The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-03 00:00:00

I. .ING'S COURT. His Majesty hold a Court at three o'clock yesterday Aftstnoon, at his Palace at 'Windsor, which u-as attended l'Yrthe Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, Ptit! First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State Inr the Home, Foreign and Colonial Departments, the 'Cilancelk)r of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Ad ..niralty, the Piesident of the Board of Contronl, the Pre nideet of the Borird of Trade, the Master or Clae Mint, the lord Steward, and the Treasurer of the Household. Lord Enenbormigh had an audience of his Majesty, and delivered the seal of office as Lord Privy Seal. His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which the King's Speech on opening the Session of Parliament, on Thera day next, wax AnaTly agreed and arranged upon. Mr. Buller attended the Council as clerk. The King gave audiences to the Duke of Wellington, Earl Bathurst, Mr. Secretary Peel, and the Eat) of Aberdeen. Lord Stratha-een and Sir William Keppel were the Lord and Groom in, Waiting. After the * breaking up of the Court, s evera l e' elle Mi nisters reelained at the Palace to dine with his Majesty. Vigment Clive transacted bus;.ness yesterday at the Ilume-office. COBURG TATEATRE. Last night a nielo-.;trame, from the Prench, enti tled, The Exectiti-Aier,'or, ratrick of Voorn, was performed at 111 7 4 theatre, which promises to have • • a more leag,',heeed existence than most pieces from the 84 ' 41 e V 4l ; rc e . The plot is demand perspicuous, and the AT.evelopement brought about with a masterly han 'l-. The scene is laid in the Island of Voorn,:and the P'lot derived from an old law of Holland, which de . et. ed that the male hereditary descendants of the EY,. ‘ceutionershould perform his deadly office the ,or of the executioner of Amsterdam is, living in :eke Island of Voorn, whither he had tic iwn t o avoid the dreadful occupation imposed on Um by the law. Ortring 2 ears of his residence th, e „ a s a mere h nnt , • tonder the assumed name of Far .ere of r. C ontivit ) Ire had. accumulated large ( .orturie, and was greatly }ored by the Dutch f.shermen, of whom Sloop (Ur. SLostAN), a Dn'Al skipper, exhibited some buteh humour. Va hick's (laughter, Bertha (Miss Wk - rsoN), was r',quested by the fishermen to be- Stow the prise on the winner of n skaiting match. During this fr Ateh the Baron Desteeven (Mr. E. L. ... 1,11 w1s) ['err/este the hand of Bertha for his son Frederick kMr. H. WILLIAsts), and is greatly sur prised at , Vanrick's embarrassment and refusal. At , _the sur ne time the Count Barneveldi (Mr. GALE) . arrive s on the island to make some Government survi qs, and is attended by Rozberg (Mr. GANN). The. latter Nees Bertha at the match, 511(1 endeavours io wectist her, but she shuns him, mid on his persisting Ries to her house, and is followed by Rozberg into the presence of her father and the Baron. Rozberg in . stantly reengnizes t (wick. The former had been in hie childhood guilty of theft, and had been taken by his' preceptor to a public execution. Ile had •' teen then shewn the young Paulder, who be was • :told would one day finish /us career if he did not re form. The circumstance - weighed so heavily on his *rid that the figure of young Paukier eras ever Present to his imagination, and he was now certain of his ideetity. attrich resented the insult offered to his daughter, and Rozberg VOWS revenge. All parties are inifited to a banquet given by the Baron, a nd liozber g then forbids Vanrick to seat himself at the table.. The latter, overcome by despair and misery, Mee from the house with his daughter, and I, 4 : a pares to leave the island in an hour, durir Ag which Rozberg solicits Bertha, and is refused. Ile then threatens to expose her father, and destroy Frederic. Bertha has an inter view with the latter, and informs him of Rozburg's design.. Roxburg enters, and is mortally wounded by Fteederiek in a duel. The Judge of the island, Ivito is Rozhcrg's friend, here enters, and Rozberg, after having sworn him to revenge, denounces Van trick as an executioner, and dies. Duelling, by the . law, is murder. The Judge orders the execution two hours after conviction, and commands Vanrick to execute Frederick. A scaffold is erected, and demolished by Vander Sloop and the fishermen. An other is prepared, and the drum-roll, which an • :trounces the fatal stroke, is heard. A commotion anal Vanrick rushes in, reproaches the Judge, And exhibits the stamp of his right arm, which he has severed rather than destroy ,Frederick. Before another executioner can be pro , • (eared; the Baron, who had departed for the Hague, .returns with a reprieve from the Statholder, and a _permission for Paulder to bear the name of Vanrick, and be exempt from the dreadful duty. It comes too late for poor Vanrick, who dies after joining the heeds of Frederick and Bertha. Every performer Played, his .part well, and cambric muslin damp de rectors were at a discount all over a crowded house. " Laugh when you can," under the new name of '" -broad Grins," followed, and produced a counter Pace of merriment. Mr. HOOPER, from Drury-lane, Ziade his first appearance as George Gossamer, and together with Mr. DAVIDGB, waged successful war !Vilest all crying. philottophera. Both pieces were announced for repetition amid loud applause. "se Mysteries of Alaiatto" cencladed the even ing's amusement. Miss Phillips is to appear for the first time, Ifonday nest, at Drury-lane, as Imp's, in Shahs peorea play . of Cy's&line. Madeinoiielie Sontag is re-engaged to appear "Inst:ltaliaa-Opera; but she will not retara to fulfil such "Pgressent till May next. Thia evening, at Covent-garden Theatre, a new pl oy is so be perforrne.l, called The Widows Be wteheci--the - widows are by Mies Chester and Mts. Chatterley. • , • „, • t ) uBLIN I.II.gATRE.