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most single on that arduous night against the host of talents that opposed him, but also against the lon&z. Est of the most illustrious statesmen now in the dust, that had ever adorned this or any other coun try ? Did it ever occur to him, that they were all wrong, and that be (Mr. Peel) was singly right ? He admits that Ireland cannot remain as she is, — that something must be done; and yet he proposes nothing. What could he point at by the word something ? I shall not trust myself to answer it. How can Mr. Peel reconcile those facts, in which hi acted, and on which he voted, with the state he admitted Ireland to be in ? He next ad mits that the system acted on had failed,—a nega tive proof, I should think, that another must be tried. From his own words, Mr. Peel can be now regarded no other light than the uncompromising obstacle to the claims of Ireland. He declares himself to be the only Minister who has throughout resisted from an insuperable objection ?" How can he recon cile those words with his having declared on ano ther occasion, " that if the articles of Limerick were explained to his satisfaction, he would wave his ob j!ction." He and Sir J. Copley demanded securi ties for the faith of Ireland to that Government who had kept no faith with her. Another word, Gentle men, on the securities demanded by Sir J. Copley and Mr, Peel. I hope sincerely that it is unneces for me to impugn more than the arguments of this gentleman. He and Sir John Copley and the clergy demand securities from the Irish Catholics. Let me ask them if it be not rather from the Pro testants of Ireland that they are to look for securities for the church establishment ? I here, first, declare, that the calumniated Catholic, who pays his own clergy—who pays tithe to ours—who is obliged by Jaw to pay his quota of the county presentments for the building and repairing of our churches—who, in many places, has no place of worship in which to receive the consolations of Christianity—pays the whole of their demands to our clergy with less dif ficulty and more cheerfulness than the Protestant. I challenge the whole Established Church of England yo contradict me. I have, secondly, to inform those two statesmen, who, in the providence of their fears for the Established Church, demand securities from the Irish Catholic, that it is from the Protestant in Ireland (aye, from that body that hay !been lately represented in the Upper House to be " the only persecuted people in Ireland") that they are to dread the overturning of the temporalities, which is the secret cause of all the opposition from a certain quarter to Catholic emancipation; for I can bring for ward about 60 depositions - 10 prove that deputations were sent by Protestants in the north of Ireland to the Ribandmen tojoin them in uprooting the tithe-system, and, of course, the English Church, as an establish ment ; and, of: Alb Ido not hesitate here to state that the whole Pro,`;'stanl body in Ireland, with the exception of the few w:/tO have an interest in it, are decidedly unfavourable to ti2e overgrown possessions of the Irish church. To prove :hist I lately received an official answer from a person of rank and large property in Ireland, who is a Protestant, stating his objection to sign.a resolution I forwardeu • to him, respecting the amelioration of Ireland, for 6;8 reason,—" that I and those concerned wif7l me wets beginning at the wrong end; that when Warburton (the Bishop of Cloyne) died, we should have pro posed a - resolution, that the Government should be applied to, to appropriate the revenues of that Sea to the payment of the Catholic clergy." So much for the securities demanded by Mr. Peel and Sir John Copley from the Catholics, instead of the Pro testants of Ireland ! Gentlemen, the arguments of Mr. Peel are as futile as his fears are unfounded.— Mr. Peel concludes by denying that any understand ing took place on the subject of emancipation at the Union. Gentlemen, here lam at issue with him : here I grapple with him. Not having been an ac cessory to the measure himself, he of course derived his information from others; and let us see whether truly or falsely. Gentlemen, I consider the Union the corner-stone of the case of Ireland, and, in un ravelling it inch by inch, I shall bring to light the sophistry of Mr. Peel's assertion " that no engage ment was broken with the Catholics of Ireland. I am told it is denied that the Catholics were par ties to that measure. - Now I can state that the greatest influence was exerted to Prevent the Catho lics from petitioning against the Union, and to give their signatures • to - resolutions favourable to the measure ; that, generally speaking, they were accessories as instruments to it, having been com pletely gained over by the temporary de monstration made in their favour by the Machiavelism of Lord Cornwallis, in granting protections—in bringing some yeomen and their of ficers to courts-martial—and in disgracing in public orders some of the Ascendency party. By the cir cular issued from the Castle by Lord Cornwallis, which you may read in Plowden, by the agents of Government assuring the Catholics they should he restored to their rights, Lord Donoughmore declared so in his public speech at Clonmel, and influenced Mr. Flannery, the parish priest at that place (and who is still alive there), to post certain_ resolutions his Lordship had drawn up, on the chapel door. Let it be also remembered, no anti-Catholic petition took place in any part of Ireland at this period, and that, by their consent to the Union, the Catholics proved their desire to rivet their connexion with England at the very moment that their enemies accuse them of meditating a separation, and throwing themselves into the arms of France. The fact, I think, of their signing those resolutions, infers the promises and engagements made and entered into with them, Dentlemen, I had myself many conversations with Loral Cornwallis on the subject of the Union, and I was requested and instructed by him to carry a counter-petition to counteract the anti-anion peti tion, which had been got up by Lord Blayney and the late Richard Dawson, in the county of Monaghan. Mr. Hamilton, of Monaghan, now living, was pre sent at one of those conversations with Lord Corn wallis ; and in bred. king up, we agreed to travel all night, which we did, as?d