Star. — London, England, 1808-05-26 00:00:00

, I ... , . . • .-. . . _ . . . . ifr ...„ Mr. ELLIOT allowed that ne p ledge bad b silenenwas.contemptuous or . not, he did not know ;.,...; I Catholics, but certainly expectation s had been he e l e d n o w u g e t t , v an en d l w o h t en he they who had held them could not fulfil them, the bit lie wae certainly not surpnzed that thote who ad- • hen a painfu l l situation. When he himself had voted for r t e he ce U rt ilio n n ly t v uen Oca ts te , d th the i dai d be rtlealad had to answer to their consti- their disah a tii d tt i e d s. exp . le h t that who Catholics were to be relieved from c d int of : office because disposed to consider it aScontemp- i tuous. There another- reason why he could not , they could not fulfil the expectations woila the t il h gon h e le ra ao a d ed, were now . ciatedwithone whowas against the prin cip le a . lto e f t e m tke u r . fa t . t silent, and that was the mode in which asN c Chin—one who when Attorney General, had said, that m it ts w of o t uld e thuestiond had d of the late Ministers with respect to this i s he the a p v e iola titi t o t h o . n eil h the Act , of Union to comply with the prayer of been adverted to by the 'Right Hod . ' cuter provision in the Act in fa athsesobaa alluded to by ~ e ndernah n s da nd the Noble Lord. It.had been *asked 'cur of the Protestant Churc h , Ph Gentleman. this was why they? He brought forward this subject When the Right Honourable Gen r t e len , paasin , g h o o f w t e ha ve t r ; t c h t ere was either h gross frau d . or gross folly in the Act— in of e_would tell the Noble Lord that it had said the Union was not a bar, for there was a cla •— i n a o te tbe c ea brought forward now by any Member of the pitvidi e h th . e instance, should cond.:se till the Legislature chanced them, C l. Government, it had been brought forward by_ the ife t t lr e t o in ,d it e self encouragedt he . expec tations of the ' CathOlics. Ca e tho ics themselves, whose petitions lay on the table asholi e c ried u to th th e e spirit maul. (rated by . Ministers towards the C appointment He th li . would allow, if the Noble Lord could make an; exaltationffmd—the reduction df thaMeynooth Grant—the ontourredGl 19g of that, that it was not the wish of the late ad-oct.hor to the Privy Council-6. o a si he leUce e Ci i n D s ministration the d that the question should be urged ; but and the unpr ecedented n a e n h oc op c e asl d occasi on, t h at t i h i a o t u had been attempted to be Preserved that night. y themselves wish this, their object had been so to de- e: into a Committee, for though no•hing couldle expect se ed ° f •u ro u t i . t part heir f ves as to induce the Catholics to forego i et as entered fully Into the spirit above mentioned ; claims ot a time. /3ut if the Catholics should G entlemen who would allow the claims unde y r et ce t rtain e have still urged them, they would, have e ene e ss ed . modifications. tbr otte ln ‘ o t rder . to :eon up public spirit in Irish Ca • themselves and voted on the sub'ect as the tholics,it was y real] Mr. WlLBEREo)lllJ,Emsatidhe. notwithstanding place, t stop a u te Lc t o u n na fi l d i e h n e c e e n . thought. Therefore, he said, that the Membc • advanced -in support of the petitions., there evas a ll the la te Administration had not brought forward the men against rt,ha ti . i i em, which preveeted them from receiving r gh li e . question nn ; but it being brought forwat d they st oke h public ,‘ zppßight I fonoui able Gentlemen had rouget the measure ferward with all that .I .* e oquence which was 41 would vote accofding to their sentiments. Ifthe . I , but ~.L l th i e so peculiarly his own and in a west ten Gentlemen opposite thought they could prevent the the other side knew it co 'Gentlemen on ' t i ll e r Let manne r c n ari er e feelings of three .or four millions by such an ar- s'cGoennst'icicmr But ut they "e wishedi i t t o ti v in te e w a i t t last as a to speak t h i is sentiments on the subject. ge o m u era t , t h h e could th not see the utility of it. cs : p e i t o . p q ot u e e d sti t o o n s , to a c r . thought they ought not to go farther. It P - couldput thequ,estion in theirpockets c t o o a , C l om i Commit .ought g . t h w at ey tee , in which the claims o f the Catholics might be lt nvres died it when as . to . produced when it suited them, dis- but e was known to all that such inquiry ') wasPLr properly