The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-02 00:00:00

THE LEVEE AT THE ROTUNDO.

The walls of the room were nearly covered with banners and
Sag's, bearing significant inscriptions, such al " Remember the
30th of May"—" Repeal cannot be put down by Foree"—" Grat.
tan, Flood''—" Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell"—" Union is
streisgth"—" Charlemont and Grattan"—" Catholic, Protestant,
and Presbyterian"—" Temperance, Perseverance, Peace, and Or.
der"—" 'B2, and No Surrender," &c. &c.

The Pillar.rosna, which adjoins the Round.roorn, was appropri.
ated to the reception of the members of the various deputations,
and the 'B2 Clnb. There were about 100 members of the Club
present in uniform, and a great number •f metropolitan and pro.
vincial Town Councillors and Town Commissioners, in their offi-
cial costumes.

Soon after twelve o'clock a meeting of the Club w•aa called, Mau..
rice O'Connell, M.P., i■ the chair.

Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN then addressed the meeting and said—Sir,
I have been appointed to request the meeting to take this opportu.
laity of placing upon record a declaration of the determination of
this great nation to assert its right to self-government.—(Great
cheering.) On no occasion could Ide so more properly than now,
when standing in the presence of those who are virtually the repre-
sentatives of the Irish people.— (Hear, hear.) I feel assured,
therefore, that there is Ho man in this room unprepared to re-
cord the solemn pledge I am about to read:—" We, the under-
sigued being convinced that good government and wise legislation
can be permanently secured to the Irish people only through the
instrumentality of an Irish legislature do hereby solemnly pledge
ourselves to our country, and to each other, that we will never
desist from seeking the repeal of the legislative union with Eng-
land by all peaceable, moral, and constitutional means until a Par-
liament be restored to Ireland."

Mr. GRATTAN seconded the adoption of the address, of which the
following is a copy:—

" Illustrious Sir,—Distinguished Patriot,—We. the membzrs of
the 'B2 Club, offer you our respect and congratulation. The oc-
casion befits you and sts. We are associated for Irish liberty,
under a name derived from its most constitutional era, and this the
anniversary of your unconstitutional imprisonment, for attempting
peacefully to restore the rights gained at that era. Ireland re-
sented your imprisonment as an audacious wrong—Europe stig-
matised it as oppressive—the law erased it as illegal. It was the
temporary triumph of craft and force. You had preached order
tinder misrule—you had preserved peace under sufferings now con-
fessed to be unequalled. You had sought, by the action of opinion,
the restoration of ancient liberties, and the relief of countless woes,
and for this you were scot to prison. Fortunately the people re-
membered your lessons, or you must have been released by a
speedier process than the Queen's writ ; but that justice, which
was delayed long enough to prove your oppressers unrelenting,
came at length, and you left your prison in triumph, to resume
that vigorous and legal agitation for which you had been oppressed.
That you may speedily end that agitation, is our best wish for you
and for Ireland, as we know that come what may of force or fraud,
you will not end it but in the restoration of an Irish Parliament as
independent as that of the era whose name we boar."
At half-past twelve o'clock Mr. O'Connell arrived at the Rotundo,
and was received by the crowd assembled at the entrance gate with
loud cheers and cries of " Long life to your Irish Majesty." The
Hon. Gentleman, who wore the 'B2 Club uniform, soon afterwards
entered the Round.room,and ascended the dais. All present stood
until he took his seat, a band which was stationed in the gallery
playing " St. Patrick's Day,"

The presentation of the addresses then commenced; and the
first was that of the Dublin Corporation, which was read by Alder..
mann Butler.

Mr. O'CoNNELL expressed regret that the arrangements made
did not admit of his giving a separate reply to each address. He
would answer all in one speech at the close of the day.
The deputation then withdrew, and passed before Mr. O'Connell,
each member of it making a profound obeisance to the Hon. Gen.
tieman, which he acknowledged in a similar manner. A large
number of the repeal members of the Town-Council attended this
deputation in their cocked hats and robes. All the officers of the
Corporation were likewise in attendance, bearing the insignia of
their various offices.

