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IR E L m \ D . 1 IR . O'COXNELL'S TISIT TO CHARLETILLE . The LiTnerick R' porier contains a very long aco = nnt of Mr . O'Connell ' s visit to Cbarleville , county of Cork , The following is en abridgment : — Mi . O'ComeU slept &t Nenwh on Wednesday night , and arrived , accompanied by Mr . Steele and Mr . E . V . O'Mafionv , in Limerick , at ten o'clock yesterday morning . vhea he started for Chsrievillo , fc . ta . DgBn . ffm his rente . At Brnff fie was joined by hundreds of the peasantry on horseback , and , -when be halted to cfiange horses , tos revived by Dr . S ^ yny , had repeal warden of Bruff , and his excelent staff , with a teetotal baud , ¦ w hich struct np " See the co : querinsj here comts . -
After delaying for arv-ut tea minutes , he proceeded on his journey , accompanird by Dr . S ^ yny and a r . u - merons eivalc ^ e . From Bruff to Kircallock the whole country roend poured forth its tens and hundreds of thousands " max , women , and children , whom the terrors of a coercijn bill could not prevent from joining in vhe rnazniScent demonstration in favour of Resell . From K ' . lmallock to Chirleville the scene along the road ¦ v ^ aa c ! the most animating description . As far as the ere could reach a vast mass of human beings presented itself to the view , carrying laurels and boughs of tress in their hands , so as to present the appearance of a rooTiDg forest , so dense was ' the crowd which filled the road . At KUmallock the carriage wss met
by a deputation from the Congregated Trades of Limerick , with their bankers , and attired in the same way as they had been on the day when they mejt him a few miles fr .. m Limerick , on his way from Rathkeale , and by thcu ^ nds of the Charievilie people and the district imrnnl—tely Burr-riding it , headed by their respected pastor , the Rev . Mr . Grike , and bis curate , the Rev . Mr . Dwyer , with two tfcuiperence twnis , all carrying grands and wearing blue and green sashes . The Rev . Mr . C .-vke sat with the Liberator on the dickey cf his c&rmse . As it advanced the numbers increased tenfold . wiL ' s it * same cbxtrcag and K-ifirg of hats continued to rend the air with . icdamatioiis . " Some idea may be formed of this Fplendid and m ^ cnificent demonstration of popular strength , when we state Hut from Bruff , which is a distance o ! t-n miles , to Charleville , the Liberator ' s carthee was obliged to proceed it a walking
pace , k > great was the immense cavalcade which accompanied it He arrived in Charleville &t a quarter to five o ' clock , accompanied , iu process . on , by at Jrast two hundred thousand persons , who rent the s . ir with their entbns-astic granulations . The scene in the prin r ips , street of CharleviUe was at this moment one of the most animating description . The house-tops were crowded by adventurous spirits , the win-J-jws by elegantly dressed ladies , who waved their handkerchiefs . A large platform was erected in the centre r , i the street opposite tfce ro-irket-honse , in which was Etationed a party of tbe 45-. ii Light Infantry and a stipendiary magistrate . After considerable difficulty , the carriage arrived ri pake the p ' . ar-form . but it was so crowded , and the >; : e-. Ls so tlcrksd np , that Mr . O'Gor . rtll foond it was impossible t :. niake h s way . and accordingly deiermirefi to address the muitc'ic frcmthe dlck-y .
On the motion cf Michael Ryan . E-q ., of Bniree , the Bev . 31 r . Croke was called to the chair . > lr . O'Connell addressed the multitude a : gr ? st length . It had , he observed , been siid by a ptrton who was represented the other < 32 . y as one who had a great regard for evtry one ' s character but his own—it was asserted by Lord Brougham that such meetings as the present were turbulent assemblies—Groans ) The newspapers stated so , and put Lord B : c nch .- » n's Elms at tb « head of the speech of the man who made the assertion . He ; Mr . O'Connellj believed that in the course of a long iifs that lord never asserted scything half so fonl and fo false ; for he had himself seen , within the last fortnight thousands upon thousands asEemtle In various parts of th * country , and never did
he witness anything so orderly , or with so much merriment and good humour— 'loud cheers . ) But Brougham degraded the 2 sst mi .. iatry by Ms being associated with them , and he was then endeavouring to speculate for his own advantage , by assailing the people of Ireland—( Groans . ) The Duke of WtUiBgton was quite disgusted with him—and , as tbe Amerian newrpaver said , that a New Tork man was bo handsome that he waa ^ obliged to carry a stick to keep off the women , they should send there for that stick , and give it to the Dake to keep offBrongnam—icbeeraand laughter . ) Tbat was his iMr . O"Conne ! l » answer to his charge of there betas tumultuous assemblages in Ireland . Bat it would ill b ^ come them to meet at any period for the purpose cf petitioning agsinst the injustice and oppression inflicted
on th ^ ir country , if they insulted or injured any boJy , or do more than eBieaveur to convince tnose in a peace able manner who had not tfee sood sense to join them—( cheers > Within the fortnight he had addressed him-Bclf to upwards of a million of tbe people — 'iend cheers . ' In the er > nrse of next week " be would meet and address another , because it was most important that these public demonstrations should bs made . sCheera . ) He came there to atk them to petition for a Repeal of the Union- ' Cries of ' We will , we will . ") His object in c ? ming an- ^ nest tfeem was to call en them to do so- Th > . y knew the treatment ihey met at tbe other a de of the waU-r ; fc ? when they asked for brt ^ d they gave thein stores , and when ttev asked for fish they eave them a s-r-per . t
• near , hear . j Although his excellent coiieagu-, >! r . Roche , rems ; ned away like himfrii from Parliament ; yet they were working for the cause of Ireland at hoTae . iCheers . ! Th ^ y next threatened them with military Tioiecce ; and ha was t ' - 'd that a party of soldiers was stnt to tbat m- _ -etir ? ior the purpose of preserving the pcice . - He regretted that for their sake , for they were the bravest men in the world ; and whenever the Queen ' s troops were sent among the people , they p ^ ru . Tmf-d their dutita faithfully , acd condscted themselves wi ? h the strictest propriety . iH&r , hear . * Three cheers for the military _ ¦ a call which was heartily rtsp :-n ^ ed toi . The Hon . and Learned GrnUeman thus concl uded : — " Were they terrified at the threat o ? tbe Duke cf Wellington ? ' ilndlgnacr cries of " Ko , no . " ? Wrre they ttrri&cd at that Of Peel ? < ~ So . no . \ No . let them take his
advicelet them keep withr the law , and when they separated , let them go home without tbe least disturbance ur irregularity . sCriea of "We will /' ' Let them insult no one , but be lively and merry at the prospect which ¦ were opening upon their country . ( Cheers . ) He wanted liberty far old Ireland . He'was travelling through the land , and would have the entire island ¦ with him before many months were wer . ( Cheers . ) Who would tell him sf ter that a British statesman would refuse their just demands , and who would tell Mrs he would not get a repeal of the legislative union ? iCheers , i France knew that England was weak as long a ? Ireland wes justly discontented—America knew it—Russia karnea , and all Europe was aware of it ; and Heaven forbid she should be secure while Ireland was in chi : ns . ( Cheers .- ) The Hon . Gentleman then concluded amid tbe sam-j deafening cheer * ,
CFrom the Times . ) DrBLlS , May 22 . —The Repeal Jrssorzziion met this day st twelve o ' clock , and rotwithsiaadiag the absence in Cork of Mr . O'Cunneli , the room "was erowded to Buff-cation . Mr . Town-Councillor Shannon took the chair . > Ir . Rat announced at the commeacem-nt of the proceedings the receipt of £ 4- > o as the subscriptions sent np to Saturday evening . 1 ; = ¦ then procctce-: ] to ' read a folnminous mass cf corre ^ purdence , tnclctiai- further sums of money , in which agreeable occupation he was engaged up to tie post hour . It is stated that the amount of the rent for the week wili be equal to that aeino ^ ledred on the last day of meeting , namely , £ ~ 9 i , odd i-hii'iae-s .
