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VIE SUCCESSION to the RUSSIAN THRONE. [From the Journal des Debulrsf Friday.l Jaw. 12. The clouds of the nor h ere not yet dissipated. Th e manifestoes lei:eh have been pnlidished throw no light on the subject. We do ea t contest the amounts given us of the pmeredings on the 2fith !Wernher. We believe th it peace is re.estehlished at St. Petra inirch t but we knew that there have been disturbance'', and that sa nguinary contests haac taken place. These fuels prove that the army is divided ; and be it remembered tha• the army is not merely at St. Peteraburgh. hot et 11'a-saw. at Mohilow, 'at Moscow, in the Ukraine. on the bosiere or lie Black Ses and of Turkey. It i‘iv.ities spread °err the v rat c'ttent of military colonies, establi s h. manta as much to he feared within the kingdom as whbont, and whose name'. MCA to our flummery the Homan legions of the fron tiers who so often raisial or ererthrew the ( ' W931%1. The sedition at ' , ft. Pere-sborgh, be it siteceaaful or he it aubdued, is still what it waa—a mast eertois event. Its consequences 'nay shake, but ought net to surprise Europe. In abailiee gnvernments, an interregnum is a total revolution. States in which there is oily one power, or where that power is in one man. can bear neither let iy nor Orlin in the succession. The day on which the throne breronied .% es va in cant the cons t be tuti g. deliberateon is changed. All ties are brakee_the ti stead of on they are a flack without a shepherd--an army without a chief—a church without a lied. • To have saved the principle of autoerat government, the Grard Duke Nicholas. in reclaiming his brothel a accession, ought to have kept • profinted itiei 'angular transactions of which the Senate was the depositary. as also the negotiations which followed it. The Ilusslan natier.right to have known nothing till the day when the I:tvoicror Cons•antine would have made use of his power to convey it with the 'teeth' fidelity of a subject, to the second heir of Alexander. By this means there would have been no interregnum. Far, however, from this plan having been followed, the wool " renunciatiea" was, from the first, used in the oath required from Russia. The fraterral discusainne, on which the fate of the em. Ire hung, have been rnrried on in the moat open manner • indeed, in much would hard'y rave been m ade known in a freecountry. It is easy of he even whose interest such a mode of proceeding lured. nor does the Alanifesto of the Emperor Nicholas snake any mystery of it. It hft ratty millions of men in suspense as to what they should do with their allegiance, and upon whom their destiny was to depend. It made, in the most extensive meaning of the word, an interregnum. The Hist consequence of atth a state of Clings is, that every man asks hinahelf which of the two rikele will reikm, anti then there can be no breast so bowed by woritue who will not come to the net: que.tion—which of them la bes t ? In such 3 CM'. suppose the ctril authority without force, the nation bowed down by the exist ence of powerful armies,--suppose these and you have the state of things under the Prztorian bands. The principle of despotic governments has not alone been mis. understood. That of all monarchies has been mistaken at the same tittle. The great law of hereditary right has been violated by the ratter and mysterious renunciation of the Cesarowitch, who. being the legitimate heir to the throne, has not mounted even to release the nation from the oath which Nicholas demanded for hint. Nicholas In this has shown himself dexterous anti wise. He knew, according to his own farrow:ion. " that the 'interior renunciation had oat the force of law." Ile desired, therc•fore, a new, potent, and decisive resignation. Ills proclamation discovers to us his designs. He does not tell us why his brother has not fulfilled therm We merely lo ow that the name of the Emperor Conatan- Pne, to whom oee of the most timonius people of the earth have sworn obedience before God, will not figure in history. The reign of the new Monarch will date from the day en which he lahret-if declared that lie was merely a simple subjee: of the Empire. All this is full of mystery. THE Boni!, NAVY. POUTSMOUTII. JAN.I4. The Cruelly winds hive prevailed 1.1p;;;; - thepitstWeek, which have prevented any arrivaht here from the Wen:ward. Itenr..tdruiral W. 11 ail recenly avninted Commander. in-Chief in the East Indict,. notated his flag on Tuesday last oa board the Warspite 74. Captain Win. Fail-biotite! Carroll, C.B. in this bathe r, attended with the ciiminmary !minim The Rear- Admiral will sail in the (m u se of the present month to assume his c.arniand. The Vol ige, 11.1, Capt. the lien. Robert Saunders Dundan, will proceed to tonipary. The Eden arrived at Pert Royal 23.1 November, to take Corn nnissiener lints to Malia„ and then proceed to England; the Bus. lei arrived In bb' days from ,Mithead. A ('Hurt-martial has hi en ordered to assemble (at which Rear. Adntiral (loge is to preside) to try C.:pt. !sham Fleming Chapman, or his 31aji sty's ship Arindne. in criliseque - ce of a statement Of ruin ns given by Mr. 31• Coy, Purser of his Majesty's ship Esp'egle (which ship Captain C. then cominandrii)tOr refusing to sign Capt. Charnan's certificate (and in consequence of which Captain C. requested that a CaUft•taarill might be held upon himself) to the e9e,t thst the retnilatimis established by Captain C. in the Es. inegle had teade,: to destroy the skip's provisions, and, that Capt. t', had been concerned iii purchasing a tetnale slave. The proceed ings will commence on the it iv aof a witneas from Staffordshire, 11!,11 was recently paid off from the Enpii.gle. Yesterday the Colonial %train-vessel African, Lieutenant Austin, withal from Denthird, biturul to Sierra Leone. She was for merly a gun-brig; is of 31 1 0 ions; has two 40-horse power en gines (which are found not sufficient), and thirty men. She trust be taken into dock, having sustained damage by getting on shore off Ramsgate. 