The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-11 00:00:00

TIER lIIAJE:,NTY'S THEATRE.

NCII LAYS—FIRST NC APPEJRAE THIS
SEASON OF MADEMOISELLE RACHEL.
"
11,16 greatest actress France has yet produced—perchauce,
it!regss nowr,atesv actress the world has yet seen—certainly the greatest
T living. 11Idlle. Rachel, commenced a short engage-
litapment for six nights, at this theatre, last evening. The eha-
) chosen for her debut this season, was Camille in Cor-
rtade s tragedy, Les
.Tiovaces. This tragedy, as most of our
Rural" 4 are aware, is founded on the old Roman story of the
).41,iiii and the Curiatii. Camille being the sister of the Ho-
Ithi ' and betrothed to one of the Curiatii—the sister who is
Rturn'telY sacrificed by her
Nvictorious brother, bee ,use she
d;ar; me natural tears to the memory of one,
whom she had
deur Yu loved. In order to appreciate all the beauty and gran •
t f MOE,. Rachel's acting, in this part it will be necessary
e°l,l through the tragedy almost scene by scene, to develope the
„ihea.t:i beauty of the
lakritoter, as it were with her to mark how she brings out each
part, and at' the same time to observe with
tilt,
ni"fille art she hides the defects of her author, in more
gad ,fie instance converting evcn those dcfects into beauties,
.triim`retil proving how much more appropriate, how much meret.
'lt a ,4 ' '''v much true to nature, is her conception of h.
tnair. "r of Camille even than that of Corneille himself. After
the Otroductory scenebetween ghat
the wife of loratiusb and
e, +tter of the Cur-tii and Julie,' her' confidant, in which w e
sr,4l.Hatie acquainted -with tlie fact that war. exists between Alba
Sr, It vne aid that the armies cif the two nations
adsa tutu.. to come to a decisive ba Ile under the
Nseless,t, Rome, Camille enters. She enters q
1413aate noted
hsc , '3—her footfall is scarce heard—her entrance.
tlo
bokat she
yet from the in.tant she ap; ears. the spectator
nstim "ees as thsiugh by intuition, that she is the doomed
is alrcadv entangled in the meshes of an. in-
thltrap,}_° fatss from which it is impossible for her to escap
the :ttte the
r moth fluttering around the lamp, and impelled by
Itatod strati Broth
ins itiet of its nature upon the very death it fain
lbd :;‘")Bhc i fulfil her destiny. Never a ere grief
"I'derer;,.7"a„tinn more beautifully depicted than they were li
4tliir,'l'"e Rachel ; at the commencement of this seez,e
the liZst°4l4 exceed the exquisite pathos with which she gave
--. •

