The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-18 00:00:00

MR. O'CONNELL.

(From the Dublin Morning Register of Friday.)

The following letter has been received by Mr.
Dwyer, from Nfr. O'Connell :

Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, Feb. 12, 1329.

My Dear Friend,—Every thing that I see and hear has
the effect of convincing me that there are some bright days
in store fin• Ireland—and that the people will at length he
deemed entitled to the protection and encouragement of
the Legislature. What would signify all that we have done
if the people were not to derive substantial benefits from
our success? I think they must, and it is for them that
I should desire principally, if not exclusively, to labour. I
Lope the day is approaching when the Government will
cease to be taunted with this disgraceful fact—that Ire-
land possesses the greatest quantity of natural wealth its
its capacity of productiveness, accompanied with the
existence of the greatest distress and poverty amongst its
people.
It is my very pleasing duty to congratulate the Irish
Catholics on the fact which is now beyond any doubt, that
the determination of the Ministry to bring in the Bill for
the relief of the Catholics, was principally produced by
the Protestant meeting at the Rotunda. It is delightful
to know that we owe this debt of gratitude to so excellent
a class of men as the Protestant Noblemen and Gentlemen
who met on that occasion.

With respect to the voluntary dissolution of the Associa-
tion, it will have been decided before this letter reaches
you ; if it be not, let my humble but earnest advice have
some effect to create at least additional deliberation. My
advice is, nst to dissolve until the new law conies into
force, and then to dissolve at once in obedience to the law.
A voluntary dissolution before the mandate of the new law
shall require it, would, in my opinion, be pleading guilty to
the false charges made against the Association, and would
also be an adoptio❑ by us of this now penal statute. All
will submit to it when it is enacted ; but let us not be
parties to it by any voluntary act of our own. It is the
most unconstitutional law that was ever thought of. I al-
ways said that they could not put down the Catholic Asso-
ciation without first trampling under foot the ptinciples of
Constitutional Liberty. Accordingly the new act creates
a perfect and undisguised despotism. It vests that.Aespots
ism in the Lord Lieutenant for the time being. Let not
the Catholic Association, which has struggled so long, so
gloriously, and so successfully for liberty, tarnish its last
hours by becoming or assenting freely to a statute so
unconstitutional—so destructive of every public and
popular privilege. We have obtained because we
deserve the sympathy of every genuine friend of
religian and liberty i❑ Europe, and in universal rind libe-
rated America. Let us act the part of men Beset ving such
a sympathy. lam bound in fairness to add, that all our
friends in both Houses advise a contrary course—they are
unanimous in advising the Catholic Association to dissolve
itself, their advice is entitled to infinitely more attention
than mine ; but none of them can have the honour and in-
terests of the people. of Ireland so deeply throbbing in his
breast as I have. If you are not satisfied with my teasong,
listen to their advice. If it be a choice of influence, let
their influence outweigh mine, as it ought to do. But
above all things, consult your own reason and judgment,
and let us increase constitutional liberty by our efforts, not
sanction its diminution in any one particular.
On this subject I shall say no more. I have discharged
my conscience, and rest in that satisfaction which the per-
formance of a duty, however painful in itself, always
leaves behind.

.....
More last words-Remember that, if the Catholics
sliew any unnecessary facility of disposition, it will be
likely to create a hope, that it certainly will excite an ex-
pectation of equal facility on the terrific question of the
elective franchise.

Let not the Association dissolve without at least a reso-
lution, that emancipation, which, in itself, is so calculated
to confer blessings on Ireland, would be a source of addi-
tional dissention if it shad be acemnpanied by any species
of attack on the forty-shilling freeholdets. This is a pure
measure of precaution, because, as far as I can learn, there
is not any intention whatever of embarrassing the Emanci-
pation Bill with either wing. This lam assured of by all
our friends. However, it is our duty to be eiyilant—we
were in our times already deceived. Let us not be over
mafident.

