The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-12 00:00:00

LEEDS BRUNSWICK MEETING.

On Monday last a Meeting, for the purpose of
forming a Brunswick Association, was held in one
of the rooms of the Music-Hall, at Leeds. This
was not a general meeting of the inhabitants, to con-
sider the propriety of forming any such club, but of
a number of indivi'lnuk, who had already deter-
mined that a Brunswick- Club should be established.
At Leeds, therefore, it excited little interest beyond
that party who were instrumental in calling it. The
numbers in attendance at the opening of the business
were, we should think, about. 150, but before its
conclusion there were between 200 and 300 pre_
sent. Some of the requisitionists stated the numbers
at from 300 to 400, but that we are certain • was a
mistake. At no time during the meeting were the
numbers present greater than those we have men-
tioned, and during a considerable portion of the pro-
ceedings, particularly at the commencement and
towards the close; they were far less than that amount.
On, the motion of Mr. SADDLER; the Mayor of
Leeds (R. Marklank" Esq.) was called to the chair.
The reffisisition was then read, after which
The MAviii addressed the meeting ; they were
all aware of the reports which had gone forth to the
world, and which are now entitled to some notice,
as they had been allowed to remain uncontradicted,
that it was the intention of Government to legislate
with respect to the Roman Catholics, and to admit
members of that body to seats in the Houses of
Lords and Commons.• This had very naturally ex-
cited considerable alarm through the country, and
Brunswick Clubs were established to counteract, if
possible, this dangerous inroad on the Constitution.
The name of " Brunswick" would be admitted to
be most appropriate for such associations, when it
was recollected that that family came to the throne
on the principle of excluding Catholics, not merely
from the throne itself, but frOin all political po*r.
It was said, that it was desirable to settle the ques-
tion ; but how could it be settled, except by the
restoration of Popery to its. former dominating in-
fluence ? No, he could assure them that it was not
a seat in Parliament which could satisfy the Catho-
lics. Nothing would do so but the restoration of
Popish domination. This was no secret. It was
publicly avowed by several of their priests and ora-
tors ; for what would it avail their cause, to obtain
only seats in the Peers' House for a few Catholic
Lords, and the return of a few Catholic members to
Parliament ? But it would be of great consequence
for them to have the Roman Catholic religion in-
grafted on the State.—(Hear, hear.)—To counter-'
act so dangerous an innovation on the Constitution,
let those whom he then addressed imitate the ex-
ample of their brethren in other parts of the country,
and form an association for the support of the Con-
stitution.—(Cheers.)—Let theirs be not one of ag-
gression, but one purely defensive.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Alderman HALL congratulated the Mayor,
and those who were instrumental in calling this
meeting, oss the numerous and respectable assem-
blage he saw round him. If they had hitherto been
supine, it was from a confidence that the rash hand
of legislation would not be applied to those sacred
bulwarks of the Constitution, which, to be lasting,
should remain untouched. When, however, they
saw those who should be the defenders of the Con-
stitution, give way as cowards, and ready to surren-
der the citadel to the enemy, it was time that the
friends of that Constitution should act, and take mea-
sures for preserving that which now appeared to be
in so much danger. (Hear.) At this time it be-
came necessary to make a stand against the arrogant
pretensions of some of their Roman Catholic fel-
low-subjects supported as they were by the usurped
authority of that most mischievous body the Ca-
tholic Association. At such a time it was of the
utmost importance that they (the gentlemen assem-
bled) should imitate the example of many of their
excellent fellow-Protestants in other parts of the
country, that they should follow up the great spirit
shown by their own county at the last general elec-
tion, and rally round their admirable Protestant Con-
stitution, and uphold it against all attacks, whether
made by avowed enemies or the treachery of sup-
posed friends. (Cheers.) He was sure that he
spoke the sentiments of most, if not of all, whom
he addressed, when he said that he had no wish to
take important public affairs out of the hands of
those to whom they were intrusted by the confi-
dence of their Sovereign. He, for one, had the
greatest confidence in the Noble Duke at the head
of the Administration, and iu many of his col-
leagues, but they could not shut their ears to
what was said, or their eyes to what was pass-
ing before them : and if they attended to these,
they must believe that it was the intention,
in certain high quarters, to propose. some change
by which Catholics were to be admitted into Par-
liament on certain conditions, which were to be
named; and when they saw this, they would not
discharge their conscientious duty if they did not
come forward and publicly state their opinions, and
prevent, by every constitutional means, ancient prin-
ciples from being sacrificed to modern expedients.
(Cheers.) To talk of pacifying Ireland by means
of emancipation, was nonsense. The condition of
Ireland required other remedies ; she required at-
tention to her general and not to her private wants ;
she required a restoration of the kind relations be-
tween landlord and tenant; she wanted the applica-
tion of English capital to call into action her great
national resources, by which her hardy sons might
find employment ; by these means, and not by send-
ing a few of her Peers to the Lords, or her Catholic
gentry to the Commons, would the state of that
country be improved, and its inhabitants rescued
from their present impoverished condition. (Hear,
hear.) After alluding to the argument respecting
the comparatively small number of Catholics who
could get into Parliament, if emancipation were
granted; and observing that even a small body act-
ing against the State would be dangerous, its it
would be a kind of nucleus round which the dis-
contented and disaffected would always rally, the
worthy Alderman noticed the recent repeal of the
Test Acts, which, he observed, had now brought
the question within more narrow limits. It
was now no longer a question of Catholics and Dis-
senters at one side, and Protestants on the other. It
was now between the Protestants anti Catholics.
The repeal of the Test Acts bad removed from
Protestants all charge of intolerance. Indeed, if
anything, they had gone a little too far in the way
of toleration. Witness their toleration of the Je-
suits, an order of men which some Catholic states
had felt it necessary to put down. In conclusion,
he called upon the Dissenters to conic forward in
support of the principles of Protestantism, which
they, equally with the Church of England, had an
interest in defending. He would now move the first
resolution, and the declaration to which it referred,
and in so doing he could assure the meeting that it
was not his wish to give offence to the honest feel-
ings of any man.• The declaration would state the
principles by which they were guided,—that they
would support and encourage Ministers, if they
acted up to the spirit of the Constitution. •
Mr. Alderman HALL then moved—" That an
Association be now formed, which shall be called
The Leeds Brunswick Constitutional Association;'
and that every member shall, on admission, sign the
annexed declaration."