cusse it suited them, and kept back when it :Icab e t il; pre sent i,., a . time to agitate so serious a su l l ' a •l oc c ; suited them. (Hear ! hear I) And then; MS to die in a proper e• manner o t , in it se ro di ld , not be done, for the Howe consistency of which the Noble Lord had boasted, it could not, at the present tcoutsheany Right sub j ect without ex• • pressions of heat. He would :tate ) amounted to this : When they went out of Office for o f En Hondowureabrelea‘Geen• tlem th an (Mr. Windham), that the people not being able to carry this question, they then said t o again e st m th e e as c ur a e t La li n e d r i l f . petitions had not been sent from all parts that it 'ought not to be discussed. It drove them out i u t s t, t v ed as because they entertained a ac he( that Parliament XL '. once—there was no help for that ; but they would take h th the N measure. He knew it was the topic of general g dislike " i i i; care that it never should do so again (lewd cr i er t England. He did not say how far conec lst o o rt io h s er w n er c e ou l lties of or ar mar! hear!) He wished he could adopt the Nob Ca tholic s , latl but he would say, that when sgm ht il wrongclaims hadto thehee been Lord's notion, that the circumstances were such thatreje cted, the used the House should not proceed with the same dispatch th at thus question might very well wait the convenience of t th eov e a f r t3 ,. other measures of less importance. He participat y ed hi of people Right itht those who were so desirous of having . no discussion land.Honeurable Gentleman (Mr. Grattan) towardsfeelings of Ire upon it till it stilted themselves. But it was a featurem an wished them better than he did, an P d e tto e u o gh the not to be overlooked in the present situation of the House coul d No not go into a Committee on the pre • sent claims, they country. It w as a d m itted , ,that prospects had been might speak of the Irish Catholics to the Catholics by the language that (4 Laugh ')— and he would gladly concur in promoting their wel held o ut been used at the time of the U • men. This was all they -e ' forward without a prospect of sue • could have then, for the case allowed of • explained. . act. That must come after ---and now the expectations Mr. MARTIN (of Galway ) spo ke with great earnestness in fa of the at o les ought to be fulfilled. When the C h veer of the Catholics, if observed, that, notwithstanding what had been said about moder ation 'e and calmness, he was sorry to I owed to the Ca-question was brought forward, the y - night; uttered i ay, he had vo h l eard more inflammator y language this timlics the elt . pression of that sentiment, and he c alm t ' h ee ose an w d ai 3 l e s ten for on a ic tone, than he believed had been uttered would vi never vote contrary to his feeling and belief. within He deprecated the idea of dis missing their petition wi c th ell o . u -u t r) ; • ful I ten he voted in conformity to these, he would leave discussion, as it would be felt highly insulting to the Catholic Body. e House to judge, whether " the mean and time- su pported u.i the Union, which could not be carried uterl without th their serving feelings;" were characteristic of those who w l s e acq uiescence , that upon an understood pledge of emancipation. e i r t voted in this manner, or .of those who thought one us Union . o b r le ßebellion; but hews now that occasion, i t w way and voted another (load tries of Hear ! hear I) -- sorry to observe, Catholics, a a ßebellion even after Union. A pledge was un der stood isi t it:4l ll l °e admirably Wit h reet to the particular question, it had been sotiveen it. th l o f l t i h cs a , and in were degree acted upon by these who had treated by his Honourable Friend, that he hro re ken now and to th be e ab ha m t roned, the compact with the Catholi t c P s ied w g ue could add nothing to what he had said. The answer arigh t t h to claim the resonances of their Par given was, that the point had been decided two or three lament . He apprehe nded y e ss q t u o e u n la ce t of rejecting their pe• tition would be, that the Cat e ho e rcs s years ago ; and an attempt had been made to skew, m ore she refer tc, that House the discussion of their claims; but that they when there was no difference in the circumstances. But th era the f Protestants who had been averse to the Unio y n, wouldatand ns join the Protestants of Ireland, who were on the e ther., fo rmerly an erl o y f rie