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IRISH CATHOLIC MEETING. (Abridged from the Ihddia l'reentaies Journal. I An Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of Ireland wsa held on ll'edneolay lest. in the large Chapel in North Anse-street. It was highly respectable and numerous beyond ail former example. So early as eleven the Chapel was full, and it was nearly two o'clock before the Managinb Cemniittee were ertabled to obtain ed. 'pittance. At length Lord Viscount Gormsnsttwn was called to the Chair, and Mr. O'Gorman was appointed Secretary to the fleeting. Mr. MAHOW having mused a Resolution, which directed a pe tition for unqualified Emancipation. Mr. LAW L Ess rose to move an amendment. Considerable dis• approbation was expressed ; but Mr. O'Cosszee entreated that a hearing might be given to Mr. Lawless, and promieed that it Mr. L. said any thing " mischiev out" he (Mr. ( C.) would reply to it. Mr. LAWLESS then briefly addressed the Meeting, and concluded with moving en addition to the Resetution, " That the Catholics had cot assented, nor authorised any person to awns to the num. sures lately introduced in:o Parliament, for providing for the Ca. %ludic Clergy, and distiarehising the 40e. Frecholdere." Mr. HOWLET dviscd a course of PtfiC) moderation ; expressed his opinion that their ministerial friends could best support them by remaining in office, and that the Catholics, aided by the power of a Catning and a Robinson, in conjunction with the honest devoted. rasa and matchless eloquence of Plunkett (loud cheers) eoual not lonic be strangers to the Constitution. liew Jong' Buie E followed on the same side. Mr. loswenss finding the sense of the Meeting ageinst his antendment, withdrew it. Mr. °Tows aLL rose. He was hailed with repeated and rap. rufous cheers. 11 hen silence was obtained, the Yarned Gentle man proceeded to a Idrces the assembly. Lord Liverpool, he raid, had threatened, and promised to put down the Catholic voice—had he not ? How pettily he succeeded, the enthusiasm of the mimes.- out audience, like the present, was an unanswerable evidence. (Laughter.) The spirit of the late Association was yet alive, although Lord Liverpool had snored his friend and supporter, fool Lonadale. it should be extinct. Now this same Lord Lons dale is the proprietor of eight boroughs, by which he is enahled to dispose of sixteen votes at the highest price, and to traffic with the voters as the cattle.dealers do in Smithfield. He is alai proprietor of extensive collieries; but, perhaps, by next winter the people of Ireland would be enabled to cnr.vince his Lordship, that coals could be supplied for the consumm ion of Dublin without ever giving him the pain of accepting Irish Papist money for his English coal, and his Lordship would be left to the felicity of burning his coal himself. But having said so much, by way of parenthesis, he would now advert to the state of the Catholic Question, which had been carried so triumphantly by one house of Parliament, and rejected by the other. It became the duty of the Catholics of Ire land, to consider what course should be pursued after so many years of exclusion and suffering, and so many rejections of their claims for the rights of men, by those Solon s of legislation. (Hear.) The Catholics, although detested, were, thank God ! not dismayed (cries of bravo, no, no) ; they were overpowered , but not con quered ; though fallen, hey were not pi tartrate. (Hear.) The battle was yet in be fought.—though not such a battle as was de. tared by the gallant Anglesey. The people of Ireland might be divided into three classes. The first class consisted of hereditary bondsmen," who were not conszious of the manliness of freedom, and had not determination enough to perfect their eniancipatinn. 'There was of the second class, those who were local and free In spirit and principle, and determined to obtain the practical blessing of liberty, by the principles of freemen. The third class was of that of persons who take counsel, not from the quantity of virtue that may exist in their advisers, but from their policy in adapting their advice to the prejudices of those whose interest they of feet to have at heart. The redemption of Ireland, and the protection of the first class, lay in the determination of the second class to rally round their common country, whilst the third class sought how meat effectually to iittarrel amongst themselves during the tight for, freedom. But the Catho ha of Ireland should all become as the second class, with a determination not to 'shrink from their post until the sacred incentive of liberty of conscience and equality of civil rights shall have attained its triumph. (Loud cheers.) The Cathm hcs had many allies in the holy cense. There were die fifty three illustrious and enligbeened Prete, whose glorious resolutiors bad just been transmitte d the dleetirg in order to cheer them io their cause, as well by their spirit as by the motto which they re eommeneto the Catholics. That motto consisted of three words, which will be found of talismanic virtue in Ireland. The first was Firmness.—He thanked those noble friends for the word—the Ca tholics would be firm. The second was Temperance—again he thanked them for that word : it belonged peculiarly to thesCatho. lie, for intemperance was fitting only for those who were weak. The third word of their motto was Union, and the Catholics should never loose sight of it. Again he thanked their noble friends for their valuable advice. The next ray of cheering hope that lighted up the confidence of the Catholics, was the support of an Irishman who had so distinguished himself in the service of Ida country-- who was noble. in thought, and manly, virtuous, and correct in principle; need he name Charles Brownlow ? (Continued cheers.) Dlr. Brownlow had been an °large:non, and he (dlr. O'Connell) was rejoiced at it, for that gentleman WAS an Orangeman no longer than he had the sanction of his judgment and his principles t when he heard the evidence of the Trish witnesses, however—when he saw the pious demeanor of Dr. Murray—the resplendent talents of Dr. Doyle,then, as an honest and conseientious Senator, he yielded to the force of convic.ion, and the darkness of prejudice was dispelled by the light of truth. Mr. B. was tco manly not to retract generally what he had previously and erroneously advanced. lint was it too much to expect such conduct from the grandson of Wm. Brown_ low, the illustrious patriot of 1792, who was at the head of the glorious Irish Volunteers when they declared that God had given Ireland the features of a great nation, and that it was a crime to call her a province? (Applause.) That immortal band set the power of England at defiance. procured for Ireland a constitution and for England security. Mr. Brownlow's conduct had taught I him (Mr. O'Connell) never again to cast indiscriminate censure on the Orange body; and in compliment to that excellent man he would believe that many members of that body were in tturnced by unfounded prejudice. Then, had they not the grea' bitly of the Protestants coming forward to pnicleim that a dif ference of religious opinion should not create a distinction of poli tical privileges. Were any Protestants opposed to theae .. save the entorious Guild of Merchants? None; and he confessed he re joiced in their