The Athloae paper contains a requisition , headed by Lore French . Bishop Cantweli , of Meath , sr i Blthop Higgins , of Mullingar ip *« ch coijri-ty , addrC £ rf < l to 2 dr . O'Connell , requesting him to name a d-y f or a public meeting a :. d dinner , to be htM in Athlose " the purpose of forwarding the re gen- ration of Irt- ia : ; d . " The ttrms proposed for the conntrj ' s " regeneration " brixg rtas-jnafcle enoegfe , Ztlz . OCo :: -11 has cx « i Saaday , the 18 th of June , for the meeting ard dinner . In addition to tte names attached to th ° Kqn sition , there figure no less than twenty-tbrse prieits . * = d that of ur . e baronet , of Wfeig creation , Sir M . D . B ^ ii' -w The document Jteelf breathes thronghont : i ton . ef dtfinnce as- ! contempt of the resent Ministerial I ' . eclarations : it E 3
rs"We ^ re fully impressed with tbe con ^ ctian tbat Bothirg short of the repeal of the union can be of any beneficial service to Ireland . This conviction is moTe firmly established by the threats said to b = m » c ? use cf by Wellington and Peel , and particularly by tee declatauon of tbe latter , who seems to entertain so thorough a contempt for mhe Irish people , that he says be w ; ll not consent to listen to the unanimous voice of her entire representa'ives . His threats of coercion we te ? pine , and m a procf of the little weight they hsve witb us we beg to inTite yon , tbe Father of Repeal , to o me
assoagst us . that we may shew him , by the recp .-n we wul give y 0 Uj tije meaBureless contempt we estt- - tomborh foi him and his abettors . We feeg to -jr-v ^ —" ' S ^ i . » thereare many of ** who have not before joined fee R- ^ eal ra nks , DOT would we , perhaps , eve : now , bat for th * ^ ft ^ ^^ p ^^^^ deelarabow ccntam toward , our country , and for th ' t fooluhthreau which have been made nU of towards onwlre . ; and we are now determined to puwue a ateady , legal , and continuous eo ^ ot aguJim uotU Ireland ts one * more a nation . "
Tbe Athlone paper also publishes the report of a preparatory meeting to make arrangement , for the reception of the Agitator , at which tbe leading orator was the Reverend Mr . Kilroe , a Boman Catholic priest , -who in the course of hi . apeeek , in allunoo to tbe threat ! of Sir R . Peel , and tbe T > nke » ald : — " Before be { the Dote of Wellington ) threatened Ireland , be ahoaM remember Waterloo , where he screamed like a dunghill eock that had jnst got a * ttats of the iteel" —I Laughter . ) It is a fact , when he saw the French army charging down npen his lines , and on the position where he stood , he screamed from very fear , til ! be na surrounded by the brave hearts and strong arms of Iriahmen ; then indeed , when surrounded by his countrymen , hia fears vanished , his self-possession re tamed , and he was able to issue bis orders with preciiLon and e&ct—< hear , hear . ) This , however , is the penoa who ha * the audacity :-o threaten the Irish
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-- v . ie . But xre regard his il-. re . at ? . as O C . nnell says , ' •* so many Kons ^ full c F : wuuiit . He dnrc not put them in execution ; and however willing he and the English arL-terc-Bey may be to tyranniza over Ireland , they dare not , and we flng back the threat with all tbe ccntemvt such tlenduh expreaaious deserve—( hear , and cheera . '' )
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PROGRESS OF REPEAL . GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT MULLIXGAR . Mnllingar , Sunday Night , May 14 th , 1843 . The great Repeal demonstration for Westmeath took place here to-day , under circumstances of the behest national importance , and exceeding :, in tho display of public feeling which it exhibited , the most splcncid of the many magnificievt exhibitions of popular s : ren £ th which haTe latterly occurred throughout the kingdom . The entire front of almost every house was hid with green bushes and wreathes of flowers , and the half dcz ^ n residences that formed exception to the general rule oniy served to heighten the elect , in shewing by their bare wall- Us destitute of the enlivening fine of the national colour as the hearts of
their occupiers were of national feeling ) , how few thf enemies of repeal rea'I y were . At short intervals , through all the streets—not only those through which O'Connell should pass , but also the streets which were wholly out of his way—were erected beautiful triumphal arches , several of which were decorated with flags of red , green , and white ; and rJI beariiiy . appropriate inscriptions , such as " Cead ra-l ' e faiko , " " Ireland for trie lr ; sh , and the Irish for Ireland , " ' Ireland must be a nation , " " We seek .-qjalijy , not ascendancy through the Repeal , " " The mai w ' ho commit ? a crime ghes strength to the em my , " li We must have Repeal , " A nation of eight ' iriHions is too powerful to be dragged at the tail of anv other country , " " Repeal , and ' no
Surrender , """ Repeai , Repeal , " &c &c . Much of the enthu ? ia 5 m described in : hc repeal newspapers as existing in favour of the national cause is considered by the anti-ln ^ h party as exaggeration , or , at leas-t , is represented as > uch by the Tory press ; but , as facts are not so easily combated as assertions , we leave the impartial reader to T ( fleet what the state of the public wind thoughout Ireland at the present period must be when large bodies of men travel on foot distances of from twenty to thiriy Irish m » les for the mere purpo ? e of swelling by their numbers the immense assemblages tbat congregate at lh-i Repeal meeur . gs , as from ihe extent of the crowds there mu-t be always a very duubtful chance of tneir being able to hear the speakers ; and the expectation of beiu ' ' Jehgbted by the doquence of Mr . O'Conneil
and otheT popu ; aT oT&toTS can , ihtTefoic , be scarcely a sufficient inducement to them to undergo so much fatigue . One reporter , speaking of this meeting , says , —'' I have seen hero to-day , upwards of twelve amateur baiids . many of them from localiiirs at a Vt-ry considerable distance , and each accompanied by large masses of their fellow-townsmen . Amorg thf m were the bauds from Kilcock , 24 mile = ;; Kells , 22 miles ( drawn in an ornamental coach , with lour horse .- ) ; Trim . " - 1 miles ; Philip ^ town , 14 miles ; Kinnegad , 9 miles ; Kilbeggan , 1 " 2 miles ; Ballinagore , 10 miles ; Ca 5 tiepo !! ard , 11 miles ; Castletowndelviu , 11 miles ; Old Castle , & . c . "—A large platform was erected in the market-place , which the charge of Is . for admission to it did not prevent from b- ; in £ most inconveniently crowded . The as ? embiage wab l ^ . OuO or 130 . l >» 0 .
