The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-12 00:00:00

IRE LAND.

NATIONAL BANQUET TO MR. O'CONNELL.
DUBLIN, SEpT.lo.—The following notification has
been issued :

"At a meeting of the friends of repeal, held on
the 6th instant, W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P., in the
chair, it was resolved that O'Connell, and his late
fellow-captives, should be entertained at a public
banquet, in commemoration of their liberation from
their recent unjust imprisonment.
" The banquet will accordingly take place in Dub-
lin, on Thursday, the 19th of September, 1844.
" By order of the Managing Committee,
" JOHN L. ARABIN,}
(Lord Mayor Elect) Secretaries."
" JAMES O'HEA.
It is likely that the banquet will take place in the
Rotunda, or in the King's-room, in the Mansion-
house.
POPULAR REJOICINGS IN THE COUNTRY.
GALWAY, SEPT. 9.—The most enthusiastic joy per-
vaded all classes here yesterday, on the receipt of the
intelligence of the reversal of the judgment. There was
a numerous meeting of the inhabitants in the square,
at which Francis Comyn, Esq. (Woodstock), presided,
and the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, now Bishop of El-
phin, and many of the leading gentry and traders were
present. All the trades were dressed and had their
flags and banners. Little Christopher French, the
grandson of the Liberator, was out to see the sport.
When the people got a sight of him they would have
him with them. They brought him to the Parent
Temperance-room, placed him in the President's chair,
and cheered him. They then took him out, had the
handsome chair covered with crimson cloth, carried
on their shoulders, and the fine little fellow was placed
in it. They carried him in triumph through the
town. Whilst sitting at the club-house window we
saw the procession pass by, and little Christopher in
the chair, waving his hat, and huzzaing for " O'Con-
nell and Ireland. If he were forty years of age he
could not have acted in a more manly way. They
took him back to his residence, and he then returned
them thanks for himself and his grandfather. They
have invited him this evening to a soiree which he is
to attend. . . . . .

CLONMEL, SEPT. B.—ln this important commer
cial town the popular manifestation at the triumphs
of O'Connell was the most enthusiastic we ever wit-
nessed. The people seemed almost wild with joy.
But all was order, and the Conservative party are
loud in their praises of the moderation of the people.
Bonfires and other demonstrations took place on
Friday night. Every hill was blazing. The illumi-
nations last night were on the most splendid scale.
The people were advised that Mr. O'Connell wished
that the slightest insult would not be given to any
of the opposite party, nor the least offence committed
on any house that was not lighted. This advice was
acted on to the letter.
A few of the Conservatives appeared apprehensive
that some outrage might be committed. Up to half-
past eight o'clock, this feeling was predominant. Some
of them, about that hour, ventured amongst the
people ; they saw that there was not the slightes indi-
cation on the part of the people to annoy ; they went
for their families, and almost every Conservative in
town paraded the streets until after eleven o'clock.
About nine o'clock several of the Conservatives—
W. J. Legge, Mr. Harvey, Dr. Collett, Messrs.
Prosser, Patterson, and Ferguson ; Mr. Bradford,
Mr. David Hughes, and Dr. Malone, were seen
busily engaged in preparing to light their houses.
Oh ! it was a scene worthy the Liberator, to behold
such a commingling of feeling ; in fact, all parties
were vieing with each other, in seeking terms of
gratulation at the happy prospect that the results of
last night would bring about.
Mr. Ni--, a respectable Conservative, joined us
in the Main-street; he exclaimed, " Can I believe my
senses? no insult, no injury; if I was told on last
night that I could walk the streets with safety, I
would not believe it. This night (said he) lays the
foundation for a state of things that I never dreamed
of. If one were sure that the conduct of the people
would be such at all times as it is this night,,l, for
one—and I may speak for the rest of the Conserva-
tives in this locality—would be repealers." There
was not one drunken man to be seen.
DIOCESE or CLOGHER.—Te Deum was sung on
Sunday last in all the Catholic churches of this exten-
sive diocese by desire of the Right Rev. Doctor
M'Nally, Bishop of Clogher, in thanksgiving for the
liberation of Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-sufferers.
LEITRIM,' SEPT. 7.—Our hills were all covered
with bonfires, for the triumph of constitutional law
had in the case of our beloved Liberator.
COUNTY OF CORK.—The Cork Examiner of yes-
terday contains detailed reports of the rejoicings in
Kinsale, Mallow, Charleville, Fermoy, Kanturk,
Newmarket, Middleton, Passage, and various other
towns in this Yorkshire of Ireland. There were illu-
minations and bonfires in all directions ; bands playing
through the streets, and the people, although in ecsta-
cies at the glorious news, conducted themselves in the
most orderly manner. The Examiner thus closes its
report :—" This morning's western coaches have
brought us accounts from our various correspondents,
of the popular rejoicings on Saturday night. Clona-
kilty was brilliantly illuminated, and the streets were
traversed by bands all night—tar-barrels blazed in-
cessantly. The same enthusiasm was manifested in
the patriotic town of Skibbereen. The sea coast from
Courtmasherry to Dunmanus was in one blaze of
light. Bantry had its rejoicings, and the ancient
borough of Bandonbridge contributed its quota of
tar-barrels. In the latter town disturbances were
apprehended from the Orangemen, but the night
passed off quietly."
POPULAR COMPLIMENT TO LORD CAMPBELL.—One
of the most remarkable circumstances connected with
the procession in Dublin on Saturday was the ap-
pearance, in one of the carriages of the Trades, of
two Highland pipers, in their national costume, who
continued to play, during the whole procession, the
well-known air of " The Campbells are coning'
this being intended as a marked compliment to Lord
Campbell, one of the three law Lords who have saved
the British Constitution by the reversal of the iniqui-
tous judgment.
DEFENCE OF THE IRISH COAST.
The following strange announcement appears in
the Cork Examiner of yesterday :—" Great activity
prevails in the forts rouud this harbour as to the
putting them in a proper state of defence. At Cam-
den Fort long swivel guns of large calibre are in the
course of mounting, and some furnaces have also been
built to heat balls and shells."
The following paragraph appears in the same
journal :—" Three of the transports, which have been
waiting in Cove for the last month, sailed on Satur-
day for India, and three more, the Coromandel, Earl
of Hardwick, and Harbinger, followed them this
morning. The loss to the several tradesmen who had
contracted to supply the troops will be enormous in
consequence of the departure of those vessels without
their freights. One victualler in Cove, it is said, will
lose 501. by the provisions which he had prepared
for them being left on his hands."
IRISH LAW CHANGES.

