Star.
London, England, 1829-03-04 00:00:00

CATHOLIC RMAPICIPATION.

Mr. DA W SON, ritTbebali nide, Nat e•
Thireday nest the Right lien. Secretary world name, that trot
part of bit Majesty's Spec' Amid be takrii into oosuideratiun
wblth rrlated to the renieval of civil di.abilnies in Ireland.

Ur. Alderman WOO--D
I:rough-1-i; a- Bill lor Allarnaing the Acts
relating to the approaches to Loudon lkidge. which was read a
Brat time.

After the other Orders of the Day had bees dirpoted of, t►e
I os se adios, gird at a Qoa STOOL to &Jag'''.

MEETING TO ADDRESS THE KING.

AIIRIDDIED LIM TILL MAIDSTONE JoURNAL.

Yesteni4f. Mauch 2. pursuant to public auiverii.e-
ment, a very numerous meeting of the nobility. dells,
and gentry of the county of keels took place at the
Bell inn. in this town. for the putpo.e of preparing
an Address tr His Majesty, praying that no ll:them
contessi,tris may be grouted to the If man Cathtd
Shortly after one o'clock the large room was compkt•ly Sled
with individsuds of the lira respectability, muss whim we dr
served—
Tbe Honourable Colonel Wingfield Stratford. Carload Soitham
Sr W. Twystlen' Sir John Midget.. the Reverend Sir J. Filmier,
lieverend Dr. llarsbam, Honourable Captain King, Honourable
and Reverend H. Neville. Humeral& and Reveund F. J. Noe,
Honourable and Reverend Mr. M. J. Sophism, George Gipps,
Rsq. ml. D. D. Deism. 'Esq. W. O. liminiond. Ssq. J. P. Plum-
ire, MAI. and a long list of roost arspect able Gentlemen' well &mown
for their attachment to our Protestant Constittrion, "those names
„ it would be too tedious to mention. _ _

Joum CATOL Rog of Beckenham, proposed that tlw Honourable
Colonel Wingfield Stratton' .hould take the Chair.
The Itev. W. F. Coes seconded the motion, which was received
with peat approbation.
The Gallant Culotte! imm-diately proceeded to the Chair, say-
ing—" Gentlemen, I shall obey your commands with the greatest
pieworre."
Gs ;nog Cirri, Esq. then rose, and addres.ei the
meeting to the tollosting effect : Colonel Stratford,
and Gentkateth we aseet fere this day under the m'ss
extraordinary ci•cainstances in svisich this country is
placed, with reference to that important subject, the
ltomaa Catholic question. We passed the lasi samosa

in a state of the greatest anxiety, cauwd ay the suspi-
cious conduct of some M his Majesty'. Ministeis ; but
we closed the •umater in the tuli and firm conviction 1
tbat they would Irt the country rattan to that happy
and peacelal state is hick it has experienced tinier our
Protestant coisstitu,ion —Meat it is not my inten-
tion on this occasion to deuin you with a long speech;
indeed I feel quite incoospetent to do so ; but haw.
ing perceived, by the tepotu in the daily Papers,
bow the addresses to Parliament foal the Plotestatit

