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The unfavourable weatbeeprevents Marshal Diebitach from continuing his operations, and obliges him to remain inac tive. The want of provisi , tne becomes more sensible daily , the Russians have tu seek their provisions as far as Lithua nia, they have sent agents on all sides to purchase corn ; but the transport is very difficult in a country thickly set with woods and marshes, and deprived of causeways. 'Be sides, the Polish partisans, trained up in this warfare, inter cept the convoys and interrupt the communication. The dearness is excessive in the Russian camp ; they pay for a glass of brandy six rubles, an egg two rubles, in the general quarters of Marshal Diebitach. Notwithstanding, the army s upports these privations with much fortitude. But it has absolute need of repose and provisions. Marshal Diebitach had traced a plan of operations, upon a very simple basis ; ne would have attempted his end with the rapidity of lightning ; but he had forgotten to calculate on the warlike character of the Poles, and the resources of the country ; he had, in fact, too much despised his adversary. Now the Polish troops have acquired the greatest confidence in themselves, and in their generals ; this confidence is spread in the most distant districts, and the most feeble minds begin to hope of success. The following is a literal copy of a Cabinet order of the Prussian Government, published in a German paper, and which fully illustrates the feeling of that government to wards the Poles : " Every Prussian subject residing at present in the kingdom of Po land, without being able to give a satisfactory account of the cause of his ab'ence, and his stay in that country, is called upon to return immediately to the place of his domicile, there to appear personally before the competent authority, and to give a full circumstantial swims of his absence, his stay in the kingdom of Poland, and the period of his return. To all such subjects who faithfully obey this summons, the pardon of the Sovereign for their prohibited emigration, as also the raising of the sequestration of their property, is granted. But those who remain in the kingdom of Poland are con sidered as public traitors, and will be punished as such ; and, as an addition—(hear, ye free men, that frightful addition)—to the penalties contained in the general code of laws against public treason, in regard to the particular circumstances, the following punishments are enacted against such refractory persons:—l. Con fiscation of all their present and future property. 2. The punish ment relating to desertion against all the members of the standing army, of the war reserve, and of the militia of the first and second class. 3. Forfeiture of the right of inheritance to the property of their parents, against those who have as yet no property of their own, as also incapacity to any office in the state, and a compulsory service in the army of three years, in case they should hereafter return. 4. AT. raignrnent for felony against those subjects who are not military per. sons, and, besides, the confiscation of their property, imprisonment in a house of correction, or in a fortrets, from six months to two years." ITALY. Maria-Louisa has sent as extraordinary commissioner to re-establish her government, and re-organise the various administrations, Baron Mistrali, ex-governor of Parma. His first act of authority was to cause the arrest of a great number of persons, amongst whom is the president of the tribunal, M. Melagari, and Count Linati. These two ho nourable citizens had formed part of the provisionary govern ment, after the departure of Maria Louisa. The other members have taken to flight and retired to Bologna, with many of the patriots ; and amongst others, the celebrated engraver, Foschi, who enjoys a European reputation, and , who was formerly pensioned by the Emperor Napoleon. _ . BOLOGNA, EViA ken 16.—Yesterday ben. Zucchi passed his troop in review, it amounted to 1,000 men, who were still without arms, and formed a square upon the meadows of Saint-Antoine. When Zucchi appeared with the corps of officers, the troops several times repeated the cry of " Long live Zucchi !" But these acclamations bad some thing of a sad and melancholy character; they resembled the cries ofjoy which are heard from shipwrecked mariners, at the view of a rock which they think will save tl,eni, but which they find to be in the midst of a stormy and unknown sea. Zucchi himself, short, meagre, having a yellow complexion, was sensibly affected ; he appeared overcome by sadness. His troop observed towards him the most respectful esteem ! He had amongst hie sol diers the finest men I had ever seen, and some of them be longing to the first families : but there were also many indi viduals of the lowest class. Zucchi had a gloomy air, in pas sing through the ranks; he gesticulated with much vivacity, and apostrophized harshly the soldiers. But afterwards, at the Convent of Saint Agnes, where the barrack is, his lan guage and manners were more friendly; he exhorted, he en couraged, saying, that all would be well ; that they were upon a foreign territory, but amongst brothers, who would soon render them their arms.