Star.
London, England, 1829-01-13 00:00:00

IItELA.ND.

GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING IN FRRIANAGH.
The most is,p Oing Meetin ever held in is county
took .plate ott Alonday—sennight, •at .
for the purpose of pe:itiutsing against further couces•
sum to the Roman Catnolics. •At An early hour of
day potter if respectable fat mere arrived fin horst hick,,
decorated 'with orange lashes and ribbent, and pre.
,ceded by rituals, files, and bugles, and marched into
town, each body bearing a flag. The town wad 611 ed
before melee o'clock- The Church bell. rang merry. peals
At Intel vale t..t oudrout the morning. The carriage of the
High Sher Iff,Sit H. B ooke, Bait. was accompanied by an
initarense Cortege of his own tenantry principally. The
As4tribled irultitude.received them with. t e most en.
thuseasoc cheers. At too u..clock the High Sheriff 'ink
tne Chair in the Crown Court, but atraajournment took
place to an extensive area in front of the gaol.' Sir
fieury was chairrJ by a band of stout yeomen to the
apprirated" place, where a platform was erected for the
Chattman sad speakers, .ltd, after silence had- been
ednained, spoke in manly iict energetic terms of the
retie. tples that aituatell: them to asiemble,_ He denied
the.assertion nt partiality being priitiied in the 'ito;i:
.niatration:of justice.to the. Roman Ca.holicsa He was'
a-Grand Juror of 10.. g esperince in that county. and
never" was her lia.seJ by partiality minty tlass,•nor .did.
'he ever siitneis such vu the putt of these Gentlemen
with whom.be•acted.: _ _ _

The Marquis of Ely moved the first resolution,
...That, when intimidatton is resorted to by the Roman
'Catholic body to enfluce their de 'sands for political
'Own, which, if conceded, they openly declare would
be made ass of to alter the repiebentative portion ot
the legislatate, to overthrow the Church E%tabli,hment,
Irod effect the septuation of Ireland from England, it
btvoines the bounden duty ot every Protestant to ex-
press his opinions, and lay them constitutionally before
*throne:
' 'The Rev. Dr. Miller addressed the Meeting for
'ttetttly two hours, which it would be a pity in anywise

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PRICE SEVENPENCE•

atv
to curtail. A det.sled Itepott hetealter be given

of it.;
A Lererof apoligy sal-sitad from Lord Enniski.
len, slating iticitvn.iiiim alnue *ouhf pre!-nt hi. a-.
tendanee anots;er turns the Hon”ttrahle Sir Astute
tote and Major
.Bloomfie:d..
An Addre,s to his Al-jr.,ty, and Petitions tes both
Houses of P.rli .menr, Mire adopted by the Mee ;
and, on its sejontnmen-, S r H Brooke was ehaireJ
thtostp,h the omit. amid the enthusia,ve *edam .ti ~is
of a delighted people.
WWI CATHOLIC *SWIM lON.

DUBLIN, -I -.4IIIMILY 10.
The second sitting for the week t wk place on T.itirs-
day. Mr. M•Deast-ivr io the Chat. The rent fr .its
the Ist instant was Announced to be 3451. 19.. CI.
The SECRITAIT read the fill..wing letter Ito's, 'lr.
Eneas Ntaciionnell: " Limbo, Jan. 6, Halfepast Mee.
" Mr lOU'. Siebel have this afternoon received a letter from
ohs of my Mends at Rome, dated Will December, from which I
would conclude that his Holiness is Payton means saddled with
the fruits of the Belgium Concordat ; but, on the contrary. much
alined by them: and the Agent of the Pope at Brussels has gone
thilber, it Is suposed,•to have some tatistactory aittleitent mid*
with the King; whose proceedings have placed Belgium in a horrid
situation. So dliutted is his Holiness with the conduct of the
Brussels Cabinet, that be has /tithed an audience to the Agent of
chit Cabinet *duce his twilit'', so Rome. It Ls nut Quisithred
ba'.le that the Sovereign Pontiff will sanction dollar no as
to the Catholics of this (Jolted Kingdom alter with experience.
and it is g"neraUy felt that he will not be a pony • In originating
them. Aly friend did not learn that toy proposi 'wit bad been
-made to Rome by the British GovertinKto and the it,noverian
Minister denies, in intlgnant terms, that any proposal. for a Coo.
Cordat had been nude through hint. DI not conclude from this
that the necessity for our declaring re.i.tance to securities is at
au end. There are other circumstances meutiontd ill the letter

