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      IB , E L _ A XiD . PROGRESS OF REPEAL . CORK . At the Cork meeting , held on Tue ^ ay , Francis B . Kamiahj mayor , was called . o the chair , and as tha Liberator look his place on the " platform with E . B . Roche , E * o ,., M . ± \ , nothing cou'd surpass the enthus ^ tic d" * . ar 2 iio ^ : of applause . "When Alderman Daviel Murphy , snd his brother , Nicholas Murphy , E = q-, were rec < u ; Tr-ed ° a the platform , they were vehemently cheered .

      The Matob , on tsk «!< T th ? ^ vr , onmc fcr-ivurd amidst locd bursts of applause , and said : —I have , in compliance -with the r- "V ¦ - ? ::: ¦ - -. 2 V < - * >¦ - ? hsn-« tout meetics on this day ; ana , "s ' j-ri ; ? bchair 1 hope I will be excused wV-n ] r-nd- ^ j tell yon thai I am not to be C 0 Tj « ider ^ bound by any resolntiocs passed at thi ? meeriux . I - * ¦ - ~^ t * V > r a moment mean to contend for the vaiu ~ it ^ -u-. ' iss of ibo < eresojn . io 3 s ; but I am not to he considered » s concurring in a ? 1 that I may put fr-ir . :::- cLz \ r for the approval of the meeting .

      Mr . E . 3 . Rcche , M . P ., on coming forward to propose the first resolution , was vehement " j ehe-red . He ? sid : — "What brought them there—( cries of " The Repeal "} ? The Repeal , the wr- ^ o R ? e- ! and nothing hat the Repeal—( . deafprir : ? cheer- ) . Let that shont ring from the Giant's Lau-ewsj t-Cape Clear , and let P-jel and W «¦ 'l—sro : ¦ * > -. \ e ! V * r tea out of it—( laughter and cheer ?} . They C 3 'itd this sedition—they said that the people vcr-. . v von--for rebellion —( Ties of ** no , no ")—no—and that was what vex ^ ri the villains—daughter ) . It vras

      they who rr-ete seditious—it was P-: - ¦ z ~ . I \\ ? :: mston who were se ^ it' -us , and Bron < rh * m . by u-t ^ the Q'Kc-e ' s name assirst the people of lTt- ' und—( cheer .- ) . The Hoc . Gentleman then xvenr on to describe the iniqaitier of the Union , and said thai the people would au&ek nobody , provided nobodv attacked them . They wonld show that norhi »« came so home to the Irish people as . Repeal . Vi .-. o donbted they -would be snccessfnl—I" no one" ' j . I Then hurrah for Repeal ( awfnl cheering . ) Alderman Tbo 3 . Ltoxs seconded the resolution . The Rev . Jobs Falvet proposed the second resolution , which was seconded by Jas . Murphy , Jan ., E ? q , of Middleton .

      Alderman Fagas rose to propose the third resolution , and was hailed with great cheering . After addressing the meeting at some length , Mr . Faean moved the resolution , which he said was a financial one npon which he wonld not then dilate , but he ciuld proTe from documents in his possession that England owed a debt of £ 90 , 000 , 000 to Ireland , and therefore , in the event of a change , ihej must get that sam back—( great cheers ) . Th ? resolution was seconded by Aid . HiCKFrr . Tie Rev . W . O ' sulu » . * . n props-rJ the rr < xi r-- ? ohition . He said he had to proper that O'Connell , the Liberator of Ire land and the champion of human liberty—( cheer?)—possessed the unbounded confidence of * th « Irish people—( great cheers ) . The Rev . Matthew Hobgah Beconded the resolat on , which was carried with loud acclamation .

      Mr . Fitzgerald , J , P . ( of Mnckridge ) proposed the adoption of the petition in a brief and pity spesfh . Alderman Damel Mcbpht came forward to second it , and was received with the most unbounded expressions of delight . He said : —Mr . Chairman aad fellow-citizen ? , 1 rise with pleasure to second the petition yon have heard , for the R

      was deterred from joining in it a : f . 7 : t , because 1 deemed it Ta measure impracticable , and that it could not be accomplished ; but I confess that the results of the last mx or seven weeks , and what I have beheld within the last ftw days , prodneed a great and powerful impression on my mind— ( cheers ) , I bsheld the feeling increasing and the movement swelling like the ocean , until it has become irresistible— ( tremendous cheering ) ; acd I now am along with the people —( renewed cheering )* I hsve bees with them for forty years—( cheers ) . 1 felt ont of my element when I w& 3 not working with them ; and now in that le ^ al and constitutional struggl e which the Liberator alone sanctions , I am with yon —( lend cheers ) .

      Mr . CCokteia then came forward amid- tumultons applause . When silence was restored , he said—The first topic he would address them on was to express his heartfelt delight at the scene of yesterday—( vehement cheers . ) He had been an agitator for n-any years , but never did he see anything to equal it—thirty bands , thousands of tradesmen , thontands of people , and mothers with infants in their arms—( lond applause . } He was told that the soldiers were locked up . He was sorry to hear it . He did not regard the scene as a mere compliment to himself , but tbere could be no doubt that he was delighted with the several thousands of eyes that beamed joy and gladness upon him ; and as he passed each group the cheers recde > d the heavens ,

      and each voice mingled in its aspirations for liberty , a kindly compliment to him—tvehement cheer ? . ) He did not know what Peel and "Wellington would say of that scsae when they heard of it— Ooud applause . Yes , if the people continned as they were yesterday , violaring no law , observing the peace , their Parliament wonld soon be in College-green—( continned cheers . ) There was no talent in prophesying—there was no menial superiority in recognising the approach of RepeaL See the progress the question -was daily making . Only the other day he addressed 150 , 000 Ulstermen , doable that number in Coonaaght and Leinster , and hurrah how for Munstsr —( cheers . ) As far as Ireland waseoncerned there was no denying the triumphant , majestic—ay ,

