Star. — London, England, 1828-10-21 00:00:00

Meeting for ieveral minutes—l am devotedly attached to the principles which seated the House of Brunswick upon the throne, and established the Protestant ascen dancy in these countries, and I am devotedly attached to these principles, because I consider that it is the Protes tant character of the Constitution that has made t nglantl what she is—(Cheers). When other nations of Europe were sha ken to their centre, the Protestant character of the Constitution of. England enabled her to resist a power before which other countries, not so happily cir cumstanced, were compelled to bow down and worship —it was the Protestant character of her Constitution which has enabled England, amidst all the vicissitudes and changes with which other countries have been afflicted, to continue to be the arbitress of Europe, and entitled he, to be styled the envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world—(Loud cheers). I also, Sir, revere our Protestant Constitution, because it gives liberty to every class of persons, the rich as well as the poor, who live under it. Gentlemen, we are living in Ireland under the British Constitution—but if we do not enjoy the full blessings of that Constitution in as ample a manner as they are enjoyed in England, to what cause are we to attribute so extraordinary a circumstance? Are we to attribute it to a defect in the Constitution itself, or are we to suppose that there is something uncongenial in the mural and political at mosphere of this country, which unfits it for the recep.' Lion of liberty, full and unshackled as it is dispensed under the Constitution of England ? To what cause are we to attribute it—that Protestants as well as 10. man Catholics (for they ton suffer), who live under a Constitution, which was described by Mr. Pitt as af fording equal protection to all, should complain of not receiving that protection from the Constitution I which is experienced in England ?—Gentlemen, we are not to attribute it to any defect in the Constitution, but to the exercise of a power which has hitherto been allowed to usurp absolute sway in this country; a power which is above the laws, and which Mr. Dawson, at a late meeting in Derry, described as being able to defy the laws. Gentlemen, if this power be above the laws, it is because the laws which provide a remedy for the evil were never exerted to crush it—(L..ud cheers). Gentlemen, I have said, that the Roman Catholics do not derive the full blessings under the Constitution, even such as they are now entitled to ; and also that the Protestants do not derive the full share to which they are entitled, and which they have a right to expect. You are all, yourselves, perfectly competent to bear testi mony to the truth of the latter position—and in refe rence to the former, it is only necessary to remind you of the tyranny which the Priests exercise, not only over the consciences, but the persons of the Roman Catholics.— You have seen this monstrous usurpation of power on the part of the Priests exercised, unsuccessfully it is true, in this county, but still exercised to the utmost of their abilities, to controul the freedom of election; and you have all of you heard how that power was exerted too successfully in Clare, where a Roman Catholic was returned as a Member of Parliament. Gentlemen, with respect to the Catholic Association, I have no hesitation in stating, that unless it be crushed, it will be scarcely safe for a Protestant to reside in this country—(Cheers) I hold in my band a notice of a motion given on the last day of meeting, by a Mr. Forde: " That a Committee should be appointed to prepare an Address to the people of Ireland, calling on them to deal exclusively with the friends of civil and religious liberty, and on no account to deal with Orange shopkeepers; and that it should be an inatruction to the Committee to prepare fur publication a Directory, with the names of all the merchants and traders in the city of Dublin, who proved themselves to be friends of civil and religious liberty." Phis, Gentleman, is one additional proof of the tolerant spirt of the Church of Rome. It proves incontestibly that she is now in the nineteenth century as intoleratt and domineering as she was at any former period of Inswry, and that her antipathy to everything Protestant is just as predominant now, as it was when torrents of P.otestant blood were shed, and numberless victims were daily offered up as sacrifices in the cause of truth and religion. It is one additional proof that Popery is unchangedland unchangeable, and however much it may be her interest to disguise her real character, and appear every thing kind and conciliating—in short every I thing she ought to be, were she not the Church of Rome, we have occasionally some of• her children + exhibiting her in her true colours, as besotted and in-, tolerant as she was in the