Star.
London, England, 1820-01-06 00:00:00

iRELAND,

• CATII. ()LTC AFFAIRS.
The following Correspondence has taken .pttee be...
tween Anthony O'Brien, Esq. Chairman of theCat.ho-
lk Meeting lately held in the New Chapel, 11.larlbo-
rough•street, and the Right Hen- Henry tiraaan :
" Upper Gardiner-street, Ike. 24. IEI9.
" Sta---As Chairman of a numerous and respectable lecting
of the Roman Cathotie Inhabitants of the Parishes of St. Mary,
St. Thomas, and St. George, held on the 7th of this month, I
have the honour to transmit the enclosed Resolutionsi request.
ing your pres:lnt...t:on of their Petition (as enclosed) for the re-
moval of the tlisahi:itits stilt :-.ffec•ing their Body, to the Ho-
nourable the House of Commons, as expressed in theafuress'A

Resolutions.
" A singular concurrence of circurnstanefl, which, though
we partially.lament, we cannot hut duly est:nlate its bearings‘
bus raised a str,ng hope of this Session's -.viva virg the accorm
plishment of your cwr to be remembered labours :—.l hat it
swift so anxiously to be looked for, should be added to the ill
lostrious se:ies of your public services, and tale• place under the.
immediate inhience of your persot ^I direction, would, in cut
particular respect, impart to it an interest which none but 04:71;
selves can fully appreciate.
" Feeble would be my attempt to express the nature of my
feelings, at being made the organ, on this occasion, of the ser:tt.:
ments of a most respectable portion of my fellmv-eitizcnw
will barely add, they are such as the circumstances cannot but
command. I baste -the honour to be, Sir, with the highest con.:
sidaation, your must obedient, and most huMble Servant,
" ANTHONY O'BRIEN.

" Te the Right Hon. Henry Grattan, &c. &c."-
R. GR ATTAN'S REPLY.
" Sipt—l inclose my answer the Resoitticns, and carrat
so without expressing the high sense I havP -f the tentitnentscf
your letter, and the estimation in which I hold year favourable
opirion.—l remain, Sir, your very !•.umble servant,
" Tinehinch, Dcc. 27. " HENRY GRATTAN."
" Sm—l had the honour to re:eive the Resolutions and Pe-
tition of the Roman Cf:kolic Inhabitants of the Parishes of 3t. •
Slaty, St. Thomas, and St. Geor-e. I shall most cheerfully
present their Petition; and I shall do it with a conlidence,
arising, not only from the mcris of their qw:stion, but feom a
recollection .of their cwii good conduct, awl the steady tran-
quillity roauifesi•ed upon the precut tr: in occasion, by the
Roman Catholics, who have repudiated with Icons the over-
tures of mischief, of folly, and of infatuation.
" 1 have the honour to be, your humble terrors,
" Tinehinch, Dec. 27. " NliN EY GRAVFAti.
" Anthony O'lizien, Esq. tipper Gardiner-street."
• AT II LON E, DLC. 31.-1 he Rev. Arinszrong Kelly,
a Magistrate c.,f the county of Ro_comaton, went
last Sunday to the Chapel or Ballivary, attended by
a party of the Mount Talbot detachment of Police,
and, as soon as Mass was over, apprehended four,
men, charged with administeting illegal oaths, and
committed them to Roscomn.on jail.
CAVAN, llk.c. 31.—We are extremely lorry to
learn; from uiique.-.ti3nable authority, that a serious
and premeditated riot occurted a few da.s since, at
Carrigallen, in the county of Leitrim, and was en-
tirely of a religious party description ; we are not
sufficiently acquainted with the nature noi this un-
pleasant transaction, to enter fully into the particu-
lars of it, but its consequences have been of a very
serious nature, several persons having been severely
and some of them dangerously wounded. Several
of the Protestant party sought refuge in some houies
in the town. %%licit were surrounded by the Roman
Catholics, for the :purpose of forcing an entrance,
and in the exchange of shots which took place, se-
veral of those outside suffered severely. Both parties
were armed with fire-arms,
.pikes, scythes, and other.
murderous weapons, and were knot for the timely
and spirited interference of Archibald O'Brien, Esq.
a Magistrate of that County, who succeeded in quel-
ling the disturbance, and dispersing the rioters, the
consequences would have been much more serious.

SPORTING PARTY AT Corn wt.--Tuesday week,
his Royal Highness Prince LFopoLn, accompanied
by his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, arrived at
Cobham Flail, on a visit to Earl DARNLEY. On
Wednesday, Prince LEOPOLD, the Duke of WELLING-
TON, Earl DARNLEY, Lord CLIFTON, and other No-
blemen and Gentlemen, went out on a shootiag party,
and were very successful ; the country round Cob-
ham Hall, and the welbsto.cked preserves of Lord
DARNLEY, affording abundance of sport. Prince
LEOPOLD brought down upwards of GO head of game.
The pleasure of the party was considerably damped .
bmwyae tsnwdeodaseparationapprehendedunfortunateb y othf et accidentsthe
apj
majority.,
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clanger'dn ue rja ag.
the day. As the party was numerous, and the game
likely to rise fast, the Duke of WELLINGTON recorn-
, tion was over-ruled. An unlucky evidence of the
propriety of his Grace's recommendation, however,
won occurred ; for, as his Grace was shooting at a
pheasant, Lord DARNLEY being near him, but unseen,
a few of the shot penetrated the•front of his Lord-
ship's hat, and wounded him slightly in the forehead;
and a more serious accident happened to the Honour-
able Mr. VEalloN, who had that day arrived at Cob-
tam, and joined the party, and had taken 1;4 stand
behind a tree, which effectually concealed him from
the view of his companions ; while in this situation a
hare passed the tree, and -Lord CLIFTON shot at it,
at the moment when N.... VERNON bent ore of his
1 knees so forward that it came within the line of fire,
1
and received a large portion of the charge. The
wound proved to be so severe, that Mr. VERNON was
obliged to be conveyed immediately to the Hall,
where surgical assistance was procured, and the shct
extracted : he still continues, confined to -the house,
but is in a state of.couvalescence.
FATAL PUGILISM.,--A severe battle was fought on
Monday at Semlesworth, near Woodford, .between
George Clones, a farrier, and Stephen. Grist, a paviour,
originating out of a dispute at a ,public-house' about
Christmas boxing. l3oth men started off to fight in
a state of inebriation, and ti:e confiict was mai:fully,
although awkwardl7, maintained for three quarters
of an hour, when Clow: es fell insensible and never
spoke again. It appears that death wai occasioned
by the rupture of a blood vessel.

On Tuesda7, et St. Gecrge's, Illootushairy, by the Rev. Dr%
Mant, Robert Bill, Esq. ll...rrister at Law; eldrst son of JoLiA
Bill, Esq. of Farley Hail, in the county of &afford, to Lostisa,,
eldest daughter of the late Phiiip

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At 'Madras, on the 3d of August, William Fallowfield, limb
of the 31adras Medical Esrdislitholent.
Sunday, Charlotte Maria Nlyddeltoni third daughter of the
late Rev. litihert Myddeltoh, D.D, of evrayuysoy,Desbighskite,
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