succeeded in our counter petition. At that conversation Lord Cornwallis mentioned he had it in ct;ntentplation to re move Counsellor Kerr from his situation of chairman of the county, which on my - remon strances he abandoned. As to myself, I made no terms with Government for my exertions. was to lose the reversion of three voices out of four in the Senate of my country, and never received or expected any thing for my services and sacrifices. It is evident that some other reason influenced me, to carry an event by which I should be so great a political loser without gaining any thing, and that reason, Gentlemen, was Catholic emancipation. I became an early convert to the measure, from having separate and important commandsinlreland in 1796, 1797, 98, and 99. The devastatiOn I witnessed in "Wexford confirmed me in my creed, and I have never been shaken fora moment since. m an y di_ etonstances I forget at this distance of time, but I perfectly reco llect t he displeasure Lord Cornwallis evinced at the excesses committed during the Re bellion by the Yeomen. The inducements he h e ld out t o me, were the general improvement of the count r y, and which was to counterbalance the loss of the Parliament. I asked if the Catholics would be satisfied? He said their claims would follow, mit never without the Union. But I firmly under stood from him it was to be the consequence of the Union. Here his Lordship read the following letterc...... SATURDAY, riovnammt 1827. "M y dear Lord ,—No twithstanding the delay t hat has oe curred in my replyi n g letter, to your yet, believe me when 1 say, it did not pr oceed fro m any hesitation to give you every information in my Power, to forward that great mea- Aare you are so earnestly and so laudably struggling to ti e _ romplish—the embodying the Catholics of the empire in the British Constitution, by giving to that body the full enjoyment of civil and religious liberty, which those op posing them assert, as falsely as absurdly, they fully possess • A t present. paradoxical as it may appear, yet the fact is so, that the great,,:lifficulty in now proving that Lord Cornw a llis em ployed Protestant agents to procure the support of-the effect the measure of Union, and that he au- Catholics to thorized these ilrotestants to hold out to them their adulis od subsequent to the accomplishment sion, at an early per- the rights of the Briti4 ceastitu of that measure, to all tion,—l say the difficulty to prove this now lies in the fact that at that period, the certainty that those agents did hold out such promises, was undoubted and unquestioned. Had it been otherwise, in the disputes which such a circum stance would have produced, so many facts to establish it would have been placed upon record, that you would not he necessitated to apply to me, or to any other person, for that information, which would be found more copiously given, and better authenticated in booksellers' shops, and in the libraries of every man who collected the produc tions respecting that measure, and that period. But the notoriety of the fact, and the co -operation of the Catholics with the Government to accomplish the Union, prevented any literary collision on this head; and the points on which the Government was assailed were, the shameful distribution of offices, the legal promotions, the promises of honours, reversionary , grants, episcopal and other ecclesiastical dignities. — If it was necessary to establish any fact connected with any proceeding of Government on these points, from my own library alone I could cover your table with printed proofs. The Catholics, so often indignantly repulsed from her ewn Parliament, and (that by the most strenuous of the opponents of the Union, who then saw the want of wis dom of .their former conduct) blamed too, and oppressed for the late Rebellion, that originated with Protestants, were scarcely censured for yielding to the advantages held out to them by Lord Cornwallis, through the agency be employed at "that period. Nor was it until faith was broken with the Catholics, that doubts were insinuated of Lord Cornwallis's so acting, and so promising. Yet if it could be expected that men would come forward to divulge transactions affecting the charasters of themselves and their families, how many written proofs from the pen of Lord Cornwallis and his secretaries could be produced from the secret archives of the most exalted houses, who, in different parts of the kingdom, assisted to forward that" most fatal measure. But there are yet living many who, though not concerned themselves in such an agency, are competent to prole its existence in others. It fell to my own lot to have- heard from the late Lords Castle-Coote and Llandaff, that they were so authorized by Lord Cornwallis to negociate with the Catholics. I had a more decisive proof than assertion, for I held in my possession from the March Assizes of Clonmel, in 1800, until the Summer As sizes of the same year, an autograph letter from Lord Corn wallis to Lord Llandaff, in which he distinctly stated he was authorized by Mr. Pitt to state to the Catholics of Ire land, that, after the accomplishment of the Union, as soon as the proper period arrived, himself would bring their question before the Imperial Parliament, and he entertained no doubt of ultimate" success. This assertion may startle, and excite surprise, that such a letter should be left in my hands, who was, at the same moment, giving all the op position in my power to the Union in the county I resided in (Tipperary) ; but if, after the facts I shall state in this letter—facts, most of them to be found in the journals of the House of Commons of Ireland, in the Courts of Justice here, and well remembered by many now living in the counties of Tipperary and the Queen's county, I empower your Lordship to undertake for me that I will prove the truth of every fact I state in this letter, at the bar of either House of Parliament, by re-asserting them upon my oath ; when it will appear it was to promote their own objects, ,iti not in the way of unnecessary confidential communica tion, that these Noblemen, whom I shall mention, ap proached me ; and also taking into consideration the terms I lived on with them and their families, the many oppor tunities I previously had of conferring some obligations, without ever seeking or receiving one in return, it will not excite much surprise, at all events, in the districts they lived in, that little reserve should be observed with me, where their own interests and honour were concerned. To begin with Lord Castle-Coote. In the summer of the yea.. 1199, h e wrote to me from Dublin, in very urgent set hloa . in Maryborough early on the commis terms, to in. ~a zi n assizes, if I could not do so the sion day of the , -" ea I saw h . rm there, he explained to evening, before. Vv.. 