The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-08 00:00:00

THE REPORT.

" The committee of t;eLiY;WolProtestant Association
have much pleasure in meeting its friends and subscribers
at the termination of another year. In the nature of the
work in which they are engaged, or the principles on which
they feel it their duty and their privilege to conduct it, no
alteration has taken place. The circumstances which called
the association into existence, continued to demand its active
and unremitting exertions.

" The committee rejoice in the conviction, grounded upon
evidence the most satisfactory, that the operations of the
association have been extremely useful. Attention has been
called, with the best effect, to the real character of the
Romish system, as distinguished from the professions of
those whose interest and aim it is to conceal that character.
The mask so skilfully worn, has been torn off; and English-
men in all parts of the kingdom, are now brought to see, that
with all love to their Roman Catholic fellow subjects, the
safety of their own free and scriptural institutions demands
a return, immediate and decided, to the faithful cry of their
Protestant forefathers—" No PEACE WITH ROME" as an
ecelelastical tyrant.
In the course of the year several new associations have
been formed in England and Scotland ; and your committee
would feel it a dereliction of duty, if they did not record
anew their sense of the debt of gratitude due by this Pro-
testant country to those clergymen, whose unremitting exer-
tions have mainly contributed to the present awakened and
awakening state of the public mind upon this, the all im-
portant branch of our national interests, the names of
ROBERT M`GHEE, and MORTIMER O'SVLLIVAN, HENRY
COOKE, and HUGH WIN:Ella:, are dear to the heart of every
British Protestant; and they must be handed down to our
latest posterity, as inseparably connected with either Eng-
land's last fatal struggle before her fall, or England's blessed
escape from a second thraldom of the see of Rome.

"'The committee have much pleasure in recording their
sense of the seasonable and well-directed efforts, in detail, of
the Protestant Operative Association, auxiliary to them in
this town. The young men, in the management of that
association, have manifested a combination of zeal, talent,
and perseverance highly creditable to themselves and useful
to their fellow-townsmen. During the past year, your com-
mittee have circulated about 20,000 hand-bills and 5000
tracts, and promoted and forwarded thirteen petitions to
parliament,—one against any further grant of public money,
to Maynooth College, .with no fewer than 4500 signatures ;
five against breaking down the Protestantism of the Irish
corporations,—and seven against the new education schemes,
which have so roused the opposition and indignation of the
country—one of them received above 6000 signatures,
" The efficient manner in which these and similar proceed-
ings have been conducted, have been chiefly owing to the
intelligence, vigilance, and unwearied activity of their assis-
tant secretary, Mr. Joseph Crisp, whom they beg respect-
fully and warmly to recommend to the favourable regard of
their friends and supporters. His office, in a central part of
the town, affording a commodious room for your committee,
and supplying ready information upon every topic connected
with the present Protestant movement in the country, has
been found to be a valuable addition to the previous arrange-
ments of your association.
" In conclusion, your committee beg leave to remind their
friends that all these proceedings are inevitably attended
'with expense, and cannot be efficiently conducted without
considerable funds. Your committee, however, do not ap-
prehend any difficulty in obtaining the necessary supply,
being fully satisfied that nothing more is required than to
call attention to the subject.
" In all their operations your committee desire ever to
bear in mind, and to impress upon all Their friends, that
the success of their work is not of man but of God, and that
the ultimate object in view is the glory of God in the salva-
tion of sinful men. To this end it is that they desire to pre-
serve the admirable instrumentality of our Protestant scrip-
tural institutions, by which the glorious liberty of proclaim-
ing Christ in all his offices unto salvation, is effectually
secured, with fervent prayer that his holy name may be
honoured, and his saving truth promoted in every Christian
undertaking, and that multitndes who are now destitute of
his precious consolations may be brought to know and love
and obey him, your committee resign their trust into the
hands of their constituents."
The Rev. Mr. BUDDICOM then came forward to move the
first resolution. He said—l learn from that report that the
committee entertain very great pleasure in coming before
this meeting ; and if it be a source of pleasure to meet to-
gether for the furtherance of a holy and righteous cause—to
meet together on high and hallowed grounds, and to see that
the interest in that cause is not diminished, but rather on the
increase, as is shown by the vast meeting assembled here
this day, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the wea-
ther and the fact of a similar meeting having been so recently
held in a place which may be looked upon as one of the ex-
tremities or suburbs of Liverpool, then, indeed, have the
committee just grounds for their congratulation. That re-
port observes that there is no change in the nature or prin-
ciples of this society ; and I say that there can be no change,
so long as the object with which we have to grapple is sub-
stantially the same. And what is the object of this society,
and what are its principles ? If I were to study any length
of time, I could give no clearer or more comprehensive de-
finition of its principles than that contained in the report—
namely, "No peace with Rome." (Cheers.) Anti why no
peace with Rome? Because we find her putting out one
hand towards the east and another towards the west—hold-
ing in one hand the grossest superstition by which the mind
of man can be enslaved, and in the other the foulest and dead-
liest infidelity by which the heart of man can be equally en-
slaved—because we find her bringing those into unnatural
use to work out her own scheme of mental dominion. (Hear)
Many, in the simplicity of their hearts, may be disposed to
think that such things cannot be. Why, sir, we have seen
what extremes can meet, and where they meet—we have seen
such things meet as ought not to meet, and in places where
they ought not to meet. We have seen a minister of the
crown bringing in with one hand the arch-apostle of infide-
lity—the underminer of all the sanctities and charities of do-
mestic life—the man who is making a crusade against all that
is decorous, delightful, and holy in this world—this Asian,
with one hand, we have seen the ministerintroducing into the-
presence of a maiden queen, and, with the other hand, a Ro..
man Catholic brought into the Privy Council of the laud ; and
if superstition and infidelity are not opposite extremes, and
if this is nut connexion, I do nut know what opposition and
connexion are. No peace, then, with Rome. And why?
Because Roinanisni is unchanged and unchangeable. It is
the attribute of the Deity to be infallible, and therefore un-
changeable ; and to order, and to regulate, and to mix Him-
self up in all the circumstances of the world, and to be af-
fected and changed by none. Rome claims this infallibility,
and therefore claims to be unchangeable ; and she mingles
herself up in the whole course and current of all the circum-
stances pertaining to those to whom she can gain access, and
still remains unchangeable, and must remain unchangeable,
and as a reverend brother once observed, I believe in this
place, always the same, and always the beast. (Cheers) No,
sir ; there is no mutation in Romstnisrn. There may be re-
straining from without, but in her progress she is like the
moon in her revolution, presenting different phases in diffe-
rent parts of her orbit, but the same energy still carries
her round in the whole of that orbit unchanged and unchan-
geable. (Applause.) We have had writers, sir—the world
has been inundated with theth from Bossuet till our own
time, who have set forth the beauties of Popery to the Pro-
testants in France, and in this and other countries ; but
they only looked at her through a bright and brilliant haze,
first deceiving themselves, and then endeavouring to deceive
us. An eminent writer, speaking of certain plagiarists,
says that they treat other persons' thoughts as gipsies treat
the children which they steal—deform them to make them
pass as their own. Rome has adopted a similar expedient.
She has pilfered from other quarters charity and beauty,
and many other enticing matters • she has mingled them up
in her own system, having first deformed and disguised them
so as to make them pass as her own ; but this is one of
those devices against which we ought always to be on our
guard. Satan may change himself into an angel of light, but
his purpose is still to deceive. (Rapturous applause.) Be-
ware, therefore, of false teachers ; for outwardly they are
dressed in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening
wolves. Rome, politically, has had many mutations ; and
even before the time of Constantine, and in that period to
which St. John alludes, she had passed through several poli-
tical changes ; but Rome ecclesiastical is still the same, and
must always remain the same, or, giving up the doctrine of
infallibility, become nothing. No peace, then, with Rome.
We have been a long time—a great deal too long a time—for-
bearing to look into the real state, and circumstances, and
movements, and intentions of Romanistn. I trust, however,
that this period of inactivity is passing away ; and I trust
that in some degree this association, and kindred associa-
tions, will do for the Romish superstition what the poet tells
us the spear of Ithuriel did to Satan—make it assume its
proper form and appearance. (Cheers.) At the present
time Rome is only endeavouring to deceive you with respect

to her purposes and intentions, to lull you into security, just
as the savage tiger, while a man might be admiring the glos-
siness of its skin, the beauty of its form, the elegance and
freedom of its movements, and the sparkle of its eye, would
imperceptibly creep and creep on until it came within the
proper distance to spring, and then the unsuspecting ad-
mirer becomes a victim, and forms a meal for the ferocious
and cunning beast. (Cheers.) Mr. Buddicom concluded by
moving the following resolution :—" That the report now
read be received, printed, and circulated under the direction
of the committee, and that the following gentlemen be re-
quested to act as the officers and committee for the ensuing
year."—[The names of the gentlemen proposed were read
over.] _

