The Sun. — London, England, 1823-12-05 00:00:00

TIM LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Ritrnets from the Morning Papers, Dec. 5. [TUE TIMER.' Letters received by the packet , from Lisbon, - which sailed on the morning of the 24th ult., state, that the Portuguese Government had re ceived intelligence of tin encourteous treatment of the Brazilian Commissioners on their arrival at Rio de Jatieko, :trill were placed by that event in'a state of considemble perplexity, since on this negoeintion the hopes of acquiring any au thority whitteiev ie Brazil were rounded. The alternative of employing an armed force, is said to lutve presented itself to the Portuguese Minis .lry on the first receipt of this intelligence, but we do not learn nor believe that any intention of that nature can at. the present moment be se -riously entertained. It was understood in Lis bon that great efforts were about to be made by the Brazilian Government to increase its naval stiengtli, 01' that orders had been transmitted to the United States for the building and equip ment of five large frigates. [MORN INO CHRONICLE.] The conftisien of ideas observable in the at tempts to reason in those Irish Papers which are not. wholly tilled with abuse and wild declama tion, but are comparatively respectable, would often arouse us, were we less alive to the mischief it is calculated to do. It is no easy matter to give a mere English reader an idea of the absur dity occasionally displayed by our brethren on the other side of the water, especially when their Choler ha's been 'roused by any observations on I:relaittl in English newspapers, which they deem iu any degree disparaging to that country. It . h agreed no all hands that the population of Ire land is more wretched than that of any other country of Europe ; that abuses of all kinds prevail in it ; that the people are oppressed by the Goverment, by the Magistracy, by the Landlord's, by the Clergy, by the Tithe-Proctors, —that rival sects display the most bitter ani mosity towards each other ; that the taw being the enemy of the people is not respected by them, and from being an engine of oppression ceases to afford security' and protection. The Irish, being tl►en poor, misgoverned, oppressed ? the presump tion is, that they will have those vices and defects which are always found its people similarly circumstanced. To believe that the Irish do not possess the vices and defects in question, we must suppose them endowed by nature with character pecaliar tt) themselves, and alto ether initerior to the influence of circumstances. Thia however is more that► any of the believers in the distinct natural properties of different rt►ces of men will contend for. Tacitus, were he to come to life, and to visit London, would -hardly recogiti2e his ancient Germans in the 'models of wisdom of Major Cartwright, their descenda►►ts in Pye-street: and Duck-lane. — The moment, however, any one latnet►ts the degraded state of the Irish People,—and lwgins : to express a mist' (lists civilization and the impreveMents which follow in its train shonld be communicated to them,—that they may no longer be treated as slaves, that they May ' cease to have the vices of slaves---a Drawcansir nn Irish Journaliat turns short round on you, eNc. maiming with Shakspeare's Captain Alacniun'ris, *hose descendants are, it seems, not yet all dead—" Of my nation ? What ish my nation ? Ish a villein, aud a bastard, and a knave, and a rascal ? What ish my nation ? Who talks of *y nation r' [attyrisu ear's.] The Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday reached mir office yesterday ; they possess little Ititerest. Voris is full of the preparations made to receive the returned Conqueror of Spnin. The tiOurbon Victor, at Bourdeaux, passed through the city, amid triumphal arches, and was ad dressed in the most hyperbolical language on his viglity exploits. The still disturbed state of the Spanish provinces, however, had alarmed the French Cabinet, and in consequence, two di v i s ions of observation, on e at Perpignan and its neighbourhood, and the other at Bayonne and its , environs, were to be added 'to the army of occupation. Ferdinand's Council, appointed by his decree of the 19th of November, had .its first sitting on the '2%ti ; it sat from J,nidnight for two hours. The Ofliciul G zelk of Madrid has a dull article on the hide t'dndettee of, the South American Republics, professed to be a reply to the Opposition Jour lies of this country and France, but really only a repetition of what has so often appeared in the Mode, Drapean Blanc, and other Ultra Papers. The allus'ion to Ireland in this