opposition, for it was powerful testimony that the Catholics bad truth and justice at their side. (Laughter.) But they had another set ofopponents besides the Guild of Merchants. There were those who made policy assume religion's name, end wear the saactimoul °us garb of trutS,only to rover avarice and license persecu tion. Those gentry. when pitted against such men as Dr. Doyle, proved bow pitiful were thew powers of reasoning, and therefore fled the field and took refuge in the Vestres. There were Posed Parsons and Penny Parsons—the former, those who contended that in proportion as they (the Protestant Clergy) were enriched, so was the Protestant rsligion promoted , and far that purpose most di. ligently collected their tithes--the latter the Butterworths, who had no shares in the spoils, and were contented with the penny offerings to the faithful. lie who hated the first class most cordially, be cause bee laughed so at the poor Butterwort lis ; because they had no clam on the Estsblishment. though they . worked so laboriously to merit by opening, as w ts said, by the Knight of Kerry to But terworth, in Parliament, depots in London, for the encourage ment of bigotry, hypocrisy, and falsehood. (Cheers and laughter.) Well, this league of worthy persons convened their Meetings, and after getting up petitions against Emancipation, they procured the peoples signatures without the troublror form of discussion. The Learned Gentleman concluded a long and able speech, by enuring the Meeting that nothing in life would make him ao happy as to be enabled to matte any personal sacrifice in order to requite his fellow-countrymen for tne affection and regard which they had always shown towards him, particularly upon his late return from England. The Learned Gentleman, who was dressed in the Association uniform, consisting of a blue frock and black velvet collar, with black silk buttons, at.d one gilt" conciliation" button upon the top of the right shoulder, and a yellow waistcoat, sat down amidst con siderable cheers, which continued for some minutes. Mr. O'Co it N cia moved the next Resolution. Mr. &tete said, we are called again together by the calamities of Ireland—we are re.assembletl by the evil genius of our country. If the feelings by which our minds are invested were to be expressed by external symbols, our garments should be each-cloth, and we should bear ashes on our heads. Theleensations of deep pain, and, let me add, of profound resentment which pervade the whole Ro man Catholic community of which th:s east assembly is an Image land if we were not indignant, we should not be rnen)--(Cheers), detivean additional bittetness from the blessed hopes in which, for a moment of brief and bright illusion, we had been sufficiently cre dulous to indulge. How differently did we meet at the last great convocation of our body, which was held while the Bill for our own relief was in its triumphant progress through the House of Com mons. A spirit of enthusiastic hope WAS diffused amongst us. The mere expectation of seems had generated results which anti ‘aseedmany of the consequences of its attainment. A sentiment S of Ct. "d ia l amity began t o s p rea d i tse lf a m o ng all classes of the peo ple . a 'lvt dissensions which had risen to such a height, gently, but .perceptibly . ~bined—all differences, whether polities' or religious, the wide and peaceful identity of national emo began to merg o a • t e m. A erknn. w inaticht into the glorious results of Catholic emancipation was tlizauY afforded to us—the commercial spirit of England b ed turne d *award* this country—British capital was abnut to pour into Irelan.‘4 hen upon a sudden—but why should I attempt to describe it ? irt'v shou ld I try to give utterance inc., to which events, and ito: "Tag' may yet give expression ? Why tell you that which is written down in your hearts, and which is better felt than spoken ? you to feel know it painfully yell, and, thank God; that not only you, but thin • every nation in Europe, is are tainted with it. There were eraissalit:‘ of confederated }ran" at Russia stationed in the avenues of the State upon the night of nly when it can that disastrous decision, which may be repente. 4 o ri longer be repaired.—(Loud 'cheers.) " Shall !leis" be.reere l ailed ?" was the question—" Never !" said the heir to the Brills! Emeire. He did not wry, " Not yet." He did net merely ay, NO I" but he said, " Never!" and that is a dreadful yard from the son and brother of a King, who stood u, non the ste ps ef the throne (he spoke, indeed, as if he bad reached time seat itself). and now that high station he pronounced a malediction—an anathema against the Irish people. Ile (TaVe as • motto that disastrous in- Kription which Dante has told us was written upon the gates of Lail. and bade us " hope no more." It is not wonderful that the )'nine Minister of George 1 V. should have responded to Frederick I. If my Cora Liverpool was not honest, he was, at all events, frank— em put aside that hypocrisy which has been defined as the homage which eke nays to sinus (a homage which a certain )acrymatory ij •Imwd knows Low to pay so Well), and openly avowed hisnal the open and uncualified antagonist of tne Irish people. He used for merly, like justph Sat fare, to bow us nut of the Constitution, but now he lass senttmeitt uside and slaps the door in our face. The reasoning of Lord Liverpool upon this great question must be ad mitted to have been not only novel but fantastic—it was supposed that the subject hod been exhausted ; Lord Liverpool showed that it was not—hut his Lordship, iratead of deriving his arguntents from Delitoline on the Constitution, drew them from the Sutter de Magri Atonic, ; his Lordship's logic was founded upon the compara tive inefficacy of a Popish wedding. Why should Ireland continue to be torn by diA”nbions ? Why should she still continue to carry the penal code like a cancer in her bosom ? Why should she still he allowed to bold out a temptation in the enemies of England ? Why, because the laws of licit love direr in the two religions. It must be confessed that his Lordship has thrown a novel elucidation upon the subject—lse has borrowed his torch from bylaw, and cam o new light upon the great question of Catholic Emancipation. (Loud cifeers.) His Lordship was peculiarly impressive upon the thesis of divorce; and it is to be presumed that a certain Noble Hussar *as greatly struck with the force of his reasoning upon this Interesting topic. The Noble Marquis was once an advocate of Emancipation, but he has lately separated himself from the opi nions to which he has so honourably wedded and espoused more acrimonious sentiments. His Lordship, it seems, is really "to fight it out"—with whom ? Has France again unfurled her stan deed ? have her legions passed the Rhine ? has another Napoleon been thrown up by another revolutina ? or have the barbarous hordes of Husaid descended upon civilized Europe ? No such thing. In the lassitude and ennui of peace he sighs fur occupation in Ireland— he sighs, not for another battle, hut for another massacre—for another A ughrim, not for another Waterloo—nor fur another vic tory, but for another coruscation. " He is ready to fight it out," Sorsooth I—with whom ?