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TEE IRISH MOYEMENT . ( Continued from our ttxih page . ) to ao bo . He supposed that they -would next attempt t « proclaim £ own the Repeal Association : but , if they did , he iimself -would be the first , after snob , a proelama-Bon -was issued , to go into the room—( cheers ) . Nothing t » d occurred that ^ ould alter his course of conduct , or to preTent him from seeking for the Repeal of the accursed TFnlon- ^ - { hear , hear , hear ) . He intended i > ef « e Parliament next assembled , that meetings should be held simnltAnwmaly in every parish in Ireland to petition for Bdipeal ; int he "wonld aot . yefc point oat the day for these meetings , as he ¦ wanted to ascertain -whether the excitement eonsequsnt npon the proclamation had subsided . Be { Mr- O'Connell ; -would-work ont the appointment of the
Arbitrators in « Tery district in Ireland ; and he knew and -was confident that th 8 people -would give him no mall help in doing so . The plan -was all plain and open before for their appointment , and the Govern- ; ment proclamation he -was sure -sroirld tend to carry it '< obj , asi * nnaPBbtedly would add considerably to their fundi—fcheers ) . There was another plan he had to Jains forward , "which ha -wonld snbmife to the Associa- i & > n at its next "weekly meeting , whereby the debts 4 ue ' , in England -upon Irish estates -would be paid off— ] lie would propose to hare shares of £ 1 in a company got ' op to be rested in the committee of the new share * > boMers , to have the interest psyable in Ireland —( load ' cheers ) . The more they proclaimed , the more prudent ! fijey would be in adopting tie means far effectually :
erryiagtiie Xspeal . So far , at least , he ( Mr . . O'Gon- sell ) was not much abashed by s j proclamation—by the ! last blow of thfc sword —( great applause ) . Uo , he was \ not in the least daunted . Upon the contrary , be wsisdoubly sore of success , aud he called upon the peopls , of Ireland to listen to him ¦ whue he aaid that they ; then had an opportunity of making their country a ; cation again—( loud cheers ) . All they had to do < Was to obsy him —( load cries ot " we will , wewilL **) commit no net ; and if yon are attacked against the law , sad in spite of the law , and that all constitutisnal . guarantees are taken away , why there was bo man filing that woald not teU you , or any people placed in j Jour position , to defend yourselves . He ( Mi . O'Con-i Bell } was truly convinced , ho waver , that such a thing ,
could serer occur ; therefore , all the people had to do j Was t » keep within the law with him , and avoid the ¦ Jaw with him , and he would promise security and . liberty to them and their posterity—ihear , hear , and , beers ) . If they Tiolated the law in any respect they , would hvre the dragoons hiving an advantage otoi . them ; he would therefore advise and urje . again : spon them to keep sober and peaceable , and the land i of Ms and their birth would be a nation again—icheeis ) . i They would hold their simultaneous meetings , and carry ] out their financial and general plans , including the plan \ Which they had entered upon their minutes for the , restoration of the Irish Parliament —{ hear , hear ) . He i would bring the rar-jdet before the House of Commons j early in the ensuing session ; and until then all he ! ! I | , : ' i i ' I , ' j ;
wanted was the people to keep the law , when he would undertake te get them jastiee —( cheers ) . They should BeTer be guilty of a single crime or offence , or be the means of shedding ene drop of human blood—( hear ) . The people of Ireland ~ b& called on to listea to him whtn he advised them net to be tasty , but cool , quiet , and cautious , until he obtained for tbsm everything that was jeood an * -virtuous —( great laajhtor } . let the honest Repealer allow no man to stand by ids ade who Tiolated the law , but let them all stand firmly together , in holiness , fearing God , with an ardent desire for liberty , and a perfect determination neTer to giTe up their rights , and success—Bepeal—and justice wss certain—Igreat applause ) . Before he sat down , he ( Mx . O'Connell ) could not bat say that the conduct of
She soldiers who were sent to Clontarf on Sunday was j most-exemplary ; but they had nothing to dp , and was j it sot cruel to hare them there perishing in tbe ^ cold ? , HoweTsr , sura it gare the Lord-Lieutenant an oppor- ; taniry of re-riewiDg his army' —{ hear , and laughter ) . ] They spoke of Repealers desecrating the Sabbath . 'Where was Lori de Grey , the Lord-Lieutenant , on i Sunday—( hear , And groans )? He { Mr . O'Connell ) of ' of eoane did sot blame the soldiery . On the contrary , ; he spoke well of them , as he did of the people ;' bat he would say that it was shameful to resist thei Sspealexs unless they broke the law—( applause ) . Peel said , let ths agitation go as , and the excitement will be soon at an end , and die away . The Government acted on that plan until Saturday , when a proclamation [ ; ,
Was issued forbidding the meeting fixed to take placa at Clontarf being held upon the following day . It was the last ef the " monster" meetings , and they thought proper to bring the military to put it down ; but in spite > « f the proclamation , Ireland should be free—{ loud cheering for several minutes , the entire meeting rising in a body ) . Dare the Government israe such a proclamation in England or in Wales ? No , they dare not 1 Therefore , if be ( Jdr . O Gonnell ) wanted more proof of the injustice of England and the necessity of Bepeal , he had it —( loud cheers ; . The fate of Ireland was in tbe bandi of the people -, i > y the support of the generous Bullions , and them alone , could Justice be done to their wretcked country—( hear , hear , hear , and loud cheers ) . Sut they , bad the support of the people , who promised to be ' peaceable , and success was therefore ineritable— ( loud ' t&een ) . Tha green land of their birth would be a , nation again ; for her honest inhabitants , her fertile
Tallies , shall be the source of comfort and content to . ~ ber honest people ; her beautiful hills would pour in their streams to woik her machinery , and to carry on trade and commerce , sad her splendid harbours ; Woald be thronged with busy Beamen , all actively '¦ engaged in forwarding her prosperity , and making her i —as she erer should have been—the happy nation of % happy and -virtuous people —{ cheers ) . H-mrra , fken , ; for Old Ireland and Repeal—itremeadoas applause )! j Whoever ( they would remember } committed % crime g » Te strength to the enemy ; therefore let Repeal- ¦ era pledge themselTes to a perfect obedience to the law , jmd he would pledge himself , and tow solemnly before i the inhabitants of the empire , that be would neTer be taken away from the legal pursuit of aritating for a ' , B ^ psil of the Union un til he saw an Irish Parliament once more sitting in College-green —( tremendous * p- j plausa , which lasted for » considerable time , aftexwhich \ the Learned Gentleman resumed Ms seat ) , j Captain Seateb . addressed the nesting .
Hr- O'COSSSLI . then annennced tbe Bepeal Bent for the week to be £ 1105 3 s . la- —flond cheers ) , £ 600 of that sum had bees xecelTed that day —( cheers ) . Major Kicholson was then called to the chair , sod the marked thanks of ths meeting having been passed to Mr , John O'Cannell , Una rerj numerous assembly broke up . Tbe association win meet again on Monday next The proceedings did not termiBate t £ U tew o ' clock . t ^* We cannot but thus publicly tender our acknowledgments to the conductors of the Dublin Monitor for their kindness and -promptitude in supplying us with i&eEztraorclinary Ediiiora of their trnly spirited journaL Fiom their pagss -we haTe giTen the forecoing interest ing account of the GoTemment Move , preferring
it far before the accounts that bare appeared in the ' English BiiJy Journals . The conduct of tbe Monitor , of the Wtrid , sad of the Weekly Freeman , contrasts j strongly with that of ths Nation in their respecti-re ! treatment of the Northern Star : the three former Jour- \ Hals regularly sending their papers in exchange ; while j the Nation , has been withheld from us for months to- i gether , although we have regularly fnrwardni the : Sor&emSlar to the TTafibfl-office . Tbe Dublin Monitor not only sends ita regularly published espi es , but always \ duly forwards eren ita Extraordinary Editions , of which \ it has "had . many , before the present exciting and eTent-: fcl time . For its great courtesy and kindneas we thus i publicly express onr thanks 3 !
