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London, England, 1845-04-30 00:00:00

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the greater the excitement that existed In
so much the stronger was his P' ...ter it wan—
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ment in thepublin
fast subsiding, On the contrar4
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great.. °./..v.ection to the w
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ezaowed State Church into countrylls which had one Stat e
Church too many ale,- -
the permanene-
.-ady.—(Cheers and laughter.)
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tope of the grant, he thought the House of Comm
..ad assumed a power, in making a grant hittierto a at-
nuat ts permanent grant, -such as had never been assum ed by any Parliament since the one which passed the Septet
mal Act.—(Hear, hear.) The assumption was founded on
most unconstitutional principle.—(Cheers.) It was at
gross libel on the people of England to suppose thint
they wished to do injustice to the people of Ireland.
What was their conduct last year when the State trials
were going on? Did they not meet in thousands to
sympathise with Mr. O'Connell, believing that he had not
had a fair trial? Waa it, the electors of Finsbury
who approved of the pP.titing of the jury, the exclusma
of Roman Catholics, and the partiality of the judges ? V; as
it they who sanctioned Mr. O'Connell's imprisonment for
three months without any legal conviction ? No; it was the
very men upon whom Mr. O'Connell himself and the Roman.
Catholic priests were now fawning.—(Cheers.) The Queen
would be welcomed as she ought to be. Peel and Graham:
might be received with acclamations by the people; but to.
suppose that a country so misruled as Ireland had been, was
to be bribed by a paltry grant to Maynooth, was too mon-
strous to be entertained for a moment. No; both Peel and
Graham would find themselves as much detested and de-
spised as ever, by the honest people of lreland.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN stated that he had received a letter from:
Mr. Wakley, saying that his duties elsewhere prevented his
attendance at the meeting, but that he heartily concurred in
the object for which it had been convened.—(Cheers.)
Mr. HELP then moved a memorial to be presented to the
Queen, in the event of the grant to Maynooth passing the
House of Commons, praying her Majesty to dissolve the pre-
sent Parliament.—(Cheers.)
Mr. liffox seconded the motion, which was carried unani-
mously.—The meeting then broke up.

IRELAND.
THE NEW BANKING MEASURES.
DUBLIN, APRIL 28.—Sir Robert Peen.; explanation of the
changes contemplated by Government respecting the Irish
banks has produced very general satisfaction, especially
amongst commercial men. The measure is well calculated to
afford facilities to trade, and to open up new sources of com-
mercial enterprise. Some apprehension prevailed that the
Bank of Ireland would be Materially injured by the abolition
of its monopoly of issue in the metropolitan districts, and
within a circuit of sixty-four miles around Dublin; but
there is little ground for alarm on this point.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day
in the Conciliation Hall. The chair was taken by Nicholas
Maher, Esq., M.P. for Tipperary.
The CHAIRMAN said he could not let that opportunity pass
without declaring his gratitude to Sir Robert Peel for intro-
ducing the Maynooth Bill, and the straightforward manner
in which he brought it forward. But whilst they would re-
ceive these instalments with gratitude, they would neverthe-
less be satisfied with nothing short of the repeal of the legis-
lative union.—(Cheers.) The Member for Edinburgh (Mr.
Macaulay) had recently stated in his place in Parliament
that the suppression of the monster meetings had led to the
restoration of peace and order in Ireland ; but he would ask
the Hon. Gentleman, at the period when these meetings were
in progress was there ever the slightest infraction of the law
committed ? He doubted much whether Mr. Macaulay had
given expression to such a sentiment ; he was sure some
waggish reporter had put the phrase in his mouth.
Mr. O'CoxNELL handed in several remittances. In refe-
rence to a letter from Wexford, inclosing 104 he said he
regretted much to be obliged to animadvert on the absence
of the members for that county from Conciliation Hall. For
the gentlemen that represented that county, individually, he
entertained the highest regard, but he felt bound to declare
that the first question put to the candidate who sought the
suffrage of any Liberal constituency, would be whether he
was a member of the Repeal Association.—(Cheers.) The
Hon. Gentleman then announced the receipt of 741. from the
clergy, of the diocese of Ardagh, forwarded by the Right Rev.
