• Mr. O'Connell has been returned for Clare, without the
appearance of opposition ; which the Orange papers sufficiently account for by admitting, that opposition, had it been made, would have been utterly hopeless.
Mr. Talbot Glasscock was very anxious to get forward to disturb the unanimity of the election ; but his progress was stopped by the zeal of O'Connelrs friends ; so at least says an affidavit signed ", John x Glynn." It is admitted even by the Morning Journal that the people behaved in the most sober and peaceable manner possible. Besides the grander themes of general reform mid Irish amelioration, on which Mr. O'Connell expatiated, in his address after the election, (and which we have thought worthy of separate notice in another page,) there were his praise of the Jesuits, his denunciation of idolworship in British India, as sanctioned by the Government, his vow to abolish many hundred oaths profanely desecrated in the collection of revenue, and his determination to investigate the mysterious imputations against one of the Princes of the Royal Blood.
" I entertain a deep respect for all constituted authority, but if there be calumny thrown on the approaches to the Throne—if the press of England, as we have witnessed, have dared to calumniate a Prince of the Throne—I feel bound to cause inquiry into it, should it be called for by no one else. have read the case of Captain Garth, and the horrible imputations connected therewith which have been thrown on the Duke of Cumberland. The Duke of Cumberland'shall, if I live, have an opportunity of clearing up these imputations ; the brother of my Sovereign shall not continue to lie under such terrible impeachment. I shall stand up in my place and call for this explanation, and let his Royal Highness's friends refuse if they dare."
Mr. Sheil and Mr. Montesquieu Bellew, the Catholic candidates for the representation of Louth, have been quarrelling over their flowing bumpers at a meeting in honour of the independence of that county. They manage these things strangely in Ireland. The festive table was converted into a hustings. Mr. Bellew taunted Shell with taking a retainer from Lord Beresford,—a fine complinaent, by the by, to the little orator, that nothing but an act of a purely professional character can be alleged against him. Sheil retorted severely, marshalling against his antagonist both his own negative failings and the positive sins of his race.
A curious story has appeared in the Dublin Evening Post, of a letter sent by Lord Eldon to the Orangemen of Ireland, of a highly inflammatory character. The Evening Mail declares it a forgery, and a clumsy one ; yet it appears that it was franked by the noble Lord, and if a forgery, deceived not..only all the postmasters, but also the gentleman, Mr. Ellis, to whom it was addressed. The letter is not given by either of the disputants ; a copy has, however, reached the Irish Government. We would incline to theopinion of the Mail, from all that we have heard of the cautio character of the alleged writer.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board one of the line-of-battle ships Vice-Admiral Sir P. Malcolm's squadron, dated "Off Cape Janizary, 15th June. "We anchored here yesterday, in company with the Asia, (Vice-Admiral Sir P. Malcolm), Ocean, Wellesley, Spartiate, Blonde, Semarang, Rifleman, Cordelia, /Etna, Hind, and Racer cutters, with ourselves. The Russian Rear-Admiral Record, with three line-of-battle ships, two frigates, and a brig, are lying off Tetmedos. The Blonde is to take the ambassador up. The Turks are very happy to see us. They have had people waiting here to receive the ambassador three weeks since. The French Rear-Admiral Bresslaw, (ambassador), some frigates brigs, and schooners, are working up to this anchorage. They will be here mos, likely to-night; and I dare say the Ambassadors will go up in the course of thret or four days more to Constantinople. The Turks have taken a Russian frigatee and sunk two brigs on the Black Sea. Lord Cochrane is there, and Hanchett at, Constantinople. We have just heard that the Porte object to a frigate going up, and that Hanchett will come down in a steam-boat for the Ambassadors : whether this is correct or not, cannot be said : they will either go in one or other.
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