—On Tuesday night, " As You like It," one of Shakspeare's most pleasing ,and peetieal.cmuedieti; was•represented. Miss Foote's per tonifieation of the romantic, tender, and witty Rosalind, • ' 3 ' 41 104 true taste and just'Conception of the character. The heantifed symmetry of her light and airy figure, in the • forest ef . .,Arden, was truly bewiteh;ng. She Was rap , turensly encored in the Cuckoo Song, and delivered the tpilognft with•infinita It'was, in truth, a delight ••E'd performance, and the audience were enthusiastic in their applause. Mr. Balls, as Orlando, acquitted himself, 11 3 aseiaf, in •a highly creditable manner. The evening's t Atertaimoson eonchtded ,with the farce-of " A Roland %r an Oliver," in which Miss Foote appeared in the part ° f Matitr .Darlington, • Thie diameter Mien Foote has made entirely her own. There are ether ladies on the stage who 'nay attempt it, bat they felt Jar sLort indeed of Miss Foote in the inimitable archness and vivacity with which s he personates this interesting part. The well-known li r eltaing Snag was given with all that grace so peculiar to this lovely and fascinating actress. The andience,ex- Preesed, in the most enthnsiastie manner, their .approba tion of this performance, hay calling for it a third time._ To• morrow evening an extraordinary combiastien ta lent will he prsacnted. .11tfis"i Paton, (who delays ; her de l/111M*, as we mentioned in our last paper) will appear with Miss Feet*. This will,.of coarse, draw together . .a larp and fashionable audience.—Dublin Paper. : The Troubadours, at the Egyptian-hall, yes terch,y, varied their performance, by introducing some airs which they had net before sung; but there is nothing in the novelties to call for particular observation. An aria en the violoncello, and another on the. vinlin, Were very s ell exeented, and warmly applauded. The performance on 'helium instrument was remarkable for the sweetness preeittion with which the high notes were giveti, and the clearness . with which some very rapid passages ,were formed. PRESENT STATE OF THE CATHOLIC QUEsTION. Having already given our opinton of a " Letter to Mr. Peel" ott this subject, by an " Irish CatircAiv we shall for the present confine our tclves to a few extracts from the Second Edition which is just published, with some new argu ments, and leave our readers to judge for them selves. It is how evident, that there e:rE but two ways of coming to any satisfactory adjustment of this 'qu'estiot.A- , -‘either by abolishing the obnoxious oaths which Catholics refuse to talce-or by some amicable Bill including - those conditions called securities: ?At reconcile all parties to this latter mode is the object of the " Irish Catholic." " During the discussions of the last SesSien of Parliament, the Catholic Quettin,,tt :12814i-tact a form better developed, and Inbi-e Intelligible than it ever had before's t9O 'that the difficulties attending an ad ,ustClen't, might now be effectually removed through means of a few individuals of both religions, well acquainted with the people's feelings and interests, and in whom all parties could place confidence. " My object is Not to point Cut the securities which may be deemed stenisite;—for of this I can form no definite would merely suggest, that as Parlierrtetit la almost unanimous in declaring, that without sores arrangement nothing can be done, the question of securities, or guarantee, or whatever else it is to be called, ought to be determined on by c'impetent persons. Let a commission be appointed by his Majesty, consisting of an equal number of the most learned and pious, prelates of the Pro testant and Roman Catholic churches, and - of such - learned and distinguished laymen as are likely to be best acquainted kith the merits of the question, and in wham Catholics and Protestants might place confidence. Let their instructions be, to devise a plan for conceding a full participation of all the privileges of a subject to every class of his Majesty's subjects in the manner least objectionable to public prejudices, and report the same ; in order that his most gracious Majesty may recommend it to Parlia ment, as heads of a Bill for the relief of his Catholic subjects. "An object so desirable, may be facilitated by a review [of certain ancient principles and laws of the British Constitution, to be found in the ' Constitu tions of Clarendon,' and in the laws of provisors,' and preemunire,' passed by our Catholic ancestors, to protect this country from the temporal influence of the Pope; which seems to be what is now un derstood by the required measure of securities. • " If it shall appear that Roman Catholics enacted laws before the Reformation, repressing the en croachments of the Pope in this country, as effec tual as any that have been since enacted;--that they were as jealous of any interference in our civil government as Protestants can be;—and that, in fact, all the laws guarding against the existence, not only of an ' imperium in imperio,' but even of any authority or power, affecting the allegiance due to the kings of this country, had their origin in Catho lic times,—some centuries before the religious seces sion among our forefathers; an irrefragable point will be established, and strong cause shown, that the best security you can have, is to incorporate us with you in that Constitution, for which we for merly spilt our blood, lavished our resources, and devoted our mental and bodily powers in establishing. "Of the six periods into which Mr. Justice Blackstone divides the history of the legal polity of England, three are unquestionably Catholic—those before the reign of Henry VIII. During the first period, there occurs no remarkable event bearing on the question which we sre about to examine. But in the second, from the Norman Conquest, till the reign of Edward I. including two hundred and six years, we have the Magna Charta, and the Consti. tutions of Clarendon. The former is too well known to require any commentary; the latter has the follooing: " Article 3. If an archbishop, bishop, or any dignified clergy of the realm, go out of the kingdom without the King's licence ; and if they shall go, they shall, if it please the King, give security, that they will not either in going or returning, procure any evil or damage to the King or kingdom.' " This is one of sixteen articles enacted by Henry 11., who was a Catholic, by the advice of his Coun cil or Parliament, who were also Catholics, against the insolencies and usurpations of the clergy.' Lord Lyndhurst, (then Sir John Copley) in a de bate on the 6th March, 1827, on the Catholic Ques tion, said, if securities are proposed to which the Catholics will accede, and with which the Protes tants will be satisfied, I for one shall be ready to make concessions.'