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I . . _ . . - . . , ..-‘,'74,, ) IN.' Ow* - . . , ~ 'A ~ . ~• )1 ~ • . 4 : - ..., ''.` 1.. ' . : '--- \:) l , ‘ ‘ ( ) ---: \, • . CS r ••, k -%:- 2: 4 7', --. I . ... • OM' . . ----- -- kat • ab, l i THE CONSTITUTION-NOTHING . i ' I ' 11 1 1111 LESS, AND NOTHING MORE. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1829. NUMBER 13.259.] PRICE SEVENPENCF. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, SEPT. 4. ROUTE TO CONSTANTINOPLE. suit on Catholic affairs. So far it deserves the gratitude and thanks of posterity : it was much in such times to have commenced at all. But its organisation was incomplete ; its exertions timid. gentry and clergy not only kept themselves cautiously and repre hensibly aloof, and scorned all connexion with its members, but laughed contemptuously at its labours, and interposed every ()boa de to prevent, to discoutage, to neutralise its success. —taw—. WAR-OFFICE, Sin. 5. As every step in the advance of the Russians is now full of interest, a brief survey of the districts through which they have to pass Is their approach to the Turkish capital will not be out of place at this moment. &urges, which Iles at the westesost point of the Black Sea, is 150 miles from Commando°,le. It would be quite practicable for General Diebitsch to pursue his march along the shores of the Black Sea to the latter city, and by keeping up constant communi cations with the Russian fleet, he could assure himself of the ne cessary supplies without depending much en the resources of the country. It is probable, however, that he will not deem it pru dent to leave the large Turkish population of Adrianople in his rear. This town has always served as a place of general rendez vous for the Turkish armies in Europe ; and its position, in the centre of a fertile district, and at the junction of the two great branches of the Hebrus, makes it of great importance as a depot for provisions. Adrianople is about 150 miles west from the Turkish capital, and about eighty miles south-west from Bourgas. It contains, ac cording to Mr. Galt. 80,000 inhabitants, of whom 20,u00 are Greeks, 2,500 Jews, 2,500 Armenians, and the rest Turks. It is said to be nine miles in circumference, and is surrounded by walls, the great extent and bad condition of which, however, must render them of little avail as means of defence. The half-pay of the undermentioned Officers has been cancelled from the 4th instant. inclusive, upon their receiving a commuted allowance for their Commissions : Lieutenant William Henry Armstrong, half pay Slat Foot; Lieut. Samuel Ounpbrll Simpson, half pay 234 Light Dragoons; Lieutenant William Winder, half pay 15th Foot; Cornet William Young, half pay Royal Waggon Train; Quartermaster Thomas Grath, half pay 42d Foot; Quartermaster James Clifford, half pay 61st Foot; Lieutenant James Baillie, half pay 15th Foot; En sign Charles Osborn Bushnan, half pay 60th Foot ; Lieutenant Ed ward Harvey Foster, half pay 31st Foot ; Ensign William Fry, half pay 24th Foot. BANKRUPTS. " The result, as might be expected. was fora time inoperative and unproductive. But its founders did not despair. The Address which had been drawn up previous to the formation of this associ ation, expressive of the loyalty of Roman Catholic gentlemen. mer chants, and citizens of Dublin, was soon signed by four hundred respectable names, and presented to Mr. Ponsonby, the Speaker of the House of Commons, by two gentlemen of the Catholic body, Mr. Antony M•Dermott and Mr. John Cromp, the depression and degradation of the body being at that time such, that they dared not venture to wait upon the Lord Lieutenant, or to present the address in person. WUUam Hourick, North-row, Park-lane, livery stable keeper, to surrender, Sept. 8, at one, 45, at twelve, and Oct. 16, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Camp, New Inn, Strand. Thomas White, Johnson's-court, Fleet-street, printer. Sept. 15, 18, at twelve, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. Attorney, Mr. Newland, Craven -street, Strand. Ilyam Ansen, Coiebester-street, Savage•gardens, watch manufac turers, 8, 15, at twelve, and Oct. 16. at eleven, at the Court of era. Attorney, Mr. Spyer, Broad-street buildings. William Robert