THE MAYOR OF CORK ON O'FARRELL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 172, 24 July 1869, Page 2

THE MAYOR OF CORK ON O'FARRELL.

The Mayor of Cork, a Mr. Daniel O'Sullivan, within the snme week, afforded another illustration .of Irish feeling. At a farewell bimquet given to the liberated Fetiiar.s, Warren and Costello, on the eve of their departure for America, that gentleman expressed a bope thnt " the day was coming when no strange nation would be dominant in the laud. " In giving the toast, " Our exiled conn try men," he said : — "A spirit of concession had been aroused in the dominant race, but he would not say whether this was clue to Fenianism, or the barrel of gunpowder at Clei ken well. Allen, Barret, Lark in, and O'Brien had sacrificed their lives for this country. Tliere was in Ireland this moment a young Prince — " (A Yoice. — j "He be d d."). This interruption is stated to have been received by the company with applause. But the mayor continued: — u Wheu that noble Irishman O'Farrell, fired at the Prince in Aus tr-Jia, he was imbued with as noble and patriotic felling as Larkin, Allan, and O'Brien were. (Great cheering, nnd cries of 'He was.') ITe believed that j O'Farrell would be as highly thought of ! as any of the men who had sacrificed j their lives for Ireland. (Loud cries of 'Bravo!') They all saw how a noble j Pole bad fired at the Emperor of Bussia j because he thought that the Emperor was trampling up»n the liberties ofthe people (Cheers.) Well, O'Farrell probably was j actuated by the same noble impulses when he fited at ihe Prince. O'Farrell was * s noble an Irishman as the Pole, j and as true to his country, for each was impelled by the same sentiment to do what they did." These sentiments were cheered by the excited audience. Mr. Warren remarked that as for him himself and Mr. Costello, "his English friends ! thought they were getting rid of a bad bargain, but whether he would not return with compound interest time would show." When, ihe next day, these grateful recipients of Government favor embarked for New York, they were presented by their admirers wiih a green fl'}?. Great indignation wns expressed by thp more respectable inhabitants of Cork at, this outbreak of sedition from the lips of their chief magistrate, the more so that it seemed to incite to the assassination of the yonng Prince then in the country. A proposal made to invite Prince Arthur to the city during the race week had been that very day opposed by a section of the i town council, including the mayor, but after a stormy debate carried by a majority of twenty-five to five. The Prince wiselv declined for tbe present to visit Cork. Meanwhile, the speech of the mayor caused great commotion, though suhs"quentlv, in a lame way, he repudiated any intention to glorify assassination. Hibroth j r magistrates refused to act with him, but he defied ihem. One morn inn there was a struggle on the bench for tinpossession ofthe charge sheet, which was torn in consequence. Several days the mayor went, down early, and liberated tinprisoners charged with drunkenness. The mob held a mass meeting to express confidence in him, and there was a burning of tar-l.arrels in his honor. This state ot things attracted the attention of Parliament. O'Sullivai) subsequently resigned the office of Mayor.