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MI 5 t ~~ ~. , . , - - - 7 1. ) . Per Cent. . „, • • •. • . . . • • . • . V t "'"7 . P ve ~- • A. - •/:/' . , , mew, / • Asima"Kr • - 1 0 pr. : • „ •,. _ FRIDAY, -T FEBR VARY 11, 18S NUMBER 11 862 1 PRICE SEVEN-PENCE. PROTECTOR TIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. 1 1 HE DIRECTORS are ready to receive, at theil J- House, No. 35, Old Jewry, Propotals for Insurance, from tie Froprietors and the Public. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDIIGS. Mr. STUA ItT WORTLF.Y presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Babington, against the Duties on Coals carried coast. wise.—Laid on the tabk. Mr. STUART WORTLEY gave notice, that on that day se'nnight he shotild move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Game Laws. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY moved for certain returnc respect. Mg the quantity of Wool exported from Ist January, 1824, to Ist January, 1821—order e d. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a Petition front the parish of St. John the Baptist, Mend, against any farther concesSions to the Roman Catholics. . - -...--- HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 10. Mr. BIM; from the Bank, presented Accounts of all the Exche quer Bills purchased by the Bank on which any sums had been advanced to the public service pursuant to Act of Parliament, and also of the applications made by the Citanczwin of the Exert [QUER for advances from the .sth of January. 1824, to the sth of January, 1825.—Laid on the table. Lord HOLLAND objected to the Introduction of the 31st of Henry VIII. chapter 10th, which had been added as an Appendix to the Standing Orders of the House. Ile conceived that this having been done without their Lordships having been summoned to consider the subject, was in itself a violation of the exi.ting Standing Orders. He also objected to printing more than those which were intended for the public. He wished that their lord ships would examine their own orders to make them convenient and practicable, fur he doubted whether it was physically practica ble to put some of them in force. (Mice I4ouis from Ten till Four. *ILMER HARRIS. Secretary. I'ItOPOSED TONTINE BRIDGE ACROSS THE.S WALE, AT OR NEAR KING'S FERRY, ISLE OF SHEPPY. THE Proposed undertaking is not a theoretical or J. speculative scheme to raise a sum of money for an object which may, or may not, hr either practicable or useful, for it is ad mitted by all persons acquainted with the situation, that a Bridge ccross the Swale into Siteppy, would be a work of great public utility, and can be built without much &Meshy or expellee. The increasing traffic to Sheerness, in consequence of the important Naval improvemeits carrying on there (and which will, no doubt, be followed by correspondent establishments in the other public departments), promises a good return on the capital to be invested for the undertaking. It is proposed to raise .024,000, by 2.000 shares of .Cl 2 each. No motley to'be paid until the whole of the shares are taken. The Company to be governed by twelve Directors in the county of Kent, and six in London. When the whole of the shares are taken, Directors to be nomi nated, and a deposit of .C 2 on each share to be paid into the hands of Messrs. D. H. Day and Sons, bankers, Rochester, in the name of the Company. . The necessary application then to be mad e to Parliament for a Bill, and the Directors to order plans and specifications to be pre pared, that the proposed work may be conducted with economy, and in such manner as to ensure durability. When the Act is obtained, a General Meeting of the Proprietors is to be convened, and the Directors are to lay before them a Plan, or Plans, for their consideration and adoption. The Pro prietors will then be required to pay the remaining ?CIO on each Share, and give the Name, Age, Place of Birth, and Residence of a Person, or the Names, Ages, places of Birth, and Residences of Per sons to be inserted in his or her Share or Shares (with the option of earning the same Life for one or more Shares). which Names shall be immediately registered ; and on the death of a nominee in the Share or Shares, such Share or Shares shall be cancelled, and the benefit or Property thereof cease. This system to be put sued until the number of Shares is reduced to 500, and the holders of the mid 500 Shares, in which the Survivors are named, are to be the