The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-01 00:00:00

testimottym cur behalf. Re will be able to present
in vivid ef:.:tours, painted from the actual :scenes which
h"..is surveyed, the miserable condition of a country
'hich, with so many opportunities of happiness, and
so many susceptibilities•
of,greatness, exhibits so
disastrous a counteraction of the apparent in-
rents of Providence, - and shows the designs of
nature laid prostrate by the evil genius of the law.
HoOl tell his, fellow legislators (Will you not, my
), how easy. it would be to render us united,
intellectual, industrious,peaceful..intel and everlastingly
attached' to England ; he will tell them that the
tod-is not more susceptible of good agriculture than
Our character is of wise culture; and that the wastes
of the nation's mind ought to be reclaimed, and
that its vast tracts of moral desolation should be
fertilized : he will say, that though much may be
wanting, yet that nothing can be done without the
. previous great measure of contentment ; and that in
the train of that appeasing expedient, none but be-
neficial results can follow: he will says that how-
ever-divided we may now Yet that whten the
proVo,.;"ations of diticorti had been removed, we
sb,sud rt*ily forget our existing detestations, and
'that the equalization of
.the people would not only
produce an oblivion of injury but of insult,- anl
u.
amnesty of opprobrium as well as a cessatio..
wrong--ht will say, that with all our recip.ocal
faults towards each other, and long as we have i..een
habi.'6uated to sectarian detestations, yet that in the
contending factions there is- still- upon both sides
tuough of national kindliiies. remaining for a, wise
Legislature to Work 'and mould into reconciliation;
and that however we have hated each other its
Brunswickers and Aasociatora, we should epeethly:
embrace as natives of the same dear land together ;
le will say this, and more than this, told thus-m. 1;,.
a lasting service upon the country that has tlio
given him welcome. (Otters.) Go, then)
Lord (pardon tne if I thus venture to addretA von, - but 'I,
cannot refrain,- impressed as my own mind thus strongly is
with your ability and your iodination to do us good) ; go
and perform the noble task which is reserved for youe-,-go
with your whole Memory and all your heart filled with all.
that you have witnessed- amongst its, and more especially
with the spectacle-Which ii at this nurtnent before you.
Go, then, and resume the career which you have already
"°°nerloes tinder emit favourable auspices.' Advance With
a new ,eneeeey,-antdea renovated deteemination.- •' Muete
n",da virtutee? ~,Yutt are engaged in a path that will con-
duct you ,to the, brightest. "points of fixed and spleudid
greatness—,turn pint. eminent-intellectual-advantages, and
the great accidents, of au illustrious future to a noble ac-
count; -a generous mind„tintleiiii the elevations on which
birth hal placed
_it.:hute" thee eYrie from which ambition
should take its flight, and wrings. itself front. the tops of
dignity into a loftier the eagle that is Anne!, bn
the heights' of.Tira Ananti,fpet,eli tpoirelount .Go,
thenand When' aniengst it's, let it be with a
realization of all the' splendid 'promises Which 'yoUr Mind
and character hold forth; and as you have seen tie: in the
midst of disaster and.disunion—for. how can the divided
people fail to be unhappy—may. the time be near, when
you shall enjoy the pleasure of
