The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-07 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

On the motion of Mr. PLANTA for bringing up
the report on the Life Annuities Bill,
Mr. HUME said that when this Bill was before
the House on a former occasion, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer promised that certain clauses should
be struck out of the Bill, and he should therefore
oppose its going through another stage without
those clauses were struck out.
Mr. PLANTA was not prepared under these
circumstances to press the report being received,
and it was accordingly ordered to be brought up
io,lllorrpw!
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Seven
o'clock.

A farm of one hundred acres, near Michels-
town, on the eatate of the Earl of KINGSTON, has been
appropriated by his Lordship to the culture of the silk-
worm. The ground is laid out with peat taste and ele-
gance.— Carlow Morning Post.
The following is an extract of a letter, dated
Gibraltar, April 16 :—" It appears all is now settled re-
specting Cadiz being a free port, FERDINAND having signed
the final documents necessary on the 6th inst. For this
freedom, stun of about 11,000,000 teals vellon, or
550,000 dollars annually, is to be paid to the Govern-
ment. We therefore expect it will not materially affect
us here, and the various establishments which were going
over to Cadiz, according to the papers in England, we
judge will torn out to be very few, at any rate for some
little time yet. These tare not times for people to embark
their property in such a country S.B Spain, without first
seeing what effect this new measure is likely to have.
We certainly want a change here, for business -never was
in such a dull state : nothing at all doing in any branch
of trade."

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WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.

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Yesterday, pursuant to advertisement, a meeting
was held at the LOndon Tavern, for the purpose of
considering the best, means of raising a sufficient
fund, by voluntary subscription, to erect a statue,
in or near Dublin, of his Grace. the Duke of Wel-
lington, commemorative of• the most glorious of his
public services—the intr4ductionand passing of the
Roman Catholic Relief Bill. - The meeting was ap-
pointed to take place at one o'clock precisely, but
the Chair was not taken till two. Among the per-
sons present were the Duke of Leinster, Earl Fitz-
william, the Marquis of Dow nshire, Earl of Darnley,
the Earl of Bective, the Earl of Cork, Lord Shan-
non, Lord Stourton, Lord Clifford, Lord Dunally,
Lord Stafford, Lord Gosford, Lieutenant-General
Thornton, the Knight of Kerry, Sir C. Ccote, Bart.,
M.P., the Hon. George Agar Ellis, the 1-Ton. Mr.
Jerningharn, the Hon. F. Ponsonby, the Rev. Mr.
Courtney, the Rev. Mr. Wade, the Rev. Mr. Keat-
ing, Thomas Moore, Esq., Mr. Blount, James Grat-
tan, Esq., M.P., Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., James
Corry, Esq., Edward Solly Flood, Esq., Messrs.
O'Connell, Lawless, O'Gorman Mahon, Steele,
Wyse, Henry Hunt, Rosson, and C. Phillips. The
meeting was very numerously and respectably at-
tended. During the greater part of theproceed-
ings the large ball-room of the tavern was crowded.
We should think there could not have been fewer
than 500 persons present. -
On the [notion of the Duke of Leinster, seconded
by Lord Stourton, Earl Fitzwilliam was called to
the Chair, and Pierce Mahony, Esq., appointed EC.
cretary to the meeting.
The Secretary stated, that he had received apo-
logies from a number of individuals who were un-
able to attend on account of business or indisposi-
tion : among these were Lords Glengall, Morpeth,
F. L. Gower, Judge Day, Mr. G. R. Dawson,
M.P., &c.

A list of subscriptions, varying from 26/. to 61.,
was then read.