Proprietors of the Bridge, Tells, &c. such Shares to continue afterwards as bona fide property, and to be saleable or transferable. Whet. the Deposit of .C 2 is made, Receipts will be given, amid the Shares may be sold or tranferred when an Act is obtained ; the Proprietor who pays the remaining £lO having the right of naming the Life or Lives to be inserted in his or her Share or Shares. After the tell amount of the Shares is paid they may be sold or trans ferred, so long as the person named therein is alive. The accounts of the profits of the Company shall be made up, and Dividends paid to the Proprietors quarterly ; but such Shares oily are to participate therein as contain the name of a person who L alive on the last day of the Quarter, proof of which will (if ne cessary) be required. It the whole of the amount subscribed should not be expended in completing the work, the balance is net to be returned to the eibscribers. but to be considered as the stock of the Company, and to he kept (together with such interest as may accumulate thereon,) for the pun pose of repairing the bridge, for making or amending roads, or for such other purposes connected with the undertaking a% the Directors may think fit, and whatever sum (if any) should remain when the shares are reduced to 500, it shall be the property in the holders of those shares. When the Company are in possession of tends (either from th e st.bscriptions or otherwise), for which there is nut likely to be an immediate call, the Directors are to invest the same in good security for the benefit of the Proprietors. Phis plan has been submitted to several Gentlemen of respecta bility in the County, who approve theteof, and have subscribed to the undertaking. Applications for shares to he made (if by letter, post paid) to Ilrssrs. P. Young and Co. Rectory douse, St. Michael's-alley, Curiihill, Londun ; or to Mr. W. W. Bentham, Sheerness. This day were published, With a fine Engraving, after Hogarth, price is. boards, SIGNS BEFORE DEATH, and AUTHENTI CATED APPARITIONS; in One Hundred Narratives. Collected by HORACE WELBY. " Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live."— Isaiah, chap. 38. Kr This Collection contains the celebrated Narrative of Ilo garth's Tail Piece, Sir John Sherbroke, Nlrs. Veal, the Sampford Ghost, Lord Lyttlewn, the Demon of Tedworth, Yatton De moniac, Drury IV. of I:: ante, Lord Tyrone, Duchess of Mazarine, Philip Melancthon,Pev. Jain Wesley, and others from Glativil, Beaumont, Baxter, Sinclair, Ferriar, &c. Printed for Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers% Hall-Court, and sold by all lioultsellerF. MRS. ROCHE'S NEW WORK. This day was published, in Three Vols. 12mo. price £l.ls. 'LIE CASTLE CIJAPEL, a Romantic Tale. By REGINA MARIA ROCHE. Printed for A. K. Newman and Co. London. Where may be had, by the same Author, Children of the Abbey, Ninth Edition, Four Vols. £l. 41. Bridal of Duoamore, Three Vols. XL Is. Discarded Son, Second Edition, Five Vols. £l. 10s. Maid of the Hamlet, Third Edition, two Vols. 10s. • Tradition of the Castle, Four Vol.. £l. Bs. Vicar of Lansdowne, Third Edition, Two Vols. 103. Trecothick Bower, Three Vols. 18s. KENT, VAnable FARMS, ncar MILTON and SITTINGBORNE, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. JOHN JORDAN, At the Auction Mart, London, on THURSDAY, the 3d day of Match, 1825, at Ono o'clock at Noon—ln One Lot, THE MANOR, or re p ute d M A NO R of HORS AM, and several Farms and Lands thereunto belonging, comprising Horsham Farm.house, and large Barns, Stables, and Other requisite Agricultural Buildings, and SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX ACRES Of exceeding good Arable, Meadow, and Fresh Marsh Land, to gether with the highly improvable Salt Marsh adjoining Horsham, Containin g ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE ACRES. The whole situate in the several Parishes of Upchurch, Ila'stow the Lower, and Newington, next Sittingborne, in the County of Kent. In the occupation of Messrs. Grace, Jordan, Golding, Stunt, Walter, Harnett, Nlerton, Goold, Friend, Smart, and others, all most respectable Tenants. The principal parrs of the Estates are on Leases, Which expire at Michaelmas, 1327, and the residue Let from year to year. 