An address expressive of heartfelt gratitude to the Pro-
testants, who have supported us in the struggle—an
dress of cordial conciliation to the Protestants, who have
opposed us--a declaration of total oblivion of past injuries,
and even of past insult—an t:zrnest exhortation to the
people to obey the laws, preserve the peace, and to join in
grateful loyalty to the throne of that gracious Monarch,
under whose auspicious influence this great measure of Ii hill
liberty is to be achieved. These documents should, in my
opinion, lip prepared and circulated by the Association be-
fore its dissolution.

I will write to you to-morrow my views of the appli-
cation of the accumulated Catholic Rent fund—let me beg
of gentlemen to recollect that there still may be forty-
shilling freeholders, who voted at the late i,liecticm awl
who may want prot;lctinn.
I car tot cot lode without expressing my very decided
conviction that both the Pnkc of Wellington and Mr. Peel
are perfectly sincere in their determinatirn to carry the
Relief NIL Indeed their conduct has been, as you tnust
have observed front the debate, perfectly candid, straight-
forward, anti manly. I augur very favourably front this
cireinuptance.—lt was, however, the Catholic Association
that created the necepity of nettling this question. The
present Ministers have bad the wisdom to see that nece:;-
sity, and the firmness to adopt the means of meeting it—
rathulic faithfully t'our's,
PANTEL CPCONNELL.

Air. Brougham paid a visit to the Duke of
Devonshil e, on Tuesday morning,

yietvicul one and two o'clocksattirk, a
-
man applied at one of the Scotch sailing vessels, opposite
the North Wall, and offered a large parcel directed fur
Greenock. He stated that the parcel was a set of hooks,
but the foul smell proceeding from it excited suspicion,
and it was opened by the mate of the vessel, who found
ce,a;,ined a dead bqcly, 1-p-qv:A and
over that a thin matting, the entire contained in a bag.
The body was that of a boy, apparently about thirteen
years of age, very tightly corded, and doubled up. The
bones of the leg• and arms were brokers, and blood was
flowing fruits the mouth and nose. This gave rise to a
suspicion amoirot a large crowd 4s.9embled that the boy
had met a violent death. Many persons exclaimed, this
is Burkisna," " seize the villain," &c. ; and such was the
excitation of the multitude. that it was Only by the inter-
vention of some of the police, who happened to be present,
that the fellow whoa bromtlit the parcel was saved from
destruction. Both he and the body was taken to Lleury-
street Police-office, where the latter remains for inquest,
and the former in custody, to abide the result of the in-
quiry. Several of the faculty examined the body yes-
terday, and have given their opinion that death was caused
by disease, the legs being dlopiical.—Dubiln Morning
Reyister,

THE COMMON LAW COMMISSION.

(From a Correspondent.)

The Comrtasioners for the reform of the cool'
mon law have sent to some of the most eminent
practitioners in that department the following que
ties on the regulations of the Courts and the des
patch of business. The publication of these queries
will tend to elicit additional information from suited
as well as from practitioners, and will illustrate- the
scope and direction of the views of the Coaimis'
sioners on most of the topics.
1. Are there are any causes of a permanent-kind,
and connected with the general constitution of the
common Law Courts of Westminster-hall, which
tend to a disproportion among them in the division
of such business as it is in the option of the suitors
to carry on in which Court they please.
2. In a general point of view, how far de you
thilik that the state of public or professional opinion
as to the comparative competency of the Judges of
the bar in the respective Courts at any given period ,
has a tendency to effect the proportion of the bnsi• '
ness among them ?
3. Does any disproportion of business actuullY
exist among them ? How long within your obier-
vation has it existed, and in what manner and de'
gree, and has it of late years and in what proportion
increased ?

4. Is any of the three courts at the present pe-
riod without sufficient and adequate employment,
and is any of them overcharged with business, and
to what extent ?

