The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-16 00:00:00

CARLISLE ELECTION.-RIOTING. CARLISLE, SATUADAY EVENING, HALF-PAST FIVE. I write in great .haste to save the post.—Polling com ntnced at nine o'clock this morning,,and continued pretty fitlietly, • but with great briskness till four o'clock. The Crirnsoni were a-head till noon, when the Blues rallied strongly, and took the lead. At four o'clock the Mayor announced' the state of the poll— For .Henry Aglionby, Esq 233 For Sir Wm. Scott 230 ..Majority for Mr. Aglionby 3 This 'was too much for the patience of the Crimsons (Sir Wm, Scott's party) to bear; and accordingly the bludgeon-men, of whom; they had hired about 300, at ss. at-ilay, commenced an attack upon the Blue party, tore down ems of the flags, broke the pole to pieces, and began skower stones upon their opponents. Quietness was for 'short time restored, and Mr. Aglionby stepped forward to congratulate his friends on the state of the poll. He said be was heartily glad that they had preserved the peace, and let the ignominy of the riot fall upon their opponents. be was proceeding in his address, when a villain in the crowd threw a stone at him, which fortunately missed its aim. Mr. Aglionby smiled, and proceeded in his address. ale had not spoken more than another sentence, however, before another stone was flung at him, and he'was com pelled to retire. The confusion in the street was now dreadful; the C r i mson p ar ty were many of them armed with large bludgeons; they tore up the pavement from the streets, - and large stones were flung at the Blues, who every where retreated, stopping once or twice to return a volley. The Mayor stepped to the front of the hustings, and. begged that some of the rioters might be taken into custody. This had no effect. Mr. Aglionby said that "Pon many former occasions, when the Blues had not done half so much as the Crimsons were doing, the military had been called in. He wished to have peace officers sworn. The Crimson bludgeon-men, a most forMidable-looking gang of ruffian., now drew up in a sort of line, and by every menace and gesticulation endeavoured to provoke the Blues to attack. This having failed, they again- tore up the pavement, and flung the stones after their opponents. Some windows were broken. Farther to ex "ta the party to ferry, a crimson flag and the band were brought from the tally-room, and paraded in triumph. Tilt Rev. - Mr. Benson and Mr. John Blanire severally protested against the election in the present dreadful state things. The Mayor advised the candidates to retire, and the n h e was sure a ll wou ld b e qu i et . Af ter a goo d !leal of argument amongst the gentlemen on the hustings, I n the course of which Sir W. Scott protested that be b ite not aware of bludgeon-men having been hired by his l!arty, the Mayor's suggestion was agreed to. Sir Wil-• ]main retired, escorted by a large party of the hired ruffians a nd rioters ; and Mr. Aglionby proceeded, in company with Mr. Lawson, Mr. Backhouse, and several other gentlemen to the coffee-house. Oa arriving there he ad dressed the crowd, begging them to maintain the peace. All is quiet when I close my letter. CORONER'S INQEUST. On Saturday evening, at seven o'clock, an inquisition wee taken before Thomas Higgs, Esq. Coroner, at the Lion, Parliament-street, Westminster, touching the 'death of Richard Perry, aged 45, groom to Robert Grant, E N: M.P. ,Mr. Thomas Bradfield, Ne. 1, Derby-street, West.. ' lim iter, and Air. George Mitchell, Parliament-street, de- Posed to the dejected state of his mind. Robert Grant, Esq. M.P., deposed—The deceased was so y groom, an excellent servant, and of most unimpeach able conduct. He was a remarkably grave man. When he cam e fer orders on Thursday morning last, he seemed more grave than usual, and said, " I am afraid I have ' lo ne tome things wrong, Sir, find I am very sorry fir it." I asked him kindly what he alluded to. He said, that the first, was, that he bad ordered a livery without my V re aticio, which he then had on ; and secondly, that he ad.not accounted for about 20s. worth of hay, corn, and 6t i raW, which had been taken back by the person that sup- P'ieti them, when I lately removed my horses from the " ta bles of. my brother, Air. Charles Grant, to the White Horse Livery-stables, in King-street, Westminster. I said that; I was glad to hear it from himself, that in etrietUees the sum ought to have been accounted for, but that it was a trifle which we might settle about at any , Ht le• Indeed, I s hould n ot n o w mention the matter to th e va ry, but to chew the state - of his mind, which 1 per- Zed was not relieved by the kind, way in which I spoke o h .ho. .Thisrappears also from his feeling as to his or "ier,mg.the livery, which was really nothing wrong. I 4 1 7aYa - p . laced the utmost reliance on him, and never found . "'M deficient in integrity. I had a thirteen years' charac t? with him from his last place. I had a great respect °l ' him, and I believe that he was firmly attached to me. 