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      " BEPEAJ . " IN AMERICA . { From ihe New York Herald . J As enome §> meeting-was held on the evening or . Angost 29 , in Washington Hall , of the United Irish j Bepeal Association , -which -was , perhaps , better at- ! tended iban nsoal , In consequence ef the announce- jnent that Robert Tjler , Bsq . j son of the President ofthe United States , irould address the Association . By the <* " »* fixed for the commencement of the proceed * i ings , the large room-was filled to Iti-utmost capacity , j and the staira , and even the vestibule were crowded ly , hundreds , -who could . approach no nearer to the steed of the speakers . Tke orchestra was filled irith beaatifal females—a novelty in these exciting assemblagesand many ladies -were accommodated with seats near the platform . ill . Ttlxb entered the room in -coTEpany wltfe Mr . Alderman Purely , ilr . Ckariee O'Gonnor , tbeceMwated cwnwallor , and many genttaaea tX . distinction In this city ; aitd asbetook his seat he-waa wdcomwtby a lend , losg * oontlnued and joyous -cheer from the -generousttearted Irishmen there assembled . 1 Ar . B . Coskob .. one of the Secretaries , proposed that Hijah F . Pnrdy , Esq ., acting Mityor of ^ h » city , preside ; over the meeting , -which was carried by a responsive-cheer .

      Mr . Fcsdt , on tairng Ms chair , ^ ras -warmly received . He acknowledged tfee hononr -the meeting bad conferred npoa Mm , and he begged them to believe that he sympathised with them for the oppressed sons of Erin ; and fee also said he -was ttappy that asi explosion -would go forth from that meeting wbiofa Tronid apprizs the Government . of "England that there ¦ wbs one place oa earth -where a peopie dared to set , » ad think , and ^> eak , when occasion-required . ( G * esfc « heering . ) Mi . B . Goskos . then read the mferates of the last meeting , and they were Bpproved , after-which

      iir . ISeKEOS » n a tew pertinent remarks introooeed to the meeting Robert Tyler , Esq ., ss a gentleman wno bad been one of the mest distinguished champions < rt Irish Kspeai—threat cheering , -which -was costina ? d for several minntes , and accompanied with the -waring of bats and th » clapping of hands . It -was indeed one of the most enthusiastic bursts of cordial greeting . No description could do it justice ) . Mr . McKEOS continued . Although he ( Mr . Tyler ) bad never before bad the pleasure of meeting them face to face , he ( Mr . ilcSeon ) thought that response -would convince him that &t least they were no strangers to his labours . He < M . McKeon ) w * b happy in presenting

      Ur . Tyler to that meeting , far be had been witness to 2 n&BT things in his favour . That meeting beheld in > im not only a distinguished-champion ef the rights of Ireland , bat a gentleman distinguished in the walks of literatcra ; and iie also earae to them not as a plain private eitiien , but as the son of the Chief Magistrate of these United StateB —[ Qtea . 1 cheering ) . * He { Mr . ilcKeon ) need sot ask for him a -warmer reception , for they had already given bis many a hearty cheer , but be begged . they would allow him ( Mr . McKeon ) on his own account , to propose " Nine cheers for Robert 3 yler . " ( The cheers -were given -with a hearty good Trill with various other demonstrations of kindly feeling . )

      Mr . TstSK , the son x > f the President , then came forward , and the cheering -was renewed with great enthusiasm , vvnen it had subsided , lie said ;— ~ Ma . President xft > Gemiemen , —This is the first time I have had the honour of meeting-with my Irish friends of the city of New Tori , and the pleasure of interchanging -with them a friendly greeting . ( Here a bench broke , precipitating many persons to the floor ) . It has afforded me more than usual pleasure to accept yonr Mn £ invitation to address you , under the cirenmstaneea under which I now present myself amongst you . I appest before yon this evening , felloe citizens , to denounce a government 'which I hate—( great cheering ) —whose many oppressions I detest , and to advocate the cause of a people "whom 1 hare reason to respect

      and to lore , and -whose woes and whose wrongs appeal to the sympathies of mankind —( great cheering ) . Fellow citizens , ; npon this subject I cannot consent te play the part of a hypocrite—( bra » o !)—and I candidly confess to you that I abhor thB history of the British &o-TBTEment— - ( tremendous cheerinc ) . Although there may be instances in tfee historical record cf that Government ¦ which evince high courage , stern determination , and most unwavering purpose ^ in the prosecution and accomplishment r > f its splendid though selfish schemes of cocgnest and national aggrandisement , yet its msst partial and delighted advocate cannot point to -one single Instance in which it ever discovered magna-1 nimity or liberality to an antagonistic power—{ loud ;

      cheers ) . And how numerous are the examples of ' its petty insult and -wholesale aggressions and tyrannies * towards other nations . I have but to refer you , in ' order to establish conclusively and to prove satisfac- ' torily -what I here alleire , to ihe eondnct of England in ' former -times towards France—to the invasion of her ' territories—tha imprisonment of her legitimate sove- reigns , avid in a later period , to her most illiberal , nn- - generous , nsjost conduct towards a great , though fallen ' ¦ ¦ foe , Napoleon Buonaparte —( applause ) . I have but to refer you to the speeches of Sheridan and of Burke to j convince you of the enormities practised towards her ¦ East Indian possessions . I have but to refer you to her "war-with ; China , and to the principles on which she . conducted the war of the American revolution—to Ihe ' ¦

      grievance * Bet forth in 4 he Declaration of American Independence , and to the barbarities practiced towards American eitixens during that contest . I hava but to refer yon to the principles on -which she made war with the American States in 1812 ; and if further evidence be necessary , I have but to allude in your bearing , to the conduct of England "towards Ireland—( great cheering ) for BevEn long centuries Ireland has been suffering a state of bondage more intolerable than the tortured existence of the Bpman slave . F < jr seven centuries her daughters have been exposed to rapine , and her sons to murder and false imprisonment , and her entire people to the cold contumely and insult of a nation -which came in to give them protection , but which through longagesfcaa degraded and oppressed them . And this

      bas been , done to a people -whose noble spirit , thns doubly insulted , and whose generous service to the Srirish crown , should have shielded them against a contumelious word or look—{ Applause } . Yes , sir , I assert that the services of Ireland to England have been of the most exalted character j and I challenge a successful contradiction ef the fact . The courts of law bave been filled up -with Irish Judges and Irish lawyers , whose talents have always been made available to England—who have reflected on the bar of England a lustre by their intellect , and added glory to the British ermine . The most splendid rasters which the "World has ever seen have been iTibbmtn—( cheers )—ai : d their Parliamentary and forensic fame iare illumined the British Constitution -with almost all the glories . that

      surround it The best and purest patriots that have ever trod British soil have been lritLmen ; and in the darkest hour -and deepest dUtxess they hare forgotten their o-srn oppressions , and nave rallied in defence of the integrity of the Government—( applauss ) . The navy of England has bean manned -with Irishmen , and they have poured forth their treasures and their blood to sustain the English marine . The armies of England , too , bave been recruited from the peasantry of Ireland ; and those -who in the hour of battle have most eagerly rushed on to death or victory , have betn Irishmen —[ tremendous applause ) . And ir&lraa , too , has ever contributed her revenue , -without a murmur to support the spendthrifttxtravagance of the British Government ; and -what has been the result ? I rtfer yon to feer history for an account of the isenstrous details : for

      imagination , even -with her eye boider than the eagle ' s—with her heart of gigantic proportions , aad ber co&rage of fiery energy , -will thrink , pale and trembling , from the recital—( applause * .. N » , let the historian , with fcii heart of steel and- hiB icyjsnd pulseless lip , speak to you of innocent people fentefcered by tfee force of British la-ws , or who have felt the fatal proscription of the English martial power . I » st him tell you the details—let him teil you tow a daughter has been ravished in the sight and "within bearing of a mother , -whose cbBBtity and life -were sacrificed "with their freedom—for an Irish maiden prefers chastity to life ^ -jgrezt spplaust}—Jet him tell y ^ u of sons L . noffiiaiocsly hung on the gallows before the tearless eyes © f aged parents—let the historian tell you , too , ho-s her bails cf justice have been converted into places worse than the Satumalian Orgies , -when ; justice bas been pttrififed % o Btonev aid has not been abie to -wiuiets the

