The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-23 00:00:00

Lion, countenance, or place, still remember the warning
of Lord Ebrington, and say nothing—because the army
and police dare not read the journals of the Liberal
press or join in the cry for repeal—and because persons
in every department of the few public offices in Ireland

have received notice to quit or be mute. This, you will
permit me to say, is at best but a very negative power,
and while you stop the mouth of the volcano, you do
not quench, but concentrate the fire, and notwithstand-
ing that there are still many waiters upon Providence—
many who are still content to take the crumbs which fall
from the rich man's table—the truth is every day becom-
ing more and more evident that the ranks of the re-
pealers are increasing—that nine•tenths of the Roman
Catholics are practical patriots, and that a large body of
the Orangemen, too, wish the cause to succeed, but
their esprit de corps prevents them as yet from say-
ing so ; for my part, I felt I would be doing violence
to my nature, dishonour to my religion, and injus-
tice to my country, in withholding my co-operation
(humble though it may be) from the NATIONAL cause.
I foreknew the consequences of my act, but could no
longer stifle the expression of my conviction, when the
master-spirit of our age—he whom Providence has raised
up the emancipating pillar of the Irish nation—who,
heaven directed, leads, while he cheers his chosen people
from their long captivity—was sought by legal mystifica-
tion to be hidden from our view, whilst O'Connell was

himself a captive, when an ominously sullen gloom over-

hung this land—when the last ray of hope was about to
carry our faint prospects of justice to a foreign shore, to
be afterwards so gloriously and unexpectedly revived
there, by the voice of the immortal Denman, of whom it

may be said in the language of the poet,
' Semper hones, nomenque town, laudesque manebunt.'
When there was no longer in Ireland any chance of
' Justice to Ireland,' I came forward, but at the eleventh

hour. I did not, on that account, expect an exception
in my favour for 5o long a time, even to prove a rule, and
though I could have anticipated this mark of his Lord-
ship's displeasure by my voluntary resignation, I did not
wish to commit so pusillanimous a suicide, but, relying
on my constitutional right to act as I have done, I now
willingly accept the intended degradation at the hands
of his Lordship, and I shall rest content with the mens

conscia sibirect? to take my stand at the bar, as I am no
longer considered worthy of a seat on that bench which

cannot now be held by any one, but at the willing sacri-
fice of self-esteem and public independence. I cease to

be a magistrate of this county, only to become a more
determined national repealer.—l have the honour to re-

main your very obedient humble servant,
" LUKE JOSEPH SHEA, ex-J.P., and Barrister-

at-Law."
MR. O'CONNELL IN TRALEE.
(From the Kerry Examiner.)
From an early hour yesterday (Monday) the popu-
lation for twenty miles round the town were all in
motion—all proceeding to the grand object of attrac-
tion, Tralee, from whence the procession to compli-
ment the illustrious Liberator was to start at twelve

o'clock. At twelve o'clock, the hour appointed, there
was a general move towards Mulgrave-bridge, the
place appointed for the rendezvous, when the various
trad©s proceeded, with their beautiful new silk ban-
ners, which had been prepared for the occasion, to
take up their several positions. The Castle-street
band shortly after, dressed in their splendid military
uniform, drove along the street in a novel sort of
chariot, being no other than the celebrated boat, be•
longing to Dr. Blennerhassett, which had the honour

of visiting the metropolis, with her gallant crew,
when Tory injustice consigned the Liberator to
Richmond Penitentiary. This boat, the famous

Colleen Dhas, placed as it was on the body of a car-
riage, to which it was firmly bound, and bearing
the inscriptions, "Hurrah, for Lords Denham, Cot-
tenham, and Campbell, Daniel O'Connell, and Repeal
of the Union," " Remember the 30th of May,"
awakened in the bosoms of the spectators the warmest
respect for the worthy owner. Notwithstanding
the distance the quay of Blennerville is from the
town, the seamen in the harbour seemed to participate
in the universal ardour—the captains of the dif-
ferent vessels having ordered, at six o'clock in the
morning, to hoist all the flags on board to respect
Ireland's vindicator. The appointed hour having
arrived, the procession proceeded along the Mall,
with banners inscribed with the appropriate mottoes
of each trade. Immediately in front of the proces-
sion were Dr. Blennerhassett, the Rev. Bartholomew
O'Conner, P.P., Milltown ; Rev. Jeremiah Connell,
P.P., Bawnmore ; Rev. T. L. M'Donnell, R.C.C„
Bawnmore ; Rev. O'Callaghan, P.P., Bally-M'Elli-
god ; Rev. E. O'Flaherty, R.C.C., Tralee ; Daniel
and Justin Supple, Esqs., Dr. King; the Messrs.
Donevan, Mulchinock, Fitzgibbon, &c.
The procession having passed the barrack, the
gates of which, by-the-way, were closed, and the
loop-holes stuffed with straw, proceeded along the
picturesque and romantic glens of the new line of
road t• Miltown. Along this line the scene was
majestically grand. The eye of man, perhaps, seldom
witnessed a sight more imposing than what was
there presented. As the dense mass of human beings
wound along this meandering road,
.the mountain

presented the appearance of some mighty encamp-
ment, as the banners moved in front of its heath-clad
sides, while the national airs, re-echoing from every
hollow ravine, spoke as if with a thousand tongues
to the Irish heart.

