The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-17 00:00:00

MR. OCONNELL IN NEWCASTLE.

(Abridged from the Second Edition of the Tyne Mercury of
This day Tuesday.)
Monday, Sept. 14th, being the day appointed
for Mr. O', MonConnelld to visit Newcastle, a scene of unusual
bustle and excitement was presented in the streets, stran-
gers poured in from the surrounding country, and workmen
and mechanics of every description, but more especially
such as were from the " Emerald Isle," paraded up and
down, and seemed resolved that the day should be ob-
served as a holiday. Between one and two o'clock in the
afternoon, deputations of the reformers of Newcastle and
adjacent. towns proceeded, accompanied by a band of mu-
SIC, to meet Mr. O'Connell. Soon after 2 o'clock he arrived
in his carriage at Sunderland Road end, where a simul:
taneous effort was made by the multitude to unyoke the
horses from the carriage, in order to draw Mr. O'Connell
Into Newcastle, when Mr. O'Connell peremptorily de-
clared that if they did so he would quit the carriage ; he
assured them he was no advocate for men to do the
Fork of beasts, nor would he suffer such an instance of
:onion degradation, voluntary and enthusiastic as it was
their part on the present occasion. This remark had
the desired effect. He then proceeded through Gates-
head into the town, followed by an immense crowd of
People. A little before 3 o'clock, Mr. O'Connell, accom-
Poled by Mr. Fife, Mr. Doubleday, Mr. Larkin, and
Other gentlemen, got, with some difficulty, to the platform,
erected in St. Nicholas's Square, where it was arranged
he
should receive the addresses that were to be presented
to h•
The multitude assembled was immense, St. Ni-
erlas Square, Mosley-street, Collingood-strMarket, the
beingClt
Jorket, the Middle-street, and the wGroat
all thronged with spectators anxious to obtain a sight of
a moo wo has so, long held a distinguished place in the
polities of the country.
The Chair was taken by J. Fife, Esq. Mr. Larkin then
proceeded at..considerabl length, to address... Mr. O'Con-
r, as the advocate of civil and religious liberty, and the
enninPian of the rights of the people of England, as well
as of Ireland. He called on the assembled multitude, in
eptielusion, to hold up their hands with him, and pledge
themselves in gratitude to Mr. O'Connell for his services,
to aid and support him to the utmost of their power in
obtainingfoiiwoi as ample a measure of justice for Ireland as they
desired des ,
for their own country. Mr. Larkin then read the
vicinity :ng__a_ddress from the Reformers of Newcastle and the

" To Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P.
tit" We, the inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and its vici-
tt Y, With less of ceremony, perhaps, but with much more of
eeirstness and truth than has generally belonged to tributes
eta similar description in times now happily gone by, beg to
_ourhgratulate you on your visit to this ancient town. In this
icefirst communication with you, Sir, we do not, as others
tom used, content ourselves with flimsy, and therefore pro-
all us unfounded, with general, and therefore probably false,
and compliments ; but we chuse rather a ground on
andch we know that both you and ourselves must feel ample
ttaa complete securita reference to the known, and, as we
try Stow call them, historical— features of your character. We
ce You at first making your early and laborious way, as all
styled (21f enius d, scornful of h countnace of the self-
be angd vulgar great ; amidst ae peoplee son oppressed as to
►ttle able to afford their friends extrinsic aid, relying on
your
"n energies alone, the friend of your country, and the
i Pant opponent of its yet insolent and almost omnipotent
t9rants• We see you next the ardent, and at the same time,
fPou.htic parent and supporter of that great body from which the
toture Powerful and efficient political unions of England were
rai•nsPling, The Catholic Association ;' and we recur with
sled feelings of exultation and derision, to the time when,
at tile beck of this noble combination, the religious liberties
14 nation, so long insolently withheld, were yielded up with
vit,tssembl,lcl fear and suicidal reluctance, by two men, one of
tt 'T.4 Was the boasted representative of the courage and mi-
• tirY talent—the other of the policy and legislative wisdom,
reality is •
ef England.
