The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEVONPORT, DEC. 6.—His Majesty's ship Mel-
ville, 74, Capt. N. Hill, arrived on Tuesday on her
way from Spithead to Gibraltar, with troops for the
relief of that Garrison. The next day detachments
of the 43d and 94th Regiments, at this port, (220
men) were embarked in the Melville, and she will
proceed to sea with the first fair wind.
The Aurora, 46, Capt. C. J. Austen, also arrived
on Tuesday from Spithead, and has come up harbour
to be paid off, anti recommissioned if found in a fit
state.

The Britomart, Commander Manners, was end'',
ing off Cadiz on the 21st of Nov., all well.
. The Bramble cutter, 10, Lieut. Haswell, which.
sailed from this port on the 3d of November, with
medical officers and stores for Gibraltar, was all well
off Cadiz on the 20th ult. Reports ale prevalent
that the Bramble had encountered violent gales
during her passage, in which one of her boats was
washed overboard. This accident, should the boat
be picked up, may occasion a groundless alarm for
her safety. It is supposed she got into Gibraltar on
the following day.

His Maje;ty's-ship Warspite, 74, now at this port,'
is the only vessel of her size that ever circumnavi-
gated the globe, On her arrival in -England it was
found, as usual, that she was a day in advance of the
rest of the world. In such cases, victualling is
allowed to the crew, but not wages, for the day so
gained.
Commander Sandilands, late of the Semiramis, is
appointed . to command the Comet, which was corn-
rnis.sioned for foreign service on Tuesday, by Lieut. •
James Woodhouse; Lieut. H. F. Peake is also ap-
pointed to the Comet; Mr. John Howard is ap-
pointed Purser of the Pearl ; Mr. Ennis, from the
Comet, to be Purses of the Champion; Mr. Sholl
to be Purser of the Sulphur; Mr. Miller, Surgeon,
to the Gloucester ; Mr. Greenish, Surgeon, to the
Pallas; Mr. Rythero, Surgeon,
.to the Champion;
the Rev. C. B. Roseuburgh to be Chaplain of the.
Pallas; Mr. John Burnard to be Master of the Trio-
culo, vice Thomas, removed to the Ariadne. Mr.
A. Macaush, Surgeon, and Mr. J. O'Brien, Purser,
to the Ariadne. Lieut. A. Kortwright to the Hype-
rion ; Mr. Thomas Bell, Surgeon, to the Ferret.
Lieut. Thomas Pearse has been appointed Porter
to Deptford Victualling-yard.
PORTSAIOFTII, Due. 6.:--The Russian squadron,
consisting of one line-of-battle-Fhip,, a frigate, and
two brigs, sailed on Tuesday for the Mediterranean.
His Majesty's ship Maidstone, Commodore Skip-
sey, was, with the Tweed (all well); at the Cape of
Good Hope, on the t sth September, the ..latter
having arrived there on the 7th, with Sir Lowry
Cole, from the Mauritius. The Sparrowhawk,
Commander Polkingborne, was at the Isle of France,
having sprung her mainmast. The Espoir was
pule to Seychelles. Lieutenant Haskell, of the
Helicon, and Mr. Smith, Acting Purser, were in-
valided, and the vacancies filled up by Mr. Foster,
the senior passed Midshipman of the Maidstone, and
Mr. Dobbin, the Clerk. Mr: Goodridge, the Master
Attendant, who had been out many ylars, was
about to resign his situation, and it was probable the
Master of the Maidstone would perform •the duties
of that office till further orders, and that the Master
of the Helicon would move to the Maidstone.
The Ocean arrived at Malta from Navarin, 24th
of October. • The Plover arrived ut Malta from
Falino, 2d of November. The Windsor Castle and
Spartiate arrived at Malta from Plymouth, 3d of
November. The Druid sailed from Bermuda, 28th
of October. The Harlequin sailed from Bermuda
28th of October, for the West Indies. The Sybille
arrived ut St. Helena, from the coast of Africa, 3d
of October. The Harpy sailed from Havannah for
Jamaien, 4th of October. The Iliad' arrived at
Singapore from Malacca, 14th of July.
The ship Eblona, Small, from Smyrna, laden with
fruit and opium, bound to London, arrived here on
Monday, received pratique on Wednesday, and im-
mediately sailed for the river. This ship left Smyrna
on the Bth of October, at which time his Majesty's
sloops Wasp and Zebra, and Philomel, 10, were on
that station, affording protection to the British trade;
and convoying vessels up and down the Archipelago ;
his Majesty's ship Isis was also cruising off the port.
The ships Charlotte, Wellie, and Maria, Kettle,
were at Smyrna ; and Flora, Christie, and the Eliza,
Woodall, were at Cheslne, taking in valuable car-
goes. They were on the eve of departure for
Loudon.

