The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-07-24 00:00:00

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DUBLIN, Moneeert hut' 19.
At the meeting of the Catholic Hoard on Saterslay,
Mr. O'Goesran brought forward his m refer ad.
dressing the Spanish Cortes, requestino-*
ference in favour of the Catholics of
laboured, by a qteitation of precedents,.
the motion. He 'referred to H.srne'a Hs*
Er:glad, Vol. 6, where it is recorded that.
Dutch, in 1579, sent a solemn embassy, consist
of five individuals, to the Court of Elizabeth, $
treating her interference on their behalf with t
Court of Spain, and offering her, u a reward of Is
exertions, possession of the provinces. She refits
the premium, but'sent Sir Henry Cobham to it
cede for the supplicants, which it is stated this Mo
'larch took in good part.
Mr. O'Gorman, secondly, referred to Robertson,
who records another instance of interference its Eli.
zabeth, on behalf of the subjects of Foreign Princes.
It was that in which she solicited for the enlarge.
went of Morton, the Scotch Regent, and head of
the Protestant party in Scotland, 'who was imprison.'
ed by the Court.
idly, Reference was made to Wabon's Philip,
where it is testified that Elizabeth frequently inter.
fered with the Government of Scotland, at the in-
stance of the Reformers, and in support of the Pro-
tesiant Religion; and aso, that without her aid the
Protestants of France must have been extirpated.
4thly, He had recourse to the instance of Thomas
Wilkes, Clerk of the Council,, being dispatched to'
Nad rid on the arrival of an Ambassador from the
Derek, vs stated In Watson's Philip, to request a
redress of grievances, and a change of a Governor,
as the means which could Alone secure the allegiance,
of the Dutch, and present them from throwing them-
selves in despair into the hands of another Power.
sthly, To the instance in which the States-General
addressed a memorial to Charles If. when he was
about to dissolve his Parliament, requesting of him,
at the suggestion of a deputation from England, not
to put his intentions in execution.

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&My, To that in which the Spanish Court, in the
year 1793, made au overture at the request of. the
French Princes and Emigrants, to the National As-
sembly of France, to spare the life of Louis the
Sixteenth.

Mthly, To that in which, about the year 1697, tha
Catholics of Ireland solicited the intecession of
Charles 11. of Spain, and Leopold the Fourth of
Austria, who were then Allies of Great Britain.
Bthly, To that in which the Irish Catholics seat
Agents to the Congress of Ryswickt to pray the me-
diation of the Catholic Powers.

And lastly, Mr: O'Gorman referred to the in•
!lance in which, previous to the Treaty of Utrecht,
a Deputation was sent from Ireland to the French
Court, praying for its mediation for the repeal of the
I'enal Code.

The Learned Gentleman thew 'moved, " That the
Resolution of the Aggregate Meeting, reepectiog su
application to the Spanish Cortes, entreating their
mediation with the British Government, sa behalf of
their suffering Brethren, the Catholics of Ireland, be
now referred to eCommittee of 21, to consider or the
same, and report their opinion and advice upon the
best mode-of carrying it into effect.
Mr. O'Contrzi. seconded the motion, and answer.
ed., et considerable length, some objections which had
been made to the measure.

The Resolution was thee put and carried.

BAUGH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

An interesting trial came on in the court of King's
Bench, WADI on Monday last, before Mr. Justice
DAY, and a Special 'Jury. It was an action brought
by iss Frances French, against Mr. Ignatitta
Keogh, for a Breach of Promise of Marriage. The
damages were laid at Five Thousand Pounds. It
appeared that a contract of marriage had been rego
larly made between the parties; that they corre-
sponded and looked upon each other as bound in-
dissolubly together ; the Defendant, however, became
embarrassed—was put into the Sheriff's prison—and
declined to fulfil the contract. An Act of Insolvency
was passed, and Mr. Keogh was about to avail him-
self of it, but finding a fiat which had been obtained
at the suit of the young Lady against him, an insu-
perable bar to his enlargement, he agreed once more
to renew the contract, which he did in writing, and,
upon getting two friends of his to become guarantees
for the due fulfilment of it he regained his liberty.—
He continued to correspond with the Lady, but
after a short interval, the ardour of his love became•
cooler and cooler. Each letter was more formal
and less affectionate thee the preceding one, un-
til at length he wrote, to say, that in consequence
of an anonymous letter Which be said he had re-
ceived, but which was never produced, he could pot'
think of making her hia wife. The letter which con-
tained this intimation, closed the correspondence.—'
Judge DAy,iu.his charge to the Jury, characterised it
as a most base and disgraceful, though well written
• composition. He said it was evident from the style
of the letter, that the writer had looked into books,
but that its matter afforded a melancholy proof of
his perversion to ill purposes of the informatics! lie had
acquired. Of the anonymous letter which the Defeo.
dant assigned as the motive for breaking off the con-
tract, his Lordship observed, that it might never
have bad nny existence, save le the imagination of the
Plaintiff himself, and if It had an actual existence,
It might have been his own composition. If this were
nut so, the Learned Judge asked, why had not tim De-
fendant shown the letter to the young Lady's friends,
that they might endeavour to discover And punish her
foul calumniator? Upon the whole his Lordship
pronounced it one of the most ,aggravated cases of I
the kind.t hat read ever come before him. The Jury
found a verdict forthe Plaintiff—Damages Two Thou.
sand Pounds and Costs! •
• The Plaintiff's case was stated by Mr. Serjeaut
INPMAnow • upon the same side were Mr. DRIII-
CoLL, Mr. frALLACS, and Mr. NORTR.
Mr. Hume DEANL GRADY stated the Defendant's
case—Mr. Gooch and Mr. FALLOW were with him.
The speeches were long; there were several wit-
nnlises examined, and a great number of letters read;
the Court was crowded to excess, sad among the',
auditors a ere many Ladies in the galleries. The
1141 lasted from half-past tell in the morning, until
sc; en o'clock, and engaged :inch attention.