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c u lleoe, bad induced massy of the most tesperiable Catii..lies to semi their children to educated cher-, where there were no bye-laws of restraint im r:e 1 upon the Roma,' Catholics. "'hest Gentle.. trie.l educated there, returned to their. horn :s with tbffer:nt ideas of Protranerism, than if they fad been ed ucated under the monastic professors of you:n. lia sh• old therefore demweate any measure. the tendency of. which was to divide that intercourse no w subsistilig between the Roman • Catholics and the Univi isity of Dublin. The heads of that Gni y had, on a recent occasion. w.len an Address of rya mks was per p• sed. in ode a sacrifice of their na tural principles, to that harmony so desitable at the present crisis. Mr. DILI.ON complained of the reduced and Jefeelive state of the Protestant Church in Ireland. '1 here, nvny benefice, were mere sinecures ; the churches were many of them in a acre of of dila pidation, and livie.gs of considerable value, by Curates, with stipends of only 631. a-year. The T e..stirn then was, between having next it no reit u all, or educating the Catholic Priests For ..:alculAble would be the expense of re-bedding all • churches now in a state of dilapidation, as well , the glebe-harries. The only way of gaining a,..r the Irish people of the Catholic Church was, removing those circurnatances which rendered . .he Protestant Church odious in their eyes; a Church which was only known to them by the er 48ions of T yt ha Peoittors, and which was so ill served, that in many places the few Pretestanu went cr.:, to the Methodists and Poorly-rans. He concluded by strongly recommending a modification of the testier, and other remedie., for th 3 existing evils. Sir JOHN NEWPORT' expressed himself warmly in favoar of the extended grant, and de fended himself and hi., late colreagnes, In the last Parliament, in fringing forward that measure, after the usual erimate of the expense had been given in. Althoug' the Univer.ity of Doblie were open to the R-im CALIIOIICS, in the utmost extra. persons in that Jniversity could not he educated for the oXee of Roman Catholic Priests. n It had the s •aii nary at Mayroe - .1 discouraged Roman Catholic Gentry from sensing their children to that Univer soy. !f the estimate he had brought fit 4ard was oat sra.li ient ground for his m.ivittg t%.• el:ended grant, in the L:.t Session, why did not the Right Hon. Chalcellor of Irela briug forward another estimate before he made ar, motion tar coatinuing that grant The Protestant Esza!ili:tenent was sup ported by the prosper of great lucrative emolu ments; besides wilier), the Unie•lrsities of England were r pen to Students from Ireland ; and it WAS also well known, that every Viceroy of Ireland took tare to furnish clergymen for Ireland. and often to the exclusion of the most meritorious Irish tier.. gymen. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUP It explaiued why tie did Out, in tine last ScsAoll, make a motion for as estimate. He hats, as a Menthe - of Parliament, objected to that increased rani, and proposed to refer it to a Committee to examine we merits of the Pr. /non from the trusteesof Maynooth College. He wished that the late Government ha,. paid more attention to the detettive state of the Protestant Chorea of Ireland, with a view of apply ing remedies to meet these defedt.. He truce; Pa:limiest would not be found backward in in quiring into the state of the. Churches and Glebe- Houses in Ireland Something in the present bes ides had already been done s there having been a Vast made of nO,OOOl. foe this purpose; out there were other means beside that of public grants, by which great assistanc might be worded. In new resemations to livings of considerable value, the socumbents might be result:led for a time to a bosh ad ii.come, and the living be put muter a kind of sequestration, to assist in re •urlding Churches and Glebe.Houses. The same rule anus, under simi lar circumstances, be made to apply to Angland, as welt as to Ireland. The situation of the Curates ought also to be made a subject of