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DUBLIN, DECEMBER 23.

ADIMESS REGEN

NEW VOLUME (Cr! 9th) or this Weekly
Novspaper It commence with the new Year. It con-
tains no Atlverti4enivnis of aev sort, open or concealed ; and
r•sn,i:s entirely. in ail.lithel t' the News if tt r Week, of politi-
c criti::.l, and rn,seellanrohe Itssays;—the" first written in a
Iteaions of English liberty; rat: :,i...zonrl on Theatrical Sub-
i the third do Men and Ai:timers in several, with a particio
i.ye to Ow interests of sound Poetry. The whnie, right or
olg,1:.1, an ambhsen of amicii•ating the judgment of pus,erity.
Es:twiner Al.:Me:aim:, Covent Gardcii,

I‘,lr. O'CoNxru, said, tit ,t it was his duty to re-
rnrt to the As.iociAticn, from the Cvmmh:ce ap-
pointed to confer v..::h Henry P.trn-11 with reTect
to the Atidiess to hi.; Itoy.il I ligha,ss the I",;nce Re-
vnt. The sentiments at Sir Henry r:tine'd '!;at
subj-ct were co.lveyed in n letter to one ~f the Mem-
ber ct the Committee, sv!,:ch 1:e begged leave to
read.

Elto The. en, im 5.

" Du.su Stn.— As I 5... e by The Chronicle, that
it t*; irtethkd to s to Ole Aisociat'on a
tti.:n from me, :tr.:;iltts that such a c. 111
s!lould be s:::iLtly crtdined to the stit)ject of
t;;:, Fr pi Address to the Regent; and in t.rder
iii-071 :my niisondemaniiing in respect hmy (mi.
ti,ol ot• the expediency of ti: tt Address, I this
o;•p.)riunity of re-stating the t on which I have
tezommonded it.

4' I think, that when a hotly of ttle people, forming
sr, I rge a part of ti:e power and ropulatim of these
kingdoms, s-eks trom the laf,;isl.lture 04.1 redress of
grievance of such !,:iaAnitude as the exclusion from
the e,:joyment of the most eLscutiai rights of the con-
stitution, they ostght to sukn.:t their case to each of
the three branchzs of it.

" If they do not* address the Executive, they do
not give it the opportunity of originating, in the
manner the mist effectual, the proper measure of re-
tie', nimely, a Gnvernment measure.

" If the Address shall contain a request to the
Regent, to recommend the situation of the Catholics
to t'.e consideration of Parliament, the Minister will
lleCCSSAtily lay such an Address before the Cabinet
for their advice in respect to the answer to he given
to it ; and in this way, that portion of the Cabinet
wi:ich is favourable' to the Catholics, will have an
oc:pottuoity of exerting their influence in the manner
the most likely to prove of the greatest service. The
Catholic question will thus become a Cabinet ques-
tina : all the various considerations which at this
mcanent point oe,t the expediency of a final settle-
ment of it, in the abs:nce of any one reason for fur-
th:r continning to postpone it, *oust give great weight
to the rpinien of those Members of the Cabinet who
Lave already sopportcd it, and may possibly induce
t:lct I.linister himself to think the time is arrived,
when, according to his own acknowledgment, he can
Li!oseil abandon all further oppocition, and give his
riT:l t;) render ti: : measure of redress as satisfactory as
Fracticah;e, to th,se who are to be hanetited by it.
" Again, if the Adiress shall contain, as no
eotibt it will, a spirited but respectful appeal to th..
ReF.ent, it may ii-lucc him to re-consider what has
been the conduct of the Cat:r.dics enr.ng the period
be has disc-noir:a t;,e i.l the Executiv.. : and
he may thus learn. that they have done coshing
to tier.; ::.ern e.i Cait eri ction whir b
be was dispose) to give :ten ka .I!rp, a new
4V—Trilistr.3tina to succeed c:::t Poic r 1.

