The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1836.

mands.(Tremendous cheering.) You may think your irs•
vitatiou brought me here. You are mistaken. It was the
• command of the Irish people that brought me here. They
bade me appeal from the Lords and the Tories to the men
of England—( Loud cheers)—for your Tories are only half
men—(Laughter)—they have got a paralytic stroke upon
them—their minds are half dead—a compact exists be-
tween them and the Satan of the political life—they are half
sold to the devil—they were only a kind of walking corpses
from the moment their hands were taken out of the public
purse, and when picking pockets by Act of Parliament be-
gan to cease, they were driven to the resources of honest
industry, But from this they haVe retired, from the ha-
bitual distaste for the pursuits of virtuous life.—(Cheers and
lauesliter.) I am here appealing to the people of Eng-
land. What are my claims ? First, justice—next, I will
say, gratitude ; for I do fearlessly say, in the presence of
the people of England, that they owe us of the popular
party in Ireland a debt of gratitude. I say it not by way
of boast, but, in the honest assertion of truth. When the
Reform Bill was first brought into Parliament—into the
boroughmongering Parliament—(Laughter)—there was a
majority of English Members—as they were called, the
nominees of Lords, against it—and a majority of Scotch
Members, including a dozen of the Dundases, against it.—
(Loud laughter.) How was the majority in its favour
brought about ? Why, by the overwhelming support given
by the Irish popular party in support of the question.—
(Loud cheers.) I will not go through the details of other
motions for which we voted in the House of Commons ;
but I ask you, can any man amens, vou point out one single
bad vote that the Irish popular Members ever gave ?
(Loud shouts of " No ! ") Did we ever vote to increase
the burdens of the English people ? Never ! Did we
ever vote to diminish their franchise ! Never !—(A refor-
mer in the crowd—" You have always voted to extend it.")
To extend it-! You are right ! I thank you. That was
an honest English clerk who called " Amen."—(Loud
cheers and laughter.) I wish those Blues, instead
of being surly, and groaning as they did— I wish
two or three would stand up there • till I have cate-
cl:ised them a little.—(Laughter.) 1 wish they would an-
swer me two or three questions.—(Shouts of " There are
two or three before you.") Oh, never mind them (looking
down upon the reporters), they are writing and not speak-
in but I will call upon them to point out any vote that
the Irish popular Members ever gave, that was not
founded on the genuine principles of civil and religious
liberty towards all mankind? I care not what be the
creed—what be the caste. I care not what be the
alarm of any human being ; I stand up for liberty for
every one of God's creatures, and for freedom to every
Christian community.—(Loud cheers.) Civil and reli-
gious liberty is the motto that is upon our escutcheon,
and the Irish popular party have voted on every occasion
in favour of civil and religious liberty for all mankind.
This has been the pursuit of my entire political life.
See what my complaint is ! Scotland has got Corpo-
ration Reform, and right well the Scotch have be-
haved with it. They did not return a single Dundas from
the moment they got corporation reform. They left many.
—(Groans from the Tories.) See how these people groan
from sympathy for a Dundas.—(Loud laughter.) That is
the first act of Tory commiseration, for the moment I
named Dundas, the Tories began to groan.—(Laughter.)
They are quite right, and I humbly thank them for that
groan. They left Dundas to come to Ipswich ! Do you
know what has happened ? Why Kelly has made an affi-
davit, and so has Dundas, that they did not bribe at all—
(Loud laughter)—or know of it—(Continued laughter.)
There was bribery in abundance, and,
-nobody knew of it.—
(Loud laughter.) Did you ever hear of the story of the
innocent Abigail, who went to hell without committing sin
—(Roars of laughter) ? Kelly and Dundas are the inno-
cent Abigails, who bribed a number of people without knowing
it.—(Continued laughter, washouts to the reporter for the
Ipswich Journal of " Put that down.") Scotland, I say,
has got corporation reform : England has got it ; and what
have the House of Lords done ? They say the-people of
Ireland are unfit and unworthy to have corporate reform.—
(Loud shouts of " Shame," and " Reform the Lords.")
When the Duke of Wellington was in the heat of the fight
at Waterloo, did be turn round and say to the Irish soldiers
then bleeding about him on every side, that they were unfit
and unworthy to be set in the first rank. Did he say so ?
—(Loud shouts of " No, no," and cheers.)
Captain SMITH (in the crowd)—Was not our navy
manned by the Irish in the last war ; and were not Irish
enlisted in the army ?
