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CATIIOL IC ASSOC/A WON:
[ From the Dtth/fe Eresieg Peet of Saturday.]
The Association has commenced its third Session this
day. In looking back through the two last years, in con-
templating the difficulties it had to contend with, and the
übjects it had to achieve. we think the Catholics of Ireland
have reason to be proud of the efforts made by this Asso-
ciation. Called into exiraenee by the fury and insolence of
the Ascendancy, it has been assailed by their bitterest vi-
tuperation. It was not only the Catholic Claims which
were arraigned, but the Catholic Religion was most
virulently insulted. It was not only the Leaders in the
Association that were abused, but every Catholic Gentle-
man who appeared at the Meetings was gibbited in the co-
lumns of the Orange Press. To do the latter justice, their
tactique, unjustifiable on any principle of fair warfare, as
it must be coafestr.4.l to be, was exMlently calculated for
their object. At other times, and under other circum-
stances, it would certiinly have succeeded--quiet men
would have been terrified. But the times and the circum-
stances were such that men found they had no option ;
they would be compelled silently to submit to a base Fac-
tion, or to brave them—to meet them and their instruments
with scorn and defiance. The manly and the prudent
mode was adopted ; they met day after day, and they were
faithfully aided by that staunch Press of Dublin which
never flinched from the principles of the cause.
still, the difficulties of their pursuit were numerous.

They hail to organise an association, which would rlOt.
trench upon the numerous laws made against Political As-
semblies—and this they have done. They had to establish
a communion or sentiment with the interior. This they
have done. They had to establish an uniformity of feeling
anti object between Catholics of every kind. This they
have done. They had to embark the Catholic Clergy, and
the Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland, not only to the common
cause, but to the mode of pursuin that cause. This also
has been iccomplished. They 1 to disabuse Parliament
on the snbject of education, and le 'Wiwi the Catholic
rent. These great objects have been effected. Thaw arte
now a thousand members,—and there is upwards of a thou-
sand pounds per month collected of Catholic rent.
. . . .

Itni it is not in Ireland alone that the influence of the
' Catholic Association is felt. The English Catholics have
made common cause with their Irish brethren. A commu-
nication has been established between the two bodies.
The Veto has for ever been throw overboard by each. We
have some reason to know that the Association will be
joined by bodies of Dissenters from various quarters, who
will unite with them in firm, but temperate appeals to the
Legislature, for the repeal of all disabilities affecting the
citizens of a free state on account of their conscientious ad-
herence to their religious principle.
Never, in a word, did the cause of liberty wear so fa-
vourable an aspect as at this moment. Let us be moderate,
and let us persevere.
DVILIS, SATrItDaT, OCT. lA.
The Association met this day. The Secretary announced, that
3211. 17a. id. had been received during the last week, on account
of the Catholic Rent. Among the subscriptions were the follow.
ing
Lord Viscount Oormanston. Gormanston Castle tlO
Colonel Talbot, 31. P. Slalabide Castle 10
. . _ _

Mr. Kt 'MAN read the following letter from Col. Talbot:—
• 31alabide Caade. Oct. 7, 1824.
" To the Members of tio. Raman Catholic AllSOCiltioll of Ireland.

"tiT XT LE r N.—l have directed -Ir. Kirwa;(;hiTha;;;;;
good enough to take charge of this letter) to hand to the Secretary
10f., as my subscription to the Catholic Rent. If I could for a
moment deceive myself into a belief, that the whole tenor of my
public life were not in unison with this act, I trust a proper pride,
owever contrary it might be to the suggestions of self-interest,
would preserve me from the meanness of tendering support to a
cause, merely because that cause Is progressively prosperous and
triumphant ; but when I reflect on my past conduct, it is with
infinite pleasure and pride I can meal to remembrance the early
and continued support which I hare at all times afforded to the
Catholic cause.

