Catholic Association.
On Saturday (26th) the Catholic Association met at their rooms, Capel.street. J13ErS O'COYetqELL, Esq., was caUed to the Chair. M1r. CONWAY stated that he had written to Lord Holand, and enclosed the petition to him, whichit vas resolved should beinirust- ed to his lordship for presentation in the House of Lorls. He had received an answer from his lordship, which he should hand to the secretary. Those letters wrere rken read. The following is a copy of the reply of Lord Holandd:- i'Hollanld Hoase, June 17. '" Gentlemen,-l had the honour to receive your letter and peti- tion this morning; I beg you to accept my best thanks for the ve2y flattering reasons yon have assigned for intrusdng the petition to m", care, and if I have neglected to cosply with your request that I should present it to the House of Lords, I entreat you not to ascribe that neglect to any want of a due sense of the obliging manner ia which you sinoified your wishes to me on tbe subjcct. " -mv motives in eithholding the petition are my persuasion that it woufd not be received by the . ouse, and my apprehension that a rejec.ion of it would have a te-ndency to defeat. ratherthan promrte, the objects vou had in view in co;veying it to Parliamcut. The p;t mr tition is uncuestionablyirregular, especially as hi the body - f; you deprecate the only proceeding which the House could, with an- propriety, institute on a complaint, founded on a report of what hsdl passed i; debate in the House. Ainv report of a debate, tTue or false, is a breach of p-ivilegc, and the house could not well allow it to be brought before tbem, nmuch less make it the ground of anty proceed- ing, without noticing and punishing it as such. On thehoter hand, the circulation -f calumnies, however base or unfounded, against either individuals or classe% of His Majesty's subjects, is punishable by other tribunals, anrd doesnot comee within the original jarisdiction - of the Upper House of Parliament. It is dear, therefore, that the House would dither proceal against the printer of The Timer, for nourporting to give a repart of the debatis, or would reject the peti. eion. The first of thcse proceedings would be directly contrary to the wishes you express in the petition and the last would give some publici-y ar,d currencr to a story w I can assure you has made no sensation-here, without afrding you any addit-onal 6opportunity of investigating the truth, or exposin; the falsehood of the state. mueat of which Your coplain " I have the honour to be, gentlemlen, '" Your obliged and obedient humnble .serv.nt, MIr. O'Gox3ItA then read a letter which had deen addrebsett by- MIr. Braughamn to Mr.Conway; and a letter frorn Ar.Hume relative to the petition on the subject of tithes, which bad been in;rusted to that gentleman ; but their contents were not impatitnt. CATiWoTH IC A.VSOCI_TJOJN: