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DUBLIN, DEC. 18.
PRECURSOR SOCIETY-NEW CONSTITUTION.

- --•
A meeting of the Precursor Society was held this day at
the Corn Exchange, for the purpose of adopting a new con-
stitution for the Society, to meet the views of the moderate
Liberals.
THOS. HOLMES, Esq., of Castle French, was called to the
chair.

Mr. PURCELL, after some observations, read a letter from
the O'Connor Don, requesting to be proposed a member of
the Society, which was received with loud cheers. He then
moved for his admission.
Mr. O'CONNELL—I have great pleasure in seconding the
motion. The Chronicle and some other of the Ministerial
Papers, attempted to depreciate the Precursor Society, and
talked of several Irish Members not having joined it. They
wronged some of them, and as for the others we force none,
and refuse none. This, however, I am convinced of that
ninety-nine out of a hundred of the liberal electors will
join our body ; and whether their excellent Representatives
will follow their example or not I cannot say, but we sl all see.
O'Connor Don was mentioned as one of the members holding
back from us, and his answer to the insinuation will be found
in his letter.—(Cheers.) I wish the Morning Chronicle
would give us some more of its paragraphs.--(Laughter.)
The SECRETARY having read the minutes of the last day's
proceedings, several members were proposed and admitted.
Mr. O'CONNELL again rose, and said, before I proceed to
the business of the day, as many of my constituents are pre-
sent, I wish to refer to a business I undertook at the com-
mencement of the last Session of Parliament, I refer to
the Committee on Combination, and I do so the more readily,
because this handbill refers to my exertions on this subject.
[Mr. O'Connell read from a placard a statement that he had
asserted at the close of the last session, that he would bring
more witnesses from Dublin, Waterford, &c., against the
tradesmen.] I never said, or could have said, any such thing.
I would bring witnesses in favour of the tradesmen, rather
than against them. My object is to convince all that are con-
vinceable of the tradesmen, I mean, of course, those who arc
not Orangemen, for they have stronger reasons than trade
regu:ations to be my enemies, and the fair Catholics who
mistake my motives, that combination by violence always ends
in injuring the trade. It has absolutely annihilated ship-build-
ing in this city. Combination within the law Ido not oppose,
but highly approve. I see there is an association called the
Dublin Tradesman's Association for the Protection of Labour.
I like the name, and I would have joined it, and sent in my
subscription, but for a regulation I see, prohibiting any
from being members who are not of the regular trades.
I would have all tradesmen protected, whether regular mem-
bers or otherwise, for why should they exclude men whose
poverty would not permit them, or who do not think fit to be-
long to the trades body. My present intention is to call a
meeting of as many of them as I can get together, and of the
employers, to ascertain whether it is still necessary to proceed
with the Committee. I have considerable hopes that it will
not; for, since I have commenced bringing the subject before
the public, outrages have ceased in Dublin. This, to be
sure, is in some degree to be acconnted for by the exertions of
the New Police, who have been most active in putting down
the Welters. I shuddered at thinking that I would have to
bring the question before the House of Commons, on reading
a paragraph in a Limerick paper, in which it was stated that
two men were murdered for refusing to join the combinators,
or to act with them. I subsequently discovered that this state.
ment was a lie. The next subject on which I have to touch is
the new Tithe Bill. It is exceedingly desirable that the public
should be acquainted with the Act in all its details. I have
got considerable assistance from several gentlemen in prepar-
ing my exposition of the Act; as also from a book written by
Mr. O'Leary, of the Munster bar, which is, however, not yet
completed. The author, however, favoured me with the pe-
rusal of the proof-sheets, and assisted me in the further de-
tails. He refers particularly to the arrears, and, as far as he
goes, is very valuable. lam not, however, prepared to report
tosclay, and will postpone the report to the next day of meet-
ing. There is one thing, however, certain—that the clergy
and tithe-owners cannot come at the people at all; and no
tenant can be sued under the Bill. This much is quite cer-
tain, that the landlords, if they proceed against their tenants
for their three-fourths, will no longer be in the position
of landlords but of tithe proctors. After some further
proceedings,
Mr. O'CONNELL stated that Mr. Nugent had handed to him
