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THE KEPEAL PRESS . AND THE OFFER TO COMPBOMISE . VXXJ ! M There hare b een no "arrests" this week . Al therefore , as far as the prosecutions are concerned stands as it did when we last appeared . Not bc toweTer with O'Gokkka , Be has madeanothei move . He is no longer » ^ FEDERALIST j bai an TJLTBA BEPEALBR onoeinore j Before wegive the parficnlars of Ms last Tagary , or jump Jim CrourTuas abotst , " we w 21 iave a e peep "* & the Bepeal Press . How ' did-the ** « nconditional Repeal" Journals receive the- whining truckling offer to Fkdbbxxisb ? Let the World tell os : —
" We know not that we ever looked ont with -mnch anxiety in the whole comae of our lives to learn what a section of our metropolitan contemporaries were likely tossy upon any given subject , nntil the present week ' When we certainly So plead gnflty to having felt no s&gM eoiiority to ascertain by what Ingenious process of losJofljeywoBW «» aes » onr to reconcile tfie people to the new doctrine of ^ Federalism . O for a sight of the Freeman ! ' we etdaimed before day-break on ! Tuesaay -morning , 'that we toay behold , what bolus it jeconunends to calm down its patients who -will now be frantic with disappointment ! ' In time we obtained B copy of the wished-for print from an industrious newsreader : —whfcS , le 1 how were we artoimded lo And it
as sSentas the grove about Vie subject upon which we expected tote edified I There was seme double-diluted prosing ahoutihe Hanoverian levy , which , as the people are all to be peaceful , will never now reach onr shores ; but no sigh akd haughty DENTjyci-AXIOKS AGAINST IHB TORBIGS PARLIAMENT * 3 ! O-WOED OF C 0 STE 5 IPI UIIEEED JIGAIKST THE txkfidiovs ' saxos ; ' In disgust we threw awBy onr win-penny fellow-labourer , saying to ourselves 'all win not be frittslessr-the j > Uot will come it strong and no mistake ^* but , howbeit , our respected optemporary of Elephant-lane was , if possible , store iamzthan VieFreeman . par only remaining hope bow is in the ' Nation , which Mr . Peter PareeU , in the phrase of file road , has declared will not die TI na
jpoft . ^ Tetag Ireland play false—if instead of shewing a kick in its gallop , it sits down a mere milksop , converting its spear into a plough-share , resolved neither to encounter law nor war for fatherland , then fideed . shaft we bo disposed to think that-there are no true msn living , and that the Government has teen frightened by a very insignificant and sordid set of kxaggarta . Bnt we cannot believe this . The rabid nays and death-dealing songs were not written for nothing ; nor was the hnUaballoo about ' Ireland for tbo ^ riKh * and * national independence' all & moekery-Ccane , Messieurs , tjx must tovt sou ? none of your half measures , for yon promised us a real College-green Par-Eament , and not a humbug Legislature , over which onr estimable friend Mr . Pierce Mahony wonld disdain to preside . "
Did the Nation realise the " hope" of the World 1 Did it stand ont for "National Independence" 1 Did it denounce "axx compromise" ? and bid the * boys" to agitate for nothing but a Ireland for the Irish" ? Alas , no ! The M Spirit of the Nation ' evaporated . Its war-cry-for satijk « ai . itt sank into a miserable moan for Federalism J It proclaimed its base subserviency , by stating in round terms , that wherever the "Leader" offered to "lead"the people , it was bound to folJow . Young Ireland had no spunk . It was forced to ** knock nnder , " and consent to be dragged through the mire 1 Here is the Ration ' * miserable adhesion to the slinking federal movement ;—
" with the Conciliation Hall , on Monday , win open a kew and Tigerous agitation . That day , it is understood , will witness some remarkable accessions to our lacks ; and it may be gathered from the proceedings of thclast meeting that 2 £ r . O-Cmnell will countenance a mooement among those xzw allies for a Federal ^ Portiavtent , while the Association will continue to demand an independent one .- This is undoubtedly a momentous measure . Por ourselves , no reader of the Nation need be told that we abhor all dependence upon England , and that we look with a hope * a smre as the rising of to-morrow's sun , to the regeneration of this country . Bnt WB peas , too
deeply , the deadly bane of Ireland—Division—to resist the mocemait , but because we wonld not propose it She only man whom the country trusts or believes in irs pronounced for it ; and if we could draw any popu-} -i opinion from his views to ours , it is only too obvious that to that extent we would weaken the national strength . The post of commander is his . Be is Accredited- —he isresp * nsifele , and we dare not peril the cause in which we labour by that Celtic wilfuOness i which lost » o many fields to Ireland ) of resisting the trial of every plan but our own . We ijbeds must follow the oWy general tcho can muster an ^ fsetive army , though Tiis plan cf battle doss ml tally wiih ours . "
How different this from the language of a free untrammelled press ! The basescycophancy is sick-« niBg ! How lamentable that the heroic devotion and confiding patriotism of the Irish people should l > e so abused and so treacherously sold ! Surely the scales will -sometime or other fall from the eyes ! Turning from this sickening exhibition of mental subjection , let ns next see what the only Independent Irish Repeal Journal has to say on the " Base Compromise . " In his own qinet sarcastic method ihe World dins disconrbeth ;—
" The present week has been abundant m exciting events , and the »>> iftJTtg -of the political panorama has sot given birth to greater astonishment than laughter . O ! thanks be to Providence that we ^ Jive in times when Ql 6 pT » rjtjyA mttTn -of paxifev disjiibsys itself xo a spirit which Blight afford tolerable Mnnsement it the front of BlKranybrook ihow-booth . "We never saw the plot of a farce better arranged or mere admirably executed than the recent dramatic representation , beginning at Clontarf , and terminating within the walls ef the Corn Exchange Did we not prognosticate that neither the Government nor the Repealers intended to engage in any-serious quarrel ? Bow eonld such good-tempered opponents ever ihink of entering into a more-Berkms
ceBflict tfrftp that which occasionally is exhibited fcetweea the showman and his humble servant Mi . Merryman ? The Government is really , af ter-all , not a bad Government ; ot would it otherwise have earned the praises cf the Catholic Earl of Kenmare , ot gratified 24 r- O'ConEell and the consistent DiiblixJZvemng Posthy promoting the ^ bsequions Mr . Sergeant Howley ? Neither are the agitators , lord bless yon ; the dangerons fellows that some suppose . True , like Sobadil , they tMfr "very bigj and while promising to achieve bloodless victories , chaunt war-songs , and emjjlszon their cards with the sanguinary names of * Bsalan-atha-buiQhe , and Btnburbj' but allowing them this license , "which is only an aid to winning the penny ,
Bally HoUom himself , and Quince the Joiner , were not more peaceful or pliant in their disposition . The Go-Temment , indeed , must beliard to please , which could find fault with their Tielding qualities . The facetious Repealers of the Corn Exchange vowed they would meet at any risk , and never abandon their agitation until the accursed Union was repealed . "TyhenTemonstated with through tie medium of a Government proclamation they evirced an alacrity for shrinking , and shewed how easily they could be satisfied , by expressing their readiness to accept a ^ Federal Union-, with a jobbing conclave to be designated a local Pdrliament
It is no wonder that every one laughed heartily at this contest ; and that not a few—very erroneously , we believe—proclaimed that annnderstandingexisted between the people of Dublin Castle and the Bepeal leaders . No , no , there could be no secret compact ; but never did » set of actors piay their parts bo admirably . The G > Teroment has ^ vindicated its character by an exhibition of vigour , and lord Boden can no longer grumble in his Parliament-street print ; while Oie red-hot advocates of Domestic legislation , amidst bursts of laughter , admit that they never expected to obtain half as mnch as they had been asking .
