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f , MR. RAYNE AND MISS FUOTE. I Ft= a Sunday Parer.] IVe copy the following paragraph from a Morning paper, the truth of which is beyond doubt:— Great pains have been taken to keep the affairs of these parties before the public, but the truth has not yet been stated. The fact is, that the marriage settlements were actually signed by both parties, and that Miss Foote was the person who declined the match, although one year's pm-money (Soot.) had been paid in advance to her Solicitor, Mr. Gill. The marriage was to have taken place on the Sunday, at Dover, from whence the hum pair were to have proceeded to the (3ehtinent to spend the honeymoon; but wt the Satuntay night Mr. Hayne was verbally assured, by Mr. Gill, that Miss Foote had changed her mind. The friends and relatives of Miss Foote have beeu play ing a deep, but we apprehend a ruinous game, and by en deavouring to pin too much, it is more than probable they will lose all. The young lady herself, too, however dis posed we may be to give her credit for amiable feelings, seems to lime saerifieed too much to the machinations of her pricy council. By forgetting those attributes which form the best recommendation of the fairer part of the cre atiou, and suffering the dictates of selfishness, or worldly prudence, as it may be more properly called, to supplant those of the heart, she must sink a good deal in the esteem of those who might otherwise have been disposed to sym pathise in her situation. We can state, without the fear of contradiction, that after the trial in which Mr. Mayne was mulcted in such heavy damages, he never entertained an idea of renewing his acquaintance with the former ob ject of his desires. Such were not the feelings of Mrs. Foote. Her insight into the human heart, as well as the delicacy which was evinced by Mr. Hayne, in withholding many facts with which he was furnished to the prejudice of her daughter, taught her to believe that his passions were not yet extinct, and that he still might be an useful instrument in promoting her daughter's advantage. She therefore resolved again to bring him within her toils. The plan was soon adjusted, and was as successful as her most sanguine wishes could have anticipated. She threw herself and her daughter in his way! they first met in the Park, but regarded each other with apparent indifftrence. At a second meeting, in the same place, .Miss Foote nodded, and Mr. Hayne returned the salute. His vanity was awakened. " This girl (said he) still loves me. Can I be mistaken? did she not smile and nod ?" He was then in his tilbury with a friend. " I will put the matter to the test" (said he); and mounting a horse, be rode into the ring, taking care to get in advance of Mrs. Foote's carriage; be slackened his pace, and the carriage overtook him ; he looked again, the smile was more decided he role up to the side of the vehicle, and the fair hand of Miss Foote assured him he was not mistaken. The past was buried in oblivion. Rapture and passion, and love were renewed, and hopes were entertained that Miss Foote would yet be to him as she had been to a gallant Colonel— every thing he wished. But no, " Experience makes fools wise," and Mamma hail a better card to play. The ice being broken, Mr. Rayne received a letter from Mrs. Foote, entreating an interview at the house of a friend. The boon was granted; much was said about old Mr. Foote's desire for reconciliation: and with one so little dis posed to cherish animosity, the object of the interview was ac.omplished. Again we find Mr. Hayne the favoured visitor in Keppel-street—again the ardent, the passionate devotee at the shrine of beauty. He worshipped—he eleaded—but his ardour was kept within due bounds by : le mother. No private interviews—no stolen kisses—no opportunities but in the presence of Mrs. Foote. This was tantalising, but it was politic, and it produced the effect intended—a new proposal of marriage. After all that had passed—after all that had been said—such a proposal must learegarded as extraordinary—hut the youth, the inexperi ence, and the folly of Mr. Mayne rendered him blind to " things as they were." lie was blind to every defect, and sought only the gratification of his ungo vernable passion. His offer was received with becoming cautften. He must settle five hundred a-year pin -money on his wife—agreed ; he must leave his own income under her sole control—agreed; he must settle three hundred a-year for life on the mother, in the event of the daughter's death—agreed. The mother must live with the daughter —agreed. Every thing, in reason, was conceded; and even more—to which we will not now advert. The settle ments were drawn up by Miss Foote's own solicitor. Mr. Haynes solicitor was never consulted. Mr. Hayne's truesees were Sir Lambert Crome, Bart. and Edward Bur naby, Esq. of the Third Dragoon Guards. Those for ' Miss Foote—George Robins and Mr. Platt. Mr. Hayne I signed the settlements at five o'clock on the evening of ' Thursday week ; and, on the same evening, after her per formance, Mies F. followed his example. " Well, but (said Prudence) Miss F. will have an excellent benefit. She will do well at Glasgow and Liverpool, and elsewhere. Why should this money be lost? Why not marry privately, and let the ample harvest be reaped?" " No (said Mr. H.) I can never suffer Mrs. H. to appear on the , boards." The bill for drawing the settlements was two hundred pounds: this was paid. The first year's pin- i money was paid in advance. Every thing promised the completion of the lover's hopes: they were to set out for Dover on Sunday, after Fawcett's benefit, where the mar riage was to take place, and then off to the Continent to revel in the luxury of passion. On Saturday Mr. H. re ceived a note : Miss F. was to meet him in his private box at Covent-garden after the play. He was there, but she came not. lie rushed to Keppel-street: she had not come from the theatre. He was referred to the house of her solicitor. Thithe: he flew, and there, to his astonishment, hr was told verbally and coldly, " that, upon considera tion, Miss Foote had determined to pause; and it was hieted that she could not consent to relinquish her the atrical engagements, unless some provision was made for her father and Mother during her life, as they must be left destitute if unaided by her labours." Such is the nature of the story we have been told, and which, as we before said, we believe to be true. The objections of Miss F. might have been extremely well-founded; but those who view the facts with impartiality will see that Mr. Mayne is not to blame, and at the same time, perhaps, they will have to congratulate him on an escape from a connexion which migh t have exposed him to future misery. We base a good deal more ; and among other strokes of policy, that Miss F. was never suffered to answer the letters of Mr. H., her mamma invariably undertaking that task. Since writing the above, we have heard that, in conse quence of the above paragraph in a Morning Paper, Mr. 