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P take into his consideration there was r.oasirierade distinction between the Catholics of ancient times, and those of the precut oleic. He was uusilling, to avoid any upportuuity of sickuovrkslging, that amongst the people of this persusisiou there have been rue's of the greatest celebrity, and of the greatest virtue, there have here iu' that person- Sion such good aud enlightened men as Fent.- lon. fie did not blame a man for entertaining opinions different from himself, iu any speculative point of faith ; but he could not assent so fur to the freedom of thought, as to encourage that sect who believed that salvatiou belonged outs to them selves. and who also asserted the supremacy of the Pope, in direct contradiction to site preroga tive claimed by the Crown. For so long, then, restrictions ottglit to coutiuue. to !dictate them from that freedom winch might be detrimental to the interests of a Protestant establialiutent. The Bishop of • BA MGOR was of opinion that the claim of the Catholics expressed in their Petition was inadtilisiiible,;. on the ground of that Petition claiming ten much. It would become the consi deration of that House that too inn-.h facility al. Quid not be given to any systeiti or set of men that proba bly might.haree's in their power to hear down the rules aud authority of the Church'. The Church of England had no dispositinn to withhold toleration from any religious system whatever; bat the nes went you admitted the Catholics to all the inunu uities of the Protestatite, he must contend you went beyond toleration; extension and toleration itself ought to be blotted out from our statute hook. Ile thought it the duty of every man who was, called upon to decide due quiwtion, to o vestigate the particular tenets of the Cathodes, as our ancestors haul done in former times. Now there was oue objection which he must declare had considerable influence 'soon his mind, and that was, it was believed by the Professors of the Church of Rome, an oath was not biuding upon their consciences. lie did not mean to say hut in the worst times of Popery there were men of ho nour in all Catholic eotuitries. In France there had been men of the utmost tenaciousness of prin ciple. tad whose consciences would have been startled at the least departure From rectitude. But be deprecated the Catholic definition of an oath. By then it was said, that every human promise or oath must depend on the prudence of its fulfil ment, and toe fnltilineut must depend ou its You veuieney. It ems similar to the explanation which the Romans exec of the wool ha/statues. Still the explatiatins awe e &abided to, iii regard to an oath, was daugerous to the first principles nr society. Coofwsiss. of sins amid absolution were of a very dmigerous tendency, because nothing could more powerfully -obvert the principle of allegiance. By the Catholics, it was also maintain-OJ, the Pope was the Supreme Head of the Church ; aud on this subject he could not help noticing the obser vancs* of Dr. Milner, who, in a particular work, bad said, that the supremacy which had been pieced in the Crown of England was usurpation ; and who bad further remarked, that the election of a Bishop, by Henry VIII. was sacrilegious. Upon the same grounds a division of parishes aught be deemed sacrilegious. lu confirmation of .this doctrine, Bishops in Ireland have heal created by a bull of the Pope; that Bishop has proceeded to the division of his own parishes, and in the same way appointed clergy of his own accord. 1445 next adverted to the power of cxenininuoica tion, and observed, that it was stronger than the sword, when used by the hand of justice. There was a book lett ly published, which retorted upon our church fur its having corrupted the pure trans lation of the Bible. The List of Peerage there given wen also to prove that there could be no English Clinrub—there could be no church without a pastor—no pastor without a Bishop—no Bi shop without * Metropolitan—and no Metropolitan without the power of the Pope. He could not avoid the opportunity of giving his best advice to the Iteverimil Prelate who had supported this measure, that I's would not misunderstand the cause of religion and of christianity. The Catho lics appeared to him in a