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410 . X..-11W . E y OF WHL` , T i eZeZeo ,V .c -. T.,"C 'I. (/ .. ry (2 e,,. c d-- r . Al Ar k" 8 " l b it k; s 4 11 t Alk Ai V 0 t Att • ) ,____ ) , • ?1- 6:7'41% I 1 ill i j l LONDON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1825. No. 6,938. Price 74. INFORMATION FOR MARINERS. FLUAT/1111 LIGHT AT THE NORE. TH E Corporatists of Trase4 M Meow token ass sum for mos b. Idskt os Nore to be mord by the sts of a now possifal Li& than boa kgssfste been skews ea that Yantis, motice atone Is kooky Wires, end Meows of Wasik Pilots, s oca others skew k nay cononrs, are recrasted at observe, that is NI after the let hank nest, time Montag Light at the Nore Ohs eakibited in • new Vona foson sot Lantern (ley, Aa r Light of gent boillinsorin army dirsbiss, i to 1 7. 1 4 sunk Med ; and thot ikepoesant &Oak dick *re Agee boa Two Unmans sokpondel Miaberadly, win he domes yank Rossosiased; By Oontsanb let J. ll= l 4'. Sec. T i ggsrM i son, loolon, Jan. 11, 111118 ORFICE OP ORDNANCE,Pa.II,IB2b. 'ME PrigheiPal Wavers of kis ligyest's Ord:masses Jo benby pts stub. that &try_ will SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at tie Tower. es THUISSDAY, the 3d of ]larch s m. a: Merest o'Cbsk LOTS eranoss precisely, SUNDRY OF OLD STORES, Ganoiatinw as f jobbeds and Junk Abe a Quantity of Steel Rain. ti/ings men, whets and broken Pisces of Goa Barrels Res - lois= Bedsteads =Flaradisa 17:11 4 t h e at* of which may be clewed upon oppliossion ens Prins, im iscoginepees Office at the Tower, soul tbe Any d bale, with crampoon of the Junk and Wooden Bedsteads. which nay be tree os application to the Storekeeper at the Royal Arsenal; and u'le Bursa Master at Woolwich, from whence those articles will be dehrered to the pitchman. Catalogues of the Lone and Conditions of the Sale will be deli vered at the Principal Storekeeper's Office at the Tower, to those priori who cosy apply fur the same. By order of the Board, W. GRIFFIN. Sdrretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Feb. 23, 1885. THE Court of Directors of the United Company of Alvrhants of Esighnsd, trading N the East Indies, do hereby ews Vaticc, ram a GENERAL COURT of the slid COMPANY Trill be hdl, by Adjournment, at their House, in Leadenhall.street, on 3losnast NEXT, the 28th Instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. for the purpose of continuing the " Cor.sideratioo of the Ifydrsbad Papers now before the Proprietors, as far as they respect tit conduct of the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings, late Go. tacor•General of India. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, I eb. 23, 1825. SHE apart of Directors of the United Company of ' . Nerchasde of England trading to the East Indies do hereby Notice, That the Court will be ready to receive proposals, in writing, on or before IVEDNESDAY. the 16th March, from the owner or own- ers ai good. sound, and substantial ships, of the burthcn of from ' ald tens to g tons registered measurement, specifying the rate of freight at which they may be willing to let such ships for one roiage to and than ii.mgal. That the Court will also be ready to receive proposals, in wri ting, on the aforesaid 16th karch, from the owner or owners of good sound and substantial ship', of the burthen of from 450 tons, and upwards, registered measurement, specifying the rate of freight at which they may be willi.ng to let such ships fur one voyage to Bengal, to carry out troops art.'s stores. That the Court will also be ready to receive proposals, in writ ing, on tine aforesaid 16th March, from the owner or owners of good sound and substantial ships, of the burthen of 450 tons, and upwards, registered measurement, specifying the rate of freight at which they may be willing to let such ships for one voyage, to Bombay, to carry out troops and stores. The tenders, with the words " ship trotter," on the cover, to be severally seared up, and left with the Secretary, at this House, at or before Twelv e o'clock, at noon, on the above-mentioned day, beyond which hour no wader will be received. JOSE I'll DART, Secretary. The particulars of the terms and conditions upon which the this will he respectively employed, may be bad on application at the Office of the Clerk to the Comtnittee of Shipping at this House, on or after Saturday next, the 26th instant. _ GENERAL CATHOLIC MEETING, Saturday, February 28. A GENERAL MEETING of hie Illejesty's CATHOLIC SUBJECTS will be held THIS DAY, at the Freetnasons"fa. rem at Twelve o'clock, to take into consideration the propriety of PETITIONING the HOUSE of LORDS NOT TO PASS the BILL now in its preßew thsough the House a/Gassman, in. titled " A 11111 to amend certain Acts relating to Doles ful So cieties in Ireland," in the event of its pacing that Honourable House. His Grace the Doke of NORFOLK, E.M., is die Chad:. , MOST CALAMITOUS INUNDATIONS IN TILE KING DOM OF HANOVER AND ITS VICINITY. A PUBLIC MEETING will be held on MONDAY II NEXT, the 28th of February, at the City of Landon Ta. veto, Rwhorgate.street. the Chair to be taken by his Royal High nea the Duke of YORK, at One O'Cloek precisely, to consider of the best means of affording early Relief to the numerous Sufferers by the recent destructive Inundations in his Majesty's Hanoverian Dominions, and in the Duchies of Holstein and Oldenburg. Never perhaps was there a case that called so loudly for the aid of. British benevolence as the present, when, by a sudden and over. whebuing calamity, large tracts of the finest country have been laid under wirer, great numbers of lives lost, two-thirds of the cattle destroyed, sad many thousands of our German Brethren rendered bonniest wanderers, and deprived of their all. When it is con. sidered how large a pmportion of these must inevitably perish without speedy and efficient interposition, we feel c.mtident that the powerful and united efforts of the affluent and humane will be promptly exerted for the alleviation of such accuunilaml miseries. By order of the Committee, R. HARRY IN , iLlS,i sacrearks. Rey. P. LA TROBE. C M E 111 1 ' I CH N Ell JOHN PETTY !dUSPRA' DIE= COMPANY. LL, Esq. Chairman ITT, Esq. Deputy Chairman. CTOIRS. Jobe Martyr, Esq. Ambrose Obrei.ii, Esq. Charles Elton Prescott, Esq. Sir Stephen Shairp. Henry Alilnes Thornton, Esq. Henry Usbosne, Esq. John William Buckle, Esq. Edward Bunnester, Esq. Aaron thapruan, Esq. Crawford DA% ison, Esq. James Macon flume, Esq. lion Logan, Esq. Philip 31onoax Lucas. Esq. Auntroas—John Blunt, Esq. James Pattison, Esq. and John Woolley, Esq. BAN eras-31MM Masterman. Peas', 31ildred, Masterman, and Co. Soarcrioas—Messrs. Knight and Fyson. Answers to Applications now before the Board will be given on or before the lst of March. No further applicatioos for Sham will be received. J. M. MAL'DE, Secretary. No. 4, New Broad-street. SEA AND INLAND COAL COMPANY CAPITAL—FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS. In Ten Thousand Shares of Fifty Pounds each. At a MEETING of the DIRECTORS of the SEA and IN LAND COAL CO3IPANY, convened on Friday, the 18th of February. 