BEPEAL DISTfEB AT THE BOTUITDA . ; ( From iie _ Morning Chronicle of Wednesday ) } The Dinner , -which -was to haTe fo'Jowed t&B Bepeal ; marring g& Clontarf i which had been abandoned in cos- , Bcqnencs of the proclamslion of the G-OTer . nnent ) , took : place in the Rotunda , all ibe roosis in tb&t t&sc build-1 ing , tbe most spacious for public ace iiauicd&uoa ia this ' city , being deroted to tbe entertainment of the company . ; Hie platform for the chiir was erected in the large circu- j iar room , which was brilli&nUy lighted , and the walls j Were decorated with fiigsaad banners . Tbe doors were ) opened at flTe o ' clock , when the rush was tremendous . ! Ail the tickets were disposed of early ia tks day , up- j ¦ Wards of 2 , 000 haTlng been issued . SackriUe-street and j CsTeadish Bow , adjoining tbe Botnnda , were crowded , and the proceedings at the Rotunda appeared to excite the deepest interest .
H half-past fiTe ilr . O'Conndl , accompanied by wrewl aldermen and members of tbeH ^ wn Council , in j tb&ir Tobea , entered the principal room , and was j seeeiTed with a tremendous burst of acclamation , tbe ; band playing " Sea tha conqusnn * hero coaies . '" From j that hour the company came in ao rapidi ? that , in a ! fiiort time , the room , large as it wa 3 . b = cams Tery in- i onTfccieaiJy crowded It was far-and-a ^ ay tbe most j anmerous diana-mseting I e- » er bebeld . Certainly . nothing lite j ^ popnlar demonsl ation . had taken j place in Dublin 'before ihe inning of ihe Government i TrodamaiioiL \ Mr . O-GonneH presided- O"in ? to tbe obstructions f osised by the crowds standing , for want of sitting j rorra , in the passages ear the croM-table , I had do ] opportunity of seeing those who sat around him- They j Vere cbitfly jaembers of tbe corporation . 1
I learned that upwards of a thousand persoas applied si the doors t » pay for admission ; but there was not * o ° » to crash i in a single indiTidnaL Tie heat was ** tremely oppressiTe . At ten misates to saren , after oinEer , Mr . O'Conuell ( who was " ojreased in the robes of Lord Major ) rose Knidst a most extraordinary burst of acclamation . Tbe flfrftnn cheers and hurrahs costumed for some misutes . Wken silence was lestored , Mr . O'CojfHKLL idTanced to the front of the plat- ' i ° nn and said : In sroposins the first toast , he readiiy
kaew that they anticipated what it should be—( bear , tear )—and that they would heartily aari warmly respond to that toast It -was tee health cf their txcellent SoTereign , the Queen , God bltss brr—jcheew . And , in ^ calling their attention to that toast , hecculd boast—and ha thought it was a proud beast—tbst ibe people of Ireland bad been peculiarly attatcbed , by their all egiance to tbe present sovereiRn—itwar , beau . They loTed her in her cLUdhood for her favber ' s sake , and they hailed with delight fee / ascension k > Uis throne—[ hear , and cheenj . The Irish" people
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supported the administraUoB of her choice as long as they were true to themselTM , amd BTen after they left ofBse the Irish still continued to cherish that affectionate attachment to tbe person of the sovereign ( cheers)—and that attachment was not , in the slightest tiegrse diminished —( hear ) . They knew that the actions which appeared to be hers , were essentially those of the ministers , and the party that controDed her , and compelled her to yield to that ministry—( hear , hear ); —and there was nothing that delighted him more than the contrast of the allegiance of tbe Irish people , compared with that of the Tory party . Prom the moment she cams on the throne sie was made the Tictim of their calumnies . The Tory press teemed with abomin able accusations ; and the feeling of hostility was created in the breasts of young creatures , who
speculated in firing shots at her Majesty ; and eTen in the case of Oxford , tbe Jury -was so formed that they had a difficulty to find the nnfortunate youth guilty of haviB Z fired at the Qacea —( hear , hear ) . In addition to that , when her husband was to haTe an establishment Toted to him , the Tories struck off £ 50 , 000 a year —( hear , hear ); ud that Tery party that took off £ 20 , 000 from Prince Albert , gave it to the beastly bigoted moDsU . r , the King of Haaover ( cheers ) . That was the contrast between them and the Tories , and nothing eonld possibly prevent the continuance of theii allegiance —( hear , hear ) . They knew that with the trick of yesterday , the Qaeen had nothing to do , although it was a good deal by accident that the blood of her subjects was not staining her streets ( loud cheers ) . Tbe Queen —( tremendous applause ) .
Mr . O Coksell next rose , and proposed The heaSth of Piincs Albert , the Duchess of Kent , the infant Prince and Princesses , and the rest of the Royal Family resident in England . " After landing Prince Albert and the Dnchess of Kent , tbe Honourable Gentleman remarked that tbe royal infants were three barriers to tte accession to the threne of England , of that worthy whiskered potentate , the King of Hanover . Tbe toast was drank amidst loud cheers . Mi . O"Co > 'nell said the next toast was one to which tbe best of his life bad been devoted—the cause of the people—tbe promotion of their happiness and liberties —ieb « ers > . He need sot tell them bow deeply he was interested at this moment in the critical struggle affecting the liberties of his country . He was proud of his
country , and with all his heart he congratulated the people on their "victories of the two last days—( loud cheery . Look at tbe ludicrous position of the GoTemment . After permitting twenty " monster" meetings , they suddenly put down that to be held at Clontarf , to that it was a toss up—it was twenty to one that the GoTernment were entirely wrong , even according to the rule of their own conduct . He had reason to believe that the Chancery seal had sot been attached to the proclamation at five o ' clock in the afternoos —( hear ) . He would call , in their behalf , on the people of £ ngland to save the Irish people from such men . He would call upon England to send them at least men with something more than lead in their skulls as rulers , if she bad any sympathy for Ireland . He hoped the 1 excitement would soon be over , and that in a fortnight
j the simultaneous meetings is every parish in Ireland : could be safely effected—( Loud cheers far some urinates . ) j They should , on that occasion , petition the Qaeen , i with ti » name ol fcveiy parishioner annexed , praying < her , as she Tames the lives of her loyal subjects—men , ; women , and children—for not men alone , but women , j asd children , would haTe been slaa ^ htered is the event : of a collision with the soldiers yesterday—( groans )—to ; remove the persons intrusted with tbe administration j of affairs from &U power asd place , eTen as she ; Talned the safety ef her people . —( Lond cheeriaf ) . He trusted that all excitement amongst tbe people : wculd be allayed , and that they would be enabled to : assemble quietly in their respective parishes to petltion ttieir Sovereign—( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell conclsded by proposing " The people , the source of all legitimate pow « r . "
Mr . Oakglet spoke on the subject of this toast at some length , earnestly recommending union amongst the people . Mr . O'Cosneli , said—The next toast , gentlemen , is one that yon will respond to with rapture— " The Repeal of the Union "—( long continued cheering ) . Having spoken so of Ua on this toast , he should not trespass at length on the theme . One thing he would s » y , Ireland woald seTer compromise—( cbeers)—that she would neTer accept of an instalment ef the Repeal—( cheers —that justice could be obtained from a local legislature alone —( cbeers > Me . O'Conaell continued to speak at some length , and in reference to the recent conduct of tht Irish Administration , observed that some people in England , looking to their acts , would say that he ( Mr .