'h e above P roperty is holden under All Souls' C o lle g e, O x f or d, fur twenty Years, from Michaelmas, 1824, renewable., according ro cottons every Four Years, subject to the annual rents of ter/ les. and 22 qrs. 4 bushels of Wheat, and 28 qrs. 4 bushels of Malt. The Land Tax charged on the above Estate will be included in, and form pars of the purchase. a lore than half the Purchase Money may (if requireo, remain on Mortgage it Four per cent. Print e d P art i culars and Ouidi:ions of Sale are preparing, and I May he had at the place of Sale, and the principal Inns i.i the 4( '"unrY• The Estat e s may be viewed on applicati o n t o M r . Wil i ent Jordan, Illalstow, tuner aiittingborue . .Copies of the Leases f'om All Souls' Cattle. and the Leases of the TenanO, toetthet kith the 'Rentals, may be pvrtised, On appli cat i on to t h e A uct i oneer, . dlghoitreet, Mato° ; and at the Wees of Messrs. in Malteds and Sittingborne ; and Messrs.:Jimes and White " 44 Within; 0, tiy-place, Holborn, Load". • . x; . x . • At the . T "E H. comprisin (Aker sesi S Of exeee tether w Com The whi the Loot ▪ Kern. Stunt, 11 most are on L I.et from The al for Twee en euito 'en tis ' of li a k. L • and mor n "lone) al Prime stay he I Comity Joe• torn All with th e p -1- ,•tglustri iT"r‘. in • kek, Soli STATE OP IRELAND. The Order of the Day having been read, The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose, pursuant to his notice, to move the revival of the Committee of last year, to inquire into the State of Ireland. The subject being already familiar to their Lordships, he should not trouble them with many words. He should only state the general object of his motion, and the course of proceedings which he should propose to adopt. Their Lordships were aware that a Committee had been ap pointed last year to examine the nature and extent of the disturbances which prevailed in certain parts of Deland which had been subject to the operation of the Insurrection Act. As the object was to prOve the expe diency of c , ;.ntinuing that Act, the inquiry had been limited to the counties where it was in force, or was likely to be put in force. But though limited in point of locality, it had gone far into general subjects not immediately connected with its original object, and the Noble Earl himself, who had previously proposed a more extended investigation, had expressed his appro bation of the disposition which his Majesty's Ministers had shewn to give every possible la , itude to the inquiry, and also of the superior convenience of a limited, over a general investigation. With respect. to the question which the Noble Marquis opposite (Lansdown) had put to him a few days since, he had net hesitated to an swer that he had no objection to extend the present inquiry to all parts of Ireland. Some words of quali fication should, however, be put in, more to direct the Committee to what should be the subjects for inquiry, than with a view to confine it. The motion with which, he should conclude should therefore stand thus : " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the state of Ireland, more particularly with respect to those circumstances which may have led to disturbances in that part of the United KingdoM." This, he re peated, was done for the purpose of directing, not for that of limiting inquiry. It might be asked whether it should embrace the Catholic question ? To this he should answer, that lie would consider it improper to refer that question to any Select Committee. It was one of too much importance and magnitude not to be decided by the House itself, and not to receive the free' vote and opinion of every Peer. He therefore did not intend to refer the Catholic question to the Committee for an opinion or judgment, and indeed if it were to give one it would prove useless, for it would not induce any Noble Lord to give up the right of judging for himself. Ile did not mean, however, to prevent exa minations being taken in the Committee as to opinions and facts bearing upon that question. If any facts ap peared to any Noble Lord calculated to throw light upon it, he should be at full liberty to make them ob jects of examination. As to the course which he pro posed to follow, he thought that the-most correct one would be to name the same Members of the Commit: . tee as last year, with the exception of those who were absent,-or who might be desiroy,s that their names should be with drawn. As his Noble Friend, the Earl of Aberdeen, was on the Continent, and not likely to be able to attend any part of the in glary, he should propose that Lord Fitzgibbon be appointed in his stead; and in lieu of EarlFitzwillun i whose wish it was to with draw, he