The Sun. — 1822-07-16 (London, England)

WILLIAM 111., in Collegegreen, was dressed with various emblems, in commemoration of the Battle of the Boyne, as an event which not only limited the power of the Crown, but established the rights of the subject for ever.—The circumstance took place without any breach of the peace, although one of the orators of the day had prophesied that much blood would be shed, and although another of them had published, in the name of conciliation, a Letter, which was much less likely to promote good will among the inhabitants of the city, than to incite them to mutual carnage ! Many persons, who formerly deprecated such an annual exhibition, suddenly changed their opinion, as if under the influence of a reaction, which was caused by the dictatorial tone and bigoted spirit of Mr. O'Connell's letter of the 11th of July.—During the course of the day, however, groups of persons were collected round the Statue, apparently assembling more for the sake of curiosity than of mischief ; but, on the approach of the night, their numbers increased so considerably, and their demeanour became so infuriate, as to justify an alarm that the effusion of human blood, which had been so confidently anticipated, would soon take place. The streets rang with the most horrid yells, as if the mob were determimed to be satisfied with nothing but blood. At eleven o'clock, College-green, a part of Damestreet, and a part of Grafton-street, were impassable, when the desperate ruffians, who were emitting horrid yells, or threatening destruction to any person who should oppose them, having gained confidence in their numbers, began to climb up the Statue for the purpose of stripping it of the dress. At the moment, however, when they were on the point of accomplishing such a part of their object, some of the police interfered, and having driven the most infuriate of ‘he rioters from the Statue, carried away the emblems.— Some of the mob however had, in the mean time, torn down a flag which bore an inscription taken from the Scriptures, exhorting man to " Fear God and honour the King." They broke all the lamps which were attached to the pallisade that incloses the pedestal of the Statue ; but, as one of the persons wlio committed the offence was taken in the act, and was brought to a watchhouse, the question of the legality or illegality of the dressing of the Statue will probably be determined by a competent tribunal. At prasent it appears, however, that the mob might, with' equal propriety and equal right, have assailed Dublin Castle, and murdered the King's Guards at the gate, for the purpose of pulling down the Union Flag, which had been hoisted at the Bedford Tower, in honour of the day.— The exhibition of yesterday, however, differed in one particular from the exhibitions of former years, for there was not a green ribbon placed under the feet of the horse. The feet of the horse over the green ribbon; always denoted the triumph of loyalty over the faction of ribbonmen, or over the association of United Irishmen ; but as the emblem of treason was not any part of the exhibition of yesterday, the triumph, which was typified, probably referred neither to any denomination of Irishmen of the last few years, nor to the traitors of the year 1798, but to the slavish followers of James 11., who was unworthy of a crown, or to the calumniators of the glorious event which expelled the tyrant !—(Dublin Correspondent, July 13.) Never were we likely to have a more abundant harvest than the present. Corn of every description appears remarkably well. The potatoe gardens far exceed our expectations by the operation of the late rains.—(/bid.)  [