jo: Prom this proud eminence your next step, though great
oati , in appearance small. From the emancipator of
", you became a Member of the British House of Com-
"1"---a. distinction which, if mere sound and the common
boceptation of words were alone considered, would pass for
Ching better than an anti-climax. As a Member of the
atrll 'stature, the common fate of men of a character like your's
pursued you. You were hated and feared for the very
:ices you had done ; and like all who have united honesty
talent, you quickly make yourself of too much conse-
rhee to be acceptable to the rulers of your country. No
aunder ► when in the Legislature you continued to pursue the
18011?° constant and unflinching course as when you were alien
}i it, arid the Coercion Bill in the House of Commons was as
aterul to your feelings as were the Six Acts out of it.
ia," The scene changes, as in such times all such scenes must
rnadthe the people of. England now hail you—the once stig-
itl ti zed vindicator of an oppressed, because a separate and
.sulated country—as the distinguished supporter of their
t.,llghts end advocate of their happiness. This is only consis-
is:lit %kith all the former acts and maxims of your career. It
wthe noble hut yet natural course w hich, in a crisis like the
:14-erisent, Providence has chalked out for a character like yours,
f; as such we view it. From your past we derive a guarantee
your future conduct, and gladly hail in you a public man,
fiDaramount
power and influence, who has addressed plain,
tre„.2ite, and unsophisticated truths to the people. Of such
th"‘us too well do we know the value, for too long have we felt
r e•1°". We believe with you, Sir,• the true definition of
_,ational liberty to be the opposite of licentiousness, and all
geParture from law and order to be true tyranny, whether
telt departure be the act of one, or of a few, or of all.
1)4;11," our desires of change arc limited to such as experience
grimes to conduce to the happiness of all men ;at
lesitatingly
lo„r`intes the sum of our demands is security for life and pro-
!Y• It is, Sir, because you have spoken plainly and un-
throughout—it is because you have announced
yourself the advocate of free, rational, and (without which
it .the other epithets are nugatory) cheap Government—
;•,9 because of these things that we treat you thus with
ev endship unfeigned, and a confidence unbounded, which
due° eloquence like yours, unaccompanied by such .
4ements, could never have drawn from us. Deceived
You disaPpointed so often, we recognise with gratitude in
4 resting-place for wearied and insulting confidence. We
urn rely upon public measures because they are approved by
1ie;,,1 and because we know you will not deceive us, we be-
viit•ims"ve are not deceived. Deprived of the aid of some of
:e.cs,—"% it is the best praise to say that they ever deserved. that
.1„e-Aenee to which you have shewn so powerful a claim,—
,I?ay to God to diminish the already too small number of
le°s,‘"
ve theirthe country."
rta,nes Mather, Esq."also addressed Mr. O'Connell, and
8 'le following address to him from the Reformers of
31 Shields :
tarictv''':,--Mre, the undersigned, electors and others, inhabi-
a as i,fl.°` South Shields, gladly embrace the opportunity at pre.
teerv;-4orded us of offering you our warmest thanks for the
ces you have rendered to the cause of freedom.
roir,:•,ms expression of our sentiments is dictated by the ad-
tett-"°11 with which we have beheld your manly and consis-
thri ec4ltluct throughout the whole of your public life. In
7i outset you stood forward as the champion of the Irish na-
tirf'. °ltd oftentimes, since that period, have the walls of the
The tish
,flee°_Pflpres
senate-house been made to echo your denunciation of
flourishing
measures that have
tusiy :urishing and happy people. You have been assidu-
lreathcalumniated by the
opposed by power, and malignantly
.
etitse of slander, but in spite of these, your exertions in the
iave been comparatively successful.
your c admire the consistency and integrity that dictated
co admire
in supporting the present Administration. Con-
-4rane°lof their desire to conciliate your countrymen, and to
t them, at least, a partial relief from their load of suffer-
-f•4'trou supported them against the efforts of a desperate
%I.° en,' ~atal assisted them in oust:marg the measures they
ye erate our
Ugrit torward • by this conduct y ave won the esteem
~.i_ocrery lover of his country, and especially of those who
institutions, and whO would, by reforming them,
Perpetuate them in our land.