—with those who fought and bled beside him—with those whose sons and brothers lay dead before him in the field—with those who watered his laurels (they are not evergreens) with their blots!. And is this to be the termination of his Lordship's military career ? " Oh, most lame and impotent con. elusion !" There if no phrase in the whole compass of the English language capable of conveying the mingled sentiinevit of dis gust and of abhorrence winch this effusion of Parliamentary brag. gadocia is calculated to excite. or, if there be an expacssion well fitted to this Bobadil announcement, it lies in a single mnr.n.yl. I Ode,* on't, oh fir !_but I have done with this Legislative Houser; I come to this simple fact—the Catholic Question has been thrown out by • majority of 48 in the /louse of Lords-48 non.contents haie produced seven millions ofmal-contents, that we ate mal.contents. they admit--that we are seven millions they deny—what then isso he done? Let there be a census of the Ca tholics of Ireland. "Do not dress your slaves with a peculiar garb," said a Roman statesman, " least tilt:), should learn their numbers." An enumeration of the Cuitholic people may be easily el:tried through the instrumentality of the Catholic Clergy. For this purpose a Catholic Association shall be established. I forbear, for the present. from entering into any further derails of the plan upon which it is intended that this important measare shall be ac complished; the next project is on- as simple ea it is efficacious. Let petitions be presented from every parish in Ireland. and here again we must have reamrse to the priesthood of Ireland. lam glad of it--that pure, that pious, and unpurchased clergy are unwilling to enter with us into a great confederacy for the freedom of Ireland. Of this noble spirit they have recently afforded an illustriout evidence—they wheezed the Catholis runt—they are +ready to count •lie Citholic people (loud cheers)—they are ready to gather their supplications, and to become the .itilutary medium through which the wrongs of the country shall be strenuously and concurrently presented to the legislature. This is the only course which it remains for us to pursue, and whatever may befall, we shill show that our fortune* and our deserts are not the same; and that if wears doomed to thraldom by the law, God and nature in tended that we Should be free. Never shall we relinquish the pur suit of that glorious object, to which the whole heart and soul of the country are devated.--( Loud cheers.) We are willing to bind ourselves to the prosecution of this great cause, by the molt solemn adjurations that can fasten us to ander to man ; and if heaven is to be invoked by Princes for our degradation, let us offer up a coun ter invocation—let us bind ourselves to our country by a bond as holy as a Prince's word, and let us swear that we shall at last be free by thettignity of human nature, and "so help us God."--( Loud and continued cheers.) Sir Edward Bellew, Mr. Dawell O'Reilly, the Hon. Mr. Prem. ton, O'Connor Don, Mr. Brie, Mr. Finn, Rte. Conway, Mr. O'Reilly, Major Lambert, Sir Thomas Esmond*, also severally moved resolutions. . . . . . Sir Thomas Esmont!e was called to the Chair, and thanks re turned to Lord Gormanstown, after which the immense multitude began to depart. Mr. and Ain. O'Contell and family, upon gainieg their carri age, were drawn home by a large concourse of persons, who rent the air with repeated cheering during their progress through the streets to Alert ion -aquare. Some idea of the immense number of persons present may be formed when we state that the Chapel, under ordinary circum stances. accommedates five thousand persons during the celebra tion of Divine service. Numerous parties of ladies, elegantly attired in the prevailing frshions of the day, appeared in all di rections, and many of them were present as early as ten o'clock, for the purpose of securing places. In several instances, however, they had to sutler the inconvenience of standing for hours. amidst the most overpowering beat and pressure. AVe ourselves emir, amongst many others who were similarly circumstanced, the delicate and lovely daughter of Lord Arundel, whose family, we ne:d not observe, ranks highest amongst the ancient Nobility of England, enduring all we have described. although several gentle. oven of rank exerted themselves as much as possible to procure accommodation for this distinguished lady. The immensity of the crowd would no doubt have made it difficult to avoid confu sion under the best arrangements ; but we contlss we never saw so complete an absence of any thing like arrangement. The following are the most important Resolutions paused at this Meeting. The whole aeries is of great length, and consists princi ' pally of votes of thanks to all the persons and bodies by whom the I Catholic Claims have been advocated and supported. Resolved—That a Committee be appointed to prepare petitions ' to both Houses of the Legislature, for the, full and unqualified Emancipation of the Roman Catholics of Ireland. Resolved—That we have witnessed, with the deepest pain the failure of the Catholic Relief Bill; a measure identified with file best interests, not only of Ireland, but of the Empire; and that we are determined rigorously' to persevere, by every exertion that may be sanctioned by the Law and the Constitution, to obtain the repeal of those laws, which, insulting the Catholic and di viding the people, cannot be justified upon any ground of sound policy, but are at variance with every principle of expediency and justice. Resolved—That we review and reconsider, with great pain and ' increased feelings of alarm, the system of hostile policy for the Government of Ireland, urged both in spirit and in terms by the Earl of Liverpool. in the speech attributed to him in the House of Lords upon the Catholic Relief Bill—a speech which has already arrested tendency to a growing prosperity in Ireland : and if the system of hostile policy be adopted, it must, in our judgment, inevitably put to hazard the tranquillity (Willie country. Strongly nider this impression, we deem it an imperative duty to declare our belief of tile litter unfitness of the present Prime Minister to exercise or hold influence in the governing of Ireland. Resolved—That the policy avowed by a powerful party in the Cabinet with respect to our Claims, tends to endanger the tran quillity of Ireland, the integrity of the Empire, and the sue- cession to the Throne; and that it becomes our duty to vase all Constitutional means to remove that party from the Councils of the King. Resolved—That it is earnestly recommended to the CathollM of ' Ireland, and all friends of civil and religious liberty, to meet, I without delay. in their several counties ; and that in order to ex press the roil sense of the country, and to insure unanimity, it is expedient that Provincial Meetings be also held. For the province of Minster, at Carlow; for Munster, at Limerick; for Ulster, at Belfast; and for Connaught, at Ballinasloe ; the first Meeting to be held within the succeeding fortnight ensuing the termination of the Summer Circuit ; and the others within the succeeding fort nights, In the order abovenamed. Resolved—That twenty-one Gentlemen be requested to meet, in due observance of the law, and consider whether there can be framed, without any violation of the existing law, a permanent Body, to assist in the conducting or management of each portion of