,beholding that whirl'
you Will yourself have contributed., the, glerions spectacle
of permanent felicity and eVerlasting concord.—(Loud
cheering tbr eotne'mintitee,) , .
The Duke'of feeierreit next proposed.—", The Earl of
Carlisle."—(Four times fonii anticentinued cheers.) •
Lord Molter:Tit rose to return thanks. ily-Lord Duke,
and Gentlemen-After having occupied so long,-and I fear
eoitediouely, a porlion :Of your time this evening (cries-of
``bo,':) there is now no danger of my again trespassing
upoo,
eeeeeese.manner.., I must say that there is none
Oei the abundant.preAef kindness which you-have shiWered
upon me this eyening,)iaor .9.4eorely- grateful to me-than
the mark of . distinction which lon ,hitve now conferred on
my father.—(Cheers.)---It is .with the-same feelings of
pride and pleasure that I shall announce, it to him, that
he will receive it—and it is to Inc a matter of the most sin-
cere pride, that than my father no man can be more at-
tached to civil and teliglous freedom, and consequently to
the cause •of Ireland.._(Cheers.)—But while you have
been drinking t.lre hoalth of my father, my thoughts have
reverted to hins, veho,-for, iselonetiMe, was. associated with,
him in .friaradship, and • a sboettsissao ire-ornate-4m., >—
While celebrate,the merits of theltving; let us nett pass
over "whatis due to the dead.—(Hear. )-_I confidently
le-ape that you will concur-in honouring the memory of
him who had the will, and who, if it had pleased Provi-
dence to grant him life, would have had the power more
then any man I know, to vindicate the liberties of Ireland.
—(Cries of bear, hear ! and cheers.),-This affords me an
opportunity of recording the noble conduct of one—fir he
is now present who exhibited it—a fidelity to the me-
mory of the dead, which, as' it displayed the purity of his
affections, was beyond all praise.—(Hear 1 and cheers.
I hope I shall be permitted to give, with that solemnity
which is best associated with our feelings and recollections
of the illustrious pereon'e memory we ere about to honour—
" The Memory of the late George Canning."......Deenk
in solemn silence..
The Duke of Leinsri a—l shall now propose the health
of one whose name will be received in any assembly of
Irishmen with that respect which it merits—" My Noble
Friend, the Earl of Miltown.”—(Treinendous cheering.)
'the Earl of Mt LTOWN—My Lord Duke and Gentlemen,
this is an honbur so unexpected, that I am totally at a loss
how to thank you for your•kiiidnees.. Undeserved as this
compliment may be, allow me to say, that in love to my
.. country, and in an anxiety to see equal rights imparted. to
all my countrymen, I will yield to tioanan.—(Cheers.)—
The violent men,and the parties which are distracting the
empire at this moment, seem not .to be aware how much
they loge by iniustiee,. and hew .much they would gain by
,acting in 'a different imanner. (Che'ers„) When I talk of
violence, it. cannot be supposed that I mean to put those
who,may be goaded.into intemperance by oppreseion, on a
level with those Who are. the oppressors of the people,
and who wish tee, centinue their monopoly. The sense-less
clamour of ifteAjaritons,- who may not unjustly be called
„etch-dogs, or bielleetege„• or whatever other name may he
best suited
_to their eigpty tosise and violence, will not be
able to. intimidate the Legialaiture from. doing its duty. It
cannot be indifferent Mettle_ present state
of Ireland,
and it
