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THE IRISH MOVEMENT , j { Continued from our sixth page . ) to do so . He supposed that they would next attempt te proclaim down the Repeal Association : bat , if ih « y ] did , he himself would be the first , after such a proclama- ' Hon was issued , to go Into the room —( cheers ) . Nothing lad occurred that "would alter his course of conduct , or to prevent him from seeking for the Repeal of the accursed Union —( hear , hear , hear } . He intended j before Parliament next assembled , that meetings should he held simultaneously in every parish in Ireland to pefition for Bepeal ; iut he -would not yet point out the day for these meetings , as he >
¦ wanted to ascertain -whether the exeitemeHt consequent npon the ; proelamaBon had subsided . He ! C&t . CTGonnel ]) would -work out the appointment of the ! Arbitrators in every district in Ireland ; and lie knew i and -was confident that the people would give him no ? mall help in doing jo . The plan was all plain and ! open before for their appointment , and the Govern- ) jnent proclamation he was « nre would tend to carry it out , as it undoubtedly would add considerably to their ; fnnds—teheers ) . There was another plan he had to j bring forward , which ha would submit to the Aasocia- i tion at its next weekly meeting , whereby the debts due ' in England upon Irish estates would be paid off— \ he would propose to have shares of £ 1 in a company got j up to be Tested in the committee of the new share- '
holders , to have the interest payable in Ireland —( loud ' cheers ) . The more they proclaimed , the more prudent they would be in adopting the means ineffectually carrying the Repeal . Solar , at least , he ( Mr . O'Con-1 nell ) was not much abashed by a ] proclamation—by the last blow of the sword —( great applause ) . No ; he was j not in the least daunted . Upon the contrary , he was ; tioubly sure of success , and he called npon the people of Inland to listen to him while he said that they < then had an opportunity of matin ; their country a ] nation again—flond cheers ) . All they had to do * ' was to obsy him—{ load cries of " we wiH , wewilL"j ' commit no listj and if yon are attacked against the law , i and in spite of the law , and that all constitutional I guarantees are taken away , why there was no man !
Jiving that would not tell you , or any people placed in ! your position , to defend yourselves . He ( Mr . O'Con- j nellj was truly convinced , however , that such a thing ! eoold sever occur ; therefore , all the people had to doJ was t * keep within the law with him , and avoid the ] law with him , and be would promise security and 1 liberty to them and their posterity—( hear , hear , and [ cheers ) . If they violated the law in any respect they ! would have the dragoons liaviag an advantage over 1 them ; he would therefore advise asd urge again ! upon them to keep sober and peaceable , and the land j of bis and their birth -would be a nation again—Icheers ) . I They would hold their simultaneous meetings , and carry \ out their financial and general plans , including the plan j i I j I ' | ! ¦ | I [ j
which they had entered upon their minutes for the restoration of the Irish Parliament —( hear , hear ) . He would bring the subject before the House of Commons early in the ensuing session ; and until then all he wanted was the people to keep the law , when he would undertake te get them JBitice—( cheers ) . They should never be guflty of a single crime or offence , or fee the means of shedding ene drop of human blood—( hear ) . The people of Ireland he called on to listen to him whsn b . e advised them not to be hasty , but cool , quiet , and cautious , until he obtained for thsm everything that was good and virtuous —( great laughter ) Let the honest Repealer allow no man to stand by his side who violated the law , but Jet them all stand firmly together , in holiness , fearing God , with an ardent
desire for liberty , and a perfect determination sever to ; give up their righta , and success—Bepeal—and justice i wss certain—( great applause ) . Before he sat down , he ¦> { Mr . O'Connell ) could not but say that the conduct of ] the soldiers who were sent to Clontarf on Sunday was j most exemplary ; but they had nothing to . do , and was it not cruel to have them there perishing in the cold ? : However , sure It gave the Lord-Lieutenant an oppor- i iuaity of reviewing his army—( hear , and laughter ) , I They spoke of Repealers desecrating the Sabbath , j 'Where was Lori de Grey , the Lord-Lieutenant , on j hearand ? Connell j > I ' : | ; [ '
Sunday—( , groans ) He ( Mr . O' ) of ; of course did not blame the soldiery . On the contrary , bespoke well of them , as be did of the people ; but he would say thai it was shameful to resist the Repealers unless they broke the law—( applause ) . Peel said , let the agitation go on , 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 place ' - at Ciontsxf 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 j of the proclamation , Ireland should be free—Uoud »
cheering for Beveral minutes , the entire meeting rising ; in a body ) . J > axe the Government issue such a procla- ;
mation in England or in Wales ? No , they dare not i Therefore , if he iMr . O'Connell ) wanted more proof of the injustice of England and the necessity of Repeal , he had it—( lond cheers ; . The fate of " Ireland was in the hands of the people ; by the support of the generous millions , and them alone , could justice be done to their wretched country—( hear , hear , hear , and loud cheers ) . But they had the support of the people , "who promised to be peaceable , and success was therefore inevitable—( loud cheers ) . The 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 her honest people ; her beautiful hills would pour in
their streams to work her machinery , and to carry on trade and eonrnerce , and her splendid harbours , Would be thronged with busy seamen ,- all actively ' engaged in forwarding her prosperity , sad m&Snog be * ' —as she . ever should have been—the happy nation of a happy and virtnous people—icheers ) . Hurra , then , for Old Ireland and Repeal—[ tremendous applause )! Whoever ( they would remember ) committed ¦ a erima gave strength t « the enemy ,- therefore let Repealers pledga themselves to a perfect obedience to the law , snd he would pledge himselfand vow solemnly before mm ^ - ¦
, ue nuuiu : | . iiiiu ^ c i n ami i \ jtt mriTTin ** j i ^ - * w * w the inhabitants of the empire , tbit he would never be taken away from the legal pursuit of agitating for a Repeal of the Union until he saw an Irish Parliament
once more sitting in College-greeB—( tremendous applause , which lasted for a considerable time , after -which the Learned Gentleman lesumed his seat ) , Captain SiuvEE . addressed the mesting . Mr . O'Co 53 KLX then announced the Repeal Rent for the week to be £ 1 , 105 3 s . Id—( loud cheers ) . £ 600 of that sum had been received that day —( cheers ) . Major 2 ? icboxso : t was then called to the chair , and the marked thanks of the meeting having been passed to Mr . John O Connell , this very numerous assembly broke up . The association -mil meet again os Monday next . The proceedings did not terminate till faur
o'clock-US' We cannot but thus publicly tender onr acknowledgements to the conductors of the UvbUn Moniior far their kindness and promptitude in supplying us with the EztmordiTxny Editions oi their truly spirited journal . Psom their pag = s -we have given the foregoing interest ing account of the " Government Move " , preferring it far before the accounts that have appeared in the English Daily Journals . The conduct of the Monitor , of the World , and of the Weekly Freeman , contrasts strongly "with that of the Ration in tbeir respective treatment of the HorDiem Star : the three forma Journals regularly sending their papers in exchange ; -while the Nation , has been withheld from us for months together , although we have regularly forwarded the northern Star to the Nafipa-office . The Dublin Monitor
Jiot only sends its regularly puolished copies , bat always duly forwards even its " Extraordinary Editions , of wbieb it has had many , before the present exciting and event * fill time . Pot its great courtesy and kindness -we thus publicly express our thsnks . 1
REPEAL XH 2 TJTER AT THE ROTUNDA . ( From the Morning Chronicle of Wednesday-J The 3 > inner , -which -was to h 3 ve followed the Repeal xnratrng a > Cioctaif [ which had been abandoned in con-Btqaencs of the proclamation of the Gaveruinent ) , took place in the Rotunda , aD the rooms in that vast bniiding , the most rpadensfor public accommodation is this city , being devoted to the entertainment of the company . The platform for the chair-was erected in the large circa- j 1 st room , which was brilllanay lighted , and Uie walls ' were decorated -with flags asd burners . The doors -were opened at five o ' clock , when the rush was tremendous ., All the tickets were disposed of early is the day , np- > wards of 2 . 000 having been issued . Sackville-street and Cavendish Row , adjoining the Rotnnda . were crowded , an < l the proceedings at the Rotunda appeared to excite ; the deepest interest .
