that this Committee, do recommend every Catholic congregation in this island to follow the example.-Carried unanimously.

By Mr. PITT, seconded by Mr. DIAS SANTOS,

That each Local Committee be furnished, on demand, with circulars for distribution, to be signed by their respective Secretaries, and that all donations re ceived by them be entered separately.

On the President's rising to put the last resolution, Mr. SULLIVAN moved as an amendment, and was seconded by Mr. GRADY,

That the resolution proposed by Mr. Pitt, be postponed to this day three months-which was carried.

By Mr. DIAS SANTOS, and seconded by Mr. Kinsley,

That the thanks of the General Committee be given to the Author of the Tract called Popish Pinching Irons, and that he be solicited to reply to the second part of that attack which called it forth.-Carried unanimously.

By Mr. SULLIVAN, and seconded by Mr. DIAS SANTOS,

That a General Quarterly Meeting of all the Societies in this Metropolis do take place at the Crown and Anchor Tavern.-Carried unanimously.

Copy of the Balance Sheet of the General Committee as made from the returns of the various Societies, delivered November 6th, 1826.

The following sums have been received since the inspection of the present balance sheet by the General Committee, and will be included in that of the next month :

In the foregoing statement the Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty will find ample room for encouragement, and any additional stimulus to the exertion of their zeal and industry in the cause of liberality. In the first balance sheet the number of Tracts stated as having been circulated was 29,225, and the total receipts up to that time was 537. 15s. 9d.; it is, however, to be remembered that the primitive Society had then been in existence more than three months, and the returns of the auxiliary societies, included subscriptions received during a term approaching more or less to the same period.-The accounts published as above comprehend only the returns of the last four weeks, and will, of course, in future be confined to each month's expenditure and receipts.-Independent of the Societies in London and its vicinage, Tracts are now regu larly forwarded to eighteen principal towns of the kingdom, and it is no little source of exultation that many liberal Protestants have sacrificed their prejudices at the shrine of liberality and Christian charity.

The business of the evening being disposed of, a communication was made relative to the contemplated organization of a New Society in the East, which has hitherto been prevented from the want of a suitable room; measures, however, will now be adopted to forward it, and we hope to see this district equal in its zeal and exertion the other districts of the metropolis.

Secretaries are requested not to omit forwarding their orders for Tracts.

Blackburn, Nov. 5, 1826.

The Blackburn Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, take this opportunity of announcing to the public, that they held their first monthly meeting this evening, when it appeared that the Committee had distributed 530 appropriate Tracts, and they have the proud satisfaction to state, that they believe their contributors are increasing in number. They, at the same time, sincerely hope, that the people of this great county, will suffer themselves to be aroused from their lethargy, and come forward in a similar way.-The following statement of the accounts was exhibited, and unanimously approved.

Dr. the Treasurer in account with the Subscribers. Cr.

SHEFFIELD.

The Society of Friends to Civil and Religious Liberty held their second monthly Meeting at Mr. Cowley's, the Angel Inn, on Sunday evening the 29th Oct. 1826, Mr. J. ARNOLD in the Chair, when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to.

Proposed by Mr. M'SWEENY,

That to meet the wishes of the General Committee in London, this meeting do agree to hold in future their general monthly meetings on the last Sunday in each month instead of the first,

By Mr. A. NOLAN,

That the best thanks of this meeting are pre-eminently due, and are hereby given, to the Right Rev. Very Rev. and Rev the Catholic Clergy of Ireland, for their ardent zeal and unwearied exertions in the great cause of Civil and Religious Liberty, on the late general election, and their devotion to the cause of the forty-shilling freeholders.

By Mr. J. SLINN,

That the most heartfelt thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to those great models of purity of election, the calumniated forty-shilling freeholders of Ireland, for their conscientious discharge of their public duty as elecfors in the late general election, and the consequent glorious victory they have achieved in favour of Civil and Religious Liberty over the bigoted and intolerant Orange Faction.

By Mr. GASCOIGNE,

That the warmest thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to Daniel O'Connell, Esq. for his unwearied exertions in the great cause of freedom of conscience and especially for the ardent zeal and consummate abilities he has manifested in establishing the New Catholic Reut for the support of the forty shilling freeholders.