view somewhat suspi cions as to their loyalty. He was of opinion that the beat signal by wheels they were enabled to convince vs of their siiieelity was, to join with us against the common emote. The admissibility to officer; ,he allowed, uses of the greatest moinent—that was the inducement to every exertion amongst every cuss of iudividuals. lit the profession of the law, even the lowest Barrister felt the satisfaction of his distant expectation to appointment ; but, however willing Ise was to vote for the freerloin of appoint ment, he was net therefore to extend it to three suillions'of pea/oats in Ireland. Lord Ilueelit resort highly commended the man, lobo, is these times of importance, should lend his assistance to the cause now brought forward by the Catholics of Ireland. It was true that these peti tioners came forward of their own accord, aud not by any intermediation of others. Ile hall no re loetance iu declar'aig, that in his opinion this question ought, in times present. as well as future, tit be agitated. In maintaining this sentiment, he and others were likely to be misoesresentesl. They had to sointend against calumny and prejniice.— . 11f to agitate thief subject wet faction, he was one of the most factious of Meta. No apprehension was now to be dreaded, the Pretender way deed, end the Pope was a prisoner in hale. The Ca tholic Churesi. that venerable fabric of antiquity, its wealth, and its power, were now no more; its imperiteis head was peeved slown to the alum. and there bound in adaussantine chains. If reimot were to resume her sway in debate, it oisuld nut be contended that ro would .wallow up every othr conside.stion. The opposers of the Catholic claims had signified that they did not facto to depart from ties principles of the Revolu tion ; but to say that exclusion and restriction were the pruniples upon which the Re.olution was founded. was slows! and Kgetted. Ile con ceived that every isstrietion and 11.-a'oility. as to poiuts of faith, H. COtltlll7y to the preseiples of the Constitutiori.. 'the folly of an ioditidual 'lied with him ; but the vs ielsceleere and folly of an aslnsiuistratiou may testify their disgrace to poste rity. The Irish Cotholics had u(akuesses and sites —they sere ca:ta:tteil by strong passion's-- sod were subject to errors, like :ill of their ft llow creatures. No Catli,eie could be a NiNzi.tritte or a General as the law mi nd stood. iN Europe anus agriabt tu.. ctha.ito. is Wa, sidkulotis to abject against a man willing to fight the battles of his 'smeay. To criticise upon the attributes of the Deity, was to assume a species of know ledge, which did not below g to human individuals. Earl SYIIIIILOIFL-" My Lords, if it be the cha racter of a Papist to deny the consistency of the Leausistion of the Bible lam one of the greatest Papists that ever esitsjod. There is a book, u tninalation, of very unciedt`date, in the British Museum ; but the sense of it, as appears by the alterations, is most abominably garbled. It hap pens that the ink with which the original was written is unhappily confounded with the ink of modern fabrication. so that when one examines that copy with others at Oxford, there arise three thou sand six hundred and odd inconsistencies; which produce in the Bible that uniformity of which the Ui.hops eight to be ashamed. I cannot suffi ciently revere anti admire the first Reverend Pre late who spoke is debate ; I sin attached to him for his love of philanthropy and patriotism. Ile was miserably answered by the Priest who spoke last iu the present discussion. I think it was scan dalous for that Priest, in the course of his speech, to take an opportunity of perverting the written opinion of others. My Lords, he hits no right to term that disojection, which any people thick they have a right to demand as justice. The Irish Cathulics gave en unreserved acquiescence to a paper written by English Catholics, aid lifter we have read that paper, I would wish to know what right we should possess in these times to irritate three millions, by imputing to them opinions which they disclaim, and having disclaimed we hive no right to impute ?" (His Lordship here stated the purport of a paper signed by the Catho lics of both countnes, and the benevolent senti ments continued therein.) There is