nds it of . that measure, who had since become any spot, and must be the best judges of the danger, bad convertsetioNonniorne, repealed d d they would join In their en deavours to have th at come to the conclusion that it was necessary to corn- Mr. PONSONBY contrasted tone of the Hon ply with the Catholic Claims, and so far altered their just sat down, with that which be maintaitieGdewnfhleenman ii formerk opinions — if this was not a change, he did not w m h ila o r had ob j ections , jects to as w h tio ch tim it e, circumstances, and the disconten n n o t w what could be called one. It had been said, of the sll, w T ere advanced against his measure for the Abolition of Sla ve . fh P e hed Hen. state of Europe was dangerous before Gentleman offeted to refine such objection ra s, d w e• ere M q rhat the —hut h was it more dangerous since ? And . was net on this occasion. Eroin this the Right 'HbnouraebletiaGnyenfoircible the situation aii of the Papal power now such as to do conceited t he upon the observations of Mr. t Canning, enlan t. away ft apprehensions that might have been . enter- P which he co to nce e betray an indifference to the opinions of Burke, Pitt, and Fox, wh tr o a toat n he from that quarter ? How were the Catholics how e ver authorities p quite be neath the consideration of the Minister w It could only be by their pro- to the danger to be apprehended from the Po pes °l;eit‘ Affairs. As connection with fession j a u ng their of • en - practice. As to their profession, the Irish Catholics teasing out of the dominion of Bonaparte over they rejected every doctrine that could form a ground that personage ' appealed he to the common sense of the House, whether any • of complaiet against them : Nay, it was admitted, thing was to be apprehended from that quarter - - What motive could the Pope have to promote t h e wishes of 80. even bl e t t h r ose wh oopposed them rt t . _ upon this occasion, napae ? He certainly could not be prompted by affection or that obnoxious tenets had been renounced interest to du so. But in order to remove all apprehensio n s on by what had been granted them already. But if this that bead, he was authorised to say that the Catholic Clergy were was disbelieved, it only remained to look at their willin g , in the event of themeasure be __ fore the Hot • bei • = Hoare bring - practice. With all the bad effects that had resulted ceded to, that the appointment of every • • land should in future finally vest in the King . latho T he Bishop in Ire from the events of the last 15 years, there was thistintshad ceased to feil any ui at o th p e r i o d v e c a that of Ca good he good one,. that much prejudice had been done awe\ . Irisht ho ii c I 'ro teProtest tiii, Dieu emancipation,. he,h all t and that the , had rather become friendly Was it by a Papal bull that Germany had fall H on. Gentleman referred to a letter from Mr. Plunkett, the late At could the Pope save her Most Faithful Majesty from f ra s l e o r f e that Country, which letter was dictated byehe resolutions o f Co unty Meetings. banishment?—was the Papal power e ffi caciously ex- Mr. Plunkett mentioned in his letter, that he h:1 theno doubt nine etted any of the peat events which this eventful tenths of the Protestants would poll in favour of a period had produced ? But i: might be said, ( an d he C a th o lic _ Emancipation. With regard to what took measure of place upon believed that there were some who thought so) that this subject during the Administration of h a Member of thatt the Duke of Bedford, be was ready to state, as the Irish were much more retentive of prejudice than claims , reference that w ha n d en to t e C u atholics brought forward their claims the Catholics on the Continent. Supposing this to be the Catholics wire I:nIllt asked here—in consequence of which re n f ce erence trn t e ch to what was it owing, but to the bad policy which to uo the press their claims to the extent ' originally me ntioeed. ut n a u s t ten adopted with respect to *lreland, and there- prepared measure to proposed by the late Administration, he was, that . it would have sistance t to those conciliating measures which had sof- given great satisfaction to the Catholics . Th e Right Hon. Gen ened down the Catholic character in every other • part tleman argued in favour of the freq uent cf discussion of this question of the world ? It was not by persevering in such a sys- as the surest way to produce the • tem that we . were