Dr. Higgins.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN brought forward the address of the com-
mittee of the Repeal Association to the electors of the county
of Down, adverted to yesterday. The Hon. Gentleman,
having moved the adoption of the address, said, that during
the course of a late debate, Mr. Macaulay had declared in the
most emphatic terms that the repeal of the legislative union
would be fatal to England, and that the English people
would never consent to it, were they even threatened with an
united attack from France, America, and Spain. Sir James
Graham, on the part of the Government, concurred with every
sentiment which fell from Mr. Macaulay on the subject.
Firm as had been the declaration of the Member for Edin-
burgh and Sir J. Graham, he would assert that no less firm
was the determination of the people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) The
language which had been enunciated almost tempted him, on
the part of the Irish people, to answer it with defiance.
If the Government of England depended solely on the
strength of that country for the maintenance of the union,
he would tell them that, circumstanced as even they (the
Irish) were, it could not be sustained by physical power.—
(Cheers.) They would not be intimidated by rash and in-
solent boasts.—(Hear, hear.) The consummation they
aimed at they were determined to have, not certainly through
the intervention of foreign aid, but by their own exertions ;
and he had no hesitation in declaring that if the north joined
the national cause, the union would be repealed within three
months, and that without striking a single blew, and he did
not know but such a union might take place.—(Wear, bear. )
Expressions had lately been uttered by Conservatives which
were worthy of that hall, which warranted him in looking
forward to a union between all parties for the benefit of
their common country.—(Hear, hear.) . If the contingency
on which he calculated were to occur, he would tell them it
would then be too late to negotiate.—(Hear, hear.) If the
ships of America, manned with regiments of Irish emigrants,
armed and ready to defend their native land—if the fleets of
France were ready to make a descent on the unprotected
coasts of England—if the soldiers of the British army, form-
ing one-third of that force, were to refuse shedding the blood
of their fellow-countrymen—if the Irish resident in England
were to co-operate with us, then the contingency would have
arrived—the British empire would be, broken up, and the
history of Ireland would henceforward be that of a distinct
and independent nation.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. J. A. O'NEILL seconded the adoption of the address.
Mr. GREY PORTER said he did not find fault with the
Association that there were so many Catholics in it, but be-
cause there were so few Protestants. The men of the north of
Ireland wished to know whether the repeal of the union were
a sine qua non, and whether, if the just grievances of the
country were redressed, they would still persist in looking for
that object. If, for example, the number of representatives
were increased in a fair proportion—if the franchise were
extended, and if a good Landlord and Tenant Bill were con-
ferred, and the Municipal Act amended, and if the Church
temporalities were modified in Munster and Connaught, and
if a diplomatic intercourse were opened with the Court of
Rome—the question then was, whether, if these concessions
were granted, would they forego the repeal of the union ?
(Cries of " No, no.") He approved of the course Sir Robert
Peel was pursuing. What he was doing he was doing well,
and when he considered the opposition that was offered to
him, he thought it was the duty of the Irish representatives
to go to Parliament and support him in carrying out those
beneficial measures.
Mr. O'CONNELL said he quite agreed in the speeches
which had just been delivered by his two friends who had
preceded him. It was true they had the entire of the Pro-
testant population of the north against them, but they
had the entire Catholic population of Ulster with them.—
(Hear, hear.) He was sorry to be obliged to make these
distinctions, but he looked forward to the day when
all parties would be known only as Irishmen.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Porter had expressed his regret that they did not in-
quire first whether the people of England mould do them
justice, before they had resolved on the alternative of repeal.
But they had already tried the experiment—it was for that
purpose the Precursor Society was formed.—(Hear, hear.)