'Jayne received a note from Mrs. Foote, stating that her daughter was anxious to give him every explanation re specting the occurrences of the Saturday night. Once more was he drawn into the net—be went, and was re e.ziveil by Miss Foote as if nothing had happened. " She only meant to try his affections and all Met—indeed, she would have him. She didn't mean any harm ; she'd do any thing to please him." Thus wheedled and caressed, he could not resist, and all was again " as was desired." And then his jealousy was alarmed—another husband had offered ; 'twas true he ores not liked as well as Mr. H. but still he was to be had ; but we must not betray too many of the secrets of the " baby-house," lest we should lift the veil too high, and discover deformities that we would much rather conceal than expose. The result of this interview was, that Miss F. announced her intention to go do wn to Liverpool, where sh e i s t o s ing at Wilson ' s Concert Rooms to-morrow and Tuesday. " If Mr. H. would follow her, sh e vowe d s h e w ould marry him on the Wednesday, and go to the Continent, or any . where else lie plased afterwards." Here was a temptation ; poor H. either was or a s sumed to be delighted. On l'hurs fitv we have reason to believe he had some consultation veil) -his legal advisers about the character of the set tlement which he had signed. His eyes were then opened to the real state in which he would have been placed, if h • had married while these settlements were in existence. I f is West India property was completely tied up —to se sere the pin money and the mamma's annuity in the event of the daughter's death : and Mr. Mayne could neither sell T teertgage airy part of it, En whatever circumstances he i'Leht he placed. In short, he was completely fettered, a .. 'l was no longer 'nester of his property. 'Phis was a Le's too much, and he at length caught a glimpse of the pr....aiee on which he stood. 11'e have heard, hut we ca .cot with say what truth, that he determined to . demand the settlement from Mr. Gill, Miss Foote's solicitor, in %hese bands it still icaaained, for the purpose of destroy ing it. Vhether Mr. Gill will give it up or not remains to be proved ; but unless he does, and unless Miss Foote be disposed to show her disinterested affection by marrying Mr. Hayne, without settlement, trusting to his honour, we think we may fairly anticipate that " Love will fly out of the window"—that Miss Foote will still remain a maid —we were going to say, but we didn't—anti Mr. Havne a happy and fortunate bachelor. Perhaps, under the latter circumstances, the five hundred pounds pin money will be returned. In our last, we noticed a paragraph which appeared in the daily papers, stating " that Mr. Hayne bad betted Mr. Fawcett a thousand guineas to fifty, that Miss Foote would , not appear on the stage after his benefit." This we beg to tell the author, and we know him, was a fudge. Miss Foote is announced to appear again at Covent-gar den on Thursday evening, and *Bless she adopts a new character, her friends may once more have the pleasure of seeing her. COMJ!ERCJAL SYSTEM OF RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. M. F. Moller, of Ilmanstadt, who published " A Pic ture of the Commercial Relations of Germany, in 1824," has just published a second paper of the same deleription, for the commencement of 1 fa.S. The following are some extracts :—" Russia continues to consolidate its pro hibitory system. The measures which it takes against smuggling become every month more severe ; those who transgress are punished with great rigour. In several towns entire mercantile establishments have vanished, the members of which have been sent to Siberia. Its order to cut up smuggling by the roots, those merchants who deal in foreign goods are obliged not only to give the most accurate accounts of every thing they receive, but also to keep a most minute statement of the 1 , way in which they dispose of their goods, by which the Government is enabled to trace, in the greatest detail, the channels through which foreign articles pass. What is done in Russia is executed in Poland also,whence it may be easily imagined what effect such measures must have on the demand for German goods in these countries. The kingdom of Hungary is, as it were, an unknown country, closed against all commerce, for the German States which are not under the division of Austria. In the present state of Turkey no commercial adventures can with safety he undertaken ; and here, too, England has thrown its net over everything, and, siding with all parties, will appropriate sooner or Inter all the commercial advantages that circumstances may offer. Spain holds out no encouraging prospects, though the monarchy has been re-established a whole year. Con fidence and credit, the foundation of trade, are not restored, and even when this shall be effected, the advantages will be not for Germany, but for France. which Spain cannot indemnify in any other manner for the expense it has in curred. This will he the more necessary, as England, by recognising the independence of America, has deprived Spain of the means of indemnifying France in another manner." His Majesty's ship Tweed, Captain Bunn, has arrived at Harwich, for the purpose of conveying Rear-Admiral Plampin and suite to the Cork station, to the command of which he has been appointed, vice Lord Colville. Two plans have been proposed for the ship canal from London to Langatonc Harbour; one by Mr. Cundy, ar chitect to Lord Grosvenor, the other by Mr. Elms. The ahorteit route is from Deptford, by Tooting, Leatherhead, the Vale of Nlickleham, Dorking to near Horsham, thence to Arundel, and by the present Portsmouth and Arun Canal, to Langstone Harbour; the canal to be 30 feet deep and 130 wide. A meeting of the supporters of each plan recently took place, Vice-Admiral Sir George Cock burn, G.C.R. in the chair, with Mr. Baring on his right, and Mr. Horace Twiss on the left. The East India Com pany are favourable to a canal, and it is inferred, from Sir G. Cockburn being in the chair, that Government arc also. IJr. Rennie, who was present, was called upon to state the time and cost of making a regular survey, which he off hand stated three months and 1,0001. The meeting was then adjourned.—Hampshire Citron. Captain Phillips, R.N. has invented a new compass, the intention of which is to prevent the cards unshipping in time of action, from the concussion of the guns, which will ensure the safety of his Majesty's ships at a time they most require it. A gentleman who was on board the Kent when she took fire states, that a Sergeant of colour who was in the vessel abandoned his wife, who was ill below with four children, and jumped into the sea to swim to the Cambria. The poor woman was found suffocated at the bottom of the hatchway, with her four children floating round her,dead. The first thing that his Colonel chi, on order being re stored, was to strip this man of' the badges of merit he had acquired, and reduce him to the ranks.—Chester Chronicle. From the work of the learned Adelung we find that there exists not less than 3,064 different languages employed in various parts of the earth ! There arc of these:—European, 687 ; Asiatic, 937 ; African,276 ; American, 1,264. STOCIADEL—The Burmese stockades, of which draw ings and plans have been sent to this country, seem to be formidable fortifications of the kind. For a considerable space round the first incloaure the ground is thickly set with bamboo stakes, bending outwards, extremely sharp, and lying hid in the jungle grass. In their effect upon a person attempting to make his way through them, they arc not unlike dog-spikes. Next comes a high palisado of stout bamboos, firmly set in the ground, and bound close together. Then another space thickly set with spikes ; then another palisado, which one might call a counter scarp ; when this is surmounted, a broad ditch or space, also set with spikes ; and, within, a third palisatio, which we might term the scarpment, through the interstices of which the Burmese level their muskets at the assailants. In the body of this kind of fortress is a large shed, under which the garrison live. The Burmese soldiers always carry several bamboos for the purposes of fortification, and make a stockade in a night. The utmost uncertainty still prevails as to the numbers of the Burmese. They are variously estimated from three to twelve millions. A French Paper relates the following fact, and guarantees its authenticity : By a letter from Aigre (Charente) dated 25th March, we learn that on the preceding day a young man named Magne, 23 years of age, living at home, after having fiery peaceably breakfasted with his family, consisting of his father, mother, and an elder brother, went to M. Besnard's a schoolmaster, and asked him how much it would cost him per month to learn to read, write, and cast accounts. To this Besnard replied, " Three francs." Upon which Magne begird to know if he could begin directly. " When you please, ' said the schoolmaster. Magne had, during this colloquy, his hand in 'his waist coat pocket, but all at once he drew out his right hand, armed with a knife fresh sharpened, and plunged it into the breast of the unhappy Besnard, crying out, " Well, then, I begin!now." Magne then went out, and Besnard bad strength enough left to follow him into the street, and cried out " Murder;" but as it was a solitary street, Magne, in spite of his cries, and without altering his pace, went into his own house, sharpened his knife, and went out again immediately. Ile soon met M. Andre, a notary, and struck Lim a blow with the knife, which would have killed him, had not the double waistcoats he wore deadened the blow. M. Andre immediately pursued the assassin, who took refuge in the house of M. Datnont, a merchant. After having wandered through several rooms, where he found nobody, h,.! jumped out of window, and entered into a neighbourging house belonging to a M. Bouteland, a lawyer. At the moment he entered, a servant maid was leaning over a window with her nose bleeding. Magne, at first, went up to her ; but perceiving Madame Bouteland, he addressed that lady, and asked her where her husband was? to which sbe answered that he was gone out. Magne re joined, and said he absolutely wanted him. " But," said the lady, " have I not told you he is absent ?" " Well, then," said the enraged man, " here's for you," striking her at the same time a blow with the.knife on the head. This young lady was pregnant, and received a deep wound in her jaw, and fell, bathed in her own blood. The cries of murder had, however, by this time collected several groups about the murderer, but who dared not approach him. Magne perceiving the police approaching, rushed through the crowd, jumped over a garden wall, and before he could be overtaken, gave himself two cuts in the neck with the knife. He was then seized, and conducted to prison. His wounds are not mortal, but it is not thought that the un fortunate Bernard can be ss' d. THE BRITISH PRESS. IRELAND. EXTR•CTII EDON THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BEFOUL Tit SELECT COMMITTEE Or THE HOUSE or commows, ON THE /TOTE or salLawn. • Richard Shel, Esq, examined. Whst is your opinion of oink ing a Government Peleelltion foe the Catholic Clergy?—l tun convinced that the &anon Catholic Clergy would accept of 'itch a provision if Roman Catholic Eman cipation were to precede it. Would they accept of it without Emancipation 1-1 am sure that they would not. Do you think that it 'twirl cause any jealousy on the part of the Roman Catholic Laity ?—I think that if the provision to be granted by Government were to he subject to the control of oo vernment, in individual cases there would be much jeslousy, because the appointment would be referred to unworthy modem; I think the provision fr r the Roman Catholic Clergy must be made in its allocation to individuals, independent of the - Government. You think that it roost be allocated to the ditties, and not to the persons ?—1 think !here must be an allocation made to the duties, and the persons to be paid for their perfomtemees, must be selected by the hierarchy and not by the Government; I think it would be very iojurioun that a Parish Priest, receiving three or four or five hundred a- , tear of the Treasury, should be awned by Government. Do you think Catholic Emancipation would be a perfect mea sure without the payment of the Priesthood, and without raising the qualification fur the exercise of the Elective Franchise ?