(2°ol tele a peine a mes maux je pui,se resister
She the line mieux les souffrir que de les mei iter.
'etseneti „it, describes hyr having consulted the oracle, which
t,i.si..kat she considered a favourahle answer, but
Mille eta digs pe des erreurs si charmantes ;
t)alpltrtn4;eB mine images sanglant es,
limas de earnsge et d'hurreur
arriehe ma joie et rendu ma terreur
tr:ivtu du sang, des morts, et n'ai rien vu de suite,
Its s,el).!_etre en "croissant prenoit soudain la fuite,
le; sfattoient l'un l'autre t cheque illusion,
toot
mon effroi par sac onfusi.on.
L.at feeho es were given bv Mademoiselle Rachel with all
irPire, Pt, horror which they were so well calculated to
" • aPpess '4414 could be finer than her manner of describing
-Meth,* a4ce of these awe-inspiring spectres-her low, tre-
tes it elailehral tones-her averted eyes-her gesture, waving
laaVvere all
were the supernatural beings who sought to torture
b. it% ue, touchingly. true, to nature.. Beautifully
/the ti 7, was the expression of despair with which she
(atier
ladmit attiatit re attends plus d'etres tin jour mon epoux,
,41',1taftehrl!
..d.:(1 it contist with the manner in which, an
rgenee received from that.ver lover himseli the
t,.e los had that the wsr would end withoyut. a battle, as each
st..,aiat for geed to nominate three champions, who• shoull
fel" effect rhe rest. lhere was no transport, no attempt a
-r 444 ough the situation was a very tempting one
eat ()IT eihibition. Her heart was too full for transports.
Rare. the „t'en: etre ce discours rends mon ame cpntente,
et „Till she uttered, but from the tone with which. they
1, takese-smssit Wei evident that a heavy load of despair had
e4l het :t."11 her heart, and accompanied by Curiatius she
tht:'llgeues'aisher. In the second act she learns the dreadful
that her three brothers have been chosen as the
ee,i7wisittes of rtonse, and her lover and his brothers as the
1144 eff Alba. She turns fiom her brother with an
tells ft at disguising the disgust which she feels at his
4,lftl‘se sentiment-
left al Pres le combat ne pensez plus au mort ;
killride„"e With Curiatius, in an exquisitely pathetic scene,
_stir whits in vain to induce him to resign the dangerous
Kass" aft to his Countrymen have conferred on him, and vile n
''-sing°-d""i,re vain, with a perceptible feeling of her own ap-
1, • IsoeB.ttnY, she exclaims,
esi Ls_ insensible arrant ordonne que je meure.
h • too, did she give the lints in which, speak-
Ileisstrtlw.:)the;, she says,
lfoi J'er7sitat°ia aveugle en mes vmux aujourd'hui
itht iwa-it, contra toi quand Yen ai fait pour lui.
114'14 her !Sabine then enter, and Sabine endeavours to
trial ceetsbalttnthaed and her brother not to join
county the unna-
rei74 fere. st°'which the choice of their respective ymen
Iltttir," tueto• Silent, but not expressionless, stands Ca-
era led -,1 the conference. Never was the conflict between
k,Z'oerskeltaitair more beautifully depicted than by Rachel.
%kliegs- o.ds s'amolissent " exclaims she with an almost
6.--• 1 he father' of the Hi:NAB' enters, urges the
tilt tants
Isereannet to sacrifice love to honour, and Camille feels that
tisksthat ,et'eaPe her fate. In the third act news is brought
sit,%lt• te two armies have interfered to prevent a
%Ira feel wean those so nearly allied to
fatesach other, but the
et t.c* surely that the hand of is on her, and her
I is.—
touvrillegrement qu'il en hut esperer, th 4:t at pleurer plus turd veux qu'il faudra pleurer."
eT„Jelt, 4". the father of the Huratii, with Camille, Sabine,
the discovered together. News is brought that too
'n burst:" are dead, and that the other is fled. I he old
h ou.t. into a torrent of eloquent declamation-
., t ICI' only essS_ 0 . mes &eras,"
s,7le th4_ '_•ganation of Camille, but the grief conveyed by
w n. ords as uttered by Alademoiselle Rachel passes
tilt:etteee bee:Qrsdur23
himself have •
th seen her he would
e. feeling' which she threw into !hose
. time lias climax now rapidly approaches-
Zerificed sit th:ne when the innocent victim is to be
.efiofuirnthr4ieetd,
jetwioensaluinlien,tohfe Rome's supremacy. Its
of Rome and•
ilink.itst:lworry)t.ving Curiatiia- iA_st his
son,
exhaustingwHhoorahtiaussfiedi.ton.l t he
ts: three Curiatii ss• messenger enters, informs him
.of
turns,Yaherlaitstg.'
ate the surviving Horatius has slain
latllst,'!aguage, betray the stunning, Camille is pi esent
oduurening
features,blnosworeelq t
which has
tr4,ZFon her_ slight convulsiveng•mcroutisohrisng„f the fingers-a
iw,,..t,-C°.ss' unsteady movement of the b d a seeking of sup-
Z'4114 'ne hands not by the eyes, for ° sight- is gene---a con •
iA.44:-."Ping. 4 the chair--a sinking into it as though
%taring to and all is over. Not a sound is uttered from be-
lt he ° end, and herein R hel h wed her superiority
thZt,r. tabor. Corneille has inacthis scene introduced but one
tslh.l'lkel"-it entirely destroys the poetry of the scene.
etiosleei,tal the good taste to omit it, and. consequently makes
It. '!ton°,lle 61 the most perfect exhibitions of despair in the
" the drama. And here, as it strikrs us, thu
ttb,4lht to have ended That it did not do so is the faint
leadi-gisi,C7l, but of Corneille. A rhetorical soliloquy on love,
14tal .41,, hat th .xquisite recitation of Rachel could have
e esepti-7 e e;
then comes the last :eerie, in which
-ee,,w4a-ted b7shearn brother. This scene, as given by
Her curse on Rome
k.'ee "grifically true to nature.
tititklilitightettlbef_.ior to Kean's
.celebrated curse on his daughter
k e,„' "1' In Let, she is a female Edmund Kean,
strik-thests: Pna'ar, all his truth to nature, but withoutre his