The Evening Post of this afternoon states that
Chief Justice Pennefather was in London on Satur-
day last, with the object, according to report, of ten-
dering his resignation to the Premier, who had been
so suddenly hurried to Drayton Manor by the me-
lancholly intelligence of the illness of Miss Peel. The
same journal contains the following :
" JUDGE BURTON.—It is said that this venerable
judge retires from the bench in a month or two. He
will leave behind him the character of an amiable
man and a sound lawyer, notwithstanding his sanction
of the sixth and seventh counts of the monster in-
dictment."
The post adds that the Attorney-General is spoken

of for a judgeship, and asks, " Can this be possible?" f
REGISTRY OF MARRIAGES.—The office of Regis-
trar-General under the new Act for the regulation of
Presbyterian marriages, has been conferred upon
William Donnelly, Esq.

MR. O'CONNELL AND TRIAL BY

JURY.

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Last evening dinner took place at Cogers'-hall, to
celfibrate the great principle involved in the reversal of
the judgment by the House of Lords in the case of
" O'Connell and others v. the Queen," especially as re-
garded the sacred character of the jury list. The
attendance was such as to prove that the feeling of the
public generally sympathised in the reversal of the judg-
ment in question, for the room was crowded to excess.
The company consisted chiefly of the gentlemen who
take an active part in the politics of the district of St.
Bride's —a pretty good proof that if the opportunity
were afforded, many thousands of the citizens of London
would have been happy to manifest their feelings in the
same way. Mr. Wood occupied the chair ; and Mr. W.
R. Williams, one of the members of the Common
Council for the ‘s ard of Farringdon Without, officiated
as Vice-chairman. Amongst the gentlemen present we
noticed Mr. Low, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Burnard, Mr. Bur-
nett, Mr. James, Secretary to the Middlesex Reform
Registration, &c.
The cloth having been removed, " The people," The
Queen," &c., were given by the Chairman with appro-
priate observations, and responded to by the company.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the healths of Lords Den-
man, Cottenham, and Campbell, and in doing so took
an opportunity of adverting to the great question which
these Noble Lords had to decide upon. lie contended
that they were clearly right in their judgment, seeing
that the grounds upon which Mr. O'Connell and his co-
conspirators were sent to prison was in respect to counts
which were declared to be bad eventby the judges of this
country. He particularly eulogised the judgment of
Lord Denman, in consequence of that nobleman's vindi-
cation of the independence of juries, and said that two
things were now established by the judgment of the
House of Peers, namely, that it was not a crime for men
to meet in large masses to petition against an admitted
grievance, and that in order to a jury being a good one,
the list from which it was to be selected must not be
tamporcd with.—(Hear, hear.)
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of Mr. O'Connell
and the other State prisoners, and full and complete
justice to Ireland •, and in doing so said that the whole
course of Mr. O'Connell's life, as a politician, had been
straightforward and consistent. He commenced by ap-
plying the powers of his great mind to the emancipation
of his Catholic countrymen from religious disabilities,
and he was now using his best energies to make his
country what it ought to be—a happy and contented por-
tion of the empire. This was an honest and legitimate
object, and one in which any man might be proud to be
engaged, and sure he was that no Englishman would
tamely stand by and see a man attempted to be crushed
fur such exertions, without entering his protest against
the attempt ; and, if necessary, lening his best aid to
make such an attempt ineffective.—(Applause.)
" Trial by Jury"—the health of Mr. Duncombe, M.P.
—Sir Thomas Wilde, and the other Counsel engaged for
the Traversers—" The Press," and other appropriate
toasts, were given and responded to ; and the evening
was most agreeably spent. A great many new members
were proposed and admitted members of the Ancient and
Honourable Society of " Cogers," who severally returned
thanks for the honour.