DECLARATION OF TILE LEEDS BRUNSWICK CONSTITIJ•

TIONAL ASSOCIATION.

" We, the undersigned, being deeply impressed
withh blessingsby w
lawe enjoy under the British Con-
stitutionas established at the glorious revo-
lution of 1688, do here by declare, that the princi-
ciple on which we associate rests on a conviction of
the fatal consequences which would attend the fur-
ther concession of political power to the Roman
Catholic subjects of this realm ; and being fully per-
suaded that if Papists be again allowed to legislate,
the rights of the Crown and the liberties of the
people, would no longer be secure, we pledge our-
selves to oppose such concession by all constitutional
means.

" That we will support his Majesty's Govern-
merit to the utmost of our power, in enforcing obe-
dience to the laws, and especially in putting down

that pestilent organ. 6f sedition and treason, the Ro-
man Catholic Association, which endeavours to
overawe the Government of Ireland, has outraged
the liberties of the people, and threatens to spread
discord and rebellion through that divided country.
" That, at the same time that we tender our best
services to his Majesty's Government, for the ac-
complishment of these important objects, we are
determined to oppose any attempt which may be
made, either to introduce Papists into Parliament,
or in any way to advance their political power.
" That whilst for the last 30 years conciliation
has been held forth as the panacea for all the evil;
of Ireland, the destruction of that portion of the
United Kingdom has increased in an exact ratio
with the privileges granted to the Papists ; and now,
when joy and gladness, prosperity and peace, should,
according to the predictions of all former concilia-
tors, reign throughout the land, as the inevitable
fruit of the boons which have been successively
-granted', that country presents to our view Popish
domination in its most violent and persecuting cha-
racter, as. despising the laws, insulting the authori-
ties, proscribing individual!, exciting dissention and
hatred amongst men, rending asunder the best inte-
rests of society, and threatening ruin and destruction
to all who shall dare to oppose i t._