collection
dm re wi,hout his defects. Never in our
r't taen,,ae tor or actress on any stage who cpuld at all be
it :id tee- ra demoiselle Rachel, and we assert this with
' It's, eetion of Miss O'Neill in her best characters.
LtitZlettijottlltnelle
to appear during her engagement ss
111 Tancrede and as Ariace in Thomas
erica
141 y totr,agedy of that name. We look forward
• sstrete `ler appearance in these characters, as afforotng
e-jers tosseope for the exhibition of her genius, as being
tteuthawe true to nature than that of Camille, and the
the pitletetti„,„ve the character is, the more certain is the triumph
*44l:ritia,l 'e Rachel. Ske was called for at the conclusion cf
Perr„.",,Y,r,,,teetiverl with all the honours. On this occasion she
r;state-: mars rid by M David, a gentleman who murdered the
-PProe,";s` te a most butcher-like style. It would have been
*kill 4' CUrl;"`le had she been led forward by M. Toussaint,
ilre4t NZ, was the lover of Camille, and who acted his part
A •Zt,., and taste.
F gran p,
tet4„lll./4...._.ENGINE TO TRAVEL ON RAILWAYS.—
bfaCillare place sesterday (Friday) morning at the
Ott ' Ve l'itioll of the London and Birmingham Rail-
4lisaittaip,hror.w‘e.rful fire engine recently completed for that
Oath 'be tar alerryweather, of Long-acre.
.The engine.,
c..qh esti fest ever constructed for land service in this or
phsdires is mounted on railway wheels, and fitted
Wit sprig
buffers for travelling safely upon the line to
140 4Y Dire)* Its. services may be required. A number of
,b.t4e iseiittterteeieuttir.,.Governritent ulcers, and scientific gentle-
Itieo ke, witness the trial. Being manned by forty of
ipd L 141 d 744, the engine threw a splendid jet of water,
subs !lila' ter in diameter upwards of one hundred
kt'se,istque,,ltweh and an eighth jet 'was projected still higher.
'''"aresi-1 two 'ete of thre-tsu.arters of an inch each,
Chestate...e.ltanjeon'sly at ass imilar elevatio.n. In the
opt ) gone Was placed a hose reel (the invention of
sigtettolat,WPon which four hundred feet of leather hose
,p Ptiql4 a feifi) ready for we, any portion of which can be
qt!e,telci thi,
roaseennds. The whole of the arrangements. for.
iptnt 0; Ita tetneh-Tle to the particular service for which it is
lisettes,rlOrest,,,,s•its general appearance, and the excellence
qittetri7. Th`!era, Rave great satisfaction tt, the admiring
ofthet engin.e is intended more i.aiticularly tor the
41141eitteh menatve works of the Company at the Euston
Ole in eas7"On,,, but its immense powers will be readily
Zlitesslte s Of fire on any part of the line.
klte jtlLts thr?a, ccording to a return in the
65 Dees -.erect Report on the Banks of Issue," p. 280, of gold_
iptieibt, sa)tthe Bank of England, from January I, 1837,
tt,l 400%0, r 1840.--ffiur sears-ther were presented
II:0„„ there were rejected, on eacconnt of being
• es kaloees"Y.9Co/.
lt trait . , or under
thenoe-sixth. . N. ow the light
41 btllls uatis, wne•half of entire circulation ! hut
1101. th and others who can forward thousar
Uank of England, may . be able to obtain
areski;el ounce for the light coin, the public, who
tt4sers'"l's have no such thence ; they must sell to
o‘4. za3 hue ben done very extensively, they giving
as; fests'us Or, I oid. under the Bank and Mint
ktesi •evtith ts Punic will have no means of proceeding,
ItteePla sine ;1) '1 to bullion-bra kers the refused or light
114' tleuTat_ alf-stivereigns ; and persons skilled in these
s, kntwtitil lose it)%that tin the 6,000,000/. of light weight the
it% Iso wit! Per cent. The loss, therefore, which will
is nit' 110/. It be sixpei ce per sovereign on the average,
Il sltVPPeediz'Pl'ears by the account above referred to,
s these to the
--port on Banks of Issue, that
of were tendered to the Bank of England
light.), winch amount 1,736,378/. was rejected as
that was nearly one-ninth of the whole
,63,5 s while
es 'le, wss that the 17,627,499/. tendered in 1640,
ss se -s re',.
tlelfth Years the'', eLed as " light," or under one-fifth. Thus,
‘44 4111,1 4"
in thsYstem advanced from one-ninth to under
.0'". e eery next year to one-half-a fraud upon
11 '4l6o,oootihe public will have to pay, to the calculated
114 tATI, p •
sestmoersi -xPLosics
oti .--.01 the AT APOTHECARIES' HALL.-
14 i% ~turda , ate Mr. Henry Hennell is appointed to take
lest:f whieb3htleatt 11 all the chief officers of that insti-
Cssowuins t, th e a s such a valuable member, will follow
Asts burial grave. The interment is to be in the Bun •
ttlpro,roraatn,tr4RetTtkr)ilsoo_ I,,,lsnoTrtsyxunasdrt
eili„iisrillahtethr;reoecot,seslieoenk.will move from the
tr,t
si,ti;itt;cturees, by progress for the performance
‘,l,ta et, Hall, its aid of the funds for the diss
the Members of the Sacred
the esos •
fit• run arquis
uonf.filne3_rtfri:re.dr,
.• 1 las Ra,t ',e "street, d
c'ht3ar:geSdu,i,siit,hceernthbeezrsltinegwasteldargo„,f
,
lko fst, hel
Its t% the g !Its master, was committed to New-
, yes_
,iean,y
cesaes.stons commence on Monday next.
,1141 st ;(.(1 ltudr, of prisonere for trial-
.'
i5.041110,."/(ltt,Yot°.L. " A:r.a-t-uftiPteo stuhrne
urffiTisraendd tmoenenlaatbelkl;
e (`([ grant a
r to zsa h 4.1 cisa.t of Syria is `the
at 60,000/. The
• 111411 d's. "'en furnished' h 'the Admiralty, and the money
sa t\tliteei.`tibuted in such raYanner as her Majesty in Council
all " Av
10,894/. levied on t cototnty ofe
11, th„tirr IGATION.—A return f th -
pßroos
epoornr
4114stelleti4rIrveineut of ilia Shannon, has been laid befure
t:lttl'l4' ewilanms. It •
• ere air payeble by sea
baronies viz
Ytooe, Boyle. F
•,
renchpark, ,coen and

