The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-18 00:00:00

MURDER OF MR. WALSH.

A very numerous meeting of the Magistrates of the
county of Waterford was held on Friday in Dungarvon,
for the purpose of adoptingc, 'measures to discover the
murderers of Mr. Walsh. .imongst those present were
Sir Richard Musgrave, Mr. Villiers Stuart, M.P., Sir
W. J. Homan, and Sir J. N. Humble. Subscriptions to
the amount of 8001. were entered into in aid of the re-
ward offei ed by Government. The meeting was not open
to the public.
THE NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

The usual weekly meeting of this body was held to-
day in the Corn Exchange. Dr. Murphy in the Chair.
The Lout) MAYOR stated that he had the honour to
announce the receipt of 1001. from the friends of Ireland
at Pittsburgh, in America. His Lordship spoke at some
length in praise of the esteemed kindness of tho Ameri-
cans towards the people of Ireland. As the subscribers
to this sum were not British snbjects, he could not move
their admission as members of this Association, but he
had extreme pleasure in moving that their names be en-
rolled in " the book of the friends of Ireland in America"
[passed with acclamation].
After a number of communications were read, and new
members enrolled,

The LORD MAYOR rose to bring before the considera-
tion of the Association the various topics on which the
Committee were preparing petitions. There never was
a time, said he, which required more statesmanlike con-
duct to be pursued than the present. There was war
going on at present in Hindostan and China,
which • would certainly require a large expenditure
of money, and this could only be undertaken by ad-
ditional taxation of the people. The position of
France was not at this time in such a situation as
to give anything like a security for a continuance of
peace between her and England. She was keeping
up an immense military anti naval force, which would
compel England to act similarly, and here again
would be the cause of requiring additional taxation.
His Lordship illustrated the evil working of the Corn-
laws, and called upon the Association to unite with the
English in demanding their repeal. He then recurred to
the state of Ireland, and spoke of the murders of Mr.
Walsh and Mr. Bolton which have been lately committed,
He did not wish to lessen the feeling of execration which
these crimes created; on the contrary, he hoped the per-
petrators would be discovered and executed, but he
would say to the cruel and relentless exterminating land-
lords, who made these murderers, " You are more guilty
than those who actually shed blood—the sin of it is on
your heads—you are accountable for it, and the day
of judgment will certainly overtake you." His Lordship
expressed his delight at the birth of the Prince of Wales,
and expressed a hope that he would yet be found in Ire-
land acting as viceroy to his mother—the only British
Monarch that ever desired to treat the people of Ireland
with justice. He might be asked why he did not, as
Chief Magistrate of this city, publish a proclamation for
illuminating in honour of this happy event, which gave
him and every other Repealer such unbounded delight.
His reply would be that illuminations would give an ex-
cuse for riot, and as the feelings of the entire Irish people
could be much better expressed in the form of a congra-
tulatory address to her Majesty, he would move that
such an address be adopted by this Association and cir-
culated for general signature throughout the country.—
(Cheers.) On the next day of meeting he would bring
this address forward, as well as the draft of a petition on
the subject of the administration of the law.
The repeal rent for the past week was 2294 4s. Gd.
The meeting then adjourned.