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      COMMENCEMENT OP STATE PROSEcctions . aeejbst of mb , o'coknell , SIS . JOHN O'CONNEIi , < fc OTHERS , OH A

      CHAB 6 E OP CONSPIRACY , SEDITION , AND ILLEGALLY ASSEMBLING . ( From the Dublin Monitor of Monday . } "We were in possession of intellyfenoe on Friday which ire did not consider it advisable to publish , we h * d sot the p&rtlcul&rB before us . It wu Uib effect that Mr . O'C ^ nnell and others ver be immediately proceeded against , and that hi ' formations had that day been sworn before Judge Barton . We have dow to state that informations were sworn on Eriday afternoon against Mr . O'Connell . Mr . John O'Connell , Mr * Thomas Steele , Mr . T . M . Bay , Doctor John Gray , Freeman . ; Mr . Richard Barret , Pilot ; Mr . Charles Gavin Dngy , Ration ; and the Rev . Messrs . Matthew Tjerney , and Peter James TjrrelL >

      Iso arrests took / plaee on Friday evening , nor did the Government proceed in bo ungracious a manner , ihongh , no doubs , nrged thereto bj some of -their ultra-advisers . On Saturday morning , the Crown-Solicitor , Mr . Kemmis , addressed the following letter to Mr . O'Connell : — Ealdare-rtreet , 14 tt October , 1843 . Sra , —Iieg to inform you thatIhave been directed to take proceedings against yon on a charge of conspiracy and other misdemeanors ; and I am farther to inform yon thai informations hayb . been sworn against yon touching the same , before Wr- Justice Barton .

      ~ May I , therefore , request you will 1 st me know vhen It win be your conTenience to attend and enter into recognlBuices to appear in the Court of Queen ' s Bench on the first day of next term , to answer such charges as nay be then preferred against you by her Majesty ' s Attorney-General ? I have the honour to be , Sir , your obedient servant , W . Kkitmts , Crown Solicitor , Daniel O'Connell , Ssq ., M . P ., 4 c ., ic . Mr . Kfimrnw waited upon Mr . O'Connell io know Si what hoar it would be convenient ibr him to give bail before Jndge Barton , himself in £ 1000 , and two sureties in £ 500 each . The matter haring been arranged , at half-past two o'clock Mr . CPConnelTs

      carriage was ordered to the door , when he , -accompanied by Mr . John O'Connell , Daniel . O'Connell , jmL , Mr . M'Longhlin , and Mr . Jeremiah Donne , proceeded to Judge Burton ' s house in Stephen ' pjEreen . Jndge Barton attended the Queen's Bench Chamber as nsual at twelve o ' clock , and remained for an Lour , but he had only one motion to dispose of , and save the members of the fourth estate , the attendance in chamber was limited . It was thought that Mr . O'Connell would tender bail in chamber , as the warrant had been signed by a member of the Queen's Bench ; but one o ' clock having arrived , Judge Burion left for his own residence , stating that he would remain there to . hear any applications to be made to Mm 101131 half-past three o ' clock .

      Judge Crampton , who accompanied his Lordship , left at an earlier period . At twenty minutes to three Mr . CCoBnell arrived tJt Judge Burton ' s house , accompanied by Ms two sons , Mr . John O'Connell , and Mr . Daniel O'ConselL , jurL , together with Mr .. Cornelius M'Loughlin and Mr . Jeremiah Dunne , town councillors , bis sureties , to enter into the required recognizances for his appearance upon the first day of next Term , to meet the charges of the Government . The Learned Gentleman ( who wore the Repeal button , as did also all the members of Ms family who accompanied him ) emfloyed himself , pending the arrival of the Crown oHcitor , by inspecting the splendid and extensive collection of paintings in the front drawing-rooio , where a large number of persons were assembled .

      A few minutes past three o'clock Mr . Xemmis arrived , accompanied by Mr . H . J . Baa , Mr . Bourne ( the Clerk of the Crown ) , and Ms son , Mr . Walter Bourne , when Mr . O'Connell and all the parties were shown into Ms Lordship ' s stndy . They immediately proceeded io execute the necessary bonds and recognizances . The Learned Gentleman and Mr . John O'Connell were severally bound to appear in the Court of Queen ' s Bench upon the second day of next November , in the sum of £ 1 , 000 , and Mr . M'LougMin and Mr . Dunne were bound as their sureties in the sum of £ 500 for each party . Mr . CCesnell carefully read over all the documents before he affixed bis signature to them , and remarked , when he endeavoured to write with a bad pen , " that it was made more for ornament than use . '"

      Mr . Bourne , the Clerk of the Crown , severally swore the contracting parties , when Mr- Justice Barton signed the recognizances , after which Mr . Pierce Mahony ( who attended as Mr . John CGennelFs solicitor ) demanded copies of the informations , and all other documents , <^ c , from the clerk of the crown and crown -solicitor , as his client might require , and handed in the following nstice : — "Pursuant io the Act of Parliament , 6 th and 7 th of William JV ^ chapter 14 , I hereby require and demand copies of the examination of the witnesses respectively , upon -which depodtions I have been this day held to bail . And I hereby offer payment of such reasonable sum for toe same as may be demanded . a Dated this 14 th day of October , 1843 . "Daktel CCoksell . "

      ilx . Bourne replied , that as the bail was perfected , copies of all the informations and documents required by the accused parties would be fnraished as soon as possible to their respective solicitors . Mr . TTpmTniq expressed himself in similar terms , scd stated that every fair facility which he could give would be afforded to the Messrs . O'Connell iai the other gentlemen charged , with a view to the conducting of their defence . "When the business had concluded Mr . O'Connell shook hands most cordially with Judge Burton , and left immediately for his house in Merrion-sguare . The other parties inclnded in the informations received an intimation from the Crown-Solicitor that they should send in the names of those they Intended as their sureties , and perfect bail , so that it might not be necessary to have warrants issued for

      their apprehension . This was done on Saturday , and this day all the gentlemen mentioned above appeared with their sureties and perfected b&O . The following counsel are retained by Mr . O'Con-Bell : —Messrs . Pisot , Q . C ., Moore , 0 , 0 , Henn , QX . Haichell , Q-C Monanan , Q . O , Fitzgtbbon , Q . O , Whiteside , Q . C ., M'Donagh , Q . C , Close , JL O'flacan , Sir Coleman O'Logtlen , O'Hea , and Clements . SoBcitor , Mr . W . Forde . For Mr . John O'Connell have been retained : — Jonathan Henn , Esq ., Q ( X , Gerald Fitzgibben , Esq ., Q ^ O , James TYhiteside , Esq ., Q , O , and Francis M'Donagh , Esq . Solicitor , Mr . Pierce Mahony . On Saturday morniBg ,-wlien Mr . O'Connell received the Crown Solicitor ' s letier , he immediately issued ibe following document : —