'Fite Calliope. ',Scorpion, and Arrow have sailed on cruises. Remain at :pithead—Tweed (for St. Domingo and Vera Cruz), and Ariadne. In the llartiour—Vtittozy. Ganges, Warspite, Superb, Spartiate, Ronvey, Volage, Herald, Sparrowhawk, and Jasper. Lieutenant J. A. Mow is appointed to command the Hovock ran-brig, for the North Aincriein minion. Dr. Wm. Burn, late of the Sappho, is appointed to the Java, and Mr. bolds, Assistant- Surgeon. Lieutenant John Hewett is appointed Qiiartermaster of this divi. sion of Royal Marines, vice Captain Moore.—flumpshire Tele ge It was reported on Saturday, that overland despatches . 1 had been received at the East India house on the 'newt- , ing evening, bringing unfavourable news from that quay ter. Upon inquiry, we learned that there had been no such arrival, A lion, which was hrotteht by Captain Chapman from the east coast of Africa, for the Noble Lord at the brad of the Admiralty Boa: d, has been landed from the Ariadne, and forwardal to lc,niloti.—llampshire Telegraph. The statement published in some of the papers of this week, that the un&rwritera of this port bad settled an annuity on Mr. Gabriel James, is preinature.—Liverpool Commercial C . ,:-nnicle. The amount of duty received at the Liverpool Custom house oa spirits, since the operation of the new Act, ex ceeds bu,oou!. Forged one-pound Bank of England notes, of the date of the 3d May, ISIS. have found their way into York shire, but thi.y are without the water rsark, and in other respects so ill executed as to he instantly detected by cum parson with a good note.—leads 3lercory. Yesterday the Lord Mayor. the Sheriffs, and the great civic officers, attendA divine sr rvic.• at St. Sepulchre's church, where the Lord Bishop of Landon preached an excellent seaman in aid of the funds of the newly stab lkhed Female Charity School in that pariah. The Right Reverend Prelate descanted at great length en the benefits necessarily resulting from a suitable education being given to the children of the poor. His Lordship in conclusion vale a forcible appeal to the liberality of his audienc-, and a handsome collection was made on the occasion. PROVIDENTIAL DIECOVLIIV.-011C day last week the man who attends the furnace at the Etna Iron-works was p paring the charge for an air-furnace to cast a large cyliti el•,, when it occurred' to Mr. Clegg to examine two old c ninon which were to be mixed in the cha g • ; the precau tion was most fortunate, and in all probability prevented considerable mischief to the weak!: and destruction of life am.mg the many hands employed therein, as one of the pieces, a 12-pounder, proved to be deeply loaded and 'hotted, and must inevitably have exploded on heating. What renders this accident the more striking is, that in credible as it may appear, the gun in question bad been the faithful guardian of a gateway, in Graclwell-street, for up wards of 25 years.—Liverpool Chronicle. Tar. HAMPSHIRE GIIOST.—The person who has been exhibiting himself with a mask, &c. at Southampton and I.ymington, has reached the Isle of Wight, and is making has terrific appearance almost nightly on the Mall, near Newport. lie has caused great consternation, and been the means of frightening into fits several persons, who are in consequence lying dangerously ill. Ile has also been playing off his pranks at other little villages near. Ile has been shot at by two or three individuals, but is found to be tinultierable, being enveloped, it is ssa d, in steel armour, a'.il a pair of spring boots ; the latter of which are Po eon vrocteel as to allow him, with a little exertion, to vault vvrr a ten-foot wall.—/fampshiie Telegraph. Farm. CouLtr.--Jonathan, a sawyer, and S. Theo )) till, a workman on the River, having quarrelled at their dinner-hour.' at a public-house at Limehoose, on Saturday, they agreed to fight for a crown, and immediately. want on h ail a lightest and set-to, with their seconds. A smash allvt battle of one hour's duration took place, chiefly in fa vAir Of Jmatban. who however received a finishing atitisiit uptot the heed, with a heavy fall, and he died in the heather. The other parties ahscontird. POP THE DAV OF LIFE. Oh ! blue were the mountains— Anil gorgeous the trees,— And stainless the fountains— And pleasant the breeze; A glory adorning The Wanderer's way, In Life's sunny morning, When young Hope was gay ! The blue hills are shrouded— The graven arc o'ercaat,— The bright streams are clouded— The breeze is a blast— The light bath departed The dull noon of Life, And Hope, timid•hearted, Ilath fled from the strife In fear and in sadness, Poor sports of the storm, Wit ptc shadow end madness Enshroud and deform t Ere Llfe's day is dosing How fondly we crave The dreamless reposing— The Peace of the Grave Sonnets and other Poems by D. L. Riclaardeare. The Duke of Sussex visited the Duke of York, at his house in South Atlley-street, nn Saturday. We regret to state, that information was sent from Ha milton-place to Lincoln's Inn on Saturday morning, that the Lord Chancellor continued so ill, that he would not be able to sit on Monday, the First Seal, as a few days ago he had purposed. Yesterday morning Mr. Secretary Canning, accompanied by the Marquis of Clanricarde, left town for Windsor. The Duke of Somerset, his Grace's daughter, the Duke of St. Alban's, Viscount Melville, and the lion. John To!. lemache, and the Hanse Towns Minister, were among the promenaders on the banks of the Serpentine on Saturday. The Marchioness of Hastings, the four Ladies Ilastings, their daughters, and Colonel M'Cres, Military Secretary, will arrive at Portsmouth on Tuesday next, to embark in his Majesty's yacht the Herald, Captain Lecke, for Malta. The Herald goes out of harbour to-morrow (yesterday).— Hampshire felegrai.h. The domestics of the Russian Ambassador all appear in deep mourning for the late Emperor Alexander. On Friday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Hon. G. Stanhope, whilst skating on the S:apentitie, fell, and dig hicated his arm. . . . •` l.!r. Greatorex is to conduct, and Mr. Cramer k to had, the ensuing Choral Fund Concert, at the English Opera- honme. We hear that it is the intention of Sir William Cooke, Bart. of Wheatley, near Doncaster, to offer hinntelf a can didate for the Borough of Pontefract, at the approaching General Election. _ _ We are sorry to announce the failure of one of the most eminent houses in the wholesale grocery trade. Their pur chast-s of sugar annually were estimated at about a million and a half sterling, a tenth part of the whole West India import. One of the firm retired four years ego with a very lar.te fortune. _ %e are concerned to state that several failures have taken place here this week, in consequence of the scarcity of money.