The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1825-11-11 00:00:00

I FrESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU7'ION. L e o aldbt a meeting was he great room of the Free r,. T a vern, Great Queen.streer, for the purpose of establish rss Li t erary and Scientific Inatitution, for the accommodation of „ iga ged in commercial and professional pursuits in the P.,„,7.-0, pa Then of the metropolis. aiiOntlign intended to be offered by thia Institution are— ], A Library and Reading-room, an a place of rational recreation _L . . i n struction , for persons whose stn ndanee in business is not re. "7 ifet i d u ring the evening; 2dly, The procuring of Lectures, to be :ti er ed on various branches of Science and Literature, and the , n ,„,, soj et of chimes for the teaching of languages, by which means Lan ii ttl es fro acquiring valuable instruction at a moderate ca ved' wi ll be sit'''ded• per . . 2 %,,,,, o bject being to form a lib + ary. a donation of books, ____•" - to . is well as of money, will materially advance the ends promoters tit this Institution hove in view, and every • fri 7i tit hed iffusion of knowledp and the estension of science is * a / et sat the establishment of an institution so well adapted to the illienigeOCe and welfare of the community. Themenn blage convened on this occasion was very numerous sod Noss n i blo. Among the distinguished persons present who beJ 00e forward to lend their support to the institution of the So ca, we obverted Mr. Brougham. Mr. Thomas Campbell. Mr. H ai,„ i y o m, Pr. Birkbeck, Mr. Peter Moore, Dr. Mitchell, Mr. to m the banker, Sir J. Paul, Mr. J. Wright, &c. !Inman Ditu )(MOND, Esq. was called to the Chair. TSeCHeIIMAX obverted, that placed As he hail been in the t ier, sad called to preside over the meetirg assembled for a pug. ' T og of which he highly approved, he thought it his duty to state ib, motives which rendered his attendance on the present occasion a we( peculiar pleasure to himself. It was because he thought t he lastitution they were about to establish calculated to be a bicrly naeful arid beneficial one, that he experienced that pleasur able t oe hrgt while engaged in giving his humble, but sin. nes suppott to its formation. This Institution held out a prospect of s onardinary advantages to persons who, from their situation, modem otheesriae be benefited. It wan intended for the improve. young men engaged in commercial pursuits, whose agora my, eathioyed them during the day. hut ending in the evening, f r,.. ent ly left them in a state of idleness, which not uncommonly ;Lutist in frivolous and sometimes hurtful pursuits. Under o we circumstances an Institution which held out to these indivi. duals inducements and facilities for useful occupation after the bu. sine's a the Oar wax concluded, could not fail to be highly advert. mows . as well to the young men as their employers. Those ad „men owe meant to be secured by the formation of a library, w or m, and the collection of apparatus for scientific purposes. All 0 ,„, were °Nem of the utmost importance, and means the most likely to Meow the moral and intellectual habits of the parties designed to he Micelitted. It would be, in his opinion, bent that the msnagestent of the institution should principally vest itself in the your:glom themselves, who, as they would hare to provide the funds were best qualified to undertake their management. ( Ap , ow.) However, he felt happy to announce that several distill. guislkd individuals who had been applied to cheerfully consented to lend the sanction of their names and patronage to the new insti tuuoo. The Right Hon. the Attorney-General and Sir Richard Thane had agreed to act as Vice-Presidents. Lord Aberdeen had b e en app!led to, and expressed his regret that he was unavoidably permed from acceding to their request. Mr. Heath kindly con sented to act in the capacity of Counsel to the institution ; and lie vu haver to have it in his power to inform the assembly that they might reckon on the present of a small library of about 300 %Imes. Weal It only remaiutal to add, that Messrs. IVright. Drummond. and —, of the firms of IVrinht, Drummond, and Loons, the bankers, were to be trustee% The Chairman concluded by saying, that he had merely endeavoured to afford the meeting s brief outline of the plan of the proposed society. They would heo &resolutions, on the basis of which it was intended to found it, read and discussed, and would in that manner be enabled to torus better idea of its utility and probable results. hirJ. PAUL had oely lately heard the principles on which this inttitutim was to be founded explained, but he could not help busily approving of it, because he was convinced it would be equally conducive to the public good and the advantare of indivi ends. Much an institution was, in his opinion. calculated to pro mote those objects better than any other which it would be possible to establish. It became the heads of mercantile establishments to keit tete the conduct and attainments of their young men, both (or ti.e sake of their own safety and the happiness of those whom they employed. Idleness was the parent of crime : it became per med toKsged in commercial concerns to provide useful employment for the: clerk, after the hours of business terminated, which would enable teem to improve their minds, and in that manner prevent idleness and check criminality. (Hear.) With respect to the nonsgement of the institution, he entertained little doubt but that the young men would take it into their own hands, and manage it much better than their employers could do. However, it was ne usury oa the part of the latter to concur in giving the proper im petus to its establishment, which might be best done by counte nance, encouragement, and the donation of hocks. (Hear, hear.) .Money, he doubted not, would be found by themselves. (Hear.) hotly remained for him, having expressed his approbation of the plea, to conclude by moving the first Resolution : " That Literary and Scientific Institutions, on a moderate scale of expense, are eminently calculated to promote the true interests and prosperity of society. Mr. Txollll CAA rash—Mr. President, and Gentlemen, I rise to second the proposition which has been submitted to the con sideration of the assembly, under the strongest conviction of the public fitfulness of the proposed Institution ; feeling at the same tat, so I do, that I should be wanting in the duct which l owe torn fellow-citizens, and in the zeal that should characterise my settees is a sincere lover of letters and the advaneemest of the Lu nar mind, If I omitted to do whatever may be within the limits of my feeble powers to promote the establishment of a Society whose of::tet ft U to improve and cultivate the minds of a numerates. use f.:. end respectable class of the community. I consider the Inati- Inn se are met together to establish equally commendable in its 1110!:TVI and suainabie in he objects (Applause); and it affords me snot satisfaction to see that the project appears not to have been fa tered itectexietence by the force of patronage, but introduced to our booed by the exert ins and through the instrumentality of the young Iwo who are to be themselves the suejeets of its advantages. It is uot going toofar to say, that in the establishment of such In miletklae, I think I can disrnver the sure proenmUcs of immense adnotages, moral and intellectual. They afford the vernal pen tniee of that intellectual harvest, which, without being too bold or tanguirein our expectations, We may one day hope to see over weeding and covering the universal domain of society. (Loud up. please.) lam loth, 31r. Chairman, to lu:tot:nee a remark Pee erislly mourning myself in the discussion of a matter so ineportet as that ,now before the meeting ; but perhaps I cuy be excused, inasmuch as I wish to show that my ninety for the success of this undertaking is quite consistent with the omen, reel/ wily entertained and expressed by nit on another waive. In urging forward the scheme fur the establishment of a Luton 17niventty (which if it should succeed, 13 I trust it will, I demi no other epitaph on my tomb than that I was one of its pro. totem; (Cheers) in inelearouring so recommend that establish mat I certainly have expressed my belief that Institutions such as that sett oot a suticient substitute toe the due education of youth. at the same time I was convinced they were fraught with very alley sal valuable advantages. (Applause.) Institutions like this num eupply education to the entirely uneducated, or an. seer ds !serene% of an University. because theirs is another and difereetobj.et, and the means by which each eflteted its purpose is equally dissimilar . Hut there is no inconsistency in an advocate of the Location University coming forward, and warmly wishing suc cess code present Institution. (Cheers.) 