not a single principle, my Lords, which this paper does nut re spect. It may be objected that it is not signed by the population of Catholics in Ireland, but only by a few ; the only answer I think proper to re turn to such en observation is, litea it would be ea sily remedied, by trying every Catholic before his Clergyman with an oath." Lord INIttLGRAVE objected going into Commit tee, because is could only . tend to protract that discussion, which must be injurious to the cause of the Catholics. He took occasion to advert to that great man who had been mentioned early in the debate, but lie could assure the House that the great man alluded to, iuding many obstacles in the way of this measure, resolved not to disturb its quiet. This had not been the conduct of the Noble Baron. He never saw this subject in that view in which the Noble Baron seemed to view it ; but if he saw it so when in office, why did he not prosecute it, and not compro mice the advantage of the Catholics for the purpose of keeping his own situation ? If lie did not, he ought to state the differentu between these times, and the period of his own Administration. He thought bringing the petition forward, at this time. tended to irritate the lower orders of people in Ireland, and to make them disaffected. He wished it to be understood, that it was not his intention to deliver any opinion upon the Ca tholic Question ;. but only he deemed it an impro per time for its discussion. However friendly to the measure, however laudably zealous the promoters of this petition might be, their conduct moat be. in his judgment, liable to be censured as an act of great indiscretion. The Earl of BUCKINGRAMAIIIRF expressed his appre hension of the growing ialueitee of Ireland in the English Parliament, and of the growing influence of the Catholics in returning Members to serve in it. In the county of Tip perary that 141111E11re was so predominant, two-thirds of the Electors who voted on the late Election were Roman Catho lics, and be was confident that it was at the present moment the prevailing interest is three of the four Province' of Ireland. The Noble Lord them quoted passages from Or. Milner's pamphlet, alleged publications from Ma)nooth College, reciting the forfeited estates, atilt a list of massa cres and persecutions, and the names of those who bad suf fered ou account of their religios ; and also an extract from Cost's Catholic Magazine, with a vitro to chew that the Roman Catholics retained prejudices and principles for merly imputed to them ; and concluded with sleclnring, as his opinion, that a provision seem to be mode for the Ro man Catholic Clergy of Ireland, and that the residency of the Clergy In general, by improving the civilization of the country, would do more good than the grain of the Catholic claims. The Duke of NORFOLK paid a handsome ronsplinsent to Doctor Milner. Ile then proceeded to urge the severity of the disabilities upder which the Riimau Catholics now la hour, in illustration of winch he noticed the case of the five Irish Roman Catholic Noblemen sow iu Leine, and that of the Karl of Kenmore particularly, also, although competent to vote on the election of a Member for the Honor of COW mum, and pustiessing interest in the county of Kerry to de ride t h at election, bad not a voice on the cleeti tttt of the Irish Reprearittative Peers, and was of coarse on,. ;resented in the Hume of Lora. This anomaly, he said, inerlit to he done away; and he was coofident, the motion+, if grouted, would ef teetotally conciliate that country. 1.001 E.? i E made as excellent speech, in which he said that it seas the duty of that plisse, as the Hereditary COMISPIIOI.% uf the Crown, to serve the Crown accordiug to thew opinion. He did not mean to dictate to the Crown, nor to divest it of its prensgatise, hot after the many concessions made to the Catholics, he did nut see upon what principle of conaietency the Howse could refuse to go into a Commit tee loom the Petition. Lord Ii AR/Ca./BURY, is • speech of considerable length, regretted that the Noble Baron ((;eenville), who bad agreed with Mr. Pitt as the subject of the Catholic claim, had not also followed his example is nut pressing them when he found them impeacticable.