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they were liberty of the press, freedom of trial by .' -
jury, and freedom of education. Every one of those
principles had been violated. Such atrocious laws ,
against the press as those passed by Louis Philippe
had never before been heard of. He had infringed on
the right of free and open juries, and st; far from
public opinion beihg now capable of controlling the ..
verdicts of juries in France, a law had been paZsed
under Louis Philippe, making it criminal tc;
publish the names of a jury. As to education,
he was making every exertion to put down
all religious education, and to establish an in•
fidel system of education. The writers of
the French press were cautious against meeting . -
any of those arguments which he had brought for-
ward, and contented themselves with abuse of him
personally. Another portion of the press that as-
sailed him was the English press.—(Hear, hear.)
The Morning Advertiser accused him of inconsis-
tency. It was an honest paper, neither Whig nor
Tory, and it promulgated the sentiments of an honest
and numerous class of individuals, whose property it
was. That paper accused him of inconsistency in •
giving no repeal for federalism. It was rath
nit
ade er hard .
that such a charge should been magai
him, when his letter of the 2d of October could not
have been read by the writer. Jle had, in that let-
ter, distinctly stated that he would require the re-, ..,et
storation of the Irish kingdom, under their presents:s ,
Sovereign, and the reconstruction of the Irish House'.
of Lords and Commons, before the question
Ma of fede-
ralism
could be adopted. In fact, as .1
who made the excellent speech in the corporation
)r. unsell,
and ever. the Examiner admitted, he a;andoned
nothing, hut that be looked for 20s. in the ponlid of
the debt due to Ireland, and then expressed his wel-
lingness to take 10s. more in addition. That excel-
lent periodical, Tait's Magazine, which he considered
nearly the ablest and best of the monthly publi-
cations,
admitted the same thing. The Morning
Chrokicle had, to be sure, come out upon him on
the same subject. .Nni.v, there was a good deal
of cajolery in the course taken by that paper
latterly. The writers in the Chronicle appeared
to think that he was so young a bird that they
could catch him with their chaff, but he disregarded
their cajolery; and as to any accusations from any
quarter of inconsistency in his conduct, lse would •
treat it with the utmost contempt.—(Cheers.) While •
he was looking (or emancipation, he often found
himself obliged to abandon one course that he found
•
impractical :44.w adopt anotheiond he was then told_ ~.__ .;,.4'
that he was inconsistent; buf 6`-systs all- the time 'il-a47107--L: ' i'..;
vancing towards the one object, and he merely went
round the rock instead of waiting to cut through W--;
(Cheers.) The London Examiner had assailed -Ern
for speaking of the impenetrability of the English
mind. [The Learned Gentleman read the article of'
the Examiner, which has already appeared in our
paper, and then proceeded.] lie would ask, was there
ever a more atrocious and insolent calumny against
any man than every line of that article ? While the
miscreant who wrote it was grovelling in his garret,
he (Mr. O'Connell) had been struggling for his
country, and he would add, successfully struggling
for his country.—(Hear.) He had brought Ireland
to the notice of all Europe, of the civilised world. Her
wants, her sufferings, her fidelity, her religious perse-
verance, all the high qualities of her people had, through
his means, been made familiar to the nations of
the earth. And was that the recompense which he .
was now to get from an anonymous scoundrel scrib-
bler in the Examiner ?—(Hear, and cheers.) His
reply to the Examiner at their last meeting was in
the harshest and severest language he could com-
mand ; but he would ask them in what other terms
should such calumnious falsehoods be spoken of ? He
had called him a miscreant, a base calumniator, and ow
foul liar; and these, he repeated, were suitable terms
to speak of him, unless any harsher words could be
found in the English language, in which case he ad-
mitted they were too soft.—(Laughter.) The fellow . •
who assailed him in that way was a base, brutal,*tr, .
and lie believed a bribed wretch, though whether he :',
were bribed or not did not make much matter, for
the rascal who would so act for nothing, could scarcely
be made much worse, even by bribery. He said his
life was before the public, that all his speeches were
to be found in the newspaper files for the last forty-
five years, and that if any passage could be pointed
out in the entire, which would justify the charges
made against him, or in which any solemn assertion
of his life had been contradicted, he would admit the
propriety of the course which the Examiner had
taken. He really expected when he received the
last Examiner, on that day, that some attempt
would have been made to meet his challenge, but
there had not. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then
read the observations respecting him from the last
number of the Examiner, and proceeded at some
length to argue that he was perfectly justified in the
course which he had taken with respect to the appro-
priation clause and the other matters on which that
journal attacked him. He then proceeded to state
that he would next turn to a publication which gave
him the greatest pleasure. Ile alluded to the late
production of Mr. Grey Porter. 'illere were several
passages in that pamphlet which he des_lred to have
inserted in the minutes. It was a subject for gratu-
lation to observe the growing spirit of nat;onality:!
which was displaying itself in every part or Ire.!•an*i
and he would venture to prophecy that the time 'V.`i
not far distant when universal Ireland would refuse
to continue the serf and slave of England.—[The .
