The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1,.,3(1J

TRIBUTE TO MR. O'CONNULLA:
R very 1111111Bra1.1 and retpec•aiste Meeting of the friends 'df
Ms. O'Connell took plate this clay pursualit to adv.:rtisemetit,
at the Crewe and Anchor Tavern; S•ratick, for tire potpose of
setting on foot a subscription to rethunerate that gentlema.n for
the expences to Which he had been 'put in defeedise his seat
for Dublin, and to mark their approbation generally of his
public conduct: .
; • Messrs.
Warburton, the genttemeA o p t orn 4;! We nsserved
Warburtoh, M. P. Birlitistivi, M. P ; Williams, M. P. ;
Leader, AC 0.1 ti Cave, M. P. ; Fester, M. P. ; R. Wason,
M. P. ; Potter, M. P. ; Attwood, M. P. ; Bish, M. P. ;
Thorneley, M. P. ; Oswald, M. P. ; Marshall, M. P. ' Ge-
neral Palmer, M. P. ; Sharman Crawford, M. P. ; Sir J.
S. Lillie, Colonel Hodges, H. B. Fearon, B. O'Meara,
Laurie Murray, the Honourable L. Stanhope, Dr. Fel-
lowcs, J. E. Bruce, Dr. Wade, A. Yates, Gals
lower, D. Wakefield, D. Elmore, John Martin, J. Kirman,
J. Crawford, &c., &c. At a few minutes past one o'clock,
Mr. Hume, accompanied by the members of the Committee,
and several friends, arrived, and was greeted with loud and
repeated cheers.
On the motion of Mr. WARBURTONO
Mr. iltnet was called to the Chair, on taking which,
he said that he felt extremetcy happy, on the present occa-
sion to be aiding and assisting in what he considered
a great and important duty on the part of a sincere reformer.
(Cheers.) This meeting met that day to support an in-
disidual well known to all, and whose influence was well
known in the sister Country.—( Cheers.) He hoped that every
day would convince the country of the great importance of
his services, not only in protecting the liberty of Ireland, but
also those of Englancl.( Cheers,) They had met to consider
in what manner Daniel O'Connell, a persecuted man by those
who endeavoured to deprive England akid Ireland of their rights,
—to consider in what manner those great services he had ren-
dered to this country should be repaid. Englishmen had always
been ready, and he trusted would be on the present occasion,
to support a persecuted individual—(Cheers)—')y whatcv
faction or power that persecution had taken place.—(Great
cheering.) No man had been, in his opinion, more persecuted
than Mr. O'Connell, but few men had ever been so influential
in another country as had Mr. O'Connell ; he spoke not of
Mr. O'Connell as a political man in that respect—( Cheers)—
but in that light he held him as an individual, through good
and evil report, as advocating civil and religious liberty for all
classes.—( Great cheering.) He had been an able advocate
for all civil and religious liberty, and for that he had been per-
secuted with a rigour unheard of before.—( Loud cheers.)
If he had any doubt whatever on the subject, the present
day's post had brought to him the proceedings of the Tory
party in the sister kingdom, who had met for the purpose of
making a tribute to Messrs. West and Hamilton, whom the
tricks of the Tories had seated instead of Mr. O'Connell.
The Tories then congratulated themselves on having put for-
ward Messrs. West and Hamilton to destroy the enemy
of what they called the rights of property.—(Hear, hear,
and great cheering.) They were very anxious to support
the system of exclusion in Ireland, and the Orange Lodges
and the Orange system—(Continued cheering)--and they
came forward and called upon their brother Orangemen to
assist West and Hamilton, for having, as they say, turned
out O'Connell, by which they had done great good for
their country.—( Great and long-continued cheering.) That
faction was prejudicial to the people of' England ;
and gentlemen who had not attended so much as he had
to the system of corruption that was carried on in Ireland
might not be aware that the greater portion of that cor-
ruption was obtained through the Irish Church ; to put an
end to that corruption Mr. O'Connell had daily applied
himself, and under his influence it had been daily and
hourly diminishing.—(Loud cheers.) He was satisfied
that Mr. O'Connell had done more for the purpose
of obtaining the rights of Ireland than any man breathing.—
(Great Cheering.) And without him the prtsent Adminis-
tration could not have obtained and held power.—( Cheering. )
He would now state the extent to which the Committee
thought they were called upon to assist Mr. O'Connell. His
exertions had been used in every place—at the last election
to oppose the Tory candidates, and by his efforts, and those
alone, they had succeeded in turning out the Tories by a ma-
jority of 10. What had Mr. O'Connell met with for this?
Why, the Tory press had made it nine-tenths of their trade
to abuse Mr. O'Connell. Every exertion bad been made by
the Tories, not only to unseat Mr. O'Connell, but his sons
and relations, by presenting petitions against their returns, to
oppose which Mr. O'Connell was obliged to expend large sums.
