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FiCHMItI.4II.II I VTR:, LIC RAT E. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. THIS EVINING. The Bake of Devonshire's assembly, I►ceonshire House. iblu. wed the MN Mitchell's ball, Charles-street, Berkeley vices. TO-11(011OIS. Lad, Lowias Call's ball, Old Rood-street. WEDS ['DAY. TRS Dowager !Inching's of Salisbury's Assembly, Arlington. were. Alamek's grand ball. THURSDAY. Lady Barbara Poosonby's rout. St. James's square. FRIDAY. The Eatl and Countess of ',Arlington's entertainment, St. James's-square. The Marquis of Herford entertained the Duke of York and a a r si.ignislied party to dinner, on Saturday, at hie house in Picea- L a dy G. Cavendish gave a splendid ball. on Friday evening, at Burlington Haase. To enumerate the company would be to name . the distinguished of the ?rant ton cow 3n town. The following Noblemen and Oende4orn had dinner parties ma Saturday:—Lard blether, Hun. K. Douglas, Arthur Stanhope, and Lord Sherborne. The [lake of Rutland had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his haste in Arlington-street. The Marquis of Camden entertained a large party to dinner yes terday, at hi. house in Arlington-Amer. The-Chancelloe of the Exchequer had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Downing-street. Arrivals at Miller's Hotel, Jermymateert :—Mr. 371,1 M r s, sta. piston and family, from a tour ; and Mr. Fos and fAnaly. tires: James Curtis, E 1... for his seat in Sussex ; Major and Mrs. Bohiasin. for their seat in Surrey. Dolnuturrs from Gordon's honed, Albemnrle.street :--Sir Richard sad Lady Bickerton, for Lyraington, Hants ; General Ord, for his seat is Hants. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley and family arrived yesterday at the London Hotel. Albemarle-street , front Switzerland. Arrival' at the St. George's Hottl, Albemarle-street ;—Lady ',Antis Compton, from the Continent. Devutures: Sirrryrishitt and Lady Jones and family. for RrigUton t Mr. and Mrs. Rosen biro, for Bath ; Captain and the !lon. ilm. Stapleton, fo: their seat 14 Oxfordshire. Arrivals at klivart's Hotel, Lover Brook-atreet r—J. Drab.. sough, Esq., from a toot; Mr. and Mrs. Badman and from the Continent ; Mr. and Mts. Graham, from ditto; the Marquis Pucci., from Florence; C. K. 'fyntc, Esq., from a tour 4 arem 'turnoff, from Vienna; Edward "'errand, Esq., sod Mrs. sad Misses }'errand, from Yorkshire. MARIANNE. The following spirited description of a funeral, after the fashion of the ancient Jews, is taken from this highly reeler work It was decided that the interment should take place at Me tombs of the Kings, and not et Muslin, where the se pulchres of the Asmuneans were. In the morning the peo ple gathered together. Soon after the sun had risen bands of horsemen proceeded, after them camel mixed multitude on various animals or crowded in vehicles ; bands of priests followed these, bearing in turns the bier of their departed brother immediately after them were mourning women, accompanied by minstrels, and the King, and all the rela tions of the deceased : behind were guards and mourners, and the population of the region round. They rested dur ing the heat of the day, and at eventide approached the totnhs near Jerusalem. As soon u the headmost horse. men reached the summit of a rising ground that had con cealed them, there rm, a wail of woe, mingled - with the melancholy sound of flutes and soft reeorderv, from a great portion of the people who had come not only from the city bat from afar, and dowered the sides of the surrounding bills. Their wail was answered by the great procession ac companying the body, and Boone was louder in his lament than Herod. " The night had closed in when the coffin was placed at the entrance of the sepulchre, and, the golden urn contain lag the parts to be consumed on the funeral pyre, formed of resinous woods intermixed with odours and spices, tat which evert the poorest were eager to add. The wailing rose and fell like distant, sounds borne on the uncertain winds. When darkness veiled the heavens, the pyre was lighted : as soon as flame was seen the cries of grief were redoubled, and the people rent their garments and wept. The flames had not ascended far above the urn, when a female form without sandals, with torn gannents and dishevelled hair, came wailing and bounding through the crowd. Her speed and distracted look spread alarm, and many said that it was a spirit. She rushed to the project ing pinnacle of the tomb, and uttered so wild and shrill a cry of agony, that those around were awe-struck and silenced. Herod looked and perceived that it was Zillah. Sfariamne approached the base of the pinnacle on which she stood, but her entreaties were not head, and Zillah Mee: her dishevelled hair, and gazed with the trance like look of l.brenzy on the funeral pile, while her quiver ing lip seemed to speak. This trance-like look gradually vanished ise.fore the varying and increasing expressions that successively crossed her face ; her bosom heaved with smo thered respiration, while imperfect sighs were heard, as if the thoughts that agonised her, when moulded into sounds, would ne It the soul to tears. She continued for a minute's space with her eyts fixed on the burning pyre, then wildly glanced around, while deep disappointment and woe over spread her countenance ; then, in piteous accents, said— ' He is not there, where have yo borne him ?' She paused, appeared perplexed, end seemed to think, then continued— ' Have they lain him in Engedi, or whelined him in the Asphal:ie Sea ?"fhere confused ideas began to real her wandering thought. She cast her eyes to heaven, and muttered distressingly, then a s..ovm of conflicting passions gathered over her gastly face. The Monarch quailed and trembled, and in a hurried and fear-stricken voice, directed the attendants to bear her away; but they seemed con fused and so melted by the sight, that they did not obey bef %re she fixed her eyes on Herod, and the storm of grief and passion burst from her livid lips. ' Cursed be the Monarch who smote him secretly ; • TI et burden of the oases of Israel on Lim. 0 earth, cover not the blood of the ~ enocent, 1,3 not its voice have a resting-place on thee. l'estrur ion and Death, declare that ye have heard the tame thereof. The mighty dead tremble from beneath.' At these last words her voice became tremulous and hol low : her eyes gleaming with unearthly passion were still !Iva on the King, who =tinned making uncertain signs to his attendants to take her away, while he seemed as fascinated by her look as if a spirit gazed upon him. She continued with setter scorn— ' See, he Beth down as a lion, He coucheth as a lioness, Saying, 6 Who shall rouse me' " Her countenance was suffused with more than mor tal fervour; and the added, in tones that thrilled the sur rounding multitude— ' He who looketh down from the heavens, He who sixth all the children of men. The LAW shall smite thee with madness, With blindness and astonishment of heart, Thy life shall lame is doubt before thee. By day and by night shall tear pursue thee, Thou shalt have none assurtnee of thy life, Thou shalt gnash si h thy teeth and pew away ' " The King, roused by these appalling words, commanded wittos voles of mingled