'the deceased had been a prudent careful man, having saved t o,or t or 3001. during his servitude. RiPhatd Kitching, livery-stable-keeper, White Horse, Xing-street, deposed —I have' observed symptoms of de rangement about the deceased for the last week or ten days. hips memory seemed quite impaired, and I have often heard talking to himself incoherently while in the stable *here his master's horse stood at livery. At. - the suggestion of Mr. Grant, the property found " 13°4 him was delivered over by the constable to Mr. George , 140 11, who is commissioned to go down to York for 4 'le 2001. there, in order that the whole may be restored _, t° the relatives of dec ea sed, when th e y com e fo r ward to : 4 ailla it. An uncle of the deceased is supposed to reside Shoreditch; but the unfortunate man himself was a na tive of York. T he CORONER made a minute to the above effect in the d almaitio ns , after which a verdict of " Insanity" was re twled. A FEMALE SOLDIER. There died lately in Stratlinairn, an old woman named Nargaret Macdonald, who for several years of her life " did the State some service "in the capacity of a soldier. Mar 4ret, when a young and blythesome damsel, fell desperately I n love with a youth of the district ; the passion was mu tual, but we all well know that the course of true love never did ran smooth. Hugh Fraser was shortly after ,'"rde pressed into the service of his country, for it was t he tim e of the American War, and the wish of the patriotic Lo rd Chath am , th a t the spirit of the Hi g hlanders should "' Celled forth in defence of the nation, was in the course b eing realized. Hugh was therefore reluctantly coin- P t lied to quit his native braes, and the pay of a pri vate soldi er b e i ng , as h e t h oug h t , insufficient to main t,a.in a wife ev en i n th e h o m e ly w a y to which b o th alargaret and he had been accustomed, the prudent a nd faithful pair agreed to continue single, till Hugh Should return from the wars. On second thoughts, bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," says a good °ld proverb, and it was not unlikely that if Hugh were transported to far, foreign parts, abounding, as she thought, With gold, silver, and precious stones, " the change of face and change of place might gar his fancy gee." To obviate rtuch a result, which she verily believed would be the death of her, Margaret conceived the hold idea of following her t uveetheart into the camp and tented field. Shortly after his departure to the regiment, she dressed herself in rims enline attire (not in the kilt, gentle reader), and as the army was then by no means strict about recruits, she con trived to get herself listed, tested, and sworn into the regi 'tient to which Hugh belonged. By dint of constant pru dence and good management, Margaret eluded detection, and had the inexpressible satisfaction of frequently con lil!riting with her lover, unknown to him, and of hearing n 'n, repeat his vows of constancy to Margaret of Strath- I tru th, This was all very pleasing and very poetical ; but N th, like murder, will out. The regimental tailor hay - ;n R occasion one day to measure the unsuspected female "dier, made certain discoveries about shape and sym ' Illtt p2Y, which he lost no time in communicating to the Z 'unel. Poor Margaret, when questioned on the subject, T 131,1 only }Audi and hang down her head, and a full dis °"nre of the disguise and the circumstances that prompted 6 Boon followed. The faithful Hugh was overjoyed at °4l ng his - long-lost partner of the glen once more by his ,i,l t. , 41 , strange as was the manner of her appearance, and the „ I ° l lel having given consent to their marriage (which C 4 Mr. Malthus himself ceuld not have the heart to re -4.'40 the pair 4 were speedily united. , Nearly all the officers of the regiment were present at the I , r tiOony, which took place in Washington, and blyther ~,r 414 1 had not been seen for many a (lay. As Hugh rraser Si brave in the field as he had been true in love, he ik4 4 . 4 hi th e f o ll ow i ng summer p romote d t o th e ran k o f a lota. On - the expiration of his term of servitude, Hugh ead naigaret returned to their native glen, and lived long the last rewar urv d ivor, of the but ir wherell-heart tried a seemed ever to ffection. Marg k be e- Cras th e s w ,Won the days of yore, awl to anticipate the period f she would sleep by the side of the faithful husband 41' *IIOM she had displayed such devotedness and heroism. . C • , verness eerier. It is currently reported amongst fashionable t,.Pity that the undoubted father of the bantling of a cele b...4ted.vocalist, which was produced in Paris, is a great , — l 9 page ydio ticriTes a priucely rcyqw9 !O R England. FASHIONABLF AND 3M:',CELLANEOUS, WINDSOR, 15.