The Sun. — London, England, 1829-03-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TIM LONDON JOURNALS. In another column will be found a list of the mino rity on Friday night; and we challenge all England to produce 160 such men. To compare them with any similar number, that might be collected at ran dom in the street, would be a gross insult to the average intelligence of the town. Here is a goodly fellowship of the most notorious bores of the House, with those invincible intellects through which no ray of the increasing light of knowledge has ever been able to penetrate,—the faithful votaries who still cling to the forsaken altars of bigotry and in tolerance. Let the people of England read the two lists (to Fay nothing of the debate), and reason upon this most important subject as they would upon the simplest affair in ordinary life. They will see all that is conspicuous for experience, know ledge, and eloquence,—all that they have been taught to look up to,—ranged on one side : all that is ignorant, prejudiced, and foolish,—and scarcely a man who can see beyond his nose, or who is capable of forming an opinion on nny subject,—marshalled on the other. Can it be matter of doubt which of these is best entitled to our confidence and re spect ? But we have something more to say con cerning this list. We find the names of some per sons in the minority, who after their vote on Friday might, ought on Saturday morning to have ceased to be employed in the service of his Majesty. It is said that Lord Lowther and Sir J. Beckett have resigned ; but we must frankly tell the noble Duke at the head of - the Government, that if he allows himself to be bearded with impunity by the hostile or the lukewarm, whoever or in whatever situation they may be,—if he does not at once declare that he shall consider those who are not with him to be against him, he will not deserve—perhaps tray not be aisle to command—success. Let the Duke of Wellington remember the words of Mr. Burke, in his famous " representation," which are peculiarly applicable to the present . occasion :—" Whilst per sons, considerable for their rank, and known to have had access to his Majesty's sacred person, can with impunity disuse that advantage, and employ his Ma jesty's name to disavow and counteract the proceed ings of his official servants, nothing but distrust, discord, debility, contempt of all authority, and general confusion, can prevail in his Government." In putting an end to the pernicious anomaly of " the neutral question," are especial privilzges of neutra lity to be continued to official underlings, or " the silken Barons" of the Bedchamber ? We will not believe that the Noble Duke is so " infirm of pur pose." We are confident that by no-ill-timed in dulgence will he peril the mighty interests at stake, or so ungratefully requite the devotion of the many respectable and conscientious individuals, who have sacrificed long-cherished prejudices and surrendered at discretion, with a generous reliance on the wis dom and firmness of his character.—Trnes. It has been announced to be the intention of Mi nisters to propose and carry the Catholic question as a Ministerial measure, it appears clear that every one connected with the Ministry who could not support the general views of the body was by that very in ability rendered incapable of continuing in office. After the King had recommended to his Parliament ts) take into consideration the disqualifications of the Catholics, with a view to their removal, how could be retain in his service an official person who re based to obey that recommendatiOn, and was opposed tia the result ? The dismissal of Sir C. Wetherell, Lord Lowther, and Sir John Beckett, is not the act of the Duke of Wellington, but their own. Not shat we say this with a view to deprecate hostility oe palliate the act : the names and characters of the iaea will protect us from a suspicion of that nature. For any personal qualifications or attainments, it is pretty clear they may be well spared. We would only have it understood, that they would have been borne with, if they had not themselves chosen to retire. We respect the motives of at least two of them : very dull men may be very conscientious ones.—lbid. One or two tergiversations have taken plac e within the last eight-and-forty hours on the subject of the Catholic Bill. We have heard of bubbles being thrown up to the surface of agitated waters, but never yet of any thing so unnatural as a bubble affecting to swim against the stream that produced it. Every body has heard of a place called Hatfield; but until the movement of the Catholic question, gyre were not many Englishmen out of the narrow eirete of his personal acquaintance who ever did hear of the present owner of Hatfield, or who troubled themselves to do more than guess that it belonged to some one bearing the title of Salisbury. Now the Lord who happens to possess that title just at present, was appointed by his Majesty's Ministers to perform in the House of Lords on the first day of the session, a service which is commonly called moving the address ;" and, undoubtedly, his Lordship did attempt that service, and did make a sort of demonstration of oratory, which excited in us no other feeling but an anxious one that some benign power would deliver us from ever again hearing such a speech, de livered by such an artist. Before that occa sion the Noble Lord had been nothing: by that speech he was raised to the dignity of a bubble—a Ministerial - bubble, whose proper office would be to float quietly along, and be lost in the flood of Emancipation. But not so, to drop the metaphor: Lord Salisbury is said to entertain a notion, that since he has failed as an orator on one side of the question, he may, perchance, redeem his reputation ,n the other; and since he could make so little of a ' cause, he may find a bad one more " germane" to his ...ening, and varnish it with more brilliant effect. Tbb s Noble Marquis, in short, is reported, though we scars: ely believe it, to have become a de serter from the met,' ere of Emancipation, of which, only a month ago, lie ss:"!s the foremost, if not the most forcible advocate. •, n 2e ex-Chancellor, too, of lielsrid; poor old prim,—we ha,r l almost said prig, —Lord Manners,—poor Beef-ewe:: Club Lord Manners—had almost made up (not his mind, but) his nerves to support the Bill—not qua a . bill for Emancipation, but qua a Ministerial Biti; and we verily believe, that