fear and anger, the demoniac to be seized and borne away: She st ood trying to look tkough the flames, uttering convulsive sobs. The wailing of the people round now rose again and blended with the mournful flutes and the more distant cries of grief. Ma rionee stood immoveable with a look of abstraction bor dering on mute despair, for the wild wends of Zillah cor emponded with all that she had beard, and accorded with the dreadful presentiments that had haunted her mind, so that not any of hope vet gleamed en the gulf of misery Which floated before her mental vision. Alexandra was seated on the ground near the coffin, covered with sack cloth sod ashes, and so absorbed in grief as not to have heeded what had passed. Salome bad heard and seen the ahole, and privately repeated Herod's order to seize and carry away the frantic Zillah. No sooner did she perceive the mummers approaching her, than she wildly repeated: ' He is not there—wbeso have ye borne him ?' Men sprung on a projecting rock and alighting on the ground ran towards the tomb. Her steps were arrested by the mein, the moment she saw the face of her betrothed love. the clapped her hands above her head and said in ac cents of the deepest woe : ' rah, be is deal, and shall return no more to his house. Thy spirit still hovers near -0 bad I the wings of a dove I would Hee away with the and be at rest—Take me with thee, take thy poor love with thee.' Site sunk upon his bosom, and when her body was raised by the attendants the spirit had fled. Louder laments tier. and tears told the dreadful talc. Before the coffin was deposited in the mansion of the dead, Mariamne had halloo senseless to the earth and wan horse to the city, fol lowed by the oennWing guilty Herod and a great multi . Co)-- ‘ 'sncrE 77 Poi ritoAtornv rliti:iki.AßC4F,Nri AND BUILDING OF CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. We referred nn Wednesday last with strong feelings of satisfac tion to theexertions of the Bishop ..f Exeter, to convene a meeting of the inhabitants of that city for the appointment of a local coin-, mime in aid of the above excellent Society. The folloering is a, Report of the proceedings of themceting, which took place In the Ouildhall, under the presidercy of the Mayor. A more respectable meeting was neYer held in that ancient city on any occasion. The chair having been taken, the Bishop of Fevre:ix rose, te address the - nreelihg„ thanking, in the first place, the Mayor and Chamber for the readiness with which they had entered into the views of the promoters, and aeceded to their request, by culling the prevent meeting, and these thanks he would not confine to the 3layor and body corporate alone, but weed it. as was most due, to the inhabitants generally of the city, as Well as the nobility, gentry, and inhabitant, of th e county o f D evon, i n a ll o f w h om he (the Bishop) had witnessed a zeal iii the promotion of works of charity highly gratifying to himself and very creditable to those persons, among whom he was conv i nce d it would be quit.. suffeient to know that the work which they were then .net to forward typo a good work.—The object of the Society (said his Lordship) Is to mist small parishes in the means of enlarging or 'Wadding their churches, so as to render them capable of accommodating all such as may wish to attend the services of it. the deficiency in which sc. eomniodation at present was but too well known, as it also was that among those of 'he lower orders, who became habitually to absent themselves from divine service, all the bonds of moral restraint were gradually loosened, and in too many instances they were led from step to step still deeper itevicious practices, till the strong orm of the law was obliged to interpose ; for it etas a well known fact that nearly all criminals seedbed their first departures from a sir. tuous course to the practice of sabbath breaking, and yet they were entitled to our deep commiseration and pity, for in too many In stances certainly, though with a wish to do so, they could not at. tend the services of the church ; than this, he thought, no furth e r or stronger argument need be used, to call for their exertions in the shape cat subscriptions or benefactions, to enable every man to at. ',nil his parish chinch ; if it should be said that it was the duty of Parliament to do this. lie would add they had done so, he (the Bishop) believed in as libretti a manlier as the circumstances of the times would allow; 800,0001. had been granted for this purpose, which was placed in the hands of Cominissioners. But it had been found necessary in confine this bounty to the larger parishes, and a population of 4000 persons hail been set down as the minimum to which the parliamentary MI should be afforded, thus obriewely ; retying a great part cf the kingdom unrovided for. and which had led to the formation of the Society, wh o se support, he (the Bishop) was then advocating; one I tineipal object of which was to supply the great mass of entailer parishes, who stood In need, with the means ofeo exanding the size of their churches, as that every bit. man being in the respective parishes who chose, should have a sit ting in it; and he (the Bishop) felt a pleasure in assuring themes. ing, from personal knowledge, that applications from all parts of the kingdom were considered in the most impartial manner, and the funds of the Society properly administered, His Lordship hare read an abstract of the Annual Report of the Society, from which it appeared, that from the means already furnished by the Society' 106,812 additional parsons hatilbeen accommodatedlwith roceolin theft respective churches, of which 81,194 were free sittings, in effecting which good, 112.8.101 had been expended, so that the meeting anti the pubic would see that fur nearly every pound expended a free sitting had been provided. (Applause.) The number of appal. cants had been 636, of which 37( had received aid, 23 had been re. fused, anti the remainder were now under consideration, but he (the Bishop) was sorry to add, that in April last the fonds of the Society were reduced below 8000!. notwithstanding which many B. bend grants had been made, and he believed that about 7001. had been to parishes in this diocese—though it was rik ht he should I state that since that period several benefactions had been received by the Society, his Majesty having most graciously contributed 10001.. !le (the Bishop) was sorry he had Pot got the detailed Re. port, as it would show more fully the general nature of the aid af. forded, as also that this diocese had in common with other parts of l the kingdom been materially benefitted, there having been ol or 22 parishes in it which had received assistance, and among others he might instance 1000 1 . t 3 Penzance, and 800 1. to St. Mary Steps, in this city, which latter, though that parish had not as yet been able to avail itself of it, from circumstances connected with parochial arrangements, was yet forthcoming whenever the necessary contin. geodes on their part were provided for;—be (the Bishop) thought he had seated quite enough to show what great good would flow from new exertions, such as he felt confident would now be made, and therefore would not troutik the meeting further than to read