Sept. 28,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



issue of 7500 new shares, and to be allotted in the pro- 

 portion of one new share to the holder of every two 

 original shares. The value of the shares are to be fixed 

 at 8/. 6s. Sd. each, only half of which is to be called for 

 till the Lytham branch is commenced. — The Ulster 

 Company have declared a dividend of 15*. per share 

 from the balance of net profit, stated at 8481/., which 

 would leave 693/. 15*. Zd. to be added to the reserved 

 funds. The gross receipts of the half-year from traffic 

 amount to 13,856/. — Since the Act for the Dublin and 

 Cashel Railway received the Royal assent, all the shares 

 have been purchased for the extensions to Limerick and 

 Cork, and for a line to Mullingar, Athlone, and Long- 

 ford, running from the trunk at Lucan, and intersecting 

 the finest districts of Kildare and Meath ; while the ap- 

 plications for shares in the Drogheda and Portadown 

 Company, making a continuous line between Dublin 

 and Belfast, amounted to 40,000 in three days — being 

 more than double the number advertised in the pro- 

 spectus. In addition to these, there are several other 

 companies in course of formation, principally in con- 

 nexion with the north of Ireland, all involving an outlay 

 of millions of capital. — On Tuesday, the opening of the 

 branch line from the London and Dover Railway to Pad- 

 dock's Wood, 46 mileB from London, took place with 

 the usual ceremonies and rejoicings. The line is 10 

 miles in length, and has cost 100,000/. The Directors 

 and their friends took the chief part in the proceedings, 

 and at the Maidstone terminus the train was met by the 

 mayor and corporation, by whom the visitors were con- 

 ducted to the Town Hall, where 250 persons sat down 

 to a public dinner. 



prosper— and think she will prosper with a federal Parliament- 

 enrolled as members. I prefer — and most of those around me, 

 I believe, prefer— a simple Repeal of the obnoxious Act of Union; 

 still there are none of us who would not be glad to see a federal 

 Parliament established in this country. I do not think it the 

 best, but I never was one of those who would depend upon the 

 infallibility of his own judgment, and who would not yield to 

 I the man who thought federalism better — which would give at 

 all events to the Irish the power of making laws for themselves. 

 On the contrary, I have always encouraged and courted the 

 co-operation of those who professed federalism, and upon the 

 profession of those opinions numbers have joined the Associa- 

 tion. Mr. Gray Porter, the Protestant High Sheriff of Ferma- 

 nagh, has proclaimed himself a federalist, although he has not 

 yet joined us— and I have called upon him in the name of the 

 Irish people, and offered him if he should become a member of 

 the Association, the position of a leader in the great movement 

 —for I am not at all anxious to be a leader — I am ready to be 

 driven. Who can for a moment remain neutral at the present 

 crisis ? Is there a doubt upon the mind of one single Irishman 

 but that the Union was carried by the most profligate means— 

 by force and fraud— by bribery and bloodshed— and by the 

 combination of everything that was base and foul, which 

 rendered the crime of the perpetrators one of the greatest 

 insults and injuries ever inflicted by England upon Ireland? 

 I proclaim this to the people of England, and I turn to the 

 people of Ireland and ask them for support. Who can look 

 around this beautiful island without observing that it contains 

 all the necessaries for forming a nation — all the resources from 

 whence flow prosperity and success— which has been fully 

 shown in that excellent work published upon her 'Industrial 

 Resources ' by Professor Kane. Her fertility is beyond that 

 of any other country in the world— her green fields— her fruit- 

 ful valleys and noble mountains, which pour out their torrents 

 sufficient to turn the machinery of all the manufactories upon 

 the face of the earth — can compete with those of any other 

 country, and why, then, should she not be a nation ? Her 

 noble harbours fit to be compared with any in the universe, 

 are neglected and idle, together with all her other internal 

 resources— and what is the cause ?— to what is it owing ? It 

 is, my friends, owing to the Act of Union ; and these evils 

 must continue until that measure is repealed and Irishmen 

 have Ireland for themselves. When this is the state of the 

 country, why do not the men of all religions and political 

 opinions join us ? It is said that they refuse to do so from 

 fear lest there should be a religious ascendancy. Now, I tell 

 them that they were never more mistaken in the whole course 

 of their lives, for I am as much opposed to the ascendancy of 



itself, 



and 



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will be from 20,000/. to 24,000/. At there is no oppo- | "f this meeting, and felt somewhat surprised that he should ) those fairy sylphen forms, fiTemblem. ^Tiu -== 



