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my question. I speak deliberately stud distinctly in
order that every person may hear and ul.derstand
me.—( Here some little confusion occurred ov.ing to
_metal persons speaking together.) Mr. HARE, I
lope I have leave to speak, (hear, hear the magi.
strate from several persons.) I beg leave to ask
your Lordship again, is it a meeting of the Catholic
Committee, constituted by the Catholic Peers, Pre-
lates, Country Gentlemen, and the persons appoint-
ed In the different Parishes of Dublin
0 Lord FINGALLI am not aware that I can give
you any other answer, than that which i have al-
ready given.
". Mr. HARE—Then my Lord yenr.answer is, that
you ate a meeting of Catholici assembled for a legal
and constitutional purpose.
" From several voices-No. No, there was no ar.-
I#er given in such tests.
*"
Counsellor O'CoNxet.r.--It .is a most unusual
thing for any Magiitrate to come into a public meet.
ing to catechise; to ask questions and put his own con-
struction upon the answers (hear, isear.)
" Mr. liAfte—My Lord, am I to understand that
you decline answering me fully, what inciting you
are and the purpose of tour meeting ?
66 Lord Ftwom.r.z.-We are met far a' and
constitutional purpose.
Ir Mr. It haar,--I.viith to be disiinetly nodentood
I have'addreased your 'Lordship explicitly, twa us'
three times. AA -I to understand that you will givo•
•
no other answer to my questiOn •Do you give no
other answer—( Here some confusion arose in conse-
quence of several persons .speaking together—some
crying out
,to have the Petition read—others calling
on Mr. Hay..-and.others iequiring silence, for the
purpose of hearing Counsellor HARE)..
"Mr. HARE—Idy Lori Fttiosa.t.,..l addressed my.
self to you so distinctly, that I thought my question
could not be mistaken. I consider your declining to
give me a direct answer, as an admission that this is
the Committee of the Catholics of Ireland.
" CounsellorO'Coamett.-.4 beg leave to say,that as
what passes here may be given in evidence, the Ma.
gistrate has received a distinct answer to his ques-
tion ; and it is not for him to distort any answer he
has received into a mean'ng of his own-.lse is to take
words in their literal signification. .
Mr. HARE—My Lord, I consider your refusing
to give any other answer, as an admission of the fact,
of this being the Catholic Committee.
" Counsellor O'CoNset.t.—Sir, if you please to tell
Gentlemen such is your belief, it is of no consequence
to us : we are not to be bound by your opinion. . .
" Mr. HARE—This is an admission of the fact that
this is the Catholic Committue—and I consider your
Lordship's refusal—(Here the meeting was inter-
rupted, by the confusion incidental to a number of
persons speaking together.)
Mr. HARE—Does your Lordship deny that this is
the Catholic Committee ?
" Counsellor FINN—No, no : my Lord Fingal' lia.s
not given you either admission or denial.
" Counsellor O'Constau.-.We do not want the
Gentleman's assistance to make out meanings for us.
Let him not imagine that the character of this Meet-
ing can be affected, or that he can bind this Meeting
by any assertion he thinks proper to make.
64 Mr. HARE.--Thell I repeat that your Lordship's
refusal to givo me a direct answer, is an admission
that this Meeting is the Catholic Committee, and as
such it is an unlawful assembly.
" Counsellor O'CoExam.—Mr. Hare is now speak-
ing in his Magisterial capacity, therefore whatever he
says give it attention.
" Mr. HARE—My Lord, I say that this is an un.
lawful assembly, and as such I require it to disperse.
I beg leave to say, that it is my wish to discharge my
duty in as mild a manner as possible. I hope that no
resistance will be offered, and that I need not have
recourse to those means with which I am entrusted fur
tlae purpose of obliging the meeting to disperse.
" Lord PuicsAsa.--it is not our intention to do any
thing improper, or to act in resistance to the laws of
the land—but it is my determination not to leave the
Chair, until I am obliged by some person to do so, in
order thai I may bring my kgal action against the
person who shall remove me. • •
" Mr. HARE—My Lord, I shailrentove you Oat of
the Chair, and in doing so it will be an actual arrest.
[Here, as might be naturally expected, some con.
fusion arose, in consequence of a noise in the gallery.
which, we are informed, was occasioned by Police
Constables.]
" Mr. Hans—My Lord, if you'll have the g00..1-
suss to leave the Chair, that is a legal arrest.
" He then took Lord Futaau. by the arm, and gen-
tly pushed him from the Chair.
66 On the motion of Counsellor O'Gottatite, se-
conded by Dr. LUST, Lord NITTIAVILLI was imme-
diately called to the Chair, from which he was re-
moved by Counsellor HAae, in the same way that he
had put Lord FINOALL out of it.
" There was, then, an universal cry for Lord
FYRINCH to take the Chair. His Lords Gip, who is in
a, bad state of health, either had not arrived or was
not within hearing of those who called him to the

Chair.
di The Hon. Mr. BAIINVIALL was then called to the
Chair ; but before he had uken it, Lord Fraawcu
arrived, and was proceeding to his post, when, .it
the recommendation of Sir Enw. BaLt.aw , and at
about half-past twelve_ o'clock, tbo Meeting die-