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      COMMENCEMENT OF STATE PROSEASSIST OF MR . O * CONHE 1 » T , BIS , 3 OBK O'CONNEIi , « fe OTHEKS ,

      O ^ A CHABfflB OP CONSPIRACY , SEDITION , AND ILIiGALLY ASSEMBLING . { From the Dublin Monitor qf Monday , } We were in possession of intelligence on Friday which we did sot consider it advisable to publish , as ire bid not the particulara before us . It was to the effect ihaV Mr . O'Connell and others were to be immediately proceeded against , and that informations had that day been sworn before Jndge Burton . "We h&Te now to state that informations were sworn on-Fritej afternoon against Mr . O'Connel ] , Mr . JohnO'Connell , Mr . Thomas Steele , Mr . T . M . Bay , Doctor John Gray , Freeman ; Mr . Richard Barret , Pilot ; Mr . XJharles Gavin Duffy , Nation and the Rev . ilessrs . Matthew Tierney , and Peter JamesTyrrell . ¦

      _ Jso arrests took place on Pridaj evening , nor did &B GoTernment proceed in so ungracious a maaner , though , ^ no doubt , nrged thereto by some of their nltra-advisers . On Saturday morning , the C ? own-Solidtor , Mr . Eemmis , addressed the following letter to Mr . O'Connell : — Kildare-street , 14 th O ; t « ber , 1843 . gis , —1 keg to inform you that I-have been directed to take proceedings against yon on a charge cf congpiracy and other misdemeanors ; and 1 am farther to inform yon th » tinformations h » Te been sworn against yon touching the same , before . Mr . Justice Burton . will

      May 1 , therefore , request you - let me know ¦ when it will ba your convenience to attend &sd enter into recognisance * to appear in the Court of Queen's "Bench on the first day o ! nest term , to answer such tharges a » may be then preferred against you by her Majesty * Atiorney-Gaaeral ? I have the honour to he , Sir , your obedient servant , W- Kiwns , Crown Solicitor . I )* a » l O'Connell , Bsq-, M . P ., &c ., &c- ' . ' Mr . Eimmis waited upon ilr . O'Connelt to Mow Ai what hour ifcwonld he convenient for him to give bail before Jndge Barton , himself in & 000 , and two sureties in £ 500 each . The matter having been arranged , at half-past two o ' clock Mr . O'Connell ' s carriage was ordered to the door , when he , accompanied by Mr . John O'Connell , Daniel O'Coansll , jon * , Mr . SI'LonghBn , and Mr . Jeremiah Donne , proceeded to Jndge Burton ' s house in Stephen ' ^

      green . Judge Burton attended the Queen ' s Bench Chamber as usual at twelre o ' clock , and remained for an hour , bnt he had only one notion to uLrpose of , and save the members of the fourth estate , the attendance in chamber was limited . It was thought that Mr . O'Connell would tender bail in chamber , as the warrant had been signed by a member of the Queen ' s Bench ; bat one o ' clock having arrived , Judge Burion left for his otni residence , stating that he would remain there to hear any applications to be made to him until half-past three o ' clock .

      Judge Crampton , who accompanied his Lordship , left at an earlier period . At twenty minutes to three Mr . O'Connell armed at Judge Barton ' s house , accompanied by his two sons , Mr . John . O'Connell , * od Mr . Daniel O'Connell , jun ., together with Mr . Cornelips M'Longhlin and Mr . Jeremiah Dunne , town councillors , his sureties , to enter into the rt qaired recognizances for his appearance upon the first day of next Term , to meet the charges of the Government . The Learned Gentleman ( who wore the Repeal button , as did also all ihe members of Ms family who accompanied him ) employed himself , pending the arrival of ihe Crown SoSeitcr , by inspecting the splendid and extensive collection of paintings in the front drawing-room , where a large number of persona were assembled

      A few minutes past three o ' clock Mr . Kemmia arzrred , accompanied by Mr . H . J . Rae , Mr . Bourne ( the Clerk of the Crown ) , and his son , Mr . Walter Bourne , when Mr . O'Connell and all the parties were ahown into Ms Lordship ' s study . They immediately proceeded to execute the necessary bonds and recognizances . The Learned Gentleman and Mr . John O'Connell were severally bound to appear in the Court « f Queen ' s Bench upon the second day of next . November , in the sum of £ 1 , 000 , and Mr . M * Lou £ hlin and Mr . Dunns were bound as their sureties in the sum of £ 500 for each , party . Mr . O * Cennell carefully read over all the doeumentB before he affixed his signature to them , and remarked , when he endeavoured to write with a bad pen , " that it was made more for ornament than use . "

      Mr . Bourne , the Clerk of the Crown , severally swore the contracting parties , when Mr .- Justice Burton signed the recognizances , after which Mr . Pierce Mahony ( who attended as Mr . John O'Cennell ' s solicitor ) demanded copies of the informations , and all other documents , &C-, from ihe clerk of ihe crows sod crown Solicitor , as his client might require , and handed in the following atfaee : — ¦ ** Pnrsnaot to the Act of Parliament , 6 ih and 7 th of William . IT ., chapter 14 , I hereby reqnire and demand copies of the examination of the witnesses respectirelv , upon which depositions I have been this day hejd to bafl . And I hereby offer payment of such reasonable sum for the same as may be demanded . * Dated this Uth day of October , 1 S 4 S . " Diana . O'Cossbix . "

      Mr . Bourne repHed , thataa the baa was perfected , copks of all the informations and documente re--quired by the accused parties would be furnished as Eoon as possible to their respective " solicitors . Mr . Hemmis expressed himself in similar terms , and stated that every fair facility which he could ^ jve would be afforded to ihe Messrs . O'Connell and the other gentlemen charged , with a view to the . conducting of their defence . "When the business had concluded Mr . C ^ Connsll shook hands most cordially with Jndge Burton , and left immediately for his honse in Merrion-sqaare . The other parties included in the informations received an intimation from the Crown Solicitor that they should send in- tie names of those they intended as their sureties , and perfect bail , so that it might not be necessary to have warrants issued for flxeir apprehension .