—With respect to the railing the qualification of freeholders, _I am not. perhaps, very c ompetent to j u d ge , f or I h ave not resided much In the country parts of Ireland, nor am I much acquainted with the lower orders, but I ain well acquainted with the Rowan Ca tholic Clergy, and, in my opinion, it a provisioa were granted to them, provided alw:tys it was made independent of the Government (that is indispensable) the result would be, that the lower orders would not b alienated from the Priestheo4,„bat that the influence of the litter would continue to be usefully Ind legi timately exercised, that tine y would be perfectly reconciled with the Government. and that th e Roman Catholic gentry world be in. duced to send rh. -"- - • " their broth , * boo the editation " ' veneer nicotinic' of h.. _.... 4 411441e1071utth, 4 better system of educe.- Mould bt established, and the intellectual habits of the Priesthood would become more refined. You mean, that the provision should be inalienable, after il e t once granted ?—I mean t h at , w h en a vacancy occurs by the of a Parish Priest (I take the case of a Parish Priest as an ex ample) the person who is to succeed is not to be selected by the Government ; that is all I mean to ear. If the appointment went to be made by the Government, two evils would result; in the first place, the lower orders would be quite alienated from their Clergy (which would be a most serious evil); and hi the second place, I conce i ve t h at unworthy persons would be appointed. How is thin appointment made at present ?—The appointment of the Parish Priest at present is made by the Bishop. The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese has the absolute ale pointintost to all the parishes within his diocese?—Yes, Do you think any Interference whatever, direct or indirect, on the part of Government is the appointment of the Bishop, would be equally objected to ?—I myself, at one time, supported what is commonly called the veto, My opinion was, that Roman Catholic Emancipation, or in other words, the liberty of my country, o u g ht to be purcha se d, even at some hazard ; but I think the measure of a veto would (I will not say whether on just or unjust grounds) be extremely unpopular. Do you mean by veto, the giving the Crown an absolute veto?- 1 do ; bagel think any interference in the appointment of Bishops objectiotiable; I am not sure, however, whether in the course of two or three years, when the people had become habituated to the exotic of this restrictive power, the public feeling would not be come, if not reconciled to it, at least apathetic on the subject ; but I certainly sin apprehensive, that if the Government possessed, with out ever directly exercising this power, some suspicions as to the rectitude of the motives of men in office interfering in the appoint ment of Bishops would exist, and that suspicion would in itself be an evil which ought to be avoided. When you express that the Roman Catholics would consent to the freeholder's qualification being considerably raised, you con ceive it would be a general measure. extending to Protestants as well as Catholics ?—Certainly ; if a distinction was taken, our elec tions would be scenes of religious agitation. But that the qualifications for Presbyterians, Dissenters, Church men, and Roman Catholics, should be the same ?—Yes ; and I think that when the election law is about to be modified, It would not be injudicious, if persons baying beneficial chattels real, should be entitled to vote; a man with a lease for 999 years, which yields him forty or fifty pounds a year, should have a vote. Do you think an arrangement of that kind, which would din. qualify persons actually in possession of that franchise, and which, they had exercised, and never ab use d, wou ld g i ve satisfaction to them ?-1 think the great body of the people of Ireland, particu larly the freeholders, are greatly swayed by the higher chum lam sore that Mr. O'Connell's influence is so great, that if Catholic Emancipation were passed, he would reconcile them to the surren der of that, which is to a great extent but an imaginary right. Do you think he would reconcile the Presbyterian Dissenters to it ?-1 here his influence would be without effect ; I am not at all acquainted with the North of Ireland, and I cannot say how the Presbyterians would feel—but with respect to the South of Ireland, I believe the •,?nant who has, by virtue of forty-shillings. a qualifi cation to vote, would yield what is bat a wretched appendage to his few acres of land without much regret- Supposing another gentl , nnan should arise, who took another view of this from Mr. O'Cotwell, and should protest against the opinion of Mr. O'Connell, and sftould hold that they were in pos session of this right ; that it was a rigi.' they had always exercised ; that they had never abused it, some per like Dr. Doyle, for in stance, do not you think he might create a considerable party in the South of Ireland, in favour of retaining the elective franchise ? --I think not ; I think indeed, that the lower orders in Ireland can be easily influenced by an appeal to their re;:gicrus feeling; they feel greatly irritated at seeing every Protestant anti passes them, their superior; there is the point on which they are sore; with respect to the elective franchise, I do not think any individual would be able to excite any permanent feeling; the subject is not naturally connected with religion. Being easily excited on subjects connected with religion, sup posing those to whom they looked up in religion were to consider this • diminution of their influence, and were to protest against it, do not you think the influence of persons who took that view of the subject, might antes considerable impression ?