The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF 'NC LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE TIMES.) We publish two letters from respectable ?members ®f the University of Oxford, which tlo ttedit to the writers' public spirit and good sense. One in par ticular deserves notice; ice mean that of tho Rev. Maurice James of Corpus, in reply ro a eirrular address from poor Sir Robert Inglis's Committee. This gentleman tells them flatly, that he will give 11 . • vote, and " with the greatest possible satisfeee tie i—not for Sir R. Inglis, but for Mr. Anti" We are heartily glad to hear it. Mr, Peel bee ,fared manfully, an I suffered deeply, ft"( the greatest of ail causes ; and that we may not be accused of misre presentation, SVC do I:Dt say that it is the cause of " civil and religious i.'oerty," since Mr. Pert him= self has not placed his support of the Catholic Ile ne( Bill On env such abstract ground, hut he has dared, like an hottest man, and rational statesenan, to ure`:e and sacrifice his own abstract opitildne, be cavuse a paramount practiial necessity--the national safety—demands it. M 7. Peel Sts this has acted virtuously, incurring considerable personal risk and distress for an end which he can have no sordid or selfish, interest. We declare, then, that it worad be base in the press or people of v—ngland to de-ert a man SO acting and when Otte University of Oxford, or father the party has taken a momentary olfence at Mr. Peel, Shall have deliberated for a very few days, aftesthe first subsiding of their anger, we are eoneietsd that all eelucated and generous teen will ask themselves— " Why should we plenish Mr. Peel for yielding at 'once his prediiettions, his interests, and his pride, said conettreing with every other member tf * Go eteriesvent, - f which the majority, like himself, had relsosys been adverse to Emancipation, yielding, we 'repeat, from no coerestivable motive but a sense of the imminent 'dangers which would otherwise sur• rosestei t i l74 Mpire," So much for principle. Let ass assent that no such question as this of a fill, for the relief of the Catholics were ever to be afcitated, jest let any of those 1, arned arid worthy members of The University, who hare so hastily accepted Mr. Peel's resignation, consider, would they hesitate for one half moment to elect him in preferentee Id such a nobody as Sir 'Robert Inglis ? The question ans avers itself, Well then,we cats put their minds at rest upon it his subject. The aviation of the Catholic Relief Bill is at an end. Oxford, were she to el' thiply her anti- Catholic committees by a thousan& or te , despatch es metre- petitions and remonstranets l the Legis• tore as would fill her oais tiedleian with their copies, could not prevent—no, nor delay for one week—the final settlzment of the great question of Catholic adjust:Thent, Let the learned persons, Therefore, w l ea have raised this foolish uproar against Mr. Pee'., regard the Catholic questio§ as an affair of hi story, (for such within a month it will be,) and ; p onder for a little while upon their own condition. They have thrown out Mr. Peel, the distinguished under graduate and scholar,---Mr. Peel, the long tried, zealous, and most useful representative; they have thrown out Mr. Peel, the Cabinet Minister, with claims more irresistible upon his colleagues in the Government, and his hands consequently more fraught with patronage and power than at any pre vious stage of his representative career: the Catho lic question is gone, in spite of their opposition- T for ever gone : Mr. Peel for ever gone ; much Univer sity business, and innumerable private interests re main behind to be daily negociated and promoted; and in exchange,and as a succedaneum for all these things, Sir Robert Inglis remains upon their hands. A bad exchange will they think they have made, when they begin tb and that they have a Represen tative who cannot reward them as all good ecele tiastite Wish to be rewarded ! This is an argunten luta ad homines ; but they will do well to weigh it before it is too late. While a party in Oxford he sitates, the Corporation of London acts more nobly: it meets and presents the Right Hon. Gentleman the freedom of the city. (FROM TUE MORNING CHRONICLE.) 'We are told by Shaftesbury that " a Clown once took a fancy to hear the Latin disputes of Doctors at a University. lie was asked w hat pleasure he conia take in viewing such combatants, when he t:ould never know so much as which of the parties had the better. For that matter,' replied the Clown, I a'n't such a fool neither, but I can see who's the brat that puts t'othcr into a passion.' Nature herself dictated this lesson to the Clown, that he who had the better of the argument would Le easy and well-humoured ; but he who was un able to support his cause by r easen, would naturelly lose his temper and grow violent.' " The observa tion of the Clown may be applied to our intolerents in and out of Parliament. Their frantic ravings evidently prove that they have the worst of it. Their Retinue and latiguaee bespeak the desperate nature of their prospects. We should, indeed, re commend the friends of some of the daily advocates of intolerance to bespeak the aid of Dr. 'Burrows in time, were we not half assured, that their fury, however ungovernable in appearance, is yet under the controul of worldly wisdom. They are aware, that in the present excited state of the imaginations of their patrons, sober reasoning would be as insipid us smell beer to a veteran brandy drinker. Hence, no doubt, their out-Herading Herod day after day, with " an eye that never winks and a wing that never tires." What would they be at ? Dis solve the Parliament ? And this is gravely urged, day after day. The Duke of Wellington, of course, will not dissolve a Parliament which supports him. The King may dismiss his Grace and give his confidence to another Ministry, which might then dissolve Parliament. But then there is another livle difficulty here—there are not materials for forming another ministry. Sir Robert Inglis, and the Duke of Newcastle, and Lord Kenyon, and Lord Winchelsea, are very well in their way; but we should think his Majesty would be very hard pressed for servants before he resorted to them for aid. Whichever way the intolerance turn, their path is obstructed. We trust Oxford will not disgrace itself by electing Sir Robert Every thing, the into!erants tell us, now depends on returning Sir Robert—we do not see how this will benefit them much. The Duke of Wellington's Administration will not be overturned by the return of Sir Robert, and the materials forming a No- Popery Administration would not be one whit more abundant. The question lies in a nut-shell. There is nor a Statesman of the least grasp of mind in either Hotta* of