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JUSTICE TO IRELAND.

GREAT MEETING IN COVENT-

GARDEN.

A great meeting of the inhabitants of the City of West-
minster, was held yesterday in Covent-garden, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the proceedings
of the Government for the subjugation of Ireland,
and the persecution of O'Connell and others for their
support of the rights of Irishmen, and to petition Parliament
for the immediate release of Mr. O'Connell and his brother
martyrs, now confined in the Richmond Penitentiary, Dublin.
The meeting had been convened by the High Bailiff; Francis
Smedley, Esq., in conformity with a requisition, most numer-
ously and respectably signed, which had been presented to
him for that purpose.
The hustings were erected rather to the left of the Church,
instead of being erected in front of it, as heretofore. This
arrangement was most judicious, as it afforded standing-room
for at least three thousand people additional in front of the
hustings. The hour appointed for the commencement
of the proceedings was two o'clock, but the people
began to assemble as early as twelve o'clock, and
by the time the proceedings commenced there could not
have been less than ten thousand persons assembled.
Never have we known a meeting in Covent-garden more
numerously and more respectably attended, and the be-
haviour of those present was beyond all praise. A mere
orderly, well-conducted assembly, never congregated to-
gether. At two o'clock precisely the High Bailiff took the
chair. On the hustings we observed T. Duncombe, Esq.,
Rawdon, M.P., Sir R. Bulkeley, M.P., Summers
llarford, Esq., E. D. Davenport, Esq., late High Sheriff of
Cheshire, James Coppock, Esq., Feargus O'Connor, Esq., and
several other gentlemen, supporters of the Liberal cause.
The Ilion BAILIFF, who was received with much cheering,
then came forward and said, that having received a requisi-
tion from the householders, rate- payers, and electors of the
City of Westminster, most numerously and respectably
signed, requesting him to convene the present meeting, he
had fixed upon that day for the purpose.—(Cheers.) The
object of the meeting was to petition Parliament to present
an address to her Majesty, praying that she would be
graciously pleased to exercise the prerogative of her Crown,
and to direct the immediate release of Daniel O'Connell, Esq.,
M.P.—(lmmense cheering)—and the other State prisoners
confined in the Richmond Penitentiary, Dublin.—(Loud
cheers.) He had no doubt but that they would give every
gentleman who was desirous of addressing them an attentive
hearing, and that their proceedings would be conducted with
the good humour which they had invariably displayed when-
ever he had had the honour of presiding over them.—(Cheers.)
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, M.P., who was received with the most
enthusiastic cheers, which lasted several minutes, then came
forward for the purpose of proposing the first resolution, but
before he did so, ho would take that public opportunity of
pressing, on the part of those who had signed the requisition
to the High Bailiff; their gratitude to that gentleman for the
prompt 'and courteous manner in which he had acceded to
the wishes of the requisitionists, by convening the present
meeting—(Cheers)—and thus affording to them the opportu-
nity of exercising one of the proudest and dearest rights of Eng-
lishmen, that of meeting together in public meeting assembled,
for the purpose of discussing the grievances of which they
had to complain, and of calling upon their representatives
in Parliament to redress those grievances, as far as it was in
their 'power so to do.--(Cheers.) He would also, before he
proposed the resolution, congratulate the friends of Ireland
on such a large, numerous, and respectable gathering as that
which he had then the honour of addressing.--(Cheers.) It
was a proof that the city of Westminster was beginning at
last to arouse itself from that apathy, that indif-
ference to public questions which he was sorry
to say had hung over the constituency for so many years.—
(Cheers.) This meeting would prove to the world that the
citizens of Westminster were still the friends of the oppressed
and the enemies of persocution.—(Loud cheers.) West-
minster had never before met in her thousands and tens of
thousands in any cause which stood more in need of her sym-
pathy and support than the cause they were met to advocate.
What was the question they were met to discuss ? They had
met to consider the treatment which Ireland had experienced
for many years—the tyranny and misrule under which Ire•
land had suffered, and which had nearly driven the people of
that country to desperation, whick would undoubtedly be-
fore this have shown itself in acts of violence, and in
the destruction of property if it had not been for the energy
exerted in the cause of pacification by that individual whom
a contemptible Government had thought proper to place in
the Richmond Penitentiary— (Hear, hear)--and who
now suffered with those gentlemen, his brother martyrs,
merely because the Irish people had exercised, for many
months, totally uninterfored with by the Government, that
very privilege which they were that day met there to exer-
cise—that of meeting in public to discuss public grievances.
