Star.
London, England, 1828-11-12 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

D. c. .5, T. Jones, WonibrreHT,Stalordshire, nail factor, at
eleven, at the Jervingliam Arens I uuu Eibiffnsl, Slirbpshkr.—
Dee. it, H. Hetherington, King'sgate-street, Hulhotir, printer, at
one, at the Court uf CUOUTliabiatltif. Dec. 4, T. Clarke,
rough, Wiltshire. 14m:raper, at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Marl-
in/tough. Dcc 15, 0. &email, Amlwch, Anglesea, draper, at ten,
31 %tine's Hotel, Manchester. b.c. 4, J. James, Cheltenham,
victualler, at ten, at the Lamb inn, Cheltenham!. Dec,. 2, W.
Dimes, Southampton, music dealer, at ttn, at the Conn of Com-
sui3sturvers. Dec. 2, J. Haywood, Woo.l.wreet, Cheapside, wool.
lendraper, at ten, at the Court of CommlWooera. Dec. 2, T.
Quinlan and J. T. Stokes, Grosvenor-market, Hanover-square.
ciper,, at twelve, at the Court of Cumuni.sioners. Dec. 2, W. F.
Naves, Aldermanhury, dealet„ at eleven, at the Court of Commis..
sinner. Lee. 4, h. W. Dickenson, Liverpool, merchant, at one,.]
at the office of Messrs. Lace, Miller, and Lace, Liverpool. Dec. 2,
J. Mackenzie and J. Murhie, Oxford, tea dealtrs at one, at the
Court of Commissioners. Dec. 2, J. F. Cole, New Bond-street,
chronometer maker, at elevtir, at tire Court of Commissioners.—

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Dec. 1•, C. James. Bloomai.ury, linendraper, at ten,
at the Court of Contmatsiontro. Dec. 2. 11. Clark, liishopegate.
street, tea dealer, at twtive, at the Cot.rt ot Commissioners. Dec.
2, J. Hall, North Shields, Notthonsbetlatid, master mariner, at
twelve, at the Coott of Commiesioorrs. Dec. 2, R. Priestley,
Nigh Ilnlbnrn, bookselltr, a: ten, at the Court of Commissioners.
Dec. 2, J. Writiht, High Gmve, B..ddleworth, Yorkobiree woollen-
nianul..cturer, at title' st the S!ar Inn, Maticheettr. Dec. 2, T.
Bdtr., Thaitr-,trtet,Manclitoter,lware, lirirtidraper, at twelve,
at the Court ot f'oninsiksioners. IJee- 4,J. Wrap and
Chekterliekl, Derbyshire, tlas dreaser4, at twelve. at Sir. Gillett &
utire, Chesterfield. Dee. I, J. Cali*, T. Gulling, and C Fell,
,LtAtri le-Moors, Lancailiire, cotton ,pitmen, at ten, at the Mar
Inn, MAtelsester.

CERTIFIGATUS, .Use. 2.
'N. Miller, Ntatb, Glamorgin.hire, pluedirr. C. Tuck, Great
taa.outb, Norfolk, shipwript. Wl*44 Barbbk7,Y4akihatet

" DEA& Ste—ln consequence of my absence front Armagh, 111
did not receive your letter of the 5d instant, till this meriting; and '1
I have unfortunately engagements here. which make it impossible
for me to attend the .Alerting to morrow. I regret this extremely,
as, though I am already a member of several Brunswick Clubs, I
feel peculiar interest in that which is to be there established. As
a Minister of Religion, I have. on former occasions, come forward,
knowing that the Roman Carbolic Clergy will not be satisfied till
they quench all illumination of Scriptural knowledge in the laud;
and that, therefore, the withholding them from obtaining any fur-
ther power in Irelsnd is, in tact, effectually contributing to the
diffusion of the Gospel. As a possessor of property, however small,
I see that it is endangered by the proceedings of the Association ;
and, therefore, I hive exerted all my powers with seal, if not
with effect, in assisting to create a countervailing power which
may controul its violence. But I am even more called upon by
gratitude to our University, to which I owe, I may say, all that
I possess—character, property..-and more than even these, the pur-
suits and taste which are my best blessing. The character of the
University is now assailed. The division of its estates is already
apparently contemplated; the viohtion of its charter will probably
be attempted; and, in these times, it is worse than foolish ti
suppose that either its acknowledged usefulness will procure it re-
spect, or the liberality which it has shown in admitting (I think
in direct opposition to the spirit of its foundation) Roman Catbo.
lies to partake in its advantages, obtain for it any gratitude from
persons who have shown that nothing short of absolute submission
will content them.

