The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-22 00:00:00

TUST I CE TO IR E L AND; and a packed Parliament, can withstand
At a
19, 1844 MEETING held at Cleveland-row, Monday, Feb. the public voice. Even Mr. O'CONNELL, who has an
-nary ,
Resolved— interest in supporting the Irish landlords, is corn-
That the conduct of the present Government towards Ireland, in
its general policy, and particularly in connection with the late trial pelled by this public voice to join in the cry for a
of Daniel O'Connell and his fellow-traversers, deserves and demands repeal of the corn-laws. His presence last evening at
the most severe reprobation.

That equal laws and equal privileges—freedom of discussion—meet-
ing together to proclaim grievances—agitation by peaceable and legal
means—and fair trial by jury—are the birthrights of every subject of
the United Kingdom.
That the powers brought to bear against these rights in Ireland,
although directed against Mr. O'Connell, are equally adverse to the
rights of Englishmen.
That, In order to show the sympathy of Englishmen with Irish-
men, and the admiration entertained in this country for the constant
and consistent advocate of the rights and privileges of Irishmen
during the last forty years, a public dinner be given to Daniel
O'Connell, Esq., M.P.
That Thomas Slingsby Duneombe, Esq., M.P., be requested to
preside on the occasion.

Covent-garden confirmed the fact. Would a man
with his discrimination have come forward, against
the deliberate sentiments of nearly all his country-
men, if he had not been convinced that monopoly was
at an end ? He performed his part nobly, and he
was duly rewarded. Never was such enthusiasm dis-
played on the entrance of a performer as was displayed
last night. Every person in the house rose when he
spoke. The cheers and waving of handkerchiefs, and

JAMES COPPOCK, Hon. Secretary

umbrellas, and other demonstrations, surpassed every
exhibition of the kind we ever witnessed. The
" convicted conspirator" was welcomed as a brother ;
and, notwithstanding all the unjust attacks he has
made on the Saxon race, the English forgot his de-
fects, and remembered only his merits. He must ad-
mit that this is a good feature in the Saxon character
1 and that there is still a generous spirit in this coun-
try which will avail him more than foreign aid or
repeal. He has done much for his country—no man
ever did more; and we only wish, for the peace of
England and Ireland, that in place of advocating a
measure to which all England, Scotland, and a great
part of Ireland, are opposed, he would exert his great
abilities in the proper place, and not make his best
friends his enemies.

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In the Commons, after some discussion, the County
Coroners' Bill was read a second time, and ordered
to be committed on the 6th of March.

On the Order of the Day for the House going into
Committee on the " Horse-racing Penalties' Bill," Mr.
HORSMAN asked Mr. J. S. WORTLEY if the Bill was of
such a pressing nature as to interposebefore the Order
of the Day. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY said the Bill was of
such a pressing nature that he should move that the
House go into Committee.
Mr. BRIGHT moved, as an instruction to the Com-
mittee, to extend the provisions of the Bill to all pro-
ceedings of common informers under the authority
of any penal Act. Mr. CHRISTIE, having previously
spoken on the motion, was precluded from moving the
instruction, but he seconded it, and said he
wanted a broad, general, just, and impartial applica-
tion of a wholesome principle, and that legislation
should not be for individuals but for the whole
people. This led to a lengthened discussion, and
ultimately the House went into Committee on the
Bill. The different clauses were then discussed, and
the House resumed.

The Irish Attorney-General resumed the adjourned
debate on the state of Ireland, and was the only
speaker. The debate was again adjourned.

