The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-11-16 00:00:00

COUNTY 1.131 ERICK.

Mr. Apjohn, die [Nit Sheriff. appointed Satur-
day la►t for ►he mt4tiiig of the eouoty.

The meeting, we're informed, wsa mint respect-
ably and miinerouslY atiendr.l. A Resolution was
proposed to place the comity under the protection
of the Peace Prreervatiois Act, but it had few sup-
porters, and was negatived by a large majority of
the Magistrates and Lindliolders 'present. Another
Resolution, however, to the Thrt the
',resent police establishment of the comity was in-
sufficient for the prorpmes for which it was esta-
blished." was carried unaniniouely, and a petition,
grounded no the R.-solution, was confided 'respec-
tively to Lords Clare nod Limerick. and Messrs.
Fitz ;ihbon and Quin, to be presented by them to
both Houses of Parliament.

NI NG'S COUNTY.

Ti/LLAWoRZ, SATURDAY, OCTolif It 30.

At twelve o'clock on this day a very full meeting
of the Magistrates of tins coutity, convened by the
High Sheriff, sod at which he presided, was held.
About five-and-thirty Magistrates totem's-11. The
butioess was opened by Mr. Bernard, M.P. moan%
that they should, as hid been done no a former oc-
casion, retire to a room, to deliberate This
was dune accordingly ; when, after some hours
Spent in healing evidence of the situation of the
contitry, 811.1 tie stiggrstions of different Geode-
men on the subj-et. it oat. resolved—.
•I'hat nlitiontth the Meeting ore not of opinion that say
part of this county is as cireurnst wired as to require the
estnhlishinent of an extraordinary Pislicr,yrt it does appear
to us that .usue perilous of it are iu such a state as de.
mends the strenouus exertion. of the Magistrntes, the cor-
dial co-operation of the peaceatee and well-di.poaed inha-
bitants, and prompt adoption of vigorou. and efficient Ines.
soma, 14w.srils putting down offence in the quarters where it
exists' and preventing the contagious from apreadin; further.
A Mei-Wig of the Freeholder!' of the County of
Clare hove resolved to mentor the Lord Lieute..
moot, to put the whole County tinder the protectiou
of the Peace Preservation Art.

AIMOVRNED CATHOLIC MEETING.
Monday an usljuuraeti Meru's:: of the Roman
Catholic Gentlemen, who assetuldeil at Darel'a, in
Eoex-street, on Saturday, was held at the same
Tavern.
After', conversation relative to the mode of pubs
lialieng the the case of the charges against
Mr. Hay were introduced.
Mr. O'Connell repeated that be bid no personal
hostility to Mr. Hay. The charges he had to make
were well knower, and if Mr. Hay denied his portici-
patio') in them bv a written documrot to the Chair-
moo, he (Mr. O'Connell) bud no wish to prems
the matter any further. The charges against Mr.
Hay were two: The first was his Curing written a
letter about the month of March or April last, to •
Cabinet Minister (Mr. Csiming) in which mention
was made of the Resolutions passed by the Catho-
lic Board in 1812; in which Resolutions the con- a
duct of the Prince Regent was freely eat:warmed, and
ern imputation C.lle upon the Poirsonby family *lnch
we, the subject of a recent cairempondence in the
public prints; and whether Mr. Hay, if this
letter was written by him (and be had her authority
from a Gentleman of thu Bar who saw ii) was au-
thorised to do so by the Catholic Burly ? The
second charge was, that of Mr. Hay commemi-
casing with, or uuthorising the insertion of an
article to the etlrct lie had mentioned, in The
Dublin Evening Post, • paper which lie (Mr.
O'Connell) did not then, or at the present
moment, consider by soy messes friendly to the
Catholic Cause. Mr. Hay was now at liberty
to meet both these charges, sod by a simple nega-
tive rebut or acknowledge the truth of what lie
had stated. If he denied them publicly in writ-
ing, the Catholics would, no doubt, be satiptied—
if, on the contrary, he acknowledged his instrumen-
tality, the Catholic Body would decide as they pleas.
rd.—[Here Mr. O'Connell went into a long traits of
argument, to prore that the obnoxious liesolnlions
were framed by the Cutholits, and passed at a fall
Meeting tf their Board, cud that the late Mr. Pon.
sooby, or soy part of the Opposition, had nu know-
ledge whatever of their import, until they apprared
iu public.]
Mr. Hay said, that if the simple question of ne-
gative or affirmative had been put to him long berme
now, he would have 'Powered as became a 1111111 of
honour. But when his conduct had been mixed up
with the politics of he Evening Post. and pub-
licly vilifird, lie thought it beneath the character
of a Gentleman to reply in any other way than
as lie had done. Mr. O'Connell had published
letters—he had published a letter also. As the
I question hail, however, being put to him. he
would solemnly declare, that aith "expect tu him-
pelf, the publicatiou its The /terrain; Post was a
gross fabrication ; that lie had no knowledge of its
insertion, 1101 did he authorise it. lie should have
made this declarative' long before, if the question
bud been properly put to him.
On being pressed to give an answer to the first
charge, of writing to Mr. Quitting, and stating
that the Reoolutiatra of 181.51 were smuggled Mesa
the Catholic Board through the Opposition. Mr.