The address of the Repeal Association was next read by Mr. S.
O'Brien.

Mr. H. Grattan, and a numerous deputation, presented the ad-
dress of the 'BQ Club.

Addresses were then presenfed by the Mayors and Corporations
of Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny, Clonmel, Sligo, and Drogheda ;
from the Town Commissioners of Galway and Cashel; from the
inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Claremorris, Tuam,
Wexford and Ennis; from the Town Commissioners of Callan,
Kells, &c. There were in all about 60 deputations in attendance.
The presentation of the addresses did not terminate until three
o'clock.

Mr. O'Cortrinu. came forward to the front of the platform (ac-
companied by the other travelers in the late state prosecutions) to
address the assemblage, and was received with loud cheers. When
silence was observed, the Learned Gentleman said—Ladies and
gentlemen, I sincerely thank you for the splendid manifestation of
public feeling which you have displayed this day. It would be
difficult for me to find words to convey the deep sensations that
flit my mind, when I consider the strange transactions which have
taken place from the 30th of May, 1844, to this day—the 30th of
May, 1845.—(Cheers.) The consideration of those circumstances
fills my thoughts with delight and pride; but there is a higher
thought which presses upon the that requires no eloquence to de.
sctibe, and I see it now inscribed before me on one of our banners,
" Ireland will be a nation."—(Great applause.) As well might
the Government imagine that by stopping the motion of the clock,
which is above that motto, they could check the mighty move-
ment which is now going on in this country, and control the spirit
and love of fatherland which is now aroused, as they could pre-
vent by their late conduct the restoration of the Irish Parlia-
ment. Nothing can prevent it.—(Cheers) There is a dif-
ferent understanding between all parties this day from what
existed this day twelve months; for upon the 30th of May, 1844,
I and my fellow•prisaners around me were, under an unjust sen-
tence, confined in a prison. I say unjust and Iniquitous, because
the first tribunal in the land has declared it to be so.—(Hear, bear.)
Upon this day twelve months we were surrounded by the police
with drawn swords; and what, I may ask, were the use of these
swords Y For I think they would have been of very little use if
we had the slightest intention of violating the law or creating a
disturbance.—(Cheers.) Oh, little do they know the history of
nations who cannot ponder on what makos brave men weep—men
who, if they were called on to prepare for battle-tield in half an

hour, would obey the call with light and buoyant hearts. Would
one tear be on their cheeks if their Queen and country demanded
their blood ?—(Cries of " No, no.") No, my beloved fiends, there
might be a sigh heaved at parting with some dear object of affec-
tion, but nothing more; and then their lives would be gladly sacri-
ficed for Queen and country. I and my friends struggled on—
never despaired to hope when everything seemed hopeless, and I
now feel proud at having been honoured by being sent to gaol for
Ireland, my beloved country. I was one of the few men who
suffered 100 days' unjust imprisonment, and for it will get repeal.
What had they all witnessed ? Was it ascendancy ? No, but de-
termination; for they had amongst the members of the various
Corporations, and other public bodies which honoured him by
their presence, Protestants as well as Catholics. Two Protestant
mayors and two Catholic mayors had presented addresses to him.
Such was the state of things, and could there be a doubt of ulti-
mate success? Therefore, I call on the old to countenance ou r
exertions, and the sturdy and strong to second them, and rally
with us until public opinion becomes so powerful that the English
Legislature will no longer attempt to withhold (rem Irishmen what
they have a right to—the repeal of the union—a Parliament in
College-green.