He would now look to the expenses to which Mr. O'Connell
had been put. For the county of Kerry, to support the re-
turn of John O'Connell, against whom a petition had been
presented without the least shadow of ground, Mr. O'Connell
had been put to considerable expense in defending that
return. For the county of Meath, Morgan John O'Con-
nell was returned. A more complete return could not
possibly be made, and the petition against him could be
presented on no other ground than persecution. But
again—those gentlemen against whom petitions were presented
were prevented from sitting upon election petitions, and thus
eight or nine of the most influential friends of freedom were
prevented from sitting on contested elections, thus giving to
the Tories the advantages of keeping down the political in-
fluence of the Reformers in the House of' Commons..--( Loud
cheers.) In Dublin, Mr. Fitzsimon, the son-in-law of Mr.
O'Connell was petitioned against, and this was the only election
by which Mr. O'Connell was not put to expense. Then
came the Dublin election. He was sure that no man who
had attended to this question could doubt for a moment
what was the object of Mr. O'Connell in defending the pe-
tition. Mr. O'Connell, when his election was opposed for
Dublin, might the next day that Parliament met, obtain a seat
without the expense of a shilling. But he set a due value
on two votes at a time when they had only a majority of 10
in the House. No man could doubt that O'Connell did
right in supporting the great cause at his own expense in de-
fending those seats.—( Hear, hear, hear, and loud cheers.)
But for the unfortunate circumstances that made it necessary,
that two of the liberal Members 'out of eleven were withdrawn,
and it was thus left in the hands of others who were not so
well disposed, he had no doubt what would have been the re-
sult.—(Loud cheers.) That Election Committee had thrown
the most important point out of view, viz., that of bribery and
corruption.—(Tremendous groaning.) After the Committee
had sat nine days, and a Commission six months, not one
instance of bribery on the part of the Reformers had
been proved.—(Great cheering.) The expenses he had
been put to, he would now call attention to. For the
Dublin election, deducting 2,0001. which had been subscribed
in Dublin, it left a balance of upwards of %NU ; to which,
if he added the expenses of the other elections, it would
make altogether 13,000/. When they saw the subscription
that had been already obtained to carry on the contest against
him—when they saw the Tory organs prepared to reimburse
every shilling that Meisrs. West and Hamilton had expended,
did it not become them to follow that example ?—(Loud and
long-continued cheering.) He had only to say, that, in
order to fill up the cup of persecution which had been
directed against Mr. O'Connell, a petition had now been
lodged against his return for Kilkenny.—(Tremendous groan-
ing.) If they wanted a proof of vexatious persecution, here
was one.—( Cheers.) The Tories, through Mr. O'Connell,
were making an attack on the rights and liberties of England
and Ireland, and it was not on behalf of Mr. O'Connell per-
sonally, but as an advocate of all that was good that be called
upon Reformers to come forward on this occasien.—( Great
cheering.) He hoped and trusted that Daniel O'Connell
would meet with the assistance and support which it became
Englishmen to give him, who was struggling for their rights
and liberties.—( Continued cheering.) He had stated all that
be thought necessary to introduce this subject to their notice.
A Committee had prepared three or four resolutions, which
would effect the object they had in view, and he hoped, there-
fore, that he might claim on behalf of the object they had in
view that the gentlemen who would move and second those re-
solutions would be fairly beard.--( Loud cheers.)
Mr. WARBURTON having been called upon to move the first
resolution, came forward, and was received with tremendous
cheering. Before he proceeded to address them he would read
the t esolution, as they would by that means better understand
the observations which he would make upon it. Therefore,
with their permission, he would begin by reading the resolution
which had been placed in his hand. It was as follows :
" That this Meeting, taking into consideration the services of
D. O'Connell, Esq., as the able, persevering, and intrepid advo-
cate of the rights of Ireland, and the steady supporter of Reform in
Great Britain, is of opinion that the time has arrived when the
British people should come forward to support him against the un-
exampled persecution which he has suffered from the enemies of
good Government, especially with reference to the late Election
proceedings against him ; and that immediate measures should he
adopted to raise a fund to defray the expenses to which Mr.
O'Connell has been subjected, and to mark the respect and grati-
tude of the people of this country for his services."
The question he had to ask of them was, were they pre-
pared to raise a fund to enable Mr. O'Connell to meet the
expenses to which he had been put in advocating their cause?
—(Great cheering.) In that cause Mr. O'Connell had
been engaged for years before he entered Parliament, since he
entered Parliament, and from the moment he had entered it
to the instant he (Mr. Warburton) was speaking. They re-
membered the cause in which he had been engaged. A great
deal of dust had been raised to blind the eyes of the people of
England, and to lead them away from the true interest
of the country.—( Hear, hear.) A great deal of dust had
been raised to blind their eyes on the subject of the Catholic
question.—( Hear, hear.) Daniel O'Connell had been the
great advocate of that question, and since that was carried had
not the impediments been removed which prevented Parlia-
ment and the people from steadily fixing their eyes on the
great measures of Reform in the Church and State which
had been since carried—( Hear, hear, hear, and cheers)—
and therefore he would ask them whether Mr. O'Connell was
not their friend before he entered Parliament, in being the
great advocate of the Catholic question ?—( Hear, hear.)
