Dublin, March 8. FRENCH REVOLUTION.-IRISH SYMPATHY.

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 222, 15 July 1848, Page 3

Dublin, March 8. FRENCH REVOLUTION .-IRISH SYMPATHY.

Meetings have been held in Kilkenny, Limerick, and several other places, for the purpose of voting congratulatory addresses to the French people for their, achievements during the memorable three duys of February. These expressions of sympathy are confined almost exclusively to one class— the Repealers; neither the Conservatives nor Whigs talcing any part in the demonstration. It wa» not bo in 1830. Immediately after the great events ol that year, a meotins took place ia this city, which was presided over by the

Marquis of Weslineath, nnd was attended by men of all parties — Orange anil Green alkc — presenting for the first time, therure spectacle of nn assemblage of United Irishmen, merging all minor differences, with the sole view of recording their cordial assent to the assertion of the principle which led to the downfal of the Hour' bon dynasty. In the present instance, the partial fraternization of the discordant elements of Old and Young Irelandism seems to be the probable extent of tiic mischief likely to spring from the Revolution of 1848. In Kilkenny a reconciliation his actually taken place, both parties have agreed henceforward to smoke the calumet of peace, forget all past dissenlioai, and work together for the future. The Sanefield Confederate Club in Limerick, have unanimously adopted an address to the French Republic, the tone of which may be gathered from the following extract— "Oh Citizens, you know not how deeply, how truly we sympathize with you— brother! on the red fields of Fontenoy and Landen, where oar beloved Sanfield fellShall Frenchmen and Irishmen no longer fraternize ? Proad of their participation in the victories of France, in the olden days, shall Ireland not now exult at the greatest of her victories ? Frenchmen, we do exult — we feel as if the victory were our own ! The old ties which bound us are us yet unbroken. In heart and feeling we are comrades still. Your triumph is our triumph — your happiness our happiness ! Victors of the barricades ! who shall measure the amount of our obligation—the depth of ourgrat'tude to you? Crushed and bowed down by accumulated wrongs — stricken to the earth by pcimitted pestilence and concerted famine — victims of every tyranny, yet robbed of every means of resistance — the national spirit which your forefuthers applauded, and which your own Ledru Uollin had witneised in '44, had well-nigh perished, when the announcement of your glorious achievements came as glad tidings of great joy, to reanimate our fainiing hearts, and to cheer us with the assuiunco that Freedom is ever within the grasp of those who manfully seek her-" Preparations on an extensive scale continue to be made for the demonstration which is to come of}' in the Irish metropolis on St. Patrick's Day. The aulhori. tics, however, are on the alert", and should there be any breach of the peace, it will not be attributable for want of due vigilance on the pait of the Irish Executive. The 44th regiment, at present quartered in Cork, have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark for Malta. DnsTiTO-rroN.— The accounts from the provinces is really frightful. Destitution is on the increase in almost eve iy district. To such straits are the people driven, that the use of horic and dog flesh is now of frequent occurrence, and this, too, after the passing of a law recognizing and legalizing the right of the people to support. The truth is, that in some unioni, the law iB little better than a delusion. The ex oftcio guardians, the representatives of the landlord class, have taken care to render ie completely inoperative. The quartepnere clause of the bill of last session is working great injustice to tlio poor, and is acting as a capital auxiliary to the landlords. At the lust meeting of the Nenagh IJoard, several caics were brought before tha Guardians, in which it was shown that advantage was taken of the clause to compel small occupants to apply for aelicf, the result of which was summary ejectment from 1 heir holdings. *"A? an inUnnce of the miserable condition to which the Catholic Clergy are now reduced, in consequent of the poverty of their flocks, we give the following oxtract from the letter of a Clergyman of the diocese of Cloytie and ltuss— • 11 Let me tell you, strange to say, I have not this day in my possession but one halfpenny, such ia the state of my finunrcß, and I think it is, generally speaking, the position of the Priesthood of the country — it cannot be olhciwiBC I have in my united parishes G,OOO in a state of staivation — many of whom have already died of starvation — may God deliver them and give them the grace of forbearance 1"