      TO THB PEOPLE OP JRELiM ) . Slerrion-Eguare , Oct 14 , 1843 . Selotxd I JEXXO'w-CDr > "TaTirES , —I announce to you that "which you ¦ will bear from other quartersnamely , that I have given 1 Mb dsy bail to ans-wer to a charge of " eonipiEicy and other misdemeanours * the first day of next term . I mate this announcement in erder to conjure the people , one and all , to observ e the strictest and most perfect tranquillity . Any attempt to disturb the public peace may be most disastrouscertainly would be criminal and misehleveus . Attend , thfcn , bclofed countrymen , tome . Be sot tempted bt autbodt to bbeak the peace , to violate the ltw , os to be gsiltt OP A 2 » "T TCJiVLI OB 3 > ISTTJB . BA 3 iCE . The Brightest r"Tnw against order or the public peace may ruin our bezutifnl and otherwise triumphant cause .

      If yon -vrpl , during this crisis , follow my advice , and act 5 * I entreat yen to da , p atie > txt , qt 7 ieti . t , XEGiiiT , 1 think I can pledge myself to you ti&t the period is not distant -when our revered Sovereign will open Hie Irish Parliament in College Green . Every attempt of our enemies to disturb the progress of the Repeal hitherto has had a direct contrary effect . This attempt will ALSO PAIL , unless it be assisted by any misconduct on the part of the people . Be tranquil , then , and we shall be triumphant . J a&ve tfce Iiodoui to be , - Your ever faithful servant , DAJiiSI , O'COSXEli .

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      and resistance to such Government and Constitution , and by the demonstration of physical force , to procure changes to be made in the Constitution of the realm as by law established , and to exnte jealousie s and hatred between different classes of her Majesty ' s subject * , and to excite discontent and disaffection amongst , and te seduce from their allegiance , divers of her Majesty ' s subjects , and , amongst others , her Majesty ' s subjects senisg in the army and navy , and to disturb and prejudice divers ot her Majesty ' s subjects in the peaceable enjoyment of their rights and properties , and to bring into contempt and disrepute the legal tribunals of the country , asd to riiminlwh the confidence of her Majesty ' s subjects in the same , and to assume and usurp the prerogative of the Crown in the establishment of courts for the Administration of the law , and to forward the said

      several objects by various seditions speeches and seditious libels ; and also by contributing amongst themselves , and by soliciting and obtaining , as well from different parts ofcthe United Kingdom as from foreign countries , divers large sums of money , to promote and effectuate such objects ; and also for having on different days and times unlawfully and seditiously met and assembled with divers other evil-disposed persons for , certain seditious aui unlawful purposes ; and also that he excited divers other persons to meet and assemble themselves together on different days and times for thelUre seditious and unlawful purposes ; and also that he seditiously published divers malicious and seditious libels of and concerning the Government and Constitution of the realm as by law established ; sod all such other matters as shall be alleged against the said ;— '¦ , by her Majesty ' * Attomey-GeneraL " These are , tlierefore , in her Majesty ' s name to command you and every of yon forthwith to apprehend and bring before me , or some other of the Justices of tiie said Court of Queen ' s Bench , the body cf the said ¦ ¦ , that he may answer the said charge , and be further dealt with according to law . " Given under my hand and seal , this day of October , 1843 .

      ( Seal . ) BTmOBBBD PBOSECUTIONS OP BOMAM CATHOLIC BISHOPS . The Wetidy Warier stated in a late edition on Saturday , that" informations were sworn against 3 > t Higgins , Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh . " The Correspondent of the Morrdng Chronicle , writing on Saturday says : — "According to rumour , prosecutions are to be instituted against the Most ReT . Dr . M'Hale , Catholio Archbishop of Tuair ; Bight ReT . Dr . Higgins , Catholic Bishop of Ardagb ; and Xord Efrench . " The Dublin Uoniior , in a late edition on Monday evening , had the following : — " Tip to the hour of going to press we have no authentic intelligence of any infarrnations having been sworn against any other parties tbsn those before mentioned , " The rumour about the Roman Catholic Bishops being proceeded against is untrue . **

      STATE OP TDBUC FEELING . It was known on the Friday evening that the arrests were to be made . The fact was announced in a late Edition of the Evening Mail , in the follow * ing terms : — " STOP PBESS . " Evening Ma il Office , Six o'Cleck . " We stop the press to announce that informations have been actually sworn against all the conspirators before Mr . Justice Burton this afternoon , and were this evening lodged io the Crown Office . The warrants will be executed to-morrow ; and , although we are aware of the names of all the parties , we think it more prudent to let the law take its course , and not make any further intimation upon the subject

      " THE ABSBJlS WILL TAKE PLACE TO-M 0 HR 0 W . " It is intended to pnt down with the strong arm of the law all Repeal Meetings , Associations , and Committees , and to stop the further collection of Repeal rent . " G = d sava the Queen . " Xong live Lord Da Grey . " The Correspondent of the Times thus describes the manner in which the " Becond blow" of the Government was received by the people : — " S 3 early as nine o ' clock this ( Saturday ) morning the excitement consequent upon the events of yesterday evening began to manifest itself in the crowds of

      persons that commenced , at this early hour , to throng the streets in the immediate vicinity of the Castle and bead office of police ; it being bozzed abroad that the warrant on Mr , O'Connell cad been already fxeeuted , and that the Learned Gentleman might be momentarily expected to arrive in custody for the purpose of putting in bail before the magistrates . Wholly unfounded as were these expectations , some colour of reality was given to them by the iact of a squadron of the 5 th Dragoons having marched into the Castle-yard at a very early hour , where they took up their quarters . The troops were in heavy marching order , and each man wore bis haversack , containing a day's provisions .

      " About ten o dock Lord Bliot rode into the C&stleyard from the Park , and was followed in a few misstes afterwards by Mr . Xucas , the Under-Secretary . "By eleven o'clock the upper Castle-yard was crowded to an inconvenient degree by throngs of persons , among whom were numbers of well-dressed people , drawn together by the double attraction of the usual guard-mounting parade , and in the hope of witnessing the novel spectacle of the great leader of the agitation made amenable to the laws of his country . There was a studied silence in the multitude ; indeed , the most casual observer could not fail to observe the doubtful expression visible on the countenances of the crestfallen Repealers , among whom I observed an unusual number of country people , who were easily dutingniahe 4 from the Dublin mob by the frieze coat peculiar to the peasantry from the adjacent counties .