11' oh such feeling I can ireleorce your "teems, and say welcome to your chairs to be be filled by Letereed proteeson, under whose auspices you shall rival other and older establtshwents. and contend with them for the palm of rant and renown. Gertlemen, it the remarks now offered were =to go r n farther th an thi s room , i t wou ld b e equa lly and imperement to oder a single observation on some prejadices which appear to have found room, not uselsed.in the minds et the great majority of the public, but .a the narrow and limited understandings of • very small mino r.ty. However, the existence of such prejudices against the exten sion of knowledge and the general diffusion of information can no bagger be. concealed, unhapp i ly f or t h ose who entertain them ; and d libet,a,ng as we des, and as it is right we s ho u ld do, under the eoeniza- ce o f the leglUh public, it may be necessary to refute ti ,ellrealice. however absent, and oppeoe opinions, which it is Flan. ko"I2 locr presence h e r e , none o f y ou can enter tain. It is !hie regret I sand that the objections which have been urged to the diffilsion of knowledge are no: confined en the seandalma and "'iberal portion of the public press, but appear to have infected wince( s more respectable and respected class. Such sentiments 4 °t elati , tie peculiar to the nightmen and scavengers of liters iure, *he live by pandering to the basest appetitin of their sup- Ime 7 e, but blue unhappily found their way among men of a dif. 'tar: destript.on, who are no doubt well meaning. though fetich " Iv °iirl. Ih. Id in my hand • publication, by a person who gives ahem/eh Ih. 11 . 1 . 1itaker, of whose L know notiiine whatsoever. t 46 4"" Pre:Millet I shall nothing, except that 1 consider his h 7° '''''re 10 he most erroneous and absurd. This writer expense.; leeelf rt.: the strongest teem.; of disapprobation when speaking of u'l en f ' }nbl6l " libraries, and apprehends the greatest 4tir r Leery description of public interest in the general circus Wel.% tie declares that the iuformation so attained, it is calculated in raise men of no profession into maims. towed in 'P n nalee, is equally certain to sink into insignificance i t pf k 4 ". 4l,,, ''°l. Pewee regularly qualified to h.:tint:An a respectable ; Of Ih. Whitaker, I repeat, I know nothing per °wee!, but my love of truth, and desire to see knowledge darned, aye: . me den publicly to c o nfut e hi s o pi n ion s . li e decl a res he is °: •: r.rt7t that pablie libraries are certain to corrupt public prinei. ;i can (slily occur b) containing boil books ; but I would Pe c hoices libraries more likely to consist of such books b,reozentli,e in . several individuals, mid they must there) . . to tbe inspeet:on of many eyes tbito in Private c°ll"tidnB. a4re concealment is practicable, soul the only bar to their intro : consists in the conscience of the individual possessor p+r•) Public )boric - .corrupt public,principle+, by the same r's of rrisnliag it will appear that private libraries must cor "Zt,"xli/tilinds. Th e argument i s fallac i ous, an d proves too , It militates at once against the press--nay the very pew rut:. et. tuning, lent presume, to argue against the propriety of a • th i s itn possible abuse, withou taking note of Its this pnneird e we should abjure the art t of reading because isnth • ~n e b ad books have been written—we must put out our ,e'n i 7 s e m! '`' 4l3 bttrli OUT angers—reject the use of the steam 'l'. r ear the boiler might burst—and shut up our markets " . : 4 7 a rt *PteretieLiiiin that the butcher may sell us carrion instead I.Z.nolesyme rasat. (Cheers.) The 1/octor argues that public "d'v's , learned men below their proper rank In society. To "odd aniwer, that mains lemming haslitothing to appre heod from the diffusion of reading, which can only have the effect of putting down pedintry and checking unfounded pretension. And what sort of a learned man is he wlio estimation for knowledge is only founded on the competitive ignorance of his fellows ? Is he not a giant only in comparison of the dwarfs about him—a Cyclops —a one-eyed monarch among the blind ? The Doctor declares his ennviction that public libraries are unpropitious to scholarship and deep thinking ; yet he must know that every man of research has need to consult hundreds of books, quite beyond his ability to pur chase ; or which, if he did purchase, it is extremely likely he would so involve himself as only to be able to enjoy their contents in a prison. (Hear.) Who does not know that a judiciously-selected private library is one of the greatest comforts and most chinning consolations of life, but (as any bookseller could have informed Dr. IL•hiraker had he made the inquiry) the existence of the public libraries is one great cause which fosters the taste for reading, and occasions the formation of private collections. Away then with Doctor IVhitaker and his objections to public libra ries. (Cheers.) But, fellow citizens, the rise of institutions, like the present, is a feature of novelty in these times; ■nd there are to be found men who hate novelty, though it brings novelty along with it, and admire antiquity, however pregnant with abuses. These men detest novelty tor its own sake, and are like the musty anti quary, who entertained such a hatred of every thing new. that he did not wish heaven to be designated by the name of the " Sew Je rusalem." (Laughter.) Let us look this novelty in the face, and see whether it be " A spirit of health, or goblin dsmn'd." The time is not long passed away when the citizen might be found at the tavern, the gaming table, the catch club, or the theatre; but how much more noble pursuits and objects than the best and least harmless of those do we wish to render popular ! (Loud applause.) Your object is to make the cultivation of your minds constitute the relaxation of your labours—the sweet oblivion of your care. And I consider this a purpose, in every way worthy of a man who has been made in the image of his Creator! (Cheers.) It is not ne cessary to be other than brief In combating the arguments of our adversaries, because their arguments combat one another. At one time they tell you " knowledge will cease to be valuable be cause it is common." And, again, that this dog-cheap knowledge, which is so very general and universal, will, notwithstanding it has " ceased to be valuable," render men " proud, saucy, and unwilling to work !" Away with such arguments! is not knowledge a solid good, and the stadia the human spirit? 