" When the question, to use the words of the Immortal Grattan,
was small at first and lowly, like mist at the heels of a country-
man.' I claim the merit of having voted for it; and now that that
question, by the irresistible progress of truth and justios—by the
increasing numbers and wealth of the body—by their uniform,
steady, and unconditioned loyalty. has, notwithstanding, not only
ascended the hills, but overcasted the hemisphere, I trust I may
be permitted, as sharing in the exertion, to glory in the result.
The Catholics of Ireland may firmly rely, that as I have never
abandoned them in adversity, so never will I betray them in pros-
the subscription which I now tender I desire to be considered
rather as an evidence of the approbation of a measure of ;great
practical wisdom, than as an offering worthy public acknowWg•
LOWIL " I awl, Gesailliatti.
" Tour faithful Friend and Countryman,
" RICHARD WOGAN TALBOT."
The rt.wing of 31r. Talbot's letter was acc•lmpanied throughout
with loud and long-continued cheers. After the applause had
somewhat subsided,
3lr. KIRWAN said, that so admirable a letter needed, indeed
but little eulogium. It was at once so explicit and comprehen-
sive, as to speak for itself. It would, however, be doing an in-
justice to the writer and the count to defraud the public of
so invaluable a political document. Thery, attestation of such a man
as Mr. Talbot was valuable to the Association. The good opi-
nion of one whose whole life has been a carve of the purest pa.
triotism, weighed against the host of ignominious wretches, apes.
tales to their country and to their creed, who railed against every
patriotic measure " with all the impoverished anger of fevered
and distempered intellects," Before, however, he made any mo-
tion on the subject, lie could not help reminding the Association,
and the Catholics generally, of the obligations which they owed,
not only to the writer of the letter, but to his family generally.
That family had been intimately connected with the renown and I
glory of Ireland. The father of the Duke of Tyreonnell (Ri.
chard Talbot) was one of the few Irish Judges who administered
the laws in a fair and impartial spirit. To his deep learning and
inexhaustible patriotism, Lord Clarendon (a prejudiced writer) had
borne attestation, in that interesting work, the continuation of hip
history. After the Prince of Orange's invasion, the firmness of
Richard Talbot. Duke of Tyrconnell, preserved Ireland ; and he
nobly refused all offers of submission or capitulation. He had
adhered with "desperate fidelity," to his lawful monarch; and
such was the opinion of hie justice and honour, said the Duke of
Berwick, in his memoirs, that he was the person chosen by the suf-
fering loyalists in Ireland, to regain thine mates which had been
forfeited for their devotion to the unfortunate House of Stuart. The
father of the present Sleinher for the County of Dublin bad ex-
penied one hundred thousand pounds in introducing the cotton
manufacture into this country, and had been well nigh ruined for
his generous devotion towards his suffering countrymen. The pre-
sent possessor of his name and fortune, however, laid no stress on
the virtues of others, he relied entirely on his own merits, thinking
with the poet Shirley.
" !low vain arc all hereditary honors ;
Those poor pos.essions from another's deeds;
Unless our own just virtues form our title,
And give a sanctian to the foul assumptions."
Mr. KIRWAN then proceeded, in a minute and very flattering
specification of the various public services of Colonel Talbot, and
said, that motet the Administration of the Duke of Portland, he
might have had a title Intel he dawned the cause of the people--he
alluded also to his abandonment of his party, at the period of their
joining the present Ministry—to his patriotic conduct in the Irish
Parliument—and to hi. perpetual residence. Ile had always ruled
too for Pialiamentary Reform.

‘Ve shall give a full report of Mr. Kirwan's speech on Tuesday.
The following letter front the Viscount Gormariston was received
with great and lung-contioued marks of approbation :
" Gonnanstuo Gestic, Oct. 11,1821.
"MY Drias Ma. O'Gon ma v.—l take the opportunity to send,
by the bearer of this, 101. lie brings with him the amount of what
was collected by himself, and one or two others in this immediate
neighbourhood, as subscription towsnls the Catholic Rent. I
have availed myself of his going to Dublin to send the inclosed
amount, destined as my subscription towards it this year, and to
express to you that I conceive it a measure, under prudent
management. the most beneficial to the Catholics of Ireland--and
which, so long as it shall be expended in their service with the
efficacy and propriety hitherto evinced, cannot fail of doing much
good, and must men with support.
" I remain, with much regard, &e.
" (101t3IA NSTON.
" To N. P. O'Gorman. Esq. Dublin."
PILOVISIONAL 1-140TECTION wocirer.—A latter was
addressed to the Chief Clerk of Union Hall Police Office
yesterday, stating that an Institution, as above-natned,
had been lately formed by a number of ladies, at the head
of which stands 'Mrs. Fry's name. It is for teachers in
families or schools, assistants in shops, housekeepers, ladies'
mauls, and female servants in general, of good character,
out of place, who, by application to any of the Members
of the Society, are afforded temporary relief, if they can
satisfactorily explain that they are unable to provide for
themselves. The letter went on to state, that as many dis-
tressed young women C3llle before the Magistrates, who
know not how to dispose of them, on application to any of
the enclosed list of ladies, they would provide an asylum
for those of good character. Then followed a list of the
names of the subscribers. The Magistrate, on reading the
letter, observed that it was a most laudable Institution,
and would be the mean, of saving hundreds of poor crea-
tures. lie then desired the paper to be placed in a con-
spicuous part of the Office, in order to direct those persons
who should be considered objects worthy of being admitted
into the Institution.