Gardner, Red Lion-cquare, engraver Sept. 15, 18, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Commiss ioners. At- torney, Mr. Reynolds,Carmanhen-street,Tottenham-court-road. Petharbridge, Whitecbapel, linen draper, Sept. 8, at twelve, 15, at eleven, and Oct. 16, at ten, at the Court of Com. misslooen. Attorney, Mr. Jones, Size-l ane. William Butler, Birmingham, mother of pearl button-manufar buret., Sept. 15, 18, at twelve, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Cornorissionen. Attorney, Mr. Crosby, Bucklers- CONTRACTS FOR BISCUIT BAGS AND SLOP CLOTHING. VICTUALLING OFFICE, Argyle U, 1829. frHE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING his MAJESTY'S NAVY, le. do hereby give Nodes, That on Tnorumtv, the 17th September nest, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the following Articles, to be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, viz. Eighty Thousand BISCUIT BAGS, to be delivered in the proportion of Twenty Thousand in every Three Months, from the 1,4 day of January next. One Hundred Thousand Yards of BRITISH DUCK CLOTH —oot...half thereof to be delivered by the 30th November next, and the remainder by the 28th December following. Five Thousand Pairs of DUCK TROWSERS, Five Thousand DUCK FROCKS, Ten Thousand SHIRTS, One Thousand CAPS for Boats Crews, Ten Thousand BLACK BILK HANDKERCHIEFS, Four Thousand Yards of HESSEN, Forty Inches wide, Four Thousand Yards of HESSEN, Thirty-six Inches wide, Two Thousand Gross of BUTTONS, Three Thousand Pounds of THREAD, and Two Thousand Half-Pounds of THREAD, To be delivered on or before the 30th Day of November next. Patterns and Samples of each of the above-mentioned Articles, and the Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the Day appointed; and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. SALES BY AUCTION. KENT.• TONBRIDGR, SEVEN OAKS, Sto. VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, LAND TAX R GE NTEE L and RESIDENCE, considerable pan Tithe Free, With OFFICES, COACH HOUSE, STABLES, and OUT. BUILDINGS, excellent GARDEN, And upwards of ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ACRES Of Meadow, Pasture, Arable, Wood Land, and Hop Ground, on which there are Pheasants and other Game. An eligible Property for Investment. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY Mr. JOHN ROBINS, (Of Warwick-House, Regent-street), At Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, On THURSDAY, the 22d day of Oc tober, 1829,at Twelve o'clock, IN ONE LOT, AValuable and very desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, Principal part Tithe Free, and Land Tax Redeemed, Situate in the parishes of Tonbridge and Seven Oaks, and some small parts in the parishes of Leigh Penshurst and Chiddington, a Sue healthy and beautiful part of the county of Kent, Forming a part of the highly picturesque Scenery which is viewed from the summit of RiverhiU, so jestly celebrated,and the admiration Of all Travellers. Comprising a compact Residence. NIZELS, _ _ Recently erected, handsomely fitted up, and adapted for the ac• commodatien of a Family of respectability, with all requisite Offices, Coach House, Stable, and Outbuildings; Excellent Garden, planted with choice Fruit Trees, well stocked and cropped ; Seated en a beautiful Lawn, with Carriage Drive and Sweep in front, ornamented with thriving Evergreens, Shrubs, &c. skirted by a fine thriving Wood, and belted by a Plantation, with extensive gravelled walks, commanding interesting views in various directions . _ over that highly picturesque and romantic country. In the occupation of, and on Lease to, Mrs. CosswaLus, a highly respectable tenant. SUNDRY FARMS, With Farm Houses, and all requisite Agricultural Buildings, Elses and Morley., the Grove, Long Bun, Westwood, Copping, Old House, Brook House, Maniere, and Stiddolphs. The whole containing upwards of ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINE _ ____ ___________ _ ACRES, Of Meadow, Pasture, AraVe, Wood Land, and Hop Ground, well supplied with water at all parts, and streams running through _ the Property. Let to respectable tenants. The Rental and estimated Value ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED POUNDS Per Annum. The above Estate is situate at the 2$ mile-stone on