1828, The Right Hon. Lord TEYNHAM in the Chair, It was Resolved—That from the able Report that had been read upon the state of the Coal Trade In London and its Vicinity, it is expedient, and will be highly useful and advantageous to the In habitants of this greet Metropolis to establish a Company for the sApply of the Pubhe with Coals of various qualities at 'educed prices, by the working( d ita own Coal dines, the employment of its own and other Mapping, and the establishment of Depots in convenient situations. That Messrs. Barclay and Co. Lombard-street, and Messrs. Cockburn and Co. Whitehall, be the Bankers to the Company. That Mews. Alaugliam and Fothergill be the Solicitors. That Mr. James Smith be the Secretary, and Mr. Joseph Hughes !!I , !2.ssistant Secretary. a Applications for the remaining Shares be made to Messrs. • . A:n and Fothergill, 32, Great St. Helen's, on or before the • • -.V of March next, when the Board of Directors will meet to , .., , ;..tabors the Shares. JAMES SMITH, See. FORM OF TENDER. i request you will insert my name for Shares in" The and Inland Coal Company," and I engage to pay a Deposit of 2/. per Share. ORIGIN F MIND.o MONDAY, the nth i n s ta n t,, at Two 'clock, is intended to r.onmenre, at Freemasons' Tavern, by Preban4lfy DENNIS, Author of the " Rey to the livens, Architecture 6Ge- A COURSE of LECTURES on the IMMATERIAL Al ORIGIN of MIND. and DERIVATION of CIIA- It?iCTER from INFLUENCE of PHYSICAL CAUSES. - - cwsofAisrTiessen, at ior. each Letters, will be delivered at the D..veteux-court, Feb. IL 182 i. SPLENDID SALE OF COSTLY ELEOANCIES. 'RENEW respectfully informs the Nobility and _Lir (lentil, that the Valuable Assemblage of Ancient Furni. tore, ler Mama, Silk Hangings, superb Cabinets and Clocks, beautiful Porcelain, Antique Marbles, Bronzes, and Carvings, raad Gallery Pitmans, Snits of Armour, and other interesting property. may be viewed This Day (Saturday), and Monday Next at his Auction ROOM, Charles-street. Berkeley-square. The SALE commences on TUESDAY NEXT, punctually at one o'clock, and will continue through the week. Catalogues may be had at the OfEee in Charles-street. PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDii, Fa:Dar, Frs. U. SMALL DEBTS. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY peessetted a petition from the Merchants, Bankers, and others, of hsokeby, in Yorkshire, pray , ing for an alteration in the laws for the recovery of small debts.— Laid on the table. GLEBE LANDS BILL. On the motion of tile Earl of SR Loads BHI woo mod a second time. 'TESBLTRY, the Glebe SCOTCH JUDAS*. .I . _ . MULVILLE pre notice of limillootloo tot otrodooe, on 0471 . 5 , next, a Bill for the bettor of Spa* Juries. =MS- . Loud K I NG pesseilsi in Onetime, puipleig OM lin vo iliillimr.p= Facies laws :high - toed Adjourned to Moatlio _: ' •'. . , HOUSE OF COMMONS, Faisal, Faa. 2S. The Spooker took the Chair at the usual hear. COMMITTEG OF STANDING 011,T = Immediately after the sitting of tee Mess; the* " tedo dressed a few olmiervetkrus on the sub s iect el isa at . Weeding (Maus. It had bop the meet= dice Masse to MAC NV ihe.O.lnuit4e amide= ftneenutig thefileoding Orders"; Sec he 1 . 111111141 M Shot the Gelesellienseleelaseded. that they MA tea juriedicdon stadoelde epee -skr winks of petitions, preying the ea. torcetneet of the Standen Orders ; or otpetitions, praying that the Standing Orders should be dispensed with. It seemed that the ommittee d!ti not feel themselves anthansod to decide upon Mir merits of lush plat:ma* bat ft would at least be well that it should be fairly understood, whether the Committee acted after haring only one side, or after hearing both. A desultory conversation took place upon the observations of the Speaker. in which Sir T. Lethbridge, Mr. S. Wortley, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Lyttleton, Mr. W. Dundao, Mr. I'earae, Lord Stanley, General Gascoyne. and other Honourable Meinbes, took pan. It was finally agreed that the further consideration of the subject should be deferred until Monday next. ASSESSED TAXES. Lord STANLEY irtaentedapetitiOnlrtiM Üborley, in Lanca shire, praying for the repeal of the Aksessed Taxes. Sir W. DE CRESPION Y presented a similar petition from Southampton. Sir W. GUISE presented a similar petition from the parish of St. James, county of Gloucester. The petitions were ordered to lie on the table. COAL DUTIES. Sir W. DE CRESPIONY piksented a petition from Portland, praying for the repeal of the duty on Coals. Sir C. COLE prevented a similar petition from Olarnorganshire. Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY presented a similar petition from the inhabitants of Lineolnvhire. Mr. MARJORIBA_NKS presented a similar petition from the Mayor of Hythe. Sir ELIAII HARVEY presented a similar petition from lbw. sham (Essex). Sir J. SEBRIGHT presented a similar petition from Ware (Hertfordshire). The Petitions were ordered to lie on the table. COUNTY COURTS BILL. . M. CART WRltifir presented a petition from Towne/tee (Northamptonshire), in favour of the County Courts Bill. Ordered to be printed. WINDOW TAX. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from the Ward of Cripplegate, praying for the repeal of the Window Tax. 111 r. T. WILSON presented &similar petition from the Ward of Coenhill. The petitions were ordered to lie on the table. ILLEGAL ASSOC] ATIONe, Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from certain Catholic inhabitants of the county of Dublin. against the Bill for the sup.. preaaion of illegal A moetationa in Ireland. The Sheriffs of London appeared at the Bar of the House, with a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons. of the City of London, hi Common Council Assembled, praying relief from the Assessed Taxes. The Sherifii having withdrawn, Mr. Alderman WOOD rose to support the prayer of the peti. tiun, and was happy to gee the Chancellor of the Exchequer at that moment entering the House, as he wished to impress upon that Honourable Gentleman the necessity of making some reduction in those assessments, more especially as it regarded the House and Window Taxes, which pressed very heavily on the trading inha bitants of the City of London. He was aware of many houses, which, not paying it very large rent, were rated so high as OM a year. He could net help thinking this circumstance one worthy the consideration of the Government, to see hew far the inhabitants of Londou, and the rest of the kingdom, could be relieved from the burden of those taxes. . . . Mr. THOMAS WILSON concurred in the propriety M' re