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? hb Poor Laws . —asoihxb Fatal Collision . —The- following appe ^ s in the Galiray Vindicator , \ ds '^ d Onterard , Oct . Sad . ' Tisf police of the district haTe been employed for for s -ms flays , serving the country people "with notices , ' B £ ?» etJently to the jxrflection of the rates , un . Ier the ! proTrftion of » troop of Hussars and a company of ! the C 9 : h . —The people , supposing that the police had ; eciat to make a distress , gathered for resistance . The ' acc&ant then state * : — - 'A fearfnl encounter then en-, sued between the police with bayoneted carbines and , tie Infuriated people frith pitchforks , spades , and Tefc-it-ver el » e they fonnd . Several of the people fcsTirs received slight wounds , were overwhelmed by j 1 h = T- ; lice and captnred , together with a few from a \ iifcTghionring Tillage , who offered Ipss -violent resistance , i be * , ^ m prisoned , to the amount of fourteen persons , in
the 3 ri £ ewell of Outersrd : all of whom have been trsiMtrred to-day , nn 3 er a strong military escort , to thr county gaoL Yesterday , however , as the police j eE ' -f » rd a village the women began to hoot , and the I cLiniren to bespattti thtm with mud , bnt w % areinforn- * -4 joore out xf rtiferge to the -police and" their cctrjuandants for their treatment of the people whom ' tbfy *^> i into tbeir pow < r the day before , than from srj spirit * f resistance , as the men looked on langhinsiy . and some at " ended their usual business without vzj deeming concern ; bnt the police , easily provoked , ir&cted severe wonrds on many of tbem , end on some irciBon ; and one fallow , with savage ferocity , made a st * st a woman iu -, he nicst delicate state , when a country ^ -y interj-csfii by flmgin ^ himself between the Pv , ;^ man and the w-cman . The policeman , disappoirttd of his mark , turned and stabbed the
ye w * iaan in the crsia . The wonnd , we hear , is likely to prove mortal . " J- vECCTIOS FOS MrRDER AT JsESAGa . —The xxb-ppy convict , Moylsn , suffered the last penalty of fh- : aw on Tnesday , the 3 rd instant , -at the front of oct county gsoL The mac exhibited nil the characteristic ; -jf a reckless fceini ; - He felt not his situation " , »« f-72 as it was ; " What matter ? " was the wretched bt bi s exclamation ; *• wo moments , and it is all over' " 12-yHn made ro declaration of his guilt We learn th :-t : a prison he admitted being tngaxed ts participate in ¦ - -: ;¦ mnrder for wlrch te was found guilty , bnt that he i . ' tj came up when it "was finis-hed . He farther itste 3 that he had been in another case of mnrder a prisrfpal , and that he wcnK rtate from the drop that the rwo men now not tried , bnt in Raol , for the same murder—that of Nolan , near Scscrea ( Mr . Bnrris's 2 H £ D — -wpTa not the men who actually committed the < k ^ d : bat who the gni > ty parties w ^ re , would be cariiea aith him totbp other world—Xawoh Guardian .
Ti ? BEATB > EI > E . XT . EB 3 II >\ aTI 0 K , —A letter in the Tipj * ajy Free Press . d&t « l DoEcarvsn , says— "The inl sirrtnls of this old parish in the cennty of TVaterford sre in a dreadful etate ol alarm and excitement , in eon > tqaeEce of eleven fjec'f'scents served for non-payjnt-u of lent by the representatives of the late . Robert Cbsrks Walsh , Justice of the Peace , who was murfie *— i ia tiie day time , r . ear his own ten "Tits ; thirteen eor--i : ^ cnnl orders for attachments were also served in one , ; y on the other tenants , all of whom are rackren ^ : and wretchedly poer , so that eleven families are Iii =- ) 7 to be tnrned ont , and the heads of thirteen other faailiss pnt in iraol , nnder attachment for ene locality . Tfce : i-ccls of ESlcoleman and pjmalcnnty , in the same BesVrw-. nrbood ,, are distrained by two middlemen , and » eT- ~ i keepers placed on ths ^ eEan ts . It is therefore vei j 2 > iEch to be feared that seme disturbance will arise in tL =- ill fated part ef Qie country , unless something be i ; ne for the . tenants . ill
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AT-mVlPT OP GOVBUNWEITT TO SUPPRESS TBS B . IPEAL ZSOV £ ZS £ 3 fT !
( Jr _?* - [ he Eztmordisarp Edition o / Ote Diib'in Moni'or . ) Dablia Monitor Office , Satnrday , Oct . 7 , 1843 . "Wxr prepared onr leaders , in yestarday * s Moxiior , for fins -V-snrd step on tfce part of onr wretched Esecntive . TTc -nrirnsted tha ' - a coercive policy was tbreetened , anc ii cossideratle length esposcd the Tolly , absnrdHy , sn £ ir-t ^ tpediency ef resorting to-a © c-nrsb which conJd have -o other efivct ihan to make the Repeal agitation fcei * L- -nsan 4 times more pornlar . Y * : * terflay , lord Be Grey arrived sn ^ denly and nneiya - ally at Dublin Cistle , accompanied by Sir Edward Sn ^ ien . A Prrrj Council was JEiJEediately iammoned , and sat re deliberation "HI late last sigbt witbont coming to BEj- d ? cisioa on the qnestirm propounded for considei » ti < -D—namely , the ex ^ edftsey -of issning a Procls ^ iriMi againEt the dontarf 3 donster 2 deetiBg , tc be LrM x ^ d Sandsy .