We regret to state, that whilst the Linnet, siir-
veying vessel, was engaged in the survey of the
Harbour of St. Malo, on the 19th tilt., Mr. Frost,
Assistant•surgeon, and six of her crew, were sent in
her boat to examine some shoals in the entrance, and
have not since been heard of ; and from several small
article 4 of the boat having been picked up on the
coast, there is every reason to fear• they have all
perished.
The Weymouth, convict ship, arrived here on
Tuesday, to take on board convicts, from the hulks
at this port, for Bermuda.
On Tuesday, the Sparrow cutter ►u•rived from,
and Thursday sailed the' Cracker cutter on a cruise.

The New York packet ship Colombia, sailed for
her destination on Tuesday, and is pursuing Pier
voyage, notwithstanding the strong westerly winds.
Lieut. J. S. Foreman is appointed to the Cham-
pion, at this port, fitting for foreign service.
A number of ship materials has been picked up at
St. John's, New Brunswick, near Brier Island; and
a receipt for Light-money, dated Cove of Cork,
heating the name of the Caledonia, Osborne, master,
has also been found.

Last evening there was a heavy fall of rain,
accompanied with repeated flashes nt lightning and distant
thunder. . But few persons living we believe have ever
seen in the south of England such a mild December as the
present.
Dress rimitains two codes of morality—private
and public. Attention is the duty we owe to othere—.
cleanliness that which we owe to ourselves.
Diess, so that it may never be said of you—
" What a well-dressed man !"—but, " What a gentleman-
like man !"

Never in your dress altogether desert that
taste which is general. The wurW considti.rs eecentri9itY
in great things, genius; in sqiall things: folly.

(Ahridg'ed tram the Zeegs Mercury of Raturday last.)
YeSterday, a public Meeting of the Inhabitants of
Leeds was held at the Court-house, in consequence
of
.the summons of the Mayor, on a requisition
signed by 402 individuals, " to consider the pro-
priety of presenting a loyal and dutiful. Address to
his Majesty, expressieg the inaheyable attachment
of his people to his Majesty's person and family, and
to the principles which placed that family on the
realms;e and assuring him, that so
nt being abated, or those,
far
T hr
from
principles shaken, by granting as extension of civil
ne o f
that these
tt aehm
rights to all classes of his 'Majesty's subjects, with.
out any regard to their religious opinions, that mea-
sure
would promote, union among the people; and
if carried into effect, in due time, in favour of his
Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, would greajly
tend to secure harmony and peace in Ireland, and
strength and stability tohis Majesty's Governnient.'
For. some days after the meeting was called, the.
Brunswiekers and Anti-Catholics made. no symp-
torn of an _intention to be present; but in the early
part -of this week they resolved to put forth all their
strength •in order to defeat the object of the requisi-
tors, and immediately commenced the most vigorous'
preparations to secure the attendance of all (in
every class) whom they could possibly,
,ialuence.
To promote their object, they threw into circu-
lation 'several placards and hand-hills, of which
an immense number was distributed. The Com-
mittee in favour of the Loyal and Liberal
Address issued several publications in the same
form, to disabuse the public, and to induce- them to
attend the meeting in support of the cause of Civil
and Religious Liberty. In the meantime the
Committee of the Brunswiekers got up a Declara-
tion, bearing upwards of 1,000 signatures, pledging
the persons who signed it to attend the meeting,
and to oppose what they fraudulently called " the
Popish Address." The signatures to this document
were obtained in the most extraordinary manner.—
After the names of several Aldermen!, werchante,
and others, came those of a multitude of persons
living in the villages of Armley, Wortley, Bromley,
&c., whose names were obtained in the manner de-
scribed by a letter, signed " Fairplay," in another
column. The names of our correspondent anti his
brother were put down withoat their knowledge;
children scarcely in their teens were asked to sign
it ; mechanics were taken by the shopfull, and their
signatures were obtained by base incitements and
misrepresentations. Hundreds of names were thus
appended to this document, and amongst them it is
not difficult to recognise every workinati in (Ilea-ire
of the Leeds Intelligencer.
The Com-mittees of the opposite parties were in
the meanwhile in frequent and polite intercourse
with each other,. When the Committee of the Requi-
sitors understood that the Brunswickere intended to
be present, they immediately sent to offer them
places on the hustings. As the Courthouse would
evidently be insufficient to contain the multitudes
expected to attend, the Committee proposed to ad-
journ to the yard of the Coloured Cloth-hall, where
a hustings was ordered td be erected—the Trustees
of the Hall having granted permission to hold the
meeting there. It was agreed that the meeting
should he thus adjourned—that hustings should be
erected at the joint expense of both parties, to at:-
commodate three hundred persons—that each party
should have half the hustings to themselves, the Re-
quisitors taking the left side of the Chair, and their
opponents the right ; that John Marshall, Esq.,
'Member- for -the-Comity of. York, should preside
(the May-tir having already declined). These and
some other minor arrangements were made at seve-
ral conferences, and in the most courteous manner on
both sides.