should propose the Duke o f Devonshire. The Noble Earl concluded by moving the appointment of the Committee. Earl DARNLEY reminded the House of the motion which he had made twelve months ago, for a general inquiry into the state of Ireland, in which, however, he had only had the support of sixteen of their Lordships. It was not his intenti in to oppose the present motion, as he approved of its object, neither would he claim it as " his thunder." He would leave that thunder in the hands of Jupiter himself, and only hope that he would make a good use of it. Notwithstanding the assurances of the Noble Earl, that he - would not narrow inquiry, if the Committee were net to possess themselves of facts bearing on the Catholic Question b'y the examination of persons best able to give information, they would badly perform the task imposed upon them. He had last year made that question the most prominent part of his motion, whereas the Noble Earl had left it out entirely. Iri all times it had for Med the principal point for consideration in the affairs of Ireland, and now it had become an indispensable one. The ex amination of the last year, as far as it had gene, had certainly throwrrnew-lieat upon the propriety of granting the Catholic claims ; and the mote they exa mined the Aubject, the more would their Lordships be convinced that Ireland would never be tranqsil until those claims were satisfied. To refuse much longer must become impossible ; and it would be wiser to take the earliest opportunity of calmly and voluntarily meet ing the subject, that's to wait till it grew a matter of necessity. As to the opinion which he had expressed of the supe rior convenience of the course adopted by the Noble Earl over that which he (Earl Darnley) had recommended, it proceeded from this : —that had his motion for a general inquiry been supported by the House, the Noble Earl might probably have found means, from the power which ha possessed, to narrow its sphere, whilst that Nobly Earl, after moving for a narrow inquiry, had liberally extended it beyond its original limits. The Marquis of LANSDOWN did not rise to op pose the motion. On the contrary, opposition would come better from anybody rather than from him, as the sub ject of inquiry was not connected with any rneasuyehe. fore the House. Ile also felt that the investigation would takeplace under better auspices, in-the present circumstances of the country, and he trusted that ; it would not be narrowed too much by anylimitationi whiCh that Noble Earl might put upon it. His r•bject in rising was to ask whether the Report of the Com missioners of InqUily into the state of Educition in Ireland was nearly ready to be laid before the Honse. ;he qu e .tion h a d acqu i re d s till greate i i m p ortance * s i nce t hiy h ad commenced their inquiry? -It had keit 'Warted -bethe • 4ithef House to those Commissioners last Session ; and he understood they had been engaged all the summer in the investigation. He was anxious to have their Report, as it Would spare the Committee much time. If the Noble Earl were not prepared to answer the question this evening, he would perhaps be able to give a reply the next day of meeting. . The Earl of LIVERPOOL was willing to "give the 1 Noble Marquis all the satisfaction in his power. The Commissioners had catried on the inquiry with the greatest industry and perseverance dur ing the whole summer, but were not at this moment, quite prepared to make their Report. By the Easter holidays, how ever. they were of opinion that they could produce it. He should be able to give the Noble Marquis more certain information, per haps, in the course of a few hours. He admitted the importance that the Report should be made ; but on a subject of such magni tude and interest, he had not thought proper to hurry the Com missioners. Great and valuable progress had been made in the inquiry —and he repeated, the Commissioners expected to be able to report about F-.stir. • Lord HOLLAND found it impossible to join in the unanimous vote of the House, without expressing his surprise at the time at which the Noble Earl opposite had become a convert to the necessity of a general in quiry into the state of Ireland. He also complained that the Noble Earl had only said what should not be. and stotwhat should he the grounds of inquiry: All general investigations had hitherto been uniformly re jected. %Viten, last Session, som . e •districts of Ireland were disturbed, the inciniry %% as confined to them; but now that the country were told there were no disturbed districts, the narrow ground for instituting a general inquiry was running from under the Noble Earl. The Catholic Question, which formed the pi incipal feature in the state of Iceland, might be thought a good sub ject for investigation. Oh, no, said the Noble Earl, in quiry on that you shall have none ; the Committee shall have nothing to d. With that. Then what was it to examine? Perhaps the extraordinary laws which excluded so large a body of men from the privileges of the Constitution? No; you must not look at them, said again the Noble Earl. Infatuated as Mark Antony with his love, he would say, like him, allow your tongues free license to discuss my faults, but say not a word abort Cleopatra. TheCatholicQuestion was hisCleopati a. He was ready to acquiesce in the Motion, because all inquiry of any kind whatever was useful to Ireland, and because no inquiry could take place without informa tion being elicited respecting the Catholic Question, which must tend to its final settlement. In point of po- licy and Patliamentary regularity, however, the Noble Earl had Chosen the very worst time he possibly could for recommending the present inquiry. A great man of antiquity had said, that the whole art of war con sisted in ba.ing in time. So ought it to be in policy.— Had this been attended to, how much irritation and dif ficulty might not have been avoided. It had been said of a predecessor of the Noble Lord, who was always in a state of useless bustle, that he had lost half an hour in the morning, and was losing the whole day in looking after it. So, in the morning of their Administration, had his Majesty's igbiretnawnt not neglected the opportunities which offered them server, they would not now be losing time in trying ta recover *AM. Vat to conciliate and to bring the present difficulties to .4 eennieratitur, much more was now required than merely being in time. Had it been attempted after the return of peace, it would then have been easy for this country to quiet Ireland. The Eatl of HARROW BY could not allow the ob servations of the Noble Baron to pass without remark ing that he had misunderstood, for he could not sup pose that he would misrepresent, what had fallen from his Noble Friend. General inquiries had been refused oti former occasions, on the ground that they were less likely to be attended with useful results than more li mited ones. Last year, when it was proposed to re new the Insurrection Act, an inquiry was also pro posed to strew the necessity that existed for it. So far from any inclination being displayed by. any Member of his Majesty's Government to check investigation, the greatest disposition was evinced to remove as far as possible, evert the limitations put upon it by that House, and not to keep it within its geographical bounds, or at leasto interpret them in the most comprehensive man ncrws There was scarcely any topic connected with Ire land which would not be found in the minutes of the Committee. Was there anything inconsistent, there fore, whilst proposing a renewal of the inquiry, to ab stain from affixing limits to its operation? In fact, the Commissioners had stated in their Report last year, that there were many points in which they had not per fected their inquiries, and they recommended to the House to renew the Committee. It was therefore their recommendation, strengthened by the higher authority of the Speech from the Throne, which formed the ground for the present revival. As to keeping the Ca tholic Question out of sight, the Noble Baron ought to have recollected that his Noble Friend (the Eirl of Li verpool) had distinctly stated, that he should have no objection to inquire into all facts which bore upon that question, and - into the opinions of individuals upon that subject, for in such a case opinions were facts. The Noble Baron was not a warmer or more persevering friend than himself (the Earl 4:f Harrowby) to making concessions to the Catholics, but he felt that if the Committee were to report on that subject, they would exceed their powers. No I louse of Parliament, acting properly, would ever re fer such a question for decision to any select body. It was one on which all opinions ought to be freely given, and it would not he fit that such a question should come to the House biassed one way or the ether by the opinion of a Committee. Even were he certain that the Report should be made in