The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-26 00:00:00

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THE DONCASTER CUP.
We cannot do wrong if we try to get up
An -dvertisement touching " .1-e Doncaster Cup."
Whet we think of this " Cup," and the bustle it makes,
d the horses, the jock es, the course, and the stakes—
When we think of the sff,rts to gain the rich prize,
Many pleasing reflections are sure to-arise.
The scele of a race-course has ever dis lay'd
• A likeness which bears on the " circle. of trade.
Don't smile, gentle reader, don't smile! for we trust
We can show yeti th.t sich a comparison's just.
And you 11 all of you own, ere the verses are done,
'Twas a capital " hit" of E. MOSES and SON.
As trade is a race-cow se, each tradesman, of " course,"
Can only be view'd in the light of a horse,
And the " Cup" to which all the " swift animals press
Is public ap,,roval—or rather " success."
Is ow the two fleetest " horses" that ever have run
Are the publ.c's own fav's ilea, E. MOSES and SON.
The " cup of sut.ces4" ha% been gain'd by these men
Wit.l glorious triumph again and again.
They, for years, have display'd, in the ".race-course of trade,"
Exertions which no other tradesmen have made.
And noes in the " circles" of commerce have won,
Such glorioui prizes as MOSE' and SON.
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Cashier: wanted. No premium requlred;

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THE STADE TOLLS.

PROTOCOL OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT THE FOREIGN=

OFFICE.

Present—the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain and
Hanover.)

The Plenipotentiaries of her Majesty the Queen of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
of his Majesty the King of Hanover, having met to-
gether for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications
of the treaty of commerce and navigation, concluded
and signed by them at London on the 22d of July
last, the Hanoverian Plenipotentiary stated, that the
convention relative to the regulation of the Bruns-
hausen or Stade Toll, signed by the Commissioners
of the Elbe bordering :States at Dresden on the
13th of April last, which convention is annexed
to the treaty of July, had not as yet been rati-
fied by all the contracting parties ; and that conse-
quently it was possible that its stipulations might
not come into operation by the Ist of October next,
the date at which, by the sixth article of the treaty,
his Hanoverian Majesty engaged that the rates of tolls
and charges specified in the said convention of the
13th of April, and in the documents annexed thereto,
should become applicable to British vessels and their
cargoes ; and that in such case, his Hanoverian Ma-
jesty would be unable to fulfil such engagement at the
time stipulated. That the Hanoverian Government
still, however, entertaining the well-founded hope
that the convention of the 13th of April last would
soon receive the ratification of all the contracting
parties, proposed not to defer the exchange of the ra-
tifications of the treaty of the 22d of July, but to
proceed to the exchange, under an agreement to
the following effect :—" That for the present, and
until the convention of the 13th of April last shall
have been ratified by all the contracting parties, the
tariff of the Brunshausen or Stade Toll, at present
existing, shall continue in force ; except with regard
to all those articles of British produce and manufac-
ture which are specified in the 6th article of the treaty
of the 22d of July, on which articles, when conveyed
up the Elbe in British vessels, no higher duty or toll
shnil from and after the Ist of October next be levied
than the amount prescribed for such articles by article
6, above-mentioned; and also save and except that
from and after the said Ist of October next no fees or
payments in kind of any description whatsoever shall be
levied on British vessels or their carg►oes, of whatever na-
ture those cargoes may be." The British Plen;poten-
tiaries having taken these statements into consideration,
assented to the proposition ofthe Hanoverian Plenipoten-
tiary, provided-1. That in the event of the benefit of
any or all of the stipulations of the convention of the
13th April being granted to any one of the Elbe border-
ing States, or to any country whatsoever, Great Bri-
tain shall at the same time be admitted to the enjoy-
ment thereof. 2. That in case the aforesaid conven-
tion of the 13th of April shall not have become
applicable to British vessels and their cargoes by the
Ist of April, 1845, the Hanoverian Government will
then be ready to reconsider the arrangements of
article 6 of the treaty of the 22d of July, with a view
of giving to British commerce and navigation an ade-
quate compensation. 3. That if the Government or
Legislature of Great Britain shall hereafter deem it
expedient to bring into operation on the Ist of Jan.,
1848, the date at which many of the treaties
of commerce between Great Britain and foreign
Powers are terminable, any new measures of general
application, having the advancement of commerce for
their object, and the adoption of which measures
shall render it necessary to contract fresh engage-
ments with foreign Powers, the Government of
Hanover will be ready to reconsider any stipulations
of the treaty of the 22d of July which may be affected
by such measures, with a view to render them con-
formable to the same, and to the mutual interests of
the two countries. The Hanoverian Plenipotentiary,
on his part, assented to these propositions, provided,
with reference to the one last mentioned, the stipula-
tions of article 7 of the treaty of the 22d of July,
shall in all cases remain in force for the full period
prescribed for the duration of the treaty by article 8
(till the Ist of January, 1854, and further until the
end of twelve months after either of the high con-
tracting parties shall have given notice to the other
of its intention to terminate the same, each of the
parties reserving to itself the right of giving such
notice to the other), which was agreed to by the
British Plenipotentiaries. It was therefore deter-
mined that the ratifications of the treaty of the
22d of July should be exchanged, subject expressly
to the different propositions recorded in the present
protocol; and the Plenipotentiaries accordingly pro-
ceeded to effect the said exchange in the usual form.
ABERDEEN.
W. E. GLADSTONE.
E. HUPEDEN.