«itinn on the nart of the landowner nn imnerliment think » or for a momcnt suppose, that the leaders of the great may I not ask them, are their husbands Z\u ^ ountr 7 i 

 sitionontne pare 01 tne landowners, no impediment national agit ationhad excluded federal repealers from the Asso- sons, to be slaves? These question ?^' ather f' brothe «, ana 

 stands in the way of a speedy completion of the under- ciation. Now, I am happy to inform that gentleman, and all ludicrous by some, but I can tell them th 7 ' perha P s » bethought 

 taking. The necessary funds are to be raised by the federalists, that such is not the case, and that, on the contrary, ther, that there is not a man at least an fr 7 K Fe Dotj and f,lr - 



we are delighted to have men who wish to see their country does not love liberty— and can thp^hA^i A- man iu soul » *ho 



than the love of country, of fatherland SfSi"?,? '; exaltin S 

 pleasure can equal that of contending for one° naM S ? h ,? hat 

 noble people, shrewd to a proverb-temDerar P to 11 and . for a 

 n as fine a climate as any upon the t^S^oS^T^ 

 tyrants of conscience that they shall not havJ tut \J ? U the 



Ind mS l VeS V J he .^ Sh PGOple are enti « ed brbirth'to^hSSn? 

 and without depriving any man of his property or Hbertv th. ' 

 shall become disenthralled and free. Ireland shall be f Lh™ 

 again, united to England by the golden link of the cro wn" i«S 



?~. l . ng H the P ° W f ° f le S islatiD e for herself? and Serebi?n 

 creased means of prosperity. The day is fast approach™* it' 

 cannot be far distant, when I see around me thTrea re'nre 

 sentatives of the people from all parts of Ireland-th member^ 

 2 f • t ^ e ^ f0 . rmed cor Porations of Ireland-the honest natrK 

 Smith O Brien in the chair-and the sacred hierarchy of I e 

 land. No 1 must be at hand. This is a gloriouVdav for" 

 Ireland, and in proportion to its importance let u rally for h« 

 in every district-in the old and favourable course-paying due 

 obedience and submission to the law. Beloved land, you shall 

 be a nation agam-it is decreed that you shall, therefore icaU 

 upon Christians of every persuasion to rally 'with me for old 

 Ireland and Repeal." BiU,uw 



Mr. O'Connell sat down amidst tremendous applause 

 from all parts of the hall, which lasted for some minutes. 

 The health of Mr. Smith O'Brien followed, for which 

 the Chairman returned thanks and gave the following 

 toasts :-»-" The health of the other Liberated Martyrs'' 

 (who, excepting Mr. Duffy, severally addressed the com- 

 pany), " Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell " 

 and " The Roman Catholic Hierarchy and Clergy 'of 

 Ireland," which brought speeches from the Roman 

 Catholic Bishops, Dr. Ffrench, Dr. Higgins, Dr. Cant- 

 well, and Dr. M'Nally. The Rev. T. Maguire, parish 

 priest of Balhnamore, then delivered a long and humour- 

 ous speech of a political character, and concluded by 

 proposing <« The Protestant Patriots of Ireland." The 

 toast was drunk with enthusiasm, and responded to by 

 Mr. Grattan, M.P., and Mr. C. Powell, M.P. The 

 Lord Mayor having returned thanks, Mr. O'Connell, in 

 giving "The health of Lord Ffrench," explained that the 

 toasthad not been given earlier, the committee not being 

 certain that they would have been honoured by his Lord- 

 ship's presence. Lord Ffrench briefly returned thanks. 

 Some routine toasts were then proposed, and the com- 

 pany did not retire till a late hour. 



Repeal Association. — The weekly meeting of the Re- 

 peal Association was held on Monday, and was densely 

 crowded, as it was expected that the committee appointed 

 for that purpose would report whether the Clontarf 

 meeting is to be held, and that some further develop- 

 ment of Mr. O'Connell's plans for the threatened im- 

 peachment of every official connected with the recent 

 prosecutions, and for the assemblage of the Preservative 

 Society in Dublin, would be brought forward. All the 

 leading members of the Association, with the exception 

 of Mr. W. S. O'Brien, who will be absent for some time, 

 were in attendance shortly after 1 o'clock, when Mr. F. 