O'Connell ) bad bribed them —( cheers asd laughter ); but even if he had , they had sot vicious ingenuity enough to serve him half so well as they had done—( cheers ) . Then , It was said that , in case the Union was repealed , the Catholics would seek ascendancy ; but that supposition was absurd and futile—( hear , hear . ) The Catholics had bees three times in power , and they , unlike their Protestant brethren , refused to persecute at all—( hear , hear ) . Lst thtm produce one instance of persecution on the part of the Catholics , and he would give op the causa of Irelani- ; and they might readily know that he would not nuke such an offer , unless be knew it was impossible to meet it —( cheers ) . It was said that if the
Union was repealed , the House of Lords would be Catholic . That was ridiculous ; for twenty to one wrmld ' be Protestant , and they would have , besides , Protestant England and Scotland at their back , and then they would have an equal share ia the selection of the House of Cemmons—( cheers ) . He had entered toomnch on the-subject for an after-dinner speech , bat his mind was filled with Repeal —( cheers ) . He £ id sot want tbe Repeal without the assent of a large portion of his fellow-countrymen—( hear ) . He was working for them as well as the Catholics—( hear , bear ) . He would hare no distinction . Liberty to all was what he required , and that was what was meant by the Bepeal of the Union .
Mr . Cosvxy spoke Tery -rigorously to the toast , and ridiculed tha idea of compromise with the men who had robbed them of independence with much effect . Tbe Ber . Mr . Caliakam , of Clentarf , proposed the health of the ChairmaD , Mr . O'Connell , although he was aware , he said , that the man was not living who could do justice to the subject . Mr . O'CoraJSLL returned thanks in a few words , modestly disclaiming the merits which " his venerated and exhausted friend , ia the intensity of his exaggeration" had bestowed upon him . He had devoted bis life , which eonld sot Ttow he long in tbe order of nature , to Old Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Every instant was
tier ' s , even w his dreams , and next Co the greatest care , or that which should be so , ot ererj Christian , was his solicitude for his country . ( Loud cheers . ) She deserted to be prosperous . God had done everything for her , but man had marred His blessings . The humble individual who addressed them was struggling for her . It would be noble to succeed ; consolatory , in the nobleness of the object , 6 ven to fail—but failure there would be none —( cheers ) . Tbe hour was approaching when the sun of liberty would shine on them , and show to the world " happy homes and alters tree , " when the Irishman should cease to be a slave —( Loud and enthusiastic cheering and applause ) .
The Ch . a 1 BM . an rose te propose tbe health of tbe Catholic hierarchy of Ireland , who , he said , formed a chain bright , glorious , and unbroken , from its Holy Pounder till the second coming of its great Master—( cheers * . Tbe Rev . Mr . Cailana . ?* , in obedience to tbe call of Mr . O'Connell , responded to the toast . The Bev Mr . KeaAsby . returned thanks for the second order of the clergy , whom be thought it was well for the people to haTe at this crisis , wbea sBtices posted up at dead of night were all they , had to keep them from slaughter . . That was tbe protection from massacre of their women , wives , and children , by
men calling themselves a Government , —but , above all , a paternal Government —( Lond and derisive cheering ) . They did not interfere with Tara and other meetings ; bat when a few poor priests summoned one , it was suppressed . Tbe people of Ireland might be sure that as they had sever deserted thrir clergy , so the clergy wonld sever abandon them —( loud cheers ) . - Mr . Hahdlet , of Liverpool , returned thanks for " The health of our friends from Manchester and Liverpool . " having been called on by Mr . O'Connell , Several other speakers addressed the meeting , which was very enthusiastic and excited throughout the evening .
STAIE OP DCBLIS , M 05 DAT MIGHT . The Times -correspondent has tbe following ;— " The city remains perfectly tranquil . There is little or n « ne of the excitement which might have been anticipated to result from the untxpected and decisive step adopted by Government . So far the agitation appears to be qaite crestfallen- Mr . O'Connell ' s speech to-day has perfectly damped the spirit of tbe ardent , but honest tnthuBiaista , who , despite their better sense , actually persuaded themselves that the man really meant to practise as be preached . This day's proceedings ought to go far towards dispelling the silly but natural illusion .
" The most exaggerated and senseless reports are in circulation resj-ecting ulterior proceedings afeout being adopted by Government It is almost needless to add , that as the ' first step' remained a profound mystery here up to fire o'clock on Friday evening , no great reliance can be placed on a Tery current rumour , that a warrant is out for tbe apprehension of Mr . O'Connell , aad that the sittings of the Bepeal Association are to be forcibly pnt an end to . " Tbe same writer speaking of Mr . 0 'Connell * s appearance at the bwHiuet s » ys—*• Mr . O'Connell did not appear to speak wish hia usual firmness and animation , and was not looking quite so well as he has done lately . There Y ? ai a rumunr carrfcst in tbe room txiat an attempt will be made to arrest bio on his return from the banquet , which caused great BEeasiness acd excitement among those who believed it ; bat I do sot think it deserving much notice . "
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THE ENGLISH DAILY PRESS . That the reader may the better understand tbe nature , extent , scope , and intention of this Governmental stroke of policy , we deem it fitting to prosent him with the " sayings" of the Dailies on the Proclamation . The extract from the Herald is particularly deserving of attention . The Herald is the official organ of the Ministry . It will be seen , from the extract that we give , that Mr . OConnell is to be Prosecuted . Times , i / ontfajc—The Government hasat length spoken out Oa Saturday it took its first step te suppress the Bepeal agitation , by issuing a proclamation against the proposed meeting ut Clontarf . The proclamation will be obeyed . Immediately afttr its publication a document was pat forth by the Central Repeal Association , ungrammaticai indeed in construction , and unwieldy ia its tottuoas prolixity , but intelligible in this—that it
forbids the Repealers to assemble at Clontarf . The first blow has now besn struck at tbe head of Irish disaffection . We rejoice at this unhoped for display of Ministerial vigour , but our joy is not Hnmixed with regret and doubt . We regret that the blow was not Btruck much earlier ; we doubt wbetker its single force will be sufficient to crush the objects of its aim . Had a proclamation similar to this been issued some ten or tweiTe months ago—when the Bepeal rent was yet inconsiderable—when the provincial meetings were yet un&nnouncad— -when tbe popular spirit of the southern and central counties had not been kindled by tbe cry of " Independence toi Ireland I "—how much ot positive evil would have been avoided ? How much of ogprehended calamities foregone ? Tbe poor would not have been pillaged to enrich a bubble treasury—the priests ¦ would not haTe been bullied into a collusive and
dishonourable repudiation ot rents—the Roman Catholic Church would have been spared tbe degrading exhibitions of a M'Hale and a Lord Higgins—the weak and timorous flock of smsll and needy landowners would not have buea bribed by the hops ot getting their own into the same ranks with their ignorant and impetuous peasants—above all , tbe dignity of the British Government wenld have been -vindicated , and its power to check and punish , as well as to reward and foster , would have been proTed in the eyes of Ireland and the world . But ass it is—no : we will not anticipate evil from tbe realisation of a policy which we ourselves have so steadily and incessantly recommended . We do not fear any ill consequence from vigour . But we do fwir everything from a complication of force and laxity—of
• violence without vigour , and moderation without firmse 88—of apolioy vibrating between aharshnesa which will irritate without subduing , and of a clemency which will provoke neither gratitude nor respect . Let the M inister be firm ; let him be consistent in his plans ; let him not issue proclamations one day , and countenance illdesigned sedition the next He has put his hands to a work which requires courage and consistency ; let him not shrink back from it , until he can say , ?• The agitation is no morel" He is an admirer and an imitttor of Walpole . Bnt has he yet to learn that a Walpolian policy cannot govern Ireland in atormy times ! He who would administer her wisely and govern ber successfully , most awe by his prowess before he seeks to win ber affections by his kindness . Walpole shrank
