ABSTRACT
In Consequence of which, Mr. Byrne, Chairman of that Sub-Committee, waited on Mr. Secretary Hobart,4 shewed him a Copy of the Petition we intended to present, and requested the Support of Government. The subsequent Part of the Season was miserably lost in well meant, but fruitless Endeavours to reconcile those who, it seems, were determined to differ, if they did not dictate; and who, feeling comparitively but little for themselves, were ill qualified, as all their former Conduct shews, to become the Leaders of a disfranchised and suffering People. Thus authorized by the Representative Body of the Catholics of Ireland, Mr. Burke began his Negociation; he was attended to throughout with that Consideration due to their Agent, and had flattering Prospects of substantial Relief being given to a People so meritorious and so long oppressed. The Committee commenced, and carried nearly to an Issue, a Negociation most desirable and advantageous to the Roman Catholics.