Mr. O'CONNELL (to Smith) : You arc as sturdy a look-
ing Reformer as I desire to see. I like to see your honest
face ; but keep your mouth shut till I have done. You are
an honest fellow. Honest Jack Smith, I know you—(Laugh-
ter.) Lord Nelson, at Trafalgar, when he exhibited from the
mast-head, " England expects every man to do his duty,"
did he order the Irish down the hatchways, and say they
were unfit and unworthy to share in the triumph that was
gained? Oh no ! And I ask you, was the ark of British
glory ever floated to victory upon a stream-of human blood,
that the Irish were not. commingled with the English ?
After alluding to the gallant conduct of the- British Legion
in Spain at San Sebastian, under the command of Lieut.-
General Evans, who is an Irishman—Mr. O'Connell said,
I am for binding up those links between the two countries.
Ireland is in distress and in want. . There arc three million
three hundred thousand inhabitants in beggary and distress.
Why.? Not because she has any natural wants—not be-
cause her fields are fertile, and her plains productiveah,
no! The wind of heaven never blows so cold' as to blast
her with sterility--the summer's sun never burns so hot as
to parch her into barrenness—green are her fields, and
lovely are her valleys, and noble are her Mountains and her
streams ; there is not on the face of the earth a more
productive or beautiful country than that inhabited by the
oppressed people of Ireland. What is the curse upon her ?
Toryism and misgovernment. After some further remarks,
Mr. O'Connell proceeded. Whilst the Government was
carried on by corruption—whilst men bought scats and
went into Parliament, that they might sell the nation—
whilst men corrupted poor freemen, in order that they
might obtain honour, office, and emolument, so long as
that traffic existed, I am not surprised that men, without
feeling themselves morally degraded, should have sold
their votes at elections. That period is now past. The
House of Commons is reformed ; and it is now time that
the freemen should reform themselves. The wretch who
offers or takes a bribe would pick your pocket. He has
the instinct of dishonesty upon him ; he is worse than
the unfortunate negro slave, because lie never sells
himself. And 'what wretches are they who • would
make the purchase ? They are whitewashed sepulchres !
What man was ever the better for a bribe?—(Loud
cheers.) What do I wait ? I want you to form societies
to discountenance crimes of this description. After ridicul-
ing the claims of the Tories to exclusive loyalty, and after
referring to the events of 1830, when the Throne was in-
volved in the unpopularity and guilt of the then Govern-
ment, lie recalled to their recollection the state of the
country when the Duke of Wellington went out of ..office.
The commercial interests were suffering to an almost un-
precedented extent ; the operative classes were forming
Political Unions, and 36,000 men paraded the streets of
London. In what state was the agricultural inte;.
rests ? The stacks were burning in the farm-yards
in every direction, and night was rendered hideous by
crime. These were the fruits of Tory government.
What is the state of the country at the present period?
There is not a hand in the northern provinces that is not
in employment, and even the farming interest, the most
depressed, will, if reform continue to progress for one twelve
month more, be, as well as the other great interests of the
country, rendered equally prosperous.—(Loud cheers.)
Such is the difference between Toryism and Reform. He
then professed himself in favour of an extension of the fran-
chise, the shortening of the duration of Parliaments, and
the Vote by Ballot, es the necessary ingredients of liberty.
Look to Ireland ! The Irish people are obliged to support
a Church to which they do not belong, but of late they
have got a trick not to pay at all ; and there is no man so
obstinate as he who will not produce his money when re-
quested to do so. The Irish people support a Church of
their own ; they support 22 Bishops, four Archbishops, and
more than 3,000 Priests of their own. Why do I advert '
to this ? :To show the working of the voluntary principle
in the hands of men of religious impression's, No man is a
a good man who hag not strong religious. impressions ; and a ,
strong sense of religtoo is all-sufficient to procure a sufll- •
cient number of labourers for On vineyard of Heaven. Are
not the Dissenting Ministers as good Workmen as the
clergymen of the Established Church ?—(Loud elsers,) I
am sorry to have trespassed so long—(Loud shouts of " Go
on," and great cheereig)—but I believe there is one chap-
ter which I have not yet touched upon. I beg pardon for
speaking of it before honest men—l
wan the House of
Lords. I wouhl not use an improper word in the presence
of friends, and within hearing of honest men, and I am
• weed, therefore, to apologize far speaking of the House of
Lords.--(proud
o laughter.) The first absurdity in the con-
stitutionf that House is this :—A man is not only a Lord
legislator himself, bat he begets Lords and legislators.