ducing the Assessed Taxes. Mr. HOBHOGSE had frequently presented petitions of a si milar nature from his constituents, but the uniform neglect with which they had been treated, was calculated to convey the idea tu the people that it was hopeless and unnecessary to trouble them. selves any longer to so little purpose. It would be premature to demand any information at present from the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. as to hit intention with respect to those taxes, but he trusted that the honourable Member's expo:e on Monday, would prose that he had censidered and approved the prayer of this and similar petition::. Mr. C. CALVERT made a few observations, which were in audible in the gallery. General GASGON NE, we understood, would support the re duction of the assessed taxes whenever the question should be sub mitted to the consideration of the House. Mr. HART DAVIS said a few words, the purport of which we could not collect. Mr. BRIGHT thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer had it in his power to confer a great and valuable boon on the lower claims, who were shut tip in unwholesome dwellings, front which the light and air were excluded, for the purpose of avoiding pay ment of the window tax. He trusted the Hon. Member at the head of the financial department would afford them relief, by the repeal of the tax. The petition was then ordered to he printed. Mr. BYNG presented a petition from the inhabitants of White chapel, praying the repeal of the duties on coals carried coastwise. MACLX)N A I.D presented a petition from the inhabitants of Bury St. Edmund's. against the assessed taxes. Petitioners prayed a repeal or modification of the obnoxious taxes, and lugged the !louse to consider, that the amount of taxes repealed was not to be estimated as the criterion of the amount of loss to the revenue. He concurred with the petitioners, and expressed his satisfaction that the people continued to petition against those most unpopular assessments. He trusted, after such expressions of feeling, and after what had just fallen from the lion. Members for London, Westminster, and Southwark, Ministers would take into con sideration the propriety of abolishing what were certainly originally intended only as war taxes, and should nest now continue to oppress the country by the continuance of such grievous exactions iu a time of profound peace.—Laid on the table. Lord MILTON presented a petition from Whitby Yorkshire, preying the repeal of the Assessed Taxes. Ile fully concurred with what had fallen from the Honourable Member for Caine upon the subjert.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. IV YVILL presented a petition from the inhabitants of the City of York, against the Assessed Taxes. Mr. E. WODEHOUSE presented petitions from four parishes in the county of Norfolk, praying a repeal of the Assessed Taxes. Ordered to be printed. Mr. 110BIRDUSE presented a petition from the Roman Ca tholic inhabitants of Kinsale, in Ireland, in favour of the Catholic Association, and against the Bill row in progress for the suppres sion of illegal Societies.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. H. DAVIS presented a petition from the inhabitants of the parish of St. Peter, Bristol, praying the House to pass the Bill against illegal Associations, and not grant any further concessions to the Roman Catholics.—Laid on the table. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Cornwall, against the duty on coals; also a petition from the inhabitants cf Stokesly, in favour of the County Courts Ordered :o be printed. Mr. MACQIJEEN presented a petition from the inhabitants of Woburn, Bedfordshire, in favour of the County Courts BilL—Laid on the table. Sir H. HERON presented a petition from the city of Peter borough, in favour of the County Courts MlL—Ordered to be printed. Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a petition from certain in habitants of the Borough of Knaresborough, against the existing expenses attendant upon the recovery of Small Debts, and in favour of the County Courts Bill. This petition was remarkable, inas much as it was signed by several individuals belonging to a class of persons who would, undoubtedly, he sufferers by an alteration of the present system--he meant attorneys. Yet, notwithstanding the loss likely to ensue. these es gentlemen had in the most disin terested manner affixed their signatures to this petition, convinced as they were of the great mischief arising to the community from the operation of the existing mode of recovering small debts. Lord MILTON hoped the noble example of those individuals would not be lost to the country, and trusted it would be imitated by other individuals in higher stations, whose interests might be connected with the Bill. Ordered to be printed. Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a petition from the parish of St. Illichan ' in the city of Dublin, against the Bill for suppression of Illegal A ssociations.—Laid on the table. Mr. D. GILBERT presented a petition from the inhabitants of Ulverston, optima the Coal Duties. Mr. T. COURTENAY presented a similar petition from the inhabitants of Tomes:a, against the duties on Coals. Ordered to be printed. Lord PALMLILSTON presented a petition from Sligo, pray ing the removal of the restrictions upon Provincial Banking (.bin panics.—Laid on the table. Mr. I. LOCKHART presented a petition from the parish of All Saints Oxford, praying the raped of the House and Window Tax.—Ordered to be printed. HUTCHINSON to rose to • petition from the Mita ' bitants of the town of Cloys% . As favour of the Giulio lie Associailem. The prayer r . .., that the House woad pates pressious to . • 'hew in progress against Riegel genneistlant. T e r that the best nndtr etandiettasid awmtairdiel f 7,..... 2 - between the Protestant and isittliestele of li ffr 2.,„. proceeded to refute an assertion wilt* ...... — 7..100 surprise had beet, ' made by an Hea.lleishee — 1 -- 1,;„,,,,... " t o " the Protest ant inhabissals While , - r - ... of alarm, as to sit up *tidy Waren io _,... . of repelling the expected metaahe of the Ihnine t --, - .. Petitioners stated, and he wished to coil the attention , the to their statement, that no such occurrence had taken place., were enabled to e r , thee meat positive contradiction to the Mutton of the Hon. Umber kir Loath (Mr. L. Forster), and he (Mr. Hutchinson) I mitertalowl Do doubt that were the opportunity afforded, other 3olit ... orays ansaationsauld be Iran and refuted in a manner as t setae peened. He was happy to inform the House that -- tgi - reaaest irameay existed beterese the Protestant and Ro w CatWlies of belead—a beeihoey which was a: tributable to dee aweettwee of the Association, aid which, he had so doubt. Nil andieve to exit, were it not distatieed by the proposed