JOiHUA EDWARDS, Esq., seconded the resolution, stating
that he entirely concurred in everything that had been said
by the preceding speaker.
Mr. SAMUEL HOLME begged to make a slight addition to
the report before it was put to the meeting. In doing so, he
trusted it would not be considered invidious towards any of
our local clergy, champions as they had proved thunselves in
the sacred cause of truth ; but he wished the addition made,
in consequence of the distinguished situation in which the
reverend gentleman stood, as the uncompromising advocate
of Protestant sentiment. It was, that between the names of
the Rev. Dr. O'Sullivan and the Rev. R. J. M'Ghee, that
of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile be inserted." [The name of
Mr. M`Neile was received with several distinct rounds of
applause.]
The Rev. Mr. WNEILE then rose, amidst the most en-
thusiastic cheers, and said—Mr. Chairman, It is with very
sincere regret that I find myself in the position which I now
occupy. I allude to the circumstance of my appearance be-
fore you to move, instead of, as I had hoped, to second the
resolution which I have now to submit to this meeting. We
had hoped that it would have been moved by our dear and
valued brother to whom allusion has been made by the chair-
man in his opening address, and whose letter, written at an
early hour this morning, it now becomes my painful duty to
read. [The rev. speaker then read the letter of the Rev. H,
Stowell, announcing the death of his sister, after which he
proceeded to say.]—The resolution Which /: have to move is
as follows :—" That the events of our own times and in our
country, bear too painful and conclusive testimony to the
fact, so long disputed and strenuously denied, thattbe system
of the papal power, erroneously called a religion, remains un-
changed, in all those features which render
,it dangerous to
civil liberty." Now, in appearing once more, before an as-
sembled multitude of our fellow-countrymen, as determined
and persevering advocates of Protestant Ascendancy ; we are
bold to avow, and consistent in the avowal, that we are
equally the determined and persevering advocates of civil
and religious liberty. (Cheers.) In fact these things are in-
separable. It is only beneath the genial atmosphere, within
the protecting fences, and under the fostering care of Pro-
testant Ascendancy, that the rich and lovely fruits of liberty,
whether civil or religious, can safely grow. By all the Value,
therefore, which.we set uPon, and cordially cherish for real
liberty, true religion, for the noblest aspirations of the human
mind, the most animating and unfettered undertakings of
human enterprise, the freest rind holiest 'enjoYments of the
human heart : by all the unfeigned affection which we enter-
tain and cultivate towards our country in her free institutions,
her genuine and'fitll toleration, and all her highest interests
both temporal and eternal,, we are honest advocates of Pro-
testant Ascendancy. (Cheers.) Sir, I feel assured at heart
this Moment, that every man who hears us, or hears,Of ui,'
and whose good opinion is either desirable or creditable-7--
whether he can entirely agree in all the sentiments we utter
or not—will give us full credit for pure, disinterested, pa-
triotic, and Christian motives in our unwearied exertions in
this great cause. (Cheers.) With some who have not hitherto
agreed with us, we earnestly desire calm and candid discus-
sion. It is time that we should understand one another
better ; that they should no longer dismiss us and our say-
ings from all consideration as being too hopelessly intolerant
to be entitled .even to a' hearing; and that we should no
longer. look upon them as reckless reyolutionists or infidels,
with whom it were waste of time to argue. There are, it is
true, many points of difference between us, arid those of a
very serious character : but there is one ,leading object com-
mon and dear to us, and to all that class of whom I now
speak. We love our country, and desire her improvement.
Let us then institute a dispassionate inquiry into this ques-
tion, whether Romanism, (I do not say the Roman Catholic
religion, because I consider Romanism a temporal monarchy,
cloaking its ambition, andcarrying on its conquests by means
of a hypocritical pretence to religion,) in its unrestricted ex-
' ereise of political power, be not a fatal hindrance to the im-
provement of our ,ountry in her highest and best interests.
(Applause.) There is, I grieve to say, another class of per-
sons, a small, ,Lnd:l.trust a diminishing, but still a noisy
class, with whom we, can, have no discussion. From these
we can have nothing to anticipate, except the honour of wil-
ful misrepresentation and virulent abuse: Sir, I must throw
myself on your'indulgence and that of this meeting, while I
say a few painful but necessary words concerning this wasp-
ish section of the community. (Laughter and cheers.) They
seem to me utterly incapable of. comprehending what Chris-
tian patriotism means. (Hear, hear.) Christian patriotism,
the most touching, and next to the love of God in Christ, the
noblest passion of the human heart ; the love, the undying
love, of that country which protected the cradles of our in-
fancy, and encloses the ashes of our fathers ; the happy scene
of childhood, when all was hope and joy; when innocence
was in every heart, and pleasure in every eye;. when every
smile was bliss, ynd every thought was buoyant rapture ;
when a father's benignant encouragement, amother's affec-
tionate embrace, a sister's softening and humanising com-
panionship, conveyed to the ripening character indelible
impressions of philanthropy, associated for ever with the
walks, the trees, the rivers, the mountains, amongst which the
gentle influences twined themselves around the soul. Chris-
tian patriotism ! the holy romance of sensibility and virtue.
" Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself bath said,
This is my own, my native land—
Whose heart has ne'er within him burned,
As home his footsteps he bath turned,
From wandering on a foreign strand?" (Cheers.)
Yes, sir, there are men who seem utterly incapable of any
approach towards such sacred emotions, and who, measuring
the possibilities of the human heart by the sordidness of their
own experience, ascribe, not on documentary evidence, which
it would be fatuity to disregard, but without proof, without
evidence, without the slightest reason, to others, all the base-
ness to which they feel addicted themselves. (Cheers.)
Such men are the pests of society, infecting where 'they
move, and poisoning where they repose. Advocates for
liberty, with loud professions, they practically erect them-
selves into a star-chamber of.censorship, and pronounce every
one corrupt, ignorant, bigoted,. who dares to differ from
their dogmas. There is nothing too .low for their praise, or
too high for their abuse. (Much applause.) There is no
safety from such characters, except in open, uncompromising
hostility. A profession of friendship from them would be but
a prelude to treachery. (Cheers.) Oh ! sir, it is an in-
structive lesson, and the moral of it should sink deep into
every heart, that such characters invariably inflict more last-
ing injury upon themselves than upon any others. Let no
man be weak enough to imagine that when he has tampered
with his conscience, and made his sincerity a sacrifice to his
interest or his party spirit, he can stop short when he pleases,
and at any stage of his criminal career : for such is the mys-
terious constitution of our being, at once retributive and mer-
ciful, under the eye of Him whose wisdom and whose will
we may not question, that no man can contract and dilate at
pleasure the pupil of his moral vision ;—once begin to darken
or invert this beauteous orb of universal justice, and presently
it ceases to present any obstacle in the 'way of a downward
disastrous course, and loses the capacity of discernment be-
tween even the brightest and darkest colours of right and
wrong. (Cheers.) If we remit our exertions for our coun-
try until such men join us, or modify our exertions until
such-men approve of us, never shall we conceive any thing of
nobleness, or accomplish any thing of value. (Loud cheers.)
Patiently acquiescing in the dark dispensations of Providence,
which, for the present, render the existence of such charac-
ters inevitable ; and thankful that since they needs must be,
we are happily entitled to their abuse, I would only further
say of them at present, that so long as, with conscious guilt
and consequent cowardice, they skulk behind the mask of
anonymous slander, and (except through their printers) irre-
sponsible libel, may be quietly and contentedly despised,
and passed by with that mixture of merciful humanity and
incipient disgust, by which we are induced in our walks to
withhold the foot which was ready to tread upon a reptile.
(Great applause.) But should they- show themselves by
name, within the precincts of British civilization, they must
be crushed.

" The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight,
And charged perhaps with venom, that intrudes,
A visitor unwelcome, into scenes
Sacred to neatness and repose—fix' alcove,
The chamber, or refectory, may die.
A necessary act incurs no blame.
Not so, when held within their proper bounds,
And guiltless of offence, they range the air,
Or take their pastime in the open field.
Thus they are privileged."
Turning now, sir, from these blots upon the face of nature,
these venemous remembrancers of our fallen condition, I ad-
dress myself to the question more immediately before this
meeting. It is the permanent safety of our free, our truly
liberal institutions, in this Protestant land ; and whether that
safety be compatible with the unrestricted exercise of political
power by the subjects of the Papal court. This question, the
principle of which has been repeatedly and eagerly discussed
in this country in former years, is now forced into renewed
and practical agitation by the amount of political influence
conferred upon the sworn adherents of a foreign POWER, in
avowed hostility to at least our ecclesiastical independence.
The transactions of the last ten years have thrown most in-
structive light upon the discussions of preceding years, and
I know nothing more calculated to convey a salutary impres-
sion to tke public mind at this day, than a calm review of
some of those discussions. The distinguished statesmen who
took part in them, however widely they differed in some
respects, yet agreed in this, that unrestricted equality of po-
litical privilege to Roman Catholics was wholly incompatible
with Protestant, safety. Hence their unanimity for a time
upon the subject of SECURITIES for Protestant protection, as
indispensable accompaniments of Roman Catholic emancipa-
tion. I said for a time, because afterwards, party feeling and
aggravated excitement overcame the calm sagacity and pro-
phetic wisdom with which the subject was originally treated.
(Hear, hear,) When first entertained as a great political
question, its most sanguine supporters did not pretend to
allege that it should be carried 'without effectual guards and
fences around our happy constitution, from even the most
remote apprehension of danger. When Mr. Canning sought
for the suffrages of the electors of Liierpool, in October,
1812, he said, at the close of the fifth day's poll—" Gentle-
men, my views of what is commonly called the catholic
question, have been so distinctly expressed on many recent
occasions in the last session of parliament, that I should have
thought they could not be misunderstood. I have always
treated that question, not in is religious, but in a political
point of view. I have considered it as a question of political
expediency; and in everything that I have agreed to, and
everything I have proposed respecting it, I have always, with
crapulous care and anxiety, proposed to guard and fence
from even the most remote apprehension of danger, that
happy constitution in church and state under which we
have the good fortune to flourish : and one of the great bless-
ings of which is, in my opinion, that, being itself secure and
firmly seated in the habits and affections of the people, it
enables us to be liberal without danger, to all who are within
the reach of its influence, and to dispense its blessings to
others without hazarding them ourselves." Mr. Canning,
felt that guards and fences were necessary for the safety
of onr constitution, and thought that by scrupulous care in
the constrction of such securities, the happy consummation
might have been achieved, of privilege extended, and liberty
not endangered. On the occasion referred to, he added—
" There is no opinion which I hold more strongly than this,
that to be settled happily, this great question must be settled
peaceably, and with the full concurrence and good-will of all
classes of the Protestant community. I am sanguine enough
to believe, that upon full, deliberate, and temperate discus-
sion such a concurrence may be obtained. I am sanguine
enough to think that I see my way to such arrangements as
might allay the discontent of one party, and quiet the scru-
ples of the other. To give to one party a triumph over the
other, has never entered into my contemplation." (Loud
cheers.) This comprehensive view of genuine political ex-
pediency, not looking at the claims or triumphs' of a part,
but at the permanent and consolidated advantage of the
whole, Mr. Canning had learned in the school of his great
and wise political father and preceptor, Mr. Pitt. In the
last speech which Mr. Pitt ever delivered in parliament upon
this subject, he said—
" I have never been one of those who have held, that the
term emancipation' is, in the smallest degree, apdlicable
to the repeal of the few remaining penal statutes, to which
the (Roman) Catholics are still liable. Bitt; possibly, in my
view of the grounds of expediency, I may- think_ it to be
much more contra-distinguished from the question of right,
than the honourable gentleman (Mr. Fox) dbes. He seems
to consider that there is only kshnde of difference between,
the expediency and the right ; whereas, in my view' of the

difference, it is broad, evident, and fundamental. I consider
right as independent of circumstances, and paramount to
them, whilst expediency is connected with circumstances,
and, in a great measure, dependent upon them. With regard
to the admission of (Roman) Catholics to franchises, to the
elective franchise, or to any of those posts and offices which
have been alluded to, I view all these points as distinctions
to be given, not for the sake of the person and the individual
who is to possess them, but for the sake of the public, for
whose benefit they were created, and for whose advantage
they are to be exercised. In all times, therefore, and upon
every occasion, whether relating to the Roman Catholic or
the Protestant dissenter, to the people of Ireland or to the
people of England, I have always, from a. due regard to the
constitution, been of opinion, that we are b'ound to consider,
not merely what is desired by a part, but what is bestand
most advantageous to the whole,
" I never thought that it would have been wise or prudent
to have thrown down rudely or abruptly the guards and
fences of the constitution ; but I did think,-that if the sys-
tem I had alluded to had been deemed proper to
.be adopted,
it ought to have been accompanied with those checks and
guards, and with every regulation that could have given
additional respect and influence to the Established Church,
to the support and protection of the Protestant interests, and
to the encouragement of every measure which could' tend to
propagate, and spread the example of, .the Protestant reli-
gion."
Neither of these great men contemplated Roman Catholic
Emancipation as a party triumph, but as a national improve-
ment, to be so conducted and arranged as to secure in every.
essential feature the permanence of Protestant,fiscendaney..
One of the arrangements by which it was proposed to accom-
plish this grand desideratum, was thus announced by LORD
GRENVILLE'iR the House of 'Lords, in May,'lBoBa •
" Much has been said of the influence of their his4ops,
and great stress has been laid on the dangers of a (Roman)
Catholic hierarchy. If you tolerate the Roman Catholic
Church, which is episcopal, you must of courseallow-it to
have its bishops. But; itiis unquestionably proper. iha4the
crown should exercise an efectval negative over the apfoint-
ment of the persons called 'to 'execute those functions; To
this the (Roman) Catholics of,ireland ;declare themselvei,
perfectly ready to accede. Their declaration on this subject
is an unquestionable' proof of their solicitude to meet the'
kindness of their fellow-subjects, aiu to, accede....lo any
practicable means of removing even the most groundless
jealousies. As such,Trejoice that it has been made, 'and I
see with infinite satisfaction the just impression which it has
universally produced. •Tomeit is not new. I always felt
the propriety of providing for- this point." •
" I have thus enumerated, however imperfectly, the vari-
ous mersures with which the great statesmen, of whom I
have spoken, always meant to accompany the'proposal of the
repeal of every civil disqualification which still attaches
upon religious belief. Great and important. safeguards they
were, in my judgment,' for the civil and ecclesiastical con-
stitution of the realm, &c. I know of no other means ade-
quakto such purposes."
Lord Grenville introduced this subject with reference to
Mr. Pitt, concerning .whose concurrence in this point, he.
said, ".Our opinions upon this. subject were not only.in com-
,plete. unison, but I may truly say they were formed together
by hiuttial communication and unreserved confidence." Upon
the special point so brought forward by Lord Grenville, and
afterwards techniCally called the veto, Mr. Canning said, in
his place in the House of Commons, on the 25th of May,
1810,7-