      This was done on Saturday , and this day all the . gentlemen mentioned above appeared with their sureties and perfected bail . The following counsel are retained by Mi . O Con-BfiH : —Messrs . Pigot , Q . O , Moore . QrC ., Henn , Q . C . Hatchell , Q . O , Monanan , Q . O , Fitzgibbon , O . O , "Whitesae , Q . O , M ' Donagh , Q-C , Close , T . O'Hasan , SirColeman CLoghlen , O'Hea , and Clements . Solicitor , Mr . W . Porde . For Mr . John O'Connell have been retained i—-Jonathan Henn , E ? q-, Q O , Gerald Hlzgibbon , Esq ., Q , O , James Whiteside , Esq ., Q . C ., and Francis M'Donagh , Esq . Solicitor , Mr . Pierce Mahony . On SatnrdaymorningjWben Mr . O'Connell received Ihe Crown Solicitor ' s letter , he immediately issued the following document : —

      TO IHE PEOPLE OF ISELA >~ D . Merrion-square , Oct . 14 , 1843 . Beloved Fjxlow-COusibtxbh , —I announce to you that waica you will bear from other quartersnamely , ttsat I have given this day hafl to answer to a charge of " conspiracy and other misdemeanours '" the fttttday of UEXttetm . Imifce this snuonncementin rder to conjure the people , one anS all , to oteerve Mht strictest and most perfect tranquillity . Any attempt to disturb the public peace may be moit disastrouscertainly would be criminal and mischlBveus . Attend , then , beloved conntrjmBn , to me . Be 2 ? oi tehptkd st astbodt to break thb JEACE , TO T 10 LATE TBB XAWj OB 10 BS GBILTT op abt icartJii ob . BisTTJBBAUCE . The slightest enne against order or the pubHe peace may rnin our beautiful and otherwise triumphant cause .

      If you will , during this crisis , follow my acvice , and act as I entreat you to de , PAirESiLT , quieixt , X 5 GA 11 T , I think I can pledge mjseXto yon that the period it not distant whenonr reTered Sovereign will open the Irish Parliament in College Green . Every attempt of our enemies to disturb the progress of tke Bepeal nltherto has had a direct eontrary effect . This attempTwm ALSO FAIL , unless it be assisted by any miseondnct on the part of the people . Be tranquil , then , and we shall ba triumphant . - I haTe the honour te be , Tour erer faithful servant , Dabisi . O * C 0 flS 2 Li »

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      The correspondent of the Times gives the informa-, tion i thatthe proceedings at MnUaehmast form ; the Bubject of the prosecution against Mr . C ^ ConneU , ; Mr . Bay , Dr . Grey , and Mr . Steele . The Jpeeetas delivered at the dinner atihe tame meeting form the Bubject of a separate proBecuUon agamst _ Mr . Dsniel CPConnelCMr . John CWJowidl , ftr . Grey , Mr . Ray , Mr . Steele , and Mr . Banett , of thePttor ^ ' ^ Idditton to the foregoing ch * 8 68 - ' ^ " ^ ° * f the befbrenamed parties ^ -together with the Bev . Mr . aSerney , iheBBV . Mr . Tyrrell , and Mr . Charles Gavin Duffey , editor of tie Nation newspaper , are ehargedwith being ' aembers' of the Eepeal Association . ' - - ,, , , He also gives a copy of the warrant on which the P » ife ? Mmed hATe been held tohaU . WeBubjwn jt ^ - n T 0 — . . «* lreland to wit—Whereas — * « » in a » dty << Dublin , Etqrnre , hatb been diarged upon oathbdtoe me , the Hon . CharlfiB Burton , one of bar Iftafeaty ' s Justices of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in Jjetod , for ttat he did unlawfully and aeaitionsly eonipire , wife certain other Teno ^ ^ SSJ ? , ^ ^ H ^ qnuly to exdle discontent ana < lisaffecfion in Ure amds of i her 2 iajesty * s subjects , and to excite ier HaieBty * subjects to hatred and contempt of ihe Go-Ternment and Consfitution of the realm , as bjr tow ettabliahed , and to unlawful and seditious opposition

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      The Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle thus describes tha scene .- — "Mr . O'Connell requested to see the information npon which the warrant was issued , and , having read it over , raid he was ready to enter into bail to the amount required—namely , two sureties in the sum of £ 500 each , and himself in £ 1 , 000 . When he attempted to algn the recognizance , the pen was bo bad that he quaintly remarked This pen was not made for the purpose of writing / « Mr . O'Connell appeared in right good spirits and certainly presented a strong contrast to some of hiB kind and ardent friends around him . " t »— n-2 * . . - .. ... _

      ¦ THE INFORMATIONS . ,. The ; Crown officers had appointed four o ' clock this afternoon ( Monday ) for the delivery of the informations against Mr . O'Connell . and the other parties to their solicitors ; but upon application being made at tho office of the Crown Solioitor , at that hour , it was announced that the informations were so very voluminous , they could not possibly beiready before four o ' clock to-morrow afternoon . I have learned that the informations extend to some hundreds ^* office sheets . A lithographic machine has been fitted up in the office of the Crown Solicitor , and a number of persons employed in making copies with all possible expedition .

      . A gentleman woo read a manuscript copy of the informations this day , has given me a description of . the leading alle ^ t ^ a . Ti » o principal InlOrjnaUou &KW&nbjji / U . Bughijfona of Mr . GorneyV flhort-¦ nanawrffers , who haa been employed by Government to attend the meeting at MuUagnmast , and sub > sequently the meetings of the Repeal Association at the Corn Exchange . The charges set forth are generally of the character described in my letter of yesterday . All the parties are charged with conspiracy , extending to the Muftighmast meeting , the Repeal Association , the Arbitration Courts , the utterance of seditions language , and the publication of seditious libels . of

      " Portions of ^ e speech Mr . O'Connell at Mullaghmast meeting are set forth , and it is charged that there was a demonstration of physical force at that meeting , including the employment of O'Connell ' s ** police , " and the temperance bande . The speeches and devioes at the Mullaghmast dinner are also described . "The Rev . Mr . Tierney is charged with the utterance of seditious libels . u Gray is charged as chairman of the Repeal Arbitration Court , at Bl&ckrock , the first which had been held . Those courts form one of the principal features in the informations .

      " Mr . Steele is charged with the utterance of a speech respecting the Queen ' s visits to France and Belgium . According to my information , this charge against Mr . Steele is a rather ludicrous one . " Mr . Duffy , proprietor of the Nation , is specially charged with the publication of seditious articles . " Other parties are charged with being members of the Repeal Association , and with having been present when seditious speeches were spoken . But generally all the individual charges appear to be embodied in one of general conspiracy . "—Chronicle , Wednesday . M THE THIAL 3 .

      u As you are aware , the recognizances entered into by Mr . O'Connell and the other parties , are returnable ob the first day of next term , the 2 nd of November , in the Queen ' s Bench , where the indictments are to be sent up . As twenty-one clear days cannot elapse before that day , there has been a very general opinion that Mr . O'Connell and the other gentlemen could avail themselves of the right to traverse in proa . I have made inquiry on this point , and I am inclined to believe there is some doubt as to the existence of suqh a right , if the parties were disposed to avail themselves of it , in consequence of the Act 1 st Geo . IV ., which , I have heard , limits the right to trarerse in pro * to courts of oyer and terminer , and abolishes it as regards the Queen ' s Bench . H If this be the case , it is probable that the parties will be called upon to plead next term , and that the trials will be fixed during the sitting after term . " — Chronicle , Monday . It may therefore be expected that the trials will take place in December .

