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      THE IRISH MOVEMENT . i ( Continued from otir sixth page . ) to do so . He supposed that they would next attemDl te proclaim down the Repeal Association : but , if they did , be kimself would be thefirst , after such a proclamation was issued , to go into 1 he room —{ cheers ) . Nothinu lixd occurred that would alter Ma comae of-eonduct or to prevent him from seeking for the Repeal or ' the accursed Umon ^ hear , hear , hear ) . He intended fcefere Parliament next assembled , that meetings ehould t * held a ! multaniK > usly in erery pariah in Ireland to petition for Bspeal ; but he Trould not yet poiat out ths d » y for these meetings , » he wanted to ascertain ^ heuiej thB exeitemeat consequant npon the proelamaSon had subsided . He { Mr . O-Connell ) -would work out the appointment of the

      Arbitrators in every district in Ireland ; and'he knew and was confident that the people would give him no small : belp in aoing 80 . The pl » n -was all plain and open before for their appointment , and' the Government proclamation he -was snre wonld tend to carry it out , as it nndoabtedly wonld add considerably to their fcrnds-fcheen ) . There was another plan Tie had to bring forward , which he -would * nbmit to the Association at its next weekly meeting Trhereby the debts due in England npon Irish estates -ironld be paid offbe -would propose to have shares of £ l in acompany got up to be vesied in the committee of the new shareholders , to have the interest payable in Ireland—Pond cheers ) . The more they proclaimed , the more prudent fiiey would be in adopting tlie means for effectually |

      tairyiBgthe Sspeal . So fax , at least , he { Mr . O'Gon-Bell ) was not . much abashed by a ] proclamation—by the last blow of the sword—( great applauBe ) . Ko , he was not in the least daunted . Upon the eonirary , he was doubly sure of success , a = d he called upon the people of Irsland to listen to him while he said that they then had an opportunity of making their country a nation again—Uoud cheers ) . -All they had to do ¦ was to ob = y him—iloaS cries of " we will , we wilL ") commij no rlbt ; and if you see attacked against the law and in spite of the law , and that all constitutdsnal guarantees are taken away , why there was no man living that would not tell yon , or any people placed in yonr position , to defend yourselves . He ( Mr . O'Con-Hell ) was truly convinced , howeverthat such a thing

      , could sever occur ; therefore , all the people had to do j was te keep within the law with him , and avoid the ! law with him , and he would promise . security and liberty to them and then- posterity—( hear , hear , and ¦ sheers ) . If they -violated the law in any respect they i would have the dragoons having an advantage ovei ! them ; he wonld therefore advise and urge again ' npon them to keep sober and peaceable , and the land 1 of his and their birth would be a nation again—icheers ) . \ They would hold tbsir simultaneous meetings , and carry J out their financial and general plans , including the" plan ! "which they had entered npon their minutes for the restoration of the Irish Parliament—( hear , hear ) . He } Wonldbring the cutset before the House of Commons I early in the ensuing session ^ and nntil then all he

      wanted was the people to keep ths law , when he wonld I undertake te get them justice—( cheers ) . They should ' aevar be guilty of a single crime or offence , or be the I means of shedding ene drop of hnman blood— i ( hear ) . The people of Ireland he called on to listen to him when he advised them not to be "hasty , but cool , ' quiet , and eanttons , until hs obtained for them every- thing that was . good % n& virtuous—( great laughter ) . 1 Let the honest Repealer allow no man to stand by ! bis side who violated the Uw , bnt let them all stand ' ¦ firmly together ., in holiness , fearing God , with an ardent I desire lor liberty , and a perfect determination never to I give np their rights , and success—Repeal—and justice ¦ was certain —{ great applause ) . Before he sat down , he ! ( Mr- O'Connell ) could not bnt say that the conduct of !

      She soldiers who were sent to Ciontarf on Sunday was > most exemplary ; but they had nothing to do , and was ; it not cruel to have them there perishing in the cold ? I However , sure it gave the Lord-Lieutenant an oppor- ! famity of reviewing his army—ibear , and laughter ) . ! They spoke of Repealers desecrating the Sabbath . ¦ Where was Lord de Grey , the Lord-Lieutenant , on j Sunday— ( heat , and groans )? He ( Mr . O"Connell ) of of coarse did not blame the soldiery . On the contrary , 1 he spoke well of them , as he did of the people ; i but he would say that it was shameful to resist the Repealers unless they broke the law—( appl ause ) . Peel : aaid , let the agitation go on , and the excitement will be soon at an end , and die away . The Government ' acted on that plan nntil Saturday-, when a proclamation ! was issued forbidding the meeting fixed to take place

      at Ciontarf being held npon the following day . It -iras * the last ef the monster" meetings , and they ihonght i proper * ohnng the military to pntit down ; bnt in spite i of the proclamation , Ireland should be free Uondeheering for several minntes , the entire meeting rising in a body ) . I > 3 ie-the Government issue such a proela- ' nation in England or in Wales » No , they daw not I « Therelore , if he iMi . O Connell ) wanted more proof I of the injustice of England and the necessity * or Repeal , hB had It—( loud cheers ) . The fate of Ireland ( "Was in the hands of ths people ; by ttra support of i the Eenerous millioEs , and them alone , ~ could justice be done to &eir wretcked country ] { hear , hew , hear , and loud cheers ) . But they had the support of the people , who promised to be i peaceable , and success was therefore inevitable— ( loud * iieersj . Ths green land of their birth would be a

      nation again ; for her honest inhabitants , her fertile ; Tallies , shall be the source of comfort and content to her honest people ; her beautiful hills would pour in their streams to work her machinery , and to carry on trade and eom : nerce , and her splendid harbours < Would be thronged with busy seamen , all actively : engaged in forwarding her prosperity , and making tier : —as she ever should have been—the happy nation of a happy and virtuous people—( cheers ) . Hurra , then , for Oid Ireland and Rep « al—itremendons spplanse )! Whoever ( they would remember ) committed a crima gave strength to the enemy ; therefore let Repealers pledge themselves to a perfect obedience to the law , and he would pledge himself , and vow solemnly before the inhabitants of the empire , that he -would sever be taken away from the legal pursuit of agitating for a Repeal of the Union until he aaw an Irish Parliament

      once more sitting m College-green—{ tremendous applause , which lasted for a considerable time , after which the Learned Gentleman resumed his seat ) , Captain SeaTEB . addressed the mesting . Mr- O'COKSBil then announced the Repeal Rent for the week to be £ 1 , 105 3 s . li—( loud cheers ) . £ 600 of that * nm had been received that dsy —( cheers ) , ' Major Kichoisox was then called to the chair , and the marked thanks of the meeting having been passed to Mr . John O'Connell , this very numerous assembly broke up . The association will meet again on Monday next The proceedings did not terminate tin feur o'clock .