if that other garrulous ex-Chancellor, the Baron Redesdale, could have kept his pen in abeyance, his brother Manners might have forgottei: the substance of the measure for the sake of its offic74l origin, and been betrayed into one (a fire; and only) vote on behalf of free dom. But it was otherwise : Lord Redesdale had the boldness to remind us, that about 180 years ago king Charles had lost his head upon the scaffold, and to infer that if should deserve it, he might share a similar floe ! This was hint enough for other ex-Chancellors, so we hear Of -urgiversa tion tip second; and this, we believe, compotea the honourable catalogue. " Ali, sure a pair,"._ Well may the King's Ministers congratulate them selves on the glorious fruits of their own unshaken firmness, and of that of their illustrious Master. That one quality, in certain conditions of the commonwealth, is worth every other that could be named : minds which yield to reasoning, and which set fury and malignity at defianee, arc those in which a people may safely trust for the maintenance of whatever is valuable in their institutions, and for the improvement of all that is objectionable. The Duke of Welling ton, on coming to the seat of power, as well as of political information, laid aside his early prejudices, He had the courage to ascertain facts, and the can dour to -act upon them. His country was to him the first object : his owe consistency never cost him a thought, and yet it remains unblemished. Hu, has, by the acknowledgement of " state necessity" fur his counsellor, thrown a bridge across the gulf', upon which every honest man may cross over to the side of civil liberty, without incurring his own re proach, or that of his fellow-subjects, and which no wise man will hesitate to use, teat the swelling waters and, rushing tide should overwhelm him. such is the Minister, and this Minister is barked and encouraged by a high-miuded Sovereign, whose rnanimity disdains the artifices used to mislead hint and whose firmness resists all efforts to shake the purpose which he has pledged himself and his Government to maintain.—lbid. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Dublin Castle, March 6, 1829. His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G. who embarked at Holyhead on Thursday night the sth March, on board the Escape steam vmel, arrived at Kingstown harbour at four o'clock this morning. His Grace on Iris arrival in Dublin this day, was received by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Commons of the city of Dublin. His Grace, attended by a squadron of dra gocll9, proceeded to the Castle, and, the Counci l having assembled at one o'clock, was introdnced in form to their Excellencies the Lords Justices, who received Trim sitting under the canopy of state in the Presence Chamber, from whence a procession was made in the usual state, to the Council Chamber. The Council sitting, his Grace's commission was read, anti the oaths being ad ministered to him, his Grace was invested with ;he coilir of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, and re ceived the sword of state from the Lords Justices. His Grace afterwards repaired to the Presence Chamber, and received the compliments of the Nobility and ofter persons of distinction upon his safe artival, and taking upon him the Government of Ireland. Crown Office, March 10, 1899. 3rEMBEV: RETURNED TO SERVE IN THJY PRESENT PAR- I IAIIZST. Newark-upon-Trent. Michael Thomas Sadler, Esq. in the room of Lieut.- General Sir William Henry Clinton, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Borough of Truro. John Scott, Esq. commonly called Lord Viscount En combe, in the room of Lord Fitzroy James Henry Somer set, who has accepted the Chiltren Hundreds. Nathaniel William Peach, Esq. i❑ the room of William Edward Tomline, who has accepted the office of Steward of the Manor of East Hendred. Borough of Corfe Casale. Philip John Miles, of Leigh-court, in the county of So merset, Fag., in the room of Nathaniel William Peach, Esq., who hai accepted the Chiltern hundreds. Commission in the Rotal Eastern Regiment of Middlesex Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. Andrew 3PRae, Gent. to be Ensign. Feb. 26. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY, John Winnall, Woundwall, Salop, malthter. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Frederick Broughton, Great Russell-.treet, chemist, from March IS, to flay 1, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. 11A NKRUPTCIF.S SUPERSEDED. Sir Charles Henry Rich, Beenhani. Berks., Bart. dealer. Thomas Parry, C'aecrugog, Flint, drover. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Gill, Winchester-wharf, Southwark, flour factor, to surrender March 20, at one, 27, at twelve, and April 21, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. 8r0u2,11, Shorediteli. Robert Pearson, Liverpool, flour-dealer. April 2,6, and 21, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Ad lington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Moss, Liverpool. Daniel Eckenstein, Billiter-street, merchant, March 13, at three, 24, at one, and April 21, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Venning and Naylor, Copthall court, Throgntorton-street. Edwin Graham Slee, Mark-lane, London, flour-factor, March 17, 24, and April 21, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Stevens, Wood, and Wilkinson, Little St. Thomas Apostle. Thomas, John, and William Simmons, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, road-contractors, March 17, IS, and April at eleven, at the Cross-Keys-Inn, Oswestry, Salop. Dean, Palagrave-place, Temple-bar; or, Roberts, Oswestry, Salop. Alexander Frankland, Nottingham, lace-dealer, March 21, 24, and April 21, at eleven, at the Ram Inn. Fox, Nottingham ; Willett and Larken, Essex-street, Strand, London. Hugh Greaves, Manchester, menchant, March 24, 27, and April2l, at two, at she Palace Inn. Hampson, Man chester ; Ellis, Walmsley, and Gorton, Chancery-lane, London. Charles Rhodes, New Goole, West Riding, woollen draper, March 23, 24, and April 21, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Manceester. Willis, Watson, and Co. London; and Wilson, Manchester. _ William Downing, Ripon, York, money-scrivener, March 20, at six, 21, and April 21, at ten, at Hatters ley's Hotel, ITarrowgate, York. Maxon, Little Friday street; Upton and Son, Leeds. James Ormrod, St. Helen's, Lanca.hire, linen-draper, April 2,3, and 21, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver pool. Chesier, Staple-Inn, London ; Barnes, St. Helen's. William Payton Summerfield and William Lloyd Sum merfield, merchants, March 23, 24, and April 21, at one, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool ; Chester, Staple Inn, London ; Davehport, Liverpool. James Sadlier, Liverpool, victualler, April 2,6, and 21, at one, nt the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool. Chester, Staple Inn ; and Hinde, Liverpool. James John Braneker, Liverpool, broker, March 24, 25, and April 21, at eleven, at the Clarendon Buildings, Liverpool. Chester, Staple-Inn, London; and Davenport, Liverpool. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT TIIIS EVENING. HOUSE OF COMMONS The list of Members who were absent at the Call of the House on Thursday last was called over, and those now absent were ordered to attend on Tuesday neat, except those specially excused. Mr. BYNG presented a petition from the Vestrymen of the parish of . St. James's, Westminster,.praying that the petitioners who had signed the petition against them might be called upon either to abandon or snake good the charges. —Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. WILSON presented seven petitions from places in the county of York, against further concessions. Sir It. VYV VAN ineiente4 ieveral_petitions from dif ferent parishes in Cornwa3, against the Catholics. Lon! RILL presented two petitions from the county of Down in favour of the Catholk-s, and from the parish of Killwore in favour of the Catholic Claims and against the Sub letting Act. Lord LOWTHER presented several petitions against the Catholic Claims from the Diocese of Cailisle and other places. Mr. ASIIIIITBST presented two similar petitions. Sir J. BRYDGES presented a similar petition from B ri d port. A message was received from the Lords requesting a copy of the Report and Minutes of Evidence furnished lest Session by the Select Committee, on the subject of 114. Y4NE presented two petitions against the Catholics. Air. O'NEILL presented a petition against the Catholics (rem Hull and its vicinity, and also from Sutton, York shire. He observed that it was signed by 7,618 persons. When the sill millions of Irishmen were spoken of in this House it was seldom recollected that 4 great proportion of those millions were women and children.—(llear, hear.)—As women were not admittod to sign petitions, it was hardly fair that their numbers should be mentioned to inilgence political measures. No person had signed these petitions who was under the age of IS, and no pau per or prisoner had Peen allowed to sign it. Mr. SYKES cotripia;:no of those persons, whom lie ezeld call by no other nante gm incendiaries, who had by every means in their power inflamed minds of the people against the Catholics. If it bad not bee.n for the judicious interferem2.2 of some well disposed persons the peace of the town of Hull rpv.st have been broken, as the mob were parading the streets wit 4 a black standard, of course fog' the Catholics, and a white oil.: r the Pro testants. He de re such practices and I>elieve4 that if fairly taken the opini,on. of the people of lull was ) 37 , favour of concession. Mr. r, PEtHAM pude a few ofizerfations which were inaudible. After a few words' frogt Mr. O'Near,, the petfktton w as °Mimed to be printed. $4 C. IHJRRELL presetateo a 70;04 from the !Wish of Kirkwall in Surrey, against any further concessions to the Catholics. After a few words from Mr. SYKES, the petition ma ordered to be printed. Mr. TUITE presented petitions from 16 parishes in Westmeath, in favour of concessions to the Catholics. Colonel ROCHFORT made a few observations which were inaudible in the gallery. After a few words from Mr. Mooar the petitions were ordered to be printed. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Mr. Secretary PEEL brought up a Bill for the Relief of his Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects from the disabi lities under which they at present labour. The Right Hon. Gentleman was cheered by the House when the name of the Bill was read. Mr. PELHAM rose to make an observation, but was inaudible. Mr. Secretary PEEL said that he hoped to be enabled to have the Bill printed, and the copies sent to each Hon. Member early tomorrow morning. It was understood that time wculd be given before the second reading of the Bill, and that, therefore, no discussion was to take place that evenimr.—(Hear, hear.) Sir E. KNATCEIRULL thought that the more conve nient plan would be to postpone the discussion until the second reading. The Bill was then read a first time, and was ordered to be read a second time nn Tuesday nest. FORTY-SHILLING FREEHOLDERS. Mr. Secretary PEEL brought up a Bill to amend the laws made by the Parliament of Ireland, relative to the Elective Franchise. Mr. C. PELHAM again claimed the attention of the House, but was wholly inaudible in the Gallery. The Bill was then read a filet time, and w•as ordered to he read a second time on Tuesday next. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Mr. BaowNE, Mr. IlonsoN, and several other .Members of the Commons, brought up the Edinburgh Gas Light Company Bill, and the St. Mary Stratford Vestry Act Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from a place in Sussex, against Emancipation. The Marquis of CONYNG HAM presented petitions from several parishes in Donegal, and other parts of Ire land, in favour of the Catholic Claims, The Duke of GLOUCESTER presented a petition from the town and neighbourhood of Southampton, in favour of the Catholic Claims. Lord DE DUNSTANVILLE presented a petition from Falmouth in favour of Emancipation. Lord BOSTON presented a petition from Colebrook, from a parish in the county of Gloucester, from an other parish in Buckinghamshire, from the Wesleyan Methodists of Carnarvon, and ten other petitions from different parishes and counties, against concession to the Catholics. Lord MANSFIELD presented a petition from Clack mannan against further concessions. The Bishop of DURHAM presented a petition from Whithurn and Enderley, against Emancipation. The Archbishop of YORK presented petitions from Ifuddersfield, the Clergy of the West Riding of Yolk, and two ether places, against Concessions. Lord 'MAYNARD presented a petition from Rochfurd, in favour of the Catholics. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented a peti tion from Bath, togethir with several other petitions, against concession. Lord KING observed, with reference, as we under stood, to the petition from Bath, that it had been carried about from house to house, had been biped by all the parish paupers in the aiin,houses, and also by all the paupers and apprentices in the parish work house. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS, in answer, had been informed that it was very numerously and respectably signed. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER owed it to a very re spectable body of men to make a few observations. The Honourable Baron (King) opposite had thought pro per to arraign that body at the Bar of the House. He had the honour of presenting a petition from the Pro ♦ost and Fellows of Eton. The Noble Baron, on a pre vious evening, had pulled out of his pocket a paper, which he stated had come from the Clergy, which he, (the Noble Prelate) would read, but which on its very face the Noble Lord ought to have been aware, could only he the com position of mere boys rather than that of a Learned Clergy. The Reverend Prelate was quite astonished that any Noble Lord should have come down and enter tained their Lordships with such isle trumpery. The Noble Lord and himself were school-boys for many years, and he ought to have kn3wn that school-boys were always ready to raise a laugh, and so far from his Lord ship having dealt seriously with this, lie ought to have treated it as a joke of these beardless politicians.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—But it was not worthy of the Noble Lord to - censure a respectable body of men on such testi mony. That Noble Lord had shown a most egregious incredibility, which only could be entertained by a person most eager to seize on every thing which he thought be could turn into ridicule against those who were opposed to him. Lord KING said the sermon had been delivered in a inost improper manner, considering the time at which it was pronounced, its language, and to whom it was exclusively directed, there could be no doubt in the mind of any man that there was as much political as clerical feeling in it. As to the beardless politicians whom the Rev. Pre late had spoken of, if he would look at the petitions that had been sent to this House, he would find that the greater part of them were signed by beardless boys.—(Loud cries of " No, no," from all parts of the House.) —He wished that he had heard that petition read. He thought, however, the petitioners would have done well to have filled it with some obscu►e language; for a piece of more absurd balderdash never bad been brought forward. The Earl of WINCHILSEA rose to make the promised motion. In doing so, he said it was not his intention to occupy much of their Lordships' time. (Great laughter and cries of order, and go on.) The calls for the Bishop of Norwich were loud from all quarters. The Rev. Prelate rose in consequence, and presented a petition from the resident Clergy of the diocese of Norwich, which stated that the petitioners could not bring themselves to think th ►t the Chritian Church could possibly pe endangered, or the safety of any Govern►neut on the face of the earth destroyed by con consulting the good will of persons of all religious deno minations. To this be most cordially assented. Several other Noble Lords presented petitions, both for and against the Catholic Claims. The Earl of WINCHILSEA having moved, agreeably to his notice, for a ►eturn of the Roman C Clergy, &c. in Ireland and England, and having followed up that notice by an impassioned speech against his Majesty's Ministers, and the proposed measures for the relief of the Roman Catholics. The Duke of WELLINGTON, who came into the House sometime after the business had commenced, and evidently laboured ' - under a severe coil, rose and sail,. —My Lord., it is not my intention to make any oVjeetion to the production of any documents which can elucidate the points to to which the Noble Lord has called your Lordships' attention.—(Hear, hear.—But I must ob serve, that if the Noble Lord supposes the Govern ment can give him an information upon the subjects to which Lis motion relates, he cannot have looked very deeply into the Acts of Parliament which relate to those matters, either as they refer to this Country. or to Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)—ln fact, from Leland there can be no return. If he will only look into the Acts of Parliament he will see that the Government can have no return of the Roman Catholic Clergy of any description. If the Noble Lord will take the trouble of looking into the Acts he will find that though the Act of 1791, requiring the Clergy to register their. names with the Government, yet there is nothing to show the numbers of those who may. have been registered, who are now living or who may be dead, or who may not hare been registered at all.— Under tees circumstances, though by looking through a variety of documents and reports, and referring to a variety of transaetions with Ireland, we may be able to pro cure some information yet, is positively certain that we cannot make any returns such as the Noble Laid ha moved for; yet every thing th at can be done to assist him, I can most positively assure your Lordship s s h a ll b e dune, though I cannot answer for the accuracy of the re turns, nor the time at which they can be produced. Having said thus much respecting the immediatesubj e ct of the whole Lord's motion, I might, perhaps, sit down without making another observation. Your Lordships will not expect me now in ans wer to what t he Noble lord has steel Fesperting gthe Bills produced by my Ri g ht Honourable Friend ,F‘ tlt,p other House, to enter into a discussion Upon them.- 77 (Pear.)—My Lords, I retain the opinion, and I again re-asssert the opinion which J I stated respecting the Bills, when I had occaston to advert to I then some few nights ago. The Lord says my statement was a fallacious statement. My Lords, I will support t h at stateement against the Nob l e Lord, Or against the state tmheent;ofany consideration b of I verr sruirtwq.l holy ilse this whenever those bill s came un d er is House.--(Continued cheers.)