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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the next General Quarter Sessions of tbe Peace for the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York , will bo holden before Thomas Flower Ellis , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Court House , in Leeds , on Wednesda y , the 23 rd Day of October Instant , at Two o'clock in the Afternoon , at which time and place allJuroTs , Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recog . nizmce , and others having Business at the said Sessions are required to attend . And Notice is hereby further given , That all Appeals , Applications , and Proceedings , under the Highway Acts , ( not previously disposed of ) will be beard and taken at the Sitting of tha Court on Friday Morning , the Twenty-fifth Day of October Instant , at Nine o'clock , unless any Felonies or Misdemeanours shall then remain undisposed of , in which case all such Appeals , Applications , and Proceedings will be heard and taken as soon after Friday Morning , at Nine o'CJoek , as the whole of the Felonies and Misdemeanours shall have been disposed of . JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of the Peace for the said Borough . Leeds , October 3 rd , 1844 .
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SEED WHEAT . JD . PIPER , of Colne Engaine , Essex , ( Member of the Royal Agricultural Society ; , has been four years raising two new Stocks of Wheat , viz ., Piper ' s " Thick Set , " and " Colne Whitechaff Red . * At the last Southampton Meeting two sheaves of these Wheats were exhibited outside ( notice not having been given in time for their admission inside ) , where they produced much excitement , and sixpence per ear was offered . Last year , in the same field , side by side , the Piper's Thick Set grew eighfc bushels and a half , and the Colne Whitechaff Red five bushels and a half more per acre than the most prolific Wheat grown in the neighbourhood . Last autumn J . D . P . measured a quarter of an acre off his field , and dibbled the Thick Set in rows a foot apart , and one bushel per acre ; and though the plant was partially destroyed by the slug in the winter , and a good sprinkling of self-sown Potatoes were left to grow , still the yield was fourteen bushels and a half , being equal to fourteen sacks and two bushels per acre . One person this year grew fifteen sacks and two bushels , another fourteen sacks , and another thirteen sacks per acre . One parcel weighed 64 ^ ibs . per bushel . This is , perhaps , the stiffest * Etr&wed Wheat in England , and is adapted for strong or hollow bottom ground , and is not likely to get laid . J . D . P . will send to London , or to any place within ten miles of Colne , carriage free , and he will be glad to receive a post-office order , or refeience to some House in London for the money , with the order for the Wheat . The price is regulated according to the yield . Thick Set , 153 . pet bushel ; Colne Whitech&S Red , 9 * per baahel . N . B . —J . D . P . advertised in the two prinoipal papers in Essex , where the above Wheat WIS growing , ia order that Agriculturists might sea it ahd judge for themselves of the quality and quantity .
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HACKNEY COACH BYE-LAWS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Hack , noy Coach Bye-Laws , Rules , and Regulations , together with tho Plans of Distances , are now on sale at the Leeds Board of Works , and at all respectable Booksellers iu Leeds . Price Two Shillings each copy . By order , WM . WHITEHEAD . Chief Cleric Leeds Board of Works , Oct . 2 nd , 1844 .
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NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS . EGBER T E . WALKER , 11 . Gobjbe Piazzas , Liverpool , dispatches Fine First Class American Ships of Large Tonnage for the following Po " * namely : — NEW YORK , BOSTON , PHILADELPHIA , AND BALTIMOKE , NEW ORLEANS . Which are very lofty in the 'tween Decks , andsre fitted up expressly for the Comfort and Convenienc * of Second Cabin and Steerage Passengers , who sra foundry these Ships with One Pound of Bieenm Flour , Rice , Oatmeal , or Potatoes ( Five Pounds M Potatoes counts as Oao Pound of Bread ) , and lnr » Quarts of Water per Day . And should R . £ ¦ . " *• detain any Ship after the Day appointed for Sail « w eacb Passenger will be paid One Shilling per -IW for detention . For further Particulars apply as above . . Persons in the country , by writing » le r * addressed as above ( post-paid ) will roce'y ? , , i < j mediate answer , and will have the price of * * jL « and the exact day of Sailing toid them , so im *""*' they wish they need not be in Liverpool uaul" 160 ^ before . FOR NEW ORLEANS , Ship Tops Capt . J . ° gJ Marcia Clkaves 750 Chadbura 12 * w-FOR NEW YORK , First Class Ship 15 * FOR BOSTOH . New Ship 20 ; b
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THE DUBLIN CORPORATION PRPOSED TRIENNIAL MEETING OP THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT IN IRELAND . A spec i al meeting of their honors the members of the Corporation was held oa Wednesday , the 25 th nit ., in the City Assembly-bouse , Williamstreet , for the purpose of considering the adoption of & petition to the Q-ieen , upon the motion of Dr . Mannsell , praying—** That her Majesty will be graciously pleased to hold her « oart , and to summon an Imperial Parliament , to meet at least once In every three years , in ber loyal city of Dablin , also that , she vnllTecouV
mend to the consideration of Parliament the propriety of making such provision as shall secure that the same shall be dose in future times . " For anliour previous to the time announced for the ^ ommsneement « f the proceedings , eTery avail-Able seat in the body of the assembly-room and in the gallery was-crowded to excess by those persons who were enabled to obtain tickets of admission from members of the council—and amongst them were several ladies . The hall and passages le&disg to the room were also much thronged , so great was the anxiety to hear the Learned Gentleman ' s arguments in sopport of his motion for the meeting of the Imperial Parliament periodically in Dnblin .
At half-past one o ' clock the chair was taken by the X > ord-Mayor . Mr . G'Cosnell , having taken his seat , soon after crossed the Hoor , and was observed to enter into eonvcffsalioQ with Dr . M&nnsell And Alderman 3 $ n « ; the communication having terminated , the Honourable and I / earned AWerm&D resumed his place . The Lord Mayor , when the list of members was called OTrr , said—Gentlemen , it is my duty to communicate to yon that 1 summon this meeting at the request of a member of the council—the Learsed
Gentlemen at the left of the house ! Without giving any opinion of my own on the subject which he has given notice to introduce , I must say that I feel great delight at its introduction , for it is evidence of the fact that , owing to the state of things in this country , there is no party in it that is not convinced of ihe necessity for making some change—( hear , hear ) . It is satisfactory to find that the proposition has eatanated from the left side of the house , &&d 2 have no farther * bserration to make , bat to beg to call upon Councillor Maunsell—( hear ) .