" The meeting upon last Monday at the Com Exchange was quite a delightful descent from the ferociously bombastic , ^ lown to the * dnrteously moderate Even Mr . DaSy , of theJftrfwm , awed by the presence of the 6 2 ml of Bnnowen Castle , put his « Bepeal Cap * and Green Boek * in his pocket , and talked jocularly of walking his "body to Mr . JnstJee Burton . We should have given anything fsr a look at Mr . O'Callaghanwhose Bterary drilling has infused a warlike spirit even into such poor creatures as Morgan , the civic attorney - —wheiThe saw bis fellow-labourer taking things bo coolly . Martyra of MuUagbmast , and martial heroes , who lsft your bones at the Yellow Ford , xx fell fighting at the Passof Plumes S will ye not feel ashamed in
your graves at the degeneracy of these latter days ? we are rejoiced at this critical crisi * , when practical measures are about to become the objects of the national straggle , to find such persons as Mr . O-NeD attaching themselves to the agitation band , and compelling their auodabet not to make boasts which aie never likely to be realised , or indnlge in intemperate courses which may > er attended with no peril to elfish "TMmfafr *"' * tnT" 1 ° ' fc ) but may bring down the worst consequences upon the unsuspecting mul-Btnda Kever did any person stake his appeaniBO » o opportunely as Mr . O'NIel ; and we do not recollect say other , j inee Neptane allayed the fury of -Solus , who
In so short a time succeeded in producing reeh a perfect ealnu At the first charge , Ihe Chairman proposed to his aadftery that lower ground should be taken—in Jact that they should be satisfied with a Federal legislature , dependant upon the English Parliament This proposition was recervedin thebert possible spirit ; not even a murmur of dissatisfaction having escaped from that independent gentleman who is usually designated by reportera , 'A Toice in" the crowd . ' _ Such successful progress having' been made , ' -the chairman , upon the principle that * much will cave more , ' indicated adispoation te follow up his tncaroachmepts . The English people hBd been ivngbly trealed—lheir feiendship -JV" _ .- »_ - _ i ~ » * « t I ^ a . . K ^ inn-ViVrtrvTIBiv milon
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Saxons , which seemed to the Chairman to Bavour neither of prudence nor good breeding . He remonstrated npon tbesubject ; and if he did not actually threaten to leave the chair if a promise were not given that the bated name would not in future be applied , it wav we presume , because he had previously a score of time * at wast the aame day threatened for a slighter provocation , to take that step . Mr . O'Connell pledged for the Irish Repealers that the word Sown' should not again escape their lips : while plain-speaking Tom Steele , and a number of mouthing associates looked at if they had been deprived of their stock-in-trade .
*• Now , it may be observed , that it is wise to accept of an instalment , and-that when we cannot Becare the whole , it wonld be extremely foolish to refuse the half . This is decidedly correct ; but there was no necessity to be for se long a time blustering that nothing but the whole would be taken , and then sitting down content with the half measure- The people will remember that "we never led them astray with false stories concerning French sympathy and thB righteous support of the Irish auxiliaries of the infamous slave-holders of South Carolinaand Maryland ; and / we have therefore no apology to offer . We never , far catch-penny purposes , endeavoured to excite anti-Christian prejudices against a sister country , which , -with all its faults , must still be allowed to be the restin * -plaee ol rational liberty .
We are much rejoiced , however , than an alliance with the Sturglte party is contemplated ; although such a step will be a severe blow to the patriots-of the pennytrumpet BChool , as well aa those Whig representatives of Irish const'taencies , who are just ' « s adverse to the prineiplea aVowed by the JoOowm of Mr . Joseph Sturge ta they are to the cause of Irish Domestic legislation . Friend Joseph is a Quaker ; a pacific and quiet member of the Society of Friends , who will regard chivalry and martial lyrics with about the same favour that a certain gentleman is said to relish holy water . He will have none of such things introduced into his scheme of agitation ; and without them , how is the steam to be kept up ? To proceed without stage effect to retain the confidence of a misguided people ,
who , it is positively stated , were panting , not for organic changes in the body politic , but to be led forth to a servile war , is utterly impossible . Without the thunder and lightning of delusion , neither the people nor the pence w 21 "be forthcoming—unless our countrymen be far more gullible than they are generally supposed to be . The Sturgite Union will , however , be equally offensive to the hopes of Whig place-hunters as the measure of Repeal , which has for some time caused them so much trouble and cmbarassment . This , however , is exactly the reason why we wish to see it brought out on the Irish boards , because we know that Complete Suffrage will test the sincerity of the Irish Whig-Radical politicians , who have so long led the masses astray while they drove a profitable trade in factious agitation . **
Sncb writing as the foregoing , though not as sternly denunciative as the occasion called for , is yet refreshing when contrasted with the spaniel-like conduct of the " uncompromising" Bepeal papers . The World is evidently not subsidized by the managers at the Corn Exchange !
THE COUNTER MOVE TO THE PROSECUTIONS . Dublin , Friday , Oct . 20 .
