The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DM:MI:4 Nov. 30.—The usual weekly meeting of the
Repeal Association was held this day at Conciliation
Hall. Among the members present were Mr. O'Conntit,
M. P., Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P., Capt. Broderick, &c,
At one o'clock, on the motion of Mr. O'Connell, the
chair was taken by Mr. Ambrose T.C.
The Secretary having read the. minutes o° the last

meeting,
Mr. 01 'Corclenue rose to haru'l in the -subscriptions of
himself and sons for the raceath of December, and in
doing so said he would take t:he opportunity of mention-
ing that the tenth audit of the accounts of the Associa-
tion had just taken plf_tce.—(Etear, hear.) It had
lately been coml:4l3ted, and a balance struck, which he
was sorry to say •ffas 'al his favour, for it appeared that
the Association, owed him 971. los. 9d.—(Cheers.)
It was their t' AA. audit, and Mr. Ray, the Secre-
tary, was, as =nal, ready to show the accounts to any
member who , wished to see them, even from the begin-
ning, if th ey choose ; and he would venture to assert,
and challe ,ege denial, that no mercantile house in the
city coulel boast of clearer accounts ; be would challenge
even. -tire Bank of Ireland. It had been said that they
destroyed all the vouchers after each audit. Now, he
wif lied to say, that there never was a greater untruth,
as the fact was, that every item, to the amount of three
ha'ifpence, was vouched, and the vouchers retained—so
that they amounted at that moment to 73,348.—
(Cheers.) All those documents wens to be seen posted
in books, and numbered and dated, and easily referred
to. That was all he had to say as to the accounts. He
would not say more, and he could not say less ; and
lie would not have gone so far, were 'it not better that
the public should know these facts. (Hear, hear.)
Having cleared his conscience on this subject, he (Mr.
O'Connell) would proceed to clear it regarding an-
other matter. (Hear, hear.) The Evening Mail,
and other Tory papers, had lately alleged that he
was giving up Repeal ; and in proof of their assertion
ma to his being a traitor, they had stated that he