Catholic affairs, as it may be by law permitted to have managed, without resorting to the too frequent holding of Aggregate 3leet logs, and, in particular, without in any way infringing on a recent Statute. Resolved—That the Most Rev. the Archbishops be respectfully requested to draw up a form of prayer, and direct it to be read in all Roman Catholic places of worship previous to the last Mass, on Sundays and holidays, to implore the Supreme Ruler of men, that he will vouchsafe to enlighten the understandings, and soften the hearts, of our opponents; to avert the calamities with which we are threatened, and to direct our councils in the spirit of wisdom, unanimity, and fortitude. Resolved—That while we acknowledge, with hearts full of grati tude, the deep obligations which we owe to the generous and en. lightened supporters of our claims, both in and out of Parliament, we feel that we should evince a most palpable disregard to the vin dication of our honour, if we suffered to pass, without animadver sion, the pointed report of a speech which the newspapers have at tributed to a Noble Lord, who holds a high place fu the present Administration. . That in this speech the Noble Lord is represented to have stated, " that the late Catholic Relief Bill was a heap of trash and non. sense"—that it was a measure—and that it was sent up by the House of Commons, " under circumstances which placed that House in a most disgraceful situation." That if it passed into • law, the " Protestant succession would not be worth tire far thlngs."—And that " as the Catholics only gave • divided allegi. enc., to the King, they had no more right to enjoy equal privileges with Protestants, than the labourer who works for half a day has a right to the same wage. as the man who works for the entire." That we do not consider ourselves called upon to vindicate the character of a Bill which was prepared by a Committee consisting, among other distinguished persons, of the most influential and en lightened Members of the Noble Lord's own Administration ; neither do we consider it necessary to defend the proceedings of the House of Commons against any attacks, however indecorous or in. qmperate, which the Noble Lord may have considered it decent fE make upon them. But as far as his vituperation extends to us, we are bound to meet it; anti we indignantly assert, that the charge made against our loyalty, and our oaths of yielding only a divided allegiance to the King, is a most unfounded and disgrace ful calumny. Our allegance to our Sovereign is complete, undi vided, and unconditional; our contributions to the public wants in blood and treasure are, at least, equal in proportion to our numbers and resources to those which are made by any other class of the community. We acknowledge the supremacy of the Legislature ever our bra and fortunes, ao fully as the most favoured sub. THE BRITISH PRESS. jects of the King—we only deny to it the right of regulating our faith. Resolved—That another Noble lAA is rispresented to have stated, that if the4louse of Commons should persevere in ita re. aviation to emancipate his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, notwithstanding the repeated rejection of the Ronan Catholic Re lief Bill by tke House of bortlii—" It might become necessary to dissolve the tarlianient, in order to prsvent the disastrous conse quences which would ensue front a conflict between the Houses." On the etntrary, we trust that such a conflict w'II be prevented, through the adoption, by the House of Lords, of the same wise and liberal policy which distinguished the proceedings of the House of Commons; for were it prevented by a dissolution of the Parlia ment, tending to the return of a House of Commons. in which the majority of the Members for England and Scotland should be found permanently opposed to a majority of the Members fur Ire land, on a question vitally affectMt the rights and liberties of the people of the latter country, a conflict might ensue, more disaster. bus than a difference between the two Houses of Parliatnent, which no friend to the peace and stability of the Empire, could contemplate without sorrow and apprehension. The other Reaolutio.is are ea presaivir of the gratitude of the Catholics of Ireland, fir the services rendered to their cause by the press of England, the Protestants and Dissenters of the North of Ireland, Mr. ('Connell, the English Bar, Mr. Brownlow, the Pro testant Peers whotelt lately at Buckingham House, Mr. BrouFhatin, Mr. Canning, Mr. Plonket, the Bishop of Norwich, the Earl of Dondughmore, Sir F. Burdett, the Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty in the House of Commons, the Irish Catholic Clergy, the liberal press of Ireland, and the Catholic Deputation. BUBBLE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill is entitled " A Bill to repeal so much of an Ac: passed in the Sixth year of his late Majesty King George the First, as relates to the restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable practices in the said Act mentioned, and for conferring additional powers upon his Majesty, with respect to the granting of Charters of lneorporation to Trading and oilier Companies." The preamble begins by reciting so much of the Bubble Act (6th Geo. 1) as relates to Joint Stock Companies, presuming to set as :orporate bodies without leave or authority, either by Act of Parliament or by any Charter from the Crown. The Bill then prozeeds:— •• And whereas it is expedient that so much of the said recited Act as is above set tiirat, should bevepealei; be it therefore enacted by the King's r.oat Excall-tit Alaje•ty. by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal. and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the so much of the said recite! Act as is above set forth, shall be and the same is hereby repealed : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to affect any action er suit now depending in any Court of Law or Equity ; but that every such action or suit shall and may be proceeded in, pro. 'rented. defended, and determined, in the same manner as if this Act had not been passed. " And be it further enacted, That in any charter hereafter to be granted by his .Majesty, his heirs, or successors, for the ineorpora. tion of any Company, or body of persons, it shall and may be lawful, in and by such charter, to declare and provide, that the ' members of suet Corporation shall be individually liable, in their persons and property, or either of them, for the debts, contracts, and engagements or such Corporation, in such manner, and to such extent, and subject to such regulations and restrictions as his Msjesty, his heirs, or successors, may deem fit and proper, and as shall be deemed and limited in and by such charter; and the members of such Corporation shall thereby be rendered so liable accordingly." THE EQUITABLE LOAN COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Stn,—Tbe proceedings In Parliament on the Equitable Loan Bill have now assumed so serious a character, and Involve conse quences of such grave importance to the public, that I beg, through themetlium of your respectable Journal, to submit a few remarks on the subject, as well to point out the nature and importance of those consequences. as to place before the country the real state of the case between the promoters of this measure