--He admitted, that his objection was tint to the time, but was founded upon did not mean to say that he objected to the Catliollas upon secant of the odious opinions impish d to them, opinions which lie believed hi his heart that the majority of them lover eatertained.—He objected, becalms the religion was incompatible with the Low and CorMitutior of the country. —l4 that Constitution we must have a Prutestast King. amt from thence be proceeded to argue, that the confidential fonmsellure of the Crown, and its practical Acetate, must also he Protestant; sod that the Roman Catholics, by re fusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, and to subscribe to tome umber articles which the Constitution required, cz. ludr.l themselves from these rights which they now claim. I ord H u I. 1.• ND sever experienced more embarrassment in addressing their Loreish ips, than on the discussion of Hi is great iorition, becalms be felt he had so refute uncharitable objec t•nne, which tended to calunsuiate the common from of the :louse, and libelled the age and country in which be lived.— ft use not his int. mons to follow the opposers of this mea sure through the se:wrist= route they bed taken of thew loverl and polemical controversy. He should FORAM him self to its practisal cousideratisitt, and view it as it affected the ante snit condition of Ireland. He rhombi consider it as it •flicted the destiny of four millions of subjects, and ova-third of the population of the Empire. Much stress Lad been laid Oil the policy adopted by our ancestors, to guarding. by penal restrictions, the Protestaist Establishment tions subverviou ; and the Noble Xecretary of State made a great doiviah, when be asked, Did his great hero, Kiag DV- It:usi, relax or repeal those fundamental priseiplts of the Was there any similitude in the hiatiov of the two periods, either with respect to lb* &stare of the dangers erltic'h dos tamed the eeensb7, or to Are eatedithon of Hie Catholidat Ltd There then misted a diepated sucteesioes, and . the Catholics were pees and degraded ; whilst they were now powerful is numbers, rich in wealth, string its tateuts, and, in every clezree, conopeteut to raoirr Important merviree to their country. Ile deprecated the cataract of attributing tenets mid principles hi the greet body of the Catholics, upon the credit of anoliyanine sad suatilateft political:rms. Highly respectable as tr , ts tie cha rector of Dr. ?teaser, certainly , lie reprobated the prac nee of arriving at euneinsions biotite, to Cheek sarid feelings of a greet classification of sulhjocts, upon the statemert, of shy person. But at least it was far those who attributed swell motives and tenets, trot to liui.t bit toithurity to a err. twin fact ; but when they founded guy upiniem upon • part of his testimony, they wire houtel to hike the (valeta, and schwaledge him se eoiieet evidence, even where he was at variance c ith those who were so fond of quoting The Noble Seciretar, argned that this measure u as not hooked fur by the people of that conntry, and the reason was, that such • deserilotioa of Frames no interest ufaoy hind in its atlas.- went. What interest had the meanest sailor in the fleet in the ultimate encores of ...rreat naval contests! Why Jid his heart bound with joy when he heard nwaition made of the illus. trions Nehan, or the gallant Howe 1/id he net feel the proud character of as I:n6.l:Aaiun, aid that a portion of the glory tamed by them, ri fleeted upon auJ raised his emintry to a more elevated' scale is the fate of t uitions, in want of 'itch a noble stioinli. , must the poor Irish, a Nether in the cabin er the hotel, feel indignant, that whilst the venues to honour sail preferments are open to all these who are of a different religion, the 'Squire or the Grotto emu who is associated with bins in religions faith, is to. tally deprived of every right and every blessing, of every opportunity to serve their country, either by their talents or their bravery. That they stand, in the language of Scrip ture, like the solitary Man Oa w horn not a drop of the `heavenly rain ran fall. The Noble-Brion, in an eloquent manner, commented un the ieconsistencies in the lie. - silents o f the oppiewra of the catholic claims, and adverted to the wish if those to bold the possession of political power cheap, at the moment that they