cannot but know that, there is only one course to pursue,
and but one remedy to he applied, fur
,the purpose of put-
ting an end to the distractions of this country. (Cheers.)
proposed the health of hi,
The Duke of lelt stEit then
Noble Friend,-
" Lord Bective."—(Diunk with loud cheers ) .
Lord BECIIVE returned thanks.
e" The health of Lord Cloncurry. —(Cheers.)
dsaid, Lord CLONCUnaIt wee an I really feel so happy
I •
that lam unable to speak. I feel, acme ver, that I ought
to say a few wordy in such-an uSsenthly of my countrymen.
We have bad, my Lord,,this night, a specimen of what a
highly
gifted and noble-minded Englishman can teel ferr
country. ou
We have had two specimens from the sister
laud -that has given them
country, who are an honour to the
birth, and who:se names will be a tower of strength to.the
Cause of Ireland.--(Loud cheers.)—Their sympathiesfor
my unfortunate country have entirely won my ti 'faiensrtd
(Cheers.)—Wernust, my Lord, second ow "English _,
by avoiding every thing which may excite the angry pas
sinus of those opposed to us; but we will continue to say
that we arc determined to persevere in calling for the full
restoration of those rights so long withheld from-Ireland.
My Lord, if the faction which has do long exercised its ill,
()melted sway in this country insist on keeping up our dis-
sensions, they certainly ought to pay for the luxury of op-
pressing us. They ought to pay the price of their
factious cruelty—they ought to pay the expellee of an armed
force amounting to fifty thousand men. Let those lovers
of oppression pay . this tax, and let it be called arfanti-
emancipation tax. (Loud • cheers). AM. not in the-habit
of trespassing on the time of my countrymen in publics
assemblies, and I shall not, tryyour patientie much -further,
(Cheers).- I understand there ace spi es of Irish
voltiguers
offer • services ..protecting our worthy prepared. to their , :r •
Viceroy : but I think, if I %%as a military man,, I would
easily turn their flanks (laughter). Ido net, indeed, fancy
that our excellent Viceroy sonde in need of protectors
he is ex • ' such as our Irish voltiguers, for I believe cettlingly
Capable of protecting' h I should be sorry, if I wereimself. •
' John 13ye
g (Great
'a Millrace malt, to meet in the field such a pair .of Customers•
-as the Marquess'
of Angle-sea and Sir ,
laughter). There are two topics-which I shall Wetly-touch
upon and haye. done the case of the 40s. freeholders (who;
'
it is said; are to be diefranchised) end, the pensioning ofshe.
Catholic Clergy. With regard to thelOs. freeholderseit seems
very strange that they. bhoul4 have been .considered of so.
mach consequence, when theyelid not.at all understand trie
value of their franchiee,,and when they were in a state. ofl
utter incapacity to exeici4e that franchise independently ; and
now that they have shaken'otf the trammels of an ignoble
dependence on those who never had a constitutional right
to enforce their suffrages, they are said to be unworthy
of the rights of freemen (Loud- cheers). •• If,
.my Lord,-
it is asserted that the forty-shilling freeholders are liable to
be intimidated by their landlords, or influe.nced by their
Priests, let the Legislature institute the- vote_ by ballot, and
then the freeholders can neither be corrupted nor naiad-
dated.—(Cheers.)—But shall it be said, :my. Loyd, that
because these humble men have sojourned_ in their native.
hind, duiing a long oight 9f darkneee...that *hen
,the light

