The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-22 00:00:00

IRELAND.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.

Duni.lN, AUc. 19.—The usual weekly meeting of the
Association was held this day, in the Conciliation Hall.
The chair as taken by R. Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P.
The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting at same length
on the Charitable Bequests Bill, which he denounced in
ihe most emphatic terms, and stated that if the Irish
Members had exhibited the least opposition to the mea-
sure, it would not have become the law of the land. In
the course of the many interviews he had with Lord
Eliot on the subject, his Lordship unequivocally stated
that if it were the wish of the Irish Members, he would
either withdraw the Bill, or, at all events, postpone it.
Mr. DANIEL O'CoxNELL said, that before the business
of the day co.imenced, he had to move a resolution
adopted by the Parliamentary Committee, and which he
was sure would meet with the hearty concurrence of the
meeting. The Honourable Gentleman then read the fol-
lowing resolution, and moved its adoption:—
" Parliamentary Committee, Loyal National Repeal
Asmiciation, Corn Exchange Rooms, Dublin, Aug. 16.
" Resolved—That we cannot separate, even for a short
period, without our most marked and grateful thanks to
our respected Chairman, William Smith O'Brien, Esq ,
ALP., tor the services which he has n-ndered to Ireland,
not only by his powerful and unanswerable advocacy of
the rights of his country in Parliament, but for the still
greater benefits he has conferred upon us by his con-
stant and unremitted attendance upon this (the Parlia-
mentary) Committee, whereby we were enabled to get
through a vast quantity of business of the highest im-
portance to the repeal cause ; which, but for his most
invaluable assistance, we never could have accomplished.
Passed unanimously.
" THOMAS DAVIS, Chairman."
The country knew full well the value of the services of
Mr. Smith O'Brien—they were beyond all praise.
Dr. MURPHY seconded the adoption of the resolution,
which passed amidst the loudest demonstrations of
applause.
Mr. O'CONNELL handed in several remittances—
amongst them 35/. from Liverpool, and 2001. from Hali-
fax, Nova Scotia. He then read the following letter
from Mr. W. T. Wyse, M.l'.:
•' 17, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Aug. 10.
" Dear Sir,—Permit me to return my grateful ac-
knowledgments for the honour which has been done me
and my fellow Members who supported my motion for
an inquiry into the facts connected with the formation of
the jury at tke late state trials in Ireland, by the vote of
thanks passed unanimously at your meeting of last
Monday, and of which a copy has just reached me. I
earnestly wish it had been in my power to have esta-
blished some stronger claim to public gratitude than the
honest, but successless effort to vindicate trial by jury,
from even the suspicion of partiality, and an attempt to
obtain at least an inquiry into allegations, which, if
true, as I believe them to be, go far to vitiate the whole
proceedings, and inflict a serious injury, not only on Mr.
O'Connell and his fellow-sufferers, but on the tights of
all, and the cause itself of public justice. These opi-
nions I entertained, and entertain, and shall never cease
to say so—until met by some stronger argument than
assertion—both in and out of Parliament.

" Thanking you personally for the courtesy of your
communication, I beg you to believe me, dear Sir,
" Your faithful and obedient servant,
" THOS. WYSE.
" Martin Crean, Esq., Acting Secretary,
Repeal Association, Dublin."
Mr. T. APNEvEs. (barrister) brought forward a report
on the " hurrying of Bills thrciugh Parliament," and then
commented on the indecent haste with which measures,
particularly those having reference to Ireland, were
passed on the termination of the session, whilst the early
part of it was spent with little or no advantage to the
country. The Learned Gentleman then referred to the
alteration in the sentiments of Sir Robert Peel towards
Ireland, and expressed his conviction that they could not
expect sincerity from a Statesman educated in the school
of an Eldon.

Sir V. BLAKE, ALP., read a letter from Dr. WHale,
Archbishop of Tuum, and moved its insertion on the
minutes.

Mr. O'CoNNELL then rose to make his weekly return
from the prison. Ile had to repeat his usual report of
the health and spirits of the imprisoned martyrs. They
were perfectly well and full of hope. It was likely,
in all appearance, that England would want the lion
heart and stout arm of Ireland, and she could easily
procure both the one and the other, not by the
means of the plausible hypocrisy and sweet words
of Sir Robert Peel, but by the substantial instru-
mentality of doing justice to the Irish. He could
state of his own knowledge that Mr. O'Connell felt
the deepest regret at not being present in the Repeal
Association that day, to join in the vote of national gra-
titude to Mr. smith O'Brien. His opinion, he knew,
was, that it was not possible to find words sufficiently
strong to mark the pre-eminent value of that gentleman's
services in the cause of Ireland. He thought it quite
providential that a gentleman of Mr. Smith O'Brien's
high character, rank, family, and station in society, and
of his great talents and unimpeachable personal and po-
litical integrity should be at the head of the repeal
movement at the present moment. It was of the greatest
advantage that the leader of the repeal movement at pre-
sent should be a Protestant gentleman of ancient family.
Mr. Smith O'Brien, therefore, had all the ingredients of
great public utility, and he had sterling patriotism to ren-
der these ingredients available for Ireland. He could state
it to be the opinion of Mr. O'Connell that the Association
should take steps to get as many persons as possible, not
being already pledged teetotallers, to take the abstinence
pledge for a limited period—that is, until the repeal of
the union. Mr. O'Connell had consulted Father Mathew,
who approved of the limited plan for those who would
not take the pledge for life. Four of Mr. O'Connell's
grandsons had already taken it in the limited shape, and
Mr. Smith O'Brien upon his return from the country
would probably shape a motion for an aggregate meet-
ing at Clontarf, or some other suitable vicinity, to ad-
minister " The Repeal Total Abstinence Pledge."
He had also reason to know that Mr. O'Connell con-
curred in another suggestion of Mr, Smith O'Brien, to
have another pledge taken, as universally as possible,
against the consumption of tobacco in any shape until
the repeal of the union. That pledge, if universally, or
even generally taken, would have a great effect upon
the minds of British statesmen in favour of doing justice
to Ireland. He knew that it was the intention of Mr.
O'Connell himself, upon the 30th of May, 1845, to in-
stitute a pledge for the non-consumption of exciseable
articles in Ireland, and also a pledge for the non-use of
any article not of Irish manufacture. All these pledges
would be upon the same footing as the total abstinence
pledge. In reporting to the Association the state of the
imprisoned martyrs, he had distinctly to state, of his own
knowledge, that nothing could give more pleasure and
comfort to them than the continued tranquillity of Ire-
land. How insane must the policy of the British Minis-
ter be to think that he can delude such a people by hypo-
critical pretences and plausible words, and how much
more than insane must he be to refuse that people jus-
tice and constitutional freedom. _

