A private letter received this morning from a gentleman perfectly
acquainted with the state of parties and public feeling in Birmingham, and a general supporter of the present Ministry, gives a different ac- count of Mr. O'Coereeetes reception at the great meeting there on Thorstitry, from that of the Sun of last night, which we have made use of in a previous column. Be says- " O'Connell was sadly beset, and although he exerted himself in his very best style, lied had the hest of the argument in my opinion, be failed in convincing his opponents. Matelonnell (the Roman Catholic clergyman) released him by iuurnyaiug Clutton Salt in one of his harangues, and urged the necessity °Vaned) had of being in Liverpool that night, and not losing the railway-train. O'Cimeell departed apparently, mortified by the reception he met with. The Tot ie.' chuckle, and say that O'Connell was sent by Ministers to appease the Itidicals, but that he will now be compelled to write ' no yo.'" • • "I know riot who induced O'Connell to place himself in such a false position : whoever advised it, did wrong."
From a second edition of the Birmingham Philanthropist, also re- ceived this morning, we learn that before the meeting broke up, a re. !solution was carried that " the Ministry, in consequence of their late declaration against Reform, were no longer deserving of the confidence of the country."
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