and their opponents. It will be unnecessary for me to re-state at length the grounds on which this company has offered itself to the attention of the public. They have already been put forward on variant occasions. Suffice it to say, that the modes by which temporary loans can be obtained. —the enormous interest charged, and the advantaged daily taken of the occasional wants of all classes, have rendered the establishment of sonic association, by which temporary advances may be obtained on moderate terms, a great drsiderutsmi to a large portion of the community. Year after year, for a long period pant, we have heard of the press ing wants, not merely of tne poorer classes who pledge from week to week, but of those who, in better condition, but still distressed, have sought to relieve their temporary necessities, by raising loans on pledges more or less ealuable; and year after year we have heard of the frauds and extortions practised upon those individuals. A nominal intereest of 16 or 20 per cent, raised (by a variety of over chages and extortions ; by charging for a week or a day the interest of &month) to a real interest of 60, 80, and sometimes of 100 per cent., has rendered the system of borrowing money from Pawnbrokers a source of oppression and misery instead of relief or advantage to the poor ; in that term I include not merely the mechanic or artisan who borrows his 10s. or Iffs. from week to week, but the distressed man, much more elevated in society, whose frequent embarrassments oblige him toreurt to the Pawn broker, and who, in 9 cases out of 10 is unable to redeem the valua ble property upon which he has received about a third, or mayhap • half of ha worth, and who in not one case in five hundred receives • shilling overplus, when that property is sold. To such persons (and they form a much greater portion of the community than is generally imagined) it must be evident that an establishment like that of the Equitable Loan Bank would be a real bensfai Thus much for those who borrow from pawnbrokers. But thert Is another class of borrowers, and *nether class dr lenders in the community. A very large and respectable, though not very amuena portion of the traders and manufacturers of the country, have fre quent occasion for temporary advances to meet the deficiencies caused by a small capital, and increased by the failure of a ready sale for the produce of their industry. Upon this valuable class of men the most grinding extortion is practised by • set of harpies, who, as " commission agents," " salesmen," and " jobbers," absorb five-sixths of the profits of the distressed mautufacuircr who has the misfortune to fall into their hands. Evils such as these, have, in a commercial country like ours, a tendency to produce' their own remedy, by the necessity they point out of competition in trade. It was on this principle that the Equitable Loan Company was established. On this principle the Bill was last year introduc ed into Parliament. The Company offered to prove, and did prove, most incontrovertibly, the great extent of the evils, to which I have just adverted,* and asserted thtir public utility, on the ground of the remedy which they offered. On this ground the House of Commons passed their Bill last year, and the House of Lords re cognised its principle so far as to allow it to be read a second time, and would, there is little doubt, have passed it, had the opponents of the Bill not succeeded in retarding it by every kind of vexa tious oppoeltion in the Committee. This Session again the House of Commons have sanctioned the Company by their approval ofa Bill for granting it the . privilege of suing and being sued by its chief officer (the only privilege which it claims). It is now again ' before the House of Lords, and in what way is it met? Its oppo nents having failed to prove that the Company would lead to a run. nopoly—having failed to rebut the evidence offered of ha general utility—having been unable to disprove the evidence given of the gross frauds and extortions practised by some pawnbrokers, cul -1 mission agents, jobbers, auctioners, and others, who take advantage of the distresses of the poor—having failed to do these things, they have entrenched themselves behind the provisions of the Bubble Act, and now contend that, according to that Act, the Equitable Loan Company is illegal, and would confintse to be so, sent ((Parliament should pass the Bill giving them the privilege of suing and being sued 111 Now, Sir, admitting (for the sake of argument) that this company does come within the provisions of that Act, is it treating them fairly to bring against them an obsolete law, which has never yet been enforced in (1 believe) even one instance—an Act which has, by the highest law authority, been declared to be" toe terribly severe ever to be enforced," and which is in consequence now about to be repealed s It is not denied that the Company Mould be legal if the Bubble Act were repealed ; why then make it an objection at the very moment when it is about to be erased for ever from the Statute Book ? But on *anther ground I think this Company is rather harshly dealt with. Why, I ask, are they to be the only party in whose case the provisions of an old and absurd law are to be observed Why is this doctrine now for the first time to be laid down ? The Bubble Act was in existence eighteen pears ago as much as at present, and yet since then not fewer than thirty-four Acts have passed the Legislature, granting to as many Companies Me prieikge of suing and being sued 11 1 . _ . . . . Sir, many of those Companies (and I object it not as a ground of censure to them) have stood in a situation exactly similar to' that in which the Equitable Loan Company is now placed. Their shares have been transferable—have been bought and sold be/bre their Bill was brought in, or kfure any trust deed was signed. M'by was not the Bubble Act applied to such Bills ? and why is this case to be the only one to which it is to be made applicable? I will admit that if this Company should be likely to be in jurious to the community. or if it could not be proved to be bene ficial, It would not be unfair to be get rid of it by the Bubble Act or any other legal objection ; but when the public utility of the Company has been proved, when it has even been admitted by some of those who oppose it (on the ground of its assumed illegality), I do think it is rather hard to make a technical objection an instru ment of its defeat. Why not, I ask, place it in the situation in which Parliament has plated other Companies. It has been stated, that even the present Bill would not make the Company legal. Then, Sir, I say (with an possible deference for those who exercise the functions of Legislators) that it is the duty of Parliament to give us assistance and remove legal objections from measures which it is proved would be for the benefit of rite public i and that the! who have weight and influence In our public Councils will employ both much more advantageously for the coun try in obviating the difficulties which such measures may encounter, than in hunting after legal obstacles to impede their progress. I say, Sir, that the proposition of the Equitable Loan Company is • It was proved before the Lords' Committee last year, that for one house in business loans to the amount of 60,00 W. were raised