Star. — London, England, 1829-01-19 00:00:00

;0 1 .: g my own feelings_and senrimente on In the first place, I stand here as the lambed friend of tbakennstitnOoti in Marsh and State; secondly. from the musk dMiberisee 'consideration of the subject. , houestly and fir ml y b e li eve t h at t h e Church and State Its Jboa pargeolarly the Church , are in imminent hazard of lie - raroetieil-by-eentinuing those Mimes and oppressive laws; and thirdly,my intention to submit a resolutioa,, proposing to leave the tiestion to the consideration of thiLegislatore. - 11 Taw asked, as it is likely Essay be, why 1 entertain the opinion of the necessity of repealing those -unfeeling laws; I aniwer, 'it is because I am con- Sinced that if the petition be carried by a triumphant majority, a :minus national calamity will ensue—(nun. sense, no danger orthat)and therefore 1 have thought it my doty to . make some sacrifice of opinion for the pbrpose of averting so great."' national evil :and I have chosen this course the rather because I hope to obtain the support of. those distinguished individuals, whose, nam•-• are generally coot:used in• requisitions of this nature. but which, on the preient occasion, you have looked for in vain; no words of theirs could convey cleir sentiments so strongly as the fact that they hate not signed it. I hope and trust, however, that no clamour will induce those Honourable Gentlemen to withhold 'their sentiments.-(Hear). A great deal has been said ot ahe error of the Roman Catholic re. ligion. I-am perfectly convinced that no one present entertains the least ill will against any Catholic Gentle . man; .and as to the tenets of that. Church Ido not stand here to defend them; those tenets may be wisdom itself,. or the greatest absurdities that ever were put together —the Catholics may believe the non. estittince of 'the sun and moon, or that two and two make five—but with those doctrines I have nothing to do—(Hear).—. What I C3ntend fni is, that gray man is entitled to rights in his own country, unites he has committed some civil offence or incurred the penalty' of the law and as long as any class of subjects conform to the laws, so long are they entitled to be exempted from pains, penalties, punishments,or exclu.ions, direct or in direct—(Hear, hear). And in what country am I? Where am I called on to defend the tight of conscience ? I; has been said, and may be repeated, that the Citho• licit do not regard the sanctity of an oath —(They do n.d). It is painful to me to be called on to deny that assertion, but I say that this very Meeting :elute. it; what is it that eXcludes the Catholics from civil offices and Parliament, but their regard for an oath? And what has occisioned this Meting but that exclusion?— This Meeting, therefore, is sufficient to prove the nega tive of that assertion. The truth is that in Ireland them are five millions of Catholics, who are strangers in their land, who ate prevented from being members of Cor porations, and. though they have the power of electing. they have not the privilege of being elected; they ate not entitled to weal a silk gown in the King's Courts ; in fact a stigma attaches to three persons out of four I Can human endurance allow of this? Can itif rtuation go sofa as so suppose that things can remain as they are? It has been s il that the lower orders do not feel this sigma. bus I ask again, in what country I am speak ing ? is it not the boast and glory of the British Con. stituifon, that i. opens the path to honourable and re. spothible situations to every man, however low his con. dition? We have had instances of persons of humble origi.. filling the highe t offices io the State; and are the Irish then to he told that they shall not be put on a level with all other classes of the King's subject.? My II n. Fiiencl. who seconded the motion, has told you that he uould give toleration, but not political power Can that Gentleman believe that five millions of men, . many of them possessing large properties, engaged in • commerce, well educated, and possessing the elective franchise, have no political power? Gentlemen, the Ca tholics of Ireland possess e. °mous political power— (Camoui). And but fur those exclusive laws that power would be used for the State instead of against it —(lt is and would be used against it). And so long as they are continued. it will be a source of we acne.