" That the pretensions of the Papists to political
power otand on precisely the same grounds as the
excluded House of Sardinia and the Bourbons of
France does to the British Throne, and that if the
one be !admitted, the other cannot on principle be
denied.

" That to urge our most Gracious Sovereign to
sign an bill re-establishing legislative power in
Romanatholics, would bring his own regal title
to the succession into jeopardy—would tend to dis-
solve the compact between him and his people—
would irritate and inflame the Protestant population
of the United Kingdom,—and would, in all human
probability, lead to a strife of bloodshed and misery,
the bare anticipation of which, from past experience,
it is horrible to contemplate."

Mr. Alderman SADDLER came forward to second
the resolution. It was true that there might be no
danger in this country from the events which were
taking place. But was it so in Ireland? Were
their Protestant brethren is that countryequally secure?
Were they to be left a prey to the wolf at the moment
they were looking-10 their fellow Protestants in Eng-
land for that help which they themselves were always
ready to give' when called on? He had had an op-
portunity of ktfowing much of the lower orders of
the poplin' ion'of Ireland, and he would assert, that if
they were not kept in ignorance and superstition,they
would be as moral and industrious a set of people
as those of any Country he could name.--(Hear.)--
But instead of hiving their generous minds well di-
rected, they were purposely kept in' ignorance, that
they might be made the more fit tools in the hands
of those who were their self-elected leaders. Let
them have Scripture education,—let the sacred
volumes be circulated as widely amongst them as
possible,—and let the Catholic Association, that
great pest of the country, be put down, and the hap-
piest effects for its prosperity would be the conse-
quence. The Worthy Alderman, after adverting to
the civil and political blessings which had accrued' to
England from the Reformation, expressed his re-
gret that the descendants and followers of some of
the brightest ornaments of the Dissenters should be
found at the present day advocating so dangerous a
principle as the introduction of Roman Catholics to
some of the highest privileges of the Constitu-
tion. He then went on to quote from the writ-
ings of a Dissenter (Fuller),e' an •advice and
opinion on the subject of Popery'. In this the
writer recommended his readers to abhor Popery,
and be eminent in their zeal against Rome. It
never made peace with any, and we should not make
peace with it. It has been the motto of Elizabeth
" peace with all the world but Spain." The motto
of Protestants, with respect to Rome, should be
similar in its import. After touching on some other
points, the advice went on to this effect—that they
(Protestants) should not cease to abhor Popery, for
it was false, bloody, and blasphemous. England
had cause to know this ; so had Ireland, in one of
whose provinces 140,000 Protestants were murdered
by them (the Papists). Popish cruelty spared none
—it pitied none. After recommending this chari-
table advice to the consideration of the meeting,
the worthy Alderman concluded by again expressing
his full and entire approbation of the resolution and
declaration.

The question on both was now put, and they
were carried in the affirmative, amidst loud cheers,

here being only three or four hands held up against
:Lem.

Me. ATKINSON next addressed the meeting, and
observed that he was then between 60 tied 70 years
old. He then proceeded to state that he had spent
tell years in Ireland, and could speak from some ex-
perience of the state of that country. Much benefit
had, no doubt, been derived to many of the inhabi-