of intelligence and independence have b'eattied upon them,
they are to be pthished for proving thernaeliees worthy of
exertiefug the best rights of freemen.—.(Laud sheet )._
With respect tletle pensioning of the catholic- Clitgy, I
shall only say this they are ,:,et presente" coMiidee*tery
equal to the ctrielarge of theft duties, and thlOttek enjoy
the unbounded', ionfidence 40eir respivath and I
do think that aCetnifeitiaan4ith the State would not
in-
crease the conidenc'e of their flocks, or iliat they would
become more worthy of public esteem by receiving a salary
from the Government. I shall conclude, my Lord, by
proposing du health of a rearthy protestant Gentlemene
who has cone to this Meeting from a remote part of the
country, to gi7e the aid of hie honourable name to the
-cause of tivil and religious liberty. I ehall propose " The
health of John Power, Esq. of liilfeane."
Mr. Paiver's health was drunk with the most enthusi-
astic cheering, which lasted several minutes.
Mr. POWER returned thanks.
Lord herriva--I shall beg.leave to propose the health
of one Who his devoted his time and his talents to the
cause of uis countryinen, and haS done this in such a way
ae to Win over the esteem of Isis enemies. I shall propose
the healti of my Noble Friend—" Lord Killeen."—
(Cheers. )
Lord K.u.aaet returned thanks.
The'CltalltatAN proppsed " the health of Lord Ross-
more.--(eoed chee.s.)
Lead Roeievonee—My Lord Duke, I beg leave to offer
my ?grateful thanks for the very greet honour conferred
upon me by this distieiguiiied assemblage of my country-
• min, eitehtl, alee4°.alateeas with which they, have received.
my inampoa•_atit. name. . Gratified am I, my Lord Duke,
to see a znelake,g ea nt talent,. patriotism,
and respectabinsra---kee pay attention where atten-
tion is trnirently due. The cause of Ireland is now ad-
vancing in earnest;-the daily influx of Englishmen an-
nounces it—of Englishmen more exalted by their talents
and patriotic virtue than by their' high descent and heredi-
tary henours. To those illuetriotis strangers we are south
indebted; and to none more than to the noble individual
v-Lo. has this day honoured us as our guest. Sorry am I
to call them strangere, for it stomps-the- name of province
ea my country. My Lord Duke, I have heard, since I
came to town, that our Catholic 'countrymen have`deter-
mined on a tnise:en to England. I wish to take this Opportu-
nitytestate toy hearty concurrence in the meetsure, for the
`voice all eland is net heard in England, except when raised
on English ground ; witness the impression lately
made on Penenden Heath, where our eloquent countryman
'by the magic of his appeal, enlisted the sympathy of a just
and generous people. England should be made sensible
that dissatisfaction will prevail is this country as long as
the causes of discontent continue; that. long misrule,
apathy, and neglect, hare engendered a chaos of contagion,
from which the empire herself can scarcely escape; that it
is now in vain to attempt to separate the particles of this
complex mass of misfortune ; that administration after adj.
ministration succeed each other, and affrighted and ap-
palled et the hidious form of our disease, recede in sue.
cession again,. as the waves of the Atlantic recede from
our shore—and finally (and it is well worth their atten-
tion), that the account between the two countries had re-
mained too long unsettled to admit of partial adjustment.
That one alternative remains, and one alone; England
Must give Ireland and the whole empire a full and a ge-
neral letter of credit for the ftiture, and Ireland shall give
her a full acquittal for seven hundred years of oppres-
sion and injustice.—(Loud cheers.)
The next toast .was "The health of Lord Clonmorris."
.—a(Cheera')
Lord CLONMORRIS returned thanks.
Mr. Wyse having been loudly called upon, addressed the
assembly with his wonted force and eloquence.
The Noble .CitaiumaN next proposed the health of
" Henry Amyas Bustle, Esq., and the liberal Protestants
of the county of Waterford."
Mr. BosteE returned thanks.
Mr. O'CoeiNee.a proposed the health of " Lady Mor-
gan."—(Loud cheers.)
Sir CHARLES MORGAN rose to return thanks. He felt
that he was the very last person who should weak on the
toast that had been just:given. He should advert to the
circumstances that had brought them together. He was
rejoiced to find that Catholics and-Protestants had mixed
together—the blending of both classes together could not
but be favourable to both—each would begin to learn the
'value of the other, and . cordiality of feeling- and' mutual
respect must be . the .consequence. Hitherto the liberal
Protestant had been like :a poot: woman who used to pass
through their streets and cry her wares in a voice so in-
' distinct as to be completely unintelligible. Strong as the
feelings of the great mass of the Protestants hitherto were
—anxious as they were to share their privileges, and have
a community of rights with their fellow Catholics, they
had unfortunately not been sufficiently explicit in express-
ing those desires, and therefore they were not understood.
But that evening the Protestants had spoken out—wealth,
rank, and talent, had congregated together—their voices
must be heard, and the impression which that assemblage
must produce upon the country, and upon England, could
not but be most favourable to the principles of civil and
religious liberty which they all advocated.