" security, or engagement," you complain, " is offered
on the part of the (Roman) Catholics.•, Their very advocates
are obliged to come forward with censure against them, for
withdrawing that security, which, on a former occasion, was
proposed to parliament in' their name. The right hon. gen-
tleman (Mr. Grattan), who brought forward the motion, has
indeed thought it expedient now to undervalue the former
proposed Security,--for my own part,' I think that nothing
less than the Veto .should be accepted by the government.
That some such condition is absolutely necessary, no man
will doubt, who thinks, as I do, that of any adjustment be-
tween the (Roman) Catholics and Protestants much conces-
sion and much
,conciliation must be the basis ; that such
an adjustment, in order to produce any of the fruits of
tranquility, happiness, and prosperity, which are expected
from it, must not be a victory to one party or the other:—
must not be consideied by one side as a successful struggle,
nor. is a forced-concession to-rival by the other."
• In April, 1812, Mr. Canning addressed the following digni-
fied counsel to the House of Commons : -

" Whenever the..legislaii.irel-A;llM—aice up their minds to

entertain the questioni of Catholic concession seriously, ft
will be for them to couple the boon with such restrictions
and qualifications, and to accompany it with such provisions,
as they think necessary for our own security. Enact what
you think right : and then leave to the Catholics to accept
or refuse what they offer on the conditions which you annex
to it. If they accept (which they will), the work is done.
If otherwise, you have the consolation to reflect that you
have done your duty by them. Whatever may be the re-
sult,• you will have nothing to reproach to yourselves. Go
as far as you can with safety to the establishments. Do not
exact from them terms that are unnecessary ; but be rigor-
ous in imposing such conditions as shall free you from all
real, I had almost said all imaginary, danger."
Stirely; sir, all this bears testimony to the fact that danger
was felt; and why felt, but on account of the ambitious and
aggressive character of the Roman Catholic system, whose
unrestricted exercise of power in the realm was clearly seen
to be wholly incompatible with the permanence of Protestant
independence, with all its lovely accompaniments of genuine
tolerance and real liberty. (Cheers.)
And how, I would ask, was that character of the Romish
system known ? How, but by the authoritative, binding,
unrescinded laws essentially inseparable from that system ?
It was against the tyrannical genius of those papal laws that
our great liberal statesmen felt it necessary, to occupy an
antagonist position of Protestant security. (Applause.)
In 1813 Mr. Canning produced his scheme of securities,
one clause of which enacted—
" ll.—That persons receiving any bulls, &c., from the see
of Rome, &c., shall send the same to the president -of the
board of commissioners, who shall lay it before the board.
•
The board to inspect, and report to his Majesty : innocent,
the said bull to, be returned to the party, with an indorse-.
ment signed by the secretary of state (or secretary to,t4
lord-lieutenant). Provided," that if the instrument
wholly and exclusively to spiritual "matters, and such- as the
person shall conscientiously think that be cannot subanitiit,
to lay inspection, then' he shall make oath to that effect ;
and in such case the commissioners may allow the itistru;
.ment to be sent sealed to be inspected by,tlieseniot%-ecele.§i-„
astical coinmissioner only, and, on his report, the said in-
strument to be returned indorsed by him only.-' Persons-not
conforming to these regulations, in lieu of all :pena4ics -by ,
existing laws, to be deemed guilty of a misdenipanour, and
liable to be sent out of the kingdom."
With the scheme of which this formed a part,•the warnje;
friends of the proposed concession expressed their satisfac- •
tion.

Mr. Grattan declared (May 24, 1813), that " he thmight.
the clauses, containing the securities for the Protestant Es-
tablishment, PERFECTLY NECESSARY for the bill,
vote for them as one of the same. Notwithstanding) Olt ,Dpif
position of the Catholic clergy to those clauses (which had
began to show itself on these points), he must s'ay:fflaritY
doing so, they were enemies to themselves, and to tlicikke-
tholic community, and they must take upon themselves the,
consequences."

By this statement of Mr. Grattan's We learn that the,sedut-
rities for our Protestant Institutions demanded by Mr. Pitt
by Lord Grenville, and Mr. Canning, and acceded to iisth.:"
dispensible by W. Grattan himself, were opposed by the litd:
man Catholic clergy I (Loud cries; of ".Hear, hear."). Here
lay the secret spring of justice. The proposed veto would
have operated powerfully, though not effectually, to keep the
Papal Hierarchy in Ireland, where all subjects of the realm
should he kept, viz., in subjectiou to the powers that be. One
of the unchangeable laws of the Papal system, however, is,
that not the king, but the great Priest, is supreme power on
earth ; that " Imperatores debent pontificibus subesse, non
prreesse." The veto was, consequently, rejected with dis-
dain by the ecclesiastics of Rome, notwithstanding Mr. Grat-
tan's approbation of it, and the following defence of it by M y.t
Plunkett, who seemed at the time to be in a manner en-
trusted with the guardianship of the Roman Catholic cause
in the House of Commons.
Mr. Plunket said " he had paid the greatest attention to
the clauses just proposed by the right honourable gentleman
(yourself,) and he was happy to say, that the entire of the
clauses as they noW stood had his most cordial approbation.
He was rejoiced to see that the right honourable gentleman,
had succeeded as well in the accomplishment of the two great
objects of the measure, security to the principles and esta-
blishments of the Protestant, and also tn the free exercise of
the opinion of the Catholic, at the same timethat he was ad-
mitted to participate in the benefits of the constitution. It
was his opinion, that those objects had been most clearly and
satisfactorily accomplished by the bill in its present state—
that such securities had been proposed as ought to satisfy
even the most jealous of the Protestants, as well as the most
inimical amongst the Catholics."
Notwithstanding this advocacy of the proposed securities
by their best parliamentary friends, on the 26th of. May, 1818,
before they could have known that the fate of the bill had
been decided in the House of Commons,' their bishops held
a general meeting, in which it was unanimously resolved,
" I.—That having seriously examined the copy_ of a bill
now in progress through parliament, we feel ourselves bound
to declare that the ecclesiastical clauses, or securities therein
contained, are utterly incompatible with the discipline of the
Roman Catholic, and with the free exercise of our religion."
" 2.—That without incurring the heavy guilt of schism, we
cannot accede to such regulations ; nor can we dissemble our
dismay and consternation at the consequences which such
regulations, if enforced, must necessarily, protlace,"
Here, then, the Popish Ecclesiastics and the British Par-
liament were brought into direct collision. In thiS contest,
it might surely have been anticipated. that Mr. -Canning's
admirable adviceto the legislaturewould be followed. Enact
what you think right, said the Right Hon. 'Gentleman, if
they accept (which they will) the work is done: if otherwise,,
you have the consolation to reflect that you havq.4one yapr,
duty by them.—(Applause.)
But no, Sir, nothing was enacted. Popish intrigue -pre-'
vailed. Procrastination and agitation were;the sacret..orders
of the conclave. Disabilities which might have been re-
moved, could those ambitious ecclesiastics have consented to''
Protestant safety, were, still represented-,as intolerable r perse:
cutions, and made the themes of impassioned and disaffected
complainings. What followed is a •painful history. The
Popish clergy held and managed: the secret-strings;, the Po-
pish and Liberal demagogues were their characteristic pup-
pets, and the English people were the deluded and defrauded
spectators. English statesmen participated in the delusion.
Everything in the Romish system which could awaken or
keep awake their Protestant jealousy was denied—repeatedly,
solemnly, and on oath denied. (Hear, hear.) Everything
in the actual condition of Roman Catholic individuals, which
could touch their sympathies and stimulate theirgetierosifY of
concession, was magnified. The game was-skilfully and sue:
cessfully played. .Mr. Canning Mir self gave way,. repudiated
the securities which a few years before, and in his better, be-
cause cooler judgment, he had peremptorily demanded ; and.
threw the combined and irresistible power of his name, his
station, his influence, and his eloquence, into the accomplish-
ment of the plans of the priests. He thought not, indeed,
of the priests' plans. It entered not into his contemplation
or design, for a moment, to help forward any mischief. In
the unsuspecting fervour of hiS love-of liberty, he rejoiced to
scatter pains and penalties to the winds. He looked upon
the Roman Catholic sailor who had shared the dangers and
the triumph of Trafalgar—Upon the Roman Catholic soldier
who had toiled through thehardshikis of the Peninsular war,
and joined to raise the shout of upon the field:of
Waterlbo—and when he sswsuch a man, althdugh allied per--
haps to some of the noblest families, of Englaricla, ancient:
aristocracy, debarred from the highest recompences of his
services, and rudely turned back from the dobr of the senate.'
house of his country, present indignation against the wroug:
sustained by the individual, eclipsed even in the mind of
Canning the more distant hat More important prospect of a
nation's safety, and preyailed upon bins to forego the less.
captivating but more enduring wisdom which bears with mi-
nor evils in order to guard againgt ilia greater; that calm and
comprehensive statesmanship of which .we have seenbina..so
powerful an advocate while he was fresh from,the school of
Pitt.