* Against what is. security re quired, if not against foreign power, and the possi bility of Catholic bishops, in their intercourse with such power, procuring some evil or damage to this King or kingdom ?' " In the time of Edward the First, the celebrated statute of provisos!, limiting the Pope's temporal authority, was passed. About the year 1307,t he enacted that law against papal provisions, which ac cording to Sir Edward Coke was the foundation of all the subsequent statutes of prwinunire. It first restrained the Pope from nominating to ecclesiastical benefices in this country; the shadow of which power he now cannot have, when the King is at the head of that church which alone is entitled by law to hold property. So that our popish ancestors have done substantially, what we are called upon to do nominally,—deprive the Pope of all real authority in this kingdom. He can have no real or temporal authority, when there is nothing real or temporal to which he can appoint. Unless it be contended that the Chancellor of a foreign university, who confers a degree upon a British subject, has authority in these dominions. The cases are analogous : the Pop e may confer the title of Bishop, and the Chan cellor the degree of doctor, without the least preten sion to influence in the country where either may ex ercise his profession. " Several statutes were -passed in subsequent reigns, confirmin g and explaining those already men tioned, the writ for the execution of which having the words prczmunire facias,l thus denominated that species of offence defined to be the introduc ing a foreign power into this land, and creating an imperium in imperil): But the chief of these, most frequently called the statute of praemunire,' and to which many subsequent ones have .been referred, is the 16th Rich. 11. cap. 5, by which, ' whoever procures at Rome, or elsewhere, any translations, processes, excommunications, bulls, instruments, or other things which touch the King, against him, his crown and realm, and all persons aiding and as sisting therein, shall be put out of the King's pro tection, their land and goods forfeited to the King's use, and they shall be attached by their bodies to answer to the King, and his Council, or process of preemunire fruit's shall be made out against them, as in other cases of provitors:!S The last of the ancient statutes on this subject, was the 2d of Henry IV. which subjected all who accepted a .dis pensation from the Pope, freeing then► from the obedience due to their ordinary, to the penalties of prmmunire above recited. This was in 1401, nearly a century after the first act against provisory. " All the laws that have effectually heat down the encroachments of the Pope; and vindicated the rights of the people, were passed before the reign of Henry VIII.; those that have been enacted since, for that purpose, being but renewals, or explanations of the more ancient bulwarks. The acts of supre macy, abjuration, and habeas corps, were nothing more ; so far as they provided for the integrity and independence of the nation, than repetitions of the pramunire laws and Magna Charm- And as to the Bill of Rights, all its substantive enactments were also repetitions of what the people had for- "'Parliamentary Debates, New Series, vol. xxi. p. 927. t 35 Edward I. f " Premunere, from prxmonere, to warn. Prte mnaire facias prasfstnrn A. B. quad sit tune coram nobia,' &o.—Coke, Ist Inst. 129. § Blackstone, vol iv. chap. 8. merly considered to be their .` undoubted rights and liberties ) ' and of which they had been long de prired: The act itself,' says _Blackstone, 'recognizes all and singular the rights and liberties a.serted and claimed in the said declaration to be the true intent and indubitable rights df the people dt this kingdom.' Even the :let df settlement is declared to be the birthright of the people of England,' ae cOrding to the ancient doctrine of common law. Tlib same spirit of resistance which the laws &ready alluded to prove English Catholics to have shown to foreign usurpation} is to be found in the history of Irish Catholics; though from their sub jection to en ascendancy, at all times, first English, and then English and Protestant, they cannot be expected to afford many bright examples of a na tional character. " In the rein of Edward lE: . liod•ever ► when the unwarrantable influeiree of the Pope over the minds of Chritians all over Europe, was at its height, England was embarrassed in her finances. His Holiness therefore was applied to by that Monarch to urge the Irish to grant him a disme, or tenth, and to continue its payment for two years. The Popc compl:ed, and directed the Dean :'_nd Chapter of Dublin to levy iti tinder the authority of his holy commands. But they refused, and availed them selves of some pretext, to resist ' the unconstitu tional exercise of papa! power to tax or appropriate the property of the kingdom. They had twice before resisted these exactions:* " In 1666, when the Irish Catholics were much persecuted, and deprived of their estates on account of their religion, which was said to interfere with their civil allegiance, they agreed to a remonstrance, by which they openly disclaimed all foreign power, papal or princely, spiritual or temporal, inasmuch as it might seem able, or shall pretend to, free them from their obligation, or permit them to offer asy violence to his Majesty's person or go vernment.'