accounted for by an idle ex.
cuse that these eleven were all Repealers. The allegation,
however, is unfounded, the fact being distinctly otherwise;
but even if they were all Repealers the excuse would be a bad
one, and would serve as a precedent for any other idle excuse
that may be given by a future Attorney-General. I would
particularly press the folly of yielding to excuses of that kind
to mitigate a prominent and undoubted fact, namely the exclu-
sion of all the Catholics from the balloted panel.
" Another cause of complaint which the Catholics have is,
that there have disappeared from the jury panel—nobody can
tell us exactly how—but by some manoeuvre or misfortune,
about sixty-three individuals, thirty-five of whom were Catho-
lics of respectability, several of whom took no part whatsoever
in the Repeal agitation, and about twenty-eight Protestants,
most of them, it is said, of Liberal politics. This is what
Judge Perrin is reported to have called a matter of deep suspi-
cion. That seems a very moderate way, of expressing it;
but however it be expressed, and especially if it be true that
the jury panel was transmitted, as has been alleged, by some
of the clerks in the office, to England, it is perfectly clear that
the Catholics should apply to the Legislature for some mode of
legal remedy against the occurrence in future of a similar
fatality. As the thing stands at present, the Catholics of
Ireland are clearly deprived of any legal guarantee for the
most valuable of the rights we thought we had acquired,
namely, a fair and unsectarian trial by jury.
" I scorn to complain that this practical repeal of the Eman-
cipation Act has occurred in my case. I was one of the most
prominent in obtaining what we considered Emancipation, and
it is quite fit that the discovery should be made in my person,
that such Emancipation may be practically repealed. It im-
poses a sacred duty to continue Catholic agitation again—it
renders itself doubly incumbent upon me to exert myself once
again, as a Catholic, to make the Emancipation Act, in reality,
what it was in spirit intended to be.
" My object in submitting these reflections to the Associa-
tion is simply this :—To convince the members of the Asso-
ciation that they ought not to interfere, as Repealers, with this
distinct and Catholic agitation. It should be a distinct and
separate agitation—totally unconnected with the question of
repeal. '1 he repeal should not, if possible, even be mentioned
at any of the meetings held for the purpose of petitioning to
have the Emancipation Act rendered perfect. There are
many Catholics non-Repealers or anti-Repealers, who feel with '
us the absolute necessity of a better protection for their lives,
liberties, and properties. Let us, then, cheerfully follow,
assist, and support those persons ; and I trust that every person
in Ireland will, as speedily as may be convenient, send petitions
to Parliament, and an address to the Queen, praying for relief
and protection.
" It is quite true that those addresses to the Queen must go
through the hands of Sir James Graham, who was distinctly
understood in the last session to have more than insinuated a
charge of perjury against the Catholics ; he was, however, in-
duced to retract or disavow any such charge, but it is to be
apprehended that his retractation was merely verbal, whilst his
real opinion may by recent events be practically illustrated.
Upon the whole, therefore, I have to implore of the. Re-
pealers—
" First, to observe perfect peace and tranquillity all over
Ireland.
" Secondly, not to mix up the Repeal agitation with the
Catholic agitation for the better security of trial by jury.
Thirdly, to continue, in every other respect, their peace-
ful, legal, loyal, and constitutional exertions for the restoration
of our domestic legislature, in the person of our respected and
loved Sovereign the Queen, in the Irish House of Lords and
Irish House of Commons.
" I am, dear Sir, your faithful servant,
" To Martin Crean, Esq., "DANIEL O'CONNELL."

ALARMING FIRE AT IPSWICH.
Yesterday morning, between the hours of twelve
and one, the inhabitants of Ipswich were aroused from
their slumbers by loud and continuous cries of "Fire!"
and most urgent appeals for help. Bells and knockers
were suddenly and violently sounded to give the
alarm, while a lurid flame lighted up the atmo-
sphere, and painfully added weight to the cry—
" The White Hart is in flames !—for God's sake
get up and help us !" On proceeding to the
spot, at about a quarter to one o clock, we found a
range of stabling, running parallel with the back
of the dwelling house, and nearly eighty feet in
length, rapidly being consumed by the fiery ele-
ment. At this time one engine only (the Tower)
was playing. Contiguous to the north end of the
stabling are Mr. Ray's extensive premises, built
in this place of slight lath and plaster—these were
soon burnt through in several places ; at the south
end the stabling joined Mr. Hooker's (chemist)
warehouse, containing large quantities of inflammable
materials ; Mr. Smith's premises and others, closely
surrounded the burning mass ; and the all but cer-
tainty of there being a fearfully extensive conflagra-
tion stared everbody in the face. Shortly after two
other engines arrived, the Suffolk Fire-office and the
St. Clement's. The hose of the former was taken
through Mr. Ray's private passage way, in Tavern-
street, and most effectively hemmed in the flames ;
the St. Clement's engine also powerfully co-operated
with it, by playing principally on the gable end of Mr.
Ray's premises, while the Tower engine was em-
ployed in preventing the ignition of Messrs. Smith s,
Hooker's, and Conder's premises. Providentially there
was scarcely any wind at the time, and after about
two hours persevering exertion all fear of further
calamity was removed. The authorities of the town,
and many of its most influential inhabitants, were early
at the scene of danger, and assisted materially in check-
ing the progress of the flames—indeed all present,
from the Mayor to the humblest artisan, lent their
aid with such earnestness and hearty good-will, in their
different stations, as to do credit to their hearts.
Thanks to them that a much more widely extended
conflagration—of the extent of which it is fearful to
contemplate—has not visited our town. We are sorry
to state that 16 coombs of corn, 2 tons of straw, chaff
engine, &c., were consumed. The cattle and harness
were happily saved. Mr. Boby, landlord of the
White Hart, is fully insured. The building destroyed
was the property of J. Cobbold, Esq. Many of the
inhabitants of the endangered premises hurriedly
sought safety in the neighbouring houses; a great
quantity of goods was also removed into St. Lawrence
Church, and other places of safety. The fire was first
discovered by Mr. Brownsmith, a person living on
the premises, who, on entering the yard, perceived
some straw on the ground floor to be in flames,
which immediately set fire to the lofts above. It
has not been ascertained by what means the straw
became ignited. In the hurry and excitement some
rather severe falls occurred. Mr. Franks, master of
the Blue School, sustained sonie injury ; but there was
no casualty of a serious character. We cannot close
this notice without an expression of regret that the
authorities of St. Mary Tower do, not keep the hose of
that engine in a better state of repair. A very consi-
derable time elapsed before anything could be done
with it, it being necessary to bind it with list, and
have other contrivances, before the engine could be
brought into work. The other engines, particularly
the Suffolk Fire Office, were immediately ready for
powerful action.—lpswich Express.

A SENSIBLE FARMER.—A few days ago, a farmer,
resident not far from this city, was spoken to by his land-
lord, on the necessity of supporting Sir Robert Peel and
the corn-laws. "Ne, ne," said Mr. Hodge, "no corn-
hUnilbug for me ; the corn-law means high
rents, and high rates, and just such prices as I can
get, whioh happen to be always low after har-
vest. I would rather have low rents and low rates,
and then I will take my chance as to prices." In the
course of further conversation, it appeared, that in his
grandfather's time, the farm in question was just one-
third the present rent, and though not protected by a
corn-law, prices averaged equal to the range of the last
three years ; and taxation was less, for w*l had not to
par the penalty QV ,Vpattch wal.—Chefter Chronicle.