The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-11-30 00:00:00

NEW CATIICLIC ASSOCIATION.

[Frew the Dana "Wog Poet of Saturdity.l
'rho 'Weekly Manias of •• The New Catholic Aesunk 'anon" was
'field in the Can Exchange Rooms, at balf.past duet o'clock this
fials •
FLED. W. COSWAT, Esq. in the Chsir.
Mr. Sieben Coppinger was requetred to act as Secretary, and
read the tiltutites of the last day's proceedings.
The Rev. Mr. T:Estrange, after proposing the admission of eight
Roman Catholic Clergymen as members, brocrht forward his mo-
nad for the addition of twenty-one names to those *newly nomi-
nated in the Education Committee. They were 4.! aware of the
importance of educating the people of Ireland. The Rev. Speaker
alluded to the charge made by t clboinguished filen:bet of the Le-
gislative, that the Collate clergy were not racily c3-eles9 of, but
• antially opposed to, the education of the people, and hoped that the
elution of the Committee would demonstrate (as tbereturna made
.ay the Catholic clergy to the Old Catholic Asaueiatioo hod already
dole) the falsehood of such assertions. The Catholic clergy of this
country would not coalesce or asto:lete with any of the Education
eo:tettes here, as they could hare no confidence In them, convinced
a. they were that no system of educating the people of Itched
would be sanctioned by these societies whic:i had out for their object
to tamper with the religion of the people.
O'Cowitlxx seconded the 'notion, and spoke at some length
tin the subject, entering into a detail tif the conduct of the different
Bible and School Societies established hit..
The motion was put and carried. .

Mr. 04logatax thought that they ought to establish more mo-
del societies for the education of schoolmasters than one. Similar
schools should be formed in the different provinces.
Mr. O'CONYILL hoped all their schools would be models.
(A laugh.)
A Icing conversation, in which Mr. Shed, Slt. O'Connell, Mr.
O'Gorman, and several other members bole a pan, here arose re-
lative to the propriety of instructing the Committee of Education,
to ascertain what part of the funds of the Catholic body should be
appropnated to the purpose of building the nioatl schools.
The Rev. Mr. IiEST CANOE thought the Committee ought linst
to devise the system they should adopt before they made any appli-
cation tot funds. Here the conversation dropped.
Twenty-one gentlemen were then nominated as those to he added
to the Committee. Among the names were those of the Him.
Oonville Ffrench, Mr. O'Gorman, M r. Coppinger, and Mr. Maurice
O'Connell.
Mt. O'CONIFiLL moved the admission of the Right Rev. Dr.
Coppinger, Bishop of Cloy ne and Ross. who had, he stated, tra•is-
mined him five poarids towards the funds of the Association. (Loud
cheers.)
The Most Rev. Pr. Belly, R.C. Archbishop of Tuam, twenty.
MO of his clergy. and twenty-eight respectable gentlemen of
pram and its neighbouthood, were admitted members, amid loud
chats.
Mr. O'CoNnut.t. moved that the Association should proceed to
ballot for a Secretary.
Mr. SHZIL gave notice of a motion for the appointment of a
Committee to ascertain the expenditure of the Association, the as.
lary of its officers, and the amount of its funds.
The Rev. 3lr. VESTIAI:O7: also gave notice of a motion for
tie nomination of a Committee, to take the necessary steps for
publishing and circulating a cheap edition of 3lr. Scully's Penal
• Laws among the Irish peasantry ; as also to have that work
. transit:xi into the French language, and circulated on the Conti-
nent.

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Ur. O'Cov r Lt.'s motion regarding the publication of a letter
to Ile. Wilkes, the candidate for Sudbury, remonstrating with him
on the calumnious fdaehoods he was reported to have uttered
against the Catholic religion, was carried, and a Committee ap-
pointed to prepare the letter. In proposing this motion, .Me.
O'Connell entered into an able and argumentative refutation of
those calumnies, contrasting the liberality of Catholic States with
the conduct of the boa•tful English. In doing so he alluded to the
noble and magnanimous conduct of his (Mr. O'Connell's) Bolivar,
as he called him, and asked could such a hero be found from the
shores of Siberia to the most western conEnes of Europe, among
all the old and young boys on the thrones—aye, and throwing in
Irish Wellington to boot—and Bolivar, he thanked God! was a
Catholic.

Fosiawrir was called to the Chair, thanks were re-
turned to M. C,onwsy, and the meeting adjourned.

IRELAND.

WeiNTON ASSAULT ON THE CIVIL POWER.
]From the Limerick Chromic* Of Saturday.]
This !Minting we received from a person who was witness to the
trwaseation s— •
Tba lawless practice of fighting in fairs has assumed an alarm.
Moisp,pearance tho western districts of Upper and Lower Con-
lin this county. The organisation of a new race or clan,
wider the chinas, of Tau and Three Years Men, has of late
rapidly increased in these districts. The infatuated operative
clams of the pesonntry whom* swore eta oath to attend the dm
films fairs (as nuaikaries) fee the alleged purpose of fighting the
battles, or what is tamed as old *ken, between the moat wealthy
farmers, have, when stimulated by the effects of ardent spirits and
LIMN, foe which they hive suds a propensity, and to whom it is
fart! athalsisiaed by their secret leaden, generally plunged head-
ier:lg into the most gross and daring Weld of outrage and murder.
No doubt there wee most evident symptoms of such outrages
wastonly exhibited at dm fair of Ardagh, on Monday last, where a
party of the polies frog Newcastle and Rathkeale, attended by
two ochry and solos 'magistrates sod a chief sonstable, were
prilisd with savage fury out of the fair with showers of stones, by
adenine faction of at least four hundred men ; and what aggravates
this mush the more is, the opposite party having made no ay.
paerance t therefore the attack on the civil power, who attended for
gm prime of preventing these factions from committing murder
en each other, has left an 'addible stale. along with its former area
cities, on the character of Ardagh. It appeared that, on the arrival
lithe magistrates and pollee, this faction, which exhibited its hun.
deeds In battle way, was placed on an eminence, exulting in its
strength, several of whom were insulting peaceable persons, and
digitising the busineos of the fair, when the police were ordered
to apprehend them ; no sooner had the order been executed than a
shout and shower of stones instantly followed—the magistrate, chief
Unstable, and moonted polite, were compelled to fiy and leave the
few dismounted men, who were knocked down and desperately
wounded, to the mercy of the savages. One of the magistrates
bilge this loft the fait from a be ivy shower of hail, being unwell,
mthesquendy the other magistrate and the scattered police tamed
and took up a position contiguous to the fair, which, nu doubt,
was a masterly matitesyre. At this time the few dismounted men
were in a deplorable situation, their arms taken from them, cut
and beat to a shocking manner themselves, not daring to tire even
in their own defence, as no Riot Act was read. Were it not for
the timely interference of the Rev. William Fitzgerald, P.P. of
Newcastle, and his coadjutor, Mr. Coign, who attended the fair
to assist in preventing • general riot, in all probability the dis-
mounted men would have been monlered on the spot. Much
praise is due to those Reverend Gentlemen, on this as well es on
ovary other occasion where the peace of his Majesty's subjects is
/squint ,c recruiting party belonging to the 62d regiment was
ablainsulted and beat, and • recruit rescued from them.
ANOTILEII ACCOUNT.
OS Monday last, at the fair of Ardagh, Alfred Furlong, Esq.
emigrate of this county, gave directions to • few of the con-
sob's who were in attendance, to take Into custody Iwo persons
abeam rioting ; it was then just nightfall, of which the evil.
dimmed people availed themselves. and as It grew dark, they got
behind the wails and commenced throwing stones, several of which
watt the police, who were obliged to abandon their prisoners,
aid to leave the fair.place with the magistrate, whose humanity
prevented him from permitting the police to maks use of their
arms, lost in such a crowd, and being thin Dearly dark, some of
Ins Peaceable people might be injured.