Star.
London, England, 1828-10-30 00:00:00

BRUNSWICK CLUBS.

MEETING AT NEWTOWN.MOUNTKENNEDY.
FROM THZ HUMS MAIL.
On Friday a most numerous and highly 'respectable
Meeting of the Protestant -Inhabitants of the Baronies
of Rathdowne and Newcastle; in the-county of
assembled at Arthstfong's Hotel; Newtown Mount-
kennedy, for the purpose of establishing a Brunswick
Constitutional Club for both Baronies. The attendance
was so numerous that the Great Roomin the Hotel *as
found to be too small to accommodate more than oaeo
half of the assemblage, and it was moved thu the
Meeting should adjourn to the Marker. Upon esamina.
tion, however, that edifice was likewise found not to be
capacious enough, and it was then found expedient; in
order that all present night have an opportunity of
bearing the speakers, that the Meeting should beheld in
the open air.
At one o'clock the Right Hon. the Earl of Ram-
*owes was called to the Chair by acclamations, and
amidst the loudest and most enthusiastic cheering.
The Noble CHAIRMAN addressed the Meeting as
follows—Gentlemen, I feel truly grateful to my Pro-
testant fellow-subjects, for calling me to fill the high
and proud situation of Chairman of this Meeepg„ corn-
posed. as it is, of the wealth and respectability of this
truly Protestant county-L-(Cheers), Gentlemen, this is
the time when every loyal Protestant is called upon to
come forward, and fearlessly declare his sentiments.—
Let us, Gentlemen, unite and be true to ourselves, and
the Protestant cause must prosper—(Cheer). We are
met here, Gentlemen, for the purpose of establishing a
Brunswick Constitutional Club. to be founded on the
principle of En•iintaining the integrity of the Comas.
tion in Church and State. The Brunswick Clubs, Gen.
denten, are formed upon the principle of self-defence;
numbers of Clubs have already been formed in various
parts of the country, and such is now the unanimous
feeling of the Protestants of the United Empire, that
any attempt on the part of our enemies to subvert the
Constitution and the Laws as at preset t established,
must be frustrated—(Cheers). I shall not further tres-
pass upon your time than by reciting a couplet which
is ant inapplicable at the present moment—
" Here's to the Cosner?, the King, and the Mirth ;
" May all plotting cenuivera be left in the larch.""•
Gentlemen, I' am pow ready to hear any proposition
which may be submitted to the meeting.
W. 'Eccutlt, Esti. of Kiltymon—my Lord. and Gen-
tlemen, as we are met here to- day to form a Brunswick
Constitutional Club, the Object of which is to defend
the Church, the Constitution, and the Protestant Reli-
gion, all of which ate atrailed by an illegal Association,
which beards the Government, tramples on the laws,_
and reviles the religion which we a I here profess,—
(Cheer s)-4 therefbre move you, my 'Lord, that a Club
be formed, to be called the Rathdowne and Newcastle
Brunswick Constitutional Club.
Major EDWARDS—My Lord, I beg leave to second
the &solution. It give, me great pieasure,'my Lord,
to know that on this very d my, the deb selected for our
meeting, the Men of Kent also assemble. 'This shows
that the feeling is spreading far and wide throughout
the land, and th .t the flame wh ch burns amidst the
mountains of Wicklow shines at the same moment with
refulgent splendour U. on Penenden Heath—(Loud
cheers). I, my Lord, hail the manifestation of feeling
which is exhibiting itself throughout the land—not es
a manifestation of private feeling, but as an exhibition
of real Protestant feeling, r flying in support of the
Constitution, the lel% oa, and ihe laws of the country
—(Loud cheers). It is idle to suppose that Gavots.
meat could not have put down the Cattblic Astocia-
lion it it had pitied; but my opinion is, the Govern-
ment was waiting for an tares i. n of Protestant feel-
ing, from which they might gather what degree of
support would be willingly afforded them, should to
sort to force have become necessary to check that abo
minable Association—(Cheers). Tie sords " No sm.
render," upwards of one hunched years ago, led she
men of Derry to triumph over Pepsi ; these words
have now been re-echoed from one end of Ireland to
the other, and have united us as one man to oppose the
Papists, who have bearded the Government, assailed
the Constitution, trampled on the laws, decried our
holy religion, and Reviled every Protestant in the land,
from the King to the lowest subject in the realm—
(Loud cheers). All the institutions of the land lip•
peered to be lying at the mercy of the Papists; but the
cry of " No surrender," which burst from thetitadel of
Derry, tweed throughout the land, and even found its
way to the defiles of Kerry, where the Densou of Agi-
tation himself resides—(Cheers). As the thunder re-
verberates from rock to rock through the fastnesses' el
Kerry, so will our cry of " No surrender" be edioed
from one part of the country to the other, till it is heard
within the walls of Windsor, assuring the so Defender
of our Faith," our most gracious King, that his Irisb
Protestant subjects are ready to sacrifice their lives in
defence of his'throne, and of that Constitution which
he has sworn to maintain—(Loud cheers).--Major Ed.
wards concluded by seconding the Resolution.
JAMES AUDOWN, Esq.—My Lord; and Gentbsrorta,'
this day the men of' Kent assemble to forma Coostitn•
tional Club—a Club which is beaded by the Earl-
Winchilsea, and which receives the sanction and sup-
port of the venerable Lord Harris—(Cheers). This day
I trust the fate of Ireland will be decided, and that the
people of England will resolve to maintain inviolate tbe
Constitution wbiEli was woo for them by their ancestors.
In this country miry loyal Protestant is ready. by en-
rolling his name as a member of a Brunswick Club, to
bind himself to support that cause which is as dear to
us as our lives--(Cheers). As danger increases so ought
our vigilance to increase, and therefore all loyal Pro-
testants ought to come forward and cooperate—(Cheers).
Ily so doing we shall be able to proceed with greater
vigour—our energies, by being directed to oat object,]
will obtain additional force, and by this means, the
concentrated power of the country, from the highest
Nobleman to the lowest peasant, will be combined, and
the unanimous voice of the people will be beard io Par
lillßllo4 calling upon the Legislature to guard he Cow