% to the State instead of stiength. My Hon. Friend has alluded to the power they would gain it they had seats in the Legislature. Undoubtedly the argument would bear analogy; the instant they are received into the bisom f the Constitution and amalgamated with the King's subjects, they would find their proper level. Many Gentlemen may recollect an individual who was the terror of all the friends of good order in his day-- the noted Horne Tooke, whose consequence was gone the moment he came into Parliament, and so it would be with the Catholics. It has been often said that the great men who have advocated the repeal of those ob noxious laws had acted under some delusion, and that if they had guns to Ireland their eyes would have been • opened ; but is it not sell known that many distin guished individuals, among whom were the Noble Mar quis Cornwalli , , the Earl of Hardwicke, Lout Camden, and the Marquis of Anglesey—all went to Ireland pte judiced against the Catholic.? and what happened ? Were th y confirmed in their opposition? No; they lax ked at things as they were, and awed their opi nion. No longer ago than 1825, 1 heard the Marquis of Anglesey make a speech in Parliament inimical to the Cinllo . lC Claims. and ten days ago I read his letter in. the newspapers, in which lie says "that the peace and (lingual ty of the empire depend on the gsai tine the Catholic Claims." It is very easy fur ' G tulemen to look on one side of the question; but are they competent t r decide on all it. bearings? Do they know bow it th 4141111 .he Sovereign in the choice of hi. Ministers? llo» it emhar asses the Government? How it ionuences our f reign relatious? How it oppresses our finance.? Ate they aerate of the manner in which foreign nations regard this question? Do they know that within the last three moths contributions to the Catholic rent had been received from America, and that remittances are expected from Fr ance? No one can be more averse than I am to any thing that may pro duce excitemen , but I have taken some trouble to in form myself of the way in which our finances are affected by this question. The number of square acres in Scotland and Ireland is nearly equal—the popula tion in Scotland is about 2,300,000, and in Ireland 6,900.000. The number of the army in Scotland is 2,100, at a cost of 81,0004. per annum; %s hole in Leland it is 30300, at an expense of 1300.0001. — therefore, by the present system, the sum of 1300,0061. are taken out of your pockets annually, to maintain this detestable system. It has happened to my lot more than once, to pre _cut From this county petitions to Parliament and memorials to the Government. for the repeal of the tax on coals carried coastwise—(Cries of " Question"). • The ansa er 1 have received has been that the tax is so -productive it could not be repealed; now the fact is, that you pay for this system 260,0001. more them the . ..solve to continue the such petitions, 1 pro atholics granting se come when we shall negotiation with rotestaet. I &infirmly ''s duty on this sub. . rf the petitiao *aspire s and invite the attacks of foreign and hostile States, who under another system would-admire your.wisclons nod revere t your power.- Canayou thistle that all the great WO who Save advocated einancipation,ta king experience for. their, "sides hate been in War. er that you. who have had kg such experience, limy not by possibility be wrong? The Noble Earl concluded by moving the folios ins Amendment : • That although this blertinniews, with ssatiMswir ewe hand= and of the deepest regret, the discontents which prrvail amongst a large pardon of his Alpo?, subjects, they do nor feel themselves called upon to offer to Parliament the expression easy particular opinion as to the mods and manner by whici such dis contents bad best be allayed. but willingly trust to its wisdom, to adopt such measures as shall most effectually establish pence and tranquillity within the United Kingdom." Wu. COllitTamAlf. Esq. said, agreeing most entirely in the sentiments of my Noble - Friend, I might content myself with simply seconding his motion. bet I trust you will allow me to state shortly the ground. of my acquiescerce; I say shortly, because I am firmly con vinced that this is not the proper time or place-for a full and satisfactory discussion of this great question— (Great noise). The point on which the discussion this day may turn may be confined within narrower limits. Is it under circumstances such as I now witness that this Petition is to be sent up to Parliament and presented as the Petition of the county of Devon? (Hear). It has been said that the course recommended by my Noble Friend , is to be supported by those alone who are in the ranks of opposition to Government. Has Lord Motley, or have those who are waiting to address you in support of the amendment been always in the ranks of the Opposition ? Before the Meeting separates you will be convinced that, the assertion is unfounded. It always leads to clearness of discussion when parties can settle on what points they 'will agree. and where they begin to diverge. All whom I am addressing agree in a firm attachment to the Con.; stitution ; and all must, I think, agree, in order to pre' serve that Constitution and the form of Government man which we happily live, that we should .engagethe interest and suite the energies of all his Maj?ity's subjects; we must also agree that it is unwise, unjis and impolitic to exclude any from the benefits of the istitution, un less there is a paramount necessity for so doing, in con sequence o f some imminent danger to be apprehended. Now we differ as to the quarter from which any suspected danger is to arise; th•rse who propose to continue the exclusive laws against Roman Catholics, consider that their Emancipation would be subversive of the Conti tution ; but has any one pointed out the particular form which that danger is to assume? It has never been nude apparent to any man of understanJing—(Crier 4 .f Hear, and Off. off) But can we point out no danger to be apprehended from continuing the present system? Can we look at the divided state of one portion of the, Empire, and believe that the present state of things can continue? If not. what is the alternative to be proposed by those who call this meeting ? And here I am led to notice a curious discrepancy between the language of the requisition, and an app' oath to common sense is the pre - posed petition; that requisition is signed by a large num ber ot respectable individuals, but is destitute of the si 4- natures of some of the warmest friends of the Constitu tion in Church and State—that requisition declares against any further concessions to the R -man Catho lics. Those who prepared the petition felt that such language could not safely be proposed to a County Meeting, and therefore couched it in much mote mode rate terms; they have assumed a tone which might have been almost unanimossly adopted. But let me ' , put the matter in another lights that document pup.' ports to be not the petition frl individuals, whose signa tures are attached to it, but of the freeholders and in habitants of this great county. I know that one half of those whom I see around me, will not passively allow that course to be adopted, but will send another more expressive of their sentiments. I do not pretend to say that a petition in favour of Catholic Emancipa tion would speak the sentiments of the county at large; but it would be a mockery to say that the one proposed to you can be a county petition, when I see around me so large a proportion of wealth. rank, talent. and chuacter. who are opposed to it. My Hon. Friend who seconded the Petition, thought fit to suppose that some of us on this side were so absurd as to believe that no County Meeting wi uld be called on account of the in fluence of certain families r my Hon. Friend was wrong in his inference. I do not pretend to say it was not perfectly tight for the freeholders to meet and state their sentiments fully and tally against the Catholic claims. but when et: have that ir.auence, to which he alluded. together with a large number of the Ye rmanry—larger than he thinks of, I ask my Hon. Faired how it can be called a County Petition ? Atter noticing the terms of another Petition about to be proposed. Mr. C. pro ceeded so say—we are now in a state of domestic quiet, but suppose that we should be called on to engage in any foreign warfare, will Ireland present no tempting object to them? It has•beeo said by some, but I am happy that it has not been repeated to-day, that the Catholics must be put down I Good GOD I is it meant by this that five out of six millions are to be put down by an armed torte? and if we are to engage in a civil war. are we prepared to treble or quadruple our army ? (Great clamour and cries of 6 4 Question"). Mr. C. then concluded by seconding the amendment of Lord Morley. A. H. Hotosworrit, Esq. after a few prefatory re marks. observed—it had been objected that our Requi sition and the Petition did not awes, that one was much more violent than the other, and he would say that it was one of the most extraordinary objections ever raised as to who the parties were who presented the Requisi. lion. Were the high and talented always expected to call a County Meeting ? In his opinion, if the Requisi tion were signed by respectable freehoWers, it was ties: for the S rad to call a County Meeting. He seamier ledged that a great number of Gentlemen of the battiest class we• e arrayed on the other side, yet he could not but be.ieve that they were equally anxious with himself for perfect unani laity to exist throughout the counts y, though they were not agreed as to the means. He thought that the Noble Lotd was a little inaccurate in his opinion of the meaner in which the Requi. sition was got up, and he was ra her surprised to bear the Honourable Gentleman, who seconded the Amend niece, request to know whence danger might arise? He st.ould have tb.mght that the Gentleman's profes sional education, and early hibits of consult eg the Statute Books, would have furnished the reply to his question. Why were the Catholics excleded from Parliamer.t, but because the Government and King were in danger tr m their influeoce? It was rather unfair in the present day to be talked of as if they wished to exclude