inhabitants of this comas y ate dissegarJrd, l do con-
ceive it our duty to present a loy t and dotiful address
to our beloved Sovereign. prayi.ig his Majesty to ward
off from the country those dangers with which it is'
thteatened—(Leed cheers). With regard to the sup-
posed securities, on which some persons lay so much
stress, and which are said to be sufficient to satisfy the
Protestant mi..d, I must say, that every man of com-
mon 'ease must see tie fallacy of 'realities of any
kind, for the combination which exists in the Roonsh
Church, and all over the world, to propagate and
establish the doctrines of their religion. especially into
Britain—for how-mat %kola may be unosolered as
the deadliest foe of the Ramis.° Church—(Loud cheer
ing). That combination, I say, is so extensive, pow. r-
WI, and well organised. that it would be impossible to
embody in an Act of Pas liament any securities which
that combination would not hereafter defeat and annul.
Gentlemen, I do hope that, notwithstanding the firmness
and determination which the Prime Minister has shoou,
he will not attempt to force upon the country a mea-
sure so odious to oar principles. and so repugnant to
our feelings—(Loud cheers). Let us be unanimous in
agreeing that an address shall go up to the Throne,
assuring the King, the true father of his Giallo& people.
of oar loyalty and attachment to his person, anl im-
ploring him to prevent the adoption of meastves calcu-
lated to weaken and destroy our Protestant constitu-
tion—(Loud cheers). I beg to move the following re-
solution—
That an avowal having been made in the House of Commons by
a Minister of the Crown that it is access .ry to " break in upon the
Protestant. settlement of latlit," this Meeting deems it to be highly
proper that the Inhabitants of the county of Kent should have an
opportunity of Laying at the foot of the flume their humble but
earnest opinions and prayers upon a declaration so vitally threat.
ening their dearest interests.
W. 0. HAMMOND. Esq.—Mr. Chairman, I beg to.
second the resolution that has been proposed to the
meeting, and I shall occupy your attention fir but a'
very few moments, to exerm my wa-m concurrence in
the resolution itself, and in the Ketieral obj cis of this
meeting. The Address to his Majesty will, I trust, be
unanimously adopted here, and signed in every town
and parish throughout the county, without a single ex-
ception.—(Hear, hear.) In addressing a body of intel.
ligent Englishmen, it is hardly necessary for me to in-
form them that the Church of Rome assumes to itself
an especial Catholicity. by which it contends that the
succession to the priesthood has been handed down
from the apostles to her priests solely and delusively,
that they alone are compe ens to perfos in divine service,
arid that it is an impious assumption of the authority of
GOD for any other church to give directions or advice
in spiritual conceits,. Those who ,upport such doc•
trines as these must be entitely adve se to all °ther.
churches or denumin mons cf Christians, and still
undoubtedly seek every is cans of pe. vesting ant de%
stroying them. On another subjezt to which I tel it
necessary to allude there may Perhaps he considerable
difference of opinion—that is, the neces ity for a disco
lotion of Pa a lie went —(Losid appl ruse)—on which there
may be many shades and diversity of sentiment. Far
be it from me to attempt to blind y.O to the anal
teapot cant cons. quences which must result from a moo
MIN of this sort. Gentleness, some persons attempt to
persuade the kingdom that an act of this sort on the past
of his Majesty would operate as a reproach on the House
of Commons, as if it were unworthy of the truss re
posed io it. This is nu such thing, and sm.;ht not to
be c.msidered for a moment. Ii Wbuld only tend to
give the people an opportunity of expressing their opi-
Mons when a measure is brought forward infringing on
the fundamental principles of the Constitution—(Loud
cheets). Evi ry body knows lull well that the Hi use
of Commons, as now constaured, does not represent the
true feeling of the counts y ; tor at the last general elec-
tion, in 1826, the country placed such fuel and implicit
confidence in the House of Peas. that the Ituman Ca-
tholic Question was not m ide a m ter of paramount
importance. The Commons do not cei tautly represent
the people—(" Certainly not"). The Honourable Geo-
tleinan sat down amid loud applause.
Colonel SIAATVORD —Gentlemen, before I read V
you the Resolution, allow me to return you any sincere,
th inks fur the honour you have conferred upon me ,a
I electing me your Chairman, which office I shall fill t.