. M «" . MaanEell thenrese and said—My lord , as I shall probably be obliged to trespass at greater length than I could wish upon the attention , of the council , I will waste no time in apologies either for the Eubject for which I am about to ask consideration , or for my own deficiencies as its advocate ( hear ) . The motion I propose to mike I hare no doubt will speak for itself with good effect to ihe heart of every Irishman ( cheers ) . The time seems to me favourable for the introduction of moderate measures ; for , strange « s the assertion may sonnd in English ears , 1 never recollect a period when less of party bitterness and more of general good humour prevailed in Ireland ( cheers ) . The motion I intend to put to the council is—* ' That an humble address bB presented to the
Queen , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to hold her court and to summon an Imperial Parliament to meet at least once in every three years in her loyal city of Dublin . Also , that , she will recommend to the consideration of parliament the propriety of making such provision as shall secure that the same shall be dene in future timts . " I wish to put forward my proposal in as simple and independent a shape as I can give it , and then to ask the opinion of the house on its character absolutely as a mode of procuring for Ireland certain benefits , to which , in my opinion , she i * s a just claim . In order to prevent mistakes however , it will probably be better to premise in a word that my objection to a Repeal of the Union
• with England continues to consist ( as I alleged in the House on a former occasion ) in my fears that such a measure would be productive of injurious } consequences to the Protestent Church , and would ; probably lead to a dominancy of the Romish prie 3 t- hood in Ireland , which in my humble opinion , ' would be inconsistent with the enjoyment of civil { freedom—( hear , hear ) . 1 maj be" wrong , bnt snch : is my opinion ; and having now re-stated it , I will \ proceed to an examination of my preposition—first , j as it would affect the Protestant interest in Ireland ; ' secondly , as it would affect England ; and , thirdly , j S 3 it would affect the legitimate objects of the He- pealers of Ireland . In the firsTplxee , then , let us ' conader the probable operation upon Irish Protes- ; tants of an arrangement for the periodical trans- j
ference of the court and legislature to Ireland , and I will ask would not Euch an arrangement be , at the least , as tafe for Protestants as is the present plant What is now the position ,-and what may be the reasonable expectations of Irish Protestants 1 Two institutions—and two only—in which they have a special interest , have been suffered to remain—the "University and the Church—( loud sad long continued cheering ) . Now , I ask any reflecting man will he engage that the Protestant University ( already threatened ) will not , within a year , be thrown as a sop to the monster of agitation ? —( langhter , in whieh Mr . O'Connell joined , taking off his hat ) . He proceeded-to say that there was no doubt that the TJniversuv was
threatened—( hear , hear ) . On this matter the hand-writing of ihe Premier has bnt ^ recently appeared upon the vraXL The question is no longer a moot one ; the dajs of the UniveKity © f Dnblin , as an exclnsiyelj 01 special Protestant institution , are numbered , and I will again ask , when the University shall have been sacrificed , how long do Irish Protestants snppose their church , as a national establishment , will corrive f Surely , if the history of the last fifteen jearB be remembered , no one , not vhe most sanguine truster in statesmen , can in his sober moments fail to see that this establishment is already doomed—that ike purees of the great English proprietors of Irish soil gape for the remnant of the patrimony ef the church , to the appropriation of which they have
already made a first step , by converting it from an actual property in the land to a stipendiary rent charge—( hear ) . No ; let no one hope that a minister whose mind ia trained in maraavres for tidiDg over political shoals ( I adopt the simile from the Quarterly ifcrifi *) will hesitate to slip these the two only remaining anchors of Irish Protestantism , as a national establishment , if doing so will enable him to escape official wreck , eTen if it were but for & session—( hear , hear ) . I presume I need scarcely ask are the personal and individual interests of Protestants at the present time likely to be safer than those of a collective kind 1 I will waste no time in proving at this time of day that if there be any patronage in qnestion , it will be exercised less in recompensing
the services of former friends , than ik purchasing the future support of renegade Repealers or nominal Protestants—( cheers ) . This policy has been frankly enongh avowed by the Prime Minister himself—it has been defended without scruple by the organs of his government—yet , though ail these concessions shall be made to the popular ontcry , a period must arrive when to concede more will become impossible ^( 5 ear , hear ) . By sacrificing the nniversity and the church , and by postponing the individual interests of Protestants , the consummation may perhaps be delayed ; but it will no less certainly arrive at last , and when it does come , it tnH find the Irish Protestants a betrayed , weakened , denationalised garrison of England , not even
possessed of a spoil to mollify their-conqueror— ( hear ) . Holding the court and Parliament occasionally here eorild not render the condition of Irish Protestants "worse than it bow is ; but it wonld render them , in common with other Irishmen , more respectable as a body—it would enable Englishmen to learn , what they do not now know , the actual position of Protestants in Ireland ; and if that was -once known to legislators , a due weight wonld be given to Protestant as to other Irish interests —( oheers ) . I will hang out no false colours In the hops of gaining a Tote from gentlemen opposite . I tell yon frankly , xny Iiord , « is my hope and firm belief , that by giving Irishmen their due share in legislation , and at ihe name tame protecting -them from the domination of the
-Bomish church , a long step weuld be taken towardsProteataniBing Ireland , and that , too , withont enrtailing the liberties of my Catholio fellowcountrymen in any particular—nay , with the certain € ffi * t of » iang an impregnable bulwark for the defence of the common liberties of all . Thus , I think the plan I propose wonld vastly beaefit the collective inierests of my brethren in religion . As to their private ' interests , I will only ask , wonld it be less advantageous to the Protestant than to the Cathelic barlister to have the field of Imperial Parliamentary practice thrown open to him?—to the physician to have the squares of Dublin and the provincial mansions of the aristocracy filled with the noble and the wealthy!—to the speculator ( I wish Alderman Bovce
was here)—( hear , hear , and laughter ) - ^ to have the opportunity of urging his Tail way bill within a walk of his own offiee —( hear , iear , and cheers )!—to the tradesman to have his employers quadrupled!—to the peasant to have his landlord resident at his door , as a sympathiser and supporter in Mb daily toils and wants , not an occasional visitant in the capacity ei collector of rent—( hear , hear , and loud cheers ) . These may , to some men of very philosophic minds , appear , perhaps , to be individual and trifling benefits ; bnt in the sum of them consists the happiness and glory of a nation—( hear , hear , hear ) I now come to the second head of my argument , involving a consideration of tie effect the occasional