the Catholics Irons Parliament, when in fact they found them excluded in the Statute Books. He felt pleasure in saying that if at could be proved that Catholics may be se-admitted to Parliament with. out danger to the State. and united in political feeling with Protestants. he should hail it as the best day of his life. A Noble Lord had asserted that there was no occasion for calling a County Meeting; be (Mr. H.) would ask whether. what was u'ew pessieg in Ireland was not sufficient to alarm evert friend r (civil order— When an old Member of the Hone of Common., wt o had been a fires friend to the Catholic claipp, had he -n turned out if seat, not by'a Pr. testint. but by a Catholic, 'act there by a body who may W termed the Cadman. 4arliansene _of Ireland Tes-(lleffs • tesiir— When be read arleiter Rom .a Nottllaiun of this county. sending his contfibutinn to that body— requesting to be admitted a menther—congratulariny them on the influence they possessed over the minds of the. people. and atnibutiug to them the peace of Ireland!—(Cries of Hear, from Lard Ehriiston).— He asked whether it was not time to express their sen timents to the Legislature? Far he it from him to take the least exception to the Noble Lord's pursuing what line of conduct he thought prope —(Hear. from Lord Ebrington)—but when he recollected th.t die N ible Lord bed been brow ht up in the Piorestant under the Care of a Nobleman venerated f r his vittues. be thought it dangerours and impolitic to attribute to the Catholic Parliament the pies.' vation of peace in that country. Mr. H. here enteiedentu an able review of the history of the country is the reign of the Stu arts as justifying the laws passed against the Roman Catho lics, and also to the provisions of the Bill of Rights. After minutely going irito various point 4 of history ( which time will not allow us to detail) he proceeded to say—that it was to the Bible they were indebted fur their liberties, and he would ask them, did not the Priest's who were in obedience to the Pope of Rome, renaeavour to suppress that sacred book by every means in their power? If, then, be had at all made out his case that the Catholics of Ireland were the same now as those days, when the laws affecting them were passed, what security could be given for again admit ting them to power? He said that he had hoped to see the day when unanimity should prevail in the empire; but he felt convinced that until the Legislature could .sever that stumbling block—the allegiance of Catholics to the Chute' cf . Rome—fie could not hope to see it accomplished. Mr. Huldsworth concluded arnids loud cheering. Lord Eierrurron observed, that his opinions on the question of Catholic Emancipation had been so often declared, there and elsewhere, chit he had not expected it would have been necessary to rep , at them on the present occasion; but alter the personal appeal which ' had been made to him by the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, he owed it to the courteous terms in which that appeal had been made, but more particularly is. gratitude to the freeholders of Devon—frnm whom in times past he had received so many p.m.fs of kindness, and regard, which be 'hunk! remember to the latest day of his life, to trouble them again tin the subje t. As he was not now connected with them as their it pr. - sentative, nor accountable to them tor his actions and least of all to Gentlemen from whom he had always differed on political points, he did ii t feel b.rund t , • make any thing in the shape of an aro.ngy. I s the few observations which he should eddies, to theirs he should not foil iw the Honourable Geutlernen into the ancient lore of history, but should endeavour to turn their attention In the f cts of mule model.. date, arid mote applicable to the present discussion_ (Great uproar). He addressed them as a F eehnhier r f Desionshne, and therefore trusted they would hear hini in his defence; but he addressed their. as personally connected by no inconsiderable family property with the kingdom of I. eland, and he thought he had as good means of information with respect to that country as any gentlemen piesent. It was now five years since be had fixed his residence for a considerable portion of the year in Ireland ; be vent there favourably im pressed towards Catholic Emancipation, from a con viction of its rlicy and justice, and after the esperi ence of five years he returned confirmed, beyond all doubt. in the paramount and ,pressing necessity of the measure which he now stood forward t ►advic.te. He bad a deep stake in both, countries. and tberefoie had nu interest in deceiving them; but unless they cun rtemplated the separation of Ireland, from this country, they must emancipate the Catholics.