HAUTES PYRENEES. VALLEE D'AURE.—TWO
hunters, whilst ascending the peak of Trenaisseques, per-
ceived, sailing beneath them, a vulture of an enormous
size. One of them, seizing the moment of his near
approach, discharged his gun, loaded with five goat shot,
which took effect on the wing of the bird, and brought
him down. Descending the precipice, the adroit marks-
man, proud of his exploit, would fain attempt to take the
animal alive, which, resting against a rock, struck the
hunter on his approach, tearing him frightfully with his
talons, and sunk its beak into his skull. Unable either
to fight or fly, the rash young man must have expiated
the attempt by the loss of life, had not his companion,
w • great presence of mind, placed his fusil close to the
vulture's head, and shattered it to pieces. Upon being
measured, the bird was found to be five feet long from
beak to tail ; his plumes were of great strength and
beauty, his legs enormously thick, and hard as iron,
upon one of which, singular to state, was a silver brace-
let, engraved deeply with the Greek characters, Alpha,
Gamma, Delta ; from a hole, also, pierced through his
beak, it would seem that he had once been a captive, and
chained.

DUBLIN, SEPT. 23.—The weekly meeting of the
Repeal Association took place at the Conciliation
Hall to-day. Being the last meeting which Mr.
O'Connell will attend before his departure for Derry-
nane Abbey, more than ordinary interest was at-
tallied to the proceedings, and such was the anxiety
to be present that, though one o'clock was the hour
advertised for the commencement of the meeting,
every part of the hall was crowded to inconvenience
as early as eleven o'clock. Mr. O'Connell arrived at
a few minutes after one o'clock, and was received
with enthusiastic cheering, accompanied by waving
of hats and handkerchiefs, which was continued for
more than five minutes, and was again and again
renewed with unabated enthusiasm. The Hon. and
Learned Gentleman was preceded by several of the
popular leaders, who were each received with much
applause. Among the gentlemen present were the
Hon. Hely Hutchinson, Mr. R. A. Fitzgerald, ex J.P.,
Muckridge House, county Cork; Mr. Kelly, M.P.;
Mr. John:O'Connell, M.P.; Mr. Henry Grattan,
M.P., &c.
On the motion of Mr. O'CoNNELL,
Francis Comyn, Esq., Woodstock, county Galway,
ex J.P., was called to the Chair.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the honour
done him, but said that he would not trespass on the
time of the meeting by any lengthened remarks, as he
knew that much more important matters than any-
thing with which he could trouble them was to come
before the Association.

The Secretary having read the minutes of the last
day's proceedings,
Mr. O'CoNNELL said he wished to begin the business
of the day by handing in 21., the subscriptions of two
Protestant gentlemen, of most respectable families,
and of independent fortunes, John Langford Rea,
and Samuel John Collies, Esqs. Both gentlemen be-
longed to the county of Kerry, and he would take
that opportunity of observing that the Protestant
gentry of that county had always been distinguished
for their liberality, and for the kindly feelings with
which they mingled with their Catholic neighbours.
Some attempts had been latterly made by a vile
portion of the press to disturb that harmony, but, he
was happy to say, with very trifling success ; and he
hailed the accession of the two gentlemen whose
names he had announced as a-proof that, the liberality
to which he alluaed, was extending in the proper
direction.