removal of the Legislature from Westminster wonld iare upon England—and I maintain that the effect tronld be a beneficial one . The days of the mock philosophers and psendo-political economists have long Bjxoe gone by ^ so that Ineednot stop to prove , in opposition to their , theories , what the common sense of mankind readily admits—that the substitutionof a system of centralisation an bnreanoracy for the ancient plan of local government has been inJuriottB to England—( hear ) . . Nations have ever become disorganised when the grandeur of their Capitals has arrived to such a pitch as to desolate the rural districts—( hear , hear ) . Witness imperial Rome r-witnesi JFranee , after Louis the fourteenth had
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succeeded in transplanting the nobles from their provincial chateau to the hotels of Paris . In the former case provinces and colonies one after another separated from the mistreBS of the world . In the latter , the neglected peeple took a terrible vengeance for their wrongs in a series of bloody revolutions- — ( hear , hear ) . It would then , I submit , be bentfioial to England to check this growing evil ; but ^ ere there two or three political centres fixed v \ the empire instead of one , the attractions of each wonld be neutralised , and much greater probability would exist of the landed gentry residing permanently in the provinces . But another aud most important benefit wonld accrue to England from the proposed plan—English , capitalists -would thereby become acquainted with the economical resources of Ireland —( hear , hear)—and as they would at the
same time ^ I trust , acquire -aich a knowledge of the people as would give them greater confidence in their steadiness than they now possess , I cannot but hope that they would find here a much safer field for their investments than in French railways or Pennsylvanian bonds—( laughter ) . Why should not Ireland , with its noble southern harbours , open alike to ihe east and ^ to the west , be the entrepot between the old and the new world ? Why is it not sol And why do Liverpool and Glasgow , notwithstanding all their -physical disadvantages share between them the profits of that position ! Is it not because the English capitalist is not as yet ased to this country ! Bring British merchants and shipowners periodically to attend their Parliamentary duties in Dublin , and it will not be long before they learn that Cork well deserves its motto—stat ' w bene
Ma carinisi that the plains of Munster , Connau ^ bt , and Leinsler can furnish abundant stores of flour and beef to victual their Ehips ; that there is commercial talent in Ulster to supply their counting houses with clerks , and travellers , and partners . Simultaneously with this acquirement of knowledge , I trust they will also learn that Irishmen—Protestant and Catholii—can endure peace , and will ensure it . These , I say , will be public gains to England ; she / will make money of them . Neither will the balance of private convenience be against English and Scotoh Members coming to Dublin . This city is not further from York than is London . It is nearer to the great county of Lancashire , to most parts of Scotland , to all Wales— ( cheers ) . 1 will now endeavour to examine the bearing of toe proposed plan
upon the objects of the Repealers of Ireland . These I take to be—1 . Tfie obtaining of an increased attention to Irish affairs . 2 . A more powerful representation of Irish Interests in Parliament . 3 . The diminution of absenteeism . And 4 . The improvement of the economical and social state of Ireland . I maintain that every one of these would be advanced by a periodical transfer of the court and legislature to this country—( hear , hear ) . With regard to the first object—an increased attention to Irish affairs—I may , perhaps , be met by the maxim , colum non animum mutant qui trans mere currunt . Here , however , the maxim is fallacious . It is with political knowledge as with language—it can only be learned perfectly on its native soil . Residence in Ireland would insure an increased attention to
her affairs , because it would supply that lack of knowledge whioh has hitherto been the chief reason for theinattention ' of the English legislator . Besides , an opportunity would be afforded to Irishmen for gaining information without incurring the expense and inconvenience of a journey to London—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . That absenteeism would be lessened by having the Court and Parliament periodically assembled in Dublin must , I presume , be self-evident —( bear , hear ) . It would even be a plus operation , as absentees from England and Scotland wonld be brought here for tbe occasion . I have heard it objected that we should then have starvation for two years , and a surfeit on the third ; but such I think would not be the case—( hear , hear ) .
In the first place , among the most , vexatious specieB of absenteeism is the forced attendance of Irish Parliamentary suitors at Westminster—( hear , hear ) . I can myself speak from experience on this point , and could name an Irish institution with which I am intimately connected , which has been forced to expend several thousand pounds during the last seven or eight years in defending or suing . our Irish interests with the Parliament at Westminster . By the proposed plan this cause of absenteeism would be almost entirely removed , as the local business of Ireland would be done in Dublin every third year ; and , except in matters of emergency , no Irish Parliamentary work need be undertaken in the intermediate sessions . Irish gentlemen , too , who
now bring their families 10 the court , would be satisfied with having the opportunity of doing so in Dublin every third year —( hear , hear ) . They would remain in their country houses during the interim . Those worst of absentees , also , the great EnglLh proprietors , when once they should be obliged to attend Parliament in Ireland , would build houses on their estates—( loud cheera)—which would be inhabited by portions of their families even during their absence . Surely , too , tbe watering plaoes and marine resorts of this country would , from the multitude of EngliBb and Scotch Parliamentary visitors , obtain their share of temporary eojourners ; and , what the mere utilitarian wonld think better than all —tbe confidence of peace would effectually remedy
the absenteeism of English capital . With respect to the remaining object of the Repealers—the development of the economical and social resources of Ireland—it will , I presume , be admitted that the only bars in the way of the ample development of the former are the want of knowledge respecting them thai prevails among the capitalists , and the want Of confidence in tbe steadiness of our people —( hear , hear ) . How can this be bo effectually removed as by bringing 1 , 000 English and Scotch noblemen and gentlemen here to observe facts with their own eyes ? What commission would be equal to this in efficacy ! The very necessities also of the foreign and colonial oSce 3 during the Irish location wonld force upon the government the use of the noble harbours on our southern and western coasts as packet stations —their emplovment as commercial ports would
necessarily follow , and would bring with it that long train of benefits that waits upon prosperous commerce—( bear , hear ) . As to the improvement of our social state , would not that naturally attend the judicious development of our economical resources ? first , upon Irish Protestants ; secondly , upon England ; and thirdly , upon the legitimate objects of Repealers . It only remains for me to say a word or two upon its feasibility—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . I may make short work of this branch of the Bubjeet . The plan is feasible , because it has in Other times been carried into operation ( hear , hear ) . With respect to the court there nred be no difficulty , as it is within the prerogative of the Monarch to hold it where she likes—at Windsor , or at St . James ' sat Blair Athol or at Dublin . Her own gracious will can settle this portion of the question .