from facing tbe Highlanders as became hint ; and they rebelled . It was reserved for the high courage and chivalrous bearing of Chatham to conciliate the unsubdued warriors of ths North , and to unite a brave nation smarting from the wounds of a recent conflict by the strong ties ot amity and loyalty to a people whom they had detested , and & king whom they bad disclaimed . Sir R . Peel dreads an popularity . This ia an amiable weakness , but it is a weakness . An honest Minister must often consent to lose , a great Minister will often aspire to deserve , populiritf . To preserve an empiie is a merit which transcends the ephemeral applause , of mobs and factions . We cannot insure him against virulent invective and cowardly imputations for bold counsels and
strong measures ; bat we can undertake to promise him , in the contest into which be has even thus tardily enttred , the Ui . flmeMng support of the loyal and the right-thinking throughout the country , whatever be tbe extremities which , as a Minister , he may be compelled to face . Lst him recollect that a Ministry may weather a tempest of odium , but no Ministry can withstand the blight of national contempt , We do nut , however , apprehend that he will be exposed to any extremities . The leader of the anti-English faction ia an astutu man ; he will not commit himself as long as he can help it . Is it too roach to suppose that he is moderately humane ; and that he wilij not rashly pit his followers against a power which they would in vain resist ? WebelieTe that of all Irishmen O'Connell is
the one into whose heart this proclamation has canveyed the most sincere pleasure . Like the giant in the Eastern tale , his enemies have helped him out of a great strait But his worst foes are in his « vra camp . For tbe future , gloom and uncertainty still cloud it All , under Providence , depends upon the unvacillatiruz firmness ef Government They h « v « a large party in Ireland ; they have all England and Scotland to back them . It will , indeed , be disgraceful if with such odds they fail . For the sake of English honour , for the glory of the British Cr « wn , we wish them well through their parts In the Irish drama . But we are , above all , asxioni on the score of Ireland herself . Thore is a heavy debt due to that country . Much is to be done for her ; much more , alas 1 than legUlatios ever can achieve . Her maladies are mostly those
" Wherein the patient must minister to herself . " But still aba has a right to claim the attentions of a be " nigs Government ; she has a right to have ber tea grievances redressed , her imaginary grievances examined ' —she has a right to kindly and just treatment from the united Parliament , and to such practical and necessary reforms as legislative authority can . effect . But all these rights must be withheld so long as she is tbe willing Tictim of selfish turbulence . No Senate will conciliate , where it is certain that conciliation will be distorted into fear ; no statesman will fling hia bread upon the waters of strife , or seek to lull the discord of one people by compromising the honour of his own . ¦
Post , Monday—Govebmient Proclamation AGAINST BEP £ AL MEBTIKGS IN lBELAKD . —Al leagtfi vigorous meaauK-a are announced for the suppression of these monster nuisances . Oa the afternoon of Saturday a proclamation was issued at Dublin by tbe Lord Lieutenant and Council of Inland . The collateral circumstances that hare transpired all concur in proving that this determination of the Irish Government has been formed after the most mature consideration , and that they have neglected do means to ensure ita perfect tficiency . Lord De Grey was ordered back to bis post at a few hours' notice ; tbe Lord Chancellor was , with similar urgency , hastened over from Eoglund ; a sudden stop -was put to Loid Catiigan ' s Swwa of absence from his regiment ; tha 34 th Foot -were
embarked on Friday at Liverpool , and further reinforcements were expected from Scotland . Tbe vigour displayed in these preliminary precautions is in perfect conformity with tbe resolute toae of the proclamation itself . It distinctly , and in more than one place , characterises the language used at former Repeal meetings , as " seditious and inflammatory ;'' and the objects of these assemblies are declared to be " not tbe fair legal exercise of constitutional rights and privileges , but to bring into centempt the Government and constitution of tbe United Kingdom as by law established , and to accomplish alterations in tbe laws and constitution of tbe realm by intimidation and the demonstration of physical force . " The proclamation goes on to warn all persons
against attending the meeting at ClonUxf , which was fixed for yeBterd&y ; and concludes with directing the proper authorities to proceed according to law , ngainst thoss who may persist in being present , and to disperse and suppress the meeting . Such are the principal points in this retnaTkable document ; and , -without stopping to gratify any personal vanity of our own , by remarking that tbe language now employed by tbe Government is precisely that which we have used ¦ till we could no longer vary the phrase—we will at once , ar . d -with earnest sincerity , congratulate her Majesty ' s Ministers and the country on the wise and manly course they have now adopted . We rejoice at it , not
because we have any ill feeling against tbe Irish people , or any desire for violence or bloodshed ; bnt because we are tired—and tbe English nation is tired—of seeing the -laws insulted , &nd tbe Constitution set at Bought-There is no dnty imposed on tbe Executive powers more urgent and imperious than that of maintaining social order ; and , believing this to be tbe uole aim and object of the present measure , we merge all minor considerations ia the hv&rty desire to fee it crowned with « nccese . That it might have been taken aooner it is needless for us to repeat our opinion ; that it is taken now will notonly secure totbe Queen ' s Government the warm approbation of all tbe loyal and rigbt-hearted of her Majesty ' s spi > jircis , ; bnt recover for it tbe good opinion of the nations ef Europ&
CHKOKiCLE . Monday—Ministers have at length determined to act in Ireland . It is not their fault if even while we write tbe streets of Dablin are not deluged srith blood . The * ffuru of Mr . O Oonnell , ut the popular luarlers , and tbe priests , may have succeeded in preventing an on » break ; bnt we iepcat it will have been no fault of the Irish Government , if tbe soldiery and the people have not been already brought into d ? adly eotflict . During the ia * t year Ministers have quietly permittednay , by th&ir conduct encouraged , the growth ef one of th « most formidable organizations that e ^ er yet raenaneed ths integrity of this empire . Meeting foUowsd meeting in rapid bnccossion—each more menacing tbua its predecessor in number , indiscipline , and tbe hostile spirit actuating tbe enormous masses of which they were composed ., The ** Tigonr" of our " stronc
GcTsrumen *'' exbaasted itself in such impotent resistance as the dismissal of almost every popnlar magistrate in the country . The natural consequence followed The people laughed at the imbecility of their rnlers , while their leaders set to work to put together tbe rough machinery of independent local administration , the mateit ^ B ot -which—thanks to Sir Bitwarri Sacdtn —were plentifully at hand . Oar readers are familiar with tb- e progress of events : how Peti and Graham , and v taa the hot spirit of Stanley , cowetwl befers GCorjiell , and under wbat they called " a policy of coi ' -c ' . iiation " , virtually banded over to him ths G > - ver , iaefct of Ireland . Having thus c ^ roplewly abdicated all the functions of Corstilui ' . oe'Ji Gjv . riiuimt , our Ministers have on a sutiaen tbfeen ttie » t-so . «' iio : s i of recovering them by the aword . One of Mr . O Con-
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nS ^ , f ^ ° f 5 meeting" was advertised to take place at CJioatarf on Sunday , the 8 th ( yesterday ) . For nearly three weeks this meeting was the subject of conversation amongst all classes , and of discussion in f . W ^ 1 Inland . People from distant parts of the Province of Leinster had signified their intention of being present Several thousands , for example , of tbe peasantry of the County of Meath were assembled on Tara Hill , about seventeen miles distant , on Saturday , with the intention of reacnuig the metropolis on Sunday morning . On Saturday , tbe 7 th ( the day before that appointed far the meettngy , a Cabiuet Council is held at tho Castle , and on Saturday evening they issue a proclamation , declaring the projected meeting to be illegala ad ordering all
, masvstaates and officers to assisi in suppressing it . rae first question that occurs tio one upon hearing this is , are Ministers determined to come into hostile collision wltli the people t Are they resolved to t > iake an occasion for bloodshed 7 Firmness , vigour , even cot * - Cl 9 n « you will ; Buch policy in the present posture of affdirs iu Ireland may by many be deemed wise and necessary . The people of England are opposed to this mad projecfc of Repealing the Union . They are , with reason , opposed to it In Its realisation thsy see the breafclng-up ef this great empire , nDd are prepared to support any measure of any Minister that may be necessary to prevent that calamitous result A pulicy of conciliation fa wbat the justice and the common sense of tbe people of England wish .