TilE BFLGIAN STEANLSII IPS AND
GENERAL STEA NAVIGATION COM-
(Prom the London Journal of Commerce.)
In consequence of the attempt made. as stated in the
Times of yesterday, to prevent the British steam-ship
Rainbow from leaving Antwerp at the same time with the
Belgian steam-ship, a strong representation was imme-
Ldiately made, by the Directors of the General Steam
Navigation Company, to Mr. Johnson, the highly
respected British Consul at Antwerp, and the Captain.;
of the Company's ships received orders to act under
the instructions of that gentleman, in order that, while
every care was taken to protect the rights of the
Company, and of the passengers by their ships,
and of British ship-owners generally, any undue
violence or collision might be avoided. The result of
these prompt steps, and of the proceeding forthwith
adopted by Mr. Johnson, has been, that when the Com-
pany's chip. 'Wilberforce, Captain Stranach, left Ant-
werp on tVednesday, no interference was attempt( cl.
It would appear, no doubt, that in endea.vouring to stop
the Rainbow, the authorities at Antwerp had been
misled V interested and unfounded representations,
and that in future the British steam-ship 4 will receive
the protection and support they are entitled to expect,
as a due return for the services they have rendered to
the trade and communication between Belgium and this
country.
(From the 'sayer (le Gond, June 9.)
We mint be just towards all, towards even the Eno.-
lish. It is an absurdity to accuse the . General Stearn
Navigation Company of unhandsome conduct and of
making an improper use of its power. The Company's
stentn-boats leave Ostend f ;ur times every week. When
the Antwerp Company entered upon the lines by run-
ning their ship the Brtays, ahy did they rot fix upon one
of the days of departure winch was open ? Nothing
would have been more natural, and the Cempany itself,
as well as passengers, would have found it beneficial.
But no; it preferr‘d fixing upon one of those days of
which the _English Company was already in possession.
This was,. in truth, a downright declaration of war,
that could not but cause reprisals. And, in tact, repri-
sals eetnincnced immediately ; the English Company
lowered its prices on that day of which it was sought to
deprive it, so as not to leave the Bruges the slighte,t,
chance of success ; a measure that can only be regarded
as a sensible and skilful understanding and protection of
its interests.
The position of the English has been attacked, and
they have defended themselves. In all this the only
unfair thing is, that the Belgian Government should
foolishly mix itself up in the matter, in order to give
support to the unitise speculation of the Antwerp Com-
pany.
It seems that now some people wish that the Belgians
should enter into open contention, that they should run
the same number of ships on the line as the English
Company, that they should carry on opposition in grand
style. W'e, however, are of opinion that the Belgian
Government has already done a great deal too much,
that it is a profound error to have cast away large sub-
sidies upon the Antwerp Company, and to have meddled
in a matter in which the interests of the public called for
no such intervention.
I.,gislate largely, and in a general manner, for the
protection of the national flag, our hearty approbation
will follow ; establish even steam-:,hips upon lines which
do not at present exist, and of which the want is felt.
Be it so I but the very supposition is as unreasonable as
it is impolitic, that the Government should become specu-
lators in steam-ships, whether singly or whether in con-
nexion with the Antwerp Company, in order to oppose
an establishment adequate to the wants of the public,
because this establishment is in the hands of a foreign
Company. We have only to state a general case to pro-
duce conviction.
Foreigners come to our country to form establishments
of industry ; -if Belgians exercised a similar industry,
would there be any reason for Government to furnish
assistance, to enable them better to support the compe-
tition ? English capitalists are for the most part inte-
Tested in the Flemish Bank, recently established in
Ghent ; if a rival Bank were to be erected in Ghent,
with a capital exclusively Belgian, would it be either
just or convenient for Government to support it with its
money or its credit ?
It would be a revolting interference ; and what will
it be, and with what name shall we adorn it, if the funds
of the Treasury are to be engaged in an enterprise
which, by reason of the opposition it meets with, is, I
and always will be, unsuccessful, and which, conse-
quentiy, will be only a useless waste of the funds to be
engaged therein ?

