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

SPIRIT OF TIM LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE TIMES.) Just on the eve of the recent Oxford election, we expressed, what we felt, an ardent hope that the University would manifest its own advances in poli tical spirit and intelligence, by returning Mr. Peel to Parliament. Oxford has rejected Mr. Peel, and thereby demonstrated with sufficient clearness, that while the great mass of educated Englishmen have abandoned their old prepossessions as inapplicable to the existing era, she alone has adhered to them with superstitious obstinacy ;—that while the nation was emerging from ignorance and prejedice, Oxford s t o od fast to both ;—that while the rest of the British empire had read enough of history, and reasoned enough upon the changes produced by time, to know that laws passed against a Popish Pretender and his family in the 17th century, had no longer an object in the 19th, when that Pretender and his family were extinct, Oxford only disregarded both facts and reasonings, and strove to perpetuate a code of which Providence had long since repealed the uses. Having proved these points beyond all controversy, Oxford, we are bound to add, has done the country no further mischief than by re cording her own disgrace, and that we undoubtedly consider a very serious mischief. The Titus Oates papers have been contending, that if Oxford should have resefeeted Mr. Peel, it would establish nothing beyond a personal attachment to an old and long tried representative. In our tenderness towards the University, we stood for something more—we wished the world to give her credit for wisdom as well as feeling in the return of a member who vindicated his own just title to both by postponing a matter of choice to one of positive ne cessity, and preferring the safety of the whole state to a mottopoly of power by a single section of it. —The thing termed a constitution was made for some end. What end was that? The repose and p ro sperity of the nation. No rational being, surety, can think of sacrificing the end to the means, or of securing the " repose and prosperity" of the nation by endangering its identity and exist ence. The enemies of religious freedom are talking of it as a triumph, that Mr. Peel has been lowered by the result of this election, and the old reputation of Oxford confirmed for utter incapacity of improvement. Our opinion is, that Mr. Peel has been released from a grievous burden --et burden ten times more oppressive than that which induced Mr. Canning, on becoming Foreign Secretary, to relinquish Liverpool, and to sit for a povernment borough ; while Oxford has shown herself absolutely stagnant in politics, and retro grade when compared with the progress of society elsewhere. By this indulgence of petty vindictive ness, the leaet_ enlightened and discriminating por tion of the Unir ersitr-to wit, the clergy of the mere cloisters, and those of the remter country parishes —hive thr own awa y a powerful and active representative ; they have not retarded the relief bill for a single der, and they have saddled them selves with a pair of fixtures, in the persons t' a mere country squire who m `lie preferred . to Mr. Coining, and of an evangelical baronet vice Mr. Pee!. Alas, poor Oxford (FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE.) As the Anti-Catholics hardly ever venture to meet their opponents in populous towns, while the friends HI Coneesiion do not skulk into holes and corners, but call open meetings, where the adver saries pro and ems may be heard, there is every reason for presuming that the friends of concession are in most cases the majority. Among other in stances we may allude to the meeting at Leicester. A requisition, most respectably signed t on = tha t 13th ve gentlemen of Leicester, was forwarded, on February, to the Mayor, who refused to call a meet ing, because, said he, I do not feel myself justified in calling a public meet ing of the town, knowing how faliacious is its value as a test of public opinion in a populous place like Leicester. f ar t s politics and misguided zeal interfere to prevent the fair o yr-elision of sentiments, and a clamorous few may stifle, not change, the honest opinions of the many, I think it my duty to guard the town against this injustice being done to it. Anti in arriving at this conclusion, I trust that I shall- nut en:•ounter any severity of judgment from yourselves, because I a et, as you claim to do, from the honest convictions of my mrind; acid you will not, I pre, some, refuse to concede to me the same, freedom of action which yon claim and exercise for yourselves." A meeting, however, was held on Monday last, when nearly 6,000 persons assembled in the yard of the Bell Hotel, hi Humberstoneegate. Resolutions in favour of a settlement of the Catholic Claims wer e carried almost by acclamation, for there were o nly two hands held u p a g ainst them. The petie lion, embodying the resolutions, had received about 2,400 signatures by seven o'clock in the evening of the Jay of meeting, and it is to be peesented to time Lords !)y the Duke of Wellington, and to the Commons by Mr. Otway Cave. The speeches, at reported in the Nottingham and Newark Mercury, are able and spirited, particularly those of Mr, Paget, the chairman, and the Rev. Mr. Bert' ; and we regret that we are precluded, by want oi space, from inserting them. The Rev. Mr. Bery, in the conclusion of his speech, forcibly observed:— " Our Government has wisely paused on the brink of the precipice: they declare that the affairs of the country Can no longer continue in their present state. Tories and Churchmen say, Let us have war, and maintain our bigotry and monopoly to the last extremity.' But I rejoice that our rulers think otherwise, and we are met this day to applaud and support them, and testify to all men that we think all parties in the State, whether Churchmen or Distotters, whetter Catholics or Protestants, have an equal c:sitn to all civil advantages. By the ado l :tion of t hi s w i, e any liberal policy, I doubt not we shall becorat; A loyal, united, a ,.:d invincible people."