a
_..(Lotid laughter.) NOW, I plat it to your common sense,
if you want a coat. an 4 a MAP call, grAl says, " Come, I
will make a coat for you, as cheap
.ass any, loan??? pray,
/Dv friend, are you„a tailor ?" " No," mslys lie, of but
149401 go a; he is taking off the tiles, you ask him,
faihee was a tailor. —(Laughter.) And if a man come to
slate your
Pray arc you a sl st 4?" and if he reply, " Oh no, my father
i
d;ed when I was, very youpg., Tft Ply grandfather was a
slaters" ssei;;ld you not turn the s ate!' E6g yphir roof'? 0414 kip!,
the pretended. ent of doors ?-7(Loud
,cheere, anti
oboists of ." Yes, yes:v)
494 ypf it is as great an absurdity
; OW law of the land wllielP OPYi4e§ OPP man shall oe
. born a legislator. it is harder to palFe 4 !Mr than tg
,§i4f:
a house s' and fifty peewit Wit bungle a ceat, that peold
not make an Act of Pariiatnent.,-(boud laughter.) Is it
decent ? But this is fiie way in ibid.) tiw iiivrtio of the

people of Ireland are invaded ; and from this spot I throw
bark the insult—Lyndhurst and Londonderry, a goose
that amused himself by going out to shoot crows, and Win-
chilsea ani the Duke of Newcastle, and other pious saints
of that kind—they have insulted us, but I have the pleasure
to tell you that the people of Ireland are aroused from one
end of the kingdom to the other. They have raised a
shout that has extended to the generous and the brave
people of England ; that shout 41;711 be heard in the midst
of Westminster-hall, and the puny Lords will shrink from
it.—(Loud cheers.) I am averse to violence. I am for
the peaceable but determined expression of public opinion.
I am for cleansing the Augean stable of the Lords, but
not for destroying the stable, or any of the good horses that
may be in it ; as to the asses, that is another question.—
(Loud cheers and laughter.) I remember at a meeting of
the working classes in London having stated that the Augean
stable ought to be cleansed. I was asked, how it could be
done, and I said, according to the old story, that a river
was turned into it, arid it was cleansed by means of the'
river flowing through ; whereupon a friend, like honest
Jack Smith, then took off his hat, and said, " Pray, in-
stead of turning the river into the House of Lords, might
not we as well turn the Lords into the river ?"—(Loud
laughter.) " Oh, no," said I, " don't do that ; there is so
much lead about the heads of some of them that they
would stick in the mud ; we do not want to put them to
death, for if they were put into the river they would he
drowned from the weight of their own pericraniums."—
(Loud laughter.) Thanks be to Heaven, prosperity is in-
creasing under the hands of a Reforming Ministry. I sup-
port that Ministry, and I call upon the Radicals to join me
in giving them their honest and conscientious support, who,
though they do not go far enough for me and my brother
Radicals, yet still go 'a good way with us, and who have
hitherto progressed with safety, between the people and the
Tories, the latter of whom would put down the Radicals
with bayonet and the musket, as they: put them down at
Manchester, when assembled to petition for Reform.—
(Long-continued cheering.)
Mr. WASON then. addressed the meeting in a short but
animated speech, which our limits will not permit us to give
After this address the meeting began to separate, and in a
short time the crowd left the hall.
THE DINNER.

In consequence of the accommodation at any of the inns
in the town being inadequate to the reception of the great
number of persons who had purchased tickets, the theatre
was engaged for the dinner. The tables extended over
the stage, across a platform with which the pit was covered
to the dress-boxes in the centre of the house ; and between
three and four hundred persons sat down to dine. The
principle table was placed across the stage, a short distance
behind the footlights. Mr. Seekamp was in the chair ;
Mr. Morrison and Mr. O'Connell were on his• right, and
Mr. Wason on his left. Colonel Addison, the Mayors of
Yarmouth, Ipswich, and Bury St. Edmunds, and the
magistrates of the town were also among the company. The
stage was tastefully decorated with banners and evergreens,
and a band of instrumental music was stationed in the
gallery. Mr. O'Connell, on his entrance, was received with
the utmost enthusiasm.

The CHAIRMAN gave " The King"—(great cheering)—
" Health and happiness to her, Majesty the Queen"—(loud
cheers)—" The Princess Victoria, the pride and future hope
of the nation"—(enthusiastic cheers)—" The Duke of
Sussex, _and the rest of the Royal Family"—(prolonged
cheers)—" Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers,
and may they long continue to merit the confidence of the
people."—(Deafening cheers, and waving of handkerchiefs
protracted for a considerable tune.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave " James Morrison and Rigby
Wason, Esqrs., the Members for the Borough." This toast
was received with the utmost enthusiasm.