—(Ci it% of "No.") If they did not, that fair portion of the B. itish empire, with its brave, intellige..t. and, if properly treated, its grateful people, instead of being as heretofore almost the nursery of our soldiers and seamen, it would be a point of attack to a foreign enemy. He felt convinced of this fact, and he believed that such was unfortu nately the conviction of foreign Powers at this mom nt ; for unless the nations of Europe were aware of some festering sore in our poi tical system, they never would have slighted this country as they had done on a recent occasion. He would ask them, had an instance occurred fur years when the influence of .England was reduced to so low an ebb as at this moment ? And was it not better to be bullied into an act of conciliation and grace, which would be received with gratitude by our countrymen . in Ireland, than to be bullied into i when the hour of denser came, And come it :min would. by those con mental nations who were jea lons of our poser and prosperity—jealous et our vic tories—but above all, jealous of our,, free Constitution, and only waited for an -opportunity of liqing us all at the feet of foreign despotism ? (Great confusion ant Do broi hen the Sheriff interfered And said that the day was wearies fast, and the name orderly they were the sooner they would coats to a conclusion.) They had been told that they could n t great emanci pation without danger to the Established Church. He would not yield to any man in attachment to that Church—he bad been brought up in its communion from his infancy, and every succeeding year, as it tangl.t him more and more to meditate upon its divifte pre cepts, regretted hit attachment to its pure and apostolic doctriues—(Cheers). He protested, as an honourable man, if he believed chat Catholic Emancipation would endanger its security, he would rather incur lathe evils acid calamities which be apprehended from a cootrary course. He would go further, and say, that though he might Irish the funds of that Church to be more equally distributed, he was willing and specious to leave to the excellent nsinisters.who generally discharged their duties in so exemplary a manner, the lull enjosment of all its possessions in England. The Church of Ireland stood on a different footing, and he would ng t insult the Clergy of England by putting their useful labours in compari son with those of their Irish brethree. Nicole° parish in Ireland—and there vim hundreds of others similstrly situated—presented an instance of a Protestant. Clergy. mac without a Chinch, without a parsonag.e, or a single Ptotestant inhabitant, except when his (Lord Ebrior ton's) own family resided there—(len, hear)...- He did not believe that such a state of things could be acceptable to the Clergy of England.or that they could wish to embark in the same boat with their Irish bre. thren ; and if the Irish Clergy were only known to their parishioners by the exaction of their .tithes, it was per haps better than their iresence among them when they bad no duty to perform. But it was worthy of notice, that no petition had ever been presented from the Ro man Catholics for a participation of the revenues of the . Protestant Church ; on the contrary, when in 1825 a 801 l was in progress for paying the Roman Catholic Clergy, it was only a .matter of doubt whether they would receive the piovision it was intended.to give.— Altl.ough he must ever think that-the state of the Pro testant Chu , ch in Ireland teas a - usillestone round thel neck of this couutry, still the operatic!? of.asty..Act.fo g I t i l o w o cci ortl u te "l ti it t i h n e il sy l ;t i e h m eb . .att uu d ij tend to th e dil w e tri te ; of the Constitution, provided the Catholics weto admitted to possession of their 6,4 ris brio Aid aisse he would say two or three yetis cft the soh. j ct of the Catholic Association; he certainly did not iginally approve of the foimation of that body, ta w should he have joinel it now, if he hid not seeu other societies no tned in this contitry and Ireland, piolessing e itidteJ, a regard to the Con Citation, but using l an . and intimidating, that he co s . goate e ,jd e d si : g i s l h a i r a sh ' du.tlyliets . t' unite, as many respectable Pro. cements had dotie, with the Catholic As•ociation. He would say m ore, that to the Catholic A sncla t io n was doe the credit ofspreservi og the peace of Ireland at this moment—(Cheers and disaknobAtion). They taught the people and helped the p o et an a oppression laws, onof he rich. It bad been min nst res th p e ec op t in the said by a late Lor l Choscellos. of Ireland now living (Lntd Redesdale) that in behind there was One law foe the rich an d at witte r for the poor, and the Honourable Member for Somerset would anti,/ that Lord Bedew. dale was no radical—(hear, from Sir Thomas Leth., bridge).