—Journal de Francfort. BOLOGNA, Blaacu lb.—The War Committee of the National As sembly met yesterday, and adopted the following resolutions 1. The citadel of Ancona shall be provisioned for a year; 3,000 men taken horn among the National Guards of the different provinces shall be sent to reinforce the present garrison. 2. The castle of St. Leoo, in the duchy of Urbino, shall be provi sioned for three months, and six hundred men will complete the pre sent garrison. 3. The garrison of Ravenna, consisting of two thousand five hundred men, shall furnish detachments for the defence of the coast. Those troops and the artillery are to be commanded by General Alini. 4. A camp of observation, of 3,000 infantry and 300 cavalry, shall be formed on the Ferrara side of Lugo, and detachments shall be sent from it as far as the Austrian advanced posts. General Zucchi will command it. and the 1,200 men (dragoons) he brought from 31odena and Parma will form pan of it. 5. General Grabinski shall assemble at Forli 6,000 infantry, 800 cavalry, and the artillery now stationed in Bologna 6. Two gunboats shall be armed in the port of Ancona, to protect the coasting trade of the Adriatic Gulf. In consequence of this decree, and of orders issued by the Military Commission to the Generals of the insurgents, three corps of the army made various movements un the 15th. The troops stationed at Rieti, Narni, and Otricoli, marched on Civita Castellani. Two battalions, from ilmbria, went from Spoleto to Rieti ; and the National Guards of Perugia, Todi, and Foligno, took the direction of Orvieto and Viterbo. , SPAIN. LETTER FROM BAYONNE, MARCH 26.—A report is just spread, that the Constitutionalists escaped from the Royalist troops w hich occupy Malaga. A letter from Madrid, of the 22J, states, that numerous arrests have taken place in that Lay, and which furnish the proof of a vast conspiracy, upon several points of Spain. Orders Lave just been sent to or ganize military commissions in the provinces.—Le Temps. LETTER FROM BARCELONA, MARCH 22.—The Count d'Espagne has arrived at Tortosa, of which the garrison has just been reinforced. He is travelling over, and surveying Catalonia, with General Monet ; and they have just passed in review at Olot, about forty thou sand men, who shewed but very little enthusiasm.— A military commission has been formed upon this point. They have received at Barcelona letters from Cadiz of the 9th of the month, which announce an insurrection in the first regiment of marines. The monks and the secular clergy made every possible effort to contradict this news, but the people know that they conceal the truth. We learn from Figuieras that they are disposed to arm, and put tbat place in a state of siege. All the deserters who arrive at Fi guieres are immediately directed upon Vich, or upon Bar celona. Prince Leopold left town yesterday morning, for his seat at Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, with their usual attendants, left Kedington Palace yesterday, on a visit to His Royal Highness. SPJRIT OP THR JOURNALS. Tunis. —ln looking over the debates in both houses of parliament, on the question of reform, we have been compelled most reluctantly to entertain the opinion —not, perhaps, quite respectful to certain persons, however conscientious and involuntary on our parts--that the enemies of the measure have actually lost their wits. The Duke of Wellington —we say it with regret: and mortification—the Duke of Wel lington, laments the meditated subversion of the Rotten Boroughs, because it will disable en arbitrary Minister from domineering, so completely as be might wish to do, over the representatives of the people. What a view fur a British statesman to confess that he has taken of the free constitution of his country ! what an acknowledgment of the imperious necessity for this bill, and of its inestimable value to us, the British ration ! But Lord Grey has been assaulted by some desperadoes of the oligarchy, for saying that the Constitution of England is founded on " re presentation, and not on nomination. • On the contrary, alledge these myrmidons, the old Kings of England used to nomi nate the boroughs which they would authorise to send up members to Parliament—(did they nominate the members?) and as an argument for Englishmen of the 19th century, they send us back to the end of the 14th. This will not do. We rest our claims on the great event of the 17th century, and on the whole spirit and usage of the 18th, cond. nued to this hour. We tell the British Polignacs, that the throne, not the Parliament, is founded on nostination,—on nomination by the peo ple of England. The house of Brunswick has no other title. Posr.