The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-07 00:00:00

CATHOLIC AFFAIRS.

(From the Dublin Freeman's Journal of Thursday.)
Yesterday a Separate Meeting of Catholics took
place, to complete the arrangements for the Aggre-
gate Meeting, which takes place this day. Several
additional resolutions were proposed. The one of
leading interest that was agreed to was a resolution
proposing a Deputation, consisting of Messrs.
O'Connell, Sheil, Most Rev. Dr. Murray, and Dr.
Kenny, to proceed to England next summer, and to
make to the people of England an exposition of the
just claims of the Catholics of Ireland, and to lay
before them a statement of the unmerited wrongs
and sufferings to which they have been unjustly sub-
jected. -

A warm discussion took place upon the resolu-
tion submitted on a former day by Mr. Dwyer. It
was supported by Mr. H. O'Connor Mr. Therry,
and Mr. O'Connell, who declared himself a sup-
porter of the present Administration.

- After a slight modification by Mr. O'Connell, at
the suggestion of Mr. M‘Dermott and Mr. M‘Logh-
lin, the resolution was agreed to.
The Aggregate Meeting takes place this day, in
Clarendon-street Chapel, at one o'clock.
The following are the resolutions alluded to :-
I.—That the marked and particular thanks of the Ca-
tholics of Ireland are eminently due, and hereby offered, to
our valued friend and countryman, Nicholas Purcel O'Gor-
man, Esq., for his long-tried public spirit, his devoted pa-
triotism, and important services ; and that he be requested
to continue to act as Secretary to the Catholics of Ireland.
2.—Resolved that it is the unalienable right of every
man to worship God as his judgment and his heart direct;
that neither Legislatures nor Society are entitled to restrict
that right ; that its infringement, if attempted, may con-
vert unworthy men into hypocrites, and good men into
martyrs, but can never produce a beneficial result; and
that such infringement is attempted, and persecution in-
troduced, whenever peculiar honours, wealth, and rewards,
are distributed by the State to the upholders of certain doc-
trines and forms, while exclusion and inconvenience inflict
practical punishment on those who to those doctrines and
forms conscientiously refuse to conform.
The above was the first resolution at the 16th Annual
Meeting of the Protestant Society for the Protection of Re-
ligious Liberty, held at the City of London Tavern, on the
12th of May, 1827.

S.—That we do petition Parliament for therepeal of the
Test and Corporation Acts in England.

4.—That we do petition Parliament for the full, entire,
and unqualified emancipation of the Catholics of Ireland.
s.—That we feel deeply indignant and disgusted at the
conduct of Lord Manners towards the people of Ireland, and
in particular at his conduct to Sir Patrick Bellew, and
many other Catholic Gentlemen qualified and entitled to
hold the Commission of the Peace.

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6.—That a petition be forthwith presented to his Ma-
jesty, imploring his gracious intervention in preventing any
illegal processions in Ireland on the ensuing 12th of July.
7.—(Said petition being read)—That it be now adopted,
signed, and forthwith despatched, by the Secretary of the
Catholics of Ireland, to the
in order that the same may be laid before his Majesty with
all convenient speed.
B.—Resolved that it is the opinion of this Meeting that
Provincial, County, Baronial, and simultaneous Parish
Meetings, be held all over Ireland, for the purpose of peti-
tioning for civil and religious liberty throughout the
Empire.
9.—That we deeply deplore the temporary absence of
our beloved and brilliant countryman, Richard Sheil, Esq.,
and that we ardently hope for the restoration of his health,
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and the resumption of his talented and efficient exertions in
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10.—That a petition be presented to Parliament for the
repeal of the Vestry Bill.
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repeal of the Tenantry Act.
12.—That the cordial and sincere thanks of the Ca- 4011
tholics of Ireland be returned and conveyed to Sir James
Scarlett (his Majesty's English Attorney-General), and to
the liberal and enlightened Members of the English Bar, colt
who have, by their petition lately resented to Parliament,
nobly attested their devotion to the sacred principles of
civil and religious liberty.
B,—That the marked and grateful thanks of the Ca-
tholic body be most respectfully presented to the venerable'
and good Judge Day, for the liberal, patriotic, and truly
Irish sentiments, recorded by him in his late letter to Da-
niel O'Connell, Esq.

14.—Resolved that, sincerely congratulating the people
of Ireland, and the British Empire at large, upon the se-
cession from office of the wen by whose counsels and con-
duct this country was distracted and oppressed, and, look-
ing with gratitude and respect to the public profession.
and former conduct of the distinguished persons to whom
the Administration of the State is now entrusted, we feel
warranted in expressing our confident hope and expectation
that the patriotic intentions of those illustrious personages
will be carried shortly into full effect by the peaceful estab-
lishment of the principle of freedom of conscience.
The following is the original resolution, of which the
above is an amendment:--

Resolved that we rely with confidence on the fair inten-
tions of the Administration ; and we feel convinced of their
earnest wish to facilitate the emancipation of the Catholics,
and to forward the cause of civil and religious liberty.
15.—That it is the opinion of this Meeting that it
would be useful and fitting for a deputation of the Catholic
body of Ireland to attend, during the next summer, in Eng-
land, for the purpose of explaining the wants, wishes, and
principles of the Irish people.

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