The House sat till Ten minutes to Twelve o'Clock

The Herald of yesterday, alluding to some re-
marks made by Colonel VERNER and Mr. BLSFBILD
FERRAND, in the House of Commons, on Monday
night, respecting the Irish Protestants, of whose ex-
istence these bright senators seemed to take for
granted that the House was ignorant, says, "in
omitting to refer to the number, position, and rights,
of the Protestants of Ireland, the opponents of Lord
Joust RUSSELL'S motion gave up the better part, if
not the whole, of their case. Let us for a moment
endeavour to prove that there are Protestants in the
sister country, and by proofs that cannot be dis-
puted." Our Contemporary then adds—and by way
of impressing the remarkable fact still more strongly I
on the minds of his readers, he prints it in italics—
" there are Protestants in Ireland!" Now, does the
Herald really believe that the country needs to be re-
minded of this fact ?—that it is at all likely to forget,
so long as the records of history endure, that there is
a fierce, bigoted, inexorable faction in the sister
country rejoicing in the title of Protestants, and still
more so in that of ascendancy-men ? Are not the
annals of this furious party written in the heart's-
blood of the Catholics ? Are they not associated with
the recollection of the pitch-cap and the-triangle—
with the public flogging, by order of Rev. Irish
Archdeacons, of innocent women—with the noto-
rious BERESFORD riding-school—with the hangings,
and drawings, and quarterings of hundreds
of ignorant peasants—with the conflagration
of villages—the sack of towns—the revenge of an in-
furiate soldiery—the atrocious spy-system which
penetrated into every house and cabin, sowing dissen-
sion in the bosom of private families ;—and, in short,
with all the horrors of the rebellion of 1798 ? While
these things are remembered, can the existence of
Irish Protestants be forgotten ? But, 'granted that
even these atrocities could be expunged from men's
minds, still, is there not a wealthy, sinecure Church
Establishment, with its staff of bishops and deans,
prebendaries and archdeacons, canons and minor-
canons, to say nothing of the favourite tithe-
hunts of the parsons, to keep Irish Pro-
testantism alive in public recollection ? What
absurdity, then, in the Herald—with these facts star-
ing
it fully and broadly in the face—to assure its
readers that " there are Protestants in Ireland !"

.‘ Protestants in Ireland !" Aye, verily there are !
Else wherefore the late speeches of Lord STANLEY
and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and the desperate cheers of
the Treasury Bench whenever any sentiment of an
Orange complexion falls from the lips of the Minis-
ters-or their obsequious cads ? What the people require
to be reminded of is—not that " there are Protes-
tants in Ireland," but that there are Catholics in that
country—injured, insulted, oppressed Catholics, who
are left to wither in the cold shade of negleat, and
who on public trials of, moment are not even thought
worthy to-serve in_the-esparity of jurymen I Thii is
what the people need! to be reminded of, for the policy
of Government is so 'sttdiously framed as to lead to
c,,i the,inference that—th -Irish Catholics are a mere ag-
gregate of cyphers,whozb a se "oats- considPration,
is thrown aw4y, and for whose imagined grievances
it is not wo.rth i while to ' legislate in a
kindly and enlightened spirit. To throw to them
from time to time.a Soft word cr a I,specious promise,
just as you would ' throW a bone to a dog; to
endeavour to keep them in
*good humour by assuring
them that one day or, other something shall be done
for them, when it is fully intended that the day of
relief shall never arrive ; to promote the antagonist
party to offices of trust, power, and emolument, while
professions are constantly made by those thus acting,
of moderation and impartiality, thereby adding insult
to injustici—this is the manner in which our Tory
Ministers treat the Catholics; and then, when -the
latter protest with vehemence against such treatment,
the former lift up their righteous eyes in perfect as-
tonishment at such ingratitude! Gentle Herald, it
needs not that you remind your Tory readers
of the existence of Irish Protestants, for they know
it right well—too well ; enough that you remind
them that there are such beings as Catholics in Ire-

Land, and that you impress on them also the whole-

some fact that these .Catholics—notwithstanding that
they refuse to anathematise the POPE—are quite as
worthy as their Orange brethren, to share the favours
of Government !

The humanity and interest which had long been
vainly appealed to on behalf of that enormous com-
munity of the rising generation,—the youth and chil-
dren of both sexes engaged in the various pro-
cesses of our manufacturing industry—have been,
within the last four or five years, excited into
vigorous and Healthful action. The kindly feelings
thus elicited have not evaporated in the mere enuncia-
tion of general principles. Sympathy and charity
have not stopped short at the rounding of a
few well turned periods, inculcating sentiments
of unexceptionable benevolence. They have vi-
sited the abodes—they have inspected the habits
—they have watched the incessant labours of their
unfortunate clients. They have scanned the amount
of their privations ; they have measured the protracted
efforts of their toiling industry; they have contrasted
the maximum product of their vigilance, dexterity, and
application, with the minimum wages received by
them. They have superintended the entire occupa-
tions of their physical existence, from the early close
of their short night's slumber, and the scanty morsel
(hastily snatched in the uncertain daybreak, dimly
lighting the misery of their squalid homes) to their
morning's toil, in the mill or the factory, amidst con-
gregated masses offellow-labourers, pent up in spacious,
but unhealthy, work-rooms. This toil they have seen
the young work-people prolong, through the live-long
day, in the polluted atmosphere of densely crowded
chambers, and amidst the incessant uproar of steam•
engines in action, and huge revolving machinery—
through the afternoon, whose brightness and sunshine
never glowed or beamed for them—through the soft