( . » n the motion of the Bi » hop of Meath , seconded by Mr . Fitzerald , Bernard 3 lAi 4 ii . \ , E « q ., Mullingar , was called to tbe chair . The R = v . Mr . Kearney , P . P ., Tubberclare , moved the first resolution expressive of the evils of the Union , and of their determination to use every legal and constitutional mea . ua to obtain its repeal . Mr . Tcitk seconded the resolution which was carried . Mr . O'Con . vell then came forward , and was received with dea- ' ening shouts of applauFe , which continued for a con-iderable period . Ho said : Wellington and Peel have proved this—that they are ready enongh to show their t > eth , but they cannot
bite—( hear , hear ) . Ti » 3 t is the entire amouut of all their mighty schemes . But I will tell you why—for the ea . me reason that the cur dog cannot bite your hand if you keep it wrapped in your coat—( cheers and laughter ) . We do not give th ^ m anything to bite us on , ami they cannot touch us . Now , there are two reasons why their declarations should prove abortive . First , our object is legitimate ; and secondly , cur means are ptactab : c and lawful—( hear , hear ) . Our object is to repeal sa Act of Parliament , and there can be no crime in endeavouring to do that : y peac-. ablo and legal means . The crime was in iu passing it , and it was by a multiplication of crme ? thsti : wasorigina ^' y carried —( hear , hear ) J My fir ^ t ot-j « ct is to get Ireland for tbe Irish—( loud cheers . )
1 um content th ^ t the English should hav e England , but they hare had the dominion of tLis country to ;> long , and it is time that the lri :-h s-liould get , lha mariagenif'ir cf their own country— ill > regulation of their owu country—the er . jcjiaf-nt of their own contitry—t :: ui tbe Irish shotiid have Ireland —( great and . jng cheers ) . Nfbody can know how to govern us aa well as we would know how to do ii our .- ' . 'lves—nobody could knoir to r . licve our want ^ as wc il as wo would ouri-elves — nobody could have .-o deep an intere .-t in our prosperity , or could be so well fitied for remedying our evi's , and pr " . "tiring happiness for us as wo would oureelves . ( Hear , hear . ) And if I am told that the present system has been working for :-cven
centu-Re ? , my answer is , the more spetdiiy is i ; liicumbcut sp . 'U U 3 to ' urea ' s ourfetter ? , and to obtain the liV .-:-r ; y of our bative land . ( Cneers . ) Uld Ireland aria i . berty . ' ( Lot . J cfeeers . ) Tha ; is what 1 am s - . rugrJiat lor . ( Hear , hear . ) If I wis to tell the Scotch inat they should not have Scotland—if 1 was io tell the English thai they bhouid Lot have En ^ b . iid—if 1 was io tell the Spaniards that they hhou'd not have Spam—or tbe French that tSiey should no ; have France , they would have a right io laugh at , to hate , Vo attack , or to assail me in whatever manner they choose . But I do not » ay any such thing . What 1 say is , that as all these people have their ow . s countries the Irish ought to have Ireland . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) What numberless advantages would not the Irish eujov
if they possessed tneir own country I A domestic Parliament would encourage Irish manufactures . Tne linen trade , and the woollen trade would be spreading amongst you . An Irish Parliament would foit-r Iri ^ h commerce , and protect Irish agriculture . Tne labourer , the artizan , and tbe shopkeeper would be all benefited by the Repeal of the Union , ' but if I w ^ re to describe all the blessings that it would confer 1 would detain you l . ero crowding on each othtrs backs -until morniiig before I would be done—( laughter ) . In the first place , I ask did you ever hear of tho tithe rent charge— ( groans ) . Axe yon satisfied to ba paying parsons who do not pray tor yon- ( no , no ) . It is time , therefore , that they should be pui an end to —( hear , hear ) . The people of England do not pay for the church of the minority .
A \ oice—> o , nor the people of Scotland eifher . Yon are quite righr , though I lhink 1 hoard tne remark before ^—( laughter ) . But carry home rcy words with you , and tell thf-m to ycur neighb jurs . 1 tell you the people of Ireland will not ba much longer paying them—( hear , hear , and c ^ . cers ) . I next want to get rid of the poor-rate- —( cheers ) . England does charity in the way a per ? on will throw a Dsne to a dog by slashing it in between his teeth—( hf-3 r , hear ) . That is i&e poor law charity , the charity ot the commissioners , and a = « : stanVccmmis ^ . onfr ? , and all concerned nnder thesi , except the poor themselves , and when they do z ' .-i relief , they look upon the poor as if they we-e criminal ? , or a » if povvriy was a crime to be punished hy perpetual menthear
imprison — ( , hear , aiid lead cii-eir ) . Bat I ¦ wcu ' . d relieve the poor without the imposition of poor rates , and I would prevent vou from paying any cler-y but your own Uoud ch ' etrs ) . I snould not have used the -word prevent , because if any of you wished to pay both you might do it if you pleased ( laughter ) . I often asked Protestants how wenld they like to pay for the support of the Catholic clergy by force , and they aluays said they would not like it at all , and why should the Catholics like it one bit tho better ( hear } . Cobb . tt had a phrase for it . He used to say , " what's sauce for tho goo 3 e is sauce for the gander . " ( Laughter . ) The next thing that the Repeal "would abolish is the grand jury cess . ( Cheers . ) I believe it grindssome oi you ? ( Tries of " It does so . " ) There is not a morcisiquitous tax in the world , for it comes on the occupier instead of
on tho country at large . Give me the Repeal , and the national Treasury will pay for the making and repairing of all the roads , bridges , and public buildings , and instead of the poor farmers and occupiers paying the money themselves , it will come from the treasury , and would go in giving employment to those who have to pay it . I will tell you auorher thing I want to do , I want that every i ; ead of a family , every married man , and every r- Jtiseholder , should have a right to vote for members •¦ Parliament . ¦ They said that I wonld have an ¦ .. itresi in that , because I would then have more votes ; bat my answer is . that if I would it is because the people now I am acting honestly by them , and evtry body else who does the oame will be equally supported . ( Lond cheers . ) The landlords now persecute those who vote differently from their wi = ht * , bat I would institute the ballot-box . The
advantage is one that does not loncb wmcern tne majority ef yon . It ia the giring tbe manage ment of their own affairs to the inhabitants of the towns , instead of their having the miserable municipal reform tb * t they now possess ; but I will not trouble you farther with that . You know that tbe i&D v v duties as WtU &s "R ^ . I would esrabliih the fixity of renure ( loud cheers ) to remind them of those duties . I will tell you wbat my plan is , and you caa consider it among ? -: yourselves . My plan is teat no landlord shonld recover rent unless ne made a lease for twenty-or . e years to the tenant - no lease or no rent say 1 . ( Lead cheers . ) Unless M nude a lease , he would have DO more business
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looking for his rent than a dog would have barking at the moon . ( Cheers and laughter . ) It may be said the landlords would , in that case , put too high a rent on their lands , but I have a remedy for that too in my plan . ( Laughter , and cries of " More power . ") At present , if a man goes to register his vote , he must prove on oath what a solvent tenant could pay to his landlord for his holding , and in the same manner I would give the tenant an opportunity of proving what a solvent tenant ought to give for his land , in order to fix the amount of rent he would have to pay . ( Cheers . ) I would give the poor man the benefit of a trial by Jury in such case , so that it would bo impossible for a landlord to eet more than tho fair value of his land . It may be ^^ ~ - ~ " '"'_ ~~ _ ' ~^ '
said the poor man would be turned out of his holding at the expiration of his lease , and his lar . d given to another , but I kave a cure for that also ( cheers ) . I would allow the tenant by law every year to register , as he can now register trees that he plints , all the improvements that he makes on his holding , and if the landlord does not pay him iho full value of these improvements , he could not turn him out , but would be obliged to give him a new holding . Every tenant would then be building a better house for his pigs than he now inhabits himself , as he would be sure to get every farthing he laid out on his holding before he could be deprived of possession at the end of his lease ( cheera ) . Is it not worth while , I a » k you , to look for a Repeal of the Union
for that alone ( cheers ) ? Would it not do more to produce happiness and prosperity in the country , aud put an end to the horrible wholesale murders of tho landlords who now send their tenants to die by twenties in the ditches , aud the fearful retaliations , by assassination , that so frequently taku place on the oiher side . But this is not all . Every year since the Union nine millions of money has been sent out of Ireland , after being raised from the product ) of the soil—( cries of " eh , murder , murder ") . It is no wonder you should cry " murder , " for there i- ne country in the world where such a system would exist that must not be poor . The only countries except Ireland where anything like it occurs aro Sicily and Sardinia , and both of these , from having
absentee landlords , are miserably poor . There is not , however , a country in the world so impoverished as Ireland , where it has been found ihat thore are 2 , E 00 , C 0 t ) persons in a state of destitution cvory year . Lord Eliot , the other day , gavo a proof ot thi-s , for he had to admit that oi ' i of 83 , 000 poor rate payers , 44 , 000 were rated under £ '> . For the last ten years no less than ninety miUionn have been drawn out of Ireland , but if we j ; et the Union there will be uincty millions spent in Ireland that would otherwise bo taken from her —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . That will leave an average of £ 750 , 010 a month , or £ 125 000 a-wcek of six days to bo spent in wages , and in giving employment to the people—( loud cheers ) . 1 have all this within my trasp if the
people join me . Now , what is there in all this that WclJiugton should stammer at in his o ) d a ^ e , and tuat Peel should bluster , and get very angry about it . Even their enemies shou'd admit the progress they had made ; and let iiim have but three millions ot Repealers , and then he would make his arrangements lor obtaining the Repeal . He would have ihe liepealt rs send up 300 gentlemen , chosen from various pans of the country , each entrusted wiih £ 100 ; that would be £ 30 , 000 . They should meet in Dublin to consult upon the best means of obtaining legislative independence . They would not leave Dublin till they would agree to an act of Parliament to cs'ablish a domestic Legislature , household suffrage , voie by ballot , fixiiy of tenure , and a law against absentees
having estates in the country . Many estates would ih « . n be sold in lots and purchased up by those who would th » n become ? mall proprietors ; and it was a fact well ascertained that in proportion as the owners in fee were numerous in any country , so in proportion were the people prosperous —( hear , hear . ) Ii was tru . ' y said by Mr . Alartin , their chairman , that if they had their own parliament , taxation would be diminished to almost nothing ; for in five or six years they would be able to pay off their portion of the national debt—the duty upon every excisable article would be reduced—they would have a pound of tea for IKtle or more than was paid for two ounces and a pound of sugar at the prioo of a quarter of a pound ; the duty on tobacco would be
reduced to that there was not an old woman in the country who might not have her pipe lighted from morning till night if she pleased —( laughter . ) It was said that the Repeal was to be put down by force , but he did not believe a word of it , for there would be nothing against which the force could be applied . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They were bringing soldiers into the country to gallop against tho wind , for they had nothing else to oppose thrm . ( LaughUr . ) He would be delighted that they brought a much larger number , for they would cause the expenditure of a good deal of money , and they were besides the friends of the people . He recollected once being counsel for some unfortunate men 3 t Limerick who were tried for the robbery of
ammunition , and assaulting fourteen soldiers who were in charge of it , when the facts came out that as soon as the people discovered they were soldiers , nnt police , they determined that a man of them should not be killed , but they closed in upon them , rind disarmed them ; but in the struggle tho sergeant , who fought desperately , and seven of the men , were wounded , and , as soon as fbey were completely in thdr power , they took ihcm to the neighbouring houses , had their wounds dressed , and their wants attended to , declaring , at tho same lime that , had it been police who were in it , not a man of them should be left alive —( hear , hear . ) The unfortunate men were found guilty , and it bung a capital offence for which they had f arfeit ^ d their live ? , Baron
Pennefa ^ her , in pass-ing sentence on them , said , with tears in hi . s eyes , that , when they had the lives of others iu thnir power , they showed mercy , and ho would take care to use his influence in the proper quarter to h-iT . ! mercy extended to them . The people were always fr . end' . y to the military , and the feeling was reciprocal . He would be glad , then , how many of them was sent among them , and ho would promise them tpat they would have nothing to do but amuse th- ^ m- 'lvea and ppend their money , which would be v . _ ry pleasant to those who spent it , and those amongst whom it waa spent . He again exhorted the people to continue in habits of morality and order , violating no law and giving their enemies no advantage
over them—ho called upon the Repeal Wardens to do th ' . ir duty , and if the people followed his advice , then there would be no doubt of their succe .-s ; a « or : g of gladness would pervade the land , and he wouid outshout them all from his native mountains with the cry of liberty and prosperity to Ireland . They desired not to seek for Repeal by other agencies than those of peace , law , and order , and they would adhf re to the constitution as long as one inch o . it was left to them to stand upon —( loud cheers . ) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving the presentation of an address to the people of England and Ireland , on the present state of political aifair * , aud that it be referred to the committee to prepare such address .
