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      THE IRISH MOVEMENT . ( Continued from oiir sixth page . ) to do so . He supposed that they -would next attempt ts proclaim down the Repeal Association : but , if they aid , he Kmself would be the first , After snch a prodamatipn -was issued , to go into the room—( cheers ) . Nothing hid occurred that would alter liia course of conduct , or to prevent him from Baeking for the Bepeal of the accursed Union —( hear , liear , hear ) . ' He intended before Parliament next assembled , that meetings should be . bald amnltanwrnsly in erery pariah in Ireland to petition for Repeal ; iut he -would not yet point out the day for these meetings ; as he wanted to ascertain whether the excitement consequent npon the . proclamation iad subsided .. He { Mr . O'Connellj would work ont the appointment of the

      JLrKtrafcoa in every district in Ireland ; and he . knew and was confident that the people ironld igive him no small help in doing bo . The plan was sll plain and open before for their appointment , and the Government procIainatiDn lie : was sure would tend to carry it ont , as Jt nndonbtedly would add considerably to their funds—icheea ) . There was another j > lan he had to Taring forward , which h » would submit to the Association si itoatxt weekly meeting ) -whereby the debts due in England upon Irish estates would be paid offhe would propose to bare shares of £ 1 in a company got up to be Tested ia ths committee of the sew shareholders , to have the interest payable in Ireland—( lond cheers ) . The more they proclaimed , the more prudent they would be in adopting the means for effectually

      carryiagthe Repeal . So for , at least , he < Mr . O'Conuel ]} was not mnch abashed by a ] proclamation—by the last blow of the sword —( great applause ) . No , he was not in the lost daunted . Upon the contrary , he was doubly sure of success , and he called upon the people of Ireland to listen to h im while he said that they then had An opportunity of making their country a nation again—( loud cheers ) . All they had to do ¦ was to obey him —( load cries of " we wiIl , wewilL" ) commit no xiet ; and if yon are attacked against the law , and in spite of the law , and that all constitutisnal guarantees are taken away , why there was so " >»" living that would not tell yon , or any people placed in your position , to defend yourselves . He ( Mr . . O'Consell ) was truly convinced , however , that such a thing

      could never occur ; therefore , all the people had to do waste keep within the law with him , and avoid the law wilh him , and be would promise security and liberty to them and their posterity—( hear , hear , and cheers } . If they violated the law in any respect they would have the dragoons having an advantage over them ; he would therefore advise and urge again upon them to keep sober and peaceable , and the land of his and their birth wonld be a nation again—; cheers ) They would hold their simultaneous meetings , and carry oat their financial and general plans , including the plan -which they had entered upon their minutes for the restoration of the Irish Parliament —( hear , heai ) . He -would bring the subject before the House of Commons early in the ensuing session ; and until then all he

      wanted was thepeople to keep the law , when he would undertake t » get them justice—( cheers ) . They should never be guilty of a single Scrims or offence , or fee the -tbhww of shedding ene drop of Tinman blood—{ hear } . The people of Ireland he called on to listen to him whin he advised them set to be hasty , bat cool , gulet , and cautious , until he obtained for them everything that was good and virtuous—[ great laughter ) . Let the honest Repealer allow so man to stand by bis side who -violated the law , but let them all stand firmly together , in holiness , fearing God , with an ardent desire for liberty , aad a perfect determination never to give up their rights , and snccess—Repeal—and justice was certain—( great applause ) . Before he s&t down , he { Mr . O'Connell ) could not bat say that the . conduct of

      the soldiers who were sent to Clontarf on Sunday was moat exemplary ; hut they had nothing to do , and was it sot cruel to have them there perishing is the cold ? However , sure it gave the Lord-Lieutenant an opportunity of reviewing his army—ihear , and laughter ) They' spoke of Repealers desecrating the Sabbath . Where was Lori de Grey , the Lord-Lieutenant , on Sunday—( hear , and groans ) ? He ( Mr . 0 * Consell ) ol of course did sot blame the soldiery . On the contrary , he spoke well of them , as he did of the people ; but ha wonld say that it was shameful to resist the Repealers unless they broke the law—( applause ) . Feel said , let the agitation go on , and the excitement will be soon at an end , and die away . The Government acted on that plan until Saturday , when a proclamation

      was issued forbidding the meeting fixed to take place at Clontarf being held upon the following day . ' It was the last of the " monster" meetings , and they thought proper to bring the military to put It down ; but in spite of the proclamation , Ireland should be free—jlond cheering for several minutes , the entire meeting rising in a body ) . Dare the Government issue such a proclamation in England or in Wales ? No , they dare sot ! Therefore , if he iMr . O'CoaneD ) wanted more proof of the injustice of England and the" necessity of Repeal , he had it —[ loud cheers ' . The fats of Ireland -was is the hands of the people ; by the support of the Esnsrous ^ ni ^ tynmj and them alone , could justice be done to tteir wretched country—( hear , hear , hear , and loud cheers ) . But they had the support of the people , who promised to be peaceable , and success was therefore inevitable— ( loud cheers ; . The green land of their birth would be a cation again ; for her honest inhabitants , hex textile

      -rallies , shall be the source of comfort and content to her honest people ; her beautiful > i ? tt « would pour in their streams to work her machinery , and to carry on trade and eonmerce , and her splendid harboors would be thronged with busy seamen , all ac ' -ively engaged in forwarding her proaperity , and making her —as she ever should have been—the happy nation of a happy and virtuous people—( cheers ) . Hnrra , then , for Old Ireland and Repsal —{ tremendous applause )! Whoever ( they wonld remember ) committed a crime gave strength to ths enemy ; therefore let Repealers pledge themselves to a perfect obedience to the law , » nd he would pledge himself , and vow solemnly before the inhabitants of the empire , that he would never be taken sway from the legal pursuit of agitating for a S-pesl of the TFnlan until he eaw an Irish Parliament once more sitting in College-green—{ tremendous applause , which lasted for a considerable time , after which the Learned Gentleman resumed his seat ) , Captain Sbaveb addressed the mesting .