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      , Y' * jrWhan < iwi In subscriptions , and said that he also ha < I ^ engagement with Judge Burton at three ocloolr . . : > v u « '' ^ J * * handed io a remittance from Swords . . Mr . pXtoonell said it was supposed that the Association recommended persona as arbitrators ; it w »» no such thing-gthey fcfc the appointments to the discretion ol the people in each district—( hear , hear ) .

      THE BACK-DOOR OPENED ! PRE PARATIONS FOR BOLTING ! OFFEKS TO COMPROMISE ' . !! ™« *?" ° 'Sfl ^ ne 11 r ot 9 8 nd aaid he h » d ¦ aobjectof some im portance to lay before the fUMociatioh-thear , hear ) . He ^ Ished , in the 8 rst pUce , to call their attention to the debt of gratitude they owed his most estimable an ^ fisteemed friend , the chairman , for the powerful discourse wUJiu which he had favoured and honoured t 6 aj that dayHhear , hear ) -forthe constitutional spiri ^ wholesome advice , and manly bearingit was unnecBBS ^ ty to say gentiemanly conduct of the chairman—( h ^ , hear ); every quality that honoured tne ^ mananaaialdfer was oombined in the address with which he ht * f » vonred them on the present occasion—( bear ); He meant to move that he be rrqiested to

      take the cha ^ Ja the Concnlation HaU on Monday next , by which day Ifc would be- fesdy for their reception—, ( lottd 0 he « r « Mc « l lie wished to odd thai he verif cheer-^^ tlJ ^ l ^ oed ^ melfthatht tBoitld , in atevrdance witli the ^ trmexi- ^ &ggetliqn / j > W ) E tHB TVOUD * SAXON . If it eUpped" by jwddent from him , be would immediately retract and repeat hi * pledge —( hear ) . They had used ( be word in looking far . Emancipation , simpiy because there was no other way of describing an Englishman in the Irish language but by calling him a Saxon - ( laughter ) . There was no other Irish / for EngliahmanthaaSassenacft—( laughter ) . Lord Lyndhurat had called them aliens in language , religion , and blood , and they used the form that separated them from Englishmen as completely as possible—so that Lord Lyndharst was te blame for the recent increase of the word

      Saxon—( continued laughter and cheering ) . He wished them to remark on what had fallen from the chairman on the subject of the disloyalty of the Repealers , as implied by the issuing of the proclamation—( cheerB ) . He thought they had little occasion to wipe off that charge —( hear , hear )—for he called to their recollection this fact , that they did not disobey that proclamation , but actually carried it into full effect There fell from the chairman , befers he came in , an observation that he ( Mr , O'Conneil ) bad made npon the subject of a federal Parliament—loud cheering ) . He did declare in the ( xn-poralion discussion on flepecd , thai he was ready to take a dependant Parliament ; and he instanced Canada , and staled that their Parliament did great good . He then , for the first time , announced that without ceasing to

      look for an independent Parliament , he would , if it was offered him by the British Government , accept the dependent Parliament—( bear , near ) . He did that at some risk of bis popularity ; but though there was no man living that delighted in popularity more than he did , there was no man living more ready to sacrifice that popularity , if it came in contradiction of bis principles , or the practical working out of those principles —( hear , hear , and loud cheers ) . He not only offered in the Corporation to accept a dependant Parliament , but he repeated it since—( bear , hear ) . The Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , Catholic Bishop of KUlaloe , offered to join the Association provided be was admitted as a Federalist ; he put that question to them , and he ( Mr O'Connell ) said at once to him : " You are a Repealeryou propose to Repeal the statute , the 40 th of George the Third ; and . therefore , you are

      entitled to be a member of oar society , " Sod accordingly , he immediately came forward and joined them —( bear , hear ) . Mr . Shaman Crawford had announced sentiments of the same description , and the Association wrote , to him a letter , saying be might be enrolled a member—then several gentlemen of the bar in Ireland joined them on precisely similar terms ; and now he had received a proposition from a gentleman of high station in the popular cause In Sogl&nd , who was exceedingly anxious for the well working of any system that would give freedom by means of her own representatives to the Irish people —( cries of hear , hear ) . This gentleman had communicated two propositions to him , and told him that they would get very considerable accession of strength from the popular cause in England if they could reply satisfactorily to those propositions—( hear ) The document was to this effect : —

      • "Two- thingsjire Indispensable to obtain the enthuelastlo mpport of the whole population amongst the working classes in England—one is , that the new order of things in Ireland ( should a Repeal be obtained ) should be so well defined as to show that all that is required by you Is that Ireland should have the control and management of her own local affairs ; while all that is of a national character , in which both countries are mutually interested , should be settled by the united representatives of both countries . The other point is that the people of England should be well assured , that while they co-operate with Ireland for a Repeal , as above defined , Ireland shall heartily co-operate with England to secure a full , free , and / af / -representation of the people . '"

      "Thatgentleman and others had written to him this fact , that if he concurred In the plan , he would silence two of the great objections of their enemies : one was , that which he wanted—to avoid a dismemberment of the empire ,- and that this mode of repealing the Union and giving a local Parliament to Ireland , could never be called a separation—( loud cries of "hear , hear , hear . " ) The next objection was , that if Repeal were carried , Catholio ascendancy would be established , and that the plan for a dependant Parliament would meet that objection ; for if it were carried there would be no possibility of any danger of each an ascendancy—( hear , hear ) . He met these suggestions in the spirit IN WHICH THEY W £ US HADE AMD DICTATED ; and he told them what had oecurrtd in the Association already ; AND THAT IP THXTBOPLE OF ENGLAND , OR BATHEB A SUFFICIENT PORTION OF THEM , CAME FORWARD . THERE WOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY

      IN ARRANGING THE REPEAL ON THOSE DEPENDANT TEitMS ALLUDED TO —( hear , hear ) . It might be said that consenting to take a dependant Parliament was shrinking ; but he cared not what taunt was MADE CSKOF . // teas iw shrinking . On the contrary , it took away from their enemies every argument that they could use against them . Hk repeated AGAIN , THAT THAT ASSOCIATION WERE pledged TO this . They had the Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy and many members of the Irish bar with them on that distinct understanding —( host , bear ) , fie confessed be had another motive—it seemed to him that there were some people disposed to irritate the people of Ireland into violence—( hear , hear ) . Look to the Tory press of Dublin for the last week—look , for instance , at the Evening Mail irritating the people ; he did net know what the Packet said , for he never read that paper—( a laugh ) . He had again to repeat to the

      people of Ireland that the Repeal depended on their own tranquillity , during this crisis . The government might give them an impartial jury —( if so , the question would take very little time—( hear , and loud cheers ) He did not accuse them ; but he remembered a period when the government ef the day gave partial juries —( hear , hear ) . But in spite of every verdict they might get , the Repeal cause would accumulate and increase—( hear , hear ) . Ha was told yesterday that he would be prevented from addressing the Association that day ; he told the persons who said so that he had no apprehension of the kind , because the Government themselves must know that he was , at least , an auxiliary of theirs in keeping the peace—( hear ) . He was there preaching peace , and advising the people against Ribboniam and against violence—( bear , bear ) . The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving " That the Chairman be requested to fill the chair at the opening of the Conciliation HalL "