THB lUTOBMATlOIiS . — CHABGE OF PERJCBT . A considerable sensation was created to-day by the announcement that Mr . Barrett , proprietor of the Pilot newspaper , and one of the parties implicated in the Goversment prosecutions , was to attend at one of the police-offices this morning , for the purpeBe of swearing informations for alleged penury againrt Mr . Frederick Bond Hughes , the gentleman engaged by Government t » report the proceedings at Mall&ghmaBt , and the subsequent meetings ef the Repeal Association . Early in the forenoon , Mr . Barrett appeared before Mr . Porter and Mr . Magee , two of the magistrates of the bead office of police , to prefer the charge . He was accompanied by Messrs . M'Donoghj and Close , as connsfcl , and Mr . J . Cantwell , as his solicitor . Several of his friends also accompanied him ; amongst whom were Mr . John O'Connell , MJ ., Mr . T , M . Bay , Dr . Gray , Mr . T . Steele , &c . Mr . P . Mahony , Mr . John O'ConneU ' s solicitor , was also in attendance .
Mz . M'Donougb , having teen asked by the Magistrates if he was prepared to proceed with the charges , replied that he was , and proceeded to say—that be appeared upon behalf of Mr . Richard Barratt , the proprietor of the Pilot newspaper , to prefer a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury against > Ir . Frederick Bond JBugheS , s grrstleman vrho had sworn information against his client before Mr . Justice Barton , one of the Judges of the Queen ' s Bench , upon which be was held to bail . Mr . Porter—Where did he swear them 1 Mr . M'Donogh—In Mr . Justice Barton ' s bouse . Mr . Porter—Then go there . Mr . M'Donough—We have been advised , yonr worship , to apply lo the magistrates of the Head-office to seel : for justice .
Mr . Porter—This is not the division in which Judge Burton's house iB situate ; youmnst apply to the magistrates of Collge-street office ; and I am sure that if yen show them that you have a proper and fair case to support your charge if sent for investigatien to another tribunal , they will have no objection to receive the informations of Mr . Barrett . Mr . M'Donongh—We dont for one sjoment presume that they could , but as there was some doubt as to College-street office , we thought it better to come here . Mz . Porter—Bnt there can be no doubt whatever , and
we will not interfere with the business of another office . This was formerly called the Head-office , and the head of the executive of the police ; but it is not so now , although it may be considered so for some purposes , such as pawnbrokers' or excise cases , together with the management of the carriage conrk College-street has Kingstown district under its jurisdiction , and lor that reason we have thia other description of business ; but , in the common criminal business of the city , I have never known one police-office to interfere with the other .
Mr . M'Donough—Then we cannot press it upon your Worship further . Mr . Porter—Ton need not ; but if yon make a good case , then yon will be successful in your application . I wish you good morning , and wish myself joy in having nothing to do with it ( Laughter . ) 3 Ir . M'Donongh—Is that the ground upon which your Worship sends ns away ? ( laughter . ) Mr . Porter—No , no ; but I never wish to do any thing that I can avoid . ( Great laughter . ) The parties then left the office , and proceeded to College-street , where they found Messrs . Tyndall and O * CaUsghan on the bench .
Mr . M'Donogh then stated what he before said to the magistrates of the head office , and said he had been referred by them to make application on behalf of his client , Mr . Richard Barrett , the proprietor of the Pilot newspaper , to tender informations for wilfol and corrupt perjury , alleged to have been committed by Mr . Frederick Bond Hughes , the Government reporter , in informations sworn by him in - that police division , at the house of Mr . Justice Burton , the second Justice of the Qaeen ' s Bench . He ( Mr . M'Donogh ) had no donbt bnt that their worships would decide the case fairly , and ascertain whether It was not sufficient to warrant them to compel Mr . Hughes to give bail , as
he had compelled Mr . Barrett to do : he had come forward in a fair spirit , not waiting until the offence should be forgotten , or until Mr . Hughes had no witnesses , but immediately to tender and support his charge . On the 16 th of October , Mr . Barrett gave bail upon the informations in question , npon which the warrant was founded , and shortly after he obtained copies of them , in which he discovered two very startling statements , both of which were undoubtedly untrue . Now , be ( Mr . M'Donogh ) had no lees than thirteen informations to support his case , and to refute the informations swern by Mr . Hnghes , who in several places mentioned the name of Mr . Barrett : —
" He first stated , that on the 9 th of October , a meeting was held &i the Theatre Royal , Abbey-street I attended at the said meeting of the said Association , which took place at the said Theatre Royal , in the Abbey-street , in the city of Dublin . I saw the said Daniel O'Connell , Richard Barrett , John O'Connell , Thomas Matthew Ray , Thomas Steele , the Rev . Peter James Tyrrell , John Gray , anda great number of other persona present at the said meeting . The said persons last-named took part in a » d spoke at the said meeting I was also present on the 9 th day of October , at a dinner which took place in the Rotunda , in the * lty of Dublin , at which were several English Repealers , who came from England to attend the aaid intended meetinc ' at Clontarf ; I saw the said Daniel O'Connell , John OXtonnell , Charles Gavan Duffy , Richard Barrett * Themaa Matthew Ray , Thomas Steele , the Rev . Peter Tyrrell , and John Gray , present at the « aid dinner , and nearly all of the said person * made ¦ peechet
thereat . The information stated that Kt Barrett wa » present at the morning meeting , and at tte Rotunda inthe evening , while the truth wai that he attended neither , and was at home , iour sdles from DnWin , when the dinner wai going on . He bad prepared the informations of thirteen persons to prove those facts , and he Pegged leave to lender them totbe bench , net having any donbt but that they would be received . Mr . Tyndall—It is unusual to take Informattens against a person who is not present upon to serious a charge . . Mr . O'Callagban—I think Mr . Hnghea * ught to be summoned before the bench would be warranted in tuVino inTnmiiiHnnn-
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Mr . Close—But we did not know where to serve a summons ; : he has left Abbey-street , for his last information describes as late of Abbey-atreet Mr . O'Callaghan—I would suggest the serving of a nannwM at his place of residence on the first informa * Won , and if there is no appearance , we can find another way . feMr . M'Donough—If such be your worship ' s decision , and the decision of Mi . Tyndall , your brother magistrate , I must say I do not consider it unreasonable , because we are most desirous to conduct the prosecution in a fair and juit spirit , not wishing to throw any obstacle in the way of the person charged . I woald also suggest that a summons should ba served upon the the Crown solicitor . \
The magistrates asquiesced in what the learned counsel suggested , and ths further hearing of the application was adjourned until to-morrow ( Saturday ) at half-past one o ' clock .
COLLEGE-STEEET POLICE OFFICE ( SATUBDAY . ) The board-room of this office was densely crowded to-day at two o ' clock , the hour appointed by the magistrates for hearing Mr . Barrett ' s application . Among those present wete Messrs . John O'Connell , M . P ., Thomas Steele , T . M . Ray , Richard Barrett , and Dr . Gray . ' Messrs . Tyndall , Hitchcock , and O'Callaghan were on the Bench . ' . L Mr . M'Donough , Q . C . being about to renew his application . Mr . Tyadan inquired if Mr . Hughes was present ?