IRELAND.

PROVISION RIOTS IN ENNIS.--TWO PERSONS
KILLED.

LIMERICK, TUESDAY.—The city this morning was thrown
nto considerable excitement by a rumour having gone abroad
that at a late hour last night, or early this morning, some per-
sons had been shot dead and several wounded in Ennis, by a
party of military and police, which had been called out to
resist an attack made by a throng of starving people on the
flour mills of Mr. Bannatyne in that town. nom the rela-
tions made to us, it Appears that an attack had been made on
Saturday on some boats belonging to Mr. Bannatyne, which
lay in Care river, and that quantities of flour had been taken,
but that the police being promptly on the spot the flour for
the most part was re-taken, and the persona concerned in the
matter ware captured and committed to prison. 'this had
not the effect of appeasing the hunger of the multitude, be-
czuse the attack was repeated on the same evening, and signs
of di,turbance manifested themselves throughout yesterday.
At twelve o'clock, however, last night, a very great crowd,
consisting of men and women, the latter, we
.understand
preponderating, surrounded the concerns of Mr. Ban-
natyne, and were endeavourin,7 to force them open, when
the police and military arrived and resisted the attempt.
We learn that previous to this the resident Magistrate, Lau-
rence Cruise Smith, Esq., a gentleman who has won golden
opinions from all classes during his official connexion with the
town and neighbourhood of Ennis, not imagining that his ser-
vices would be required, left for his residence, in the expecta-
tion that tranquillity would be observed. We have been
informed that the command of the military and police was taken
in Mr. Smith's absence by one of the local Magistrates, whose
name has been mentioned to us; but we have heard also that
the military and police were left without a Magistrate at all.
Be this as it may, the attempt o: the people, many of them
pining from hunger and unable to purchase food at its present
ruinously high price and without employment—the attempt,
we say, (Si the people, was met by the lire of the military and
police, and, sad to relate, two persons were killed on the spot,
and 12 or 14 wounded ! With the imperfect information fur-
nished us (nts more than the outline of the facts), we cannot
trust ourselves this evening to comment upon this truly lament-
able affair, which, we are not surprised to learn, has caused but
one feeling of horror wherever it has been heard. We cannot, for
the life of us, understand why the military or police should be or-
dered to use their deadly weapons on such an occasion, and for
such an objet, when it is notorious that alit tie forbearance, with
firmness and discretion, would produce far more effectual results,
and be the surest means of establishing order, as it appears
that no exertion has been made in that quarter to reduce the
cost of provisions and supply the necessities of the poor I
Under any circumstances, it is a puzzle to us why loaded mus-
ketry should be discharged in front of a famishing crowd mad-
dened with hunger, even if they had proceed much further than
we have been informed they did in this instance.