The veto was abandoned, and the Romish bishops tri-
umphed in retaining the exclusiveness:of
.their fealty to the
Papal court. Sir, the oath of a Rinish'btsliop in this king-
dom, his oath of allegiance, as we must be permitted to call.
it, notwithstanding Dr. Curtis'_disclaimer and,ing7nious de-.
tinition; must be pronounced by every partial intjuirer,to be
wholly and absolutely incompatible with the rights;. honours,
independence, and permanent safety of the British crown.
The following is an extract frnin the oath :—" I will help
them (the pope and his successors) to defend and keep. the
Roman papacy, and the royalties
of St pft.er, f,aving:uiy or.
der, against all men.' The rights, honoursl privilege§, anti
authority of the holy Roman .church,. of 41tirtli.M4 tßiiiitoope
and his aforesaid ,successors, I will. endeavour:o ,preserve,
defend,-iiieVedee

Now, let me first vindicate the title I have given this oath
as an oath Offealty 'or allegianCe. ' Fidelitas, in the Latinity
of the middle ages, is used in a sense precisely equivalent to
that of our English word. fealty, of which indeed it is ob-
viously the original. An example or two from the papal
school wilhplace the matter beyond doubt. ' When any one,'
says the angelical doctor St. Thomas, ' is denounced as ex-
communicated for apostacy, his subjects are, by the fact, ab-
solved from his dominion and from their oath of fealty (ju-
ramento fidelitatis) to him,'—Th. 2 Secund, qu. 12, art. 2.
Pope Sixtus the Fifth, in his bull against Henry, King of
Navarre and the Prince of Conde, says, ''By the-authority of
these presents, we do absolve and set free all persons, as well
jointly as severally, from any such oath, and from all duty
'whatsoever in respect of dominion, fealty (fidelitas), and
obedience.' Pope Clement the Fifth, in the Council of
:Vienna, says of the emperor's oaths to him,—' By apostolical
authority, and with the advice of our brethren, we declare
that the oaths aforesaid are.and ought to be reputed oaths of
• fealty' •(fidelitatis.) Clementin, lib. 2, tit. 9. Could the
Pope and Council have meant that the emperor had taken an
oath of canonical obedience ? The researches of our anti-
quarians have placed this
.meaning of the term beyond dis-
pute. Spelman informs us in his Glossary, that by the
feudal law the word fidelis was applied to three classes of
persons 4 first, to all Christians, who were called fideles Dei,
fideles Christi, or fideles Ecclesice, but more especially fideles
Ecclesice : secondly, to the subjects of a temporal sovereign,
Whowere stilled fideles regis : thirdly, to those who owed
fealty to any person by reason of offices or lands held under
him ; the former were _called fideles ministeriales, the latter
fideles feudales. Thus it appears, that in feudal times the
papacy, was regarded as a state ; and that when, in papal do-
cunients, Roenan.Catholicsevere called the faithful, the term
was net apPlted to them as the professors of a certain form of
doctrinesbitt as the liege men of the church."
Allow me next to call your atention to what is intended by
the roYaltiOof St. Peter.. The clause was inserted in the
oath by the notorious Hildebrand, (Greeory the Seventh) and
has ecerernained ever since. "The great aMbition of the
Pontiff," says Dr. 'Geddes, " was to make all the powers on
'&l'A :feudatory to the Bishop of Rome." By the royalties of
St. Peter, he understood, and the Popes had ever since un-
derstood their claims, to _particular countries as feudal lords
paramount : arid the Bishops, as Peers of the universal
; realm', are sworn to defend; tee increase. and tOadvence the
authority of their 7feudatory sovereign., (Hear.) Are these
safe subjects in a Protestant kingdom? (CrieS of "No, no.")
They may not be able to introdece all at' once, the asserted
,sovereignty of the liege lord : but if allowed to exercise their
`functions without controul, they will always be able to excite
disturbance, to organise' conspiracy, and otherwise to inter-
fere with Protestant tranquillity- and safety. This is the se-
cret of the dismal history of Ireland since the Reformation,
and peculiarly and eminently so during the last ten years.
You will presently hear from my reverend friend,, Dr.
O'Sullivan, specimens of the conspiracy by which our unhap-
py country is kept in perpetual agitation ; and-before I sit.
down, I desire to propose for your adoption the draft of a
eetition, for further inquiry. uppn this important subject.
If you desire to prolong the peace, to promote the improve-
ment, to protect the liberties and the literature of our coun-
try, and above all, if you desire to transmit to your children
the glorious privilege so 'Ong enjoyed by yourselves, unfetter-
ed freedom to preach and hear the Gospel, to preach and hear
Jesus Christ, the truth, the brightness of the Father's glory,
and the express image of his person, manifesting in our na-
ture, the free, eternal, compassionate love of God to our race
—Jesus Christ, by one offering of himself, once offered, the
just one instead of the unjust ones, making reconeiliation for
iniquity, that God may be just, and the justifier of every one
that believeth—Jesus Christ risen from the dead, and in the
truth of our nature exalted to the throne of the Almighty, far
above all principality and power, and every name that is
named not only in this world, but also in that which is to
to come—Jesus Christ, receiving in his risen manhood the
promise of the Father, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and pour-
ing forth the precious blessing upon the chosen members
of his mystical body, the predestinated Objects of Jehovah's
saving grace—Jesus Christ, the Lord of Creation, the second
Adam, the Judge of the quick and dead, returning in the
clouds of heaven with power and great glory, to break, as a
potter's vessel, all the combinations which the craft and sub-
tlety of the Devil or man worketh against him, and to estab-
lish, in judgment and justice, that everlasting kingdom, the
sceptre of which is a right sceptre—if you would secure and
perpetuate this glorious liberty of preaching, a liberty which
dominant Romanisni never did, and never will tolerate, then
join in our labours, strengthen our hands, and cheer our
hearts, and swell our numbers, in stedfastly maintaining the
only safeguard for all our blessings, and not ours only, but
the blessings of the whole nation, PROTESTANT ASCENDAN-
CY ! (Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. The reverend
gentleman concluded by reading the petition which he had
previously alluded to.)
The Rev. ANDREW KNOX seconded the resolution.—Car-
ried unanimously.
The Rev. MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN, D.D., rose amidst
vehement and long-Continued applause. He said,—Mr.
, .
Chairman, the course which our proceedings have taken
embolden me to commence with an abstract proposition.
Human affairs have been, of late years, so ordered as to
exemplify a truth which was previously demonstrable by
reason, but which, had it not become seen and felt in the
incidents of life,•would not have been acted on or received.
The truth is this :—if, in -a Protestant country in which free
, : ~,
institutions and a representative government generate politi-
cal parties, there be a considerable body composed of persons
belonging to the Church of Rome, the existeece of that body
constitutes or introduces a new principle among the elements
of political Calculations,- deranging all forms of reasoning
which have been ;constrected independently of this new ele-
ment, arid nullifying all conclusions to which they may have
conducted. -Plainlyehbwerer,' as this important truth has
been manifested in ethe tecentepolitical•eransacticns of our
own cotintrye there are ema rly among .us who still refuse to
confess it.! DUncialftl 'Ol'aftY(Of thoieadventurers, whose pro-
mises and iironheeies were once so; fatally alluring, what are
the parties into} which geliticiens, in this. country—or rather
into which out totinti'yeeen' generally—are divided, and 'they
will narneithenekoryptueiceording to certain -recognised dis-
tinctione, r, evm,in avowed objects, such as whig and con-
servativ4, radteartind-clArtist. Ask hini whether there is
ennteeleeea Roinate Catholic party ;—hel will, probably rebuke
you for the ihibeeeliteeehich has prompted your inquiry, and
will tell you' that'do stiegparty exists—that members of the
„Chen-ph of Romero:4d* found in each of the other parties—
:therenunehers in esetq being much greater than in any other—
[Zeet that, irte a party carrying out a particular design, they
igeeeed,to exiSeat 'that golden epoch when they were left, as a
particular party, nothing. to,deinand or desire. And yet they
sare in error. Roman Catholies, arc to be found in all parties ;
eleuteyeetsre !far 'es' Rcerlianisin prevails, it constitutes a party
Whichlegirrele ellcenelibeeetions into which men maybe thrown,
in nOOther light than as,they'conduce to promote its interests.
Let me notVe'satigtitieeT to Speak disparagingly of indi-
vidual Roman Catholics... No man is more ready or inure
glad than I am to aCknOWledge the high qualities of many
persons in outward .donuexien with the Church of -Rotor.
But thet eheychelesneesyerem, has a peculiar .character. It
has 'ire= 4w., Til proper affinities and its peculiar policy. Its
peeseseie,evrtetteonefilit'rti in a nation has a paramount power,
„we, pffeereeeeeders. opposition fruitless, to abide in sub-
`isiiisidtr 4nd repose. 1131 d, when the house is divided, and
ipeeteeeere ilirii6WitiViiilly balanced, then Romanism makes
ite,mssettee.mte;elteettaches itself to the weaker side, pro-
vided it can re* that the stronger, and provided also it
)fiesasullat Mitil'ecifistitetedeffstich Materials that it will cone
esertliteebo the ittAeument ofßome.
.. Such has been its policy
in Engstande,,obeervaet always of its own interest, watchful to
itekedleb ntletimilbielni'at advantage; until it has erected itself
. a power in.thelralm. i'l'he• British ministry,-in that memo-
rable boast,
.}?as
.eoefessed itself an instrument to work its
will foe RdinaniSift. I trust the details I have to lay before
you may-exemplify-.this, truth. I turn from it to other mat-
ters; and leaveit witleyou, with the evidence you shall hear
:to-der, and With that evidence which truth seems to bear
about it. (Loud- cries of -Hear, hear," and cheering.)
And here, sir, I have to crave your indulgence and that of
the meeting to smile'"remarks not properly, perhapS, belong-
ing to,the subject of the resolution, but called for by obser-
vations in that address from. the chair, which was listened to
with a delighted and 'deserved attention. I speak, sir, of the
opinions set forth inswhat are called' the Oxford tracts. If
there be differencebetween us in this mattereas it is perhaps
the only subject on which we are likely to be divided, I will
hope, for the many in which we are one, that you will hear
me with indulgence, and I am indeed not without a hope that
although, at first, you may question. the soundness of my
views, you' will find them, on fuller consideration, not ob-,
jectionable. I would say, sir, with respect to the Oxford-
system—" Be of good cheer." We live in days when great
principles are •ootheir trial. '(Cheers.) The empire of the
sword has had its hour, and seems to have passed away.:
We are living under the dynasty- of opmion. (Loud cheers.)
In an age like this, `it is' surely well that all great prin-
ciples which are entertained among men shall be plainly sta-
ted, anti, when they, are erroneous, shall be strongly and
discreetly 'cotribatede" And there is such a controversy now.
On the 'one side are - eminent men, earnest to assert the pure
succession of the -Church, lovers of antiquity, carrying their
admiration so near-the 'region of passion; that they will
love the object of.„their veneration, even with its defects.
On the other side are, high men also, lovers of truth, but
so offended with' he" errors chargeable upon writers of an-
eient.daysethat . they, forget or disregard the claims of an-
tiquity itself upon their respect and affection. Between
the two parties--the truth, will be cleared and established.
The lovers of antiquity will learn that that which they truly
value is widely distinguished from the opinions and practices
which ancient men have recommended, and they will qualify
their admiration. Those, on the other hand, who, in their
zeal for the truth, slight the testimony of antiquity, because
Many false and superstitious notions shelter within it, will
learn that, nevertheless, there was much important truth for
which we are indebted to those who were under a holy direc-
'titer in the Olden' ante. And thus,' by the lights reflected
from the one side and the other, a spectacle of wonder and
thanksgiving- and . praise will be disclosed. We shall
.
-see erroneous opinions, nnedifying ' practices, and gross
and drivellingeineerstitions circulating among men, and
distinct and exeteeitiobove them,—the authority of a saving.
faitheethe authority of a creed. We shall seen men; iti their
privete capacity--when under the government of their own
will, extrevagaet;-erroneouse absurd—and these same men,
all Steadfast and eelf-controlled to guard the sacred 'deposit
:of the faith: •-(Cheers.) We shall see thein'in their studies,
and their discourses, and their books, too often savouring
Of what was light, and frigid, and fantastical, and we shall
then; see thein, these same men,-assembling together to pro-
claim the paramount authority of the formulary which con-
tains the summary of saving faith, and admits neither error
nor perplexity, 'and we' shall 'sec them even abridging their
own liberty, in order to protect :against themselves this pre-
cious deposit. (Applause.) Surely, Sir, this will be a gra-
cious and edifying spectacle; and froln the manner in which
the controversy nteeheen taken use-I, strongly hope this
spectacle will be realized. Thankfel then, deeply thankful,
should wehe that in his gracious providence the Lord has
permitted those disputed opinions to be brought out at a
time when the Christian world is sufficiently sensible of the
difficulty and danger to Welcome their truth—and when Chris-
tian knowledge and zeal , are- advanced enough and strong
enough to combat successfully their errors. (Cheers.) And
now, sir, thanking you and the meeting for their patience, I
turn to the subject of the day.,
The resolution which I shall have _the honour to move, is
similar in spirit to one which was recently confided to me at
a great Protestant :meeting in a neighbouring town. - Upon
that interesting occasipne time did not.permit me to conclude
my argument. With yoUr permission, sir; and that of this
great assembly, shallc by a suppleniental statement,
complete the case of the Noemanby administration in Ireland.
Before I enter ueoh the second part of •nly Statement, how-
ever,- Ismanid' beg to correctAwo errorseor rather•to supply
two deficieecies, which have been noticed in reports of the
former.' One is with respect to the conduct held by the
Irish gstirchiitnerit towards the iLord Chief -Justice of the
Counnoo Please-r,, apether iP•tl4('•Odence given by stipendia-
ries of the government, respecting the conduct of the Irish
landlords.' Ore thrformer Subject I have'only to add, that
the edurnnieneeaereprial of which the -Chief Justice pro-
vided himself with a copy; wes not the first communication
with which he had beeteinialtdd. -