—(Cheers.) The Birminghan: Journal of Saturday last, con tains reports of the proceedings of two Meetings in that great town—one on NVe:Y2eeday last, to pre `an Address to the King, and Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, against further Ceneestien to the Catholics; and another on Friday last, to pe. tition in favour of concession. It was declared at the latter, that had it not been for the Meeting of \Vednesday, the friends of concession would not have assembled. The Rev. Mr. J. A. James said " he had hoped that there would not have been any necessity of appealing to the population of this town on the present question. lie had hoped that it would have been left solely to the wisdom of the ..r.egislature ; but as the enemies of the mea sure had convened a meeting to oppose it, it was quite neceseary that his friends should come for ward in support of it. The following particulars were communicated by Mr. Moore, one of the Com mittee, respecting the manner in which signatures to the Petition against concession were obtained : " He would name a fact concerning the mode of obtain ink signatures to Wednesday's Anti-Catholic petition which des,-rved to be known. On the evening of Wednesday, between five and six o'cleek, he (Mr. Moore) saw two bog,, not .xceeding twelve years of age, go into the Insti tution and to;n their names to rolls of parchment to which no petitions tri:re attached. He i inqured 'f t ihey had seen the petition tiaey were suppor:iug ? they d ' they had nut.' He inquifed where it was ? and was told it Id be copied out by the next day. The person who a L'rmation, said, ' I suppose the petition is not toy our pthis ale. ; ?, :Po which lie (Mr. Moore) replied, that nt until he had read it. he could not say it was or Had mans' signed it at this time ? " The CITAIaXAN coved " Mr. Moolg—l saw several roll s of ps.._ with names." As the object is to hare as many signatures as pos sible, boys will count as well as men , anti as to the receiving signatures before the Petition was pre pared, it was perhaps judged that to m u s t of t he Petitioners all Petitions would be equally edifying. The only Petitions that are worth any timing, are 1 -ht'e !,puts the great towns. With respect to the Petitionee from country parishes, they are neither more nor less than the Petitions of time Clergy. In three-fourths of England the peasantry are all either peupers, or looking forward to parish pay ; and however lo7,they may be in the scale of intellect, they have sufficient knowledge of the contioul which' doe Parson possesses over their means of subeistence. Even a dog soon discovers who rules in the kitcien, and pays his court accordingly. The Petitions of these rustics, who dare not have an opinion at variance with that of the Parson, are worth nothing, and ought to be scouted. While the gaols, the carity schools, and work-houses, are canvassed for signatures to Anti-Catholic pe titions, to swell the numbers, for effect, a dif ferent course has been pursued with respect to the Glasgow petition for concession. It was stated, at the meeting, by Mr. Kirkman Finlay, " That the public generally should not be allowed to sign the petition. He knew, from experience, how little attention was generally paid to petitions signed by people, who from situation or education were unable to judge properly of the subject. This pe tition will then he signed only by the upper and middle classes of society, and persons who have a knowledge of the important question which now oc cupies the serious consideration of the legislature. Such a petition, with a thousand names, will have more weight than one praying for exclusion and oppres sion, backed by the hieroglyphics of all the porters, labourers, old women, and schoolboys in the coun try." In that city, it seems, the same disgusting practices so often reprobated in Parliament, had been resorteA to in order to obtain signatures to petitions against concession. The Free Press states that " every child is allowed, nay solicited to sign the counter petition—that women have been allowed to attach their signatures, and that a juvenile opponent of further concessions had boasted that he had signed his name in four different places." It cannot surely be difficult to determine whether a petition submit ted to the Magistrates of the City, the Professors of the University, and nearly sail the respectable Merchants and Manufacturers, or one subscribed in the manner above alluded to, be entitled to most attention. (FROM THE MORNING HERALD.) Mr. Hume, we are happy to see, takes the Chair to-day at a meeting of the inhabitants of Maryle bone, for the purpose of following up the cause of parochial freedom and reform ; and which, we trust, will be attended by persons of all ranks in this ex tensive opulent district. The advocates of the self electing select system, both in this and other parishes, console themselves, it is said, not with any hope of their cause gaining ground by its justice, or even its expediency, but from the want of means which they batter themselves their opponents labour under, ansi the evident advantage they themselves possess, of beingable to fight their fellow-parishioners with their own money. This, to be sure, is advantage as well as abuse, enough, and is itself a striking proof of the inherent rottenness of a system which can thus maintain itself at the charge of those very persons_ whose interests it ought to defend, but who are most interested in its overthrow. This view of the matter,. however, while it aggravates the evil, should not deter but rather animate those who are opposed to it to stonger exertions. In such a parish as Maryle bone, in particular, the mere pecuniary means of emancipation cannot be really wanting. Probably a less sum than five shillings from every householder would form a fund more than ample enough to bring the contest to a triumphant termination. Next to raising the means, the main consideration is, to whom they should be confided. The " fide sed eui ride," must rigidly be kept in view. If we were asked what description of persons are fittest to be trusted, and likeliest to fulfil their oust effectu elly, we should say honest men of business—not mere: idlers and dawdlers, who are fond enough and fit enough to pley their parts in Vanity Fair, but who contribute little aid that is valuable to the tug of real war, and who are too ready sometimes to strike their colours when either trouble, danger, or temptation, presents itself to them. (F ROM THE MORNING ADVERTISER.) Mr. Peel has lost hi; election for Oxford. This result we considered extremely probable from the turn which the election had taken on Friday, and we were not therefore surprised in finding our worst fears realized, The matter is of no importance to the Right Hon. Gentleman, for whodi a scat has been secured, and who will take his place in the house of Commons, on Thursday next, as independently as if he had been chosen Member for Oxford ! but it is a matter of no inconsiderable importance in so far as the settlement' of the Catholic question is con cerned ; and on this ground we lament it—deeply indeed lament, because there is no doubt that ad vantage will be takeu . of the circumstance to endea vour to persuade the Legislature and the eountry,that the learned, as well as the unlearned, are equally op posed to the emancipation of the Catholics. We have