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IRELAND . . - MB . O"C 0 XUELL ' S TISIT TO CHABLEVILLEThe Limerick Reporter contains a very long account of Mr . O'Conndl'a visit to Cbarleville , eounty of Cork . The folio wing is an abridgment : — Mi . CCannell slept at Nenaab on Wednesday night , sad unred , accompanied by Mr . Steele and Mr . E . W . O'Mahoay , in Limerick , at tea o ' clock yesterday morning , ir tien he started for Chfirleville , taking Braff in bis route . At Broffbs in * Joined by hundred * ol the j > eaBsntry on horsebaA , and , irhen he halted to change bosses , -was received by Dr . Swyny , head repeal warden of Bnft and his axcailent ataff , with a teetotal band , which struck up *• See the conquering hero comes . After delaying for ibont ^ ea minutes , be f-roeeeaed oa
bis jonrnef , accompanied by Dr- Swyny and a ue-HierouB erraleaa * . ^ ron Bruff to KAmallock the wbole country romd poured forth its tens ^ nd hundreds of thousands of wen , wemen , and children , whom the tenon «* a coercion bQl -could not prevent from joining in the tnacnifioeBt demonstration in tavour of Repeal From KUmaltock toCiiarlevflle the -scene along -the road was of fcta moat znimatrng description . As to as Ujs « FecQ « 14 Teach e " vast mass of human beings pre sented itaelf to the * view , carrying lasrelB and boughs of trees in their bands , so aa to present the appearance of a movffig forest , so dense was fiie crowd which fiHed the «« d . At Kilmallock tbe carriage-was met by a dBjwtstion has . the Congregated Trades < rf limerick , witfetheir bsaaers , audattiredm the aamewayaa
they had been on tbe day when they met ham a few miles from X * imerh& , on his way from Ratbbeale , and by thcasands of ~ iie Charlevflle people a * nd the district immedittely scrroandinst it , headed by their respected pastor , tie Rev . Mr . Croke , and Ms curate , the Btv . Mr . Dwyer , wka two temperance bands , all carrying wands , and weering Hue and green sashes . The Rev . Mi . Cjoke aat with the Liberator on the tfk * ey of his earriafe . Asifeadvanced the number * increased tenfold , while -the aa&e cheering and waving of hats continued to rend the air with acclimations . Some idea may be fanaed of tbk splendid and magnificent deraoDstration of popular strength , when we state tint from Bmff , which is a distance of ten miles , to CbarleviUe , the Liberator ' s carriage was obliged to proceed at a walking pace , so great was the tTp ^« m «> cavalcade which
accompanied it He arrived in Charleville at a quarter to five o ' clock , accompanied , in processk > & , by at least two hundred thousand persons , who rest tbe air with their-enthusiastic gratnlations . Tbe scene in tbeprin cipal street ef Charleville was at this moment one of tbe moet animating description . The bouse-tops were crowded by adventurous spirits , the windows by elegantly dressed ladies , who waved their handkerchiefs . A large . platform was erected in the centre of the street opposite the market-house , in which was stationed a party of toe 45 th Light Infantry and a stipendiary magistrate . After considerable difficulty , the carriage arrived-opposite the platform , bnt it was so crowded , and the streets so lierk ? d up , that Mr . O'Connell found it was impossible to make his way , and accordingly determined to address the multude from the dickey .
On the motion of Michael Ryan , Esq ., of Bruiee , the Rev . Mr .-Crake was called to the chair . Mr . O'Connell addressed the multitude at great length . It had , he observed , been said by a person who was represented tbe other day as one who had a great regard for every one ' s character but his own—it was asserted by Lord Brougham that such meetings as the present were turbulent assemblies—( Groans . ) The newspapers stated so , and put Lord Brougham ' s came at the head of tbe rpeech of the man who made tbe assertion . He { Mr . O'Connell ) believed that in the course of a long life that lord never asserted an j thing half so fool and so raise ; for he had himself seen , within the last fortnight thousands upon thousands assemble ic various parts of tbe country , and never did
be witness anything so orderly , or with so much merriment and good humour—tloud cheers . ) Bat Brougham degraded tbe last ministry by his being associated with them , and he was then endeavouring to speculate fur bis own advantage , by awaiting tbe people of Ireland—( Groans . ; Zhe Pake of Wellington was quite disgusted with him—and , as tbe Amerian newspa > er said , that a Kew York man was so handsome that he was obliged to carry a f tick to keep off the . women , they sbouid send there for that stick , and give it to the Bake to keep eff Brougham—( cheers and laughter . ) That was bis ( Mr . O"CcaneH ' e ) answer to his charge of there frsing tumultuous assemblages in Ireland . - Bnt it would m become th-. m to meet at any period for the purpose of petitioning against theiinusuce and oppression inflicted
on thfcir country , if . they insulted cr irjured any boWy , or do more than ensleavcnr to convince tDose in a peace able manner who had cot tfce good sense to join them—( cheers . ) Within the fortnight he had addressed himself to upward * of a million of the people— ' . loud cheers . ) In tbe course of next week he would meet and address another , because it was most important that those public demonstrations should be made . ( Cheers . ) He came there to a * k them u > petition for a Repeal of the Union . ( Cries of We will , we will . "! His object in coming amongst them ws » to call en them to do so . They knew the treatmeiit they met at tbe other side of the water ; for when they &Eked fer bread they gave them stones , and woe :, they aiked for fish they gave them a serpent
( Hear , hear . ) Although bis excellent colleague , Mr . Roche , remained away like himself from Parliament ; yet they were working for tbe cause of Ireland at boma tGhsers . ) They next threatened them with military violence ; ^ nd he was told that a party of soldiers was sent to that meeting for the purpose of preserving the peace , fie regretted that for then- sake , for they were tbe bravest men in the world ; and whenever the Qaeen " s troops were seat among the people , they performed their duties faithfully , and conducted themselves with the strictest propriety . ( Hear , hear . ; Three cheers for the military ; a call which wa 3 heartay responded to ; . The Hon . and Learned Gentleman thus eorcJnded : — " Were they terrified at the threat of the Dake of Wellington ? ( Indignant cries of " No , no . "? Were they terrified at that of Peel ? CSo , no » No , let them take his
Advicelet them keep withi - the law , and when they separated , let them go home without tbe least disturbance ur irregularity . ( Cries of «• We wiH . *') Let them insult no one , but be lively and merry at the prospects which were opening upon their -eonEtry . / Cheers . ) He wanted liberty for old Ireland . He was travelling through tbe land , and would have tbe entire island With him before many months were tvei . ( Cheers . Who wo » ld tell him after that a British statesman would refuse their just demands , and wbo would tell him he would not jret a repeal of tbe legislative union ? ! Cheers . ) Fisr . ce knew that England was weak aa long as Ireland was justly discontented—America knew it—Russia learned , . aad all Europe was aware of it ; and Heaven forbid she sbouid be secure while Ireland was in chains . ( Cheers . ) The Hon . Gentleman then concluded amid tbe same deaf cuing
cheers , ( From ihe Timcs . j DrsLTS , MxT 22—Tbe Bepea ! Association met this day at twelve o ' clock , and notwithstanding the absence in Cork of ilr . O'Conneli , the room was crowded to snffjcatioB . Mr . Town-Councillor Shannon took the chair . Hz . Rat announced at the comir ^ ncsnient of the proceedings the receipt of £ 400 as it- subscriptions sent np to Saturday evening . He thtn > . oc ^ eded to read a voluminous mass cf correspondtif » , enclosing farther sums of money , iu which agreeable occupation he •* as engaged up to the post hour . It is stated that the amount of tbe rent for tbe week will be equal to that acknowled sed oa the last day cf meetiEg , namely , . ± ' 694 , odd shillinirE .
