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COMMENCEMENT OF STATE " prose - cution . ABSEST OP MB , 0 COJESEI , tr , BIB 3 OHN OtJONHELX ,, & OTHERS , OS A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY , SEDITION . AN 2 > . '
ILLEGALLY ASSEMBLING . ( Tram the Dublin Monitor of Monday . ) We wars in possession of intelligence on Friday which we did not consider it advisable to poblish ^ as we had not the particulars before us . It \ wasto the effect that Mr . O'Connell and others were to be immediately proceeded . against , and that informations had that day been sworn before Judge Burton . "We have now to state that informations were sworn on Friday afternoon against Mr . O'Connell Mr . JohnO'CooneU , Mr . Thomas Steele , Mr . T . M . JUy , Doctor John Gray , Freeman ; Mr . Richard Barret , Pilot ; JMr . Charles GaTin J > nffy , Nation ; ModiheRav . Messrs , Matthew Taerney , and Peter James Tyrrell .
No arrests took place on Friday eTening , nor did $ he Government proceed an so nngrscions a manner , though , no doubt , urged thereto by some of their ultra-advisers . On Saturday morning , the Crown-Solicitor , Mr . Kemmis , addressed the following letter fco Mr . O'Connell : — Kiia&re-itreet , 14 th Octeber , 1 S 43 . Sib , —I beg to inform you that I have been directed to take ^ proceedings against you on a charge of conspiracy and other misdemeanors ; and 1 ** " further to Inform yon that Informations have been sworn against yoa tonthing the aameu before Hi . Jiutiee Barton .
May I , therefore , request you will let me know when it will be your convenience to attend and enVei into Tecogntancea to appear in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on the first day of next term , to answer such charges as may be then preferred against you by her Majesty ' s Attorney-Gsneral ? I have the honour to be , Sir , your obedient servant , W . Kbmkis , Crown Solicitor . Daniel O"ConneH , -Esq ., M . P ., 4 c , &c Mr . KeromiB waited upon Mr , < PConnell to know * i what hour it would be ^ convenient for him to give bail before Judge Burton , himself in £ 1000 , and two sureties inJZoOO each . The matter having been arranged , at half-past two o ' clock Mr . O'ConnelTs carriage was ordered to the door , when he , accompanied by Mr . John O'Connell , Daniel O'Connsll , jqxl , Mr . M'Longhlin , and Mr . Jeremiah Dunne , proceeded to Judge Burton ' s house in Stephen ' i » - green .
Jndge Barton attended the Queen ' s Bench Chamber as usual at twelve o ' clock , and remained for an hour , but he had only one motion to -eispose of , and save the members of the fourth estate , the attendance in chamber was limited . It was thought that Mr . O'Connell would tender bail in chamber , as the warrant had ieea signed bj a membercf the Qieen ' s Bench ; but one o ' clock having arrived , Jndge Barton left for his own residence , stating ^ that he would remain there to hear any applications to be made to Mm until talf-past three o ' clock .
Judge Crampton , who accompanied his Lordship , left at an earlier period . At twenty minutes to three Mr . O'Connell arrived at Judge Burton ' s house , accompanied by his two sons , Mr . John ( yConnell , aad Mr . Daniel O'Connell , jum , together wni Mr . Cornelius M'Loughlin f and Air . Jeremiah Dunne , town councillors , his sureties , to enter into the rtq-iiredTecognizancea for hi 3 appearance npon the first day of next Term , to meet ihe charges of the Government . The Learned Gentleman ( who wore the Repeal button , as did also all ihe members of his family who accompanied him ) em-Jlojed himself ^ pending the arrival of the Crown oliciUir , by inspecting the splendid and extensive collection of paintings in the front drawing-room , where & large snmber of persons were assembled .
A few minutes past three o ' clock Mr . Kemmis arrived , accompanied by Mr . H . J . Rae , Mr . Bourne { the Clerk of the Crown ) , and his bod , Mr . Walter Boorne , when Mr . O'Connell and all the parties were shown into his Lordship ' s Btudy . They immediately proceeded to execute the necessary bonds and Tecogniz&nees . The Learned Gentleman and Mr . ¦ John O'Connell were severally bound to appear in ihe Court of Queen ' s Bench upon the second day of next November , in the sum of £ 1 , 000 , and Mr . M'lxjughlin and Mr . Dunne were bound as their sureties in tie sum of £ 500 for each party . Mr . O'Connell carefully read over all the documents before he affixed his signature to them , and remarked , when he endeavoured to write with a bad pen , " that it was made more for ornament than use . "
Mr . Bourne , the Clerk of the Crown , severally swore the contracting parties , when Mr . Justice Barton signed the recognizances , after which Mr . Pierce Mahony ( who attended as Mr . John O'Cennell's solicitor ) demanded copies of the informations , aad all other documents , &c ^ from the clerk of the crown and crown solicitor , as his -client might require , and handed in the following neiice : — u Pursuant to the Act of Parliament , 6 th and 7 th at William IV ., chapter 14 , I hereby require and demand copies of the examination of the witnesses Tespectlvelj , npon which depositions I have been this day held to bail . And I hereby offer payment of such reasonable sum for the same as may be demanded . s Bated thiB 11 th day of October , 1843 . DXRIEL O'COS . VKLL . "
Jfc . Bourne replied , that as the bail was perfected , copies of all the informations and documents required by the accused parties would be furnished & £ Eoon as possible to their respective solicitors . Mr . Kemmis expressed himself in similar terms , and stated that every fair facility which he could give would be afforded to the Messrs . O'Connell and the other gentlemen charged , with a view to the -conducting of their defence . When the business had concluded Mr . O'Connell shook hands moat cordially with Judge Burton , and left immediately for his house in Memon-square . The other parties included in ihe informations received an intimation from the Crown . Solicitor that they should send in ihe names of those they intended as their sureties , and perfect bail , bo that it might not be necessary to have warrants issued for their apprehension .
