The Sun. — London, England, 1811-03-08 00:00:00

said of ills stupidity, and .vulgarity of . the ...ng1,441. Aire Flrinecty, i;i cie 'cou.rs'e-:,arilf.ire,ry:l444., , ent ‘ t„ A. defenifed, the English nation irons' the , te . cha ii . A 4.t; htr,i , ..i s Pfish ,CfOve,o)itent.z threw th. Nhule oPon ' kl'e I. p A ~, Ive : t „ ..,' b a ii.- He aSktil L.if met* how It t & r w , 4)ll ,' ~`,:: ,G2.1i,i,At..- their dispositionsiudged, of f . ,y those ot. iii T tl i i l , r, 14 .., GOvernitteni, .and conerudA" by rse(lnit!rfF.eftt',.. petition for Cal holic 'Etuancip3tion, i pett l ttob ile., r ia l Ile'form in Parliatnettf, arid a pe , itioa t:k.ir t t . e , ; t. . of the Union. This speech was rem: ed e. %vitt? time loudest plaudits, and Mr . Finnerty rec ived h , o f B , _ ill • the Lord thanks the aggregate mee ting;. 11 .. 5 ., a rv,,i, Lieutenant ttid not interfere. But at t t gg . es . meeting a resolution was passed, that the 00,11.10ittet: the purpost. of ftaioni t c, ,(thouuti only appointed for - • the p ' etition) • should be invested with the wh o le ;)owe r of managing all the allairs of the C atho li cs.` .111 thi: was. perteOly well known Anita . C astle, , fa it , feeling that there was no Slate dange r likely. to Lit better to over .4l") til e irisi' Gnvetnineut thought tve theleast Inok these pro: eedings, ra t her !!! - ii , 'ground for the aisertion that it wai t' in g einted tit in- terfate wish, or prevent the Cratiolicg srorn exe'rE:ils- ri g 141 r right of petitioning. Ott the , 2 , 4l.i_ i t ,o , t . . or, mber the Cotitmitt , e met again, ai.o t-orcl 1 4'10 ii Qrse of the' best moo among the Roma n o i C l ;i_th e b ta l t ic id t : and one . of the h st and most loyal rne ., , Ir tioti Inicalled to the Chair. At thi,t. meettlig a mo 11. 'Wm Made fora vote of thanks to Lord Don° , u n g ot tt)( tte- The impropriety Of diai.ussing a questio cio. that kind in a Co , otriittect forrot'3l saki)? ' , lnd ex , _. 4 r'-ly fur th- purpose of framing a petition to.' ar harneni, struc k L o od Fing a l, .a; l id he sug.vsted to tilt Committe,,,, that they had nothing to do but to l'' i• meta i but ho was P re Plit° the Petitie" to -3" - answered by Mr. O'Connel, who rentinded the Conffitittee that the last ag4regate meeting had 1:,e". laoved all doubt on the:subjett, by their re i so i l .t. .. tions,empowering the,Cominitice ti ) conduet . ,Li . i l . t o. tailielic affaii s. (Mr, Pole. •rvad the proreedu g . s it, t , Ithinetting. of tlie 'COnatnittee float The Dr b 4 Dening p ,us t , ab be . rving that their debates Were regularly ,reported and • published . in the . Irish ti:at ink te oewsapesl I. he conti'equence was, --:-- . ,1 , 1 Mari of Mr: 'O'Cotinel%, _ according exactiy ‘‘. rt . too sense , of the Committee ; Mr. German's tiw eoltitioni, were Committee and' carried . ' 'utiitninrousiy.— i jirs I 14n Wits a doitbt expressed as to the propriet y and ..legitlity of 'their proceedittp,..by ottos'of t hei r , / v 4 badYt"S'ltthntrt Catholitt 'Peer ; but still_' . t e cte . 4.ord Leutenatit oi ., s no think at neces...srY to to , ur. t lie ; 'be litill.rt•foulhtti firm to 1 1 i i P 0 1 i )(A ,( a I ta ) 11 , ~ll l' Y'l i el'ttii Hon. iirenct opposite LMr. ()I 4k ~ J a ' 141 0 . 