were most anxious to possess and to hold power themselves. He denied that it was the fear of Popery alone induced the peo ple of this conntry to withdraw their allegiance from the ra iled family ; and cnittended, that their cruise and final guilt were not that solitary act of popery ; but that James the Stroud had effected what his brother had attempted, aided and abetted as he was by the High Church Prelates iii his la-ermine assumption of a dispeusing power over the laws sml roustitutitin of the realm. The Noble Baron wok a most able retrospect of the history of those unparalleled acts of celd-loluoded hal burdy, which constitute.' the penal auti catkohe rode, and concluded by declaring, that as the claims of the Catholics rested on the bales of indubitable right, he would never be sway. 41 from Orin; La derided support, we any digitise intincenieuts of reason or expediency. Lord .tereLelllo regretted the renewal of this sishiect, after the sery NU and recent opinion their Lordships had pronounced on it, in the year titoS. Ile thought that the ad mission would contravene the fundamental principles of the Constitution, and concluded by expressing his opposition to the minima for the House resolving itself into a Committee. Era I of Sur rol.K viudiesied the character and conduct of' the Roman Catholics of lrelaud and Great Britain from the ; rapacious thrown upon them by their enemies. He gave his hearty support to the motion. Lord Gete•tm.s: briefly replied, and answered the ob jections of the Noble Lords who opposed .he mutton. lie gave credit to the Noble Secretary for his la idable absti nence from the vile resort of personality. He considered that some of the Noble Lords had departed from their wonted delicacy and candour, yes ascribing motives and upi -04111111 to min upon no better authority than scraps of pitiful controversy. He couteaded that if the I.egislature should frame no oath of supremacy to the purport of the one stated by the Noble Secretary, there ass out a Catholic in the realm would object to take it. Ile trusted that the uniform teepee of his life was the fullest proof of his sincerity to this great cause. If his actions did mot illustrate the fince of that sincerity, it was usel. se to stivert to words fur the put pose or making the impression The House thee dis hied, whist the numbers were, For the motion for goat% holy a Committee 51 Weak., . - . . - - 23 74 95 b 6 —•161 Majority 117 At r r O'CLOCK, this morning, the House Adjourned until Huteday sad. Aptubt it Proktut HOVE OF COMMONS. ANNVITIEs, ...... _ . On the motion of the Cu•ocELLon of the Exe netlt~r n, the 'louse formed itself into & Committee on his Resolutions, to allow Stockholders to purchase .inanities. Mr. Ti ERN r.s dl4l not perceive it was necessary to deter mine the measure before the Limn, us he did nut conceive it soled he an Withal-timid to the Contractors, no which se- count he tt want! that the Cortututte would rise and report progress. Mr. PERCEY AI. suppotted the mensnre, on the ground thnt the Stockholdt r would be recur. 11, nail that it would be the means of increasing the Sinking Funii, and of lowering the Natiorul Debt 4 and that it woo necessary the awasore should Ire carried operably into est:motion, foe persons wish ing to become Contractors desired to know on what founda tion they contracted. After a desultory conversation between Lord H. PETTY, Mr. HEIIII4sOIt, Me. BILIDELPII, Mt. DAN IRE EIIDU% Mr. TIERN EY, and the CIIARCELLOIII of the Esr est odU ER, the Resolutions were recently agreed to, any amendment. The Howse then resumed, aid the Report was ordered to be brought op on Monday next. RENEWAL OF THE CHARTER OF THE IRISH by a bull to the d sane ea: lie next l • ton. and i sword. vo '; was a ho our Our( lotion of given we English 4 a pastor. shop witl without avoiil tlu the li.ev measure; cause of lies app Lion* WS best sigi 12, of tl the coin .be idles the lad class of even tis distaist , wllitnQ tuilliont Lord sob°, la assi.tan Cadusli; tierces by any loctatic questio; to be ail • and oth had to towlf of the was tell and the tholic 4 its weal there I stele ti be coot up evil mrut Cathol' tiOn ; the pri faunae , ceived poiuts o r the tied el adnalui rity. sad wt creatui a Gent is la as BANK ... Cu the Mellow of the Chancelktr