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      Ths Poob . Laws . —Akoiher Fatal Collier » ,-, —The ia \ owin $ -appeals in the Galtoxg Vin ^ dador 3 ated Outward , Oet 2 nd . . "" w , The police of the dMricl have been employed for : for some days , serving the country pwple wi \ 2 i notices antecedently to the collection of ths rates , nnaer U » i protectHin of & troop of Hussars -and a company of the 693 l—The people , supposing "that the police had eome to make a distress , gathered for resistance . The account th » n states : —•• A iesrfnl encounter then en- , sued between fee police vrith bayoneted cartintB and the infuriated people -with pitchforka , spades , and ¦ wha tever else they found . SeTeral of the people haviEg received dight -wounds , -were overwhelmed by m * police and captured , together -with a fete from a neighbouring Tillage , who offered less violent resister-co , an * imprisoned , to the amount of fourteen persons , in the BriSewell of Ontersrd z all of -whom haTo been |

      traniftrrred to-day , under a strong military escort , to the county gaol . Yesterday , however , as the pojica entered a -Tillage the -women began to boot , and the children to bespatter them -with mnd , but we are informed more out of merge to the police ana their commandants for their treatment of the people -shorn they rok into their power the day before , than from any spirit of resistance , as the men looked on laughingly , and seme attended their nsnal business -without my teeming concern ; but the police , easily provoked , inflicted severe -wounds on many of them , and on some Trcmen ; and one fellow , with savage ferocity , made a * tab at a Ionian in the most delicate state , when a country boy interposed by flinging himself between the IXJliceman and the -woman . The policeman , disappointed of his mark , turned and stabbed the youDg manjn the grein . The wound , we hear , is likely to prov « mortal . "

      Etecttjos tor 3 Ittrdbr at Nexagh . —The unhappy coavict , Moylsn , snffaed the last penalty of the law on Tuesday , the 3 rd instant , at , the front of onr ct nTity g » oL The man exhibited ^ 11 the chsracter-JsScs .. f a reckless being . He felt not his sitnation , awfnlaa it -was ; " What matter * " was the -wretched being ' s txclamrtioD ; *• two KLomfsts , and it is all over' " 3 Joylan made no declaration of his gnilt . We learn that in prison he admitted being engaged te participate in the murder far wh > ck he -was found guilty , bnt that he only came up when it was finished . He further stated that he had been in another case of murder a principal , and that he -would state from the diop that the ' two men now not tried , bnt in gaol , for the same murder—that of Nolan , ntar Rcscrea ( Mr . Burris ' s man !— -werenot the men -who actually committed the fieed ; but -who the jniity parties were , -wonld be carlied -with him to the other world . —Henagh Guardian .

      XH ££ axbx : bd Extzbmisation . —A letter in the Tipperary Free Press , dated Dnngarvan , s » ys— " inhabitants erf this old perish in the county ef Waterford are in a dreadfnl state of alarm and excitement , in consequence of eleven eject asents Eerved for" non-Tsayment of rent by the representatives of the late Robert Charles Walsh , Justice of the Peace , who was murtiered in tie day time , near his own tenants ; thirteen eondifionil orders for attachments -were also served in One day on the other tenarts , all of -whom are racknnted and wretchedly poer . so that " eleven families are likely to be turned out , and the heads of thirteen other fimilies put in gaol , under attachment for one locality The lands of Kilcoleman and Farnalonnty , in the same neighbourhood , are distrained by two middlemen , and several keepers placed on the tenants . It is therefore Tery much to be feared that some disturbance -will arise In this ill-fated part » f the country , unless something be done ior the tenants .

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      ATTEMPT OF GOVEROTSIENT TO SUPPRESS THE RTPRAT , MOVUMEirT ! ( Trom { he Extraordinary Edition o / ihe Dub-in Honi'or . j Dahlia Monitor Office , Satnrday , Dct 7 , lSi 3 . We prepared our re 3 cers , in yesterdays Monitor , for this absurd step on the part of our -wretched Execntiva " We intimated that a coercive policy -was threatened , and at considerable length exposed the » olly , absurdity and inexpediency ef resorting to a cocrse ¦ which could have no other effect than to make the Repeal agitation ten thousand times more popular . Yesterday , lord Ds Grey arrived suddenly and unexpectedly at Dnblin Castle , accompanied by Sir Ed-ward Sugdes .

      A Privy Council "wax immediately summoned , and at in deliberation till late last night without coming to any decision on tht question propounded for consider » tk > n—namely , the expediency of issuing a ProcTflniKtion against the Clontarf Monster Meeting , to be held on Sunday . Eariy this morning the Privy Council scran assembled , when it was resolved to issue the Proclamation , and about three o ' clock this day it appeared , as follows : — BV THE LORD LUCTE 5 A > "T AKD CCTCXCIL OF IRELAND . A PROCLAMATION . Ds Gurr . —Whereas it has bsen publicly innounced that a 3 dee&uj is to take place at or near Clontarf . on Smday , the Eighth of October instant , for the alleged Pnrpose of Petitioning Parliament for a R-DeaT of the lejdslsfive "Cnion between Great Britain and Ireland :

      And Whereas Advertisements and Placards have keen printed ssd extensively circulated , callinjj on &ose Persons -who propose to attend the said Meeting on Horseback to meet end form in Precession , and to march to the said Meeting in Military Order and Array : And Whereas Meetings of large Numbers of Persons have been already held in difiertnt Parts of Ireland , tmder the like Pretences , at several of -which Met tings language of a seditious and inflammatory Kature has iieen addressed to the Persons there assembled , calculated and intended to excite . discontent and disaffection fa the minds of Her Majtrty * Subjects , and to bring intoHatred and Contempt the Government and ConsStntian of fiie Country , as ky Law established :

      And Whereas at some of the said Meetings inch < seditious and hiflamiaatory Language hai been used by Persons -who have signified their intention ef being ' present at , and taking part in . the said Meeting so announced to be held at or near Cloniarf : I And -whereas the said intended meeting is calculated j » excite reasonable and -well-grounded apprehension Htat the motives ana objects of tbeperaons to beassemiled thereat are not tfefrfeir legal exercise of constitutional rights and privileges , but to bring into hatred and contempt the Gavsmment and Constitutl-n of the TJnited Kingdom as by la-w established , and to sccomphsh alterations in the laws and constitution of the realm by intimidation and the demonstration of phyaiealforce-. * '

      Kow we , the Lord Lieutenant , by and w 5 th tke ad-Ttte of ha Majesty ' s Privy Council , being satisfied that « ie said intended meeting bo proposed to be held at or » eax Giontarf , as aforesaid , can only tend to serve the ends of factioss and stdiKous persons , and to the violation of the public peace . Do hereby strictly caution ^ nd ; towarn all persons -whatsoever , that they do abstain ' &om attendance at the said meeting : And-we Co bsrebj givenotiee , that if , hi defiaBce rf thw onr pro-. tlamation , the said meeting shall take place , all persons attending the same shall be proceeded against accsrding tolaw ^ And -we do hereby order and enjoin all magistrates and officers entrusted with the preservation of the public peace , and others whom it may concern , to ! © e aiding and assisting in the execution of the law in prerentingtfeeBaJd meetinc , and in the effectual di £ - perrionand suppression cf the same , and in the detection and prosecution of those -sho , after this Notice , Shall offend in the respects aforesaid . ' ' 1

