The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

practical detail of public business happens to be at pre-
sent vested.
" We, therefore, confidently advise you to observe the
strictest order, to avoid all pretext for riot, tumult, or
breach of the peace, to adhere firmly to your principles,
but, at the same time, not to interfere with the opinions
of any others.
" It is our duty as well as nor interest to conciliate
everybody, to injure nobody, firmly to repudiate all con-
nexion between the repeal question and any distinction of
creed or religion. What we seek is not for the benefit of
a sect or persuasion, but is intended equally for all.
" Strong in these principles; dutiful in our allegiance
to the crown ; ardent in our love of fatherland ; convinced
that our Parliament can be restored by no other means
than those of peaceable and legal exertion, we most
anxiously advise, we most earnestly implore you, not to
be seduced into any species of tumult, riot, or violence by
any event that may occur.
" Under the present circumstances nothing can justify
any breach of the peace. Whatever may occur, be no
parties to any violence whatever, and be assured that we
thus point out the route to certain and not remote resto-
ration of the Irish Parliament.
" Signed by order,
" DANIEL O'CONNELL,
Chairman of the Committee.
" Corn Exchange-rooms. Oct. 16, 1843."

Although hitherto the most complete tranquility pre,
vails, the government have made extensive military
preparations in the event of any sudden emergency. The
34th regiment, from Weedon, arrived here on Sunday ;
the 24th, from Glasgow, on Wednesday ; and the 65th,
from Bolton, yesterday. The latter corps immediately
on landing marched to Maynooth, eleven miles from town,
en route to Mullingar and other detached stations, and
the 70th are daily expected. But little alarm is felt in
Dublin ; and even in the provinces not near so much as
might be expected, although (notwithstanding the ex-
aggerated accounts of the numbers of the troops at present
serving in Ireland) the entire force amounts, including
artillery and marines, to about 21,200 men ; however,
there are also about 9000 constabulary whose services
would be available. _ _

Sufficient time has not elapsed to enable a correct
opinion to be formed of the feelings of the great body of
the people in the rural districts of Ireland. The Corpora.
tions, however, of Limerick, and Cork, and Sligo have
already taken the matter up, and in the first-mentioned
city rescinded the standing order, requiring previous
notice, to pass the following resolutions, a copy of which
we subjoin :
On Monday an adjourned meeting of the Limerick
Towa Council adopted the following resolution :
"That we consider the proceedings adopted within the
last year by O'Connell for procuring the repeal of the
legislative union, and the meetings held in various parts
of the country for that purpose, were strictly legal and
constitutional, and did not call for or warrant the inter-
vention of the executive ; and while we disclaim on the
part of the people the least intention of violating the laws,
or endangering the public peace, we solemnly protest
against any infraction of their legal right to meet to peti-
tion parliament, upon the assumption that the public peace
would be disturbed—an assumption disproved by the expe-
rience of similar meetings, and by the alacrity with which
the meeting to have been holden atClontarf was abandoned,
and we hereby declare our deliberate intention to continue
our support to O'Connell in the same constitutional
course which characterised the repeal movement under his
able guidance."
The motion was carried and the council adjourned.
That this resolution was not the unanimous sense of the
corporation appears from the following protest published
shortly after
" We, the undersigned members of the corporation of
the city of Limerick. being absent from the meeting of the
council held this day, n 9 intimation having been given of
any political motion, feel ourselves called upon to protest
against the resolutions passed, and to express our grati-
tude to our beloved sovereign and her ministers for the
measures taken to restore confidence and security to her
loyal subjects in this distracted country.
"Michael Purnell, D.L. city of Limerick, and alder-
man; Henry Watson, Henry Maunsell, Edwaad Bernard,
John Boyce, jun., William Piercy.
`! Limericg, 9th October, 1843."
In the Cork corporation the following notice of Motion
for Thursday next has been given,by one of the aldermen.
" To address her Majesty, praying her to dismiss from
her councils the several individuals whose names are af-
fixed to a proclamation issued late on Saturday evening
last, purporting to prevent a meeting publicly called at
Clontarf for the Sunday following, for the constitutional
purpose of petitioning parliament."
Mr. O'Connell has given notice of intention to bring
forward. at the meeting of the Corporation of this city on
Tuesday next, the following resolution :—" To submit to
their consideration the insult offered to the Lord Mayor,
and to the Corporation, and the danger arising to the
citizens at large, by means of the issuing of an illegal pro.
clamation, and by the total disregard of the Lord Mayor's
undoubted power and willingness to keep the peace within
this city." In this resolution, however, there is a pal-
pable falsehood, as although formerly the jurisdiction of
the Lord Mayor of Dublin extended to a great distance
round the city on both sides, north and south, that juris-
diction has been confined, by the Municipal Corporation
Reform Sill, within very narrow limits, and does not ex-
tend to the position intended to have been taken up by
the Repealers at Clontarf; t ierefore the authority of the
Lord Mayor would not have been sufficient to afford any
protection at the scene itself, or to have moved the troops
a single inch beyond the present limits of the borough,
no matter what scenes of violence might have been enact-
ed at the point of meeting.
A meeting of the inhabitants of the Custom-house
Ward has been held at the Carpenters'-hall, in Glouces-
ter-street, at which resolutions were adopted expressive
of confidence in O'Connell, and the same course is in-
tended to be taken in several of the other wards, but at
all the meetings which have been held since the Govern-
ment have shown determined to act is devoid of all the
blustering which uniformly characterized their previous
proceedings.
SUNDAY EVENING, 8 o'caocK.