1/'hat if aU men were ha. bituated to drink impure water and eat unwholesome bread, and that some one brought to their doors good and pure provisions, would they refuse to make use of them ? and would any body be found mad enough to pronounce then, no blessing, and toladd that " wholesome bread and water would soon grow so cheap as would confer no distinction ?" That there are more -such visionary alarmists in England must be unwillingly admit ted—men of whose prejudices Continental nations would be ashamed, and yet such prejudices still linger in England. When I last visited Prussia, and saw the Literary Institutions established by Frederick LII, 1 confess for a moment I felt such a sensation of envy for the possession of Royal Power as no Englishman and lover of liberty can, in his own country, long permit himself to entertain where the Monarch is a despotic one. As the most inno cent things are capable of being misunderstood, 1 beg leave to say that when I praise the present King of Prussia for founding Uni versities, I most distinctly deprecate any attempt on my part to praise him at the expense of the august individual who fills the throne of these realms :—against whom. were I capable of breath ing an insinuation, my hideous disloyalty would be aggravated by personal ingratitude. (Ileur, hear.) Our King has no more power to found a University than the President of the United Scams of America, though, according to his power and the extent of his in fluence, he has repeatedly proved himself the most munificent pa tron of the arts, sciences, and, literature. (Hear.) The King of Prussia holds the nurse-strings of his realm ; and I am free to admit, notwithstanding lie is a member of the Holy Alliance, and 1 believe he cannot help it, his endowments have won for him the admiration of the world. But. fellow.citizens, your metropolis is richer than the entire Prussian dominions, possessing as it does so dense and compact a population, enabling all its members spftdily to coalesce and correspond for purposes like the present. You have the advantage of 'procuring all descriptions of philorio phical apparatus at the cheapest rate. I trust this institution will, in the best Sense of the word, prove a powerful combination, whose bond shall be mutual improvement and advance in knowledge. No man should say, that the desire to obtain knowledge, now preva lent, is a passing rage and fashion ; the English mind is not to be tamed or repressed by time or circumstances ; and I hope the present object will be pursued with the spirit which in other matters the world has admitted and felt to be inherent in the breasts of Englishmen. I greet this Association as a mark of the progress of intellect in this country, and conclude by seconding the resolution, and exhorting you to peesevere in your purpose. Having takes your resolution, may you proceed and On resolution build resolve—. " That column of true dignity in man." —Stroud applause.) lite resolution was then put from the chair, and carried unani. mously. Mr. J. WRIGHT (the banker)movcd the second resolution to the following effect : Resolved, 2d, That such an Institution be now formed, for per sons engaged in commercial and professional pursuits at the west ern part of the metropolis, ard be denominated „ The Western Li. terary and Scientific Institution." r. HOBHOCSE rose, amid loud applause, fur the purpose of 1 seconding the resolution, previous to which be beggedto say that his honourable colleague, who, with himself, had been invited to attend this meeting, was prevented by severe indisposition from', coming forward to give his personal support to this valuable insti tution. He wished to congratulate the assembly on the circum stance of those who derived their wealth and respectability from commerce coming forward to advance the interests of knowledge and literature among their dependents. The present era most re sembled that of the Aledici, when wealth was exchanged for books, and those who wielded the sword of empire broughtback along with their conquests the symbols and the future seeds of science and literature. He was almost sorry that his eloquent and honourable friend should have troubled himself with the wretched sophisms of knowledge. AVithout knowledge religion itself sunk into supersti tion, and man became more grovelling than the brute that perished, losing, as he did, that which conferred on him the stamp and impress of the Divinity. (Hear, hear.) Ile thought better days were fast approaching, of which he took the present assembly, in which he perceived persons of different senti ments in religion and politics all endeavouring to promote their common object, as an earnest. It was the property of literature and science to unite all men who strove after the noblest objects unmixed with baser matter. There were moments of adversity, when nothing could console the mind except a recourse to " those dead friends who never flatter and never deceive"—books. Speaking of literary pursuits, Cicero had said. " these studies are the food of youth, the consolation of age ; they form the charm of private life ; they grace society ; they accompany us when we travel abroad and when we remain at home; they relieve the labours of the day, and beguile the watches of the night." (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Along with all this, there was a connexion and alliance between liberty and literature, which no man cauld sunder; despotism was inconsistent with literature. (Cheers.) It only remained for him to second the proposition of his Hon. Friend, which he did with the greatest cheerfulness and pleasure. Ile felt himself highly ho noured in being called on to aid io those endeavours, so creditable to their projectors and useful to society.—The lion. Gentleman sat down amid loud applause. Dr. 0. GILCHRIST wished to propose an amendment to the wording of the Resolution. He wished the word " commercial" to I be omitted. The Resolution now stood, " for persons engaged in commercial and professional pursuits," &c. It would, he thought, be rendered more general by omitting " commercial." Dr. ilirre it ELL supported the original Resolution. Hr. WRIGHT explained. Dr. GILCHRIST withdrew his amendment, and the original Re solution was put by the Chair and agreed to.. 11r. Ditotiuttax rose amid applause and cheers, which conti nued fors long time before the Learned Gentleman could procura a bearing. When the tumult had a little subsided, he commenced by making a few observations on the resolution just passed, which he thought much better without the proposed alteration and amend ment of the worthy Doctor. If the learned and worthy Gentleman wished to secure the universality of the resolution, and its applica bility to all classes, that would be best secured by permitting it to remain in iis present state. However, though he looked on the in stitution as in its nature gsneral, and had no objection to its conti nuing so as far as was practicable, yet he could not disguise from himself that its great importance would be found to rest in its being what it would probably soon be called for shortness, and in com mon parlance, " • Clerks' Institution." It appeared to be pens. Hardy adapted to that most numerous, useful, trorthr, and respect. able class of men, whose days were spent in the honourable pur suits and occupations of trade and commerce, but whose evenings were for the most part unoccupied, and therefore, and for that rea. Nen, sometimes ill occupied. It could not but be highly satin. knot) , and agreeable to see that class of into coming volun. tarily forward to institute this Society, which would give them the means of passing the hours of the day left to them, after their labours and occupations were over, well and pleasantly, with profit to themselves and advantage to their employers. It had been well said that idleness opened the door to mis chief and misery and it might be added, that idleness was in itself missy, without exceeding the limits of rational as senior., or going one iota beyond the truth. (Hear, hear.) if on this subject any argument were necessary, or any farther exhor tation required, the 'ligament and the