Yesterday, as the hour of m eeting approached,
the streets leading to the Cloth-hall were crowded
by a vast multitude of person', many of whom calve
iu considerable bodies.
A little after ten o'eleck a file of men from the
Intelligence). Office entered the Cloth-hall-yard,
bearing with them large placards, each hoisted in a
frame, and inscribed " Vote against Popery,"
" Come to this side : no Popery." As it had pre-
viously been settled between the two Committees
that no music, banners, or emblems should be exhi-
bited on either side, the introduction of these inflam-
matory placards gave offence to the Committee of
the• Requisitors. In the mean time the placards
were ranged on the side of the yard which the op-
position party took, and they remained there till
about five of them were pulled down and broken in
pieces, by those favourable to the Address, in the
course of the meeting : the remainder continued to
the end. The Brunswiekers had a manifest object
in keeping their men as much together as possible;
it would both render them more managable by sir
mats from the hustings, and less likely to be con-
vinced and converted by the arguments of their op-
ponents.
A few minutes after eleven o'clock, the gentlemen
who bad obtained tickets for the hustings were ad-
mitted, and about a quarter past eleven the Chair-
man arrived with many other gentlemen front the
Court-house.

The proceedings at the Court-house, where two
or three hundred gentlemen (nearly all of them lie-
quisitors) were collected, were very short.
T. CLAVIIAJI, Esq. moved that John Marshall,
Esq., M.P. take the Chair.
T. CADMAN, Esq. seconded the motion, and it
was carried unanimously.
. The CHAIRMAN then read the Requisition to the
Mayor, in consequence of which the Meeting was
called; after which he stated, that as it had beeti
agreed upon that the meeting should be held in the
yard of the Coloured Cloth-hall, he should forth-
with adjourn to that place.
The adjournment having been made.
'1 he CHAIRMAN was received, on his appearance,
With loud and continued cheers. His first observe-
tiou was, that the placards ought to be removed, and
he begged that those who held them would take
them away. This request he several times repeated,
but was met by shouts of " We will not," and the
lion. Gentleman, seeing that the object could not be
obtained without disturbance, proceeded to address
the meeting as follows :—Gentlemen, this public
meeting of the inhabitants of this town has been
called by the Mayor, for the purpose of taking into
consideration--I trust it will be into your calm and
deliberate consideration—a question which, at the
present moment, is of vital importance to the inte-
rests of this country. The decision of this question,
I mean the favourable decision of it, may tend
greatly to restore to our fellow-subjects in itelgtni
that peace which they do not at present enjoy ;
whilst a contrary decision may produce those serious
calamities which possibly may lead to civil war.
(Loud cheers.) And, Gentlemen, the decision that
may be come to this day, at a public meeting of
this large, populous, and influential town (for I call
it an influential town), will have a consickia,fe
effect on the public opinion restievAi4, this impor-
tant question—important, I may say, to every one of
us here present. (Cheers.) As your Chairman, it
either party in the Assembly; nor shall go,doesnot become me to advocate the opinions of
I into
the merits of the question now hefore you. At the
same time, Oentlemen, having ttie 'notioat.to be one
of your representatiies in Parliament,
it is my 1110'
never, on any fitting occaiion, to shrink from ""-
jag publicly those opinions which C have formerly

