The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-26 00:00:00

DINNER AT THE BELL INN.

At six o'clock the company assembled at the Bell Inn,
consisting of about 120 of the principal Gentlemen of
Leicester and the surrounding neighbourhood.
The tickets were limited to the above number, in
consequence of the size of the room. So great was the
anxiety to procure admission, that five guineas were in vain
°frered, for a ticket. Soon . after six, Thomas
Caget, Esq., of Huinberston, was called to the
ti au, and among the gentlemen at the. top table we no•
Robert Otway Cave, Esq. M.P., W. Evans, Esq.,
'holnas Gisbourn, Esq., Colonel Cheney, G. W. Simp-
'", &c.

After the cloth was removed, the following toasts were
aiven, and drank with the usual honours.
• "'The King—and better health to him."
" The Duke of Sussex—the Royal and. Strenuous Sup-
Pokter of Popular Rights."
• The CHAIRMAN in proposing the next toast, said that
It was unnecessary in a meeting such as the present to ex-
Patiats on the importance of the principles which they had
let here to celebrate. It was deeply imprersed upon their
11,'44 that liberty, most of all things, was important. By
erty he meant true government. Whatever unfavour-
ahle appearances might from time to time present them-
4eiv", he for one would never despair. 'The history of
!flankind was an • instructive narrative of the struggles
between the oppressors and the oppressed; end this
was the only title and useful history. They would learn
I:'oin it that brute force was always at. work to overthrow
nherty, but that in the tnd mute and moral intelligence
wa.% more than a match for jillsier.l force. It was dee-
P(ltisni on the one hand, and genius on the other. It was
Physical force against human intelligence : the contest was
never stationary, it ebbed and flowed like the sea, but was
one respect unlike it, for it-sometimes swept away all the
landmarks of tyranny. There was no time so threatening
that did not produce some good. He well recollected the
fast occasion on which he and his friends mat in t!lat room.
't Was on an occasion nearly similar, to celebrate the po-
Pular feeling at the acquittal of the late Queen. He con-
f",.ed that he looked back with some pleasure to the good
Which the expression of popular feeling then did; an ex-
pression o: feeling which the Government party had not
lost sight of to this &.y. Tn the short interval of eight
. Years which had elapsed since that period, many poli-
tical eventS had occurred, gratifying to us not alone
0, citizens of Great Britain, but from the benefit which they
have conferred on the greet principle which the Company
had met to support. Let them look abroa,t, they would
We the proud Republics of America, with the exception of
545 damned spot, enjoying the blessings of true liberty.
There was France, quiet France, without force or violence
l'c'ssessinif herself of institutions of the most valuable and
Precious character, and taking that station which England

ee held. England used not to be behind in the roe of
Leedom, and he trusted that she would resume her former
ascendancy. Let them look back to the Ministers who
governed England at that tine. There was Castlereagh, the,
'NO Castlereagh, the whipping, scourging„ triangle Cas-
tlereagh. He is gong.--(Cheers)—and though. continued
the Chairman, I as a man, must regret the pangs which lie
trust have suffered from the peculiar and painful death
Which he inflicted on himself, yet I never can bring
Ykelf to regret that death while Ireland has reason to
bourn his existence.—(Loud cheering.)--He is gone, and
the burst of popular execration which closed his grave,
reeds a moral lesson with quite as much effect,
!t' though it bad been produced by such blood
once stained the windows of Whiteh.dl ; attended
")0 with this advantage, that it could then have given no
Pain to him against whom it was directed.—(Laughter.)
*--Sidmtmth is gone, with his addrwes and his returning
If thanks. Bexley---(a laugh)—with his frauds and
I,Oleriea, with flip multifarious chicanery about paper
tia a inst geld, anti gold • st paper, disregarding the
Oladfol distress which he was at the time occasioning—
t? ton is gone, pr going. Again, there is Liverpool,
'e Most imbecile Minister, he too has departed from
the scene. Eldon—(loud laughter)—that prince of
~'gote, that „drag-chain, not on the bind-wheels,
"t upon all the wheels of liberty, is now laughed
4t by one of those very minions whom he once
Protected; dressed out in a frock coat and Hessian
t I.—(Loud laughter).—The Six Acts are gone; and
there was not one now remaining of that hideous birth.
The Test and Corporation Acts are gone. George Can-
11118', too, is gone. Tint lore the peottie, disposed to be
arg fillite forget the truckling and sub-
terviency of iii„arly pars for the stripes that hp inflicted
Ulf
the back of corruption in his after-life. The people
forgave him for the past, in consideration of what he
1,,(1-done,. .and what he would have done,
,had GO spared
:4141.--(Cbeers Chairman then called the attention
"? the meeting to the time when the protptpit Dissenters
;Yelp :el inirch cite objeFt ?f sitspicion as the Catholics of
he present day, and when Priestley was as much talked of
," O'Connell.is now. But what shelved the growing in-
'elligence of the public mind, the Corporation and Test
!e, and the Ilirmißdloul Afe &slue for eyer.—
P444+141.1., are thp 'corpo.
gone without r straggle, but pot with-
:lL" a groan.--(Alattsb.)—Lord Eldon—(loud laughter).—
1' "'ruling pasiitn; strong in dlath"—Lord Eldon watered
;heir 3.6ve with his tears, and erabaltned them with
qroau!.—(funtinued pool' fan,
Con§litritiOn at the ram? lime, and added it to
41$'; lint of Ole' tilefan6uVv (rlieers•Y li.et the
reoPle'iMw' 'rook Othe'r side. Brougham was still
'et\ft them,' are Linsdo'wne, Holland, and lipszell.
Men never die.' •Brou;*liain 'has .unittil his high
iNi:eter • qii:l 11,:we wit.ll growing intcpiseliFe Of
lioWeve'y, liiSs-bo4 liur ie df
memoiY *mild -sfilfliVe.' indeed, this•WaS the
t,aeteristic of 'the cause oravit And rr,lizinus liberty , that
its tidvocateS rider die; whilA its opponents, on the other
dia'anti are 'dead: •Liverpeof and his'system are
the friends of lih7rtz wig eve; ;',ye ii 4 the
'tedolleetidit' 6t. that mole wlio;e cause 'their
ykia. stiblan, The day tims
as-
t"t4bled to celtbrate lan 'event WhiCh Was the consequence
tif these exertions. Some' of them theke:—the seoari4vedfutphdtevilede
Of the earth, were'siiil 'Met io'celehratse an,
overninent, 'entl'to support another rusied.
i4t
ieuverainent coutemplitt4 art'yi,ng into 'effect.
t n veill-akitatlM-S'asiedible'd to support the
,-",U44 of *Governitienr; and 'this too' under the Gov.rn-
nent of the Duke of Wellington. Even Peel, sprung,
rhe is, from the worst school of politicisus, takes credit
himself—inde?d he is rather too apt to take credit to
ntriself—for being a reforiner.—(preat iaufiliter.)-4t
~r'e time, on the,.catalVgub—of the OurrOs' whidli they
r4'"• ht ,agaPest !the tie6Pit,;.' the Worst Was that' Or being a
iekteriner..-. Yet Peel clititrs to be a 'retortner ; but in his
oh. Paget's) oninion, the reputation which that gentle-