darkest ages of Papal bigotry , and superstition—(Cheets). Believe me, Gentlemen, that if, in a moment of ill.advised liberality, Papists should be admitted to greater political power in these realms than they at present enjoy, the Protestants of this country and of England too will be visited with a recurrence of those scenes which have ever marked the blood-strined track of Popery—(Loud cheers). If it _ . . be any s-tiisfaction to those who are now present, and who are, I trust, perfectly convinced of my unalterable attachment to the principlies of the Protestant Ascen dancy to hear a more full avowal of my sentiments than is comprised in these few words, I well state that I am an uncompromising opponent of Catholic Ewan cipation—(Loud the rs). I will oppose it by every Constitutional means.—l cannot do better in ex- 1 plaining the object which we have in view in es tablishing Brunswick Clubs, than to quote a few words, not on my own authority, but on that of the glorious King William 111. himself. In the declaration which King William 111. put forward at the Hague, previous to his depurate for Epglend, the following passage occurs, which is just as applicable to the present period, and the objects we have in view, as it was in 1688 4 4 We have nothing before our eyes in this un .dertaking but the preservation of. the Protestant reli gion. the covering of all men from persecution for their consciences, and the sewing to the whole nation the free enjoyment of all their law., rights, and liberties, under a just and I gal Government." What, Gentle. men, can apply with greater force to the Brunswick Clubs than this? We do not establish Clubs for the purpose of persecuting our Roman Catholic countrymen; far from it, for we cannot help pitying the wretched state to which the genius of their re ligion has reduced them. When we see Irishmen like ourselves, endowed by an all-bounteous Provi dence with qualities of a first-rate order, but who, in constlquence of having fallen into the hands of Priests and Demagogues, have, instead of being as warm admirers of the British Constitution ss ourselves, become its deadliest enemies— whea we see such an effect produced upon them, !row, I ask, can we withhold our pity from Or drluded countrymen? if the Roman Catholic peasantry were lea to themselves and to the impulses of their own nature, they would be contented and happy ; but being in the hands of men who feel it necessary, in order to preserve their power over them, to stifle all the kindlier feelings of the heart—being in the hands of men, who, for personal aggrandisement, as Cobbett says, teach the opposite ► f every virtue, and whose strength consists only in the debasement of the human mind—the unfortunate objects of their machinations are as much entitled to our pity as the authors and abettors of such a system aie to our eseetatiou—(Cheerb): We are combined, Si,, pusely Lot the purpose of defence; we show by on; nanimity that we value our glorious Constitutior, and valuing it as British subjects ought, we are determined o preserve it inviolate. I would call upon the Pro. testants of Cavan to assert their right to protection under the Constitution—l would hive them sit; it firmly. but at the same time constitutional!, —I would have them tell the people of England that the poor It ish Protestant is the only persecuted being in society—(Cheers). We must look. Sir, to England for protection, and If we make our wrongs known to her, she will not desert us• If you, Gentlemen, wish to have a motto, I would refer you to that of Derry—l would tell you totaise that cry o f ar No Surrender"—(reiterated cheers)—and I will venture to say that the people of England will echo in a voice a thunder the cry of" No Surrender!" (Cheers) They will say, here is a people who ought to enjoy the full blessings of a Constitution which they deafly prize and highly value—they profess the same religion as ourselves—they are bound to us by the ties of blood— inheriting the spirit of our common ancestors, they are determined to be free. It you show them that you are so, by every constitutional means, depend upon it the people of England will not stand by as idle spectators, and the Government will interpose in your favour and remove those evils that are preying upon the vitals of the country. Be true to yourselves—assert your claim to protection—demand it as your tight, but demand it constitutionally—England must come forward to your ass:stance, and instead of seeing Leland as she is at present, exposed to all the horrors of Popish domina tion, she will then become— " Great. glorious, and free, " The first flower of the earth, the first gem of the sea." —(Loud cheers, which la•ted for several minutes). The Resolution was seconded by J. Botts, Esq. and passed unanimously. ALZIANDaa SAUNDERSON, Esq. M.P.