The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-15 00:00:00

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to crush •the man who gained Catholic emancipation. a
He went minutely into all the circumstances of the re-
vision and preparation of the list, which had been
denounced as an " atrocious fraud." lie trusted that
the solicitor for the Crown would be made accountable
for his conduct—as accountable as the A ttorney-Generab
being a Minister of the Crown, was for his.
Mr. Swam, M.P., was most warmly received, and,
when the-cheering had subsided, ho said it was not his.
intention, to aay. more than a very few words upon this
occasion, because; ere long, -he should have the oppor-
tunity , of. adverting, in the House of -Commons, to the
very • oonrn incidents that had taken place in re-
ference to THE peading trials.—(Cheers.) As he should
riavt:tirfitopportunity of meeting his antagonists face to
face, he should prefer reserving for that occasion the
expteeion of -his feeling—of his indignant feeling—
(Cheers)—which these incidents had produced. It was'
to him a source of very great pride —of nothing hail he
ever been, zrotnTer in all his life—than that he had been
thlififst person "ebb had signed his name to the mini-_
sitipn ttat had. %Ilk,' them together.,—(Cheers.)_,
lle
saw that, the time had come for making a great popular
demonstration of their feeling, and a demonstration of
their feeling. was also a demonstration of their power.—
(Cheers.) The nation was now roused-74 Hear, hear)—
and roused in a just cause ; the factS,were with them
and his advice was this—to present a memorial
to the, Queen, and a petition to both Houses of Parlia-
ment, setting forth these facts with cleareess and with
method, and without. exaggeration.—(Cheers.) Exag-
geration might be resorted to in a weak and imperfect
caae ;,but here the truths they would have to press on
the -attention of her Majesty end:bath Houses of Parlia-
Ment were of such a character that he would venture to
reiterate to themhis strong advice, and he would add his
4renuoua entreaty tesonfine themselves to a statement
of the feats of the case which had been so perspicuously
stated byethe:Cowe Clerk of the city of rublin. It had
been ascertained that, individual Roman Catholics, who
were not members of the Repeal Association, nor sub-
scribed to its fund.,,. were struck off the jury list. Let
that go forth as an ascertained fact. The Times itself,
whiCh was strongly opposed to whatwas called the repeal
agitation, had admitted that if a considerable portion. of
the jivee_ lint had been suppressed, it was a case that de-
served mast serious consideration... That was one fact.
There was another fact: it was this.. Yesterday, in open
Court, Mr. justice Perrin, At the conclusion of the
motion, whilst :he declared, that. he concurred with the
rest of .his brethren in thinking that, nponlegal grounds,
the Recorder should: not he.ealled on to amend, by
mandamus, the writ, added that,:circurnstances had been
disclosed which were. calculated to awaken deep sus-
plcion.—,(enuttison.) • He (Mr. Shell) announced the
factatbat it might get publicity. A judge of the land—
unimpeaehed and unimpeachable—a man whose purity
of mind corresponded with his talents and erudition—
Who combined great weight of character with the purity
of judicial - authority, from her Majesty's Court of
Queeo Bench, announced—made proclamation—that
them:avoaa grounds for suspicion in those-transactions.
Let put that fact in their petition to the
Throne. • The Right Hon. Gentleman having read the
resolution, which was to the effect that sixty-three
names of jurors, including a large proportion of Roman
Catholics and liberal Protestants having been struck out,
()tiered greunds for more than suspicion that foul dealing
had been practised, and that it called loud for Parlia-
mentary investigation, went on to address the meet-
ing; and adverting to the statement of Sir Robert Peel,
that hs chief difficulty was Ireland, said Ireland he will
lied to be hia. insuperable, impossibility. Sir Robert
Peel is embarrassed by seven millions—he is embarrassed
by the energy, the fearlessness, and indomitable spirit of
your leader, Daniel
,O'Connell.—(Tremendous cheers,
• amidst which a cry of Richard's himself again !")
;Mr. Maate,n (late M.P. for Wexford) seconded the
resolution.
The meeting was thea addressed by Mr. STEELE, and
the resolution moved by_ Mr. Sheil was then carries!