Riverbill, part adjoining the high road to Hastings, and partly bounded by the turnpike-road to Tonbridge; distant from Seven Oaks about two miles, and four from Tonkridge, fourteen from Maidstone, and twenty-five from London, with the convenience of water carriage at Tonbridge to Rochester and the Thames. Nizeis to be viewed by Tickets only ; the Farms by applying to the tenants, of whom particulars may be had; at the Crown, and Rose and Crown, Seven Oaks; Mr. Thompson, Falk, Common; Angel, and Rose and Crown, Tonbridge; Bell, Bromley; White Hart, River-brad; Library, Tenbridge Wells; Bell, Maidstone; of Messrs. Freshfield and Sons, Solicitors, Bank Buildings; at Gat raway's; and of Mr. Rosins, No. 170, Regent-street, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen, and Tickets obtained to view the Residence. NORTHUMBERLAND. VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT FREEHOLD ESTATE, Very eligible Investment, CAPITAL FARMS, WITH FARM HOUSES, LANDS, Stc. NIAILLY RYE THOUSAND THERE HUNDRED ACRES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. JOHN ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street,) At Garraway's Coffee.house, 'Change Alley, Comhill, At the latter end of November nett, A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, Cl the BARONY of OGLE, in the townships of Stannlug ton, 3lorpeth, and Whalton, county of Northumberland ; CO3STMIUMS The Remains of the CASTLE of OGLE and sundry Capital FA It MS, with Farm Houses of a very superior class. Gardens, and agricultural Buildings, rich Meadow, Pasture, and Arable land and Plantations, divided into convenient and k eligible Enciosurt s, con taining nearly FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED ACRES, A considerable part Tithe Free. In the occupation of highly respectable Tenants, at very low Rentals a amounting to about kFIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM. The Estate is well Enclosed ; within a moderate distance of Lime ; and Coal, it is presumed, is under a great part of the Land; A large sum has been expended by the present owner, in Drain- . Ong and Planting the Estate, but it is still capable of further im-i ,provement, and it is with confidence alleged, that the Property; attogether is one of an insportance that is seldom offered for Sale. • Distant from the capital , Market Town of Morpeth only nvei winks, and twelve from Newcastle; situate in a fine Sporting{ Country abounding with Game, intersected by the River Blythe 4 which is well gored with Trout and other Fish. The neighbourhood is extremely select, in the vicinity of several `Gentlemen's Seats of-the first respectability, and having matir 'beautiful situations for Building, with the advantage of a cost widerable quantity of excellent &ick Earth and Stone. Particulara are preparing, and shortly may be bad of Mr. Rap 'Young, Saltwick, Ogle Barony, who will show the - Estate; of Mr • W M . Turner, Fetter, Newcastle-or-Tyne, and .sit-the loot there of Charles Robert; Morgoo,49.:Sobeiteri. No. AL Utesr BO' iorsi-plakee t Rut ell-.quire; Anent mi- . Roarna„,No.l7o, Korot, street, where a Plan of the Estate maybe seen. • b. Jam u es ry Minden, Portman-square, paper-hanger, Sept. 8. at ten, li, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the COuit of COM; selssloners. Attorney, Mr. Bull, Ely-pla ce.e Joseph Linea, Flushing/cid. Essex, grocer, Sept. 11, at eleven, 15, at ten, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Commis stollen. Attornies, Messrs. Amory and Coles, Throgmor. ton-street. Samueliione, Red-hill, Eedgwue, farmer, Sept. 11, 1 5, at ten, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attor ney, Mr. Nokes, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-equate. Thomas Allen. Oxford -street, bookseller, Sept. 11,15, at ten, and Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Atturnies, Messrs. Birkett, Taylor, and Cox, Cloak.lane. Joseph Alexander Taylor, Birmingham, iron founder, Sept. 18, at twelve, Oct. 2, and 16, at eleven, at the Court of Commis. siooen. Attorney, Mr. Spencer, Tavistock-street, Covent den.p Elisabeth Yeo, St. Philip and Jacob. Gloucestershire, innholder. Sept. 17, It, and Oct. 16. at twelve, at the White lion, Broad street, Bristol. Attornies, Messrs. Horton and