      " Mr . Steble seconded the motion , which was car * tied unanimously . " The rent for the week was stated at £ 1 , 23213 s . 6 d . " The Times of Wednesday has a more extended Report of this " Base Compromise" meeting ; and from it We Rive the following additional " Compro mise speech : — " Mr . 0 'Connei . l said , he could not close the meeting without congratulating the country on the tone and temper which it had recently exhibited ; more particularly in the letters read that day , Which bound over the individuals signing them to the strict observance of

      peace . The Hon . Gentleman agsin repeated the crambe recocta of order and submission , and eulogised the politeness of monster meetings . He congratulated tlje chairman on having the honour to preside over ^ inch a higfely civilised people ; and assured the world that as long as the Liffey flowed , no long would the , people of Ireland struggle for Repeal —( cheers ) . He nod spoken particularly of a federal Parliament , as a meam by which Repeal could be obtained , and also likely to conciliate both nations ; but It was not such a one as he HAD looked for —( hear ) . HelitflrforededartMmsetf ready fo accept a federal Pdrlidanent . HE would NOW REPEATTHAT HB HAD BEEN ALWATS , AND

      , Was mow , read y to enter INfO AN * ARRAlfGEMENTS 4 WHICH WOULD GIVE . IRELAND 8 UCH A PARLIAMENT : ' It had been hinted to him that many parties in England would readily meet bia item on this point , If on the completion or Repeal thdr arrangements should be of a popular nature . He would tell them in England , that as soon as they formed a party strong enough to asast the Irish people , HE WOULD JOiri them in obtaining PEDERAUZATiON—( cheers ) . He was ttady to make a concession so as iofind out a cdpinum point o / unity . A federal Parliament would prevent absenteeism , would improve ihe tenure « f land , and be of other service ;

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      but in saying tbis , said the Hon . GanHeroan , I do not lower my tone « ie atom—I rellttjaish no single right of the Irish people > but I am ready to assist them in a manner most conducive to their harmonious obtainment—( tremendous cheering ) . He a ? ain called on the people not to be irritated by th « tauata of their enemies , more partfeuteriy the northern Catholies , who would be exposed to annoyance from the Orangemen for the least outbreak in any part of Freland would ' make them abandon att hopes of ever obtaining what they were struggling ft * . This doctrine of peace was preached last Sunday by every priest in Ireland from the ^ altar , and would be repeated next Sunday—( cheers ) . It would be a most grievous affl ictioa to him i which nothing could ever console him for , if any one on bis account were to commit any outrage—( cheers ) . !

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      winds of Heayefl — which the ~ deteminati < ta or iadeel sion of Government may render more audacious or more submissive—which may equally be defeated by the firmness of those who oppose it , « r the timidity of those who oneourage it ; but a planwhich , as it involve * new elements and new combinations , as it exhibits thff national and Gaelic sentiment of Ireland in alliance With the known democratic spirit of English discontent—no Ministry should think be neath their notice , or unworthy of their most vigilant attention . Discordantas ma be the elements—wild as may be the schemes—contemptible as may be the leaders of such anorganiz . aifoa , it needs but little erudition to know , that to des ^ us it would be a sign of blind and unpardonable temerfJy . We have not yet seen the end of the Irish agitatioir /^ ZYmffj , Wednesday . # lfclTARY TOSCE IN TEE LARD . ^ The follo ^ &i ^ w the official return ot the military force in Jrelarzi' tip to the 14 th of October : —

      CxValrt . 1 st Eoyal Dragooa Guard * tew route to DubHfl 490 2 ad Dragoon GuarasJDubiia ) ... 400 3 rd Dragoon Guard ! Dablm > ,. 400 4 th Dragoon Guards' ( Newbridge ) 409 5 th Dragoon Guards iDablin ) , „ 400 6 th Carbineers ( Dnblia ) 400 Scotch Greys r . ' . " # , [ 4 ^ 0 10 th Hussars ( Cahir ) , % i- , . ... tn 400 11 th Hussars ( Dublin ) * ... 400 Total ... 3 600

      INFA . 3 TTRT ; 5 th Royal Fusiliers ( Dublin ) 800 11 th Foot iKilkenny ) „ ... g oa 16 th Foot ( Newbridge ) goo 2 « a Foot ... ... __ * * . * goo 3 < th Foot ( Dublin ) ... „ . 809 36 th Foot ( Dublin ) ... ... . lv " ... goo 4 > thFoot , Reserve Battalion ( CorbJ 800 53 rd Foot ( Bnniskaienj . „ go * 5 « h Foot ( Dublin ) .. " * 80 n 56 th Foot ( Cork ) * * ' * 800 6 tttb Rifles , 1 st Battalion ( Dubliul . ' . *! '" 800

      61 st Foot ( Limerick ) ... . a 65 th Foot ( Dublin ) ... \ '" . VZ OTtb , Foot \ DabUn > r ... 800 69 * Foot ( CasUeba ») 800 70 th Foot ( Dublin ) ... , „ goo 72 nd HigWanders ( Fermoy ) soo ¦ wnaaa ! Total 14 , 400 DEPOTS . 1 st Royals , 1 st battalion ( Tralee ) ... ^ 200 1 st Rayals , 2 nd battalion ( Londonderry ) ... 200 14 th Foot ( Armagh ) 200 27 th Foot ( Drogheda ) ... 200

      SOth Foot ( Cork ) ,. 200 35 th Foot ( Youghall ) 209 43 rd Foot ( Galway ) 200 46 th Foot ( Athlone ) ... 20 O 47 th Foot ( Boyle ) 200 52 d Foot ( Nenagh ) , 20 O 74 th Foot ( Klnsale ) 200 81 st Foot IClare Castle ) 200 82 nd Boot ( Clare Castle * 20 O 85 th Foet ( Naas ) 200 89 th Foot ( Clonmel ) 200 * Oth Foot ( Athlone ) 200 1 st battalion Rifle Brigade ( Longford ) 200

      9 , 400 ROTilL ARTILLERY , SAPPERS , WAEXNES , &C Royal Artillery , Horse and Foot ... ... 1 , 800 Royal Sappers and Miners 200 Royal Marines 630

      2 , 600 BRAND TOTAL . Cavalry 3 , 600 Infantry 14 , 400 Depots 3 , 400 Royal Artillery , &o " . 2 , 600 Armed Constabulary ... 10 , 000 Total 34 , 000 A batallion ef each Regiment of Foot Guards is in constant readiness to proceed to Ireland , and arrange menta have been made with the Directors of the Great Western and London and Liverpeol Railways to have trains at the disposal of Government , to start at any time an order may be sent from the Horse Guards without the slightest delay . At Bristol and Liverpool steamers are also ready .

