The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-17 00:00:00

IRELAND.

should be another Berkshire. The "pal ;bus se legibus" were
repeated over and over ; and the " invicke genies" were to
proceed uninterrupted in their career of perpetual tranqui-
lity.—(Hear, and cheers.) England has been since invin-
cible. Let me endeavour to remember the ballad, which is
sometimes sung in Ireland to the tune of the " Shaun van
vaugh :"
" On the plains of Waterloo,
Duke 'Wellington would have looked blue,
If Paddy had nut been there too."--(Laughter.)
Yes (proceeded Mr. O'Connell) the shout of victory was
raised because Paddy was there. He was not found then
to go away as an alien. Why did the Duke of Welling-
ton support the cry of faction in the House of Lords ? Or
rather, why did he not maintain his consistency by raising
the Lyndhurst cry on the plains of Waterloo ?—( Cheers.)
Why did he not tell the Irish soldiers, " the French are
charging in battalions ; the old guard is rushing onward,
and the more youthful guard is rivalling the old. Ground
your arms ! You are aliens. Irishmen, go away, I will
have nothing to do with you. You are aliens in nation—
in blood—in religion. Drop your bayonets—may ! away
We will fight without you !" Oh, no, he never would have
said that ; he was glad to have the strong arm of Paddy fight-
ing by his side. And yet in the House of Lords this man has
had the extraordinary political audacity to tell us that we
cannot have an equal participation of civil rights because
we are aliens in blood and in religion ! No, no ! He would
not have dared coolly to insult Irishmen on that day. His
taunts are not issued until the day of trial is over ; and
now their palaces are filled with gold and silver plate, as in
the case of Strathfieldsaye ; we find this man leaguing with
Lyndhurst in the House of Lords, and contumeliously bran-
ding the country of his birth. These are subjects which must
not be let sleep. They must be agitated in every part of Ire-
land. We are making an experiment ; I have abandoned
agitation of Repeal. We have been told that England
will yet give us a full measure of justice. Who told us
so ? The House of Commons unanimously, on the mo-
tion of Spring Rice. They had rejected my motion on
Repeal, and pledged themselves—every English and Scotch
Member among them pledged themselves ; there was not even
an Irish Tory Member found to resist the motion ; they
pledged themselves, I say, by an almost unanimous vote, that
they would do perfect justice to Ireland, and that they would
maintain the principles upon which the Union was founded
inviolate. Spring Rice got up, and moved for a con-
ference with the House of Lords. Their Lordships with
an- equal unanimity gave the most distinct and explicit
pledge. On trials their Lordships deliver their verdicts
upon their word of honour. How has that Honourable
House of Lords redeemed their pledge. I show their
pledge, and I show their conduct.—(Hear, and cheers.)
But that is not all. In order to make the pledge the
most solemn and binding that it was possible to make it,
they determined to commit the King—the Sovereign him-
self—William the Fourth, the Reformer, to the same
pledge ; and, as a Monarch, he plighted his solemn faith to
the observance of the same pledge. King, Lords, and
Commons were all pledged.—( Hear, hear.) But, alas, it
was like the idle wind which blew last night—and which
we heard as it whistled by us, but heard it no more ; like
the mountain stream of yesterday, which passed down the
hill-side, and became mixed on the plain with other watery
elements, where the eye could no longer distinguish its
identity. Where is this pledge now ? Have they taken
any means towards realising their pledge, thus solemnly and
deliberately given ? No, Sir ; they insult, they outrage,
injure us, and then this is the way in which they redeem
their pledge ; but do they expect that a nation like the
Irish will submit with patience to such treatment ? Yes,
Sir, they solemnly and deliberately pledge themselves to do
justice to the Irish people, and then with contemptuous in-
difference they turn round upon us and violate that pledge.
These are the topics which ought to be put forward upon
all occasions ; but we know two others which must not be
lost sight of, and the first is, the patience and forbearance
which has distinguished our conduct throughout these try-
ing circumstances. Yes, Sir, there never was a period at
which Ireland was in a state of more perfect tranquillity
than the present. Again, and again, I defy the Orange
press to contradict this assertion.—( Hear, Lear, and cheers.)
On the truth and existence of these two propositions,
therefore, I rely. On the one hand we have a state of the
most perfect peace and tranquillity, agrarian outrages and
midnight disturbances no longer affright tho land, and
faction, fights, and village riots, may be said no longer to
have existence. Yes, the surface of the country is unrip-
pled by a single wave, and the tumult has subsided into a
fixed and settled calm. My next proposition, Sir, is that
this state of tranquillity is sought to be interrupted by the
vile and satanical efforts of the Orange faction, who with
their rebellion ruffians, and the relentless severity with
which they pursue the wretched people even unto the death,
as in the case of poor Reilly, whom you have just heard is
rapidly sinking into the grave—having endeavoured to
plunge the country into a state of exasperation and excite-
ment, from which the most fearful consequences might be
apprehended, were it not for the calm and peaceable, but not
the less determined, resolution of the people. Yes, Sir, we
have on the one hand the most perfect tranquillity, notwith-
standing the diabolical efforts of the Orange faction to dis-
turb it ; and why, I would ask, is it so : because we have
hope that, as far as it is in the power of the present Govern-
ment, they will realize the promises which they have held
out to us.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In speaking of the
Government, however, I must make one exception, and that
is my Lord Plunket ; he gives us to be sure one or two good
magistrates occasionally ; but the fault I find with him is,
that he does not give us enough of them.—(Hear, and
cheers.) Now, there are many intelligent and respectable
gentlemen, quite fit both by station and property for that
office, that he has passed over ; he refuses us the magistrates
the people would like best, lest, forsooth, he should give
offence to the Orangemen. I do not understand such sensi-
tiveness. Why have we not more such men on the Bench as
my loved friend in the King's county—whom the people se-
lected as the man who would most faithfully echo their wishes
and protect their interests ? And, with the blessing of God,
he will be again selected by them. Can it be doubted for a
moment that to the present Government the tranquillity of
Ireland is mainly owing ?—(Hear, hear.) Is there a man
who hears me that will not, for that reason, give his decided
support to Lord Mulgrave's Administration ?—(Conti-
nued cheering.) Can a more sacred duty devolve upon us
than this, or one from which it would be more criminal to
shrink ? My object, Sir, is to trace this day the course
which we ought to pursue in our present circumstances.
We have to obtain two things. In the first place, we must
have a final adjustment of the tithe question—for, until
this question is settled, we can never have peace or tran-
quillity •in Ireland. It is one of the great impediments
to tranquillity, and our present state of quietude is entirely
owing to the lively expectations with which we aro filled
that the system will be put an end to. I will not, how-
ever, enter into the details of that course on the present
occasion, for Mr. Sharman Crawford has given a notice on
the subject of tithes for Thursday next, and we shall then
hare a full opportunity of discussing them. We will then,
Sir, take into consideration the details of such a measure,
as while it effectually extinguishes the system of tithes, will
prevent the landlord from putting into his pocket the pro.
perty of the poor.—( Hear.) I would, therefore, think it
wrong in the absence of Mr. Crawford to anticipate his motion
by entering further upon the question. Now, Sir, I come
to another important topic—that of Corporate Reform.
Every succeeding day increases our conviction of the neces-
sity of this measure. Can a more monstrous anomaly exist,
for instance, than the Corporation of Dublin ? Their con-
duct hitherto had been a tissue of the vilest corruption and
bigotry ; but bad as it was, it has been exceeded by the
profligate manner in which they have swelled the number of
their supporters at the late registry. If ever a base con-
spiracy deserved to be exploded it is that. 'l'hcy found
the Liberals had outran them in the preceding registers in
the proportion of nearly ten to one, and what was their re-
source ? They make a batch of freemen (I should rather
say slaves) by grace especial. I will venture to say, that
if I was again a candidate for Dublin, that for an additional
half guinea more than the Conservative candidate offered
I could have the vote of any one of those fellows—(a voice
in the crowd, Aye, or for half-a-crown.) Oh, no, that
would be too little ; I would give them the half-guinea,
they have too much respect for the crown—(laughter)—
they are too loyal to take so little.—(Laughter and cheers.)
I warrant me that any man in the community could have
his vote for the crown. After dwelling at some further
length on the conduct of the Dublin Corporation, Mr,
O'Connell declared that he would make it the subject a
Parliamentary inquiry in the next Session.