of the Irish F.xeliermer, (Mc. Etter a) the House west into • Committer vf %%rays and Means, on the Renewal of the Charter of the Beak of Ireland. Mr. FosTtle stated, that the capital of the Bank war nee million mail a half, vested in Government, and they now mo posed, on the Renewal of their Charter, to vest one million morn ia Govermaeut, only asking.; per Cent. and they were also willing to manage the Public Debt of Ireland, without the Government liciag at any expense, although the expense of the lost year amounted to rood. But that oat not all the advantage that a ',old derive from the Renewal of their Charter, they managed and did the commercial snowy Lin.iiims of the country one per Cent. lem t h an the lawful inters st of the country. Ile then moved, " That the Conmiury of the Bank of Ireland should remain as a Cori runtime until the tat of Jan. i 5.17." Alter surverul remarks from Mr. Mr. PONSOII.. BY, Mr. P ERIC AL, Mr. PARNELL, Mr. M. Fttros -1 t tit, and Mr. FOPTEIL, the Resulutiou was speed to will t any amendment. • The Bowe rernmcd, and the Report was ordered to be brought up uu Monday neat. DISTILLATION The Report of theCo ..- mst:itteeOuth; ltrzolutiorte prohi- Nting the tug ut Grata re Plittßeties awl liIICWCIitS, tree n - . . I and BINNING moved, " 'Flat tilt two First Illct.ilutiou should he re-colosnitird." _ . - The Roust accordingly formed itself into • CoonsMee, sod the (;airman (31r. WHAIITON), mad the first IL solo. Thxt nil distillation from Grain should be stopped from the Id day of July, to the Ist day of October." Mr. Costs: said, this was an extraordinary Resolution, that writ to deprive the Firmer of his best market. As the Rc prcsetitatire sf the county of Norfolk, he would oppose the measure iu over. stage. A lusig dismission firm took place Let wean Mr. 1111114,/IT, Sir JAMF.II A LI., nod Mr. WI SMITPI, "ho 04erv ed, that no man who hid taken pains to naccitcin, could duebt hit dove raided a partial scarcity_ We did tad think the fiesulutiou' wet.t to stop the ITlstillation of grain earl) cauugh. lie would tberefore move, "'that the loth 4A June Atould be substituted for the ist of July." Ca the fattest.un being put on tie amendment, ?Jr. l'onnt said, he condemned the interference of Parli. atneut with tic Agtscaltarc of tic cuttatty. Na though' die %Ailment fniAt 4 ( 1 4, 1 MAW Odle , ' P .4 of II•i! Weal India tlaitcra. tic a oolt. ttr useavare should rue into law, htv v• tv for a ~.111, •+) WOW" to tic (ranted diem, to onaLla: thrtu to cliat.gc VA, Tinted. of tt ctr cultivation. . . A delv.te then foroworl, which the nre..srre of the b..... et *.at of the House of Lord, will :tot allow 1.4 , to (ire at I^. ,•t. Mr. 1) Cluov, 5.r JOIVI S6 . ll%lGlit, null Mr. P0r.... 11• N, oinputed the 3uiendewnt. !qr. HAwsr.tes Bno7ver, Mr. IlLsrof V Ace 4 Lc, sad Luad VI s setwourteJ Mr. WHITOTIE II aut Mr COPY. Stitt, I.LeY WOrl4 nap. per the Asamtau3eut, but Imola tut aguintk the Ileaolu tion itself. The Committee fuen.hvilled of tie amendment, 89--is,os, fur Mtniutera, is. Striingers were not again admitted, but se OSlti4 he Desolation pissed, with some other arnetdaieuls : That it was not to take effect in Ireland until the gcth tr June and in Scotland natil the 13th ; the otlu:r Itreolutiuna were agreed to witlioat a division, and ►eave waa given to bring in a Hill. The House then diva", of the several Orders of the Day, and adjourned at H .111.I'•P• ST TIMEX O'CLOCK. 1 H EATH IntOYA 1 , , DRCKY-LA37: 7— : Von. piriCce,t F.eeitialg the Opera it Tlte HAUNTS:It Tower*, a hell Ballet called Tat: M 1.9 c s, with THE Of sr sr kßettCli. (OVENT-GAR DISN MR. INC:LEMAN BENEFIT. This present Evening time Opera of THe 1)1 . ES1N• ; Aa HAaflowlc aliaTleC, with I.olft A-I.A Mune. THE BRITISH PRillss. LON DON, SATURDAY. MAY le. The Catholic Petition was discussed, last night, in the House of Lords. The debate did not end until five o'clock this morning, when the House divided—Coutents 74, Nots-contents 161, being little more than two to one against the question. The business excited great interest, and the space below the bar was crowded to an excess during the whole of the night. Among the strangers were the Earl of FINGAL, Doctor MILNER, Mr. ED WARD HAY, the principal Roman Catholic Dole gat.: from Ireland, and severul others. Ludy HOLLAND was present daring the whole of the debate. Her Ladyship sat clove to the dour tor the entrance of strangers. In the Committee, last night, in the House of Commons, it was agreed, that the stoppage of the use of grain, in the distilleries, shoald take place in England on the toth of June, in Scotland on the 15th. and iu Ireland on the soth. The last accounts frma Manchester are so late as Wednesday evening, and state, that the weaver. had assembled in great numbers in St. George's Fields, and had been joined by mapy hundreds from the country. Their numbers arc said to amount to ten or fifteen thousand people.