thlnitthent. Be had also to submit to tin &use soother petition ad the same subject, fiom the 1A11614030 of Mallow, winch had eirodred upon him through the abesoce of the Idernbet for Mallow MT. W. W. Becbery, who weer meth fp= indisposition to at send, bat wises anuannots, be jqst esibtadeed to state, were in accerdamee with the poper of tisiFtktiftweire wished the Hama to be made aerate of the sumation bed gethliesoas of eh , -Homo Catholics of Ireland. They had been waiting patiently during the quarter of a century which had elapsed since the Union, expecting from, and relying on, the justice of Parliament, for the concession of their claims. Disappointed in their expectations. they were compelled to look up to the Association, and express their appro. behest of their exertions, for tie purpose of proving to the country that they still deserved the attainment of Catholic Emancipation. This was the moat anxious wish of the Catholics ; and if the Hon. Member for Westuduster should be unsiteceseful in his motion fixed for Tuesday next. connecting that failure with the suppression of the Association, who could blame the Catholic, for imagaung no relief was intended for them, anti that an attack was made by the obnoxious Bill on privileges which they considered as their birth right ? With regard to the measure of Catholic relief, his stnti- MelltS were well known, and he could net avoid deprecating the intended Bill, as one likely to impede thc progress of that measure far msny years. The object of thc petitions he was about to pre sent to the House was, to obtain for the Association a hearing at the bar, and an opportunity of vindicating their conduct and their aims. Gentlemen who opposed this proposition appeared to be Ignorant of the character and the history of Ireland. lie would take leave to submit • few facts from that history to the consideration of the House. (Here the Hon. Alember paused fora few memento, in consequence of considerable noise and interruption in the House.) He felt that the subject had been already exhausted, and that his situation was consequently a very painful one, when he had to de mand the farther attention of the flame; but he also felt that there existed a solemn duty, which he would not discharge if he did not state his sincere conviction of the effects likely to arise from the course which the House appeared disposed tomlopt. In 1792 it was held by Government an act impertinent and presumptive in the Catholics to petition for the extension of the elective frarchise to their body. And the Protestant gentry, joining in the opinion of Government, entered their Grand Jury-rooms, and almost uni versally adopted Resolutions condemnatory of the conduct of the Catholics, and offering to stand by blinisters with their lives and fortunes, to the last, in their endeavours to resist the claims of the Roman Catholics. But what was done in the very next year? In 1793, the very same Administration which had felt indignant at the presumption of the Catholics, brought in a Bill to grant them more than they had required. This was precisely the same line in . po licy which had been adopted by this country toward. America, and every one was aware of the results. If the House proceeded to in sult the Roman Catholics, it would be too late to expect gratitude from them for the tardy justice which finally they would be com pelled to accord to their demands. The Catholics had 'recently proved their reliance upon the justice of the Government; titter object had been to secure to this country tranquillity, and to them selves the redress of their grievances, and, in asking for unqualified emancipation, they . had only asked for what they considered as their inalienable privilege and birthright. The late President 'of the Board of Control, whose services had been moat valuable to the Catholic cause, had told the House some years ago that the treat. ment received by Ireland had been invariably severe. Whenever the country became disturbed by the agitations consequent upon misgovernment, it was to be visited with the suspension of the or dinary and constitutional privileges of the people; and when it was In estate of tranquillity and repose, It was asserted to be only a de ceitfel calm before an explosion. lie would cooclude with caution iog the Howse to take mire how they rejected the prayer of those petitions, and proceeded to pass a law calculated to injure the best interests of the country, and destroy the tranquillity which at pre sent pervaded it. The petitions were then read. BRITISH MUSEUM. Sir C. LONG rose to present a petition front the Trustees of the British Museum, praying that the House would appoint a Com mittee to consider the propriety of purchrsing for that body the col leetion of scarce manuscripts and medals formed by the late Mr. Rich. He wished to inform the House, that Mr. Itich had, during his residence in India, accumulated a very rare and valuable collec tion of manuscripts, medals, and antiquities, which it had been the desire of the deceased should be made over to the British Museum, his widow receiving what might appear a fair remuneration. The rustees of the British Museum had referred the matter to the eon ideration of Messrs. Bride, Young, and several of the most end nent Professors of Oxford and Cambridge, and their concurrent opinion goes to represent the collection as one which would form a most valuable and important acquisition to the British Museum. The collection consisted of about titto volumes of manuscripts, prin cipally in the Persian, Chaltlee, and Syriac languages, many of which were early copies of the Bible and commentaries thereon, and (as was thought) cxtretnel7 likely to afford much and oew va- Webb matter for the illustration of the Scriptures. The second part If the collection was composed of very rare and curious ori ental medals; and the third of various antiquities, collected prin cipally in the vicinity of Babylon and Nineveh. Many of diesel articles were inscribed with ancient characters, which had not as yet been deciphered, and the most probable way . to effect that object would be by bringing together as many various specimens of ancient characters as possible. It was a singular feet, that long as this country had been connected with her Asiatic dominions, the library of the British Museum was extremely deficient in the deparunent of Oriental literature. This circumstance was one which made the purchase of the present collection extremely de sirable, as affording an opportunity to supply that deficiency. There was another advantage in this collection, that it was com plete; there were no duplicates of the specimens, and it would on that account constitute a new and valuable addition to the Mu seum. On the occasion of the munificent gift of the royal library, lie had taken the liberty of anticipating