      Mr . O'C 0 S 5 ELi then announced the Repeal Rent for the week to be £ 1 , 105 3 a . id . —( loud cheers ) . £ 600 of that sum had been received that day —( cheers ) . Major JfiCHorso" was then called to the chair , and the marked thanfru of the meeting having been passed to Jar . John O Connell , this very numerous assembly "broke up . The association will meet again on Monday next . The proceedings did not terminate till faur o ' clock . [ 65 * ^ cannot but thus publicly tender our acknowledgements to the conductors of the Dublin Monitor for thtlr kindness and promptitude in supplying us with fheSztraordinarylSditioTis of their truly spirited journal . Piom their pages tb have given the ioiegoing interest

      ing account of the " Government iloye " , preferring it far before the accounts that have appeared in tfee English 3 > aHy Journals . The conduct of the Monitor , Of the World ,, and of the Weekly Freeman , contrasts strongly with that of the Sdlion in their respective treatment of the Horihern Star .- the three former Joursals rKjularly sending rheir papers in exchange ; while the Nation , has been withheld from us for months together , although we have regularly forwarded the Horthem Star to the 2 ? ation-office . Toe Dublin Monitor not only sends its regularly published copies , but always duly forwards even its Extraordinary Editions , of which it has had many , before the present exciting and eventful tine . For its great courtesy and ki ^ rln ^ gs "we tins publicly express our thanks 3

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      supported the administration of her choice as long as they wero trae to themselves , and evtn after they left ofSse the Irish still continned to cherish that affectionate attachment to -the person of the sovereign ( cheers)—and that attaehm « nt was not , in thealighteet degree diminished —( hear ) . They knew that the actions which appeared to be hers , were essentially those of the ministers , and the party that controlled her , and compelled her to yield to that ministry—( hear , hear ); —and there was nothing that delighted hivn more than the contrast of the allegiance of the Irish , people , compared with that of the Tory p ^ ty . Fr om the moment she came on the throne » fee was aib Je the victim of their calumnies . The Tory press te # jned with abomin able accusations ; and the feeling of hostility was created in the breasts of young creatures , who

      speculated in firing shots at her Viajesty ; and even in the case of Oxford , the Jur ^ -was so formed that they had a dfficElty to flud the unfortunate youth guilty of having fired at the Qaeen—( hear , hear ) . In addition to that , when her husband was to have an establishment voted to him , the Tories struck off £ 20 , 000 a year —( hear ., hear ); uid that very patty that took off £ 20 , 000 from Prince Albert , gave it to the beastly bigoted monster , the King of Hanover—( cheers ) . That was the contrast between them and the Tories , and nothing eould possibly prevent the continuance of their allegiance—( hear , hear ) . They knew that with the trick of yesterday , the Queen had nothing to do , although it was a good deal by accident that the bleod of her subjects was not staining her streets ( loud cheers ) . The Queen—( tremendous applause ) .

      Mi . O'Conkell next rose , and proposed " The health of Prince Albert , the Dachess of Kent , the infant Prince and Princesses , and the rest of the Royal Family Tesident in England . " After lauding Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent , the Honourable Gentleman remarked that the royal infants were three barriers to ifee accession to the throne of England , of that worthy whiskered potentate , the King of Hanover . The toast was drunk amidst loud cheers . Mr . CCoskell said the next toast was one to which the best of his life had been devoted—the cau&e of the people—the promotion of their happiness and liberties —( cheers ) . He seed not tell them how deeply he was interested at this moment in the critical struggle affecting the liberties of his country . He was proud of hiB

      country , and with all his heart he congratulated the people on their victories ot the two last days —( loud cheers ) . Look at the ludicrous position of the Government . After permitting twenty "monster" meetings , they suddenly put down that to be held at Clontarf , so that it was a toss up—it was twenty to one that the Government wereentirely wrong , even according to the rule of their own conduct . He had reason to believe that the Chancery seal bad not been attached to the proclamation at five o ' clock in the afternoon—( hear ) . He Would call , in their behalf , on the people of England to save the Irish people from such men . He would call upon England to send them at least men with something more than lead in their skulls as rulers , if she had any sympathy for Ireland . He hoped the excitement would soon be over , and that in a fortnight

      the simultaneous meetings in every parish in Ireland coaldbe safely effected : —( Loud cheers for some minutes . ) They should , on that occasion , petition the Queen , with the name of every parishioner annexed , piaying her , as she values the lives of her loyal subjects—men , women , and children—for not men alone , but women , and children , would have been slaughtered in the event of a collision with the soldiers yesterday—( groans )—to remove the persons intrusted with the administration of affairs from all power and place , even as she valned the safety ef her people . —( Loud cheering ) . He trusted that ail excitement amongBt the people would be allayed , and that they would be enabled to assemble quietly in their respective parishes to petition their Sovereign—( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell concluded by proposing " The people , the source of ail legitimate pow « r . **

      Mr . Cakgley spoke on the subject ef this toast at some length , earnestly recommending union amongst the people . Mr . O'Consbll said—The next toast , gentlemen , is one that yon will respond te with rapture— " The Repeal of the Union" —( long continned cheering ) . Haviog spoken so of tea on this toast , he should not trespass at length on the theme . Ons thing ha would ssy , Ireland woald never compromise—( cheers)—that she w ^ uld never accept of as instalment ef the Repeal—( cheers ) —that justice could be obtained from a local legislature alone —( cbeerg > M r . O'Connell continned to speak at some length , and in reference to the recent conduct of the Irish Administration , observed that some people in England , looking to their acts , would say that he ( Mr .

      O'Connell ) had bribed them—( cheers and laughter ); but even if he had , they had not vicious ingennity enough to serve him half so well as they had done—( cheers ) . Then , it was said that , in case the Union was repealed , ths Catholics would seek ascendancy ; but that supposition was absurd and futile—( hear , hear . ) The Catholics had been three times in power , and they , unlike their Protestant brethren , refused to persecute at all—( hear , hear ) . Lst thtm produce one instance of persecution on the part of the Catholics , and he wonld give up the cause of Ire-Ian 1 ; and they might readily know that he would not make such an offer , unless he knew it was impossible to meet It—( cheers ) . It was said that if the

      Union was repealed , the House of Lords would be Catholic . That was ridiculous ; tor twenty to one would fee Protestant , and they would have , besides , Protestant England and Scotland at their back , and then they would have an equal share is the selection ot the House of Cammons—( cheers ) . He had entered too much on the subject for an after-dinner speech , but his mind was filled with Repeal —( cheers ) . He 4 id sot want the Repeal without the assent of a large portion of his fellow-countrymen—( bear ; . He was working for them as well as the Catholics—( hear , bear ) . He would have no distinction . Liberty to all was what he r quired , and that was what was meant by the Repeal of the Union .

      Mr . Coswat ipoke very vigorously to the toast , and ridiculed the idea of compromise with the men who had robbed them of independence with much effect . The Rev . Mr . Caixanan , of Clentarf , proposed the health of the Chairman , Mr . O'Connell , although he was aware , he said , that the man was not living who could do justice to the subject . Mr . O'CortNELL returned thanks in a few words , modestly disclaiming the merits which " liis venerated and exhausted friend , in the intensity of hiB exaggeration" had beBtowed upon him . He had devoted his life , which could not now fee long in the oider of nature , to Old Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Every instant was

      her'a , even is his dreams , and next to the greatest care , or that which should be so , of every Christian , was his solicitude for his conntry . tLoud cheers . ) She deBerred to be prosperous . Gad had done everything for hei but man had marred His blessings . The humble individual who addressed them was straggling for her . It would be noble to succeed ; consolatory , in the nobleness of the object , even to fail—but failure there would be nene—( cheers ) . The hour was approaching when the sun of liberty would shine on them , and show to the world " happy homes and alters free , " when the Irishman should cease to be a slave—( Loud aed enthusiastic cheering and applause ) .

