The Sun. — 1845-01-15 (London, England)

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.  In Meath, as well as in Tipperary, the Roman Catholic clergy and the farmers are exerting themselves with most commendable zeal to repress crime. Last week a very numerous meeting was held at Carlanstown, county of Meath, at which Henry Meredyth, Esq., a magistrate of that county, and an extensive landed proprietor, presided. Mr. Meredyth addressed the meeting, and, says the Drogheda Argus, " implored of all who heard him to regard his solemn warnings, and to use all their influence, each within his ott7klocality, to watch vigilantly over the peace of the country and their own safety involved therein. He reminded them, as men who loved their country and revered Mr. O'Connell, to regard the advice of that great and influential man, who had done so much for the people of Ireland. He conjured them to follow that advice, not merely in abstaining themselves from all connection with those societies—for that he was sure all who heard him would do—but they must also go farther ; they must use all their best endeavours to prevent others from joining in those illegal confederacies. Let them follow the advice of the Liberator in keeping the peace—in preventing the introduction of illegal societies—and there was no doubt he would lead them to greater moral victories than he had yet achieved." The chairman concluded his elo• quent appeal by calling again on each person to act in his own neighbourhood as a guardian of the public peace, and he highly commended the determination of the repeal wardens to inquire into any suspicious circumstance which might come to their knowledge; and recommended that they" should denounce and hand over to the proper authorities any person whom they had reason to believe to be connected or engaged in introducing these infamous societies, or otherwise concerned in dis 7 turbing the public peace." THE BEQUESTS .Ik3CIETN—TP.OPUL_  The Drogheda Argus, in noticing the agitation connected with the Charitable Bequests Act., and the rumours of a concordat, makes the following remarks:— "We disapprove of all personal attacks upon the bishops who are commissioners—we are and have been opposed to the imputation of any corrupt motive to any one of those prelates ; nor do we now offer any argument upon the Act alluded to. We care not what opinion may be formed of the Act as regards the object of our present address; what we now deplore is the results which love,rnegla tf er from mnw respect st ph We Bill tthh eeconnectionm ofhtahv ae t confidence, o alreadythesef spr pu whichh again repeat, the d arro eb bed essential to their efficient teaching and preaching ,of the Gospel. Feelings of the most deplorable character have been evoked on all sides. The vast majority of the Catholic people of Ireland entirely differ with those venerable bishops—too many have given expression to their feelings in a manner the most painful to those who like ourselves, are imbued with a deep veneration for-. the priestly order ; and still more admit those feelings to harbour within their breasts. The name of the Primate of all Ireland has been treated with disrespect, votes of thanks have been published to his assailants, resolutions refusing to place confidence in any one of the three prelates have been in very many places adopted. On the other side, foul calumnies have been rashly taken up and thoughtlessly circulated of a plot to take the life of the venerable Archbishop of Dublin. Another calumny was whispered that the venerable and the Learned Bishop, Dr. Kennedy, resigned through fear that be might be murdered. Near this town, in one of the Primate's own parishes, the people were prevented —we are sure without his authority or approval—from ' holding a meeting to petition, as they were permitted to do by the constitution of the realm, for a repeal of this Act ; forged letters, purporting to be from the Holy Father of the Christian Church were circulated, as if be forbade the Catholic people to petition against the ma. sure ; priest hai been set against priest, and bishop against bishop. These are facts which cannot be de. w surmise, language ed. We condemn ell violence of