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CAULFIELD of all claims of the British parliament to bind Ireland by any laws made at Westminster, as theretofore; and Lord Charlemont looked with confidence to the conduct of par- liament itself, from which he augured the speedy accom- plishment of the great objects, so apxiously desired by the country. At length took place the memorable conventiorn at Dungannon, the proposal for which originated from the southern battalion of the first Ulster regiment, commanded by Lord Charlemont. The officers and delegates of that battalion met on the 98th of December, 1781, and resolved to publish a declaration "that they beheld with the utmost concern the little attention paid to the constitutional rights of Ireland, by the majority of those whose duty it was to establish and preserve them," and they invited every volunteer association throughout their province to send delegates to deliberate on the alarming situation of public affairs; and fixed on Friday, the 15th of February, 1782, for such an assembly, at Dungannon. Ou that day the representatives of one hundred and forty-three corps of volunteers of Ulster assembled accordingly; Colonel Wil- liam Irvine took the chair; and the assembly was composed of gentlemen of the most considerable fortune, their loyalty and patriotism were well known and acknowledged, and they formed twenty resolutions, declaratory of the rights and grievances of their country, and at the same time expressive of their exultation in the late relaxation of the penal laws against their Roman catholie countrymen; and they concluded by voting the following short, spirited and impressive address to the minority in both houses of 419 parliament:- "My lords and gentlemen; " We thank you for your noble and spirited, though hitherto ineffectual efforts in defence of the great consti- tutional rights of your country: go on! the almost unani- mous voice of the people is with you, and, in a free coun- try, the voice of the people must prevail. " We know our duty to our sovereign, and are loyal. We know our duty to ourselves, and are resolved to be