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MY. FITZGERALD Of Muckfidge,4handed in 71.165.
from Youghall. Ife said that it had been subscribed
at a meeting recently held in that town, and was for-
warded as the first instalment to the "Impeachment
Fund."—(Cheers.) He wished to take that opportu-
nity of proclaiming to the Association the determina-
tion of the inhabitants of Youghall and its neighbour-
hood to persevere in the peaceable course which had
been recommended ,to them so repeatedly by the
Liberator, but they were at the same time equally
resolved never to cease in their exertions until the
great object for which the entire Irish people were
now struggling should be attained.---(Cheers.) He
would remind the meeting that it was at Youghall
that the first triumph had been obtained over Mr.
Attorney-General Smith.—(Hear, hear.) The men
'of Youghall first taught him the feelings of the Irish
people towards him and his principles, and they were
now not a little astonished to find that, notwithstand-
ing that defeat and the still more signal defeat which
he met with in the recent triumphant liberation of
Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-martyrs, Mr. T. B. C.
Smith should persevere in adhering to an office for
which he had proved himself to be so ill-qualified.
Mr. JAMES KELLY, M.P., handed in several sums
of money, and then proceeded to address the meeting.
He congratulated the Association on the spirit of in-
quiry that was abroad, and expressed his conviction
that the best results would be derived from it. All
agreed that a change would be desirable, but there
was a great diversity of opinion as to the means by
which this change could be accomplished. Some
thought that if the Queen should hold a Parliament
in Dublin every three years it might answer the pur-
pose ; but much as he desired to see their Sovereign
amongst them, he considered that the carrying out of
this proposition would be but a slight alleviation of
their diseases.—(Hear.) Others were of opinion
that a federal Parliament would be the best means of
meeting the difficulty ; and this party being by far
the more numerous, were entitled to the greatest
respect. But until the appearance of Mr. Grey
Porter's pamphlet they had not put forth their
opinions in a tangible shape. Mr. Porter was
the son of a Protestant clergyman, and was
High Sheriff of Fermanagh, and the sentiments
of such a man were entitled to the most serious
consideration ; and more particularly as it was
evident he had the good of his country at heart. The
opinions of Mr. Porter were certainly rather indefi-
nite ; but he promised that before Christmas he would
place them more fully before the public. It was to
be regretted that such a production as Mr. Porter's
should contain aspersions on the Catholic religion and
its ministers ; but he would not advert to them, as he
was perfectly satisfied that the Catholic religion was
beyond the reach of calumny.—(Hear, hear.) Mr.
Porter had charged the Catholic clergy with a deter-
mination to create an ascendancy, but he was sure
that had Mr. Porter thought deeply on the subject, or
looked into the proceedings of the Association, he
would have arrived at a contrary conclusion ; or had
he attended the late banquet, he would have heard
several dignitaries of that Church disclaim any such
intention.—(Hear, hear.) The Association was most
anxious to conciliate all parties, and they would
therefore pass over the alloy which was contained in
Mr. Porter's pamphlet, but they would hold him to
his promise of stating his opinions on federalism. The
Hon. Gentleman then congratulated the Association
on the re-appearance of Mr. O'Connell amongst them,
and rejoiced that the machinations of their enemies
had been frustrated. They had hoped to render him
emaciated and disheartened, but he would appeal to
the meeting whether they ever saw him in better
health or more buoyant spirits.—(Cheers.) Their
triumph over judge-made law was most signal, but
he considered that the time was not far distant when
a far greater triumph awaited them—the realisation
of their fondest hopes, the repeal of the legislative
union.—(Cheers.)
Mr. O'Corszsem, read a letter from Mr. Thomas
Smith, of Gardemath, Kells, county of Meath, en-
closing 11., the subscription of Mr. Arland Porter, of
Ballyduff, county of Cavan. The letter stated that
Mr. Porter was a Protestant gentleman who had be-
come strongly persuaded that the amelioration of the
Irish people could only be effected through the in-
strumentality of a domestic legislature, and added
that "it may add to the interest of his adhesion to
remark, that he is a relative of Mr. Grey Porter,
high sheriff of the county of Fermanagh, and is de-
termined to exert his influence, which is considerable,
over his fellow-Protestants of that neighbourhood, to
convince them that the repeal of the Act of Union is
absolutely indispensable to their future happiness and
prosperity.
Mr. O'CoNNELL next read a letter from Mrs.
Skerret, a lady residing near Loughrea, in the county
of Galway, inclosing 31. 35., the subscriptions ofsome
ladies of her acquaintanceship. He said that though
some persons might be inclined to sneer at the part
which the women of Ireland were taking in the pre-
sent movement, they must know very little o? human
nature, as there never was a successful movement in
society which had not been led and countenanced by
the better portion of the creation. It was to the in-
fluence on society possessed by the ladies, and to their
countenance and support, that all valuable ameliora-
tions were due; and it was a delightful consideration
that the ladies of Ireland were in the van of the
struggle now going on for the independence of their
native country. Where was there a man base enough
to shrink from his post, or traitor enough to become
the despicable wretch that could remain backward
from his duty in the presence of his countrywomen ?
No; they would show the ladies of Ireland that they
would die, to the last man, before the slightest disre-
spect should be offered to the women of Ireland.—
(Cheers.)
Mr. HENRY GRATTAN moved that the municipal
declaration in favour of repeal should be engrossed
and enrolled amongst their records. The Hon. Gen-
tleman dwelt on the great impulse which this " Irish
manifesto" had given to the cause of repeal, and then
proceeded to animadvert in strong terms on the con-
duct of the English press, in reviling the character
of the Irish people and their clergy. He cautioned
the people to be on their guard against the machina-
tions of the British Minister—an attempt would be
made to bribe and seduce them, but he had no hesi-
tation in saying, that if they persevered continuously
in their present course, their exertions would infallibly
be crowned with success. The Morning Chronicle
had stated that repeal was equivalent to separation,

but he would hold that the contrary was the case, and
that the only means of maintaining the connection be-
t ween the two countries, was by acceding to the demands
c: the Irish people for domestic legislation. Filling
the country with an army, and covering it with political
spies, was not the way to preserve the loyal and con-
stitutional feelings which actuated the people of this
country. It was plain that Ireland had not pros-
pered under English regime, and he would recom-
mend the experiment that the Irish should be
allowed to govern themselves for the next seven years,
and if it should be proved that the country did not rise
in prosperity during that period, he would be con-
tented to hand it over to the management of England.
His dying declaration to his children should be, never
to be at peace till justice was done to their country.
Mr. O'CONNELL then rose amidst loud cheers, and
said, before commencing the regular business of the
day, he wished to read a letter which he had received
from the north of Ireland. He then read a letter
from a district in the county of Antrim, stating that
Ribbonism had made its appearance in that locality,
and that a Protestant had lost his life at a dance, at
which some young persons had assembled. The
Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded to say that
he had received that letter with the deepest regret,
and he wished again to pronounce emphatically, that
the greatest crime any man can commit against Ire-
land was to become a Ribbonman. He would also
remind those deluded men, that every one of them
who took an oath or a pledge, binding themselves as
members of a secret society, was guilty of a transport-
able felony, and was left at the mercy of spies and
informers. He moved that the letter be referred to
the Committee, and that they be instructed to devise
means for putting an end to these crimes.
The motion was put and carried.
Mr. O'CONNELL again rose and said, that after the
proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, and the
illegal reception, as evidence against the traversers, of
matters published in newspapers, on the ground that
the proprietors of those newspapers were amongst the
traversers, and were members of the Association, an
endeavour was made to yield to what was then stated
to be law, but what they did not believe to be law,
by enabling the subscribers to their funds to procure
newspapers for themselves. The proprietors of the
newspapers were, however, no longer members of the
Association, and there was therefore no longer any
occasion for the precaution which they had taken. It
was found to be very troublesome and very expensive
to the several localities, and he had accordingly to
move, on the part of the Committee, the following
resolution

