The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-30 00:00:00

TIIE GENERAL ASSOCIATION.

DUBLIN, JAN. 26.
A meeting of this body was held this day. The Hon.
I. Ponsonby was called to the Chair. On taking the
chair he rose and said—Gentlemen, I had the honour of
joining your Assembly from the conviction that while
none of your proceedings were unlawful it had a strong
tendency to ;promote that which I have most at heart,
namely, obtaining complete justice for Ireland.—(Cheers.)
The violent, and I think unjustly violent, attacks and asper-
sions thrown upon his Majesty's present Government, ren-
ders it a paramount duty for all men who concur with them
in the course which they are now taking, to declare that
concurrence in the face of the British empire. lam told
that a most outrageous abuse was heaped upon the King's
representative at the meeting of Protestants held at the
Mansion House on Tuesday. I beg you will mark this—
that abuse was heaped upon him by men who call them-
selves exclusively loyal. That King's representative, strong
in his own character, and strong in his own integrity, can
well afford to pass over that abuse. We should, throwing
aside all minor differences, rally, as one man, round his
Majesty's Government till substantial justice is obtained
for Ireland ; and, as the first, the principal, and most im-
portant step towards that complete justice, a full, com-
plete, and radical Reform of the present Church Establish-
ment in Ireland.

Mr. M. COSTELLO acted as Secretary, and read several
communications, and stated that although ho was well
aware that Mr. Crawford was the unceasing friend of civil
and religious liberty—that.he was the poor man's friend
and protector against the Orange magistrates of the north
—yet he (Mr. C.) must say that in the Committee, when
Mr. O'Connell brought forward his resolutions, and where
not less than 50 or 60 members attended, it was considered

by all, that Mr. O'Connell's resolutions went directly to the
question of instalments.
Mr. VIGORS, the candidate for the borough of Carlow,
said that he had been but a few moments in the town of
Carlow, yet he was congratulated by several friends, who
assured him that his victory in Carlow was as certain as that
their cause was just. He was on his way to meet the con-
stituents of an independent county, where a battle was to be
fought, and he had come from a spot where friends ware
fighting the battles of the people. He was present at the
Middlesex meeting of Reformers on Monday last, where the
first sentiment pervading the assembly—upheld not merely
by the eloquence of the orators, but also by the enthusiastic
feelings of the audience—was justice for Ireland. It was
too much the cry, in Ireland, that the English Radicals
were indifferent to the cause—the fact was precisely the re-
verse. He never saw such enthusiasm manifested for the
prosperity of Ireland, even in an Irish assembly, as at the
meeting in Middlesex.
Mr. FINN, M.P., in allusion to Carlow, observed, that if
it were necessary that a general contribution should be
made for the Carlow election, to ensure the return of Mr.
Vigors, it would cheerfully be effected.—( Cheers.)
Mr. FRENCH (the Secretary) here entered the room, and
informed the meeting that he had just returned from the
borough of Athlone, and that there was not. the slightest
doubt but that Mr. John O'Connell would be returned by a
majority of fifty for that borough.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL handed in the sub-
scription of Mr. Daniel Shire Lalor, of Castlebar, near
Killarney. He then explained the reason why the contri-
butions from Kerry were so small. In the western parts of
Ireland the crops had miserably failed, and men were there-
fore chary from necessity of their liberality.
Major Macnamara, M.P. for Clare, here entered the
room, and was received with loud cheers.
Sir WM. SOMERVILLE handed in the subsc"iption of the
parish of Ardcath, county Meath. He observed, that the
Association should not allow itself to be led away by the
discussion of abstract principles, but confine itself to the
objects for which the Association was called into existence,
namely, to obtain a good system of municipal reform, and
a satisfactory adjustment of the tithe question.
Mr. O'CONNELL said, the protectors of Protestantism
were actually those who were considered its assailants, and

its real enemies those men who made use of the name of
religion for oppression and unjust supremacy. The burthen
of the meeting at the Mansion-house seemed to have been
his humble self. He was present except in name. Reduce the
people to an equality of law, give them the benefit of the
Legislative Union, and demonstrate to the world that Re-
pealers were in the wrong when they insisted upon repeal
as a remedy, because it would be unnecessary if justice were
done to Ireland. Three weeks ago he received a letter
statinc, that 100/. were deposited in the same bank in which
the indemnity fund for the Dublin election petition was
placed. It was deposited in the name of an English lady.
He concluded by proposing a vote a vote of thanks to the
" English Lady." The Hon. Gentlenian then proceeded
to animadvert on the .2Vorthern W/liJ. It was not his
fault if that paper had now got a topic about which to
abuse him ; he did not care one farthing for the Whig, and
had only assailed it as the representative of Mr. Crawford's
opinions. He did not blame himself, except it was going
too far to conciliate Mr. Crawford.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1837.

FOREIGN INTELLIGL'NCE.

FR /INCE.
(From the French Papers.)

The Journal du Ham.d of the 25th inst ant states the

following :—" The MathUde, Capt Garnot, h us just arrived
here with six young ambassadors from Madagascar, which
she took on board at that place to convey to France, whence
they will proceed to England, accompanied by- the captain.
They all speak and write English with remarkable purity
and fluency. The voyage of Captain Garnet, who was
well received in the capital of Madagascar, promises to be
of great advantage to France in consequence of the rela-
tions which he has formed with the Government of that
island. We have reason to hope that on their return from
England to France the ambassadors will be received with
the consideration due to their mission of peace and friend-
ship, The following are their names and titles :
Prince Adriansitohaina, Colonel ; Adrianetseheno, Lieut.-
Colonel, and officer of the Palace ; Ramanaiwhoraisina,
Lieut.-Colonel ; Ranera-Major Ra Havolahy-Rasairanabo."
Extract of a letter of the 22d inst. from Toulon :
" Orders are being given here for the embarkation of about
700 men belonging to the different corps of the army of
Africa. which have already arrived. A battalion which is
to arrive here on the 28th inst. is also to embark in ten
days afterwards, independently of the troops sent to the
depot of the Foreign Legion. This force will first proceed
to Algiers, where the work of organization has been com-
menced for the campaign about to be opened in the spring
against the Bey of Constantine. The greater part of the
troops now in the provinces of Oran and Algiers, and who
are inured to the climate, are to join the expedi-
tion, and they will be replaced in .the respective garri-
sons by the troops from France. The disposable force, ac-
customed to the climate, may be estimated at about 6,000 ;
Bona alone can furnish 3,000 men. There will be at least
4,000 from France, and the natives whom the Government
have ordered to be levied will amount to from 4,000 to
5,000 men, besides the Spahis and the African Chasseurs,
who arc to be re-organized. The Government brig La
ilfalouine arrived yesterday in the quarantine-roads, from
Tripoli, which place she left on the 10th inst. She has
touched at Mesurata, Siax, Gesta, and Malta. When she
sailed, both the plague and the cholera were' raging with
great violence at Tripoli."
The Federal of Geneva of Tuesday last announces the
arrival of the Grand Duke Michael in that town, on the
afternoon of Monday. The Duke travelled under the title
of Count de Romanoff. He alighted at the Hotel des
Pergues. The Helvetic, of Porentruy, of the same date,
has the following :—" On the 19th inst., at nine in the
morning, the Grand Duke Michael took his departure for
Fribourg. It has been remarked that the Grand Duke
conducted himself like a true Russian, for he received no
Member of the diplomatic corps, and did not even pay a
visit to his sister-in-law, the first wife of the Grand Duke
Constantine."