The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-16 00:00:00

IRELAND.
THE NEW DEAN OF LIMERICK.

DUBLIN, DEC. 14.—The Government have bestowed
the vacant deanery of Limerick upon the Rev.. William
lliggin, Vicar-General of the Diocese of Killaloe and
Rector of Roscrea. The new dean is described by a cor-
respondent of the Evening Post as a benevolent clergy-
man, free from sectarian bigotry.
ANOTHER MURDER.

The Tipperary Vindicator of this day gives the follow-
ing account of another murder :—" It affords us the
deepest pain to record another of those crying murders
which have brought down on our county a notoriety so
unenviable. In this case the parties were nearly related.
An uncle was the victim— two brothers the alleged per-
petrators of the awful deed which has deprived him of
life ! Britt is the name of the persons ; the scene of the
dreadful deed near Inch, Borrisoleigh ; the cause of
quarrel some dispute about land, or the right of passage
through a green lane. For a long time these persons
have been squabbling and litigating, always before the
Borrisoleigh Petty Sessions, where they paid no attention
to the truly excellent remonstrances of Mr. George
Ryan, D.L., and the other magistrates of that district,
who ever advised them to settle their dispute amicably.
On Tuesday, it would appear, they all met in the green
lane, the cause of their contention—a violent altercation
commenced—blows ensued—and the uncle, overpowered,
fell a sacrifice ! We are shocked at the recurrence of
these tremendous outrages. The clergy are indefati-
gable, as they have ever been, in warning their flocks
against them. Why, then, do they recur ? This is the
question that should be examined into—and we trust it
may speedily arrest the serious and deliberate attention
of all those who have at heart the interests of the
country "

THE WEATHER.
Since Thursday the weather has become exceedingly
severe. On that night there was a snow storm, the wind
blowing with great violence. On Friday snow and sleet
fell at intervals, and this day the air is very cold and
severe. The accounts from the country state that the
winter has set in with unusual severity.
NATIONAL EDUCATION.
The usual half-yearly examination of the masters in
training at the National Board of Education was held
on Tuesday, the 10th inst. Of the Commissioners there
were present the Archbishop of Dublin, the Provost of
Trinity College, the Rev. P. S. Henry, J. R. Corballis,
and Alexander Macdonnell, E:qs. The Archbishop of
Dublin, in addressing the Protestant teachers, said—
The fruits of the national system of education, wherever
it had been fairly tried, have been charity, forbearance,
and goodwill. Those blessed results, so much required
in Ireland, have not sprung, as the opponents of the
system have sometimes alleged, from indifference to re-
ligion. They are the offspring of true religion properly
understood. The opinions of others, who differ from
them on theological subjects, should be treated with re-
spect. Do not, said his Grace, give up what you believe
to be truth ; support it boldly and honestly, but with
calmness and Christian charity. They might expect to
hear the principles of the Board attacked, and, perhaps,
the management of their own schools misrepresented.
He earnestly exhorted them to reply to these attacks by
acts, not by words.
The Rev. Mr. HENRY, who addressed the Presby-
terian teachers, and Mr. CORBALLIS the Roman Catholic
teachers, repeated similar sentiments of benevolence and
goodwill.
MR. O'CONNELL IN WATERFORD.
WATERFORD, THURSDAY EVENING.—At ten o'clock
this morning the various trades of this important town,
with their gay flags and banners, proceeded down the
quay by Thomas-street, Summer-hill, and on to the old
Cork-road, by which Mr. O'Connell and the numerous
cavalcade that accompanied him, were approaching the
town. Several triumphal arches were erected along the
line of march. The whole scene presented an exceed-
ingly' pleasing and effective coup dcril. The various
municipalities of the province were represented in Li-