—lt was on thne grounds he supported the amendment ; he tejoiced that the meeting had been called, whatever might be its result, for he had been always a friend to assemblies of the people, and should be ever proud to be present at the ies-dogs of this County. Sir T. Lwroettrooa, .Batt. M.P. for Somersetshite, ti en came fora. rd and ssid—l hare the honoor of being a freeholder o f your County, throuszh not residing within its boundaries. If I ever wanted an worms'. ty of addressing . and congroulating a loge and .teo spectabht body, n is affinded t ► me now, for I, stand here before an assembly the highest in respectability, rank. and wealth, I ever witnessed. I never 10-foto saw so much temper of such true British spitit exemplified; .t is to that Width spitit I app al, to answer the Noble Lord, who his just reined. For that Noble Lord I entertain the greatest esteem; I know hi, virtues and the respectability of his name its this great county; I know his pul.lic spirit, but I believe he is acting under a fatal deinsion.—(Cheet.) he Noble Lord has told you that he is not arc" nralle to the gent emen aho s:and on this side the Sheriff. I concede that he baa a right to do what his judgment doctates, to: he is ac countable to the Constitution of these real:ns ; and I will show yoW, bet ore .1 conclude, if you will do me the favour to hear me, in what pi nts he Is wrong. He tells you that it is not necessary to go iiito history. I agree that it is not immediately necessary. but I do not agree with the Noble Lord atsi hiy friends, who call that history an old *Womack I I rather think it will be found th •t those who lived brf .ie us were as wise as ourselves; they knew what they were about, they had enemies to deal with, and so have we; and al their head I 11H the Carbolic Association of leland,./f which the Noble Lord is a member —(Neer. heat ) I had h and as much before. and if I e had not admitted it in the manly way he has Joni, I shoo d h tie thought it my duty to elicit ii i The Catholic A iodation is op posed, in co4o, to the, principles of tl e Constitution; it includes•in its body i n soil y am Ito pay.it—my Lord Ebrington—and it assembles what ?—why, men whom, judging by to eir speeches, am compelled to denounce, before this assembly, as traitors to the Constitution—(Loud Cheers). By the Constitution, all the subjects of his Majesty are forbidden .from thsi• ting for illegal purposes, and if there is no statute law to that effect, these is common law for it, that is the foundation of all statute law, or it ought to be—(Lnud cries of Hear, hear, hear). This Association, of which Lord Ebt'ington is a Member, has endeaeciered by every %cans to counteract the peace and tranquillity of the empire at large; they have levied taxes on the pock , is of the people, without the sanction of Par liament; they have assumed the power of marshal ling the people in tremendous squadrons, to be re sorted to as they may deem requisi:e—(Great uproot). You must hear these words, and though they are uttered by a plain man, they are true—(Hear). That Astoria tton has controulled the Em;.ire in a nay the most unconstitutiooal, and I agrt e that things cannot - remain as they are. Thanks to false concil;ations, the Roman Catholics assume a position so dangerous to the &ate, that it cannot exist without imminent danger.. GAntle men, the Catholic Association a 114 be put &an, (L-uJ cheering). The Popish Priests must begot rid of as far as regards their power; they have no right to coerce men to vote against their real friends,againss their landlords, and against the best interest 1:f the country —because, trsootit, if they do not, they will be eternally damned!—(Cheers). After noticing that Lord Plunkett. late . Attorney General for Ireland. made no use o f the Act for repressing -the Citholic Association, Sir Thomas . Lethbridge proceeded .te re. mat k— l7re Noble Lord says that the Catholics never asked for the seventies of the Church ; but though they ' have nt t asked for it in direct terms, the whole of their views are directed towards it, and they say that outs is the usurpation ; and if they get into Parliament s the Mother CI urch shall -gain the ascendancy. Mother Church ! 1 call it the most horrid of all stepinothiesi May you,by your spirit, keep youtselvea from her mater. nal hugs.; keep round your Sheriff on ail puolic OCC4. sions—(Much confusion). I have note s here which would keep me till I should be at home, thirty miles distant, but as you are anxious to come ro a oecsion. and there is no novelty in the case, I will c-'nclude by saying that you have done rightly in assembling bete, as men end as Britons, to declare that the laws of Eng land shall not be changed—if...rod cheerios). Dr. Tucean (late of Ash`mtten). E Pt Lyon.. Esq. and thallti WiIarWORTII BULLIII e E q. offered thensa selves at the same moment to the n o t ic e of the Meetissg. The Sheaf said shit Mr. Lyra had first caught his. eye, but had very handsomely teen place to. Mr. II r. J. W. BULLIR, Esq. (Downes) said he was anxious foi an opportunity of expressing his deep donviction 4f the a isdorti aad