The Athlone paper contains a requisition , beaded by LtTd French . Bishop Cantwell , of Meatb , and Bishop Higgins , of Muliingar speech notoriety , addressed to Sir . O'Coanell , requtsting him to name a day for a public meeting and dinner , to be held in Athene " for the purpose of fforwarding the regeneration o : Ireland . " The terms proposed far the country ' s " recr-neration " being reasonable enough , Mr . O'Conneli ha * rxed Bunday , the lSih of June , fsr the meeting and dinner . In addition to the names attached to the requisition , there figure no L = ss than tweaty-thrae priests , and tfcst of one baronet , of Whig creation , Sir M . D . Beliew Tl * document ittdf breathes throughout a tonB ef t > iUnee and ccxtciEpt of rfcs recent Ministerial deoUraUons : it
says" We are fs £ y impressed with the conviction that nothing short vi the repeal of the nni-jn can be of any beneficial service to Ireland . This conviction is more firmly esrailiabed by the threats said io be nude use » . f by Wellington and Peel , and particularly by the c « ciaration of the latter , who seems to . entertain so thorough a contempi for ihe Irish people , thai he says he will cot consent to listen to the unanimous voice " of her entire representatives . Eis threats of coercion -we despise , and as a proof of the little weight they have with ts we beg to invite you , the Father of Eepeal , to come
amongst ca , that w- may shew him , by the reception we will give you , tho measureless contempt we entertain both for him and bis abettors . We beg to assure you , jgr , that there ^ e many of m who have not before J ? ^*^ Repeal ranks , Dorwonld we , perisaps , -even now , but for the iraait which those Parliamentary aeeteMtjons contain towards our country , and for the J ^ . ^ ***?** ^ " been made use of towards 251 li . ^ V ntrtr aefennined to paraue a iSfnd ft * CODtlno ° ^ courw of agitation until - umna is ence more a nation " The Athlane
paper also publishes tbe rer > art ef a SSS ^ -annSss KjsriawrjK "Betas He ( the Bffce of Wellington ) threatened Ireland , t * should remeebir Wat ertoSSSSSSnS Hfcea dgnghfll cock tfeit had jast got a taste of the rtBei * -- ( Jaaghter . ) It is * lact , when he saw the French aragr tbargtng down npoa fcis lines , and . on the poaitioa wbere he stood , he screamed from veiy tear , tin be m surrounded by the brave hearts and strong arms of Iriaiunen ; then indeed , wh «( i Eurrounded by bis comtbymea , bis fears vanished , hit self-possesiioa retnmHfcpiiil be was able to issue hi * *» ders with preeiaion and e&et—( hsar , taar . ) lids , hofferer , is th e person who bja Uw M&C&F to tbxeatea Uw Irish
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peopJe . But we regard ais threats , as O ConnelJ say ? , as so many mombs full o tawdust . He dare not put them in execution ; an . d however willing he and the English sristoraacy tr j » y be to tyrannija over Ireland , they dare not , and we fling back the threat with all tbe contempt such fiend Ash expressions deserve—( hear , and cheers . ")
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PROGRESS OF REPEAL . j SRBAT DEMONSTRATION AT MTJLLINQAR . Mallingar , Sunday Night , May 14 th , 1843 . j Tbe great Repeal demonstration for Westmeath ! t « ok plaoo here to-day , under circumstances of the highest national importance , and exceeding ; , in the display of public feeling which it exhibited , the moBt spienaid of the many magDificieHt exhibitions of j popular Btren ^ th vrhich have latterly occurred i | throu ^ bout tbe kingdom . ; : Tbe entire front of almost ererj house-ma hid j ¦ with green bushes and wreathes of flowers , and the j ¦ half dozen residences that formed exotption to thai ' . general rule only served to heighten the effect , in I ' Bhewing by their bare walls ( as destitute of tbo j S enlivening hue of the national colour as the hearts of j 1 their occupiers were of national feeling ) , how few ;
the enemies of repeal really were . At short intervals , through all the streets—not only those through which O'Connell should pass , but also the streets ; which vrere wholly out of his way—were erected ' , beautiful triumphal arches , several of which were decorated with flags of red , green , and white ; and ; all bearing appropriate inscriptions , such as Cead mille failte , " " Ireland for tho Irish , and the Irish ' for Ireland , " * Ireland must be a nation , " " We seek , equality , net ascendancy throogh the Repeal , " " The man who commits a crime sjm-3 strength to the enemy , " " We must have Repeal , " A nation of eight millions is too powerful to be dragged at the tail of any other country , " " Repeal , and * no Surrender , '" " Repeal , Repeal , " &c . &c « Much of the
enthusiasm described in the repeal newspapers as existing in favour of the national cause is considered by the anti-Irish party as exaggeration , or , at least , is represented as auch by the Tory press ; but , as facts are not so easily combated as assertions , we leave the impartial reader to reflect what the state of the public mind thoughout Ireland at the preseDt period must be when large bodies of men travel on foot distances of from twenty to thirty Irish miles for tbe mere pnrpofe of srretiwg by their numbers the immense assemblages that congregate at the Repeal meetings , as from the extent of the crowds there mast be always a very doubtful chance of their being able to bear the speakers ; and the expectation of being delighted by the eloquence of Mr . O'Connell and other popular orators can , therefore , be scarcely
% stifficienl inducement to them to undergo so much fatigue . One reporter , speaking of this meeting , says , — I have seen here to-day , upwards of twelve amateur bands , many of them from localities at a very considerable distance , and each accompanied by large masses of their fellow-townsmen . Among them were the bands from Kilcock , 24 miles ; Kells , 22 miles ( drawn in an ornamental coach , with four horses ) ; Trim , 21 miles ; Philipstown , 14 miles ; Kianegad , 9 miles ; Kilbeggan , 12 miles ; Ballinagore , 10 miles ; Castlepollard , 11 miles ; Castletowndelvin , 11 miles ; Old Castle , &c . "—A large platform was erected in the market-place , which the charge of Is . for admission to it did not prevent from being most inconvenient . ^ crowded . The asjemblage was ] 20 , 000 or 130 , 000 .