Case is without any nt. That country and the American provinces are far differently placed ; the same arguments cannot apply to them. Let the Gazette dc Madrid write as it may, ,the tyrannical sceptre of Ohl Spain is for ever broken in the New World, end there appears no chance what elver of its ever regaining the vast dependencies it once possessed. They have outgrown their condition as colonies, and svill soon he indivi dually much more powerful than enfeehled and degraded Spain. INEW T1M.F.161 Thegreatipleitteousness of nionercO-operating with the-generalconfideuee of :the Public in :the w i se an d prudent measures , of Government,' sure to the'Fuuds a gradual improvement, which theuglr slow is 'sure. Consols for the oriening left (of yesterday at'B4l, 'a quotation 'which it lati been remarked is higher - than his been at tained,for a - teries of years past. 'Nevertheless, the speculators for a seen) =by 'no inett4 ii(clined to realise, but look forwardto high6i pr6s the present. A large 'purchase, on :,account of the.Sinkhig Fund ,was yesterday' Made in these . descriptions . of Stock which 'are open for public transfers In Foreign - Secnthies ,little4uriation , has occurred in our Market, no lenigencw-having been received frOm Paris of 3aterdate than Monday; Tuesday,lt is knoWn, wart:!to bo , a holiday oil the'Parts'Exchange, on account of the Fete in honour of the Ariuniphal entry of the Duke d'Angouleme. The price' of Spanish Bon& of 1821 at the close of Winless w:►s 27. J sudden advance took plaCe thOSe denominated Bonds of Beruales, the lownesil, of their price inducing parties to pUr chase an tspeculation : the last price was 18,1. In.other securities no alteration has occurred in our market worthy notice. The prices of! Poreign Securities upon the Continent con tinue to improve,, whilst the value of those articles which bad, suddenly advanced under the up. prehensions of a war, in which this country would take part, have returned to their former The whole of the Foreign Brokers returned yes terday to the Royal Exchange, where they con tinued to curry on their operations until a late hour. tifonivise We received yesterday theE toilc of Tuesday last. It contains . intelligenCe from Madrid to the 261.11 ult.,.by which it appears that the Kink of Spain, instead of recalling his unjust and inju rious DeCreei; bad pertly annulled the only one which had a beneficial tendenty is it suspended the epuralions ordered le be made in all classes. The Official Madrid Gazelle speaks at last in plain and intelligible language on the subject of South American independence. After alluding to the manner in which Naples and Piedmont were put down 44 at the approach of a respect able force," it asserts that 44 it wilt be the same in the New World." This is a direct admission that an attack on the independent States of South America is intended, but where will Fer dinand find the " respectable force " which is to work such wonders! [MORNING HERALD.] We have in the LishOn Papers a fresh instance of the sort of Protectorate which the Emperor of Russia arrogated to himself, not only over the diplomacy of Europe, but over the internal relations and obligations between Sovereigns and subjects. The Russian Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Lisbon asked, and of course obtained, leave to present himself before the Prince Don Miguel, the chief agent—at least ostensibly—in the late counter-revolution, and communicated to him a message of approbation ' &dm the Emperor, his 4C august Master." It is not easy to imagine duties of more delicacy and importance than those of which his Russian Ma jesty aisumes the right to take cognizance. First, he compliments the Portuguese Prince upon his 46 enterprize ;" that is, upon an act of military in surrection against his Sovireign—of disobedience to his father; and, next, upon the filial respect with which he gave up to his father the power of which he bad possessed himself. There are two inferences which obviously present themselves here : first, that the principle of military insur rection becomes legitimate and commendable, when it suits the views or wishes of the Emperor of Russia ; and next, that when he arrogates the right of approval, be, by implication, usurps that of expressing censure. Buono.