1' ' 1 "sect 't ti,,, must wise policy y A. iarak. ert ,- , ilci Vhith you'd A. pursued in 1 relithd) of tr.Yht&4l do antl eolaiih,ting measures,. as Jong as. he ,:Dula at, etaliislomly wall the Saiety of the State. I" t he I ,' (C U Cl tt,C , tsi of ' December, howomr, , t'..! : ~,erntniL ce wvtit 'still , tort tier. Utt that day d'll'l of t ho Me,,, b et , ( wh at ,thpi atio„,6,,t) of the, Commilte c e i , h, t ° ' , vita( lie called a very great grit."va"c4.' `Yt)lch.l' - t: *11 the tas lllf.l by a Catholic subtler; .he told thcin that wcie . ii,i(, zwiAiao i s of the Catholic ri ghts, . trk,gied a subscription fOr.pro.ceniihts, tl,os' bi.g?l',' "It term,d them, whatever tel ran k or tation l'i.thlbe, by %vhon t !his Catholte soldier had be en injure' The facts with 'reard to - ill i 3 sold rer were file"Y these; on the 2 411 1 tit last Angus!, Dr • Tr° ..?": l die tilular Arehbishopot Dublin, wrote to the'Ler I )I„64„leilaulvand.tnentioried the cast. of. a soldier 0 1 i h tl :'"arae of Spenter„ wbo had commuted a ; veil : -'tl fit:tat:nee of a Court Kiritill hy go in g 4 ' l° il e g i nleat a 1 way I •ein ployeii. on .toreigit servloe•—br: 4 : ' a ' ,7 reltresented this min's Cast , ' a' being pre- i l '''Y bard. l'he Chiet Seerevit y for ,Irela nd Insibruttliately transmitted this 1. , taer to the C."`"" mi... . a --' in Chief, who' throaty ordertd al) In -1561000a to be tnacle into all the circumstances. 04 tlife case. The result was; ilw C"flumnder I' 1. , , (4ie ' rett l' i ttt=d the whole of the someone, the wan ;as' brotight hick, and was discharged frPhl 1 ! )( ' 'inhay tiltogetlier.. This wavin August. In De etaTther; as he had already stated, this 311.1biOt ', V ." ' ti l 'up by . the Catholic Committee; it was • . 1118- el)is.d • 1 1 . . L Wit I I Iti Mlist • vio lent language i OUt •thLt h ue 4 , 41 . . . tio 4 WA9, they admitted that ~ . Justice had been n n i ") Ill e s oldier. A' motion was, however, rnaue. k /9e C ourt of king's Bence rqspt.aing “' lB case ' i 4 : 1 i n t was instantly rrjeeted :. however, the C•011)**- 1 0' 11 ' l i t t'. 4 I.ook Upoll interim elves publicly end boldly t°.• tieelare to - the proi,le of • Ireland, that it was f ilet their interfrence' tnd by . thejr exertions, a l t 1141 wrovgs of the soldier had been redreasett, . li t e tuflit the sedite t ee had been remitted iind'are itit?la disehafged the arohy in August, and thFy ' l l nut . tsL e up pila f ..l..itivs s t 'GI December ! ,T l ler ~()..“.! 'Fie Roman t..* 4t I to:!cs of Leland, in the . (Posts . 1 ''"t I"..;e.(lanipiiiie, indeed; of such . a nature; 11 4 lie sc,iticely thought-Govern nue lit (vithipiliti4b6; I,l4l'ojng kfr-4ined,trom prosecutin. ! t 11'• primer byl I f ` °l ri it was published), th;ii it should be star.;( ter 11: e „ it People of Ireland, that % 'conseir uet ne e Of (- ektriinns. cif the Cotarnit I ye,' t he whole of - 416. „a11,(0,', suldiers• had had just icy: done them, bnd! , 1 1 ; 1 !..4111 irtht freely worghip i twit Nl.dier arenrding, in, rie e4 u wa ritual. "I'ltils inter:Mg i that all tender ,,,lst'itinessi .ti(i jiistice, did out proc:.:cd from (:."41 Government, but knattated truth the Catholic! ~u,tirtnlittee, mid holding themselucs tip as cite proper i'll excltilive objeth. of the attettion, of thepeopicl `;', l the 21,th of N,)vember, the Petition .was receiv- Iti:tr.all,l,the Sub-Cumotittee,, was read in .the (=o lio' Ile Col.nPlitteti, atid. lckunwledgrd as the. Pvti.. : at ri q tbe CatliolL:s ot - , 4 - eland ; the .Committee ille same tittle voting thatif s to his Mutt. iii,:ii(l ')Pasit in 0 - 1 i i . , i I it •ot tip e. h .. . a. t.,1111e. an d oy.t lb an. tot y ..s tij., 4 .'''''. l of Ireland. 'the Polition !laving I),A:it gretd to tileo n ly o' 1 - .. 6 " fur 4% 4; ..', . 1 1. .1 ril t 141 .retname fai rly.-for ri) ,;(• uthu,vrilion of 1 le Committee was, the mode til4l;r"entstltOt, and the' persona to be. employed for aht P„'".lJuKe. The greater part.of the, most respieet u,ii'''rbeiiot of reltiod were very touch disoleased it,,,111.e proee‘edingi of o . 