Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-11-21
Foreign News.
From the Ba9alo Daily Economist.
LATE FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITTANLa.

oi the boldest steps ever undertaken bv 90
ycrnment is the arrest Ct O'Connen and the
dlspers on ofthe Clonta fineetng. Nothing
else IS talked about. Whatever may be lis
ultimate results, the first movement aglins
repeal has been not less Sue .essful than
prompt From the passive, the government
has rushed TO the aggressive policy-from
one extreme to tic other OF course con
ilct Of opinion is abroad as TO the time in
which the new policy towards Ireilnd was
fixed upon.
1t is maintained by the opponents of the
Government that nothing could hive been
moro clumsy than the way in which they
commenced. The Clontarf meeting was tc
have been held on Sunday the 9Th, and The
proclamation for dispensing il was not issued
until late i'll the afternoon Of Saturday; sc
lac that it was impossible to apprize perscne
who had come ffom a distance. As this
meeting was TO have been the last of the
monster meetings, all the strength of the re.
pcalcrs was intended to be brought 10 bear
upon it. Steamers had been hired 10 con.
vcy parties from Liverpool. Manchester.
Yorkshire, aud other parts of England, and
the counties abutting upon the Irish metro
polls were TO have furnished their myrads.
Orders had been issued by the Association
for the due regulation of the Repeal caval-
ry," and The spot selected for the meeting
was the battle ground in the eleventh cen
fury, of slng!hary conflict between the in
vddng Danes and the native Irish Every
imaginable stimulant was to be called n'o
requisition .by'kceping np the steam to the
highest possible pitch, TO make the last dis
play the most imposing of al But the late
hour at which the pToclcmltion appeared, in
terrupting proceedings long previously de-
tcrmincd upon, and whch could moi from
their nature and extent be immediately can
ccllcd, al hough happily uu tended with
danger locks Ike wish on the part Of the
':sh government 10 court collision with the
people. No time was lost by The authorti s
IN giving effect 10 their determination to pro-
bibit the meeting. All the available m lita-
ry force OF the country was III or near Dub
lin. The men were provided with sixty
rounds Of cartridge and twcuty-four houls'
PROVISIONS park Of artillery was on the field
of ClontarG, and if Mr. O'Conncll had moi,
- "t'ii'"ig NNdlihIi ptbA IdtiI 'IIOU, JiCNCusCu
the people from assembling, the consequent
ccs would have been lamontable. But so
great is his popularity, so unboundcd his in
tiuence over his couatrymen, that his prcc-
lamltion was attended TO, and the meeting
did not take place. During Sunday the road
between Dublin and Cl n,ar!-some three
or four milcs-was dcnsely throngod by the
people, passing to and from the intended
scene of operations, but no disturbance took
place. Some harmless Jokes which the po-
pulacC of Dublin, provcibial for their wit and
humor, cracked with the soldiers who lined
the road and occupied the field, afforded a
good deal OF amusement to the idlers, but
nothing more serious occurred.
Thus stool matters up to Sunday night.
The following day a greal meeting Of the
Association took; place at the Abbey-streel
ihcntre, the Corn Exchange being too
mall for the purpose. Mr.. O'Connell adj
dressed the meeting on the events of the
previous day, stating tLat if the Govern
mcnt did not n'eLd 10 shed blood, they had
pursued course most likely to effect that
objett. He counsclled obedience TO the
law, announced his intention Of holding ST.
muItaneous meetings in every parish in
Ireland, TO petition fer Repeal and to ad-
dress her Majesty, and declared that no.
thing could accelerate his wishes So much
as the interference Of the Government
lie intended 10 carry ont The plan of the
arb tratlon courts, for dispensing justice TO
the people without cost, universally; and
he limited at plan for buying up the debts
on Irish estates, by subscription, in order
that the money might be spent in Ireland
instead Of England, as at present The
rent was announced to amour! to El,I05,
ol which $500, denominated proclama-
ton money!" had been collected that dav.
In the evening large dinner party took
pace at the Rotunda, the largest, it is said
ever held in Dublin, over which Mr.. o.
Council presided. Nothing of much in,e-
rest occurred, the speeches of the chairman
being in substance the same us he had de-
livercd in the morning at the theatre. On
Wednesday another meeting of the assoc
citation was he'd, which passed of without
anything TO distinguish il.
rs the week progressed, all kinds of
r0mors were in circulation respecting the
future movements of the Governments
The Times which has been strong advo-
cate Tor summarily putting down the ag-
tation from The commencement, daily re.
turned 10 the charge, and argued the ne
cesslty Of following up the blow. AT
length the Dublin papers of Friday night
announced tha; Mr.. O'ConuelI would be
arrested the next day. and the IRISH me-
tropolls. rs might naturally be expected,
became highly excited. Every one was
On the gus r'rr. Great numbers of ner.
sons ass mb'ed at tic Head Po,ise Office.
Mr.. OConneil Iemaied at his house in
Merrion-square, and having received the
Sacrament, was waited u. on by the Crown
Solicitor TO know at what hour he would
attend with bail at Judge Buttons cham.
bcrS. The hour fixed was three O'clock
Mr.. O'ConneIl attended and entered into
recogni2ances, himself in fl000. and two
surettes of E5C0 each, 10 answer Il charge
OF conspiracy and mj>d maanor on the Fl s.
day o. the term. The same course wa.
40 tel in the c2se Of John O'ConnelI -
The charge against O'Connell is ih,t Of
conspiracy for the purpose Of competing
her Majesty, by der oHsua,ions of pbysi