—Glasgow Chronicle. A plan has been promulgated for the establishment of a University at Leeds, on the model of the new institution under that name in London. LIVERCOOI. AND' BIRMINGHAM RAIL-ROAD•— At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Wirral turnpike roods, the above Company solicited the concurrence of the Trust to their projected undertaking; but, after some dis cussion, the Commissioners formally declared their dissent. , A similar application from the same party met with a like fate, at a recent meeting of the Commissioners of the Chester and Whitchureh turnpike-roads.—Chester Chron. Jon. 13. _ . COM EUCI AL Em DARRASSM ENTB.—During the late storms in the commercial world!, it has been matter of obser vation and congratulation, how well persons engaged in the cotton-spinning and manufacturing iradts stood their' round. IVithin the last few days, however, we regret to state that the number of failures in those branches, chiefly of country houses, has been very considerable; although, so far as we are aware. with perhaps one e::ception, not very extensive in point of amount, or amongst people whose insolvency is calculated to cause any great surprise. When the very low pries of, and depressed state of the demand fur catten gauds and yarns, as well as the general reduction of credit, ate considered. it will excite no surprise that at such a time " the weakest go to the wall."—Manchester Guardian. AURICULAR CONFESSION.—In the case of Mary Caen, the unfortunate woman who was found guilty of the wil ful merrier of Maurice Fitzge7ald, on Friday, a young girl, named Jehannah Laughnan, was examined both Ware the Coroner, Thomas Stirling, Esq. and at Hatton-garden police-oflice, before Mr. Sergeant Sellun. Iltr evidence was important, so far as circumstantial evidence could go, but it was given with that reluctance and partial disclosure which is often observable amongst the lower orders of the Irish people. She did not tell all she could ; but fearing the consequence of taking a false oath, she went the next day to her priest, and in confession, admitted the conceal ment. The clergyman was restricted from revealing this, but he admonished her of the necessity of complying with the adjuration of her oath, to " to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." The consequence was, that she came the same day to Wainwright. the officer, and j when taken before the Grand Jury, she admitted, in addi dition to what she had before stated, that she had seen the prisoner, Mary Cacn, washing away t h e blood after the murder. The frost still continues intense, and in consequence the navigation of the Union Canal has been shut since Monday. Duddington loch presents every day an animated spectacle, being crowded with seaters and curlers. The Sating, Club were on the ice there on Tuesday and yester day ; and hundreds, who cannot partake of these sports, have been tempted by the clear weather to enjoy the ro mantic walks to and from the loch, and to become spectators of the lively scene. The Leith seaters have been also daily enjoying that elegant amusement on Lochentl. Edinburgh Paper of Thursday. The suicide who cut his throat in a hackney coach, on Thntstlay, on his way front Holborn, to tl:e coach office, in Oeford-street, as already stilt d, turns out to be Mr. Saul 13-atrum. of Ashby, farmer, near Berkhampstead, wt.o has left a widow and nine children in very indifferent circumstances. lie had, it appeared, come to London, on a law-suit, which went against him, and was the probable cause of the rash act. SCFI °CATION BY CHARCOAL. — On Thursday morn ing last, when the family of the Commanding Royal Engineer of this district (Colonel Gossett, M.P.) arose to resutne the duties of the day, the footman (James Poore), a very industrious and useful young man. was found dead in his bed ; the cause of which unlooked-for event was as follows slept in an apartment on the ground floor, and as the weather was extremely call he was induced to kindle some charcoal, for the purpose of warming his bed room ; immediately afterwards he closed the door, got into bed, and fell asleep ; and, not having admitted any fresh air into the room, the carbonic acid gas, contained in the burning charcoal, destroyed that portion of the atmospheric air which is necessary to support animal life, and he was anffocated by the noxious vapour with which the room was alone filled. A chaffing dish was found outside of the door, with charcoal in it, recently burnt, and a quantity of un'ournt charcoal was discovered tinder his bed. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict—" Died by Suffocation." —PcrlsmoutA Paper. Inc or MAN.—On Wednesday last arrived here from the Isle of Man, in the Duchess of Athol and Earl of An rtesley cntters, some detachments of his Majesty's 95th Derbyshire regiment, under the command of Capt. Frazer, from whom we learn that that island is in a perfect state of tranquillity, and that he and his men never experienced more agreeable and hospitable quarters.-1 iverpuol Mee" THE 111U11,411 PRESS. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTALLIGENCE. lavzsro or., SATURDAY, JAS. 14. Notwithstanding more business has been done in GO British Plants ion Sugar market, prices are lower about is and Is 8d per cwt, and about G5O lihds disposed of. About 150 hhds Bengal Sugar sold at 75s for middling, and 70s a 79s for tine white. In Foreign description* nothing done, and prices nominal. The de mand for Molasses is limited, and prices from Is a Sit lower. One lot of 1;3 puncheons fair Demerara sold at 29s 31 In Rum the sales have been principally confiaed to 120 puncheons low over proof Demerara at 2s 2d and 2* iltl ; 0. P. at 3a per gallon. In Coffee the sides have been principally to the grocers, who have taken GO a 00 casks at full prices. In Ashes the sales are 300 barrels Montreal Pot at 20s Oil a Ms 9d, 40 barrels Pearl at 30s. and 60 barrel* Boston Pot at 31s GA. No sales in Logwood or Fustic. In Nica ragua Wood HO tons goad solid have been sold at 241. per ton. About 300 barrels Stockholm Tar at Ills 33, and 170 barrels Ame rican Tar at 17* a Ilk, have been sold. In American Rice no silos and about 150 bags Patna sold at 23s per cwt. 750 barrels Turpen tine sold at Gs 9tl per cwt. In hides the sales were only 300 Buenos Ayres dry, price not named, and 140 dry salted Brazil at 710 per lb. Nothing done in Ilorse-hair, or Skins, or Oak or Cork-tree Bark. A few packages of Cream of Tartar sold at 900 sills. 