On the motion of tho Bibhop of Meath , seconded by Mr . Fitzkrald , Bernard Mastix , Ejq ., Muilingar , was called to the chair . The Rev . Mr . Kbarnet , P . P ., Tubberclare , moved the first resolution expressive of the evils of the Union , and of their determination to use every legal and constitutional means to obtain its repeal . Mr . Tcite seconded the resolution which was carried . Mr . O'Cosnell then came forward , and was receiTed with deafening shouts of applause , which continued for a considerable period . He said : Wellington and Peel have proved this—that they are ready enough to show iteir tt-eih , but they cannot
bite—( hear , hear ) . That is the cn ! ire amount of all their mighty schemes . But 1 will tell you why—for the same reason that the cur dog cajinot bite your aaad if you keep it wrapped in your coat—( cheers aud laughter ) . We do not give them anything to bite us on , and they cannot touch us . Now , there are two reasons why their declarations should prove abortive , first , our object is legitimate ; and secondly , our means are peaceable and lawful—( hear , hear ) . Our object is to repeal an Act of Parliament , and there c&n be no crime in endeavouring to do that by peaceable and legal means . The crime was in iu passing it , and it was by a multiplication of crimes that it wa 3 originally carried—( hear , hear ) . j My first object is to get Ireland for the Irish—( loud cheers . )
I am content that the English should have England , but they have had the dominion of this country too long , and it is time that the Irish should get the management of their own country—the regulation of their own country—the enjoyment of their owu country—that the Irish should have Ireland—( great and long cheers ) . Nobody can know how to gorern us as well as we would know how to do it ourselves—nobody could know to rilieve our wants as well as we would ourselves—nobody could have so deep an interest in our prosperity , or conld be so well fitted for remedjing our evi l s , and procuring happiness for us as we would ourselves . ( Hear , hear . ) And if I am told that the present system has been working for seven
centuries , my answer is , the more speedily is it incumbent upon us to break our fetters , and to obtain the liberty of our native land . ( Cheers . ) Old Ireland and liberty ! ( Load chetrs . ) That 13 what I am struggling for . ( Hear , hear . ) If I was to tell the Scotch that they should not have Scotland—if I was to tdl the English that they hhould not have England—if i was to tell the Spaniards that they bhould not have Spain—or tbe French that they should not have France , they would have a right to laugh at , to hate , to attack , or to assail me in whatever manner they choose . But I do not say any such thing . What I say is , that as all these people have their own countries the Irish ought to have Ireland . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) What numberless advantages would not the Irish enjoy
if they possessed their own country ? A domestic Parliament would encourage Irish manufactures . The linen trade , and the woollen trade would be spreading amongst you . An Irish Parliament would foster Irish commerce , and protect Irish agriculture . The labourer , the artizan , and the shopkeeper would be all beaefiie 4 by the Repeal of the Union ; but if I were to describe all the blessings that it wonld confer 1 would detain yon here crowding on each others backs until morning before I would be done—( laughter ) . In the first place , I ask did you ever hear of the tithe rent charge—( groans ) . Are you satisfied to be paying parsons who do not pray for yon—( do , no ) . Jt is time , therefore , that they should be put an end to —( hear , hear ) . The people of England do not pay for the church of the minority .
A Voices-No , nor the people of Scotland either . You are quite right , though I think I heard the remark before ^—( laughter ) . But carry home my words with you , and tell them to your neighbours . 1 tell vou the people of Ireland vriil not be much longer pajing them—( hear , hear , and cbeers ) . I next wan ; to get rid of the poor-rates— ( cheers ) . England does charity in the way a person will throw a beue to a dog l > y slashing it in between his teeth—( bear , near ) . That ia the poor law charity , the charjiy of the cuinnnssioners , aud assistant-commissioners , and ail concerned under them , except tho poor themselves , and when they do n ive relief , they look upon the poor as if they were criminals , or as if poTeriy was a crime to be punished by perpetual hear
imprisonment— ( , hear , and loud cheers ) . But I would relieve the poor without the imposition of poor rate =, and I would preven t you from paying au > - clergy but your own ( loud cheers ) . I saouid no ; have used the word prevent , because if any of ! you wished to pay both you might do it if you ' pleased ( laughter ) . I often asked Protestants cow would they like to pay for the support of the Catholic clergy by force , and they always said they would not like it at all , and why should the Catholics like it one bir the better ( hear ; . Cobbett had s phrase for it . He used to say , " Treat's sauce for the goose is sance for the gander . " ( Laughter . ) The next thio £ that tbe Repeal would abolish is the gr&ud jurycesB . ( Cheers . ) I believe it grinds some of voul
( Cnes oi" " It does so . ' *) There is not a more iuiqtutous t&x in the wor ' d , for it comes on the occupier instead of on tbe country at large . Give me tho . Rcoeal , and the national Treasury will pay for the rr Jring and repairing oi all the roads , bridges , and pui . 'ic building 3 , and instead of the poor farmers sad osenpiers paying the money themselves , it will cozii from thv ; treasury , and would go in giving empl .. -iaeot to those who have to pay it . I will tell you al nher thing I want to do , I want that every heiu cf 2 family , every married man , and every hoascLc ier , shoald have a right to vote for members of Par .:, cent . They said tLat I would have an interest in that , because I would then have more votes ; b'J my answer is , that if I would it is because the people sow I aoi acting honestly by them , and
every body > lse who does the same mil be equally supported . { Load cheers . ) The landlords now persecute those who vote differently from their wishes , bat I would institute the ballot-box . Tbe j next advantage is one that does not much concern the majority of you . It is the giving the managemeat of their own affairs to the inhabitants of the tow&s , instead of their having the miserable munici- i pal reform that they now possess ; but I will not i trouble you farther with that . You knew that the ' landlords have duties as well as rights , and 1 would ' esca-bUeh the fixity of tenure ( loud cheers ) to remind them of those dntiea . I will tell you what my plan ; is , and you can consider it amongst yourselves . My ' Plan is thit no Jandlord should recover rent unless be made s lease &r twenty-one jears to the tenant ' ¦ ~ no U * se or no lent = av I . ( Loud cheers . ) Unless j « e B » S $ a lease , hs would have no more bucinesB
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1 joking lor his rent than a dog would have barking at the moon . ( Cheers and laughter . ) It may bo said the landlords would , in that case , put too high a rent on their lands , but I have a remedy for that too in my plan . ( Laughter , and cries of " More power . ") At present , if a man goes to register his vote , he must prove on oath what a solvent tenant conld pay to his landlord for his holding , and in the same manner I would give the tenant an opportunity of proving what a solvent tenant ought to give for his land , in order to fix the amount of rent he would have to pay . ( Cheers . ) I would give the poor man the benefit of a trial by Jury in such case , so that it would be impossible for a landlord to get more than the fair value of his land . It may be
said the poor man would be turned out of his holding at the expiration of his lease , and his land given to another , but I have a cure for that also ( cheers ) . I would allow the tenant by law every year to register , as he can now register trees that he plants , all the improvements that he makes on his holding , and if the landlord does not pay him the full value of these improvements , he could not turn him out , but wonld be obliged po give him a new holding . Every tenant would then be building a better house for his pigs than he now inhabits himself , as he would be sure to get every farthing he laid out on his holding before he could be deprived of possession at the end of his lease ( cheers ) . Is it not i worth while , I ask you , to look for a Repeal of the Union
for that alone ( cheers ) ? Would it not do more to produce happiness and prosperity in the country , and put an end to the horrible wholesale murders of tho landlords who now send their tenants to die by twenties in the ditches , and the fearful retaliations , by assassination , that bo frequently take place on tho other side . But this is not all . Every year since the Union nine millions of money has been sent out of Ireland , after being raised from the produce of the soil—( cries of "oh , murder , murder ' ) . It is no wonder you should cry " murder , " for there i . ^ no country in the world where such a system wonld exist that must not be poor . The only countries except Ireland where anything like it occurs are Sicily and Sardinia , and both of these , from having
absentee landlords , are miserably poor . Thero is not , however , a country in the world so impoverished as Ireland , where it has been found that there are 2 , 300 , 000 persons in a state of destitution every year . Lord Eliot , the other day , gave a proof of this , for he had to admit that oat of 83 , 000 poor rate payers , 44 , ( 300 were rated under £ 5 . For the last ten years no less than ninety millions have been drawn out of Ireland , but if we get the Union there will be ninety millions spent in Ireland that would otherwise be taken from her—( hear , hear , and cheere ) . That will leave an average of £ 750 , 0 t 0 a month , or £ 125 , 000 a-week of six days to be spent in wages , and in giving employment to the people—( loud cheers ) . I have all this within my grasp if the
people join me . Now , what is there in all this that Wellington should stammer at in hie old age , and that Peel should bluster , and get very angry about it . Even their enemies should admit the progress they had made ; aud let him have but three millions of Repealers , and then he would make his arrangements for obtaining the Repeal . He would have the Repealers send up 300 gentlemen , chosen from various parts of the country , each entrusted with £ 100 ; that would be £ 30 , 000 . They sbouid meet in Dublin to consult upon the best means of obtaining legislative independence . They would not leave Dublin till they would agree to an act of Parliament to establish a domestic Legislature , household suffrage , vote by ballot , fixity of tenure , and a law against absentees
having estates in the country . Many estates would then be sold in lots and purchased up by those who would then become small proprietors ; and it was a fact well ascertained that in proportion as the owners in fee were numerous in any country , so in proportion were the people prosperous—( hear , hear . ) Io was truly said by Mr . Martin , their chairman , that if they had their own parliament , taxation would be diminished to almost nothing ; for in five or six years they would be able to pay off their portion of the national debt—the duty upon every excisable article would be reduced—they would have a pound of tea for little or more than was paid for two ounces , and a pound of sugar at the price of a quarter of a pound ; the duty on tobacco would be reduced so that there was not an old
woman in the country who might apt have her pipe lighted from morning till night if she pleased —( laughter . ) It was said that the Repeal was to be put down by force , but he did not believe a word of it , for there would be nothing against which the force could be applied . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They were bringing soldiers into the country to gallop against the wind , for they had nothing else to oppose them . ( Laughter . ) He would bo delighted that they brought a much larger number , for they would cause the expenditure of a good deal of money , and they were besides the friends of the people . He recollected once being counsel for some unfortunate men at Limerick who were tried for the robbery of ammunition , and assaulting fourteen soldiers who
were in charge of it , when the facts came out that as soon as the people discovered they were soldiers , not police , they determined that a man of them should uoi be killed , but Vhev closed in upon them , and disarmed them ; but is tbe struggle tho sergeant , who fought desperately , and seven of the men , were wouuued , and , as soon as they were completel y iu their power , they took them to the neighbouring houses , had their wounds dressed , and their wants attended to , declaring , at the same time that , had it been police who were in it , not a man of them should be left alive—( hear , bear . ) The unfortunate men were found guilty , and it being a capital offence for whicuthey had forfeited their lives , Baron Per . ne fa'her , in passing sentence on them , said , with tears
in his eyes , that , when they had the lives of others in their power , they showed mercy , and he would take care to use his influence in the proper quarter to have mtrcy extended to them . The people were always friendly to tbe military , and the feeling wan reciprocal . He would be glad , then , how many of them was sent among them , and he would promise them that tney would have nothing to do but amuse themBelvea and spend their money , which would be very pleasant to those who spent it , and those amongst whom it was spent . He again exhorted the people to continue in habits of morality and order , violating eo law and giving their enemies no advantage over them—he called upon the Repeal Wardens to
do their duty , and if the people followed his advice , then there would be no doubt of their success ; a song of gladness would pervade tho land , and ho wouid outshout them all from his native mountains with the cry of liberty and prosperity to Ireland . They desired not to seek for Repeal by other agencies than those of peace , law , and order , and they would adhere to the constitution as long as one inch of it was left to them to stand upon—( loud cheers . ) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving the presentation of an address to the people of Jbiiigland and Ireland , ou the present state of political affairs , and that it be referred to the committee to prepare such address .
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before he sat down , for he meanc to address them at some length ; and therefore those who had other business to occupy them had better be going home at once—( cheers and laughter ) . He asked had any thing been done since ' 34 . Had Eugland assisted in doing anything for Ireland I He did not expect that she would act otherwise than as she bad done ; but still , if they had kept up the Repeal cry after that promise , hoxr triumphantly would Sir Robert Peel be now able to shout out " England made promises —the high word of England , that was never broken " —he would say it was never kept—( laughter )— " was pledged—the plighted faith , the unstained honour of England wore bound up in the pledge , and it would havo been fulfilled . " Ho ( Mr . O'Connell ) would not say one word about Limerick , to be sure , white feel
would be so boasting —( hear , hear , )—but boast he assuredly would , and exult he would . He would say , " there cau be no doubt the grievances of Ireland would be redressed , but they wanted separation . They wanted not justice , but . hey had a vexatious and rebellious ory for separation between the two countries . " If , under such otroumstancea , the peoplo df Ireland continued to agitate , they would do so only through the timidity that must naturally arise within them from tho recollection of the broken faith of England in former times ; but ms » ny of those who join us now would be far from joining us then . ( Hear , hear . ) It was also to be recollected that the reform parliament had then been only just instituted , and its working had not yet been known ; and Sir Robert Peel would ai ? o have relied on that fact .
