The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-30 00:00:00

MR. O'CONNELL AT BUN

!cepted

SATURDAY, MAY 28.—Mr. O'Connell having oe
the invitation given to him by the inhabitants of Bose
to dine with them to-day, preparations, similar to those. at
Ipswich, were made in the Theatre for the accommodation
of about two hundred persons. The Honourable and
Learned Gentleman entered the town, between two and
e
from
repaired o'clock, and was very enthusiastically received. H
repaired immediately to the house of Mr. Childs, and m
thence addressed the crowd, who had assembled to

meet him.
JOHN GARDEN, Esq., the late High-Sheriff of the county,
presided, and was supported by a great number of the most
respectable gentry of the town and neighbourhood.
The cloth having been removed, and " Non Nobis Po-
mine" sung, ,t The King," The Queen," and "
Princess V. t • " orta, were severally toasted with the usual
honours.
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of their
distinguished guest, and in doing so he felt that the less he
said the better, for, as the simple name of the ancient Greek
was held to be a sufficient epitaph, so the mere mention of
the name of O'Connell would, he was satisfied, be a suffi-
cient recommendation for the present toast.--( and
The

long-continued cheering.)
Mr. O'CoNNELL rose to return thanks, but many minutes
elapsed before he could proceed. Cheer succeeded ch,n
eer
in continued succession, until at length the company De:
came silent, as it appeared, from sheer exhaustion. eLat,
didly confess, said the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, tua
my present journey from London here has been to
me tl
scene of unmixed delight and of increased satisfaction.
am here labouring in my vocation.—(Hear, hear.)
ea ;"
H t.
am here endeavouring to serve my own country—(
hear); but, blessed be God, I have the consciousness the
if I serve Ireland I am equally contributing to the welfared
of England.—(Cheers.) This is a plain proposition, an
cannot be controverted. It is the interest of each of us,
England, Scotland, and Ireland, that all should prosper.---:
(Hear.) It is the interest of every part of the empire that.
n
the whole of the empire should be in a healthy, sound, be
united condition. Can it be a matter of indifference to th
16,000,000 who inhabit England and Scotland that the
8,000,000 who inhabit Ireland should be in a state of desi
titution and distress, and the insulted slaves of bigotry not
oppression ?—(lndignant cries of "No r) No ;it 's
a matter of indifference ; if, indeed, it were not a Mattel;
of interest, I would trust to the generosity of the Eng„lisa
people upon that point. Wherever Igo in England, 1„
an increasing. determination amongst its inhabitants to o
t•ain justice for Ireland. This is the great object of n'Y
journey. What union do I want ? The union of an egne,cl
lity of rights—(Cheers)—the union of friends that should
be social in days of peace, and in the day of battle prepared
to stand together against the world.--(Cheers.) En,l3lL•
has obtained a considerable reform of her municiPi., °A;
ltiuktei o ns,
Pope'san d
Satan,wou h,,av e
grown obtainediviwiser
rmtonraen, bbuetibt t hre," Pl-4
seeing° rt",,,:co;
effect of the new reformed system in Scotland, chip
and injured the English Bill as much as they dare, )
But what has Ireland got ? Nothing at all.—(Checa
Nobody in either House has got up to say one w,°,,ra
in favour of the Corporations of Ireland. They Prato
Peel when he visited some of them some Years "71,),-
—they ordered his picture tst be painted, and be
auli;,
it up in their halls. I believe they would be re..„.
to hang him up now if they could catch him' used
(Loud tau titer and cheers.) But though they Pra,
Peel, Peel did not praise them ; he did net at'
tempt to defend them ; and Lord Stanley bore distiec,
testimony against them.—(Cheers.) Well, minister'
brought in a Bill to reform the Corporations of Irelandho;
it was carried by overwhelming majorities through
House of Commons ; it went up to the House of Lc),T°
ru-i,;
—(Hear, bear.) What have they done with it ?
they said " we will destroy these Corporations—they are ';-,.;
bad to exist." They said this, but they have not .dene,..ea .;
for, although they have destroyed corporate rights, rr
have preserved all the corporate officers—all the para Pet-1;
nalia of the old system, and would saddle the country
it
the expense of maintaing a parcel of men in offices whereny
would be utterly impossible that they should have e-j,
thing to do. Suppose we had a Parliament in Irela%
does any one suppose that they would dare to treat us
that way ?—(Hear, hear.) Well, what have the Ler
,e
done with corporate property in Ireland? They hals
thrown the whole it into the hands of the Ministry.
,)
not that a scandalous act of tyranny ?—(Loud cheer6s.
But that is not the worst of it ; they have insulted %
You whom I address would bear an injury as men, but Yee
would not bear an insult.—( Hear, hear.) Will )
Ireland insulted ? I feel that you will not ; but whetll-to
you support me or not, I tell you that I will not bear
over
insult.—(Cheers.) Perhaps it may be said that lan' ,,v
violent. Now you shall be the jury, and I will state `-ti
case to you : I will suppose that Scotland and Ireland had
obtained measures of municipal reform, and then that irerj,
