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London, England, 1822-08-09 00:00:00

SIR HARCOURT LEES, BART•

[Frort the ( Dublin ) Antidote.]

TO THE REV. SIR HARCOURT LEES, BART.
REV. Sta—We, the Members of the Moog'
han District Lodge of the Loyal Orange Associa'
tion, being assembled at our Quarterly
Meeting,
beg leave to return you our warmest thanks for
the gallant and determined support you have
uniformly given to our Institution—a suplort,
which has mainly contributed to the present

flourishing state of our Society.
When we consider the host of hidden and °pet,
enemies you had to contend with, we are strucs.
with admiration of your fearless perseverance 10
so dangerous a cause.
Reverend Sir, the only return we can col°
you is to cherish your name in our hearts, and Ng
hand it down to our posterity as a name preguan,
with terror to that Religion, which is" unchauge
able and applicable at all times."
Reverend Sir, we now take leave of Y 1
hoping you may live long and happily ; and 08.1
you may have health long to wield your pen, 11,,
the cause of loyalty and religion, is the heart/
and unanimous wish of the Members of this Lodge'

(Signed in behalf of the Lodge,) „
CHAS. HAWKSHAW, 113/"',`'s
HENRY H. WRIGHT, My'
W.M. GRAHAM, Sec.

July 1, 1822.

SIR HARCOURT LEES' ANSWER. tao 2
" Black Rock, Monday Night, July 29, 1"-„'
" GENTLEMEN-The junction of PoperYB7,t
Puretanism in the reign of Charles theirh"
occasioned the defilement of the Churl
the disorganization of the Government, a°
the murder of the Sovereign —the amalga°,,
tion of Popery with Patriotism, in the reig;
of George the Fourth, will endanger ilia
Constitution, annihilate the Protestants, an,
eventually, if not dissolved, must inevitablY,r's
publicanize the Monarchy.—An ultra religie-0,
majority of factious Solomons, in a certain igni,
rant, and any thing but dignified assembly, hart,
tile to your establishments, wand in sworn en,
mity to your rights, have already under
the massy pillars of the State, and in their 11th
and infamous attempts to acquire patronage /110{
popularity, under the miserable subterfuge
conciliation, they would sacrifice the allegijell
of the subject, the hereditary principles, as -0
as the necessary influence of the Sovereign, helst
even the Commandments of their GOD, and wavy,
professing themselves to be the conscientiousso
cates for the extension of civil and religious libAerde
they expose themselves to the ignominy
if
served contempt of a Christian world, not "rir,
as the chief abettors of intolerance and hig°tlo4
but as the principal instigators to massacre,,pe.
Revolution.—Gentlemen, the enthusiastic Vw .94
ration I entertain for the personal character aof
exalted mind of our august and PnalesVich
Monarch, the more than veneration with-vi of
I have ever contemplated the inviolabilitl at
your Church Establishment, and particularlcrin.
this awful and imminent period of insult an of
novation, induce me, at every risk, to warn 1 if 01
'The dangers which encompass both, and. •00.
Consequence of my zealous, unbought, and lifer,'
fluenced exertions to refute calumny and t° °Of
whelm traitors, I can only infuse into the gfil at'
of the rising generation the principles Oro&
tachment to the Constitution, and. of
to the King, which have ever influenced. (` untf
knowledge), the loyal Protestants of the ealiot
of Monaghan, I shall have discharged a dutPotte
more serviceable to the vital interests of the 0°,09
nity at large, than to the gratification offeeo
tv
'r
ever alive to the dignity, the happiness, and alt
quillity of Ireland.—Gentlemen, Blackstolor
authority almoslas GOOD as that of Mr.ConYng pv
Plunkett's, expressly declares,
cc pists acknowledge a foreign Power supert
cc the Sovereignty of the State, they cannot
tcbeot
cc plain if the Laws of the Land will not Pu.,t,',100
' on the same footing with good subjects'
even
Locke, rather a better authority than
loyal and musical Duke of Sussex,- who, of
Royal Highness boasted, " had the llee°lo9
being a fishmonger") farther asserts 64 theSetiatO
" no right to be tolerated by the_ Maetolor
" that will not own and teach the duty 00!
" ating all men in matters of Religion, for bill
"that Will 1%.
" do all these and the late doctrines sig,i'l;cCe
44 that they may, and are ready, upon everYthe:
sion, to seize the Government, pess tie4sseir
selves of the estates and fortunes 01 'lge to
" low subjects, and that they only ask. stiall,g
" be tolerated, until they find themselves. he .or
44 enough." Now, Gentlemen, com Pare t .Lll,
pions
2 e
0 th
nions of those great and eminent w ri Atere 0
At
every argument I have so often adduce- fele'
subject, as well as with the past and 01110111‘
state of this Popish country, and if I°. tei
Conyngham to be as well qualified for a
et/cc ,"
man, from an acquaintance with the Pra•in in,
the Courts of Law alone, as one who hats of t
tirnate knowledge of the essential intere: chot4sr,
State, and the inherent doctrines of th
iae
of Rome, why, present him with such.° pr
A the so
as the one I have now the honour an rae
edged lie
to reply to, and if he wiil not
kba t
yet p•
our old and favourite toast of " .1-100° or a
'testy," may he live long enough (for bialPos,
differ in politics, fervently do I esteenia„a of
Ilearn from me those sentiments of pureattici.e6,
dulterated allegiance, without a single ra the 0,
Popery, which have ever characterise. jog Vrbir,
testants of the proud and indepeu
bending, the faithful, 'and uncomprdele°ol.CoOe''
gee'
of Monaghan. rest h
I remain, Gentlemen, with the wa.r whtc
tiOn for the individuals of a County 1 11.'0
passed the happiest days of my early
ter,
`• Your friend, advocate, and supPni
" TIARCOUIt'

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B 'H. '' e
On the Ist inst., the.Ladyl of R•I
James Lester, r , isq.' of
court, Crutched7friars,, of a tlau!rhtcr.
.... OP'
illA. ME D. ke,,,,e, fgq..,
Yesterday, at Hendon Church, Wilthon I,,l“ccievsieilter °I
Off 1113ealei?drag;olirtsit 671 Y. son of the late Jobutlita daub'
William Anderson, Esq. Britain, Russell'_ssuglra re. Ito"
311.
DIED.
On Tuesda the 6th instant, after a short Woos,
vorsct,i
jamin Kidman,, of Mart;ate. ..(:„ster, , toi
Suddenly, on the Ist instant, at Wimborne-nyotol,
shire, aged 66, the Rev. James Mayo, Vicar ‘4
Rector of Blackland, in the county of Wilts.
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