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VOL. I
a lamentable hiatus in the usual “Complete Letter
Writers,” for we no where find -rules for the writing
of love letters) we wish to disparage the fair fame of
the Illustrious and Right Rev. author. Reader, lend
not thine ear to such misrepresentations. Ilis Grace
of Y-r-k stands on too high an elevation to feel hurt,
by seeing the follies of his youthful days again ¢x-
posed to public ridicule; besides, now that he has
turned Bible-man, he will consider such an exposure
a salutary penance inflicted for former transgressions,
and, without any great stretch of the imagination, we
may fancy him bursting forth into the following pious
and christian-like exclamation,— May all my past
sins be made known to the world, in order to deter
others from the paths of vicee—So help me God.”
It is, then, with a view of warning the young, the
thoughtless, and the unwary, from yielding to their
unruly passions ; to keep them ia virtue’s way, by
ng to them vice’s punishment,. that’ we re-
publish tltese letters. We have at present only room
for the following one, which is, indeed, penned in a
Royal manner. We doubt much whether any one
but a Duke and a Bishop united, could produce such
a rich sample of amatory nonsense. , Here it is:—:
The following letter, which was proved before the Parlia-
mentary Committee, in 1609, to be iu the hand-writing of his
Royal Highness, was addressed, “Mrs. Clarke, to be left at the
Post-Office, Worthing.” of
“Tow can I sufficiently express to my sweetest, my darling
love, the delight which her dear, ber pretty letter gave me, or
how much I feel all the kind things she says to me init? PTil-
lions and millions of thanks for it, my Angel! - And be assured
that my heart is fully sensible of your afiection, and that upon
jtalone its whole happiness depends. I am, however, quite
burt that my love did not go to the Lewes races; how kind of
her to think of me upon the occasion; but I ‘trust that she
knows me too well, not to be convinced that { cannot bear the
idea of adding to those sacrifices which I am but too sensible
that she has made to me, News my Angel cannot expect from
me from hence ; though the life led here, at least in the family T
am in, is very burrying, there'is a sameness in it, which affords
‘little subject for a letter; except Lord Chesterfield’s family,
there is not a single person except ourselves tnat I know. Last
night we were at the play, which went off better than the first
night. Dr, O'Meara called upon me yesterday morning, and
- delivered me your letter;: he wishes much to preach before
Royalty, and if I can put him in the way of itI will. What a
time it appears to me already, my darling, since we parted. God
bless you iy own dear, dear love! I shall miss the post if I
add more; Ob believe me, ever to my last hour, your’s and your’s
alone.”
An Orange Bookseller has just published, in London, the late
No-Popery Speech of the Duke, in letters of gold, price 10s
What would he think of adding this letter by way of an ap-
pendix? .
THE TRUTH TELLER..
NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1825.
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By the Packet Ship York, Captain Baker, from
London, which left Cowes | on the 7th of June, we
have received London dates to the 6th, and Dublin
‘ papers to the 30th May. ‘The people of Ireland are
represented as being still in a state of great agitation.
Our London correspondent, on the authority of let-
ters from respectablé sources in Dublin, says, “itis not
easy to describe the sensation the rejection of the
Catholic Relief Bill produced in Dublin. Catholics,
hitherto of the greatest moderation, have openly and
publicly expressed their. disappointment and rage.
The commercial and monied men of the city of Dublin
conceiving their personal interests involved in the suc-
cess of the measure, have become timid, and many
persons anticipating future evils and. disorder, are
making preparations to leave the country as soon as
possible, The unexpected and overwhelming majo-
rity of FORTY-EIGHT, has left au impression that eman-
cipation will never be granted. Lord Liverpool’s
conduct is reprobated in the way it deserves. The
Catholics did not expect he would yote for the bill,
but they calculated that it wpuld reccive very feeble
opposition from him, and that he would at least have
left the question open, so that on-a ‘future occasion |
their wishes might be realized 3 whereas his conduct, |.
