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The Morning Pot.
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PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.
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HOUSE OF LORDS
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WEDNESDAY, April 15.
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Their Lordships met at an early hour, and
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immediately adjourned to Friday. Their Lord-
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ships then, preceded by the
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Lord Chancellor
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,
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waited on the King, the Queen, and on the
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Prince and Princess of Wales, with congratula-
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tory Addresses, expressive of their satisfaction
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on the joyful occasion of the Prince's Nup-
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tials.
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The Speaker took the Chair at two o'Clock,
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for the purpose of going to congratulate Their
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Majesties, and the Prince and Princes of
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Wales.
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Mr. ROSE gave notice, that he would move
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the House in favour of Member of Friendly
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Societies, who enlist in the land or sea service
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Persons of this description, he observed, are so
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numerous as to amount, in the aggregate, to
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about 300,000. What he wanted was, that in
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the Bill passed for the regulation of such So-
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cieties, there be inserted a clause to continue
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such as enter into the Army of Navy, Mem-
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bers; so that on their return they may be par-
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takers of all the benefits, on paying up, to the
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time being, their deficiencies in contribution.
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The several Orders of the Day were deferred
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to Friday.
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The House then adjourned.
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After which the Gentlemen appointed to
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carry the Addresses, went, preceded by the
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Speaker, to present them accordingly.
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LONDON.
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APRIL 16.
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Monday His Majesty's Ship the Diamond, Sir
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Sidney Smith
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, Who several gun vessels, failed
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from the Downs; as did the Amphion and
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Children sloop, with the Worcester, the Kent,
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and the Earl Cornwallis East Indiamen, for
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Portsmouth
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; the Ipswich, Capt. M'Ghie, for
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St. Domingo; the Robust, Capt. Craig, for
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Jamaica; the Hibernia, Capt. Ferres, for Bel-
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fast; the Chigwell, Capt. Ryan, for
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Africa
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;
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the Echo, Cap. Fottersdale, for Providence;
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the Zephyr, Capt. Scott, for St. Vincent; and
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the Theodosia, Capt. Hearn, for
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.
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Tuesday afternoon failed from the Downs,
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His Majesty's ship the Prince of Wales, Admi-
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ral Harvey, with the Culloden, the Thunderer,
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Russel, and Pomona frigate, on a cruise.
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Advice is received from St. Vincent's which
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is brought over in the Favourite, Captain Tod,
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of the safe arrival there of several ships from
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Liverpool
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Bristol
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, and Ireland; and
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that four French prizes had just arrived there,
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which were taken on their Passage from Ame-
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rica: they were laden with flour, &c.
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By the last letters received from
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Gibraltar
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,
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we have received advice of the safe arrival of a
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great number of ships from
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and Ire-
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land. When this account came away, the in-
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habitants were in very good health, and were
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well supplied with provisions.
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Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
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the India House
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, when the vacancies made by
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Messrs. Pattle and Ewer's disqualifications were
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declared, and th following Commanders took
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leave:
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MADRASS and BENGAL.
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Robert Burrowes
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, Francis.
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Kennard Smith
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, Minerva,
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Richard Hutt
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, Hillsborough.
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The Court adjourned at Five o'Clock till
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Wednesday next.
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Nothing can exceed the
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and arro-
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gance of Administration, and the measures they
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pursue are vey opposite to the boasted freedom
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we are said to enjoy. Following the accustom-
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ed track of corrupt influence, they have ordered
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that all the Corn contained in the Dutch vessels
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that have been stopt shall be sold by their Fac-
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tors; and though the cargoes belong to British
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subjects or to those of Neutral and Allied Nations,
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and actually proved to be so, yet Ministry insist
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that their Agents shall fell the whole, or that the
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Corn shall not be restored. Merchants cannot
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have their own property restored to sell them-
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selves, or to oblige their friends with the sale,
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but must entrust a man they know nothing about
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with their interest and concerns, and who, per-
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haps, will be at no great pains to make an advan-
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tageous sale. If this is not unjust, arbitrary, and
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oppressive, we know not what is.