Mr. HENRY GRATTAN, ‘I.P., read the correspondence
which had taken place between Mr. Smith O'Brien and
the Secretary of the Agricultural Society, and moved its
insertion on the minutes. The Hun. Gentleman then
addressed the meeting at considerable length, adverting
to a variety of topics, with a view of showing that there
was no hope for Ireland save in the restoration of her
domestic legislature.
Mr. MARE BLAKE, M.P., handed in a sum of money
from the county of Mayo.
Mr. 0-CoNNEiI. handed in 301. from Prince Edward's
Island, and from Milwankie, Wisconsin, United States,
America, 91. per Richard Murphy, Esq., secretary, who
says—" While we (the repeaters of Milwankie) sin-
cerely condole with your friends throughout the world at
your (Mr. O'Connell's) imprisonment—one of the foulest
acts of British tyranny—we rejoice in the confident
hope that, though you suffer, your incarceration will
beget the peace and freedom of Ireland. A world's
sympathy is not to be disregarded—a fact which the
Tory Ministry may yet learn ; and that they have done
an act tending more than any other to excite that sym-
pathy seems to us evident."
Mr. J. REILLY, town councillor, handed in several
sums of money, forwarded to him for presentation, and
then addressed the meeting.
Mr. O'CoNNELL then announced the receipt of the
following sums from America :—Montreal, 125/. ; New
Brunswick, 100/. ; St. John's, 1401. He then said it
would be in the recollection of the meeting that a bill of
exchange for 1781. 14s. 9d. had been returned to New
Orleans, in consequence of some matter which was con-
tained in the letter which accompanied that remittance,
recommending the adoption of measures which would
have the effect of compromising their allegiance. Their
friends in New Orleans had acknowledged their error,
and now forwarded them the sum of 2421., accompanied
by the following letter :
" New Orleans, July 19, 1844.
" Dear Sir,—We have received your valued letter of
the Ist ult., in which you return us the bill of exchange
for 1781. 14s. 9d., transmitted to you in aid of the Loyal
National Repeal Association of Ireland. We have care-
fully perused the reasons for which Mr. O'Connell would
not receive this slender but well-meant contribution, and
we have come to the conclusion that the elevated and
patriotic motives of the repeal question have not been
properly understood by our Society here.
" I find, and indeed I may safely say we have all found,
that the basis of this all-important question is founded
upon such just, peaceable, and patriotic principles, that
to pervert them would not only endanger this righteous
cause, but at the same time jeopardise those valuable
lives, which are at present shedding so bright a lustre on
the glory of Ireland.
" In the name of the Repeal Association, I beg to state
that we regret deeply that the resolutions accompanying
the former remittance were of such a nature as to pre-
clude the possibility of their being received; and in order
to prove that, although wrongly expressed, they were
still well meant, we beg leave, most respectfully, to in-
close 242 L
In conclusion, pray
that the God of Justice may
bless the fortunes of repeal.'
clor'el youthesum
" GEORGE W. REEDER,
" Corresponding Secretary of the Repeal Asso-
ciation of New Orleans.
" Martin Crean, Esq."
After some further business, Mr. Henry Grattan an-
nounced the rent for the week, 1,1621. 3s. 9d.
The meeting then adjourned.

INSPECTION OP THE REVENUE CRUISERS.
This day the splendid flew of revenue cruisers now
assembled in the Bay of Dublin, were inspected by the
Lord Lieutenant,
His Excellency reached Kingstown about twelve
o'clock, and, after some conversation with Mr. J. Vim,
jun., the treasurer of the Dublin and Kingstown Rail-
way, and Mr. G. Roe, one of the directors, respecting
the atmospheric line to Dalkey, which has excited so
much interest in all parts of Europe, embarked on board
the revenue brig Shamrock, Captain Goldsmith, R.N.,
, and sailed into the bay, where the fleet of cruisers went
I through various evolution.% The Commodore, Sir J.