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Civil and religious liberty. A meeting of the “Association of the Friends of Ireland in Savannah,” was held on Wednesday last, when the committee appointed to frame ad dresses to the Catholic Association in Ireland, and to tN> people of Georgia, made their report, and the addresses were adoptod without amendment. Ihe following is the address to the people of Georgia. To the Friends of Ireland in the State of Georgia. Tne friends of Ireland in Savannah and its vicinity have formed themselves into an association for the purpose of expressing their sympathy in the sufferings <t that, do* ble and generous but unfortunate people ; and of contributing such aid, as may be in their p. wer, to enable them to .obtain, by peaceable and constitutional measures, a redress of those grievances. We who are thus associated together, who now a.*!ress you, are many of us natives of Ireland, who have left our beautiful, but unhappy Inl and, to seek a home under the protection of vour free and liberal institutions; many are the descendants of emigrants from that Island; and there are also many among us, Who, claiming no kindred by blood t that people, yet feel for their situation, and are anxious for its amelioration. There are among us persons of all religious denomin ations; Jews as well as Christians; Protes tants as well as Catholics; members of the Episcopal Church as well as those denom inated dissenters in England; and Clergy as well as Laity, all united in the great and common cause of charity and religious toler ation throughout the world. Our object in addressing you, is, to ask you to unite with us in this great and inter esting cause, either by associating your selves with us directly, or, by the forma tion of auxiliary associations in your re spective counties or by voluntary contribu tions to the funds of our society. In asking this of you, we feel that we are bound to state distinctly , and with candor* the causes which havo induced the formation of our society; the objects we have in view; an< the pxtent which we propose to go in aid of the cause we advocate. There are probably but few, perhaps none among you, who are ignorant of the struggle which has existed for )ears be tween the Catholics and the liberal of other denominations, both in Great Britain and in Ireland, on the oi.e hand, and the majo rity of the rulers and intolerant advocates of an established church on the other The perseverance of the government in a system by which a large poition of us sub jects are excluded from civil rights, on the giound of their religious tenets, appeals to us to be itnpnli ic, as well as unreasonable and unjust, and ..as, as was to be expected, been frequently met by a determined spirit of lesistnnre, which has too often deluged the rich and beautiful fields of Ireland with the blood of her children. In the lapse of years, however, the friends of Catholic emancipation, availing themselves of the embarrassments of the English government in its foreign relations, and of the gradual march es mind and increasing spirit of tol eration, have, from time to time, obtained a repeal of many tyrannical and oppressive statutes, are now making a last and deter mined effort, by peaceful and legitimate means, to secure to the Catholics, rights both civil and religious to the same extent which they are secured the members of ! the established church in the British em pire To effect an object so great and im portant to themselves and to their posterity, an association denominated “The Catholic Association of Ireland,” has been formed , in tli t Island, comprising all the talent, learning, wisdom and patriotism of that , sect ot he empire, and aided and counte nanced by numbers greatly respected for rank, talent, wisdom and patriotism, among other sect*, as well protestant dissenters as members of the established church. The object of that association is, bv peaceful and lawful means, to procure the final emancipation of the Catholics; and to secure to them all the civil rights which are secured to ihe Englishmen of the esta blished church; for this purpose a fund has been collected and is appropriated to the education of the poor; to the defence and protection, in courts of justice, of the te nantry and flirty shilling land holders against the land lords who control the freedom of elections by threats and ruinous persecu tions; and generally, to secure the inde pendence of the electors, which has hereto fore been destroyed by the influence of the rich; aud for other useful and patriotic pur poses. Iv is for the success of this cause we propose to express our wishes; and in aid of hat fund , we propose to contribute w e cannot believe for a moment, that our I association will be deemed by you to con template an improper interference on our part