-1 think that the Roman Catholic of the lower orders, could not be induced to think that his religion was endangered by a general modification of the elective franchise. On the subject of - the Veto, the Clergy have naturally exercised a very considerable influence ; but there is no such connection between the elective franchise and religion, which would give any man the means of exciting the religious passions on that ground. Have not cases occurred recently, in elections for counties, in which the influence of the Priest has been very greatly exerted ? No doubt about it ; but the influence of the Priest in elections arises from the question of Roman Catholic Emancipation, and none other. It is in reference to that question that it is exclusively exercised. If a Priest came forward at an election, and directed the people not to vote for any man who would not support Parlia mentary reform, the people would not listen to him ; but when he tells them not to vote for any man who will not support the Catho lic Claims, he makes an appeal, which, in my opinion, is justified by reason and sound sense. lie could not, I think, produce any impression on the lower orders, except on some subject immediately involving a religious question, and not collaterally connected with it. If he said, " do not vote for any man who will vote for the dies. qualifying of the freeholders," would not he make an impression ? —I am sure he would not ; and I am sure the priests would feel no interest in the subject, and would not interfere. In the county of Dublin the clergy exercised influence at the last election, but it was on a subject in which the clergy and people had x common concern —besides the passions of the people are at present extremely in. flammable. It is only necessary to apply a spark to set them on fire t but even now it would be impossible to excite the people on a subject not involving their religion, and if emancipation were passed, a different feeling would speedily prevail, and the power of excitation would be diminished, because the popular passions would be allayed. Supposing the civil disabilities of die Roman Catholics were re moved, and that in a county election there .vere two candidates, a Protestant and a Roman Catholic, do not you think it would be possible for the priest to make a very strong appeal to his flock is favour of the Roman Catholie candidate ?-11e might make an appeal, but I think it would be unavailing ; there would be an end to their political resentments. Even now the Catholic priests are in the most cordial intimacy with Protestants ; they perpetually dine with them ; habits of close friendship exist between the Roman Catholic priesthood and the Protestants ; there is no indi vidual distaste towards the Protestant existing in the mind of the Catholic Priest ; he feels no antipathy only to the system by which he and his countrymen are kept in what he considers a state of degradation. Then the existence of civil disabilities has created no disgust be tween the Roman Catholics and the Protestants ?—1 think where the Protestant Gentry do not oppose Catholic Emancipation, the Priests and they are upon a good tooting; but that where a Pro testant Gentleman opposes Catholic Emancipation he at once be comes an object of antipathy to the priesthood, in common with the rest of the Catholic community. You do not mean your last answer then to apply . generally, as describing the state of feelirg ?—No ; I confine it of course to what we call liberal Protestant,, to whom the Priests entertain a partiality. That are the others called P—They are classed under the com prehensive name of Orangemen ; some, of course, are more con. spicuous for their hostility than others, and incur a corresponding aversion. . . _ You make a distinction between a man who is an Orangeman and a man who is tinctured with Orangeism ?—There are some pro fessed Orangemen, men who make Orangeism a m►tter of bout ; they are extremely obnoxious. Othcts, who merely oppose Catholic Emancipation, are looked upon with feelings of more mitigated aversion. As the admission to Parliament, in cue of the question of Ca tholic Emancipation being carried, could be granted merely to Catholics of the higher orders of society, are you of opinion such a boon granted to them would be a reasonable ground, or a probable ground of satisfaction to the lower order of freeholders, for the loss of the elective franchise, if the amount of the quslifica tion be raised, and the forty-shilling freeholder bedone away with ? —I am convinced of it. Would not the circumstance of granting Emancipation rvmove all prejudices that might exist in respect of the alteration of the quulification of fmholders ?—I am coot herd it would. ~` -.-,- .... Have you read the statement of Mr. Make on the subject of the elective trsnchise, where he describes the value of it to a poor man ; do you recollect the arguments urged in 1703, that there was actually idlutinetion made in the letting of land betwcto Roman • Catholics and Protestants: that the Roman Catholic setts never courted by a rich man who was his neighbour, but that the Pro.. testant received civility from him in return for his vote; lend that a great practical distinction arose in conse9uenee of the disability : under which the Roman Catholic labouted 2-3 recollect that ar . gument Wu used, and I think if there were only I few frediolders that argument would hold good; but where an immense number t of freeholders C2O be made by a single person (I think the Eatl of (Mengel has made 2,000 freeholders in the county of Tipperary), there is thin an end of thelprerogativir which •freeholder is sapposed to possess. The peasantry are driven in droves of freeholder, to the hustings--they must obey the command of their landlord ; it is only in enema peculiar emergency, and where their passions are powerfully excited, that a revolt against the power of the land lord can. take place. In the county of Dublin there are two strong reasons ashy. at the last election, the tenant did not obey the land lord. The first was, the intense interest which was felt in Catholic Emancipation: and in the second place, the peasantry were put, by their utter misery, arising from the fall of prices, beyond the landlord's payer; the landlord could not injure them, for they had nothing to lose; they had no interest in their lands, and the argument put to them by Mr. O'Connell was this—lf you disobey your landlords what will be the result ? They must seek for other tenants; where will they get them? At the lilendicity Associa tion in the city of Dublin. Do you think a powerful appeal might be made to the people on this'ground, supposing the arrangement which you think on the wink a desirable arrangement, were to be carried into effect ; here is an arrangement made by Parliament, the effect of which is to open•Parltament and .Office to the upper classes of the Roman Ca tholics, but the compromise required on your side is, that you, the great mass of the people, who never can sit In Parliament: and to *hem office is no object, are to be deprived of the only privilege that, practically, you are likely to enjoy ?