man had gained was the most valuable part of his reform.
Under the Duke of Wellington. the powerful sword of the
Duke of Wellington, which at in e time was the hope of
.the oligarchy, and hope of the aristocracy, the Test and
Corporation Acts were repealed. Who now too!: the post
Which he (Mr. Paget) and his friends had left ? Who
now were the agitators? Nut appealing to the reason of
the people, but to the lowest passions of tl a mob.—
(Cheers.)—Not the stocking-manufacturers of Leicester;
no, but the head and the powerful ones of a bigotted faction,
the Newcastles and Bexley@ were now the agitators. They
we, continued the Chairman, have changed places; we
are at the top, and they are at the bottom. If lam not
mistaken, they will have reason to regret the course which
they are taking. They are pteparing a rod for their own
backs, the letting in of knowledge will be apt to bring an old
house about their ears. In conclusion he assured the
Meeting that the side of freedom was not alone the pleasant
side, but also the profitable one. They should bear this
in mind and instil into the minds of their children that
theirs was not only the right side,but it would also in the end
be the winning side. Ile concluded by proposing as a
toast, " The cause of Civil and Religious Liberty all over
the world."—The toast was drank with loud cheering,
and one person called out for one cheer more.
.The next toast was, " The health of Robert Otway
Cave, Esq., and thanks to his exertions to expose borough
abuses."