merick.
Mr. O'CoNNFLL proceeded to the Town-hall, and pre-
sented himself at the window, in front of the vast mul-
titude. When the cheering had subsided he said,
" Hurrah for the repeal.—(Cheers.) Our hearts are in
the same place ; the persons listening to aye have one
hundred thousand hands—they have but one heart—
(Cheers)—they have one hundred thousand arms—they
have but one bosom.—(Cheers.) I told you that there
were two means of obtaining repeal—the two ingredients
were necessary for the cup of Irish prosperity. The
first was peaceable conduct; the second was persever-
ance. I am here to thank you in the name of Ireland
for your peaceable demeanour, and I thank you equally
for the determination you have evinced to persevere—
(Cheers.) Peace was one of the ingredients—determina-
tion is the second, and why should you not persevere ?
The lion. Gentleman recommended reading-rooms and
organisation, and then retired, and the vast multitude
separated.
The banquet was held in the evening in the large and
spacious room of the Town-hall, which was beautifully
fitted up for the occasion.
The chair was :occupied by Thomas Meagher, Esq.,
Mayor of Waterford, on whose right sat Mr. O'Connell,
the Mayor of Cork, E. B. Roche, M.P., R. A. Fitzgerald,
ex-J. P. On his left were the Right Rev. Dr. Foran,
the Mayors of Limerick and Clonmel, Dr. Gray, and
Alderman Racket. _ _

The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Queen."—(Loud
Cheering.) " Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal
Family resident in England."—(Cheers.)
The next toast was " O'Connell, Ireland, and the
Repeal of the Union."—(The entire assembly rose simul-
taneously, and continued cheering for several minutes.)
Mr. O'CoNNELL rose to return thanks, but the cheers
burst forth again and again. When silence was restored,
he said :—There are two questions to be solved by think-
ing men—to be solved by every friend of Ireland. The
first of those questions is, what is the next step we are
to take for repeal?—(Cheers.) The second question is,
when shall we get repeal?—(Cheers.) The result of
the first question is certain. I don't think we can suffi-
ciently mismanage, even if we designed it, the repeal
cause, so as to make it at all doubtful that the union is
to be repealed.—(Cheers.) I have no more doubt of it
than I have of my own existence.—(Cheers.) Let
there ,be any violent concussion of the British Ministry
—let war break out in any part of Europe—let
Spain become tired of obeying France in her r%volu-
tionary insanity—or let France become impatient of
conquering Spain—let any country engage in war
with another, for England must always be a party
to a wrangle. I heard of a fellow who, being
asked why he had engaged in a dispute, said,
by way of excuse, that he never saw two dogs
fighting, but he wished to take part with one or the other
of them.—(Laughter.) So it is with England. No two
dogs in Europe—no two royal dogs—can quarrel, but
England must take part with one or the other.—(Hear,
hear.) There is no event menacing England—there is
no event menacing the public peace of the world that
will not give us repeal more readily than I can pronounce
the word.—(Cheers.) The first question that presents
itself before me, with reference to our future exertions,
is what we are to to do with England. I have felt it my
duty to speak strongly of the English Government, and
to accuse the English people of apathy to our cause,
though I rejoice at the manner in which I was myself
received in the spring of this year in England. I recol-
lect with delight the meeting in Covent-garden, and the
other scenes in which English manliness seemed to pro-
nounce in favour of justice to Ireland ; but, like the
scenes in the play in Covent-garden, they have passed
like a beautiful phantasmagoria before me, and vanished
from my sight, without leaving a trace behind, except
my gratitude and thankfulness to the individuals who
were engaged in those different exhibitions.—(Hear.)
I thank the people of England for their exhibitions when
I was amongst them, yet those exhibitions have passed
away without any good resulting from them.—(Hear.)
What part has the English people taken in looking for
the punishment of the miscreants who persecuted us ?
Are they seeking for Ireland an equality with England
in civil rights ? Is not there a complete disregard
evinced there of everything Irish ? and am I then to go
there with a begging petition and say—be so good and
so kind as to come forward to ask for inquiry, and seek
for the punishment of our oppressors.—(Hear, hear.)
At one time, I confess, I thought that might have been
a wise and prudent—l should rather say a cunnir g plan;
but I differ with myself totally, and am now of opinion
that it would rather savour of degradation than of cun-
ning or dignity.—(Hear, hear.) But what is it that im-
presses this more strongly on my mind ? It is the feel-
ing that we cannot make an impression on England
while the adamantine wall—if I may use the phrase—
the figure is bad, but the description is accurate—of the
English press, stands between us and the people.—
(Hear.) The English press will not report the real
state of the country, or put forward our grievances. They
would do so if the English people felt an interest in the
subject, for then their own interests would be affected if
they did not do so, but their interests are not affected by
their neglect, which proves the foregone apathy of the
E:iglish people. The Irish shall not continue in chains.
Tee hour of thraldom is going by—and it is the duty of
those who require security for the integrity of the
empire and its continued consolidation under the same
crown, to look to our complaints, and endeavour to
mitigate them by doing us justice. Every one admits
that the elements of society in Ireland are about being
recast, and that is a fact that all parties in Ireland are
agreed upon. We all know that it only requires even a
portion of the Protestants to join Mr. Smith O'Brien
and Mr. Hutchinson, and that then repeal is inevitable.
—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Grey Porter, indeed, talks of
calling out the Irish militia, and having 100,000 of them
disciplined and armed.—(Cheers.) He says the object
he has in doing so is to give " pluck" to the Irish mem-
bers. I believe I had people enough to-day about me to
give me " pluck"—(Cheers)—without arraying them in
military form ; and I tell Mr. Grey Porter, although I
would rejoice to witness the military discipline of his
100,000 militia, that the moral revolution that is going
forward in Ireland can be as well achieved by men in
frieze coats as it possibly could by men in scarlet.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Yes, it is our business to be
incessant in our exertions. Let every man be ready to
work. We will take no paltry excuses. I will begin
with your representatives.—( [fear.) Every man must
work for Ireland, or he is not an Irishman. I will
not consent to advise any human being to vote for any
man who is not an Irishman.—(Cheers.) How are you
to know whether he be an kit:l:man or not ? I'll tell
you—the sirnme of an Irishman is repealer.—(Cheers.)
Again I say, everybody who is not N 1 ith me is against
me. Hurrah for the repeal ! Recollect that we are now
coming to a new year—that we must take another step
in advance, and the laggard vk lio remains behind us is not
one of us.—(Hear.) Let the Irish people stand together,
shoulder to shoulder, iu the peaceful contest. They are
entitled to the restora,tios of that Parliament out of
which they have been swindled, and let them protest in
the presence of their God, without the profaneness of an
oath, but with all its sanctity, that Ireland shall be a
nation again.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave, " The Repeal Martyrs."
The next toast was, " The Protestant Patriots of Ire-
land."—(Cheers.)