      "Mr . OCouncil ' s mansion , at the south side of Merrion-square , was another centre of attraction , although in a minor degree , judging from the small knot of persons that assembled there up to twelve o ' clock . On passing the house , however , about an hour later , the crowd had considerably increased , and the steam of excitement was tolerably well kept up by the occasional arrival at , and departure from , the ' Liberator ' s' house of some leading star of the Corn Exchange ; but the chilling silence observable among the mob in other parts of the town was even more remarkable here . The head-pacificator , riding in an outside car , arrived , and Mr . Barrett , of the Pilot , left , without eliciting as much cs solitary cheer of recognition . Beyond a low nrainmring -whisper , not a sound escaped sufficient to ruffle a leaf of oue of the trees in the iquare . " appeabakce asd cond'cci or xb . o'coshell . The Weekly Freeman , in a second edition on Saturday , had the following : —

      " Mi . O'Connell , and Ms son , Mr . John CGonnell , received notice of arrest this morning , at a quarter to ten , at the residence of the Liberator , on a warrant charging them with * cosspibact and otheb misde-KEASOxrss , ' and an intimation was at the Bame time given them that bail would be required . " The intimation was conveyed in the very handsomest and most considerate manner . Mr . Kemmis , jiiiu , called a * Mr . O'CoimeU ' s residence in Merrion Square , to announce that a warrant was out against him . Similar intelligence was aJso conveyed to Mi . John O'Conntll , who was at the time in the house . This was considered sufficient , and Mi . O'Connell pledged his word of honour for himself and the honourable Member for Kilkenny , that they would immediately attend with their bails , at the residence of Mr . Justice Burton . The smoust of security in the Liberator's case is , himself in £ 1 , 000 , and two securities in £ 500 each : and that in Mr . John O'Connell ' e is the same .

      •* The Liberator , at tfce time we write , is cracking his jokes , and in his usual excellent spirit ; . " It may be interesting to our readers to know that , should the Government bring up the Liberator and his son for trial within twenty-one days , the trials will not , in all probability , be proceeded with until Hilary Term—shrald they fix on a period later , the trials may be expected to come on in December . " . The Correspondent of the Times has the following version *> f the appearance and conduct of the " Liberatoi : "— : ' At a quarter before three o ' clock , Mr . O'ConneD , sceompanitd by his sons John acd Daniel , Mr . Jere-Tniab Xhame , and Mi . Cornells Ji'Loughlin land followed by several other friends ) , arrived in the Hon . and Learned Gentleman ' s carriage at the residence of Mr . Justice Burton .

      " On entering the drawing-room , Mi . O'Connell , who looked dejected and pale , allowed his attention to be immediately attracted i > 7 the beautiful collection of paintings for which the Learned Judge ' s residence is xfcmaxk&ble , and which , he continued to examine with apparent interest until three o ' clock , when Mr . Kemmis and Mr . Bourne , the clerk of the Crown , arrived . " The entire party , consisting of about thirty persons ( many of whom , including Mr . O'Connell and bis two sons , wore prominently on their breasts the Repeal battoBj , were then conducted down stain to the Learned Judge ' s library .

      " Mr . CConneU , on entering , shook hands with his Lordship , and the reeogniianees having being read over by the Hon . and Learned Gentleman , he took the necessary oath and subscribed them . Mr . John O'Connell having done likewise , they acknowiedfed themselves bound in £ l : 000 each to abide their trial on the charges preferred against them , which are conspiracy , ( edition , and illegally assembling . "

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      The Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle thus describes the scene : — "Mr . O'Connell requested to see the information upon which the warrant was issued , and , having read it over , said be was ready to enter into bail to the amount required—namely , two sureties in the sum of £ 500 each , and himself in £ 1 , 000 . When he attempted to sign vhe recognizance , the pen was so bad tiiat he quaintly remarked ' This pen was not made for the purpose of writing . * "Mr . O'Connell appeared in right good spirits and certainly presented a strong contrast to some of his kind and ardent friends around him . "

      THE INTOBMATIONS-11 The Crown officers had appointed four o ' clock this afternoon ( Monday ) for the delivery of the informations against Mr . O'Connell and the other parties to their solicitors ; but upon application being made at the office ef the Crown Solicitor , at that hour , it was announced that the informations were so very voluminous , they could not possibly bejready before four o ' clock to-morrow afternoon . I have 1 named that the informations extend to some hundreds of office sheets . A lithographic machine has been fitted up in the office of the Crown Solicitor , and a number of persons employed in making copies with all possible expedition .

      A gentleman who read a manuscript copy of the informations this day , has given me a description of the leading allegations . The principal information is sworn by Mr . Hughes , one of Mr . Gurney ' s shorthand writers , who had been employed by Government to attend the meeting at Mullaphmast , and subsequently the meetings of the Repeal Association at the Corn Exch&Ege . The charges Bet forth are generally of the character described in my letter of yesterday . All the parties are charged with conspiracy , extending to the Mullaghmast meeting , the Repeal Association , the Arbitration Courts , the utterance of seditious language , and the publication of seditious libels .

      "Portions of the speech of Mr . O'Connell at Mullaghmast meeting are set forth , and it i s charged that there was a demonstration of physical force at that meeting , including the employment of O'Connell ' s police , " = and" the temperance band ? . The speeches and derioes at the Mullaghmast dinner are also described . ¦ "TheRev . Mr . Tierneyis charged with the utteranoe of seditious libels . "Dr . Gray is charged as chairman of the Repeal Arbitration Court , at Blackrock , the first which had been held . Those courts form one of the principal features in the informations . " Mr . Steele is charged with the utterance of a speech respecting the Qaeen ' s visits to France and Belgium . According to my information , this charge against Mr . Steele is a rather ludicrous one . " Mr . Daffy , proprietor of the Nation , is specially charged with the publication of seditious articles .

      M Other parties are charged with being members of the Repeal Association , and with ha y ing been present when seditious speeches were spoken . But generally all the individual charges appear to be embodied in one of general oonspiracy . "—CArontcfe , Wednesday , " the trials . "As you are aware , the recognizances entered into by Mr . O'Connell and the other parties , are returnable o > the first day of next term , the 2 ad of November , in the Queen ' s Bench , where the indiotments are to be sentup . As twenty-one dear days cannot elapse before that day , there has been a very general

      opinion that Mr . O'Connell and the other gentlemen could avail themselves of the right to traverse in proa . I have made inquiry on this point , and I am inclined to believe there is some doubt as to the existence of such a right , if the parties were disposed to avail themselves of it , in consequence of the Act 1 st Geo . IV ., which , I have heard , limits the right to traverse in pros to courts of oyer and terminer , and abolishes it as regards the Queen ' s Bench . M If this be the case , it is probable that the parties will be called upon to plead next term , and that the trials will be fixed during the Bitting after term . "Chronicle , Monday . It may therefore be expected that the trials will take place in December .