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before he ast down , for hr meanb to addrras iheai at some length ; and therefore those who had o ' . hur business to occupy them had better be going home at once—( cheers and laughter ) . He asked had any thing been done since ' 34 . Had England assisted in doing anything for Ireland i He did not , expect that she would act otherwise than as she had done ; but still , if they had kept up the Repeal cry after that promise , how triumphantly would Sir Ruberc Peel be now able to shout out " England made promises —the high word of England , that was never broken " —he would say it was nevor kept—( laughter )— " was pledged—the plighted faith , the unstained honour of England were bound up in the pledge , and it would have been fulfilled . " Ho ( Mr . U'Connell ) would not " . - - --
say one word about Limerick , to be sure , while i ' eel would be so boasting —( hear , hear , )—but boast he assuredly would , and exult he would . He would say , " ther 6 can be no doubt the grievances of Ireland would be redressed , but they wanted separation . They wanted not justice , but _ hey had a vexatious and rebellious cry for separation between the two countries . " It ' , under such circumstances , tho peoplo ef Ireland continued to agitate , they would do so only through tho timidity that must naturally arise within them from the recollection of the broken faith of England in former times ; but miniy of those who join us now would be far from joining us then . ( Hear , hear . ) It was also to bo recollected that the reform parliament had then been only just instituted
and its working had not yet b . en known ; and Sir Robert Peel would also have relied on that fact . They would thus be placed in as unpleasant a position as ever public men were placed in ; but on tho other hand , bee how triumphantly they were placed . ( Cneers ) By their actions—thougiv . : ot by their belief—tlioy gavo to England tho opportunity of doing them . There were two grounds of apathy and indifference towards the Repeal agitation : one of theso was caused by tho agitation having buen abandoned for a timo , and many hun-st men feared that it had not been seriously revived —( h ^ ar , hear ) —and the other was ihe policy adopted by the Wings in the notorious declaration of Lord Ebrington , now Earl Foruscuo , againut the
Repealersthe paltry attempt at corrupting the youth of Ireland by bribery—the effort made to corrupt thr waters of social life , so that those who drank ot what ought to bo tho pure spring of patriotism imbibed Oiily basent ss and turpitude , and the personal expectations of po'itical benefits—( hear , hear ) . Where were the bir that used to surround them at former times ? Lord t ' ortescue can tell . They are still afraid that the Whigs may come into power again , and that they would bo excluded from promotion . Shame on the Irish bar for having at length deserted their country —( cries of shame , shame ) . But tho Repealers could do without them . Tney had a buflioient numb' r of tho honest portion of the bar to do the public business ; and with that
portion , and tho popular strength that was collected arouud thorn , &ud iho aid of that Providoaco that he hoped was watching over the destinies of the country , they would go on—( loud cheers ) . Ho had been aware that that public apathy could not continue much longer . Ho knew how anxious the peppio really were for their country , aud that the moment he was able to cry out " Ireland for the Irish , " ho would have a talisman that would be irresistible in rousing tho patriotism of tho country . But aa soon as he saw a predisposing sentiment of a higher order cf agitation , his hopes brightened . When he called 1843 tho Repeal yerr . many persons laughed and sneered at him . Wh ) laughed and sneered now ? In point of history how t : en
wore they circumstanced ! Peel and Wellington threatened them ; they came out with their declaration of a throat . They are , forsooth , to appty to Parliament for more power , that they may put down the exercise of a constitutional power , but will they do it —( hear , hear ) . He would not discuss the prudence of their doing so for a while , but this ho would say , for tho present , that the threat had como forth : the brutum fulmen had been announced . Tho thunderbolt had been heard to hiss but not to roar through the upper air , bu . the Irish people despised it . What was the first response ] The great meeting of W ^ stmeath —( loud cheers ) . He was not exaggerating when he said that tens of thousands , and he believed he did not exaggerate
when he said more than 100 , 000 persons were assembled there . But whatever the numbers were the assemblage was majestic , and it was also well conducted . Tho people were civil towards each other , and their mutual politeness prevented the pressure of the crowd from injuring any person . They were sober , good humoured , and steady , while they exhibited tho most marked hatred of their enemies and the strongest love of their friends . They met to hear the advantage of the Repeal talked of , but them waa a pre-gono conviction iu their own minds that required no instruction to them . Let Wellington and Pool know that that was their reply to tlicir menaces . When they said " tho resolution of 11 ( 34 , " he would say " the meeting in
We 3 tmeath "— ( chetra . ) And was it no answer to them that they bad £ G . 'Xi 12 s . 4 d ., and he would not forgivo Peel orio penny of it- ( ioud cheers . ) but ought not the people of England , and the statesmen ot England consider what oteps they ought now to take . They should recollect that Iho Irish people violate no law , infringe no statute , are ftuilty of iso violence . There shall be no rebellim while he lived . The name of it should i » ot bo heard . Th < 3 Irish people would attack no one , but he would not say that , if attacked , they would not defend thomsolve ;—( enth siastic cheering for several minuter ) Ti \ e Repeal would be carried by legal means , or , at leant , by means that wore constitutional—( hear , hear . ) But the English , it seemed , did not hko the cry for Repeal . If they did not , why did not they j . ) in them
in insisting that justice should be done to Ireland—( hear , hear . ) Tno Tory party never attempted to apply the proper remedy fur the ills of Ireland . Ho s ated at Mullingar that they acted like the Frenchman who attempted to fatten hid horse- He tried ono day a purgative , another day » pill , another day a drench , and then ho tried mere medicine , he supposed Morison ' s pills —( laughter . ) At longtli he tried tobacco water , but tho horse would not fatten by all the trials , and at length somebody asked him " did you ever try oats "— ( hear aud laughter ) In the same manner England tried evtry means of tranquil lising Ireland except the oats—the doing her justice —( hear , hear . ) She tried coercion bills , transportation bills , peace preservation bills . A Toico—Th arms bill .