unanimously.
Mrs REDINGTON moved the next resolution, in a brief
address, in which he said that the GoVernment bad at-
tempted in Ireland what they would not have dared to
attempt in Canada, and which .they would find they
could not attempt here with impunity. lie then moved
" That a petition be presented to the Queen, praying that
her Majesty would be graciously pleased to direct her
attention to the conduct of the Irish GovernmeAt with
respect to the' State Prosecutions in the circumstances
mentioned in'the preceding resolution."
Mr. V. O'KELLY seconded it, and it was carried unani•
mously.
Mr. 11Leeptue one of the deputation from the Catholics
of Belfast, then proposed a resolution for a petition to
both Houses of Parliament, praying for an inquiry into
the same eircumstances.
It was seconded by Mr. Joyce (of Galway), and carried.
Mr. O'CoNNEna next rose to address the meeting.
He said, that by some it had been said that this was no
place fur him to-day, and others had declared that if he
did not attend it would be like the performance of Ham-
let with the chief part left out.—(Laughter.) Without,
however, minding what either of these parties said, he
felt himself that, as a Catholic, glorying in his religion,
it. was his duty to be present.—(Cheers.) lie accused
the British Government of the grossest perfidy towards
the Roman Catholics of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Trial
by jury was admitted to be one of the greatest and most
important privileges, of the British subject, but how
conld .it be properly. or fairly administered if the Roman
Catholics were excluded from the jury-box ?—(Cheers.)
He complained that the names of 63 Roman Catholics
had been struck off the jury panel, and he proclaimed to. ,
the people of England and to the people of Ireland that
there could be no satisfaction in a trial where these things
which were called accidents happened, and were said to
be without remedy.—(Hear, hear.) The Catholics of
Ireland were indignant at such conduct, and were they
not bound then to congregate again and insist on their
rights and the vindication of their honour ?—(Hear.)What
was the mode of protecting life, liberty, and property
but trial by jury, and could that be done if it were once pro-
claimed to be a legitimate cause for excluding a man from
the jury-box that he was a Catholic ?—(Hear, hear.) If
such a course were pursued, the spirit of the Act of
Emancipation, as well as the Queens prerogative, would
be violated ; and this they must not submit to without
at least remonstrance.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. Graham
had said in the House of Commons that the Roman
Catholics had violated their oaths ; he had thus insulted
them, and was he not the Secretary for the Home De-
partment ?—(Groans.) It was quite true that he had
swallowed his words, but he only retracted them when
he found the indignation of the Irish Members pouring
down upon him. Mr. Sraii.h had accused the Catholics
of violating the sanctity of an oath ; there was no incon-
sistency about him—he had never retracted ;in act, as
in speech, he was the same ; and he, accordingly, struck
every Catholic from the jury list.—(Cheers.) But did
they suppose that by these proceedings they would put
down the determination of the people to obtain radical
redress for their grievances ?—(Cheers.) 'Would they
snake one anti-Repealer by theta ? Would they redress
any. . injury or do the people any good ?—(Hear, hear.)
lie was ready to abide the result, and he cared not
what it might be '; even though the verdict were
death itself, what harm could it do to the cause
of Ireland ?—(Loud cheers.) He was heartily glad of
what had occurred. He did not know how they might
tire a jury into a verdict, for he understood that, in conse-
quence of a motion made that day, the trial might last
till the 15th of April—(Hear and laughter)—but this he
knew„ that 35 Catholics had dropped from the list. He
put this fact abroad among the people of Ireland, and he
was rejoiced that no Catholic was in the awkward predi-
cament ()ruches on a jury with 10 or 11 persons who
4141 notatteial to the evidence so closely as himself. He
rejoiced, too, that:the spirit had gone abroad. It was
aecre mockery to say that these individuals were to be
put off because. they were Repeaters. From north to
from east to west, indignant Ireland was uttering
slenunciatioue of the mode of proceeding adopted in this
case, The, very excuse which they.offered for the act
eves the compliment, which hypocrisy paid to virtue. A,
:flan was a hypo: rite, not for hating or despising virtue,
but put of compliment to it. He knew the value of vir-
tue; and therefore pretended to that which he had not.
'the virtue of giving a perfectly fair jury was expected
:.t the hands of the Attorney-General, and was put
forth in the hypocrisy of the _excuse that the Ca-
: holiee put off the list were Repealersee-thus ad-
mitting, that if he had not that excuse the act would be
slerogatory to a public functionary.—(Rear, hear.) lie
came forward as one of the Catholics of Ireland. What
%vas it to him that he Was. one , of the accused party—
eeere. they not all, accused ?—(Hear, hear.) They had
ipdicted his son, though be thought they should be con-
e. nt with indicting the father, and he was bound to pro-
., vet that-son. Bathe came there to call on the Catholics
iti Ireland to protect thernselves--(Cheers)—to forget
what differences might have existed amongst them, and
without involving any man ir. an 'opinion which he did
,ot entertain. They lied heard that day gentlemen who
were anti-Rep:dors, but while they maintained their
as such, they were ready to join with:the Re-
v•
elers in that meeting in insisting that the Government.
sdiould really; emancipate the Catholics by taking
:ovay that degrading inferiority• which they could not
endure.. lle celled on the Cetholics of Ireland, from
satrth to south, and from east to west, who had listened
snore than. once to his voice, to rally one and all, in in-
Ahlg that justice should be done to the people of
'eltincr. anti that the Administration. who hadoutrage-
a.esly dared to violate the Emancipation Act should be
1 !tiled with disgrace from the position which they held,
0-, if not, should continue to hold office with the exe-
cration of every rational man in the community. The
Cetholic party, since their accession to power, had acted
v ith perfect and complete liberality. In the corpora-
,n of Dublin they had returned an over proportion of
I rotestants, and wherever a liberal Protestant had pro-
s nted himself he hail been elected by the Liberals.
% ith the Catholic party there 'were no bigotediestric-
e: )ns, 110 psitry rivalship religion.—(hear, hear.)
/The example now set by the Government could not,
therefore, he permitted to go down to posterity unscathed
sod undondemned—(Heer, hear)—nor could they allow ,
he spirit of the Emancipation Act to be frittered away
by the illi'oerality of a Government prosecution. After
e).!esson of peace to the people of Ireland, Mr. O'Connell
c =Wed by saying, that there might be injustice; there
'eight be..martyrdom, hut elmee must be no shrinking.
The petition to her Majesty was then adopted, and the
eeting separated.. *-

DIFFICULTY OF DISTiNGUISIIING ONESELF LN LON-
.London, every man is So:submerged in the
;‘•,lltitude, that he who can hold his head high enough
it of the living mass to 4 known, must have oethinghim.
s.f remarka'ole buoyancy pr peculiar villany about
reJ exccpt to a few of the leaders, is no
s istbaction. The member for the shire is clipped of all
is plumage at the rimtrient of his entering that colossal
.1111q-yaril,.amt must take his obscure pickings with
•,)! her unnotic!ablefowl.—Blachwaid'sWagaz2'ne.
The trial of 11r,. Gilmo.ur, for the" murdi,r,of her
tusband; wag -to take place before the High Coda of
uAinfao,4idixiburgh, on Friday.