IMPORTANT SPEECH OF MR. O'CONNELL AT
THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
DUBLIN, Tuesday Evening, Nov. 15,
Half-past Six o'Clock.
The General Association met at three o'clock this after-
noon at the Corn Exchange. John Guthrie, Esq., took
the chair. After some business of course had been disposed
of, and a number of new members admitted,
Mr. FRENCH mentioned that poor Reilly, the tithe suf-
ferer, whose case has been before the public, was not likely
to survive beyond the day, in consequence of the injuries he
had suffered during his imprisonment as a tithe rebel.
Mr. O'CONNELL then entered the room at a quarter to
four o'clock, and was received with loud cheers ; lie pro-
posed the admission of several gentlemen as thetnbers
of the Association, and handed in the amount of several
subscriptions.
Mr. COSTELLO then, in moving the admission of several
members, read a letter stating, that two cart loads of Bibles
had been bought up by the writer, which had been endea-
voured to be circulated by some incendiaries. Mr. Costello
in the course of his speech used the term nuisances as ap-
plied to the Bibles thus forced on the Catholics.
Mr. O'CONNELL seconded the admission of these gen-
tlemen, and observed that he highly condemned speaking
lightly of the word of God, and solemnly protested against
such a proceeding ; even the conduct, of those who endea-
voured to force a certain version of it upon the people did
not, and could not, lessen his veneration for it.
Mr. CosrELLo said that he did not treat the subject
with levity, and his only object in using the language he
did was relative to the manner in which the Bible was en-
deavoured to be thrust down the throats of the Catholics,
and that no man had a greater respect for the word of
God than he had.
Mr. O'CONNELL was sure his Learned Friend was glad
he had given him the opportunity of making that state-
ment, and he (Mr. O'Connell) was also glad that he had
been afforded the opportunity of correcting his friend, as
the Roman Catholic doctrine was not to exclude the
word of God, but directed the distribution of the version
considered authentic by the church ; and he himself would
undertake to circulate as large a number of those as would,
or could be furnished to him, amongst the Catholics of
Ireland.—(Cheers.)
Mr. O'CoNNELL—I rise now to move the series of re-
solutions which I noticed rather shortly, and not with
any great degree of distinctness, not, however, I trust,
so as to have been misunderstood, on the last day of
meeting. I rise to move that we shall' now become prac-
tically useful. The Session of Parliament is approaching.
Early in January, or, at all events, early in February, Par-
liament will meet. We ought to have the table of the
House of Commons, on the very first day, immediately
after the King's Speech shall have been read—we ought,
I say, to have placed on the tables of both Houses petitions
embodying the entire wants of the Irish people. Let me
be distinctly understood. The Irish people are at present
insulted more than they are injured. The insult is more
gross than the injury.—(Hear, hear.) We stand a debased,
degraded people as far the acts of others can possibly de-
base and degrade us. No man is either, one or other, ex-
cept for the commission of some fault or crime. Ireland
has committed no crime. There cannot even be a fault
imputed to her ; but she would commit not only a fault,
but a crime deserving the execration of every freeman, if
she were tamely to submit to this outrageous insult.—
(Hear, and cheers.) The House of Lords of England have
placed themselves in an attitude of defiance against the peo-
ple of Ireland. They have said that other portions of the
British empire shall have the full enjoyment of their civil
rights, and that Ireland shall not. They have stood,
as did Canute of old, by the shores of the sea—like him
they Lave ordered the waves not to approach them : but
the waves, in spite of his mandate, swept his seat from un-
der him.—(Cheers.) The House of Lords would check
the onward impulse of the waves of Irish freedom, but they
will roll on in spite of them ; and the Lords must eventually
yield to the stern and virtuous determination of the entire
Irish people, that they will continue to resist oppression.—
( Hear and cheers.) The clear and obvious business of this
Association is not to talk, but to act. There is no utility
in exertions which are not of a practical character. If we
expect to derive any beneficial advantages, we must act
ourselves in our own behalf.—(Hear, hear.) Our combi-
nation must be continued, until we have attained every ob-
ject which the good of Ireland requires. Again must I
proclaim that we are an insulted people. Justice has been
refused us. We have been proclaimed aliens in country
and in religion. Miserable was our condition when we
became bound in the chains of the deleterious Union,
and refused that reciprocity of interests and advantages
which alone justify the Union. A union, to be just or
binding, should draw closer together the links which
bind the two countries together, by reciprocal benefits.
Heaven knows whether or not we have enjoyed this reci-
procity l You must all recollect the comparison I have
so often made between Belgium, when united to Holland,
and since that union has been dissolved.—(Hear, hear.)
The advantages which Belgium enjoys in her latter
condition have been clearly and forcibly pointed out in the
admirable speech which the King of Belgium made recently
to his Parliament. Mark ; what was Belgium when united
to Holland ? For what purpose was she so united ? She
was to take upon her shoulders a certain share of the
Dutch Debt. That debt amounted to 250 millions at the
least. Belgium did not owe a tithe of that sum. Two
millions and a half was the utmost that could be charged
against her. When the union was established between them
and the people of Holland, it was flagitiously enacted that
the Belgians should participate the entire burthen of the
debt of both countries ; and the Dutch House of Lords, in-
deed the majority of both Houses of Parliament, refused to
consent to an equitable distribution. Their religion was
not directly assailed, They were nor proclaimed aliens in
religion; as Lyndhurst bas proclaimed us.—(Hear, hear.)
But it was if possible, still more effectually assailed by the
perpetration of the most grinding cruelties, and by the con-
stant promotion of the members of the one sect without me-
rit, without talent—qualities which the other sect eminently
possessed. Religious bigotry was mixed up with everything
in Holland. In Holland everything was sacrificed to this
pernicious spirit ; and the Belgians were subjected to
taunts and ridicule, as if they were not men composed
of the same materials as the Hollanders, And yet was
ever anything more unjust than these taunts ? Have they
not exhibited two uprisings of the Belgium nation, 'and
chewed a degree of valour rarely witnessed elsewhere,—a
spirit which no tyranny can subdue, no treachery extinguish
in their minds—the nation-born spirit of Liberty ?—( Hear,
hear, and cheers.) I was one of those Members of the
House of Commons—and I glory in the recollection—who
took an active part in vindicating the justice of that ris-
ing, and defending the actors in it ; and my reason for
thus actively engaging in that controversy was, that I sym-
pathised strongly with the resemblance which their situa-
tion presented to ours. I anticipated, from the dissolution
of that union great advantages to Belgium. Those ad-
vantages have been fully realized. The King of Belgium
has pointed out those advantages in his speech from the
throne ; a speech which was eminently simple in its ex-
pressions, and lucid in its details. This speech will teach the
former oppressors of Belgium a lesson which they will do
well to remember. It will encourage the growth of public
spirit throughout the kingdom. It has placed upon re-
cord the cheering fact that the internal resources of Belgium
are being fast developed, and that she is fast progressing
in her career of prosperity—that her manufactures arc in-
creasing ; her commerce, which was before almost anni-
hilated, restored ; that now the resources of the State are
ample—that her national debt is fast diminishing—that her
brave soldiers are maintaining respect for Belgium in every
land, and that the ships of her merchants abound on the
ocean—in fine, that the established industry of her inha-
bitants will make the names of poverty and distress be
heard no more amongst them.—( Hear, and cheers.) Would
to God that this was the case with Ireland I Yet so it was
for a short period, when the Irish Parliament asserted Ire-
land's independence—( Hear, hear)—until a fatal policy,
encouraged by base slaves reared on her own soil, again en-
slaved her, by subjecting her to the yoke of the Union.—
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) We owed then some trifle—
about 28 millions : not 28—only 25 millions. What was
the debt of England ? She owed every farthing of 420
millions. We were immediately involved in the responsi-
bility of 100 millions of debt. Now, was any thing more
mad than patiently to submit to subh a Union ? It was
just as if one man owed twenty-eight thousand, and his
partner four hundred and twenty thousand, and said, So
great is the honour of partnership, that after a few years I
will undertake one-half of the entire debt, with liberty to you
to increase it."--( Laughter.) That, Sir, is the maddening
view under which the Union is to be regarded ; and is
it . not maddening to think of this wholesale robbery
beingwith
directed against a nation which is absolutely
overrun
pauperism ?-230,000 paupers. Such are
the miserable statistics of Irish distress ?—(Hear, and
cheers.) It is insupportable to think that the House of
Lords of England should audaciously put forward some
desperate adventurer—of this opinion one day, of another
the next--a man totally destitute of political principle—
without one spark of principle at all—(Hear, hear)—to
declare that Irishmen two
it
gliong,—,(cheers.) No country
upon earth was ever treated like Ireland ? Tinolc at her
historYfilo otis.6: changeyears.o or mitigation. Whati is
tio it
n?.
N Frli
o alleviation
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ofy ti e
oda
her
va suannie; wied amount of Gppression. There never was the
slightest difference Prrna.in the ;
Ppo of oppression ; neither
was there any in its practice, as far as. st was WI; to be
carried.—(Hear, hear.) When the question of the Union
came on to be agitated, we were told that it should put an
end to this chapter of oppression and heart-burning—that
Duls'in should ii;egeef9ah In as York, and that Ireland

Their names are Simpson, I believe.—(Hear.) But at any
rate there were four of them all born together.—(Hear,
and laughter.) They were twins or quadrins—(laughter)
—there must be three or four years at least between the
births of each ; but the Corporation of Dublin annihilates
time for the purpose of making each one of the four eldest
sons.—(Laughter.) By this, and similar cirgqmstanees, you
can form some idea of the magnitude of the injustice with
which they have treated us; but we will endeavour to get
some redress. I will bring the matter before the Legislature.
I will, I have no doubt, get a CorlinlittPE) of the House of
Commons to inquire into those abuses, and it is probable,
upon consideration, that Committee may deem it fit to
abate such abuses.—(Hear.) They may decide that they
ought to discontinue ; well, then, suppose we bring in a
Tine 1141 rig YOe4 brought
bill to that effect, and even if a lteferrncq t_;qm.
mons Clete
to the Houseonse of ,Ords, pnke of Welbrigton and Lord
Lyndhurst will kick it qut.77(l-lear,) liere at once all
our views of amelioration t}lust enq; fqr we have no more
hope of justicp from the Flour gf l.orclsi cllgn if. we :45ked
the Day of Algiurs. to ralloquisli Mahonietanism, and drink
wine in public. Poor Cobbett, I believe, was not very
fond of saying his prayers, but he offered up an aspiration
to the effect of blessing Heaven that we have a House of