      Given at the Council Chamber in Dublin , this 7 th day r f October 1843- Ed-WaBD B . SCGCENj C DOXOrSHMOBE . i ^ "OT . F . BU CKB 1721 M 2 . , E . Blakekbt . Fred . SHavt . i

      T . B . G Smith . fiOD save tile QTJEEN . j "Goa E&ve the -QueeB , " indeed : bnt confonnd her i aakecDe sai wicked advisers J Jt would be topes- ¦ hie to . describe the Bensation produced amongst all flssses 3 n this city by the apoearauce of this proclamation . " ' Mr . O ' Connell Tery properly , en receipt of this Pro- i ciamabon , immediately issned his Prodametion . wisely antlprndeutly countermandinj the holding of ths Clontarf meeting . Itruasthns : —

      NOTICE . of 3 ^^ * l * ? ^ EP ^ rtd , under the siensture i BlackbS h ^ gf * - C - 3 > " OTA »« e , Ei 5 ot , P . sm ^ smm tennis P ^^^^ tion

      , S ^ Ti ^^ J ^ has not appeared till HgS ^ StS ^ KBtsSiSSS Kma w * j haTe an opportnniry , - osder colour of ^ d prodamaaoa , to provoke breaches o ? tte ^ eace er « ommitnolence on persons iatenfiing to proceed ^ ae ! « My ana legally to * dd intended meeting- P iJS ; tt /*^ ttfi Coamitte » of the ioyal Na t ional toat that » U ireIWI « po « ed penons » ffl imme-« ately , oa recenhig this fcaHatioa , xeute t » their CWBdwdHnfs , » nd not place thesudvet LrpgrH cf any ftfflWon , or of Teeelring any ill treateent » hateoeyer . ABd wb do fHither inform recfa pewoni , tbafc-withootvfaddinf ia anythteg to thennfomnded alteotion * Jn said all ^ ea prodamaUon , -we detm it prudent , «» , aad ,, above all things , humane , to declare tfcat the * dd meetof ia abandoned , and is not to be heM . - DAKIXL O'COKHBLI , , _ — _\ ' - - < Jhah-manof Committee Corn Exchange Rooms , three o ' clock , 7 tti Oct ., 1 S 43 . Qotii-BSM the Queea

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      ! ¦ ** ' ¦ ' - ~ ^^ - ^ J As s&t-e as this counter procliinat 5 on ^ as printed , it ! -was posted all through the city , distributed in the shapa id h = n < Tb : l ! s , and sent to all the Catholic clergy of the Eurronsding districts . Meantime the greatest excitement prevailed in the city , and the avetraes leading to the Corn Exchange ¦ were thronged by thousands ef people , anxiouB to know what was coming next . ARB . 1 VAL OP A THOUSAND IBISHMBN PROM KS GLAND . To increase the excitament , about one thousand Irish Repealers , resident in Liverpool , Manchester , && , had chartered one of the City of Dublin steamers , and ari rived in town shout ten ' o'clock , to attend the Clontaif : Mating . They were an exceedingly -well-dressed and

      comfortably-looking body of men . \ ; In order to allay the excitement , Mr . O'Connell , ¦ after issuing JIw Produmaiion , and taiiDg measures I to have it as exteEsively distributed and circulated as ; the time would permit , considered it advisabie to hold ' . an— i EXTBAORDISABT MEBTIliG i of the Repeal Association , and at nearly Four o ' clock he entered the Lirge Room of the Corn Exchange , ¦ which was crowded to excess in every part The Hon . I . and Learned Gentleman , on making bis appearance , was received - with the most enthusiastic cheering which lasted for several minutes , and on his taking * be chair , the cheering was renewed . Order at length having j been restored . - i ] ,

      Mr . O'CoxsfeLL rose amid tie most intemse silence , ' and said , the reason be came there to take the chair ' that day , vas in compliment to his Liverpool Bud Man- ' Chester friends , whs had kindly come over to aid in the great Rtpeal demonstration cf Sunday . He -wished to ' explain to them the state of affairs as they actually j stood , and the measures ha intended taking in conse- j quence . They were not , perhaps , aware that the Go- 1 vemment had isined a proclamation ; and although it I was , be declared , illegal , he thought it better not to \ allow them to have a triumph over the people , but to ' put them in the wrong , and put off the meeting , rather than have it accompanied by any species of violence . The proclamation was deteysd nntil three o ' clock this day , the latest bonr possible , and half tbe people that

      intended to be at the meeting , could net in the ordinary course , have heard of it ; but he had resolved to issue a counter-notice , caV . ir . g on the people not to assemble there to-morrow , Ihcngh he did not allow that Government document to be at all lepal . Let them not think that it would interfere with the process of the Repeal agitation—( cheers ) . Bat if they held the meeting to-morrow , disturbance might ensue , asd his business vras to keep the people stfe—( hear , hear , bear , and cheers ) . He had , therefore , thought it right to get a notice printed , cautioning the people in the c-nntry parts frcm coming into town —( hear ) . He wonjd send down the notice by that night ' s post to

      Tara , K-lls , Nsvan , aEd all oiher towns and villages , whose multitudes trould have poured in , and . to every Catholic cltTgyiran in that part of the conntry , cautioning them against holding the meeting . TiKre would , therefore , be no meeting ; and if any one were ipeculauiig on the blood of the p&uple , they -would be disappointed —{ hear , hear , aud loud cheering ) . He thought the conduct of the Government very strange . This ¦ was to kava been almcsl the last of their meetincs . He had gone through Ireland , and it certainly did not look well that they did not send out their proclamation till three o ' clock that dsy , when , but for his activity , the notices he thought it right to issue could not reach the people —( hear , hear ) . However , he looked on the proclamation as an accommodation ; for there was not

      even another meeting advertised . He might have held one or two on his way to Derrynane , but no day for any of them was fixed—thear , bear ) . He thought it his duty to give thiB intimation for the sake of his friends from Manchester and Liverpool ; and he could assure them that the Repeal cause , so far from beiug tarnished by this arbitrary act , should receive an additional stimulus , and every one ahonld be encouraged thereby to advocate the Repeal of the Union —( cheers ) . The usnal weekly meeting would be held en Monday , and the dinner wonld take place on Monday evening . Mr . O Connell then left the chair amid the acclamations of the meeting , and the people immediately dispersed qjiieUy . Saturday , six o ' clock , p . m .

      Militast Pbepaeatioss . —The commander of the Forces issued erders this day to have all the men confined to barracks . Accordingly , at the Royal Barracks , Richmond Barracks , Island-Bridge , and Beggare-Bush , all the guards were doubled , and the men kept hi rea diness to fall in at a moment ' s notice . Dcblim Castle . —At Castle the guards were not only doubled , but two « xtra companies of foot and a squadron of dragoons were quartered in some of the cince buildings . Pigeos-Hotse Fost . —Orders having been issned in ibe course of the day , this For t was placed in a state of s «? i ^ e . The guns already mounted were made ready for instant action , and others Trere run out so as to command the Clontarf shore ! MOB . E Tboops . —Two battalions of the Guards , it k said , are momentarily expected . The Rhadamanthue is also expected in Kingstown this evening , with troops and amunition .