exhortation were both pro vided by those spa ken who had preceded him, and who left no. thing to add or desire. But there was one point of view connected with the completion of their present vitriolic which he wished to bring before their minds, because it struck him as one of the most important consequences likely to flow from the establishment of the Institution. It was this : those persons who had more time on their hands than swimmerets' men, or in other words, the people who went by the name of the higher classes, would be stimulated by such institutions and exertions on the part of their inferiors, to set about improving themselves when they saw the latter taking such pains to make advances in knowledge. It would not stop here. The benefit of their example would extend downwards as well as upwards, till it reached those who had the least time of all, and were nearest what were denominated the labouring clues. These would be encouraged and assisted by it. so that the commercial men would not only improve themselves, but have the satisfaction of benefiting others likewise. The improvement of the mercantile body would go hand in hand with that of this class, and the former would no doubt be ready to assist the others so as to enable them to keep pace with themselves. (Cheers.) So that he considered the institution as occupying • must important place, and exercising • mast important influence over the nit of the community. They would not only labour after, and work out their own improvement, but be ready on occasion to bold out a need:lll and helping hand to THE BRITISH PRESS. those who, having less time for their own improvement, would stand in more need of such encouragement. This assistance would no doubt be conveyed in the best form, as advice, countenance, en couragement, and, where need was, in the shape of pecuni a ry aid, as far as that was wante d, or cou ld be safely applied. But, gene rally speaking, it was always best to let the bulk of the expense come out of the pockets of those who would be benefited by the outlay, in like manner as in this institution, the principal charges of money would have to be defrayed by the parties themselves in whose behoof it was originated. (Hear.) Vfith some little experience in the formation and care of institutions of a kind such as the present, among various classes of the commu nity, he never saw ono exception to the good and general rule, that they best served the people they desired to benefit, who allowed the management to remain in the hands el those for whose advantage the institution was established. There was another rule equally general; he had never known one exception—and that was that those per sons who had afforded needful help in the formation of these establishments, when they offered sound and useful advice, were always sufficiently attended to, and every necessary heed given to their recsmmendations. 'f ife Resolution it fell to him to move was one that embraced in a very clear and concise manner the objects of the Institution, and they were, the establishment of a library, the formation of classes for the acquit ition of the languages and the sciences, andidelivery of lectures on important subjects. This Institution would be one of the first of the kind formed, but was not likely to be the last ; for he thought it would hardly fail to lead the establi s hm ent o f others, because there was scarcely a large town in the kingdom where instruction and information were not wanted in, it might be. a still greater degree than in theme. tropolis. The Learned Gentleman sat down amid loud applause, having first moved the the third Resolution as follows: " That the objects contemplated in the formation of the Institu tion be the establishment of a library of reference and circulation, and rooms for reading and conversation ; the formation of Classes for the acquisition of the languages and the sciences; and the de livery of lectures on the most interesting and important subjects in the departments of literature and science." Mr- G. GROTE seconded the Resolution, which was agreed to. Dr. BIRXRCCIL moved the 4th Resolution, " That members shall contribute annually the sum of 21., to be advanced by half-yearly payments ; anti that those persons who shall, on or before the 24th instant, put down their names and ad dresses in the books now opened, and pay their subscription, shall be considered as original members. The Hon. D. KINNAIRD seconded the Resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. Mr. P. MOORE addressed a few words to the Meeting, and con chided by the offer of a donation of a entail collection of books, for the use of the members of the institution. Mr. HEATH the Barrister moved the fifth Resolution. That the following gentlemen do form a Provisional Committee, and be hereby authorised to cake all necessary nieassutlis to promote the objects in view : Mr. Barwfse Mr. Place, jun. Mr. Benson Mr. Read Mr. Biddieston Mr. Ryan Mr. C3lllllchael Mr. J. Taylor Mr. Hitchman Mr. Thompson Ilr. Jackson Mr. Tijou Mr. Mitchell Mr. Watkins. Colonel TORRENs, in seconding this Resolution, observed, that the pretended moralists, who objected to these Institutions, must be prepared to assert that the middle and lower classes ought to work until nature MB exhausted, and when refreshed by rest to re turn to labour again , without recreation ; or they must be prepared to maintain, that the best recreation for the youth of this great me tropolis was in parading its streets, or frequenting taverns. These cavillers would have the middle class of this intellectual country sunk into one mass of depravity ; but he was rejoiced to find that the march of knowledge was fast destroying their doctrine, which was dangerous to the safety of the country, as it was fatal to the comforts and morals of the middle and lower classes of the com munity. All sudden changes in political systems were pregnant with danger, even s chane from bad to good, too rapidly brought about, might prod uce evil; but these institutions were calculated to secure the safety of all, by first improving the country, and then improving theliuman race. A GENT Lestare, whose name we could not learn, said that he could not be satisfied that the Committee should be formed of gentlemen not possessing influence. He way in hopes that the Hon. Gentleman who had moved and seconded the R eso l ut i ons ' would have formed a past of the Committee. The CHAIRMAN begged for one moment to interrupt the' worthy gentleman by informing him that the Committee now ap. pointed was merely a Provisional Committee until the 24th inst. These gentlemen were selected to form the Committee, because the design originated with them. The Gentleman who caused this reply from the Chairman' observed, that he ought not to have been put down as he was by the Chairman ; and still persisted in hoping that the gentleman who had moved and seconded the Resolutions would act on the Committee. He then moved that the gentlemen who had moved and seconded the resolutions this evening be ael?ed to the list of those whom it is proposed shall form the Committee. Dr. GiteRRIBT seconded this Resolution. He thought it most important that every influence should be given to this Institution, because he duly appreciated its importance. He had lately been in a foreign land, where every one was kind to his fellow-eseaturea, and even to the dumb animals under their care. If Mr. Martin were to go there, he might say, " Othello's occupation's gone." And what had given rise to this kindly feeling ? He would tell the meeting—all the people were educated. (Laughter and applause.) The CHAIRMAN thought that the direction of the Institution ought to be with those who were to have the practical benefit of it. The gentlemen alluded to were willing to have their names added to the list ; bath could scarcely be expected that they should at. tend to all the details of the formation of this Society. For in. stance, how could the Member for Winchelsea, engaged as he was lin the Courts and in Parliament, be expected to conk night after night, to attend to the minutia of this establishment ? It was not fair to expect it. After a few words from Mr. D. KINNAIRD, the amended Reso lution regarding the movers and seconders of the Resolution being added to the Committee, was put and negatived, when the 11th Re , solution having been moved by Dr. MITCHELL, and seconded by I Mr. READ, was read from the Chair, and carried unanimmodr, " That the Members do meet on Thursday the 24th instent, to re. ceive the Report of the Committee, and to consider the body of laws that any be necessaary to the government of the Institution." The 7th Resolution—. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to Henry Drummond, Esq. for the seal he hos displayed in pro mooing the formation of the Institution, and for Ms conduct in the Chair," was moved by Mr. J. I.lsuutErrosi, and seconded by Mr. TIJOr. - - - - - - The CHAIRMAN very shortly returned thanks, and the Meeting broke up at ten o'clock. A portion of the committee took their stations at the bottom of tbe room, with books sod checks, for the ;impose of giving receipts and taking down the names of such individuals as might be inclined to subscribe to the Institution; and we understand before the room was cleared a great Dumber of persons had inserted their Denies as members. BRITISH CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the British CsWs7 ..-- c Misociatian was held yester. day, omen tnt to advertisement, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. In consequence, we presume, of dor extremely wet weather, the meeting was very thinly attended. and it was not until an hour and a half after the time stated in the advertisement that the Chair was taken by CHARLES BUTLER, Esq. The Secretary, BLOUNT, Esq. spoke as follows:—It is perfectly unnecessary for me to repeat that our slender resources are totally exhausted, and that we must desist from our lsboura. Thee:. pericnce of the past, nod knowledge of the future, enable me to state that 1001. per month is indispensably necessary to enable us to act with effect; and, uolesa the Gentlemen who compose this Associa tion can raise so much, by appealing with success to the body at large, I consider that I owe to you and to myself to resign the si tuation I have now the honour to hold. I cannot consent to bear any share of the odium that must and ought to attach to feeble and inefficient efforts in a cause that calls for all our exertions. We have used every means that have been pl a c e d in our power, to raise the British Catholics from their inglo rious lethargy, and have signally failed. It is useless and worse than useless to disguise the fact. Under such a failure, it becomes me to retire from taking a pr ominent part , leaving t o others to accomplish what I have failed in effecting. To prove be yond the possibility of cavil the benefits that have accrued from your past exertions. I will state, that I hold in my hands letters from every part of England, very many frm - s our respectable Clergy, commending your exertions and acknowledging the benefits that have ensued. In the course of the last year you distributed more than 90,000 tracts, &c. calculated to remove the erroneous impres sions entertained of our opinions, civil and religious. Since the last general meeting scarcely four months have elapsed, and you have circulated upwards of 31,000 more; and that the judicious ness of the selection may be proved beyond all doubt, I will read to the meeting a list of these publications, viz.:-11r. Howard's re marks on the erroneous opinions entertained respecting Catholics ; Rev. Mr. Sidney Smith's sermon on I !brie t ian charity ; also his speech at Beverley; Mr. Butler's Letter on the Coronation Oath ; also, that gentleman's Iseuer on Undivided Allegiance; Dr. Lingard's Defence of the Roman Catholic Church ; the Rev. C. Bird's Ser mon, preached before the Judges of Assize, at Appleby. accom panied with Copies of the Annual Report of the Association. for 1325. I have also received numerouscommunications from persons who must be nameless—Protestant Gentlemen of high rank, opu. lence, and rcupeetabdity--expreseive of their satisfaction at the light that has been thrown on our exertione by the works we have circu lated. Some of those persons tender their services to give cir culation to works calculated to undeceive the public, and they express an opinion that, in every County in England, you may readily find persons of the first rank and respectability, mem bers of the Established Church, who will lend their assistance to re move the load of ignorance which bad men seek to perpetuaie by working on inveterate prejudices. Nothing can be more self.evi dect than the benefit that would necessarily result from such an agency ; rind you want but the pecuniary assistance of the Catholic body to establish it—an expense which might to be considered as nothing. when compared with the evident benefits that would result from it, not to us alone, but to the cause of jun. lice, humanity, and truth. It met be well that I noose here the backwardness of some timid persons in giving you their support, under the idle apprehension that the discus. sten of one grievances might create religions acrimony and rancour : such objection is almost too futile for reply ; it cannot is: better answered than by a reference to the rules and regulations of your defence Committee, by the .enumeraticn of the works you have distributed, and by the fact that they are the larger part the productions of Protestants of high cha. racier, and not of Catholics, and that they are al! calculated to promote charitable feeling amongst all Christians. Let any candid person examine the tone of those who will vilify. as the torrents of abuse hourly poured upon us prove, and candidly say wbether temperate vindication can be hurtful. Besides, are we not fosperi ously called upon by a sense of gratitude and of common justice to endeavour to serve these and our Protestant friends, who risk all to serve us ? A fact illusttative of this is now before me : a highly • distinguished Member of Parliament, in addressing hie constitu ents. makes use of the following expression :—" All that I request (and this I will presume to say, I think equally due to yourself and to me) is, that you should avail yourselves of every means , in your power of understanding the nature of that question , upon which it is my misiiirtune to differ In opinion from some of you: that you should not be led away by any general de. clamation against the course which I, in common with some of the first and ben men in this country, of the present as well as of past times, have felt it my duty to pursue, but on the contrary should take pains to understand the real considerations which have influ enced my vote. I have already expressed my conviction, how de sirable it Is that means of education should be amply furnished to the lower classes of society ; and I pledge myself that before that period shall arrive when it may be proper that I should personally claim your suffrages, I will give every man, woman, and child within this borough, who is able to read, the means of judging for themselves on the subject of what is called ' the Catholic Ques tion.' " This is not a solitary case of what occurs at Newcastle. under-Line, and has occurred at many other places; and the English Catholics are called upoh, by every consideration that ho. nourable men hold sacred, to strain every nerve to eradicate those false impressions which have operated to the disadvantage of their friends. I have already enumerated the works which I would re. commend to be sent. lam desirous of particularizing