Mr . Kemmis , crown solicitor , said , I attend here in cotisaquence of the summons being sent to my house ; Mr . Hughes , is not in the country at present . He remained in town several days after he swore the information on which the parties were held to bail , and , it the mistake had been pointed out at once he could have rectified it . Mr . Pierce IIahony said that he felt called upon to state what actually occurred in consequence of this remark . On Saturday , the 9 Ui instant , he waited on Mr . Kemmia for a copy of the information , and he was
told there was no copy in his possession . He was then referred to the Crown-office , from whence he was not able to procure it until three o ' clock on . the following Tuesday . He at once gave the document to the press , and , through it , to the public . Tbe first intimation , therefore , that Mr . Barrett could have had of its contents was on Wednesday . It must be admitted that n 6 delay took place , when they appeared here yesterday , but two days after the publication of the informations . He ( Mr . Mahony ) did not suppose that more due diligence could have been shown .
Mr . Cantwell , as solicitor for Mr . Barrett , said that considering the practice of the Crown , there was extraordinary promptness displayed by the advisers of his client After an intimation from the bench to the effect that this point should not affect the application in any way , Mr . M'Donough proceeded with his application . He had , he said , to prefer informations against a person named Frederick Bond Hughes , for wilful and corrupt perjury , and he doubted not that he would present such a prima facie case as woald indnce their worships to send this person for trial on the charge . It appears that Mr . Hughes was tbe paid agent of the government , and sent to this country for the purpose of giving information and furnishing materials upon which his employers should decide upon prosecuting certain parties here . He ( Mr . M'Donouch ) felt convinced that
tbe present was a just government , that would not attempt to prosecute men upon the information of such a character as he would show Mr . Bond Hughes to be . Mr . Barrett came forward to vindicate the law and have this criminal punished , and the bench would deal with the case as one where justice was sought at their hands . They had not to try the question whether the perjury , which be would satisfy them bad been committed , was " wilful and corrupt" If they believed this man perjured himself , then they should send him for trial before a jury . He then read the passages in the information which related to Mr . Barrett , and he contended that there was no criminality charged against that gen . Ueman except on tbe two occasions specified , namely , the meeting at the Theatre and the dinner at tbe Rotunda , and proceeded at some length to urge his views , in tbe course of which he was interrupted by
Mr . Tyndall , who observed that he was extremely loath to interrupt the Learned Gentleman ; but from alt that had come to hiB knowledge , he felt no hesitation at once in stating his opinion tbat the Bench could not receive the informations . The practice in Courts of this description was , that when a prosecutor was proceeding in a criminal case , the party against whom he was proceeding could not turn round and seek to upset his prosecutor upon his trial . If a prosecutor committed perjury ; in tbe progress of his case , no proceeding could be taken against him until the case was
decided . They { the Bench ) did not mean to say whether Eiey thought the charge well or ill-founded , but they were of opinion that they could not entertain it until the original charge was disposed of . Again , he felt that this application should ba made to the Learned Judge before whom tbe information of Mr . Hughes was sworn , or one of the other Judges of the Queen ' s Bench , and , therefore , ought not to be entertained by them ( the Bench ) . He further thought it right te state that they had made up their minds previous to coming here . Mr . M'Donagh—Then , your worships , you made up you minds without bearing tbe case ?
Mr . Tyndall—That is not the case ; we were aware of the application to be made , and we consulted together on the subject , and the result was , that we came to the conclusion it would be establishing a new precedent , one that did not previously exist , to take the informations .: We are , therefore , not prepared to incur tbe responsibility . Mr- M'Donagh—You issued a summons yesterday , and here we are in pnrsuance of it . Surely , then , you cannot refuse to bear your own summons ? I think we can compel you to do it You may f « el you are responsible : to the Government , but 1 doubt not it is a just and righteous Government , tbat would not go on with a prosecution based en false evidence . Mr . Tyndall and Mr . Callaghan denied tbat they felt at all responsible to Government ; their desire was to do that which was right between all parties .
After some discussion , ( which we are compelled to abridge ) , Mr . Close said he would now tender the information which he had ready to hand in . Mr . Cantwell then read the informations as detailed above . yit . Close proceeded to address the bench , and in the course of a very able argument quoted a variety of cases and decisions , for the purpose ef showing that it was the duty of the bench to take the informations in the present instance , and tbat a refusal subjected them to a criminal information . The parties then retired . In addition to the discrepancy abpve pointed out in tbe " Information" as far as it regards Mr . Barrett , the Morning Advertiser ferns out the following : —
" Of the accuracy of Mr . Hughes , yoa have very striking evidence , and will have yet more . Mr . Steele , as yon are probably aware , is in the habit of reporting his own speeches for the newspapers . He made a speech at the Corn Exchange en Monday , the 2 nd of October , which speech he dnly reported , and like some of the Parliamentary orators who act as their owa reporters , interlarded with quotations , no doubt very apropos ; but which were only delivered to the printer . Among other embellishments , Mr . Steele , alluding to the Mullaghmast meeting , added the following : — ' Behemoth , biggest born of earth , Upheaved its vastness . ' All of which is duly set forth in Mr . Hughes ' s informations ; but not one word of which was uttered in the bearing or presence of the accurate and courageous reporter . "
MEETING OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL . A Privy Council was held at the Castle at foui o ' cleck on Saturday afternoon . A number of rumours were naturally afloat as to the object ol the meeting , all of which , however , turned out to be fallacious , the Council being summoned merely for the purpose of fixing a day on which the new Arms Act is to come into operation . A Proclamation to that effect will issue . The Act is to take effect on the 13 th of next month ( November ) . THE HANOVEHIAN "INVASION . "
Wt have authority to give an explicit and unqualified denial to a statement , which we are surprised to see ha » , in spite of previous contradiction ^ been repeated by the Irish press—we mean , > he intimation that Ministers intend to engage the services of Hanoverian troops in Ireland . Ministers never contemplated such policy ; on the contrary , they are too well convinced of the ability of the English troops , and the loyalty of tbe Irish Protestants , to think of calling in any foreign soldiers to quell the agitation in that country—Timtt , Saturday .