inquiry. with # view to their amelioration; fun although he wished to beep up n distanit,oo between Clergymen. he son thought that out of the abundance of the sure opu lent livings, some more adequate compensation ought to be given to the Curates in such parishes. Lord HOWICK defended the eondu4 of the late Administration in briogi:g forward the jocreased grant for the semin ury at Mayno.sch. He, at the same time, concurred with the Right Hon. Gentle man in desiring an amelioration in sire condition of the Curates. The airdatiori of the Protestant Church, in Ireland, had not been disregarded by the late Administration. Plans, net brought to maturity, had been under their coosideration. It it were ac loon i ,ige-1 that Roman Catholic Priests should be educated in Ireland. it could easily be proved, that at present there was not a sufficient Lumber educated to supply the wants of that religions body Mr. FOSTER (the II isls Chancellor) declared, that on corniug into office, no do.unients cohld he find, either in his otli:e, or upon the Journals, to convince him et the expediency of this addrimnal grant. Here Lord Hoetick, and the English and Irish Chancellors of the Escheqa-r, severally explained. Colonel IIARItY detenJeJ the statement of his Right Hon. Fiiend (Mr. Foster), and charged the Administration with not staring the grounds of .• additional grant to Maye.ooth College, and • ', test ,:omnsuiricating to Parliament the result of • . r ul y. uries . lie was decidedly in opinioa against • - of this grant. It such an additional . of Priesta as :WO were to be tursed out " c it, they most either make fresh proselytes, or th.v t starve. Mr. OILL.ON spoke in explanation. Mr. sIIER WAN remarked, that the Hon. Gen tii.man (Colonel Barry), had unintentiooally paid a nig.. compliment to the late Adminisuation, for however ad rens he was to this particular measure of their's now, such had been his implicit confi dence then in the wisdom a this measure. that be sat in the House during the last Parliament. without ever making any inquiry nr objeaios. when this additional giant was under the eideratiou of the 11011. e. Colonel BARMY and Ur. BHEItWAN an rally d. Pr. DU ENAN said. opossum bad beep pro posed by nod a Bill brought iu. to compel gbe residence of the Clergy in Ireland. similar to the me brought ia by Sir W. Scan for 004 but is c mseqesence of eltioflions mimed .by the then Se- ClEwrof State (Mr. Foz). the Bill was not suffered to peas. • Ile concluded with charemg thelate hli o.ietry with amt being Isiendly to the Linked Church, either, in England or Ireland. Lord 1101/VICK denied the Charge. Lord M ILTON defended the increased grant, Nom principles of policy. The ettANcELLoa of the EXCHEQUER spoke in explenetien. • Mr. Gil tTTAN observed, that the extent of the . argiutiet.re of the Right Hon. Gentlemen oppo site, went to disapprove first of the education of the Cash lie Clergy, and next of the expense which it entailed upon the public. That principle he would ever oppose, because he felt that the foundation of the Seminary at Maynooth was not to propagate Popery, but to instil loyalty. At the period when that plan ova: iginet .d. he knew it was indispen sably necessary. It was not a fair statement to say, that because the sum first voted was only 80001. and the number of Students only 200, that there fore there was a limit placed to all future grants. and to further Parliamentary support. Such an. assertion was absurd. it supposed, that the pope tattoo of Ireland was at a stand. But the fad was, that no such limit was intended. The sum voted at first was made a foundation, suhjeet to the variation of circurnoances upon the principle of the origins; grant. In Ireland there were 2,400 parishes, there were eleven hundred Protestant Benefices.