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

IRELAND.

(FROM A MORNING CONTEMPORARY.)
THE WRIT OF ERROR.
Duni.AN JUNE B.—Mr. Ford, the solicitor of Mr. O'Con-
nell in the State prosecutions, left Kingstown yesterday for
London, in order to instruct counsel respecting the writ of
error. I have learned that Sir Coleman O'Loghlen and Mr.
Close, two of the counsel for the traversers, are about to
leave for London, to co• operate with the English counsel
during the argument on the writ of error before the House
of Lords.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
YESTERDAY.
TIIE QUEEN V. O'CONNELL AND OTHERS.
The Attorney-General was in attendance at the sitting of
the Court.
Mr. CLOSE applied that the officer be at liberty to amend
certain clerical errors in the assignments of error tiled on the
part of the several defendants.
JUDGE BURTON—We had better wait until the rest of the
Court sit.
Mr. aosE—The Attorney-General consents to the ap-
plication.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL-4 do, my Lord.
Application granted. •
The other Judges having entered the Court,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, I have to hand in, my
Lords, the joinders in error in the Queen v. O'Connell. Mr.
Kemmis, put your name at the foot of each of them.
Mr. CLOSE—I apprehend there can be no doubt about the
practice. My application is to have the case placed in the
Crown paper, so that it may be disposed of here without de-
lay, and our writ of error to Parliament speeded.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he was of opinion that these
assignments of error could not be argued in any place but in
that Court. Mr. Close said the case was to be argued pro
forma only, and of course he (the Attorney-General) had
no idea to take up the public time, but he thought it neces-
sary to make this statement to the Court.
It was then arranged that the case should be disposed of
on Monday.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was perfectly satisfied not to
argue the question, if their Lordships did not think it
necessary.
The matter was then allowed to drop.
MR. O'CONNELL IN PRISON.
Yesterday and this day a considerable number of gentle-
men, many of them from various parts of the country, paid
their respects to Mr. O'Connell and the other State prison-
ers. Several addresses were presented by deputations from
public meetings.
The Limerick Reporter says—" The resolutions adopted at
the meeting in this city on Friday week, having been re-
ceived by Mr. William Smith O'Brien, he communicated
them to the Liberator in a manner the most courteous, and
in a tone of feeling which alone could arise from his entire
concurrence in the sentiments they contained. The reply of
the Liberator, 'as nearly as could be collected, was to the
following effect :
"' He said his heart was light, and his spirit full of hope.
Instead of considering the prison as a disgrace, or even a
punishment, he rejoiced that he had at length the honour
and the happiness of suffering for Ireland. He loved his
native land only the more intensely for that suffering, and
that love would, he was convinced, be rewarded by the result
of the trials and of the imprisonment.
" The repeal of the union is certain. It is certain ; be-
cause the people of Ireland will preserve the peace unbroken
—it is certain ; because the nniversal people of Ireland will
persevere in their' peaceful but determined, demand for that
repeal. „Relaxation in the agitation for repeal is no longer
possible. Neutrality is at an end. Every man must take a
part. He who is not for Ireland is against her.
" He who is not a repealer—he who does not unequivocally
show his disapprobation of the unconstitutional proceedings
adopted against the friends of Ireland belongs to the camp of
the enemy, and is ranged at the same side with the Attorney-
General, and comforts and abets the prosecutors who had
placed him (Mr. O'Connell) in prison.
" ' The men of Limerick—the descendants of the heroes
and heroines of old—are amongst the first to prove them-
selves worthy of a crisis so imminent and unparalleled as the
present. The men of Limerick will rally round the all but
annihilated liberties of their country. They will secure the
universal co-operation of every true Irishman ; for no Irish-
man can be true who does not co-operate to -make his native
country a nation again.
" "ro him (Mr. O'Connell) the gaol was a paradise, as it
secured that co-operation—a co-operation peaceful in its na-
ture, but sternly determined in its object—the Repeal of the
Union.' "
POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
A requisition is in progress for a meeting of the county of
Meath, to address Mr. O'Connell and the other State pri-
soners, and to promote the collection of the repeal rent. Mr.
H. Grattan, one of the Members for the county of Meath,
has published the following address to his constituents :
" Gentlemen—After a painful and an unwilling absence, I
have returned to Ireland, and have passed through London
without entering the House of Commons.
" Of this I think it right to apprise you, and as I am in
formed that a public meeting will be held on Monday next,
at the Corn Exchange, in Dublin, I shall attend for the pur-
pose of explaining my conduct and my views to my consti-
tuents, on the propriety of which it will be for them to
decide.
" I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your sincere friend
and very attached humble servant,
" HENRY GRATTAN.