't en independent man to act as me, that he could not ge. High Sheriff for the enduing , veor who was favourable to the measure of Union, and that it ...' ecurred t° him' that as Lord Ormonde (with whom he knew ! st:as nearly con- Lord was most anxious to promote tha . ," f,,T,r:' f ,, r would have no objection to serve the office of - "';':`,', the ensuing year; and that as a preparatory step, h, r'''', 4 my name put du the Grand Jury panel, to be called th.. day. On my replying, with some warmth, that I neither would serve as Sheriff, nor answer as a Grand Juror, as signing as my reasons, that I had but a small estate in the Queen's County, that I did not reside in it, but above all others, I was most adverse to the measure of Union, and was giving to it all the opposition in my power in the county in which I resided, he expressed much surprise at this, as two measures, for the success of which he had often heard me express myself most anxious, were to follow the Union, namely, the emancipation of the Catholics, and the commutation of tithes, or some ameliorating change in that system ; (by the way of parenthesis, until that very day, his Lordship had always expressed himself to me as very adverse to both these measures): however, then lie avowed he was authorized by Lord Cornwallis to hold out those measures to the Catholics of the Queen's County, When the Act of Union should pass, in order to secure their support to for ward it in their respective districts. I parted with him, expressing my hope that he might fail in all his efforts on the occasion, and, to the honour of the Queen's County let it be told, that he could not, with all the aid that Govern ment gave him, prevail upon one independent gentleman to serve the office of Sheriff, who would support the measure of Union, and the late Sir Erasmus Borroughs, a zealousanti- Unionist, served that office for the year 1800. Pending these transactions, I had the misfortune to be involved in a personal quarrel with Colonel Deering, who commanded the Romney Cavalry, then in Ireland; and Lord Cornwallis thought proper to make the Government of this coun try a party in that quarrel, by first sending down a King's messenger to bring me up in custody from the county of Tipperary,merely to give bail to appear in the ensuing term to an ex-officio information, which lie ordered to he filed against me in the King's Bench by the Attorney-General ; and, sub sequently, he had my house in the same county surrounded by the Louth Regiment of Militia, and I was again brought to town merely to enter into a recognizance to keep the peace with the said Colonel Deering. While in town on this occasion, Lord Castle-Coote again urged me not to sacrifice my liberty or my interests to my feelings ; and, that if I would authorise him to say I would support the Union, he would undertake that a vacancy should be made in one of Lord Ely's boroughs, for which I should be re turned, that the prosecution should be dropped, and if I would exert myself in Parliament to promote the Union, some respectable office should be given me, the moment one should be at the disposal of Government : he did not say he had authority for this, nor did I ask him, as I had not even a momentary thought of acceding to his wish; Brut be made the offer, and I refused. I was tried and con victed, but I was never brought up for sentence, as my friend, who was also convicted, had previous to the trial got a seat in Parliament to support the Union, and part of the terms which he made on that occasion was, that he should not be brought op for sentence under that convic tion, if it should take place ; And bad• as the Government of that day was, it would not act so glaringly partial as to punish me and suffer him to escape. So much for the Queen's County 'and Lord Castle-Coote, who, pending the . Parliamentary proceedings on the Union question , got the Q a yen's County Regiment of Militia, A Commissioners' seat at t h e . Revenue Board, and a promise of a Peerage, which he also g ct subsequent to the passing of the Act of Union. In the count; of Tipperary, where I watched with atten tion all the proceeciLT s respecting the Union, and where I saw a document of un qt zstionable proof, that Lord Corn wallis not only employed p ro ,,,stant agents to negocia,ta with the Catholics, but also authoriser; them to promise the aid of the existing Government of England to obtain those rights they were seeking, the noblemen who assisted to for ward this measure were Lords Ormonde, Llandaff, and Dorchester, who then was stationed with his regiment in that county, and possessed of very considerable estate., i n it. But by far the most able and efficient supporter of the measure was the late Lord Donoughrnore, from the energy of his mind, his competency as a rnan of lansioess, but be • yond all other reasons, for his great influence over the Ca tholics of Ireland generally, and particularly of that county, where they were wealthy and numerous. It was chiefly through his Lordship that Government negociated with the Catholics, and he at all times so identified himself with eve r y measure he was anxious about, that he considered ever`, man strongly opposed to it as if he was acting hos tilely to himself. I did not at that period hear from him self, that he was authorised to hold out to -the ,Ca,tholies Lord Cornwallis's engagement of Government support in parliament "Pon their question, after the Union should be c arried, every leading Catholic i n the c ounty then told r m uiton such assurance from Lord Donough riede, , more, tihtowugas: they assisted, con t ra ry to their own feelings and opi_ nions, to aid by their signatures a petition for that mea sure. But subsequently, I h ea rd Lord Donoughmore say , over and over aga in Lordship on (for f rom th e y ear 1802 until 1818 1 lived with his terms of the most unreserved intimacy), that Lord Cornwalli s was sincere when he gave such pledges, and authorised by the English Government so t o d o , but that faith was broken with him as Lord Lieutenant, and that so Lord Cornwallis felt to the last moment of his life. Lord Llandaff had both his sons at that period in Parlia ment; Lord Mathew (the present Lord Llandaff) sat for the county ; the other (the late General Mathew) for BM lynabiuch, a purchased seat. He engaged to give Govern ' ment the support of both his sons in the Commons, and his own in the Lords, to carry the question of the " Union;" for which he was to be made a Marquis, and also returned as a representative Peer, no member of that family ever thinking of office. But no influence he could use over his sons could prevail upon either to support the Union.