The Irish had met to take into consideration the Act of Par-
liament under which so much injustice had been perpetrated
in the Act of Union.—(Cheers.) He was not there to express
any opinion as to the Act of Union, but in consequence of the
treatment which they had experienced, and the misrule
under which they had suffered, the Irish people had a right
to meet, to discuss, arid to petition Parliament to repeal that
Act. He was not there for the purpose of disgusting and
wearying them by going into the details of those trials with
which they were all, no doubt, well acquainted. State trials
indeed l--they ought to be called State farces.—(Cheers.)
There was not an honest man in England who would come
forward and say that O'Connell and his brother martyrs had
had a fair trial.—(Cheers.) He would not disgust them by
going into details. They were as well aware as he
was how the jury had been packed—(Cries of " Ah,
ah 1" groans, and hisses)—how certain sheets of
the jury list, containing the names of Roman Catholics had
been conveniently lost—(Renewed groaning)—how every
impediment had been thrown in the way of Mr. O'Connell
and the others in making their defence.—(Renewed groaning. )
They all knew the contemptible and partial conduct of the
Lord Chief Justice—(Renewed groaning)—who acted as
Counsel for the Crown instead of Counsel for the prisoners.
—(Continued groaning and hissing, and cries of " Shame.")
They knew these things, and did they suppose that the brave
men of England, who warmly sympathised with their
Irish brethren, would tamely submit without an effort to
rescue from the fangs of a powerful tyranny the individuals
now in prison, on whom the hearts, the affections, and the
hopes of the Irish people were settled?—(lmmense cheering.)
He would, therefore, propose the following resolution :
" That we, the inhabitants of Westminster, in public meet-
ing assembled, do hereby protest against the prosecutions
which have recently taken place for what is called sedition
and conspiracy. And more especially against the illegal and
unjustifiable means resorted to to procure the conviction of
O'Connell and his brother martyrs, now undergoing imprison-
ment in the Richmond Penitentiary. That, as rational men, we
feel called upon to declare to the world our conviction that the
Irish State prisoners have not been legally tried, and are
consequently unconstitutionally deprived of their liberty;
while we further assert that had the laws been duly admi-
nistered it would have appeared that neither O'Connell nor
the other prisoners had violated any statutory enactment
nor offended against common law; and therefore this meeting
resolves to petition Parliament, to take such steps as shall
insure the immediate liberation of the said prisoners, and pm--
vent a recurrence of those acts of persecution and despotism,
which, whilst resorted to under the pretext of law, merely
uphold the ascendancy of faction by the prostration of
national feeling, and the suPPreasion of public opinion."—
(Loud cheers.)
The Hose GENTLEMAN said he hoped they would unani-
mously adopt that resolution.—(e We will.") If so, he felt con-
fident that there was not a single enlightened constituency in
England which would not follow such a noble example,
and if it were so followed the release of Mr. O'Connell and
his fellow-prisoners would be certain, and they would even-
tually secure to the Irish people that that justice would be
done them which he hoped they would never cease to require.
Mr. SUMMERS HanFonD seconded the resolution. He
had been told that morning that he must not come there
to-day, because it would not be a respectable meeting. He
would ask any one who saw them assembled there if such a
body of persons as he saw there assembled before him were
respectable or not ?
—(Hear, hear.) He was glad to see a
meeting so numerous and so respectable assembled to assist
others in vindicating their rights.—(Cheers.) If they
did not vindicate the rights of others, let them look
to their own, or the unconstitutional principles which were
now adopted in Ireland would soon be adopted here.—(Loud
cheers.) As an Englishman he had always felt deep sym-
pathy for Ireland, and he was prepared to come forward
and vindicate the rights of that country as willingly
as he would those of his awn--(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
He was aware there were others better qualified to address
them on the subject of Ireland, but, as an inhabitant of
Westminster, he could not refuse himself the satisfaction of
coming forward to second this resolution.—(Cheers.) He
hoped this was only the beginning of a demonstration which
would extend to every part of England, Scotland, and
Ireland, and would show that the people were determined
not to be trampled under foot by any class whatever.
It was absurd to expect that the Members of Parliament
would stand up for the rights of the people unless the people
told them, in language that could not be misunderstood, that
such was their duty, and that they expected them to per-
form it.—(Loud cheers.) He hoped that in a short time
they would effect the liberation of Mr. O'Connell
and his friends, who were the victims of an act of
extraordinary tyranny.—(Loud cheers.) He would not
detain them longer, but would content hunself with saying