• Mr. MOnalsosr rose amidst loud and long-continued
cheering. This was the third Parliament in which he
had had the honour of representing the town of Ipswich,
and he could not help thinking just now, when they
were doing justice to the health of Lord Melbourne and
his Majesty's Ministers upon the altered circumstances
of the country, and the altered situation of parties in ,
that town since he first had—the honour of appearing
amongst them.(Hear, hear.) He thought that they, the
Reformers, had a right to rejoice that their predictions had
been more than realised, and that there was not now a man,
not even, he believed, in the House of Lords, who would
not acknowledge that the Reform Bill had been most bene-
ficial to the country.—(Cheers.) It seemed remarkable
when one considered the length of time that the Tories were
in pOssession of office, to see how little they had done
for the interests of agriculture: -The present Govern-
ment and the reformed Parliament had not only re-
moved all the direct taxes paid by agriculturists, even
down to the shepherd's dogs, about which at one time
they had heard so much—but they had taken off a
portion of the county-rates.—(Hears hear.) They, too,
first relieved the stock of the farmer (and very pro-
perly) from tho payment of tax on fire insurance,
and this year they proposed to take it off the barns
of the landowners themselves.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
He was glad to hear those whom he had then the honour
to address, receive that day the health of Lord Melbourne
and his Majesty's Ministers, in the hearty and enthusiastic
manner that they had done.—(Hear, hear.) But they
must never forget ,the authors of the Reform Bill ; it was a
merit of which Lord Grey and his Government could not
be deprived, and posterity must do them justice.—( Hear,
bear.) But Earl Grey was not dispoocd to go so far as the
advancing. intelligence, of the country required ; and his
Government became, in a certain degree, unpopular. But
the present Government, wiser than that which preceded
it, was prepared to go such lengths as he thought would
justify the expectations of all reasonable men.—(Cheers.)
They had obtained, Municipal Reform for England and for
Scotland. The House of Lords last year were, it. Was
supposed, over-reached—or-rather they over-reached them-
selves, in the case of the English Municipal Reform Bill.
They thought that the . House of Commons would reject
the Bill, as they had amended it. But . they were mis-
taken—the Commons accepted it. The House of Lords
had in consequence grown more cautious, and this year
they had so determined to alter the Irish Municipal Re-
form Bill, as to make it quite sure that the CoMmons.
would not take it.—(Great cheering.) . His opinion
certainly was, that if the Commons did accept the Bill
in the shape in which the Lords were determined to send it
down to them, the fault would rest with them, and not with
the House of Lords.—(Cheers.) It was the duty of the
English not merely to compassionate the Irish, but to. fly to
their succour.—( Hear, hear.) He conceived it to be quite -
impossible that against the declared opinion of so large a
a majority of the people of England as he believed was in
favour of measures beneficial to the people of Ireland, that
the Lords could long hold out.—(Cheers.) They might
fail to obtain the measure of Municipal reform that year ;
but another year, he was convinced,.would not pass away
without having that great question settled to the entire sa-
tisfaction of the people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) If good
municipal institutions were given, and if Parliament and the
Government continued to act in the anti-Orange spirit
which had lately been evinced, they might hope, at no very
distant period, to find an army as unnecessary in Ireland as
it was in Suffolk.---(Cheers.)
Mr. Riga Y WASoN said his opinion was, that justice
would not be done to Ireland unless one of two things was
done—unless they had a Tory Government, which he
trusted the people would never bear ; or unless the House
of Lords was reformed.—(Cheers.) There was a Consti-
tutional mode of reforming the House of Lords, which in
extreme cases had been resorted to by former Ministers,
and which he thought should be brought into operation at
the present moment—he meant, to increase the number of
the Members of that House to such an extent as to give the
Government a majority.
Mr. J. P. READE, after a few introductory observations,
in the course of which he advocated the expulsion of the
Bishops from the House of Lords, proposed—" Our dis-
tinguished visitor, Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., and
justice to Ireland." -
Mr. O'CONNELL rose to acknowledge the toast, but the
applause was so deafening and incessant, that it was many
minutes before he was enabled to proceed. After a consi-
derable interval, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman pro-
ceeded to address the assemblage as follows :—I was ex-
ceedingly amused at the scene I saw going on this morning.