tants from the extensive circulation of the Sciip-
tures ; but it was still a melancholy truth that the
dangerous opinions and doctrines of the Romish
Church were still held by the great mass of the Ro-
man Catholics in that country. had seen the
Catholic Convention, the Catholic Board, and the
Catholic Association, as they had succeeded one
another, and almost at every meeting of those
bodies, one of their first acts was fro endeavour to
explain away the speeches of some of their own
members, who at previous meetings had let out
a little too much of what they did not wish to
have generally avowed, and the explanation
they generally gave was, that their honourable
brother member had not meant what he
said.—(Cheers and laughter.)—On one of those
occasions a Dr. Dromgoole had let out a little too
much. He stated broadly and unequivocally, that
the colleges and the churches and church lands all
belonged to the Catholics by right, and that they
would have them. This was considered as going
too far for the time, and accordingly at the next
meeting of the board, it was openly asserted that
the doctor had not meant what he said.—(Cheers.)
But the doctor was too far gone in his zeal for the
cause to have his statement contradicted, and he
openly declared that he had meant all he said, and
he. re-asserted his former opinions.—(Cheers, and
laughter.)—A mine sprung under the Board could
not have caused a greater " blow up" amongst
them.—(Laughter.)—ln fact, all that Catholics
wanted in all they had done for the last 20 years
was a restoration of those good things for which
Dr. Dromgoole had sighed. This was proved by
their recent conduct. Were they not employed in
marshalling their forces in, large bands of thousands,
until the Protestants dared them to the field, and
offered' to put them without the assistance of Go-
vernment ? And then came Daniel O'Connell with
his proclamation, calling on his men to disperse and
keep quiet.—(Cheers and laughter.)—Mr. Atkin-
son then went into a long detail of the atrocities
which, he said, were committed on Prostestants by
Papists in the rebellion of 1798, including a new
version of the story of the dreadful burning of 160
Protestants at the barn at Scullabogue.
The Rev. G. WRAF (Curate of Leeds) read to
the meeting some extracts from the speeches made
by the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel in the
early part of last year, in which they defended their
retirement from office, because they could not sup-,
port a Government, the chief Minister of which was
the avowed advocate of emancipation; and con-
tended, that with these examples before them, the
meeting were perfectly justified in declaring that
they would not support a Government favourable to
that measure.
The Rer. R.. FAWCET moved—
" 2. That tape business of this Association shall
be managed by a committee, with power to add to
their number—such committee electing its own
chairman, secretary, and treasurer, and being itself
elected by the association annually."
Then followed the names of the committee.
Mr. Witmer seconded this motion, which was
put and carried, with only five dissentient voices.
The Rev. B. EDMONDSON moved—
" That each member shall, after signing the de-

claration, pay an annual subscription not exceeding
one guinea, nor less than half-a-crown, to defray con-
tingent expenses:"
This resolution was seconded, put, and carried.

Mr. .I. FuiaANK, in moving " That the anni-
versary of the resolution shall he al ays held on the
sth of November," said that if the-Papists should
be admitted into the Legislature, it must-ise under
the impression that their religion and practices were
changed; but he was one of those who thought
with themselves, that they were unchanged and
unchangeable; Hut if, for the sake of argument,
they were to admit they were cht..nged, and were
tit, with certain conditions, to be called back ao%tin,
must they not admit that the excluded family should
also be recalled to the throne ? If the principle was
applicable to the one case, was it not applicable to
the other ? If it be just to grant to the Roman
Catholics their claim to sit as legislators, was it not
equally just Co grant the Duchess of Modena and her
descendants, and the Bourbons of France, the crown
of those realms ? (Cries of " Yes, yes.") Con-
cede to the Papists one point, and they would soon
tell them that they had in principle already conce-
ded to them the other; for it' it were right to con-
cede to the seven millions, would it not be right to
concede to the individual also I There would be,
in short, nothing but au Act of Parliament standing
in the way.
The gentleman then moved the abeve resolution.
Dr. llousoN seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.

The MAYOR having left the chair, thanks were
voted him for his conduct while in it, and the meet-
ing separated.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS WEEK.