that there was no one more attached to the cause of civil and re-
ligious liberty than himself, and he should as an humble instru-
mcn t be always ready to raise his voice in favour of the people
whenever he could be of the slightest use to them.—(Cheers.)
The Ilia"! Barran' said, that Colonel Rawdon, M.P. for
the City of Armagh, in Ireland, was desirous to address the
meeting in support of the resolution.
Colonel RAwnos, who was received with vehement cheer-
ing, said, that. he was not in the habit of taking any share
in the political proceedings of the City of 'Westminster, bat he
attended here this day, as an elector of this city, to protest with
his fellow-citizens against an attack which had been made
upon the Constitution.—(Cheers.) He was also here as one
of the representatives of the Irish people, calling on the
people of England to express to the Government of this
country their sense of the insult which had been
inflicted upon Ireland.—(Great cheering.) He would here
emphatically state to the meeting, that trial by;ury had been
tampered with—(Renewed cheering)—and nowhere was it
better known than in this city of Westminster. Now great
were the benefits which arose from that institution. The
electors of Westminster knew, and had often proved, that
trial by jury was the bulwark of their liberties—he would not
say of their lives, fur he knew that they agreed with him in
valuiu more their liberties than their lives. He had told
them that the constitution had been invaded, and he would tell
them why ? Magna Charta, of which every Englishman had
heard and was justly proud, enacted that by the right of trial
by jury it was meant that every Englishman should be tried
by his equals. That was the opinion of an eminent lawyer,
Judge-Blackstone. Magna Charta stated farther that no
man should be imprisoned without a lawful judgment, and
equal justice should be done to every man. He believed that
this provision of Magna Charta was confirmed by the Bill of
Rights; and he now stated in the presence of the English
prey, and in that great meeting, that the Bill of Rights had
been invaded. It stated most expressly that juries should be
duly empannelled and returned.—(Cheers.) Now, the Lord
Mayor and citizens of Dublin, and numerous other bodies,
bad petitioned the House of Commons, and complained (he
believed with justice) that the jury had not been properly
empannelled.—(Cheers.) He thought it was so, and lie
believed that all the meeting thought so too.—(Cheers.) Was
he not right then in saying that the Bill of Rights had been
invaded ?—(Cheers.) 'Well, then, they knew that this might
be only the first step.—(Hear, hear.) But it was in the
power of the constituency of England to put a stop to the
inroads upon the Constitution.—(Renewed cheering.) He
was convinced of this as much as of any fact recorded in his-
tory, that the liberties of this country were maintained by,
and were based upon, free discussion.—(l-lear, hear.) But
there had been in Ireland an attempt to suppress free discus-
sion, and it was for that meeting, and meetings like it, to say
whether the same thing should not be done shortly here.—
(Loud cries of " No, no—never more," and vehement
cheering.) There had been a new construction of the
law of conspiracy—in fact, it was as much a new law
as a new construction of the law. He did not know but
that by that new law the Government might not make
his Honourable Friend, the Member for Finsbury, as
great a conspirator as Daniel O'Connell.—(Great cheering
and laughter.) That was the fact ; for, mind, if they took
this meeting, and put to that the dinner which he (Mr.
Duncombe) attended the other day not far from this market,
and on the same subject—(Laughter)—and if they were to
put this meeting and that speech, and one dinner and another
speech—(A laugh)—they might, under their new law, make
up a very good case of conspiracy—(Cheers and great
laughter)—and the Hon. Member for Finsbury might be in-
dicted and imprisoned. He knew that the people of
England were just, and that the people of 'Westminster were
pre-eminently intelligent, and no attack upon liberty could
be made without their protesting against it, in this place—
(Covent-garden Market)and they were assembled here now
to protest against an encroachment on the trial by jury.—
(Hear). It might be proper for him to allude shortly to one
name which was introduced into the resolution—he meant
that of Daniel O'Connell:—(lmmense and long-continued
cheering, with waving of hats and handkerchiefs for several
minutes). He (Col. R.) wished to tell the meeting that he
was no follower of Mr. O'Connell's. He did not belong to
him. He had no party, but his country.—(Hear, hear).
(At this time a gentleman, who was stated to be " Captain
Ackerley," had procured some stool or chair upon which he
elevated himself close to the hustings and addressed the
meeting in so vociferous a manner, as to drown the voice of
the gallant Colonel. He paid no regard to the indignant
cries of " Shame, shame—off, off," with which he was assailed
from all parts of the meeting. At length, by a sudden rush
of the enraged crowd, the captain and his rostrum were over-
turned together, and the eccentric orator, it would seem, put
completely hors de combat, for he did not again present him-
self to the meeting. Order being restored)—
Colonel RAWDON proceeded. The country, and, indeed,
mankind were under a deep debt of gratitude to Mr.
O'Connell, who had ever advocated the rights of freemen, what-
ever their colour or religion might be—(Cheering)---and were
they, now that he was in prison, to hesitate in coining
forward in his cause•----Cheers.) It was because lie was in
.prison that he. (Colenel. Rawdon) raised his voice in his
favour.' He had never-done so before. But as a Member a
Parliament—a representative of the Irish people—and also as
an elector of the great city of Westminster, he should be
ashamed of himself if he (lid not denounce the unconstitu-
tional proceedings of the Government.—(Cheers.) Sir T.
Wilde, a lawyer, of •whom they had all heard, defended the
agitation for which Mr. O'Connell was imprisoned, and lie
defended it upon the ground that no redress of grievances
was ever obtained without agitation.—(Hear, hear.) It was
for that reason they were assembled here this clay, to
agitate and discuss their grievances, and to send
their petition to the House of Commons. He thanked them
for the manner in which they had heard him ; and he con-
gratulated the country upon the generous sympathy which
