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NPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
The Column Stakes, of which we forwarded the result
die
the Heath, deserves a few additional particulars.
ie running was made by Mr. Osbaldeston's filly, fol- ;
n,
1144 by the Alea colt and Economy, Crenoline lying !
:ff; the pace moderately good to the bushes, then became
erY fast, and was so well sustained that at the cords ,
'We
and Cr onenly were left in the race—Mr. Osbaldeston's filly
oline. The struggle home was uncommonly
ele, Crenoline, who had run a waiting race, and never
Det 1113 until the last three strides, winning on the post
Y
a head. The Agreeable colt was a middling third,
alicl the Alea colt, who broke down, a middling fourth.
RACE COURSE, THURSDAY, THREE O'CLOCK. Of the three races, to
which a miserably poor list is
,„(346ned, two only were decided at the time our parcel
"ass raade up for the last t rain at Hockerill; the third
rests between Colonel Peel's two, Orlando and Zenobia,
lid the Duke of Portland's Manto filly, and is so com-
p etely
ii,„ a " certainty " for the Colonel as to render it un-
necessary to forward an express throughout. The first
excited great interest, not from its intrinsic value
or in-
1., portance, but from the additional line it was calcu-
,'"ed to give of one of the Derby cracks, Delapre,
‘itren_i__
ha,. 6 y fancied), ran second to Rattan on Monday,
w "mg to give 9lbs to a horse that won at II arwick, and
69.13,8ee0nd to Vitellius at Northampton. It came off at
8 iPast two o'clock as follows:
weePatakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old.
D.M. Subs.
1,411 Albemarle's Delapre,(4 7st 71b) (Whitehouse) 1
''''r• Eerrington's Father Mathew, 6st 21b
IpThe betting was unusually heavy for a race of this
sol, finishing after two or three fluctuations at 11 to
at iii .uelapre. Father Mathew made strong running
,11,,iss best pace into the cords, was challenged half way
t(1-titibteeusntgbynear the end, and was beaten after a severe
half a length.
' f seription Plate of 501. ; for three yrs old, 6st 121 b ;
Th°ller,Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b. D.M.
I\_ winner to be sold for 300/., &c.
r"r,P of Grafton's Cataract, 4 yrs (J. Day, jun.) 1
'4001.(1 Exeter's Czar, 4 yrs
Thel'eel'a cby Slane, out of Jason's dam, 3 yrs
in following also ran:—Lord Miltown's Bourra To-
haul's yrs—Mr. Rogers's Amato, 3 yrs—Col. Wynd.-
da7 8 Auniskull 3 and Lord Albemarle's Candi-
..e, 3yr , yrs—
ag2st Czargst Slane colt, 7 to 2 agst Numskull, 4to I
Woi and 5 to 1 agst Amato.
and
tphse t a‘ '.-
kt" 1 .e 8 sY by a length; CoL Peel's colt a bad third,
Svvee "era beaten off.
_fillies., ast of 200 sovs. each, h ft ; colts, Bst 71b ;
41b, the produce of mares that have bred a
pner of the Two Thousand Guineas, Grand Duke
thole,ha,el, Derby, Oaks, St. Leger, to carry 7tbs extra ;
316:e by Untried stallions, or out of untried mares,
Colonel,,, '
Peel's
; ( 6 Subs.)
Orlando, by Touchstone... Walked over.
:
Evasion
following horses were sold this morning :-
od2len, 151 guineas ; Emotion, 40 guineas ; Ends-and-
,oll'l 64 ; Elmira, 32 guineas ; and a yearling
bY Coramodore or Albemarle, out of Emotion, 10
ellitteas.
inCIRESTER CM—Bramble is now first favourite at 10
I; no other change. The Derby betting as before.
3 -11 E -NEW BETTING Room.—At the suggestion of
ikei/ler„el influential members. of the Jockey Club, the list
3 ue ready every night in this room at half past ten
o clock. ~
all„e,"', match for Friday.—Duke of Bedford's Espoir,
20, h
ft.
uh, a gst Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 7st 121 b ; T.Y.C.
Tl, EAST KENT HUNT RACES—TUESDAY.
"e %inters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, a mile and a half,
llst 71b each. The winner to be sold for 2001., &c.
110 Subs.)
L'it'itlNei
kr,
,lss orni'eskCwriecezr, aged (Owner) 1
aged
The 1, Seven others started.
-l'arraers' Plate of 301., and 10/. for the second,
r.. 1.,,. list 71b each. Heats, one mile.
