The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-26 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENiNa, MAY 2a 1645.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
( FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

The entries for the various stakes at Epsom are not so nu-
merous as might have been anticipated. The Craven, on
Tuesday, will be a most interesting race, the representatives
of all the great stables, with the exception of John Day's,
being engaged in it ; and upon its result the Derby betting
may be materially affected. Should the favourites' trial-
horse, Evenus, be defeated he will certainly recede in the
market. The only two that appear to have any chance with
him are Pagan and the Knight of the Whistle., who will be
certainly started to get his length for Jinglepot and Pam. I
conceive, however, Evenus has speed enough about him to
win this race without much difficulty.
To the Woodcote there are 14 subscribers, and the following
colts are on the spot :—Lord G. Bentiuck's Cherokee, Mr.
Herbert's f by Ells, Mr. W. Scott's Malt, Lord Chesterfield's
Subscription, Mr. Walker's Guzman, Mr. John Day's the
Hero, Mr. Dunkald's St. George, and Mr. Boyce's Tom
Sare. Of this lot I expect to see Cherokee first and Lord
Harry second.
I now come to the Derby, for which there will be more
starters than I previously fancied, many horses haying been
sent whose chance I consider utterly hopeless. Idas this
afternoon was not so firm in his position as he previously
had been, and there was a great disposition among the cog-
noscenti of the ring to bet against him. Although he is a
magnificent horse, I consider him more adapted fur the fiat at
Newmarket than a course like Epsom, and I fancy
that the hill which has so often destroyed the chance of the
pride of Newmarket, will prevent Lord Stradbroke from en-
joying the enviable honour of possessing the, winner of the
Derby for 1845. In spite of Weatherbit's position in the
market, Old England is fast coming, and if he does not pass
him in the betting, I have no doubt he will do so in the race.
The most dangerous horse to be against, in my opinion, is The
Libel. From the manner this horse won at Chester, the per-
formances of Sweetmeat at Bath and Shrewsbury, and the
running of Salopian with Intrepid at Shiffnall, I do not con-
sider there is any horse in the race with more pretensions to
be considered the winner. Mr. Mostyn's I'antasa I expect to
see in a forward position. His Cheshire friends still stick to him.
Alarm owes his place in the market entirely to his single
race last year at Stockbridge, and to his having beaten Queen
flab in a trial at Newmarket. Although Nat will be on his
back, I do not consider his opponents need be under ally ap-
prehensions about him.
Mr. Uratwicke, the owner of Doleful, won the Derby in
1829, with Frederick, and from the manner in which his lot
are backed, one would be really inclined to think that his
fortune, hitherto so dohfid (seeing that for a period of
fifteen years he never won a race), was about to take a turn,
I am afraid, however, the Darby is beyond his reach.
Jinglepot, as I predicted last week, is rising gradually.
_ _

am convinced this horse will be found ♦ery handy at the
finish. The Goodwood Stakes has been too powerful this
season to be passed over without notice. I am
afraid its only representative will be the Laird o' Cock-
pen, who comes from a mare not calculated to produce a
Derby winner, as she never could run beyond three quarters
of a mile. Pam, Keiger, and Newsmonger's chance I fancy
quite out. Of Columbus I know nothing. Clear-the-war
mist indeed have the way cleared for him to win. Fuzbos
has done nothing in public to warrant his being looked upon
favourably. The same remark will apply to Mentor, An-
nandale, and Cabin Boy, although it is asserted that the latter
could have beaten St. Lawrence at Bath, which I do not
belitve. Salopian will only be started to make running for
the Libel. Ides has made apparent the capabilities of Wood
Pigeon ; and Young Eclipse's visit to Goodwood has done

him more harm than good. In conclusion, after a careful
consideration of the merits of the different nags, I fancy we
shall see the Libel first at the winning post, with Old Eng-
land second, and the Crack or Jinglepot third.
The other races on that day call for na observation.
On Thursday the great feature of attraction will be the
Surrey Cup, for which I prefer most Moustache and Pug.
The Christina filly, if she can be kept straight, must run
forward.