      L £ S * We cannot but thus publicly tender our acknowledgements to the conductors of the Dublin Monitor *> r their kindness and promptitude in supplying-us with ihtEzlraordinary Editions of their truly spirited journal Fiom their pages we have given the foregoing interest ing account of the "Government Move " , preferring it far before the accounts that have appeared in the English Xbwly Journals . The conduct of the Monitor , of the World , and of the Weekly Freeman , contrasts strongly with that of the Kaiion in their respective treatment of the Northern Star : the three former Jonruabi regularly sending their papers in exchange ; while Hie Nation , has been withheld from ns for months together , although we have regnlarly forwarded the . ft orthem Star to the Satica-office . The Dublin Monitor not only sends its regularly pnbViBbed copies , but always duly forwards even its Extraordinary Editions , of-which it has had many , before the present exciting and eventfill time . For its great courtesy and kindness we thus publicly etprsa our thanks . ]

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      supported the administration of her choice as long as ofcr ^ ?! toj ^ ^ ^ « d even after they left office the Irish still continued to cherish that aff » c-; Uonate attachment to the person of the aovereim " - . ( cheers )—and that attachment wasnot , in the slightest ; degree diminished-thesr ) . They knew that the actions , which appeared to be hers , were essentially those of i the ministers , and the party that controlled her , and J compelled her to yield to that ministry—( hear , hear ) - | —and there was nothing thrt delighted him more than , the contrast of the allegiance of the Irish people , com-; pared with that of the Tory-psrty . From tte moment j MMcaaff on the throne sbe was made the victim of -heir calumnies . The Tory press teemed with nbomin i !! L ^ ! i ons ; and t * 1 ? leeli ° 8 of hostility waa

      . _ , j created in the breasts of young creatures , who spe-I enlated m fi ^ g ^^ at her ^^ 8 nd eTen < toe case of Oxford , the Jury was so formed that they haa a d ffieulty to find the unfortunate youth , P"ltj of having fired at the QaeeB- ( hear , hear ) . : In addition to that , when her husband was to have i ^ T " UMimBnt Toted to him . the Tories struck off - £ 20 000 a ye » T- ( hesr , hear ); md that very party ; that took off £ 20 , 000 from Prince Albert , Rave it to ! the beastly bigoted monster , the King of Hanover—; ( cheers ) . That was the contrast between them and the ;¦ Tones , and nothing sould > OEsibly prevent the conj huuancft of their allegiance- ( hear , hear ) . They knew ! that with the trick of yesterday , the Queen had nothing ; to do , although it was a good deal by accident that the blood

      ; of her subjects was not staining her streets—; ( loud ehsers ) . The Queen—( tremendous applause ) . ! Mr . OCOHSELL next rose , and proposed "The health of Prince Albert , the Duchess of Ksnt , the . miantPnnce and Princesses , and the rest of the Royal Family resident in England . " After landing Prince Albert and the Dachess of K-nt , the Honourable Gan-Ueman remarked that the royal infants were three ; barriers to tfee secession to the throne of England of ; that worthy whiskered potentate , the King of Han--. over . The toast was drunk amidst loud cheers . Mr . O'Connell said the next toast was one to which , the best of his life bad been d&voted—the cause of the ; people—the promotion of their happiness aiid liberties i ¦ —( cheers ) . He need not tell them how deeply he was nterested

      at this moment in the critical struggle affectng the liberties of his country . He was prond of his ountry , and with all his heart he congratulated the > eople on their victories of the two last days ( loud heero ) . Look at the ludicrous position of the Govemnent . After permitting twenty " monster" meetings , hey suddenly put down that to be held at ; Clontarf , so hat it was a toss -up—it was twenty to one that the Sovernment were entirely wrong , even according to the rule of their own conduct . He had reason to believe hat the Chancery seal had not been attached to the proclamation at five o ' clock in the afternooB—( hear ) . Be would call , in their behalf , on the people of England to save the Irish people from such men . He would call npon England to send them at least men with something more than lead in their skulls as rulers , if Bhe had any sympathy for Ireland . He hoped the

      excitement would soon be over , and that in a fortnight the simultaneous meetings in every parish in Ireland could be safely bffected— ( Loud cheers for some minutes . ) They should , on that occasion , petition the Qaeen , v « ith the name of every parishioner annexed , praying her , as she values the lives of her loyal subjects—men , women , and children—for not men alone , but women , and children , would have been slaughtered in the event of a collision with the soldiers yesterday—( groans )—remove the persons intrusted with the administration of affairs from all power and place , even as she valued the safety of her people .- —( Loud cheering ) . He trusted that all excitement amongst the people would be allayed , and that they would be enabled to assemble quietly in their respective parishes to petition their SovereigH —( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell concluded by proposing " The people , the source of all legitimate power . "

      Ml Gaxglbt spoke on the subject of this toast at some length , earnestly recommending union amongst the people . Mr . O'Cokneli said—The next toast , gentlemen , is one that yon will respond te with rapture— " The Repeal of the Union" —( long continued cheering ) . Having Bpoken so oftea on this toast , be should not trespass nt length on the theme . One thing he would say , Ireland woald never compromise—( cheers )—that Bhe would never accept of an instalment ef the Repeal—( cheers ) —that justice could be obtained from a local legislature alone —( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell continued to speak at some length , and in reference to the recent conduct of th « Irish Administration , observed that some people in England , looking to their acts , would say that he ( Mr .

      O'Connell ) had bribed them—( cheers and laughter ); but even if be had , they had not vicious ingenuity enough to serve him half so well as they hart done—( cheers ) . Then , it was said that , in case the Union was repealed , the Catholics would seek ascendancy ; but that snpposition was absurd and futile —( hear , hear . ) The Catholics had been three times in power , and they , unlike their Protestant brethren , refused to persecute at all—( hear , hear ) . Lat them produce one instance of persecution on the part of the Catholics , and he would give np the causa of Irelanl ; and they might readily know that he would not make such an offer , unless he knew it was impossible to meet it —( cheers ) . It was Baid that if the

      Union was repealed , the House of Lords would be Catholic . That was ridiculons ; for twenty to one wonld > e Protestant , and they would have , besides , Protestant England and Scotland at their back , and thtn they wonld have an equal share in the selection of the House of CemmonB—icheers ) . He had entered toomcch on the subject for an after-dinner speeeh , but his mind was filled wkh Repeal —( cheers ) . He did not want the Repeal without th « assent of a large portion of his fellow-countrymen—( hear ; . He was working for them as well as the Catholics —( bear , hear ) . He would have no distinction . Liberty to all was what he re quired , and that was what was meant by the Repeal of the Union .

      _ Mr . Cokway spoke very vigorously to the toast , and ridiculed the idea of compromise with the men who had robbed them of independence with much effect The R 9 V . Mr . Callakan , of Clantarf . proposed the health of the Chairman , Mr . O'Connsll , although he was aware , he said , that the man was not living -who xsould do justice to the subject Mr . O'COXNELL returned thanks in a few words , modestly disclaiming the merits which " his venerated and exhausted friend , in the intensity of his exaggeration" had bestowed upon him . He had devoted his life , which conld not now fee long in the order of nature , to Old Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Every Instant was

      hers , even in his dreams , and next to the greatest care , or that which should be so , of every Christian , was his solicitude for his country . » Loud cheers . ) She deserved to be prosperous . God had done everything for her , but man had marred His blessings . The humble individual who addressed them was struggling for her . It would be noble to succeed ; consolatory , in the nobleness of the object , even to fail—but failure there would be nsne —( chbers ) . The honr was approaching when the sun of liberty would Bhine on them , and show to the world " happy homes and alters free , " when the Irishman shonld cease to be a slave—lLond and enthusiastic cheering and applause ) .

