The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-18 00:00:00

MEETING OF BRITISH CATHOLICS.

A Meeting of the Ilritish Catholics was held yesterday, at th
Crown and Anchor Tavern, in pursuance of public advertise-mu;
tar the purpose of considering and agreeing to a Petition to but
!louses of Parliament. praying for Catholic Emancipation. A:
one o'clock, Charles Butler Esq., of Lincoln's Inn. florid the
the limn Ilugh Clifford be Called to the Chair, which was unau.
'musty agreed to.
Mr. Qetx rose to move a Resolution, in which he wan sore the
the meeting would be of one opinion, via.: that Edward Ulcer,
Esq. be invited to act as Secretary to the Meeting of the Brim:
Catholics; the whole of' the Gendenien assembled could bear test..
mony to the talent, the zest. and the perseverance, with which In
had discharged the duties of Secretary to rite Catholic Association,
and for which the whole of the (:adiolic Body owed him the Caw:
ample gratitude, and to which the unanimity of that llody was
present mainly uttributable ; that unanimity was at no one pern4
since the Reformation greater than at the present moment, an:
much of it as he had berme said was owing to die exertions of Mt
Blount, who imparted so much weight to his office by the autiquil
of his family, and their unsullied fame. (applause.),
Mr. ROBINSON seconded the motion.
Mr. Bt.ot NT begged to return his most heartfelt acknowlede.
menses for the marked manner in 'which lois poor services had bee
approved of; he assured the illenting that he was, and ever should
he, devoted to the Cause of the Catholics of England. Ile was ;dal
at length to sic them as one family possessing one soul, and he fen
thinly convinced, that the day had now arrived in which they could
no longer be shut nut from the full enjoyment of the privileges en
tended to their Protestant fellow-subjeels, through he felt that le
was entitled to a very small portion of the praise which had hell
livishcd on him. (Hear.)
Rev. Mr. :II'D said, that a motion had been put it
his hands, which he felt no small pleasure in reading to the as.
seinbly, via.: a vote of thanks to the Irish Catholic Association;
it had been his wish to have taken no part in the proceedings oldie
day, from a con vici ion that there wereo:hers present • ho were en much
better fitted to advance the important question then under delibera.
Lion ; but he had been selected as having the honour to be a mew.
ber of the Catholic Association in the country, and supposed to
speak the sentiments of their Catholic Brethren at a distance • their
lion. Secretary who had just addressed them had conieretulat.ed the
,hating on the arrival (den era of tonanimi:y in the Catholic !hely.
He took that opportunity, as a distant member of that body, to re-
turn his thanks to the British Catholics. in whom die Irish Associ.
ated Catholics had the most unlimitisi confidence. 'l'licy woe
daily in the habit of expressing those sentiments, and therefoie it
was unnecessary for him to enter into a detail of them, lion, as fain
his acquaintance extended, the Irish Catholics were loud in ohs
expression of their approbation of the British Association. Ile
admitted that a general spirit of harmony and union had been
tenting to their cause ever since the time of the Reibituation;
that spirit had now been brought about :it wits ,useless for him
to enlarge on the topic further ; he would, therefore, make but era
more observation, which was, that the Irish Catholics would co-
operate heart and hand to bring about the desired event.
Mr. H. \l'iTtiait said that he rose to secood the motion with the
meat unfeigned pleasure; the time had been when to have carried on
proceeding like the present, they must have met in a corner, is
winch he never would have consented ; but as their meetings was
now conducted with publicity, he noost cheerfully became a menthe
of the Association, and be would always devote the little talent the
he possessed to the funherim re of the just pursuits of that body.
Mr. E. BLouxr wished to make • few observations to the meet-
ing on the subject of the preceding Resolution. It was well know)
that Mr. 111• Donnell was the life of the Catholics in the midland
counties, and that he inspired the whole of them wall energy and
vigour. The committee had engaged in a task of importance, .n
which they would labour through evil report and threugh good re.
port, wail they had wiped our the aspersions which their enenno
had heaped upon thern ; to do which. they must watch with that
most indefatigable perseverance. The Catholics load been for tie
long a time the butt of malignant feeling and false representation.
and then it was that their cause had been injured by virulence art
invective. But a brighter day now dawned up( i them, and if the
Catholic body had rot before assumed a powerful tone, they ough
now to do it, as their weight and importance in the State entitlel
them to do an. An association had sprung up, of which the effect
would speedily be felt and acknowledged throughout the countri:
their first business was to w ipe off the foul imputations which Ili
been thrust upon them. (Hear, hear).
1)r. Com:tits called the attention of the meeting to a form of ei
declaratory principles of their Institution, and as to the mode a
which they ought to conduct themselves in seeking to obtain dor
tights ; the Petition which was to be presented to Parliament pad
been drawn up with great care and caution, but it was necesin.r
that it should be concise, and all that was essential to be said coal
not, therefore, be embodied in it ; therefore it was thought fitting
that a declaration should be prepared, which might circulate wall
, the Petition • it was framed in a language that required uo coy-
' resent ; it hat; for its objects the most fervent attachment to di
&uveveign and the Constitutionaind an earnest desire for the maintson-
ance of die laws and the Support of order. lie might say that such
Pete the sentiments pseimilinsbdia bosom of every CatbolioClo.
gyman, and he could protest before his God that they tweeted
sway in his. .

