The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-10 00:00:00

POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS.

The whole country has been aroused by the imprison-
ment of Mr. O'Connell; and an agitation, much more for-
midable than any I have ever witnessed, is in operation from
one extreme of the kingdom to the other. The peculiarity
of this movement is, that the Roman Catholic clergy are
meeting separately in their dioceses, to proclaim their de-
voted attachment to the man who led the successful move-
ment for religious liberty, whilst those clergy, as citizens,
merge in the district meetings all through the country. I
subjoin an account of some of the latest meetings :
MEETING OF THE CLERGY OF THE ARCHDIO-
CESE OF CASHEL.
On Monday, 3d June, the Roman Catholic clergymen of
the Archdiocese of Cashel assembled in conference at 'nudes.
After the business of the conference had concluded, they
held a meeting to prepare an address of sympathy to their
beloved Liberator. It was unanimously resolved to forward,
in a body, the repeal subscriptions for 1844. They also
pledged themselves, one and all, to organise in their respec-
tive-parishes the collection of the repeal rent, and by every
constitutional exertion to sustain the father of his country.

PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR MR. O'CONNELL.

The Tipperary Vindicator contains, in a second edition,
the following letter from the Rev. J. Mole y, chaplain to the
Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy :
" Deerpark, June 4, 1844.
"My dear Sir,—l have been instructed by the Right Rev.
Dr. Kennedy to request that you will have the goodness to
announce in your next publication, that he most earnestly
recommends to the clergy of his diocese, that so long as the
All-wise Dispenser of events may be pleased to suffer the idol
of his country—the illustrious O'Connell—to be immured in
a prison, the Litany of the most holy name of Jesus be de-
voutly offered in every chapel, on every Sunday and holiday,
by the priest and the congregation, to implore the protection
of Heaven for the Christian patriot and his faithful fellow-
sufferers. You will be pleased also to announce, that he fur-
ther recommends that, in the prayer invariably said before
mass, after the words 'For the Queen and all that are in
high stations—that we may lead a quiet and holy life,' the
following words be immediately introduced, ' For O'Connell,
the father of his country—that, being delivered from all dan-
gers, he may, with renewed energy both of mind and body,
securely accomplish at last the glorious object of his dis-
tinguished life—the deliverance of his fellow-countrymen
from the blighting curses of unchristian and unnatural dis-
sension.' " I am, my dear Sir, yours,
" JOHN MOLONY, R.C.C.
"Maurice Lenihan, Esq., Tipperary 17-indicator."

CITY Ot DUBLIN.
MEETING or ST. PAUL'S WiARD.—A meeting of the bur-
Resses of St. Paul's Ward was held yesterday evening, at
eynolds's Hotel, Queen-street, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the most effective means for giving expres-
sion to the feelings with which the inhabitants of that dis-
trict of the city regard the conduct of the Government in the
recent State prosecutions, and also for the purpose of de-
claring their sympathy with Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-
sufferers. A series of resolutions were adopted, and it hav-
ing been agreed that an address, expressive of sympathy and
confidence, should be presented to the Liberator, the meeting
adjourned.
MEETING OF ST. JAMES'S WARD.—There was a very nu-
merous and most respectable meeting of this ward yesterday.
The utmost enthusiasm prevailed, and an address to O'Con-
nell and the " repeal martyrs" was unanimously agreed to.
Arrangements were made for the effective collection of the
repeal rent.
LINEN HALL WARD.—This ward also assembled yester-
day. An address to Mr. O'Connell was adopted. The repeal
rent collected in this ward since Monday is 1401.
MEETING OF TIIE CORPORATION OF DUBLIN.—A special
meeting of the town council was held this day, for the pur-
pose, as set forth in the summons, " of informing her 11Ia-
jesty, by way of address, that the man Who created a public
mind in Ireland, and thereby caused the great measure of
emancipation to become law, and raised his fellow-country-
men to the station of free citizens, is now an inmate of a pri-
son for a constructive offence, a mode of accusation always
deemed odious in a free State, and to pray her Majesty to vin-
dicate the Constitution and protect the rights and liberties of
her Majesty's subjects in Ireland, which have been violated
in his person. And further, to petition the Commons' House
of Parliament to the same effect, and that the council should