with the internal affairs of another nation, or the municipal regulations of a government with which we are in amity From those among us who are natives of Ireland, and many of whom had been forc ed to leave their homes, by the evils which it is the great object of the Catholic asso ciation to remove, surely no justification can be required—from those who are the descendants of that people, and who imbib ed in their very nurseries feelings for that country, which can only be exceeded in narmth by the love that we feel for our own, surely no justification will be asked— and for those among us, who, though not allied by blood to the Irish, yet are impel led by a strong feeling of liberality and charity in thoir behalf, a justification is readily found, not only in former examples cf our own government and people, but in that of the English and some other nations of Europe; need we remind you that the governments of both France and Britain, after allowing, for years, their subjects, by private contributions and personal services, to aid the Greeks in their glorious struggle against the Ottoman, finally interposed their formidable navies between the power of the Sultan and his rebellious Christian subjects—-need we recall to your minds the c* goes of provisions and clothing, and even munitions of war, which were collected trom th charity of individuals in our own country, and forwarded to the almost ex hausted and perishing Helenists —need we refer to the expressions of sympathy and the loud voice of encouragement which burst from every section ol our states; from the halls of Congress, as well as from meet ings of private citizens, during the great and sanguinary contest for the indepen dence of South America. If all these things were right and proper, and to he commended, why are we not to be justified and oven aided iii our objects? Atfy, if all these were right and proper, how much stronger is the claim of our object upon your aid. We have sympathised and aided Greece, not for what she is, but for what she teas; uot so much for the virtues of the present race as for those of their ancestors; iiot for any now existing or intimate rela tions with them; but from feelings born while we were at school, and nourished by our subsequent studies; feelings, in fine, which the modern Greeks have not created, but which in fact, they only obtain by their inheritance In the cause of South America we were only interested as philanthropists, or from the hope of commercial advantages; but how different are the motives which should incite us in favor of the Irish people; and how much stronger is the claim of that peo ple upon our sympathies? A people from whom we may say without exaggeration a tenth of our population are descended; much of whose blood was willingly and fearlessly shed in our behalf, in the dark hour of our revolution; who have since aided to convert our forests into gardens; who have swelled our power by their num bers and their valor; who are daily contri buting to our improvement in every brnnch of science and the arts, and who have fur nished many of the sweetest poets, must eloquent orators profoundest scholars, most distinguished warriors, and accomplished statesmen of our age. Such are the claims of Ireland upon your favor, and such the examples by which we deem our right to interfere in her cause to be sanctioned. But, in such interference, we are anxious that the extent to which we propose to go, should be distinctly under stood. We do not propose to excite a people to insurrection against their govern ment or rulers, nor to assist them in such a cause. We are not actuated bv that wild spirit of philanthropy, which, reckless of ctfisequences to one portion of a people, would shake or destroy long established in stitutions, to relieve another portion from evils which only exist in our own heated imaginations. We do not profess that puling humanity whose only effect is, to excite dissatisfaction and discontent where all before was contentment and happiness. Such are not our objects—we only propose to encourage, by the expression of our sym pathy, and to aid with our mite, the attain ment of an object, by constitutional mea sures, which is anxiously desired by more than six millions of people; and which we! conscient.ously believe, if attained, will contribute not only to their well being and happiness, but to the prosperity of other millions living under the same government; j and which belief is not founded iu any wild imaginations of our own, but is authorised and sanctioned by the most enlightened protestants of England; by the expressed j opinions of many eminent English states-j men, and by the vote of a majority of an English House of Commons. We have now fairly stated to you the views and objects of our association; have shewn tt> yon that we have no intention whatever to interfere, either wiih the gov ernment of Great Britain or the rights of any of its subjects; that our sole object is to ameliorate the condition of millions ofi our fellow beings, having strong and pecu- j liar claims upon our favor, without, in any 1 possible way, interfering with any lights] or privileges of others of the same commu- I nity; and feeling fully confident of yourj approbation, we ask your aid in the attuin ment of our objects. QTT Editors throughout the state, favorable to , the cause of civil and religious liberty, will oblige the society, and forward its interests, by publish ing the above address. FROM ENGLAND. (By the ship Perfect at Charleston.) London Aug 28.