      The 54 th Regiment , at present in this city , under or- ' ders for Aihlons , will remain here , the orders having ! been countermanded . The S 4 tb , from Scotland , is under orders for i Dublin , and is expected to arrive this evening , or to- j morrow . i The to-rn is full of rumouri respecting the military preparations and precautions on the part of the authorities , to guard against an insurrectionary movement . ! State Pbcsect : tio > 'S—It is coESdenlly stated . t > . at Mr OConnell is to he prosecuted for Sfditioc—the sedi- i tioua iangnsge having been spoken at the Mullughmtst meeting and dinner , -where there were reporters present on the part of the Government . i There are other prosecutions spoken of , to which we shall not more particularly allude at present i It is also rumoured , that a Special Commission is to be issued immediately for the trial of political offences against the State . We do sot believe this ; though no act of folly on the part of the Government ought now to excite surprise .

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      held to-day 1 We cannot , therefore , attach muoh credit to this rumour . It is also positively stated Mr . O'Connell ia to be prosecuted . One party will bave it that he is to be arrested . It in needless for us to » ay tbat we see no reason to rely much on these rumours . We have not the means either authoritatively to confirm or contradict them . Other state prosecutions are likewise spoken of , and Beveial individuals bave been named to us ; but we do not think it prudent to descend to particulars at present STATE OF THE CITT TO-DAY . If anything , the city is in a greater state of excite , ment to-day than on the two previous days . A gentleman familiar with the scenes , of ' 98 apd 1803 mentioned to us that he does not remember anything approaching to the state of excitement at all in this city since the ; latter period .

      Among the respectable merohants the excitement Is fully as great as among the populace . The principal topic of conversation in the Commercial Buildings is the proceedings of Government and th « events to which they ai | e likely to ltad . How all thie coercion and foolish military display will terminate is the anxious topic of speculation among all classes . The troops to-day are confined to barracks , and the same precautions taken as if an insurrectionary movement ¦ wtre anticipated . Five o'Clock , p . m . No riotiDg or disturbance has occurred up to this hour . ; We are now going to press . A vast crowd fills the entire of Upper Sackvillo-street , Great Britainstreet , and North Freiierick-atreet , attracted by the nioMiter dinner at the Rotunda , at which Mr- O'Connell presides . The doors were opened at half-past four o ' clock , when the rush to gain admittance was very great .

      POLICY OF TIIE GOVERNMENT PROCEEDINGS We have not time nor space to-day to enter fully into this subject . We have given , with great amplitude and exactness , the occurrences of the three laet eventful days ; and really the Government ought to be proud of their vast achievements . , Tneiir proceedings altogether have displayed a ridicuious pomposity . It would eeem that , like Rip Van Winkle , they have been &sl » ep for a good while pust , and suddenly awoke to a knowledge of events that ¦ were passing under their noses for the last six months . The " pemp and circumstance" with which they ushered in the military display of yesterday was exceedingly ridiculous . AH their preparations and pre « cautions to guard against a . surprise of military posts wure on the eame scale . It would have appeared , indeed , as if they desired , by their uncalled-for proceedings—their unmeaning displvy of military forceto drive tho people into n temporary outbreak .

      There is , in truth , but one opinion among sensible men of all parties resprcting the entire conduct of the Government—of the miserable nnd drivelling G >> vt-mnient—to whom tho destinies of this country aro u » - trustedj—a Government weak ai . d contemptible f > r rual good , and atrong only in bringing all law and justice into ditfrepute . Why , it is asked , was the issuing of the Proclamation delayed till three o ' clock on Saturday ? Was it that the people might not have warning in time ?—that they miKht assemble at Clontarf ?—and what then ? A second edition of the Manchester massacre—nay , ten thousand times worse . Lord DiGri y arrived here with the Lord Chancellor on Friday . TroopB marched from Weetlon and Manchester on Friday , and embarked on Saturday . Why , then , was not the Proclamation issued on Friday ? Why was it wilfully rtolayed ?

      It was determined in England to proclaim the C ' ontarf meetine . Lord Bv Grey and the Lord Chancellor arrived on Friday for tbat purpose . How , then can the delay in the issuing of the Proclamation bo accounted for and justified t It was a fearful and a wicked act , for -which this wretcbtid Kxecutive must render account . The result of the whole proceedings of the Government is directly contrary to what the Government intended . Agitation ia to be carried on more triumphantly than over . We are to have three rounds of simultaneous meetings !—We hope tho Government are Satisflttd .

      Return of the Troops to Dublin . —From Tuesdays Times . —Shortly after five o ' clock , ther was a Kentral move on the part of the spectators towards Dubhu and , as the place was soon cleared , and the troops could be of no more service , except in shooting wild-ducka and curlews for their iffijess' mess , they received orders to " march , " and shortly after six o'clock , were eafely ensconced in their respective barracks . No disturbance or riot of the slightest kind took place throughout the day , and up to eight o ' clock all was peace and quietness .

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      Mr . Kelly having addressed a few observations to the meeting , some money was handed In from persons who were stated to ' have joined the ranks of Repeal in consequence of the late Government proclamation . Mr . Bernard Traynou presented an address to Mr . O'Connell from Stalybridge . Mr . O ' Connell replied . Mr . Ray read the mlnutesof the last weekly meeting , after which 11 " Dr . Stephens , of Atby , in handing in some raoney-£ 8 10 b , Baid tbatit ^ was contributed in the Repeal reading rooms from the Repeaiers of that town , immediately after he read for them the Government proclamation against Repeal—( cheers ) . When he received it he waited upon them after they had done their religious duties , and asked would they do their duty for Ireland—their country ? when they all replied , •¦ She can command our purses , and would to God that , without violating any law , we could save her with onr blood "—( tremendous applause ) . ¦

      After several sums of money had been handed in and a number of members enrolled , — Mr . O'Connell ( read a letter from the Rev . Mr ; M'Evoy , of Kelts , who subscribed £ l in consequence of tho Government proclamation . Nothing ( said &Jr . O'Connell > could efflict him more in any event that related to himself than ) the resistance to authority —( hear , hear)—that which hjs preached to others he practised himself—( hear , hear ) . If any authority should , in its caprice—for they could not doit otherwise— arrest him , nothing could excruciate him more than that they sbouid have recourse to the least violence—( cheers ) . He would , with the blessing of God , conduct him through this cricis unscathed ] and unattacked , until they ultimateiy reached the enjoyment of legislative independence— icheera)—that independence which their lives were devoted to achieve , and which they never would abandon but with their last breath—( loud cheers ) .

      Mr . Charles O Callaghan handed in £ 45 from Liverpool , includingjiobserved Mr . O C . ) a Saxon shilling—( cheers and laughter ) . Mr . Green , of Liverpool , addressed the meeting , and said be was aware there ¦ were 100 Repealers in Liverpool who were determined to die rather than desert the cauae of Repeal—( cheers ) . Mr . O Connell beggfd to state , for himself , that he had just handed Mr . Ray bia own "proclamation , '' mouvy— £ 5 fov himself , £ 1 for each of his children ( although one of them does rot take any part in politics , he paid for him ) , and 25 ? . from a quarter of a hundred of his grand-children—( cheers and laughter ) . The Rbv . Mr . Tyr | rell moved the adoption of the following resolutions which were to have been submitted to the contemplated meeting at Clontarf : —

      lit Tbat thia meeting , highly approving of , and fully coinciding in the principles and spirit of ttea Leinster declaration for Repeal , as pronounced at Mullughmast , do now adopt tha following resolutions : — ' Resolved—Tint this meeting hereby declares its devoteil loyalty to tM parson and throne of her gracious Mojebty Queen Victoria , Queen of Ireland , and its determination to uphold and maintain inviolate all the prerogatives of the crown , aB guaranteed by the Constitution , i " Resolved—That we , the clerey , gentry , freeholders , and other inhabitants of Fingal , in public meeting assembled , declare and pronounce , in the presence of our country , before Europe and America , and in the sinht of heaven , that no POWER ON earth

      OUGHT OF RIGHT TO MAKE LAWS TO BIND THIS KllVGDOM , SAVE THE QUKEN , LORDS , AND COMMONS OF Ireland ; i and here , Btanding on the ever-Hiemorablebnttle-flekiof Cloatarf , the Marathon op Ireland , we solemnly pledge ourselves to use every constitutional t-xurtioh to free this , our native land , from : he tyranny of being legislated for by others than her own inhabitants . ' ^ " Resolved—That forty-four years of devoted and successful labour in tho cause of his country , have justly earned for 0 Connell—the Liberator of Irelandthe Unbounded confidence of the Irish people ; and , that we , relying upon his supreme wiBdoru , discretion , patriotism , and undaunted firmness , hereby pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to follow his guidance , under any and every circumstance that may arise i and , come weal , come woe , never to desert the constitutional standard of f Repeal which he has raised . "

      " That petitions to the Houses of Lords and Commons now read be adopted , praying for their recognition of the inalienable right of an Irish nution to a Domestic Legislature , and in order thereto fjf a Repeal of the Legislative Union . " Tho resolutions were adopted . The business having closed , Mr . O'Connell came to the front of the platform , and vias received with deafening applause . When silence was restored he proceeded to pay—Ha never , In the course of a long a : id eventful life , rose to address a public assembly with a stronger or more awful feeling of responsibility than at the present moment —( hear , hear ) . At the same time he never addressed a meeting with a more confluent feeling' of personal flrmness—he never

      addressed a meeting with a more triumphant feeling of the propriety of the j conduct of tfee people , and the iniquity of their enemies—( hear , bear , and cheers . ) It was quite true that : he passed a most hideous day yesterday j for hours upon hours he could not bring his confidence in the people—In their tranquillity , in their ready ebedienc 3 ; he could not raise that confidence to a sufficient pitch nut to apprehend thai mischief might casual'y occur , and that the day might end in a massacre of innocent people— ( hear , hear ) . He would say it at once , it was not the fault of the Government that there was not a massacre —( hear ) . He did not hesitate to repeat it , and if the were to 'go to tho scaffold for it to-morrow , he jwcuid not hesitate to say that tf the Government had intended % o trick the people into a massacre , theyj woul-1 not act otherwise than > hey did act—( hear ) . ; He did not say they had that

      intention . He could not look into any human mind , ami he knew , besides , that there was so much folly and absurdity in their entire conduct respecting the Repeal , that h » did not accuse them of intending that which , but f-r his interposition , might have ended in the massaero of unarmed people —( hear , hear ) . He had twe objects—one to proclaim to Irelaud that there was but one safely tnd one mode of obtaining tho Repeal of the Union , and that was the roost perfect obudtence to everything having the shape of legal authority . Let them not pause to question if it be exactly legal , for resistance was not legal . Lot the illegality of the authority demonstrate itself ; but as long as it kept itself legal , even by name , so long , he told the people of Ireland , if they wished for safety and above all the Repe-vl , they should obey it —( lond cheers ) . A Voice—We wilt all obey you .

      MR O'Connell—He could answer for all Ireland—( cheers ) . It was manifest the Repeal was coming—it was perfectly manifest they must have it on one condition— thtir not putting themselves In the power of their enemies ; : \ nd if they obeyed everything having the shape , ana even the ; pretence of law about it , they might cut them at defiance , for they would never venture to throw off the mask and raioe the dagger . But this he toid them—to have confidence in him—( caters ) . Lot him be sneered at , but he deserved their confidence — ( enthusiastic applause ) . He thought of them « n every waking momerit-Hn his dreams was mixed up acxiety fsr their safety : he wanted to carry the Repeal without one drop of blood—without crime of any deseription—without disturbing : the itate of social order .

      He wanted to carry it in « nch a wjy that he could face the Redeemer , having io crime to answer for in the advice he gave in conducting the Irish people ; and unless it visa line of ; c nduct which Heaven could approve of , couldthey ibe successful ?—( loud cheers ) . Well , why did he lejtajt his call of obedience ? because he wished to have it pile * from tha Giant's Causeway to Cape Clear , and froiii Connewara , where they were a few weeks ago , to the Hill of Huwth , whose echo they wouid have awakened yesterday—( cheers ) . It had been talked here , tbat if he were arrested there would be a struggle ; they could not infLct a greater punishment upon him than even the utterance of that sentiment , because it shewed tbey , wouid imagine he was not sincere in his declarations—( hear , hear ) . Even if he

      were arrested , they should obey tin l : vw , and the Union wonM bo repealed—( chters ) . He seut that throughout Ireland—his words would pass even by that evening's newspapers , for measures were taken to have them published —( hear , bear ) . He wanted to put down the anxiety—to take away , and soothe , and mitigate the feelings of just indignation at tbo manner in which the Government dared to treat the Irieb . people at the present moment—( hear , hear , and loud cheers ) . Having first enforced obedience , he declared his thorough conviction that the ) conduct of G > verament was calculated , in a high degree , to produce a massacre . He was not accusing them of the intention to do it , but he would demonstrate by facts that they escaped the horrors of that crime , and innocent men escaped slaughter , by his ( Mr . O'C . ) happening to be in Dublin—( hear , hear ) . Let him give the dates . Three weeks ago tho Government were

      apprised of the Clontarf meeting—it was advertised move than a fortnight ago—for mere than a webk they had determined to take the step they had taken—( loud cries of hear , hear , hear ) . How did he demonstrate tbat ? Thus did ho demonstrate it—had not they everything arranged , and two regiments oa their passage hare ?—had they not settled them to arrive here on the morning of the meeting— ( hfear , hear )? They were , therefore , determined to want them , and they could want them only for one purpose j and what he complained of was , that they did not give sufficient notice of their intention to put down ; the meeting , in order that the leaders of the people might caution that people of the necessity of not falling ; into such danger —( cheers ) . They had for six months permitted—ho wonld say countenanced—similar meetings ; the meetings at Ennis , Limerick , Connemara , Loughrea , Wateiford , Ennlscortby , and Donnybrook . A Voice—And Tara . ! *;•