      and irresistable progress of Repeal—( continued cheering . ) In their own city and county could anything be more remarkable than that progress J—( hear , bear . ) Only the other day he enlisted Mr . Shea Lalor , a country gentlemen of great worth and patriotism —( loud cheers . ) Only yesterday Mr . Fit 2-gerald , of Mnckridge , a gentleman ef ancient family and " independent fortune ^ magistrate of their county only yesterday he joined the standard . Yesterday , toe , they bad the talented accession of his friend , Mr . Fagan , who was not a thorough Repealer until the people persuaded him—( cheers . ) There was no man of higher mind and pnrer principles than Mr . Fagan —Goad cheers . ) Hia respected friends , the Murphy family , like himself , springing from and of the

      people—a family ae high for virtue , for honour , and worth , as any in existence—( load applause )—a family of great wealth , and independence , and public Bpirit—( hear , hear ) . But it was not in progress of multitudinous meetinge that he recognised the cause of Ireland ' s prosperity triumphing—other evidences were gives hiza . They remembered when he pleaded in their courts of justice—Goad cheers ) . They did cot forget that ; asd that he there examined his witnesses . He had now two more witnesses to bring forward ; asd those were the Duke of Wellington and Peel . For the first time in his life Wellington had been guilty of making a proud boast which he could not realize . But the other day he seemed to head the charge against Ireland with the martial

      brow of the warrior when commanding the guards to be " np and at them . " He said that he would coerce the people of Ireland—that he would put down the Repeal agitation—that he had power to coerce them . The poor old gentleman— ( laughter . ) He was glad that they laughed at the Dnke . Another laugh for him —( shouts of laughter ) . He hoped that fact would reach him , that they laughed at him—( eonunued _ laughter ) . Tne first scholarship the Duke received was , what the people of Ireland taught him ! Old Wellington ( continned Mr . O'Connell ) we laugh at your threats— we scorn them—( lond applause ) . Then came Si Robert Peel the hyjMxaite , who , like the well-trained pickpocket in Dublin , who ,

      having nothing else to do , picked his own pocket . He first deceived others and then himself—( hear , hear ) . Tae newspapers made Peel say that the Queen—their glorious little tyieen—God bless her——( loud cheers ) , was determined to prevent Repeal . This was Peel's newspaper threat , not the Queen ' s ; not a word of it did she utter , and he would say that he would not give hiB confidence to , or support any administration which did not plsdge itself to impeach Peel for this andacity—he meant the audacious forgery which had been made for him by the newspapers—( loud cheers ) . Well , they would put down the Repeal—( laughter ) . Yes , as they said in Kerry , B moroya "—( loud applause ) .

      Alderman Dxmel Mitrpht having been called to the chair , thanks were unanimously voted to the Mayor , and the immense meeting separated amid 3 t vehement cheers tor the Queen , Old Ireland , Repeal , and CConnelL

      TIPPERARY . Another grand demonstration took place on Thursday week , at Nenagh , the capital town of the Korth Hiding of Tipperary ; 450 , 000 persons are stated to hare been present . Mr . O'Connell slept in ThnrleB on Wednesday night , at the residence of ™ Most Bev . Dr . Slattery , the Archbishop of lABheL where a large party was assembled to receive nua , and left for Nenagh next morning at ten o ' clock , accompanied by Mr . Steele . His journey was a scene of the most enthusiastic triumph . Tuns did he proceed in triumph for twenty miles thronah the country , and arrived within foni- miles nt "nt « -

      nagb , when he was met by the deputation . The congregated trades of I ^ miifk , with their beautiful bl ^ S ?* n * ^ S 5 ^ Httwinn » a the rajs of a BMridna san-aad the Nenagb traders carrying bannan sho . On , on came the shouting thousands equestrians , pedestrians , men . women , and children , hnmring , until the whole valley Beemed to echo the voices of 450 , 000 human beings . As the carriage arrived at the foot of the hill the Liberator alighted and walked up to the platform preceded by the banners , and , presenting himself to the vast multitude , he wae received with the unanimous voice of 450 , 000 of hiB countrymen . There wen in that vast crowd congregated thousands who came a distance of fifteen and twenty

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      miles to be present . The people of the King ' s and Queen ' s count es , of Limerick , Clare , and Gal way , were present there , and no less than 1 , 000 boats freighted with human beings crowded the Shannon from the two last mentioned counties . The platform was capable of containing five hundred ptrsons , and was crowded by at least that number . About half-past three o ' clock , Mr . Patrick Fogarty , of Cabra Castle , was called to the chair amid the acclamations of the meeting . The Rev . Mr . Scat * lak , Catholic citrate , Nenagh

      said , that a resolution had been put into his hands , which was , " that Daniel O'Connell , the Liberator of Ireland , and the strenuous advocate of freedom , v . as entitled to the unlimited confidence and unbounded gratitude of the Irish people "—( cheers ) lie had great pleasure in moving the resolution which was confided to his care , and at the same time to hand to the Liberator of his country £ 65 as a portion of the contribution from the district of NcD&gh—( cheers ) . Mr . O'Co * nell—What will Bobby Peel say to thai ?—tenders ) .

      iir . O'CojiNELL , of EnniB , then presented himself , and was received with loud cheers . He would not take np their time or attention , as he knew they came there to hear the Liberator of Ireland , but a ; i he would say was , that from Carrigahoh to Kilialoe the threat of Peel was dtspised—for " Let the recreant yield Who feared to die . " Mr . O'Cosnell then presented himself , and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering we ever heard . As soon as silence was restored , he said —? io country in the world save Ireland—no country but Ireland could produce such physical force , combined wiih the most perfect tranquillity —so much power and might , with so little

      inclination to use it badly—( Hud cheers ) . No country Ci / u'd exhibit the human form in such gigantic proportions , and no peopio in the world were less inclined to abuse their gigantic strength . He would tell Peel that it nonld be better for him to let them alone—( cheers ) . Ha would advise Wellington to have nothing to say to them—( continued cheers ) . No : a single act of riot or violence would , however , be committed by that vast multitude—( loud cries of " No , no . " ) If they had a mind to please Brereton , one of whose men shot another last night , they would commit a riot —( a laugh ) . How thankful the party would be that they knocked down a man , that he might be brought up before twenty tailors of magistrates acting at petty sessions—( cheers and

      laughter . ) He wonld tell them why they came there , and they should understand it distinctlythat Peel and Wellington may be able to count noses to see how many are present , and count his own as fast as he pleased . They came there to signify their eancurrence with him in seeking for a R-peal of $ he Union—that there must be aa Irish Parliament ; and they should give Peel and Wellington to understand that "they were fixedly determined that Ireland should be governed by Irishmen , and for Irishmen—( hear , and cheers)—that they were lired ol Saxon misrule—they werie tired of being oppressed , and that it was high time the management of their own affairs should be placed in their own hands . ( Cheers . ) Two days ago his voice was

