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tturcli to assert that it could only be kept up by
keeping 30,000 bayonets constantly presented to the
breasts of the Roman Catholics. They might in-
deed say, it was a weak ease-- Si tali auxiiio, ai
de-
feaaoribus iatia rgil. The Rev. Gentleman went on to
contend that however well disposed the Rottian ©np.
tbolics of Ireland might be to ',Weil to the irt3trttc=
tions of those who held mit to the it the tospel,
they would recede froth the t•roffet-cd instruction,
when git-tn b those who held the B:hle in one hand
aid the sword in the other. In conclusion he pro-
posed the health of the Rev. Chabeellor Martin and
the other Protestant C:erv,•men who attended the
tnceting.for the PtVrpose of supporting the cause of
emsol
The Rev. I. P. JONES, in the absence of the Rev.
Chancellor Martin, returned thanks.
Sir. GEORGE BAMPFVLDE proposed the beulth of
Eh' ington in a short speech, in which he
cnla-
gized the public and private conduct of that Noble
Lord, It was drunk With loud and repeated arm.
L9td ti3kNGTON returned thanks.
After the health of the Hon. N. Fellowes.

Mr. Wu. COURTENAY proposed the health of the
Right lion, Lord Fotteseue, the Lord Lieutenant
of the county, which wa drltuk with loud cheers.

Lord El!n/NVI`GN returned thanks on behalf of
his father, and expressed his regret that bodily in-
disposition had prevented his attendance at the
meeting.
The Duke of SOMERSET having left the Chair,
Lord Ebringrou and several of the Gentlemen left
the room.

Mr. TYRRELL was called to the (Thai", and his
hcdth being drank, in returning thanks, he said, that
when he had been requested to take a part at the
Exeter meeting, he had willingly acceded, not only
because he was the zealous friend of religions li-
berty, but because he was a native-of the country
m rst interested in tile question of Catholic emanci-
pation. Perhaps the opinion which he had formed
and expressed would not have the le-ss weight, .vhen
he declared that_ he had formed those opinions in
spite of early prepossessions and prejudices, for he
was the son of an Orangeman, and the member of
a family, who in the year ninety-eight had borne a
conspicuous part in the support of the Protestant
ascendancy. They had heard a strong argument
used to-day in favour of Catholic emancipation,
" that of eight successive Lords Lieutenant, six bild
returned converts to the question of Catholic eman-
cipation ;" but, gentlemen, said Mr. Tyrrell, no
one who is tinacquainteg with the nature of Irish
society can form any adequate idea of the immense
force of this nr;4nment. A Lord-Lieutenant upon
his arrival in Dublin finds himself surrounded with
Orangemen—every thing he hears is in favour of
Protestant Acei,ndancy and against the Catholic—
he live., in fact, in an Orange hemisphere, which I
can only cotnpate to a London fog in the month of
November; and glaring indeed must be the evils of
Catholic exclusion, if a single ray of light from them
can pierce this mist of bigotry and intolerance, and
tli? Hr 1 7:f die Virt:!-:,
The eon% iviality of the meeting was kept op to a
late hour.

(mon THE REPORTER OF THE TIMES•

=ET/ SATURDAY, JAN. 17.

You will perceive from the accompanying report
of the meeting of yesterday (which I have taken in
great part from two accounts published here to-'ley
in the Western Times and Wouleacr's Gyzette), that
the hopes of the liberal party, to which I alluded in
my letter of Thursday, have for the present been di.-
appointed. The object which they proposed te
carry was lost, as you will observe, by a numerical
majority. • The No-Popery party was had a triumph,
if that can be so called which was gained by a bois-
terous assemblage, consisting in a greet part of the
lowest order of persona, who refused to listen to any
thing like discussion, and who systematically inter-
:. •pted every individual who did not belong to the
party which so many of them had been paid to
support. By number: alone did the No-Popery
party succeed in obtaining their temporary triumph,
and though even here the disparity was not so greet
as to give much to boast of, still if those numbers
expressed the enhought and unbiassed opinions of
those of whom they were composed, they would be
entitled to respect. Here, however, the party
failed; for oat being able to bring together, by the
mere influence of public principle, a party sufficiently
strong to effect their purpose, the No-Popery leaders
had recourse to means not less effectual in securing
an attendance. Those who could not be per-
suaded to come on public grounds, were induced
to attend from motives of private interest. • As an
illustration of this I may refer you to the statement
of Captain Buller at the dinner, with respect to a
party of his own labourers, whom he found on their
way to the Meetine, with scarcely any other know-
ledge of their object than that they were to be
guided by some persons in the Castle-yard, who
were to pay them titer day's hire. But the history
of this Meeting is not limited to one such example.
The case of the Brixham men furnishes another.
These men—nearly the whole of vehom are (judging
from their appearance) persons moving in the
humblest walks of life—were brought from their
homes, a distance of 28 miles, in covered waggons,
and the expellees of their journey defrayed. This
was so little of a secret, that it was openly stated by
many at the Meeting, and not contradicted. In the
very freqeent interrnetions which took place in the
course of the day, many public appeals were made
to the Sheriff to call " the Brixhem men" to order,
and it was publicly declared that they had been
hired for the purpose of crewing disturbance. If that
was the object of their employment, it waa, no doubt,
eminently successful ; for the uproar they kept up :3'31
incessant, and was most effectual in preventing a fair
hearing to any person not at their side of the
huatings. The expense incurred in obtaining the sup-
port of these and others equally active in the same
cause trite considerable; and I was assured, on au-
thority which could not for a moment be questioned,
that one individied had expended the sum of 150
guineas in " bringing up his men." That the large.
masses so collected were well instructed in the part
they were to perform, could not be doubted by any
person who witnessed their conduct in the course of
the day. There seemed to have been preconcerted
a-regular system of signals in a manner similar to
that adopted by the Brunswick party at the late
Le e& meeting. Two large Ullioll flags were hoisted
on poles in the centre of the no-Popery side. When-
ever these were waved, a loud shout was raised by
the surrounding crowd, sufficient to drown the voice
of the most powerful speaker; and it was remarked
by all who to:ik all retentive view of what passed,
that these flags were eertr raised during the speech
of any party on the right of the Sheriff, but that
they were in frequent ectivity while the speakers on
the left were addressing the meeting. This was so
obvious, that many persons called out to have
the flags removed, as they were evidently used as
signals for disturber:Ace. They were, however,
kept in use till the dose of the proceedings. I men-
tioned above, that the difference between the nume-
rical strength of the parties who vo'ed was not of
itself a ground of triumph, even if the majority had
been honestly obtained. Upon this point 1 may
notice the statement of a paper published here to-
(Woolmer's Gazette), which asserts that the
numbers in support of the petition against emanci-
pation exceeded that of their opponents in the pro-
portion! of 15 to 1. I heard of others who fixed
the majority at 20 to 1; and some in their zeal car-
ried it as high as 100 to 1. The lowest of the esti-
mates is a gross exaggeration. The majority in-
clude the women and boy.; who were on the eleva-
tion at t!,:• right of the heistie , end 'wire 7'etCr)
with, acid formed no inconsiderable addition to that
side, was at no show of hands and hats more than
two to one, if even so much. But, not counting
the women and children, I should say that it :night
be to ken at very little, if at all, exceeding three to
two. A simple fact will explain the only founda-
tion on which those extravagant accounts, to. which
I have adverted, could for a moment rest. The suc-
cessful exertions of the party on the right to prevent
Lord John Russell, Lord Seymour, Sir T. Aeland,
and °theta on the left, from being heard, gate