At half-past five Mr . O'Connell , accompanied by , several aldermen Ad members -of the T- » wn Conncil , in : their robes , entered tbe pnncJpa . 1 room , and was , received -with a tremendous bu ^ st of acclamation , the J band playing " Sae the conqn ^ rina hero comes . " From . that hour the company came in bo rapid iy that , in a ; Ehort time , the room , large as it was , became very inconveiiienily crowded . It was far-and-away the most numarons dinner-meeting I ever beheld . Certainly , nothing lite it , as a popular demonstration , had taken "place in Dublin before Hie issuing of ihe Government ; proclamation . \ Mr . OGouufell presided . Owin ; to the obstructions j oased by the crowds standing , for want of Bitting To « m , in the passages ear the crosE-table , I had no i opportunity of seeing those who sat aTonnd him . They ; Were cbitfiy members of the corporation . - :
1 learned that upwards of a thousand persons applied at the doois t » pay for admission ; buv thtre was not i room to crudi in a single individual . Tse beat was f extremely oppressive . j At ten minutes to B * vm . af t « r dinner , Mr . O'Connell j ( who was dressed in the robes of Lord Major ) rose j amidst a most extraordinary burst uf acclamation . The j dinning cheers and hurrahs centum-id for Borne minutes , j When silence was restored , j Mr . O'CosyBti advanced to the front . of the " plat- j
form and said : In proposing the first toast , he readily j knew that they anticipates -what it ^ should be—( hear , iear >—and that they would he-rtily and warmly respond to that toast . It was—the health of their excellent Sovereign , the Qnetn , God bltss her— ( cheers ) . And , in calling tbeir attention -so that toast , he conJd boast—and he tiiought it was a prond boast—tbit the people of Ireland had been peculiarly axtatched , by their . allegiince to the present sovereign—ibear , bear ) , They loved her in hex childhood tot her father ' s sake , and they bailed with delight her ascension to the throEe— ( hear , and cheersj . The Irish people |
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j f ! Chiu . —Papers from Saintiago , to ihe 12 ih of July ! have come to hand . The Congress had met , and the President , in his opening speech , had made very satisfactory statements as to the condition of the ! country and its financial prospects . The accounte j for the year ] 842 had not been presented ; but the President declared Mb belief that the reeenue of that year woald be found to exceed that of 1841 .
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THE ENGLISH DAILY PRESS . That Ihe reader may the better understand the nature , extent , scope , and inteJitionof this Governmental stroke of policy , we deem it fitting to pre-Bent 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 . O'Connell is to be Prosecuted . Times , Monday—The Governmenthas at length spoken out On Saturday it took its first step ts suppress the Repeal agitation , by Issuing a proclamation against the proposed meeting at Clontarf . The proclamation will be obeyed . Immediately after its publication a document
was put forth by the Central Repeal Association , ungrammatical indeed in construction , and unwieldy in its tottuous prolixity , but intelligible in this—that it forbids the Repealers to assemble at Clontarf . The first blow has now been struck at the head of Irish disaffection . We rejoice at this unhoped for display of Ministerial vigour , but our joy is not unmixed with regret and doubt . We regret that the blow was not struck mnoh earlier ; we doubt whetker its single force will be sufficient to crush the objects of its aim . Had a proclamation similar to this been issued some ten or twelve months ago—when the Repeal rent was yet inconsiderable—when the provincial meetings were yet unannounced—when the popular spirit of the southern and central counties had not been kindled by the cry
of " Independence for Ireland }"—how much of positive evil would have been avoided ? How much of agprehended calamities foregone ? The poor would not have been pillaged to enrich a bubble treasury—the priests wsnld not have been bullied into a collusive and dishonourable repudiation of xenta—the Roman Catholic Church would have been spared the degrading exhibitions of a M'Hale and a Lord Higgins—the weak and timorous flock of smsll and needy landowners would not have been bribed by the hope of getting their own into the same ranks with their ignorant and impetuous peasants—above all , the dignity of the British Government would have been vindicated , and its power to check and punish , as well as to reward and foster , would have been proved in the eyes of Ireland and the
world . But as ifc is—no : we will not anticipate evil from the 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 fear everything from « complication of force and laxity—of violence without vigour , and moderation withoat firmness— of a policy vibrating between aharshnesswhlch will irritate without subduing , and of a clemency which will provoke neither gratitude nor respect . Let the Minister be firm ; let him be consistent in his plans ; let him not iasua 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 imiUtor
of Walpole . Bat has he yet to . learn that a Walpolian policy cannot govern Ireland in stormy times f He who would administer her wisely and govern her successfully , must awe by his prowess befor « he seeks to win her rfectioas by bis kindness . Walpole shrank from facing the Highlander as became him ; and they rebelled . It was reserved for the high courage and chivalrous bearing of Chatham to conciliate the unsubdued warriors of the North , and to unite a brave nation smarting from the wonnds of a r « cent conflict by tbe strong ties of amity and loyalty to a people whom they had -detested , and a king whom they had disclaimed . Sir R . Peel dreads unpopularity . This Is an amiable weakness , but it Is a weakness . An honest Minister must often consent to loBa , a great Minister will often aspire to deserve , popularity . To preserve an empire is a merit which transcends tbe ephemeral applause , of mobs and faction * . We cannot insure him against virulent
invective and cowardly imputations for bold counsels and strong measures ; but we can undertake to promise him , in the contest into which he b&s even thus tardily entered , the unflinching support of the loyal and the right-thinking throughout the country , whatever be the extremities which , as a Minister , he may be ompelled to fwe . Let him recollect that a Ministry may weather a tempest of odium , but no Ministry can withstand the blight of national contempt . We do not , however , apprehend that be will be exposed to any extremities . Tee leader of the anti-Englisb faction Is an astute mau ; he will not commit himself as long as he _ can help it . Is it too much to suppose that he Ib * moderately bumaae ; and that he will-: not rashly pit his followers against a power which they would in v » in resist ? We believe that of all Irishmen O'Connell is the one into whose heart this proclamation hsscanveyed the most sincere pleasure . Like the giant in the Eastern tale , bis enemies have helped htm oat of & great strait . But his worst foes are in his two
cainp . For the future , gloom aqd uncertainty still cloud it AU , under Providence , depends upon the unvacillatin * firmness ef Government They hrve a large party in Ireland ; they have all England and Scotland to bs-ck them . It wlU , indeed , be diagracoful if with such odds they fail . For the sake of English honour , for the glory of tbe British Crewn , we wish them well through their parts in tbe Irish dram * . But we are , above all , anxious on the score of Ireland herself . There is a heavy debt due to that country . Much is to be done for her ; much more , alasl than legislation ever can achieve . Her maladies are mostly those
" Wherein the patient nmgt minister to herself . " Bnt still she has ; a right to claim the attentions of a be - nign Government ; she has a right to have her rea grievances redieued , her imaginary grievances examined * —she has a right to kindly and just treatment from the united Parliamsnt , and to such practical and necessary reforms as legislative authority can tffect . But all these rights inuBt be withheld so long as she ia the williDg victim of selfish turbulence . No Senate will conciliate , -where it is certain that conciliation will be distorted into fear ; no statesman will fling his bread upon the waters of strife , or seek to lull the discord of one people by compromising the honour of his own .
