1843,] 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
871 
Occurring in this county. That we are fully persuaded 
that this lawless and disturbed state of society has been 
‘Mainly fomented by inflammatory harangues and seditious 
publications, made and circulated amongst the peasantry. 
‘That fully confiding in the wisdom of her Majesty’s coun- 
cus, we deem it our duty most respectfully to express our 
Conviction that the existing laws are inadequate to meet 
the present disorganised and lawless state of society, and 
that we pledge ourselves to co-operate with the Govern- 
ment in such measures as they may deem requisite to the 
Testoration and maintenance of peace and order.” The 
last accounts from Finnoe fully corroborate the previous 
Statements respecting the precarious condition of Mrs. 
Waller and the old butler, Larkin; the wounds and con- 
tusions of the latter it is said have begun to assume a 
very unfavourable appearance, while the consequences of 
the shock produced by the death of her husband on Mrs. 
Waller’s spirit are regarded with serious apprehension. 
The funeral of Mr. Waller took place on Friday and was 
attended by all the gentry and clergy of the neighbourhood. 
Limerick.—On Monday Mr. Smith O’Brien, M.P., wa 
entertained at a public dinner by the Repealers of this 
city, to celebrate his accession to their cause. The pro- 
Ceedings excited considerable interest, as Mr. O'Connell 
Presided on the occasion. In proposing the health of the 
ueen, Mr, O’Connell said, ‘There is not, I know, in 
®ny portion of her dominions an assemblage of persons 
which more unaffectedly respects her throne, or which is 
more steady or devoted in its loyalty than the one I am 
now addressing. As for myself, you may perhaps have 
Seen in the newspapers the heading of ‘The Queen v. 
Daniel O’Connell ’—(Laughter)—but I tell you what 
you are never very likely to see, what it is impossible for 
you €ver to read, and that is, the heading of ‘ Daniel 
O'Connell v. the Queen ?— (Renewed laughter)—for I 
pelieve there is not amongst her subjects one individual 
“Souring more efficaciously than myself to secure the 
Stability of her throne and the possession of it to her 
©scendants.” After the other loyal toasts the chairman 
8ave “ Repeal of the Union,” and then proceeded to the 
toast of the day, and spoke in terms of great approbation 
on Mr. Smith O’Brien and his services to Repeal.‘ He 
arate not,’’ he said, ‘how the cause of Ireland might in 
b © ensuing session be retarded by pending circumstances, 
vee if he were incapacitated from aiding it as vigorously as 
© would wish, there were men to fill his station in that res- 
Peet. ‘The national mind would have leaders—the national 
ee had those leaders at present and in prospective, and 
reland would never be deserted as long as William Smith 
Mr. O’Brien returned thanks at great 
After declaring his adhesion to Repeal, he ad- 
a 
Involved’ with him than a tumultuous rising. There was 
as Mr. O’Connell has said a belief up to alate period that 
there ws one way in which the Repeal question might be 
Silenced, and that was by legislative enactments for the 
benefit of Ireland, For m 
hope that such wili be attained, and therefore it is that ] 
look forward with intense eagerness and certainty to the 
time when the repeal of the Union will not be treated ag 
arising within any given time, within a month or months, 
or a year, as Mr. O’Connell does; but I believe that the 
me when Ireland will be banded in one 
jonfederation to demand her rights. We know at 
“ast that we have the millions with us, and in such a 
wnugele that is no unimportant consequence. And 
filles T look to the other classes of Society, lam not 
atk with despair. In the first place, the higher 
cle 
Rha 3 with respect to them I give myself no concern 
shall ee for I am quite sure that whenever our canse 
€ a winning cause we shall have their support. Then 
Tone is another class—those who believe sincerely that 
ede legislation would be an essential benefit to this 
ane a but avoid taking part in support of it, because 
cae €em its attainment impossible. To them say— 
Aten to try the experiment. Then there is another 
not Y—those who are favourable to federalism, and ig it 
ae ae anifest that they are bound to go along with ug so 
chitirs jepealing the union statute ? I am in favour of 
far tno “gislative independence as it existed in 1782. [am 
ni ae Saying we ought to insist on that, for we might 
oe ine thing Possible and the other impossible, but we 
Und to invite and they are bound to come who enter- 
There is another class to whom J 
&, but have no right to accuse of improper 
neli mean those who still hope for justice from the 
Stish Parliament, I will only say they are labouring 
dream from which I have myself awakened, and 
is ask of them is conscientiously and before their God 
Y their hands upon their hearts and ask themselves 
