The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Nov. 30.—Their Excellencies the Lord
Lieutenant and the Countess De Grey, with Mr. and
Lady Mary Vyner, Mr. Magenis, and suite, left the
Viceregal Lodge yesterday, on a visit for a few days
to Mr. and Lady Florence Balfour, at their seat,
Townly Hall, Drogheda.
The Government have sent down Mr. Nicholas

Kelly to take charge of the district of Skibbereen,
considering it expedient, on account of the recent de-
plorable affray in that place, to remove Mr. Gore
Jones to another district. Mr. Kelly went down to
Skibbereen on Saturday night.
On Sunday an inquest wns held before George Brad-
shaw, Esq., and a respectable jury, on the body of
after a
ltehnegltahteenJeadminevseSstciuglaltyio,
investigation,
o
a.,
vefrdKicitl beoafcl,l,, and,"Wilful ilul
mur-
der" against some person or persons unknown was re-
turned. The Earl of Glengall, Sir John Fitzgerald,
Messrs. Creagh, Scully, Keating, O'Meagher' Chay-
ter, and several other Magistrates attended at the
inquest, and have since called a meeting of Magis-
trates for Friday next, at Cashel, " to take into con-
sideration the steps necessary to be adopted on the
melancholy occasion of this murder." The deceased
gentleman was a Magistrate of Tipperary, the eldest
son of Counsellor Denis Scully, formerly of Merrion-
square, Dublin, the well-known 'author of 'a, work
y, Esq., of
called " Statement of the Penal Laws," and he was
brother to Vincent Scull
tl e Leinsfer cir-
cuit, who married MissCirrogan, Of Irareourt-street,
The Lord Chancellor yester '
tion of' Mr. John Devereux,
Dublin, sister to the Member.
ay chow _.,
• • s,cl the peti-
away with Elizabeth Kennedy, a ward of the Comt,
with severe reproof.
Mr. and Mrs. Kean, having been engaged for a
short period at the Theatre Royal, made their first
in cu.4o3y for ru mil g
appearance on Saturday evening- in the Gamester. ,The
house was crowded in every part, and nothing could
exceed the enthusiastic manner in which these general
favourites were received.

LORD SALTOUN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
manner in which you have mentioned my
beg to return you my best thanks for the
old coin-
rade, Lord Saltoun. As a soldier I abstain, of course,
from particularising any escapes that Lord Saltoun
has had, for, in the army, " a miss is considered ads
good as a mile," and is thought of no more; but it
may be as well to say, that, at Waterloo, he had three
horses short under him, one of his spurs shot off, his
forehead laid bare by a shot in the front of his cap, his
sword broken in two, and the cloak in front of his
saddle riddled with shot. At Peronne he was hit by
a spent iron ball which buried itself, with his purse,
in his groin ; but, notwithstanding the pain and suf-
fering which this must have caused he marched up to
Paris with the army : this wound was never men-
tioned.

As a civilian you may, perhaps, scarcely understand
the strong feeling that exists between two old soldiers
who have served so much together as we have : this
feeling must be my excuse for having troubled you
upon the subject.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Nov. 29.

TRIUMPH of the FRENCH CABINET.
PARIS, -WEDNESDAY E v ENING.—G en eral Jacque-
minot has been re-elected Deputy for the first arron-
dissement. This is a great triumph for the Ministry ;
and the manly sentiments expressed by the General
in favour of England mates his return a subject of
rejoicing to us. The numbers were
Number of voters ............ 1,537

General Jacqueminot
All the other candidates

842
695

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WATERLOO-BRIDGE.--Yesterday the half-yearly
meeting of the Proprietors of this Bridge was held at
the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, the Rev. John
Rush in the chair, to receive the Directors' Report
and fill the vacancies in the Committee. Mr. G.
Powell read the minutes of the previous meeting,
which were confirmed. He then read the Directors'
Report :—The tolls ending the 23d of August, 1841,
amounted to 7,4731. 155., while those for the corre-
sponding period in this year were only 6,8281. 12s. ld.
The decrease in the tolls for horses and vehicles was
9281. 16s. ld., and the increase for foot passengers was
2831. 16s. sd. The difference on the horse toll arose
from .Westminster-bridge having been closed in April
and May of 1841. Still the Directors anticipated the
best results from the reduction of one halfpenny in
the tolls. During the last nine months the foot tolls
had increased 4001.16 s: 4d., but they were 2061.35. 2d.
less as compared with a similar period when the
toil was ld. The receipt for the past half-year, in-
cluding 6,8281. 12s. ld. ; tolls, with interest upon Ex-
chequer, bills, and the rent of the arched vaults,
were 7,5411. 17s. 11d., and the expenditure, including
1,3341. 165., interest on bonds at al., 41., and 3i per
cent., and 4,6871. 10s., dividends upon annuities
amounted to 6,908/. Bs. 3d., leaving a balance of 6331.
bridge9s Bd.
and
its it
The epo rt, in conclusion, stated that the
appurtenances
were in excellent repair.
Mr. Sangster argued at great length in favour of the
toll being again raised to ld. Mr. Stedman replied,
and insisted upon the folly of such an attempt. Fle
concluded with moving the adoption- of the Report,
which was carried by a large majority. The Rev.
Mr. Rush, John Beadnall, Esq., Sir John Rennie,
Esq., was re-appointed
and Alexander Gardner were re-elected members of
athnediCteormriatftteeer; anddhi---ch thanks Walsh,"
were voted to the
Chairman.
TEMPLETON IN PASTS.—The English prima Lenore
has been much feted by the elite of the musical pro-
fession during his late visit to the French capital. All
who have heard Mr. Templeton are unanimous in
praise of his rare qualities as a vocalist. On Saturday
week Auber, the distinguished composer of Massa-
niello, Fra .thavolo, Gustavus the Third, Lestocq, &c.,
gave Templeton an entertainment, and invited a large
o o f
t party of professorshi and dilettanti to meet him. During
the evening Mr. Templeton delighted all present by
singing several nwrceau from the various composi-
tmaestro himself
presidingin
On Friday; the 11th ult., the guardians of the
as the distinguished
pianoforte. host, the
Saffron Walden Poor-law Union assembled, for the
purpose of appointing a relieving officer to the said
union ; salary ,86/.. per annum. There were only 91
candidates for the office.-f-- Correspondent of Anti-bread
Tax Circular.