—That England will be essentially a Republic from the mo ment the Reform Bill shall have received the Royal Assent, no man who is not so far entangled in forms u entirely to overlook the substance of things can for a moment doubt. England will, from that moment, be subject to a Republican Government of the worst and most pernicious kind—to a Republican Government, from which the influence of pro perty, of talents, and of character, will be nearly excluded--to a Repub lican oligarchy, in which the delegates of shopkeepers and small traders will possess the supreme and uncontrollable power. Hiaann—lt has been stated that " there are 25 livings in the Isle of Ely, one of which is of the value of 6,0001. per annum, two of 2,4001. each, four between 1,500 L and 2,0001. four between 1,01101. and 1,5001. two of 1,0001. two of 8001. one of 5001. and nine under 500. and in the whole but two resident Ineumbents." The same authority states, a near relative of the Bishop of the diocese es possessing no less than six pieces of preferment, amounting in value to five thousand four hundred pounds; five of them demanding constant residence. Now, when any allusion is made to these or similar abuses, which unhappily are allowed to exist. an outcry is generally raised by the possessors and expectant, of these die graceful pluralities, that it is done by the enemies of the Church, with a view of bringing it and religion into contempt. To such persons Lord Brougham's admirable allusion to the charitable conscientiousness of Judas Iscariot Is the best answer. Such persons are no more friends to the Church or to religion than Judas was to the poor. They are not the true shepherds, but mercenary hirelings, whose voices the sheep know not. The time is happily gone by for such delusion as this to have any weight, and people must be blind in deed if they imagine that, when the spirit of Reform is afloat, such monstrous abuses as these can pass unredressed. Would it not then be wiser in those who have it in their power to check such abuses rather than cherish and increase them—and to ask their own conscience, if they have any. whether they are not themselves inflicting more fatal wounds on the church than any which its bitterest foes can be the cause of? Reform generally Is too long in coming, to assume always so moderate a character, when it arrives, as it would have done had its opponents yielded sooner. The Church has, in this point of view, much more to fear from within than from without ; and, as the keys of its safety are still in the hands of those most interested in its preservation, they must be insane Indeed if they do not protect it while they can. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. sitcal 0011 CORIZSPONDENT. FALMOUTH. MARCH 30.—Arrived last night (Wind Ram), the Genoese brig Christopher Columbo, Coster, from Genoa, in 38 days, for Southampton; his Majesty's packet Rinaldo, Lieut. Hall, from Halif a x —left March 6th; his Majesty's packet Zephyr, Lieut. Church, from Buenos Ayres—left on the 17th Dec. Moots Video 20th, and Rio de Janeiro 25th Jan. March 3. in lat. 19.27. N. long. 37. M. W. spoke the Glasgow, of and from Glasgow for Jamaica, all well. March 7, in lat. 25.13. long. 37 49. passed an English brig of Liverpool, with two flags up—yellow with a blue cross over, blue white blue ,horizontal boom to the foot of his foresail. Arrived this morning ( Wind East) the Londonderry steamer, from London, and sailed again for Dublin ; and the 31sry, Williamson, from Palermo, in 31 days, bound to London. rim ARMY. MONTHLY lIIILITARY OBITUARY. --- - . Lieut. General—Roberts, East India Company's Service, Wrexham Lodge, Bucks. Major.General—N. M'Leod, lost in a steam-packet off Swansea. Lleut,Colonel—Tucker, late R. Irish Art. Dublin. Captains—Ridgeway, b. p. 36 F. Liverpool ; Speer, b. p. 1 F. Dun gannon ' • Lilievre, b. p. Newfound. Fenc. Canada ; Peers, h. p. 22 F; Vassar, h. p. 1. Prov. Bn of Mil. Lieutenants—Butler, 39 F. on passage from New South Wales; Mathew, 49 F. Berhampore, Bengal ; Fleming, ditto do; Moss (Adj. of Leeds Rec. District), Leeds; Walker, h. p. 7 F. Bordeaux; Ray mond, h. p. 57 F; De Ravariere, b. p. 60 F. Dominica; Moorhead, h. p. F ; Wltay, h. p. 3W. I. Regt ; Weatherstone, h. p. Can. Fenc. Quebec; Brooke, late 5 Roy. Vet. 80. York, Upper Canada; Huggup, h. p. 7 F ; Champion, h. p. 12 W. I. Regt. Cornet—Griffiths, b. p. Waggon Train, Jersey. Paymaster—Armstrong, h. p. 21 F. Quartermasters—Davenport, h. p. 16 Dr. Kenny, h. p. 32 Dr. Hayes, h. p. 2 Fen. Cay. Christian, h. p. 2 Manx Fenc. Surgeon—Thompson, 4 Dr. Kirks, Bombay. Commissariat Department—Assist. Commis. Gen. Corbin, h. p. Guernsey ; Assist Commis. Gen. Peceo, h. p. Corfu. _ HALF PAY. Return of the Total Amount of Army Half pay received by 1W Mill. tary Officers ;of the Rates of Half-pay and Military Allowance of each Class of the said Officers ; and of the Total Amount of their Half-pay and Military Allowance. (ABSTRACT.) Numbers and Rank Annual Amoi in the of Regular Army. Half Pay. 