When that impediment was removed, they saw the wisdom of
removing that impediment; for almost the first discussion
that followed was the discussion on the great question of re-
forming Parliament. What could they have done then, with-
out him ?—( Hear.) Of what did the majority in the House of
Commons then consist? Analyze it—did it not consist of
Mr. O'Connell and those who acted with him, the Members
of the Sister Isle ?—( Hear, hear.) Had his conduct not
claims upon them on every occasion ? He said claims upon
them, because if a gentleman of moderate fortune like Mr.
O'Connell was not to be defended when he was persecuted
and subjected to great loss, in consequence of his political
conduct, what would be the result to the community?—( Hear,
hear.) If men of moderate fortune were not supported on
such occasions, the people would abandon the House of Com-
mons altogether to be occupied by men of the Aristocracy
and the greatest fortunes, and then where would be the cause
of the people ?—(Cheers.) Therefore he said Mr. O'Connell's
cause on this occasion was their cause.—( Renewed cheers.)
By his advocacy of Reform in Parliament, Mr. O'Connell
had laid an everlasting claim to the gratitude and support of
the people of England, if the time should ever arrive when be

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caring not who was returned, whether a member of his faiiiily
or net, personal friends or not, political friends or not, Mr.
O'Connell held (nit this larimuanv to liberals of every descrip- ,
tion—Radicali and Whigi, a" 414 he( Air. Warburton) knew
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trial younut oppose lei:j? ddimail4rl add Unified liciiiiinnltioii
in Ireland, and I will support you whdthei yeti be Radical, lie-
pealer or Whig—show me only that yeti nill oppose the
Tories, and my assistance shall be given to you in every
electioneering contest id ireldrld."-=( Cheers.) That had
been the tiote6l and Manly edliditet vvtiidh Mr. O'Connell pur-
sued. Like a good gddefAll fdgaikilelis df hittiself, of personal
danger and personal sacrifice, he had his eye (wet' ti'le Auto of
the great contest that was then gain.- on, and his talent and
purse were afforded to every place they' were wanted: Was
not that a claim to the gratitude of the people ?—( Cheers. )
Look at his conduct upon the discussion on the Municipal
Corporation—did that establish no claim to the gratitude that
was due to Mr. O'Connell from all those boroughs formerly
the seats of corruption, and which had now been purified?—
(Hear, hear, hear.) Therefore he would say, let the great
towns, cities and boroughs all over England and Scotland
came forward and support by sub;cription in aid of Mr.
O'Connell the great cause In which he had been engaged.—
(Cheers.) Mr. O'Connell had been subjected to the greatest
injustice to which man could be subjected, god be would say
that upon the authority of the Speaker of the House of Gorn-
-mons. A great deal had been said of the members of the
Dublin Election Committee having acted according to their
consciences, but he (Mr. Warburton) thought they should
come forward and aid the subscription.—( Loud cheers.) It
was in consequence of their erroneous decision he firmly be-
lieved that Mr. O'Connell had lost his seat for Dublin, and
therefore he thought they should ask the members of
the Committee to come forward with 1,0001. a-piece in
aid of the subscription, and at the head of the subscription list
he thought the name of Mr. George Frederick Young should
appear. —( Loud cheers and laughter.) He declared that his
conscience would not allow him to sleep, if he by an erroneous
decision, had been the cause of great expense to any man, un-
less he came forward and bore a very large share of the
expense.--(Loud cheers.) He hoped they should learn to-
morrow or next day, that one of the consequences of
holding the meeting had been, that the Members of the Dub-
lin Election Committee had done the best they could by put-
ting down their names for i,OOO/. a-piece.—( Great cheers and
laughter, and a cry of, " I second that motion.) This was,
thank God, a time of prosperity—people were in pretty pros-
perous circumstances ; and he would appeal to all artisans
throughout the manufacturing districts of the country to come
forward and support Mr. O'Connell. Many reforms were
yet to be accomplished, it was their business to support a man
like Mr. O'Connell in the time of persecution, and to prove
to the world that they considered his cause their cause. By
so doing they would raise an imperishable monument to the
gratitude of the. Irish nation.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. FERGUSON, of Raith, M.P., had great pleasure in
seconding the resolution. Feeling for Ireland as a Scotch-
man ought to do—(Cheers)—he felt that he must trouble them
with a few words. He was perfectly certain that there was
not a liberal Scotchman but would join most heartily in the
subscription to be commenced that day.—(Cheers.) The
affair in which they were engaged was not a private one.
They stood there to support the cause of liberty and of
reform—to destroy, so far as was in their power, bigotry
and intolerance —to destroy that unheard-of persecution
which had been raised against the Irish Patriot.—(Cheers.)
Scotland was now alive from one end to the other, loudly,
sturdily, and constitutionally declaring that they felt in-
dignant at the attempt which was now made to legis-
late for Ireland as a conquered country, as was now
done by the Tory faction. That country would do all in
her power, for she had been obliged to draw the sword, and
thank God she had conquered; therefore they were most
anxious that Ireland should be so treated as to prevent the
necessity for taking such a course. La the whole country
join then in constitutional but strong measures for the welfare
of Ireland—let them demand that justice be done to Ireland.
