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 The great Irish agiiaiof--the anerowned Moaarch---ihe giant ol the tribe of AliIesius, is now a breathIess piece of clay lt IS iit that some notice should be taken of she exit of such mighty man from the stage of lie 1; for seldom have we cause to Iecord such q conquest of death

 DANIEL O'CoSsEL, wes born oa the 9th of August, l775, al ihe outbreak of that Revolution by which England lost Colony and the World gaiRed sa Empire. His birth place was appropriate. li was amsd the ~iids of Kerry, among whose mountains hls colm,rvmen, for centuries. had been hunted like beasts of he forest. Ills family was one antiquity and Ienown in Irish history Pow ertul by itself, and extensty ely allied by mar riage and corsanguini,y to tie leading iaini- lies of the Island.

 At an carly age he was engaged in s,ady at the College af Si. Oaers. in france, and afterwards al Douay and i.ouvain--the young men oT Irish Catholic families being forced abroad for collegiate privileges, denied them at home by the injustice ol the laws, made in favor nf the established rsa,glsa- We know not tha. young uConneil WAS seie- baaled Tor anyshies al eo.lege, unless t was tor llie enjaymeal of good health and an ex- nberant flow of spirits. He studied law ip England and was admitted to the bar in i79S, ut ihe age of -, the Ycsy year in which Ire lands doom ag sixth updred years oppression was renewed ia uniserstai baptism of biood He aid not favor the movements of the pas- riots of '9S, probably from tlle fact that he had seen siyilily the horrors of the French Revolution, ic which also, though too young io have much influence, lie was strongly op- posedas

 Just as he had eptered on his professional career, fIae great question of Legislative Union wilh England came up. Every means ihss tyranny or power could use to accomplish this ead were resorted to for the success of the unhappy neasnre-bribery and blood standing out most prominent on fhe eaasass. Pitt, sud other friends of the measure, prasn- ised la remove the disabilities under whirh the Catholic iabored, II they would ,onIy agree lo support the union. Some, thaagh few, accented iae offer. but win fie usual faith with England and Ireland. over qaar- sef of 2 century passei away ffum sae act cf Union before ihe disahi:fies were reuaaved, 4 large meeting of inc Catholics of Dublin was called to express shc opsnionz of ihe Catholics upon thls ofes; aud here young Daniel O'conuesi made hisiirsl public speech, and is was againss that Uaies spou whieh ever sibce, be has poured the a,siisnDs of the Irish heart ia language of hate aAd seprn. never surpassed for sAseasm aBd power. Ia 1902 June 3l he married his cousin Mary, daughter of Df. Edwant C'ConneiI, of Tsalee, with whom he lived iong and hae- ply, and who preceded him to tue tomb. Ia iSi5 sir. O'Eoaaeii fought dusl, which proved fatal to .his Aalsgoniat. ln some publie meeting he satarksd the sospos- aiion of Dublin, which we called abeegss- !Iy crrpnsssinn.r Ms. DsEsseFse, uho wAs a msnabsr of she rotporaxica, sbssriIy