The Sun. — London, England, 1829-04-02 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(CAST NIGHT.)' • The Ea,•t of BI.ESiNTON took the oaths and big a Wit. Iu ConsupietiCe of the absence of tie LARD CHAN rilL.Lott, Earl MANSFIELD was appointed to receive Peers' proxies for to-morrow. Lord CLIFDEN said that he had a petition to peeFeor, and as it was of a localise nature, lie would take the liberty of saying a few words reiniecting its contents. The petition whiciv he a hen held in his hand was a petition against that clause of the Bill for the removal of the disabilities affecting our Ro man Catholic fellow-subjects, which gave to the Go vernment power over the Jesuits and the other mo nastic institutions in Great B itain. It was signed by one of the Lest and roost honest men in his Ma jeaty's dominions, than whom he believed there was not, either in the House or out of the House, a man who more ardently wished for the peace of Ireland, the security of this kingdom, and the general pros perity of the empire,—he meant Dr. James Doyle, R. C. Bishop of Kildare and Leighlitt. He was sorry that Rich a clause was inserted in the Bill, for it disfigured a Bill which, in his humble opinion, was one of the most useful and beneficial Bills which ever came before the two Houses of Parliament. As he understood the clause, the great object of it was to exclude the Jesuits from this country. That the Jesuits of old were in possession of vast power, all of their Lordships knew well: they were the confessors of sovereigns, who were the weakest mortals that ever walked upon the earth—he meant the monarchs of the Austrian family, and also those of Spaitt. He believed that they were the confessors of Philip 11., of Philip 111., of 'Philip V., and of Charles IV. of Spain, who was little better than a drivelling idiot. The Jesuits, who were men of great talent and ability, were the confessors of these men. They educated men of high degree ; they were the tutors of those who held high situations in the army and in the state, and thus they gained a degree of power over individuals, which enabled them afterwards to wield a still greater power over the Monarch. At the same time that they lived in this manner with the great, they did trot neglect the lower orders, but wherever they found a clever man amongst them, they rescued him from his obscurity, and made him a brother of their order. The Jesuits were also the aonfessors of that weak but courageous man Louis XIII., and they were also the confessors of his son and successor, Louis XIV., whose character had been displayed by St. Simon in its real colours. They were severely attacked by the other orders of the church of Rome, in con=equence of the power which they thus obtained; but what,- he would ask, was the reason that they had ever had the means of acquiring such power? The ignorance of the different ages in which they lived. In that day there was no public press to expose their designs. The public press was the enemy of the society of the Jesuits. They had been protected and encouraged in France by Charles X., but notwith standing such protection, the power of the press had beaten them down. Supposing the Jesuits were ever to gain a footing in the country, could they ever hope to N% i thstand the attacks of the Times, or of any other paper conducted with equal ability and success ? It was impossible that they could. There were at present only two establishments of Jesuits in the United Kingdom,—the one was at —, in Ireland, the other at Stonyhurst, in Lancashire.— He understood that all round the neighbourhood of those places the Jesuits were universally respected as good instructors of youth, and as charitable and humane members of society. He had no doubt that the Noble Duke at the head of the Govern. ment, and those gentlemen who were now joined with him in the administration of affairs, would use with great temper and moderation the great power against these men, which was given them by this clause of the Bill. He trusted that other Govern talents would act in the satne manner; but if they slid not, he thost!,ht that the severity of the clause would defeat its own object. The first thing which any government must do to carry this clause into execution, must be to catch the offender, then it must prove him to be a Jesuit,- and lastly it must prove him to be doing something wrong; or else the press, which had been so long the enemy of the Jesuits, would raise in their defence such a clamour and clatter around the ears of Ministers, that they could not long support in a free country. As he was convinced that this clause could never in the pee -gent imp; oved state of society be made produc tive of ill effects, he should no think of op posing i t . • The Jesuits had been in existence as a body for upwards of 3')O years, and had gained most of their power within the first 40 years after ttitle incorporation. Europe was then in a state of half barbarism, and in such a state, beyond all others, knowledge moat always command power. Consider what the condition of this country was even during the reign of ti.e two first Georges.— It only began to improve just before the end of the American sear, In old magazines, we read of re peated instances of gentlemen amusing themselves by pinking holes in the bodies of persons they oc crosionally met in the streets. If any Lord or Gen tleman were to betake himself to such amusement new, Sir Richard Birnie and his myrmidons would teeesently teach him a lesson how to do bodily harm, and would leave him, in all probability, to the tender atare of the finisher of the law.—( laugh.)—But, ;bad as men were then, they were far worse in the irttes of the crusades, when they appeared to have t seen as stupid and as ferocious as the beasts of the field. The consequence was, that the Popes, the Bonifaces, and the Innocents then acquired great power; and no wonder, for they either had them selves, or were able to employ, all the knowledge of their. age. The power of the Popes was afterward: arausferred in a great degree to the Jesuits; and the same ignorance on the part of the Monarch, which made the Monarchs of the early ages the slaves of the Papal power, made Louis XIV. the slave of the Jesuits. The power, too, was exercised irr both eases in a most extraordinary manner. The Popes induced the crusaders to leave their wives and slaughters to the cure of those who were prudent solough to stay at home ; and the Jesuits compelled XIV. to marry an old woman who had passed ,through many hands, but who after all was quite good .ehough - for him. He repeated that, in the pre sent itatellectuat improvement of the world, no coun try had any asaisent to fear the Jesuits—the press sopa more than a match for them ; it had already neaten them down in France, and if a necessity sahotaiel ever arise for such a measure, it would beat ; them down with equal facility in England. He then npon the table the petition, which was from the titular Bishop of Kildare and the clergy of hie diocese, against a clause in the Roman Catholic Atelief The Duke of LEINSTER said that as reference tad been made to the establishment of the Jesuits in Ireland, he would intrude upon their Lordships to observe that they were merely employed there in the education of youth; that their schools were open to all persons who chose to visit them; that they were examined by the fellows of Trinity Col lege, Dublin ; and that they invited any person, who pleased, to inspect the system of education. Petitions in favour of the Catholic claims were presented by the Duke of LEINSTER, from the Pro testant inhabitants of St. Audeon, Dublin, and from la places in the county of Kildare t—by Lord DI:NALLY, from Balligibbon, and two parishes in Tipperary ;—by the Earl of