them, that our friends and opponents may each judge whether they are such NI can he taken exception to—whether they are sffensive to the re ligious feelings of ally portion of the community, or violate in the smallest degree the principles of Christian charity. If what we owe to ourselves and to our friends, who labour under unmerited odium, or their conscientious advocacy of our cause cannot induce you to labour unceasingly to open the eyes of the deluded, we have another powerful motive still to rebut the wanton slanders of un principled opponents. Not many days have elapsed since a re. spected friend of mine sent me a provincial paper, containing an excellent speech of our highly-valued friend the Earl of Bristol, to whom we owe a boundless debt of gratitude. In running my eyes over the same paper, I discovered an address from some candidate for a seat in Parliament, to the Worthy Electors of the borough he would fain represent. I will not tire you with the whole of this pre cious farrago, but will confine myself to that portion of it of which you have so much reason to complain—it is signed John Wilke, jun. Who this John Willis, jun. may be, I neither know or care; he has violated the bounds of common decency , in your regard ; has brought against; you the cruelest and most unfounded imputations that malignity can devise. The religion you practice—that re ligion which is your solace in life, and your judge in death—the religion of one-third of the subjects of the United Kingdom, and of nineteen-twentieths of the Christian world—your calumniator declares to be suliversive of good order, and even of national security. Where has this would-be British Senator made this notable discovery? What part of the conduct of the English Catholics has subjected them to such cruel reproaches ? Are they forgetful of the respect they owe to the laws ? ('unfaithful to their public or private engagements ? In the hour of strife, when the State has needed their services, have they slunk back ?—have they been sparing of their blood or their treasure at the call of their country ? bet Mr. John Wilks, jun. consult the page of English history— he will there read the devoted loyalty of Catholics, their unbounded attachment to their kings when loyalty had ceased to be a duty, and was become a virtue. Surely the conduct of the English Ca tholics warrants not the injurious imputation ? Is it in Ireland it can be substantiated. In what period of Irish history have the Catholics been unmindful of their allegiance to their Ring. or their duty to the State? Let him ask the commanders of our fleets and armies whether they have ever been found wanting in the hour of danger ; and our gracious Sovereign himself will condescend to say whether, when he honoured Ireland with his Royal presence, he was received with the warmth of the devoted affection, or with the cold calculations of doubtful loyalty ? If we are referred to the conduct of the Catholics, when they were goaded almost to desperation by ill usage, groundless suspicions, and atrocious calumnies, we shall find their loyalty exemp lary. In the Rebellion of 1798, and the events that pre ceded and followed it, history proves beyond dispute that the leaders of that rebellion, and the promoters of' negotiation with France, were Protestants. The shameless accusation is not only devoid of truth, it bears not the semblance of it ; and we repel tt with contempt and disgust. The height of 111 r. John Wilks's am. bition is a seat in Parliament, and be imagines that abuse of Catho. lies is his passport to the favour of the electors of Sudbury ; and consequence he condescends to CAW to their had feelings by alms ins us. He calls himself the friend to the Dissenter, hecituse the Dissenter may contribute to his totems ; and he effects to be friendly to civil and religious liberty while he aims a blow at the vitals of both, because these general possessions cost him nothing. If he succeed by such means we envy him not his laurels. The calumniated, proscribed, and trampled upon Papist had rather be the victim of unjust laws than gain honours and elevation by prac tising such as his, by fomenting prejudices, flattering ignorance, and working on the worst passions of a mob, In any country in Europe except England, were a man to act such a pan. he would be despised and looked down upon by every portion of the community. In Catholic France were a candidate for public favour to endeavour to recommend himself by gross abuse of the Protest. ant Faith, he would be hooted by the very children in the streets. and every man of respectable character would shun his society. I anxiously hope that the portion of the address of John Wilke, jun. to which I have alluded, will be copied into all the foreign papers, and more especially into the French Journals, that the Protestants of that country who enjoy perfect equality of civil rights with the Catholics in that Catholic State, may join, as I am sure they will do, in a public expression of indignation at this afro. dons slander. Above' all, I could wish the English Protest ants, resident in France, whose church is found them, and whose Pastor is paid by a Catholic Government, should read the return that such proper conduct meets with from the pro fessors of a religion boasting its peculiar liberality. Within a few hours another attack upon us, equally atrocious, has fallen within my view.--( Here the Hon. Gentleman read some passages from 31r. Butterworth's speech at the meeting of the Wesleyan Mis sionary Society, hold in Spitalfields on the evening of the 7th inst.) " The immense Methodist !" Are Mr. Butterworth and his also. dates aware, that the idolatry of Ireisnd is the idolatry of France, the idolatry of Spain, the idolatry of Portugal, the idolatry of Italy, the idolotry of all the Emperor of Austria's immense dominions-- in fact, that it is the idolatry of nearly all Christendom ; and that this is the idolatry which he proclaims to be tenfold worse thah that of Heathen countries, and we must necessarily infer that Chris tianity is confined within thenarrow confines of Wesleyan Method ism. 31r. Butterworth opened his meeting by prayer ; nod forbid that I should blame the practice ; I cordially join in its propriety, and especially in the present instance, as no doubt lie supplicated ' the Almighty for an abundant increase of Christian charity. lie. fore I conclude, you will, perhaps, have patience with me whilst I touch on one subject more, which I do with great pain, yet I cannot but express the deep regret that the Catholics feel at the very decided opposition that their claims haye met with in a very high quarter. No word of disrespect shall escape my lips towards that Illustrious Prince, but we may be permitted to express our unfeigned sorrow that his Royal High. newt the Duke of York should seem to consider abuse of us, and of our civil andAreligious principles, as a passport not only to his presence, but to his approbation and favour ; that his influence should be exerted to deprive us of our constitutional rights— ' rights which we claim in common with all Englishmen, and which we have never forfeited by our misdeeds. We tender to his illustrious family our entire and undivided allegiance we swear obedience to the laws and we obey them ; and in our re lative situations in life we fill with fidelity our social duties ; and we humbly submit, that in a free country no further test should be required of any man. We presume to hope that this ii lustrious personage will not drive to despair many millions of those who, in the ordinary course of nature, may one day be his subjects by pronouncing against them a sweeping sentence of indiscriminate and endlesss proscription. We implore his Royal Higness not to suffer himself to be misled by the prejudices and erroneous impressions stampt upon his mind in early