40 mons Spanish Indigo have been forced by auction at Os Gd a 900 d, being a reduction of 2s a2s fad on former sales. In Madder Roots 250 bales Turkey and 150 bales French were offered by auction, but no . a bid ; 130 bales of the former have since been sold, but price not known. In Olive Oil some little inquiry ; small lots of Gallipoli have been sold at 421.; and 10 tuna Sicily at 30110 s. Only 50 bags Malaga Sumach sold at 17a. In Saltpetre 311)(1 b ags sal dat 21s Ott a 27*. A few tons prime Turkey Valonla sold at 221105. Rather better prices have been obtained for Wheat, but no inquiry for American Flour. Our Cotton ,Market has been generally dull, and may be quoted id lower than last week : the sales consist of 3040 balm Upland Georgia at ON a B,d; 130 Sea Island at 21d a 24d; 30 stained Sea Island at lld ; 1,300 Alabama and Mobile at 64d a Od; 720 Orleatis at Od a 110; 240 Bahia at 10 a lOU ; &00 31aranham at 101t1 n lOid ; 310 Pcrnambucco at Ild a 12d ; 60 Demerara and Berbice at 100 a ll jd ; 10 Carthagena at al ; 240 Egyptian at Aid a lld ; 260 Surat at Sid a 7.1; and 40 Bengal at 6.1, making a total of 7,970 bags. out of which 1.900 bags have been taken on Apeculation. 600 New Orleans, and 700 Egyptians are declared for sale by auction on Friday. IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL mist JAN. 7 to 13, INCLUSIVE. Ashen - - 553 barrels Sladder 274 casks Brimstone - 340 tons Hides - 1200 cow &ox Oak Bark - In tons horsehair . - 17 bales Tar - 932 tons Wine - 17 pipes Tallow - - I 937 casks Cotton - 136 bales. In the following vessel. :—From Quebec, 1; St. Petersburgh, 1 ; Sicily, I ; Messina, 1; Licata, 1; Ilamburgh, 1 ; Antwerp, 1 ; Cronstadt, 1; Ja:obstatlt, 1 ; London, 1. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant Fairborn. the pedestrian, this day undertakes his match to go on foot from Great Casterton, two miles north of Stamford, Lincolnshire, to Tottenham-courtsroad (92 miles), in twenty hours, for :210 sovereigns. He purposed starting at four o'clock in the morning. Time is the favourite, at odds ti and 7 to 4. A seating match of one mile over Louth lake, near Welwyn, Hems, wok place on Saturday, for a sweepstakes of ten sove reigns each, between Messrs. Rowbottom, Mellish, Capt. Sims, and Mr. Throgmorton, adepts at this agile sport. There were six turns in the mile, and the first and second were to contend for the prise. It was decided thus t—Mr. Rowbottom performed his mile in 3 minutes and 50 seconds, beating Dlr. Mellish by a few yards only. Captain Sims was more than ILO yards in the rear. and Mr. Throgmorton tell early in the race. The two successful seaters started again in half an hour, for the 40 sovereigns, and it was a match of much skill. Mr. Itnwhottom took the lead, but Mr. Mellish passed him at the half mile, when the entreat became very vigorous, both keeping together until Mr. Rowbottom made a push in the last hundred yards, and won by four or five yards, perforating his mile in 3 minutes and 39 seconds. PR OVINCI,4 BANKS. YORK. BANK OF WENT WORTH AND CO. It is thought singular that while the creditors . of the York Bank of Messrs. Wentworth and Co. are displaying so much zeal for the protection of their own interests, the Wakefield and Bradford creditors of that firm should look on with so much composure, without taking a single step in the affair. This is the more extraordinary, if it be true, that the choice of the assignees under the existing commis sion will be confined to the claimants on the York Bank, and that by the commission as now issued the private estates of Messrs. Wentworth, Chaloner, and Rishwortha (with that of Mr. Hartley) will, after the private debts of each partner are satisfied out of his own individual property, be first available to the York creditors, to the exclusion of all the other creditors, until they arc paid 20s. in the pound. RIPON AND KNARESBOROLTOH BANKS. The firm of Messrs. Charnock, Thackray, and Co., of the Ripon and Knaresborough banks, after a suspension of a month, resumed their payments on Monday morning last, and continued to discharge the demands made upon them till Tuesday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, when they again suspended their transactions, stating to those who applied, that their stock of cash was exhausted, but that they should soon obtain a further supply, and would pay all demands. This singular proceeding excited a strong sensa tion in both Ripon and Knaresborough, but the public confidence in the ultimate stability of the firm remains un impaired. Mr. Charmick is known to be the owner of con ' siderable landed property, which is all available for the fulfilment of the engagements of the concern.--Leeds Mer cury. BATH CITY BANK. We have much pleasure in noticing that the bank of Messrs. Sinith, Moger, and Evans has re-opened, and wo congratulate our fellow-citiaans on an event which we fully anticipated would take place, from the known respectability and integrity of the parties. We arc well aware that it was owing to their very liberal accommodation to their friends and the public, and not to any deficiency of real capital, that they were unable to meet the sudden and un expected pressure of the times, so universally experienced by the oldest and most established batiks in all parts of the country, and which, we are happy to find, has now so ge nerally subsided. The re-opening of the Bath City Bank must, we will be bold to assert, he a source of great satis faction to the commercial and other inhabitants of this city and its vicinity.