Itr. Tellut's Gay Lass, 6 yrs...(Owner) 0 1 2 1 1
fir' • Collard's Vesper, aged 2 0 1 2 2
Ayers's Blucher, 6 yrs 1 2 0 3 3
The el Five others were not placed.
". arri s on Plate of 20 sovs, added to a Sweeps of 3
r_vs each, 1 Ist 71b, one mile and a dis. Winner to
ealleta.olcl for 80/., &c. (6 Subs.)
P. vt•ti ower's Kitten (late Simon Pure), 6 yrs ... 1
4r• Little's Pickwick, aged 2
kr: Itsiddell's Imperial 3
tuart's Columbine, aged
Thirishrnan and Carlotta Grisi were not placed.
tltlasfe Scurry Stakes of 1 sov. each, 1 Ist 71b, three-
woll i.ees
h of a mile, winner to be sold for 401., &c., were
Oai `) Mr. Hab's Bavarian, (Simmonds), beating
,-„I;, hilde Harold, and two others.
we;eee Tally Ho Stakes, two miles and a distance, 12st,
Sutton ,"n by Plough Boy (Jackson), beating Mr.
eroft,ssfreAullin„..ton, Mr. Wilson's Creeper, and Mr.
11, e_ aulng.
'e Easter Plate was walked over for.
1„ REN,
•ba • --LATCH STEEPLE CHASES—TUESDAY. _
11:1411errom8Wteheepfsutankde.s of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added
Four miles. (11 Subs.)
tfrt,;_etherton's Marengo, aged, I Ist (Owner)
21
!Ir. 4-"`"rt's Birthday, aged, lOst 71b
Kr. Q-I)les's Jack, lOst 101 b
11 rindle's Ace of Diamond's, lOst 51b
by a re
others were placed. A good race, and won
Se,,, 'Nth.
ePstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added ; winner to
r., be sold for 50/., &c. Heats, 2 miles.
1,.,_.-Ivretherton's Jack, aged, 1 Ist ...(Owner) 3 1 1
ilr,.. I„4onhara's XX (late Ball) I Ist
itZ. Robert's Birthday, 11st
iil.l.
Patrick's
Mystic, list
'r,,,yeatriek's Shakespeare 1 Ist
The first heat was won cleverly, and the others easily.
IqWMARKET CRAVEN(ECIc THIS DAY.)
Sweepstakes of 100 so MEETING—THURSDAY.
(CONCLUDED.)
colts, Bst 7lb
Colonel Peel's 0 1 8 :la• each, h ft, for three yrs old ;
'fillies, Bst 41b. D.M. (6 Subs.)
3lbs) ... r ando, out of Touchstone (allowed
Duke
of
p01:ti.a.n..(.1; ..
f. .... ............................
b...(Nal 0
sto 1 , 0 l 8-f -y Beiram out of Manto (Boyce) 2
and a half. u r and h ' •
0, w o won in a canter y a length
TserJß
readingathai. of the list"
arr
the
c,
T.—otate of the odds up to the
io ast ten • at the Subscription Betting-room,
A. OR,PQ •."-"'
1111 'TAKEB.---.5 to 2
iZtegon-5 to i gt G agst Lothario-5 to 25 atogs4t
wo agst the fiaelds. Gaper-5 to 1 agst Mucraetd—.
""Wer, Na_
Pier, Minotaurl,yanleprfiarustietiwnoarbea k The
scratched.
10 to 1 CHESTER CUP.
12 to agSt Bramble 25 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn
.
2, , M
1 agst Pagan
—taken 1 agst Preedorn—t I No others mentionet .
7 to
to 2 ' DERBY.
1 2 agst Rattan—taken 25 to 1 agst Orlando
25 t,,,, , agst Ugly Buck—t 25 to 1 agst lonian
i agst Mount Charles 25 to 1 agst Running Rein
25 to Istaken 1000 to 10 agst Dr. Phillimroe
25 to ; agst Campanero —taken
1000 even
Leander 1000 to 10 agst Vat colt—t
1%0
‘,'.en Orlando agst lonian.
100 'vela between Cockamaroo and Mount Charles.
6 Coen Mount Charles agst Mr. Ford's lot.
, lia d,° 3 the field agst two.
mta,ll,"?,al) for To-morrow—Garry Owen, Bst 131 b ;
7st 9ii;'. 'a? 131 b ; Wee Pet, 7st 121 b ; Elegance filly,
140,,, ; Sister to Corranna, ist 31b ; Birdeen, Est 101 b ;
Mocha
;
rate', 101 b.
