The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-28 00:00:00

House, would be to transfer a great portion of Irish law busi-
ness to the English Courts. It was contemplated to bring
that Bill again before the Legislature, and, if carried,
it would be the first 'great step, towards centralisation.
He would put it to the common sense of English-
men whether they (the Irish) were not entitled
to have their railway business transacted in Ire-
land, and he would ask, would they (the English) be
satisfied with having their railways disposed of in Dublin?
Of course they would not; and, on the same principle, he
claimed the expenditure of that sum in Ireland. Mr. O'Con-
nell said, the next thing he had to do was to defend himself.
He did not know whether he was to stand his trial : he had
been already convicted and sentence passed upon him. He
could move an arrest of judgment. The Times newspaper
had hired a fellow to go around the island lying, and he had
bestowed the full measure of his vicious ingenuity on him.
He (Mr. O'Connell) was certainly one of the beat calumniated
and abused men in the world. No man ever read such abuse,
and instead of their being tired of it, after fifty years abusing
him, they seemed to be fresher for it than ever, and to be look-
inq out for new channels of vituperation. If there were any
paint on which he considered himself safe, it was with reference
to his conduct as a landlord. He had been always the enemy
of extortion. He thought he was the friend of the people,
and if there was any part of his conduct that he thought
would meet with universal approbation, it was his conduct
as a landlord. Up to that period no person had attacked him
but Mr. Sergeant Jackson, in the House of Commons, who
made a charge against him that be distraiaed for the March
rent in the month of April. He (Mr. O'Connell) was able to
demonstrate that it was an utter falsehood, and the authority
he (Sergeant Jackson) gave happened to be one of the most
lying rascals in the community. The Hon. Gentleman then
proceeded to controvert the misrepresentations of the "Com-
missioner," and quoted several authorities for the purpose of
showing that his property was in a flourishing condition. In
conclusion he expressed his contempt for the " Commissioner"
and his employer.
Mr. J. A. O'NEILL defended the Mansion-house Committee
from the aspersion cast upon it by the Government press.
Mr. O'CONNELL moved the erasure of the name of the Rev.
J. O'Malley from the poll of repealers, in consequence of that
gentleman having stated that he was not a member of the
Association, and then reiterated the many reasons which jus-
tified the Association in rejecting the Colleges Bill. He con-
jured the people not to resort to violence in case the contem-
plated famine should occur, as any such conduct would only
redound to their own suffering.

At the termination of the proceedings, the rent for the
week was announced to be 158/. 2s. 9d.
ALEXANDER M'CARTIIY, Esq., was then called to the chair,
and the meeting separated.
WARLIKE RUMOURS.

It is reported in town this afternoon that Government
mean to increase the army by 20,000 men, 10,000 to be
formed into second or reserve battalions, thus effecting a
great saving in the number of officers required for the ad-
ditional force. It is also confidently stated, in military cir-
cles, that the militia will be ballotted for early next year, and
called out for traibing.
MEETING OF THE CREDITORS OF MESSRS. WIL-