" •I cOnceived,'•'• the Qhiet 4usOee says in his evidence,
" at the time I sent that letter, that a practice was growing
up which ought to be cheCked.- Very recently before, there
had been transmitted-; to me a memorial, containing what
struck me as a very unwarrantable libel on the administra-
tion- of justice, and -that was also signed by a parish priest,
and I, on that occasion, felt it my duty to remonstrate, ! &c.
• my reply to Mr. Drummond, on this occasion, I ex-
pres,sed my astonishment that a memorial should have'been
submitted and received by -the King's representative, con-
taining an unfounded slander on the administration of jus-
tice, by casting imputations upon a highly respectable jury ;
„and when Ifonact another .parish, priest forwarding to the
lOrd-lieutenant An, insolent slander on me as a. judge, I did
itoinTiVe that ti is called Tor a.stPonger tone of remonstrance."
Otter Astitiolcy I have•to.supply- is of evidence on the
el.:induct of landlords. As it was upon the management of

property in Tipperary government had commented so se-
verely, I selected the Tipperary stipendiaries as the witnesses
to show that those mischievous commentaries had been un-
just ; and also to show that in thus taking side against the
landlords, the
.government was siding with Roman Catholic
priests. e - _

I read from the evidence of Cahill, Esq., sessional
crown prosecutor for the county of Tipperary,—
" Do you recollect the dinner given to Mr. O'Connell, at
Thurles, in November, 1838 ?—I remember the dinner.
" Was Mr. O'Keefe murdered on the 28th of October ?
He was.
" Do you recollect any speech made on that occasion by a
Roman Catholic clergyman ?—There were several.
" Do you recollect a speech made by Mr. Laffan .on that
occasion ?—I do.
" Do you consider it true that these expressions were used
by him, There is no man who abhors the crime of murder
more than I do, but I know that those murders and outrages
are the offspring of oppression. Yes, my lord, it is easy to
give a country a bad name, and say it is disturbed. I can tell
your lordship that there are savages in broad-cloth as well as
in frieze. It may not be believed by men like your lordship,
who have kindly hearts in their bosoms : but what would
your lordship think of the man that. would go to the cabin,
turn out a woman on the eve of child-birth, and who was
afterwards delivered in the open air ? What, my lord, must
be the feelings of the husband of that poor woman? Such
scenes my lord, are not of unfrequent occurrence in this
country ; and is your lordship astonished that there should
be reprisals ?
" Do you remember that speech having been made by Mr.
Laffar_ ?—I cannot be called upon to state the words, and I
believe there was some dispute about the words subsequently,
but the speech was something in that way," &c. This
evidence will be found at page 1149 of the report. Mr.
Cahill is candid enough to express his opinion of the speech.
" Do you, as a public officer, consider a speech of that
kind, delivered by a clergyman, represensible or not ?—I dis-
approved of the speech when I heard it.
Considering that Mr. O'Keefe had just been murdered in
the town, and was to have been a steward of that dinner
given to Mr. O'Connell, do not you consider that that speech
had a tendency to excite crime ?—At first I did not know that
Mr. O'Keefe's case was alluded to when I heard the speech
commencing; I subsequently thought that it was, and I
thought it very wrong."
Such is Mr. Cahill s opinion of the priest's speech ; now
hear him on the landlord's conduct—hear him when ques-
tioned as to that charge which had been preferred by his
government, the charge of a wholesale expulsion of tenants.
I read from page 852.
" Are you aware of any wholesale ejection of tenants in Tip-
perary by landlords ?—No ; I have known many persons
ejected, but I never knew of any wholesale ejection.
" Do you know of any very hard cases of ejectment ?—I am
not prepared to' state to your lordships any particular hard-
ships. Of course land is like other matters. Men have be-
come insolent, and have got into distress, and have been
pressed upon, but I know of no tyrannical or unnecessary
oppression."

I
shall content myself with two citations from the other
paid official of the government in Tipperary, the stipendary
magistrate, J. Tabelean, Esq. At page 749 I read—
" Indeed I must say the landlords of property in Tippe-
rary do exercise their rights with very great consideration,
from every thing that has come under my observation."
At page 753 I find—
.. .._

" lioyou know of any'case in Tipperary, since you have
been there as a police magistrate (about seven years), of what
may be called a wholesale expulsion of cottier tenants on any
estates ?—I do not recollect any instance in my part of the
county.

" bo you know of any case in which the landlord, with
the object of improving his estate, has removed from that
estate those small tenants of whom you have been speaking
in a body ?—I do not know any instance of it in that district
of the county.

" Have you heard of it in any other district of the county ?
—I cannot say that I have."

Already, sir, I have endeavoured to show that, in the case
between the government and the landlords of Ireland, the
government have, to the same extent as we have been enabled
to examine their case, been found in error. They have not
only abandoned their charge against the landlords, but have
by their own witnesses, it may be said, disproved it. They
have also confessed themselves, or shown themselves in error
with respect to the amount of crime in Ireland. Their own
returns show that it is augmented fearfully during the period
of their government. On the other hand it has been shown,
that by their expressions towards landlords, and their con-
duct towards judges, jurors, and witnesses, they have ap-
peared hostile to the rights of property and the administration
of justice. I now proceed to consider their conduct towards
the magistrates and police—that great force for the arrange-
ment and discipline of which they have claimed such praise
from the nation. How has government conducted itself to-
wards this great force? Has it been zealous and watchful to
insure and promote its efficiency? Has it shown a due sense
of the trust reposed in it by a generous opposition? Indeed,
to hear the manner in which government and its advocates
speak of the police-force, one would expect a care for it little
less than superstitious. It seems the idol of our present
rulers. We might almost expect to hear of some of those
advocates discarding all complicated formularies of faith, as
they have discarded the bible from the schools, and summing
up their faith in one col,prehensive proposition, " We be-
lieve in the police.”—(Laughter and cheers.) How have
they acted towards this force so trusted in? It is said that
they have made it the convenience for lodging some partisans
and favourites and that they have not been careful to protect
it from being abused by the introduction of unworthy mem-
bers. Ido not mean to trouble you with many cases of this
description. I shall select a very few from the many which
were offered to me, and choose those only in which govern-
ment, by its organ, has pronounced an opinion, and explained
the circumstances or the principles by which its conduat has
beer. determined. I shall take them from Mr. Drummond's
evidence :