the Resolutions which had been prepared for their adoption that day._ and which were to the following effect:— " That this meeting deeply impressed with a sense of the im. pentane of furnishing to our poorer brethren the opportunity of attending Divine Worship, duly appreciate the valuable services of the Society for Promoting the Building and Enlargement of Churches and Chapels , and will use their beat exertions tit further ante of its beneficent objects." The other Resolutions named the Members and Secretary of the Local Ceeonnuee, and appointed the backers to receive sub scription. L. P. LYON. Esq. seconded the Resolutions, which were all carried unanimously. Sir S. NORTUCOTE moved the thanks of the Meeting to his friend the respected Diocesan, to whom, as an active member of the Metropolitan Society, it was peculiarly due. he having been one of the means by which the door of the Church had been opened to thousands. The Res. Atelidesetes hioowt hsdewrely kit gteeter pleasure than in seconding the mo,ion or the Hon. Baronet; and so much was he impressed with the importance anti utility of the object they . had met that day to accomplish, that he had ventured to open the business at his last Visitation ; of the want of means for accom modation in most churches no one could be ignorant, and attached to that Church as he was, not only from intereet, but he also trusted in a far greater degree, from the finest principles of inquiry and conviction, he rejoiced that means were being set on tout to open her wide and ample boa.= to all her childlen ; and in saying this, he hoped he should not be accused of bigotry;—tor so far was any thing of that from his nature, that he was glad that during the deficiencies of the Church the doors of the Dissenting Chapels had been open to afford persons an opportunity of somewhere woe. shipping their maker; and before he sat down, he-would add that net only the opulent but also the poorer classes themselves had it In their rower to aid the Society by uniting their subscriptions; for most gratifying mutt be the reflection to the persons whose small subscAptiuns made up a pound, that they had thereby secured a sitting in the Ctiurch to Wald person who before was The Bishop of Es ET E ft, in acknowledging the vote of thanks, said it was to be hoped that though much had been done, more and greater things would sti❑ be done, as the Society and its objects became generally known, which he was convinced it only required to be, to receive general support. Tile Dean of EXETE it then moved the thanks of the Meeting to the Mayor, which was seconded by E. P. Lyon, Esq. ; and having been acknowledged by the Mayer, me Meeting broke up. We understand that donations were immediately made to the amount ol 2111. Is. AaGREGATE MEETING OF THE CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. On Wednesday, an Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of Ire land was held in Clarendon-street Chapel, Dublin, which was most numerously and respectably w tended. all the distinguished Catho- lic leaders being present. Viscount Gormanstown (the Premier Viscount of Ireland) was called to the Chair. The first act of the meeting was to re-appoint Mr. O'Gorman their Secretary, as under the late Act his office expires in fourteen days from each appointment. Mr. O . OOIIIIAN in returning thanks observed, that his 31a jesty's Ministers were not t in g on a bed of roses (Laughter and applause.) Independent of their Internal dissections, which he hoped God Almighty would increase, (Great laughter) their finances were in rather a ticklish situation ; John Bull was begin ning to get uneasy, and a cloud appeared to be gathering in the North, which there was no knowing how toon it might burst. Russia had thirteen hundred thousand men in 'rms. Looking to all these cheering prospects, it was sufficient to inspire Irishmen with hope. Ile hoped they would never abandon the cause, either by night or day. ((heat applause). Lord Killeen presented the Report of the Committee, which wait by ,Mr. O'Gorinan, who was 'resiliently interrupted by the loud cheering of the Meeting. We subjoin a copy : REPORT. _ " TheCommittce appointed by a general bal:ot, to consider, in pursuance of the Resolution of the last Aggregate Meeting— • 'Whether there can be framed, without any violation of the ex. Lining law, a permanent body, to assist in the conducting or ma• nagement of such portion of Catholic Affairs as it may be by late permitted to have managed, without resorting to the too frequent holding of Aggregate Meetings, and, in particular, without in any way infringing on a recent VOW tr'— Have agreed to the following Report : " The Committee have anxiously endeavoured to fulfil the duty imposed upon them. They have been deeply impressed, on the one band, with the conviction, that the cause of the Cntholies must retrograde, and the calumnious imputations of their enemies in crease in number, power, and effect, unless there be some perma nent body watching over Catholic interests, and taking care to maintain and preserve the station the Catholics have akeady attain. ed, while it is not permitted to proceed farther ; and, on the other hand, we were • and are, unalterably determined not to suggest or advise any course, which could, with any degree of fair dealing or justice, be deemed any, even the slightest infringement on the law. Vie are determined to obey a statute which we cannot respoct, and to set to our countrymen the example of a dutiful and ready submission to that which is law, notwithstanding our conviction of the impoliey of its enactment. " We have, in fact, lately remind from our Protestant fellow countrymen, such support as requires our utmost gratitude, and such advice as commands our ready and respectful obedience—we allude, in particular, to the edvme of the illustrious Noblemen lately assembled in London. They have recommended to the Ca. thence, firmness, temperance and union ; we place full and cordial confidence in them and in th e ir counsele, and we are resolved to merit their Patronage and protection by the alacrity with which we ourselves submit, at all times, to the law of the land, and the zeal and activity which we shall ever display, to procure a similar sub mission from all classes of our countrymen. " With these impressions we have conic to the determination to, recommend to the Catholics cf Ireland, to conduct their affairs, in future, in strict obedience to the law, by managing, by means of a permanent Association, such portion thereof as has no reference to obtaining relief or redress, or any altitation of the existing code ; ' but to reserve everything that relates to petitioning for relict, or ob. taintlig legal redress, or :timing the existirg code, to such s:Tarat e • »,.0 1 %. r . : ,,, •-.. , • • otAggregate lietling, art ilatetion, U shall be it. strict con formity with the recent statute. " We, therefore, beg leave to lay before the public, the follow ing plan of a New Cathaltc Association, and to express our unani mous and fixed conviction, that it will not, is anywise, violate OT infringe upon any law or statute whatsoever " PLAN OF THE NEW CATHOLIC — AVOCIATION. " No. 1. As it is desirable that the proposed,rew Catholic As sociation should combine Irishmen