youth, and which no leisure for investigation in his matures years has assisted to eradicate. Withent incurring even the suspicion of meaning to be disrespectful, might we not presume to recommend to his Royal Highness to examine this question coolly, deliber ately, and with his Royal mind divested, as far as may be, of predisposing impressions ? Sure, are we, that his Royal Highness were he better informed, would not take to his bosom every indi vidual or little knot of persons, however insignificant in other re spects, who came before him as the decided opponents to the restoration of our constitutional rights. From Sheffield, a society of pemons, calling themselves an Orange Lodge, presumed to in trude on this illustrious Prince ; the members of this lodge are 15 in number, they hold their meetings at a low public-house, and amongst them there is not one single individual of either influence or respectability. Among other societies, who have also addressed his Royal Hig hness, we may be permitted to notice one that appears to court notoriety. What name to call it by I hardly know—they are the Protestant Union, or an Orange Lodge, as best suits the present purpose; as an Orange bodge, I hold in my hand the following record of the proceedings:—Warrant, No. 99, was there produced, and read as follows: No. 911, granted this 29th day of September, 1823. By virtue of' this authority our well beloved Brother Orangeman. William Augustus South, Esq. of Southwark, in the county of Surrey. and his successors are nominated and warranted to the office of a Master in the Orange Institution, and approved to perform the requisite there of, within the Realm of Great Britain, given under our seal at London KENYOW, Deputy Grand Master. CHET WOOD Etrsracs, Deputy Grand Seeretary. Warrant No. 101, closed with prayer, and Warrant 119 Was duly opened with prayer. 'rite remark that I would make on this paper, is the singular fact, that a Pen of the Realm, is their Deputy Grand Master, and that no name appears of the Grand Master himself. lie must of course be some illustrious person, who towns above the Peerage; but whose name it is thought imprudent to divulge. Is the Duke of York aware of this monstrous fact ? Does he know that the persons whom he received with open arms are the members of a secret Association, concealing the name of the Grand Master, and united together by mysterious ties, which they dare not avow ? As the Protestant Union, the Society consists of about fill persons, of whom one half ars clergymen—last year they presented a fulsome address to Sir Harcourt Lees, this year they have Imposed on the unsus pecting good nature of the Duke of York. Gentlemen, one word more, and 1 have done, but a word of great importance: it is, earnestly to entreat our fellow-countrymen to deal by as as they 4o by all others in every common concern of life. MbOtt before they strike 1 Not to decide against us in a matter of slto utmost moment, which regards our dearest rights, our fair faros, unsullied reputation ; not to decide on matters of such nutmeat without full and candid examination. We throw ourselves with full confidence on the justice, the benevolence, the honen.hearted_ ness of our countrymen ; we call on them to judge, after hill in vestigation, whether or not we are the victims of unfounded re hensions, or suffer the penalties due to our transgressions. 00 the verdict of our countrymen informed on the subject on which y decide, and not led astray by artful misrepresentations, we are willing to stand or fall. Our tremors planted the sacred tree of the British Constitution. We have protected it with our fortunes, we have watered it with our blood. Shall we never be permitted to enjoy under its wide-spreading branches our fair share of protention and repose ? Gentlemen, it gives me much pleasure to say, that a number of our Association, to whom we are all highly indebted fee his unwearied zeal, is just returned from Lancashire, whence he brings moat favourable accounts of the activity, spirit, and bar_ loony that prevail amongst all descriptions of Catholics in the populous towns in that county. I will not forestall any portion of the valuable details you will receive from him, but certainly his flattering statements give us ground to hope that a spirit is stirring. as r breeze t. moving, that may still waft our vessel tri u mph ant l y Into -- RAWSON, Esq. then addressed the meeting, and ob served, that the British Catholic Association originated with the Catholic aristocracy of the country. Many of them, it was true, had not come forward, for many disliked to appear in public, but they should bear in mind that if they were not ready to perform in their persons, they should be ready to perform with their purses. Ile had lately been on a visit to Lancashire, and had there beheld a glowing picture of the zeal by which the Catholic merchants, trades men, and mechanics s i that populous county were actuated. In Manchester, particularly, where there was a population of 40,000 persons, he knew the friends of that Association and of Catholic Emancipation were very numerous indeed, and h e felt assured that notwithstanding the gloomy statement which the respected Senn tary had felt it necessary to make, the next twelvemonth would create such an alteration in the state of their funds, as to enable him to makes very different report. In Preston and in Liverpool, the greatest exertions had been made, and they had been most suc cessful. During the meeting at the latter town, and before the Chair was quitted, no less than 1,250 new members were enrolled in the Institution. In other towns in Lancashire similar success had attended the labours of the different Committees, and there was every reason not only for congratulation as to the past, but for anticipation of the future. Ilia object in rising was, to move a vote of thanks to the 69 Peers who passed the celebrated Resolutions( at Buckinghem-house ; and also to the twelve other Peers who, from want of opportunity, were unable to sign them, although they perfectly approved of their substance, and afterwards voted in favour of Catholic Emancipation in the House of Lords. The Resolution having been moved by Mr. Rewsow, and se conded by Colonel STORE R. was carried unanimously. The Rev. Dr. Coeeres then rose, and said, that his object in addressing the meeting was to allude to one of the most distinguished friends that the Roman Catholics ever had • but he regretted that his motion was on e o f mourn i ng , an d not Of thanks for that distill quelled individual and zealous friend was now lost to them in this world for ever. He alluded to the late Earl of Donoughmore, the hereditary advocate of Catholic Emancipation—eereditarp advo cate because hie father, Il e ly H utc hi nson , once Provost of Trinity College, supported their rig hts , and maintain e d th e i r cause i n t h e very worst of time s , when - there was imminent danger in his so doing. Now, in the present day, there was comparatively little merit in being their advocate, for although there were some fools who still advised persecution aid prescription, the present taco were in general well disposed towards their claims ; but at the pe riod to which he alluded, when Hely Hutchinson stepped forward to their defence, the public acrimony and opposition was then as great as it was now among those few individuals who pursued the Catholics with so much rancour and bitterness. Then. when Hely Hutchinson departed, his son' and successor became their wartuneand best friend. When the fish Catholics compli_ inented him on his new honoun, what wasliis reply ? I value not my title, I value not my Immure, I valve nothing so much as the title you give me of hereditary advocate and defereler of the Catholic Cause." His life was an abridgment of patriotism, and all his exertions tended to