Parliament who is not satisfied that we ought na loee-er to allow Ireland to remain in its present unsettled' state. We might precipitate the Catholics into a rebellion, and slaughter them by hundreds of thousands ; but what then ? should after all be no further advanced than before. The course of conciliation holds out a better prospect; and in that course the Government will be supported by all r.lecting persons throughout the country. (FROM THE MORNING HERALD.) If there was originally any good reason or occa sion for the appcinttrent of a Finance Committee, and its labours have proved to be of any value, there surely must exist as good grounds for its re ap?ointment, and that its unfinished inquiries should be brought to a practical conclusion. There seems, however, a strange, but evident disinclination on the part of Government, to renew this kind of of ficial Paul-Pryism into the public accounts. Some of the members of the late Committee, we suspect, w e r e found a little too inquisitive, and may have torn away the veil from some transactions, not of the wisest and most justifiable nature, with a rude ness and indecorum not suited to the polite atmo sphere of Whitehall. That there may be some persons who think so we can readily inilgine; but we should not expect any of this kind oc meek deli cacy on the part of the Noble Duke at the head of the Administration himself, whose manly straight forwardness of character forms no small portion of the hold which he has taken upon the good-will and support of the country. The reason, however, which is given for the postponement of the fur ther labours of the Committee seems to us, we must confess, altogether puerile in the extreme. It is this, that the Government, forsooth, is so wholly beeniied In two bverwhelming Subject, that its rite& hers cannot afford time to pay attention to any thing tin; so that, if there be any tht . th in this, not only our finances bnt ottr ftreign and colonial affairs must all stand stit, and be neglected, that the Govern wrest may pay its undivided attention tp the Cat! o% tic Association and its blessed reslits results which unfortunately prove this one dangerous and fatal po sition, that any "'net of people have only to agitate, tr tiftnibur, and overawe a Government, to obtain 'whatever they please. But to talk of the atten- tion of the Government being so distracted § and the holders of office Ito Overwok*ed by this One topic, is truly ricliculOut Why the labours of the whole Administration (if we except the Lord Chine Aler), in these " piping timea of peace'," 'AN ttire child's play, cornpiired to what the actual labours of their gredere4itt'it were 20 or 30 years WY. WhAt Wonid they think of their labours if th'y In any degree resembled those of Mr. Pitt when he bad to manage a war raging in every part of the globe, a rebellion in Ireland, a mutiny at the Nore, the Bank suspending payments, and a tribe of sedi , tionists at home, seizing every opportunity Of fan , ning into a flame every ember of insurrection ? Thole were alio, indeed, when the Government might haVe pleaded its existing labours as a reason for not encountering new ones: But now, if the Finance CoMmittee, or Mr, Hume, call for a few ac 'coun'ts; the Coz'kers of the Treasury are all in arms Itt, the enormous labour it imposes upon them, and actually, we remember it was said, struck for an increase of wages, on being callid 'Upon to be at their de4s b.y tllc - '2lVe rnstead of one o'clock in the dar. The Lord Chancellor has not suspended the Sittings of his Court, or the labour of hearing ap peals in the House of Lords, on account of the time required for concocting the Catholic Bill; nor have the Attorney or Solicitor General, on whom the main labour of the details falls, declined receiving briefs or eases till this mighty labour is over. Neither then can the reasons given for declining td reinstitute the Pinance Committee be the genuine ones; but they are rather to be found, we suspect, in the trouble it oteasinns, in the unwelcome truths it britip to light, and in the credit and popularity it robs the Government of, by suggesting those re forms and retrenchments which, if they must come at all, they would rattier should come from them. selves. . . . (FiloNi THE EXAMINER.) t i itocEitralms AND DEMONSTRATIONS IN PARMA MENT.—The Catholic Association has been promotive of Emancipation in more ways than are directly apparent. While in operation, it acted as a powerful lever on Govern- mew, and now that it is defunct, it affords Government the opportunity of exhibiting its greatness' before its grace, of parading its strength before it displays its justice, add snowing that its concessions are the boon of a mighty hand, armed to strike while open to grant. Slaying a giant is obi•iously a handsorne ptelirdinary to surrender; and happy it is that there was a giant ready dead wheteen Administration might breathe its valour and exhaust its Wows. " itchellio;'s dead," complacently observes Tom Thumb, " and now I'll go to breakfast." In the same self-satitled mood his 'Majesty's Ministers, after the de spatch of the Association . , will go to legislation. The only flaw ih the dignity of the matter is, that the Association, contrary to the advice of Mr. O'Connell, did not choose to wait to be killed, but spontaneously gave up the ghost, and left Government the glory only of battling it doughtily with their empty tame : Mini/tiers, however, say n ith the Children in the Babes in the Wood, when alsured that the ruffian is slain, " Kiil hint again, for such a villain can't be too dead," and they proceed with all method, persever ance, and ardour, in the work of destroying the defunct. Though this does not appear eminently wise, we yet esteem it especially fortunate that there vas the opportunity for the harmless expatiation of power, which is rendered tractable by being permitted to feel its own force, as hot steeds are tempered by the indulgence of a gallop. The valiant bonnet-maker in Scott's last novel rendered himself human company for the rest of the day by taking off the edge of his sword on a Saracen in wood, which stood for foetnan in his back yard. With a view to the great good that lies beyond the deed of empty violence, we should not waste many words on any excesses which our Sir John FAlstaffs might commit in killing their Pereys; but ws cannot withhold an observation on the criminatien of the conduct and character of the departed body.' On the , - second reading of the Suppression Bill, the Duke of Wel lington urged, with a gravity perfectly wonderful,—" They (the Association) have, besides, expended the rent in a manner inconsistent with all law and order, and with the Constitution of rise Empire. Part of the money was ap propriated to election purposes; and here I beg leave to draw the attention of some of my Noble Friends, and par ticularly of my Noble Friend heretofore on the Woolsack, to the fact established by the proceedings of this body, of the existence in Parliament (of a Roman Catholic influence, And even of the inflineice of the Association —(Hear.)