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London, England, 1827-10-31 00:00:00

BRITISH CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.

An open Meeting of the British Cads°Eat wit taa
yesterday evening at the 14'feet:seams's Tavern, which yes
louver but thinly attended.
After some routine business had been &poem' et;
the S•cretary (Mr. BLOUNT) read the Report of the
Committee for the last quarter,. which detailed the'
steps taken for procuring subscriptions Item the Btitish
Roman Catholic Congregations, in aid of the funds of the
Association. The Committee had written to three hun-
dred and fifty Catholic Pastors, to obtain small weekly
donations from their congregations, but satisfactory
answers had only been • received from a few. The
Committee deplored this want of energy chews by the
British Catholics, anti at a pet iod when they were at-
tacked with c.lumny on all sides. Tlie whole sum
teleived by the Association since June had been 22:51.
since which period, nearly 27,000 tracts, &c. of different
kinds haJ been distributesi.The auditor's account shammed,
that the balance in the Treasurer's hands, was only 1281.
On the motion that the report and the several rem.'
lutions adopted by the Committee be passed,
Mr. Pavlof rose to object to the resolution of the
Committee relative to the late Mr. Canning, whose
death was deplored in it as a great loss to the British
Cathclics as a body. He contended that the late
Mr. Canting had always been opposed to emancipation,
and that, therefore, no loss could be felt by the Asso-
ciation. Mr. French proceeded to comment in watm
terms on the steps adopted by the present administra-
tion, in reference to the Catholic claims. He concluded
by moving, as an amendment, that the resolution be
not adopted.
Mr. Dr

.dr.. JURY said, the observations made by the last
speaker against the late Mr. Canning, were a libel
upon him, and he scarcely had words to express his
indignation at the terns used by the last speaker
against the late Premier. He was in Ireland when the
calamitrtis news reached that country, and however
Mr. French might have felt upon the occasion, he
could state that every Roman Catholic in Ireland de-
plores, the melancholy event as a loss of lee greatest
magnitud... It had; been said that Mr. Canning had,
*hue in office, unsaid all that he had said wiles oug;Of
power; but he need only repeat the words nee b the
deceased Statesman on the list occasion the so of
emancipation war agitated in the House of C ons,
as an answer to such an assertion. They watt—" If
you do not render, and soon render, to Ireland the
debt justly due to her, I shudder to think of the con
sequences that may ensue."—(Cheers.) All that the
C.tholics wanted was equality—they did not want
monopoly. After some further observations as to the
manner in which the cause bad been advocated
the late Premier, be sat down supporting the
of the Committee.
Mt. Amnon observed, Mr. Canning was the
tetest enemy the Catholics ever had, and that the great
body cf the Catholics were adverse to the late Premier's
ad'ocmel• He was the joint adviser of those securities
in ISIS, which were disapproved of by all the Catholics.
Be hoped the Resolution would not be adopted.
Air. EMUS M'DONALD observed, that this was a
painful discussion. He did not agree in politics with the
late Mr. Canning, and these discussioas only tended to
reind the progress of emancipation. Greece was looking
out for liberty; Portugal was advancing in the same steps,
Chile the British Catholics,whose grievances were nuate•
%as. seemed only to be discussing what they ought not to
touch upoo,he meant politics. He didthiak that Mr. Can-
s opposed to the cause of Epaucipatioa, but
he had passed away, and wai not here to an-
timself, he deeply deplored that such words as
ri from the first speaker shoeld have been used.
ction to the Resolution was but slight, for all
lionable past was, that the Catholic body
considered to have spffered a heavy calamity.
in had suffered a heavy calamity, and, in
the Catholics joined in the expression of its
He defended the Committee in the part they
, and supported the Resolution.
some' futthet observations from Mr. FRENCH,
created the greatest uproar, Mt. Quin replied,
original motion was carried. The Meeting
'wards separated.

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