Star. — London, England, 1824-02-20 00:00:00

i'77T4WMPC7 7 _.,.5.~. 11 . 11 r w . :J1 did good by leaving them in disuse, whilst - insny ,::I,e4ecnnseilidation Acts reiivech and put them again i, : o baneful operation. Dr. LUSHINGTON. considered the present state of o e l a w to be a very. great evil. It was almost impos sible to say on any one subject what was the .statute 1 0 . His Honotrrable and Learned Priendobjettedro theomeasure proposed, because something prejudicial sl ight creep in, but it was the duty of that:House to watch over and prevent such results. It. had been said, t h a t they would lose the benefit of decisions; but was there ever a case in which the Counsel on both sides did no t produce a number of cases, which each contended were exactly in pint? He would appeal to Country Gentlemen whether it was not desirable to have in one statute the law which otherwise they must look for in new editions of Nunes Justice, where the Val ious statutes were pointed out? The Statutes at Large must be pro cored, then, at the trifling expense of about sixty guineas; after that they must have the Reports ; in short, the whole of a Lnwyer's library, which costs about 1,060/. He was satisfied that.the more the system was examined, the more necessary it would be found to resort to the system of consolidation. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL was friendly tolhe consolidation of the law, though he was not prepared us admit the necessity of extending the qualification of aurymenr.—Leave*was given to bring in the Bill. • THE IRISH Sir 3. NEWPORT, pursuant to notice, after some. prefatory observations, moved for leave to bring in it Ballo repeal so4ntlch of the Act of the 21st of Geo. IL tap. 8, as prohibited tile craninution of ecclesiastical' dignities, by severing from any Deanery or Canonry, any :arish, except on the condition of adding another Fra ridi of equal value to it. Mr. GRATTAN expresse I his intention of giving no opposition to the Bill, though he saw &AI it was liable to some objections. Mr. GOULBURN . opposed the repeal of the Act, on the ground that it would not forward the objects which the 11. m. Baronet had in view. Mr. DAWSON opposed the motion 00 the ground taken by his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Goulburn). Dr. LUSH ING TON - was-desirous that a clause shoutd be introduced into the statute, by which ,the Arch bishop, with the consent of the Lord Lieutenant, might he empowered to exchange any benefice .attached to a Deanery, Canonry, or other dignity of the Established Church in Ireland s for some other benefice (not there tofore.annexed to such Deanery or other dignity), even if it should be of inferior value to the benefice so ex.: changed for it ; provided: the exchange should be de sirable for the more geneial and effectual celebration of the service of the Church. _ _ • Mr. GOULBURN, who had forthetly felt an objec tion to this proposition, had now no difficulty in saying that he would consider it. Sir JOHN NEWPORT craved. leave to withdraw his motiop was accordingly withdrawn. mutt RKTURNS. Mr. GRATTAN rose to submit a Motion to whit*. he could lin anticipate any reasonable objection.. k Was niezely for some returns as to the names and religir p . ,v)Fession of certain individuals filling particular officcs Irelai,d; and hi's motion was, in effect, con current with t,iat of which a Noble Lord had recently given notice. The House were well aware that, in 1793, an Act was passed decluirtg Roman Catholics, as well as Protestants, eligible to all and posts in Ireland, with the exception of such as were therein by name excepted. Now the immediate Object he had in view,, was to shew hove this statute had been acted on, and who had beeri‘omitted out of its operation since 1793. And hereally did believe that these returns would go far to demonstrate what was the real cause of the many political evils which had so long afßicted Ireland ; for they would prove; that out of the many offices which the Act declared Roman Catholics competent to fill, there was hardly one to which a Roam Catholic had been ad mitted. If it had not been for this unjust s and invidious sort of exclusion, Ireland would not have been agitated by half the troubles which had befallen her; and•.such an evasion of the Act of 1793, was productive of more harm than all the penal statutes that oppressed her. At all events, if Parliament were to repeal the' latter to morrow, the repeal would not effect greater benefit to that unfortunate country, than the due observance of this equitable Act would ensure to her—(Hear). The Honourable Geatleman then moved— That there be laid before the House a return of the names of an individuals filling various offices and appointments in Ireland, distinguibliing those who profess the Roman Catholic religion from those who ate Protestants." Now, among all these, he really believed there bl'as scarcely a single Roman Catholic. There were 74 trustees, for example, of the Linen Board ; and he had Jenson to assert that among them there was not one Catholic—(Hear)—so that he imagined he might al most say with tiuth, that in all the twenty-seven offices attd appointments enumerated in the motion there was hardly one officer of the religious persuasion in question. Upon the gqestion being put from the chair, GO.ULBUILN sail s it had nat been his rood fortune to be present in the House when notice of this Motion ?rategiven, and it was only by acciLlent that he had seen it% the Paper. But as it stood theme, it was by no inea:is so detailed as the Motion now submitted by the Honourable ,gentleman ; for it was there de sctibed as a u return of the names and religious persua sionsof all persons connected with the general adiniMs tration ur justice, receipt and management of- the Re= venue, th e general reanufacadre and education of Ireo l Line lie (Mr. Goulburn) thought that everybody, ton rr&ction, must see a sufficient reason for his re faang these returns. It would be the first time that this House, by an order of its own, had ever thought fit to call on certain bodies in the community to make a re tarn of the religious persuasion of the various persons of whole they were composed, or of those of the officers they employed. Honour able Gentlememi must be aware that even in the case of the common population returns, it was considered expedient to make at stated Periods, an Act of Pailiament was always passed to "tuhotite the degree of power necessary to be exercises', to order to get such returns prepared. Yet, in a motion . if this inquisitorial nature, it ayes thought sefficient t hat an Honourable Member should merely come down 211 c1 move the returns as matter almost of course. — It had indeed.been the policy of the Legislature to re. vire that the candidates fOr certain Offices ie the. State : 40 ulti make a profession of faith before they were al 'l"ed enter upon them ; but suelt a test was never !eluiled of those who'had already entered and weetin r:teajoyment of' offices. This would be a. e rincltile. itew to our Constitution, and one whichie (ir. ,Llburn) would ever warmly oppose. The lgotion ca '•tar for the return, not only of Grand Jurors and 7111*3!r-^"RTl"'! , ^!•' , ,rr.'"?T -- -a-+~.++~ :1" -- nrt t • ?Petty itirors, but also persons-crinitekted with the administration of justice: Now; nothing could be more unreasonable thanthet is such, leturns,aliould be in-' icluded individuals whose services were purely houotary, 'and svithout emolument. He had • no•objecticin, how ever, to a return that sheath:Me tonfitied to thOse who. had already taken the test oaths. • In the Stamp and other Depaitments, there was no necessity for inquiring into the relig ious persuasionof the leers ; and he (Mr. Goulburn), -- (hiring his own connection with Leland, had made it a soma' tide to hfinself to . fdttear, in cases of such appointments, fibril inquiring at all' into the re ligious or political opinions of 'the party. On the grounds he had stated, he should resist the Motion. Lord ALTHORP.couId hardly, conceive it possible, if the:principle which the Right Hon. Gentleman had just spoken' of had beeti properly noted on, that in a country where there was so small a proportion of Pro testants, and so great a majority .of Roman Catholics, so very few of the latter should have been admitted into these offices in the course of so many years. Were there anything really inquisitoriAl in the motion of his Honour able Friend, he (Lord Althorp) would be the, last man to support it; but the fact was, that till his own atten tion had been particularly called to the' 'Object, he was not at all aware how few Catholics had been a')pointed to offices which they were competent by law to fill. Though not at . present excluded by law, they were, in effect, by prejudice; and they would continue to be so as long as they continued a degraded caste in the coma try. 'lhe return itself would be the most effectual means of rethoving the degradation which caused so much mi,chief and misery to Ireland. Mr.HOBHOUSE thought, that when the Act of 1793 was passed, it must undoubtedly have been the inten tion of the Legislature that somehow or other they should learn from time to time-whether their benevolent intentions were carried into effect. He should like to know how they could learn, without some such returns being made to the House, as those that were now moved for ? He held in his hand a list that had been furnished ihim by an Irish gentleman of very gdod information, of all the offices that were opened to Catholics under the Act of 1793; and he was informed, that at present there "was not one of them filled by a Roman Catholic.r-Allear).. ilk should be glad if the Right Hon. Gentleman Cduld • contradict this statement of the party alluded to. Mr. GOULBURN.—To the extent which had • been mentioned by the Hon. Gentleman opposite, it certainly was not true—(" Hear,"frem the Ministerial benches.) Mr. HOBHOUSE.—Then that was the very reason why the return should be furnished(Hear). An Hon. Meitiber wild sat below him (Mr. Dominick BroWne, we believe) assured him that the proportion of Protestants to Roman Catholics in these appointments was as 49 to 50. (Hear.) The object of his Hon. Friend (Mr..Grattan) was simply, therefore, this—to know whether religious faith was a ground of exclusion fiom tho'se offices which the Act of 1793 opened without any such distinction. The Right Honourable Gentleman had objected that 'some of the appointments were merely honorary; but the Irish, like the rest of the world, thought something of the honour, as well as of alie more substantial emolu-,, meats of o ffi ce. The excus4 which the Right Honour able Gentleman had given for his opPebition was at least very suspicious; and, without meaning anything disrespectful to him„surely it was'not quite the true one. The fact was, W'at the Right Honourable Gentleman did not like that there should be laid on the y table of the House any record that not one Roman Catholic had been admitted to any of those numerous offices to which they were equally competent with Protestants, under an Act of Parliament--(Hear.)- r -Hpw many Roman Ca tholics there must be, the Right Honourable Gentleman very well knew.:---Mr. GOULBURN really did not. Mr. UOBHOUSE.—Then if the Right Honoulable Gentleman did not know, he ought to inquire how many Roman Catholiet were employed by the Government in any official appointments in Ireland. Could any know ledge be more necessary for the Secretary for Ireland ? The return now moved for would shew, that all the boastings of Parliament, as to what they had done for Ireland since 1793, were vain . ; that they had only kept that predominating party in power, which elaimed,net only power, but arms also, exclusively. He hoped; under the circumstances of the case, the Right Honourable Secretary (Mr. Goulburn) would reconsider his opposi tion, and not refuse his assent to the present Motion. The CHANCELLOR of tIit_EXCHEQUER said, he could see no reason why the motion shonlcrbe granted, embracing a principle whiCh would call upon every man holding a situation in a public office to state what his religion was ; l.e therefore would concur with his night Hon. Friend in opposing it. He rose principally for the purpose' of setting the last speaker right in one point, and to assure him, that there did 'not exist in his Majesty's Government any disposition to exclude the Roman Catholics from their fair proportion of patronage in offices to which they were by law eligible. He would mention two instances in which Roman Catliptics had been appointed to public situations : one of them, Mr. Troy, to be an Inspector of Customs at Liverpool ; and the other, Mr. Darcy Mahon, to the office of Commis sioner of Stamps ; and he believed the Noble Lord at the head of the Treasury did not know whether they were Catholics or not. This of itself would shew that there was no disposition to exclude Itotnan Catholics JIM office by any previous inquiry al to tlitirreligion • Mr. HUME said that the two appointments Men-. dotted were only exceptions to the 'general rule, and. it sl:ould further be 'observed, that it was only lately thel Treasury took upon itself to appoint to situations in Ire-1 land, and that was one cause why Roman Catholics had' been excluded in that country. The present motion, he contended, was most important; and he hoped his Ho nourable Friend would press it; if not, he-pledged-him self thit be would bring it forward on another occasion. Mn A. ELLIS thought that*. motion ought to. be acceded to by the Secretary. for Ireland, if it were gay for bii own satisfaction ; for as he did not seem Widow 'the proportion in which the offices were divided be= tweed Protestants and Roman Catholics, he ought not to refuse that which , would give , him correct 1.4 infsorir,t‘era tion on subject. . . Mr. Secretary PEEL said,- it was.atnfortAtate ro inference drawn by the Hon. Membetfor Aberdeen, ibitt the two Catholic appointrisents spoken of were' inn our ginally made by this Government. • They were . - drigib . Daily. made by the Irish Governmiusti• atttLin;therslate, arrangements by die Treasury they wore csaittitaK4. . that it was unfair to infer ; that these were. eMlkons c , the general rule of the Irish Orel.lined, With re' spect to the motion before the. tihifse if the iabject - cras tcrshew thist the itintakektiolitstbakt not their fair: Awe of pateostage,. titurpreseasameidevas a ls.id one • -slot deft object be teirlf. riaatlada 11bc kli! shevrn, if it (mould. le, *eat a.?that.l4man, Csiiih?licaasfcre excluded (being in other respects e &point 14V the yu vs th thi no we Ge sta ice col aft kah tie the col ad 3u. P" iti ca dii P. rii of tc • ti Ia h. bi bi iJ C tc if ci si ti tt 0 h I fl a 1 • . . • , :- --~ -.-. .. * - 7 , - tificationookty ectithe they Rom-an !thul,cs, and let tht-ciatti-ot Intsietsr•• in* snettLa ease k Or Oh • 4 3 • - iwi dea dt vo t ti h r es in e g s.ozi c s o met me & a. I I Bu lie Ob co rect t . ild n l o think r t tido tit. 4 , :.! !principle, which would• sly to every Attalla A pir ' Offi cei " Are you a Roman Catholic, or arcyou a teposrtatinotnf the poi ? !: liurtre ap pposnente e tm it cat: s id lseshewn that. the gr, public officeatook , ph in favour of,- Protestants ; -still, seeing that the. gre. mhaanslsbeff property, Protestants, he wo cn ul alii d* nninot7sitegyal%itlyl4lll.-7nags' in n nf th ai e r in it s Wets it could be ihewrti that Roman Catholics fused with se stuapmetaioke wayr, ;or even eqrsO s Tralifieations, were re. for Protestants. If such-a casenould. ibe made.out, let it be fairly brought forward, ..but -no' tangible object could be gainedby urging the question, 'in its-present shape. With respect to the-Trustees ache iLinen Board being,all Protestants, he believ.cd..it :was well known that the. great -mass, of,the linen, manufac turer-sof, the North of lrelsnd. were Protestants, and it was from that part of the country that most of the Trus tees were seLected, as being fierier go - untied, from their knowledge of that branch. The R.kglit ilon.Grttleman then briefly adverted to the Othertibpics of the speeches in support sf the motion, ;and by ob.,erving, ! that his chief objections to it tveresthe fear of extending the principle contained in it, and' the ineontlesivenessl of such a return, even if it were fully_tefOre . the House.' ! • Sir,JOHN NEWPORT said, the . object. Of the re- ! sent motion was to shew how far the Act of 1195, in favour-of Roman Catholics', had been carried -into ef-, feet; and the resistance to it was mAikiii Order to hood wink the people of this country, and prevorit their seeing the real st ate of the case. •It was boasted that the two !appointments of Roman Catholics that had just been !mentioned had been made by the Government of Ire 'land. Tbey .had ; but when ? -In 1806; (" 'No," from Me Treasury Bench). . He would say, Yes ;- for he knew the fact. But suppose they had been appointed by ant other: novel mem - since then, ' what would that prove?. That two Roman Catholics ha,l, in Ole course of * years, been appointed-to situations to which dui ingaltat time all Roman Catholics had- been eligible. 