-f- Neither the parade with which the Chevalier St. George entered Scotland is 1715, nor the porrip . and preparation with which he threatened Ireland in 1717, under the patronage of Spain, and with the aid of the most experienced General of the day, the Duke of Ormond, induced the Catholics to swerve for one moment from their duty. This, Sir, is evi dence which ought to silence their calumniators for ever, on the charge of divided allegiance 4 " Again, in the year 1759, when it was known that a French force, under the command of Con firms, was collected to invade Ireland, the Catholics assembled together, and drew bp an address to the Duke of Bedford, then Lord Lieutenant, assuring him of their loyalty. They offered large sums of money to Government to support the Protestant establishment against its enemies : . and professed their indignation at the threatened invasion of the kingdom, by an enemy vainly hoping for assistance in Ireland, on account of the conduct of their deluded predecessors. Such schemes were, they assured his Grace, inconsistent with their views, and that they would, to the utmost of their power, join in the support of his Majesty's person and Govern ment.§ " In the year 1776, they expressed the same sen timents in a petition to his late Majesty George 111., drawn up by Mr. Burke. From that petition I beg leave to quote, in the late language of the eloquent writer, what have been always our principles and which it is the object of this letter to declare. In all humility we implore; that our principles may not be estimated by the inflamed charge of controversial writers, nor our practices measured by the events of those troubled periods, when parties have run high (though these have been often misrepresented and always cruelly exaggerated to our prejudice) but that we may be judged by our own actions, and in our own times ; and we humbly offer it to your most equitable and princely consideration, that we do not rest the proof of our sincerity on words bat on things.' " Plowden'a History of Ireland, vol. i. p. 212; also Leland's ditto, vol. i. p. 282. t Leland, vol. iii. p. 459. t See Note C. § Sotollett's History of England, vol. iv. p. 69. The beautiful lake in Blenheim Park, a few days ago, presented a ♦ery novel appearance; from the severity of the frost several persons were actively employed for days together in wheeling gravel over the extensive piece of frozen water, into the pleasure gardens on the op posite side.— Windsor Express. ROWL AND STEPHENSON.--The country gentleman stated to have lost a considerable sum by the above notorious character, is understood to be Mr. Batson, a member of the Jockey Club, and proprietor of the Luse filly ; Mr. Batson, who is one of the Members of the Turf, is a man of considerable wealth, or the leas of 20,000/. (which is reported to be its amount) must have been se verely felt. On Morday, while the workmen were exca vating the north side of the Terrace, near the new entrance, for an ice -house, and when about thirty feet below the sur face of the earth, they struck upon a subterraneous ins ane cut through the solid rock and running in a southern direction, for about sixty feet, when it terminated abruptly. The entrance is about fire feet wide by six feet high.-- Windsor Exprtss. Extract of a letter from Edinburgh, January 29—" We are in a fearful state at present, occasioned by the popular excitement, on account of the late appalling murders. Burke was hanged yesterday. I was too late to wee him thrown off, but he was still hanging when I saw him, sad the crowd immense. They gave a tre mendous shout when he was taken down, as they did at his first appearance on the scaffold, and when thrown off. They seemed to obey the signals of a stout athletic man, placed in one of the windows a little below the gallows. He was dressed in a white great coat, and seemed to have the multitude completely at his command. To-day, as Lisara, the lecturer on anatomy and surgery, was pro ceeding to the College, with his pupils, to see Burke die. netted, the mob, mistaking him for Knox, attacked him, and had not his pupils made a stand in his defence and carried him off, it is most likely he would have b s ,sen soon made a subject himself. Against Knox the curses are loud and deep; and if he does not make a night-flitting of his own accord, I should not at all be surprised to hear of his being murdered ; but he lectures every day as if nothing had happened. The case of Hare is to come on on Saturday, and I mean to attend, especially to hear the speech of Jeffrey, who is the Counsel for Daft Jamie's mother. You cannot imagine the horror that pervades all ranks here, and still more in the country. A person from the country would sooner think of stepping into the crater of Vesuvius, than pass the West Port-street under night, since these murders were committed. —Morning Paper. On the night between Tuesday and Wednes day se'nnight, an attempt was made, in the church-yerd of Nigg, to disinter the corpse of a female, which had been buried about a week. The state of the grave was not Ilia covered till Sunday, no person having been near it during the week ; but that morning the earth was found half pot out, and a skull lying at the grave side. It appears that a decayed coffin had been taken tip by the friends of the female, and laid down on her coffin, and that the viola tors, on reaching the head of the old coffin, had made an attack on it with some instrument, which, however, in stead of bringing out the desired object, brought up the skull. This circumstance had made them desist, having concluded either that they had mistaken the grave, or that it would required too mach time to overcome this unex pected harrier. Of course there can be no direct proof to inculpate any person in this disgraceful act, but there are strong suspicions