—I have made it a rule of my conduct through life, Sir, to follow in the footsteps of my Reverend parent. In times very similar to the present, in 1798, my father, although always remarkable for the ki. dness with which he treated his Roman Catholic countrymen, found himself constrained by the exigency of the times to join an In stitution, to whose exertions the preservation of the con nexion between the two countries was owing-1 mean the Orange Institution—(Loud and repeated cheers) And although I feel great pride in stating that no man was more popular than my father, he yet found himself obliged to become an Orangeman. Gentleman, the present times bear a strong resemblance to those which have passed away—nay exceed them in peril—(Cheers). Gentlemen, ive see the Catholic Association, which has been so strangely allowed by Government to make laws for the people, and set the legal tribunals of the land at defiance; we see, Gentlemen, through means of this Association, parochial bands of ruffians regularly organised, and who now stand openly arrayed against the Government and the Protestant institations of the country, denouncing not only persecution against the Protestants, but also against such loyal Roman Catholics as decline to contribute to their funds, or refuse to fall into the ranks, of their rebel army—(Cheers). I feel it my duty to follow in the footsteps of my revered parent. I feel it my duty to unite with my brother Protestants, not only for the object of mutua' defence, but in order' that we may be able to extend our protection to such loyal Roman Catholics as may be manly enough to re sist intimidation. Gentlemen, 1 have always endeavoured to conciliate the Roman Catholics of this county, and when I stand up here to join in the formation of a Brunswick Constitutional Club. I do so without the slightest hostility towards them. lam guided in joining this Society by the same love towards them that I feel towards my Protestant brethren. Jassu SAUNDERSON, Esq.—When one reads the speeches of the Catholic leaders upon legislation, one scarcely knows what they would be at—.(Hear, . hear I) At one time the 40s. freeholders are considered the pillars of the State, and must be preserved; then they are found to be extremely troublesome, and most be done away with: Now we are to have a radical reform and the Union repealed. But what seems most to excite their indignation, and incur their displeasure, is our Church Establishment. Dr. Doyle says, it is an incubus or a dead weight upon the (iovernment—that it is in tolerable to see the Established Church in possession of 4,000,000 of green acres, and himself without one. I have been lately in the county of Fermanagh, and there was nothing the people there desired so much as that Mr. Lawless would make his appearance among them. If he had, they would have ducked him in one of their lakes; not with a view of doing him any in jury, but to show him, and those who sent him, the contempt in which they hold him. I hope, Sir, if he ever should make his appearance in this county that we shall treat him in the game way—(Cheers). I should be sorry that any thing I might say could offend my Catholic brethren, whom I estetm, and with whom I have lived, and I hope to live upon terms of the strictest friendship,but I would entreat the reflecting part of them not to commit themselves in the present crisis. It is much easier to raise a storm than to allay it. Let them consider that the people of England must be made a coll. Erecting party to any change in the laws; that there are fifteen millions of them—that they are a people who have always contended for their liberties and religion. It is impossible to suppose that such people will make concessions to persons with aims in their hands, much less agree to any change which they think might even tually endanger their Constitution. In the next Session of Parliament we shall see how they like the late proceedings of the Association. To grant concession to those people would be a proof of weakness, to which ne country hold ing the character among nations such as that of England, would submit—(Loud cheers). As to our Protestant ' Clubs, they are merely a defensive measure—(Hear). — The Constitution is threatened, shall we not defend it? (Cheers). Much, Sir, as I dislike Clubs and Associations of all kinds, I should be ashamed of myself it I did not come forward on the present occasion, and enrol myself, a Mamba' of this Club, or any club having for its avowed object the determination to preserve our in valuable Coastitution—that venerable work, the wisdom of our ancestors, under which we bare lived so long, have prospered, and are happy.--(Load cheers). OLIVER NUGIIIIT, Esq.