-1 do not mean to discuss the subject further at preset,t, but I beg Noble Lords not to forget that fact when they come to the consideration of measures I shall propose here after, and when they are called upon to arrive at a de cision on those measures." Why, the application of cor poration funds to electioneering purposes has been de fended by the Lord now sitting on the Woolsack ; and we suppose that the ahseace Of a charter (to abuse) will not be said to constitute the difference between the two easel, and no (Aber can be discerned which is not advantageous to also Association. Further, the Duke observed, and with the same wonderfully sustained gravity—" Resiles, the money spent for the purpose of procuring voters at elections, other sums were laid out in endeavours to con traul the administration of justice in Ireland. I fully ad mit the right, and not only the right, but the duty, of every man to watch closely and vigilantly the administra tion of lily and justice; but that right and that duty can not be conveniently or adequately performed by a self elected, self-erected Association, having large sums at its command, and employing those sums fur the purpose of exciting litigation—for the purpose of defending some, of prosecnting others—for the purpose of introducing agents among Coroners' Juries, and influencing and corrupting the first inquiries into criminal proceedings when informa tion is laid before Magistrate!. It is quite obvious that proceedings of this description must tend to the tainting of the very fountain of justice itself." To talk of tainting the fountain of justice in Ireland is like talking of tainting sloe common sewer in the city. Assuming only the noto ri,ms falsehood to be an undisputed fact, that the law is as accessible to the poor as to the rich, there might be some sense iu the Duke's strictures, lout wanting that founda tion, they are idle and unreasonable upbraiding,. If the law were not an article to be bought, it were an error of supererogation in any body of men to give the injured the means of buying it ; but while it is an article of luxury in price, justice must be procured for the depressed many through the course of charity. Our great charter says, that to none shall justice be denied or sold ; but experience, speaking through attornies' bills, tells a somewhat different story. The business of passing the Association Suppression Act has given occasion to muck general skirmishiag, and af forded convenient opportunities for personal d e monstrations. It is with pleasure equally lively and sincere, that we notice the Duke of Cumberland's contradiction of the rumour of conversion, and his declaration of adherence to the Anti-Catholic faction. In truth, we trembled when we heard the report of his desertion from our enemies ; and at the idea of his accession to our cause felt pretty much the sensations of the passenger in the northern mail when he saw Hare stepping into the coach. It irony he indeco volts in us to allude to the person of the Noble Duke of Cumberland in the same sentence with mention of a mur • derer, and the act of getting into a mail, but no offence is meant by the illustration, which is only intended to convey a notion of our own feelings. We d 'em this explanation absolutely necessary, and having made it, we return to our theme of congratulation, and say, with heartfelt joy and pride—long may his Royal Highness grace with his peculiar virtues, and character, the cause to which lie by sympathy adheres. Lone may his practical piety be iden tified with that plotesee 7 l zeal for religion which so far outruns the divine centiments of charity and good-will among men ! When the funeral wine is tasted by the blind Elspie. in the "Antiquary," mistaking the occasion, she thrills th:e guests with horror, by wishing them " many such merry meetings." With like ominous greeting we would wish Intolerance many such Champions. But, troth it were bard to find them. They are pi oductious of a rare growth—sports of nature—And as one good turn deserves another, they spurt with nature in return. The pillar of Protestantism—stated the Catholic Question with this per fection of absurdity :—" Is England to Le a Protestant or a Popish country?—(Loud cheers.)—For, my Lords, the very moment we admit one Roman Catholic into this House, or into the other House of Parliament, I maintain that this becomes not a Protestant Parliament."--(Cheers.) —By a parity of reasoning it might he proved, that the one Tarquin in the State made the Rumens a nation of ravishers.—" I have carefully and attentively viewed the question every way in the world in which it has been con " We use this word in its vulgar sense, of any vast power of mischief, without reference to application. sidered ; and the result is, that I never will give my con sent either to a Roman Catholic Peer sittiog in this House, or to a Roman Catholic Member sitting in the other 1 . 1°114., or to any Roman Catholic being it. StitqTitel• n!' the Crown' or tsl,a Rere.t" Crittioi',c Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, or to any timan Catholic holding any office'that miy cive him power to injure the Established church."—There are worse things between he even and earth, which men dream not of in Parliamentary speeches, than the injury to Es tablished Churches, or even the rape of tithes, and there are more incestuous rnlltures than the Onion of Catholic and Protestant lteetht-en. The categoiiet of objection to itotniin Catholic Peers, Member's, &c. it Miniciiisly bor rowed by this illitstrions examPlc froth the ipeceh of a Peer in that very the olden no-Popety days, de ptecating the &dente of a Popish dog, or a Popish bitch, or a Popish cat, within the walls of Parliament. Lord Eldon, rather unkindly, rose to disavow participation in such extreme noodleisms, and soon after a question of order arose, when the Noble Lords instantly took leave of the subject that bad occupied their minds, and entered vehe mently into the important discussion of regular or irregu lar. What ch:ldren male acquainted with the nature of the Bill about to be introduced. He should adapt that course, and be guided id Lis conduct by the provisions of the Bill. Admiral EVANS presented a petition from Donneray, in the county of Cork, against the Catholics. Mr. H. MAXWELL presented similar petitions from Castlelion, and another parish, in the county Cork, praying for the suppression of the Catholic Association ; also similar petitions from Armagh and other parishes. Mr. I. ATOUCHE presented a petition from several parishes in the county Kildare, in favour of the Catholics. Mr. MIDDLETON presented a petition from Clifton, Staffoillabire, against the Catholics. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented similar petitions from the parish of Helmsly and twa other parishes. Mr. WEBB presented a petition from the Deanery of Gloucester. Mr. 13. COOPER st , 'ed that he was desired to give this petition his ►upport. It was within the precincts of the rural Deanery of Gloucester that the spot was situate, where the unfortunate Bishop Hooper was martyred, and the blood cried from the ground, exciting them to resist any innovation on the Protestant Constitution. To pre vent the political power of a church, whose ministers had been guilty of such a barbarous murder, whose creed was still unchanged, and whose opposition was as dangereus as ever. _ . SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. Mr. HOBHOUSE, with all due respect to the Hon. Member for Gloucester, and for the rural deanerv—(a laugh)—wondered that having made themselves so well acquainted with the times in which Bishop Hooper was murdered, that they had not made themselves a little better acquainted with what had taken place in their own county. He meant the proceedings which had been before the House. The Hon. Member for Gloucester had called on the House to remember that these claims had been formerly rejected, but he must also recollect that they had been as repeatedly answered. The petitioners were not bound to agree with the decision of the House, but they were bound, before petitionineParliament to knoww hat were itsdecisions. Mr. ESTCOURT said that in later times the ques tion had been carried u well as the Roman Catholics could wish. He meant the question whether a Committee should be appointed to take the Claims into consideration, as be considered that the Claims had never been before the House, but merely whether they should take them into considera tion. It did not follow that if the House went into Com mittee they would be tibliged to grant the Claims. Dr. PI lILLIMORE could not let this petition be read without saying a few words. He must protest against such expressions as shedding the blood of martyrs being in troduced. No doubt, in ancient days, the rural Deanery of Gloucester had been the scene of bloodshed, but was there any danger now to be apprehended for giving to Roman Catholics their just rights ; he was a most staunch supporter of the Protestant religion, and who would say that by supporting Emancipation they were endangering that religion they were called upon to protect for not one of the supporters would for a moment allow of Any innovation. At the time of the Revolution, it never was contemplated to exclude Roman Catholics from that House.—(Hear, hear.) He could assure Hon. Members that his Majesty's Ministers had no intention to change the Protestant Constitution ; those who had fears on that head he (Dr. P.) should be ready to meet and try to remove, when the proper time arrived for discussing the measure. - _ _ M PE RIA L PARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. ROUSE OF LORDS. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at a few minutes before five o'clock. Lord KING presented a petition from Ynughall, in the county of Cork, against the Subletting and Vestry Acts. Lord ROLLE, in presenting a petition from the Free holders, Magistrates, and Cie! gy of Devon, observed, th he did lin itt consequence of one of the most respectable meetings ever held in that county. The petition was signed by upwards of twenty-six thousand persons, praying that their Lordships would preserve the Coustitution of the coon try inviolate, as established at the glorious Constitution of I fiS& Tbe prayer of the petition was entirely consonant with those feelings which he had ever held, and which he trusted he ever should hold. He (Lord Rolle) could not but lament the alteration which bad taken place in the opinion of his Majesty's Ministers. He trusted that peti tions from every part would crowd the table of their Lord ships House. His opinion with respect to the Catholics had not changed, and never would. Lord KING observed that the noble Lord had stated, that the resolution for this petition was passed at one of the most numerous meetings, but he had forgotten to add, it w IR one of the most disorderly. Lord ROLLE would venture to say there never was a !nesting in any county, where every thing attending it had been so consistently performed, or where there was more attention to every thing likely to quell tumult and support the Constitution. Lord KING observed, that perhaps the Noble Lord might think - it right that clergymen, being present at the meeting, should hold up their hands in order to give the word Which way parties were to vote. Lord ROLLE explained. The Bishop of EXETER could bear witness to the re gnlarity of this meeting. He should hold himself ex tremely culpable, if he allowed the Noble Lord (King) to state that Clergymen of his diocese had behaved themselves improperly at this meeting, and had not a few words to address to the House upon that subject, tio far from the Rev. Gentleman. to whom the Noble Lord had al luded, having put himself forward. Upon the occasion he had taken no part whateverlin the business, till he came forward to speak upon the question, a question which the Noble Prelate thought any clergyman was justified in giving his opinion upon. Lord REDESDALE observed that what was uttered by a Noble Lord, even if true, had not been expressed with respect. There were certain persons who would endeavour to prevent any public meeting, and he was sorry to say, there bad been such persona at Exeter. One, lie knew, was a Catholic clergyman ; any attempt to cry down the Church of England was extremely painful, and when the subject came more fully before the House, he (Lord Redes dale) would have to state circumstances which would bear out all the opinions that he now entertained. Lord ROLLE stated, that the reasons why Protes tants did not reside in Ireland was, because they could not enjoy their property. If the Protestants were defeated in this House, he would go the church with his petition, and would certainly tell Majesty that be would not by any means discharge his duty if be granted Emancipation. If that Royal individual does not act consistently with his Coronation oath, I shall say that the matt who advice@ him not to act consistently with it, is not discharging his duty to his God nor his country. The Noble Lord then presented a petition from the M iyor and Corporation of Exeter. He observed, that the petitioners considered this a Protestant country, and were determined to defend it. Lord KING observed, that he did not want to fight with the boors of Exeter.