The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-22 00:00:00


IRELAND.

AGUVEGIATE MEETING —DU3LIN, Tuesday, Sopt. 18.

(FROM THE DUBLIN EVENING posr•]

ASPEdi, OF THE vvioxr.

At an early hour this day, the Royal Exchange
was 811e.1 with a numerous assemblage of 4he most
reap:cid& Frogmen and Freeholders A f tho city of
nulloa, and at half.past twelve o'cluek Sir JAMES
took the Chair. At his entran.e he was
greeted' with the most enthusiastic I,laudits, which
continued for near a quarter of an hour before the
bu.ine'ss of the du could be commenzed. Such
was the enthwiastic gratitude w hich moved every
heart at the inurneut, in a(liniration of the virtues of
our incorruptible Sheriff, that he was obliged to
supplicate them by gesture (for words could not be
hon.!) to suffer the fervour of their feelings to
subside.

The pressure of the crowd became so great, and
the s'truggle to Ref near the Chair became so violent,
that Sir James found it necessary to call
on them in the full swing words•:—". Gentlemen,
I humbly request order--if yen act peaceably and
orderly, yoo will confound your enemies, and must
ultimately triumph ovcl them by carrying your
point ; but if you act disorderly, beassured that yonr
own exertion+, and the exertions of your friends,
in behalf of this distressed and afflicted country,
must be unsisecvssful, and you will indubitably
.lose
the object which you have.in view."
This appeal had an instantaneous effect—the tu.
milli immediately ceased ; Sir James then appointed
F. W. Conway, Esq. Secretary to he Meeting,
who read the Requisition of the Quarter Sessions
Grand Jury, and also tho Requisition of the prin.
ripal Freemen and Freeholders of the City of Dub.
lin (as it appeared in the former numbers of The
Dublin Evening Posl).—Here the recollection of
the patriotic conduct of the virtuous Sheriff, when
contrasted with the evasive and pitiful conduct
of his- colleague, excited fresh bursts of ap.
plause ; but at length the Sheriff' haviiig, after
repeated attempts to restore silence, obtain.
al a bearing,• with that candour which has al.
ways characterised bis conduct, addressed them
again.

" Gentlemen, it is confidently said by your ene.
Lies that this Meeting hai been organized by a
!action, but I ern determined to vindicate the pu.
city of your motives, and to shew theni that I shall
nut act with partiality, I am determined to hear
every min ; and I again gay, that every attar .whp
dissents from me may expect a patient hearing."
Mr. If urrox —Sir, I fed myself 'called •ote
to come 00: ward this day to move a Petitiorr to the
mg, and another to Parliament, for is.Reptial of
the Art of Union, in consequence. of, the part
which I tio,k in the discussion of the question. is
October last. I find it neee.sary to lay claim to
your attention from a sense of the inadequacy of
Wsy abilities to do justice to so important a cause;
and I hope to experience your candour this 'day,
because I know that an appeal is never made in vain
to the hearts of Irishmen. This Meeting has not
been convened for the purpose imputed to us, of se.
wing this country from England ; but to thew to
the world that we love.Brifishscontreetion, and our
good King—for if, Sir, we wished to sever this
country from England, we would never have
called the Meeting, but glittered Ireland to have con.
tinned in diseatisfaction and'inisery, until the resent.
silent for her wrongs would ineiitably lead to
a disunion.—lf we wished for commotion, wd
would sat r discontent to continue its progress;
but our views are honest—we wish alone to pre.
serve the British connection.—You all know .what.
promises were hold out at the time of the Union...
great capital was-promised—Dublin was to be a free
port—Cork a naval port...the education a the
poor of the country was to be attended to...and the,
claims of the Roman Catholics for emancipation were
to be taken expeditiously into that consideration,
which could not be safely given to it in a native Par.
!lament. Has any one of these promises been fulfilled?
Has British capital visited here? Is Dublin a free port?
Is Cork a naval port? Or, has the education of
the poor of the land received that attention which
It deserved ? The Roman Catholics have petitioned
for emancipation, but have their claims been grant.
▪ ?—We have stet the mad project of uniting to
France, or of destroying British connection—we
only wish to be restored to what we were in the
year 1782. We do not wish to (Morn Ireland to
Bonaparte, but wish to support most firmly the
throne of Great Britain. I wish for independence,.
but wish also .to support the throne of England.
I must, say again, that I should not now have the
honour of addressing you, if I had not been pushed
forward on account of my feeble efforts in the Com-
mon Council of the City; and I shall conclude by
saying, let us :hew the world that we love the King,
and only 'want the Constitution of 82, without
which, I say, there can be no happiness for Ireland.
Mr. HUTTON. I move you,- Sir, that a Corn.
mittee of nine Gentlemen be appointed to prepare
a Petition to the King, and another to the House
of Commons, for a Repeal of the Act of Union.
The following Gentlemen were then pamed :
Mr. HUTTON ' Mr. ABBOTT
Mr. M'OON NELL Mr. FARRELL
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