      Mr . O'Connell—Aye , and Tara—( hear , bear ) . Air these hud taken place— -the Government took no part in them—their names were ostentatiously proclaimedwas there any prosecution or the smallest hint given of their illegality J Wat any magistrate sent to them , or policeman commissioned to give them caution . —( loud cries of " no , no" )? In ; short , all were held with thti most perfect knowledge of the Government , and up to Friday last that was the ! position of the public mindthe Repeal meeting at Clontarf was to have been equally as peaceable and tranquil as the others ; in fact , it had an additional feature of legality about it—the laymen were more numerous In the requisitions convening the other meetings ; bnt the ; requisition for Clo-atarf was signed exclusively by Catholic clergymen , bo that it was

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      « peculiarly marked with tranquillity —( loud cheers ) . The Government , as they were called , were here early on Friday—that was the evening for publishing tha Gazette , the legitimate source for a proclamation to issue ; and he asked common sense , he asked the British Minister , he asked Sir Robert Peel how ha could pass by Friday , and not send forth their proclamation in tb . 6 Gazette , if they had no intention to mislead the people—( hear , hear )? Had they proclaimed on Friday , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) and others would ^ have biscn able to go round to the different localities on Satar * d&y , calling on the people to obey the proclamation , though tbey believed it to be illegal—( fetar , hear ) f But they did not do it on Friday , and he told them ' tijis , if they did intend the horrible trick ( he did not accuse

      them ) that wafl the line of eonducfc they would hava adopted—( hear , hear ) . Friday came- ^ they were in Dublin—the Gazette appeared , and ne proclamation in it ? Now , if they were as innocent as sucking babes , and Sudden the chief of the suckers —( a laugh )—they had left a belief upon the public mind that they intended to take them by surprise and to massacre them . He absolved them of their pickedness , and only accused them of their power . ( A . laugh . ) Well , Friday passed over , and there was no proclamation ; and it was three o ' clock on Satnrday when he got that proclamation , when they sent them after nightfall to be posted—( hear , hear , )—but that would not do ; if they had served every man in the community with that proclamation , who was it that

      would be disposed to believe it a reality ? Not a single man would , had not his ( Mr . O'Conncll ' B ) counter pro clamstion gone out . If his proclamation had not been issued—if messengers had not been sent in every direction , cautioning the people , they would have poured in in tens of thousands , from Meath , the county Kildare , and other places ; in short , nobody could doubf that from three to four hundred thousand people would bave assembled at Olontarf , and if tbey did , sacred Heaven ! ¦ would they not necessarily have encroached upon the soldiers ? or , at all events , would it not be next to a miracle that some species of riot wonld commence ? for the most miserable Orangeman in Dublin might have set them all in confusion . Such an escape of massacre a people never bad . Such a set of men ought not te

      be in the government o ? Dalkey island . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) He had a copy of the proclamation in bis pocket , and he must say that a more illegal , or a worse constituted document , or one more dangerous in its tendency , was never before issued—( hear , bear ) . Ha would only ask them to contrast its lapgnaga with tbat of the proclamation issued in Wales , and they would see tbe damning diversity of the proclamation in Ireland . Ha would read the Irish proclamation" Whereas it has been publicly announced that a meeting ia to take place at or near Clontarf , on Sunday , the 8 th of October insc , for the alleged purpose of petitioning Parliament for a Repeal of the Ligislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland . " Now , mark the next— " And whereas advertisements and

      placards have been printed and extensively circulated , calling on the persons who proposed to attend the said meeting on horseback , to meet and form in processien , and to march to the said meeting in military order and array . " " Military order and array . " That was not true . It was trae that two silly advertisements appeared on Saturday week , but to which no name was attached , advising tiie horsemen to fall in groups , to prevent th ' .-ra interfering with those on foot ; but there was ns authority given by the Associ&tiou for issuing those advertisements ; and he believed that he himself had on tbe hist day cf their meeting turned them into ridicule . He supposed it was Blackbtrrne or Bra water that drew attention to these military advertisements , and dragged them into thair proclamation . But to go

      on— " And whereas meetings of large numbers of peraonB have already been held in different parts of Ireland under the like pretence , at several of which meetings Iangnage of a seditions and inflammatory nature has been addressed to tha persons there assembled , calculated and intended to excite discontent and disaffection in the minds of her Majesty ' s subjects , and to bring into hatred and contempt the Government and constitution of the country as by law established . " He ( Mr . O'Connell ) denied it . Instead of bringing the constitution into contempt , thej were seeking to revive it . They had always spoken with the highest respect of the Queen ; and as to bringing into hatred and contempt the- Government , he would say nothing about hatred , for it was an ugly word

      bat as to bringing them into conienipt , they were perfectly able to do tbat for themselves without the aid of the Repealers —( hear , hear , and laughter ) . They were the most contemptible administration that this or any other country ever had , or were likely to have in times to coma—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . He wouid proceed with this precious document— " And whereas , at some of the said meetings such seditious and inflammatory language has been used by persons who have signified their intention of being present at , and taking part in the said meeting , so announced to be held at or near Clontarf . " There was a phrase!—" persons who have signified their intention of being present ;'" but they did not say that those persons intended to repeat the language referred to , or even what the language was . Oh ,

      miracle of ¦ wisdom and sagacity . Was not this fudgeograpby personified . Let him go on—" Andwhereas the said intended meeting is calculated to excite reasonable and well-grounded apprehension—( he denied tho absurd allegation )—that the motives and objects of the persons to b ? assembled thereat are not the fair legal exercise of constitutional rights and privileges , but to bring Into hatred and contempt the Government and constitution of tbe United Kingdom as by law established , and to accomplish alteration in the laws and constitution of tbe realm by intimidation and the demonstration of physical force . " Recollect ( continued Mr . O'Connell ) that no evidence existed of any one of the charges set forth in that proclamation ; they were allegations—eharges on the mere ipse dixit of a few

      individuals ; and the nat ' on was to lose her rights because those persona thought proper to put together and publish all this calumnious nonsense . Did they allege that any violence was committed at any one of these meetings ? and did they dare to say that there wib even tbe slightest breach of tke peace attempted at the Repeal meetings ? No ; for they could not , with any decency , proclaim such a , gross falsehood—( hear , hear ) . Evidence of no kind was referred to in support of the charges in their proclamation ; and why ? because they had it not—( hear , hear ) . Bus let him read tha remainder of this splendid document . " Now we , the Lord Lieutenant , by and with the advice of ' her Msjesty ' s Privy Council , being satisfied that the said inu nded meeting so proposed to be held at or near