- parte, in all the insolence of his conquests and 'his power—and its the exercise of a Protec ' tortite, which, however imposed by force, wus still the acknowledged law of Europ e—did not go this length 'in dictating to his satellites. It is true that this is but one of many 'instances of Russian assumption. The 'August Emperor has vouch safed his patronage to the Kings of Naples, Sar dinia, and Spaiw. The case before us, how ever, is more glaring and alarming. It is an interference between a sovereign and subject--a father and son. It is evident that no Sovereign is master in his own kingdom, whilst a foreign Monarch makes himself the judge of the service and allegiance of his subjects individually. But it is in France that the Emperor Alexander made `the most decided stride in this way. Had the French Government at the time an atom of spirit, it would not have tolerated the in terference to whiCh we allude—in the very delicate matter of the administration of jus tice, which is one of the functions of sove reignty that an 'Executive Government should, least of itill,, share with, or submit to, a fo reign Power. Airing the prosecutions for treason in France, instituted against General Berton and his accomplices, the French AttorneyoGyneral displayed an excessive zeal, and went so far 'as to criminate French subjects, Members of the Oilambev, not at, all before the Court. — Some of these instituted preceedings against the Law ,Officer, as having slandered their cha racters. It is stated that all this, whether right or wrong, was matter for the French Govern ment and tribunals. But the Emperor of Russia stepped in, and bestowed his portrait set in dia. moods upon the French Attorney-General, us a reward for . the manlier in which be had conduct ed the prosecutions. The fact was, notorious, and boasted of as an honour by the Magistrate. A recent CoMmercial letter from Naples, says —The crop of cotton wool, is productive ; oil also is promi3ing ; fOr corn there is literally no demand. Indite Provinces the scarcity of money staggers belief. Instead of receiving the imposts iii money,'Gbvernment is obliged to take grain, which, in all probability must be exported to a 'foreign market before it can 'be realized. thin) PAltiSn, Consul for the United states• of America, tit AntWerp, has resigned that 'oftiee: he 'is sot eeedo ' by CIIA it LLS BA Itt'i, E ( NOW YOrk , Paper, Oct. 10.) CowEs, DEc. Q.—Yesterday an inquisition was held at' the Castle public-house, at *East Cowes, before . Thomas Sewell, Esq., coroner, on the body of a seaman, who 'was unfortunately drowned 'on Sunday:iii: ht Inst. I.t seem that the poor 'felleiv,.who belonged to an 'American brig, , Was Proceeding along, the'quay to his vessel, which is lYingtit wharfi:with skidds to the shore; tsszt in CCMepee of 'the darkness of ihe bight he 'could not' perceiVe'the skidds, 041'01 overboard from the wharf and sunk instantly.. As,a'cuiaom: house - oilicer,*h o was on board the ► heard something fall into the Water froib' the 'shore, he proceeded to' the spot itnnwdiiitely with a ,light, bit' could only 'lee 'a hat floating - on the / water. Verdict" 'Accidental Death." LITERARY NOTICI. THE RETROSPECTIVE RETIEW , - , (Nti. XYIi) The publication of 7, l he itekospective Review' is like a quarterly meeting with an old friend, the, friend of our youth ) one who has grown grey with us. All his talk is of old times, and we discuss over again the amusements and tasks of our early days. 'Phis Iteview, indeed, may be justly com pared to an old book-learned gentlernau, who loves to chat over his purchases, his discoveries, his recollections, and all his gossiping lore. Like the old gentleman, too, the Review, though its general deportMeitt is grave, loves a joke, and oc casionally relaxes its muscles in a very edifying smile, not to say grin. Among other good things in this number we may quote a forcible account of a famous and eloquent nonconformist divine, Tnostas Reeve. We (Molt there are some strik ing features in him, which may ,be aptly com pared with the preacher who has made more noise (not to speak irreverently) than any other of our times. Our readers need not be t o ld we are referring to the eloquent Minister of the Caledo nian Chapel. " Happy man he is ! full of his subject, and his subject full of matter, and his matter full of importance ; but how he could contrive, with all these appliances and means to boot," to spiel out his sermon to such ea enormous length is truly surprising. Dr. Isaac Barrow pressed hard against the patience of the Citizens of London, when he once preached a sermon of three hours long, but T.Reeve must have preached for 3 weeks together before he could have bestowed the full InMefit'Of his text on his auditors.; and the most assiduous, patient, and practised stint or sinner must have been parched up in his Lecture solisti6e. A ser mon is in general but a very dry affair, but we entreat our readers not to alarm themselves at the threatening aspect of worthy 