—The Paris papers contain the usual quantity of attacks upon this country. We shall notice them once, and no more. Were they’ are as notorious ly true, as they are notoriously false we do not see why we should minister to their animosity by giving their attacks a wider circulation in our own country But as they are false, and have been proved so repeatedly, we are not aware of any obli gation imposed upon us of filling our co lumns with their calumnies. It is anew state of affairs, anew taste, for the Press of one country ‘o endeavour to irritate, and depreciate the government of another with which it is at peace and in alliance. Buo naparte called the last war, which euded in the subversion of his pou’er, a war excited by the English newspapers. He did them great justice, as well as honour. A similar effect is not likely to he produced at the present moment, because the two govern ments are cordially and intimately con nected—are fully informed of each others policy and views—act with the same inten tions, and pursue the same objects. V\ hether the policy of Austria has been different from that of France and England; whether if she had adopted another system, war between Turkey and Russia “would have been prevented, is a question which it were useless now to discuss. But it may he safely asserted, and can he proved, that at no time have we shewn the .slightest dis position to recede from the Treaty of Lon don. Decisive evidence will be furnished when the papers relating to those transac tions shall be laid before pailiament. In the mean time it were too much to expect that the party should abstain from hazard ous attacks upon Government, merely be cause ’he latter are not in a situation at present to shew how utterly devoid they are of truth.—CWrtV. * the Spanish schooner Bristol!, Arrantc master, in 10 days from Ferrol. The ves sel nut’into Falmouth, but orders have been received from the Brazilian Consul iu Lon don, for all Portuguese refugees to proceed to this Port, bhe has brought about one ! hundred adherents to their legitimate sove j reign and the institutions of their country. The greater number ot them were Stu dents at Coimbra, who formed themselves into a volunteer corps, a*i joined the army on its advance from Oporto. Their retreat to the Spanish frontier is well known. From their entry to their depar ture From its inhospitable shore, appears to have been a continual scene of oppression. When at Ferrol, General Freyer, the com mandant, gave orders that the money which had been given to them by some individuals who had compassion on their destitute con dition, should be taken from them. IVIy informant was even stripped of his clothes, and is under the necessity of wearing bor rowed garments. The Duke of Cambridge left town yes terday morning on his return to Hanover. Yesterday being the day to which the Imperial Parliament stood prorogued, his Majesty’s Commissioners attended in the House of Lords, and summoned the House of Commons, after which the Commission for further proroguing Parliament was read with the customary forms. It has been mentioned, that Lord Mary borough, the brother of the Duke of Wel lington is to he first Lord of the Admiralty should his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence not retract his resignation as Lord Hrgh Admiral. The successor to the late Sir Henry Torrens iu the office of Adjutant General, though not officially declared, is generally understood to be Sir Herbert Taylor. This appointment will give universal satis faction in the military circles. From Bell’s Weekly Messenger of Aug. 31. Os the Means of Retaliating the Prohib itory Commercial System of the United States of America. Since by the late weather with which Providence has blessed the country in all parts, we may be said to have escaped the evils which lately menaced us, — of a har vest deficient almost to famine ; it becomes us now to turn our attention to the state of our trading districts, in which, by the ex pected operation of the American tariff, al most as much mischief was apprehended to our commerce and manufactures as from the wet summer to our harvest ; for wherr ever we turn our eye, every thing seems active and thriving, and the wheel of circu lation turns wiih a veloci y and steadiness which nothing seems to abate or tire.