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      " J > r ! Gray handod fn subscriptions , and said that he also hod an engagement with Judge Burton at three o ' clock . " Mr . Barrett handed in a remittance from Swords . " Mri Ottannell said it was supposed that the Association recommended peraoas as arbitrators ; It was no such thlug-r-they loft tue appointments to the discretion of the people in each ; distriot--- ( hear , hear ) .

      THE BAOK-DOOR OPENED ! PREPABATIONS FOR BOLTING ! 6 PI ^ SJffl | T 0 CO 3 HI E , O 1 WISE !!! Mr . ^ ContftfFrosa i and said he had a subject of some-lmpo ^ tano ^^ t . fUiy-before the association —( hear , hear ) . He wishett ; in the first place , to call their atleotton t * ithe debt of gratitude they owed bis most estimable and esteemed friend ! , the chairman , for the powerful discourse with which he had favoured and honoured them that day—( hear , lieat)—for the constitutional spirit , wholesome advice , and manly bearingit was unnecessary to say gentlemanly conduct of the chairman —( hear , hear ) % every quality that honoured the man and soldier was corabinoi in the address with which he had favoured them on the present

      occasion—( hear ) . < He meant to move that he be n quested to take the cbatt in the Conciliation Hall on Monday next , bjrwhich day It would be reviv for their reception—( land cheers } - —<*» tf he wished to add that he very cheer fully pledged himself that he would , in accordance with ( lie cftafrman ' 8 suggtstioit , bw >* the woro saxon . ' If it slipped by accident from him , be would immediately retract and repeat his pledge—( hear ) . They had used the word in looking far Emancipation , simpiy because there was no other way of describing an Eng-UBhiDftn fn the-Irish language bat by calling him a Saxon- ( laughter ) . There was no other Irish / for Englishman than Sassenach—I laughter ) . Lord Lyndhurst had called them alieuB In language ^ religion , and blood , and they used the form that separated tbem from Englishmen

      as completely as possible—so that Lord Lyndhurst was te blame for the recent increase of the word Saxon—( continued laughter and cheering ) . He wished them to remark on what had fallen from tbe chairman on the snbjectjof the disloyalty of the : Repealers , as implied by the issuing of the proclamation —( cheers ) . He thought they had little occasion to wipe off that charge —( hear , hear)—for he called to their recollection tbia fact , that they did sot disobey that proclamation , but actually carried it into full effect . There fell from the chairman , befere he came in , an observation that he ( Mr . O'Conneil ) had made upon tbe subject of a federal Parliament—loud cheering ) . He did declare in the corporation discussion on Repeal , that he was ready to take a dependant Parliament ; and he instanced Canada ,

      and stated that their Parliament did great good . He then , for the first time , announced that without ceasing to look for an independent Parliament , he would , if it was offered him by the British Government , accept the dependent Parliament —( hear , bear ) . He did that at some risk of his popularity ; but though there was no man living that delighted in popularity more than he did , there was no man living more ready to sacrifice that popularity , if it came iu contradiction of his principles , or the practical working oat of those principles —( hear / hear , and loud cheers ) . He not only offered in the Corporation to accept a dependant Parliament , but he repeated it since—( hear , heat ) . Tbe Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , Catholic Bishop of Killaloe , offered to join the Association provided he was admitted as & Federalist ; he put that quention to them , and he ( Mr O'Connell ) said at once to hint : " You are a Repealeryon propose to Repeal tbe statute , the 40 th of

      George the Third ; and , therefore , you aro entitled to ba a member of our society , " and accordingly , he immediately came forward and Joined them —{ bear , hear ) . Mr . Shaman Crawford had announced sentiments of the same description , and tbe Association wrote to him » latter , saying be might be enrolled a member—then several gentlemen of the bar in Ireland joined them on precisely similar terms ; and now he had received a proposition from a gentleman of high station in tbe popular caueeln England , who was exceedingly anxious for the well working of any system that would give freedom by means of her own representatives to tbe Irish people —( cries of hear , hear ) . This gentleman had communicated two propositions to him , and told him that they would get very considerable accession of strength from the popular cause in England if they could reply satisfactorily to those propositions—( hear ) . The document was to thin effect : —

      "' Two things are indispensable to obtain the enthusiatlio support of the whole population amongst the working classes in England—one is , that the new order of things In Ireland ( should a Repeal be obtained ) should be so well defined as to show that all that ia ; required by you is that Ireland should have the control and management of her own local affairs ; While all that is of a national character , in which both' countries are mutually interested , should be settled by tbo united representatives of both countries . Tbe other point Is that the people of England should be well assured , that while they co-operate with Ireland for a Repeal , as above defined , Ireland shall heartily co-operate with Eogland to aecnte & full , free , and fair representation of the people . '"

      " That gentleman and othera had written to him tola fact , that if he concurred in the plan , he would silence two of the great objections of their enemies : one was , that Which he wanted—to avoid a dismemberment of the empire ; and that this mode of repealing the Union and giving n local Parliair . nt to Ireland , could never be called a separation —( loud cries of " hear , hear , hear . " ) The next objection Was , that if Repeal were carried , Catholic ascendancy would be established , and that the plan for a dependant Parliament would meet that objection ; for if it were carried there would be no possibility of any dans ?? of such an ascendancy—( hear , bear ) . He met these suopr . STioss in thb spirit IN WHICH TEET WEH . E HADE AND DICTATED ; and he told them what had occurred in the Association already ; and that if the people of England , ob RATHER A SUFFICIENT PORTION OF THEM , CAME FORWARD . THERE TVOULDBE NO DIFFICULTY

      IN ARRANGING THE REPEAL ON THOSE DEPENDANT TERMS ALLUDED TO —( hear , hear ) . It might be said that consenting io take a dependant Parliament was shrinking ; but he cared not what taunt wa 8 Made USE OF . It was no shrinking . On the contrary , it took away from their enemies every argument that thoy could use against them . He re-PKATED AGAIN , THAT THAT ASSOCIATION WERE pledged TO THIS . They had the Bight Ret . Dr . Kennedy and many members of the Irish bar with them on that'dislinct understanding —( hear , bear ) . He confessed he had another motive—it seemed to him . that there were some people disposed to irritate the people of Ireland into violence —( hear , hear ) . Look to the Toty pr ^ ss of Dublin for the last week—look , for lnetanco , at tbe Evening Mail irritating the people ; he did net know what the Packet Bald , for he never read that paper —( a laugh ) . He had again to repeat to the

      people of Ireland that the Repeal depended on their own tranquillity dating thlsctisle . The government might give them an impartial jury—( if so , tbe question would take very little time—( bear , and loud cheers ) . He did not accuse them ; but he remembered a period when tbe government of the dey gave partial juries —( bear , bear ) . But in spite of every verdict they might get , the Repeal cause would accumulate and increase—( hear , hear ) . He was told yesterday that he would be prevented fiom addressing the Association that day ; he told the persons who said so that be bad no apprehension of the kind , because tbe Government themselves must know that he was , at least , an auxiliary of theirs in keeping the peace—( hearj . He was there preaching peace , and advising the people against Rlbbonlsm and against violence—( hear , heat ) . The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving " That the Chairman be requested to fill the chair at the opening of the Conciliation HalL "