At this period his Graee the Duke of Leinster, Lord
➢lorpeth, and others left the room.

The Most Noble the Marquis of WESTMEATH then took
the Chair. The Noble Marquis then proposed " The So-
ciety for the Improvement of Ireland."
Mr. LEADER returned thanks.

Several other toasts were given, and at three o'clock the
company separated, after a slight spent in social and intel-

lectual enjoyment, which has never been surpassed in tti

or any other country.

The Earl of BELMORE (the newly appointed
Governor of Jamaica) transacted business on Saturday at
the Colonial-office. •

Yesterday evening Mr. Sheriff BOOTH, with
his Under Sheriff, brought to Newgate a respite, for four-
teen days, for PETEIL FE NN, convicted of forgery, who was
ordered for execution this day. It was understood the
respite is granted in order to afford time for further inquiry
into his case.

THE RECORDER.—A Correspondent, refer-
ing to the ohldquy Ivaped upon the RECORDKR, assures us
that it is most undeserved; that the Learned Gentleman is
Made a cat's-paw of in the affair of the Report ; and that,
in fact, it was not he who caused the delay, but a person-
age too exalted for censure, wbo refused his approbation of
it until Tuesday forenoon, contrary to the wash of the
Council and to all former precedent. •It was brought to
-town as soon as signed. This accounts.for the blundering
explanation of the poor RECORDER..

The following strange story is from the
'Observer : —" The cause of elate delay in communicating
to the Governor of Newgate the Royal pleasure respecting
the fate of the 40 convicts under sentence. of death in the
cells of Newgate, has been at length ascertained. Wnen
the intelligence had been communicated to the public that
the cooviera, and their relations and friends, were kept in
ignorance of the result of the Council at Windsor for up-
wards of 20 hours, some humane persons resolved to try
whether they could, at head-quarters,nlearn to what so ex-
traordinary and inexcusable a delay was attributable: It
is known that the learned person, who stands forth promi-
nently upon queStions of life and death, "-accounted for this
apparent act of cruelty, by referring
his brother Magistrates
W
to the fact, that he as. incapacitated by fatigue from
transmitting the warrant with the accustomed expedition.
For this.assurance there happened to be no foundation what-
aduties tie
feelings
ths usual
what-
ever. • The learned gentleman was -not fatigued. He bad
no'more excited, on
firmness and
self-possession,
0. tslsiersostitogtlll, Irisad
that day than they had keen on the day before,•
or on that
day twelvemonth. He bad too high a semis oflhe nature
of the office he tills, to permit his feelings tecititertere for a
moment with the performance of its most important func-
tions. It was true he retired from the Palace to the Castle
Inn after the death of his three:unfortunate felleao,efieatures
was determined upon, but his time was not occupied :in
writing, as he declared, His recurrence to, a disagreeable
subject was not allowed to perplex him. It Was, wider.
tained beyond a doubt that the learned gentleman
ddroye off,
to. Windsor, accompanied by a, lady, who seeme to7r.
eise a very great controul over hilO, and who 8 mobbed
. I uw!,
f ten during their
as has been.expressly stated to us, very o
sojourn at the Castle. • After his return from the Palace to
the rein, he said to his fair companion, My dear, we have
only just time to swallow a hit; we must go off to town
immedhitely, -We must send up our warrant as soon as
possible.':- What !goup to town to night,' 'ejaculated
the lady. What nonsense you talk,
_man ! You sha'nt
stir a step from; this place to-night. Do you think I'll have
my hoots rattled to pieces ? You must keep your warrant
in youcpotiket till to-morrow.' !.WhY, consider, my love,
that they are waiting at Newgate to know what has been
done: It, would he cruel to delay, my dear,' said. the
learned gentleman, holding up the fatal document.
! What do you mean ? The greatest comfort they can
hail! is not to know -they'are to be hanged, poor creatures.
Ah, if I hadn't been with yoo, you would not be in such-a
hurry to go to' town.' ResistanCe Was useless--the war-
rant was put up for the night—and the lady, whom every
body must have recognised is. thewife of
.the calumniated
Judge, succeeded in preventing-him from conveying painful
information too soeo,.but,pernaitted bim toatecompany her
at a gentle pgewoik t4o, following:dab to the -metropolis.",