111 would also ass ert , that at the time tire re-appeintmeht of those' two persons to offices in England took place, Govern- ment knew they were Roman Catholics. It had beenl stated by the Noble Lord at the head of the Treasury to be the wish of his Majesty's Government to put the Roman Catholics in possession of their fair. share or patronage. •• Now be (Sir J. Newport) wished, in sups, potting the present motion, to compare the facts with the' statehnent - of the case. - It had been saidthat the Trus tees of the Linen Board were without emolument.— Were they without patronage? He wished to know why Lord Fingal or . Sir Edward Bellew were not . as fully qualified as any of the individuals of whom that Board was composed? When they S3W such excluSion, on such ,flimsy pretexts, it Was idle to talk of Roman Catholics ! enjoying the benefits of the Act of 1193._ The Right !Hon. Baronet went on to contend that it was ap -evil which mnst be felt by any man, however humble, le ' 4 that the, path to any posts of hcinouror emolement,. the .rewards of industry' and .exertion, should be closed. to hint. ' When he (Sir J. Newport) heard the Lord- uk chgocenot of_Englantl ask 4 1 what interest had the great' body of the people in the (Warm% Whether the. road to the Lord-Chancellorship was open. to them or not ?" he would reply, " Did not your- father fiticl some conve nience front the-toad being open try - ynu ?" They had more instances than one of persons - from humble spheres of life rising . to, and honourably tilling, some of the highest offices in the State. The late Lord Av, a more, who had distinguished himself so eminently in his profession; aridirad risen to the head of it, did not per form his important duties , the worse for being the son , of a wool-cornlier. Though similar instances might not be very numerous, it was in human nature-to feel regret at the certainty of being excluded frentahe potsibilay . of increasing their nnmber. -- , - ..Mr. Secretary CANNING conce ived that the -topic lastly touched upon by the Right Honourable Baronet had nothing to do with ale motion before the House. The questlian wasp not whettei new privileges wereto be creWed; or old disabilities few/peed i but whether the House should inquire how the power in the Crown (that power beirig complete) fiad been acted, upon? He had contended for eligibility in Catholics ,as well as Protestants; for the power of the Crown to choose whom it pleased for: its various officers ; -but he had never conceived it proper to point out one class in pre ference- to another, _as objects for the choice of the Crown: He - had supported the motion to restore the' eligibility of the Catholic, -because statutes alone had disqualified him from taking that benefit 'which it was ! originally in the power of the Crown to confer upon him. • He was for restoring that power to the Crown;! but not for watching the exercise' of it -with extraordi .nary jealousy. • And fie was particularly against sane ticiningany Act which should assist-in the keepiag,up of religious distinctions. By the law of this country, there avert many persons, not Catholics, who were in eligible for office; and bow. was the benefit Of . Tolera tion extended to them? By an annual Bill of lodesn nity, genesai in its nature and its language; without : pointing out who were the persons that required the: benefit of il—(Hear.)' • Secresy was the object of .such. a Bill ; the confounding of those who required its assist- - ance with those who did not ; and thus causing distinc- . tions to wear . away as much as possible—(l beers ) The present motion was. In his opinion, the rever s e of all this. It was inquisitorial;. and however innocent I might be its application, it was persecuting in its form ;! and he therefore would never consent to it. Until* the year 1819, a Catholic could not hold a military corn-s mission under the Crown without incurring severe: penalties. He well remembered how often this •had been justly tomplained ofs although the law was tacitly violated in many instances by a liberal connivance Yet - what would have been said in the year 1819, to a motion calling for a list of the Catholics w ho held Corn. Missions? Such a motion would not only hive ex , posed them to penalties, but . would have pointed them out as marked objects; and such a motion fie contended *mid 'not be fairly distinguishable from the present. Vhis Motion was in .thes face of all toleration, and he -ehoold oppose it because he-wished to fuse sight of ei3- tinctions altogether, aird • not to perpetuate them-- (Choirs.)--Buothere was also another groanoi cin,wbich be she:old-resists - the Motion. So long as tse! lio :ems limit Of thisbermtriswas - rhouarchical, he essosidesed it , itnpolitit to:interfece - with thiExocotire, unless in cases grdits!Uiswir.;44le believe & there was as sincere a dis pesithil Mita pkteltsofthose connected with thrts.GOvern ment to distribute patronage fairly as there was, under It - einhatiat -Ailvnigiateatitew elkaled .to by .the Right _ • our 0 . NtOkiip. PrEssertion that there...rag noe l ,- ' g 14.ki84a0; 13P . l'il-el- i qg 't6 , allyp#o44bl-1 '-cases; rind thketuesppoortiCawspoi:4.la4 bdr,4l . .1* fir !'' , ' ,i • * (Loioi( cheerinz) . Mt.C. - stipPdrticlAhi . •thotion ; Its object, nketnit:Of fliany-Othiri, *it to bbtaihlttfounit tht as to the - state hi* - Ireland befhre tubniitting tbe . g;•eltt cludstibeth, the HOirse. As Ministers • hilt uteri,' ficeitttie EurOpej it %vat not too nit& to rile theni torikitt'lrodie.• , The. pboisle•Oflreland• hadlong • 'been ditiddi - by rhiloverriment and oppretsion and he Mill - hoped' that it .woutd not be rendered necessary for-them to. °Het to relieve themselves from the pike under which thtykbga starred for so many centuries. Mr. GRATTAN ieplarkshortly, and the House then. divided, when .there appearid—,.• • . • :• For the Motion . . . . . . Against it . . . . . ze . 1144jnrit y . . . The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the House adjourned . it Etevein -.• • .• • - LIVERPOOL . 11S,%'ETANIG IN SUPPORT OF TUE GREEK CAUSE. • .Saturday a meeting .wtts hel4 ,at Liver ,1'« to consider the best means of assisting the Gres t, in their " • present important struggle Toy independence: The place of meeting was xhe Court-room ill the Town-hall • I —the Chairman was the.Chief-Magistrate of aze . place —the hall was_ crowded, jo excess with the„friends or the cause—and the.most.eminent individuats for wealth nor talents in Liverpooi,and its ".Vicinity participated in the busitless of the day. - 'But Elie Ineeting has andther claim to our attention `which few political wetting. .ossess—it comprised' meh of alPpirties, it .calidd faith ee ekquence of the. known.char*pions of the most . . cling political sects, and.yet.gave birth to no dif ference: of opinion.. Perhaps no meeting on any one sidled ever more coMpletily represented the 'ease and of atlll itaites of inhabitants in that rich and po isolosMoWn. • When • the Mayor had taken thenhair, ansiiiisroduced tbe.bsoiness of the - day, Mr. Gladstone, the Ffignd of Mr. Canning, and Member for Woodstock, addressexl the Meeting, and proposed the first resolu tiOrt. Was followed, among others, by Colonel 'Williams, whose opposition to the Ministry is known wherever anything is heard of -Lancashirepolitics, aad . ate Bev. Mr. shepherd, who is4ot less .clistingiiished. for his spirited conduct at the election; and public meetings of Liverpool, than 'Or his successful cultiva tiOn of Italian literature: 'About 150 i. were subscribed before. the meeting separated, and on Tuesday the•sub• scription amounted to upwards of 3701. . • . ,„„ •FREE TRADE WITH THE SPANISH uoLotrals.