— How is this? Is, then, the American tariff fiom which so much was apprehended, a spent thunderbolt ? Is it hurled in vain against the proud and solid structure of En glish commerce and trade ? Is it likely to recoil only upon those who fabricated the means of annoyance? What itseffec* will be in America we cannot yet tell; but assuredly, this tariff is not hitherto producing in England any * thing which ought to excite alarm. Noth ing indeed, need be apprehended from j America, provided we are resolved to adopt uo rash measures of retaliation, but to take that course only which prudence suggests, and which may be made sufficiently penal and vindicatory towards the United States. It manifests much ignorance in the peo ple of this country to censure America for her tariff there is nothing in it unexpected or contrary to the law of nations—that it is conceived in the spirit of hostility, is true; but it is in the spirit of commercial hostility which is natural in all communities, and of which this country basset so frequont ex ample in all periods of its history. The policy of all countries is to render themselves independent of other states in the prime articles of necessity—food and clothing; and when the former abounds, as it docs in agricultural countries like Amer ica in their first civil condition, it is a max* j im of political science to direct attention; to manufactures. When a country supplys itself with its principal manufacturers from abroad, it de pends for payment upon the sale and ex change of its own raw produce—now this commerce i always to the disadvantage of the producing country ; first, by invariably turning the balance of trade against it, —in- asmuch as raw produce goes but a little way (except those immense quantities in which it is seldom required) in paying for manu factured articles, and secondly, because the revenue of a state which buys its manufac tures from abroad, must nearly be stationa ry. Revenue in such a case, can come tbro’ one toll gate only—its customs which war must interrupt or entirely destroy ; whilst it scarcely need be observed that if manu factures are once welf established in a coun try winch has a large raw produce, articles are not only manufactured cheaply, but production and consumption, the sure sour ces of national wealth, keep pace together and may be pushed to extent. The secret of the American tariff is therefore this: America wishes to create, by means of lo cal manufactures, a market at home for her produce which depends upon che caprice of other countries abroad . She wishes to rest her wealth upon a more durable basis than her customs ; she desires to raise her reve nue as much as possible within herself, and to produce, from her own industry, skill, and machinery, those beautiful fahricks of elegance and art, by which England has enriched herself, and engrossed nearly the market of the whole world. This is the reasonable defence of Amer ica. She has doue no more than she had aright to do. Whether she has taken this step of prohibiting commerce too early is a matter purely to herself. The only con cern of England is, how to stem this new policy, and what retaliatory resources to adopt. This system of a rival is not to be disregarded ; hut at tiie same time, a finan cial revenge, or a retort by high prohibito ry duties on raw produce, except within certain bounds, would be absorfc and hi When Mr. Huskisson talked of the libe rality of tmr system, as opposed to that of America, in the warmth of his Indignation he made too free with facts. The truth is we tax already certain articles of American produce (even raw produce) as highly as America proposes to tax our manufactures. American rice pays 100 per cent ; timboi 85 per cent. ; turpentine 100 per cent. ; 50 per cent, at least is levied on wheat and flour, and 1,000 per cent, on tobacco ! With this example before their eyes, Amer ica cannot justly be blamed, if she lays a duty of 80 per cent, on our woollens cot tons and hardware. But rice, tobacco, timber, and turpentine, are minor consid erations. The great article of value which America exports to England, is cotton ; the export of this alone occupies nind'-tenths of her shipping to England, and upon cotton our principal manufactures depends. Now no man, we think will be absurd enough to propose that this article—the raw staple and element of our manufactures, should be taxed. Iti our opinion it ought to he suf fered to flow in upon us with as much fre dnm and in as much abundance as possible. But though we cannot,and might not to tax the article itself, wo can tax the vehicle which brings it, and this we ought assuredly