      The Chaikmaic . rose t » propose the health of the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland , who , he aaid , formed a chain bright , glorious , and unbroken , from its Holy Fonnder till ths second coming of its great Master—[ cheers ) . TheRev . Mr . CALia . SAS , in obsdlence to the call of Mr . O'Connell , responded to the toast The Rev Mr . Kearney returned thanks for the second order of the clergy , whom be thought it was well for the people to have at this crisis , wheB notices posted np at dead of night were all they had to keep them from slaughter . That was the protection from massacre of their women , wives , and children , by men calling themselves a Government , —but , above all , a paternal Government—( Loud and derisive cheering ) . They did not interfere with Tara and other meetings ; bat when a few poor priests summoned one , it was ¦ appressed . The people of Ireland might ba sate that as they had never deserted taeir clergy , » o the dwgy would never abandon them—( load cheers ) .

      Mr . Hasblet , of Liverpool , returned thanks far *• The health of our friends from Manchester and Liverpool , " having been call&d on by Mr . O'Connell , Several other speakers addressed the meeting , which "was very enthusiastic and txeited throughout the evening .

      STATE OF DUBLIK , HONDA * SIGHT , The Times correspondent has the following ;— "The city remains perfecdy tranquil There is little or none of the excitement which might have been anticipated to result from the unexpected and decisive step " ad spied by Government . So far the agitation appears to be qaite crestfallen . Mr . O-Connell ' s speech to-dBy has perfectly dsmpsd the spirit of the ardent , but honest enthusiasts , who , despite their better sense , actually persuaded themselves that the man really ; meant to practise as ns preached . TMs day's proceedings ought to go far towards dispelling the silly bnt natural illusion .

      " The most rxigserated and senseless reports are in circulation respecting ulterior proceedings about being adopted bj Government . It is almost needless to add , that as lha * first step' remained a profound myBtery cure np to nve o ' clock on Friday evening , so great reliance can be placed on a very current rumour , that a warrant is out for the apprehension of Mr . O Connell , atid that the si tunes of the Repeal Association are to be forcibly pnt an end to . " Tne same -writer speaking of Mr . O'Connell ' s appearance at the banquet says" Mr . O'ConneH did not appear to speak with his usual firmness and animation , and was not looking quite so well as he has doae-lstelyr . There was a rumour currtiit in the room that an attempt will " "Sq made to arrest Lisi on bis return from the banquet , % rhieh caused great onecsrnesa and excitement aBiong those who believed it ; bat , I do sot think it 4 fcserving much notice . " -- * ;

      Chili . —Papers from Saintiago , to the 12 tbof Jaly have cozse to band . The Congress had met , and the President , in his opening speech , had made very san < f&ct-ory statements as to the condition of the country acd Us ftnaneial prospects . Tha-accounts for the year 1842 had not been presented ; but the Presidem declared his belief that the rerenne-ol' thai year would ba found to exceed that of 1841 ,

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      The following additional particulars respecting the riotain Rjas-shire , from the Inverness Courier , reached us too late for insertion in our last number . Our readers will remember the " glorious" capture ef one womanhy the valorous Mr . Camer > n . Here follows an account of her liberation by the people . The attention of the rioters was now directed to the rescue of the dairymaid from Cromarty gaol . At four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , about one hundred men , armed with sticks and other weapons , and ayreatnumher of women and children , entered the town of Cromarty . They marched in regular order , and took up their position in front of the gaol . The Sheriff-Clerk and Procurator Fiscal having been consulted oy the Provoat and magistrates , the whole repaired to the spot , and endeavoured to disauade the people from any

      outrage . The lattxr demanded the liberation of the female prisoner , which was , of course , refused . Tha rioters then gave the autliorilies five minutes for deliberation , stating that if the woman was not given up to them , th « y wonld tak » toe matter into their own hands . During this brief interval , the Rev . Mr . Stewart , of the free church , was seat for to remonstrate witU the people . He instantly came and addressed them ; but though well received , the Rav . Gentleman made no impression on the resolute and determined mob . The magistrates declining to liberate the prisoner , the men proceeded with hammers and bludgeons to force open tbe door . This was , after some labour , accomplished ; but two inner doors had still to be broken open , and these also being forced , the woman was carried out in triumph amidst tremendous cheering , and borne on the shoulders of her associates through the town , the whola party going in tbe direction of Rosolis .

      On Saturday tbe mob repaired to the house of Mr . Mackintosh , the principal tenant atResolis , who has aduerud to the established church . Fortunately Mr . and Mrs . Mackintosh had time to escape—tbe latter , it it eaid , disguised—and both have found protection in the bouse of Sir Hugh Fraser , at Bra ^ laugwell . The populace searched every corner of tbe house ; butySading none of the family , went away . The Barca day hir RugU Friz r ' s carriage was stopped at the ferry by the R ) s ° keeu people . It had been xngaged to convey a lady to Kineraig , and waa then empty , but the riottrs finding their search ineffectual , employed themselves in stoning the coachman .

      The whole of this part of Ross shire may now be said io . be at the inercy of the populace . The law is in complete abeyance , for the civil power ia inadequate to the protection of the peaceable inhabitants , and even if ifc were possible to seiza the principal rioters their asao-( rates would assemble and rescue them . The rioters have nightly watches placed on the houses of the local authorities and every movement is known to them . Various threatening letters have been sent to the heritors and adherents of the established church . S ^ iue of the persona dressed in women s clothes at Rosskeen and Resolis were , it is Baid , mea ; but the ringleaders have mude no attempt at disguise . They haye acted openly in daylight , and are known to the civil authorities , though the latter dare not apprehend them .

      The authorities of Ross-shire will soon , we understand , be reinforced by military power . A party of the 87 th Royal Irish Fusileers , from Edinburgh Castle , are ixpectcd to arrive this day ( Wednesday ) by the Duke of Richmond steamer , and will probably lie at Invergarrton . The number of men is said te be two hundred , which will be strengthened by future reinforcements , if necessary , their quarters to be at Fort George . Two of the rioters , -we understand , have been apprehended , and are in custody in Dingwall gaol , that of Tain not being considered safe . They had come to Inverness , and whilst in the Court-house , during the sitting of the Justiciary Court , were apprehended by Mr . Macbean , the superintendent of police . Bsth are young men belonging to Tain .

      The class of people by whom these outrages are committed is chiefly that of small tenants , or cotfctra , their families , and farm servants . They act with energy , because they , believe they are fulfilling a religious duly ., before which the sacrifice of property or life is a trifle . Nothing bnt an overwhelming force will ever deter them from closing the churches and manses of the establishment , and preventing their being ever occupied .

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      Bolton . —Attempt to , Set FjRE * P X , p 9 *? 9 tf . Mill —Durhte tho night 6 f ; Tri ( itty lflS | ia ; d ?» boHcat aUeaipff was iaade to set Ji * e"to' tne ^ ttojt'tnul ^ ot Mcssn .-Aihswort-h ' - ' a ;^ 'Little Boiton . It ¦ ap p ¦^ ii / tb . at ^ i "' p >" ^«; : o ^¦ DnflUBg ..= oottou waste bad been tnrdwii through the ventilator of one of the lower windofirsi where ifc bun # a # ay without doing any damage * On the previous day ,, a jq aiiuity ot cotton wwlying at the plaoe where the tiro was thrown ; but it had fortunately been re * moved bafore tho mill was cidged , and thus thointen- . tiou oi the parties was frustrated . ^ We ^ nnderatano '' Jierehave been two or three attempts of the kind wnthiM a very short period . A reward of £ 50 has been . c * ff ; red tbe intormaUou against the parties .

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      Morning Chiiontcle , TuESDAY . _ lt will be seen by the letter of our Dublin correspondent , that the exertionei of the popular leaders were completely successful and that the peace ofithecity was undisturbed through , oui Sunday . The military preparations of the Severnment were upon tbe most formidable and extensive scale , ^ S ^ s ^ Souf ° 8 eMe ° ttt 0 PMBt o r 6 Ddere < I Further reflection jupon the conduct of Government only confirma our former opinian of its uaparaileltd rashness . Even the utmost activity of those who had the deepest interest ia the preservation of peace cauld not prevent the danger arising from thousands of people flocking into the city , to take part in tbe proceeding of tbe meeting , in complete ignorance of the intention

      of Government . There is no possible excuse for exposing the people to the hazard of conflict on account of an involuntary breach of the proclamation . As our correspondent observes , the authorities at the Castle might just as well have issued their irohi-bition en the Friday morning as on the Saturday evening . That they intended to prevent tbe meeting is evident from the military preparations I that were nude , the completion of which wa 8 « vidjently the work of some days . Why not give the puople the advantage of as much previous notice as possible ? The fact that the day passed off without bloodshed in no degree palliates the guilt of those ^ hoae precipitation w .. uld have been responsible for ; any disaster that might have occurred . :

      It Is not easy to account for this tardy adoption of what is termed " a vigorous policy . "' Still less easy is it to foresee any advantage that will result from it . All the mischief of prolonged agitation has been already effected . The advanced state of the season would have done more than either military or police to put an end to those open air « f monster meet ' npa . " In point of fact that of Ciontarf waa the last to be convened . Having permitted them to be hsld from the beginning without interruption , the moment the enthusiasm of the peopla was beginning ] to subside , and these meetings , by beoming common-placo , were becoming comparatively harmless—at a moment , in fact , when there was some hope that the agitation would have lost its moat dangeroHs peculiarity , iby no longer apoearini ? in the im «

      posing attitude of assembled counties and provinces , in steps the Tory Government to the reliaf of Mr . O'Connell , who , ns they aai <| was now driven to his last shifts . The agitation is invested with a new Interest , and by the application of one of those active stimulants by which Sir Robert Peel so often revives a sinking disaffection , U rescued from the totpor into which it was almost certain to fall during the winter season ^ For newly twelve months the whole Tory press has been taunting jibe Premier with hla apathy . Within the ilast few weeks they have been , on the other hand , proclaiming that the Repeal fevur was subsiding , and were pointing to the diminished receipts of ' the rent" as evidence . So

      convincmg seemed the proof , that but a few days since the evening organ of j tho Government declared that " no reasonable man cbuld deny that the " repeal agita-. tion was already suppressed . '' This alone seemed capable of rousing tnesdormant energies of our vigorous Cabinet , and Mr . O'Connell ' s exhausted resources are recruited by a proceeding which we venture to predict will furnish materials for a more prolonged and dangerous agitation than ] any that has yet disturbed the unhappy country wbJck bas been alternately blessed andbfflcted by his ttirbulenb career . So long as the agitation was pronounced to be really dangerous , Sir Robert was not to be moved by any supplieation or any taunts , t » interfere with it The moment be is assuTec ! that tha storm had spent its fary , and tbat there is a prospect of returning ealm , he for the first time bestirs himself , and within twentyf ^ ur hours restarts the agitation to more than its old strength ! Rumours were prevalent in Dublin that the military demonstration was only preliminary to further proceedings , the prosecution of Mr . O'Connell for sedition amongst them . With ! the military resources at present at their commend , Ministers deem themselves sufficiently strong to attempt anything in the way of coercion . But we hope there is ; a limit to the folly even of Sii Robert Peel ' s Cabinet

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      Globe , Tuesday . —It is possible that we may err in suspecting the present Government of acting with a purpose , and intending to follow up systematically their fint move ag ; iin > t the Repealers . However , we think it is pretty evident that they do intend something of this sort , and jthat this " sudden fling of a shy wrestlM , " as the Timqs calls it , is a prelude to farther steps—to proceedings { for following up cannon law by an appeal to more regular jurisdictions . We look upon the suddenness of tht * proclamation and array which prevented the Ciontarf meeting , to be the deliberate , though unexpected , unmasking and openiug of analready prepared battery . We look upon it as expressly Intended to make thai ; attack on a grand metropolitan Rppeai field-day , which O'Connell defied Government to attempt making . Andi so for , we are not sure buc there may havo been some tactics in the proceeding . The Government knew it was strong enough to dettr the Repaalersfrom direct collision with its armed force , aud its design seems to have been to signaiise the intimidation . If tbe Irish people had been in tbat state of unanimous disposition and 1 determination to resist the first

      attempt of administrative aggression airaioat these gatherings , as Mr . O Connell has been telling Europe and the world they are | all through the summer , immediate mischief must have come of this sudden pu'l-up in the very Repeal head quarters . The Government knew , as every one else did , who was in the habit of comparing words with facts , that no such national unanimity existed , and that no Three Days were likely in Dublin . So far , th « a , they have won a cheap and bloodless triumph . They have shown—if Ifc wanted showing—that the B \ yaggering style of Ancient Pistol , cloaks in Ireland just what it cloaks everywhere . One wholesale effect may have been produced by the contrast bet ween words and action in this agitation . A spirited peuple may have been made , and \ re hope have

      been made , ashamed jof utterance of t eiupty Bebadilism—of boastings and of railings which nothing but hot blood could excuse—and whose cool blood is now manifest . This , is not the attitude that Ireland should hold , te honour | her national character . It is not the attitude she ever held , till these days of agitation on hollow pretexts . Abundant danger and violence there may have bsenj but not calculated violenceverbal danger . Agitation for impracticable objects , with unreal passions , involves loss of self-respect Popular ebullitions cease to exhibit anything that is reapeotabltf , when it is once sean that their actore are not In real mortal earnest in their parts . If this is all that Government were intent on showing , they are so far successful . But they are how , it would appear ,

      about recommencing a ] course in which OCunm-11 has never before failed to bsfflj their predecessors . Under the second Anglesea Administration , tbe Lord Lieutenant put in force the aumutary powers of the Act which bad been passed two or three years previously for putting down tbe Catholic Association . ' O'Conn >» li . " says the author of Ireland and Us Rulers , '' " was . then in his glory—an oppressed man ! —a victim to tbe tyrant rulers ! He was aupphud with a budget of grievances , on which be diiaied triumphantly . Prevented from holding meeUncB . he used the press for the puipose of agitation , und wrote iff every wn . k a lengthy I epistle to the newspapers , He bsfflid the Government on tbe prosecu ' . iun , first by demurring lo the indictment , then by withdrawing his

      demurrer , end pleading ' not puiity / and afterwards withdrawing that plea Ifor one nf ' guilty ; but before he could b 8 brought up for judgment , tbe temporary Act under which he was indicted had expired . " Tha Herald , which we may now regard as the sole moreing organ of the Gavernmeut , after awaout > cing ¦ wiih complacency tbat " Ireland is now completely fortiflwi ; its defences are scientifically finished ; columns , of troops are so disposed j as to intersect , from four different points , the island at an hour's notice ; . and if the Rapealers are I prepared ' to do <> r die' the simple is prepared for "'—proceeds as follows t —** At Mallow My . OConnell iciareel the € t > verum ' cnt to go to war with him ; at Lismore he dared it to ^ o to law with him . It now depends on himself whttf ier there shall

      be blooc ' . abed ; but it does not , w « trw at , depend alto getter on himself or his future coa / j jet whether he shall be prosecuted forlseditioa . Fv > r there i % amongst his later written manifestations u& j of bo monstrous and scandalous a character , one so 6 . ul and violtut . ono so false and treasonable , that -we Sr ( ploru hor Majesty ' s Ministers , in justice to i tho Suvew ign whose authority it attacks , to the I ^ egMkuuta whose character it maligns , and to the loyal and w eli-affeeted subjects of Qaeen Victoria , whom it decc-w , . and calumniates , to make thia document jibe saVj ^ t . m ^ tfer of a State prosecution against Mr . 1 > uiet O Connell , whose signature it bears . Nothis g , indeed , aave techrical difficulties—save petttfo 2 giDg ltgal Obstacfes ' can , after toe taken

      . step on . ' Saturday , justify the "Irish Eseftntte inr not tasti * ating criminal proceedings against Mr . OCroueUJi « e r the address 'To the tnhabitents of the ccmctrU * * Ubj , Cf to ttiefirltish CrftnT which he iBsaedftpm . Ur e Corn Exchange on 13 th Sep-? eiaterlaBt . " We i ^ . th ^ tatofo , ^^ ^ Masters mean to prr jBecute Mr . OConnell ; Bnd if they « aly conduct their proceeding as cleverly as they did against Feargus O'Connor , we may expect to see the professional powevB which distinguished the great A « itutor * outset obfatu victory no less easy and complne ' F '* l 1 ? P ° " ! awye " . tnan Royal Proclunntinn , , ' jacked i > y Saayor . ec and cannon , have done , over ihv la ^ t I " monster EBtjeUag . --

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      Tipperart . —The following is an exttact of 8 tetter received in tow \ i to-day : —Oa Taursd ^ y , toe 5 ' . & in 3 t . Captain Irvine , at'companied by a surveyor and several of his tenants , w . ^ nt to the boa ; of K llavsjfan , uear Templemore , for tht purpose of marking anil measuring portions of it for th ' - ' uae of the tenants by whom he was attended . They > were met by a large body of the tenants of other parts x >\ the lauCa , apparently unarmed , when suddenly they pn'duceel bjiirfgeons , pitchforks , and stones , although there ware no stones on tbe bog , and those which were used must have been brought by tbe assailants , concealed a ^ ut th 9 ir persons . Thus armed , they commenced a ful ions attack on their land * lord and his party , and finally drave them from the bo ? . One of the ringleaders , tamed Fogarty , had the effrontery to come immediately' » fter into the petty seisions co ^ rt-house of Templem ira , where the magistrates were then sitting , and where , he was apprehended . —Times .

      Visit of the Grand Duke Michel to Ireland . —It is rumoured that the Grand Dake Michel of Russia , who has arrived in Eugiand on a visit to her Majasty , will - » isit Ireland . A gentleman in the * Grand Duke ' s suite was lately in Belfast—Banner of Ulster . . ' Repeal Arbitration Courts—The Drogheda Argus announces the appointment of Arbitrators at Muilagh , county of Civaa . Several of the country people submitted their dispntes to tha new court , whose decisions gave great satisfaction . The Antv-Rent Movement . —Mr . T . M'drUiyv the Repeal attorney of Skibbereen . holds Iand 3 near Bantry , on which a considerable arrear <* f rent waa due . He sent his bailiff and drivers , who seized cattle for the rent ; but tha tenant rescued the cattle , and sent the drivers back to their employer , Mr . Downing .

      Abbitration Courts . —We ( Kerry Examiner ) understand that preparations are being made for immediately opening courts of arbitration at the Causeway and Balljhigue . A warm contest ( says the Ballyshannon Herald , Tory print ) ia going on throughout several parishes of this county for the situation of Repeal arbitrators . The Arbitration Court for the large and respectable distriot of which Rathmines is the centre , will open in a . few days . Mr . Hamilton , the secretaryhas iseued several notices , and others may be had from him . A regular court is in course of preparation . John O'NeiH , £ ? q . ex-J . P ., of Bunowen Castle , is chairman of the court .

      Wo ( Limerick Reporter ) have the highest gratification in announcing to our fellow-citiiens that the gentlemen appointed as a committee at the last public meeting have not only been punotual in their attendance } to discharge the duties \ imposed upon them , but Juve succeeded beyond their most panguine expectations . They met on Wednesday evening , and adjourned to Thursday , to ballot for abnrators , when the I following gentlemen were Belected . and have , we aro assured , consented to act : —The Right Worshipful Martin Honan , Mayor ; AMerman Shannon , Mayor elect ; Francis John O'Neill Esq ., ; Nicholas Kelly , E-q ., T . C .: JOhn Spillaine , E ? q . ; Michael Q . tin , Esq ., T . C . ; Wm . Griffin , E > -q ., M . D ., T . C . ; William Geary , Esq ., M . D ., Alderman ; Richard Boekin , Esq ., Alderman ; R . F , R ° gan , Esq ., Alderman ; Thomas Wallnut , Esq ., T . C .: John M'Donnell , Esq ., T . C .

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      " THE CONDITIONOF . ENGLA . N 3 > QUESTION . " How does it come to pass , that with us misery is ths fruit of successful labour—that with as experience does not teach caution—that with us the most munificent charity is unable to check the- accumulation of evil , moral and physical , with which it vainly endeavours to contend . ? How is it , that white the wealth of England is a proverb- among nations , the distress of her labourer is a by-wevd no less universal ; that while her commerce encircles the globe , while her colonies spread through both hemispheres , while regions hitherto unknown axe but the resting-place of her never-ceastag ontergrise— . hs producers o £ all this wealth , the causes of all thia luxury , the iastiamento of all this

      civilization , He tf « vn in despair to perish by hundreds , amid the mtratf . as of triumphant industry by which they aw surrounded ? How happens it , that aa our empire- extends , abroad , security diminishes at home ? tbat aa our repuiation becomes more' splendid , and GUI ' nttituiie more commanding ^ the fabric of car strength decays and oar soek-l bulwarks rock from their foundatioa-i ? Wfco can say that the skill and valour of the ge-neral who haa added a province to our Indian empire — who , triumphing over obstacles hitherto insutmountabi < " has osused the tide of victory to flow frOm Eisfc to Wfcat , « . ud mad « tha Sspoy invincible—^ -mns not era

      Jon ; - bt called npan to fulfil the thankless task of suppressing insurrection , and to control the kindly fury of a mist&ben , it is true , but of a kindred population ! Shill the day indeed come when in our streets there shall be solitude , and in out harbours ba . heard no Sound of oars , neither shall gallant ships pass thereby ? Is the vaunted splendour of thte country to furnish a melancholy lesson of the instability of earthly power , and its fate to conclude a tale more glorious , to point a moral more affecting , than any which Tyre , or Sidon , wrC .- ti ., < . ' hava furnished to carb the insolence of pr ,...,,,..-. -. \ to sfcsw the insignificaHce of man t—B ' uchwsod Magazine . : ¦

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      BEPEAL DINNER AT THE BOTTTNDA , ( From the Morning Chronicle of Wednesday . ) The Dinner , which waa to have followed tbe Repeal znsetiojt at Ciontarf i-which had been abandoned in codsequauce of the proclamation of the Qavernineirt ) , took place in the Sotnnda , all the rooms in that vast building , ttie most ipaciana for public aecoinmodaiian in this city , being devoted to tbe entertainment of the cempany . ! Eh& platform for tbe chair was erected in the large circular room , which was hrOliaatiy lighted , and the walls Were decorated with fligs and banners . Tha doors were opened at-five o ' clock , when the rush was tremendous . All the tickets were disposed of early in tbe day , up"warda « f 2 . 00 D having been issned . Sackville-street and Cavendish Row , adjoining theHotnBda . were crowded , and the proceediass at the Rotunda appeared to excite the deepest interest .