—Of the reasons which induced the formation of the original Brunswick Club I beg to offer some explanation, and in doing so it will be neces sal y to revert to a short period to show with what view it was established—(Hear, hear): From the unsteady and veering policy of the Government on Irish af fairs—from their seeming carelessness and disregard to the expression of feelings of the constiiutional pm-' tion of the subjects of this realm, and I shall add, from the supineness and apathy of that portion, the Catholic Association presumed to raise its head, in the shape, I may truly -add. of lawgivers and go vernors of the greatest number of the population— (Hear, hear). They exei ted a dominion, they made use of a power, for which exertion and for which use one of our Monarchs lost both crown and bead—the levy ing of a tax upon the people without the concurrences , or sanction of the law of the land—(Hear. hear). This they have done, and term it a voluntary contribution ; but is there one ignorant of the danger of awaiting a refusal to pay h? In this county, and in the north of Ireland, it is not so bad. The peasant can be aided by the strong voice and opinion of a Protestant pope. lation ; but in the South, woe be to him who has moral and civil courage sufficient to enable him to send the collectoi away eniptp.handed ; woe to him, 1 say—denounced from the altar, that altar consented to the worship of the great CREATOR, now F il me d and polluted by the black and political devices of the weak and sinful creature—shonned by his fellowl, and considered by them in the light of, and second alone to the downright Conlormi,t ; happy for him if he escape without loss of property, truly fortunate it be e s cape ithout loss of life or limb —(Hear). They have asserted, too, that the representation of Ireland is in their hands ; and allowing this to be the case, how has this power been conk' red ? By the working of the pr iesiliood on the terrors and superstitions of a purposely benighted flock —(1-leas)—by the rending of a tie involving the deaue t interests of society, which alike binds in amity every member of the community, the tie of landlord and te nant—(Hear.) This they broke in many instances; and lruitle,sly, I am happy to say, endeavoured it in more, of which we had a slight specimen in this very county. Our political weight being thus les ened, little remained to make the Protestants, as the Association had boasted, mete cyvers—when in defence of our rights and liber• ties, and to resist the encroachments of that hot-bed of sedition before mentioned, the first Brunswick Club was established in England, the beacon light of which spread from tower to tower, from hill to hill, till not a past of Ireland remained which was not illuminated by its rays—(Loud cheers). On the advantages attending its formation I shall not at the present late hour expatiate; but one proof of them, and which, as being the most obvious, is the only one that I shall at present pro duce is—the undisguised panic and dismay it seams to have struck into the counsels and the deliberations of the Cathol.c Association—(Hear. hear, and loud cheer ing). Mr. O'Connell makes speeches against us in Munster—'writes letters against us to Dublin—and has honoured us with the ap t ellation of " blood hounds." Mr. Sheil retracts his formerly expressed opinion, and now, forsooth, acknowledges that we are not so easily to be trampled on as he had flattered himself —(Cheers)—and the manta of the pasty driven, from Ulster by the union now so happily establshed amongst Protestints, retreated with shame and degra• dation to that focus of disloyalty whence they bad issued—(Loud cheers). Among us, my friends, is found every name in Ireland noted for his devotion to the Throne arid the Altar, while am' ng them Pi iesu and Demagogues form their principal bulk—(Year). In conclusion, I would with to address a few words to any one here who is termed a liberal Protestant—(Hear). Such an one I would tell that he cannot serve two mas ters—he cannot retain his religion inviolate, nor his aliy giance to his King and country undivided, by basely truckling to an illegal and disloyal body, such as! have described—(Hear. heal). They despise him for his pa sillanimity—we pity him f r his f .117 and infatuation. They would employ him for the purposes cf agitation, anarchy, and minion; we would turn his occupations to the advancement of peace and good order ; and should it at length unhappily be referted to the mood, be will find that, having made use of him in every way, they will, as they did in 98, when they had the power, and as they bad universally intended, " whistle him down the wind to pray at fortune"—(Loud cheering). Rev. F. SAutufitasos—The population of this coun try is split into two divisions—the one, the Roman Ca tholic pot, seeking for their liberty—the other, the Protestant seeking to preserve it. Do the Roman Ca. ,holies imagine we have their liberty in our pockets? Would that we had, and quickly would we invest them with it. Need I remind them, that let the very slave breathe the air of this land, and with it he inhales his freedom. A poetic adage has been addressed