-the collection of pecuniary aid, and rousing the sympathy of every friend of freedom in the cause of Ireland. The lively interest which they appear to have taken in the affairs of this country, has been more than once evinced by the admirable advice and co-operation tendered in their spirited addresses (such for example as those from New York, Charleston, and the city of Augusta) to the Catholic people of Ireland. The discussions upon the first presentation of these documents at the Catholic Association were, it may be recollected, violent and protracted; and from the cautious policy which the Catholics were compelled to pursue, necessarily opposed to a public testimony of their gratitude as a formal act of their body. Subsequently there was less difficulty; and in the case of the address of the city of Augusta, a vote of thanks was, through the indefatigable and patriotic exertions of Mr. Stephen Coppinger, passed, and transmitted through their chairman, Mr. Wyse, to Major-general Montgomerie, who presided at the meeting at Augusta, and to the Right Reverend Dr. England.*

The following is a copy of the resolution :

"That as the sympathy of the generous and the free must ever be a source of consolation and of hope to the victims of persecution in every country and in every clime, we should consider ourselves unworthy of that sympathy from any portion of the civilised world, did we not hail, with the liveliest sentiments of affection and gratitude, the kind and noble indications of this feeling, evinced in our behalf in the able, powerful, and luminous address to the Catholic Association of Ireland, adopted by the distinguished friends of civil and religious liberty, who assembled in the city of Augusta, in the State of Georgia, on the 2nd of April, 1827; and that we hereby present to them the warmest tribute of our heartfelt thanks, as well for this address, as for the enlightened sentiments which pervaded the mecting at which it was adopted. And while we are convinced that in

NEW YORK.

The Association of the Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, and of the Friends of Ireland in New York, To DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ. M. P.

Sir,

By us patriotism is marked amongst the most exalted of human virtues; and every practical example it affords of usefulness or well-merited zeal, attracts our undivided attention and admiration. With approving sympathy we have long witnessed your strenuous efforts in the service of a wronged country. The lofty ardour, the untiring perseverance, the discretion and magnanimity, which have characterised your labours, encourage the hope that your exertions will yet be rewarded with

success.

Impartial observers of the tyranny which has so long enchained unhappy Ireland, we can scarcely give adequate expression to the indignation with which it has inspired us we have beheld that tyranny supporting itself by cruel discord and extortion; by extinguishing rights and paralysing industry; by annihilating commerce, and reducing its victims to imbecility; then despoiling her legislative assemblies, and tauntingly forcing on her the livery of a province. A crisis, however, approaches; the hour of Ireland's redemption thus giving expression to the emotions by which the members of this Association are actuated, we but touch a chord that vibrates in unison with the grateful feelings of eight millions of Irish Catholics. We cannot but contemplate the increased and increasing interest which our situation and sufferings are already exciting on the other side of the Atlantic, as a sure, and perhaps not distant, forerunner of brighter and happier days for Ireland."

is at hand; the eyes of enlightened nations are fixed upon you and your companions; recede not a single step; cement your strength and your purposes; and though still religiously preserving the most inviolable tranquillity, let not your vigilance relax until the minions of corruption abandon their machinations in despair. Yes, Sir, we approve of your exertions, and admire your talents; but the principles you have promulgated in your speeches and writings, are eminently more worthy of our praise. You have, Sir, proclaimed, that your efforts, and those of the Catholic Association, are not designed exclusively for a sect, but extend to all denominations of men. Yours is not a theological controversy, as your enemies would represent it; you have indignantly denied the calumny; you labour for Dissenters as well as Catholics; and we were rejoiced to perceive, that the proudest and most successful of your labours was a convincing illustration of this principle; for the course pursued by the Catholic electors of Clare was intended to manifest their disapprobation of Mr. Fitzgerald's illiberality towards their dissenting countrymen. Again, we say, proceed; while your conduct is marked by such principles, every enlightened friend of his species must ardently wish you success. Circumstances auspicious to your cause are multiplying in every portion of the globe-happy combinations of events are daily arising to aid your hopes. Look far to the east, and to the west, and immediately around you, and feel confident of success. Let the hopes of your

Ireland, perhaps it may be no inconsiderable consolation to you and your countrymen to know, that millions of honest and intrepid freemen in this republic regard your condition and your struggles with the highest degree of interest. Public opinion in America is deep, and strong, and universal, in your behalf. This predilection prevails over the broad bosom of our extensive continent. Associations similar to ours are every where starting into existence-in our largest and wealthiest cities-in our hamlets and our villages-in our most remote sections; and at this moment, the propriety of convening at Washington, delegates of the friends of Ireland of all the States, is under serious deliberation. A fund will ere long be derived from American patriotism in the United States, which will astonish your haughtiest opponents. It is our ardent hope that you will continue to preserve the steady purpose in which you have been so long engaged. A sublime trust is reposed in you; a question of surprising interest is consigned to your care. You enjoy the confidence of your countrymen; you consequently possess a commanding influence over their deeds. May you ever exercise this influence with fidelity and effect; with an uncompromising regard for human rights; with a firm allegiance to the cause of liberty; and a never-ceasing hostility to bigots, factionists, and exclusionists, whether of Protestant or Catholic complexion!

WM. J. MACNEVIN, President.

New York, Jan. 20, 1829.

No. XXIX.

Documents read in the course of the Duke of Wellington's Reply to the Marquess of Anglesey in the House of Lords, May 4, 1829.

I.-Lord Anglesey to the Duke of Wellington.

(EXTRACT.)

September 24, 1828.

I have known for a considerable time, and a recent communication has strongly corroborated the fact, that the Catholic question may be adjusted at this moment with more facility (upon as good terms, and with as little opposition), on the part both of the bishops and the agitators, than at any other period. I have reason to feel confident that the bishops would be satisfied with very fair terms, in respect to their nomination; that they would only very feebly oppose the payment of the Catholic clergy; and that even upon the much more difficult subject of the forty-shilling freeholders there would only be little resistance.

II.-The Duke of Wellington to Lord Anglesey.

My dear Lord Anglesey,

I have, equally with my colleagues, seen three letters which you have written to Mr. Peel on the Roman Catholic question. I have laid one of them before the King; the other two he has not seen yet, as his Majesty has been unwell; and no immediate necessity existed for laying them before him. But I will lay them be