of all religions persuasions, it is expressly declared, that no persons ?Miming tiny of the forms of religious ,faith allowed or tolerated by law shall be extlinted therefrom t but, en the contrary, ehr:atiant of all denominations are invited to become members thereof. " 2. No member of the New Catholic Association Anil be TeAl quiretfto take ant oath, ovmake any decimation whatsoever. " 3. Taavoid the pomibility of Its being alleged, even by means of any peseersi interp• • tion of the Atli of 11th Gm. IV, chap. 4, that the New Catholic Association can dome within the proviso -ma thereof, it Is expressly declared, that tho New Catholic Association shall not assume, or in any manner, or tiy any means or ermtriv. ante, exercise the power of acting foe the purpose, or under the preteooe of procuring the redress of grievances, in Church or *tate., or the alteration of any matters by law established in Church or I State, or for the purpose, or under the prdtence of carrying on or negating in tEe prosecution or defence of Cline, civil or criminal. " 4. That the Nett Catholic Association shall not be composed of different divisions of branches, or of direrent pans, acting in any manner separate or distinct from each other; and that there shall be no sepaeate or distinct secretary or delegate, or other officer, elected or appointed by or for any particulu part, or authorised t o act for any particular pa r t ; neither shalt the New Catholic Ass°. elation eammunicate or correepoad ; neither shall its constitution contain any provision for communication or cotrespondence with any other society, committee, or body of persons t neither shall it in any respect net in any manner inconsistently with the said Ste_! tuie of the 6th Geo. IV, cap. 4. "6. The New Catholic Association can and may be formed `merely for the purposes of public and private charity, and such other purposes no atonal prohibited by the said Statute of the 6th 15,.t0. IV. cap. 4. " 6. The first pupae (tribe New Catholic Association is and shall be, that of prams*, public peace and tranquillity, as well as private hammy air alectamk, amongst all clauses of his Ma. jesty's subjects thamegbila kabala. " 7. The soused pupils of die New Catholic Association is and shall be the enosimagemam and extension of a liberal, enlightened, and religious system eif education, founded on the basis of Christian i charity anti perfect fair dealing. • r_ 4 a. Tito %Mad parpote site New , Catlielic Association is end shall be that of nacertajog the number of the population of Ire ' land, and the relative proportions which the professors of the ea rious Christian persuasions bear the one to the other ; and in tar. ticular to ascertain the number of c hild ren o f eac h persuasion in a course of education. I The fourth purpose of the New Catholic Association is and shall be, `to devise the means of erecting suitable Catholic Churches, for the celebration of Divine Worship, and to procure and establish Catholic burial grounds, wherein the Catholic dead may be interred without being liable to any species of contumely or ironic. " 10. The fifth purpose of the New Catholic Association is and shall be, to promote all improvements in science and in Irish api culture, to encourage the consumption of Irish manufactures, and ,tbe extension of lriah commerce. •• 11. The aixth purpose of the New Catholic Association is and 'limn be, to encourage, as much as possible, a liberal and enlightened pow, to circulate works calculated to promote just principle., and mutual toleratiou.and kindness, and to vindicate the principles of the Catholics against the unjust and slanderous attacks daily made upon them. " 12. The seventh militias of the New Catholic Association will be. to prepare a detailed statement of the various charges made against the Catholics, in the petitions presented to Pathy went during the recent &axiom and to publish authentic res. tations of such charges, in the places where they respective* originated. •• 13. That every perkon who shall think 6t, on or before a amyl to be named, to p a y th e a wn o f IL on this admission, shall be al Member of the New Catholic Association; and after that day, each person payir.g 11. and procuring one member to propose and anothit 10.escond him shall also be a member. •• The Committee having thus stated affirmatively and negatively the limits within which the New Catholic Association can and ought to act, deem it their duty to call the attention of the Catholics lin general to these provisions of the statute of the 6th Geo. IV, c- 4 , which must restrain the sphere of the New Catholic Association, and render it necessary for the Catholics in general to seek for re dress and relief through the mediuent of other meetings and by the intervention of other instruments. That meet unconstitutional statute prohibits these two things:— " 1. The, steered right of petitioning for the redress of real anti substantial grievitVial in . the only mode likely to be - s Committee - useful, r successful— _ namely, by the inievvention of a or Association of suf ficient duration to be able to make and, in fact, necessary arrangements: "ft. The right of with Committee or Association giving any pecuniary assistance to the poor and oppressed, in order to enable them to punish, by aue course of law, - their oppressors, it being obvious that, without money, there can be little prospect of being able to take the measures necessary to obtain redress from any legal tribunal. " Now, as the New Catholic Association cannot interfere in any way to procure zedress frost Parliament, or the Courts of Law, and as the Catholics certainly toffee the cruelest oppressions, anti the most unjust exclusions from slut undoubted rights of British sub leen., it is ineumbeereirtfilmese !Sept Mx, means, altsegeolase ssawl connected with the New Association, of preparing and presenting petitions to Parliament, and also for preventing and punishing, acts of individual oppression and of party violence. "The petitions to Parliament must of course he altogether un. connected with the New Catholic Association, and must originate with, and be conducted by, General or Aggregate Meetings, which, as the law now stands. may be continued by adjournment for four teen days, and no longer. " It is obvious that it would be impossible to arrange alt the pe titions necessary to be presented to Parliament during the ensuing Sessions in the space of 14 days. " It is deemed advisable to have a petition presented from every parish in Ireland. " The country should be therefore taken separately by counties. There can, in point of law, be 14 days given to each county sepa rately, net' distinctly, but the business of petitioning Mr each county . must be conducted by General or Aggregate Meetings, uncut:- . nectcd with the New Catholic Association, and each General or Aggregate Meeting; can continue to tut for •*.ie petitions of each county during fourteen days, according to the provisions of the Statute. " Thus the New Catholic Association will have to attend to de tails in Catholic affairs, consistent with the duration of our present grievances, and with an acquiesceace in our present sufferings. •"fhe separate or Aggregate Meetings must and will seek for the redress of grievances, and