E 3 ^ ry this momisg the Privy Council again assem bl « . -when it was resolved to issue the Proclamation and if-out three o ' clock this day it appeared , as fol l 0 W = : —
i ; T THE X 0 EI > ! JZrTE ? fi 5 T A ?» D COITSCII . OF 1 BELASB . A PROCLAMATION . Dr ' 3 SET . — -Wb «» ets It has been pnblic ' y announced frs * . --. Meetins is to take place at or near Clcmtarf , on Sv > -d'T / , th& Eisbth of Oekicr insant , fcr tfie allrged Purrmse of Petitioning Parliament fur a Rrpeal of the » -. <>» J * tfr Uiiion betwetn Great Britain and Jrtiusd : Ana Whereas Advertisements and P . scards have been printed acd extena-vtiy crrcnla'td , calling on tLcs-c Persons who propcee to atUnd the said llt-etinst ^ Hersebatk to meet and form in P / vCc * 5 ion , sec ' . ' - inarch to the said Mfcfciing in 2 uHitaiy Order and ¦ -. rmy :
A n : ' Whereas ileetiisgs of large Isnmbers of Persons have br ^ en a l ready held in differtat Parts of It eJand . TmdeT the like Pretences , at several ol which Meetings lanrnsge of a Bediaons and iLflammatcry Hatnre has been addressed to the Persons there assembled , calculated tnd intended to excite discos-rent and disaffection in the minds of Her Majesty ' s Sntjccis , and to bring into Hatred- and Contempt the Cravernment and Constitution of the Country , as ey Law established : And Whereas at some of the tsid ileetinrs « nch seditions and inflammatory lacgEsrs has been used by Persc-na who have signified their iuttntion ef being present at , and taking part in . the Eaid Meeting so siiD' ^ a &vtd to be h eld at or near CloJiZarf :
An-J whereas the said Intended meeting is calculated to e ^ t-te reasonable and weli-jrrccndcd apprthension I Slat tec-motives and o > jrets of thepersoss to beassem- i bled thereat are not the fair legal exe : cise of constftn- \ lioEa ] r ights and privileges , bnt to bring into hatred and contempt the Q-sver . merit and Constitati ^ n-of the ; TJnirw Kingdom as by law estaJiiuhed , and to accom-1 plifh ^ iterations in the laws and cocstitntion of the xealni by intimidation and the demoaatration of pLy- j BicaJf&itt ; : So * we , the Lord Lieutenant , by and with tke advice r , i her Majesty ' s Privy G-nacil , being satisfied that ; She saj-i intended met tin ? < o proposed to be held at or \ near Gu > ntarf , as aforesaid , can caly tend to serve the
ends ; f factioBS and seditions persens . and to the viola- ; Bon of ihe public peare . Dd htreby strictly caution and i fonrarc all persoES whatsoever , that they do abstiin \ from BttenfiaBce at the said meeting : And we 6 o . hereby sivenotice , tbst if , tn defitEce fcf this onr pro- ; Clarxatrin , the saidreeetirg shsll tske place , all persons _• atter-oirg the mme sstali bfepioceeded against according ; tolivs : And we do hut-by order and enjoin all magis- Jrattssrid-efficers entrnottd with the prtESivatkm of j thept-b . ic pe 3 Ce , acd otLera wLom it may cocctro , to ) te a ' . ciiig and assii . tiri 2 in the fxecDtiGn of the law in : pre 7 fc 5 tin ? tfeeaald mrexir . z . ar . d in the iffWctnal dispersion and suppression cf the sine , and is the detection i ' - 'i prosecution of tho > e who , zifter this Notice ,. ihaJ ; '^ -ni in the rt JTt-cts £ . f = retard .
Qv ^ the Conucil ChiiuLcr Dablin , thi ^ 7 th day Ol Orti-Ser 1 S 43 .
EvkaXD B . SVGDES , C DOSOUGBMORE . El := T . F BLACKErEKE . ; E . i ' LAK-ESET . FfcED . SHA"W . T . B . C . Smith . GOD Mve tLt QUEEN . " f- . \ save the Qjetn . * ' indted z but confonnd her SmVtc- ;< - and wJKt-d advisrrsi 3 t would be iffpo * - sible i . describe the s * nsation prodeced amoncst all cltsiir = ji this < aty by the apx > earanoe of this j-rccla-Jaati ^ i . 2 > Jr . O Cosnell very property , ea receip * of this Proeian-3 t .., a , immediL . ttlj isntd his Prodamstion , wbtly tod r . leDfly coBnttrttsnoiug the holding of the Cltn- , tarf j ^^ urg . itruBithus : —
> OI 1 CE . of ^ " ^ £ - ^ FP ^ . ™^ er the siguatnre f ~ J ' > - ^ itk « -tty , Fred . Shaw , and T . R C SS- ^ ^ Per , *«« . or PErpcrtin 2 t& be , a pr * - ^^ S ^ S ^ SiStS ^ S ^ P ^ iz ^ ttssri ^^^^ e ^ lSe ^^ ^ whereas
Asc Rich prodairaficn has not apr ^ ared till £ « K ; SSEK 2 S , XyS 6 ^ S £ ^ - ^^ t ^ ' ^ iT ^ ti peno ^ iBtending to meet at Clor . lB . f , fOT the pnrpo ^ of pcutjomng as aforesaid , whtreby iU-di ^ pocld W sons n ^ y iave an opportimiiy . Tmetr colonr 61 said proclasaticn , to provoke breads of the peace « comEit violence on persons hitendiDg to proceed pfcaceaHy ^ Ed legally to said intended meeting : ^^
We , therefore , the Committee or the Loyal National Bepe&l Astodation , do most earnestly rtquest and entreat Qiat all weH-disposed persona will immB-S ffiatt ^ y , on receiving this intimation , repair to their ) own dwellings , and not place themselves in peril of any ] © oBIiion , pr of receiving jty ill treatment whatsoever . ] And -we do f nrtber irjpna * neh pewena , that with-1 ont jiildiue in anythinf to the nnfonnded allegations ; in said alleged proclamation , we xieem it pradent , ¦ wise , end , above all things , humane , to declare that flje * si < f meeficf Js abstDdcned , and is rot to be held . ; Dasiei . O"Co ^^ ¦ ELL i Cfcainraii of Committee Coxa . ExctangB Roonia , thTct o ' clock , , rib oc , 1 S 4 Z . ; God save thfc Q ^ etn t
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As soon as this counter proclamation was printed , it was posted all through the city , distributed in the shap * of handbills , and senfc to all the Catholic clergy of the surrounding districts . Meantime the greatest excitement prevailed in the city , and the avenues leading to the Corn Exchange were thronged by thousands ef people , anxious to know what was coming next . AUB . 1 VAL OP A THOTTSAMD IBISHMEM FROM ENGLAND . To increase the excitement , about one thonsand Irish Repealers , resident in Liverpool , Manchester , && , had chartered one of the City of Dublin steamers , and arrived in town about ten o'clock , to attend the Clontarf Meeting . They -were an exceedingly well-dressed and comfortably-looking body of men .
In order to allay the exciUment , Mr . O'Connell , after issuing Bis Proclamation , and taking measures to have it as exSensively distributed and circulated as the time would permit , considered it advisabie to hold
an—EXTRA 0 KD 1 NA 31 T MEETING of the Repeal Association , and at nearly Four o ' clock he entered the Large Room of the Corn Exchange , which was crowded to excess in every part . The Bon . and Learned Gentleman , on making his appearance , was received with the most enthusiastic cheering which lasted for several minutes , and on his taking the chair , the cheering was renewed . Order at length having been restored , Mr . 0 Cossexl rose amid the most inteise silence , and said , the reason be came there to take the chair that day , was in compliment to his Liverpool and Manchester rriends , who had kindly come over to aid in the great Repeal demonstration of Sunday . He wished to
explain to them the state of affairs as they actually stood , and the measures he intended taking in consequence . They were not , perhaps , aware that the Government had issued a proclamation ; and although it was . hs declared , fllegal , he thought it better not to allow them to have a triumph over the people , but to put them in the wrong , and put eff Ihe meeting , rather than have it accompanied by any species of violence . The proclamation was delayed until "three o"clock this day , the latest hour possible , and lalf the people that intended to be at the meeting , could not in the ordinary conrse , have heard of it ; but he had resolved to issue a counter-notice , calling on the people not to assemble there to-morrow , though h « did not allow that
Government document to be at all legal . Let them not think that it wonld interfere with the progress of the Repeal agitation—( cheers ) . But if they held the meeting to-morrow , disturbance might ensue , and his business was to keep the people safe—{ hear , hear , hear , and cheers ) . He had , therefore , thought it right to get a notice printed , cautioning the people in the country parts from coming into town —( hear ) . He would send down the notice by that night's post to Tara , Kt-lls , Navan , aad all other towns and villages , whose multitudes would have poured in , and to every GMholie clergyman in that part of the conntry , camioning them against holding the meeting . There wonld , therefore , be no meeting ; and if any one were specu-|
lating on the blood of the people , they would be disappointed —( hear . h = ar , and loud cheering ) . He thought the conduct of the Government very strange . This was to have been almcs , the last of tbeir meetiuss . Be had gone through Ireland , and it certainly did not look well that they did not send out their proclamation tthree o ' clock that day , when , but f « r his activity , the notices be thought it right to issue could not reach the people —( hear , hear ) . However , he looked on the proclamation as an accommodation ; for taere was not even another meeting advertised . He might have held one or two on hiB way to Derrynane , but no day for any
of them was fixed—thear , hear ) . He thought it his duty to give this intimation for the sake of . his friends from 31 anchester and Liverpool ; and he could assure them that the Repeal cause , so far from being tarnished by this arbitrary act , should receive an additional stimulus , and every one should be enceuraged thereby to advocate the Repeal of the Union —( cheers ) . The usual weekly meeting would be held en Monday , and the dinner would take place on Monday evening . Mr . O Connell then left the ehair amid the acclamations of the meeting , and the people immediately dispersed qoietly . Saturday , six o ' clock , p . m .