a list of forty-two additional Precursors from St. Andeon's
parish, which was ever more patriotic than any other parish in
Dublin.—(Hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman then
stated he was particularly desirous of mentioning that four
Protestant gentlemen had become Precursors in Manchester,
Messrs. T. R. Nelson, Edward Bond, E. T. Bradshaw, and
James Hewitt, together with forty-two other names, a list of
which he handed in, who were all admitted with acclamation.
The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then banded in three
additional pounds which he had received from the Reverend
Mr. Rooney, of the parish of Cloonish near Enniskillen.
Mr. O'Connell was exceedingly proud to find that the North
of Ireland was beating the rest of Ireland in point of Precut.
sors.—(The Hon. Gentleman then called out for " three
cheers for the North," and the call was responded to with ac-
clamation.)
The Reverend Mr. ROONEY then stated to the meeting,
that the men of the North repudiated Mr. Sharman's Craw-
ford's views—were most anxious to become Precursors, and
never would accede to the measure of pensioning the Catholic
Clergy, as they admired the voluntary system alone.
Mr. O'CONNELL—I may be permitted to add to what has
fallen from my Reverend Friend, whom I am sure the meeting
has heard with the most unmixed satisfaction, as it contained
another manly declaration against the possibility of ever pen-
sioning the Catholic Clergy of Ireland. I will avail myself
of this opportunity to state that Sharman Crawford has begun
to try a new scheme. Finding that be was likely to make
himself too unpopular by attacking the Catholic Bishops and
Clergy, be now disclaims the imputation of having
attacked that body : " I admit," he says, " that
they have protested against receiving any such pension.
All I said was, that Mr. O'Connell has such dominion
over them, that they will do what he likes."—(Laughter.)
So Sharman here makes an apology for one accusation, and
he presses at the same time a still stronger accusation.—
( Hear.) I ask what accusation can be stronger against that
1 venerable body than that I could lead them thus to whatever
object I please, arid that they would consent, in short, at my
bidding, to that which they have admitted would lead to a
sacrifice of their religion l—( Hear.) Intending thus to com-
pliment them, he stigmatises them worse than before—when a
man is
.in the wrong, see what an arrant blockhead he becomes.
There is my courteous friend Sharman for you l--( Laughter. )
Before I proceed with the new regulations of the Society, I
wish to call the attention of the meeting to the reply which
has been published to their address by persons styling them-
selves the Radicals of England. I have read that address
with the utmost attention, and am sure that an equal degree
of attention has been given it by you all. A more jejune, a
more miserable imputation, never yet came before me.—
( Hear.) Never did I witness anything that so much de-
grades and lessens that body in my estimation. It is utterly
puling, paltry, miserable, and unmeaning. It converts what
should be a great question between the countries into a mere
personal attack upon myself.—( Hear.) As to attacks of this
description, there is no man to whom they are more heartily
welcome—l like to be attacked.—( Hear, hear, and laughter. )
I should not think myself useful if I were not attacked—aye,
and the more virulently in proportion to my public utility.
The reason of my reading this document so attentively was to
ascertain whether there was any thing in it which would render
a reply necessary. Now I have brought my mind thoroughly
to the conviction that it is utterly undeserving of any reply
whatever.—( Hear.) Have we not called on these men to
give up their cut-throats and assassins, and revolutionary
agitators—to expel them from amongst them—to disclaim
such men as Oastler, who counsels them to carry arms—
Stephens, who talks of revolution—or the blood-thirsty
Feargus ? Have they expelled these men from amongst them ?
No; they have made some gentle disclaimers of violence, but
they have actually taken up the defence of these men. They
say that Feargus is not one of their leaders ; but Feargus him.
self gives them the lie. In his very last paper, Feargus had
talked of himself as amongst their leaders.—( Hear.) Why,
had not Feargus talked of the torches as " silent monitors ?"
They all knew what this meant—incendiarism l—( Hear.)
But Feargus had spoken high treason besides, " If the people
were refused justice on the 29th, they should take it them-
selves on the 30th." This was direct and positive high treason.
With traitors and incendiaries they would have nothing to do.
--( Hear, and cheers.) The Hon. and Learned Gentlemen
then proceeded to read the new-modelled Constitution of the
Precursor Society, as follows :