the alteration of those maters in Church and State by which we are oppressed. " The Committee further very earnestly recommend to the Irish people to make tht repeal of the said Statute of the 6th (leo. IV. cap. 4, the first object of a petition to the Legislature, and that such petitirn do state to the Legislature the unconstitutional and op. pressive nature of that Statute, and expose to Parliament the false hood of the pretexts on which it was enacted. " The Committee further beg leave to suggest, that In the ma. nagement of the future pc itions of the Catholics of Ireland, care be taken to have our claims for relief brought before Parliament, and kept free from any extraneous ma:ter, or any details on sub jects ni nny other description, we being convinced that the simple. and single object of obtaining unconditional and unqualified relief from our disabilities, !should be solely attended to as well by the Catholics themselves, as by their friends in Parliament. " The Committee have further agreed to the following Resolu tion ; " • Resolved—That!the Committee of Twenty-one gladly avail themselves of the present opportunity to return to Daniel O'Con nell their marked thanks for the undiminished zeal and talent with which he has prepared the plan of a Report for the formation of a New Association. " Denville Ffrench, Chairman; Germanstren, Killeen, E. Pm- ton, John Burke, O'Connor Don, Nicholas Mahon, C. 31 - Loghlin, James John Bagot, Daniel O'Connell. Nicholas P. O'Gorman, William Murphy, Michael O'Brien, Richard Shed, Philip Fogarty, Michael Bellew, Stephen Coppinger, George Bryan, Hugh O'Con- ' nor.—July 11, 1625. " Mr. Bate, who spoke at great length, and with great energy. There were loud calls forllr. Simi * who came forward and ad ' dressed the Meeting as follows; Mr. Sum'. said—ls the spirit of the country broken ? Do the people submit themselves in sordid acquiesoence to their fate ? Do they bow down in prone and grovelling contentedness to the yoke ? Are they resigned to the sentence of perpctual degradat!on that has been pronounced against them ? Or if they are rot lost in ' the lethargy, arc they driven into the madness of despair P Have they begun to say " The hope of Ireland is in the cannon of France ?" hare they given way in the secret of their own hearts to a terrible and guilty wish ? llave they beheld in imagination the legions of Gaut descending upon their shores ? Do they near I the trumpet of invasion upon their hills, while seven millions of men start into soldiers at its call ? No, thank God !no ! they have' not indulged in this sanguinary vision. They do not cherish these I criminal and dreadful anticipations. They do not " Yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth untix the hair." " The Papists," exclaim our antagonists, " are tranquil. They have been defied by Liverpool, challenged by Anglesea. and trodden upon by York; yet they are tranquil." Insolent and ma lignant taunt ! uttered in the wantonness of your ignominious triumph, and intended to drive a whole people into madness, to cure it with scourges and with blood. (Loud cheers.) The Catholics are patient, but they are not tranquil. Of what wo u ld th e i r tran quility be the symbo l? Of despair ; and what would despair en. ltentlet ? Let the hearts of our enemies answer the question ! We still put our trust in the justice of our claims, in the progress of truth,tin the wisdom of rite Legislature, and in the magnanimity of the English people. We seek redress by the only constitutional means to which we are still permitted to resort. The Catholic As sociation is dead. Can it be resusciated ? Not. perhaps, in all its former life and substantial efficacy and vigour; but its genius may be provoked, and its destroyere may be haunted by ha spirit. You have heard the details of the plan by which many of the benefits of the former Association may be accomplished. ," It' we should fail," exclaim the infirm in purpose, and I answer, " Screw your courage to the sticking place, and we'll not fail." Upon the details of the present plan it is not necessary Chet I should enlarge ; they are sufficiently expressed in the Report. The new machine, although of interior power, will work the I vessel well. (Loud Cheats.) The old engine was admirably I constructed ; with wind and tide against us we made amazing way. The ship threw up much, sari to he sure- but she went Oland/ and triumphantly along. And are we wholly to - , ~» ,„ . . . • ;pada tlas valuable inalmMett of political ailvanceinc,,t ? Let us not feg-t that the former great issofeilteacy of the Irish peo ple (foe, such it may_ be justly designated) may still hold its meeting, fur fourteen days ' for the redress of grievances in *hutch and Sore. What, then, do I propose ? Let the literately, the chief. C:ergy, the Nobility, the Gentry, and tht leading tureens of our body, assemble from all parts of Ireland. Let thzjr hates be continued from day to day, and let the whole mass of nations! grievance be brought tinder reriew. The eyes of. Eng. land will he fixed dpon so vast, so powerful, and so imposing an assemblage of the rank, the wealth, the influence, anti the Intelligence of this great country. The organization of seven millions of the Irish people will by presented is * conspienous light. The great barriers—the immense pole that separates us, from the Srate..4lll be made distinet and prominent. Th e impolicy of permitting so vast a body to remain separated , from the empire, will be illusrented, and the Minister will learn that nothing but liberty will disarray those whom oppression has bound up togethei.' (Loud cheers.) fie will see that the Associ ation of the Citilt •:ies arises front their disassociation from the State. The next measure which I propose is one equally simple, and, perhaps, still more important. Upon a specific day, let simul. Mime; .Meeting: be lull in erery chapel in Ireldncl. Our Clergy —the unbought teacher; of the Gospel (loud eheres) arc with us heart a'l4l hand. They will lurid as their pious nod ardent co.oper ation. Upon the Fame day two thousand five littnilied meetings wilt be held. Thus an enormous movement of the whole popula. ' don of Ireland will be produced. Hitherto the giant has stirred but a single limb--henceforth the whole frame of the public mind should be put at once into motion. Briareus should arise and lilt up his hundred ants. (Loud cheers.) If this great and appalling proof of the geld. the 'Moue, the energy, and the Onion of the people be gißft—if the,3linister behold seven millions of oppressed and impassioned men westing at once into the attitude of inflamed and Ivehementetsupplication, will he not whisper to himself that Ireland can na longer be trampled with impunity to the earth,— that concession is no longer a matter of election—that while Justice says--" You ought," Necessity cries out "you must," and thlt not merely the prosperity of faction--the triumph of a party—the victory of Tury over 11'hig, and of Frotestant over Catholic. arc embraced in this great question; but that the glory. the stability, and the very existence of the British empire are involved within it. (Loud cheers.) These, it appears to me, will be among the beneficial results which this combination will be caletilated to