The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.

THE CHARITABLE BEQUESTS COMMISSION.
DUBLIN, JAN. 6.—The Commissioners held their first
meeting this day, at their office, Lower Gardiner•street.
Mr. IL O'Carroll, the new Roman Catholic secretary,
and Mr. W. P. Mathews, the Protestant secretary,
attended. A second meeting of the Commissioners is to
be held in the course of the week.

MEETING OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
BISHOPS.

A special meeting of the Roman Catholic prelates is
to be held in this city on the 22d instant. One of the
objects of the meeting, it is said, is to consider the pre
sent state of the public mind, not only in reference to
the Charitable Bequests Act, but also in regard to the
statements put forward in the newspapers respecting a
concordat with Rome, and the payment of the Roman
Catholic clergy by the State.
In the report of the Repeal Association!this day, Mr.
Smith O'Brien alluded to the excitement produced by
the Charitable Bequests Act. This was the first refer•
ence to the subject at the Conciliation Hall.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The weekly meeting of the Association was held this
day in the Conciliation Hall. Counsellor Mullen in the
chair.

The CHAIRMAN said, he trusted that the same spirit,
energy, and determination which had actuated the people
of Ireland during the two past years would continue to
animate them in the present. It was to the Association
they were indebted for the defeat of Lord Stanley's
Registration Bill, and it had likewise been the means of
preventing bad legislation for the two past years, and he
trusted it would also be the means of extending good
measures during the ensuing session of Parliament, and
although these measures might fall far short of the great
object for which they were contending, yet he would
accept them without prejudice to the opinions which he
entertained.

The SECRETARY commenced the business of the day
by reading the following letter from Mr. O'Connell,
enclosing 511., the amount of his own subscriptions and
those of the immediate members of his family for the
year 1845:

" Darrynane Abbey, Jan. 3, 1845.
"My dear Ray,—l have been so employed, whilst
within doors, on the Charitable Bequests Bill and its
pernicious accompaniments, that I am totally unable to
send the address to the Irish people. You shall, I trust,
have it for the next day of meeting,
" In the meantime I enclose you 511. for my family
subscription to the repeal rent for 1845, thus:—Daniel
O'Connell, M.P., 51. ; Maurice O'Connell, M.P., 5/ ;
John O'Connell, M.P., 5/. ; Daniel O'Connell, jun., 5/. ;
for Morgan O'Connell, Esq., 11. ; Mrs. O'Connell Fitz-
simon, 11. ; Miss O'Connell Fitzsimon, 1/. ; Eily O'Con-
nell Fitzsimon, IL ; Kato O'Connell Fitzsimon, 11. ;
Christopher O'Connell Fitzsimon, IL ; Thomas 'Con-
nell Fitzsimon, 1/. ; Henry O'Connell Fitzsimon, 11 ;
Maurice O'Connell Fitzsimon, It ; Daniel O'Connell
(Maurice), 1/. •, John O'Connell, jun., 1/. ; Fanny O'Con-
nell, IL; Mary O'Connell, IL ; Mrs. O'Connell, Aghadda,
IL; Mary O'Connell (Charles), 1/.; Teresa O'Connell, 1/. ;
Kato O'Connell, 11.; Daniel O'Connell, 11.; Mrs. French,
1L; Daniel O'Connell French, 1L; Christopher O'Conael I
French, IL ; Nicholas O'Connell French, 11. ; Harriett
O'Connell French, IL ; Mary O'Connell French, 1/. ;
Alice O'Connell French, 11. ; Mrs. Morgan O'Connell,
1/. ; Mrs. O'Connell (John), 1/. ; Daniel O'Connell, I ;
James O'Connell, 1/ ; John O'Connell, jun., 1/. ; Bessy
O'Connell, 11. Total, 51/.

" I will be in Dublin to rally for the repeal as speedily
as I can tear myself from this delightful spot.
" Give, or renew, my notice for Monday week of a
motion to make such arrangements during the next ses-
sion of Parliament as may preclude the necessity of the
repeal Members attending in London. I have a strovf;
impression that the repeal cause—the only thing
which the Irish people have a real interest—can be bes',
managed and promoted in Ireland.—Believe me to be,
very faithfully yours, " DANIEL O'CONNELL.
" T. M. Ray, Esq."
On the motion of Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, seconded b
J. P. SOMERS, M.P., the letter was inserted on th
minutes.

The SECRETARY read a letter from Mr. Steele, date d
Fenagh, county Leitrim, announcing the success of hi s
mission, and stating that tranquillity had been con .-
pletely restored in the disturbed districts.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN handed in the renewed subscri )-
tions of Sir Simon Bradstreet, Bart., and several ge )1-
tlemen.

Mr. J. M'NEvIN brought forward a number of 're-
ports, amongst them one on the army estimates, a nd
having moved their adoption, proceeded to address t h e
meeting. On concluding, the Learned Gentleman wr es
loudly cheered.
Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN having seconded the adoption of
the reports, and moved the thanks of the Association to
Mr. Davis, by whom they were prepared, proceeded +to
address the meeting. After a few prefatory obser r'-
dons, the Hon. Gentleman said, that after the most m: t-
ture consideration, he had arrived at the conclusion th. it,
his services were of more utility to his country in th.e
Conciliation Hall than in the chapel of St. Stephen.
He had the approval of his conscience and his constitt e-
tion for arriving at that determination. The Cork .Ea.-
aminer, one of the ablest supporters of repeal, had ad-
vocated the policy of sending repeal Members to I Par-
liament. He differed entirely from that journal. 11 'hey
might as well endeavour to persuade the wolf to r an-
guish his prey, as induce the people of England to g :rant
a repeal of the union. Had not their grievances 'peen
pressed upon the attention of the Legislature and lEng-
land generally till they had almost become a bye-w( ?
Redress was only to be achieved through their own < m-
ertions. They should act on the public mind, and < 'n-
deavour by every means possible to win over that pi )r-
-tion of their countrymen who stood apart from the ari,
and when that desirable object should be obtained they
would be in a position to demand and enforce the resti-
tution of their Legislature. It was wrong to attribute t he
non-attendance of the repeal Members to their Parlia-
mentary duties to idleness ; for his parts -wherever he