had been evinced for the oppressed in Ireland, which would
do much to produce harmony between the two countries.—
(Hear, hear.) Let them not stop to see what had been
done in Ireland repeated in England ; but if they
were not both watchful and energetic that would be done.—
(The Gallant Colonel retired amidst loud and repeated
cheers.)
The resolution was then put, and carried by acclamations
vehement and long continued.
Mr. DEVONPORT, late Member for Cheshire, came for-
ward to move the next resolution, which was, that a peti-
tion founded on the resolution just agreed to be
presented to Parliament. He thought that the
whole country, and more especially the constituency of West-
minster, were under great obligations to the distinguished
and patriotic Member for Finsbury, for having directed the
attention of the electors of this city to points, which for some
cause or other had been suffered to sink into apathetic desue-
tude.—(Hear.) That had not always been so. Some years
ago such conduct on the part of the Government as they
were now assembled to consider would have kindled a flame
in Westminster that would have aroused the whole
country. The most distinguished man in Ireland had been
subjected to imprisonment at the very time when a writ of
error was pending which might declare him innocent; and
we had scarcely recovered from our suspense at this when we
discovered that the Government was reading our letters in the
Post-office.--(Cheers.) As far as the petition went, lie
thought it was extremely good, and he felt extremely
honoured in being called on to propose it. But he urged
the meeting not to think that by-this petition they would
strike at the root of the evil. There were two machines of
legislation, and they might as well petition the two hands
of a watch to set the works right as petition those machines
to cure the evils of Government. They had themselves the
constructi n of one of those machines, and if they had made
for themselves a bed of thorns they must lie on it.—(Cheers,
and cries of " True, true.") The only way, as we under-
stood the Hon. Gentleman, to obtain a redress of grievances
was, that the people should properly exercise their power of
electing the House of Commons. He concluded by moving
that the petition be adopted as that of the meeting.
Mr. M'LEoD, in seconding the motion, said that the last
time he had thepleasure ofmeeting his brotherelectors in that
place was on the occasion when Sir F. Burdett was defeated.
Sir Francis was now in his grave, and they might let his
faults sleep with him.—(Hear, hear.) But he (Mr. APLeod )
never felt so much pleasure in coming before them as he did I
in the cause of Mr. O'Connell, a man who deserved so much
of his country, and who had committed no offence, and
broken no law.—(Hear.) The very judge that sentenced
him shed tears whilst he pronounced the will of the Court,
and observed that the most remarkable part of Mr.
O'Connell's conduct was his constant and successful endea-
vours to preserve the peace and prevent disturbance. Well,
that might be Irish law—to send a man to prison for keeping
the peace.—(Laughter.) Would they let him out soon if he
promised to kick up a row ?—(Cheers and laughter.) It was
a dangerous thing for Englishmen to look on quietly at such
things.— (Cheers.) The Government who had acted so in
Ireland, would send every man in that meeting to prison
if they dared.—(Cheers.) In seeking the redress of
grievances the people had no right to destroy property,
to be riotous, or to commit depredations upon each other ;
but they had a right to meet in thousands and tens of
thousands to petition Parliament forredress.—(Cheers.) He
was satisfied that England and Scotland had been too remiss
in not seeing justice done to Ireland, and that they would
suffer for their remissness, unless they came forward now and
said to Ireland "We will see justice done to you, when
we see the most just, wise, and humane of men sent to
prison."—(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) For his part he
(Mr. M'Leod) declared, as a Scotchman, that if justice were
not speedily done to Mr. O'Connell and the people of Ireland,
he himself would become a repealer.—(Great cheering.)
Indeed he was not certain how far he might go yet.—(A
laugh.) At first he had a drop of the Whig poison in his
political constitution—(A laugh)—then he became a
Radical—and now he was happy to say that he was a
thorough Chartist ; and if the Government went on in
the same manner, he must go on in his own
course, and be a repealer—(Cheers and laughter.) He was
inclined to believe that Lord Howick was going on the same
road with himself, and he thought that Lord John Russell
would not be a very long march behind them, if he had
lost his love of place.—(Cheers and laughter.) He had never
seen assemble there so magnificent a meeting as the present.
nor ever one more orderly. He was proud of that, for no-
thing would the enemies of the people desire more than to
see rioting. "If we were so," said he, " they would drink
our health and bad luck to us."—(A laugh). He concluded
by seconding the resolution, and reading the petition, which
was adopted unanimously, amidst the most enthusiastiC
cheering.
Mr. F. O'CONNOR then rose and addressed the meeting as
Irishmen, Englishmen, and Scotchmen. The resolution which
he had to propose was big with importance. It was that the
petition they had just adopted be presented by that vene-
rable and patriotic Nobleman, the Earl of Radnor, to the
House of Peers ; and by Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esq.,
to the House of Commons. He was not sure that on that
day he could have been able to stand before them ; but on
an important occasion like that he could not resist the temp-
tation of having a flying shot at corruption.—(Laughter and
cheers.) It was said, and said truly, that when bad
men conspired, good men united.—(Continued cheers.)
So it was then. Bad men in that country, as well
as in Ireland had conspired against the liberties of the
people. They had tried to confine within improper limits
the time-honoured liberty of free discussion.—(Cheers.)
They were there met that day to demand justice, as well as
to preserve a sacred right. No doubt their present spy Go-
vernment thought that by their oppressive application of a
bad law to Ireland, they might in time communicate the
same to England also.—(Cries of "No, no.") Ireland had
been now persecuted for upwards of seven centuries. This
day (some of them might be aware of the fact) was the ann-
niversary of the battle of the Boyne.