—A erday, at h a lf_ past one o'clock, the 'eft the Castle tier the tits , : time (since taking up h s residence there ;n his riew suite of apartments), and, attended by the Lord Steward, entered an open landau, drawn by four of his bay road-horses, and was followed in the double-bodied phaeton by the members of his household. His Majesty, on leaving the Castle, proceeded by the new line of road to the Long Walk, and by Bishopsgate Chapel Wood, and the Obelisk, to Virginia Water, where his Majesty enjoyed some of his most favourite drives, and returned to the Castle at five o'clock. His Majesty looked extremely well. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumber land arrived at Calais, on his way from Berlin, about seven o'clock on Friday evening, where his Royal High ness slept, and embarked on board a steam packet at six o'clock the following morning, I,nded at Dover at nine o'clock, and breakfasted at Wright's Hotel, and afterwards came to town. His Royal Highness arrived at his resi dence in the King's Palace, St. James's, about eight o'clock on Saturday evening. The Royal Duke left town about eight o'clock yesterday morning, on a visit to the King at his Palace at Windsor, with whom his Royal Highness re mained till about three o'clock, when his Royal Highness returned to town, and went in the evening to dine with the Duke of Wellington. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, Downing street, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, Earls Bathurst and Aberdeen, Vis count Melville, Lord Ellenborough, Mr. Secretary Peel, Sir George Murray, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, and Mr. Herries. The Ministers re mained in deliberation upwards of three hours. After the breaking up of the Council, sum monses were issued for the holding of another Council yesterday, at the same office. The Alioisters accordingly assembled about a quarter past three o'clock yesterday afternoon--the same Alinisters attending the Council as had been present at that held the preceding day, with the exception of the Lord Chancellor. The consultation of the Ministers did not conclude till a quarter before seven o'clock yesterday evening. The Duke of Wellington gave a grand dinner en Saturday at his residence in Downing-street, to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, previous to their Graces' departure for Ireland. There were present, to meet the Duke and Ductless, Earl and Countess Bathurst, AU. Secretary and Mrs. Peel, Lord Hill, Lady G. Bathurst, Mr. Dawson, &c. Divine Service was performed yesterday in the private chapel of the King's Palace, at Kensington, by the Chaplain to the Duchess of Kent, at which the Royal Duchess, accompanied by the Princess Victoria, attended: The whole of the household were also present. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, is so much recovered from the effects of his late accident, as to be able to be removed to Brighton for the benefit of change of air. His Serene Highness left town yesterday morning for Brighton. Previous to his departure, his Excellency paid a visit to the Duke of Wellington, and had an interview with his Grace. Monsieur Gill, the Minister from Buenos Ayres, had a conference with the Earl of Aberdeen, at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,_ on Saturday, for the first time since his return to England. Sir Robert Farquhar had an interview with Sir George Murray, at the Office of the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. Earl Fitzwilliam visited the Duke of Welling ton on Friday, at his Grace's residence in Downing -street. The Bishop of Barbadoes transacted business on Saturday, at the Colonial Office, Downing-street. A King's Messenger was sent off, on Satur day night, from the Foreign Office, with despatches for the Right Hon. Stratford Canning. The Lords of his Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council, assembled in the Privy Council Cham ber, Whitehall, at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning. The Lords present were the Lord President of the Council, the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Christopher Robinson, and the Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse. This was the first time that Mr. Hobhouse attended a meeting of their Lordships since his being made a Privy Councillor. The object for which the meeting was held was the hearing a number of appeals from the decisions of several Colonial Courts of Judicature. The following cases weie set down :—Simp son v. Scaife, from Jamaica ; Simpson, ex-parte, v. Behcons, Jamaica; Bucker v. Hamilton, Demerara; De Bart v. M'Clintock. Mr. Horne and another gentleman were heard by their Lordships in the first case, which occupied them during the greater part of the day. ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF CUMBER LAND.