The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-10-27
MISCELLANEOUS
F FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Will Smith O'Bri n be Hanged.

The following report of meeting held in Dub
lin on the 18th inst, which we extract from Stun-
| ders' Ntps Letter of the 18th, may throw some
light on the intentions OF the government, IN re-
gard to the fate Of William Smith O'Brien.
Yesterday, meeting for the purpose of promoting
public expression Of feeling in accordance with the
recomm dalton of the jury, in the of Mr. VIM
Smith O'Brien, was held at the residence of Mr.
Richard Webb, No 176 Great Brunswick street. at
O'Clock The requisition converting the meeting
pressed hope that all who felt interested in the OBJ
jeot would attend without reference to sect party
| There was numerous attendance Amongst those
present were Sharman Crawford NJ p the Hon Cecil
| Lawless, NJ p, - Sculy, NJ p, James Haughton,
Richard Webb, c. S. Ralph, DR.. Mulhall Rev. Mr..
| Fleury, Rev DR. Spratt &c
The chair was take n by william Sharman Crawford,
| Esq. The Chairman said he would wish. on taking
the char to represent to them the great
| Of their proceeding on that occasion. rash word
or rash expression, might do infinite damage (hear
heard and he hoped every gentleman there would alb
ter and would conue himself solely the object for
which he believed that meeting held, consider
the bet means of supporting tie recomme ndatiou to
mercy which had been rendered by the jury in the
case OF Mr.. Smith O'Bren He should now be happy
! TO hear proposition from any of those gentleman
| who were the orig majors OF the meeting.
MIR JAMES HAUGHroN read n draft of n memorial to
| the LORD Lieutenant to the following effect
ans q Dublin address your eSeency rep statvo in
M in G nSf T MAJESTY me Queen W9 fully com
risn was ourd suy Of high treason and we humbiy and
They had endeavored to make the address as short
hnd AZ little liable to objection might be, and it was
for the meeting to decide whe Their that suitable
address, whether Of different character should
| be prepared
Mr. ROWLAND (solicior) suggested that the address
should commence with the words - Nobility. clergy,
gentry, and inhabitants of Dublin He felt great
pleasure in having to say that there the
| hope that vast number of the Roman Catholic dig
nitaries and the Earl of Finga who then meet
ing in another part of the city would Cooperate in
the objects of hat meeting if address we're ap-
proved of, Of the above short description Tho Rev
Drs. Murray and Cantwel had also promised to give
Their support in such
MIR. WHI1E.-I don't know if It be right to remind
the meeting that the OF the jury was
only in favor of saving Mr.. OBrisns lite; and that
they ought to consider whether the memorial ought to
go further than that.
Mr.. LARKIH suggested the appon time mt Of commit
tee to consider any proposed alteration in the address
and also that should be for the consideration Of the
meeting whether they would delay few hours until
another Of the trials had been concluded in order to
have an opportunity of making the memorial more &C.
neral
CHAmmAN-I would recommend this meetinp To
oonfne itsef to the one olject which have been
called for. You viii only embarrass yourselves by
with Of the meeting that the other suggestion to
IeIeriing me PREPARATION of the memorial to commit
Mr. HAuGuroN thought that such committee would
have no groundsto go until the sentiments of the
meeting had been first ascertained He would suggest
that gentlemen should be very careful about bringing
anything into the address that not exactly the
point as to Mr.. O'Brienis life. (Hear, hear) They
should bear in mind that the recomme nd aon of the
jury did not enter into any question but merely said
that his lie ought to be spared. They the meeting)
said nothing else II his life should be spared either
through the exertions of that meeting or through the
lately arrived at decision Of the ministry it would be
happy circumstance; and they could afterwards, at
the proper time, apply for some mitigation of whatever
punishment he should afterwards become liable to-
Mr. Hapghton then moved the adoption Of the
mortal as he had read IL.