avowed, namely, that I ani a decided friend to civil
and religious liberty. (The loudest cheers, and some
I disapprobation.) Gentlemen, since the time when
the family of the Stuarts governed this at that time
unhappy country—indeed, for the last two centuries,
Englishmen have been accustomed to couple in their
minds ideas of Popery and arbitrary power.
[Great agitation prevailed at this time in the
meeting, which prevented the Chairman from being
heard. v At length the tumult subsiding, the Chair-
man proceeded.]
The times have been when we have considered
Popery as connected with arbitrary power; but the
times are changed, and our opinions must change
with them. If we do not change our opinions with
the times, they become prejudices, though preju-
dices which we may respect as founded in the best
feelings of Englishmen. We ought to consider that
there is now no connection between Popery and
arbitrary power, and that we can with safety admit
our Catholic fellow-countrymen to equal rights and
equal privileges. It is for you to give your opinion
to-day on this important measure. (Continued ap-
plause.)
Mr. TOTTIE rose to move the first. Resblution.
Having obtained leave from the Chairman to put on
his hat, he attempted to speak, when he met with
considerable opposition from that part of the 'Meet-
ing mending at the right-hand side of the hustings.
—The opposition continuing, he observed that the
motion he bad to propose, and the arguments he had
to urge in its favour, must be heard, if they were
meant to be answered. (A laugh.) Silence being
teatored, he proceeded as follows:—I was going
to say, that before I attempt to discuss the matter
stilted in the Requisition which our worthy Chair-
man has read, and which you have seen posted in
various parts of the town, I think it due to this
Meeting to advert to the circumstances in which that
Requisition originated, and the reasons why we
have promoted the object for which we are now
convened together. I believe I may state it as a
fact, applicable both to this mid . other parts of the
kingdom, that the friends of Civil and Religious
Liberty, who have been its most prominent advo-
cates, were desirous to avoid agitating the public
mind upon the question of the disabilities and inju-
ries which his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects
are now under; at least, until the sentiments of his
Majesty's Ministers are known upon the subject.
But certain clubs and associations having been
foirmed in this and other parts of the kingdom, for
the avowed purpose of perpetuating those disabili-
ties and injuries, it became necessary for us to con-
side:: what should be done to counteract the impres-
sion which might go forth to the world that we
were against the Catholics being liberated from the
state of subjection in which they were placed. We
exercised a calm and deliberate judgment on the
subject, and we came to the conclusion that this was
not only a fit, but the most fit, occasion for the
purpose. There are some who think that some-
thing, and not all, should be done; arid there are
others who wish entirely to sweep away the penal
code. These may he rill swallowed up in the prim
ciple from a pure, honest, and heartfelt desire to do
the nation good, and not to advance the interests of
one sect to the disparagement of another. (Cheers
and some 'disapprobation.) We are willing to leave
the specific measures that may be thought most fit
for that purpose to the discretion of his Majesty's
Ministers. (Loud applause.) The requisition states
the objects of the meeting to be to address his Ma-.
jesty, arid avow our attachment to his peNon—our
attachment to the principles which placed the House
of Brunswick on the throne ; and that such our at-
tachment would not be abated, or those principles
shaken, by a further extension of civij, rights to all
classes,. without regard to their religious opinions;
but that such a measure would promote union
and peace in Ireland, and stability to his Ma-
jesty s Government. We are attached to the
King in his political character, b,tcause he is
our lawful Sovereign, and as such he is a
trustee for our rights and liberties, which he
has sworn at his Coronation to maintain ; he
is the conservator of the public peace, and all his
subjects have a right to expect from him the due ad-
ministration of impartial justice; in him are concen-
trated, riot the limited attributes and interests of a
sect or a party (Cheers), but the majesty, the splen-
dour, and the power of a great Empire. (Loud
cheering.) He is inferior to none upon earth; de-
pendent upon none ; accountable to none. In his
personal character we know that our present gracious
sovereign is entitled to our attachment, as an ac,
complished gentleman—a Prince; and in many
in-
stances he has endeared himself to us as a patriot.
As to the principles which placed the Home of
Brunswick on the Throne, it becomes essential for
us to explain what we mean, before we can decide
whether aneextension of civil rights to all elasses of
his Majesty's subjects will operate as an exercise, or
as an infringement of those principles. With re,
spect to the King, those principles are limitations on
the title, succession, and power of the Crown ; and
with respect to the people, they are the guarantee of
the rights and liberties of the subject, and that law •
anti justice will be administered in mercy to
(Loud cheering.) As to the Crown, these princi-
ples were recognised and acted upon nit the Revolu-
Lion in 1688-Ist. That although the Crown is he-
reditary, it is subject to limitations, from time to
time, by Act of Parlisunent ; that the regular line
of succession was, under the particular circer
then. set aside, and
n•
culled the Bill of Rights, to Protestant Branches of
the
enceerso specialwatrildlilmiyited
by cthonetAracettof William and ivia,y3
the Stuart family, to thei exclusion of others; and
the
Awhcticsbl2wthasanadgaii4nth"l)Vet'lltieadm,licnadllecdontfihremAedct by
yf
Set-
tlement, by virtue of which latter Act, the
trious House of Brunswick succeeded to, and
now lawfully possesses, the Crown o' these realms.
And 2. That the 'condition, arid the only 'intim.
tion of the right of the succession to the Crown
in the House of Brunswick is, that the FA-'
sessor of the Throne shall be a Prototan%l it
is a provision in the Act of giettlistAent,, but
not is limitation on the rigi; of succession, that
Whosoever shall come to, the 'pith the Church
ossession of the
Crown shall join CIIII4IOPiOT. w
of England, as by law established. As to the
rights and liberties of the subject, the first of those
Acts is entitled "an Act declaring the rights sank
°
liberties of the subject, and settling the succession
are now exercising, vi;.-.-tlsa,;
-of the Crown." It enumerates mnuy of our vale-.
able Privileges, amid, arnoeg others, hat which' veis
those Acts is entitlsal--•" for the further
subject to petitioki th.e. King An 4 the second of
littlitatioa of the Crown, and better securing the,
rights and liberties of the subject (cheersl, in Which,
latter Act it is declared,
" That the laws of Englyi,d, the birthright of
the people." Moreelv, (tie Coronation Oath, as
established by tisq. of 1 William and Mary, re-
ouirei twkc she King or Queen should swear-.-'l`o
1416.11„.h. the people of England, and. the dominions
I thereto belonging, according to thy, :statutes NT,
liameot agreed on, and the. taws and customs of the
same. That the Vtoig or Queen will cause law end
justice is‘l itiercy to be executed in all their jog_
merits ; and to maintain the laws of Obocii the true' •
profession of the Gos Tel and the Protestant Re-
formed Religigni by law established
; and the
contended now that the Statutes
rightsatid privileges of the Clergy, and the Chur ' es
eonunitted to their charge. it surely w
Act for
the
tight of the
;11 not be
hatoent, end then in fotcet ;>ete the only StttN.te
_ _