Air. LYSTOX congratu'ated the meeting on its number and Tr
spectability, which were by far greater than his warmest winos
could have anticipated, considering that it was at a season at 'MA
most of the nobility and gentry were absent from the metropolis it
their country seats. The people of England had at length opecel
their eyes to the 'offerings under which the Catholics had so long
submitted, and which had produced among them so many discon-
tents and [tenet-horning% The British people were ever rernar.-
able for the support wliielt they always gave to the cause of humanity
and justice, and he did not think that they would be found wantil
on the present occasion. Mr. Wilberforce could attest this in the es
forts which he hail made for the amelioration of site condition of
the negro slave. The lamented Sir Samuel Hominy experienced 0
also in los exertions for softening the a-perkiest of the Penal Code,
and he did not see why those who aidetl these great philanthroputs
should withdraw their support from a cause not inferior to either,df
them in humanity and imp ortance. lie trusted the members of die
Established (lintels would at length be alive to truth, and to lam t
perpetuate error and schism. The Dissenters were bound to
operate with them in overturning such severities, out of a regard's"
their own interests, which were roentiallv interwoven with tea r
success. It should he recollected that Many of th• odious laws
which it was their object now to get repealed, were passed in the
reign of Charles 11., when the irritation and frenzy ofkarty sore
at their full height. Who, he would ask, were ittiA loilsersW e
base libels on a hich that fabric of persecution had been constroc.-
ed ? who but the maculate Titus Oats and W. Bedlos. names 40
which shame and infamy would attach, so long as British
should endure; on that subject an eminent Statesman of the
rent day had said, that Kings, Laws, COIIITIIOIIS. and Cour.p.•
all participated in the infamy of such laws, notwitlastare-4
that a Lord Chancellor—no, he begged pardon, it was not,. lilt
Chancellor, (though, wherever violent prekalices were countries,
ones mind naturally reverted to a Lull (Chancellor) (laughte ;
but a Chamberlain of London at that day had declared, that in •'
strong measures had been taken. one half the City of
untold halt: risen without heads (laughter). The injustice of
act by which Lord Stafford hod suffired,laad been recorded by the
rtvental of the attainder, and the restoration of Sir Edward Jr-
nirgham, the representative of the family to the Barony of r,t"
ford ; but l'arliament had not done enough, they had restored hno
to the peerage, without admitting hint to a seat among them. hr.
did, therefore, trust that Parliatr.ent would follow up their as of