      " Mr . Stbelb seconded the motion , which was carded unanimously . " The rent for the week was stated at £ 1 , 23213 a . 6 d . " The Times of Wednesday has a more extended Report of this " Base Compromise" meeting , ; and from it we give the following additional "Compromist" speeoh : — " Mr . O'Connell said , he could not close the meeting without congratulating the country on the tone and temper which it had recently exhibited ; more particularly in the letters read that day , which bound over the individuals signing them to the strict observance of peace . The Hon . Gentleman again repeated the erambe recocta of order and submission , and eulogised the politeness of montter meetings . He congratulated the chairman on having the honour to preside over such a highly civilised people ; and assured the world that as long aa the Liffey flowed , so long would the people of Ireland struggle for Rejseal— ( cheers ) . He had spoken

      particularly of a federal Parliament , as a means by which Repeal could be obtained , and also likely to conciliate both nations ; but it was not such a one as he HAD looked for —( hear ) . He had before declared himself ready to accept a federal parliament . HE would KOW REPEAT , THAT HK HAD BEEN ALWATS , AND WAS NOW , READY TO ENTER INTO ANY ARRANGEMENTS . WHICH WOULD GIVE IRELAND SUCH A PARLIAMENT . It bad been hinted : to him that tnauy parties in England would readily meet bis views on thla point , If on tbe completion of Repeal their arrangement * should be of a popular nature . He would tell them in England , that as soon as they formed a party strong enough to assist the Irish people , HE WOULD JOIN THEM IN OBTAINING FEDERALiZATioN—( cheers ) . He was ready to make a concesssion so as to find out a common point of unity . A federal Parliament would prevent absenteeism , would improve tbe tenure ef land , and be of other service ;

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      but in saying this , said tbe Hon , Gentleman , I do not lower my tone one atom—I relinquish no single right of the IriBh people ; but' I am ready to assist them in « manner most conducive to their harmonious obtainmeat —( tremendous cheering ) . He again ' called on the people not to be irritated by the tsunta of their enemies , mere particularly the northern Catholics , who would ba exposed to j annoyance from the Orangemen , for the least outbreak ^ in any part of Ireland would mase them abandon all Lopes of ever obtaining what they were straggling for . This doctrine of peace was preached last Sunday by every priest in Ireland from the altar , and would be repeated next Sunday—( cheers ) . It would beja moat grievous affliction to him , which nothing could ever console him for , if any one on bis account were to commit any outrage—( cheers ) .

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      winds of Heaven '—which the determination or Indecision of ( tovataaient may under more audacious or more submissive—which may equally be defeated bj the flrmnesa of those who oppose it , or the timidity of those who encourage it ; bnt apian which , aa it involves new elements and new combinations ; as * lt exhibits the national and Gaelic sentiment of Ireland in alliance with the known democratic spirit . of English discontent—no Ministry should think beneath their notice , or unworthy of their most vigilant attention . Discordant as ma ? be the elements—wild as may be the schemes—contemptible as may be the leaders of such an organization , it needs but little erudition to know , that to despise it would be a siga of blind and unpardonable temerity . We have not yet seen the end of the Irish agitation . "—Times , Wednesday * .

      MILITARY FORCE IN IRELAND * The following ia the affioial return of the military force in Ireland up to the 14 th of October : — Cavalry . 1 st Royal Dragoon Guards { en route to Dublin 490 2 nd Dragoon Guard * ( Dublin ) ... ... ... 400 3 rd Dragoon Guard ( Dublin ) ... ... ... 400 4 ta Dragoon Guards ( Newbridge ) 400 5 th Dragoon Guards ( Dublin ) 400 6 ; h Carbineers ( Dublin ) ... ' . 400 Scotch Greys ... 400 10 th Hussars ( Cahir ) 400 11 th HussarB ( Dublin ) ... too

      Total ... 8 , 600 INFANTRY . 5 tb Royal Fusiliers ( Dublin ) ... ' 809 11 th Foot ( Kilkenny ) goo 16 th Foot ( Newbridge ) ... ... ... ... 800 24 th Foot ... ... — ... 800 34 th Foot ( Dublin ) 800 36 th Foot ( Dublin ) sOO 45 th Foot , Reserve Battalion ( Cork ) ... ... 800 53 rd Foot ( Eunlskillen ) ... ... gOO 54 th Foot ( Dublin ) 800 56 th Feot ( Cork ) ... ... 800 60 th R-tfles , 1 st Battalion ( Dublin ) ... ... 80 O 61 st Foot ( Limerick ) ... , 800 65 th Foot ( Dublin ) ,. soo 66 th Foot ( Belfast ) ... 80 O

      67 th Foot ( Dublin ) ... 800 69 th Foot ( Castlebar ) ... .. * 80 O 70 th Foot ( Dublin ) ... 800 72 nd Highlanders ( Fermoy ) ... 800

      Total „ 14 , 400 DEPOTS . 1 st Royals , lat battaltan ( Tralee ) ... ... 200 1 st Rayals , 2 u < I battalion ( Londonderry ) ... 200 14 th Foot ( Armagh ) ... ... , 200 27 th Foot iDrogheds . ) ... 200 30 th Foot ( Cork ) ... 200 55 th Foot ( Yougball ) ... 200 43 rd Foot ( Galway ) 200

      46 fch Foot ( At&Ione ) 200 47 th Foot tBoylo ) ^ 200 52 d Foot ( Nenaghf 2 f ) 0 74 th Foot ( KiBBale ) 200 81 st Foot ( Clare Castle ) 200 82 nd Eoot ( C / are CastJeJ 200 85 th Foot ( Naas ) 200 89 th Foot ( Clonmel ) 200 90 th Foot ( Athfone ) 20 O 1 st battalion Rifla Brigade ( Longford ) 200

      3 , 400 ROYAL ARTILLERT , SAPPERS , UAKtNKS , fee . Royal Artillery , Horse and Foot 1 , 800 Royal Sappers and Miners ... 200 Royal Marines ... ... 630 2 , 600 GRAND TOTAL . Cavalry „ . s . fiOfr Infantry 14 , 400 Depots 3 , 400 Royal Artillery , &o . 2 , 600 Armed Constabulary ... 10 , 000

      Total 34 , 00 * A batallion ef each Regiment of Foot Guards ia in constant readiness to proceed to Ireland , and arrangements have been made with the Directors of the Great Western and London and Liverpool Railways to have irains at the disposal of Government , to start at any tine an order may be sent from the Horse Guards without the slightest delay . At Bristol and Liverpool steamers are also ready .