      Cinn-feaWike rzge trith which British Judges have clothed The regEirltioas of 3 ritith law , and have sprinkled the ermine on their shoulders -with the dotted gore « f their victimB— lapplanse ) . Let the butori&u -tell yon , too , how her temples of religion have been < fese-« rarea how , failing ^ force 5 ^^ observances of 3 ° nhip < m Irish religion , they have prescribed those IuW f f T * fetdom of conscience to the blanfcSaif f ' ^ T votaftarfly retired from tie in-Iranian and sacrilegious work —( great cheeri-g ) It is S ^"« t £ «« than enotgh for the h ^ rt of rn ^ n to Z ™ 1 ^ f' r " lnier - Md ^ "j ^ t laws , ^^^ Z ^ J ^ ^ ?» » lofty zni deified

      "S& ^ SSf ^ SSL tt ! £ ~ z * ISSn S 2 r ^ - ? j - *^ 1 - ^ Amermn Jirtea- \* pjisase ) -tt&t 1 enj . y all the blasonga of . » freej ^ eaunent- ^ at I am doubiy sS ' ative totfaoa-ontagcs-Md insults it is becanie the i feehngi « f ttat anctent ^ ay-j , er ja- ^ nt in my nem ' TFhen our fatten fought , strnggled , bled and finally ¦ ¦ won a victory in that great contest -which involved prineiplei that are Out fonndafionof those rights for irhkh Irdand U noweonteading —[ great applause ) it ! ii because the spirit ct that day , which now triumphs ' inJnybreart , Isev « iBinjI « dwith an abiding snd ooa- * eentntedsadirnrfieaW * detestation of those -who are ! now tte tnemies of Irelaaa—It is because I iave betn 5

      educated among the plain and pure , though . sublime and gignntia institationi of our own free hmd , where the very s * n which Bhines down on our heads , and the great rivers which roll their WKstlees coarse towards the ocean , and the feroad and green earth , amongst whose majestic mountains and expansiye valleys the spirit of freedois has space to breathe—it is because ire have achieved these very Institutldrs , and this happy and glorious land from a people that wonld have made serfs or subjects of patriots—it is in this two-fold aspect of hatred of the oppressor aad sympathy Uz the opj-rtESEd

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      who are now suffering indescribable oppressions , that I stand before yon . as the friend of Ireland—( cheers ) , And what , Mlow-dti&ins , is this question of Repeal , vciib which Ireland is now so much agitated , and for which the British Government have kept so angry and threatening attitude towards her . And -what has been the conduct of the Irish people to call forth the very harsh language which Wellington and others have used i in reference to this " Repeal" movement , and which j bas led to the degradation of the clergy and the magistrates of that oppressed land ? If I understan J ' ¦ Repeal" aright , it is an attempt to obtain a peaceable repeal of an odious and oppressive act ef union—an act which tras passed -without the formalities needful to tbe occasion which it is represented are intended confessedly to accomplish , and passed fey bribery and public and private treachery : and yet it was proclaimed in terms of the most absurd paradox , "feat a ] i union existed between the independent * t * teo , -ofvAMsj I land and 1-retend by t&is Act of'Onion , by *» ijtagH ¦ -which forsootit , all power , executive , tegiiiliilUliMJ jadieisL theretofore exercatd by the coistitute 4 : jl ^ i rifles of Irelasd , -were to be either anniWlated-tiriwil ^ : ¦ for all time titenceforwasd , in the omnipotent aruMPi : xisdent ctmrts of England , the English Parliaments * ad < the English Crown . Asa England , certainly -with not js particle < f right , claims that the Act of "Union , so ' called in « feeet mockery , is irrepeal&ble ,-exeept at her jt « wn will and pleasuse . Now , feUow cvtix ^ ns , -we as

      Americans , are directly interested in this question , eo lar as "this point is concerned ; for it positively contravenes tbe position which -was taken by the American States in the Declaration of their Independence—lapplause ) . This -was precisely the language used by the British -Government to the Colonies here before the Revolutionary war , and that contest was conducted by Euglaad on precisely the same principles on -which ehe would now cany on the contest « ith Ireland , and -wkat was the result ! Reason and justice , and the sympathy of the enligbteneu world , and the voice and act -of God , proclaimed and proved their faliaey . —{ Applause ) . In admitting that Ireland lost her sovereignty by the act of treason—admitting that tbe act of union was jost and fail —is to admit that one

      generation of men has the right to bind itself to caainB and oppression , and also succeeding generations ; but not even the barbaric Indian or the seif cf a Russian despot , who feels an instinct of aa immortal hereafter , -will admit that one generation of men can Bell the liberty of a distant posterity . It is in vain to argne the question . Yoa may produce tbe B&als to your musty record of such moral degradation , to show that the terms bind and apply to all—you may attempt to enforce tbe contract ; but you will appeal , both to the man and to the law in vain . Tbe soul of man within him , conscious of his birthright of freedom , rises up and repels the insult . But I contend , fellow citizens , and in this position lam sustained by tbe ablest authorities , that sovereianty is indestructible except by the act of

      God ; and thai it cannot be alienated . Now , has tbe sovereignty of Ireland been destroyed by the act of God ? i Has any cause which has produced the prostration of other nations led to her prostration ? Ho , tor she is ' stronger than ever , and her resources , though crippled by unjuBt laws , ate greater ; indeed , Ireland appears 1 to be like the camomile plant , for the more she is ! trodden upon the greener she bas grown—( applause ) . It sppears that the sovereignty of Ireland has not been ! lost Nor has it been alienated . J Here ilr . Tylsr gave way : the heat of the room was i so oppressive that he could not proceed , and he ob-! served that he feared he must close his remarks . . But after a short pause , he continued as follows : — i Tattel , a great writer on the laws of nations—and