      The ChaibsaJi rose U propose the health of the Ca'holic hierarchy of Ireland , who , he Baid , formed a chain bright , glorious , and unbroken , from Its Holy Founder till the second coming of its great Master—( cheers' * . The Rev . Mr . Call an an , in obedience to the call of Mi . O'Connell , responded to the toast The Rev Mr . Keasuet returned thanks for the second order of the clergy , whom ha thought it waa well for the people to hive , at this crisis , when seticeB posted np at dead of night were all they had to keep them from slaughter . That was the protection from massacTe of their women , wives , and children , by men calling themselves s Government , —but , above all , a paternal Government—( Lond and derisive cheering ) . They did not interfere with Tara and other meetings ; bat when a few poor priests summoned one , it was suppressed . The people of Ireland might be sure that as they had never deserted their clergy , so the clergy ¦ wo uld never abandon them—( loud cheers ) .

      Mr . Handlet , of Liverpool , returned thanks fer " The health of our friends from Manchester and Liverpool , " having been called on by Mr . O'Connell , Several other speakers addressed the meeting , which was very enthusiastic and excited throughout the evening .

      STATE OF DTJBLIX , H 05 DAT NIGHT . The Times correspondent has the following : — " The city remains perfectly tranquil . There is little or none of the excitement which might have been anticipated to result from the unexpected and decisive step adopted by Government . So far the agitation appears to be quite crestfallen . Mr . O'Connell ' s speech to-day has perfectly damped the spirit of the ardent , but honest entbusiaists , who , despite their better sense , actually persuaded themselves that the man really meant to practise as he preached . Thia day's proceedings ought to go far towards dispelling the silly bnt natural illusion .

      '' The most exaggerated and senseless reports are in circulation respecting ulterior proceedings about being adopted by Government It 1 b almost needless to add , that as the ' first step' remained a profound mystery hsre up to five o ' clock on Friday evening , no great reliance can be placed on a very current rumour , that a warrant is nut for the apprehension of Mr . O'Connell , and that the sittings of the Repeal Association are to be forcibly put an end to . " The same writer speaking of Mr . O'Connell ' s appearance at the banquet says—*• Mr . O'Connell did not appear to speak whh his usual firmness and animation , and was sotlooking quite so well as he has done lately . There was a rumour current in the room that an attempt will be made to arrest him on his return from the banquet , which caused great uneasiness and excitement among those who believed it ; but I do sot think it deserving much notice . "

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      THE ENGLISH DAILY PRESS . That the reader may the better understand the nature , extent , scope , and intention of this Governmental stroke of policy , we deem ic fitting to present him with the " sayings' * of the Dailies on the Proslamation . The extract from the Herald is particularly deserving of attention . The Herald is the official organ of the Ministry . It will be seen , from the extract that we give , that Mr . O Connell is to be Prosecuted . TI mes , Monday—The Government has at length spoken out On Saturday it took its first step to suppress the Repeal agitation , by issuing a proclamation against the proposed meeting at Clontarf . The proclamation will be obeyed . Immediately afUr its publication a document was put forth by the Central Repeal Association ,

      ungramnutical indeed in construction , and unwieldy in its tortuous prolixity , but intelligible in this—that it forbids the Repealers to assemble at Clontarf . The first blow has now bean struck at the head of Irish disaffection . We rejoice at this unhoped for display of Ministerial Vigour , bat our joy is not unmixed with regret and doubt We regret that the blow was not struck much earlier ; we doubt whether ita single force will be sufficient to crush the objects of its aim . Had a proclamation similar to this been issued some ten or twelve months ago—when the Repeal rent was yet inconsiderable—when the provincial meetings were yet unannounced—when the popular spirit of the southern and central counties had not been kindled by the cry of " Independence for Ireland ! " —how much of

      positive evil would have been avoided ? How much of apprehended calamities foregone ? The poor would not have been pillaged to enrich a bubble treasury—the priests wauld not have been bullied into a collusive and dishonourable repudiation of rents—the Romas Catholic Church would have been spared the degrading exhibitions of a M'Hale and & Lord Higgins—the weak and timorous flock of small and needy landowners would not have been bribed by the hope of getting their own into the same ranks with their ignorant and impetuous peasants—above all , the dignity of the British Government would : have been vindicated , and its power to check and punish , as well as to reward and foster , ¦ would have been proved in the eyes , of Ireland and the world . But as it is—no i we will not anticipate evil

      from the realisaUou of a policy -which we ourselves have so steadily and incessantly recommended . We do not fear any ill consequence from vigour . But we do fear everything from a complication of force and laxity—of violence without vigour , and moderation without firmness—of a policy vibrating between a harshness which will irritate without Bubduing , and of a clemency which will provoke neither gratitude nor respect . Let the Minister be firm ; let him be consistent in his plans ; let him not Issub proclamations one day , and countenance illdesigned sedition the next He has put his hands to a work which requires courage and consistency ; let him not shrink back from it , until he can say , " Th © agitation is no more ! " He is an admirer and an imitator of Walpole . ¦ Bit has he yet to learn that a

      Waipolian policy cannot govern Ireland in stormy times 1 He who would administer her wisely and govern her successfully , must awe by his prowess before be seeks to -win her sfftfctioBs by his kindness . Walpole shrank from facing tbe Highlanders as became him ; and they rebelled . It was reserved for the high courage and chivalrous bearing of Chatham to conciliate the unsubdued warriors of the North , and to unite a brave nation smarting from the wounds of a recent conflict by the strong ties of amity and loyalty to a people whem they bad detested , and & king whom they had disclaimed . Sir R . Peel dreads unpopularity . This Is an amiable weakness , but it 1 b a weakness . An honest Minister must often consent to lose , a great Minister will often aspire to deserve , popularity .

