EXTRACTS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume 3, Issue 150, 6 May 1848, Page 3

EXTRACTS.

Ireland. Monument to O'Connell. — The " O'Connell monument'' collection in Cnrk, on Sunday, amounted to ,£340, which, it is calculated, may yet be raised to j£4oO. " Considering the circumstances of the preaent time/ says the Cork Examiner, " and the limit placed to the individual subscription, £5, by which the contribution of large sums was effectually prevented, the collection was very creditable to the liberality and grateful feeling of the citizens of Cork." Young Ireland in the North. — On Monday evening last, a public meeting was held in the Music Hall, Belfast, for the purpose of receiving Mr. W. S. OBrien, Mr. T. F. Meagher, Mr. John Mitchell, and Mr. T. D. M'Gee, as a deputation from the Irish Confederation, and considering the propriety of establishing a branch of the confederation in Belfast. There were about 1,200 persons present. From a report in the Northern Whig of Tuesday, the proceedings seem to have been of the most stormy and riotous description, stones being thrown from within and without, windows and chandeliers broken, shillelahs flourishing 1 in all directions, numerous battlee taking place on the platform and in the body of the room, the whole enlivened with cheers for John O'Connell and Old Ireland, or for Young Ireland, as the taste of the rioters dictated, the Kentish fire, and other usual concomitants of an Irish party row. Several of the malcontents were removed by the police ; the ladies present withdrew from the storm, as did many of the sterner 6ex, and not without reason, as the propriety of calling in the military was seriously debated. At length a vote of confidence in Mr. John O'Conneli was proposed by Messrs. Burke and Cassidy. Mr. Meagher stood up to oppose it, and after long and heroically battling with the storm of opposition, waß delivered of a long and naming oration, in the course of which he denounced the Repeal Association, described Mr. John O'Connell as a " phce beggar," and called upon the men of the north to imitdta the example set by their forefathers in 1782, — and on the people of Ireland to remember that Switzerland, Norway, Greece and Holland, with smaller population and resources , were independent nations. ' ' What say you, yeomen of the north ?" exclaimed he. " Has the lied Hand withered ? Shall the question be always a6ked at Innishowen, '• Has the time come ?" and shall no heroic voice reply ' It has, arise V Swear it, that the time has come. Swear it, that you shall have no lawgivers, save the king, the lords, and commons of the kingdom. Swear it, that the rule of England is unjust, illegal, and a grievance. Swear it, that as you have been the gar-

rison of England for years, from henceforth youwi;2 he gairison of Ireland. Swear it, that the flig which floats next summer from the baitlements of Derry shall bear the inscription of Dungannoth. Sweer it, that you shall have another anniversary to celebrate — that another obelisk shall cast its shadow on the Boyne — that, hereafter, your children, descending to that river, may Fay — ' this is to the memory of our fathers — they were proud of the victory which their giandsires won upon these banks, but [they struggled to achieve a victory of their own — Mieir grandsires fought and conquered for a king — our forefathers fought and conquered for a nation — be their memories pious, glorious, and immortal ?" — Mr. M Gee followed in the eime strain, first denouncing Mr. John 0"Connell as a bigot, who had done more than any other in in to sever the halfknit hearts of Ireland, and as one, for whose judgment or principles he (Mr. M'Gee), if he lived to the age of the hills, could never feel the slightest confidence or respect. — Mr. Mitchell was next delivered of a fiery and truculent oration. He declared rather unnecessarily, so far as language is concerned, that he had no abhorrence of physical force. On the contrary, he would to God, that there were 100,000 armed men arrayed on the Irish soil, who were all of his mind ; but the time was notyet come, and in the meanwhile they must have recourse to moral force. — Mr. W. S. OBrien spoke next, and moved the following as an amendment to the vote of confidence in Mr. John O'Connell : — "That the claim ot any body to make laws for this country, other than ihe queen, lords, and commons, of Ireland, was unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance." The amendment was carried, and the proceedings terminated.