The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ItIN ENING, .JANUARY 12. 1844.

of the Irish Parliament," read on the 22. d of August last;
" The Report of the Sub-Committee" on the arbitration
sy-t em, signed by John Gray ; " The address to the inhabi-
tants of the countries subject to the British Crown," signed
D. O'Connell ; " Report from the Arbitrati,n Committee"
to the Association, and resolution adoptirg- same; the
forms of proclamation and testimonial submitted by J Gray,
with the resolutions adopting them ; the list of French
friends subsctibers of 11. 4s. 4d., handed in l y John
O'Connell, and subsequent entry of the resolution of thanks to
the fiicnds of Ireland in France; the resolutions at the meet-
ing in Calvert's Theatre, on the 9th of October; address of
the Liverpool Repeaters to Panic] O'Connell at the Rotunda
(firmer ; lists of arbitrators appointed or named as fit persons
for that purpose, with copies of the " rules" to be observed by
'same ; resolutions pa,sed at Mullirg,hmast ; " The Leinster
Declaration for Repeal," published in the Pikt, Freeman, and
Nation papers.
8. Also the original re,-Jiisition headed " Clootarf—Repeal,"
calling a meeting for the Bth of October ; the rules recom-
mtnded by the committee to be observed in the cavalcade, and
headed 't Repeal cavalry ;" resolutions moved by Mr. O'Con-
nell at a meeting of the committee on the 4111 of October, and
the amended regulation headed ‘• Repeaters en horseback."
9. A book of instructions for the appointment of repeal
wardens and rent-collectors, painted by J. Browne, Nassau-
street, which look was circulated by the Association ; any
pass- book or other book 'containing entries of accounts be-
tween the Association or defendants and J. Browne, printer,
and W. H. Dolbicok, of Cow-street, engraver; and lastly,
" all books or documents kept by, or on behalf of, the As-
sociation, wherein are cot tained any entries of the before
specified reports, lists, statements, resolutions, and all other
proceedings of the Association or defendants during the last
tour years."

It is stated from an authentic quarter that the trials will be
proceeded with en Mondal- notwithstanding the foregoing.
THE CORPORATION.

After a protracted discussion, the amendment of Alderman
Butt was•negatived, and the resolution of Alderman Roe, for
an address to her Majesty, urging an inquiry into the grievances
of Ireland, and a suspension of the State prosecutions, was put
and carried by a majority of 35 to 7.
The Council soon after adjourned.
MEETING TO ADDRESS THE LATE LORD MAYOR
—SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS OF THE
ORANGEMEN.
One of the most respectable meetings ever witnessed in this
city took place to-day at the Royal Exchange, to address the
late Lord Mayor, George Roe, Esq., upon the admirable and
important manner in which he had discharged his duties as
Chid Magistrate of this eit y. Soon after one o'clock the Lord
Mayor took the chair. '1 he most influential citizens, without
distinction of pnrty, were present on this occasion, to join in
complimenting the late Lord Mayor. Amongst those present
were the Earl of Charleinont, Mr. O'Connell, Sir John Power,
Bart. ; Alderman Boyce, Alderman Purcell, Alderman Kina,
han, Mr. J. Power, M.P.; Mr. James Pim, jun. ; Mr. H.
Hutton, the Right Honourable A. R. Blake, Mr. William
Murphy, &c.
The foloyeing letter was read from the Duke of Leinster :
" Cartown, Maynooth, Jan. 9, 1844.
" Gentlemen,—l am extremely sorry it will not be ix my
power to attend the meeting to-morrow, to evince approbation
of the conduct of Mr. Alderman Roe, as chief magistrate of
Dublin, as I have to attend a board of guardians of the Cell-
bridge union. I request you will have the kindness to express
to the meeting my regret.—l have the honour t.s be, Gentle-
men, your obedient servant, " LEINSTEP..
" R. H. Kinahan and Thomas Hutton, Esqs."
'the Earl of Charlemont entered the meeting soon after the
commencement of the proceedings, and was received with
great acclamation.