E. B. ROCHE, Esq., M.P., rose to return, thanks..
said—l can recollect when the Protestant patriots, and
that I believe means repealer, were very few indeed ; but
now we count amongst our leaders a Smith O'Brien, a
Grattan, a Hutchinson, and, though last not least, a Grey
Porter.—(Cheers.) It is true Mr. Grey Porter has not
declare:l banself a repealer, but he has written in favour
of repeal.—(Hear, hear.) Oh ! every Irishman ought
to treasure up the pamphlet which has issued from that
gentleman's pen. Ido not an to say that, at the present
moment, I am ready to commit myself to the adoption
of the plan proposed ; but the proposition is a noble and
a bold one—it is this :—That Ireland• ought to .be de-
fended by her own sons ; that as France has her national
guard, as America has its militia, and England its yeo-
manry, Ireland ought also to have a national militia.—
(Loud cheers.) I think that is a bold and a constitutional
question—it is, at least, generous, free, and " racy of
the soil."—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then
reviewed, in eloquent terms, the principles and provisions
of the Charitable Bequests Act. He condemned, in
strong and unreserved terms, this insidious attempt to
render the Catholic Church and its ministers subservient
to the State. _

Mr. O'Connell retired about eleven o'clock, and was
followed by the ontire company.—Freeman's Journal.
CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.—MEETING IN

WATERORD.

Mr. O'Connell, yesterday, attended a very mimerous
meeting of the Roman Catholic_
O laity and clergy in Wa-
terford, to protest against the laritable Bequests Act.
The mayor presided. Dr. Foran, Itoman Catholic Bishop,
and several of the leading citizens, were present.

THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION
ON THE SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.

CORONER'S INQUEST ON AARON WILKINSON,
THE STOKER.

