ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Production Note Project Unica Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign 2015K . t SPEECii it* OF THE llight Honorable W. W. Pol delivered IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT^ ON THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1811 ^ IN REPLY TO MR. PONSONBY, On his Motion for ¿n Inquiry into the reasons for enforckf i TEE ' - CONTENTION ACT9 1 IN IRELAND. DUBLIN ! i’«»NrED 3Y J. shea, 4a, COLLEGE-GREEN- ' i \ ■ 't f ai -1 / -r.’-V • -- “ tl i. I il Líin na c ca/í r h nilm. .1 '■■i-' ' ./■ .-i?. V ,,í'i’ ■? í '^v. «s-X/Za ii çffu i. f r'í. r-,1 ?.'»/r- ■•' i ^ íT .-! p << • > r '\ T V * /> ^ .O' '‘t 'r> ■ f r ■’ . ^ 6W i, Jß- V •>, , ^ > Ij- . ■ j V- ;■ o: ,0' '■ ■ í,\ i,,J' 5 5DJ¡Aíi:;7 C :; jv";' ■ "■ ""0. V 7 - ^ Jv.^, V' A /. / ■ ''7 . 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'^■Í O- ' I 7 ;j 5 i ?.. •- " D i *' di ■'(cl .«v0>.r,!0 Dí-0. .'.-•.{o; ,¿íí>íÍ:^;A0od5í1 kÍ 1n rpn nnnn mpin "^cAnn nn npw híílsPREFACE. The Editor of the following PubHcatiou, în justice to the great cause of the Countr/, has felt it his dutj to give as ample a circulation as possible to the speech of the Right Hon. W. W. Pole, Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, delivered in the House of Commons, on Thursday, March the yth i?ii, on the Motion of Mr. Ponsonbj, relative to the Convention Act, When the Speech is dispassionately considered, when the motives of the Irish Government are weiÿied, when the concis liator/ and manly conduct of his Grace the Duke of Richmond is recollected, there is no man, but an Oppositionist by profession, but a Demagogue whochuses to recommend himself to the applause of the populace, or a Traitor who wishes to see a separation of this Country from England, and con* sequenily her Union with France, None, but such characters, will disapprove of the speech of the Right Hon. Secretary, or condemn the line of policy adopted by the Irish Government. Now Vihzi is the substance and sum of Mr* Pole's alledged misconduct ? Merely this A Meeting of a few young Lawyers and others of the Catholic body, siiling themselves the Committee of the Catholics of Ireland, upon whose claims, bj the ar R, ^al .)SC m IE 0 deec ¡V lie; gger awn iVlU way, T sliall not pronounce an opinion, nor indeed [ is it necessary, as tiieir conduct has been disapproved of by the most respectable and independent part of that, persuasion. This Committee, not content with publishing their discussions from time to time, not content with exposing themselves to the sneers ■ of the sober part of the Commuhity ibr theirv interference and policy, publish a circular LETTER in the teeth of'an Act of Parliament, I calling on the Counties to appoint Delegates, for the purpose of forming rather a National Conven-tlon, than the direct object of their petitior. To obviate this, and to prevent, as far as possible, dangerous tendency of such an illegal assemblj',,^;nit Mr. Pole, dispatched a CIRCULAR couched uithinf^^^® the striet letter of the Law oi the Land, and fot^u this he has been abused by all the violent and |ii democratic prints in Dublin* In his vincication, | the Editor feels it only necessary to Publish the C lbllq:.yin.g unanswerable P .that.h^is been a^vapeecJ^jj; agai pSt him.,. jMqf e^îTi?£bt b.saM.on. tb, su b?ut upble thmg,SQ Speech hj ■ att^ip^ipg ,t^ go^ 3h;;;is alj^?>;pnnece;?^^y.,to|^ U hj.% Îârjf:Majq;riîj.iîi-:Ç^ .^ -^.,4 ïîiti armiirreci iinon tnem. «îend un new billsH|i|! SPEECH, ,, Î ' ;:38' Mr. W. pole w*8 wy will mg; to admit that iu f^very ngintof view the Hon. ai^d Learned Gent, had a right w call on him for an explanation of the recent condu(5fc of the Iriih Government ; but at the fame time he could not but lament, that the zeal of feveral of the Hon. Gentlemen op-polite, had not been fo far corredled by their prudence and jullice, as to induce them to refrain from entering into any difeuflion on the fubjea:, during the necelTary abfence from tlicHoufe of that individual, from whom alone their remarks could receive a complete and fatisfadlory anfwer.—* The line of condu#.n.inn rPlnCCx rivere exiiled in it a great diiibrcnce of opinion with refpe^il tO'the propriety of prefenting a petition, and a debate was ■; carried on with violence. Several fpeeches were made by Mr. " JCeogh and others, of wiiich he would not fay any thing; but ¡¡¡’ there: was one arg^umeht ufed on the cecaiion by Mr. P. Fin-¡¡5 4>crty, v/ho was at that time in Ireland, for the purpofe of j reorie&ng affidavits in juflification of a libel on a Noble ([5 Lord, the tendency of which needed no comment. The ¡.! manner in which in which it was alleged the Eogliih wcrjc mifleci, v/ith reTpe(il to Ireland, had been prevlouily ^ dwe,ÍLf^ with gre^^ and much faid of the ftupidJty ,and vulgarity of the Edgliih, Mr. Finnerty, in a very Ion® -ii. fpeec.