4...Committee,with vi'l'iilreiulent, internperateband ittilattutki.4ory, language ti l t 1 ! l i kl been used. 1..0rd French - and ,others ' ' 'le could &tan, 1 L .. • d of time Cm could ~, ~, ,-..e, ne 'fiefs thstipproVe it pi,,,per7t., ' 44 c unlroittee., And here he thought nt,ri that 0 state. to the house in time titrOtigest man 'him „f:ill,:l..?thlog could be flintier from' the hitch tti R„ii,,it '..,•:Littil?ent of Ireland than to atit,agaitrat• fi.thott u c t) l . (-4il)44c i ge n e t ally , or to tht ow any le. .Illeotijetil'it, 11 , 1el it'as' a 'body ; I quite the, reverse.-- 'w ,; It te , '' ' ‘,3(herutnent wag only to tint OgaillW .r t o .Yf: ii.°t.V , tt4 4e, all illega!, Wily, and to put a • ~,i, !.; ccedii)gi which if not Checked in time ~,:iit ~.d , , ~,, - , t to the most dangerous- ennsegneneeviA. , i' to..*Aoheisi ,i, '''' l ' ' l4 i 4 -Irish Government i'l.l)pn, g lilac aller tl‘i --4 oceurronce the.C.thblio Coln mitleet nothing, 19 do but-s;mply. fo 'tleterrn4le Pelition'iitionld be conveyed by one ~r It !gee indivi,dualpto hp Irish Goveiumeni thou4l t that , ad•arithe , Proceeilings bt.en iskeiti . evOus,pi ~t,he debates of the Connattee had :an. great ai - sya ! ,tie ferment b , ct4ibned its e-.L.nee,of a c4ttiolic P,ritainent (sh it: timalt),een„etni,ihaticilliteried), tile evil must by Ati k i by cease; and that it was nineb.b4tter, if possiok, to .%1119.1y,Itto.arrivfa- at a termination wit i,out.any.inter , , their part;:lt was thought that they could rilot w mucli lotor, add tow it LV:IS better nit interpose, in order that no pos)ibie.ground, , mignt Oleo for, an ,asiert ion t h 1 iie Go, ern men t loft:ricked iii ,the right if petitioning * . The next step which they Book, aunt the middle of Deceit)- her, Aas to ap, , oint Committee of Grievances.— , This Catholic Comituttee, consiitiated tor. the sole pußose et preparing a to Parlia ment, appointed a Sub s -Curianitiee iu examine iirto all the grievances \V hiCh the Catholics of Ireland , :uffdred, and 'quo 13.11 the incli , ;niiies aad , inselts to \sllich they , were in' eniii.:getlice At one of these meetings a Member stated, that he tract re- , ceived a letter. train Dr. Troy, containing, as he Said, an account, of sonic! s b got ry which bad peen manitested in the manageinent of the Founti- HOsPital in Di. - Vo!in. He had not seen this letter ot' -Dr. Troy, thetetore be could only speak' of it from what vaiv d in the debates. It: would be necessary to explain to rho House the nature at, the Foundliltg - Hospital, in order that the . ) , might understand this part ot r;ie suoject. That Hospital' was established by AO, of P.4ll:fluent, and amnia:ly recitived Wry parhatue.ttary grants. Et cry &hilt! btou6nt'..to. t ri;ispital was received, Wlthoul any disfin,;:aion „wUai,ever, and iii -Acre g 11,:rahy the . house input 1 . 200 civldlea, alt.( betwe,n 4 5400 at nurse in . the.country. The Govemors of this in;ititution. were .awang, the :host, resp.bc.table, • • lit 'might indeed s:ty they were L m tie o , vr43pe4able : `,. people iu Ireland, ,and there was not a Single niSti- . atiott in that country that was conducted in a more ,exemplary manner. All the addict' Teceiveil,, iiatl soine name or label-brought them, wh:ch was • entered in a secret book, and- they were, in the HOuie distinguished not by tome-, but. by nuth,bers ; 41s this was a Government Institution, and supported by publie-moncy, the child.ren were (4 course brougi pp, in 0m ! established religion of, (lie coontry, an t ;:ipprentict d toPlOteStani O,ASterS. Howe% er, whi.n any person, whether Catholic or Protestant, cla,inted a child, ',that child was instantly delivered to Linn on his stating the name .or mark eutered