Post . Monday—Govbbnment Pboclajution against Repeal Meetij » gs in Ireland . —At length rigorous measur < s « re announced for ttie suppression of tfeese monster nuisances . On the afternoon of Si turd ay a proclamation was issued at Dublin by tbe Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland- The collateral circumstances that have transpired all concur in proving that this determination of the Irish Government has been formed after the . must mature consideration , and that they have neglected no means to eruure its petfect efficiency . Lord De Grey -was ordered back to his post at a few hours' notice ; tbe Lord Chancellor was , with similar urgency , hastened over from England ; a sndden stop was put to Lord Cardigan ' s leave of absence from his regiment ; tbe 34 th Foot were
embarked on Friday at Liverpool , and further leiuforcementa were expected frsm Scotland . The , vigeur displayed in these preliminary precautions is in perfect conformity with tbe resolute tono of the proclamation itself . It distinctly , and in more than one place , characterises tbe language used at former Repeal meetings , as " seditious and inflammatory ;'' and tho objects of these assemblies are declared to be " not the fair legal exercise of constitutional rights and privileges , but to bring into contempt tbe Government and constitution of the United Kingdom as by law established , and to accomplish alterations in the l&ws and constitution of tbe realm by intimidation and tbe demonstration of physical force . " The proclamation goes on to wain all persona
against attending the meeting at Clontarf , which was fixed for yesterday ; and concludes with directing tbe proper authorities to proceed according to law , n « ainst thosa who may persist in being present , and to disperse and suppress the meeting . Such are tbe principal points in this remarkable document ; and , without stopping to gratify any personal vanity of our own , by remarking that the language now employed by the Government is precisely that wbicb we have used till we could no longer vary the phrase—we * -will at once , and -with earnest sincerity , congratulate her Ma j < sty ' s Ministers and tbe country on the wise and manly course they have now adopted . We ri-joice at it , not
because we have any ill feeling Bgainst the Irish people , or any desire for violence or bloodshed ; but because we are tired—and tbe English nation is tired—of seeing the laws insulted , and tbe Constitution set at nought-There is no dnty imposed on the Executive powera more urgent and imperious than that of maintaining eocitil order ; and , believing this to be tbe sole nim and object of the present measure , we merge all minor considerations in the hearty desire to see it crowned with success . That it might have been taken sooner it is needless for us to repeat onr opinion ; that it is taken now will not only secure to the Queen's Government the warm approbation of all the loyal and right-hearted of her Majesty ' s subjects , but recover for it the good opinion of tbe nations ef Europe .
Chronicle , Monday— Ministers have at length determined to act in Ireland . It ia not their fault if even while we write tbe streets of Dablinare not deluged with blood . The tfforts of Mr . O Connell , of the popular leadera , and the priests , may have succeeded in preventing an outbreak ; but we repeat it will have been no fault of the Irish Government , if the soldiery and the people have not been already brongbt into deadly coi flict . During the last year Ministers have quietly permittednay , by tbeir conduct encouraged , the growth of one of tbe most formidable organizations that e"er yet menanced the integrity of this empire . Meeting followed meeting in rapid succession—each more menacing than its predecessor in number , in discipline , and tbe hostile spirit actuating the enormous masses of which they were composed . The " vigour" of onr " strong
Government * ' exhausted itself in such impotent resistance as the dismissal of almost every popular magistrate in the country . The natural consequence followed Tbe people laughed at the imbecility of their rulers , while their leaders set to work to put together the rough machinery of independent local administration , the materials of which—thanks to Sir Edward Sagden —were plentifully at hand . Oar readers are familiar with the progress of events : bow Peel and Graham , and e « a the hot spirit of Stanley , cowered before O'Connell , and under what they called " a policy of conciliation " , virtually handed over to him the Government of Ireland . Having thus completely abdicated all the functions of Constitutional Government , our Ministers have on a sudden taken tbe resolution of recovering them by the aword . One of Mr . OCon-
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« S- , # JS ? ! meeti" 88 " was advertised to take place at Clontarf on Sunday , the 8 th ( yesterday ) . For ZvLS ? weoka thi 8 meetin e * m the •*«** <* ^ i «! . ™ Q amonSot ail classes , and of discussion in SrETWT- 1 ? allI ' elan < l- People from distant parts of the Province of Leinater had signified their in-2 i ^ gpieiM t 8 *™** thousands , for ex-^ SkiSJ Peasantry of the County of Meath were assembled oa Tara Hill , about seventeen miles £ 2 ffi * £ Saturda y < »* to aw Intention of reaching the metropolis on Sunday morning . On Saturday , the 7 th ( jOteday Wore that appointed for the meeting ) B Cabinet Council ia held at the Castle , and on Saturday evening they inn * a proclamation , declaring the projected meeting to be illegalaid ordering all
, magistrates and officers to assist in suppressing it . The first question that occurs to one upon hearing thia is , are Ministers determined to come into hostile collision with the people ? Are they resolved to make an occasion . for bloodshed ? Firmness , vigour , even coerck jn if you will ; each policy in the present poBture of affairs in Ireland may by many be deemed wise and necessary . The people of England are opposed to this mad project of Repealing the Union . They are , with reason , opposed to it In its realisation they see the breaking-up of this great empire , and are prepared to support any measure of any Minister that may be necessary to prevent that calamitous result A policy of conciliation is what the juatice and the common sense of the people of England wish .
