The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-01 00:00:00

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The weekly meeting of the association was held this
day. Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., attended. The chair
was taken by Jeremiah Dunne, Esq., J.P.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL having handed in the subscrip-
tions of his own immediate family, adverted to his
father's illness, which he believed had been superinduced
by the awful condition to which his country had been
reduced, but he trusted that, under the blessing of Divine
Providence and th^ genial atmosphere of a southern cli-
mate, he would be spared yet awhile to work for the re-
generation of Ireland. After some business of an unim-
portant character bad been disposed of, the Hon.
Gentleman proceeded to address the meeting at
considerable length. He viewed the recent pro-
ceedings in Parliament with regard to Ireland,
and censured the Government for the inadequacy
of their measures to meet the evils which had accu-
mulated upon this country. At the same time he was
willing to confess that they (the Ministry) were in ad-
vance of public opinion in England, and he had no hesi-
tation in believing that, were it not for the opposition
they encountered from the free-trade party, their mea-
sures would have been of a more comprehensive and
beneficial character. From the failure which had at-
tended his efforts to procure justice for the people of
this country, he was determined not again to take his
place in the House of Commons during the present ses-
sion, unless, indeed, in the contingency that Sir Robert
Peel came forward and expressed his determination, if
placed at the head of the Government, to propose such
measures as would rescue the people of Ireland from
their dreadful condition, at the same time calling upon
all those who were anxious to see such a desirable ob-
ject achieved to support him in acquiring the position
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was freo to acknowledge the gratitude he entertained
for the private contributions of the English people,
who, from the Queen on her throne to the humblest
artisan, had come forward in the noblest spirit to
relieve the distress of their fellow-countrymen in Ire
land, he denied that the public advances were gifts, and
should be considered only in the light of instalments of
the debt due to this country. The refusal of the
House of Commons to accede to the proposition of Mr.
Smith O'Brien for the taxation of the absentees, and the
pertinacity with which it adhered to the infliction of an
increased number of ex-officio poor-law guardians, im-
pressed him with the conviction that in that assembly
they could not expect for the interests of Ireland the at-
tention to which they were entitled. In conclusion, the
Hon. Gentleman moved that the committee of the Asso-
ciation be directed to prepare an address to the English
people, acknowledging the sense of gratitude that was
entertained for their private munificence, but, at the
same time, making them acquainted with the short com-
ings of the English Parliament. He also moved that
the committee be directed to consider the expediency of
establishing some method by which the number of deaths
occurring throughout the country from starvation could
be ascertained.
The rent for the week was announced to be 291. 95.,
after which the meeting adjourned.

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FORMIDABLE SURGICAL 01PERATION.--Ull LLIu, .-
day last the unusual and difficult operation of removing
an enlarged and scirrus subraaxillary i gland, from a
young lady, was performed by Mr. G. B. Childs, sur-
geon to the City police force, assisted by Mr. Gay, of
the Royal Free Hospital. The tumour was of twelve
years' growth, and by its great size, depth in the side of
the neck, and intimate connexion with the large vessels,
nerves, and muscles of that region, it so impededthe
h
functions of mastication and deglutition, that the atient
was resolved to run every risk to rid herself ofse ether
haenr
disease.
unsightly and fearfully increasing
was inhaled, and the patient becameperfe T
perfectly insensi-
ble during the first and most painful stage of the opera-
tion. But the time necessarily requiredn
to dissect out
t he tumour
of 0
so
so
powerful a
vital a
sedativepart did, justifya con-
tinuanceduringo t t
heretraining
stages. Very little hemorrage occurred during the ope-
ration, as the principal arteries were tied previously to
their divisioe. We are happy to add, that the young
lady is
recovering rapidly fromeffects of ope
the the - -
I ration.
SHAMEFUL ROBBERY or CLOT/SING SENT FROM
ENGLAND FOR TH>r DESTITUTE IRlSll.—Several boxes
and parcels of closing are missing, and it is feared
have been stolen, because some that have arrived have
e most and best of their
been opened and robbed of t.`:
hat parcels which have
contents. It has been noticed ~.:
'' (with a view, it is
been endorsed " For the poor Irish ' been pillaged,
supposed, to their being carried free) Itav, and upon
while those that have not been so endorsec;
which the replier charges have been made and pat)'h,"
come safe. Fhe packages that have been made up 12 4 ,
finished tradesmau-like manner, whether box or bale,
have come safely. Not b 0 things otherwise enclosed. It
has been di-covered, that carriage has been charg. d and
received, where it had been previously paid. None who
know, from personal inspection, the positive nakedness,
and indescrible misery of the poor of this land, will think
one word too much has here been said, if the caution
proves the means of saving for ti,;:ir use even the very
humblest refuse of clothing for day or night.—Sounder's
News Leiter.
TINE FAST-DAY.—BOULOGNE.—We learn from a
correspondent that the stun of 801. was collected at the
English Chapel at Boulogne, on the Fast-day, for the rolief
of the destitute Irish,