The Honourable Gentleman, in returning thanks, alluded
to the notice which had been taken of his exertions to re-
medy Corporate abuses, and expressed his determination to
continue those efforts. He adverted to the establishment of
Brunswick Clubs, which be denounced in the strongest and
most energetic manner, and protested against that nobleman
who had distinguished himself by his loud shouts to the boors
of Kent, being considered the representative of the English
aristocracy. The Hon. Member concluded an able speech,
which, we regret to say, want of room, and the lateness
of the hour, prevent us from reporting at length.
The CHAIRMAN said, that in rising to propose the
next toast, he must say that he stood second to no man in
the kingdom in the warmth of his sentiments upon the
subject. That toast was, " Success to Catholic Emanci-
pation."—(Great,applause.)—Whee about to propose such
a toast to such an assembly, he could not refrain from
offering a few observations upon it. All religions per-
suasions were entitled to the same civil privileges. The
Catholic was a moral religion—indeed, he knew of no
religion that did not inculcate principles of morality, and
all religions that did so were entitled to civil freedom.
The law should have nothing to do with religion of any
kind—it was enough to know that it was moral to entitle
its professors to equal rights and privileges.—(Great
cheers.)—lt had been said that the Catholic religion
has always, had a tendency to persecution, but he would
tell them that religion never had such a tendency. Perse-
cution was the result of the wealth and of the power with
which a religion was endowed, and not of the religion itself.
That wealth and power, when given to the professors of
even the humblest creed, had the effect of converting the
meek lamb into a raging lion.-=-(Cheers.)—lt had done so
with the Protestant religion and with the Presbyterian
also—all alike were persecuting as they had the ascendancy.
(Cheers.)—The ()lily religion which had not displayed this
persecuting spirit was his own, and the reason that had not
fallen in with the general rule was, because it happened
to be always in the minority. He would not trust even to
that; for if the power were given, he had little doubt but
it would quickly assume the same character by which its
predecessors had been distinguished.—(Cheering.)—There
was another point which he wished, before he sat down,
to press upon the attention of the meeting. A petition
had been last week forwarded from that town against the
Catholic claims, and in that petition the old assertion
was made, that they had not towards the Catholics,
but that they did not choose to risk their own privileges
for the sake of conferring a few silk gowns upon ambi-
tious individuals, anti enabling a few ether ambitious men
to get into an assembly, and say aye or no, as other great
men bad done before them.—(Laughter and cheers.)—
But this was not a fair way of viewing a question which
vitally interested the pockets of the people of England, and
the comfort and happiness of the whole population of. Ire-
land. Such a mode of teeating the question was indica-
tive either of gross hardness of heart, or of the most bare-
faced knavery. The inhabitants of Leicester knew what
it was to be ruled by a faction in small things.—
(Immense cheering.)—A set of self-elected men had
formed themselves inns a conclave in that Borough, and
taxed the inhabitants to any amount they chose. What
must they not have felt when they found the Borough-
rates raised from 4001. to 4,800/. per annum, and yet even
this was nothing to the increase of the committals by the
same authority. Formerly the number was only about 160 in
the year—now it had swelled to the enormous number of
600. It should be borne in mind, that these committals
were more harrassing to the poor than was the money
to the rich, which they were forced to part tvith.—(Great
cheering.)—During the last year, 600 committals had
passed through the Borough Chamber, and he felt assured,
that every officer who called himself an officer of Goverio-
rnent, must resign, or else these monstrous abuses
must be taken up.—(Tremendous cheering.)—lf sach
were their feelings, under a petty local domina-
tion, what must be the feelings of the poor
Irish Catholic, subjected as he is to 'the jurisdiction
of Protestant Judges, Protestant Juries, Protestant Ma-
gistrates, and a Protestant Police ?—(Cheers.)—What
must be his feelings when the Protestant murderer of a
Catholic could stalk about unmolested in open day? Ca-
tholic blood might smoke upon the earth, and the et intiml
notwithstanding go forth with impunity, secure in his pro-
fession of the Protestant faith.—(Cheers.)—lt was asked
of what consequence wis Catholic Emancipation to the
Catholic peasant? It was of the most vital consequencv.,
for it entered into his every thought, his every hope, and
every feeling for the welfare of himself and his fa-
mily.—(Great applause.)—lt pressed, too, upon the
resources 'of England, for it occasioned an influx
of Irish labourers into this country, so that taking all
the circumstances into consideration, there were no bounds
to the terrific prospect before them. The worst of all
this, too, was this, that from such evils no ene derived
advantage except the oligarchy, by whom they were occa-
sioned.--(Cheets.)—He believed, however, that the Go-
vernment had made up their minds to concede Catholic
Emancipation, and that because they could not help it.—
(Cheers and laughter. )—The worthy Chairman then gave
the toast, which was drank with great enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the next toast,
said that it was one which would touch their tender feel
ings, if indeed the word tender could be applied to any
other feelings, besides those which they felt towards their
wives and daughters. (A laugh.)—The toast was--.-
" Our distinguished visitor, William Evans, Esq., and
may he yet become more intimately connected with the
borough of Leicester. Also our hearty and sincere thanks
to him for his attendance here this day." The toast was
drank with three times three ; after which
Mr. Evatis rose to return thanks, and was received with
the most deafening shouts of applause, which lasted for
several minutes. As soon as silence could be obtained, be
said that he rose with no common emotion upon that occa-
'jou, finding himself surrounded by respectable persons whom
he had seen for the first time since he had met them in that
room during the election of IBi6. Persons who bad made
such sacrifices of their time and labour, as was incredible,
and although those labours were not successful, still were
they got the less entitled to his gratitude for their exer-
tions.—(Cheers.)—lfe used to meet them in that room, in
the evening, to partake of their food after the labours of the
Morning had been brought to a conclusion ; and now
again he met them with joy, for he found them embark-
ed its the great cause of civil and religious liberty._
That cause, it was, he felt assured, which attached them
In him, for he knew of no personal grounds for
such attachment, which was only the result of an union of
sentiment upon this great question. lie had neither the
power of their worthy Chairmen, nor the lively fancy
and buoyancy of their worthy Representative, to ade-
qoately advocate. that cause at that moment, but he
64 t few observations to address to them, in doing
which, he would trespass but a short time upon their
attention. He had not been amongst them fur up-
wards of two years, and it might be asked why he
bad ehsegtcal himself? Why he had not come
sopoee amongst them ; or why he had come now ?
To the Arst question he would answer, that it did not
appear to be expedient that he should do so,
.and he hoped
they would be satisfied with that answer without pressieg
hint further for his motiv.e, As set the reason why
he htt4 11 o,lv '-olrivt 4 wogl4 be somewhat more
kte had seceieed from Mr. Coltman a
letter, retrestipg him. to attend that rsieess-as.
"eo Colt.
man infertnetl hind, in his letter, of the object of the meets
mntstwas to. Adv?,c-Vieil--fand said,
i:sf the e
effortsa"e Mete
eMatiirg in a different line about
youpssX,. qvh a meeting became most desirable.
eie (Mr. Evans) did not think proper to resist this re-
quest. He resolved to attend, but still he must inform the
meeting that be had not come there to mix himself up
with the local politica of ,the place. He had not come
there to give any pledge, but tof9yretthuernkint4hossuepptohartukhee,
tett exceedingly de-
wreheeicivhedhaadt itrenlasTelloclictgiodne,laa7di,
fiOted dt Is'esageing 'that his lengthened absence
frogs theM " had 'not damped those feelings of
kiodnesi which their formerly entertained in his
behalf. ..(gnthusiastic cheering.) He thought it his duty,
if he could contribute 011. e iota towards the success of those