The Duke of LEINSTER begged leave to read the
third resolution, which was as follows :
" That we feel it to be our duty to express our gratitude
to his Majesty for the gracious assent given to the Bill for
the relief of the Protestant Dissenters in the last session
of Parliament, and for his generous recommendation that
a full portion of civil rights should be granted to his
Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, in conformity with his
Majesty's Royal constitutional declaration, that his power
was held for the benefit of his people."
Lord STOURTON said, in seconding the resolution
which had just been put into his hand, he felt that
he ought to state some reason why he, an humble
individual, and unconnected by the ties of property
with Ireland, had accepted the honour conferred on
_him when his name was placed upon the committee.
He had accepted it because he fully - concurred in
the objects of the present meeting ; because he
concurred in the principles of civil and religious
liberty, the triumph of which it was now intended
to commemorate ; and further, because lie had been
long convinced that England and Ireland would be
identified in feeling and interest from the highest to
the lowest gradations of society by the measure
which had recently received the sanction of the
Legislature. lle fully agreed in every thing that
could be done to testify our love, gratitude, and
affection for the throne, in consequence of that
measure—(Hear)—and towards his Majesty's Prime
Minister, the Duke of Wellington.—(Hear, hear.)
He felt convinced that every monument raised to
the noble Duke would be only commemorative of
the glories of his Majesty's great and brilliant reign.
He congratulated the meeting upon this memorable
year of grace, this jubilee year of peace, com-
mencing from the date of the royal sanction being
given to the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts,
and closing with the passing of the Catholic Relief
Bill. This latter measure perfected the policy, and,
he hoped, would realize all the expectations enter-
tained from the legislative union with Ireland in
800 : lie had no doubt it would carry down to
posterity the Monarch and his Minister, under
whose auspices it had been brought forward, in the
brightest page of the most brilliant part of the an-
nals of the country. There remained but one more
triumph for the noble Duke to achieve : he had
vindicated the independence of his country by his
victories—he bad now promoted peace and tranquil-
lity by his civil policy : it was only wanting that he
who had displaced the bee (the symbol of industry)
from the Tuileries and the Louvre, should fix it over
every Irish cottage, and thus promote the prosperity
as well as secure the quiet of his native country.
When that was aeccomplished, the glory of his
Majesty and of his Minister would be complete.
Lieutenant-General THORNTON took this oppor-
tunity to say, that be had been an bumble labourer
in the Roman Catholic cause during the entire time
he had had the honour to sit in Parliament. Since that
period, he had not enjoyed an opportunity of de-
daring his sentiments on this subject publicly. He sin-
cerely congratulated the country on the successful termina-
tion of the measure introduced by the Noble Duke at the
bead of the Government—a measure of the utmost im-
portance to the peace and tranquillity, not only of Ireland
and England, but of the world. This was certainly
among the most glorious acts of the Duke of Wellington,
and his Majesty was entitled to the highest praise for
adopting so useful a measure, the immediate tendency
of which was to render him the father of all his people.
M. J. N. MAHON rose, and said, that if he consulted
merely his own anxiety, he should sit silent, with rank,
and influence, and wealth around him so much more ca-
pable of giving effect to every object of that meeting ; but
he felt an irresistible impulse within him to express his
homage and gratitude to the illustrious man who had burst
the bonds of his country, giving freedom to millions, and
immortality to himself.—(Cheers.)—They were assembled
that day to raise a monument of gratitude to the great
Minister by whose counsels and firmness a measure of
transcendent justice had been consummated, calculated to
cement the union of the empire indissolubly—to hind mil-
lions devotedly to the throne and constitution, and which
will hand the names of the illustrious Duke and his col-
leagues with imperishable honours to a distant posterity.
—(Cheers.)—" History, my Lord," said Mr. Mahon,
" when it records this act of consummate justice and wis-
dom, -will not devote fire lines to the efforts of its oppo-
nents, while the names of its distinguished advocates will
pass to successive generations, and be known and blessed
in the glorious cause, and sublime results of the deliverance
they accomplisher;. It was long the reproach of America
that Washington slept in an obscure grave, and that no
monument existed in her capital or senate to perpetuate
the memory and virtues of her first citizen and deliverer.
The fame of Wellington is secure. It will live for ages.
His immortality is
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" Which time doth still devour, but not destroy."
Ireland should not be ungrateful to her great regenerator.
He bad raised a nation from its knees; and every peasant
should contribute to found a monument of gratitude to
him who was the emancipator of millions—(Hear, hear.)
The pedestal of his glory was deeply cast, and would bear
any superstructure. The Duke of Wellington had accom-
plislital a consummation, to w'aich the genius and efforts
of the first statesmen and patriots of England had for
half a century aspired in vain. Little more than twelve
months in power his decision bad completed a measure to
which Mr. Burke could give little else than his wishes and
sighs—on which Air. Fox had employed his mighty stores
of argument and reason in vain—before which M-r. Pitt,
in the plenitude of power, was powerless—from which
Grattan could gather nothing but immortality; while the
eloquent Canning, the last of this illustrious band, died,
like the leader of Israel, before he could enter on the pro-
mised land.—(Cheers.)—The great work was reserved by
Providence for other hands ; it fell to those of Wellington ;
arid he has perfected it. Such was the commanding in-
fluence of a mild but firm integrity, and a glorious name.
unionotnionfatk was the last key-stone made
empire"T(vlaiseabr.3,o-reTibientn was now complete—it
the arch, and the link that bound both countries was
indissoluble. Five centuries of mi.government had rolled
over Ireland, but a new day had dawned—the last link of
her degradation was broken. And, with equal laws, equal
protection, and allegiance, her proud motto now may be
that of the French patriot, " din rot, ten lots stn foi."
(Cheerino:L-.)—The Duke of Wellington had purchased an
eternity of fame, and an eternity of gratitude, at the hands
of Ireland. Irishmen would point to his effigy who scat-
tered the Mahrattas on the burning plains of Hiedostan—
Who was the victor of twenty fields in Spain—who crush-
ed the eagles of France in the bloody day of Waterloo, and
consummated the long roll of his triumphs, not with bayonet
or blade, with the thunder of artillery or the red hand of
war, but by the arm of justice and the weapons of argument