to expect to conciliate thelrishCatho- dice and error. Lord CASTLEREAGH, in explana • lies. It became us et last to abandon that harsh mode of Mr. Pitt, and the G tlo o n ver , a o . m terred, that upon ofproceeding, which experience had proved to be so t form t rd ignatigm In 1801, no pledge or condition w en a t s et. t e e v r hi e d e. hi into .mischievous, and to adopt that snore kind and cone'. which co ll ier! l e n- t y mtl e e gr ot ue fetter the conduct of the several mem t - bees of that GIN 4-2 ting method which had in other place& been found sp wins uke r a eg , a a Ld u to the Catholic question. General ARCHDALE: to be attended with the most beneficial 'effects.— t t a h n e d na to ess ure of ernar.ci pation as adverse to the Constitut ion , b the sentiment of He could not leave this without adverting to the con. such I rish hl sh Protestants as he was acquainted with. nection which appeared between the conduct of Mi- Mr. NINDILk contradicted the stet !mein of Lord Castle misters on the present occasion, and the they pursued Col leagues to abdicate the Government urged Mr. Pitt and his withrespect to Ireland. When _lie con- Mr. YORKE expressed in 1801. articular vsh to know upon what sidereal that not only were these benefits claims refused, but authority the Right Hon. Gen tleman i onby) grounded that even education and otherdisposition o f the Irish ' only denied them, he were studi- Ms statement relative to the (Mr. P°ll5 CC that this had great appointment of their Bishops , that • Clergy as to the future weight in determining his vote. Every allusion made well-founded, must save to catholic Claims remove a principal objection to the the subject by a Right Hon. Gentian a 1 (Perceval ) Mr. PONSONBY • answered, that be made the stet *hose opinion seemed to predominate in h:s Majesty's the au . th • o a r n its w of ho The a lvianer, wuo was a Catholic Blsho e p ht in u M n s Councils on this point, referred to an experiment of country, authorised by the Catholic Bishops of Ire land to make the p w ropostion conversion—an experiment of which the good effects, the measure of .Catholic Emancipation should be accecie l d to. The proposition was this, supposing it to succeed, at best must be very remote , that the person to be nominated to any vacant Bishopric should the danger resulting situ-from it, and from the he submitted for the King's approbation : and that if the a PPaa ation in which the Catholics were held , was immediate 6.., i on wer e - refused, another person s h ou ld be proposed, and so on in succession, until his Maje sty ' s approbation should be ob and pressing : tainesi—so that the sh oul dappoietmen Sub ipsnm hums, immetntr sepuldtri, Ex finally rest with the King. The CHANCELLOR of th e HEQuEIP ihtld, that• the Sums dom.: Right Hon. Gentleman and his Colleagues, 01l endea. Much - might be done by conciliating measure% and enured to put off the subject, and most e s s :i l se eh ly ell 11 7 316 c; eee had gone too far in toleration to stop short. If told the House it could not be al:lrouPghCdtitifoClY did the Catholics were admitted to the Army, Navy, and s tooui but and th ' ey oew ligh , t tt,hi l i t te c t o s u o ld st e r ot be too much discussed. How came this the Bar, and did not object to the prescribed oaths , of it that they were then• in power, and now they or w gi er y e o o n u t t h o r what evils could result from admitting them to the ' t. How could this happen without makirg it a question of arty p : they brought forward their highest situations ? •He had said so much out of re- Bill—they launched it , indeed , in that House, but they AS: le ward to the petition of Sor 4 millions . of our • ' tent to witted it, raw from the important consideration f con. rather than from any hopes of convincing those v. h ' ' mint c sertile r e y a. being prum co t zt e i s n c uedlonger in possession of their su perior othe his Honourable Friend's speech could not convince . on' Hon. Gentkman who'h however , he beggui to except the Right brought forwaarthe question of that iiigh Sir 1. C. FIIPP2SLEY spoke in - favour of the Catholic • . Claims, in a way so concir • un.wg, and with awl moderation, as entitled t and quoted various authorities to slaw that th e appreheraion if Licolo the thinks 'of that House, and of all the par ties concern ed danger from their tenets was chimerical. ~'~ Saturday last saw a fleet of about 90 sail, suppo se d to be the Brazil convoy, &c. . His