do. The carrying trade of America, engros sed as it is with her raw produce, is the nurse of her mar ine and the cradle of her future maritime power. A foreign tonnage duty may undoubtedly and with undenia ble justice, be imposed upon all American Vessels which shall enter our ports, whatev er be their cargoes . The consequence will be, that America will lose t e carrying trade of this staple article, and will be con veyed in British bottoms to British ports. How can America object to this foreign shipping t ix ? She lays a duty upon our ar ticles and we retaliate it by an impost on j hers. Ships are as much the means of wealth to the builders in America, as cot ton and wollen fabiics are to the manufac turers and spinners in Great Britain. The consequence of such a system would un doubtedly lead to new retaliation ; but what then ? In the result, the raw article would j find its way to this country and in our own bottoms But America must not be humor-! ed to such a prodigious sacrifice, as to have the free and unrestricted supply of the raw commodity, and also in her own shipping. It is easy to see where the commercial con flict between the two nations will settle.— The ships of both countries will make their outward voyages in ballast ; America will j put a yet higher tax upon English manufac- < tures when imported in English ships, with a diminished duty upon them when brought by her own ships. On the other hand,, we shall do the same with American cotton! the present duty of 4 per cent in a British vessel, and 30 or 40per cent when brought in American. But the result must inevita-! bly be, that wc shall thus greatly abridge the marine of the United States,and indem nify ourselves in these means for their com- , mercial hostility^. [From the Liverpool Advertiser.] Interesting to Mariners . —The following information concerning fish frequently used as food by sailors on voyages to the South Seas, is communicated to us by the late commander of the Arab, and will be Inter esting to Mariners :—“ On my outward bound passage to Valparaiso, in November last, during the whole of the eleventh we were surrounded with bonnetta, and in the evening three was struck and brought on hoard by one of the men. The following morning, Monday, there were several caught with the hook and all on board par took of them. On Tuesday morning two more were caught, and the men eat them for breakfast. The man that relieved the helm at eight, had eaten some of them and at half past eight his face and breast were of a very dark red colour; he complained of a violent head ache ; I gave him twenty five grains of ipecacuanha. In a few min uites more another man complained, and within the hour after breakfast I had given seven emetics. There were two more ill, but they could not take a vomit. In a few hours those who took emetics were all well hut it was late in the evening before the other two got better. The very strange effect the eating of these fish had upon the men, is worthy of reniak. They invaria bly turned of a dark dingy red color; and were quite unfit for any kind of work, from head-ache and a languid sensation, which they could riot get over until the vomit had taken effect. I have crossed the line eight teen times, and never at any period saw so many fish. On the 14th three albicore were caught ; the men boiled and eat them taking care to put into the kettle, along with the fish, a piece of silver ; if it came out black, the fish were unwholesome, if bright they were good; in this instance it was bright. J. N. S. From a London paper. THE LEG COMMITTEE. A meetmg of the Legs was convened on Tuesday evening, in the Green Room, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain articles, but particularly one which appeared in the Morning Chronicle of Monday, reflecting on the legs of actresses, Madame Vestris in the Chair . The Chairwoman addressed the meeting in the following tertns : Ladies , Mistresses and Misses : We are this day assembled to vindicate our right to such use of our own property as we think fit, and to mark by some signal measure our disapprobation of a very improper free dom taken with our legs [hear.] I may here remark, by the way, that it is singu larly inconsistent in the critic to make so free with our property, while he denies us, the owners, the same liberty [hear, hear, and applause.] This gentleman, though I cau’t say much in favor of his gentleness, lias, however, let out the secret of his vehe ment attack, when he says “there never was a time when good legs among actresses were so rife, and among actors r Envy, you see, is at the bottom ( ,f and while men borrow our peti c . were by wearing large trou> C!S j s ; ■ their hart legs, they cannot pa iem| v our display of good ones, |>v th f . , ‘ lilt which were onre thought proper t . [hear, hear !] What he means lv, Bartolozzi wants calf , ’ it is diffn p l( ‘ ! 