a very great ad dition to the library . of the British Museum front the private col lections of many individuals, who, he thought, would be found anxious to imitate the splendid example of ids Majesty's dons. tion. The fact had turned out in accordance with his anticipation. He understood the library was shortly to be enriched by the very choice and extensive collection of Sir R. Hoare, consisting of 1,700 or 1,860 volumes, principally upon Italian history and topography. He understood the probable price of the present collection would be about 11,0001.; and would conclude by moving, that the petition be received, anda Committee appointed fur the purpose of considering the propriety of purchasing the collection, in compliance with the prayer of the petition. The petition was then read, and referred to a Committee (ap pointed accordingly) to report thereon. IRISH RETURNS. Sir JOHN NEWPORT renewed a motion made by him last year, for certain Returns, setting forth the number of parishes in Ireland, (distinguishing their names ; also the number of baronies, and half baronies, distinguishing the quantity of land in each, and an tar as could be ascertained, its quality ; also distinguishing the number of houses in each, and the names and number of the pro prietors of the land.—Orderal. ARMY ESTIMATES. . . Lord PA LM ERSTON ;aid, that in order to afford time for the third reading of the Irish Illegal Association Bill, he wankl defer the Army Estimates until that day week. lie would, however, then take the vote of account ; and move that the House rcaolve itself into a Committee of Supply for that purpose. The Speaker having left the Chair, Lord PALMERSTON moved that a sum not exceeding one million sterling be granted to his Majesty. to defray the expenses of the Army for the current year. (In the question being put from the Chair. Colonel DAVIS tnis:eti that the Noble Lord would be abie to make out a strong case; and lie was sure that the House would arsons liberal system, and by their unanimous vote show to the Holy Alliance that they were prepared to support the Government. whenever it was necessary, for the maintenance of our respect ability, (Haar, hear,) or for holding that high station which this country 'away' should maintain. (Hear, hear.)--Ordered. BRITISH AusEum. Mr. BANKES said he would not at iteltent trouble the House with any statement respecting the Museum ; lie would, however, give it hereafter. Ile would then content himself with moving, that a sum, not exceeding 15,41#1. be granted to the Trustees of the British Museum, for the year 1025. On the question being put, Mr. CROKER took the opportunity of repeating an observation which he had made lost year. Ile was sure the Hon. Member would rather be obliged to him than otherwise, kr directing his attention to the subject. It was in reference to the catalogues nothing could be more desirable than that these should be cheap, and act essible to every one ; at pec;ent they were most expensive ; they cost six or seven guineas, so that the poor scholar was debarred of what might be the key of the Must urn. Nothing could please him more than that a sum say 5001. should be granted to the trustees of the Museum, to enable them to sell their lists cheap; he, however, would not press the matter then, as it was, perhaps, 'better to wait until the Royal Library, about to Le added to it, should be properly arranged and classified. Mr. BANKES replied, that be felt very strongly the force of the lion. Members suggestion ; and he assured him he woeld not forget it; but as a rumen of fact it was bet right to state that the catalogues, instead of seven guineas, cost but foot. Mr. HUM"; said, that more than twelve thousand persons visited the Museum last year. It would be a great Public COO. veadeace if Tuesday and Thursday were added to the number of days on which the public were admitted. Many parties came up from the country, and were obliged to stay in town at expense, in order to have time thoroughly to examine the Museum. He there fore repealed, that it would b_ a great good if another day were give° to the country. (Hear.) Mr. BANKES replied, that one of the principal reasons why the public were excluded those days was, that many persons curious in natural history, and also many foreigners, were anxious to visit the Museum private, and thereby avoid the general crowd. Many parties were formed for the private days, of pause of *clams and so on. (A laugh.) Mr. HUME submitted that it was rather unfair that two days should be reserved for the few, and only three devoted to the ma wucity. Might not one day be given to private partial ? Mr. CROKER said that it was highly necessary the students should have an opportunity of studying without interruption. As for what had been said of foreigners, he was not disposed to give _ _ inconvenience, eery t. _ . - trustee of the British ffluseuni offering to give them to them, on the conditon of being rci:nburied to the amount he had expended only. This he stated to be 6,0001. It was found, however, wet one of the articles a sarcophagus, was saddled with& claim, which Mr. Salt was obliged to pay. On mentioning this to the trustees they refused to retain it, subject to the additional charge, but offered to dispose of it for Mr. Salt, and were in treaty with the late Mr. Belzoni for that purpose : they could not agree with that gentleman as to the price, and so the matter at present rested. The Hon. Member said he felt for Mr. Salt, anti the great loss he was at. He had in the first instance been sent but 4,0001., and there was the additional loss of what he paid for the sarcophagus. He regretted extremely that when any gentleman came forward so di:- in:crested:4 as Mr. Salt did, that tie should be so inadequately rewarded. The vote was then agreed to. CIVIL CONTINGENCIES. Mr. HERRIES moved, that a aura not exceeding 260,0001. be granted to his Majesty to defray the Civil Contingencies. Mr. H1.731E asked if certain papers, which he bad before asked for, coeineetcd with this vine, were then prepared w be Leal before the House? Mr. W. HORTON replied, that all were not-ready--sotne were. Mr 111.751 E--" Well , then lot us hive those that are ready." (A laugh.) The vote was thou agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. ILLgll A L ASAOCIATMNS IN IRELAND. .... Mr. tiOULBURN moved the Order of the Day for the third in reading of the Bill to put down Illegal Associations Ireland. On the question being rit from the Chair— Mr. LEYCESTER said, th,:re were two o'r three reasons why he should oppose the putting down the Association. First. because they ought to tolerate the Association as it at present manta!, lest it should assume a character more formidable. Secondly, because it did not infringe on the Constitution ; and, thirdly, because he con ceived it did preot good, though