The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-07 00:00:00

TEE MILLTOWN-ROAD OUTRAGE.

The intended meeting 'of the cab-proprietors of
Dublin was held on Friday evening in their rooms,
Fishambla-street.4 The place was crowded to excess
with cab owners and drivers, who manifested the
deepest interest in the probeedings.

The chairman, Mr. JOHN KELLY, of tho Baggot-
street stand, in the course of a vigorous speech, re-
marked that if the meeting had been held in the
Rotunda, that room, large as it was, would not hold
all that would have asseirlbled there to express their
horror of this atrocious outrage. (Cheers.) It was
a crime which, looked at in any light, was of the
blackest dye. (Hear, hear.) As a breach of trust
it could not be exaggerat4d—it blacked the deeper
the more it was consideret ; and as citizens, fathers,
husbands, and brothers, till y were bound to be alive
in the matter, and not to ease their,exertions until
the miscreant was placed in the hands of justice.
(Cheers.) The resolutio which would be pro-
feeblyiposed, though couched in trong language, but very
expressed the indi nation they felt for theposed,
conduct of this Sopoy, wh ever he was, whose con-
duct had not been equalled in atrocity within his

(Mr. Kelly's) remembrance. It reminded one forcibly
of the horrible outrages which had been committed
on their countrywomen daring the Indian mutiny,
and the rallying cry of every man who loved and
respected his mother, sister, wife, or child should be,
We have wives and sisters to protect and revenge.'
(Cheers.) The superhuman exertions of the young
lady, by which she succeeded in ultimately escaping
from the wretch's grasp, was a proof, if such were
wanting,that death before dishonour' is our coun-
trywomen's motto. (Cheers.) They were not there,
however, to make long speeches, but to work ; for
if speeching could do any good, their country
would be the happiest land on the face of the earth.
(Hear, hear.) The Freenian, from we extract the
above, does not give the resolution.
Our Manchester correspondent informs us that
it was reported on Saturday that a cab-driver,
charged with this offence, had been apprehended
in the neighbourhood of Ashton-under-Lyne.

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Volunteers." ' SOiTIO people, he Said; had-been in the
habit of talkie gubout what they called' an invasion
panic —a term. which had always appeared- to him to
be singularly misapplied—for panic, used in that
sense, he understood to be "fear without reasonable
ground." Now, he had never seen any fear. He
had never seen any pale faces in this country—
(laughter and cheers)—but he had seen Vert reason
able ground why, in the matter of defence, we
should seriously set out. house in Order, and be pre-
pared for any contingency. When :he spoke of this
feeling, which did exist, but which now existed no
longer, let him not be understood to speak in any-
thing like hostility to the 'Emperor of the French,
who, in his opinion had ever entertained a kindly
feeling towards this country. ''He had been our
brother in arms; he had shown a dispositiOn to draw
more closely the ties of friendship and commercial
enterprise, by making a commercial !treaty. The
Emperor, however, was surrounded by an immense
army. He was sometimes their slave, and at any
moment an accidental misunderstanding7-some
chance difLronce acting on the passions of the two
nations—both justly proud of their position among
nations, 'ln jght lead to a feeling so strong, that "even
the will 'of the Emperor might not be sufficient
to control it. It was for this reason Mr. Clay
considered England had neither been toe fast nor
too zealous in putting the country into' that state
of effectual defence which, in a great measure,
was owing to the volunteers. There was one impor-
tant fact, about this enormous addition to our de-
fensive force. It was comparatively inexpensive_ to
'the nation at large—(hear, hear)—it was upheld by
the voluntary principle throughout. 'He was sorry
to see in London—though, happily, not in Hull or
elsewhere-7-persons had been found to endeavour to
discountcntince this great movement; and public no-
tice had been given by some, employers of labour,
,that those employed by them must chocele between
what they believed to be their dutynto their country
and the business in which they 'Were 'engaged.
(Cries of Shame.) To men such as theie he could
only speak on the lowest possible grbunds. lie could
only use •to them the meanest arguments, because
they were addressed to the meanest underst4ndings.
Tear, hear.) These men must know that it was
something to establish a force of 170,000 volunteers
—and he said to them, " If you succeed in rendering'
the volunteer movement abortive, there will have
to be an increase of the standing army-=(cheers)--
which could not be less than 2d. more income tax to
pay." (Laughter.), He told such men as these that
they were blind self-seekers and bad citizens(loud
cheers)—and it was a great pleasure there wore none
such in Hull, and he did not think there ever would
be: