(From the Corespondent of the Morning Chronicle.)

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 259, 22 November 1848, Page 6

(From the Co respondent of the Morning Chronicle.)

Duui.in, Junk 30. — A Protestant Repeal Association lius been ci ablislied m Belfast ! The tact that an attempt has been iiitule to organise such a society ntuoogbt the Pro, chants of Ulster, is a remarkuble

Bign of the times. Thu Uolfant Association have issued a long address " to ilic IVotCstiuts of Ulster," which thus commences :— " Fellow-countrymen .uul Brother Protestants,— Influenced by a debire to promote our countiy's prosperity, we line felt it to be out duty, after long and anxious consideration, to unite together, for tlie purpose of labouring to procure, u native Parliimenl. As the best mean* of gaining thin object, we have founded a society, to bo composed c\c uiively of Piotesuuti, imdci the title of 'The Bdlast Protestant Repent Association ;' find, as we have no silfi Ji inteiests to promot'', we tinsl tint you will give us a Lieuring while we lay bolor e you our principles. If we speiilc not tie tiulh, have nothing to shy to us ; but if you feel that our ailments are sound and conclusive, we solicit your support- " Pi rj) ( — O^r abject M to j»ain a domestic legislature. " Second — I be means we *hall employ to gain this end will be arguments a "d facts. '' Thiul — The quulifitations we require ore, that those »lio wj.li to join us shall be I'iotfStunts and Repea'eis. " Fourth — While we bh ill co-operate with other bodies, liuviii!» the same end in vnw, we are an independent association, being determined to guard the just riijht'j and privileges ol the Fiotestants of the north. "'lhe-oave the piinciplri on which our union is l)a«ed. They art: nt strict nccoid'ince will) the law and (•institution. We go for the Q'icen, Lord's, and Commons ol Ireland; and ore, n'oessinly, opposed to anarchy and social dibordei. It mutteis not to us whotiit'i a man be n Whuf or ji Tor\, a Radical or a Consei v<itive ; l»r, while vw shall pi event tin; nuiiisino of Hietvunt niutteis into our iikllid"?, we seek to | iiiiitt' all paitid in ti con ninii lim^uh tor tlio (otuuion ivtlf.uc, and hhall interfere wiih no mim's hrntimtnls. To coiiviiicc, antl not to coerce, the judgment, i, our aim ; and we ahull wield no weapons, \a endeavouring to advance our cause, which are not sanctioned by the wise and good. To raise and icgcnerutu lielund is oui <rrand o( jeet ; bur Ulstei, our bu hplace find our home, luis a i|>ccial claim on our sympaibieF. Fondly utah d to it, we shall pr'tcet Ha intcitsts as the applnot our eye, Finally, though vo have emancipated our s«. Is Mom rooted piejudices aifainst tin/ Caiholic )>orlion of our countrytren — though we embrace them as brethren, and shall invariably recoj;iii»c their clniins to equal rights with us, wo tlnll stand b^ I'rotebtantism, )t need be, till death." The addiess then rclera t') the cmiition of lieland, witch, it is s'attd, piovc* that the country h-us bet-u "sudly mis^ovuined," nrnl prjceids to dc-enbe the advantJU''B th-it would flow front a domestic Parliament. The address thus lonchnles :— "We want not to overturn the tnrone or dismember the enipiie ; but we do want to tstablibh the tluone in i ighteouMicss, to consolidate the cn>]> ie m jus> i,c and uliodioii, a"d by the e.\ miple ot <i people pe-ce ably citiaui ipatiug theiufadve^ f oin politital bondage, and i ibin-?, under the inspui'^ influence of tnedom, from a stite ol degradation a d nnsety toeuiineiKc utid coiiif'it, to fuithcr the cnuse or cmli/uiou und Chiisnuuity throughout the world. " bigned by o dir of the committp, " John W. Huck, M.U., Secie'ary.',