principles . whieh he had ahrsaya advocated, to come tai
that meeting. (Cheers.) Civil and Religious Liberty-
embraced all that was dear to saeiety and to man. It was
those principles which made the country wealthy, indu,i-
trim's, and happy. It was those principles that made
man good, and the want of. them svceild involve the
one in all the depths of ignorance, and leave the
other a desolate, ieai,ai-ate, and degraded desert. lie.
was not _qualified to _advocate that cause as it
deserved to he advocated ; hut he felt it -necessary to say,
that lie was exceedingly gratified at the manner in which
the inhabitants of Leicester seemed determined to folio* Ili:
-those olijecta. Men-naturally repressed their opinions warmly,
indeed, it was extremely natural for men to express their
feelings warmly upon subjects which they warmly felt.—
They, however, had adopted a different course. They
had chosen not to revile those parties to whom they
were opposed. Not to stigmatise them as Brunswick Clubs
and so forth, but recollecting the benefits they had derived
from sources whence they had net expected them, had ex-
presaed their satisfaction at those laws for the repeal of reli-
gious disabilities, which had already passed, and had also ex-
pressed their satisfaction at the expected repeal of other;.
(Loud cheers.)—The repeal of the Corporation and Test
Acts was a most important measure, and the time would not
be long, he believed, ere that measure would be followed
by the concession cf Catholic emancipation. He was
very glad, therefore, that so wise a worse had been adopt-
ed by the inhabitants of Leicester, and lie was the more
pleased because lie was convince that the Catholic cause
must be eventually carried by a tamporate, though firm ex-
pression of the sentiments of the people.—(Cheers. )._.-
There were two kinds of people opposed the claims of the
Catholics, those who were in the possession of the mono-
poly, and who desired not any interference with it from
those who had hitherto been excluded, but those were not'
the only ones; there were others who entertained an honest
and conscientious opposition, the result in some instances of
prejudice* in others of ignorance, but which, whatever
might be its origin, would never be overcome by con-
tempt, ridicule, or abuse.—(Cheers.)—Endeavours should
be made to convince them of their error, and as the
inhabitants of Leicester had' set the example, the spirit of
moderation shonid be invariably displayed in every attempt
at removing their prejudices. If they could once con-
v;nce such. persons that they were swayed by prejudice
they would then find them as eager in the cause of civil and
religious liberty as was any man in that assembly.—
(Cheers.) If a different course were adopted, though
the measure might succeed, it ,aotild be robbed of
all that union and comfort which roust be the result
of the temperate line of conduct they had adopted.
On that account it was that he was desirous that
the moderation which they had displayed might be •
come genera! throughout the country, and this with-
out wishing the. slighteet diminution of that
zeal and enthusiasm which was so necesary. to en-
sure success. Prospects were now favourable, and lie
thought that the habitual recollection that all human affairs
are overruled by a power over which they had no
controul, would ccalvince them that the wisest course
would be that of moderation; for there was no principle
so good, but that, in order to insure its reception, it must
be advocated with a right and proper spirit.—(Cheers.)—
He would detain them no longer than to express his most
cordial and heartfelt thanks, net only to those present, but
to all those who had supported him at the last election,
and to express the strong feeling which he had entertained
for the happiness and comfort of the people of Leicester.—
The Hon.. Gentleman then sat down amidst the most en-
thusiastic cheering.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the next toast—cc A full,
fair, and free Representation of the People in the Com-
mons House of Parliament." Tie gave this toast after the
speech of his Honourable Friend on his left (Mr. Evans),
because they had that full and fair representation, they all
knew who it was that would then be in that House. (Great
cheering.)

The toast was then drank with several rounds of
applause.
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the next toast,
said he would give them their best, at the same time their
most powerful friend, The Omnipotence of the Press—
that which makes tyrants tremble and freemen rejoice."
This toast was remivred with very marked applauie..

Mr. TilomesoN, the Editor of the Leicester Chronicle.
then rose and said that as an humble individual connected
with the Press of this country, be felt it his duty to
say a few words upon the toast to which they had just
done so much Fonour. The press was the Ty-
rant's foe :—the Press brought hidden things to light
which would Ott!erwise have remained buried in seclusion.
Hence it was that the press in this country was omnipo-
tent, and always exerted for th" good of the people, which
was in fact the only legitimate source of power.—(Cheers.)
The next toast was, " Thomas Gisborne, Esq„ the
able and eloquent castigator of Dr. Phillpotts."
The health of the Rev. Mr. Berry, a Unitarian
clergyman, having been drank, that gentleman returned
thanks, and declared that all the Dissenters of the class to
which he belonged were in favour of Catholic Emancipa-
tion, as were also the well-informed Dissenters of every
denomination. He regretted that among the lower classes
of Dissenters, prejudice—perhaps honest—still lingered, but
the true way to remove these prejudices was by conciliation
in argument, and not by violence or scorn.
Mr. Ptna'r, the Chairman, subsequently addressed the
Company, and explained his reasons for being decidedly fa-
vourable to Catholic Emancipation.
Several other Gentlemen addressed the Meeting, which
did not separate till a late hour.