—Were then, he asked, two hundred students for the Catholic PriestliJod too numerous or out of p ro por t ion for upwat ds of feur nillions of subjeas, when there were eleven htmAred benefices for the Clergy of less than one million of Protestants ? To sp eak thus, was to defraud the Catholic of the benefio of religion, by limiting the number of those whose duty it was to instruct them. The feeling of those who proposed the measure. was to have an educated. domesticated, Catholic Clergy, not prejudiced by foreign principles and habits. They knew that from the Catholics tieing the poor est, he meant in comparative week!' with the Pro testants, that if the Catholic Priest was not edu cated at the public expee.e, he would not he e.m cited at all. And the truth was so. Would th, n, he asked, any refieding Grsve: to:lent hesitate be tween the choice cf a Cat oie Clergy, poisoned with treason, by a foreign edocation, a Clergy so grossly ignorant as to degrade humanity, or of conotming a grant from the Treasury to the amount of 5.0001.? Could any nation, possessed of cemittnn sense a Id diseretieti, hesitate on such a stihjeft ? The argument of the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite was not to conciliate. not to enlighten, not to convert—hut to starve the Irish Cetnoli: s out of their re igloo. All relig..s , s were good—the Protestant was the most prehtrable. Bu wleere that could not be pro pagated, Christianity would be cultivated and en esnraged. Such wa. the ground of confide:lee Great Britain had with the foreign Catholic powers. It also regulated her domestic arrengemetes. Was the House prepared to set its face agairst i:s men Actual policy, as it applied to the stars of Ireland. Was it willing to let a vast proportion of its people perish in ignorance, or sink into infidelity. He had heard epithets applied to the Irish Catholics, of a de. gradipg nature. Ho had heard them desipated as barbarous and uncivilized—he denied the assertion. The Irish Catholic was as civilised as those of the same rank qf lite in this country. But it applied to the whole Irish population. they were. forsooth, all brutal, uncivilized and bariwous. He disdained to defend the frith people from this groselibel ; but Le would defend En land from the foul imputation. Uit was true that Ireland contsaued. atter three centgries of allegiance, in such a state. then the British coanexion was a moiler!. But as long :is he sat in that House, he would not silently listen to those false and fool refleSions on the manners and morals of a %country. to which he himself owed so much, and to whose bravery, perseverance, and dis tinguished attachment, Great Britain was indebted for a prompt participation of her despot and her losses. The other Resolutions were then agreed to, and the House having roomed, the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow, and the Committee to bit again on Friday next. Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS gave notice, that he would, tc-morrow, move for a Committee. to talfe into consideration the Standing Orders of the House, s o tar as the s.inet relate to the exerniaoiou of Witnesses upon private Bills. Upon the Order of the Day for going into Cum mimeo upon the Windsor Forgo Bill, The CHO bIt.:SLLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed. that uod.nortniling an Hon. Gentleman oil she celic r s'ar had . Joie amendment to propose to this Bill, he wished to postpone the further cone aideraticn of it until to-morrow. The Committee w.is accordingly po , trned. Upon motion of Sir A. WEI.LESLEY, the second reading of the lush Insuriection Bill was postponed from to-taarrow until V/cdncsday next lie said. dist in consequence of the absence of some Gentle men who wished to express their sentiments upon this measure, he was induced to postpone it to that day. Mr. SHEP.ID,..I`; was much obliged for the ac commodation the lion. Baronet Was so is tili ngto give pi his Hon. Friends who were absent, but be at the same time assured the Hon. Baronet, that he should give his most decided opposition to the Bill through. out every stage of it, until he should be satisfied of the absolute necessity of such a measure at this time. Upon the motion of Mr. LETH BRIDGE, several accounts relating to the annual revenue of the Post. Oifice, of the increase of produce. &e. ice. for a cer tain period, was ordered ,to be laid before the House, with reference to the proceedings nosy pend ing