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London, England, 1844-09-09 00:00:00

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THIS EVE/41EG PAPERS OP THIS DAY.
GLOBE.-1n another column will be found the
details of O'Corinell's liberation from prison, and of
the mode in which his triumph over the Government
was exhibited and celebrated by the thousands of the
Irish people, whom the reversal of the judgment has
absolutely- intoxicated with joy. From the accounts
given in the Irish journals, of every shade of politics,
there is no reason to believe that anything occurred from
which ehealightest danger to the public peace was ap-
prehended by the authorities; nor does it appear that any
extraordinary precautions were taken to suppress cis-
order, or by a display of military force, to inspire the
assembled multitudes with awe. The Government
acted wisely in refraining from any extraordinary
parade of military force, whose appearance would
stave indicated fear, and might have led to the result
they were anxious to prevent. , We are disposed to
regard abstinence from calling out the military into
the streets of Dublin, on such an occasion, as a most
prudent course on the part of. the authorities. They
trusted the masses, in this the moment of bewilder.
ing triumph over the Government ; and had
no cause for regret. No breach of the peace oc-
curred. Beyond the bursts of acclamation which
made the welkin ring, there was no indication of
party-political antipathies. The masses of the popu-
lation, assembled under circumstances peculiarly cal-
culeted to excite the passions, really seem to have
been so full of delight, as to leave no room for anger,
much less for any retaliatory demonstrations. The day
closed in quietness. This political triumph led to no in-
terruption of the public peace. No political oppo-
nent was injured either in person or. property. The
fears which agitate 1 some were dispelled, and the
predictions of more were falsified, by the event. We
hope that Governments are beginning to learn wis-
dom in such matters. Within the recollection ofper-
sons yet young, a different mode of treating the po-
pulace, under circumstances likely to produce powerful
excitement, has been followed by the most calamitous
results. When Sir Francis Burdett was conveyed to
the Tower in 1810, the military were employed to in-
timidate the people; collisions took place between the
soldiers and the--multitude, and several persons were
shot dead, and others were wounded. Again, when
a large multitude assembled in Manchester to obtain
Parliamentary Reform, the yeomanry were called
out -to disperse the ascembly, and were directed to
.charge upon the unarmed masses. The consequence
was, an indiscriminate slaughter of men, women, and
children. The " Manchester massacre" of 1819
will survive in the memories of the present gene-
ration, and will be transmitted to that which shall
occupy its place, as the disgrace of the govern-
ment under whose rule and sanction it occurred ;
of the magistrates who directed the attack ; and
of the Parliament which refused to punish the
perpetrators of the deed. At the funeral
procession of the unfortunate Queen Caroline, as it
passed through the metropolis, in 1821; the military
were employed to preserve public order. As usual,
they provoked the evil they were present to prevent.
The Life Guards charged upon the multitude
upon some trifling manifestation ,of sympathy
with the unfortunate Queen, whose remains were
passing to their resting-place. Life was thus sacri-
ficed, and the limbs of many more were lacerated
by the. swords of the soldiery. Had the military
lined the streets of Dublin on Saturday, according to
the good old Tory custom, under the pretext .of.pre-
serving the public peace, it is more than probeble
that violence and bloodshed would have resulted from
their presence. This might have happened without
any premeditation on the part of either the military
or the mob ; and solely from the propensity which
seems to impel a mob to provoke asperity in the sol-
diery by refusing to conform to the regulations they
ate •pompelled to enforce ; and often by resisting
their efforts to compel obedience to arbitrary regula-
tions.
STAN DARD.—The abandonment by the lay Mem-
bers of the House of Lords of their indisputable right
to assist in the decision of the appeal of Mr. O'Con-
nell and his fellow-conspirators to that tribunal, has
been received in Dublin in precisely the spirit
which might *e have been anticipated for so
uncalled-for and undeserved a concession. The
reversal of the judgment by the three Whig
law Lords, albeit opposed by two members of their
own rank, and 'eleven judges of the inferior
courts, is treated by Mr. O'Connell and
his friends as a triumph (to employ the
agitator's own language) " over an attempt to convict
eight honest men of conduct of which they were
wholly guiltlesss ; and he proposes as the Clontarf
meeting was not held in consequence of the inter-
ference of the Government, that it shall be a matter
for-the future consideration of the Repeal Association
whether it shall not still be held; " in order to carry
out a principle, and show that he and his fellow-
martyrs were eight." Ile quotes the dictum of
Lord Denman in opposition to the opinion
of all his brother judges in and out of the
House of Lords, in support of his audacious
charge of corruption against the jury and all the
judgessealsee ,the Spartan three by whom he has been
released. Ills approbation of the conduct of Leeds
Cottenham and Campbell, however, is measured,
whilst his gratitude to Lord Denman is unbounded.
The two former joined in decreeing a reversal of
the judgment pronounced upon him; but the Lord
Chief. Justice went a step further in his behalf,
professing to found his decision on a plea which all
his brother judges were agreed in rejecting. Lord
Denman is, therefore, the one great authority to '
which he refers for proof of his innocence. Lords
Cottenham and Campbell are very worthy and
conscientious people; they opposed a very large
majority of judges to the full as honest and well-
informed with themselves, but it was reserved for
Lord Denman to differ from them all, and thus per-
fect Mr. O'Connell's title to the martyrdom for which
he now claims credit. He only is altogether right,
because his judgment in their favour is encumbered
with no awkward qualification. His solitary dictum,
therefore, is made the excuse for charging the
large .mejority of English and Irish judges, who
were unfortunate enough to differ from him, with
a'.:!! foul and corrupt " administration of the
law. Such is his gratitude to his Lordship
for turning the odds, which were, he admits, " a
million to one against him;" in his favour. Nor is
the demonstration, it is said, to be limited to mere
denunciationsiud.
01,those judges who were of opinion
that the
nt ought to be affirmed. Subscriptions
are to be rail
and
.sibly statues erected, to com-
memorate a triump NyhehtoAir.O'Connelrs newspaper
supporters do not scruple designate as " accidental."
We cannot wonder at th
this decision has been received veddis'may with which
Ireland by all'
who are not identified with the
wrioneTsetaflorcongiracy ;
calculated as it is to revive in its
agr-
talon which has produced such baneful effniects. We
have -already referred to Mr. O'Connell's Wary hint of
his' intention, should the Repeal Association
o nst e r deem it
meet.
desirahle, to
..persist in holding a m
ins at Clontarf, and a Dublin paper re-
ceived this morning announces that the sug-
gestion— has not only been adopted, but that a
day has been fixed for the meeting, encl.:that it
is to be followed by others larger than those of last
year. Meanwhile the repeal journals are, if possible,
more violent than ever. The Nation, for example,
publishes suggestions of the most treasonable charac-
ter, both in prose and verse, as to the course to be
adopted ba Mr. O'Connell's followers in the event
of any attempt at th) invasion of our shores by a
foreign enemy. As a foretaste of the honours
which are destined by the repeal press for Lord Den-
man, the editor oftheFreeman's Journal has selected as
the motto for his • newspaper a passage from his
Lordship's judgment, which is paraded in large
.type, 'and has reference to the omission of certain
. names, from the jury panel, which has formed
the stalking horse wof the traversers through-
out the proeeectingswhich if other
• than accidental, 'Mist_ have been the deliberate act of
parties connected With the traversers or their law ad-

