The National Register. — London, England, 1811-02-24 00:00:00

J 5 Tilt NrAlvoivAr nrcgsint. 4 • • r 3 ••••••41 1 414. )16 •%. ultimate success ; he had to rejoice in seeing at this meeting, Gentlemen of the highest respectability, who had never before attended any general meet: ing. They were now roused from their apathy by the measure to which he had already alluded, and he would the more confide in the perseverance of Gentlemen who would come forward at this extra brdinary crisis. Captain Power was followed by Colonel Master son, Messrs. Purcell, Kavanagh, O‘Dunoughue, Ind Captain .T. Fitzgerald. Mr. Brenan was requested to act as Secretary. There was not a contrariety of opinion during the Meeting, which was highly respectable, and did honour to the cause. 'rhe Gentlemen present, we understand, were able to declare the general sentiment of Twelve Counties. - EN NI., Fa13.3.--On Thursday night last a most shocking and Melancholy occurrence took place in our jail. John Collins, one of the prisoners, was taken suddenly ill, on which Dr. O'Brien, the physician belonging to the prison, was sent for, who, on his arrival, had the sick prisoner stretched by the fire in one of the rooms, being then apparently lifeless ; in a short time, however, to the surprise of every person preient, he jumped up, and lifting a stone upwards of an hundred weight, obliged all the people through terror to quit the apartment; he then dropped the stone, and taking a large board lay in the room, went to a bed in which two children, babmging to another prisoner of the name of Robert Coote, lay, and gave them several blows ; after • which he again lifted the stone, and hit the eldest . (a boy about -seven years old) therewitheand fractured his skull. The father of the children then ran into the room, and a scuttle ensued be tty-el) him and Collins, upon which the guard was called in, when Coote, in making a blow at Collins, unfortunately hit one of the soldiers on the arm, and knocked the baytniet out of his band, which Collins immediately took up, and exercised so des perately that he .again cleared the room, and running to the bed, gave the children several stabs in the belly and sides; which cau sed the instant death of the boy, who, besides the fracture .on the bead, had ten bayonet wounds in different parts of :he body The other child (a female about five years of age) died yesterday about thrce o'clock. ' The above are the facts of this dreadful circumstance, as ap peared in the evidence hefare Mr. UM - aril, Coroner, who be:el an inquest on the body of he boy. The verdict of the Jure was tnat Michael Coote came by his death in consequence of several bayonet and other wounds, inflico.4 oil him by John Collins, a prisoner in Eeniskiil. _ LQN DON D It Y F }.B. 5--Five unfortunate and wretched fe males, who lt.id a consideeahle time pact taken up their abode ' in a cave in the vicinity of this city, experienced a melancholy visitation during the storm on Thursday night, after they had retired to their wk.:rabic 116%11 Carelessness, fatigue, or, in all probehility, intoxication, made their. forgetful. of the &tigers they were exposed to. lflurieg night the fall of scow was so grear as completely to shut up the mouth of the cave, and it took several Labourers a considerable time in the mining to force all entrance, when the melancholy spectacle presented it'' .1f of one wretched female lying with her arms folded actress in the sleep of death, and four 'others nearly expiring. The miserable heiaga were removed from the scene of horror. These who sin v iyed were taken to houses in the neighbours nod, with little hopes of recovery, where every attention was paid to them 'b) . Dr. Magennisole surgetln . of the Infirmary, to which they have since 44-, , en remoyed. An in ities was afterwards held on the body Of the unfortunate sufferer, and a verdict found—Acci dental death. APacket from thelrazils brivgs letters to the 16th of . Dec. by - hich we learn that Admiral De Ceurcy had returned to Rio . J. ?viro, having settled every thing amicably with the Spaniards elating to affairs in the River Plate. / . Ilk Royal Highness the Prince Regent, on a representation made in favour of a man confined in Coldhath-fields prison, for t riot during a late political ferment, has been pleased to sign an order for his liberation. Last weck the wife of a. coal-heaver, of the name of JotiN 11 '3E24:V1f:0S, residing at No. 11, Pelhatn-strect,3llile-End New s , s 'Town,. Spitallicl4s, wasAliyoNlA tyro boys who, with the moths r, are likely to do' well. This . is ilk! Jliiidtime,af her having twins, and makes the total number twenty children ; one of which, about fifteen years of age, is so much afflicted as Wye: to be able to geo his living, -inenre • F. IMPERIAL PAR LI AMEN T. ,~i~S'. HOUSE OF LORDS. • • MONDAY, FEB. 18. 