^, rcarphed agaihif the arguments ©f thofe who na llech'abii&g tííe Éngliílt nation, contending that it wa5tbe>.  IJI 5 ts| liii^ GovcrnmeSit, and not the EngHili nation, ,that wis ' (Xi^blc; that every honeft Irliliman knew what were’ the „rlnlpsof the Iriih Government; and that the Engiifli principit . n 1_____1 „„ ^ T».:ev. Lvcrnjment was Juft as bad as the; Iriih Government After 1 ‘s Mr. Finnerty proceeded to recommend a Petition not for Catholic Emancipation, hut for a Reform inParUa-tleiit and for a Repeal of the Union. ' All this would have been unimportant, but for what followed. The fpeech of Finnerty was received with the loiidcfl'applaufe, and ¿ rewarded by an unanimous vote of thanks. Still, ‘however ^ ferious as this proceeding was, the Lord lieutenant did if rot confider it fufficiently fcrious to require the interference s| of Government. The fame Meeting, after the vote of 4 Thanks to Mr. Finnerty, refolved that the Catholic Com-mittee (that Committee which had been appointed by the li. Aezregate Meeting, for the foie purpofe of framing the iri Petition to Parliament) iliould have the foie management of Catholic affairs. All this was very well known at the ¡21 C’aftle, but it was felt, that though it was extremely im-4 prudent conduit, it yet involved no daogcr to the State. J The Lord pieutenant, therefore, and thoie by whom he \yas advifed, took upon themfcives the rciponfibility of looking 4 over the ■whole tranfacEtioii. What happened afterwards ? ¡Q|. On the 24th of November, the Committee met again. Lord ji' Fingal in the Chair; and "when it was propoied by Mr, T- O’Gorman, to vote their tiianks to Lord Donoiighmore, Lord Fingal rofe and laid, that although he heartily approy-C fd of the Rcfolution^ he wjflaed ta be informed whether it Ii t was competent to the Committee to do any thingbutpre-jj pare t'''" T’k - one Petition ? This queflion was replied to ' O’Coonel, who reminded the Committee that the I f 1 111: General Meeting had renioved all doubt on tjic fubjeik ,j' by their Refolutions, empowering the Comrwittee to conduit s all the Catholic affairs.—[Mr. Pole read the proceedings of this Meeting of the Committee from The Dublin Evening Poji^ obferving, that their debates were regularly reported and ,| [ publiilicd in the Irifli Newfpapers.]—The confequeace was t that this remark of Mr. O-ConneTs according with the fenlc of the Committee, Mr. O’Gorman’s two refolutions were put and carried unanimoufly. Still the Lord.Lieutenant re- tiuined firra to his purpofe—a i^hich his Hba. i ^ .i*: 0 b i< V rr & a X 6 Friend r.ppofite [Mr. Grattan] had To lately charatilerifed the moft wile policy wincli could be purfued in Ireland I jiamdy, to conciliate as long i^s conciliitioii was pofiiBle and ' ro prevent as far^as coiiid l>e prcetcrhiinëc|, Ih îh’e ïùioiï 'vioîéiït language, flanguâ^e^ '-htddsày tFùîuré.^' ïkat^ he yeatrtelÿ thought ^rcvei'n/^L’ht' '^vâ'f‘'y'i'h' /iàvih^' e-cutw'^^- ■ivhbm ^j} •was it iliouid bè ’flatéd' tb' (he Wfio/e p’édjilÎedfdrcTând, thatiWçofj-féiihehch 'fhF^è'iertîdns, thé : j^ommitteé tile whole of the CâfKcrliè fdfafeykiVk^ tli'eifÎi, arid m^ht nbW'freely-^ wbfïïiiji^T ^MakcF aéchrding to^^theif oi^h rhuhl/^'^'Fli'^s ■ thàt aiFheh'dcrnçfs^' apd jtiftict^ditf Wdt^‘p’fbéctW'fronï dfe'Gô’v^erifmeiï^ Irbni thcr]Caihoi)h’ Co "^âhdV'hûî3‘ijg’ tliénifclycs up a% \Éë yf 6 peT^ahd ü;ÎiVc ’ bhjé’of' t1it ' aSeÎlibn'd f the peo|>îe. J^^r,^W/] ^ rvv^nir:. dt.. ^ 'not i;èuid' ,fhe i^idjgnatiph^pf the LtTd Ditp^cüknf.‘Wh^ lie Md feU'oû a fermer'6cù- *■ '-îiO'î Hi-v : = ' " ..if^iî.X ^n.A .»O -4i % fian that forbearance was preferable to tlic appcarar~k •• 4> 1> ^ ^ M ' m -m^ ^ ^ s jigor. On the 29th of November the Petition \yas received front the Sub-Committee, was read iw ilse Catholic Commit- ; tec andacknovvled^cd as the Petition of the Catholics of Irev ■ land; the Committee at the time voting thanlts to his Hon* i; Friend oppphte, in the name and hy the authority, of the i,: Catholics of Ireland. , After this, It was to be preíumedy'if the Committee \yere conílituted folely to prepare the Per i tition, that its labQurs/wfre ' terminaied. And Jiere he p would obferve, that llie violent .proceedirigs of the C ■ niitiee had alienated moft of the refpcCcablc member¡s. Ld¿ Ffrench, and others of a fimilar defeription, abfíained from giving thdr attendance, it w^s not againíl fuch men that any meafure of Government need bc^¡taken,. .Never had ft . entered into the contertiplation the. Government of b;e-land to take any heps ^gainit the Catholic Body, but only' again(1 an aflcmbly which they knew ilíegal ; and that not until a period whep, he believed in his confeience, if the meafure reforted to had not been adopted, a rebellion, . would liaye,been the cbnfequenGe.---[^Mr.]