64 If also 0;1 s.-.1)-;‘.act et sezuriti..4, the ..I.tiefress
shall explain, that the apposition v,ttich the Cattiolics
hive made to then has nut is any perverse
or prejudged vies.v of the qu..stiou, or in any disin- •
clination to conciliate or satisfy adverse opinions; but
that it has been the result of an apprehension, that
these securities wt.re. ‘i be so framed as ta shake the
Cetholic rel Lion, anti to gibe the Crown an inflaencc
which wotild he laconsistent with the constituional
rights and Vier ties of the suhlect ; this explanation
would place the question on such grounds, as would
remove much of the repugnance that prevails at this
time, even to give the main question of Emancipa-
tion a calm and dispassionate hearing. There could
be no objection to the accompanying such an expla-
nation with a declaration, that the Catholic Body can
never consent to any conditions, which shall in any
way injure their religion or compromise their liberties.
" Tr, gye to the proposed Address its fullest ef-
fect in attaining its object, namely, the favourable
reception of the Catholic Petition by Parliament, it
is necessary that it should he represented by dele-
gates, capable of giving to Ministers, and to the
icailmb Parliamentary friends of the Catholics, the
most satisfactory explanations of the extent of what
is required to be conceded, and of the best method of
framing a Bill of Relief.
" Such explanations would remove almost all the
elifiirultlea in the way of a Legislative Measure; as
viewr have arisen, for the most part, either from the
misrepresentations of that class of opponents, who
practise every artifice to defeat the object of the Ca.
%holies, or front the misapprehensions of those who
have had no o:iportunity of perfectly comprehending
the cireurnstaro:es as they reafly are, under which the
Catltotics present themselves as claimants upon the
jostict at the Legislature.
" Having said so much, in compliance with the
requco. whicn has been made of me, to communicate
my scno:netirs to the Association, on the measures
propi.r to b adopted, in respect to a new application
to Parliament, I now take the liberty of offering a
few reir.. rki on an advertiserwro I have read to.d ty
in Chroniae. of a special Meeting of A—
so:titan:l, to :dice into its conflagration a communica-
tion from Rome.

As this, I find, rtl4tes to the letter of Cardin:ll

Litt*, I conclude that zhe ciiscuscion which it is in.

tendekl to havo ul on it will be, in point of bct,a new
• diz.zo;sioa of the question securities. If that is the
CaSr'. di) not liesi•oat,.± to .apros great regtet that it
shokrld ap: ear a2visl!,ie to stir a:* .{!) tl,.tt trAeatloll in
any way Wilk .vtr, until it shall be revulaily and
duly bri' ught forward (it ever it s!iall tie) eitlwr by
Government or by h ;Mt: VO' u of Parliament ; h
in the firs: place, a:ly such discuss;on must inevitably
counteract, in a great ,Irgree, the tendency of ad-
dressing the itegent tr, ropr..ve the public opinion ;
and, secondly, because, atter all that has been so
often set forth in tereand Resolutions, there can
be no necessity for an) further esp9sition of the rat-
tirmnts of the Catholic body.

As, in point of fact, the question of Entnneipa.

tian las been conceded by tht House of Commons.
in principle, it appears to me that the benefit of
public 'discussions has been completely obtained,
and that what remains to be done is more properly
the business of private and aixticable communication
-between the heads of the Catholics and their leading •
Parliamentary friends.. The whole of their efforts
condiwted in the most cautious and able manner are
wanting to secure complete success; and therefore it
more than probable that every step which is take;
of a difn•rent character will create some new .liffi•
culty. I give this opinion very freely and very de-
cidedly, became the opportunity I have had of
iseighing all circumstances with great deliberation,
and of communication with the best friends of the
Catlialics, has fully convinced me of its correctness.
The more I the means of judging of the prol'a-
impres:ion -Allich will be produced by si:nply
confining' the Inca:Aires of the Ass"ciation to tecom-
rani:ling applications to be .made to each brans.h of
the Legislature (to be supp-oe,i by the assioaace 4)1
a well selected deputation), the more I am satisfied
that such a course will, at the Mlle flost
effec-
tually put down the off its which ate mlliing to dt •
feat its objects, and most pow. &illy coniiibute to
induce ail the friends of Emancipation to make a
peat exertion in the ensuing Session to carry that
me isure. It is to this conviction I have to refer you
for my apology in so earnestly pressing my opinion,
and ,so strongly opposing that of others, which ap-
pears not to coincide with it.
" Believe me, my dear Sir, yours truly,
(Signed) " Q. PARNELL."