this ate great end. There was a time when zeal was on the wane, when courage w as a l most l ost i n De land, when wisdom waa_witimut its haeptration, when the vessel was going down, tyheo the enemy was . bearing upon it, and when all beads were about 10 sonnet and relinquish all hopes of vletiory--then he, Who was, as it were, Walt passenger on board, nailed the colours to the mast. As he began his public life in de fence of the Catholics, so in their defence he ended it ; for he was told, when he cense over to this country for the last time to be their advocate, that his death would be the consequence. " I can meet no death," he replied, •• more honourable, I can meet no death more agreeable, than to die in defence of thatholle Caner," under the very roof, beneath which the Catholics were then assembled, the last act of his public life was performed in their favour; when his friends advised him not to venture forth, he neglected their ad. vice, and appeared among them ; and his speech on that occasion was one which would be remembered by the Catholics with encl. rude, evtn if they had never received any other favour from him. What was the consequence? His frame ware shiptend, his phy sical powers declined, and We retired lflto the country in iitiet to resign himself' to the will 'of his Maker. But before he died, he wrote to him (Dr. Collins) a note, requesting that the Resolutions of the 69 Peers, who had assembl e d at B uc k i ngham-house, might be published, and that it might also be stated, that 12 others had shared in their sentineeets and bad given him their proxies. It was thus that he justified the appellation of heriditsry advocate and defender of the Catholic Cause; and thus he had justified the re solution, regretting his melancholy loss. Of' this deeply lamented Peer, he woul say, Curer kw: Aquatint', intent(' tacent. The Rev. Gentleman then moved a Resolution to the following effect— " That this Meeting deeply laments the death of the late Earl of Donoughmore, as a great calamity to the Catholic Cause—that to his death, he justified by his faithful adherence to that cause, the title of its hereditary advocate and defender; but that his death is in some degree softened by the reflection thlst his sentiments are participated by every individual of his illustrious family, and that this Resolution, accompanied by a letter from the British Catholic: Association, in the name of the British Catholics, be transmitted to the present Earl of Donoughmore." J. li'renaw, Esq seconded the resolution ; and, after COOL. meriting on some of the points on which objections were ?aimed against the Roman Catholics, he observed, that the grand open. anion to their claims was grounded on their alleged divided alle giance. Now allegiance was was defined, by all the law writers of this and other countries, to be "the tie or ligament which binds the subject to the sovereign, in return for the protection which the sovereign affords to the subject." It was therefore a mutual con. tract by which each party was bound to give and receive some ad vantage. The subject, according to every definition of his duties, had four duties to perform. First, he was to pay to the sovereign certain taxes; second, he was bound to do suit and service in hie courts ; third, he was to maintain the peace ; and 4th, he was to reveal any treasonable practices of which tie might have knowlecge. Now he (Mr. IWithan) would ask the Earl of' Liverpool, who had spoken so much and in so unwarranted a manner, about this di vided allegiance, in which of those duties bad the Catholics failed on which of those points had they been Mend wanting? end the the Earl of Liverpool would say—" Nose." On the side of the Catholics, then, it was clear that the ligament was time and tight, but was it so on the other side? The duty of the sovereign, ac cording to the same definitions, was, to protest the persons and the property of his subjects. Now the statute-book of England stepped in, and said, receive all, but do not pay all. It was on the side ef the sovereign, then, that the allegiance was divided, and not on tee side of his Catholic subjects. MICHAEL QUIY, Leq. then rose and said, so many theme stances have occurred to resist the progress of Catholic elnanelPe • thin, that at no period were there so many reasons for exertion on the part of every friend of freedom. When the hopes of the Cat ho lice had been so recently blighted, when the mildew was still npoe them, unless :bey did exert themselves, their hopes grunt for ever perish. It was not their enemies only that they had to fear, many of them were misguided by mere ignorance, but the majority were actuated by the consideration that they were protecting the es..- blshed church—the former might be undeceived. and were deity becoming so, but the latter, whose motives were those of Interest would continue to oppose then until they found that opposition would be altogether treeless. Supported as they were in their op. position by individuals of illustrio us rank and distinguished learn-. ing,they mould never cease to keep the Catholics degraded as long as they had the power so to do. Although they well knew that the estimation in which the Catholics held the sacredness of an oath was the only barrier that kept from them the rights of Englishmen. their argument was, that the Catholic did not believe in the bindirg nature of an oath. They could not be ignorant that the Net. States, whose conduct did them so much honour, were embolic. yet they argued that the Catholic religion was incompatible with liberty. Might they not know of Mexico that its connexion with the see of Rome was so purely ,piritual, as in no way to aff ec t t h e freedom of the state ? But was it possible that they believed in the force of such an argument P No. Such misrepresentations west; necessary to increase that opposition in which they took so decidets a part—no matter whether their objections were true or fabie, se• long as they were believed to he well-founded by the different co: - porations who could raise a clamour on their side. They on!. A quired to keep the Catholics degraded by every means they count de vise, however beneath their dignity as men, and their profession a. Christians. Ask them toreason on facts, and they hear that thereli gion of the Catholics is the prototype of that which they profess ; thee hear that Catholics do not believe in the Pope's infallibility; that they can buy pardons for money, or that they have a right to as sassinate princes ; but when they do hear that those bugbears have no existence, to what conclusion do they come ? Why that the Catholic may speak truly for himself; bat that a ll hi s brethren be lieve certainly in the most criminal doctrines that the most crimi nal historians hare attributed to them. This was the mean sub coterufnutgrey.tha had Among t s o, the s,ri lo ten ng like sh an she had incubus hadspentth en the eir uind of es i and thie their talents in unworthy efforts to injure the Catholic cause, and to • retard the progress of their emancipation, it was with deep regret lie saw the name of one who was not unknown to him—the Rev • Blanco White. It might have been expected that his early asso ciations, his respect for the opinions of his tinnily, apt the creed of his country, and, above all, the recollection that to the Catholic church he was indebtedfor a long arid a learned education, would have prevented him from turning against her the polished antes which she herself had girded to his aide. He. ( Mr. this did oat so much rear the enemies of theeatholics as the apathy of the Ca tholics themselves—that mistaken prudence which prevensed se many from exertions, from the fear of injuriogthemselemi in their psofessional situations; this feeling hail long been operating and mill operated. But the Catholics glad gained over to their cuss the