— THE LONDON AND SOUTHWARK MID- WIFERY INSTITUTION. The Second Anniversary Dinner of this excellent Charity waA held at the Crown Tavern, Clerken well-green, on Thursday last, Mr. Sheriff BOOTH in the Chair. The intentions of this charity are, first, to afford professional assistance to poor women at their own habitations during their confinement in child-bed; and, next, to render pecuniary assistance to such of them, as from misfortunes, or their situation in life, are unable to procure •the necessary nourishment, medicine, and comforts required at this critical period, an%l, consequently, cannot be too warmly recommended to the notice of the public. It was founded principally by the active exertions cf Messrs. Waller and Doubleday, the present consulting ac coucheurs, and by whom it was carried on for seve ral years; the applications, however, for relief be came so numerous that it was impossible to proceed in this way without materially circumscribing its beneficent operations, and accordingly at the com mencement of last year it was thrown open, and the public invited to co-operate with those two gentle men to support the Institution as a public charity. The objects of the Institution were stated from the chair,and a powerful appeal made to the pockets of the benevolent, followed up by a handsome contribution from the Sheriff himself, and as munificently met by numerous others present. As all the offices of the Institution are filled gratuitously, the whole of the money collected is really applied to the relief of poor females; and therefore every annual subscriber, to the amount of a guinea, is entitled to recommend ten patients within the year. The anniversary was celebrated at this house, in consequence of many of the most respectable inhabitants of the parish of Clerke►nvell having been hitherto warm sup porters of the Institution, and its benefits having been very principally diffused throughout that dense district ; the sphere of its usefulness is now extend ing daily,-however, throughout the City, Borough, and various parts of the metropolis. Several speeches were made in the course of the evening by different gentlemen, and by the relation of cases the usefulness of the Institution abundantly elucidated. One grand point agreed upon among them was the pro priety and necessity of endeavouring to obtain a more 1 . extensive degreeof femalepatronage, the humane ob jects of the Charity being confined solely to that sex, and the warmest anticipation entertained that their in fluential patronage would he secured. It was also suggested that with this view ladies should be per mined to partake of the next anniversary dinner, some applications having actually been made by ladies for tickets to have joined the dinner party on 'Thursday last. About 70 gentlemen sat down to dinner, and which unfortunately seemed to hare been many more than the host expected, if we may judge from the weight of the table, though the superior flavour and quality of the wines might by some be considered as an amendment for the rather scanty repast. The King, his Majesty's Ministers, and many other loyal toasts, together with the healths of the different Officers of the Institution, were drank en thusiastically. Numerous songs by professional singers enlivened the evening, and the whole of it was passed with the utmost conviviality and good humour. MEETING OF IRISH CATHOLICS IN LONDON. There was a very numerous meeting of the Irish Catholics at the Thatched-house Tavern yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Committee appointed on Saturday last to draw up a petition to Parliament, which, whilst it expressed the gratitude of the Meeting for the boon that was to be extended to the Roman Catholics, yet prayed that that part of the measure of Govern ment which related to the disfranchisement of the forty-shilling freeholders should not pass into a law. Mr. Steele was called to the Chair. Mr. O'CONNELL said it was his duty to present to the Meeting the Report of the Committee appointed to prepare the petition. Before be read the peti tion, however, he begged to state that he did riot in any way recognize the sentiments attributed to him in a letter to one of the Morning Papers by Mr. Lawless. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to read the petition. It expressed the gratitude of the petitioners for the relief about to be afforded the Roman Catholics by the intended Bill for the repeal of their Civil disabilities ; but expressed their regret that a measure so fraught with conciliation, and calculated to be of such essential benefit to the empire at large, should have any principle in it that would tend to disturb the unanimity existing amongst the Catholics. The petitioners deny that they desire to have any supremacy in reference to religious matters. They humbly beg the Hon. House to reconsider the Clause in the intended Bill that relates to the disfranchising of the forty shilling freeholders of Ireland, and express their unanimous opinion that no ground exists that could justify such a measure; and that, on the contrary, its passing into a law would he an act of injustice towards that immense body of people, and produc tive of unusual evil. The petitioners trust, how ever, that should the measure for disfranchising the forty-shilling freeholders pass into a law, the Pro testant forty-shilling freeholders will have their fran chise preserved to them : this point the petitioners earnestly implore the House to accede to. The pe titioners respectfully declare, that the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland was founded on a similarity of the elective franchises in each;" that the Hon. House cannot deprive the Irish forty-shilling freeholders of their rights without disturbing, the privileges of the inhabitants of both countries. The petitioners declare that the forty shilling freeholders have not been guilty of any of fence calling for either punishment or degradation, and that the petitions got up against them (as hav ing voted at elections under the influence of their priests) have not been the petition of the people of Ireland, but of a small party of hostile individuals; and the petitioners positively deny the charge of spiritual irifluenca brought forward in such petitions, arid de elaia itto be utterly . unfounded ; anti f the petitioners beg , to deelare, in support of such assertion, that, most of the petitions against the forty-shillin g free holders from the counties of Clare, Louth, Alo nagbau, Westmeath, Armagh, Dublin, &c. which were got up on that ground, were either abandoned without any inquiry, or after the first stages were given up. The petitioners declare that there are at this moment 200,000 registered