4,, • CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. The Earl of Mont A said, be should be without excuse In the eyes of the country, if he' did not call the attention of the House to the subject to which he was about to advert.' Their Lords ships would no doubt all anticipate that he was about to allude to the very extraordinary measure which had recently been adopted in Ireland, in issuing circular letters to the Magistrates, to prevent the meetings of the Catholics. Every one who had lived in any society in this metropolis, must recollect the sur prise which was occasioned by the sudden departure of Mr. Secretary Pole to Ireland, and the various motives which were assigned for that sudden journey. He was certain that the pre vious sanction of the Prince Regent had not been obtained to this measure—and he would give Ministers their choice of one out of two branches of an alternative, either of which must tend most strongly to the condemnation of their conduct—tither at the time of the departure of Mr. Secretary Pole for Ireland, they were certain of being continued in office by the Prince Regent,, or they were not. If they were, they acted most unfitly and improperly (to use no stronger terms,) in taking the advan tage of the period before the Regent was. sworn in, to resort to such a measure without having the decency to consult his Royal Highness upon a measure which so deeply implicated his Go vernment. If they were not certain of being continued in office, and expected that they would not be allowed to remain the Mt nisters of the Regent, then he could only compare their condnct to that of incendiaries, who set fire to the House they were about to leave, because they were not to he allowed to inhabit it. But why was the Convention Act thus referred to for the purpose of preventing the Meetings of the Catholics ?-m—an Act which had passed long before that Union at which the . pledge and Lssurance was given that the Claims of the Catholics should he conceded. He trusted that proper information would' be given, and, at all events, it was fittin.- that the Circular Letter to the Magistrates of Ireland should be laid before the Wise, for which document his Lordship concluded by moving, The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he felt very little embarrasstbent at the alternative put by the Noble Lord for the choice of Mi nisters, the facts being, that the journey of Mr. Secrefitt,Pule to Ireland had no connectiat with this toe:l , 4lre, or any cit.:Ann stance suppo s ed to be connected with it ; that no - preylous satinion or instructions from hence were riven Irfriche'mtattlrei 7!ild that the Ministcrs •of his Royal Highness the rrtuee R egent were wholly ignorant, until Thursday ni.ht, titht-sneh a measure had been r.sorted to. He had no objection to the mu► tion of the Noble Lord, provided anc;thcr doctnrelt* alio laid before the House, namely, the Circular Letter iSstljd by the c Secretary of the Catholic C.untnittee at Dublin. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE W:ti gild that no 'sanction or instructi-ms had been given by Ministers for this measure, Mt..t sati'fact!ongreater than he coni•l cares.,, with a view to the future hopes of Ireland, at ledrning that this incasurt ,had not emanated frrtn the Prince Regent. Earl DARN t.tnr comidered the very ignorance of the extraor dinary order of Mr. Sreretary Pole avowed by en... Noble Secre ,tary, amen:. fall and de(i;kted crimination of the loyernment to which he belonged. It .aad long been a subject of lainentatiot with him, to find the affairs of Ireland not only ill understood by that House, but almost refused investigation both , b1i11,1i• • nisters and Parliament. The Earl of LIMERICK rose for the purpose of pronomming his decided condensnation of the statement advanced by th e Noble Earl (Moira,) that the Union was a: coinplished on the ground of relieving Ireland from the opprt . ssions of their 1111 Parliament. He had the honour of having sat in that Parliantent and was therefore not a little surprised in not hearing the details of those oppressions to which the Noble Earl had alluded. Lord HOLLAND observed that it was fortunate his Noble and Gallant Friend (Earl Moira) had nor gone into a discussion of those details of oppression with which the Irioh Parliament were chargeable, because had he, done so, tht House, from the avow• al of the Noble Earl who last add essed them, would have been engaged in a debate wholly unconnected with the subjecOlow before it. Whatever was his opinion of the . character of the proceedings of that Legislature, it was unnecessary for hit-rig/then to declare—lv--that character he would leave to History, to appreciate—and referring it to history, sure he . ..was, that as to many parts of the conduct of that Paisiletnent, he could not consign it to severer chastisement.—(fircir !Aim; !) • lie wouldiliowever, refer•tne Noble Earl (Limeri, 4 ) felliih)se persons who were - ruoVßasectiPlVlT earfliNt the measure of Union into efl'ect ; and i he should think proper to consult them : that Noble Earl would find that the repeal of thOse