'Annual Amount of Militia Allowance. 11 Captains ... ... ... 88 Lieutenants ... ... .. 21 Ensigns 1 Lieutenant and Adjutant ... 3 Cornets ... .. ... 7 Adjutants .. .. 4 Surgeons ... .. .. 2 Assistant Surgeons ... ... 1 Paymaster .. ... ... 12 Quarter- Masurs • • ... X a. d. 1,186 6 0 6.031 12 6 1,000 14 2 82 2 6 Z 4. (1; 894 5 0 6,119 2 6 1,067 12 8 146 0 0 155 2 6 657 0 0 438 0 0 219 0 0 36 10 0 885 2 6 160 Totals . A Together War-Office, Much 21, 1831. 164 5 0 256 10 0 474 10 0 91 5 0 91 5 0 492 16 0 9,617 15 0 9,870 4 2 £19,487 19 2 C. W. WILLIAMS WYNN. POST-OFFICE REGULATIONS. The new Post Office regulations, as announced by Lord Althorp on Wednesday night, by which part of the inhabi tants of the suburbs of the metropolis will be relieved from the extra charge on their General Post letters, would afford a more extensive and equitable relief if the radius (as it is called) of three miles were taken from a point more in the centre of the town than the Post Office itself happens to be. A radius too, is not quite applicable to an oblong space, the metropolis, from Kensington to Bow, being eight miles in length, whereas it is scarcely more than half that distance in width at any one point. A three-mile-radius from the Post-Office will act, therefore, very unequally on the east and western ends of the town ; for while, in the former case, it will extend to Hackney and Mile-end, in the latter it will not reach the Regent's Park, the Edgeware road, or Sloane-street, whereas an equidistant line taken from Somerset House, which is the real centre of London, would embrace all those latter points, and many more, which the Post-Office radiKs would exclude. The boon, however, will be a very material o ne , an d we are qu i te con fident dint if by these, or any other suggestions, it can be improved, the Duke of Richmond will not hesitate to do all in his power to afford a just and equal accommodation to the public. It is stated that Whitehall chapel will not be opened for divine service for a year and a half to come : the repairs on the beautiful exterior of the building are nearly completed, the rear of the edifice presenting a similar appearance in architectural embellishment to the facade A subscription, called the silver subscription, not to ex ceed Is. each person, has been set on foot under the auspices G. T. Andrew's, of St. James's Church, in aid of the building fund of St. George's Hospital ; this is an excellent mode . of including those friendly to the institution, who would not be able to contribute a much larger sum. MAUNDY THURSDAY. A confirmation of the juvenile nobility and gentry was held by the Bishop of London, as Dean of the Chapel Royal, yesterday, being Maundy Thursday, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. After the church service, the Bishop addressed an appropriate discourse to those about to be con firmed, and then proceeded with the ceremony. his Majesty's royal bounty was distributed in a temporary building erected at the back of Whitehall Chapel, to as many poor and aged men and women as the King is years old ; via. sixty-five of each. The bounty was all given in the morning, instead of two different periods in the morning and afternoon, the church service and anthem usually performed being omitted, in consequence of Whitehall Chapel being under repair. The Maundy people having been arranged, the men at one table and the women at another, a procession from the Almonry Office entered the building soon after twelve o'clock, in the following order : A Yeoman Usher and two Yeomen iu ;heir state dresses, and onr bearing a large gold dish with white and red purses arranged round it ; the Sub. Almoner, followed by two boys and two girls from the West minster National School. selected for their good conduct ; the Secretary and Yeoman and the groom of the Almonry, with several others, all wearing white scarves, and carrying nosegays. The Sub-Almoner repeated the following prayer, prepared for the occasion : " 0 Almighty andlEverlasting GOD, who art exalted as Head over all, and dost dispose the heart of Kings as it seemeth best to thy Godly wisdom, we praise and magnify thy holy name, that thou bast not only bestowed greatness and majesty upon onr Sovereign Lord King WILLIAM, but haat also given him a heart to take compassion upon the poor and needy. Accept, 0 Lord, the tribute which he thus pays unto thee, and grant that he may be fruitful in all good works, and that his Throne may be upholden by thy mercy ; and so turn the hearts of those who are now to be partakers of bis bounty, that they may bless and praise thee for the goodness thou hast vouchsafed unto thy people, and may receive the Royal gifts in a grateful and pious spirit. through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." The Sub-almoner then distributed to each of the Maundy men a pair of shoes, a pair of