— Lord Cornwallis feeling for his situation, promised, if the seat for the borough should be vacated, and subsequently filled by an able supporter of that measure, his Lordship should still have the same terms, though the support of Lord Mathew thrown into the opposite scale, was a se rious loss to the Government on that question. On this assurance Lord Landaff prevailed upon the late David Walshe, a man possessed of great legal knowledge and acute talents, long a member of Parliament, and well re membered there on many occasions, but more particularly as the man who first expressed a doubt of the sufficiency of the simple repeal of Poynong's Act, which doubt the late Mr. Flood followed up, until he raised a flame in the coun try by his stupendous eloquence, and whieh led to the me morable quarrel between Mr. Grattan and himself. This gentleman had retired from Parliament for many years, and though living in close retirement, was sought for by every intelligent man who visited Clonmel, where he resided.— He was returned at the instance of Lord Llandaff, for Hal lynahinch, but it so happened when the measure of " Union" was to be discussed, he was so ill he could not go to town to take his seat, though pressed repeatedly by King's messengers to do so. It was by one of these mes sengers Lord Landaff enclosed within one of his own, that autograph letter I before alluded to from Lord Cornwallis to himself, in order to urge him to come up and take his seat, by showing to him (Walshe) how anxious the Lord Lieute nant was he should do so—how much he expected from his advocacy—and as an inducement (Mr. Walshe's family all Catholic but himself ), an allusion to the political measures which.were to follow the Union if it should pass. To un derstand one allusion in this letter of Lord Cornwallis, it will be necessary, after such a lapse of time, to mention one feature in the character of Mr. Walshe—lie was a man of violent temper, which often obscured his great natural talents, legal knowledge, and very considerable information which he acquired by early application, and this failing often led him to answer the adversary in Parliament, and at the Bar, by sarcasm and insult, whom lie could put down by argument and intellectual power. With this explana tion, you will understand the use Lord Cornwallis intended to make of Mr. Walshe in Parliament ; and it was from the reports then very much in circulation, that Lord Corn wallis recommended very strong measures to his private friends in forwarding the Union, reports that gained ge neral credit from Corry's attack on Mr. Grattan. I say it was from this, I was so forcibly struck by the passage in Lord Cornwallis's letter, which I shall now give you as taken from amongst some memoranda I then made respect ing the proceedings adopted to carry the Union. The passage was as follows :—Mr. Walshe was exactly the man he now wished to have in Parliament, from the character he had established while he had before been a Member of it: that ardency of mind, the firmness of his character, universally admitted, rendered him peculiarly fitted, for the present crisis; and his advocacy of the mea sure of Union would be highly beneficial to the Govern ment, and to the country, and would be most gratefully remembered by me. Do, my dear Lord, urge him to come up with as little delay as possible. From what I have learned of his political feelings, I am led to think he must be anxious to forward the measure of Union, when he will be informed that I am authorized by Mr. Pitt to say, that the accomplishment of that measure will be followed up by imparting to the Catholics the benefits of the British Con stitution, and lead to a beneficial alteration in the tithing system in Ireland. The rest of the letter was nearly a repetition of this pas sage in more general terms. But neither the letter of Lord Cornwallis, nor that of Lord Llandaff, holding out great private advantages, could enable Walshe to quit his house. Therefore, upon an understanding that he should be again returned, when his health admitted of it, a great object to Mr. Walshe, to settle his affairs, very much embar rassed, be vacated his seat for Ballynahinch, .which was again, filled by some friend of Lord Llandaff's. The principle of union then admitted in Parliament, its advocates increasing in number; the peculiar advocacy mt Mr, Walshe was not found to be so necessary, and Lprd ,Llandaff was unable, and I know he anxiously endeavoured to do so, to procure a return for Mr. Walshe, who was - seeing It with great urgency. ft was after many commU • • i .Ni by letter ,and of noise, that I was applied to by Amam both as a of al friend, to prevent the publication, by Walshe of Loroljeornwallis's letter to Lord Llandaff, which , 'd gel he was authorised to show him, , his lordship acknew:! but which he incautious:7 sent to, and left in his posses sion. By great efforts, and 7vith'much difficulty, pre vailed upon Walshe to leave the .I.etter in Any hands until ' the assizes following, then to he given t 9 Mr. Walshe, and I that Lord Llandaff would in the interim n'e all means to satisfy Mr. Walshe, which he did in some manner not here necessary to mention, and I at the time appointed gaVe the letter to Mr. Walshe, at that time dangerously ill. In the county of Tipperary, it will not occur to any one tO Ask why Lard Llandaff applied to me, and not to his son, on such an emergency ; but it is well known there, that his son and his lordship were scarcely on speaking terms re specting the Union ; that I was perhaps more intimate with Mr. Walshe than any other person, and that I would feel nearly for the Mathews' family at the time, as I would for j my own. I have been obliged