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deputatJOQ  to  London  to  convey  their  cordial  approval,
ud  popular  meetings  in  Cork,  Galway,  Tipperary,
Kilkenny,  Limerick,  Cashel,  Newry,  Ennis,  Tuam,  and
other  to\N*ng  and  districts,  sent  him  votes  of  thanks  and
confidence.  More  than  a  hundred  and  fifty  petitions
were  presented  to  the  House  praying  his  immediate
Telease.  Mitchel,  who  went  to  London  with  the  Club
deputation,  reported  the  state  of  affairs  to  me ; —

"  He  is  in  excellent  spirits,  and  set  out  by  retracting  every
pWTJtb  expreesioii  he  had  used  in  writing  to  you  and  MacNevin.
He  in  delighted  with  the  conduct  of  the  Limerick  people,  and  ia
■ll'igcther  in  high  hope.  He  entered  fully  with  us  into  hia
nwioiw  anil  intentions,  and  was  as  open  as  we  could  wish.
•TJfrt  will  go  with  ue  again  to-morrow,  and  we  will  have  further
^OB^enation.  On  the  whole,  it  is  evident  that,  without  entering
"■nniUy  into  the  matter,  we  can  have  all  the  satisfaetion  we
Willi  for.  .  .  .  Alt..get!Li.T,  our  •  iiitorviuw  tii-iii{;ht  w:ts
s»tisfactorj',  but  popular  feeling  must  be  still  more  excited  about
't  iu  Ireland.  O'B,  thinks  that  O'C,  will  not  accompany  us  to
PfWcnt  the  address,  but  we  will  of  course  call  and  invite  him."

Next  day  Mitchel  wrote  again,  announcing  that  an
influcDtial  journalist  of  the  moderate  section  sympathised
»ith  O'Brien  :—

"John  Gra)'  has  written  a  letter  to  the  editor  of  the  J/.