JUSTICE TO IRELAND.
We deem it necessary, in order to avoid misapprehension,
and to enable all persons distinctly to comprehend the objects,
principles, and modes of acting of the Precursor Society.
That we now declare these principles in such terms as cannot
admit of mistake—and for that purpose,
Rescinding all the rules, regulations, declarations of objects
to be attained, and modes of proceeding to be adopted by
the
NDS late
DIS PSOLVED RECURSOR SOCIETY. That Society, in fact, Now
.
But as the HOUSE OF LORDS have repeatedly defeated the
hopes and expectations of the people of Ireland, in their en-
deavour to obtain Corporate Reform, and have, on more than
one occasion thrown out measures sent up to them by the
Commons House of Parliament for that purpose, and as many
measures of the greatest public utility to Ireland would have
passed the latter House, but for the certainty of their being
rejected by the Lords. And inasmuch as the state of the
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE in Ireland has, by judicial miscon-
struction, and by contradictory decisions of Committees of the
House of Commons, been reduced far below the standard of
that beneficial interest which was co lemplated by that Act,
and is likely further to be deteriorated by the operation of the
POOR LAW. And inasmuch as a more extended measure of
Reform, in respect to the Elective Franchise, is due to the
people of IrelapHl, in order to put them upon an equality with the

people of England and Scotland. And inasmuch as the
stinted measure of redress, granted to the people of Ireland, by
the Legislature in the last Session of Parliament in respect to
TITIIES, fell far short of that which the Government of the
country was itself willing and anxious to concede, it is not,
and ought not, to be considered satisfactory.
Upon all these, and other similar grounds, we deem it ne-
cessary to cONSTITUTE A SOCIETY, for the purpose of endea-
vouring by legal and constitutional means to obtain complete
JUSTICE FOR IRELAND by a redress of those several grievances;
and we do, therefore, constitute THE PRECURSOR SOCIETY in
. the following manner :
The basis and first object of the Precursor Society is entire,
cordial, devoted, and unchangeable loyalty and allegiance to
■ her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and to her heirs
and successors for ever.
The 2d object of the Precursor Society is to place the Par-
liamentary franchise and rights of voting of the British and
Irish people on a footing of perfect equality, by communicat-
ing to the three divisions of the United Empire all that is va-
luable and useful in the franchises of each of such divisions.
, 3d. To obtain an entire Reform of our Corporations, iden-
tical in every respect with the English Reform Act, and in
particular to have the cities of London and Dublin included
in one and the same municipal law, which can be the more
easily done by reason of the great similarity in the present
form of the Corporations of these cities.
4th. To obtain for Ireland a reasonable, just, and adequate
proportiOn of Members in the United Parliament.
sth. To establish in Ireland the principle which pactically
exists in England and Scotland, namely, that the majority of
the inhabitants should not be called upon to contribute in any
way to the temporalities of the Church of the minority ; and
in particular, that the rent charge and Ministers' money,
established in Ireland in lieu of tithes, and other temporali_
ties of the Established Church, should be disappropriated
from the Clergy of the Church of the minority of Ireland, and
that the entire thereof, or so much thereof as may be found
just and reasonable, to leave unextinguished as a charge up on
the several parishes, should be appropriated to purposes of
education or charity, or to other purposes of general utility,
so that, however, no part of such rent-charge, Ministers'
money or other temporalities should be capable of being allo-
cated to the Clergy of any portion of the Irish people, whether
those of a majority or a minority of the inhabitants of Ireland.
But, nevertheless, that the Clergy of the Established Church
having vested and existing interests, and who would, by such
arrangement, be deprived of their incomes, be provided for
by the State in such a manner as may be reasonable and just
to all parts of the empire.
6th. That no individual member of the Precursor Society is
pledged to any particular mode of extinguishing or appro-
priating the rent charge, Ministers' money, or other Church
temporalities, save to this, that it shall not be applied to the
Use of any particular religious sect or persuasion. To this
principle we hold ourselves strictly pledged.
7th. These arc the great objects of the Precursor Society ;
they are included in the phrase 4. JUSTICE TO IRELAND," and,
whilst they mean to imply nothing more than an equality with
England and Scotland in the benefits of the reform, they ne-
cessarily include the working out of that equality by equal ame-
liorations and improvements .in all divisions of the United
Kingdom.