The Cenock Harriers, oat Friday, at Southdown arn,
at eleven,

The Cheshire Hounds, on Friday, at Booth's Obeibk;
and Saturday, at Holford-ball ; at half-past ten.
The Plas Teg Harriers, on Friday, at Kinnerton, at ten.
The York and Ainaty Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at
Melbourne; and Saturday, at Strensall ;at half-past ten.
The Holderness Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Siggles-
theme ; and Saturday, at Lockingron Mill ; at half-
past ten.
The iturworth Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Moor Bank,
at ten.

The Sinuington Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Sinnington,
at nine.

'The Northumherland Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Gold-
rifle, at ten.

The York City Harriers, on Friday, at Bishopthorpe,
at half-past ten.
The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Rokliff,
at half-past ten.

FIGHT BETWEEN B. AARON AND H. JONES,
FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, Nov. 11.
These merry little heroes of the " Order of Agitators"
agreed to settle the important question, as to which could
take and give the greatest quantum of argument in tht
shape of punches. The bonus was fifty, but the honour
of the conquest was considered mere than usual, being a trial
of stamina between the Jews and the Gentiles. The
Sheenies mustered in swarms, from the Comedian and
Gentlemen of the Law, to the orange vender, to support
their favourite poy Barney, and the Gentiles were not want-
ing to snap at any odds. Barney had been training at the
Rose and Crown, Ilford, where the people told a good tale
at the breakfast table. lie seemed in good spirits and con-
dition. _ _

Harry rested at the Bull, Hornehurch, and the Gentiles
were cherished by mine host with every luxury, barring
eggs. The two looked confident and in goed order
Bulphen Fen was named as the field of fight, and lotwith-
standing the cold and fog, the fancy mustered in strong
numbers. The natives were in full giggle, every thing pro-
mised as comfortable a mill as either of the cmnbatants
need wish for. Barney sported yellow for his symbol,
while the Sailor Boy &ported " true blue." T,m Gaynor
and Spring waited on him, while Dick Curtis and Nathan
locked after Barney.
The sun burst through the fog, and presented, by the
time the ring was formed, as fine a fancy picture as need
be looked for.
A beak, however, popped in his unceremonious phis,
and the scene was changed to the Barge-house, opposite
• 'Woolwich ; thither the lads of the fancy directed their
weary prads, and in due time the ring was formed as it
ought to be, and the men went in. Twelve pugilists were
paid by the Fair Play Club to keep the ring. At half-past
three the men were both ready.
Round 1. Jones won the choice for sides. Jones feinted
lint it would not do, Barney went in and followed across
the ring till he was thrown, without much mischief. First
blood from Barney's forehead.o
2. Barney went in but received Harry's up-hit, although
•
be got the throw.
3. Both laughing; Jones tried his right hand, but was
well stopped, he, however, gave some good up-hits, and
got the throw. (The Sheenies on the grunt.)
4. Barney swung down, but up in a moment, still
rallying till both fell, apparently from Jones's swing.
5. All fighting. Jones told a hei.vy job on Barney's
forehead, and threw him well.—Sailor for ever.
6. Barney went in, but was well stopped, while Jones
tried to hit up but missed, he however swung the other
down.

7. Jones hit Barney terribly as he came in, and threw
hint a heavy
S. Barney anxious, but Jones retreated, and stopped
all till Barney I'd'.
9. Barney cautious, but no use till he went in and was
thrown cleverly and heavily by Harry.—(The Gen-
tiles in extacyf.)
10. Barney wild ; he went in, and staggered till he got
rather the best of the fall.
11. The fog so thick that hardly aqy one could see.
Berney got a rum left-hander as he came in and staggered,
till he got the best of the fall again.
12. Barney went ire, but fell weak, and Jones fell over
him.

13. Jones caught him by the lock, and hit up terribly
till Barney fell weak.
14. Barney ready, Jones ducked and avoided the blow,
but he again struck Barney upon the head.
15. A close—but no mischief till Jones threw Barney

easily.
16. Barney tried to go in, but got hit up again till he

fell.
17. Poor Barney rather stupid. Jones floored him by
a clean hit.
18. Barney thrown again terribly, and Jones won in
twenty-five minutes.
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