him to the full privileges which his ancestors
'soother argument which he wialied to pig : if
As deaf to the none honourable appeals of the
they altogether deetiture of economy ? were nut
tin peas cheaper modes of quieting a country than
the sabre ? For his part, he thought it hardly
iroduee any recommendation of forbearance in Om:
could confidently appeal to the late proceedioga
'Conticil. If a conic ion had taken place in that
' ',sae been at once an end to freedom of speech.
twice noticed, that the Catholics had justice on
demands: he would just remind than ut what the
poet had asseried as to the rowers of justice.
i he amid that bath his quarrel just,
'tut raked. tho' loek'd up in atcel,
iteth justice."
A here apologised to the meeting for haring euf-
their time to have past without reading saute let-
received fruin several Noble Catholic Peers, ra-
m* cf their ahaerec from the meeting. Ile then
the above effect from lend% Stafford, Stourton,
also from some of the Vicars Apostolic, approv-
'ir which the meeting had been convened. The
before he sat down he would acquaint the
;ere nut then assembled as members of any As-
: general body of llritish Catholics. The AXl,l3_
ley had been convened was an infant establish-
, sagacity of those who had their interests very
jr principal object wes to (lc: nothing to which
the L'stlielles could be adverse. A second vital
a determination' to use the utmost activity and
forward the means of effecting Catholic Eman.
then assembled to deliberate an a petition to
that Cotlidizs might enjoy fully, in common
fellow-subjects', the blessings of the curiatitu-

that an honour had been thrust upon him__
Petition—which nn considerably beyond his
merits, and one which be mule only acrour.t for from the cis.
came:aim of his haring prepared the ori„oinal Petition. The
lithelics bad becO eccund of being restless and ambitious in
their e-deavours to obtain their freedom; but were they not
breathing the air of England, which impregnated a desire to be
het? They might as well attempt to wrest the sun in his
,mid-day course as to repress that desire—they would exert
miselves to attain it; and if they perished in the attempt,
genius of England would weave a garland for their grave.
same argument which scold now justify a continuance
- odious Traffic:ire laws would justify their continuance
.r. He thought that the curses of 200 years were bad enough,
who could bear the anathema of eternity ? The Cathmics
km charged with disaffirction—their conduct in the field
st home solliciently refuted that argument, anti then their
ies wesencelrelleil to have recourse to the schoolmen for a
supple,. The Bishop of Peterborough had charged them
di.itled allegiance—they owed no allegiance to any man
• Georp.• the Fourth. They owed, it was true, a spiritual
to the Pope,but what had that to do with allegiance? If the
it held good, the clergy of the dirieen of Canterbury owed a
obedience to the Archbishop of that See; but who ever
with a d i sided allegiance: The charge was ridiculous. '
said, that the doctrines of their faith were incompstibia
Constitution. Ile seemed to have forgotten that A Itredosto
he kingdom into tithing% at.d hundreds, and laid the basis of
i3lllOll tinder which so many blessings were enjoyed was
• hat Edward the Third, who had been justly called the
tinian, from the perfection to which he reduced the law,
of those Catholics ; that Archbishop Langford, who
t Charts out of an old chest where it had been concealed,
d to Cnglislimen their righ:s, was alao a Catholic ; sad
under the banners of the Catholic Church that the Ente-
against John for the recovery of those ri;h u
ances seemed to have been forgon-n by those who
with the possession of a religion, which was ininii-
‘• l'onstiiu tion. (Cheers.) The Petition went on
`, Constitutions, and where 110 distinction was
to faith, viz., those of Canada and Hanover,
Catholic Religion was established by law, yet wheye every
flowed to act as be thought proper. lie therefore could
• the enemies of emancipation could shelter themselves
st longer under unit hinny pretexts. cheers.)
a moved that laird (irey be requested to present the
House of Lords, and Lord Nugent to the House of
,oud applause.)
had a motion put into hands which he considered
. importance, to have been intrusted to a personage
41It, it being no less than a vote of thanks to the
Ireland. among whom there at present existed more
ability than at any former period. No sooner were the
Ireland attacked by persons who had no business there,
stepped forward seed vindicated their worth and use-