—Bralt Herald. On Thursday last a fire broke out in the carding-room I of Messrs. Marshall and Co.'s manufactory, owing to the friction of a machine called a dent; but by . the exertions of the workmen the flames were extinguished without extending beyond the precincts of their santanic origin.— Leeds Mercury. Lire LOST nv FIRE.—A dreadful event happened on Monday. Mrs. Brine, an aged lady, who resided in Car leton, Sherhorne (and widow of the late Mr. Robert Brine, of Temple Coombe), was accidently burnt to death in con sequence of a spark of fire alighting upon her dress, whilst sitting in her parlour. On discovering her perilous situa ation the deceased rang her bell, in hopes that the servant maid would have come to her assistance ; but not hasten ing, she again rang violently, and was proceeding from her room when she was met by the woman. The maid at tempted in vain to extinguish the fire, and was very much burnt in her endeavours; she then flew affrighted into the street for help. which instantly brought several of the neighbours to the scene, where they beheld the suffering lady standing in the passage, exposed to the draughts of the door, with her arms extended, completely enveloped in flames. In the absence of any other expedient, one man proceeded to empty a bucket of water over the awful spec tacle which stood before him; but the fatal work hail , proceeded too far, her numerous vestments were now re duced to ashes, and even her parched flesh parted from the bones on being handled. The best medical assistance was administered without delay, but to no avail. The event happened between nine and ten in the morning, and by four in the afternoon the unfortunate lady had breathed her last.—Sherhorne Mere:iris. An inquest was held on Wednesday at Stockport on the body of a young man who met his death by gating . en. tangled in the machinery of the Lipper Carr factory ; both his legs were torn off, and the rest of his frame wu as dreadfully lacerated, that when the machiocry Was stopped; all that approved to remain wha t. the words.or an e y e . wiumas, 1 .1 - ,111:e a bundle of tags. A Tlrditl .4 sedihntal I death was returned. • • IRISII C.4THOLIC IfEETING. On Wednesday, pursuant to requfsithm, a 31 feting df the . Ca: tholics of Dublin was befit at the Catholic Rooms, Bergh-quay. On the tuotion of Mr. (Mo w NELL:- MICHAEL GALWAY, Esq. was called to the Chair, and Joux LAWLF.FS, Esq. appointed Seeremity to the Meeting. Alit haw Less having read the requisition— Mr. O't !ow ELI. tone, and stated that the purpose of the Sleet ing was to make arrangements for the proceedings of a Cdthelid Association to be held in Dublin on Monday next. In allusiOn to a rumour respecting the legality of an Annie,Aion assembling for fourteen days, the lehrned gentleman *aid that, having repeatedly and most diligently looked into the Act, in order to secure the Ca tholics against their hollow friends and determined enemies, he could assure the Meeting that the sittings of the /11SOCIRIIIIIII for fourteen clays would be periectly consistent with tie lasr, which the Catholics were at all times disposed to respect ; when he said re spect, he merely meant that they wouM not Violate a law, which could not be otherwise considered than as an additional penal code. and of which he would only further say, that if the liberty of speech existed in Algiers, " so help me God." he did not believe the Dey would have.decreed such an ordinance against it. This outragsmus statute effected the political avd civil rights of every member of every sect in the kingdom ; and the people of England should never think themselves secure while the Ministers have such a precedent, which they say has been so salutary in its effects upon Ireland ; and though the Catholics will not violate, yet they never can acquiesce in the statute. The learned gentleman, in continua tion, said that. although the Association was designated Catholic, yet it was intended to embrace, like the old Association, every de scription of Chgistian ; and, in proof he had to state, that he (Mr. O'Connell) having paid for his own ticket, the second had been filled up for Hamilton Rowan, (cheers) a most respectable Pro tenant, and who, notwithstanding what had been said of him in another place, nothing could have happened to lessen the respect, admiratim, and regard which the people of Ireland must always feel for that excellent man ; and it any errors of life could at any time be imputed to him, his domestic and public virtues have so compensated for them, and are so higlilv estimated, as to make Mr. Rowan respected by Government and beloved by the people. The first point of detail which he (Mr. O'Connell) would propose respected the hour of meeting; and Ire then moved that • Catholic Association should assemble at twelve o'clock on Monday, at the Catholic Know. Agreed to neat. con. Mr. O'Con NELL next moved, that Lord Fingal], or in his ati. settee, the neat senior Catholic Peer prevent, should take the Chair. Passed unanimously. AIL LAWLESS suggested that the Meeting should he called an Assembly of the Friends of Cicil and Religious Liberty, thereby leaving not a doubt of its comprising members of all reli gious persuasions. Mr. 012oNsEta. said, that in the old Association the term " Catholic" was discussed very fully ; and that the members of that body had resolved on retaining it ; and certainly, that Asa°. niation contained most excell:nt friends of civil and religions . . betty. The Association, though styled Catholic, was hie a so. ciety in London, termed " The Political Protestants." and which contained many Catholics. But supposing the Meeting was even disposed to change the title of the Association. he ( Mr. O'Connell) would object to their doing away with a term so dear to the people of Ireland. Mr. LAWLESS said, that in order to secure a good attendance, and not to destroy the hopes of those who looked forward to the Meeting being respectable, from its comprising; men of all classes of society, so that the public mind shall be faithfully represented ; and in order that no man shall be excluded from the Meeting, owing to his inability to pay a pound, he should move that all persons paying one shilling at each sitting should be. admitted ; and he would say that it was only amongst the tradesman's