This was done on Saturday , and this day all the . gentlemen mentioned above appeared with their sureties and perfected bafl . The following counsel are retained by Mr . O'Connell : —Messrs , Pigot , Q . C ., Moore , Q , C , Henn , Q . C . HatcbeB , Q-O , Monahan , QC , Fitzgibbon , ( J . C ., Whiteside , Q , C , M'Donagh , Q . C ., Close , T . O'Haean , Sir Coleman O'Loghlen , CHea , and Clements . Solidtor , Mr . W . Forde . For Mr . John O'Connell hare been retained : — Jonathan Henn , Esq ., Q £ , Gerald Filzgibbon , E ? q ., < i . C , James Whiteside , Esq ., Q . C ., and Francis M'Danagh , Esq . Solicitor , Mr . Pierce Mahony . On Saturday morning . when Mr . O'Connell received the frown Solicitor ' s letter , he immediately issned ihe following document : —
TO TH £ PEOPLE OF IBKLjLSD . iiemon-square , Oct 14 , 1843 . Bexoted PEiLOW-CoxTSTBTitES , —I announce to Jon that which you will hear from other quartersnamely , that I have given this d&y bail to ans-wer to a charge of " conspiracy and other misdemeanours" the fist d&y of next term . I make this announcement In order to eorgure the people , one and all , to observe the strictest and most perfect traiqaillity . Any attempt to disturb the public peace may be most disastrouscertainly would be frimin ^ and mischisvens . Attend , then , beloved countrymen , to me . BE 5 DT TEMPTED BT A 5 XB 0 DT TO BBEAK THS 3 "EiCE , TO TIOLATE THE LtW , OB . TO BE GtTILTT of xsn icireLT ob DisrrBBASCB . The slightest dime against order or the public peace may ruin our beautiful and otherwise triumphant cause .
If yon will , during this crisis , follow my advice , and act as I entreat yen to de , PATiBSiiT , quibtlt , rESiLiT , I t&ink I can jledge myielf to you that the l > eriod is not distant when our levered Sovereign will open the Irish Parliament in College Green . Every attempt of onr enemies to disturb the progress of the lUpeal hitherto has bad a direct contrary efiisct . ! This attempt "mil ALSO PAIL , unless it be assisted by any TrPB"Tn' ^ T | r * on the part of the people . Ba tranquil , then , and we shall be triumphant . I hare the honour te be , Tour ever faithful servant , DiJTIIL O'COSKELL .
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«« Ireland to wit—WbereM , or , Jn ihe d ^ of Dublin , Esquire , oath been charged npon ¦ oath before me , the Hon . Charles Burton , one of her Majesty ' s Justices of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in Ireland , for thai he dia Tmlawfally _ anfl aeditiously conspire , with certain other persons , unlawfully and seditiously to excite diBcontent and disaffection in the » indB d ! her Majesty ' s subjects , and to excite hex MsjestW subject * to hatred and contempt ot toGo" vernment and ] Consti £ ntaon of the realm , as by law established i and to unlawful and seditious opposition
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and resistance to such Government and Constitution , and by the demonstration of physical force , to procure changes to be made in the Constitution of th « realm as by law established , and to excite jealousies and hatred between different classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , and to excite discontent and disaffection amongst , and te seance from their allegiance , divers of her Msjesty ' s subjects , and , amongst others , her Majesty ' s subjects sening in the army and navy , and to disturb and prejudice divers of her Majesty ' s subjects in the peice&ble enjoyment nf their lights and properties , and to bring into contempt and disrepute the legal tribunals of the country , and to diminish the confidence of her Majesty's subjects in the same , and to assume and usurp the prerogative of the Crown in the establishment of courts for the administration of the law , and to forward the aaid
several objects by various seditious speeches and seditious libels ; and also by contributing amongst themselves , and by soliciting and - obtaining , as well from different parts of the United Kingdom as from foreign countries , divers large sums of money , to promote and fcffeotuate such objects ; and also far having on different days and times unlawfully and seditiously met and assembled with divers other evil-disposed persons for certain seditious and unlawful purposes ; and also that be excited divers other persons to meet and assemble themselves together on different days and times for the like seditious and unlawful purposes ; and also that he seditiously published divers malicious and seditions libels of and concerning the Government and Constitution of the realm as by law established ; and &n sach other natters as shall be alleged against the aid , by her HBJesty ' 0
Attorney-General . " These are , therefore , in her Majesty's name to command you and every of you forthwith to apprehend and bring before me , or some other of the Justices of the said Court of Queen ' s Bench , the body of the said , that he may answer the said charge , and he farther dealt with according to law . " Given under my hand and seal , this day of Ostober , 1 S 43 . '¦ fSeaD
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BOfOUBED TB . OSECVT 1 Q 1 SS OP BOHAif OA . THOL 1 * BISHOPS . The Weeily Warder stated in a late edition on Saturday , that " informations were sworn against Dr . Higgins , Roman Catholio Bishop of Ardagh . " The Correspondent of the Mondng Chroniele , writing on Saturday says-. — "AccoidiBg to rumour , prosecutions are to be instituted against the Most Her . Dr M'Hale , Catholic Archbishop of Tmr / ; Bight Rev . Dr . Higgins , Catholic Bishop of Ardagh ; and Lord Ffrench . " The Dublin Uonilor , in a late edition on Monday eveDiug , bad the following ;— •» Up to the bonrot going to press we have no authentic intelligence of " any informations having been sworn against any other parties than those before mentioned . " TheruiBour about the Bom&n Catholic Bishops being proceeded against is untrue . "
STATB OF PDBL 1 C FXELIKG . It was fenown on the Friday evening that the arrests were to be made . The fact was announced in a late Edition of the Evening Mali , in the following terms : — " STOP PBESS . " Evening M Offlailce , Six o'Cleck . " We stop the press to announce that informations have been actually sworn against all the conspirators before Mr . Justice Burton this afternoon , and were this evening lodged in the Crown Office . The warrants will be executed to-morrow ; and , although w * are aware of the names of all the parties , we think it more prudent to let the law take its course , and aot make any farther intimation upon the subject
" THE ABBEsTS WILL TAKE PLACE T 0-M 0 KB 0 W . " It is intended to pat down with the strong arm of the law all Repeal Meetings , Associations , and Committees , and to * top the further collection of Repeal rent- " God save the Qaeen . " Xong live Lord De Grey . " The Correspondent of the Times thus describes the manner in which the Beeond blow" of the Government was received by the people : — " So early as nine o ' clock this ( Saturday ) monuog the excitement consequent upon the events of yesterday evening began to manifest itself in ths crowds of
persons that commenced , at this early hour , to throng the streets in the immediate vicinity of the Castle and bead office of police ; it being buzzed abroad that the warrant on Mr . O'Connell bad been already executed , and that the Learned Gentleman might be momentarily expected to arrive in custody for ths purpose of putting in bail before the magistrates . Wholly unfounded as were these expectations , some colour of reality was given to them by the fact of a squadron of the 5 th Dragoons haiing marched into the Castle-yard at a very early boat , where they took up their quarters . The troops were in heavy marching order , and each man wore his haversack , containing a day ' s provisions .
