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[PRICE SlXl' NCE HALFPENNY'.

RO AIV CATHOLIC MEETING.

A meeting-of-Abe Roman Catholics of the City anti
County of Cork, vas held on the Ist inst. imisuant.

to public advertisement, at the Bush Tavern, rCork.
At a quarter past one o'clock, lohri Gala jr, of
•Lota, Esq. was called to the chair.
.Coutisello'r •M`CARtlt addressed, the Meeting,
and'obseti%.,d., that the Catholic clginis ha,l been so

frequently discussed, that he deemed it
_Unnecessary
.to expatiate on the subje6l. Every individual of the
body in his intercourse with life nut oft4ntitnei
led that he' is not phtced on a level with gis

tacit fellow subjeds, the meanest of wlioni is elevated.

above the Catholie,hoWpk,er the latter may be•made
respeaable hyliis-t&ent, or cligniticd by hi 3 virtdes.

This was-a siination which trust operate upon their
feelings, kn proportion as they felt a cduseiousness,ot

tl►eir abilities, or a sense of the injosti'ce of the

_ .
stri&tions. Ail they prayed .was, an. etraljty of
privilege 4, and when he refle6ted upon the import-

a- nee aiid 'uncertainty of the crisis iti which we are
engaged, he was surprised there -could be fotthd litiy
Minister so itnpolitioas not to bring every inclividnil
feeling into the
_public stock of defen_ce. ?-heir
brethren were now employed in other pads of the

country in preparing petitions to •be presented iti
the next Sessions, to pray a removal of the re-
maining disabilities, _and he trusted they would

adopt corresponding exertion': iu fhe same cause.---
After several other' appropriate. observations, the
Learned Gentl6man .cbricluded by
,calling on the
meeting for subscriptions.", to defray the necessary
expences of presenting the petition, and, forward-

log the cause in which they., wereengaged. He
stated it to be the obje6t of the
.Comtnittee to co-
'operate with the Roman datbolicsoof Dublin, ,to
whom much rniiitwas due for their active exertions;
but that it was conceived necessary to show t he bre-
thren at large, by their distinct Relolotions, that
the Catholicg Cork,',.vho were hitherto so supine;
were now determined to assist cordially in endea-
vouring to establish their claims) and he subrratted
the propriety of following the 'example of Other
counties, in having a separate petition preSented by
one of the Members for Cork.

On the„ motion being put on the first Resolution;
Mr. BOYLE moved the following' amendment,
which was seconded by Mr. Miirphy A.nd that
our petition be acebinpanied with the offer of a ne=
gative power to the Crown on the appointments to
our, Prelacy."
Mr. M`CARTHY opposed the Amendment; at some'
length, strongly asserting,/ that it was not ink the
power of, the Laity to make such an offer; that it
was the
,peculiar province of the Clergy, and that.
that body have already decided agaibetit. •
Mr. BOYLE, in reply, was aStorfished the learned
Gentleman did not give something more satistattery
than assertion—he insisted that it was not the pecu-..
liar province of the Clergy—it ;interfered not with
the essentials of the religion, bad nought to do With
the discipline of the .church, and.theretbre he con•
tended that the Laity had the power to decide upon
it, standing, as probably it' would; a gi;a(tdbar
their emancipation: The adinission of the ripe: -
of the clergy, to decide upon- any question; that
would clash with the political rights of their flock,
is an admiSsion of the truth Of that accusation,
Which., he trusted, their -condua on that -mu= 4
sion would
icontradidti that the - minds. -0t!.,..t
Catholics of Ireland was. invested in priest-
hood. 1 The King of Prussia exerciser this
.ne-
gative poWer—the Emperor I Of Rus'sia veto on
the appointment of Catholic -Rishops—so. had .the
States on the
.appointment,.., of Catholic.
.Priests.,
" within the United Provinces ; and t iris canoes 4.•
sion on the part of Catholic Churches, similarly ~.ltuaG:
ed as-in:this country, has been always approved by
the Holy See. the present subjugate-I state
of the - Continent, when the Pope, in common
with the crowned Heads of _Europe, is under
the dominion of a 'man,. whose great object is
the annihtlation.'of these countries, not, to plloW
this negative power to the ':(ing to shield his
throne from the possible influence of the common
. enemy, he considered most ungracious indeed. Tll4
suce,:•sor to the Popedoin may vrobably be Buorta-
parte's uncle, Cardinal Fesche. decorous
then would it appear for the Catholic Prelacy df-Ire=
land to receive, without the power 6f this veto in
. their Sovereign, their appointments from him.. He
conjured them not to become , their own enemies--
the giving. thii veto would be complimentary to
'. the feelings of the .Monarch, it would approxi-
mate A.s to him, and rnake,us feel more immediate '
subjects. by the Royal breast. It would .quiet
the fears of the' English people, and acquire such
an host of friend's .to their cause, as must
insure its success. Mr. Boyle - concluded by
galling on the Learned Gentleman who opposed the
amendment, to, show, by something more than
section, that ...the present meeting was not intitled
to- discuss :the subject ; and admitting fora Mo
ent the truth. of
.such assertion, as` they were
asseinbled in the hope of the prayer of their
speti-'.
Lion heing .granted, was it not their duty to pre-
Sent it with _every possible recommendation, 'arid
anticipating every obstacle that might stand
its way, allow themselves the right of discuision as
to the service the veto might be to their cause",-or
the detriment it might prove to their rel Viii ; and
i if the result of that investigation should be in its fr-
vonr, reipea.fully to request the dignitaries of the
church to talte the .subject - again into consideration, ,
in the hope oI their opinion coming into coincidence.
,with their own. ,If they refused to appro4ch it even
in that way, they would exhibit a .rpentaliervility to
the priesthood;,mbst deeply to be deplored.

Mr. Pow& began by apologising for' i:respdssing
on the attention of the meeting,- which he teh
more necessary, :as he had been sO,lo'ng. removed
from ,participating. in purnit. 'Wherever hti
fortune had placed him, and whttnever the oppor-.
tthiltrprelenteil he 4tways adVctcrted