from Pawnbrokers, in the course of a few years, at the rate of 201. in 'some eases, and in nb ease at less than ltd. per cent. I It can be proved that there are seventeen million pledges taken annually in the metropolis I a most reasonable one, and deserve. setklus attention, They say, " Give us an opportunity of proving thatpur plan would be a public benefit. If we fail in that, reject our MR altogether; but if we prove it beyond possibility of denial, then we submit, that it la the duty of Parliament to mist us by removing any legal difficulties by which we may be opposed." Can any thing be more fair or just ? Now what say the opponents of the Bill to this? They say— `• Supposing you could prove yourselves useful to the greatest ex tent, still, unless you satisfy us that you are a legal Company, we cannot sanction ynu, because we will not allow you to do good by illegal means." Really, Sir, this is a little too bad in these en. lightened ti:nes. I repeat again and again, if the Company can benefit the public, the obstacles opposed to them ought to be re moved. But, Sir, I say, as an act of common justice to the individuals who have embarked their property in this Company,. Parliament is bound to pass the Bill now before them, because it has itself en couraged such speculations. It has already given its sanction to thirty. four Acts. giving the power of suing and being sued to thirty-four Companies, many of them constituted u this Is. It it be urged that the parties embarked in this undertaking hate acted with their eyes open, and were bound to know that a law existed which they were violating, whet they formed themselves Prft, this Company t and that as long as that law existed they could not be considered legal; I 'newer, that they have acted with their eyes open, and that same openness of the eyes enabled them to see Parliament, year after year. during a course of eighteen . years, pawing Bills, giving to Companies placed in the same=cum atancel the vety privilege for which they now seek. They have been enabled to perceive, that during all that long period, and for neetlt a century before, Parliament has not, in any one case, al lowed the Bubble Act to be an objection to the passing of such Bilk What wisdom or foresight, merely human, could anticipate that, having gone to an immense expense in carrying their Bill through the other (louse, expecting that that would be done in their instance which had been done in so many others, they should be met at the threshold of the House of Lords with that absurd and obsolete Statute, the Bubble Act? I say then, Sir, that Par. liament has encomaged such speculations, by what it has already done, and that it is Ntistice to the parties now before them, to fuse them thet winCtion which they have been led to expect by the course adopted by the House in other cages. But it is said that " Parliament has been earprisa into the passing of those Acts"!--Surprised into them ! ! Why, Sir, if the remark came from some raw and unfledged Senator of another House, it might excite a godd-natured smile at his inexperience; but from the grave and venerable quarter from which it is said to have proceeded, it calls up *more serious emotions. '" Surprised into them !" If only one Act of the kind had been passed the excuse of " surprise" might have some Weight ; for I will admit, that die most watchful guardian of our laws cannot at all time. prevent some irregular little Act of Pasliament from insinuating itself amongst our statutes ; hut when I find that there are thirty-fuer such Acts extending over a period of 18 year'', I must pause before I admit that excuse to be valid. If, however, I am to admit that Parliament, u a body, has been surprised thirty-four times in 18 years, what am 1 to think of the vigilance of those leal sentinels whom the Crown has appoin'ed. and the public so ms dhcently pays for watching over the laws? I contend, Sir, that in whatever way we view the passing of those thirty-four Acts, whether Parliament has been surprised into them, or whether they have been the result of its most deliberate judgment, they were sufficient to hold out encouragement to future Companies to claim similar privileges, and therefore that all the Companies now applying (whose utility can be proved) should receive every facility and eacouragement in their progress through Parliament, to which they have been in duced to come by the conduct of the Ligislature itself. I have hitherto viewed the new objections on the subject of the Bubble Act, as far as the Equitsile Loan Company only was concerned. Allow me now to Ray a fe* words on their probable effect upon other public Companies. Annexed is a list of the thirty-four Companies which have re ceived the privilege of suing and being sued. A Noble and Learned Lord has said, that if the Equitable Loan Company be not now legal, it would not become so, by sit Act granting it that privilege. Suppose then, this Bill be rejected on account of its al. leged illegality, what will be the situation of those thirty-four Companies in which British capital to the amount of nearly fifty millions has been embarked? If the Equitable Loan Company is illegal, so are the most of those, for they have been established equally in violation of the provisions of the Bubble Act. Will any Noble and Learned bord now contend, that all these Companies are to be considered illegal? If he does, then I conte, 1, that the immense property embarked in them, and the extensive interests, which may be involved in such of them as are Insurance Coin. panics, require that some legislative provision should be io me diately made to render them legal. The consequences of leaving them in their present condition are too dreadful to be contemplated with any thing like calmness. At all events, it behoves those con cerned to bestir themselves in time. The same construction of law on which the Equitable Loan Bill is opposed. must involve thou. sands in ruin. AN OBSERVER. London, June 11, 1825. LIST OF ALI. THE COMPANIES WHICH HAVE ONT•TVED ACTS TO SUE AND SE SUED SINCE THE TEAR, 1798. 47 (leo. 3. c. 30. The Globe Insurance Company. 47 Geo. 3. c. Si. The Albion Fire and Life Assurance Com pany. 41 Geo. 3. e. 32. The London Life Assurance Company. 47 (leo. 3. c. 33. The Pelican Life Assurance Company. 47 (leo. 3. c. 34. The Provident Institution. 49 Geo. 3. c. 1112. The Royal Exchange Company. 60 Geo. 3. e. 90. The Birmingham Fire Insurance Company. 50 Geo. 3. c. 89. The Birmingham Life Insurance Company. 53 Geo. 3. c. 206. The Hope Insurance Company. 53 Geo. 3. c. 207. The Eagle Insurance Company. 53 Geo. 3. e. 211. The Marine Insurance Company, Dublin. 83 Geo. 3. c. 212. The Phonic Assurance Company, London. 53 Geo. 3. c. 216. The Norwich Union Life Assurance Company. 5.3 Geo. 3. c. 216. The Norwich Union Fire Insurance Company. 54 Geo. 3. e. 8. The Sun Life Assurance Company. 54 Geo. 3. c. 9. The Sun Fire Office. 54 Geo. 3. 010. West of England Fire and Life Association. 54 Geo. 3. c.ll. County Fire Office. 54 Geo. 3. c. 12. The Imperial Insurance Company. 54 Gm. 3. c. 46. The Birmingham Mining and Copper Com pany. 54 Geo. 3. c. 79. The Atlas Insurance Company. 64 Geo. 3. c. 107. The Commercial Rooms Company, Bristol. 54 Geo. 3. c. 178. The British Fire Insurance Company. 64 Geo. 3. c. 179. The Westminster Society for Insuring Lives. 