1 derstand; unless lie would insinuate u L ;| wants a husband—that, it is tra I one way ol supplying the deli ct [ fl A It is fatal to a good critic to j his subject, and having taken theme, it was most improper aim it j, , ’ of him to speak of “the adntiu, ,j i of the young lady’s (Miss B’s) pj t .p, above the knee.” In all trades n. a 1 . , , * “‘la m asm i taiio to be one, though non* ( l best, the man who gets above his l u ? is sure to be ruined. Be it so Sterne says, “Shame and sorrow p 0 f him.” Although it may he though full justice is done to me, I should blusilf my vanity if it reconciled me to , f sion on the qualities of the members -,) * other of our corps. -No, we must tl !• common cause for no limb can stiff, f out affecting the whole body. VVe C; , () on no footing with this man, except which I shall presently mention— an Jj now and at onto make our stand ar ( ? him, or if we allow our legs to be* *! nougiit, ve shall soon be told that our?r are not all that has been said and sung; them. What 1 propose, then, to submit the committee of Legs, lor their tion, is, that Mrs. Faucit, or any otherf L ! sized lady, that dots not stand upon trifa, he deputed to wait on ti.is tl( j give him a good kicking [hear, loud applause.] I know no better mode of making him intimate ly acquainted subject of his criticism, or more likely inspire him wiih a feeling cf respect for 0 ur understandings Su :h Legs as are inclined to lend their support to this proposition will step forward. Here twelve ladies rose at the same time and by an agreeable chorus rendered and terly impossible to comprehend a sing!} sentence. Order was called, but calledij vain. The chairwoman finding it q ia [ 6 impracticable to obtain a hearing bv level speaking, began to sing a portion ol Jam Jump's song in The Farmer — “Short leg Ladies, long leg Ladies, Thick leg Ladies, thin leg Ladies, All leg Ladies, be quiet”—which created a momenta?) suspense, during which the question wai put and unanimously agreed to by a simul taneous stamping of feet—tongues, as lejj concerned, would not have beeu half 10 satisfactory. The committee of Legs then stood up, and walked off. It would seem from an article in the Frankfort (Ky.) Commentator, that Go?, Desha would have been willing to contin ue in his office another term, or at least a part of it if tiiey would only continue his sal ary. The Commentator that he con tinued at the secretary s office transuding executive business on Tuesday , awcekal ter iiis. successor was qualified ; and to a citizen, who stepped in and conversed with him on the subject of retiring intimated, that Gov. Metcalf was not qualified, and that he, Desha, was the judge of that mat ter In the course'ol tie day. 7 several gen tlemen waited upon him fertile purpose of remonstrating with him, against his suppo* sed purpose. They were received, it a said, with the utmost politeness,, and final!) told, by Gen Deslic, that he would deliv er up the seals on ihe next day—''s this was holding the office only a few dayi over the constitutional and usual term, and no great mischief was likely to ensue, the gentle.nen depaited content. In the after noon Gov. Desha went to the Auditor’s office to have his accounts for salary adjust ed, and desired the Auditor to settle thf account down to Wednesday—the ml day But being informed that it would ntf be allowed to that time y and only to the completion of four years, amounting SBOOO, his excellency conclude and to give up the seals at once, ami accordingly did so the same evening, and left town on Wedufs* day morning Portsmouth, (N. II.) Sept. 25. Yesterday', at noon, was launched at tb@ Navy Yard in this harbor, the U. State? sloop of war Concord. She is pronounce by judges to be one of the finest ships o ’ her class in the Navy. She is 600 toDs>hti* then, and is pierced for 18 guns. The following vessels of war have built at this harbor : Ships.’ Cans. J)aUl Falkland 54 Bedford 52 Apierica 50 M Raleigh 32 Ranger 18 America . 74 Crescent 32 Scammell 14 Portsmouth 24 Congress 36 Washington 74 J 5.? Porpoise 14 Concord 18 Aiubama 74 \ launc he<l. Santee 44 ) Probably a larger number of nation^* srnr than has been built in any port in the cot* try. — Com. Adv. Adams men rising! —A Mrs. Ad® s Jefferson County Virginia, had tbi eeSU at a birth, about a month since. Robbery. —Tt behoves the public to more thaß ordinary vigilance these times- is doubtless a gang of desperadoes now about this city, whose depredations are daily ing more and more extensive. Frorn# tisement in another column, it will a PP e^ r /j fl most daring theft was yesterday perpetra> et dwelling house in Mason-street, at almost in the very presence of the family j. detection of this villain is a matter ofp uWi Gwa. — Boston Bulletin,