On Friday, for the Oaks, I expect to see Lady Wildair,
Lancashire Witch, Hope, Refraction, Miss Elis, Rose of
Cashmere, Heather Bell, Maid of Orleans, Plaudit, Agis,
Stamp, The Wreck, Glee, Lelia, Event, Miss Sarah, Fickle
Wild Rose, Sir Charles Monck's filly, Marian Ramsey, and
Giantess.

Lady Wildair made her debut at Stockbridge, where she
ran third to Alarm. At the Newmarket July Meeting she
won the Chesterfield Stakes, beating six others. At Brigh-
ton she won a sweepstakes, beating the Laird o' Cockpen and
two others. At Doncaster she beat Sister to Pathfinder
easily, and at the Newmarket Craven Meeting, over the
D. M., she won a 50 sous. sweepstakes, beating three others.

She is trained by John Scott, will be ridden by Nat, and if
she can beat Lancashire Witch will, I think, be first in the
race.

The Lancashire Witch has never been defeated yet, and
,he way in which she won at Chester the Prince of Wales's

Stakes at York, and the Champagne at Doncaster, must na•

turally impart great confidence to her admirers: of which

class lam one. She is a fine slashing mare, with a tre-
mendous stride, and will be ridden by Templeman.
Mr. Bennett's Hope was beaten by Lancashire Witch at
Doncaster, and will, I think, be beaten again by her in this

race. Her winning the Wirral Stakes at Chester showed

certainly an improvement in her favour, but I cannot think
she will be good enough to be enrolled as an Oaks winner.
The Maid of Orleans is strongly supported on the strength
of her two-year-old running, and I am told her owner is
sanguine of winning with her. She has started

four times, and won on each occasion without difficulty.

With this Mare and the two I have first mentioned I con

ceive the Oaks rest. Refraction's chance, previous to her
running at Newmarket for the Coffee-room Stakes, was by no
means a bad one ; now, I should i►r.agine it to be gone
Heather Bell's pretensions were settled by Picnic at the same

meeting. Miss Elis must be vastly improved since she ran
last to beat the Maid of Orleans, and will, I fancy, turn out
inferior to the Rose of Cashmere, at present the most for-

mitlable of Kent's lot. Of the merits of the others lam un.

acquainted, and consider, as I have before stated, the race to
be left to Lady Wildair, Lancashire Witch, and the Maid of

Orleans, with a slight preference for the Witch.
London, May 25. TELEGRAPH.

A PROPHECY FOR 1845.
'Tis the morn not dim or dark,
Tho' absent is the blythe skylark;
The rising of the unclouded sun
Proclaims "The Day's" indeed begun ;
Which day, se full of fun and folly,
May end in grief most melancholy. .
But at Epsom there's no sadness,
Every eye is full of gladness.
Pandora's box, with all its curses,
Still has Hope to fill the purses
Of some who have been bad book-making,
Standing shivering now, and shaking,
Listen to the din and pother
Of each brother doing brother;
'Till at once the move is made
From the coffee-house old shade,
To the Downs—where the Great go,
Makes and mars, brings joy and woe.
Whose prophetic mirror now
Can the Derby winner show ?
Idas, classic rears his crest,
Said to be the very best
Of his year, and Stradbroke's stud,
Full of muscle, bone and blood.
What's to beat him? is the cry—
Weatherbit—is the reply;
Ilookey Walker, all-my-eye.
'rho' Junior John (a) is on the crack,
Old England still some fools will back,
Others say Worthless is the pot
Of all the fearful Danebury lot.
Each bath his fancy; what's the harm,
But see what's coining, 'tis Alarm,
The worthy son of a stout sire,(b)
Nor likely at the hill to tire,
He'll make sonic Big'un much perspire,
And many will from him retire;
And Libel now begins to show,
As Ironmaster is "no go."
The latter might a "tale unfold,"
And change his metal into gold ;
But fate ordains he must not shine
In character at Cnesus' shrine,
" Tis pity; pity 'tis, 'tie true,
That Libel now the work must do,
Though Wadlow's (c) friends will rail and rue,
And Pantasa is look'd upon,
By some as if the race he'd won ;
The bill he'll climb, the distance stay,
But he's no Queen of Trumps, 1 say.
What next ? The now neglected lot
Are seen approaching of John Scot;
What chance have they to fill the till,
Without our friend, the "Boisterous Bill?" (d)
Who, notwithstanding all his fun,
So often has the needful done.
It seem that hedger shuns the field,
And Cobweb's son doth likewise yield;
But Pam and Newsmonger will show,
And one of them run forward too,
But which of them I've yet to know.
Who challenges the mighty north?
The Sage of Mitchell-grove, " The Forth." (e)
But old in years like Nestor, he
Is full of strength and subtlety;
Though led away by Hero's mate, (f )
He showed with Foigh 'twas no mistake.
Though Doleful be a dismal name,
Pie still may climb the steps of fame,
And then to cheer his heart, od rot,
A Merry Monarch lie has got.
Beware of Lucifer (g), the shrewd,
Who did "our James" (g) at great Goodwood;
The De'il, he is a dangerous foe,
And, looking out, must ward the blow.
Winchester too, it's said, will start,
To make the running very smart.
Maynooth, unlike Sir Robert's Bill,
Defeated is by the long hill.
Eclipse, Columbus, and the rest,
Are in the ruck, where bad the best.
The Cabin Boy is but so-so ;
Ali, disappointed is the Roe, (h)
And there's but few more nags will go.

