In order to override delays and technical obstructions, the Attorney.
General has taken the same course in the cases of Mr. O'Brien and htt Meagher as in that of Mr. Mitchel—the indictments are abandoned and ex officio informations are filed.
Mr. John O'Connell, yielding to the predominant influence, sends a long letter to the Freeman's Journal, explaining that he signed the address of the Irish Peers and Commoners in London on the understanding it wouljj be presented to the Queen : Lord Downshire, however, transmitted it to Lord Clarendon; and Mr. O'Connell feels obliged to disclaim the confidence in Lord Clarendon implied by that act. He tells the Lord-Lieutenant--
"Youare arming sect against sect." . . . "We will not leave our pro- perties and our lives our families, our wives, our children, defenceless against the sudden onslaught Of bigotry newly armed." . . . "I warn you that we cannot and will not submit to this; and that if religion is to be the war-cry, re- ligion too will bless the struggle."
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