MEETING OF THE ARTISANS OF LEI
CESTER.

At a Meeting of the Artisans 'of Leicester, which took
place in tht early part of Ttnsday, the following Resolu-
tions were agreed to : •
" That it is the inherent right of every man to wor.
ship his Maker according to the dictates of his own con-
science, and that all pains, penalties, or political disquJi-
lications, on account of religious opinions, are cruel and
unjust.
" That this Meeting view with regret the present dis-
tracted state of the Empire; and hope that the healing balm
of conciliation, in the extension of equal rights and pri-
vileges to all his Majesty's subjects, will soon restore peace
and harmony amongst the people.
"- That religions anirmr,ities, aggravate and perpetuate
the grievances which the people have so long endured, by
distracting the atte7tion of the Legislature from objects of
the greatest importance.
" That the Meeting offers the right hand of fellowship
to the people in the great sluestion of Parliamentary
Reform."

Other Resolutinne, disapproving of the Corn Laws, were
also agreed to.

LIVERPOOL.—•-On 3vlonday our Cotton .Mar-
ket was very flat indeed, and the sales amounted to 1,200
bags only.

We understand that an Ulster Provincial
Meeting is to be held iti Belfast early in January. The
attendance is expected to be very numerous and respectable.
The public business will be transacted in the morning, and
there will be a dinner party in the evening.— .Cork Con-
stitution.

A boy at Hayes,. 15 years of age, was about
two months since bitten by a dog in a rabid state, and al-
though the part was taken out by the professional man
who was called in, the lad d:ed yesterday, raving mad.
Bucks Gazette.

A rumour prevails, or • rather pervades—it
passes ahem. obtaining decided confidence—that certain
changes will take place in the Ministry before the meet-
ing of Parliament. Lord LOWTHER, it is said, quits the
Woods and Forests for some situation which shall give
him a seat in the Cabinet. Since Lord Low Turn
has shown himself a man of business, par nec supra, it
will create no surprise„ perhaps, to see him advanced.
Yet he is no orator ; and with, respect to the Cabinet, if
a pro-Catholic were to go out to make way for him, who
is an anti-Catholic, how would such an arrangement ac-
cord with the present labours and views of the Duke of
WgLLINGTON? .. Perhaps, however, his Lordship may
have changed his opinion on the Catholic Question ; and
if so, it is another proof of the improvement by which
his political career has been marked. Another part of
the report current is, that Lord MELvti.w4
quit the bead of the Admiralty fcir the presidency of the
Board of CAniti:o4 We should have no objection to this:
we never wish to see a BUNDAS at the Admiralty again•
The naval'circles are said to be confident of his removal.
—Times.

SERIOUS. Acc IDENT.—W e yrwerstAild ow a.
salt boiler exploded at Winsiortj halt Works, few a4s
ago, by wLich oue tO wt 4 killed, and anatber drcasi-
Oly scalded,.

BRUNSWICK MEETING at MANCHESTER.

On Saturday last a requisition, signed by 550 persons,
including 44 of the clergy in the town and neighbourhood,
appeared in the Manche ter pap...re, calling a meeting of all
who concurred with the requisitionists that the concession
of further political power to the Roman Catholics would be
pregnant with danger to the Constitution of these realms.
A declaration appeared in the same papers, in which the
subscribers, in number 450, express their regret that the
harmony and good feeling prevalent should be disturbed by
the agitation of the subject, and make known their desire
to have the question left to the calm consideration of Par-
liament. Amongst those who signed the declaration were
a great number of high Churchmen and Tories, who never
before lent their names to any thing so nearly approaching
a liberal measure.

On Monday morning, an hour before .the time of meet-
ing, front the appearance of the crowd
assembledit was
in front of the Manor Court-room, that the
Catholics were determined, notwithstanding the exclusive
nature of the meeting, not to let the 13runswickers have
things all their own way. The latter; however, were on
their guard, and placed 111 r. Lavender, the deputy-con-
stable, at the door, who, with great discrimination, re-
fused admittance to those who were unfavourable to the
resolutions to be proposed. A ragged coat was incon-
testable evidence that the wearer was from the sister king-
dom, and the assumption was incontrovertible, that there-
fore he was a Catholic. A coloured neckcloth was very
legitimately suspicious, and exposed the owner to the
question...—. Are you not opposed to the object of the
meeting?" To the honour of these who were thus
questioned be it said, that as their leaders will not for-
swear themselves to get admittance • into Parliament, they
would not tell a falsehood to get admittance into the
Court-room of the lord of the manor of Manchester.—
After this ordeal the door, the meeting was constituted
exclusively of Brunswickers, with the exception of per-
haps 200 or 300, whose black clothes and white neck-
cloths removed them from the suspicion of being Irish.—
The whole number assembled might be between 900
and I,ooo—about one-tenth of the number of inhabitants
who pay upwards of 201. a-year of rent, and about a one
hundred and fiftieth part of the population.
At half-past eleven o'clock the chair was taken by Mr.
HARDMAN, a brewer, the senior churchwarden. He
opened the business by stating, that the object of the meet-
ing was not to enter into any discussion, but to consider
how they might best express their sentiments with regard
to the danger to the Constitution which would arise from
conceding the claims to the Boman Catholics.