on former occasions laid before our readers what we consider sufficient tfaaons for not attach ing any special importance to the result of the Ox ford Election, and shall not now therefore again touch upon the subject ; but if an argument were started on this subject, the result of the poll would show that there is such a respectable minority, even in Oxford, in favour of Emancipation, as ought to prove to every one the paramount necessity of tak hig the question into consideration " with a view to " its final settlement," and " with temper and mo deration." The greatest efforts, as will be seen from our report, 7vere made by the friends of Sir R. while those of Mr. Peel were, until within these few days, b u t little on the alert. Had both parties, however, started fa:dy e and the result of the election have been what it is, we should have honoured the men of Oxford for it, Political con sistency is but a rare virtue, and rare especially when self-interest and consistency happen to clash ; and as this. is somewhat the ease in the present election, we arc rather disposed to appro. - e of the spirit which has been m anifested by it as an honest spirit, though we should have been glad to find the re,:a4 di' ferent. (FROM THE NEWS.) The Parliamentary Proceedings of both Houses, if we ms.;" judge from those of last week, so far from di m inishing in interest, seem daily to acquire fresh animation and importance. The speeches of the Dukes of Clarence and Sussex —of Earl Grey, the Marquis of Angletea, and Lord I'i‘:nkett (in particu lar that of the Heir Presumptive), w;11 amply repay tiie most attentive perusal. 'I he advice the Duke o f Clarence gives to the Reverend the Bisho p s, ' and through them to the Clergy in general, to d - mean themselves, on the question of thR claims of the Catholics, as " Kinisters of Pence," Wfa rope will no be without a beneficial effect. Certain it is, that, with reference to too many uf the parochial Clergy, such a dvice was loudly called for. It must be admitted that, o'er since the publication of the King's Speech, the eouduet of very many of the Establishment has been such as by no means to add to the little popularity they cciukt prgyiously lay claim to. That conduct has been charaete;ized by the total absence of the great Christian principle-- " Do unto others a; ye would be done by yourselves;" and also by the meat deplorable ignorance of passing events, in asserting that the CatPolic religion i England, of the p resent da y , is the same i,n.effect asn it was in the days of the brute, lieury the Vltith, or tile bigot Mary, his daughter. As well might it be maintalued, that the practise of our own Church is the same as when it was death for a Catholic priest to perform the oilizes of his relitC.i or when such villains as Oates , Dang2r,, and Bedloe, were encouraged by our Judges to zorornit the grossest perju:2es, in swearing away the fires sir pious aad excellent yagp, merely because they hap ct s 1 pened to be Catholics.. Ti} truth is, as respe both Churches, " the times are eiiscp.ed, and we (perhaps iinperceptibly), have elian z id with the mes." (FROM THE ATLAS.) • T 7 lecti on may be said to be term), has obtained a majority, When the worthy r Mr. Est- The Oxfora nated. Sir R. M. big.— . which must secure his return. Baronet enters Parliament by the side u. court as the second representative of the Universe., , England will have reason to be proud of the taste and judgment of her great seat of learning. Placing out of view the passing excitation of political feeling, and the desire the Members of the Colleges enter.; min, at this juncture, to have gentlemen in the Senate capable of supporting a particular view of the Catho lic question, there will not be a rotten borough in the Kingdom more huncly represented than the University of Oxford. Mr. Estcourt's worst ene mies never accused him of possessing an intellect capable of grasping a higher subject than ale-house licences; and Sir R. H. Inglis's researches have been sedulously confined to those topics that lay nearest at hand, and were most eas i ly investigated. There is no witchcraft in either ; and when the Catholic Bill shall have passed, and Catholic am bition shall have ceased to disturb the terrors of his Majesty's Royal lieges, the public may never expect to hear a voice from the cloisters of Oxford echoing through the vault of St. Stephen's Chapel, Mr. Peel, with all his sins of system and solemnity, would have been a more fitting representative for a place that is nominally the depository of know ledge than either the worthy Baronet or his honour able colleague. But if people will be obstinate, they must take the consequences. (FROM THE JOHN BULL.) Mr. Peel is defeated at Oxford by a majority of 146. We confess, however much we may rejoice at .he event as a powerful proof of the popular feeling, t surprises us. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Bishop of MEATH took the oaths and his seat. The Duke of CUMBERLAND presented a petition from the Protestants of the county of Armagh, and another from Tyrone, praying no further concession to the Ca tholics. His Royal Highness stated that the first petition was signed by 16,000, and the other by 17,000 persons. Lord CALEDON observed, that though they were signed by the numbers which the Illustrious Duke had stated, yet he by ns means considered them as expressing the sense of the country. The Bishop of LONDON presented several petitions from parishes in Middlesex, against further concessions to the Catholics, ...... Lord DUNDAS presented a petition from the Catholics of York praying fu• a removal of their disabilities. Lord ELDON presented upwards of thirty petitions from different places, praying for no further conces sions to the Roman Catholics. Having presented them, the. Noble Lord (Eldon) observed, that having occupied so much time already, he should not trespass further on their Lordship's attention, but present 25 peti tions more, that he lead in an adjoining room, together with 75 which were at home, on some other day or days. MESSAGE FROM TUE COMMONS. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT, and several other Mem bers of the House of Commons brought up two Bills of Grants in aid to his Majesty, for the year 1529. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented several pe titions from the Rural Deanery and Clergy of se -.1-11 paata in Gloucestershire. A petition, in the absence of the Bishop of Winchester, from the Rural Deanery of Surrey, and another signed by 1,500 inhabitants of Gloucester, praying no further concessions to the Catholics. The Marquis of DOWYSHIRE presented petitions from several parts in Ireland, in favour of Catholic Claims, and against the Vestry Act. A Noble Lord, whose name we could not learn, pre sented a petition from Castle Cary. The Bishop of DURHAM presented several petitions, against further concessions to Catholics. The Bishop of ELY presented several petitions from dif ferent parts against the Catholic Claims, and tAnk this op portunity to state, that he was now 70 years of age, and that his sentiments under• all the considerations he could give the subject, remained unchanged and unchangeable. He was decidedly opposed to further concessions to the Ca tholics. EArl FITZWILLIANI presented a petitio❑ from the Protestants of a parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire, against Emancipation. One from the Protestants of an other part in York, praying - for the removal of all religious disabilities. One from Wicklow, and another pariah, to the same effect. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a petition frnm various Corporations in the City of Dublin, against fur. ther concess'ons. The petitions at the Noble Duke's re quest was read at length. The Noble Duke presented an other petition front same persons against the Forty shilling Freeholder, which was likewise read at length. The Noblo Duke next presented petition from the Protestants in Mansfield, and from various parishes in county of York ; from about three dozen parishes in Nottingham ; front parishes in Darby ; from the Borough of Daintry ; from a parish in the county of Rutland, and from Worksop, all against the Catholic claims.—ln all 58 petitions. Lord WINCHELSEA gave notice, that on Thursday next he should move for a return of all Roman Catholic Clergy in Great Britain and Ireland, specifying the number of Parochial Clergy, as also those holding Titular Bishopricks and other Dignities, and the districts of which they have superintendance; also the number of foreigners acting as Roman Catholic Clergy in Ireland, whether regular secular, the number of houses and setninaries under the direction of the order and society of the Jesuits, the names and number of other religious Roman Catholic orders in Great Britain and Ireland, together with the number of the inmates of the different convents and monasteries. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought such a return could not be made. Lord WINCIIELSEA had been informed that a re turn very similar to this, had already been made up to 1815, and therefore, with the Noble Duke's permission, he ihuuld persist in giving his notice. The Duke of WELLINGTON observed, that if the return could be made it should. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS The SPICAKgR took the Chair precisely at Four o'clock. Sir ROBERT HARRY INGLIS took the oaths and his seat, as Member for the University of Oxford. Lord MANDEVILLE presented several petitions from p/acee in the county of Armagh, against any further con cessions 0 the Roman Catholics. Lord CIIANDOS presented a petition from the junior Members, the Graduates, Undergraduates, and Bachelors of Arts of the University of Oxford against any further concessions to the Catholics The petition was signed by upwards of 300 of the junior Members of the University. Mr. BROUGHAM said that he wished to ask ques tion of the Noble Lord who had presented the petition, hut so many observations from that side of the House had been misrepresented that he felt it necessary to say that he meant no 4;sepepect to the Noble Lord, and only asked for the purposed ii`iforiaatiom He wished to know what the numbers of that body were of which these petitioners were A portion ? CIIANDOS said that he really could not give the Hon. and (..earned Gentleman the information he required. He was riot aware of the numbers of the Undergraduates and junior members of the Unieersity. Doctor PHILLIAORE said that the feeling of the junior members of tha University was decidedly in favour of Catholic Emancipation. He believed the total nt,:rolgr of the junior members was about three thousand. Mr. ESTCOURT said that he believed that his Learned Friend Lad rot over-rated the number, hut when he as serted that the ueele:.eduates were notoriously friends of Emancipation, he would take leave to doubt the correctness of that assertion.—(hear, Icar, bear). Bat he would work—where was the proof? The FGO; was all on the other side.—( Hear, hear. (._.They had on their tattle a p e tition , signed by several hund reds of the junior members arainet c4l!olic concessions. He thought that much better evitience tnan Gila eesertion of his Learned Prierid? , ,(Clieers.) Dr. PHILLIMORE said that the junior members had consulted him as to the propriety of petitioning par liament in favour of the Roman Catholics, bat lie had tkissuaded them from doing so, under the impression that a Petitiou fecee them would have comparativ dy little weight, and thai they had iii?e;efore better let the Catholic question take its course. Mr. ESTCOURT said that that had noth'.iig to tick, wjth tlie egtion. It was mere advice, which amounted to nothing. Pr. PHILLIMORE, in ecjihniatitio, said he did not mean to deny that the petition represented the sentiinetitp of the 300 persona who had signed it, but lie ineant to contend that it did not represent the r.entiguen6 of the 'enior members of the University. TIERS STUART said that there was a de - ',el, and it was clear that the senti -ere favourable to email lkfr. bating society in inents of the Undergraduates - •.-- cipation, for at that society the question great majority.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) General KING presented a petition from the Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders of the county of Leitrim, a gainst any further concessions to the Homan Catholics. Admiral SOTIIERON presented a petition from Wor i,am and thirteen other places, against Catholic Emancipa. liv '0 Cal ••-- • 1' 1!T - - tion. The petitions were respectably signed and worthy the attention of the House. Mr. DAVENPORT said no one was allowed to attend a meeting, where one of the petitions came from, unless he was favourable to the views entertained by those who called it. The greatest exertions were made to obtain signatures, and he knew one of the petitioners to be an idiot.—(Great laughter.) Admiral SOTHERON said his Hon. Colleague must acknowledge that the petitioners were as a body very re spectable. The petition was then brought up and read. Mr. DUNCOMBE had the honour to present fourteen petitions against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics, the first was from the town of Sheffield, and signed by thirty thousand three hundred individuals. (Ilear, hear.) It was unnecessary for him to say, that he entirely agreed in the prayer of the petitioners, he would merely recommend it to the serious consideration of the House. Mr. MARSHALL must call to the recollection of his Hon. Colleague, that the petition was nut agreed to at a public meeting, and that it was hawked all round the country to obtain signatures.