Majesty*s brig • Rzownvo, Captain 114 1 EN az .. rived at Gibraltar the Bth May ; her fore-mast ilia. bled by two 4 2 kpowaciq shot h a tving.passedthrou g h it; one shot through her grain -mast ; one through th e bowsprit, and several through the hull ; one mzn killed and three Wounded, in an action she sy.stairted with the undermentioned convoy, which she fell in with ofrrerifa the same day, arid which sailed from Al. geziras for Cadiz, on Friday the 6th Miy, Biligente two 24 and two 8-pounders 60 mea—conk. Boreas two 24 and two 8-pounders 60 min--ditto. No. I. two 24 and we 36 -pounder 36 men—ditto. VI. one 24-pounder .7. men—date. CVII. two 6-pounders 35 men —escaped. A Mule, four 6-pounders 2,5 men—taken. A Felucca four 3-pounder: 40 elm --4.ekiel. Seven merchantmen taker-, one escaped. The wind being very light, and the e-seray cr. their sweeps, the brig could nci close nearer than mosque:. shot befc:c they tacked ir.to shoal water. Their first de:err:Ora tion was to board, but fetching Within poi:.: black Shot, they lost all confidence. The accounts by the CRANE are in substance that a dreadful insurrection had taken place at Madrid ; that upwards of 10,000 men have been killed the contest, and that the utmost confusicu cer.ilnued t• prevail. By this vessel accounts have also been received which state, that the sec:,nd in command of the tern. bined fleet at Cadiz was assassinated on the Id inst. at the Theatre there ; but whether a Spanish or French Officer is not stated. The fleet in Cadii consists of 12 sail Of the line, 1 frigate, and a brig. Having already noticed that the above atceunts from Spain are not later than those brought by the SUPERB, we need hardly add that probably they con tain some eiaggerations. The accounts from Paris, which we published on Monday, stated, that the French troops had triumphed in the contest; and) we are sorry to say, that most probably this will prove to have been true, and that all this blood has been shed' to ito pr.rpose; The Duke de MEDINA CEII, and about fourteen of the principal Nobility, and several Archbishops and Bishops, had, it is said, been prevailed on to go to Bayonne. This is probably correct. It is the obvious LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY ASCP !MON Dar.—No butilless done at the Stock Etclarge. Dispatches were th:s morning received at the Ad. miralty from Lord Cou.mowoon, dated in the Me diterranean, but they are not thought to cdittain any thing very important. The TOWNSHEND packet carte in eleven days from Gibraltar, not three weeks as, stated in the first ac counts received yesterday morning. The accounts she brings respecting affairs in Spain are not later than those we laid before our Readers on Tuesday, but they detail some particulars not then stated. The CRANE schooner has also arrived at Plymouth from off Cadiz, with dispatches for Government.— She left our fleet on that station, consisting of eleven sail of the line, on the 9th instant, all well. Pre vious to her departure, dispatches had been received by Admiral Putvis, direct from Cadiz, containing some details respecting the Insurrection which took place at Madrid in the beginning of the present month. We have received several letters by these vessdßs, and have been favoured with a perusal of some ethers . they are unanimous in stating that this event was accompanied with great slaughter, but, as might be expected, they differ in their particulars, as the differ. ent writers have viewed the transaction through dif ferent media. The following is the general substance of the accounts from Gibraltar • policy of NAPOLEON to get as many hestegcs in his power as he can. The Gibraltar Chronicle mentions what has been known for some time : that the Toulon and Roche fort squadrons had landed some French troops at Corfu ; Ind an article from Milan of the 3d April, prohibiting the wearing of cockades of a new colour, believed to have been circulated in Italy on counter revolutionary principles. Private letters state, that upwards of 60,000 of the inhabitants of Catalonia were under arms, and that an intimation had been made to the Governor of Gi. bralta, that with the aid of 20,000 British. troops, and 100,000 stand of arms, the Spaniards would engage to expel the enemy from their country. Saturday morning, the honk 0r si V. oriszs, at Hares, in Kent, was robbed in the following extraordinary manner. When Miss (Issas, daughter of Sir VICART, awoke in the rimming, she discovered