Resolved—That the system of drawback be aban-
doned, and that the practice be restored which entitles
subscribers to the repeal rent to receive newspapers to
the value of 1/. 6s. for each 101. subscribed, the news-
papers to be Dublin newspapers, and to be selected by
the corresponding contributors."
The resolution was seconded by Dr. NAGLE, and
carried.

Mr. O'CONNELL again rose. He said, the next
topic on which he was directed to report from the
Committee related to repeal reading-rooms. There
were 300 of those establishments already opened
throughout the country, and it was the wish of the
Association to increase them, and encourage them to
the utmost extent. The repeal reading-rooms would
effectually remove the youths of the country from
the public-houses, and would afford them rational
amusement and instruction. The Committee could
not undertake to give them all pecuniary aid, but
they would furnish them with some newspapers, and
with the tracts published by the Association ; while
the members would procure other newspapers for
themselves, besides books. The resolution which he
was instructed to move was as follows :
" Resolved—That this Association recommend the es-
tablishment of repeal reading-rooms, and will give every
support in its power to such reading-rooms ; but that it
is not prepared to pledge itself to make pecuniary grants
in all cases in which reading-rooms may be established."

The resolution was seconded by Mr. KELLY, M.P.,
and carried.

Mr. O'CONNELL said—Before addressing the meet-
ing on the regular topics of the day, he wished to
notice a few matters of minor importance. The first
was an omission which he noticed in the report of
the grand dinner on Thursday last, which appeared
in the Morning Chronicle of Saturday. The omis-
sion was that of the letter of Lord Cloncurry, which
had been read by the Secretary, and to which he at-
tached much importance. It had been left out of the
report, he had no doubt, by accident, among some
other letters, and no fault could be attached to the
reporter, as it was not his business to copy the letters
himself, and as he presumed copies of the entire had
been furnished to him. He mentioned the subject
because the letter contained one paragraph which
was most important, as being the opinion of that
truly patriotic nobleman. It was as follows :—" I beg
leave to declare my usual sympathy with my coun-
trymen, and my joy at the most providential escape
from the projected massacre at Clontarf, and the
projected martyrdom by means of a fraudulent
Jury."—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He wished, in
the second place, to protest against something which
had fallen from his Honourable Friend the Mem-
ber for Meath, when he spoke of the spy system being
employed by Government in procuring the reports of
the proceedings of the Association. During the Ca-
tholic Association they had Government reporters
present at their meetings, and he always found them
to act as gentlemen should act. From his own experi-
ence of that branch of Government functionaries he
could speak highly favourably of them. They at-
tended the Committees of the House of Commons, and
it was surprising with what rapidity and accuracy
they took down the often-unconnected answering of
the different witnesses. He was always glad to see
them present, as he was very sure of having his own
speeches accurately taken down. For instance, the
report taken by Mr. Ross, at Mullaghmast, was
very correct; but he was not equally satisfied at see-
ing policemen taking notes of their proceedings.—
(Hear, hear.) In the first place, they were standing
ix the crowd ; secondly, reporting was not their pro-
fession ; and thirdly, if they happened to be dishonest,
they might take down the strong phrases and omit
the qualifications, whereas both would appear in the
notes of the professional reporters.—(Hear, hear.)
The third subject he wished to mention was some
exceedingly strong observations that had been used
by a gentleman whom he much esteemed (Dr. Gray),
at the dinner on Thursday night. That gentleman
spoke very harshly of England, and spoke of hating
English people, and he wished to protest against such
language. He was himself always ready. enough to
blame the crimes of the people of England, but he
could not remain silent when such general expressions
were made against them—expressions that cox&
only be accounted for by the hurry of a tumultuous
moment. He totally disavowed any participation in
those expressions, and the Association could have
nothing to do with them.—(Hear, hear.) He
would next proceed to bring the business of the
day before the Association. On the last day of
meeting, it had been referred to the Committee
to report whether it was necessary to hold the great
meeting at Clontarf, the suppression of which had
been described by Lord Cloncurry in the manner that
he had read to them. That meeting would only be
necessary for the assertion of a great constitutional
principle, which no longer required to be vindicated.
They insisted on the right of the Queen's subjects to
meet in any numbers, no matter how large, for peace-
ably petitioning the Legislature. Change, in itself,
should be guarded against, and should not be made
unless called for by the greater portion of the people.
The more severe and oppressive any grievance became
the greater would be the number of the people calling
for its redress. Petitions might have forged signa-
tures attached to them, but at a meeting every person
had an opportunity of protesting against any particu-
lar doctrine, and public meetings were, therefore, the
best means of ascertaining the bearing of public opi-
nion. It was for this reason, and because he had
heard Lord Althorp, in 1832, declare that, " though
he would think himself justified in resisting repeal,
even at the expense of a civil war, still, that if the
overwhelming majority of the Irish people demanded
it, they were entitled to have it granted," that he de-
cided on holding the monster meetings, as they were
called, of last year. He had been refused every
demand he had made during the existence of the
Precursor Society, to have the people of Ireland put
on an equality with those of England. Even Lord
Morpeth rejected, on the part of the Government, his
application for leave to lay a Bill upon the table of
the House for an equality of franchise between Eng-
land and Ireland; and he then had no resource but
to seek for repeal, and to show to the world that the
people of Ireland were determined to regain their do-
mestic legislature. They accordingly held forty-one
monster meetings. He went from Dundalk to Sligo,
from Sligo to Cork, from Cork to Wexford, and
from Wexford to Drogheda, to ascertain the feel-
ing of the people on the question. At Tara they
had more than one million of human beings col-
lected, and by such means as that they asserted the
principle that they had a right to meet and to

