The remonstrant committee offered to defend it against any assailants.

The main object was to reply to the calumnies which, for nearly six months, had been urged against the leading seceders.

The meeting was one of the most important ever held in the metropolis.

It was intelligent, numerous and fashionable.

The entire ability of the seceders was put forth; and such was the sensation created by the proceedings that two publishers, one in Dublin and one in Belfast, brought out reports, in pamphlet form, which were read all over the country with the greatest avidity.