Military Preparatioks . —The commander of the Forces issued erders thin day to have all tfce men confined to barracks . Accordingly , at the Royal Barracks , R : chmond Barracks , Island-Bridge , and Beggars-Bush , all the guards wcre doubled , and the men kept in readiness to fall in at a moment's notice . DruLis Castlk . —At Castle the guards were not only doubled , but two extra companies of foot and a squadron of dragoons were quartered in some of the office buildings . Pigeos-Hotjse Fort . —Orders having been issued in the course of the day , this Fort was placed in a state of Mice . The guns already mounted were made ready for instant action , and others were run out so as to command the Clontarf shore !
More Teoops . —Two battalions of the Guards , it is said , are momentarily expected . The Rhadamanthus is also expected in Kingstown this evening , with troops and amnsitino . The 54 th Regiment , at present in this city , under orders fur Athlone , will remain here , the orders having been countermanded . The 34-h , from Scotland , is under orders fGr Dabiin , and is expected to arrive this evening , or tomorrow . The to" ^ n ia fnll of rumonrs respecting the military preparations and precautions on the part of the authorities , to guard against an insurrectionary movement .
State Prosecutions—It is confidently stated , tfcat Mr . O Connell is to he prosecuted for sedition—ths seditions language having been spoken at the Mnllnghmaat meeting and dinner , where there were reporter * present on the part of the Government There are other prosecutions spok * = n of , to which we shall not more particularly allude at present . It is also rumoured , that a Special Co 7 nmission is to be issued immediately for the trial of political offences against the State . We do Bot belitve this ; though no act of folly on the part of the Government ought now to excite surprise .
SECOND EXTRAORDINARY EDITION . Dublin Monitor Offio ? , Sunday Morning , Oct . 8-THE CITT IN A STATE OF SIEGE . Last night Dublin presented the aspect of a city in a state of siege ! Thb guards at all the military posts were doubled , and regular patrols were established . The police force were on the alert at all the stations , and extra men in readiness to act . Additional mounted police patrolled on all the roads leading into Dublin . No rioting or disturbances of any kind took place The population conducted themselves most peaceably . Indeed tho extensive military preparations are made the subject of ridicule—the people laugh at tbem , and wonder bow the Government could be so absurd as to fancy there was any intention of " a rising" en the part of the people .
Arrjtal op the BHADAMASTBrs . —The RhadamanthuB war-steamer ainvtd at Kingstown harbour last eight , with a portion of the S 7 th Royal Iri * h Fuailiers on Board . They disembaiked this morning . The Dee war-steamer with the remainder of the 87 tfe on board , is expected to-day . ABEIVAL OF TBE TfllBTT-FOCRTB REGIME . NT . — The 34 tb Regiment anvYtd this morning at Kinpstown from G- ' ssgow . It was intended to disembark at the North Wall ; but owing to the strong gale and the state of the tide , the steamer ran into Kingstown harbour .
They disembarked thiB day , about ten o ' clock , and came by railway into town . On crossing Cailisle-biidpe , to proc < ed to tie Royal Barracks , the assembled crowd g 3 ve th ? m three cheers , which the officer Jn command mistaking for a hostile movement , ordered the regiment "to halt , " which was followed by "fix bayonets : " upon which the crowd gave three additional cheers ! The regiment then marched quietly lo barrack . AiBBOROUGB-BorsB- —Last nigbt a company of infantry took possession of AldboTougb-House , situated on the . North Strand , and commanding that portion of the road leading to Clontarf . Sentinels were posted , and all dne military precautions teken , as if the City had been declared in a state of siege I Clontarf , Sunday , three o ' clock , v M .
THE IXTEM > ED UEET 1 SG , At an early hcur this morning , a large body of troops , 5 n fnll marching order , srxty rounds of ammunition having been served out to each man , proceeded to the eround at Ciontarf . where it was intended to hold the monster meeting this day . Last night , by order of the Committee of the Repeal Association , the platform which bad keen frecUd wos taken dewn , and all the preparations for the meeting that had been made , were entirely removed . The place of the intended mtetirg was " Conquer Hill , " which is on the Ho ^ th side of Clontarf , very near the entrance intoDullymount . Numerous tents for the accommodation of parlisB attending the meeting bad been ejected in the vicinity , but they were all removed at an early honr this morning .
From nine o'clock this morning , the city was all excitement . Every sptcies of vehicle was put in requisition by partits anxious to view the roene of operations . Thousands of equestrians and pedestrians moved towards Clontarf to see the military display . . Jl ? P " ^ * ° " *« ds the ground , the first thing that o «^ attention was a piquet cf the 5 th Dragoon »« Trwl t ^ ? " * ° b the Clontarf side of the Dublin « vd Drogher Railway , near BrierUy " , Baths . dt- ^ ' ^ MS . 'Srfts Mr- sr » r £ 3 j » £ L sswi stsSSw ^ AS accoutred for activu dntv- £ a ( . h m » «^ t TOe all provisioneafortwenty-four h ^ ^ hOrse ^^ At Cloi . taif Grepn the eoth R fles -wm-. «*»«™» . i The r am , were pi . ed , „ * the „„ ^^ -Sle
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In divisions . They wore not the Bhako , but their service caps , and each man had Bixty rounds of ammunition . : Aa -we advanced towards the Sheds of Clontarf we found one brigade of the Royal Horse Artillery , with two six-pounders limbered , and ready in all respects for instant action . Further on , the 11 th ( Prince Albert ' s ) Hussars were stationed—the men were dismounted , and in the same position as the 5 th Dragoon Guards . Passing through the ShedB of Clontarf , we found the 54 th Regiment of Foot drawn up in line— standing-atease , with their arms piled before them . The men looked fatigued . On ascending to " Conquer Hill , " where the intended meeting was to have been held , we found it entirely deserted . There were no troops there , nor were there any people in its vicinity .
