The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-13 00:00:00

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William of the pleasure of witnessing the loyalty
and of partaking of the hospitality which, had been
prepared for him by the citizens of London—it was that
faction which now deprived the Queen of the plea.
sure of visiting- her Irish subjects, because those
whose duty it was to attend the Queen of England
to Ireland, dared not show their faces there.—(Cheers.)
They feared to show themselves amongst the people,
whose origin, whose language, and whose religion
they had so scandalously traduced, maligned, and in-
sulted.—(lmmense cheers.) They well knew that
it had been the intention and wish of the Sovereign to
have visited Ireland last year ; but, instead of that,
Belgium and France were favoured with her presence,
while poor Ireland was neglected.—(Cheers.) To be
sure it was a gratifying sight to witness, as he had
done last year, the Queen returning to her native
shores with the standard of England and the
tri-colour of France waving from the same
mast and fluttering in the same breeze.—(Loud
cheers.) It was a pleasing sight to those
who, like himself, thought that those feelings of amity
should never be interrupted, which now subsisted be-
tween the two greatest nations of the world.—(Cheers.)
But it would have been a prouder and a happier sight
to have seen the Queen of England returning from her
visit to her Irish subjects, after having personally
witnessed their loyalty and investigated the manifold
wrongs and oppressions which they endured.—(Great
cheering.) He was satisfied that the result of such a
visit must have been the confusion of evil councillors
—(Loud cheers)—and amidst the benedictions of her
people she would have declared that the union betwixt
this country and Ireland should n of have been a union
in name only—(Cheers)—but that it should be a
real union of equal laws, equal rights, and equal
privileges.—(lmmense cheering.) The Chairman
concluded by proposing the health. of " The Queen,
and long may she reign over a happy, free, and united
people."—(Tremendous cheering.)

AIR.

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queell,
God save the Queen;
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us.
God save the Queen.
0 Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall;
Confound their politics, •
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix :
God save us all.

Thy choicest gifts in store•
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign.
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen.

The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had to pro-
pose was the " Health of Prince Albert and the Royal
Family."—(Cheers.) He was sure that he need not
remind them that this toast included all that was dear
to the Sovereign, and all that was respected by the
people.—(Loud cheers.) It included husbands, and
offspring, and parent ; and he had only to mention
the name of the Duchess of Kent to ensure for this
toast an additional mark of their gratitude and
esteem.—(Drank with loud cheers.)

GLEE.
Here's a health to the Prince and the Queen!
Proclaim it each son of the wave,
May their hearts long entwine, like the oak and the vine,
To shelter and cherish the brave.

Prosperity smile on their reign,
And concord to hallow the scene,
While the people rejoice, and exclaim with one voice,
Long life to the Prince and the Queen.

The CHAIRMAN then gave—" Our brave defenders
by land and sea, the Army and Navy." Drank with
loud applause.

