IRELAND.

The meeting of the Repeal Association was held as usual on Monday ; Mr. James O'Hea, a barrister, in the chair. He alluded at some length to the decision which the English Judges would pronounce on that day, and professed the utmost indifference whether the decision of the Judges were adverse to the Repeaters or not; as the facts on which the trav ssers chiefly relied for a new trial were not placed on the record, at'93._ di not consequently come under the consideration of the court. He fond every prospect of cheerfulness at home and abroad : if he looked abroad, he saw war almost proclaimed ; and though Irishmen would rally ro..erl their Sovereign, it was not to be expected that they would bear the brunt of the battle and reap no ad- vantage from the victory : the Tangier pepper would very likely sea- son some agreeable condiment of which the Irish would be called upon to partake ; but then would be the time to make their own terms. Mr. Dillon Browne read a letter from Mr. Smith O'Brien, urging a more effective registry of Parliamentary electors favourable to Repeal of the Union. Great part of this letter was devoted to eulogy of the law- yers who had gratuitously given their services in the registration of electors; and he proposed, as an honorary reward, that "the names of those who have resolved by the application of their professional services to offer an example of the devoted spirit of individual patriotism by which the emancipation of their country is to be accomplished, should be recorded on a parchment-roll, to be preserved along with the Muni- cipal Declaration—the 'Magna Charta ' of Repeal—and other similar documents, among the national archives of the kingdom of Ireland." Having recommended the letter to the attention of the Repealers, Mr. Browne enlarged upon the text "England's weakness is Ireland's strength " ; and then upon the " ill-timed " visit which the Queen was expected to make to Ireland— Ile for one would not appear in her train ; and he would call on them to recollect, that whilst O'Connell was in prison Ireland should be a house of mourning, and was not to be intruded upon. if, however, she did come, he trusted she would take the trouble to inquire into the condition of the country: but he would caution her against being deceived by the appearance of wealth and splendour which their city would just then present, lie would call on her to visit their empty Customhouse, their useless Exchange, and their deserted halls of trade. She should see the mansions of their nobility and gentry that were, tenantless or crumbling into dust, their Bank a monopoly, and the Castle a despotism. Let her travel into the interior of the country, and she would behold a naked peasantry, empty harbours, and limpid rivers, capable of turning the machinery of England, meandering through wastes till they mingled with the waters of the ocean. Let her study the character of a brave, a loyal, and a confiding people, so blessed by Providence with abundance, and yet in such a state of misery and dangerous despair.

Mr. Daniel O'Connell junior reported the "excellent health and spirits" of the prisoners ; and proceeded to read a paper evidently dic- tated by "my father," touching upon the expected decision of the Eng- lish Judges, and the necessity of promoting the registration of Repeal Parliamentary electors, with the usual exhortation to peace and perse- verance. This is the part about the Judges' decision-

" The decision of the Judges should be waited for with the utmost indif- ference. The eleven questions referred to the English Judges were so framed

as to exclude the consideration of the great merits of the case of the traversers r in particular, no question bad arisen upon the charge of the Chief Justice—a charge that nobody had been found, either in or out of the Houses of Par- liament, to defend ; yet the traversers were deprived of any advantage from the illegality of that charge.

"The traversers were also deprived of any benefit from the Irish Judges having admitted newspapers as evidence of the facts therein contained against the traversers. It was quite manifest that this evidence would not have been. received by the Court of Queen's Bench in England ; yet the traversers were deprived of any benefit arising from the illegality of that evidence. "The eleven questions submitted to the Judges were framed in the most un- favourable way for the traverser'', and could be met and answered negatively

on technical reasons, totally independent of and unconnected with the merits. " tinder those circumstances, it would be quite idle to expect anything favourable from the decision of the English Judges.

"Let the people, therefore throughout Ireland, receive with the utmost tranquillity, and without the slightest irritation, the announcement of an un- favourable decision by the Judges."

Mr. Gordon gave notice of the following resolution for the next day of meeting-

" That in the event of a war with France, to resolve that an extraordinary general meeting of this Association be called, exclusively for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of reviving the Volunteer organization. of 1779 and 1782, by means of which the people of Ireland protected their country from the foreign foe, in circumstances similar to those which now threaten the security of the three nations as well as the general peace of the world ; and under which they also wrung from the oppressive and Anti-Irish Ministerial factions of those periods, Freedom of Trade and Legislative In- dependence."

Mr. Dillon Browne indignantly objected to any notice so vague and dangerous in its tendency. The Chairman declined to receive it ; and Mr. Gordon consented to withdraw it.

The rent for "the thirteenth week of the Captivity" was 735/.

The reports of the Judges' decision reached Dublin on Wednesday. The Pilot of that day heads the announcement "Saxon Justice—the- Finishing Case " ; and begins thus—" The account is about to be closed between Ireland and the Saxon, and the deadly feud to receive its final- ratification. When the victims of Irish Queen's Bench law condescended to appeal to the Saxon tribunal, they did not calculate on justice, but that injustice would be made manifest."

The Reverend Theobald Mathew has written in reply to the published letter of Dr. Shell of Ballyshannon, and one addressed to himself, about the countenance which he was reported to have given to the Re- peal Temperance pledge : he says— "My late visit to Dublin was the first since the imprisonment of Mr. O'Connell and the other gentlemen. The former has honoured me with friend- ship for more than twenty years, the latter for six years. Three of those, Messrs. Gray, Ray, and Duffy, are faithful Teetotallers. Not to visit such in- dividuals in prison, would be culpable in the extreme, and an act of politicaL partisanship. As to Mr. Smith O'Brien's Repeal pledge, I candidly say I ap- prove of it, so anxious am I to put a stop to intemperance. Such is my aversion to the use of intoxicating drinks, from a conviction of its danger, that I would exult in its being abandoned by any, or by every one, even for a day.

"Mr. Smith O'Brien's pledge does not make a man a Teetotaller or a mem- ber of our glorious society, and I have no connexion with it. I thank you-

for your vindication of my sincerity ; and you can do so with confidence, as I have never violated that strict neutrality on politics upon which I have based. the Total Abstinence movement."

Mr. Robert Burns, the eldest son of the poet, has been entertained at supper by the Belfast Burns Club, in the Burns tavern. He was also admitted an honorary member.