Along the entire line we have described—nearly four miles—the people were passing and re-passing in hundreds . There was no possibility of a crowd collecting at any one spot , as the people were confined to the road , which is bonnded by the Strand on one side , and the fields , the property or Mr . Ternon . on the other , into which access was denied , Mr . Vernon being on the spot to prevent trespass . There was no manifestation of public feeling whatever . The vast crowds appeared influenced only by a fetling of curiosity . There was neither " cheering " nor " groaning ; " and , indeed , it would have been impossible for the multitudes along the line to have conducted themselves in a more orderly and peaceable manrer . The troops on the ground also behaved well , and presented no obstacle to the people passing and repassing . Four o'clock , p . m .
The troops still remain on the ground , guarding the entire line , as above described . The guard at Aldborcugb House still remains stationary . The crowd of pepple along the line is undimlnishedbut not the slightest manifestation of feeling has taken place .
" MONSTER" DINNER AT THE ROTUNDA . To-morrow evening the first "Jlenster Dinner" is to take place at the Rotunda , every available room of which building has been engaged for the occasion . Mr . O'Connell will attend , and it is calculated that some thousands will be present . The tickets have been made bo low as 3 s . 6 d ., to admit the people at large . Half-past Five o'Clock . We are just going to press Nothing has occurred in addition to what has been communicated . The troops are still on the ground , but no disturbance of any kind has taken place . Fall of the Funds—Although the Stock Exchange had nearly closed when the Government Proclamation was ifsuea . the funds declined—Three per Cent . Consols 94 to 93 i h ; Three-and-a-Half per Cent . Stock from 10 i to loij . Oa these events the Monitor has the following remarks : —
The Repeal agitators are quite rejoiced at the most unlooked-for aid they have leceived from the Government Their cause was growing somewhat desperatethey did not exactly know well what move next to take—the menster gatherings had well nigh run outthe " Convention" could not with safety be assembled —the people , who were instructed in glowing imagery to look upon Repeal as unfail accompli , were beginning to find themselves as far from the realizition of tbeir hopes as ever—in short , the " Repeal Year " , which opened with glorious promise , was about te close with lank performance—the bubble was on the eve of bursting—when , lo ! in steps her Majesty ' s astute advisers to the aid of the agitation ; and what would have otherwise been " . the winter of their diEcontent" , is now " made glorious summer " , and all is full of hope , and bustle , and excitement once more .
REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The Times' correspondent in the Tunes of Tuesday . say ? : So early as niue o ' clock on Sunday morning persons began to asstinb . e opposite the Corn Excbarjge-roonu , partly with a view to learn what the Committee of Management were doing , and par tly through a desire to obtain a good place to hear Mr . O'Conuel ) , in the event of his addressing the Association . The Hon . Gsntleman , however , disappointed tbem . Shonts that rent the air announced abont two o ' clock
that the " Liberator" was coming ; but , although the people by this time extended in one dense mass from the Corn Exchange to Carlisle Bridge , and although the rooms of the Association were crowded with members and associates who had forced their way to them , despite of a previous announcemtnt that there would be no meeting , the Hon . and Learned Gentleman declined to address them , remained bnt for a short time in one of the committee-rojms , and took his departure amidst the same vociferous cheering which hailed his arrival .
Prosecution of Mr . O'Connell . —The same writer says : —1 understand Vial reports of seme oj Mr . O'Connell s speeches are under the consideration of the law ( officers of ihe Cntcn , in tontrmplation of a prosecu tion .
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r held to-day ? We cannot , therefore , attach much credit to this rumour . It is also positively stated Mr . O'Connell is to be prosecuted . One . party will have it that he is to be arrested . It is needless for us to say that we see no reason to rely much on these rnmours . We have not the means either authoritatively to confirm or contradict them . Other state prosecutions are likewise spoken of , and seveial individuals have been named to us ; bnt we do not think it prudent to descend to particulars at present
STATE OF THE CITY TO-DAY . If anything , the city is in a greater Btate of excitement to-day than on the two previous dayB . A gentleman familiar with the scenes of' 98 and > 1803 mentioned to us that he does not remember anything" approaching to the state of excitement at all in this city since the latter period . Among the respectable merchants the excitement is fuliy as great as among the pepulace . The principal topic of conversation in tha Commercial Buildings is the proceedings of Government and the events to which they are likely to lead . How all this coercion and foolish military display will terminate is the anxious topic ol speculation among all classes . The troops to-day are confined to barracks , and the same precautions taken aa if an insurrectionary movement were anticipated . Five o'Clock . p . m .
No rioting or disturbance has occurred op ^ to this hour . We are now going to press- A vast crowd fills the entire of Upper Sackville-street , Greai ^ Britainstreet , and North Frederick-street , attracted' by the monster dinner at the Rotunda , at which Mr . O'Connell presides . ' The doors were opened at half-past four o ' clock , when the rash to gain admittance was very great .
TOLICf OP THE GOVERNMENT PROCEEDINGS We have not time nor space to-day to enter fully into this subject . We have given , with great amplitude and exactness , the occurrences of the three last eventful days ; aud really the Government ought to be proud of their vast achievements . Their proceedings altogether have displayed a ridiculous pomposity . It would eeem that , like Rip Van Winkle , they have been askep for a good while past , and suddenly awoke to a knowledge of events that were passing under their noses for the last six months . The " pomp and circumstance" with which they ushered in the military display of yesterday was exceedingly ridiculous . All their preparations and precautions to guard against a surprise of military posts were on the same scale . It would have appeared , indeed , as if they desired , by their uncalled-for proceedings—their unmeaning display of military forceto drivt * the people into a temporary outbreak .
There is , in truth , but one opinion among sensible men of all parties respecting the entire conduct of the Government—of the miserable and drivelling Government—to . whom the destinies of this countiy are entrusted—a Government weak and contemptible for real good , and strong only in bringing all law and justice into disrepute . Why , it is aBked , was the issuing of the Proclamation delayed till three o'clock on Saturday ? Was it that the people might not have warning in time?—that they might assemble at Clontarf ?—and what then ? A second edition of the Manchester massacre—nay , ten thousand ; times worse . Lord DtGfty arrived here with the Lord Chancellor on Friday . Troops marched from Weedon and Manchester on Friday , and embarked on S . iturdny . Why , then , was not the Proclamation issued on Friday ? Why ¦ was it wilfully delayed ?
It was determined in England to proclaim the C ' ontarf meeting . Lord DcGrey and the Lord Chancellor arrived on Friday for that purpose . How , then can the delay in the issuing of the Proclamation bo accounted tor and justified J It was S' fearful and a wicked act , fur which this wretched Executive must render account . The result of the whole proceedings of the Government is directly contrary to what the Government intended . Agitation is to be carried on more triumphantly than ever . We are to have three rounds of simultaneous meetings !—We hope the Government are satisfied .
Return of the Troops to Dublin . —From Tuesdays Times , —Shortly after five o ' clock , ther was a general move on the part of the spectators towards Dublin ; and , as the place was soon cleared , and the troops could be of no more : service , except in shooting wild-ducks and curlews for their i facers' mesa , they received orders to " march , " and shortly after six o ' clock , were safely ensconced in their respective barracks . No disturbance or riot of the slightest kind took place throughout the day , and up to eight o ' clock all was peace and quietness .