.1.
_rate', ,
'''''rd Et --"uhe of Bedford's Panther receives from
CA,,ter's Antenor.
Two yrs BRIDGE RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
Itr, ir old sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each ; colts, Bst 51b,
at ess 1 • fillies, Bst 21b.—One mile.
-ie.,' , e tine's Marian Ramsay (Cartwright) 1
Lord Zetla
°nstulle's e by St. Martin Marchioness
11. r„, dis Sister to Co-heiress
ford ~-,laret Stakes of 10 sovs. each.—Two miles.
kr tujit;sgtwr:sTbafyi)o3,?, Muley Moloch (Templeman) 1
2

The ~,,. • BOAT RACE.
ath sT'nin hof the season took
rooms,
The
thegentle fth Oxford Subscription-
Lon
men o e
p4ee.yesterday
n• The opening of the boat-racing season at an earlierthe
period than heretofore has long been a desideratum, and
1,,_
!kalnple set in this respect by the Oxonians,
(.10ewntly from want of practice, not in a first-rate condition
r Thevvill
give much satisfaction to the admirers of sport.theerrud..
although e
toi
,‘. e qi t ncebeing, as usual,
,er,th:ontse:t was fora pair of silver oars and a silver
at
,1•101 gentlemen met at their t Messrs. Ser es,
Ilalf-
past five, and drew for crew"so.orns, afollowing were lotted
from Westminster to flu,tney.
The
together, and took their stati just before six o'clock, at
vt estminster-bridge :—... stations just
„,. White.
Blue.
4ur. Mat. Yellow.
4 ~ veriY, stroke Mr. Tuke, stroke Mr. Lambert, stroke.
• Atr. Welch
2. Mr 111 3. Mr. Meynell 3. Mr. Conant
1. ik ' -I.rnart 2. Mr. Spotteswoode 2. Mr. Stapylton
Ir. Taylor 1. Mr. E. N. Conant 1. Mr. Hullah
Mr. Stapylton, Mr. Hammers, Mr. Pemberton,
steerer
steerer.
The R steerer
te_ oyal Academicians, the St. George's, a portion of the
Zwitn, 'older Club, and half-a-dozen other boats or so were out
quaess the race. They all went away together, and it
, terery animated and pretty struggle for the first j;liroexe:
L1...s of a mile. Blue then took the lead,
.but at N ae
off.-
I,7„eUridge Yellow bumped them, and took their steeragway
wllithrgthenawent in advance, and kept it theeswsehole
d by Blue
thlz:tiongniiobT bßiatelewnagsthso,malethrseoccelosel3, pressed
astern. The gentle-
the
,1,113 Tay_ afterwards sat down to a good spread at Aviss's,
ern.

_________......--.----
iliy"cE EUGENE.---ThiS day, April 10, is the an-
13_
,e_rsary of the death of, in 1736, of Prince Eugene, the
.le.brated commander, in conjunction with the great
atn\rkeieo! Marlborough, of the allied armies. He died
lad , 'ma. He was so popular in England that a maiden
g,..Y uequeathed him 2,500 L, and a gardener, 100/. At
1,.4a4,,,,11.,_e1en's Fhurch, orcester, is a set. of bells with
tt'," sod inscriptions, recording the victories gained
the,-/tieeri Anne's reign, when they were cast. Among
n' is one entitled Eugene," and which bears this
couplet :
" With joy I hear illustrious Eugene's name ;
, Pity'rite of fortune and the boast of fame."
f "EvrronD.—Dickenson, the husband of the un-
ilrtunate lunatic who lately murdered her two children at
I.ePtford, was found dead yesterday morning, having hung
lotto to his bed-post. Before doing the deed, he wrote
~,e, ters to several friends, from which it plainly rppears that
misfortunesili'l had upset his reason. He appears to have
1.„. 4n
previous to hanging himself, and a razor
as found under his pillow. 1. eURIOUS BEQUEST.—Thomas Fletcher, who was
rilktinist to Queen Elizabeth, gave directions by his will,
that his coffin should be opened every seven years and
e)sed to public view. His request was complied with.
several times, and the last aceount of the ceremony is in
wriivuld newspaper, dated the 3d of November, 1734, in
which
it dosed to is said that, " Yesterday his body was ex-
he bonywhich surrounds the Egyptian mummies ; and his
PPers would be quite invisible, had not a portion of the
°lle
been broken in."