Alderman Butt here observed that Bbe could do the same with the Parliament . Dr . Maunsell continued—Parliaments , it is well known , were formerly held in various places—at Oxford , York , at Kilkenny , at Trim , even I believe , in the pot-walloping borough of Swords —( hear ) . There is no legislative charm belonging to Westminster . The very foundations of our law , the statutes of Merton and Gloucester , were not enacted there . When thi 3 ambulatory character was not found to be prejudicial in the thirteenth century , why should it be so now , when railways and electric telegraphs have annihilated time and space—( cheers )? Nei her is the idea a mvel one in our own day . It has been within the last six months ,
advocated in the Edinburgh Review , and the Spectator , and significantly hinted at in the Times ; and my friend Alderman Butt informs me that a few years since its advantages were warmly urged ia the Conservative pages of the Warder , and of Blackwood , and the University Magazine . There is nothing , therefore , either startling or impracticable in the project . Still men say , the plan is a good one , it onght to be adopted , but the officials and the shopkeepers of London never will permit it—it is absurd to talk of it . To such my reply is , ** the slothful man seeth a lion in the path / ' The convenience of red-tapists and London . tradeRmen must be postponed to the interests of a great empire . The opposition , at the worst , is but that of individuals , and it'it be beaten
down , as it soon would be , by an expression of public opinion , further impediment there is none—( oheers ) . Information on public affairs that may be sought from ministers in their places in Parliament can be obtained here , with few and unimportant exceptions , as readily as in London ; more readily , owing to the geographical position of this island when it relates to the colonies and to most foreign states ; as to mere office difficulties , a few extra clerks , wko , I should hope , would be selected from among Irishmen , would remove them all —( hear , hear , and loud cheers ) . I have now , my Lord , at very much greater length I fear than was agreeable to this honse—yet still too briefly and imperfectly for the importance of the snMeot—stated my case—( hear ) .
It is the case of my eorinfcry , and before an audience or Irishmen I must not fear that the cause of Ireland mtuX be allowed to suffer from the feebleness of the advocate —( oheers ) . I will leave it confidently in your hands . Why should not political unanimity for once prevail in Ireland in reference to a measure confessedly good in itself ! The craft of English pohticianB has divided the people of Ireland into two armies of hostile functionaries—< hea ^ hear , and cheers ) , •—and , under the conventional names of Whig and Tory , we have been halleoed to battle to oar own great loss , but to the party gain sometimes of a Sir Robert
Peel—sometimes-of * Lord John Russell—( hear , and cheers ) . Is there sot absurdity in this 1 What benefits have the masses of the Protestant or Catholic people of Ireland obtained from either Whig or Tory—( loud cheers )! I ask this honse have they been sufficient to recompense either party for the cruel injuries that the feuds of English parties hare brought upon our country !—for the neglect of our social interests that these political fends havO » engendered and perpetuated among ourselves ! L ^ t ns agree to differ in religious matters —( hear , heai' ^—but let us break the spell that has so long bound ns t 0 the tails of English Whigs or English Tories- —( loud cheers ) . Let us , if It were bnt for the sake oi * novelty , give
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•^^^ K ^^^^^ K ^^ one . -unanimous vote for old Ireland —( loud and long-C / ntinued cheering ) . When the applause subsided , Dr . Maunsell again rose and formally moved the resolution set forth ia his speech , stating at the same time that he bad consulted but two members on his side of the house upon the subject , and they had declared their approval of his proposition . He had expected that one of these gentlemen would have Beconded his motion , but it now appeared that he had changed his mind , and come to the conclusion that the present time waB not suitable for bringing it forward , and he supposed that as his motion would not be seconded , it must fall to the ground . As for himself , he rested content at having done his duty , and fearing stated his case , he now left it in the hands of his felloW'Oiiizen 8—( hear , and cheers ) .
Town Councillor Kirwan hera rose , and was about addressing the assembly , when he was interrupted by Mr . O'Connell , who addressing him in an under tone , said " Don't second it ; let us have no delusion . " The Honourable Gentleman then called on the Lord Mayor to decide that the motion could not be put . He stated that he made that call with the most sincere regret —( hear ) . | The Lord Mayor said he supposed Dr . MaunseH would withdraw his motion 1 Dr . Maunsell observed , in reply , that of course it fell to the ground , as it had not been secondedthereforo , all that was left for them was to adjourn —( hear , hear , and cries of Alderman O'Connell ) .
Mr . O'Connell then rose and said—My Lord , before we adjourn , I beg leave to say a few words . Had the discus ^ on been carried on upon the original motien , I o rtainly would not , have availed myself of the opportunity of makiDg what is called a Repeal speech—( hear , hear ) . I think it would have been unbecoming to do so . I am glad that the Learned Gentleman has been heard with perfect respect , and that this assembly has shewn him that attention which he merited , for the tone , temper , and manner in which he has delivered his address—( cheers ) . Firm in the assertion of his own religious opinions- ^ for in political sentiments we nearly a » ree—( laughter)—he said not a word which might be considered offensive by any human being— ( hear ) . It is
delightful to have even the beginning of a debate carried on in such a spirit . I heard the entire of , the Learned Doctor ' s speech with great and unmixed pleasure , and I concur in a great portion of it—( hear , hear ) . I think that his arguments were all but conclusive , and that they only wanted the plain conclusion—( a laugh ) . But , above all , I was delighted to see his philosophical mind perceiving that the elements of society in this country are shaking from their ancient foundation , and that a new combination is essentially necessary—( loud cheers . ) 0 ! may that combination be founded upon the benevolence originating in the political sentiments -which each entertain , recollecting that although there are mauy roads to heaven
upon which Christiana tread , there is but ono for the political salvation of Ireland , and that should be open and trodden upon by all its inhabitants of every sect and persuasion—( hear , hear , and oheers ) . I believe that recent events warrant me in saying , that there is no disposition in Ireland for the insolence ef triumph in offensive rejoicings for victories— and that more moderation was shown in victory than was sought for or shown in the hour of greater strength . I hope that spirit trill go abroad through the land , and that we will give up all ideas of those things called sops . I recognise in my per son " the monster of agitation "—( hoar , and laughter ) —but I do assure the learued doctor that I have no inclination at all to have sops prescribed to me
—( laughter ) . A 3 to the sop of the University of Dublin , I would be exceedingly sorry to see the utility of that uuiveraity lessened in any degree—1 would be sorry to see its property endunuered ; for I have the honour to be its tenant—( great laughter ) . However , I do not think that it would be any injury to that university if the numbers who attended lectures , and to whom honours should be open , were augmented ; if the number of fellowships were increased with the increase and demand for education in Dublin for the gentry of Ireland ; and if in that universitT , while the Protestant iheologic&l department was kept perfectly independent and untouched for the use ol' the Protestant Inhabitants of Ireland , a door was thrown open to allow
