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tour of his Government which provoked them.--
-(Hear.) But, I repeat, what case could be made
out now to call for a Coercion Bill ? There are fewer
crimes beyond comparison perpetrated for the same pc-
pulation than in England. I demonstrated in the House of
Commons that there are three murders committed
in England for one in Ireland—(Hear)—and that they
have gone on augmenting in the same ratio. On the
15th instant I shall produce a beautiful litany of mur-
ders, and other atrocious crimes, which, if done in Ire-
land,
would induce some one to stand up and demand a
Coercion Bill.—(Hear, and cheers.) I'll show, Sir,
from the Assize returns, the relative state of both
countries as regards crime, and first take my own county,
where, out of a population of 300,000, only two or
three people were convicted of stealing pigs and
sheep, and where the Assizes only lasted three days. -
Show me any county in England that can exhibit
such a miserable—l ought rather say glorious—list
of offences.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Sir, we are
come to a period when a rally must be made for Ire-
land. The Precursor Society will do so, but we want
the rest of Ireland to rally with us.—(Cheers.) When
I find others coming forward I wish to give them a free
stage, and will not, therefore, on any account interfere,
but, on the contrary, join with them heart and hand.
—(Hear, hear.) I will make use of the political cii
of rhodium to coax them as they do rats—( Laughter)
—and let them, if they choose, take their station in the
front of the battle. It is on that account, therefore,
that I will not move the motion of which I have given
notice till the next day of our meeting, which I will
move at rising do adjourn till this day week, the day
after that which the great meeting will be held.
We will then know what generals and commanders we
shall have for the people, and should they come forward
as they are bound to do, we will join them with
alacrity. Should the leading nobility and gentry then
go with the popular movement the nation is at their
service--(Hear)—the people are at their will ; there is
no great danger that the peace of society wi►l be dis-
turbed, or that injury will be inflicted on persons or
property.—(Hear, hear.) We gained one glorious
political revolution, without breaking any law, or vio-
lating any commandment, I trust, of God.—(Hear,
hear.) The people did that, irritated as they were, in
many instances, by desertion and betrayal of their
cause, and the causes of suspicion which existed, as well
as the insults and oppressions which they endured.
They are now trained, and ready to follow in the
track of any man who will stand between Ireland
and the Orange Tory despotism of the Peel and Wel-
lington faction.—(Cheers.) We had had the magic of
being always right, and if those to whom I have allu-
ded will now join us, we will follow in their wake ; if
they do not, we have our own resources, and I, for one.
never despaired of my country.—(Loud cheers.) Toe I
democratic movement is abroad, and making a mighty
progress throughout the world. Even in Egypt the
Monarch is obliged to obey the uprising and mighty
power of the human mind. He cannot now, as for-
merly, exclude the Christians from his dominions, but
is following steadily in the track pursued by the rest of
Europe. The Grand Seignior at Constantinople is
no longer the despot he was wont to be, but is
directed and controlled by the voice of public opinion.
From them across to Washington the principle of
democratic liberty is felt—in fine, its mighty effect;
are felt all over the earth. Spain and Portugal
have felt the influence of the same spirit, and although
they have been tarnished by the shedding of human blood
—yet those evils in themselves show that man is march-
ing forward, and that the power of any despotic Govern-
ment—conquerors or tyrants—cannot resist its progress.
—(Cheers.) There is only one thing necessary to in-
sure success, and that is to improve the law of man '
whenever it is found necessary, and to act according to
that of God. It is only men who pursue such a course
that arc likely to make the movement beneficial, and it
is such that are to be found in Ireland. Those who
have kept back heretofore are now preparing to go with
us, from which I prognosticate the best results, and it is,
therefore, that I will postpone my motion until this day
week.

Mr. GUTHRIE next rose and addressed the Society in
a lengthened speech, demonstrating the identity in prin-
ciple and action of any dominant party in Ireland during
the period of the English sway with those of the present
Tories, and concluded by passing a glowing eulogium on
Mr. O'Connell, for his transcendent services to his native
country. _ _ _