—I do not thia:c any efficient appeal could be made among the lower order of the Ro man Catholics (independent) of some paints in which I think their interests are deeply concerned); a feeling of wounded pride is ex cgikr Lb, *ft fitLikalwitA they think that they belong to a de ed nine ; 'this mentimenterates strongly upon them, and a alert imagination on their part will prOducE practical results, just as pernicious as if the grievance were admitted to be as substantial as lam disposed to think it. To return to the question put to me, I conceive that the Roman Catholic freeholders would be recon ciled, by the ascent they would make in the political scale, to the deprivation of what is in reality no substantial enjoyment. They would purchase equality with the Protestant servant and mechanic, at the expense of a URtien vote. If they argue so sensitively on points of this nature, cannot they argue equally sensitively on this point ; or may not a person make use of that argument to dissatisfy their minds with this arrange ment, by which they are the only losers ?—I do not think that any person who engaged in such an enterprise would succeed. When the qualification of a freeholder Is raised, there is an incentive to honourable exertion given to the peasant. You do not tell him that he shall never vote; but you tell him that, in order to ex ercise this privilege, he muss require an interest of five or ten pounds a.year ; he has always hope before him. The Roman Catholic peasant would not consider himself as deprived of any valuable possession ; most of the peasantry would expect to be able, by industry, to raise themselves at last to the necessaryttualiffea don • a freehold would then become an object of ambition, and i would be a zeal and honourable privilege. not the Catholics, in case Emancipation is carried, consider that measure as merely conferring advantages upon the upper orders ?—Certainly not. Will it be to them and by theta considered as a measure confer- I ring advantages upon themselves ?—They think it will confer great advantages upon themselves, and it will, in my opinion, confer those advantages. Do they talk much about the question. or take much interest in it ?—lt i., I understand from those who know them best, the sub ject which chiefly occupies their attention. Do you mean among the lower orders 1 1 —Yes, among the Ic'wer 4 orders. Why are they to be considered as disqualified from exercising the elective franchise, if they are in the constant habit of talking on elective matters?—They all know the power of their landlords. The landlord requires a very high rent, which, generally speaking, the tenant is not able to pay, and if the tenant disobeys the landlord at the election, he will not of course take into account the in ability of the tenant to discharge his rent, but will immediately distrain him. The peasantry, therefore, have no discretion on the subject. Deducting that influence from the landlord, you think that from their general intelligence they are capable of making a proper dis tinction between the individuals who are candidates for the county, and thus exercising their elective franchise ?— They may be quali fied to form a judgment upon the Catholic question, which is a subject that touches them neatly ; they have perpetual opportu nities of observing and feeling the practical evils that result from the penal code and they are therefore qnalilied to judge upon the fitness of an Individual to sit in Parliament. so far as that question is concerned. It is upon that question only that they now exer cise any opinion. What do you think would be the effect of a law, which would raise the qualifications of s twenty pound freehold ? would it be to throw more power into the hands of the Protestant voter than he at present posaussaal—l am not esersteit qualified to give an opinion on the subject; I have heard among Catholics themselves, a great dissent of opinion with respect to ft. I believe that in some coun. ties it would operate in one way, and in other counties in a differ ent way ; but I am sure of this, that freeholders, whose qualifica tion was raised, would be quite ree from religious prejudice, and would be disposed to consult their own individual interests in giving their votes, without any sort of reference to the particular form of Christianity professed by any candidate. You think there would be no partiality on the part of a Roman Catholic voter, in favour of a Roman Catholic candidate ?—1 think that after a year, or some such short period, after the Question had been carried, no such partiality would be manifested. I know that at first there might be some ebullition of popular sentiment ; even now, a Protestant, entertaining opinions favourable to the Roman Catholic claims, is rather preferred to a Roman Catholic by the people, than regarded with any evil eye.—l am quite convinced that elections would, in Ireland, be decided by higher personal azd political qualifications, and by the ascendancy of wealth and rank. Hugh O'Connor, Esq. What is your situation in life, and where do you reside ?—I re side in Illeuntjoy-square, Dublin ; I was in trade, a merchant, but I have retired now from trade ; I retired last year. In what breach of trade have you been concerned ?—ln the West Indian trade; as a merchant, at the head of a house in the West Indian trade. Did you carry on business to any considerable extent ?-1 be lieve more so than any house in the %Vest Indian trade ; I believe it was so considered, and I believe the fact was so. Are you acquainted with the state of trade, and commercial pro perty, in the city of Dublin 7-1 havea pretty general acquaintance with the state of trade. Is a considerable portion of the trade of Dublin carried on by Roman Cathalics P—Vm. You yourself are of that persnavion P—l am a Roman Catholic. Can you inform the Committee whether any Roman Catholics are members of the Bank direction in the city of Dublin ?—None ; nor have not been. Have any efforts been made by the Proprietors of the Bank to obtain the nomination of Roman Catholics to the Bank direction ? —I have complained myself very much about the exclusion of Catholic Proprietors front the Bank direction ; the Bank Directors have made it a pretence (for I considered it nothing but a pretence) that the law interposed the qualification, which I know is not the fact. • What is the qualification in point of stork ?—Two thousand pounds stock for a Director; three thousand to be a Deputy Go. vernor ; and four 1. ouund to be the Governor. In whom is the choice of the Bank Directors vested ?