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      AND LEEDS GENEiiL ADYEETISEE . \

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      YOL- YI . NO . 310 . SATURDAY , OCTOBIifgl 1843 ™ 1 OE 'S ^ S «~^ SS ^ r ^ I ' '¦¦ ¦¦ : . \ m ~~ : " ¦ — _ . — , ¦ — -- ^———¦ * - . ^ .

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      and resistance to such Government and nan « KbiHnn and resistance to such Government and Constitution , and by the demonstration of physical force , to procure changes to be made , in the Constitution of the realm m by law established , and to excite jealousies and hatred between different classes of her Majesty ' s subjects , and to excite discontent and disaffection amongst , and te seduce from their allegianee , divers of her Majesty ' s subjects , » Dd , amongst others , her Majestj's subjects serving in the army and navy , and to disturb and prejudice divera of her Majesty ' s subjects in the peaceable enjoyment of their rights and properties , and to bring into contempt 2 LSS 3 & L S * . ** ^^ «» «»* 7 . and to diminish the confidence

      of her Maj « tya subjects in the same , and to assume and usurp the prerogative of the Crown in the establishment of . courts for the admini « iation of the law , and to forward the said several objects by various seiitious ipeecbes and seditious libels ; and also by contributing amongst themselves , abd by soliciting and obtaining , as well from difl&rent parts of the United Engdom as from foreign countries , divers large sums of money , to promote and effectuate such ObjecU ; and also for having on different days and times unlawfully and seditiously met and assembled with divera ofcber evil-disposed persons for . certain seditious aui unlawfnljpirpoaes ; and also that he excited divers other persons to meet

      awl assemble themselves together on different days and times for the liie aeoitious and unlawful purposbs 1 and also that he swUdously published dlvew malioious and sedittous libels oland coneernirj ^ thft Govfar ^ aBent « n 4 CoostUatioa of tb * * ^* n- m * tfr- ^ r- ^ rtBiWHm ^ t ' "JHrf ill such other natten a » shall t * alleged agsimrt the ait i ;— -, ' iy her Majesty ' * Attorriey-GeneraL " These are , therefore , in bet Majesty ' s name . to command yon and every of you forthwith to apprehend and bring before me , or some other of the Justices of the said Court of Queen ' s Bench , ths body of the said ¦ > that he may answer the aaid charge , and be further dealt with according to law . " Given under my hand and Beal , this ¦ day of October , 1843 .

      — ( Seal . ) 3 HT 1 C 0 PBED PHOSECTJTIOI 5 S OP KOHAN CATHOLIf BISHOPS . The Weekly Warder stated in a late edition on Saturday , that " informations were sworn against Dr . Higgins , Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh . " The Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , writing on Saturday says : — "Aecoiding to rumour , prosecutions are to he instituted against the Most Rev . Dr . M'Hale , Catholic Archbishop of Tnarr ; Right Bev . Dr . Higgins , Catholio Bishop of Ardsgh ; and Lord Ffrench . " The Dublin Monitor , in a late edition on Monday evening , had the following : — " Up to the hour of going to press we have no authentic intelligence of any informations having been sworn against any other parties than those before mentioned . " The rumour about the Roman Catholic Bishops being proceeded against is untrue . "

      SXAIB OP T-CBUC TESUSO . It was known on the Friday evening that the arrests were to be made . The fact was announced in a late Edition of the Evening Mail , in the following terms : — "STOP PRESS . " Evening M Offiailce , Six o'Clock . "We stop the press to announce that informations have been actnally sworn against all the conspirators before Mr . Justice Burton this afternoon , and were this evening lodged in the Crown Office . The warrants will be executed to-morrow ; and , although w » are aware of the names of all the parties , we think it more prudent to let the law take its course , and not make any farther intimation upon the subject .

      " THE ARRESTS WILL TAKE PLACE TO-MORROW . "It is intended to put down with the strong arm of the law all Repeal Meetings , Associations , and Committees , and to stop the further collection of Repeal rent . "God save the Queen . " long live Lord De Grey . " The Correspondent of the Times thus describes the manner in which the " second blow" of the Government was received by the people : — " Sa early as nine o ' clock this ( Saturday ) morning the excitement consequent npon the events of yesterday evening began to manifest itself io ths crowds of

      persons that commenced , at this early hour , to throng the streets in the immediate vicinity of the Castle and head office of police ; it being buzzad abroad that ths warrant on Mr . O'Connell had been already executed , and that the Learned Gentleman might be Baomentarilj expected to arrive la custody for th « purpose of putting in bail before the magistrates . Wholly unfounded as ¦ were theae expectations , some colour of reality was given to them by the fact of a squadron of the 5 th Dragoons having marched into the Castle-yard at » very early hour , where they took up their quarters . The troops were in heavy inarching order , and each man wore his haversack , containing a day ' s provisions .

      " About ten o ' clock Lord Eliot rode into the Castleyard from the Park , and was followed in a few minutes afterwards by Mr . Lucas , the TJnder-Secretary . "By eleven o ' clock the upper Castle-yard was crowded to an inconvenient degree by throngs of persona , among whom were numbers of well-dressed people , drawn together by the double attraction of the usual guard-mounting parade , and in the hope of witnessing the novel spectacle of the great leader of the agitation made amenable to the laws of his country . There was a studied silence in the multitude ; indeed , the most casual observer could not fail to observe the donbtfnl expression visible on the countenance * of the crestfallen Repealers , among whom 1 observed an unusual number of country people , who were easily distinguished from the Dublin mob by the fritaa coat peculiar to the peasantry from the adjacent counties .

      "Mr . O'Connell ' s mansion , at the south side of Merrion-sqnaie , was another centre of attraction , although in a minor degree , judging from the small knot of persons that assembled there np to twelve o ' clock . On passing the bouse , however , about an hour later , the crowd had considerably increased , and the steam of excitement was tolerably well kept up iy the occasional arrival at , and departure from , the 'Liberator ' s' home of some leading star of the Corn Exchange ; but the chilling alienee observable among the mob in other parts of the town was even more remarkable here . The head-pacificator , riding in an outside ear , arrived , and Mr . Barrett , of the Pilot , left , without eliciting as much as solitary cheer of recognition . Beyond a low murmuring whisper , not a sound escaped sufficient to raffia a leaf of one of the trees in the iqaare . " APPEABAKCE AJfD CONDUCT OF MB . Q ' COXXSLL The Weekly Freeman , in a second edition on Saturday had the following : —

      " Mr . O'Connell , and his son , Mr . John O'Connell , received notice of arrest this morning , at a quarter to ten , at the residence ef the liberator , on a warrant charging them with * cohspiract and other misde-XEAXoras , ' and an intimation was at the same time given them that bail would be required . "The intimation was conveyed in the very handsomest and most considerate manner . Mr . Ke minis , jon ., called at Mr . O'Connell ' s residence in Merrion Square , to announce that a warrant was out against him . Similar intelligence was also conveyed to Mr . John O'Connell , who was at the time in the honse . This was considered sufficient , and Mr . O'Connell pledged his word of honour for himself and the honourable Member for Kilkenny , that they would immediately attend with their bails , at the residence of Mr . Justice Burton . The amount of security in the Liberator's case is , himself in £ 1 , 000 , and two securities in £ b 00 each ; and that in Mr . John O'Connell ' s is the same .

