173 
1811 .] 
On account of Great Britain 
li>itto of Ireland 
Ditto of Imperial Loan 
Bitto of Loan to Portugal . 92,9o4 
Total . £215.'-293,354< 
The to be expended in the ensuing (quarter 
k 2,880,1491. 16s. 4d. 
IRELAND. 
At Dublin, early in the forenoon, on the 
^th of August, H. E. Taaffe, esq. partner in 
the Bank of Lord French and Co. and Mr. 
Kirwan, merchant, of Abbey-street, were 
arresled, under a warrant from Lord Chief 
Justice Downes, for acting as delegates; and 
Doctors Breen and Burke, and Mr. Scurlog, 
merchant, v/ere also arrested, for acting as 
electors of delegates to the Catholic commit¬ 
tee. These gentlemen having been brought 
in custody to the house of the Lord Chief 
Justice, in Merrion square, and Mr. Carmi¬ 
chael having attended there on the part of Mr. 
Kenamis, crown solicitor, required Mr. Car¬ 
michael to state to the Chief Justice, that 
they had been arrested without any previous 
information ; that they were desirous of having 
an opportunity of advising wdth counsel as to 
the conduct they should pursue; and that 
time should be granted to them until this day 
for that purpose. Mr. Carrriichael said, he 
would communicate what he was so desired to 
the Chief Justice, and, having gone up stairs, 
returned in a few minutes with the Chief 
Justice’s answer, which was, that he could 
not give such time. They then desired Mr. 
Carmichael to ask the Chief Justice if it was 
his intention to commit them to prison, in 
case they did not procure bail. Mr. Carmi¬ 
chael having again retired, returned soon 
after, and mentioned that the Chief Justice 
had desired him to say, if bail was not given 
he would then commit the persons in custody^ 
to prison. Rail was therefore entered for 
10001 . and two sureties fur 2001. each. 
COPY O? THE WARRANT. 
By the Right Hon. William Do’wnet., Lord Chief 
Justice cj his Majesty's Court of King's Eenchf 
in Ireland. 
County of the City of Dublin, to wit. 
Whereas it appears to me, by information 
upon oath, that on the ninth day of July last, 
a number of persons assembled at Fishambie- 
street, in the county of the city of Dublin, 
did propose and resolve that a committee of 
persons, professing the Roman Catholic reli¬ 
gion,should be appointed to represent the Ro¬ 
man Catholics of Ireland, for the purpose, or 
under the pretence of preparing petkions to 
both Houses of Parliament, for the repeal of 
all laws in force in Ireland, particularly af¬ 
fecting the Homan Catholics oflreland. And 
whereas I have also received information on 
*ath, that on the 31st day of the said month, 
4svers other persons assembled in the Roman 
Chapel, in Liffey-streetj in ths 
county of the city of Dublin, for the purpose 
of appointing five persons to act in such com¬ 
mittee as aforesaid, as the Representatives 
therein of the parish m which said chapel is; 
situate; and that at said meeting at LifFey- 
street, one Edward Sheridan was appointed one 
cf the said representatives, and that Thomas 
Kirwan, Gregory Scurlog, Henry Edmond 
Taafre, and Dt. John Breen, were four of tha. 
persons so there assembled, and that tbev and 
each of them then and there acted in such ao- 
pointment of the said Edward Sheridan to be 
such representative as_ aforesaid, against the 
form of the statute in that case made and pro¬ 
vided. These are, therefore, in his Majesty’s 
name, strictly to charge and command you, 
to apprehend and to bring before me, or som« 
other of the Justices of his Majesty’s said 
Court of King’s Bench, the bodies of the said 
Thomas Kirwan, Gregory Scurlog, Henrv 
Edmond Taaffe, and Dr. John Breen, thaV 
they be dealt with according to law, and for 
your so doing this shall be your sufficient war¬ 
rant. Given under my hand and seal, the 
8 th day of August, 1811. 
William Downes, 
AMERICA. 
Respecting the perverse disputes of the 
British ministry with the United States* 
the following facts and re-asonings deserve 
the attention of our readers. 
France, by certain edicts, declared the Bri¬ 
tish Isles to be in a state of blockade j and, ia 
violation of the neutral right of the United 
States, seized their vessels trading w'ith British 
ports. Great Britain, by certain edicts, de¬ 
clared France and her dependencies in a state 
of blockade ; and, in violation of the neutral 
rights of the United States, seized their ves¬ 
sels trading with French ports. Each of those 
powers charged the other with originating the 
violation, and promised to repeal its edicts if 
the other would set the example. France has 
declared a repeal of the blockade of Great 
Britain to the United States ; nor does it ap¬ 
pear that our vessels bound to or fro.m Great 
Britain are taken and treated as prizes in 
France. GreatBritain is consequently bound*, 
in fidelity to her own promise, as well as in 
justice to the United Stated,' to repeal her 
blockade of France and her dependencies ; and, 
in not doing so, justifies the distinction made 
•by ou-r law'S between the two belligerentj>. 
But it is said, that the decrees of France 
continue to shut the Continent against British 
trade. That is a matter between Great Bri¬ 
tain and the Continent. Great Britain may, 
if she please, shut her ports to the Continent 
in return, as has al ways been customary be¬ 
tween powers at war. The United States 
surely are not bound to meddle in that ques¬ 
tion. 
Again, it is said, that, although France may 
have revoked her blockade of Great Britain, 
she has decrees in force against our trade with 
herself, Eu; this is a matter between the 
nniteij 
State of Public Affairs in August. 
205,629,068 
8,392,814 
1,178,938 