Wtotanow, front the parish of . Basmubridge;—by the Marquis orsLiGo, from the Roman Catholics of the county of Mayo, and from the friends of civil and religious liberty at K.ilvine and Crosboyne;—by Lord KING, from the I )issenters of Ipswich;—auai by Lord:LoßioN, from the inhabitants of Barnsley, in Yorkshire. ,Lsrd KING said that he had a petition to pre :seat to their Lordships from the inhAitants of North America. It was the petition of • the King's Roman Catholic subjects in Nova *coda, in favour of Catholic emancipation. They stated that they participated in the feelings of the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of the mother country, and they prayed that the same indulgence might Le extended to them as was going to be extended to the other subjects of the realm, as they were now excluded from otlice by the operation of the Test Act. Petitions against the vestry and Sub-letting Acts were presented by the Duke of LEINiTER and tord KING, from different parts of Ireland. The Marquis of CAMDEN rose to present a petition from the. High Sheriff, Magistrates, and Gentry of the county of Brecknock, in favour of the • Bill for the Relief of the Roman Ca!liolice, v.hich was to come to-morrow limier the consideration r;f their Lordships. Understanding that a Noble Friend of his, whom he had not the pleasure to see in his place that day, had another petition, with a different prayer, to present from that county—he ! had delayed ttet presentation of his own petition from time to time to meet his convenience. He had told his Noble Friend that it was his intentio to present his own petition to night, and lie would now say, in the absence of his Noble Friend, that which he should have been equally r,ady to say in his presence, that the petition which his Noble Friend had to present was very respectably signed, and that among the subscribers to it were many magistrates of the county. He would at the same time say, on behalf of his own petition, that it was signed quite as respectably as the other. Among the subscribers to it were the High Sheriff, a large proportio❑ of the Magistrates, and many of the most respectable inhabitants of the county of Breck nock. The Earl of HAREWOOD presented a petition from the town of Leeds and its neighbourhood, pray ing that no further concessions be granted to the Roman Catholics. It was signed by upwards of 9,000 persons. He had also to present a petition from the inhabitants of Birstall, in the county of York, not against the principle of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, but against the inadequate se curities which it provided fur the maintenance of the Protestant Constitution. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented several petitions horn the clergy and inhabitants of places in Somersetshire, against further concessions to the Roman Catholics. Lord MAYNARD presented a petition from the physicians and surgeons residing in the east division of the county of Essex, praying the House to enact some measures for the legal pursuit of anatomical studies. The Earl of LONGFORD presented a petition from the Protestant inhabitants of St. Mary's, Dublin, praying the House not to pass the Catholic Relief Bill into a law, and calling upon it to take effectual measure for the suppression of the Jesuits. THE DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Earl GREY said, that he had two petitions to precent to their Lordships, on the subject of the cfsfranehisement of the forty-shilling freeholders in Ireland. The first petition came from the under signed subscribers, natives of Ireland, residing in London, and was signed by Lord Killeen and several other gentlemen of gnat respectability. The other was from the parishes of St. Mary, St. Thomas, and St. George, Dublin. The petitioners state the gratitude which they feel to his Majesty's Govern ment, for introducing. the Bill for their relief, which was then in the other House of Parliament, and which was now at last come into their Lordships' House. They accompany the expression of their sa tisfaction at that Bill with an expression of their regret that it should be accompanied by another Bill, disfranchising at one fell swoop so many as .200,000 or 300,000 of their fellow-subjects. They state many grounds of objection to such a measure. He did not mtan to anticipate now what would more regularly take place on Friday night, when this Bill would be brought under the discussion of their Lordships, further than by stating that he re• gretted exceedingly that it should have been thought necessary to accompany the Bill of relief with an other Bill, to which he had upon principle many serious objections. He should proceed to the Di,- franchisement Bill, with a disposition to be relieved, if possible, from the objections which he felt to it : hut he could not conceal, either from himself, or from others, that to its principle there were consi derable objections, and that as a precedent it vio lated all the principles on which the security of pri- . . _ vate property rested. He waited, like the Noble Earl who had spoken last night, to be convinced of its necessity,—feeling that the abuses of the system of the forty-shilling freeholders required correction, bur not seeing that it was necessary to connect the reform of these abuses with the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, nor being satisfied that the abuses of the system cannot be removed except by one general destruction of the franchise. The Earl of AJALMESBURY said, that as be had been personally referred to by the Noble Earl, he would take that opportunity to say a few words on the subject. His sentiments fully coincided with those of the Noble Earl, so far as regarded his ina bility to discover how far either of the two Bills then before Parliament could be'considered as a co rollary to the other. He was one of those who had always objected upon principle to reform, but this Bill was as sweeping, a reforming Bill as ever he had heard of. He would rather that it had stood upon its own merits than upon its connection with any other measure. If abuses were so common in Ire land as to the manufacturing of votes, it was an abuse which required to be - investigated, and into such an investigation he should enter with pleasure. To the Disfranchisement Bill, however, he should cbject upon all occasions, unless he could learn that there was no bona fide forty-shilling freeholder dis franchised brit. He supposed that there were some such persons in Ireland, and he should wish for some information on the subject before they went through this Bill. As he had risen to address their Lordships, he would take the liberty to ask his Noble Friend near him, as a member of his Majesty's Government, a question as to the mode of their pro. erecting to-morrow. The Noble Duke at the head of the Government had last night stated, that in ease of the prints being before their Lordships this morning, he should propose to have the Catholic Relief Bill read a second time to-morrow. But no order had been made as to the making the second reading of that Bill an Order of the Day. He knew that, in point of form, the House was summoned for to-morrow ; but it was not said upon what question. He knew that the point which he was raising was not very material; but as a matter of form it would be more regular. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in compliance with the suggestion of the Noble Earl, made the usual motion for making the second reading of the Catho lic Relief Bill anOrder of the Day for to-morrow. — Ordered accordingly. The House adjourned at a quarter before Six o'clock, HOUSE OF COMMONS.