to run this letter to great length in deed : but the facts introduced are so uncommon, that I found it necessary to give all the details, to 'establish them AS much as I could. I have also been obliged to introduce myself in every line, but annoying as this is, the great ob ject you are engaged in, and the use you say thase facts will be to establish the position you have taken, would be but faintly felt by me, if such trifles were to deter me ; and you know at this moment my mind is too ill at ease to indulge in any idle vanity. I shall ask you, who know Ireland so well, and in the midst of all your other pur suits have been a closeobserver, do you believe there is one intelligent man in this kingdom, who was twenty-one years old in 1800, that has a particle of doubt upon his mind, that Lord Cornwallis employed Protestant agents, and he so authorised them to negotiate with the Catholics? Does not the universal support the Catholics give him in their districts prove the fact? Was there any opposition front the Catholics anywhere, except a partial one in Dublin ? There the reasons and motive for hostility were obvious ; the injury which the Union would bring on their property and business overpowered their feeling to public rights. The same feeling acting on the Catholics and Pro testants of Cork in an opposite way, made them enthufi astic supporters of the Union, for they believed that the Union would not be in. operation for one year, when the trade of Dublin would be transferred to Cork ; the citi zens of Limerick had some such idea . also. In short, it was by the Catholics the Union was carried ; notwithstand ing all the corruption which prevailed at that day, in de spite of the influence of so many leading families who sup ported that measure, yet the Protestants through Ireland were adverse to the Union, at least as seven to three. I must stop, and if this little memoir of the Union, for such it is in fact, shall in any degree, however little, answer your object, I Will have all the return I desire. My dear Lord, yours truly, Lord Rosamore. GEO. LID WILL. CLONMEL, MARCH A... 1827. My Lord,—l was honoured with your Lordship's favour of the 22d instant. In reply : the High Sheriff convened a Meeting of this County, to take the sense of the people on the momentous question of the Union. The late Lord Donoughmore took the lead in the discussion, and spoke at some length in favour of the measure ; and concluded by saying, that the utn Catholics were much intereted in having it passed, as their enuneipation would be granted, And that speedily. A resolution to petition Parliament in fanny of the measure being put from the Chair, passed in a erowe,pd court—two dissenting voices against it, viz., the present Lord Lisiuore and Henry Oiccrn, Esq. Lord Donoughmore called on me the next (lay, requesting I would (from the altar) impress on the feelings of the Zoman Catholics to forward that measure, by affixing their namea the petition in favour of it. I complied with his Lordship's ,request, and the petition was numerously signed by us. I have no further information on this subject. Your Lordship's speech, an d ans yypr to the address, I like, as emanating from a good feeling heart. Your Lordship's most respectful servant, Lord Rossmore. 771 °S. FLANNERY. Are we, then, to be satisfied with tha sophistry of a Minister, that because the specific art i c l e was n ot written in so ma n y words in the bond, that therefore it is not binding, when one party has received every advantage and keeps the other. without an equiva lent? Gentlemen, I hope it will be admitted that I have satisfactorily proved, that Catholic emancipa tion was not only the secret, but the vital article of the Union on the part of the Catholics, and that the Government of England has bro ken h er engagement s with our count r y. Gentlemen, I have done. I have nothing more to advance before you. I came here, that what I had to say s hould be proclaimed on the soil of Britain—should meet the eye of every Briton, I where philanthropy and universal benevolence has chosen her abode. Mr. QuIN, after pronouncing a high eulogy upon the eloquence of the speech which had been ad dressed to the meeting by Lord Rossmore, moved " That the most cordial and respectful thanks of the Association be presented to the Noble Lord for his valuable communications, and that his Lordship be requested to communicate to the British Catho lic Association, a copy of his speech, and of the other documents which he had read at the meeting, that the same may be entered upon the minutes." The motion was carried unanimously, and with loud applause. Mr. INI'DoNNELL rose again to complain of cer tain aspersions which had been cast upon the most elevated aad influential members of the Catholic body, in a publication called the Truthteller. Mr. M'Donnell then read an extract from that paper, in which it was stated, that a sub-committee had been selected out of the general committee of the British Catholic Association, and were in the habit of hold ing secret sittings at Norfolk-house, where they were negotiating a Concordat with the Court of Rome. Mr. INl'Donnell appealed to Mr. Blount, to say if there were any foundation for such a report. Mr. FRENCH next addressed the Meeting. He said, that the reason why subscriptions were not more largely made to the British Catholic Associa tion was, that it did not possess the confidence of the Catholics of Lancashire and other places. For his own part, he always expected to be attacked, for there were certain persons who appeared to be alto gether obnoxious to the Committee, and of which number he well knew that he was one. In his for mer speeches lie had been deprived of justice by the manner in which his words had been reported ; one of those Reporters had been perjured, and he ap pealed to Mr. Blount whether he had not said, in a slow and solemn manner, when speaking of Mr. Canning, that he execrated his memory, and de spised his panegyrists, at the same time particularly remarking, that he alluded to his public, and not to his private character. But the Reporter had thought proper to leave out this last part, so that it appeared as if he (Mr. F.) had attacked the private character of Mr. Canning. His Lordship, on the trial, had for bidden him to say a word, and it was well for Mr. Brougham that he had done so, for he should else have given him such a trimming as he would not soon have forgotten.