Lords! If he was an advocate for turmoil and confusion
in his heart, he would not have offered up a prayer, which
if granted, would better meet his wishes in that respect ;
for the conduct of that irresponsible House of Lords, for
the possession of which he thanks Heaven, has been much
calculated to stimulate revolution in the country.—(Hear.)
Mr. Peel sai,! to me me, that the House of Lords was re-
sponsible to God. What satisfaction is that to us ? Are we

showing them that individually, as well as collectively,
they would be protected from their oppressors. No county
in Ireland was more oppressed and harassed than the
Quen's County. The grievances were so intolerable, that,
in order to effect if possible some mitigation of them, he was
impelled to join that Association. There was, in fact, no
other medium through which any alleviation of what the
people were suffering could be effected. There were a set
of men in the county who assume the airs of aristocracy,
but who really had no pretensions whatever to nobility.
They were merely a beggarly, set of aristocrats, who exer-
cised the power they accidentally possessed in a manner
the most insulting, harassing, and oppressive. There were
more of this set of men—small and insolent squireens—in
the Queen's County, than in any other county in the em-
pire. There were no real landed proprietors resident there
to interpose between the people and their oppressors.
He would mention one case to show. the spirit that per-
vaded the set of men he was alluding to. At the registry a
few days since, where the law might be supposed to call on
the subject to possess himself of an important constitutional
right, a poor man came forward to register, when the land-
lord, who was sitting on the bench, improperly and inde-
cently told him not to attempt to register, and charged him
with being led by a pack of agitators. The man did register,
and because he did, he was served next day with an eject-
ment for rent which he actually did not owe.—(Cries of
" Shame.") He mentioned this circum. trance in order to
show what was going forward, and to claim the protection
of the Association for the oppressed. The poor man, in this
case, had a legal and good defence, and if he be protected
the people would feel that they were not bereft of succour,
and that their contributions to the rent were funds accumu-
lated for their own protection. There was one important
point to which he would refer : he alluded to the tithe
question. He begged Mr. O'Connell to point out to the
people of Ireland, on a proper occasion, what was meant by
a satisfactory settlement of the tithe question.—(Hear.)
As far as he (Mr. Lawlor) could ascertain the feeling of
the country, nothing would be a satisfactory settlement but
the total abolition of tithe.—(Loud cheering.) It was
said that if tithe were totally abolished, the landlords
would have the entire benefit. That he denied. The
tenants alone would reap the benefit. Before a Committee
of the House of Commons, he was asked whether. land
which was tithe free would let higher than land subject to
tithe ? He granted it would; but that was because it was
subject to the power of comparison ; but take away ttadt
power of comparison, and leave all land tithe free.„, it
would not.—( Hear, hear.) Ile gave, as an example, the
operation of the repeal of the window an`!..nearth-money tax
on the rent of houses in Dublin. Houses did not let
higher after the repeal of thee, taxes than they did before.
But allowing that tithe should go into the landlords' pockets,
which it would not, but sunnesing it should, what was to
prevent their laying on P. land or property tax to go to a .
provision for the poor ?—(Loud cheering.) Such a tax,
and such an application of it, would be quite consistent with
the original intention of tithe itself. These opinions be-
held to be in aocordance with the feeling of the country.
They were those which he, a tithe recusant himself, and a
tenant, entertained, and in giving expression to them, he
was confident he spoke the sentiments of the people of
Ireland.
Mr. O'CONNELL then said—l.hrn always happy to hear
the gentleman who was the Member for the Queen's
County, and I am drably obliged to him now,. as he has
given me three topics for explanation. The first regards
the case of the person to whom he has just alluded, and I
trust some attorney will take it up for him, and although
the Association cannot contribute any funds to the support
of the suit whilst it is pending, yet it can contribute to the
support of' his family.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Now,
in respect to the County of Kildare, and the Society which
has been formed there, to which I alluded, I know of it
only from what I have read in the newspapers, and I spoke
of the individuals to whom I referred with the greatest re-
spect, and with a conviction that they acted with proper
intentions. I only regret that they did not consult us be-
fore they committed themselves by the resolutions they
adopted, and I hope they will allow me to alter them in
snob a manner as will meet the views of this Association.
,--(Hear.) I am sorry, as my friend has alluded to the
tithe question, that he will not be here on Thursday, as I
should feel glad if ho were present to hear the details re-
specting it, which I now withhold from respect to another
gentleman. In regard to that question, however, we are in a
predicament as to the Members of the House of Com-
mons. Some of them will agree to nothing but the
total abolition of tithes.---(Loud cheers.) Now, I am for
their total abolition, but I am also, as I was in the Catho-
lic Association, for takir'" five shillings in the pound
if we can get no more, and I always found it, when a man
had an unwilling debtor, convenient to advise him to take
the debt by instalments.—(Hear.) We have now a scheme
proposed for the abolition of tithes, and the substitution, of
something else, to be paid by the landlords ; but let it be
remembered, that we have also many patriotic men, who
will agree to no compromise ; and we have others, amongst
whom is the Member for Southwark, who will not agree to
the abolition of one farthing of tithes, who insist that the
entire shall be still paid, but who would take it from the
clergy and keep it for state purposes.—( Hear, hear.) I
fancy, however, that the people of Ireland will not agree
with the latter class of persons, for I think they would be
unwilling to pay the entire to any person.—(Hear.) Thus,
however, we have patriots holding opinions in both ways ;
but we are bound to use our utmost discretion, and not to
lose a considerable advantage for a speculative greater
good.—( Hear and cheers.) We are bound to realise as
much good as possible for the people of Ireland, and till
we can obtain more wo should not refuse the less.—(Hear.)
I hope that these observations will not lead to any general
discussion of the tithe question now, as it will form the
subject of our consideration on Thursday.
Tho meeting then adjourned at five o'clock, till Thursday.

to wait until they are dead, for the chance of justice, and will
it afford us gratification or consolation then to know they
are damned I would not wish that any such misfortune
should befall them. I wish to save them from such a con-
sequence of their conduct before it be too late.----(Hear.)
I will give them a species of political absolution if they re-
form in time, and all their future punishments shall be re-
mitted by a plenary indulgence.—( Hear and laughter.)
But enough of this ; we are called upon nnw to do some
service for oursekes.—(Hear.) We have all Scotland with
us. But our friends in England are in a minority. A
minority, indeed, but great and powerful in wealth, talent,
rank, and respectability. We may have a greater number
yet with us even in England, and rank our friends there in
a majority over our enemies. We will have our friends in-
crease there, because we want them much. We will work
for ourselves, and we must be successful, and according as
our success increases, so will the number of our friends.—
(Cheers.) But we must exert ourselves.—(Hear.)
" Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not,
Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?"

(Loud cheers and laughter.) If you don't know that now
there is no use in repeating it.—(Cheers and laughter.)
Let us be determined in our opposition to our enemies, and
true to our friends. Let us stand by the present Govern-
ment to a man.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Let no friend
to Ireland tell me he will not support Lord Melbourne's
administration.—( Hear, and cheers.) Lord Melbourne's
Government has done all which has been done. It has
worked whatever good has been effected for the people
of Ireland, and though he compromised in some degree
on the question of the Reform Bill, after it had been
sent to the House of Lords, by tamely submitting to the
omission of some of the clauses, yet it must not be for-
gotten here that the chief principle of his administration
was justice to Ireland—(Hear, bear, and cheers) ;—and
it is a strong position for any man in politics to advocate the
cause of justice. People may laugh at the optimism which
would require justice to be always at their sides, but I have
ever found myself in a more firm and unanswerable position,
and every other person will find it so too, particularly in po-
litical struggles, to be as much as possible in the right.—
(Cheers.) This is the way in which we stand with regard
to the House of Lords : we have the right of the case
with us.—(Hear.) Now, I want the people of Ireland
to join with me in one strong body. We will have plenty
of assistance if we first assist ourselves. We shall have
all the Scotch—we shall have, perhaps, a majority yet
of the people of England. I want, as I said b fore, the
people of Ireland also to join in the same phalanx ; and as
we only want justice, they must be just in spite of them-
selves.—(Cheers.) We shall wash the blackamoor white,
no matter what many may think.—( Hear, and laughter.)
We have done so before ; we soaped the Duke of Wel-
lington and Peel until they came down to our terms, on
the question of Emancipation, and we will do so again.
—(Cheers, and laughter.) But now let us look to what
we have before us.—(Hear, hear.) We have two things
to do—we must excite the people to work for Ireland
—(Hear, hear)—we must see that local associations are
formed in every county, barony, parish, and town in Ireland,
to put down, in the first place, every prospect of agrarian
outrage—(Hear)—and to attend the registries. We must
have in each parish two pacificators appointed, one by the
clergyman, of whatever persuasian, of whose flock there is
the majority in the place, and the other by the parishioners
themselves.—(Hear, hear.) This Association is to be open
for the inspection of all Magistrates, who are invited to in-
spect its proceedings, and every policeman who wishes to
attend.—(Hear, hear.) And here let me say a word or
two about an Association which I see some persons are
forming its the county of Kildare. I do not mean to question
their motives, but I think they might have condescended to
consult this Association before they came to anv resolu-
tions, and have taken the advice and had the benefit of the
experience of the many Barristers who were members of it,
before those resolutions had been passed. They would not
have been the worse of a communication with this Asso-
ciation. My friend, Feargus O'Connor, in this way took
upon himself the barristership—(Laughter)—of the Radi-
cals of England ; and while in that office advised them to
have affiliated Radical Societies. Now, he could not have
advised them to any thing more illegal, but I don't think he
intended the advice as such.—( Hear.) When I saw him
next after this I told him he was entirely wrong. Well, he
attempted to mend his hand then, and recommended them
to elect delegates. I told him also he was equally wrong in
this. I further told him the delegates of the Trades Union
wruld have been illegal, although the delegates of the entire
parishes in England would not. But I am bound to ob-
serve, that others blundered as well as Mr. Feargus O'Con-
nor ; and why should we not recommend them to relinquish
the policy of acting for themselves, and come at once to the
Association, the Committee of which will consider the mat-
ter maturely with them. I have said so much of Kildare,
perhaps disparagingly of it ; but I feel it only justice to
add, that I have seen the names of individuals of the ut-
most purity, integrity, and honour amongst them, and as
incapable of doing any wilful wrong as any man in this
Association.—(Hear.) I therefore felt it my duty to ex-
press my strong conviction of the honourable eharrieters of
several of those individuals.—(Hear, hear.) But we will
avoid committing any broaeli of the law.—( Hear, hoar.)
We will give perfect publicity to every exertion. We will
have two paciticators in every parish. They shall be fee-
fished with a weekly newspaper, containing the fullest de-
tails of our proceedings.—(Hear, hear,) 'We will act with
them as we did with the churchwardens, in the time of the
Catholic Association.--(Hear, hear.) They will be re-
sponsible for the peace and tranquillity of the different I'4-
rishes : and any pacificator who allows a riot (~r ilisturb-
ance to take place, will be deprived of his office, because
he will be incompetent to discharge the duty which we
will impose upon him, if he is not successful in suppress=
ing riots and preserving the public peace.--(Hear, hear.)
We will go on then with petitions. I mean to propose—
as I am beginning the work of the redemption of my coun-
try with renewed vigour—a series of resolutions, simple,
and distinct in themselves, and including the topics whichl have addressed to you. I will read thm all at by t, outl
put them afterwards to the meeting seriatim, They are as
follows :
Resolved, 1. " That the ohjects of this Association being
to obtain, by legal and constitutional means, the final ad-
justment, in a manner satisfactory to the Irish people, of
the Tithe Question, and the complete reform of our cor-
rupt and profligate Corporations, it is necessary that im-
mediate means should be taken to have ready for presen-
tation to Parliament on the first day of the next Session,
as many petitions and as numerously signed as possible."
" 2. That for this purpose the Committee shall forth-
with prepare an address to the iasulted and outraged people
of Ireland, and also forms and drafts of petitions for their
consideration."

