The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-06 00:00:00

IRELAND.
THE RIVAL MANAGERS.
Demeter, Atm. 3.—There has been a report current for
f he last few days to the effect that Mr. O'Brien and the other
s sceders from the old establishment on Burgh -quav,are about
) set up business on their own account; and, with a view of
p utting an end to the lucrative monopoly so long enjoyed by
t 1 to head of the ancient firm, are in treaty for the little
1.1 teatre in Abbey-street, which is to be opened under the
anagement of Messrs. O'Brien, Meagher, and Co. The
m tw house will have for its motto, " Repeal without Rent,
F reedom without money."
PHYSICAL VERSUS MORAL FORCE.
This morning the board-room of College street Police-
d dice was crammed to excess by the friends and admirers of
)ld and Young Irelend, who were anxious to hear a
ii;harge of assault, preferred by Captain Broderick against
Z Mr. Meagher.
Mr. Tyndall presided. Mr. Curran appeared as counsel
'for Mr. Meagher ; and Mr. Cantwell, solicitor, for Captain
:Broderick.
Captain Broderick sworn—On Saturday last Major Talbot
ecalled upon him. He said he called about a report of some-
, thing he (witness) had said at Conciliation Hall, on 'rues-
day,Sounders' "Veit's-Letter. He at
and which appeared in
. once acknowledged the substance of the words were correct.
Upon the 13th July he said he would not take notice of any-
thing Mr. Meagher would say to him. When Major Talbot
.called upon him on Saturday last, he referred him to his ob-
:servations of the 13th July, with a view to show the course
.he should take. The witness then alluded to the uproarious
,scene in the Repeal Association on the 13th, wtien Mr.
.Meagher cast a gross aspersion upon Mr. Clemente. On that
-occasion he did say the conduct of Mr. Meagher was e
7nous." Some one else did speak harshly to :elr. Meagher,
but he (witness) declared that he claimed-the honour ut first
insulting Mr. Meagher. According to the laws of honour, he
(witness) considered himself releas-A from any lize'oility- to
Mr. Meagher; that, in short, he would give hire no expla-
nation or satisfaction. lie had come to this conclusion
after consulting with his friend. On Saturday evening last
he (witness) was walking down Westmorelan d. street, in
company with a friend, and as he turned the corner of Lundy
Foot's he saw Mr. Meagher and Mr. Smith. Suddenly Mr.
Meagher rushed towards him, and raised a stick, threatening
to strike him, when he seized it, and friends closing on
them no blow was struck. lie then gave him in charge of
the police.
Cross-examined—I swore an information against Mr.
Meagher lately. The first dispute between Mr. Meagher
and me occurred on the 13th of July. On that day he fully
retracted his charge against Mr. Clements. It was a suffi-
cient retractation. I was very much excited at the time I ap-
plied the term "infamous" to him.
You think gentlemen should be bound by the code of
honour ?—Certainly.
On the following morning did Mr. Meagher address him-
self to you when he said he did not mean anything personal?
—I thought so. Mr. Meagher praised Mr. Holmes. Some-
body exclaimed, he voted against Mr. O'Connell, and I said,
" Oh," and further added, "I would not take notice of any.
thing that fell from Mr. Meagher."
Cross-examined by Mr. Comte:l—He admitted that, ore
the 13th of July, he designated the conduct of Mr. M ea'gqier
as " infamous,' but that as be did not take notice that, as
lie (Captain Broderick) intended he should, ani.e in a fort-
night after he stated that" he would not mind e.w.;thing that
fell from Mr. Meagher," the meaning of wi'.lo:l was that he
had passed over the first offence.
Mr. TYNDALL suggested that the parlelee, should amicably
arrange their differences elsewhere.
Mr. Cuaretet mentioned that Mr. `.,-e^eagher was bound over
yesterday in the sum of 5001. to 1-..cev the peace to Captain
Broderick and all her Majesty's etebjects.
Mr. TYNDALL said there ;ens a summons issued against
Captain Broderick, on a deer ge of intending a breach of the
peace, and that all the 'enjects of the parties might be at-
tained by also calliwg upon him to give bail in an equal
amount.
This suggestion, was adopted, and the parties left the office.
THUNDER-STORM.
