The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-12 00:00:00

REPEAL MEETING AT THE CURRAGH

The aggregate repeal meeting which was advertised to take
place at the Curragh was held there yesterday (Sunday).
The weather proved very favourable, and from an early hour
large numbers of people were to he seen proceeding along
the line of road on cars, from Dublin to the place of meet-
ing. All the roads leading to the Currah were thronged with
equestrians and pedestrians long before the hour appointed.
Mr. O'Connell arrived on the ground shortly after two
o'clock. The hon. gentleman immediately proceeded to the
Stand-house, from the front of which he proposed addressing
the assemblage. There were on the ground about 120 of the
constabulary, with three sub-inspectors, There were about
two dozen tents erected for the sale of refreshments, and
the proprietors of the different games played at race course
and fairs were busily occupied i❑ their avocations. At half-
past two o'clock the chair was taken by Gerald Aylmer, Esq.
of Painestown, and Dr. Henry Lynch acted as secretary.
The several resolutions passed at the meeting declared
" the act of union to have been carried by fraud, bribery,
and the unconstitutional employment of military force, wan-
tonly and wickedly called into requisition by the then go-
vernment, for the unjustifiable purpose of dispersing meet-
ings legally convened to petition parliament against passing
the base and iniquitous measure of the union, which their
forefathers foresaw would be ruinous to Ireland, and 'the
cruel and unjust operations of which had already injured the
best interests of their common country—that it was not their
object to seek a separation from Great Britain—and that
nine millions of people could not be dragged at the foot of
any other nation."

A vote of confidence was then passed by acclamation to
Mr. O'Connell, expressing their hope that be would never
cease his exertions until he restored to Ireland her domestic
legislature; after which the learned gentleman rose to ad-
dress the meeting, in a speech which occupied nearly an hour
and a half i❑ its delivery.

Some subscriptions were then received, and those upon the
standhouse were provided inside with dinner. Mr. O'Con-
nell was, of course, the principal guest, and remained until
about six o'clock, when he passed to Naas, where he re-
mained for the night.—Dublin paper.

REPEAL OF THE UNION-MR. O'CONNELL

TO DANIEL O'CONNELL. ESQ., M.P

Stn.,—ln consequence of your declining to come and take
part in the discussion which I proposed to bring forward in
the House of Commons relative to the agitation you are now
carrying on, for the purpose, as you say, of effecting a repeal
of the leislative union between England and Ireland, I take
the liberty of writing to inform you, that, as you and your
followers so completely set at nought the Catholic Emanci-
pation Act, by virtue of which you are entitled to sit in the
British parliament, and so lightly esteem the privileges
granted to you by that act, that I now feel justified in making
a motion that the act be repealed; and as I am going to
question the wisdom of that measure, I shall be glad if you
will favour me with a line to say if you will come and do your
part in defending a measure which you were so instrumental
in causing to be carried. lam determined that the people of
England and Ireland shall no longer labour under the delusion
that the passing of that measure was, as they supposed, the
settlement of a great question, but they shall know that it
was exactly the reverse, that it was the unsettling of a great
question, which had been in progreess of settlement from the
first century of the Christian era till the revolution of 1688.
You are now justifying your agitation by saying that England
has done nothing for Ireland. If the three estates of the
realm, forfeiting all claim to freedom by refusing to contend
for that truth by contending for which they were alone en-
titled to the liberty they enjoyed—if you say that making
such tremendous sacrifices to you and Ireland's clamour is
doing nothing for Ireland, you must be a cormorant with a
vengeance; it is truth that is ultimately to make men and
nations free. Truth is in England not in Rome. You are
by your restless proceedings bringing on a religious war be-
tween England and Rome, and you appear to be perfectly
sensible how much money and funds are the sinews of war;
but you have hitherto had the ingenuity to accumulate a great
deal of sinew without coming to any actual war. Your peace-
able agitation is a sort of hermaphrodite war—a half and
half state of things, which is half peace and half war ; but
if you will come and hear what I have to say, I think I can
show you why you ought to do one thing or the other; you
cannot hide from me that religion is the main-spring of all
that you are doing. My chief object in writing to you is to
say, that I must make personal allusions to you and the head
of your church; and although you might say that I was per-
fectly at liberty to say what I :pleased about :you in your
absence I had rather not do so. But surely the regenera-
tor of bold and chivalrous Ireland will not shrink from
coming to defend his absent friend. Come, therefore, and
be present in that house where your former valour entitles
you to a seat. As it is my opinion, from the signs of the
times in which we live, that we are on the eve of a new era
in the history of England and Ireland, I shall take the
liberty of making this letter public, that the Protestants of
both countries may he prepared to stand by the assured
truth, that Protestant ascendancy, and no surrender, is the
law of CHRIST, and that England is the power which GOD
has called into existence to maintain a religious principle;
and she will now do her duty. Then will the earth be full
of the knowledge of the Lotto as the waters cover the sea,
and a Papist will be a rara avis iit lerris.—l have the honor
to be, sir, your obedient servant,
3, St. James's-square, May 10

S. L. FOX

DARING OUTRAGE.—On the night of Wednesday last,
about ten o'clock, as Mr. NPCreight, of Umera, in this
count•, was sitting with his family in the room usually oc-
cupied by them, a villainous attempt was made on their lives,
the hall of an assassin being deliberately discharged through
the window, immediately opposite the fire round which they
sat. The shutter, which was providentially of stouter and
better material than those in ordinary use, prevented the
entry of the ball, though it forced the panel from the frame.
We are, however, happy to state that the act is not attributed
to any combined system of outrage amongst the peasantry,
to whom Mr. M'Creight has given a good deal of employment;
and in no instance has any occurrence taken place to warrant
a suspicion of any malice being entertained against him in
that locality.—Cork Constitution.