into toe secret He 64E1 IRA 604..,t, Dr. troy's Letter, ;Wiricli he alluded, but he understood t;141 it accuie.: the Atana4ets of tins Institution of an en.O . eavtior to gain proselytes to ProieiLintisin, by contriving Anat. no Catholic should etiei recover his child, and !bat it narrated a shockul circumstance had ye curved no consequence of this bigotry, namely, the iniirriztge of brochtir And Sister, whc, were rant at. their mutual relation. This cftcuinstance was warmly .taken up by the Comm tic I t. OS , -rev anees, and a discussion wok piece which he would not detail. It Gentlemen wished to read their de bates, the) , "would soon have . an opportunity of doing ii, for lie understood'theii debaks were about ro t , e ' published. the meanwhile, the Catitolie Coot mince erintinuea to imet wt;e.k to week?: sometimes twice a-week ; they adopted, a,i teary , as they could, all the torms,of tt.e Cotinnotis; Aiken debates were attended by shot t.-hand wi hers, and were published at length in Soule of tile Irish , 'news.. papers. 'About the beginning of January, one of the Members of lite Commatee of Grievances stated to.the Catholic Committee, that the cOininittec of Grievances 'had nearly prepared their report, eon sisting'uf 300 folio pages. It , v . aspropord to print this repoft, to eirculateiLtunotai the 11t1ax.ioaburs, .ati.i throughout Ireland, and to lay .a copy . of it on the Fr table of the onse. - 4Cotnitions, though how this last objeal was to be accomplished, tie (gr. .pro leased himself at a loss-to conceive. One of the grievances was• an .:eiinmetation bt; he .bL . .litn`e , .l, abotit 32,(100 places Which:it wissaiii the Cat ho tics.were incapable of possessim. It could not tie anpposed that - during - such proceedings - ai be lia4l been detailing to the Honse, 'that Dublin could have been in a very 'tra ► quil: - Siaie ;... 7 they ; Izad indeed produeedfa very - great effect upon :the public mind. 'Alen beganla think that'the.irish Govet Li - Ment was idissolved, seeing that it hod not iiitet fered to put a stop to such conduet... 'ln bet, no thing ,cattldhaFeitititled the faird , .Lieatenant land those who had. t.he honour to advise Aim, in: their' 'abstinence, bat the expeenition• fFee iron rally 'etiortaindd' tliat every nieLting,of The Commit 'tee—Would be,' the last. Ale W4O ieody admii that - )4m uetitte abolue of `D there did tip- r, t pear some sy rti roma 'of an int ttt these Grrr-; tlemeir to increaAe :their uvtabers; knit Rikitt Hon. Gentleman' was cotudl,eVy .if lie sappoSed that there wa tiny bring iu th..ir debates Which intiica(od'the which they intenled to tweet that object. There %Anis, it was trite, hi IVovemher, it Resolution that their , 6ecretary should correspond' with Get4lernett -the , country, in or der that the Committee -- Mikitt b:,.conie acquainted with their sewn!, ins; , and therev was lion about increasing their., ituintAers; hut ~114.1 one word alleut the manner of doing it. he 23d uf January, the Iri§h GoventinQnt poiie,:ccd of the fact, that Such a eirevilar letter had been written by the :Secretary of theCatholh; Cott mitten, an d that several answers had hero fheretis; of the n.thire of tits letter, oi I h,, ati,,,ver , s, they ,were wholly ignorant. 11,. would state What 'had been said by one of i tt ipeßking their numbers,. he said that. When tio ',.`dembers from each countty had joined them they would two a larger body than any aggregate Meeting `he bad ever seen.. 'to proceecl,,huvieleyer, with. the his tory of the Committee., Id adj, !arited from week In week, MOW pretence of afforeting,asSistanee 'to Lorcl _Fingal in the conveyance.