Mr. O'CoNNEtx (in continuation) said that the
next topic related to the assembling of the Preserva-
tive Society, and the question had been referred to the
committee, who had snorted that the time had not
yet arrived fbr it, ana asked leave to sit again.
He would therefore move that they should have
leave to sit again to consider the subject, and that,
in addition, it should be an instruction to the commit-
tee to avoid introducing anything which in
the smallest way could be construed into ille-
gality.—(Loud cheers.) His two propositions` there-
fore were, that further time should be given to con-
sider the nature of the Preservative Society, and eett
they should avoid the least approach to any violatiorr
of the law. Further time was necessary, because the
steps to be taken must be considered and entered
upon most deliberately. The Association, too, wanted
to satisfy every person of the necessity of such a body
which, in its general substance, would be an assem-
blage of three hundred gentlemen, possessed of 160/.
each, who might form themselves into a society and
enter into negotiations with the Ministry of the day
for repeal, and to have the checking and controlling
power over all the acts of the Association.—(Cheers.)
Though such was the general plan of the society in
theory, it required the greatest caution to carry it into
practice, and every step towards its formation should
be taken with the greatest deliberation. There would
have been but little difficulty in forming it, if the law
of England and Ireland were the same. In England,
if the great mass of the people had been in favour of
any political movement, they might have held meet-
ings and conventions, and have appointed deputies and
delegates, but it was not so in Ireland, owing to the
construction put upon the Irish Convention Act ; nor
could there be any approach made to anything like
representation.----(Hear, hear.) As he had been
sneered at in his legal capacity—as it had been said
that so far from being able to direct others, he was
unable to keep himself out of gaol—(Cheers and
laughter)—he thought it due to himself and others
to keep out of such danger.—(Cheers.) He thought,
however, after the decision of the House of Lords,
that their opinion had vindicatel his legal character
and knowledge—(Loud cheering)—and had proved
that he had not misadvised himself or others.—

(Cheers.) His precaution had guarded him hitherto
from any illegality. Three or four prosecutions
which had been directed against him were failures—
(Cheers)—and it was a solemn duty which he owed
to the people of Ireland to keep them from any
violation of the law.—(Cheers.) He therefore
agreed with the committee, that it was right
to deliberate upon this subject, and that they
should have further time to consider their report
It was right that peoples' minds should ripen upon
the subject of the difference between the simple abso-
lute repeal, and the repeal with a tendency to admit
principles of federalism. There was, he was happy to
say, a great growing spirit of nationality in a large
portion of the party calling themselves Conservatives.
They were beginning to consider the question of the
restoration of the Irish Parliament.—(Cheers.) It
was therefore necessary to undeceive the public mind,
and make them understand that the Association re-
ceived federalist and repealer alike. There could be
no federalist without the repeal of the union Act, and
that federalists and repealers sought alike.—(Cheers.)
They had accordingly, after much deliberation, ad-
mitted federalists, the first of whom had been the
Roman Catholic Bishop of Clare, and he hoped to
augment their numbers.—(Hear, hear.) He was not
at all hurt that Mr. Porter had pFinted his unfounded
opinions of Catholicity, for he had been educated in
prejudice, some of which he had thrown aside, and
for himself he was glad that Mr. Porter had Protes-
tant prejudices, for it showed how strong his convic-
tions were when he became a federalist. Mr. Porter
had written a work on draining—he must now write a
book against it, for the country had been drained
enough.—(Cheers and laughter.) He the more
readily consented to postpone the assemblage of the
Preservative Society, in order that he might not anti-
cipate Mr. Porter, who had promised them his scheme
by next Christmas • and in the name of the Associa-
tion, and of the Irish people, he declared his readiness
to acquiesce in any plan which could leave the people
self-government—(Cheers)—and which would do
away with the drain of absenteeism. He was of
opinion that every Irish absentee should be made to bear
his portion in the expenses of the country, unless his ab-
sence was caused by ill-health.--(Cheers.) The
Hon. Gentleman then at some length referred to a
passage in the letter of apology for Thursday last,
sent by Mr. Sharman Crawford, wherein that gen-
tleman expressed his regret that the repealers had
not admitted the federal principle. Now, he agreed
with Mr. Crawford in seeking for a representative
body for Ireland, competent to manage her resources
and protect her rights. That was all he wanted.—
(Cheers.) Mr. Crawford was under a mistake and
he (Mr. O'Connell) told him from that spot that he
agreed with him, and would embrace any plan to
earry out that object.—(Cheers.) He cared not by
what ear-mark or nickname they might distinguish it
—(Cheers)—so as it gave Ireland to the Irish.—
(Cheers.) They were ready to admit and join fede-
ralists, and to leave that an open question, and he, for
one, could not comprehend what kept Mr. Crawford
from joining them.—(Cheers.) What a delightful
moment would it be, when they found Protestant
fortune and rank, and Roman Catholic moderation,
joining them, and when they found the cry for re-
peal spread over universal Ireland. (Cheers.)
Unanimity, let them remember, was victory—division
was defeat. The Hon. Gentleman having formally
moved the resolution for the Preservative Society
committee, proceeded to say that he had but a few
more words to address to them. On Thursday he