against two individuals, arising out of the following circumstances :—About one o'clock on Wednes day morning, two men, carrying a bag, and having appa rently something else of a bulky nature below their clothes, and accompanied by two ©eskers' dogs, were taken over in the ferry-boat. On arriving at the oilier side, they called at a public-house, and took with them a gill of whisky in a bottle, stating that they were going to the Aliens fo'pur. chase a calf, and that they were to call at the church-yard in passing, to give a glass of spirits to some people who were there watching. On the mistress of the house say ing that it was rather an early hoer to, purchaee cattle, one of them exclaimed, " 0, we'd buy you too if you. like." We may remark, that there was no'watching in the church yard that night, nor has been any for years. About five o'clock the same morning, these two individuals, having no calf; but with their bag and dogs, were detected by a fisherman in taking off his boat to row themselves over to the other side, fearing doubtless again to encounter the ferryman, —Aberdeen Chronicle. THE ARMY. REDUCTION OF THE AIIIATIA. The followiv Circular Letter has been transmitted from thu WarzOlllce to the Colonels of Militia Regiments ClRCtif,An. WAR-01 , 1+1(T, J AN. :31. SIR—In reference to my Circular of the relating to the proposed Reductions in the Staff of Militia Regiments, I have the honour td request that you ---..----, will cause the following muse of proceeding to be observed : In case the Paymaster should accept the leave of absence allowed on the occasion, he will transfer to the Adjutant the balance remaining in his hands, after adjusting his accounts to such day as they may determine upon for their mutual convenience; from which day the pecuniary concerns of the corps are to be conducted by the Adjutant, who will pre pare estimates at the usual periods, and will receive from this Office forms of bills for drawing upon the Paymaster-General. The bonds of the Paymaster and his sureties will be given up on the final settlement of the accounts with the War-Office, should the proposed arrange ment be confirmed by Parliament. It is not intended to require the Adjutant to give security. Should the Surgeon wish to remove from the head-quarters, the sick men are to be placed under the care of a medical practitioner residing on the spot, who will receive for medicines and attendance two-pence per week for each non-commissioned officer and drummer permanently retained on the establishment of the corps, being the same rate as that which is allowed to such prattitioners for de tachments of the line consisting of less than fifty men. It will, of course, be proper that an agree ment for a specific period be entered into with the local practitioner, terminable in all cases on the re moval of the depot to any other place. The Quarter-Master will deliver up the regi mental stores to the Adjutant, who will, in the per formance of the Quarter-Master's duty, be assisted by one of the sergeants of the establishment, to which sergeant the additional pay of four-pence per diem will be allowed. The transfer of the regimental stores from the Quarter-Master to the Adjutant will be made in the presence of a third person, to he appointed by you --, who will, on behalf of the regiment, as certain that the number of articles transferred corre sponds with the inventories at head-quarters in pos session of the Quarter-Master. The Adjutant and the Quarter-Master will sign the inventory of the stores actually delivered over, specifying the defi ciencies, if any should exist, confirmed by the sig nature of the person appointed by you --; one return will be sent to the War-Office, another given to the Quarter-Master, and a third be retained at head-quarters. It is intended to submit to Parliament that allow ances he granted to certain classes of Paymasters, Surgeons, and Quarter-Masters, according to the service they may have performed in the embodied Militia, viz.:— To Paymasters who have served as such in the embodied state, during a period of ten years or upwards, their present disembodied pay of six shillings per diem ; during a period of three years and wider ten years, five shillings per diem ; under three years, four shillings per di , ;sn. To Paymasters of cu:ps of less than three com panies, who have served as such in the embodied state ten years or upwards, their present disem bodied pay office shillings, or four shillings, per diem, according to the establishment of the corps. When the present pay is five shillings a-day, and the em bodied service from three to ten years, four shillings and sixpence per diem ; under three years, three shillings and sixpence per diem. When the present pay is four shillings, and the embodied service from three to ten pears, three shillings and sixpence per diem ; under three years, three shillings per diem. To Surgeons who have served as such in the embodied state, during a period of ten years or up wards, their present disembodied pay of six shil lings per diem; during a period of three years and less than ten years, five shillings per diem ; under three years, four shillings per diem. To Surgeons appointed to the situation since the period of their regiments being disembodied, but who were then serving as assistant-surgeons, and had served as such in the embodied state, ten years or upwards, five shillings per diem ; from three to ten years, four shillings Per diem ; under three years, three shillings and sixpence per diem. To Quarter-Masters who have served as such in the embodied state ten years or upwards, their pre sent pay of five shillings per diem; from three to ten years, three shillings and sixpence per diem ; under three years, three shillings per diem. To Quarter-Masters appointed to the situation since the regiment was disembodied, but whe served ten years as sergeants in the embodied state, the disembodied allowance of an Ensign, namely, two shillings per diem. Paymasters