the sense which he approved,he should kill object to such a report bring made. Lord KING asked their Lordships what they would say.of an empiric who should mix his medicines one day and appoint' a consultation upon it for the next day? Wodld they not think it most ridiculous? This was, however, what they were now doing. The medi cine was in the mortar at this very moment, it was pounding tuns. they were voting an inquiry ! Why object to having a consultation first and the medicine after? Because they were afraid that another valve would be recommended, and that instead of their steel medicines, they should have to give soothing opiuns or strengthesing bark. Bark they would admit was a very good spe cific, but far too dear and too important for them to use. Thei motion was tbeu agreed tu, and the, Commitkee appointed.— Adjetimed. 110 USE OF COMMON& A new Writ was moved for a Nleniber for the Borough of New. post, Isle of Wight, in the room of Sit Leonard Holmes, deceased. Mr. OREN:FM.I. moved for leave to bring in a Bill fur the rortuatiest sf St. Cailiarine's Docks. Mrt DICKINSON presented a Petitioa from the Inhabitants of the Boebagh of against the Assessed Taxes.—Latd on the table % ) mr. $(4 presented a Petition, signed by 4,700 of the Inhabitants of the County of Cavan, against the Catholic Claims.— od tlltsahie. . • <. ~~ ~:~ Mr. HART DAVIS. presented a Petition from certain Manu facturers of Tobacco and Sriuff in Bristol, praying a reduction of the duties on tobacco.—Laid on the table. Mr. ASH wry presented a Petition from a Parish in Oxford shire, praying a repeal of the Assessed Tates.—Laid on the table. Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Bathwick,in Sumersetabire, praying the repeal of the Assessed Taxes.—Laid on the Table, and ordered to he printed. Sir TkIOSIAS ACLAND presented a Prating from the In habitants of South Mutton, and alio 3 Petition from those of Holes worthy, against the Duty on Coals. Colonel DAVIF.S gave notice, that on the sth of March he should move for the reduction of certain duties. Mr. W A RRE presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Taunton, prayin i g a Repeal of the Tares on Houses and Windows. -.-Laid on the 'I able. Mr. HUME begged to ask the Right Honourable Secretarj op posite (Mr. Canning), whether his Maje►ty's Government had any objection to furnish certain Papers respectinesehoationperations againkt the Ashantees ? Mr. Secretary CANNING rose to inform the lion. Member, that the subject to which he alluded did not come immediately within his (Alt% Canning's) department—nor was he aware of any papers relating to it which could be laid before the I loose. Mr .J. WILLIAMS requested to know from the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Peel) whether the Commission which had been ap pointed to inquire into the Proceedings and l'ractice of the Court of Chancery, intended to submit a report to Parliament during the present Session ? Mr. Secretary PEEL wished the 'honourable and Learned Gen tleman had applied to other persons in the House more competent than him (Mr. Peel) to supply the information demanded. He believed, however, he might say, that the Commission had been most assiduous in investigating the matters referred to it, and that, most probably, it would make an ear►y report of the result. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was happy to be able to state, that the Commission alluded to would, in a very short time, lay before the House a partial report—( Much laughter). CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. Sir GEORGE HILL rose to present a Petition from the City and County of Londonderry playing this Asses. ciation might be suppressed. The petition was voted at a meet ing held on the 10th January, and was signed by 27 Clergymen, 39 Magistrates, and 1700 Freeholders of the highest respectability. Mr. AI3ERCROMBY wished the Right Hon. Gen tleman would favour the House with some account of the speeches which preceded the adoption of the petition. Mr. DAWSON supported the petition. It had been signed in two days by above 1700 of the inha'oitantsof Idae City and County of Londonderry. The Catholic. were the persons to throw down the gauntlet on the present occasion, and should abide the consequeres. Until the Catholic Relit had begun to be collected, the Protestants of Londonderry remained passive; and Ise (Mr. Dawson) took that opportunity of declaring that 9-10ths of the Protestants of Ire were