13 APRIL 1844, Page 6

IRELAND.

Mr. O'Connell has had one of his great demonstrations at Cork, on Monday last, when the town a as crowded with visitors assembled from all parts of Munster. At nine o'clock the Liberator attended mass in St. Patrick's Chapel, escorted from his hotel and back again by a large crowd and a Temperance band.

At two o'clock there was a public meeting in the City Court-house, to petition against Lord Eliot's Registration Bill ; and the pressure was such as to produce great and incessant disorder ; which Mr. Steele said was "scandalous." Mr. Smith O'Brien was the Chairman ; and several Repeal Members of Parliament were present. Mr. O'Connell made a violent assault, not only on the details of the bill as explained by Lord Eliot, but on the propounder himself: he pronounced the measure "audacious and insulting," " ruffianly ": Lord Eliot was "one of the most dangerous of men—for no statesman was half so dangerous as a , good-natured fool—a kind of political nincompoop who, he believed, intended well, but not having intelligence enough to discern the good from the bad, became a tool, called a fool, in the hands of knaves." He threatened persevering opposition to it in Parliament— Let every Irish Member go over and oppose it ; and, if not in gaol, he would himself die upon the floor of the House of Commons, or prevent its passing this session. One of his first motions would be an instruction to the Committee. He would be beaten on that. Then he would move that the House adjourn. He would be beaten on that. Then to adjourn the debate. He would be beaten on that. Then to adjourn the House. He would be beaten on that. In fact, he would stand to be beaten until they beat him to pieces.

The petition passed of course. At six o'clock, about eight hundred gentlemen "sat down to a cham- pagne dinner, to compliment and sympathize with Mr. O'Connell," in the Lancasterian School-house : several Members of Parliament and leading Repeaters were present ; the Mayors of Cork, Kilkenny, Lime- rick, Clonmel, and Waterford ; and, as the Mayor of Cork stated in the course of the evening, nearly five hundred were gentlemen not imme- diately connected with the city of Cork, and one hundred and fifty Ro- man Catholic clergymen ; all belonging to the province of Munster. Mr. Smith O'Brien presided. There was an ocean of oratory, much in the usual strain. Some of the accessories were curious : when the Chairman proposed "Health and long life to Daniel O'Connell," "loud cheers followed for several minutes, during which a small gilt figure of an angel was let drop from the ceiling, having in his hand a green scroll, on which was painted, in letters of gold, 'Ireland expects that every man will do his duty.' It would be impossible to describe the effect which this had on the company, who hailed it with loud clapping of hands, waving of handkerchiefs, Sze." Mr. O'Connell's speech was distinguished by little novelty. He declared, as he always does, that "never was there such an assemblage in Ireland before." He dilated on the State trial ; observed that the imprisonment might terminate his existence ; argued, however, to show that it was not to be avoided; re- joiced in Lord John Russell's declaration that he had not had a fair trial ; and thus made his way to a vigorous beating up for recruits, much cheered as he proceeded- " The prosecution was instituted, and we will be sent to gaol to put down the Repeal. Will you allow it ? ("No, no !") Will you carry out the sentence ? (" No no !") Let me have a 'No' from universal Ireland. I pronounce that he is not an Irishman who is not a Repealer. I pronounce him no Irish- man who does not avow himself a Repealer. This is an answer to the prosecu- tion—to the selection of the jury—to the dropping of the list—to every part of the case—to our imprisonment : our answer to every thing will be, that we shall become more determined Repealers. I pronounce against every man my malediction—no, but my persuasion, that that man is not an Irishman who is not a Repealer. I hope no friend of mine will keep company with any man who is not a Repealer. I do not want to separate you from Conservatives—from re- spectable Conservatives : I don't want to draw a line between you and Con- servatives but I want to draw a line of demarcation between you and those who snivellingly call themselves Liberals ; for they are worse than Orangemen. Suppose you talk to any one of those, and that he says the jury had no right to convict O'Connell, ask him is he a Repealer and if he says not, show by your manner that you do not think he is an honest man. Don't be ashamed of wowing a badge ; call it a prosecution-button if you please, but wear it : let it be worn voluntarily, not as belonging to an association, and then you will know who is for or against the prosecution. You will then know who is for the At- torney-General and Brewster and who is for O'Connell and Smith O'Brien." The festivities, with the stimulus of speeches, were kept up to a late hour.

A meeting of the Presbyterian body was held on Monday night, in the Rotunda, at Dublin, to petition Parliament for the removal of the disabili- ties under which Protestant Dissenters have been recently declared to labour in the celebration of marriages. There were more than two thousand persons present, including many Presbyterian ministers. One of the speakers dwelt strongly on the fact, that there are no Repealers among the Presbyterians ; inculcating the policy of justly treating a body that maintain the connexion of Ireland and Great Britain.

The workers in Messrs. Herdman's flax-spinning mill, at Belfast have held a meeting and passed resolutions against the ten-hours pro. position.

At Cork Assizes, Thomas and Dennis Carroll were convicted of ag- gravated manslaughter ; and George Foster Delany of manslaughter, with a recommendation to mercy ; the three having been concerned in the forcible resistance by which Dr. Quarry was killed in attempting to take possession of Messrs. Wilson's mill. The Carrolls were sentenced to transportation for seven years, Delany to twelve months' imprison- ment.