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Mr . Kelly having addressed a few obsetvatioBS to the meeting , some money was handed in from persons who were stated to have joined the ranks of Repeal in consequence of the Jate Government proclamation . Mr . Bernard TraYNOR presented an address to Mr O'Connell from Stalybridge . Mr * O'CONNELL replied . Mr . Ray read the minutes of the last weekly meeting , after which 1 Dr . Stephens , of Atby , in handing in some money-£ 8 10 s ., said that it wasfcontributed in the Repeal reading -rooms from the Repeaters of that town , immediately after he read for them the Government proclamation against Repeal—( cheeisyi When he received it he waited upon them after they had done their religious duties , and asked would they d » their duty for Ireland—their country ? when they all replied , " She can command om purses , and would to God that , without violating any law , we could save her with our blood' *—( tremendous applause ) . j
After several sums of { money had been handed in and a number of members enrolled , — Mr . O'Connell read a letter from the Rev . Mr . M'Evoy . of Kells , who ; subscribed £ l in consequence of the Government proclamation . Nothing ( said Mr . O'Connell > could afflict him more in any event that related to himself than the leshtanceto authority—( hear | hear)—that which he preached to others he practised himself—( hear , hear ) . If any authority should , in its caprica—for they could not doit otherwise—arrest him , nothing could excruciate h m more than that they should have recourse to the least violence—( cheers / . He would , with the blessing of God , conduct him through this crisis unscathed anil unittacked , until they ultimately reached the eDJpyment of legislative independence—( cheers )—that independence which their lives were devoted to achieve , and which tbey never would abandon but with their ! last breath—iloud cheers ) .
Mr . Charles OCallaghan handed in £ 45 from Liverpool , includins ( observed Mr . O'C . ) a Saxon shilling —( cheers and laughter ) . Mr . Green , of Liverpool , addresspd the meeting , and said he was aware there were 400 Repealers in Liverpool who were determined to die rather than desert the cause of Repeal—( cheers ) . Mr . OConNELL begged to state , for himself , that he had just handed Mr . fRay his own " proclamation , " money— £ 5 for himself , £ 1 for each of his children ( although one of them does not take any part in politics , he paid lor him ) , and | 25 ° . from a quarter of a hundred of bis grnnd-ckUdren —( cheers and laughter ) . The Rev . Mr . Tyrbell moved the adoption of the following resolutions which were to have been submitted to the contemplated meeting at Clontarf : —
1 st That this meeting , highly approving of , and fully coinciding in the principles and spirit of the Leinster declaration for Repeal , as pronounced at Mullaghmost , do now adopt the ! following resolutions : — "Resolved—That this meeting hereby declares its devoted loyalty to the person and throne of ber gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , Queen of Ireland , and its determination to uphold and maintain inviolate all the prerogatives of the crown , as guaranteed by the Constitution . " Resolved—That we , the clergy , gentry , freeholders , and other inhabitants of Fmgal , in public meeting assembled , declare and pronounce , in the presence of our country , before Europe and America , and in the sight of heaven , that NO power on earth
ought of right to make laws to bind this Kingdom , save the Queen , lords , and Commons of Ireland ; and here , standing on the ever-Hiemorable battle-field of Cloatarf , the Marathon of Ireland , we solemnly pledge ourselves to use every constitutional exertion ! to free this , our native land , from ihe tyranny of being legislated for by others than her own inhabitants . " j " Resolved—That forty-four years of devoted and successful labour in the cause of his country , have justly earned for 0 Connell' —the Liberator of Irelandthe unbounded confidence of the Irish people ; and , that we , relying upon his supreme wisdom , discretion , patriotism , and undaunted firmness , hereby pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to follow his guidance , under any and every circumstance that may arise ! and , come weal , come woe , never to desert the constitutional standard of Repeal which be has raised . "
" That petitions to the Houses of Lords and Commons now read be adopted , praying for their recognition of the inalienable right of an Irish nation to a Domestic Legislature , and in order thereto for a Repeal of the Legislative Union . " The resolutions were adopted . The business having ; closed , ¦ Mr . O'Connell came to the front of the platform , and was received with deafening applause . When silence was restored he proceeded to say—He never , in the course of a l ong add eventful life , rose to address a public assembly with a stronger or more awful feeling of responsibility than at the present moment—( hear , bear ) . At the same time be never addressed a meeting with a more confident feeling of personal firmness—he neve *
addressed a meeting with a more triumphant feeling of the propriety of the ] conduct of tfee people , and the iniquity of their enemies—( hear , hear , and cheers . ) It was quite true that he passed a most hideous day yesterday ; for hours upon hours be could not bring his confidence in the people—in their tranquillity , in their ready obedience ; he could not raise that confidence to a sufficient pitch net to : apprehend that mischief might casually occur , and that the day might end in a massacre of innocent people—( hear , hear ) . He would say it at once , it was not the fault of the Government that there was not a massacre—( bear ; . He did not hesitate to repeat it , and if he were to igo to th « scaffold for it to-morrow , be ] would not hesitate to say thai if the Government had intended to trick the people into a massacre , they would not act otherwias than they did act—( hear ) , j He did not say tbey bad that
intention . He could ] not luok into any human mind , and he knew , besides , that there was so much folly and absurdity in their entire conduct respecting the Repeal , that he did not accuse them of intending that which , but for his interposition , might have en ^ ed in the massacre of unarmed people —( htar , hear ) . He had two objects—one to proclaim lo Ireland that there was but one safety and one mode of obtaining the Repeal of the Union , and that was the most perfect obedience to everything having the shape of legal authority . Let them not pause to question if it be exactly Ugal , for resistance was not legal . Let the illegality of the authority demonstrate itself j but as long as it kept itself legal , even by name , so long , he told the people of Inland , if they wished for safety and above all the Repeal , they should obey it—( loud cheers ) . A Voice—We will ! all obey you .
MR . O'Connell—He could answer for all Ireland—( cheers ) , it was manifest the Repeal was coming—it was perfectly manifest they must have it on one condition—their not putting themselves in the power cf their enemies ; and if tbey obeyed everything having the shape , and even the pretence of law about it , they might set them at defiance , for they would never venture to throw off the mask and raise the dagger . But this he told them—toihave confidence in him —( cheers ) . Let him be sneered at , but he dtstrved tbeir confidence —( enthusiastic applause ) . He thought of them , i n every waking moment—m his dreams was mixed up anxiety f « r their safety : he wanted to carry the Repeal without one drop of blood—without crime of any description—without disturbing the state of social order .