      re-echoed at the foot of the rock of Cashel , where he also addressed 200 , 000 persons who shouted a&d laughed with him at the threat of their enemies . ( Cheer > . ) What , he would ask again , brought them all there that day ? If he were foolish and bad enough to tell them to go to the field , where there many of them wonld go ? ( Cheers , and cries of " We'd all go . " ) He ( Mr . O'Connell ) was neither so foolish nor so wicked , and he would do their business much better . There was another thing which hfl wished they would io . John Bull generally enlisted men by giving them a shilling ; but he

      wished to enlist Repealers by taking a shilling . . Nothing frightened them more than the shilling , and a man at the back of it , for it showed that the people were in earnest . ( Hear . ) Ireland should be a nation , for she had too Ions endured the rule of the Saxon . Had he any teetotallers there ! ( Here a forest of hands was lifted in the air amid great cheering . ) The revenue lost one million seven hundred and twenty-four pounds by that movement ; and oh i there was no danger of their breaking any law while they were thus sober . ( Cheers . ) Then , steady , boys , steady , was hisadrioe , and they would yet be triumphant .

      As soon as he concluded , Mr . Steele was loudly called for by the immense multitude , and briefly addressed them in his usually eloquent terms , in the course of which he characterised the " Iron Duke " as the " Old Irish Indian Sepoy , " and Peel ' s mother as a Spinning Jenny . He was greeted with enthusiastic cheers . A dinner took place in the evening in the Temperance Hall , at which upwards of of 350 gentlemen sat down at seven o ' clock . The chair was taken by Mr . O'Bbien Dillon . Grace having been said by the Bight Rev . Dr . Ke ^ edt , The Chaibjtan having given the usual toast

      proposed" The people , the source of all legitimate power . " Counsellor Fitzpateicb . being loudly called for . said—It certainly requires no rhetoric to prove that the true and only source of legitimate power is the wople—the vanguard in victory—the rallying point in defeat—the very post itself . Rejoice , then , every honest heart—rejoice , then , for the people are Repealers . Your country may be ruined , may be sold , by her aristocracy ; she lives to be redeemed by her people . The CiurBJiAK then gave "Daniel O'Connell , the Liberator of his country . " The cheers with which this toast was received were deafening ; every one in the room stood up and cheered until the very echo seemed to repeat the toast .

      Mr . O'Co . vsell then rose , and after silence was obtained , said—You will probably meet me with a smile of disbelief , and perhaps even with a sneer of incredulity , when I tell you that the scenes of this day bring a tinge of despondency to my mind , and make me apprehend its success is not so certain as I yesterday deemed it to be . The two speeches which you have just heard ought to console me—the power and eloquence of my excellent friend by me , and the eloquent ecominms of my young friend at the end of the table , both wonld induce me to hope that the period of Ireland ' s delivery is at hand—that the period of thraldom is orer ; and let me justify myself then in telling you some of the inklings of despair which cause me uneasiness . The people are

      so ready and rife that em&ucipatiou will come too Boon on them . A "Voice . —Repeal . Mr . O'Connxll . —Did I say emancipation instead of repeal ! Then , if so , the mistake is not a powerful one , for there cannot be any emancipation without a repeal . ( Cheers . ) A Voice . —No , your Lordship . Mr . O'Cownell . —I am no lord . The same voice . —Then yon may be a lord . Mr . O'Connell . —I hope I may never be so ; I have a name which I would not change with any lord in the land , and they pay me no compliment who think I should change it for any other . ( Cheers . ) It is vanity of course , for me to say so : but if any

      man on earth is entitled to be vain , I am the man . The people are ready and anxious to do their duty , they " bear aad forbear , " they wait for the good time patiently , under every outrage and insult ; but , they must have a hope of success . ( Cheers . ) What did I see near the rock of Cashel 1 A population of physical power which , if placed in the hands of Napoleon , would have enabled him to conquer Europe . ( Loud Cheers . ) He marched from Boulongne into the centre of Hungary with a smaller effective force than surrounded me yesterday ; and , then , he has no such army in reserve as I saw to-day , on my way to Nenagh . ( Cheers . ) Yes ; the waste of physical force is exhuberant , and no man can apprehend that guilt is contemplated in thsse moral displays of

      popular power ; but let them tell me there is no security . ( . Hear . ) I value it not as a sword to strike down , but a shield to protect . From this spot , I say to Peel and Wellington , asd the congregated force of British statesmen , never to be absurd enough to assail those who have the protection of such a shield . ( Cheers . ) I find out curious things sometimes ( laughter)—there was seat me by post an account that the Government had employed one Abraham Brewster ( groans and laughter ) , to put down repeal . ( Groans . ) If he were a sheep he would eome to you after that call . ( Laughter . ) Here is a document , and it appears they are going to issue " a repeal caution . " ( Great laughter . ) It is pnblicly announced thus : *» Whereas it has been publicly announced

      on the blank day of blank ( great laughter for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the union between Great Britain and Ireland . " Now let me just tell you , before I proceed further with this blank document , that petitioning Parliament for such a purpose is merely petitioning for the repeal of an act of Parliament , which is , aa announced by Lord John Russell , like any ether statute , liable to be repealed ; but the notice goes on —** And whereas we have received information on oath that if such meetings be held , a serious breach of tbe peace is likely to ensue . " Must not that fellow be a most atrocious perjurer who would swear that ! but what do you think of the men who wonld put in print the temptation of such a lie on oath ) He goes on— " We hereby caution all persons

      whatever from attending said meetings , as we are determined preventing same . " There ' s castle Tfoffiph for yon —( A laugh . ) " We caution you against going to a meeting which is not to be held- ' —( Laughter . ) There ' s a beautiful caution ; like the English of the county Phwagt uffl . magistrates sent to the castle , " Given under our hands and seals this blank day of blank . "—( Laaghter . ) Does any man imagine that such a proclamation will retard for one single moment the mighty national movement of Ireland !—( H Hear , " and cheers . ) Well then , aft « r all , ought I to halt where we are J- ( Cries of *• No . " ) I have my next step prepared , and it is my duty to state it . I announced more than once , that when I had 3 , 000 , 000 of Repealers I should take another step , and as I shall have them , probably , before a fortnight , and that east , west , north , and Booth are