—(A laugh.) Lord DE DUNSTAVILLE presented a petition from Cornwall, in favour of the Catholic Claims. Ile believed that the county was in favor of it, as well as himself. He believed, however, that the clergymen were for the most part against it. The Bishop of GLOCESTER presented several peti tions again-t the Catholic Claims. The Bishop of (AMER presented a petition from in Chester, as well as one from Richmond in Yorkshire. The latter prayed that if it were deemed really necessary' to grant political power to the 'Roman Catholics, ample provision would be made to render the Protestant Church secure, and if the measure passed at all, the Right Rev. Prelate was of opinion the prayer was forestalled. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition is favour of the Catholic Claims. The Noble Marquis expressed himself decidedly hostile to the Catholic Associa tion. Emancipation was not the object of this Association, but Radical Reform, and it was them and the Brunswick Clubs that had kept that country in its present state of effervescence. He hailed st ith the greatest satisfaction tke passing of the proposed measure, though at no period had the Roman Catholics been to re undeserving of the boon now about to he conferred upon them than at this mo ment._(Laughter.) Surprised was he to find that thi great measure was brought forward by those very indivis duals who had been so long and so hostilely opposed to it_ The Noble Marquis bad visited the city and county o Londonderry lately, and found, he might say, one universal desire prevailed that the measure should pass. The whole empire agreed that the country could not go on as it was, therefore why should a change not take place? If the Catholics, after they got:into power, attempted to disturb the Protestant Church or Institutions, it was to be remem bered that there was energy and feeling sufficient in this country at once to suppress any undue exercise of Catholic a mbition. The Duke of CLARENCE highlp eulogised the Noble Duke for bringing forward the measure, and pledged himself in a speech of considerable length to support to the utmost of his power the Noble Duke and his Colleague@ on every step calculated relieve the Roman Ca tholics front their present degradation, and to bring forward eight millions of persons to act in unison with the rest of his Majesty's subjects. (LEFT SITTING.) Sir E. KNATCHBULL would only make one observa tion on what had passed, which was, that if the House had often approved of concessions to the Catholics, they had likewise very often rejected any such measure.—(Hear.) Mr. I3RANSBY COOPER would still contend that it was right and proper for the petitioners to state the grounds on which they petitioned that House; and in doing so, those important facts in the history of this country ought not to be forgotten, it was the most important crea tion the House was ever called upon to decide. The petition was then brought up and read. General KING presented a petition from a parish in the county of Mayo, against any further confessions to the Roman Catholics. Mr. W. WTATKINS WYNNE presented a petition from the Royal Denbighshire Rifle Corps, praying the House to take their present situation into consideration. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a similar petition from the Anglesea regiment of Militia. Lord BECTIVE presented a petition from the inhabi tants of Castledown, in the county of Meath, in favour of concessions to the Roman Catholics; and another petition from the same place against the Sub-lettng Act ; also a similar petition from another place in the same county. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition against Catholic Emancipation from a village in the county of Sussex. Mr. D. W. HARVEY moved for returns of all causes entered for trial i❑ his Majesty's Courts of King's Bench, 'Common Pleas, and Exchequer, at Westminster, during the past year, with the:amount of the verdicts obtained also for the amount of ail monies expended in the Building of New Churches; also for returns of all sums of money given in Charitable Donations for the same period. Mr. CAMPBELL presented a petition from a parish in the city of Glasgow, against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics. Mr. J. 'WOOD presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Paradise-street Chapel, Liverpool. General GASCOYNE moved that returns be laid be fore the I-louse of the number and tonnage of all ships and vessels belonging to this country navigated by steam ; and also of the number and tonnage of all ships and vessels now building. in any of the ports of Great Britain, intended to be navigated by steam. Mr. SYKES presented a petition from the inhabitant householders and shopkeepers of Kingston. upon-Hull, against the Receipt Tax, and another against tin House Tax. Mr. BARING moved for returns relative to the ex pences of printing the Nautical Minitrack, and the cx pences of the Board of Longitude.—Ordered. Mr. QUINTIN DICK presented a petition from the parish of St. George, Dublin, against the Roman Catholic Mr. BERNAL moved for several returns relative to the Tr in i ty- house. Mr. JEPHSON presented a petition from Whiteehurch, Cork, against the Select Vestry Act. Mr. BROWNLOW presented several petitions from places in the counties of Armagh, Tyrone, Antrim, Derry, and Cavan, in favour of the Catholic Claims. The SPEAKER wished, before any other buniness were entered upon, to inform the House that pursuant to the recommendation of two Select Committees appointed in 1825 and 1826, indexes were in preparation of the pro ceedings of the whole House, together with reports and ac counts from the period of the Union with Ireland in 1801 'to the year 1826. The CHANCELLOR of the E XCHEQUER spoke in commendation of the measure. The SPEAKER added that a plan had been prepared for filling up the drop links in the historical proceedings of the whole House, by putting on the Journals proceedings in Select Committees, incorporated with the proceedings of the, whole House. This he merely threw out as a sug gestion well worthy of consideration. SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for bringing up the Report of the Dominittee of Supply. Mr. O'NEILL wished ,to ask the Bight Hon. Gentle man if any step had been taken towards the abandonment of Sierra Leon', a ptice which was more fit for the trans portatioa of criminals than the eitablishment of a colony, Sir G. .MURII AY said that he had received no intima tion that this question would be put to him, but he had no objection tosanswir it. He was not aware that there was any immediate intention of abandoning that colony, but steps had been taken to reduce its expenses with a view to its ultimate abandonment, hut