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independence.

31r. O'Connell proceeded to tleecribe the failnre of tee 'O. oOein Act,

and the mistalieti pulley of' the Mit-deters in um at once with the People. Ile then adver:eui t9 the debate in the 1,'ds on the Earl of' lloden's motion- ,' Olt, there never was stleh a Mixture of criminality and lent fc.ling, of follyaint ',ricketiness, as was displayett in that lie.lei:—',0;;Tat his- CC C Tat

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• .1 im- "it on. :nee- ot the sing)—Roden, the maligtier of his country- and her sons—(Hisses)—was there. Charieville—(Hisses)—too, joined in the cry ; and Wellington, that Cold- blooded old man—( Great hisses); and, above all, Brougloun—c-Tretilvidbus his- sing). Brougham, a man whom all admire for the extent of his genius and the vastness (Allis talents, and despise for the rottenness of his disposition—a man without any quality of the judge but that which would make him the execu- tioner of the sentence which he might happen to pronounce. Brougham has taken part with the Orange faction, and has dared to assail that excellent nobleman Lord Normunby. But why should I canvass this conduct of theirs? Know you not, that if you do not exert yourselves these men will be your masters? We will meet them at once. The day of battle is fixed. The fight must be fought. The question to be deciderl is, whether we are to be governed in the equitable and just manner in which Lord Normanby ruled its, or ails- governed as Tory Viceroys used to misgovern us. The Lords say that we must be misgoverned. Lord John Russell asks the Commons is it to be so. The collision is to take place, and I run now here to ask you what we will do."

His own part was easy. He called upon theta to support the Ministry on this occasion. He called upon every town and village in Ireland to meet at once and assist hint in supporting Ministers-

" If we succeed, it will encourage them to proceed further in the march of Reform. It is not the interest of Ireland alone that is at stake—the issue of the contest concerns much both England and Scotland : for if the Ministry succeed by the assistance of the People, they will drop the foolish idea of the finality of the Reform Bill. What folly ! Non and finality !—Just as if the progressive improvement of the human lace will ind every day require propor- tionate changes to be made in the manner in which they are governed. Let us win this tight, bowel er, and we will be ready for another. It' there be one lathe Ministry that has not nerve and soul sufficient to bear him through the encounter, let the paltry creature stand aside, and let none but those who have the requisite firmness engage in the moral combat."

He had drawn up an address to the Irish People, and would read it to the meeting. Ile then read as follows.

"TO THE PEOPLE or IRELAND. Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not,

Who would he free, themselves must strike the blow?'

"Fellow Countrymen—One of' those occasions has arrived which, in former times, were either thrown away by Irishmen or perverted to had purposes, but for which they have lately shown themselves fitted, and have turned to the best advantage. A crisis has taken place ill the affairs of Ireland which must result either in securing the continuance of a just and impartial government, or in restoring the old sanguinary reign of blood-thirsty Ortuoseism, and filling the land once again with partiality, injustice, violence and bloodshed. " Before the passing of the Reform Bill, the Peers Of Great Britain, with the aid of a few of the landed proprietors, held the Monarch in thraldom and the people in subjection ; the will or the aristocracy was the law of the land, and the House of Commons was controlled by a majority of the nominees of a few individuals. • "The object of the Reform Bill was to alter this unconstitutional state of thin.s, and to give to the Commons' House of Parliament a salutary control over the other branches of the Legislature. To enable the Retbrni Bill to work well, the Ministry ought to have sought a contest and a collision with the House of Lords. They ought to have adopted such measures of ameliora- tion, economy, legal and judicial, and ecclesiastical improvements, as would have embodied the opinions of all the wise and good in the British dominions, compelled the House of Lords to yield to the popular sentiment, and, however reluctantly, to concur in perfecting all our institutions.

" These great purposes, however, would have required an Administration composed of men of' energy and decision, as well as of talent and patriotistn.