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'and trutl ‘oierlik3ss4st, prejudice, and intolerance.— •
(Cheering.)—Such had been the magnificent course of the
illNigious chieftain and statesufiti;-Whose name and glo-
ries they bad met that' day to perpetuate. He had not
faltered in hii track, nor tuned to the 'right or left, but
went Straightforward to his great purpose. Every expec-
tation held out to Ireland has now been more than realized,
and Ireland will be found devoted and faithful. Should
tie trumpet ef hostility sound to-morrow,—come it from
Gaul, from Goth, from Scythian, or from Tartar,—her
brave and hardy sons will be prompt at a moment's sum-
mons to form and march upon the foe. We are all mortal,
however elevated or however humble, and "having played
our parts" (as old Burton quaintly says), we must be gone
for ever. Tombs and monuments have a like fate.
" Data snot ipsis quoque fita sepulchris."
But the great Minister has purchased an immortality of
fame, which will endure beyond brass or marble. When
the banners he wrested from haughty France have moul-
dered into dust,—when all records of him by the hands of
the painter have faded,—when the labours of the sculptor
have yielded to de, ouring time, and, like the works of
I Phidias and Appellee, or Zeuxis and Praxiteles, are gone
for ev. r,—the immortality of Wellington will only be ma-
tured.—(Cheering.)—Napoleon, in the pride of his
triumphs, is reported to have asked David, " how long a
painting would last ?"—" Four to five hundred years" was
the reply of the artist. " Bah !" rejoined the insatiate
victor, " a fine immortality !" But the historian can defy
t'se ravages of time, and perpetuate his records for ever.
They wi;l live through the multiplying labours of the press,
from age to age, in every clime, and in every soil, until
language, civilization, arts, and mankind, shall all perish
together. The world is full of the fame of Welingtou.
Like Washington, after the glories of foughten fields, he
rests his immortality in the freedom and happiness of his
country—long may he be spared to that country !
" Serus in ccelum redeat."

But when the career of his splendid course is stopped, his
short and simple epitaph need only be—" Here liea the
great Duke of Wellington, the victor of Spain, the con-
queror of France, and the regenerator of Ireland."

The Resolution was agreed to.
The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE rose to propose the fourth
Resolution—

" That an Address congratulating his Majesty on the
success of his gracious recommendation to Parliament for
the relief of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, which
passed through both Houses with unexampled majorities,
be now prepared."
He begged to say he did so with great satisfaction. It
was with pleasure he witnessed the great object which he,
as an humble individual, had done his utmost to promote,
at length happily achieved. He knew he should be very
deficient in proper feeling if he did not lay before the
meeting, in a very few words, how grateful it became
landed proprietors connected with Ireland to be for its ac-
complishment. It became such persons (and of them he
was one) to be duly thankful for the disposition manifested
by the Sovereign with regard to this most important mea-
sure.—(Hear.)—Without his Majesty's concurrence, this
great measure could not have passed ; and to him, there-
fore, we owed all the blessings which we had in prospect,
and all the benefits already actually conferred upon Ire-
land.—(Cheers.)—The advantages resulting from this
measure to Ireland could only be exceeded by those con-
ferred by it upon the whole empire.—(Hear.)—These
advantages, under Divine Providence, we owed to the
King.—(Hear.)— To his Majesty's servants, as executing
the orders received by them, we were also deeply indebted.
In a word, to the King's Prime Minister we owed the
warmest thanks—we were under the greatest obligations
to him. He was himself nearly connected by the ties of
relationship with that Noble and Illustrious Individual, and
he felt more deeply upon this subject than he could ex-
press. He spoke as a possessor of landed property in Ire-
land, and one well acquainted with the fine character and
excellent disposition of the people of that country; and
he was satisfied that no greater benefit was ever conferred
upon a nation than that which they were ❑ow met to
commemorate ; and further, that no people could or would
show more lasting gratitude for the boon and blessing they
had received than the Irish people.—(Cheering.)
Lord DUNDAS seconded the motion, and observed that,
from the moment his noble relation (Earl Fitzwilliam)
attempted to bring forward a measure somewhat similar to
the present in 1794 or 1795, be had felt anxious to sup-
port it. He supported the measure on the principles of
civil anti religious liberty.—(Hear.)—He would not have
looked at the Catholic Relief Bill as complete, if it had
not been preceded or accompanied by a measure such as
that of last Session in favour of the Dissenters.—(Hear.)
—He conceived that all honest citizens had a right to civil
privilege•, without reference to their peculiar religious
opinions,—(Hear.)—Exclusion upon the ground of parti-
cular tenets might have a bad, anal could never produce a
good, effect. It might make men hypocrites, but it could
do nothing else. He trusted the measure in question would
cause men of all parties and persuasions to rally round the
Constitution.