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      The coTresponQent of the Times gives the information : that the proceedings at Mullaghmast form the Enbjt ct of tbe prosecution against Mr . O'Connell , Idr . Bay , Dr . Grey , and Mr . Steele . The speeches delivered at the dinner at the fame meeting form the subject of a separate prosecution against Mr . Danie l O'Conne ll , Mr- John O'Connell , Dr . Grey , 2 &r . Bay , Mr . Steele , and Mr . Barrett , of the Pilot newspaper . " In addition to the foregoing charges , the whole of the beforenamed parties , together with the Rev . Mr . Tierney , the Bev- Air . Tyrrell , and Mr . Charles Gavin Duffey , editor of the Nation newspaper , are charged with being ' members' of the Repeal Aebodarion . He also gives a oopy of the warrant on which the parties named have been held to bail . We subjoin k : — « To -, "Ireland to wit—Whereas - *— , of , in the city of Dublin , Et quire , hath been cbarged upon oath before xbb , the Bon . Charles Barton , one of her Majesty ' s Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench , in Ireland , for that he did unlawfully and seditiously conspire , with certain other persons , unlawfully and seditiously to excite discontent asd dis&Seetion in Use Bixu ? s of her Majesty ' s snbjeets , and to excite her Majesty ' sWnjetts to hatred and contempt xi the Government and Constitution of the realm , as by law established , » d te unlawful asd seditious opposition

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      MR . O'CONNELL'S ANSWER TO THE GOVERNMENT . REPEAL ASSOCIATION , HONDAT . ( From the Dublin Monitor of that day . ) " Tbe usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held at the Cern-Exchauge to-day . Long before the hour appointed for meeting , the room was crowded to excess , and hundreds of persons were obliged to remain ontJside tbe building . " At a quarter to one o ' clock , on the motion of Mr . O'NeillDarat , " JOHN Aucpstus O'Neill , Esq ., of Bunowen Castle , was called to tbe cbair amid loud cheering . "The Chairman said he was extremely obliged to them for the honour they had conferred on him by calling him to that chair ! that post was considered a post of some danger—it -was , therefore , that be offered himself for it—( loud and enthusiastic cheering ) .

      " [ At this moment Mr . Mabon , an inspector of police , entered the room ] . " Mr . Daunt desired a seat to be given to the inspector , and every accommodation afforded to him . "A Voice—A cheer for the inspector—( cheering ) . "Mr . O'Connell then entered , and was received with the greatest enthusiasm . " Mr . O'Neill coatinued—That chair had been hitherto occupied , at least since tbe late exciting occurrences , by a son of Mr . O'Counell' s , and by Mr . Daunt , and he thought it was time for some other gentleman to share tbe responsibility with ( hem—( loud cheering ) . It was the first time is his life he attended a political meeting of any description , unless , indeed , they would so call tbe House of Commons , of which he

      had at one time the honour of being a member— ( hear , bear ); but he considered that Repeal was tbe only hope of Ireland , and he resolved on taking a part in their ' proceedings—( cheers ) . They should receive , with dignified silence , tbe manifestation of her Majesty ' s Government that they thought O'Connell disaffected . Let the Government try the question before an impartial jury , and , with the assistance of God , he would be , if possible , purer than before—( hear , hear , and loud cheers ) . They B 3 < jpected the Repealers of that which they were incapable of , and they had not given them an opportunity of showing that they would have obeyed tbe law—( bear , hear ) . He did hope that the day would never be setn in Ireland when It would require five regiments and a brigade of artillery to enforce any lawful proclamation of tbe representation of the Qaeen whom they venerated . The question of Repeal had advanced so far , that it was impossible it could be sent back to its cradle or bullied into repose . They tried to

      dishearten them by saying that as tbe Liberator was growing old he -would become wearied , and the people would become tired ; but though be was advanced in age , his heart beat as warmly as in early life for his native lane!—( cheers ) . And even when he bad passed to his grave , the spirit be had called into existence was immortal—bis name would be tbe watchword of freedom , and his grave the rallying place of the sons cf liberty—( loud cheering ) . Mr . O'Neill then went on to disclaim any desire of Catholic ascendancy , and called on his Protestant fellow-countrymen to disabuse their minds on that head—( hear , hear ) . In conclusion , he said he would blush before bis child , if for one single instant an emotion of fear by reason of British bayonets had checked him in exercising bis constitutional right—( cheers ) . He would go from that chair to a prison , and from a prison to a scaffold , sooner than admit he was deterred by British troops from any act he felt himself entitled to as a freeman—( loud cheers ) .

      "A respectably dressed man , whose name we could not catch , then rose to address the chair . His observations were to the < . ffect that he bad to hand in £ 10 , which had been collected in five minutes , when it was heard that O'Connell bad been arrested . ( Here there was some conversation between persons round the chair , and the speaker ' s voice was completely inaudible , but his gestures were extremely violent ) " Mr . O'Connell ( perceiving this ) got up instantly , and called him : to order—he should make no observations on matters extraneous —( hear , hear ) . If the gentleman was determined , as he trusted all Ireland was , to take bis advice , let the language now be as peaceable as thslr conduct shall be—( cheers ) .

      " The Chairman said , in justice to himself , as chairman , he feit it absolutely necessary to state that be was engaged in conversation , and had not heard one single word the gentleman had used , and he was obliged to the Liberator for having interfered ; for he ( Mr . O'Neill ) would not hold the cbair five minutes , if violent language were used —( bear ) . " Mr . O ' Connell said , fte fact was there was violence in the gentieman 'i manner , though be did nut say anything violent— ( hear , hear ) j—and baving interfered ia an irregular manner , be ( Mr . CConnell ) thought it right to repress a man whom he saw losing his temper —( hear , hear ) . There never was a moment in which good humour and good temper were ao necessary— ( loud cheering ) . M Mr . Bay read a letter from Limerick , remitting £ 120 1 proclamatton' money —( great cheering ) .

      " Mr . Daffy handed in several remittances , and immediately left the meeting , having , as he said , a particular engagement with Judge Burton at three o ' clock —( laughter ) . *• The Rev . THrr . Tierney hEn ^ ed in £ 18 proelamatton Boney— { cheers ' .

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      HOW IS THE " COMPROMISE" RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRESS AND THE REPEAI-ERS ? The Correspondent of the Times , in that Journal of Wednesday , thus speaks of -O'Connell ' s pitiable position ; and quotes an article from the Mail which ought to make O'Connell hang himself for very shame ! What a trouncing he does get 1 and how deservedly 11 His own cowardly , pusiJanimous conduct will destroy him . Here is the article from the Times * Correspondent . Let the concluding paragraph of it be particularly noted : —

      " A » EW PHASE IK THE AGITATION . " The rumour to which I alluded yesterday , respecting the probability of another blow being struck at the agitation , was very generally believed up to this forenoon ; and the impression was entertained that a proclamation would have ; issued forbidding any further sittings of tbe ( so styled ) Loyal Repeal Association . Indeed , so confident were all parties of the truth of tbe report , that Mr . O'Connell himself and the Chairman at the meeting this day , { made each a distinct reference to toe matter . Whether such a proceeding on the part of

      the Executive would have been politic or impolitic , at the present juncture , now matters but little . Strictly speaking . Repeal is abandoned ; and Mr . O Connell has unblushingly forfeited \ his vantage ground , pitched his once formidable hobby to his o' d friends ^ -the winds of . heaven * , and has quietlt shrunk down from a WHOLE REPEALER , j AND NOTHING ELSE , INTO A mere drivelling < federalist . This shameful abandonment of all former pledges—the reckless disregard of protestations made to tbe contrary over and over again , with a solemnity amounting to profaneness , is thus handled by the Mail of this evening : —

      "' A very general impression was entertained that the Government would follow up their former blows by proclaiming the Loyal Repeal Association as illegal , and that the meeting advertised for this day would not be permitted to be held . Perhaps , as matters have turned out , it is better that they did not , although , after the informations sworn and the proceeding ; instituted , the step ia one' to which the Executive stands pledged , and which they must ultimately adopt . But by their forbearance this day Mr O'Connell has been driven to the open abandonment of tbe primary principles upon which his agitation for repeal rested—1 Ireland for tbe Irish' and < domestic Legislature '; and , in his epsech uf this afternoon , he has descended another peg in the political scale , and avows

      himself satisfied with aj federal measure . The beaten slave I he whines like a whipped cur f A few quires of whitey-brown paper posted against the walls , not sufficient to supply wadding for the muskets of a battalion , brought him to his knees ; a few skins of parchment , lodged in the Crown-office—scarcely enough , if cut into slips , to furnish measures for Mr . Arkina ' a tailoring establishment—have prostrated him to the earth ! Repeal is' abandoned , ' as well as the Clontatf meeting . We have already anticipated this measure elae-, Fhere , with reference to the ) antedated address to the Irish people , in which the demagogue , ready to strike the colours of Repeal , set about preparing his dupes by his hint at ' local' legislation . ' And what ia the demagogue ' s pretence for these altered councils ? A communication , forsooth , from some popular English leader—a Chartist , doubtless , or an Anti-Cam-Law

      Leaguer—that , provided he will co-operate with the English Radicals to ] obtain Universal Suffrage and other popular rights , they will unite with him in seeking a federal Parliament for Ireland . With this the great , the unconditional Repealer , professes himself contentt and , inasmuch as it will convince the hated Suons that he seeks no dismemberment of the empire , it is rather the better of the two . Bravo , Daniel ! you have unbounded confidence in your own powers of delusion ; and , if you can carry it thus , entertain a very just estimate of your ] credulous and confiding countrymen ' s gullibility . One thing is plain , —that the bait thrown out for the 'base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , ' has been thrown out ! in vain . There will be no renewal of the Lichfieid-house conspiracy . Feargus O'Connor ' s star is again in the ascendant ; and Chartism and Repeal , long disunited , will tw embodied in a federal and confederate Union . "

      " The Pilot of thiB evening , although containing a report of tbe speech delivered to-day , does not , of course , verdure to hazard a single remark either in support of , or dissent from , the new tine of policy chalked out by the great political juggler . Indeed , it will bo a matter of no small astonishment if , in the whole range of the Repeal press , there be found one solitary journal that may have tfce moral courage to even remonstrate against the dupliaity that has been practised on a too confiding people . " . j . What follows is from the Thunderer himself . It behoves the Chartists to look well to it , particularly

      to the latter portion . ! There seems to be a son of threat , that they may &e included in the measures resorted to , to "put down" Dan aud the Repeal Movement . Does the Thunderer mean , that if Peel feels himself strong enough to meet the Parliament next month , for " ixthaordinary powers , " he must apply them to England also , because Joseph Sturge has written to Daniel O'Connell . and told him that if he compromises Repeal , he will gee the support of the English working people 1 Is this what the Times means ? ft looks something like it J Here are his words : — I

      "It it has been jwitfi reason objected to lord Brougham that be marred tbe success of the advocate by the vehemence of the partisan , and infuHed into tbe temper of political debate all the personal asperity of tbe excited advocate , jit may be as truly &aid of O'Connell ( but more to tho credit of bis intellectual than his moral powers ) that he evincaa at all times the wary adroitness Of the most cautious counsellor . He has all the resources of a veteran ' dodger' at command . Ho manifests an intuitive perception of the characters of those whom he addresses . He accommodates himself to their humours , and knows the prescribed tether 0 ? his vagaries . The proclamation of the Government would have been a j complete floorer to some demagogues . Not so to him . He swallows it as jugglers at a fair do naked swords . It is part of his trade to practise these feats of hazardous versatility . His followers look on , admire , applaud , and pay . What could the most dexterous conjuror desire more ?

      ' ¦ When bis meetings were unforbidden and untbreatened ; when it was as safe to talk of millions of fighting men as of puppy dogs and young kittens , then nothing short ef independence would please him . ' Ireland for the Irish' was declaimed at countless gatherings—• Ireland for the Irish * was re-echoed from Howth to Connemara , not without an interpretation , too , of stern import which tho Irish peasant had learned from tbe traditionary legends of many years . As for federal unions—pish ! base was the slave who mooted them . But now— 'how changed the note ! how different tbe attitude' <

      ' Sweet are the uses ef adversity . They teach a man , at least , to appreciate the advice which he has before Scouted , and to suggest what no has hitherto contemned . Now , a federal union ifl discovered to be , if not a good substitute for , at least » very admirable introduction to , an independent Legislature . Now he has no objection to give it a trial : — indeed , he thinks that a domestic Parliament might ba very wall adapted for ! the management of local matters : and if it were found to answer all the purposes of its authors , be for one would be contented with it 1