      ; his authority is admitted in all civilised countries—con-! tends that sovereignty cannot bealienated . How , then , i does it happen that on this question of contract be-¦ tween the two independent states or kingdoms of Eng-I land a :, d Ireland , as they stood before this act of union , i that one—Ireland—should now be compelled to occupy i a position towards the other of a felon endeavouring : to escaps from the arm of the law , or of a slave es > 1 caping from the hand of a cruel master ? How does it j happen , fellow-citizens , that Erin's proud banner , f which once flowed in the breezs and flaunted to the ' skies , impressed with the broad seal of Irish sovej reignty , i » now only to be recogniz-d as an empty ' pageant in British hands ? How does it happen ? It : strikes me that , ss both reasonable and right that no

      less a power than the power of the people—a sovereign and supreme power—could rightfully contract and enact that act of union , for the power which made the act must necessarily be superior to the act , as tbe creator must of necessity be superior to the created . Ii could not be , as the British Government contend ; for that -would be an admission that Ireland -was sovereign at the time of the union ,- and Tattel has it as an express and solemn rule , that aoverelgnty cannot be alienated ; snd if sovereign then , and if her sovereignty -was inalienable , vrbj was she not sovereign now ?—( cheers ) . According to the general principles of the law of nations—according to tbe principles on which the Declaration of Independence -was based , and the union among the free States of this confederacy was

      « ementfcd , she bas the right to demand Repeal of the oppressive act of union , or the right of a peaceable cecessionfrom that union as a sovereign power . If , however , a power which contracted this act of union ¦ was less ftmn sovereign , it was clearly void ab inilio , for nothing less than Irish sovereignty could have annihilated for an isetant , much less fcr generations , the power of the Irish legislature ; for sovereignty , and sovereignty alone , can m ^ ke and uuniakc legislative power . ( Applause . ) I -will iiot touch on tb # justice of " Repeal , " nor regard it as a question of expediency ; I choose rather to regard it ai a gurstion of right and of principle . 1 "will not stop to inquire bow much right tho Irish people have to complain , as a province misruled , of the system of Catholic prescription , h * r po « r laws , her police system , her absenteeuni , and other eause of complaint too tedious to mention , and di- 'gracefnl to the British Government ; no , as the advocate of Irish liberty , I will not consent to assume

      the attitude of the slave , and supplicate for the leniency of a cruel master . lApplan&e . ) No . in the name of a people -who "were once sovereign , and -who cannot be dispossessed of their sovereignty , except by an a « t of God . 1 demand as a right the R- peal of tbe Legislative Union . ( Applaust ) . In the name of nine millions of people , who , even if they do form an integral portion of the British Government , because of their immense number and their sufferings , they are not only entitled to it , but to redress for their wrongs ; and in their name I claim legislative emancipation for Ireland . ( Bear , and great applause . ) 1 dsmand it in the name of the enlightened age in -which -we live . I demand it in the name of the spirit of education snd improvement -which preside over tbe nineteenth century . I demand it in tbe name of the great political truths of the age , from -whoso power and l : 2 ht old dogmas shrink . In the name of our republican institutions 1 demand her freedom . I demand it

      in the name of the sjmpathy of mankind . I demand ; t on the same ground—the irresistible ground on which Ireland demanded Catholic Emancipation—( cheers ) The Act -which imposed Catholic disabilities , and that Act of Union , -wtTe dictated by a spirit comparatively barbaric ; and the spirit of enlightened freedom which demanded the repeal of the one now er . Ks for the repeal of the other , the equally odious and barbaric Act of Union . Yes ! the same reason -which granted the Reform Bill for England , now demands legislative emancipation for Ireland .

      Mr . Ttler now retired to the window tairneaiately behind him , and then fainted away ; but the meeting , ignorant of this fact , cheered him vociftronely . They then called loudly for Mr . Wallace , and other popular orators , but tbe heat of the room , which oppressed throughout hi 3 whole speech , and finally overcame Mr . Tyler , was as unfavourable for reporting as speaking , and nearly incapacitated us for the discharge of our arsucus duty , -which -we fear we have here done very imperfectly , and therefore -we left the meeting , which vre understand continued together some time longer .

      We learned subsequently , that Mr . Tyler remained in the care of a physician , in much suffering , up to a late hour of tbe night .

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      THE " RENT" WARFARE . The Carlcv ; Sentinel , a Tory paper , has , during the last three or four weeks , given occasional accounts of the carrying awBy of crops distrained for non-payment of rent , by the peasantry , who irere described as assemblii-g in considerable numbers for tbe purpose of cutting down and removing tbe grain out of the reach of the landlords or their bailiffs . The last number of the same joarnal contains the following account of the progress of this extraordinary movement : — " Oa the night of tbe 8 th instant , between the hours of eleven snd twelve o ' clock , about fifty men assembled on the lands of C ~ -o manna , in this county , and cut down abcut two acres of oats under seizure for rent due to

      the iandlord , ChsileB Dav . s , Esq ., of Glara , county Dublin . Mr . fihnrpe , the attorney for the landlord , having received intimation of thB proceedings , collected some people in the vicinity , who cane up in sufficient time to prevent the property being carried vff She land . The peliea visited the place shortly after , but the crowd had vanished . We learn that bailiSs -were in charge of the property , fcnt they were beaten off , and the entire would have been carried a way but for the timely arrival of the Hacketeto-wn constabulary . All the parties concerned in the outrage are known , and "will be prosecuted .

      " On the morning ol the Ifth instant , at an early hour , a number of mes , principally strangers from the « oanty Kilkenny , -with several JzorseB and cars , assembled on tha lands of Liscarvaa , jiear Ballon , in this county , and cut down sev « xal acnes of prime wheat , which they carried away aud atared in Ballon . Condderable excitement existed ia the ne ^ nboaibood daring tte progress of the work , which wws tarried en without the slightest attempt at eoneealaeat Captain Wataon , v * £ dlord > < m tearicg of the oeourence , proceeded wim his servants to the spot , aad succeeded to seising on the horses and cars engaged ia earryisg av » y the crop , and also in capturing fonr of the party , who- have been committed for trial . "

      « f 'l enighfc ottbe sih instant , a great nuru ^ r of S , ^ bcMf " £ car 9 ' assembled on the haft of W illismstown , held by a man named Doyle from the Rev . Sa Richard Wolseley , and cut down arS Ef 2 Lr ? antto °° P ? ' vhictl ™* ^ der seizure r s £ ? z * Z * ° ? 6 lacdlord - The bail ^ ™ re oraertd vB the lands on ptril of thtir lives , and the

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      j t t ] , 1 party succeeded , in taking off tbe property , ' Informations have , beer 1 sworn , snd warrants issued against the off and era , : . "On the r ilght <* the 11 th instant , a great number of persons , m » ny of wbom were armed , assembled at Killalongford , 2 a this county , and cut down and carried away a large q > jantifcy -at corn , in order to evade the payment of rent About day-break their purpoBes were effected , and tlr ay marched off in different directions . The new system , of opposition , to the payment of Tents is spreading v ? ith / earful lap '^ dity . " The Nenoffk Guardian , a Tory journal , states that a sinvJar system has commenced in the northern division of Tipperary , and gives the following instance : —

      B " On Friday or Saturday night last , o number of men , about 400 , all strangers to the locality , vent to the lands 0 * Cranagh , the property of Maurice Meagher , Esq ., of Nenagn , on which a distress had been placed for arrears of rent . They cut down the entire of the Hawing crop , and Carried it away . At the morning ' s ¦ n , there was nothing left for the landlord but the MteHeas stubble . Five of this party were told off , for R purpose of shooting the bailiff—to deter others from acting in a similar capacity . There were five stand of arms accordingly placed , as they supposed , in a secure spot for that purpose , which happened to bo discovered by the police , and seized . Tha loss to the party of their fire-arms saved the bailiff for the present