‘ot the C4T hOlie• Prti , lot) ; hut at every tweeting a violent and inflammatory' de bate was owe to takeplace. He t i s pCUSUJLied•,IIIIII at that period the principal C'Sthollei of Ireland were extremely dissatisfied Wit 4 ti enuliniti - ee, its abusing the tern' y of Government, .atio as injuring by the intetriperilice of their coaduct the cause which they were assembled- to . support. On the 2cl. of li'ebruary, the (....'entrotttee ftgrflgi timothy to a Resolution, .that the Petition of the Catholics of Ireland should be then .transinn led to Parliament. On the same day-, another ReSOILItid)(I Was proposed, that. the ecantintlee shpuld proceed to Atlgtbetlt their nurf bcr by the. appointment.; oft ten . I .Winbers for each couoty in Ireland. This fte , tolu;. tion wa4 rejeeted ; Wit . betere the.'rejeti - 6n, there considerable deba;oa, in which Lord French f(tlie Qintir.man) used - Ote,(o;io , 4.ing 'expressions Yon Were.appoi6(ed::for a specifit 'purpose your t.'intlillkitilOil..is:ende‘L. I arn sick , of this husieess. po Tau 'neon:to yoorselves into a perpetual: i Parnatnent TheCornifittee, however, would not 'aektfowledge that their powers hadjerns . Mated and, instead of ending the 'business altogether, a& journed until the , gqt:of. Feb., •Still . the Lord' Lien. - - te - narat forb,re to interpose the authority 01 &over tr. , ' merit, satisfied that the crisis of the transaction vies' approaching. At the meetinvi_of the , cOmmittee of the gth • of ,Fehruaty, - several . ' of the Members in dinged in rthe mosi violent and intempetatelauguage. One Gentkroen itl particular prof .ssed to - defend Lord .Pittgal-One of the most loyal of the Catholic bOdy —a "Nobkinatt in `very way highly estimable, - .and whoa) no ,tme - eould know without admiring. 'Lord - Fingal hal been accused of snpporting' The VetO and cOncutrig in. the 'Union. The defence wa: the most libetibus atTusat,on: He (Mr. Pole), res.:3 a Paper, itt which, 'sin Much tAanirnator flatter, ime speaker, inju.sllication . of' Lord F regal for having opposed the reocilion in Ireland, obt,e6. that '' it hi, Lordship as -Rimed the livery of their exiermina , ois; it wir• for the purpose of interceding for, and saviin , the oppressed." [ft - was asic'ed sable, from what Paper 'he had. taken . this aCcount ? i4lr.Pine replied,- either from the Dublin E;v'ening Post. or'irarn 'toe Evening Herald, a Paper,. the authority . of Vtfltich. he was sore the Gehilemen on the other 'side would, :dot dipute upon 'this subject] " U l , to this tirne the Government of Ireland h ats eneri4lied the expectation what rany , interferenie their part' would be biumeeSsiry -but the tailacy of that hoPe begin to tuaniteSt itself.' He trust4d'that in the tedious detail he had gone throbgh; he had • sufficient* contradistingni,bed - the Committee Of 1809 and the 'Committee of I'Blo. Th. 4 vended ,'of 14 latter .did• unqqesrionahly Oceasitxf great Un ensii ess and'anxiety to the Goveittinent oflrititand; and representatioi",s' began to pour in from the loyal and well •dispO‘ed in all parts of tri kland; of We, misc hi e f s , .vvnich would arise front per lttill3llCe of such proceedings. The loony offhe..Lsjil Lieutenant waft blamed; ranthhits,it appeift ad' th 4 tne conduct of the Irish GOvernment Waicent.ured by one set of. men tor severity,. stidn•by another for its fceb:karance. He soritniwil itto the candOur of the lion;e whethef the Lord,'Lieutertant :had ailed t 0, .. wards the Catholics with rigOur„--Or•Whetiter lie jl~icl taken'aity MeaStites Whatever to prevent't hem iftbto es.ereking.the just right twhiCh they poisessed of:&;. Parliament,' of 'noreiOng t ;ten , petitititt.4 they, thought` proper, or