intended to go away to his native mountains.
He had the pleasure of informing them that his
pack was in most excellent order.—(Cheers and
laughter.) Mr. N. O'Connell would attend at the
Association in the absence of himself and Mr. S.
O'Brien. The only remaining topic he had to touch
upon was the proposed " impeachment."—(Great
cheering.) They sneered at his plan in England.
It was always the case. He had never proposed any-
thing but in England they first had laughed at him,-
then abused him and it ; then they vilified the mea-
sure, and himself and its supporters, and finally he
carried it.—(Great laughter and, cheering.) Now he
thought it would be impossible for the British Min-
istry to resist inquiry.—(Cheers.) They knew it
was his intention, if the Association approved of it,
to go through England some time before Parliament
met, and to state to the English people the ground-
work for the impeachment, and then leave them to act
for themselves. He would put them in a position to
act fur themselves, and in full possession of the facts.
Mr. S. O'Brien thought that the people of Ireland
should not stoop to solicit anything from England,
and he (Mr. O'Connell) doubted his own judgment
when he found it opposed to that man's, whom he
considered one of the greatest blessings ever bestowed
on Ireland.—(Great applause.) He would model his
plan to meet his opposition ; indeed there could be no
variance between Smith O'Brien and himself, for he
(Mr. O'Connell) would sacrifice his opinion sooner
than such should be the case, unless where some great
principle were staked.—(Cheers.) He anticipated,
therefore, the pleasure, of that visit which the people
would he prepared for by the publication of a work
now nearly ready, detailing all the events of the trial
in language technical, yet plain. He would thus then
test the English people, and find out whether they would
join the English Government or the Irish people. Having
enlarged, as on recent occasions, upon the necessity of
the impeachment, and on the advantage of his proposed
tour, Mr. O'Connell went on—He had been told more
than once that the Ministry would resent to some
violent means to prevent impeachment. There must
then be some consciousness about them that the Irish

Government had misconducted itself—(Cheers)—and
that it could not bear investigation.—(Cheers.) He
would not be surprised at any act of violence, and hi
ventured to prophecy that some such measure would
be taken ; but whatever it might be, he told them that
it would not tire the Irish people of submission to the
law, and that, if consonnant to law, it would be
obeyed.--(Cheers.) After some further remarks, the
Hon. Gentleman moved that the committee appointed
to consider the impeachment should have leave to sit
again,—(Cheers.) He would add one word.of advice

t-) the Irish people—to persevere—(Cheers ; We
will.") It was a time to gain golden opinions, and
his absence would be painful if he thought they would
relax. They had much to contend against—misstate-
ments and lies. The Globe, for instance, denied that
the rebellion of '9B was fostered by Government in
order to effect the union more easily.—(Cheers.) He
had five witnesses to that fact—Lord Plunkett, Burke,
Saurin, Scott, Lord Clonmel, and the fact that
Colonel Maquare was in communication for eleven
months previously with the Government, and that
they knew the abode of every colonel and cap-
tain all the time. They had fanned discontent
into rebellion ; the men of Wexford nearly
turned rebellion into a revolution.—(Loud cheers.)
The Irish people were content that their own Church
should be supported on the voluntary principle. They
had never been guilty of persecution. They had been
three times in power since the Reformation, and if a
single instance could be shown in which they perse-
cuted Protestants, he would give up the repeal agita-
tion for ever. There were but two countries in Eu-
rope in which persecution \Nag enforced by law, and
neither were Catholic countries. A statement had
been made at a recent religious meeting at Glasgow,
that a woman had been persecuted in the island of
Madeira for leaving the Catholic faith, but on inquiry
it was found to be an utterly unfounded rumour.—
(Cheers.) In Se eden, a Protestant country, an emi-
nent artist was recently banished for life for having
become a Catholic, but nothing of that nature was
witnessed in Catholic countries. There could be no
danger, were it even otherwise, of the Catholics per-
secuting in Ireland, for there would be ninety-nine
out of a hundred of the Irish House of Peers Pro-
testants, and he was convinced that more than half of
an Irish House of Commons would belong to the same
persuasion. After again expressiong his hope that
during his brief absence in the country the business
of thesAssociation would be carried on with as much
order and energy as if he had continued present, the
Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by re-
minding them that it was by perseverance and order
they could alone expect to succeed, and to see their
country again what they all desired her to be, and
what nature intended she should be—
" Great, glorious, and free,
First flower of the earth, first gem of the sea"

The Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON bore testimony to the
observations of Mr. O'Connell with regard to the
Trish rebellion. That rebellion, if not planned, was
ttleast fostered by the English Government, and he
ould state this fact on the authority of his father and
.ncle, Lord Hutchinson.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. STEELE handed in a sum of money, and said
ne would take that opportunity of cautioning the
executive against receiving reports of meetings fur-
nished by policemen and such characters, which could
not by any possibility be correct. If the Government
wished for reports let them employ gentlemen, such
as his friend Mr. Hodge (the Government reporter),
to whose accuracy and fidelity he could bear the
strongest testimony.—(Hear, hear.)
After some further business had been disposed of,
Mr. O'Connell announced the rent for the week to
be 6001. 12s. 6d.—The meeting then Adjourned.
TRICKS IN THE JURY LIST.