Icontemplated by that oath; and that they were to
remain in forest unaltered for ever-if that is so, the
Legislature have been .at work annually for the last
century in direct violation of that Coronation Oath ;
and the Act of 'Settlement itself, which passed
twelve years after King William landed was, in that
case, a violation of that oath taken by him. The
condition, then, on which the right to the Crown
depends, is, that the King and his Consort shall be
Protestants. What then is meant by the term " a
Protestant ?" Hume's account of the origin of the
Protestants is this (History of England, vol. 4, page
373)—speaking of Austria, he says, " The Luthe-
ran Princes of the Empire, finding that liberty of
conscience was denied them, had combined in a
league for their own defence at Srnalcalde ; and be-
cause they protested against the votes passed in the
Imperial Diet, (they thenceforth received the appel-
lation of Protestants. So that the first principle,
and the only condition, upon which the House of
Brunswick ascended the Throne of these reahns,
was to securer Liberty of Conscience ;" and that li-
berty which the early Reformers, when out of
power, became Protestants to obtain for themselves;
their Protestant deeceadants, in power, have refused
and still refuse, to their fellow-subjects. And what
is Liberty of Conscience ? It is the right to think
To controul that is beyond the reach of human laws.
It is the right to worship the Almighty Creator in
that faith which his creatures think is iaost conform-
' able to his revealed will ? That also, so far as the
inner man, the mind and 'soul of him concerned, is
hevenid the controul of Kings and Parliaments, Is
therefore follows they may harrass and annoy, but
they cannot fetter the soul; that in respect of hu-
man laws, liberty of conscience can only mean the
liberty to worship God in an outward and public
, manner, according to such forms as his frail creatures
can devise or select, to express their own unwortlii-
ness, and their total dependence and reliance noon
their mercy. In this sense, the true Protestant rnitat
admit, that all men are equally entitled to liberty of
conscience; and that all pains,' penalties, and dis-
abilities, imposed in respect to such worship, are a
denial of liberty of conscience. To do then, away,
then, in this Protestant country, instead of abating
our attachment to the King, or shaking the great
principle which placed his family upon the Throne,
would be a manifest exemplification of that prin..
ciple ; and a fulfilment of the Coronation oath, to
maintain the profession of the Gospel which teallies
all men, and Protestants above all other men, " To
do to others as ye would that men should. do to you."
(Great cheering.) To give the rights which you
as Protestants claim for yourselves, freely to others.
In 1813, when this subject was brought before the
public in this town, the language of !panting poh-
dual power might be more appropriate, for then,
though political powerexisted,it was dormant in the
Roman Catholics of Ireland ; but now,. you might
as well say to six or seven millions of men that you
will not grant to them physical strength, as say to
the Roman Catholics of Ireland that you will not
grant them political power. The fact is, they pos-
sess it—and the continuance of restrictions on their
.eieil rights, because of their religious opinions, with
other wrongs resulting from the same source, bare
so roused into activity, and fearfully concentrated
that political power, that the question is now nearly
narrowed to this—Whether the British legislature
will by conciliation, and by•causing lew and justice
to be executed with impartiality and mercy in Ireland,
and as it is in England, maltwo that political power,
which does exist, and cannot be destroyed, available
to the strength and stability of his Majesty's throne
and government—(cheers); or the legislature will,
for the sake of supporting what is called Protestant
Ascendancy for a while longer, incur at present the
peril of a civil war in Ireland, and indelibly rivet
upon the minds of our fellow-subjects in that un-
happy island a spirit of hatred and revenge, which, if
not allayed, will sooner or later endanger the safety
of the British empire. (Cheers.) It appears that
the:Roman Catholic fieeholders in Ireland calcu-
late upon being able to return seventy Members
for Ireland, who will represent their sentiments itt
the next Parliament. Now that the ascendancy
have taught them their power, and provoked them
to exercise it, it is folly to say they shall tyst be re-
presented. To attempt it would be as unwise
as for a man to set, up a steam-eree without
a safety-valve, and calculate upon using the
power, without reckoning upon the possibility
of exciting it to a destructive explosion.
hands inP favor;;
(Cheek,)
underaanti
l Aediuraols
It only. remains for me to ask, •if you wish ',init. all
lia:Vh.81:11 Ifl haveYil wish
his Majesty's subjects should enjoy libaqty of eon_
this, I call upon you to hold up yaw
the honour to propose to you. - Memorise cheering,
os (f' i theen ell, Resolution u tj ii ov rea
and cries of "W 6 Will, We Will") if, on the con-
trary, you will fearlessly exasperate six or seven
millions of Irish brethren to rebellion now, and in-
delibly fix in their minds hatred and revenge towards
the English Government and people; and if veal
wish to see his Majesty and his Ministers threatesseet
and controuled by political clubs or associations of
any Lind—then you will, of course, negative. that
Resolotion and Address; tied in that case, Upon
your heads be all the bloodshed, and fatal eons:,
queues of such conduct. (Lout/ and continued ap-
plause.) Mr. Tottie concleiled by moving the first
Resolution and the Addyess,
" TO THE K1.14-Ws atoST, VN-CELLENT MAigSrY,