-r-Fecl.in that . after tliivoccurrence the Catlplic Committee had nothing , todo but fimpl3' to determine whether their Petition fliould be conveyed by pne or thrpe individuals, (he ^rifh Government thought, as thj! ^roceedirigs had l\cmy, rnifehiera^ m as the puhlUaiion^ of the dfhat^s had proved^ \a^d greqp . es ii¡as, the J'erhent oec^oned Jn ^DubHn^ by the . J>refeaae, o^^^ Catholic PARtiAMENTfas it had been eihphatt^^^ the evil mufl: by apd ; and tli^t if Was much better, ' if poilible,:to allbw it‘;Vp, arViyPtehninatiiiii ytddipnlt any ’■ intciftrence on ^ . thC; Cpuiniitty^ did pot Hop here. Abpht tlip. rhiddie oj[ I)qccmÍ)er|,thcy .appointed; a Comnnttee of^ G.rícvance^^^^^ ' ÍV-? - Committee#! . originally conftit’dtgd .for the "toie p^rppfe^ qt^preparing;it ' fct i t ¡0 n 19_ pa r I I'am e i) t, a pp pi \ if e d a ^ Sub^ .tío ni n>i ^ ef [v to, 4 ' 'tbcgríiíyapee Cathb.li kmrcfi, andjnfo^ aíí,'thV. •(¿s.wj|iicfe,, were in Gonfequence IiaTiíc. ' ' x .fmeetings.,¿.f .the i Coihmitfep# aj'hiemper' / X.rrry; I** 'kMomc ÍÍió.Mdnj> circitmif iiiccs'tlif t had Occurfed'm con- ^-OUrt; r,f ¿.I] ‘[i u '^rs T in the management of the Found- >s< ir IIc> ' ^ 1 <■ iBahiîit.^v o hé d< wtóth he Wduid itor detaiL la the ^mèaiTwhile, th^ .Catholic Xdommittee/cmitinued to meet frbm WééktO-Wèck, fom€timès>twkeia week; they adopted, > ' Ù nearly 4^thèy coil Id, ■ ' all-fhei ithc ■ Commons— iffeF« âêUii^ UiMM'---dkmded^é^<^yhé\rì-Mf^- ^ -t,7KfiZf W-. V _______ nh^'begikMtìg-of 'Japdaryv^oifd^oê thè' Mèmbèrs'oftheCom-, bf-^Gr5c?v»iiecs iliatéd''fio!îh'e CathóIiè'.Cùmniitteei, tuac ,, ¿e (^Mniiritteeoi GtieVahcis had nearly prepared, thekre- ^ port, coafidìng of 300 follo pages. U w»s propoied to  |)riüt thî8tepori^^:to throughout ireland, to lay a cpjpy pf it on thç tabic pf the Houfe of Çonamops» fKough bqivy this kft objca to be accompliibedjjie (Mr. P,> profeffed hlmfclf M a îoft to conceive. He woold afk every Meml>er of that Honfe whether he did not think that fuch p^roceedraga were calc«-jated to caiifc a great vfenfation in Ireland ÿiiofç who were difaffcdfced became ftreugtheatd iri their , .¿iiiliFedion ; tbofe ; who were loyal began to imagine that the Government wanted fpirit to ejtert itfelf, In foa, no-thing could have juftified thcj JLord Lieutenant and thofe wliohad the honor to advife hii% in their abftinence» but tHccipe^ation which they naturally entertaiiied .that every meeting of the Committee would: be:thn^ jaft.,. f Ç It was true, that in a debate which took place,towardt the end of December, fome fymptom$ appeared aft the i«-lentioa of tliefc gentlemen tp inoreaie their ndmbcr ; but the Hon. and Learned Genf. was i« an CrrOr if he^eonceivetl that tke intention was manifefted in the d^ided manner which it afterwards aiTomed.. InfDeçemher a refoIiUion was agreed tp, defiring the Secretary of the Committee to cor-refpond with fome gentlemen in the, country wdio ' were trkndiyto thtir vieiws,-^b«t not a word was Îaid about any dcaion. Afterwards a guarded refolution was adoptckiÇ Hating that an augmentation ^of • |l^e numberri,of the Ccun-< cirtteewas dcfirable,iand that thcimau^gctnetit of fhat racRtation ihould ,be A^eftjed Sü]i|*Committco. however,,not a word of the eirctilar let cçr/.until tlid I^,h ofi January. On thC; ^3d of Japnai:y ilxs;drifti Govoriinaeift became polTeffed of the thatHuch a‘letter had bot n written by the Secretary of the GfttbolicpCommwtee^t^od^ that fcvcral anfwers had been receivedthercto'; but oft he «nature of the (letter, and of the anfwers, they wcrçi wholly Ignorant» To fticw, however, what was t4)e~aatuJTC of the ^ugmcmationffuggcfted iin Decehiber, he>wo^ld ftater(wliat re thought in candoup^he Hon. :^nti.-Lear*ncd ^çnt. might L the Mfemb^rSjWho declar^y (fl u l“ repi*eLntati yes of parlilicf^ IQ ««¡Shbeiai. be < added from éédt ; cou«;iyv#'^tj|uQt?w4ft/ie e.'a greater mimber than he. h^dit;cverHq* ®ffg»tC inCCt»)gv'’ v', kS» ÿ* i I . 1 ar R< 0S< tm II 1( :r ! i e r; V JKüuUSidí' ît^adjtmvnÂ^'Trbii? VccV'í<>* v^_I¥»L liíh j^'b'ét' lkiorë'^ .rqfÀioni' thert *was V ccipßäeriKlc áíáia Ä‘h1i:|lV Läfd' fthc• it’.J: 4i^®^ IS4wVí<^;-.-Tí-''>‘'íí:S -->sU.-.' '?Cl. í^-ív’.- ;.» í'a; ^ j.üi»-»ik.{6{1> <,• i-ixr»».-:? i)n^rí:iryrtcafia«6 anxiety to the Gpvernment:^o£ |r£^^ bnd, and r,cpFp(civlatipnf bçg^h .^ loy^ and w Jl tlí(pó{ij5 iih »iU par 'a »(. in? I^ndjX jÎhè .tfiin Vti/\nivi orilV Trnm «/»rmf^^rncy 31 ^ ^r.iïftntiaWir/» of fii/'K ed; and '««» •' nppw-e^^lv?»':?M Vera!SVf»*;«¥.i«»fiW,^-?nç^ an4 by anQifier fq.r j[t9 .forJ?earäi^e:. .J^c fúíjiiutfed it;Xo jftc aatöfpwar-as w|in , i igpr,^,^ “c*^.V*^r taken an y ,raeafq res. v^ha t ç,vçf ! ]fOr,ç^Knt ir om. exèr^ clfnig'íte ^uU ,ri¿íit, .l^üfíoipñ^ Y\ ' ~t* _^ ^ ^ ^ L \.^,.Am • .