      To preserve an empire is a merit whioh transcends the . ephemeral applause , of mobs and factions . We cannot insure him against virulent invective and cowardly imputations for bold counsels and strong measures ; but we can undertake to promise him , in the contest into which he has even thus tardily entered , tbe unflinching support of the loyal and the right-thinking throughout the country , whatever be the extremities which , as a Minister , he may be compelled to faoe . Lot him recollect that a Ministry may weather a tempest of odium , but no Ministry can withstand the blight of national contempt We do not , however , apprehend that he will be exposed to any extremities . The leader of the anti-English faction is an astutu man ; lie will not commit himself as long as hecan help it . Is it too much to suppose that he is ' moderately humane ; and that he will ] not rashly pit his

      followers against a power which they would in vain resist ? We believe that of all Irishmen O'Gonnell is the one into whose heart this proclamation has C 9 nveyed the most sincere pleasure . Like tbe giant in the Eastern tale , his enemies have helped him out of a great strait But his worst foes are in his awn camp . For the future , gloom and uncertainty still cloud it All , under Providence , depends upon the unvacillatinjc firmness ef Government They hvve % large party in Ireland ; they have all England and Scotland to back them . It will , indeed , be disgraceful if with such odds they fail . For the sake of English honour , for the glory of the British Crown , we wish them well through their parts in the Irish drama . But we are , above all , anxious on the score of Ireland herself . There is a heavy debt due to that country . Mncb is to be done tor her ; much more , alas ! than legislation ever can achieve . Her maladies are mostly those

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

      Post , Monday Govbb . nment PboclaUatiox against repeal Meetings in Ireland . —At length vigorous measures ;* re announced for the suppression of these monster nuisances . On the afternoon of Siturday a proclamation was issued at Dublin by the Lord Lieutenant und Council of Ireland . The collateral circumstances that have transpired all concur in proving that this determination of the Irish Government has been formed after tbe most mature consideration , and that they have neglected no means to eniure its perfect efficiency . Lord De Grey was ordered back to his post at a few hours' notice ; tbe Lord Chancellor was , with Bimilar urgency , hastened over from England ; a sudden stop was put to Lord Cardigan ' s leave of absence from his regiment ; the 34 th Foot were

      embarked on Fnday at Liverpool , and further reinforcements were expected tram Scotland . The . vigour displayed in these preliminary precautions is in perfect conformity with the resolute tone of the proclamation itself . It distinctly , and in more than one place , characterises . tbe language used at former Rep « al meetiDg ? . as " seditions and inflammatory ;'' and the objects of these assemblies are declared to be . " not the fair legal exercise of constitutional rights and privileges , but to bring into contempt the Gavernment and constitution of the United Kingdom as by law established , and to accomplish alterations in the laws and constitution of tbe realm by intimidation and the demonstration of physical force . " The proclamation goes on to warn all persons

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

      because we have any itl feeling against tbe Irish people , or any desire for violence or bloodshed ; but because we are tired—and tbe English nation is tired—of seeing the laws insulted , and the Constitution set at nought . There is no duty imposed on the Executive powers more urgent and imperious tban that of maintaining social order ; and , believing this to be the sole aim and object of the present measure , we merge all minor considerations in the hearty desire to see it crowned with » uceess . That it might have been taken sooner it is needless for us to repeat our opinion ; that it is tuben iww willnotODly secure to the Queen ' s Qovernnient tbe wairo approbation of all the loyal and rigbt-bearted' of btr Majesty's subjects , but recover for it tbe good opinion of the nations ef Europe .

      CHRONICLE . Monday—Ministers hive at length determined to ad in Ireland . It is not their fault if even wbile we write tbe streets of Dahlin are n _> t deluged with blood . The efforts of Mr . O Connell , of the popular lenders , and the priests , may havo succeeded in preventing an on ^ break ; but we repeat it will have been ro fault of tbe Irish Government , if the soldiery and tbe people have not been already brought into deadly coj flct . During the last year Ministers have quietly purmittL-rt--nay , by their conduct encouraged , the growth of one of the most formidable organizations that e er yet menanced the Integrity of this empire . Meeting followed meeting In rapid succession—each more menacing th . in ita predecessor in number , in discipline , and tbe boxf-lo spirit actuating the enormous masses of ¦ which tbi-y were composed . The " vigour" of our " atrone G v-. rn

      ment * ' exhausted itself in such impotent rts stance aa tbe dismissal of almost every popular niaeistr . te in the conntry . The natural consequence followed Th « people laughed at the Imbecility of th « ir rulers while their leaders set to work to put together the rough macbiDery of independent local administration , the materials of which— thanks to Sir Edward Su « d . D —were plentifully at hand . Our readers are familiar with the progress of events : how Peel and Graham , and even the hot spirit of Stanley , cowered before O'ConneU , and under what they called " a policy of conciliation " , virtually handed over to him the Government of Ireland . Having thus completely abdicated all the functions of Constitutional Government , our Ministers have on a sudden taken tbe resolution of recovering them by the sword . One of Mr . O'Con-

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      nell a monster meetiuga" waa advertised to take place at Clontarf on Sunday , tbe 8 t& ( yesterday ) . For nearly three weeks this meeting was tbe eubject of conversation amongst all classes , and of discussion in all newspapers in all Ireland . People from distant parta of the Province of Leinster had signified their intention of being present Several thousands , for example , of the peasantry of the County of Meath were assembled on Tara Hill , about seventeen miles distant , on Saturday , with the intention of reaching the metropolis on Sunday morning . On Saturday , the 7 th ( the day before that appointed for the meeting ) , a Cabinet Council is held at tbe Castle , and on Saturday evening they issue a proclamation , deciarthe

      ing projected meeting lb be illegal , aad ordering all magistrates and officers to assist in suppressing it . Toe first question that occurs to one upon bearing this is , are Ministers determined to come into hostile collision with the people ? Are they resolved to make an occasion for bloodshed ? Firmness , vigour , even coercion if you will ; aHch policy in the present posture of affairs in Ireland may by many be deemed wise and necessary . The people of England are opposed to this mad project of Repealing the Union . They are , with reason , opposed to it In . its realisation th « y see the breaking-np ef * his great empire , and are prepared to support any measure of any Minister that may be necessary to prevent that calamitous result A policy of conciliation is what the justice and the

      common sense of the people of England wish . Prove to them that that is of no avail , and a policy of coercion they will tolerate . ( But what they do not w ish—what they will naver tolerate—i * the cowardly , sneaking , sanguinary policy , which lures men , step by step , within ran « e of death and then , without notice , unmasks its battery before there is time for retreat It more resembles the scheming of an adroit highwayman than the policy of an enlightened Minister . How were the people of distant counties and towns to know anything of Lord De Grey ' s proclamation , prohibiting on the Saturday evening a meeting to be held en tbe Sunday morning ? Thousands could not know of it until their arrival in the metropolis—possibly on the very field of their meeting . How should they dream tbat the Government , -which bad permitted the maebittg ot Mullaghmasu and its hundred predecessors , should prohibit that of Clontarf ? Above all , could they suppose that if there