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From particular circumstanes of servility,
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prostitution, or jobbing ability, many men have
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been raised amongst us into high places, to the
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astonishment indeed of all honest men, perhaps
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to the discredit of the Prince, certainly to the
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dishonour and injury of National character;
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the story of men like there needs no enlarge-
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mentthey are notorious in the public estima-
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DUBLIN, APRIL 11.
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CATHOLIC MEETING.
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AT a most numerous and respectable meeting of the
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Catholics of the
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City of Dublin
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, convened by public no-
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tice at
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the Chapel
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in
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Francis-street
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, on Thursday the 9th
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of April, 1795,
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Sohn Sweetman
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,
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Esq
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. being unanimously called to the
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Chair,
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Mr. Byrne, Mr. Keogh, and Baren Hussey, reported,
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that they had on Friday the 13th of March, presented he
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Petition of the Catholics of Dublin to His Majesty, which
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Petition he was pleased to receive gratioulsly; and that on
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application to His Majesty's
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Minister
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for such information
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as they might think fit to impart, the answer returned was,
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that the King's pleasure on the subject of the Catholic
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claims was communicated to the Lord Lieutenant, and that
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he was the proper channel through whom it might be
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known, but that the Deputation, in consequence of their
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instructions, did not consider themselves at liberty to make
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any further application.
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Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this Meet-
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ing be and are hereby presented to our Worthy Deputies,
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for the sprit and
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in undertaking,
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and their zeal and fidelity in executing the trust reposed in
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them by their fellow-Citizens.
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Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this Meet-
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ing be respectfully presented to an Agent,
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Theobald
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WolfTone
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,
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Esq
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. for the readiness with which he accom-
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panied our Deputies to England, and the many other im-
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portant services he has rendered to the Catholic body in
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their pursuit of Emancipation; services which no grati-
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tude can over-rate, and no remuneration can over-pay.
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Resolved, That we see with the greatest concern by the
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removal of our late much respected
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Viceroy
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, Earl Fitzwil-
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liam, contrary to the unanimous win of the whole Peo-
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ple, how little the interest or the witness of Ireland avail,
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in a matter of the highest import to her well-being.
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Resolved, that we derive consoction under the loss
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which we all sustain by the removal of the late popular
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Administration, in contemplating the rising spirit of har-
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money and co-operation among all seeds and descriptions of
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Irishmen, so rapidly accelerated by that event; and we do
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most earnestly recommend to the Catholics of Ireland to
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cultivate, by al possible means, the friendship and affec-
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tion of their Protestant brethren, satisfied as we are, that
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national union is national strength, happiness, and prospe-
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rity.
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Resolved unanimously, That the Right Hon.
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Henry
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Grattan
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be requested to introduce the Catholic Bill imme-
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diatley on the meeting of Parliament.
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[A Passage from a printed book intitled, "A Letter
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from a venerated Nobleman, recently retired from this
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country, to the Earl of
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being read, to the fol-
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lowing effect-" Then, for the first time, it appears to
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have been discerned, that the deferring the Catholic ques-
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tion would
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not merely an expeditocy, or a thing to be
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desired for the presentbut the means of doing a greater
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service to the British Empire than it has been capable of
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receiving since the Revolution, or at least since the
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Union!!!" and also another passage, "That if the con-
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sideration of this question could be deferred till the Peace
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was established, his Grace should have no doubt but that
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it would be attended with advantages which perhaps are
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not to be hoped for in any other supposable case," And
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it appearing that those expressions, supposed to be those
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of a Personage In high official station, can admit of no
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import or meaning other than that of a meditated Union
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between this country and Great Britain.}
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Resolved unanimously, That we are sincerely and un-
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alterably attached to the Rights, Liberties, and Indepen-
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dence of our Native Country; and we pledge ourselves,
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collectively and individually to resist, even our own Eman-
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cipation, if proposed to be conceded upon the ignomini-
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ous terms of an acquiescence in the fatal measure of an
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Union with the sister kingdom.
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Resolved unanimously, That while we make this undis-
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guised declaration of our sentiments, in order to satisfy
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the Public mind, we are of opinion that a measure so full
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of violence and ruin, wil never be hazarded; convinced as
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we are that no set of men will arrogate to themselves a
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power which is contrary to the ends and pruposes of all
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Governmenta power to surrender the liberties of their
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country, and to seal the slavery of future generations.
