The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-18 00:00:00

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But, though their clay be far away
Beyond the Atlantic foam—
In true men, like you, men,
Their spirit's still at home.
The dust of some is Irish earth;
Among their own they rest;
And the same land that gave them birth
Has caught them to her breast;
And we will pray that from their clay
Full many a race may start
Of true men, like you, men,
To act as brave a part.
They rose in dark and evil days
To right their native land;
They kindled here a living blaze
That nothing shall withstand.
Alas ! that Might can vanquish Right—
They fell and pass'd away;
But true men, like you, men,
Arc plenty here to-day.
Then here's their memory—may it be
For us a guiding light,
To cheer our strife for liberty,
And teach us to unite.
Through good and ill, be Ireland's still,
Though sad as theirs your fate;
And true men be you, men,
Like those of Ninety-Eight.

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Th'se were the publications, continued the Hon. and
T_
aimed Gentleman, by which it was intended to poison
the minds of the people ; this was one single specimen
of this volume. He had examined the publications of
1,797, and in the Press, a paper published at that period,
1
-° had feend nothing more exciting. On the 29th of
Aprilp an article appeared, called " Something is
aslll3. ille'•" The Learned Gentleman then read the
`l4O at length. It contained allusions to sympathy
s°m France and America, and it exhorted the people
watelafulnes patience, and courage. It said that Eng-
'and was crippled,s
led
and her finances were declining, but
'cal on the people not to be premature. It then referred
to the meeting of 300,000 persons, which it said would
b
'we the foe. In the same publication there was an
article headed " Our Nationality," which stated that they
had no foes but the Saxons, and they ought not to de-
aPair• Tipperary had exhibited itself in peaceful array,
4ntl that 20,000 Tipperary men, who would as soon be
'called on
to pay their blood as their subscriptions, would
st 4 form a bad national guard for Ireland. ' He had
sled
what was the opinion of the late Govern-
bent with respect to the repeal of the union, and
would now read the declaration made by Sir R. Peel
1..41 the House of Commons on the 9th of May. The
Feel Gentleman then quoted the words used by Sir
eel on that occasion, in which he said that a repeal of
the union meant a dismemberment of the empire, and
13eery prerogative of the Crown and the Executive would
used to put it down. A similar declaration was made
y the Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords.
ivrithia
five days after that declaration the meeting at
as"lagar took place. At that meeting Mr. O'Connell,
There
Steele, 1)r. Gray, and Mr. Barrett, were present.
forwas a great display of banners at it, and the bands
I,
r, Temperance Societies, which he believed were
vre wa d with no political motive by the Rev. Gentleman
1„,) s at the head of them, were present, and as in the
ialgri, 1707 sobriety was recommended by the United
aa--"then, so it was also recommended at present. On
of
the banners was inscribed the motto, " That a na-
:furl <lf 9,000 000 was too great to be dragged at the tail
al. another nation." Mr. Barrett spoke at the dinner
tter that meeting, and said that they would crouch,
t°,l,lt crouch like the tiger, ready to spring forward on
fru' who would touch their independence. The Learned
-10entleinan then described the meetings which took place in
used and other places, and the language which had been
Nvfat them by Mr. O'Connell, the Right Rev. Dr. Cant-
hes,' 1)r• Higgis, and other speakers, which has been
„te the Public before. The next meeting took place
tfrt‘ougford, on the 28th of May. At this meeting
het; "'Connell and Mr. Steele were present, at which
Presaese„tl 60,000 and 200,000 persons were said to be
estended to seven counties, were present. Parties from
theriseveral counties came attended by bands. No less
mount bands were present. The platform was sur-
Ite2el'ed with the motto, " Ireland for the Irish, and the
nation Ireland." On one of the banners it was, that
saii""on of 9,000 000 was too great to be dragged at the
apohnef another nation.' At that meeting Mr. O'Connell
;oho quiefttlnydbaysked whether France and America would
while they saw Ireland trampled under
interferet.reru this it was clear that it was the
ee of France and other Powers which
relte3ssth right Ireland, and not any constitutional
at-
tacked He also said that if they were at-
vu he would, in their name, set those
to_o attacked them at defiance. At the dinner, .which
pruelz place in the evening, and at which Dr. Gray was
tisetdean,t,,,Mr• O'Connell used language similar to what he
Hell Cork(''
In the Pilot of the 31st May Mr. O'Con-
arh_cerrected that portion of his reported speech, in
enfh he called the British army " a ruffian soldiery,"
to u he deelared that he never applied the term " ruffian"
oa;!he army for if he had done so it would be false. The
t4et of, his now referring to that correction of the
u'
verses e speech would be seen presently. The next
meeting to which he would advert was one held at
Drogheda on the sth of June, at which Mr. Barrett,
orr'eGray, and the Rev. Mr. Tyrrell, since deceased.
present, and there vas also a dinner in
the evening-, at which Mr. Steele and Mr. Barrett
blade speeches in which were passages alluding to what
the speakers would be desirous of doing in case the
People of Ireland were driven to resistance. On the Bth
of June there were also a meeting and dinner at Kil-
kenny, when Mr. O'Connell, speaking of the sergeants