—lt lies with the Proprietors; but the Bank Directors make a house list, and there is a combining and confederating amongst them, to keep up constantly amongst themselves, when once named, monopoly of direction, with party feeling, and to exclude Catholics from the direction. _ _ _ An there many other Catholics in the city of Dablin, wit: whom you are acquainted, who arc Proprietors of Bark stock ? I know some that are considerable Profrietors, some of the largest. . . . . . Are there any other public bodies in the city of Dublin. con. nected with the commerce of Dublin, from which Roman Catholics are excluded ?—There is ; the Ballast Board, I believe. The expenditure of that Board, in the last or the preceding year, was fifty or sixty thousand pounds • and I never heard of a Catholic being in the direction of that Board. I recollect that a gentleman some rears ago was mentioning to me, that he wished I was in the direction; " but," says he, no Catholic is in the direction, or has been in the direction." I said, 1 was quite ir.different about it. Do you consider there is a disposition at present in English capi talists to adventure in speculat io n in Ireland ?—I see there is a very considerable disposition. Do you consider that the political state or Ireland has any ten dency to retard such investment of English capital in that part of the United Kingdom ?—A very material instance of that nature came within my knowledge th, day before yesterday ; a gentleman, a landed proprietor, a Member of Parliament, hail nearly com pleted a treaty to borrow 50,0001. in London ; I do not know ex actly upon what terms, but, however, the treaty was nearly com pleted, and in consequence of the Bill suppressing the Catholic Association, and the impression in the lender's mind that the se. curity for his money in Ireland, under the aspect of affairs, was not such as he would wish, he declined lending his money ; this came to my knowledge the day before yesterday. M as the lender a Catholic or a Protestant ?—I do not know ; he is an English capitalist. And the security was to be upon landed property in Ireland ?-- Upon landed prupertv in Ireland. Do you understand in what way the Bill to which vou allude in. creased the unwillingness of the lender to advante his money ? He thought the security for property tar an English capitalist would be likely to become more endangered in consequence, as he conceived, of the discontent being increased through the means of that Bill. Did he express that opinion P—Ves, I understood so ; the bor. rower is a Noble Lord. In what part of the country . was his estate situated; in the north, south. east, or west ?—lit is about the south-west, I chink. Then you consider the treaty to be broken of in coosequenos of the apprehension of dtaconttnt that tr!ebt be produced is Viand P —I hare urdentood so. 4,Agimm ip ..-._. THE CHURCH. OXFORD, APRIL 2. On Saturday last, being the last day of Term, the following gentlemen were admitted to degrees:— flacnxi.oa IN CtVIL Law.—The Rev. Frederick Benjamin Twisleton, Fellow of New College, and Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Hereford. MASTER OF A nws.—Rev. Ceo. Deane, St. Mary Hall; Rev. Henry George Talbot, Student of Christ Church; Rev. Henry Gqr,g, St. Alban's Hall; Reverend Edward West, Saint John ColregE. BACHELOR OP ARTSt—Samuel Platt, Esq. Magdalen Hall, Grand Compounder. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence has appointed the Rev. Charles Markle, A.M. Rector of Quarley, Hants, one of his Domestic Chaplains. The Rev. Thomas Cozens Percival, M.A. and Student of Christ Church, Oxford, is presented to the Rectory of Horseliesth, Cam. bridgmhire, by the Governors of the Charter Houle. The Rev. John Jones, U.A. Precentor and Chaplain of Christ Church. Oxford, is appointed Master of the School of that Society, by the Very Rev. the Dean. Rev. Mr. Oakley, Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of London, has been preferred by that Prelate to the valuable Stall of ‘Venloct Barns, In St. Paul's Cathedral, mint by the death of Dr. Parr. CAMBRIDGE. APRIL 1. At a Congregation on Friday last, the following Degrees were conferred Ilscnst.ons or Anrs.—Henry Peter Daniel, Trinity College; William Hopwood, Trinity; Rev. Ferdinand Faithful, St. John's! Rev. Benjamin Middy, st. John's ; Charles Jolland, St. John's : Thomas Hutton and Th o m a s Fielding Baker, Caius ; Abraham Thomas Rogers Vicar'', Jesus. We understand that the new church a: Bishop's Stoke is in a sufficient state of forwardness to be opened for Divine Service during the ensuing month. The Rev. T. flarnie2 has presented an elegant window of stained glass (constructed by Alr. Edwards, of Winches ter), which ornaments the rut end of the edifice.—HompsAirc Paper. I'CGII.I ),f. That the progress of moral improvement has made con siderable strides within the last century, may be sufficiently proved by turning back our contemplation to the state of manners at the beginning of that penal: whatever may be thought of the taste of the hie and low vulgar of the pre sent day for "lip-top milling, the scenes then acted at tie BEAR-0•11DEN would revolt even the most profligate of this age. WELLS, who had left the old Bear-garden at Hockley.in-the. Hole, and established another at Mary-la-bonne, died in 1711. Dan Singleton composed the following ludicrous epitaph on the neeseinn • occasion Shed, 0 ye combatants, a flood of tears; Howl, all ye dogs : roar, all ye bulls and bears ! Ye butchers, weep ! for ye, no doubt, are grievers, And sound his leas with marrow-bones and cleavers. Wells is no more ! Yet death has been so kind That he bath left the bulls and bears behind." The Irethly Joarmat, oue of the newspapers of the day, says. " By the decease of Mr. Wells, the original Bear garde n i n Hockley-in-the-Hole is now likely to be thronged, eapeciall, sin e , all the old gatuesten are resolved to bait every Monday and Thurs day ; and the gladiators have promised frequently to try their skill there ; the brutes to box ; the furinity and hasty-pudding eaters to cobble down their hot guttage at Madam l'rencres, and at ns other place." The prognostic relating to the Bear-garden in a precedin g pa r ragraph, seems to have been reali se d i n J une , 172 2, b y the folios, leg extract from the London Journal :--% 6 Boxing in public at tit; Bear-garden is what has lately obtained very much among trot men ; but till last week we never heard of women being engaged that way, when two of the feminine gender appeared. for the first time on the theatre of war at Hockley.in.the.Hole, and maintained the battle with great valour for a long time, to the no small SAINA faction of the apectaton. The challenge and answer of these fe males being originals, we give them to our readers : " I ELIZABETH WILKINSON, of EIATB(11BeIL having had some words with Hannah Ilytield, and req u i r i ng .satisluction. 