Now see they're saddled for the start,
With many a palpitating heart
Silently making its remark.
Off ! Winchester away is steering,
Making running, nothing fearing;
Idas with him, stout and handy,
In as good a place as can be,
With the Whip colt and the Libel,
Pam and Newsmonger not idle;
Next Alarm, but with this fit
Behold the waiting Weatherbit.
Doleful and Titmouse now appear,
The first emerging from the rear,
Reaches the pet of Danebury's girth,
And soon is heard loud cries of Forth—
Pantasa, Jinglepot, The Laird
Are witnessed labouring very hard.
And now " The Corner's" turn'd, and hear
The shout of joy—of doubt—of fear
As the first lot the distance near.
Idas beats all his former foes,
And like a valiant victor goes;
his backers now have nought to fear,
Except the winner once last year,
And the dark nag Young John doth steer;
For see Alarm is coming fast,
And Weatherbit in foaming haste,
They close—they struggle. What has won?
The game Alarm, stout Venison's son.
Idas, his backers' hopes to wreck,
Is beaten by John Day a neck.
Pantasa--nezt with Scott and Libel—
Prove some predictions were but futile.
Bicester, May 24, 1845.

ESAU.

(a) Young John Day.
(b) Venison.
(c) The trainer of Ironmaster and The Libel.
(d) The celebrated jockey, brother to John Scott.
(e) Old Mr. Forth, who trained Leander and Foigh.a.Ballagh foe
1)e Derby last year.
(f) Leander, who was a four years old.
(g) Lucifer stole a march of Jens Robinson on Rockingham at
Goodwood.
(k) The trainer of Cabin Boy.

SHREWSBUI`Y RACES.—TticusoAr (CoNeLt-DED).
The Herbert Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added ;
the second to save his stake. Heats, about about half a
mile. (4 Subs.)
Mr Skerratt's Tottenham, 3 yrs •
Mr. Dawson's lledale, 3 yrs .
Mr. Flintors The Elbe, 3 yrs
The Acton lturnel Park Stakes of 5 SON'S. each, with 25
added. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (6:Subs.)
Mr. Collett's Coranna, 6 yrs G. Whitehouse 1 1
Mr. E. Peers General Nott, 3 yr, 2 dr
Mr. Hill's Aurungzebe, 5 yri „ 3 dr
FRIDAY.