      At haH-past five Mr . O"Connell , accompanied by several aldermen and members of the T- > 5 rn Council , in ihBir robes , entered the principal room , and was received "with a tremendous bu * a : of acclamation , the tand playing Sea the conqnenn * hsro eomej * " From Sat hour the company came in so rapidvy that , in a short 6 ma , the room , l « ge as it was . became very in-• onve-. iiKitJy crowded It was far-anu-awoy the most mKnerous dinner-meeUns { I ever beheld . Certainly nothing like it , as a popular < iemo : ist ation , had taken place in Dublin before the itsving of tht Gurx .-xmenl ynx ^ oDjottoa . Mr . OGonnell presided . O » lo ? to the obstructions caase < l by tbe crowds standing , for want of sitting »» m , m the passages - ear the cross-table . I had no opportunity of aeeing tho » e who sit around him . They were chiefly members of tLe corporation .

      I learned that upwards of a thousand persoa * applied « the doors t » pay fOT admission ; but thers was not *» o » to xmshjin a aingle individual Tie heat -was extremely oppreaave . At ten minute * to seven . afteT dinner , t&s . OXJonnell ( Who wa » Greased fr the robes of Lord Mayor ) rose * n"O 8 t a most extraordinary bm-ot of acclamation . The 5 * 5 * 00 ? cheer * and hurrahs continued for some minntes . When silence was Testored , Mr . O'Coxhsxl advanced to the front of the platwna aadissid- ^ propoaM tfce first toast , be readiiy tnew

      jfcat they antieip&teJ what it should be— ( hear , feear >—and that they would heartily ami warmly- re-» pona io that toast . It -btse—ibe health of £ b « -n exetl-* ent Sovereign , the Qucea , God bless hfr—lehntwi . And , in calling their attention to that toast be c -nld « ast—and he thought it was b prond Twist—thtt me People of Ireland had- been peculiarly snatched , by Sheir allagiance to the present sovereign— ihesr . btari . 33 iey loved her in'hfcr childhood for her father ' s * ake , and ttiey hailed with delight her ascension » Ui 8 throne—{ hear , and cheersj . ? ha Irish people

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      THE ENGLISH DAILY PRESS . Tbat the reader may ihe better understand the nature , extent , scope , and intention of this Governmental stroke ! of policy , we deem it fitting to present him with the " sayings" of the Dailies on the pr oclamation . The extraot from the Herald is particulany deserving of attention . The Herald is the ofiicial organ of the Ministry . It will ba seen , from the extract that we give , that Mr . OConnell is to be Prosecuted . Times . Ifomfay—TheGovernmenthasat length spoken ont On Saturday it took its first step te suppress the Repeal agitation , by issuing a proclamation against the proposed meeting at Ciontarf . The proclamation will be obeyed . Immediately after its publication a document

      was put forth by the Central Rspeal Association ; ungrammatical indeed in construction , and unwieldy in ita tottuous prolixity , but intelligible In thU—that it forbids the Repealers to assemble at Ciontarf . The first blow has now been struck at the head of Irish disaffection . We rejoice at this unhoped for display of Ministerial vigour , but our joy ia not unmixed with regret and doubt We regret that the blow was not struck much earlier ; we doubt whether its single force will be Buflicient to crush the objects of ita aim . Had a proclamation similar to this been issued Bome ten or tweive months ago—when , tbe Repeal rent was yet inconsiderable—when the provincial meetings were yet unannounced— -when the popular spirit of the southern and central counties had not been kindled by the cry of

      •• Independence for Ireland !"—how much of poBitive evil would have been avoided ? How much of a ^ - prtshended calamities foregone ? The poor would not have been pillaged to enrich a bubble treasury—the priests wsuld not have been bullied into a collusive and dishonourable repudiation of rents—the Roman Catholic Church would have been spared the degrading exhibitions of a M'Hale and a Lord Higgins—the weak and timorous flock of small and needy landowners would not have been bribed by the hope of getting their own Into the same ranks with their ignorant and impetuous peasant *—above all , the dignity of the British Government would have been vindicated , and its power to check and punish , as well as to reward and foster , would have been proved in the eyes of Ireland ond the

      world . But aa it is—no : we will not anticipate evil from the realisation of a policy which we ourselves have bo steadily and incessantly recommended . We do not fear any ill consequence from vigour . But we do fear everything from a complication or force and laxity—of violence withont vigour , and moderation without firmness—of apolicy vibrating between a harshness which will irritate without subduing , and of a clemency which will provoke neither gratitude nor respect . Let the Minister be firm ; let him he consistent in his plans ; let him not issue proclamations one day , and countenance illdesigned sedition the next . He has put his hands to a work which requires counge and consistency ; let him not shrink back from it , until he can say , The agitation is no more V He is an admirer and an imitator

      of Walpole . Bat hai he yet to learn that a Walpolian policy cannot govern Ireland in stormy times t « He who would administer her wisely and govern her successfully , must awe by his prowess before he seeks to win her rfections by his kindness . Walpole shrank from facing the Highlander as became him ; and they rebelled . It was reserved for the high courage and chivalrous bearing of Chatham to conciliate the unsubdued warriors of the North , and to unite a brave nation Bmarting from tbe wounds of a recent conflict by tbe strong ties of amity and loyalty to a people whem they bad detested , and a king whom they had disclaimed . Sir R . Peel dreads unpopularity . This ia an amiable weakness , but it is & weakness . An honeat Minister must often consent to loae , a great Minuter will

      orten aspire to deserve , popularity . Xo preserve an empire is a merit which transoends the ephemeral applause , of mobs and factions . We cannot insure him against virulent invective and eowardly imputation for bold counsels and Btrong measures ; but we can nndertake to promise him xn the contest into which he has even thus tardily entersd , the ui . flinebing support of the loyal and the right-thinking throughout tbe country , whatever be the extremities which , as a Minister , he may be compelled to faee . Lst him recollect that a Ministry may weather a tempest of odium , but no Ministry can withstand the blight of national contempt . We do not , however apprehend tbat he will be exposed to any extremities ! The leader of the anti-English faction is an astute man ; he will not commit himself as long as he can help it Is it too much to suppose that he is moderately humane ; and that he wil p not rashly pit his

      followers against a power which they would in vain rtaut ? We believe that of all Irishmen O'Connell is the one into whose heart this proclamation has canveyed the most sincere pleasure . Like the giant in the Eastern tale , his enemies have helped him out of a great strait But his worst foes are in his own camp . For the future , gloom and uncertainty still cloud it All , under P / ovidence , depends npon the unvacillatinu firmness ef Government They h « ve a large party in Ireland ' - ; they have all England and Sootland to back them . It will , indeed , be disgraceful if with such odds they fail . For the aake of EuglUh honour , for the glory of the British Crown , we wish them well through their parts in the Irish drama . But we ave , above all , anxious on the score of Ireland herself . There is a heavy debt due to that country . Much is to be done for her ; much more , alas ! than legislation ever can achieve . Her maladies are mostly those

      "Wherein tbe patient must minister to herself . " But still shs has a right to clai » the attentions of s be * nign Government ; she has a right to have her rea grievances redressed , her imaginary grievances examined ! —she has a right to kindly and just treatment from the united Parliament , and to such practical and necessary reforms as legitlative authority can tffeot But all thtse rights must be withheld so long as she is tbe willing victim of selfish turbulence . No Senate will conciliate , where it is certain that conciliation will be distorted into fear ; no statesman will fling his bread upon the waters of strife , or seek to lull the discord of one people by compromising the honour of his own .