—(A laugh.)—" By Jove, but I would."—(Laughter.)--And Mr. Brougham had had the candour to confess as much. Mr. BLOUNT believed Mr. French had made a dis tinction between the public and private character of Mr. Canning. Mr. FRENCH proceeded to express a hope that he might be permitted to speak unhissed—(a laugh)--- in future, and that all persons may be heard, with impartiality and fairness. His general habit was, to speak a previously prepared speech ; but, on the present, being called on a sudden, he was obliged to make an extemporaneous exposition of his senti ments. When he did prepare his speeches, he pro duced periods for which he had no reason to blush. —(A slight laugh.)—The Learned Gentleman was proceeding to make some further remarks, when, on the manifestation of some impatience by the Meet ing, Mr. F. exclaimed, " There's the system begin ning again." Mr. GRADY gave notice of a motion at the next General Meeting of Catholics, that he would submit a motion, the object of which was, that the Catho lics should petition Parliament for a reform in Par liament. _ Upon some discussion as to the propriety of en tertaining the motion, it was finally received as a no tice of motion. The other business of the day was then disposed of, when Lord RossmoßE was called to the Chair. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting broke up at half-past six in the evening. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Monday, Jan. 21.) PARIS, JAN. 20.—The King has addressed the following letter to the Bishops and Archbishops of France, on occasion of the deplorable anniversary of Jan. 21 :—. " My Cousin,—We approach the melancholy an niversary henceforth consecrated, at the same time, to the memory of King Louis XVI. and to that of Queen Mary ,Antoinette. Our only consolation under the recollections which this day recalls is to see the publicgrief mingle with our own, and France, in mourning, implore with us the God of mercy for the . trip august victims, the objects of our eternal re gret. We write this letter, therefore, to signify to you, that on the 21st of January next, solemn ser vice is to be performed with this intention, in all the churches of your diocese. You will according to custom, invite the civil and military authorities to attend. No discourse or funeral oration is to be pronounced, only the testament of the Royal Martyr shall be read from the pulpit, in which he has left the affecting expressions of his last will and his last a4ens. The present letter having no other object, I pray to god to have you, my cousin, in his holy keeping. " Written at Paris, ,tan. 'I, 1528. (signed) " Off ARLES." " Deniw, 13i61;op — of Hermopolis." The Hamburgh Correspondent contains the fol lowing article from the banks of the Dwina, dated Dec. 26 : We see die energetic measures preparing which the Powers are going to employ by land against Turkey. The executicm will probably be intrusted to Russia. What Power is better calculated for this than that which its position, its interest, and the attitude it has already assumed, render so proper for in ? The preceding conduct of Russia during the course of her victories in the midst of the laurels which strewed the route she had to follow, is a pledge of her moderation. Alexander appeared to have taken for his motto the inscription of a medal, The world is not sufficient, and I have no need of it.' The Emperor Nicholas is the heir of this moderation. The cotemporaries acknowledge it, and posterity will appreciate the manner in which Russia has acted in negociating for years—in keeping armies on foot at an immense expense to require the fulfilment of treaties, or to hinder the peace, scarcely established, from being sacrificed to the passions; when it has drawn the sword,—when it has vanquished,—it was because it was obliged to do so. Russia desires peace, like every other Power; but there is, betides, a moderation and a patience which, in the end, must gain the esteem even of in difference. He alone who chooses to be blinded, in spite of evidence, can impute to Russia projects of aggrandizement. It has no need of any aggrandize ment ; but no person will require it to make sacri fices without indemnity,—to suffer aggressions without repelling them in a suitable manner—to support continual struggles without securin g it s frontiers, in order to be able, it not to prevent hosti lities commenced by levity via presumption, at least to render them more difficult. It is thus that the Imperial Court of Russia will execute with calmness what justice, honour, humanity, peace, and security require. The history of the Government of the Emperor Nicholas is a proof of the value which he attaches to these advantages 114' will know how to protect and maintain them, abroad as well as at home. We have never known a season so splendid as the present. Brighton can now boast of encompassing within its limits a vast assemblage of nubility anti fashion able company.—Brighton Guardian. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The Council have elected the Rev. THOMAS DALE, A.M., of Corpus Christi College, C am b r id ge , morning preacher at Saint Bride's, Fleet-st ree t, an d even ing preacher at St. Mary Abchurch, to be Professor of the English Language and Literature; and Mr. HYMAN Huftwrrz, to be Professor of Hebrew. We are glad to hear that the weather has been so favourabl e for building, that the workmen are now engaged in putting on the roof. The lectures are to com mence in October next, as we are informed; and, consi dering the extent of the building, which is 430 feet long, and that it is so substantially built, it is wonderful that so much has been accomplished in so short a time, for the ceremony of laying the first stone took place on the 30th of April last. hours. r:p d , It ;17 • N C - 19 M 1044 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1828. Our Cotemporarias are eagerly engaged in supporting the interests of their respective par• ties,—but in the existing state of things, we repeat our opinion, that the present Mi- nistry are likely to pursue the true interests of the Nation. Lookers-on generally fancy that they could play a better game themselves—and amongst others, we also could suggest improve ments in the Cabinet. Had Mr. PEEL, for instance, been Chancellor of the Exchequer, and removed from any interference with Ireland, we