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ME , P ' CONNElt ' S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF ; IRELAND . Dublin , October 21 , Half-past Six , p . m . « . v 3 j ^ alion has j « st published tbe following in a thiM edition :
THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . : " Merrion-square , Oct . 20 , 1843 , "The nations have fallen , but still art thou young , Thy star is but rising , whilst others have set ; w thon « h slavery ' s cloud o ' er thy morning hath hung , The full noon of freedom shall beam round thee set . ' * " Beloved Fellow-countrymen , —We are engaged in the most noble experiment that ever was made by man or nation—the endeavouring to obtain the restoration of political franchises and rights , of which we have been iniquitously despoiled , and the achieving ef that restoration by means purely and entirely peaceable and legal . ; " This is my great experiment . I have desired , and I am endeavouring to prove to the world that the moral combination ef the : people is the most potent means of procuring the amelioration of the institutions of any country . " .
" The achievement of Catholic Emancipation was one uchproof . The abrogation of the Legislative Union by the repeal of the statute , 40 George III ., c . 38 , will be tbe second . £ - " We feHow-countrymen , have worked off tbe first part of ouf experiment completely . We have held some twenty monster meetings to demonstrate the intensity and universality of the desire of the Irisb people for the restoration of their domestic Parliament So many hnman beings never congregated together for peaceful purposes as have assembled to those meetings . There may be } a difference as to the amount , by twenty , fifty ,- or a hundred thousand ; but there is no doubt at all that such immense multitudes never assembled before , and thai at least one of them considerably exceeded half a million of human souls .
" This fact is certain—that some twenty meetings of the ilargest unarmed multitudes tbat ever assembled , were congregated together in Ireland daring the past summer . " There is another fact equally certain—that at no one of these meetings did any set , however slight , of force , violence , assault , or breach ef the peace' occur . " Dwell upon this , all generous believers in the amelioration of tbe human race , wherever you be throughout the world . Console yourselves with the conviction that men can meet in countless myriads without the slightest violation of peace , of order , of decorum , of civility .
"There is ene additional characteristic of our multitudinous Irian meetings—that so disposed were the people to avoid all acts of force , even for individual accommodation , that not so much as a single personal injury occurred , even accidentally , at any of those meettoga . ; , " Tbe experiment was thus complete in both its parts . —Firstly in showing the unanimous , universal will of the Irish peple in favour of the Bepeal of the 40 th Geo . Ill ., c 38 , called the Union Statute . Secondly , in the proof we gave of the perfect order , decorum , and thoroughly peaceable conduct of the Irish people .
" Nor was this experiment spoiled by the uncalledfor Proclamation directed against the Clontarf meeting . ' On tbe contrary , the ready submission to a proclamation which we deemed , and still deem illegalthe perfect obedience of the people to the odvice of their guides and leaders—the promptitude with which they abandoned all idea of holding the meeting , the very moment those guides and leaders told them they ought to abandon it—the perfect controul over eyery exciting prisioa and irritating provocation which the Irish have since displayed , and are displaying , have all , all , given practical proofs to the fullest demonstration , that the lessons of peace inculcated by their leaders have been fully understood and adopted into the popular sentiment , and have become the fixed and unalterable rule of their political conduct
'' Yes ; tbe-ProolamaUon has demonstrated that the Irish people are too well convinced of the strict propriety of peaceable demeanour , not only to be desirous of , but to be incapable of , being provoked into any , even the slighest , force , violence , or breach of the peace . " Yes ; the Proclamation has come to place beyond a doubt the cheerful alacrity with which the Irish are determined to adhere to their glorious sentiment , that permanently useful political changes can be best attained by peaceable and moral means ; and that no politics ^ JCbaago •«« £ , ' biB -worth th » pirU * of any one crlffle ';* arid , above alt , of one single drop of human blood .
" Shall I be asked what , then , is it I require of the Irish people f They have honoured me with a confidence more unlimited than ever was bestowed before by a nation on a single individual . My duty is to advise them with something of the force of that influence which almost resembles a command . " My advice is twofold—I advise perseverance in two different , but essentially connected topies . " First , foremost , and above all , I advise perseverance in peace and order . Perseveranca in avoiding any species of riot or violence whatsoever . No matter what the provocation may be ; no matter what the irritation may be ; no matter what the vexation—still , peace , order , total absence of all violence . In ail and every event , peace , order , and absence of violence ; and I especially saywhalever be the event the pending prosecutions—peace , Order , and no violence .
" Indeed this advice is a superfluous precaution . In every event , I reiterate—peace , order , and no violence . "The second topic upon which I require perseverance is the continued exertion in all legal and constitutional causes left open , to procure the Repeal ol the Union statute . That Repeal must not be abandoned . On the conttaxy , every eveut tbat ia taking place proves more clearly the absolute necessity of a local Parliament , sanctioned by her Majesty , and connected in an inviolable bond with her British dominions' by the solden and unonerous liDk of the crown of our revered Sovereign , Queen Victoria . "Persevere in peace , order , loyalty , and allegiance . Persevere in constitutional exertion for obtaining the Kepeal of the obnoxious statute .
" Prosecutions never yet extinguished a greai public cause . Prosecutions may or may not retard ; but they cannot terminate the struggles lo obtain ameliorated institutions . There were several prosecutions in order to extinguish the struggle for emancipation . Yet emancipation was triumphantly carried .: There were unnumbered prosecutions to extinguish the cause of Parliamentary Reform ; yet a large instalment of Parliamentary Reform was nevertheless triumphantly obtained . The
present prosecutions may be intended to extinguish the cause of Repeal . As well may a schoolboy ' s rattle be used to overpower the thunder of the ocean wavea ( Dropping figurative language , I can assert in firm sobriety and truth that the pending prosecutions , even should they delay , yet they cannot possibly prevent the attainment by the Irish nation of their right to a domestic Patliaiaeuti but , ou the contrary , their effect must be , to increase the necessity for the existence of the Irish Legislature—in other words for the Repeal of tbe statute 40 th Geo . Ill- c . 38 .