Mr.-SHEA LALOR said that on the last day of meet-
ing he had given notice of two resolutions, but, after
consulting with his friends, he had then come to the
determination of withdrawing them, because it was not
proper to throw even a pebble in the way of the current
of public business, for, as Mr. O'Connell had ob-
served, theugh they might not approve of the policy of
Ministers, they should delay telling them so until some
more convenient opportunity. That body was always
adverse to making any inquiries respecting the religious
principles of any man, and provided he was attached to
their cause they cared not to inquire whether he was
Catholic or Protestant. He had taken the red book,
and gone over all the names in it, and he would on the
next day of meeting lay a statement of the re-
sult before the meeting. He would then mention the
result which he came to after reading through the
entire, and it was, that wherever there is no salary at•
tacked to an office, it is sure to be filled by an Irish-
man, but if there was a salary, then an Englishman was
sure to be appointed.—(Loud cries of " hear." and
' laughter.) He might instance the . Board of Educa-
tion, where there was no salary, and where all the
members were Irish.--(Hear.) If Lord Not-inanity
was possessed of the facts which he had collected, he
would be much better able to combat the observations
of his opponents. The entire of the salaries at-
tached to the courts of law in Ireland, amounted to
1'25,8901., per annum, and of this what, he would
ask, was the amount received by the Catholics?
It was only 22,750/. ; while the Protestants .re-
ceived 103,7401.—(Hear.) But, if such was the case
at present, how was it a few years back, when scarcely
a single Catholic held any kind of office ? His iten-
tion was to calculate the amount received in salaries
by Catholics and Protestants since the Union, and the
contrast which it would present, would be such as he
was confident would astonish the people of England. In
the Court of Chancery the amount of salaries was

41,320/. a year, 6,800/. of which went to Catholics, and
the remainder to Protestants. But it should be
recollected, trifling as this amount appeared, that

4,500/., or by far the larger portion of it, went to the
Master of the Rolls, who was only appointed a few

years ago, and never, he could add, was such an ap-
pointment made ; for he would appeal to their most
inveterate enemies if there ever had been half so good a

Judge on the bench.

In the Queen's Bench the

salaries were 24,750/.. of which only 1,750/. went
to the Roman Catholics, and out of that

sum he was rejoiced to state there was paid one man
who most thoroughly deserved his situation—he meant
Patrick Costello.—(Hear, hear.) There was another

officer in the Court of Chancery, who also was strongly
entitled to promotion, that was Mr. Fitzsimon, the
Clerk of the Hanaper, who was possessed of more poli-
tical modesty than any other man he ever knew.—
(Hear, hear.) But he trusted that the time would
come whe❑ his modesty would be no longer a bar to his
preferment.—(Hear, hear). In the Exchequer there
were 39,950/. salaries, of which 11,400/. were possessed
by Catholics. But they should recollect that nearly
half that sum was possessed by the new Chief Baton,
whose appointment, he would add, was a blessing to
the country, and was so much wanted after the extra-

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ordinary decisions in tithe cases that were so often given
by that court. Mr. Lalor concluded by giving- notice
that he would, on the next day of meeting-, move that
it be referred to the committee to report on the calcula-
tions which he had prepared.
After some observations from Mr 13Aantrr,
Mr. O'CONNELL said—Since I moved the adjourn-
ment to Tuesday, I find I have an engagement on that
day, and it will be therefore necessary to postpone the
meeting to Wednesday. 1 now move that we again call

on every parish in Ireland to meet on Sunday next, the
7th instant, to vote petitions to Parliament, praying for
a continuance of a just and impartial administration in

Ireland.
Mr. M'NEVIN seconded the motion, which was car-
ried unanimously.—The meeting then adjourned.

SCOTLAN D.

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FEMALE RADICAL MEET_
On Monday evening last, a public meeting of the
female inhabitants of Glasgow and vicinity, was held in
the Methodist Chapel, Spreull's-court, Trongate, to
hear a deputation from the Universal Suffrage Associa-
tion, as to the propriety of their taking part in the
movement for Universal Suffrage. The place was
nearly full—there could not be fewer than 250 females
prasent, all of whom were neatly attired : indeed, we
have seldom seen a more respectable and attentive
audience.
Mr. CUMMING, in the course of the proceedings,
alluded to the evidence given by Sheriff Allison, before
a Committee of the House of Commons, relative to the
general character of factory girls, which, he observed,
contained the most atrocious falsehoods ever put in
print ; and if they had been properly represented, such
charges would not have not have been allowed to go
forth to the public, without a contradiction from either
of their so called representatives.
The meeting adopted resolutions to use every lawful
means to carry out Universal Suffrage, and then peace-
ably separated.—Scots Times.
CORN.LAWS.
'fo-day a public meeting is to be held in Glasgow to
receive the report of our Delegates
missions to London. What
.that report must be, it is
:ill be of 'au energetic
easy to guess—what the ulterior measures of our Anti.
sCaoyr;n Corn-law
wAssociationthat,
inilaaty
they be,
course,
character, creditable to the intelligence and embodying
themos
most
firm e resolvefoolish
a nd theoifni
qu
tmenous ofim imposts which
respectingich
flourish
the fiscal system of Britain.—Scots aoulin ot their
of several