THE DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—After nearly two years of
severe, nay almost of unexampled suffering, we now begin
to enjoy a breathing time of comparative alleviation. The
list has been reducing for the last three months, and on
Saturday the 29th the whole number on the roll was 835
men, women, and children. About a fortnight since the
committee took into consideration the propriety of closing
their labours, and after examining into the state of those on
the roll, and of the still very destitute circumstances in which
numbers were placed, they unanimously agreed to continue
the relief for another fortnight, and accordingly a final end
to the laborious exertions of the committee took place on
Saturday last. Although thus relieved from the very appa-
rent, the every-day appearance of distress, still severe and
in many cases unmitigated suffering must be the lot of vast
numbers of our townsmen. Thousands have parted with
everything necessary for their comfort, that so they might
preserve their life ; and it will take many years of prosperity
ere they be in the state in which they once were, and many
never will. Bankruptcies took placein Paisley to the amount
of seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds ; therefore, even
in a healthy state of trade, it would take years to recover the
shock. It may be necessary here to place on record, for the
use of those at a distance, the highest numbers which were
on the relief list. On the 11th of February the numbers in
Paisley were 14,791, and in the surrounding villages 2744,
making a total of 17,535. Over and above this there might
be about 2000 who were not on the roll, but who neverthe-
less were supported from the charitable donations at the
disposal of the various churches in town.—Glasgow Post.
NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday week, two girls, one of
them four, and the other five years of age, the children of
George Callender, servant to Captain Thorhurn, at Kelton,
were wading in the edge of the river Nith. From having
been swollen heavily with late rains, the current had washed
the sandy bank into a deep hollow, where there was none
before; and the younger of the children having ventured a
little beyond,the edge of the water, was in a moment over
head, in the place referred to. Her elder sister seeing her
danger hastened to help her, and was herself also in a moment
beyond her depth. A brother a year or two older was playing
not far off, and hearing his little sisters crying for help, be
ran in to get hold of them. He also, instead of being able to
render assistance, was himself engulfed. Be screamed for
help ; and the mother of the three children fortunately heard
their cries, and hurrying to the river saw her;two girls borne
away into the current, while, nearer the shore, her boy was
struggling for his life. She plunged in, and was immediately
beyond her depth. The boy laid hold of her, crying out '
(for strange fancies come into children's heads)—'. Oh !
mother, let us a' die thegither." Finding herself thus
rendered powerless to lend any help to her daughters, the
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swan) in and brought opt the nearest girl.
floating away in the middle of the stream. A boat's crew.
however, belonging to a vessel lying on the shore, were
putting out for her, and soon picked her up. The two little
girls were laid on the sunny shore quite insensible. By dint
of rubbing, however, they began to show symptoms of re-
turning animation. and were carried home recovering. Warn
applications brought them gradually round to their natural
heat.—Glasgow paper.

ECOND EDITION.

Standord-qffice, Three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCEIANGE,—THts DAy

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.)

With the exception of a few parcels of Oats and Oatmeal,
from Ireland, we have scarcely any fresh supplies to notice,
either thence or coastwise, since Tuesday ; and the only
foreign import is 551 qrs. Wheat from Valparaiso, accounted
for in some degree by the prevalence of easterly winds.
No observable change has taken place in the value of any
article within the past two days ; during which the trade has
continued perfectly steady in all respects, and we have had
a moderate business going forward, but no spirited or gene-
ral demand.

'Very few local or country millers appearing at our Corn
Exchange to-day, the operations in Wheat were inconsider-
able ; but the holders remaining firm, and anticipating an
improved demand to meet the decreasing stocks in the gran-
aries of this port, all descriptions of this grain maintaineil.the
full rates of Tuesday, and, in particular cases, a small ad-
vance was required, but not decidedly realized.:
Prime marks of English and Irish Flour were in request
at an amendment of Is. per sack; and States as well as
Canadian were the turn dearer.

Barley, of which several parcels were taken for grinding
is now held on rather higher terms ; and Malt steadily corn.

manded our last quotations.
Beans, having become less plentiful, and being sornewlial
more saleable, supported late prices. Pease remained mr.

varied

Oats, upon a very limited supply fresh in, and few lef
over from previous arrivals, maintained our last currency
and Oatmeal, with a tolerable demand from speculative buy
ers and eonsurners, remained steady in value.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,

From the 9th to the 11th May, 1813, inclusive.

COAST...CANADA, ""
1 WISK. RBIGN

551 583
29
2068
62

Qrs. 1545 523 's
Qrs.

1 52

. Qrs.
Loads -101
Sacks "3
, Br's.

2261
503