PtoTe to them that that is of no avail , and a policy of coercion they will tolerate . , But what they do not wish—what they will never tolerate—is the cowardly , . Jpeaking , sanguinary policy , which lures inen , step by step , within ran «; e of deatk and then , without notice , nnmssks its battery before there is tima for retreat It more resembles the scheming of an adroit highwayman than the policy of an enlightened Minister . How were the people of distant counties und towns to know anything of Lord pa Grey ' s proclamation , prohibiting oa tha Saturday evening « meeting to be held en the Sunday morning ? Thousands could not know of it until their arrival in the metropolis—possibly on the va * y field of their meeting . How should they dream that the Govern man t , which
had permitted the meeting of Mullaghtnasi , and its hundred , predecessors , should prohibit that of Clontarf ? Above all , could they suppose that if there was any intention of interfering with a meeting to be held on Sunday morning , Government would first proclaim its intention on Saturday evening ? Yet daring the preceding weeks , while day after day this projected meeting was discussed , not the slightest indication was given that { it would meet with any interference . Acquitting Ministers of anything so atrocious as a design to strike terror into the popular mind by an unexpected onslaught , mode in accordance with the forms of law , though in gross violation of its spirit , yet wbat defence can bo set up for tbe fatuity that exposes tbe peace of the country to such bazird 1
The meeting of yesterday may have been prevented . Mr . O'ConutfH Immediately upon receiving tbo Castle proclamation isBUtd one of his own , and dispatched hia " head pacificator , " and the active officers of his staff , to : deprive Lord Da Grey of all pretext for giving effect to the tardy vigour of his masters . The success of thuir exertions will probably afford a new proof of thi influence of O'Connell and ths discipline of his followers ; and in doing so , will more than compensate the Repeal cause for the disappointment of Clontarf . But are tbe guilt aud folly of Ministers the less glaring ? What degree of merit belongs to them , if today's mail does not bring
tidings of a confliot between her Majesty's soldiers and her Irish subjects ? How long will the people of this country endure euch a Government ? Is it to keep in office a set of men , who , in every department of the public serviee , stand convicted of incapacity almost incredible ; who sacrifice the honour and interests of England abroad , boasting that they are indemnified by hospitalities bestowed upon their Sovereign ; who have given up : ihe four quarters of tbe kingdom to tbe supremacy of most dangerous and unconstitutional agitation ; is it to perpetuate the dlsaatrous reign of these men , that the English people will sanction a policy of coercion In Ireland ?
• Herald , Monday . —The crisis for which we have during tberlast few weeks , by leading remarks an d our Irish correspondence , baen gradually preparing tbe public mind , has at last arrived ; Mr . O'Connell has , during tbe lasts'X months , bad ample opportunity of carrying on constitutional agitation—if any such agitation as he indulges in can be constitutional—against the onion ; bat whea be attempted to make seditious replies to tbe Royal Speech from tbe Tbrone , to supersede tbe civil government of Ireland by the erection of conrts of justice ; to organise his followers in that country into military array ; and to summon to hia aid bands of dangerous and disaffected men from this country , the time , it was obvious , had come when further toleration was unendurable . The Irish Government
accormogjy , on Saturday , issued a proclamation against the repeal meeting which Was proposed to be boiaen yesterday at Clontarf , near Dublin ; and to that proclamation Mr . O Connell and his creatures have yielded a hectoring , but in reality a very cordial obedience . It wa # Impossible that Government could coexist in Ireland with such military manifestations as were in preparation for the Clontarf meeting ; to have allowed this professed organised assemblage would have been to have encouraged tbe general armament of the Bepeal party and to have fostered a rebellion , fiat let do man blame Ministers for the delay in issuing the proclamation ; their temperance and moderation have proved to the people of Ireland that it is not against tbe fair legal exercise of constitutional rights and privileges that they now interfere ; and that their
present firmness and decision will convince them that the laws , ths constitution , and the authorities ef the realm are not to be attacked under ta « guise ot such meetings as that intended to be held at Clontarf . The seditious and treasonable reply which Mr . O'Connell recently mode to the Queen ' s epeech on the prorogation of Parliament and the " general order " to the " repeal cavalry '' for tbe Clontarf meeting , are tbe documents which have immediately led to tbe proclamation of tbe Irish government ; but that tbe proceedings of that Government against Mr . O ' Connell will stop here is quite out of tht question . Tbe proclamation will , it is to be presumed , be folfowed by a criminal prosecution against that person , and in proportion as the Government has hitherto been mild will it now bo decisive and repressive .
ihe nuns , J . UK 3 UA 1-. — we ^ congratulate mentis of order and good government , as we condole with the Whigs and their frientia , oa the bloodless and pacific termination of tbe grand Clontarf Repeal dissappolntment A dense mass of people met , but were kept moving by tbe police ; tbe crammed-np speeches of tbe Exchange epouters were unspoken ; tbe great guns of patriotism were mute before tho greater guns of the Pigeon-house ; 3 . 900 bovse , foot , and dragoons , btistiling with bayonets and sabres , were at once tbe terror and the astonishment of a numerous Dnblin holyday mob . There waa no disturbance ; nothing like riot ; and so far from the streets of Dublin streaming with blood , oar imaginative Whig friends will be grieved to learn that the only excitement of tbe day was created by tbe reciprocation of good-natured jokes between the populace and the soldiery .