      was any intention of interfering with a meeting to be held on Sunday morning . Government would flrst < proclaim Its intention on Saturday evening ? Yet daring the preceding weeks , while day after day this projected meeting was discussed , not tbe slightest indication was given that 'it woald meet with aoy interference . Acquitting Ministers of anything so atrocious as a design to strike terror into the popular mind by an unexpected onslaught , made in accordance with the forma of law , though in gross violation of its spirit , yet what defence can be set up for the fatuity that exposes the peace of the country to such haeird ? The meeting of yesterday may have been prevented . Mr . O'Connell Immediately upon receiving tbe Castle proclamation issued one of his own , and dispatched his " head pacificator , " and the active officers of his staff , to deprive Lord De Grey of all pretext for giving effect to the tardy vigour of his masters . The success of their exertions will probably

      afford a new proof of the influence of O'Connell and the d < scipltne of his followers ; and in doing bo , will more than compensate the Repeal cause for the disappointment of Clontarf . But are the guilt and folly of Ministers the less glaring ? What degree of merit belongs to them , if to-day "a mail does not bring tidings of a conflict between her Majesty ' s soldiers and her Irish subjects ? How long will the people of this country endure such a Government ? Is it to keep ia office a set of men , who , In every department of the public service , stand convicted of incapacity almost incredible ; who sacrifice the honour and interests of England abroad , boasting ( bat they are indemnified by hospitalities bestowed upon their Sovereign ; who have given up the four quarters of the kingdom to the eupretmaey of most dangerous and unconstitutional agitation ; is it to perpetuate the disastrous reign of these men , that tbe English people will sanotioo a policy of coercion in Ireland ? -

      Herald , Monday . —The crisis for which we have during tberlast few weekB ,. by leading remarks an d our Irish correspondence , baen gradually preparing the public mind , has at last arrived ; Mr , O'Connell has , during tbe last six months , had ample opportunity of carrying on constitutional agitation—if any such agitation as he indulges in can be constitutional—against the union ; but when he attempted to make seditious replies to the Royal Speech from the Throne , to supersede the civil government of Ireland by the ereotion of . courts of justice ; to organise bis followers in that country into military airay ; and to summon to his aid bands of dangerous and disaffected men from this country , the time , it was obvious , bad come when farther toleration was unendurable . The Irish Government

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

      present firmness 'and decision will convince them that the laws , the constitution , and the authorities ef the realm are not to be attacked under tea guise of snch meetings as that . intended to be held at Clontarf . The seditious and treasonable reply which Mr . O'Connell recently made to tbe Queen's speech on tbe prorogation of Parliament and the " general order " to the repeal cavalry ' for the Clontarf meeting , are the documents which have immediately led to tbe proclamation of the Irish government ; but that the proceedings of that Government against Mr . O ' Connell will stop here is quite out of the question . The proclamation will , it is to be presumed , be folfowed by a criminal prosecution against that person , aud in proportion aa the Government has hitherto baen tuild will it now be decisive and repressive .

      , XVKUAY . —we congratulate tne mends of order and good government , as we condole with the Whigs and their friends , on tbe bloodless and pacific termination of the grand Clontarf Repeal disappointment . A dense mass of people met , but were kept moving by the police ; tbe crammed-up speeches of tb « Exchange spouters were ucspofeen ; the great guns of patriotism were mute before the greater guns of the Pigeon-house ; S . tOO Uotbc , foot , and di . vgoonB , btistiling with bayonets jand sabres , were at once tbe terror and the astonishment of a numerous Dublin holyday mob . There was no disturbance ; nothiDg like riot ; and ao far from the streets of Dublin streaming with blood , our imaginative Whig friends will be grieved to learn that the only excitement of the day was created by the reciprocation of good-natured jokes between the populace and tbe soldiery .

      But the object of the proclamation has been attained bo far . ; A blow has been struck lightly , but * effeatWely , on the head and front of the agitation . Like th « sudden fling of ashy wrestler , which trips his unprepared antagonist , this tardy effort of the Government has floored tbe more impetuous of the party when they least expected it . It has produced its natural offsets of correspondent elation and depression on the . ruinds of the British and the Repeal factions . It has created a prestige of saccese . So far it is successful . Had the same plan been resorted to a twelvemonth ago , it would have rendered further measures unnecessary . We dare not now hope for an immediate restoration of tranquillity in Ireland . We will not encourage Ministers to expect it Two millions of men speechified

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

      acted on our suggestion . We new tell them again , that they must continue to act . Pare they take oar advice ? Dare they issne a proclamation at once against Repeal meetings ? It would be a strong measure , we know ; but the integrity of tbe monarchy demands strong measures . That it would be unconstitutional , we rier . y . The spirit of the Constitution is not averse from giving extraordinary powers for its own preservation . That it would be dangerous , even for a time , we disbelieve . People on either side of the water are sick and weary of tbe stale unmeaning claptraps of " Ireland for the Itisb , " and ' * Legislative Independence" —they wish to see the agitation come to Borne crisis , whether as a bubble or as a rebellion . That it would not asanroe the latter form , we may safely infer from the known characters of those who bo lately before High Heaven swore defiance to England . That it should therefore buist as soon as possible , ought tebe the effect especially aimed at by the counsels of her Majesty ' s Government .

      One great assurance of the success of so strong a proceeding as w , e have recommended arises from our oftenexpressed conviction that one half of tho professed Rapealers have been forced by intimidation , or wheedled by nervous aelf-interest , into a reluctant and dishonourable support of a cause which in their hearts they detest These men , aa apon as they see symptoms of resolution and energy on the par ( S of Government will skip out of tbe ranks more readily than they crept in ; and a decrease in the numerical strength will fee followed : by a diminution in the moial power of the Bepealera .

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      One word to a party who , like birds of ill omen , ever flap their wings afad utter a triumphant scream when Irish disasters darken the horfzm—we mean the Whigs . They have taught themselves to believe that they alone could [ save Ireland from the dangers of sedition and tbe penalties ! of discord . This is indeed a strange Instance of self-delusion . When in power , their only craffc was to buy Irish popularity at any price , and by any means , A scheme of policy so base and so cowardly could only avail aa a make-shift It was only a means of delaying , not of preventing , great mischiefs . It was fraught with certain danger and disgrace . It waa * policy to which we should prefer the inertness of the most sluggish , and the timidity ef the most ' cautious . l Administration . We even prefer the weakness of the Peel Cabinet te such a combination of truckling and venality as waa exhibited by the Melbourne party .