An inquiry into the circumstances attending the death
of Aaron Wilkinson. the unfortunate stoker, killed with
his fello.,v-servant by the explosion of an engine, on the
viaduct of the Croydon and Dover Branch Railway, on
Wednesday morning last, was held on Saturday, before
Mr. Payne.
The body presented a shocking spectacle ; the fea-
tures and head were so much disfigured, that, although
the deceased was stated to be only nineteen years of age.
it was impossible to distinguish him from a man of

sixty.
Mr. W. Tickle, one of the hospital surgeons, described
the nature of the injuries deceased had received. The
upper part of the body was extensively scalded, and
there was a deep cut over the left eye, communicating
with a slight fracture of the skull. There was no
symptom of compression of the brain, but, with the ex-
ception of occasional indications of suffering, the de-
ceased remained insensible from the period of his ad-
mission, and died about six o'clock on Thursday even-
ing. The witness was unable to state the precise cause
of death, not having obtained the sanction of the de-
ceased's friends to make a post mortem examination ;
but there could be little doubt that it arose from concus-
sion of the brain. He never rallied in the least degree,
nor did he make any statement as to how the accident
occurred.

The several witnesses who were examined repeated
the same evidence which was given before Mr. Carter at
the inquest on Buckley, and which appeared in this
journal on Saturday.
Mr. Edward Bury, in the course of his evidence, said
he preferred the circular form of fire-box, considering
that the pressure was more equally disposed over the
surface of the boiler in that form. There were at hest
500 of the same construction at work in various parts
of England, and this was the first accident which I, ad
occurred to any one of them. He had known a circular
box changed to a square one, and burst on the first sub-
sequent trial.

The CORONER having summed up,
The foreman, after the lapse of a very few moments,
and without any private conference, answered, that him-
self and brother jurors were unanimously of opinion
"That the deceased, Aaron Wilkinson, was killed by the
accidental explosion of a certain locomotive engine, ow-
ing to an excessive pressure of steam on the boiler."
It is only right to state, that throughout the painful
investigations consequent on this catastrophe the autho-
rities of the joint railway companies have afforded every
possible facility to those engaged in elucidating circum-
stances connected therewith; and it is a fact which can-
not fail to be be gratifying to the public generally, that
the result has shown that no want of care can fairly be
attributable to any one of them.

G. Grote, Esq., formerly M.P. for the City of
London, has become the purchaser of the East Burnham
Park estate from R. Gordon, Esq., late M.P. for Wind-
sor ; as also the lease of the same from the executors of
the late Mr. W. Dancer.— Windsor Express.
FlRE.—Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the
house of an oil and colourman, Brick-lane, Spitalfields,
opposite the brewery of Messrs. Truman, Danbury, and
Co. As several men were at the latter establishment,
they lost no time in dragging the engine to work, and
very quickly afterwards several of the brigade reached
the spot, but the fire obtained a mastery over the fire-
men's exertions, and notwithstanding water was plentiful
in the extreme, in about half an hour the principal por-
tion of the premises and property were destroyed.
DARING ROBBERY.—On Friday night the follow-
ing robbery took place at the Printers' Arms, New
Church-court, Strand. A customer in the parlour rang
the bell and gave an order, and Mrs. Meader, the land-
lady, forthwith attended to it. During her absence from
the bar, about two minutes, on her return she saw a man
who required serving. Having served the customer, to
her surprise she noticed the man dart out of the door
with a silver watch in his hand, which the fellow had
taken from the bar off a nail. An alarm was raised and
pursuit was given, but the thief got clear off with the
property in his possession.
It is computed' that this year not less than 60,000
persons have visited the Cattle Show.