Mr. Mahony (whose letter to the clerks of the
peace for the city of Dublin appeared in the Sun last
week) has determined to commence legal proceedings
against the majority of the cess-collectors, who failed
to make a return of the qualified jurors within the
time prescribed by law, and against all the collectors,
for nou-compliance with the provision of the Jury
Act, which directs that the lists should be printed and
published in the various parishes previous to the re-
turns being placed in the custody of the clerks of the
peace.
POLICE INQUIRY AT DUBLIN CASTLE.
This day, Mr. Corballis, Q.C., having been pre-
viously sworn in at the head police-office, as a magis-
trate for the city of Dublin, commenced the inquiry
ordered by the Lord-Lieutenant, resp?cting the
charges brought against members of the constabulary
force at Shinrone, King's County. Copies of the
charges were furnished to the accused, by direction of
Mr. Corbellis.
The inquiry proceeds slowly, as the questions and
the answers of the witnesses are taken down. The
court is open to the public.
THE CHURCH IN IRELAND.
Mr. James Grattan, late Member for the county of
Wicklow, has published the following remarkable
statement in the Dublin Evening Post :
" Tennehinch, Sept. 23, 1844.
"Dear Sir,—As lam about to leave Ireland, I take the
liberty of inclosing a letter to you, written some time
ago, and which it may be useful to publish. I do so
because it is of public interest, and it may be served by
publicity in a country where an eminent judge, Lord
Redesdale, said he found one law for the rich and an-
other for the poor, and both equally ill-admistered.
" I am your obliged, &c.,
"J. GRATTAN."
" Tennehinch, August 30, 1844.
"' My dear Sir,—l have, on more than one occasion,
considered it to be my duty to call the attention of the
Archbishop of Dublin to the fact that, for some years
past (and while the Rev. Robert Daly, now Bishop of
Cashel, was incumbent), the right of way, which had
always existed, to the parish church of Powerscourt hal
been stopped, as also all public access to the church-yard
in the parish—thus connecting public with private pro-
perty, to the prejudice of the parishioners. The right of
the church is utterly at variance, as it seems to me, with
the law of the land and the usage, even in this unfortu-
nate country.
" I beg leave now to make to you that suggestion
which I made to the Archbishop of Dublin—namely,
that a legal opinion of eminence be taken on these pro-
ceedings, and that you act under it. To you, I under-
stand,is very happily entrusted the care and the manage-
ment of this place and property ; it will be for you to
decide whether the parishioners and tithe-payers have
not a right to that which they always enjoyed, free and
public access, at all times, to the church supported by
their contributions—or whether it may be more expe-
dient to consider the present church in the light of pri-
vate property, as it has of late years been considered by
the proceedings alluded to, and to apply to Parliament
for an Act to remove the public place of worship to
some other site, where we may find, as we do on the
Continent, that the house of God has something more
attractive than stone walls and iron palings. A com-
plaint similar to this is made by other parishioners—
who are -obstructed in their right of way to their chapels
and to other places where their business calls them. I
have to apologise for troubling you with this letter ; the
matter being a public not a private concern, it was in-
tended fur the public press, but the high respect which
I bear to you personally induces me, in the first in-
stance, to submit it to you, and to avail myself of the
opportunity it offers of assuring you of the consideration
and regard with which I am yours, &c.,
" J. GRATTAN.
" ' To the Hon. and Rev. William Wingfield.' "
The Evening Mail of this evening publishes the
following :--

" TO TILE DISPERSED PROTESTANTS IN THE SOUTH AND

WEST OF IRELAND.

" Brethren—ln these evil times, as I have seen some
faint hearts amongst you, and know of more, permit one
of the dispersed of your body respectfully to give you a
few words of counsel, and not to count it to him for pre-
sumption.