necessity of conceding the Roman Catholic cl ints—(Great uproar). When we succeeded in hearing Mr. Buller, he was proceeding to say—that the Noble Lord had stated, in strong and forcible lan guage,dsat by birth and education be was firmly at tached to the Established Church. He (Mr. Bulky) agreed with the Noble Lord- in supporting Catholic Emancipation, because he considered it would be con ducive to the interest of that Church and tbe COQ* %tit_ntion—(During Mr, Bullet's address there were loud cries of Question). E. P..Lyou. E-q. came forward amidst great spreme. As a Freeholder of the county,derirous of addressing thins for the first time in his life on this question. be imperils' should be beard; he was convinced that political P°?" could not be granted with safety to the COilititniloll of this country ; but the Catholics asserted they had ulti mate objects in view, which could be no other dips the subversion of the Established Chur ch and the ascendancy of their own Priesthood. They had been t .14 that the man Catholics h ad never asked for the revenues of the pre testant Church ; they were too wisert‘ - do tbrit ; but gibe glens' poltticalso wet. sodihenvottld hare an opportooif ty,t.f making their of ts terms. Thor had beard the prase et the koasanCo .. That it was inass biesof"Cilm6 4he bread► of the Rive the word ai issenea was one this country coul Lord SITMOL %roar. and spc Bible to hear win Lord lime a‘nur, he seed.t Meeting, and he his speech owl' the way in whocl or,if th-y gristle 'De Samar sak of time day. If k s pet, be hid net the Qaaides. Camelia,' bddrees tbeek and I Wu it dirk pireoir4 Lord tlerolove The Bev. H. I.v " Hem bon! • Sir Taiaus Acu Sherif decided tbal •Sit Thomas Ached dunce." air Thee Leg, and se obeli tile Sir Houacvssa V/ Wee the Meeting doe►a by an opals The Uses& Susi `toseitinotie heard:" &r Trona* ACLA than to be tea year Member on a "wad uproot was 11161111VCC •, • The Han &mats called yob by the I At this twessent a tants, stop and sign Dowsed, " that's a and that's the way tI Air Trams Acid am In pmeaminn of I . akin, sag I camplaia ]iembe►. The Wax &man tir Tbqpism Atiand question—integre p J. EtZAKBILIT, 1 I met it to you, on . , • bar dtele COgney-3 TM* Hams /Um If I err, it Mthito do my duty. tearing will not bear your c —(Cties of " Yr% • 111 r. F MIT the meeting. Imo I.,rd Joali Huss' SAssolwas, Rd . the Ji.cot+tioa was •meeting ; I thersta The Hum Bataan me of bating stated awattempt to Weir log; but I thluk wh o'clock till past lout en each side of the the question be not tiny detrulithig the " Tes—lt's all a eta The Han. New, bad not bean heard, At tbs osonseot 980 S were proem ; swot, sod request's, Wet st was negative As Ainetidmeot homed at racoons question to the deb stectssity of coneedit Boos Sommer with The original Petit ebootiotis and outgo Sir WiLLUIIt Ten friend, 3b. Fonda, latent majority of el Couoty of Devon, I . requested to present - etlperto the Hamel Dastard, Seq.and tor the County. Seconded by Mr large attjurity. P. Damao. I and aupport the Pet Sir TIECIMAS Seca asid..—Gcodensen, ii siten—it you ate as I recollect you to heard the debate, a ham allowed the have permitted oh have called on me I Inlaid am do a cc mill do my duty bojealdissa with I well not support a Weed to the sacs witnessed tire mann support a petition so solves as Ike frerbok Nevenlieless, I tbni comphment you bow irons you In your of detente to the l.egi•l manner, and I will d to-tisy. Right years •ice, unsolicited on n vote; I then declarer/ act according to my c less' did so. I cam the most listittfelt h 41a: retire of ophiuo a vain task today to shown yourselves; h eilltipte, by giving penance whisk no i parted to h—..(Much country that I am rig moss which void not heard. And Dim, L certsinly a great, but beard my sseninums and bid you all a est utmost confusion pre W. A. H. Almon Lyra wooded. a • touted by at:clematis The SUBRAFT, in at the bigbeil reward a the respondbk situat the of kis fellow-cos tante to the Meeti Impartiality and lode own ientlasents, but He felt emerdingly a to the business of the vriniessed a popular few days be should sow ass4l. and It woi Ilse take bad lost non albs meetkti baying to dimly, it—(Alech At the test ibe ibessaaki persons prem bide ti( tbe prides at wipe give it as their ta babas or the biotin At all the principal Looden Inn, about et thassasri presided at the otbet.—At the the fettle, board, Gs sod Anemia Omni dinners apeeebes Well peNtleid train et die The Bea et Cats* Weide& • 1 . . l! tn on coals; if, therefore, you resoles \ system, 1 will never present snore rich arise you. With regard to the Cat& ens; ies. 1 trust the day will never corn ve t. or the Goveromrnt. in any ch: lia iil subject., Catholic or Protest convincel.that Pat Hameln will do its 4 irct ; an d r vo sett. that the adoption beim e you wi!) 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