They would thus be placed in as unpleasant a position as ever public men were placed in ; but on the other hand , see how triumphantly they were placed . ( Cheers ) By their actions—though not by ii . ; ir belief— they gave to England the opportunity of doing them . Thero were two grounds of apathy and indifference cowards the Repeal agitation : one of these was caused by the agitation having been abandoned for a time , aud many honest meu feared that it had not been seriously revived —( hear , hear ) —and the other was the policy adopted by the Whigs in the notorious declaration of Lord Ebriugton , uow Earl Fortescuc , against the Repealerstho paltry attempt at corrupting the youth of Ireland by bribery—the effort made to corrupt the
waters of social life , so that those who drank of what ought to be the pure spring of patriotism imbibed only baseness and turpitude , and the personal expectations of political benefits—( hear , hear ) Where were the bar that used to surround them at former times ? Lord Fortescuo can tell . They are still afraid that tbe Whigs may come into power again , and that they would be excluded from promotion . Shame on the Irish bar for having at length deserted their country—( cries of shame , shame ) . But the Repealers could do without them . They had a sufficient number of the honest portion of the bar to do the public business ; and with that portion , and the popular strength that was collected around them , and the aid of that Providence that
he hoped was watohing over the destinies of tho country , they would go on—( loud cheers ) . Ho had been aware that that public apathy could not continue much longer . He knew how anxious the people really were for their country , and that the moment ho was able to cry out " Ireland for the Irish , " he would have a talisman that would bo irresistible in rousing the patriotism of tho country . But as soon as he Saw a predisposing sentiment of a higher order of agitation , his hopes brightened . When he called 1843 the Repeal year , many persons laughed and sneered' at him . Who laughed aud saeered now 1 In point of history how then were they circumstanced 1 Peel and Wellington threatened them : they came out with their
declaration of a threat . They are , forsooth , to apply to Parliament for more power , that they may put down the exercise of a constitutional power . But will they do it —( hear , hear ) . He would not discuss tbe prudence of their doing so for a while , but this he would say , for the present , that the threat had come forth : the brulum fulmen had been announced . The thunderbolt had been heard to hiss but not to roar through the upper air , but the Irish people despised it . What was the first response ? The great meeting of Westmeath —( loud cheers ) . He was not exaggerating when he taid that tens of thousands , and he believed he did not exaggerate when ho said more than 100 , 000 persons were assembled there . But whatever the numbers were the
assemblage was majestic , aad it was ako well conducted . The people were civil towards each other , and their mutual politeness prevented the pressure of the crowd from injuring any person . They were sober , good humoured , and steady , while they exhibited the most marked hatred of their enemies and the strongest love of their friends . Thoy met to hear the advantage of the Repeal talked of , but there was a pre-gone conviction in their own minds that required no instruction to them . Let Wellington and Peel know that that was their reply to their menaces . When they said "the resolution of 1834 , " he would say "the meeting in Westmeath "—(« heers . ) And was it no answer to them that they had £ 696 12 $ . 4 d ., and he would not
forgive Peel one penny of it—( loud cheers . ) But ought not the people of England , and the statesmen of England consider what steps they ought now to take . They should recollect that the Irish people violate no law , infringe no statute , are guilty of no violence . There shall bo no rebellion while he lived . The name of it should sot be heard . The Irish people would attack no one , but he would not say that , if attacked , they would not defend themselves —( enthusiastic cheering for several minutes . ) The Repeal would be carried by legal means , or , at least , by means that were constitutional—( hear , hear . ) But the English , it seemed , did not like the cry for Repeal . If they did not , why did not they join them in insisting that justice should be done to
Ireland—( hear , hear , ) Tne Tory party never attempted to apply the proper remedy for the ills of Ireland . He s atcd at Muliingar that they acted like the Frenchman who attempted to fatten his horse . He tried one day a purgative , another day a pill , another day a drench , and then he tried more medicine , he supposed Morison ' s pills—( laughter . ) At length he tried tobacco water , but the horse would not fatten by all the trials , and at length somebody asked him " did you ever try oats "—( hear and laughter . ) In the same manner England tried every means of tranquillising Ireland except the oats—the doing her justice —( hear , hear . ) She tried coercion bills , transportation bills , peace preservation bills . A Voice—The arms bill .
Mr . O'Connell—That had not passed yet , but he would come to it by aud bye . But would it not become the people of England really to see whether the Irish people had not grievances to complain oi' ? —could the English minister hold so high a tone towards the King of France now , as if he could say that England , Scotland , and Ireland would man their armies and navy ; but waB it so ? Could he toll the Emperor of Russia or the King of France to fear him—could he tell the Americans not to dare infringe on the British boundary ? They would reply to him in the short and emphatic word , " Ireland "—( hear and cheers ;) and it would be a reasonable answer for them to give him , for heaven forbid that England should be strong as long as she is
unjust towards Ireland —( cheers . ) No , they well knew that the Irish people , attached as they are by allegiance to the throne , have still one love higher than that or any other passion , and that is love of their native land , and that they will not miss any opportunity of compelling England by the force of circumstances to do Ireland that justice which she is so reluctant to afford —( hear and cheers . ) Was it not proper and befitting that the English people affected as they appeared to be towards this question , should seriously consider how to puc an end to the Repeal agitation ? This seemed to be the desire of Wellington ; for this object Sir Robert Peel proposed to be in an especial degree desirous . Surely it was not possible for him ( Mr . O'Co&nell ) to
pursue a more generous or more disinterested course than that which he adopted when he proceeded to show his opponents how to take the Repealers from him—how to disperse the forces which had congregated around his peaceful standard—how to reduce him from the giant which he had now become , according to the representation of the Times to his natural and befitting condition of a political dwarfdaughter , and cries of ' hear , hear ") . For his own part he declared most emphatically that he would never abandon tho Repeal—no boon would induce him to do so—no threat would coerce him , for he considered that no temporary advantages could compensate to a country tor the loss which she sustained in character , dignity , and prosperity , by the absence
of that protection which it was in the power of a domestic legislature alone to confer . But while ha made this deolaartion for himself , it surely could not but be admitted that he acted a generous and magnanimous part in explaining to his opponents the course they ought to adopt if they deBired to lessen his forces and weaken the effect of ihe Repeal agitation . Sufficient had already occurred , even since I the launching forth of the brutum fulmen ^ to convince the Tories that tbe course which they were at present pursuing was not calculated to diminish the ' numbers of the Repealers . It had an effect exactly i opposite ; it had served to increase their numbers a hundred-fold and had but added further fuel to the flame they were desirous to extinguish . Yes , the declarations of Peel and Wellington had had a most marvel fous t fleet throughout the country . Men , who were silent before spoke—men who had been torpid i
were now awake to fresh energy , and those who were heretofore neutral had now come forward to take a decisive part . It was clear , therefore , that their present policy had failsd in a lamentable degree , and it wa 3 right that they should bethink them of some more efficacious expedient whereb y to put down the Repeal agitation . There were eight or nine propositions , he would enumerate them seriatim , to which they ought to direct their attention , with a view to attain the object , to them so desirable , of diminishing the Repealers . The first subject to which they Bhould direct their most serious consideration , and which was indeed well worthy of their attention , was the financial fBJustice inflicted oh Ireland by the act of union . This was a grievance which it behoved them to remedy effectually and expediently if they would carry out their project . In the year 1 / 99 , or he would say for rouad