-. “Ä il ^ 3 A Tl mm A «P^ ll^A 4««t*««A J V P ^v^£-Nti7 -l/fï' > ^T* ' 'JÍ - - ,M :u ri > ^ tQwami m R >s ai UT , y»in . ■ c? H • :r il *e r a' îii q al K L\ a ?5 f ilifi: CathoHcs iHa« any othtr fct 'Of men mlrc!s?v4) Pricifely 111 thè fpirit of this remark had the Infiv-Govern^ «lent a^Wi---he knew that 'in any other càie the Lòffi Lieutenant would have much fooner interfered fiewoulcM rake ii|ina himielf to ifey, that had the GGnhbihty inU eiirred, that the liord Lieutenant adopted tWline of con-du<à which appeared heft cakulated^to fecurc’the interefts of the'^rjvcreign aud* of the country* He would bow! ■fjrc^éed to the mkin'pfart^of the Hon? and' Learned Gen* alctnan’fr atgumbhri 5 ^hè Houfe would recollect that he had iheproéeedirtgs of- rite Catholic Gcânmittec d 0 ibw as the &1IL of'February. iWith regard ^Of Mèi Hay’s ill letter of the* January, he never faw it until the TOth of February'. Jtt was tfuc that a^Noble Lord in another, jhce’had^iard, that^he was'ih poiTcflion of iu on theSOth , of Jan. This mighi be The hioblé Lord might perhaps ■ ¿e in the confidcnicc of 1 thdfe from whom the letter pro- , oeeded-—' It Trfighî be contended-, that the Go- ; yerrtmdnt of iffelaUd, in ■ not haying obtained this' letter Ibpncr, hadi ihewn themfébfes to: be fopinc'and uiifit foft' v office. He' could'ffaÿ,J‘that clrçryfair. means òf oh- | taining that information were reforted’to*by that Govern-laciit that great dihgence was dfed upon this particular ibbjeét ; and yët, that by fomc accident or other, this letter of 'Mr. Hay was not patr into their hands until the iothui of Féhnâary^ iWhether Governinent wUsright or wrong not obfaihiftg'more early information was^another point.—. iconfid wasÿ -whether or nòt i they hdd défèd juftriìabiy'on the information-when ©btsiiiied ? Om;the?lGtH ofii^brutiTy ^he .Iridi >Oo,vernment obtained a copy-bf fhefetterj and at thérfamè tmicrireceivtd information j Of thè'mcdbfeéretimcuré, thacFeveral thouiaud copies of the: i letters were cirCidhfedin Irièlandy that many Members of ^ the augmeritrd Gomknitteehad arrivedciii Dubim and that thewhple ' wcredeVpCiifted tadarriVe .andtobeprefent at the?i Meètiugi(Matite 16th, br at l^àl^ on the* 23d oftFebfüary ^ penned^by the lawyers^ ef the Gatholi«^ I  "J^O ] v/iiOi tooî^ 'ÿremi'é^ io kiiiip', Ji pôiTîbJèi.wnhi^ . î? iâlv bOïÎ'ts Riâirvtitîii‘àveàono,ii0i iFpprcffhtation^ciaJikçV, rrhftGatiiolitô 6f iJîelaiîtïi^'ibiit when tiiic ’ui'holie had^ai ri^^r,.;, nj ^Cmed that, he kept frttionr,,: ^fir the irélafîd thé flàme that ' * •/? 1. 11n\.-Lk1 ! ,T" — ./• TIKä Tm4*1ì^ /^«rtxr^Wiari'^-ÄiA.#'. . Ti j l ' •* \ w ^ jp ^ hadbe«n raifed m!E)uhli»j ^HiärQ f T>he Inilt Goyc^anient ? jlfö rcceittd mförinfetibii^of tîhô inade iivv/hich th^Ælèiiiiions^ were to bé -éôndutaedïi ’ Th<ì- 'müh -objcâ?v\it 'a,ppe^^<^^^ { Iq ¡ofure âetecyv Name«-v/etc to be fenîvdown t«rmB'Ut»it' » fe îin of partit’âiivr petfotìsi rehdehtiih that ‘chy^wllonìcthe. L-, i ¿ftiittgc reeòwìimended*to be ^retiMed as de?cgaiefi>rr(iih’i' * iicruiiî pfecôsi'faàd by^fthis contrivaHeer^tf^KWasi expbiSted , Î thata fulhârtehdâhce wéüMTalWayi bé i^cqr«ch î' Such *! (he inîiÂ’înûîioa Which •wasOrcÆ by: the IriflivGoverh* ,; k (netti, and ön'thht infoFiiiaKoii they The and\ j ìli learned Gentiemah had à&eü 1dm whether ; hç] tpóklht><>^^ ! si himfélf to write thé kt€cr addrcirediio eho Magiftfacy öf(i, Ireland, or whethér> be had oonÌbked ibe i^ttqriycyiQP Sor- : i* licitof General ? The ifööi'aiid* ■TcaThed* Gentltiit^ ■ h^d. ;o hinifelf filiéd^a^blghsoÉkiafeiiîiUatioh'ihdi'cJandÇ.i^yndéP tlic^e‘ ii Duke oi^ BcdfoTcils GovtTnment he had * heiOAGhahcellor^ ^ i 'i }ind aftothef Gèntiemàn neapabim^hadobetn Chief SccietaÆ^y* if He wôàld a^ the; Horn iaï|t|^Iieirhikd GèntJemah,;ifiat;t)^ ïf period tho^Goricriiment oC^Irelaiad bad reccivcd'ißfotäiation, » »1 Snidar 10 ihatbrc4ìtmly;r-eceìrcdv what he WQuldt h®fV^e adr fl[ Vifed hià'Bon; Friend rhè jEbief’jSeorctary' of that; peWod*to • li (ioi«[Hwr, keìm^ìkiar*] ¿‘‘Woulé^e inòr have ad vi fed? hi rti tp «I ftarethe fài^'S to the Lonè iiicHrenaat^ and would be not 3Ì hire advifedithe’-Tord iTieutenant to*.fetida fbr Çhancoilor ■ ^ Ponforiby, and Attorney-^General Blithkett, atîd boh’-Gen^^j Buih, for the pbirpofe of holding a Càbinot Gouneil on the . fubjietâ f That* was precisely j the courfe > which Pole) adopted. kea^i éea^J] Chancellor Ponibnby, I could notifecTent' for^iibecaufe lie was not jn Itcland ; buti^ [ Chancélhït ; Manners and-^ iAttorney^Gcncral ' Saarin were v ' funinioßed j, ?SolicitorviGsnt5ral^^ Biiflii wagf ■ abibnt< on a Specials1 Commiffion,; knt oui his return to itown> he* coin* ^ tided in thè; opinioU»vi,\vhtcir tdiad bedii ;; delivered „byiitbe. Thaneclißjr à^d the« Attomey-Generü. ,,JtAWas^the^ happÌTi.! I't: Ik? be eiK^hJed tc^‘’ a h( X ;h It E ’i: . #ewb,.'Sitb()# W ‘be gj^« mS Klionr j|je jjiad. J^iip ;ihc * o?i,.bii .qyutÌD» 'te -^f’’''v/"re''^.w,,5i^»'^’' JWo® , Wiicr cpn.|j CSlei i ^ ft-4in«jj;\|gh| b^Cll^Towji'pii; the purity oUV ^#'«4- ¿-.