and that of the Duke of. York, leaves Ireland in so
precarious a state, as to expose it to the most frightful
peril on the first pressure from without. So strong in-
deedare the feelings of indignation roused on the part
of the people, that it is stated, that were a foreign ar-
my to land in Ireland, they would find little opposi-
tion aud many adherents.” The Catholics appear
lia England and Ireland have taken ‘place, and
“whether they ought: or not,” says: our corre-
spondent, “is not the question,” they are resolved
that they will not. Several private mectings, both
the aggregate. mecting of the Roman Catholics of
of Ireland is fixed for the 8th of June, in Dublin. In
the mean time all those . bright commercial: prospects
which were ‘beginning to dawn upon Ireland are
withered. Every thing is convulsed, embarrassed,
and insecure. Speculation is at an end, the various
Banking, Mining, and other Companies, recently
established, are at a stand, An extensive commercial
house of first rate standing has failed, and threatens
to bring down numbers of inferior ones with it. Our
Correspondent concludes his letter in these words:
« We are in a critical state, and I think you may bless
your stars that you are in a land of freedom and sin-
cerity? 5, a a
Trmay well be asked what can be the meaning of all
this? What motive can the British government have,
at a moinent when shé is enjoying peace and pros-
perity, in thus torturing and persecuting, ruining and
exiling her Irish ‘subjects? What end is to be at-
tained by such conduct 2 Are the people of Ireland
to be for ever kept in this state of suspense—are they,
session after Session, and year after year, to be thus
cojoled and kept out of their religious rights ?’ Surely
it is not in the course of human events that such a
state of things can exist. The opcrations of the as_
sociations in Ireland during the short space of time
they existed, did more towards the amelioration and
improvement of Ireland, than twenty, nay, fifty years of
good government could do,—now, all is thrown back,
its present state is worse thanits former, We see no
good that can be done by a resistance, either on the
part of the Irish or English Roman Catholics. No-
thing but events and the free use of the press, which
by opening the eyes of the people of England to the
real state of the Catholics and their religious tenets,
will convince them of the absolute necessity of grant-
ing emancipation, We therefore hope that the next
accounts from Ireland will be of a less alarming nature.
Cathalic Niecting in Wonvor.
_ We lay before our readers a very ample report of
the proceedings of this important Mecting. The
speech.of Mr. O’Connell, part of which, for want of
room, we are obliged to refer till next week, will be
received with great interest, not only in this country,
but in every country in'Europe. Thank God, the
Press, at least, remains, to carry to distant’nations
the story of our wrongs—to hold up’ to the execra-
tion of the world the baseness, the eruelty, the in-
justice of our stupid,’ senseless, hypocritical, blood-
thirsty enemics, .
One part of Mr, O’Connell’s’ speech, our’ readers
will think, is deserving of the utmost attcution ;
we mean the charge. which he brings against Lord
Liverpool of deceiving the Catholics. “ His Lord-
ship, (he said) had contrived to obtain two things—a
perpetual possession of office, and the character of
an honest man; let Aonest Lord Liverpool’ stand
forth 3 it is in vain to deny that he countenanced the
Irish Claims, when he made the Irish people believe
that these claims were to be acceeded to. ‘he world
well knew the countenance that this man gave ta the
Trish Catholics previous to his hearing the'speech of
the Duke of York, the heir expectant to the Crown,
The Bishop of Chester’s was not the only miraculous
ord Liverpool had the tact of knowing as well as
any Bishop on the Bench, what was vulgarly called
“the way the cat jumped.” a
carriage accompanied by Mrs. O’Connell, and his two
daughiers, with Master O'Connell, his “younger son,
and servants on horscback. © Mr.-Fitsimmons was
mounted on the dickey of Mr. O’Connell’s carriage
which was preceded bya large cavalcade, and follow-
cctermined not to submit to the present state of things,
ed by a great retinue of carriages, coaches, jaunting
conversion upon this subject; it was evident’ that].