      Ciontarf , as aforesaid , can only tend to serve the ends of factious and seditious persons , and to the violation of the public peace , do hereby strictly caution and forewarn all persons whatsoever that they do abstain from attendance at the said meeting ; and we do hereby give notice , that if , in defiance of this onr proclamation the said meeting shall take place , all persons i- . tendio «; the same shall be proceeded against acc < iina to la * r . " Now mark what followed— ( hear )— " And we do hereby order and enjoin all magistrates and officers entrusted with the preservation of tbepubliG peace , and others whom it may concern . " He ( Mr . O Connell ) wonld venture to assert that a proclamation so worded had never been issued in England . They could not content themselves -with oalling upon all officers and

      justices of the peace to carry out their object , but they mm % bring in the low Orangemen to their aid by appealing to " all others whom it may concern , to be aiding and assisting in the execution of tk-e law in preventing the said meeting , and in the effectual dispersion and suppression ef the same , and in the detection and prosecntion of those who , after this notice , shall offend in this respoct aforesaid . " He ( Mr . O Coniiell ) would be ashamed of 'his profession , if be did not feel himself in a position to proclaim this proclamation as the grossest violation of the law he evet met o * heard of . Look at the wording of it . They were flrat to prevent the metsting , and then to disperse it ( laughter ) . Was it not ludicrous ? They were to taka care that the meeting should not happen ; and then they

      were to disperse it—( laughter ) . Such was the proclarnation issued on Saturday evening , and issued at an hour that must pteveot the possibility of its being made known to the people . What wonld have been tho issue if 200 , 000 men had come in yesterday , and that in any of the narrow passages one of them even pressed against a soldier—( hear , hear , hear ) , —and that angry words bad ensued in consequence ? These persons " whom it may concern' would , no doubt , be glad of an opportunity for some breach of the peace ; and , if the slightest occurred , there would undoubtedly have been massacre—( hear , bear ) . He would now give them the proclamation for Wales—( hear , hear , hear ) . It was to this effect— " Wheteaa in certain districts in Sonth Wales , especially in the

      counties of Pembroke , Cardigan , and Carnarvon , tumultuous assemblages of the paople , armed with guns and other destructive weapons , had taken place by night , and commuted outrages of a violent description upon the lives and properties of our subjects "—( hear , hear , ami cheers ) . Now , in Ireland they had no tumultuous meetings—they were not armed , nor did they inflict injury upon the lives and properties of the people . Contrast the conduct of the people of the two coua ' ries . Those tumuluous assemblages in Wales had puilad down tall-gates and demolished toll-houses , and they kad extorted sums of money from tbe people by threats and violence—fhear , and ebeers ) . Ii Ireland they bad been guilty of no such practices—hero all' was peaceable , and lives and property were respected . No outrage had been committed by tbe people at their meetings , however large ; and yet the proclamation called upon " all officers and justices of the peace" to

      aid in patting them down —( hear , hear , hear ) , while the Welsh proclamation called only upon the "« ivil officers" of the country to suppress those tumultuous meetings to "which he had referred . Was it f iir , ' was it just to make thia difference in the two proclamations , especially under the circumstances , and looking to the tate of affairs in tae two countries— ' ( hear , and cries of ' no , no" ) t He , for one , would not say that it was unlawful to disobey such a proclamation as this— -procla mations could not make laws . Acts of Parliament were at one time passed which constituted proclamations a part of tho law of the land ; but those acts were not now in existence—( hear , hear , hear , and cheers ) . A proclamation was of nse to warn people . against committing a crime , but it did not constitate a criminal He took , his stand there , declaring his solemn conviction that the men who ai ? neil the proclamation on Saturday ought to be impeached , inasmuch as they called on persons to act against the people who had no authority ( Continued in our Seventh page . }

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      IMPORTANT MEETING OF TFIE LOYAL NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION . — THIS DAY . ( From ihe Dublin Monitor of Monday evening . ) Tho usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held at the Abbey-street Theatre to-day , that building having been selected in order to accommodate the Liverpool and Manchester Repealers , who came to attend tho Clontarf meeting ; . Long before twelve o ' clock , the hour appointed for taking the cbair , ovory part ef tho theatre was crowded to execpfl . At a few minutes after twelve o ' clock Mr . O'Connell appeared on the platform , and was received with enthusiastic applause . On the motion of tbe Hon . and and Loarned Gentleman , John O'Connell , Esq , M . P ., was called to the chair .

      Tho Chavrmnn said he felt highly honoured at bring called upon to preside ovor this meeting , under ordinary circumstances ' it was a flattering distinction , but at thia important juncture he sensibly felt the distinction conferred on him by placing him in that important position ( . hear , hear ) . Ho con gratulatcd the noble pcoplo on tho conduct they had exhibited yesterday . Much as thoir conduct on former occasions was worthy of approbation , treble and tenfold was it admirable when contrasted with the behaviour of the ^ overnmeut ( loud cheers ) . Hitherto the people had implicitly obeyed the directions of those guides in whom they placed confidence ; and ho now called upon them to attend to the advice and directions of those who had assumed that office , and who would , notwithstanding what had occurred , stand by them for the Repeal ( loud cheers ) .

      When the Chairman had concluded his observations , and the tremendous applause with which he was greeted had subsided , Mr . Hanly , of Manchester ( one of the gentlemen who came over to attend the contemplated meeting at Clontarf yeBterday ) , presented an address to Mr . OTonnell . The address was then read ; When silence was restored , which was brobfn for several minutes after the reading of the address , which was greeted with tremendous applause .

      Mr . 0 Connell came forward , and was received with the greatest enthusiasm . He said that , as a matter of course , he felt deeply grateful for the eentime ta of open regard and public car fldence which th « address just read contained . He approved of much of It , and till the declarations respecting Ribbonism nnd secret societies , because he knew that no Repealer belonged to tboao illegal associations—( hear , hear ) . Although some Irishmen had been foolish enough to join them , tlity were more foolish than criminal , and be ( Mr . O'Conneli ) bad to thank the loyal man of Manchester that they were ready to use their exertions to put them down by every constitutional means in their power—( cheers ) . The feelings and sentiments of submission to the laws expressed , highly delighted him ;

      and their devoted adherence to the principles of tbe Constitution , and peaceful demeanour , contributed largely to his feelings of joy—( bear ) . If there was language of a strong nature contained in that address , he ( Mr . O'Connell ) had to eay that it was that of steady men and true patriots —( cheers ) . It would be contrary to hia principles of agitation "to do * otherwise than to keep the country and people tranquil—they Were in the right , and they would leave the reverse to their enemies—| tremendous applauie ) . The only tyranny he dislike * was the tyranny of the Union , and the only oppressor he recognised was the enemy of Repeal , in which was identified all their cause of complaint ; but when be ( Mr . O'Connell ) met such assurances , he was cheered on by the great confidence reposed in him ; and they might depend upon it , that by

      cautioning the people againut them—by cautioning the people against their enemies—keeping them steady and free from vice and breaches of the law , they would triumphantly succeed : for there never was a timethere never was a period , when the cry of " Steady she goes , steady , " was more applicable—( hear , hear , and loud cheery ) . The Repealers would not shrink from their duty to obtain a National Legislature again—( cries of " No , never ! " ) No , they would not ; and he requested that these gentlemen who presented him with the address from the Loyal Repealers of Manchester , would inform their friends in that to ^ ni that the ; were determined to nse every effort to effect a Repeal in a legal way , and to say that he ( Mr . O'Connell ) had no doubt of Bticcess , if the people took his advice—no more doubt than he bad of the rising of to-morrow ' s snn ( great cheers ) .