• ' About ten o ' clock Lord EUoV rode into the Cwrtleyard from the Park , and was followed in a few minutes afterwards by Mr . Lucas , the Under-Secretary . "By eleven o ' clock the upper Castle-yard was crowded to an inconvenient degree by throngs of persons , among whom were , numbers of well-dressed people , drawn together by the doable attraction of the nsoal guard-mounting parade , and in the hope of witnessing the novel spectacle of the great leader of the agitation made amenable to the laws of Ms country . There was a studied silence in the multitude ; indeed , the most casual observer could not fail to observe the doubtful expression visible on the countenances of the crestfallen Repealers , among whom I observed an unusual somber of country people , who were easily distinguished from the Dublin mob by the txitza coat peculiar to the peasantry from the adjacent counties .
" Mr . O'Connell ' s mansion , at the south side of Merrion-Equare , was another centre of attraction , although in a minor degree , judging from the small knot of persons that assembled there up to twelve o ' clock . On passing the house , however , about an hour later , the crowd had considerably increased , and the steam of excitement was tolerably well kept op iy the occasional arrival at , and departure from , the ' liberator ' s' house of some leading star of the Corn Exchange ; but the chilling silence observable among the mob in other parts of the town was even more remarkable here . The head-parificator , riding In an outside car , arrived , and Mr . Barrett , of the Pilot , left , without eliciting as mncb as solitary cheer of recognition . Beyond a low muimuring whisper , not a sound escaped sufficient to reffls a leaf of one of the trees in the square . " APFEABA 3 CE AND COSDCCI OF MB . O ' COJiNELL . The Wttkly Frtanan , in a second edition on Saturday , had the following : —
" Mr . O'Connfill , and his » on , Mr . John O'Connell , received notice of arrest this morning , at a quarter to ten , at the residence ef the Liberator , on a warrant charging them with ¦ conspibact and other mjspemeaSOUBS , " and an intimation was at the same time given them that bail would be required . " The intimation was conveyed in Ihe very handsomest and moat considerate manner . Mr . Kemmis , jun ., called at Mr . O'ConneU ' s residence In Merrion Square , to announce that a warrant was out against him . Similar intelligence was also conveyed to Mr . John O'Connell , who was at the time in the bouse . This was considered sufficient , and Mr . O Connell pledged his word of honour for himself and the honourable Member lor Kilkenny , that they would immediately attend with their bails , at the residence of Mr . Justice Burton . The amouBt of security in the Liberator ' s case is , himself in £ 1 , 000 , and two securities in £ 500 each ; and that is Mr . John O'Connell's is the same .
" The Liberator , at the time we write , is cracking his jokes , and in his usual excellent spirits . " It may be interesting to our readers to know that , should the Government bring up the Liberator and his son for trial within twenty-one days , the trials will not , in all probability , be proceeded with until Hilary Term—shsnld they fix on a period later , the trials may be expected to come on in December . " The Correspondent of the Times has the following Tendon ef the appearance and conduct of the " Liberator : "" At a quarter before three o ' clock , Mr . O'Connell , accompanied by his bods John and Daniel , Mr . Jeremiah Dunne , and Mr . Cornelius M'Loughlin { and followed by several other Mends ) , arrived in the Hon . and Learned Gentleman ' s carriage at the residence of Mr . Justice Barton .
" On entering the drawing-room , Mr . O'Connell , who looked dejected and pale , allowed his attention to be immediately attracted by the beautiful collection of paintings for which the Learned Judge ' s resi dence is remarkable , and which he eontfnned to examine with apparent interest xtntil three o ' clock , when Mr . KemmUaad Mr . Bonnie , the cleric of the Crown , wived . The aitire party , cousistiag of about thirty persona ( many of whom , including Mr . O'Connell ana hi * two ions , wore prominently on their breasta the Repeal batton ) , were then conducted down rtaln to the Learoed Jude library .
g * _ ... . ___ ... _ .., _ " Mr . O'Connell , on entering , shook hands with his Lordship , and the recognizsneei having being wad oret by the Hon . and Learned Gentleman , he took the neees-Bar ? o&th and subaeribed Vhem . M * . John O'Connell having done likewise , they acknowledged themselves bound in £ 1 , ODD each to abide their trial on the charges preferred against them , which are conspiracy , sedition , and illegally assembling . "
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The Correspondent of the Homing Chronicle thus describes the 3 cene : — "Mr . O Connell requested to see the Information upon which the warrant was issned , and , having read it over , said he was ready to enter into bail to the amount required—namely , two sureties in the sum of £ 500 each , and himself in £ 1 , 000 . When he attempted to Bigu the recogtuzince , the pen was so bad that he quaintly remarked ' This pen was not made for the purpose of writing . ' " Mr . O'Connell appeared in right good spirits and certainly presented a strong contrast to some of bis kind and ardent ifrteads around him . "
THE INFORMATIONS . " The Crown officers had appointed four o ' clock this afternoon ( Monday ) for the delivery of the informations against Mr . O'Connell and the other parties to their solicitors ; but upon application being made at tho office ef the Crown Solicitor , at that hour , it was announced that the informations were so very volnminous , they could not possibly bejready before four o ' clock to-morrow afternoon . I have learned that the informations extend to some hundreds of office sheets . A lithographic machine has bsen fitted up in the office ot the Crown Solioitor , and a number of persons employed in making copies with all possible expedition .
** A gentleman who road a manuscript copy of the informations this day , has given me a description of the leading allegations . The principal information is sworn by Mr . Hughes , one of Mr . Gurney ' a shorthand writers , who had been employed by Government to attend the meeting at Mullaghmase , and snbseqnently the meetings of the Repeal Association at the Com Exchange . The charges set forth are Renerally of the character described in my letter of yesterday . All the parties are charged with conspiracy , extending to the Mullaghmast meeting , the Repeal Association , the Arbitration Courts , the utterance of seditious language , and the publication of seditious libels .
" Portions of the speeoh of Mr . O'Connell at Mullaghmast meeting are set forth , and it is charged that there was a demonstration of physical force at that meeting , including the employment of O'Conne ll ' a " police / ' and the temperance bands . The speeches and devices at the Mullaghmast dinner are also described . " The Rev . Mr . Tierney is charged with the utterance of seditious libels . M Gray is charged as chairman of the Repeal Arbitration Court , at Blackrock , the first which had been held . Those courts form one of the principal features in the informations .
" Mr . Steele is charged with the utterance of a speech respecting the Queen ' s visits to France and Belgium . Acoording to my information , tbi 9 charge against Mr . Steele is a rather ludicrous one . M Mr . Duffy , proprietor of the Nation , is specially charged with the publication of seditious articles . " Other parties are charged with being members of the Repeal Association , and with having been present when seditious speeches vrere spoken . But generally all the individual charges appear to be embodied in one of general conspiracy . "—Chronicle , Wednesday . M TH 2 TBIAL 9 .
