The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-23 00:00:00

IRELAND.

(From a Correspondent of the Times.)
DUBLIN, MARCH 17.—Your readers will judge
by the tone of the meeting held yesterday at the
Corn Exchange, on the subject of the measure now
before Parliament, of the grateful disposition of the
people of Ireland in respect to the Bills now before
Parliament. The meeting consisted indiscriini-
nately of Protestants and Catholics. The chair was
occupied by a Protestant, one of the best and most
virtuous men in this city,—John David Latenche.
The proceedings began by the speech of a Protes-
tant gentleman, Mr. Leader: the proposition of
this gentleman was supported by a Protestant, Mr.
Guthrie; Mr. Conway, the secretary:of the meeting,
is a Protestant ; and the gentleman voted into the
chair after Mr. Latouche vacated it, is also a Pro-
testant—Mr. Napier, brother of Colonel Napier,
author of the History of the War in the Peninsula,
and cousin-german of the Duke of Leinster. A
moiety of the speakers were Protestants, and the
meeting was altogether what it purported to be—
not a Catholic meeting, but an assembly of the
friends of civil and religious liberty.
By the terms of the requisition, the proceedings
of the meeting were confined to a consideration of
the Franchise Qualification Bill, thus excluding the
principal measure altogether from consideration.—
You will not infer, however, that there Was, or in-
deed that there could be, unanimity on all the parts
of the Emancipation Bill; but it was acknowledged
by every one who spoke, that the measure was all
to nothing the best ever offered to the people of
Ireland,—that it surpassed their most sanguine expec-
tations; and accordingly you, to whom this country
owes so much,—you, who take such an energetic
and effective part in her concerns,—you, who have
manifested such a lively interest in our pro-
ceedings, will be delighted when you perceive,
for the first time in a meeting of this kind, a
vote of thanks to the Duke of Wellington, Mr.
Peel, and the rest of the Ministers. This
vote, which was passed unanimously and amid
loud acclamations, will, I should suppose, prove not
ungrateful to the personages immediately concerned :
it is more important, however, as a manifestation of
opinion to the country. It will operate completely
as a sedative to any rising spirit of discontent or dis-
satisfaction which might have exhibited itself in the
interior—a spirit, certainly, which mischievous men
would not find it difficult to excite on the freehold.
question ; and it may be taken finally as a pledg•e„
that those very men who have roused and wielded
the passions of the people for the last six years in
the pursuit of a legitimate and most necessary •oh•.
ject, now that they are upon the point of accom-
plishing the end of all their labours, will exercise
the same influence, and I verily believe with the
same success, in repressing popular ebullition, and
stabilitating, if I may be allowed so to ex-
press myself, the present unexampled and al-
most miraculous tranquillity, which, in spito
of the incitements of the Brunswickers and their
press, prevails in every county of the island. I in-
tended to give you a short statement of the pro.
ceedi ngs, as far as they have already gone, of the
Assizes ; but, on looking through the Irish pro-
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to notice ; but which, us it only excites derision
here, is certainly not worth the trouble of punishing.

In no one branch of Science is there a more
decided advance towards perfection, than in Vegetable
Chemistry, and of the many inestimable discoveries of the
present day, we believe there is none which surpasses the
condensed preparation called Sulphate of Quinine, which,
as a Tonic, Dr. JohNsoN observes, ', must shortly super-
sede all others." Many gratifying instances, of important
t'enefit, derived from the short use only of HUGHES'S
Quinine Pills, in consumptive affections of every stage,
and extreme general debility, are now too Ivell attested to
admit of any doubt. We feel, therefore, sincere pleasure
in directing the attention of Invalids to this important
combination of Vegetable Properties. We would add, that
she discovery of•this invaluable Specific affords yet another
proof, if more were wanting, of the inexhaustible resources
of the Vegetable Kingdom, and would operate we should
trust, to the encouragement of additional exertion alike in
the field of nature by the Botanist, and in the Laboratory
of Medical Science by the Chemist,