• You say you only heard a rumour that he had been con-
cerned in smuggling ?
Just so.
-Ditl'yOu wake inquiry for the purpose of ascertaining the
fact when you heard the rumour?
No, I did not. When it was mentioned to me, I was told
itwas likely to he a subject of inquiry before this committee,
and, therefore, I thought it ps well that nothing should be
done until the result of that inquiry was known.
The snore massa call me, the more I won't come. (Laugh-
ter.) .Mr. Drummond thought it likely the parliamentary
committee would inquire about the matter, and therefore he
thought it better to leave himself unable to answer. A satis-
factory witness ! But-Mr. Drummond thought this.thnbet-
ter course. It is not for us to impugn his judgment:- it may
have been the better course—better for the witness, but if
better for the governmentthat •he came to defend, bad was
that. better—bad for the government—and bad, very bad for
the forsaken individual upon whose reputation he seems to
have pronounced the contemptuous sentence, the less that is
known of him the better.
[The rev. doctor then proceeded, at considerable length and
with great ability, to analyse the evidence of Mr. Drum-
mond. He then alluded to the dismissal of Col. Verner, in
conseqUence of his having proposed as a toast " The battle
of the Diamond." He next adverted to the celebrated
speech of O'Connell; beginning " Men of Carlow, are you
ready?" After commenting with much force upon the evi-
dence of Capt. Vigmiles, in reference to the above speech, he
proceeded to notice the treasonable expressions contained in
O'Connell's speech at Tuam, in January 1836, in which he
.• 66
said--s- I made the experiment for five years to conciliate the
Orangemen—l might as well attempt to tame sucking tigers,
for they are More ferocious in their nature, and more sangui-
nary in their actions, than the beasts of prey ; and I have ar-
rived at the conviction, that the attempt was useless, and
that we Must treat them as we do other felons In society.
(Hear and cheers.) And first we want to keep out the
tories. You all know that if the tories return to power there
is no hope of justice for Ireland—(hear, hear)—no proposal
of improving the state of the country. We have had the
bitter fruits of tory administration in seven centuries of op-
pression. Let the enemies of my country brand me as they
please with a desire to shrink from danger where my God
forbids: but they.mistake me if they think, should they at-
tempt to carry their threats of violence into execution, that
I would be backward in the struggle to prevent my country
from being injured afresh. Ido not say it lightly, but I as-
sert in the presence of my God who is to judge me, my con-
viction, that there exists among the tory party in England
and Scotland, a conspiracy to put down the Catholic popula-
tion of Ireland, as well as those liberal Protestants—and
thank GOd there are many—who join their Catholic brethren
against the machinations of that conspiracy." The rev.
doctor after describing, from the evidence of Captain
Vignoles, the nature of the consultations held by the law
officers on . the subject of the above treasonable expressions,
thus proceeded—] And of this nature was the consultation :
" I promise to give you, dear Titty,
My brooch and my bonnie black hen,
Gin ye will advise me to pity
The lad I love dear, my Tam Glen."
Burns.
Yes, sir—could we form a written statement of the profes-
sional consultations, this, I have no doubt, would be its elm-
racter I can almost fancy the process. Our Scottish fellow
subjects are of a deeply poetical temperament. I remember
once travelling in company with one well known and much
loved by many here—James Edward Gordon. I had long
known him as a strong wrestler for the truth—a man of
vigorous understanding, keen sagacity, and reasoning powers
of high order. I did not know that he had cultivated' the
lighter graces of literature in his course of study. I was un-
deceived when I accompanied him into the scenes of his
early life. The power of the hills came over him, and his
mind and memory turned out their treasures—snatches of old
border minstrelsy, anecdotes of romantic adventure, bursts
of bold patriotism, and golden gleams of poesy, all came out
in generous profusion, and taught me that until then I had
not known my friend. (Cheering,) Mr. Drummond may
have his hidden poetry too—and I can conjecture how it mis-
, led him.. -When he heard the charge against Mr. O'Connell,
he resolved to be severe. That gentlen an was a magistrate.
He iesolVed to learn what magistrates should do, and how they
should be treated. He sent for Burns' Justice of the Peace,
and that fantastic nobody, within his chambers, who has
Wrought mischief so often, remembered his frolicsothe voca-
tions on this occasion, too, and 'sent him Burns's Poems.
(Great Laughter.) At first Mr. Drummond did not clearly
understand.; but when, in turning over the leaves, he fell
upon the song or story from which I 'have quoted—he inter-
preted the allegory, and was counselled by it. The maiden
consulting-her sister as to a marriage of the heart or reason
was Lord Normantly between the claims of justice and of
Mr. O'Connell, and the consultation with the law officers
ended in proper form, with a recommendation "to be pitiful."
(Laughter and cheers.) If conduct like this were charged
upon a government in any country, no matter how peaceful
or well-ordered it might be, such conduct must provoke
much alarm and discontent. But when you take into
ac-
count that this is the conduct of a government sent to super-
intend the interests of aeountry in wllich there has been de-
tected a most foul and • formidable conspiracy, extending
through the whole length and breadth of the land; that this
government has been found assaulting, by its acts, for I
again set aside motives, the administration of justice, the
rights of property, and the best means of preserving peace,
what follows but that its excesses and supineness acquire a
character of increased enormity, which• fills the minds of all
who contemplate it with augmented alarm? Under any cir-
cumstances, sir, it would be fearful to contemplate a state of
things in which the acts of a government seemed hostile to
the laws they were to administer, hostile to the institutions
they were tinder a solemn obligation to protect. How is the
evil enhanced, if this irregularity prevail in a country fear-
fully disordered—a country in-which a conspiracy to effect
some lawless purpose of unmeasured, but of formidable mag-
nitude. by crimes and atrocities of almost unexampled
wickedness, is found to have spread itself out, one might
almost say, throughout the whole frame-work of society !
It is now, sir, proved to demonstration, that the country in
which government, by its acts, was holding up the land-
lords as objects for the hatred of the people, and introducing
measures for the discouragement of the Established Church,
and lessening the authority of the judicial bench, and open-
ing facilities for the escape of offenders in their trials, by its
regulations respecting the constitution of juries, and its en-
couragements, negative and positive, for the subornation of
perjured witnesses, was a country in which a conspiracy of
this fearful character was organised and widely extended.
It is sworn, sir, that this conspiracy meditated, meditates,
the overthrow of the Church establishment, the extirpation
of Protestants; the establishment of the church of Rome,
and the separation of Ireland from Great Britain. It is
sworn, sir, that the conspiracy accepts as members Ro-
man Catholics only, and such, too, alone, as are protected
against the danger of Protestant companionship. [The
Doctor then read from a sworn attestation, as handed in by
Mr. Drummond, and found in his evidence, several passages
in proof of the exclusiveness of Ribbonism, from which
it appeared that this secret confederacy was composed of
Roman Catholics only. Mr. Drummond's admissions fully

,the
established this point. It further appeared that.. est°a Cs'
temperance societies are sometimes exclusively Mita-see
tholic. The Rev. Doctor then concluded as follows :J:, allfi'
I would ask whether Mr. Drummond's explanation i
jaiele
cient ? Is there no purpose to be guarded by this 't our
avoidance of all Protestant participation? Judge for testi.
selves. Almost every witness who was examined geve_seli•
.molly, on oath, of his belief that the Ribbon conspiracy .06,,
tates the destruction of the Protestant Church and thee, el;
pation of Protestants. Mr. Drummond. almost al°2:tsue.
presses his unbelief. Which of the tivo persuasions]; jos
Judge of them by an incident in the question, whienig sot .
both sides acknowledged. The Ribbon conspiracy , sue
admit a Protestant to
,become a member. Of this
of
se,
picious incident the belief of the great majority of Woods
nesses furnishes an explanation. Is Mr. Drununcsescf
opinion that this is merely the " humour" of the cent,- little
or the times to be weighed against it ? There can be scle
Well ''
doubt, according to the laws of philosophising, to we,' t sir.
the balance will incline. Do you desire to know wa,,ae foe
O'Connell thinks of Ribbonisrn ? I shall read a Pas'ais2s:'
his evidence before a parliamentary committee, la Peso
" Do you know at what time the Ribbon Association
ill
in Ireland ?—No, I cannot say when it began; my own tn:viselr
is, that it is a continuation. of the Defender
immediately ensued on the original formation of the ,V jell
Association in the north (which association Mr. 0 poi of
admits was formed in 1795, three years after the outs, the
the Defenders had attained such a height as to ataeecoo,
legislature and government of the country,) and wiles or
necting itself with the French revolution, looking a'' island.
plete revolution in Ireland, and a separation from En ever
The Defender Association was at first confined to the i,sl;
classes, but had the bad feature of being almost e,,,ie,lsLissiie
Catholics, as the Ribbon system is exclusively I,a"-secl•
Such is Mr. O'Connell's stated opinion. His error I'o2'oo
systoli ~,fasgs,,
ing the Orange Society, I cannot afford time to exPq,„e error
fully ; but I ant not disposed to think that he was .-as the
When he represented the Ribbon and Defender System fog' '
same. Both meditated revolution and separation from 01-
land. Both avoided participation with Protestant' it it is ..
I
both being exclusively Roman Catholic, CORteMPlat7liefe i 5
natural to suppose, only Roman Catholic objects• eerie
another testimony which I should wish to place oohede see
that of Mr. Barrington, a Crown Prosecutor. I OOl
and am still, under a strong impression that he had sta fat'
evidence before the Committee in 1825, his knowledee.", so
~i,;
oath to prosecute and murder Protestants ; but inasOose ',
that gentleman has recently stated that he was not aequaposii' -
with any such oath, I shall not place my remembranee;,,slei,
tive though it be, against the deposition of so resPeete-rolea'
gentleman. Do you wish to knove what Dr. Doyle oft
wog
j
the Ribbon System ? He pronounced it " ..A. dark an • eos
, ,I 0 .
conspiracy against all that is established by the vc;'` Vow
in a country that should be more dear than life. escors
you know the species of seduction to which the consPl4Sll
yielded ? " Faith in prophecies." " I have been the le4
informed," he writes, " that during the course of esssy
year, when great numbers of you, yielding to our rrselce
strances, and those of our clergy, had withdrawn Pind e,
from these mischievous associations, you were prevailei 40
to return to them, excited by some absurd stories.o's V
prophecies, . and which were disseminated among,
designing and wicked men." The prophecies to,.`l'ilisrll'
Right Rev. Bishop alluded, were those called mint Ole'
Pastoriei, which conveyed an assurance, that at a Fse,lo.
1825, the Protestants of the empire were to he sle' e
(" Hear, hear," and loud cheers.) I need not recite I°tsis,
the testimony in his speech on that important trial f°ol-, bad
bonism--a trial with which, it appears, Mr. Drunon.ocrthe
not made himself acquainted—testimony to the en eilisog
the extirpation of Protestants from the country we,,s it ,e
the objects of the Ribbon conspiracy. But I ihia'„lsse ill
important to cite that noble lord's testimony in hirdecie".
parliament during the debate on Lord Wharneliffe s
.t ssi
stun : I quote from the Morning Chronicle of Augn
,el9t, AD,' ~
" Having been for forty years in public emPlon
having been assured that secret societies existed in ,esebe
he must say they had never ceased since 1798. The -self
nery established by the United Irishmen was the coLal„t col:
went, and that machinery was found so convenieiiooo7„
carrying on such societies, that it had never been ahaiesela'
The society of 1798 was formed originally by the Ptu goal •
of the north of Ireland. It was not formed by the Cillbesi
Catholics." Now, however, it appeared that Roman
,d lire
lies had attained a mastery over the machinery, at"ilerty
acquired a monopoly of conspiracy and insurrection.there 0
then, is evidence abundant to establish the fact that , y of
and has been for many years in Ireland, a cons:pie:oo4o
elusively Roman Catholic, and designed to effect Peisoalt
which, if we may judge of them from the crinsesis se II;
to bring them to pass, must be momentous. ~'llles'j.
government conducted itself in this difficulty : t se.
hear.) Former governments bad to struggle with It tbel •
far less favourable circumstances. They had net with Pe',
the party which it was fashionable to call the peoPle' rots,'
had not the cordial friendship and support of the
(1), wor
neither had they so powerful an array of police, an 01,6
strates, and legal auxiliaries. Neither had they atisf Par.,,f
tion in parliament such as would waive the politicssods „i
to promote the national good, and strengthen the %%cid',
antagonists, because thus they promoted the wel'onselii,
the country. All these advantages the present en' ,esii,
possessed, and with them also had what grace there ii,.tllll,
concession. Yet what have they done? It ael'ea':'es °A
evidence of their best and most trusted stipendiatl-;iov't
under their administration of affairs, the R:bilon eons'is lie
has made fearful progress. Former governments e°"eleoti
eradicate, but they restrained it. The present govertle wbati
endowed with powers unprecedented, have failed toe ose,
their crippled predecessors accomplished, and have Pprierraraillt
the evil to spread more widely aqd to become n'asc-diffe
rooted in the country. They tell us, no clouts`
story. Mr. Drummond assures us that the Ril.
racy is a scheme of some of the publicans in Ire'
mote the sale of their beer. He admits that it

source of evil—that it causes disorder and 'aim'

fatal as is the effect of its activities, its origin aft
ing head is to be found in this confederacy of
Pelyidus corpo, - Perfidus ! Magical, rather,
should be called, when he can impart to his
beverages the sobriety, the passionate sobriety
make men keep his secrets. (Laughter and chi
what a spectacle does Mr. Drummond's represer
before us ! Under the administration of a goy'
sensed of unexampled powers. Ireland has -
into a state of insecurity, and crime, and disord
spiracy of foul and formidable character aggravi
and augments the danger ; and this conspiracy,
governed by a few poor sellers of ale, is able
ingenuity and to defy the whole artillery of
No voltaic battery can illustrate the powers S
ment has set in array against plotters and evil (iL
Or, three ale-sellers are ingenious enough to contr
tion by which all the powers and energies of go'
defeated. (Hear.) The conspiracy defies them
have not been able to destroy or analyse it. B'
that Mr. Drummond has been thus deceived, or