      "A similar visit was to have been paid to another tenant within a very short distance from town , whose crops -were under seizure for two and a half years" rent ; but a compromise or settlement was effected between landlord and tenant the evening previous to the intended visit " Skrtiug Notices under the Cockts . — A short time since the receiver appointed under the courts , over the lands of Leghorn , -within three mites hf Nenagh , tbe head landlord of which is Mr . Bindon Scott , of Gahircon , and tbe lessee the representative of a Mr . M'Mahon , of the county Clare , having occasion to serve orders of tbe court on the tenantry to pay their rents and arrears to the receiver , the bailiffs sent for

      that purpose were turned off , the door of each house or cabin being previously shut in their faces . Ou Tuesday last , that gentleman being obliged to Attend in person , and having obtained a writ of assistance , was granted a strong police force , by the directions of Joseph Tabuteau , E ^ , R . M ., who accompanied the party , which was commanded by H . Blake , Esq , S I ., and they succeeded in protecting the bailiffs whilst the notices ^ ere being duly served . This property contains upwards of six hundred acres , and was originally let to three or four respectable farmers , and there is now but one tenant of substance on tha entire lands , and forty or fifty families of squatters in the occupancy f the remainder .

      Just at tho dawn of day , on Tsesday morning last , Constable M'Donough of the Bird-hill station , having perceived a number of men , and about fifty horses and cars , pass the wall of the police barrack , aroused his men , and with tbreo of hi * party immediately followed to watch their movements . These Irish Rebeccas proceeded to tbe residence of a widow named Toohey , at Cool , in the barony of Owney a *; d Arra , and at the head of three hundred persons there was a farmer named Gleeaoa . Timothy Gleeson was an uncle of the deceased Toohey , and alleges that prior to Toohey'a death he made a will in favour of his uncle , and to the exclusion of his widow . Another pretence for this unlawful act is , that Gleeson says he lent Toohey the sum of £ 10 to purchase the fasm from old Hastett , the father of the widow . On Constable M'Dunough and his little party coming up , he called upon the others in her Majesty'B name to disperse ; upon which Gleeson , who was evidently the Iead 6 r , gave the memorable

      order of the hero . ' of Waterloo , Up boys , and at them . ' Immediately the entire party rushed into the haggard , and commenced tearing down the stack and ricks of corn , an * loading the cars , which they forcibly drove away . In endeavouring to resist the party concerned in this monstrous proceeding , wveral of the- friends of the widow were eruelly beaten on the beads and bodies with heavy loaded . sticks , which they designate by the name of the Molonya , " or ' the two year olds . ' A young man named John Walsh is dangerously wounded , having received a compound fracture on tha head , and of whose recovery there are no hopi 8 . The father of the widow of James Haasett , an old man , was cruelly beaten ; and another relative , named John Hasaet , also . Constable M'Donbngb and his men are in possession of the names of several of the Rebeccaxtea , some of whom were from Kilcomruon , some f / ora Keeper-hill , and the greater portion were Btrangers from the counties of Clare and Limerick . "

      Rents in North Tippbrart . —The tenants on the lands of Loaghorna , near Nenagh , are deeply in anear . Tbe landlord , Mr . Mahon , almost despairs of getting his rent ; but this in Tipperary is a matter of no very singular occurrence . Our correspondent in that locality informs us , that James Quin , a surveyor , a man who it seems is . possessed of no small abate of daring , offered to rnn the gauntlet amongst the tenants , if he would be allowed six shillings in the pound for the collection of the rent and the arrears . The offer was soon closed with , under the impression , perhaps , that half a loaf was better than no bread . Oa Tuesday last , Qnin , accompanied by a man nnnie'd Meehan , went to Loughorna with the intention of serving the tenants with notices to compel payment of rent Their reception Was rather rough , such as might be expected

      on the occasion . Q / iin and Meehan bad to trust to their heels for the safety of their heads . Tbe crowd increased every moment , and the pursuit became hotter ; Quin was overtaken , and , as we have been informed , compelled to take back tbe notices . Meehan , who seemed to be the more oenoxiouB character of the two , was 6 ! ill pursued , and at length obliged to take cover in the house of Mr . James Otway , of Ballinware So intent were the neighbouring peasantry in taking a deadiy satisfaction of Methan , that they searched Mr . Otway ' s kitchen and premises for h ' m . BeiDg bafilsd they returned in no very pleasant mood . I n about two hours&fter Quin and Mtehan , escorted by a large body of pulice , horse » Bd foot , again proceeded to the lands , wtere under tbe protection or a hostile array they effected a sort of service . —Leinsler Express .

      Opposition to the Payment of Rents . —On the night of the 8 i . h inat ., between the hours of eleven and twelve o ' clock , about fifty men assembled on the lands of Coolmanna , in this county , and cut down about two acres of oats under Ee ' . zun for rent due to the landlord , Mr . C ^ Davis , cf Clare , county of Dublin . Mr . Shnrpe , the attorney for tbe landlord , haviDg received intimation of the proceedings , collected some people in the vicinity , who came up in sufficient time to prevent tbe property being carried oft" the land . The police visited the place shortly after , but the crowd had vanished . Informations have been sworn against sixteen persons concerned ia the rescue , and warrants have been issued for their apprehension . From private letterB received on Friday , we learn that bailiffs were in charge of the property , but that they were beaUj ; i off , and that the . entire weuld have been carried away but for the timely arrival of the Hacketstowri conslabnlary . All the parties concerned in the outrage are kno ^ n , and will be prosecuted . —Carious SentiniL

      More Outrages—On the morning of the 10 th instant , at an early hour , a number of men , principally strangers from the county of Kilkenny , with several horses and cars , assembltd on the lands of Liscarvan , near Ballon , in this county , and cut down several acres of prime wheat ,. which they carried away and htored in Ballon . Considerable excitement existed in the neighbourhood during the progress of the work , which was carried on without the slightest attempt at concealment Captain Watson , the landlord , on hearing of the occurrence , proceeded with his servants to the spot , and succeeded in se ' zing on the horses and cars engaged in carrying away the crop , and also in capturing four of the party , who have been committed for trial .

      Tumultuous Meetings—On the night of the 8 th inat ., a great number « C men , with horses and cars , assembled on the lands of Williamstown , held by a man named Doyle , from the RbV . Sir R . Wolseley , and cut down and carried away all the crops , which were under seizure for rent due to the landlord . Tee bailiffs were ordered eff the lands on peril of their lives , and the party sneceeded in carrying off tbe property . Informations have been sworn , and warrants issued against the offenders . Ou the night of the 11 th inst a great number of persons , many « f whom were armed , assembled at Killalongford , in this county , and cut down and carried away a large quantity of corn , in order to evade the payment of rent . Abont daybreak their purposes were effected , and they marched off in different

      directions , blowing horns , shouting for repeal , and crying out " they would pay no more rents ! " The constabulary are ba ? ily engaged in bringing the leaders to justice . The new system of opposition to the payment of rents is spreading with fearful rapidity , and emissaries said to be from Dublin , are every where exciting the population to resistance to the payment of any rent at all .. This appears unquestionably to be the preparatory step to the grand movement against the lauded proprietary so long threatened ; and if tfeey do not unite one and all to check its progress , no one can tell where it will end . If not put down speedily the social edifice will be shaken to its foundation . On the night of the 11 th several horses and cars were brought to the lands of Rathrusb , near Ballen , in

      this county , for the purpose of carrying away the produce of two-and-a-half acres of wheat , which we are informed had been taken by conacre from the Messrs . Cogblan , the tenants on the lands , who prevented the removal of the crop until the Iandlord was informed of the circumstance . ' On the same night , ahout eleven o'clock , a large number of persons , amounting to about 300 men and women , with sever *! horses and cars , assembled at Cowlsw , in the parish of Clonmose , near Hacketstown , in this county , and cat ^ own and carried away five acres of oats , held by conacre , from tbe tenants on the lands , named Dowlinfs The person who

