IRELAND.
Mr. O'Connell has made the letter of Lord Durham the subject of three motions, first, that the political creed of Lord Durham is the political creed of the General Association ; secondly, that the placard now posted over the chair in the Corn Exchange, containing these words " Scotland has Municipal Reform, England has Municipal Re- form, Ireland has been deemed unworthy of Municipal Reform," be taken down, and replaced by another, containing these words, adopted from Lord Durham's letter—" The Queen and Liberty, the Queen and the Constitution, the Queen and Reform ;" thirdly, that an address to her Majesty from the General Association, representing to her the unjust and tyrannical conduct of the House of Lords towards her faith- ful and loyal Irish subjects, should be drawn up and forwarded to the Earl of Durham for presentation. The Belfast Northern Whig says, in reference to Lord Durham's letter- " The Tory party have spoken of it, pretty generally, as evidence of his Lordship's change of opinions, whilst Mr. O'Connell, and many other Liberals, have hailed it with delight. We are bound to say, that we think both parties a little wide of the mark. It is far from a Tory production; but it is, at the same time, not what we might have expected from a nobleman who was considered as the head of the Radicals. It is clearly an abandonment of the Radicals, and a declaration of his Lordship's adhe- sion to the Whigs. It was supposed, that his high Reform principles would render it almost impossible for him to hold a place in the present Cabinet. This letter removes all difficulty ; and we think it very probable, that it is in- tended as a manifesto, preparatory to his acceptance of office. Upon the policy of this lowering of his tone, we think it unnecessary to say any thing but, that the lowering has taken place, is perfectly evident. We have already ob- served, that Mr. O'Connell is iu high delight with this letter. But, not con- tented with general praise, he has given notice of his intention to move, that it contains the political creed of the people of Ireland.' We hope he may modify his motion, very considerably. Lord Durham says—' I wish to rally as large a portion of the British people as possible around the existing institu- tions of the country—the Throne, Lords, Commons, and the Established Church.' Is this unqualified approval of the Lords, and this declaration of attachment to the Church, any portion of ' the political creed of the people of Ireland ?' We think nut ; and, therefore, we trust Mr. O'Connell may not persevere with the motion of which he has given notice."
[Mr. O'Connell sees through the humbug as clearly as anybody ; but, with his usual address as a thorough Irish patriot, he is resolved to make the most of it in the coming elections.]
Mr. James Dwyer is a candidate for Kinsale, in opposition to Mr. Pierce Mahony. Mr. O'Connell thinks it best that Mahony should be elected ; and at a meeting of the Association in Dublin, expressed strong disapproval at the course taken by Mr. Dwyer. That gen- tleman, by way of retort, has republished e letter to the people of Limerick, written by Mr. O'Connell in 1832, in order to scare Mr. lahony from Limerick, which city be desired to represent. Speaking uf .Mc. Maboil in this letter, Mr. O'Connell says- " I write a ith vehemence; I write with the deepest anxiety. The betrayer is amongst you—the deceiver—the prince of political jobbers—Mr. Pierce Maliony. I say nothing of him in his private life ; I say nothing of him in his profession 85 an attorney ; I assail him only in his public capacity as candidate for the high honour of representing the unconquered city of Limerick. As such I denounce him to you. I know his political character well. He deceived me for a time, but I know him only the more thoroughly on that account. I tell you from my heart and my conscience, that you could not possibly select a worse man. It would be an eternal degradation to Limerick to elect him. He bin not one particle of political principle."
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