before a Selo* Committee. Mr. BANKES brought up the Roport of the Committee upon the additions to the British Mu mum; which was read and agreed to, sad a Bill ordered pursuant thereto. A Message from the Lords informed the House that their Lordships bad agreed to the American Indemnity Aft. without any ammulasent. Alm to several private Bills. The House then went into Committee of Ways and Moans, when the sum of 18,500.0001. ditties on Revenue was agreed tot also, 171,18.51. Sur plus of Grants for 11106. acid 139,0001. fur the gar vice of Great Britain and Ireland. After some conversation between Sir JOHN .. NRIVPOItT and Mr. FOSTER, en du sohjed of r .mqnsi atom beam grouted to the Revenue Otfiterl for tl,e loss of their fees, and the fund, tee at which tLe some was to be paid the other . It:solutions were ogreel in, and the iepirt ordered to be re ceived tn-morrow Mr. rosTER obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better rtgulatinn of goods erported from and imp.•rt• d into Ireland. _ A new wit was ordered for the borough of Ath lone, in Iteland, in the room of Mr. ‘Veliesley, who being also ehlted tut the borough of Eye, had made his ale !lion tor the latter place. The Irish Spirit Duty Will seas committed ; and, upon the motion of Sir JOHN Nr:WPORT, the Chairman was ord red to report progress, and ask leave to sit again. The House went into a Committee on the Sugar Trade. Several Resolutions were agreed to, and the report ordered to be received to-morrow The Irish Salt Provision Bill, the Irish Chancel lor of the Exchequer's Bill, and the Courts of Equity Bill, werl severally committed, and the Report. ortereJ to be received to-morrow. Mr. Foster b.ntight up a Bill to repeal, alter, and amend, several Mts, rev. aing 141 trip Duties in Ireland, which was rend a first time, and orJerei: to be read a second tirna to-morrow. 'lhr other orders of the day were then disposed of, and at Ten "Clock the House adjourned until to-murrow (this day.) GENE!: IL RENA( N'S DISPATCHES. Liam OF' FRILDLAND. tte. COPIES Of Tile DtSIPATCdts MOM oslllll4ll. SIN- blifaigH 10 TM r. Zl4/ ALZ;•NDLif. frandat.r.n He .4 quattais at Wehlae, JIM* 3.15. The enemy 11:.ting un Irately a •Ara: the lenwe of nit (ow front Helabtrotunarls Friettn.l eq.l Wahlau. rrit!‘ an lot •,,thre to cut off my army front the Fele:. I horseny bog I•..+e to intw,a your Ro,al ‘l.. h e.ty, that I cnt.:l n fq.,n any 1...•.tr.n at :schi..pentoc.. bat m• to a (urged Fried -011 the I 13th la:tan'. The advanced detach sent which I met forward to occupy that town, Joan I the pla.M. At three p as. in the pone-mon of fort squadrons of time soamy , vohizti wet, buw•vm, driven owl 'swissadratety. In order to kelp possession of the town, that my troops might rest from their fatigue, sent some inhotry to the left book of the Ade dining the njght. Art so the morniog,at break of ear, the enemy attacked my advanced po.ts, and at half tier Ave the cannonade consmencod. 1 therefore sent soot ier division of mot army mien the riser, t.O ettinSot the nate( noon., as I had mason to liappla.• th.t the enemy's van o had come us. The enemy elf r.l . ,iu!ted at every point, and th- troop fought for 14 hours to:ether with the greatest Wirth aryl proved always viztorioire. Cen. Oodinot, whine dor:alio framed tie right wing of the Portray, attemiitTrl to r:oike an attack with t h e baywiet; but my left wing eagerly ailvoice l 'spun hint, and deiiiroytil au a are ,•a1t1.11,0. Another twitiino was routed The cavalry of my i.e.c w.ng also made au rasps. luaus and sumosesful attack upon the memo,. ctilTalalefy, I or. suing them as tar 43 village sup ported the left wing of the enemy. At' tee WI tlie atom. noon, Bonaparte arrived in person, wttttttllllllll toe vest of fits army, and, sheltered by • wood, reMipmed his right wing pm mach • degree, that, it eau, shun -he commenced • fresh attack, and opened upon soy left wag • caasked battery of forty pieces of cannon, 1 was und:r the necessity of resolving to sernme.ice my retreat, whleh was elletted in the Gest order, and my rem stopped the whole force of the enemy, with all my troops had croasti