FAMINE IN MAYO,

The Rev. Richard Henry, parish priest of Islandeady, in a
letter to the Freeman's Journal, dated on Monday morning,
states that hundreds are on the brink of starvation in that. parish,
and that many of them must perish, if relief be not speedily
afforded. The Reverend Gentleman says—" Five hundred
families have been, for the last ten' days, subsisting on green
cabbage leaves , the only food under Heaven they can procure."
A memorial for rtlies has been sent to Lord De Grey, and one
also to the landlord, Sir Roger Palmer.
COMMITTAL OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC
CLERGYMAN.

The following statement appears in the Londonderry Jour-
nal of Tuesday :
" The Rev. Daniel M'Gettigan, R.C.C., was summoned to
appear before Daniel Chambers, John Chambers, John Robert
Boyd, and John Beers, Esqrs., the Magistrates assembled at
petty sessions, at Letterkenny, on Wednesday last, the Ist of
June instant, to give evidence touching his knowledge of a
felony, alleged to have been committed by one Hugh Molloy,
and attended on said day, in obedience to such summons.
The circumstances of the case which led to the summoning of
Mr. M'Gettigan, are as follow :—A person of the name of
Harkin, was indebted in a sum of money to said Hugh Mulioy,
which Mulloy could not recover, in consequence of the existence
against him of certain legal difficulties. Harkin had a horse,
which he sent to one Barrin, his son-in-law, who resides in Glen.
Linn. Barrio's stable, shortly after Hawkin's horse was sent to
him, was entered at night, and his own horse taken by some per-
son at present unknown, either by mistake for Harkin's hone, or
because Barrio's horse was more valuable than Harkin's,
which latter is believed to be the fact. Some time after the
stealing, some of the parties came to the Rev. Mr. M'Gettigan
or the subject, acd what transpired before him is not known.
but the result was, that Barrin got his horse, and Mulloy
was paid his money. Mr. M'Gettigan having been required
by the Magistrates to be sworn, and state that part of the
transaction of which he was aware, refused doing so, stating
that he could not conscientiously reveal what was impat ted to
him as a secret, the parties having entrusted him therewith
under the impression that be neither cou:d nor would
reveal it. The Magistrates read him a letter, purporting to
have been written b 1 Mr. Lucas, the Under-Secretary, stating
that no cergyman was exempted from giving evidence, in
any case, no matter how his knowledge may have been ob•
tallied; to which dictum Mr. 111‘Getiigan said he could not
assent And stated, as an instance of the hardship of the adop-
tion of such a principle, that he had at. that moment a letter
in his pocket from an individual enclosing a pound-note which
he had stolen from another, and requesting Nlr. M'Gettigan to
restore it, of which (if Air. Lucas and the Magistrates were
correct) he would be obliged, upen a summons being issued,
and served upon him at the instance of the person to.whom he
would restore the pound, to give evidence as to how he ob-
tained, and who the party was that store the same. The
Magistrates finally committed Mr. M'Gettigan for such refusal
to give evidence, under the 9th Geo. IV. c. 54, s. 2, and he
now lies immured in Lifford gaol. The following is an extract
of a private letter received from him since his incarceration
The propriety of the course which I have taken in this affair,
no matter what may be the issue, appears to me every hour
gi eater and mote just. ft
I have great consolation in the plaudits of a clear conscience ;
and, on mature reflection, you and every other man will com-
mend the course, and advocate the principle which has led me
to this.' The excitement through all parts of the country is
intense."

ERRATUM.--In the first Leader ye6terday for
" Patent oil" read " Palm oil."

CAN IT BE POSSIBLE ?—(From the Tory Dublin
e have heard it from a quarter that, under less
startling circumstances, we should consider competent. autho-
rity—can it be possible that a Conservative Government—the
Government of Lord De Grey—has advanced from the public
money, on loan, a sum of 1,0001. for the purpose of building, or
of fintshirg a ►roman Catholic chapel at Ennis ! We really ask
this question in the hope, and with something like a confidence,
of its being answered with becoming indignation in the nega-
tive. We can assure the Castle Journal that the tumour has
obtained circulation, and, what we grieve to add, obtained
credence.

Unless there be a change of system in the adminis-
tration of Irish affairs, it may bo calculated that Lord De
Grey will not continue at the head of the executive of this
country. This (of course) will be stoutly denied by those who
panegyrise Lord Eliot, and laud Sir Edward Sugden. We
have our own reasons for implicit reliance on the communica-
tion that has reached us, and that one or other alternative will
take place before many weeks pass over our heal.—Dublin
grening