Hon. and Learned Gentleman read several passages.]'
The plans he had read for restoring the nationality of
Ireland were not his, but of an excellent Protestant
gentleman. Mr. Porter complained of the want of
national songs and sentiment. As to songs, he co. n- .:
sidered the Nation could supply him with a few.—
(Cheers)—though he did not approve of them all.--
(Hear.) lie would again make the declaration which
he so often repeated, that he was ready to yield ithe
conduct of the movement to any Protestant noble-
man who would consent to take his place. Let
the Duke of Leinster or Lord Cloncurry come for-
ward, either would be received with that consideration
which his rank and station entitled him to. Yes, Mr.
Porter was right in declaring that he considered there
was nothing sectarian in the repeal movement. If
there were a preference given to any man it was to
the honest Protestant, such as his friend Smith
o'lll-len, or their worthy Chairman.—(Cheers.) (Mr.
O'Connell was here interrupted by the barking of a
dog ; the Hon. Gentleman asked, was that the editor
of the Standard ?)—(Loud laughter.) With the 4
as-
sistance of such men as Mr. Porter Ireland should. lip
remain only a province, and the time was co . #
when a bloodless revolution would restore to Irel d
such a constitution as she possessed in e
'B2.—(Chers.)
Was it not delightful to have sucb p Famtahlet ?
(Cheers.) He rejoiced most heartily in it. His
plan, however, in some parts he considered impracti-
cable; but it was not the less worthy of the most
attentive consideration. He approved most highly' a
his suggestions with regard to the foundation of ti
national militia; but he would defer arming them tilt
the Irish Parliament assembled. If fifty gently men, such
as Mr. Grey Porter, came forward, and declared them-
selves in favour of a domestic legislatuae, the indepen-
dence
of Ireland would be secure. Suppose a million,with
these fifty gentlemen at their head, met cm Tara Hill,
and adopted a petition commencing with these words,
" We, the undersigned, being of a fighting age, humbly
implore," &c. Did they imagine such a remonstrance
would remain unheeded ?—(Cheers.) He considered
the Englishman as not possessing common sense who
shut his eyes to the present condition of this country.
The Hon. Gentleman then made a most pathetic
appeal to the Protestant gentry of Ireland, urgine on
them the advantages that would most unquestionai2V
follow from a repeal of the union, and demanding': -i
their co•operation in obtaining Ireland for the Irish. ;
He concluded by moving that the passage he had ready' '
from the pamphlet of Mr. Porter be inserted in' the
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minutes. .
After the disposal of some routine business, Mr.
01 CONN ELL announced the rent for the week to
be 3331.35. 3d.
Counsellor Mackey was then called to the chair,
and the meeting adjourned.
THE NEW SHERIFFS.
All the High Sheriffs for the ensuing year have
been already selected by the Lord-Lieutenant from
the lists furnished by. the judges of assize. For the
city of Dublin Thomas Crosthwaite, Esq., the second
on the list, has been appointed, Arthur Guinness, Esq.,
having declined to act, on account of age.
RIGHT OF CHALLENGE IN FELONY
CASES.
In consequence of the decision of the House of
Lords in the appeal of the Queen v. S. Grey, the Go-
vernment have caused circulars to be issued to the
Crown Solicitors, directing them to sue out writs of
error in the cases of the several prisoners tried at the
last assizes for felony, and to whom the claim to chal-
lenge peremptorily had been denied, as the offences
with which they had been charged were not capital. .
The result of this proceeding will be a very material
increase to the calendars at the next spring BMW,"
The writs are to be sued out without expense to tilt .
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prisoners.
CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.: . • : ,
At r. O'Connell attended another meeting yesterday
in St. Catherine's parish, and again spoke at consider-
able length against the Charitable Bequests Act.
Dr. M'Hale, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam,
has issued a lengthy address to his clergy, denouncing
the Act in the most unqualified terms.
REPRESENTATION OF TIPPERARY.
It is stated that the Hon. Mr.Hutchinson,brotherof
the Earl of Donoughmore, is to be put forward as the -
repeal candidate for the county of Tipperary. Mr.
Hutchinsou is now in France.
The Tipperary Constitution states that the Tories
have determined to contest the representation; but •-
they could not poll a fourth of the registered consti-
tuency,
and, therefore, have not the least chance of
success.

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