forty-shilling free holders in Ireland, most of whom have been put to much trouble, and, to them, much expense, in re gistetirg themselves ; and that it Would he an act of Marked injustice to deprive them of those privi leges they had laboured to obtain, and which they consider themselves justly entitled to enjoy, under the sanction of the laws. Finally, the petitioners having solemnly pledged themselves to protect the forty-shilling freeholders in the preservation of their elective franchise, feel themselves bound firmly but humbly to intreat the Hon. House not to pass into a law any measure tending to abridge the elective fran chise of Ireland, or to destroy the forty-shilling free holders. —The petition was muc h approve d o f. Mr. O'CONNELL said the Meeting was not called now to.discws the principle of the Bill—that had been decided on Saturday last. They had now only to adopt the petition or rejent it, or take a midile course and agree to a part only. Lord KILLEEN rose with much pleasure to move that the petition read be adopted. Mr. WISE seconded the motion. Some conversation then arose between Mr. Law less and Mr. O'Connell, relative to the letter re ferred to; but the discussion was put an end to by Mr. Donnell, who called Mr. Lawless to order. t Lucas Several of the gentlem en expresse d t h e i r o pi n i o ns 'relative to the clause in the petition, which prayed Parliament to preserve the franchise of the Pros tes tant forty-shilling fr ee h o ld ers ent i re , s hould it be deemed advisable to carry into a law such a mea sure against the Catholic forty-shilling freeholders. Mr. O'GousrAN MArtoN did not approve of the disfranchisement of the forty-shilling freeholders. He was adverse to it on the broad principle of civil liberty, yet he was inclined to believe that the rais ing the qualification to 10/. would strengthen Ca tholic influence.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LAWLESS exclaimed loudly against the mea sure. It was not by finely rounded periods, or set speeches, that the Catholics of Ireland had induced the Duke or Mr. Peel to attend to their claims. It was their numerical strength that had produced the change—it was the sinews of the numerous free holders of Ireland loudly knocking at the doors of the House of Parliament that had induced attention. —(Cheers.)—He could not consent to any measure for the disfranchisement of the forty-shilling free holders, for whom they were now bound to stand up. Would any one say that if the forty-shilling freeholders were abolished, Mr. O'Connell, in the event of another election, would come off so trium phantly ?—(Cries of yes.)—He did not believe that such would be the case. Mr. O'DWYER objected to a passage in the peti tion which prayed that even if the Roman Catholic forty-shilling freeholders were disfranchised, the Pro testant forty-shilling freeholders might not. This was a chivalrous liberality, for which, he thought, they would obtain very little credit, especially as it was well known that the Protestant forty-shilling freeholders were for the most part created by Orangemen in the North of Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL—No, no; the Roman Catholic freeholders preponderate. . . _ Mr. M‘DEniroTT concurred in the opinion of Mr. O'Dwyer. TIOs passage of the petition was most ungracious and unnecessary. Mr. M. O'CONNELL vindicated the passage of the petition, on the ground that if they could not secure the rights of the Members of their own persuasion, they were bound to do what they could to maintain the rights of others. Mr. O'GORMAN MAHON concurred in this opinion. Mr. THERur dissented from the two last speakers. If it were advisable to present a petition at all upon the subject, it was at least exceedingly inexpe dient to retain such a passage in it as the clause tinder discussion. To retain a passage in the petition which prayed that whatever might In come of the Roman Catholic forty-shilling free holders, the Protestant forty-shilling freeholders at least might not be disfranchised, admitted of this construction, that there were grounds for disfranchi sing the members of their own persuasion, which did not exist for the disfranchisement of those of another. This was in effect to adopt and to admit that delin quency of conduct on the part of the Catholics a which, in another part of the petition, they declared that they were innocent—(hear, hear.)—Another and a stronger objection with him to this passage of the petition was, that it prayed for inequality of rights, which was the very thing they were all anxi ous to destroy—and, moreover, it should be consi dered that no stronger inducement could be held out to reconcile the Catholics to the measure than the consideration that it affected Catholics and Pro testants equally,—that it contained no undue prefer ence, and promoted no political ascendancy. Mr. O'CONNELL defended the clause in the peti tion which prayed that the Protestant forty-shilling. freeholders might be protected, and answered some of the objections made by Mr. M'Dermott and Mr. Therry. Mr. RossoN hoped the clause would be preserved; it was a most important one; and he expressed his belief that it would be productive of the most bene ficial results on the Protestants at large. After some other gentlemen had spoken for and against the clause, Mr. O'CONNELL observed that they ought to do all in their power to preserve the Protestant forty shilling freeholders. They are not liable to the charge made so unjustly against the Catholics of being swayed by the influence of the Priests. It was better to save half than lose the whole, and he was sure the Protestants would soon join in the petition for the restoration of the rights of the Catholics. He would never cease his exertions until the right were restored. It was absurd to think, as had been stat ed, if the law contempled came into effect, that a general appeal from Protestants and Catholics could restore their privileges—great injury would be in flicted on Ireland. If (said Mr. O'Connell) two gentlemen were travelling, each with 40/. in his pocket, and they were met by a highwayman, would it not be politic and christian-like, if the robbers would be satisfied with 401., to give the money, and save the other half.—(Cheers.)