pos-t.e consider the establishment of any religious sect in op-
en ton to the wish of a majority of your nation, is an act of
10.aralleled injustice • and, we regard the rejection of the
itnsh Church Bill b the House of Lords—a Bill so just in
,risvePtriociple and so moderate in its extent, as another effort to
the chains of priestly domination in that country ; we,
ther
,norefo:e, think it the duty of every friend of humanity to be
2„ttie firmly united than ever at the present juncture. We
pc ath iz e with you in all your wrongs, and view every injury
,ted on your countrymen as an indirect attack on our- own
°cm. For these reasons, we promise you our support in
every act
of amelioration, and in every endeavour to resist op-
s;on and defend the liberty of your nation.
6,
_ In taking leave of you for the present, allow us to express
t‘eolv..l'.h that you may live to be of still greater service to your
increased ; that you may witness her internal satisfaction and
prosperity ; that she may be united to us by the en-
inarig ties of interest and reciprocal affection ; and, that the
mc of Daniel O'Connell may long find a place in the rnerance of a generous and grateful people."
‘,..
e, An Address having also been presented from Blaydon by
Mr. Emerson_
Mr, O'
CONNELL _ proceeded to address the multitude.
aid, the first sensation that came forward, overpow-
hreilncr scr his
mind, was, one of utter astonishment when he be-
so multitudinous a body of men, and he could not help
asking himself, with astonishment, why is this compliment?
talents
vanity perhaps interfered, and whispered something of
Sprung
of a superior order ; but truth soon found that it
from
not utng something of a different character. It was
that to do him honour, but to show to him and to others,
slavese' and,
as
4ecidtldle people of England understood the question to be
the song said, " Britons never will be
Eroli.h' He stated that the question now was, whether
_s men should be freemen or slaves ; but how could
tl!eay
717(3; be otherwise when they had 170 masters? If there be
h had at tl •
franch. ° disposal their rights, liberties, and
Ises, their property and lives, they must be slaves if
continued so. Mr. O'Connell then spoke in terms of
disc of the House of Lords, and stated that he
7_orekldraw by ballot 75 of that Assembly, who would be
fitted for the situation than 175 lords. Nay, he would
tiroanw, fiftyand
then Members belonging to any mechanics' institu-
draw n from them, and he had no
doubt h
tut they would d sense, and real
14towled, possess more goo
Lordships,e and h
a-It)", than the whole body of t. eir
—(Cheering In alluding to the o-igin of

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the present crisis, he contended by the revolution of 1638,
when the Lords and people had , wrested from the King
his prerogative, they assumed to themselves his power, and
had taxed and fleeced the people of this country by the
House of Commons, and entered into wars for Hanover and
to put down independence in America, and then proceeded
to notice the French war, and condemned the national cha-
racter of that people, whom he stated had disgraced liberty ;
but they had to pay the penalty—the national debt. The
Reform Bill, he stated, had torn the veil from before the
Lords, and had placed them .in a corner where any one
could count them—there was just 170, and the question
now was, whether they should continue lords and masters,
or become part of the people. His (Mr. O'C.'s) bu*sines;
in the North was to preach from this text. The Lords
claimed to be legislators, from their fathers being so, and in
his op:n'on very bad ones. It was as reasonable for a per-
son to offer to make them. a pair of shoes, because his father
was a shoemaker,-or a tailor to make a suit of clothes, or a
person to offer a mercantile man to navigate his ship to
China, because their fathers were able to do it. Yet this is
what they tell us—their fathers were legislators, and -they
must be so too. In a case where work was spoiled they
could take the parties before a magistrate, but here we could
do nothing with the Lords, who had their hands in the
public purse up to the elbows. After some further com-
ments, he proceeded to state that during the session they