The Innkeepers' _Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared, with 50 added, the second to receivelol. About
a mile and three quarters. (12 Subs.)
Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 3 yr 4
...(Arthur)
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress,s yrs
Mr. Mostyn's Master Stepney, :3 yrs
The following also ran :—Mr. Plintotrs The Rhine, 5 yrs,
arid Mr. J. B. Minort's Rodney, 3 yrs.
The Ilawkstone Cup of 100 sovs. by subs. of 10 sovs. each, h ft.
About a mile and a halt: (16 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 5 yrs ...... ...• ...(Templeman) 1
Mr. Collett's Corraima, 6 yrs
Mr. A. W. Ilill's Salopian, :3 yrs
,The Borough Members' Plate of 501• Ileats. twice round.'
Mr. Careless 'a Aurungzebe, 5 yrs
.(Darling) 0 1 I
Lord Warwick's Roebuck, 3 yrs ••
Mr. Vickers' Princess Olga, 5 yrs ••• ............ 1 0 4
Mr. Palmer's Betsy Bird, 5 yrs ....................... 2 0 3
Bales's The Sailor, 4 yrs .................. 0 odr
Mr. Morgan's Shrimp, aged •................ 0 0 dr

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
SATURDAY, NAY 24.
Kendal and Windermere Railway,—Consideration of re-
port, Tuesday, May 27.
Bristol and Exeter Railway Branches,—Consideration of
report, Tuesday, May 27.
Bridgewater Navigation and Railway,—Consideration of
report, Tuesday, May 27.
nster Extension Railway,—Consideration of report, Tues-
day, May 27.
Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln),—Considera-
tion of report, Tuesdav, May 27.
Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway,—Consideration
of report, Tuesday, May 27.
Belfast and Ballymena Railway liill,—Consideration of re-
port, Tuesday, May 27.
Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington Branch),—Third
reading, Tuesday, May 27.
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway,—
Third reading, Tuesday, May 27.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Third reading, Tues-
day, May 27.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Amendments to be
proposed on third reading, Tuesday, May 27.
Waterford and Limerick Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Monday, June 2, at half after twelve.

Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway,---Committee on pro-
ject, Monday, June 2, at twelve.
Newport and Ponty Pool Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Monday, June 2, at twelve.

Glasgow, Garukirk, and Coatbridge Railway,—Committee
on Bill, TueFday, June 3, at twelvQ...

London and South Western Railway (Metropolitan Ex.
tension) (No. I),—Conitnittee on Bill, Tuesday, June 3, at
half after twelve.

Staines and Richmond Railway,—Committee on project,
Tuesday, June 3, at halt' after twelve.
London and South Western Railway (No. l),—Committee
on Bill, Tuesday, June 3, at half after twelve.
London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch),—
Committee on project, Tuesday, June 3, at half after twelve.
Epping Railway,—Committee on petition, Wednesday,
June 4.

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THE HAGUE, MAT 22 --According to the ac-
count sent by the Dutch Consulate at the Havannah, the
hurricane of the 4th and sth of October last year had
done so much injury, especially to the sugar manufacto•
ries, that it will occasion a diminution of 500,000 chests
of sugar in the production of the year 1844. It is cal-
culated that several years will pass before the damage
can be repaired, and the production raised to its usual
amount.
The office of Collector of the Customs at Ports-
mouth having become vacant by the decease of
Mr. Hull, the following promotions have taken place in
consequence :—Mr. Charles Hoffnieister, Comptroller of
the port of Hull, to be Collector at Portsmouth; Mr.
Frederick Cassell, Collector at Deuglas. Isle :fNlan,t
be Comptroller at Hull; Mr. M•Guffog, Collector at
CF°omvielit'r'otlolerbaet CNte'lwlercyto,rtoabteDCotudgleleatso a
;r
r‘'tErF Thorneley,iowey; Mr.
Kinsey, Collector at Tralee, to be Comptroller at Newry;
Mr. Cronin, Clerk at Galway, to be Collector at Tralee.