      " And what , it may . be asked , has wrought this sudden revolution in the ; Liberator ' a opinions 1 Is i « the proclamation ? or the fresh arrival of troops ? or fear of further strong measures ? Doubtless , all these have exercised considerable ] influence on the minds both of himself and bis followers , as was perceptible In the tone and temper of the proceedings on Monday ; bat there was also another reason which operated to produce this change . Ue baa bad the offer of assistance from England in bis struggle for a Federal union . And who , it will be asked , —who is tbe great English ally that is to co-operate with the Repealers for the attainment of an object which many Repealers have stigmatized as a weal ; and half-way measure ? Why , uo less a personage than

      Mr . Joseph Sturge , with 1 , 000 , 001 Universal Suffrage Chartists ! The Saxon' is no longer to be denouncedfor this would be deemed rather personal to the new Chartist allies , although Mir . O'Connell has at length declared that the nseof tbia term waa intended rather as a compliment to the English nation than « an affront —Birmingham is to be propitiated—aud the oft reviled and scouted Chartists are to be greeted with the war meet and most cordial welcomes ; Repeal and Universal Suffrage are to kiss one another ; Romanism and Quaker ; are to lie down together ; Joseph Sturge is to embrace Thomas Stoele ; O'Connell ia to hug O'Connor in his arms once more ; aud Ireland is to be regenerated and federalized 1 "Such is the plan for the present—a plan which the least whiff of drcumstaacsB may puff into tbe wild ! -

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      HOUNDING ON OF GOVSRNMENT BT THB PRESS . Having now given the facts connected with this " second step" on the part of the Government to repress aud suppress the Repeal agitation , as far aa thoy have yet transpired , we shall next give some of the commentaries and prepare-fche-publio-mind an . nouncements of the press . This course ib necessary to enable the reader to understand the realralativa position of all parties , Government , Repealers , and Anti-Repealers , towards each other . The course of conduct to be pursued bj all , is first shadowed forth in those portions of the Pre 38 over which they have influence or controul .

      We shall first give a malignant , gloating article from the Evening Mail . It appeared the day before the arrest ; and was in fact to prepare the way fot them . It is important now , because it reveals the " other measures" that Government have adopted , " precisely as if we were on the eve of a Rebellion . ' * The ferocious Mail says : — "Thank God , the authorities are acting with energy , zeal , and firmness , precisely as if we were on the eve of a rebellion—and that is exactly the way to prevent it . This , wo repeat , i « the only way left ; to prevent a rebellion ; and so fully assured are we of the wisdom , the prudence , and the vigour by which the councils at the Castle are at present conducted , thai we waive all objections against former negligence , and devote ourselves—as it is clearly eur duty to do—to supporting and sustaining the Executive in its present determinations as to future proceedings ;

      "But what ia to be done ? Tbe usual winding up to reports of preliminary steps for the detection of crime , as they appear from time to time in the public journals , shall furnish our answer : — 'At this state of the proceedings it would be manifestly improper , and might be subversive of the ends of justice , to enter more fully into details . ' Just so ; but of this our readers may rest assured—the axe ia about being laid at the very toot of the sedition ; an * those who have a » long bearded the authorities and outraged the laws will be made amenable to both . It is quite possible that the next number of this journal may contain intelligence calculated to cheer the loyal , to give confidence to the timid , and to make the- guilty tremble ; but , at ail events , a few , a very few , days will alter the aspect of affairs .

      " Are we to have a civil war ? Heaven forbid ; but , after all the organftition and the drilling—after all the threatenings and demonstrations of the rebels—it were just as well that the Qaeen should be -prepared for such an emergency—and she is . , «• The Freeman ' s Journal of yesterday says . — "' In the Packet of Tuesday last we-find a paragraph boastfully referring to the troops now forming the Eng . lish Garrison in this country . They amount to 28 , 009 men of all arms , according to our contemporary . And this force , expensive in the extreme to England , crippling her power , should she find her military resources

      necessary to be wielded upon any point of her posses * siens for aggression or defence , appears te Be relied upon aa decisive of tha question at issue between her and this country ! What exceeding absurdity ! 14 , 000 of those troops , at least , would be requisite to garrison tbe towns , and that would just leave 14 , 000 to eat tip the , millions of Irishmen who advocate self-government ! ' Why can't those men Bee how ridiculous they make themselves ? An army of that amount in Ireland would be worn out with marching in three months 1 ' " This is the battle of our adversaries—this the hope of our opponents ; and it is clear from the context that the Repealers are looking to the consequences . " Now , we beg to whisper in the ear of our content porary , that since his declaration was penned , three regiments have arrived in Dublin—the 34 th , 24 th , and 65 th ; and that the 67 th and 70 th ore on their way ; three regiments of horse are also under orders—the Royals , Scots Greys , and Carbineers , and will arrivo directly . Houses are being rented , and accommodation preparing fur temporary barracks , and every arrange ' ment making that prudence can suggest , or determination pnt in practice , as though we were ' on the eve of a rebellion ; ' and negotiations are perfected by which all the houeehould treops ( the Guards ) cavalry and infantry , can be transferred from London to Dublin in four-and'twenty hours . .. " We have another piece ef intelligence , of which wa have no reason to doubt the truth , and at which our contemporary will doubtless feel shocked for the sake of the Constitution ; and that is , that there are 20 , 000 Hanoverian troops—as fine soldiers as any in the werM—placed by the Queen ' s uncle at her Majesty's disposal , if necessary , to defend her empire from th * hands o ! traitors ; and that the offer has been conditionally accepted . These troops , all Protestants , are ready for embarkation at a few hours' notice ; and in four days , with the aid of first-class steamers , they could be landed on our shores , at whatever point their services might be deemed necessary' * But , ' says our considerate contemporary , 'the army would be worn out with inarching in three months . ' This , we had previously heard , was one of th $

      points upon whbh Mr , O'Gonnell relied ; and we heard tbia long before its appearance ia the Freeman ' s Journal But even this has been cared for . We confess w « should greatly prefer seeing the Government throwing itself at one © upon the generous feeling and loyal sympathy of the Protestant yeomanry , and boldly embody them as the surest and most constitutional means of meeting the emergency in which we are placed ; but , as a precautionary , perhaps only preliminary measure , we by no means ebjsct , but , on tbe contrary , highly approve of a project which we understand is in contemplation—that of enrolling loyal citizens for local duty in all large cities and townsthe enrolment to be voluntary , and the members to consist only of such persons as are known to fce opposed to the Repeal of the Union . ( Continued in our Second page . )

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      ' ¦ AND LEEDS GENERAL ADVERTISER .

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      as to to I YOL- YI- ] S 0 . 310 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 21 , 1843 . """ wH ^^^ SSH "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct952/page/1/