53 Geo. 3. c. 46. The Union Fire and Life Assurance Company. 1 and 2 Geo. 4. c. 66. The Proprietors of the Commercial Build ings, Belfast. 6 Geo. 4. c. 71. The Australian Company, Edinburgh. 5 Geo. 4. e. 80. The Kent Fire Insurance Company. 5 Geo. 4.e. 137. The Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Com pany. IS Geo 4.c. 153. The British Annuity Company. 5 Geo. 4. c. . The Patriotic Assurance Company, Ireland. Geo. 4. c. 157. The Irish liming Company. b GPO. 4. c. 158. The Mining Company of Ireland. 6 Geo. 4. c. 160. The St. Patrick's Assurance Company. Ireland. AN OBSERVER. PORTSMVUTII, JUNE 10. Lord Combermere is arrived here, and proceeding to India. He proceeds tomorrow in the Thalia Indiaman. Iklajor-fieneral Sir E. Illakeney is also arrived to take leave of his late regiment, ;the 7th Furlleers, who (=balk next week for Corfu. Thursday, arrived the Maria transport, Parker, from the Medi terranean, having on board the baggage of the Marquis of Hastings. The Revenge, Cambrian, and Media, were at Malta. The Naiad, Sybille, Hind, and Wearle, at Corfu. The Seringapatam, Algarine, and Alacrity, were cruixinT. The Tribune had arrived at Gibraltar from Lisbon on the 10th ult., and was expected to embark Lord Chatham and suite on the 20th ; consequently they may be hourly expected at this port. ••••11•••••••r SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Russian Consulate, 29, Great Winchester-street, June 10, 1825. The undersigned hes the honour to inform Mr. John Bennett, for the information of Lloyd's, and others concerned in the Baltic trade, that the Light House on the Island of Nargan„ having suf. fered greatly from some strong gales, cannot be lit up till thoroughly repaired. A DE DUBATCHEYSKY. CI7STOM-HOUSE, JuxE 10. SNIPS ENTERED INWARDS.—fh; Enigkeit, from Brake; James and Ann, Maekarel, from Standgate Creek ; Prince Regent, Homan, from Calcutta and St. Helena; Castle Forbes. Ord, from the Mauritius; Prosperity', Pere, from Odle; Cape Packet, Katie, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Cornwall, Brooks, front Calcutta and St. Helens; Eclipse, Godfrey from Dublin. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The William, Weller, for New Orleans; Prince Saxe Coburg, Ladd, for Rotterdam; Jane, Bul lock, for Oporto; Prince Regent, Lamb, for Van Diemen 's band and New South Wales; Unternehmung, Block, for Bremen and Bake; King of the Netherlands, Slater, for Rotterdam; Zephyr, Thompson, for Belfast. CLEARED OUTWARDS TIWALLT AT 011AVESEIT11.—The Elisabeth, Longridge, for Malta, Smyrna, and Constantinople; Albino, Shadferth, for Deuteron; Thetis, Reed, for Ilamburgh ; Apollo, Pust, for Stettin ; Levant Packet, Cundy, for Otbraltar ; Chance. Jackson, for Ilamburrh. C I.E oat we ous wo os—Tbe Rebecca, Runners, for Tobago ; Noah, Swap, fur Hammerfnt ; Ocean, Dean, for Halifax and Quebec; Jannett, Lovell, for St. Vincent,' ; Themis, Probst. for Bremen; King of the Netherlands, Slater, for Rotterdam Eggsr. don Castle, Pittman, fur Quebec ; Indi an Trader, Johnston, for Montreal ; Naiad, Hall, for Almeira and Roquetes. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FALMOUTH., Jrtrs 8--Off the port, the ()reviver, Blenkinsop, from llonduraa, in b 4 days. Arrived the Dutch frigate Pallas, with his Serene ❑ighness the Duke of Sae Weimar, on a tour. PLYMOUTH, Juwt 9.—Arrived the Perseverance, Egg, from Quebec, 23 days' passage. Cowits, Juus 10.—Arrived the Warren. Smith, trim Havan nah, in 41 days ; Pembroke, Church, from Matanzas, in 30 days ; and the Hindostan, Lamb. from Havannsh, in 40 days. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 10.—Arrived the Mary Ann,O'Brien, from the Downs, for Madras and Bengal. Sailed his Majesty's S hip Ph.ton, for South Ate--, but brought up again atthe Motherbank ; Nelly. Burrell'. for Oporto; St. Oswald, Thome*, for the Baltic; and the Nclly, Dale. for Quebec. Droc, Jrr N 10.—lrrived the Rucker*, Soper, from Grenada sailed 7th ash. ; Lady Cumbermere, Sandford, from Trinidad. Came dower frou Ai fiver and sailed, with the rest of the ourwarif bound, the Albino, Spadfonh, for Demerara ; Westbruok, i lialf, for Jamaica: 3ferturidi, Erickson, for St. Übe's ; Falcon, Little. worth, for Malaga; Ann, Critchell, for Messina; Levant Packet,• for and the Rawchr, , for Honduras. GRAVESEWD, JUNE Kt—Arrived the Nlnus. Fowler. from St. Helena; Lavinia. Allen, from Demerara; Montreal, Thom. from.. Tobago; Crisis, Van Dyke, from New VIA ; Urania, Leyden. from Pernambuco; Findlay, Carew, from Barbidoes ; Jane, Heckel*, from Petersburgh ; Romulus, Gale, from Charleston ; Henry Cm, Sarjeant. and Thalia, Crosbie, from Violet. Charrosin, from Harlingen. Sailed the Brothers, Motley, for New South Wales; Roxburg Castle, Hinny, for China; Marquis Wel lington, Blanchard, foe India; Wellington, Robert.on. from St. John; Charism, Milne. foe Tobago; Diadem, Small, fur Malta; and the Rolla, Thureby, for Quebec. Noarn SHIELD/. June o.—The Quintillion, Gibson, from hence to London, with coal, his put back.leaky , and must dia. charge.t Dunt.HlP.Juxr B.—roe Annie and Jessie, from hence to Leith. missed stays in going out of Harbour, and struck on the New Pier o but was got off, and towed up to the Pigeon House, without mak.: In g eater. L.NIEITCa, JUNE B.—The Diana arrived here from Baltimore. spoke on 23rd ult. in lat. 49. long. 27. the Euphemie. of and from St. haloes to Newfoundland, with loss of masts, rudder, and boat. Captain Wilk:mon offered to take out the crew, but they declined. The next day it blew a heavy gale. • Arrived off Be achy Head the Eliza, Steapg, from Ornaia. Ar. vivid off the Wight, the Retrieve, --, from Catiii ; the Jane/ ar: , l'Catherine, Snell, from Jamaica, 1.3 supposed to be arrived in the. Channel The Maria Agnetha, Rynbende, was agroun! at Surinam Ilth April The Experiment. Chelsea, from Malaga Konigsburgh, big pot into Stettin wnh damage. The Rae. Marquis, sailed from Bengal for Endres and London January. The accounts of her being of the Caps of Good Hope, 23th March, proves to be incorrect. • LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING. 'Wind W. RI :S.W.—High Water 30m. past 6. Arrived the Emulous, Humble, from St. Vincent; Frende Bro. drie, from Ehiineur ; Remittance, from New York and Havre; Li) tons, Bully, front Maranham—sailed 4th 3lay ; Hope, Ferguison: from Sierra Leon:; Slirgaret, from Lisbon; Margaret, Rea, from Sinyrna. 113.1 Bachelor, Thompson, from St. Andrew's, N. 8., sailed 14th Mar. On the 28ih, in lat.. 4.1. long. 41. 30. spoke the Duke 9f Wellington, of and from Jeesey for Labeadore, with mainmast sprung. On the 31st, in lat. 4.. Fong. 36. 30. spoke the ship Han. nab, of and front London for Quebec. The Ann, Tulloch ; Childress, Thomas; Lady I)ouglas,. Asp cher ; and Ossian, M•Canney, all from Liverpool, has arrived at in. The Mirimae, from Pernambuco. has arrived at Demerara. The Hibernia, Roger, from Barbadoes, has arrived at Cork, for orders. The Albion, Strainson, was to sail from Bengal for Liverpoel sth March. • The Bridgend, illenlow, and Sir Watkin, Owens, from Liver pool, ha arrived at Halifax. The Friends, Lewis, from Adra for Bristol, arrived at 31alage 15th May. The :Maria, Hammond, fr..= Liverpool and Gambia, has arrived at Sierra Leone. The Hope, from Sierra Leone, sailed 20th April. the Lady Ifid ley 14th, and the Britannia 12th, for Liverpool. The Prince Wa terloo and Tamerlane was to sail for ,London about the Ist Max. On 17th May, in lat. 24. 