MR. O'CONNELL IN CORK.
GREAT DINNER.
(From the Cork Examiner.)
The grand banquet to O'Connell took place at Cork
on Monday evening. It was a most splendid affair, the
preparations having been made on the most extensive
scale. To say that the banquet-hall presented a bril-
liant and imposing spectacle, would be far short of the
magnificent coup d'ceil that burst upon the astonished
vision of the 800 gentlemen who assembled within its
walls. All that vast extent of space could produce, or
that elaborate and elegant decoration could effect, was
done in order to render this demonstration memorable in
the minds of those who participated in its festivity. A
splendid canopy of rich crimson damask stretched the
whole length of the upper end of the vast saloon, en-
tirely arching over the table at which sat the Chairman,
the guests of the evening, and the principal members of
the Corporatien, together with the city, county, and pro-
vincial members. Oyer the canopy, which was orna-
mented with gilt cornices, &c., and put up by Mr. D.
W. Galligan, was placed a crown, with the letters
" V. R." in resplendent gas, which shed a flood of light
upon the arms of the different corporations present.
Immedietely under the canopy, and above the chair,
were the words " Justice to Ireland," emblazoned in
letters of burnished gold. The tables were covered with
the most costly ornaments, and furnished with every
delicacy that care or expense could supply. The ceiling
was decorated by three medalions, or centre pieces, from
which large chandeliers depended. One, nearest to
the chair, contained a representatiun of the old
Irish crown and harp ; the other the Royal arms
of Britain, and the third thole of the Prince of Wales.
We must notice two interesting figures, interesting not
only from the ability with which they were executed—
but from the sentiment they were meant to convey. At
either end of the crimson canopy was placed one of these
figures, the oneVepresenting Erin stretching forth the hand
of peace to her haughty sister, England, who was repre-
sented by the other figure. The pillars supporting the
galleries were wreathed with bright evergreens, that im-
parttd a fresh and pleasant effect. The galleries were
filled to their utmost limit by more than three hundred
ladies, dressed with fashionable elegance, and all wear-
ing their brightest smiles for "the hour and the man."
W. Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P., took the chair.
Near the Chairman we noticed John O'Connell, Esq.,
Grena ; Mr. Caleb Powel, M.P., Limerick ; Sir David
Roche, M.P. ; Dan. Callaghan, M.P. ; John O'Connell,
M.P. ; Maurice O'Connell, M.P. ; Nicholas Maher,
M.P. ; E. B. Roche, M.P. ; Morgan John O'Connell,
M.P. ; Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart., Toureen; Sir Ben-
jamin Morris, Waterford ; J. Callaghan, Esq., Errina
House, county Limerick ; Rev. Mr. Tierney ; Richard
Barrett, Dublin ; Edward Thomas Power, Waterford ;
Very Rev. Dr. Fogarty, P.P , Lismore ; Henry Russell,
Esq., Russell House, Charleville ; Very Rev. Dr. Laffan,
Fethard, Tipperary ; Joseph Ha) es, Esq , Cork ;
T. S. Copinger, Esq. ; J. P. Midleton ; Doctors ald
win and Bourke, P.P.'s, Clonmel ; Wiilliam Galvvey,
Esq., Fort Arthur ; the Rev. Dr. Murphy, Cork ; J.
Galwey, Cork ; T. Healey ; Michael M'Swiney, Cork ;
and, of course, an immense number of persons.
The Corporations of Limerick, of Waterford, of Clon-
mel, of Kilkenny, of Cashel, and of Cork, were appro-
priately represented.
When the cloth had been removed, the Rev. William
O'Sullivan read letters from the Archbishop of Tuam,
from Drs. Slattery, Crotty, O'Higgins, and Kennedy, ac-
counting for their unwilling absence.
The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the first toast. lie
called on them to fill a bumper in commencing the pro-
ceedings on that interesting occasion, by drinking the
" Health of the Sovereign." He saw before him a mag •
nificent array of names, whose patriotism was unbounded
as their loyalty was unquestionable.—(Hear, hear.) The
Irish people had ever shown a disposition to uphold the
principle of monarchy. Whatever antipathy they might
hold against a British Parliament, there was none against
the British Queen.—(Loud cheers.) He need scarcely
allude, then, to Norway or Hungary, nor to the e ell-
known " Moriamur pro rege nostro Maria Theresa." If
such be our loyalty now, continued the eloquent Chair-
man, what wiil it be when we are able to associate with
our cause the name of our venerated and beloved Sove-
reign?—(Cheers.) That her reign might be ever memo-
rable for her attention to Ireland, to Irish right, and
Irish prosperity, was his devout and most sincere prayer.