y'competitors were Stat.
came off in the pre.—Observer.
RACE or MAN 'v. HORSE.—This morning a race
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ford (a pedestrian), and a horse belonging to Mr. Willet. The
contesting distance was from the Regent's Park.gates, in the New-
road, to Euston.square, about a mile. The stipulated conditions
of the match were, that the pedestrian should have an advantage
at starting of 100 yards, the horse to trot under saddle, and to be
confined to trotting only. The stakes were yi. cside. The start
was made, Stafford availing himself of the advantage at starting,
and maintained the lead for half a mile; the bipid and quadruped
then continued contending alongside each other till they y arrived
near Tottenham.court-road, when the pedestrian evidently made
up his mind for the goal, and went away at extra speed ; and was
imitated by his opponent, but who alrm at immediately broke
into a gallop, and was pulled in. This gave the pedestrian an op-
portunity of making ground—the horse was quickly in pursuit--
but all efforts to overtake him were ineffectual, and Stafford ran in
the winner easily, going over the mile in 5i minutes,
DEATH OF SIR ARTHUR BROOK. FAULICNER.—It
is our painful duty to record the death of Sir A. B. Faulkner, who
died at his mansion, Eviagton, oft Friday last, May 23. We
shall
leave it to his biographers to enumerate his literary productions,
and to the critics to consider their merits, while we briefly inscribe
his virtues as a man, and the regret which all must feel who knew
and respected him, He was formerly a physician of this town, but
has long retired from professional duties to pursue his literary
tastes, and the pure delights of cotntry life. He had laboured
under no severe Indisposition, and on the very day of his death had
sought relief and amusement in h's own garden ; but during the
last fortnight his feelings had suffe•ed deeply from the loss of a
beloved brother, and now in that short space of time the grave has
claimed them both as peaceful tenants of the tomb. If karning ac.
knowledged him as a votary, morality claimed him for purity, deli-
cacy, benevolence, and sensibility; and the deep sorrow of his
afflicted widow are sacred to his memory as a meat devoted husband.
—Cheltenham Journal of this day. ,
DEATH FROM CHOKING.-1 es erday lift( moon, a
child named Ann Smith, aged eig'iteen months, was adm:tted to
Guy's Hospital, who it was stated had teen choked whilst eating
some pudding for its dinrer. Mr. Btns,,n, the house-surgeon, after
examination, proceeded 19 open the 'r3chea in order to ail ,rd relief,
but before the operaium
could ‘,. ~L lion:tied the unfortunate child
breathed Its last.

IRELAND.

ACADEMICAL EDUCATION—THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS.
DUBLIN, MAY 24.—The proceedings of the Catholic Synod were
brought to a close yesterday evening. The following is a copy of
the resolutions
"At a meeting of the Prelates of Ireland, convened in the
Presbytery House, Marlborough-street, Dublin, 23d May, 1845,
his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Murray in the chair, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted :
" Moved by the Most Rev. Dr. &Armin' ; seconded by the Most
Rev. Dr. WHALE,
" Resolved—That having maturely considered the Bill now pend-
ing before Parliament for the extension of Academical Education
in Ireland, and giving credit to her Majesty's Government for
their kind and generous intentions, manifested in the endowment
of the College of Maynooth, we find ourselves compelled by a
sense of duty to declare, that, anxious as we are to extend the
advantages of education, we cannot give our approbation to the
proposed system, air we deem it dangerous to the faith and morals
of the Catholic pupils."
" Moved by the Most Rev. Dr. CROLLY, seconded by the Right
Rev. Dr. RYAN,
" Resolved,—That, therefore, a respectable memorial, suggest-
ing and soliciting such amendments in the said Bill as may be cal-
culated to secure the faith and morals of the students, be prevented
to his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, praying his Excellency to
forward the same to her Majesty's Government, and support its
prayer with the weight of his influence."
The Freeman's Journal says the memorial to the Lord. Lieu-
tenant will demand that a fair proportion of the officers and pro-
fessors of the academical institutions shall be members of the
Catholic Church, and that the appointment to chairs connected
with religion or morals shall be vested, not in the present, but in a
board of which the bishops of the province in which the college is
situate shall form a constituent part. They will also require that
a Catholic chaplain or dean shall be appointed to superintend
the religiouslconduct of the pupils, and that his appointment
or removal depend on the recommendation of the bishop of the
diocese.