Mr . O'Connell—That had not papjcd yet , but he would come to it by and bye . But would it not become the people of England really to see whether the Irish people had not grievances to complain of ? —could tho English minister hold so high a tone towards the King of France now , as if he could say that England , Scotland , and Ireland would man their armies and navy ; but was it . so ' Could ho tell tho Emperor of Russia or the King of France to fear him—could he tell the Americans not to dare infringe on the British boundary ? They would reply to him in the short and emphatic word , " Ireland" —( hear and cheers ;) and it would be a reasonable answer for them to give him , for heaven forbid that England should be strong as long as she is
unjust towards Ireland —( cheers . ) No , they well knew that the Irish people , attached as they are by allegiance to the throne , have still one lovo higher than that or any other passion , and that is love of their native land , and that they will not miss any oppor : uuity of compelling England by the fo ? co of circumstances to do Ireland that justice which she is so reluctant to afford —( hear and cheers . ) Was it not proper and befitting that the English people affected as they appeared to bo towards this question , should seriously oonsider how to put an end to the Repeal agitation ? This ssemed to be the desire of Wellington ; for this object Sir Robert Peel proposed to be in an especial degree desirous . Surely it- was not possible for him ( Mr . O'Coi . nell ) to
pureuo a moro generous or more disinterested course than that wbich he adopted when he proceeded to show his opponents how to take the Repealers from him—how to disperso the forces which had congregated around his peaceful standard—how to reduce him from the giant which , be had now become , according to tho representation of the Times to his natural and befitting condition of a political dwarf—( laughter , and cries of hoar , hear ") . For his own part he declared most emphatically that he would never abandon the Repeal—no boon would induce him to do so—no threat would coerce him , for he considered that no temporary advantages could compensate to a country for the loss which Bhe sustained iu character , dignity , and prosperity , by the absence
of that protection which it was in the power of a domestic legislature alone to confer . But while he made this dcclaartion for himself , it surely could not but be admitted that he acted a generous and magnanimous part in explaining to his opponents the course they ought to adopt if they desired to lessen his forces and weaken the effect of the Repeal agitation . Sufficient had already occurred , even since the launching forth of the brutum fulmen A to convince the Tories that the course which they were at present pursuing was not calculated to diminish the numbers of the Repealers . It had aa effect exactly opposite ; it had served to increase their numbers a hundred-fold and had but added further fuel to the flame they were desirous to extinguish . Yes , the declarations of Peel and Wellington had bad a most marvellous effect throughout the country . Men , who
were silent before spoke—men who had been torpid were now awake to fresh energy , and those who were heretofore neutral had now come forward to take a decisive part . It was clear , therefore , that their present policy had failed in a lamentable degree , and it was right tbat they should bethink them of some more efficacious expedient whereby to pat down the Repeal agitation . There were eight or nine propositions , he would enumerate them seriatim , to which they ought to direct their attention , with a view to attain the object , to them so desirable , of diminishing the Repealers . The first subject to which they should direct their most serious consideration , and which was indeed well worthy of their attention , was the financial iBJustice inflicted on Ireland b y the act of union . This was a grievance ' which it behoved them to remedy effectually and expediently if they would carry oat their project . In the year 1799 , or he would say for round
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Numbers 1800 , the national debtof Ireland amounted to twenty millions tha ' , of England to 446 millions , and if the act of ' union had been framed upon honourable and equitable terms , it would have been enacted that for the future the respective debts of both countries : should continue to bear She same proportion oneto the other a 3 they bore before the Irish Parliament was abolished—( cries of hear ) The Eaglish Tories were cock-a-hoop in their dignity , and talked very loudly and bombastically about putting down the Irish people ; but , he asked his friends on the Stock Exchange if a battle were fought to-morrow on tho Curragh of Kildare between the English soldiery and the Irish peasantryno matter what might be the result to the
latterwhat would be the value of the three-and-a-half per cents , on the morning whan the tidings would reach London I The resistance offered on the part of the people to aggression was characterized by various titles , generally depending upon tho result of tho struggle . When it failed it wag called a rebellion , when it succeeded it was called revolution , and he would , therofore , give it no name , but this ho could tell them , that if it were announced upon the Stock Exchange that Ministers were mad enough to have recourse to physical violence against a loyal and true-hearted people , who were looking for their liberties by means purely constitutional , the tidings would excite a panic of no ordinary description in the Money-Market , and it mattered not what
gazette full of victories might follow , the three-anda-half per cents , might be purchased for fifteen shillings the morning afier the battle—( hear , and cheers . ) Let it . not . bo supposed that he ( Mr . U'Connell ) was theory person who had denounced the financial injustice done to Ireland by tho Union , for the man wa « 3 scarcely cold in his grave—who when Chancellor of the Exchequer had admitted in his place in the Houso of Commons that ; the Union exacted vastly more from the Irish people than they ought to been called upon to pay . " You contracted with liev , " said he , ' ¦ ' for an expenditure she Could not meet . " Vesey Fitzgerald had made that declaration , and it was one well worthy the attention of tho Tories , who instead of blustering about putting
down Ireland , ought to appoint an honest committee for tho purpose of inquiring with accuracy intp ihe state of tho national debt as between t ; . e two countries , with a view to relieve Ireland i ' tuvx htr unjust proportion —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . If the Euglish Tories would consent to this proposition he wtiii ) rl make over to them that section of the R 3-poalerd who were induced to join the Repeal standard by the fi . iiancia . 1 injustico ii-Hicted on Ireland by the Uuioa ; but it they refused , he had still that wing of Repealers at his side . He called upon the Tories to Lake another section of Repealers from his standard by giviug to Ireland a fair and eq < : iuble proportion of parliamentary voters—( hear , hear . ) The late-t returns e .-il'm&ted tha rural constituency of Cork at
4 , 000 ; but of that number not more tliau 1 , 500 voters could now bo mustered together in the agncuJtural districts of the county , so lamentable was the falling off ; for the franchise was perishing day by day in Ireland . Twenty-five per cent , of the population of England enjoyed the franchise , whereas it , was or . lv one man out , of 400 that possessed a vote in Ireland . There was fully a hundred to one in favonr of England , and a ^ iinst Ireland ; and thaf , was what they called justice to Ireland ! Was that a union between tho countries—( hear , hear , hear )! It was madness—it was infatuation to say bo . He called upon the English Tones , if they desired to rob him of his Repealers , to come forward with the sword—not of vengeance , but of justice ! and to give
to Ireland a franchise which will bestow tho riyht of voting upon twenty-five p .-r cent , of her populafi -n—( cries of hear , hear , anJ cheers . ) It was too limited a franchise , he confessed it , for any country , but it was the one which prevaiied iu England , and if we cannot ob ; ain a full measure of justice , let us , at all events , be placed on terms of equality with our follow-subjecti at the other side of tho Channel . Tho next project to which the English Tories should direct their attention , if they wish « d to alienate hia ( Mr . O'Connell ' $ ) followers from him , was the granting to tho Irish people of an additional number of representativts . We ought , at all events , to have tho meaus of protecting ourselves in their alien parliament . They gave us 105 members , but at the very
lowest calculation we ought to have as many as 150 . Wales , with its revenue of £ 348 , 090 had twentyaine members , while in Ireland ho found that eleven hundred thousand Irishmen were represented by four members . Others might endure that , but he would not endure it , and he would not surrender one single Repealer to tho Tories , unless that grievance was put an end to . Tne next matter of justice to which Peel and his parly ought to direct their attention was the c-xtcntien to Ireland , of the same description of municipal reform bill , which was conceded to the people of England . Tho Irish bill was a mockery . It took from ihe people the appointment of magistrates and sheriffs , and rendered it necessary , in order to the enjoyment of tho municipal franchise ,
