The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-05 00:00:00

No. 17)350.] LONDON, FRIDAY
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CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
ADDITIONAL TRAINS AND ALTERATION OF HOURS,
Express Trains between London and Edinburgh and Glasgow with-
put change of carriage ; between London and Edinburgh in Twelve
Hours and a half ; between London and Glasgow in Twelve Hours
and Forty Minutes.

TIMETABLE on and after let May, 1848, and until further notice:
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW TO CARLISLE, MANCHESTER,
LIVERPOOL, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON, &c.

UP TRAINS.

1 & 2
(from
Preston 1,2,
Ist &3.
only).
P.M. A.M.
9 15 11 15
9 5 11 5
A.M. P.M.
1 29 348
8 15
529 8 3
650 940
7 0 10 0
A M.
955 1 10
P.M.
1 0 4 45

SUNDAY
TRAINS.

Trains leave
Edinburgh..
Glasgow— ..
Arrive at

C arliale •• •

Newcastle • •
Preston
M anchester
Liverpool .

Birmingham

London ....

LONDON,
CARLIL4

1,2
& 3.

AM.
6 50
6 30

11 30
P.M.
2 40
3 50

Trains leave

London ...

Birmingham
Liverpool ..
Manchester

Preston
Newcastle .

Carlisle ....
Arrive at
Edinburgh..
Glasgow....

Ex-
press,
lit
class.

10 15,
10 5,
r.m.
1 25

4 141
6 71
6 171

10

10 45!

A.M.
11 15
11 5
F.M.
3 451

P.M.
1 30
1 2t!

[ 7 30
7 53
9 40
10 0
AM.
1 10

BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER,
LE, &c., TO EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.

A.M.
12 301

3 231

5 15
5 30

DOWN TRAINS.

1,2,
& 3.

7 45
7 551

9 591
11 0
P.M.
2 15

Ex-
press
Ist
class.

A.M.
9 0

6 0
10 40
10 50
P.M.
12 30
1 45,

P.ll.
12 12
1 25
1 35

3 201

O 16
Pad.
1 45,
1 551

7 45
7 55

9 16
A.M.

9 16
P.M.
1 45
1 55

9 20
9 30

9 30
9 40

ROYAL ACADEMY of ARTS,
TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION' of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven) One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, R A., Sec.

S OCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER
COLOURS.
The Forty-fourth Annual Exhibition is NOW OPEN at their
Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East, each day, from Nine till Dusk.
Admittance, One Shilling.—Catalogue, Sixpence.
GEORGE A. FRI PP, Secretary.

T 11 '

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET,
Is now RE-OPENED with GREAT ADDITIONS. The NEW
THEATRE, with its Galleries, is capable of containing ONE
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED VISITORS. Specimens of Art-
Manufactures are greatly increased in number and interest. Variety
and great improvements have been effected in the Optical Depart-
ment. Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and Dr. Bachhoffner on Che-
mistry and Experimental Philosophy. A Description of the Depo-
sited Works by Mr. Crispe. Experiments with the Diver and Diving-
bell. The Music will be conducted by Dr. Wallis.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in tke Evenings (including
Saturday Evening) from Seven to Half-past Ten.
Admission, 15.—Sehools, Half-price.

PEMBROKESHIRE IRON and COAL
COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that the First Yearly General Meeting of
the Proprietors of the Pembrokeshire Iron and Coal Company will be
held at Gresham Rooms, 18A, Basioghall-street, in the City of Lon-
don, on WEDNESDAY, the 3lst instant, at One o'clock in the After-
noon precisely, for general purposes.

Gresham Rooms, May 4, 1848.

IRELAND.