" July the first, in Oldbridge town
There was a famous battle,
And many a man lay on the ground
Amid the cannons' rattle."
They were there that day to declare that the Irish people
had recognised a great principle—(Cheers)—promulgated by
their great leader, and they were there also to express their
opinion that when that leader was imprisoned within the
walls of the Richmond Penitentiary, it was not only an insult
to the people of Ireland, but to those in that country also
; who recognised the same principle. They had read in the daily
papers of the disgraceful tampering with the jury list; of the
impediments thrown in the way of the traversers' counsel;
and they had read also the charge of the Chief Justice.—
(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Yet, notwithstanding all these efforts
to crush and destroy the spirit of liberty in that country, it
had arisen, and would further rise, in spite of all opposition.
—(Great cheering.) Many Irishmen had been trans-
ported for less (offences they were called) than that they
were then committing: many Irishmen were then strangers
from the land of their birth for less than that. And he (Mr.
O'Connor), for one, if marked for transportation to-morrow for
a similar offence, would still discuss the advantages of a sepa-
rate Legislature for Ireland.— (Cheers.) They would ulti-
mately be able to achieve that great object. If they followed
the maxim of their incarcerated leader—if they remained
tranquil they would assuredly beat the " Iron Duke," and
Sir James Letterbox into the bare ain.—(Great laughter, and
cheers.) The very judge who had passed sentence upon Mr.
O'Connell said that he and he only had preserved the peace
of Ireland.—(lmmense cheers.) It was an event in the
history of the times to see Englishmen, Irishmen, and
Scotchmeu meeting there that day, and uniting as
one man in denouncing the wrongs that had been inflicted
on Mr. O'Connell. And why were these wrongs inflicted?
Day after day the Legislature were repealing Acts of Par-
liament standing in the way of their own licentiousness, and
was it more difficult to repeal the union than any
other Act? It bad been well said by gentlemen
" that three millions of, Irish slaves could rivet Eng-
land's chains," and now they had four millions of those
very slaves. He (Mr. O'Connor) doubted much if Mr.
O'Connell would receive with pleasure an account of
the proceedings of that day, if some expression of
faith in the principles he had so long and so con-
sistently advocated, did not accompany that account.
He believed that if Westminster that day expressed itself in
favour of repeal, that neither Sir R. Peel nor Sir James Fouche
—(Laughter)—would dare to carry their war further into
Ireland.—(Cheers.) He had never attended a
meeting with greater pride or pleasure than he had
that; but one thing he would request of ,them.
When Mr. Smith O'Brien was addressing the persons met in
the Conciliation Hall in Dublin, he said that one petition
" wanted the principal merit, because it did net speak of the
repeal of the union." Let them not forget to speak of it.
He had to announce that a meeting would be
held that evening in another place to petition
Parliament in time for Mr. Duncombe to present it
on the morrow, not to allow Sir James Graham to open all
their letters.—(Great cheering, and loud cries of " Shame,
shame.") He would remind them that every fortifica-
tion was defended by its little bastions, and if they
wished to overturn the great citadel of corruption, they
must first sap the little bastions. They ought to look upon
Ireland and repeal as man and wife, and to say with holy
writ, " What God bath joined together let no tyrant put
asunder." He would again remind them that his resolution
was to the effect that Lord Radnor should present their peti-
tion in the Lords, and that Mr. Duncombe, the Member for all
England—(Cheering)—should do the same in the Commons.
In conclusion he would merely say that after this resolution
was disposed of, an address to Mr. O'Connell would be sub-
mitted to them, which if they heard, would, he had no doubt,
raise—as an Irish saying had it—the very cockles of their
heart with ecstasy.—(Great cheering.)
The Rev. Dr. WADE said that he had for twenty years
attended meetings in Covent-garden, but never had he with
more pleasure than on that occasion risen to address a few
words to the audience. He had never seen a larger or a
more respectable assemblage, and they conducted themselves
with the propriety to be expected from the friends
of justice, of good order, liberty, and humanity.—
(Great cheering.) He only wished that that great
man O'Connell himself was there present to see
them. It would do his heart good. But although he
was not there with them that day, if they but put
their shoulders manfully to the wheel of liberty
they would soon see his face and that of the other traversers
among them. They would hear their voices discussing and
advocating the principles of liberty all over the world.—(Great
cheering.) He (Mr. Wade) appeared on that platform more
particularly in his character of a clergyman of the Church of
England, yes, and a beneficed clergyman too—(Laughter)—
and he was neither cautious nor afraid to pay his tribute of
respect to his fellow-clergymen of the Roman Catholic
Church.—(Great cheers.) Mr. O'Connell had laid down a
rule of action excellent in the highest degree—namely,
moral in opposition to physical force. That line
of conduct did much credit to the clergy of the Catho-
lic Church and to him. The Roman Catholic clergy had
set a noble example, and he was proud to see that one of
them, Dr. M‘Ghee, was on that platform.—(Great cheering.)
He was glad to hear that in the churches of Ireland prayers
were offered for Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers.
He trusted the meeting would join with him in a similar
duty. The Rev. Gentleman then, in a very expressive man-
ner said, may our hearty sympathy be with our fellow-men,
the millionseef Ireland, and may God Almighty, who is the
God of nations as well as of individuals, free them (the
traversers) from their present situation, and hold them up as
martyrs for our good example.
The resolution was then put and carried amidst acclama-
tions.