stockings, and cotton and linen cloth, and two purses to each of the men and women ; one purse containing a sovereign, and a white purse contain ing as many silver pennies as the King is years old. Mr. Hanby, Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonry, and Mr. Jones, Groom of the Almonry, gave directions that every man and woman should be supplied with a loaf of bread, weighing one pound and a half. Large wooden dishes, con taining a number of pieces of fine beef, weighing 3ilb. each, were placed on the table. The Sub-Almoner then inspected the tickets by which the Maundy people had been admitted, and read the grace before meat, afterwhich the people were supplied each with a piece of meat. The Sub-Almoner having inspected its quality, pro nounced the grace after meat. The attendants next placed before each person a wooden platter, containing two salt sal mon, two salt cod, eighteen red, and a similar number of salt herrings, and four loaves. The Sub-Almoner again inspected the supply. The distributor brought forward several large leather flagons filled with ale, and several wooden ale cups. The Sub-Almoner and attendants drank to the health of King William the Fourth, which was also drank by the Maundy people in succession. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a Court of Ct.mmon Council at Guildhall, in consequence of arequisition which he had received, signed by many respectable Members, " for the purpose of taking into con. sideration the best means of testifying the approbation of the Court to Lord John Russell, for the able manner in which be introduced the bill for a reform in the representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament, and for his constant and persevering exertions in the same cause." The Thames Navigation Committee presented a Report respecting sundry applications to parliament, which was agreed to, and the Court refined it to the said Committee to make a Return of the names of such members of the Court as have been Directors of the West In dia Docks, with the periods in which they have been appointed ; and whether they have received any and what emoluments in respect thereof, or in consequence of their being Directors of the West India Docks. Mr. Alderman Copeland laid before the Court an account he had re. ceived from P. W. Crowther, Esq. Secondary of the Poultry Compter, of monies levied under Sessions process, from Michaelmas 1828 to Mi. ehaelmas 1829; and also the Secandary's Annual Account of Ancient Fees and Disbursements for the same time, during the Shrievalty of F. Booth, Esq. and W. T. Copeland, Rsq. which were referred to the Se condary's Committee, who were also directed to consider and report, if the Secondary has any and what right, to receive monies belonging to the Sheriffs, and to make any deductions therefrom. A petition was presented from Mr. William Wright, in relation to a plan proposed by him for obtaining a supply of water, filtered from the Thames, and praying to be allowed an opportunity of explaining the same, which was referred to the Thames Navigation Committee. The committee, in relation to officers and clerks employed by the corporation, presented reports respecting the offices of Comptroller of the Chamber abd Clerk of the Chamber, the consideration whereof was adjourned, and they were respectively ordered to be printed, and copies sent to every member. The Lord Mayor then laid before the Court the requisition above referred to, which was read. And sundry resolutions, expremting the thanks of the Court to Lord John Russell, for the manner in which be introduced and supported the measure of 'dorm, and for granting him the Freedom of the City in a gold box, haying been moved by Mr. Alderman Venable', seconded by Mr. Alderman Walthman, and supported by several other Members, were agreed to by the Court, and ordered to be advertised. The Lord Mayor stated, that be should convene another Court on the 14th of April next, for the election of Comptroller and Clerk of the Chamber. The Court agreed with a Report from the Secondaries' Committee, on the Memorial of the Sheriffs, in relation to the recent appointment of Mr. James u Secondary, and directed that an extract therefrom should be laid before the Court of Aldermen, with a request that they will direct at what place the business of the respective Secondaries shall be transacted for the future. The Court also agreed with a Report from the same Committee for extending the power and practice of the Sheriffs' Court, and for making an applies ion to Parliament for that purpose, and refcrrLd it back to the Committee to proceed accordingly. I tt ELAND. LIMERICK, MARCH 28.