The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-16 00:00:00

. • IRELAND.
LORD VISCOUNT MORPE)2II—GREAT MEET-
. ING AT THE ROYA.I. EXCHAI•TGE.
DUBLIN, AUG.
.12.—A crowded, and most influential
meeting of the citizens of. Dublin was held this day at .
the Royal Exchange, "to consider the mo;t suitable
means of testifying the national admiration of the public
character of Lord Viscount Morpeth, and to mark the
gratitude of the Irish people towards his Lordship for
his long and most useful labours on behalf of our coun-
try, and his eminent services to the cause of civil and
religious liberty."
At two o'clock the body of this extensive building was
filled in every part, and on the platform were, his Grace
the Duke of Leinster, the Hon. Frederick Ponsonby, Sir
Thomas Esmonde, Bart. ; Sir Thomas M`Kenny, Bart. ;
Sir J. Kennedy, Bart. ; Sir Arthur Clarke, Sir William
Somerville, Bart., M.P. ; Col. White, M.P. ; Daniel
O'Connell, Esq., M. P. ; James Power, Esq., M. P. ;
Robert Archbold, Esq., M.P. ; John O'Connell, Esq„
M.P. ; Richard Moore, Esq., Solicitor-General; Master
Curry, David Doss, Esq., Rosstrevor ; Very Rev. Doctor
Yore, Leland, Crosthwait, John O'Neill, Christopher
Fitzsimon, Stephen Grehan, George ;Roe, Cornelius
M`Loughlin, Thus. Hutton, T. S.72,loppinger, Wm. Mur-
phy, Patrick Curtis, William. Fletcher, Daniel Mur-
phy, Cork ; P. Vincent Fitzpatrick, W. S. Hart,
Atkinson, Davis, W. Jagoe, O'Hara, Symes,
Denis Moylan, Thomas Steele, George Evans, Thomas
O'Mara, James Murphy, Charles Murphy, Dillon,
Porter, Seagrave, Elias Corbally, Charles Barn-
well, Christopher Barnwell, Jeremiah Dunne, Barry E.
Lawless, Frederick Daniel, Esqrs. ; Surgeon White, In-
spector-General of Prisons ; the Rev. Mr. O'Connell ;
Robert M`Cleland, Nugent, Terence 'l'. Dolan, John
O'Neill, J. Thunder, Terence O'Reilly, Esqrs, &c.
Sir J. KENNEDY, Bart., moved that his Grace the
Duke of Leinster be called to the chair, and that Messrs.
J. C. O'Dwyer, George Rowe, and W. Harte, Esqrs., be
appointed to act as Secretaries.
The motion was seconded by the Hon. Mr. PONSONBY.
The Duke of LEINSTER ascended the table amidst loud
applause, and proceeded briefly to address the meeting.
He said—Gentlemen, it gives me the greatest pleasure to
have the honmir of taking the chair on the present occa-
sion, for I can assure you that nobody has a greater and
a higher respect and esteem than I entertain for the
Noble Lord whom we are now going to address, as well in
'his private as in his public capacity.--(Cheers.) Gentle- '
men, I beg that you will give all the movers and second-
ers of the resolutions a patient hearing ; and I also re-
quest that when gentlemen address themselves to the
meeting, they will confine themselves to the object of it,
and not introduce any subject' that will in any way create
any ill feeling ; which, I am sure, would be, iu particu-
lar, very unpleasant to the Noble Lord whom we are met
to compliment.—(Hear, and cheering.)
Carew O'Dwyer and William Harte, Esqrs., were then
requested to act as secretaries to the meeting.
Mr. CAREW O'DWYER then came forward to the front
of the platform, and said that on his own part and that of
his Hon. Friend who had been associated with him in the
gratifying duty of acting as secretaries to the meeting,
he had to express his most extreme gratitude. He would
beg leave to inform his Grace and the meeting that they
had received a very great number of letters from various
parts of the kingdom, all expressing the deepest feeling
in conjunction with that which had called forth that
meeting, and the regret of the writers at not being able
to be present at the proceedings. There was one letter,
which, with the permission of the meeting, he would ex-
cept from the rule which they had made, of not detain-
ing the meeting by going through all the correspond-
ence, and.that was a letter which they had received from
his Grace the Most Reverend Doctor Murray :
" Mountjoy-square, Aug. 12, 1841.
" Gentlemen,—l have been just now honoured with
your note of yesterday, requesting my attendance at a
meeting to be held this day at the Royal Exchange, for
the purpose of agreeing to an address to Lord Morpeth.
" Permit me to assure you, that no language could ex-
press too strongly my admiration of the public character
and private worth of that distinguished Nobleman. It
would therefore give me singular pleasure to be able to
join in the proposed tribute of respect to his Lordship.
I regret, however, that duties connected with my office
will unavoidably engage me at the hour appointed for the
meeting, and will therefore prevent my attendance at it.
" I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen,
" Your obedient humble servant,
TO the Secretaries, &c. &c. "D. MURRAY."