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      The following additional particulars respecting the riot 8 in Ross-shire , from the Inverness Courier , reached us too late for insertion in oar last number . Our readers will remember th » " glorious" captnrt rf one womanly the valorous Mr . Cameron . Here follows an account of ber liberation by the people . The attention of the rioterg was now directed to the rescue of the dairymaid from Cromarty gaoL At foot o ' clock on Friday afternoon , aeont one hundred mm , armed with sticks and other weapons , and a great num ^ ber of women and children , entered the town of Ororaarty . They marched ia regular order , and took up their position in front of the gaoL TheSheriff-Ci

      female prisoner , which was , of course , refused . Ttie rioters then gave the authorities five minutes for deliberation , stating that if the woman was not given up to them , th « y would tak « the matter into their own hands . Daring this brief interval , the Rev . Mr . Stewart , of tha free church , was . sent for to remonstrate witU the people . He instantly came and addressed them ; but though w « ll received , the Rev . Gentleman made no impression on the resolute and determined mob . Tae magistrates declining to liberate the prisoner , the men proceeded with hammers and bludgeons to force open the door . This was , after some labour , accomplished ; but two inner doors bad still to be broken open , and these also being forced , the woman was cat tied out in triumph amidst tremendous cheering , and borne on the shoulders of her associates through the town , the whole party going in the direction of Resdlis .

      On Saturday tbe mob repaired to the house of Mr , Mackintosh , the principal tenant atResolis , who has adhetbd to the established chutch . Fortunately Mr . and Mrs . Mackintosh had time to escape—the latter , it is said , disguised—and feith have found protection in the house of Sir Hugh Frasar , at Braelangwell . Tbe populace searched every cornet of the house ; bat { unding none ot the family , went awafi The flame day > -ir Hugh FisztT'B carriage was stopped at the ferry by tha R jaskeen people . It had been engaged to convey a lady to Kineraig , and was then empty , fent the rioters finding their search ineffectual , employed themselves in stoning tbe coachman .

      The whole of this part of Ross shire may now be said lobe at the mercy of the populace . The law is in complete ; abeyance , for the civil power is inadequate to the protection of the peaceable inhabitants , and even if it were possible to seiza the principal rioters their associates would assemble and rescue them .. The rioters have nightly watches placed on the houses of the local authorities , and every movement is known io them . Various threatening letters have been sent to the heritors and adherents of the established church . Same of tbe persons dressed in women ' s clothes at Rosskeen and Resolis were , it is said , men ; but the ringleaders have made no attempt at disguise . They have acted openly in daylight , and are known to the civil authorities , though the l 3 tter dare not apprehend them .

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

      The class of people by whom these outrages are committed is chifcfly that of small tenants , or cotttrs , their families , and farm servants . They ad with energy , because they believe they are fulfilling a religious du > y ., before which tha sacrifice ot property or life is a trifto . Nothing but an overwhelming force will ever detei them from closing the churches and manses of the establishment , and preventing their being ever occupied .

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      BEPEAL DIXNER AT THE ROTUNDA . ( From ihe Morning Chronide of Wednesday . ) Tbe Dinner , which was to have followed the Bepeal meeting bs Clontarf ( which had been abandoned in const quenca of the proclamation of the Government ) , took place is the Rotunda , all the rooms in that vast building , the most spacisusfor public accommodation in this dty , being devoted to the entertainment o ! the eempaay . The platform for tbe-chatr waserected in the large circular room , which was brilliantly lighted , and the -walls were decorated with sags and banners . The doors -were opened at five o ' clock , when the rush was tremendous . AH the ticket * were disposed of early in the day , upwards of 2 . having been issued . Sackville-street and Cavendish Raw , adjoining the Rotunda , were crowded , an 4 the proceedings at the Rotunda appeared to excite the deepest interest

      At half-past five Mr . O'Connell , accompanied by several aldermen and members of the T « wa Council , ia their robes , entered the principal room , and was received with a Srems&dosa burst of acclamation , thft band playing " See the conquering hero cotces . * ' From that hour the company came in ao rapidly that , in a short time , the room , large as it waa . became very inconveniently crowded . It wa » far-and-away the most numerous dinner-meeting I ever bebeld . Certainly sothing like it , as a popnlar demonsl-atinn , had taken plaee in Dnblin before Ihe issuing of ihe Government proclamation Mr . CConneD presidad . Owinjf to the obstructions caused 07 tbe crowds standing , for -want" of sitting lo > m , in the passages ear the cross-table , I had no opportunity of seeing those who sat around him . They were cakny members of the corporation .

      I learned that upwards of a thousand persoaa applied at the doors t » pay for admission 3 bnt there was sot room to crush in a singleindividual- Tie heat ' was extremely-oppressive . At ten minutes ts s « ven , after dinner , Mr . O'Connell ( who was dressed In tbe robes of Lord Mayor ) rose amidst -a most extraordinary burst of acclamation . The fH-nrirni ; cheers and hurrahs contitUrd for some minutes . When silence was restored , Mr . O'Cojtskli advanced to the front of the platform and said : In proposing the nrst toaat , he readily

      knew that they anticipated what it sbouid be—( bear , bear )—and that thty would heaxUly ^ mi- warmly * & spend to that tosu * . It was—the health cf their excellent Sovereign , the Queen , God bltas her—( cheers ) And , is calling their attention to that toast , he could boast—and he thought it was a -proud boast—that the people of Ireland had been peculiarly attatched , by their allegiance to the present soverelRn—^ hear , bear ) . They loved her in her childhood for btr father ' s sake , and they hailed with delight ber ascension to the throne—( bear , asd cheers ; . The Irish people

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      Mossing Chronicle , Tuesday . —It will be seen by the letter of our Dublin correspondent , that the exertions of the popular leaders were completely successful , and that the peace of the city was undisturbed throughout Sunday . The military preparations of the Government were upon tfeel most formidable and extensive scale ; but the moderation and good sense of the people rendered them wholly superfluous . ) ' Farther resection upon the conduct of Government only confirms our ! former opinion of its unparalleled rashness . Even the utmost activity of those who had the deepest interest in the preservation of peace conld not prevent the danger arising from thousands of people flocking into the city , to take part in the proceedings of the meeting , in complete ignorance of the intention

      of Government There is no possible excuse for exposing the people to the hazard of conflict on account of an involuntary breach of the proclamation . As our correspondent observes , tbe authorities at the Castle might just as well have issued their prohibition on the Friday morning as on the Saturday evening . That they , intended to prevent tbe meeting is evident from the military preparations that were made , the completion of which waa evidently the work of some days . Why not give the people the advantage of as much previous notice as possible ? The fact that the day passed off without bloodshed in no degree palliates the guilt of those whose precipitation Would have been responsible for any disaster that might have occurred . i