Between one and two o'clock this morning we were visited
by one of the most violent storms of thunder and lightning
that has taken place fur manyyears in this countree It lasted,
at intervals, for nearly two hours, and v;as followed by a
Terfect deluge of rain. At one period the whole atmosphere
'was illuminated by a vivid flash of lightning, which was
rapidly succeeded by several others of less brilliancy. The
storm, which came from the east, subsided about half-past
three o'clock. The preceding day
and evening had been ex-
cessively sultry.___

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
MONDAY, AuG. 3.—The usual weekly meeting of the
Repeal Association was held to-day at one o'clock, and was
,crowded to suffocation for some hours prosviously, it having
'been known that Mr. O'Connell had arrived on the previous
evening from Loudon, and would Iss: present. At the ap-
pointed time, the Hon. Gent%Lusa), accompanied by Mr.
-John O'Connell, M.P. ; Mr. sktniel O'Connell, jun., M.P. ;
Air. N. Maher, M.P. ; Mr, Senethwicke, M.P. ; te Lord
3layor, Mr. T. Steele, Ce.ptain Broderick, and several others
of the, Old Ireland, rJr moral force party, entered the hall,
and were loudly ch.eered. The members of the Young Ireland
party did not attend.
Upon the rneition of Mr. O'CONNELL, seconded by the
LORD Maxon, the chair was filled by Mr. Daniel O'Connell,
jun., M.P.
The CET A RmAN, upon taking his seat, said it was always
most gratifying to him to be called on to preside over a
aneetine like the one he was then about presiding over;
but or. no former occasion had he felt so highly honoured,
for was net merely a compliment to him, but a corn-
plirrient to the honest electors of Dundalk.—(Cheers.)
f ltey deserved any compliment which could be paid
lb em ; in fact, no praise could exceed their merits, for
ttiey had by their admirable organisation scared away even
Vie shadow of opposition to his or any Repeaters' election.—
( Hear, hear.) No doubt they might have made a better se-
Niction.—(Cries of "No, rio.' ) They had, however, made a
Pelection of him because he was a Repealer and the son of
CYCOnnell.—(Great appleuse.) They were to a man almost
Ytepealers, and understood the great basis upon which the
isssociation was founded—the principle of moral force alone.
--(Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more peaceable or orderly
than the manner in which the men. of the north conducted
themselves at the election; so peaceable were they, that he
aw but three policemen amongst several thousand people;
that, however, was not at all. extraordinary ; for they had
the men of God—the Roman. Catholic clergy to rule and pre-
aide over them, and teach them to work out repeal upon
moral and peaceable principles.—(hear, hear.) The feeling
in favour of moral force was not, he was happy to be enabled
to say, confined to Dundalk alone; but exhibited itself all
along his route to Drogheda, where he was loudly cheered
with the cry of " Old Ireland and Repeal."—(Cheers.) The
Learned Gentleman concluded by handing in some money
from both Drogheda and Dundalk.
Mr. RAY then read the minutes of the last meeting; after
which,
Mr. O'CONNELL rose to hand in 741., with the following
letter, from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh :
Baymahon, Jul 31.
"Dear Liberator,—l have been" requll ste ed by they priests
whose names are annexed to forward to the Loyal Repeal
Association, as their subscription for 1846, the inclosed sum
of 741., incleiding 21. from myself. Others of our clergy had
already seeit up their subscriptions, in conjunction with those
of their flocks, making a total of about 901. for the present
year from the bishop and priests of Ardagh.
" 'A need not, I trust, assure you, that the reverend gentle-
ellen who have contributed this sum are more than ever de-
l/ermined to stand by you through every vicissitude, in your
amoral and peaceable endeavours for the regeneration of our
beloved but ill-governed country; and I am happy to add,
that in this determination they are most cordially joined by
the liberal and good men in their respective parishes. We
have no pbysical force men in this diocese. Neither have
we, thank God, any schoolboy philosophers, false and san-
guinary Repealers, or Voltairian newspapers. All our exer-
tions for the restoration of Ireland's independence are based
on twee sacred and immutable principles of true Christian
morality, and we pity the folly and abhor the wickedness
of any man who would rest his patriotism upon other grounds.
" Excessive vanity and quixotic conceit may blind some
men so far as to make them believe that they are almost your
equals in the service of your country, and urge them perhaps,
under this pitiable delusion, to set themselves up as your
rivals in leading the Irish to nationality; but they-ought to
know that the clergy and faithful people of Ireland wiil have
no other leader than their revered Liberator, and I feel
thoroughly convinced, if it were the will of Providence to
warn you to-morrow of your near dissolution, the Irish nation
would unanimously adopt, as their political guide, that man
alone whom you would bequeath to them as worthy of their
confidence.
