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renewal of the Insurrection act, 
which gave authority to the Jus- 
tices of Peace in any county, as- 
sembled at an extraordinary ses- 
sion, to signify to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant the disturbed state of that 
county, who thereupon was to is- 
sue his proclamation by which the 
same was publicly declared. This 
-was done on September 25ti, 
with respect to the greatest part 
of the county of Tipperary, at 
the requisition of 40 Justices of 
Peace. Shortly after a meet- 
ing of 49 of the magistrates of 
Limerick unanimcusly agreed to 
make a similar application to the 
Lord Lieutenant with respect to 
that city and county. Various 
corps of troops were concentrated 
in this quarter of the island, of 
which Limerick was the princi- 
pal station. In King’s county the 
rioters assembled in force, under 
the denomination of Carders, 
and perpetrated various outrages, 
which the magistrates found them- 
selves unable to suppress by the 
civil power. They therefore, in a 
meeting held on October 8th at 
Clara, resolved to apply to the 
Lord Lieutenant for military aid, 
In this instance, as in most of the 
other acts of violence, the aquisi- 
tion of fire-arms appeared tobethe 
great object of the insurgents; 
a circumstance denoting plans of 
serious resistance to the govern- 
ment. The murder of a very re- 
spectable magistrate near Cashel 
in November (see Chronicle), oc- 
casioned a peculiar alarm in that 
part of the country ; and it is to 
be lamented that notwithstanding 
the unanimous exertions of the 
gentry and magistrates, and the 
ready assistance afforded by the 
Irish government, much remain- 
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1815. 
ed to be done at the close of the 
year for the restoration of a state 
of public peace and security. 
The cause of Catholic eman- 
cipation had been so much injured 
by differences among the Ca- 
tholics themselves, that the efforts 
of its friends in parliament were 
in this year faintand unpromising ; 
and it does not appear that the 
subject was agitated with zeal in 
Ireland, unless it were in the as- 
semblies of the party at Dublin. 
An aggregate meeting of the Ca- 
tholics was held on January 14, 
when Lord Fingall being called 
to the chair, declined taking it, 
alleging, that faith had been 
broken with him respecting the 
veto ; and he quitted the room in_ 
the midst of tokens of disappro- 
bation from the rest of the com- 
pany. Mr. O’Connor being then 
unanimously nominated to fill it, 
resolutions for unqualified eman- 
cipation were moved and carried 
by general acclamation. The re- 
newal of a petition to parliament 
was agreed upon: but it will be 
seen in the narrative of the par- 
liamentary debates, that the for- 
mer leaders of the question in 
both Houses refused taking upon 
them that office, though they still 
declared themselves friends to the 
fundamental principle. 
Ata meeting of the Irish Ca- 
tholic Association at Dublin, in 
December, the copy of a letter 
was read, addressed to the Right 
Rev. Dr. Poynter, by Cardinal 
Litta, on the part of the Pope, and 
dated in April from Genoa, whither 
the papal court had then retired, 
in which the opinion of his Holi- 
ness was given, concerning the 
three principal points at issue 
between the Catholics of Great 