had spoiled twenty • Bills of different value, and stated
that the Corporation Reform Bill, as passed, was only an in-
stalment of what they ought to have, and it was necessary to
agitate, to secure the remainder. Every man who would
not have slave written upon his grave, should agitate to en-
force a further degree of justice to this great and intelli-
gent people. Mr. O'Connell avowed himself to be an ad-
vocate of the extension of the franchise, and stated it as
decidedly his opinion that every person who was liable to
government ought to be eligible to vote, and recited an
anecdote which had amused the people of Manchester, of
the case of a gardener in one of the States of America,
where the elective qualification was possession of goods to
the amount of five pounds. This person possessed goods
to the amount of four pounds, and to secure his vote he
valued an ass at one pound. Prior to an election his ass
died, and his vote was objected to, when he discovered that
it was the ass that had the vote, and regretted that he had
not brought it dead or alive. He expressed himself a friend
to short Parliaments, and as it was an old habit in England,
he would agree to three years, and stated it as his opinion
that if Sir Matthew White Ridley. had to appear there
every three years, he would not mind the Derby dilly ; and
also expressed himself a friend to the Ballot. He thanked
God they bad a government who desired a safe, gradual,
and necessary reform in the institutions. Mr. O'Connell
then referred to the late speech of Sir Robert Peel, at
Tamworth, in which he defended the conduct of the King
of the French. He (Mr. O'Connell) expressed his
horror at the late attempt to 'assassinate Louis Phil-
lippe, but condemned the manner in which subsequent
inroads had been made upon the trial by jury, and the
the liberty of the Press. He expressed himself the
friend of civil and religious liberty, and stated be,bad done
everything in his power to forward the cause of the D.s-
senters of England. His principle was, that.no man could
have too much religion between himself and his God, but
he considered it was profanation and blasphemy for another
person to interfere. If there was a person in whose breast
throbbed a greater love of liberty than in his, or would do
the people more complete justice, he would give up his own
energies and follow out the-schemes of that person. After
some other observations, the Hon. Gentleman concluded
his address, having been frequently cheered throughout.

THE DINNER.
About 340 gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner at
the Music Hall, Blackett-street, Newcastle, at five o'clock
on Monday afternoon, the 14th Sept., in honour of Daniel
O'Connell, Esq., M.P. The chair was taken by John
Fife, Esq. ; Mr. A. L. Potter, Mr. Charnley, Mr. John
Rayne, Mr. H. Shield, and Mr. M. Dunn, officiating as
Vice-Presidents. On the right of the Chairman sat Mr.
O'Connell, Sir David Erskine, Mr. Doubleday, Mr. Larkin,
Col. Campbell, Mr. Losh, Rev. Mr. Gillow, &c. On his
left were Morgan O'Connell, Esq., M.P. (Mr. O'Connell's
second son), Mr. Morton, Mr. C. Rayne, Mr. James
Mather, G. T. Dunn, Esq., Rev. Mr. Riddell, &c. A
number of ladies took their seats in the gallery and gave an

air of gaiety and beauty to the scene.
After the cloth was removed " Non nobis Donzine" was
sung.
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—Gentlemen, as we
are Conservatives of the Constitution—as we are destruc-
tives only of abuse, the first toast I propose to you is, " The
King."—(Drunk with great applause.)
Mr. CHAIRMAN :—Gentlemen--The toast I now have
the honour to propi)se needs no recommendation, 'The
People, the only source of legitimate Power.'
Mr. CHAIRMAN :—Gentleman—ln proposing that we
drink to the health of the Princess Victoria, I take the
liberty of adding the aspiration, May Heaven protect her
against the machinations of orangemen !'—(The most vehe-
ment and continued cheering.)
Mr. CHAIRMAN :—Pentlemen,—Upon every debated
question there is one member of the royal family who has
always been the friend of -the people—His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussex deserves a tribute of respect at
our hands.

