The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-26 00:00:00

NEW CATITOLTC ASSOCIATION.

(From the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday.)
P. COSTELT o, Esq., in the Chair.
Catholic Rent received this week, 1001. 3s. 3d.
Mr. O'CONNELL announced that the sum of 291.
had been received this day towards defraying the
expenses of the Rev. Mr. Maguire's late trial-10/.
of which was from Lord Riveiston.

Counsellor MURPHY described, in a speech em-
bodying much sound reasoning, the great advantages
which would arise from education to this country,
and from the collection of the Catholic Rent.
Mr. O'CornoLL moved a vote of thanks to the
Right Rev. Dr. Logan, for his successful and labo-
rious exertions in the cause of his religion and of his
country, which was particularly exemplified in his
acute and penetrating scrutiny into the frauds and
falsehoods of the Irish Society.—(Carried.)
Rev. Mr. L'EsTRANGE reported from the Educa-
tion Committee, and submitted to the Association
its plan of converting the apartments at present un-
occupied in the lower part of the building in which
the Association is held, to the purposes of a Model
School, until the intended building to be raised for
that purpose be completed. It was moved upon and
carried.

Mr. O'CONNELL stated, that he had reason to
know that the grant to the Kildare-street Society
would be discontinued by Government next Session.
,Mr. CURRLN, who asserted at the late Reforma-
tion Meeting, held at the Rotunda, that in the pa-
rish of Booterstown alone there had been no fewer
than 119 conversions from the Protestant to-the
Catholic belief -within the last year, came forward
to reiterate the statement, which he now did by the
authority of the Catholic Priest of that parish, and
mentioned the names of a number of the most re-
cent that had abjured Protestantism.
Mr. O'CONNELL, in an able and highly compli-
mentary speech, moved upon his notice for a vote
of thanks to Mr. Conway. He said, that to men-
tion the name of Frederick William Conway was to
eulogize the man. When first he became acquainted
with him, it was in the year 1810, when Mr. Con-
way was Secretary to the Anti-Union Committee—
he dwelt upon the talents he brought to the cause
of his country and the Catholic religion, of which he
was not a member; his letters to Lord Lansdowne,
in the Dublin Evening Post, he saw translated into
speeches in Parliament, and into-the speeches of
orators elsewhere.; be saw evidences delivered be-
fore a Committee of the Parliament, based on them;
and while Mr. Conway possessed in his writings the
varied excellencies of strength, order, precision, and
phraseology, he bad the singular merit of always
bearing out his advocacy by the exhibition of facts,
and of never baying written a single sentiment that
could, in any way, be detrimental to the interest of
Ireland.

Mr. SEEM seconded the motion in an animated
and brilliant speech, and observed, that it was not
merely among those immediately interested that
Conway's talents and patriotism were appreciated—
men of the first acquirements themselves, here and
in England, had expressed their sense of his talents;
among them he would merely mention the name of
Thomas Moore, from whom he had seen a letter
thanking Mr. Conway for the services he had ren-
dered his country:
Mr. ENEAS IVPDONNELL said it was not merely in
the Dublin Evening Post that Mr. Conway had
applied the power of his energies for his country ;
in private communications which he (Mr. //PD.)
had from time to time received from Mr. Conway—
he had become possessed of valuable facts and ob-
servations. _ _ _

The motion was then put and carried with accla.
mation.
The Meeting then adjourned.

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