This resolution should be the basis of all our acts,
" 3. That the present administration enjoy the full con-
fidence of the people of Ireland, and that we know no lan-
guage sufficiently strong to express our admiration of, and
gratitude for, the just, firm, manly, and impartial govern-
ment of his Excellency Lord Mu'grave,
4. " That under these circumstances we deem it the sa-
cred duty of the Representatives of the Irish People in
Parliament to give their zealous support to his Majesty's
Ministers upon all occasions that do not involve, if any
such there should be, a direct violation of political
principle."

I wish to he understood, that I do not ask any Member of
Parliament to support any Government at the express vio-
lation of public prineiple.—(Hear.) But subject to that
necessary qualification, I do tell him that we would net be
true to ourselves or our friends, if we did not proclaim this
advice to the Members of Parliament.—(Hear.) These are
the resolutions I wish to submit to the meeting. It is said
that a great deal of business may be transacted in one day,
and I now say that by the proposal of these resolutions
much business has been done.—(Hear.) 'We will meet
again upon Thursday—a very important question will be
introduced for our discussion then. Before we discuss that
question, namely, tithes, I will give notice of a motion,
calling upon the assistant-registrars to be more active, and to
increase the number of registered voters by renewed vigi-
lance—giving them more practical details—examining pri-
vately, not through the public newspapers, how far the gen-
tlemen can most efficiently extend the registry ; not making
them responsible to the public for the management of tbr,ir
private properties, but attaining our object more effectually
and less observable in Committee, before whom gentlemen,
without any InAho condescension, may inform us of the par-
ticulaP local circumstances connected with thelP properties.
Thus, while we urge on those persons wha can register, we
save from public exhibition those who honestly wish to re-
gister, but are so eircumoanced as to be incapacitated from
doing Hoar.) These are my plans—The House of
Lordsl.ejected the Corporate Reform WI, le3t. our Corpora-
tions should become " normal schools for agitation i" we will
show them schools of agitation.—( Hear.,) Anil if I am not
fit to act as a preceptori.it itNimssible for mature reflec-
tion and I.lrAWi',''k,..6ng c,eltto,ri to do any man good upon the
subject, I),Y the elevation to, so painful a pre-eminence.—
(Hear and cheerio •
Mr. B. 141,4Nyt.oli', (late Monither ill), the Queen's County)
seconded the Nsf.kiiicAne Roposed by his distinguished
frieg4 Ua ilareed in every suggestion that had fallen
from Mr. O'Connell, particularly that of proceeding ,
prac-
tically with business throughout Ireland. The people of
Ireland were eight millions, the united efforts of whom
Would be irresistible ; hut it was necessary to get; t' the
confidence of the people, which etanld 9,nly he obtained by

I am sorry to inform you that the Agricultural Joint
Stock Bank suspended its payments this morning, and I
fear the rosults will be very severely felt throughout the
country.
Mr. Baron O'Loughlen took his saat on the bench at the
Court of Exchequer this morning.

The proceedings at the General Association to-morrow
and Thursday, which I shall forwrza to you, will be of the
utmost importance as regards,
in the fortheomin7 .he position Ireland must oc-
cupystyuggle with the Lords.

AGRICITLTURAL BANK (IRELAND.)