Did any of those of the north join them then? They did
not; but, since they had made their manly declaration of
insisting on the repeal of the union, many of them had done
so. The schoolmaster, when he found that tufts of grass
would not answer, tried stones ; it was so with them—they
had in vain appealed for justice. What hopes of justice
could he expect from the people of England when he beheld
Exeter-hall, and indeed every part of England ring with
calumnies on the Irish people and their religion? Was not
an Irishman nearly torn in pieces the other day merely for
asking who was the publisher of a certain forgery ?—(Hear,
hear.) What was the harm of giving the name of the
publisher, if it were not a forgery? But it was
a forgery, and was sent from Achill. Sir Robert Peel had
promised him success ; he had declared that this agitation
could not be put down by force. He might deny that asser-
tion, but he could not blind the English mind, or the mind
of Europe. They would have that declaration placed on the
walls of that hall. The declarations of Mr. Macaulay and
Lord Howick, with regard to the Established Church and its
temporalities, were most significant, and would, no doubt,
tell on the Protestant mind. Sir Robert Peel's measure
with regard to banking he looked upon as excellent;
and, as far as he had considered the matter, the
Bill was admirable. .He intended to abolish the oaths
usually taken by Catholic directors, that was just
and fair. The monopoly of the Bank of Ireland was to be
abolished by Peel's I3ill, which secured freedom of trade to
bankers, and safety from failure to the public. He thanked
Sir Robert Peel for that measure. The Hon. Gentleman then
proceeded to animadvert on the speech lately delivered by
Mr. Macaulay in the House of Commons, which he desig-
nated as insolent and intolerant; and stated that the first
speech delivered by that gentleman in Parliament was in
favour of the Coercion Bill, which he designated as an expe-
rimentum in corpore viii. Last week he was anxious for the
Queen to come to:lreland ; he had a notice on the books of the
corporation in reference to the subject, but his mind had since
undergone an alteration. That alteration was in conse-
quence of the speech lately delivered. He would wish it to
be understood that there neither was nor would be any
shrinking on the part of the people, and for his part h
would declare that he would forfeit his claims to the charac-
ter. of a Christian if he relaxed in his efforts to accomplish
that object which would restore happiness and prosperity
O'Connell
his country.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, Mr.
_prosper
moved the following resolution:—" That
bethe Committee of
directed to the Loyal National Repeal Association
con-
sider what will be the most appropriate manner of receiving
the Queen in case her Majesty should visit Ireland, taking
care that while the greatest respect is paid to our Sovereign,
she may not be allowed to remain inuingnorraninlceeiornfuinstan
theinteeenp-
tion of the Irish people to persevere,
_ de
a their demand for.the legislative independenceof Ireland,'

the week to be 417/.125. 11d.
After the disposal of some further bUsiness, Mr. O'Connell
The
eSinTOeCK EXCHANGE THISDAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
adjourned.
announced the rtehnetnfor
There was a slight rally in the Share market to-day, and
speculators calculate on the speedy subsidence of the " panic"
which prevailed at the close of the pas; week. Dublin and
Galway, which sunk from 5i to 3i between Friday and Sa-
turday, have again and were sold freely at 4i. A
further improvement has taken place in the Belfast and Bal-
lymena, Waterford and Limerick, and the Cork and Bandon'
lines. Altogether the market bears, a better aspect.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 974 ;
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1001 101.
MtscELLANEous.—Hibernian Bank, 34; Royal Bank, 1.4 ;
Mining Company of Ireland, 13; City of Dublin Steam
Shares of 1836,51 i.
RAILWAYS.—Great Southern and Western Extension, 134 ;
Dublin and Belfast Junction, 111 4; Irish Great Western,
Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone, 134 ; Irish Great
Western, Dublin to Galway, 41 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 8 ;
Dundalk and Enniskillen, ; Waterford and Limerick,
8i 9 ; Wexford and Carlow, 5 ; Kingstown and Bray, 9i ;
Cork and Bandon, Si ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 4i ; Lon-
lion and Enniskillen, 4A 4 ; Belfast and Coleraine, 3*.

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