that all her cloaths were taken away, the quilt off the bed, and every thing that was portable in the room. Oa examining the premises, it was discovered that the robbers had, by tying some hurdles together, made a ladder and ascended a colonade, which goes round the house, found easy access to Miss G.s .room, and made off with the proper', without awakening her. A large stick was left upon the bed. 44 On the 2d instant General /dunAr (Grand Duke of Berg) entered Madrid, and intimated to the Infant DON ANTONIO, that his presence was necessary at the conferences about to be held at Bayonne, between BONAPARTE and the KING ; and that it was expected, he would issue a proclamation declaring him (Murat) Regent in his absence. To this the Infant answered, That he had received the Regency from the King his nephew, into whose hands only he would resign it; and that as the duties of Regent of Spain were in compatible with a journey to Bayonne, he should re. main at Madrid.' MURAT, finding the Infant im.. moveable in his determination, cricred a large body of troops, which he had a few days before with drawn from Madrid, to re-enter that city ; intending, as is supposed, to seize the person of Dort ANTONIO, and to declare himself Regent. The inhabitants having got intimation of it, and being alarmed at the return of the French, collected in the streets, attacked the French army with vigour and resolution, took their cannon, which they turned against them, and drove them out of the town with great slaughter. It is supposed, that at least 10,000 persons lost their lives in the conflict. The French force was originally 80,000, and rivulets of blood were running through the streets. When these accounts came away every thing was in the greatest confusion, and nothing further had transpired." The Governor of Gibraltar received some further accounts about two hours before the Townshend's departure, which were brought by her to England. Admiral PURVIS also, commanding the fleet off Cadiz, received dispatches from that port a few hours previous to the Townshend falling in with him, which to" Courcr or KiNG . I Bzwen.—Yesterday Thomas Coates, lite Coroner for the County of HereLrd, was brought up to naive judgment. He had been found guilty at the last Assizes, for giving a false charge to the Jury, and persuading then to returns verdict, namely, that a person died by the Visitation of Goo; when in fact la: did in consequence of a violent assault ; of which gross misconduct he was found guilty. The Court permitted him to resign, and bound him over in his own reto:nizan. - .e, subject to be brought up again at their d',...retion. Thomas Loftus, an Excise Otlicer, was also brought up to rt.: , ceive judgment. lie had been found guilty at the Lancaster Assizes of defrauding the Revenue. The Coast ordtreA him to the custody of the Marshal, and to be brought up again on Friday. FALMOUTH, MAY 29. Sailed yesterday the HIMUZIL hired armed ship, Captain Htti,, with a convoy for the Downs ; a few coasters for Portsmouth. — The Francis Freeling packet will sail the first favourable wind for the Leeward Islands. PLYMOUTH, MAY 4 24. Caine in the Cit*Nt schooner, with dizi: atchrs from cif Cadiz. She tailed from hence the 2sth of April, oititi left the fleet on .2a diz on tke 9th inst. all well. Sailed ha Niajcsty's ship Tnestos on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 93. Sailed his Majesty's ships la Finnan with a convoy for Cork; and the Foalous with a fleet of transports, &c. fur Guernsey. DEAL, MAY es. - - Arrived the BezziapPHON, 74 guns, from Plymouth ; Tzcar, Tatussra, and MINOTAUR, of 74 guns, from a cruize off flush ing. Sailed the SHARFSHOOTIII gun brig, for Por.smouth, Caving under convoy a Sett of Trthaports, with a number of outward bound Merchant vessels: RzsoLurz and FLAMER gun brigs, U. a cruize off Bouitigne ; BLAZza gun brig off Hushing. Al iVcAI and sailed for the River, the Ann, from St. Domingo. SHEERNESS MAY 25 . • MI . tow - . Arrived his Majesty's ships /VIALABAR, ENDYMION, and Re. NOSISSZE, from the Mediterranean; also a number of ships for Stangate creek, to pezform quarantine; the Nordun, Rut R, un der Swedish colours, with a cargo of salt, from Lymington,bourd to Sweden ; and the Maida gallica, Nzwcoate Master, from Bris tol, in ballast, bound to Stockholm.—This day the Chts.r rso man of war was paid wages previous to her sailing.—Came down from Chatham WAKSPITF, 74 guns, a Mt: new ship.