But the object of the proclamation hsa been attained ao far . A blow has been struck lightly , but effectively , on the bead and front of tbe agitation . Like tha suddes fling Qf a sby wrestler , which trips his unprepared antagonist , this tardy effort of tbe Government bos floored the more impetuous of the party when they least expected it . It has produced its natural effoets of correspondent elation and depression on the minds of the British and the Repeal factions . It has created a prestige of success . So far it is successful . Had the same plan been resorted to a twelvemonth ago , it would have rendered further measures unnecessary . We dare not now hope for an immediate restoration of tranquillity ia Ireland . We will not encourage Ministers to expect it Two millions of men speechified
for twelvemonths together Into a monomania for Repeal will pot be quiet on the first demonstration of Executive vigour . Tbey will only look on it as what children call " make-believe . " It is the misfortune not less of the Irish people than their rulers , that wbat tbe latter call " moderation , " is by tbe former nick-named " weakness" and "poltroonery ; " asd it is as awkward for a Government to earn such ft character , as it must be painful to tfaem to disprove its justice by tbe only method which will avail . We have been no less ready than our contemporaries to acknowledge tbe lenient disposition of the present Cabinet towards Ireland ; bnt we have all along maintained—in fact , till we were tired of our own repetition—that good intentions would be found wholly insufficient to conciliate tbe affections , or stem tbe ma < i excitement , ot tbe Irish people . Wo warned Ministers that they muit act . We were then told that action was impolitic , unconstitutional—nay ( if we remember rieht ) . unchristian . But Ministers have
acted on our suggestion . We now tell them again , Ihnt tbey mast continue to act . Dare they take our advice ? Dare they issue a proclamation at once against Repeal meetings I It would be a strong measure , we know { but the integrity of the monarchy demands strong measures . That it wonld be unconstitutional , we < 1 ey . Ths spirit of the Constitution is not averse from giving extraordinary powers for its own preservation . That it would be dangerous , even for a time , we dlsbdiieve . People on either aide of the water are sick aud weary of tbe stole unmeaning claptraps ot " Ireland for the I * isb , " and " Legislative Independence "—tbey wish to see the agitation come to some crisis , whether as a bubble or as a rebellion . That it would not nssaroe the latter fonn , we may Bafely infer from the known * characters of those who ao lately before High Heaven swore &fi * nee to England . Tbat \ % should therefore burst as aeoii as possible , ought te be tbo effect espediurty aimed ttt by the counsel * of her Majesty ' s Government -, * .
One great assurance of the success of so strong a proceeding as We have recommended arises from oar oftenexpressed conviction that one half of the professed R'pealera have been forced by intimidation , or wheedled by nervous self-interest , into ft reluctant and dishonourable support of a causa which in their hearts they detest . These men , as soon as they see symptoms of resolution and energy on tha part of Government , will Bkip out of tha tanks moift le&uiiy than they crept in , and a decrease in the numerical strsugtb will bo followed by a uimiuuuon in the moral power o ! tho Repealers .
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One word to a party Woo , like birds of ill omen , ever flap their wings and utter a triumphant scream when Irish disasters darken tha horizon—we mean the Whigs , They have taught themselves to believe tbat they alone could save Ireland from the dangers of sedition and tbe penalties ' of discord . Tbia is indeed a strange instanea of self-deinaion . When in power , their only craft was ] to boy Irish popularity at any price , and by any means . A scheme of policy so base and so cowardly could only avail as & make-shift It was only a means of delaying , not of preventing , great oiiscbiefd . It was fraught with certain danger and disgrace . It waa a policy to which we should prefer tbe inertness of the most sluggish , and ths timidity ef the mostjcautioua , Administration . We even prefer the weakness of the Peel Cabinet to such a combination of truckling and venality as was exhibited by tbe Melbourne party . i
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Tipp £ R . \ bt . —The following is an extract of a letter rectfiva'd in town to-day : —Oa Thursday , the 5 ; h inat . Captain Irvine , accompanied by a saryeyor and aevaral of his tenants , wtnt to the bog of K llavagan , near Templemore , for tbe purpose of marking and measuring portions of it for tho use of the tenants by whom h © w
and atones , although there were no stones on tbe bog and thosa which were used must have been brought by the asaailants , concealed about their persoas . Thiw armed , they commenced a furious attack on their landlord and bis party , and finally clra . ve them from the bag . One of the ringleaders , named Foirarty , had the effrontery to come immediately after into the petty sessions eoart-houee of Teiaplemore , where the magistrates were then sitting , and where he was apprehended . —Times .
Visit of the Grand duke Michel to Ireland . —It is rumoured that the Grand Duke Micbel of Russia , who has arrived in England on a visit ; to her Majesty , will visit Ireland . A gentleman in the Grand Duke's suite was lately in Belfast . —Banner of Ulster , Repeal Arbitration Courts—Tha Drogheda Argus announces the appointment of Arbitrators at Mullagh , county of CavaB . Several of the country peopie submitted their disputes to tho new court , whose decisions gave great satisfaction . The Antf-Kent Movement . —Mr . T . M'Gjrthy , the Repeal attorney of Skibbereen , holds lands near Bantry , oa which a considerable swear at rent waa < iua . He sent his bailiff and drivers , who seized cattle for th 8 rent ; bat the tenant rescued the cattle , and sent tha drivers back to their employer , Mr . Downing .
Arbitration Courts . —We ( Kerry Examiner ) understand that preparations are being made for immediately opening courts of arbitration at the Causeway and Ballyhiguo . ' A warm contest ( says , the BaUyshannon Herald , Tory prim ) is going on throughout several parishes of this county for the situation of Repeal arbitrators . The Arbitration Court for the large and respectable district of which Rathmines is the centre , will open in a few days . Mr . Hamilton , the secretary has issued several notices , and others maybe had from him . A regular court is io course of preparation . John O'NeiD , fi ^ q ., ex-J . P-, of Bunowen Castlo , is chairman of the court .
Wo ( Limerick Reporter ) have the highest gratification in announcing to our fellow -citizens that the gentlemen appointed as a committee at the last public meeting have not only been punctual in their attendance ! to discharge the duties J . imposed upon them , but hive succeeded beyond their snost sanguine expectations . They met on Wednesday evening , ami adjourned to Thmsday , to ballot for abitrators , when the j following gentlemen were selected , and Tiave , we ava assured , consented to act : —The Right Worshipful Martin Honan , Mayor ; Alderman Shannon , Mayor elect ; Francis John O'Neill Esq ., ; . Nicholas Kelly , E : q ., T . C . ; John Spillaius ; Esq . ; Michael Q , rin \ Esq ., T . C . ; Wm . Griffin , E = q ., M . D ., T . C . ; William Gaary , Esq ., M . D .. Alderman ; Richard Boekin , Esq ., Alderman ; R . F , Regan , Esq ., Alderman * , Thomas Wailout , Esq ., T . C . ; Jona M'Doanell , Esq ., T . C .
