The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-20 00:00:00

CITY OF DUBLIN. STEAM COMPANY.

The half-yearly meeting of this Company was held yesterday,
on which occasion there wax a numerous and highly respectable
attendance of the proprietary. The report was of a most satis-
' factory nature, showing the steady and progressive increase in
trade and intercourse between the interior of Ireland and'
Liverpool through Dublin, and glancing at the great extension
of goods and passengers, but the former especially, which must
follow the rendering available, for the purposes of navigation,
that splendid river, the Shannon, bringing the entire of that ex
tensive district into connexion with Dublin and Liverpool.
The report stated that 46,000 tons of heavy loading, with live
stock, &c., had been conveyed on the canals and Shannon in
the last twelve months, the tolls on which amounted to within a
fraction of £12,000 to the Grand Canal Company.
The Company's second bill, we are glad to learn, is making
progress through the House of Commons, notwithstanding the
opposition of the Scotch party, who are indefatigable in their
exertions to throw it out. But it is gratifying to know, that if
they even succeed, the directors have other arrangements in
contemplation, by which the interests of this useful establish-
ment will be effectually protected, and its present favourable
position maintained.
In these contemplated measures we are informed the directors
are acting under the advice of the Attorney-General in Ireland,
who haX warmly supported the Company's bill in parliament.
The Company are building six additional vessels with 250
horse power, and of 600 tons burden each.--llublin Evening
Mail.

[We are happy to find that the bill now before parliament on
the part of the City of Dublin Steam Company is not likely to
be further opposed, the provisions it contains being considered
unobjectionable. We are glad of this understanding, as
nothing could be more mischievous than the interposing any
parliamentary obstacle to the employment of Irish capital or the
development of Irish resources.—E.L.S.l

MR. O'CONNELL'S RETURN FOR KILKENNY
HIS ABANDONMENT OF DUBLIN FOR EVER.

The farce of an election for a member to represent the sul-
phureous city of Kilkenny took place on Tuesday and Mr. O'Con-
nell was, as a matter of course, returned. Our contemporary
the .Moderator has, in a brief way, so well and so graphically
described the scene, that we should be content to 'transfer its
article to our columns, with comment, were it not that we find
in the Kilkenny Journal of Wednesday, and which reached us
at a late period, an announcement calculated to fill the minds
of own "Trades' Union" with dismay.
Mr. Sullivan concluded his proposition of Mr. O'Connell,
" in which he expressed his intention of never seeking the suf-
frages of any other constituency than that of Kilkenny as long as
he remained in parliament."
Praise and thanks be to you, John Beatty West, for not only
having rid us for the present of this disgrace to the Metropolis
of Ireland, but for having, by your courage and perseverance,
driven him for ever from our hustings.
What will the trades say to this ?
(FROM THE KILKENNY MODERATOR )
On Tuesday, (yesterday,) the day appointed in the proclama-
tion to elect a fit and proper person to represent this city in
parliament, the sheriffs, Thomas Bradley and Benjamin Bar-
ton, Esqrs., proceeded to the Court-house for that purpose. On.
entering the court the scene that presented itself baffles descrip-
tion. It would really afford an admirable subject for the gra-
'phic pencil of Hogarth. the side galleries being occupied by the
ragged inhabitants of the suburbs, while the body of the court
was partly filled by another rabble collected from the dirty lanes
and alleys of the city, whose tout ensemble was, if possible, still
more grotesque and -ferocious than their brother electors in the
'galleries. On the hustings beside the sheriffs were the late
member and his brother, Mr. Michael Sullivan,, Couueltor
James, John P. Ryan, Esq., and two or three of the respectable
leaders of the mob, who evinced their joy for the return of the
"man of the people" by occasional shouts. Immediately after
the opening of the court, Mr. Daniel O'Connell was proposed
by Mr. Sullivan as a fit and proper person to represent this city
in Parliament, and the nomination was seconded by Mr. J. I'.
Ryan. .No other candidate having presented himself, the
business was despatched in the course of ten minutes. It would,
indeed, appear that the " independents". of Kilkenny were
' really ashamed of the sorry figure they cut, and that they were
consequently anxious to terminate the farcical proceedings of
the day. • Before the signing of the writ had been completed,
Mr. Talbot Glascock made his appearance, and expressed his
regret at not having reached the court before the conclusion
of the proceedings, as it was his intention to stand for the
representation of the city on independent principles. (Cheers.)
Ile did not admire the principle of monopoly, nor of potting
the representation of counties or boroughs into the pocket
of any individual. (Groans.) He hoped he would be heard, j
as he only wished to give free expression to his opinions.
Mr. Glascock, after frequent fruitless attempts to obtain a hear-
ing, concluded by thanking them for their patience and dignity,
and expressed a hope that on some future occasion he would
not be forgotten by the citizens of Kilkenny (laughter.) Im-
mediately on the return being signed by a certain number of
the electors—some of whom could scarcely write their names—
the sheriffs declared the court to be adjourned, and the mob re-
tired, cheering for O'Connell as they went out. We may here
mention one fact as illustrative of the respectability of Mr.
O'Connell's personal staff in Kilkenny. A publican from
Irislitown being asked to affix his signature to the writ, after.
casting his visual organs over the document and reading the.
first six names attached to it, declared that he felt ashamed of
signed it!!! We believe so truly contemptible a display never
before took place at an election in any part of the empire. The
whole scene presented one of those farcei which invariably eli-
cit the wit and drollery of an Irish rabble. It was an old' say-
ing during the existence of what was termed the borough-mon-
gering system, that the rooks of Old Gatton returned a member
to parliament; but even disgraceful as was that nuisance, it is
even still more so in these reforming times, when we behold the
tag-rag and bob-tail of society, at the beck of a rapacious dema-
gogue, eject men of rank and station from the positron which
they should naturally occupy, and return—aye, if desired—
such men as M'Hale's "cow-boys' to represent constituencies
in the Imperial Parliament. After the election, a chaise and
four intended to convey the intelligence to Mr. O'Connell's re-
turn started from the Court-house, and travelled by express to
Dublin; and we have been informed that this wits done by the
express order of Lo-t 1 Duncannon and the government ! Eng
land may truly rejoice in being placed beneath the feet of such
a dictator as the descendant of the Kerry Smuggler—a man
who boasts of being enabled to eject airy ministry from office
who dare dispute his ruffian mandate."