Prove 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 n ' aver toIerate-H the cowardly , sneaking , sanguinary policy , which Iww wen , ¦ rtep by step , within range of death and then , without notice , unmasks Its battery before there is time for retreat It more resembles the schooling of an adroit hi ghwayman than the policy of an enlightened Minister . How were the people of distant counties and , towns to know anything of Lord De Grey ' s proclamation , prohibiting on the Saturday evening a meeting to be held en the Sunday morning ? thousands could pot know of it until their arrival in the metropolis—possibly on the very field of their meeting . How BhonJd they dream that the Government , which
had permuted the meeting of Mnllagbmasi , and its handred 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 p 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 , made in accordance with the forms of law , though in gross violation of its spirit , yet what defenw can be set up for the fatuity that exposes the peace of the country to such ha surd ?
The meeting of yesterday may have been prevented . Mr . O'Connell Immediately upon receiving the Castle proclamation issued one of his own , and dispatched his " head pacificator , " and the active officers of his staff , to deprive Lord Be Grey of all pretext for giving effect to the tardy vigour of his masters . The success of their exertions will probably afford a new proof of tha influence of O'Connell and the discipline of bis followers ; and in doing so , will more than compensate the Repeal cause for the disappointment of Clontarf . But are the guilt and folly of Ministers the less glaring ? What degree of merit belongs to them , if today's mail does not bring
tidings of a conflict between her Majesty's soldiers and her Irish subjects ? How long will the people of this country endure such a Government ? Is it to keep in office a set of men , who , in every department of tbe publto service , 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 the four quarters of the kingdom to the supremacy of most dangerous and unconstitutional agitation ; is it to perpetuate the disastrous reign of these men , that tbe English people will sanction a policy of coercion in Ireland ?
Herald , Monday . —The crisis for which we have during therlaat few weeks , by leading remarks an d our Iriah correspondence , been gradually preparing the public mind , has at last arrived ; Mr . O'Connell has , during the last six months , had ample opportunity of carrying on constitutional agitation—if any such' agitation as he indulges in can be constitutional—against the union ; but when be attempted to make seditious replies to the Royal Speech from the Throne , to supersede the civil government of Ireland by the erection of courts of justice ; to organise his followers in that country into military , array ; and to summon to bis 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
accordingly , on Saturday , issued a proclamation against the repeal meeting which was proposed to be holden 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 was impossible that Government could coexist in Ireland with such military manifestations as were in preparation for tbe Clontarf meeting ; to have allowed this professed organised assemblage would have been to have encouraged the general armament of the Repeal party and to have fostered a rebellion . But let no man blame Ministers for the delay is issniog tbe proclamation ; their temperance and moderation have proved to the people of Ireland that it is not against the fair legal exercise of constitutional rights and privileges that they now interfere ; and that tbeir
present firmness and decision will convince them that the laws , the constitution , and the authorities ef the realm are not to be attacked under tha guise of such meetings as that intended to be held at Clontatf . The seditious and treasonable reply which Mr . O'Connell recently mode to tbe Queen ' s speech on the prorogation of Parliament and the " general order " to the V repeal cavalry * ' for the Clontarf meeting , aro tbe documents which have immediately led to the proclamation of the Irish government ; but that the proceedings of that Government against Mr . O'Connell will atop here is quite out of the question . The 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 be decisive and repressive .
iuk rimes , ivk&day . —we congratulate tne tnenas of order and good government , as we condole with the Whigs and their friends , on tbe bloodless and pacific termination of the grand Clontarf Ropeal diasappointment ' A dense mass of people met , but were kept moving by tbe police ; tbe crammed-np speeches of tbe Exchange sponters were unspoken ; the great gnns of patriotism were mute before tbo greater guns of tbe Pigeon-house ; 3 , 100 horse , foot , and dragoons , btistiling with bayonets ; a » d sabres , were at once the terror and the astonishment of a numerous Dublin holyday mob . There was no disturbance ; nothing like riot ; arid so far from the streets of Dublin streaming with blood , our imaginative : Whig friends will be grieved to learn that the only excitement of tbe day was created by the reciprocation of good-natured jokea between the populace and the soldiery .
But the object of the proclamation has been attained ao far . A blow has been struck lightly , bnt effectively , on tbe bead and front of the agitation . Like the sndden fling of a shy wrestler , which trips his unprepared antagonist , this tardy effort of the Government has floored the more impetuous of the party when they least expected it It has produced its natural effects of correspondent elation and depression on the . niinds of the British and the Repeal factions . It has created a prestige of success . So far it is successful . Hod 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 in Ireland . We will not encourage Ministers to expect it Two millions of men speechified
for twelvemonths together into a monomania for Repeal will not be quiet on the first demonstration of Executive vigour . They 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 what tbe latter call " moderation , " is by the former nick-named " weakness" and " poltroonery ; " and it is bb awkward for a Government to earn such a character , as it must be painful to them to disprove its justice by the only method > whtch will avail . We have been no lesa ready than our contemporaries to acknowledge the lenient disposition of the present Cabinet towards Ireland ; but 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 the mad excitement , of the Irish people . We warned Ministers that they must act . We were then told tbst action was impolitic , unconstitutional—nay ( if we remember right ) , unchristian . But Ministers have
acwrd on oar suggestion . We new tell them again , that they mast continue to act Dare they take our advice ? Dare they issue a proclamation at once against Ra > peal meetings T It woula be a strong measure , we know ; but the integrity of the monarchy demands strong measures . That it would be unconstitutional , we de ; y . The spirit of the Constitution is not averse from giving extraordinary powera for its own preservation . That it would be dangerous , even for a time , we disbelieve . People on either side of the water are sick and weary of the stale unmeaning claptraps of " Ireland for the Irish , " and « ' Legislative Independence "—they wish to see the agitation come to some crisis , whether aa a bubble or as a rebellion . That it would not assume the latter form , we may safely infer from the known characters of those who so lately before High Heaven a wore defiance to England . That it should therefore bursi as soon as possible , ought te be the effect especially aimed at by tba counsels of her Majesty ' s Government
One great assurance of the success of so strong a proceeding as we have recommended arises from our oftenexpressed conviction that one half of tha professed Repealers have been forced byintimidation , or wheedled by nervous self-interest , into a reluctant and dishonourable support of a cause which in their hearts they detest These men , as soon as they see symptoms of resolution and energy on the part of Government , will Bkip out of the ranks more readily than they crept in ; and , a decrease in the numerical strength will be followed by a diminution in tbe moral power of tbe Repealers .