JAMES NORRIS, Esq, then rose to move the first resolu-
tion. The question of Catholic Emancipation has been so
often, so fully, and so ably discussed in Parliament, and in
the various periodical publications, that I feel it unneces-
sary to add any thing to the eloquent defences made of our
Protestant Constitution. I should not inform your judg-'
meats by any thing I could say. (' Faith, you could not,'
called:out in an Irish accent.) I address gentlemen too
conversant with the subject to need any further inforMa-
tion. —(Applause.)—l yield to no man in respect for our
Catholic fellow-subjects. I esteem a man not the less
nor the more because he agrees or differs with me in be-
lief. I announce it solemnly, that I have as much af-
fection to the Catholic as to any other member of
the Christian family. But I ask myself two very
important questions. Is not the Church of the Ro-
man Catholic so constituted, that he cannot be admit-
ted to political power in this kingdom, being, as it is
declared to be, a Protestant kingdom and empire ? Is the
Church of Rome altered one iota from what it was in
1688 ? I am constrained to answer both these questions
in the negative. You have all read of the horrible scenes
which took place during the struggle which filled many
years, until it terminated in the glorious revolution of
1688, a revolution in which all parties triumph, and to
which the Whigs not only lent a helping hand, but boast
that through them it was effected. That revolution secured
our liberty from the control of the Roman Church ; but at
what an expense of blood was it effected ; and Aid not the
Government, to secure the blessings which were then ob-
.
tamed, actually expel the rightful heir to the Crown, be-
cause he was opposed to the Protestant Church ? Thank
God, the Constitution, as established to us then, and every
thing dear to as' as Protestants, have been handed down to
us unimpaired ; but I ask you, if Catholic emancipation
were to be granted, how long would that Constitution con-
tinue? (Ilear„kear.) My objection to the concession of
the Catholic claims is on account of the constitution of
their church, Which owns obedience to a fbreign power,
and bkause its priests and bishops may exert the whole of
their spiritual strength for political purposes. I appeal to
the sister country for the proof of this. We there see
the. priests 'exercising their influence in the most awful
manner with the cross of Christ as their banner, leading
their flocks, not for their spiritual consolation, but for po-
litical purposes, and breaking asunder the very bonds of
society. (Loud and continued applause.) . They have
torn asunder the natural ties between landlord and tenant,
and we have seen the peasantry arrayed by the priesthood,
and ordered to vote against the wishes of even their
Catholic landlord. (Loud cheers.) This is an instance,
gentlemen, of what they would do if they. had further
power. ,Another question is, will they remain satisfied
iwith the emancipation they now demand? (Cries of
They will not.') What does emancipation mean ? Ad-
mission to certain offices, and to both houses of Parlia-
ment.' I will suppose, that, after admission to Parlia-
ment, some other want is brought into discussion. If this
were the case, I fear we should not be able make a
stand, but be given over at once to their power. (Loud
cheers.) I will put one position. Suppoie that the Ca-
tholic bishops, who heretofore had seats in the Lords, were
to demand seats again. (Applause.) Then might come
the demand—if we have Catholic senators and Catho-
lic bishops—why . should the profession of the Catholic
religion exclude from the throne ? (Loud shouts.) 1
will not venture to describe the dreadful consequences.
It would be a counter-revolution to that of 1688. I will
do the members of the Catholic Church the justice to say,
that they do not seek to conceal their pretensions or de-
mands. So far they act fairly. What their objects are
may be learned from their speeches and resolutions in the
Association. These leave us nothing to learn on this fatal
subject. A short time ago a meeting of the English Ca-
tholics was held in London. The Duke of Norfolk, who
.is at the head of the English, and at the head of the Ca-
tholic nobility, ventursd, in a temperate, upright, and
feeling manner, to beg that they would be reasonable in
their demands. Don't,' says he, throw us into extre-
mities with the Government by any extravagance. Let
us listen to what may be proposed to us, and if it be rea-
sonable, let us accept it.' How was this advice received
by the Irish Association? Gentlemen, it was negatived
with the strongest disapprobation. • I should not like
to repeat the language of Mr. O'Connell ; but he gives
notice of a motion that the two Associations may be
separated.—(llear, hear, hear.)—The Association say,
We demand emancipation as our right; we will have
it, or we will fight for it.'—(Loud cheers, and cries of
Let them.')—But do they stop. wish the demand of eman-
cipation ? No ! they ask further Parliamentary refOrm
and every other measure which may be conducive, as they
say, to the welfare and prosperity of the people. What,
gentlemen, would become of this conntry,—what would
become of our glorious Constitution,—what, would become
of Kings, Lords, and Commons, if we had emancipation
and Parliamentary reform in its train ?--(Loud cheers. )
It would work an entire revolution. (' Amen,' cried a
scan—his interjection drowned in loud shouts.) I trust
that we are not yet prepared fur such measures; shall we
thus deliver up the,English Constitution ?—(' No, no.')—
Forbid it Heaven. Mr. O'Connell appears to have the
power to direct the Association and the Irish people as he
pleases. He bids them come forward or keep back, and
they implicitly obey his commands, and he and the Asso-
ciation exercise a power which ought to belong alone to the
Government. Whether they have not already been per-
mitted to go too far,. I will not inquire ; but no one col
doubt the propriety of opposing them, when they come to
demand emancipation and Parliamentary Reform in its
train. In such a state of things, and I wish to pre-
sent no exaggerated picture of their state, is it not now
requisite that Protestants should stand forward and
declare themselves opposed to such demands? (' It
is—it is,' from all sides). These privileges were
iqnutelesmenn. , It is signed Ly men whom I most highlyw.
not obtained without a struggle, and without it
they were not transmitted. I have obset'VM that
a declaration has been published, ileprczatig the agitation
of tl,ls gentlemen,
question.
esteem, and iyha a most highly respectable.; but they tell
you
that it will embarrass the Government to
petition at this juncture. Why, gentlemen, the very ob-
ject of our meeting is torsAwtr.eonirigei.stksl:);twl;:bLacneais.loedf GGo6v,e,trinei
scMhaelollatiedttTfoirocAtgpheptl,,oa:ntostnei:guie•lad,dee.ually increasing till it 4eArne !mid
its cessation
man then movedse-r_

