The Sun. — 1850-01-01 (London, England)

IRELAND. (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)  DUBLIN, 'SUNDAY EVENING, DEC. 30.—The weather still continues intensely cold, and all the still water in city and suburbs is frozen over, but not strong enough to bear Fkaters, who, notwithstanding the noted insouciance of the Irish character, are by no m%-tns so prone to involuntary suicide as the patrons of the treacherous Serpentine. The officers of the Custom-house were all at their poats to day, as per order, to give a meet reception to the "high tide," whiels did not once show its face, nor even give a glimpse of its plethoric entity—the weather still continuing most unpropitious for an impressive entree, and the tide at Dublin bar not even reaching the ordinary altitude.  But if we have not been inundated by Neptune, the Graces have visited us with a perfect deluge of the ornamental, in dress and bijouterie. In the latter line all Golconda would seem to have been ransacked by an English company, who are selling 0' stones of the first water," at " less than the cost of manage." In the last intimation there may be more truth than is meant, albeit, there is no lack of purchasers. But the "tremendous sacrifice of bankrupts' stocks, " to the value of 200,0001. sterling," has all Dublin agog. If your witty friend Punch were here, he would indeed have many a joke to crack at the expense of agonised Benedicts, impressed into the Rotundo, "only just to look at nothing snore"—the 100,000 shawls of " Messrs. Howell, 33aird, and Co., of London." If this wondrous firm hod not had the good luck to make bankrupts of half your London tradesmen—or if the latter had not become so for their accommodation—the " unprecedented opportunity" now afforded could never have arisen. This "important sale, duly legalized by the scarlet sanction of the Crown"' (the phrase, I'll be bound, is more novel than the goods), comprises, according to the advertisement, as many articles as, if heaped together,. would fill all the buildings in St. Thomas's parish, not to talk of the Rotondo. Your leading article and the two letters in Thursday's number, in reference to the extinction of the law courts here, haveexcited a eircle great sensation amongst legal The entire productions I have heard ascribed to h e o hand—and that hand not one of an Irish practitioner. ne I feel convinced that it is as feasible for landlords to obtain protection, as for its advocates Irish dicet's to succeed in the abstraction of Irish legal jurisdiction. In this all Irishmen are unanimous. The scenel°Of litigation must still be at their own doors. They all agree that they should fight with each other at home. Another great man has deelared against protection. I shall be accounted justifiedin applying the epithet to the Earl of Rosse—the constructor of the most magnificent telescope in the world, the friend of art and science—a good landlord and an honest man. No one, however, differing from the political opinions of his Lordship, can with truth deny him the credit of being just, benevolent, and gifted, in his character of landlord, resident proprietor, and man of science. The Galway Vindicato, of yesterday has a report of A Protection Meeting, called by the High Sheriff,  but counter-reselutions were passed at the instance of Mr. M. J. Blake, M. P. and the Rev. Mr. Daly. The Cork Examiner reports a meeting at Dungarvon, in which Mr. Maguire, editor of that paper, addressed the electors, promising to seek their suffrages at the next election, in opposition to Mr. Sheil, Master of the Mint. There is no news in the other provincial papers received to-day, with the exception of a fall having taken place in linens. The Banner of Ulster says We regret to report a still further reduction in the price of linen fabrics during the past week, amounting in some districts to a farthing a yard, and others a halfpenny. The consequence has been a very general reduction of ten, and in many cases fifteen per cent. on the wages of the weavers. The trade is fully as brisk as ever, the decline in prices having been caused by the immense increase of hands at the looms, not by any want of demand on the part of consumers. The export from Belfast during the past week amounted to 1,374 packages considerably above an average."