alsohjea*, the
" The bumble Addre.A of the Inhabitants of file 13o-
'AO cf Leeds, in a Public Aleetiag duly convened,
"Most Gracious Sovereign,
led at a public
'meeting for the purpose of addressing Your Ma eat burn -
bly beg leave to approach your Majesti's thionej. Y'
hyooufr
tlfeajbesotryo'47B:f dpectimiska, aldet,
~ impressed with a deep and
gratel\-4 sense of the mans'
privileges and advantages which it is our bappinen ti,
in}:bliVtaen,
British subjects to enjoy, we wouhlt glaeity see those privi
leges and advantages exeßl4le4 to, ail our feJloW solbievt".
We therefore obse,lve \xitl
, --3 SAITQW and regret, that political
dubs and
,_ .; li, ", W.4,4,0,P,, foX the avowed purpose of perpe-
"ril 900, 91,ikt,l)ilities, ou the ground of religious diffe-
reOCe*bkqelAec44 farmed, as well in Ireland, that inaportat?
piqt Ot.NCtnr Majesty's dorninions, as in this and other parts
of England; the inevitable tendency of which must be to
keg" alive a spirit of persec,ution in one portion of your
Majesty's subjects, anti of hatred and revenge in another,
most fatally injurious to the best interests of society, 8-nl.
fearfutli g enciantfor'a
' the public peace i and we lauo'or, that
a awaition prevails in those dttlj and association:„ to in_
wove, if pot to threaten and intimidate, 101,r Majesty,
and
your responsible advisers, with regard t„, public tnea-
-811 re. affecting your Majesty'a Roman Cat:da, „Nuts, in
a manner noN recognivtd by the laws and customs of the
Uotte4 Ki 443404). .