here entered into an culogitun on the characters cf the
'atter, Dr. Olive Plunkett. and lather O'Leary. lie
out to advert to a paragraph whirl' had appeared in the
t"Sunday !eat, and wax proceeding to advert to its cola-
Jubilee, when he air interrupted by
who deprecated the introduction cf any &Button to so
- rs. ad& it balsa sitogetlke vraavaealar- et

said he had only meant to advert to the poison for
. furnishirg the antidote. but, as it seemed to be the
company. he would abstain from noticing it. Other
• press had attacked the Association a id) a vim tit
ioeiret classes from cooling forward to support it.
whether the rail tan of Foielon and Sir Thomas
persecution and melt) ? fie was glitd that Doctor
been one of die parties to attack them, as it called
polecat' of the able advocate, Mr. 'ludo., is reluta-
tunnies.

tic seconded the motion, and was glad to add his
txerti.ms of the Catholic clergy, who, instead of
circulation of the injunction it the saernd volume,
done all in their power to promote it.
M•onosort.i. obaerved, that the gentleman who
him bad remarked, that they lived on a soil where
freedom ; he confessed. that he came from one borne
hains of starry. Ages had ribbed them one by one
Tee ; but they never could reach the heart of Ireland,
II left to express its gratitude fur any exertion that
Is to farina of that unhappy country. Ireland was
cat governed by an army equal in proportion to that
ipain in subjugation, and, instead of sending over con-
futes, they sent over a parcel of hungry knaves. The
h Catholic Rent was instituted was to enable thou to
participation in the great privileges of their Protestant
they did not seek to set up one bigotry against another.
sere first robbed of all they possessed, and then excited
ha; he was not speaking of idle phantoms, for there
. in Ireland where such a state of things did not exist.
. singular that the English Government and people would Dot
to the word of Ireland, while they trusted their property in
loans to 17 Papiall States; they trusted all States on earth, but
would not trust that State which gave them a superiority over all.
Rile Iloi. Uentleman here referred to the answer of the Synod
of tot Archbishop and Bishops, In 1812, to De. Coppinger's Prayer
Book. and to their Church Catechism, to show that the first prin-
ciple inculcated in the Catholic religion was allegiance to the tem-
poral Sovereign. I The late attempt made against Mr. O'Con-
nell 'continued the Hon. Gentleman) WM an attempt against the
Privilefres of the Irish. and was done for the purpose of exciting
rebelbon, all former efforts having failed to produce it ; but, thank
Gal, the object was defeated, hom the patience and forbearance
of the Irish people. (Cheers.)
Mr. Bossos moved a vote of thanks to Mr. O'Connell, which
ens carried by acclamation.
Mr. StILL proposed a vote of thanks to the Irish Catholic Clergy.
which was seconded by Dr. Cox T.l XS, who said that the lateness
of the boor prevented his saying what. he had intended. History hail
generdly been called • Record of Cringe, but the History of the
Irish Clergy was a record of virtue.
Mt. (limo moved the thanks of the Meeting to Dr. Milner and
C. Butler. Esq. fur their able refutation of the calumnies et Dr.
&whey, in his book of the Church, against the Catholi• s.
Mr. Bc TEE a returned thscks.
. Mr. 111.octreinoved a este of thanks to Mr. Ross is, for Vs
great exertions in Latter shire.
Mr. !tosses returned thank,.