      Ad this crop taken from the Dowlfnga is a farmer amed Patrick Carty , of Bauygalduff , and the reason e atiignstor thi * annannl and unlawful proceeding i * , dat he was informed that DowHng ' a landlord ( a Mr . terge Braddell , of Belfast ) was , about to aef ^ a on the ? tire crops for lent The conduct of those assembled q this occasion was most violent , and created much larm in tbe neighbourhood . They bore away the roperty amidst shouts and huzzas , and threatened vio-: nce towaads any person who should oppose them , hey placed guards around tbe bouses of the Dawlings 10 * others in the neighbourhood , and threatened the ina . ^« with instant destruction if they attempted to

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      come out until they , had cut and carried it away . They stopped at a public-house at Clonmore , and drank a large quantity of pfrita . X' ; U * : ' ^¦ . ••' ¦¦ Progress of The AJNT ^ kNTiW AR--The ?• passive resistance'' to tbe payment ^ * 6 ftta inculcated by the Repeal legislators has extei ^« l * b , operaUona to the county of Meatb , where , owing to tBe great excitement prevailing in the neighbourhood \ M : Ifrini ,: it iwf jbeen found necessary to despatch a large body of military to enforce the collection of rents . Two troops of the 11 th Hussars have been detached-from this garrison , and a company ef tho Rifle Brigade , on its marchfrom Drogfaeda to Longford , was countermanded at Navan , and ordered to proceed to Trim , to aid the civil power , in conjunction with the Hussars . The farmers are generally refusing to pay rents , and are removing tbe crops off the lands . In order to evade seizures . — Correspondent of the London Times .

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      The Blind Traveller . —Lieut . Holman , R . N . Knight of Windsor , the celebrated blind traveller , took his departure oa the 3 d of September , from Malta for Naples .. R © will afterwaxda proceed to the Roman States , and tbexjce to Trieste . During the few days of his reaidence in , thifl island the greatest hospitality has ^ Oj ^ eir ^^ iid ^ 't ^ ho ve teran traveller had the honour of ( U ^ afcjiitll tiig excallenfiv the governor , and very freqaM ^ Miwn the AdmiraJ . Sir E . Owen . Amidst , jBpl ^^ Hlpsitudee of his perilous , life , and increasio ^ HHpysjUl maint ains the same unabated thirst fo * i , | pap ,. a | d his mental and bodity faculties appear | d ^|| Sw * IjS activity and strength in the inverse ratio ' . 6 f Ma V ©* clISing life and honoured grey hairs . —Mcftfa Times . V

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      llHl ^ HK&tf ^ or of Freeman . - ., |^| l || ifr Taesday Evening , eight o ' clock . SlJ ^^ Da ^ juat read , in the Evening Post , the speech of Mir , G'Connell , delivered yesterday at the Corn Exchange , in reference to a statement of mine in the Weekly Register of ] Saturday . A 3 yours will be the first paper published , £ send this to you , anxious as I am that not a day should be lost until I giyo some explanation of the matter referred to . I expected that it would attract notice , but OConnell puts a construction on it which I do not concur in , and which I should not

      e answerable for . I do not charge the English Charsts with the crime of { conspiracy against the Irish Rsealers , or of lending themselves to somebody else who 0 , or may be suspected ; of conspiring . On the contrary , know that the leading men of the Chartista in London fcterly repudiate the persons to whom . I alluded in the legitter . j Far less do I accuse or suspect the Government ; or link for a moment , even hypotbetically , that the Govern-; ent has anything to do with them . I shall tell you all I now of the matter , which is not half as much as Mr . 'Connell seems to believe I know . And I shall repeat sre all that I insinuated , which is not what Mr . O'Consll insinuates . i

      First Fact—In my connection with the London presB , have been in the habit of attending public meetings ' > mposed of persons of all opinions in politics—of all conitioaa ia life ; and have , therefore , become familiar with

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      tbe features , abilities , and characters of many of those who attend London meetings . Second Fact—I nave been for them last eighteen months travelling in England , through the midland , eastern , southern , and western counties , in connexion with agricultural affairs . During the -same period , and particularly this last spring and snminor , the Antt-Coni Law League has bad meetings in many of tbe market towns of these counties , at some of which meetings I have attended when within reach of them . I have also been present at several of the League meetings In London . It bas been common , on such occasions , for several persons calling themselves working men to propose resolutions at variance with tke object of the meeting , and to attempt—sometimes successfully , but In most

      instances : unsuccessfully—to divert the discussion to other topics than the corn laws . On one occasion they took possession of the platform by force in London ; on another occasion they got a mob , and occupied all the lanes and passages leading to a place of " meeting , the Riding School in Maty-le-bone , which the Anti-Corn Law Association of that parish had hired for the meeting , and a riot was created , which ended by the building and furniture being damaged to the amount of £ 50 . Some of the parties concerned in getting up that riot were afterwards at Norwich , and in various towns , east , south , and west , at which Mr . Cobden held meetings . Any one who has observed the reports of those meetings must have seen that attempts were made to carry resolutions condemnatory of Mr . Cobden ' s speeches ; and that Mr . Cobden in replying

      slid , almost on every occasion , that the movers of such resolutions were unworthy the confidence of working men , though they professed- to be working men—inasmuch as they were persons who followed him about from town to town , from the north to the south—from the east to the west . Mr . Cobden has said , also , that ttey were not Chartists , though they professed Chartism . He has said that they must be paid by somo * body ; but he has never said who that-somebody is ; nor do I say who that somebody is , for I do not know . I have good reason to believe , however , that Mr . Cobden never for a moment suspected the * government or the Chartists . If he snspected any class of persons , his-suspicions were fixed on parties who as thoroughly hate and distrust Sir Robert PeeJ , and what they consider his too liberal leaning towards free trade , as any one does who thinks him not liberal enough .

      Third Fact—I saw on Tara Hill , at several points on the outskirts of tbe meeting , persons attempting to draw off a portion of the vast multitude to listen to speeches , some part of which , bo far as I heard them , alluded to Chartism . Also at Tara , in a few of the many tents there spirituous liquors were offered for sale , and by some of the people—by very few so far as I saw—were purchased and drunk . I saw several men , three of whom I knew by eye-sight , offering to treat various groups of countrymen to whisky punch or brandy , also to " something to eat , " if they would drink . The men whom I saw spoken to refused to drink ;

      and when I spoke to them afterwards aud inquired what the strangers had been saying to them ; they told me that they had been talking about the hardships endured by working men in Ireland , and offered to stand a treat of something to eat and drink , but that they had gone away and given them nothing because they refused to drink . I saw the same-parties again and again similarly engaged with the poorer-looking Irish country labourers . What their precise object was I cannot say . Perhaps they were only on what in England we call a V lark , " when a fellow , with plenty of money offers to treat everybody ; but whatever they might be doing , oz intending to do , I am certain of my

      Fourth Fact—That at least three of them were persons whom I bave seen in London and elsewhere disturbing the League meetings . I shall now state a few matters of opinion . I do not think it is fair in Mr . O'Connell to make such violent charges against tbe English Chartists , even admitting these men to have been hete for the worst of purposes , aad to have used for their purpose Char tist doctrines . How would the Irish Repealers like to be burdened with the ownership of Bill Dalany and Phil Murphy , tbe joint conspirators , murderers and informers of Kilkenny ? Yet these villains accomplished their purpose by assuming a character not their own—a character of benevolence , of sympathy for a persecuted set of tenants .