The CHAIRMAN then said :--Gentlemen—The intro-
ductory ceremonies of our festival have passed, and the hour
has now arrived when we may permit ourselves to throw
aside forms, and indulge in those feelings of admiration and
gratitude which have this day assembled us in honour of
Mr. O'Connell—(great cheering)—and I scarcely know
whether these emotions are strongest when we regard him
as the emancipator of Ireland, or the great ally of British
reformers.—(Cheers.) His services in the great, I may
almost say sacred, cause of Reform, have not owed their
efficiency merely to his varied knowledge and extraordinary
eloquence, but much also to that prudent policy and those
enlarged views which have so often enabled him to prevent
divisions amongst reformers—which have enabled him to
marshal us in our ranks, and bring our power to bear in its
whole united force against the common enemy.—(Great
cheering.) Ireland owes to Mr. O'Connell a debt of grati-
tude which Ireland, as a nation, can never repay. Con-
template the state in which he found her, and com-
pare that with her present comparatively triumphant
position.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) It is not long
since the laws by which Ireland • was ruled were cha-
racterised as slow, cruel, outrageous in their nature, keep-
ing men alive only to violate in their persons every right,
and every feeling of humanity. Terrific as this picture
seems, how exaggerated the horrors of this code appear,
when we recollect that such laws were unmercifully and
partially administered, that the many were delivered over
into the hands of the few, that Ireland was governed by a
faction, and that this faction consisted of Orangemen, the
wickedness of whose principles we have just discovered, but
the barbarity of whose practices we have too long known.
The rounded cheek of infancy—the hoary head of age—
have they not both been blood-stained by the miscreant
hands of these Orangemen ? And yet to such men all
places of honour and emolument, all offices of power and
trust, were delegated. From such a government it is not
wonderful that the best men in Ireland should endeavour to
free her, even by open insurrection—it is less surprising than
lamentable, that the amiable and unfortunate Lord Edward
Fitzgerald should have fallen a victim to this error.—
(Cheers.) Of a more exalted character were the weapons
used by O'Connell ! It was not by brute force, not by open
insurrection, that he sought to break the fetters of Irish-
men ; it was not by the pike or the musket that he at-
tempted the relief of his bleeding country—moral power,
menerated by the dissemination of political . knowledge and
'the union of all honest reformers, were the lofty means by
which he laboured for and obtained such glorious results—
and what mountains has he moved ! By one great effort he
struck off the manacles of seven millions of Irishmen, and.
in gaining the glorious measure of Catholic emancipation, he
wrung it from a Ministry self-degraded by the public acknow-
ledgment that it hated the measure Of relief it was forced to
grant, and Peel and Wellington yielded this concession as the
wounded man parts with the last drop of his heart's blood.
—(EnthUsiastic cheering.) It is curious that we should.al-
•ways be met by imputations of infidelity aad blasphemy
when we touch upon • the shocking abuses of the sinecure
church of Ireland. But such religionists forget that there
are two descriptions of blasphemy ; besides the direct
mockery of things sacred, there is an indirect blasphemy
poisoning the human mind by making the name and in-
fluence of religion subservient to earthly, temporal, and
sordid purposes—(Great cheering)—and if I were asked to
point out the grossest instance of such wickedness to be
found in any age or country, I should direct my finger at
the sinecure church of Ireland.—( Vehement and long-con-
tinued cheering.) Is it not more by the misfortunes of his
country than by his own talents and his own virtues that
Mr. O'Connell has become the vox publica of Ireland, the
Hannibal ad ferns of the House of Lords, the conqueror
of Wellington. Gentlemen, we drink to the health of
Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P.'—(Great enthusiasm.)
Mr. O'CoNxiLL rose amidst loud and continued cheer-
ing, and said, I have not, I do assure you, the presump-
tuous vanity to imagine that it is any merit of mine that
brings down upon me the cheering of your applause. The
greetings with which I have been received—by the accumu-
lation of congregated thcusands—the congregation of ra-
tional men by whom I have been welcomed, all demon-
strate that we are arrived at one of those periods of Eng-
lish history upon which turns the question whether
the present state of thingi is to end in the degrada-
tion of the English name, or the exaltation of English
virtue by the acquirement of our rights. We have come
to the crisis—we must either write ourselves down slaves,
or you must demand that there shall be no such thing as
irresponsible, and therefore abused power. The question is,
whether you are to have one hundred and seventy masters or