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numbers 1800 , the national debt of Ireland amounted to twenty millions , that of England to 446 millions , and if the act of union had been framed upon honourable and equitable terms , it would have been enacted that for the future the respective debt 9 of both countries should continue to bear the same proportion one to the other as they bore- before the Irish Parliament was abolished—( cries of hear ) . The Eaglish Tories were cock-a-hoop in their dignity , and talked very loudly and bombastically about putting down the Irish people ; but , he asked his friends on the Stock Exchange if a battle were fought to-morrow on the Curragh of Kildare between the English soldiery and the Irish peasantryno matter what might be the result to the
latterwhat would be the value of the three-and-a-half per cents , on the morning whan the tidings would reach London 1 The resistance offered . on the part of the people to aggression was characterized by various titles , generally depending upon the result of the struggle . When it failed it was called a rebellion , when it succeeded it was called revolution , and he would , therefore , give it no name , but this he could tell them , that if it were announced upon the Stock Exchange that Ministers were mad enough to have recourse to physical violence against a loyal and true-hearted people , who were looking for their liberties by means purely constitutional , the tidings would excite a panio of no ordinary description in the Money-Market , and it mattered not what
gazstte full of victories might follow , the three-anda-half per cents , might be purchased for fifteen shillings the morning after the baUle—Chear , and cheers . ) Let it not be bupposed that he ( Mr . O'Conneil ) was theon ' y person who had denounced the financial iDJustico done to Ireland by the Union , for the man was scarcely cold in his grave—who when Chancellor of the Exchequer had admitted in his place in the Houso of Commons that the Union exacted ^ vastly more from the Irish people than they' ought to been called upon to pay . " You contracted with her , " said he , " for an expenditure . he could not meet . " Yesey Fitzgerald had made that declaration , and it was one well worthy the attention of the Tories , who instead of blustering about putting
down Ireland , ought to appoint an honest committeo for the purposo of inquiring with accuracy into the state ot the national debt as between the two countries , with a view to relieve Ireland from her unjust proportion—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . If the English Tories wonld eoneent to thia proposition he would maku over to them that section of the Repealers who were induced to join the Repeal standard by the financial injustice inflicted on Ireland by the Union ; but if they refused , he bad still that wing of Repealers at his side . He called upon tbe Tories to take another section of Repealers from his standard by giviug to Ireland a fair and equitable proportion of parliamentary voters—( hear , hear . ) . The latest returns estimated the rural constituency of Cork at
4 , 000 ; but of that number not more than 1 , 500 voters coald now be mustered together in the agricultural districts of the county , so lamentable was the falling off ; for the franchise was perishing day by day in Ireland . Twenty-five per cent , of the population of England enjoyed tho franchise , whereas it was ouly one man out of 400 that possessed a vote in Ireland . There was fully a hundred to one in favour of England , and against Ireland ; and that was what they called justice to Ireland I Wag that a union between the countries—( hear , hear , hear ) It w&a madness—it was infatuation to say so . He called upon the English Tories , if they desired to rob him of his Repealers , to come forward with the sword—not of vengeance , but of justice ! and to give
to Ireland a franchise which will bestow the right of voting upon twenty-five percent , of her population—( cries of hear , hear , and cheers . ) It was too limited a franchise , he confessed it , for any country , but it was tho one which prevailed in England , and if wo cannot obtain a full measure of justice 1 , let us , at all events , be placed on terms of equality with our fellow subject * at the other side of the Cha&nel . The next project to which the English Tories should direct their * attention , if they wished to alienate his ( Mr . O'Connell ' s ) followers from him , was the granting to tbe Irish people of an additional number of representatives . We ought , at all events , to have the means of protecting ourselves in their alien parliament . They gave us 105 members , but at the very
lowest calculation we ought to have as many as 150 . Wnles , with its revenue of £ 348 , 090 had twenty-Bine members , while in Ireland he found that eleven hundred thousand Irishmen were represented by four members . Others might endure that , but he would not endure it , and he would not surrender one single Repealer to the Tories , unless that grievance was put an end to . The next matter of justice to which Peel and his party ought to direct their attention was the extention to Ireland , of the same description of municipal reform bill , which was conceded to the people of England . The Irish bill was a mockery . It took from the people the appointment of magistrates and sheriffs , and rendered it necessary , in order to the enjoyment et the municipal franchise ,
that a citizen should be valued to the poor lute at ¦ £ 10 , whereas in England every man who was rated at all to poor rate , it mattered not in how insignificant an amount , was permitted to exercise the borough franchise . He would not surrender one solitary Repealer till thia monstrous grievance was remedied . The fourth subject which should engage the attention of the Eaglish Tories , if they would estrange the Repealers from him , was the removal from this country of that most crying of all evilsabsenteeism . The three poorest countries in Europe , were the three in which absenteeism most prevailed—Sardinia , Sicily , and Ireland—( hear ) . Absenteeism was an evil not to be cured by any other means than that recommended by Dr . Lust as a
cure for the toothache—total extraction—and he told Peel that without extirpating this fruitful source of misery , it was vain for him to hope' for a cessation of the Repeal cry . Indeed , it wasinfatua turn for him to indulge in such an anticipation at all , for never would there be a cessation or that cry until they heard the echo of the shout which would proclaim that the Speaker had taken the chair in the Irish House of Commons—( loud cheers ) . What next did he demand ?—He demanded an immediatu and salutary change in the relations between landlord aud tenant in Ireland —( hear , hoar , Jheur ) . He defied Peel to take a Repealer from him as long as the relation between landlord and tenant remained unaltered . The seventh topic for England
to turn her attention to was the state of the bench aud the magistracy—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to refer at some length to tho judicial and magisterial appointments made by the present Government , and having dwelt for some time on this topic , observed , that the magistrates ought to be elective officers as in the olden times , and ho would never relax his efforts until he saw the pow < 3 r granted to every barony of electing its own magtstrates-Khear , hear . ) The eighth point which he begged leave to submit to the mosl attentive notice of those ^ who made it their study to think how they could lessen the number of his adherents , was tho consideration of the purposes to which the ecclesiastical resources
of the country ought to be applied . In Ireland , the ecclesiastical temporalities went to ( he church of the minority . They had another remedy for them—the Arms' Bill—a more horrible measure was never yet introduced—( hear , hear ) . He owned it—he was not of those who wished to see the people armed—( loud cries of " hear , hear . " ) He would- be glad that all Ireland , from the Giant ' s Causeway to Cape Clear was unarmed , but he would not leave any portion of them armed , aad if the government disarmed them all , they should have hie assistance , for he wanted to work alone by moral moans . But they left the magistrates the power to take away arms from those they pleased , and to leave them with those they pleased ( hear , hear ) .