visers; committed for the express purpose of affording
the loop-hole for escape of which they have now
availed themselves. We have repeatedly reminded our
readers that the only parties who have not 'purged
themselves by affidavit from the imputation of
having wilfully suppressed the missing fragment are
those employe3 of the traversers who alone had
access to them. The "practices," therefore, re-
ferred to by Lord Denman, are their own, and after
his decision, they will not fail to be repeated when-
ever any opportunity of thus invalidating a verdict
on a charge of conspiracy or sedition may pre-
sent itself. We-have copied elsewhere the de-
tails of Mr. O'Connell's reception in Dublin.
The first step in his new career of agitation
was a triumphal procession of 200,000 persons,
to be succeeded a few days hence by a monster
banquet, and, as we have said, monster meetings at
Clontarf and elsewhere ; which, according to Mr.
O'Connell's interpretation of the law of Lords
Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell, will be perfectly
legal and :unexceptionable. Can we wonder that the
abrogation by the House of Lords of its just and law-
ful prerogative which has afforded the pretext for this
triumph over law and justice, should have excited the
deepest dismay among her Majesty's loyal subjects
in Ireland ? The O'Connell organs speak of it "as
an overthrow, not merely of a Minister, but of
" the English rule in Ireland ;" and, although they
may be egregiously disappointed in their anticipat:o
of impunity for their further outrages, there can b
no doubt that it will prove a source of much trouble
and perplexity, unless vigorous measures be adopted
for the vindication of so much of the law as the
noble triumvirate of the House of Lords have been
pleased to recognise.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
COMMISSIONING THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.