produce; and I must observe, that we have hitherto neglected the very obvious and efficient means of giving impressiveness to our claims. When men in office feel the urgency . of the Catholic question, with the same intense conviction as the sixty-nine Peers who have passed such strong resolutions in our favour, our liberty will have been ,thieved... To produce this result, great exertion Will be required. In the present crisis a mare powerful effbrt is called for than we have hitherto made. " Now or never," s'tould be our motto. To what do I allude P To the anthems of him who may inherit his father's faculties without his crown, and of whom may well be said, " Quoin Deus volt pendere prius dementat." He is an unmitigatahle and relentless foe. There Is a Vehement stolidity about him which 1 utterly im pregnable to argument. His prejudices are fortified by a mind which reason cannot scale. (Loud cheers.) It is said that lie is not a bad man. Better that be bad the sagacity of a knave then the perverse end strenuous fatuity which renders him not only careless of the interests of others, but Insensible to his own. It is some consolation to hope that his Illustrious Brother duce not participate in his sentiments. There are some who con. lecture that he must have received the Royal Assent when he spoke of the torture to which the conscience of his Majesty would be exposed in being called upon to accede to the libera tion of the lush people. But. for my own parr, I cannot bring myself to think so badly of human nature as to suppose it possible that George the Fourth should be unfavourable to our claims. Why did he come amongst us? Was it for the sake of inane exhibition and theatrical parade ? Wet it .for the pur -1 poso of displaying the ponderous pageantry of an itinerant Court, and of astonishing us with the fantastic glare of melo-dramatic loyalty? It was tor a far nobler and more exalted purpose. If lie had landed in Ireland with no better object than to gratify the pas ' Mon for popular applause, which, while it is fatigued is never sate. ated, his visit to Ireland would belittle deserving ofcommeinorating. But if, as I make no question, it was intended with a vie* to mea sures of ulterior pacification, it excused and almost justified the 1 paroxysms ofloyalty into which the country was precipitated. The King's entry into this great city was an exhibition of the nation's heart. It was, if I may so say, an ovation of the a ffec t i ons , en d a triumph of ent husiasm, and of fi delity, and of love. " Th ere ," we exclaimed, " are our hearts !" and we did not even ask for freedom as an equivSlent. We stifled the language of entreaty, and so far from complaining, we did not even implore. The day of his depar ture arrived. Do you recollect that memorable, and I may call it,l that thrilling and pathetic incident—must no t th e con t em plation of the scene which accompanied his embarkation have stirred every BOOM of sensibility to its inmost and purest depth within him. IS'hen he stood upon the deck of that golden galley that slowly and majestically began to waft him from our shores—when the sails were unfurled, and the expanded canvas began to swell be fore the wind; when he looked back and beheld this beautiful but unfortunate land receding behind him—when he saw the green hills crowded to thvir summits with the living masses of his ardent and enthusiastic people--when he heard the prayers that were offered up is an undivided application for his welfare—when be beheld a million of bands retsed up to heaven, to call doirn blessings on his head . . . . I do not know of what mate rials ohs hearts of Kings are made ; but if he has one touch of ' human nature in his bosom, his heart must have melted within him —his soul must have rushed into his eyes. The recollections of his early life must have come back upon him ; lie must have re • erebevedr *reknit whew fie was reveitope, vie beet, the !bred amt,: cipatlon of Ireland; and even if his heart, in place of being what it is, were as dry and barren as the strand from which he was de. parting, all the good feelings of his youth must have returned like a spring -tide, and overflowed his bosom with many a high and pure emotion. (Thunders of applause.) If, et such a moment, an honest man had stood beside him, might he not have ex claimed, Olt, Sire! is not a spectacle like this a nobler one' than the golden banquets and the purple halls of your palace have ever yet disclosed ? Look at the . people whom your Ministers have devoted to oppression. (Loud cneers.) Deltoid the enthusiastic, the chivalrous, and high-minded men, who stand in msrisds upon your ill-fated shore, and with outstretched arms bid you an afire tionate and enthusiastic farewell l and what part does it become you to set towards Ireland—ask it of your heart ? Do not take coon sal of the Members of your Cabinet, but of those monitors whom God has placed in your bosom ; liberate Ireland and yourself, emancipate yourselt from the hypocrisy of Liverpool. the lachry mary cant of Eldon, and the plebeian arrogance of Peel. (Loud cheers.) Do not consider what is convenient, and dexterous, and cunning, but what is great, magnanimous, and good ; ex tinguish the dissensions of Ireland t consolidate the power of the Empire ; do that which shall make your people happy, your monarchy everlasting, and your name immortal, and perform a part which mankind will account worthy of the Sovereign of a great empire and the friend of Charles Fox ! (Loud and con tinued cheering ) Mr. D. Beeeww, after en culogium upon M. O'Connell, moved the resolution of thanks to the learned Gentlemar. The motion having platted unanimously, was received with tile most unanimous and enthusiastic applause. Mr. O'Co,esoa afterwards moved, and Mr. A. Bnoww se conded, a Resolution, recommending the several county meetings. Sir JOH w aiss,Bart. and Mr.O'Cow won Dom moved and sc cond &I a resolution, recommending proNincial meetings to petition for a redress of grievances. Mr. O'Costxtss rose amidst loud and general cheering.—Si lence having been restored, Ire said that the resolution just pro posed was a working one, acrd as he liras a man of business, he wished to take a share in the Catholic work. The Catholics were now to progress of having another 4.