—(Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with the ut-
most enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The People."
"The Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, and the rest
of the Royal Family resident in England," were duly
honoured.
The CHAIRMAN said that the next toast he had to
give was •"flie Land of our Birth and of our Affections."
The CHAIRMAN—I shall not delay you longer—your
impatience must be relieved. I have now to propose to
you the health of the veteran patriot who sits by my
side.—(The company here rose en masse, and gave re-
peated cheers.) Gentlemen, here is a great moral ex-
ample. Hitherto, mankind had been too much in the
habit of awarding their admiration and applause to those
who had distinguished themselves not by augmenting
the happiness of mankind, but by extending throughout
the world carnage and slaughter, and the name of great
has been given to those who have sacrificed the greatest
number of human beings. But we, Gentlemen, are
assembled here to-night to set to mankind an example in
awarding our admiration and homage to the man whose
whole life has been spent in endeavouring to secure by
peaceful means alone the happiness of his countrymen
and of his species—a nobler description of greatness
surely than that which can be claimed by any of those, or
which history has given to them on the grounds which I
have mentioned.—(Hear.) To the Irish nation Mr.
O'Connell is endeared not only by his connection with
these topics, but especially when we consider his contin-
uous unceasing efforts to redeem his country from pro-
vincial degradation—when we see him entering life as a
combatant against the union, resisting with all his youth-
ful energy, in all the eloquence of youthful vigour, that
measure. Again, in 1810, we find him taking advantage
of the first opportunity that presented itself for recalling
to his countrymen a sense of the wrongs they had sus-
tained—(Hear, hear)—itnd in 1830, when he began to
feel that the Emancipation Act was, as regards the great
mass of the people, a dead letter, he hoisted the standard
of repeal, nor was that standard laid aside for a moment
until he had a reasonable expectation that from the
justice of England this country might hope for peaceful
legislation.—(Hear, hear.) He gave to that experiment
ample time, he exhausted the patience of his countrymen,
and at length, in 1839, after having for five years relied
on the reasonableness of the claims advanced, and on the
justice of the English people, and found that that on
which he relied was based on no solid foundation, he then
indeed rehoisted the standard of repeal—(Cheers)—and
was he not justified in that course ? Some doubted at
the time that Mr. O'Connell was justified, and for a con-
siderable time there was apathy in the public mind. But
Mr. O'Connell has been justified by events. But
when it was found that the same policy was adopted
which was pursued by Conservatives out of office, and
that this country was to reeeive nothing but insult and
disgrace from England, then indeed the Irish nation
arose in all her might, and, by the spontaneous action of
the whole nation, hundreds of thousands met in the dif-
ferent parts of Ireland—they invited Mr. O'Connell as
their organ to attend ; he did attend, and he spoke in
vehement and indignant language.—(Cheers.) It is
possible that in using it he may have brought himself
within the operation of some bad law, derived from pre-
cedents furnished in the history of the worst tinsess.—
(Hear, hear.) But how did they seek to make Mr.
O'Connell responsible—by holding him responsible for
the acts of the Association with which he was connected,
and for the reports in newspapers, circulating the ac-
counts of what passed in that Association. He was to
be made responsible for every article which appeared in
those papers, and that was English justice.—(Groans.)
The proscutors, however, obtained a verdict, and now let
me ask them what they have gained ?—(Hear, hear,
from Mr. O'Connell.) Have they suppressed the move-
ment in favour of a repeal of the union ?—(Loud cries of
" No, no," from various parts of the room.) Your voice
answers that question, and it will be re echoed by
millions.—(Cheers.) If any man were doubtful or hesi-
tating, the prosecution had brought that man forward.—
(Hear.) Let me ask whether they accomplished one of
the objects they had in view—of diminishing Mr. O'Con-
nell's popular influence ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Will
the power of his mind be less when his body is confined
in a dungeon?—(No, no.) I, upon this occasion, as a
friend to English connexion, declare that I feel it a
solemn imperative duty, which I could not reconcile it
to my conscience not to perform, to tell the British Go-
vernment that it is my firm conviction that if O'Connell
be imprisoned, as I presume he will be in the course of
next week, that I do not believe that in this country
one single arm will be uplifted.—(" Hear," from Mr.