 Cumming, of Woodstock, ex- Justice of the Peace, was 

 called to the chair. After several subscriptions had been 

 handed in, including some for the Impeachment Fund, 



Mr. Kblly, M.P., congratulated the Association on the spirit 

 of inquiry that was abroad, and expressed his conviction that 

 the best results would bo derived from it. All agreed that a 

 change would be desirable, but there was a great diversity ol 

 opinion as to the means by which this change could be accom- 

 plished. Some thought that if the Queen should hold a Parlia- 

 ment in Dublin every three years it might answer the purpose ; 

 but, much as he desired to see their Sovereign amongst them. 



IRELAND. 



Dublin.—" The National Banquet to O'Connell and 

 the rest of the liberated martyrs," — to use the words of 

 the advertisement — took place on Thursday the 19th at 



the Music-hall, Lower Abbey-street Covers were laid .. __ 



for about 800, and as the Hall was crowded it may be ^y party as they are or coaid be i and ** y ou, Mr. Chairman 



at six o'clock, long before which hour all the seats were 

 occupied. As each gentleman was entitled to a lady's 

 ticket, about a similar number of ladies in full dress 

 filled the galleries. The Hall was brilliantly lighted, but 



last twelve months. You, Sir, have been twelve long months 

 in our councils in public, and in our committees in private, 

 and you know if one word or one single expression was ever 

 used derogatory to the religion of any man, or that would lead 

 you to think that an ascendancy was the object of Repealers. 

 No, I abhor ascendancy. I never saw any but bad effects re- 

 sulting from it, and I hate It too much to contaminate my 

 religion with it j still, at the same time that we disclaim it on 

 our own part, we will not let it exist upon the other side. All 



Dr. Cantweil (Bishop of Meath). There were also at 

 the same table the "rest of the liberated martyrs," the 

 Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, Dr. M'Nally (Bishop of Clogher), 

 Rev. Mr. Kennedy (Protestant clergyman), Sir J. Power, 

 the Mayors of Cork, Limerick, WaterforcL, Kilkenny, 

 Sligo, Clonmel, and Drogheda; Mr. Somers, M.P., Mr 

 Blake, M.P., Mr. D. Browne, M.P., Mr. Power, M.P., 

 Mr. Maher, M.P., Mr. Kelly, M.P., Mr. E. B. Roche, 

 M.P., &c. The Chairman, after proposing the usual 



I?™ t0a f 9 ' gave ' with a com P lim entary introduction, 

 'Mr. O'Connell's health and happiness, and that he 

 may live to see the darling object of his life accomplished 

 --the Repeal of the Union." (Loud and enthusiastic 

 cheers, several times vigorously repeated, until at length 

 the whole company, including the ladies, rose and waved 

 their handkerchiefs). 



JElZSSlPifh 8al 1 ?-" There cannot be one amongst you who 



ESh« i h ♦/ " Se t0 u?° ur out my latitude. No; I rise for 

 another, a better, a nobler purpose. I rise to instigate you all. 



?nJ Vh/°p Bh y ,° U ', *2 aroa8e ■" Ireland - to "newed exertion 

 rwt > R - epeal ° f , the Unior ' (Cheers.) It is very good to 



lilt t7? i 1S W7 K P, fT s t0 be cheered ' P«>**ded " does not 

 last too long; but cheering alone won't do, words won't 



do, we must have actions. From this spot I call upon every 



Jo ra'n°J Z ei r Y ?**/' 5.t ct '. ai,a Persuasion throughout Ireland. 