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      aroused , perhaps I ought to take this opportunity of giving it in detail . 1 want to get three hundred gentlemen who shall enjoy publio confidence by bringin one hundred pounds each , and that williyield a sum of thirty thousand pounds , as a fund to pay the expenses which may be incurred . The moment the money ib delivered their functions cease , in point of law , and they must deolare they were not acting as a delegate or representative for any person , and that they did not assume such a character . That done , they must get a receipt for the money , and go home ; and I'll be at liberty freely to ask 300 to meet me in the lower room at the Corn Exchange , and when we meet , I see no difficulty in forming a Conciliation Society next day . for depend on it . as

      sure as you sit there you will have gentlemen having a high notion of themselves exceedingly anxious to make one of the 300 —( hear , bear ) . And now I come back to the position that it is impossible to pre 3 B the bill for Repeal in the House of Lords . One threat from France * or America , or Russia would frighten them —( a laugh ) . Look at the conduct of the British Parliament in 1778 . Before the battle of Saratoga tbe Americans were provincials ; and , indeed , they were first called rebels . When Burgoyne was sent against General Gates , the latter was designated a " storehouse-keeper , " but when he shut the great English general up in his shop and turned the key , then , the Americans , instead of * ' rebels" and "*• provincials" were called

      " enemy , " and then the army—the " enemy ' s army "—( hear , hear , and a laugh ) . In the same year Paddy asked for free trade , or else ¦— , and free trade was given—( oheers ) . In 1782 the Volunteers called for the independence of the Irish Legislature , or else , when the hint was taken by the British Parliament , who granted the independence sought for . In 1792 , when Billy Egan presented a petition for the Catholic claims , it was on the motion of Mr . Labouchere , member for Kildare , kioked out of the house ; but in the same year Dumourier gained the great victory at Gemappe , beat the Austriana , and that was another hint . 1 heard the cannon fired at the battle from the college of Oouay , where I then was . Tbe Austrians were driven out of Belgium and Liege , and the next year the British Government gave the Irish Catholics a boon . The history of Great Britain is full of such examples .

      When John Bull is terrified he is an exceedingly persuadable person ; but suppose he continues proud and obstinate , he has the question of the Scotch Chnrch on bis hands—an insurrection in Wales , and distress and destitution gnawing his own vitals—( bear ) , He is just now , I promise you , in a bit of a doldrum ; and if that increases he will become exceedingly civil . Recollect that in 1829 , when we gained emancipation , we had not the advantage of the English finances being deranged , or a smothered charter insurrection , which is ready to burst forth every moment with redoubled fury . We had England at peace at home , and with the world beside , in a high , and proud , and palmy state ; yet as soon as the Irish people combined in their moral and peaceful strength , Peel and Wellington were coerced to grant it —( hear , hear , and cheers . ) " The Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy and the Catholic Hierachy of Ireland "—( cheers ) .

      The Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , being loudly called upon to respond to tbe toast , rose amidst the most enthusiastic cheers . After silence was obtained , the Right Rev . Prelate ' addressed the audienca to the following effect : —I am not ignorant , gentlemen , that it has been often said , and that , too , by persons of very opposite principles , of course from very different motives , that it is not booming the sacred character of Christian clergymen to take any active part in the political struggles of their fellow-countrymen , and that they should confine themselves exclusivly to their spiritual functions . This doctrine , gentlemen , as far , at least , as it is applied to the clergy of this ill-fated country , I must decidedly and utterly reject , whether it proceed from

      friend or foe—( great cheering ) , Convinced , fellowcountrymen , that British legislation for Ireland never has been , and ib never likely to be influenced by justice , honour , or humanity , it was but natural , it was reasonably to be expected that a generous and justioe-loying nation of 8 000 , 000 or 9 , 000 , 000 , which has contributed so essentially to the greatness and glory of England , and which is now herself ( thank God ) too great to be dragged at the tail of any other nation , should demand irom her , urgently but constitutionally and peaceably , the restoration of her native Parliament , of which she was basely robbed in the fatal hour of her weakness , by a combination of the foulest crimes that ever disgraced a country calling itself Christian—( cheers ) . This

      demand which the greatest men , both in England and Ireland predict , must be one day made ; this demand in which Irishmen of all classes and creeds are at least equally interested ( the absentees alone excepted ) we are now making—we are making it legally , constitutionally , and peaceably , and oh , shame , we are told by the British Minister that it never shall be conceded , except , perhaps , at the awful cost of a desolating civil war . Nu-ver did a more unwise declaration proceed from the lips of any statesman , never did one betray more senseless passion , more blindness and ignorance of their own true interests , or more shocking inhumanity than did those anti-Irish truculent legislators by whom that declaration was called forth and

      applauded—( cheers ) . Oh , if ever such a war should unfortunately occur—which may God in his mercy to both countries avert , —it wi'l , I greatly fear , and I shudder while I think of it , b < j a war of so bloody , so deadly , and so devastating a character , that the victors , whoever they may be , will have but too much reason to mourn their melancholy triumph—( cheers ) . Threaten the people of Ireland with the horrors of a civil war ! Why , our unhappy people are at tbis moment suffering such unexampled privations , and are so maddened by the exasperating sense of unmerited and cruel injustice , that no war has any terrors for them , aijd , least of all , a war against their unnatural ,

      inveterate , and unrelenting oppressors—( Great cheering ) . Ob , no , there is nothing , the restoration of their Parliament alone excepted , that would be more welcome to them in their present temper than such a war , no matter what might be the issue—( continued cheers ) . This is melancholy , but it is , alas , too true—( loud cries of hear , hear ) . Let those , then , who have thrown out this most foolish threat , as well as those by whom it has been extorted from them , take the assurance of one whose intercourse with the people of Ireland has been unceasing and most intimate for nearly the last forty years , that there never was a period within that time when such a threat was more powerless , except for mis chief , than the present—( loud cheers ) .