Did they forget the gun clubs that existed in . tho north , or that lords , and baronets , and marts'rates wore members of those club ? I The Orangemta paid a shilling each ; every twenty five persons had a rifle , and the person who threw the highest number got a musket and bayonet . Now , to be sure , they would not require to have gun clubs any longer , for those lords , and baronets , aud magistrates could let them have the arms , and supply them with arms , without any lottery ( hear , hear ) . That was the bill tho government were bringing in to satisfy the Repealers that they were the friends of Ireland ( hear ) . There was a clause in it making it penal , and subject to transportation for seveu years , to have any concealed arms , or anything that could be used as a
pike or weapon , and it gave liberty to search your hou . « e at any hour of thefour-and-twenty . The poor Irishman had no longer his castle . His door could be broken open , it' it was not opened in a reasonable time . Those were the words of the statute . ' What would a youug policeman standing at the door , perhaps in the rain , think a reasonable time , aud there was no person to decide it , but the person who wanted the door to be opened 'hear ) . And then he could go in and find the families in their beds—Oh , it was a diabolical act—( hear , hear . ) Let them go to England , and read the horrific accounts of immorality there—and then come to Ireland , and dare to enter the bedchambers of the pure and virtuous women of this country—( hear , hear . ) That was the way they wanted to conciliate them ; and what then followed , if in any man's house , oat offices or grounds , there was found a concealed weapon , he was liable to be transported for seven
years . He has this defence—it is not necessary to prove that he knew it to be there , but he is entitled to prove that he did not know it to be there—( hear , hear . ) Now he wanted to know , if in English bloody blundering , there was ever such a blunder as that ? Why he could prove what he knew , but how could he prove in metaphysics what he did not know—( hear , hear . ) Yet this was the way they were going to conoiliate them —( hear . ) There was a worthy farmer , named Baker , ia Tipperary , who married a respectable widow , who became the mother of seven children ; one of these was at her breast when her husband waa obliged to go to England , and during his absence ebme miscreant contrived to drop a bayonet into a tub of her milk where it was found in a few moments after by tbe police . The poc woman was taken to Clonmel , where she was brought beforo the magistrates , aad without judge or jury sent off out of the
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country in half an hour with one of her sevPn i .-dren in her arms- ( expressions of horror ) nAv ' English Government intend a repetition of i . scene * by way of conciliating the people of lLu 3 or were the English people so absurd as to imS ?* that Irishmen wonld consent to be separatedu ^ heM )! u B t ut " hat w *> t ^ «»« eqE £ J 'I ' man who took an active part in bavin * the twJt woman convicted , was afterwards shot deadbVS ? men in the presence of at least a dozen otherW sons , none of whom made any effort to arrest tfcT It was a horrid crime , but so was the treatmmt ^ the poor woman . Bat he would not be driv » b ^ 5 comparison between them . It might be asked * K did he not go to the Imperial Parliament taJE ? these things . What business had he there-KcheersJi There waa not an idle whipster in the House , belong ' to any of the bells or gaming-houses in toudon S ? would not be willing to leave hia sport and to ft away hia dice-box in order to come and voteaai »!! aim
. jae once oerore naa occasion to call their » hZi ing " beastly bellowing * , " and the Speaker adS that he was bo faV rigbt , that no other term eonld iJ applied to the noises that had been made . Pooi a . ? den now called them " inhuman voices , " tWhih might as well fcave repeated his name for tho ( Laughter ) He would not go under the chW « l being exposed to their beastly bellowings again , bath ! would remain at home , where he would continue t ! expose such Acts of Parliament where he would £ attended to . But -who brought in that bill ? the miM lady-like Lord Eliot ( Hear , hear . ) He wondered did his Lordshiwant to have Irish
p more mothert traiuu ported , or would he devise any means to preve nt * man's enemy from concealing a bayonet or a pike oaM premises . If the bill passed , and he hoped it wonM i .-ot—be asked was not the intention in which it , Jj framed clearly to decimiate and destroy the Irish p » onfo ( Hear , hear . ) Such was the manner in which Ireland was treated . They gave her a stamp tax , a whiaW tax . They were preparing to destroy every popuS principle in the poor law , and they -were finally ^ L her an infernal arms bill . Waa he wrong ia callin , if " infernal f" ( Cries of no , no . ) Yes , he was wrono w
tnere was any more reprobatory word in the EneHjj , language that he could use . But the people of EMW imagine that because the Duke of Wellington tw » d dies over the half of an old resolution , and became * Sir Robert Peel set at defiance the Irish people , they wore tranquilly to submit to a union pregnant with such mischiefs . If they had a Parliament in ColW . green , would such a poor law exist , would so much taxes be levied , or would the members dare to loot them in tbe face after passing such an arms bill ? ( Hear , hear . ) No—bnt he would allow no law to be violated , and no force or violence to be uaed . He » & > going on Thursday to Charleville , on Sunday they would have the magnificent trades procession in Cork-.