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One word to a party who , like birds of ill omen , ever flap their wings and litter a triumphant scream when Irish disasters darken the horizon—we mean the Whigs . They have taught themselves to believe that they alone could save Ireland from tbe dangers of sedition and the penalties [ of discord . This la indeed a strange Instance of j self-delusion . When in power , their only craft was to buy Irish popularity at any price , and by any means . A scheme of policy so base and so cowardly could ! only avail aa a make-shift . It was only a means of delaying , not of preventing , great mischiefs . It was fraught with certain danger ard disgrace . It waa a policy to which we Bhould prefer the inertness of the most sluggish , and the timidity of the mostjsautious , Administration . Wo even prefer tbe weakness of the Peel Cabinet te such a combination of truckling and venality as was exhibited by the Melbourne party . . '
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T 1 PPER . AK . Y . —Tae fuaowin < is aa extract of 8 leuei received in town to-day . —O » Thursday , the 5 : b in"fc Captain Irvine , accompanied by a surveyor and s"v ^ ral of his tenants , went to the bog of K'llavagan . i . /»« Templemore , for the purpose of marking and measuring portions of it for tbe age of the tenants by whom he was attended . They were met b / a large body of tUa tenants of other parts of tbe lands , apparently unarmed , when suddenly they produced bludgeons , pitchfbrfcs , and stones , although thera vere no stones on the bog , and those which were used must have been brought by the assailants , concsaled about their persons . Thus armed , they commenced & furious attick on their Landlord and his party , and finally dr * ve them from the bog . One of the ringleaders , named Fogarty , had the effrontery to come immediately after into the petty sessions coirt-houfle of Templemore , where the magistrates were then sitting , and where he was apprehended . —Times .
Visit op the Grand Duke Michel to Ireland . —It is rumoured that the G--and Duke Michel of Russia , who has arrived in Eagland on a visit to \ vit Majesty , will visit Ireland . A gentleman in the Grand Date's suite was lately in Belfast—Banner of Ulster . Repeal Arbitration Courts—The Drojhcda Argus announces the appointment of Arbitrates at Mullagh , county of Cavan . Several of the count ; y people submitted their disputes to the new e art , whose decisions gave great satisfaction . The Anti-Bent Movement . —Mr . T . M'Cr » by , the Repeal attorney of Skibbereen . holds land * ' rear Bantry , on which a considerable arrear ef rent -a ^ s dua . He sent his bailiff and drivers , who seized cnule for tbe rent ; but the tenant rescued the cattle . ; . ud sent the drivers back to their employer , Sir . Downiri < f .
Abbitration Courts . —Wo ( Kerry Examiner ) understand that preparations are being made for immediately opening courts of arbitration at tho Causeway and Ballyhigue . A waTm contest ( says the Bally shannon Herald , Tory print ) 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 may be had from him . A regular court iB in course of preparation . John O'Neill , Esq ., ex-J . P ., of Bunowen Castle , is chairman of the court .
We ( Limerick Reporter J have the highest t-ratification in announcing to our fellow-citiaens tha * the gentlemen appointed as a committee at the last public meeting have not only been punctual in ? h ir attendance ! to discharge the duties 5 imposed ur > f > n them , but hAvesucceeded beyond their mostsanru . na expectations . They met on Wednesday . evenin ? , and adjourned to Thursday , to ballot for abitraws , when the g following gentlemen were stJected . and have , we are assured , consented to act : —The R ; # hfc Worshipful Martin Honan , Mayor ; Alderman Shannon , Mayor elect ; Francis John O'Neill E-o , j Nioholas Kelly , E ?*} ., T . C . ; John Spillaine , E = q . ; Michael Qain , Esq ., T . C . ; Wm . Griffin , Esq ., M . D ., T . C ; William Geary , Esq ., M . D .. Alderman ; Richard Boekin , Esq ., Alderman ; R . F , R- « rsn , Esq ., Alderman ; Thomas Wallnut , Esq ., T . C . j John M'Donnell , Esq ., T . C .
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The following additional particulars respecting tbe riots in Ross-shire , from the Inverness Courier , reached us too late for insertion in our last number . Oar readers will remember the " glorious" captnro » t one woman , by the valorous Mr . Cameron . Here follows an account of her liberation by the people . The attention of the rioters waa now directed to the rescue of tbe dairymaid from Gromarty gaoL At four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , about one hundred men , armed with sticks and other weapons , and a great number of toomen and children , entered the town of Croniarty . They marched ia regular order , and to «> k up their position in front of the gaol . The Sheriff-Clerk and Procurator Fiscal having been c » n « ulted by the Provost and magistrates , the whole repaired to the spot , and endeavoured to dissuade the people from any outrage . The latter demanded the liberation of the
female prisoner , which Was , of course , refused . Ttie rioters then gave the authorities Jive minutes for deliberation , stating that ft the woman was not given up to them , th « y would toko the matter into their own hands . During thU brief interval , the Rev . Mi . Stewart , of the free church , was sent for to remonstrate witU the people . He instantly came and addressed them ; bat though w « U received , the Rev . Gentleman made no impression on tbe resolute and determined mob . The magistrates declining to liberate the prisoner , the men proceeded with hammers and bludgeons to force open the door . This was , after Borne labour , accomplished ; but two inner doors had still to be broken open , and these alto being forced , the woman was cat tied out in triumph amidst tremendous cheering , and borne on tbe shoulders of her associates through the town , tbe whole party going in tbe direction of Resolis .
On Saturday the mob repaired to tbe house of Bat . Mackintosh , the principal tenant at Resolis , who has adnerbd to the established church . Fortunately Mt . and Mrs . Mackintosh had time to escape—tbe latter , it is said , disguised—and both have faund protection in the house of Sir Hugh Fraser , at Braelangwell . The populace searched every corner of the house ; branding none of the family , went away . The game day Mr Hngfe Frsz ^ r ' s carriage was stopped at the ferry by tbe R > sskeeu people . It had been engaged to convey a lady to Kineraig , and was then empty , but the rioters finding their search ineffectual , employed themselves in stoning tbe coachman .
The whole of this part of Ross shire may now be said to be at the mercy of the 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 eeiza the principal rioters their associates would assemble and rescue them . The rioters have nightly watches placed on ihe houses of the leoal authorities , and every movement is knovm to them . Various threatening letters have been sent to the heritore and adherents of the established church . Seme of the persons dressed in women ' s dothes at Roaskeen and Resolis were , it is said , men ; but the ringleaders have made no attempt at disguise . They have acted openly in daylight , and are known to the civil authorities , thoaeb . the latter dare not apprehend them .