Son, Furnivel's Inn ; and Messrs. Vernon, Son, and nooses, Bristel. Joseph Spark, North Shields, Northumberland, victualler, Sept. 29,50, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Half-Moon Inn, Newcas tle-upon-Tyne. Attorney, Mr. G. Dunn, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn. Francis Wyatt, Plymouth, Devonshire, grocer, Sept. 16, 17, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at Fillot's Royal Hotel, Devonport, At tornies, Mr. G. Smith, Basinghall-street ; and Mr. J. Husband, Devooport. John Smith and William Fletcher, Pendleton, Lancashire, dyers, Sept. 16, 19, and Oct. 16, at three, at Hayward's Hotel, Man chester. Attonsies, Messrs. Appleby and Charnock, Raymond. buildings, Gray's Inn; and Mr. J. Whitehead, Fountain-street, Manchester. Michael Fitzpatrick, Manchester, shopkeeper, Sept. 16, 19, and 0ct.16, at two, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Manchester. Attor nies, Messrs. Appleby and Chatnock, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn; ,and Mr. J. Whitehead, Fountain-street, Man chester. John Rubinson, Manchester, publican, Sept. 15, 16, and Oct. 16, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Messrs. Claye and Thompson, St. Mary's-gate, Manchester ; and Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row. John Parnell, jun. and William Parnall, Bristol, coppersmiths, Sept, 18, 19, and Oct. 16, at two, at the White Lion Tavern, Bristol. Anomie., Mr. Boutdillon, Bread-street, Cheapside ; and Mr. Geach, Small. street, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. Sept. 29. W. Duff and T. Brown, Liverpool, merchants, at one, at the Office of Mr. Thompson, Liverpool—Nov. 27. J. Myall, Castle Hedingham, Ease:, hop-merchant, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners, London—Oct. O. T. Gibbons, Hollywell-street, Westminster, scavenger, at one , at the Court of Commissioners— Sept. 28. M. Kirkby, food, Hawksbead, Lancashire, butcher, at eleven, at the Red Lion Inn, Hawksbead—On. 1..1. Lyons Man chester, publican, at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester — Oc t. 9. S. Boardman and R. Boardman, Liverpool, merchants, at twelve, at the °Mee of Messrs. Avison and Wonhington. Liverpool—Sept. 25. W. Davies. Surrey, Canal Bank, Camberwell, coal-merchant, at twelve at the Court of Commissioners—Sept. 25. H. Older thaw, Union Place, Middlesex, wine-merchant, at twelve, at the Court of Commisaioners—Sept. 25. S. Hopkins, Wotton-under- Edge. Gloucestershire, clothier, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners—Sept. 25. J. Harris, Gracechurch-street, auctioneer, at twelve, at the Court of Commiasioaers—Sept. 15. J. Belcock, Strand, print-eviler, at one, at the Court of Commissioners— Sept. U. W. Brooke, Gainsburgh. Lincolnshire, inn-keeper, at eleven, at the Munson's Arms Inn, Galusburgli—Sept. 25. W. Hillyard and J. Morgan, Brunel, bo oksellers, at one, at the Rum mer Tavern, Bristol. CERTIFICATES, San. 9s. R. Ford, jun. Commercial-road, carman E. Al. Page, jun. Bristol, commission agent—J. Statehouse, Mincing-lane, wine merckant—W. Duncombe, Broinsgrove, Worcester, bulkier—J. B. Maris and T. Morris, Leominster, Herefordshire, bankers— & Mitchell, Mincing-lane, broker—W. Shepherd, Shoe-lane ' Fleet street, glass cutter—W. Jones, Brecon, innkeeper—S. Le. .watt, Derby, cabinet maker—J. Taylor, Manchester, dealer in oil. PART.NERSIII?S DISSOLVED. T. Morris and D. Mackney, Deptford, millwrights—J. Congeal. sen. and J. Cousens, jun. Westbourne, Sussex, merchants—J. Young and H. Bromwich, Newgate.market, carcass butchers—J. Savage and R. Wright, Mark.lane, corn factors—J. C. Stephens and W. Hills, Maidstone Kent, atrornies—W. Maxwell and T. Alaxlield, Leeds, linendrapers—J. Goulding and A. Hannay, Liverpool, sail-makers—T. Ackers and R. Bowers Liverpool, merchants-4. Gladstone and. Co. Liverpool — M. Meadows and Meidrum, Oxford, silk mereets—J. Stranack and Co. Loudon—U. Robinson and Co. Leeds, printers—W. Hopkins and A Hopkins, Davies.street, Berkeley-square, coachmakers—J. Midgley and J. Kershaw Wakefield, Yorkshire, bricklayers—J. Jelf and J. G. Wrench, Bulb Pill, Gloucestershire, marble manufacturers—J. Gyett and R. Bowles, Warwick-street, Golden-square, nun's mercers—T. Cooper and IL Stratton, Coventry, coal