      I think it is not proper to burden me with threats of being dragged from behind my incognita , if I « io not disclosa the names of the persons whom I saw on Tara Hill , that taey may be punished . Personally I care nothing about the incognita . When I assumed it I Wrote one letter on agriculture , intending to write no more , and so signed myself . That letter drew forth others ; and so I have gone on . Mr . OConnell most truly describes the law of libel in the speech I now refer to . So stringent is that law that I cannot publish anywhere the reports which I draw up relating to Irish landlords and tenants ; yet Mr . OConnell holds out a threat to me , the tendency of which ia to make me produce a libe ) . He is pleased to compliment me for what I have written on Irish affairs ; but he holds over my

      head a threat that will make me more cautious about what I write than even the law of libel makes me ; that is , if the dragging me from behind my incognita were in bis power , or , being in his power , any detriment to me . I have no objection , if a serious inquiry be determined on , to state privately to any party properly authorised to inquire , the names of the tutin known to me ; but having mentiened the matter publicly ia a merely general manner fjr a public purpose , for a warning to those who might by possibility be fed into error ,-1 do not see that it is either just or politic to give me the burden of supporting such ehargea as Mr . O'Connell draws out of my statement , since those charges are carried far beyond what I nave any proof to suppoit . .... ¦*•

      OriE Who has Whistled at the Plough . To this we ueed not add another word , except to direct attention to Mr . O'Connor ' s letter in this day ' s Star for an answer to that portion of Mr . O'Connell ' s speech which attributes to "Feargas * the project of tha " National Holliday . " It will be seen that he disposes of that charge most effectua l ly ; and fixes it upon Mr- O'Connell ' s Birmingham friends . Tnat answer was not intended for Mr . O'Connell ; but it exactly fits him .

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      Cowardly and Atrocious Oittsagb . —On Satnrday evening the following daring outrage was committed at Pentonville . Between eight and nine o ' clock , as a lady , named Townsend , residing at No . 8 , Claromont-place , Pentonville , was walking along the street , within a few yards of her own residence , she was met by an individual having the appearance of a Lascar , and on passing him she felt herself suddenly wounded by some sharp instrument in her thigh . Mrs . Townsend , as soon as sbe could recover herself , { purMied the ruffian , but he succeeded in effecting his escape before she could obtain the assistance of a policeman . On examination , it was found that the instrument had passed through her clothes , and penetrated the flash to some depth . Tho perpetrator of the outrage is described as being a man of colour , dressed in a red and black cap , which fits close to his head , and a red tunic with waits sleeves , which reaches to his knees .

      " Increase and Mujltiplt . "—There is now In the possession of Mr . Thomas Jones , of Penny-lane , in tbe township of Flixton , a saw which has farrowed , at twelve different times , 165 pigs . Religious Persecution in Tcrkey—Constantinople—An Armenian named Avoakim bas lately suffered death under the following circumstances . A year and a half ago , having quarrelled , during a fit of intoxication , with his Mussulman neighbours , he

      former faith . After the absence of a year he returned to Constantinople , and concealed himself in a Christian quarter . Unfortunately , he was recognized as he passed through the city , by one Mnstaia Aga , chief of the euard of the quarter in which be resided before his flight . HewasseiZ 9 d and conveyed to the Seraskier's palace . Having formally declared his adherence to Christianity , he was thrown into prison , Threats and torture were used to compel him to retract , and these means failing , be was led out to execution . Intimidation being unavailing , he was reconducted to prison , and allowed six days to re-embrace the faith of Islam . All access to him was denied , both to bis relatives and

      the priests . On the seventh day he was bound * and dragged to the Bolluk Bszzar . The fish market is one of the crowded thoroughfares of the city , and is consequently usually chosen as a fitting spot for public decapitation . Although thirty Cawasses accompanied the unfortunate man , on arriving at the place of execution they all refused to strike tho blow . " At length one Ali of Tavok Bazaar , a Cawass belonging to the Siraikerial , seized the scymethr . The naked weapon was shown to the condemned man , wita a last offer of pardon ; but he maintained an obstinate silence . The Cawass having compelled him to kneel , raiaedthe sabre , and struck him on the neck , the bone remaining unbroken . Three inefl ^ ctual blows succeeded / 'The sword

      baing too blunt , or the executioner being too inexpert , to sever the head in the usual manner ,, he was thrown down , aud whilst several men knelt upon the body , Ali sawad the neck asunder , the miserable man filling the air with shrieks . The body was thrown upon the stomach into the centre of the street , the head , and by its side the hat , itejtog placed between his thigh * The Turka who stood around spat upon bis corpse , ana reviled his Christianity . The Cawasses retired to a neighbouring tobacconist ' s and enjoyefl their pipes . 0 * the body waa then placed the decreo by which he . had been condemned , ia these words : —'' On the fliatof Mohairem last year the Armenian slipper-maker Yahi »

      Oglar Avoakim , being in : full possession of b » sense * , embraced the faith oMslamr and received the name of Mohammed . He afterwards escaped , and -becamr a wnegade . Having been invited to re-enter the holy religion of Islam , he absolutely refused so to dp . Persisting in his refusal , he was condemned , according to the sacred fetw . i , and has suffered death . ' * The body was exposed during three days to the Ipsultsi of a fanatic multitude . On the third day it was dragged to the sea-shore , and , having been fastened to a pole , was cast into one <> f the currents of the Boapbpnw . Tho Armenian patila tch having presented a petition to the Porte for tae corpse , it was torn up and trampiea under foot .

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      THE ARMY AND NAVY . Warlike Preparations , —As if In anticipation of a general insurrection all the barracks and many of the castlts and private mansions in the country ate undergoing extensive alterations to fit them for efficient offensive and defensive operations . Walls are pierced for loop-holes , superfluous gates and other assailable points are closed up , drawbridges are erected , tbe magazines are crammed with ammunition , and that frightful ; enemy orbesieged troops—Famine—is provided against by stores of beef , pork , and rum , which are daijy arriving . At the front gate of the Clonmel barraclfiahlph platform has been raised for the accotnthe

      m < Matim ^ t ; 8 V' patent swivel-gun , and two dczan men . Frogt ^ m ^ wrtition garrison could blaza away agallmlnfeftTid new gas-houses , and tause no slight ranoyaw 8 y » ' '' a ^ rench armad a in its passage up the Sai / . ^^ gCOrki Termoy , Limerick , Templemore , &c , simiiar ^ rorMdflble steps have been taken ; so that when " " Young ^ - Ireland * ' arises to throw off her chains , the authorities are determined not to be like the foolish virgins who were found unprepared . Cart loads of beef , bacon , bread , and powder , and hogsheads of rum and brandy are daily taken from the Government stores at Haulbouline to the barracks in the interior of the country , in many instances without the accompaniment of a single soldier or policeman 1—Dublin World .

