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Arrival Of The Acadia: Fifteen Days Later From England: Impo...

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Day
12
Month
June
Year
1843
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Public Domain
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The steamship Acadia nrrived nt Boston ;arly yerterday morning, bringinj? fifteen days aterintelligrnce from England and the Continent. The news is interesting and important. - The Repeal movement in Ireland is niaking most rapid progrese and hos at lengtb uttracted the notice of Parliament. The Duke of VVeilington in the House of Lords and Sir Robert Peel in the Commons, have avowed the determination to put down the Repeal agitation - by forceif necessary. We quote Sir Robert Peel's words: REPEAL OF THE UNION. Tuesday, May 9, Lord Jocclyn requested to know from Sir Robert Peel the intentions of the government witli respect to the maintainance of the Irish Union, now threatened by extensivo agitation. Sir Robert Peel, in a solemn and emphatic manner, declared himself authorized by her Majesty to repeat the language employed by the crown on this subject, in a speech which was dclivered from the throne during the administration of Earl Grpy, mul w'iicli expressed tho most resolute cicteruiiináon to unholdthe Union . The present government,he said, would exerci6e for this purpose all the powers a vcsted in them under the existing law; nnd though not desirous of disparaging the - stilution by applying for new and extraordinary powers until those of the existing law should be found proctically insufficient, they i would not hesitate, should that insufficiency J become apparent, to appeal to Parliament for S bucIi enactmenls as would effectually obvíate j the evil; for they were persuadee that the V ject attempted was not merely, as some called it, the repeal of the statute, but the dismetnbetment of the empire. The'npplication to C1 Parliament, should it come to be necessary, would be made, he was sure, with the grealer e success, ín consequence of the forbearance of J miniscers to make it until the necessity should p have been manifested by cxperience of the si inadequacy of the existing law. This'declaration has provoked angry e joinders from the leading Repealers. At a r meeting of tne Dublin Repeai Association on L the I2th ultimo, Mr. O'Conncll denounced h Sir Robert Peel in the warmesi. terms, at the l same time thanking him for "stimulating u peal." Mr. Steele, on the Hamo occasion, ai "dared the British Ministry to try civil war!" c' Moamvhile troops are pouring into Irelanü, and b the Brilish Ministry have commeuced the work tf v of "proscription" by removing from office all . those who are taken prominent part in the fi Repeal agitation. Among the 'victims' is a' Daniel O'Coonell himself, and his oldest son t Maurice, the meniher from Tralee. They have both been dismissed from the Magistracy. These proceedings, however, eeems lo have 'stimulated' Repeal. Immense 'mass meetings' of the People have been ho!d in various eectionsof the Green Isle. On the 7th of May, between seveniy and eighty thoxisand men assembled at the the Curragh of Kildare, and were addressed at great lenglh by Mr. O'Connell. Pólice and military were in attendance, but the meeting passed off without the slightest disturbance. We make the following extract from Wilmer & Smith's 'Times:' The agitaticn for the Ropeal of the Union is making strides in Ireland very alarming to the government. Instead of attending to his duties in the House ofCommons, Mr. O'Connell has remained at home organizing his plans for mov mg his country men, and he has mcceeded effectually. The Catholic clergy have joined the movement in great numbera. To arrest disorganizaton,tlie Duke of Wellingion in th e upper, and Sir Robert Peel in the lower House, deckred their intention, theother evening, of putting down the Repeal agitation - by force, if necesary. The movement is as odious in England as it is popular in Ireland. Meanwhile Mr. O'Connell has hurlet defiance at his assailants, and in terms mor energctic than polite, dares them to the con flict.

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