      Mr . Stbelk next introduced Mr . Kelly , of Manchester , to the meeting , who handed in £ 71 loa . from that town . In doing so , be said that he never felt so delighted in handing in money for any purpose as he then did for contributing to Uie funds of the Repeal Association . The reason be was so proud of the honour was , that it proved not only the fervid patriotism of ths Repealjrs of Manchester , bnt gave decided proof of their political wisdom and discretion ; because If there was a 1 vdy of Repealers ia the world that felt full confidence

      in the great Libera ) O < of bis conntry , it wa » those R « - pe& lers —( hear , hear ) . About thirteen months ago be ( Mr . Steele ) happened to be there when the Fearguaite meeti i » 8 » » nd riots were going on , and the loyal Re- ^ peater . ' d him the honour of requesting that he should go amo . ^« the m , and advocate the great question at their mi * tings ; but he declined it , saying that he wonld not have the name of an O'Connellite being supposed to take a p& \ 't in a political movement , for fear the Feargusitesmig ^ be mingled with the O'Connellites , and therefore tak "* > r them—( loud pheers ) . ]

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      ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS . ] ( From the Dublin Monitor of Monday Evening . ) ' Dublin Monitor Offick , Monday . ' Up to half-past five o ' clock yesterday , wLen we went ' to press , the troops remained stationed along the Clon- ' taif shore in the manner we have described . ! DuriDg the day Mr . Thomas Steele , ns Head Paciflca- '

      tor , appeared among tbe crowd with a large green bough , which he held aloft . He was dressed as usual , Bav ? that be sported his holiday cup with a gold band . ' He encouTaged many of the people to return home , and Bppeared anxious to prevent any breach of the peace ' but , indeed , bis services were not required as no disposition whatsoever to rioting was evinced by the multitude . In the course of the day some hundreds of respectable cit z 3 ns visited the scene of optrations . A great j . umberof ladies , in carriages , private jaunting cars , and vehicles of all descriptions , drove along the line occupied by the military , and appeared highly amused by tbe exciting scene . About four o ' clock we observed Sir Edward Blakeney , with a numerous staff , on the ground . Colonel M'Gregor , InBpector-Greneral of Constabulary , was also there . After remaining a Bhort time , Sir Edwatd and his staff returned to town .

      Return of the Troops to Town . —About halfpatt five o ' c ' . ock the order was given fur the trovpa to " fall in , " end preparations were made for returning to barracks . TDe 5 th Dragoon Guards waa first in motion , and Ebont six o ' clock the entire force was in full march for their re » pective quarters , where tbey ' arrived without the slightest accident taking plate . ; Along tbe Hue of march s ** at multitudes were asaem' bled . Some partial cheering took place as the troops j marched by , but the utmost good feeling was displayed . i The troops w « Te steady and orderly , and were treated with every respect by ths populace .

      Evacuation op Aldborough-Housb —We should like to know with whom the idea originated of occupying thiu old dilapidated building as a military position . As we have already noticed , it was taken possi-ssion of early yeeterday morning by a company of the S 6 tb , and maintained a very warlike appearance during tbe day . After six o'clock last evening , the entire force having marched into town frcm Clontarf , orders were Issued to evacuate this temporary fertress , which was immediately done . ARRIVAL OP TROOPS—MILITARY PREPARATIONS . It was frcm Weedon that the 34 th arrived yesterday . The firBt dfetach » ent , with the head quarters of the regimepl , arrived by her Msjfuty ' a steam-packet Merlin , and disembarked at Kingstown , reaching town by railway . *

      The remainder of the regiment arrived at the North Wall last evening , in the Duchess ef Kent steamer , belonging to the City of Dublin Compaay . This veasel ¦ wss chartered by the Manchester and Liverpool Repealers for the purpose of coming over to attend the Clontarf meeting } but the steamer was pressed by the Government to feriDg over the remainder of the 34 th . The 24 ih Regiment , from Glasgow , is also under orders for Dublin , and is exj eeted to arrive to-day or to-morrow . Three squadrons of the 12 th Lancers were ordered on Siturday from Manchester to Liverpool , to hold themselves in readiness for instant embarkation . Tbe 4 th Drago » n Guards , quartered at Newbridge , were conned to barracks on Sunday , and three squadrons were ready at a moment ' s notice to march on Dublin . STATE OP THE CITT LAST NIGHT .

      The same precautions that were adopted on Saturday night were also taken last nigbt The guards at the Castle , and at nil military posts , were doubled , snd regular patrols paraded the eity ; tbe mounted police , as usual , patrolling all the roads in tbe vicinity of the metropolis . The utmost tranquillity reign « d throughout the city during the night We went through tbe streets as late as twelve o ' clock , and foaod them comparatively deserted . The evening was very wet No disturbances of any kind took place . This Day . —As early aa ten o ' clock this morning vast crowds began to cengregata at the'Cora-Exchange , as it was understood thaUbe Repeal Association would hold its . usual weekly meeting . It was resolved however , to adjourn to the Theatre , Lower Abbey-strertt as the Corn . Exchange rooms wonld not afford aufficient accommodation .

      REPEAL ASSOCIATION— THIS DAT . AccordiBgly the Repeal Association met to-day in Calvert ' . Theatre , Lower Abbey-street . The theatre w crowded to suffocation , and a vast crowd remained otside unable to find standing room within . The greatest excitement prevailed , On the arrival of Mr . O ' Connell be was entkusiastically cheered as he made his way through the densely crowded street A Report of the proceedings will be found lower dewn . STATE PROSECUTIONS . The rumours we noticed as rife in the city on Satnrday and yesterday are still more confidently repeated to-day . * rfilfV " v ^' i ? ' ? ^^ Kon i , to be proclaimed : but , if so , why permit the meeting to be

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      SECOND EXTRAORDINARY EDITION . Dnblin Monitor Office , Sunday Homing , Oct . 8 . THE CITY IN A STATE OF SIEGE . L ^ st night Dublin presented tbe aspect of a city in a state of siege ! The guards at all tho military pests "were donbled , and regniar patrols were established . The police force "Were on the alert at all tbe stations , and txtra , nven in readiness to act Additional mounted police pstrellfcd on all the roads leading into Dublin . No rioting or disturbances of any kind took place . The population cocdncted themselves moat peaceably . Indeed tha extensive military preparations are made the subject of ridicnle^—the people laugh at tbem , and ¦ wonder how tbe Government could be jbo absurd as to fancy there was any intention of " a rising" on the part of the people .

      Arrival op the Rhadamasthus . —The Rhadamanthns war-steamer arrived st K ' . ngstown harbour last night , with a por tion of the 87 th Royal Irish Fusiliers on Board . Tbey disembarked this morning . The Dee war-steamer -with the remainder of tbe 87 tfe on bosrd , is expected to-day . Arrival op the Thirty-Fourth Regiment . The 34 th Regiment arrived this morning at Kingstown from Glasgow . It was intended to disembark at tbe North Wall ; bnt owing to the strong gale and the state of the tide , the steamer ran into Kingstown harbour .