" I am glad therefore, that a Club is about to be formed, spe-
cially bound to the University; and I request you to enroll my
Dante on its list. I should also have felt myself honoured by mow-
log one of the resolutions, on its Insthotion, If I could have been
present, though I must have occupied the place of some one who
could discharge that duty more effectually.
" Believe me yours most sincerely,
" T. It. ROBINSON.

" To H. Maxwell, Esq. kc. &c."
A tremendous burst of applause, which lasted for
several minutes, followed the conclusion of the letter.
Alter which, Colonel lawns read the Resolution
which conveyed the thanks of the Graduates, Om to
the Rev. C. Boyton--(Tiemeadous cheering). He stated
that on looking around him he beheld in that meeting
die respectability, wealth, and talent of the nation. He
could not but congraiulate the Protestants tf Ireland
on such an accession of strength to the glorious cause,
'which they were prepared to support; a body so learned
as the Gradua!es of the University, dispersed through
various parts of Ireland, possessing such ample means
of acquiring local information, could not fail of.being
of the greatest importance to the great and sacred

cause of civil and religions liberty, which was the basis
tifth British Constitution, as it was in its present form.
That the Rev. C. Boyton was the cause of rousing the
dormant spirit of Protestantism, no man could deny;
that his persevering conduct and eloquence tended
mainly to diffuse the same spirit all over the kingdom,
was a fact equally wel known; and that his inflPzible
and uncompromising support of our Constitution, in
Churih and State, through good report and through
evil rliport, in times of conciliation, peril, and apostasy,
justly entitled him to the support and unfeigned grati-
tude of the Protestants of Ireland—(Cheers.)
Joareit NAPIER, Esq. A.M. seconded the Resolu-
tion, and warmly expressed the gratitude of the Pro.
testants of Ireland towards the Rev. Mr. Bruton fir his
patriotic exertions in the cause. He then took an ela-
borate review, of the ecclesiastical history of the countr y.
in which he took occasion to make the very apposite
remark that the Pope actually excommunicated all the
Barons who signed the Great Charter, and absolved the
King from the oath he had taken to in tintain the rights'
therein set forth. After convincingly showing that
Popery has always been opposed to our tights and
liberties, Mr. Nap'er thus continued:—lr. the answer of
the University of Salamanca to the Right Hon. Wm.
Pitt, on the question of keeping faith with heretics, the
answer sass, that these is a distinction to be made be-
tween the civil and religious toleration of heretics; and
one of the Pope's Cardinals, in a letter to Sir J. C. Hip.
pisley, says, " that, although the 801 l in Ccena Domini
is not expressly, it is implicitly in force in all countries,
where these is no impediment to the exertion of the'
Pope's authority I' Connecting this with the declara-
tion of the Pope, that. " as I am placed in the bask of
St. Peter, I will make use of those experienced rowers"
(the Jesuits), we may derive some general conception
as to the designs of the Roman Catholic religior
at the present time. I now, my Lord, a ish to ad-
vert to a to, is immediately connected with this
country, and that is the Roman Catholic College
of Maynooth. In the observations I shall make on
this particular subject matter, I will speak not
from what I heard, but from what I myself saws-1
If the ingenuity of • malice were endeavouring to
devise a system calculated to destroy the human Old.
lect—to extinguish the reasoning faculties, and dim the
understanding, I cannot imagine one bitter 6 ted for
the task than the system pursued at the College of May
nooth. Habituated to the common menial offices, de-
barred from any literary knowledge but the sweets of
the musty folios of the Fathers, tliey are thus brutalized
'no a servile obedience; the choicell historians are
carefully locked up in the condemned cells; and one
student with whom I conversed, who had ost lined
some mark of dilinctinn as a "learned pundit," I
pledge my honour, could not tell the names of the