" People of Ireland 1 be patient—be persevering . Follow put the experiment in which w are now engaged , to obtain our political objects by peaceable means . It is a noble experiment—that of endeavouring to obtain the restoration ef political franchises and rights , by tbe use of means stiictlv and exclusively peaceable and legaL ' " Rally round me in this noble experiment—this glorious struggle . Be not abashed—be not ( oh ! need I say it ?) be not dismayed . Peace , Order , Tranquillity . These are our arms . With these we are certain of'success . 11 Persevere , and your country will be a nation again indissolubly connected With Great Britain , but legislating for herself . Persevere—firmly ond peaceablyand the Repeal is certain . " I am , and always will be , " Your ever faithful Servant , " Daniel O'Connell . "
Tbe above address has called forth the Dubhn Monitor in gallant style . He had hailed Q ? Connell / j adhesion to Federalism with all joy ! He Sad prognosticated from that move all the good that O'Connell has promised from Repeal itself . The Monitor in the organ of the Federalists . It is moreover a mere Whig ; and it had Been , in ° ' ? s P e . ctive , a possibility of the retain of the Whigs to poirer . from the open junction of O'Conwbll with the Federalized band . Judge then of its surprise when it finds O'Connell playing fast and loose , U wants to know " what he would be at \ Biany people have been trying to make that ont , for a long time : they have now gotten the Dubhn Monitor to aid them in their inquiries ; and it w possible that the result may turn ont to be that he desires neither Repeal nor Federalixation I Biitwemnsthearthe Monitor . He rates O'Connell most soundly : —
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LATION . " In another part of our publication will be found an Address to the Irish People , toned by Mr . 0 Connell about mid-day on Saturday last . We confess that this address has . taken us ojbwcprise , considering the Bjjeeeh Mr . O'Connell made at the Corn Exchange on Monday last " In tbat speech Mr . O'Gonntf / 1 , in so many words , deslared bia intention , of abandoning unconditional
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Repeal , ' and of testing SBtfefiec . ' with a Local Legislature for local purposes , j " It was not that we alms bo understood him . Every man who beard him speak on tbat occasion—every man who read tbe reports of bis speech , so understood him ; and so clearly and / definitely did b © ex cress himself , that among all parties it was a settled proposition tbat' Unconditional Repeal' was to be abandoned , and a Local Legislature for local purposes soagbtfor , in connection with Imperial Representation . " In his address ; however , issued on Saturday , Mr . O'Connell abandons the ground he took on the preceding Monday , and assures the People of Ireland that by their perseverance their country tsitt le a -nation again '— ' indissolnfcly connected with Great Britain hut legislating far herself that 'Repeat must not be abandoned , * bat effected—" sanctioned by her majesty , and connected in an inviolable bond with her British dominions by the golden and unonerous' link of the Crown . ' f
" Such is the stand taken in the Address tethe People of Ireland issued on Saturday last . " Now , we are ] no party journalists . We have no sinister purposes to serve . Our desire solely and entirely is to farther the interests—the real , substantial , and permanent interests—of our country . TTnmoved by Mr . O'Connell ' sj condemnation—uninfluenced ' fry his sneers or sarcasms—not biased by wild and visionary views of national independence , magnificent , nodoubt , to contemplate , but mightily impraoticabla to realisepursuing tbe even tenor of oor way , which has for the polar-star of our guidance the good of our country , the advancement of our people in sober , industriousi . and moral habits , without which all political changes are mere bagatelle—thinking and acting thus , we desure , contrasting Mr . OConnell ' s speech at the Corn Exchange on Monday last with his Address to the People of fteland on Saturday last , simply and explicitly to understand what he tvotild ^ be at ?
" We desire to know what he meant ? Does ho intend still to persevere in the quixotic crusade for " unconditional Repeal ? " Does be mean to back out of bis declaration , that he would be content with & Local Parliament , such as we have ever advocated as > alone applicable and suited to the present condition ' of the two countries ? " It is right that ' this should be clearly understood . We have now arrived at a crisis when false moves cannot be indulged in with Hmpunity . We nave arrived at a
stage wben the delusions of the past cannot be repeated —when the solemn farces that amused of old will not bear rehearsal . Called upon to aid Mr . O'Connell , and sustain him through the difficulties in which be has become involved , we desire to know clearly what is meant —to sound the shoals and quicksands ahead of us , and so steer our course as to serve the substantial interests of our country without calling to our aid the Attorney-General of a Tory Government , or the Crown-Solicitor , with bis leady-framed charge of' conspirasy and other misdemeanours . ' -
" It is all very well for Mr . O'Connell to make a speech on Mondaj , aud to contradict and unsay it on the subsequent Saturday ; but , as honest journalists , we cannot subscribe to , let alone follow , such loose morality . What we proclaim we are ready t # adhere to , coutetui coute . Steps advisedly taken—moves deliberately made—ought not to be lightly retraced or timourously abandoned . " We desire , then , to know what Mr . O'Connell means to do—whether be means to re-hoist the flag of unconditional Repeal / and battle under it , as his Address to the People of Ireland on Saturday lost would imply ; or adhere to bis declaration of the preceding Monday , and ' seek to gain for Ireland a Local Legislature for local ] purposes , in connexion with Imperial Representation ? Surely , it is not too much to
require an honest and straightforward answer to a question so vital and ] momentous in the present crisis . " Tbe ' Unconditional Repeal' preached by Mr . O'Connell is so entirely distinct from Domestic Legislation on a Federal basis , as sought for by ua and advocated by many Liberal and Conservative Noblemen and Gentlemen , without reference to paltry party considerations , that it is ] above all things necessary clearly to understand the ground on which we are moving . We do not want to be agitating for a shadow . We do not desire to continue agitation for a year or so , and then to be checkmated by a Tory Attorney-General . We require to know intelligibly and distinctly tbe solidity of tbe ground on which we tread , and then to march boldly and confidently ou wards , without feat ox tbe shadow of turning .