Mr. O'Coxxoa then moved and read a long address
to Mr. O'Connell. It was written upon vellum, and was
surrounded by a beautiful illuminated border in scroll, or
rather arabesque, representing the shamrock, its stem, leaves,
and flower entwined. The manuscript is surmounted by a
neat drawing of the ancient harp of Ireland, and another
ancient harp of a somewhat different form was placed at the
bottom of the page. The address was couched in the most
laudatory terms, and expressed the gratification of the
meeting at the humiliating position of the Government, and
the glorious height to which Mr. O'Connell had raised his
country.
The address was seconded by Mr. WHEELER, and was car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then said that it was hardly ne-
cessary for him to assure the meeting, that if honoured
with the presentation of their petition to the House
of Commons, he would do it with the greatest plea-
sure. He could not, however, help expressing his
regret that neither of the Honourable Members for the City of
Westminster were there—(Cries of " Shame on them ")—to
receiye the petition from their hands. But in that business
he would act as their organ in the House of Commons. He
should have great pride in doing so, as it would in fact be only
fulfilling a pledge he had given to Mr. O'Connell at a dinner
given to that gentleman at a theatre not far distant. He
( Mr. Duncombe) then said that in the event of Mr. O'Connell
being imprisoned, the people of England would rise in their
thousands, and force a venial Government to set him at
liberty. He was glad to sec that the city of Westminster
had that day risen in fulfilment of his pledge, and he hoped
that the enthusiasm would soon become national.--
(Cheers.) He begged to propose a vote of thanks to the
High Bailiff of Westminster for his courteous and admirable
conduct in the chair. _ _