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[A numerous Assembly of the Students of the Univer-
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sity, who this day waited on the Right Hon.
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Henry Grat-
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tan
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, with an Address, having appeared and before
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in the
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respectful manner, amidst the loudest
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plaudits of the Meeting, and the Secretary having, by their
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order, communicated their Address, together with Mr.
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Grattan's Answer.}
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Resolved unanimously, That we observe with grateful
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cordiality and honest exoltation, the appearance of so large
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and respectable a body of the learned and ingenuous youth
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or Ireland, this day among us; we accept their patriotic
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adoption of our cause as the surest omen of its success;
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convinced that the most malignant efforts of our corrupt
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and bigoted oppressors must speedily give way to the
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UNION, irresistible as it is natural, of letters with liber-
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ty, of wisdom with justice, and of science with truth.
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And we invite and request the present respectable visitors,
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and their brethren of the University, to honour our future
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Meetings with this presence and support.
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<
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>
Resolved unanimously, That our sincere and grateful
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thanks be, and are hereby returned to our Protestant bre-
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thren of Belfast, and of Dublin; to the different counties
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and great cities, who have addressed either the Crown or
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Parliament on our behalf; and to every body of men, and
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every individual among our Protestant brethren, who have
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stood forward in the cause of Catholic emancipation, the
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cause of Irish Liberty.
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p
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<
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>
Resolved unanimously, that the necessary expences in
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printing and othewise, attendant on our present applica-
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>
tion to the Legislature, as well as the engagements of the
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late General Committee, remaining still in a great measure
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undischarged, and for which the credit of he Catholic
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body is pledged, require the measure of a speedy and libe-
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ral subscription.
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<
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>
Resolved unanimously, therefore, That was recommend
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earnestly to our fellow citizens in the different parishes of
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this city, to appoint Gentlemen forthwith in each parish,
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to receive such Subscriptions as may be offered for the
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above just and necessary purposes; and we call on the
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Catholics of
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Ireland
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to co-operate with us, by contributing
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on their parts liberally towards the discharge of the debts
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incurred in the pursuit of our common emancipation.
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>
Signed by Order of the Catholics of Dublin,
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>
RICHARD Mc CORMICK
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, Sec.
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FRANCIS-STREET
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MEETING.
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<
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>
Feeling the magnitude and importance of
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the Debate at the Catholic Meeting in
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Francis-
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street
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Chapel, on Thursday last, we most de-
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voutly hope, that we are not on the eve of an
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awful and tremendous explosion. Those men
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who cry "Peace! Peace!" when there is no
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Peace, have much to answer for, if precipitating
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the island to choose between a British and a
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French connection, under circumstances of pe-
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culiar disadvantage to the sister nation, is a
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matter of sufficient interest to demand justifica-
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tion, loving the People, as we do, from duty,
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from inclination, from prejudice, from passion,
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we confess, tha it is not without pain we bring
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ourselves to say, that the transactions or Cabi-
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nets are by no means
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objects for the vulgar
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eye to look upon. Possibly the veil which blind
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assent supposes to cover an angel, may, if torn
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asunder reveal a monster. If the public
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<
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>
her surviving children receive their baptism at
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the font of blood. May Ireland never be har-
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rassed or disgraced by such shocking scenes!
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May returning reason inspire our councils to
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avert this last and worst calamity, which it would
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be criminal not to mention, there is too much
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reason to fear shakes suspended over our head by
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a single hair! and if we may be presuming
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enough to advise so great a man as Mr. Pitt, we
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would strenuously, seriously, and fervently re-
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commend it to him, to form his opinion of Ire-
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land from the portentous events which daily
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occur in it FROM THE CATHOLICS, from their
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OWN DEBATES, and of neither from men who
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are most strongly suspected of a propensity to
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defame those whom they may pillage and op-
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press, and whose system of politics it may have
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been to bring al the vengeance of the law to
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bear upon in obedience to the gospel.
