The reaction in favour of the Government in Ireland goes
on. O'CONNELL has in effect pleaded guilty to fourteen out of the thirty-one counts of the indictment against him ; which being quite enough for conviction, the other seven were withdrawn by the Crown. His vapouring has ended as vapourincr commonly does. First, he would demur to the charges against him ; his law was so much superior to the law of the Attorney-General, that on a legal point his victory was certain. In a day or two, however his trust in law was somehow shaken, rmd he would withdraw his demurrers, disclaim law, and throw himself on his country. A jury was struck.; Mr. O'CONNELL'S heart failed him again : he withdrew his plea of "not guilty," and, distrustful alike of law and justice, determined to submit himself to the mercy of his pro- secutors. Such has been the lame and impotent conclusion of his bold and boasting commencement. The Government have made no compromise with the Agitator, and he will suffer the judgment of the court equally as if he had been tried and convicted. O'CoN- NELL'S excuse is, his anxiety to get over to his Parliamentary du- ties, lest the case of Ireland should be ruined by the injudicious conduct of the member for Clare. This is unkind !—Mr. O'CON- NELL took his place in the House of Commons at a late hour on Thursday evening.
One of the Dublin newspapers contains sixteen columns of sig- natures, many of them of the most respectable persons in the country, declaring against the Repeal.
THE Trim-Alums Rordoua.—The statement which appeared in the Dub- lin Evening Mail of Wednesday last, as to the landing of fire-arms on the coast of Clare, and the subsequent seizure of the vessel, with such a cargo, is utterly unfounded, and we have authority to state that the fol- lowing are the facts. On the 18th of January last, the American brig Susannah; Tbakter, master, from Liverpool, bound to Boston, put into Kilruah, leaky, and in great distress, having on board, together with a quantity of earthenware, coals, and iron, twenty-one cases containing 420 guns, all under regular clearance from the Custom-house, Liverpool.. Application having been made at the Custom-house, Limerick, for leave to land the goods preparatory to the vessel undergoing repair, it was granted, and directions were given that the cases of arms-should be for- warded by the Chance cruiser, to be lodged in the King's warehouse there as a place of security until the vessel might be ready to proceed on her voyage. The necessity for the vessel having run into the Shannon is evi. dent from the circumstance of the vessel having since been surveyed, and condemned as unworthy a repairs. The vessel now lies at the Custom- house Quay, Limerick.—Limerick Evening Post. EMPLOYMENT or THE POPULATION.—The plan published in the news- papers for remedying some of the grievances of Ireland, introducing capital into the country, and employing the population, according to the ideas of Lord Glengall, are, we understand, about to be carried into exe- cution by the Government. As far as we can learn, a Board of Commis- sioners is to be established either in London or Dublin, who, upon their approved report, shall be enabled to advance sums of money on loan, drawn from the EnglishTreasury, for the management of all kinds of pub- lic and private undertakings—mines, collieries, harbours, fisheries, roads, canals, railways, &c. &c. The money to be advanced in sums equivalent to those laid out by the parties applying. The division and reclaiming bogs and mountains also form a great feature of this plan, as money will be advanced for that purpose by mortgage ; thus a vast population will find a new locality. A pciwer will also be given to authorities of the same description in Dublin to execute (in fact) the duties of the standing orders committees of the two houses of Parliament—by which means all the ex. pense of obtaining Irish bills in England will be avoided. The present grand jury system will he severely scrutinized and altered, besides many other practical reforms in tolls and customs, the vestry act and coal-trade —Clonmel Advertiser.
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