The Sun. — 1845-07-10 (London, England)

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.  DUBLIN, JULY 7.—The weckly meeting of the Association, which took place to-day, was greatly crowded. Mr. O'Connell, accompan;ed 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 its Ulster for the purpose of obtaining signatures to it, praying the House of Commons not to pass any Bill touching the tenantry of Ireland, without enacting therein a clause recognising, and saving whole the custom commonly called " the tenant-right of Ulster."  Mr. O'CONNELL seconded the motion, and denounced any attempt 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 for the people of Ulster, but to extend it to every other part of Ireland.  The petition having been adopted, Mr. O'CONNELL again rose, and said that he had a few observations to make on the subject of his recent mission to England. He denied that he had ever made any declaration of total absence from his Parliamentary duties, as was asserted by some of the English journals. What he had said was, that he should not go over unless for the purpose of endeavouring to effect some good or to avert some evil. He was also reported to have declared himself favour. able 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 to Ireland. 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 London. Now in truth he cared as little for his abuse as for the barking of a cur-dog, and he begged pardon of the four.footed animal for the comparison.-(Laughter.) That was all he had to say about little Roebuck, and he would next call attention to the present posture of affairs. The Hon. Gentleman then recounted the steps which he and Mr. S. O'Brien took in the House of Commons in opposition to the New Banking and Colleges Bills, and stated his objections in extenso to the latter measure, denouncing it as penal, restrictive, and having a tendency to corrupt the youth of the country. He inculcated the necessity of conciliating persons of all political opinions, and earnestly condemned the system of Ribandism and Molly Maguireism, which is spreading through the country. He adverted to the recent fatal collision between the police and the country people in the county of Cork, where thirteen " innocent" persons lost their lives, and held it up as a warning to all to abstain from outrage and violence. The loss of life on that occasion had taken place in consequence of the manlier in which the police were armed. In his opinion, the Government was wrong to send out the police on every occasion with deadly weapons in their hands. Ile also alluded to the assassination of Mr. Booth, and called upon wretches like his murderer to recollect that the red ann of God's vengeance was raised against them, and that, if their crime was unrepented, their final doom was as certain as it was horrible to contemplae. 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 effectthat the Rev. T. Maguire's speech at the Cavan meeting of magistrates should be printed and circulated in Cavan and the adjoining counties. Mr. 11. GRATTAN and Mr. .T. O'CONNELL addressed the meeting at great length against the New Education Bill.  The week's rent was stated to amount to 407!. 7s.