Mr. O'Connell has been honoured by the people
with a triumphal entry into the city of Dublin, on his
return from London. He made his entry in an open
cars, gentlemen on horseback, &c. &c, When Mr.
O'Connell reached his house in Merrion-square, he
addressed the immense assembly present from the bal-
cony; telling them he had carried their grievances to
the British Parliament, and dwelt upon tho cruel treat-
ment they had: received. He pitied the man who
could not love the English people, his reception from
them was more gratifying than any thing he possibly
could have anticipated—Parliament had acted in the
very teeth of the wishes of the people who were anx-
ious to see their Catholic brethren emancipated.” He
concluded by assuring them he would never cease ex~
erting himself in the sacred cause of Religious Liber-
ty.’ After giving three cheers for “ Old Ireland,” the
multitude quictly dispersed. oa
———__
» The following is taken from the Commercial Ad-
vertiser of Thursday last :—. -
Deaths from cold water.—We understand that a number of
persons died yesterday, in consequence of imprudently drink-
ing cold water when heated. It is said there were 39 interments
in the yard of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Those deaths, however,
were not all occasioned by cold water. There was another
“Battleof the Boyne” riot, and some probably drank too much
rui
The writer of the above article must have taken
very little pains to ascertain the truth of his statement
before he put it forth to the world. We find on en-
quiry, that the interments at Saint Patrick’s’ Cathe-
dral, instead of being thirty-nine, were twenty-four;
and we have authority for stating, that the causes of
death were principally in consequence of extreme ex-
haustion, oppressive labour, and exposure to the heat
of the sun, and very few died by drinking cold water:
Had the subject concerned any but Catholics, the
Editor would have been more particular in his enquiry,
but no doubt he, like many others, considers Catho-
lies as fair game. The statement that some of the
deaths were occasioned by “a battle of the Boyne
riot,” is utterly false, and we consider it nothing short
ofa libel upon the Irish Roman Catholics of this city.
No riot took place, consequently no deathis could oc-
cur from that. Where the Editor could pick up his
information it'is difficult to conjecture. If the pub-
lic press misleads, upon whom can the people rely?
The statement respecting the deaths by rum is upon
a par with the rest, and equally unfounded. Upon
the whole, ifthe numerous accounts we read in‘ the
Commercial Advertiser of Bible Meetings, Bible So-
cieties, Tract Societies, &c. &c., be equally correct
and true as the above statement, we must congratu-
late the readers of the ‘Commercial Advertiser’ in
place perfect reliance.
——
MEETING AT TAMMANY HALL.
We refer our readers*to an advertisement which
appears in'to-day’s paper, calling upon the friends of.
Ircland to meet at Tammany Mall on Tuesday next,
at] o'clock, conformably to the resolutions passed at
the last meeting, We regret that from the late hour
the notice was handed to us,’ we ‘have not spaee to
comment on the object of the méeting ; we sincerely
hope, however, that theré will be a full attendance,
and that all will join heart and hand, in expressions
of indignation and abhorrence, at the cruel and un-
just treatment the Roman Catholies of Ireland have
again received from their persccutors.
. een
MR. ROBERTSONS ASCENT.
Curiosity was all on tip-toe” during the whole of
Saturday last, in consequence of a notice in the pub-
lic journals, intimating that this gentleman intended
toascend in a balloon from the Castle Garden: ° Con-
siderable anxiety ‘was expressed ‘on the occasion fot
the safety of the zronaut, and some idea of the' feel-
ing excited in the city ‘may be formed, when we in-
form our readers that in the Castle Garden alone it
was computed that there was from seven to nine thou-
sand persons! Outside the Garden the crowd was
proportionably great, every part was filled with gen
teel dressed persons, the Battery was iiterally block
having. an Editor upén’ wliose’ veracity they’ car.
ee