of the British army, expressed a hope that they would
tom be in a position to become commissioned officers.
Two days after that meeting an article appeared in the "
newspaper of one of the traversers, headed The Mora-
lity of \Val. ;" it should rather be headed " The Morality
of Rebellion." In that article the writer pointed out
What he conceived the circumstances under which war
*as justifiable. That article showed the parity of
design which existed between the conspirators. At
iMallow the next meeting was held, and at it there
Nver,e said to be present between 300,000 and 400,000,
at which Mr. O'Connell said "toat they (the
nnl+B,ll people) might soon be put the alter-
it,v,a of living as slaves, or dying as freemen."
t'nose meetings temperance bands attended, and the
eeeple marched so as to show the organisation that had
eh effected among the Repealers. In Dundalk the next
kareeting was held on the 29th of June, when similar
thganisation was displayed, where Mr. O'Connell said
ta:t he felt sometimes tempted to wish that the Govern-
ild attack them (the Repealers), but that was a
it. and improper wish, and that he never indulged in
Nvis At that meeting the traverser, Mr. O'Connell, like-
la:Jointed out his plan for reviving the Irish Parlia-
ee'', which he stated could be done by means of the
iltherti°sgative o f the Crown, and without applying to the
*aline" Farlianient at all. Could it be that a lawyer,
Iva; ht in his profession as the traverser, Mr. O'Connell,
tsin 8.130ke as he believed when he laid down such a doc-
k: al the face. of the 3d article of the Act of Union ?
elO, he asked, was there any counsel on the other side
krwould say that the Act of Union is void?
1,, O'CONNELL—Yes.
sketme ATTORNEY-GENERAL—UnIess he said that the
Rati,,ils void, no language would declare that the prero-
Thus e of the Crown was in existence to the extent it was
held stated to be. At the next meeting, which was
O'ch 'a Donnybrook on the 3d of July, Mr.
pelieennell inculcated, as at other similar assemblies,
that %ali order—the absence of riot and tumult, and
The „Le.3' should have the country shortly to themselves.
and leet of that exhortation to the observance of peace
for icflut,et, was to carry the designs of the conspirators ;
!aatiir'lle,peace were not kept until the conspiracy was
ate its Purpose would be frustrated. At that meet-
ti the traverser told his hearers that the Asso-
al I+l2sl,aid meet on the morrow, when he would hand
welli from America ; and he asked, what would
or hgton and Peel think of that ? In the course, too,
;ebs.ervations he cited the often-quoted words of
key isallrin, Lord Chief Justice Bushe, and Lord Plun•
of the which those celebrated men opposed the passing
°Pith, Act of Union, in order to show that, in the
Void h of these high authorities, the Act of Union was
O jj ni Ile (the Attorney-General) denied that the Act
crow,,on Was
void, or that by the prerogative of the
denied the Irish Parliament could be revived. He
ea the that the opinions of the high legal authorities
to be hket of Union were such as they were pretended
bed
the traverser. On the 19th of July there was
Leas sting at Tullamore, at which the same large num-
as at :were present, and the same organisation exhibited
oas me other meetings to which lie had adverted. Mr.
oek,ria.-,nell spoke at
elite meeting, and told them that he
Ile allow announc them that the repeal was certain.
tita;'"ed them if he could not all them together at any
out, and at am, day in the week. A voice then cried
,
sot „ei he sooner you want us the better." This was
pat (.1 Only meeting at which a similar question was
serr'wd answered. He said that no General ever was
traveunded by such soldiers, because they were the
apakest and most moral people in the world. He then
'poe. with regard to some repealers who had voted for
sae '3, and he advised the people not to associate with
Isjt,;P,?rsons. Such was the system by which persons
frsee ierced into the repeal movement. This was the
fseslsPra that was so much talked of. Did not such
tetit-ieus always lead to tyranny ? The next meeting
bsayar,PLiltee at the Association, in which he believed that
Nejtit'L of the conspiracy which related to the appoint-
arbitrators was first broached. Mr. O'Connell,
lapef7l.llg a speech upon the subject, said that the credit
ttlielginating the idea belonged to Dr. Gray, whom he
Tugin n to second it. The next meeting took place
c n on the 24th of July, at which Messrs.
The . • Steele, and Mr. Barrett, were present.
L eetin afr
'lama
wereg was composed of the usual number, and
‘APresent
, Asian at it. Mr. O'Connell, on that oc-
osth addressed the people in inflammatory language
01 Ati same deseription. He now came to the month
e.,0 goat
,nelude tl::at but as it would not be possible for him to
‘ustseeaed, hnight, and as the jury mast naturally be
postpone
theThQ remainder of his statement till to-morrow.
latiTuk.;rettis JUSTICE said he would not press his pro-
lhegztih the case if the jury felt at all distressed.
isned to know
to huloi. he had taken it into•
from the Attorney-General
the in
e (lona
The the meantime ?
ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he believed the matter
,xts that the4iry
svi'e:ted Ruh the altogether
e; butall whisdown s opiniona te.
Sher could
rniett" would accommodated in some hotel, and the
Ted the see that no communication would be per-
e t's ra•
side '-'IIIEF JusTicE asked Mr. Moore if he had con-
Alse.da.the subject ?
Air. ill altE replied in the negative.
rs_t,h sesiokamsl_lt_oa, the foreman, said it would be attended
";I:1 fb:"...h:quences to their businesses if they were
vnitilate Oliztljtronth or two.—(Laughter.)
le4l
44tleiPatsell"—I hope there is no danger of

