New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1842-03-26
Correspondence OF The Tribsoe.
Letters from England.-No. VIII.
DubIin-Visits to and Conversations Win
D,CouuelI.

DuDlin-Fiaits to and ConversatoH' -"
O'Connell.
LONDON, Feb 10, 1872
closed n,, ..,,.,. 20 sterday- with promise to
,.on .le,cb of or,r visit to Daniel Cornell
the Lord Mavor of Dublin oh reaching the
Mansion House, our footrnan gave t"o hard rapS
with the huge knocker betor. any one appeared
and at las, out popped an old gray-headed Irish
MN yc,,, shabby dressed, whom asked if his
! ard hin was at home. He rc5lied that he had
,,ot sceo the hnll-portcr for time but ne d
>.tr,.." IL moment the liyeried luckey appeared
and asked Us in. Mr. K, UP his name, and
we arghted We met Mr. OConnell on the stairs
coming down were going up, but seeing Mr.
r in his court dress, and officer, in full
,,,orm you know We had just left the Leyee) he
,,rned back and up. We followed him, and
yerc received very graciously in his audience
chamber.
Hewas dressed in .uit Of black-comlnencn
with his black velvet cap, from beneath which his
dark brown hair hung in curls Oh his forehead-a
large black handkerchief was around his neck and
SHED the bosom inside the vest, which was also
,Iock-an old black frocl next, with
On. lrass button among the black ones-a pair of
hack pantaoons without straps, and a pair OF COM
,oon boots at the end completed his dress. He
-, in an arm chair rather erect but his head IN
lining slightly forward, cuning his arms on those
of the chair, with his hands elasped in his lap,
,rjrling his thumbs, and his feet, which were
,,sed from the ground where he sat, dangling
carelessly to and fro.-Atter expressin his hap
=pness 10 meet gentlemen from America, and we
ours at seeing the great O'Connell, the converse
lion turned TO some ramarlis, which he had made
a. late meeting of the Repeal Association
the subject of .Slarery in the L. States. He said
he felt every attachment 10 our country and ccun-
urnen but be could NOT countcnance Slavery ofany
bind.-not even of Ireland 10 England. He allu
ded to Ensand's having left Slavery in America,
and Of her boaSlcd desire now to ACCESSIBILITY the
searching OF ships, which brought about the Right
., Search question On this he dwclt ut some
length, and commented severely on England
course toward III during the late war, and said
that as she could not d. the same ut this time, she
was sending ono Of her millenuircs To in'piorc
America to come into agreement which was
right and proper
then asked him how the Repeal was pro-
crossing. This is lnyoritc theme of his, and he
lwelt upon it at length. He. said the spirit was
spreading far and wide, but, Of course, no action
could be nad,. yct-they are not prepared but
when i, does come it will be egectmal. He ex-
pressed great pleasure al the cooperation OF the
Irish in America and alluded with satisfaction TO
the progress of Catholicism there. He said TINT
eemcn were the only persons who could apPre-
ciatc freedom in religion, and America exempli-
fed that for the number of clergymcn in the Cath
olic Church had increased very rapidly, ard their
churches were multiplying in numbers lhls sub
ect led to the possibility of difficulties between
the two countries, and on this too he dwelt# At
length asked him which side Ireland would
luke in case of war: - Would she favor ing
land or America? He smiled significantly and
shook his head, saving carelessly. :. Oh! we must
obey the aws-we must obey the laws saw
the difficulty ne labored under Mr. R.was pres
ent !: had we been alone, he would have said more
but he added I'VE do not sag much, but we snail
sct Napoleon, said he, " nude a grand mis-
take in passing Ireland by SO coreessly. de said
there were only "a million and halt OF people
there, and they were no object; but had he sent
an army on tli. Island, nm satisfied ne would
have met with opposition, and England would
then haze been humbled.' The conversation last
ed about an hour and was very interesting; OF
course, cauno, repeat it all. My opinion OF
UConncll Is this: think he would like 10 be
lreland's Bonasarte and Eng : Napoleon
He has the ambition of that Emperor, with his
deadly hatred to England and II ne plays his
card well, he may wear the crown yet. That he
is an ambitious man. no one can doubt, and II will
be felt before he dies, He has u very peculiar
manner of speaking: his eyes. which are rather
small, are partially closed when he Is IN earnest
conversation, and his lips prorrude slightly, his
sosutenance preserving otherwise ITS general hSed
appearance He has the brnsue of the country.
al times strong, b,,t not disagrccably so. On the
whole he has ali aliurng manner, and any one OF
ordinary disccrnmen, can sec perfect sclt-posscs-
SIGN in his intercourse; in fact, 1t would take
great deal to threw him off his guard
Upon LEAKING him, Mr.. O'Connell followed US
10 the stairs and babe Us adieuvery cordially 30
We resumed our carriage and returned TO the no
tel The next morning called, by invitation,
attnc Ban; OF Ireland and were yer; pentelv shown
through b, one Of the Directors. The internal ar
rangcu,cnts are nearly the same Is those IN the
Baak Of england, though IL is sand the Bank OF
Iveant! is better managed, but OF tins more here
after,
Ga leaning the Bank We called upon the Lord
Mayor again who had scnt5us word early IN the
morning that he would be ut home We found
him dressed precisely as he was YESTERDAY, IN his
private office, alone with his Secretary The room
was full of smoke, and a row Of chairs werctansed
around the IRE on which were number OF eoa1s
hung to dry. After a few moments OF senera1
Il. ~. 1
though, 6y a nod from O'Connell, and we immedl
a,ely entered into an Interesting conversation on
he Repeal
Weasked him who1 became OF the moneys which