DUBLIN, TUESDAY, NOV. 15.
The Agricultural Bank suspended payment this day
The circumstances under which this course has been
adopted may be learned from one of a series o f resolutions
passed at a special meeting or the
Board of Directors.
" Resolved, that having paid in Dublin for notes and
orders, since the 3d day of October to 14th November, up-
wards of 537,0001., and the Provincial Bank of Ireland
having on yesterday (Monday), presented upwards of eleven
thousand pounds for payment at the Royal Bank of Ire-
land, in notes and orders, and the Bank of Ireland having
presented drafts and orders for upwards of ten thousand
pounds, the Board being deprived of the assistance of any
of those Banks, considered it would be useless longer to
struggle against a combination of circumstances, which,
added to the peculiar crisis in the Money Market, rendered
it essential, for the benefit of the shareholders and welfare
of the country, to suspend the Exchanges in Dublin 'until
the circumstances which led to the sudden pressure on the
Company, during the period mentioned, shall be fully in-
quired into and ascertained."
11.esehrod--.._That it is but an act of justice to the Bank
91 Iroiand to state, that during the past week they gave
anxious attention to the representations of the Directors
as to the claims of this Company upon them as the char-

Resolved—that the assets of the Company arc dun&
antly ample to pay all the demands upon it, and to lead
the paid-up capital of the Company untouched, but the
lapse of the month will be necessary to allow the Bills fall.
ing due to come in, and thus enable the full discharge or
the Companies liabilities.
. _

Resolved--That the National Bank of Ireland have, du-
ring the recent pressure, displayed a very laudable cnxietr
fur the welfare dill° country, and the sustainment of publio
credit. The Board of Directors feel convinced that t'.ey
will act in such a manner as is becoming to a groat iP:..titue
tion, acting for the welfare of the people. .
That, viewing the Joint-stock Banks, consisti•ig of eu.,
merous and solvent partners, with larged Subr.eribed Ca-
Pitaln, as intimately connected with the prer.perity of the
country, we consider it the duty of every weli-wisher of
Ireland to sustain their credit, and tg rally round them at
this peculiar crisis.
That the prompt payment of the third instalment (as
called up) on the Comparrj's Capital Stock, amounting to
150,0001., will at ones:, enable the Company to resume
business, under caut!.ous limits ; and we, therefore, ear-
systly eall upor. t 1 Shareholders in Englard Ireland
9
and Seotlark?i, to come for Ward, without def,ty, to pal, in
their :instalments, and thus promote the lolnefit of their
OWII property. '
That a statement of the Assets and Property of the
Company be posted up at each 'Branch for the informa-
tion of the Shareholders and the Public, wl-40 may be
interested therein ; and we earnestly inipress on the Note-
holders, that the Capital of the Compaey is untouched,
of upwards of 5,000
uud...oubted security of all
and, independent of the responsibility
registered Proprietors, present
existing claims.
That the Notes of the, tlompany be received at the va-
rious Branches, ar.,,,t in Dublin, in payment of any bills
falling due to
',tie Company, and in payment of any debts.
due to company—and the public are iinpressively
c,auti7..eled not to allow designing individuals to injure, by
..opreciating the value of their property.
That these Resolutions be published and acted upon.
William Hodges, Lorrigayor, Mansion-House.
I'. M. Gresham, Raheny Park.
Philip Jones, Dame-street.
James Dwyer, Lower Gardiner-stree„
William Tilly, Lower Gardiner-street.
D. Taylor, Fitzwilliam-place.
John A. Palmer, James's-street.
John Chambers, Abbey-street.
Arthur L. Saunders, Killarney.
Being the Members at the Board.
By Order,
WILLIAM MITCHELL, General-Manager.

The Dublin Evening Post attaches great blame to the
Bank of Ireland, and is charged with having not only been
unequal to meet the crisis, but with having actually " pro-
voked a run for gold at some of their provincial branches—
Sligo, for instance." And " that the panic which has now
been created in Ireland is at least as much attributable to
this establishment as to the excessive issues of the \Joint
Stock Banks—if, indeed, these excessive issues have mot,
in a great measure, been caused by the Bank of Ireland—if
that Bank, in a word, instead of regulating the public cre-
dit—instead of sustaining it by a ratioual course of con-
duct—did not enter into competition with other Banks,
with a view to working them by the liberality of their dis-
counts, and the rate of their interest,"
CORK.—In consequence of the run made on the Banks
in Cork, the Merchants of that eit:,- refused to purchase in
the market. Accordingly price:4, closed on Thursday, :and
the deluded country-people wore obliged either to leave
their goods in town or return *home loaded.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.—The Wexford Magistrates
have thought proper t 3 move the Court of King's Bench
for leave to file a u.;iiriinal information against the editor
and proprietor of: the Dublin Evening Post ; they obtained
a conditional order. No notice was given to the defendant
of the inten'aon to move the Court.
COURT OP EXCHEQUER.—The gallery and all the avenues
to the rjourt were filled with persons anxious to see Baron
O'Lo,gblen take his seat. The Bar was also crowded with
lawyers. At twelve o'clock Barons Pennefather, Poster,
r..nd O'Loghlen entered, and took their seats on the Bench.
ORASIGEISM REVIVED.—The Royal York Lodge, No.
982, Thos. Healy,. Master, is to meet at its Lodge Room,
at 7 o'clock on Monday evening " when the new system
will be ',riven! " The attendance of Members is requested
" in order that a false estimate may not be made of our
ability, whenever the circumstances of the moment call for
our assistance !! ! " Well done, worshipful Master Healy,
and well done, Secretary Wm. A. Clifton.—Cork Reporter.
THE POTATO CROP.—The weather is still very unfa-
vourable for the digging out of the potato crop. Large
quantities of potatoes are yet in the fields ; and the. fa r-
mers find much difficulty in getting them secured. Labou r-
ers are very scarce, and high wages are readily granted I o
those who will assist in raising the crop, which, on many 41-
tuations has been seriously injured by the ungenial state of
the weather.—Northern Whig.
I NSPXCTION OF FACTORIES.—Mr. Stewart, one of the
Inspectors of Factories, arrived on Friday in Bel Past, and
visited, in the course of the day, several of our cotton and
linen mills.—Northern Whig.