merchants-- J. Housman and J. Joyce, Liverpool, colour manufacturers—E. Elton and J. Quirterman, Sloane-street, Chelsea, dyers—E. Reugger and E. Vecnten—R. Wedd and W. Wedd, Maidstone, Kent, farmers—S. Hart sad Co. Christchurch, currier ' — R. Fletcher, sen. and Co. Manchester, cotton manufacturers—H. Wood and Co. Manchester, cotton thread manufacturers (as far as regards T. Davies)—J. Nunney and T. Numsey, Wastage, Berkshire, innkeepers—D. Pringle and M. A Pringle, Alnwick, Northumberland, boarding-school keepers—W. Edwards and W. Clarkson, Kingston-upon-Hull, flax dressers—W. Hackwood, jun. and Co. Hanley, Staffordshire, china manufacturers. GENERAL AVERAGE •PRICK OF BRITISH CORN, (moms GOVIIIINS IMPORTATION), For the Week ended Aug. 28, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors In the dlikeent Cities and Towns In Epglaod and Wales. Imperial General Weekly Average. Wheat 665. 44.1 Oats 235. 3d. I Beans Si.. id. Barley 335. • td. Rye 335. Id. Peas 16a. 7d. Aggregate Average of the Si: Weeks which governs Duly. Wheat 66s fid. Oats 435. 3d. B e ans 38e. gd Barley Sits . ad. I Rye 325. ed. I Peas 365. 94 _ PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Prim of Baown or MUOCOOADO SUGAR, competed from theßeturos made hi the Week ending the i't day of Sept. ig29, is t7s. 444. per cwt. delusive of the Dodgem( Comma paid or payable tbereasem the importatifnatbrimi into Great Britain. A great plain, extremely monotonous, and in general very deso late, extends from Adrianople to the vicinity of the capital. The only places of any importance in it are, Kirk Kills'', an unfortified town, 40 miles east from Adrianople, sod 80 south from Bourgas ; a second town named Bourgas, 15 miles south of Kirk Kilissi ; Tebourlu, which Mr. Galt found in ruins ; and &Ueda, a trading town on the north side of the sea of Marmara. There is, so far as we can find, nothing deserving the name of a fortress between Aidos and Constantinople. Mr. Walsh describes the country as a " fertile desert," up to the very walls of the capital, which is sur rounded, he says, by a degree of solitude, silence, and desolation, nearly as great as encircles Palmyra. In the first hundred miles of his route, he did not see a tree. An active and pretty numerous population is only found in the woody region of the Balkan ridge and its branches, where the natural strength of the country. and the small proportion of the Turks, gives the Christian inhabitants some degree of security. Mr. Walsh describes the latter (the Bul garians) as industrious, hospitable, cleanly, and good humoured. They have a language of their own, which is on the Sclavoiric or Russian stem ; and they adhere to the doctrines and ritual of the Greek church. It need not surprize us that they prefer being ruled by men of their own faith, and hail the Russians as deliverers. Constantinople occupies a triangular point of land, having the sea on two sides, and communicating with the plains of Thrace on the west. The circumference of the town is about 12 or 14 miles, but more, if we include the suburbs of Pera and Galata. The walls extend entirely round it, but the water forms its best defence on the South and North Sides. On the west side, where the penin sula connects with the land, the triple walls. which are about four miles In length, are, according to Mr. Madden, in a wretched state. " The fosse is in many places quite filled up with rubbish ; behind it, bree walls are placed at short distances, the last of which is Banked with towers. The walls are in such a ruinous state that a very few balls would bring them to the ground. On the Adrianople side they have tumbled all together, and have been replaced by* tingle wall of no strength. On this side, Constanti nople certainly would not stand a siege of ten days. The water is supplied from without the walls, and the consttuction of the city is such, that a doses bombs and rockets could hardly fall within its wooden precincts without producing a general conflagration." Mr. Walsh says the cistern within the city contains a supply of water for six days only ; and that an enemy, by closing the aque ducts without the wall, could soon compel it to surrender. Water might, however, be brought in limited quantities by sea, If the Turks remain masters of the