30. long. 3 4 . spoke the brig Dolphin, from Liverpool for Nor Orleans. On the 2d June, in lat. 45. 50. long. 21. spoke the ship Delaware, from Liverpool for Philadelphia. The Margaret, from Smyrna, sailed 14th April. in company with the Waller and •Friendship, for Liverpool, 2LI May ; in Gibraltar • Bay spoke the Thomas, from Genoa for Liverpool. The Wakefield, Cruikshank, from Oporto to 31aranham, de tained by the Brazilian squadron. SAVIINDAY EVENING. Wind N.W. High Water 37 m. put 7. • The tiveratone. Corner, from New Orleans, sailed 27th Apri l , and from Belize 1d Slav, in company with the John and Thomas, Amelia, and Ganges, for Liverpool. . Arrived the Syren, --, from Newfoundland and Cork Mar garet, Spink, from Almeira • Zante, Hadley, from Zante; Latons, from Alexandria end ; Surprise, from Jersey. The Joist, Bragg. from Alexandria. has arrived e. Milford. The Thornions,from Liverpool for Mirimichi, spoken 26th May, in lat. 44, lon. 44, 50. JrwE 10. Sailed the Emma, M‘Donald, for Buenos Ayres; Robin Hood. Wuodberry, for Havannah;!limn Brown, 3l•Kowan, for Bald.. more; Auithorpe, Jores, for Alaranham ; Marquis of Angleacas Williams, for fliramichi ; Alice, Barbeck, for St. John's. New Prunswick ; Mercury, Brown, for ditto; Arno, Young, flit T•ieste; Wilson, , Ross, for Dittnerara; Delowt, Lorentzer, for Flushing; Noble, Maxwell. for Havannah ; William, Sheraton, for XI iramichi ; Algorquil, Miry, for Philadelphia; Kitty, Cates, for Portsmouth, ; Britannia, Hamilton, for Quebec; Bingham, Fleming, for St. Peiersburgh z Prince f Waterloo, Petrie, for ditto; Murray, Ilnii•ton, for ditto; Csrl Johan, Prahm, Ayr WYburle; Lowe, Make, fur Copenhagen; Vigilanti, DINS. vera, for Lisbon; Ilormonic, Pennon, Mr Riga; Jong Wil helm, Parlavlect, for Rotterdam; Jong Helka Tromp, De Jong, for ditto. June D. Sailed the Fearer., Ferguson, fch St. Domingo; Jane, Taylob for Vera Cruz. LIVERPOOL MARKETS—SATuDAY, JexE I I. British Plantation Sugar still continues in demand, and about 1.000 hhds. have been disposed of at full prices. Nothing doing fti Foreign. 110 bags white Bengal at 77a. 260 puncheons Demerara Mols.ses S9s. a :Vs. 20 brls. fhe Jamaica Ginger at 121. 10s. Nothing doing in Pimento. Pepper of Cocoa. Sales in Coffee do not exceed 120 ca‘ks. and those at a reduction of 25., the holden being desirous of selling. Some inquiry for Rum. and npwards of 260 puncheons have been disposed of-200 puncheons Jamaica at 2s. 81. for 116 O.P. : and 60 puncheons strong Demerara at 2s. 4rl. per gallon for ltl O.P. The import of Logwood has been heavy of late, and a cargo of 200 tons Campeachy has been forced off at 81. 2s. lld. ; 70 tons Jamaica and St. Domingo likewise sold as 7/. 7s. 6d. a 81. 120 tons Cuba Fustie, from the Quay, at 91. 10s. a 91. 13%; 80 tons Spanish at 71. 17s. fld. aN. 10s. A few ton Solid Nicaragua Wood at 341. ; and 80 tons small at 141. a 181.:x. 300 brls Montreal Potauthes have been sold at 31s. a els. 6d., with a few at 32a. ; and 100 brls. Pearl at 345. lid. a 355. 6d. ; 30 b• States Pot at 40s. 3d. About 100 bra. Tar have been sold at Ise. for Carolina, and 201. Virginia. 260 brls. Turpentine at 12s. i• r cwt. Rice by auction, and 280 casks sold at 15s. a 20s. 20 chrs • Bengal Indigo at 9s. a 10s. 3d. 600 dry salted Brasil Hides at 76dt. a HO. ; 1.000 wet salted 51d. ; 500 Dutch 51d. ; and 300 Norm American at Sid. The demand - for Cotton has been very limited indeed, and the market much depressed. Prices ate Id. lid. lower than lair week. But the quotations must be considered in a great degree nominal; it being understood that forced sales have been privately made at lower rates. Some holders become impatient to sell, and a publiff sale will take place next Friday of 400 bales Alabama. The safest of this week are a little short of 2000 bags, and consist of about 450 bags Upland Georgia, at led. a 18d ; 600 New Orleans at Irv. a 200. ; CO Alabantas at 186 d ; 10 Sea Islands 5. 71. ; r.O P,rnambucco at 206 d. a 21fd. ; 200 Bahis at 204 d. a 211,1.; 260 Alsranhams at 1964. a 21; ±0 Surinam 206 d. ; 100 Demerara -t 20 a 20{ ; 10 Egyptian at 2ld. ; 60 Barbadoes at 171 d. a 181: 10 Egyptian at 21d.; 60 Barbadoes at 171 d. a 14 : be Carthage,..is at 16d.; and 100 Bengal at 9d. • 96d. DETERMINED SUICIDE:CORO:4IneI! INQUEIT:-.4):1 Saturday afternoon an inquisition was taken at the Artichott.' public-house, in the Dog-row, Bethnel-green, before Mr. lined., the Coroner, on view of the body of Mr. Wm. Forbes, a respect. able tradesman in that neighbourhood, who put an end to his ex= iatenee by the following dreadful act t—John Wooding, one of chit headboroughs of the parish, deposed, that between ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday forenoon, he happened to be passing the de ceased's house, and was alarmed by some persons within thiekios, Witness ran in immediately to ascertain the cause, and was told by one of the domestics that her master was in the act of cutting his throat in his dressing-room. Witness proceeded up stairs instantly, and forced open the door, which was secured inside ; on enterio t a the room he Raw the unfortunate man in the act of drawing a knits across his neck ; witness advanced towards him, with the intent:boo of wresting the deadly weapon from his hand, but the deceased, OA perceiving his object, made a desperate lunge with the knife as him, and had he not dexterously jumped aside, the conse quence must have proved very serious. Witness made another as tempt to save him from destruction, but before he could do so the deceased drew the knife a second time aaroas his neck, and com pletely severed the wind-pipe and blood-vessels. A surgeon was called in instantly, but nothing could be done for him, and he died in a few minutes. Other witnesses were examined, and from their evidence it appeared that the unhappy man had Mice before at tempted his life. The Juny after a short consideration returned their verdict—" That the deceased committed the act of suicide whilst labouring under temporary mental detangernent." The deceased was only twenty-five years of age, and no canoe could be &aligned for the perpetration of the horrid deed, which was effected by an ivory bandied desert knife. Yesterday evening, about eight o 'dock, the body of • man was turned up by the Sy-boat passing into the Basin at that part of the Itegent's Canal neat Maiden-lane, Battle Bridget. II was immediately taken out, and conveyed on a shutter to der Maidenhead 'public house, but, fronds offensive smell it v . se floc joining, till the mimic. The body was Instantly recognised by a positcd in the weighing-house of the turnpikes/4s s at : l rl in ipt i e ; t na c .i d tic , l h b a. u nd t consisting of a persons, to be that oft - live in Atarclimont-place, Coram.street, Batt, ben missing since Wednesday, and was seen : h t s ci eeteraft,,tly. in Oxford-street, as if going to business, thou not attend at all that day. A three-foot rule, . and a piece of chalk were fcund in his pockets. twisted ound his body, and he bore every -- person stated by thaw who recognised him. i i) ,•1 a man named Beck, • a wife hnd ten childless Node Bridge. He ha seen early that morokis though it is said he did two pencils, a awe pockets. His apron way *1 appeetanes of being Wei 1 , 1:).k