"As yon are aware , the recognizances entered into by Mr . O'Connell and the other parties , are returnable o « the first day of next term , the 2 ad of November , in the Queen ' s Bench , v ? here the indictments are to be sentt 3 p . As twenty-one clear days cannot elapse before that day , there has been a very general opinion that Mr . O'Connell and the other gentlemen could avail themselves of the right to traverse in pro * . I have made inquiry on this point , and I am inclined to believe there is some doubt as to the existence of Euch a right , if the parties were disposed to avail themselves of it , in consequence of the Act 1 st Geo . IV ., which , I have heard , limits the right to traverse in pro * to courts of oyer and terzniner , and abolishes it as regards the Queen's Bench . ** If this be the case , it is probable that the parties will be called upon to plead next term , and that the trials will be fixed daring the sitting after term . "Chronicle , Monday . It may therefore be expected that the trials will take place in December .
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but in sayfeg thia . lsaid the Hon . Gentleman , I do not lower my tpee one atom—I relinquish no single right of the Irish peojte j but I am ready to assist them in a manner most conducive to their harmonious cbtafument —( tremeni ?* aa cheeriigj . He again called on the people not to ho- irritated by the taunts of their enemies , mere particiiarly the northern Catholics , who would be exposed p > annoyasee from the Orangemen , for the least outbreak in any part of Ireland would make them abandon ail hopes of ever obtaining what they were struggling f « r . This doctrine of peace was preasbed last Sunday by every priest io Ireland from the altar , and would be repeat *! next Sunday—( cheers ) . It would be a mart grievous affl ction to him , wflich nothing could ever console hies Tot , if any one on his account were to commit any outrage— ( cheers ) . HOW IS THE "iCOMPROMISE" RECEIVED : BY THE GOVERNMENT PRESS AND THE REPEALERS }
The Correspondent of the fames , in that Journal of Wednesday , thus speaks of O'Connell ' s pitiable position ; and quotes an article from the Mail which ought to stake 0 " Connell bang himself for very shame ! What a trounoing he does get 1 and how deservedly 1 ! His own cowardly , pasilanimous conduot will destroy him . Here is the article from the Times' Correspondent . Let the concluding paragraph of it be particularly noted : —
" A HEW PHASB IN TUB ASfrATIOtT . ... ' - ' . The rumour to which I alluded lesterday , respect-Ing , the probability of another blow being struck-at the agitation , was very generally believed up to thiB-fore noon ; and the impression was entertained that a proclamation would have issued forbidding any farther sittings of the ( so styled ) Loyal Repeal Association . Indeed , so confident were all parties of the truth of the report , that Mr . O'Connell himself and the Chairman at the meeting this day , made each a distinct reference to the matter . Whether auch a proceeding on the part of
the Executive would have been politic or impolitic , at the present juncture , now matters but little . Strictly speaking , Repeal is abandoned ; and Mr , OComidl has unbl-ushingly forfeited his vantage gvund , pitched 'his once formidable hobby to his old friends—the itindsof heaven , and Has QlilETLT SHRUNK down froh a WHOLE KEPEALER . j AND NOTHING ELSE , INTO A HERB DRITELLINGJ FEDERALIST . ThiB shameful abandonment of all former pledges—the reckless disregard of protestations made to the contrary over and over again , with a solemnity amounting to profaneness , is thus handled by the Mail of this evening : ¦—
"' A very general impression was entertained that the Government would follow up their former blows by proclaiming the Loyal Repeal Association as illegal , and that the meeting advertised for this day would not be permitted to be held . Perhaps , as matters have turned out , it is better that they did not , although , after the informations sworn and the proceeding ? instituted , the step is one to which the Executive stands pledged , and which they must ultimately adopt . But by their forbearance this day Mr O'Connell has been driven to the open abandonment of the primary principles upon which his agitation for repeal rested—• Ireland for the Irish' aad ' domestic Legislature '; and , in his speech of this afternoon , he has descended another peg in the political scale , and avows himself satisfied with a ] federal measure . The beaten slave r he whines like a whipped cur I A few quires of whitey-brown paper posted against the walls , not sufifr cient to supply wadding for the muskets of a battalion ,
brought him to his knees ; a few skins of parchment , lodged in the Crown-office—scarcely enough , if cut into slips , to furnish measures for Mr . Arkins ' s tailoring establishment—have prostrated him to the earth ! Repeal is abandoned . ' as well as the Clontarf meeting . We have already anticipated this measure . elsewhere , with reference to the ) antedated address to the Irish people , in which the demagogue , ready to strike the colours of Repeal , set about preparing his dupes by his bint at ' local' legislation . And what is the demagogue ' s pretence for these altered councils ? A communication , forsooth , from some popular English leader—a Chartist , doubtless , or an Anti-Corn-Law Leaguer—that , provided be will co-operate with the English Radicals to j obtain Universal Suffrage and other popular rights , they will unite with him in seeking a federal Parliament for Ireland . With this the great , the unconditional Repealer , ' professes himself content ! and . inasmuch as it will convince the hated
Saxons that he seeks no dismemberment of the empire , it is rather the better of the two . Bravo , Daniel 1 you have unbounded confidence In your own powers of delusion ; and , if you can cany it thus , entertain a very just estimate of your credulous and confiding countrymen ' s gullibility . One thing is plain , —that the bait thrown out for the 'base , bloody , and brutal Whigs / has been thrown out in vain . There will be no renewal of the Lichfield-hoose conspiracy . Feargus O'Connor ' s star Is again in the ascendant ; and Chartism and Repeal , long disunited , will bs embodied in a federal and confederate Union . '
" The Pilot ot this ] evening , although containing a report of the speech delivered to-day , does not , of course , venture to hazard a sipgle rema > fc either in support of , or dissent from , the new line of policy chalked tut by the great political juggler . Indeed , it will ba a matter of no small astonishment if , in the whole range of the Repeal press , there' be found one solitary journal that may have the moral courage to even remonstrate against the duplicity that has been practised on a too confiding people . " i What follow ia from the Thunderer himself . It behoves the Chartists to look well to it , particularly
to the latter portion . { There seems to be a sort of threat ^ that they may . be included in the measures resorted to , to " put ] down" Dan and the Repeal Movement . Does the iThunderer mesD , that if Peel feels himself strong enough to meet the Parliament next month , for extraordinary powers , " he must apply them to England also , because Joseph Sturge has written to Daniel O'Connell , and told him that if be compromises Repeal , he will get the support of the English working j people 1 Is this what the Times means ! It looks something like it ! Here are his words : — I
"If it has been with reason objected to Lord Brougham that he marred the success of the advocate by the vehemence of the partisan , and infused into the temper of political debate all the personal asperity of the excited advocate , It may be as truly said of O'Connell ( but more to the credit of his intellectual than hi 3 moral powers ) that he-evinces at all times the wary adroitness of the most cautious counsellor . He has all the resources of a veteran ' dodger' at command . He manifests an intuitive perception of the characters ot those whom be addresses . He accommodates himself to their humours , and knows the prescribed tether of his vagaries . The proclamation of the Government would have been a complete floorer to some demagogues . Not so to him . ] He swallows it as jugglers at a fair do naked swords , i It ia part of his trade to practise these feats of hazardous versatility . His followers look on , admire , applaud , and pay . What could the most dexterous conjuror desire more ?