He wanted to carry it in such a way that he could face the Redeemer , having i o crime to answer for in the advice he gave in conducting the Irish people j and unless it was a Jinejof conduct which Heaven could approve of , couldthey be successful ?—( loud cheers ) . Well , why did he repeat bin call of obedience ? because ha wished to have it pass from the Giant ' s Causeway to Cape Clear , and from Connemara , where they were a few weeks ago , to ? the Hill of Howtb , whos « echo they would have awakened yustenAay—( cheers ) . It had been talked here , that if he were nrreated there woulil be a struggle ; they could not inflict a greater punishment upon him than even the utterance of that sentiment , because it shewed they would imagine he was not sincere in his declarations—< h « ar , hear / . Eveii it he
were arrested , they should obey tht law , and the Union would be repealed—licheers ) . He sent that throughout Ireland—his words ^ ould pass even by that evuniug ' s newspapers , for measures were taken to have them published —( hear , hear ) . | He wanted to put down the anxiety—to take away , and soothe , and mitigate the feelings of just indignation at tbe mauHer in which the Government dared to treat the Irish people at the present moment —( hear . j hear , and loud cheera ) . Having first enforced obedience , he declared his thorough conviction that the conduct of Government was calculated , in a high degree , to produce a massacre . He ? was not accusing them of thp intention to do it , but he would demonstrate ) by facts that they escaped the horrors of that crime , and innocent men escaped slaughter , by his ( Mr . O'C ) happening to be iu Dabiin—( hear , hear ) . Lfct him give the dates . Three weeks ago the Government were
apprised of the Clontarf meeting—it was advertised more than a fortnight ago—for mere than a week they . had determined to take the stop they had taken—( loud cries of hear , hear , hear ) . ! How did he damonatrate that ? Thus did he demonstrate it—had not they everything arranged , and two regiments on their passage here ?—had they not settled them to arrive here on tha morning of the meeting-f- ( hear , bear ) ? They were , therefore , determined to ! want them , and tbey could want them only for one purpose ; and what he complained cf was , that they did not give sufficient notice of their intention to put down the meeting , in order that the leaders of the people migbt caution that people of the necessity of not falling into such danger—( cheers ) , They had for six months permitted—he would say countenanced—similar meetings ; the meetings at Ennis , Limerick , Counemara , Loughrea , Watertord , Enniscorthy , and Donnybrook . A Voice—And Tara .
Mr . O'CONNELIH-Aye , and Tara —( hear , hear ) . All these bad taken place—the Government took no part in them—their names were ostentatiously proclaimedwas there any prosecution or the smallest hint given of their Illegality ? Wat any magistrate sent to them , or policeman commissioned to give them caution—( loud cries of " no , no" ) ? j In short , all were held with the most perfect knowledge of the Government , and up to Friday last that was the position of the public mindthe Repeal meeting at Clontatf was to have be ^ n equally as peaceable and tranquil as the others ; in fact , it had an additional feature of legality about it—the laymen were more numerous in the requisitions convening the other meetingsj but the requisition for Clontarf was signed exclusively by Citholic clergymen , so that it was
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peculiarly marked with tranquillity —( loud cheera ) . The Government , bs they were called , were here early on Friday—that was the evening for publishing the Gazelle , the legitimate source for a proclamation to iBsue ; and he asked common sense , he asked the British Minister , he asked Sir Robert Peel how he could pass by Friday , and not send forth their proclamation in the Gazelle , if they had no intention to mislead the people—( hear , hear )? Had they proclaimed od Friday , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) and others would have been able to go round to the different localities on Saturday , calling on the people to obey the proclamation , though they believed it to be Illegal—( hear , hear ) ? Bnt they did not do it on Friday , and he told them thisi if they did intend the herrible trick ( he did not accuse
them ) that was the line of conduct they would bave adopted—( hear , hear ) . Friday came—they were in Dublin—the Gazette appeared , and ne proclamation in it ? Now , if they were aa innocent as sucking babes , and Sogden the chief of the suckers —( a laugh)—they had left a belief upon the public mind that they intended to take them by surprise and to massacre them . He absolved them of their wickedness , and only accused them of their power . ( A laugh . ) Well , Friday passed over , and there was no proclamation ; . and it was three o'clock on Saturday when he got that proclamation , when they Bent them , after nightfall to be posted —( hear , hear , )—but that would not do ; if they bad served every man in the community with that proclamation , who was it that
would be disposed to believe it % reality ? . Not a single man would , had not his ( Mr . O'Connell ' s ) counter pro blamation gone out . If his proclamation had not been issued—if messengers had not been sent in every direction , cautioning the people , they would have poured ia in tens of thousands , from Meatb , the county Kildare , and other places ; in Bhort , nobody could doubt that from three to four hundred thousand people wonld have assembled at Clontarf , and if they did , sacred Heaven ! would they not necessarily have encroached upon the soldiers ? or , at ail events , would it not be next to a miracle that some species of riot would commence ?—for thu most miserable Orangeman in Dabiin might have set them all in confusion . Such an escape of massacre a people never bad . Such a set of men ought not te
be in the govornment of Dalkey island . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) He had a copy of the proclamation in his pocket , and he must say that a more illegal , or a worse constituted document , or one more dangerous in its tendency , was never before issued— ( hear , hear ) . He would only ask them to contrast its language with that of the proclamation issued in Wales , and they would see the damning diversity of the proclamation in Ireland . He would read the Irish proclamation" Whereas it has been publicly announced that a meeting is to take place at or near Clontarf , on Sunday , the 8 th of October inst , for the alleged purpose of petitioning Parliament for a Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland . " Now , mark the next— " And whereas advertisements and
placards have been printed and extensively circulated , calling on the persona who proposed to attend the said meeting on horseback , to meet and form in proces sion , and to march to the said meeting in military order and array . " " Military order and array . " That was not true . It was true that two silly advertisements appeared on Saturday week , but to which no name was attached , advi&ing the horsemen to fall in groups , to prevent them interfering with those on foot ; but there was no authority given by the Associatiou for issuing those advertisements ; and he believed that be himself had on the last day of their meeting . turned them into ridicule . He supposed it was Blackburne or Brewater that drew attention to these military advertisements , and dragged them into their proclamation . Bat to go
on— " Ana whereas meetings of large numbers of persons have already been held in different parts of Ireland under the like pretence , at several of which meetings language of a seditious and inflammatory nature has been addressed to the persons there assembled , calculated and intended to excite discontent and disaffection in tho minds of ber Majesty ' s subjects , and to bring into hatred and contempt the Government and constitution of ths country as by law established . " He ( Mr . O'Conuell ) denied It . Instead of bringing the constitution into contempt , tbey were seeking to revive it . They had always spoken with the highest respect of the Queen ; and as to : bringing into hatred and contempt the Government , he would aay nothing about hatred , for it was an ugly word ,
but as to bringing them into contempt , they were perfectly able to do that for themselves without the aid of the . Repealers —( hear , hear , and laughter ) . They were the most contemptible administration that this or any other country ever had , or were likely to have in times to come —( hear , hear , and cheers ) . He wouid proceed with this precious document— " And whereas , at some of the said meetings such seditious and inflammatory language has been used by persons who have signified their intention of being present at , and taking part in ) be said meeting , so announced to be held at or near Clontarf . " There was a phrase!—" persons who have signified their intention of being present ; ' * but they did not say that those persons intended to repeat the language referred to , or even what the language was . Oh ,