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and the emerald mines of Illimani, are situated on the
banks of the Lake Chiquito. The only vegetable produce
of the district is a species of red potatoe, called chusma, and
a few nutritious plants ; but to the east of the Lake, at
Copacasana, and in the valleys of the Bolivia, are culti-
vated maize, barley, and fruit-bearing trees. The diffi-
culty of feeding from their own scanty region, the large
body of Indians working in the mines suggested the idea
of building a vessel for the navigation of the lake. An
old brig was accordingly purchased and stripped of her
anchors, sails, and rigging ; and stocks being built, after
two years of painful and unceasing labour, the vessel was
launched on the lake, and a regular communication
opened with the produce of the valleys of the Bolivia.
The brig is well furnished with all necessaries, except
anchors, which even the perseverance of these English
speculators could not raise to so great a height. The
same enterprising parties have transported a steam-
engine across the cordilleras, dug through the metalli-
ferous hills of Lacaycota, a canal 2,000 feet in length,
traversed by nine locks, and laid down a railway at its
extremity, for the conveyance of their ore. The island
of Titicaca, in this lake, is assigned by tradition as the
cradle of the earliest Peruvian civilisation, and the sacred
burial-place of the ancient kings of the country.
THE DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL.—Sunday evening
a public meeting was held at the Hall, Clement's-lane,
for the purpose of adopting measures in furtherance of
the above object. Mr. O'Neil presided. Several per-
sons were in the body of the room. After some remarks
from the Chairman, complimentary of Mr. Duncombe's
patriotic exertions in the cause of liberty, Mr. Coffy
came forward, and addressed the meeting at some length,
detailing Mr. Duncombe's many claims on the working
classes in England and Ireland, particularly in the case
of the Masters and Servants' Bill. A worse measure, he
added, was in preparation for next session by Sir James
Graham. It was therefore the duty of the working
classes to bestir themself, and by their strenuous exer-
tions show their gratitude. Mr. Thorn, an elector of
the borough of Finsbury, next addressed the meeting in
a short speech, advocating the claims of Mr. Duncombe.
Mr. Stanwood (a mein.er of the Central Committee)
said that the people of Eie,hind were equally oppressed
with the poorer classes in Ireland. As an Englishman,
he certainly was surprised at Irishmen claiming equal
justice with Englishmen. He would wish to ask what
that equal justice meant ? TLe people of Ireland com-
plained of the crippled state of the franchise. Now,
would the miserable franchise enjoyed by Englishmen
satisfy them ? Irishmen complained of a bad poor-law ;
would a similar poor- law with that in England satisfy
them ? He should say not. The people of Ireland
were oppressed by a State Church. So were the people
of England. The grievances of the Irish people were
equal with those of England, As an Englishmen.
therefore, he hoped that the people of Ireland would
sympathise with those oppressed in England. After
some remarks in favour of the claims of the Hon.
Member for Finsbury, Mr. Stanwood concluded amidst
much cheering. A list of the principal subscriptions,
which have already appeared in this paper, was next
read ; in addition to which there was announced 101. 10s.
from John Follett, Esq., M.P. for Athlone ; and 251.
from Edward Davis Davenport, Esq., late M.P.
ON DIT.—It is stated that Sir George Cockburn
is likely to succeed Sir David Milne, as Port Admiral.—
Plymouth Journal.
NAVAL ARCIIITECTURE.—WC understand that or-
ders have been issued by the Admiralty to discontinue
for the present the building of the ships after the Albion
and Queen. Some healthy symptoms, therefore, begin
to manifest themselves ; and, as we anticipated, the good
sense of the men at the head of naval affairs in this
country will no longer be deluded in the teeth of such
facts as we quoted in our last. Any one may form some
idea of the uneasy propensities of these ships, when it is
known that the Queen, during the late trials, actually
carried away her fore-top-gallant mast in pitching, and•
sprung her main top-gallant mast. She was invariably
beaten on a wind by the St. Vincent ; and she is the
dangerous
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similar cause, so that she did not gain so much after
tacking as she ought to have done by the distance she
fore-reached. There is one fact not generally known,
viz., the inclination under sail became greater as the
Queen lightened, so that her inclination at last was just
as great as that of the St. Vincent or Caletit#V-- 11 both
heeled G degrees.—Plymouth Times. -1 t ;5-,
The Earl of Harrowby has allotted, at alnoderate
rent, a large piece of land, to fifty poor householders in
the parish of Bidford.
We perceive that Mrs. Keeley has engaged Signor
Sivori to give two of his popular concertos at the Ly-
ceum. His exquisite performance will no doubt prove
attractive, and tend to hll up the theatrical vacuum of the
week preceding " merry Christmas."