      " The Liberator , at the time we write , is cracking his jokes , and in his nsnal excellent spirits . " It may he interesting to our readers to know that , should the Government bring up the Liberator and his son for trial within twenty-one days , the trials will not , in all probability , be proceeded with until Hilary Term—should they fix on a period later , the trials may he expected to coma on in December . " The Correspondent of the Times has the following version ef the appearance and conduct of the " Liberator : "—«> At a quarter before three o ' clock , Mr . O'Connell , accompanied by his sons John and Daniel , Mr . Jeremiah Dunne , and Mr . Cornelius M'Loughlin ( and followed by several other friends ) , arrived in the Hon . and learned Gentleman ' s carriage at the residence of Mr . Justice Burton . . .

      _ _ __ , _ . " On entering the drawing-room , Mr . O'Connell , who looked dejected and pale , allowed his attention to be immediately attracted by the beautiful collection of paintings for ¦ which the learned Judge ' s residence k JeaadSle , and which be continued to examine with apparent interert until three o elbek , when Mr . KemmSisid Mr . Bourne , the eleri ofOx Crown , arrived . " She entire patter , consisting of about thirty persons ( many of whom , fneluding Mr . O'Co ^^ andhto two ions , wore prominently < m tbeb . breaste the Bepeal bitten ) , were then ebndoeted down rtairs to the Learned Judge ' s library . .

      , . . . . ^ " Mr . O ' Connell , on entering , ahook hands with his lordship , and the Tecognizances having being read over by the Hon . and Learned Gentleman , he took the necessary oath and subscribed them . Mr . John O'Connell having done likewise , they acknowledged themselves bound in £ 1 , 000 each to abide their trial on the charges preferred against them , whioh are conspiracy , sedition , and illegally assembling . "

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      MR . O'CONNELL'S ANSWER TO THE ' GOVERNMENT . REPEAL ASSOCIATION , MONDAT . ( From the Dublin Monitor of that day ) . ) " The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held at the C « m- £ xchauge to-day , Long before the hoar appointed for meeting , the room'waa crowded to excess , and hundreds of persons were obliged to remain outside the building . " At a quarter to one o ' clock , on the nntion of Mr . O'Neill Dauati " John Augustus O'Neill , Esq ., of Banowen Castle , was called to the chair amid loud cheering . " The Chairman said he was extremely obliged to them for the honour they had conferred on him by calling him to that chair ! that post was considered a post of some danger—it was , therefore , that he offered himself for it—( loud and enthusiastic chesting ) .

      " [ At this moment Mr . Mahon , an inspector of police entered the room } . " Mr . Daunt desired a seat to be given to the inspector , and every accommodation afforded to him . " A Voice—A cheer for the inspector—( cheering ) . " Mr . O'Connell then entered , and was received with the greatest enthusiasm . " Mr . O'Neill continued—That chair bad been hitherto occupied , at least since the late exciting occurrences , by a son of Mr . O'Connell ' s , and by Mr . Daunt , and he thought it was time fox some other gentleman to share the responsibility with them—( loud cheering ) . It was the first time in his life he attended a political meeting of any description , unless , indeed , they would bo call the House of Commons , of which be

      had at one time the honour of being a member—( hear , hear }; but he considered that Bepeal was the only hope of Ireland , and he resolved on taking a part in their proceedings—( cheers ) . They should receive , with dignified silence , the manifestation of her Majesty ' s Government that they thought O'Connell disaffected . Let the Government try the question before an impartial jury , and , with the assistance of God , he would be , if possible , purer than before—( hear , near , and loud cheers ) . They suspected the Repealers of that which they were incapable of , and they had not given them an opportunity of showing that they would have obeyed the law—( hear , hear ) . He did hope that the day would never be seen in Ireland when it would require five regiments and a brigade of artillery to enforce any lawful proclamation of the representation of the Queen whom they venerated . The % aestlon of Repeal had advanced so far , that it was impossible it conld be sent back to its cradle or bullied into repose . They tried to

      dishearten them by saying that as the Liberator was growing old he would become wearied , and the people would become tired ; but though he was advaneedin age , his heart beat as warmly as in early life for his native lanti—( cheers ) . And even when be had passed to his grave , the spirit he had called into existence was immortal—his name would be the watchword of freedom , and his grave the rallying place of the sons of liberty—( loud cheering ) . Mr . O'Neill then went on to disclaim any desire of Catholic ascendancy , and called on his Protestant fellow-countrymen to disabuse their minds on that head —( hear , hear ) . In conclusion , he said be would blush before his child ! If for one single instant an emotion of fear by reason of British bayonets had checked him in exercising his constitutional right—( cheers ) . He would go from that chair to a prison , and from a prison to a scaffold , sooner than admit be was deterred by British troops from any act he felt himself entitled to as a freeman—( loud cheers ) .

      " A respectably dressed man , whose name we could not catch , then rose to address the chair . Hla observatiens were to the effect that be had to hand in £ 10 , which had been collected in five minutes , when it was heard that O'Connell had been arrested . ( Here there was some conversation between persons round the chair , and the speaker's voice was completely inaudible , but his gestures were extremely violent . ) " Mr . O'Connell ( parceiving this ) got up instantly , and called him to order—he should make no observations on matters extraneous —( hear , hear ) . If the gentleman was determined , as he trusted all Ireland was , to take his advice , let the language now be as peaceable as their conduct shall be—( cheers ) .

      " The Chairman said , in justice to himself , as chairman , he felt it absolutely necessary to state that he was engaged in conversation , and had not heard one single word the gentleman had used , and he was obliged to the Liberator for having interfered ; for he ( Mr . O'Neill ) would sot bold the chair five minutes , if violent language were used- —( hear ) . " Mr . O'Connell said , the fact was there wa « violence in the gentleman's manner , though be did not say anything violent—( hear , hear );—and having interfered in an irregnlar manner , he ( Mr . O"Cbnnell ) thought it right to repress a man whom he saw losing his temper —( hear , hear ) . There never wasamoment in which good huBJOur and good temper were so necessary—( loud cheering ) . : " Mr . Bay read a letter from Limerick , remitting £ 120 ' proclamation' money —( great cheering ) .