sea of Marmara and the Bos phorus. The population of the city has been wantonly estimated, but according to a very recent, and, we believe. pretty accurate statement, it amounts to 380,000, of whom lather more than one fourth are Greeks, Americans, Jews, and Franks; the rest are Turks. The natural canal of the Bosphorus is about twenty miles in length : and its breadth varies from half a mile to a mile and a half. At three of the narrowest points it is commanded by heavy batteries which close it effectually at present agAinstAdmiralGreig's fleet ; but when General Diebitsch reaches ha western bank, and gains possession of the batteries there, he will probably soon be able to silence those on the Asiatic side, and open the canal to the Russian ships, which will then advance to the capital, and complete the blockade by co-operating with the army. LITERATURE. --.61. WYSE'S HISTORY or rut CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION: Coszu aii. We promised some time ago, after the insertion of so much preliminary matter as should make our future quo tations intelligible, and give a connexity to them, to ex tract at least one passage from each of the FIVE EPOCHS, into which Mr. WYSE divides his History of the Origin and Progress of the Catholic Association. That which we now present to our readers relates to the period of its original form►tion in 1759: it possesses au uncommon interest. Three gentlemen, Mr. O'Cowou, Mr. Wyatt, and Dr. CURRY—whose patriotic spirits had been roused into energy and action, at the sight of the conti nued oppression under which their fellow-countrymen( groaned, without any prospect or hope of redemption— were nll brought into accidental union and co-operation for the common cause. These gentlemen were, in fact, the Fathers of that Association, which was revived under more auspicious concurrences, and with such triumphant efficacy, in 1823, by DANIEL O'CONNELL ; of that Association, which—knitted at last into one indissolub:e compages by his master-spirit, and made available even to the overawing of an empire by the wonderful principle of agitation—was embodied only to fulfil its high destiny, and resolve itself into the mass of its free accord, when the great deliverance for which it was banded together was accomplished. After vainly endeavouring to rouse the Aristocracy and the Clergy to take up the cause of their persecuted body, they turned at length to a set of men, in whom the salvation of states has been found often in trying circumstances to reside : we mean, the Catholic) Merchants. - - - There was no people to appeal to ; the body of the nation still slumbered; but they had that knot of high-spirited commercial men, from whom all the lights of freedom and instruction in a state generally emanate, and have always emanated, in every country not absolutely and i ieveably a despotism. Constitutions are the children of quiet and almost imperceptible moral revolutions. The great epochs which mark them to the readers of history, are only the final and definitive expression of opinions and feast gs which have been growing up under the sacrifice of the state for many years betore. These are the revolutions which endure ; they have not been suddenly brought forth in pangs and convul sion on the wild or the mountain but peaceably cradled and pa tiently nursed in the communion of man with man, in the combi nation of mind with mind, in thronged and in thriving cities. An Assoc Union was planned for the management of Catholic concerns. It bad sprung out of the rejection of the suggestions of the circular letter, communicated at hist to the aristocracy and clergy. art the very circumstances (as Mr. O'Connor fully explains them in his correspondence) which produced this rejection, the original society to very few. The tuerchat.ta ut Dublin were its hr►t, and for a time in sole members. It was the first collection of halivi dual Catholics, since the Revolution, who dared to meet and con , "This address of 1759, or rather the answer which was returned to it, was undoubtedly the first positive signal of the future emit,- cipation of the Catholics, and may be considered the outset of that magnificent cause, which, whether the Intellectual might of its advocates, the numerous splendid names, each