portion of the community that lie had always tound the real honest !the relny and purity of pa•riotieni. (Loud laughter.) He (Mr. Lawless) did not mean any reflection on the present aristocracy ; but it was only by the tradesmen that honesty was manifested in 1793, when they, by their firm, manly spirit, and when aban doned by the demagqgues of the day, they with a steady and de termined hand, guided and retained the aristocracy in theroad of propriety, and the gentry have since approximated more to the general feeling And views of the great body of the people. Mr. LUKE PLUNKETT approved of the principle of Mr. Isawless's suggestion, and if he would make it five shillings for the entire fourteen days, he (Mr. Plunkett) would second the motion, Mr. ()Tot:KELL hoped Mr. Lawless was not intent on haring the proceedings of the Catholics made a subject of laughter. The amount of subscription to the Association was determined on after very full deliberation, and it was no additional charge upon the members; for if it were the old Association that was about to meet, they should each pay their subscription falling due in the present month, in order to be eligible to admission. The mode of payment suggested by Mr. Lawless would take from it the charac ter and spirit of the intended Association, which it was meant should go as close as the statute would permit to its great prototype, the old Association; and he (Mr. O'Connell) felt no anxiety to see other moons in the new Association than the members of the old one. Besides, they required funds for the necessary expenses of sending forward their petitions, and which could only be procured by means of a political Meeting, as the funds of the present Asso ciation are only applicable to the .purposes of education and other charitable objects. But Mr. Lawless wronged the working people if lie thought they had not the disposition and means to pay a pound to the Association; for out of seven tickets that he (Mr. O'Connell) had been paid for, two of them were for working me chanics. A person who said he was a working mechanic expressed his con viction that the proceedings of the Aseociation would, he said, be those of the aristocracy meter than of the people, should not Mr. Lawlese's suggestions be attended to. Mr. LAWLESS asked if the people Would have an opportunity at an Aggregate Meeting of expressing their opinion on such petitions as should be agreed to in the Avociation. Mr. O'CONNELL replied, necessarily the petitions should have the Sanction of Aggregate Meetings previous to their being for warded to Parliament. Mr. PLUNKETT pressed Mr. Lawless to propose his motion, and which Mr. Lawless haring agreed to, Mr. Plunkett seamed the motion. • Mr. A. C. O'Dw'rra approved of the principle of Mr. Lawless's motion; but as it would be found to be Impracticable, he should oppose it. The CHAIRMAN having put the question, it was negatived by a large majority. Mr. 14.1:N/LETT required a (Milton, and on tellers being appointed, the learned Gentleman called on the friends of the perinie to come to his side of the MOM The Rev. Mr. L'Esrusuos observed upon the impropriety of that call, and assured Mr. Plunkett that, on the opposite side there were persons (amongst them himself. Mr. L'Estrange) who had the interests of the people as much at heart, and had la boured longer and more effectually for their good, than be (Mr. Plunkett). Mr. PLUNK.ETT hoped Mr. L'Estrange would continue to do so; but he doubted if he had done as math for the people as he (Mr. P.) had. On counting the numbers for and against Mr. Lawless's motion for admitting members to the Association on payment of five shil lings instead of ono pound, there appeared for the motion four, and against it forty.four. Mr. O'Cow NELL said that as this interlude would cause much laughter elsewhere, it was bet fair they should have a little of the fun to themselves, and as the laughter was now over, they would proceed to business. The find object that should employ . the Asso ciation would be determining the proper form of a petition to Par liament for emancipation , arid of considering the propriety of urg ing on a debate on the Catholle question in the next Session, and of petitioning both Houses; for they should not be told there were matters of equal importance with theirs ; the Catholic question was one of paramount imperial moment, and the Catholics should never suffer a Session to pass without having their question brought be. fore Parliament. There was no possibility of any difference of opi nion in preparing the petition to Parliament, as all were agreed that it should seek for unqualified and unconditional emancipation only. The next subject et importance would be preparing the de. tails for the parochial meetings; and it win because he (Mr. O'Con nell) knew that those meetings could be held with the most perfect good order and observance of the peace, that he was anxious they should take place ; in order to negative the so-often-told story by Catholic opponents, that the people take no interest in the Catholic question. At those meetings the voice, the feelings, and the wishes of the people would be declar ed, and then would be the time for those who are opposed to the wings to dissect the body, to pluck the feather', wings and all, if it should suit their taste; hut if there were three successive simul taneous peaceable meeting of all the parishes in Ireland, there would be thereby exhibited such a moral farce as should (he would not say terrify) convince the Ministry that it is not wise that people who feel their degradation intensely, should continue to be shut out from an equal participation with their fellow subjects in the bounties of the Constitution. The subject that should next follow would be preparing a petition for the repeal of the Act for the suppression of the Association. Although they could not but reprobate the folly . of that portion of the Ad ministration that was instrumental in procuring that unconstitu tional statute, yet they should also do them the justice to acknow ledge that by the same Act the holding of Orange lir o di e was , rendered illegal, and since its passing, not one of those has dared to signify its existence, though heretofore