SONG.
When Britain first at Heaven's command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sung this strain.:
Rule, Britannia, rule the waves,
Britons never shall be slaves !
Rule, Britannia, &c.
The nations not so blest as thee,
Must in their turns to tyrants fall ;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all!
Rule, Britannia, &c.
The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coasts repair;
Blest Isle, with matchless beauty crown'd,
And manly hearts to guard the fair!
Rule, Britannia, &c.
The CHAIRMAN said he now rose to propose—
" Health and long life to Daniel O'Connell !"—(The
toast was received with most immense cheering, the
whole audience rising en masse, waving their hand-
kerchiefs for several minutes. Nothing could sur-
pass the enthusiasm with which the toast was re-
ceived, nor have we ever seen it equalled
on any similar occasion. Silence having been restored,
the Chairman proceeded.) Yes, even at the risk of
incurring the displeasure of certain high personages
at the Home-office—(Laughter)—he asked them
to join with him in wishing health and happiness to
this " convicted conspirator"—(Great cheering and
laughter)—and he assured them that he felt there was
so much of sincerity in those loud and honest acclama-
tions—there was so much of truly British sympathy in
those gallant cheers—of sympathy for the chosen
representative of Ireland, and through him sympathy
for the wrongs of Ireland, that he felt it would
be worse than presumption in him, by any
lengthened observations, to hope he could induce
them to do additional honour to the toast he now
proposed to them. But, in justice to them, as well
as in justice to the public feeling that he knew ex-
isted at present in this country—(Loud cheers)—he
could not deprive himself of the gratification. of as-
suring their distinguished guest—(Cheers)—that
this sympathy, and this enthusiasm, was not confined
to within these walls.— (Loud heers.) He could
assure him, that this building, had it been ten
times more spacious, that space would have
been insufficient for those who were anxious
to come forward, not only to testify
their esteem and respect for him as a patriot and a
man, but for the purpose of expressing, by their
presence, their disgust and indignation—(Applause)
—at the persecution, at the injustice, at the
treachery and meanness—(Cheers)—the malignity
and vindictiveness which had marked the recent
State trials, as they were called, in Ireland—
(Cheers)—and of which he and others were
attempted to be made the victims. The At-
torney-General for Ireland—(Hisses and laugh-
ter)—the first law-officer of the Crown in that
country—he, at the onset of the proceedings, pledged
himself that he would prove the existence of one of
the foulest, and one of the most wicked—(Laughter)
—conspiracies that ever endangered the safety of an
empire.—(Great laughter.) He would not in-
sult their understandings by asking them how
he succeeded. All England, every honest man
in. England proclaimed his failure.—(Cheers.) All
England despised his attempts, and cried shame upon
the Government proceedings.—(Cheers, and cries of
" Shame.") It was with much satisfaction that he
heard, the other evening, one who had been high in
the councils of her'Majesty, a member of the late Go-,
vernment, and leading member of the Opposition. at
the present moment—he meant Lord John Russell—
(Cheers)—it was with great satisfaction that he
heard that Noble Lord express his opinion that
Mr. O'Connell, had not had a fair trial—(Loud-
cheers)—and that if he had been tried by an English
Judge and an English jury, it was his opinion that
he would have been acquitted.—(Cheers.) Was he
not justified in stating to Mr. O'Connell that he must
not judge of the feeling of this country by that
which had been testified upon the present occasion,
he must not believe that with this evening's proceed-
ings the enthusiasm would end.—(Great cheering.)
No, he might depend upon it they would not remain
tongue-tied—(Cheers)—while they saw this
an pro-
secutiony pursuing its accursed way, and not make
attempt to rescue from its fangs that man in whom
were centered the hopes and affections of the Irish
people.—(Great cheering.) If there was no stronger
inducement than their attachment to the impartial
administration of justice, he was sure the attempt
would be made—(Cheers)—and let him remind
them, that that which was Ireland's fate to-day,
might be England's to-morrow—(Cheers)—if they
quietly looked on.—(Cries of " No.") IS they saw
juries packed—if they alloiied judges to become mi-
nisterial partisans—if they allowed the law to be
strained—if they allowed public meetings, legally
convened, to be put an end to by proclamations—if
they allowed the rights of petition to be abrogated
by such proceedings—if they allowed it to be pro.
claimed that the sword and the bayonet were the
just remedies—they might depend upon it
that the struggles of their ancestors for freedom would
be in vain, if their descendants acted with such pu-
silanimity.—(Cheers;) But had Mr. O'Connell no
other claims for their admiration and support ? Had
they forgot the Catholic Emancipation measure—
(Cheers)—which was his act, and his only ? To him
the Catholics were indebted for it.—(Great cheering.)
To him the Liberal Protestants owed their admira-
tion. Had they forgot also that to Mr. O'Connell
and the Irish Members they were indebted
for most valuable assistance in the struggle that
took place for the Reform Bill ?—(Cheers.) True it
was that the Reform Bill had disappointed—had
sadly - disappointed—them, but Mr. O'Connell
was not responsible for that.—(Hear, hear.)
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Had not Mr. O'Connell made -
sacri-
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he cnaouts ed
devoted
telibertytime, ?—(lmmense
services in
his profession, and his fortune, to the cause of the
people?—and his services at the present moment
were at the command of his country. (Tre-
mendous cheers.) He (Mr. Duncombe) had
heard Mr. O'Connell state to Ministers. that if
they would bring in measures for the. benefit of