REPEAL DEMONSTRATION IN MEATH.
Shortly after twelve o'clock on Thursday Mr. O'Connell, ac-
companied by several friends, ascended the Hill of Tara, from
Tara Hall, the seat of Mr. Lynch, and was received with the
greatest enthusiasm. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman im-•
mediately proceeded to the crown of the hill to the Teaghmore,
where a temporary chapel stood, in which the Very Rev. N.
M'Evoy celebrated mass, in presence of 50,000 persons. At the
completion of the solemn ceremonies, the Rev. Gentleman ad.
dressed the assembled multitude.
Early in the morning Mr. Steele left Tara Hall, and proceeded
to Navan, where, after assembling the people around him, and
ascending the platform prepared for the meeting, and bearing his
olive branch in his hand, he gave a solemn warning, which was
listened to with the most profound attention, and responded to
with enthusiastic cheering and promises of obedience. Mr.
Steele then returned, and was immediately dispatched by Mr.
O'Connell to Tara-hill, to repeat there his es.hortations to the
people.
In the town of Navan every residence was decorated with taste—
many of them with splendour; and never did triumph more
magnificent honour the approach of living man than when from
the valleys of the Boyne and the walls of Navan 200,000 men
poured out their welcomes to the Liberator of the Irish people.
Having passed through the town, Mr. O'Connell ascended the
platform, and the proceedings of the day commenced.
On the motion of JOSEPH bi'CANN, Esq., Beumont, seconded by
Mr. O'CONNELL, Nicholas Boylan, Esq., ex J.P., Hiltown-house,
was called to the chair.
Mr. R. MULLEN, secretary to the meeting, read " The petition
of the clergy, gentry, electors, and other inhabitants of the county
of Meath, in public meeting assembled, pursuant to requisition,
at Navan, on Thursday, the 22d of May," praying for a repeal of
the union.
Mr. M'Cavx moved the adoption of the petition, and that it be
presented to the Commons by Mr. H. Grattan, SI.P. The motion,
which was seconded by Mr. JOSEPH BARNWALL, Bloomsbury.house,
was carried unanimously.
Mr. O'CONNELL came forward to address the meeting, and was
received with loud cheers. After some preliminary remarks he
said—Now, men of Meath, let me tell you what brought me here.
came here to help you to carry out the repeal of the union.—
(Cheers.) Is there any man here against it?-.—(Cries of " No, no.")
Let every man who is for repeal hold up his hand.—[Thousands of
hands were lifted up.] I came here to assist you in carrying the
repeal, and I came here to tell you why you should carry the re.
peal, and why it is disgraceful on your part if you shrink from
carrying it.—(Hear, hear.) In the first place, Ireland has as good
a right to a Parliament as England. The English are in nothing
our superiors—they are in many things our inferiors. My first
motive for looking for the repeal is, that, in point of justice, we
are entitled to it. My second is, that the Irish Parliament was of
eminent utility to Ireland before, and that, therefore, it is reason.
able to suppose it would be so again; and my third reason is, that
it is essential to the best interests of both countries, and vitally
essential to the continuance of the connexion between them, that
this great measure of justice should be conceded to us. England's
adversity is Ireland's opportunity. It was so before—it will be so again.
After some observations on the sad condition of the Irish, the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman continued—What reliance can be placed
upon the people of England t we shall look for kindness to this
country in vain. You lately had an instance of what they really
are.—(Hear.) There is the grant to Maynooth.--•(Hear.) I am
glad they have come to Maynooth at last—it was time for them to
do something for the clergy of the people.—(Cheers.) But what
passed in England in consequence 1 A yell—a hellish yell—was
raised from one end of the land to the other. Every species of re-
ligionist was arrayed in opposition to it—everything that bigotry,
prejudice, and fanaticism could suggest was turned against this
simple measure ofjustice. The English people emphatically were
against us; it is, therefore, that I appeal to you.—(Hear.) I ap.
peal to the people of Ireland. I ask you if you will join with me 7--
(Cries of "We will.") I w►ll lead you into no scrape—no difficulty