•• We come , then , ! to the point—will Mr . O'Gonnell abandon' Unconditional Repeal ' , or will fee not !• If be docs not , he must fight his battle oat ; ana in God's name let him give us j * Unconditional Repeal' as soon as possible . The country at present is in a lamentable position . He has had full swing for tbe lost nine months , at any rate—be has bad monster gathering after monster gathering , to the tune of hundreds of thousands of fighting men , at each rehearsal of the grand national farce he ha ? been preparing—he has had oil he required—the People peaceable , sober , obedient
—marshalling in military array when be ordered tbem-r-r going home tranquilly when be desired them—impoverishing themselves to enrich tbe Repeal Exchequer , when he called upon them—and in all things subservient to his omnipotent wilL All this the People have done ; but what has he done ? He promised them the Repeal ' , and where ! Is it ? Why , as far off as ever ; and the only consolation he offers to the People now is , to He as sober , obedient , peaceable , and as ready with the pence and farthings—as heretofore—while bis part of the bargain is as far from realization as ever I
' They eat , they drank , they slept—what then ? Why , eat , and drink , and sleep again , ' if they have the wherewithal to procure thu eatables , and a roof to cover their heads from the inclemency of tbe weather while they sleep ! " Look , then , to the results of this ' Unconditional Repeal agitation , ' and what has it produced ? Why , it has made Toryism more triumphant than ever—it has . enthroned in Dublin Castle a set of plotters against eui liberties—men malignant in conception , and audacious is execution—it has placed our rights and liberties at the mercy of Tory forbearance . Tbe Liberal party are scattered—the strength of the country , enlisted in favor of a delusion , becoming alive to the deception , is disheartened to rally for [ any practical reform ; and thus , at the present moment , Liberal Ireland is at the merciful disposal of a faction truculent in spirit , and heretofore always savage in action . ' -
" GaoJ effects , some sanguine ^ enthusiast may tell us , will flow from past agitation ; but where are they ? Are we to seek for them in tbe State Prosecutions against Mr . O'Connell and a set of his followers ?— I Sweet Echo , say where those effects now dwell ? * Indeed , ' sweet Echo cries , ' I cannot tell . " Nor we . It is a humiliating and melancholy position In which we are placed ; and , what is worse , at the very moment we thought Mr . O'Connell was about to ' mend his hand '—to adopt anew and more feasible and enlightened policy , the cup of hope is dashed from onr lips by hia Address of Saturday last , unsaying arid contradicting , as it does , all that we relied on in his speech of the preceding Monday . ]
" « Unconditional Repeal , ' as advocated by Mr . O'Connell , means this : —A Parliament in Ireland consisting of two Houses—Lords ! and Commons . The Lords consisting of the Irish Peera—though he has never informed us whether the Bishops of the Established Church or of tbe Roman Catholic Church are to occupy seats in the Lords aa TemporaljPeers . The Commons are to be chosen by a complete W Household Suffrage franchise , and Parliaments are to be Annual . The Lords and Commons of Ireland ( are alone to make laws for Ireland—none other to be binding . The foreign relations of Ireland to be jnegooiated and settled by the Irish Parliament All ] that relates to our internal or
external affairs , to come under the cogniaunce of the Irish Parliament The army in Ireland , and navy entrusted with the surveillance and protection of on * coasts , to be under the same authority—Grand Jury Cess Is to be aboliahed-hTitho Rent Charge to be annihilated , and Fixity of Tenure to be established—Law Appeals to the English House of Lords tojbe done away with . In fact , according to Mr . O'Connell ' s plan Ireland is to be in all and every respect an 'fade wendent nation , ' save that we are not to have a crowned bead hereditary or elective , of oor own choosing—it being provided that the monarch d England is always to be monarch of Ireland . of VUncondiH
" Such Is Mr . O'ConnelVa idea onal Repeal , ' as we glean from bis speeches and his reports . Now ? the people of Great Britain almost to a mant with a very large and influential portion of the Irish people , consider that tfcta aa&eme of erecting Ireland into an independent nation is not at all practical , and , even if practical , is not desirable—that it amounts , in fact , to a dismemberment of the empire , and would , if granted , ultimately lead to a civil wax * which would result either in separation , ' or in tha le-eonqueatf of Ireland by Great Britain . " However , Mr . O'Oonnellptof < w » dlythinks otherwise . He has agitated fox an ' independent natter ** on the plan above iadlcated—to gain bis object he agitated in 1832 , and abandoned the agitation in 1835—he resumed it in 1839 , ; and has continued it till Uje present moment ; and with all his vast resourcea—with all his superhuman exertions—with all the appliances
and means to boot' he has brought to bear on . the question , how successful has he been in attaining the grand object ha bo peiseveringls aimed at I Are We in any degree nearer to becoming an ' independent nati en , ' now that we find ourselves in the close of l $ i& , than we were in the heginning of 1832 , when tbe agitation was first commenced ?
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" The difference between MftO'ConneU and thoSd who advocate a Domestic Legislature on tbe Federal basis , is this . We seek for a ; local ttpHeaehtative body to restulate oor Internal relations , without in any way seeking to interfere with the functions of Imperial Representation . We would not abandon utterly , as Mr . O'Connell does , out right , as an iptegralportipji of tb 9 empire , to be represented fuily and fairly in the Imperial Parliament On the contrary , we would maintain and exercise tbat right as at present We wants local body to attend to and regulate our local affairs , which , in the multiplicity of business that engages the attention of the imperial Legislature , cannot by any possibility be properly attended to .
"Oursis no newscheme—no impracticable hobby which sounda well in theory , but baa never been . reduced to practice . W « refer not now to other countries—to Norway , Switzerland * America , or other countries in which tbe principle we advocate has tcan applied , and found to worfi admirably , and with beneficial tffricta , as well to local aa to national interests . We content ourselves with adducing a familiar illustration from our own institutions . We take our Grand Jury system , which only requires to be enlarged to give ns all that is requisite , in as administrative sense , so far as the material interests of the country are concerned .
" Every Grand Jury in Ireland paercises the right of tasting ihe People tor improvements within the jurisdiction of each county . Road-making and repairing , bridge-building , and so forth , are all presented for and considered fey the Grand Juries ; and , whecCadopted , the people are taxed to pay for the execution- of the Works . We wonld , then , extend this power sntfcentraliss it , and mate the Central Board or Legislature a representative body , and confer upt ® it additional pewera ' : such as to efteut improvements faa our internal : communications , by- means of canals and railroads—to drain bogsreclaim waste lands—improve harbours—entourage trades—promote manufacture *—administer wisely'and uprightly ourvarious public chanties ; and toaidln the development of our vast national resources , botfrmineral and agricultural , which atpresent afford buta-paitiy proportion eft the labour and wealth , to our industrious population , which , under a better ordering of things , they would do * ' . . : «~ -s-f
" Such , in general terms-, is- what we propose abxraldl engage the attention of our Local- Representative Board There are etherthings which we-have not particularised , nor is it necessary . We give- a * general outline , that onr readers may- perceive what ; we mean by advocating a domestic representative body , for domestic purposes , in connexion with imperial representation , in contradistinction to the- 'Unconditional KBpeaf , ' the'independent national project ' ' which ? Mr . O'Connell has been agitating for .
"It remains now for MK O'Connell to explain himself fully and explicitly . We do not want speeches on Monday , to be contradicted and unaayed by addresses on the subsequent Saturday . The coantry is heart-sick of delusion—the People want a- plain , honest , unsophisticated policy , by following which resolutely and determinedly they can work out their own redemption from the grievances that afflct taenvand the innumerable blighting influences that press- apon their industry and keep them in a state of impoverished bondage . No man living possesses tbe power that Mr . O'Connell does . The salvation of his country rests on him while he lives ; and is not this-a fearful responsibility ? What is our present position ? - Can we consider without alarm tbat there is a
•* Sampson in this land , Shorn of his strength and bound la- bonds of law . Who may , in some grim revel , raise bis hand , And shake the pillars of th& common weal , Till the vast temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and cubbish lies )' " Can we reflect upon the danger * that now encompasa Irish liberty . Toryism more triranpbant than ever—the Attorney-Gkneral , and all the harpies of the law , in full cry after the destined victims— -Mb O'Gonnell the object of » State prosecution , and the Liberal strength of Ireland prostrate in the dust—can we rtflect on these things without regretting the past , and a misgiving respecting our prospects coming over us ?