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<
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>
The herd of Ministerial Writers who have
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opened in full below on the confidential ser-
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vants of the late Administration, rest their at-
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tack upon three charges which may be fully re-
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futed by so many plain words.
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<
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>
I. They assert, it was the ignorance and in-
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temperance of the Fitzwilliam Administration
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which shortened its duration.
</
p
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<
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>
Of this charge, it may be observed, that the
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rapidity and exactness with which they disco-
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>
vered and dragged into light the peculatros who
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had plundered the Public for so many years,
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acquits them of Ignorancethat they were in-
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>
temperate in the exposing of those offenders,
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>
may be true; for in the language of the Irish
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Court, that is Intemperance in public justice
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>
which goes to weaken the influence of Govern-
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ment.
</
p
>
<
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=
"2579"
>
II. They assert, that the confidential servants
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of Lord Fitzwilliam were those who for many
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</
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>
years had been in Opposition to the prosperity of
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>
the County.
</
p
>
<
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n
=
"2580"
>
The fact is, they opposed those who would
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have kept Ireland dependant on Great Britain;
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who would have prevented the extension of
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>
her Trade; who added millions to the debt of
<
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</
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>
Ireland; who sold the Peerage; who bought the
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>
Parliament; who multiplied the Excise Laws;
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>
who created useless Places for the purpose of
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</
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>
wicked influence; who would have made the
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>
Regent of Great Britain the Ruler of
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ireland
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rs
>
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>
</
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>
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</
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;
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who proposed and supported the Propositions;
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>
who opposed a Place Bill, a Responsibility Bill,
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>
a Pension Bill, 'till they were unable to oppose
<
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>
them any longer, and then granted a wretched
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substitute for them.
</
p
>
<
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n
=
"2581"
>
III. They charge them with having procured
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</
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>
intemperate Addresses, for the purpose of giving
<
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</
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>
inflammatory Answers.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2582"
>
Of this charge every man will see that no in-
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>
fluence could have been extensive enough to
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</
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>
have procured all the Addresses which poored
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on Lord Fitzwilliam from every quarter of
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the Kingdom. If by the inflammatory Answer,
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it meant that of Mr. Grattan to the Catholics,
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that was given After the result of Lord Fitz-
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william, and therefore granted it were inflam-
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matory, instead of what it really is, temperate,
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for the insult which occasioned it; it cannot be
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considered as one of the causes which shortened
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the Fitzwilliam Administration.
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<
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=
"2583"
>
In consequence of the resolution entered into
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on Saturday last by the Seceding Students of
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the College to Address Mr. Grattan on Thurs-
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day, a programma was on Wednesday published
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by the Provost and Board of Senior Fellows, in
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which hey threatened with their most heavy
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displeasure all such Students as should assemble
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for that purpose, or be any was concerned in
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that measure.
</
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<
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n
=
"2584"
>
From the side of Catalonia we learn, tha Ge-
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neral Urutai has been ordered to march with
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>
the major part of his army to
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Barcelona
</
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<
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type
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"Barcelona"
>
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</
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, an im-
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mediate attack of which city is expected by the
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enemy.