grounds upon which he rests forthe justification of •
_.. 0 e
.
They seem to he principally, that the governiee_.„l
not succeeded in exploring the mysteries of thebtu toe
061
acy.- Forty-seven cases ofribbonism were bro",.4.osKil
the notice of the present government, and only one " lined be
crated to conviction. Various witnesses were esll'itioolco.
mean various approvers, and from their communieellielool,
government have not derived full and convincing il",iii Icoli
Many explanations may be offered to account for, :,0,-
of success, without discrediting the great truth wt`;ol,cril,,,'
witnesses failed to establish to Mr. Drummond' s sP „is 4 l'r, to
Approvers may have come forward to baffle or Pert4ali,"ol,
Approvers may have been discouraged who were mil tjit
testify to matter of much importance. Approver''evde.id
luntarily, half reluctantly, may -have been able t° 16 noo
scrutiny by which Mr. Drummond or his officl3olll6ol
them. And, sir, throughout the entire country a Poe °_e
tlit
may have spread which would effectually diecouragedesirci
of information that the Irish government does 11(4 aspic
suppression or the full exposure of the Ribbon e° e 0
b
(Hear, hear.) 1 b.-• o'
Such a persuasion has been disseminated; 1 01°01
stated in evidence, with respect to the apparent °P_Als9ii‘elYirio
Roman Catholic priests, and it is not altogether "; the ',1,0
a similar delusion has been propagated respectinv,„ot•V
government. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The rev' bortie'l ii!
went on to speak of the alliance between the gove,ife4r.
the present day and the Church of Rome, as 01c000°,11,0(
the appointment of Mr. Sheil to the office of P',..11e 1011!1,01
He, however, though he might disapprove 01 t 'bile.' le 1(7
propriety of such an appointment, would not, "c cligab, 01
the law of the land that Roman Catholics werea, 30'00 ~
such appointments, complain of this election• nt he fere
complain of Mr. Sheil's being sent in, but of 1111"iiele irl'',
out to do. If the report of the St: James's C4'11.11-!Pe tic°'
correct, Mr. Sheil, whe at the late election for 00050 t'
was proposed by a priest, distinctly stated, at the, te,e4 °P., tl'°
that he was indebted for the high honour Nllo'6ol'olll'
to the priests. The representative owed his eleetlboooq.,
priests ! (Hear.) The speaker quoted part of to.l 0 illifi! ,
able gentleman's speech, and asked whether that,cool,r re;
braggadocia and blood-thirsty threatening of 0 forlrej b. ,
into the language of a gentleman. After sw"e„pclll`
_4l
marks on the same subject, Dr. O'Sullivan e" 60'
proposing the resolution, which was as follows '0„ tbet'll; )1
' That the countenance and support give" 401 ble °V,'
system by the British government, under the 'OIIY rtiooo I
taken impression of that system being fundainen 0,0'6 oaj ,
Whether we regard that support in the direeLciaati, to 114
Romish instruction at Maynooth College, in ''''' 40°40°4
our various colonies, or the in firect advantage.oolo'_g 0, ,:
Romish priests, by such an arrangement of Ott eh v..ter ',
as tends to exclude Protestant clergymen, are su-s c°l!(Ptie° l':
only to justify, but loudly to call for the strenn°:, 10 1),
action of all who design to perpetuate the Pea`' 0,
and religion of England." ,do redol :
The Rev. FREDERICK BARKER Seconded'
which was adopted without opposition. the it ~.
0-4.
At the suggestion of the chairman •00 o, s 4,,
The Rev. FIELDING OULD moved the adoPti..l„;eite..os ~'
tition which had been read by the Rev. Mr. 3-I,..Aried P 1 ;,,ti
gentleman seconded the motion, which was ca- '4'l
cO. re' i
clamation. oh' os° 1
The Rev. CHAIRMAN announced that the a aia
which had been made in the course of the eveni'L itl:j)e I
..ti
to £B5. 1. I 10°
.aloil li
On the motion of Mr. M'Neile, seconded bY
sea 4 1
Esq. a vote of thanks to the chairman was Pas: ,5
~ ov;-' :
acclamations. •, ~,-rs• pj pr '
" Praise God from whom ail blessings no'', t o.' PI"
by the vast assembly. The meeting terminated a ooleet ,
The collection made at the doors ainounted 'fter 01 ' 4,
.'
being £l5 more than was realized at the Manche'
ell' er
--", i ries
LABOUR-SAVING SOAP.—The foliowaig lich ',rile rp
making the labour-saving soap caving t ine, il/l'ire,l
cellent article for washing and of I:l'2't-o 01,111,e)
ceipts for snaking it have been sold for from ‘lOOOllO, or
and the soap seven cents. per lb. : but it can Iso 5
.01tbill
for about two cents. Take two pounds of voter'rhtpi'
pounds of yellow bar soap, and two quarts of
.0 iloile,
,11,1
soap in thin slices, and boil all together for t.s%, for 0.701.,,i,.1)
strain it through a cloth, let it cool, and it'' tl, es in t.'il 4'i tij
rections for using the soap :—Put the clot,.° „tterheet.tif
night before you wash, and to every pail „°,;:v cil'erfe%
you boil them add one pound of soap. x• 111 b` ' ii'°'
rubbing ; merely rinse them out, and they `c" 151....511.'
clean and white.—New York Pa )er. revoo'
. t e uRt iEovn I,
have for a few weeks past occupied some sili:lhareh' 00,,rtV,
VALs OF RELIGION.—Ini the religious " oil"' lb ;:
Paisley has this week taken a silla'".t.als, -,,igPthi,,'
ous meetings in connexion with these re4ol4oel/je,
held nightly during the present week. 0"1 oa IP; Pelle
mweereeticnogisselgueenteedralbry
meeting was held in Martyrs' Church, a" es 0' tik ors''
evenings in the High Church. The serve l' ilie;jef
the
Rev.b
ponderance of attendance being on the 11‘11., cla'tter,'
well at , ,e, tdr'
With the exception of an invitation to sufileati, t°,l; o°olo,,
main after the more public services were e'° -.-iii siroet°oo'iri
ellenlr.veliruyrns, Yr•iod:sit., pool ;e
pose of conversing with ministers or eidr.'-ree '4,l°
nary religious meetings ; only they
the services did not differ in any materialcae4jaeralve a,letrist!
were (:"..as .4;Pcs O,OIJ
protracted. On Wednesd night there b_..` for, bei?!, ~,
sobbing on the part of a female; but this, 70,,:striiiii.1.0
aware, was the only instance of any 01" 11 iftle,joj
served on the part of the audience.—Paisl,o the eslak,
Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gortr'civil oleo'
,10,
commissioner, assisted by Mr. Wsdker, t,,,,ei. 0'0:0(1:01
has completed his inspection of the harhyrepalle,yrily
between the Thames and Portsmouth, Poe 10,,,,,1, iP
making his report to their lordships as t° .otrY,sips ' fil
proving the communication between this e°; t 0 S" Vol
by steam-packets, and of affording ,bolter site re t
tress during contrary winds and .2tortns. .. t tlie: Fej °.i,
MARVELLOUS CURBS.—It appears that tlll?i'ot'i',l.p
Gardenstone took the pains to inquire 0.11,,,c, on. 147514.1
who had actually attested marvellous en.lTig afilliitli°,, 9
more than two-thirds of them died Sh°,jij bY P0400;c01
been cured. Sir Robert Walpole was k,"'nevreteLlias I' si''
medicine, Lord Bolinbroke by a man "-to'n by °r P
him of a cancer in his faCe, and WinningAeatil
quack, who physiced and bled him to
rheumatism.—Atlas.

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fe
Itch
Youi

bt, u'„opt
ibbon ra'
reland " ftfal ;#4,4-91/1
Kis 3,1 a'7%!\ \'
rar.')ll
Irect. °
and itS 1101' *,j,
of ale-snoe Wer
/ant•riO
oe`,olll
whica
cheers.) hio to
;e tat or
„sentAlcd
He re," ar
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'tofr'11)1311e0, rl('
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govern
yhich g°4iool cir,
2Ra Pi v
or e
)vernalea,,,i
still. it
30t 06, ',114E
r what 8.".1.00
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the
d that e'o cy
rely ROtninNolt
rOIIOWS :]
lanation su..to
by this st
Judge for leuost.i.
nined gave.,tedi.
;onsPirneY `e'stir•
ch and the
lmo.t alone' 'e?
sua -.0, is is o 0
tru
ion, ~chicU
not
lspiracy w.-
)f this ines/ sy,tlt.
tv of the
ori • mow
;t o
of the c"sPiltle
o re
to
aµ s,,
I.g, we,le, )lr•
know wne'frost
a passail.2s:--
sitstoeec;atiiloll.l heriou
my own nisv'ibiell .4
;r systerubowe
on of the ell
Mr. O'C°e9f
the outrage'tv
as to 31°1000
,) and was
cOO,
coking 1,0.1;01.
from .I)ower
ned to the • .elv
most iusit
yely
is error re 'i:(-)0
to expose 1f ~,e
he was ina'sliit
er System'
ation from End
)testants..it is
ternPlatedi re
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SAT
LANTIC STEAM NAVIGATION.
ItL'e
41tzwe foli
r, owing quoted in the brew York Courier
eh
47,(1 'titan
it:Jo Y Copy the following from the Natchez
'reachu''.46ll, merely observin that the time al-
jat
Passage
• g,
• aye-
ill lateen s not sufficient. Each trip will 114 pn,.mays, and they should always be allowed
of the Undoubtedly- both the public and the
ing
sucxeamers would be benefitted by a mutual
t7,lCellrier!s,is suggested by the correspondent of
° reejine, but we doubt whether there exists suf-
,y,d,„,,_a,s. between the different companies to ac-
, aietp.eroi:herzmuesuolf:ai
enr object.--Ed.
detc
jt .eo—uerEnn
cdalio:sCour. Enq.
qr("se to se d h
enclosed letter through the
e"4 Paper. Please publish it and oblige
A SUBSCRIBER.
.2,1+-ier NEAR NATCHEZ, 22d August, 1839.
ei 'Enquirer, New York
reur,_
tli4and stance of two steam veSsels leaving New
"!e'lee in Orli the same day, has induced me to ask
-.;„l'hich Ingult,'; about some arrangement with the
.erktir "eir sailing days might be reduced to some
11,eIe certainty and regularity in the receipt of
to
,say anof the undue excitement
sneu competit. thing
~,,yleerktripoeorixthe President, it is said will be ready to.
~ou.(in the first day of September, and this
Into the arrangement will give you four
'tn sid with
a Proper understanding, will furnish ad-
:re, for exe: uf the Atlantic every ten days.
Nerit eiPle, the following scale be adopted :
"Eittw
i2oth
e,tu sail from Liverpool Ist September, from
ePtember
7:l44.lihoritkes.u„stetrhn
Stoestaefml from Liverpool 10th September,
-11•00,eela to sail °ln
1%
err fr • ol 20th September,
Aier th October. )
.;,(20/7eilloto sail from Liverpool 30th September, from
„kaki,ikt etober.
A,.:. second trip, to sail from Liverpool 16th
,44etild Perceive, on and after the 20th September,
toenoeevc each port on the same day, and would,
es
.1)ellse the whole correspondence between the
111044'welt as all passengers.
dent „teutV days each way for passage and out-
nelieP of the British Queen, will demonstra.te,
4er Hey of that allowance ; her voyage being
au average owing to bad weather and new
1.146 e ob.
".°Pert,leeted, at first glance, that these vessels be-
the',2! different owners, a difficulty would arise
,441' 04.4e"ir into common stock ; but this is not neces-
40t w!.dit see his own interest in fixing a day
tr Act with the other awl by adhering to it
ntli -ve ?
uld increase while the danger from ex-
tuatericy lessened. Yours, respectfully,