books employed in their scietitific course—(Trcmendous
cheering). They told me that the only
against reading genetal literature was a sintl le expiii-
sion—(A laugh). No knowledge am. ng them but scho-
lastic divinity ; and t'.e liberality of their Picfessorsi
whutillowed them to make any Pro:estant objections
at lecture was highly extolled. " Where are you to get
the Protestant objections?" said I. " Are you allowed
to ri ad Protest•int book,?" so No." Singular charity I
that allows a man to state objections, but gives him niit
the means of ascertaining what the objectinns are—
(Loud laughter, and much cheering). 'I hos, with their
minds dal kened by ignorance, they are tit subjects for
servile duminatiim; and there you. may see them like
falcons leashed to their blocks, ready capped and
hoodei in be placed upsn the hun.er's as in, and let
loose upon tileir prey—(Loud and continued cheering) 1
But we have been charged wi;h intolerance,hocause
we will not extend to such individuals the poser ii
being intolerant towards us. Is it intolerance to defend
our E.tableslied Religion? rho tenets of a siaceie Ca- i
tholic impose on him, as ties paramount to all other,,
his obligations to his Church; and therefore no Caihol;c
could imagine emancipation desirable unless he con-
scientiously bslieved that it would give him the means
of advancing the lute ests f his own Church, anJ
crusting that rt the Established Church of these cow:-
tries—(Heai ). Why do they avow their hostility t' the
Establishment? Is it bee tuse it is an ILstanlishine ?
No. Their own religion was an est:oll'4lrd religion.
Is it because it takes tithe ? No. Toeir own 'elision
instituted tithe. It is because it is t 1 e mighty opponent
of uncontrouled authority. But our opponents have,
in these learned times, taken new grounds, and they
say that the bid' Catholic now is not what the Roman
Catholic was. How, then, is the Irish Catholic Asso-
ciation superior to the laws? And why do they forge
fetters its Maynooth, it they do not it.tend to chain
timer slaves? I tell you, it you bring them within
your Protes,ant prerogatives you will find that you
have introduced A wooden horse that will pour forth
its armed men against you—(Great cheering). The
Silicitor General lot Leland, in the last debate on the
Catholic question, observed, with more legal subtlety
than political sagacity, that we could ni t remain as we
are; we must therefore either advance cr recede; we
cannot recede, and therefore we must advance—(Loud
cheers). Now this is evidently a petitio principii. For
how does it appear that by advancing we can continue
to remain, in our Protestantism ? And how does he es-
tablish the position that we must not attempt to te•enact
the penal laws? I would answer him in the language
of Tacitus, " Aut ed ilia transeanrus, si potions cunt, nut
nova cupientiosa Wendy- dux et auctor." We are ar-
rived on the brink of a precipice, from which nothing
can save us but a precipitate retreat; for whether we
dash impetuously forward, 01' wait till the ground
crumbles beneath our feet, in either case our downfall
is certain, our ruin is inevitable—(Loud cheers). It is
said we must yield to their prejudices, for we cannot
convert them. Such was not the despondency of the
early reformers of England, and of Scotland, that was
then cradled in ignorance, and has now become the mart
of science and the field of literature. Theirs was a
difficult and stupendous task; and amidst the menaces
of Popery and the threats of infidelity, they reamed the
simple majesty of the reformed religion. Let us be
united and determined ; let us observe, that it must be
a source of real delight to the person who called them
into active operation (the Rev. C. B spot)) to have seen
them appearing at first like the little cloud that the
Prophet of the older time beheld—that quickly sp, tad
over the firmament—(Loud and continued cheers).—
They have linked to the great and mighty cause men
whose stupendous eloquence is only to be equalled by
their other greet and surpassing attainments. In addi-
tion to my truly valued friend, Mr. Beyton, I may
allude to another powerful illustration of this positions