WRITS OF REBELLION.—The following, !occurred at the
Court of Exchequer on Saturday :
THE REV. ROBERT B. GREHAN V. MIT,HAEL HoGAN.
Mr. Dickson, K.C., asked if notices 'would be discharged
this day ? Registrar—Yes, unless saved.
Mr. Dickson—Then, my Lords. I am counsel on behalf
of Michael Hogan, now a prisOner in the Four Courts
Marshalsea, committed there by your Lordships under a
commission of rebellion, at Ulu suit of the Rev. plaintiff in
this cause. I gave notice of a motion to set aside the writ
of rebellion, and have the said Hogan discharged from
custody, on the ground of irregularity in the proceedings.
Dublin, Monday, Nov. Mil Baron Pennefather—Does it involve a general question ?
The run upon the country branches of the Joint Stock Mr. Dickson—lt certainty does, my Lord.
Banks has been an exciting topic of conversation and sub- Baron Pennefatlter—Then let it stand.
ject for alarm throughout Ireland for many days ; but al- Mr. Dickson--My Lord, Mr. O'Connell will—
though some of these branches, the most remote from Dub-
lin, were obliged, by the tardy arrival of the stock of bul- Dickson, it will bring such a crowd about us.
lion which had for some time been expected to inlet the exi- Mr. Dickson—And I say, my Lords, that Mr. O'Con-
gooey, temporarily to suspend their payments, yet they have nell wilt come to Court to argue this motion. The case has
all—as I learn by accounts received to-day—been enabled
deer) Lam before him and his opinion is that he must succeed.
to resume business ; a very large sum in sovereigns having
I3aron Pennefather—Whenever Mr. O'Connell comes
been received within the.last two days. The Conservativ
party ever anxious to speculate politically even upon anti- here he shall be heard with all that courtesy and attention
to which every gentleman of the bar is entitled.
cipated bankruptcy, have been using every effort to pro-
mote and increase the run upon the National Bank, that reason I asked: whether it were a general was, that The
in
with which Mr. O'Connelrs name is connected, and as an
case of being so, it might stand till we should have the as-
instance of this, I saw to-day a letter received by this morn-
sistance of the Chief Baron.
ing's post, from authority which may he depended on, in
which it, was stated that a large number of the national
notes in the county of Wexford, more especially in the dis-
trict bordering on Enniscorthy, had been stamped on the
corner with a wood-cut of a death's head and cross-bones,
evidently with the purpose of adding political rancour to
the commercial panic, which has been so unfortunately pre-
valent ; all these attempts have, however, proved utterly
aborti%e, and the National Bank now stands higher in pub-
lic estimation than it ever had hitherto done.
In the Court of King's Bench to-day conditional orders
for criminal informations were obtained at the prosecution
of the Rev. Solomon Richards and others, against Fre-
derick William Conway, Esq., the proprietor of the Dublin
Evening Post, against Mr. Green, the proprietor of the
Wexford Independent, and against the Wexford Freeman.
The grounds were some editorial remarks instanced in
each of the three journals upon the conduct of the prose-
cutors as magistrates, in not having suppressed some Orange
riots which occurred in the county Wexford on the 12th of
July last. In the Court of Exchequer, to-morrow, the re-
bellion cases will be argued before the full Court. Mr.
O'Loghlen will take his seat on the Bench in the morning.
Mr. O'Connell will appear as Counsel for eiie wretched
defendants.

Between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, a female named Emma Rushworth was drowned off
Horsleydown stairs. It appeared that the unfortunate
woman was walking from vessel to vessel, which were lyino•
off the above stairs, when she slipped and fell into the
water, and before assistance could be procured she was
sucked under some coal-barges lying by, and was drowned.
The unfortunate woman was the wife of a seaman on board
ong of the colliers.

On Wednesday morning a pilot boat, manned by
five persons, belonging to Montrose Waterside, in pro-
ceeding to sea by the narrow channel betwixt the Stone
and the Ness, was struck and filled by the breach on the
former, and in consequence went down. Fortunately a
boat, pulling in the same direction, soon came up to the
scene of the calamity, the crew of which snatched four of
them from the fate that seemed to await them ; but the
fifth, a youth of the name of Paton, sunk to rise no more.
A Society called the St. James's Ornithological
Society has been instituted, for the purpose of forming a
collection of water birds in the garden of St. James's Park;
and its operations will subsequently be extended to the
waters in the other Parks, if the funds of the Society be
found sufficient. The first object will be to exhibit a com-
plete collection of the, British species of the genus Anas of
Linnaeus, from the swan to the smalleit of the ducks; both
residents and occasional visitants. There can be no doubt
of the expediency of rendering the public Parks as attrac-
tive as possible to the lower classes of the population; and
although in the first instance some mischief may be done to
the collection by evil-disposed persons, the result. of the
experiment as far as it has already been tried, we are told;
is convincing that the hulk of the population is better dis-
posed to appreciate an attempt to amuse and instruct them,
and we believe that ultimately the public will be the best
protectors of any really public exhibition
The Swiss female peasantry are exceedingly proud
of their hair, which they generally ornament with red or
white rosettes. Mr. Cooper, in his recent tour, informs big
readers, that seeing an elderly woman with little or no hair,
the guide told him that lie believed the frost bad killed it.
Letters from Mr. Davidson, dated Wady-neon,
July 20, state that he has arranged with the natives to be
transported to Timbuctoo, along with his attendant, Abiou
Bekr, who is a native of that place. He was only delayed
by the want of a sufficient present for the sheikh of Wady-
noon. This, however, he expected from Englund by N.o-
vernber ; and, in the mean time, was training himself for
his dangerous:expedition.—Literary, Gazette.
The following, dated Brunswick, Nov. 4, is Trorn
the Astg:;burg Gazette :---"Tire fall in the Spanish and
Portuguese funds have compelled the house of Lazarus
Berenhaut, jun., to suspend its payments. It was in very
high credit, and its capital was estimated at 400,000
dialers. The loss of the creditors will depend uponitlie
rise or fall of the above funds."

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tered Bank of the country, for assistance at a aqs4Byre.....,—__
quiring their peculiar attention, and the Committee walk cet
convinced that had the state of the Money Market per-
mitted it, the Bank of Ireland would have rendered such
assistance as would have enabled your Company success..
fully to withstand the press upon them, without any cessa.
tion of ordinary business in Dublin.