Star.
London, England, 1825-10-20 00:00:00

levee and espectations Of the loyal, the liberal, and the
peaceable, have* been \trs,ngthened and encouraged ;
ai,d our beloved Snvereigit fins been relieved from the
liability to an invidious responsicn under which he
ought never to he placed, but which we feel assured
would have been given,' had circumstances rendered it
necessary, in the strivest accordance with his Royal
engagements cn acced.ng to the Crown of these realms.
Your Royal Highness may possibly met the puerile
censures of a few mi,guided and misinformed
; er may be subjected to the indecorous ravings
of the still fewer factious enemies of our constitutional
establishments, of whom to be dispraised is no small
praise:* but your Royal Highness will stand unmoved
under these ebullitions of disappointed malignancy ;
and our humble but s;ncere plaudits will re-echo the
voice of conscious satisfaction in your own bosom, and
revel berate through the immense majority of the British
dominions.

Long may your Royal Highness live in the enjoy-
ment of health, to aid the prosperity or the country,
and to witness her progressive advance in all the arts
and institutions that can add stability, honour, and dig-
nity to the British name.
" Tour Royal Highness's
" Most dutiful, grateful, and obedient servants."
(Signed by upwards of
.sisty Clerical and Lay Members of the
Union.)

The Address, which s, as printed in gold letters on
vellum, ornamented with a rich border, and embla-
zoned with the arms of the Royal Duke, was then
delivered into the hands of his Royal Highness, who
immediately returned the following answer:
" G an— In receiving the Address presented to me by you,
on the part of the Protestant Union, 1 beg to express to you how
much I am gratiied by the sentiments of loyal and zealous attach-
ment and devotion to his Majesty which it breathes, as well as
flattered by the assurance, conveyed in terms so friendly, of the
approbation which my endeavours to discharge my various duties,
during a keg course of public life, have been so fortunate as to
experience front the members of the Protestant Union, more parti-
cularly with reference to the important question upon which I was
induced to declare my sentiments in the Home of Lords.
" The members of the Protestant Union cannot appreciate more
strongly than I do the blessings of a free Constitution,which secures
to his Majesty's subjects in general the possession of civil and reli-
gious rights, and the tranquil enjoyment of invaluable privileges and
immunities as individuals ; nor can they feel more anxious than I
do, for the continued peace and prosperity of a country which has
so well met ited the protection and support of Paovtonics, by the
spirit and steady perseverance with which it has maintained its in-
dependence during the late arduous contest."

The following is the answer of the Duke of York to
the Address of the Corporation of Dublin :
" London, September 26,1825.
" My Loafs.-I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Lord-
ship's obliging letter of the 20th instant, transmitting the Address
voted to me by yourself, the Sheriffs, Commons, and Citizens of the
airy of Dublin.
" I request that your Lordship will be assured, and that you will
do me the favour of conveying to the Sheriffs, Commons, and Ci-
flans of the City of Dublin, the expression of the satisfaction with
which I have received this testimonial of the approbation of so re-
spectable a body of men, and that I am deeply sensible of the
friendly terms in which their tentinsents were stated.
" No person can be more alive than I am to the importance of
the question to which the Address more especially adverts; no
subject of his Majesty can have felt more anxious that it should
be fairly and dispassionately considered; no one, I will venture to
assert, is a more decided and a more zealous advocate for the un-
impaired enjoyment, by all his Majesty's subjects, a Civil and Reli-
gious Liberty, such as has been sanctioned by our excellent Con-
stitution—such as Is consistent with the principles upon which
that Con%titution is established, and has been upheld, during pe-
tiods productive of events which have shaken other States to their
foundations.
• " With these feelings, early imbibed, and strictly adhered to, I
considered it to be my duty, as a subject of his Majesty, and as a
I'eer of the realm, to express publicly, when the Catholic Question
was last brought into discussion in the House of Lords, those sen-
timents which I had not hesitated to avow in other places.
" I cannot close this letter without assuring your Lordship, and
the Citizens of Dublin in general, that I shall not cease to take
the most sincere and wain) interest in their welfare and prospe-
rity.-1 am, my Lord, yours. " FREDERICK.
" The Lord Mayor of Dublin, &c. &c."