Captain Roper said it would be a serious injury to
, then-. if they were not allowed to go home at night to
to give some consideration to their affairs.
Mr. Rigby, another of the jury, said that he was him-
self a rrson of active habits, and during the last two
days he had sat longer than for the last Fix months—
(Laughter)—he was accustomed to be on foot for nine
or ten hours a day, and he was already beginning to
feel the effects of sitting so long.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that if the Court con-
sented to allow the jury to go home, he hoped they
would take measures to allow no communication to be
made to them. In saying this, he did not mean to cast
the least imputation on the traversers or their attorneys;
but it might be done by persons who were not in the
least concerned in the cause.

Mr. Rigby said, that if any person interfered with
him, he should feel it his duty to communicate it imme-
diately to the Court. The other jurors made similar
declarations.

Mr. MooRE said, that as it appeared to be the desire
of the Court to afford every convenience possible to the
jury, and as the Attorney-General seemed to assent to
the jury going home at night, he, on the part of all the
traversers, begged to state that he had no objection to
the jury being allowed every possible convenience; and
he hoped that no party whatever would interfere with
any of the jury.
The CHIEF JUSTICE then said, that if any interference
were made with any of the jurors, he hoped they would
reject it, and inform the Court of it. They could now
retire to their homes, and attend to-morrow at ten o'clock.
The Court then adjourned.