      It is not easy to account for this tardy adoption of what is termed "a ! vigorous policy . * ' Still less easy is it to foresee any advantage that will result from it . Ail the mischief of prolonged agitation has been already effected . The advanced state of the season would have done more than either military or police to put an end to those open air " monster meetings . " In point of foot that of Clontarf was the last to be convened . Having permitted them to be held from the beginning without interruption , the moment the enthusiasm of the people W 3 S beginning to subside , and these meetings , by beojming common-place , wero becoming comparatively harmless—at a moment , in fact , when there was some hope that tbe agitation would have lost its most dangerous peculiarity , by no longer appearing in the

      imposing attitude of assembled counties and provinces , in steps tbe Tory Government to the relief of Mr . O'Connell , who , as they aaid was now driven to hia IaBt shifts . The agitation is invested with a new interest , and by the application of one of those active stimulants by which Sir Robert \ Peel so often revives a linking disaffection , la resetted from the torpor into which it was almost certain to fall during tbe winter Eeason . For nearly twelve months the whole Tory press has been taunting tbe Premier with his apathy . Within the last few weeks they have been , on the other hand , proclaiming that the Repeal fever was subsiding , and were pointing to the diminished receipts ] of " tbe rent" as evidence . So convincing seemed the proof , that but a few days since the evening organ of the Government declared that

      " no reasonable man could deny that the " repeal agitation was already 1 suppressed . " This alone seemed capable of rousing the dormant energies of onr vigorous Cabinet , and Mr . O'CoDsell ' s exhausted resources are recruited by a proceeding which we venture to predict will furnish materials for a more prolonged and dangerous agitation than any that has yet disturbed the unhappy country wbiob has bees alternately blessed aud affl cted by his turbulent career . 80 long as tbe agitation was pronounced to be really dangerous , Sir Robert was not to be moved by any supplication or any taunts te interfere with it The moment be is assured tbat the storm bad spent ita fury , and tbat there ia a prospect of returning calm , he for the first time bestirs himself , and within twenty-feur hours restores the agitation to more than ita old strength I

      Rumours were prevalent in Dublin tbat the military demonstration was only preliminary to further proceedings , the prosecution of Mr . O'Connell for sedition amongBt them . With the military resources at present , at their commend , ] Ministers deem themselves sufficiently strong to attempt anything in the way of coercion . Bat we hope there ! is a limit to the folly even of Sir Robert Peel ' s Cabinet

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      Globe , Tuesday ;—It Ib possible tbat we may eiT in suspecting the present Government ot acting with a purpose , and intending to follow up systematically tbair first move against the Repealers . However , we think it is pretty evident that they do intend -something of this sort , and that this " sudden fling of a shy wrestler , " aa the Times calls it , is a prelude to farther

      stops—to proceedings for following up cannon law by an appeal to more regular jurisdictions . We look upon the suddennees of the proclamation and array which prevented the Clontarf meeting , to be tbe deliberate , though unexpected , ] unmasking and opening of an already prepared battery . We look upon it as expressly intended to make that attack on a grand metropolitan Repeal fleld-day , which O'Connell defied Government to attempt making . And , bo far , we are not sure but-there may have been saute tactics in the proceeding . Tbe Government knew it was strong enough to deter tbe Repealers from direct collision with its armed foice , and its design seems to have been to signalise the intimidation . If the Irish people ! had been in that state of unanimous disposition and determination to resist the first

      attempt of administrative aggression against these gatherings , as Mr . O'Connell has been telling Europe and the world they aro , all through the summer , immediate mischief most [ have come of this sudden pull-up in the very Repeal ! head quarters . The Government knew , as every one ; else did , who was in the habit of comparing words with facts , that no such national unanimity existed , and j that no Three Days were likely in Dublin . So far , then , they have won a cheap and bloodless triustph . j They have shown—if it wanted showing—that tbe swaggering style of Ancient Pistol , cloaks in Ireland just what it cloaks everywhere . One wholesale effect may have bees produced by the contrast between words and action in thiB agitation . A spirited people may have been made , and we hope have

      been made , ashamed of utterance of . empty Bebadilism—of boasting and of railings which nothing but hot blood could excuse—and whose cool blood iB now manifest This ia not the attitude that Ireland Bhould hold , te honour her national character . It is not tbe attitude she ever held , till these days of agitation on hollow pretexts , j Abundant danger and violence there may have been , but not calculated violenceverbal danger . Agitation for impracticable objects , with unreal passions ; involves loss of self-respect Popular ebullitions cease to exhibit anything that is respectable , when it iB once seen tbat their actors are not in real mortal earnest in their parts . If this is all that Government were intent on showing , they are so far successful . Bat they are now , it would appear , about recommencing a course in which O Connell has never before failed to bsffl ; their predecessors . Under

      tbe second Anglesea Administration , tbe Lord Iiieut 6 nant put in forooj the summary powers of the Act which had been passed two or three jears previously for putting down the Catholic Association . " OConnell , " says the author of " Ireland and its RulerSy' " was then ! in his glory—an oppressed man ! a victim to the tyrant rulers ! He was supplied with a budget of grievances , on which he dilated triumphantly . Prevented ! from holding meetings , he used the press for the purpose of agitation , aud wrote off every waek a lengthy epistlo to the newspapers . He baflldd the Government on the prosecution , first by demurring to the indictment , then by withdrawing his demurrer , and pleading not tuilty . ' and afterwards withdrawing that plea for one « f ' guilts ; ' but before he conld be brought ' up for judgment , the temporary Act under which he was indicted had expired " The

      Herald , which we may now regard as tbe snl « morning organ of the Government , after announcing with complacency tbat " Irelaad is now completely fortified ; its defences are scientifically finished , ' cofumes of troops are so disposed as to intersect , tiom fuur different points , the island at an hour ' a notice ; and if the Repealers are prepared * to do or die' the struggle Ib prepared for ''—proceeds aa follows :- "At Mallow Mr . O Connell dared the Government to go to war with biin ; at Liaraore he dared it to go to law with him . It now depends on himself whether there shall be bloodshed ; but itl does not , we trust , depend altogether on himself or hia future couduct whether he ahull be prosecuted for sedition . For there is amongst his later written manifestations one of so monstrous and scandalous a character , one so foul and violent , one bo false and treasonable , that we implore ber Majesty ' s Ministers , in justice to the Sovereign whose authority it attacks , to the j legislature whose character it

      maligns , and to the loyal and well-affected subjects of Queen Victoria , whom it denounces and calumniates , to moke this document the subject-matter of a Stated prosecution against : Mr . Diniel OConnell , whose signature it bears , j Nothing , indeed , save technical difficulties—save : pettifogging legal obstacles can , after the-step taken on Saturday , justify the Irish Executive in not instituting criminal proceeding against Mr . O'ConneU for the address 'To tbe inhabitants of the countries subject to the British Or own ' which be Issued from the Gorn Exchange on 13 th September last . " We may , therefore , take for urai ; ted that Ministers mean to prosecute Mr . O Connell ; and if they « nly conduct their ] proceeding aa cleverly aa they did against Feargas O'Connor , we may expect to seethe professional powers which distinguished the great Agitator ' a outset obtain a victory no leas easy and complete over the Crown lawyers , tban Royal Proclamation , backed by bayonet and cannon , have done , over the last " monster meeting . " !