      LONGFORD DEMONSTRATION . Longford , Sundat . —A meeting of extraordinary magnitude took place here to-day , for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for aRepaal of the Union . Tbe requisition published on the occasion was addressed to the inhabitants of the county of Longford ; but , as might have been expected from the course pursued by Dr . Higgins , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh , in reference to the question of Repeal , the entire body of the clergy , of whom he is the spiritual head , have , without an < exception , strenuously exerted themselves to promote the present agitation , and tke result of this unanimity has been , thit a large proportion of the population of most of the parishes in the diocese , which extends over the

      whole of the county of Longford , and portions of six surrounding counties , was present at the meeting of to-day . From the hour of eight o ' clock in the morning large bodies of the peasantry , headed by the parish priests of the various districts , and in many instances preceded by musicians , dressed in military costumes , continned to pour into the town throughout the day . I was informed , that in the more remote districts , extending to a distance of forty miles from the town of Longford , ma ° s was celebrated at so early an hour as four o ' olock in the morning , and that immediately afterwards the several congregations , headed by their clergymen , commenced their progress to the scene of meeting . The place selected for the demonstration was that part of the main-street of Longford , exactly

      opposite the Dublin-road , and a large platform was erected , where a view of it could be obtained from four broad and long roads , which , as the hour ( two o ' olock ) appointed for holding the meeting appointed , wer * filled with densely packed masses of people . Notwithstanding the vast area of ground thus occupied , every window and house-top , from which a glimpse of the place of meeting could be obtained , had its occupants also . At the lowest computation there were 250 , 000 persons present when the meeting commenced ; and the pressure in this enormous mass of peopio was so great that there were scarcely any females among the crowd . Mr . O'Conwell , who slept in Mullingar last night , arrived in town about two o ' clock , and was received

      in the most enthusiastic manner by the thousands assembled . He was accompanied by Dr . Higgins , Dr . Cantwell , Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath , and Mr . Steele , and attended by a numerous escort of respectably dressed persons on horseback . After passing through the streets ef the town , he proceeded to the platform , which was ornamented with banners , having on them such inscriptions as " Ireland for the Irish , and the Irish tot Ireland , " &c . The principal platform , and several smaller ones ereoted near it , were crowded by the clergy and farmers of the surrounding districts . Shortly before three o ' clock the chair was taken by Count Nugent , justice of the peace , of Killesonna . who was stated bv Dr .

      Higgins to be descended from one of the most illustrious families in the country . The Chajmuh . having briefly stated the objects of the meeting , proceeded to enumerate the advantages which would result from carrying the Repeal . Ret . M . P'Bbibks , parish priest , proposed the first resolution , wbieh was expressive of attachment to the person and throne of the Queen , and admiration of the British constitution , which was seconded by Mr . P . Keon , and passed unanimously . Rev . Mr . Dawson , parish priest , mored the next resolution , to the effect that the benefit of the British constitution could not be secured to this country by a foreign Parliament . It was seconded by Mr . Reogh , and adopted .

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      The next resolution embodied the sentiment , that nothing but Repeal could restore Ireland to tbe position in which she should stand . It was moved by Mr . Carberry , and seconded by the Very Rev . Dean Farrelly . The several movers and seconders of the resolutions spoke to them at considerable length , and the substance of their observations wis , briefly , that they would never rest content until Repeal was achieved , no matter how great and extensive the other concessions might be which the Government should choose to make . The Rev . Mr . M'Aveb , parish priest , proposed the next resolution , which was to the effect that Dr . Higgins , their venerated and beloved Biahon . was

      entitled to the gratitude of the clergy and laity of the county of Longford , for the determined and charitable manner in which he advocated the cause of Repeal , and that while he enjoyed the confidence of his people , he could hurl defiance at those selfinterested and trading politicians who had the insolence to censure his Lordship ' s political conduct . The Rev . Gentleman , in proposing the above resolution , adverted to the assertion of the Earl of Wicklow , that Dr . Higgins : waa an obscure person , and stated that if that prelate had attended the C&stlo as others in a similar position had done , such an unfounded assertion respecting him would not have been made . The Vote of thanks to Dr . Higgins was seconded and carried by acclamation .

      Dr . Higoins , in returning thanks , said , that his Rev . Friend , Mr . M'Aver , had given utterance to a sentiment which might , by possibility , be liable to misconstruction . The language which his Rev . Friend had used was strong , but he was at the same time honest in his purpose ; but proud as he ( Dr . Higgins ) was of possessing the confidence and love of the people , he would forfeit them , and lay down his unworthy life also , rather than that it should be for a moment supposed that he entertained any but sentiments of veneration for the character of the pious , learned , and revered Archbishop Murray ; and although iu his own wisdom ( and who would dare to dictate to him ) he thought proper sometimes to frequent the Castle , he ( Dr . Higgins ) knew that he went there in pursuance of the most noble and charitable purposes . He ( Dr . Higgins ) never went to the Castle himself , and boasted only of being the

      humble chief of an humble priesthood , who , however humble , at least possessed the confidence of the people —( cheers ) . He felt that , although he was not an old man , the grave was not many years distant from him , and that that day would soon arrive when he should render to his God an account of all his acts , and in that holy presence he now pledged himself . that while he had an idea in his head , or a drop of bipod in his veins , he would be at the oommand of his beloved country . This , he could say , he spoke in the utmost sincerity of heart . He had often addressed them on religious topics , and had been edified by the docility with which they had attended to his pleadings in the cause of religion . It was supposed at the same time that he was a politician . Now , he assured them he neither was nor would be a politician , but he would be a just man to the day of his death . He did not therefore intend to

      recriminate , and scorned to retaliate or use the language of ribaldry which bad been by others directed against his character . He had at no distant time pledged most of the inhabitants of his diocese to temperance , aud he had beon delighted with the fidelity which they had displayed towards that pledge . He would avail himself of the opportunity which that glorious spectacle of nearly half a million of human beings assembled together afforded him to administer another pledge , to which no man should respond without putting bis hand to his heart and swearing to observe in the presence of bis Creator—( cries of " We will ") . Let all promise to ce-oper ite with the Liberator—( cries of " We do promise" ) . He took his leave of them , then ; and , humble as he was , they might believe him when he said that he was able to take their part in England and his own too—(! oud chews ) .