      They disembarked this day . about ten o ' clock , and came by rail way into town . On crossin g CailiBle-biid ge , to pro © ed to % he Royal Barracks , tbe assembled crowd gave them three cheers , -which the officer in command mistaking for a hostile movement , ordered the regiment "to halt , " which was followed by " fix bayonets : " upon which the crowd gave three additional cbeerBJ The regiment then marched quietly to barrack . Aldbobough-Bocsb— Last nigbt a company of Infantry took possession cf AldboToogh-Eonse , situated on the North Strand , and commanding that portion of the road leading to Clontarf . Sentinels were posted , and all dne military precautiens taken , as if the City had been declared in a state of siege . ' Cknfcuf , Snnday , three o ' clock , ph .

      THE IKTEFDED MEETING , At an early hour this morning , a large body of troops , in full marching order , sixty rounds of ammunition having been served cut to each man , proceeded to tbe ground at Clontarf , "where it was Intended to hold the monster meeting this day . Last night , by order of the Connnittee of the Repeal Association , the platform which had been -erecttd was taken dawn , and all the preparations for the meeting that had been msde , were entirely removed . Tbe place of the inieDded meetiDg was " Conquer Hill , " which is on the Howth side of Clontarf , very near the entrance into Dollymount Numerous tents for the accommodation of parlies attending the meeting had been erected in the Tidnity , but they were all removed at an early how this morning .

      Prom nine o ' clock thia morning , the city was all excitement . Every species of vehicle was put in requisition by parties anxious to view the scene of ope rations . Thousands of equestrians and pedestrians moved towards Clontart to see the military display . On moving toward ! Ihe ground , the first thing that attracted attention wu a piquet of the 5 th Dragoon Guards , stationed < m the Clontarf aide of the Dnblin and Drogheda Railway , near Brierlty ' f BathJ . * irtf * 2 . TBBeed * long the line , MT « ral rtaff-offieen , with orderliu , were observed patrolling np and down , atDODg » bom tori Cardigan , Coloiel Frith , and some officers of the Hone Artillery , were distinguish

      Ai . you approached Clontarf , the 5 th Dragoon Guards w * . * tatio * ea . The men were allVusmraateS as on parade , ready to mount The men werVal accoutred-for active duty-each man and bonding provjsiomxl for twenty-four honrs . At Clonu-rf Green the 60 th Rifles were stationed . -The 1 ams •»«» piled , and the aen Btanffng-at-ease

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      in division ? . They wore not the shako , but their service caps , and each man had sixty rounds of ammunition . As we advanced towards the Sheds of Clontarf we found one briR&de of the Royal Horse Artillery , with two six-poundera limbered , and ready in all respects for instant action . Further on , the 11 th ( Prince Albert ' Hussars were Btationed—the mea were dismounted , and in tbe 1 same position as the 5 th Dragoon Guards . I Passing through the Sheds of Clontarf , we found the J 54 th Regiment of Foot drawn up in line—stat-ding-at-1 ease , with their arms piled before them . The men ; looked fatigued . j On aacendfaag to « ' Conquer Hill , " where the intended : meeting was to have been held , we found it entirely deserted . There were no troops tfeere , nor were there any people in its vicinity .

      | Along tbe entire line we have described—nearly four miles—the people were passing and re-passing in hundreds . There was no possibility of a crowd callecting at any one spot ; bb the people were confined to tbe road , which is bounded by the Strand on one side , and tbe fields , the property of Mr . Vcrnon . on the other , into which access was denied , Mr . Vernon being on the spot to prevent trespass . There was no manifestation of public feeling whatever . The vast crowds appeared influenced only by a feeling of curiosity . There was neither " cheering " nor " groaning ; " and , indeed , it would have been impossible for the multitudes along the line to have conducted themselves in a more orderly and peaceable manner . The troops on the ground also behaved well , and presented no obstacle to the people passing and repassing .

      Four o'clock , p . m . The troops still remain on the ground , guarding tbe entire line , as above described . The guard at Aldborough House still remains stationary . ; The crowd of people along tbe line is undiminisheibut not the slightest manifestation of feeling has taken place .

      I " MONSTER" DINNER AT THE ROTUNDA . ! To-morrow evening the firEt " Monster Dinner" is to i take place at the Rotunda , every available room of 1 which building has been engaged for the occasion . : Sir . O'Conneli will attend , and it ia calculated that some thousands will be present . The tickets have ; been made ao low as Sa . 6 d ., to admit tho people at j lartie . Hajf-paat Five oClcek . I We are just going to press Nothing baa occurred i in addition to vhat has been conmmnicattd . j Tje troops are still on the ground , bu = no diatu : b-< &nce of any kind haB taken place . ! Fall of the Funds —Although the Stock Exj change bad nearly closed when tbe Government Pro-1 clamation waa issued , the funds declined—Three per i Cent Consols 94 to 931 i ; Three-and-a-llalf ptr Coiit . Stock from 10 . i to lOi . f .

      Oa these evicts the Monitor has the following remarks : — The Repral agitators are quite rejoiced nt the most unlocked-for aid they have received ftoiu the Government . Their cause w . is growing somewhat desperatethey did not exactly know well what move next to take—the menster gatherings bad well nieh run outthe " Convention" could not with safety b 9 assembled —the people , who were instructed in glowing imafcory to look upon Repeal as unfait accompli , were beginning to find themselves &j far from t > h « realization of their hopes as ever—in short , the "Repeal Year " , which open 6 d with glorious promise , was about to close with lank performance—the bubble was on the eve of bursting—when , lo ! in steps her Majesty ' s astute advisers to the aid of the agitation ; and what would have etherwise been " the winter of their discontent " , is now " made glorious summer " , and all is full of hope , and bustle , and excitement once more .

      REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The Times' correspondent in the Times of TueEday . say * : So early as nine o ' clock « -n Sun . lay morning persons began to csaeinb ' e opposite the Corn Exchange-rooms , partly with a view to learn what the Committee of Management were doing , and pertly through a desire to obtain a , good place to be-ir Mr . O'Connel ) , in the event of hi « addressing the Association . The Hon Gentleman , however , disappointed them . Shouts that rent the air announced about two o ' clock

      tbat the " Liberator" was corning ; but , although the people by this time txtended in one dense mass from the Corn Exchange to Carlisle Bridge , and although the rooms of the Association were crowded with members and associates who had forced their way to them , despite of a previous announct-mv-nt that there wouid be no meeting , the Hon . and Learned Gentleman declined to address them , remained but for a short time iB one of the committee-roun's , and took his departure amidst the same vociferous cheering which hailed his arrival .

      Prosecution of Mr . O'Cojojell . —The same writer aay » : —I understand that 1 eporla of seme of Mr . O Connells spced . es are under the consideration of the law officers of the Crown , in toritemp / ation of aprosecu Hon .

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      _ j THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1234/page/6/