House of Lords should tell you, the people of Eegiae;a
that you were unfit and unworthy to have a like refortn
your municipal institutions. What would you do ? u„r
the House of Lords into the Thames.—(To be sure,,,':
would). Ay, and without any very great loss of
Why do I say this ? Because it is what your brave ant.e-05:,
tors did whenever tyranny attempted to trample upon t`je,ic
—(Cheers.) I claim, then, your support. If I sPe„
strongly, it is not to incite violence. Like Hamlet' are
will speak daggers, but use none."—(Cheers.) There.ina
7,000,000 of us in Ireland complaining of injusticeo`„lnt
calling for an equality of rights and privileges. All I the
is to have your voice joined to ours. We will raise ,ivo
shout from end to end of Ireland. Let one resPeed' at
echo from Suffolk mingle with those which I have 'ei'''. na
Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, flu'll,felleie
Newcastle, and there will be a thunder upon the " blo
that shall make the pigmies of the House of Lords trey
in their seats.—(Cheers.) Jonathan Wild used re a
when be was marshalling his gang, " Above all thlejare
Methodist parson is your man ; you have only him' Pad
yourself amongst those who assemble to hear are
when they turn their eyes up to heaven, their pocket' the
entirely at your mercy." Now Jonathan Wild wa'rche
genuine prototype of Toryism.—( Great cheering.), du'
Tories talk of religion, of the Holy Scriptures, e. f,or
cation according to the doctrines of the Church el,* pro"
land ; they abhor Papists, and detest all li
testant Dissenters ; do they talk all this outborficeo-te°s
our Creator ? Oh, no ; out of the wish to have the Jo'
of their auditors turned up to heaven, in order, like and
nathan Wild's men, that they might the more easily
and
the more securely pick their pockets.—(Laughtier poli'
cheers.) Ido not believe that there ever was a single once
tieal lie that was not Tory.—(Hear, hear.) It Iva', old
proposed in a society of Odd Fellows, that they treat,
select a treasurer. " What's the use of electing 3 as?
surer," said one of the members, " when we have no fun was
The moment he made use of that expression h°oo. no
knocked down and turned out of the society, as he'll; jae
sense. So the Lords would knock me down and ,tu flare
out, as unworthy of belonging to the Odd Fellows, re.r.,'
want of sense, when I talk of establishing a real unio,' It
tween England and Ireland. Laughter and cheers'2orl•
is upon that mission that I am going through the cw'prity
I have always disclaimed, and ever will disclaim, thf.o. the
ciple, that any man should be called upon to pa) be tan
religion of another ; and that he should be liable to
al to
from his family and cast into a gaol, in case of his ret.,ltor
do so.—(Cheers.) I know how much followed from_P6d. ;
den's having refused the payment of an unjust tO,',llaccs.
and I already see what good has followed from John tiering.)
resisting the payment of an unjust 17s.—(Great eliejewing
Oh, 'twas a fine specimen of the sturdy and 00510 was
spirit of the true Englishmart.—(Cheers.) The najust'
small—it could easily have been paid ; but it Was t°
anand John Childs would rather go to gaol than 5,011' spirit
injustice.—(Loud cheers.) Is it that English ; De;
that I admire—l conjure you to let it aid 'n that
cause my soul throbs with the same determinationcheco,)
which animated your valuable fellow-townsman.--4. ate'
al
nadmfagrlma de
farmers.—(Hear,
Hh eeaarrd,
hear.) t the midst
Ito ftdi Protestanteai,
a na dPv
01 sesaebtalietr,
universal suffrage, short Parliaments, and vote )_OY do n
et
come here and ask you to support a Ministry, v'"n,oonei
give half as much as I could wish, but who are gtilic.l.se
the less sure because they go slowlyas
reform.—(Hear, hear.)
to
public prosperity—who would enter into no ma
_erhapPY_
—to that party who wanltt
circle except to make him more comfortable non ma
o'
—who would extend liberty of conscience to 08.,
all pact
tect the freedom of all classes of the communitY co a,,
tOthe meet p
of the empire.—(Cheers.) again belong
increase
eh.p
er
°ar ate wellrv3itr
Gentlebe
of the House of Lords, the Hon. and Learnedba t
said : The House of Commons is but half reform'
Lords are reformed ; and let me tell you that.tis, haler
what the children in Ireland call the
is
n fitst
(Laughter and cheers.) The big-gest halfrolsthe
formed, and a thumping half it is.—(Cheers.), 'nditurst h,
place there is that paragon of purity, has.—(Labe
he is too reliEious ; that is the only fault he
donderrY' nOOl
ter and cheers.) Then there is Lord Lon
Lord 14 ag,.5
too clever.—(Loud laughter, and cheers.).
111;011,50,d:0d
I::flohntegritou,„clhe,
what That
Ihedinheads
nf,oituhndthoeuLt
earfdt..eLr
jeantyeenaar:ft(
cheers.) The fellow will certainly fin
Ellenbororsce.
These are the leaders. Then there is
the Public the
who exclaims, " above all things spare, ._scif out °iris)
How much has Lord Ellenborough n
1 Tar.---(ur-cingl
public purse ? Eleven thousand pounds a:le ,s t,,eee.oo to
For what ? For doing nothing, which, h
f llow for Y „
upon tenor
o It
ton who saYs' • not '
eplreevaTernaete.-on(eLmayu._gh(tcerflerNs.cw
rit,lrerne sonal'esectut
snivelling little Lord Hadding _ow
ed state'
mean to insult the people of Irelanda "
very
.degraci Ctinti‘er
them for the world ; but they are in„
and not fit for any reform whatever. 1.11.1)1 °le