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<
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n
=
"2585"
>
Agathocles and Dionyfius were two tyrants of
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Sicily and who indeed acquired a name by their
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ability, though disgraced by numerous vices:
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they were cruel, vengeful, exterminating; they
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severally derived their origin from the lowest of
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the people: the one left the wheel, the kiln,
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>
and the clay, as Pimceus has said in the way of
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reproach, and came young to Syracuse, yet each
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of them in his time raised himself to be the tyrant
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</
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of that renowned and opulent city. Their pro-
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scriptions, their enormities were beyond belief;
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their lives, though surrounded by all the infig-
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nia of state, were a constant tissue of affright,
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</
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suspicion, information, midnight terrors and
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</
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>
daily alarms, till at length they fell unpitied, un-
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>
lamented by any but the partizans of their vices,
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</
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the agents of their atrocities, the busy informers
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against life and character.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2586"
>
The present in accounted throughout
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"placeName"
id
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"LMSMPS50909_geo1014"
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Europe
</
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<
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type
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"placeName"
value
=
"Europe"
>
</
interp
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<
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"LMSMPS50909_geo1014"
type
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"type"
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"undefined"
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</
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,
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a BULLYING Administration; they had recourse
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</
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>
to threats to make America depart from her
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</
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>
Neutrality; they menaced Sweden and Den-
<
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</
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>
mark, and they in a dastardly manner blockaded
<
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</
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>
Genoa. In every effort they failed. But no-
<
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thing will teach men of incredible ignorance
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<
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are now trying another experiment of then our
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lying system on Ireland, which as in other in-
<
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stances, will we venture to prophecy, over-
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whelm them with disgrace and confusion.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2587"
>
SPAIN.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2588"
>
The late reports, so eagerly circulated, of a
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great victory gained by the Spaniards over the
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</
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French, in
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Rousillon
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type
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"Rousillon"
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"undefined"
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</
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>
, turn out a mere fabrica-
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>
tion of the Treasury Prints in this Country,
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By the Corrunna Mail we learn, that no battle
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>
whatever has been fought; on the contrary,
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>
the Spaniards, at Catalonia, are retiring before
<
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</
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the French in every direction, and long before
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</
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>
this Gironne, in the center of Catalonia, is in-
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>
vested by the French Army.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2589"
>
In the North West of
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id
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Spain
</
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>
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type
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"placeName"
value
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"Spain"
>
</
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>
<
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=
"LMSMPS50909_geo1016"
type
=
"type"
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=
"undefined"
>
</
interp
>
, the trifling
<
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</
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>
skirmishes of small parties, in Navarre, were
<
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>
known in town a fortnight since; but by the
<
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</
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>
last accounts directly from St. Andero and Bil-
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>
boa, it appears that the French Army, in great
<
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</
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>
force, is moving to besiege Pampeluna, the
<
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>
capital.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2590"
>
KIDNAPPING.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2591"
>
This infamous traffic is not yet abolished, as
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>
the Public hoped and supposed. Since the ex-
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</
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>
ecution of the unfortunate man for the Riot, at
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</
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>
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id
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>
Charing Cross
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>
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<
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inst
=
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type
=
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</
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>
, those wretches have agin dared
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lb
>
to recommence their practices, thinking they
<
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>
are protected by the Law.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2592"
>
Late on Tuesday night, a Crimp, whose shop
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>
is at the Rising Sun, in
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"placeName"
id
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Charles-street
</
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>
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type
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"placeName"
value
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"Charles-street"
>
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,
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West-
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minster
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>
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<
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inst
=
"LMSMPS50909_geo1019"
type
=
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=
"undefined"
>
</
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>
, attempted to intrap a youth of fifteen,
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>
whom he saw in
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=
"placeName"
id
=
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Newman-street
</
rs
>
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value
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"Newman-street"
>
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</
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,
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>
Oxford-road
</
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type
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value
=
"Oxford-road"
>
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type
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</
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.
<
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He gave the boy a shilling, and desired him to
<
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</
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>
fetch him some tobacco, which the boy unful-
<
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</
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>
pectingly did, and returned to give him the
<
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>
change. The wretch laid hold of him, said he
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>
had taken the King's money, and was dragging
<
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</
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>
him away, to go for a Gentleman
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Soldier
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=
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</
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. The
<
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>
cries of the youth alarmed the neighbourhood,
<
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>
who ran out and rescued him; and upon hear-
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</
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>
ing the story, delivered the fellow to the mob.
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</
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>
He was first well ducked under a pump, and
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</
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>
then demanded to tell where the House was,
<
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</
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>
which upon his refusing, his tail was docked,
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</
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>
and his ears flit, and part of one cut off. The
<
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</
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>
fellow then confessed, and an immense mob
<
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</
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>
proceeded to
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"placeName"
id
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"LMSMPS50909_geo1022"
>
Charing Cross
</
rs
>
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"Charing Cross"
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<
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</
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, down to the Public
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House, in
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Charles-street
</
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>
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<
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</
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. The fellow begged
<
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to go backward, when the jumped over a wall,
<
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</
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and escaped into
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>
Gardener's-lane
</
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>
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"Gardener's-lane"
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<
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type
=
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</
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>
. The croud
<
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</
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>
which was immense, demolished all the win-
<
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</
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>
dows in front of the Public House, and some
<
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>
of those of the Crimping Office over the way,
<
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</
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>
and would have razed them both to the ground,
<
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</
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>
but the Guards arrived, and through the tem-
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</
lb
>
perate conduct of the Officers, the people dis-
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</
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>
persed, and not further mischief was done.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2593"
>
BISHOP OF OSSORY.