ee Still hope? Ir they answer in the affirmative I do 
Dein gn’ them, but T think that that class too will soon 
There is another class whom I believe 
Uential on this Repeal question—I speak of 
esbyterians of the north of Ireland, and really 
Nour ranks 
to be most infty 
the Sturdy Py, 
I must say that they in common with their fell 
men are concerned in the prosperity of their native land, 
for I ask them what class of Irishmen is it that have not 
such an interest. They have a common interest with us 
and I cannot but believe that ere long they will be awakened 
to a sense of that interest. How could I believe other- 
wise when I recollect that the forefathers of those very 
men who congregated in Dungannon in 1782 declared that 
they knew their duty to their Sovereign and were loyal— 
but that they knew their duty to themselves and were de- 
termined to be free. Those were the words of truth, 
and believe me the spirit of the fathers will animate 
their sons. Oh if I were instrumental in effecting an 
union with the Presbyterians of the north, then I 
would believe I had not lived in vain, I have 
new to propose to you the health of one whose bio- 
graphy is written in his nation’s history —one whose 
worth and distinguished exertions will be more fully 
appreciated when his voice ishushed in the grave. I give 
you, ‘ Daniel O’Connell, the Liberator of Ireland.’ ’’? Mr. 
O'Connell returned thanks, and said it was a great day 
for Ireland, and a proof of the wisdom of the prosecution. 
“The state of the Repeal cause,” he said, “is this—at 
Present three-fourths of the Irish people have unani- 
mously declared in favour of it. A portion of the remain- 
ing fourth—the Catholic portion of the north at least are 
also for the Repeal. An immense number of the honest- 
hearted Presbyterians of Ulster are for the Repeal, and 
several enlightened members of the Established Church 
are for it; in short no cause had ever so powerful a sup- 
port. That is one fact. What is the next? Why 37 
monster meetings were held, not including the monster 
meeting of this day. That more human beings were 
congregated for peaceable, ay, or even for warlike pur- 
poses, than ever assembled in any country before. That 
there were six millions four hundred thousand as men- 
tioned in the bill of indictment. But what is the fact as 
was alluded to by Mr. O’Brien? not one breach of the 
peace was committed at any of the monster meetings. 
Nay, it is a wonderful fact that not even an a lent 
happened in a throng of so many thousands. Six millions 
four hundred thousand met together, and observed even 
No ; I belong to a 
great national combination, and 1 am proud to belong to 
it; and whilst I repudiate the foulness of conspiracy, 
come weal or woe, I am wedded to that national combi- 
nation, But I wish to tell the people again how they 
should be prepared for coming events—if the Jury should 
be unhappily misinformed, and a verdict be found against 
us, I am not afraid of any disturbance. I am not afraid of 
any disturbance from this to that period, nor of any dis- 
turbance even then, but there is no harm in repeating my 
caution to the people. It would indeed break my heart 
to think that there should be any disturbance. I would 
abandon the Repeal cause if there was any outbreak. 
Don’t the people see that their enemies are perfectly pre- 
pared with troops, artillery and ammunition? Let the 
people recollect that it was the fomented rebellion of 
1798 that carried the Union. Give me but that noble 
tranquillity which I conjured youto observe, and the repeal 
is certain. Ireland need have no fear, unless from crime 
and violence. With that sentiment on my lips—with that 
conviction on my judgment—with that anxiety in my heart 
—I call upon you all to abide the coming trials with 
patience and tranquillity. Let us look forward to peace 
during the coming crisis. Let no man pity me nor feel 
that I was a wronged man—that I was an object of com- 
passion after that trial. Itis the crime that is disgraceful, 
and not the scaffold. I have struggled for Ireland—my 
first speech was against the Union—I have made more 
speeches since then than any other man, and my private 
life and public character have been vilified beyond mea- 
sure; but while I have the confidence of my countrymen 
Tare not for itall. It has been suggested to me that 
if I consented to abandon the Repeal the prosecutions 
would be given up; or even if convicted the sentence 
would not be enforced—that offer was made to me. I said 
at once there shall be no compromise of the Repeal. I 
would rot ina dungeon first. No, not while I have 
breath will I make a compromise. The Repeal! While 
I live I shall continue to argue Ireland’s right to a domes- 
tic Parliament, and if I be incarcerated, my pen will enable 
me to teach my countrymen my sentiments. is rejoice, 
then, my friends, that we have made this demonstration. 
