The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-09 00:00:00

Mr. RAY read a letter
Stuart, enclosing 5/. as his

Mr. O'CONNELL statek
Seotchman, and a descend
Edward Stuart, for some
Mr. Cr ARDINER handed._
money from St. Paul's Ward.—(Hear, and laughter.)
Mr. O'CoNelm. then rose to bake the speech of thee
day. He said he wished -to draw the attention of thee
Association to the position of Ireland, and to congratu-
late her on her social and political position.—(Hear,,
hear.) The first matter he had to allude to was a lament-
able one, and that was the state of Ireland as regarded.
the failure of the potato crop. He hoped it would haves
no bad effect on the people, or drive them to crime in:
any locality. He would implore of them to commit no
violence, and he would promise them footi.—(Cheers.)
The Government would 'feed them, and he would assist
the Government ; and, in order to do so, he would move
" That it be refs.-red to the committee to draw up and
Publish a short synopsis of the mode necessary to be
adopted to procure relief from the Government in those
districts where it was :required." Now, although the
d yet, he could give them an
Act had not reached Reim.'
idea of what it was, which lee was sure would be satis-
factory.—(Hear.) It was flee unlimited Act ; by it
20,000,0004 of money could b.I raised, if necessary,
to keep the people 'from ,starvation.—(Hear.) -
It was not, however, to -be Liven as a gift,
but was to be advanced as a loan, t, nd to be repaid in
work.—(Cheers.) The Bill began by ,stating that if the
Lord-Lieutenant should hear of any di. triet being par-
ticularly destitute, that he should step ;forward and put
the Act in force.—(Hear, hear.) The Cyst thing to be
done was to_inform his Excellency—and ane;rbody might
inform him, either clergy or laity—and thee' he' was to
leerform his duty ; for instance, Lord Br sbelrough had
reeeeived 14 letters during the past week, he had
peeef,eimed sessions to be held under the Bill for Oleir re-
lief—the first time he (Mr. O'Connell) believed anall,i"g
good was ever proclaimed for Ireland.—(Cheers.) eN'hen t
these proclaueations were issued, the magistrates were to '
meet, to set work on foot in their baronies, and the fundY
would be supplieed by Government to pay for them ; *raid
if the magistrates i'efused to do so, the Lord-Lieutenant
was enabled to refer the Board of Works and procure
relief.—(Hear." By this, employment would be given,
which would be well paid foie and which would be un--
limited. Now, he (Mr. O'Connell) calculated that it
would take at least from 10,000,0001. to 13,000,000/. to
feed the Irish people that year. That, however, was a
subject which would be more properly calculated by the
committee which he had moved for to draw up appli-
cations for relief.—(Hear, hear) It woalld,
he
thought, take 10,000,0001., and it was not to be
paid back that year.—(Hear.) The Bill gave twelve
months for its repayment—gave a year's credit, so Kiat
the poor people we uld have a chance of a good harvest I. 0
pay for it, and the very poor would never have to pay
anything at all.—(Hear, hear.) All persons holding
tenements under .51., as rated by the poor-law, were to be,
exempt from repayment; and persons holding tenements
ebove that sum so rated. would be obliged only to repay
three-eighths of the montev borrowed, whereas the land-
lords would have to pay the other five-eighths. At this
the landlords of course had .begun to grumble already,
and some of them he btlieveuvoad a good right to
complain,—he alluded to good laeldlords—but many of
them deserved it.—(Cheers.) He' (Mr. O'Connell)
knew men who were good landlords, ,and took care of
their tenants; and they complained that the tenants of
bad landlords should come to them for assistance.—
(Hear, hear.) But still, although they haul lost by it,
they would be satisfied at bearing a burden which
;. but
all landlords would be Obliged to bear.—(U.
Bad landlords would grumble at paying this money
he had a remedy for them, and he would tell th.stin
what it was.—(Hear, hear.) If they would come to the't
hall and read his son John's book, and see what England
owed Ireland, they would come and join him in look- -
mg for justice, and thereby become good men and good
landlords.—(Cheers.) The English people were com-
plaining at their getting 1,000,000/. for drainage at 3i
per cent.; but they did not remember that they got, at
the same time, 2,000,0001. The Learned Gentleman
having stated that he believed it was the intention of the
Government to do all in its power for Ireland, if allye
to do so, said he would support them, but still stated
that no concession or no remedy could supply the plasee
of repeal. He then, in conclusion, announced his inten
tion of going to Darrynane in the course of the week, of -
writing to the Association every Monday, and prepare •
' ing during his sojourn three Bills to be proposed next
session, fur the regeneration of Ireland—(Cheers)—and
he also stated, that when he departed this world he hoped
that the only epitaph engraved on his tombstone would
be, " Here lies the man who obtained repeal ;" and if he
did not live to see it carried, " Here lies the man who
struggled all his life to obtain repeel."—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. RAY then read a communication from the repeaters
of Manchester, enclosing 171. Os. 3d., and expressing
some very complimentary' terms to Mr.
wishes for his happiness. O'Connell, and
A voice—Amen. that gra-
Mr. O'CONNELL—I am very much obliged to
tuitous clerk.—(Laughter.) .1 move, sir, that tle. letter
from Manchester be inserted on the minutes.
The resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. O'CONNELL then announced the state of the city
registry, showing a majority for repeaters of 212.
Mr. N. MAHE& handed in 151. from 1)r. Sinnott, of
St. Peter's College, Wexford.—(Cheers.) The com-
munication enclosing the remittance was ordered to be
inserted on the minutes, and the thanks of the Associa-
tion passed to the writer.
A MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, here ad-
dressed the Association from the rear of the chair, and
occupied no inconsiderable part of the time, if not the
attention, of the association. Referring to the late de-
parture of the " Young Ireland "party, he termed them
politically mad who dared to dictate to the Liberator—the
greatest man in the world. What very fine boys they
were :—(Laughter.) The speaker concluded by,express •
ing a hope, in the language of the poet, that he should
see his country—

