The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-10 00:00:00

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[FROM CAURIeIeR MORNIMIS POST 011 JAN. 5.]

Yesterday, a moat crowded and numerous Meeting
of (lentlemen took place at the Corn Exchange Tavern,
pnr‘uant to adjdarnment, to receive the report of the
Committee appointed to consult on the most constitu-
tional mode of demanding redress for the outrage com-
mitted on the Freeholders of the County of Dublin, on
Saturday last.
At two o'clock, 11,Atttei4ca CLINCH, Esq. was called
to the Chair.

Mr. FINLAY then stated to the Meeting, that the
Committeee had, in the first instance, recommended
that an Address should be laid before the Government

of this Country, complaining of the illegal and uncon-
stitutional conduct of the High Sheriff of the County
of Dublin, and demanding redress for the outrage com-
mitted on the Freeholders, on Saturday, the 30th of
December. The Committee also recommenfled that

another Address, (which would be but an echo of the
one to be laid brfure the Irish Oovernment,) should be

forwarded to Parliament, thereby bringing the matter
before the Member. of the Iwo Houses of Parliament.

Mr. Finlay then read the Address, which was directed
" To his Excellency Charles Chetwynd Talbot, Earl
_ _

Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, and Chief Oovernor of Ire-
land." it contained a statement of farts relative to
the outrage committed on the Freeholders of the
County of Dublin, and demanded redress for the illegal
and unconstitutional conduct of the Sheriff.

Counsellor HENRY DawsoN then pri,poged the fol-
lowing Resolution. which lie prefaced with a few per-
tinent observations :

Resolved—That the Noblemen. Gentlemen. Clergy and
Freeholders of the County of Dublin, having. in pursuance
of the summons of Slr Richard Steele, hart. Met Sheriff.
assembled in County Court. In the Sessions-ilouse at Kit-
maiitham, on Saturday. the 30th of December, 1840. and
whilst comporting themselves in a peaceable. orderly, aid
decorous manner, they were without sny provocation. or
justification whatsoever. and before the hu:lness for which
they had been so convened was concluded. siolestly and
illegally assaulted, di%per.ed. and driven out of the see-
sions-house, by an armed military force, acting by the di-
rection of the Sheriff.

This Resolution was seconded by Asyruostv
BROWNE. Esq., of tiardiner's-place, and on being put
from the Chair, was carried unanimously.
Mr. LURE PLA:marrr then addressed the neetinc,
after which Mr. Dawsost proposed the following Re-
solution :--

Resolved—That the conduct of the filch Sheriff of the
County of Dublin—his irregular method of conducting Vie
business—his unprovoked harshness to the Freeholders—his
threatening the meeting with the military—his asserting en
address to be carried without hiving put the negative pro-
position on the question—and finally., his dispersing the
Freeholders by the military, (the Civil Pow..r being present
in great force, and no violence or tumult requiring such in-
ference.) are gross and flagrant violations of the rights of
the Freeholders, and of the subjects of these realms iit ge-
neral. derogatory from the freedom of public opinion, and
forming a dangerous and ominous precedent.
Captain FoirBELL then rime.-31r. Chairman, in ris-
ing to second the Resolution uloirk you have just heard,
I shall take the liberty of makir.g a few observations.
Whenever the rights of the subject are invaded in a
free country, it is the duty of every man in that coun-
try, one and all, to seek the must constitutional mode
of obtaining redress , fer those rights which are com-
mon to all should be preserved by all. These rights
have been invaded, and it has been asked, whether this
outrage has been but the act of an individual, or whe-
ther it has sprung from a system of Government acted
on in this country, I think it but the act of an indivi-
dual, as I cannot for a moment suppose such a stain
upon the administration of Lord Talbot, as to think
that outrage had the sanction of the Irish Government.
It should be recollected, that during Lord Talbot's
Administration, a magistrate made application at the
Castle to have the Insurrection Act put in force in ot.e
of the Counties of Ireland, and it was refused. Lord
Talbot acted on the principle, that lenient, were better
than coercive measures, to insure the tranquillity of
Ireland. I c..nnot think it possible, that Government
would sanction an art, calling on the Freeholders of
the County to assemble at the Court house, where, if
a Freeholder opened his mouth, he was in danger of
having a gunpowder bolus thrust down his throat. I
shall conclude, Mr. Chairman, with seconding that
Resolution.
The Resolution was then put from the Chair, and
carried unanimously.
Mr. Finlay moved, that the address to the Lord
Lieutenant, which he had the honour to read at the
commencement of that day's proceedings, should be
adopted, as containing the sentiments of the meeting.
In putting this yoestion, the CHAIRMAN made a
few observations, stating, that he was present at the
outrage committed on the Freeholders, animadvert-
ing, in terms of just and severe censure, on the ille-
gality of the act, and expressing his astonishment at
the idiotic fully that could have prompted it.
Mr. FINLAY's motion was then carried unani-
measly.
(Here there were loud and repeated calls on Mr.
O'Connell, which continued for some time.) '1 bat
Gentleman then came forward, and after the applause
with which he was received had in some degree sub-
sided, spoke to Vae following effect :
Oentlemen—lt was nut my intention to have ad•
dressed the meeting to day, but I d.) not think I
should altogether decline the honour you have just
done me in having called on ate in such a very flat-
tering manner. I shall now take leave, however, to
make a few *marks on some observations which fell
from Captain Powell, that under Lord Talbot's admi-
nistration, the laws of this country have been adminis-
tered with an impartiality, and a silent dignity befit-
ting his high station and his upright character. I ad-
mit that ),'r. Grant's conduct has been every thing That
is liberal and enlightened; and bumble an individual
as I can, they may accept thii praise from me, for it is
not Battery. I cannot, however, look on the late out-
rage, as the isolated act of an individual ; but think it
lather a part of that system which first divided, aad
afterwards *distracted this unhappy country. Leafs •1
SD *. hireling press of this country. I know wk
(ration the press,l thrust my hand into a ant' at
&roots. See in what terms the pensioned limb
bribed press speaks of this illegal act—(a voles*
the crowd, " aye, the Correspondent:")-1 soars*'
particular paper, bat 1 say that Nose bats Emil