The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-03 00:00:00

'THE BRITISH PRESS.

IRISH CATHOLICS.

At a meeting of the NewlCatholie Association, held at
Dublin on Saturday, the following II Gees were read :
My dear O'Conn.ll-1 enclose my ties:bald rem, as a mark of
my 11111i0Uallt,iite to promote the freedom of election.
Though fund of my right as a landlord, I never prestimeel to
dictate to a tenant on tt at subject ; on the contrary, I would ex-
tend that sacred and necessary plivilege, make it of frequent re-
currence, and by ballot render any unfair influence impossible.
1 see by the newspapers that I have refused to be one of the
order of Liberators, before I was invited to be so—a piece of foppery
of which my friends know me to he incapable. When I refuse to
join my countrymen in their endeavour; to promote general union
and happiness, it must be from a want of capacity, not from •
want of earnest, though very humble, good will.
.Most truly, yeurs,
26th July lfi et. CLONCERRY.
A subscription of If!. accompanied this letter, the perusal of
which was received with enthusiastic applause.
Itallyitestregh,nd July, 1026.
Dear Coe wse-1 beg to enclose lel. towards the new rent. The
noble stand made by the". freeholders at the late elections must
hit with shame the man who will now hesitate to conic forward in
the ramie of his country.
The independence of mind which pervades the entire population
must speedily create a new order of things, and give to okl Ireland
peace and prt•perity as substitutes tot relightue feuds and dissen-
therm. From, my dear Conway, ver:, truly vers.
THOMAS ESUOYDZ•
No. 11, Ciarges.strect, tond.in. loth July, 182 t.
Sett-1 have this moment perm(' your admirable address to the
Catholics of Ire'and, dated 111th -fitly, with so much delight and
satisfaction, that the spirit of itimanity alone moves me to sub-
scribe five pounds in favour of the forty shilling freehollent„ who
may surfer persecution in any shape for their recent glorious con-
duct. in liberating their beloved country so far from the fangs of
religioua and political thraldom. Would to God that justice to va-
rious urgent dunicetic claims on my benevolence permitted me to
make the five sovereigns five hundred, for I cannot conceive aity
object under the sun so praiseworthy as such a pecuniary sacrifice
by every Protestant aisle to afford It, who feels honest and hold
enough to protest against the centuries of outrage to which the Ca.
dollies of the Emerald Isle have been Incessantly exposed by their
Christian brethren, who have so long ruled over them. The dawn
of Ireland's deliverance must soon busk forth with meridian splen-
dour, and I enjoy the heartfelt pleasure of having been some time
ago one of the few of the Britons in this capital, who stood up at a
public. wee tiag is avipport of those veer manly freeholders, to
whom your immediate emancipation thou Orange vengeance will
speedily be due, and a move liberal treatment from tbe British Par.
'lament during their pending Session. In short, your triumph
seems to me complete, and 1 am glad indeed to perceive that the
staunch advocate of Irish rights and Catholic deliverance, Mr.
Lawless, now stands as firm by your side as he did at one meeting
here, on behalf of dic poor man's elective franchise, when you un-
frytimately dill red in opinion with that gentleman. Foot recon.
ciliation and frankness on a late ocean on with Mr. L. anti other
friends of our common country, are highly honourable to all your
characters, and will yet produce the very best effects.
My subscription of live sovereigns sill be paid at my bankers,
Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall-mall, to any person you more autho-
rize to receive it in your name, and for the good cause you have so
seasonably espoused.
Accept of my cordial thanks for the persevering exertions you
are melting. Go on and prosper—may [leaven shed every blessing
on yourself and generous couotrymen. who may join in preserving
the peasantry from the wrath ot' their disappointed landlords
Believe me, Sir, as the friend of freedom all over the woeld, to
be, yours very sincerely,
Join. BORTUW ICY GILCHRIST.
Daniel O'Connell, Esq.
Excuser. e the want of a fnic. This may not he the last opportu-
nity for me rather to perform than to promise future services in the
ay of subscription.