" That tcki,s meeting, cordially rejoicing that their Ho-
man Catholic fellow-subjects enjoy the same freedom of
religious worship as every other denomination of Cl?rie
tians, is nevertheless of opinion that to concede to them
the same politital p,ewsr, V:Mld, from, the nature and
principles of their religion, and the foreign influence affect-

ing it, be a measure fraught with danger to the Protestant
Constitution of these realms, as established at the Revolu-
tion in 1688."

The motion was seconded by Mr. -BRA ns ITA NV, and car-
ried by a great majority.
The next motion was proptred by
' Mr. .1. BIRLEY, who said this WJS no time for shrink-
ing, nor for inactivity, under the to.twk;sll prct?xt of a
fear of embarrassing Government. It was geievoui to see
the must zealous friends of the church joining with its
enemies in one common bond, to stifle the right of peti-
tioning. lie, it was well known, had no inotzlinste affec-
tion for public meetings, hot when inoffensive clubs were
put down while a mischievous association was allowed to
bear unlimited sway, it was time for file .5-iends of the
Church to bestir themselves, let my Lord Verulant, cr aay
other advocate for quietnetz, say whr,t they would ; and
it was their bounden duty to meat in coatavention of the
treason and rebellion which was thre,..tened. He would
not quarrel. with the Catholic fur his on-lions, but he
would not fm.)ish him with a mow-bar to destroy the
structure of the Protex,.ant Citurch..(Lond and tang
cheering.)—Mr. Birley then movtd—

" That the Character and extent of tl:e epiritual
thority of the, Church of FWD?, and the way in which
it is applit 1 ip ternroral concerns, have been practically
sbown by r?critt- --occurrences in the Sister Kingdom,
where this authority has been exerted without com-
punction over her 111embets, to promote objects purely
solitic-.1, even at the risk of ruin to their de:,rst temporal
interests ; from which may he fairly interred the danger
thit must re,dt .from the admission of pt,: sons subject
to such au influence, to a shar in the Le.isittui,!." •
The moon Leing- v'condel by •Mr. WANI7LYN,
was carried by a glen majority.
A young men of the name of Dolie:ty, who was re-
porting fur an Irish papr, sari up end asked; if reflec-
tions were to be cast on his crecd and be not allowed to
ray a word in its defence? This gf.ve r:ae to the loudest
outcries, amidst which. be x%%-s obliged to tit down.
Mi. F. PHILLIPS tnond the third resolution—

"That for reveal years prA a Society, calling them.
selves the Catholic A.!:teciation, has ex ;e1 in Leland, in
open delian?e and contempt of laws especially enacted fur
its suppression, and, in conjunction with the priesthood,
has levied taxes aid exerciff,d, in various ways, an authority
opposed and paramount to that of the Government."
The :notion was seconded by JAMES Bor:tar.ry, Esq.,
a recent:y-creat.d magistrate, and carried with shouts.
The fourth res•olution was proptield by Mr. llitanr.F.y,
one of the churchwardens, and Seconded by Mr. J EREMIA It
FIELDING. It was—

" That this Meeting cannot but deeply regret that pro.
ceedings thus illegal in their, chat neer, and dangerous in
their tendency, have in no instance been disavowed, but
have been generally sanctioned and applauded by the Ro-
man Catholic community,"

The fifth resolution was proposed by Mr. CHARLES
CROSS, the late Boroughreeve. It was as follows:
" That every attempt which has been made to devise
securities calculated to allay the reasonable and well-
founded apprehension of Protestants, has completely failed ;
and the most influential of the Roman Catholics do not
hesitate to avow that the possession of political power (the
object of their present claims) would only lead to further
demands, and facilitate their attainment."