5. Have you any information to give with respect
to the present state of the arrears in the Court of
King's Bench, or in any of the courts, whether i'i
Lane° or at Nisi Prins? and in what particular kinds
or branches of business do those arrears principally
exist, and to what causes are they attributable ?
6. In proportion to the pressure on the Court of
King's Bench, have increased efforts been made by
its Judges for the despatch of business ? and what
new arrangements have been made of late years for
that purpose, and with what effect ? Since the in-
troduction of those arrangements, have the arrears
of business diminished or increased ? and, in parti- '
cular, what is your opinion of the present method
of disposing of the arrears of term business by three
Judges out of term, and of nisi Arius business by
extra sittings ?
7. Would any arrangemeNt that should require
the Court of King's Bench still further to extend
its periods of labour, be consistent, in your opinion,
with the degree of leisure and repose which ought
to be allowed to its Judges and practitioners?
8. Do you think that any arrangements whatever
would effectually enable that Court to discharge its
business free from arrear, unless some means were
devised by which an increased proportion of the
business of the country should hereafter be carried
to the other Courts ?

9. Do you think that if by any means the efficiency
of the other Courts were increased, the three Courts,
with their present number of Judges, and without
an unreasonable degree of exertion, would be ade-
quate to the satisfactory despatch of the business of
the country ?
10. What means can you suggest for bringing an
increased proportion of the general business of the
country to the Common Pleas and to the Ex-
chequer, or for the dispatch of business in the King's
Bench ?
11. What, in your opinion, would be the effect of
taking away fro►u the suitor the option of his Court,
and distributing the business equally, according to
a certain ratio, among the Courts; and in what
practical mode could that principle be conveniently
carried into effect.
12. Do you think it desirable that barristers, vet
having the degree of sergeants, should be allowed
to practise in the Common Pleas, before the Judges
in &Inc°, and with any and what qualifications ?
And that attorneys in general should be admissible
to the practice of the Exchequer; or that either
of these alterations should take place ? And what
reasons can you suggest for, or against, either al'
teration ?

13. Do you think it desirable that the process
and practice of the three courts should be
all respects on the same footing/ and what
would that have on the distribution and despatch of
bw.iness ?

14. Supposing that the Welch and Palatinate
jurisdictions, or either of them, should be abolished,
that a correspondent accession of business should
accrue to the Courts at Westminster, and that u
new circuit should be appointed, would it not be
necessary in that case to add two Judges at least to
the existing number ?
15. Are you not of opinion that, on the same sup-
position, and supposing also effectual means to be
taken for making the Courts of Common Pleas and
Exchequer discharge a due proportion of the general
business of the country, it would be expedient, for
the sake of preserving au entire uniformity and
equality among the Courts, to appoint, in addition
to the present number of Judges, another Judge to
each of the Courts; taking into account the advan-
tage that might be derived from a fifteenth Judge,
while his brethren were engaged on the circuits ?
16. Would not the necessity of a fifteenth Judge
be clear, if a change of practice were introduced, by
which process would be returnable, and pleadings
should follow thereon in term and vacation without
distinction ; and would not the constant attendance
of a Judge in town in such case be required ?
17. Supposing this augmentation in the number
of Judges, do you think it desirable that one Puisne
Judge of each Court should be exempted in rotation
from attendaLce in bunco during the whole term, for
the purpose of attending to chamber business, 110
any other business of a kind that requires tim 4tteadr
ance of a single Judge ?
18, On the same supposition, do you think it de-
sirable that the sittings of the Court in Banco should
continue from day to day throughout the term,
out. interruption from sitting at -Friisi or herr-
ing arguments in course of error or elsewhere, with
the exception of the House of Lords ?
19. On the same supposition would it be desir-
able that one Puisne Judge should be appointed to
sit during term for the trial of all issues arising in
any of the Courts which are set down for trial iii
London and Middlesex ?

20, Do you see any objection to authorizing every
Judge, to whatever Court he may belong, to trans-
net Chamber Cosiness, and sit for trial of issues
arising in any of the Common Law Courts of West-
minster-hall ?

21. Do you think it desirable to transfer to thq
Court of Exchequer cases reserved by thf Cpurtl4
of General Quarter Sessions; and to confine infor-
mations for offences agginst the revenue and revenue
ellie;!rs, and qui trim actins3 to that Court ?
22. Po you thi:ik it desirable to allow judgment
to be given at the sittings or assizes, in cases of mis-
demeanour; and what exceptions (if any), and whas
provisions would you suggest on that subject ?
23, Do you think it desirable to trmisfer ail juris-
diction over insolvent dubtors to the Insolvent
Debtors' Court ?

