against treasonable and seditious societies. The spirit of such statutes could by no ingenuity of perversion be urged against the Orange institution; but where the most strained interpretation could question its legality, the institution promptly complied, and disdained to evade, even the letter of these statutes. Our rules are open not only to the members of our institution, but to the whole community. We have no reserve whatsoever, except of the signs and symbols whereby Orangemen know each other, and these the law has not included in its prohibition. Our Association is general; it meets wherever Orangemen are to be found, and that we trust will soon be in every part of the empire. There is not either oath, obligation, or test, which candidate or brother can take or offer in our society; the proposal of members, their admission, and their continuance among us, are wholly unfettered with pledge or promise; nevertheless we can truly tell the world, that no unqualified person can come into, and no unworthy brother remain in our fellowship. The Orange institution cannot be suppressed, but by means which would subvert the constitution of Great Britain, and erase the name of the Prince of Orange from among her sovereigns. After that erasure, the Brunswick dynasty would soon follow. The liberty of these realms, our religion, and our monarchy, would again be placed under Papal darkness and despotic oppression. By order, HENRY MAXWELL, M.P., VOL. II. Grand Secretary. No. XXXI. Declaration of the undersigned Protestants, in favour of a final and conciliatory adjustment of the Catholic question.* We, the undersigned, being personally interested in the condition, and sincerely anxious for the happiness of Ireland, feel ourselves called upon, at the present juncture, to declare the conviction we entertain, that the disqualifying laws which affect his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, are productive of consequences prejudicial in the highest degree to the interests of Ireland, and the empire to which she is united. With respect to Ireland in particular, they are a primary cause of her poverty and wretchedness, and the source of those political discontents and religious animosities that distract the country, endanger the safety of its institutions, and are destructive alike of social happiness and national prosperity. Whilst this important document was circulating, the last aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Ireland took place. The resolutions consisted of their usual declarations of their principles; and a determination to seek for total, unrestricted, unqualified, and unconditional emancipation by legal and constitutional means alone; the rejection of any plan of emancipation coupled with any species of interference with the tenets, doctrine, or discipline, of the Catholic church in Ireland; any attempt to deprive fortyshilling freeholders of their franchise, which they considered a direct violation of the constitution; and strongly recommended the adoption of the Liberal Club system-the appointment of Catholic Rent inspectors, and that two gentlemen from every county in Ireland should accompany Mr. O'Connell to London, on making his attempt to take his seat in parliament. We are further of opinion, that unless the wisdom of the legislature shall speedily apply a remedy to those evils, they must, in their rapid progress, assume, at no distant period, such a character as must render their ultimate removal still more difficult, if not impossible. We therefore deem it of paramount importance to the welfare of the empire at large, and of Ireland especially, that the whole subject should be taken into immediate consideration by parliament, with a view to such a final and conciliatory adjustment as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom, to the stability of our national institutions, and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his Majesty's subjects. Thomas Charles Style, Kent John Godfrey, county Kerry Emanuel Moore, co. Cavan Aubrey de Vere Hunt, county Li- J. C. Coghill, Surrey merick Nicholas Loftus, co. Kilkenny James M. Stronge, co. Armagh ALPHABETICAL LIST OF GENTLEMEN AND OTHER RANKS. A Arabin, H. Kilmacud, co. Dublin Arabin, H. W. Clare-street, Dublin Alcock, H. (J.P.) Waterford Acheson, James, Fleet-st. Dublin Ambrose, W. S. St. Andrew-st, do. Arabin, Charles, Moyvoughly Armstrong, A. Gallen, King's co. Armstrong, A. Kilsharvan, co. Meath Armstrong, F. St. George, Garry castle House, King's county Armstrong, Owen, Gormanstown Green, county Meath Atkinson, Joseph, Barberstown Allridge, William, Kilbereen Arabin, J. L. Corkagh, co. Dublin Anderson, Wm. Abbey-st. Dublin Armstrong, L. Stephen's green, do. Armstrong, R. (Col.) Newtown Hill Armstrong, J. Mt. Venus, co. Dublin Armstrong, D. Merchant's-quay, do. Armstrong, R. L. Ormond-quay, do. Armstrong, H. L. Bridge st. ditto Armstrong, James, M.A. Presbyte rian Minister, Hardwicke-st. do. Allen, Francis, Usher st. do. Alleyn, Richard J. (Lieut. R. N.) Kildinan, county Cork Allingham, William, Ballyshannon Ambrose, Charles, ditto ditto ditto Alcock, Alexander M. ditto Andrews, James, Comber, co. Down Andrews, John, co. Down Abbott, Richd. Queen-st. Dublin Allman, Francis, Overton, co. Cork Audley, Archibald T. county Cork B Bushe, Gervais Parker, Waterford Bushe, Henry Amyas, Glencairn, Lismore Busby, John, jun. New-st. Dublin Burton, E. W. General Military Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin Blood, Geo. Montpelier-hill, ditto Blood, George, jun. ditto Bushe, Henry, Waterford Barrett, Samuel, N. Anne-st. Dublin Bolton, Wm. E. Brazil, co. ditto Barrett, Richd. Suffolk-st. ditto Brady, Maziere, Blessington-st. do. Birch, Thos. Wormwood-gate, do. Blundell, Henry R. Prussia-st. do. Brice, Edward, Kilroot, co. Antrim Bennett, John, Church-st. Dublin Bennet, H. Anderson's court, ditto Bryan, Robert Butler, Mallards town, county Kilkenny Brennan, Jas., L. Bridge-st. Dublin Bell, Francis, Linenhall-street, do. Bernard, Charles, Carlow Barnes, Joseph, Upper Pembroke. street, Dublin Booker, B. Mecklenburg-st. ditto Bell, Richard, Linenhall-street, do. |