this might be denied by the lion. Member fur Soinersetshire (Sir T. Lethbridge), who, on that occasion, relied more on his own prognostics than on faith. (A laugh). Il e (ide. Leyces_ter) felt that the Association did serve much to tranquillize Ireland. Ile was anxious not to put down those whom he looked on as conservators of the peace of Ireland. ( llear.) When he contemplated the present measure, the words of the poet occurred strongly to him— " Oh navis novi to referent in mare fluctus," . . and desperate and unthinking must be those who would drive Ire. land front her anchorage. He was anxious to have the Association exist, because he thought that existence incompatible with the ab sence of Catholic Emancipation—(hear, hear)—incompatible also with Orange outrage. (Hear, hear.) But demolish the Asso. elation, and you deprit e them of the means of checking that out rage. If the House did not believe that, let th;nl for a mo ment consider how anxious the Orangemen were to put down the Association , (Cheers.) That proved a meat deaL ' And ia answer to those who said the Association was in. finical to the latter, lte contended that the existence of that body etas more likely to be the stanolition of the Orange faction than at liesanclpAtion. The Honourable Gentleman pm eeedod to say, that be never could join in the reprobation of chat phrase which had been so much talked of, the " bate to Orange men," until he could think it wrong to extract good from evil, to convert poison into medicine, or to extract the thorn from the I thistle. Another reason against the Bill was, that it was calculated to change the colour of the Administration from its present piebald or skew...old hut-, to downright Orange. (A laugh.) In conclusion, he begged to say, that he did ataibute more power to the Foreign Secretary than that possessed by a man of old, who boasted he could, by stamping his foot on the ground, raise thirty thousand men. Now, if that Right Hot,. Gentleman made one step towards that side of the House, he would succeed is raising six millions of men. :Ur. S. RICE said, that he would not abase the indulgence of the House by detaining it any length. Though he was prepared to support every act of the Association, still he must lament the necessity there was for its existence. The proposed Bill had many objectionable provisions, but there was one that surpassed all others in its objectionable nature, and he intended to move that it be omitted. It was that clause which empowered Magistrates to in vade the sanctuary of every private family. He would read it to the Haw I— " And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any Mayor, Sheriff, or Justice of the peace, and they a:e hereby respectively authorised,. empowered, and required, within his and their respective jurisd ictions, to command all meetings hereiubofore declared to be Unlawful Assemblies, immediately to disperse; and if any such meeting shall not thereupon imme diately disperse, to apprehend all persons offending in that behalf, and to demand admission into any house, outhouse or office, where they shall respectively hare good reason to believe that such Unlawful Assembly shall be, and, if refused, to enter by force." Though many of the Magistrates were his most intimate friends, still he would not entrust such powers as these in their hands ; many of them were, however, persons nut likely to abstain from abusing their authority. Such a Bill as the present had no pre cedent, escept perhaps in an Irish penal statute. Ilia fears as to the Magistrates were nut founded on the statement of the At sudat,on or of agitators but on facts—on the verdicts of coons of law. A ease occurred on the Leicester Circuit, in the year /an; an Honourable Member of that House Ullr. Doglierty) was Counsel fur the plaintiff: it was an action brought by a man named Patrick Carrol, against a Magistrate named Falk ner, for false imprisonment. Carrol went to execute a warrant; at the house of the person whom he went to arrest the defendaut was ; and because the plaintiff' refusal to take off his hat when desired by Fullmer so to do, Falknor committed him under the Insurrection Act, for breaking into a (louse at night, in company with armed persons, and these armed persons, by the way, were the police that went to assist in executing tile warrant. (Hear, hear.) At the trial the Hon. Member made a declaration, in which lie (Mr. S. Riot fully agreed. It was—' In Ireland the poor man has no protection front the law, and that there was one law for the rich and another for the poor." He implored the House, therefore, to pause before it again gave the power to a Ma gistrate of committing a man, because he refused to take off his hat. In another case. where a man had bee.i accused of taking some sea weed, belonging to a Magistrate of Waterford, named Power, he ordered out the police, anti in consequence of his instructions to them, a man was deprived of lite. On this trial,' Chief Justice Uushe, observed, " That nothing was more to be de. plated than that magistrates should resort to such means for the maintenance of their power; and that, if they continued to rule with so high a hand, the people could not entertain either respect or attachment for their superiors ;" and yet to these men, thus characterised by the Lord Chief Jostice of Ireland, you are about to commit the power of breaking into any man's house, upon bare suspicion of an illegal act. It they were driven to look at the matter without the context, what is there in the avowed opinions of the Catholic Association stronger or more vehement against the comluct of the magistrates than this condemnation of the Lord Chief Justice ? He would nut thus intrude upon the House, but they were told from the other aide, that general assertions were un fair. Could they then be blamed for bringing forward particalars? In another case, in Waterford, a tenant had been apprehended and confined for some supposed felony. lie remained 15 weeks confined in a Bridewell, without any other means of support than what he received from his own family. His case was at length brought be fore the manager of a great property, an individual universally esteemed—he meant Colonel Cony, of Lismore. That upright and honest Magistrate, upon hearing the facts, immediately ordered the whole of the prisoners confined its Tallagli to be transmitted tol Waterford. Then, and not till then, the prosecutor, Mr. Loyce, consented to release the man upon his giving up his farm, anti pay ing ten pounds in hand. He wou!d do his Hots. Friend opposite, the Secretary for Ireland, the justice to say, that his letters reflected the highest credit upon him, and the Government. He had said, that the defendant was utterly unlit to remain in the magistracy, and he had been rerr.uved from it; but would any one ray that this