the belt of my Mirky, though (said-die gall ut Coload
most emphatically) I see • ars uad me those who a e
Much more able to do justice to your *OW thin mi.
mil—many hemp U' able, loyal. staunch litoteqint friend,
IL ad cheers), who cal.not be exceeded in I stye to their
King and Const.to•io,...-(Continued cheers). It delights
my heart to see yrs here—(Continued cheer.), and L
p-.nd of th situation you have placed me ill. The
Ham. Co noel then teed the Itesolt.tion, and alter the
words," the inhabitants the county of Kent," addi d,
*Pith notch fervour," Oar noble county. I dill say:
Oa the question being per the hand of every Gentleman in the
imbeting was held up hi favour at it oithout one disenstiont. sad
nee un Infinity washaiirJ with bend cheers.
J. P i'Lutartity, .C.tairman IhM reqoestal
ter take lot u the proceeding, 01 the J y, as.4l if the
alvetti e mut which convened this m vting calls on
tko e who at opposed to farther concessions to the Ito•
San Catholic., I surely am invited, for I am a ost firstly
4%T/tiled to so danger. u. and unconstitutional a mea.
sate. It is bj cted to vs that • e !lave sown dissensions
—that it is we who h ye britight the country to its di:-
elected s ate. This I tidy', centiaditt. I affirm that
stove orisons, whether us Parl anent or nut of Pa.lie-
mi nt, ints• inleora e the ROOOlllll Catholic Wien% are the
create t e arum• to their count. y—(Chrer ). Lod why?
eircau a they hare Ithsesed auil car uraged ambitious
and tact ous hill es which never can be 'calked consis-
tently with the safety . four Protestant Constitution, or
she cellar• of t r Empire—(Ch ere). This is a tremens.
does national crisis—(Cbeeri) I quote t.ccoid with the
illustrious Dokeaf she House of S ussnick who said the
ether say. The only question is. sh ill England be a
P pish or a Protestsnt ct.uoiry ?"—tlead chee s).—
Such is truly die state of the que tie's, and in such a
situation well may it be said Euga expectsevery
man to do his duty' —(Ch, ers). As much may yet
be done by faithful, uncompromising Protestants, 60
may we Jo much by encouraging one aria. her to a faiths,
fut. steely. firm lineal conduct. I feel I ought to apolo.
gi e to you for buffeting my general feeling to carry me
hum the se ()lotion which I rose to propose which is—
.. dutiful dress be presented to hisdajesty, prays.
ing him to tak- t e sense. f his people by a dissolutioa
mein, before he consents to any measure' break-

mg in epee our happy Coattatution:" I hope all will
awe! in passigig this resolution. It has been stated
in the puhlic pints, and not contradicted, that his MA.
je-ty did not give his assent to the proposed measure
till Isis ►Ministers had /pegged and entreated him to do
an, and ewes then not without expressing many fears.
If this be the case, let the voice of the people be beard
in one simultaneous shout, which shall find a respon-
sive chord in the Royal breast to rib:ate at the sound—
to diffuse pleasure, satisfac.ion, contentnieut, and pro:.
perity to the country—(Ch cgs). Let us thaw near to
our Sovereign, and assuse hisu that .f, in any part of
his dominion., ambition-, designing demagogus seek
to embarrass his Government, and overturn the Constr.
union, lie will find iii the county of Kent trim faithful
Protestant subjects, who are ready to stand up in h•s
deleoce, and, it necessary, to devote their lives for the
security of his Royal person and the Protestant Con-
stitutiou —(Loud cheers). The Hon. Gentleman that
reed the following address:
"To TMI [1243.5 MOST mccataxst Kaaanv.
"May it please your Majesty,
• We, the underdgned Protestant freeholders and other lalta-
Mem of the noway of Kent, approach your alajery wit► semi.
•sensor( taitliful attachment ar.d undivided allegiance. We regard
poor Majesty not only as the ruler of a mighty empire, but, under
Goa, protector of tb: Protestant iteltsion within these realms ; and
we humbly submit to your Alaji-aty that the firm support of the
ism is eswittially nev-as-iry to the greatness and glory of the other.
'• We bare learned wok the ai.evest sorrow and alarm that a
Slini‘ter of the Crown bas avowed in the House of Common. that
one glorious Constitution, as waled at the Revolution of 16sa • is
now to be broken In upon.' thetefore beg leave 'nimbly to state.
to your Majesty our conviction that the atamidoentest of that set-
, element will be attended will the wined danger to the manned
faith, and the civil sad religions liberties of year Majesty's subjects
of Great Britain and Ireland.
4- We are unable to discover In the present state of the Itomi.h