and Quarter-Masters appointed to these situations since their corps were disembodied, but who at that period were serving as Lieutenants, or Ensigns, with the regiment in its embodied state, will revert to the disembodied allowances of those ranks respectively. I have to add, that the officers receiving the several allowances above specified, will be considered liable, as in the case of subalterns of militia receiving disembodied pay, to join their regiments when called upon ; but will be entirely relieved from duty with the permanent staff. It is not the intention of his 'Majesty's Govern ment to propose any retired allowances to indivi duals who have been appointed since the militia was disembodied, other than those above specified. The usual pay will be granted to all classes until the 24th June next. With regard to the non-commissioned officers, it is deemed advisable, as already notified to you, that no sergeants, in contemplation of the proposed re daction, should be discharged with a view to be pensioned, until the proposed reduction has been laid before Parliament; but as it may tend to the convenience of these individuals to be informed, as early as possible, of the probable rates of pension to which they may be entitled in consideration of their services, I have to state, that sergeants, having com pleted twenty years service, and being sixty years (If age, will come under the rate of pension of one shilling a day. Corporals and drummers having served twenty years as corporals or drummers, will on reduction re-' ceive the pension office-pence per day. Any further details resulting from the proposed measure, will form the subject of a special reference to the War-Office, on each case as it arises. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, (signed) 11. lIARDINGE. Viscount Holmesdalc, it is said, will be re nrned for the borough of East Grinstead. SKAITING-ST. JAMES'S CANAL-THE SERPENTINE. These fine pieces Of water were yesterday throng ed with skaiters ; St, James's Canal, in particular, towards three o'clock became crowded, scarcely six yards of ice in any part remaining for ten minutes without an occupant. In the course of the afternoon a dense body of people, skaiters as well as sliders, ladies as well as gentlemen, kept pressing tip towards the island near Buckingham Palace, where taco or three of the eognosenti were figuring away to great advantage, in consequence of which undue pressure, the ice In that part gave one long tremendous clack, when a scene of confusion ensued highly ridiculous and diverting, But it was on the Serpentine that the most picturesque appearance was presented, 'I be ice was far from crowded, and was consequently in capital condition. The previous thaw had melted the rough surface occasioned by the snow, and the ensuing hard frost had reduced it to one uniform sheet of unbroken ehryital glass, on which mitht be seen, scattered in groupes of two Or three, some of the very best skaiters in all Londdn, among whOni we recognised Mr. Byng, Captain Montague, Mr. Dering, and Captain King. The scene in the immediate neighbourhood of the river was exceedingly beautiful. The gleam ing white bridge at the further end, backed by the majestic trees of Kewington Gardens, whose boughs were slightly tinselled with hoar frost— the gay grouper of pedestrians wandering up and down the banks on either side--the gorgeous cavalcade of carriages—and the gradually-sloping hill that loads down to the water's edge from Cum berland-gate, thickly studded with pedestrians, all verging to one common centre of attraction ; these, together with the waterman's booths, which afforded no indistinct likeness of a village winter fair-day, such as a Flemish artist would love to paint—gave to Hyde Park an interest of a picturesque and un common character. The day was in unison with the scene, and the majority of the skaiters, actuated by the cheering air and sunshine, no less than by the generous health imparted by the exercise, seemed re solved to do their best, as the numel MIS Spread- , eagles, figures of Three and Eight, and that fine un dulating motion, the Roll, abundantly testified. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSA LL'S. The Dewily betting wee tolerably brisk yestetday, Prince Eugene, Post Obit, Electress, and Espagnolle, being se verally backed to a considerable ailment ; lot there was no change of place in consequence. Vat na took Green Maude's position as first favourite for the Oaks, owing to two of the loathing speculators having laid out 500/. to 600/. on her. The only Leger bet we heard was 95 to 1 agst Stotforth. The following were the closing odds : RIDULESW 3 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Luss filly (taken) 7 to 2 agst Mr. Hunter's Canvass colt (taken) 4 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Brother to Moses 5 to 4 the field apt two (taken) DERBY. 13 to 1 agst 11L•. Hunter's Canvass colt (taken) 11 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Br. to Moses . 15 to I agst Mr. Pettit's Post Obit (Posthuma) (taken) 16 to I agst His Majesty's Eleetress colt (taken) 16 to 1 aget Lord G. Cavendish's Espagnolle c. 16 to 1 agat Lord Slixo's Prince Eugene (taken) 17 to 1 agat Lord Sefton's Morris Dancer IS to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Will-o'-the-wisp No others backed. OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Varna (taken) 7 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Green Mantle 10 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Limn filly (taken) 11 to I agst Mr. Bidsdale's Clotilde 16 to I agat Lord Sligo's Vat (taken) 16 to 1 apt Mr. Payne's Quadrille filly 21) to 1 aget any other. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS WEER. HIS Majesty's Stag-hounds have not yet resumed the pleasures of the chase ; they are expected to meet on Mott • day next, at Ascot Heath. The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hal • low; and Friday, at Bredon-hill—at half-past ten. Mr. Dansey'a Hounds, on Monday, at Thruxton ; and Thursday, at Berrington—at ten. The Gransden Houndr, on Monday, at Toaeland ; and Friday, at Whadilon—at ten. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Meldreth ; and Thursday, at Sandon Cat—at half-past ten. The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patchsm ; Wed nesday, near the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke— at half-past ten. The Brookside Harriers will continue to meet every Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race Course ; and Friday, at Tellencembe Tye—at half-past ten. The Anglesea Hounds, on Monday, at Nantonag ; and Wednesday, at Gaerwen Mill—at half-past ten. The Blacknsoor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stourton Inn; and Friday, at Stalhridge-park—at ten. Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Wednesday, at Corfe-hills ; and Saturday, at Mr. Clapeott's Farm—at half-past ten. Mr. Pleydell'e Roc-buck-hounds, on Tuesday, at High Wood, near Charborough—at eleven. Sir John Cope's Hounds, on Monday, at the Black Norse, Caversham ; Wednesday, at the Blade Bone, Buckle bury; and Friday, at Englefield—at half-past ten. The Craven Hounds, on Monday, at Lye Hill-gate ; Tuesday, at Penchese ; Friday, at Stype ; and Saturday, at Gravel-hill—at hall-past ten. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Princethorpe Vil lage ; Wednesday, at Shuckhurgh-hill ; Thursday. at Bourton ; and Saturday, at the Black Dog—at half-past ten. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Hoarcroas ; Thurs day, at Calke Abbey; and Saturday, at 13agot's-park—at half-past ten. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Burton Kennel ; Tuesday, at Revesby Village; Wednesday, at Gautby Park ; Thursday, at Welton Mill and Swallow beck ; and Saturday, at Tothill Wood and Stapleford Moor —at eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Ayleshy Village; Wednesday, at Fox Dales; Friday, at Buxton Wood ; and Saturday, at rye-ball—at eleven. The Shropehire Hounds, on Monday, at Shawbury Village; Wednesday, at Pethian's-gate ; Friday, at the Fox, Albrighton ; and Saturday, at Attingham--at half past ten. Lord Scarborough's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Sand beck-park; Wednesday, at Aston-hall ; Friday, at the Grove; and Saturday, at Langold—at half-past ten. The 13adswotth Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Cusworth ; Thursday, at Bolton-bridge; and Saturday, at Notton Vil lage—at half-past ten. General Wm. Fitzroy's Honnds, on Monday, at Mr. Abbott's, Wicken Castle Acre ; Wednesday, at Beetly ; and Friday, at West Lexham—at eleven. Mr. H. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Oxbrirgh Ferry ; Thursday, at Foulden Common ; and Saturday, at Swaffhatn Race Course—at eleven. Sir Geo. Siterell's Fox-hounds, on Tiieialay, at Hollin. wood Common ; and Thursday, at Mosbro' Moor at ten. The Westacte Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Swaffhani Race Course ; and Friday, at Necton Tuns—at half-past ten. The Qnorn Hounds, on Monday, at Steward Hay's House ; Tuesday, at Cotes-turnpike ; Thursday, at Great Dalby ; and Friday, at Huntley Park—at half-past ten. Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Tuesday, at Hay's Common ; and Friday, at Epsom Down—at ten. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Horse Hilts ; and Saturday, at Kingsvvoed-gate—at eleven. The Surrey Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Limpsfield ; and Saturday, at Crown Ash--hill—at half past ten. The H. H. on Tuesday, at Hinton ; Thnreoay, at Afed • steel-green ; and Saturday, at Abbotedon Down—at tea. The Hanibledon Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Berry Lodge ; Wednesday, at Winter's Hill Common; and Fri day,. at Owseibury Down—at half-past ten. t Mr. Nicoll's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Picked Pest ; and Friday, at Heathy Dilton. Mr. Wickatead's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Heleigh Castle ; and Saturday, at Seighferd—at half-past ten. The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Scotton ; Friday, at Pepper-hall ; and Saturday, at Norton Conyers—at eleven. The Larnbton Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Shotton ; Tuesday, at Herrington; Thursday, at Stone-bridge-house; and Friday, at Chester-le-street—at ten. Mr. Atisheton Smith's Hounds, on Tuesday, at South grove; and Friday, at Amport-green—at eleven. The Conock Harriers; on Monday, at Ell Barron; and Friday, at Hasking's Penning—at eleven. A Touch MORSEL.---_A French writer, speaking of the relative situation of England and Ireland, says that the larger island devoured the smaller, bet has never been able to digest it !--,Literary Gazette. SPIRIT OF I'l-IL LONDoN JOURNALS. The information which we are going to com municate will be found more than amusin g . It is, perhaps, only gossip, but gossip which has relation to an affair of vital interest partakes of the importance of the main subject. It is, we believe, about two months since the Duke of Wellington first resolved upon effecting that measure with which, ere long, " Europe will ring from side to tide." Of course the deter mination must be i imptuted to a certain person first inthe e - as o to concession. Cabinet,'t)t 'fluecommunicationmeasure ' b d l y e ic , u r se hos n i ved ; '' but could not he (the unwilli ng member) be all owe d ictel to )? retire, :and f ra while, till then n:i h t e tedi A substitute, ad inte;'im, might be found in the Huskissonian half pit list, of whom it would be easy to get rid alierwarda, as his Grace knew by experi e nce." The insidious proposition was declined by the straight-finvard soldier. '' No, if I, who was ( ) )me s : i., s' m ,3 ll; il h ,.., o o l: l l t i c o , s it et t l o t(LC l :l i t i tLi o o l l i i l c ise co i t , t ievess i on as ter for eonsieteney from a sense of the dangers likely t" be produced by the rejection of the Ca tholic clai!ns, why should not you ?'' Why [hi s fineueing ? Vte question was one of difficult solution, and we suppose remained untresolved. In the mean time, the wary ones are beginnin g ,t,o:}e) f idi wa w , • i e t ri h i e a c y lit u j s t e lm so homely n expression, ps.Tlie a spiteiiDea Dean who o very question, i siailitstditrio to have i t ave C , lning leeled l T l this :to the right about," as if by military command. It will be amusing to observe in what manner the clergy will come round ; but come round they will, and most. For ourselves, we are ready to avow our admiration of the. energy and firmnesa of character which, despising puny cavils, at length brings the United Kingdom within view of' internel peace and concord.