The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-11 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S ANSWER.

" I return you my cordial thanks for the loyal and (Wald
address which you have presented to me.
" This strong assurance of your faithful attachment to my
person, of allegiance to my throne, and of devoted loyalty tomy
family, is received by me with the warmest satisfaction.
" Be assured that my anxious endeavours are constantly de-
voted to the promotion of the prosperity of all parts of !this
realm, and that I feel an equal solicitude for the happiness of
all classes of my subjects.
" I am confident that my faithful City of Dublin will, by its
example, confirm that strength which concordamong my people
can alone give to my dominions."
DUBLIN CORPORATION DINNER.

On Saturday evening, the members of the Dublin Corpora-
tion who had come to London for the purpose of presenting
the congratulatory address to her Majesty and Prince Albert,
dined together at the London Tavern, Ludgate-hill.
The Right Honourable Daniel O'Connell, AI.P., Lard
Mayor, presided on the occasion ; the vice-chair was filled by
Alderman George Roe, one of the wealthiest merchants of
Dublin. The Lord Mayor was 'supported on his right by the
Very Rev. Doctor Doyle, James Power, Esq., M. P. for Wex-
ford, and M. Councillor Staunton, the proprietor of the
Dublin Register; and on his left, by Alderman Keshan (senior
Alderman), Alderman M'Kenna, Alderman Gardiner, and
Alderman Rooney. The vice-chair was supported by Mt.
Councillor Sims, the son-in-law of Baron Richards; John
O'Connell, Esq., M.P. for Kilkenny ; Caleb Powell, Esq.,
M.P. for Limerick ; Mr. Marshall Reynolds, and Mr. Coun-
cillor Sheridan.

Alderman ROE, in proposing "the health of the Chief Ma-
gistrate of Dublin," very happily observed, that "if they had
nothing more for which they ought to be grateful to Mr.
O'Connell, the very circumstance of that day would prove how
well entitled he was to the thanks of kis country. The manner
in which that Hight Honourable Gentleman had performed the
duties that devolved upon him, in the presence of their Sove-
reign, had struck with admiration all who had the happiness of
being eye-witnesses of the scene." It is not necessary to say
that this sentiment was responded to with the most cordial
cheers, as well as that in which the worthy Alderman referred
to the manifold services to, and sacrifices of, Mr. O'Connell for
Ireland.

The pervading feeling of the evening was one of unmingled
joy, occasioned by the kind and most gracious manner of her
Majesty to the members of the Corporation—by the perfect
mode in which the ceremonies of the day had been gone through,
and the consciousness of the love of the people of Ireland to-
wards their Sovereign, which was fully appreciated; the kind-
ness of the Monarch being manifested, not only in words but
by manner, the gracious intention of which' it was impossible
to misapprehend. The hope was frequently. expressed in the
course of the evening, that many such occasions of the Irish
people displaying their attachment to the person of the Sove-
reign might be afforded.

Th 3 Duke of Wellington, albeit unused to the soft
mood, actually wept like a child when the news of our disasters
in. Affghanistan was reported to him, declaring, in all bis expe-
rience, or that handed down from history, he had never heard of
so lamentable a sacrifice of life in a British force.--Limerick
Chronicle.
The gentlemen of the Corn Exchange expect that
the new Corn-law will be in operation on Thursday fortnight-
Wheat, in bond. is now worth about 605., which, with 12s. for
duty, would make free wheat worth about 755. per quarter,
making allowance for profit. The price of corn has risen in the
Baltic ports, anticipating a demand for export to this country.
The traffic by the London and _Birmingham Rail-
way was such on Monday last, that eich of three trains con-
veyed upwards of 300 passengers. During the week large
bodies of troops have Bien transported along the railway., some
of them northwards, but the great majority
to the metropolis.—Railway Times. from Birmingham
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening one
of the trains on the North Union Railway, whilst going at full
speed, near the Exton station, unfortunately knocked down one
of the rural police force, and tke whole of the carriages passed
over his body. The poor fellow was, taken up_irreitne.ed.e.d, his
body being literally cut to pieces•—i..
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At the late sessions for Cheshire, the Chairman, in
his charge, told the Jury, that " many of the criminals same
cut of workhouses, and some of them had even stated that they
preferred imprisonment in a gaol to confinement in a work.
house."—Stockport Advertiser.
Despatches from the Governor of Malta were received
yesterday et the Colonial-nice.