At the same time he was sure they would not let their Cham-
pion be put down for want of funds to meet those extraordi-
nary expenses to which he had been put, merely for the pur-
pose of destroying him. He had done much for the good of the
country. Where would have been the Reform Bill ? Where
would have been the Corporations of England and Scotland
had it not been for the generous conduct of Mr, O'Connell ?
Then let the country show its gratitude by saving him from
destruction.

The CHAIRMAN was :about to put the resolution, when a
boy (said to be the son of Miss Courtney) stood forward and
attempted to address the meeting : they however refused to
hear him, and the resolution being put was passed unanimously,
amidst loud cheers.

Mr. W. MARSHALL, M. P., then rose to propose the second
resolution, as follows :
" That a general subscription be forthwith entered into to carry
into effect the foregoing resolution, and that the Reformers in
every part of the British empire, particularly those in the re-
formed MuniCipal Corporations, be invited to co-operate with
this meeting in promoting this most desirable object."
He could not doubt for a moment but that the:resolution would
be most fully carried into effect, especially when he remem-
bered the numerous dinners given to Mr. O'Connell in
various parts of the country, and the enthusiastic
manner in which he had been received. It might be said
that this was a very unusual course to take--to call upon the
reformers generally to bear the election expenses of any one;
but the circumstances in which Mr. O'Connell and his family
are placed, are also very extraordinary.—( Cheers.) No man
had been so persecuted, and followed up with spite, as had
the Honourable Gentleman—not only by the Tory party, but
also by the inmates of the " Dilly."—(Laughter.) It was a
maxim with him to say, that whenever he saw his enemies
make a persevering attack upon any man for months, and
for years, he was quite sure that he was most annoying
to them, and of course was doing them much harm—then he
must be doing me and my party—the people—good. The ex-
ertions of O'Connell had mainly contributed to reform the
Corporations of England, and could it be doubted for a mo-
ment that the people could forget the benefit they had re-
ceived ? In destroying the Tory Corporations, they had
erected a fortress upon their ruins for the protection of the
rights and liberties of the people. —(Cheers.) He was
proud to say that the borough he had the honour to re-
presdnil, the moment the intelligence was received that
the Hbuse bf Lords had destroyed the Bill sent up to them
from the Ceintmons, adopted a petition both to the Crown and
the House Of Commons, praying that they would not accept
the measure sent down to them by an irresponsible body.—
( Cheers.) This was the language used in the petition by the
Mayor and Corporation of Carlisle. Who would have
thought, some years ago, that the day would arrive when
a Mayor and Corporation of an English borough would
dare to use such language as this, in reference to
a branch of the Legislature which had proved itself deserving
of the term which had been applied to it. The Corporation of
Carlisle, ;.n the course which they had adopted, were influenced
by a feeling that Ireland was entitled to the privileges and rights
which itself enjoyed. With respect to the peculiar circumstances
of Ireland, he would not detain the meeting by enter-
ing into details, as the resolution which he had the
honour to propose would be seconded by a gentleman much
better acquainted with that country than he was himself.
Mr. OT WA Y CAVE, M. P., in seconding the resolution, ex-
pressed his regret that he bad not the ability to answer the
appeal which had been made to him in such a manner as the
importance of the subject demanded. It would indeed re-
quire much time to enter into a detail of the manifold abuses
with which the Orange Corporations of Ireland abounded.
They knew something of the abuses of English Corporations.
He also, during his connection with the town of Leicester,
which he had once the honour to represent, had ample oppor-
tunity of acquiring a knowledge of the abuses of that Corpo-
ration which he had done everything in his power to expose.—
( Hear, hear.) But English Corporations were angels of light
when compared with those of Ireland. Interested as he was in
the welfare of Ireland, and representing as he did one of the
largest counties in that country, he should ill discharge
his duty if he did not use all his influence with the people of
England to put down the abuses which afflict Ireland, and
extend to her equal laws and equal liberties. —( Cheers. ) The
Catholic question was the veil under which the Tories con-
tinued to keep up abuses, and to resist reform ; but O'Connell
having torn down that veil placed the people of England in the
proud position in which they now stood.—( Loud cheers. )
Look at the conduct of O'Connell on the recent oc-
casion when the Tories got into power. The Tories
assumed the reins of Government, and calculated that
they would be able to maintain their places in consequence
of the difference between O'Connell and the Whigs. They
knew he had been badly treated by the Whigs, and they ex-
pected that he would have taken revenge, at the expense of
the public interest; but O'Connell said—no, let my own pri-
vate wrongs sink before the public interests. Let all the injuries
that I have sustained be forgotten, rather than that this empire
should be delivered up to the yoke of a Tory faction. —( Cheers. )
Was not that conduct to excite the gratitude of the English
people 7—( Cheers, and cries of " Yes I") If so, let them
come forward according to their means—let the Corporations
who had obtained their rights through his instrumentality and
eloquence subscribe largely and liberally—let them defend
their best advocate against their worst enemies.—( Cheers. )
Their Chairman, Mr. Hume, had alluded to the working-
classes of England. He—(Mr. Cave)—knew something of that
body, and so long as he had been Member for Leicester he
had always considered himself the representative of the middle
and working classes. He knew their manly independent cha-
racter well, and he doubted not that they would support
that character still.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He felt that
the widow's mite would be even cheerfully given, and a blessing
would follow it. If he (Mr. Cave) knew Mr. O'Connell, he
believed he was the very opposite of the picture drawn by the
faction of that country. He (Mr. O'Connell) did not delight
in agitation and revolution • but he looked to it as the least
of two evils—he considered anarchy better than tyranny.__
(Loud cheering.) He thought that tranquillity could only be
obtained by peaceable, constitutional agitation—not by break-
ing the law, but by promoting such agitation as would effect
a salutary change in the law.—( Hear.) Mr. O'Connell
looked only to the time when Ireland would be really united to
England, and he looked upon the tranquillity and happiness of
both as the dearest wish of his heart.—(Much applause.) He
(Mr. Cave) could not help expressing his surprise that none
of that body, the Whigs, from the highest to the lowest un-
derlings, had come forward. He was surprised that none of
these persons, who got their daily bread through his support,
had shown the least sympathy in his persecution. He hoped,
however, they would soon see them come forward in a sub-
stantial manner to support their champion and the champion
of the people, and the strenuous and successful advocate of
corporate rights.—( Loud cheering.)