" When his meetings Were unforbidden and unthreatened ; when it was as safe to talk of millions of fighting men as of puppy dogs and young kittens , then nothing short ef independence would please him . * Ireland for . the Irish' was declaimed at countless gatherings—• Ireland for the Irish' was re-echoed from Howth to Connemara , Dot withoutjan interpretation , too , of stern import which the Irish peasant had learned from , the traditionary legends of many years . As for federal unions—pish ! base was the slave who mooted them . Bat now—how changed' the note I bow different the attitude . ' j Sweet are the uses ef adversity . '
They teach a man , at least , to appreciate the advice which he has before scouted , and to suggest what he has hitherto contemned . ¦ Now , a federal union is discovered to be , if not a good substitute for , at least a very admirable introduction to , an independent . Legislature . Now be has no ( objection to give it a trial : — indeed , he thinks that a domestic Parliament might be very well adapted for the management of local matters : and if it were found to answer all the purposes of its authors , he for one would be contented with it t " And what , it may be ' asked , has wrought this suddeo revoluti « n in the Liberator ' s opinions ? - Is it the proclamation ? o » the fresh arrival of troops ?• or fear of further strong measures ? Doubtless , all these have exercised considerable influence on the minds both of himself and bis followers , as was perceptible in the tone and temper of the proceedings on Monday ; bat there was also another reason which operated to produce this change . He has had the offer of assistance ftwn Bng .
I » ud in his struggle for a Federal union . Aad who , it will be asked , —who is the great English ally that is to co-operate with the Repealers for the attainment of an object which many Repealers have stigmatised as a weak and half-way measure ? Why , no less a parsonage than Mr . Joseph Storge , withi l , 000 , « 0 | . FniTersal Suffrage Chartists ! The Saxon * is no longer to be denouncedfox this would be deemed rather personal to the turn Chartist allies , although Mr . O'ConaeU has at leogib declared that the use of this term was intended rather as a compliment to the English nation than as an a&ont —Birmingham is to be propitiated—and "the oft teviled and scouted Chartists are to be greeted with the wannest and most eordlal welcomes I Repeal and Universal Suffrage are to kiaa one another ; Romanism and Quakery are to lie down together ; Joseph Sturge is to embrace Thcmaa Steele ; O'Connsll is to hug O'Connor in his . arms once more ; and . Ireland is to be regenerated and federWtee ^ l ^ a : /^ " Such ia the plan for ; tJ » < £ n&&fc £ - % ' -jjan which the least whiff of citcuawtances ma jfuif into the « Ud
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< winds of Heaven *— which thedetermination or . indeet sion of Government may render mora audacious or more submissive—which may equally ba defeated by the firmness of those who oppose it , or tne timidity of those who encourage it ; but a plan which , as it involve * new elements and new combinations , as it exhibits the national and Gaelic sentiment of Ireland in alliance with H ^ fcaown democratic spirit of English discontent—no Minu" ^ should think beneath their notice ;; or unworthy of fci ^ k moat vigilant ; attention . Discordant as ma * be the ele ^ * —^^ m maybe the cheme * --contemptible as - * ^ Hm leaders of such an organfzatfon , it needs fc ^* Httle erudition to know , that to despise it would be . * 8 ! ' ^ of blind and unpardonable temerity . We have n ^ t yet seen the end of the Iridr agitation . " —Times , Wednesday . MlLtTART FORC ^ IK IRELAND . The following is the official leturn of the military fores in Ireland op to the lilh t « f October : —
Cavauiy . 1 st Royal JfragooB Guards { en rout ? Zo Dablin 460 2 nd Dragoon Guards ( Dublin ) ... . > -. ... 400 3 rd BragoonGuaTd ( Dublin ) - ... ,. » ... 400 4 th Dragoon Guards ( Newbridge ) . ~ ... 400 5 th Drsgoon Goa / da ( Dublin ) ... 400 6 th Carbineers ( Dublin ) ... ... ' 400 Scotch G 4 « yaf , 400 10 th Hussnrfl ( Cahir ) ... " ... ... ,.. 400 llth Husasrr ( DabliB ) , » . 400 Total 3 , 600 JJFFANTRT .
5 th Royal Fuzriltenr ( BtaMinj - 800 llth Foot iKUSasny ) ... ' ... 800 16 th Foot { Newbridge ) „ 800 24 th Foot ... ..-. . „ ... — ... 800 34 th Foot ( DnbHn ) . „ 800 38 tb Foot ( Dublin ) ... 800 45 th Foot , Reserve B&ttalkm ( Cork ) 800 53 rd Foot ( Enni&kfljen ) 80 » 54 th Foot ( Dublin ) 300 56 th Foot ( Cork ) „» ... ... 800 60 th Rifles , 1 st Battalion ( Bts&Hn ) 800 6 l 8 t Foot ( Limericb ? ... -. 80 O 65 th Foot ( Dublin ) 80 O 66 th Foot ( Belfast ) 80 O 67 th Foot ( Dublin ) 800 6 £ > lb Foot ( Gastlebar ) ... ...- ... ... 80 O 70 th . Foot iDablini - sno 72 nd Highlanders ( Fennoy ) ... 800 Total ... ~ - 14 , 400 DEPOT * . 1 st Royals , 1 st battalion ( Tralee ) 200 1 st Rayals , 2 ad battalion ( Londonderry ) ... 200 14 th Foot ( Armagh ) ... 200 27 th Foot ( Drogheda ) ... _ 200 30 th Foot ( Cork ) 200 35 th Foot ( Toughall ) 200 43 * d Foot fGalway ) ... 200 46 th Foot ( Athlone ) 200 47 th Foot ( Boyle ) ... 200 52 d , Foot ( Nenagh ) 200 74 th Foot ( Kinsale ) 200 8 l 8 t Foot ( Clare Castle ) ... 200
& 2 nd Eoot ( Clare Castle ) 200 85 th Foat ( Naas ) ... . 200 89 th Foot ( Clonmel ) 200 » 0 tb Foot ( Athlon *) 290 1 st battalion Kifla Brigade ( Longford ) 200 3 . ROTAL ARTILLERY , SAPPERS , MARINES , & 0 . Royal Artillery , Horae and Foot 1 , 800 Royal Sappera and Miners ... ... ... 200 Royal Marines 630 2 , 600 GRAND TOTAL . Cavalry 3 , 600 Infantry 14 , 400 © spots . 3 , 400 Royal Artillery , &o 2 , 600 Armed Constabulary ... 10 , 000
Total ... 34 , 000 A batallion ef each Regiment of foot Guards is ia constant readiness to proceed to Ireland , and arrangements have been made with the Directors of the Great Western and London and Liverpool Railways to have trains at the disposal of Government , to start at any time an order may be sent from the Horse Guards without the slightest delay . At Bristol and Liverpool steamers are also ready .