th tt was a step which it would be very injudicious to carry a'iruptly into effect. Mr. HUME said, that from the understanding which existed list Session he did expect that something would be done respecting this colony. But for this understanding he would have brought forward a motion upon the subject, for the colony of Siera Leone had been the tomb of more Englishmen than all our other colonies together. Gover nor after governor, and corps after corps, was swept away, and it was necessary to send out the various officers in tri plicate to supply the horrible mortality. He regretted the answer which had been given, and if no one else would bt ing forward a motion on the subject, he would do so himself. Sir G. MURRAY said that he had merely stated the difficulties of carrying such a matter into execution. Mr. HUSKISSON made some observations, few of were audible. but we understood him to contend, that it was by no means so easy after going a certoin extent to retrace their steps, as it was to make a speech about it in that House. The numbers of the garison had been re duced, and other steps had been taken with a view to its futu re abandon ment. Lord NUGENT made a few observations, which were HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. SHIRLEY presented four petitions from places in the county of Monaghan against concessions to the Catholics. Mr. J. BROWN presented two petitions from West port and another place in the county of Mayo in favour of Catholic Emancipation. Mr. BELL presented a petition against concessions to the Catholics, frost the Clergy of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sir J. LOWTHER presented four similar petitions from places in Cumberland. Sir G. FEATHERSTONE presented similar petitions from Ballynalion and Grtnard. Mr. B. CLARKE presented a petition in favour of the Catholics from Castleconner. Colonel ROCHFORT presented a petition against fur ther concessions from the Protestants of Pallas Kenny in t! e eounty of Limerick. Admiral HARVEY presented four petitions against Ca - th dic concessions from places in the county of Essex. Sir M. SOMERVILLE presented seven petitions in favour of Catholic emancipation, from places in the county of Meath ; also petitions from the same places against the Sub-letting and Ve►try Acts. Mr. MOORE presented a petition from Gorey, in the county of Wexford, against further concessions to the Ca tholics ; also a similar petition from Inch. Mr. LOCKE presented a ‘imilar petition from the Pro inaudible its the gallery. testants of the Eastern part of the county of Devon. The General GASCOYNE stated, that if it was not the Hon. Member said, that he had voted against his Majesty's intention of the Hun. Member opposite to make any mo- Ministers upon the question of the repeal of the Test and tw ! n with respect to that colony, it was his own intention Corporation Acts, and he had no reason to regret that vote. , to move for reports relative to the state of it, and the H e h a d a l so been an tmcomPromising opponent of loss o f Europeans in th a t coun t r y. He considered C otholic Emancipation, but now when Ministers had declared their intention to p atronise that measure, i [l.ret sirruic..] . , he thought the least that could be done in common cour- 1 toy was to suspend his judgment until the House was i OLD BAILEY, FEB. 21. T. IV. Brewer, aged 29, was put to the bar, and arraigned under an indictment with having unlawfully sent a letter to Mr. J. Finch, solicitor, 31, Dean street, accusing him of a crime, for the purpose of extorting money. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The Learned SERGEANT, then, in a very impres sive manner, addressed the prisoner upon the error miry of his crime. It was a system carried on that must be put a stop to, acrd called for a severe-sen tence, and that sentence was, that the prisoner be transported for the term of his natural life. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL On S tturday, a decent-looking youth, whose looks bespoke extteme famine, was brought before Alderman PERRINO, charged with having snatched, frosn the open window of a pastry-cook's shop, a certain preparatian of pastry, denominated a Coventry-cake. The pastry-cook valued the Coventry-rake at three half-pence ; and said the prisoner had given a very con tradictory account of himself; " otherwise," continued the pastry-cook, " I should not have brought him before your Worship." " Oh, you have done perfectly right, Sir," said Alder man PEuuno3—" perfectly right ; and :low we will hear what he has got to say." Then, addressinr , himself to the prisoner, be demanded—" Pray, Sir , why did you steal this gentleman's cake ?" Prisoner—l am a tailor, replied the youth weeping, I come from Yotkshire, and have been out of employment now nearly six weeks. I was famish ing, and was driven to steal the cake by hunger. " Don't tell me, Sir," said Alderman PERRING" you had no right to meddle with this gentleman's cakes ; and as to. your being hungry, I dare say he would have cheer fully given you some, if you had asked him." " I really am very sorry," said 'the pastry-cook, " to give your Worship so much trouble about such a trifle; and"— " Not at all, Sir—not at all," said Alderman PttaniNc; " I have no doubt this is not the first time he has been guilty of those sort of offences; and it is quite right that you should be protected in your business. Let the pri soner be committed, and this gentleman bound over to prosecute." And so the unwilling pastry-cook was bound over to "prosecute the law with effect" against this hungry three-halfpenny-cake-snatcher; and he was committed to Newgate in due form ; there to be indicted, arraigned and tried before the Judges of the land and a Jury of his countrymen, for having snatched a three-half-penny cake. OBLIGATION UPON THE PART OP ALDERMEN TO RESIGN THE GOWN. The proposition put by Mr. Pearson, at Bishops gee \Vnrd, at the last Aldermanic Election, that every Alderman should, upon being incapacitated by illness, or pecuniary decay, or other cause, retire from the representation of his Ward, is hencefor ward to be made in every ward in the city of Lon don. The most experienced and intelligent mem bers of the Corporation consider it necessary to de mand a pledge to this effect from every Candidate for the Gown, not only as a means of securing the dignity of the Chief Magistracy, but of preventing, in some measure, a very culpable system of jobbing, which has been long carried on in the Court of Al dermen. Another principle will, we understand, be acted upon in the City. No Alderman who has, or shall have compounded with, or required time from his creditors, will stand the smallest chance of being elected to the Chair. It has been invariably found, when any Alderman