      " Mr . Daffy handed in several remittances , and immediately left the meeting , having , as he said , a particular engagement with Judge Burton at three o ' clock —( laughter ) . ' The Rev . Mr . Tlemsy handed in £ 18 prodamation money —( cheers ) .

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      HOW IS THE ! " COMPROMISE" RECEIVED ? SE T Spi A 1 E E ^ ttENT PRESS AND The Correspondent of the Times , in that Journal of Wednesday , thua speaks of O'Connell ' B pitiable position ; and quo tea ananieie from the Mail which ought to make j O'Connell bans himself for very shame t What a trouncing he does get ! and how deservedly I ! His own ? owa * aiy pu 8 iianimou 8 conduct will destrogihim . Here is the article from the Times * Correspondent . Let the coneludins i > aragrapb of it b # parlicular ] y noted : —

      " A HEW PHASE IN m& AGITATION . " The roraonr to which I alluded yesterday , respecting the probability of another blow balog struck at the agitation , was very generally believed np to this forenoon ; and tho impression was entertained that a pror olamation would have issued forbidding any further sittings of the ( so styled ) Loyal Repeal Association . Indeed , so confident ; were all parties of the truth of the report , that Mr . O'Connell himself and the Chairman at the meeting this day , made each a distinct ; reference to the matter . Whether such a proceeding on the part of the Executive would have been politic or impolitic at the present juncture , now matters but little . Strictly speaking . Repeal is abandoned ; and Mr . O'Connell has ! unblushingly forfeited his vantage grmaid , pitched hisl once formidable hobby to his old friends—the 'winds of heaven' , and has quietly shrunk down from a

      WHOLE REPEALER , AND NOTHING ELSE , INTO A MERE drivelling federalist . This shameful abm ^ onment of all former pledges—the reckless disregard of protestations made to the contrary over and over again , with si solemnity amounting to profaneness , 1 b thus handled by the Mail of this evening : — "' A very general impression was entertained that the Government would ; follow up their former blows by proclaiming the Loyal Repeal Association as illegal , and that the meeting advertised for this day would not be permitted to be held . Perhaps , aa matters have turned out , it is better that they did not , although , after the Informations sworn and tne proceeding * instituted , the step is one to which the Executive stands pledged , and which ; they must ultimately adopt . But

      by their forbearance this day Mr O'Connell has been driven to the open abandonment of the primary prinoiples upon which ' his agitation for repeal rested' Ireland for the Irish' and < domestic Legislature '; and , in his speech of this afternoon , he has descended another peg in the political scale , and avows himself B&tiBfieA with ) a federal measure . The beaten slave ! he whines like a whipped cur I A few quires of whitey-brown paper ! posted against the walls , not sufficient to supply wadding for the muskets of a battalion , brought him to his knees ; a few skins of parchment , lodged In the Crown-office—scarcely enough , if cut into sttpa , to tarnish measures tot Mr . Arkios's tailoring establishment—have prostrated him to the earth . ' Repeal Is ' abandoned , ' as well as the Clontarf meeting .

      We have already anticipated this measure . elaewhere , with reference to the antedated address to the Irish people , in which the demagogue , ready to strike-the colours of Repeal , set about preparingjua dupes by his hint at ' local * legislation . And what is the demagogne ' s pretence for these altered councils ? A communication , forsooth , from some popular English leader—a Chartist , ; doubtless , or an Anti-Corn-Law Leaguer—that , provided he will co-operate with the English Radicals to obtain Universal Suffrage and other popular tfgtte , they will unite with him in seeking a federal Parliament for Ireland . With this the great , the unconditional Repealer , professes himself

      content ! and , inasmuch as It will convince the hated j Saxons that he seeks no dismemberment of the empire , j it is rather the better of the two . Bravo , Daniel I you have unbounded confidence in your own powers of delusion ; and , if you can carry it thus , entertain a very just estimate of your credulous and confiding countrymen s gullibility . One thing is plain , —that the bait thrown out for the : ' base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , " has been throws out in vain . There will be no renewal of the Lichfleld-houae conspiracy . Feargus O'Connor ' s star is again in the ascendant ; and Chartism and Repeal , long disunited , will be embodied in a federal and confederate Union . '

      " The Pilot of this evening , although containing a report of the speech delivered to-day , does not ^ of course , venture to hazard a [ single rematk either in support of , or dissent from , thelnew line of policy chatted ml'by the great political juggler . Indeed , it will ba a matter of no small astonishment if , in the whole range of the Repeal press , theirs be found one solitary journal that may have the moral courage to even remonstrate against the duplicity that has been practised on a too confiding people . " : What follows is from the Thunderer himself . It

      behoves the Chartists to look well to it , particularly to the latter portion ! . There seems to be a sort of threat , that they may be included in the measures resorted to , to " put down" Dan and the Repeal Movement . Does the Thunderer mean , that if Peel feels himself strong enough to meet the Parliament nest month , for " extraordinary powers , " he must apply them to England also , because Joseph Sturge has written to Daniel O'Connell , and told him that if he compromises Repeal , he will get the support of the English working people \ Is this what the Times means 1 It looks something like it I Here are

      his words : — i " If it has been j with reason objected to Lord Brougham that he marred the success of tile advocate by the vehemence of i the partisan , and infused into the temper of political debate all the personal asperity of the excited advocate , ] it may be as truly said of O'Connell ( but more to the credit of bis intellectual than his moral powers ) that he evinces at all times the wary adroitness of the most cautious counsellor . He baa all the resources of a veteran dodger' at command . He manifests an intuitive perception of the characters of those whom be addresses . He accommodates himself to their humours , and knows the prescribed tether ot his vagaries . The proclamation of the Government would have been a 1 complete floorer to some demagogues . Not so to him . He swallows it aa jugglers at a fair do naked swords . It is part of bis trade to practise these feats of hazardous versatility . His followers look on , admire , applaud , and pay . What could the most dexterous conjuror desire more 1 ' .