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      TiPPfittAHY . —Tae following is an extract of 0 letter received in town to-daj : —On Thursday , tha 5 th iu ^ fc Captai 1 Irvine , accompanied by a surveyor and Bfvenl of his tenants , went to the bo * of K'llavagan . near Templemore , for the purpose of m * r « iog and meagarii'g portions of it for the nse of the tenants bj whom he waa attended . They were met by a large body ot tha tenants of other parts of the lands , apparently * unarms' 3 , when suddenly they produced bludgeons , pitchforks , and stones , although there were no stones on the bosf , and those which were used must have been brought by the assailants , concealed aboui their persons . Thus armed , they commenced a furious attack on their landlord and his party , and finally dr » ve them from the bog . One of the ringleaders , named Fogarty , bad the effrontery to come immediately after into the petty sessions coirt-houea of Templemore , where the magistrates were then Bitting , and where he wa * appreheuded .

      —Times . Visit of the Grand DtjkbMichel to lREt . \ yD . —It is rumoured that the Grand Dake Michd > f Russia , who has arrived in Ejgland on a vMt to hi * Majesty , will visit Ireland . A gentleman in the Grand Duke ' s suite was lately in Belfast—Banta- of Ulster . . Repeal Arbitration Courts—The Droghala Argus announces the eppointment of Atbitrats-a at Maliagh , county of Cavan . Several of the county people submitted their disputes to the new e ^ urt , whose decisions gave great satisfaction . The Anti-Rent Movement . —Mr . T . M-Ci » tby , the Repeal attorney of'Sbibbereen , holds lands near Bautry , on which a considerable atrear at rent w ?» due . He sent his bailiff and drivers , who seized cattle for the rent ; bat the tenant rescued the cattle , uud sent the drivers back to their employer , Mr . Downing .

      Arbitration Courts . —Wo ( Kerry Examiner ) understand that preparations are being made for immediately opening courts of arbitration at tho Causaway and Ballyhigu « . A warm contest ( says the BaVyshannon Hera'd , Tory print ) is going on throughout several parches of this county for the situation . of Repeal arbitrators . The Arbitration Court for the large and respectable distnot of whicn Rathminea is the centre , will open in a few days . Mr . Hamilton , tbe secretary haa issued several notices , and others may be had from him . A regular conrt ia in course of preparation . John O'Neill , Esq ., ex-J . P ., of Bunwon Castle . iB chairman of the court .

      We ( Limerick Reporter J have the highest gratification ia announcing to our fellow -citizens tha * the gentlemen appointed as a committee at the h * t public meeting have not only been punctual in th ir attendance ] to discharge the duties S imposed in > on them , but hiveeucceeded beyond their moat Bamnune expectations . They met on . Wednesday eveiunST ! and adjourned to Thursday , to ballot for abitra ;< rs , when tho I following gentlemen were selected , and have , wo are assured , consented to act : —TheRr ^ 'ht Worshipful Martin Honan , Mayor ; Alderrma Shannon , Mayor elect ; Francis John O'Neill E-o , ; Nicholas Kelly , E ? q .. T . C . ; John Spillaine , E = f ( . ; Michael Qain ; Esq ., T . C . ; Wm . Griffin , Esq ., M . D * T . C ; William Geary , Esq ., M . D . , Alderm ui ; Richard Boekin , Esq ., Alderman ; R . F , R > « ao » Esq ., Alderman ; Thomas Wallnut , Esq ., T . C . ; John M'Donnell , Esq ., T . C .

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      Chili . —Papers from Saintiago , to the 12 th of July have come to hand . The Congress had met , and the President , in hiB opening speech , had made very satisfactory statements as to ihe condition of the conntry and its financial prospects . The accounts for the year 1842 had not been presented ; but the President deolared hia belief that the revenue of that year woald be found to exceed that of 1 * 41 .

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      Bolton . —Attempt to Set Firs to a Cotton Mill—During the night of Friday last , a diabolical attempt was made to set fire to the cotton mill oX Messrs . Aingworth and Cromptqn , in Foundry-street ; , Little Bolton . It appears that » piece , of bnrniDg cotton waste had been thrown throngh the ventilator of one of the lower windows , where it burnt' away without doing any damage . On the preyioua day , a . quantity of cotton was lying at the p lace where the fire was thrown ; but it had fortunately been removed before the mill ww closed , and ^ bus tbeiDten tion of the parties was frustrated . We »*»*»« there have been two «> r thxee attempts ^ fema within a very short period . A rewrdlot * ° v « " « been offered for information against the partuw .

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      " THE CONDITION-OF-ENGLAND QUESTION . " How doea it come to pass , that with u misery is the fruit of successful labour—tbat with us experience does not teach caution—that with us the most munificent charity ia nnable to check the accumulation of evil , moral and physical , with which it vainly endeavours to contend ? How is it , that while the wealth of England ia a proverb among nations , the distress of her labourer is a by-word no less universal ; that while her commerce encircles the globe , while her colonies spread through both hemispheres , while regions hitherto unknown are but the resting-place of her never-ceasing enterprise—the , producers of all this wealth , the causes of all this luxury , the instruments of all this civilization , He down in despair to perish by hundreds , amid the miracles of triumphant industry by which they are surrounded ? How happens it , that as our empire extends abroad , security diminishes at home t that as onr reputation becomes more splendid , and our attitude more commanding , the fabric of our strength decays , and onr social bulwarks rock from their foundations ? Who can say that the skill and valour of the

      general who has added a province to our Indian empire ar-wbo , triumphing over obstacles hitherto insurmountable , has caused the tide of victory to flow from East to West , and mada the Sepoy invincible—may not ere long bfc called upon to fulfil the thankless task of suppressing insurrection , and to control the kindly fury of a mistaken , it is true , but of a kindred population 1 Shall the day indeed come when in our streets there shall be solitude , and in our harbours be heard no aound of oars , neither shall gallant ships pass thereby ? Is the vaunted splendour of this country to furnish a melancholy lesson of the instability of earthly power , and its fate to conclude a tale more glorious , to point a moral more affecting , than any which Tyre , or Sidon , er Carthage , have furnished to curb the insdence of prosperity , and to shew the insignificance of man ?—Blackwood Magazine .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct951/page/7/