the Allis .111thoogh my ben, daring a bat-le whichlastrl s-otteen hours, and from my army's beiwg obtlged to Ale MT over a help, which *as exposed to the enemy's artillery, cannot be incousiderable, ch. enemy roust have 1.4 i an eqoal number, at least since the attack with the bayonet, and tha: a the cavalry. G as caused him a great low Ind as iu the f ir mer we took horn him s the Eagle of - the 15th rzmissent of the line. Nor Nei the sae ny taken any ether prisoners but such as were wounded dangereudy, and which co uhl be rector: NJ from the town, as/ only go roe dienseursted pieces ei cannon be'•- iglu.' to the regimen:.s with a few winch could •• In renlo•,l, l ),MlluSe the horse. attached .. th err, had Yee. snot, tel into ms hands. Oo the othr)lia id a:I oar 'JOT, a ur camp artsllc' y were got off sale. lam d4ll taking with my army a position behind the Preeel, Dee, C a “fltag all the passes of that river, a, far as Koenigsberg asid thateronre, so he occupied by my troops, in cunaritier.ce enerr-uf 1 have re. owned a certl.nuirreation with Gic..mal L'Erituz if the ene my should rem .e to c-ow the Pregel, 1 sh 4 a.taek hunt on. inwhately, and the reinforcements which already are -in its sr memo, wit won eu,.piy my lam, and enable Inc intim mule to cope with the enemy (Signed) BENNICiSEN. AS , ^THIR DISPA JCR. From the Campo S ‘l , t—ttachkan June _s_l7. - - Vier the surrend:r of Koinng.berg, my po.it.on at Welke w.w ow lons tenahie, aitd, havtne informed General L'Estixo that I should make my --t!e it on the r sad to Tilsit, I requea-cl him to 'Wow ins t I COltirnenc , J the retrett vestediy. lam hap ie, most humbly or I Von' your R nti •42j-_,•tv, that I ha e iris day healed a that and that my army, hits, ha. this day rei.es . ...d a ri:infore ,• it ..f JKW Olen. Moreover, the division from Cow will pass env auntie, to-morrow, eon,equ•ntly my toss will no: be edlaced an a very than tale, but 1 shall even be strip ear toan 1 vas he. tore the bate of Friedland. Thus of all care results ettat low battle, the surrender of grlnetherg 1/..sert the worst, in,, unless the enemy pursue me wits too seat a vu, Of ...V..: Jammers, awl phaveleal he *Pow me suffietesat tulle to gif ate valian t. me toy remionmenento, 1 shad directly advailee, a n d I hope to recover from the eunmy Lbw advaaug..• which he has obtained. (S.sned J. :eaten FOREBIN IN Fr LUGENCE. ....1..-.- FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. r•'tf, Jury 7- EIGHTY-FOURTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY. " TILSIT, JUNE 4 24. "The Marshal of the Palace, Defoe, wert, on the 23J, to the headquarters of the Rusbian army, on the other side of the Niemen, to exchange the ra. iifications of the Armistice, which has been rya fied by the Emperor Alexander. 4 , On the 24th, Prince Labanolf having demanded an audience of the Emperor, was admitted on the same day at two in the afternoon ; he remained a long time in the Cabinet with His Majesty. 44 General Kalkreuth is expeatml at the head quarters to sign the Armistice with the King of Prussia. "On the 11 th of June, at four o'clock in the morning, the Prussians attacked Dreuesewo in great farce ; General Clapsrede sustained the enemy's fire; Marshal blaseena rushed alorg the line, repulsed the enemy, and disconcerted their projelb. The 17th Regiment of Light Infa,ury maintained its position. Gassed Moutbrua kkaarlf. A detachsfirne of the micions. SM •Light Infantry, and a piquet of the 25th Preget,. put the Cossacks to flight. All the enterpriies of the enemy against our pests, on • the 11111 and 12th, turned to their own confusion. It is already seen, by the Armist;ce, that the left wig of obi ?tench semy supports itself on the Cyril!) Ha; at the snoods of. the Niemen, from whence owt line ritends itself towards Grodno ; the right, comusandeJ by Marshal Musette, reaches to the confines of Ru;•ia, between the sources of the Narew and the Bug. " The flealliuliars are about to be removed to Konicgsberg, wheteevery day ,/ew discoveries are made, of pr , irts:pna, an tine, , alud other ef. fees belonging tel oath i 7,11 4 -41 464) " so fOrinidlbie, is deg epos* the men brilkiot, and while ,the samurai antey . tlies rented and almost destroyed, more 'boa ligif the French *limy has not fired a snusiset."