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The following additional particulars respecting the riots io Rosa-attire , from tbe Inverness Courier , reached as too late for insertion in our last naraber . Onr readers will remember the " glorious" capture rf one womanjby the valorous Mr . Cameron . Here follows an account of her liberation by the people . The attentien of the rioters < vas now directed to tne rescue of the dairymaid from Cromarty gaol . At four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , afeont one hundred men , armed with sticks and other weapons , and a great number of women and children , entered the town of Cromarty . Tbey marched in regular order , and took op " their position in front of the gaol . The SherifrVClerfc aud Procurator Fiscal having been consulted by the Provost and magistrates , the whole repaired to tha spot , and endeavoured to dissuade the people from any
outrage . The latter demanded the liberation of the female prisoner , which was , of course , refused . The rioters then gave the authorities five minutes for deliberation , stating that if the woman was not given up to them , tb # y would take tbe matter into their own hands . During thig brief interval , the Rev . Mr . Stewart , of the free church , was sent for to remonstrate witk the people . Ha instantly came and addressed them ; but thougbweilTeceiTed , the Rev . Gentleman made no impression ou tke resolute and determined mob . The magistrates declining to liberate the prisoner , the men proceeded witb hammers and bludgeons to force open the door . This was , after some labour , accomplished j but two inner doors bad still to be broken open , and these also being forced , the woman was carried out in triumph amidst tremendous cheering , and borne on the shoulders of ber associates through the town , the whole
party going in the direction of Resolia . On Saturday the mob repaired to the house of Mr . Mackintosh , the principal tenant at Resolis , who has adhered to the established church . Fortunately Mr . and Mrs . Mackintosh had time to e ? cape—tbe latter , it ia eaid , disguised—and b ^ th have found protection In tbe house of Sir Hugh Fraser , at Braslangwell . The populace pea rche 4 . every cornet of the house ; butjaading no ' ne of tbe family , went away . The same day Sir Hugh Flair ' s carriage was stopped at tbe ferry by the R > a * kee ; i people . It had been engaged to convey a lady to Kineraig , and was then empty , but the rioter * finding their search ineffectual , employed themselves in stoning tbe coachman .
The whole of this part of Ross shire may now be sai& to be at the mercy of ihe populace . The law is in complete abeyance , for the civil power is inadequate to the protection of the peaceable inhabitants , and even if it Were possible to seize the principal rioters their aasdc ates W' uld assemble nnd rescue them . The rioters have nightly watches placed on the houses of / he local authorities and every movement is known to them . Various threatening letters bare been sent to tha heritors and adherents of the established church . S * ma of the persons dressed in women ' s clothes at Rosskeen and ResoliB were , it ia aaid , men ; but tbe ringleaders have made no attempt at disguise . They haTe acted openly in daylight , and are known to the civil authorities , though tbe latter dare not apprehend them .
The authorities of Ross-shire will soon , we understand , be reinforced by military power . A party ef the 87 th Royal Iriah Fusileera , from Edinburgh Castle , are expected to arrive this day ( Wednesday ) by the Duke of Richmond steamer , and will probably lie at Invergardon . The number of njen is said te be two hundred , which will be strengthened by future reinforcements , if necessary , tbeir quarters to be at Fort George . Two of the rioters , we understand , haTe been apprehended , and are in custody in Dingwall gaol , tbat of Tain not being considered safe . Tkey nad come to Inverness , and whilst in the Gourt-houBe , during the sitting of tbe Justiciary Court ,-were apprehended by Mr . Macbean , the superintendent of police . Bath are young men belonging to Tain .
The class of people fey whom these outrages are committed is chitfly that of small tenants , or cotttrs , their families , and farm servants . They act with energy , because they believe they are fulfilling a religious duly ., before which the sacrifice of property or life is a trifle . Nothing but an overwhelming force will ever deter them from closing the churches and manses of the establishment , and preventing their being ever occupied .
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Mill -Burin * ta « night of Fn ^^ Jg atieinpnrasmade \ t 9 set fire to the ( Wjtonjn tt © t M «» rl Aiiu worth and Crompton , m F < nwdry ^ trcet , Lisile Bolton . It appears that a P ^^ SSf cotton wa = te fead been thrown through the < v <* * gjg of one of the lower ^ windows ,, where J burnt ^ away £ S £ = i « iF (? afe £ « -SBS-W ^ M w . thm a very short period . A . ^^ 44 been offered for informattoa against tue paruea .
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Chiu . —Papers from Saintiago , to the 12 th of Jnly have come to hand . The CongrtBs had met , and the President , in his opening speech , had made Tery saii = factory statements as to the condition of the country * nd ivs financial prospects . The accounts lor the year 184 * 2 had not been presented ; but the Presdenv deeiai ^ d his belief that ibe revenue oi that year would be found to exceed that of 1841 .
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morning Chronicle , Tuesday . —It will be seen by the letter of our Dublin correspondent , that the exertions of the popular leaders were completely successful , and that the peace of the city was undisturbed throughout Sunday , ijhe military preparations of tbe Government were upon the most formidable and extensive scale ; but tbe moderation and good sense of the people rendered them wholly superfluous . Furtlier reflection upon the conduct of Government only confirms our former opinion of its us paralleled rashness . Even the utmost activity of those who bad the deepest Interest in the preservation of peace could not prevent the danger arising from thousands of people floeking into the city , ! to take part in the proceedings of the meeting , in complete ignorance of the intention
of Govermufnt . There ia no possible excuse for exposing the people to the hazard of conflict on account of an involuntary breach 6 i the proclamation . As our correspondent observes , the authorities at the Castle might just as well have issued tbeir ^ rohi-bilion on tho Friday morning as oa ths Saturday evening . That they intended to prevent the meeting is evident from tbe military preparations that were m ide , the completion of which was svideiitly the wotk . of some days . Why not give the people the advantage of as much previous notice as possible 1 The fact that tbe day passed off without bloodshed in no degree palliates the guilt of those whose precipitation w ^ uld have been responsible for any disaster that might have occurred . i
It ia not easy to account for this tardy adoption of what is termed " a vigorous policy . " Still less easy is it to foresee any advantage that will result from it . All the miechief of prolonged agitation has been already effected . The advanced state of the season would have done more than either military or police to put an end to those open air " monster meetings . " Iu point of fact ; tbat of Clontarf ! was the last to be convened . Having permitted them to be hsld from the beginning without interruption , the moment the enthusiasm of tbe people wis beginning to subside , and these meetings , by becoming common-place , were becoming comparatively harmless—at a moment , in fact , when there waa some bopo that tbe agitation would have lost its most dangerous peculiarity , by no longer appearing iu tho
imposing attitude of assembled counties aud provinces , in steps the Tory Government to the relief of Mr . O'Conneli , who , as they said waa now driven to bis last shifts . The agitation is invested with a new interest , and by the application of one of those active stimulants by which Sir Robert Pael so often revives a sinking disaffection , is rescued'from the torpor into which it was almost certain to fall during tbe winter season . For nearly twelve months the whole Tory press has been taunting the Premier with his apathy . Within the last few weeks they have been , on the other hand , proclaiming that the R peal fever was subsiding , ' and were pointing to tbe diminished receipts of " the rent" as evidence . So convincing seemed tbe proof , that bnt a few days since the evening organ of the Government declared that
" no reasonable man could deny tbat tbe " repeal agitation wa 9 already suppressed . '' This alone seemed capable of rousing tbe dormant energies of our vigorous Cabinet , and Mr . O'ConneN ' a exhausted resources are recruited by a proceeding which we venture to predict will furnish materials { for a more prolonged and dnngerous agitation than any tbat has ytt disturbed the unhappy country which bas been alternately blessed and am * ctod by his turbulent career . So long as the agitation was pronounced to be really daagerona , Sir Robert was not to be moved by any supplieation or any tauuta t « interfere with it . Tbe moment be is assured that tbe storm had spent its fury , and tbat there is a prospect of returning ealm , he for tbe first time bestirs himself , and within twenty-feur hours restores the agitation to more than itsold strength ! Rumoura were prevalent in Dublin that the military demonstration was only preliminary to further proceedings , the prosecution of Mr . O'Connell for sedition amongst them . With the military resources at present at their commend , Ministers deem themselves sufficiently strong to attempt ; anything in the way of coercion . But we hope there is a limit to the folly even of Sir Robert Peel ' s Cabinet . !