of my friend that would le.:sl to a sfirectly opposite conclusiiiris A
respectable Gentknrin informel me this day that tbr Attorney
and Solicitor Gcoeral here both deny, in the most duvet term%
that any Hill nf.P.ltlyelc Relief has been laid before either ut
them. It is uhvilspa y ilesirable that there should be no mistake
in these matienl'llhir as I think you rosy rest PP my autb.stities
in both ea•es,,ldaynhoo time In forwardisia the inftss Man**. so es-
psetation of its reaching you before the lining of tun Assoetattois
ou Thutstbeie " Fabianlly yours,
co;Glrfa.,
an,n.
q.sc;:..IO4EAS 31AtDONNICI.L
Mr. O'Cin6iii.d. did not apptove of the practice, .in
the discud.On-of Catholic affmre' of. eilsohog to what
had been 'AU or done by," sismeGet draws,' ai bout
mentioning that Oristleman's name.
Mr. O'LiINNILL briosel.t forearJ the three votessof
thanks to Mr Blake, Illr. Chas les Butler, and Sit John
Mhos, fin the part tit- y had taken in prciving his eligi.
halty to sit in Pailiament. He' called on the Irish .
Members to be pre-ent when his Committee was bal.
!laid for. II ts.ea proceeded—l mean with n the
week to give an abstract of the, law, and soVitli must,
stymy qpillion, fully prove my rigl t.-Asket- I this k
can be est.bli hes,. It can roc beapilWeAl by a vote of
the Howe of Commons, uteri., indeed, tb. House of
C•totmo .s intend t , make their vote equ.l o 441 Act of
Parliameit, and to visl.t..• the Ursine.- Iss England
these 4re two Acts • f Patlial.ent which moire n Chas
Imam taken besoie a Menvser can enjoy nib seat. Ode of
them is the statute of Liz. as:si the over of Cf4ole,
these Acta chiected unit certain o..tlis should be taken.
Oise of these oaths•require that the Al.rritset di old deny
the supremacy of the Pope. Thai I c moot deny. I
am (Ott 'vasty to aimit that a brat in Pa: {lament, and
,tlott el. the thron s in thi world, stout I not i..duce me
in d.uy the spiittual suprensacy of the • Pipe. I airs
guar seedy to swear, as I -ha , e sworn. that neltbe. Pope,
..oy any salier.foreign Puwe', has directly or.ihtlisectly
,ny, powet Within these realms. lam ready to sacrifice
nty.ide, to be WC I am, lather than deny that the Pope
nu, Tiritualoutbutity. lam also p spied to make
the saine.sacrilice to oppose any teenpoi.l authority
that might be assumed by the P. pe. 'lire:nest is an
oath, or s :Leash decimation, as it is c. Ile', for it
ammo's, to an path, as it is made in the presence Of
(kn, deAstatory that the sacrifice's f tjie .mass and
the invocation of saints, are impious -end ildnlatitius,..-
It is imp d:ible for me to sub.ctibe to th. t declara-
tom, lot t consider the ene a hill ptactice, •sid the
other my religion bids me to segaid as a :ohm
sacr fire of my seli4ion.. With these 0n.... ti Its on my
mind, the Piotedanti would Justly consider me base
and degraded it I asaen:td to a declaration inc •nsigeat
it'i my coniiciian. Bat though these wese two stay
tune, u..sin this stsh;ect in England. thete wear • o such
Act, of Pa:ltament in Ireland. .Isi the togs, of William
and Mai y these oaths were. in violation of the ileaty of
Limerick, passes] by the Ellgll,ll PAS liAn.en! ; but they
never wcre passed by an Irish Parliament. It they will
reject me, then I Will atral,. sir to teco,es t e lost
rights f toy couatt y. I shall a•tempourembrace:liem
I I my puny arm-, and I will be .sble to reta'n Vein, for
these alma will be sieved end strengthened by the sup.
pot of seven—ayebot eight millions of any countrymen.
The attempt will be satictiOntA Ly my country, and I
will be. able co say to them, " The Union ia rekealed—
Ireland is.not dead; she has only slept ; she gill is
uses; the effects of the narcotic draught have pasted
off, and Hibernia mi.,' more lovely and move beauti-
ful than any Abed' ical Juliet from Ve tomb of the
,Capuleti"—((:treeing). Grattan said that he watched
ova the cradle Of Irelatot, and that he had to foilow
nee hearse to the grave. Olt I as lam anxious
to seise Ireland. as 1 am sesolved to vindicate bee
',betties, would it were ;my lot to be .b e to; ,pro•
dales to my country that bet .hteetlism was achieved)
Then would her sons and hei-datighters be able to say,
that Ireland's independertie is. completed—(Cheers).
And I now go before the British Pisklosment. piotlarm-
ing the. alternative, ?f iso Union." .Ir. O'Ci.n.
hell then alluded to some deeisisnietaisle by Lot d Map.
bets, while L.stsl Cs.ancellos of and which he
tier wards was obliged to ackeissviedge were wrong. Fie
understood that some of the flippancy of diet, late Lord
*Chancellor was to br found in kb:Manners Sutton.
such'acharacteiiiiit of the judiqatotialifications of eke
family *6e-found ter be manifested iq kat ase, tie created
that a lull attendance of she I•ish Methoe,s iouid
each the, Speaker .to correct his judglatt. the Hon.
Gentleman then ;bowed how useful bettsou!d be in
'aiding any calninnief that might be ea* %Arm the
political principlesor religious opituons'Of eke Cubs:lice.
He then concluded by .say ing, Igo- to Parliament to
assert the liberties of Ireland, and 1 call ppm the people
to sympathise with mein the attempt I am about to
make. It is not an inconsiderate or sash one. I should
wish that it was an. of kill for thete saket—ref such
ai inrconicietice -would approve Und.rny reason
sanction—(Cheers). With these sentiments and these
declarations I now throw myself upon my coon.ry.
The motion was seconded by Mr. MISS O'Goawatr
MAIMS, and carried unanimously, after which the ad.
joutument took place.