Such were the sentiments of Sir Henry Parnell,
and his sentiments deserved the highest respect and
attention. He was the sincere and unaffected friend
of religious liberty—anxious upon princ.ple, and with
no other motive than that of doing goon and serving
his native country—for the full and unqualified eman-
cipation of the Catholics of Ireland.
No man understood this question better, even
amongst themselves—no other Protestant understood
it so well in aU its bearings—in the perpetual and irk.
some cppressions which the Penal Code inflicted—
and in the only adequate modes of administering re.
lief. There could he no doubt that the Catholics
would cheerfully follow the advice of Sir Henry Par-
nell; and they must be blind to their own interests
and insensible to the value of such a friend, if the
tone, temper, manner, and language of their Peti-
tions did net accord with his opinions.
The draft of the Address to the Regent is in pre-
paration ; it will be ready to be submitted to the As.
sociation on Satuillay in the. ensuing week. It will
contain a respectful but manly appeal to the good
sense and justice of the Executive Government...-.
'rnere will be nothing in it sycophantic, mean, or
cringing. It would deserve to be rejected if then e were.
But it. will contain an abstract of the facts which de.
monstrate the treachery of the original enactment of
the penal laws—the impolicy, and, above all, the in-
instice of their continuance—and that in terms of the
profoundsespect which is due to his Royal High.
ness, who is now in fact the first M.igistrate in the
citate, and the rightful Governor of these re
the Address will again :(f.nd us ail oilp.irttinity of
assisting the grand principle of ,:t i:onsci;:nte,
that principle %Ono), by bi,:ng .(l l)y Gi,vern.
meat, and carnet into pracLicill. e s c.ition, would
give fieedom and the Coastiiiiiioa to the C.ithniics of
lit kid, ly b e.oi a ji. wont I afF.rd priit:ct:on, 4e.
cority, equal to the prsecuted Plotest-
aati the Cui:tini r.t of Ett:
Hi.' hen concluiei! by moving a V. to of Thanks
to Sir klenry Parnell fur his very kind and eminently
useful cunimunicati,.n, which was of course adopted
unanimously.

A discussion, or rAthzr a conversation, arose upon
the most advisable mode of raising the necessaty
funds.

Mr. Mihnn having left the Chair, and Captain
atlwey being "c,tlled thereto, the p articular thanks of
the Meeting were voted to Mr, Mahon for his pryer
conduct in the Chair,

The Meeting then adjourned to eleven o'clock
next Thursday.

QUEBEC PAPERS.

QUEBEC, NOVEMBER 16.

War it seems is again about to recommence in our
own vicinity. Hostilities have certainly recommenced
between the Americans and the Creek Indians, and
it is also said that the former are preparing for an In.
dian war in the spring with the nations inhabiting
the country on the upper part of the Mississippi,

MONTREAL, NOVEMBER
BILLANCHOLT ACCMINT.•-• By a gentleman who
arrived in town last evening from New York, it is
reported that a vessel was lost in Lake Ontario in
sight of Niagara, on the 29:h ult. and that nearly
50 persons on board, (principally merchants of Upper
Canada) perished. Our informant learnt the fore-
going from a Gentleman direct front Niagara, who
intended Ks have taken passage in the unfortunate
vessel for Kingston, but arrived at the place of her
embarkation a few minutes too late tor a passage,
but in sufficient Coe to see her overtaken by a squall,
and lost in the waves.

The merchants being on their way for this place
for the purpose of purchasinggwith and nuking re-
Mittaiices to the merchants iwre, the c.;..jtcture that
many thousands of pounds poperty have been lost
will be readily conceived as ccoreCt.

By an article in this paper, under the Albany
head, it will he seen the a sloop and schooner have
been •pst on Lake Ontario; The sloop, we think, is
the one here alluded to.

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