      Mr . O'Connell next addressed the meeting at great length . If he had no other reason to be a Repealer except the history of the county of Longford , he would be one . ( Cheers . ) They had more contested elections there than in any other county , and more bribery and persecution had followed the virtuous acts of the people of that county than any other county in Ireland . In England , they could not understand the peopl 9 of this country resisting the terror of their landlords , and the temptation of bribery . There never had been a Parliament in which bribery was so extensively used as the present ; and he proudly contrasted it with the conduct of the independent men of Longford . ( Cheers . ) He charged this on the union , that all the members

      returned by the people of Longford had beeu unseated , and others seated in their place , who had not been returned by the people . One of bis reasons for coming there was to help them to repeal that union ; and another was , the obligation be owed to their venerated bishop , who lived in tho hearts of his people . What a paltry thing for any miserable mongrel Catholic to assail such & man . Mr . O'Connell then proceeded to describe the various meetings he had lately attended , and wont on to say that it had been asserted thero would be a civil war , if they persevered in their present course . If there was to be a civil waT , they would at least put their enemies in the wrong , for it should be of the making of their enemies , ami if they attack the people , in the

      name of the people he defied them . He was not a slave , nor would ever consent to be one . If they passed an Act of Parliament , he would obey it , but probably ho would find means of running a coachand-six through it —( oheers ) . He promised them that whatever law was passed , they should be protected , and when that was done in tbe name of the Queen and the Constitution , he set their enemies at deflance- ^( cheers ) . He then proceeded to advert to his deprivation of the office of magistrate by the Lord Chancellor , who , he asserted , was breaking the law , by ; interfering with the right to petition . In two days tbe commission of the peace would be

      taken from their chairman , and for what ?—because he attended a meeting to petition Parliament—( hear , hear ) . The Hon . Gentleman then proceeded at great length to enumerate the alleged advantages which the peopie would obtain if they succeeded in carrying the Repeal . He also dwelt on the physical and moral advantages of the people and the country , and concluded by assuring them that it was only necessary that they should act peaceably and constitutionally , and their success was certain . The usual petition to Parliament having been adopted , and thanks given to Coant Nugent for his conduct in the chair , the meeting separated .

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      Britain and Ireland , I foana before roe your letter of the 23 rd instant . For thff twins of civility in which that letter is couched I cv » 'e you , Sir , and 1 hereby offer you , my best thanks . " I would not willingly be excee ^ bv v . oa n courtesy , and I beg of you to believe t ' . ' *'* " ln the performance of a sacred duty I should i ^ * c f " preBsion of a harsh nature—which I shall B . * " oasJy endeavour to avoid—it is not my intention ' . ^ say anything personally offensive . But that duty ebi % aa me to declare-that , as the restoration of the Iris /* Parliament is an event , in my judgment , not remote , I will avail myself of the opportunity afforded by a seat in the Irish House of Commons to move for the impeachment of the present Lord Chancellor for presuming to interfere with the subject ' s dearest and most precious right—the right of petitioning Parliament—a right expressly declared to belong to the

      people as one of the true , ancient , and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of tbis realm . ' I use the words of the statute , which , it should be remembered , settles the succession of the Crown upon the basis of those rights and liberties of the subject . Her Majesty ' s title , therefore , to the throne , is based upon the right of petition ; and the statute expressly declares— ' That all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal . ' The deprivation of the commission of the peace may not be technically a prosecution . But it is intended as a punishment ; and punishment without prosecution would make the act of the Lord Chancellor only the more Criminal . I mean to insist—and I think the argument will have weight with an Irish Parliament , freely and fairly elected—that the act of the Chancellor necessarily endangers the stability of the Throne and the security of the connection between both countries .

      " The commission of the peace is of very small importance to me , who never acted mor * than once under that commission . But the principle upon which the Chancellor acts I utterly protest against , as being in its essential nature disloyal , and dangerous alike to the Throne and the people ; " That the Repeal meetings to petition Parliament are not illegal , is a proposition admitted in your letter to Lord Ffrenrh ; and really you must , permit me to say that it is in no slight degree absurd to allege that these meetings 'have an inevitable tendency to outrage !!! ' Why meetings have been

      held—as everybody in Ireland knows , or ought to know , as numerously—aye , and as peaceably—before the passing ef the Emancipation Act as during the present Repeal agitation . There have been within the last three months more than twenty of these multitudinous meetings to petition without having caused a single offence . How , then , they can have' an inevitable tendency' to outrage , without having ever produced a single outrage , is not within the comprehension of a mere Irish lawyer , although it may be within the sagacity of an English Chancellor !

      How can the Chancellor be of opinion that meetings to petition are not within the spirit of the constitution , when the constitution itself recognizes , sanctions , aye , and enforces the right so to petition i And as to the notion of their becoming dangerous to the safety of the state , the danger to the state would in reality consist in suppressing the groans of the peopio ; in compelling them to brood in silence over their wrongs and their sufferings ; and a more wronged and suffering people exist not under the face of heaven than the Irish people . The danger to the state would consist in suppressing the expression of popular opinion ; in damming up the constitutional channels of relief ; and in thereby driving the people to the wild and hideous ' justice of rovenge , ' instead of leaving them to the fair hopes of relief from the Houses of Parliament , and from the Throne .

      Ab to the argument used ia your letter to Lord Ffrench with respect to the inability of the magistrates attending meetings to repress violence , it bears diametrically the opposite way . For no individual could possibly have so direct aud personal an interest in preventing violence and suppressing outrage as magistrates who are parties to , and responsible for , the calling together of such meetings . " Wich respect to your assertion that her Majesty has , like her predecessor , * expressed her determination to prevent the carrying of the Repeal of the Union , ' it has filled me with the most utter and inexpressible astonishment . You must know—and

      indeed I much fear you must have known when you made that assertion—that it was utterly unfounded ; in fact , Sir Robert Peel has himself admitted the falsity of that statement . Her Majesty , whom the people of Ireland affectionately revere , had made no such declaration ; and . indeed , 1 must say it enhances tho criminality of the Lord Chancellor that he has permitted the putting forward , under the sanction of his high name , of a statement so injurious to her Majesty , and one bo strongly tending in itself to expose her to the od'um and hatred (\ f that were possible ) of her brave , loyal , and attached people of Ireland .