:t ht. eca,
idr.*':ox:
s,fut e.
41 • ft, 'es yauc• itiajesty's dutiful tod loyal subjeots, disclaim
all connection with associations for sorb purposes, which,
if not illegal, are alike ►nfriendly to liberty and good go-
vernment; and we heg to express our strong and inalien-
able attachment to your Maiesty'm parson, and to the prin.
to all classes of your Majesty's
tildes which plated your illustrious house on the Throne of
rights to
to their religious opinions, in-
these realms ; and to declare our conviction, that the far-
al:aii:Tnagoouftt:aliaavtYilattaclnent, or shaking those princi-
ples,promete union among your people ; and thet
such a measure, if carried into effect in due time, in favour
of your Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, would greatly
tend to secure harmony and peace to Ireland, and to im-
part streo&th and stability to your Majesty's Government,
reign, atready distinguished by acts GS eoriciliation, as ac-
cordant with the libersl spirit efo;v; venerated constitutiou,
as with the patriotic feelings, 01011 Maj"tY' by another).,
and still more eomprelktots:,NO act of ,justice and:tut:imam
d,
which shall retoov 4e cause of 6 many%jea s andjealousies
heart-buraings and hind all your Mskiesty loyal f:11 jecta
tQgeslsOr "in the bonds of charity and peat*. to grace your

,( we earnestly pray
the British sceptre; and that
t4as (iocimai, for many years, pre-
!wig continue to reign over a
serve your Majesty„
hy,oauprpyu,t,itue;:r
u/riritedinapyeopie,,,
[At this stage of '.'ne proceeding a considerable
alarm was excite':i by the breaking of one of the
boards of tt,e hustings, mid it was several minutes
beforq valafidence was restored.]
Mr. RAwsox—Allow me to second the Resole-
tion which has been so ably moved by my high.ty
esteemed friend and tellbw-tewosman, Mr. Tbttie.
To many gentlemen present, intimately acquaißted
Irelano, I appeal with ctolidelicit fag thy .truth