The city has continued in the same state of undisturbed
tranquillity as heretofore, the only difference perceptible
to the most experienced eye is, that there are very few of
the military in the garrison to be seen about the streets,
although the garrison has not been so strong for years.
And that the most intense anxiety for news seems to per-
vade all classes, from the very lowest upwards; doubts
now take the place of boasting, even amongst the Roman
Catholic party I heard it rumoured that Dan would not
attend they usual weekly meeting of the Repeal. Association
to-morrow : this, however, I do not credit, nor do I give
it as more than one of the thousand rumours of the day.
Two meetings were held to-day, one in Henry-street,
of the inhabitants of the Post-office Ward, to express con-
tinued confidence in O'Connell, Mr. John O'Connell at-
tended, as did also Dr. Gray ; the other meeting com-
posed of inhabitants of the Linen-hall Ward, was held in
the Fruit Market, and the object was the same, in both
cases the proceedings have terminated perfect y quietly.
Should anything of moment occur to-morrow, you shall
bear from me by one or both mails.

MEETING OF THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION,

YESTERDAY WEEK.

(From our Second Edition of Tuesday last.)

The City of Dublin Steam Ship Co's. steamer Queen
Victoria, Captain Beasley, arrived in the river this morn-
ing, at about a quarter past six. from Kingston. When
she left, yesterday afternoon, Dublin was perfectly tranquil.
A great concourse of people lined the principal thorough-
fares leading to the Abbey-Street Theatre and the Rotun-
da, and the greatest possible anxiety prevailed, all anxious
to learn the next step of the Government. As had
been previously notified a repeal meeting was held in the
Abbey-Street Theatre, and a repeal dinner given in the
Itotunda, at both of which O'Connell and his leading col-
leagues. including Tom Steel, were present. The meeting
went off very qu,etly ; but, so great was the attendance,
that none of our informants were able to get within hearing,
and, as there are no papers published until after the Queen
had sailed, it is impossible as yet to give the tenor of the
speeches. A mail, however, leaves Dublin at half-past
nine o'clock, and by her we expect further particulars,
which we shall publish in a Third Edition.
A rumour was current that the arrest of O'Connell
would be effected to-day, and we have good authority to
believe the probability of such a rumour.
Several Conservatives who from curiosity had secured
seats on a platform that had been erected at Clontarf,
have been completely duped of the price, 2s. 6d., which
the Association refuse to restore. It is said £BOO has
been pocketed by this scheme.