4.1,1 in% ire her to meet me on the stage. and box with me for tine. guineas, each woman holding half-a•crown in each hand, and t brat woman that drops her money to lose the battle. " I H•NNAR Harem en, of Newgate-market, bearing of resoluteness of Elizabeth Wilkinson, will not tail, give her mom blows that, words, desiring home blows, r favour." Thar habits on this ortasion were clove jackets, short Holland drawers, white marking.. and pumps. It does not appear that the Magistrates int suppress these disgraceful cxhiliitions. But in t rnbtk had not inoculated their taste upon r The latter did not then, as now, suffer the• elbowed in the throng by ruffians of every witness the coarsest scenes of brutality. birth were not candidates for degradaC spate, however, we are glad to observe, and we hope it are lor.g will wholly di, TM=l= ~/ J • ~~~ r - PPM riso ~x sl~ ,• s .Y +~ t Isnot that discontent 'kr/ much committed with 'all the internal ' system of insurrection ,v,d disturbance P-1 should thick is was but L resided. in Dublin, and I know vary little of the interior a Ireland. • Haw you ever served croft (land /arias la Dublin Dave you ever been called in Court to save P.—l think 1 liaise been summoned to the Commission Court ; I suppose it was a l'Grand Jury. Bare you never been called to the Term !Land Jaen ? Never. Are you a freeholder of the city of Dublin .P—No. Nor a freeman ?—No. Do you v•aderstand whether the exclusion froth serving upon Term thar.d Juries is peculiar to the Catbedica ?—.I cannot *wet that question precisely, for I std over wont to tho'Cialit eat% self but I have un d erstoo d it was eitirsly .peculiar lie Cattfolfes ; I hare heard so. In. point of fact, &you not knew tat ib t T erm G ran d J ur i es are composed of ?Ambers of the Corporation asiy.l—,Yea; 1 'Me in the paper eight or trine or tea Ald erman , or Sheriff's Penes. 11,11 Pe9l DOes e o n i ot th t a tta t d ttx tic cuasiou i 1 P646. 0f all the inhabitants. of Dublin, tempt those who are porsessed of p Corporate rank, tend in diminish the confidence, which the wonid otherwise feel, in the sets, whether civil or criminal, of those Grand Juries ?-1 should ikitl it-naturally would; it does ittiby opinion: Have you ever attended a county eiecdon in. Ireland ?—I hare, but I believe only once . a it is possiblethat 1 may have bans at s county election twice, bat then it was only for h a lt an h our or so ; but I did once attend for two or three days. Where was that P-10 the mum., of Dufiliel. What description of persons, in point Of propetty and elation, are the forty shilling fre e h o ld ers whom you then saw vote, Intl and whom you have seen vote on othri occasions ? —I took asttelt,~ from what I easy, some feeling of objection to the forty.ithafing freeholders; I rather lamented that there were that description at freeholders. Do you think they are in a station of life which gives arty se euritv to the public, of a fair and independent exercise of their francbite think they are not in that station of life that sites such security. In the event of a Bill being carried for the Emancipation of the Catholics, as it 13 termed, do you conceive that it would be desir able to make any - alteration in the resent qualification of the free holders P—Very desirable, as It strikes me. Do you conceive that such alteration would be saceptable to the Catholics, if it formed part of a general measure o f E manc ip at i on i• —lt seems to me, that Catholic Emancipation would be so prams a boon, that I should think it would be acceptable. Should you, as a proprietor, think your own power and influence diminished, by having the elective franchise raised from forty shillings to twenty pounds a year ?—My own power would not = for I have not turned my mind at all to political subjects; I have not even registered my own vote in the county In which I have an. estate. 31y residence in Ireland is confined to Dublin—l have not seen that estate these ten years. Do you consider that it would be desirable that a provisiort were made by the State for the Rom a n C a th o li c Cl ergy i n I re l and ? —I should think that it would. Do you think tha: such an arrangement would be acceptable to the Roman Catholic Clergy or laity, if it were accompanied by the general measure of Emancipation?-1 should think it would, if accompanied by Emancipation. but not otherwise. Do you think that otherwise the Clergy would ever be brought to accept of ft I—They have entered into resolutions to that effect, that is, to accept no payment but from their flocks; they thought' it might impair, if not destroy, the Catholic religion among their flocks if they did accept it. Nave you ever beard- of it being likely that any Catholic pro. perty will be transferred out of Ireland, in use the civil disabili ties are longer continued ?—I can answer that question with regard to myself, for I mean to leave Ireland in consequence of the civil disabilities existing. I find it not a pleasant residence. Does the unpleasantness of the residence arise to you, front the disabilities under which you labour, or from the party feeling to which religious differences have given rise ?--I take it that the civil disabilities create that party feeling. Which is the inconvenience which you peculiarly suffer—is it the political disability, or the Inconvenience of party feeling ?—I never sought for any place, it is from social intercourse being poisoned. Do you think that there are other Catholics disposed to take the same step as you say you yourself are inclined to do I—lt is na. tural to suppose there are; I have heard many say they would leave Ireland if they could with convenience. Do you think that any proportion of Irish capital will be trans. ferred to other countries, in case the disabilities under which the Catholics labour now are continued ?—I should think there would ; I have myself some capital in France. You having retired from business, do not mean to say that in leaving Ireland you would transfer your capital, but you would transfer your residence ?—I would transfer my residence. Because the civil disabilities under which the Catholics labour make Ireland not so pleasant a residence as you think you can meet with elsewhere ?— Yes 1 i ~~ ~I / -.,.~.. .~