      " As to the concluding paragraph of your letter , which talks of the forbearance and conciliation of the present Government , and their dosire to improve the institutions and promote the prosperity ' of Ireland , it is calculated only to move the risible faculties of every light-hearted man , and to excite the indignant sorrow of every thinking being , that you should venture to treat tbe people of Ireland to a specimen of such ludicrous hypocrisy . " 1 have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient servant , M Daniel O'Connell . 11 To Henry Sudgen , Esq . " Mr . O'Connell next read a letter from Sir Coleman O'Loghlen , the son of the late Master of the Rolls , giving in his adhesion to the movement for Repeal .

      The following barristers were enrolled : —Mr . J . Barry , Denny Lane , Francis Brady , Tnomas O'Haj ? an , Thomas M'Nevin , Ik . O'Dowd , Michael O'Farrell , John Macken , Robert Ferguson , and James R . O'Flanagan , Esqrs . The admission of these gentlemen excited the moat enthusiastic applause . Mr . O'Connell handed in the sum of £ 1224 7 s . 4 d . from the county of Tipperary . ( Tremendous' cheering ) Mr . DoHENV , barrister , said he was authorised to move that the contributors to that sum be admitted members of the association . He bad the pleasure to move that eighty-six of them be enrolled volunteers , having given or collected more than £ 10 each— 860 members and 17 , 214 associates . ( Passed with applause . )

      Mr . O'Hagah , barrister , having been admitted a member , addressed the meeting at some length . He said he was induced to join the association from the unconstitutional proceeding of Sir Edward Sugden in punishing men for the fair and legal expression of their opinions , which he did not dare to say were unconstitutional or unlawful , ( Loud cheers . ) A considerable number of communications from various parts of the country were read , inclosing money to a large amount . At the close , Mr . O'Connell announced the week ' s rent to be £ 2 , 205 153 . 3 d . The announcement was received with rapturous and long-continued cheering . The association then adjourned .

      MORE DISMISSALS OF MAGISTRATES . Three more magistrates have been superseded to day—namely , Caleb Powel , Esq ., M . P ., Limerick ; John O'Hea , Esq ., Cork ; R . Dillon Browne , Esq ., M . P ., Mayo .

      "Secretary ' s Office , Four CourteT " Dublin , May 23 , 1843 . ^ Mr Lord , —I have the honour to acknowio ^ your Lordship ' B letter of the 19 * instant Ium * that it was your intention to attend the repeal 522 ing at Cultra , as well as that which is to behS ? - Athlone , and I am directed by the Lord OiaiedS to inform your Lordship that he regrets ha KS it his duty to direct your Lordship to be sapwirfil as a magistrate for tne county of Galw&y it * , been his earnest desire not to interfere with SJ ! egression of opinion by any magistrates in fiS of ri ? oaal , although from hia first arrival h »« 2 f deemea it inconsistent with the determination of W Majesty ' s Governnment to uphold the union h « tn ^?

      Great Britain and Ireland , to appoint as a Mario , trute any person pledged to the repeal of that UaioT Her Majesty ' s Government having recently declarM in both Houses of Parliament their fixod determin a . tion to maintain the Union , it becomes the dutv of the members of the Government to . support thai declaration . The allegation that the numeroM tepeal meetings are not illegal does not dimini sh their inevitable tendency to outrage ; and consider ing the subject in all its bearings , it is the opinionof the Lord Chancellor that such meetings are not in tka spirit of the constitution , and may become dangerotw to the safety of the state . It is necessary , therefore * that the Government should be able to placea finn n £ liance on the watchfulness and determination , of th » magistracy to preserve the public peace . A magfe ! trate who presides over , or forms a part of snTh .

      meeting , can neither be prepared to repress violence , nor cauld he be expected to act against a body for whose offences he would himself be responsible To such persons the preservation of the public peace during the present agitation cannot be safely in . trusted . Your Lordship ' B determination to preside over such a meeting , immediately after the declarations in Parliament , proves to the Lord Chancellor that the time has arrived for evincing the determination of this Government to delegate no power to those who seek by such measures as are now pursued to diaaohe the Legislative Union . To allow such persona any longei to remain in the comoiis . sion of the peace would be to afford the power of tha Crown to the carrying of a measure which her Majesty has , like her predecessor , expressed her determination to prevent . This view of the cua

      which the step taken by your Lordship has forced upon the attention of the Lord Chancellor , will compel him at once to supersede any other magistrates who , since , the declarations in Parliament , have attended like Repeal meetings . He thinks that each a measure is not at variance with the reselutioa of the Government , whilst they watoh over public tranquillity , and oppose the Repeal movement , still to act with forbearance and conciliation , and to devote their best energies to improve the institutions , and promote the prosperity of Ireland . " I have the honour to be , my Lord , w Your Lordship ' smost obedient servant

      , Heney Sugden , Secretary . " The Evening Post , ia commenting upon this letter describes it as calculated only to irritate the Re ! pealers , and operate as a fresh stimulant to the movement . In reference to the passage in the Chancellor ' s letter regarding tbe Queen , that jooroel contains the following : — " Sir Robert Peel was guilty of a high crime and misdemeanour iu his introduction of the name of the Sovereign , as will be seen by the following resolution , copied from the journals of the House of Commons : —

      " * Resolved , That it is now necessary to declare that , to repeat any opinion or pretended opinion of his Majesty , upon any bill or other proceeding dependiug in either House of Parliament , with a view to influence the votes of the members , is a high crime and misdemeanour , derogatory to the honour of ike Crown , a breach of the fundamental privileges of Parliament , and a subversion of the Constitution of the Covstry . —House of Commons , Detem ^ bcr , \ 7 th , 1783 ( Parliamentary History , vol . 24 , p . 197 ) . ' '' It was in violation of this solemn resolution , that Sir Robert Peel introduced the name of the Queen in the House of Commons . But Sir Edwsrd Sudden , still more reckless , directs his secretary to thrust her Majesty ' s name , and a declaration pretended to be that of her Majesty ' s , linto a letter to a magistrate ! Sir Edward Sugden , we may venture to an * ticipate , will hear of this in Parliament . "

      DISMISSAL OF O'CONNELL . The writ of supersedeas has been received by Mr O'Connell : he ia no longer a magistrate of his native county . The enemies of Ireland and the Irish people have dismissed him from the magistracy , deem * ing him unfit to administer justice in the most petty coart , because he loves—he dares to love—his fatherland , and to « battle constitutionally for her liberties . —Freeman . Furthee Dismissal of Magistrates . —It is stated that ten magistrates have been already superseded ; including Mr . Joseph Myles M'Donnell , of Doo Castle ; and Mr . Phillips , of Mayo ; Mr . Pierse Somerset Butler , of the county of Kilkenny ; and Mr . Fitzgerald , of Muckridge , county of Cork . The Evening Pott mentions a rumour that eighteen magistrates have been dismissed .