~asociation, and, by the resolu. tion just read. they were to make tolbther peaceable eftint for the re ! eovery of their rights and liberties. If they looked steadily at the obstacles they bad to encounter, and without flinching from the fcr midable phalanx of bigotry which opposed them, he trusted it was not within the occurrences of nature, that this beautiful coon. try, or her gay, generous, and gallant sons should be long afflicted with penalties disgraceful to civilization and humanity. There were three peculiar subjects of complaint. The first was, the put. ' ting down the late Catholic Association ; the iron had entered their souls, and they would ever deserve the degradation of slaves, if the ceased to complain of that tyrannic irjustice which bespoke the incli nation, if the power existed, to render their bondage perpetual. And what was the cause of this despicable hostility i That they had, with ability and honesty, obtained that confidence which should have been reposed in an assembly of the people of virtual reprelen latices. The Association began with few materials, but at the hour of its suppression. its eunimit was in Dublin, while its base was laid from Cape Clear to the Giant's Causeway. They had at the commencement a few pounds per week ; at the close they were in the receipt of upwards of two hundred pound , per day ; and if r the Association had not been put down by legislative power, it would have been impossible for the 1,300.000 Russians alluded to by the worthy Secretary, to have arrested the march of intellectual energy and constitutional liberty. That so inglorious a triumph should have been obtained through the alliance of the friends of civil and religious liberty, was what caused as much affliction as the defeat Itself. Ile was ready to give the most perfect credit, for yurity of intention, to the Marquis Wellesley, in his exertions to suppress the murderous ascendaney faction < yet he (Mr. O'C.) bared that in future ages the Marquis's administration in Ireland would only be known by the suppression of the Catholic Associa tion ; and although his Lordship expected that benefit to the court. try would ultimately have followed, yet he wits deceived, and his countrymen were yet doomed to slavery, without any thing more to hope than from the results of their own fortitude, per severance, and unanimity, supported by the justice of their MUM The Learned Gentleman upon sitting down received the same cheering as at the commencement. Captain Bryan, Mr. O'Connor, and other dentlemen, moved several other 'Kewlotions, after which Lord Killeen was called to the Chair, and thanks voted to Lard Oormanstown. Mr. O'ColnsELL announced, that Gentlemen who wished to tall.• about the New Association, would assemble to-morrow (this day), at half-past Mice o'clock, at the Coln Exchange. Several Gentlemen paid their subscription, and received their tickets front Mr. Dwyer. The Brighton Herald says—" A foreigner, withlscarcsly any flesh on his hones, and who is termed the Living Skeleton, was landed on the Pier from a packet on Thurs day. Colonel Williams, who, it is said, has purchased this frightful object for the purpose of exhibition, imme diately sent him off in a chaise and four to London, and followed himself the next div. The quantity of food taken by the sl,elcton par day is two ounees." S ip .ItEskitAr atßculf. • AMIE . Virtitotarrsa, Jokitit CROWN BASE--1 eture Mi. Justice nbaILILIL • CIIARhE OF SlCRlatld: , • Jame*lietnenant in the Coast Preventive Sertioe, If put to the bar, charged on the Inquisifinn of the Coroner with bar ing, on 3d day rf June latt, tit Miltoh, in this et:runty. : illuX at James Read: with a pistol, of the sound infifettd Sy VW' ito for, terwards died; and Wilitain Tone& stood chanted asking Whet plice, audit* aiding and abetting in the caminiselon of flail& The prisoners pleaded no: vuilty. • The jury having been sworn, . • Mr. Sergeant Act cue rose, ant! atlid„ is that stage cf the rid. ceedings he Should take • riliminary objection. He etas pre pared to maintkln that the avernsema in the inquisition onwhieh the prisoners were charged were not tintlsfaelbrity made. The allege.. non was, that Jatnes Pullen had feloniously, and of marled aforethought. made an sestult on the body of James Heade, and did then and there, .With a pistol loaded With gunpowder etattet leaden bullet, inflict a mortal wound on the rail James Remi'. In the inquisition, the trords felon:tit:lly, wilfully, and of mellet atore., thtmght, which were necessary id. Constitute murder, teen omitted in the deacription of titep manner .in Which the nalstrull werind had been inflicted. The learned Sergeant submitted that the Objection was fatal and sufficient to quash the Indictment. . Mr. SEr-reat .supported the objection,. and qhoted d Liebe ?Jodi Leach's Crown Law, which laid flown that The corpus delittl should be ( ( described to have been tommided and of mall:* aforethought, in order m derignate the Character of the crime. Mr. Endo ME also contended, that the itunctnteht *at defhilie, inasmuch is, ity tuldttion td the objection urged by his learned friend, it wan [l i ef:dent in the necessary and technical phrase to be round in such Indictments, he meant the word pereweir, which Was nett contained in it. dlr. Ditstetra, on the other side, toped (hit the itupdsitioh had been correctly drawn up, according tp the authority elf the last edition of Burn's Justice tf the Peace. It we not or res quired by the nature of the fact, that the words " i ioeiou y,.ouss liciously, and of malice aforethOught," should be inserted %all . the counts. With regard to the word M percussitc, that was • technicality, and perfectly nnimpertann-siirPre bad beget sithebeitted for it. Mr. Sergeant WI ttit: tralnoined the Validity of the ObtectiOna; because an assault might be malicious, and the tiring not at ell so, but the, consequence of an accident, or occasioned by another pre son. To impute malice to such pn 4 , 3 would be the !tetet aiw j twice, as, if this laxity of deieriptioti were porenitted. losisreense might be inferred from the cotrealleion ohm azt which might secl , dentolly and innocently take plate. To do this, Sr ru argue malevolence. not from the particular action in questleft, but Rom a previous and isolated circumstance, would be to adopt a helm& of argument hot to be tolerated, pswicuLsrly I* tin* of eneh Oa mancot importance as the preseqt. The undeviating and obilform pencil:a et' Indictments had been to charge the MlMl:talky upo• each act alleged to be committed: and he. uusttd his Lordship would not feel disposed to &litre float di! established rotate of pro , cording in tint instance. Mr. Justice LitTtroar..o hating edme• j aatb Cour t, their Lordahips conferred for a few minutes, when t. etfled said, his Learned Brother eeimutred pub Mtn in opinion, that in a case of such importance It would he better tO go sato the media, supposing the objection to be valid. Along with tills ftik Court was not disposed. to consider the derlation stit leient. en great the inquisition; and under these clrCumatanto, he would permit it to proceed. Mr. DAMPIZa stated the ease Pot the prosclltion, and told the Jury that this eat a case which, from its nature and ftWportance, demanded the most careful consideration fit there httiiite. It was not merely that the prisoner stood charged with a serious and weighty crime; but there were other conaiderations that contri , buted to give it additional importance. The rank in life of the principal prisoner; and the office he. held in the *eyelet of hie country, added to the peculiarity of some Of the facts, were cit../ cumetaoccs of no ,ordetery interest. The prisoner Pullen, noW • in the preventive servite, had been long in the navy, and held respectable situation in the service of his King fors seeks of many . years. lie was hound to state that be belieeed it would appear the prisoner was not a °person' who war. likely, from bit'habitsalilliK and character, to be engaged in nets o unnetessary The situation filled by Mr. Pullen, that of Lieutenant in the Preventive Service, was a dangerous and ungracitos one. his duty to exert himself itf that 'hoiden to prevent the am • of contraband goods, and it would be unfair to Conceal horn