Curious Subject of a Catholic Meeting. 329 



A catholic meeting was sitting when we ar- 

 rived. We, like many others, had a desire to 

 see what was passing; the parties were by no 

 means numerous, and the greater part of these 

 seemed to have little more concern in the bu- 

 siness than what was dictated by curiosity. 

 Much warmth was exhibited by the orators, 

 though there seemed to be no difference of 

 opinion. As wishing well to catholic eman- 

 cipation, 1 could not but regret that subjects 

 should be agitated that were totally irrelative 

 and irregular ; as an instance, thanks were 

 voted to Mr. M'Gre, the printer of a newspaper, 

 now suffering the penalty of the law for a libel. 

 The injudicious conduct of the friends to the 

 question has furnished their opponents with 

 more powerful arguments than otherwise they 

 would have possessed. 



The Scotch cart appeared to be here in 

 general use, and we were pleased to see num. 

 bers of the people taking up potatoes with the 

 English spade. The cabins seemed less de- 

 plorable than most we had seen, and their in- 

 habitants less destitute of necessaries. 



Dr. Bell's system of education was attempted 

 at Armagh, and failed, on the same ground on 

 which it was defeated at Baron's Court. The 