When the Learned Gentleman had concluded, deputations from
the several trades of Dublin were presented to him.
The proceedings having terminated, Mr. O'Connell and the other
traverser. retired from the reception-rocm, resumed their seats
in their carriages, and joined the procession, which re-fr,rmed, and
passed through Sackville-street, Graftemsticet,
Nassau-street, and
Clare-street, to his house in Merrion,s4tuare,
It wasat this time
nearly five o'clock, and the scene along the P,ne of march was pa rti-
cularly imposing, not merely from the ‘e-,ime„so ma:ses of the people
congregated together, ho,t from the #s.aultless regularity and decorum
of the organised tees of thousa7ds forming the procession. This is
no exaggeration in point el:
numbers, for we have been assured by a
gentleman who was a 'spectator at several of the vaunted " monster
that most formidable ofthem that he had witnessed
was but as v...,rts to hundreds in comparison with this metropolitan
dem".*ration. The orders to" halt" and " for ward" were given
17.1 the City Marshal, Mr. Thomas Reynolds, and Mr. Thomas
Steele respectively, and were as implicitly obeyed and with as much
precision by the myriads under their command as though they had
undergone a twelve months' drill in the Phmnix.park.
The cortege reached its final destination in Merrion.equare
about half-past five o'clock, when Mr. O'Connell alighted from
his carriage, entered his house, and addressed the assembly from
the balcony.
At half-past five o'clook the crowd withdrew, and before six
o'clock the square was comparatively tranquil.
During the evening several of the repeal and temperance bands
walked about the city, playing various airs, and followed by num-
bers of children shouting for O'Connell and repeal.

STOCK EXCHANGE—FRIDAY.
The Share Market was dull to-day, with a tendency to down-
ward prices, and but little business transacted. The following is
from the official list :

GOVERNMENT FUNDR.—Three per Cent. Consols, 98k; Three-
and.a..Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1001 101.
RAILWAYS.—DubIin and Drogheda, 98; Great Southern and
Western, 221 ; Ditto Extension, 11 ; Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion, 11:1i 1 ; Great Western, Dublin to Mullingar, 4 ; Irish Great
Western, Dublin to Galway, 31; Belfast and Ballymena, Si ;
Dundalk and Enniskillen, 41 ; Waterford and Limerick, 71 ;
Kingstown and Bray, 6; ; Cork and Bandon, Si ; Waterford ana
Kilkenny, 31 ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4i ; Dublin, Bel-
fast, and Coleraine Junction, 3 ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe
Junction, 6i.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT%)
The week fraught with most importance to tke sporting
world is past, and the doubts and fears of tho ;sands arc
`-:tset-
tled, and allayed. I never recollect ame ing where horses,
who had previously distinguished thrlmselves by their per-
formances in public, cut so wretc
}..ed a figure as they did last
week.

1 shall now comiller.ce my summary of the proceedings.
Mon)Ay. •
7117. e result of the Craven Stakes, as I told your
readers, wo".,id materially operate on the Derby betting.
Evenu'''s defeat at once affected the position of the crack,
w'Aile Pam and Jinglepot improved in the estimation of their
friends from the running of their respective trial horses—
The Knight of the Whistle and Pagan. Evenus's defeat I
attribute to his having been leading gallop for the crack.
The Woodcote Stakes, as I anticipated, went to Lord
George Bentmck with his slashing two-year-old Cherokee.
WEDNESDAY.—For the Derby, on this day, thirty-one
horses were brought to the post, and, according to the
opinion of some of the best judges, a finer collection of nags
were never seen. Until last Saturday I had really imagined
that we should have had none of those disgraceful attempts
to make favourites safe which have been invariably practised
during the last few years. But I was mistaken :
the auri sacru fames, in spite of the stringent
rules of the Jockey Club, and the severe but
exemplary punishment inflicted on Sam Rogers, and his
worthy confederate, Mr. Braham, has induced others to tread
in their steps. Should the alleged attempt to make Mr.
Gully's horse safe be proved against the parties who are
alleged to have been engaged in it, they will of course re-
ceive the same punishment assigned to their predecessors in
crime, and so be tabooed for ever. It must have been a
source of the most poignant regret to John Day, than whom
a snore respectable man does not exist, to dud that
a son of his, whom he had brought up with the
most scrupulous care and attention, should, when
he himself was about to retire from a sphere in
which his honesty and good conduct had caused him to
be universally respected, so far from trying to follow his
example, lend himself to the commission of the most
atrocious fraud ever practised on the turf. lam truly glad
that his poor grandmother was not alive, when so disgraceful
an occurrence in her family took place. Really, the turf must
be in a pretty state, when men are to be found to tempt sons.
of trainers to poison horses in their father's stables. I may
as well here at once mention that The Libel, whom I selected
to win this race, was made as safe as if he had been boiled.
Calloway, his jockey, asserted he was beaten 300 yards after
he had started. On Friday he was tried with Salopian,
and giving him 161 b, beat him a quarter of a mile.

In my letter of last week I wrote thus of Idas (who had
been prophesied by those celebrated old established prophets,
Messrs. Pegasus and Yates, as the winner) :--" I consider
him more adapted for the flat at Newmarket than a course
like Epsom; and I fancy that the hill, which has so often
destroyed the hopes of the pride of Newmarket, will prevent
Lord Stradbroke from enjoying the honour of possessing the
winner of the Derby for 1845." By a reference to the report
of the race, it will be seen that he was beaten directly he
came to the hill.

Of Old England I merely remarked, that if he did not pass
Weatherbit in the betting he would do so in the race. He
did so, and with 18 to 1 against him, was only beaten a neck
for the place I thought he world occupy, viz., the second.

Of Forth's lot I spoke as follows Mr. Forth, from his
great experience as a trainer, always has some horse in his
lot well supported, and this year the public seem to think the
best to be Doleful, but whether he is the real Simon Pure I
am not prepared to say, as it is about as difficult a task to
discover what is going on in the Mitchel-grove Stable as it
is to learn when the National Debt will be paid off. Many
of my readers will, no doubt, recollect the Derby of 1840.
The public and Mr. Forth (ostensibly) backed The Solace
colt, while, in reality, all the veteran trainer's money was on
the Little Wonder, who, to the wonder of every one but his
backers, won easily." The hint as to a similar accident oc-
curring this year has been verified. In 1840 The Solace colt
was, at starting, at 16 to 1, while 40 to 1 was laid against
the Little Wonder. In 1845 Doleful stood at 18 to 1, and the
Merry Monarch at 40 to 1. In each year the outsider won
the race.

I may as well say, that my assertion that his horses would
be brought to the post in better condition than any others in
the race, has been confirmed by those whose experience iu
such matters is unquestionable.
Those who took my advice about Pantasa have not been
losers by it.
Annandale's single performance in public was not suffi-
ciently good to justify my recommending his being supported
even at the liberal odds offered against him.

Wood Pigeon and Ledger ran far better than might have
been expected.

Cabin-boy, most disgracefully rie.den by Buckle, did not
cut the figure some of his opponents said be would. He is a
fine but troubled with that sad complaint "the slows."
The Black Prince looked more adapted for a charger for
his namesake than a race-horse.

Young Eclipse turned out as I suspected he would, viz.,
about as good as the much cried-up Jamal.
On the whole the race has not been a bad one for the
betters round, and I anticipate a quiet settli-ng to-morrow.
TnunsDAY.—We had a most capital race this afternoon
for the Surrey Cup, won only on the post by Kitchener on
Croton Oil, who was sent instead of Pug. The other races
are not deserving of mention. I shall touch on the Oaks,
and the settling for the two races, to-morrow, by which
time I trust the Stewards of the Jockey Club will have
pronounced such an opinion respecting the Old England
affair as will enable me to treat of it in a manner the law of
libel prevents my doing now.
London, June 2,1845. TELEGRAPII