Your monster meetings went on until, at the close of them 
all, they were interrupted by the Government, and it was 
said that that which was peace before would on the sup- 
pression of those meetings be rebellion immediately. It | nes 
was no such thing. Now we can contradict them. They 
interfered. He prevented. There was peace still. Peace 
still is my command—peace still is my entreaty—peace 
still and Ireland shall be free.’” Several other toasts 
were proposed and the meeting did not separate until long 
after midnight. 
tab. 
‘ouRT OF COMMON PLEAS.— Woods V. the Duke of Argyll and 
Another.—The action was brought to recover from defendants, 
the Duke of Argyll and Major-General Sir James Cockburn, the 
sum of 371, 5s. for work and labour performed for the defendants, 
in copying certain maps and making a journey to Gravesend, 
The Duke of Argyll, it appeared, had been put down by the pro- 
moters of the scheme as the President of the British American 
A soci ation for E: ui 4 aad C i which had its 
ori; in an association founded for the purpose of securing to 
the Nova Scotia baron Pin} he? 
the functions of the president, vice-presidents and consulting 
council were exclusively confined to the protection of the inte- 
rests of the shareholders, It was arranged by the very constitu- 
tion of the association that no peer or baronet who should 
become a vice-president should be liable as such to the expenses 
of the asséciation, and it appeared that by one of the resolutions 
which was adopted on the 8th June, it was determined that no- 
thing should be done by the association till 50,0007. had been 
subscribed for, ubscribed for up to December, 
1842. There ures in the case, but the 
above were its leading characteri: Chief Justice Tindal 
summed up, and the jury returned a verdict for defend 
QureEn’s Ben 
formerly served at Sierra Leone, was charged with having com- 
mitted an assault with a criminal intent at Harrow School. The 
charged 
of the Attorney-General y, Candy noticed in our last, the Ju 
found a verdict for the Crown, estimating the value of the 
smuggled goods at 1,050¢. Another case—the Altorney. General 
v. Dean, being against the partner of the former defendant, was 
commenced on Monday, but as the same evidence was to be 
offered as in the former case, counsel on both sides agreed that 
the evidence should be taken as if given and the same verdict 
returned. A fourth case, the Attorney-General v. John Dean, a 
silk importer.in St. Paul’s Churchyard, not connected with Candy 
and Dean, was then entered upon. 
id by the defendant on the 
importation of these two cases and that which, on the part ofthe 
‘own, was claimed as the amount properly payable. The 
defence rested on the admitted negligence of the Castom-house 
Offices, and on the general mi of that d 
by which the goods were passed. Lord Abinger summed up, 
laying it down at the commencement of his charge 
persons anxious to 
0 o’clock the Lord Chief 
S$ sor 
Genera} Rita that he had been led to expect that Mr. Munro, 
against whom a true bill had been returned by the grand jury at 
anro, w ed hi 
that Mr. Munro could not surrender or appear to take his trial, 
vir 
from typhus fever. 
only one course _the circ 
Was to ask did their lordships think it right that 
Bodkin, with himself, had been 
They had only received 
the notice of Mr. Munro’s illness last night, at too late an hour 
too lat A : 
made the iter ntaanedt which it was quite impossible to 
made any earlier, He would beg to add, with respect to the 
question put by the Attorney-General, that 
under recognisances. Lo! 
They accordingly 
ave 
T have to beg your lo! 
. Justice Coltman: We cannot hear you now.—De- 
fendant: itis not possible that justice can be done me if your 
lordship does not hear me. I have pleaded guilty under peculiar 
circumstances.—Lord Denman: You have pleaded guilty, and 
advis, 
SEE cee eeR oa . re ice Coltman then pro- 
ceeded to pass sentence. aid: My brother Parke and 
Myself have looked over the affidavits put in in your case, and 