MEETING OF THE IRISH CON.
FEDERATION•

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—This association held
its first meeting, since the passing of the " Act for the
better Security of the Crown," &C.,
this evening, in the
Music Hall, Lower Abbey-street, which was crowded
to excess. From the extreme violence of the different
speeches delivered it could scarcely be supposed that
such an enactment as that we have alluded to was in
reality to be found in the statute book. The accessions
to the Confederation announced this evening were both
numerous and respectable, amongst whom were some
Roman Catholic and one Protestant Clergyman.
Mr. Hodges, the Government reporter (who, by the
way, was cheered on entering the hall), and two police
inspectors were present.
The chair was taken by William H. O'Neill, Esq.,
barrister.
The CHAIRMAN thanked the meeting for the honour
conferred upon him, by calling upon him to preside at
the first meeting of the Confederation since the British
l'arliament passed a law to suppress the expression of
public opinion in Ireland. Lord John Russell had stated
that he would not yield repeal till his latest breath ; but
they were there that night to tell the English oligarchy,
which oppressed and ground down
the people of this
country, that the Irish were determined to have a Par-
liament of their own—(Cheers)—that they should never
cease in their exertions till Irishmen obtained the power
of taxing themselves, and until Irishmen should fill
every post of trust, honour, and emolument in this coun-
try, and until they succeeded in forming a National
Guard.—(Loud cheers.) A proclamation had been
issued by Lord Clarendon against the Council of 300,
and against a National Guard; but the meeting should
not be misled by that proclamation. It was not the law
of the land—it was merely the opinion of the Castle
authorities on the law. The Chairman, in concluding
his observations, denied that the Confederates were the
advocates of anarchy, or that they meditated an inroad
on the rights of property or social order. Several
members having been admitted, and several remittances
acknowledged,
Mr. T. F. MEAGHER moved the admission of the
Rev. James Birmingham, P.P., of Borrisokane, a gen-
tleman who had become conspicuous to the Government
—(Cheers)—and who, notwithstanding the censure he
had incurred from his bishop, had written the holiest
and most instructive letter that ever appeared in print.
Mr. GAVAN DUFFY seconded the admission of the
reverend gentleman.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the admission of the
several members proposed, congratulated the meeting on
the great accession of professional gentlemen which the
Confederation had attained.
preliminary
'ern affair at
observations,:Ar
iB.
J.
having
( br
ea Terri
es tnecre) ,
taof t e r
thea freene
Limerick, observed that one consequence had resulted
from it, and that was the resignation of Mr. Mitchell as
member of the Irish Confederation. He (Mr. Dillon)
was not at liberty to go into the reasons which induced
Mr. Mitchell to adopt that course, but an ex-
planation would be given to the public before
the expiration of the week. Mr. Mitchell, he
might say, still possessed the confidence of the
Confederation ; and he (Mr. Dillon) was willing to bear
testimony to his integrity and worth. Since last he
(Mr. Dillon) had had the honour of appearing before the
Confederation an Act of Parliament had been passed,
having for its object the suppression of the opinions of
the people of Ireland on the subjects materially affecting
their interests. For his part, he should say that Act
should have no effect on him. Whatever he said before

B;
foraess ping, h
that
Acte was
passed, pr e ed
hrea tko ree
d p
thee a t.p —e
o(plel le at
or , hear.)
arm—
(Cheers)—ho asked them to arm now.—(Loud cheers.)
The chairman had called their attention to the declara-
tion of Lord John Russell, that ho would resist the re-
peal of the union by force. But he (Mr. Dillon) would
tell the Noble Lord that, whether ho had
breath in his body or not, the union should
go down—(Cheers)—down it should go into the re-
gions of darkness and sin. The union should perish, or
the people of Ireland should perish.—(Loud cheers )
Already had that union deprived Ireland, in one shape
or another, of one million of her people ; its appetite
was still unsated—its jaws wero still open for another
million of victims.— (Hear, hear.) lie did not know
how the struggle might terminate .; ho believed that
nine-tenths of the people were desirous that it should be
obtained peaceably, without any distarbance of social
order, without any invasion of private property ; but
whether the repeal of the union be obtained peaceably
or not depended, in his opinion, in a great measure on
the people. The people of Ireland were determined to
assert their rights, peaceably if they could ; but if, by
any unconstitutional measures on the part of the British
Government, they should be driven to defend their rights
by arms in the field, he (11r. Dillon) would say—he
would say it openly—he would say it advisedly—that
the place of every true man would be in the midst of the
people.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. GAVAN DUFFY (of the Nation) then rose for the'
purpose of moving a resolution. lie said the meeting
were aware that the English Government had thrown
down a challenge to the Irish Confederation, and had
issued a proclamation to :prevent the formation of the
Council of 300 and a national guard. Their answer to
Lord Clarendon's proclamation should be simple and
distinct—they should first tear it into fragments, and
then throw it to the winds. [Mr. Duffy suited the action
to the word, tore the proclamation into bits, and flung it
from him, amidst the most rapturous applause.] They
(the Irish Confederation), continued Mr. Duffy, would
stand on the ancient constitution of Ireland, which had
andn
not
eldied,eet and
theirw Councilhi which
of
should
3onoo t die; they should go on
enrol their national guard —( C
rCII es)
Castle might say to the contrary. Dublin Castle
could not make the law, Dublin Castle could not alter
71) —la t
et
v h
guard—(Cheers)—whatever
ry
Dublinshou
d
the law, or turn it into any fashion.—(Cheers.) He (Mr.
Duffy) had said that Dublin Castle could not make the
law nor amend the law. All it could do was to advise
and threaten. They would laugh at their advice, and
disregard their threats.—(Cheers.) The answer of the
Irish fiConfederation was the following:—" Resolved,
That the Lord-Lieutenant having issued a proclamation
against the proposed National Council and National
Guard, the Confederation desire to warn the people that
proclamations are merely formal notices, neither altering
nor giving any new force whatever to the existing law;
and they call upon the country to proceed as heretofore
in their arrangements in both those matters." Mr.
Duffy then proceeded at some length to urge the neces-
sity for an immediate union amongst Irishmen as the sole
basis of success.
Mr. T. F. MEAGISER then presented himself to the
meeting, and was must enthusiastically received. When
the cheering had subsided, he said be had been entrusted
to submit to the meeting the following proclamation,
drawn up by the Council of the Confederation, and
signed on behalf of the Confederation by William Smith
O'Brien.—(Loud cheers.) When that was issued, there
would be two proclamations before the public: the name
of Clarendon was attached to one—the name of Smith
O'Brien was attached to the other.—(Cheers.) The
former had been already distributed amongst the people,
and it would be seen which of the two men the people
would obey.—(Cheers.) There was a most important
omission in the heading of the proclamation he was
about to read. It ought to be headed a By the Sovereign
People, by the grace of God, &c,"—(Tremendous ap
plause.) Mr. Meagher then read the following pro.
clamation, which was rapturously received by the meet-
ing :