The motion was seconded by Dr. M'GIIEE.
The lima' BAILIFF returned thanks, and said, that as long
as he was honoured with the situation he held, he should
have no hesitation in calling frequent meetings, if all con-
ducted themselves in the same orderly manner as they had
done that day.
The meeting then, after three hearty cheers for Mr. O'Con-
nell and repeal, and for the high Bailiff, separated in the
most quiet manner.

IRELAND.
MORE DISMISSALS.-DUBLIN, JUNE 29.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SOUTHERN REPORTER."

" Sir,—By the following correspondence you will per-
ceive that our Executive would out-Herod' the Inquisi-
tion of' old'—l shall only with Cicero exclaim, Quousquc
tandem abutere patientia nostra ? Quamdiu nos etiam
furor iste tuus eludet ? Quem ad finem sese effrenata
jactabit audacia ?' &c.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your humble servant,
" CORNELIUS O'BRIEN."
" Secretary's Office, Four Courts, Dublin,
19th June, 1844.

" Sir,—lt having been reported to the Lord Chan-
cellor that you were in the chair at a repeal meeting,
held in the chapel-yard at Castlelyons, on the 13th
instant, immediately after mass, one object of which
was to collect money in aid of repeal, I am directed to
inquire of you, as a magistrate of the county of Cork,
whether the report be correct ? It is said that you
stated you were no repealer, but that you advised every
Roman Catholic to become one, and that one reason why
you were not a repealer was that you were in the com-
mission of the peace.--I have the honour to be, Sir,
your most obedient servant,
" HENRY SUGDEN, Secretary.
" To Cornelius O'Brien, Esq."
Kilcor, Rathcormac, 21st June, 1844.
_ _ _

" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter
a the 19th instant, and beg to inform you that
I was chairman of the meeting held in the chapel-
yard of Castlelyons on the 12th instant, for the pur-
pose of voting an address of sympathy and condo-
lence to O'Connell on the severe and unjust conse-
quences to him of the late monster ordeal, miscalled a
trial, in which every sense of British fair play was out-
raged, and her Majesty's loyal Roman Catholic subjects
insulted by an attempt at degradation. I, at this meeting,
declared myself to be no repealer, and not, as stated in
your letter, which I should hold to be as insulting to my
Sovereign as to myself ; but I stated that, in my
opinion, the chair was a becoming place for a person
holding her Majesty's commission of the peace, when
the people, at present, under the powerful shield of the
British Constitution, come forth and to seek redress for
their wrongs. I must here declare, that with the ex-
ception of myself, they were to a man repealers, and I
havo no doubt but that money was collected for the
purpose you mention after the meeting. I, myself
gave a pound to the secretary, to be forwarded to Mr.
O'Connell, calling his attention to the fact of my not pay-
ing it into the repeal fund. As your letter appears to me to
call for an explanation of my political opinions, I may
here state, that did I really think that repeal would
benefit the empire, my holding her Majesty's commission
would not prevent me from expressing my opinion upon
that question as soon as upon any other. I have now
held the commission for nearly twenty years, free and
unshackled, governed alone by my sense of honour and
justice, and I look upon a questioning of my conduct
under those circumstances as an insult.—l have the
honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,

- " CORNELIUS O'BRIEN."
" Secretary's Office, Four Courts,
" Dublin, June 25, 1844.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 21st instant, and to inform you that

DEPARTURES.
Lord and Lady John Scott, from the Clarendon Hotel,
Bond-street, for their seat, near Dunchurch, Warwick-
shire; Mr. and Mrs. Gambier, from the St. George's Hotel,
for their seat, near Ware; Mr. Smyth Pigott, for Cowes, Isle
of Wight ; the Hon. and Rev. F. Bertie, for Brighton ' • Mr.
Henry Oglander, for Cowes, Isle of Wight; Major and Mrs.
Pipon, for the New Steyne, at Brighten ; Major-General
Shadforth, for the Marina, St. Leonard's-on-Sea; W. Dela-
field, Esq., for Cowe,s, Isle of Wight; Rev. Boothby, for
the Albion Hotel, Brighton ; Sumner, Esq., for St. Leo-
nard's-on-Sea; Monsieur and Madame Anna Thillon, from
Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, for Paris ; Joseph Venetia, '
Esq., from ditto, for Paris; C. Thelluson, Esq., from ditto,
for Brighton; H. Tylden, Esq., from ditto, for York; F. Bell,
Esq., from ditto, for Scotland; John Durham, Esq., from do.
CHANGES.