—We, cannot help calling the attention of our litadert to the Decree issued by the 'King of Spain its' favour of the freedom of commerce with the Spanish Colonies: It Frees the question of conanercial interests from that of the independence of the Colonies, andat the same time it creates or attaches in the latter a numerous party in favour of the mother country. The principle upon • which this Decree is founded is wise, and agrees with the enlightened policy of the age. :lhe ships of allied and friendly lowers admitted into the Spanish Colonies will pay duties on importation au.', exportation,. on the footing of the equality hetwecn tl:e subjects of these Powers. In vain it will he said that Spain concedes nothing,-since she possesses not her Colc-nies. Besides, that is not the fact ' . as she still tetaios several of high Importance. and .others are far from b?ing entirely se 'parntedand pacified. Spain has right in her favours and right, even without the means of action, is an in-- merat passive strength, , --Considering the preindices of • all ctastes of Spaniards respecting the government of their colonies—wheat the Cortes were seen to be ob stinate in preserving t h e kingdoms beyond sea the ideas of Charles V. and. Philip It it can scarcely be believed that this • Decive has been passed._ Now everything tray be hoped for. Spain is in the most fayburable position for listening to arrangements with her colonies.: and after such . a concession she may calculate upousgeneral good-will.:To haee opened by law the Athericakand the Spanish Isles to the ves sels of all nations, is a great and mentor-able - revolution in the commercial and political world ; is one of the piest consequences of our. enterpti,e in Spain, and one upon which _we 'cannot lOBIL much congratulate the Government.. This result s•ill . be so much the more appreciated by Xll opinioni and interest's , asTrance hat demanded nothit . (g6xclusive for herself ; as she has at tendannly to-the interests of Spain . ; as she has gene. towdy and modestly Comprehended betbelf in the,nuns. ber of natims,who are invited to participate in this new source of wealth.—Journal del debuts. 'll`H . iNic issues:- : The accounts of the weekly • arnOlinii*Of Bint-nOtes and . BAnk . - ilvere , Mewed for by. Mr. G Raw, eit., and the produciion of which there was some idea '001314,11e opposed by •Ids.'Mitost too, *were presenied yesterday. They are ordelecko be printed. The amount of notes, spealcinF in round iturillstrs,, is keel,' j. tic:4 . - in ciretAltioti; adriiding to the accounts of last Session, 'the attOuritte ttc.BadkArateS and Bank Post-fiills weee-- • • . January 14.. £C0,567,540 21 . 19,G(i5,540 • - February 11. is,te9,46e 1" 4 "" Kt. - 19,605,660 Till the _present-returns there has been none since April last." The small national amount in the issues, is stated to have been mainly occasioned by the disap pointment regarding the double socer?igns. That coin, whecishoirt half a million was ready for t itiverf,,was• found to be deficient; the wreath on his Majesty's head • *'ES Mvinted. The, issue was conseqnentlF connter aid the die has been .broken.. Oiler double Sb - vereigns are tolie prepared. A. few days ago a large piece of coal- oompletely cowered with cockle•Shellt was found io Off 9f the coal pits of the late Mr. Thomas, in .tho neighbourhood of Dew.shury, ot4 hundred and 4 t fty feet below the surfaie of the earth. Thip'enriCius spetithin the:poiCesiion Of the lter. Mr. Waii - hduie, if Degribniy. •- P•" • taCtl A'N'S New Wm k, 4 6' Tie L4fe area i Tithes of Sidiedk Rosa," Was this day published by 111 r.: COL ;watt, ;New ,Borlington-street. WONDJOS I UL SUCCESS A ;KA A RD'S ! FEBRUARY 19, 1824. Botii the E 20,000 'Prizes', Nos. 3,693 and 10,03, Drawn this Day, were soldin Shares by HA E - AIRID and .Co.pt their old established 011ice3,- Royll Exchange gate ; CotniVill) and 24,' Peord-street..:—Second - Day of Drawing, •St.l'atiiek'S'Dhy. March' 11,*: - *ben thsr Two F irs t eirize4ivill.hibre.Rlll,lloo each.' The *beel 1001164 w. Five p k:',. - 20,P0404tookabany other Cafitals i . : • 7 . I • ; I • . I : • ,t t. 11 I 4 . t Ca- I i#O:ositel-in-etuttrodir,tiou ; autt..thelt mere quite sod-. e rest Oent a; the moment, in answer to the assertion that i b )f en- ratbilahl ;vac allckiveciAny patroriago Whatever. Hle ing' repe - atertEirtrierririFT - sWeiraft7hititileto ttisttii but the patronage • fairbi t.but, it there was not, the t Pr.o- 'pre,ent motion was not-celettlatedeO inspire it. If such renter a disposition was only melibptilepsesent mo- 'place Lion, in his opinion, tender • very, luta to, Check I: great, (Lo gy .cheerinz,)