the jury, that many of the witnesses to be adduced on this occasion were men who bad been engaged in that illegal practice. Thg were, endoubtedly, by no =Anil tree from blame, and he that bath they and the nohappy man who lost his life on re ot June, sere all out for the purpoae of attempting to ran smuggled goods, had they not been prevented by the activity of the prisoner. regard to the facts that hg expected to be able to prove, he . was also ready to allow that there might appear considerable diva*. policy in the evidence, partly arising from the darkness of the bows and the alarm anti confusionmeeessarily attendant 1111111.111111111116. stances such as the present. If after baring given duirealesider&t. tion to the merits of the case % the jury should feel it tkMv duty to• acquit the prisoner, no man cotiiil be more sincerely glad of such a result than himself ;• but if, on the contrary , it should appear to them that the facts were clearly established, he was satisfied they could not permit the rank in life of the prisoner, Itio Cr re. spretability, to turn them aside from the honest and discharge oftheir duty. : v. . . - . . Dales John Goddard sworn and eramined—l am a Ition and live at Christ Church. On the 4th June, about four o' kln the morn ing, I was esl!ed to a man of the name James Resde, who- was as. the parish poor house; I went and found him in a weak state, and on inauiring the cause of his illness, he said he had been shot. On removing his clothes, I found a wound in his belly half an inch above the navel ; having dressed that wound and given proper hi. structions for ins treatment, I returned to my bowie. I saw him again about three in the afternoon, when he complained of much pain about the muscles of the right buttock. On examining that part I found a herd substance, and cutting down on it, I exttacird a leaden ball. I did not see him again till five o'clock, when I staid with him for an hour. The man died about two hours after my third visit, from loss of blood or internal haimorbage occasioned by the wound. It was a pistol ball. The wan died in the parish of Milton. Cross-examined—When I lint saw the man he was aware the wound was dangerous.'and thought he should die of it. I thought so too. 1 had a conversation witlt him as to the manner 1.1 which he received the wound. I collected from his manne: and words that he knew he should die of the wound. I , consequence of a particular season, I asked the decease( James Iteade, if he knew the person who shot him; his anew:. was, he did. )le said the person was named Evans, and helves , to the preventive boat of Hunt. lie said, in answer to a question of mine, that the man who fired at him did not take hold of his frock coats or ally part of his garments. I asked him how far the person was from him who tired the pieta He replied, as far as I am from hence to the window. I afteraards measured that distance, and found it nearly five yards. I asked deceased if they had landed any goods at the time, and he said not. I asked him before if he was correct in what he said, he said perfectly so, and willing to make oath of it before any Magistrate. He said he did not think lie was singled out from any other man. I inquired if there was any landing of goods, he said not for the boat went to sea again. In answer to a question from me, he said there were about sixty persons present at the place where the accident happened. He said he went out because they were paid for it, and they were owed thirty shillings for being out several nights. I inquired how he came to the place where he was found, which was a consi derable distance from the place where he was said to have been shot. He said, when I was shot, I fell dead. On recovering I beard some person say, let us take hint to the boat-house. On heating , that. I crawled on my hands and knees through a gap in the hedge ' to Mr. Porter's door, the place where I was found. Timothy Dawkins sworn.-1 work at Milford. I live at Milton, lam a carpenter, and know Hurst Castle. I hare worked there at the Preventive Station, and know the Commanding Officer. I heard persona say his name was Lieutemcnt Pullen. I know him when I see him. This is he nearest me. The name of the matt who stands next him is William Young. On the night of the 3d 'June last I was near Milton. I heard tiring about 11 o'clock. My home is about a mile from Lob's.hole. The firing was in that di rection, and I walked towards it. I heard a wicked firing; as I went 1 met nobody. I went to Lob's-hole, that is the name of a field, where I met a lot of people coming back from the cliff. They were walking, not running. I could see them plainly. I don't know whether Heade was with them. I turned back with them about two lugs (32 feet). Lieutenant Pullen ran round from the cliff towards the men. There were two more with him. He tame and said, " what are you up to ?" or some such words. Some man an swered, "I am not up to much." lie then stopped, and spoke to his men. The lot.of men walked off away from the shore. 1 went with them. Then Lieutenant Pullen lan again, and catched hold of a man by his smock.frock. He said. "Are you ready, for we are." There was no answer made. Then Pullen stepped back one step, and fired at the man with his left hand. I can't ray whether he bad let the matt go or not, at the time he fired. The man, when seised, first struggled back. I can't say whether he succeeded. All men were near, around, behind, and at the side of the man *hes the pistol was tired. Some were near him when he was first caught; the men stood and looked back, but I never heard theta say anything. 1 at close by. After Lieut. Pullen fired, he ordetra his men (Young and Williams) to tire. I saw Young and other man with him. I knew Young before that night. Pullet said fire, that was all. I can't say they tired ; the smoke came ii my eyes, and I heard a report. I did not hears third pistol tired till after five minutes, more or less. Williams jumped in with Jar cutiass, after the second that. One man stood to pick up the ina.. who was shot, and Williams sprang in and chopped at him. Ti e man drew back. I then went off house. I went as far as the road with the lot of men, and the other party kept tiring, all the way at that' went up the field. I saw Lieut. Pullen ono two others, L, t no more. The night was nottrery dark. I can't 33V whether was moon.light. Some of the lot of men had a stick, but I saw nothing else. They made no resistance when Pollen came i.p first. I was near enough to see or hear any loud words, and I hear* none. Tae second time Pullen came up. I observed what molt place; the men did not show their midis. I observed no one wilt a stick, near Pullcu, whenithe man was shut ; there were some be hind, as they stood all in a heap, round the man who was shot. know Evans; neither of the two men with Pullen was Evans;. tee was not one of the three. cmu . ezmn i ne d.-1 can't remember where I was working that day, but think.l was a: the shot" at Milford. I generally akar rr: Milford, hut now and then go to my father's. !in SSW , day and Sunday nights I sleep at Allitor. This was on a Snail night. I was out walking when I . hea-d the firing. ✓ Lobs'ealistie is nearer to Milton than Milford. It is pretty handy sit *tea ~i • 31 1