IRELAND.
At the weekly meeting of Repealers at Conciliation Hall, on Monday, a letter was read from Mr. O'Connell, announcing his confident hope that at five o'clock of that day, "the noble-hearted patriot, William Smith O'Brien, will be at full liberty to discharge all his duties to his country and to his constituents." Mr. O'Connell mentions, that on Whit Monday he is to move "for the appointment of a Select Committee of the Association to take into consideration the best mode of paying a tribute of national grati- tude, admiration and affection, to William Smith O'Brien." A letter was also read from Mr. O'Brien inculcating unanimity.
The meeting was addressed by Mr. Meagher, Mr. O'Gorman, and some other barristers; who, on the part of" Young Ireland," denied most emphatically that there were any grounds for the suppositions indulged in so freely that • the members of that party _were in antagonism to Mr. O'Connell. Mr. O'Gorman trusted, that " on this day week, steps would be taken under the • guidance of the Liberator of Ireland to do honour to the martyr of the House of Commons and to receive him on the shores of this country as the descendant of one of her kings ought to be received, but, above all, to receive him as a man in whose intrepidity and honesty Ireland has the fullest reliance." Captain Broderick congratulated the Association on the probable withdrawal of the Goeicion Bill; and believed that the joyful news would be hailed throughout Ireland with delight, more particularly so as the announcement was on the birth- day of the Soiereign.
On the motion of Mr. Steele, the meeting gave nine cheers for her Majesty. The rent for the week was announced to be 110/.
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