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MR . O'CONNELL'S ANSWER TO THE I GOVERNMENT . KEPEAL ASSOCIATION , MONDAY . ( From ihe Dublin Monitor of that day ) . ) " The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held at the Cprn-Exebauge to-day , Long before the hour appointed for meeting , the room was crowded to excess , and hundreds of persons were obliged to remain outside the building . " At a quarter to one o ' clock , on the m ttlon of Mr . O'Neill Dauat , " John Augustus O'Neili ,, Esq ., of Bunowen Castle , was called to the chair amid loud cheering . " The Chairman said he was extremely obliged to them for the honour they had conferred on him by calling him to that chair ! that post was considered a post of some danger—it was , therefore , that he offered himself for it—( loud and enthusiastic cheering ) . " [ At this moment Mr . Mahon , an inspector of police , entered the room ] .
" Mr . Daunt desired a seat to be given to the inspector , and every accommodation afforded to him , " A Voice—A cheer for the inspector—( cheering ) . " Mr . O'Connell then entered , and was received with the greatest enthusiasm . « Mr . O'Neill coatinued—That chair had been hitherto occupied , at least since the late exciting occurrences , by a son of Mr . O'Connell ' s , and by Mx . Daunt , and he thought it was time for some other gentleman to share the responsibility with them—( loud cheering ) . It was the first time in his life he attended a political meeting of any description , unless , indeed , they would so call the House of Commons , of which be had at one time the honour of being a member—{ hear , hear ); but be considered that Repeal was the only hope
of Ireland , and he resolved on taking a part in their proceedings—( cheers ) . They Bhould receive , with dignified silence , the manifestation of her Majesty ' s Government that they thought O'Connell disaffected . Let the Government try the question before an impartial jury , and , with the assistance of God , he would be , if possible , purer than before—( hear , h «» r , and loud cheers ) . They suspected the Repealers of that which they were incapable of , and they had not given them an opportunity of showing that they would have obeyed the law—{ hear , hear ) . He did hope that the day weuld never be seen in Ireland when it would require five regiments and a brigade of artillery to enforce any lawful proclamation of the representation of the Queen whom they venerated . The fuestion-of Repeal had advanced ao far , that it was impossible it could be sent back to its cradle or bullied into repose . They tried to dishearten them by saying that as the Liberator was
growing old he would become wearied , and the people would become tired ; but though he was advanaed in age , his heart beat as warmly as in early life for his native land— ( cheers ) . And even when he bad passed to his grave , the spirit he had called into existence was immortal—his name would be the watchword of freedom , and bis grave the rallying place of the sons of liberty—( loud cheering ) . Mr . O'Neill then went on to disclaim any desire of Catholio ascendancy , and called on his Protestant fellow-countrymen to disabuse their minds on that head—( hear , hear ) . In conclusion , he said be would blush before his child , if for one single instant an emotion of fear by reason of British bayonets had checked him in exercising bis constitutional right—( cheers ) . He would go from that chair to a prison , and from a prison to a scaffold , sooner than admit he was deterred by British troops from any act he felt himself entitled to as a freeman—( loud cheers ) .
" A respectably dressed man , whose name we could not catch , then rose to address the chair . His observations were to the effect that he had to hand in £ 10 , which had been collected in five minutes , when it was heard that O'Connell had been arrested . ( Here there was some conversation between persons round the chair , and the speaker ' s voice was completely inaudible , but his gestures were extremely violent ) " Mr . O'Connell ( perceiving this ) got up instantly , and called him to order—be should make no observations on matters extraneous —( hear , hear ) . If the gentleman was determined , as he trusted all Ireland was , to take his advice ; let the language now be as peaceable as their conduct shall be—( cheers ) .
"The Chairman said , in justice to himself , as chairman , he feit it absolutely necessary to state that he was engaged in conversation , and had not heard one single word the gentleman had used , and he was obliged to the Liberator for having interfered ; for he ( Mr . O'Neill ) would not bold the chair five minutes , if violent language were used—( hear ) . ' < Mr . O'Connell said , the fact was there was violence in the gentleman's manner , though he did not say anything violent—( hear , hear ) ;—and having interfered in an irregular manner , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) thought it sight to repress a man whom he saw losing bis temper —( hear , hear ) . There never was a moment in which good humour and good temper were so necessary— ( loud cheering ) . " Mr . Ray read a letter from Limerick , remitting £ 120 ' proclamation' money —{ great cheering ) .
" Mr . Duffy handed in several remittances , and immediately left the meeting , having , as he said , a particular engagement with Judge Burton at three o ' clock —( laughter ) . . " The Rev . MsvTietB « baated in £ 18 pioelamaUon money—( cheer *; .
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" Dr . Gray handed in s ubscriptions , and said that he also had an engagement with Judge Burton at three o'clock , " Mr . Barrett handed in a remittance from Sword ? . "Mr . O'Connell Bald itwas supposed that the Asso elation recommended persons a » arbitrators ; it w » a nosuch thing—they left the appointments to the discretion of the people ineacb . distoct —( hear , hear ) .