potent ; fir it springs from a false prii cii.le, anti. is
mmely the lamentation ot prove Led B.Lt
we speak, events are flying rapicliy to their ciipsu nnia-
imething must be done with the Associati. n,
or it will root cut every vestige circa, liberty and pure
religion in the land. It is a vile, it is a Otis% absu,dity
to suppose- that this will be best effected by gratiting
what is called emancipation. Fur were the tew re-
maining civil disabilities remoeeit, the Assi ciatkin, so
tar room ceasing to said, w..rild be turned into one still
more baneful, a religious Inquisition. Bot their great
aim is the uve'throw of the Constitution both in Church
..nd State; they do not affect to disguise it; they tell
us plainly and openly they are struggling, to pull
down Pr testant Ascendancy. Now, my Loot!. by
an immutable principle of Nature's laws, every Con.
etution must perish when its essence is destroyed;
and what is the essence of the British Con titution ?
Is there a voice in this Assembly that will not re.
*pond Protimant Ascendai.c) —(Loud cheering).
There is a crisis in every course of human things, and
crisis is fast approaching in the affairs of the country.
0.. r own apathy may have urged it on, but now, thank
Goo; we are prepared for the result; posterity must cc-
cord this as a felthAlkable eta of awakened energies on
the part of a Protestant people—and no man who re-
flects how, in the space of three shoot months, notes•
tantison arose as at a magician's call from a tt,te of the
most degraded prostration to an attitude of cctomand•
ing power, but moot acknowledge that the Protestants
of Ireland base done their duty.
It.WEaa, Esq. next proposed that the Vice Provost
should take the Chair, and that the thanks of the meet.
ing be returned to Lord Castlenneine for his dignified,
honourable, and consistent conduct in the Chair. This
Resolution passed amid tiemenclons cheering, a hich
continued for several minutes, alter which the Meeting
broke up.—The following Resolutions were passed
unanimously :
" That the Graduates' of the University of Dublin feel them.
selves called on to suite, at die present important crisis, not from
any principle of offence, but , sot* for defence, anal that it Is the
bounden duty of piny Gradual, of the University to mull few
Way forward to defence of that Church which the University was

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establiNlied to support—in defence of those laws, the dispensers of
which that University was established to provide ; and in defence
of that religion which that University was established to incuic ite

and disseminate.
" That a Society he now formed, entitled the Reun wick Con-
stitutional Club of the Graduatts of the University of Dublin, the
principles of the Club to be such as necessarily illys from sdeter
ruination to preserve our Protestant Constitnt ion, and maintain the
Protestant Institutions of the country in their present intim, ity.
" That his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, Chincellor
of our University and LL.D. be, requested to become Patton of
the tub. •
" That Francis Hodgkinson, Esq. LL.D. and Vice-Provost of
our University, be requested to accept the office of President of
Club, and that the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be re •
crested to accept the office of Vice. Presidents of the Club
et Enniskillen, Earl of Carrick ,Viscount Castlemaine, Lord Edward
Chichester; Sir Edward Hayes, and twenty-one other Gentlemen

of distinction.
1. That Henry Mame% Esq. A.B. and 51. P. be appointed
Secretary to the Club."
A Committee of Management was elso appointed.

The following letter has been addressed by his Grace
the Archbishop of DUSLIN to Major SccLas. one of
the Assistant Secretaries of the Biunswick Constitu-
tional Club of Ireland:
" Palace, St. Stephen's-green, Nov. 25,1828.
" Sts—Being satisfied, from the declarations of the Meeting
assembled at the Rotunda, on Tuesday, the 4th inst. that the object
of the Institution then and there convened is simply in defence of
•the Protestant principles of the Constitution, I feel that, as an
Archbishop of the Protestant Church established in these countries,
and as bound by obligations to the Church and to the State, to con-
ibtite in every suitable way to the maintenance of both, and con•
sequently to the maintenance of that connection, without which
neither can subsist, I cannot consistently, at this moment of open
menace and undisguised hostility against their existence, withhold
. my humble aid in the furtherance of those measures which your
Society has adopted for their preservation.
'• Were it necessary to retort to an obligation of a still higher
order, I should lad it in the duty which enjoins ar. opposition to
any power which would exert itself to impede the fret circulation
of the Holy Scriptures, and which would in place of Divine autho-
rity substitute the authority of man.
" I beg you will accept of the sum of one hundred pounds, to be
disposed of in such manlier as your Society shall deem most con-
ducive to the excellent objects Which it conten-.platew
I have di; honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient humble Servant,
" W. DUBLIN."