purification had been sufbesznt—that the removal of one or two in dividuals, charged with such crimes as these, would leave a body tit to be entrusted with such a power as was contained in this Bill ? No. he would go farther ; he would say, that lie would not trust to the Magistrates of England —no, rot to the Magistrates of Utopia-- • power to break into their fellow.subjecfs' houses at their own dis cretion. lie would trouble the House with Übe ease more ; the third. he would observe, on the same circuit. This was & commit ment under the Insurrection Act, by a Scotsman. a Magistrate of Nenagh. The iinfurtlnate object of his abuse of power, was an it much weight. (Hear, hear.) But on these palette dope I of the House. if a Bill armed with smelt fo artists and students attended, and they ought not to be appealed to the Secretary fm Ireland, if, tic Mr. HU:VIE asked if it were not possible to have the Munn* ceestry, he could say that it would not be i open on one day more than at presents relearn! results? Yet, while he gave this Mr. CROLEIt—Of those days on which the public am eat. opposition. he wss disposed to, do *eery eluded, one is set apart for climates the Mu rn. vernrnent. Wasteeorilmelioratiolta had take Mr. LOMAS, ilia- begged *awl/ tha • a frelesum or oe pe6plreit the administradost nY to to a circumstance connected with the Egyptian - collection. Mot ttr coley die lis the Pleb Cithiner,:distY 'Lc: Mr. Salt to the Museum. That the_ was appointed to the merit. Be saw in that Government the elei Egyptian Consulate in 1816: he succeeded in collecting, at a great the same time—and bc regretted be eras c inconvenience, a number orrery curious articles ; he wrote to the an evident ioability to carry theltlatertioni ._. op/Aft:erg Masai Ihnipster, to Inhatitan: of ,be same niece ; lie did not +blither he hid given tie Scotwean any previous o fence, he: re Irl aide believed not ; but the fact was, that he had this man, s r inhabitant, seat to prison for being a few mi nutes after aloe o'clock in the streetsed his native town. l'hiroas a specimen of the nietbol of administering the Insureectiott Act. Let them not, therefore, tell users? Tome of the method of adminis tering justice. Let them net taunt its with +melee; no eases ; there were no less than dna at one Assizes, The speech of his floe. Friend Mr. Dogherty, on that occasion, relented the highniteredit upon his profession. He had told then: that the sturdy gnerdiats or constitutional rights in this House, who, bed opposed, the passing of the Insurrection Act, wou ha li e their prejudices cen , Armed and their arguments • s ned by ?limning from dot case the manner in which ns it was ed. Is not ti a rimer Cr guent against this hilly Doest, like the lesuscSde* A °la arm a Protestant Magistrate steam their Catholic fenew.eoun trytrisn, and put into the hands of an arrogant and oppressive ma histracy powers which they saw had been so fremeotl e y abased, (Hear, hear), and put it in the power of the Sheriff of Deddin m break into the house of any gentleman, of Mr. (I'Coanell met. (Hear), whom the Attorney-Ge n er a l ha d in highly enlogehed e to break into even his house upon the bare seep:don of an illegal asomilalege. (Hear, hear, hear.) He put it to the fair jteiotheise If a Bill - eel with \ power, should rani!' He from his krowledge of the e attended whir the moat 6 Bill his meet *relents justiee to the DIM Ge. ass place in the alactftwe magenterial i aet•ce, were Le - r elleifiyhe eppoint dere.= a .if gocenbut. M e compelled te notice is— eeee inability to _.ray , _one into effect. It rested with that House to enable er Camped them W oursee the course most advantageous to the country; ard, In furtherance of that ob. jest, he would move that this Bill be read a second time this alb! 1:1 months. (Hue) ' ' Mr. DOGHERTI' said, no awn tete tose lis Lisle 'noose mare under the necessity of bespeaking . Indalhance, char he was epee this occasion: Nothing but a desire to give some explanation mom the charges of inconsistency brought against him by the Honour. able Member for Limerick, could have enabled him to scemnuat his diainclinatioa to intrude upon them again, after the indulgence he bad already received upon this question in a farina night of the debate. The charges brought against hies by the Hon. llember went, as lie understood th,:ni, to reader him onward ro.. only of being considered that Hon. Me mb er's Friend (cries of t " No, no"), but of being at all entitled to a seat in that House. (" No, no ht• from each ..le of the Reus e .) The c harges brought against me by that Hon. Gentleman were, that I had not only contended dims was no mal-administration of juttice in Ireland, but that I bbd asserted that fact contrary wen, espatience as a lawyer, and that 1 ' knew it from some circumstances known tidy to him and one. The impression of such insinuations was, that be (Mr. Dogherty) had ' made use of arguments to this House, vthicii, as a practitiorm In the Courts of Justice in Ireland, he must have known to be sd verse to the. truth. Before he had the honour of a seat in that House, he believed about two yeses ago. he had heard of a peti tion presented by the Hon. ;flambee for Winchelsea, impeaching the administration of justice in Ireland, and asserting that there was no justice for the Catholic front his Prettestani oppressor. That petition the Hon. Member was obliged to withdraw, allowing at the same time that it dealt more in language than in facts. li , nen he heard that another was parented, hold mg neatly the same lan guage, he, upon the impulse of the moment, std conscious of its truth, rose and stated to the House, that, as far as be had witnessed, justice was administered with equal impartiality to the Catholic and the Protestant—to the , rich man sad the poor man ; and that during an experience of nearly 17 years I could meecientiedslf attest it. purity (hear); and when he heard that repeated, (men whatever quarter it came, lie must continue to give it his nnquali. Bel denial. lie had said, too, that ell the other acts of the Asso ciation failed in.o inaignificance, compated with its means of in fluencing the administration of justice. Ile admitted that the Ca tholic Question was one of great dilliceity, And th.lt even if the; could gain unanimous vote in this Howe, there would be a great doubt as to its fate with the other branch of the Legislature. liet there was a question which they mull set at rest, and he hoped to be able to satisfy the House that it should be set at rest fee met— he meant the wahadministration of justice in Ireland. (Heat.) The Honourable Member for Limerick, while he peaised the bVier coons of judicature., had censured the lower, for every fremourable Member nsust perceive that exaggerated commis. dation of a fee tended to cast a shade upon the others; but int