THE BACK-DOOR OPENED ! PREPARATIONS FOR BOLTING ! OFFERS TO COMPROMISE !!! "Mr . O'Connell rose and said he bad a subject of some importance to lay before the association—( hear , hear ); He wished , in the first ptece , to call tneir attention to the debt of gratitude they owed hla moat estimable and esteemed friend , the chairman , for the powerful discourse with which he had favoured and honoured them that day—( hear , hear )—for the constitutional spirit , wholesome advice , and manly bearingit was unnecessary to eay gentlemanly conduct of the chairman—( hear , hear ); every quality that honoured the man aad soldier was combined in the address with , which he had favonred them on the present occssion—( hear ) . He meant to moyiB that he be requested to take the cha , it in the Conciliation Hall on Monday next ,
by which day it would be ready for their reception—( loud cheers )^ and he wished to Add thathe verycheerfult # pledged himself that he xvould , in accordance with the chairman's suggestion , PROP ths wobd ¦* saxon . If ifc , alippM by widens ftom him , ne Wotua immediately , retract and repeat bis pledge—( hear ) . They hod used the word in looking far Emancipation , sitnpiy because there was no other way of describing an Englishman in the Irish language bnt by calling him a Saxon—( laughter ) . There was no other Irish Jfor Engli&hman than Sassenach—( laughter ) . LordLyndhurst had called them aliens in language , religion , and blood , and they used the form that separated them from Englishmen as completely as possible—so that Lord Lyndhurst was te blame for the recent increase of the word Saxon—( continued laughter and cheering ) . He wished them to remark on what bad fallen from the chairman on the
subject of the disloyalty of the Repealers , , as implied by the issuing of the proclamation—( cheers ) . He thought they bad little occasion to wipe off that charge —( hear , hear )—for he called to their recollection this fact , that they did not disobey that proclamation , but actually carried it into full effect . There fell from the chairman , befere he came in , an observation that be ( Mr . O'CoDnell ) bad made upon the subject of a federal Parliament—loud cheering ) . He did declare in Ihe corporation discussion on Repeal , that he was ready to take a dependant Parliament ; and he instanced Canada , and stated that their Parliament did great good . He then , for the first time , announced that without ceasing to look for an independent Parliament , he would , if it was offered him by the British Government , accept the
dependent Parliament—( hear , hear ) . He did that at some risk of his popularity ; but though there was no man living that delighted in popularity more than be did , there was no man living more ready to sacrifice that popularity , if it came in contradiction of bis principles , or the practical working out of those principles —( bear , hear , and loud cheers ) . He not only offered in the Corporation to accept a dependant Parliament , but he repeated it since—( hear , hear ) . The Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , Catholio Bishop of KUloloe , offered to join the Association provided be was admitted as a Federalist ; he pat that question to them , and he ( Mr O'Connell ) said at once to him : " Ton are a Repealeryou propose to Repeal the statute , the 40 th of George the Third ; and , therefore , you are entitled to be a member of our society , " and accordingly ,
he immediately came forward and joined them—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Sharman Crawford had announced sentiments of the same description , and the Association wrote to him a letter , saying he might be enrolled a member—then several gentlemen of the bar in Ireland joined them on precisely similar terms ; and now be bad received a proposition from a gentleman of high station in the popular cause in Eoglsnd , who was exceedingly anxious for the well working of any system that would givefreedom by means of her own representatives to the Irish people —( cries of hear , hear ) . This gentleman had communicated two propositions to him , and told him that they would get very considerable accession of strength from the popular cause in England if they could reply satisfactorily to those propositions —( hear ) . The document was to this effect : —
* "T » o things are indispensable to obtain the enthusiastic support of the whole population amongst the working classes in England—one is , that the new order of things in Ireland ( should a Repeal be obtained ) should be so well defined as to show that all that is required by you is that Ireland should have the control and management of her own local affairs ; while all that is of a national character , iu which both countries are mutually interested , should be settled by the united representatives of both countries . The other point is that the people of England should be well assured , that while they co-operate with Ireland for a Repeal , as above defined , Ireland shall heartily co-operate with England to secure a full , free , and fair representation of the people . '"
" That gentleman and others had written to him this fact , that if he concurred in the plan , he would silence two of the great objections of their enemies : one was , that which he wanted—to avoid a dismemberment of the empire ; and that this mode of repealing the Union and giving a local Parliament to Ireland , could never be called a separation—( loud cries of "hear , hear , hear . " ) The next objection was , that if Repeal were carried , Catholic ascendancy would be established , and that the plan for a dependant Parliament would meet that objection ; for if it were carried there would be no possibility of any danger of such an ascendancy—( hear , bear ) . He met these suggestions in the spirit IN WHICH THEY WEEK HADE AND DICTATED ; and he told them what had occurred in the Association already ; and THAT if ths people of England , ok BATHER A SUFFICIENT PORTION OF THEM , CAME forward , THERE WOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY
IN ARRANGING THE REPEAL ON THOSE DEPENDANT TERMS ALLUDED TO —( hear , hear ) . It might be said that consenting to take a dependant Parliament was shrinking ; but he cared Nor what taunt WA 8 MADE CSEOF . It vms no shrinking . On the contrary , it took away from their enemies every argument that they could use against them . HE repeated AGAIN , THAT THAT ASSOCIATION WERE pledged to this . They had the Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy ^ and many members of the Irish bar with them on that distinct understanding —( bear , hear ) . He confessed be bad another motive—it eeemed to him that there were some people disposed to irritate the people of Ireland into violence—( hear , hear ) . Look to the Tory preBs of Dublin for the last week—look , for instance , at the Evening Hail irritating the people ; he did net know what the Packet said , for he never read that paper—( a laugh ) . He bad again to repeat to the
people of Ireland that the Repeal depended on their own tranquillity during this crisis . The government might give them an impartial jury —( if so , the question would take very little time—( Bear , and loud cheers ) . He did not accuse them ; but he remembered a period when the government ef the day gave partial juries —( hear , hear ) . But in spite of every verdict they might get ; the Repeal cause would accumulate and increaae —( hear , hear ) . He was told yesterday that he would be prevented from addressing the Association that day ; he told the persons who said so that he bad no apprehension of the kind , because the Government themselves must know that he wae , at least , an auxiliary of theirs in keeping the peace—( hear ) . He was there preaching peace , and advising the people against Rtbbonism and against violence—( hear , hear ) . The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving " That ' the Chairman be requested to fill the chair at the opening of the Conciliation HalL "
" Mr . Steele seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . " The rent for the week was stated at £ 1 , 23213 s . 3 d . " The Times of Wednesday has a more extended Report of this " Base Compromise" meeting ; and from it we give the following additional u Compromist" speech : — " Mr . O'Connell said , he could not close the meeting without congratulating the country on the tone and iempen which it had recently exhibited j more particularly in the letters read that day , ; which bound over the individuals Bigning them to the strict observance of
