The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-17 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.

The following Correspondence has passed be-
tween O'CoNott DON and his Grace, on the sub-
ject of a Resolution passed at the late Catholic
Meeting in Itosscomtnon, determining to intrust
the petition of the Catholics of that county to his
Grace, for presentation to the Clouse of Lords :
" Belanagare, Oct. 29.
"My Lord Duke—At an Aggregate Meeting of the Catho-
lics of the Couty of Roscommon, convened at Roscommon on
the 18th instant, for the purpose of appealing to the Legis-
lature for the removal of the civil disqualifications by which
they are aggrieved, they unanimously resolved, to confide
their petition to your Grace for presentation in the House
of Lords.
" By consigning it to your Grace, they felt particularly so-
licitous to manifest the reliance they repose in your Lordship
and the Protestant Peers who associated at Buckingham-
house, on the 27th of May, as " the determined friends of the
just cause of their Catholic fellow-subjects," and to evince
their ardent gratitude for the resolutions adopted on that occa-
sion, demonstrating the civil equality of all classess of the •
people, and advocating the expediency of granting to the
Catholics immediate restoration to their civil rights and
privileges.
" They felt also, that each successive investigation has tend-
ed to elucidate the justice of their claims; and they were per-
suaded, that a petition introduced into the House by your
Grace must necessarily attach particular attention, and awaken
that inquiry which inevitably renders more obvious the equity
and policy of conceding Catholic emancipation.
" The meeting at which the resolution I have the honour of
transmitting to your Lordship was adopted. completed the
whole Catholic respectability and property of the county.—
Highly as I appreciate the honour of having been selected to
preside at such a meeting, I feel it considerably enhanced by
the obligation it has imposed on me, of communicating to your
Grace the sentiments in which this resolution originated, and
by the opportunity afforded me of professing the gratitude and
respect for your Grace in which I participate with my Catholic
countrymen.
1 have the honour of enclosing a copy of the petition for
your Grace's perusal, and shall, with your permission, for-
ward the original to Buckingham-house before the meeting of

Parliament.
E" I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, my
Lord Duke, your Grace's most obedient"
O hum'CblO e s
Oervaßnt,
N DON.
" To his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and
Chandos, &c. Stowe, Buckingham."

" Avignon, Nov. 6.
" Sir—l have to acknowledge the honour of your letter of
the 29th ultimo, informing me that the aggregate meeting of
the Catholics of the county of Roscommon had resolved to ir -
trust to my care the petition to the House of Peers, praying
from the Legislature a relief from the grievances under which
they labour.
" 1 feel highly gratified by the confidence which the Meet-
ing has been pleased to repose in me. I accept, with pleasure,
the task which has been assigned to me ; and however inade-
quate may be my exertions to do justice to the grand cause
which is involved in the prayer of the petition, my anxious
wish will always be to prove myself the steady, uncompromising
friend of a measure, so deeply of the happiness of Ire-
land, the prosperity of the established Protestant Church, and
the dearest interests of the empire.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your very faithful humble
ser van t,
" BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.
" The O'Conor Don."

Mr. EDEltii has positively contradicted a report
that one of the walls of the Opera House has
been condemned as unsafe.
On Wednesday evening Mr. ROBINSON, butler
to Philip Bennet, Esq. of Itougham, whilst seated
in the upper boxes of our theatre, was suddenly
seized with an apoplectic fit, and though promptly
attended by a medical gentleman, expired in a
few hours. We understand that he had before
had a fit of a similar nature, which he had ma-
naged to conceal from his master's knowledge•—
(Bury Gazette.)
SINGULALt FACT.—A pear-tree in the garden
occupied by Mr. MILLS, near the New Church,
Waterloo road, now contains a considerable quan-
tity of fruit, being the second crop this season.
In January last it was in full blossom, again in
April, and, almost before the pears became ripe,
the tree was remarked suddenly to have shed its
leaves. Towards the latter end of September
this extraordinary tree again blossomed, being
the third time, producing a second crop of fruit,
part of which is now suffered to remain for the
gratification of those who feel inclined to wit-
ness the fact.