 s?ood L?L eIa H n , d ' , T r h ? * llu8trioaa Grattan well said that he 

 to^r llll C £ d,e ° f Iri 5 h ^^Pendence-that he followed her 



here am Tr% " n0t dead * my fr:ends ' she onl ? riee P*8 ^d 

 recti! ll^SF n S°S y °. u t0 " OB "d the trumpet for her resur- 

 mlllJv .?: 8he 11 » hB ! 1 M T' S . he mustri ^ in her native dignity, 

 thinr Jirfhi ^ * lorioaS and as far Mortal uanj- 



caref r alulr?" ¥\ Gracefull y sh * «hall proceed in her 

 anwLll £ y i nd happiness, gently bowing the head of 

 to breo VP rn.H h l E K gliSh Cr0Wn ' but verting firmly her right 

 be free Z7 h \ h ? f° nS> ° urs ^ a country that ought to 

 provincial il mu ,?V be fre 5- She has been too long sunk in 

 EnS A«ft Ration-she must be the sister and co-equal of 



pro\p«k^ * lave of an 7 ,and - And are our 



behSS Xt fcrii " n 5 ? Is , th * Vlsta Sl°omy through which we 

 pnM?£nSS^s; a ^ of Inf ^edom? No; we are trium- 



ovation for UeianTana frlH ratmg , °? r triura P»-it is an 

 liberty shines britf, ^nd itea d T^f Jttd the e L° ri ° U8 prOSpeCt of 

 a triumph, a c^hr^Av^Jni^ UJ V u We * re celebrating 

 that difficulty does not £££t ^lf- h . M "S? 7 tt " ort * ri 

 profiting by it. We have MiniS I ? b , taimn & victory, but in 



personal difficult? to ^ oufselvC fTit^T^ With ° Ut 

 that it was least exneotS 1„h I came at a moment 



^as opened, and it was declared that reland haT* d °£ 



And how are we to profit by that decree, exceot bv Si, * 



?hI?*? r . t L ona ' and *>y one and alJ bein * WV*rei\o e *Z^»l 

 the Bntish Houses of Parliament, at the commencemeffoi ! the 





No ; we are struggling for the three greatest blessings that 

 a nation can be honoured with— a free press, freedom of 

 edacation, and freedom of conscience. These are the 

 terms upon which we invite our friends to join us from 

 the north, south, east, and west, combining the Protestant, 

 Catholic, and Dissenter of every persuasion, iu one common 

 bond of nationality. I am aware that I am now repeating what 

 I have often said before, but it becomes necessary that I should 

 do bo, for every year, every day, a fresh flow of young Irish 

 blood is coming in amongst us, who must be told the founda- 

 tion upon which their country's freedom is based. A man 

 generally snspeets that he is in error if he requires a bayonet 

 or a constable's staff to confirm his opinions— he thinks they 



necessary to adopt such mean6 ; and such is the position of the 

 present Government. Ascendancy I now leave, and will come 

 to another Impediment in the way of Repeal~name!y, the sup- 

 posed confiscation of property. I say that property is not safe 

 unless there is a Repeal— and it ought not to be safe when six 

 millions of Irish money is spent out of the country. But, upon 

 the other side, if Repeal were obtained, property would be per- 

 fectly secure ; therefore it is that men of property should be 

 actively engaged In the struggle; and let me remind them, 

 that an opportunity once lost can seldom be regained. The 

 prosecution, it was said, would put down the agitation— but has 

 it done ao, although I and my fellow martvrs were for three 

 months illegally in prison ? Certainly not— and by the by, the 

 judgment of the Lords professed to restore us all that we lost. 

 I hope II will do so. I lost three months of my life, and I am 

 entitled to get it back. Lord Chesterfield was once called upon 

 by a London mob to give them back eleven days of their lives, 

 after he had changed the calendar. I have lost more than that ; 



if I® « t three montha of my life by the Government, and 

 will bir Robert Peel give it back to me ? If not, I call upon 

 every man in Ireland to rally and give me at least an equiva- 

 lent—a Repeal of the Union-for his having imprisoned seven 

 of Her Majesty's subjects illegally. I forgive them, and you 

 forgive them, and I am sure that the Anti- Repealers of Ireland 

 throughout this country will see that the people who act so 

 must succeed. The members of the Established Church will 

 see it; and the working clergy of that Church, who are the 

 worst paid men upon the face of the earth, shall see it. They 

 also will see every situation worth having in Ireland filled 

 by Englishmen or Scotchmen, which^ ought not to be the 

 case, and would not be the case if there was a native Legis- 

 [ ature - Therefore I call upon all men of all religions 

 to agitate ! agitate ! agitate ! ' After our victory we are to be 

 more dctermioed. It is every man's duty to consider *~°" ne 

 can forward the Repeal cause. Ii-aIm* can't tell how long 

 the union will oonti.mc, ana it is for those who have influence 

 over the people to guide them in the proper direction. They 

 can answer for it that separation will not come in their time 

 at all events— if such a calamity should ever occur ; but who 

 can tell what may happen when death closes around some of 

 us, and time lessens the authority of others i This, then, is 

 the time for Anti- Repealers to come forward. In 1825 the 

 British Minister would have been thanked for emancipation, 

 and it would have been accepted from him as an act of charity : 