they hid news then to be held under the protection of Magistrates; there tap however, a circumstance made known to him, and authenticated in such a way as left no doubt of its truth, and he should there fore bring it forward in the Association ; it related to the holding of an Orange Lodge in a regiment quartered in Kilkenny, but which it appears bad its warrant loom an English authority 3 and it was, of impotence the matter should be brought before the taro per aE.horities, otherwise the example would soon spread. if the statute Gould be evaded by obtaining the warrants from English Masters. There would be no ocateMn to dread the revival of Orange bodges, as a consequence of the repeal of the Act by which they were suppressed ; for If Emancipation sae granted , the lodges would moon di/intik away cot want of that factitious hem diet had so long nourished them. and they would became se as any other vipers to the Irish soil There was also the lap Bill brought in by Mr. Peel, by which fortpeight names were obtained by ballot in the fairest and meat unobjectioemble mode imaginable ; 1 i gh Mere was a, portion that requited amendment, portico larly If applied to this countryt - namely,.. where the eMeer pf the Court is jetntitted to guilt, the twelve Jurymen wet of the 4B; god. ;hut Mho Bill. of ea& ponaiderable itameement to the trial 14 Jury in Ea,ol. should torn twee witbkaM frees this enemy, mai only be acianuned far by supposing that some pawn teemed with InMging it Mb Tarliadient wis In esphstidoe of a ..f.~,.••---~. change of Ministry ; that - the Ssurine would again cone littrd power. and theta might.rtertbe very useful to hale a Jury sektetf ecoov:ing to the prortsisnyi of that Bill, inetepd Of the Oldithodd of procuring a Corporation Jury, at,d nominating kin the Coat e as had been done in a telarrated case iihder the adminietratign Seurat. There 'book, be petition preproretl..preyiog fpr . the - tension of. that aneastire to Ireland. Mr.f - Ffionnell Melia that a/ • the illy was late., ST Mid" tipsiness,* ant they should att,ionen to Fiiday at three o'clock. fiend would also be ren,ttlrel to tend a Meeting Cf t he - Old elation Committee to-inn:l.6W, at four o'cloiric; as dal mi!tee would be an oral ore , and it had to decide lin Arrant se mints which were to be discharged cut of the Ciitholte',/test: The Committee were therefore anxious that it shnild bah tire sanetion of as many of the Asnotintion possible, in coda ti pre: rent imputation as to the apolitation of the public money: Mr. Live Less said that in the Meering . of the Aitsocintlen it would alto he neceekary to firmest against the measures called wings, as well as to petition for unqualified emancipatieni--lbe Mr. Mahon hail that day shcian him a letter from Mr. Jensen Grattah, in which it was suited, that it would by necessary for 414 I people to come forward speedily and spiritedly, in ort:er to peewees that which his father conceived be an impornint privilege--the forty-shilling freeholds; for it was, Mr. James Gratin *titan; the intention of some ministerial men to bring forward thelheas sures unconnected with emancipation, and therefore he (Mr. 47 conceived it absolutely imperative upon the people to take up the su'oiect without delay. Mr. O'Co :YELL could assure the letter alluded to was written In :he month of . 3larih, or preceding, or following thank in answer to a letter written to Mr. Grattan by in inhabitants( the county ‘Vicklnw and there could be no grounds fortipopre. heeding the discussions of those measures, as the principal may hem of the Cabinet were strongly opposed to than, With or Without I emancipation. Mr. Renmown observed, that Lord Ilierpool said no lififdatee could recommend the King to sanction the Bill providing R. thei pierce. as its provisions would be in direct Violation of the Cohens. tion Oath a ,, d therefore there was not much reason to apprehend their being brought into Parliament. The CHAIt iliA/IT having put the questiOn hf adjournment, which was carried in the affirmative.entl, heel ng afterwardsoititted thectf r, Mr. O'Coxx MA., in moving the thanks of the }Veda, to him, hoped lie would not• surer another penalty fet having takal the chair on this occasion as he did for doing so once before, and for which hr was denied the freedom of the city of COrk. Mr. COST ELLOE—Then he was saved the disgrace Of 1,44 31 eyrie of Cc rk. Thanks of the Meeting were Voted, with acclaination, to tat Chairman, and the Mer ring adjourned to Friday, at three o'clock: THE SILK TRADE: MEETING OF Till; SILK DYEfiA. On Thuraddy evening, after the meeting of the weavers, at Friammount..Bethoal.green, op the subject of the uneitanopkd distress existing amongst them, a meeting of the silk titers took place at the Red Lit:h public-house, Phoenix-etrret, Spiteleads, to receive the Report of C Committee appointed to draw up a me morial or petition to the Board of Trade, laying before them their Present distressing situation, arising from the order for the impor tation of foreign goods. and praying that the order might be ie. seinded, he such other meesures as might be deemed advisable fat their relief. The room ,in which the meeting took place was completely tided before the chair was taken, and etch man present appeared to en tertain a strong feeling o f the necessity of adopting such measures as might afford them a chance of nhtaintng rel:el from the distreMel under which they at present 'abets*. The dyers, compared with the weavers, are but a Small body, the prosperity of whose trade depends, as a matter of cobra*, 011 that of the weavers, and their present distresses, as a necessary consequence, result from the same effects as those elperiewiett by the weavers. Ifir. Jona, SIMONS being called to the Chair proceeded to ad.. dress the meeting. In consequence of the great numbers of their • trade at present without employment and hourly making appli cations fur relief from their funds, which had lately beeo much drained by the sums expended for the relief of the aradfted people, and in varier.