Òff^riwt '^PÌ'^4efi?''a4pif■»■‘Mbs. circuii» i %'45Is ^ a letter, to 4 »: 9a?4 .tbe^j^ SJfNifi®òi ' I V>o r Att 'kn »-1« »>» ii’■¿^ti/» «3/»iilf rvr anfi t HC Al*’'" 1ri\WfteKö th'c qtícítÍoti''P‘1'a>Sf{ 'Fc'fiäH nJ Lf Ä/ feVÍÍ¿‘lá^yí^¡ and' thêi-efôî^è, alilibÜgjH fücfií ârrbg^ne^^ •14ietò{iÀ'pÒttd'^tò'hiiiTÌ;'’*K;c bad n‘çvcr'^eitMméâ"to fätcH ¿iVy íí Iciar ítepHvíthovt tbc,.aífiA'«ti(c^J'¿f"pie:bM áckÍFc.if « tiillé toné'áñd tóiTpétíréiate a«a míyífée^ ilcA tònicid :td-nígniíW _^íjé^Sfhi¿lV fishh íi I . À- JAí j^g umiéd 'b'd a"bpHftoh. ^’ He* KaS tó- tenant bad tbrtughr próp^í ta^ pWèetf a I ¿óiiíd Hâviè bceb'’ i .a^ rtf thi» Î^knà'î^k^h‘ Áí^ bV i^árííafrtpftf H í¿d? Thefc v^its'thìii^a^^òf ÍíktíáV^b Àcft’.ò^ ÿàx'fÎâméùt q In full farce!'j’ib'îdHf ’ ^ Ìtìàè&i‘‘tba! thè‘)tbry ptì^ *! Síainíl it wa^ç''dîiiï^édi^ ■r’ccdgbîifcd iis’.ykiy •1 HificfiVeÎ thb^moít^ iriÿeriîdus n^n'^^ñ U A'^' .^/,«íi!rríí»V4.í.t ’ '* ï ÌÌbÒ''’^'lÌrt^ ’i'Ö 'fib- jQQ^ ^tb$i iloÿ'"o'c'cùJ^(ç4 ........... yj ....« . -, .b^dé i^i'Íbríéi 1 Tf)'onltf'bi’TiáVTÍr;idár ftï^hrfCT.înfïahbeP'ai' Ait còiiftartfìf in' 4'h*cir^ ^’oteà ^ îh-^cfi ilü'lb^-MèmbeVè'" ó1¿' a h< JE ;h It E 16 But it \yas evident from jtb|s ftatemept^^ tbat^.. this ^ccpld ' jb’lvp i'enfeea Witfeuf .idcurri' tli rlik tff aiiowiiii'I fTthe-Catholic' Convention^ ^ Jis i-Pr^ iTrendi l x^lled^it, tQ* havc1va j 'at’ldm ohc inee tlie eife£ls of which 5 Afght no been cafilj^ effaced.' llie iKfli OoVernment ’ftit ttopfor^^ Qf the of the 'IVfembjer^ of this Con^ to ijWw and diiagreeable jj ' •^fediedir^ent in involving them- 1 jb' dus:pioint,o£ V letter was a,!, precautloa. effects produced had been ! bSiieffcial. ihe cp^urilry Was in perfect tranquillity; J njeetmgs W taken place, and coriii. ;;_^eiab'ic * A fringing the Catholic jCpmmittce itfeIjf tp a .proper -Aofs of its fituation. He ' W Coph4er of the direct communica- iioiik/betw^^^ (^vernnient and Lord -f french. As fdon " a|*the'^IV^et^^^ had boen de^d^lared ¡llegal, he felt it to be ^ allo\y it agaln lo ait^bk without interrup* j Hay Inf obtained information that the Committee J', OT^pt /at'a- fer on a .certain day, he deter- ’ mlhed ta.^enforce the Act of Parliament for their disper-’vjioa ;i; but^m he inffructed the Magiftrate to act jutmost foildnefs and cbnciliatioa. The Hon,. ? and, l^'c^rned, 'Gcptlemah Jiad affected to throw greater riyl* \dico^ pn the if ffti Crovernment, and on him personally, and^r . pafticularly with fefpect; _to the of the J^Ic'faid he had fee'n a Statement of the transac- *, It^pn ,^gped by Parley, and another that wa® | ..anpjHymbWs,/jfMy^Pqnfon acrofs^the table,.that '^iti-iy^smot a^^yinpu^^^ the natemept of the Ga-- ! tKo}iq .Commitfoejj,^Jf the Hon. and Leiiriied Gept. did,not \ believe Mr, 15arlcy’s ffatehiept.^ he was- loify for It » but | ithe-inih Gox^rnm^nt jW^^ believe it, He had- tp dilperre the Catholic Com- f in|tfoc^,>yiti|Out outrage. ,He went, tp the pla^e where itt.ee was ip ' be hel|i .v be fta.tedi tbat , ^ was - f Jnforpjeci% tliit- it. \vas; mw-rely a, meeting pf Catholic Gen- > tto L’^fd'^lVench was call'edj.fo, Ae ,;fhat. ,Qu being aiked .vvhethefi jhat wa.Sy the Catholic -Lofdrui'p repfied .in- tiio .ncgaiiyc,—  i7 ^Mr. Darlejr heriiated. He tctxitntd to ttimmxjnfcaTc wiist had happene Chief Secretary’s Office. The Court of Chancery was fi'tln«. In the Chancery Cham!>ers he confulteci the Chancellor and the Attorney-General. All agreed that Lprd Ffreuch wa$ si gentleman, and that they would take his word. They were glad to find fuch refpe^lable Catholics afTembled. TheV believed they were not the Catholic Committee, and rcCalv^d not to moled them in the prcparati(;n of their |>ctitÍQn. u was true that they afterward? publiihed.Rt'f^ calljpff themfehes the General Committee of the CatlujlicS of |r^ land; but he knew too much ,of the^c^^ Hp^. and Leanied Genii?man tp heli-#^^ a irtomcnt that lie would avail hiihfeir of th? quibble y^Hich this cjrcumdance might afford him, in an ,ari^umeOt of fuch a íerjous nature. He was certain that had the APd ¿parn^ been in the fituatioa of t]ie írlíh Gpvtroment^ he yjfouW hayis believed as they had bíljc'éd, Th^^ Ooyernment h^d been aceufed by the Hon. and Learned Gendcnian orfiaving fuffered the Committeefo meet again, it was true that ofi Tuefday the 4®) ulC f tbe ddy op which he left tiubJih j #t was leprelcnted to Government that an A of the Catholics was to talcp pIaQe,^ was refolved not tp iiteifere \yith it. Goyérmiient knew that a copíiderableTen« •fation had been ey^fted among the Cí^tholics ; tKey knéiv that the Cathpiici were extremely ah^ry vsiitb the letteryfhidh had bfen fent to thp Magiftra^cJyoL^ kingdom. . He aí1o\^>e4 this to the Honouralde and Learned Gentleman. ' Bu^ lie was furc when tb^ Catholics c:|me to reflect joti the fubject-L-w(ien they ca me tp confider the Ikp vjhícb had her a hken was taken op the bt*£t advice, amh afícef a full, calm and (leliberate ipycftigatidn, they would^applaudi, ApH np^ ccnfitre the meafure. Even hrlw ihev did hot dilifiiife, at If aft the refpectablc part, f h^t the proceedings bf thh Cdin-BtlUee (lad thrown , á dircredit 6n the'eaufe^ apd epdapger- of the eopn tfy. ft yr,js a cónfoíatíüp for iho Li^ut, tp fec|'úótwithftánding the díílVt«factfáV ^!li;f|d>aton:thf retú ‘Mf, B^,'.rleydhey-,f^^^ t>Wn honour'’unquéstihpahf^^^^ ah'icpd'to the y ^nd watChfuf bf the hr tii'e íórdLif ut'cpaV:! deicrirti her to moíéft tbeiiii. ‘■i a hi .1 :l] It E t nt'z. :r k ;e r a' p as al K L\* a 1^ 4 3? 