Church soy deviation trues those pin-betides and practices which
fataretly esposed this kingdom to peril. We see the word of Goo
withhold from the people, sod their consciences subjected to the
•ebondage of a Priesthood, itself bound by oath to a roreign
rgr. We see a spirit of ambition pervadmg that Chards, and
religion weed m an engine to promote its political alerandisetneut
and we casino: but tear its designs against our dearest right-, as
*objects of a free and Protest/Lot State, and our best bupes di
professors of a pure faith.
•• We confidently rely upon your Majesty's recognition of those
principles which vested the Crown of there realms in that liue of
succession of which your Majesty is the august repeeseniative—!
principles fur which the holy sanction of your Coronation Oath, mid
the memory of your beloved and venerated father, must enhance
your Majesty's regard, and in the defence of which we offer your
Majesty our willing and best support.
" It however, wider any persuasion, your Majoity can te is-
doted to entertain a doubt as to the expediency of adhering so
those principles, we earnestly implore your Majesty to diatribe your
present Parliament, and to affutd your faithful subjects an oppor-
tunity of expressing their sent.vvents on so hazardous and vital a
dunge in the British Constitution—a change opposed, we venture
to say, to the interests of time redgion, in promoting which alone
individuals and nations can look fur the favour and protection of
Goo.
" We pray that he may bless your Majesty, and may direct your
Councils for the welfare of your Kingdom and the glory of our
Church."
The Hon. Captain Knio—l beg to second the motion.
Ma Hon. Coalman then put the motion that-the Address be
adopted, which was carried unanimously with loud cheers.
Joint Ceres, E q. nest addressed tie meeti g, and
said, he had listened with very great pleasure to the
resulutions which had been cart ied, but tose in conse-
quence of a diSculty which had occurred to him in
ge wig the Address presented to His Majesty, for be
was sure these was not a gentleman present who would
. be disposed to trust it w either of the StCftlatiel of
State, who had altered their line cf conduct in so es•
traordinary a manner. Out Ps oteamit Constitution has,
however, left open to us one door through which be
trusted they e. uld be able to get the Address to His •
Majesty. He would propose th it Lord Winchilsea and
Lord Bexley b. r quested to pray an aodience of His
Aiajely, ill order to peseta,. the Address of the County
of lc or.—( Lou d Cheers.)
M. D L. DALHON, &q. seconded the motion, •
which was ctrreed with loud applause.
The lies. PHILIP La Gsyr inf .rmed the Meeting
that Committees had already been formed in East and
West Kent for obta. • g signatures to the address, and
those Committees would be glad to have their proceed-
ings sanctioned by this Meeting.
Colonel STRATFORD-4 shall propose that quo LIOD
to the Meeting in the words of the Rev. Mr. Le Ger, •
that the proceedings of the Committees its East aid
West Kent, fur obtaining signatures to the address, b
sanctioned by this Meeting.—Agreed to unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to Colonel Steeirroaa for his viaduct
in the Chair.
Jolts Citron, Esq. begged to propose, before the
Meetiair, separated,
" That this Meeting cannot refrain from expressing their high
adadratiou of their brother Protestant who have by their noble
exertions for the Coastitutiou of their country, retuned Sir Bohm
Harry Inglis, Bart. as their Representative foe the soden aid
loyal University of thford ; and the warmest thanks Odds Meet-
lug are hereby offered to he Duke of Newcastle, the Earls el
Winchthea and Bldee, Lords Bexley and other Peers, and to the
Marquis of Chandos, Sir Edward Knatcldiall and Sir asSses
Harry Inglis, Bart& and other Members al the Howe of Cm-
amiss, for tbeit Ara and manly opposition to tire measure WS"
allied Roman Cacho& Einaaclpation."
M. I) D. DALISON, Eel. seconded the motions wbiir
ass carried with applause.