* other ways, a meeting had been held the preceding Sunday, for two purposes—lst, to afford, as far as its them lay, relief to those out of employment ; and. 2dly to colt. alder the propriety of petitioning his Majesty's 0011371111nt to take into their serious consideration the present alarming state of their trade. A Committee of three persons vros then appointedso draw up the memorial, it'd the present meeting being called to hear the memorial read, he hoped every attention woald be paid. It could not be denied, he said, that one•lmlf of the dyers were out of employ, and the other half even only half employed. It *as impossible, therefore, that those who were only upon half work could afford mach for the relief of those who were quite unem ployed. The masters had applied to the Board of Trade, bdt he understood they were very coolly received, and not liateoed tO. It was therefore incumbent on the men themselves to solicit thew' teetion of his Majesty's Government. Ile would appeal to the oldest dyer in the rootn and ask if, in the course of his whold life, he had ever witnessed a stagnation in their trade at this seasow, ao alarming in its consequences as the present. ;Several voices ea.: claimed never, never, never.) Many of them who had always beets able to earn a livelihood for themselves and familial, were maw ceiving parish relief. :In estichision, be requested the attentisu.of the meeting to the drangh of a memorial which would be mail their Secretary. A string of resolutions trait then proposed and eariied with rem de ministration appmation, to the effect, that it was highly neeediary' ti adopt aoine means of relieving their present distresses; tisifls the opinion of the meeting, their distresses were chiefly ceased by the removal of the prohibition for itnporting foreign its, which timid rival them in point of cheapness, but were not superior ha in quality; and that a petition be presented to the Board of Irak. A petitit ion tunneled on the resolutions was then presented and Three persons. Messrs. Lloyd, ten. Freeman, pen. and Ol&dwin, were then appointed to present tt. Thanks were afterwards voted to the Chairman, and the misting separated. BRITISH SPIRITS-ENGLISH lifißrit. [From the Gl:sgine Coterier.l We are able to lay before our readers a correct decotint of the demur that has arisen to prevent the free intros duction of British spirits into the English market. it proceeds from the distillers putting one construction nptin the Act, and we think the right one, and the General Board of Excise another. The object is to guard against the chance of the Scotch distiller, who gets a drawback of 2s. per gallon on malt spirits in Scotland, from mixing these with grain spirits, and then sending the mixed spirits • to England, where the distiller obtains no drawback on malt spirits. It is satisfactory, however, to state, that the objection was not suffered to extend to, or to interfere with, the grain and malt spirits sent to England, and Waded during the last quarter ; but the construction put upon the - Act, and the order issued by the Board of Excise, in con sequence, has paralyzed the trade and prevented the distil lers, for the moment, from forwarding any more spirits to England till the difficulty is cleared up and removed, which it is expected wit soon be. The distiller conceives that, by the Act, he may clear out spirits, for the English market, from his warehouse, proeided he has only the kind of spirits, malt or grain, which he clears out at the time, on his hands. The Excise think differently. The fol lowing is the clause of the Act on which the difference of opinion rests, and to it we annex the substance of the in structions issued by the Excise on the subject : XCIX. Provide:l always, and be it further enacted, doe pet spirits which shall be or shell hare been made or distilled to :Scotland or Ireland respectively from unmalted corn cc ride, mixed or unmixed with malt, shall be taken out of any warsbeinle. store, or place, for removal to England, unless suck spirits mite made and warehoused by some distiller, having, at the darn when such spirits were so made and warehoused, no spirits mwleftdar malt only, or on which any allowancoshall be or shall hare hate made in respect of the duty on such malt in his or her stock be possession, or in rich warchouts, and which shall be sir certified_ by the proper officer at the time of warehousing, and also at the beh"• very thereof." SUBSTANCE OF A GENERAL ORDER. • " it appearing that, in some cases, the (19th section of the ith Geo. IV, cap. FO, has been construed to authorize spirits mode Rata unmalted corn and grain, either to be deposited in duty-free webs houses, or to be sent to Engladd at a time when the distiller to whom they belonged had spirits made from malt only, on width the allowance of the malt drawback had been allowed in some other tlntysfree warehouse, " The Commissioners direct yen td take notice, and appals: the several supervisors and officers in your collection, for the home. slate information and guidance of themselves and the dittales therein, that such construction is considered contrary to the siselp. ing salt tittention of said clause, and therefore care is to be tbleis that po spirits made from unmalted corn be taken out of say warehouse, or removed to England, unless it can be certified by the officer that neither at, the time when suck spirits wets ea* - and warehoused, nor at the time of appliestiest foe delivery thessf. • the distiller had any spirits mode from malt only, or en whist% way ' allowance may he, or may have been made, in respect of suds melt in bin stock or possession, whether in any siaty-free warshesse 'Sr otherwise." A case has been mentioned to us, With!) we report for the example's sake. A master manufacturer in Braslford has recently tet to work about 150 work-prep !e, at the` usual rate of wages, taking care to select lirs.lq of families, to whom he gives employment, restricting each of them to earn ten shillings a week till the trade improves. 41 Pre sent he h..s no vent for his goods, and he has therefore int • motive to lock up his capital but a wish to relieve tholi!. wised.. He thinks, and we are of his opinion, that he is • in this way rendering more real service to the work-people,. than it be were to pauperize them, by giving ten-Ail/lows • a week to each of their families without repthinc and , . labour in return.-Leed.; n