A vote Of thanks was next pmposed so the Rev. Dr. Collins.
Mr. IlLot.xe said, that Leture the meeting separated, he a -mkt
big to propose two Resolutions. The let was to the eftiet. that no
new MMISIITO be proposed and carried at the lathe !;.evog, nAces
previous notice of it be given." No person could mistake the oh-
Prt Of this Ittsolatioo ; it was skit the association should not be
Won bv %lounge, and that nation, be smuggled through it. As to
tie 2d Resolution, he was mire the meeting would also see the
propriety of its adoption. It intely became net:emery that several
''',llercial committees should be formed from the general one..
se thatottly consisted of !My. excletive of the Vicars Apostolic
a! Peers, it win etpedient to add to its number.
"wr.au Bested to Mr. Illount, that he ought in his first Rest-
' I'toelceSlnotioost of course. suit as votes of thanks. kc.
Rev. 30. tiAclic.4xE Li. cud he begged to propose an
57. 'Um"' tOka, limolut ions. It would go to declare the conh-
i..:- it the Calllnt'4l in the association, and their willingness to
1. tre ail laws aoct mgulations to tbeit diecurhoo-
..l.l amendment watt adopted with acclamation.
',lie Chat 'max having left the Chair,
it] the niptitoi of Mr. I:tarot:, a vote of thanks was unard-
r°l•Lsll grad to, and the nteuting separated.

Darromyhmore will present the Roman Catholic
Petition to the Lords, the day subsequent to the tueeting of
Parliament.
.% billot Dl tltr, Citinty 'Magistrates took place on Thum-
thy last, to elect a District Surveyor for Saint Pancras,
vic.int lir the resignation of Mr. Ctuntlen, when a eon of
itollrt Baker was the successful candidate. The num-
iwra were for ;11r. Raker 79. Mr. Bantock and Mr. Ken-
(tali evete the unsucetraftil candidates.
Tuesday morning the Court of Sesrion met after the
Christmas vacation. when a letter was read, intimating that
the pra%er of the petition of Lord Craigie, to be removed
from the Second Division of the Court to the First, wta
Kited. Thereafter Lord CratAie took his seat. Lord
Alloyeay *Accede Lord Craigie to the S:eund Division.—
cs.'etleat.:a Il,rcnrl.

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that of tuoviug the P

theenaelv.‘ to attair
the genius of Eng!
The sante arguinet
these odious rem
or ever. He thought
but who could beat
had imea charged
at home solheie
des wow toe' Bel
rest; supply} The
jth a difided allegi
at King George the
Whence to the Pope
went held good,
puitual obedience to
.n 1 them withadivi
tiny had said, tha
Ith the Constitution.
rid:tithe kineploin
ConstitutiO2 nni
catholic; that Edw
glishJustinian, fr.
ales one of those
rev 31agna f•hneta I
revraled to /.;rtf.;
Int it was undue the
• Bantus marched
I these eireunistanc
w charged us with
• to the English 1.7(
. instance existing 1
ben with regard ti
her. the Catholic I?
an was allowed to
of see how the eon
or one num:cm long
Dr.Lot.Lists mos
etition to the Hone
Commons. (Loud
Mr OLT E had s
.ught, frutu its intro
• more weight. it
Catlrlies of Ireland,
lent anti ability tits
clergy of Irelind taut
then they stepped f
fulness.
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Rev. Mr. Usher,
was then about to ad
,Igitg Ball of Sumfaj
uteuts on the Jubilee
Mr. Si: Le, who d
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err cutler..
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e purpose of Weld:
ish of the compar
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citing the prime
It would ask whci
'lore inculcate pets!
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ant. tit, giant powc
non of the caloinnie
711 r. WItENI.L set
:stilnory to the etc
reuressing the circul
•' ii.vertabie done
31r..'Es Esti 3lste
. ud preceded him b.
her breathed fretdo
as by the chains
their privileges ;
hieh was still left
ight be made in :
mat moment govt
•
kieh kept Spain in
y measures, I
• it for which Cat
cute a participati
• ahem ; they did
fig Irish were first
concoct plots ;
was hot a spot in Ir
It was singular that
trust to the word of
loans to 17 Papiall