18: jf tbc affemMed Catboltcs were realty what they ftated then?, ftives to be in the Refohition of their laft meeting, the Irifii ] ^ Covernment would have'been the taft men in'the Empire to | f •moled them. But it was the faihion it feemed not to take the word of un3" Catholic. He (Mf PV) and the Government j ‘With whlcli he had aibed were't© be called quibbiers and ; blockheads, becaufe they had the feelings of Gentlemen.— j Th^ Hon, and Learned Gentleman could not have read thefe J jaft Refofutions, or he would not date they contained an a?.' fertion of ail that had ever been before alTerted by the Ca-; tholic Committee. The Houfe would recollea his ftatementj of what paffed in the Committee when Lord Fingal was, ,, Chairman. Jt was'then efoterrhined -«« that they (hould have^ the foie management of all Catholic affairs. ^ This was pre-1 eifely the objealon of the irilli Govrt.. They complained-ftha^ the committee had travelled out of their original ideas.^ ’ Kow- what faid one of the I^efolutions of Tuefday the 26th : nlf ? « That not having received any appointineuts, except of the nature and for the performance of a fingle and fpeeic objeft as atfeady flared (the preparing of petitions to’ T’arlianunf) the Commitree felt, that it could not by any forced 'and oppreiTive conflrudlion be placed within the ,? meaning of the lad^ Called the Convention A(^*” W as that 1» the defcrlptiun of meeting which had been dcc^aicd by the L Triill Government to be within the purview of' the Conven-tioii Aifl ? .' By no means. The nieeting which was deckr-|j^ -cd to. be Within the pifrview of the Convention Act, was one L which had alfumed « the foie management of all Catholic^,. -The meeting of Tuefday lad was -., • attended by a great number of moil r^fpe(^able perfons *, a • circiimildnce whTch gave him infinite fttisfaction. I here was Op,e circumfiance that occurred of a very curious nature,"^ and which he thought in fairnefs and candour the Hon. and vLearaed "Gent, odkht to have mentioned—One of the mpff yjolent Topphiters of the Catholic claims, a Major Bryan, dated that it had been his intention to propofe an , Addr?0 tp the HegePthpraying him to difmifs 1 iviiniilers, ^but that'he had been^ kiforitied by his iTt«m that he could not do fo in the Committee, which was con-, ftituted by the Aggregate Meeting fora fpecific purport and that he would therefore defer bis motion nnhl a  'i- I 1«;. Mr.Darley heHtated. He returned to communicate what rjj happened fo G-overnment. He (Mr^P.) wa» hi the* äief Secretary’s Office. The Court of Chancery was fitting, T the Chancery Chambers,he confulted, Chancellor and,, the Attorney-Ocneral. All agreed that Lord Ffr'ench-w'as’a tleman, and that they would take his word. They were , lad to Änd fucli refpeetable Catholics .aifembled. They, L'lieved they were not the Catholic Committee, and refolyei , ROtto moled them in the preparjtipn of their Petition, it was true that they afterward«^ publiffied Rcfolutions caliih|r-themfelves the General Committee of the Catholics of Ire-^, land; hut he knew too much of'the chará‘'^er of thq Hon.‘ 4d Learned Gentleman tp Jrelieve for a foment that die would avail himfelf of the quibble which this ciixiinTÍiahde' might afford him, in an argument of fuch a ferious nature., He \v3s certain that had the Hon, and teamed Qcntlemaud been in the fityation of the Irlih Govenmient, he would believed as they had bslieved. The Iriih Go.verimient had’ been aceufed by the Hon. and Learned Geptieman of, havihg'^ fuffered the Committee to meet again. It was true that 6a, Tuefday the 2.6th ult. fthe day on wdiich be left Dublin) it^ was icprefented to Government that ^n Aggiegate meeting^ of the Catholics was to take place, and it was refolved not to, iiterfere wkh it. Government knew that a confiderable . fation had been excited among the Catholics/, tlie\ ki^ew tlyit, the Catholics were extremely angry with the letter whic->. had. beenfent to the Magiftracy of the kii.gdom. He oMowt'd' this to the Honourable and Le'arned Cieritlernan. was fure when the Catbolics eame to r^fiect on the fuhj.Ci—— when they came to confider that the Hep v hich had iff : u taketi Vias taken on the b: st advice, and, after a fulff chTíh,. and deliberate invciligation.3 they would applaud, and ip t cenfiire the meafure.. liven iiev/ they did*' not difguiit, r-t Icaft the refpectablc part> that the proceedings of the C diU-mittee had thrown a discredit on the caufe, and endangered the peace of the country. It was a confolation for tne Lord Lieut, to fee, úotwithífanding the diSatisfaction of,the Catholics, thaj on the return of Mr. D.irley they faved their uwu honour unquestioijaldvj but they put an end to the tneeting. In that view of the futqect, anü ^ afchful of their coadtiet, the LordLicuteuaut defcraiAied H9.t to molcft tlcui. h( :h at E I’ IS iï the àfTerrfhîeÎ Cf&tholi^Were realfy what they fî«ed then?