1t was suggested that the words high treasou oe-
curing in the memorial should DO omitted The re-
concentration was agreed to, and the memorial AL
! tered accordingly
Mr. N.LtEy (bsrrstcr) said It occurred 10 him that
they ought to give his Excellency species iuder
nifty fer exercising his prerogatve by declaring that
The people Of Ireland-aud IL possible, the people of
England, ought to be included also-did not require
that the extreme penalty of the should b. carrni
into execution against Mr. o. Grien for their security
indeed, he (Mr. NJ thought that any mau who looked
back on the events OF the last six weeks or two
must be satisfied that the government il perfectly well
seenred-(a vo'ce-questiob)- therefore, IL was
quite unnecessary for any public purpose carry the
penalty OF the law into effect against Mr.. o Bren
MIR. Z. $. RALPH said that The address which had
been read TO them by Mr.. Haughton had been consi-
defed long and carefully before it brou ght
and inasmuch as 1t bad not been assumed that that
would be meeting of conservatives or repealers or
any other particular class of the community (hear.
hear " was thought best to make the term; of the
mortal as general as possible. in order to include all
clas,es 1t was clear that individuals in that msetine
might entertain strong OPT Mons way or another;
but it was equally clear that IL those opinions were
any way expressed in the proposed party
Would sign ~ whilst another would object to doing
obthte mat difcuty, and to succeed in promoting
the object contemplated. namely the preservation of
he NE OF most honorable man, tbear hear the
"
include all persons whatsoever irrespective Of sect or
party.
The CHsinmAN said it would be much better not to
introduce anything like the expression OF political
opinion into Tie memorial He (the chairman was of
orc opon hnt another person, Of different opinion
rom Bnn might object to signing anything which
might seem to bind him to opinions different from his
own lie lthe chsrman) felt snch deep interest and
rspontibtyon that occasion that he auxously urged
on the meeting to abstain from adding to the memo
rial an expression Of any political opinion whatever
clear. hear
Mr. MALLnY withdrew the observations which he had
made.
it was remarked that If they saved MIR. o'Bren,,
life. they would do very little for him
VoicE = We will take it rs an instalment.
The CHAIRMAN said that If they wished to have any
success they must not attempt any kind OF dctation
tHear, hear II would take away one great induce.
ment to roy on the part Of the crown il they any
body whatever were to adopt that could be
con,iderod dciation to the crown in the course It
might follow TheIef re, the more simple the address
The memorial wa then una nirously adopted in the
following form -
ITO HIS ENcrIIrycy iARL CL.RrvDoy Loan LrurrNAsr
NAV 1T rI,Asr fo EScrLrryc,.We the undersigned.
@ sS r SHs a,y p the SsD Va S rnd e. hr
eomnendaiion Of the Jury by whom William Brien
zen fund guilty and huty and e9trsat c
The question OF appointing a committee to carry out
the objects Of the meeting by obtaining signatures to
the memorial, then came to be considered.
DR.. NUT1ALL said there WIS a report abroad that
the execution OF Mr.. OBrien to take place on
saturday next The less time they (the meetirg) lost
The Hon Mr. LAwirss said that it would he very ex-
pedent TO appoint population from that meeting 20
wait on the Lord Lieutenant for the purpose of ascer.
tanning when II would suit hisExcelle ncy nee
to receive another deputation bearing the memorial
fully signed and also Of nquiring whether there was
any foundstion in the rumor that warrant for the
execution OF Mr. Brien had gone down to the coun-
try. Mr. Lawess also me ntioned that Colonel Dunn,
and Mr OBrien, r. fer Cashel were anxious to pro-
mote the object OF that meeting nd would act on the
deputa,on. The Lord Mayor ought also be nominated
TO act hit
A sub committee consisting of Charles s. Ralph.
Matthew White, J r. Boland. Daniel Sullivan. William
Lonefeld, j. q Sbaughnessy, and Richard England,
with power 10 add toieer numbers was then appointed
to procure figna.urca to the me mortal
The following dtputaton to wait on his excellency
the Lord Lieutenant Ia furtherance OF the object of
that meeting, was then appointed Hon. Mr.. Law
lees, NJ 7 Colonel Dunno w Sbarmsn Crawford,
Alderman O'Brien, NJ Francis Sculy. NJ. r.
James tIaughtoD and the Lord Mayor. II was under