"But, alas! our leading men wore unequal to the great occasion. With :vixen frowardness they passed the first session of the first Reform Bill in tramplins. upon Ireland and binding her fast in the chains of Coercion Bills. Ireland fad, however, her revenge ; and the leading coercionists in the Ministry were fluter aside by their own colleagues. Another Liberal wag formed of rather better materials, but '

. .. ...to nave attogether shrunk from the

majestic duty itre.,‘-' upon thent. They have submitted to and shrunk from -sue 'usorpation of the Lords, and sought an inglorious peace by refushor to press forward, or even concur in, measures of eminent public utility, and indeed of obvious necessity. "The rest of the empire had reason to complain; but Ireland had this sin- gular advantage, that m the absence ef legislative relief she obtained adminis- trative palliation oilier evils. The Government of Ireland was conducted with mildness, lenity., and, above all, with pertCct impartiality. The law was admi- nistered with vigottr, bat without partisan zeal. Official station was the reward or fitness audible capacity ; mid to hate and depress the Irish people was no longer considered as the sole route to rank and station. In short, Ire- land was, for the first time in seven centuries. mel1 trial properly governed. Publie ;Ades were Ito loeger administered fi ri the benetit of is virtilent and bloodthirsty ffiction, but were managed for the advantage of the nation at large. " This state of things was too goon to in permitted to last. Accordingly the Peels determined to rssuale their power; trial as a majoriti of the House of Continuos was flivonntble to the ju.,r and impartiiil administration of Irish affairs, lire House et' Lords deterniiiied to terminate the reign of justice and impartiality ill Irelaiul, and to restore the hideous duminion ot

Orange corrup- tion, pirtialitv, and oppression.

" 'That tnt sian ii inHI the Ministry and tlte House of Commons shrunk from, the Lords have boldly mortal wit. " The 'ungenerous 1Velliii.ston, who would be the bane of his native land— the unprincipled Broughitio;the calamity of every party to ivhich he has ever belongett—littve placed themselves at the head of 'the Oration menials, and have prod:tom:a their determination to subvert the preqent Adniinistration. They have attacked that Administration in its strongest poiut—the government of Ireland.

" The Queen's Ministers, cnn the other hand, have net this attack in the proper spirit ; they have not allowed the cry of collision from the Peers to pass unanswered. They, too, have m•oclainied collision; and the House of Com. mons, in little more than a firtnight, will have to decide whether the Lords are to become paramount in i he 1,,gblat ore, or in listher, on the contrary, the House off:moutons is to assume it S ■Li tit WIC, at IVIISt Oil one subject, arid to check the threatened and pressing despotism of the 1.11/rdS. " If the 31inist ry stleceed (as succeenl they oayht, and we trust will,) it will teach them a salutary lesson; linty they have the wisdom to learn amid to 'prac- tise it! it is this: That their safety as a Ministry, and, which fit infinitely more, the safety of' the Throne and nation, depia ni /II their think' though Call- tiously, in the popular movement, and insist ing upon all'illose amelio- ration which our institutions require', and which the people, if' once they were inspired o ith hope, would tinationout:17 mot irresistibly demand. " For the present, Ireland is the object of contention • Ireland is the battle- field upon which the first great tight is to he finight. Irishmen ! it is our I rights, ow. liberties, our propertiss, tool our lives that are at stake. The great question is, whether we tire to Inc governed in a spirit of fairness and hnpar- tiality, or driven to the precincts of despair, and many of us, perhaps, forced to resort to tile 4 wild-justiee of revenge,' or to more criminal, and - at the same. time more senseless, insurrection.

" Irishmen I lovers of peace and of constitutional liberty I Irishmen I who for .so many years have pursued the paths of constitutional agitation without violating any law of man, or, we trust, offending any ordinance of God—Irish- men I once more peaceably and firmly rally for your country and your Queen. Let there be a simultaneous rally on next Sunday week, after you have bent. your knees and bowed down your hearts before the throne of the God DS Mercy; let every parish in Ireland send forward its humble but firm petition and address—amt address to the Queen, a petitions to tho House of Com- mons : let the prayer be, to continue and increase the spirit of just and impar- tial government m Ireland, to keep front us the minions of a bigoted, oppressive, and sanguinary faction, and to identify the interests as well ag the franchises. and liberties of Irelanil with those of England ; and let us await, fearlessly and hopethily, the result. " Hurrah ! then, for the Queen and Old Ireland, for Old Ireland and the Queen. " DANIEL O'CONNELL, CilairMall Of the Committee."

It 'ru'ns resolved, on Mr. O'Connell's motion, that every parish in Ire-

land should be requested to nteet on the afternoon of Sunday the of April, to address the Queen and petition the House of Commons. The amount of rent received since the last meeting was stated to be 326/. us.

The meeting was adjourned to Monday next.