« l\rivc« to hé in'thc Refolùlron of their Jaft meeting,-the ]]‘iSi GovernmétttAvoüIci hàiye heen the jaft nitn iti the Empire t© Hioleff tlîëm j But it was the fâlhion it- ieciriecJ tiol to take the Àvoi-^il of aOy Catholic; He(Mr'P,) -à«d the Government •with NvhîCÜ hé had'acileti w^Ve të be ca)M cjuibblers and lïlockhèailp^ becàiùfé they-’had the fëeltn^s f>f Gentlemen.-^ The Hon. and î»earncd GcritlemUn could not have t^6ad thefe Hit Réïbîütions, or he would'not-ftate they contained an as-fertion of alt* that h»d 6vcr been before affepted by the Catholic Ccythmittee-,- ^-he Houfe would recollect hi^ ftatefnent of what paffed iii i the Ct)mrtnt iec when^ Lord Fin gal was. Chairrnfl^i. Jt Vifa&-t liéO '<* that they fhould have the foie iiianiage^iiênCo’f all Gathoflc affairs.'^- -This was pre-cifely the bfe^eitron^f ^Vhe^lf'iih'Govrt, ' They cOnrplaincd tba*^ the t ^miflitteé l>ad^'dr»vi^jte^^ of their original ideas. Now Virhii far means. .-The'meeting which was déclap- cd to'be*^wtt4lri^he:pnrVieiW PlPthe^'Cohvcntioó Act,'was one which had #fnmecb^<’tKe fole t‘'ihînageniênt of- ali Catholic béàr^f /-^Thc’mieéting’ ôf Tuefday lati was ûttendêdllW nd-nibor? of rdoft fefpe£table perfOtó circtímílábee-^-xvhifhgave him’ kifinitc fatisfaction. There \Tasofte^'4i?rctJïhftâiiii^>íeseuíí;infdrmed' by^hìs irtends ■ anti {ñ^\hie)Y[íXiiÍé tbç^id^. liéftixéíi» t^íí /.-i  /- " 19* *’ «.. - - ^ a.ure?atc Meeting* )fliou?4 be -^ÌrctnUJe^dij v iR^^^ “*^"2i^iMntcatioivof calfingv <)icw tint, as tl^ G'ntlóman deebr,d, vf the Cat|> ii<. aiierted «lH wiichthey afierted before ?” D:d^it< taUy with the former-aiTumpdon oS “ the foje. «sniaiia^e^iicnt of. all tlw: Catholic jfairs ?” Hei fp^oh.e» had ^0t |:hc lcaft objection to Maj’ir Bivao^i hrjogmg forwardi this qiiciUou, a| aii aggrs^^ I gate meeting. It 'vt'as ms, cpoiUtutional right fo to 4p^, ' -Ttie Contmilt^e had uncf refolved, *rhat the Pet it ¡ou d’ be cn?r oiTcd and tranfndtttjui] tpXord Fingd for the purpofe ''t-íT: ; (if bei.ig toded to JLord Çoi^ougUmorc and Mr, ,Gr,aLUan V’*<^ ;; Ì Í happy t ntihiatÌO0 of Jheiryjabojurs. X\fo, « that a-Meei.,; ; ini? of tlie Cat holies of ïrcland be held Friday next» qit i f ; : ’ ü’Clock) to take ‘mto çoftfideratioà, à : i^o> af AddrolV to tliç Regent, and to de5re thc-iCoueurrenc¿;^f Ciipntry m the V ; fame-rthe ari angements; for c^iUeiS^iig Ji^natorea te'ng to be5? í-tjnaíle witli.Mr. Hay » ai)4 do adjcmrfi- v: í; to be third Tuefeby Fejat, , to admit» that *!.,/ . tk ilatemcnta of HonouTablo tear^iied GetHleman^ were fai»* aiidf manly» althoogh:) dur iog the ,great eil part - Jr rfit, he had lalioured under tKe oiiiapprchenfton that he P.) could be fo foo|invas>tp_pil^C thc ftep wiùph jh« had doue - ^ without advice. The fact had.U(>t the, íúftiugttifh»c Ì cd individuals, qf the ,CyoV!&rt>i> fitre ; ithat the Hdn. Gentleman Í could not mean w hat ;he, faid ferioudyj ,, He waë perfuaded that the Hon» OentIcmani ^|did not gravely impute to 111111 . ; tbe vrilli or intention i to. iaíTurtie all the Appwer of the íGov^nmeut ill Ireland. was *íatisiied that tíre;Hon. . • J Gcntlemanlmcl tqb, much icandotir to-pj^fer fàch ia heavy v A. ;^"rg¿againftr,any man ¡in; his übfenee* - TlitC Honourabl® I Gent meantiit as^a joke,i and as a joke he took H ; but he y . : ; [ufted the Hon'i Gentleman wQtdcknot bejb playful ab might te ateont sih fnlure r j if •e Î ,0 il 11 Î ] li .t 20 / Notlilng couid be farther from his intentmn than to trdnfgref^ the Orders of the Houfe, but perhaps he might be permitt-cd to alltide to fomethihg which hád been declared, that the;' Ixiili Government had a¿ked the part of incend¡ar!es--tha¿ like incendiaries they had fet áre to the Houfc before they ^ had left it.: This was a ferious charge againft fuch men as the Duke of Richmond ¿ind Lord Manners (as for himfdf it was of no,cohfequence.),efpceiaUy when it was confidercd that the individual by whom it was made knew thing of' the faéts, with the exception, indeed, that he mud have ’ known that the Iriili Government were aware, before they took theftep which they had adopted, that the Adminidra-^' lion vyould not be changed.