that a citizen should bo valued to ti . e poor rate at . £ 10 , whereas in England every man who wasraied at nil to poor rate , it mattered not in how insignificant an aovjunt , was permitted to exercise the borough franehiso . 110 would not surrender one solitary H . 'pealer till thi * monstrous grievance was remedied . The fourth subject which i-hould engage the attention of the Er )^ J ; sh Tone .-, if they would estraug- * tho Repealers from him , was : ho removal from this country of that mo .- ' . crying of all evilsubsenteeism . The three poorei-t countries in Europe , wero tho three in which absenteeism most prevailed—Sardinia , Sicily , and Ireland—( hear ) . Absenteeism wai an evil not to be cured by any other m ^ ans than that recommended by Dr . Lust as a
cure for the toothache—total extraction—and he told Peel that without extirpating this fruitful source of mbory , it was vain for him to hope for a cessauoa of the Repeal cry . Indeed , it was ' . nfatua tion / or him £ 0 indulge in such an anticipation at all , for never would then ; be a cessation of that cry until they heard ' : thn echo of the shout which would proclaim that the Speaker had taken the chair in the Iri-li Hoiiso of Commons —( loud cheers ) . What next did he demand ?—Ho demanded an immediate and salutary change in tho relations between landlord and tonant in Ireland—( hear , hear , [ bear ) . He defied Peel to take a Repealer from him aa long as the relation between landlord and tenant romatued unaltered . The seventh topic for England to turn her attention to was the state of the bench
and the magistracy—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to refer at some length to the judicial and magisterial uppointments made by the present Government , and having dwelt for some time on thi . * topic , observed , ihat the magistrates ought to be elective officers as in tho olden times , aud he would never relax his efforts until he saw the power granted to every barony of electing its own magistrates—( hear , hear . ) The eighth point vyhich he begged leave to submit to the most attentive notice of those , who made ijt their study to think how they could lessen the number of hid adherent ? , was the considerati n n of the purposes to which the ecclesiastical resources of the country ought to bo applied . In Ireland , fhe ecoleaiastical temuoralities went to the church of tho
minority . They had another remedy for them—^ tho Arms'Bill— a more horrible measure was never yet introduced —( hear , htur ) . Ho owned ii—he was not of those who wished to aeo the people armed—( loud cries of " hear , hear . " ) Ho would be glad that all Ireland , from tho Giaat ' s Causeway to Cape Clear wa 3 unarmed , but he would not leave any portion of them urmed , and if the government disarmed the ; n all , they should have his assistance , for ho wanted to work alone by moral means . But they left the magistrates the power to talco away arms from tho . se they pleased , and to leave them with those they pleased ( hear , hear ) . Did they forget the gun clubs that exi .-ted in the north , or that lords , and baronets , and mains rates
were members of chose club ? ? Th 3 Orangemen paid % shilling each ; every twenty five persons had a rifij , and the person who threw the highest number got a musket and bayonet . Now , to be sure , they would not require to have gun clubs any longer , for those lords , and baronets , and magistrates could let them have the arms , and supply them with arms , without any lottery ( hear , hoar ) . That was the bill the government were bringing in to satisfy the Repealers that they were the friends of Ireland ( Hear ) . There was a clause in it making it penal , and subject to transportation for seven years , to have any concealed arms , or anything that could bo used as a pike or weapon , and it gave liberty to search your hou ^ e at any hour of the four-and-twenty . The poor
Irishman had no longer his castle . His door eculd be broken op n , if it was not opened in a reasonable time . Those wero the words of tho btatute . Wlvit would a young policeman standing at the door , perhaps in the rain , think a reasonable time , and there was no person to decide it , but tho person who wanted the door to be opened 'hear ) . And then he . could go in and find the families in their beds—Oh , it was a diabolical act—( hear , hear . ) Let them go to England , and read the horrific accounts oi immorality there—and then come to Ireland , and dare to enter the bedchambers of the pure and virtuoas women of this country—( hear , hear . ) That was tho way they wanted to conciliate thein ; and what then folio tved , if in any man ' s house , out offices or grounds , theie was found a concealed weapon , he was liable to be transported for seven years . He has thiB defence—it is not necessary to
prove that he knew it to be there , but he is entitled to prove that he did not know it to be there —( hear , hear . ) Now he wanted to know , if in English bloody blundering , thero was ever such a blunder &z that ! Why he could prove what he knew , but how could he prove in metaphysics what be did not know—( hear , hear . ) Yet this was the way they were going to conciliate them —( hear . ) There was a worthy farmer , named Baker , in Tipperary , who married a respectable widow , who became the mother of seven children ; one of these was at her breast when her husband was obliged to go to England , and during his absence some miscreant contrived to drop a bayonet into a tub of her milk whore it was found in a few moments after by the police . The poor woman was taken to Clonmel , where she was brought beforo the magistrates , and without judge or jury sent off out of the
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country in half an hour with ono of her « ev .-a children in her arms —( expressions of horror ) . Did the English Government intend a repetition of guch scenes by way of conciliating the people of Ireland or were the English people so absurd a 3 to imagine that Irishmen would consent to be separated ( hear hear ) ! But what was the consequence I ' A man who took an active part in having the poor woman convicted , was afterwards shot dead by two men in the presence of at least a dozen other persons , none of whom made any effort to arrest them It was a horrid crime , but so was the treatment of the poor woman . But he would not be drawing auy comparison between them . It might be askad , why did he not go to the Imperial Parliament to state
these things . What business had he there —( cheers ) 1 There was not an idle whipster in the Honse , belonging to any of the hella or gaming-houses in London , who would not be willing to leave hia sport and to tferofl away his dice-box in order to come and vote against him . He once before had occasion to call their shouting " beastly bellowinga , " and the Speaker admitted that he was bo far right , thit no other term could be applied to the noises that had been made . Poor Cabden now called them " inhuman voices , " though ha might as well feave repeated his name for them . ( Liughter ) He would not go under the chance of being exposed to their beastly bellowings again , but he would remain at home , where he would continue to expose snch Acts of Parliament where he would be
attended to . But who brought in that bill ? the mild , lady-like Lord Eliot . ( Hear , hear . ) He wondered did his Lordship want to hava more Irish mothers transported , or would he devise any means to prevent a man ' s enemy from concealing a bayonet or a pifce on hia premises . If the bill passed , and he hoped it -would not—be a-ked was not the intention in which it waa framed cleariy to decimiite and destroy tbe Irish people ( Hear , hear . ) Such was the manner in which Ireland ¦ waa treated . They gave her a stamp tax , a whisky tax . They were preparing to destroy every popular principle in the poor law , and they were finally giving her an infernal arms bill . Was ho wrong in calling it " infernal ? " ( Cries of no , no . ) Fes , he was wrong , i { there was any more reprotmtory vrord in the Enclish
language that he could use . But the people of England imagine that because the Dak © of Wellington twaddles over tbe half of an old resolution , and because Sir Robert Peel set aS d 6 flince the Irish people , they wore tranquilly to submit to a union pregn ; nt with such mischiefs . If they had s Parliament in Collegegreen , would such a poor law exist , would so much taxes be levied , or would the members riate to look them in the face after passing such an arms bill ? ( Hear , hear . l Ng—but he would allow no law to be violated , and no fores or violence to be used . He was going on Thursday to Charleville , on Sunday they wouM have th » magniScent trades procession in Corkon Monday the great meeting in Cork would be htld . On Tuesday he would attend the meeting in Ca 3 h , el and
on Thursday he would bo at Nenagh , and was there any ane having the slightest apprehension that anything like violence or 2 breach of the peace would tak e place <\ i any of those meetings ? But he wouM remind the people of the law . He would have placards posted through every county telling the people that if they committed the slightest violation of the law they would continue tbe infliction of tho Union , they would impose an injury on themselves , and they would gratify their enemies . ( Hear , hear . ) If any magistrate or person in authority commanded them to disperse they should do so at once . The Irieh Riot Act only allowed three minutes to the people to disperse , after which the tro » ps could fire on the people ; but he would earnestly recommend the people to disperse at once .