Irishmen of other sects and persuasions to participate equally in the distinctions and advantages in the soientific and literary department , it would delight me very much —( cheers ) . As to the question of the church , I have never concealed my sentiments ; I desire no church connection with the state in Ireland ; but I would rather perish on the scaffold than be the means of depriving any existing individual of the interest vested in him ; at the same time I think no Protestant should be apprehensive of bis religion by reason of not having a state church , and 11 would call upon all Protestants to look at the Roman Catholic religion , and see that we have no state church —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . Thank God , wo have been preserved through the emaciating cruelty
of a barbarous code , and without the assistance of the ; State , our hierarchy has been maintained —( hear , hear , and long-continued cheers ) . Surely , as you think the Catholic is in error , and that the Protestant religion is the true one , you need not be afraid of leaving your religion open to persecution , Tor that can nevor occur ; you cannot fear to rest its foundation upon the reasons which can be adduced , and the Scriptural authorities which can bo cited in itB support—nor can sou fear that Protestant truth will not be t qually able to buffet the storma of state neglect , for that is all which need : be apprehended from the Catholic religion , which the Irish embraced and maintained—( hear and cheers ) . I am glad that the learned doctor has put
his objections principally upon religious grounds ; difficulties daily arise upon this subject , for when a man conceives an erroneous notion , he is likely when combated upon that point to be more deeply fixed in ; his prejudices ; but it was consolatory to see that in political feeling a unanimity of sentiment could prevail . Things cannot remain as they arc—there must be a change , and God forbid that that change shoald be effected without the assent of men of all persuasions and all religions . 1 would cousider it not a blessing , but a curse if a change were forced upon any portion of the Irish people . I am rejoiced to see every hour symptoms which tell me that other
combinations are about being formed , which will meet more than half way every assistance which we can give towards attaining those advantages to Ireland , which the learned doctor would hare extended to us once in three years , but which I would like you should have every summer season—( cheere ); That period is approaonin ; :, and I believe in the course of a few weeks a manifestation will be made whioh will be totally devoid of religious partiziuship , and presenting a combination of Irishmen for the benefit of their fellow-countrymen—( loud cheers ) . I now beg to move " that this meeting do adjourn . " Councillor M'LoughHn—I second the motion .
The Lord Mayor—We cannot adjourn , as this is not an adjourned but a special meeting—( hear ) . We must . separate as at the last meeting of the council . The assembly then separated shortly after three o ' clock .
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The Chairman returned thanks for the honour conferred upon htm , and congratulated the Association on the manifest progress which the Repeal cause was making . The people were becoming sensible of the absolute necessity there existed for some species of domestio legislation , and he need only refer to the motion brought forward on Wednesday last in the corporation , by a Conservative Member of that body , as quite conclusive on the point . Many plans had been proposed for the amelioration of Ireland , but they would place themselves under the guidance of Mr . O'Connell , and would abide by that whioh should meet with his approval and approbation—( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell handed in several contributionsamongst them £ 35 6 a 9 d from Barbadoes , West Indies , £ 15 Is . from Manchester , and several sums from the north of Ireland .
Mr . G . Scott hand in £ 3 15 s ; from Edinburgh , and briefly addressed the meeting . The Hon . Mr . Hutchinson handed in some money , and then moved the adoption of two resolutions , one recommending the weekly collection of the Repeal rent , and the other , that correspondents through whom the money came should be instructed to mention the amount sent from their localities for the preceding six months . The honourable gentleman then said that the plan proposed would have the effect of stimulating the country to increased exertion in the collection of the Repeal rent . It was well known that the largest contributors to the national fund were a class of persons , comparatively
speaking , in the greatest distress , and this fact ought to prove to the government that the men who made these sacrifices wete in eam ^ at— ( hear , hear ) . Yea ; the people of Ireland were determined to carry out by legal and peaceable means the object on which they have Bet their hearts . The adoption of the principle of conciliation was the very best that could be ad op tod at the present important juncture . Their duty was to show their opponents that they were wrong , and themselves right ; . anything like menace should be avoided ; for a generous mind would refuse to adopt any opinions that were dictated by force . The Hon . Gentleman concluded by submitting his motion to the meeting .
Mr . O'Connell seconded the adoption of the resolution , aud read a letter from Mr . Smith O'Brien , in which the writer uTged that : — " 1 . A sufficient staff of Repeal Wardens ought to be appointed for every parish . " 2 . Iq every parish Repeal rent should be regularly collected , and forwarded to Dublin at least once during each month . " 3 . In every town and village reading rooms should be established . " 4 . The name of every Repealer in the kingdom who possesses the qualifications necessary to entitle him to the Parliamentary or municipal franchise , ousht to be placed 011 the register of electors . " The Rev . Mr . Hofkins next addressed the meeting , and stated some interesting facts connected with the Repeal movement . Mr . M . J . O ' CoNNKLL handed in several sum ? of money from tho different London Wards .
Mr . Henry Grattan . —Handed is £ 4 from Trim ( county Meath ) , and then addressed the meeting at considerable length . The honourable gentleman dwelt on the general discontent which at present prevailed—the manufacturer , the agriculturist , and the landed gentry , were all equally dissatisfied . He declared he could not coincide with the declaration " that those who were not with us were against us . " His colleague , Mr . Corballis , a Roman Catholio gentleman , was not with them , but he
certainly was not against them ; aud he trusted that the time was not far distant when he would be numbered amongst them . It was to the Catholio clergy , the safeguards of tho morals of the people , that the salvation of the country was to be attributed . The Government would make aa attempt to buy them as well as to sell the Protestant clergy , but he would toll the Catholic clergy that they would regret to the latest moment any pecuniary favour they might receive from the British Government .
After the disposal of some routine business had been gone through , Mr . Maurice O'Connell announced the rent for the week to be £ 349 18 3 . Mr . Scott was then called to the chair , and the usual vote of thanks havingbeen passed to the former chairman , the meeting adjourned .
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SEAMENS' RIGHTS . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Kuewing that you are always anxious to help the ¦ working man in a just cause , we beg you will give publicity to these few lines through your valuable columns .