By Mr. HAGUE,

That the best thanks of this meeting are justly due and hereby given to Edward Blount, Esq. Secretary to the British Catholic Association, for the resolutions and vote of thanks to Mr. O'Connell, the Catholic Clergy, and the fortyshilling freeholders of Ireland, and especially for the excellent letter to Wilmot Horton, Esq. the Colonial Under Secretary.

By Mr. JAS. ARNOLD,

That the warmest and most cordial thanks of this meeting be given to that truly honest-hearted Irishman, Charles Brownlow, Esq. who, being educated in hostility to the true interests of Ireland, and in bitter enmity to Catholics, on hearing the depositions of Dr. Doyle and others of the Catholic Hierarchy, before a Committee of the House of Commons, nobly renounced his former prejudice and became a strenuous advocate (in the fullest sense of the word) for Civil and Religious Liberty.

Mr. ARNOLD having left the Chair, and Mr.J. SLINN being called to it, Mr. J. ARNOLD proposed, that the thanks of this meeting be given to the Right Rev. Henry Lord Bishop of Norwich, for the sentiments expressed in his late correspondence with the Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, and for the undeviating manner in which he has always advocated to cause of the Catholics of this Kingdom, which was carried unanimously. The Secretary stated the accounts as follows:

l. s. d.

Dr. to incidental expenses 0 12 41
Cash sent to Mr. Andrews 30 0

Balance on hand

1. s. d.

0

5 114

3 18 4

MORPETH.

At a Meeting of the Catholic inhabitants of Morpeth, held at the house of Mr. Douglass, on the evening of the 29th ult. Mr. DODDS in the Chair, the following resolutions were put and carried.

1. Moved by the CHAIRMAN, and seconded by Mr. DOYLE, That we hail with pleasure the noble spirit manifested by our brethren in various

parts of the Kingdom, in forming (through the medium of the Press) societies for the defence of Civil and Religious Liberty, with whom we are determined to co-operate as far as lay in our power.

2. Moved by Mr. MALLON Seconded by Mr. ROBERTSON, That a subscription be entered into of 1d. per week for the above purpose, but that donations or subscriptions to any amount will be taken."

3. Moved by Mr. DOUGLASS, and seconded by Mr. BEST; That the subscriptions be sent once a month to Mr. Hodgson, of Newcastle, and by him forwarded to Mr. Andrews, for the purchase of cheap tracts, which we hope will have the effect of removing the load of misrepresentation we lay under at present.

4. Moved by Mr. W. H. ROBERTSON, seconded by Mr. DOUGLASS; That the thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to Mr. W. E. Andrews, for his laborious, ardent and zealous efforts in the cause of our Religion, of Truth, and Justice.

The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Chairman, for his conduct in the Chair, and the meeting separated, determined to pursue with vigour the object for which they have formed themselves into a society.

STELLA.

At a Meeting of the Friends of the Truthteller, held at Stella, in the county of Durham, (near Newcastle,) Mr. JOHN EMMERSON in the Chair, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to.

1. That we acknowledge all men to be born equally free, and entitled to the same Civil and Religious privileges.

2. That we consider the calumnies manufactured and retailed in many of the tracts hitherto published, as tending much to keep alive the cry of No-Popery, thereby meaning no Catholic Emancipation, amongst many of the well-meaning but uninformed of the various Protestant sects.

3. As an antidote to these and other evils arising from prejudice founded chiefly on ignorance, we view with singular satisfaction the efforts made by Mr. W. E. Andrews, Dr. Rolph, and other patriots, to establish a fund for the distribution of tracts upon a more liberal and honest basis.

4. That in order to aid this great cause we individually agree to subscribe Id. weekly and use our best endeavours for its permanent success. 5. That, in common with many other societies of a similar nature, we would not be thought unmindful of the services of Edward Blount, Esq. particularly the masterly manner in which he has engaged and overthrown the sophistry of the Under Secretary, Mr. Wilmot Horton.