Lord and Lady Hamberton and the Hon. Miss Pomeroy,
at. Leamington Spa, from their seat, Rathangan House, near
Dublin; the Earl of Yarborough, at the Squadron House,
Cowes, from Appuldercombe Park ; the Rev. W. and Lady
Frances Bridgeman Simpson, from a visit to the Hon. Capt.
and Mrs. Dudley Pelham, at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, for Bab-
north Rectory, Notts; the Hon. Lindsey, at Leamington
Spa, from a tour; Mr. and Lady Theodosia Hale, at Chel-
tenham, from their seat in Wilts.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.
On Saturday the annual distribution of the prizes in
the faculty of arts took place in the theatre of Uni-
versity College, London, which was densely ciowded by
a most:fashionab'e auditory.
The Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., pre-
sided, and amongst the gentleman present were observed
Lord Auckland, Vice-president of the College • Dr.
Bewring, M.P., Mr. W. D. Christie, M.P., Mr. War-
burton, M.P., Sir I. L. Goldsmid, H. Weymouth, Esq.,
H. Crabbe Robinson' Esq., Charles Cochrane, Esq., &c.
The Dean of the Faculty of Arts read the report for
the past session, from which it appeared that the num-
ber ( f students in the faculty of medicine, not including
those who attended the schoolmasters' course, had been
142, and the general conduct of the students had
been very satisfactory throughout the session. The
vacant chair of natural philosopny has been filled by the
re-appointment of Mr. Potter, and in consequence
of the large bequests which had lately been made to the
College it was confidently hoped the Council would have
the power of endowing the professorship permanently.
Mr. Graves had retired at the beginning of the session
from the professorship of Jurisprudence, and his place
had been supplied by Mr. Hargreave, who was formerly
a student in the College, but whose high attainments
fitted him in every respect for the office of a professor.
Amongst other advances which had been made by the
students of the College were, that some had already been
enrolled amongst members of the Council. One of them
was now received into the senate, and a new era had
been effected in the constitution of the College by the
admission during the past session of three of the former
students to be members of the College with the title of
fellows. The gentlemen on whom this distinction had
been conferred were Dr. Taylor, Mr. Waley, and Mr.
John Richard Quain.
The Noble Chairman then proceeded to distribute the
prizes in the following order :

ENGLISH LAW.

21
ds t Course.—Prize, se
Course.—Prize,
i‘JI
Henry
S s t
Riddell,n fie
of Hampstead.
London.
3d Course.—Prize, Mr. Henry Riddell.

LATIN.

Senior Class.—lst Prize, Mr. William Rushton, of
Liverpool.
Senior Class.-2d Prize,_Mr. John Lane Evans, of
London.

Junior Class.-Ist Prize, Mr. IL G. Rosher, of London.
Junior Class.-2d Prize. Mr. Wm. Colfox, of Bridport.

GREEK.

Junior Class.-Ist Prize, Mr. H. G. Rosher.
Junior Class.-2d Prize, Mr. J. R. Gibson, ofLiverpool.

HEBREW.

Senior Class.—Prize, Mr. Henry R. Reynolds, of
Coward College.

ENGLISH.
• Language.—Prize, Mr. J. C. Hahn, jun., Hackney.
Literature.—Prize, Mr. W. C. Roscoe, f Liverpool.

FRENCH.
Senior Class—Prize, Mr. Horace Lloyd, of London.
Junior Class.—Prize, Mr. A.S.Bolton, of Birmingham.'
ITALIAN.
Prize, Mr. E. H. Martineau, of London.

GE R31.4.N.
Senior Class.—Prize, Mr. Charles Somerton, of
Knowle, Bristol.
Junior Class.—Prize, Mr. J. R. Gibson.

COMPARATIVE GRAMMAR.
Prize, Mr. R. H. Hutton, of London.

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND LOGIC.
Ist Prize, Mr. Charles Somerton.
2d Prize, Mr. C. J. Russell, of Coward College.