'W. BOOKET, Esq. moved the nest resolution.
A. J. Eccnaa, Esq. rose tq second the resolution—
My Lord, when I look around me, and see men with
whom I have been acquainted since my birth, rallying
in . moment of danger around the King and the Cone
stitution, I own I cannot avoid congratulating you, my
Leal, and the country, on the eahibition which we just
now witness—(Cheers). I cannot help remarking to
this assembly that the Brunswick Clubs throughout
Ireland are led by .the first Peers in the country, end
that they are joined heart mad hand by the loyal Pro.
ecstatic Yeomantils In whom the virtual strength of the
country consists—(Cheers). The clubs number amongst
their members, Peers, Privy Councillors, and Dignita.
ties of the Church ; men who have graced the seat of
justice are also united with us ; ip fact, all that is din.
anguished for rank, wealth, and intelligence in the
country, may be numbered as members of our body ;
and where such men lead, there can be no danger in
following, certain as we must be that the path of honour
is the only one they can ever pursue—(Loud cheers).
Mr. Eccles concluded by seconding the resolution, which
was put from the Chair and carried.
The Rev. RossednAlltt MACKLIN—My Lord, I ap-
pear before the meeting this dee on two grounds; first,
as a subject; and, secondly, as a Minister of Chaise.
In the first place, I feel that the math of •allegiance
which I have taken as a subject binds me to support
the sole supremacy of the King within this realm ; and
now that that supremacy is sought to be destroyed, my
duty, as a subject, points out cite necessity of my at-
tending here. In the nest place, as a Minister of the
Gospel, I' come forward perfectly satisfied that I am
bound to give my advice in matters spiritual as well as
temporal to those entrusted to my care. Therefore, in
attending here this day, I feel I am but acting in strict
accordance with my duty. Can' any man of common
tense come forward and tell me that the Protestants of
Ireland are to lie doom and be trodden under foot. or
be led like fl icks. to the sacrifice? My Protestant fe:.
low countrymen, I would entreat of you ti preserve
that Constitution inviolate and inviolable. which your
Ilkeston sacrificed so much to obtain. They handed
it down to you—you have another duty to perform, to
hand it dorm to your posterity onalieved and glorious
as it ever has been—(Cheers). The ltev. Gentleman
cotitloded by proposin.4 the next resolution.
J. HoosoN. Eq.—My Lord, I feel great pleasure in
seconaing the resolution proposed by the Reverend
Gentleman. The Association which now exists in
Dublin, under. the name of the Roman Catholic Asso.
ciationcit a kind of Proteus that assumes various forms,
as it best suits its purposes. About seventeen years ago
it was called a Meeting of Delegates, and at one of its
meetings a man who is now no more, Dr. Dromgoole,
declared that the Roman Cetholics would never - be
satisfied until they had a Catholic King arid a Catholic
Parliament. This was called at the time letting the eat
out of the beg; and one-of the demagogues has been
employed from that day to the present crying to put the
cat into the bag again, but without effect. D.• we net
find the same spirit that animated the Roman Catholics
of that day still regulating their conduct? They have
fulfilled a part of Dr. Dtomgoole's predictions; for they
have established a Roman Catholic Parliament in Dub-
linefroan which it hu been fount necessary to issue a
fiat tothe King's Proclamation before it would be obeyed
by the King's subjetts.(Cheers). My Lord, one of
the agitators, at a period. not for distant, said, that he
was *drag-upon the wheel of rebellitin. Whether he
have now the.power or not to stop the machine he has
set id reotion,4 will nut stop
,to inspire; it is sufficient •
for.ssie to irnowthat a power Winkle the country sum-
tient tecrush tiacand his, rebellions crew together,.