—this accufa** *^ tion proceeded from a refpeaable quarter—from a perfoa well known inireland—oiie who, no doubt, aded with good ^ n.tentlons, tho’ this was not the firft time he had turned out *to be completely mlftaken. He (Mr.P.) had felt bound to: notice this circumftaace; as, of all the painful events at«ii! tendant on the late occurrences, no one had been felt fi.y fcverely by the Noble Perfons in the Government of Ire-»sl land. They certainly did conceive it to be a mod liard to be there condemned without a knowledge of the fads, , He hoped that what he had ftated would prove, that the af* ^ fertion of the perfon to whom he alluded (%vt prefume Lorir Moira) was ill founded* Indeed the Hon. and Learned ,|, Gentleman oppofitc had argued on a directly wntrary íuppoñtipn, and a juft one, namely, that the Tnfli Govern-,, ment were perfcdlly apprifed of the continuance ni power of the prefent Adminiftration, before they iffued the circu-lar letter to the Magiftracy of that country. Mr. FolC |^ concluded a moft able and impreillve fpecch, by apo og to the Houfc for having detained them fo long'-lLoud ef hear?^ :ii m 19 ) „„■»ste Meeting /Tipu’d be aitemWe(V; wbleb lie ¿ecla’. ofcalljn?. Did thij fliew tnat, as the Hflii “i •r-ntlemati dfedar.d, :“.thc Catl? Wc Commk^ce ^alierted all ; -’hthev aiicrtevi before T> d it tally with the forp^xf T'mphon of *‘ the foie management of alt the CathoU^ afiairs He, for one, had not the leaft^ objection to Majoir brioging forward tlds qiiedibii at an aggrt-‘ ate mcetingr It was his conflitutional right lo to do. ! ^-the Committee lud fince refolvcd, “ That the Petition kcnerolTed and iranfmitted to Lord FingaHoiMhe purpofe A' heiw handed to Lord Donoughmore and Mi*. Grattan ^ ^ _c *1. 1 Airó ifi ,-Kót TVT !i# ¡^wpvG-omilnation of their hbppj-s.. Alfo, that ^ Mect-•jn!»uf the Catholics of Ireland be heldpn Fidday next pat 11 I ’p»ciock, to take into coniideratioii a Loyal Addreh to the Re?ent,and to defire the concurrence of the Country in the h fame—the arrangements for coileaing'fignatures being to be ^i'made with Mr. Hay V and that the Committee do adjourn i to he third Tuefday in Lent. He was willing to admit, thit the (latements cf the Honcrurable and Learned O-^nttemaii f'were fair and^manly, although! diiring the grcatefl paH *1 ’ rfit, he had laboured under the mrfappvyheniion that he (Mr i V.) could he fo fooiiih as to tahe the itep which be had done h without advice. TheiaCt vv.3^:> tn.at had not.tbe dibtiiiguiili* ffl individuals of the Ciov^^riinieip.t ot' Ireland diydanied to reply tp the violent attack? which had been made upon them : in the Dublin prints.. and, elfewhere, the. Hon. Gentleniaii .would not have been left in fuch iguow of tlie truth. As it was, he believed that a g: eater anflaiice of fecrecy m .(.'ouncils had never occurred. Another :Hon. .GcuUypian be (M\vWiiitl>read)diad done him the to joke upon him in his abfei-ce.^ This might be very witty, but it \i'as not very fair. He was lure that the Hon. Gentliuman could not mean what he faid fenouily. He , waa periuaded that the Hon, Gentleman did not gravely impute to him the wifli or intention to aiiume all the power of the Government in Ireland, He was fatisiied that the Hon. Gentleman had too much candour to prefer fuch a heavy charge againfl any man in his abfence* The Honourable Gent, meant it as a joke, and as a joke he took it : but be trufted the Hon. Gentleman would not be fo playful at any bme that he (Mr, Pol?) might be abieut in future ( /«"#) Í (Cr 01 I le m I 1 1( ! ysA i ,*■ 1«' \ty 20 Nothing could be farther from his Intention than to tranfgrefi the Orders of the Hmife> but perhaps he might be pennitt-cd to allude to fomething which had been declared, that the Iriih Government had acSked the part of incendiaries—that like incendiaries they had fct fire to the Houfc before the^ had left it. This was a ferious charge againft fuch men aj the Duke of Richmond and Loud Manners (as for himfcH it was of no confequcncc), efpccially when it was confidcrcd that the individual by whom it was made knew nothing oj the faifcs, with the exception, indeed, that he miift have known that the Iriih Government were aware, before they took the ftep which they had adopted, that the Admiaiftra« tion would not be changed.—[Hear^ Acar.]—Yet this accufa^ tion proceeded from a refpedkahle quarter—from a perfon well known in Ireland—one who, no doubt, atSked with good mentions, tho* this was not the firft time he had turned out to be completely miftaken. He (Mr. P.) had felt bound to notice this cir^umilaace; as, of all the painful event# tendant on the late occurrences, no one had been felt fej^j fcT'crely by the Noble Perfons in the Government of Ire* land. They certainly did conceive it to be a moft hard cafe to be there condemned without a knowledge of the hdi, He hoped that what he had dated would prove, that the af* fertion of the perfon to whom he alluded prefume Lori Moira) was ill founded. Indeed the Hon. and Learned Ocntlcman oppofite had argued -on a dir eddy contrary fuppofition, and a juft one, namely, that the Irifh Government were perfectly apprifed of the continuance in power ^ of the prefent Adminiftration, before they iiTued the circular letter to the Magiftracy of that country. Mr. PoIot .concluded a moft able and imprelBve fpecch, byapologfing to the Houfc for having dcuintd then^ fo long—cm •f Htar^ hear^ til