on Monday the great meeting in Cork would beheld , Oa Tuesday he would attend the meeting in Casfcel , and on Thursday he would be at Nenagb , and was there any ene having the slightest apprehension that anything like violence or a breach of the peace ¦ woul d tafee place at any of those meetings ? Bat he wonld remind the people of the law . He would have placards posted through every county telling tbe people that if they committed tbe slightest violation of the law they would continue tbe infliction of tbe Unioa , they woald impoa « an iojury on themselves , and they would gratify their enemies . ( Hear , hear . ) If any magistrate or person in authority commanded them to disperse they shonld do so at once . The Irish Riot Act only allowed three
minutes to the people to disperse , after which the troeps could fire on the people ; but he would earnestly recommend the people to disperse at once . Mr . O'Connell then proceeded to refer to a passage from tbe Standard newspaper , which contained a passage from a speech made by Sir Walter Scstt against emancipation , in which he said that he could produce a million of Protestants from Antrim and Pown to pat dawn the Repealers . He considered Sir Walter Scott no authority on sucb a matter , as be had presided at s meeting against emancipation a fortnight before he came to Ireland , in order to ensure his popularity in thia country , and he rejoiced that hi * brother John , who then kept the only stagbounds at KUIarney , took
especial care not to invite him to n stag hunt , though be made the offer to Miss EJgeworth , "who accompanied him . He did not know why the Protestants and Pre « - byterians of the North should not be as interested in getting the fixity of tenure , and in having tie country prosperous as any other persuasion—( hear , hear' . Belfast , it was true , had a great deal of trade , bat would she not have much more under tbe protection of a native parliament ? By the late treaty with France the duty on Irisb yarn was raised , while the duty on Eng . li « h cutlery was lowered ; but would not an Irish Pir . liament at once raise the duty on French wines and silks , if such an attempt was made to raise the duty on Irisb yarns under them—( hear , hear ) . Bat what
were the facts ? Instead of the two counties of Antrim and Down having a million of Protestants in them , the entire population of both counties was not more thin half a million— ( loud cries of hear , hear ) . In Antrim there were 223 . 142 Protestants , and 87 , 351 Catholics ; and in Down 267 , 717 Protestants , and 109 446 Catholics , leaving the majority of Protestants in both only 234 , 062 Protestants , and one-half of these were , of cenrse , women—and half the remainder a ? ed and children—the entire surplus fighting population of the two counties would , therefore , be not more than 50 , 000—( hear , bear ) . But this would not be very comfortable if opposed even to the Catholics of Ulster alone—for in the archdiocese of Armagh there was a sarplos Catholic population over all sects of Protestants of
783 503 . In the archdiocese of Tuam the BnrpliH Citholic population was 1 , 142 800 ; in Cashel , 2 , 105 , 117 ; and in Dublin , 879 , 072 , —making in all Ireland a surplus Catholic population of 4 . , 492—( hear ) . They eaw , therefore , that it was very absurd to pay any attention to Sir Walter Scott as an authority upon such a question as the present . He was glad to find that tbe true nature and character of the Repeal question was daily becoming better understood . The Times itself bad admitted that the Repeal movement was not one susceptible of a sectarian complexion—no , it was a national movement intended and designed for the benefit of all classes of Irishmen irrespectively . of religioo * or political discrepancies , and this was eloquent y evidenced by the fact that every day siw a . fresh accession of Protestant gentlemen to their standard .
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SIR J . GRAHAM'S FACTORY BILL . Manchester , Monday Evening . — Oa Satarday evening last , and again by adjournment to-day , a numerous meeting of delegates from all the manufacturing districts within thirty miles of this town , waa held in their place of meeting . London-road , for the purpose of considering the Factor y Bill now before Parliament . The meeting was reryaumerr eusly attended , there being between thirty ana fortT delegates present . From the statements made it waa the almost unanimous opinion that ten hours a day is the longest period to which factory labour ought to be extended . Before the resolutions were put , the delegates from one of the districts retired , alleging that , as they were instructed to advocate eleven hours , they could not take further part in the proceedings . The following resolutions were afterwards unanimously adopted : — ,.,, "Tnat in the opinion of this meeting no child ought to be allowed to work iti any mill or factory , until it has completed its tenth year . " That this meeting strongly objects to any legislative enactment which would create or encourage the working of relays of young bauds in mills aaa factories against adult labour . . . " That a petition , founded upon the foregoing , be drawn up , signed by the chairman , and forwardea to Lord Ashley for presentation to tha House ot Commons . "
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Depreciation of Property in Brighton . —A-t a meeting held at the Town-ball , on Monday , the proprietor of tho Bedford hotel appealed against a charge of £ 1 , 250 in poor ' s rates ; and counsel 1 "j ][* been heard , the assessment was reduced to i . oM Mr . Pegs ( the hotel-ke&per ) stated that the receipts of his business for the year ending May 1 , 1843 , were £ 1 , 200 less than for the same period in 1842 ,
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LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting of the Loyal National Repeal Association waa held od Monday , at the Corn-Exchange . The room was crowded almost to suffocation , and hundreds went away from the door , unable to effect an entrance . After the hauding in of funds , Mr . O'Connell said , I have the honour to announce 'hat the Repeal rent for the pa .-t week amounts to SIX HUNDRED AND NLNETY-S 1 X POUNDS TWELVE
SHILLINGS AISD FOURPENCK-Ctremendous applause which lastsd for several minutes without intermissioD ) . Mr . O'Conuell observed that he ' was wrong in announcing it a . » the Repeal rent , he should have termed it tha Peul and Weliiagton contribution —( laughter and cheer .- ) . Dr . Gra y was then called to tho chair . Mr . O'CoATiELi , moved tho thanks of the meeting la Mr . Langtree , and expressed his satisfaction that the chair had that day been occupied by three Protestant gentlemen successively —( cheers ) .
ADJOURNED MEETING—TUESDAY . E . W . O'Mahony , Esq ., was called to tha chair , and after some other busiuess , Mr . O'Consell said oh&t he rose to call ihe attention of the association to the present state of public affdire , to the course which th ? . y threaten to take , and the mode in which Ireland ought to re ist farther despotism . In considering the steps tha ; bhould be taken by the British Government , and by the British people , it was most material to ascertain what the present state of the facts arc . lie took up the declarations of Sir Robert Pud and the Duke of Wellington , in both Houses of Parliament , and he fouad in them as they appear in the newspaper reports , a-most important and significant omission .
In those declarations they recited tho resolutions oi 1834 , as they were menacious and threatening , but they suppress those resolutions as far a > they were conciliatory and promising . It was in fact a piece of dexterity , he would call it-unequalled in its Jolly as well as in fta turpitude —( hear , hear , and Gheers ) . They attempted to delude tho people of England , and they thought they could delude the peoplo or Ireland by threats . Ic was unjust to the people of both countries . Tney shonld have recollected that tea promise followed the threat in 1834 . The promise cannot be denied , and neither can it be denied that that promise was fallacious , and not carried out . It would be monstrous to allege otherwise , for no human being could be found degraded enough
to make such an assertion . Wishing to take advantage for his country by any means , or in any way tiat could offer , he did not hesitate to suspend tbe agitation for tbo Repeal in order to give Eu ^ and time to perform a promise so solemnly entered into ; but let nobody suppose that he was at the time deluded into a belief that the promise would have been fulfilled —( hear ) . He merely wished to put England in the wrong . He said to them— " Recollect that the people of Ireland have given up the agitation fer Repeal , and { hat they now look to yon for justice , and the redress of their grievances . " But has any one of those grievances been redressed—( hear , hear ) . ' Oa the contrary , they have been , inoreftsed considerably , as he meant to show them
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Middlesex , by JOSEUA HOBSON , at his Pn ™ Ing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Brigg » to > and Published by the said JoSHf / i . Bobsok * ( for the said Feargus O'Conhob , ) at bis D ** ling-bouse . No . b , Marfcet-rtreet , Briggate ; 8 ° Internal Communication existing between tbe No . 6 , Market-street , and the said Not . 12 « " * 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting t&a whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premise * . . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , May 27 , 1843 . )
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1 Leeds : ~ Printed for the Proprietor FEA ^ RG O'CONNOR , Eaq . of Hammersmith , Coun t *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct935/page/8/
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