At a meeting of the Repeal Associa tion, Dublin, the first week iv April, the debut of a five-year-old orator was made, and is thus described : "Master H. P. D, Leyne was accordingly placed on the Secretary's desk, so as to be seen by all present, and proceeded to speak iv a marked English accent. He said that his father was an Irishman, and his mother an Englishwoman, that he had lived ia England all his life—which was not very long; but from the moment he could un derstand anything, he learned to love his papa's country. (Cheers) He hoped that the Irish people would succeed in getting Repeal, and that' all classes of Irishmen would unite for that purpose, as was the wish of their old friend Daniel O'Connell, who was dead! (Cheers.)" The precocious patriot handed in £1 & s his subscription, and was assisted off his rostrum by Mr. Maurice O'Connell. An Alien Bill had been introduced into the House of Peers by the Marquis of Lansdowne, in consequence of tlie num ber of Frenchmen and Germans in Lon don and the Provinces. The London Journals are suggesting the propriety, ana expediency of extending its operations to the Irish residents. Should this plan be acted upon, it will be a simple ana practicable repeal of the union. Mr. Smith O'Brien's income is £5 0( ? u per annum, and as one of the counts in the indictment charged him with tamper ing with the Queen's army, if he had been convicted, his estates would have become forfeited to the Crown.