I have, in my own country, stood more than once to see a
set of sturdy Iriih labourers weeding a garden, the one
pulling out a dock leaf, another a bramble, and a third a
nettle: Why that is just what I saw to-day.—(Loud
cheers.) There was first a dock leaf and then a bramble
tern away, until at last all the nettles were caught hold of,
and they did not sting either, because they were well caught.
's--(Loud cheers.) They were all cleared out, until at last
we got what we should call in Ireland a garden of posies of
our own.—(Laughter.) I like to see this sort of triumph over
the Tories, it is juSt the way we should proceed: We do not
hurt or injure them ; we oely deprive them of the opportunity
of doing mischief to themselves.—(Cheers.) As sure as to
morrow's sun shall gild the horizon, so surely shall the sun of
British justice shine over the plains, and.illumine the vallies
of Erin. But there is another presence here. Oh ! Tories
I thank you. If you - had a true Charge to make aeiqit
j me, you would not be fools enough to listen to false aecu-
satinns,—(Cheers.) Standing in that presence, oh—may
not ho permitted to say—l who have daughters, may
not the father of those danglitors he pprrnlttlA to §gy
that presence, that thrill as it would my frame, and *con-
vulse as it would my nature, I would, as a man and a gen-
tleman, rather weep over those daughters' graves, than be
gliqty nf Op paltry crime which has been imputed to me.
'Yes; yes, F4tiTT RYPF 01P4, 41'4!,c4t Yet--r
yet they are dear tome—lovely as the leveliness that Shines
from the galaxy of beaety in that circle, and new their little
elfildren ,arepiinclsirp'
-$ name; and yet Tories say
a !TT that J cogtc $.004 derPOPfili fif tlaplr NeYoTPI-14
and pFolonged checrins, nncl twin of handkerchiefs,) Oh

I thank them; for the presence of the purity, piety, truth,
and beauty that surround me, prove that your breasts are
with me, and that you disbelieve the foul turpitude laid to
my charge.—(Cheers.) Again I thank the Tories. I
feel the best abused man in the world. The only pledge
I can give is, that I will deserve in future, if I possibly
can, ten times more of the Tories' abuse—(Cheers.) This
gorgeo•;s assembly proves to me with the force of demon-
stratiol, that it is impossible justice should not be done to
Ireland, backed as our seven millions are by that determi-
nation of England, which, like the tide in its flowing, steadi-
ly, but quietly and continuously, advances ; but which, un-
like that tide in its ebbing, never retreats from the surface it
has once covered (cheers.) While liberty floats on the tri-
umphant wave of English popular opinion, hurrah for the
good ship l—she is fair for the port of justice--(Loud cheers.)
Remember again what it is we ask. We ask for justice.
We ask for no more. We will never be content with
less—( Loud cheers.) Oppose us if we ask for more—
sp.se u 3 if ue ake less-(Cheers.) Scotland has had
municipal reform, and right well have the canny Scots
. availed themselves of it. The House of Lords perceived
the immense value to Scotland of a perfect corporate re-
form. England called for a corporate reform. The House
of Lords sneakingly endeavoured to distort it. They be-
fouled the cup with the slaver of their opposition, but there
was some of the wine of life in it still. John Bull caught
hold of it, and Ipswich is my witness that the liquor was
good.—(Loud cheers.) Ireland was left last. I hope in
any battle in which England and. Scotland take part, Ire-
land will not be left last ; she is not in the habit of taking
that post ; it ,has been thrown upon her, and it is no fault
of hers. It may be said, though nobody has said it yet, that
the corporations of Scotland are better, or less bad—for
that is the word—than those of Scotland were, nobody
says it—nobody cane There was Peel eleven or twelve
years in Ireland, toasted and shouted on by these corpora-
tions, making beautiful speeches, promising all manner of
fine things to them, and justifying the application to him-
self of the lines which have been before coupled with his
name—

Of promise prodigal, when power you want,
And preaching still in self-asserting cant.
