The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-11 00:00:00

selves inadvertently admitted the mischievous intent
of their plan ; for it came out at their meeting that
emissaries were to be sent into the provinces, under
the fallacious garb of messengers of peace, while
common sense will easily discover that the real object
was to organize a system of determined hostility to
the existing order of things, with the view of ef-
fecting a rebellion against England ; and there can
be no doubt if permitted to proceed in their present
insidious course, they would be enabled to inflame
the mind of the deluded multitude to such a degree
as shortly to venture upon an insurrectionary explo-
sion throughout the country. Upon all these con-
.siderations we cannot too highly applaud the mea-
sures to which the wise foresight of the Irish Go-
vernment have caused them to resort ; and upon
the due execution of them we rest our best hopes
of the safety of Ireland I—Morning Post.

It will be seen from the news which we give from
Ireland, that the Agitator has given birth to a new
association, which, however, no sooner saw the light
than it was crushed by the firmness of the Lord
Lieutenant, who, very properly, appears to have no
idea that associations should be instituted for one
purpose, and have a wholly different one in view.
The new association had, avowedly, for its object
" the prevention of unlawful meetings, and the pro-
tection' and exercise of the sacred right of petition-
ing for a redess of grievances ;" but, in reality, the
repeal of the Union, as afterwards stated by Mr.
O'Connell. But even if such had not been the case
—even if the association had been formed in rea-

lity for the purposes set forth in its intended
designation, what right, let us ask, had Mr.
O'Connell, or the stupid people who fol-
low in his train, to take upon themselves
the prevention of unlawful meetings, or the pro-
tection of the right of petitioning for a redress of
grievances ?" Is not the former the business of the
Government, and has it not hitherto shown itself
thoroughly competent to the ta‘k ? And who, pray,
has ever endeavoured to prevent the people front
exercising the right of petitioning for a redress of
grievances ? Not the present Government assuredly,
nor any member of it ; and if so, why then attempt
to institute an association for its protection ? But it
is needless to expend words on what must be obvious
o every one. Mr. O'Connell's object was to con-
tinue agitation on the subject of repealing the Union,
and not to prevent unlawful asseirblages, of which
his proposed association would have formed a promi-
nent portion; and the Lord Lieutenant would in con-
sequence have greatly failed in his duty to the people
of Ireland, and in justice to the high functions
with which he is entrusted, had he not employed
the powers with which the law has armed him to
crush the illegitimate bantling. That the people of
Ireland—the respectable and intelligent portion of
the people of Ireland—do not desire a repeal of the
Union, becomes daily more and more evident. Lord
Cloncurry has already declared his sentiments to
that effect ; and were others to speak out in the
same manly manner, the agitator's scheme would be
overthrown in a fortnight. But it is with the
people who are well disposed in Ireland as it is
with them in other countries :—they do not speak
out, and the consequence is, that assertions such as
those of O'Connell respecting the unanimity of feel-
ing prevalent in Ireland, on the subject of repealing
the Union, are allowed to pass uncontradicted, when
had the conscientious opponents of that injurious
proposal but shown one-half of the pernicious zeal
of its advocates, they might have been belied in a
day's time.—Jllorni►rg Advertiser.