O'Connell.) But lam bound at the same time to tell
them that there has been no act—l will not say since
the union, but for centuries—which could so greatly
alienate us from English connexion—no one act, and I
speak it not in the way of menace, but in the spirit of a
friendly warning, which I believe will tend so effectually
to the ultimate separation of the two countries.—(Hear,
and cheers.) But, Gentlemen, be this as it may, our
duty is clear—we are here to record our protest against
the whole of these proceedings—to:tender to our illustrious
guest our unbought sympathy, and to assure him, not
only in our own names, but in the name of the Irish
nation, that within the walls of his prison he possesses
more than ever he possessed the affection of the Irish
people.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have now to ask you
to drink, and I need not solicit your enthusiasm, the
health of him whom his country salutes as its father,
and its moral ruler.—(Cheers.) I give you health and
long life to Mr. O'Connell.—(Great cheering, the com-
pany rising and not resuming their places till the toast
was responded to in the most cordial and enthusiastic

manner.)
Mr. O'CONNELL rose, and a scene followed such as we
have never before witnessed—the entire company pour-
ing forth vollies of the most deafening and enthusiastic
cheers, while the ladies waved their scarfs from the gal-
leries. Again and again was the applause renewed, every
burst being more vigorous and prolonged than that which
preceded it, and we are positive that ten minutes elapsed
before the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was allowed to
proceed. By a most ingenious piece of mechanism, a
golden figure of a winged mcsserger of heaven was let
down from the ceiling, immediately over the chair. In
its hands it bore a silken flag, upon which, in letters of
gold, was inscribed the scroll--" Ireland expects that
every man will do his duty." As this emphatic warning
was exhibited to view, the cheering was renewed. Order
being at length restored, he proceeded to speak as fol.
lows :—This is, oh, it is a beautiful scene ; it is a scene
unequalled in Ireland—oh, it is not exceeded in any
country ; yes, it is a beautiful scene.—(Hear, hear, and
cheers.) It is not alone the transeendant loveliness that
smiles on us that renders it beautiful; nor less is it even
the perfect accuracy and regularity of the arrangements;
but it is a beautiful scene to have so many of that class
of persons of intelligence of mind and independence of
person assembled at the mere call of patriotism to bear
once again, in my humble presence, the testimony of
their undying love for Ireland.—(Hear, and loud cheers.)

To he sure, no man ever received such a compliment
—(Cheers.) No man who ever stood upon the threshold
of a prison received such a compliment.—(Hear, hear,
and cheers.) No man who ever stood on the steps of a
throne was honoured as I have been honoured, though
on the thresholi of a prison ; but I would not change
that prison, with the compliment, for the throne of any
monarch in the universal world.—(Hear, hear, and loud
cheers.) Let our rulers know that there never before
was such an assemblage in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) Who
would have thought formerly that Kilkenny would have
marched to Cork—that the Mayor of Kilkenny would
shake hands with the Mayor of Clonmel, and the Mayor
of Limerick join both at a festival before the Mayor of
Cork ?—(Laughter, and cheers.) Well, miracles will
never cease—(Laughter)—and that this moral miracle
should be wrought on behalf of a convicted conspirator,
LI more miraculous than all.—(Laughter.) I would wish
to ask you, and there are enough of you here to answer
my question, What crime have I committed?—( Loud cries
of " None.") I declare to Heaven Ido not know. I be-
lieve Chief Justice rennefather does no know, nor am I
aware that the sagacious jury knew what crime they con-
victed me on. I repeat lam not aware of the crime, but
I am sure of this, that if it was to be committed over
again, lam the boy for it.—(Great cheering.) I have
done nothing of which I am ashamed before man, or
tremble for before my God.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.)
I hope I am not presumptuous, when I say the latter.—
(Loud cries of " No, no.") I would nut have done

anything that my conscience told me was wrong. But
I was doing wrong—(No, no)—for, as the Poet very

beautifully -said—
" Alas for his country ! her pride has gone by,
And that spirit is broken that never would bend."
And the following lines are most apposite:—
" O'er the ruin her children in secret must sigh,
For 'tis treason to love her, and death to defend."
And here am I, an arch conspirator, for I do love my
country ; and I consent emphatically to die in her de-
fence.—(Loud cheers.)
" Imprised are her sons till they learn to betray,
Undistinguised they live if they shame not their sires,
And the torch that would light them to victory's way,
Must be caught from the pile where the country expires."