present Mg they .pldits'ed; He was apprehensive that iw , Loyd .Lieufetiin t f'Wat• rattier to di,• contrary nO,.utattoti; It unglit be so.. In his 'conscience . , llower , ..l,.he'r, helieved that 'his Excelleney had acted sight, and.tlie`al,tce Which he fiat it Its duty . to give'l . tie Lwd ant on t oecaiton, tie had the Satiqfaetion of Mg, was ieObrideil by 'the , Laro •Cnaticel tor and 'the Attorney-General of litand. Many pad been the consultanons.of the Irish Cabinet, With respect 'to the proptioy of cari n g oil the 13;iiisti t4overnntent fur their aintistanee, btu the resitli of the.. tints hid 4wdys been, that it wa, better Co 'go as tar as the public racer' would permit, without any interference of atvitori , y. He did -not know, then, whetter the - Government of Ireland wore to be at tacked .for'theii 1,94 Or for their natshtness. BcOne 'Elett.:Gentleinen scent incimen to aousc them for Geth. Fl e wets certain, howtoter, that his •Honnut, able Friend eppornte (Mr. Grattan). would not think that they had been too lenient ; for he understand Ahat in speech on a late occasion, his Hon Friend slid, it that was the duty di the Government of Ire land even to risk something for the purpose Of evincing a greater tenderness towards time Cithelits than iowtrds..any other Wen in Ireland. Precisely in c.o. spirit 61 this rethark the Irish GoVerti 'eent acted. He knew that in ally -other 'case the Lieutenant would have much sooner interfered. He would take upon bins {elf to say, ihatlhad 'Committee, initead'of aUatholic,:been a Protestant, ur•D ssenting, or. an Orange COnntittee, they would •noi have beet* allowed to gcluil linfg untnoleSted. .•It. 'was on a 'CAM anti deliberate balance of nautiVes, .and with d of the . res,orisithlity incur that the Loed Li kitenan-t adopted' the line of appe'ared best. 'caiet i latd- to secure t he intefesti of the' Eieveieiko and of `the country. - He feltrit necessary,t6 apologiie to for oceupyliiig so Much of their ti:ne,.bm . he 'left il` iris seer's` upon a quest ion 41.50 Mach importance to state ieftrily: lie ntiw Carrie to the other part Of the qMSO. With reg;trd'to . Mr. Mly's.l6tt . er,.he declared in the most' solemn'manner hint 'the 11 . 1411 Gpvern oldut neVer tpe.V it till'the t 001 Febrintry.. knew 'that a Nibble Lard . had another place, thltt lie had the letter in' his poise,sion early in ishary.': Ilia Was very poss,ble ; that NOble ;Lord tniglo be more in the coohdeoce of those front whein 'that . lerter proceeded' than the . Wish Gevernmeot were. It might be contended, that the Government of ii:elaod, in not hoeing ebtamed this letter sooner, -had Alt.-Wu theniseiVeS fo . be sopine aunt unfit Otir taf -lice. tie could duly s.it', f that every fair means nt Obtaining . ' that information was resorted to by . 0 1 ,11 Gm.ernrifeet ;'1 tilt great diligenee was sues upon then particular subject;: and yet this 'letter of Mr. 'ivait'uot Put intolhitir hat/as:Mild the loth of February.. • Whether . Government was right or wrong in riot obitining mare early inforrnati , m, was .anotner point. Toe goestion now to tic Considered, was, Whether or not thilltad acted j , isolithly on .the infOrtuatioir when obtained On the teeth . of brhary the GevernMent obtained 4 a tie cp r y ai o li f h t: uw : letter, and' at' them Sae time received private for citation of the most secret nature, i l h sand copies of the letter 'were cjicolating in Ireland ; that tn:iny Members ''of the augmented Ctionninee had:arrived in Dublin ; and t hat thc,: w kite wereex- Oeded strive-end be plegent in tilt. Meeting 0 4 t h e ilit it, or at least on 23d of FOguary ilia the letter tvatrpettned by the