14 OCTOBER 1843, Page 9

We are surprised to see that some of our Metropolitan

journals adopt the tone of taunt towards Mr. O'Connell for his discreet submission to the compulsion enforced upon him. It is more pardonable in those who are engaged in the local conflict, like the Irish papers ; or in those who are alien to this country, its troubles and its responsibilities, like the French. The Agitator's equivocal boasts were culpable and silly ; to fulfil them would be sillier and more culpable. Besides, the play is not yet played out—a new act is but beginning: "Don't holloa till you are out of the wood."