It is in these lines, not in a law book—in these lines, and
not on matters of fact—that my indictment is to be found.
—(Hear, hoar, and cheers.) The Attorney-General
and his confreres ran out the indictment to thirty-six

yards—(Loud groans.) What have I done that you
should groan me?—(Laughter and cheering.) If you
had permitted me, I would have told you that the At-
torney-General spun out thirty-six yards of parchment
under the indictment which is contained in these few

rhymes that I have spoken.—(Hear, hear.) I have
loved and struggled for Ireland ; I love her still, and
will struggle for her independence while my heart
beats in my bosom.—(Loud cheering.) But the objects
of the prosecution are manifest ; for is there one of you
who doubts that its object was to put an end to the agi-
tation for repeal7,--(Hear, hear)—to resist the demand of
Ireland for a self-government ? It is not the idle vanity
of this compliment that brought me here ; it is not even
to gratify a more pleasurable sensation of my mind in
meeting the respect and affection of persons, the kindness
of any one of whom would be a greatgratification to me—
it is not that that brought me here this night--it is another,
a higher, and I hope I will be pardoned for saving, a
nobler motive, that induced me to come here.—(Cheers.)
I am advanced in life—the prison may terminate my
existence.—(Sensation, and cries of " God forbid.") I
am not shrinking from the dungeon.—(Cheers.) I do
not speak in a e.hining or pitiful manner ; but I do trust
that my last moments will be enlivened by the reflection
that I should have lived longer had I not loved Ireland so
intensely.—(Loud cheers.) I came here from another
motive. I came here for the purpose of proclaiming
from this spot to the entire province of Munster, north
and south, east and west, the duty you have to perform
to your country.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) lam here
to read you a lecture, not to thank you.—(Cheers.) I
came here for the purpose of instructing you, not to
gratify any feeling of vanity, or to express to you how
much I thank you, and am indebted to you.— (Loud
cheers.) In order that every man should understand
my advice, it will be necessary for him to reflect, and
understand the position of the country, as also the posi-
tion in which he is placed.—(Hear, hear.) It would be
an idle thing for any man to suppose that I am not to go
to prison.—(Cries of "No, no.") Yes, for as sure as I
see you here, I shall have to go there.—(Renewed cries
of " No," and cheers.) What folly you talk! sure you
have not.the key of the gaol door to lock it against me.
—(Laughter and cheers.) I say I shall go to prison ; I
do not say I will go, because it wit! be against my will,
but I do say that I shall go, for I will be commanded
there. How can any man suppose that I am not to go
there? There are three ways of avoiding the prison—
the first is by making submission to our enemies,
a course which you would not recommend.—
(Loud cheering.) I thought we would agree
on that point.—(Laughter.) The second way is by the
result of the writ of error ; but I confess I know so
much of judges that my own conviction, as an oldlawyer,
is that we have the clearest possible case for setting
aside the judgment.—(Hear, and cheers.) The third
way would be by the Government abandoning the pro-
secution, and hOlding us under a recognizance to come
up for judgment at an indefinite period.—(Hear, hear.)
But they will not do that ; the man knows nothing of
human nature who supposes our ru:ers would act so.—
(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) They will not do so for
they could not afford to do so, for this reason, that they
have not the manliness, as such might be construed into
the fact, that being convinced of their error they wished
to retract from it, and to admit the assertion of Lord
John Russell.—(Hear, hear.) No man who knows any-
thing of the divinior of Stanley could imagine he would
relax in his attack on Ireland and me, and I say itwith-
out bigotry, on every Roman Catholic in Ireland.—
(Groans.) Sir James Graham knows that I placed him
in a very awkward predicament, and he was ready to
fight me who would not fight, but would not fight
O'Gorman Mahon, who would fight.—(Hear and cheers.)
I beat Peel so hollow when I extracted from him eman-
cipation, pardon me for saying I, for you helped me; but
we extracted from him Catholic emancipation, which he
will never forget. As for the Duke of Wellington—
(Hissing and groaning)—poor old man ! they cannot bear
him even at the Horse Guards, where everything is con-
ducted in so arbitrary a manner—any person who could
think that such a Ministry will relax does not possess
the amount of common sense which I would be inclined
to give him credit for.—(Hear.) Take it for granted,
the sentence will be carried into execution. Take this
also with you, they may imprison me, but they will not
vex me—they may confine my person, and they will do
so ; but they will not deprive me of a single pleasurable
sensation.—(Cheers.) If I have not the enjoyment and
exercise of my native mountains, though I shall not be
eheered by the merry sound of my beagles, I will dream
a day dream of them, and will turn my mind to pursuits
that will be sure to yield delight and insrruction.-.