Not being seconded very promptly, a Mr. WATKINSON
proposed to himself the honour. Mr. Watkinson thought
the resolutions were °too milk-and-waterish, and that as
they were violent on the other side of the water, he thought
they ought to express themselves strongly on this side.
The King and Government would be in a strange predica-
ment if the Catholics were emancipated. - It was dreadful
to ask the King of England to become a traitor, and go to
his long home a perjured character. No, let Protfstants
support , him with all their hearts, minds, and physical
powers.' It was, unfortunately, the fashion to be in favour
of the Catholics. He was sorry to see so many'respectable
characters in the counter-declaration. He would say to a
pretty woman who married an ugly man, you are very
amiable, but you have a very bad taste; and so he would
say to those who wished them not to petition against
the Catholics—they had very bad taste.
Mr. JosEett GREEN proposed the next resolution.
" That under all these circumstances this meeting feels
itself imperatively called upon to make known to the Le-
gislature its sentiments on this important subject, and
earnestly to pray that the Protestant Constitution, to
which, under Providence, Great Britain is indebted for
her power,, prosperity, and happiness, may he preserved
unimpaired:" •
The. motion was seconded by Mr. JOHN WHEELER, pro-
prietor of the. Chronicle newspaper, and carried.

The seventh resolution was—..
" That the petition now read (founded on the previous
resolutions) be adopted." .
The motion was seconded by the Rev. C. D. `WAY,
chaplain to the collegiate church, and carried.
It was then resolved that the petition should be pre—
sented,to • the Lords by the Duke of Wellington, and to
the Commons by Mr. Peel, and thanks being voted to the
Chairman, the meeting separated.•

A Mceting of the Catholics is to be held on Tuesday
night.

THE- KING'S COURT.

The Duke of Clarence arrived at. Windsor Castle allout
one o'clock on Monday afternoon, and previous to the hold-
ing of the King's Court, his Royal Highness went over the
Castle, and afterwards partook of a ddeune. The Royal
Duke, after the arrival of his Anjesty at' the Castle, at-
tended the King's Court, and had an audience of his
Majesty.

At ten minutes past three o'clock a messenger as rived at
Windsor Castle with a petition in fitvour of Hunton, con-
victed of forgery, for Mr. Secretary Peel, which had been
forwarded from the Home-office at hallpast one o'clociT
the petition was undevitood to be signed by the under-
writers at Lloyd's.
The Recorder of London was admitted into the presence
of the King in Council soon after five o'clock, and made
his report of the convicts capitally conviAed at Justice-
ball, in the Old Bailey, during the September sessions, when
the law was ordered to take its course on the Rev. Peter
Fenn, for forgery ; on Thomas iliggins, a master fish-
monger residing in Berwick street, for cutting and maim-
ing one of the overseers of the parish in which he resided ;
and on James Harpnre, for a burglary. 'The other con-
victs whose cases were reported amounted to the number
of 12,. The cases of Martin Mallet and James Farthing,
convicted during the September se?sions, were not gone
into. The October sessions was not reported.
The Recorder concluded his report soon after eight
o'clock, when his Majesty left the Castle and returned to
the Royal Lodge. The Cabiret Ministers repined to
town, with the exeption of the Duke of Wellington, who
proceeded to his sent, at Stratlitieldsaye, Hants. Mr.
Rightu e r
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Mr. Cosden, of Windsor, was driven by the groom,
Secretarya
Ilan.me Secretary. c r towneeryl
who was on the wrong side of the road, against the leaders
in Mr. Peel's roach, and one of the shafts of the gig was
driven into the chest of one of the leaders. The horse
andwas felled to
litkielervise overthrown ; the ground by
tilec°netZle concussion.
.The horse
horses. of the
carriage became entangled, and slipped down ; the posti-
lions were throttin off. The Ministers alighted from the
carriage, and, soon afterwards were overtaken by the car-
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town
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and came to town. The carriage of Mr. Peel was brought
to town about twelve o'clock.

The Duke and Duchess cf Clarence, accompanied by
the Duchess of Gloucester, left their residence in Bushy
Park yesterday morning, and came to the King's Palace at
Kensington, where the two DUchesses alighted at the
apartments of the Duchess of Kent, with whom their
Royal. Highnesses partook of a thjetine, and spent the
day with the Duchess and the Princess Sophia. -The Duke
came to the residence of the Princess Aug►►sta, in the
King's Palace, St. James's, and left town about four
o'clock on their return to Bushy,

A report has got into circulation within these
few days back, that Captain the Hon. FREDERICK SPEN-
CER is to be appointed to theSuuthanipton, shortly to be
commissioned as the Hag-ship to Sir EDWARD OWEN ;
but we are informed such is not the fact, and that Caps,
GEORGE F. itzcii will be appointed Flag Ca,ptaig 40. the
Admiral. .

- -
It is understood . .
military circles that Sir
HERBRRT T. 511.04.,.. is 4l theu: introduce into the army
some new regulati.os relative to the dress of officers, 44d
-
which is not only intended to render the prw,ts af regimen_
tals of every corps as nearly as post.ible 4iike, but will re-
strain Commanding Qffiyers (i:01,11 Rutting young officers to
extra expenses, (w 144 s;.4i many of them can very ill lard)
for whims of tlAtir own. - It is also said that Sir irlitttuXlVes
attention has been called to the very great expense iucurred
in some regiments, under the head of " Subseriptioa to
mess fund, band, &c." and ‘vhil/44), in many instances, fail
very heavy indeed on young men, but which the dread of
being looked upon; as t‘rutablers pt-events tient front coat,:
Fihtiaing of,