A SUBSCRIBER,

E 0 AND BUENOS AIRES -oi!esfrorn
o.,4lthat he nnte. Video are to the first of August.
ith :toed. razillans intended to blockade the port,
Vete,, d she revolutionary movements in Monte
~kttiverr neral attention. Rosas had refused to
rea his °n any terms. The latter had, conse-
rrotection to Savallos, whom he had I
hefor-
e w as Preparing an expedition against
raTR• g could it was thou ht,_bring 3000 men
1;a8 would, was calculgated, be too strong
to tench admiral had gone to the island of
4o assist Savallos : their united force would
ii?taw. men. The blockade of Buenos Ayres
Crries:i.owodheicalicehaast been
jtaraunnsllaaltellefsorc our columns
Of
_pot our readers in possession of a detailed
(treadfill state of affairs at Buenos Ayres
k4l°,,k4tils sin Monte Video, 9th July, 1839.
4ter • readY toe' Rozaes Gazette announced that the
•
iguor Punish the conspirators. Of the time
h ant- It has. however, arrived at Buenos
iderit
op been shot, and Don Manuel Vicente
Trib the Chamber of Representatives and of
4ti,ri-ord
u 1 4a
has been assassinated. The instil--
iiVitae :14en„aving been quelled, Ibarra,. who had
, of oaegoei„,;, became fearful, and, dreading Rosas,
'Lolls with him. Rosas exacted the giv-
lo,after e' and the death of Don Pedro Nolasco
tlnit?rne doubting and vacillation, Ibarra re-
-1;gro Noi.!•n,,e act of double perfidy.
kkta, re,•014-ca Rodrigues, Governor of Cordova, de-
'. 41,,0th,',„t1f the military, fomented by General
- '"e square of Cordova, after being cruelly
44,1, 3.
-olhs' exprn courage animated him to
.the last
4pl happy offering up prayers for the liberty of
e. nee, and the no less wretched Argen-
tl:Vade IV,en be heard the
" Present," he cried
hiesueath and the next instant was a corpse.
Bo Rodrigues, Cullen was surprised in the
;_albited, in Santiago, by a party sent by
Ted 041-1 with a pair of manacles on his ancles,
,4'44,erita Lopaz, Governor of Cordova, who
iOri al proviryce of Buenos Aytii•es,desorinted
getefaLtlie A.rreoognioTanePec bilo, L hielsinAe
rZ which divides
~'Zindt.a,Fe from that of Buenos Ayres, Colonel
Litarlitaa a hal-e_a.n?p, made his appearance withsaas
ki:ptticattof 13Zsetri.
to
ae gresented an d
, and, heorbeeirno-r dmelivered
t• hat 411i,in, that he should within' a quarter
ZytT, hipsn;" he could confess himself to the priest,
'ky444,lta oos
la,e him for that purpose. Useless were
orthe unhappy Cullen, useless his alleging
114,4 AYres .filtgovernor of a province, independent
t4tiottera, he had but to resign himself to his fate.
iii,t,s.4nifeuted, and, as he did not die at the first dis-
t,, (lily' • eonipleted the work. His head was cut
18 'no possession of Rosas
.."10 tacrehants made a representation to Rosas,
spare the' life of Cullen. When they_ p_re-
,Vt.titliNtestsi he had already in his quarters the head of
kt4'44 VZ.ernclr•
°its sne was enacted at the Arrogo de
6 NA, of tie_ cruel was transacted in Buenos Ayres.
N;LAtt,ehaert`r shoulder blades of the unhappy Beron
accept' ' made a pair of reins for the horse of
4, • tokestd the horrible gift, and this piece of hu-
k\krii;3. ed
te' him the idea of new and frightful as-
his •
thcid friend, Don I.4anoelVicente Maza, Pre-
‘e!loiteaeltihrer of Representatives who had been
(I,!:ftial,Pre.); Roses, fell under his displeasure and he
of
a,,oer,osr4ieosn. He was conducted, ironed, to
zr}' s , •
siti,tet!, went to the house of his father,
'and th. niin, insulting his wife, and broke all his
rfklised thez fled through the lower part of the
lbent rie_ night of the 27th of last month in the
On the 28th he moved to the house of
to osee''ecretary of the Chamber of Representa-
kil.. assi,„' Cabello told him that the Governor in-
ti 0 ate
iLine„,rephed and that he ought to concealhim-
-0,7 " I have no crimes for which I
Vikt7t of ;11'elt that ev •
4,,t;' the, ie seer evening four men masked, approached.
• khpeart ,e`arY. Two of them plunged their pool-
Kon▪ a,s°t'ltoa rnsausl,agttoo,,ssiepr.v,a, servant of Maze's who was at
other
two entered. One of them was Don Mar-
He pierced the breast
h , and die victim expired immediately.
elianiher went to give notice to the Vice-
r4tL'lS, te. ass:.inbled in the hill, and decided among
L'e "dt the corpse of the President should remain
radg day, Jias until nine o'clock of the morning of
the id not , that, if up to that hour the family of
,burial cla it, the Vice-president should give
:4„.**4,1 At two o'clock in the morning the wife
aolti4tiectilcthi e body, but by order of Rosa.s,_ilye
"-the s cart to tne Assembly House, and carried, in
tTeoleta.the ditch of the criminals in the ceine-
th, depes,,L:tt midnight the family begged anew for
It it in the family sepulchre, but without
Ylitttne4iit'
,it44,4ltheittinssea,_Cs.olor.iel Maza, who was • in prison, four
t,,it4,(l:er vrit,s matron of his father, received the fatal
'4,tilfes;atels.. 4 an intimation that he himself was to be
Itis hour
eri
114441.4 a 'nes," they said, " since your father no
Yeo riltai
tted
.ne,_ or petted no crimes," replied Maza.
suje with God, since you are about to die.
(,4(4 coat You his chaplain.''
ss
e, ato the chaplain of a tyrant."
t,t her
‘G feel rnis this handkerchief: it is moistened with
0,.e guard it ; and know, th e
at I carridmakem
I regret that it was not given to me to
I jai 4Ylh after this dialogue, he was shot. He was
aria aje, had only been married a month,
141,*4•03toisin nigh-spirited young man.
iiilhartla to 8 Who murdered the President; Mau,
.41,L 3elf the house of Guerrico, his son-in-law.
11,t4r4latitt)asof
sPo in one of the rooms of the house, and
kto 11101 valiantly that the assassins entered into
ti d 4 Ith, lie
i" agreed with them, that he should write
*I . Which
`14114,1 'against he should prove that he had not
• tiler allover inn, and that he should remain in the
.itypth.
boom'
fr are The assassins took the letter:
4,11,,,(.140RRos, that Guerrico should not be
Ij4tv tkelei ktiza
Liittioaid execti
,as been shot, more than twenty per-
ti rett7,!-1- One might well imagine, that the
'nor Pan-!-
.'"'l/e but that they would rise at
_Mrs crimes. The last advices per
th
dith
pkrte corpats
which
Wacs reported, in 13,
commandeduenosAes!
tZ;I:4 tliat eor intillialialitaCnotlonpefltaazcaountry of
4 thith • Granada was the leader of this insurrec-
qii 'tlitClThere
Per itiletails'll!ere a private letter, with some fur-
,t) 1%,1 deg of t! e assassination of the President
koitie
rd 4brt,„;he prp:,'; he was dragged along the ground by
' thew hials.:`,lnt's chair to the scavengers' cart,
Its, Partiz. t'° the Criminal's Cemetery.
who tilte Rosas alleges, that Maza had con-
'''ll kled dens slain by some of hii accom-
is .
tij,4ANN. uncing them.
ciltvfbi.i3l 44,
iliq„,4tgereard, szte°ll----.A. young fop, who had just began
,desi Pped into a barber's shop, and after a
()%rein red to be hayed. The barbel. went through ent, and the
Oh young sprig jumped up with a
4,lt4ft.teali ``)ITV° ellarge7' f.oine fellow, what youer.
tiloh hr, .I,r_ was the reply. `Noch wg !
\r !vien ,_ tOll, whet areOurrazaolways thankful when we can
kea i1411(110 • ri e nuptialrs ';;;Arnmo nery_ian betwixt apteh.e.
404ethtern the silts imaginary Adriatic bride, has been
N • of Cale ade by the actual marriage of a son
donia o bosons of old father
itterestin ' the .
Itit; t, •lo tLaCe on h 4 lila in this instance, singular
'4:4 hie ir the ,„idst the North Star, steamer, on
NNett 9lllaillietrofiroilisr the German Ocean, during her
\?4ktttflrti °tiler Bof the b • The happy couple were both
uke of Sutherland, but had never
t th
PkVeklaleavio take the' previous day, when they met at
hg their t.24l,;ePassage along with many other
v.k44 et:4V_ r land, tojoin those sent out to
t,tl:ll4lolealarto, a Pally formed in Loudon for that
ninny' gentleman appointed by the New
‘c haK, bfor'L over the comforts of the
N„N, yotion,ettlile North Star had left the Moray
to ti_tl ghlander was paying more than
;t44lcLisl, the
.athiatil newly formed female aquaintance,
‘,o4tutt"hiiien and manly form had apparently
jette of '-ei:re f.amied the new born flame, and
kt;' tioß _lT'ediate g man being on board suggested
ond tv_vith any nprriage. The lovers having no
11141hils WhiehY4p the disciples of Malthus in the
grogb 0 take JeY were journeying at once made
I', `eh nlattin)erisee7h other " for' better for worse,,,
4,6444:40k5ers e,411,1tn0n4,, zith, they were joined in the
etoger'B4o. the Yshii the presence of the whole of
theZated t-ntered s, company. The captain and
k:Ctri,ii, est
tiOli this ,(7.ltn the greatest spirit into the
j'AQlser,,e4,e vessel °us occasion. An extra allow-
could afford, to eat and drink,
t•is'`,_;4l.lliialt.,itt)Yoc,gheette.st to all present, and in addition to
(j:ir tht fia"eer, with the Scottish character of the
4he sitr "Is soul-i •• • e o nspiring music, struck up
ifnue n.;!1. „r,'s, and the happy company en-
. to th ern' 14. tat zest
aid ey h 'lane d n the deck of the North
fat iad b e er the waves of the German
ore gle/jseen surrounded by all their friends in
--"rrespondent of the Inverness