EXPERIMENTS IN WOOLWICH MARSHES, SEPT. 12.
—Lieut.-Col. Dansey, C. 8., and Lieut.-Col. Chalmer,
with a detachment of the Royal Artillery under the
command of Capt. Ilennis, assembled in the marshes, at
half-past one o'clock, P.M., to carry on experiments with
Mr. Marsh's concussion shells. There were fifteen shells
fired on this occasion, five of them 68-pounders, and ten
32-pounders. Two of the 32-pounders burst on entering
the bulkhead, six in the mound immediately after passing
through the bulkhead ; one exploded at from 40 to 50
feet high, having taken an upward direction after striking
the base of the mound, and one did not burst, having en-
tered the mound to a considerable depth. The first 68-
pounder shell went through the bulkhead, and burst im-
mediately after, in the mound ; the second burst in the
bulkhead; the third burst in the bulkhead; the fourth did
not burst, having entered the mound without touching the
bulkhead ; and the fifth burst with tremendous effect in
the bulkhead, tearing to pieces the iron bolts, three-
quarters of an inch square, which held the timbers to-
gether, and throwing forward two feet six inches at one
end of the bulkhead, and six inches at the other end,
seven strong pieces of oak made to represent the side of
a ship, each piece twelve inches square and thirty feet
long. The range was peculiarly favourable for practice;
the experiments did not occupy above three-quarters of
an hour, and the loading and firing less than twenty
minutes of that period; but the destruction was awful,
and greater than any. we have ever witnessed, show-
ing that it would be impossible for ships to resist the
destructive power of these missiles. The experiments
were made to ascertain if Mr. Marsh's invention of at-
taching caps with marine glue would carry a long range
of 800 yards, and proved that they could be made avail-
able for any distance with certainty of effect, and no
danger to those using them.
PASSAGE OF THE INDIAN MAIL THROUGH FRANCE.
—The following is an example of the rapidity with
which the French carriage which conveys the English
and French dispatches from Calais to Marseilles now
performs the journey :—The Indian mail which left
London on the 7th of August arrived at Calais at two
and three-quarter minutes past eight on the morning of
the Bth. Having left that town at ten minutes past nine
o'clock, it arrived at Paris at thirty minutes past one in
the morning. Having left Paris at forty minutes past
two o'clock, it arrived at Marseilles on 11 th August at
thirty minutes past four in the morning, having accom-
plished the distance from Calais to Marseilles within the
space of 37 hours 20 minutes. The carriage con-
tained 50 iron chests of a foot square, in which were
inclosed the English dispatches, and 16 wooden cases
of various dimensions containing the French dispatches.
The moment they arrived at Marseilles they were con-
veyed on board an English steam-boat, and in half an
hour afterwards they were on their way to Malta, where
a boat belonging to the Oriental Company was waiting
to receive them. From Alexandria they proceed to Suez,
and thence across the Desert to India. Less than five
weeks sufficed to effect the passage from London to Bom-
bay. The same speed is observed on the return of the
mails from India. Two couriers, one French and the
other English, always accompany the carriage. Inde-
pendendly of these arrangements, the English Govern-
ment is about to conclude a contract with the Oriental
Steam-boat Company, in order to have the Indian dis-
patches conveyed from Alexandria to Southampton di-
rect. By these means letters from India may be re seived
in London every fifteen days."—Sud de Marseilles.
COMMERCIAL PEOSPERITT.—An experienced com-
mercial authority, in noticing the remarkable revival of
trade, states that the export trade continues good, and
certain articles bought for the Continent have improved
in value, whilst others are still quoted at steady rates.
The healthy tone of commercial business has not this
year, or, indeed, for the last six years, been more plainly
perceptible than of late. Business for the last two
months has been particularly brisk, prices generally