The authorities of Rosa-shire will soon , we understand , be reinforced by military power . A party ef the 87 th Royal Irish Fustteers , 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 men is said t » be two hundred , which will be strengthened by future reinforcements , if necessary , their quarters to be at Fort George . Two of the rioters , we understand , have been apprehended , and are in custody in DingwaU gaol , that of Tain not being considered safe . Tbey bad come to Inverness , and whilst in the Court-house , during the sitting of the 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 chiefly that of small tenants , or cotters , 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 chnrches and manses of the establishment , and preventing their being ever occupied .
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supported tbe administration of her choice ss l&ng aa they were true to themselves , and even after they left office the Irish still continued to cherish that affectionate attachment to tbe person of tbe sovereign icheers)—and that attachmtnt was not , in the slightest degree diminished —( hear ) . They knew that the actions which appeared to be hers , were essentially thosa of the minister * , and the parly that controlled 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 the Irish people , compared with that of tbe Tory party . From tie moment she came on the throne aie was made the victim 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 even in the case of Oxford , the Jury was so formed that they had a d'ffioulty to fi&d the unfortunate youth guilty of having fired at the Queen—( hear , hear ) . In addition to that , when her husband was to have an establishment voted to him , the Tories struck off £ 20 , 000 a year —( hear , hear ); uid that very party that took off ^ £ 20 , 000 from Prince Albert , gave it to the beastly bigoted monster , the King of Hanover ( cheers ) . That was the contrast between them and the Tories , and nothing could jossibly prevent the continuance of their allegiance —( hear , hear ) . They knew that with the trick of yesterday , the Queen had nothing to do , although it was a good deal by accident that the bleed of her subjects was not staining her streets—( lond cheers ) . The Queen—( tremendous applause ) .
Mr . O'Consell next rose , and proposed " The health of Prince Albert , the Dnchess of Kent , the infant Prince and Princesses , and the rest of the Royal FamOy resident in England . " After lauding Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent , the Honourable Gentleman remarked that the royal infants were three barriers to tke accession to the throne of England , of that worthy whiskered potentate , the King of Hanover . The toast was drunk amidst loud cheers . Mr . O'Co > " ? jell said the next toast was one to which tke best of his life had been devoted—tbe cause of tbe people—the promotion of their happiness and liberties —( cheers ) . He need not tell them how deeply he was interested at this moment In the critical struggle
sJfecting the liberties of his country . He was prond of his country , and with all his heart he congratulated the people on their victories of the two last days—( loud cheers } . Look at the ludicrous position of the Government After permitting twenty " monster" meetings , they suddenly put down that to be held at Cloatarf , so that it was a toss up—it was twenty to one that tbe Government were entirely wrong , even according to the rule of their own conduct . He had reason to believe that the Chancery seal had not been attached to tbe proclamation at five o ' clock in the afternoon—( hear . He would call , in their behalf , on the people of Engj land to save the Irish people from such men . He would I call upon England to send them at least men with I something more than lead in their skulls as rulers , if
j she had any sympathy for Ireland . He hoped the j excitement would soon be over , and that in a fortnight I the simultaneous meetings in every parish in Ireland j could be safely effected —( Loud cheen for some minutes . ) j They should , on that occasion , petition tbe Queen , 1 with tbe name of every parishioner annexed , piayiog j her , as she values the lives of her loyal subjects—men , i women , and children—for not men alone , hut women , j and children , would have been slaughtered in the event of J ) collision with the soldiers yesterday—( groans)—to remove the persons intrustod with tbe administration of affairs from all power and place , even aa she ; valued the safety ef her people . — - ( Loud cheering ) . He trusted that all excitement amongst the people would be allayed , and that they would be enabled to assemble quietly in their respective parishes to petition their Sovereign—( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell coneluded by proposing " The people , the source of all legitimate pow « r . "
. , ' , : j Mr . Cxkglst spoke on the subject of this toast at some length , earnestly recommending union amongst the people . Mr . CTConkell said—The next toast , gentlemen , is ! one that yon will respond t » with rsptnre— ' The Repeal of the "Union" —( long continued cheering ) . Having '¦ spoken so of tea on this toast , he should not trespass at I length on the theme . One thing he would say , Ireland i woald never compromise—( cheers)—that she w > uld ; never accept of an instalment » f the Repeal—icheers ) , —that justice could be obtained from a local legislature
alone —( cheers > Mr . O'Connell continued to speak at some length , and in reference to the recent conduct of the Irish Administration , observed that some people in England , looking to thsir acts , would say that he ( Mr . O'Connell ) had bribed them—( cheers and laughter ); but even if he had , they had not vicious ingenuity enough to serve him half so well as they bad done—( cheers ) . Then , it was Baid that , in case the Union was repealed , the Catholics would seek ascendancy ; but that supposition was absurd and fatile—( hear , hear . ) The Catholics had been three times in power , and tbey , VaUlUUM UOU UIKU UUOO WiUCO Ul yUHCij QUU U 1 B / ,
oi that -which should be so , of every Christian , was his solicitude for his country . vLoud cheers . ) She deserved to be prosperous . God bad done everything for her , but man hod 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 , even to fail—bnt failure there would be nene—( cheers * . The hour was approaching when the sun of liberty wonld Bhine on thtm , and show to the world •• happy homes and alters free , " when the Irishman should cease to be a slave —( Loud aad enthusiastic cheering and applause ; .
The ChaIKMas rose t » propose the health of the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland , who , he said , formed a chain bright , glorious , and unbroken , from its Holy Founder till the second coming of its great Masteri cheers i . Tbe Rev . Mr . Callanan , In obedience to the call of Jir . O'Connell , responded to the toast . The Rev Mr . Kearhey returned thanks for the second order of the clergy , whom be thought it was well for tbe people to have at this crisis , when netices posted tip at dead of sight were all tbey had to keep them from slaughter . That was the protection from massacre of their women , wives , and children , by
men calling themselves s Government , —but , above all , ft paternal Government—( Load and derisive cheering ) . Tbey did cot interfere -with Tara and other meetings ; bat -when & few poor priests summoned one , it was suppressed . The people of Ireland might be sure that as tbey had never deserted their clergy , so the clergy wonld never abandon them—( loud cheers ) . Mr . Has diet ., of Liverpool , returned tha-nVs fer *• The health of our friends from Manchester and Liverpool , " having been called on by Mr . O'Cannell , Several other speakers addressed tbe meeting , which was very enthusiastic and txdted throughout the evening .
