The Sun. — 1845-07-09 (London, England)

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.  DUBLIN, JULY 7.—The weekly meeting of the Association, which wok place to-day, was greatly crowded. Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by several of the leading members of the body, was present, and upon his entrance was loudly cheered. Mr. M. O'Connell, M.P., presided. Mr. Davis moved the adoption of a draught of a petition to be extensively distributed in Ulster for the purpose of obtaining fignature3 to it, praying the House of Commons not to pass any tcuching the tenantry of Ireland, without enacting therein a cruse recognising and saving whole the custom commonly called •' the tcnant.right of Ulster." Mr. O'CoNrtat.t. seconded the motion, and denounced any at.. tempt to interfere with the existing tenant right as a scheme of robbery by the landlords. He pledged himself to make every exertion in his power not only to preserve the present tenant-right the people of Ulster, but to extend it to every other part of Ireland.  • The petition having been adopted, Mr. O'CoNweia. again rose, and said that he had a few observe; lions to make on the subject of his recent mission to England. He denied that he bad ever made any declaration of total absence from Iris Parliamentary duties, as was asserted by some of the English journals. What he had said was, that be should not go over unless for the purpose of endeavouring to effect some good or to avert erne evil. He was also reported to have declared himself favour_ alt to mixed education, and to have given an opinion to the effect that the political part of the New Colleges Bill would do no harm 1..) Ir. land. Now, both these reports were utterly untrue. As to Mr. Roebuck, he had been complaisant enough not to attack him Mr. O'Connell) since he went over to I.,indon. Now in truth he eared as little for his abuse as for the barking of a cur-dog, and he beggt d pardon of the four footed animal fir the comparison.— (Laughter.) That was all he had to say about little Roebuck, and he 'would next call attention to -he present posture of affairs. The lion. Gentleman then recounted the steps which he and Mr. S. O'Brien took in the House of Commons in opposition to the New li..nking and. Colleges Bills, and stated his objections in eztenso v, the latter measure, denouncing it as penal, restrictive. and having a tendency to corrupt the youth of the country. He Inculcated the necessity of conciliwing persons of all political opinions, and earnestly condemned the system of Ribandism and Molly I‘l4llnrei,m. which is spreading ti rough the country. He adverted to the recent fatal co.lision between the police and the country pi rode .n the county of Cork, where thirteen " innocent" persons lust their lives, and held it up as a warning to all to abstain from tairrage and violence. The loss of life on that occasion had taken place in consequence of the manner in which the policewere armed. Ire his opinion, the Government was wrong to send out the police ,:vary occasion with deatily weapons in their hands. He also EilUiled to the assassination of Mr. Booth, and called upon wretches like his murderer to recollect that the red arm of God's vengeance v.as raised against them, and that, if their crime was unrepented, t heir final doom was as certain as it was horrible to conternplae. He concluded by calling on the repeal wardens to rally with him for tranquillity, old Ireland, and the repeal. A resolution was adopted, to the effecttbat the Rev. T. Maguire's epeech at the Cavan meeting of magistrates should be printed and circulated in Cavan and the adjoining counties.  Mr. H. GRATTAN and Mr. J. O'CONNELL addressed the meeting at great length against the New Education Bill.  The week's rent was stated to amount to 4071. 7s.