miracle of wisdom and sagacity . Was not this fudgeography personified . Let him go on— " And whereas the said intended meeting is calculated to excite reasonable and well-grounded apprehension —( he denied tho absurd allegation )—that the motives and objects of the persons to be assembled thereat are not the fair legal exercise of constitutional rights and priv il eges , but to bring into hatred and contempt the Government and constitution of the United Kingdom as by law established , and to accomplish alteration in the laws and constitution of the realm by intimidation and the demonstration of physical force . " Recollect ( continued Mr . O'Connell ) that no evidence existed of any one of the charges set forth in that proclamation ; they were allegations —« h « ge 8 on the mere ipse dimit of a few
individuals ; and the nation was to lose her rights because those persons thought proper to put together and publish all this calumnious nonsense . Did they allege that any violence was committed at any one of these meetings ? and did they dare to say that there was even the slightest breach of tfee peace attempted at the Repeal meetings ? No ; for they could not , with any decency , proclaim such a gross falsehood —( hear , hoar ) . Evidence of no kind was referred to in support of the charges in their proclamation ; and why ? because they had it not —( h ; ar , hear ) . But let him read the remainder of this splendid document . " Now we , the Lord Lieutenant , by and with the advice of her Mftjesty ' 8 Privy Council , being satisfied that the said intended meeting so proposed to be held at or near
Clontarf , as aforesaid , can only tend to serve the ends of factious and seditious persons , and to the violation of the public peace , do hereby strictly caution and forewarn all persons whatsoever that they do abstain from attendance at the snid meeting ; and we do hereby give notice , that if , in defiance of this our proclamation , the said meeting shall take place , all persons attending the same shall be proceeded against according to law . '' Now mark what followed—( hear );—¦ " And w « do hereby order and enjoin all magistrates and officers entrusted with the preservation of the public peace , and others whom it may concern . " He ( Mr . O'Connell ) would venture to assert that a proclamation so worded had never been issued in England . They could not content themselves with calling upon all officers and
justices of the peace to carry out their object ; , but they must bring in the losy Orangemen to their aid by appealing to " all others whom it may concern , to be aiding and assisting in the execution of the law in preventing the said meeting , and . in the effectual dispersion and suppression ef the same , and in the detection and prosecution of thosa who , after this notice , shall offend in this respvet aforesaid . " He ( Mr . O'Connell ) would be ashamed of his profession , if he did not fael himself in a position to proclaim this proclamation as the grossest violation of the law he ever met or heard of . Look at the wording of it . Tkey were first to prevent the meeting , and then to disperse it—( laughter ) . Was it not ludicrous ? They were to take care that the meeting should not happen ; And then they
were to disperse it —( laughter ) . Such was the proclamation issued on Saturday evening , and issued at aa hour that must prevent the possibility of its beini ? made known to the people . What would have been the issue if 200 , 000 men had come in yesterday , and that in any of the narrow passages one of them even pressed against a soldier—( hear , hear , hear ) , —and that angry words had ensued ia conseqaence ? These persons " whom it may concern ' would , no doubt , be glad of an opportunity for some breach of ths peace ; and , if the slightest occurred , there would undoubtedly have been massacre—( hear , hear ) . He would now give them the proclamation for Wales —( hear , hear , hear ) . It was to this effect— " Whereas in certain districts in South Wales , especially in the
counties of Pembroke , Cardigan , and Carnarvon , tu-Hiuituous assemblages of the people , armed with suds and other destructive weapons , had taken place by night , and committed outrages of a violent description upon the lives and properties of our subj cts" —^ hear , hear , and cheers ) . Now , in Ireland tbey had no tumultuous meetings—they were not aimed , nor did they inflict injury upon the lives and properties of the people . Contrast the conduct of the peopla of the two countries . Those tumuluous assemblages in Wale 3 had pulled down toll-gates and demolished toll-houses , and they bad extorted sums of money from the people by threats and violence—ihear , and cheers ) . In Ireland they had been guilty of no such practices—here nil was peaceable , and lives and property were respected . No outrage had been committed by the peop le at tb ^ ir meetings , however large ; and yet the proclamation called upon " all ofiicers and justices of the peace" to
aid in putting them down —( hear , hear , bear ) , while the Welsh proclamation called only npon the " civil officers" of the country to suppress those tumultuous meetings to which be had referred . Was it fair , was it just to make this difference in the two proclamations , especially tinder the circumstances , and looking to the state of affairs in the two countries—( hear , and cries of " no , no" ) J He , for one , wonld not say that it was unlawful to disobey such a proclamation as this—proclamationi conld not make Isws . Acts of Parliament were at one time passed which constituted proclamations a part of the law of the land ; but those acts were not now In existence—( hear , hear , hear , and cheers ) . A proclamation was of use to warn people . against , committing a crime , but it did not constitute a criminal . He took his stand there , declaring his solemn conviction that the aien who ai ^ ned the proclamation on Ssturday ought to be impeached , inasmuch as they called on persons to act against the people who had no authority ( Continued in our Seventh page . )
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ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS . ( From the Dublin Monitor of Monday Evening . J Dublin Mokitob Office , Mo > dat . Up to half-past five o'clock ytbttrday , when we went to press , the troops remained stationed along the Clontarf shore in the manner we have described . DuriDg the day Mr . Thomas Steele , as Head Pacificator , appeared among the crowd with a large green bough , which he held aloft He was dressed as usual , save that he sported his holiday cap with a gold band . He encouraged many of tho people to return home , and appeared anxious to prevent any breach of the peace ' but , indeed , his services were not required as no disposition whatsoever to rioting was evinced by the mnltituda .
In the course of the day some hundreds of respectable citizens visited the scene of operations . A great number of ladies , in carriages , private jaunting cars , and vehicles of all descriptions , drove aloisg the line occupied by the military , and appeared highly amused by the exciting scene . About four o ' clock we observed Sir Edward Blakeney , with a numerous staff , on the ground . Colonel M'Gregor , Inspector-General of Constabulary , was also there . After remaining a short time , Sir Edward and his 8 ' aff rttnrned to town .
Retuk . n of the Troops to Town . —About halfpast five o'clock the order was given for the troops to "fall in , " and preparations were made for returning to barracks . The 5 th Dragoon Guards was first in motion , and tbout six o ' clock the entire force was in full march for their respective quarters , where they arrived without the slightest accident taking place . Along the line of march j ^ reat multitudes were assembled . Some partial cheering took place as the troops marched by , but the utmost good feeling was displayed . The troops wtr ^ stiady and ordtrly , and wcre treated with tvery respect by the populace .
Evacuation of Aldboroigh Hovse —We should lite to know with whom the idea originated of occupying this old dilapidated building as a military position . As we have already noticed , it was taken possession of early yesterday morning by a company of the 36 th , and maintained a vory warlike appearance during the day . After six o ' clock last evening , the entire force having matched into town frcm Clontarf , orders were l&fcu-. d to evacuate this temporary fortress , which was immediately dune . * AKIUVAi , OF TROOPS—MILITARY PREPARATIOKS . It wes frum Weedon that tho 34 : h arrived yesterday . The first detachment , with the htad quarters of the regiment , arr . Vtii by fatr Wsjtstj's bteam-patket Merlin , and disembarked at Kingstown , reaching town by railway .