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DUNCOMBE—If the Hon. Member does not consider it a public meeting because it was not held in the open air, lie was right; but be (Mr. D.) called it a public meeting. It was held in the Town Hall, and very nume rously attended. (Hear.) He could assure the House that the signatures were of individuals residing in Shef field or its immediate vicinity—(hear) ; but it appeared that Members on the other side seemed determined to find fault with every petition presented. It could only be for the purpose of undervaluing them in the public mind, what ever might be said he considered the petitions presented against further concessions to the Catholics spoite the un biased opinions of the people of this country. Lord MILTON was not disposed to cry down any peti tion whatever, touch less one so respectably signed as that just presented by his Hon.:Colleague, he would, how ever, remind his Hon. Colleague of one or two circumstances which he appeared to have forgot. He (Lord Milton) did not mean to dispute the r e spectability of the signatures, hat he never could sanction the manner in which the meeting was held where it originated. To prove that it was not a public meeting, he would mention one fact of his own knowledge. A friend of his was going to the meeting fur the purpose of opposing the resolutions, when he was informed that he would not be admitted, as none hut those who were favourable to them would be allowed to take part in the proceedings—(Hear, hear.) — therefore, with all due deference to the Hon. Member, he never could call this a public meeting—(lleac.)—where only one side were allowed to take part. Now, the peti tion which he (Lord Milton) had the honour to present last week, was agreed to at a public meeting, called by the Master Cutler, who was the proper constituted .officer for such purposes, and attended by more than seven thousand individuals, out of which number not more than forty hands were held up arrainst it, and the signa tures to which he would assert were highly respectable. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the inha bitants freeholders of Scarborough against the Catholic Claims. The Hon. Member observed that it was most numerously and respectably signed. He also presented si milar petitions from thirteen places in Yorkshire. Mr. KEKENVICH presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Exeter, against the Catholic Claims. Mr. W. PEEL, on the presentation of the petition from the Corporation of Exeter, trusted that the Ilouse would not suppose it was his intention to underrate the imports ante or the influence of the petition. It professed to he the petition of the Corporation ; but he was authorised to say that not one half of the members had signed it.— The feeling certainly by which those gentlemen was influenced was, that they had relied on the prudence of his Majesty's Government in forming the Bill fur the re moval of the disabilities under which the Roman Catholics ' now laboured—and they trusted that the effect of the ' measure would be to preserve rather than destroy the Con- stitu tion Mr. KEKEWICH, then presented a petition from Tamworth, and another from Paisley, against the Catholic claims. Colonel SIBTHORPE presented two petitions against Catholic Emancipation from parishes in Lincoln. The Hon. Member said that the petitioners had been thrown into a state of surprise and alarm at the recent change which had taken place in the sentiments of his Majesty's Mi nisters, which they felt it to be their duty to re sist any attempt that might be made for the introduction of Roman Catholics into Parliamero. They were of the true John, Bull breed, and wished to have no spurious cross of a Papist Bull.—(Laughter.) Mr. HOULDSWORTH presented two petitions from parishes in the county of Devon, against the Catholic Claims. The Hon. Member, on presenting these peti tions observed, that they were couched in firm and manly terms. The petitioners had entered into a review of the present state of Ireland, and were well convinced the merely granting the claims of the Roman Catho lics would sot have the effect of benefittiug that country, or setting at rest those feuds, by which it was unhappily distracted. Mr. GREEN presented a petition from the inhabitants of Ulverston, Lencashire, against the Catholic Claims. The Hon. Member said that the petition was signed by a great number of independent Freeholders, whose ancestors had fought for their country. Mr. 11. MAXWELL presented a petition from the Seceders of 'Renfrew, against further concessions to the Catholics. Also several other similar petitions from varioss places in Scotland, and from places in the county of ti Mr. MOORE presented similar petitions from the Pro testant inhabitants of Kiltnany, sad other places in the Queen's County. [LEFT SITTING.] LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FRB. 29. FRY AND ANOTHER V. WARWICK. This was an action by Messrs. Fry and Chap man, the late bankers, on a bill of exchange for 578/. 55., drawn by Vertigeus and Barker, accepted by the defendant, a linen-draper, at St. Alban's, and endorsed by Vertigens and Barker to Messrs. Fry and Ch a pman.—Plaintiffs nonsuited. FELLOWS AND ANOTHER V. WILLIAMSON. This action was brought to recover compensation ill damages for a loss sustained by the plaintiffs, in consequence of a deceitful representation made by the defendant of the credit of one William Duffy, by which the plaintiffs were indueed to trust Duffy with goods to a large amount, at a time when he was in insolvent circumstances. To prove the case, Mr. Morris, Mr. Hemsall, Mr. James Duffy, John Batt, and Joseph Curtis wero examined. Their testimony supported the principal part of the Learned Counsel's statement. Chi: Jury found for the plaintiffs—Damages, 319/. 