Do you think it desirable that the terms
should be fixed, and to what period ; or that they
should he of equal and what length; and should
any and what regulations be made with respect to
the periods and durations of the F.;ittipv aftiir term,
regard being had to tie spring and summer assizes ?
25. Do you think it would be expedient that the
Court of Error front each of the Courts should con•
sist of the Judges of the other two Courts, who
should sit in error out of term ?

26. Have you any suggestion to nuilzii foe the
more satisfactory dispatch of busintna, besides what
is contained in your answers to the precAling
questions

RICHARD PERRY, LATE GROOM TO Ruin.
GRANT, ESQ., M.P.-We arc glad to state, from autho-
rity, that the offence (a trilling one) of which this unl)t tu-
nate man, shortly before his death accused himself to his
master, turns out to have had no existence, except in hi,'
diseased imagination. The circumstance only affords fresh
proof both of his honesty, and of the alienation of min I to
which the Coroner's Jury rightly ascribed the rash act that
terminated his life.

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a short period, previously to the entire completion of the
design. The works consist of the Painting of London—
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art extensive range of Conservatories--some idea of the
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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1829.

• The Duke'of WELLINGTON, last night, gave a
Pretty clear illustration of the state to which the
non-settlement of the Catholic Question had
reduced, the Legislative Administration of the
country. The House of Commons was for
Emancipation, and the House of Lords against
it, while his Majesty's Government was left
without any opinion at all I Things had gone
on in this manner for years, but was it proper,
was it expedient—nay, was it safe, to continue
in such a state of disunion ? The Noble Duke
disclaimed the impartation that the Government
Was intimidated, while he admitted, and even
enforced the necessity of settling a question
Which agitated the country, and consequently
retarded its prosperity. And was not such a
State of things calculated to attract the conside-
ration of his Majesty's -Government ? If it
was not, we cannot see what could, or what
ought to attract it. " We could not, my Lords,"
said the Noble Duke, " we could not in such a
state of things, take into consideration in the
Cabinet any question relating to Ireland, in which
Was not in some way or other connected the
Roman Catholic Question.--(Hear.)—Both in
this House and the other House of Parliament,
tbisi:was felt to be the case. This was one of the
evils which I and my colleagues had to consider.
when we 'offered our advice to his MAJESTY
on the Subject. If the Noble Lord (FAL-
40uTir) will look at the difficulties attending
41101 a state of things, not only in that part of
the empire, but in England also, he will, I am
persuaded, see many reasons for inducing us to
adopt the course we have, rather than the un-
Worthy motive which he attaches to us, and
for which I maintain, my Lords, there never
existed the slightest grounds.—(Cheers.)--
t Say, my Lords, moreover, that it required much
more firmness of character, much more resolu-
tion in my Noble Friend (Earl BATHURST),
apd my Right Hon. Friend in the other House
of Parliament (Mr. PEEL), to come forward, as
aMinister, and urge Parliament to adopt a mea-
Ihre, against which he, and my Noble Friend,
bare always been opposed. It required, I re-
Peat, my Lords, much more firmness of charac-
ter to 'come forward in the mariner ray Right
NH. Friend has done ; he has, if I may so
express it, sacrificed his political influence and
91oracter, in advocating a cause which he is
Convinced is essential for the public security."
ln'this view of the case we entirely coincide
With the Duke of WELLINGTON. The ques-
tion,b of Ireland met the Cabinet at every turn.
They could not think of any thing else with
4tisfaction, .nor even v.'ith propriety, while
t
aeh a questign of Nital importance to the
welfare of the country remained unsettled. The
earl,Was of too great a magnitude to be resisted
lary longer, and his Majesty's Government
ve shown their wisdom by doing at once
`vhat must be done hereafter, when fear might
be imputed—but at present the imputation is
,not only base but malicious. There never was
time within the last 20 years, said the Duke
of WELLINGTON, when the question could be
settled with less grounds for its appearing to be
done under an imputation of fear than the pre-
-Belit--and the Ultras know it.