      The Ballyshannon Herald , an Orange paper , says : — " We hear that the large infantry barrack is about to be repaired , in order to have a depot stationed here in future . We hope this may be found true , as there is no place in Ireland where a military force could be more usefully employed in cutting off any communication between Ulster and Connaugkt , if found necessary to do so . " : An Officer connected with tho engineer department has arrived in Parsonstown , and the military barracks are at once to be put into a state of defence ;

      300 workmen are to be immediately employed , and the works to be completed with all baste . Upwards of 300 tons of coals have been laid in during the past week , and it is said a large quantity of provisions are to arrive here in a few days . The 52 nd depot , at Nenagh , have put their barracks in order : they are now in a state of . preparation to resist an insurgent seige . On Thursday a dozen dray loads of provisions were laid up as storage . No civilian is admitted within the precincts of the barrack gate . The bakt-r and tbe butcher must hand in their contracts from without . —Leinsler Express .

      " Preparations for the Repealers "—One fact is worth a thousand assertions , and as an evidence of the chance Mr . O'Connell has of obtaining Repoal , we need only etate , that on Friday se ' unight the barrack-master , assistant , and a party of soldiers , were employed in receivlnf into Mill Mount Barracks several cart loads of provisions , rum , lea ., for the use of the troopa , tn case that they may have to take the field during the ensuing winter . —Diogheda Conservative . Doings in the Army . —The following statement of " strange doings at Billincollig" appears in the Cork Examiner . •—

      " A few days since a private in the Artillery stationed at Ballincollig , named O'Brien , was put under arrest without any seeming cause , either alleged or proved , tending to ciminate his character as a man , b soldiev , or a loyal subject of her Majesty . O'Brien is a Roman Catholic , and for some time a strict teetotaller . He was born in France , being tbo son of an Irish refugee , and from his infancy up to this moment bas been constantly connected with tbe army . He has served in various parts of the world with honour , and there never was the Bhadow of a stigma on his character . After years of hard service , and at his time of life , being now pretty fur advanced iu years , he has been threatened with dismissal from the service , and to be shot like a dog , if anything could be proved against him .

      What is his crime ? As an Irishman , be felt deeply for his country , and in tbe warmth of his heart frequt ntly expressed himself so , never dreaming of the ears of the barrack walls , which exaggerated his sentiments , and put a forced construction on his words . Bat the real inexpiable crime which he was guilty of is thfs—ho was detected reading the Nation and Eicamincr newspapers . : He has been shipped eff to Woolwich , handcuffed , without a moment ' o notice , or being allowed an interview with his wife , whether destined for foreign service or to be dismissed , we cannot say ; but poor O'Brien , for loving the land of his fathers , has been punished ( is If ha had committed some

      crime against military law , the law of the land , or the law of Gad . We may mention that one crime sought to be fastened on him was , when reviewing the fortifications newly put up at Ballincollig barracks , being a man of sound military information , he said , ' With 100 soldiers he c » uld take tho whole fortifications . ' This waB interpreted that he would , if opportunity offered , take the bam # ks with 100 men , whereas he only ex-1 pressed an opinion generally of the unmilitary and weak ' nature of the fortifications themselves . A few days I since his wife had a contribution made up by a few , benevolent individuals for the purpose of enabling j her to reach her friends , who reside in another pro- i

      vmce . ; " Is this all ? No ; John Bam , belonging to the same station , a police-conatabl « , also a Catholic aud a Tee-1 totaller , and a man of unblemished character , was called > up on Wednesday night at nine o'clock , and upon the j instant dismissed the service , without warning , without i notice , without the Bbadow of a crime or fault alleged , ! when he bad not a shilling saved , no clothes to wear 1 but sojne lent by his comrades—yet at that hour of ; night he was driven forth to seek his home as best he ^ could in the county of Limerick . He , too * thought !

      deeply for Ireland , and sometimes read the Examiner or Nation . Aa a sample of the esinonage and it qnisito- j rial meanness and treachery of some of thu responsible . parties who govern these men , we ahall quota one of the many queatbna asked this roan by bis sergeant . 1 Would you , ' said this functionary , if you saw Arcbbisbop M'Hale heading an army , fire eh him , if you were ordered to do so V Thus , by artful questioning , and listening to words uttered in the simplicity of honest men's hearts , are they entrapped , and crime sought to be fastened on them , and ultimate punishment heaped upon their hea < la . "

      The Cork Constitution has the following version of these " strange doings" : — 11 A sub-constable of police has been dismissed from the force , in consequence of bis using expressions favourable to the Repeal agitation , and having stated , that in caw ( there was a popular outbreak , he Would j > in the Repealers ; besides that , he is believed to have been endeavouring to create a feeling of disaffection in the minds of the military . The circumstances which led to the dismissal are kept secret by those best acquainted with them ; however , we understand that the policeman , who had previously supported himself by following the trade of what ia commonly called a " hedge schoolmaster" la tho county of Limerick , was stationed at BaUincollie ; that a few days since be

      was in company with an artilleryman iu a publichouse in that village , where they were overheard by a | bombardier-coi'poral discussing the strength of the fortifications er . cting at Ballincollig barracks , in the ourse of which the sub-constable eaid that he bad a j plan by which he could capture tbe barracks , and J take the powder mills , with 100 undisciplined Kepealers , but that would be unnecessary , as be knew the soldiers would not fight against th « people , for be bad ' sounded' many of them . These and other ex- ' pressions usud by both parties , which showed that , they were not to be trusted with arms , were reported to an officer , who felt it his duty to acquaint the Go- ; vernment with the circumstances , Au investigation having since taken place , the policeman bas been dis- ' missed , and the soldier removed to Woolwich . "

      Special Commission . —King ' s County . —It is stated here , in quarters likely to be acquainted with the fact , that a special commission . will be issued for this county some time in the ensuing month ; there are six persona charged with tbe awful crime of murder , at pre sent confined in tbe gaol here , viz : —One for the murder of Lord Norbury , ana for Mr . Gatehell , the magistrate , the soldier for shooting his adjutant , and three for killing a man named Fuller , with several others charged with very serions offences , such as firing into and attacking dwelling-houses , posting and writing threatening letters ; Rockite notices , &c . —Leinster Express .

      Postponement of the Execution of Noonan and Houlohan »«—A letter has been received by tbe High Sheriff ; ' from the Chief ' Secretary for Ireland , directing that the execution of Houlohan and Noonan , found guilty at tbe last assizes for the murder ef Mr . Shine , shall be postponed until the 20 th of November . The respite , we understand , ia for the purpose of having the question raised on the trial discussed before tbe judges . —Limerick Reporter .