</
p
>
<
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n
=
"2594"
>
It is astonishing with what effrontery some
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Papers of the Day fabricate the grossest false-
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hoods, and to what lengths they carry their pro-
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>
stitution of principle. However, the means
<
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</
lb
>
they make use of to support the Interests of a
<
lb
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</
lb
>
declining Party, defeat themselves. This
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
<
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</
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strongly instanced in the low abuse levelled at a
<
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celebrated Irish Prelate, not less conspicuous for
<
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>
his Virtues, than for his very brilliant Talents.
<
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</
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>
Unable, even with the microscopic eye of prac-
<
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>
tised malice, to discover the smallest blot in the
<
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</
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>
fair page of his exemplary life, the wretched
<
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</
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>
hirelings of insolent and abusive power, main-
<
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</
lb
>
taining the true
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rs
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id
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>
Grub-street
</
rs
>
<
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"LMSMPS50909_geo1025"
type
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value
=
"Grub-street"
>
</
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<
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"LMSMPS50909_geo1025"
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=
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=
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>
</
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>
character, affail the
<
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</
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>
worthy Prelate on a point of their own creation,
<
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</
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>
charging him with having been a Catholic, a
<
lb
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</
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>
charge as destitute of Policy and Truth, as it is
<
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</
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>
weak, ridiculous, and illiberal. For admitting
<
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</
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>
a moment the assertion true, what is the infer-
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>
ence? Certainly, that those who direct these
<
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>
black shafts of envenomed Slander, in gratifying
<
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>
their Envy and Malice, fairly incur the impu-
<
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>
tation of being inimical to the principles and
<
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</
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>
progress of the Reformation; thus the impolicy
<
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</
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>
of the attack is evident and its falsity equally
<
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>
so, form the total silence of the Irish Papists on
<
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that head, for there are not wanting in the Sister
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>
Kingdom, any more than here, engines of lying
<
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>
business, wherewith Tyranny, Bigotry, and
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Wickedness, may assail the Liberal, Virtuous,
<
lb
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</
lb
>
and Patriotic Character; but in Ireland it would
<
lb
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</
lb
>
be in the Power of all who read the calumny, to
<
lb
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</
lb
>
refute it.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2595"
>
We feel ourselves to blame in giving to such
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
lying infolence the only notice it can possibly
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
receive, and we apologize for vindicating a
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
Character not vulnerable to such despicable ef-
<
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</
lb
>
forts of Literary assassination.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2596"
>
Not less than 100,000 of our Countrymen
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lb
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</
lb
>
have fallen during the present Crusade against
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
the French. We had fifty thousand English-
<
lb
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</
lb
>
men on the Continent, and the Regiments were
<
lb
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</
lb
>
twice recruited. If we were to believe the au-
<
lb
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</
lb
>
thentic accounts, in the Gazette, we have not
<
lb
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</
lb
>
lost two thousand men, though as many have
<
lb
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</
lb
>
been swept away by disease, and for want of
<
lb
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</
lb
>
medical assistance, in the course of a month. If
<
lb
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</
lb
>
we take a view of the decrepid old men and
<
lb
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</
lb
>
children who compose our now levies, it is
<
lb
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</
lb
>
impossible not to condemn the measures of Ad-
<
lb
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</
lb
>
ministration and to
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
every Military
<
lb
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>
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
<
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</
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ment.
</
p
>
<
p
n
=
"2597"
>
Lord FITZGIBBON, the Irish Chancellor, has
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>
left Dublin, and is gone to his seat at Mount
<
lb
>
</
lb
>
<
obscured
>
</
obscured
>
</
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>
</
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