—N0 truth in a report which has been since morning very generally credited, that an Officer of the 4th Dragoon Guards was yerterday shot by banditti near Scuff. The statement is supposed to have arisen front an affray at Fekel, between Seariffand Tullo, where a vast assemblage of countrymen, who it is re ported were about to turn up ground, were met by a party of police, two of whom fired, and wounded one than in 'bestir' and another in the thigh. The mass of persons then rushed on the police, who fled to their barrack at Fete!, which was speedily demolished, and it is believed its in mates would have been destroyed, but for the exhortations of the priest ( Mr. M'Ancerney) who fortunately arrived at the instant., and saved them. A man named Glecson, who resided at Knockane, two miles from Newmarket, county of Clare, last Thursday night received seven balls through his head. A gentleman of this place, about an hour since, asked a person of that neighbourhood how the people could com mit so atrocious a murder, to which the other replied, It was better murder hint, than he should bang 53 or 60 that he.had upon his —Ten thousand acres of lard is stated to have been turned up very tecently in the county of Clue and towards Galway, of which a considerable quantity belongs to Mr. Butler, of Borahooe, whose extensive stock of cattle are starving ott a small piece of land ad-1 joining his house. Notices have been posted that no land so treated l i shall be laid down, and Dr. M'Mahon, the Catholic Bishop of M inim, has been ordered by 'Terry Alt' not to again exhort from the altar. The destruction of the credit of the gentry, ote. of Clare is amongst the consequences of the deplorable state of the country. A gentleman who just now offered the acceptances of some highly respect. able persons in payment of his bill, was told that a guinea would not be given on them all, as no Clare man's life was deemed worth d a y', purchase. NEwAOU, Monday Evening. A warjeant of the army is stated to have been killed in a disturbance Iln Clare." A bill has just been brought into the House of Lords to dissolve the marriage of G. H. Calcraft, Esq. SIR CHARLES WETHERELL'S LAST.—" So the Lord Chancellor sits to-morrow, I hear," said a noble lord this morning to the member for Borougbbridge. " Yes," re plied the latter, " and he will be the first judge that has sat on Good Friday since Pontius Pilate." This is an old joke : it was said by Mingay of Lord Kenyon, who either sat, or wanted to sit, on Good Friday, on some urgent occasion. MR. O'CONNELL AND THE IRISH BILLS. In a letter, the first of a series, to the people of Ireland, from Mr. O'Connell, in the Dublin Morning Register, of Tuesdav last, he thus describes the Vestry Bill, the new Sub-letting Bill, and the Reform of Parliament Bill. The Vestry Bill is the first. This Bill has been brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Stanley. It purports to be an amendment of the former Acts, and so it is in particulars of little, very little, comps. ative importance. But in other respects it is a con siderable and cruel aggravation of the oppression which the Catholics suffer under the present statute. In the first place, this Bill recognises —sanctions—and acts upon the odious and almost insufferable principle, that the Protestant Dissenters of every clans, and the Catholics, are to be taxed to build, repair, reconstruct, and beautify all the churches and chapels of ease of the Protestants of .he Establishment. This is a principle which must be abandoned, or nothing will be done for the country. It is, indeed, too bad that the poorest people in the world of one religion, should be taxed, ceased, and fleeced, to build and repair churches and chapels for the richest but least populous esta blishment in the world. In the second place, the new Bill recognizes, sanctions. and acts upon the unjust as well as unconstitutional prin ciple of taxation without representation—that principle which lost America to Great Britain. This Bill allows the few Protestants in any parish—or in a parish perhaps ten, twenty, or thirty miles off—to dip their hands in the pockets of the remote or neighbouring, but always unoffending and unprotected Catholics. In the third place, this new Bill introduces a new aggra vat:on of the oppressive principles which I have thus deve loped. It actually adds insult to that most palpable injury. Under the present system, the Catholics, although they could not rote in the Special Vestries, could at least protect their properties by the force of remonstrance, en treaty, and argument. They had the advantage also of knowing their friends amongst the Protestant voters from their enemies. There was some moral protection, though no legal protection in all this. Well, out comes this new Bill, fostered and full-fledged, by this friendly, oh ! most friendly, Irish Administration, and it takes away this pour protection—it takes away this miserable consolation—and it actually turns the Catholics out of the Special Vestries, and leaves the Protestants free from the annoyance of remon strance, argument, or even inspection. What think you of that, people of Ireland ? Catholics, Presbyterians, Seceders, Calvinists, Independents, Quakers, what think you of