'was invited to a-dinner at the Reform Club some time

lack, and refused to go if "Repeal" was not drunk,—
(Loud cries of " Hear")—and that lately he dined there
—(Hear)—when it was not drunk.—(Hear, hear.) Now,
this was another gross falsehood of the Tory press, and
be would explain the facts as they really existed. There
were two dinners proposed to be given by the club—
one a dinner to him (Mr. O'Connell) and the other an
ordinary house dinner ; to the former of which he re-
fused to go, if "Repeal" was not drank ; but as to the
latter, he, of course, could make no stipulation.—(Hear,
hear.) He refused to go to the only dinner offered to
himself, unless " Repeal was a toast ; for no entertain-
ment would be a compliment to him if it was not drank.
—(Hear.) But at the other dinner he could not give it,
because he only presided in the absence of the Lord
Mayor, and because there were several persons present
in whose presence it could not be introduced. The
Learned Gentleman, in conclusion, handed in 204 from
Dean Burke, of Clonmel, and read a long letter from him
advocating the moral force doctrines of the association,
which he moved for insertion on the minutes.
Mr. STEELE seconded the motion, which passed, and
in doing so referred to the meeting of the Young In-
landers advertised to take place on Wednesday evening,
and stated that Mr. O'Brien was never flattered by the
association whilst a member.
Mr. O'CortziELL said he could not but differ from the
Head Pacificator, for he felt that he did flatter Mr.
O'Brien.—(Hear.) He certainly never calumniated
him, but he threw a little too much honey into the
water.—(Laughter.)
Some more subscriptions having been acknowledged,
Mr. O'CorrNm.x. again came forward, for the purpose
as he stated, of referring to the late dispute between
him and the Times.—(Hear.) That paper, as the pub-
lic were aware, published a paragraph with regard
to his tenantry, atating " that they were starving,"
which was intended to apply to him, and which he
was, of course, obliged to deny.—(Hear, hear.)
He denied it in the fullest manner, and the Times
left oat his denial from their report, in order to attack
him in an article on the following day, in which he was
charged with not denying that those unfortunate tenants
were his.—(Hear.) At the last meeting of the Associa-
tion he (Mr. O'Connell) had exposed this conduct by
referring to the report of his speech in the Freeman's
Journal, and to the notes of Mr. Hodges, the Govern-
ment reporter ; yet, such was the justice of the Times,
that it had made no apology for its error. Having said
so much, he was now done with the Times, he hoped, for
ever,---(Cheers.) The Learned Gentleman then made
Isis usual weekly report from the city registry, by which
it appeared that the repeaters were in a majority of 91.
Mr. J. CfCoNNELL brought forward the third report
from the "Religious Grievance Committee," and, in
doing so, made a lengthened speech.
The Rev. Mr. WYNNE seconded the adoption of the
report. He referred to the Royal Hospital in the Park,
and accused the Governor with conducting it in a manner
eo as to proselytise the Roman Catholics who were in it.
----Hear.) He also said that of the thirty officers it con
tamed there was not a single Roman Catholic; and then
called upon the Government to give equal encourage
ment to the children of the soldier of one religion as
another, by appointing teachers of both creeds.—(Hear.)
Mr. STEELE having made a speech in support of the
motion, it was carried.
Mr. O'CONNELL then (at three o'clock) came forward
to make the speech of the day. He said, that it was
their first duty to do something to work
ut repeal, as
they appeared there as firm, uncompromising repeafers
who would consent to no postponement or qualification'
of the question. If incidents had occurred which
threw them out of the straight struggle, they should be
disregarded, and they should, under every circumstance.
work for repeal, and nothing less. He (Mr. O'Connell)
bad formed that Association, established it upon
its great " moral force" basis, and he was as free
then to carry out its objects as he was at the beginning,
Now, when he said it was their first duty to work out
repeal, he was of course obliged to liiten to those wht
asked, " what were their prospects and resources ?'
Bis reply, as to their prospects, was, that they were
melancholy, owing to the frightful state of the country,
which was in a condition of famine and misery. The
Want of food was heard in every district—in fact, suet.
Misery, even in unfortunate Ireland, was never known
before.—(Hear, hear.) It was natural that they should
ask themselves the cause of this misery, and he would
answer the question—the Union was the cause of it.—
(Cheers.) No one would attempt to assert that the
mere failure of the crop of the article of food for a
'single year would canse it, but for the Union, as he
*mild show to demonstration. The potato crop of Bel-
kium had failed during the previous year, but there was
xto bad result, for she was a free country, having a Par-
116h:tent of her own, and she got over the difficulty in
Consequence. There the ports were at once opened to
a:apply food. Not so in Ireland, for although misery
Ind destitution were stalking through the land, no such
tuove was made. Now, in saying this, he (Mr. O'Con-
nell) did not accuse the Government or the Board of
Works with idleness, or negligence, for he knew
they had much to do ; but still he could not but feel
that Ireland would be in a better condition if she had her
own Parliament, because, it would be found that there
was no country ever placed in such a position as she was
at that moment, as to destitution—destitution which
other countries similarly affected did not suffer ; in fact,
there was nothing in history which could be looked upon
as a parallel, and it was all owing to the Union. If it
should happen that an additional infliction should fall
upon them next year—if the frost, which had set in,
were to continue—what, he would ask, would be the
condition of Ireland that day twelve months ? He was
almost horror-stricken at the very idea of the food re-
maining in the country being deetroyed.—(llear, hear.)
He sickened at the thought, yet he did not blame' the
Union for the famine, but he blamed it for having im-
poverished the country to such an extent that the Irish
people were deprived of the power which the Belgians
had of supporting themselves. The Learned Gentle-
man then went on to quote the speeches of Lord Clare
and Mr. Pitt on the question of the Union ; and next
proceeded to refer to the Young Icelanders, whom
be said, were all guilty of high treason ; for, professing
themselves as the advocates of " physical force." They
bad compared themselves to the "Literary Phalanx "
of France—and what was that Phalanx composed of ?
--(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) would tell them :
it was composed of three infidels, who had even gone to
the extent of burning the library of the archbishop ;
but the Young Irelanders had fortunately no library to
burn, unless they went to the College ; and if they did it
Was more likely the parties would have to resort to their
own favourite weapon, physical force, and kick them
out—(Cheers.) What was their physical force com-
posed of ? The Nation.
Mr. STEELE_-There organ.
Mr. 0 Comma. said the Nation was only a barrel or-
gan, and a very bad one. In conclusion the Honourable
Gentleman announced his intention of bringing on the
question of repeal in the Dublin Corporation, and calling
on all the municipal bodies to adopt the same course. Re
anticipated the best possible result from this line of pro-
ceeding.
The rent for the week amounted to 461. 14s. sd.
THE DEATHS FROM STARVATION AT SRIBBERREIT.
The inquest on the bodies of the
.three men reported
to have died of starvation, were held in the Court-house
of Skibbereen on Thursday, before the county coroner
and a respectable jury, and the result certainly goes to
substantiate the charge of neglect so frequently urged
against the Board of Works. After a patient investiga-
tion, the jury brought the following verdict :—" W. e
find that deceased, Denis .Bohane, died on the 11th ma-
stant, on the road at Drishane, from want of food, occa-
sioned by his not having received the fortnight's wages
due to him on the Tragumina-road."

EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER IN THE CAMBRIDGE
REGISTER.—The Register of Electors of this borough
for the next year was published yesterday, and we un-
derstand that a most serious blunder has been made by
the omission from the Register of the names of no less
than 49 persons who made their claims to be placed
thereon at the last registration, and whose claims were
allowed by the revising barrister. The number we have
mentioned is composed or 27 Liberals and 22 Tories.
We are unable at present to ascertain who is in fault in
the matter ; but whether it be the revising barrister or
any other person, most serious responsibility rests some-
where for this wholesale disfranchisement, and the mat-
ter demands (what we doubt not it will obtain) the most
rigid investigation. If the law provides any means of obtaining compensation in such a case we think that
those parties who took the trouble to make their claims
and neglected their business for the purpose of attending
the Revising Barrister's Court to support them, and
fectly justified in
whose exertions are now utterly fruitless, will be per-
pable party, be he tawkhinogm t reoceedings against the cul-
tiier.
naay.—Cambride

HEE MAJESTY'S CONCERT Roars.—,Mr, and Mrs.
T. H. Severn give a grand evening concert this evening
at these rooms, when will be performed for the first
time, a serenata, entitled " The Spirit of the Shell," in
which Miss Birch, Miss Cubitt, and other eminent
artistes, take Put.

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