(Cheers)..• Whether it be true or sot 'that he hes acted
as a drag upon tebellion, there can be no doubt that he
has 'acted. as a spur to •Protisstant feeling. Another
agitator has said he has evoked a spirit which he fears
it will be impossible to lay—the spirit of rebeilion--.
(Cheers). Again, my. Lord, it is a matter of indifference
to me whether he can lay that spirit or not—but it is a
matter of glorious triumph to sue to knew that he has
evoked is,spirit—a spirit of Prctestantisna—which wi-
ther his efforts nor those of the boasted seven millions
can lay—(Cheers). Let us now come, my Lord, to the
Lawless agitator in a Lawless cause. How does he treat
the Lord Lieutenant's proclamation ? He say., he
obeyed• the proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant. not
because be received it as a law, but out of personal re-
spect to the Marquis of Anglesey r and he goes on, I
believe, to state, that he obeyed it in consequence of
the private friendship that existed between client—
(Laughter). It is said by both parties that the Go.
eminent are to blame for the state in which the coun-
try is now placed. The present Administration I do
not think are to blame, though their predecessors un-
questionably were. What was the state of the vessel
when the present men obtained the guidance of the
helm? The vessel had long been floating upon the sea
of conciliation—and the gale of liberality was wafting
her upon the shoals of Popery. The chart of history was
ditregarded,and the vessel was driven from her cwt.,. In
vain was the warning cry of some of the crew upraised,
every thing seemed smooth and calm, and the helms•
man maintained that there was no danger to be appre-
hended. By taking a good observation and keeping a
good look out, the reef of Popery was discernible; and
when we discovered it we raised our voices, and warned
the pilot that if be persisted in his course the vessel n ust
go to pieces. Still he persisted that there was a passage
through the reefs—the passage of Emancipation, which
was clearly marked by the light-houses of securities—
(Cheers). The vessel approached the reef, and the surge
of rebellion was found to be beating high upon it.—
Every sailor knows how hard it is to beat up against a
contrary current. When the Duke of Wellington got
possession of the helm, the vessel had entered the pas-
sage of emancipation. Though the Duke did not ab-
solutely declare that there was oo passage through it,
• he refused to proceed until the waves should become
still. So far Irons being subdued, they became more
agitated, and lashed with greater fury against t to sides
of the vessel, which continued to di iit towards the rocks.
At this period the gale of Pantalets' feeling began to

blow, the sans hlied with a proTvious gale, and the
•essel was seep receding from'tbe reef—((;beets).
Hudson concluded by secondtne the resuluti.,,i.
The Earl of RaTtioowNE—Gentlemen, I cannot liui
feel highly grAtifird by being appointed to act as Pre-
sident of-this Club, and be ieve me, no exertion of mine

shall be wanting to ju Lily your choice—(Cheers). As
the county o' Wicklow is called the garden of Ireland,
I feel most proud of being appointed head gardener.
and I trust I shall ever be found wearing my blue apron
(Cheers). I shall, Gentlemen, I trust, ever remain firm
to the principles of the Constitution. and be found iea.iy
to make any sacrifices in support of the religion and the
laws of the land. as now established—(Cheers).
Sr. of/
KNUDSON, Esq. proposed the neat reso-
lution, in a very able speech, which we regret our limits
prevent us from giving, by proposing the resolution,
which, having been seconded by J. PARR, Esq. was put
and carried.
On Monday, the 20th inst. a numerous and respect
able Meeting took place at Newmills, for the purpose
of establishing a Brunswick Club for the parish of
Tulliniskin.

THE EVENING STAR.

LON UUN.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 50, 1828.