-His Royal Highness arrived, in a travelling car riage and tour, at his apartments in St. James's Palace, precisely at half-past eight o'clock on Saturday evening. He was accompanied by one gentleman ; a chariot and four followed, which contained domestics of his Royal Highness's establishment. The two contending parties have been looking forward to the Duke's arrival with very different feelings. The friends of exclusive Protestantism have found themselves weakened and disunited for want of an active and influential leader, and have looked wistfully forward for his Royal Highness, in memory of his past efforts in the cause, and in confidence of his opportunities of exeaing his influence in certain high quarters. The coining of his Royal Highness began to be despaired of by many, and his presence will be hailed with joy by the whole of the Anti-Catholic party: We presume that his Royal Highness's stay in this country will not be long, that is, that it will depend altogether upon the time at which the important question regarding the Catholics is brought forward. His apartments in St. James's Palace are at present in a state so unfinished as to be scarcely ha bitable, with the exception of the rooms on the ground floor, the whole of the upper part having been rebuilt but within these few weeks, and workmen being still employed in completing the repairs. His Royal Highneis has tra velled from Germany sc ith the greatest speed, and with as few attendants as possible. The Duke, who is known to pay scrupulous attention to his son, Prince George, ham on this occasion left him in Germany, anticipating, no doubt, that his absence from him will be of long duration. Observer. It is a singular fact that in Trinity College, Cambridge, with the exception of the Master, who was ap pointed by the Crown in Lord Liverpool's Administration, and the Vice-Master, not a single member of that distin guished and numerous society voted i❑ favour of the Anti- Catholic petition. A Story is current to the following effect— viz. that a Noble Lord, holding a high situation under the Government, applied to the Premier for permission to re main neutral upon ale Catholic Question ; to which his Grace is said to have given his ready consent, bat adding (to the great dismay of the astonished applicant)—" But you will of course resign the Two of the noble opponents of Popery have acquired from their adversaries, owing to their excessive and not very prudent zeal, the appellations of " the Goose and the Gridiron." Peake's new Farce of Master's Rival, or A Day at Boulogne, was performed, for the second time, at Drury-lane, on Saturday evening. The second act is curtailed, and the whole much improved. It went off with great applause, and seems likely to rival, in attraction, the One Hundred Pound Note, written by the same author. Morton and Kenny have, in conjunction, written a play in three acts, which has been accepted, and is now in rehearsal at Drury-lane Theatre. The story is founded on Peter, the Great Czar of Muscovy. The piece is musical, and Charles Young, who performs a principal character, will introduce several songs. The comic strength of the play' depends upon Liston. SIR WILLIANI CURTIS.—The will of the late worthy Alderman has been proved in Doctors' Com mons, and probate granted to the executors, under one hundred and forty thousand pounds personal property. The freehold estates are in general entailed upon his family, commencing with his eldest son. Sit- William seems to have made a fsir division of his wealth amongst his children and grand-children, providing, of course, in a more ample manner for his eldest son, now Sir William Curtis. He leaves a variety of legacies—two hundred pounds to his brother, James Curtis, Esq., and fifty pounds to his "very dear and noble friend, Lord Sidinouth." Ilis own portrait, likewise the portrait of his father, both painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and the Coronation Medal given to Sir William, by his Majesty George I V., when in Ireland, accompanied by the following words, " Take this in re membrance of me," are to remain at his house at South gate, as hen-looms. He leaves his widow two thousand pounds in money, an annuity of two thausand pounds a year, and the house at Ramsgate (in which the Baronet died) for life. Rings arc left to every member of the Court of Aldermen. I,!'ASHION A BLE INTELLIGENCE. SPIRIT OF THE PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. A Rlt I V A LS. I (From the Liverpool Observer, Feb. 12.) The Marehionees Dowager of I lertford, on Saturday, at Man. chester House, fro:a Temple Newshain, nea r L ee d s , in Y or k- j. he proceedings in Parliament since our l as t p u bli ca ti on shire; Countess of Rivers and Mrs. Rigby, in Grosvenor-place; have been the engrossing topic of conversati on thr oug h- Lady Duff Gordon and Mrs. Frankland Lewis, in Whitehall- out the country; and all other subjects