managed to surmount the em barrassments of his private station, and was permitted to take the Chair, that he converted a great partof that allowance which is given to support the splendour of office into a fund for the discharge of preceding obliga tions. It is believed by the Corporation, that some gentlemen have cleared off domestic ineumbrances to the amount of 3,000/. or 4,000/., in the yeas which was to have been distinguished by hospitality. It is certainly more excusable in those who may be called the" lame ducks" of the Court of Aldertien to limit their public expences, than a, man whose close-fisted economy we have witnessed, at the same time that they were known to have made immense fortunes is trade; but the public censure to which the latter class are liable, and which it is said will henceforward, if occasion be given, be visited upon them, will no doubt have the effect of spoiling may future calculations of the kind amongst them. It is observed, with bitter regret, by several memberi of the Court of Aldermen, that one of their body was in prison for debt for thirty years, and that he was exiled by his fellow-sufferers Alderman all the time. This unfortunate example is considered one of the great causes which led to the degenerate condition of the Court, in which there are now candidates for places which produce no more than 2001. or 3001. $ year. It has, and naturally enough too, led to the practice Which has existed for some years, of occa sionally making the Mayoralty an object of interest instead of honour. We understand that the Ho nourable Court intend take the matter in hand very soon, and to adopt" such regulations as may prereet any gentleman from speculating upon the gown as a means of enabling him to pay a shilling in the pound more to his creditors—regulations which will affect those who have fallen into poverty, that inexpiable offence, as well aS those who hare never been able to rise out of it, and will for ever e;clude persons who have the nominal compassion but the positive contempt of their fello-citizens. his right to state, that the proposition of Mr. Pearson was suggested by the conduct of Sir Peter Laurie, who, upon being made Alderman of Aldersgate Ward, volunta ril✓ declared that he considered it to be the duty of every member of the Court of Aldermen, who should be disqualified in the way alluded to above, to resign his gown ; and that if he should himself, by any casualty, be included in the number of defaulters, his conduct should be influenced by that principle. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Oats. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. On Saturday Tom Cannon, the landlord of the Castle, in Jermyn-street, was summoned by a man named Jones, for allowing the game of whist to be played at his house. Jones, who is a footman out of place, said that the cards were supplied by Cannon, who was a partner in the game, and that he (Jones) lost five sovereigns. Cannon, wins laboured under an attack of the gout, denied that he h a d supplied the cards, or played with the complainant, and called some witnesses, who proved having seen the com plainant take the cards out of his pocket. The magistrates, however, fined Cannon 41. MARYLEBONE. On Friday night Lydia Davis, who is the wife of Dowager Lady Elcho's coachman, and who at this time has the care of her Ladyship's town house, made com plaint before Mr. WosKaNs that she had been defrauded. About I I o'clock that morning, a short man, 30 or 32 years of age, with a dark complexion, and dressed in a vel veteen jacket, brought a small parcel, directed " To Lady Elcho, Bryanston-square, per mail, to be delivered imme diately : if not in town, to be forwarded," and demanded 6s. 44., the particulars of which were inserted in a printed ticket, such as is sent from the Bull and Mouth Inn, in the city :—carriage, 3s. 4d. ; out, Is. Bd. ; porterage, Is. 4d. Mrs. Davis having no silver, and no one to send for change, he told her if she would give him a sovereign, he would run and get it, and leave his hat till he came hack ; she gave him a sovereign, and he never returned ; and she asked Mr. Hoskins whether it would be right to forward the parcel to her ladyship's seat in Gloucestershire or not, and what step she should take respecting the money. The parcel was neatly tied up with red tape and brown paper, and secured by two seals, bearing the crest a griffin, and was heavy in proportion to its size, and Mr. Hoskins having ascertained that lady Catherine Stewart, of York place, Portman:.sqnare, is lady Eteho's daughter, advised Mrs Davis to take it to her and have it opened. Mrs. Davis did so, and brought it to the office again on Saturday to show its contents,..--3 piece of decayed floor-cloth and a ragged waistcoat, in a most filthy state. She also brought the fellow's bat, which has written in it " Samuel Leeds, Brandiston, Norfolk," and told the Magistrate he had ob tained ss. 24. for another parcel on the same morning, at the house of Mr. Drummond, the banker, No. 2, Bryanston squire, which, being sent off to him in the country, would cost him 4s. more. _ _ _ Mr. Hosimcs ordered inquiry to be made at the Bull and-Mouth Inn, and every means to be used to apprehend the offender. Mr Lancefield, proprietor of a, Clapham stage coach, Avis fined 50s. for not haying the number of passengers painted on his coach in a different-colonred paint than the ground ; Messrs. Phillpott, proprietors of a Battersea coach, were fined 50s. for carrying more passengers than expressed in their licence ; and Mr. Dixon, proprietor of a Henley stage-coach, was fined in a similar penalty. QUEEN-SQUARE. On Saturday Charles Radius, the German scholar and artist, who was fully committed from this office on Wed nesday last for robbing Lady Laura Meyrick of her reticule, as she was coming out of the Opera-house on Tuesday night, was brought up for further examination, in conse quedce of a number of various articles of property having been found at his lodgings, which it is strongly suspected be had stolen. Edward Handley, the officer, stated that he bad not yet discovered any owners for the property, which he found at the prisoner's lodgings, No. 10, Charlotte•street, Port land-place ; but he bad no doubt be should be able in the course of a few days. The reticule belonging to Lady Meyrick had, since the prisoner's committal, heen found behind one of the doors of the Opera-house, the strings of which had been cut. He had also found at the pri soner's lodgings a silk reticule of Chinesee, manufacture, and a pair of silver gilt spectacles. Mr. MARRIOTT ordered the prisoner to he again re manded, to give time for any owners to come forward and claim the property. PETTY SESSIONS, AYLESBURY, FEB. 14. Jane Wright, a girl apparently about 23, the