--Times. Our conviction has often been expressed, that uo individual, under the existing Jaw, could sit or vote in either Howie of Parliament without having taken those preliminary oaths which no Roman Catholic can venture to swear without abjuring his religiosi. It is true that our wishes". were as strong in favour of the right as was Cl;Pr persuasion against the possibility of its exercise. If the right existed, the dispute between Catho lic and Orangemen was at an end, for emancipa tion would in that min have been already car-- ried. Had the right existed. it would in the course of an entire century, from the Scottish to the Irish Union, by eome one Catholic, in Great Britain or Ireland, have, without doubt, been asserted and enjoyed. Had the Irish Act of Union conveyed or recognized such it tight, it would have been asserted during sonic one of the 27 or 28 years which lave € 1 !- 1 1 ) " (1 since the passing of that measure, and th" opportunity would not have been delayed until the late period of the recent Clare election. These, however, are but the !ea" . sonings of plain and unlearned common sense. The question of the power to enforce the taking of the oaths of allegiance and su premacy before the Lord Steward or his deputy, a a cg nd t oamiiim og stoetntshe transubstantiation, the said s ' e t tatnhte l astipoe,l oaths the declaration a, k i s the in theH House of as necessary elements to the qualification ofa mem ber of Parliament before he can sit, or debate, or vote,—this question must be determined by some authority more technical and indisputable than a deduction of plain reason. Mr. Charles Butler, a lawyer of reputation, and a Catholic, came out soon after the Clare election, with an argument on the effect of the several atatutcs prescribing the oaths to be taken by Members of Parliament, to prove that a Roman Catholic, elected for Clare, could enforce his privileges as a Member without taking the anti-Catholic oaths, This construction of the law met lent little mutt , tenance from the public ; and as no paniphlets were written in opposition to that of Mr. But ler, the general indifference, or slight, Ivith which the Learned Gentleman's doctrine was received, appeared to the more sanguine of the Catholics a proof that nothing could be ed. vanced in the nature of a successful reply W his opinion. That we thought otherwise, is of little moment ; but it may be of' some im portance to make known that a pamphlet has at length been printed and circulated amongst the author's friends, though not published, which, so far as a faithful recital of the acts of Parlia ment, and a clear and intelligible construction of them. can go towards overturning a plausible, though perverse error, seems completely to settle the question of any man taking his seat in rarliamemt without having previously sworn and signed the oaths and declarations which are in a variably subscribed to members of the imperial Legislature. When we say that this little pant e phlet is attributed to Mr. Sugden, we have perhaps said enough in its recommendation as . the work of a sound and well-informed lawyer. The leatoed gentleman begins by stating, briefly and decidedly, his opinion that " no person can sit or vote in the House of Commons" without having first " taken" to the Lord Steward the oaths complained of by the Catho lics, and having afterwards signed before the Speaker, while the House is sitting, the decla ration against transubstantiation, besides repeat ing the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. The pamphlet next proceeds to recite the several acts—ht, as they affected Great Britain before the Union ; 2d, Ireland before the Union ; 3d, as they affect the Parliament of the United Kingdom. We have not room to follow the author throughout his full recitals and his pithy commentaries ; but merely add, that after establishing beyond all cavil the validity of the obligation to take the disputed oaths, &c., in Great Britain, from the 30th year of Charles 11. down to the union with Ireland, the author extracts from the Act of Union itself the following lucid passage, viz, And " every one of the Lords of Parliament of the United King dom, and every Member of the House of Com mons of the United Kingdom, in time first and all succeeding Parliaments, shall, until the Par liament of the United Kingdom shall otherwise provide, take the oaths, and make and subscribe the declaration, and take and subscribe the oath then by law enjoined to be taken, made, and subscribed, by die Lords and Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain." If it were neces sary to go on, we might quote further to show that it was made a condition of the Union, by tl e separate Parliament of both countries, " that the lake oaths should be taken by every Peer and Member of the Imperial Parliament." The oaths to be taken by Members returned from Ireland, therefore, cannot be different from those which are enforced upon British Members.— But it would only waste words to proceed. We cannot refrain from expressing, on the other hand, our sanguine hope that the difficulty arising out of the Clare election will soon be got rid of, in a manner more satisfactory to our Ca tholic fellow-subjects than that which has now, A