Colonel THOMPSON, M. P. for Hull, then came forward, and
was received with loud and continued cheering. He had come

forward to speak to then% brit ig Unfortunately he bad been
furnished with no particular text, he euilielo'n'ty speak upon the
generfal sub,ject. If there as any one thing et s*lficiki Ire was
rc444t of. he confidence which he did think a isoi'tion
of his fellow-t;:a.tc'i-L, in his conduct and integrity.,—
( Hear.) He would not disr:vo4 Oat IYe felt himself impressed
with the old professional sentiment Isms.. icecLat seeihg
himself at the head of a number of honest and jollying! men,
add neuffibuting his quantum of knowledge and intelligencd ft,
the get:Pidi sffOi.:!7:--4Cheers.) If, then, there was any man
there who had etef trdsst'ed hirn--who believed that he ( Col.
Thompson) had seen, of beard.,.of Iledtded enough to be his
adviser, let him impress upon flint tbat httvreen Ireland
and England in political sentiment :LIM feeliide, Oats the hey-
' stone of their success and the defeat of their enemies': They had
the game in their °Wit bands, if they only continued deternrined
and tinited.—( Applause.) S4o. long as they were divided—so
long as the el;.,ftit millions could be set against tha twelve, true
enough their enernicg bud happy times. Vie'y sxperierrced no
difficulties while the people w`ere divided—the old principle of
centralization by which that hrovd lo'ldier Napoleon woti his
victories was used against them, but those flows were changed ;
the two bodies were now united together ; theif happier land,
and that less happy vne, their sister and ally in the
west, and their common enertry could never again prevail
against them.--( Cheers.) He (Cot. T ) had seen something
of irelorld, and he would bear witness id the extreme and
grinding instandee of misgovernment and oppreStltyw which
was visible in that coal-Iffy, ThQy were an amiable, geannt
race, as was proved by the face that not a British officer who
did not love them. In the worst of tittles English officers
might be Seen walking among them, and althotmh they were
often sent upon painful and wicked duties, still the Irish
people regarded them as friends, and treated them personally,
as. specimens of the ancient English honor and humanity.
Should they allow such a people to be trampled upon ?—( Cries
of " No.") He (Col. Thompson) had seen many instances of
the cruel treatment of the Irish people by the faction who mis-
governed them, and he could bear testimony to their forbear-
ance. They would now have a new union, no parchment union
between England and Ireland, but a union of minds.—( Loud
cheers.) Ile had seen their great political missionary,
Mr. O'Connell, when he was sent into that country. He
had stood by his side and seen the way in which he had been
received by more than one assembly, and he had told him that
the game was up ; that the hearts of the people of Eng-
land was with them, and their enemies would never again
get the better of them.—(Cries of " Hear," and applause.)
Where was the case in which the Irish people had not acted
towards England as brothers ?—( Cheers.) Where was an
instance in which they had deserted them?—(Cheers, and
cries of " None.") if they could hear from St. Sebastian,
where he was in hopes the English were fighting in the good
cause—if it was asked of the soldiers there what the Irish
had done, what would they state? Why, that where
the danger was the Irish were.—(Great cheering.) If the
Irish had so stood by the people of England in war, would,
the English desert them in peace?—(Loud cries of no, no.)