lawyt:I•!.! ut the Catholic c'onimitteeis who, took gre:tt care to keep , t . . .yeastble, witittn thelaw, but. obta:ip a thorough re presetiLition called The Catholics of Jo. land : ; tlLit 't.Vitett the whole had arrived, they . a ome d . o htt , f or the lirSt time, the Catholic Convention would meet ; and that they ought to be kept sitting, for the pur pose of diffusing through Itelt4)d the flanie that had been srai4ed in 3talaliti. The Irish Goveroinent also secelied infOrtnatian-Of th mode in which the vice tioris. were to be conduced. ,The main object, it appeared, wes to ilisqre secresy 'Names svereseet down from Doblin, of partieulat peisens resident in -;.that city, whom theCommiltee ieeotmeended to b returned as 'delegates from ceram places; and by thiS contrivance it 'w es expected - that a fell atone ance.wOuld • always be se, ured. Such was the in ' tbrfnetion which .vas teecived by the Irish Goveru- . ment; apd on that tefirrmation they acted. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman had asked hi si r whether he took 0 - Pon his seit to 'IA fite the letter addrts ed to tire- Maeistracv of Irelarre, or whether' he had . cimsnited the Attorney and Seiler err Geee rals ?. The Honourable and 'Learned Gentlemen had himself filled a high 'officiel situation. in 'fret Ind; Under the - Doke of B:dford's Government he had been 'Charlet:llor, and another honiairable, Gentleman near him had been Chief Secreeity.—e He would ask" the'Hon. , and •Learned . Geotterneee if at that period this Government of Ireland bite te (ened iiitormaeon siMilar to thatlecently received,, what he Wbeld have advised, his Hon. Frierid the Chief Seeretiiry of that period to eo ? Would he not have advised him to state the fiEts to til ! c Lord Lieu ,enaot ; and would hd riot have Advised tee L ed . • Lieutenant to .end for Lord Chancellor Peisonee, end Mr. Attehey e Getieral Plunkett, aid Mr. Sol,- e eitnr-Genertil gush, for the purpose of homing C"ibinet (kened on the subjea ? T.:at was precisely' the course wind) : he (Mr. Pole) . isdoptee. Lord Chancellor Ponsonby could not lie sent tor, he' wai m i nt in office; tett Lord CeileeellorMaeeers ii:,d Mr. : Attorney deeeral Sauriu were lion:meted ; Mr. Solieiter Geneeil- Wish was absent en a Spec:al Connnis4ieei e -bei on till return to lowri, he pi-1 fee.- coincided in the ppinions Which had ba.ln d e li ver , ed by the cheecellorand the Attorney General. It was tbe•hapeiness of his life to be enaultei to say; that terotiehout the'Whole of the oeoceedine ke bad net taken a single step—he had riot even written the fetter to Lord Frenelt e,Vii bout. first, ()tern uing t iiW concurrent opinions of the greie men wheel he bed mentioned. -The - last wordiethel L'brd.M.orner.i ;;;id to limn , on in (lulu ino the Iris t" shore, We're I will rieveetergiec you if yOu do not inafte , proinuh-24 iis'i . hiboniineas. Let mtehav6 siteetot rise respotisibility"-- (lout alf4 i . ipecited ..rtes (Y . 'fteare hear of thy!C elsius t Unuiscl it; Dublin, the Jeerd,Lieuterritrit prbSitied, lie did not tiiink it, ritlit to seed fer the CIAO' Jciitic . to attend, then ; h'ecause had any Of the ittoids centluct ',yes under consideration, been sue. seem:lloy ;iliprehended, the Chief Justice mast love set on their tritds; and; •erhatever aright be the sea. Ithietikr 'bf thearo, and Larne Gentleaem oo suiejed, he . (Mr. Pole) to . use' area iticant 'by wi ieh it . sritti Might lee thrOWn on the purity . r,t ti Court of Justic. Oa a full consirLra. iof all the circumstances, agreed liat thj tri be pursued, was that which heeet adopted; and it was resolved that the At. 