The conduct of Mr. PEEL will be more ap-
Pteciated when' the Act of Emancipation has
te'eiVed the Royal Assent than at the pre-
:4 moment, when the intoleranta are so
401 confounded by the near prospect of
tithe change " that they have taken leave of
ii 'it sober senses. Their only cry now is
timl Mr. PEEL, but remained as true as
btselves, there would be nothing to fear,
ht 4e has become enlightened, and we can-
Ot uphold the cause of bigotry unsupported
Alts most *efficient patron—we have lost Mr.
44. and the influence of office together."
, Mr. pw,74, has acted wisely. has con.
41ted the good of his country, rather than the
w:6311 views of interested parties ;—and those
vi; (3 are now the most vociferous of his abusers
ere long see like him, and not only follow,
pt praise the course he has taken.

Ishhie Association Suppression Bill was last
Of
glit read a third time and passed in the House
th Commons. lt was also read a first time in
e Lards, and ordered to be read a second
lMe to-morrow. The Emancipation Bill should
kot through a 4 quickly as possible, if it were
/ to save a number of deluded parishes and
e),
Gentlemen the loss of so much parchment.
The poor alarmists are rivalling each other

who shall have the greatest number of skins in
one petition, as if it, mei it, like a deep-sea lead-
line, depended urn its leagth.

If we may believe the authority of the Gazette
de France, the Russians have changed their
toue, and will now be content to make peace on
the terms of the treaty of Akermann. Perhaps
this may ultimately prove the case, hut we do not
think the temper of the Emperor NICHOLAS is
yet so far subdued as to moderate itself to peace,
without some indemnity for the expellees of the
war. We suppose it not unlikely that Russia
may insist upon keeping possession of Varna,
and the principalities, as a guarantee for the
free navigation of the Black Sea. The conquests
in Asia too, will not be given up without some j
compensation.

'We have been favoured with an extract of a
private letter from Mexico, dated 12th Dec.:—

Since I last wrote I have received detailed information
front our friend of passing events in the capital, it appears
that perfect tranquillity had been restored, and that the
party in power were adopting energetic measures to pre-
serve it, but confidence had suffered a severe shock, and
the means they resorted to to obtain the power they hold
condemns them in the eyes of the better part of the public.
Up to the 13th inst. the stores continued closed. lam
happy to say that the greater part of the goods on the road
had reached the capital in safety. I have no doubt of the
lawful Government soon resuming its functions, and the
faction that has so audaciously attacked it falling to the
ground. The, state of Queretero, Guanaxvato, Jalisco, anti
Zacatecas, have already followed the good example set
them, and Oaxaca will undoubtedly-act on the same prin-
ciple. By information received this day we have every
reason to believe that General St. Anna has already deli-
vered himself up, and thus will have ended the disturbances
in this state. Foreigners' lives and property have certainly
been respected, but they will have undoubtedly to bear the
lasses consequent in such immense destruction.

New York Papers to the 24th January have
been received. It appears that an insurrection
had taken place in Mexico, occasioned by the
late contentions respecting the office of Presi-
dent. The accounts are rather confused ; public
business was totally interrupted, but it was ex-
pected that order would soon be restored.

Letters have been received to-day from Mr.
OXENFORD, per his Majesty's ship Volage,
which state that he has concluded a treaty as agent
to the National Brazilian Mining Society, for
a Mine on the same strata as the famous Congo
Loco,!and with the same original proprietors. At
present the Mine is at work, under inferior ma-
nagement, but still produces a considerable
quantity of gold per week. We understand the
NN hole of the purchase has been made, together
with houses, and 100 negroes, at present on the
estate, for 100,000 milreas ; and the sellers take
600 shares in part payment.

We regret to learn that accounts have been
received at Dublin from Demerara, stating that
a very destructive fire had taken place in that
Colony, which destroyed one-half of George-
town. The damage is estimated at from
250,0001. to 300,000/.