Bth. The Precursor Society, therefore, deem it most es-
sential that the mode of voting BY BALLOT should be esta-
blished throughout the United Kingdom, that being the only
mode by which the voters can safely, and without temptation
to crime, exercise the Elective Franchise.
To this amelioration the Precursor Society attaches the ut-
most importance, and they think it their duty to declare that
no man can be fit to represent any portion of the Irish people
who shall not unequivocally pledge himself to support in Par-
liament a law for establishing the mode of voting by Ballot.
9th. The ninth object is the EXTENSION of the SUFFRAGE
in all parts of the empire—this is included in the purposes
already expressed. We do not pledge ourselves to any par-
ticular mode of extension, but we do pledge ourselves to sup-
port every safe, prudent, and practicable extension of the
Elective Franchise.

10th. The Precursor Society will also co-operate with the
Reformers in obtaining a shortening of the duration of Parlia-
ment so as not to exceed a duration of three years.
Such are the objects of the Precursor Society. In these
objects men of all religious persuasions, and of all parties and
shades of Liberal opinion, can concur.

Having laid down these clear principles—principles capable
of comprehending all the Reformers of Ireland, of every grade
of Liberal opinion and of every religious denomination—we
declare that the constitution and mode of proceeding of the
Precursor Society in practical details shall be as follows :—.
First—Every individual who has been a member of the late
Precursor Society shall, without payment of any further sum
of money, or other form, be enrolled as a member of this Pre-
cursor Society.
Second—The business of the Precursor Society shall be
conducted by a General Committee, and by as many Sub-
Committees as may be necessary.
Third—Every member of the Precursor Society who shall
have paid a., either for himself, or to enrol twenty Precursors,
shall be a member of the General Committee.
Fourth—Wherever there are 200 Precursors in any parish,
they shall be at liberty to send an address to the Secretary,
and to name a Weekly Newspaper, which shall accordingly be
transmitted to that address, and an additional address and
Newspaper for every 200 additional Precursors.
Fifth—That the modes of proceeding at public meetings,
and in committee, shall be those adopted by the late General
Association, as if we had repeated the same.
Sixth—That it will be the duty of 'he Precursor Society in
every parish, to procure petitions to Parliament for " Justice
to Ireland,"and especially to point out in such petitions the
imminent danger that exists of the almost total extinction
of the elective franchise in Ireland, unless the law of elections
shall be amended.

I Seventh—Thai the Precursors shall also prepare petitions
in every Parish, for a complete and satisfactory Corporate
Reform, and for including Dublin injthe same Act with London.
Eigth—That the Precursors do also prepare petitions to
carry out all the principles of religious equality, by either ex-
tinguishing in part, and appropriating the residue, or for ap.
propriating the entire of the rent-charge for education,
charity, or other purposes of public utility.
Ninth—That the Precursors in each Parish, be also in.
structed to furnish accurate details of the state of the franchise
in each Parish ; and to assist in keeping up and extending the
Registry.