" The Snake has thrown a new lure—a Federal Par-
liament—whether the infatuated Mr. Hutchinson it was
who started the hare, or the Snake himself, no matter—
the viper has adopted it as his own. Does it require
anything beyond common sense to discern that, as far as
the Father of Lies is concerned, he only wants that toy
well packed with Popish influence and craft to blow up
a quarrel between it and the Imperial Parliament on
any invented pretence, and then to arrive at his darling
Repa le ?
"Surely, surely, no Protestant awake will heed him.
It may be true that much of our business is mismanaged
by English officials, who know little of our country and
are backward to learn it, but these are only matters of
detail ; the basis of the union is fraught with advantage
even to excess for Ireland, and it is part and parcel of
the plan of the agitators to shower inventions so thick
into the House of Commons that there should be no time
for Ministers to effect business ; but were the country
once at peace within herself, the Scorpion crushed, and
his Riverend coadjutors put on their good behaviour, the
prosperity of Ireland would know no bounds.
" It is true, we have at present the hideous deformity
in the heart of the country of a band of infuriated de-
mocrats, consuming her bowels, inviting adherence and
co-operation, threatening massacre, and thirsting for
blood; for what else means their phraseology of Ireland
biding her time ?' The bait of plunder flung out to the
peasant must have had its influence ; for, by true Jesuit
finesse, he is perpetually urged to put into the raffle,
that he may be eager for the day of drawing ; yet the
poor people are not ill.disposed, if let alone, and the
proof is, that it is thought indispensable not to relax for
one moment the stimulant of sedition upon them. All
this is true, wofully true ; and as it constitutes a govern-
ment within the Government, having the torch and the
stiletto for its device, it may make some honest hearts to
quail. But, Protestants, remember yea are hated be-
cause you hold the Bible. It all resolves itself into this.
The Bible and the right of private judgment in religion
it is which renders Popish priests superfluous lumber--
that it is translated into every known language for cir-
culation, by Saxon aid, maddens them to fury—now that
they blindly suppose they have only a short time to wait
to sacrifice your Church, which has taught you to know
what they are, and what they are not.
" You cannot have forgotten the Pope's circular, dated
from Rome on the 4th of May last, addressed to his
worshippers in Italy, denouncing the New York Bible
Society. He tells them plump that reading the Holy
Scriptures in the vulgar tongue leads to certain perdi-
tion, and forbids what the Saviour enjoined. If this be
not the beast drawn in the Revelations, God has given
us our reason to betray us. This circular was published
in all the papers. So, Protestants, take your line.
Waver not. Have no fellowship with their principles.
I was once an emancipator myself—a conciliator—and
now am well reviled as a dupe and worse. Observe the
return which the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert
Peel daily get for having brought forward the Emanci-
pation Act, and mind, this is not the exception, but the
rule. What folly then it is to hope that the sense of
shame will associate some of the more respectable per-
sons of the Romanist ;ersuasion to denounce the agita-
tors ! They don't come forward, at least I know of but
one or two that have, and they are well scoffed and spi-
at by the demon for their honesty. 13e not seduced by

any of his baits. Hold aloof to the last. It is the trial
of your faith. Let every Protestant say to himself, If
I was the only one left I never would unite with them.'
Nail the Bible and the Union Jack together to your
heart. Have something in your hand also to make him
repent who would approach with the rags of an Italian
priest to defile either. The English Protestant people
will yet consent to distinguish between the true and the
false in Ireland. Our brethren of the north are alive to
our sufferings ; nay, the English Dissenters, much as
they may dislike the monarchical principle and the
Church, will yet, from a sense of shame, postpone their
aversion to these elements in order to teach the turbulent
Popish agents here that if they expect protection and
security, they must at least let others enjoy it. Watch.
Be firm. Be indifferent alike to their cajolery or their
threats. Call to mind the words of the Psalmist—which
cannot be found, by the bye, in the Popish Missal—' I
was young, and now am old, and yet saw I never the
righteous forsaken,' &c.—l am, brethren, your sincere
well-wisher, " WESTMEATII.

" Clonyn, Sept. 21, 1844."
LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION.
On Monday the Commissioners held their inquiry
at Middleton, and examined several witnesses, includ-
ing Mr. 'Warren Hastings Jackson, Mr. Barry, a
farmer, William Glesson and Richard Neill, tenants
of Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Robert Barry, an extensive
farmer. On Tuesday they proceeded to Macroom,
where they examined Charles Colthurst, Esq., of
Coachford, respecting some extensive improvements
in waste lands made by that gentleman ; James Car-
negie, Esq., of Cork, an extensive land agent ; Wm.
Crooke, Esq., a landed proprietor; Rev. Richard
Lane, P.P. Ballyvourney, near Macroom ; John B.
Warren, Esq., Mr. Edward Ashe, of Macroom ; Mr.
Cornelius O'Connell, farmer, Mr. Timcthy Murphy,
farmer; and some others. On Wednesday they held
their inquiry at Kanturk, where they examined
Daniel Leahy, Esq., of Rossacon ; the Rev. Jeremiah
Beachenor, of Newmarket, P.P.; Sir W. Wrixon
Becher, Bart.; Jonathan Bruce, Esq., of Prohurst ;
Owen M'Sweeny, farmer; Bartholomew Verling,
farmer; Rev. R. O'Reardon, P.P.; William Allen,
Esq., and Cornelius Ryan, farmer, nominated by the
board of guardians. After the inquiry, they were
sumptuously entertained at dinner by Edward Tier-
ney, Esq., the public-spirited proprietor of the Kan-
turk estate, who had a large party of the principal
gentry of that part of the county of Cork to meet the
Commissioners. On Friday they proceeded to King
William's-town, the estate of the Crown, on the
borders of Kerry County, where they minutely in-
spected the model farm and improvements, which
have been for some years in progress, under the
direction of Mr. Griffith. On Saturday they sat at
Mallow.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l read in your valuable newspaper last week,
under the head of" Sporting Intelligence," an account of
a discussion at Doncaster about the prizes for the forward
horses in the Great St. Leger Stakes. The Committee
who debated the point were anxious to obtain a greater
number of starters for the northern race—could not
this bo the best effected by making the entry for the
Leger 30 sovs. each, p.p. ?—I remain, Sir, your obedient
servant, A * * * *.
Liverpool, Sept. 24, 1844.