(Cheers.) There he was ; lie never attempted to change
anything in these Corporations ; he never attempted to
improve them ; and yet, when their trial came on in the
House of Commons, he had not one word to say in their
behalf—(Cheers.) Stanley, the calamity of his party, and
the curse of Ireland—Stanley got up and said that the
most abominable Corporations in the world were those of
Ireland ; and he was quite right. In the House of Lords
no man denied -it. Lyndhurst, who has as much power
of face- as any man who began his career a Jacobite and
ended it a Tory, never denied it ; Londonderry, who
never blushes at all, blushed for the Irish Corporations ;
Roden, Winehilsea, and Newcastle were so orthodox that
they were absent at their prayers, and allowed the Irish
Corporations to be abused. and calumniated without say-
ing a word in their behalf. England has had her fifteen
shillioqs in the pound ; Scotland has had her payment
in foll ; but not a farthing for Ireland. Oh! they
have insulted her. They have told us we are un-
worthy to have Corporations at all. I tell them they
lie in their throats.—(Loud cheers.) I think that is plain
English.—(Cheers, and a laugh.) But then they say—now
mark the hypocrisy of these Lords—these Corporations are
very bad : we are lovers of liberty, and in the first place
we will extinguish them all. Now, IdO not like repeating
bard words, but in plain English again, this is another lie.
They have not extinguished them, because they keep up the
entil e frame work. Such is the treatment of Ireland by the
Lords. I repudiate the insult offered to the Irish people.
I ask for Ireland what Scotland has got, and England en-
joys. Every honest man agrees with me that the Union
between England and Ireland ought to be a real one ; that
it Should not be a " toss-up—heads ! I win ; tails ! you
lose."—(Cheers and laughter.) It ought not to be the
Union of the master and the slave ; it ought not to be the
Union of the giant and the dwarf, where the dwarf got all
the blows, and the giant all the plunder. It should be a
Union of brotherhood and feeling that should make no dis-
tinc'.ion between Kerry and Suffolk—beyond this, indeed,
that there are few Tories in Kerry, and many more of them
in Suffolk.—(Cheers and laughter.) We have bad several
plans for reforming the House of Lords—(Loud cheers)—
I mine ; my friend, your excellent Member (Mr.
Wason) has his ; and the gentleman who did me the honour
Of proposing my health has his. Well, I now agree with
them all.—(Loud laughter.) If you will only set about
the reformation, I will consult with those two gentlemen,
whose plan shall be adopted ; and if you will only set about
it, I will give them their choice.—(Loud cheers, and a
laugh.) By-the-bye, the suggestion made for the exclusion
of the Bishops, is one of sound goad sense. Religion and
politics are as different as heaven and earth.—(Cheers.)
What is the last new patent scheme for convincing the peo-
ple of Ireland of the error of their ways t—Filing bills in
tile Court of Exchequer, issuing processes of rebellion,
breaking open men's houses at night, and taking them to
prison. Did you ever know charity encouraged by means
of a lawsuit, or religion promoted through the instrumen-
tality of attorneys and lattitats ?—(Loud cheers.) What
was the last scheme? It was calling out the police in sad
and fatal earnest. The name of Rathcormac still rings in
my cars. Three-and-fourpence was due from a-poor widow
of the name of Ryan. She sat at breakfast with her two
sons, fine healthy boys who would not go to America, where
they could have earned twice as much, because their mo-
ther was a widow and helpless, and their two sisters un-
married. They rose to go to work for her support,
and quitted the meal with her blessing, They left
her, and one of them she never saw alive again. Her
own testimony was this—" I heard the firing •and
rushed out from my cabin. I saw a body, and turned
it over. I laughed aloud : for it was not that of my
son—(poor woman ! she forgot there was somebody
else to cry for him). I turned over another ; I laughed
again : it was not my son. I turned over a third ; oh ! it
was my boy-he who had left me a few hours before, in
happiness and health. I did not weep, I did not cry ; I
never will weep, I never will cry more ! Balls of fire are
in my bead, instead of eye-balls !" This is not imaginatigu
or fiction : it is the simple testimony of this poor woman'',
simple testimony upon the Bible of God.---(Deafening cries
of " Shame.") But the three ..apd: four-pence were for-
given ? No ! the man who was entitled to it, went with
his feet wet with the heart's blood of her son, and cried
Give me my money !" Is this to continue in Ireland ?
(Loud and tremendous cheers, and cries of " Never.") It
may be said this is a twenty times told tale. Let it be
proclaiMed, trumpet-tongued, twenty millions of times, until
every humane and virtuous Englishman feels his heart
throb with indignation, and his arm rise with an involuntary
emotion, to strike home to the destruction of such men,
The Hon. and Learned Gentleman resumed his seat amidst
enthusiastic and prolonged cheering.

Several other toasts were afterwards drank, amongst
which were " Civil and Religious Liberty ;" Joseph Hume,
Esq., and the two other Members of Parliament who co-
operated with him in exposing Orange confederacy ;"
" The Reformers of the County ;" and " The Bishop of
Norwich and the Liberal Clergy of the diocese." The
company did not•separate till a late hour.