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GLOBE , Tuesday . —It is possible tbat we may , err in suspecting the present Government of acting with a purpose , and intending to follow up systematically their fli % t move ag-. iinat tbe Repeaters . However , wo think it is pretty evident tbat they do intend something of tbia sort , nnd tbat this " sudden fling of a shy vnesttwt , " as the T * rne $ calls it , iB a prelude to farther steps—to proceedings for following up cannon law by , an appeal to more icttular jurisdictions . We look upon the auddenneas of the jproc ' araation and array which prevented the ClontaTf meeting , to be the deliberate , though unexpected , unmasking and opening of an already prepared battery . ) We look upon it as expressly intended to make that ( attack on a grand metropolitan Repeal fluid-day , vyhich O'Connell defied Government to attempt making . And , so far , we are not sure hue ibere may have beeu some tactics in the proceeding . Th 3 Government knew it wasiBttong enough to deter tbo Repoalersfrom direct collision with Us armed force , and its design seems to have been to signalise the intimidation . ' If the Irish people had been in that state of unapi- j ikoub disposition and determination to resist the first ;
attempt of administrative aggression against these gatherings , as Mr . O'Connell bas been tilling Europe and the world they ate . iall through the Bummer , immediate mischief must have come of this sudden pul-up in the very Repeal bead quarters . The Government knew , as every one else did , who was iu tbe habit of comparing words with facts , that no such national unanimity existed , aud that no Three DasB were likely in Dublin . So far , tht < n , they bave won a cheap and blooilless triumph . They have shown—if it wnnted showing—tbat the awasgering style of Ancient Pistol , cloaks in Ire ' and just wbat it cloaks everywhere . One wholesale effect may have been produced by tbe contrast between words npel action in this agitation . A spirited people may have been made , and -we hope bave
been made , ashamed of utterance of . empty B ^ badUism—of boastings and of railings which nothing but hot blood could excuse—and whose cool blood is now manifest . This isj not tbe attitude that Ireland should bold , te honour her national character . It is not the attitude she ever held , till * hese days of agitation on hollow pretexts . Abundant danger and violence there may bave been , } but not calculated violenceverbal danger . Agitation for impracticable objects , witb unreal pasaioDS , involves loas of self-respect Popular ebullitions cease to exhibit anything tbat is respectable , when it is once seen that tbeir uctora are not in real mortal earnest in their parts . If this ia all that Government were intent on showing , they are so far successful . But they are now , it would appear ,
about recommencing a course in which OConnell has never before failed to ba ' ffl ; their predeoeasora . UmJcr the second Angleaea Administration , tbe L > rJ Lieutenant put in force the summary powers of tbe Act which had been passed ; two or three jeara previoasly for putting down the Catholic Association . " O Conn « ll . " aays the author of " Ireland and Us Rulers , ' " was then in ibis glory—an oyprewsud man ! —a victim to the tyrant rulers ! He was supplied with a budget of grievances , on v ? bica be dii&itsd triumphantly . Prevented from holning meetings , bt > u » wl the press for the purpbae of agitation , and wrote i ff every wiek a lengtby icpistloto the newspapers , He bafflad the Government ion the prostitution , first by demurring to the indictment , then by withdrawing bis fterwards
demurrer , and pleading ' not « uiity . ' and a withrtrawinK that plea for one » i guilty ; ' but before he could b « brought up fer judgment , tbe temporary Act under wbich ho waa indicted had expirtu . " Tue Herald , which we mayjnow regard as the snle morning organ of the Government , atter announcing with complacency that ' Ireland is now complete )? fortified ; its defences are scientifically finished ; columns of troops are so disposed as to intersect , from four different points , the island at an hour's mvtice ; ajd if tbe Repealers aie [ prepared ' to ilo or die" the struggle ia prepared fox ] ' —proceeds as fulU > ws : - 'At Mallow Sir . O'Connell dared the G < vernm « nt to go to war with him ; at Liamqre be daretl it to « o to law with him It now depends 6 u himself whether there &hdli
be bloodshed ; but it does not , we trust , depend altogether on himself or his fujure conduct whether he shall be prosecuted for seditiou . For there ia amongst , his later written manifestations one of so moastro »; 9 andecandaloua a character , one so fnui and violent , oae so false and treasonable ; that wo implore her Majea ' . y'a Ministers , in justice to . ithe Sovereign whose aattir , iity it attacks , to the Legislature whose character it maligns , nod to tbe loyal and well-affected sul . j . c ^ cf Qaeen Victoria , whom it denounces and calumuj axe& , t >> moke this document the au ^ juct-nattei ; crfE , a Stutt ' prosecution against Mr . Duiiel OGon « iV . vfhose signature it bears . Nothing , indeed , &y / e teihuical difficulties—save pettifogging legal obf jtaclea cau
after the step taken on Saturday , just / * ^ e Irish ' Executive in not instituting criminal proceedings against Mr . O'Cunueil { for ihe address . * po the inhabitants of the countriesisutject to the' British Grown ' which he issued from the Corn Excb * jge on 13 tQ g ^ p . teraber last . " We may ; therefore , taJ ; e tot gM ! , ted tbat Ministers mean to prosecute Mr . a * j onnell ; and if they enly conduct their p )« ceeding M cleverly aa they did against Feargua O'Connor , v »© may expect to see the professional powers v ? h | ch distin' < ui 8 bed the great AkitatM ' a outBfct obtK . n a yktotj u » , ieB 8 e 88 y and comple e over the Crown lawyers , tb an Royal Proclamation . backed by bayoi ^ t and canny Jf have dune , over iha last " monster meeting . '' !
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« THE CONDITION OF-ENGLAND QUESTION . " How does it come to pass , that witb us misery ia the fruit of successful labour—that witb us experience does not teach caution—tbat with us the most munificent charity is nnabla to check tbe accumulation of evil , moral and physical , with which it vainly endeavours to contend . ? How ia it , that while the wealth of England is a proverb among nations , the distress of white
her labourer is a by-word no less universal ; that ¦ her commerce encircles the globe , while her colonies spread through both hemispheres , while regions bitheito unknown are but tbe resting-plaee of her never-caaaiug enterprise—tha producers of all this wealth , the causes of all this luxury , the instruments of all tbia civilization , lie Gown in despair to perish by hundreds , amid the miraclea of triumphant industry b ? vfbleb they are surrounded ? How happens it , that aa o « empire extends- abroad , security diminishes at home ? that as onr reputation becomes more splendid , and oar . attitude more commanding , the fabric of our strength decays , and onr social bulwarks * o « k from their foundations ? Wfao can say that the skill and valour of the general wba haa added a . provlaee to our Indian empire —who , trsamphlni ? over obstaeles hitherto insuMiyjuiitam > . has . abused tba Uoe of Tictoty to flow from Ewt
to West , aad made the Sapoy invincible—may i » t eta loni ' , b « . sailed upou to fulfil the thankless task of suppression insurrection , and to control tbe kindly fury of a niis * aken , it ia true , but of a kindred population ! Sb / dl th « day indeed eonw when in our streets there shoii be solitude , and in our harbours be heard no sound of osts , neither shall gallant bbips pass thereby T la the vaunted splendour of this , ceuntiy to furnisU a melancholy lesson of the instability of earthly powar , and its fate to conclude a tale i « ore glorious , to point * moral more aff . ctin ? . than any which Tytt , or Sidon , wrCcv 1 ¦•¦ ¦"' hive furnished to eutb tbe insolence of ¦ pro ^ - my ana 10 shew tbe insignincaE co of man ? - Blaci . wood Magazine . . ¦
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THE NORTHERN STAR ; \ / .,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct672/page/7/
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