- , -;r4ST NIGHT.) At Four o'clock, there behig only 15 Members present, the - Speaker adjourned until to-morrow. in Alsace, a peasant lately brought a charge against his neighbour, of haying threatened to cut off his head. The Magistrates ieclarcl justice could not interfere until the act had been cominittei. We understand that it is the intention of the Government, after the passing of the Catholic Bill, to bring forward a measure to compel half-pay officers, and other State pensioners, to reside in England, or to be sub jected to a heavy tax. It is well known that - a great number of these persons are now resident in France, and other parts of the Continent, where they, of course, spend the money given them by the nation to the injury of their own country and to the benefit of foreigners. Every farthing, in fact, which is thus spent in France, for in stance, may be considered as detrimental to us—as if we paid it to the French King by way of tribute. In Pi us-ia, and, we believe, in the ether Continental states, a law like the one alluded to has existed for some time. Such regntatinns are very proper, and we hope and trust that our Govinmsent will adopt a similar one. England re ' numerates her halt-pay officers much more liberally, taking into consideration the - difference in the expense of living, than any of the Continental natinno4. and it is ant too much to require them to spend their incomes amung.t, the people by whom they are granted...Jinn:iv Paper. MR. PEEL'S CELEBRATED SPEECH. [THE SUN, an the Evening Mr. Peel brought forward the measure for the Relief of the Catholics, published, at Twelve o'Clock that Night, the whole of his Speech, and Expressed the same to all parts of the United Kingdon. The following ore testimonials from several Provincial Papers, in favour of the extraordinary exertior-smzde by THE SUN on that memo. rabic occasi:m.] _ . ENGLAND. ( From the Litchfield Mercury, March 6.) We are indebted for the Express Edition of The Sun of yes terday, which contains nearly eight columns of Mr. Peel's speech. It was forwarded by Expre,s, at considerable, expense to the Proprietors, to every principal town in the kingdom. (From the Berkshire Chronicle of Saturday, March 14.) Copies of The 5,n Paper, containing Mr. Peel's speech, were received at.our office, by Express, at six o'clock in the morning of yesterday week, and were forwarded by Express to Oxford and all parts of the North of England. This extraordinary de spatch is without parallel. (From the Bath Chronicle of Tuesday, March 10.) The Sun of Thursday evening gave, at a late hour, the whole of Mr. Peel's speech on the important question of Catholic Emancipation. That speech was not concluded till ten o'clock by twelve o'clock it was all piloted to the extent of nearly eight columns. aml despatched by express to almost every part of the _ United Kingdom (From the Manchester and Salford Advertiser of March 7.) - • We are indebted to the extraordinary exertions of The Suit in the transmission, by express, of the Third Edition of Thursday Evening's Paper, for being able to lay before our readers the de tails of the important measure submitted by Mr. Peel on the same evening to Parliament. ( From the Manchester Gazette of Saturday, March 7.) CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. — Since the reflections which we have made below were sent to press, we have been enabled, by the unparalleled exertions of The Sun, to communicate to our readers the proceedings on the introduction of the Bill, nearly up to twelve o'clock. Mr. Peel makes the raising of the qualifi cation for voting in Ireland a part of his measures. ( From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday, March 7.) By an extraordinary exertion of the very spirited Proprietors of The Sun Newspaper, we were, at six o'clock last evening, put in possession of a full report of Mr. Peel's speech (concluded only at a quarter-past ten on Thursday night), on developing in the House of Commons the prowsitions of Gov ernment for the set tlement of the Catholic Question. (From the Stamford News of Friday, March 13.) The efforts of The Sun Evening Newspaper to furnish early in formation, exceed any thing ever before attempted by the Press of this or any other kingdom. On Friday last, at noon, we re ceived by Express to Stanford, 89 miles from the metropolis, the whole of Mr. Peel's speech, which was not concluded until ten au the previous night. (From the Bristol Journal cf Saturday, March 7.) MR. PEEL'S MEASURES FOR GRANTING (ALMOST) UNQUALIFIED CONCESSIONS TO TIIE ROMAN CATHOLICS.—By the extraordinary' exertions of the Proprietors of The Sun Evening Paper, we re. ceived yesterday afternoon, in this city, by Express, Mr. Peel's speech, the delivery of which wos not concluded in the , House of Commons till a quarter-past ten on Thursday night: I (From the Western Flying Post of Monday, March 9.) EITIZAORDINARI DESPATCH.—The Sun of Thursday evening gave, at a late hour, the whole of Mr. Peel's speech on the im portant question of Catholic Emancipation. That speech was not concluded till ten o'clock ; by twelve it was all printed to the extent of nearl. eight columns, and despatched by express to almost every part of the United Kingdom. (From the Birmingham Journal of Saturday, March 7.) - - -•- - • A report of the proceedings in Parliament, on Thursday night, up to the hour of twelve, containing the whole of Mr. Peel's de tails of the measures intended to be proposed for Emancipa tion," reached Mansell and Co., 3l N, Union-street, yesterday, by Express, in the Third Edition of The Sun, from whom we received it at half-past eleven, A.M. These very creditable exer tions have enabled us to give Mr. Peel's speech at much length. (From the Leicester Chronicle of Saturday, March 7.) Mr. Peel began to address the House of Commons at six o'clock on Thursday evening, on the Catholic Question, and con tinued speaking till after ten. By the activity of the Proprietors of The Sun Newspaper, nearly seven columns of the Hon. Gen tleman's speech was inserted in a Third Edition of that Paper, and f rwarded to different parts of the kingdom the same night by express. We obtained a copy of the Paper at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, and are thus enabled to furnish our readers with an outline of Mr. Peel's speech in this week's Paper. (From the Brighton Herald of Saturday, March 7.) . . As an instance of the spirited exertions of the Proprietors of The Sun Newspaper, who are indefatigable in their endeavours to supply the earliest possible information on all matters of mo ment, an Express arrived in this town yesterday, at a quarter Mere eleven, A. at., being a Third Edition of that Journal, pub lished at half-past twelve the preceding night, and containing seven columns of closely printed matter, consisting of the entire of Mr. Peel's speech, preparatory to his motion, for the House resolving itself into a Committee to consider the laws affecting the Roman Catholics. (From the Shrewsbury Chronicle of Friday, March 13.) EARLY NEWS.