      " When his meetings were unforbidden and unthreatened ; when it was as safe to talk of millions of fighting men as of puppy dogs and young kittens , then nothing short ef independence would please him . < Ireland for the Irish' was declaimed at countless gatherings' Ireland for the Irish' was re-echoed from Howth to Connemara , not without an interpretation , too , of stern import whioh the Irish peasant had learned from the traditionary legends of many years . As for federal unions—pish ! base was the slave who mooted them . But now—how changed the note ! how different the attitude ! 1 < Sweet are ! the uses ef adversity . '

      They teach a man , at least , to appreciate the advice which he has before scouted , and to suggest what hehas hitherto contemned . Not * , a federal union is discovered to be , if not a good substitute for , at least a very admirable introduction to , an independent Legislature . AW be baa no objection to give it a trial : — indeed , he thinks that a domestic Parliament might be very Well adapted for the management of local matters : and if it were found to answer all the purposes of its authors , he for one would be contented with it ! " And what , it may | be asked , has wrought this sudden revolution in the Liberator ' s opinions ? la it the proclamation ? or the fresh arrival of troops t ox fear of further strong measures ? Doubtless , all these have exercised considerable influence on the minds both of himself and his followers , as was perceptible in the tone and temper of the proceedings on Monday j . but there was also another reason which operated to produce this change . He has had the offer of assistance from

      England in his struggle fox a Federal union . - And who , ib Witt be asked , —who is the great English ally that fa t » co-operate with the Repealers for the attainment of aa object which many Repealers have stigmatized as a weak and half-way measure ? Why , no less a personage than Mr . Joseph Sturge , with 1 , 000 , 001 Universal Suffrage Chartists ! The' Saxon' Is nolonge * to be denouncedfor this would be deemed rather personal to ttwnew Chartist allies , although Mr . O'Coaaell has at length declared that the use of this term was intended rattier as a compliment to the English nation than as as affront —Birmingham is to be propitiated—and the oft reviled and scouted Chartists an to be greeted with the warmest and most cordial welcomes I Repeal and Universal Suffrage are ! to hiss one another ; Romanism and Quaker ? are to lie down together ; Joseph Stnrge Is to embrace Thomas Stsele ; O'Connell is to hug O'Connor in bia arms once more ; and Ireland Is . tc ba regenerated and federallzad ! " Such is the plan for' the present—a plan whioh the least whiff of circumatanoea may puff into the wild

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      H 0 UND 1 N 6 Off OF GOTKBWHENT BT THE PRESS . Having now given the facts connected with this " second step"on the part of the Government to repress and suppress the Repeal agitation , as far as they have yet transpired , we shall next give some of the commentaries and prepare-the-public-mind an . nounoements of the press . This course is necessary to enable the reader to understand the real relative position of all parties , Government , Repealers , and Anti-Repealers , towards each other . The course of conduct to be pursued by all , is first shadowed forth in those portions of the Press over whioh they have influence or controul . We shall first give a malignant , gloating article from the Evening Mail . It appeared the day before the arrest ; and was in fact to prepare the way tot them . It is important now , because it reveals the " other measures" that Government have adopted , " precisely as if we were on the eve of & Rebellion . " The ferocious Mail says : —

      " Thank God , the authorities are acting with energy , zeal , and firmness , precisely as if we were on the eve of a rebellion—and that is exactly the way to prevent it This , we repeat , is the only way left to prevent a rebellion ; and so fully assured are we of the wisdom , the prudence , and the vigour by which the councils at the Castle are at present conducted , that we waive all objections against former negligence , and devote our * selves—as it is dearly enr duty to do—to supporting and sustaining the Executive in its present determinations as to futare proceedings . " But what is to be done ? The usual winding up to reports ot preliminary steps for the detection of

      crime , as they appear bom time to time in the public journals , shall furnish our answer : — ' At this state of the proceedings it . would be manifestly improper , and might be subversive of the ends of justice , to enter more fully , into details . ' Just bo ; bat of this our readers may teat assured—the axe is about feeing laid at the very root of the sedition ; and those who have se > long bearded the authorities and outraged the law * will be made amenable to both . It is quite possible thab the next number of this journal may contain intelligence calculated to cheer the loyal , to give confidence to the timid , and to make the guilty tremble ; but , at all events , » few , a very few , day * will alter the aspect ot afeiia .

      . " Are we to have a civil war ? Heaven forbid ; but , after all the organization and the drilling— -after all the threateningg and demonstrations of the rebels—it were just as well that the Queen should be prepared for such an emergency—and she is . " The Freeman ' s Journal of yesterday says : — "' In the Packet of Tuesday last we find a paragraph boastfully referring to the troops now forming the English Garrison in this country . They amount to 28 , 000 men of all arms , according to our contemporary . And this force , expensive in the extreme to England , crippling her power , should she find her military resource

      necessary to be wielded upon any point of her possessions for aggression or defence , appear * to be relied upon as decisive of the question at issue between her and this country ? What exceeding absurdity ! 14 , 000 of those troops , at least , would be requisite to garrtwm the towns , and that would just leave 14 , 000 to eatuptha millions of Irishmen who advocate self-government t Why can't those men see how ridiculous they ' make themselves ? An army of that amount in Ireland , would be worn oat with marching in three months !' " This is the battle of oar adversaries—this the hope , of our opponents ; and it is clear from the context thafc the Repealers are looking to the consequences .

      • ' Mow , we beg to whisper in the eat of our contemporary , that since his declaration Was penned , three regiments have arrived in Dublin—the 34 th , 2 itb , and 66 th ; . and that the 67 th and 70 th are on tbeir-way ; three regiments of horse are also under erders—the Royals , Scots Greys , and Carbineers , and- will arriva directly . Houses are being rented , and accommodation preparing for temporary barracks , and every arrange , ment making that prudence can suggest , or determination put in practice , as though we were ' on . the eve of a rebellion ; ' and negotiations are perfected by whick all the househould troops ( the Guards } . cavalry and infantry , can be transferred from London to Dublin in four-and-twenty hours .

      " We have another piece ef intelligence , of which we have no reason to doubt the truth , and at which par contemporary will doubtless feel shocked for the sake of the Constitution ; and that is , that there are 30 , 000 Hanoverian troopa—as fine soldiers , as any In the world-rplaced by the Queen ' s uncle at her Majesty's disposal , if necessary , to defend her empire from the hands of traitors ; and that the , offer has been conditionally accepted . These troops , all Protestant , are leady for embarkation at a few hours' notic # ; : and In four days , with the aid of first-class steameri , they eould be landed on our shores , at whatever point their services might be deemed necessary . -fBofe ? *» yi our considerate contemporajy , « the army would be worn oat with marching in three montha . * This , we had previously heard , was one of the

      point * up ^ awhiah Mr . O'ConneUrelied ; andwehflardi tbialdng te ^^^ But even this has been , tared for . We eoafeas we should greatly prefer seeing the Gownanent t ^ wia Itself ai once uj ^ njth © generous feeling and loyal sympathy of the Protestant yeoaianry , and > oldly embody them aathV surest and most constitutional me&as of meeting tie emergeisey in whieh we ^ are plaajBd ; buli , as » precautionary ^ perhapj " ; oa 1 j P »* lialnary measure , we by no Bfteans ebjeofc , but , on taa contrary , highly appreye of a proje « twbWi . we ua derstand is in coutempiaUonr-that of ¦¦ ¦ . wmtoMuw . : loyal citizens ' for local duty ia all largo cities » 4 ' , ** " !^ the eniolment to be Voluntary , and Jthe raf *""** oonsisti only of such persons aa are known w BeojK posed to the Repeal of the Union . ( Continued in our Second page . )

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct824/page/1/