The Sun. — 1841-11-19 (London, England)

THE NATIONAL REPEAL ASSOCIATION.  The usual weekly meeting of this body was held today in the Corn Exchange. Dr. Murphy in the Chair. The LouD MAYOR stated that he had the honour to announce the receipt of 1001. from the friends of Ireland at Pittsburgh, in America. His Lordship spoke at some length in praise of the esteemed kindness of the Americans towards the people of Ireland. As the subscribers to this sum were not British snbjects, he could not move their admission as members of this Association, but he had extreme pleasure in moving that their names be enrolled in " the book of the friends of Ireland in America" [passed with acclamation]. After a number of communications were read, and new members enrolled, The LORD MAYOR rose to bring before the consideration of the Association the various topics on which the Committee were preparing petitions. There never was a time, said he, which required more statesmanlike conduct to be pursued than the present. There was war going on at present in Hindostan and China, which would certainly require a large expenditure of money, and this could only be undertaken by additional taxation of the people. The position of France was not at this time in such a situation as to give anything like a security for a continuance of peace between her and England. She was keeping up an immense military and naval force, which would compel England to act" similarly, and here again would be the cause of requiring additional taxation. His Lordship illustrated the evil working of the Cornlaws, and called upon the Association to unite with the English in demanding their repeal. lie then recurred to the state of Ireland, and spoke of the murders of Mr. Walsh and Mr. Bolton which have been lately committed, He did not wish to lessen the feeling of execration which these crimes created; on the contrary, he hoped the perpetrators would be discovered and executed, but he would say to the cruel and relentless exterminating landlords, who made these murderers, " You are more guilty than those who actually shed blood—the sin of it is on your heads—you are accountable for it, and the day of judgment will certainly overtake you." His Lordship expressed his delight at the birth of the Prince of Wales, and expressed a hope that he would yet be found in Ireland acting as viceroy to his mother—the only British Monarch that ever desired to treat the people of Ireland with justice. He might be asked why he did not, as Chief Magistrate of this city, publish a proclamation for illuminating in honour of this happy event, which gave him and every other Repealer such unbounded delight. His reply would be that illuminations would give an excuse for riot, and as the feelings of the entire Irish people could be much better expressed in the form of a congratulatory address to her Majesty, he would move that such an address be adopted by this Association and circulated for general signature throughout the country.— (Cheers.) On the next day of meeting he would bring this address forward, as well as the draft of a petition on the subject of the administration of the law. The repeal rent for the past week was 229 l 414 Gd. The meeting then adjourned.