high and steady, with little undue speculative operations
having been entered into. Money has been plentiful,
and commands only easy rates, still the additional im-
pulse to speculation by the readier means of procuring
the necessary funds on the first onset by new firms, has
not been injuriously acted upon. Articles adapted for
manufacturing purposes command a ready sale, and
former advanced prices are firmly maintained. The ex-
tent of actual business in the manufacturing districts
continue upon a large scale, and several houses are said
to have received orders too extensive to be immediately
executed. The price of labour around Manchester,
Bradford, Leeds, &c., has advanced in consequence of
the greater demand for it, and a good season is likely to
be sustained throughout.—Durham Advertiser.
HOLTROOD PALACE AND PARK.—Considerable
improvements are at present going on at this ancient
seat of royalty. Workmen are repairing the crown
which surmounts the grand entry. The roof is also
undergoing necessary reparations, as well as the chapel
royal. But the greatest fall of all the contemplated im-
provements—namely, the draining of the irrigated
meadows—has now commenced in earnest ; and when
completed, will be of immense advantage to the health of
the citizens. The cut for the drain to accomplish this
desirable object, extending from Duncan's-gate, St.
Ann's-yards, on the east, to the foot of Arthur-street on
the west—a distance of 1,000 yards—is now excavating,
and a great many men being employed, the work is pro-
ceeding with great spirit. The depth of the cut is twelve
feet, and the breadth ten feet. The dimensions of the
drain to be built within it are five feet in height by
two and a half in breadth, or thereby. The building of
this drain is now begun. Mr. Lind is the contractor for
this extensive work. We may also state, that the.
powder magazine, in the royal park, is in the course of
removal. We trust that the approaching visit of her
Majesty to Scotland will have the effect of making the
Commissioners of Woods and Forrests accelerate their
operations at Ilolyrood, so that our gracious Sovereign,
on her subsequent visits to Scotland, may have a resi-
dence of her own, instead of being forced to live in the
palace (however splendid) of one of her subjects.—
Edinburgh Pa er.
HERRING FISHING.—The number of boats
twat,
Peterhead prosecuting the herring
up to this date they average ninety-eight crans
fishing is 401,eachd.
Along the coast several sales of full branded herrings
have been made at 17s. At Wick the total average for
the season is ninety-eight crans. By
23s.,the latest accounts
but sales dull.
from Ireland, prices vary from 225. to
b. 3d. to 2s. 6d.
Freight to the Baltic ports are frombe2os
Irish ports is. 6d. to 2s. Salt may _
un er seventy
per tun. At Fraserburgh the average is d
crans—no sales.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
Amonk; the numerous English travellers who are
now passing through Paris,
ledtowards
__Madrid by the
comparatively quiet state of Spain, is Mr. C. Cochrane,
the gentleman whom our readers may recollect as having
performed some years ago the chivalrous undertaking of
making a tour through England with his guitar in guise
of a Spanish minstrel, the proceeds of which he handed
over to the fund for the relief of the Spanish refugees,
at that time raising in London. For this handsome gift,
amounting to 601., Mr. Cochrane received a letter of
kindly acknowledgments from her Majesty the Queen
Regent on behalf of her exiled subjects.—Galignani.
THE CLERKENWELL IMPROVEMENTS.—This day
twenty more houses adjoining the area from which fifty
houses have been removed above West-street, Smithfield,
and which are to be taken down to make way for the
new street from Farringdon-street to the Sessions-house,
Clerkenwell, will be sold by auction, by order of the
Clerkenwell Improvement Commissioners. The street
will be about 1,450 feet in length (leading from West-
street to the back of the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-
green), about 60 feet in width, and the houses on either
side will have a depth .of about 50 feet.