THE FRENCH BUDGET.
(From the Quotidienne.)
M. Lacave Laplagne is certainly an able financier, but
he will not easily create a belief in the equilibrium of
his budget for 1845. It will be in vain for him to classify
and arrange his figures in ranks ; he will never conceal
the deficit so completely as not to be found out by the
tax-payers and by the treasury itself. The Minister,
to establish his equilibrium, has entrenched himself
behind an old and worn-out fiction—the distinction
between the ordinary budget and the extraordinary
lsudget—a subtle distinction, but which does not make
it less necessary to dip into the same purse to meet ex-
penses so happily distinguished. Expenses are paid by
receipts, and, when these are insufficient, there is a de-
ficit. This truism needs no demonstration ; but we will,
nevertheless, take the trouble of proving to M. Lacave
Laplagne that his equilibrium is a pure illusion, and that
the budget for 1845 is in deficit, like all budgets since 1830.
BUDGET OF EXPENSES. F.
Ordinary
Extraordinary

Total 1,372,538,141
Budget of receipts

Excess of expenses over receipts
This is the true state of the account, and no arithmeti-
cal artifice can alter it. At present, therefore, the
budget of 1845 presents a deficit of nearly ninety-
six millions. When the inevitable supplementary cre-
dits, those satellites of the budget, have been realised,
this deficit will be still greater. M. Lacave Laplagne
has divided the extraordinary budget into two por-
tions. The first is of 62,431,344 f., which will be paid
out of the loan of 450,000,000 f. The second is of
34,000,000 f., which is carried to the charge of the float-
ing debt. This is the chapter of railroads. The loan
takes its rise from the deficit ; for if there were no
deficit there would be no loan. The floating debt, a for-
tiori, constitutes a deficit. It is true that M. Lacave
Laplagne calls this extraordinary resources. We will ad-
mit him to do so, for words are as nothing against facts ;
but still it remains that all the expenses which exceed
the amount of the produce of the State domains, the
duties and the taxes, leave a deficit which must be co-
vered by extraordinary resources, that is to say,
.by mak-
ing loans and consolidating Treasury bonds. 1 his opera-
tion, from 1837 to 1853, the period assigned for the com-
pletion of the extraordinary public works, will have
loaded the annual budget with 66,000,000 E rentes. This
clearly appears to be in our eyes a deficit, and the Com-
mittee on the budget for 1844 was of the same opi-
nion. Such are the effects of what are called extraordi-
nary resources, and which M. Lacave Laplagne has
attempted to dissimulate in his speech on presenting
the budget for 1845. The Minister of Finances has not
only occupied himself with the future, he has thought
it necessary to give the accounts of the past, and has
dressed them up by the same process as that by which
he concocted the budget for 1845. He has cut off with-
out any hesitation hundreds of millions from the side
of the expenditure. We have looked into the actual
state of our finances, and found that, at the end of 1843,
there was a deficit on the budget of ordinary expenses,
to the amount of 540 millions, This was composed of
a deficit prior to 1840 of 256 millions of the deficits of
1841, 1842, and 1843, and finally of supplementary
credits and extraordinary charges carried to this
last year's account. M. Lacave Laplagne, to simplify
the statement, does not trouble himself with the
deficit anterior to 1840, and finds it to suit his purpose
better to stop at the end of 1844, in order to embody in
his ways and means the reserve of the sinking-fund. By
this stratagem, and by bringing into the account some
attenuations of credits, and an increase in the produce
of the indirect taxes, he reduces the deficit of the ordi-
nary budgets at the end of 1844 to 151,000,000 f.
As the Minister was in such a good train, it would
have cost him but little more to have •reduced the
deficit down to zero. M. Lacave Laplagne knows, how-
ever, that the Chamber, notwithstanding its habitual
complaisance, and above all, in voting the budget, sill
not be deluded by such a phantasmagoria of figures. In
fact, the Committee on the Budget for 1844, in its report,
page 12, established the deficit previous to that year at
04,000,000 f. If there be added to this sum the supple-
mentary credits decreed since the closing of the session,
we arrive at the sum we have already given.
The Minister of the Finances cannot dispute the cor-
rectness of this amount. It has been reduced, it is
true, by some annulments of credits, and, as we have
before said, by an increase in the produce of the taxes.
But these two circumstances do not make any sen-
sible alteration in the total, and much less, as
we have not yet come to the end of the supple-
mentary credits for 1843. Thus there is a deficit of
about 500,000,000 f. in the ordinary budget on Ist
January, 1844, and 96,000,000 f, left uncovered in that
for 1845. This will be our real situation on the Ist of
January, 1846, without mentioning the engagements en-
tered into for extraordinary public works."