particular his
eOstNyFt FEDERATION.
EQRuAeeTnI,OBNw:
in
PROCLAMATION BY TIIE COUNCIL OF THE IRISH
IrellVanhderenafs
hdeirve3risapCj ersons representing the Government in
Excellency George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon,
her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant-General and General Go-
verner of Ireland, have, by a certain advertisement, or pro-
verdict upon the facts
rLivertise.
election
clamation, bearing date at Dublin Castle, the 29th day of
April, 1848, presumed to assume the functions both of judge
and jury in this kingdom, by declaring the law without any
legal or constitutional authority for so
doing,-- and
at the same time pronouncing a
ewithout t
aainny
representative
evidence,ent
a t
iveboy
wdirthi respect to thn
the said
ment, or proclamation, said to have been summoned or
advised to be elected under the name of a National
Council, or Council of Three Hundred, in this kingdom ; and
also with respect to a certain requisition or declaration,
whereby the persons signing the same declare "That we are
willing to enrol ourselves as members of a National Guard,
for the purpose of preserving social order, and of protecting
this island against all foes, domestic and foreign, that we
are prepared to furnish ourselves with suitable weapons and
accoutrements, and are resolved to hazard our lives in de-
fence of our country, in case any emergency shall arise which
may require our services in its behalf," and which her Ma-
jesty's subjects in this kingdom have been invited to circu-
late and sign ; and whereas the said National Council has
not been advised or summoned for any of the purposes in the
Act of Parliament herinafter mentioned, described, or de-
fined, and the form and purpose of the same have not yet
been at all determined or published; and whereas the advis-
ing, inviting, or signing of the said requisition or declaration,
is and are not, and in the nature thereof cannot be a
"drilling, or training of persons to the use of arms, or to the
' practice of military evolutions or exercises," but only an in-
timation of willingness and intention, at the proper time and
place, to arm and unite for the defence of this kingdom, and
the preservation of order therein, as the subjects of this king
dour may constitutionally' do, and not otherwise ; and
whereas the said advertisement or proclamation is calculated
to excite alarm and misapprehension of the law and fact in
the minds of her Majesty's subjects in general, and thereby
manifestly tend to the disturbance of the public peace, and
in particular not only by false statements of the facts as
as aforesaid, but also by falsely stating the purport and
meaning of the Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland, in
the 33(1 year of the reign of his late Majesty George 111
(commonly called the Convention Act), therein referred to;" And whereas, in fact, by the said Act of Parliament, these
to be declared to be unlawful assemblies, who
~ yb,e!ire
elected. or in any other manner constituted or appointed toing
represent, or assuming or exercising a right or authority
represent the people of this realm, or any number or d
esc. to
rip-
tion of the people of the same, or the people of any
province,
county, city, town, or other district within the same,"
shall
be 80 elected to represent, or shall so assume to r such pe lore "under pretence of petitioning for, or in
other manner procuring an alteration of matters est bilrl any
by law iu Church or State," and so forth; and a
ished
whereas no