" Dublin, Saturday, June 8, 1844."
CITY OF DUBLIN.
ST. ANDREW'S WARD.—Yesterday a numerous and re-
spectable meeting of the inhabitants of this ward was held
for the purpose of recording their opinions of the late State
prosecutions, and adopting an address of condolence to the
Liberator and his fellow-martyrs in prison. Seventy pounds
were collected on the spot.
ST. AUDEON'S WARD.—A numerous and respectable meet-
ing of the liberal burgesses of St. Audeon's ward was yester-
day held in Spitalfield Market, for the purpose of adopting
an address of sympathy to the Liberator and his fellow-
prisoners, as also for the purpose of giving public expression
to the feelings of the inhabitants of that district of the city
with respect to the recent state prosecutions.
CASTLE WARD.—A meeting of the liberal burgesses of the
Castle ward was held on Thursday last, at the Royal Ex-
change, for the purpose of considering the propriety of pre-
senting an address expressive of sympathy and conildence
to the Liberator and his fellow-martyrs. The Very Rev.
A. O'Connell, D.D., was called to the chair amid
loud applause. The very reverend gentleman said
he warmly concurred in the object of the meeting, anti
thought the time had fully arrived when it was the im-
perative duty of every Irishman, who had the welfare
of his country at heart, to come forward, and declare his sen-
timents manfully and unequivocally.—(Hear, hear.) Who
had a heart to feel, or a mind to understand, could be silent
when the man whom they all loved was confined in a prison
—the man on whom the hopes and affections of an entire na-
tion were unalterably fixed?
COLLEGE WARD.—A very numerous and respectable meet-
ing of the inhabitants of the College Ward was held in the
Adelphi Theatre, for the purpose of adopting an address to the
Liberator and his fellow-martyrs in the cause of their coin •
mon country, as well as to express their firm determination
to redouble their exertions in peaceably and constitution-
ally agitating until the repeal was carried. Alderman
Rooney was called to the chair. Several subscriptions were
handed in to the amount of 501. A deputation was then ap-
pointed to present the address to Mr. O'Connell.
MEETING OF THE FOUR COUUTS' WARD.—On Thurs-
day evening the inhabitants of this ward met for the pur-
pose of making arrangements for the more efficient collec-
tion of the repeal rent, and adopting an address of congratu-
lation to the illustrious Liberator and his fellow-martyrs.
James Sheridan, Esq., T.C., presided. Several persons pre-
sent during the meeting subscribed 1/. each ; but, on the
chair being vacated, the scene that presented itself was most
remarkable. Many rushed eagerly forward, and contributed
shillings, half-crowns, &c., according to their respective capa-
cities. At the close of the proceedings the subscriptions had
amounted to a large sum.
CORK CORI•ORATION.—There was a most numerous at-
tendance of the members of the Council at the usual weekly
meeting on Thursday, the Mayor presiding. An address to
Mr. O'Connell, expressive of the Council's sympathy with
him tinder his present trials, and their unalterable attach-
ment to him and to the national cause;' for the advocacy of
which he is so great a sufferer, was passed by an overwhelm-
ing majority.—Cork Reporter.
CORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—The Cork Examiner of
yesterday contains the following highly influential meet-
ing of the friends of O'Connell and repeal was held this day at.
two, in the Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose of organising
the collection for the year of captivity. At the unanimous
call of the meeting Aderman Daniel Murphy took the chair.
Several resolutions were passed expressive of the unalterable
attachment of the people to their fireat leader. At the close
of the proceedings a subscription list was opened, and in the
space of live minutes 2001. and odd was collected. There is
not the slightest doubt but that Cork will forward 1,000/. to
the national cause in the course of the next week.
LIMERICK ConronATioN.—On Tuesday the town council
met for the special purpose of voting an address to the
Liberator, and to express their feeling of the conduct of the
GoYernment, and their own fixed determination to persevere
in the struggle for a domestic Parliament.
Car OF LIMERICK.—On Thursday the citizens of Limerick
assembled to record their sentiments in reference to the
monster sentence passed upon the Liberator of Ireland' and
the other traversers who share his lot. The meeting was by
far the largest, most influential, and respectable seen in this
city for a length of time, and every man wore a repeal button
in his coat.
KILKENNY CORPORATION.—The corporation yesterday
(Friday) voted an address to Mr. O'Connell, which is to be
presented by the mayor and almost all the members of the
corporation, on Monday next.
NENAGU.—Thursday evening a meeting was held at the
Temperance-hall, the Rev. Nicholas Power, C.C., in the chair.
Mr. Spain, treasurer of the fund, announced the amount of the
collection to be nearly 1401., not including the contributions
of the clergy, which are to be separately sent forward through
the Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy. We may observe that the
above sum bee been exclusively contributed in the town.