trusted he should be able to setts:) , the Mouse to-night that al; were alike pure and impartial; if he succeeded, he could. he re peated, set that quindua at rest. lie trusted that the oppotieeto of this Bill would give up that unworthy ,slander—tbst :impart ' censure upon the purity ii, Irish justice. (clear, hear.) S:r Jell Davis had observed, centarks ago, " 'Plat there was no nation eis the earth loved equal and iniharial justice tai much as the ris t h..., 1, Dane that would rest better mitiened, even when thetas was those so that they may feel they huchmlehrhenetit of the ~... l i ttjahn Delis said then, so he would my now. Such they were—a peasantry satisfied with the measure of justice dealt out • to thau—huntent with the decrees of law a hen exercised agaicst them, provided they were satisliel it was the law.' Yves they are now : but if their feelings were worked upon—if the Catholic As, sociatiun, or any other body, could perste; le them that there was no law, that was, no even-handed justice—he weuld say, that, above all others, was the thing which would drive them to treason and rebelliun. (Hear, hear.) In what he had advanced respecting the purity of justice, on a former evening, he had not relied upon hie own evidence alotie ; he had the authority of Mr. Blackburn,. cl' Mr. Bennet, of a nian shave all others, Irons his high reputation, deserving of credit—Mr. Justice Dry, in support of his feeble we e tienony. But the Honourable Meunier for limerick had to-niel: hiught to invalidate that testiinohy, fano its inconsistency with what he had expressed rises here, in his capacity of an Advocate. Ile could tell the liou. Gealleinan, that whet. be entered that Email: he cast off the gown of the Advocate, and that lie would monde, himself unworthy of being ranked among the friends of diejion, Gentleman, and he hoped nothinet would occur to alter that feeling, unworthy of his mat in that House, if lie gave a vote from aey other motive than conscientious conrietiou. The Hem. Meta& for Winchelsea (Mr. Broughatn), could have given the How Gent. a lecture upon that subject ;he could hare told-him that it wade duty of an advocate to say all that suggested itself fur the good of his them, uninfluenced by any other feeling than a sine= deem to serve his cause. (Hear, Isar.) He would say that each had been his course, hurtiLle as it may have been, and he would cut back with scorn, any imputatiou that he ever allowed hie feelings as a lawyer to influence his integrity u a senator. (Hear brat.) Ile had seen, ten years ago, a poor man get justice from a tieh cot; without the Catholic Associtaton. He had seen them at all times, He wished to God thee hail been Still left without their tote/detente. (Ilear, hear.) II: aid not go su tar as to say, Re the Mu. aid Learned Gentleman opposite, that it was as open as the Londen Tavern, a jest which unfortunately lie bed heard before, cad which seemed to wake up in poiut what it waited in justice. Pet he hail asserted that it was as easily attainable in Ireland as in England, tales lion. Geoilenten wished it to be bettered they they took no fete here, a matter which lie begged lenre tetticubt.' (A laugh, and heur, hear.) In the case mentioned by my Honourable Friend M Waterford, a' .luty, he mild not see whether Cat ulieor Protestant, or hull out or half the °then had given an ample measure of damegce to a hoer ora•t . against his rich oppressors, not quite so good, perhaps, as a ea• - guine Counsel hail aidicieated, but certainly better than he thee hear) in England, where lie would just take leave to oboente they host cases of oppresaiuti, as well as in Ireland. la the other ceen, where a hlaeiatrate had been deprived of his commis sicn by the Chancellor, it had been urged against him, that he had used cerrein language upon the trial, at ‘ariance with his:mammas in that House. He might have used such language, but be thought at was rather unfair to pass judgmeut upon the sperzh of an 41,Avocate, contained in a new report. The 311:;istrate Ad leis cue , however, was not an Irishman ; be was a Scotsman, mot two years settled in Ireland. lie had urged that there was atairaceity. Ile believed, by-the-by, there was not (a biles) ; but the case was simply this :—The Alagisttate s.a.ing ads man—^ rich marl— in the streets of Nenagh, after the hour prescribed by law, and haring heard it asserted that theA was one law far the rich sad another fur the poor, thotipit %thy probably that this was a fair opportuuity of pmusing Ina iraparalery. He therefore ordered him to Le seemed and confined ; add. Mold tell his Honourable and beamed Frier d—his honourable he -e -he begged pardon for calling bins Learned (Laughtet ee ), that the defendant would hare had a tenliet, but that it Immo or. emery to prove upon the trial, that the place where the platattlf was taken lay iii a part of the country placed under the llenartectien Act. Now this could be oily done by the Deane Carerre e and ter want alone of the Deiblin Ga tette did the plaintiff get his terdlet. In the other case, he believed of Fitikner, the•defeadant war i )ohog men just returned from the wale—the plaintiff a person who cc to demand the debt. The military near., tot accestowed to de mands cf this kiwi, end at the monteut enjoying himself cve. a pleasant cup with his friends, had perhaps behaved intempernely. The poor man was very glad of it ; be gut a very hat deems repa ration, and it was but justice to the defendant to my, that he ex praised his regret for the conduct he bad been betrayed fate. He thought Jae had now pretty well established the feet. teen jeseee was to be had in Ireland as well for the rich as the pier C + l l h• once more begged pardon fur the time lie had occareeet i sr . .:/ ..iftuitnionwtr.e; thing he would mention : . reer fur liv e psis Et COtlnnossloncr, aft,' be would now e to Ale held,ll'ieed b'ew. wasbe t ai l i te ne" N e l t : alti ber bmre l edd e L wto , h c o oe sa r t n 'ye k r7l7se d 2 t : a t; 'l it . flat one somefTo for e most inquiringif sm were Gentleman mi kc , kn ow n r.n.. must t o t L,bi h . i ta i s o L f , i: o r i t, . ~, .. oil ,ea t tt h , i 4, , c,o r ,:m i jn: l , , b e i ii n c,u . " ±l . s ti w e r a illa t Irle He of i tor:via. had Board, a 2 1: e r ti c de r e : mate to his knowledge in that capacity, which was not con tained in the Report how before the liouae. There had; that:- fore, been no confidence between them—nothing to efeclose Or retain, said he would still assert, that to private feeling could prevent him from uiekingooyelisclosutes co:muted with public duty, lie concluded by observing, that the praise vu lavieblytesmeed upon some diath.goished tedividuals remwdeel Wei of the stagy of the Spartan who wanted to pronourice a defence of limeoles. 0 Defence of Herculee,'' said a by-mender, " Who mat thosgOt k ‘,.1 .