Mr. O'CONNELL, who was greeted with loud cheering, pro-
posed the address, in a brief and very impressive speech.
Alderman BOYCE seconded the motion.
Here the well-known Rev. TRISGAM GREGG arose upon
the table to propose an amendment, and it soon became evident
that a knot of the " Protestant Opel-wive Society," an Orange
club existing in this city, was in attendance. Those persons
raised th,! Orange, or " Kentish fire." when the Rev. Tresham
G.-egg declared it was his th termination to propose an amend-
ment. From this mt merit the meeting became a scene o!
c4inp!ce tumult. The popular party ‘sould not tolerate the
°tango attempt to intermit the proceedii gs ; and the Con-
servatives, %Alio on ihi, ccoasion, kept totaily clear of the ex-
treme Grange cabal, loudly expressed their disgust at the ex-
hibition made by the Orange " operatives." Meantime the
Lord Alas or made frequent but ineffectual appeals for a hear-
ing for the Rev. Tresham Gregg. Between the incessant
groaning on one side, and the Kentish fire amongst the small
but well-trilled • party of Greggitea on the ether, not a syllable
could be heard- At length some of the Orangemen rushed
towards the table, and a conflict took place that threatened for
some time to lead to serious results. In the midst of the con-
fusion the Lord Mayor ordered the table to be cleared. This
was soon accomplished, when the business pr oeeeded, occas'on-
ally interrupted by Mr. Gregg and his small but boisterous band
of supporters.
The resolutions were introduced by Lord Charlemont, Mr.
Blake, Mr. Murphy, Alderman Purcell, and other gentlemen.
HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK.—the meeting has just termi-
nated. • Mr. O'Connell has passed through College-green, fol-
lowed by an immense crowd, cheering most. enthusiastically.
MR. O'CONN E L— THE STATE TRIALS.

Mr. O'Connell presided ie'sterday evening at the St.
Bridget's Orphan Charity dinner. When the. cloth was re-
moved (we quote from the Freeman's Journal),
Alr. O'CONNELL rose and said—Before we proceed to any
business, or propose any toast, as I
am under prosecution,
say, three hurras for the repeal.
The most enthusiastic cheering, which lasted several minutes,
fo'lowed. The applause was repeatedly renewed.
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said he was sure the company
anticipated the first toast he had to propose: it ,A a 3 " The
health of the worst-served mistress in the world."—(Hear. )
She was in herself the most amiable and excellent of human
beings, but. her servants were of the worst class to be found in
any country.—( Hear.)
"The health of the Queen, long life and God bless her."--
(Loud cheering, and one cheer more. )
Mr. O'CoNNELL then gave "The health of Prince Albert
and Ilk three chiHien."—(Cheers.)