—Wind N.W. YARMOUTH, MAY 2S. Arrived his Majesty's ships BRUN swicK and EDOAR from the Downs, l'Astimme and Taossezuss. front a cruize, and remain la the Roads with the ROEBUCK, NASSAU, and STOI'ELI men of war, and several small cruizers.—Wind MARRIED. — were likewise transmitted to Government. These dispatches, it is rumoured, relate to the Spanish fleets. Admiral Puitvis's fleet was in high spirits, 'and in hourly expectation of being called in to take possession of the Spanisb,fleet, &c. On the 22d of April, the Townshend fell in with Lord Cou.niciwoon's fleet, of 16 sail of the line, off Maretimo : •his Lordship was still in the dark re• spnting the route of the Rochefort squadrow On At Cornwall, on the 16th instant, Alexander Key, Esq wino. merchant in London, to Miss Johnstone, only damhter ut George Johnstone, Ess of Cow-bill. DIED. Tuesday last, at Seaton Delays:, Northumberland, the Right Honourable John, Lord Delaval, at an advanced age. On the 10th March, at Port Royal, Jamaica, Lieut. W.l :Swinburn, of the Meleager frigate, aged 23, ellen son of the lug Colonel Swlnbcrn. LONDON: Printed and published by LLVh.I. Ke..NIC, of Can terbury Place, Lambeth) at the Ssui-Orrtcr, 1, Carel street. Published also at the Stait-Ottica, its SOW. in it. The Right Hen:"Gentlitnin then went into several argBl7 ments against the measure, and concluded by giving It his decided nes-41yr.• /I.W. WHITBREAD thought that at so late an hour the De bate should be adjourned. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON concurred in this opinion. But the cry of Go on! go on! becoming general, Mr. WHITBREAD proceeded to discuss the question. He , remarked upon the apparent resolution of the Gentlemen on the. Freasury Bench to avoid discussion altogether; which resolution was violated only in consequence of the wish of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that he should .nut appear as a mere unit iu the train of Lord Hawhesbury. The Hon. Gentleman exhorted Par liament to concede in due time to the claims of the people--to imitate the policy of the wise Elizabeth, rather than that et the weak and wavering Charles, whose concessions were always too late, and whose impolitic attent6n to public Opinion at length led him to the block. Mr. PIurcHINSON rose amidst a genera) call for the Ques tion. After some pause he observed, that that very cry was in it self a sollicient reason for his Waking the proposition which he was then .bbent to submit to the House. The exhausted state in which Gejrtleneen must be c tsyheu they could not bear to hear a man who was anxious to deliver his sentiments, showed that it was not too mewl. to a,k of the House to adjourn thedebate, espe cially as it was to he observed that there were many Gentlemen of considerably greater weight than him, who had Oat had an opportunity of speaking on the subject. He therefore proposed that the further debate should be adjourned to this day. Upon this question being put front the Chair, General MATTHEW endeavoured to obtaip a hearing amidst a general buz and call from some for the question, and tre:r. others to proceed with the debate. Although he stated, that he observed a smile upon the countenance of a Noble Lord opposite (Castlereagh), it ill became a person in his ua sal situation, tO treat with so much levity, a question in which sue irteres s of so large a portion of his Irish fellow sabjects wee most deeply in volved. But he had some consolation in the rellntion, that the Noble Lord was not a RepresentaAve of the Irish People. No, he had been rejected in that part of Ireland Where he was best known, and he did not believe, in fact, that there was a county, borough, or individual In IrelaiLl, that would not reject the service of the Noble Lord. He moat cordially seconded the motion. Colonel MARTIN also spoke for the Adjournment.—A divi sion then toot place, and the Mendo.:rs were—For the Ad journment, 118; Against it, 298—Majority 180. Tho House then proceeded with the debate, bat the Gallery was nut re-opened.—On a division upon the main question there was—For the House going into a Committee, 128; Against it, 281—Majority 153. After the division, it was suggested that it would be more con venient if the discussion of the Local Militia Bill WA postponed till Friday ; but Lord CASTLF_REAGH persisted in his original intention, and the debate stands for this dap—Adjourned half atter We o'clock. THE EVENING STAR. i.~. ' q • l e ? 00 4 Alf(' tlg na find Sari t F