Lord KILLEEN, who spoke from the body of the room,
said, before the resolution was put from the Chair, he was
desirous, as one of the individuals benefited so much by
the measure alluded to, not to allow the present opportu-
nity to pass without expressing the gratitude he felt to-
wards his Majesty, and his entire and cordial concurrence
in the motion.

The resdlution having been unanimously agreed to,
The Secretary read a copy of the address, which con-
gratulated his Majesty on the snccess of his recommenda-
tion to Parliament, for tho relief of his Roman Catholic

subjects.
Lord CLIFFORD said, it was not till that very moment
he knew that he was to have the honour to address the re-
spectable meeting assembled around him. If he had been
previously aware of the circumstance, he would have used
hitt best endeavours to hare done so, in a manner worthy
of them and the cause in which they were all interested.
But that was a cause relative to which it was very diffi-
cult to say any thing amiss.—(Hear, and a laugh. )
They saw before them one who had been labouring for
fifty years in that great cause—(hear)--and he was glad
Providence had seen fit to spare him to witness the com-
pletion of the object for which he had so long struggled.
--(Hear.)—He could not but feel that we owed a great
debt of gratitude to our illustrious Sovereign, whose whole
reign had been such that no monument of history could
ever say too much for George IV.—(Cheers.)—The Mo-
narch had done a great deal for the prosperity and embel-
lishment of the country, and, last of all, he had given
civil and religious liberty to his subjects. His heart was
too full to admit of his giving adequate expression to his
feelings, when he thought of what had been done in the
reign of his present Majesty : it only remained for hint
to move

" Th it the Address to our Gracious Sovereign now
read, be adopted ; and that our Noble Chairman do sign
the same in our behalf; and that he be requested either to
Present or transmit the same, according to his Majesty's
pleasure."
Lord DtiNALLY felt great pleasure in seconding the ad-
dress, which was agreed to by acclamation.

The Hon. G. A. ELLIS, in moving the sixth resolution,
" That we also feel it our duty sincerely to congratulate
all classes and parties in this great empire on the happy ad-
justment of questions so long sources of discord and weakness
to the State ; and we do hope that, as their several preju-
dices can no longer distract the attention of our fellow-
citizens, the empire will henceforward enjoy the benefit of
their united exertions, without distinction of sect or party,
in its support,"--
would only say how entirely he concurred in the sentiments
contained in it, and that be felt much gratitude, first as an
Irishman, and then as a subject of the empire, to his gra-
cious Sovereign and the Duke of Wellington, for the ad-
justment of this question.
The Rev. Mr. COURTNEY was an Irish proprietor, the
owner of an estate in the county of Wexford, a place once
the very focus of rebellion, but now, through the agency of
this great measure, restored to peace and harmony. his
rent-roll exhibited a mournful picture of times past—
( Hear, and laughter. )—ln confirmation of this, he might
refer to a long list of tenants, who were shot or hanged;
but all this was now done away with. He had b• en
friendly to the great measure lately passed for a space of
40 years. He appealed to a Noble Lord near him (Dun-
das) as to the truth of this statement: the Noble Lord had
himself formed similar opinions as to the question about
the same time at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the
timents of their common tutor—the Rev. Dr. Jonis—
were of the same kind. The worthy and respectable
man (between whom and the Noble Lord the strictest
friendship and regard subsisted) had, almost with his dying
, breath, expressed his conviction of the justice and expe-
-1 diency of conceding the Catholic claims. He (Mr. Court-
, ney) had treasured up these sentiments ever since, and
never swerved from them ; they lead also influenced the con-
' duct of the Noble Lord.—( Hear. )—Altlionith be had long
held these opinions, yet this was the first time he bad ever
publicly expressed them, for he thought it was not in
good taste for a clergyman to put himself too prominently
forward in the matter while some high authorities in the
church took a different view of the question. He had been
among that, he was sure, numerous class of persons de-
scribed by Dr. Chalmers, as being friendly to the Catholic
claims, yet remaining silent, content to leave the subject to
the wisdom of Parliament. It would ill become so in-
significant an individual as himself, to attempt any eulogy
upon the conduct of the Duke of Wellington : perhaps
were he to do sot his motives might be misconstrued, 1t