The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-15 00:00:00

IRISH cATtiouc AFFAIRS.

There %vtii Meeting of the Catholi
Dublin Wedne,thy se'nnit,:iit, tit ,A h.ch
O'Goßm av put sni tt tts Chnirtnrui.

It was intimated that the Committee of T,,i.is-
lation had not yet completed the vertio, of the
communication from Rome, but that it_would be
ready for die Meeting to he held'on Batumi ,v.
Mr. Secret:try /Ivy stated, that i.e had male
'sipplictryi,iii to Dr. Tarry for a copy of the letter
from LITTA, for which so much anxiety
%LAP expressvd at the l..st Meeting. Lis tsrace
promised to comply with the wishes of the Board,
but no copy bad yet been received ft om
The importaut Expose of the POI WS set timents
on the subject of the Veto was, howeer, pro-
(bleed, and ready in the otigioal, by Ai'.
translatioo of it was ordered to he I.lepared tut
rite next Meeting. Jr was very loog, bat there
were but two passages which pariciitarty wrested
our alention. In one, the conduct ot the Go-
vernment 01 Enizlai-.1 to the Pope was adduced as
a proof of its favourable $ll3 vwittion towards per-
sous professing the Catholic religion. What !
lays lioWiess io effect, do you think that the
Ministry to whom I owe ;Hy liberty, my station
as Head ot the Church, my very existence—are
persons who can entertnin.evil designs against the
Irish Catholics ? In the other passage. it is al-
leged that Emancipation would give the Catholic
Bi- hops Seats in the house of Lords; and it is
therefore argued, that the Crown should, in fair-
ness, be invested with the means of twining itself
of their loyalty !
It is temirkable that this paper is dated so far
back as the Ist rtf February, 1816, above two
years and four mouths ago. Much censure was
cast upon the Bishops by Mr. O'Connell and
others, for withholding it so long ; but we think
their conduct is by no means indeteusible. Speak-
ing in brief terms, they thought the promulga-
tion of it would du no good, and they were, there-
fore, not hasty in letting it see the light. They
had not, however, omitted to state their own
sentiments upon it, and one of the most earnest
and unqualified remonstrances that was ever ad-
dressed to the Holy See, had, we learn, been
transmitted to Rome in answer to it.

Mr. Clinch having intimated, through the co.
lumps of a Morning Paper, that there was a mis-
take relative to the message he delivered fron
Dr. Troy on the last day, the following Resolu-
tion was proposed and canted

That a Sub-Committee be directed respectfully to solicit
from his Grace Dr. J'roy the precise communicaticm which-he
directed Mr. Clinch to make to the Catholic Board.

Mr. HUGHES, after some appropriate prefatory
remarks, submitted the following Resolution :
That we mrtA earnestly recommend to the Catholics of Ire-
land, as a sacred and solemn duty they owe to their country
and their God, to use their most strenuous exertions to se-
cure the return, at the approaching Election, of such persons
as have proved themselves the true friends of civil and reli-
gious liberty.

AS an amendment to the above, Mr. ENEAS
M'IIoNELL moved, that the following be added :
And particularly, that we recommend to them the support
of those Members of Parliament who. have assisted in pro-
tooting the measure of unqualified Emancipation.
I.luon Es strongly deprecated the itnrodnc,
tion into the Resolution of the word. " Unquali-
fied." as tending to promote division.

i\lr. O'CONNELL supported the Amendment, and
it was at length carried by a great majority. •

HACKNEY-COACH OFFice.--,Triday the COM-
missioners of iladitiey-coaches convicted the
owners and drivers of the following coaches and
chariots :—The driver of No. 1-1, in the penalty
of 20s. for being drunk in his empluyment, and
for exacting one Is. when eniiled to nothing.
The driver refusing to pay the penalty WAS com-
mitted to prison for 14 days. The said driver was
also convicted in the penalty of 10s. (which lie
paid) for refusal. Ile set np, in his defence, that
he had been above 12 hours at work in the streets,
which was not contradicted ; but lie pretended
ignorance of the recent act of Parliament, which
does away the plea of being out 12 hours, and
compels a coachman to take a fare at all hours,
to any part, valency:et. he plies for hire, though
he may have been out 12 hours. The driver of
No. 68, in the penalty of 15s. for misbehaviour,
by charging the complainant ss. for awrindow-
glass of his coach, which be did not break • The
owner of No. 180, hi the penalty of 15s. fur exac-
tion. This coachman bad di iven the complainant
a very considerable distance out of the direct road,
and had charged the fare for the hat ect distance
he had driven, pretending not to be aware that a
hackney coachman • k bound to drive the nearest
direct road, and if lie willnlly or ignorantly (hives
an indirect way, he is lint entitle d to be ,paid hut
on the contrary, is liable to a penalty for driving
contrary to orders. The driver of No. 298, in the
penalty of 10s• for exaction ; the (hirer of No.
546, in the penalty of 10s. for exaction ; the dri-
ver of No. 627, in the penalty of 15s. for an exac-
tion of 3s. more than his fare, under the plea of •
ignorance ; the driver of 797, in the penalty of
10s. for exaction ; the driver of No. 934, -in the
penalty of 20s, for exacting Is, more than his fare,
and for abuse to the complainant.

The hay harvest has commenced generally in
the neighbourhood of London. The crops, al-
though light, are considered good average crops,
and far exceed, in point of quality, the Lay of the
last two years.

The Rev. Robert Hole, M.A. Fellow of Tri-
nity College, Cambridge, was on Monday, the
25th ult. admitted a Senior of that Society, in the
room of the Rev. J. Hailstone. The Reverend
R. W. Sibthorpe, M.A.of Magdalen College, Ox-
ford, has been presented to the exempt Donative
of Tattershall, i❑ Lincolnshire.

Wednesday, a youth, named Hughes. %vent to
eneh Weiir, near Taunton, to bathe. lie leaped
front the bridge into' the water, and being ob-
served to be in sudden distress, was immediately
drawn on shore by the by-standers, when it was
iiscmered that he had struck himself against a
I)rojeci put of the bridge, under water, and
had so stwehiogly lacerated his bowels, that they
protruded through his body, and were in that
state held up by the bands of the sufferer ! lie
was conveyed to the hospital, wherc be is re-
covering.