TO THE SHIPMASTERS AND SEAMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN . We have seen with pleasure the intentions of her Majesty's Government to promote a full and fair enquiry into the maladministration of the Seaman's Fund , but we aUo see from toe report issued by the Select Committee of tbe House of Commons , that it is the intention of the said Committee to propose a plan , in tbe ensuing Session of Parliament , to cut off all orphans as well as widows of seamen , who at the time of the death of their fathers and husbands are not forty-five years of age ; this determination has filled us with alarm . It is well known that a vast number of tbe seamen of this country either die , or are killed , or drowned at sea or abroad , leaving behind them a widow of
thirtyfive or forty years of age , with perhaps three or four small children entirely dependant on her for support . By the proposed law these will be cut i > ff from any relief from the fund , to wbicfr their busbandB aud fathers may have contributed largely . Oa the other hand a widow of forty-five years of age may have children helpful , instead of needful , &nd may not require assistance so much as the widow with young children . Therefore , we , the delegates , representing the interests of the seamen , have detenvined to advise a remonstrance to the House of Common early in the next Session of Parliament , and we therefore respectfully invite all shipmasters and seainei' to co-operate with ua in getting up tbe said remonstrance and in obtaining even-handed justice to tbe widow and orphan of tbe British mariner .
We likewise beg to intimate to all'local Secretaries that a copy of the said remonstrance will be ft . twarded for signature as soon as prepared . Signed , Thos . Sullivan , President . James S . Fieldes , Delegate . JOHN BaiLLIE , Delegate . Simmons Wiiliams , Secretary . Liverpool , 30 th Sept ., 1844 .
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At Brussels , on the 24 th ultn a funeral service was was performed in the church of St . Gudule , in memory of the citiaaoa who fell in defence of the national independence .
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Enfield , near Burnley . —The weavers here are on strike . jThe masters reject all advances made by the men towards an amicable adjustment of differences , determined if they can to starve their workmen into submission ^ : the men , on the otbez band , are equally resolved to stand fast by each other . A meeting was held on Monday last , on Windy-hill , which was addressed byj the Bev . Mr . M'Phail . The proceedings were of the most enthusiastic- character , and closed with three hearty cheers for tbe Northern Star . An account shall be given next week of the money received , the cemmittea hoping to have the aid of the various localities In the meantime . The committee will sit every day at Mr . James Green ' s . Enfold Bur , to receive communications and contributions . Duncombe Testimonial—Central Committee . —From the Chartists of Brighton , first remittance , per Wm . Flower , Treasurer . £ l 15 s .
The Newark Shoemakers' Strike . —Great dissatisfaction has existed here for some time past , in consequence of Mr . Fiddaman , a wholesale and retail manufacturer , giving such low prices for mating his work . The consequence has been the enrolment of tbe greater part of his men in the union . He employs from sixty to seventy men , and as soon as he saw what was about to be done , he ordered all the saciety men to bring in their work , done or undone : Tnis they readily did ; and in it went , some sewed , some lasted , some with the threads hanging to them : this he did in order to starve tbe men into compliance , but the men all Stand firm like good flints . A general meeting of the men in tbe town has been held , and all have joined the union witb tbe exception of a very few . Padiham . —The Miners are still on strike . The
insertion of the following sums will oblige : —A few friends from Oakenshaw £ 2 S 3 2 d ; a friend from Cheapside jls 6 d ; a few friends at Sabden 14 * D . jd ; a few friends from Burrow 9 s Id . Churwell Colliery , neak Leeds . —In reply to an advertisement which appeared in our last number , offering employment to Miners at the above colliery , we have received a statement from the men at piesent working there , to the effect that the reason why men are advertised for , ia not that the owners are short of
bands , for there are nearly twenty hands at or in the neighbourhood of the pit still unemployed ; tut because the masters wUb to reduce wages . Tbe present bunds are paid 3 a . 7 d . per diz * n , which , as the men are only getting about two days in the week , is little enough in all conscience . The masters , however , wish to reduce the men 4 d . per doz ; n , this tbe men resist .- tbe owners , therefore , are advertising for fresh bands to take tbe places of tbe regular workmen , Tbe Churwell meu hope that their brother Miners witt scorn to respond to the masters' advertisement .
Derbyshire . —The men , at least at some collieries , have obtained the advance ; bat they find , unless they look sharply after their orgmizition they are not likely to long enjoy the fruits of their victory , as the masters are doing all they can to break up the Union . A public meeting will be held on Brinnington Common , 011 Monday , ' the 7 th of October , to commence at three o ' clock p . m . ; ' A delegate meeting will be held at the close of the public meeting . Wakefield District . —Mr . J . Wilde has held meetings at Diwgreen , and saveral other places in this district . \ Mr . DaTid Swallow has addressed very successful meetings at Lock wood , Honley , Biichincliffo , and Lepton .
Mr . D . Swallow will visit the following places next week , ! October 7 th , ( Monday ) , at the Woolpacfca Inn , Bradford ; Tuesday , the 8 th , at the CravenHeifer [; Four L : ine-ends , near Bradford , Wednesday , 9 th , at the Friendly Inn , Thornton .
Annual Meeting of the British Association . —The proceedings connected with the anriaal meeting of this great and important society for the diffusion and investigation of the truths established by science , commenced in York , on Thursday the 26 th tilt ., and closed on Wednesday evening . The meetings of the different sections have been well attended by individuals of rank , as well as of scientific attainments . " Among the persons present we may allude to Earl Fitzvvilliam , the Marquis of Northampton , the Earl of Rosse , the Dean of Ely , the Doan of Manchester , the Earl of Euniskillen , Lord Wenlock , the Rev . W . V . Harcourt , Sir J . C . Rosp , Sir J . V . B . Johnstone , Sir C . Lemon , the Hon , E .
