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London, England, 1811-05-06 00:00:00

OEKElidt CeITHOLia COIIatITTEI

DUULIN, SATURDAY, APRIL 2b.
The, Right Hon. the Earl of FINGAL in the Chair.

',lle Secretary, Mr. HAY, having read the M—
inuet:. 'of ihe preceding Meeting, Lord FINGAL
asked what was the older of the day, or what Iniii-
ness 9.,aa before the Committee ? His' Lordship

observed, that if it were intended to examine the
printed Report of the.Sab•Committee, the-Meeting
should he'cOnsidered as of a pt ivate nature, because
the Very object rot-revising the Report would be de=
tested, if the remarks wh►ch must occur., during

the investigation; should make their way into the
eublic JournalS. •
Counsellor O'Co SNELL stated, that the Report was •
not :ready for inspection, as the whole had not been -
prioted. , He proposed an adjournment till the fol-
owing 'Saturday; when he expaeted to be able to
lay the printed copies'on the tible. • '
• Mr. CostioAisz.—My bird, we have been regu-
larly summoned here to day, and when we come
here we have nothing
rto.do. What is the use of
this adjournment week alter week ? To those
Gentlemen who have nothing to de, it may be very
pleasant to Come here, and to make speeches; -bpi
to persona engaged in business, it isa great incon-
venience to be brought here wet lc itfer'week without
• soy objett to occupy their attention'. 'The public
are, quite vexed with this preceeding.• For my part,
I am tirettot it; - and I:theretore think we ought to
Adjoure for three iliontes, or until the return of the
Delegates.
[Dr. Keoo it cried out, ttlove, move—ril
second.''] -
Mr.
CoSTICIAN said that he only gave an opinion.
Mr„O'Cot•om. and Major BRYAN opposed the
adjournment.—The former said---Weare all agreed
as tO • the rh:ceSsity of Meeong
.again,' in case the,
'Parliament should not be thsposed' to complete . the,
emancipation ot the Irish Catholics. -We have now •
"the' Petition, which is to be presented to the
Le-
`'gislature,"ready; but it has been considered neces:'
saiy to accompany that. Petition with a :statement
Of the grievances under which the people suf.; ,
fer, because it is our :duty to give- the tallest in-
forMation on the subject to the Parliament and
the people of England. , Another-Meeting of -the
Committee will therefore be necessary to atiord an
opportunity for your adoption or rejediun of the
of the,statemenr. There is' no occasion for hurry----:,
till'the Petition is dis Cussed in Parliament •a•cansi,
derable time must elapse. In the interval we can
prdpate the Report, paid when rendered accurate, its
can; be sent to the Noble Lord by the mail coach.
blr,'CottNettos Kko6u.—Now this is.very po-
lite-411°w this, is very :candid in the Gentlemen.--
They' tell us that my .Lord Fingal need'uot remain
in Dublin, as they • will transmit to hint 'the Re-
port.- But, I :ask, is' it proper that Lotd Fingal
should be the bearer of a statement which is to be
discussed in his absence ?, .
Counsellor O'CONNItLi:.---The very beit way to
be quite candid on the subjed is to come forward
and stale whether they have any objection teat the
statement should be properly arranged. , It it, be
their Wish to have it properly arranged; we entreat
them to poim out the nurse convenient rn d,- of,do-
leg act. ,' But if an opposition is intended to the Re-
pert, I 'think it: would be candid, for Gentlemen to
give notice -of their opposition- to it. As yet,no
• Gentleman has opposed the principle of offering to
she mesh!, ration of: PirliHnleof a lair, hottest; `and
accurate: statement ot the various disabilities which
unjustly atft.et the Catholics. • r
: • KBOGH"Yes, yes; many condeMn the
whole of MO proeeetOn.—it was a hasty measure
and ought not to be adopted !
A long couveTltion tn,n ensued, and it was
filially agreed to adjourn to the 1t th of May. In
the (otiose of the conversation Mr. O'Connell, Ma-
jor Bryan, and some others, declared that they had
jilts:hie/4 the Duke of Rthinond and Mr. Pole.
I ,

How-Ertiaa+ —.-On Friday evening Miss 'Sarah
Gunning., .of Jud,i-place, East, took hackcey coach
Ir.rni- the stand' in Charies4street, Covent-Garden,
atk& ordered tii6 coachman to drive to 'Guildford.'
street. Htl went down'Catherine.;street, and when

he had' got .I..early to the bottom, ;nits G. *being
convinced he was going the contrary way to Guitd.
Lord-street, called to him, wheo.she perceived he
was intoxicated, and she wished him to let her out
if the cOach; he was very 'abusive, and refused to
ceitrtidyt hawever, by the ; interference of sortie '
,Cientlemen, site pi; out.--The fellow followed her,
Making use of the most blackguard lahgu.tge : Mks
G. took refuge at, Miss Mellott's house in Best:ell-
:street, ; where he forced his way, demanding .hts
fare, and Act-used to :leave the house, at tire same
!line behaving in the most disorderly manner. Mks
Mellon sent .to Mr. Graham, the M,gistrate, for
' protection, tA hi, went tto• her house. Lavender, the
Bow-street Officer, also went to Miss -Mellon's to
take him fioto ciastody. The Officer admonisild
him to behave with propriety before the Mtigkti.ate,
with which he refused' to cOmpiy, and insulted Mr.

Graham with the mostgrosblanguage. Another

'Officer was 'obliged to be iirocuredbetote he could be
forced out of the house, and his conduti was so
violent that he broke, down the bannisters belonging
to the' first flight of stairs; On. his wortrom Alk's
Mellon's, to the Office lie forced Lavender'st-watch
out of his pocket, and in wresting it front him-the.
gold chain was broke, and a gold ring lost. He was
committed that night to 'Dahill-fields Britle,s ell.—
On Saturday he was brought to the Office tor
further exan*isaion., whettanOthetcharge was,exl4.

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isited . avinst hint by Mr.. Daniel Kelly, ,of 11u6..
Weer, St. James's, who slated, that he hired' the
prisoner at St. Paul'sOiturell-yard on Friday after.
noon, and told him to drive' to Sonterset7House,;.
when he got there, be. remonstrated with hi,u, on
the impropriety of his driving in reply to wl,tich
he vt as very .abtisive, inti• seized Mr.,Kelly by the
collar, anti held him for *erne time, demanding more
than his tare, when Mr. K:Ily, to get rid at him,
held some silver in his haild, when the prisoner illiti
'he audacity .to take Its. -The prisoner being the
, 'owner, as Well as the driver of the coach, No. 330,
he was con% lewd in,the penalty of 31. with CthilA. •
it
I Re,. -V6: a $ also held to bail for assanhiog Mr. Kelly.,
4fe was likewise held to bed- for assaulting Miss
Oxihniing, he having. tore opru her pelisse, anti,
forced- licr muff !rpm her.