The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-15 00:00:00

CATHOLIC ASSOCIATON.

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say, that one objection, but surely not a good one,
had been brought against him, that he was a
stranger. This could hardly be true, as he was well
known by birth and family to the North of Eng-
land ; and if he happened to be not very well
known to them personally, he hoped before long to
be able to claim a better acquaintance with the
worthy and independent freemen of Carlisle. He
repeated what had been circulated in his former
peecli, as to his approval of the Corn Bill, which
unfortunately did not pass, and he now added, that
he was favourable to all the measures of the Presi-
dent of, the Board of Trade, and that he was an
enemy to all prohibitive laws.—(About this time
there were ,everal indecent remarks from the popu-
lace, such as—" Where's the hangman p"—" Let
go"—i. Cast off, you blunderer, don't torture
the Poor devil.")—l consider—(lts a gallows—its
a new drop.)-1 consider it beneficial—(Much
laughter)—in its provisions, and I hope that in
another Session it will pass.—(lt here appeared
that the Colonel was alluding to the Corn Bill, not
the gallows.)-4 do not think it necessary to say
more at present, and shall conclude by recommend-
ing moderation and good temper in this contest. I
did not enter into it with any ill. will. If I succeed,
I shall be anxious to repay your kindness by every
means in my power.—(Applause and disapproba-
tion as before.)
The MAYOR said be should take the votes in tal-
lies of 10 each party.
Messrs. BROUGHAM and DOBINSON objected, and
said the Mayor was bound to receive the votes as
offered, unless some compact was made by the par-
ties.

Mr. W. N. HonGsoN—ln tallies of ten is the
usual way.

Mr. BROUGHAM—Use has been already outraged.
The MAYOR-1 will take the votes in no other
Way.

Mr. BROUGHAM—You must.
against your conduct.
The Court adjourned till one o'clock. On its
meeting, the altercation was renewed, so that it was
late before polling commenced.
The poll was closed at two o'clock, when the re-
sult of the first day's voting was—

I shall protest

_ Lawson _ lO
Lusliington 0 !
Two votes were tendered, in addition, for Mr.
Lawson; but the Mayor, adhering to his rule, re-
fused to accept them, and the poll was adjourned till
to-morrow, at nine o'clock.

It is said that the Yellow party had sent out two
tallies, but they had all deserted but three before
arriving at the Hall. How true this may be I
know not.

The Association met on Saturday at the usual
}lour.

On the motion of Mr. LAWLESS, seconded by Mr.
oucrtuE, Mr. NICHOLAS MANOR was called to the

The CHAIRMAN, in explaining to the Meeting
that
particular object of their being convened, said
the loss which had been sustained in the death
of the lamented Mr. Canning; was one of a very
serious nature.' In him they had a strenuous advo-
cate of their rights and claims, and it was for them
1!012v to consider how they might best express their
feelings on the present occasion, and their deep
sense of the loss they sustained.
Mr. LAWLESS, in moving that the Association
should adjourn for a fortnight, in order to give time
for
performing the obsequies of their lamented advo-
cate, said that he fully concurred in the sentiments
Which had fallen from the Chairman ; they should
make known to the whole empire their feelings of
sorrow and affliction. When they contemplated
the powerful talents which Mr. Canning brought
With him in support of their claims, and his un-
ceasing exertions to forward their cause, they were
called upon imperatively V come forward, and give
ialtnediate expression to lose poignant feelings of
'egret which he was sure pervaded the entire
l'eeting. They lamented his premature decease,
because the Wtiinmon enemy—these miserable rep.a
tiles, whOVere 'trampling over the grave of this
Country, yiin•el3oihning already to chaunt the
orgies of their inhuman victory. They (the
'Catholics) mourned his loss, because he was
the consistent and powerful supporter of Catho-
lic Emancipation. He, it was, who, by his
fascinating and enchanting eloquence put down the
Wretched conspirators who thought to fetter his Ma-
jesty in the exercise of his just prerogative; and
Who (in his love for freedom) used all his abi-
lities, and the aristocracy which his talents gave
him, (these talents, the brilliancy of whose lustre to-
tally eclipsed those who thought to debar him from
Power), to give a constitution to Portugal. He
(said Mr. L.) at one time called us agitators, but
let it be remembered that lie was himself the greatest
agitator in the cause of civil and religious freedom.
kr. Lawless then said, that although Mr. Canning
was a great, yet, he hoped, he was not an irre-
mediable loss. Mr. Lawless concluded by reading
his motion.
Mr. O'DWYER—I rise in support of the resolu-
tion proposed by Mr. Lawless. The event to which
it refers is indeed pregnant with calamity, and is one
iiinently calculated to excite our sympathy and our
Furrow.._

forth from the abyss a voice proceeds,
A long, low distant murmur of dread sound,
Such as arises when a nation bleeds
With some deep and immedicable wound !
I know not how it is, but scarcely ever have we en-
i°Yed the luxury even of hope for a lengthened du-
tation ; our joy has been like those lights described
by the poet—they have been flashes amid the dark-
ness, too brilliant to stay.—(Loud cheers.)—The
loss we have now sustained is, I think, irreparable
as it is afflicting, and the calamityitself is deplorably
aggravated in the consequences which it involves.
Genius such as his whom we lament, as it is uni-
versal, and belongs to no laud alone, so is its posses-
sor the property of no peculiar people; and thus,
While England mourns over the ashes of her Mini-
ster, those in every region of the earth, who bow
to the supremacy of intellect and of cultivated mind,
and whose hearts are sensible of the aspirations
of freedom, will lament that one of the mightier
race of man is extinct—(Cheers)—yet _to this
(!ountry the present event is one of peculiar
anguish and misfortune. We had much to
!lope from the good intentions of him who
'a now no more. He who poured the blood
Of legitimacy into the veins of many a new
Republic in the Southern World—be who, from his
Place as a British Miniker, prayed that God might
Prosper the efforts of the mess of Portugal in their
struggles for a Constitution--he whose almost first
act was an exertion to restore Greece to her honour
among the nations—he was not one who could have
looked unmoved upon the sufferings of Ireland, nor
leave this land of beauty and of desolation, as it is, a
nestling territory for the reptiles of the human race.
---(Cheers.)—Yes, we should lament this calamity,
tin' our enemies rejoice in it. They have never
smiled but in our moments of sorrow, nor has grief
entered their souls but in the approach or likelihood
of our amelioration.—(Cheers.)—lt is impossible to
indulge in grief over the death of Mr. Canning,
Without mingling indignation with our sorrows. it
is impossible that we should not express our hatred
of that vile and venal faction who goaded him to his
grave. Eternal shame and infamy be upon them.—
(Loud cheers.)--Mean, grovelling and dastard as
they are, there was no competition between them
and the mighty man whom they assailed. They
could not reach the eminence of his mind, and he
Would not descend to the level of their insignificance.
the
rivals, they could not meet in equal combat, but
they strife was not the less deadly, for assassins as
are, they drove their poison into his too sensi-
tive soul. The reptiles crawled into the mane of
and they stung the noble animal to death !
cheers.)—What a splendid instance of the
caZnibility of genius does the career of Mr.
hill present, and how his base and stupid