16s. HUNTER AND OTHERS V. LEATHLEY. This was an action on a policy of insurance brought against one of the underwriters by Messrs. litinter, Morgan, and Co. (bankrupts), who had elected inEurances on the Java, the Albion, the Bo livar, and the 11/erg packets, trading in the Indian Seas. The policy in quesion w 1;;; erected on coffee, on board the Java packet, which was trade between Singapore, Penang, the Malacca., Batavia, the ports of Persia, and elsewhere in the Indiap S,eas 9 and to load and unload at any of these ports. The packet took in the coffee at a port in Java not specifically mentioned in me policy, this, he understood, was the defence to be s'et op the part of the underwriter. But the risk Was the general words of the policy, " if takep in at any uort the Indian Seas." The Java was lost at gea 'oft Antwerp,,7.n4 every OTI board perished except the pilot. The widerwrTteri, however, refused to pay. It was agreed that a special verdict should he taken, to raise the point for the consideration of the yihether the coffee being shipped at the other port of Java, ni;;; - . mentioned specifically in the policy, the risk was covered Verdict accordingly; arid' the Other causes relative to the ear.:e matter, of which several stood in the paper, to zlb,ide tie eepi . , 4t this one, in case the 'vjainfiffS should pOt be pOosplicq. . „ . had the Means of establishing his ci arge against thein. I- On the 13th ult., „inlet ci.... ,_, , Mr. Dyer. did not feel it his duty L'.) take'any prOceed- banker; Milford, SOtlth Walea. r , i,, in the' matter in the present!tate of the case, and Mr. I Onthe l 7th kilt.,' at UpPer Ttdse-hill, faeorge I . " 4 . Coi qle'n retired. . I '4isi•,, d'; the V. 0;; 1,1 47 , ~ , . • Joi itlP, fp LEBON E. 'p, the pith Hit., id the 07th year 0 Ilia WA COURT OF CW N PLEAS On I:%1O, E!). 28. Saturday Mrs. Wilmot, of Allsopls-place, itegenos- W 4 11,-,er, gsq., of iieverley,li t SCOTT I). PITT. park, was brought again before the magistrates. She ap - I , On the 7th ult., at Rome, Emma, wife of the it This Wila an tOti Oil 011 a bill of exchange drawn I p eare d in an elegant black dyes,, an d a magnificent velvet R o bert Wilson, Rector of Astwellthorpe and Pen el l'hmes Scott, anent tc the firm of J. B. Scott bonnet, tipped with gold tassels, and a chair was placed in the county of Norfolk, and only daughter of '. by v.- - - -:th. I Scotch a l e -b re wers, on the tip- for her a ccommodation, in a lobby between the magistrates' Pi g ott, Esq. of Dodderehale Park, Bucks. and Co., 01 1.,,,..4'.'7'-'."r4 __________ et • residing in the Melphi, . 4°,9F , - ."',4 t ? ' - : : : - r.11,,-o.llVs' ba,r,, fendant, who is a surrey-ui, _ _ i The of Was thronged with tradesmen, who hatin,?-, i.ltV.le.cEL) and poet.tslin by MURp9 YOIPIG2 , . • ~. „._, for 15/. 10s., and accepted by him. ' - her credit, were eager to convert debts into felonies; bUIT OFFICE, 1154 STRAND, L020:10144 Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 15/. 105. i Pr. "-,. , ' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL, On Saturday, tie driver of James Martin's Holloway stage-coach, No. 4,004, was charged by Throaby, one of the society's officers, with furiotrdy driving his coach against another, on Wednesday night last, in Finsbury-place. He was made to pay the costs, with a severe reprimand, and then discharged. MARIBOROUGIISTREET. On Saturday, Mr. Cox, a respectable solicitor, who ap peared at this office some days ago, with a young female of good connexions, named May, to prefer a charge of fraud against two persons called Drs. J. and G. Jordan, resid ing in Newman-street, Oxford-street, and having another establishment also in the same neighbourhood, for the sale of a medicine which they advertise under the title of the "Cordial Balm of Rakasiri," attended again before Mr. Drell, the sitting Magistrate, accompanied by Miss May and a female relative of her's, and, after waiting in the office for upwards of an hour before he made known his immediate business, Mr. Cox addressed the Magistrate, to the following effect : He held in his band, he said, a newspaper, in which there appeared a report of a speech made, or purporting to have been made, at this office, by Mr. Adolphus, on Wed nesday last, on behalf of two persons calling themselves Dre. J. and G. Jordan, in which, if the report was a correct one, Mr. Adolphus had used very improper and unwar rantable language respecting the conduct of hits (Mr. Cox), and of his client Miss May, who stood by his side. Mr. Cox here read from the paper in question the report to which he alluded, and said that he had good reason to believe that some of the language there put into the mouth of Mr. Adolphus had not been used by that learned gentle man, because, in the report of the same proceedings as given in the Times journal, no such expressions were attributed to him ; and the report in the Time: he believed to be the faithful one, from the uniform correctness that belonged to every report that appeared in that journal,—always given with an accuracy, and an adherence to truth and justice, which scarcely ever left to any reasonable person the slightest ground for complaint, and he (Mr. Cox) was glad of that opportunity of expressing, in union, he believed with the public at large, his humble admiration of the able, impartial, and honourable, manner in which that distinguished journal was conducted. Putting, however, Mr. Cox said, the most mild character on Mr. Adolphus's speech, in favour of his clients the " doctors," it appeared that the learned gentleman had dared hint (Mr. Cox), or his injured client Miss May, to come forward and substan tiate any charge of fraud against the doctors, and had hurled defiance at them because they had not preferred a bill of indictment, as they had expressed an intention of doing, at the sessions, against the Messrs. Jordan. Now, to show how utterly groundless this defence wag, and hew entirely disposed and ready he, Mr. Cox, was, not only to meet the " Doctors," but to substantiate his accusation against them, he had, Mum he saw the defiance of Mr. Adolphus in print, written a letter, a copy of which he held in his hand, to the " Doctors," appointing to meet them that day at one o'clock, before the Magistrates at this office, when he should be prepared to prove on oath every syllable he had alleged against them, and let them then defend them selves if they could. Ha had now, however, waited up wards of an hour after the appointed time, in the anxious expectation that the Doctors and their Advocate would arrive, but as they had not made their appearance, be took it for granted that they were the persons who did not " dare" to appear in the case. Mr. Cox here read the copy of the letter be had addressed to the " Doctors," calling upon them to appear at this office and meet his charge. He had also, he said, written to the " Doctors," telling them that he should forthwith bring an action against them for the recovery of the money they had ob tained from Miss May, unless they immediately returned it, which they refused to do, but said that it the lady had any of the medicine left, they would take it back from her and pay her for it in proportion to the quantity she returned, at tbe same price that she had given for it. This, however, he (Mr. Cox), knew to be a mere manoeuvre, to ascertain wheth -r or not Miss May had swallowed all the medicine, or had any of it left by which an exposure of its vile ingre dients might be made public. As it happened, Mr. Cox said, there was abundance