(Hear and cheers.) There is no horror in confinement
that a man working for forty years cannot have in con-
templation ; and my astonishment is that they did not
imprison me before now—that they did not begin by
confining me. —(Hear.) Under these circumstances
what I want to do is, to announce to you your duty.—
(Hear.) The first duty of every patriot is to proclaim
the absolute Hear.
You n eccoeuslsdi t
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gratifype fe cot
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enemies
emaineds
tranquillity.—(Hear.) ao nr eqoi
al everywherei
ti yb giving them to hear of a disturbance in any
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part of Ireland—peace and tranquillity are the means by
which you will confound and confuse them.—(Hear.)
They have ready 30,000 men; they have their " Fox
and geese" batteries—(Laughter)—they are ready and
many of them would be glad to hear that the people ex-
posed themselves to danger.—(Hear, hear.) Again, if
the least disturbance took place. all the sympathy
evinced by our friends in England would terminate. All
good men of our own party would forsake us, and you,
Sir (turning to the Chairman), could not remain with
us, nor is there one of our many friends that would not
abandon in despair the cause, if there was an outbreak
on my account. I have but one earnest prayer to put
up; and I call on my countrymen, if they value my ser-
vices, if they entertain for me a real affection—not a lip
affection—(Hear, hear)—if the affection which they
have wrung into my heart be true, and of which I am
so little deserving—(" No, no," and cheers)--I conjure
them to show their affection for me by their dutiful sub-
mission to the law, and to allow me to work out their
cause by the proper means.—(Hear, hear, cheers, aed
loud cries of "We will.") I have another demand to
make on the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) I have
again to use the vanity of calling on the people of Ire-
land in my own name—(Cheers)—and in the names of
the respected and patriotic gentlemen assembled here,
to show their respect for me and them by persevering
and doubling their exertions in behalf of the repeal of
the Act of Union.—(Hear, and cheers.) I will put it
to you in this way—do you wish to gratify your ene-
mies ?—(No, no.) Why was the prosecution esta-
blished? Why am I to go to prison? I want to have
it known throughout Ireland that you pronounce every
individual no man, who is not a Repealer.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) Answer the State prosecution—an-
swer the selection of the jury—answer the dropping of
the slips from the jury list—answer every part of the
ease—answer my imprisonment—answer everything, by
becoming more determined Repealers.—(Hear and
cheers.) Pronounce to every man my temporal, I was
going to say, malediction.—(Hear, hear.) No descrip-
tion
of man is so base as the Irishman that pretends to
the slightest political honesty, and who is not a Repealer.
—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I trust that no friend
of mine will keep company with the man that is not a
Repealer.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I do not want
you to separate from the Conservatives, who are a re-
spectable body and true to their party ; I do not call on
you to draw a line between yourselves and the Conser-
vatives, for the Conservatives are just and true to them-
selves ; but I want you to draw a line of demarcation
between yourselves and the men who pretend to have a
regard for Ireland, and who would have you believe they
are not the tools of the Conservatives. I tell you they
are Orangemen of the most fatal nature who do not
answer the late trials by the proclamation of repeal
principles.—(Hear, hear.) Let us be able to count
ourselves, or rather our enemies.—(Hear, hear.) The
Roman senate at one time determined on making their
slaves wear a peculiar sort of dress, so as to have them
distinguishable from the free men; but one senator, more
sagacious than the rest, said, " Do not dress them, for
they will then be able to count themselves and us also."
(Ilsar, hear.) I say now, do not be ashamed to wear
some t,iken—call it a "prosecution button."—(llear and
cheers.) Let there be a mark—let every man be capa-
ble of being counted—let there be some public symbol
worn voluntarily, not by associated means, for that
would come within an indictment, and then the world
will know who are for and against repeal.—(Cheers.) I
want to put Ireland to the test—l want to know if her
sons will declare for the Attorney-General and Brew-
ster, or for O'Connell and Smith O'Brien.—(Tremen-
dons cheering.) The repeal must continue—(Hear)—
it never was included in the indictment—nay, the Go-
vernment was compelled in the indictment to have a spe-
cial finding, acquitting the meetings of all illegality ;
and how the jury were able to discern between what was
guilty and what was not guilty, and taking up every