against any farther concession to — the Catholics. Sir H. PARNE could not help observing, that this was the only Petiti from Ireland—(llear, hear)—against the Catholic Aqsociation ; and for his part, he could assure the I louse ilia the majority of the Protestants in Ireland were favourable to Catholic Emancipation. Mr. MAXWELL had tti remind the Right Honour. able Baronet, that he had that evening presented a Petition, signed by upwards of 400 persons, against Catholic Emancipation. Mr. ABERCROAIRY merely beggei to mention that a requisition, most numerously and ieirectably signed, had been presented to the High Sheriff of Waterford. to call a Meeting of the County to Petition in favour uf the Catholics, and that the High Slieriff had refused. Mr. I). IIItOWNE sincerely believed, that the only thing which could give peace to lielaild, would be the abandoning all civil distinctions on the score of tell. gion—(Hear, hear). As some insinuations had been thrown out against the Country Gentlemen of Ireland for not resisting the advances of the Catholic Associa tion, he, for himself, should say, that he had long recommended patience to the Irish Catholics, and entreated them to wait till England should be roused to a sense of their situation, and the jus tice of their claims. They had so waited—anti now, when he ad. dressed them, they expressed the disappointments they felt, and their conviction that it was only by exerting themselves they could hope td succeed.—The Petition was then laid on the table, and or dered to be printed ; as also a Petition of a similar nature from the Corporation of Londonderry, likewise presented by. the Right Ho nourable Baronet. Au..., • only e the tell. been !land ocia- ended it till e jus- te ad. , and could id or- m the llo- ntiee ,e.tve W t but e oc- erds t) the bean they . Per.. r: ial o all t, 111 ve it lie Ines -rity tt al- over the the ited, .ugh Lkiv- es of s to itl,- sre- oiic toad pies sion less ate Ince e its 't M` etch evil fttor woo bon FAS. ASSOCIATIONS IN IRELAND. Mr. GOULBUBN said he rose, pursuant to a notice which he had given a few days back, to move for leavt to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relative to unlaw. ful Societies in Ireland. In doing so, he could not but express his regret that circumstances should have oc• curred to impose on him so painful a duty. Toward: the close of last Session he totk occa .ion t ► state to the House, that he hoped the me.tsur es which had be to adopted by Parliament, and the snide in which they were carried into effect by the Irish Government—that the resistance given to all proceedings tending to per petuate discord or produce disorder, and the impartial manner in which the laws were administered to all ranks and denominations of his Majesty's subjects in that country, would be found sufficient to preserve 4. steadily in the march of general improvement. lie now regretted to be otrliged to say that circumstances had since at isen to interrupt the resift and prosperity of Ireland. lie could not conceal fr.ini the liouse indeed the House was itself aware of the fact—that al , though the outrages which prevailed at one period over a considerable extent of Ireland had given way to the laws enacted for their suppression—that although the condition of the poor had been greatly amel.orated, and in a fair course of advancentent--.4hat : althougli trade had greatly improved, and new sources - of insists try and wealth grown up—that although all classes of the people enjoyed at present ease and comforts to which they had hitherto been strangers; yet, notwith- Standing these auspicious indications of liittite prosp t ., sky, a body had sprung forth calling itself the Catholic Association, which was destructive of all order acid good govet nment, and inconsistent with the principles of the Constitution.TheHouse was :Iwo• e that last Session Ministers were called upon to interfere and sippress that body ; but, with a lot beat ante ss hich ought to Irate invited better feelings and better conduct than had since been exemplified, Government declined to interpose its power. However alarming :unmet' the proceedings of tht Association might then seem, they wereso dashed with those which were ridiculous that it was hoped the evil could not long survive. Since that time the charaiter of that body bad-matetially changed, and it was tHrit not only calculated to create alarm and distitay,. Nit every honest man, he thought, .must confess