Their enemies were well aware of the importance attached to
this feeling of union between the English and the Irish
people?—(Great cheering). Let them hear what had
been said in the meeting to-day, and they would pervert
it, but let them not mind that. The meeting was on the right
key and the right side.—(Great cheering.) The Irishmen
had been God's instruments for England's deliverance and
safety.—( Great cheering.) Let the people of England, there-
fore, do all they could to convince the people of Ireland that
they were in reality their supporters and theirfriends.—( Great
and long continued cheering, amid which the Gallant Colonel
sat down. )
Mr. TnoarsEmr, M.P. for Wolverhampton, then came for-
ward to propose the third Resolution. The moment he saw
the meeting announced, he determined to do himself the
honour to attend it, but it was not till he came into the room,
that he knew he should have the honour of proposing a reso-
lution. The unanimity which prevailed left him little to say ;
in fact the Resolution was merely to carry into effect the other
Resolutions. He had had the honour of a seat in the House
of Commons only since the last session. He had spoken
little ; but he trusted he had voted on the right side.—
(Cheers, and cries of " You have, you have.") What had
struck him there was, the petitions that had been presented
against Mr. O'Connell's family, none of which had been suc-
cessful.—(Cheers.) When he came to inquire the reason of
these petitions, he was told that it was the plan of the Tories
to put them to expense and annoyance. He had not been much
in Ireland, but he had seen enough in the House of Com-
mons to show him there was a dreadful feeling against them.
Catholic Emancipation had taken place, the repeal of the Test
and Corporation Acts had been effected, and since then what
man had done so much as Mr. O'Connell ?—(Cheers.)
The interests of the country rested with the meeting ; and
when the report of it went forth to the world, he trusted that
every town that had a right feeling of justice would follow its
example—(Cheers)—and come forward and remunerate Mr.
O'Connell for the expenses which he had paid.—(Great
cheering.) The Hon. Member concluded by proposing the
following Resolution :
" That the following Gentlemen be requested to act as a Com-
mittee to carry these Resolutions into effect, with power to add
to their number
.(not to excaed fifty in all), and John Ashton
Yates, Esq., continue to act as Secretary to the Committee :
Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. J. Easthope, Esq.
Alderman W. Wood, M.P. J. L. Goldsmid, Esq.
H. Warburton, Esq., M.P. John Roskell, Esq.
W. Marshall, Esq., M.P. W. Williams, Esq., M.P.
R. Fergusson, Esq., M.P. Rigby Wason, Esq., M.P.
James Oswald, Esq., M.P. Lamie Murray, Esq.
W. Ewart, Esq., M.P. W. Amory, Esq.
H. B. rearm, Esq. Hector, Esq., M.P.
Sir W. Molesworth, Bart., M.P. J. M. Parsons, Esq.
Richard Taylor, Esq. W. Leader,
_&q., M P.
John Travers, Esq. The Hon. Col. Stanhope.
Robert Wallace, Esq., M.P. Col. Peyronet Thompson, M.P.
Richard Potter, Esq., M.P.
Mr. OSWALD rose to second the Resolution. He would
only say this, that he was proud and happy to add his appro-
bation to the conduct of a man whom, he was convinced, had
not only done great good for Ireland but for Great Britain.
He spoke the sentiments of the Liberal classes of his country,
when he said that this was his opinion. He would not trouble
the meeting with any further observation, and would conclude
by seconding the resolution.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS, M. P.—The resolution he had to pro-
pose was, that the following gentlemen be appointed to act
as Treasurers ; and when he mentioned the names of John
Martin and Felix Ladbroke, they were so well known that he
need not say one word in their recommendation.—( Hear,
hear.) The people of England owed Mr. O'Connell a debt of
the deepest gratitude.—( Great cheering.) To the honest
and faithful efforts of Mr. O'Connell they owed in a great
measure the great boon of Parliamentary Reform, which might
be called the second great charter of their rights. For cen-
turies past it had been the interest, as well as the policy, of the
faction—the Tory faction that ruled the country, to separate
the feelings of the people of England and Ireland. The con-
sequence had been that acts of the grossest misrule and injus-
tice had been inflicted upon Ireland. They felt for the injustice
that had been inflicted, and they felt that it was their mutual
interest to unite for the common good, and for the object of
good government.—(Loud cheers.) They knew the confi-
dence that was reposed in Mr. O'Connell by at least nine
tenths of his countrymen—(Gseat cheering)—and that confi-
dence had never been reposed in a more honest and faithful
patriot than Daniel O'Connell.—(Renewed cheering.)
Mr. O'Connell had been compelled to expend immense
sums of money, in defending the rights of election,
against the enmities of the Tory faction.—( Cheering.) They
could not render a service more acceptable to the people of
Ireland, or which would be more creditable to themselves,

than to come forward liberally to reimburse Mr. O'Connell for
these immense expenses.—(Great cheering.) They would
not allow these expenses to be paid by Mr. O'Connell, for
defending the rights and liberties of the two countries, M
so much of their time had been taken up already, he
would conclude by calling upon them to set a stirring
and liberal example to the rest of the people of England and
Ireland to come forward liberally, and to show that they felt as
Reformers ought to feel for a man who had so long, so nobly,
so zealously, so honestly, and so patriotically done his duty.—
(Tremendous cheers. )'
Mr. T. ATTWOOD then came forward, and was received
with the most enthusiastic cheering, which lasted some
time. He came bef ore them with very great pleasure.