Everett , Sir I . Brunei , Sir David Brewster , Professor Liebig , Mr . Faraday , Colonel Sabine , Professor Whewell , Professor Sedgwick , Mr . Lyell , Dr Robinson , Dr . Daubeny , Professor Graham , G . Rennio , Esq ., Colonel Sykes , Professor Grove , E . Chadwick , Esq ., Dr . Hansel , Professor Wheatstone , Professor Phillips , M . Matteuoci , H . Warburton , E-q , Professor Forbes , Professor Johnson , Dr , Buckland , Sir T . Brisbane , Mr . Murchison , and a great number of other individuals , distinguished for their scientific research , and mental attainments . The General Annual Meuting of the Association took place on Thursday evening , when the Assembly aud Concert Rooms were thrown open for the occasion . At this meeting the Ear ) of Rosse
congratuted the association on the auspicious circumstances under which they again assembled , in the venerable city of York , after an absence of thirteen years , full of energy , and with every symptom of increasing strength—with great works achieved , and still greater works in prospect , labouring in the cause of science , with a zaai quickened by the reflection , that the aim and ultimate end of all their pursuits was the moral and intellectual improvement of mankind . The Noble ( Earl resigned his office , as President , to Dr . Peacock , the Very Rev . the Dean of Ely . The address of this distinguished Divine , on taking the presidential chair , was an eloquent piece of composition , embracing a roview of the progress of the association j since it was first established in the year 1831 , and its present condition and prospects . Not less than two or three hundred papers on differrent branches of soience , have beon read at th « sectional meetings , many of which will no doubt
prove highly valuable . Amongst the communications of foreigners , was an important one from Professor Forchamner , of Copenhagen , on facoidal plants , which is to be printed amongst the transactions of the society . ] This paper is a successful attempt to apply the principles of chemistry to the elucidation of geological phenomena . Amongst these communications , of course there were some more of a theoretical than a practical nature ; but we bu'ieve thede formed only a comparatively few exception-. At the next meeting of the association , which is to take place at Cambridge , Groass , Hutnboldt , Plaua , Hansteen , Arago , Lamont , Kreill , Bache , Motelet , and other eminent scientific individuals , who have for seme time past been devoting their attention to tho subject of magnetism , will be invited to attend , and make known the result of those important ob eervations on the diurnal , monthly , and , annual movements of the needle , which have now been going on for somo years .
A Hint . —The following singular advertisement appeared in the Ayr Advertiser of Thursday : — " Advertisement . —Two English ladies , after three months' residence in Ayr , find it quite impossible to continue longer peaceably in the town , without giving a detailed account of what they are , who they tire , and where they come from . However gratify ing it might be to the benevolent inhabitants of Ayr , the ladies would consider it by far too great condescension on their part to do so . Does the boasted [ hospitality of Scotland consist jn deteriorating the ' character of the visitants ! Let us hope that this is a single instance . —Ayr , Sept . 18 , 1844 . "
St . Rolox ' s Chimney . —This giant stalk—partly perhaps on . account of its vast height , bat chiefly , we presume , in consequence of the constant internal heat to which it is bubjaoted—is exhibiting considerable rents or assures in an upward directiou . Tbe two principal seams are about half-way up ; one on the east side and one 011 the west . Although the stability of the structure is by no means endangered as yet , the enterprising proprietors have determined , as a measure of precaution , to clasp it with iron for a considerable way up . This appears a serious operation , when we consider the huge dimensions of the chimney ( forty feet diameter at the base , and fourteen at { the summit ); and to reach the height at which the rimming ; is necessary will be an undertaking of some difficulty . For tbia purpose * a mach'ne
has b ^ en invented , we believe by Professor Gurdon of this university , t > y which two men are at the present moment working their way up to the west side of the stalkjin a manner which , although it has the appearance of considerable risk and daring , seems , on examination , to be perfectly safe . The operation is an interesting one , and will become more so as the workmen continue to ascend . We may mention , that a second chimney haB juBt been completed in the same works , to the west of the great one . It is not , however , nearly so high , its height being only 250 feet—a method having been discovered whereby the smoke emitted is rendered much less pernicious to health and vegetation ; thereby obviating the necessity of carrying it , to so great a height above the city . —Glasgow Citizen .
The Factory Act . —Oa Tuesday , October 1 st , the Act to Amend the Law relating to Factories came into operation . There ate « eventy-four flections in the same , with Your schedules of forms annexed ; and by the last provision bat one it is enacted that " tbe Factory Act is amended by this act , and this act spall be construed aa one act , and that so much of . tbe Factory Act , and of any rale or regulation heretofore made by an inspector ; as is inconsistent with this act ,, shall be taken to be repelled , and that in this act , unless another sense shall be plainly shown by tbe context , or by some positive enactment to tbe contrary , the word
' child' shall be taken to mean a child under tbe age of thirteen years , and the words ' young person / shall be taken to mean a person of tbe age of thirteen years , and under the age of eighteen years . " By a short analysis of the amended act , it appears that the power ef inspectors is ; restricted in respect to rules . for factories , but they ( the inspectors ) have power to enter factories or schools at any hoar in tbe day or night , and to . require assistance ia their inveBtigatioi 8 . An office is to be open in London or Westminster , to be called " Tbe Offiocvof Factory Inspeiton , " for the use of tbe inspectors , a . ^ d toi the prestr ration of the factory records , and w ^ ere ' all notices are to be forwarded and
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I ¦ >¦¦¦! ¦ I- ¦¦ MMI ^ K » I ¦!¦ .. _ , ¦ ¦ i . ^ information obtained . Certifying surgeons to be ap . pointed by tbe inspectors to examine persons brought before them to obtain certificates of age , which certifi . eatea are not required for persons now employed . It U provided that factories are to be lime-washed and repaired at certain periods . All machinery ia to be properly guarded to prevent accidents ; and when acrf . dents occur , the snrgeons are to investigate the circunt . stances , and actions may be brought by tbe Inspectors against the owners to recover compensation . A clock is to be placed in every factory , and work regulated according to the time it ia commenced by children 01 young persons . Registers are to be kept- in factories , and by the 2 Sth section it is provided that an abstract of the act , and all regulations , shall be " fixed oa «
move&ble board , and be hung up ' as soon as received , by the occupier of the factory or his agent , at the entrance of the factory , " &o . Children who have completed their eightb year , and not under , may be employed , and their labour is not to exceed seven hoars in the day , save on alternate days , or in silk factories , under certain regulations as to ten hours' labour . Weraen are to be employed as young persons , and by the 35 th sec . tion it is declared that " no child or young person shall be employed in a factory , either to recover lost time , or for any other purpose , on any Saturday after balf-past four o ' clock in tke afternoon . " Tbe other enactments provide for holydays , for attendance at school , and the declaration of penalties for disobedience of any of tbe provisions . There is a very long inter , pretation clause , giving a definition of the terms used .
By the 57 th clause it is enacted , " Tbat the parent acj every person having any direct beaefit from the wages of any child or young person employed in any raaanet forbidden by the Factory Act , as amended by this act or who shall neglect to cause soch child to attend school as hereinbefore provided , shall be liable to a penalty of not less tban 5 s . and not more than 20 i for each offence , unless it shall appear to tbe justices before whom the complaint is preferred that such offence hag been committed without the consent , connivance , or wilful default of such parent or person so bsneatted . " Penalties are to be applied ta the establishment or sup port of any schools for the education of children em . ployed in factories . There are various forms set forth in tbe schedules annexed , for carrying out tbe protf . sions of the new law . —Times .