—no danger. Commit no crime—extinguish ribbonisna—join with
me. We will most scrupulously (-bey all the existing laws. If
they pass an Act of Parliament rendering it compulsory to supply
fifteen or twenty men from each barony in each county in Ireland,
we will pay most implicit obedience to that Act of Parliament.—
(Hear, hear.) If they call ont the militia, why, the militia will
turn out in obedience to commands, but, between you and me, it is
not very likely they will take such steps.—(Hear, hear.) Let the
Government compete with me, and I am satisfied. There will be
some benefit derived from the Bank Bill, and also from the measure
with reference to the reduction of duty on glass.—(Hear.) But I
want something to be done for the poor man. I say, let the man
who is in the possession of land not be put out of possession until
he is paid to the last farthing the value of the labour and
capital expended by him its improvement. Lord Stanley
has actually promised that we shall have such a law.—
(Cheers) Do you think he would do that if we were not
looking for repeal—(Cheers.) In the House of Commons they
had the audacity to declare that repeal was on the decrease.—
(Laughter.) A moon. calf of a fellow, who represents Cornwall (I
forget his name—it is no matter) told his constituents the other
day that the Peel Ministry was a glorious Ministry, a magnificent
Ministry—and why, think you ? Because they had put down
O'Connell and repeal.—(Laughter.) Did you ever hear anything
like that in the whole course of your lives ?—(Laughter.) Put me
down I Do I look as if I had been put down ?—(Laughter.) If
they put me down it was by packing a jury against me, and resort-
ing to every infamous device in order to secure an illegal conviction
against me. They succeeded ; I was sent to gaol for three months,
and at the termination of that period they made the notable dig.
covery that I ought not to have been sent there at all.—(Laughter.)
But it Is no matter; I will forgive them everything if they give
me the repeaL—(Hear.)
Mr lionAN was then moved from the chair, and the usual vete
of thanks having been passed him for his conduct therein, the im-
mense multitude separated, giving cheers for O'Connell, the Queen,
Repeal, &c.
Tits BANQUXT HALL.—A pavilion was erected for the banquet,
within thegrounds of the seminary. The Committee, we under.
stand, issued 820 tickets, besides invitations to guests. At seven
o'clock, p.n., Mr. O'Connell, the late state prisoners, and the
other invited guests in town, having previously entered the banquet..
hall, Nicholas Boylan, Esq., ex-J.P., Hilltown-house, was called
on to preside.
The usual loyal toasts were drank with the customary honours.
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of Daniel O'Connell, and
the legislative independence of Ireland."—(Vehement applause.)
Mr. O'Cosixer.i. rose to respond to the toast, and was received
with the most enthusiastic applause. The fate of Ireland is in our
hands.—(Hear, hear.) The opposition to the Ministry is as no-
thing—it is weak, powerless, inefficacious; the Minister in Parlia-
ment stands supreme—his congregated minions overpower, in point
of numbers, those whom they cannot convince by reason, and so
str ng an Administration as that of Sir Robert Peel has been un-
known to modern times in the history of Parliamentary intelli-
gence,—(Hear, hear.) He is, as a partisan in the House, powerful,
resistless ; and yet, when the affairs of Ireland come on, he who
can command everything else is found to shrink from the Irish
questions, and, with the attitude of supplication, almost ask us, but
certainly convey the idea, " What will satisfy you, wild Irishmen ?"
—(Loud cheers and laughter.) There may be something strange
in the phrase, but there is nothing deviating from the truth in the
idea.—(Hear, hear) The question is not between Whig and
Tory—the question is between no parties—but the question is,
what will satisfy Ireland ?—(Cheers.) England stands in this
predicament—her Minister is in what the Americans, not very
gracefully, but very truly, call "a Ax." He wants to know what
is to be done for Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.) Would he be so kind
as to ask me—(Laughter)-1 think I can tell him at once.—
(Laughter.) I heard a little bird whisper repeal.—(Cheers.) Yes,
I tell him nothing short of repeal will do.•_(Cheers.) He may try