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      HUDDERSFIELD CLOTH TSiIaRKET , TUESDAY ., MiV . 30 . —The Hall was not well attended by buyers , consequently little business was done . Though the Han did not manifest signs of activity , the ^ warehonses did . From the great number of warehouses open for business , the occupiers of the Hall sustain a loss . The consequence is , that the general observer and inquirer finds it very difficult to ascertain , with any degree of certainty , the average amount ox business transacted . Tbe fancy manufacturers are certainly employing more weavers at present , ana we wish they may find it necessary to increase taeii number . The wool trade continues very steady , but inclined to improvement .

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      DUBLIN , Mat 29 . ( From the Morning Chronicle ' s correspondent . ) Under the fostering care of the Tories the Repeal agitation is making most tremendous progress . The Repeal rent for the week , announced at the close of the meeting this evening , is £ 2 , 205 ! Tbis is , I believe , a much larger sum than had been received in any week during the agitation which led to Catholic emancipation . At the meeting of the Repeal Association to-day a circumstance occurred which has excited the deepest sensation in this city amongst all parties . Sir Coleman O'Loghlen , Bart ., ( sou of the late Master of the Rolls ) and ten other mombers of the Irish bar , several of them gentlemen of extensive practice , and all of them men who had heretofore kept aloof from the movement , gave in their adhesion to tbe association . This may be regarded as one of the first results of the Tory threats of coercion , and of the letter of Sir Edward Sugden .

      The repeal demonstration in Longford was , even according to the correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail , attented by 250 , 000 persons , " at the lowest computation . "

      REPEAL ASSOCIATION , THIS DAY . The large room at the Corn Exchange , and the passages leading to it , were crowded to excess from the opening at twelve o ' clock until the close at nearly six o ' olock this evening , and a considerable crowd remained on the quay in front of the building . At half-past twelve o ' clock , Mr . O'Connell having arrived , posted up for Longford . The Hon . Gentleman was welcomed with several rounds of most most enthusiastic cheering . The scene was one of most remarkable excitement . Mr . O'Connell said—Why you seem to be ignorant that the Chancellor has degraded me . He has dishonoured me in good company—( cheers)—in company with Lord French and Sir Michael Dillon Bellew—( oheers ) . Yes , Sir Edward Burtenshaw Suguen ( groans ) has degraded us all —( laughter ) . I now move that tbe member for Kilkenny do take the obair—( cheers ) . The chair was then taken by Mr . John O'Connell ,

      M . P . Mr . O'Connell moved that the treasurer should be at liberty to lend out , in sums of at least £ 1 , 000 , the surplus of the Association money over and above what was not necessary for their current expenses . This resolution was actually necessary . The security should be the same as stock-brokers received , namel y , the public funds . —Carried . Mr . O ' Connell read the following correspondence between himself and the Secretary of the Lord Chancellor : — " Secretary ' s Office , Four Courts , "Dublin , May 23 cd , 1843 .

      « Sib , —I am direoted by the Lord Chancellor to inform you , that it is with regret that he has felt it his duty to supersede you as a magistrate for the county of Kerry . I beg to enclose a copy of a lettor , written by the Lord Chancellor ' s direction to Lord Ffrench , which will explain to you the grounds upon which this step has been taken . M have the honoar to be , Sir , " Your most obedient servant , " HfiNfiT Si / gden , Secretary . » Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., M . P . "

      " 30 , Merrion-square , May 27 , 1843 . " Sib , —On my return to town from attending four meetings—peaceable and perfectly legal meetingsto petition Parliament for the repeal of the act entitled the Act for the Legislative Union of Great

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      THE MAGISTRACY IN IRELAND . The following letter has been forwarded to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland by Mr . William Smith O'Brien M . P . for the county of Limerick : — " London , May 29 , 1843 . " My Lord , —I beg to resign into the hands of your Lordship my commission of the peace for the counties of Limerick and Clare . 1 am not aware that by any law now in force it is forbidden to the people of Ireland to seek tbe repeal of an act of Parliament which history tells us was obtained by the basest means , and by the foulest corruption ; and , though anxious to exhaust every hope of good government through other means before I unite with them in soliciting the repeal of that act , I cannot

      consent to retaiu any office which compels me to forego the acknowledged right to hold and propagate opinions not at variance with moral and statute law , which belongs to every British subject . , Not am I sorry to be relieved from the responsibility of acting ib aBy capacity under a Government which , while it forbids the expression of natural indignation , loses no opportunity of exciting well-founded discontent . I am as anxious as your Lordship in maintaining tbe publio peace and the rights of property ia Ireland ; but so long as my fellow countrymen abstain from violating any moral law , I shall feel it a privilege to participate in whatever indignities or sufferings may be inflicted upon them by their anti-Irish rulers . Being desirous to perform my duties as a

      freecitizen of a free state without infringing any established law , I may be permitted to ask your Lordship , who are the chief interpreter of the laws of Ireland , not more for my own guidance than for that of others , with what number of loyal , peaceful , and well-disposed persons I am at liberty to associate myself in an open public meeting , in case I should be driven by continued miagovernment to ask from the British Legislature a repeal of the Act of Union ! Is the legal maximum 100 , 1 , 000 , 10 , 006 , or 100 , 000 i Does the law , as interpreted by your Lordship , apply equally to England ! I have the honour to be , Your obedient servant , : M William S . O'Beibn . M To the Lord Chancellor of Ireland . "

      DISMISSAL OF LORD FFRENCH FROM THE COMMISSION OF THE PEACE . The first blow has been struck by the Government in the dismissal of Lord French from the Magistracy . The following official letter has been addressed to his Lordship , by direction of Sir Edwd . Sagden : —

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct484/page/8/