—The Sun Newspaper, containing the speech of Mr. l'eel, which developes the measures for tranquillising the United Kingdom, and which measures are sanctioned by his Ma jesty and his Cabinet Ministers, was received in the Newsroom, iii this town, by Express, at six o'clock on Friday last. The speech which was delive.rei on Thursday night, in the House of Commons, London, was actually printed in Shrewsbury on the next day, in a Second Edition of the Shrewsbury Chronicle, al though we are 150 miles distant from London. The spirit and vigour of the Proprietors of The Sun Paper have been manifested on many other occasions. (From the Manchester Times of Saturday, March 7.) Mr. Peel concluded his speech at a quarter-past ten o'clock, two hours and a quarter after the departure of the mails. It is reported in full in The Sun Newspaper, in which it occupies six columns. The Paper was forwarded here by despatch all . the way from London, and arrived about two hours after the mail, although it could not have left London till four hours after the mail started. Such a length of report, so expeditiously conveyed, is unprecedented in the history of the Evening Press, and reflects great credit on Mr. Yousc, the spirited Conductor of The Sun, to whose efforts on former occasions the Press generally has borne testimony. (From the Liverpool Chronicle of Saturday, March 7.) Never, within our recollection, was the .nxiety of the public to obtain intelligence of any public event more decidedly mani fested thin on this occasion. The active Agent for that most active Paper, The Sun, had notified to the public, that an ex press would arrive with the details of the measure of Catholic relief; and, from twa o'clock in the day, Lord-street was crowded with hundreds of people, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the news. About seven o'clock, The Sun arrived by express, and brought a full report of the speech of M. Peel (concluded at half-past ten o'clock on the night before) which will be found in our columns of this day. - - (If, - om the Sheffield Mercury of Saturday, March 7.) EXTILAMIDINAILY.—We have great pleasure in being able to lay before our readers the sp eech of Mr. Peel, delivered in the House of Commons on snande.it left the Hon. Gentleman speaking at a quarter-past seven, up to which period he forwarded a report of his speech. At a late hour last night we received an Express Edition of The Sun Evening Paper, which left London afer midnight, contain i:,;; the whole of the speech ; and, as we are indebted to our Con t.....,porary for the principal part of what we this day pre s ent to t.ur readers on the subject, we have great pleasure in giving our meed of praise for such unparalleled exertions. (From the Bri.dol Mirror of Saturday, March 7.) THE CATHOLIC QuusTros.—For several days past this question has wholly engrossed the public attein :on. This city has deeply participated in the general anxiety req.weting the measures to be proposed to Parliament. Groups of persons were yesterday seen on our Exchange, anxiously waiting the arrival of an Express with The Sun Newspaper. lo the almost unparalleled exertions of the Proprietors of this Paper we are indebted for the earliest information. On its arrival at our Commercial Booms, about half-past three o'clock, a gentleman was requested to read Mr. Peel's speech aloud to those around him. We do not recollect to have seen such intense interest excited in this city for many years. (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday, March 7.) The exertions of The Sun Newspaper are beyond all praise. Our readers, and of course ourselves, are indebted to the un exampled energy of that Journal, for the full and satisfactory re port of Mr. Peel's speech, in developing the plan of Government for the settlement of the Catholic Claims, contained in the Leeds Mercury o f this day. By the zeal and enterp.ise of that excel- I,nt Paper, an Express was sent all the distance from London to Leeds, which brought us the proceedings in Parliament at half.. past ten o'clock on Thursday night. The remainder of the De bate was brought to Leeds by our own express, and affords us the happiness of giving the result of the proceedings in Parlia ment on that ever-to-be-remembered night. (From the Leamington Spa Courier of Saturday, March 14.) Amongst the extraordinary efforts which have been made by Newspapers at various periods, perhaps none ever equalled that made on the present occasion by The Sun Newspaper. The speeches and the state of the poll of the Election for the Uni versity, announced at four o'clock on Thursday, were printed to the extent of two columns in The Sun at half-past eight o'clock at night, and the Papers containing the report were in Oxford at six o'clock the next morning. This is an instance of despatch never equalled —Oxford Journal. (We, in comin n with most other Provincial Journalists, are highly indebted to the unparal leled exertions of the Proprietors of The Sun Newspaper for a weekly supply of early information.) ( From the Staffbrdshire Advertiser of Saturday, March 7.) Mr. Peel, on Thursday night, in the House of Commons, in troduced the measure of Catholic Concession, as finally arranged by Government. Our exertions to obtain this most important proposition in time for our present number have been successful. We have the satisfaction of communicating the greater part, and every important part of the flight Hon, Secretary's speech. It would be unjust to withhold the fact that our ability to do so is owing, in a great measure, to the unparalleled effort; of the pub. lisher of The Sun Evening Paper, who himscif-passed througir this county yesterday evening, in a chaise and four, wits his Papers, containing Mr. Peel's speech, for Dublin. Our Express met that of The Sun at Birmingham, and brought us a copy of that Paper. ( From the Macclesfield Courier of Saturday, March 7.) Tile SIN NEWSPAPER.—Such have been the extraordinary exertions of The Sun Evening Newspaper. during the Oxford election, tha , their Expresses have lett Oxford at half-past four in the afternoon of each day, and the entire prOceed:ngs have been printed in the Paper and published in London by half-past eight the same evening. As it would take at least one hour to set the intelligence received from Oxford in type, the Express must have baen only three hours in accomplishing a journey of fifty-four miles—at the rate of eighteen miles an hour. The Sun hag for a king time far surpassed all the other Evening Papers in procuring early intelligence—sparit,g TIO expance in accomplish ing its object—but this Oxford example of - diligence was neve: equalled in the annals of Newspaper publication. (From the Brighton Gazette of Thursday, Ma rc h 12.) `We have to notice another extraordinary and very commend able instance of exertion on the part of The Sun spaper, which succeeding so !artily its activity in the case of the Oxfoid Election, h.,,s produced here a gener.tl feeling of approbation.— The whole of Mr. Pee;'s speech, repotted to the len g th o f seve n columns, the delivery of which.did yqt cTiclude till after ten o'clock on Thursday night, was printed in a Thii:d Edition of that Paper, and se - it offby Express to Brighton and o th er pl aces . It was tus received here before eleven o'clock on Friday morn ing, anticipating th e Mornin g Pa p ers b y f our hours, and conse quently spreading thr ughout the town a general knowledge of the details of the measure four hours sooner than would other wise have been the case. But for a delay in getting horses, the Express would have reached Brighton at eight o'clock. It is im poiiil4 to act sutlicient justice to such astonishing exertion, which is abSc,luttly precedent in the history of Newr papers. (From the Staffordshire Mercury of Saturday, March 7.' . . We have very frequently had to express our commendation of the very extraordinary exertions made by the Publishers of The Sun Evening Newspaper, to circulate the earliest intelli gence in cases where the p ubli c anxiet, for inform a ti on h as been great. This pleasing , e .t i t y a g aia d e v olves u p on us. A re p ort of Mr. Peel's speech in the House of Commons, on Thursday even ing, (which was not concluded till after ten o'clock,) to the ex tent of more than s even columns, was published in a Third Edition of The Sun before twelve o'clock the same night. The Publishers immediately despatched expresses to every part of the kingdom with copies of the Paper, and we, among others, were thus put in possession of highly important and interesting in , fortnation by three o'clock yesterday, which thro ug h the post would not have reach here until four o'clock to.day. This is an instance of despatch that could not have emanated from any Newspaper Office beside The Sun ; but setting this aside, twe know no other Publishers who would incur the_ enormous ex pense of so many expresses--coaches and four—to all parts of the kingdom: We hope the Public will more than ever patronize The Sun. Its priority of intelligence over the other Papers, in cases where expedition is required, has procured it subscribers in this as in other vats of the kingdom. (From the Liverpool illtion of Monday, March 0.) EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCII.—Mr. Peel delivered his speech on the Catholic Question last Thursday night, which occupied him four hours, and which he finished about ten o'clock. In one hour after, The Sun published the whole speech, seven columns, and put a copy into the hands of Mr. Peel in thirty minutes after he had eat down. One of the Proprietors of that truly spirited Journal left London at ONE O'CLOCK (five hours after the Mail had I<ft ), distributing that Paper in all directions down the road, and arrived in Liverpool at seven o'clock, only one hour after the arrival of the Liverpool Mail. The Express received accommodations at every place through which it passed, On its arrival at Liverpool, Mr. S. Perry, of the Citg of Dublin Steam acket Company, instantly sailed a packet , which h e , in a most handsome manner, had detained a whole day, with The Sun Paper, fur the express accommodation of the Dub lin Pre,s ; and the whole population of Ireland are entirel: indebted to these spirited parties for conveying this news, so important, twenty four hours earlier than they could have obtained it but for this great undertaking. _ _ _ (From the Liverpool Albion of Monday, March 9.) Mn. PEEL'S SPEECH.—Our News Rooms presented singular scenes on Fri ay evening. At seven o'clock an Express arrived from The Sun Newspaper Office, London, bringing copies of the Third Edition of The Sun, which contained a copious report of Mr. f'eel's speech, explanatory of the ministerial measures rela tive to the Roman Catholic Question. As soon as copies of the Paper were placed in the News Rooms, gentlemen mounted the tables, in different parts of the rooms, and read aloud, for the information of the crowds by which they were surrounded, the Home Secretary': elaborate speech. Never, on any former oc casion within our memory, was the public curiosity so highly excited as it was in this town on Friday. Groups of people might be seen in the public streets conversing on the subject of the ex pected new. all on the tiptoe of expectation for the arriva l of the Express from the metropolis, which, as we have said, reached town at seven. Mr. Peel's speech was the all-engrossing topic of conversation and debate during the remainder of the night. The demand for the London and Liverpool Newspapers, on Saturday morning, was unprecedentedly brisk. SCOTLAND. (From the Scotsman of Saturday, March 14.) We omitted on Wednesday to acknowledge our obligations to The Sun Newsp.iper, for the eflbrts it made to supply us with the earliest intelligence as to the Catholic Relief Bill. By ex traordinary exertions it reported Mr. Peel's speech at great length on the night when it was delivered, and sent it to Edin. burgh by an express. It reached us at seven on Sunday morn ing, nearly twelve hours before we could have received it by the Post (From the Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday, March 10.) Tuz SUN NEWSPAPER.—In common with others, we have to express our acknowledgments to the spirited Proprietors of this Journal for many facilities we experience in comiiling our owl , as to Parliamentary intelligence. Some idea may be formed of the expense they incur when we state that they sent a report of Mr. Peel's speech, by express, to Edinburgh. It arrived about two o'clock on Sunday morning, and was generally circulated in the course of the day, a circumstance altogether unprecedented. (From the Edinburgh Evening Courant of Monday, March 9.). Tun SUN NEWSPAPER —The public are greatly indebted to the meritorious and unprecedented exertions of the Proprietors of The Sun Newspaper, who were at the trouble and expence of seeding a report of Mr. Peel's speech, by Express, to Edinburgh. It reached this city about two o'clock yesterday morning, and was generally circulated in the course of the day. It is but jus tice to this spirited Journal to say that the Newspaper Press, as well as the public at large, are greatly indebted to the astonishing activity which it has exerted on this as on all other similar emergencies. (From the Glasgow Free Press of Wednesday, March IL) SUN NEWSPAPRR.—We should be guilty of injustice were we not to acknowledge our obligation to this enterprising Journal for its unparalleled exertions in furnishing the country with early intelligence. On Friday last, by dint of extraordinary exertions, it despatched, at a late hour, the whole of Mr. Peel's speech on the important question of Catholic Emancipation. That speech was not concluded until ten o'clock, by twelve o'clock it was all printed, to the extent of nearly eight columns, and despatched by Express to almost every part of the United Kingdom! (From the Berwick Advertiser of Friday, March 13 ) Suer NEWSPAPER.—We have often gratefully acknowledged our obligations to this Journal. It uniformly, in a Second Edi tion, gives the London Gazette on the day of publication, the proceedings in Parliament to within half an hour of the mail's derarture, and every other intelligence interesting to the public to the latest moment. Of late it has even outshone itself; it communicated the result of the Oxford Election a whole day be fore its contemporaries, and last Saturday, at six o'clock p. m., a Third Edition of Thursday arrived here, by Express, containing seven closely priw ed columns of Mr. Peel's speech on the Ca tholic Question. We mention these facts as a proof of the libe rality and unprecedented exertions of the Proprietors of this ex cellent Journal.—Paitnarn qui meruit ferut. (From the Caledonian Mercury of Monday, March 9.) Toe sux NEwspApee.—The exertions made by this Journal are unprecedented and astonishing. In aiThird or Express Edition of its Thursday's publication, dated " Sun Office, quarter to twelve," we have the whole of Mr. Peel's speech, which occu pied four hours and five minutes in the delivery, reported ad longum, and occupying no less than seven columns in small type. This Edition, which was forwarded right through by ex press, being of course too late to overtake either the mail or an) other coach, reached Mr. Somervell, the agent for the Paper here, at half-past two o'clock yesterday morning, and (with his usual attention and promptitude), was sent by that gentleman - early in the morning to the different offices and individuals for whom it was intended. It is impossible to eulogise too highly the exertions of this spirited Journal, which we trust the liberal support of the public will repay, or to withhold our grateful ac knowledgments for the substantial benefits we have derived from them. IRELAND (From the Waterford Mirror of Monday, March 9.) The unprecedented exertions of The Sun, in a Third Edition, and the singular industry of Mr. Barker, of Fleet-street, London, our friendly and ever-attentive Agent, have enabled us to give full details f the measures proposed fur Catholic Reber, (From the Dublin Mercaltile Advertiser of Saturday, Mareh7.) SUN NEWSPAPSTI—Owing to the most extraordinary and al. most incredible exertions of The Sun, London Newspaper, and to the promptness and activity of their Agent, Jr. Willmer, in Liverpool, the speech of Mr. Peel, on proposing the Catholic Question, which did not conclude until half-past ten o'clock on Thursday night, was received by us, on Saturday last, 36 hours after its delivery. . - (From the Dublin Morning Post of Monday, March 9.) THE CATHOLIC QVESTION.