such a bill ? The men who introduce measures of such a description as this may be surrAnded by flatterers and steeped to the lips in adulation. They may canvass for flattery, and flatter themselves when every other resource fails, but alas ! for poor Ireland, which is under their management, and double woe on the heartless readiness which exists to cheer on every exhibition of power, when exercised over my wretched native land—but patience is our duty. The people of Ireland may rely on it that I will divide the house on the principle, as well as on the details, of this in sulting " amendment." The second evil is the new subletting act, and I heartily rejoice that it is in my power to bestow some, and not in considerable commendation on this measure. The first section totally repeals the abominable subletting I act. So far so good. Why not stop there ? Why not be content with listening to the tears, the prayers, the entrea ties of the poor people of Ireland ? Why mix up any of the •ld poison with the measure of healing utility ? Why not ! But need I ask such a question ? Or if I ask it, have I rot my answer in looking at vanity, which is blind arro gance, which is insulting, and here and-there individuals who would, perhaps, envy Polignac, all but his failure ? If such individuals there be, let them console themselves with know ing that this bill does not terminate with repealing the old subletting act. No; it goes on and institutes a new subletting act. One certainly of less injustice, and one totally free from any imputation of the crime of retrospective effect. This new subletting act is, therefore, free from any direct injustice. it is honest, but it is harsh and unnecessary. It is a boon as far as it goes, but it is ungracious. It is also foolish—very foolish indeed, in the government, to gratify the aristocracy by any such enactment; but let us he grateful to that government for annihilating the unjustprin ciple of the former bill. There is one ludicrous portion of the new Subletting Act which must not pass unnoticed ; it is this : after absolutely repealing the old act in the first section, it takes up in the last section the dead act, and revives it and makes it per petual as to all leases executed between June, 1826, and the pu.sing of the new act—thus having a species of " pinch of time, as to which the old Subletting Act, with all its horrors, is to be immortal. This, I suppose, is done lest the people of Ile:and, who are of a most forgiving, kindly, and oblivio a disposition, should forget the horrors of the old act altogether. I will endeavour, all that one individual can, to confine the new act to the repeal of the old. I now ask those who are so clamorous about preserving the Legislative Union, these two questions : First—Why, if the two countries be united in effect, there should be one law between landlord and tenant in England, and another law between► landlord and tenant in Ireland—and the Irish law much more favourable to the landlord, and much more oppressive on the tenant, than the English law ? Answer me that. Secondly— Why, if there really be an union, there should be one law for building Protestant churches in Eng land, where the people are principally Protestants and fre quent and use the churches, and another law for building Protestant churches iu Ireland, where the people are princi pally Catholics, and never see any part of those churches except the outside—why should Catholic parishioners buihi, at their expense, Protestant churches in Ireland, while Pro testant parishioners do not build, at their expense, Catholic churches in England ? 1 want au answer to that. This letter has grown on me , that I have not :space or time to detail the other and the greatest measure of the thee —the Reform Bill. I postpone, until the next pest, my commentary on the Reform Bill. But 1 must here congratulate the people of Ireland, Protestants and Catlicii , .s, on its introduction. I joyfully anticipate its passing into a law. It will be a great town —a n .tional benefit, of mighty and permanent ad vantage. We owe gratitude, support, and admiration, to those aho introduced it. There are m. ny and many details in which it is defective , but in principle and in spirit it is a majestic measure of amelioration, and should he hailed with joy by every lover of the liberty, peace, and prosperity of mankind. His Royal Highness Prince Coburg, and his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, have each made a donation of 100. in aid of the fund raising for the famishing population of Ireland. _ THE LAT& SIR MAN A:SEH M ASSEII LOPES.—This baronet, whose de:ease has just taken place, was of Jewish extraction, and a native of Jamaica, where he was born in 1755. He assumed the name of Lopes, sad was created .a baronet during Mr. Pitt's premiership, in 1805, with re mainder to his nephew, Ralph France, Esq. who succeeds Sir Newish in his tide and vast estates in the western counties. i 4