The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-16 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The Rev. Mr. Hughes, P.P.; of Claremorris, has
published in the Pilot, a letter addressed to tl.c Lord
Lieutenant, on the subject of the speech delivered by
his Excellency on the 13th ult. The object of the:
writer appears to have in view is to prove that a re-
peal of the Union would not, as had been declared by
Lord Ebrington, speedily and necessarily lead to a se-
paration of Ireland from Englar.d. We give the con-
cluding paragraph of Mr. Hughes' Address :
" Nine millions of Irishmen, of different religions,:
believe that justice has not been done to their country
—for it is the endeavour to obtain that justice which
has incorporated the Ulster Association—and thirteen
millions of Englishmen have proclaimed in the last s,f2F-
sion of the English Parliament, in six successive imp-
rides, that whatever miserable pittance of justice had
been hitherto meted to us, should be again taken away.
Will your Excellency, under these circumstances, ad-
vise the Irish nation tamely to submit to such whole-
sale national spoliation, and to such national cruelty, in-
justice, and oppression ? Three of the provinces of Ire-
land say they will no longer put up with such treatment,
and the two•thirds of the fourth province—l mean the
Catholics of Ulster—say the same! For, let me call
your Excellency's attention to the fact, how that body,
lay and clerical, kept away the other day from the Bel-
fast Ulster Association meeting. Then all the Irish
nation, joined by the Protestant Corporations of the
country—with the exception of a small handful of Uls-
ter Protestants—proclaim aloud to the world that they
must have the cursed Union repealed, and an Irish Par-
liament, with a British monarchy. And, please your
Excellency, don't you think that they are right ?
They had it before, and, please God, they shall have it
again." _ _

On Monday, at the Repeal Association, a short notice
of which appeared on Thursday in The Sun, Mr.
O'Connell read the following letter, and afterwards
moved that it be inserted on the Minutes :

" THE REPEAL BUTTON.

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.

" have lately been at Dublin, and in conversa-
tion with another button-maker I made some remarks on
Mr. O'Connell's Repeal button, which he sells for three-
pence, which every Repealer, on entering his name as
such, or signifying his intention of being a Repealer,
pays to Mr. O'Connell.
" I said to my brother button-maker, Do you not
think that the button could be made and sold cheaper ?'
' Yes,' says brother button-maker ; but I dare not put
Daniel O'Connell's name on the button except by his
permission." Well,' I said, I should be glad to sell
twelve for a penny, as they are only brass washed over
with gilding, and with the words Daniel O'Connell'
and Repeal' upon each.'
" Now, I do complain that Mr. O'Connell should so
far obstruct free trade as to hinder us, button-makers,
from making the most of a Repeal button.

"If Mr.- O'Connell sell four million of buttons at
threepence each, the total would produce fifty thousand
pounds—the cost would be 1,0751. Bs. 6d.
" The profits, therefore, to Daniel O'Connell, which
I suppose go into his private pocket, must be 48,924/.
118.61

" Is this dupery to be borne?—Yours, &e.
" A BIRMINGHAM BUTTON-MAKER.

" Birmingham, October 9.
" N.B.—Mr. 0 Connell boasts that seven-eighths of
the population of Ireland are Repealers. I have sup-
posed, however, about one-half, viz., four millions. If
the number be greater, Mr. O'Connell's profits must be
proportionate."
Mr. O'Connell said—Now, I'll give this fellow
1,0001. for every button he can show I ever sold, and
I'll give him all my profits on the sale for a penny.
There's a dead bargain for the fellow !
The " Leinster Provincial Repeal Meeting" takes
place this day in Kilkenny, and Mr. O'Connell has gone
down to attend. The Kilkenny Journal says, " The
police are pouring into the city from all quarters, to
attend at the meeting to-morrow."
In relation to the projected meeting at Drogheda, the
Northern Whig says, " In Drogheda, repeal meets with
but indifferent encouragement. At the dinner lately
given to the Member for the borough (Sir William
Somerville), the question was totally set aside, both in
the toasts and the speeches. But there is to be a re-
peal meeting of the trades there, on Monday next. It
will not, however, be countenanced by the more influen-
tial citizens of Drogheda."