STATE OF DTJBLIU , MOSDAT . NIGHT . The Times correspondent has tbe following : —•• The city remains perfectly tranquil . There is little or none of the excitement -which might have been anticipated to result from the unexpected and decisive step adopted by Government . So far the agitation appears to be quite creitfallen . Mr . O'Connell ' s speech to-day has p&rfectly damped the spirit of the ardent , but honest enthusiaists , who , despite their better sense , actually persuaded themselves that the man really meant to practise as he preached . This day's proceedings ought U > go far towards dispelling tee silly but natural illnsion .
•* The most exaggerated and senseless reports are in circulation respecting ulterior proceedings about being adopted by Government . It is almost needless to add , that as the ' first step remained a profound mystery bare up to five o'clock on Friday evening , no great reliance can be placed on a very current rumour , that a warrant is < mt for the apprehension of Mr . O'Connell , and that tbe sittings of the Repeal Association are to be forciblypasanend to . " Tbesame writer speaking of Mr . O'Connell ' s appearance at the banquet Bays—*• Mr . O'Connell did not appear te spesk with his usual firmness and animation , and was not looking quite bo well as he has done lately . There was a rumour current in the room that an attempt will be made to arrest him on bis return from the banquet , which caused great uneasiness and excitement among those who believed it ; but 1 do not think U deserving much notice . "
) i unlike their Protestant brethren , refused to perse-! cute at all—( hear , hear ) . Let them produce one ! instance of persecution on the part of the Catbolies , and he would give np the cause of Ire-1 lanl ; and tbey might readily know that he would ! not make such an ofrer , unless he knew it was 1 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 : would be Protestant , and tbey wonld have , besides , ' Protestant England and Scotland at their barkand Bb
, Xivl » U ) UV .. L ^ UglAUU O ± l \ A JJbt / MiOUU UiOU 1 AWA , 0 UU ; then they would have an equal share la the selec-: tion of the House of Commons—( cheers ) . He had entered too much on the subject for an after-dinner speech , ' ¦ bat his mind wss filled with Repeal —( cheers ) . He <» id not 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 , hear ) . He -would have no distinction . Liberty to all was what he rr quired , and that was what was meant by the Repeal of the Union .
t IL ^ -m OrfWT k v »» - * i-iW& ^ n «* ^ n * vn « tftv «< a 1 v ¥ r \ + V > ft fneit ^ oT * # 1 ! Mr . Co > 'wat * poke very vigorously to the toast , and : ridiculed ths idea of compromise with the men who ; had robbed them of independence- with mnch effect
The Rev . Mr . CaLLAsaN , of Clsntarf , proposed the health of the Chairman , Mr . O'Connell , although he was aware , he said , that the man was not living who conld do jnstice to the subject . Mr . O'Consell returned thanks in a few words , modestly disclaiming the merits which " his venerated and exhausted friend , in the intensity of his exaggeration" had bestowed npon bim . He had devoted his life , which could not now be long in the order of nature , to Old Ireland . iCbeers . ) Every instant waa her ' a . even in bis dreams , and next to the greatest care ,
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Morning Chronicle , Tuesday . —It will be seen by tbe letter of our Dublin correspondent , that the exertions of the popular leaders were completely successful , and that the peace of the city was undisturbed throughoat Sunday . The military preparations of the Government were upon tbe most formidable and extensive scale ; but the moderation and good sense of the people rendered them wholly superfluous . Farther reflection upon the conduct of Government only confirms our former opinion of its unparalleled rashness . Even the utmost activity of those who had the deepest interest in the preservation of peace could not prevent the danger I arising from thousands of people flocking Into the city , ; to take part in the proceedings of the meeting , in complete ignorance of the intention
of Government . There is no possible excuse for exposing the people to the hazard of conflict on account of an involuntary breach of the proclamation . As our correspondent observes , the authorities at the Castle might just as well have issued their prohibition on the Friday morning as on the Saturday evening . That they intended to prevent the meeting fs evident from the military preparations that were made , tbe completion of . which was evidently the work of some days . Why not give the people the advantage of as much previous notice as possible ? The fact that the day passed off without bloodshed in no degree palliates the guilt of those whose precipitation Wuuld have been responsible for [ any disaster that might have occurred . '
It is not easy to account for this tardy adoption of what is termed " a vigorous policy . " Still less easy is it to foresee way advantage that will result from it . All tbe mischief 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 . " In point of fact that of Clontarf was the last to be convened . Having permitted them to be held from the beginning without interruption , the moment tbe enthusiasm of the people waa beginning to subside , and these meetings , by becoming common-place , were becoming comparatively harmless—at a moment , in fact , when there was some hope that tbe agitation would have lost its most dangerous peculiarity , by no longer appearing in the
imposing attitude of assembled counties and provinces , in steps the Tory Government to the relief of Mr . O'Connell , who , as they aaidjwas now driven to his last shifts . The agitation is invested with a new interest , and by the application of one of those active stimulants by which Sir Robert Peel so often revives * 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 band , proclaiming that the Repeal fevar was subsiding , and were pointing to the diminished receipts of " the rent" as evidence . So convincing seemed the proof , that but a few days since the evening organ of the Government declared that
" no reasonable man conld deny that the " repeal agitation was already suppressed . " This alone seemed capable of rousing the dormant energies of our vigorous Cabinet , and Mr . O'Connell's exhausted resources are recruited by a proceeding which we venture to predict will famish materials ! for a more prolonged and dangerous agitation than j any that has yet disturbed the unhappy country which has been alternately blessed and JifB cted by bis turbulent career . So long as the agitation was pronounced to be really dangerons , Sir Robert was not to be moved by any supplication or any taunts t » interfere with it The moment he is assured that the storm bad spent its fury , and that there is a prospect of returning calm , he for tbe first time bestirs himself , and within twenty-feur hours restores the agitation to more than its old strength 1
Rumours were prevalent in Dublin that the military demonstration was only preliminary to further proceed ; ings , the prosecution ! of Mr . O'Connell for sedition amongst them . With the military resourced at present at their commend . Ministers deem themselves sufficiently strong to attempt anything in the way of coercion . But we hope there i » a limit to the folly even of Sir Robert Peel ' s Cabinet . ]
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Globe , Tuesday . —It is possible that we may err in suspecting the present Government of acting with a purpose , and intending to follow up systematically their flrtt move against the Repealers . However , we think it is pretty evident that they do intend something of this sort , andjthat this " sudden fling of a shy wrestler , " as the Times calls it , is a prelude to farther