The commissions for the brigs forming the experi-
mental squadron at this port arrived this morning, and
also the commission for that fine steam-frigate the Fite-
brand.

The following are the appointments :
The Firebrand, 6, Captain A. L. Corry.
The Daring, 12, Commander Henry J. Kitson.
The Osprey, 12, Commander Frederick Patten.
The Flying Fish, 12, Commander Robert Harris.
The Waterwitch, 10, Commander Thomas
The Pantaloon, 10, Lieutenant Edmund Wilson, acting
Commander. _

The above commissions all bear date the 7th of Sq -
tember instant.

The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, G.C.H., left Spithead yes-
terday evening, for the Pacific.
The Queen, 110, Captain Martins, is now quite ready
to leave the harbour, and only waits spring tides to drop
down to Spithead, and occupy the position vacated by
the Collingwood.
The Caledonia, 120, Captain Milne, was in the Tagus
on the 30th ult. Private letters state that no vessel of
war of any other nation was in the Tagus at the above
date, and the Caledonia did not expect to leave for Eng-
land until relieVed by some other ship.
The Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Ricketts, was at
the Cape of Good Hope, from Rio, on the 15th of June,
at whivh (late the Winchester, 50, Captain C. Eden, flag
of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyn Percy, C. 8., was
lying at the Cape.
The Sappho, 16, Commander the Hon. G. Hope, left
the Cape on the 23d of June, for a cruise.
The Star, 6, Commander R. J. W. Dunlop, which ar-
rived at Ascension on, the 4th of July to refit, has had
a most successful cruise. During the five months prior
to the date at which she arrived at Ascension, she has
captured two tine prizes—a schooner and a 500 tons brig.
We ure happy to say, that the Commander-in-Chief,
Sir C. lto(s Icy, is fast recovering from his indisposition.
In Barbour.—Victory, Queen, Excellent, Nautilus;
and the steamers Comet, Echo, and Fearless. _

In Dock.—Prince Regent, Vindictive, Athol, and
Scourge.
At Spithead.—None.
DEVONPORT, SEPT. 6.—The Flora, 36, is ordered to
be launched on Wednesday next. Her principal dimen-
sions are as follow:

Feet. Inches.
Length, extreme
Between perpendiculars l6O 0
Keel, extreme 145 0
For tonnage l3l 0
Moulded breadth 47 6
Breadth for tonnage
Depth in hold
Tonnage, 1,622 20-94.
_ _

The Nile, 22, was masted on Monday.
The St. George, 110, is alongside the sheerhulk to be
masted. _

The Vanguard, 80, and Superb, 80, are alongside tl.e
jetty, taking in tanks and water.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander the Hon. E.
Plunket, left for Sheerness yesterday.
The Stirling Castle, convict ship, and all the convict
establishment at this port, will shortly be removed to
Portsmouth.

In Harbour.—San Josef, Confiance, Adventure, and
Diligence,

In the Sound.—St. Vincent.

SHEERNESS, SEPT. 6.—The remains of the late Capt.
Peter Fisher, superintendent of this dockyard, were con-
veyed by the Africaine steam-vessel on Wednesday to
Weimer for interment. The Ocean fired minute gulls a$
the funeral procession moved from the house to the
vessel. The Commander-in-Chief and the chief officers
of this and Chatham dockyard attended the procession.
The Havannah, 38, end Brilliant, 38, are ordered to be
razeed similar to the Amazon.
The Monarch, 84, was undocked this day.
The Achille, 76, having been masted, was tore Ito
her moorings on Monday.
In the Harbour—The Ocean and the Raven cutter.
In the Basin—The Amazon' Vulture, and Crocodile.
In Dock—The Herald, Beagle, Vernon, and Monarch.