" Great, glorious, and free,
" First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea."
Mr. RAY then read a letter from Mr. Michael Joseph
Barry, who requested his name to be struck off the roll,.
but declined entering into the merits of the late question
of physical and moral force.
Mr. &CONNELL said the letter was a most proper
one ; it was 'the letter of a gentleman whom he was
sorry to lose, but his name was already off.
Mr. RAY was proceeding to read a letter from Mr. D
Lane, expressing a similar wish, when
Mr. O'CONNELL said—Oh, he's off too !
Mr. STEELE handed in an address to Mi'. O'Connell
from St. Luke's Ward, London, which was Drdered to
be inserted on the minutes.
Mr. O'CONNELL having announced the rent for the
week to be 1421. 155., Counsellor Fitzpatrick was' called
to the chair, when a vote of thanks was passed to Mr.
Charles O'Connell, and the meeting adjcurntd for EL
week.

THE ALLEGED ROBBERY OF NINETEEN BRASS
GUNS I'P.OM WOOLWICH ARSENAL.—A considerable
time since, nineteen brass howitzers were missing front
the stores in the Royal Arsenal, and although a strict
inquiry was made at the time, they were not traced.
Suspicion, however, fell on two privates named Freeman
and Campion, of the Royal Sappers and Miners, who
were apprehended, and taken before Mr. Grove, the sit-
ting magistrate, and underwent a rigid exatenation, but
were ultimately discharged, nothing being discovered to
impeach their charae!er. The Board of Ordnance then
offered a reward of 1001. for the recovery of the property
and apprehension of the thieves, It has since beet. dis-
covered that the guns were not stolen or lost, but " :hat
they had been cast into a portion of the Nelson monit-
meat, and that through an error they were omitted to
be entered in the official returns." It is but justice,, to
state that these innocent men have been discharged from
the service, after twenty-one years' service, upon
liberal pension, and are now employed in the same esta-
blishment.
THE PONIATOWSICI GEMS.—Yesterday, Mr. Price
submitted to public competition. at the auction rooms,
Chancery-lane, Mr. J. Tyrrell's entire collection of
proof impressions from the antique gems of the late
Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski. They consisted of very'
beautiful medallion casts of the principal scenes and
events throughout the "Iliad," the Odyssey," and the
" JEneid," together with the principal fabulous feats of
the mythological characters of ancient Greece and Rome.
The first portion offered related chiefly to the higher
divinities, and the whole of the lots of the first-class
realised seventy-two guineas.

SUPPOSED CASE OF POlSONlNG.—Yesterday, Mr.
Baker resumed and concluded an inquiry at the Cock
and Magpie, 'Worship-street, St. Luke's, on the body of
Mrs. Mary Ann Stroud, aged forty-seven, who formerly
hept an eating-house in the above street. The evi-
dence adduced was very lengthy, from which it tip-
' peared that on: Saturday last &ceased was suddenly
seized with dreadful pains and vomited much. Sus-
picion arose that she had been poisoned, and a surgeon
was sent for, before whose arrival she had expired. Mr.
Bowyers, the surgeon, had made a post mortem exami-
nation, and stated that her death was produced by natural

causes
A NUMBER OF PIGEONS DESTROYED BY FIRE.—
About twelve on Monday night a fire broke out in the
pigeon shed belonging to Mr. Maynard, hoop binder,
Hodden's-place, King-street, Old Gravel-lane, Wapping.
The fire burned through the roof and destroyed a large
number of valuable pigeons, notwithstanding every
effort was made to save them. It is not known how the
fire originated. The building sustained considerable
injury.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SOLDIER,—At the
County Office, at Rochester, on Mollay, the magistrates
were engaged for some time in the investigation of a
case, at the instance of Colonel Weare, Commandant of
the Provisional Battalion, against George Cupitt, a
drummer in the 9th Regiment, which it was fit first sup-
posed would end in a charge of forgery, the prisoner
having obtained 10s. from Barnet Harris, a clothes
dealer in Chatham, by means of a forged order, pur-
porting to come from Sergeant Goodall, of the 31st Re-
giment. an invalid in the Military Hospital at Fort
Pitt. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next
Quarter Sessions at Maidstone on a charge of obtaining
money under false pretences.
THE BALLOON ASCENT AND DESCENT.—The
Royal Nassau balloon, which on Monday night ascended
with Mr. Green, the veteran aeronaut, and eleven ladies
and gentlemen, from Cremorne Gardens, and by which
were suspenEed two parachutes, in each of which was a
monkey, went in a northerly direction. After attaining
an altitude of about a mile, the aerial machine got into an
easterly current, when it was carried towards Hendon,
where it descended in a field in Thad green, after a.
rather boisterous passage. On the separation of the
paraellut( s there was no-spOrent oscillation of the bal-
loon. These fell in a fieldthe property of Mr. anhigall,
Little Chelsea.
Barracks, for
arl
hesis Bart.,Sisienagtsibnyiorksr
h has left KnigUbb rid

~; ~~~

ig 11t
-•-: `,.....--4.X
ir
' ''''' . •,>eg
f - a Mr. Charles ti:;& `rd
RI ription to thr A sspoa on.
KI t t this gpiailema as a
Hk.......
5
dant o atio ries
itiatiga+,.
time t and.
ed in 13 . 2s. 6d. moral fora. e