Biri.v,,tsmo2, DE, Bart., said he. had been honoured by
proposing the first resolution, and, in duing. so, he should
congratulate himself in having such a duty to perform
on an occasion when the object was to express thankful-
ness towards a Nobleman to whom, iS Irishmen, they
owed so much, and who, on leaving this country, took
with him so universal a feeling of regret and esteem
from all classes of the community.—(Loud cheering.)
The resolution which he had to propose was as follows :
—" That the eminent services rendered by Lord Viscount
Nlorpeth to the cause' of civil and religious liberty, and
his well known attachment to the people of Ire-
land, entitle his Lordship to the most marked de-
monstration of national confidence and regard."—
(Cheers.) He had only to add, that the House of Com-
mons had, for the present, lost the benefit of the great
services of Lord Morpeth ; but he might justly observe
on this subject, that fully two-thirds of the constitu-
encies of Ireland would willingly have returned him had
he consented, and, he might also add, that two-thirds of
the representatives of Ireland would be willing, and
would have received the full permission of their consti-
tuents, to resign in his favour.—(Hear, hear, and loud
cheers.) In making these observations, he was sure that
he only spoke the sentiments of that meeting, and of the
vast majority of his countrymen.—(Cheers.)
1). Ross, ofitosstrevor,schseconded the resolution,
and was received wiih loud cheering.. He gave with all
his heart his assent to the resolution which they had just
heard, as it contained an expression of Lord Morpeth's
advocacy of civil and religious liberty, and his well-
known attachment to Ireland, as manifested on several
occasions.—(Cheers.) If there was but one act, in all
Lord•Morpeth's career that could justify them in extend-
ing.the warmest praise towards him, it was what might
be called the final measure which he brought forward in
Parliament.—(Hear.) After referring to Lord 'Morpeth's
conduct during the last sesFion of Parliament, he conti-
nued to observe, that the Ministry, and not one of its
members more sincerely than Lord Morpeth, were most
' anxious to'carry out every measure calculated to benefit
the country.
The resolution was passed with acclamation.
The Hon. C. LAWLESS (son of Lord Cloncurry)
briefly proposed the next resolution :—" That we de-
plore, the recent event which has deprived the country
of the services of Lord Morpeth in the House, of Com-
mons, as a misfortune of no ordinary kind to the em-
pire at large, but especially to Ireland, whose interest
found in Lord Morpeth a -strenuous and constant ad-
vocate."

Mr. .ARCHBOLD, RP. for Kildare, begged to second
the resolution which had been proposed by the Hon.
Mr. Lawless, and to deplore with • the meeting those
recent events which would deprive them of the services
of Lord Morpeth. He begged to second the resolution,
which was put from the chair and carried unanimously.
Mr. J. POWER, D.L., moved that an Address, founded
on the foregoing resolutions be presented to Lord Mor-
peth, and he trusted that that Address would be signed
by every true friend of the country
My Lord—We, the Reformers of Ireland, convened
by public requisition, for the purpose of considering the
most suitable means of manifesting our high respect for
your political character, and our cordial attachment to-
wards yourself personally, cannot permit your. Lordship
(with our recollection of recent events) to return to your
official duties in England, without tendering to your
Lordship formally the assurance of the profound respect
and affection which we, in common with the Irish nation,
entertain towards your Lordship.
" We hold in our grateful remembrance the devoted-
ness with which, in early life, in those dark days of
bondage, when a vast majority of our fellow-countrymen
were' oppressed for conscience sake, your Lordship
ranged yourself with the friends of Ireland; and we have
marked the earnestness with which your Lordship has
ever since essayed to impart life and spirit to the cold
form of civil and religious enfranchisement which you
and-others have created.
" During your official career in Ireland, it has been
your happy destiny to assist in those good measures of
policy, whose object has been to raise Ireland to a just
equality with other portions of the empire ; and we ven-
ture to predicate that whenever your official connection
with this country may cease, your mind will derive a
solace in your retirement from this fact, which we now
proclaim, that under the Government of which you have
been part, the social state of Ireland has continuously
improved, and that a more unmixed loyalty and allegi-
ance to our gracious and beloved Sovereign have been
established, than existed towards a monarch At any
former period in history, since the commencement of
British connection.
" To recapitulate the various acts of public service
which your Lordship has accomplished in Ireland would
far exceed the limits prescribed to an occasion like the
present. To enumerate the beneficent designs in which
your
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Ire-
land, would still more transcend the boundary which we
have defined for our immediate purpose. Let your Lord-
ship Lordshiprt hasve bby e
thee n engaged,
rendered but which have been
hostility
of the enemies of
ship be assured that the people of Ireland treasure in
their hearts the recollection of every benefit designed
for the amelioration of their country.
" To such of us as have enjoyed the opportunity of
personal communication with your Lordship, it may
be permitted to_exp.ress our. fond recollection of the
kindliness of disposition, and the frank and courteous
demeanor which adorn your private intercourse. Emi-
nent, indeed, must be those qualifications to which we,
your friends, advert, when their existence in your person
receives, even from your adversaries, a full acknow-
ledgment.
" We cannot retire from your Lordship's presence
without adverting t.o the recent event which has re-
moved your Lordship from the House of Commons,
and giving expression to our hope that no tem-
porary impediment may turn your Lordship from
those walks of honour and public utility in which it
has hitherto been your pride to travel. It may be, my
Lord, that in this hope there lurks some element not en-
tirely free from selfishness—these are not times, my
Lord, when Ireland can spare from her friendly ranks a
defender so chivalrous and pure as she has proved your
Lordship in the encounter with her enemies.
" In conclusion, we assure your Lordship that the
warmest good wishes of our country will ever accompany
you in your future progress through life."
Mr. JOHN O'NEILL said he had the honour to second
the resolution. A warm feeling of gratitude existed in
his (Mr. O'Neill's) breast—and such a feeling should
exist in the breast of every true Irishman—in favour of
Lord Morpeth.—(Cheers.) Re (Mr. O'Neill) had been
a resident of Dublin for half a century, and continued
still to be a resident there ; he had remarked the conduct
of the different persons that acted as Chief Secretaries
during that period, and none of them had, he would
say, acted so honestly, so fairly, so patriotically, and,
he would add, so
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