The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-12 00:00:00

THE DUBLIN OUTRAGE.

A meeting of gentlemen desirous of presenting a
testimonial to Miss Jolly was held on Saturday, in Moles-
worth-street. The chair was taken by Mr. Vans, J.P.,
who said that, having observed that a great desire was
evinced by the people of Dublin to present Me Jolly with
some testimonial, with • view to express their admiration
of her heroic conduct, sod to cootruneete her io some
measure for the suffering which she had undergone, he,
with one or two others, thought it would be • good thing
to give the public an opportunity of carrying out their in.
minim. The object was one in which he warmly sympa-
thised, and he would give it his earnest support. Dr.
Tweedy said that if a conimittes was appointed sad worked
the matter properly, he believed there never was a move-
ment in Dahlia which would be more waimly regraded
to than the preen& It limbed to him as if the inhabi-
tants of Dublin were divided into two parties cm this matter
—one sympathising with Ourraa, the convicted eabman—
(no, not—and the other with Mies Jolly. The first claima—
nts sympathisers with the convict—were, he believed, ex-
clusively connected with the mr-drivers ; the other
embraced every right-thinking person in the commenity.
He believed every respectable pareet in Dublin would lib
to evince in some practical manner the semis entertained of
what they owed to Miss Jolly, who by her courageous and
spirited conduct throughout this transaction had dons more
for their comfort and independence than any other lady
within his recollection. By coming forward boldly to pro-
mote the miscreant who had mailed bee is so cows/illy
a manner, she had dons much to prevent the TIOOTSIIIOII
of such an outrage in future; sod every father and
mother of • family were therefore deeply indebted to
her oo that account. In every beams which be
entered he found the greatest sympathy sad sunfishes
expressed for this young lady, and he repeated that • move.
meat to present her with a suitable trinomial would ob.
lain warm and general support. Mr. Sadler Stoney ob-
served that, independent of what they owed to Iles Jolly
for her heroic conduct, the citizens of Dublin should sub-
scribe to present her with • testimonial, if for no other pur-
pose than to show women what they ought to do ender
similar Cireninenllnooll. The know] eof the shrinking mo-
desty of the female sex, which ice. ispeed them to give
publicity to sack matters, was an hide/lemon, to cowardly
ruffians to commit outrages on females whom they found un-
protected. They relied on the natural dislike era woman to
bring them to just me because of the publicity which sash a
rproceeding would Decease:lly sutra The feet that Iles
oZeldiad come forward to procreate her aemilan sod Use
conviction of the culprit, would deter ill pumas
from attempting to perpetrate such outresm ; aad the ex-
ample which Mims Jolly had set was ooe t ought to he
followed by every woman who might have the miefortisse
to be similarly circumstanced. Some coavenatlea mimed
as to the propriety of bolding a public meeting in the Ro-
tondo, or elsewhere. The idea seemed to be favousibly ea-
tertaineil, but nothing was determined on. Dr. Tweedy
offered the use of his drawing-moss. which would hold two
hundred person., for any westing that might be decided oft,
if • more suitable place Gould sot be obtained. A amebic
o: subscriptions were then banded in, sad • provisional eina-
mittee, to carry out the object which the meeting bed in
view, was appointed.