The Roll of the Precursor Society shall be kept as follows
First.—There shall be formed a Roll or Register of all
those, without any distinction of party, sect, or persuasion, who
shall think fit to enrol themselves Members of the Precursor
Society.

SecOnd.—That such Register shall be kept by the Secre-
tary in Dublin, and that a sum of not less than One Shilling
be paid upon each name enrolled, to be applied to the current
expenses of the Society.

Third.—That Mr. T. M. Ray be appointed Secretary, and
that Ignatius Callaghan, Laurence Finn, and James Martin of
the Nurth Wall, Esqrs., be appointed Treasurers.
Fourth.—That the enrolment shall be extended all over
Ireland, and the names and subscriptions transmitted to Dublin.
Fifth.—That the preparing and presentation of addresses to
her Majesty he also confided to the Precursors of each locality.
Sixth.—That the preparations of petitions for the redress
of other practical grievances be confided to the Precursors in
each parish in Ireland.

Seenth,—That we shall gladly receive and admit to enrol.
ment all such friends to Ireland as, being resident out of Ire-
land, may desire to join our Society.
Eighth.—That clergymen of all persuasions be admitted
without payment of any subscription on being proposed by
any one member.

In conclusion, it is declared that the sole aim and end of
the Precursor Society is to obtain JUSTICE FOR IRELAND from
the Imperial Parliament.

The new constitution was unanimously adopted.
The total amount of rent received during the week was
announced to be 2491. 19s.
The Association adjourned to Thursday, Dec. 27.

THE STANDARD NOVELS.—Mr. Bentley has
just added to the " Standard Novels" Miss Edgeworth's
" Helen," and few of its volumes will reflect more honour
to the collection. Miss Edgeworth's work, apart froth
their literary merits, great variety of subject, and familiarity
with the soundest principles of society, are especially valua-
ble, or rather invaluable, as severe but most winning les-
sons to her own sex. They are not to be taken up with
indifference, or laid aside unprofitably, but must ever leave
behind them impressions delightful and influences most sa-
lutary, tending to the cultivation of all that is delicate and
elevated in the sex. A British publisher could not confer
a much great favour on his countrywomen than by placing
within their power, by a cheap price, elegant editions of
each and all the novels of this most excellent authoress.
Captain Marryat's " Midshipman Easy" and Maxwell's
Adventures of Captain Blake," which were the preceding
volumes of the " Standard Novels," are also well deserving
of that honour, being both masterly productions in their
way. Mr. Bentley noy very speedily add to this catalogue
" Zenobia, or, Letters from Palmyra," which
re-
cently published, and which, both in
lassical work of the
subject and treatment,
ment ,
deserves to be considered the most c
novel kind that has for some years issued from the press on
either side of the Atlantic.

At the ordinary meeting of the Westminster Medi-
cal Society, held on Saturday evening, Dr. Chowne ins
the chair, some observations
having been made by the Se-
cretary on the use of opium in certain disorders of the
nervous s:,,stem, particularly insanity and delirium tremens,
an interesting discussion ensued, In which Dr. Addison;
Dr. Williams, and Professor Thomson took part. It ap-
peared that, in recent cases of these disorders, doses of
morphia, which is the active principle of opium, and a most
deleterious poison, had been administered to the enormous
extent of thirty grains ; the usual dose being from one to
two grains. It might he alleged that the article was adul-
terated ; but it was procured from an eminent chemist,
upon whom the strictest reliance could be placed. With
reference to the practice of eating opium, some statistical
facts were adduced which showed that the average duration
of life was excessively and unnaturally short among those
with whom that practice was habitual.

The Catholic clergyman at Cologne, Mr. Beckers,
whose arrest, in consequence of a political sermon, was
lately announced, has been sentenced by the Prussian
Government to five years' imprisonment and ten years' sure
veillance of the police,