-•-(slseittar i A4 6.) HANIRURGII PAPERS. sr ATVS, JULY 2. (At ai l ed, 4 Exprise.) The Pit A LININAILIts Or PiAct lIIIWAAN Fa ASCII ♦ND RVSHA •aa cioNAD. The twolmperj ; :iikpile had an interview, and reside in the ewe lown,wich their respeSive guards. This important sews was receiveg here this most• ing, and was brought by one of the Aides-de-camp of Marshal Brune. This letter does cot mention the town where the ;mere's+ took *lce, but there is every reason to believe it was Tilsit.-(L'Akiiie du Nerd, 7.11 . 9 7.) TILSIT, OPUS U. The conference of the two Emperors of Ramis and France took place yesterday at ow o'clock in the afcernuon, on a raft in the Niemen, es which General I. yribcisiere, Commattrler of the Artilles7 of the Guards. kJ caused one Pavilion to he eroded for their Imperial Majesties, and another Jr their attendants. _ His bLijesty the Emperor Napoleon, qtpassiaifry the Grand Duke of Berg, Prince of ligpfchlegl. Marshal Bessiercs, Grand Marshal Duroc. and Paulaincourt. MasterOf:Ste Eillr"tirk ceetttd to the Banks of the Niemen, sinst somptem sboAri the vessel which was to take hie! tc) tton.sgt. At the same time. the Emperor Alexander. gr!lMlte Grand Duke Constantine, Coastal ilennisimpolAp neral rowaroff, Prince Labanolf. and roi l i.* jutant General Count Licks, p ut o f t sig ospr posit. bask. The two vessels reached the raft at the Mew times the two Emperors embraced each other In Leming the vessel, and poured the ptyalin, !r' pared for them. Tbii conference lasted about two hours, and when it was closed, the atteadanwpf the two Empercrs were admitted. The Emperor Alexander paid many handsome compliment' so the Preach Dicers who attended Napoleon ; .sed the liAer conversed a considerable time witsl Ors Grcad Duke Constantine, and with Gametal Ben. slimes both Emperors rethrned afterwards to their ves!ittf: JIM' 96. Last night, immediately after the conferenie was over, Prince Labanolf arrived at the French head quarters, and a convention was concluded, that mit half of the tows was to be considered neutral. His Majesty, the Empire Alexander, bis retinue and guards, are so take up their quarters in the neutral part cf the town. The Emperor Alexand .r, we understand, intends to dine, this day, with the French Emperor, and it is supposed the King of Prunta will be of the party. Another letter from Tilsit. of June 26. says—. if At half past five o'clock, the Emperor Alexander proceeded to the left hank of the Niemen, where, on leaving the Testa, he was received by the Emperor Napoleon. Both Emperors mounted their horses. Ind rode through the large street,vrhere the French foot and horse guards were drawn up ; they alighted at the Palace of the Emperor Napoleon. where the Emperor cf Russia dined with the French Emperor, the Grand Duke Constantine, and the Grand Duke of Berg." azat.io, JULY 4. We have received certain intell.gencl trom the French head-quarters, that according to the terms of the Armistice lately concluded. the Russian troops io Pomerania are to rental* neutral. A report is spreading here, that the Emperor of Russia has ordered all Eng:iabmen 4, ;nit his do• DIUNIM. JuLv S. This day, the id inst. the King of Sweden give notice to General Gratidjean, that at the expira tion of ten days nett ensuing the. day and hour of the receipt L: such notice, the armistice o 1 Schlatkow is to be at an end. According to a letter from Altona, of the s-h inst. the Puke of Mecklenburg Schwerin has received it letter from the Emperor of Russia, with an it. closed Imperial order. whereby the French Go. vernor-Gereral of the Duchy is recalled, sad id; sequestrations laid on public and private property in that conatry taken at -.(Hdarel9sh Gorre:Olarleif :447.) he Se- lman' id sal. Li the,' tioo to Teo 10 gtatica t itian& "pt o% isual • 11 w t rat tray 00, an It n° * card t r 5, after t. Now idea ty ,palat of 6 : obi(' Hied. to .1 , 111 Heat at .e 1 lett nes Icy. But _ ban mi,-- ito its that oed of thuukt . _