—So it was with the Catholic forty-shilling freeholders. They must consent to be robbed of their franchise, and they were bound to petition that the Protestant forty shilling freeholders' elective franchise might be preserved. After a few observations from the CHAIRMAN, the petition was adopted, and it was ordered to be pre pared by to-morrow, and to be presented to the Lords by Earl Grey. Mr. Steele having left the Chair, it was occupied by Lord Killeen, and a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Steele, after which the Meeting separated. Alr. Roger O'Sullivan, nephew of Counsellor o'cA'inneii, is sworn in Sub-Sheriff of Kerry, for the current year. A protest, signed John Giles, was offered to the appointment, as the gentleman is a Roman Catholic, hut it arrived too late in Dublin.—Corlt Mercantile Chronicle. The mail-coach from Hereford to Brecon was discontinued on Sunday last, to the serious inconvenience and regret of the respectable and wealthy residents in the line of country through which•it paned.—Cantbrian . . A FAMILY AT ONE BIRTH.---A German paper cont tins an account of a birth of five children, three boys and two girls, all of whom were born alive, but died within three days. They were from fifteen to seventeen inches in length, and weighed little more than half the weight of healthy new-born children. The mother did not suffer much during her pregnancy, and recovered rapidly after delivery. A midwife, residing in the Carse of Gowrie, lately underwent here a judicial examination in. a case wherein her evidence became necessary. Being interro gated as to her practice and experience, she d*Poneti that she had hem 36 years in the profession, during which pe riod she had assisted in ushering into this world of woe no fewer than 1176 'individuals !—Scotsman. A diabolical practice prevails with some wretches, supposed to be gipsies, of destroying sheep by forcing wool down their throats, whereby inflammation speedily ensues, which terminate s si n n ie d g ea ip tl s i i . eB A ha n vi i ii n g st b a e n e e n desired instance has occurred within the la st few days , supposed to have been r to from quit mmn the spot tivesof nroeveaeie o h they were encamped. Hunts Hants Chronicle. Leontinus, who was a stout man at 108 years of age, and a proverb for strength and activity, said that his rule had always been never to do any thin merely for pleasure. As Herdsfiehl, the Marsha!man was walking through Paul-street, Finsbury, in company with White, the city-officer, about 11 o'clock on Saturday forenoon, they observed a porter carrying a basket on the opposite side of the street, and the circumstance of a great coat being 6: own over the contents attracted the notice of the office: s. Flerdsfield stepped across, peeped under the coat, and finding the basket contained a lawyer's blue hag, w e ll lat conjectured there was something amiss, and he stopped and questioned the porter, The man said his name ISMS John [Jaynes, and that as he was standing in Spitslfieltla market that morning, a gentleman asked him if he wanted a job. Ile answered that be did, and the gentleman said, "It has made my arm ache, you shall carry this to the City-road for me," and at the same time placed a bundle, wrapped up in a great coat, in his basket. The gentleman led the way, keeping about a yard a-head, till the officer crossed the way, when he disappeared. lie never saw the gentleman before. Upon examining the bag. the Officers found a quantity of plate, worth, probably, from 2001. to 250/., all :narked tc E . M. 0." They took their prisoner to the Guildhall justice room, where, after a short examination, he was remanded till Tuesday. He persisted in the same statement, and 'said he should be able to produce another porter, who was standing by his side wheu the gentleman hired him. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. SUNDAY, MARCH 8.--Wind N. to N.N.W.—High water one minute past one.—Arrived the Wil liam and Mary, , from St. Michael's; Solway, , from Glasgow; Mary, Howland, from Lisbon; Eleanor, , from Yarmouth ; Mary, Mintosh, from Limerick. Sailed—The Hazard, Chase, for Havannah ; Turner, , for Bombay ; Prince Regent, , fur Ma ranlaani ; Isabel, Griffith, fur Antigua ; Caledonia, --, for Africa. Vessels spoken with—John, White, St. Petersburgh, to Malta, 6th ult. off Lisbon ; Hellespont, —, London, to Malta, 6th ult. by the Hector, arrived at Holyhead. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. _ ..... The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is Ild. An the fib. Loaf. There are others who sell from to IN,d. below hat price. PRICE OF SEEDS.-March 9. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 40 4 . 50a. fine 56d. 645. Old Ditto Ditto . -0. -1. tine -a. -5. New Foreign Ditto -50 s. tiOs fire 654. 70s. Old Ditto -- New White Clover.-.-- 4os. 60s. fine 70s. 90s. Old Ditto Ditto ooa. itia. fine 85s. 99 1 . New Trefoil --..-- its. 245. tine 304. 345. Old Ditto ---.--.----....-. -0. .--S. fine -g 403. Itib Grass ------- - .., 3Sa. 41s. tine -s. -.4. English Carraway Seed • -s. 41s. 46e. fine -s. Foreign Ditto ---.------ -.5. -s. -i. tine .....E. Coriander - ... -a. 17s. fine --4. 19s. St. Foin (per Quarter;-- ---ti. .-g. -s. tine --s. Rye Grads l'acey Ditto Linseed, for feeding - -e. 38s. fine .-4. 40s. Ditto, for cru5hing,,,.,,......,,- -g. 41s. 425. tine-a. Canary Seed, New -s. 454. fine -s. 48s. Ditto Old .. .......- -s. -a. -d. fine ..-a. White Mustard Seed -(per Bushel)-08. 6.. Is. 6d. fine • --3. Brown Ditto ..... -8. fis. 10s. fine -a. Turnip Seeds, Rounds Green and Red Ditto -- -g. 9.1. 12A. fine -g. Tares, Old -g. 34a. 408. fine -S. Ditto New....,. - -s. .-- , 0. fine 44d. 48s. Rape Seed, English, fuse (per Last) 301. 321........ Foreign ril. 29.. • PRICES OF HOPS.—Match 9. Kent Pockets,— 4/ Os. 51. Si. to Sussex Ditto 3/. Ids. 41. 4.i. to 6! 6s. 41. 2215. 61. W. Essex Ditto 44. O. 5/. Ili. to Farnham Ditto, Fine Ol. Os. Ed. Os. to Seconds 01. Os. 61. 104. to 31. 15s. 51. es. to 31. 10s. T. Ws. to Os. 41. 15s. to VI Os. Si. Os. 51. Ric 41. U. Kent UN Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto— 51. 5.5._ NVIIITECHAPEI. lIAI 11ARKEI'.—Marcti ;. Hay 435. ()1. to t3ls. Oct. I I. lover 50i. Ud. to 11104. Ckt. Straw :104. Od. to :364. Od. PRICE Of , OIL. Rape Oil, brown 471. fa. Refined —...£49 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, par thousand .. , 11 11 Rape Cake, per ton 3 1U ylilOE OF POTATOFA—March 31. 104. to 31, lbs. per too. 01. Os. to 51. Os. ditto. 31. to 51. 15s. ditto. 31. 0, to 31. 