He was called an Agi
.ator.—(Great cheering.) He thought
he could say with truth that he had never attended
a public meeting befo re out of his native town, but upon
this occasion he came for ward with very great pleasure—more
than he had ever felt at any other meeting. For 20 years he

iad watched tte: conduct of Mr O'Connell—he had seen the

patriotism, the distinguished virtue and ability with which he
had condected the affairs of Ireland, and England.—( Great
cheering: j No man had been more instrumental in working,
out the great reform which the people of England
had accomplished. No man promised, by his former
conduct, and by his present power and influence,
to do so much future service in carrying out the
principles of reform to the utmost extent that was just, ho-
nest, and patriotic.—(Tremendous cheering.) The Tories
make war upon this honest and patriotic man, and why? be-
cause he has made war upon their corruptions, their oppres-
sions, their plunder, and their abominations.—(Tremendous
cheering.) The Tories had the audacity to talk of religion.
--(Cries of " Oh, oh.") They had never known ''the feelings
of the spirit of religion.—(Tremendous cheering.) They talk
of Popery and superstition, and all menner of unfounded
slanders against men who were better than themselves.
They wanted to run down the character of the man who was
fighting the great battle of freedom. Their object undoubt-
edly was to divide, and then to conquer.—(Cheers.) They
had endeavoured by every foul means, by malice and wicked-
ness, by attacking his public character and his private fortune, to
compel Mr. O'Connell to retire, and have them without a leader.
The people of England would then be without a leader as well
as Ireland. He trusted they would turn the attack on Mr,
O'Connell into a defeat upon his enemies. If he was not
mistaken this meeting would eventuate in great results. He
thought they should touch a cord that day which would be
answered in every town in England, Ireland, and Scotland ; it
would produce an enthusiastic spirit among the English
and Scotch ; and it would produce such an effect in uniting
all Englishmen, he meant of the Liberal party. He would
not suppose there would be much union among the. Tories,
but such an union among all honest Englishmen that it would
appal their enemies. He would not trespass any longer on
their time.—(Cries of "Go on, go on.") The Tories (said
Mr. Attwood) call Mr. O'Connell all sorts of bad names—his
honour they attempt to convert into disgrace. There is the
Catholic tribute, the greatesi honour man ever received--
an honour which no other man in the universe ever did receive.

- ..._.....
—(Cheers.) This they calla disgrace ! They call it beg-
ging—those wretches that live by plunder.—(Cheers.) They
have no objection secretly and under the rose to pocket your
earnings ; they have no objection to draw the life-blood out of
the people of Ireland—•( Hear, hear)—they have no objection

-..--•
..6. with

secretly, silently, and fraudulently to gorge rated
the plunder ef the poor—( Hear, hear)—but 1%4;0' 7eirarm the
tmhiel
mani on s turnwho tv
hasith e ye
servedsotfhgeri rat tei taundsee,, raensdp ees ts,taillidskett:ool,vb,,et
natt,a(a,f:rd
Tories call that begging ?—(Cheers and laughter.)
earth can be a more affecting' sight than to see a
centuries plundered, injured, and exasperated to madness
we would think the conduct they had
) encug,h to convert them into demons, for hurna
tut? has its powers of endurance and its limits
sog"_,
duranee, nod those limits have been grossly tretp ne"
to
upon)—l say What can be a more affecting sight
ov
rty
sec millions of unhappy men, amidst their. e
P their
and distress, overwhelMed with gratitude, bringnsvtr.ii
the
humble contributions like widows' mites,
to
Cheering.)
experiencend sc.!!
tide of glory and of gratitude.—( Immense
mueL
There is not in the history of all mankind statement otfo the
so glorious and so pure, and which redound so
honour of him who is the receiver as to the honou'r of tuose who
are the givers.—( Renewed cheers.) We have con:o
a proper time; we see the war that is made upon "'"ultvi it is
ea the knife that is directed at his breast, and we kit o of
interldvd for ours.—( Hear.) We know well the cat
so.
Il
tile hatred of the Tories to Mr. O'Connell ; it is because
is our friend.—( Prolonged cheers.) I trust wo nos_
to-day erect a monument of public gratitude and.e of
teens, which will astonish and appal the enernie
our country, and which will turn their attack
into
onoo.
conlusion and defeat, and which will finally result in the.lo- tho
and glory of O'Connell, and in the more firmly liorvardv:t:
eementin
are
union of the two nations.---(Cheers.) I tell you th:irterank
men in England—and those not a few—of very big
ed
who do intend to force Ireland into a Ysu•re..
of that. They want to force Ireland into a prernan
bellion, and then they think that the interests of &Oa'
cries ()-
cause us (unlike Englishmen) to go into their camp---(a
never, never.) I should be the last man in the world to sao.y,
word in encouragement of any measures not strictly let2ea`__ti
but if men will force Ireland to take measures beyuir
the limits of the law, for certain purposes
own, I trust theY will find themselves disappointed,
they will not get the people of England to assist them
of
cutting the throats of their fcllow-creatureg.--( Cries and if
" Never." We have 25,000 English soldiers in Ireland, al!
bad men continue to work out bad measures, we f
draw that British Army.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.
we withdraw the army, the people of Ireland will then be eolu",:ve
to live on the fruits of their labour. They cannot Pod
now in Ireland, the people there are dying by inches, sat
dying in premature age.—( Hear.) The last returns that
were laid before the House of Commons showed O.
