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Yesterday
of Clogher,
at the resider
Dr. APN
"We are come, Sir, to present you with an address
of congratulation from the diocese of Clogher, on
your late glorious triumph over the machinations of
your enemies and the enemies of Ireland. The ad-
dress speaks the mind and feeling of the bishop.,
piiests, and whole Catholic population of that diocese ;
it was got up during the present month, and bears
the signatures of over sixty thousand persons."
The address having been read,
Mr. O'CONNELL spoke as follows in reply :
" How idle it is to think, my Lord and Rev. Genfle-
men, that it would be possible for me to express the
sentiments that crowd upon my soul on receiving
that noble address. I call it noble, because of the
source whence it has originated, and of the support
which it has obtained, for the voice of the people in
the cause of religion, and in the cause of liberty, is, I
trust I may say without presumption, the voice of
God. My Lord, you describe well the machinations
of our enemies, and it becomes you; my Lord and
Gentlemen, in the exerc4q,..ef your sacred functions,
to reprove vice with that high and haughty tone,
and expose inquity in that forcible language which
your Master has dictated and commanded you to use
against those who violate the first principles of
charity. Oh, it cheers me beyond expression to re-
ceive this—such an address ; it gives me joy unutter-
able to receive this sanction of the exertions of those
with whom I have acted; for if we were disposed
to violate the law of the land—if it was our intention
to commit outrage on the person or property of our
neighbours, or if we felt inclined to disobey the com-
mands of God, instead of standing by our side to-day,
my Lord and Gentlemen, the reproof which you pour
upon our enemies would e weak indeed compared to
that which you would feel it your duty to pour
upon us. It is our vindication, our pride, our glory,
that you thus come forward to countenance the
efforts we have made and are making—it is our ac-
quittal in the sight of man—may I not hope and trust
it is our eulooium in the sight of the eternal God ?
As to the flattering eulogy you pronounce upon
me, I am so accustomed to exaggeration of
whatever little merits I may possess, that
do not, perhaps, shrink from it as I ought to
do. I am but a feeble instrument in the hands of
the Most High. I am one of those—and oh I may he not
cast me away when my mission is done—employed 441
the high and holy mission to vindioate the ancient
faith of my land—to give to the religion of my fathers
all that it requires, a clear stage and no favour, and
to procure for the faithful, the noble people of Ireland,
peace, happiness, and prosperity. I know I do not
deserve the praises you have so profusely showered
upon me ; but there is one stimulant in your address
which makes me vain enough to wisfil deserved them.
My heart is devoted to Ireland. I said there would
be no shrinking and no compromise. There has been
none, and there will be none. There is, fortunately,
appearing a disposition to examine the question
amongst many who hitherto opposed us. They say
that in a federative system of legislation there would
be a protection to Ireland. I myself believe there would
be a protection ; hut, if deceived in that, there would
be the means of seeking amelioration in the direct
channels of the law. In other countries the friends of

LONDON, MONDAY T VENI G 3 SEPTEMBER 23, 1844.

PRICE sd.

liberty are generally the enemies of religion, and they
appear to have a greater desire to interfere with the
practices of piety than with those of tyranny ; but in
Ireland it is otherwise; and you are witnesses of that
glorious fact. We desire freedom, that religion may
prosper—we seek liberty for man, that his conscience
may be free, and that those divine works of charity pre-
scribed to us—such as feeding the hungry, clothing
the naked, breaking open the prison doors, visiting the
sick, and every other act consistent with the spirit of
Christianity—may become nationalioed in the feeling
of Ireland I thank you, my Lord, and Gentlemen,
for the address."

CITY OF Coax.—The address from this city was
presented to Mr. O'Connell, yesterday, by a deputa-
tion, consisting of the Mayor, Mr. B. Roche, M.P.,
and other gentlemen.

Mr. O'CONNELL replied May. It needed not (he
said) this additional testimony to convince him of the
pure and honest patriotism of the then of Cork; he
had full and frequent proofs of their devotion to home
and fatherland ; and the addreatt-coming, as it did,
from a people to whom he felt for many reasons at-
tached, to whom he was bound by old associations--
he assured the deputation he valued in a peculiar
manner. With regard to the invitation to a banquet,
he was at the command of the citizens at any time;
but be would prefer not naming any precise time
until he met them at the great provincial dinner in
Limerick, which he thought would come off a week
or so after the termination of the municipal revisions,
so as to enable the corporate authorities of the neigh-
bouring localities to be present, and that, he believed,
would be some time about the last week in November.
The MAYOR asked if he intended proceeding to
Dublin after the Limerick dinner, or would he re-
turn to Derrynane ?
Mr. O'CONNELL replied that he would proceed at
once to Dublin; but that that, of course, would not
interfere, as he would be ready to proceed to Cork at
a moment's notice.

The deputation then retired.
Addresses were also presented yesterday from
Longford and from the London repeaters.
This day addres3es were presented from the corpo-
ration of Clonmel and from other places.

_ oLner
FRACAS IN THE THEATRE ROYAL.
In reference to the fracas between Lieut. G. T.
Duncombe, of the 11th Ilussars, and Mr. Henry
Saunders, of Monkstown, the latter has addressed an
explanatory statement to the Freeman's Journal to the
following effect :
" That a misunderstanding arose relative to a seat
in a box at the opera, and that a personal encounter
ensued, is correct (although no knock-down blows
took place) ; but the parties, immediatkly perceiving
that a violent collision was unseemly, desisted and ex-
changed cards, when, upon the interference of some
officers of the same regiment, in the most handsome
and gentlemanly manner, an explanation took place,
which terminated to the mutual satisfaction of the
parties and their friends. Mr. Saunders is not con-
nected with the kingdom of Kerry."
ANOTHER FRACAS.—The Westmeath Guardian
contains the following :—" On Tuesday, the 10th
instant, a horsewhipping match took place in the
public streets of Athlone. The aggressor was a hale
stout gentleman, from the county Roscommon, and
the other a chemist, from London, who claims pro-
perty beyond the Shannon. The occurrence arose
out of the latter having worsted the former at litiga-
tion. Informations have been ,taken in the ease, and
returned for trial to the next sesions of Moate."