daughter of a carpenter living at Aston Clinton, a village near Aylesbury, charged Elijah Thorn, (a labourer,) about her own age, but who, it appealed, is a married man. She stated that as she was gathering wood, Thorn came to her, took her up in his arms, and carried her into an osier -bed, where he effected his purpose, in spite of her screams and re sistance. On being closely questioned she said that Thorn had once before taken liberties with her, but that he had never gone to the length he bad then done; he carried her over four osier-beds, and over some little ditches. Thorn, in his defence, said that the girl Wright had consented, and was not forced, and called James Horwood, who said that he was within 100 yards of the plantation, about two o'clock on Saturday, and heard neither screaming nor cries of murder. lie heard Wriglat ask him to tie up a burden of wood for her. The Magistrates said that what they had heard I was - quite sufficient for them to dismiss the capital part of the charge, but they would go farther into the case to see whether there was any proof of a common assault. The facts elicited ea this s2cond examination were the same as on the first, with the addition that the complainant has had two illegitimate children, and that, although she struggled as site stated so violently, there were DO bruises on her person. At its conclusion, the Magistrates told Thorn that he might ask the complainant any ques tions he thought proper. Mr. ARCHER—Oh, you did, did you ? Then there's an end of the ease. Mr. ASTIFIELD—IVC cannot do otherwise tnan dismiss this complaint. Yesterday afternoon about five o'clock, a gentleman informed the toll-collector at Waterloo-bridge, that a deal box was outside the parapet of the brid4e, in the second arch. The collector got over, and found the box tied with a cord and nailed down. On opening it, to the great surprise of a number of Gentlemen whu hail a9sembled, it was found to contain a fine male child, perfect in every respect. BIRTHS. On the 18th inst., at Pangbourn, Berke, the lady o' John flopkirs, Esq., of a son. On the 19th instant, at his Lordship's residence, Charle*-, • street, Lady Tullamore, of a son. We are happy to a dds that her Ladyship and infant are doing well. On the 17th inst., at Upper Sheen, Surrey, the lady Of Colonel C. S. Fagan, C.B. of a daughter. ANTI-MA ITHUS.-The wife of Mr. Gould, of Anal' lows court, in Exeter, was on Monday afternoon safely' de livered of three children two girls and a boy, all likely to live and do w e ll.— Western Times. On the Ist instant, Mrs. Redihalgh, of Burnley, iv° safely Miverd of two daughters and a son, the same ladf having had twins (a boy and a girl) last March. —Dog' caster Gazette. DIED. On the 19th inst. at Lewisham, Keot, aged 74, John Lane Green, Esq. On the 18th inst., in his 78th year, at Cowes, Isle of. Wight, George Ward, Esq., of Northwood. On the 19th inst., at Hill Cottage, near Willesden' Emma, wife of J. P. De la Fons, Esq., of George-etwe e i Hanover-square. On the 21st inst., aged four years, Henrietta, youngee l . (laughter of 1/r. Thomas Leigh Blundell, of Woburn-placer .„ Russell-square. On the 20th inst., Benjamin Rouse, EN., of NC' Bridge-street. On the 215t•inst., at Walworth, Mrs. Mary Weakner" wife of Captain George Weakner, aged 33. On the 2lst inst., Emma, relict of the late George lire" *Jerson, Esq. of Little Maddox-street. On the 15th inst., at her son's house, Cumming-stree i t Pentonvil!e, Mrs. Sarah Rogers, aged 64. Paitcrao and Pususurn by 114URDO YOUNG, at tb4) SUN OFYICR. 112, STRAND, LONDO24. a. to a. 64 78 68 79 180 92 61 90 *A. s. d. 110 4 10 8 1 12 0 12 80 100 12 0 12 3 88 9E 96 104 186 916 180 29U 186 22 0 17 0 20 6 Battu. S. to S. 27 : 1 11 33 40 31 46 29 38 a. d. F. (I 48 h 8 59 60 40 43 56 60 46 50 48 52 00 110 90 108 911 10 8 813 90 Ter Quarter. . Carmarthen orpet h -- Penrith Sheffield -- Winchester Per Bitshal. Coventry ...--- Newcastle (Staff:) Northallerton Stafflod Swansea Warwick --.. Per 8011. Barnardeavtle - Darlington - Durham Wolsingham Id e an i . 8. to 8, 3ti 50 NZ 353 40 _4B 5 5 42 4 6 s. d. 4• d• 50 6 0 70 76 50 66 i 6 80 00 04 50 60 00 10 0 9 0 iOO 11 6 1g 0 0 Q LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Feb. 21. We have Is:tri a better dcmlnd at this day's market, and Wheat and Oats were taken pretty freely, at a little im provement in prices. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—Feb.2e. Tl:ete was a very large supply of Wheat here to.day, and it has met dull sale, the best at a decline of 25. per (latter. Oats are very dull sale, and lower. Barley excessively flat, and little sold at a reduction of Is. pet pm ter. Walls are Is. p•r quarter lower. Wheat, Bed, Norfolk and Sutthlk ON. to Otii. fine 733•. I.incoln,hire 6:ys. to 675. flue fit. ---- Yorkshire, &c tits. to ers. One 7Oa. -- white For,ign, Old . 6os. to 70a. tine 786., Barley, Norfolk and Sutti)lk - Lincolnshire 3os. to 335. flne SI'S& .. ... . Yorkshire Wold 32s. to 348. fine 358. Prans, Tick 34s. to als. fine 40se Small 378. to 395. tine 411‘.. Oats, Poland and Potato 206; to 2fis. fine 31 11 . Friezland and Small 2OB. to 2281. fine 275. Nearing l3d. to 15d. per Stone. Shelling 338. to —e. —B. to 348. per Load. Malt 37s. 425. fine 411 s. per Load. .. ..._. _ .._. ... Rapeseed 3Ol. Oa. 324 Os. 331. 108. Per Last WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—Feb. 18. We had a moderate supply of stock to this day's market► and the pricts ruled touch the same as last fair, but there was more animation in the purchasers.— Beef, 78. to 84. per stone of 1.11 b.; Mutton, 6d. to did., and prime 7d. per lb. SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINOTON CORN hi A 11KET.—Feb. 20. Dull markets, anti prices down considerably. Of Oath 310 quarters in market, one-half of which, or nearly w remained unsold, top 2s. and average 2a below last week. Of Barley 61 quarters were sold, 23 unsold, top Is. An d average Is. 9d. down. Wheat is Is. down on the toil price, and about the same sum on the average. Pease and Beans have also given way. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Bean c First ti Oct 375 Od 2Ss 04 Sts Oct 575 Od Sccond (3s tkt Sts Od td 285 Od 328 01 Third Tia ere were 366 qrs. of W haat in market, 271 whereo were Bord. ht Unsold.-11 Grey. __Si. ss. Oct. 2-12ths. A veral DALKEITH CORN MARKET.—Feb.IP. • The supply of all kinds of Grain at this day's market was large, and much more than was wanted for promp t demand ; prices lower than last week. Wheat. Barley. ' Oats. ['ease. scsio,,' First "P2s Ott I 5354 thl I 26s HI 30s 51 SOS r j Second 6Bs 01 als Od 24s Od 152 Od 324 Third GOs Od 30s 01 Ws Od a4s 0d 394 Od a. to s. 25 21 I 8 25 18 P 7 94 St 95 97 s. cL s. rt. 30 43 46 49 48 8 6 40 4 3 99 38 0 42 66 70 by 76 5 6 8.0 60 76