IRELAND.
Mr. O'Connell has commenced a new series of letters to the Pee& of Ireland, tile first of which has been published in the Pilot. sists of an immense number of paragraphs, but with little of novelty either in matter or expression. We give Mr. O'Connell's own s mary of its leading points. He says that the objects of the newuni, tation are— First, To abolish for ever the domination of the Orange faction; that faction to the level of the rest of the Irish people; and to ever all hope of their again obtaining power or ascendancy.
" Secondly, To obtain for ourselves and our descendants the pure and imp. tial administration of justice, by filliug the high judicial situations with upright and just Judges.
" Thirdly, To obtain the appointment of intelligent and impartial Sheriffi. " Fourthly, To banish paray-spirit and iniquity from the jury-be;and el have honest and conscientious jurors.
" Fifthly, To obtain a real and is permanent revision of the Magistracy. " Sixthly, To obtain the total extinction and annihilation of the odiout Tithe system, no matter how called ur described. " Seventhly, To obtain an equal increase of the right of voting with S. land or England. " Eight*, To obtain our just and due proportion of Representatives in the United Parliament.
" We will agitate to procure the redress of these grievances from the Impanel Parliament, or in the event of a refusal or delay, to secure them for ourselves by the restoration of our domestic Legislature."
He concludes with stating the subject of the next letter; which would probably be published in the Pilot of yesterday- " My next letter will point out the difficulties which impede the attainment of justice for Ireland.' A powerful minority of English Members in t
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he House of Commons, a more powerful majority n the House of Lords, anda very large portion of the English People, Radicals as well as Tories. Add to these, the total want of sympathy for the people of Ireland evinced by much of the press called Liberal in England. There are some honourable exceptions; but the greater part of the English Liberal press does not take an honest rest in in our fate.
,4 We are, therefore, bound to exert ourselves only the more. Every man who wishes well to Ireland will become not only a 4 Precursor,' but will obtain twenty names, and transmit them to the Secretary, Mr. fay, at the Cm m Ex- change. The tine is collie to be busy. No Irishman deserves the name who does riot now come furwaid in this, which I trust will prove the last strugglefor Ireland."
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