      Post . Monday Government Pkoclajution AGAINST KEPEAL MEETINGS IN IRELAND . —Al length vigorous measures are announced for the suppression of these monster nuisanoea . On the afternoon of Saturday a proclamation was issued at Dublin by the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland . The coliateraUtocutnstances that have transpired all concur in proving that this determination of the Irish Government has been formed after the most mature consideration , and that they have neglected no means to ensure its perfect efficiency . Lord De Grey was ordered back to his post at a few hours' notice ; the Lord Chancellor was , with similar urgency , hastened over from England ; a sudden stop was put to Lord Cardigan ' s leavt , of absence from his regiment ; the 34 th Foot were em .

      barked on Friday at Liverpool , and further reii . fursements wero expected from Scotland . Tue vigour displayed in these preliminary precautions is in perfect conformity with the resolute tone of vhe proclamation itself . It distinctly , and in more than one place , characterises the language used at former RBp * al meetings , as " seditious and iiiflmcniatory ;'' and the objects of these assemblies nre declared to be " not the fair legal exercise of constitutional riRbts and privileges , but to bring into centempt the Government and constitution of the United Kingdom as by law established , and to accomplish alterations in the laws and constitution of the realm by intimidation and the demonstration of physical force . " The proclamation goes on to wain all persons

      against attending the meeting at Clontatf , which wbb fixed for yesterday ; and concludes with directing the proper authorities to proceed according to law , against those who may persist in being present , and to disperse and suppress the meeting . Such are the principal points in thia remarkable document ; and , without stopping to gratify any personal vanity of our own , by remarking that the language now employed by the Government is precisely that which we have used till we could no longer vary the phrase—we will at once , and with earnest sincerity , congratulate her Majesty ' s Ministers and the country on the wise and manly course they have now adopted . We rejoice at it , not

      because we have any ill feeling against the Irish people , or any desire for violence or bloodshed ; but because we are tired—and tbe English nation is tired—of seeing the laws insultud , and the Constitution set at nought . There is no duty imposed on the Executive powers more urgent and imperious than that of maintaining social order ; and , believing thia to be the sole aim and ohj ^ ct of the pre » ent measure , we merge all minor considerations in the hearty desire to see it crowned with sue-«*« . That it might have been taken sooner it is needless for us to repeat our opinion ; that it it taken now will notonly secure to the Queen ' s Government the warm approbation of all the loyal and right-hearted ot her Majesty ' s fiurjects , but recover for it the good opinion of the nations of Europe .

      Chronicle , Monday— Ministers have at length determined to act m Ireland . It is not their fault if even while we write tbo streets of Da bun are not deluged with blood . The tffurts of Mr . O Connell , of the popular leaders , and the priests , may have succeeded in preventing an outbreak ; but we repeat it will have been no fault of the Irish Government , if the soldiery and the people have not been already brought Into deadly ecretict During the last year Ministers have quietly permittednay , by their eonduct encouraged , the growth ef one of tb « most formidable organizations that e'er yet me . nanctd the integrity of this empire . Meeting followed meeting in rapid succession—each more menacing than its predecessor in number , in diBCipUne , and the hostile spirit actuating the enormous masses of which they were composed . The vigour" of our " strong Governmeniexhausted

      ' itself in such impotent-resistance as the dismissal of almost every popular xnaalstrata In the country . The natural consequence foiK >* eJ Tfao people laughed -at the imbecility of their rnlers , while their leaden setito work to put together tho rough machinery of independent local administration . thB materials of which—thanks to Sir Edward Sugd > n —werei plentifully at hand . Our readers are fa . aiiiar with the progress of events : how Peel and Gwbain , and even the hot spirit of Stanley , cowered before O Council , * nd under what they called « ' a policy of conciliation ' , virtually handed over to him the Goverumen * . of . Ireland . Having thus completely st-dicated _ a 3 j the functions of Constiinuoi . ai Gov . rnnnsnt , . our M inisters have on a suoden taken the Jesoiii ' . ion © I recovering them by the aword . Oue of Mr . O Con *

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      J * 3 r thSHLg 2 P £ « ? e 8 tk < yes *« i » y ) - For wi 02 Setblei on ^ S ^ »*<»«*> ' * * ™ ° distant »„ o \ lU > about seventeen miles reacX * SL ? * l > «* the intention of S ""> ™ ' ° P ° « on Sunday morning . On mSf ' fcS ? % ** ^ tcihat appointed for the l C ^^ w beld at the Castle and

      ^ o ^ . ^^ p , LS ^ ^ 5 f ting to ba lU «« - ordering all ThfflS * £ * OfficetB to "" to in euporessing it . The first question that occum to one npon hearing this i "i , ^ ^ " determined to come into hostile colli-SSJ 2 . t 1 IH 1 ?* l ? Ar * * hey waived to make an occas on for bloodshed ? Firmness , vigour , even coercion if you w II . ^ uch policy In the present posture of affairs in Ireland may by many be deemed wise and necessary . The people of England are opposed to this mad jpjeci of Repealing the Union . They are , with

      reason , opposed to it In its realisation they see the breaking-up © MhiB great empire , and are prepared to support any measure of any Minister that may be necessary to prevent that calamitous result A policy of conciliation is what the justice and the common sense of the people of England wiab . Prove to them that that is of no avail , and a policy of coercion they will tolerate . ( But what they do not wish—what they will never tolerate-ii the cowardly , sneaking , sanguinary policy , which lures men , step by step , within ranee of death

      and then , without notice , unmasks its b * ttery before there is time for retreat It more resembles the Echsming * " | « . rolt Wghwaymon than the policy of an eplightened Minister . How were the people of di » t : vnt counties and towns to know anything of Lord Da Grey ' B proclamation , prohibiting on the Saturday evening a meeting to be held en the Sunday morning ? Thousands could not know of it until their arrival in the metropolis—possibly on the very field of their meeting . How should they dream that the Government , which had permitted the meeting of Mullaghmas .. and ita hundred predecessors , should prohibit that of Ciontarf ? Above all , could they suppose that if there waa any intention of interfering with a meeting to be held on Sunday morning , Government would

      first proclaim ita intention on Saturday evening ? Yet daring the preceding weeks , while day after day this projected meeting was discussed , not the Bhghtest indication was given that { it would meet with any interference . Acquitting Ministers of anything so atrocious as a design to strike terror into the uopular mind by an unexpected onslaught , made in accordance with the forms of law , though in groan violation of its spirit , yet what defence can be set up for the fatuity that exposes the peace of the country to such hazard ? The meeting of yesterday May have been prevented , Mr . O'Connell immediately upon receiving tbe Castle proclamation issued one of his own , and dispatched his "head pacificator , " and the active officers of his staff , to deprive LotA De Grey of all pretext for giving effect to the tardy vigour of Ifis masters . The success of their exertions will probably afford a new proof of the influence of OConnell and

      the discipline of his followers ; and in doing so , will mote than compensate the Repeal cause for the disappointment of Ciontarf . But are the guilt and folly of Ministers the less glaring ? What degree of merit belongs to thorn , if today ' s mail does not bring tidings of a conflict between her Majesty ' s soldiers ' and her Irish subjects ? How long will thepeoplflof this country eadure such a Government ? Is it to keep in office a set of men , who , in evary department of tbe publio service , stand convicted of incapacity almost incredible ; who sacrifice the honour and interests of England abroad , boasting that they are indemnified by hospitalities bestowed npon their Sovereign ; who have given up ihe four quarters of the kingdom to the supremacy of most dangerous and unconstitutional agitation ; is it to perpetuate the disastrous reign of these men , that the English people will sanction a policy of coercion in Ireland ?