recommended to posterity by achievements of the highest political benefit to their country, with which it is connected, or the gradual awakening of an entire people to the knowledge and enlivening sentiment of their own rights and grievances, be regarded, was unque►tionably one amongst the first of those great moral revolutions which Illustrate and dignify the pages of recent history, and which in the midst of the massy grounds which a patriot has for despondence in the cor tuptions which surround him, leave him still the hope that there is a redeeming spirit in our institutions, which will always re-assert its power, and purify them, certainly though slowly, with whatever vices ..nd abuses they may be temporarily overgrown. After a long delay and suspense, during which the addressers had almost re pented of their effort, and the anti-addressers had already begun to triumph in this compensation to their wounded pride, over the mortification and disappointment of their opponents, an answer was at last returned, on the 10th of December, by the Lord Lieuten ant, through the Speaker, to Mr. Ni•Dermott, and afterwards or dered to be inserted in the Irish Gazette. It conveyed "assur ances that the zeal and attachment which the Catholics professed, could never be more seasonably manifested than in the present conjuncture" (Lord Delvin was not answered in this manner) ; •" and that as long as they conducted themselves with duty and af fection, they could nut fail to receive his Majesty's protection." These were the first words of encouragement given by the House of Hanover to its oppressed Irish subjects. They diffused universal joy. Addresses poured in from all sides; but so debased by the most servile adulation of the reigning power., and by ungrateful vituperation of the French, to whom from the treaty of Limerick up to that hour, they were indebted for every benefit ;—the exile for his home ; the scholar for his education ; their ancient and decayed aristocracy for commissions in the army for their younger sons ;•—that their freer descendants blush in reading the disgraceful record, and turn aside in disgust, front the melan choly evidence of the corrupting and enduring influeaces of a long continued state of slavery.t " If the anti-addressers till this event had testified bow much In disposed they were to the more active portion of their body, the success of their last measures fully determined their total separa tion. Their sagacity was questioned, their pride was deeply hurt. They seceded altogether front " the merchants," and from thence forth refused all co-operation whatever with the Association. " But the impulse which had just been given would have subsided probably in the very circumstances which had given it birth, had not the more judicious leaders of this small but independent party taken advantage of so unexpected a circumstance to give it a per. manent and practical form. Nothing could be done without a working and efficient machinery. The spirit was good, but it should not be suffered to escape in idle and useless acclamations. They were only at the beginning of a struggle, which demanded combination and concert as well as determination. Circumstances favoured the execution of a project which had suggested itself muse than once in the course of their proceedings. The address just alluded to had been originally discussed amongst a few individual. in private houses.i The number of persons who approved of these proceedings gradually increased, the discussion was trans ferred to a more public apartment, and the address was finally drawn up, and passed in a series of public, though separate meet ings, at which were permitted to assist whatever per-ono bad the courage and independence to present themselves to the deliberadeos Mr. Wyse, who had taken an active part in all these transuding, first seised these elements, and combined them into lasting utility. To him the Catholic Body is indebted for the first uniform or gra neral plan of a convention or association. He fully saw (as g!' pears from his private correspondence) its numerous intooveniences s but he was still more deeply impressed with its absolute necessity. He communicated with Dr. Curry and Mr. O'Coto►r ; he met with their concurrence ; but he carried his views far