present an address of sympathy to their imprisoned brother,
Daniel O'Connell." At twenty-five minutes to two o'clock
the chair was taken by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.
Councillor lintwAnnnoved that the dutiful and loyal ad-
dress which he held in his hand be presented to her Majesty.
He then handed in the address, which was read by Mr. Ford.
It set forth the fraud in the jury list, the striking off the
jury all the names of Roman Catholics, and the injustice of
confining in a gaol the man who created a public mind in
Ireland, pending the trial of a writ of error, and concluded
by praying her 3lajesty to take these matters into her grave
consideraticn.
Alderman EGAN seconded the motion.
Councillor THOMAS opposed the motion.
Mr. STAUNTON spoke at length in condemnation of the way
the trial was conducted, and contended that the address
should be adopted in its present form.
Alderman JOSEPH BOYCE could not assent to the address.
Mr. ATEMON supported the proposition.
Alderman Burr had no hesitation in saying that the ad-
dress would be both unconstitutional and illegal. He con-
cluded by entering his solemn protest against the address—
but if a separate one were prepared, embracing an expression
of sympathy to Mr. O'Connell, he would not oppose its adop-
tion.

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For the motion
Against it
Majority
Mr. APLoucinuif then moved the adoption of an address
to Mr. O'Connell, which expressed the opinion that the sen-
tence under which he was suffering was unjust and illegal,
and that the punishment was unmerited.
Mr. J. DUNNE seconded the motion.
Dr. MAUNSELL, looking upon the address as being from the
political friends of Mr. O'Connell, would not vote upon it.
He then left the house.
Alderman Burr could not vote for the address. ,
The meeting divided again, when there appeared for the
address 40, against it 8.
A deputation of the whole Corporation was appointed to
present the address.
GRMT POPULAR MANIFESTATION.
The Wexford Independent contains the following :—" A
valued friend in Dublin—one of our country's most effective
patriots—has written to us as follows :` It is probable that
St. John's Day, June the 24th—being also Monday—will be
adopted for a great and impressive manifestation of national
feeling, connected with the crisis so madly brought about by
the reckless Government with which the empire is at present
afflicted. That day will, perhaps, be selected as ' a day of
humiliation and mourning when the moral might of out-
raged millions will be exhibited, in a form even more startling
than that of a succession of monster meetings. The .idea is
as yet only 'in the rough.' It has elements in it, however,
of a character that will render it capable of being moulded
into an agent of great power and effect.' "
[The provincial papers contain reports of meetings in Gal-
way, Castlebar, Lismore, Belfast, Waterford, and many other
places, at all of which addresses to Mr. O'Connell were adopted,
and arrangements were made for the immediate collection of
the repeal rent.]
'THE WEATHER.—We are delighted to learn that the rain
has been pretty general. Our correspondents write that it
has extended to the counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare,
Wexford, and Kilkenny, and that the benedcial effects are
already apparent.

ACCIDENTS RETURNING FROM ASCOT RACES.—
On Thursday afternoon two accideqts of a serious nature oc-
curred to parties returning from Ascot, the particulars of
which are as follow :—The first occurred to a young gentle-
man named Henderson, the son of a captain in the Royal
Navy, who, whilst driving a tandem along the Brompton-
road, the fore horse Stumbled and fell, and the hind one fall-
ing on him, the vehicle was capsized, the shafts broken, and
Mr. Henderson and his servant thrown head foremost upon
the horses, both of them having become entangled in the
harness and kicking furiously. The servant fortunately es-
caped unhurt, but on picking up his master it was found that
one of his arms was broken, and that he had received several
severe kicks about the head and face. A medical gentleman
was promptly on the spot, who accompanied Mr. Henderson
in a cab to the residence of his friends in Victoria-square,.
Pimlico. The second accident, which was of a more alarm-
ing nature than the above, occurred to a man named Black-
well, residing at Edward's-place, Kensington, who fell head-
long from the driving-box of a pleasure-van at Hounslow,
and, pitching on his head, received such severe injury it is
not expected he can possibly recover.