his experiments—he may give us a good bankers' bill—he may take
off the glass duties—he may give us a bountiful grant, and an
uncontaminated grant, to Maynoot►—he may hold out the
prospect of sustaining, education—but education does not consist
merely in literature--ne, education should form the mind, elevate
the heart, direct the judgment, give to genius its wing, and to ta-
lent its display—education should confirm morality, give a zest to
the finest feelings of humanity, and to religion an impulse.—(Loud
cheers.) But if there be an education that tends to corrupt and to
poison the source of literature by making the youth subservient—if
there be that kind of education that, instead of ennobling the mind,
enriches the pocket at the expense of the integrity—if there be
that kind of education that vibrates and calumniates—that makes
the sycophant and the slave—that gives temptation to the rene-
gade, and a bribe to the deserter from his conscience and his faith—
if there be education of that kind, and the Minister offers it to us,
I would not speak of his bounty, but of the curse he would inflict
on the country by such an education, and am proud there are shields
—(Loud cheers)—to protect them from its influence. Yes, my Lord
(addressing the Bishop of Meath), there are such shields—(Loud
cheers)—from off which the poisoned arrows will glide offencelessly
—(Cheers)—shields that will uphold and protect the youth of the
nation as it an angel's wing were spread over the land, in whose
shadows every virtue will be cultivated, piety made permanent,
religion announce its commands, and knowledge and information
be made subservient to salvation.—(Cheers.) We are arrived,
gentlemen, at a time of which Irishmen ought to be proud.
How have we gained—and I will say myself, how have I gained—
this victory over Peel ?—(Cheers.) For, remember, I boast of it.
—(Cheers.) Let any per►on who chooses put me down as a vain,
empty coxcomb ; and, perhaps, I am dressed something in that
stye—(Laughter)—but I think that we have defeated Peel.—
(Cheers) Take the political history of the last eight or ten years.
Every measure that the Whigs proposed for the advantage of Ire-
land was sure to be controlled, contaminated, and disfigured by
the power of the Oppositia►.—(Hear.) England got disgusted with
them; and why t Because she suspected them of lean.
ing towards Ireland, and of being too kind to the Papists.
—(Hear, hear.) She, therefore, revolted against them.
There was a dissolution of Parliament, and the Carlton
Club expended upwards of one million five hundred
thousand pounds in all probability in corrupting the con.
►tituencies of the smaller boroughs. The Parliament was
returned in such a position that the hatred of Ireland and of
Catholicity gave the present Minister a majority of over one hun-
dred Members in the House of Commons—bound together by No-
Popery zeal and hatred of Ireland. What became of him since ?
Is he now the hater of Ireland or the advocate of No-Popery, or
exclaiming against the horrible breach by the Catholics of the
second commandment ; for he was the man who took a short Ca-
tholic catechism out of his pocket and accused the Catholics of
striking out one of the commandments ? He was the very same
man who came into office with all this power, and what is he doing
now? No Whig Administration that ever existed could do one-
half of what he Is doing for Ireland.—(Cheers.) We have arrived
at that pitch, and I call on you quietly and coolly to consider our
position. What shall we do for our country ? " That is the
question." There is nothing very poetic or romantic in the advice
I am about to give you, but I trust that it will not be the
less acceptable on that account.—(Hear, hear.) I tell you
what you shall do—..return two repeaters for the county
Meath at the next election.—( Loud cries of "We will.")
Ireland Is the antagonist against which the Ministry is pitted. The
Whigs are gone, the Radicals are beneath contempt, the Protes-
tant Dissenters of England have disgraced themselves for ever.
But enough of them; it is delightful that Ireland should have
progressed as she has in this great movement without vio'ating
any law, or infringing the limits of the constitution. I willingly
acknowledge that the recent conduct of the Ministry betokens a de-
sire on their part to conciliate Ireland. Ministers of England ' we