—We were again, through the power ful exertions of The Sun (London Paper), and the active agency of Mr. Witimer, of Liverpool, enabled to lay before our readers, in a Second Edition, on Saturday, the substance of Mr. Peel's propositions for the settlement of the Catholic Que,tion. When it is known that Mr. Peel did not conclude his speech till a quarter past ten on Thursday night, and that it had afterwards to be printed by The Sun, the public will appreciate the exertions .nade by all parties, to have a large portion of it published here before two o'clock on Saturday. (From the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday, March 7.) As another evidence of the great anxiety evinced by the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, we must in justice state, that our Loudon Agent, Mr. Barker of Fleet-street, als:, for warded to us an express with The Sun Newspaper, containing the foregoii:g speech. (From the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday, March 7.) SPEECH or , MR. PREL.—Owing to the most extraordinary ex ertions of The Sun (London Paper,) and to the promptitude and activity of Mr. WiHiner, our agent in Liverpool, who run a special express f, om London, the Dublin Evening Post is enabled to transmit this night, to the most distant parts of Ireland, the speech of the Home Secretary of State, on proposing the Ca tholic Question to the House of Commons. Mr. Peel com menced his speech at six o'clock on Thursday evening, and con cluded at half-past ten. The Sun forwarded its expresses at midnight, and in six-and -thirty hours it arrived in Dublin. By to-morrow morning at breakfast time, the readers of the Evening Post, within one hundred miles of Dublin, will be reading a speech which was only concluded at the hour of ten o'clock on Thursday night ; and Loy dinner time, or a few hours after, it will have reached the extremities of the Island. We believe this celerity is without a parallel, either in the annals of the Post Office or the Public Press. (From the Dublin Warder of Saturday, March 7.) To the extraordinary exertions of The Sun Ne spaper we are in debted forthe following report, which we copy from its Third Edi tion of Thursday night last ; forwarded to us, specially, by Mr. E. Willmer, Newspaper Agent, Liverpool, per the City of Dublin steam packet. It is due to the Conductors of the above-men tioned Journal to acknowledge their superiority in furnishing the public with the latest intelligence upon every occasion of in terest. (From the Dublin Tfarder of Wednesday, March 11.) -•-• • • - - Anxious, at this awful crisis of our political existence, to make our exertions commensurate to the occasion, and to the earliest and fullest information of our honoured patrons, the Protestants of Ireland, we were enabled, from our special re sources, to lay before the Public, on Saturday last, Mr: Peel's expose, several hours in advance of any other member of the Dublin Press. In thirty.six hours after its despatch from Lon don, we had a late edition of The Sun Newspaper, through the agency of Mr. R. \Viltmer, of Liverpool, who despatched the Dublin Packet steamer, expressly for the purpose of the speedy delivery of that Journal—and in one hour afterwards, the Irish public were put in possession of the measures contemplated by Government, on the sulject of the Roman Catholic question, al though occupying five columns—an exertion, perhaps, without a parallel, except in the characteristic conduct of the Warder, since the assailed rights of Protestants amt the peril of the Con. stitution have become matter of paramount interest. (From the Carlow Morning Post of Monday, March 16.) THE CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL—For the arrival of this impor tant document, in convenient time for our impression —and also, of the Irish Freeholders' Bill (which we will publish in our next) —we are indebted to a Second Lilition of The Sun of Wed. n e,day Evening. The singular industry and spirit—displayed by the Proprietors and I onductors of this valuable Journal—have been with us frequently and deservedly the subject of praise, and for the rapidity with which successive Editions of that Paper, at unprecedented expenditure, convey and disperse the most interesting intelligence, the Public, as well as we, are largely debtors. (Front the Star of Brunswick of Saturday, March 7.) CATHOLIC DIVISIONS-LORDS. NEW YORK. " THE ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, AND OF THE FRIENDS OF IRELAND, IN NEW YORK, " TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., " SIR-By us patriotism is marked amongst the most exalted of the human virtues, and every prac tical example which it affords of usefulness or well regulated zeal attracts our undivided attention and admiration. With approving sympathy we have long witnessed your strenuous efforts in the service of a wronged country : the lofty ardour, the untir ing perseverance, the discretion and magnanimity, which have character . zed your labours, encourage the hope that your exertions will yet be rewarded with success. " Impartial observers of the tyranny which has so long enchained unhappy Ireland, we can scarcely give adequate expression to the indignation with which it has inspired us; we have beheld that ty ranny supporting itself by cruelty, discord, and ex tortion; by extinvishing rights and paralysing in dustry ; by annihilating commerce and reducing its victims to imbecility—then despoiling her legisla tive assemblies and tauntingly forcing on her the livery of a province. A crisis, however, ap. proaches; the hour of Ireland's redemption is at hand ; the eyes of enlightened nations are fixed on you and your companions; recede not a single step, cement your strength and your purposes, arid though still religiously preserving the most inviolable tranquillity, let not your vigilance re lax until the minions of corruption abandon their machinations in despair. Yes, Sir, we approve of your exertions and admire your talents; but the principles you have promulgated in your speeches and writings are eminently more worthy of our praise. You have, Sir, proclaimed that your efforts and those of the Catholic Association are not de signed exclusively for a sect, but extend to all deno minations of men. Yours is not a theological con troversy, as your enemies would represent it ; you have indignantly denied the calumny; you labour for Dissenters as well as Catholics, bind we were re joiced to perceive that the proudest and most suc cessful of your labours, was a convincing illustration of this principle—for the course pursued by the Ca tholic electors at Clare was intended to manifest their disapprobation of Mr. Pitzgeruld's illiberality towards their dissenting countrymen. Again, we say, proceed ; w hile your conduct is marked by such principles, every enlightened friend of his species must ardently wish your success. Circumstances auspicious to your cause are multiplying in every portion of the globe—happy combinations of events are daily arising to aid our hopes. Look afar to the east and to the west, and immediately around you, and feel confident of success. Let the hopes of your nation revive. " Amidst the gloom that has so long lowered over Ireland, perhaps it may be no inconsiderable consolation to you and your countrymen, to know that millions of honest and intrepid freemen in this republic regard your condition and your struggles with the highest degree of interesti Public opinion in America is deep, and strong, and universal in your favour. This