6. That Mr. Newton be appointed collector of subscriptions and disti butor of Tracts.

The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned.

WORCESTER.

At a Meeting of the "Friends to Civil and Religious Liberty," held on the 6th inst. at the Old Crown, Pump Street, Worcester, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to.

1st. That it is the right of every British subject to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience, without being subject, on that account, to civil penalties and disabilities; and that, in using every legal means in our power, for the attainment of Catholic Emancipation from all such penalties and disabilities, we are only seeking for ourselves that which we would most willingly procure, and, if in our power, bestow on all other denominations of Christians; and we trust this declaration of our principles will entitle us to the support and co-operation of all "Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty."

2ad. That it is to our Catholic forefathers England is indebted for her boasted Constitution, the real" envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world;" the privileges of which are, through a bigoted and mistaken policy, withheld from the Catholics of the present day. That we therefore do, in jus

tice to ourselves, and in gratitude to our Catholic forefathers, use every legal means in our power to obtain for ourselves a full and fair participation in the privileges of the Constitution.

3rd. That as the most effectual method of carrying the foregoing resolutions into effect, we do hereby form ourselves into a Society for the spread of Civil and Religious Liberty, and for the removal of existing prejudices, which Society shall meet once every four weeks at the Old Crown, Pump-street,

4th. That persons of all denominations be invited to join us in the furtherance of so beneficial an object.

5th. That it is the opinion of this Society, the prejudices against Catholic Emancipation cannot so well be removed as by a more general distribution of the tracts now publishing by that indefatigable Champion of Civil and Religious Liberty, W. E. Andrews, to whom our thanks, being justly due, and are hereby given, and by the support of a Free Press.

6th. That all persons subscribing one penny per week be members of this Society, and have a vote on all subjects coming under consideration, which money shall be appropriated to the purchase of the aforesaid Tracts, to be divided equally among the members to distribute as they choose.

7th. That there be a Committee appointed of five persons, by whom, together with a Treasurer, Secretary, and Collectors, the business of this Society be managed for three months, at which time two of the Committee shall go out, and other two be appointed. The Secretary and Collectors to be provided with books, &c. to be paid for from the fund.

W. LEICESTER, Chairman.
H. CROW, Secretary.

BRITISH CATHOLIC MEETING.

A Meeting of the British Catholics was held on Wednesday last, at the Crown and Anchor, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for Catholic Emancipation. Among the company present, we observed the Hon. Hugh Clifford, Hon. Edward Petre, Sir Edward Blount, Sir John Burke, John Talbot, F. Canning, Eyston, Charles Arundell, Thos. Stonor of Stonor, Col. Stonor, Charles Butler, Edward Doughty, James Wheble, Robert Throckmorton, Francis Cholmeley of Bransby, George Turvile of Bosworth, and Edward Blount, Esqrs. &c. &c. &c.

On the motion of the Hon. E. PETRE, seconded by Mr. Rosson, the Hon. H. CLIFFORD was called to the Chair.

On the motion of Mr. CANNING, Mr. BLOUNT, Secretary to the British Catholic Association, was requested to act as Secretary to the Meeting. The CHAIRMAN then read the Advertisement, by which the Meeting was convened. He said, that, in consequence of that advertisement, the Meeting would perceive that the business of the day, was to determine on a petition to be presented to Parliament, for Catholic Emancipation. After thanking them for the honour they had conferred upon him, by electing him their Chairman, he said, that it would be more consistent with his own feelings, and with his inability to do justice to the subject, to proceed, without farther preliminary, to call upon those Gentlemen, who were to propose for their adoption a petition, which had already been submitted to the Committee of the British Catholic Association. Yet when he reflected upon the duty of a Chairman, that he was bound to act with strict impartiality-that he was precluded from giving any opinion, and was obliged to preserve that order and decorum in their proceedings, which he hoped would always distinguish every Meeting of British Catholics, he felt impelled to make some observations on the purposes of their Meeting. He must therefore claim their indulgence, while he offered to them a few reflections upon the nature of those interests which they had then met to promote. He had always considered Catholic Emancipation as a necessary ingredient of civil and