upwards of two millions of able bodied persons ha'o
died literally through starvation.—( Cries of " Shit;
shame.") Some people talk of religion, but those men t
are of the Established Church in Ireland, if they had ballet re
°f that in
men they pretend to be, they would have cried out hei°„„
Heaven and Earth until' they had got the miseries of tho'
unhappy people relieved.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Gets
tleman then went on to say. that he trusted, now these face
had come before the people of England, they would 1;
all in their power to afford them relief.—(Great cheering
To-morrow night the House would be called upon to conslatee
the Irish Corporation Bill, which some misguided men,
would not call! hard names, but which some bigoted Meru'
imprudent men—( Loud cheers)—men whose eyes tre,,:
not open--men who had a doom upon them—(Cheers) --%
repeated it—they were doomed men, who bad thrown bass
that Bill into the House of Commons in suzlh a state
a:
made it scarcelyrecognizable. To-morrow night the discusalo6
came on in the House, when he hoped it would act as beat%
the House of Commons. He hoped the Members would °l.co
like patriots and honest men. He wished the most sioce
rst
0
success to the cause, because the measures they were the
taking were perfectly constitutional, and would have a gr.,4
effect. It would console the friends of liberty, and viOu•
cement the union between the two countries.—( Loud cheer°
The Secretary then read a list of the subscriptions, amolle
which were the names of Joseph Hume, 50/. ; Mr. Warburtot
50/. ; J. A. Yates, Esq., 50/. ; an Israelite and a friend to eiV
and religious liberty, 50/. ; his family 251. ;;Mr. Easthope, lOor't
the Rev. Horace Cholmondeley, 100/. ; Wright, B°l„''
100/. ; Roskill, 100/. ; some friends of Mr. O'Connell ".•
Greenock, per Mr Wallace, M.P., 25/. ; R. Wason, E.,514
100/. ; per Mr. Potter from Manchester, 700/. ; W. 1121''
shall, Esq., M.P., 1001., &c. &c.
Mr. HuME said the subscriptions amounted to near 3,0°-,„..
already, which was a very good beginning. He would
most gratified, however, to see the subscription taken up by
the middle classes, and would consider the penny of thee
zart as of more value than the 1001. of the wealthy.—( Chers.)
Mr. SCALES wished to say a few words as a practical 11a1;',",
Mr. O'Connell had done much for the benefit of Englatta:,
supporting the cause of liberty, and he hoped the result of ta.";
meeting would be to succour the man who was eminently
victic of oppression. It was by numbers, and not the larg"
purses of particular gentlemen that this could be made a tribuas
t!
of national gratitude worthy of the people of England. It
by the pence of the milions that such an object could be gain f
and an offering of this kind emanating from the great mass
the English people would be much more honourable to Lur,'
O'Connell, and, he had no doubt, more grateful to his fee°
ings.—( Hear, hear.) For himself he would give five guinea°,
but if necessary, he would give:! fifty—(Cheers)---h-us
he would do what was much more valuable thall
his individual subscription. He would use his best exertion 6
to make it as general as possible—( Hear, hear)—and if h°
knew anything of Englishmen, the appeal which had Pee!,
made to-day would be answered from " the Land's End
John o' Groat's.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. THOMAS (town-clerk of Carmathen) next addressed
the meeting in support of the resolution. The town council
of the borough with which he was connected were under the
old system—all Tories; but since the Municipal Bill- canle
into operation, the Tories were put out, and he had the plea'
sure to state the town council were now all Reformers."'"
( Cheers, and cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") He had also
the satisfaction to announce that they would be able at the
next election to return a staunch Reformer to represent their
interests in Parliament.—( Cheers.) With respect to the
object for which they had that day assembled, he 00d
assure the meeting that the people of Carmarthen
were not unmindful of Mr. O'Connell's invaluable services'
and they would endeavour to mark their gratitude by P-
.,r°
moting, in every possible way, the present subscription to lur*
O'Connell. For himself he begged to say that his best eser"
tions should be devotee( to forward the work in which ever);
sincere reformer must feel so deep an interest.—( Choort,'
Mr. BEAUMONT then addressed some observations to tr
meeting, which were received with much cheering and latleti
ter. He called upon them to support Mr. O'Connell, SI!,
said the only true remedy for the persecution to which lie lc"'
subjected was universal suffrage.—( Cheers.)
Mr. HOGAN, who had been deputed to attend the wool
by a Committee of the Working Classes, then addressed a '°
observations to the meeting.
Dr. FELLOWES then came forward, but the noise occasioneba,
by persons leaving' the meeting prevented our hearing his ° f
servations distinctly. We understood him to move a vote °
thanks to the Chairman, Mr. Hume.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. BENJAMIN WooD, °CI
carried with acclamation.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, after which the me
eti°6
separated.

üb"
It was announced that the Committee appointed at the p
lie meeting would meet to-morrow, and hold their future m"
ings at the Salopian Coffee-house, Charing-cross, where 0111;
munications on the subject of this great national testimonial ar
to be addressed.

An extraordinary and unexpected press of important
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