should have been better pleased ; but matters might have been greatly worse ; and, much as we respect Lord LANsnowNE and many of the Whig Party, we should be unwilling to give a loose rein to the, Ultras of either side. The French Papers of Monday, and the Gazette de France of Tuesday, have been re ceived. If we are to believe the Quotidienne, poor Count OFALIA is persecuted in London for not inducing FERDINAND to acknowledge the independence of the South American Re publics. This story is entitled to the same credit as that which says FERDINAND is fitting out an armament for the re-conquest of his colonies. The reason assigned for this undertaking is that the Spanish Government is at this moment col lecting large sums of money. Perhaps FERDI NAND has taken an honest whim to pay the Spanish Bonds issued by the Cortes—for though this seems to have escaped the writer's notice we think it much more likely to take place than an expedition to re-conquer South America. An article from the banks of the Dwina says that, in the event of war with Turkey, the execu tion of the measures adopted by the Allies will be left to Russia, from her position, interest, and the imposing attitude which she has already as sumed. Her previous moderation is also con sidered a pledge of her integrity—but, g i v i ng Russia all due credit for sincerity, may not her moderation have been a little constrained by dr . cu instances ? The late storms have been unusually severe, and it now appears that thei r destructive swe e p was far more e xtensive th an at first imag ined. co tland Iv b The e e e::: of England, Ireland, and S sad testimony to the calamitous vio lence of the elements. On land, trees were torn u p by the roots—houses demolished—roads stopped u p by the heavy f a ll o f s now, or plains flooded by the overwhelming rush of waters from the mountains', to the great damage of property, t sea the aeGhxetdennundisn some t r i o liel in sttlo t: r e n') stilti:leda sc:r°aeir, o l a l i l f m g e ample scopei Isles—the coasts of Holland, Norway,' al° indeed over the North Sea, till it spent is rage up the Baltic. Over such an extent' the catastroph e must have been tromendous/ Along our shores the shipwrecks, loss of lift and perils endured have been appalling, a° every day brings mere tidings of casualtie at sea, to swell the dismal catalogue. Man, vessels are supposed to have foundered from the extreme inclemency of the w eather and the severity of the season. We m a y, there'• fore, we fear, daily expect to hear of more diS' asters, We would call the attention of our readers 0 the able and e l oquent speec h o f Lord Ross', NtonE, which will he found in 'another part UAL our Paper. How differently must human mind: b e constructed, when some are able to resist. arguments which :appear to others so p er fectil : unanswerable ! There is indeed a foul blot 0 0 the boasted faith of Britain, whilst the Treaty of Limerick and the Union bear testimo4 against it in the Annals of History. Were the danger to our glorious Constitution 39 serious, as it is visionary, who would violat e his solemnly plighted faith to avert that danger? Let us remember the Heathen REGULtJS. Al t 1 should Nations act on principles which wotlifi be disgraceful to individuals ? But this argument assumes some peril, where we can see none, having no such meal' opinion of the Protestant religion as to suppose that the Roman Catholic faith is to overspread the land the moment they are put on an equality, Kii eel] It is with much regret that we announce the melancholy death of Colonel INI'DoNNEL, Glengarry. We understand, that that gentle' man and two of his daughters were on board steam-boat which by some accident, got ashore near Fort William ; and, that during the concw sion of quitting the vessel, he received a blow )0 his head, which caused his death within sib bei hal THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE O' CI, ocr. The settlement of the account yesterday having been adjusted so far as the balances have to be paid and received, this morning has been devoted to t l3l final discharge of the same, and the business doing in the English Funds has consequently not been ° I any importance. A decline of full a quarter Pe : cent. on the highest price of yesterday may be state up to the present hour to have taken place. Con' sols opened at 853 6, both for money and Februall account, (which is fixed for the 28th); they hart since been buyers at 86, but have receded to 8.5 i and at one period 4 was the nearest price for thanel and account; they are now 854 I. India Bonds'act 92 4, and Exchequer Bills, Co 2 pm. The Foreign Funds do not exhibit any n ovelt this morning; Colombian Bonds are lower, beini,' quoted at 241 54 ; Chilian, 23 5; Mexican, 6 pe t , Cent, 471 4 ; Russian Stock continues at a steadi advance, being 934 4; Danish, 614 4 ; Spanish, per Cent., 10 4 ; Greek, 173; Brazilian, 6011 1. • , In Shares the premium of 5 15 on Real del Montt: Mines has again gone off, and they are now at par;l Brazilian, 69 71 pm.; Colombian, '23 4 per sharej! United Mexican, 21 20 dis. Three per Cent. Consols, 854 3; Ditto for the Feb' Account, 854 4 ; India Bonds, 92 4 pm. ; Exelleque' Bills, 60 2 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 60:t 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 42 Chilian, 23 5 ; Colombian, 241 51; Danish, 614 Greek , 171; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 36 '7; Ditto, 6 per Cent' 473 4 ; Peruvian, 255 64 ; Portuguese, 714 2 ; Russia!' 934 4 ; Spanish, 10 4. MzNzs._Anglo Mexican, GO 58 die . ; Brazilian, 69 71 pm. ; Bolivar, Ti 11 dis. ; Colombian, 23 4 l' ef Share; Real del Monte, par ; United 'Mexican, 21 20 d 4 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, after nearly reaching 86, have had i trifling re-action to 854, buyers, but the market /It', an evident tendency to improvement at present' Bank Stock has risen to 211. TITRRE O'CLoCK. Consols for February, 85/ . FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING Consols 854 Danish Do. for Ac. 851 Greek, 1825 17 Brazilian Bonds 603 Mexican, 1825 471: Buenos Ayres 42 Peruvian 254 Chilian Do. Russian 94 Columbian, 1824 244 Spanish, 1821 103 A Detachment from the Depot of the 7 Regiment, or the Duke of Albanye own Highlander': marched from Armagh to Newry on the 18th jnat. 4 a' embarked on board the Lord Blaney steam-packet, V Liverpool, on the 19th, on route to join the.r Corps, no ° stationed in the Tower of London. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.--We are debted to a gentleman who was a passenger on board vessel for the following account of the melancholy death Mr. R. T. 'Macy, mate of the packet-ship Sylvanus kips :—" On T ues d ay, the St h i nst ., a b out one o , eloc i' p.m., in l a t. 4 9. 35 N„ and 1 00 . 27 ! crew were engag e d in removing the fore topsail, i n ord' t to replace it by another, which was better adapted to with' stand the violence of the wind, that was then blowi 4 , heavily from the N.W. The ship was running, the time, before the wind, at the r a t e o f W ip e the work, Mr. MAcv - ascended the mast where the Di et' the captain, nor was such exertion, on by the mate, required at the moment. Ilavil;, 1 " knqtp, arid the 50, viTah:sunhtlesuhalaidY high, An=ions A se l v i e s t , tom part e ex s i pe ° n f were employed. the course of the morning, although he was neither ordered f ; to the necessary directions the men, and while in D.' given ndiuff over the rim of the fore -top, h e missed act of des' - • hold. At the same time the ship gave a lurch to the star, board side, and he was precipitated into the sea. He vi" scarce ly seen to fall before the unhappy occurrence w d known to every one on board. The ship was broug ij to as soon as possible, but she must have run, least, half a mile ere this was, or could 113 ',, t p h a a r t t, di:t s y been, effected. At first it Was a source of o' r it had been carried away during a tremendous ale windcere regret to xt onudsayall morning that the pre jLil i l ii y b oat was l o ot ug but we til d soon convinced that no boat could li ve i n such a sea; :"ti if one was manned for the purpose of ende avour i ng to P r o up Mr. MAcv, we were persuaded that she could not too been rowed to windward, and might have been unable ff reach the ship again. Mr. MAcy was only seen once 30, he fell from the fore-top. It is supposed that he we* ilj o great measure, stunned by the fall, and that h e /o ust I , ° perished soon afterwards. --Liverpool Albion. • the NVi Line cee, did of Pre! 1 Tef tool Priv and Past the Ivor, Mite; rno v to 31 by t Pros, tern ( sent - sex, fida% with in th, riot Pay . fr om anot] T 1 boats, the ly The c and a in the 4 .41 eau Water Wred great Lei in th e occur z A in th e nerale Mate at oja, TI bag s gronn i has Im of foul Per Merok Wimpli to call Irelan repreig LAND alYeral castiei Lavinj nonne gentle are b 4 only s 0,014, RI body i Rook: terday der," and 11 ter. reside hood ; half 4 two fi built of a p Id the brouf purcl baud girl's Was rano Bent cyph W. 4 th e a i k the whi tern FRICESOF STOCKS THIS lank stock 3 per Cent. Red. 56%%% 3 per Cent. Cons. '36 5% Ti 3. 1 i per Cent Ditto Red. 4 4 per Cent. Ncw 101 93 % 1 4 1 Ditto, 1826 102 Rank L. Ann. 19 0-16 1, India Stock 2505, 50 Ditto 13ontis — pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bends, 5 per cent. Bsazilian Bond Buenos Ayres Bonds 42 Chilian Bonds, 6 per et. Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 18 9 4 Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 Guatirnala — Moxic.m Bonds Do. 1825 --- PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £ 2O 96 Columbian Mining Co. (is& at 5/. pin.) 22Y 2 23Y, 24 Hibernian Mining Co Real del Monte Mining Co. United Mex. Min, Co. (ise. at 2/. pm.) 35 14 Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Co. 10 9.. i l'rotector Fire Insurance Co . •., . 2 ..1 2s. 6d. United General Gas Co. . . COURSE OF ENO!: Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight l2 0 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp l2 3 llamburgh M. B. 13 11i Altona 13 14 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 60 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex:31.150i l'etersburgh, ride... 3Us lO 0 Vienna, effective 11. 2 M lO 3 Frieste du. Madrid , 3 5 1,4 Cadiz , 35% Bilboa Barcelona 34% `wl ille 34 )i Gibraltar 4B MA Arrived. Due. O Americ• 0 O Brazil 0 0 Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 O France O Gottenburgh 1 O Guernsey 8,; Jersey 0 TO THE FREEHOLDEKS OF THE COUNTY OF DURHAM, GENTLEMEN, riIIITE Event contemplated in my former Ad. dress to you, as likely to create a VACANCY in the REPRESENTATION of your COUNTY, having now taken place, it becomes my duty to state, that the numerous and cordial assurances of support which I have received for Mr. RUSSELL, inspire me with the utmost confidence that, on the day of Election, your Suffrages will justify the offer of his services to fill that Vacancy. I beg leave to renew my assurances, founded upon those which Mr. Russell has repeatedly expressed to me, that if he should attain the high honour to which he aspires, he will earnestly devote himself to the important duties with which it is connected ; and I may add my conviction, that he will, by his conduct in Parliament, effectually re present that independence which has constantly charac terized the Freeholders of the County of Durham. There has not been time for any answer from Mr. Rus sell to my communication of the step I had taken on his behalf, but I do not doubt his immediate return to Eng land on the receipt of that communication. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, With great respect, Your most obedient and humble Servant, CHARLES TRNNYSON. Park-street, Westminster, Jan. 19, 1828. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Siuth Sea Stock Old Anuoiticrs New Ditto Ex. Bills, £1,600 2d. 60 62 pm. Ditto 5OO 21. 60 62 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India for Account Con. for Ac. THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 , — Peruvian Bondy — Portuguese Bonds — Prugsian, 5 ?Vt. cent — Ditto, New — Russian, New 94 Spanish, 1821 10% 1823 — French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. _.--- Exchange .... —t --c. --- 3 per cent --f. —c. ____— Exchange —f --c. ,NCIE YESTERDAY. --- - Leghorn 4B Genoa 25 a) Venice Malta — Naples 39 Palernio Lisbon 464 Oporto 46% Rio Janeiro 32 Bahia 37 Buenos Ayres — Dublin, 21 days'sight Cork ,t , _ _ ._ ..... BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 (; New Deobloons New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver, ba►s. standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh 4 O Holland 0 Jamaica . O Leeward Islandm O Lisbon 1 O Malta O Mexico 0 1 Waterford 0