The remainder of the regiment arrived at the North Wall last eveniDg , in the Duehnss ef K « nt steamer , belonging to the City of Dibiin C ^ mpaay . This vessel was chartered by the Munchej-ter and Liverpool Repealus for tbe purpose of coming over to attend the Clontarf meeting ; but the steanitrr was pressed by the Govtrj ! H ) i-r ) t to kring over the Ti uiainder of the 34 th . The 24 Jj Rvgirnent , from Glasgow , is also under orders for Dublin , and is tXj ectt < i to arrive to-day or to-morrow . Three squadrons of the 12 lh Lmu-ers were ordered on Saturday from Manchtsttr ; o Liverpool , to hold themselves in TtMdinet-8 for instant tmbirkation . Tie 4 : b Dragoan Guards , quartered at Newbridge , were confitd . to barracks on fcm cay , and three squadrons were . ready st a momtni ' a notice to march on Dublin .
STATE OF THE CUT LAST NIGHT . The same precautions that were adopted on Saturday night were ait < o taken last tiigbt The guards at the Castle , and at all military posts , were douWed , iind regnlar patrols paraded the city ; tfee monnted police , as usual , pa-, r <>] l < ng all tbe roads in the vicinity of the metropolis . The utmost trai quillity mi ; n * d throughout the city during the night . We went thrum h tho streets as late as twelve o clock , ai . d found thtm comparatively deserted . The evening was \ eTy wet No disturbances ef any kind-took place . THIS DaT . ^ -As early a * ten o ' clock this morning vast crowds began to congregate at the Corn-Exchange , as it was understood that the Repeal Association would hold its nsnal weekly meeting . It was resolved , however , to adjourn to the Theatre , Lower Abbey-street , as the Corn-Excbange rooms would not afford sufficient accommodation .
BEPEAL ASSOCIATION—THIS DAY . Accordingly the Repeal Association met to-day in Calvert' s Theatre , Lower Abbey-street . The theatre was crowded to suffocation , and a vast crowd remained outside unable to find standing room within . The greatest excitement prevailed . On the arrival of Mr . O'Connell he was enthusiastically cheered as he made his way through the densely crowded street . A , Report of the proceedings will be found lower dewn . STATE PROSECUTIONS . The rnmonrs we noticed aa rife in the city on Saturday and yesterday are etill more confidently repeated to-day . It is said that the Repeal Associiation is to be proclaimed : but , if j . o , why permit the meeting to be
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IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION , — THIS DAY . ( From the Dublin Monitor of Monday evening . ) The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held at the Abbey-street Theatre today , that building having been selected in order to accommodate the Liverpool and Manchester Repealers , wVjo came to attend the Clontarf meeting . Long before twelve o ' clock , the hour appointed for taking the chair , every part © f tho theatre was crowded to excess . At a few minutes after twelve o ' clock Mr . O'Connoll apDeured on the platform , and was received with enthusiastic applause . On tho motion of the Hon . and and Learned Gentleman , John O'Connell , Esq ., M . P ., was called to the chair .
Tho Chairman said he felt highly honoured at being called upon to preside over this meeting . Under ' ordinary circumstances it was a nattering distinction , but at this important junoture he sensibly felt the distinction conferred on him by placing him in that important position ( hear , hear ) . He con gratulated the noble people on the conduct they bad exhibited yesterday . Afuch as their conduct on former occasions was worthy of approbation , treble and tenfold was it admirable when contrasted with tfce behaviour of the government ( loud cheers ) . Hitherto the people had implicitly obeyed the directions of those guides in whom they placed confidence ; and he now called upon them to attend to the advice and directions of those who had assumed that office , 'and who would , notwithstanding what had occurred , stand by them for the Repeal ( loud chners ) . ... . .
When the Chairman had concluded his observations , and the tremendous applause with which he was greeted had subsided , Mr . Hanly , of Manchester ( one of tho gentlemen who came over to attend the contemplated meeting at Clontarf yesterday ) , presented an address to Mr . O'Connell . Tho address was then read . When silence was restored , which was brokpn for several minutes after the reading of the address , which was greeted with tremendous applause .
Mr . OConnell came forward , and was received with tbe greatest enthusiasm . He said that , as a matter of course , he felt deeply grnteful for the senMme- ta of open regard and public confidence which the address just read contained . He approved of much of it , and nil tho declarations rtspectir . g Kibbonism and secret * societies , because he knew that no Repealer belonged to those illegal associations—( hear , bear ) . Although so » ie Irishmen had been foolish enough to juin them , tbey were more foolish than criminal , and he ( Mr . -O'Connell ) had to thank the lojal mm of Manchester that they were ready to uae their exertions to put them down by every c ^ ristitutional means in their power—( cheers ) . The feelings and sentiments of submission to the laws expressed , highly delighted him ;
and their devoted adherence to the principles of the Constitution , and peaceful demeanour , contributed largely to his feelings of joy—( hear ) . If there was language of a strong nature ! contained in that address , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) had to say that it was th . it of steady men and true patriots—( cheers ) . It would be contrary to bis principles of agitation to do otherwise than to keep tbe country and people tranquil—they were in the right , and tbty would leave the reverse to their 'enemies— - ( tremendous applause ) . The only tyranny he disliked was tfee tyranny of the Union , and the only oppressor be recognised was the enemy of Repeal , in which was identified all their cause of complaint ; but when he ( Mr . O'Connell ) met such assurances , he was cheered on by tbe great confidence reposed in him ; and they might depend upon it , that by
cautioning fbe people againut them—by cautioning the people against their enemies—keeping them steady and free from vice and breaches of the law , they would triumphantly succeed : for there never was a timethere never was a period , when the cry of " Steady she goes , steady , " was more applieable— ( hear , hear , and loud ' ch « ere ) . The Repealers would not shrink from their duty to obtain a National Legislature again—( cries of " No , never !") No , tbey would not ; and he requested that those gentlemen who presented him with the additss from the Loyal Repealers of Manchester , would inform their friends in that town that tbey were determined to use every effort to effect a Repeal in a legal way , and to say that he ( Mr . O'Connell ) had no doubt < f success , if thepeoplw took his advice—no more doubt than he had of the rising of to-morrow ' s
sun—( great cheers ) . Mr . Steele next intioduced Mr . Kelltj , of Manchester , to tbe meeting , who handed in £ 71 10 s . from that town . In doing so , he said that he never felt so delighted in banding in money for any purpose as he tbeB did for contributing to tbe funds of the Repeal Association . Tbe reason be was so proud of the honour was , that it proved not only the fervid patriotism of the Repealers of Manchester , bnt gave decided proof of their political wisdom and discretion ; because if there was a body of Repealers in the world that felt fall confidence of his
\ - ' , he great Libtra ^ oa country , it was those R- ; - pulera —( hear , hear ) . About thirteen months ago he ( Mr . Steele ) happened te be there when the Feargusite meetings and riots were going on , and the loyal Repeakrs did him the honour of requesting that be should go a : aongat them , and adyowte the great question at their meetings ; but he declined it , fiaying that he would not have the n « ate of an O'Connellite being supposed to take a part in a political movement , for fear the Feargusites might be mingled with thu O'Connellites , and therefore tak « n for them—( loud cheers ) .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct823/page/6/
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