—_ The megistrutes had endeavoured, in vain, to per suade them to disperse, and were at last obliged to call in the-assistance of the military: and we are sorry to learn, that several were killed and wound ed. Disorder still prevails in Manchester. The Traissit, 'Astor:, is arrived at Plymouth, from the Mediterranean, with dispatches from Sir ALEXANDFA BALL. Seat arrived at (Abraham on the 14th, and took on board dispatches from Sir 11. DALRY Mr LE. lit passing throngh the gulph, she acconipauicil 19 sail of transports full of troops, Pro ceeding on a secret es pedition,supposed to be honed for Cadiz, to join our fleet there. Foreign Papers arrived last night, though not of n late date. They announce the long-expected rup ture hetwezn fittest* and the Turks. The Serrians are called on to take an active part in the war. —lt is said that 'Russia has deposed the Hospoder of Wallachia, Prince Ypsilanti, who is one of the moat accomplished and *hest of the modern Greeks. Two Gottenhurgh Mails arrived yesterday : They . anuounce the arrival of the whole ofthe ex pedition under Admiral • Kean and General Moose.—Several of the transports entered the harbour of Gottenbergb on the itith instant, mud on the lath, the whole fleet, amounting to nearly 300 vessels, was at anchor. The ultimate (lcs titintion of the mho* woe not known at that date. Thu official accounts from the theatre of war in INstrway come down to the 7th inst. The sanguine hopes eutertained at the early part of the cauipalgti of the speedy eseene.ation of Christiana, have va nished, and the Swedish army appears to have been driven bark to its own froutier. Of the reverses which led to this result, there is only one noticed. It is en aCll.lii WI t h e :nth. in Which a Swedish corps of son, under t ;en. GAMi. was RU11'0 , 111(10'4 and obliged to siircitieler, after having had about one half of its force killed and wounded. On the side of Finland no material military operation has taken place since the affair of the 18th, in which the Swedes obtained en adveutage uver the Itussians, near Sikejucki, to the ''loth, at which date Geaeral KLINGSPOIL• bad his heed , quarters at timmingo, a town at the mouth of the river Linintitiv, and about half way be tween Sikejoeki and tileaborg, except an actiou on the ::3tl:. in which the Swedes were sitecetsfal, having retaken Sewolnx, and obliged the Russiiths to retire, with the loss of too killed, and 4ov taken prisoners. A small Swedish force having been scut sgniuct Oland, the peasants, encouraged by itlf appeaisw.:i rose upon the Russilust, who had taken poitsesa,..l of the island, and obliged them to surrender. Yesterday, the Gentlemen intending to bid F. the ensuing Loan waited on the CSAXCELLOR the ExcnEou ea, for the purpose of ascertaining t amount, und other particulars, respecting it. ,tl.. Peacevsa informed them, the sum required Ten Millions and a Half; it was his intention to allow the Subscnhers, for every £lOO. rs mien 4 per Cenci., exclusively, as would amount to that value. The bidding will consequently Isr confined to that Fund ; and he appointed Tuesday for receiving proposals and concluding the bargain : 4 per cent. discount is to ho allowed for prompt payment. In the course of the morning there werc considerable ft uctliations in the price of the Fund.. but when the Gentlemen returned in the City, ill the particulars were disclosed, they fall considerabl:. LONDON: l'rated by G. D IVIDSON, Nu. !?. Hosaelt.rourt, Carey-street, sad pubbabad at 111.. trffi Nu. is of S. elemr , i'.. t iourcb, Strand, I.N J rer, of same Omer —Orders. kr fur tilt.; :.?”, seat H. the Oilier, (rad paid, will ire duly atito:l Id