predilection prevails over the broad bosom of our extensive continent. Associ ations similar to ours are every where starting into existence,—in our largest and wealthiest cities,—in our hamlets and villages,—in our most remote sec tions ; arid at this moment the propriety of con vening at Washington delegates of the Friends of Ireland,' of all the states, is under serious delibe ration. A fund will ere long be derived from American patriotism in the United States, which will astonish your haughtiest opponents. It is our ardent hope that you will continue to preserve the steady purpose in which you have been so long en gaged. A sublime trust is reposed in you; a ques tion of surpassing interest is consigned to your care. You enjoy the confidence of your countrymen; you consequently possess a commanding influence over their deeds. May you ever exercise this influence with fidelity and effect,—with an uncompromising regard for human rights,—with a firm allegiance to the cause of liberty, and a never-ceasing hostility to bigots, factionists, and exclusionists, whether of Pro testant or Catholic complexion. " WM. J. INIACNEVEN, President. " New York, Jan. 20." W. BANKEs, Esq. is talked of as likely to offer himself for Cambridge, in case of a vacancy ; but it is generally supposed Sir J. SCARLETT will be the new Attorney-General, and the present Solicitor-General will be placed on the Bench when a vacancy occurs. DUBLIN, MARCH 29.—Mr. O'CONNEL ar rived here front -Holyhead at an early hour yesterday morn ing; And, although the public were led to believe that he would not appear in Dublin, until after his return from Dow•ripatrick Assizes to London, a vast crowd assembled at the mail-coach office, Dawson-street, on his arrival, who cheered him in the most enthusiastic manner along the streets, to his residence in Mertion-square. About one o'clock he again made his appearance in the streets, amidst the ahoute of the populace, and then proceeded to the Corn Exchange, where a large number of gentlemen had assembled, for the purpose of making arrangements relative to the proposed fund for remunerating his public services. As soon as it was known that he had gone to the old Catholic Association Rooms, a great crowd flocked there to know his opinion relative to the political state of the country. The Learned Gentleman gave a very flatter ing account of the Catholic Question, and assured Lis friends of Ireland and Emancipation that they were greatly lode' ted to Government at the present time. He eulogised the Administration of the Duke of Nor.rnuatnna.l.Aarn in a very flattering manner, and expressed his satisfaction at having so candid and impartial a successor to their late po pular Lard Lieutenant. On the question of securities lie said but little, giving it as his opinion that the Govern ment was at length determined to have justice fairly and impartially administered to the people, and to have their causes no longer classified according to their conditions, creeds, or influence. The Learned Gentleman is to pro. peed tosmurrow morning to Downpatriek, and will return to Dublin on Thursday, when he is to preside at a Charity Dinner, to be held at Hayes' Tavern, previous to his de parture for London. It is almost unnecessary to say that the ol•ject of the dinner will be materially served by his ad vocacy on the occasion, as a great number of tickets has e been already sold, We made arrangements for laying before the Irish public the first intelligence of the momentous proceedings which occurred hi the I louse of Commons on Thursday algid. For this purpose a person travelled the whole way from London to 1 Iverpool, by Express, to our Newspaper Agent there, Mr. Willmer. A. steam-vessel was specially engaged by the Proprietor of thisJour. nal, to sail the moment the despatch arrived, and a gentleman from this office was in attendance to take charge of the packet, with which he has this moment, ten o'clock, s.sr., arrived. We should be ungrateful did we not acknowledge the liberality of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, and the kindness of their Anent, Mr. Perry, who, in the nu* handsome manner, placed a vessel at our disposal ; and it would be unjust did we not ad mit that we take our report from the Third Edition of The Sun N e wspaper, assisted by the notes of our special Parliamentary Reporter. (From the Dublin Morning Register of Tuesday, March 10.) THE LONDON PRIl39.—For a considerable time The Sun News paper has acquired a distinguished reputation for its extraordi nary exertions in the early Publication of parliamentary proceed, l:iv3, or qncstions of great national inter;:st ; and we have had rare than once to cOmpiiment this pubfic spirited Journal for its i nva luable and successful ettbrt s . We row have to notice what we regard as unparalleled in the annals of Newspapers—we mean the publication and despatch of Mr. Peel's speech on 'Thurs day night, in the Third Edition of The Sun. Mr. Peel did not con clude until a quarter past t e n o' c l oc k. Th e speech was printed in The Sun, to the extent of seven columns, at a quarter to twe l v e ; and, by the aid of special Expresses, and the prompt and measwies or Mr. Willmer, our Li v erpool Agent, • we received the speech at half.past eleven on Saturday morning. Nye were thus enabled to give the speech of Mr. Peel in a Se cond Edition of the Weekly Register, and it was printed in five thousand copies of that Journal, the remainder of our number having been previously struck off and published. The prompti tudefrom Liverpool, and activity of Mr. Willmer, in forwarding the despatch I are well deserving of our best commendation. HOUSE OP LORDS. (FROM A . CORRESPONDENT.) 1 The House of Peers.consists,at present of about There was yesterday much speculation as to the 400 members. Among these, there are five Rival numbers of the division in the Lords on the second Dukes or Princes of the Blood, three Archbishops, reading of the Catholic Relief Bill.. We have seen 19 English Dukes, 24 Marquises (including the denti-nifleial lists on the subject, and the result is as Representative Peers of Scotland and Ireland), 127 follows Earls (including the Scotch and Irish Represents- For the second reading 219 I tive Peers), 26 Viscounts (including the Scotch Against it 126 and Irish Representative Peers with that title), 27 Majority in favour of the second I Bishops (including the Irish Representative Pre- This, i3 lates), and ISO Barons (including the Represents of course, omits Minors, Catholic Peers, and tive Peers of Scotland and Ireland of that rank of those abroad, whose proxies may not have been oh- nobility). The list printed by order of the House tained, which is the case with several, Lord Ileytes- includes the Catholic Peers, who, though they could bury, Lord Prudhoe (now in Egypt), &c. not take their seats, retained their names on the rolls All the Royal Dukes (with the exception of the of Parliament. Probably near 300 may attend in Duke of Cumberland) vote for the second reading, I the House this evening, to pass a Bill which Will by proxy or otherwise. add these Catholic Peers to their number. Curiously enough all the Archbishops will vote against the second reading :—ten Bishops, out of the whole number, will vote for the second reading. The Duke of Northumberland's proxy is for the Bill, while the Duke's father-in-law, Earl Powis, it is calculated, will vote against the Bill. Lord Tenterden, the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, about whom there has been much speculation, is put down as intending to vote against the second reading. The Earl of Shaftesbury (the Chairman of the Lords' Committees), and who yesterday presided, pro tem., for the Lord Chancellor, notwithstanding all the rumours and speculations that have been cir culated to the contrary, it is positively calculated will vote against the second reading. The Earl of Lonsdale (the father of the Low thers) will be found, it is declared, in the minority. Lord Exmouth will vote against the second reading. The number of Minors, and those who have not taken their seats, are about 20 ; amongst whom are Lords Craven, Gifford, &c.