'Thos. Reeve's 'title s page ; the lambent flinne of 'dulness plays not around his head, and dutoess and insipidity are strangers to his pages. God's plea for Nineveh is any thing .but dull; it is full of spirit, though of au extravagant kind, and Is occasionally, if not eloquent, something very much like it, and would have really been so, if it had been chastened by a ,better taste. There was ,a sort ,of eloquence amongst our non-conforming preachers (and it still prevails in certain classes of them) which may be called physical, arising more from a pas sionate arid vehement temperament, than from intellectual power, and which, although despised by the educated and refined, yet produced con siderable effect on the persons to whom it was more especially addressed. It is fervid, earnest, and above all, has the appearance of sincerity, of being the result of heart-felt conviction. It abounds generally with imagery : is 'garnished with flowers of rhetoric, hastily collected and rudely thrown together ; its passionate tone is made more solemn, and its denunciations more awful, by frequent quotations from holy writ. This species of eloquence, to the uninformed and moody votary, is deeply impressive, overwhelm ing by its paroxysms, and convincing by its ve. 1 heinenee ; it vanquishes the feelings, but has lit• tle to do With the reasoningiactilty. To the re. hement declamation'of this class, Reeve bears a nearer resemblance, than to, that bold, rich, and manly eloquence, ut once addressed to the heart . and the Understanding, whiCh distioguishei some of our ancient theologians, and one or two that we could name of our modern preachers. Reeve possessed an ardent disposition, or volubility of language, an d a vehemence of expression,"which, in conjunction with great information, and a tinge of the gloomy spirit of religion, has pro duced a singular combination both of matter and style. 'His mode of teaching is more Common than' eligible ; he would lash us into repentance, and crush us into goodness. He seems to think the work but half done if he only annihilate sin ; there must be some " spiritual contusion." " The penitent," says he, " must be as it were for a while in hell, and feel, though not specifically, yet analogically, seine of the torments of the damned, before, he can have a sense of inward satisfaction !" Thus he would rather anohirand irritate 'the wound with caustic, than • pour into it balm or soothing oil. Fear, and not reason, is his instrument of conversion, and he uses it like a . tietilpiogsknife, to revenge 'and disfigure, rather than to reclaim , and dinend. lie is not ,he man to entice children, from. play, and 014 amen frOnl the chininey 7 corner„ with the sweet rood of sweetly-uttered knowledge, WitWwordi of hope and promises of kkre ; he would drive' Owns into the sanctuary, terrify them with! his theological trumpet, blast them, with Itiis pulpit lightning. If people would be saved, says he, they must it out a `threateiting Berman, and hear a rebuking priest with!patience,!sayi6g, with Iloniface, to Saint Augustine, "I receive thy words full of truth with trembling, though every sentence doth seem to scourge me ;" and, in deed, lie speaks loud enough to exercise the pa tieb,w of the best disposed auditory : " The lion bath roared, who can but fear 'i", .lie scatters Ms denunciations with a p r odig a l hand, without order or selection, at one time terrible, attia other extravagant or puerile ; he sothetbacis startles us with, a rapid succession : of interroga tions, and at others with his quick transition from allusion to allusion---from story 'to ' story ; his similitudes .and illustrationS are drawn from homely„aud, not unfrequeotly, striking ohjetts, but then they are ordinarily without justness or, propriety in the situations in which they are placed. Reeve's •diction is florid and wordy ; and we SOIIItItiMOS Ftlf/Vt with new expre4siOus (for ho has a mint in v,hich he,can coin words. at, his - Own sovereign pleasure) and now combina tions of old ones. But he •neverrappeara to be 'satisfied until he has exahusted epithets 'b e i n g chiefly soliciteus to give good.heaped-up mea 'sure, and caring less for the sentiment, than the 'sound. We Must, however, do him the justice' to•say, • that he -neier largeta that-he lms to -de claim on the jubject of repentance..; and although, when he commences a:paragraph, ,he is ii Lc a (teal running down a' hill unable, to stop hi,,, ~if 'unit he gets to the betteio, yet !le invari a bl y r . ! . Adios' to the emir - se with unabated . vi, , our - , again to run the same race. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF, CHANCERY, Dxc. 4. • [First Scat after Terg.l scaw , i l,OltEO . CREWE v. TRONV. The defendant was 'tenant on one or the plaintiff's farms, and an injunction-had been obtained , against him to restrain him from cutting down timber, destroying plantations of young wood,, ornamental shrubs &,c. Mr, HART I oh the part of Lord Crewe,.now applied to the Court to vary the minutes of the order, and to confine its terms to the langtage of the lease. Mr. AGAR, on the part of the defendant, opposed the motion but the Court directed that the order shou ld be varied accord. ing to the language of the lease. P. eitsistnEns. This is a motion which respects the Opera-house, and in volves questions which have already , been so frequently before the pu bic.—Mr. HART said, that he was prepared to submit a motion in this case for the appoint:nem of a Receiver, but he doubted that it would occupy too much of his Lordship's time to hear it at this Seal. He would, therefore, postpone the ap plication until the next Seal. LLSTRANGE V. THE HAWK Olf ENGLAND. Mr. hasty applied On the part of the defendants, for an in junctiOn to. restrain the plaintiff, George Carlton Lestrange, from receiving the dividends on 4,0001., standing in the books of the Bank of England in the name of George James Carlton. The plaintiff claimed to be next of kin to George James Carl ton, and in inquiry had been Instituted before the Master with respect to that claim. The Lorin CHANCELLOR observed upon the practice of ap plying al; War; to the 31aster, to institute inquiry into ques tions of this nature. It was necessary that some evidence should be produced to chew to the Court that the party had some claim to be next of kin. If a bill were tiled by the next of kin, and the administrator chose to admit the fact, then the Court could act upon exact admission, as if satis factory eVidence had been produced. The present being an arparte application, he was unwilling to grant it immedi ately, but unless before the next seal the other party appear ed, he should certainly allow Lordship rose at half. past one, and the remaining motions were postponed until next seal. VICE-CHAN'CELLOR'S COURT, Dzc. 4. Lonbillniittt ti. GOING. Mr. rxmaunTozi moved on the part of the plaintiff, who is executor of the Marquis of Cornwallis, to restrain the defend ant, who is widow and executrix of a person of the same name, to whom the late Lord Cornwallis lent 4001., which is still un paid, from selling the farming stock on her late husband's farm, which it was sworn she was about to do. The affidavit also stated, that in the event of such sale being madeohere would not be visible effects of the testators sufficient to pay the plain tiff'S claim as executor of Lord Cornwallis: The VICE•CIIANCELLOIt said these injunctions were really becoming terrible instruments 'against the community; he could not grant an injunction to prevent un executrjx disposing of the effects of a testator, without notice being given to her. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dzc. 4. HEAU.4OI4T v. VALE. This action was brought by Charles Beaumont, a coital maker, against Mr. Thomas Vale (assignee), to recover the value of five carriages ; Viz. a Cabriolet, two tilburies, a dennett, and another vehicle, which the plainuffalleged to be his pro perty, taken and sold by the defendant. The defendant said the ca'rriages were not the property of the plaintiff; but the property of John Beaumont, also a coach maker,who had become a bankrupt, and against whom a COm. mission had issued. The question was, whether these carriages were the property of Charles, the plaintiff; or his brother John, the bankrupt. After a long examination of witnesses on both sides, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffoamages 2711. ASHLEY V. rftcnoLLs. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a master builder, against the defendant, one of the trustees of the Kilburn turn-, pike trust, to recover the 'amount Of his deMand for work - done' to a bridge in the IC'burn-road, over .and above his contract With the trustees, by order of the defendant. Tlui plaintiff entered into a contract with the trustees, dated. July 211, 1821, to build a bridge on the road near Kilburn- Wells, agreeably to the terms of e specification furnished by them, for a certain stipulated sum. After the work had com menced, and one side of the bridge, which was to be citified, according to the working-plan, nye feet above the level of the old road - , was completed, the plan was taken from the work men and an alteration m ade in it, by which the arch was to be. carried seven feet, instead of five, higher than the line of