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

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Nov. 30. The usual weekly meeting of, the,
Repeal Association was held this day at Conciliation
'Hall. Among the members present were Mr. O'Connell,
I. 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 Sullivan, T.C.
The Secretary having read the minutes of the last
meeting,
Mr. O'CONNELL rose to band in the subscriptions of
himself and sons for the month of December, :v e in
doing so said he would take the opportunity of mention-
ing that the tenth audit of the accounts of the Associa-
tion had just taken place.--(Elear, hear.) It had
lately been completed, and a balance struck, which he
was sorry to say was in his favour, for it appeared that
the Association owed him 971. 9d.—(Cheers.)
It was their tenth audit, and Mr. Ray, the Secre-
tary, was, as,usual,• ready to show the accounts to any
member who wished to see them, even from the begin-
ning, if they choose ; and he would venture to assert,
and challenge denial, that no mercantile house in . the
city could boast of clearer accounts •, he would challenge
even the Bank of Ireland. It had been said that they
destroyed all the vouchers after each audit. Now, he
wished to say, that there never was a greater untruth,
facthasaltfpheente,w
was,as he
vothuacted, andvery thevouchers item, to the am
ed—a
amount of
in 73,345.—
(Cheers.)
and Aln tuhmoohsrbeeee,hrdocumentswere to be seen posted
that they amounted at that moment to 73,348.
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he would not have gone so far, were it not bctter 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
as to his being a traitor, they had stated that he
was invited to a dinner at the Reform Club some time
back, 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
he 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-
meet would bu 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 201. 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 Ire-
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'CONNELL 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'CONNELL again came forward, for the purpose
as he stated, of referring to the late dispute between
him and the Titnes.—(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, bear.)
He denied it in the fullest manner, and the Times
left out 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 ju,tice 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
his usual weekly report from the city registry, by which
it appeared that the repealers were in a majority of 91.
Mr. J. O'CortNELL 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
so as to proselytise the Roman Catholics who were in it..
—(hear.) He also said that of the thirty officers it con-
tained 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 us
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 some king to work out repeal, as
they appNOSNLhe're as,firm, uncompromising repealers,
who would cons net to no .Rostponement or qualification
of the question. If incide,n4s had occurred which
threw them out of the straight struggle, they should be
icisregarded, and they should, under every circumstance,
I /WM tut lepu.i, ..0 Ivaa. LW kola. l.? N.niuen)
had 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 listen to those who
asked, " what were their prospects and resources ?"
His 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, such
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
would
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Par-
liament g inoubmadhar
of her own, and she got over the difficulty in
consequence. There the ports were at once opened to
supply food. Not so in Ireland, for although misery
and destitution were stalking through the land, no such
move 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, becausel 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 destroyed.—(ll ear, 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 Irelander s, whom
he said, were all guilty of high treason ; for, professing
themselves as the advocates of " physical force." They,
o
had compared themselves to the "Literary Phalanx
of France—and what was that Phalanx composed f _
—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. O'Connell) would tell them
i
composed of three infidels, who had even gone to
the extent
onfa
ttehley
naorclhibbriashryopto;
but ta
3r
blaidbrator
tu
burn, unless the
y went to the College ; and if they did it
was more likely the parties would have to resort to their
t wl Youngof burning
reland e ther s
own favourite weapon, physical force, and kick them
out.—(Cheers.) What was their physical force com-
posed of ? The .A ation.
Mr. STEELE—There organ.
Mr. O'Cosenu. said the Nation was only a barrel or-
gan, and a very bad one. In conclusion the Hoiaourable
Gentleman announced his intention of bringing on the
question of repeal in the aablin Corporation, and calling
on all the municipal bodi.eti to adopt the same course. He
anticipated the best pos Bible result from this line of pro-
ceeding.
The rent for the wt!ek amounted to 46/. 14s. sd.

•
CHASE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday last a smart
looking sailor, named John Rees, was charged with hav-
ing deserted his wife and family, leaving them charge-
able to the parish of St. Peter. A warrant which had
been issued for his apprehension was entrusted to the
care of police-constable Frederick Rees for execution.
Accordingly the constable proceeded to Llanelly, but the
ofhisjpouhrnsußere,easnwd
a.t:onkotowhfleireghtto.
be
wash a d heard
made,
but
found, and Frederick Rees, nothing daunted, prepared
fsuegaritcihve
to renew the search in another quarter. Having obtained
the assistance of a constable of the Rural Police Force,
Rees proceeded to the harbour, where they were in-
formed that the runagate had taken shelter in a vessel.
They immediately commenced searching the hold, but
could discover no trace whatever of him. Loath to
give up the search, Frederick Rees gave one lest
lingering look" over the vessel, and keenly scanned its
various appointments, when lo! high amongst the rigging
" suspended in mid-air," was observed Qie marital fugi-
tive. Up mounts the constable, and higher up mounts
the lost husband—lost to all sense of his shame. Freda.
rick, however, soon .found that he was no match fcir
John at climbing, and therefore determined to circum-
vent him by a ruse de guerre. Giving the other police.
man the wink, that .worthy functionary mounted ills
rigging on the other side, and so the sailor got hemmed
in, notwithstanding, however, that he was thus 'held. ,
alweetv'enebreueiti yhun ,
gnoh.ane was
unable
dreweeottohshet
iipmsl n
progress
,truncheonotugark
ep,
snppsg r
advantage
e further
yfhar
ona bmt
al e fgu,
his
of
tpfh,ocetthethe
rigging
t!,l p ou
dusk
3.4 ma
t tett
level-
linge it at the sailor as if it was a pistol, vowed hie would
blow his brains out if he did not surrender. 'Terrified
at the threat, the sailor yieldod
Coannvdye to -rmarth!n,
wasdconsigr Led forth-
with to durance vile, and than:
and brought before the .w,vOr, whoe repnme nded him
-severely, and sent hiniT6l* HouSe of Cone ction for a
f month, telling him that if he was again chat ged with a
1, similar offence, he should hive three, monde ,z' imprison-
net.--Cornwall Legal Gazette.