" Since writing the above , we have read two speeches made yesterday at Ward Meetings by Mr . O Cornell—we publish them thia evening . " It seems that , in his present burnout , nothing wiH satisfy Mr . O'Connell but ' Unconditional Repeal ; ' and he pledged himself yesterday anew , to this effect : — Give me , ' said be , six months- of perfect peace and I'U give you my head oh a block , if at Ihe end of that time you have not a Parliament in College-green V " Thus , then , we have it at last—a definite pledge , to be redeemed within a fixed definite period ! We are to have In six monthB from , yesterday—that is , on oribefore the 22 aid day of April next—the * Unconditional Repeal' Parliament sitting in College'green ; orand the alternative is a significant one- ^ - ' MKO'Connell ' t head on ths block !' The speeches to which the Monitor alludea in his appended observations , are aa follow : —
At a meeting oa Sunday , ia the Post-oSloo War * , " Mr . O'Connell said , that whatever might be the end of the impending trials , Whether they end in acquittal ot conviction , the tranquillity , the peace of the country must not be disturbed . He thought there could be but Httle doubt that with common * justice in the formation of the juries , there most ; be an acquittal ; but whatever might be the result , he called upon the people of Ireland to be peaceable , and as certain as the next January would come round , ere the revolving yeer would pass over their heads , the loud and determined call of the Irish people must be heard —( loud cheers ) . Lit him bat have them in the right . Let him keep
them tranquil and orderly , and they should have their own Parliament in College-gTeen—( tremendous cheer ing ) . He told them all , and be spoke to them aa to the whole of Ireland , that Repeal depended on the tranquillity with which the people passed through tile present course of events—( hear , hear ) . , fie wanted to burn that into the minds of tbe people—( cheers ) . All Ireland must have heard or read these doctrines ; and he conjured them to observe them . The next thizr . ; he wanted was perseverance . Let no one abandam ihe Repeal— ( Cries of « We never will / « No , no / &c ) . Let them rely upon it , that if he were preaching to them out of a prison , he weuld not be less efivctive than now . His advice would not be a bit the worse for
it—( cheers ) . There was not a man in Ireland would Btruggle with more tenacity than himself—icheen ) . Hehadbcea reported , indeed , to have struck his coloars on that point , and to have sung small ; but on this occasion he had acted only as he bad always done . Whenever he found an advance towards his side- of the question made by those who had never joined them , » E ALWits went haLf-wat to meet fH . EM —( cheers ) . Having eulogised " the golden link of the Crown , " & « ., Mr . -O'Connell declared , that whilst he announced his firm , resolve never to eeose agitating for the whole Repeal , he was not to be looked upon as contradicting what he had said upon the last day of meeting as . to Federalism . There had been hopes held out te bi-ji that a large party would be ready to join hits ' in England , and that many wonld be conciliated in \ reland , if ho amrmed his readiness to accept a federal Parliament —( hear , hear ) . He did not know ho w fat these hopes were
unreasonable , but he would know the exact circumstances ef the help to be expected from England tomorrow—( hear ) . As to a a hopes , however , from federalists in this country , he believed it was a mere dream and a delusion . He , accused no one . He did not impute wilful deceit to anybody , but | he rather thanked the persons Who held out those hopes , for it showed that he was tfi / lit kg to abandon MUCH FOB A little justice . As lot himself , however , hia opinion w » unchanged , that the people should not look for anything else b at Repeal ;¦ but still , if he saw a patty formed holdirg out any good to Inland , he would be at all times , willing to meet them halfway . He wanted perse ver ince for the restoration of their independent Irisb P < - yirliament ; and there let him not be misunderstood . By independent , he did not mean a Parliament Indepc jjdent of the Crown , but of . the other
PailiamenS . " At a meeting t ) ie same day , in St . Andrew ' s Ward , Mr . O'Cosnbll ¦ Asked : — " How shall we obtain Repeal ? We have already made great pr < jgresa , and I have not the slightest doubt of ultim ateeucceeaif you seek it only by peaceable combinat' ^ on , and by keeping yeurselves always in the right , ar id putting your enemies in the wrong . My doctrine is , that improvements in ail political institutions , to b j valuable , must be obtained by peaceable means ; the refore ia it that I want to have you determined not to break the ; peace . ( Cries of " So we are . " ) W ' jabver may become of the present prosecutions , wb jthtr they be supported by a packed jury or not , —an / i if it be not a packed jury there is little danger c fa convictisn —( cheers ) , —but , whatever be the result , give me but six monlks of perfect tranquillity , AMD I ) . ' YOU HAVE NOT A . PABLIAMEHT IN
COLLEGEGREE \< at : THE EHD OB THAT PEBIOO lilr QIVE . T 0 S my head opon the BLecK . ( Tremendous cheering tot f /> me minutes . ) Circulate that sentiment amongst your ; families , tell it to your friends , report it in your teiTiperancerooma , andtalk of itto themusioof your tei ^ aperance bands . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I am not li > nitlng your peaceable conduct to six months . I merely nientton that time bcitause I knbw that at the end of i fc you will be too good humoured at the coming of Repeal ever to think of violating the peace . Bafcdo . yon promise me for six months ? < Criasof " Wedpl *) * have more reasons 1 or saying si * monttu . tton X eould
detaU toyou were I to speat imtU mlftnlght . ^ PfPf upon the man who is advisingryou , ^^ idj . ^ llo the wone ^ for taking my sdttoe . ^ ille by ^* rfng •» he will be sure to have neither soldiers or policemen * t bis beelT ( A voiced"Wedefytnein > UJ' ^ res ^ yo « may defy them by keeping yourselves ** & ** & * > ?** leaving them in the wrong . After referring to the p ^ ceable character of theTara and other meetings Mr . O ^ nn ellagata exdalraed ^^ and LU ' have Repeal for you as sure as the ruing of %% JrSsun . ( Kers . ) Bat you must £ ™ Y »« J your cry for Repeal as well as being peaceable . I want ( Continued in our Eighth page . )
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THE I , AST JIM-GROW MOVE . We have before intimated that Mr . O'Cokmkia has onoe more suddenly moved from hiB last taken position ; and that he now seems as muoh disposed to turn bis back on FnDEBALisM , as he , last week only seemed disposed to give , the " go-by" to ** Unconditional Bepeal" ! The indication to return to his old position was first given in the following uddres 3 f issned on Saturday evening : —
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