The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-10-11
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FROM LATE ENGLISH PAPERS.

= A<OAs AON, august
By he Lord Lieutenant and Council o,
lreiaad.
A PROCLAIM ALTON.
RICHMOND, sc. 49,.
Whereas by an Act made in the ParIia
men, OF Ireland IN the 331 yearof his pre-
sent Majesty's reign, entitled. An act 70
prevent Election or appnihtmedt OF uniaw
iui assemblies. under pretence Of preparing
or presenting public petitions or other adj
dresses to his Majesty or the Piriiam ent. %
1t is enacted, % That all Assemblies, Com
mittee. or other bodies, of pers)ns elected
or IN any other manner, constituted or ap .
po'ntedto represent, or assuming or eyer
clsing right or authority TO represen, the
people OF this realm, or any numbero descrip-
ton OF the people os the same, or the people of
any province, county. city, town, or other dis
trict within the same, under pretence of
petltioning tor or in any Other manner pro
curing an aiterationiof matters established
by law, In Church or State, save and Is,
|cept the knights, Citizens and Burgesse,
elected To serve IN the Parliament thereof.
and save & except he Houses OF L onvoca,
ton duly summoned by the Kings writ
are unlawful assemblies and that it shall
aud may be lawful Tor any Mayor, Sheriff.
Justice OF the Peace, or other Peace Officer.
and they are thereby respectively autnori.
sed and requlree. within his and their re-
spectlyc Jurisdictions, to- dispense ali such
unlawful assemblies, and If ressted, to enter
into the same and TO apprahend all persons
offending in that behalI"-And it is further
enacted, = That If any person shall give or
publish, or Cause TO procure to be given
or published, any written or other notice of
election TO be holden, or of any manner of
appointment OF any person or persons 10 be
the Representative or Representatives, De
legate or Delegates, OF the inhabitants. or
any description of the inhabitants o. any Uro-
vince, county, city, town, or other dis.
trict within the kingdom, at any s;ch as
sembly; or it any person shall attend and
vote at such election or appointment or by
any other means, vote or act as sucn syerv
person WHO shall be guilty OF any of the said
offences, respectively being hereof cDnvic
ted by due course OF Jaw, shalt be deemed
guilty ut an high misdemeanor."
And = whereas, at Meeting or Assembly
Of persons ned in the city OF Dublin, ON the
9Th day OF July inst. and sitting Themselves
Q" meeting OF the Catholics of Irehnd,"
certain resolutions, amongst others, were en-
tered into. and have since been published, of
the tenor following
" Resolved, That Committee ofCatho-
lies be therefore appointed, and requested
to cause proper Petitions to be forthwith
framed for the repeal of the Penal Laws. &
to procure Signatures thereto in all parts of
Ireland, and to take measures for bringing
such Petitions under the serious considerati.
ons of the Legislature within one month of
the ensuing Sessions of Paria nent;
Resolved. That said Committee do CON.
sst of the Catholic Peers and their eldest
sons. the Catholic Baronets, he prelates of
the Catholic Church in ireland, and also
ten persons to be appointed by the Catho-
lies in each county in Ireland, the survivors
OF the delegates of 1893, to constitute an in
tegral part of that number & also of five per
sons to be appointed by the Catholic inha
bitants OF each parish in Dabiin.
Resolved, That the appointment of thu
said persons be made forthwith;
" Resolved, That it be recommended to
such committee to resort to all legal and
constitutional means of maintaining a cordi
al communication of sentiment and co ope-
ration of conduct amongst The Catholics of
Ireland and generally of promoting the fla
vorable reception of their petition;
"Resolved, That until the new committee
shall be appointed, the management of Ca
thoiC affairs shall be c6nfided to the Z atho-
tic Peers, Baronets, and survivors of the de-
Iesates of 1895"
And whereas there is reason Co appre-
bend that some, of hig Majesty's subjects
may have already aced, and that Others
may be, mlsled to act in furtherancc of those
resoletions, by taking part in he election
or appointment of Delegates or Represen-
tatives for such proposed assembly or com,
mittee, and that the persons so elected or
delegated,may be disposed TO meet and form
such assembly or committee as aforesaid
And whereas such an assembly as is by
those resolutions proposed TO be convened,
IS not only ia direct violation of the Proyisi
ons OF the Statute aforesaid, and an unlaw..
full assembly, but tends directly to en-
danger the peace and tranquility of the
State
Now we, the Lord Lieutenant, by & with
the advice of the Privy Council of Ireland.
being determined, as in us lies, to enforce
the due observance of the Laws of this
realm, and being anxious TO prevent the
mischieis which the violation of those laws
aud particularly of the statute herein be
fore mentioned, must occasion, do, by this
our Proclamation, command all his Males
tvs loving subjects OF this part of the u
nited Kingdom, that they do abstain from
all acts and proceedings whatsoever. con.
trary to the provisions OF the aforesaid sta
tute
. And we do further hereby call uDon &
require all Justices of the Peace. Msvors
Sberltis, BaIlifs, and other peace officers.
IN this part Of the United X ,ngdom. that thev
do abstain from all acts and proceedings
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