steps—to proceedings jfor following up taunon law by an appeal to more regular jurisdictions . We look npon the suddenness of the proclamation and array which prevented tbe Clontarf meeting , to be the deliberate , though unexpected , unmasking and opening of an already prepared battery . We look upon it as expressly intended to make thai ; attack on a grand metropolitan Repeal flsld-day , -which O'Connell defied Government to attempt making . And , so far , we are not sure but there may bave been some tactics in the proceeding . Tbe Government knew it -was strong enough to deter tbe Repealers from direct collision with its armed force , and its design seems to have been to signalise the intimidation . If tho Irish people had been in that state of unanimous disposition and j determination to resist the first
attempt of administrative aggression against these gatherings , as Mr . O'Conoell bas been telling Europe and the world they are , all through the summer , immediate mischief must have come of this sudden pull-up in the very Repeal bjead quarters . The Government knew , as every one else did , who waa in the habit of comparing words with I facts , that no such national unanimity extated , and that no Three Days were likely in Dublin . So far , then , they have won a cheap and blooriJess triumph . They have shown—if it wnnted showing—that the swaggering style of Ancient Pistol , cloaks in Ireland just what it cloaks everywhere . One wholesale effect may have been produced by the contrast between words and action in this agitation . A spirited people may have been made , and we hope have
been made , ashamed : of utterance of .. empty Babadilism—of boastings { and of railings which nothing but hot blood could excuse—and whose cool blood is now manifest . This is not the attitude that Ireland should hold , te honour ; her national character . It is not the attitude she ever held , till these days of [ agitation on hollow pretexts , j Abundant danger and violence there may have been ' , bat not calculated violenceverbal danger . Agitation for impracticable objeets , with unreal passions , linvolves loss of self-respect Popular ebullitions cease to exhibit anything that is respectable , when it jis once seen that tbeir actors are not In real mortal earnest in their parts . If this is all that Government were intent on showing , they are so far successful . But they are now , it wonld appear ,
about recommencing a course in which O Connell bas never before failed to bafflj their predecessors . Under tbe second Auglesea } Administration , tbe Lord Lieutenant put in foroe the summary powers of tbe Act which had been passed two or three years previously for putting down the ^ Catholic Association . -O'Connell , " s » ya the author of ' Ireland and its Rulers , " "was then in his glory—an oppressed man f a victim to tbe tyrant rulers ! He was auppliud with a budget of grievances , on wbioh fee dilated triumphantly . Prevented from holding meetings , he used the press for the purpose of agitation , and wrote eff every woek a lengthy epistle to tbe newspapers . He baffled the Government on the prosecution , first by demurring to the indictment , then by withdrawing his 1
demurrer , and pleading not guilty . and afterwards withdrawing that plea tor one of ' guilty ;* but before he could be bronght up for judgment , tbe temporary . Act under which he was indicted had expired " Tho Herald , which we may now regard as tbe s"le morn ing organ of the Government , after announcing with complacency that " Ireland is now completely fortified ; Its defences are scientifically finished ,-.-columns of troops are so disposed as to intersect , from f . uir different points , the island at an hour ' s notice ; and if the Repealers ar « prepared ' to do or die' the struggle Is prepared for ''— proceeds as follows : "At Mallow Mr . O'Connell dared the Government to go to war with him ; at Lisraore he dared it to go to law with him . It now depends on himself whether there shall
be bloodshed ; but it iloes not , we trust , depend altogether on himself or hia future conduct whether he shall be prosecuted far sedition . For tbwre U amoDgst bis later written manifestations one of so moastroud and Bcandalous a character , one so foul and violent , one so false and treasonable , that we implore her Majesty ' s Ministers , in justice to tbe Sovereign whose authority it attacks , to the Legislature whose character it maligns , and to the loyal and well-affected subjects of Queen Victoria , whom it denounces and caluuiuiaten , to make this document ] the subject-matter of a State prosecution against Mr . Djniel O Connell , whose signature it bears . jNothisg , indeed , save technical difficulties—save pettifogging legal obstacle a can ,
offer tbe step taken j on Saturday , justify the Irish Executive in not instituting criminal proceedings against Mr . O'Connell for the address < To the inhabitants of the countries subject to the British Crown ' which be issued from the Corn Exchange on 13 th September last . " We may , therefore , take for gra .-ted that Ministers mean to prosecute Mr . O Connell ; fend if they enly conduct their ' proceeding as cleverly as they did against Feargus O'Connor , we may expeut to see the professional powers which distinguished the great Agitator ' s outset obtain a victory no less easy and complete over the Crown lawyers , than Royal Proclamation , backed by bayonet and cannon , have done , over the last " monster meeting . ' <
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Bolton . —Attempt * o Set Fire to a Cp" ° » Mill . —During the night of Friday last , a diabolical attempt waa made to set 6 re to the cotton mill or Messrs . Alnsworthand Crompton . m Foundrv > atreet , Little Bolton . It appears that a piece of . bwuqg cottou waste had been thrown thronglvihe tertiutar of one of the lower windows , where it burnt , aw ay withoat doing any damage . On ^ previous , day , a qaantity of coUoa was lying atthe place ^ erethe tirewJ thrown ; but it had fortunately teen re-SfSbXX mill was closed , anoV thus the mtoj tion of the parties was frustrated . We - jmgratend ' ^ J ^^^ Vff *' been offered lor informatioa agamst the parties .
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" THE CONDITfON-OF-ENGLAND QUESTION . " How does it come to pass , that with us misery fs the fruit of succsssful labour—that with us experience does not teach caution ^ that with us the most munificent charity is unable to check the accmmulatton of evil , moral and physical , with which it vainly endeavoura to contend ? How Is it . that while the wealth of England is a proverb among nations , the distress of her labourer is a by-word no less universal ; that white her commerce encircles the globe , while her colonies spread through both hemispheres , while regions hitherto unknown are but the resting-place o ! her never-ceasing enterprise—the producers of all this wealth , the causes of all this luxury , the instrnmente of all thia
civilization , lie down in despair to perish by hundreds , amid the miracles of triumphant industry by which they are surrounded ? How happens ^ it , that as out empire extends abroad , security diminishes at home T that as onr reputation becomes more splendid , and out attitude more commanding , the fabric of our strength decays , and onr social bulwarks rock from their foundations ? Who can say that the skill and valour of ths general who has added a province to our Indian empire who , triumphing over obstacles hitherto insurmountable , has caused the tide of victory to flow from Bart to West , and made the Sepoy invincible—may not en long be called upon to fulfil the thankless task of suppressing insurrection , and to control the kindly fury oi a mistaken . it is true , bat of a kindred population I
Stall the day indeed come when in onr streets there shall be solitude , and in onr harbours be beard no sound of oars , neither shall gallant ships pass thereby i Is the vaunted splendour of this country to furnish c melancholy lesson of the instability of earthly power , and its fate to conclude a tale more glorious , to point a moral mere affecting , than any which Tyre , or SIdon , er Carthage , have furnished to curb the inselence of prosperity , and to shew the insignificance of man ?—Blackwood Magazine .
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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-ncseproduct823/page/7/
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