peace . The Hon . Gentleman again repeated the crambe reeocta of order and submission , and eulogised the politeness of monster meetings . He congratulated the chairman on having the honour to preside over such a highly civilised people ; and assured the world that as long as the Liffey flowed , so long would the people of Ireland struggle for Repeal—( cheers ) . He had spoken particularly of a federal Parliament , as a means b y which Repeal could be obtained , and also likely to conciliate both nations ; bnt it was not such a one as he HAD looked for—< hear ) . Ha had before declared himself ready to accept a federal Parliament . He would NOW REPEAT . . THAT HE HAD BEEN ALWAYS , AND
WAS NOW , READY TO ENTER INTO ANY ARRANGEMENTS iWHICH WOULD GIVE IRELAND SUCH A PABLIAMENr . It had been hinted to him that many parties in England would readily meet his flews on this point , if on the completion of Repeal thefr arrangements should fee or a popular nature . He would tell them in England , Was soon as they formed a party strong enough to asstst ths Irish people , HE would join tihem in obtaining federalization—( cheers ) . He was ready to make a concession so as to find out a common point of unity . A federal Parliament would prevent absenteeism , would improve the tenure « f tend , and be of otfw * gejrvice i
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HOUNDING OX OF GOVBRNMEN ^ BT THS PRESS . Having now given the facts connected with this " ¦ second step" on the part of the Government to repress and suppress the Repeal ^ agitation , as far as they have yet transpired , we shall next give some of the commentaries aad prepare-the-pablio-muid an . nouncements of the press . This tioorse is necessary to enable the reader to understand the real relative position of all parties , Government , - Repealera , and Anti-Repealers , towards each other . The course of oonduct to be pursued by all , ia first shadowed forth iu those portions of the Press-over which they have influence or coutroul . We shall first give a malignant , gloating article from the Evening Mail . It appeared the day before the arrest ; and was in fact to putpare the way for them . It is important now , because it reveals the " other measures" that Government have adopted , " precisely as if we were on the en of a Rebellion . " The ferocious Mail says : — "Thank God , the authorities are acting with energy , seal , and firmness , precisely as if-we were on the eve of a rebellion—and that is exactly the way to prevent it This , we repeat , is the only way litt to prevent a rebellion ; and so foljy assured are we of the wisdom , the prudence , and the vigour by which the councils at the Castle are at present conducted , that we waive al l objections against former negligence ,, and devote ourselves—as it is clearly eur duty to do—to supporting and sustaining the Executive in it * present determinations as to future proceedings . ¦ - ¦ ¦
"Bat what is to be done ? The * raal'winding up to reports of preliminary atepa tor the detection of crime , as they appear from time to time in the public journals , hall furnish our answer .- — 'At this state of the proceedings it would be manifestly improper , and might be subversive of the ends of justice , - to enter more fully into details / Just sas' Eat- of this our readers may rest assured—the axa is about feeing laid at the very toot of the sedition ; and those- who have s » long bearded the authorities and outraged the laws will be made amenable to both . It is- Quite possible that the next number of this journal may contain intelligence calculated to cheer the loyal , io give confidence to the timid , and to make the guilty tremble ; but , at all events , a few , a very few , days will alter the aspect of affairs .
' . ' Are we to have a civil war ? Heaven forbid ; bnt , after all the organisation and the drilling—after all the threatening and demonstrations of the rebels—16 were just as well that the Queen should be- prepared tot such an emergency—and she is . " The Freeman ' s Journal of yestetdaysays : — "' In the Packet of Tuesday last we find a paragraph boastfully referring to the troops now forming the English Garrison in this country . They amount to 28 , 000 men of all arms , according to our contemporary . And this force , expensive in the extreme to England ,
crippling her power , should she find he ? military resources necessary to be wielded upon any pointfbf her possessions for aggression 01 defence , appears te be relied upon as decisive of the question at issue between her and this country ! What exceeding absurdity ! l 4 , 00 t of those troops , at least , would be requisite to garrison the towns , and that wonld jost leave 14 , 000 to eat np the millions of Irishmen who . advocate self-government I Why can't those men see how ridiculous they make themselves ? An army of that amount in Ireland would be worn out with marching in three months I'
" This is the battle of our adversaries—this the hope of our opponents ; and it is clear from the context that the Repealers are looking to the consequences . ' Now , we beg to whisper in the ear of onr contemporary , that since his declaration was penned , three regiments have arrived in Dublin—the 34 th , 34 th , and 65 th ; and that the 67 th and 5 Wh are on their way ; three regiments of horse are also under orders—the Royals , Scots Greys , and Carbineers , and will arrive directly . Houses are being rented , and accommodation , preparing for temporary barracks , and . every arrange * ment making that prudence can suggest , ' or determination put in practice , as though we were < on the eve of a rebellion ; ' and negotiations- are perfected by which all the housshould troops , ( the Guards ) cavalry and infantry , can be transferred . frotn London to Dublin , in four-and-twanty hours . ' ; - :- £ Z ''~'''< r
" We ha ? e another piece-ef intelligence , of which , wa have no reason to doubt the truth , and at whiah our contemporary will doubtless feeV shocked tot tie sake of the Constitution ; and that is , that there are 20 * 060 Hanoverian troops—as fine soldiers as any in the werid—placed by the Queen ' s uncle at her Majesty ' s disposal * , if necessary , to defend her empire foam , the hands ol traitors ; and that the offer has t * en . conditionally accepted . These troops , all Ptotestanto , are ready for embarkation at a few hours' notite ; and in four . days , with tne aid of flret-class steamers , they could- be landed on out shores , at whatever point theb services might be deemed necessary . ' SuV says ou » considerate contemporary , 'the army wonld be , worn oat with inarching in th ^ ee months . * OGais , we bad previously heard , was one of the
joints upoa which Mr . O'Connell relied ; and we heard this long before ib appearance in the ^ rtema » 8 jfi » rvaL Bnt even , this has . been cared for . We confess we should gjeatly prefer seeing the Government throwing itself at once upon the generous , feeling , and loyal sympatiy of the Protestant yeamanry , and boldly embody them as the surest and- most constitutional means ot meeting the emergency in which , we are placed ; but , as a precautionary , perhaps ; wiy preliminary measure , we by no weans abject , feat , on the contrary , highly approve of » projeet which ^ e . understand la in contemplatios-T-that of enrolling loyal citizens for local duty ia ajl large dties ; and townsthe enrolment to be wtantary , and the members to consist only of such persons a * are known tocbe o ^ posed to the Repeal of the Union . ' ( CmtinMeiin > tor Second page . ) ; '¦ i
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The correspondent of the Times gives the information : "that the proceedings at MnDashicast form the subject of the prosecution against Mr . O'Conuell , Mr . Hiy , Dr . Grey , and Mr . Steele . The speeches delivered at ihe dinner at the same meeting form the subject of a separate prosecution against Mr . Daniel O'Connell . Mr . John O'Connell Dr . Grey , Mr . Eay , Mr . Steele , and Mr . Barrett , of the Filot newspaper . "In addition to the foregoing charges , the whole of thebeforenained parties , together with the Rev . Mr . Tieraey , the Kev . Mr . Tyrrell , * nd : Mr . Charles Gavin Dufey , editor of the Nation newspaper , are charged with being ' members' of the Repeal Association . " He also gives a copy of the warrant on which the . parties nuaed have been held to bail . We subjoin it : — « To .
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V 01- YL NO . 310 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 21 1843 PWCE ""*«» - hax ^ S ^ F ^ . I J xu ^ tj . Plve » HlilliigB per Oaarter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1235/page/1/
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