The Sun. — 1844-07-10 (London, England)

THE IRISH. STATE TRIALS. a) Yester d • a meeting of the Roman Catholics of Lon-9n was held at the Music Hall, Store-street, Bedfordafillare, for the purpose of adopting an address of symI:1411Y to Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners, and L.° to adopt such measures, in case of the House of reco niAing the validity of the verdict of the guri.t of Queen's Bench in Ireland, as would enable the fi.g,ush Catholics to manifest their appreciation of Mr. ;:'°llnell's efforts in the cause of civil and religious tee'l°,,), by subscribing towards a fund for paying the e'leessive fines which were inflicted upon him and the other traversers. R•Cocke,‘Esq., having taken the chair, the Secretary touchedroeeeded to read the address to Mr.O'Connell, which was in terms of the strongest affection and respect i_owards the lion. and Learned Gentleman, and which x pressed the conviction of the meeting that the verdict 'a obtained by the total perversion of justice, equity, and truth. the CunaamArt, in addressing the meeting, said that ofo Catholics of London were bound by every principle I°t gratitude and sympathy, during his incarceration, o,:vards him through whose medium their fetters had 13 -en struck off. He cautioned the meeting that it was not a repeal meeting, and trusted that no speaker would qr.. 9 etis this subject, as he thought it would be much more flattering to Mr. O'Connell to receive the unanimous address of 200,000 English Catholics, irrespective "` the varied views which they might entertain upon that Question. the. IhnxWELL, Esq. proposed the first resolution, to I;ie, effect that the late proceedings against Mr. O'Con:11 and the other prisoners was most unjust and opiressive, and that the proceedings had been carried out i.Party and sectarian spirit. he Rev. R. CHAPMAN seconded the resolution, which as cartied with acclamation. ti 'JOHN BLOOMFIELD, Esq., proposed the next resolu,e79 which assured Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-tratoCers of the sympathy of the English Roman Catholics t,. 4.11 s them in their captivity, and of their lasting to.a titude to Mr. O'Connell for his past services pkri tlie cause of Catholicity in general, and Irieng the meeting that it would join with the at theribii.lg freed nation in the glorious privilege of purchasing the stibse°!l3.of Mr. O'Connell and his brother sufferers, by to the amount so unjustly imposed upon them 1:!!!ee of their political ransom. pa,eq ".CoNNou. seconded the resolution, which was Istr. th acclamation. Whieh determined AMRERST proposed the next resolution, wh ietermined that a deputation should be appointed, sent) hvic:ouhlNyait upon Mr. O'Connell in prison, and preseveaiwit.h the address. sPer,tt other gentlemen addressed the meeting, which piatTo at ter a vote of thanks to the Chairman. Upon ter(zytoe we observed several of the most eminent 1100,,a1 ell and influential gentlemen belonging to the athcdie persuasion in London. T 1),, LA  ...Jed la ;YE W. H. STUCKE Y,heCau. author of the „, st Ihursdly, W. H. Stuckey, C. E., t ,15Y his --nVrhtelll of Pilt'ering large bodies of water,itmhpaotrgtaonest uiscovei l' e• Ile was also the inventor of many Pneuli, 2,?5, especially one for a New Motive Pow.er}by..a. P —,4C Process - which has obtained patents in 'A:lc,. , -Trance, Holland, Belgium, another f h like his Filtration, or a Process of Tanning, whic , a.nd Austria ; and The deboth it space, time, and money. • system for filtering water was recommended in liatinotiouses of Parliament, and Lords Brougeranmment stud the especially called the attention of Gov to ~s Commissioners on the Health of Large Towns '',. great utility. In France it is about being. ded .! all the fountains of Paris, and here to the intended applied punt in Trafalgar-square. thevi. Stuckey was born at Clierson, on the banks of I-Ie :IPeT, where Howard, the philanthropist, .died. /),. as afterwards a civil engineer and merchant in St. rsburgh, where, having obtained the Governor's ‘ ount Essen's) approbation for his plan for. supplying that city '• that Y with pure water, he was doomed to endure _ e consequences of arbitary power. The son the l 7 e Cons of the Government findingll:t..t nded plan to be a profitable one, solicited the condo et, and obtained it. Stuc was ordered to ta e reason.hs works and sacrifice hiskey capital. He asked the fp to obey, and The reply was characteristic—. It is your duty otnot put impertinent 'questions." Descen d fasulAnl.ish parents, and with English feelings, he renight''. Tne works were pulled down in the dead of ,bY 200 men of the fire-brigade. He petitioned an.e.nteen times without obtaining a single answer. His had seeing at seeing himself so treated where his brother '4 wen ennobled for his public services by the late thall?cror Alexander, and his father acknowledged to be ore.,llest builder of the Russian navy, laid the foundation ,w, ''''e disease of which he died. He refused to state his r0n.... , . he _ gn nuring the reeentvisit of the Emperor Nicholas, as about that the Emperor knew nothing personally the the conduct of his Ministry, though the letter of 17,a Starquis of Northampton, as the President of the 741 Society, stating that the Emperor ought to be twoett, received in this country, from the patronage afforded eo,4l;glisli men of science by the Russian Government, deunioe in bis own case and a hundred others be flatly trn (1. Ile died a martyr to science—a victim to arbi""Y Power.  t7rTlicit'u•--A great deal of excitement was caused .40nday at the Custom-house, in consequence of intelligence 4g received soon after the usual hour of attendance, that el,s°l4?g man named John Cooper, a clerk in the Long-room goltshment, had committed suicide at his residence. He d oung man of very gentlemanly manners, attentive to whia: a 37. ounilt,les, and much respected • and no one can give any --v4 for t 149 c9nunii,aion of the rash act, .