-11forning Paper. BLUNDER IN THE NEW LICENSING ACT. A deputation from certain applicants for. licences waited a few days ago upon Mr. Estcourt, the ori ginator of the measure, in order to represent to hini the mistake in his Bill as to the time required by . it for the giving notices of applications for licences.-- The deputation consisted of the following gentle men, who had been refused licences, on the last li- censing-day, at Guildhall, on the ground that they had not complied with an impossible condition, mix. —Mr. Francis and Mr. Cockerill, of the European hotel, opposite the Mansion-house; Mr. Acland, of Cannon-street ; Mr. Hillary, of the Poultry; Mr. Thomas Elridge, vintner, of the Tower Shades, and Mr. Boyce, or the Custom-house Shades. , They were received with the most marked pplite 'less by the Hon. Member, who, extraordinary as it may appear, had heard not a syllable about the error on which so much has been said. The deputation requested to call the attention of Mr. Estcourt to the existing Act of Parliament of the 9th of Geo. IV. c. 61, respecting licences. The construction which the Magistrates of the city of London had put upon this Act, had deprived those who petitioned for licences of all the benefit it in• tended to confer. By this construction the citizens of London were literally prevented from obtaining licences from twenty months, and then were com pelled in future to give nine months' notice of their intentions to apply for such licences, when, in all other places, six or seven weeks' notice only was re quired. This was a crying grievance, and the depu tation hoped that some efforts weuld be made to re medy it. Mr. ESTCOURT expressed his astonishment at the construction which had been put upon the clause respecting the period of giving notices, and his rea diness to remler those who were aggrieved every assistance he could give, with a view to the removal of the inconvenience to which the clause had unfor. tunately, but unintentionally given rise. The Deputation suggested to the Hon. Gentle man the propriety of introducing a short Bill as rider to that in which the error occurred, and im posing a practicable and not impossible task upon those who were interested in the measure. Mr. ESTCOURT stated, that when he was draw ing up the Bill he considered (and he believed it to be the general supposition) that the city of London was in the county of Middlesex, and of course that the elsewhere, mentioned in the 10th clause, did not apply to the city of London, but to all places, with the exception of the city of London and the coun ties of Middlesex and Surrey. He regretted greatly that any inconvenience should have resulted from the oversight, but he thought that the interference of the , city members would be more properly exer cised on the subject in Parliament than his. He felt it to be a matter of delicacy to interpose on a question entirely relating to the localities of the city of London, as the objectionable part of the Bill 'was. The Honourable Gentleman then suggested that the matter should be brought forward as a public measure by one of their Representatives; and be added, that he felt convinced that every facility would be afforded to do away the effect of the mistake. The Deputation then, by the advice of Mr. Est' court, went to Mr. Phillips, the Under Secretary , and represented the above-mentioned facts to him ! , at the same time requesting, that through the UW dium of Mr. Peel, some means might be adopted to get the Act amended in such a manner as would enable them to obtain licences for the remainder of the year, if the City Magistrates should consider them entitled. From Mr. Phillips they received a communica' Lion similar to that with which they had been fa voured by Mr. Estcourt, and they then resolved upon applying to the Court of Aldermen, in o rder to obtain the aid of the Magistrates who had seen the defect of the law, and the prejudicial conse quences of that defeat. They accordingly petitioned the Court, and set forth their claims, and the la - cessity there existed for an immediate endeavour to. make the Act a practicable one, as it regarded the citizens of London. Two of the deputation, Mr. Elridge, a free vint ner, and Mr. Boyce, represented in their petitions that they had obtained in March, 1828, the sanction of the Alderman and Common Council of their Ward for licences to sell exciseable liquors by retai. l , that they had, in the present year, received the same sanction, and been returned in the general list of Licensed Victuallers of the Ward, and that relying upon the strength of their claims, and the powerful nature of their recommendations, they had made ex!. pensive arrangements for carrying on their business, not for a moment supposing that such an obstacle could have presented itself as the error which had been already described, and that if a Bill was neces sary to remedy the mischief, they would endeavour to get one passed through the House a Commons, notwithstanding the great expense to which it would subject them. The Couit having deliberated for a short times the petitioner's were called in and infoimed by the Lord Mayor that they had resolved that they could not interfere in the question. Some of the petiiioners respectfully attempted to expostulate with the Court, but— His Lordship told them they were at liberty to follow whatever course they might think proper to adopt, and they accordingly said that they would fol low that course, and retired. The Anti-Catholics in the City appear to hare given up all hopes of the Emancipation hub being thrown out iu the Lords. The result of last night's debate, in deed, seems to have decided the question, and we think the most. zealous opponents of the measure must be ranuf satisfied that the Bill will pass into- a law. The fact isa• the opposition to it in the Commons amounted to nothings or next to nothing. It consisted only of empty talk--7 3 .„ mere letting off of cut and dried speeches, " full of sou and fury, signifying nothing.," Fur-our part, we do n ot believe that half the opponents of the measure were s e rious in their opposition. They appear to us to have let them* selves out to be laughed at, and to make the Protestant cause look ridiculous.—Morniny Herald. At the Monmouth Assizes, EDWARD BAR' rum; a very fine looking young man, aged 22, was found guilty of the murder of ESTHER STEPHENS, a married woman, aged 37, (with whom he had fur some lira! c)Latited.) The case excited great interest in the neigir biurhoml of Monmouth. The prisoner received- sentence of death with unusual compo.ure, after having handed in a long written defence, the purport of which was to show that he had committed the murder in sell defence, having been roused from sleep by the sight é ESTHER. STEPHEN'S standing over him, with a knife in her hand, avowedly for the purpose of cutting his throat. The Deputation urged in strong terms the injurY which they had sustained already by means of the new Act, and that to which they were still liable ~ from a continuance of its operation. Mr. ESTCOURT said, that in Acts of the kind, in which localities formed an important feature, it w as usual for those who represented the places included in the Bill to attend to and investigate the details, and if there appeared to be any mistake, to have it corrected before the Bill received the sanction of. Parliament.