3s. eau). LI:A THEN. Per 11,) d. to J. Tanned Horse Hides lti I£i Sonish Ditto 22 Por dozen. CatfSkins,3tito4tlb. 1 9 24. Ditto 50 to 71)lb. 14 SO Ditto 70 to 801 b. teg Small Seals, Groenland 24) fa 0 Marsh Champions Kidneys ,_ ---... Scotch itediS ......«.............*..«w ()snobles and Shams ............, riticEs OF Per lb. (1. to (1. Butts 50 to 561 b.— 19 20 Ditt0,.,,.. 00 to 22 23 Dressing Hides 14f 17 Fine Coach Hides 18 201 Crop liitiei,3s to 401 b. 144 151 Ditto —43 to 501 b. 151 lb Ditto,. IS 20 RAW II IDES. Per Stone. s. d. to N. d. Per Stone, 8. d. tot. d. Refit Heitters & Steen 3 U 3 4 Ordinary 2 4 2 8 Market Calf 0 each. COAL AiAnti Adair's Charlotte 28 9 Cox 30 3 Dean's Primrose Garestield —.— 20 0 Heaton 32 0 HeMiurn Main 30 0 H oly well , 26 6 Killingworth _ 20 9 Liddell's Main—.__..,,,,,,, 30 0 Ord's Itedhugh Percy East - 2B 0 l'ercy Main. 2B 9 Pontop Windsor 30 6 Shipeot 2S 6 Tanfield Tardield 32 0 :i0 Wyl . 29 6 Walls End lkll and Co. 30 6 Ditto Bell Robson& Co. 32 0 Ditto Bewicke and t.. 0.— 32 6 Ditto Brown's 30 0 Ditto Carr and C 0.....—. 27 6 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 29 0 Ditto Cratnlington......, 27 3 Ditto Heaton.--..- 32 0 Ships at market, l3ol4—Shi (ET.—March 9. Walls end Newmareh.... Ditto Hilda Ditto I lotspur Ditto Jesmond Ditto Newcastle..... Ditto Northumberland Ditto Peareth Ditto Perkins anti Co. Ditto Ditto Russell's Ditto Walker .., Fawcett Nesharn Russell's L)t'on's. Walls End I lettor, Walls End 1.3 Walls End Stewart's KussellThetton'sW. E. Cowpeu Hartley —. Silkstone Field and Co. Stone Coal Cox Sea Coal Walls End Elgin Wylant 'Prather -- Intl ti el d Trader , Londonderry smali ips sold, 84.3i—Unsold, 31d. 6d. !it) 0 31 6 27 6 30 0 29 6 30 0 31 3 32 0 31 0 26 6 30 9 'n'B •••••••••••••• 31 3 34 3 31 ti 34 0 33 6 30 6 31 6 27 6 45 0 27 0 , 33 0 23 6 22 6 21 6 45%. IRISH MARKETS. 'Wheat,----. 1 • Barley. O a t s . Flour , per cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel 4 __/, i 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist'. 2d, —___ —......__....--...... s. d. a s.d. s. d. a s.d. s.d. a s.d.is. d. as. d. s. d. Bs. d. Q. 0 1 Cork 20 0-32 0 14 6-18 0 8 0-18 o'2l G.-2s 12,0_40 G . Limerick 35 0-40 0 10 6-20 0 10 4-13 0 16 6-24 0 G 0-.4 5 ~0 Waterford 27 0-35 0 10 0-16 0 6 0.-14 023 0-24 0 10 0;-20 s ' Clonmel ... 300-36 0 17 0-19 0 12 8-14 0 20 0-15 0 12 0..10 . 0 Carlow 24 6-34 912 0-19 0130—0 0 20 6-21 000— 0 0 . Bret . _ I Mutton.? Pork. I flutter. Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter. - per lb. per lb. per ewt. ht. 241. :kl. 40.15ir• - d. a d. d. a d. s. d. a 3. d. a. d. s. d. 6. d. a. d. c 6 / I Cork --...;5 —7 4 6 29 0-30 C 66 0 61, 52 04403 5 °- Llinenek-13 —5l 4 51 30 6-35 0.68 058 051 CI 44 03 7 „ v 'Waterford 4 —5 5 6 30 0-36 9'Bo 0 76 066 0 56 0 -+ , . 0 di Clorunel ..73 0 4,5 0 60 0 58 0 41 ' i Carlow-- 4 —SI 0— 0 00-005060 50 040 0 ''''' ___....•••••• - . KILKENNY Maxim., March 4.—Butter, 775. to 78 per cwt. ; Bacon Pigs, 355. to 361. per ditto ; Wheat 265. to SOs. per barrel ; Barley, 15s. to 161. ; Oats, 816 11 s. ; Flour, 20s. to 445. per bag ; Beef and Mutton, 4• to Sid. per lb. ; Potatoes, Od. to 2d. per stone; Cuelso Is 2d. per cwt. SCO' Wheat. Aberdeen 54 68 Berwick —,-- 43 46 Coldstream 47 49 Cupar 70 SO Dundee 68 Elgin 62 66 Inverness-- 60 70 Kelso 45 50 Kirkaldy— 56 68 Perth -- 60 76 in” The size of the rri, 'CI-1 MARKETS. Barley. Oats. I Beaus. 213 :33 22 21 27 28 35 38 ...- 40 13 -- 21 231 2fl 30 1 24 261 30 32 23 25 asure vari It)atna oal 2 1 1 6: 2 2 1 7 8 1 :26 3 ; 2 . g 6 2 35 18 21 26 28 —.— '26 30 13 20 '2O 20 25 23 26 17 20 24 26 21 25 24 31 16 11) 24 30 I •—• ice throughout thocountr)• • MOST TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE.-OR last Tuesday evening, a young woman, servant to Mr. Delany, 66, Sonth Great George's-street, invited her sister, a gir t about 14, to take tea ; and, at nine o'clock, while theist"' was pouring water into the tea-pot, the back of her clothes took fire. She was not awareof thicuntil she felt her hair burning, as the servant was engaged, at the time, in'another part of the kitchen. On hearing the screams, cite instantlY ran to her assistance, but, in trying to stop the flames with her hands, she was much burned. The girl then ran UP stairs towards the dining-room, where the family were sitting , followed by the servant, who eried out murder ! fire ! Delany instantly sallied out, armed with a large knife and the poker, thinking that he should have to contend with robbers, when a horrid spectacle was presented. The girl had just fallen down on the lobby, literally burned to cinder, althoueh she lived for three hours afterwards, torinents indescribable. The impression of her feet on the stairs, and of her hand on the balustrade, are as visible as though they were made with heat.td iron ! Mrs. Delany and her son, a young lad, having come out in the confusion, were both thrown into convul° sions at the appalling sight. The boy has partially re covered, but the mother is still lying in a very dangerous state. Thus, r.o fewer than fire persons have been involved in this fatal calamity.—Dublin Freeman's Journal. BIRTHS. On the fith inst. at the Palace, Fulham, the lady of the Lord Bishop of London, of a son. On the 3d inst. the lady of Thomas I andseer, Esq. °I Southampton .street, Fitzroy-square, of a son. DIED. On the 7th inst. after a few days' illness, Ruth, the' wife of Mr.john Wright, of. Alhany•street, Regent's pit On the Sth inst. suddenly, at his house ex Kew Greens Mr. Rushton, of Chancery-lane, in the 66th year of his age. - On :the Sth inst. at Halc-end, Waitiarnstotc, Eisexo Benjamin Maggot Forster, Esq. aged 65. On the 9th inst. in Walcot-place, Lambeth, after lingering illness, Mrs. Bicknell, relict of the hail J. 13 ° Bicknell, Esq. of Doctors' Commons. On the Ist inst. at his house at Clapton, after a fevt days' illness, Mr. Francis liiekes,•aged 96. On the 3d inst. at Limehouse, in her 85th year, Mrs. William Thornthn-aite. On the 15th ult. at Pearsie, Charles Wedderburn, E .4 l' of Pearsie, N. B. _ _ On the 7th inst. after a long and painful illness► which she bore with truly Christian firtitude, Emma, the eldest and dearly beloved daughter of J. J. Kember, of Knightsbridge. On the 7th inst. in Tcnterden-street, Honorer-square , Colonel T. Coke, of the Hon. Etst India CornpaoY e Madras Establishment, in the 76th year of his age. •On the Sth inst. at Chelsea, David Anderson, Esq• the 71st year - of.bis age. wrip and PtiansuzD by Al URDOYOUNG, at tio SUN OEMS, 11!, BrFaxi4 LONDON.