Ilaving gained the summit, the whole body, which
could not have amounted to less than fifty or sixty
thousand persons, halted to await the arrival of their
illustrious Liberator. The delay was but short,
when the cheers of thousands who accompanied the
Liberator on his route proclaimed his near approach.
Nothing could equal the enthusiasm of the multitude
on his arrival. As he slowly passed along, the lines
were drawn up to meet him. Hating again formed,
they moved down the mountains, and on reaching
the barrack, outside the town, the several bands, on
passing by, struck up the royal anthem—" God save
the Queen,"—amidst loud cheers for her gracious
Majesty. The procession at length arrived in town,
and conducted the Liberator to Miss Connor's house,
Denny-street, where he alighted amidst general accla-
mation.

Mr. O'CONNELL then presented himself at the
window, and was received with the most deafening
cheers, which continued for several minutes. After
silence was restored, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
said—Fellow-countrymen,—l am anxious that the
bands may now stop playing, as I am unwilling
that the men who have done me the honour
of accompanying me to town may be exposed to
the rain. In the fullest tone of satisfaction ant!
delight, I must express my warmest thanks for the
very
.kind reception my friends have given me this
day, in my native county.—(Loud cheers.) It has
been observed that no man is considered a prophet in
his own country; however, I have received marks of
your affectionate
rnard beyond anything I could
anticipate. It is impossible for me to find words to
describe how I feel. I again thank you for your
kindness. My gratitude towards you is not founded
on the consideration that the compliment is personal.
No, my gratitude to you is for Ireland—(Cheers)—
and your devotion in the cause of Old Ireland—
(Loud cheers)—for which every man of you is ready
to die if necessary. And are you not ready to live
for it ?—(Loud cheers) Yes, you are, and your
attachment to it to day proves it. You are deter-
mined to stand in support of fatherland—(Cheers),
—for liberty and Ireland—(lmmense cheering),—for
repeal of the union and Ireland.—(Tremendous
cheering.) For this I have laboured as during the
struggle of Emancipation ; but I had always an ulte-
rior object—not, however, to place the Catholic or
the Protestant in the ascendancy, but to make both
the possessors of property in the land of their birth.
—(Loud cheers.) For this have I struggled—to
have Ireland for the Irish—Scotland for the Scotch—
Wales for the Welsh—and with all my heart, England
for the English.—(Cheers.) But I insist that Ire-
land must be for the Irish.—(Cheering for several
minutes.) For my attachment to this principle they
sent me to the felons' gaol—to a prison for one hun-
dred days—(Loud groans)—but here I am as merry
as ever.—(Long continued cheers.) They had no more
right to send me there than I would have to send
the judges who tried me there. How much they
would deserve it you all can judge. I need not re-
mind you of the law having been violated, the packed
jury and the jury lists.—(Groans.) I committed no
crime; my only crime was my love for Ireland—
(Cheers)—but if it is a crime to love Ireland, let them
punish me again; for I love Ireland as much as ever.
(Great cheering.) I have now come from my na-
tive mountains, still determined to struggle against
the enemies of Ireland, looking for the great and
mighty object of all our aspirations, liberty. And
oh ! what can expand the human heart in its greatest
amplitude more than the obtainment of liberty and
the amelioration of the condition of the people ? If
the people of this country had employment, how happy
would they feel ; if the absentee rents were spent in
works of public utility, how different would be the
state of the labouring class. If we had the 6,000,0001.
a year expended among the people, to how many
would it afford employment? It would put in circu-
lation 500,0001. a month, 125,0001. a week, or about
18,0001. a day, including Sunday.—(Loud cheers.)
What employment this would afford. What a cheerful
country would this be. You would have the farmers
comfortable—you would have the labourer able to
obtain from the farmer remuneration for his labour.
—(Loud cheers.) I don't mean to detain you at this
late hour by other topics on the repeal question, but
I have been informed by gentlemen in other parts of
the county that the people are alive to the subject—
I perceive by this day's display that Kerry is alive.
—(Loud cheering.) I have sufficient proof of that
fact by your conduct to-day.—(Loud cheers.) Your
peaceful, orderly conduct in the national cause must
be crowned with success.—(Cheers.) Let us have no
anger or irritation, no hatred to any man. lam now
contending for the interests of Protestants as well as
Catholics. My heart beats only for the good of Ire-
land. I begin now, and will not cease until we have
the Parliamont House again in College-green.—(lm-
mense cheering, during which the Liberator retired.)
Mr. O'Connell shortly after appeared at the win-
dow, and advised the immense assemblage to disperse
to their homes, on which all quickly separated. The
Castle-street and Square Temperance Rooms were
brilliantly illuminated.