beyond either —he attempted to embrace the people. He conceived the project of a great representative body, formed on general and permanent principles, and which, far from affecting to limit its representation to the interests of the aristocratic class, or to that of the merchants only, should extend its delegation to every rank of the community. The plan, after basing been matured in solitude, was finally sub. mitted to the few gentlemen Mr. Wyse could collect together in Dublin, in March and April,l76o. The first meetings were held in the Elephant Tavern, Essex-street. Not more than three or four were found willing to attend them. The walls of Rome were not yet built; a child could leap over the int:carbonate In how few years these three o► four persons were destined to increase to hundreds, the hundreds to thousands, the thousand to millions, until they at last took in an entire people ! At one of these meetings Mr. Wyse proposed his plan. It was adopted with some slight altera tions. The reader will see later how far it formed the principle of the various associations, boards, and committees,which were after wards successively adopted. It particularly suggested the improved one of 1791. It the meuopolis it was carried into immediate effect. 1)r. Curry was elected delegate for one of the parishes, and men every way meriting the confidence of the body by their virtues and their talents were soon chosen for the others. Bet in the country, Air. Wyse soon discovered he had calculated much too highly on the energy and intelligence of his countrymen. Secrecy was still requisite, even in the metropolis. This, with the general appre hensions then prevalent in the island, from the invasion of Monsieur Thurot, rendered it extremely difficult to bring the project into general play. Mr. Wyse, however, and the few other country Gentlemen who were elected for the counties, together with the Representatives of Dublin, met at last in committee, and took upon themselves the management of Catholic affairs, in which they had been now so long and so basely deserted by the rest of the Aristocracy. " To Mr.Wyse,and to Dr. Carry in concurrence with him, the Catholics are thus indebted foe the establishment of their first associstios ; and, " if the obstacles they had to eocounter," says • Par des calctes etreelsetchesfaites au Bureau de la Guerre, on a trouve, qu'il y strait eu, depuis l'arrivee des troupes irland.sises en Paris en 1691 jusqu'en 1745 que se donna la bataille de Fontenoy, plus tic 450,000 Irlandais morts so service de la France.-444/4 AP Geoghegan, lAA d'lrlande, 5. 3. p. 754. Mr. (YConor, in his letter of Dec,. 1759, does not spare these addressers. " I return to the addressers from the remote cities: some of these gentlemen scold those unfortunate ancestors whom you have so well defended ; ethers, again, scold the French satiny, who from these at least base deserved better quarters. France, the asylum of our poor fugitives, lay and clerical, for seventy years past!—should that nation (or the future stop up those fountains from which our exiles derived their existence, or should they open their charity to mere deserving objects, would they be much to blame?" But the Catholic was still essentially a slave. " Some," says Mr. O'Conor a little lower, "declare themselves so happy!! as to require a revolution in their private oppressed state, as little as they do a revolution in government." The first address (I believe Lord De'yin's) was the original cause of this feed. In Primate Banker's letters may be seen the numerous jealousies. which even then divided the Catholic body, and through various channels have transmitted their poison very nearly to our own time. The first use the captive usually m• de of the least relaxation in his punishment was to strike his fell o w captive with his chain.. The aristocracy, however, had no share in the original formation of this address. It was first proposed and nas•ed • by Mr. O'Costor, at a meeting of citizens in the Globe Tavern, Essex-street. It has been preserved in the " Appendix to lord Taaffe's Observations oa Ireland." The original of the plan for the establishment of the Association is in Mr. Wyse's hand-writing in Stowe Library. It has been published by Plowden (vol. it. Hist. Review).