 but he refused, and what was the consequence ? In 1829 we 

 forced it from them by peaceable and legal agitation. They 

 have also refused us Repeal, and by adopting the same course 

 of policy we shall obtain it. Our plans are fully developed, 



are incapable of being enforced by truth when he considers it he considered that the carrying out ot this proposition would 

 necessary to adoDt such means -. nnri sneh is thn nn«itinn n f ^ Q be but a slight alleviation of their diseases. Others were or 



opinion that a federal Parliament would be the best means of 

 meeting the difficulty j and this party being by far the more nu- 

 merous, wore entitled to the greatest respect. But until the 

 appearance of Mr. Gray Porter's pamphlet they had not put 

 forth their opinions in a tangible shape. Mr P° rt « ~JJf 

 son of a Protestant clergyman, and was high Sheriff of Ferma- 

 nagh, and the sentiments of such a man were enUtledto toe 

 most serious consideration, and more particularly as it was 

 £ Went he had the good of his country at heart The opinions 

 of Mr Porter were certainly rather indefinite; bathepiomsed 

 that before Christmas he would place them more fully ^ before 

 the oublic. It was to be regretted that such a production as Mr. 

 ?orter ? should contain aspersions on the Catholic religion and 

 its ministers ; but he would not advert to them, as .he was per- 

 fectly satisfied that the Catholic religion was beyond the reach of 

 calumny. Mr. Porter had charged the Catholic clergy 'With a ^de- 

 termination to create an ascendancy, but he was sure hat had 

 Mr. Porter thought deeply on the subject, or looked mw 

 nioceediugs of the Association, he would have arrived at a< 

 SSTconSnsion ; or had he attended the , late b«.q«e^he 

 would have heard several dignitaries of tha ch^d, ciw 

 any such intention. The *™«Z™£^XStoy 



the 

 con- 



SI^hT 810 "' with the combi " e(1 voiceTof meirish necZ 



land ^''^^^^"th^'thre !" n^reslVrlhe^t'I *,l*l ^ a ", We haVe "?" l ° d ° iS " t0 ™ 8e 'be patriotism of TrUh": 

 she S ha]lh a yenoUVm,;M"J.JtTi.I t * ew ^?^ h » t ? en - ] ? not '"l"* » countr, worth struggling for > If a 



a 



for? And if 



orth dying for? 



ciliate all parties, and they woum •-»«-""- £r" hnt . t hev would 



which was contained in Mr. Porter's pamphlet, but they woom 



hold him to his promise of stating hi- .opinion > on Federahsm 



He then congratulated the Association on the re »PP e * ran £ ma _ 



Mr. O'Connell amongst the«,*n*Jg™« *« ?il hoped "to 

 tions of their enemies b*d been trust rate <*• J" e : f * ld ^ ppe al 

 render him ema^ed and disheartened but he would ^ appe 

 to the meeting whether they ever saw him in better , ft f a ^ a "* 

 more ^oyant spirits. Their triumph over Jnd8^-made law TO 

 22st signal, but he considered that the time was not aj : distant 

 when a far greater triumph awaited them-the realisation .of 

 their fondest hopes, the Repeal of the Legislative Union.-Mr. 

 H. Grattan, M.P., then addressed the meeting m a very long 

 speech, embracing a very great variety of subjects andnoved 

 that the recent municipal addresses to Mr. O 'Connell jhouW ne 

 embossed and enrolled among the records of the Absoc at.om 

 He denounced the practice of sending Qor * nm ^**?££!t 

 there, who might omit a word in their reports and bring about 

 an impeachment on his head, and he protested" sgambt th« 

 course of filling the country with pohtica and police s p ies. «| 

 conclusion, he would promise that the Irish people > shouW Uugn 

 a bond to tear in pieces the act of their independence, i/»n seven 



it could be proved that the country had not m 



was 



me and see 



such an assembly in the body of this hall, and take them as a — t . . a . mnpn limwilM -. 



specimen of the Irish nation, may I not ask if such a people . by the secretary, and to which he nttached m- "Ktt'JP^ one 



;e? and when I aeain look hiohor .ot,h ik.iw.1.. Hp mentioned the subiect because tne ieu.c. 



O'Connbll said, before addressing ...~ -j--—-. fpr , of minor 

 topics of the day, he wished to notice ^iCnoticed £?he 

 importance. The first was an omission which he n° tc ^ 9sion 

 report of the grand dinner on Thursday last. The omi 

 s that o_f the letter of Lord Clone ^"SJfi^,***. 



deserve to be free 



when I again look higher, and behold He mentioned the subject 