" The Duchess of Kent and tke rest of the Royal Family re-
sident in England.—( Cheers. )
"The People."—( The toast was received with enthusiasm. )
Mr. O'CONNELL said the next toast was one that he thought
was most interesting to all of them—it was, the " Repeal of the
Union."—(Loud cheers.) The late Admiral Sir Joseph Yorke
expressed a wish that all Ireland should be covered by the ocean
for eight and forty hours; and if they were not to have the
reps al, he (Mr. O'Connell) would agree with him in sinking
the island.—(Cheers. ) There never was )et such a wrong
perpetrated on any country as was perpetrated upon Ireland by
carrying the Union. Nobody denied that the Union was car-
ried by the most pre flieate, foul, and sanguinary means beyond
any Government measure ever achieved. He defied any man to
deny it —( Hear, hear.) It was not because there was an una-
nimity of sentiment upon that point in that room, that he said
so; but he repeated it, and he would have to repeat it in the
Court of Queen's Bench—(Loud and enthusiastic cheering)—
and he would have to assert there that any measure so foul, so
atrocious, so tyrannical, was never yet engendered in the
mind of demoniacal authority, and carried into effect by
more atrocious means, and he could quote authorities to main-
tain that assertion.—( Loud cheers.) Let no man be for one
moment cowed or dismayed at events which were passing them
by. Those events would be laughed at with ridicule and scorn
hereafter.—( Hear, hear.) They were met manfully now, in the
peaceable determination of the people. Some of the Repeal
leaders might be vict en ions—some of them might be martyrs—
no matter, they were reedy for every chance—(Enthusiastie
the eying)—and they were the more ready to become martyrs,
in the conviction that every act of that kind would only make
it more imperative—it would make them more convinced of the
necessity of self-government.—(Cheers.l Reflect upon this,
that those who would be affectionate friends of the people if in
their power, were persecuted for that very friendship, and that
those who would serve the people most were those who were
most sure of being attacked.—( Hear, hear.) Ile would give
them, then, in the thorough conviction that Ireland had but
one resource, and that resource was in her self-government—
" The Repeal of the Union."
'e he toast was drank with the greatest enthusiasm.
Mr. THOMAS REYNOLDS; having been loudly called upon,
especially by Mr. O'Connell, responded to the toast in an
eloquent speech.
Mr. O'CIONNELL said the next toast related to the actual
business of the night—it was a pledge to assist in the work of
charity that had called them together.—( Hear, hear.) There
was one advantage, and they ought to speak of it honestly and
candidly—in this countr y there was no impediment thrown in the
way of the desire for voluntary education ter the people. They
stood in a very different light from the people of France,
where the parent was deprived of the control of the education
of the child, and miscreant infidel professors, sustained by regal
power and legal authority, deprived the parent of the free
choice of the education of his child.—( Hear, hear.) It was
an atrocious system, and they were monsters who pursued it.
It was a monopoly of the most odious nature, and he believed
it was one of the symptoms of a falling dynasty. He did hope
that the power of that monarch would not continue long. lie
who, he might say, had gambled on the exertions of the French
people—who took the profits of a revolution, which were not
intended for him—who, not engaged in battle, obtained the
full fruits of victory, and monopolised them for himself.—
(Hear, hear.) Be trusted the period was not remote when
that miscreant mot:arch would find that he had to deal
with a higher being when he attempted to take away
from the parents of France the right of educat-
ing their children, and insisted upon handing them
over to infidel professors of a foolish and false philosophy.---
(Hear, hear.) Such a system would not be endured in this
country-; much as they had suffered, it would not be permitted.
They would as soon think of permitting it as of seeding their
female children to be educated in houses not to be name, or of
sending their male children to be educated under those who,
incapable of the height of religious feeling themselves, were not
able to impart that eel:glees feeling; to others.--( Hear, hear,
arid cheers.) He was glad of the symptoms of weakness that
surrounded the F. ench throne. The Duke of Bordeaux was a
young man who was entirely unknown until a kind of contest
arose between the French journalists and the people of Ireland
—( Hear, hear, and laughter)—and since that, thank Heaven !
his cause had prospered.—(Cheers.) The strength of his
party was beginning to exhibit itself, and he hoped the period
was not distant when true liberty, founded upon legitimacy of
descent, would predominate in I:rat:ex—es hen all other Freten-
sions would vanish into thin air, and religion and virtue be re-
presented in the person who filled that throne—when the false
philosophy of the infidel university plan of France would perish
before a more genial day of light and of liberty. —( Cheers.) Ile
would give them, then, the toast—" The St. Bridget's Orphan
Charity."
'1 lie toast was received with great cheering.
The Rev. Mr. SPRATT returned thanks in an effective
speech, and concluded by proposing—" The good health, long
life, pi osperity, and a safe delivery from his enemies to the
Libera: oe of Ireland."
The toast was received with a burst of the most enthusiastic
and renewed cheering.
Mr. O'CONNELL rose to return thanks. Ile said he came
now to beg their compassion.—( Laughter.) Ile had two
reasons for imploring them to pity him ; the first was this, that
having been served with a notice by the Attorney-General as
he was leaving home that evening, he thought it would be well
to put it in his pocket to read it for them, knowing that, as the
Attorney-Genera] was a conical fellow, it would make them
laugh—(Laughter)—but he put another paper into his pocket,
and, theiefore, he claimed their pity for the mistake.—( Hear,
and laughter.) But the secend cause for pity was infinitely
stronger, for by that notice the Attorney-General made a
provision for the continuance of the trials until the
15th of April next.—( Laughter.) It was literally true.
If it Lad been the Ist of April, there would be something
in it. but it is a fortnight beyond the fool's day.—(Loud
laughter.) A true bill, upon his honour.—( Loud laughter.) lie
did not know what the poor jurors would think of it.—( Laugh-
ter.) Mr. Kemmisis clerk, a very civil young man, came in
and served him with that notice, and asked him where he
ceuld find Mr. John O'Connell.-4 Laughter. ) He (Mr.
O'Connell) told him, that having sufficient acquaintance with
that gentleman, he would undertake to deliver any paper he
pleased to him, and, accordingly, he entrusted him with a copy
of the same notice ; and he (Mr. O'Connell) sent it off to Mr.
Conway, to have it put in the Evening Post. —( Laughter. )
The 15th of April ! What a pleasant facetious, little lellow
this Attorney-General was.—( Laughter.) lie jested in the
shape of notices. He gave out his jokes in the form of indict-
ments.---( Renewed laughter.) But in that notice the melan-
choly mixed with the ludicrous. The last name mentioned
in it was that of tl.e late Rev. Mr. Tyrrell. Ah, they might
have spared that ribaldry or jest, or whatever it was. He was
in his cold grave—his soul had gone to udgment, but those