of the stuff left for the purpose of analyzation, if such experiment were again necessary, after the repeated exposures that the mixture had met with in several medical publications, but unfortunately these publications were not very generally read amongst others than medical men. Here Mr. Cox read from a number of a medical work called the Gazette of Health, an ac count of this " Bahn of Rakasiri," which stated that the writers had examined carefully the coi dial Balsam of Ra kaairi, as it was called, and found it to be an ardent spirit slightly flavoured with the essential oil of fir, and that from its high stimulating qualities, it is of an extremely dangerous tendency, particularly in consumption, apo plexy, cholera morbus, and all other complaints where an increase of the circulation is injurious ; and the description of it concluded by stating, that the first cost of the contents of an I la. bottle of this trash is only Gd. " Was it not monstrous," Mr. Cox said, " that these wen should be rolling in their carriages and wallowing in wealth, while men of high education, who had laboriously, and at a great expense, studied their profession, and made them selves masters of medical knowledge, were living, in very many instances, in obscurity, and scarcely able to supply the means of living respectably? But he (Mr. Cox) was determined not to rent until he had opened the eyes of the public respecting these doctors and the abominable stuff they were drenching their victims with. He had already given them notice of action, and into a court of law he would most assuredly drag them, and expose the abominable stuff they were selling for medicine. Mr. Cox here produced a bottle containing a portion of the " Balm of Rakasiri," which, he said, he was about to sub mit to analyzation by several chemists of the first charac ter, wile had offered him their services for the purpose, so that he would not content himself as to the nature of its' component parts with the description of something be had teed from the Gazette of Health. Nothing could be: more false, Mr. Cox said, than to say that he or the com plainant, Miss May, would not "dare" to go before the Grand Jury at the Sessions, and prefer an indictment against the " Doctors Jot dan." The true history of the case, he said, was this :--When Miss May first discovered that she had been imposed upon by these men for the stuff they sold her, she applied to them to return leer money to her, as she had ascertained that what they supplied her with as medicine to effect a care of her complaint was doing a vast deal more of injury than otherwise, and reminded them that they had once before, as she had just then learned, been compelled to disgorge at Marylebone police-office a sum of money which they hail obtained by similar means from a poor man, and said that she should apply for some mode of redress if they did not give her back her money. To this the "doctors" answered, " that if Miss May attempted to take any such step as that man had taken, that they would disclose the real nature of the complaint she was labouring under to her friends, which would ruin her character," " What do you mean ?" indignantly asked Miss May of them; "the only complaint ander which I um labouring is a severe cough arising from asthma, and that my friends know already, and they shall know, too, the threat that you have dared to utter." Miss May accordingly informed her friends forthwith of what had happet,ed, gpd he (Mr. cox) as their solicitor was consulted ; he immediately ad vised an adoption of the same means as had recovered his ipency for the poor man at Marylebone-office, as his chief desire was to get back her IN. for Miss May, which it was nut convenient for her to throw away in such a manner, and he therefore came with her to this office, istrate in the a ca n se d . apSpliriedGfetOrrgtelleFtat:rsal'itatt,meehootaf•evtehre, l‘ a i d ag vieeil him, as the Grand Jury were then sitting at the Middlesex i3essioas, 0 go as ance ar i d p;'fea 4 bi!! of indict meat for the fraud ; and he accordingly did" go ; but on consulting with Mr. Stafford at the Sessions-house, Mr. Stafford told him, that although he undoubtedly had very good grounds to prefer the bill, yet that his doing so would weaken his clear and undeniable right to recover the money for the young Woman by civil action; and upon thii presentatirin, which he thought a very' just oite front Mr: Stafford, he waved the' indictment altagether, and iletr: mined to recover her money for Miss May, while at the same time be would, by Such a proceeding, haye a more anakle oppertitoit.i of exposing the character of the medi a eipta these M r . p o; sail, tf~ the trµa 4aiure of the'liole'tratiasation ; and ltoti lilt. Adulpkua or his clienta, the Messrs. Jordan, could fling out upon each grounds arty daring or defiance, he (Mr. Cox) was quite at a loss to imagine. If, now, Mr. Cox said, the Magistrate would grant a summons, or any other means p r !_ a i ag i eg - the doctors" to the office, he (Mr. Cox) would meet tfisut Oat any day 0, Lour, iuld show that he '•'shi - his altar against their but no fresh charge amounting to one in the opinion of the magistrates was made. Mr. Wooler attended as her solicitor, and the evidence relating to the articles of cabinet work which she obtained from Mr. Moorwood's counter in the Soho Bazaar, Oa the body-linen articles of dress which were sent in by jr.S Perry, of Regent-street, was re-taken, that he might heir it. Mr. Avery, the silversmith of Bond-street, was also re-examined respecting the conversation in which Mr* Wihnet told him, she was going on Sunday night to Pic cadilly to see Mr. Titehbonrn off for Paris, and then on to visit her aunt in Great Surrey-street; and Mr. WOO lO asked him if in the course of that conversation Mrs. mot did not tell him she was under some difficulties, whirl' rendered it necessary for her to leave the sountry until thei could be surmounted ? Ile said she owed him a small sutra' rather snore than 21., and she said she was in debt with others, but she expected to receive some money very woo) and that would enable her to pay. Mr. 11.s.wtssrsoss said, Mr. Hoskins and himself enter tained no doubt that what she had done amounted to felony, and she stood committed for trial under Mr. 141*Qr' wood's charge, and would be detained to answer the others; but as the Old Bailey Sessions were distant, provided et& ficient bail to secure the ends of justice was offered, would be accepted ; and to this end he asked Mr. Week( whether she was a married woman, and he said she WO , not. She will be brought up on Wednesday bo have the depe sitione read to her ; and if she is prepared to give bill , herself in 5001. and offer two approved sureties in 250 1 . each, it is to be accepted. Upon searching her writing' desk, Buckeridge found four 101. notes. - Mr. Titchbouro is the son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Titehbourpo R. E. 1. S. QUEEN.SQUARE. Saturday Charles Rodius, the German, who was crop' mitted from this office for robbing Lady Lauri )(eyrie l4 was brought before Mr. MAaniorr, on a second shags , of robbery at the theatres. 'The prisoner declined saying anything in his defene 6 and he was again remanded for a week, in the hope 10 1 other persons will come forward and claim their propel found in his possession. COUNTRY CORN MARKET DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Beaus. Per Quarter. s. to s. Is.to s. a. to a. s. to Carlisle — 71 I 32 25 Carman! ten .. 62 33 19 311 Hezharn— 64 78 27 :.t3 18 25 50 ?f, Morpeth 64 72 39 40 IS 26 29 Peurith 68 I 96 95 Sheffield « SO 92 3', 46 24 34 46 0- '" Winchester 69 81 30 34. 25 27 42 Per Bushel. a. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. a. d. a. d. Coventry —.... 10 4 10S 4S 52 30 43 50 .4 Newcastle (Staff.) 12 0 12 6 5 9 6 0 4 6 4 9 7 0 1 Northallerton—.... 8 0 10 0 4 0 4 3 2 3 2 6 5 0 !' 0 Staflbrd 12 0 123 S 8 60 40 43 76 7, 4 Swansea 8 92 4tl 50 2 9 33 00 Warwick.. , .. , .i96 lO 4 48 52 30 43 50 6 Per Dill. n 0 Barnardcastle 18 0210 0 0 641 0 76 0 0 1:0 Darlington IS 0 k 2 0 9 0 10 6 5 9 7 6 9 0 1 0 0 Durham 13 tS 21 6 9 0 10 0 5 0 8 3 11 6 15 n Wolsffighatn 17 0 206 S 6 90 60 76 0 0 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Feb. 21. The supply of Wheat from the farmers here today ; very short, but there is a good supply up the river, a n d having a pretty fair attendance of buyers, there has be/ tolerably good demand, at fully the rates of last week, s'i in many instances an advance of Is. per quarter bap bed obtained. Oats are in fair demand at last Friday's prise, Fine heavy Barley is not plentiful, and rather dearer, b s ' the light samples chiefly remain unsold. Beans are er tremely dull, arid to dispofe of any quantity lower priej must he submitted to. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk ....... 575. to 665. fine 'los. Lincolnshire Yorkshire, &c o2s. to 663. tine tbs. White Foreign, Old 3oe. to (16s. fine C 9 ' Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ------ Lincolnshire 27s. to 31s. fine 315. - Yorkshire Wold Xi. to 325. fine 33i. Beans, Tick 3ls. to 368. tine 3 -- Small 3-Is. to :15s. fine Jag. Oats, Poland and Potato l9s. t 0.255. fine :IN' - Friezland and Small l9s. to 21s. fine 265. - Mealing lid. to 13 1 ,4 d. per StoPtu Shelling 3ls. to -a. -s. to 33e. per Laid' Malt att. 41s. fine 4.35. per Lesul. Ilspeseed .301. Os. 321. Os. 331. 10s. per Lot. SCOTCH MARKETS. HA DDINGTON CORN M A RKE'r.—Feb. O. ~I Very dull markets. Wheat has given way 3s. 6 d. 8- I 2P on last average ; top as before. Barley brought the slag top as last market ; average down 2d. 2-12. Oats 0 11 up on the top Is. and Is 4-I2ths on the average. I . 3 ° t Pease and Beans are up a trifle. Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. Pease. lII' First 'l4e Od 37s Od 29s Od 514.1 Od 384 ''',-,:i Second 62.3 Od 31e Od 24.4 ld 29s Od VS. m'''" Third There were 413 qrs. of Wheat in market, 380 where° were r'' SO Unsold.-33 Grey. . ;e 3l. 2s. Sid. 6-12ths. ___., A ♦et. 26. , t this du 'a nutria 'adilY at fully id re"4s- Bean'. "Ss CU 36, thl 324 Od. Cki al 3Ue oa sod ITH Coß] all kinds id in gene N MARK of Grain tral sold DALKEI The supply of s was moderate, an, week's prices. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First 6os 01 35s Od 28s Od Second Gas Od 2:3s Od 24e Od Third GOs Od 20s Od 20s 041. CORNWALL MARkES. Tautto.—Whoat (average) 29i. 3d.—Barlay. T ld.—Ostg , ST. litmaros—Wheat,—Barle os y, 134. Bd. AusTELL W --heat, 2'.2s al 3. to .—Barley, las. to 11.3.-- ool' 06. Od. to 12a. Boositx—Wheat ' 304.01 '‘, .161' .soomrs—.. _. (average) ~ 13i.-.oalst LA UNC IZSTON-..-W h eat (arerle) 30s. 01—barley, 19a. 0 ,1 : Os. od.—Beef, 6d.—Mutton, d. LlsKtueo--Wheat,;2B4. - s. o(l..—Barley, 131. to SL. Od. Wh • ST. Cotuma—, !eat, 30a. to 52L—Barley, 13i. to How and Mutton, 5d to 6d.—Veal and Lamb, Od to sd. CO PaNzaNea—Wheat, 26L to 283.—Barley, — . a to IPS•te' o 4 . / —S. CO 9L6 d.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to Od.—rotlt. Sid. t 0 Butter, lld. per lb. ALINING INTELLIGENCE. Toni- CI P Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Itedruth last Thursday 1,86 7 0 Average Produce B% 4 Quantity of tine Copper 2'2B „, 'O4 Amount of Sale. 16,0914 14s. Od.—Average Standard, 1044 The number of bankrupt petitions which sto°' o l for hearing before the Chancellor and Vice-Chancel lor the first day of Hilary was 311. CAUTION TO MARINERS.-..The Fran Cll o ' Ann, Hicks, master, which arrived at Portreathy f r :" Swansea, last week, on her passage struck ana i 'u n ' rock off tht south end of Lundy Island, and Which it :0 marked in the charts. At the time of striking the B o) tide had set in about art hour, the tides being at height of the spring. The rock bears about S. hi from the East end of Rat Island, and is distant fo n ' about three cables length.—Devanport Telegy±al IRTHS. vs , d , On the 27th ult., th e lady lady of Samuel Wbitbreads M.P., of a daughter. ,b, , fl On the Ist instant, at Glouoester-plaee, Oct la— ' Francis Geo. Hare, Erq., of a dalghtf i r. ...,hitf j On the 27th plc. ip 131,rkeley-squara, the lady of i' L _'„l, o Norris, lict. , of a ion, who survived he premature P a' few hours only. e On the 28th ult., at Finchley, Mrs. C. M. Ada.oh ' a daughter. On tare 28th ult., in Grosyepor-plane, Lady 6 li ft4l° ' 4 4°4! • li Oa the 29th ult., at Liverpool, Mrs. F. L. WI of a son. ~, i On the 26th ult., in Torrington-square, the l a d James Booth, Op the 27th E ult., the lady of Henry Sal 9. Esq., ':: - . I ''' hlte-atteet, 43Joo i nsbury, 04, soa, ' ' .' ' ' MARRIED. , 0 On the 26th ult., at St. George, Camberwell, Kep t. Hughes, Esq. Carnarvon, to Miss Lamb, Bromley , j %.4.- DIED. l' On the 26th ult,, il.l'rlcll fr,Teeted, I , ( 4iss Ambler, dill:or ter of the iiite Willi am Ambler , Esc' many years Re° of the city 'or Durham. 1 0 On the 2 5 th ult.,' after a long and painful illneor e Ann Immyins, widow of the late J. Irranyins, F.ol' Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, aged 68. a sl" On the 15th ult., at Hanover, aged three y.:,;411; itn., , ~,i e 1 )'" 110 ' 1, Geq . riF 44P,Iphy. FrP.e . ,4l, ueeiilid eon of ihe:;,/ Henry Harvey, -A•l‘l., Preceptor to his Royal . HiSP il . Prince George of Cambridge. le On the 26th ult., in Cavendish-square, Mary' 91ifir Christian Paul 31eyers, and daughter of Wm. Walton , 0 0 On the 26th ult. at Catley-cross, near Halstead, ,Ilti Miss Mary Hare Cowan, Hanover-crescent, Dr 4 aged 50. 0 e Samuel Startmelr, !.:si., 'l a I t'