" We have witnessed with sorrow the disgraceful scenes
that have lately taken place in Conciliation Hall, and have
felt the deepest indignation and disgust at the shallow so-
phistry and flippant impertinence exhibited by the few
•vourrr men who so chiblishly style themselves Young
Irelan. Do these persons already forget that all their im-
portance, if any they possess, is owing to your superhuman
and unbounded influence? Or do they imagine the whole
country will ever start up at their wild bidding; throw
moral force and O'Connell to the winds ; trample upon God's
holy commandments; violate their sworn allegiance to their
Gracious Sovereign; and, under the magic spell of puritanical
rank and Jacobin impiety, sally forth from their peaceable
firesides to be butchered in an unequal and fruitless contest?
Assuredly, if such be the expectations of the Young Ireland
party, they must look on their fellow-countrymen as the ve-
riest idiots upon the face of the earth, whilst, at the same
time, they draw down upon themselves the scorn and laughter
of every true Repealer in Ireland.
" I cannot close this hasty letter without saying a word or
two about the Nation newspaper. It is in my mind the most
dangerous publication that ever appeared in Ireland. I will
pay nothing of its ungrateful and mean endeavours to ma-
. lign you by unfounded insinuations, distorted inferences from
. your speeches, &c., and thus lessen your well-earned sway
over your countrymen. Nor shall I notice itamad harangues
on the subject of revolution. All these topics I leave to be
dealt with by your own master mind, but on the score of re-
ligion. I must say that the Nation appears to me, to my
clergy, and to our flocks, to tend directly to the overthrow of
Catholic faith and morals. Every one must admit that it is
edited with a considerable portion of talent—that its rounded
sentences and energetic style are well calculated to make
fatal impressions on youthful and unreasoning minds; but it
feels the embarrassment that was felt by Voltaire, Diderot,
D'Alembert, &c.—namely, it can advance no argument
1i r'~cal against our holy religion. Hence, like Voltaire also, it deals
inuendoes, and fashionable sneers. It is true it
as the bad manliness to give its feeble support to the In-
tidal Colleges,, • • - • •
overwheinain direct opposition to the decision of the
priesthood.tniti,najority of the Irish bishops and universal
lugging in elllso speaks out
poliohen it blames you for
soes into ir
cs
still its danger does
i
not consist peny d
disseminating its latitm?matising against tbe truth, but in
catrorrianism by ridicule and inuendoes
a "long the unwary
yelled it froterayout youths of Ireland. We have
ignominiously ex
almosth all our literary institu-
tions in Ardagh, and it is
pecting Catholics who still recs. 'sped that whatever unsus-
we it will soon sever the bad
onnexion. It was time that someeonosnideesrhao.uld'have brought
thisc subject before the religions
tiori. of the public, and humble as I rank in the Irish hierarch *. venture to im-
plore the Catholic priests and the Catholicylany of Ireland, to
turn their serious and vigilant attention to the dossti„, and
tendencies of the Nation newspaper.
"Wishing you every sort of success in your moral and noble
career, and perpetual disappointment to your avowed or hid.
den enemies,

"I remain, dear Liberator,
"With unalterable and affectionate
fatltvac.homleinitG, yGouiNrs,
"D. O'Connell, Esq., 31.1).
t'e m nseconded
minutes."
. Mr. O'CONNELL moved, and Mr. MA
E,
on M.hl ~u
it motion, " That the above letter be insertedEiE
Carried unanimously.
Mr. O'Connell next handed in 901., the subscription of 90
Boman Catholic clergymen, with a letter from the Roman
Catholic Bishop of Meath.
This letter Was also inserted on the minutes.
Mr. MAHER, M.P., read a letter from the Dean of Killaloe,
inclosing his subscription to the repeal fund, which also was
inserted in the minutes of the association.
Mr. O'CONNELL then rose to address the association amid
loud cheers. He said he deemed it his duty to address the
sk;sociation at the earliest possible moment. His mind was
indeed so pressed by the magnitude of the crisis to which
they had arrived, and the vital importance of the rights and
liberties of Ireland which were involved in the discussion,
that he could no longer remain silent.—(Chtere.) It was