The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-13 00:00:00

EVENING SUN.

IRELAND.
THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION..
DUBLIN, AUG. 10.—It be worst than 1:.•
conceal the fact that the pm:et:dings of this •
" Loyal" body of revolutio!-•ists are beginning te •
considerable alarm in the .minds of well-db:pose,. .-
well-affected men of all creekts and parties. The
avowed determination of accepting foreign-aid .te •
their insane projects into execution, and the Fri....
threats of retaliation on England for her alleged n..
of this kingdom, as declared by the rabid orators at yc•
terday's meeting, demand that the strong arm of pow,—
should be promptly and vigorously put forward to err:-t,
at this, its ripening, a rebellion in embryo, having f'o:.
end and aim the not-disguised plan of the elevatif-,
one party at the cost or utter extirpation of the oth,:
From the early hour at which I was compelled 1!..,
close my abstract of Mr. O'Connell's speech at Bt”
quay yesterday, I was necessarily obliged to curts:,
concluding, and by far the most reinaritabie port
this inflammatory address, and in snaking the adc:-
shall be as brief as the limits of your space and th,

ture of the speech itself will permit.
After having reiterated his thrice-told fable of ;;••-i,
being no blood spilt during the progress of the r,
elections, the lion. Gentleman proceeded to ask
already highly wrought-up mob auditory—" Have; • •
not seen a paragraph in a morning paper, quoted fr-.:,
journal published in Cheltenham, and known a ;:-•
Cheltenham Journal and Stroud Herald? I will r:•• • -•

for your edification.—(Laughter.) It is headed Ju
to Ireland,' and thus proceeds—' What would be ju
to Ireland ? What would be the greatest blessing
could be conferred on Ireland ? The answer to t.

questions is prompt, and comprised in a single wee.
Conquest ! Conquest !' Let them try it if they
—(Great cheering.) We are the Queen's subfeets,l- •
loyal, more devoted, more true-hearted, than any 0: • •
under her sway. Yes, we are the subjects of her •••
jesty, and entitled to protection by the law, and ;•
ruffians who would enslave both her and us approaci- •
shores with such intent, in the name of our Queen --•-•
under the banner of our country's laws, we will
them foot to foot, and they shall see that I—even i. •- • •
have all my life been the advocate of peace, and s:
dered at the unsheathing of the sword—may pan; 7".
the hour of peril, and take my place in the front of
battle to strike the ruffians down.—(Loud ;thee.
which lasted several minutes.) Conquest ! Is it
quest.they talk of ? Ah ! I seehow it is. They
it is Irish serfs they will have to govern. But from
spot I hurl at them my defiance, and tell them au+
they come here for conquest, and that the fortune
mastery,
battle yields to them the it is dead bodies th•
will have to reign over, for to the last man will we re:,..4
the tyrants.—(Cheers.) What ! in the face of civili"
'Europe—before the whole universe-7withitt hearin:
America, where there are 22,000 Irishinen within two ri,t
march of New York—will. they dare to talk of conquest
Those who confide in them—the men- who rely upfet
their good faith, and are weak-minded enough to believ,,
in their lenity after victory—these, and such as tlies,,
may, and no doubt will, afford them an easy conquest ;
but we who know them well, who feel that there is no
hope for us, no safety—but to look for none save what is
in our own valour—we, I repeat, will not be conquered
by them.—(Great applause.) Ah ! no, they will n 0.,,
they dare not do it. They talk of re-conquering Ire-
land. I wish they would attempt it, so help me Heav
but no ; I am a Christian man, and as such I cannot de-
sire the shedding of human blood. But, if the day muA
come, I shall rejoice in the hour that will let me take my
stand for justice in the battle-field of her liberties."--
(Loud applause.)
A voice—Napoleon never had more recruits than you
will have..--(Cheers.)

Mr. O'CoNNELL" But let us turn once more to this
notable production—' Ireland, though under the domi-
nion of England, has never been conquered by her.'
This is truth.—(Hear.) England has succeeded in domi-
neering over us, not by the right arm of prowess, but by
reason of our interval divisions, and because we relied
too confidently on her honour and good faith. Our
brave men laid their arms down and trusted in the ho-
nour of England. She turned on them in every case, and
treacherously betrayed their confidence. We were not
conquered then, but swindled.—(Loud cheers.) But the:-
have taught us a lesson.- In the warfare which they pro-
claim against us, let them conquer us if they can ; but
they never again shall swindle us.—(Cheers.) Now, I
will venture to say, that if an army came here to cut
down the Queen's subjects, Wellington and his army
were not in half the peril at Waterloo that they would iv
in.—(jlear, and great cheering.) If they come here it
will be without the sanction of our Queen, to whom vie
are devoutly attached.—(loud cheering.) The Irish ha-ce
now cause to be more devotedly loyal than they ever hail
in their lives; and, in the name of the Queen, I proclaim
that if an enemy came here to cut down her peaceable
and loyal subjects, Waterloo would be a cheap Victory to
what they would have to encounter.—(Cheers.) But I
am only talking of a dream. Such an event cannot possi-
bly arise, except our enemies become utterly mad, and
wish to rush upon their own destruction. They dare not,
in the face of Europe and America, attempt anything so
sanguinary and atrocious, no matter how they may be in-
clined.—(Hear, hear.) We will proceed with the Repeat
agitation without intermission.—(Hear, and laughter.)
All Ireland is being organized, and we will never relax
our efforts to accomplish the legislative independence
of our native land. An offer night be made to hir,
the Whigs come in again if we give up Repeal, but
my answer shall be the loudest " No" that ever was
heard.—(Cheers.) Any one who holds back at present,
merely wishes for an excuse to do so, and I tell Irisi.-
men that their only security against such a party as ft!.?
Cheltenham miscreants is to become at once Repeaters,
and make an effort for their country's regeneration.—
(Hear, and loud cheers.) I have spoken of resistance,
but it is not resistance to the legal power. But if an il-
legal and sanguinary party, no matter whether they he
Saxon, Dutch, or French, invaded the Queen's island -I;,r
the purpose of cutting down the Queen's subjectfi-313 -
people will be found in the front of the battle, and si.:;i-.
conquer or die to a man.—(Cheers.) But, as I have
said, such an event cannot arise unless the party who no,,
hold out those threats lose all their senses in the =dm,:
of bigotry and fanaticism. We have the majority of
Scotland with us, we have a glorious minority in Em 4--
land with us, and the paltry cowards who now hold
those threats would be the first to fly if the hour of dan-
ger arrived. I call upon the people to arouse for Re-
p.n.! ! We conquered Peel before, and, whilst we call
for the aid of every honest Reformer in England to con-
quer him again, our cry for Repeal shall be augmented.—
Times.

.THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
Notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather
reaping has commenced on several farms in the neigh-
bourhood of this city. Alarms have been raised ; but,
as far as regards this and the adjoining counties, nearly
all concur in representing the various kinds of grain as
likely to prove very productive, if we should now be
favoured with fine weather. Several breadths of land in
the midland and northern districts, however, are le;'s
cheering. The appearance of the crops in the whol.:
district between Derby and York will nowhere bear a
comparison with the forward abundance of the more fa-
voured districts of Worcestershire and Herefordshire ;
wheat, in particular, is thin, wiry, straggling, backward,
and apparently diseased.— Worcester Journal.
During the last few days the weather continued
showery. We have had, however, an occasional gleam
of sunshine, but scarcely sufficient to redeem the injury
done to the growing crops, particularly the wheat, whieli,
we regret to perceive, is completely prostrated in many
places in the neighbourhood ; indeed we fear the seriuits
apprehensions felt will, unfortunately, be too sure].)
realised. Similar weather has prevailed in Tipperary.
Kilkenny, and Wexford, and the same fearful results. A
favourable change took place about mid-day on Sunday ,
the atmosphere cleared up, and the weather continues of
a most cheering description.—Waterford Chronicle.
, The crops of all descriptions in Somersetshire appear
in a state of profuse bearing, and fine weather isal?:.:v
wanting to secure a harvest of the most luxuriant ei ..
Iti,iieter, heavy' rain
ra,cter.— Taunton Courier.
east, has still in-
creased,rain, and a strong wind from the
and though we hear ti);
Since the last no progress has been made in the harvest ;
scambling the wheat ;
actual increased,t
or any progress i:
damage to the crops is not:
ig gone without any p still a weQlr.
strong and good, but are
The barley and oats werelery
and
situations, the seeds gettin
now laid flat in a 3
ni
The peas were very good, and many
ripening, and the wheatiin harvest must now be very lat,..
through them fast
cut some time ; the continued raid:;
pieces have been
The harvest is now pretty generally
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libourhood, but the corn in some plact.,
begun in this nog
have injured them considerablyighton Gazette.
looks very green.
llANTS.—Notwithstanding the showery wea-
ther, .
on Tuesday last has thrown down tl:.•
the hay harvest has been carried in fine condition.
places. Should it prove fine, harvest ~‘ ill
corn in ,
-, es.te,
be general here in the course of the week.—w
Luminary.

UNLUCKY NAMES.—On Friday last, after a
few days illness, died at Petworth, William Death, the
eldest son of Mr. Death, of that place; and on the ta-
lowing day, at Shoreham, Mr. Deadman, landlord of the
Star Inn. The surgeon who was examined at the In-
quest on the body of Mr. Deadman, stated that the death
of Mr. Deadman was caused by the breaking of a blood-
vessel.

AGE OF AXIMALS.—A bear rarely exceeds
twenty years; a dog lives twenty years; a wolf twenty:
a fox fourteen or sixteen; lions are long lived. Pom-
pey lived to the age of seventy. The average age of
cats is fifteen years; a squirrel or hare seven or eight
years; rabbits seven. Elephants have been known to
live to the great age of 400 years. When Alexander
the Great had conquered one Phoras, King of India, he
took a great elephant which had fought very valiantly
for the King, and named him Ajax, dedicated him to
the sun, and let him go with this inscription, 4, Alex
ander the sun of Jupiter, bath dedicated Ajax to the
Sun." This elephant was found with this inscription
350 years after. Pigs have been known to live to the
age of thirty years ; the rhinoceros to twenty. A horse
has been known to live to the age of six ty-two, but ave-
rages twenty-five to thirty. Camels sometimes live to
the age of one hundred. Stags are long-lived. Sheep
seldom exceed the age of ten. Cows live about fifteen
years. Cuvier considers it probable that whales some-
times live one thousand years. The dolphin and por-
poise attain the age of thirty. An eagle died at Vienna
at the age of one hundred and four years. Ravens fre-
quently reached the age of one hundred. Swans have
been known to live three hundred years. Mr. Mallerton
has the skeleton of a swan that attained the age of tvk •J
hundred years. Pelicans are long-lived. A tortoise Las
beenw kunAowßnFto to
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and seven,
BOATS.—A Correspondent, who mentions one or two fik._
cidents at this place, suggests that either a rail. .oy
guard should be placed on the spot after dark, to prevent
similar occurrences.