THE MaCCLESFIELD Millockats . —We understand that a meeting of the silk-manufacturers and throwster * was beld in one of tbe ante-rooms of the Tawn Hall , on Saturday evening last , T . Brocklehurst , Esq . in tht chair , for tbe purpose of taking into consideration the necessary arrangements for meeting the inconvenience arising oat of certain provisions in the New Factory Bill , which come into operation thU week . The law will henceforth allow young persons under eleven yean of age to be employed in factories no more than seve *
hoars per day ; and it is enacted that these seven flenri must be completed during the half of the d < y , either in the forenoon or afternoon , as may be agreed on , and that they shall in no case be spread over the whole of the day . We learn that , at the above meeting , after much serious conversation , and some discussion on the subject , it was agreed that it would be necessary that the factories should commence working at half-past St « o ' clock , Instead of six , in the morning , as at present , in order to render compliance with tbe above arrangement practicable , under present circumstances .
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Rspeal in Lonoon , Thursdat , Oct . 3 . —The agitation is making great progress , and the sterling and uncompromising sons of toil show little love for Federalism ; they have rallied more than , ever for Repeal—unqualified and unconditional Repeal . Great numbers of Englishmen still continue to attend tho meetings and enrol themselves . In the prurj-hae Ward , for tbe last seven Sunday evenings , the meetings have been chiiiiy attended by Englishmen , and an Englishman usually occupied the chair .
Lord French ' s Ward , Fountain and StiJl , Golden-lane , Gripplegate . — Mr . Fay presided on Sunday evening last over a crowded meeting ; the greatest enthusiasm prevailed . Dr . Looney addressed the meeting at great length , on the financial management of Ireland before and after the Union . He was loudly cheered . Mr . O'Callagban followed in an elaborate speech , contrasting the happy condition of Norway with the unhappy state of Ireland from oligarchial misrule . Forty new members were enrolled .
Farrinodon Waiid . —This ward meeting was crowded on Sanday last , Mr . J . Bradley , an Englishman , in the chair . Mr . W . P . Haynes addressed the meeting , and was received with loud oheers . In the course of an address , whioh occupied nearly two hours , Mr . Haynes referred to moat of the subjects connected with Irish politics , and concluded an eloquent speech amidst loud cheers . Several other speeches were delivered , and several new members enrolled . Moorfields Ward . —A large meeting of this ward was held at the Brown Bear , Eldon-strcet . Moorfields . on Sunday evening . Mr . Ward presided ; he dwelt ai great length upon the necessity of a union between tho working classes of England and Ireland , and expressed great delight at the attendance of ao many Englishmen at the wards . Mr . Cassidy and Mr . Burke , R . W . delivered able addresses . Forty new members were enrolled ; the majority being Eglishcuen .
Washington Ward . —A numerous and respectable meeting of this ward was held in Wellclosegquaro . Among those who addressed the meeting were Messrs . M'Lean and O'Callaghan . Sixty new members were enrolled . Dr , Gray ' s Ward . —At the British Queen , White Cross-street , St . Luke ' s , Mr . O'Shea in the chair , Mr . T . Daly , R . W ., at great length , dwelt upon the diffisrenoe between Federal and independent Parliament , remarking that one was the shadow and the other the substance , and that Ireland would not be satisfied with less than Repeal . Messrs . Levi and Harris also addressed the meeting . Twenty new members were enrolled .
Franklin Ward . —At the Coachmakers' Arms , Long Acre , a large meeting of this ward was held on Sunday evening last . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Leonard in his usual spirited style , and ninety persons enrolled themselves under the moral banner of Repeal . Meetings were also held on Sunday last , at Kensington , Deptford , Brentford , Chelsea , St . John ' s Wood , Lambeth , Vauxball , and almost every part of the metropolis . On Tuesday evening next , the Repealers of the Lord French ' s Ward will give a public dinner at the Fountain Hill , Golden-lane , Barbioan , in honour of the release of the Liberator .
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REPEAL ASSOCIATION-Mondat . The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this day , in the Conciliation-hall . At one o ' clock , Mr . Maurice O'Connell entered , and moved that Alderman erhan should take the chair .
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Progbess of Mr . O'Connell . —Mr . O'Conneli started from Dublin for Dorrynane on Thursday . When his intended route became known , preparations were made to receive him in the towns through which he had to pass between Dublin and Limerick ; At Rosorea a congratulatory address was presented to Mr . O'Connell . At Toomevara a similar demonstration took place . The Rev . Mr . Power , on the part of a deputation from Nenagh , read a congratulatory address , and Mr . O'Connell , in the course of his reply , made the following observations;— "I am here to tell you that there shall be no compromisethat there shall be no flinching—no hesitation ; that we shall continue in tbe course we have hitherto gone , and that perseverance will speedily crown our exertions for a Repeal of the Union—( continued cheering ) . No , there shall be no compromise . We shall obtain that grand object which will give wages to the labourer , employment to the artisan , and sufficiency to all —( cheers ) . I am going to my mountain home for a few weeks ; I am taking but thirty day 8 ' rre 8 t ; but , even during that period 1 will be employed in thinking of my country . My Irish beagles were never inbetter condition . "[ have thirty
couple of the best beagles in the world —( oheers , and a voice , I wish we had them after Peel , " great laughter ) . I will remain but thirty days , and &a I come back I mean to pass through the country at a walking pace—I mean to look into the eyes of the people , on my way , to see if I can read them , and learn if they be true and can be relied on—( tremendous cheering , and cries of " we'll follow you to death" ) . Yesl I will begin in my native town of Cahirciveen —from that I will proceed to Killarney—thence to Limerick—thence to Nenagh—and the best speech I ever made in my life I hope to make on the day I arrive at Nenagh—( loud oheers)—and thence to Toomevara , where again I shall have the satisfaoiion and the joy of meeting .-you —( cheers)—and hence onwards to Dublin . I shall go at a walking
pace . I shall then learn what the feelings of the people of Ireland are . I shall see , as I have just said , whether they are true and are to be relied on —and I will be justified in my determination to work oat the cause in which we are engaged , by the observations I will then have the opportunity of making "—( prolonged cheering ) . At Nenagh his stay was short—he waited but to change horses at tbe hotel , and then hastened to Limeriok . Here he was received by an immense multitude . Ue slept at Limerick , and the next morning addressed the assembled thousands from the window of the hotel . He concluded his speech by telling them that Repeal was coming , and that the day was not far distant when they should see a Parliament in College Green . He retired amidst loud applause , and soon after took bis departure for Derryuane .
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