'terriee Gen, Eel shOtild - frame a letrer to the Megis `iratet.; slating Hie nature of toe law as - it stool 'W;,e'rs this was the: Govertartent'keeve very welt that no person would b e takee up for any Ming that was passed, anti the Let turned out to be Nbt one persuti wasealsau up: Nut one held ttr bait, except a pr:. , s-r in •GaiwAy; in'pdvcrthing a'(nteting in conttatent ion o f sh e A ct , The Lord Lieutenant, toetorinly act uated by . feelings .61 tette-tern( ss tQWalds the Catholics, deteriniaed Lieu no rersOn should be attacked for what he heel (nine. l'he Attorney Gerieral waiditected to frame a letter' to he• 'Sherars, stating thelaw of the case, in the hope that it' would have the etleet of deterring thoso persoes - as‘ho were engaged in tlzis plan to dde sist . from Violating the Act of Parliament. 'A great deal hes been said on the expression - - in the letter, f‘ illegal assembly," as applied to the C:attit,_ 'tics; and it had been added, that there . Was no oc. easion CO name the Roman Catholici. trusted that the Hon. and Learned Gentlenian Wouid do the 'Chancellor and he Attorney-General of Ireland the justice to believe ,that these were circumstances -which had not escaped their acuteness ;_,bus being :in - possession of the information; whiele they did 'poSsess, they could not avoid stating iii' the lettel'. As Mr. Hay coeveeedehre meeting, it would have, been :impossible to prevent it, without terming it 'ail illegal one. With respect' to the etiestio t i ci law; he had nce pretension' to say any thing, unacquainted with' legal eubentutes. He was tie lawyer; and , therefore, although such‘arrogance l e ae been iinputed taihim; he had cieVei'preititned to 'take any legal' steps without the assis'ance of the best aeyice.(l-lear hear 1 hear I ) --The tone seed temper of the Hpnaurable and Learned •G'entletnen seemed .. to-night to differ Irons that whin (as los ender:Stood) tie 'assured on a former occaoren.-.: had nor now-spoken of the Conventam Alt as 'en obsolete law, but he had taken the eround on -which a Noble Lord in another place founded h,is argetneot, namely, that it rhe Lord Lieutenant had thought to proceed as lie bad done, it should leiv'e 'done, it should' have been by prociantation. No What was ibeface:? There weS•the Law of the Lind, —an Act of Parliament in lull force—ie stud) . knee Weed, that the very persons against whom it w'as directed, reeogelised its validity ; lor lie defied the target i tti l it i e l e li s °ll b s ibt in h a o n f .i 1 the 1 1 809 and iluti f i t3 e I t : d thato this A6t constantly in their view. An occasion occurred in, which all the Aleurbers of the It ish Goterre-welt agreed Zhat it 'was necessary to enforce tht".7, But wily by proclamation ?„ 'nut was a molere sorted to only in particular cases; $11C1), tor instance, as the fri,ifie4ion Late, which wits not ;alw,iys in opetation, and whiCle the nigistretes Coeld not en. force until Ll!r AsttiSo in the case the other day in irelaptle of the applicet ion of the distressed lii.: nuflourets for relief. 7 rwo hui::cir c d vero granted to them ; but as there was po i. t _fur this . put-inrt, ,it Was neeesserily done - by proelealatibri, and the leish- Governmeot would taitnediately apply it, Rali3iTient for an Artt of Indemnity for whet they had dune. Willy lie shutill riot tieve liouglit. of Iseult% ap to elancstion for Abu purpos , : . ;:t enforcing tin ,Ai:l of ParliatrMit. that be h t ea l4 , w sioisfieci the House, that a hen . Government a t l est eee e e it sect; to eel,. the Ciaihoiic CotrialiU,eo assumed a - new fdrrn—a (Orel dangerous to n Gr.weri,r tent every par! ofi I reland that te t t: I sd : y crtivedthe intwellatiou 01101.11:11.they