the old /clad, which the defendant or dered to be done. Evidence to emtabliiiii this fact having been gone through, It wits suggested that the justice of the claim could be better as certained by reference to an arbitration. The fiditcyrOn-Ovrirmiet., for the defendant, said that withoutat all admitting that any alteration had been made in, the plan, or that any extra work had been done, he was ready ' to accede to the proposal of a reference. A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff of 1,0001. subject to arbitration. COUItT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dac. 4. Mr. Justice - Hu tt novott sat at Arial Priem, anti tried seve , ral Account causes, none of which were of the slightest interest except to . the parties concerned. . . HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, DEC. 4. Tilt .ritErititick, Ittanisr MASTER. • This was a case of seaman's wages, which we have already noticed. It had been argued at great length'on 'a former day ; and now the Noble anti_ Learned Judge (Lord SirowELL).de. livered along and interesting judgment, of Which we Shall on a future day give a full report. At prtsent we hive only room to state that his Lordship determined the conduct of the seamen, thotigh highly'reprehensible, not to 'amount to an' actual deser tion, and therefore gave them the small sum claimed as wages in their summary petition, but 'under the circumstances Or the case awarded them , no, costs or other allowance. The J 0)0E' doniiidered that the cause had 'been loaded With ulterior proceedings through the fault df the Proctor for .the mariners, and therefore condettned him perionally in the fur. ther costs of the suit. IVIIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 4. CONVICTION under ii4C VAGRA NT ACT QUASHED. LtyristiOk: V. WII.tIAIS. appellant, o respectable iron. i ‘ i i v ' = I : 1 1 1 i g r C a r i AF i:d i : 1,, " housekeeper, o a o P P tac° f :a l : L ga t a i i:n i e l s b t eth th: s c tre on e v t i p ct o iti c i e o .o f ffi S ce ir , D u a nd ni e c i l t ‘ i , l it e gr 3 a tl n e t fLe.or.l.T_ThierNer.,2lll;lltarti(beittreriroktinothiwnnieliyinthseuplon.riet ofa thethc worthy Alagiatiate's conviction, and the only witness in favoun 4 of it was John Richards, the - watchman, Who took the appellant , into custody.—The watchman swore, that about two o'clock on. the morning of the 11th September lait he saw 'Mr.. Lotshoe Along with a female in Angel-alley, - Whitechapel, and that thew persons were improperly exposed. He took, them to the twity were ti.lioncsuied i before Si remained mri altnutmii and com ig a ht,andilici - rie tn itt it d ttt e e y. ..s rogues and vagabonds tO the, Ilouse of Correction for one month, there to he'kept to hard labour. Mr. ALLEY cross-examined the watchman, who admitted ,that the night was very dark, and that he could not see them without the'ahl of his lantitorn t that the place was sequestered, where,nopersons were passing at the time, and that they could not lie observed from any "Oldie houses in the . neitchbourhood. Mr: .AtLEY argued at considerable' length againit the con viction. Ile said that the Legislature, in passing the Vagrant :: w lc e t ir , ie . c n pr e r ve st r ig ov a i L t t e cth ly i ) : I nea - d t a h t l e l d ea t ot h b:ii,t a il t iiiitui o ri ff aterni e : n 6ati c t:i e wie s :d;wse l ,tt i hi ke the present should be sliming!) , - punished by a Magistrate, when it was well known that they'were always ptoseented .at common latv, or' in - the Spiritualeourts. It' such teas the construction put' what he would term thig l)t1 lo u 3 Act, then Englishmen were deprived of one of their dearest privileges—the "Trial by' Jury. decides* *ere was the proof (of•the indecent etpostne of the person.? Surely pot .the evidence of, the, watchman who was a mos interested witness, 1)0 having received ten staltinxt for the conviction of his client and . the unfortunate woman Mond in his company, Let• it be also' recollected, . ihe'vatchman swore that the night ,was so , dark he could not see the polies Without the light . from' his . lanthorn—that they could not be seen' from any of the - adjoining houses, .and that no persons .. .. 'conviction which notdt: t i .vw ; a rup eass ,)i t dit ed edonnceil b niat y w,acioo M iuri,it r . C° 1 Arts.t tame r s o:u o i b 4 l e . 11 u i C n st l t ut t i t r i further o th ef i n o ; e 7 ingly,---It ought to be stated, that the female found with Al r. Lotshbe underfvent the whole of her impristinMent and labour on : the tread-Mill, and that Mr, Lotshoe was three days in tho Ilotiseiof.c o YregiOn.