      Herald , Monday— The crisis for which we have during therlast few weeks , by leading remarks an d our Irish correspondence , baen gradually preparing the public mind . has at last arrived ; Mr . OConnell has , during the lastsix months , had ample opportunity of carrying on constitutional agitation—if any such agitation as he indulges in can be constitutional—against the uuion ; but when ke attempted to make seditious replies to the Royal Speech from the Throne , to supersede the civil government of Ireland by the erection of conrts of justice ; to organise hia followers in that country into military atray ; and to summon to his aid bands of dangerous and disaffLcted men from this country , the time , it waa obvious , had come when further toleration was unendurable . The Irish Government

      accordingly ,, on Saturday , issued a proclamation against the repeal meeting which was proposed to be holden yesterday at Ciontarf , near Dublin ; and to that proclamation Mr . O Connell and his creatureB have yielded a hectoring , but in reality a very cordial obedience . It was imposaible that Government could ce'exist in Ireland with such military manifestations as were In preparation for the Clonfcwf meeting ; to have allowed this professed organised assemblage would have been to have encouraged the general armament of the Repeal party and to have fostered a rebellion . But let no man blame Ministers for the delay in issuing the proclamation ; their Umperance and moderation have proved to tbe people of Ireland that it is not against the fait legal exercise of constitutional rights and privileges that they now interfere s and that their

      present firmness and decision will convince them that the laws , the constitution , and the authorities ef the realm ore not to be attacked under the Ruise of euch meetings as that intonded to be held ot Ciontarf . The seditions and treasonable reply which Mr . O'Connell recebtly made to the Queen * a speech on the prorogation of Parliament and the " general order " to the " repeal cavalry' for the Ciontarf meeting , are the documents which have immediately led to the proclamation of the Irish government ; but thnt the proceedings of that Government againat Mr . O'Connell will stop here is quite out of the question . The proclamation will , it is to be presumed , be folfowed by a criminal prosecution against that person , and in proportion as the Government has hitherto been mild will it now bo decisive and repressive .

      s , i-uissuAr . —we congratulate tne rnenas of order and good government , as we condole with the Whigs and their friends , on tbe bloodless and pacific termination of the grand Ciontarf Repeal dUsapBointment , r A dense mass of people met , but were kept moving by tbe police ; the crammed-up speeches of the Exchange spoUters were unspoken ; the great guns of patrioti m were mute before tho greater guns of the Pigeon-house ; 3 « 00 horse , foot , and dragoons , biistiling with bayonets , and sabres , were at once the terror and the astonishment of a numerous Dublin holyday mob . There was no disturbance ; nothing like riot ; and so far from the streets of Dublin streaming with blood , our imaginative Whig frienda will be grieved to learn that the only exeitement of the day was created by the reciprocation of good-nalared jokes between the populace and the eoldiery .

      But the object of the proclamation haa been attained so far . A blow bas been struck lightly , but effectively , on the head and front of the agitation . Like tbe audden fling of a shy wr « stler , which trips his unprepared antagonist , this tardy effort of the Government has floored the more impetuous of the party when they least expected it It ha 3 produced its natural effects of correspondent elation and depression on tbe minds of the British and the Repeal factions . It bas created a prestige of succeBa . So far it ia successful . Had the same plan been resorted to a twelvemonth ago , it Would have rendered further measures unnecessary . We dare not now hope for an immediate restoration of tranquillity in Ireland . We will not encourage Ministers to expect it Two millions of men speechified

      for twelvemonths together into a monomania fot Repeal will not be quiet on the first demonstration of Executive vigour . They-will only look on it as what children call " make-believe . " It la the misfortune not leBs of the Irish people than their rulers , that what tbe latter call " moderation , " is by the former nick-named " weakness" and " poltroonery ; " and it is as awkward for a Government to earn suoh a character , aa it must be painful to tfeem to disprove ita justice by the only method which will avail . We have been no less ready than our contemporaries to acknowledge the lenient disposition of the present Cabinet towards Ireland ; bat we have all along maintained—in fact , till we were tired ef our own repetition—tbat good intentions wouid be found wholly insufficient to conciliate the affections , or stem tho road excitement , of the Irish people . We warned Ministers that they must act . We were then told tbataction was impolitic , unconstitutional—nay ( if we remember riaht ) , unchiistian . But Ministers have

      acied on our Bnggestion . We new tell them again , that they must conUBue to oat Dare they take our advice ? i Dare t , hny ipaae a proclamation at once against Rspeal meetings ? It would be a strong measure , we know ; bnt the integrity of the monarchy demands strong measures . Tbat it would be unconstitutional , we de . y , Thd spirit of the Constitution is not averse from giving extraordinary powers for its own preservation . Tnat it would bo dangerous , evea for a time , we disbelieve . People on either side of tbe water are sick and weary of the stale unmeaning claptraps of Ireland for the Islsb , " and " Legislative Independence "—they Wi 3 h to see the agitation come to some crisis , whether as a bubble or as a rebellion . That it would not assume the latter form , we may safely infer from the known characters of those who so lately before High Heaven swore defiance to England . That it should , therefore burst as Booi aa possible , ought t * be the effect especially aimed at by the counsels of b £ r Majesty ' s Government . ¦'> ¦¦ . '

      One great assurance of the success of so strong ! a proceeding as we have recommended arises from our oftenexpressed conviotion that one half of the professed Rspe&lers have been forced by intimidation , or wheedled by nervous self-interest , into a ' reluctant and dishonourable support of a csuse -which in their heart * they detest These men , aa soon as they Bee symptoms oi resolution and energy on the part of Government , . will skip out , of the , tanks more readily than they crept in j and a decrease in the numerical strength will be fol . lowed by a diminution In . the moral power of the Repealers .

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      One word to a pa ^ ty who , like birds of ill omen , ever nap their wings and ; atter a triumphant scream when Irish disasters darken tha horizon—we mean the Whigs . They have taught themselves to bsliave that they alone could sajye Ireland from the dangers of sedition and the penalties ! of discord . This is indeed a strange instance of self-delusion . When in povjer , their only craft waa to buy Irish popularity at any price , and by any means . A scheme of policy so base and so cowardly could only avail as a make-shift It was only a means of delaying , not of preventing , great mischiefs . It wm iraugat with certain danger and disgrace . It was a policy to which we should prefer the inertness of the most sluggish , and the timidity of the most . cautiouB , AilnUniiJtration . We even prefer the weakness of the ; Peel Cabinet te such a combim , - Mon of truckling andi venality as was exhibited by the Melbourne party . !

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      THE NORTHERN STAR ;

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1234/page/7/