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      MR . O'CONNELL JAND THE CHARTISTS . Mr . O'Connell cannot be quiet , and let the Chartists a be . He must jtry to damage them , * t « very opportunity , either fitting or unfitting . He has had hia fingerB trapped just now for so doing ; and ina quarter he did not expect- ' . . , ,, At the meeting of the Repeal Association holden at the Corn Exchange ] on Monday September 4 , Mr * O'ConneU read a letter from the writer who subscribes himself " Onejwh p Whistled at the Plough , " and commented on Mi mixing up the Chartists with the allegations of the writer . That commentary brought forth a reply'from the writer , in which he snubs Mr . O'Connell Very severely for bo far going out of his way to do I the Chartists wrong . Below are both letters of the ! Whistler , and Mr . O'Counell ' s commentary : — \ MR . O ' CONNELL ' S SPEECH . of

      There was , indeed ^ one cause apprehension , and he now wished to call ihe attention of the association to a letter that appeared in the Jast Weekly Regiiteu from that very elever writer , the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle who wrote under the signature of * One who has Whistled at tho Plough . " He says :-f" Sik , —I have just seen , for the first time , in ihe \ Regi $ ! er of last week , a paragraph stating that my account of the Tara meeting bad been suppressed j by the Morning Chronicle . Such is not the case , j I had reasons tor delaying it , which you will understand wben you see it published . I saw something on Tara Hill which at first I was unwilling to believe , and which I did not wish to publish until I had inquired into , through

      letters to England , j I now fiad that the parties whom I saw there , and whose conduct attracted my attention , were really ! what I suspected them to be . Two or three of them were Irishmen known in London ; the others were English . I am not at liberty to say much more , at least until next week ; but I would warn you , and the Irish people through you , to be cautious beyond all former caution . That some hundreds of men , or may be thousands , did not get drunk , did not fall out and fight , and cause general riot on Tara Hill , to which the military : aud armed police would have soon been summoned , was not the fault of the persons alluded to , nor the fault of those who paid them to come here ; who have also paid the same men and

      some others to follow ffctr . Cobden from town to town in England , from Norwich to London , from London to Maidstone , from Maidstouo to Winchester , and several other places , 'to get up a riot and upset his anti-Corn Law meetings . On this subject I refer you to the next two of my letters which will appear w the Morning Ckronio ! ey aad also to the Scotsman ^> f to-m orrow ' ( Saturday ) . " He ( Mr . O'Connell ) entirely believed this gentleman . He believed aim to be utterly incapable of asserting that for a fact which ihe did not know to be true—( hear ) . He spoke from his own knowledge . He said that he had traced those people—that he knew them in England to be hired , and the question was , by whom ? Now this deserved the most serious consideration . This was a subject that could not drop :

      and they must knowj from this gentleman who they were , and who hired them —( hear , hear ) . Could it be possibly supposed that they were hired by the British Ministry ? and yet if they were not hired by the British Minister , must they not be hired by some person in the confidence of the Minister ? Was it tho mera bribery of the police , or what was it ? What could be more terrific than that Government should bo so constituted , that any of its underlings should plan murder and massacre , and seek to get up a riot to commit slaughter , and that for that purpose they should engage persons from a great distance who were hacknied and trained disturbers of public meetings—( hear ) . They could now see how the cause of Reform had been putdownin England by the interference of persons pretending to be Chartists : FOR THE GREAT PRINCIPLE OF CHARTISH W » A 8

      NOT TO ALLOW AN * PUBLIC MEETING TO TAKE PLACE UNDI 8 TKRBED . Some of the persons wiio were accused of that conduct might be innoeent ; bat it was plain that they were mixed up with others who were guilty : and he / re were the servants of some police agent , if they ! were not authorised by direct ministerial influence , seeking to create a disturbance . They had this gentleman ' s authority for it ; and h « ( Mr . O . C . ) would make use of it as undoubted evidence of the fact ( hear ) . He could not bring himself to believe that this gentleman , whose name and character were known , though he used a fantastic and j fictitious &iguature , had stated what was untrue ; and he therefore must look upon this system as the most horrible mode of

      governing Ireland that ever was thought of—( hear , hear ) . The lives of innocent persons wure to be sacrificed , where order and regularity prevailed , aye , and so much regularity prevailed that the attempt had totally failed —( hear , hear ) . But they should know who they were . He would tell this writer of the Morning Chronicle that he could not keep his incognita . Ho had now committed himsolt ; and he believed in the truth of his statements . Ho did not liko to deal in any persecution at , all , but if there was any shrinking on the part of tiiis gentleman , there should bq a summons issued to him , and he should be urged forward " ; but he ( Mr . O'C . ) did not anticipate any i unwillingness on his part to give them the information-they required—( hear ) .

      He ( Mr . O Connoll ) was sorry any person should be guilty of such a criina , but he was . delighted at the discovery which had been made . He had toiled thero from day to day , from week to week , from month to month , to infix upon the minds of the Irish people that thov should seek for their rights by no m « an . s except ly peaceable and moral means . —They should work , uo : by physical foroe , but by the moral force of public opmiou , that electricity that binds six millions of people in one unanimous sentiments And wasall this to be thrown away by the acts of hired assassins brought . over from England—for he would call them assassin- ? There was no nation in Europe in which a ^ saspiuation would prevail to such an fxtent , or whero ! such an act of assassination

      would be perpetrated ai in Ireland if that plan succeeded . It could ii ^ t remain as it was . They should probe it to tho , bottom . He cared not who they were—the man who waa at the bottom of euch a plan as that , { was a wretch that should be dragged to the scaffold—( Loud cheering . ) Feargna O'Connor , when tho Chartists were sore beset ia England , proposed the absurdity of what he called " a sacred imonth , " by which he meant a month during the continuance of which all the working classes in England were to throw up their employments and remain idle . What a notable piece of ingenuity was this—( laughter ) . Who , he should like to know , was to feed the tradesmen aad their families duriug that month ?—( hear , hear ) . At

      the end of tbe mouth } the number of" the oppressed would no doubt have sensibly diminished , and for this very obvious reason , that many of them in tho interim would ha . ve gone to another world . There would bo but few ; survivors at the end of the . month —( . hear , hear ) . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) proposed no preposterous Utopian measure like that proposed by Feargusi . i He did not want a revolution —unless by such a namo an attempt to procure a return to the former tim ^ s might properly be designated . He wanted such a revolution as that of 1782 or that of 1829-f ( hear , hear , and cheers ) . It was a bloodless , stainless revolution to which he aspired . ; apolitical change for the better , brought about without injury to life or to properly . Who

      would say that the Irish people had not sufficient constitutional resources to fall back upou , evenif their present pin us were defeated ? Supposing a very extreme cas *;—supposing that the plans now proposed for the achievement of our national regeneration were factioiisly thwarted and defeated , might not the Irish people acknowledge the wisdom of betaking themselves exclusively to their potato crops , and leaviug the harvest of Ireland uncut ! Who would tell him that the Repealers might not unanimously come to ) the determination of discoa tinuing altogether tho ^ consumption of all exoiseable commodities ? ( Loud cb « ero ) . The harvest was already cut , so that when ho alluded to that , he was

      tha speaking a day after the fair —( laughter ) . Tho resolution for the npn-oonsumption of excise&ble articles was not now ^ proposed , nor would it until a more urgent emorttency should arise ; bu * . then he was very far from saving that it might not be proposed one day or other—( hear ) . He would not shrink from anything } that the laws of God and man would approve for the restoration of his country ' s rights . He trusted that the meeting would pardon him this digression , but the paragraph which had given rise to it was of / so important a nature that he was sure the Irish people would acknowledge that he was doing qqthingimore than his duty ia offering these rejua ^ ks ^^ - j :. i-- ^^^^ i 4 ^ ISTLEK ' s" ANSTfEa -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 23, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct820/page/6/