Mr . O'Connell then proceeded to refer to a passage from the Standard newspaper , which contained a passage from a speech made by Sir Walter Swtt againafc emancipation , ia which he said that he could produce a million of Protestants from Antrim and Pown to put d- < wn the Repealers . He considered Sir Walter Scott no authority on such a matter , as he had presided at a meeting against emancipation s . fortnight before he came to Ireland , in order to ensure his popularity in this country , and he rejoiced that hi » brother John , who then kept the only staghounds at Killawiey , took especial ca'e not to invite him to a stag hunt , though he made the offer to Miss Edgeworta , who aocompviied him . He did not know why the Protestants acd Presbyterians of the North should not be as interested in
getting tbe fixity of tenure , and in having the country prosprrouB as any other persu ; i * ion —( bear , bear ; . Belfast , it was true , had a great deal of tiade , but would she not have much more under the protection of a native parliament ? By the late treaty with France the duty on Irish yarn was raised , while the duty on Eoglish cutlery was lowered ; but would not an Irish Parliament at once Taise the duty on French wines and silks , if such an attempt was made to - raise the duty on Irish yarns under them—( bear , bear ) . Bat what were the facts ? Instead cf tbe two counties of Antrim and D > wn having a million of Protestants in them , the entire population of both counties was not moro than half a million—( loud cries of bear , hear ) . Iu Antrim there w . re 223142 Pcotestants . and 87 , 351 Catholics :
and in Down 2 o 7 717 Protestants , and 109 4 ifi Catholics , leaving the majority of Protestanta in both only 2 : i 4 , 0 « 2 Protestants , and one-half of these were , of course , women—and half the remainder ajed and children—the entire surplus fighting population of the two counties would , therefore , ba not wore than 50 , 030—( hear , hear ) . But this would not be very comfortable if opposed even to the Catholics of Ulster aione—for in tho archdiocese of Armagh there was a surplus Catholic populati n over all sects of Protestants of 783 503 . In the archdiocese of Tuam the surplus Catholic population wjr 1 142 800 ; in Cashei , 2 , 105 , 117 ; and in Dublin , 879 . . —making in all Ireland 3
surplus Catholic population of 4 . . 492—( hear ) . They saw , therefore , tbat it was very absurd to pay any attention to Sir Walter Scott as an authority upon sucD a question as the present He was glad to find that tha true nature and character of the Repeal question wa » daily becomini ? better understood . The Times itself had admitted tht the R ? peal movement was not one Bvmeptifcle of a sectarian complexion—no , it was a national movement inters led and designed for tbe benefit of all classes of Irishmen irrespectively of religious or political discrepancies , and this was eloquent ? evidenced by the fact that every day saw a fresh acre * tiou of Protestant gentlemen to their standard .
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LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION . Tie usual weekly meeting of the Loyal National Hcpt-al Association was held on Monday , at the Corn-Exchange . The room was crowded almost to suffocatioD , and hundreds went away from the door , unable to lScci an entrance . After iho handing in of funds , Mr . O'Connell said , 1 have the honour to announce ¦ hat the Repeal rent for > h" past week amounts to SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX POUNDS TWELVE
SHILLINGS AND FOURPENCL —( tremonHous applause which lasted for several minutes without intermission ) . Mr . O'Connell observed that he was wrong in announcing it as the Repeal rent , he should have termed r tho Peel and Wellington contribution —( laughter -ji , d che * rs ) . Dr . Gray w , - then ca'led to the chair . Mr . O'Connkll moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr . Lan ^ tree , and expre ^ ed his satisfaction that the chair had that day b . ^ cn occimed by three Protestant gentlemen successively —( cheers ) .
ADJOURNED MEETING—TUESDAY . E . W . O'Mahom-, Esq , was called to the chair , and after some other business , Mr . O'Connell said that he rose to call the attention of the association lo the present state of publio affairs , to the course \ vh ; ch th : y threaten to take , and the mode in which Ireland ou ^ ht to resist farther despotism . In couaiuering the steps that ? hou ! d be taken by the Brivish Government , and by the British people , it was rnos " . material to ascertain what the present state of the i ;; et 9 ; . re . Ilu look up the declarations of Sir Robi it P < ei and the Duke of Wellington , in both Hou .-es of Parliament , and he fouad in them as they appear in the newspaper repor ' p , a most important and significant oiniVion
In those declarations they reciied the resolutions of 1834 , as they were menacious aud threatening , but they suppress those resolutions as far as they weru conciliatory and promising . It was in fact a piece of dexterity , he would call it unequalled in its lolly as well as in its turpitude —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . They attempted to delude tho people of England , and they thought they could delude the people of Ireland by threats . It was unjust to the people of both countries . They should have recollected that the promise followed the threat iu 1834 . The promise cannot be denied , and neither cau it be denied that that promise was fallacious , and not carried out . It would be monstrous to allege otherwise , for no human being could be found degraded enough
to make siich an assertion . Wishing to take advantage for his country by any means , or in any way that could offor , he did not " hesitate to suspend the agitation for the Repeal in order to give Eogland time to perform a promise so solemnly entered into ; but let nobody suppose that he was at the time deluded into a belief that the promise would have been fulfilled —( hear ) . He merely wished to put England in the wrong . He said to them— " Recollect that the people of Ireland have given up the agitation fer Repeal , and that they now look to yon for justice , and the redress of their grievances . " But has any one of those grievances been redressed—( hear , hear ) ! On the contrary , they have been increased ' considerably , as he meant to show them
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SIR J . GRAHAM'S FACTORY BILL . Manchester , Mondat Evemng . — On Saturday evening last , and again by adjournment to-day , » numerous meeting of delegates from all the manufacturing disiricts within thirty mile 3 of this town , was held in their place of meeting . London-road , for tha purpose of considering the Factory Bill now beforo Parliament . The meeting was very numerously attended , there being between thirty and forty delegates present . From the statements made it was the almost unanimous opinion that ten hours a day is the longest period to which factory labour ought to be extended . Before the resolutions were put , the delegates from one of the districts retired , alleging tha :, a 3 they were insfrucfed to advocate eleven hours , they could not take further part in the proceedings .
The following resolutions were afterwards unanimously adopted ;—" That , m the opinion of this meeting 00 child ought to be aliowed to work in any mill or factoryf until it has completed Us tenth year . " That this meeting strongly objects to any legislative enactment which would create or encourage the working of relays of young hands in mills aad factories against adult labour . "That a petition , founded upon the foregoing , be drawn up , signed by the chairman , and forwarder to Lord Ashley for presentation to ths House of Commons . "
Wakefield Corn Market.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET .
May 26 . —There has been a steady business . passing in Wheat to-day at last week ' s prices . Barley nominal . Oats ere again rather dearer , and shelling sells more freely . Beans fully support their value . ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct652/page/8/
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