-und'er charge• of the keeper, but not on. the tread-rnill, before he was admitted( to bail. ..„.„ . • The Court of Assizes for the department 'de L'Ain, has recently condetnned to death one jo , 1 "1) 1 ' ll"urdon A a lourneytnan' at Cormorant:he, for dal dt.r of Ins infant child, aged ott17"18 The fell dved was accomplished: by tuestus of poison. CATHOLIC ASSOCIATIOS. We belong to neither of those classes, one of which denounces the members of the Cathol an ic Association as " Incendiaries and Rebels," ti the other lavishes unqualified praise for their " honesty, energy and patriotism." The opi- Iticitt we hold is that " truth may lie between" both extremes. The instructions which this body received by those who appointed it, tohp ever they were, authorised its members to peti• tion for Catholic Emancipation. The resole* tion, which vested this authority, has beetelately read in one of their meetings at the request of Member, who expressed his opinion " that the`, were travelling out of the line of their duty,' by taking up subjects which did not pro' perly come within that line, as prescribed b those who had organised the Association. 'nit resolution, like most instruments prepared by. legal hands, i 3 sufficiently comprehensive' and sufficiently ambiguous to leave room' for construction—re-construction and struction—for objections, replies, replications o,a rejoinders without end. Accordingly wh en ;° had been read, at the request of the Member By lulled to, Oh, said one Barrister," it is sufficieetV comprehensive to authorise our preparing a Ve tt ; tion against tythes"—" and against the irres,.e n Iris " h mode of administering justice," said an theta and against the Corporations, said a `cc and for every other grievance we may here, --" thi r after think of," said a fourth—And so it is ! it the wording of that resolution is to be r eli° on, as a guide for the Catholic Association, g iltl that they proceed agreeable to its very comret hensive import, as they have, for some time po t ' we venture to assure them that they will 11° only deter many respectable and sensible men" hers of their own communion from participat il li in any shape, in their proceedings; but they wilt alienate, from themselves and their cause, so me of the best and most zealous of their Protes tant , friends. slow ridiculous will not a member °L that Association, (Mr. O'CoNstera,,) appear t° himself, when he perceives, that instead of ou : having to copy a sensible and temperate sre cl of his favour of Catholic Emancipation, we to recount the topics of some late speeches al"' as follows : Mr. O'Corom.r. proposed a vote of thanks to (well deserved we acknowledge.) Ditto, a speech upon Miss STUAIIT the Nun. Ditto, upon appointing a Committee of the liouso 01 6)/11 ' mons, to examine into the nature of Miracles. Ditto, upon Abstract Justice. Ditto, upon the Rev. Mr. MORGAN'. . . . Ditto, upon Doctor Eta EE. . I , Ditto, upon the Protestant Establishment. ' * Ditto, upon the Laws relating to Corporations. , r Ditto, upon a Miracle in favour of Orangeim). Ditto, upon Orange Miracles in the North of Ireland' SuCh are the topicsselect e d,by a Gol lie man of acknowledged eminence in his and in a place where'subjects of the kind, shou ld not, under any pretence, be introduced for other cussion. Is Mr. O'Co N NELL and rhos`' o Gen tlemen, who act with him, awa re of t Il i e i ; t rite li rtS° and angry feeling which . 118 b elie" e " -4 the irritation that has Iwenproduc e el by their soo n less, offensive and incoherent orations. !O hl are aware of it, anti persist in the course they have for sometime followed, we shall bola °lei r future proceedings to be highly crini;nal. 'rhea ardour to obtain Catholic Emancipation cannot conciliatory demeanour on the professioialt exceed ours—but, if it cannot be carried by 3 Tics, and by the intervention of their Par i by mentary friends, it never Will be, carrie d violence, by intemperance, or by fo i w o , What has the AsSociation to do with the or laws, or with 'the administration of ita i r; e ,' th e with the 'Protestavrt establishment, or ‘ iir v" b " ce n countless and irrelevant topics which hav e o l co the subjects of debate, in their •Comolit te t ' v i se a part of the Cathr its last formation ? if they wished' t 0 t ' v ; (if plan which might ensure the defeat f t l l , of th e " . , , ferent projects, distinct from the ques tion rse Catholic Petition, they could not Oh"' a t hug one, more likely to accomplish that de re ' t ' c e.- -- their gratuitous and unauthorized interferea (Carlow Morning Post, Dec. 1.) ___,...........00'" METEOROLOGICAL JOURNO' BY BANKS. 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