to them which I beg likewise to eddies: to them, with, how. ever, a far different meaning than that which the Agi tator has applied it—" Hereditary bondsmen, know ye nor, who would be free, themselves must strike the blow." Yes, my countrymen, you must strike the' blow, but not against the laws and institutions of this country, conferring and based upon liberty—not against the upholders of liberty, for this would indeed be an Irish way of obtaining it, but to be free you must strike the blow to loosen those manacles which are now upon your feet, depriving yon of freedom—(Loud cheers). To them in their attempts to procure it is well applied the well-known adage—" They are like dogs in the ; manger"—they will neither possess themselves of li berry, nor will they permit us, who would, to enjoy it. One object, Sir, we have in view, is to heal the diseased public mind—(Hear, hear)—to bring back, by setting forth truth, to an acknowlegement of law, of duty, and of moral obligation, the minds of the Roman Catholic peasantry, estranged by the RQIII4II Catholic Associa tion—(Hear, hear, beat). THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1828. AT TWO O'CLOCK. PRICK OF STOCKS Link Stock 20111 71 India Bonds 84 S 3 per Cent. Red. 851 51 ex die South Sea Stock 3 per Ct. Cons. 851 6 Old Annuities 34 per Cent. 931 ex die 3 per Cent. 1751 31 per Cent. lied. 931 lex die 41000 Rickel. an, 74 5 4 4 per Ct. New.loll 1 a 4500 Ditto 74 S 4 per Cent. 1826, 1021 jex die 4108 and .1200 Ditto 74 S Long Ann. 19 1.16 lex die Commercial India Stock Consols for fleet. 861 FORRION FUNDS. TWO O'CLOCK. Danhh Ilds. 3 pCt. Do. Ace. 56 Do. Act t. 61 Russ. 11d5.1622, 5 pCt. 921 j • Neapolitan Bonds. 5 p C. 781 Do. Acct. 921 Peruir. lids. 6 p C. 161 Spanish Bds 5 p Ct. 111 1 Portug.Bds.spC. Do. Acct. BRITISH AND FORRION SHARKS. TWO O'CLOCK. Anglo Malicia Brazilian Ditto National OM St. PAIRS 100 95 55 20 25 5 ile lt7 :Ile 7..0 104 We last night received a Supplement to the sian State Gazette of the 14th inst. containing various Bulletins of the Russian Army. The accounts from the forces before Schunda are to the 27th ult. 'The Rus. sians, instead of havipg retreated from before that great bulwark of Turkish power, are said to have strengthened their army by the corps of General ROTH, which has been detached from before Silistria. Several actions have here taken place, the whole of which are represes.ted as having terminated in favour of the Russians. The accounts ficsmVarna come down to the Ist in.t. at which time that fortress was still in possession of the Turks, but there had Seen some severe fighting in its neighbourhood It appears that towards the end of last month the Turks made a vigorous effort to raise the siege, for which purpose troops were collected from vaiious V quarter; even from &ham's. Several mete le , lions took place, which, op to the SOtb, are stal e d to hive been in favour of the Russians; but ea sk i l day it is acknowledged that they sustained a U lm. and were obliged to retreat with considerable b is , The retreat, however, is stated to have been effected good order, under the protection of their batteries, aii of an attack made by the Helens of the Guard, The Russians do no specify their lesson this occasia 4 but we may infer it was very great from their std ment, that " not w ith stand ing our loss, the enemy Ikt only did not hinder the retreat of the corps of p r i m EUOINI, but bas still removed to-day behind bi t inireechmenis." We have an account of the ope rat i on . before Silistria to the 15&h September. No rever se , * mentioned as having been experienced by the be s i el i si corps ; but it is evident from the account which is tits. that the Turks have been uniformly acting on th e c i, fensive, and that the garrison has been joined by N i s , forcemeat:. The accounts of the Russians are, Ups the afid le exceedingly unsatisfactory. The disaster: at Me e k have evidently been concealed ; and from the moue force admitted to have arrived at Varna, from w oo Schanla, we may infer that there was noßuitiaafe eted any consequence there. The Turkish army at Varna, seems to be of a magnitude sufficient to prevent tie capture of that fortress, notwithstanding the p toreu made in the siege. There bas arrived, by the way of Berlin, the Co. vendor', or Treaty between Admiral CODRINOTOT sy the Pacha of EGYPT, for the evacuation of the Mo n by lsaanist's troops. The provisions of the treaty 4 1 1 not differ materially from what report had previoad i stated them to be. MardogeT Au agrees, os part, to deliver up all the Greeks who have bred made slaves since the battle of Nevado, and Adored Copal:wrote, on the part of the British Gomm% to set at liberty all the Egyptian soldiers who b ee been made prisoners. Provition is also made tor the evacuation of the Morea, according to the a►n. ner in which it has been since effected ; and laos Egyptian troops only, instead of the large numb" previously mentioned are to occupy the fortresses If Patras, Castel Tornese, Motion, Coron, and Nowa No reasan is given why even this small force shall have been left in occupation of the Greek fortresses. The German Papers received this morning coati no intelligence from the immediate seat of war a Turkey, and the accounts from Wallachia are of old dates. The following are extracts: CZERNOWITZ. OCT. 1. Commercial houses here aSrm, that they have intelligenee tie the Grand Vizier has left Adrianople. and is marching whit pm of the corps of Thumb Pncha towards Ruske/auk, with the her don if proceeding along the Danube to Silbert& It alsecennum to be merited, that the Emden' have left their raids' beim &iamb, and on this occasion abandoned pan of their wan, because most of the bones of the trails had perished fee wand forage. ICRAJOVA, Sm. IL Accounts from Widdio of the led bring the detainable Wet gene, that 12,000 fresh troops had arrived there, under the tea eland of Omer irsiooe, Packs of Baboichl. It may be imaged what alarm this news has caused here, and in Little Wallachh. BUCHAREST, San-. 24. It is reported here that Hossein Rey, after the late events hire 81&trio, bad detached a corps of 12,000 men from Schalk, es th roads to Rudschuk. It is therefore to be feared that fresh Inns* and even offensive operations, will begin in Wallachia, and tit causes great alarm. We know nothing certain respecting Van The rear of the R 4441411 army is everywhere rendered sneak W marauding Spabis. It seems that these has been neck a naortain among the horses of the Hunan army, that in case of a gold retreat the artillery and heavy baggage must betransported by is The account, received to.day from Krajovs give nano to fords the movement upon Rudschuk is made in concert ebb steep, pared in Widdin, and forms pan of the general plan of opendm of the Turks. These circumstances show bow important the pm session of Varna must be for the Russians foe concleding di memorable campaign. Sruesua 97.—Accordieg to accounts jut Wallachia, the Turks are again advancing from Kalefat. AU the inhabitants are again flying . hood of Krajova, because the corps of General dined too weak to oppose them with success. ALEXANDRIA, Amuse The chief obstacle tea the mukluks of the Pack' of Egypt sod Admiral Codriegtee, the former that Egyptian troops should resale renegues of the Hosea. Their number lc -1.900 men ; but it is feared that under the pretext troops with provisions, the Packs will And places in such a manner that they will be able , however long. The restoring of the Greek moot of them being already the sons, and many of them having eves embraced Hitherto only ion men, employed In public restoroim-4/gerseine Zeitusg, Oct. 14. TURIN, Moses I. About two o'clock is the awning of the shock of an eanhguake, and a second half MKT did not do the least damage, and were. of the eight before. The motion was modulator) I. a anthers direction, so that we may suspect veld= of Vesuvius. The shock which we 0 , of the Sib (or morning of the 9th) was felt other pleees.—Gastette Piedoesust, Oct. 1 CITY, T' The Rooks BoSodas received this morning sensation in the City, as it new appears that, op to a late dm, till maintained their positions before Varna and Schumla with a ciP tined series of hard lighting; and no doubt:ere this, that the fmt of Varna is decided. Up to the present time, these account: he w had no elect on the Cresol market, which opetird this woof at 113 i foe the Account, and at present may be rat" MI buyers, with little doing. It is expected that a loan of one million sterling by the Dutch Government, there being a deficiency IS the above amount; but it is said that the Irons their Sinking Fund, will take it. 'llls the war In Batavia. Letters from Marseilles, of the 10th of October Commissaries of the Police have received - stables for horses and mules, as It appears that the Mores Is going to take place. It is said of hammy, the Ist, 3d, 6th, and 14th will Regiment of Horse Clamors, with dues tinerieseo. :They write front Vienna of the 9th of October , went ban ordered s frigate and two brigs, just received from Lick from Widdin by way Log from the t , e i g hbat• corral Geismar is as est 14. the convention betwen gtee, was the domes male as swimmable was at kngth reducele retest of supplying tie I means to supply 1 Ile to bold out a blocks% •eek slaves was a PrnritY of private storaced Ilabomeume uhlic works, have by 11. the 10th we had see elf an hour shrew* re slighter than tissiti latory, and, as it wel" aspect some violent cow we had here in the t at Vercelli, Growl 11. TIVELVS o'Cial• orning have excited sew terling will be teitu rid iciency io their Dutch Commi deficiency atlas )ctober state, tbg tM red orders to peer° lat a new cipeditto ▪ that four Kr go, as well as tbe II to four kunJred October, that Goo ( ' s• laying at Voices