are submerged in place ; Lady B ,rliara Ponsonby in St. James's- square ; C oun t ess g of Abrde-n, at. Araryll House, from the Priory at Stainnore ; the one grand and universal discussion excited on the the Countess of Sandwich in Dover-street; Lady Harriet Baring Catholic Claims. It may never again fall to our lot so in Stanhope-strA•t, Ma a -fair ; Countess Stanhope, at Lord Car- heartily to congratulate our readers, and our countrymen rington's, Whitehall; Viscountess de Tagoahy in Piccadilly; Mr. Job Raikes, in Portland-place ; Lord and Lady Tullamore, in i at large, as on the present occasion ; when we behold Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from a visit to the Marquis of Ministers, under the sanction of his Majesty, earnest in Anglesea, Beau Desert; Sir William Guise, Bart, in Pall-mall, I i - • from Rendcombe P ar k, Cirencester ; L a d y A nstrut h er, i n tour desire to promote the happiness, the peace, mid well- Conduit-street, from Tunbridge Wells; Sir G. Westphal and being of society at large, by an equitable adjustment of the family, at their house in Upper Seymour-street, from Brighton ; con sc i en ti o u s claims of our Roman Catholic fellow subjects. the Earl of Scarborough in Portman-square; Countess of Essex in Hill-street; Viscount and Viscounte ss D'A ns h a ld i n Hill- We have already stated that the Duke of Wellington street ; Lady Elizabeth Compton in Berkeley-square ; Lady would, if he pursued the course of policy which he lately Melville, and the Hon. Misses Dundas at the Admiralty ; Sir f r poessed, acquire more honourable laurels as a statesman, Sandford Graham in Portland-place ; Mr. R o b ert B r i s t ow in, i Piccadilly, Lady Pultene-, ,in Piccadilly ; Mr. and Mrs. Pain- than those he had won by a seri es o f decisive victories, as ther in Grafton-street, from a tour; Mr. John Kipling in Queen a general : and those sentiments have since found an echo Anne-street West; Vice-Admiral Sir William Hotham, Bart. in Hinde-street, Manchester-square ; Mrs. Homfray in Hinde- from several parts of the House of Commons. We have street; Mrs. Dyneley In Manchester-square; Mrs. Boyle in no remembrance of any measure, which seems to have Mancliester.square; Miss North in Manchester-square; Miss g iven so much general sati s f ac ti on , as th e d e t erm i nat i on o f Vaughan, in Lower Berkeley- s t ree t ; M r . Studholme Brownrigg in Berkeley-street ; Hon. Misses Kenyon in Portman.square ; Government to put an end to the dissentious in Ireland, Mrs. Hicks Beach in Portman-square ; Mr. J. Stewart, in Port_ b y remov i ng t h e c i v il disabilities of the C a th o lics. When man-square; Mrs. Ridley Colborne, in Hill-street; Lord J.Thynne in Hill-street; Mrs. Abraham Robarts, in Hill-street; Mr. G. R. Mr. Peel, who had long been attempting to beat to wind ,, and the Hon. Mrs.Philips, in Hill-street ; Lady Buller, in Belton- ward of popular opinion, found himself in the ocean of con street; Colonel Edward Frederick, in Berkeley-square; the troversy necessitated to put the helm a-weather, and to Misses Barrow: in -Orchard-street ; Mrs. Udnv, in Orchard_ street ; Mr. Arthur Salvey, in North Audley-street ; the scud before the gale, it is remarkable with what tact and Countess of Bridgewater, in Grosvenor-square ; Mr. John Smith, promptitude nearly the whole of the Tory fleet contrived to in Grosvenor-square ; Mr. G. A. Fullerton, in Upper Brook- follow in his wake. We, however, hail with grateful street ; Mr. R. F. West, in Upper Brook street ; Mr. Hasted, in Conduit-street; Lady Boughton, in York-place ; Mrs. Dawkins, satisfaction every approach towards that liberal, and we in Portman-s quare; M e , Dorrien Magens, in Cavendish-square; may add, prudent policy, which we conceive to be alone Mr. and Mrs. Pelham Cotton, in Gloucester-place • Captain Nis bett, in Pall-mall, from Paris ; Hon. Fred er i c k and Lady Char- calculated to promote the general welfare of the Empire. lotte Calthorpe, in Upper Grosvenor-street; Captain and Mrs. Eldred, in Mount-street, from Brighton ; Captain Maxwell, in Bond-street, from Edinburgh; Captain Churchill, in Albemarle street, from Lisbon ; Mr. anal Mrs. Montague, in Seymour street, from Bath ; Major Aubrey, in Regent-street, from Bel. fast ; Mr. and Mrs. Cottcrell, at their house in Hertford-street, May-fair, from Lord Dacre's seat, the Hoo, Hertfordshire; the Rev. Dr. Bliss, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from Ox ford; Thomas Giles, Esq. at ditto, from L ancas t er; J. Cheinlj', Esq. at ditto, from ancaster; Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart. at Batt's Hotel; Captain Lyall, at ditto; H. Stowell, Esq. at ditto; G. Brennan, Esq. at ditto; Sir Francis Macdonald, Bart. at ditto • Maurice anal John O'Connell, Esqrs. at ditto ; D r , Sh e ': in St:James'sotreet, from P,allyshannon, Ireland. CHANGES. The Marchioness of Aylesbury, from Grosvenor square, for Brighton ; Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, from Piccadilly, on a tour; Augustus Atkyns, Esq. from the Albion Hotel, Broad_ stairs, for Canterbury; Captain Vaughan,- from Maidstone, for Dublin ; George Leigh, Esq. aHd Mrs. Leigh. from the Berners Hotel, for Cheshunt ; Osgood Hanbury, Esq. from ditto, for his seat, Oldfield Grange Park, Essex ; Ri c h ar d Cook, Esq. from ditto, for Brighton; J. W. Hearne, Esq. from ditto. thr Hertford ; J. Bayle3, Esq. from ditto. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. EXCHEQUER BILLS. 1. An AccousiT of all EXCriEQUER Blum issueJ, or authorized to be issued, charged on the Supplies 1829. Unprovided for X 28,016,800 0 0 2. An Acconwr of all EXCHEQUER BILLS issued between sth Ja nuary 1828 and sth January 1829, under the Acts 3 Gco. 4. c. 103, unprovided for. Amount of Exchequer Bills issued for carrying on Public Works and Fisheries, in the year ended sth January 1829 £231,2C0 Amount of Exchequer Bills issued for Ruilding additional Churches, in the year ended sth January 1829 157,400 X 392,000 3. An ACCOUNT showing the Astomyr of MONIES in the EXCHE QUER, and remaining to be received, OR the 241 February 1829, to complete the Aids granted by Parliament, for the service of the year 1828. _ Exchequer Bills remaining to be issued toward, the Ways and Means, 1928 East India Company, per Act 4 tie°. 4. c. Interest under Contracts for Re demption of Land Tax To be brought from Consolidated Fund, per Act 9 Gee. 4. c. 95 In the Exchequer. £. s. d. 10,500 0 el 4 7 1 To be raised. X. s. cl 12,033,687 0 94 12,434,032 6 111 Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 44,167,719 7 f 10,501 7 1 1 (From the Stockport Advertiser, Feb. 13.) CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION._ i r e turn with feelings of regret and even disgust, to the task which it is, this week, our duty to perform. The question of Catholic Emancipa tion is, as it seems, to be carried in the two Houses of Parliament, with the concurrence of his Majesty's Mi nisters, the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel—and the whole Bench of Bishops. When even the friends of the measure consider, we may express our astonishment--our duty requires us to do more, and to state in unqualified terms our reprobation of the measure, our scorn at the weak and faithless persons who have surrendered the sacred trust-which the confidence of the country had placed in their hands. The Duke of Wellington thinks that Ireland is in a state of such great danger, so fraught with the elements of mischief, that England would not be safe un less the Pope's supremacy is there acknowledged. Al. though we entertain no such opinion, we take leave to tell his Grace that, as the responsible Minister of the Crown, he is not justified, even if his opinion were well founded, in adopting the course he has chosen. It is his duty_to support the Constitution in its purity and integrity. If he doubts whether that can be done, he ought to submit his doubts to the country; he ought to confess his incapacity and his readiness to resign the task to abler hands. But it is Mr. Peel's conduct that excites our greatest astonish ment. He who owes every scrap and rag of political -consideration that he ever possessed in the world to his support of the Protestant Constitution—who had sworn over and over again to maintain it while his life should last—he who would have been nothing—less than even the contemptible thing he now seems in the eyes of all men, whether his enemies or not, but for his steady ad herence to the creed of the soundest constitutionalists the country ever gloried in—that he should venture upon so insane and suicidal a measure does, we confess, fill us with wonderment, which can only be equalled by our scorn. (From the Norwich Mercury, Feb. 14.) We have at length the satisfaction of seeing Catholic Emancipation—that cause we have for so many years ad vocated with a sincerity and zeal that could only derive their otigin and their increasing energy from the convic tion of its supreme importance —at length we have the gratification of seeing that cause in a fair train for settle ment lsy the agency we have always maintained to be alone equal to the task. Could we at any one moment have doubted the propriety of the part we have taken, or the justice of the arguments by which we have so con stantly endeavoured to demonstrate it to be the duty of the Government to enter heartily upon the adjustment of this national difference—to give unity to the Administration— to reconcile the jarring votes of two branches of the Le gislature, and to heal the accumulating division, distress, and discontent of Ireland, the manly and practical ex position of Mr. Peel, in the debate of February 5, would have dispelled our misgivings, and restored to us that con fidence of rectitude, not only of motive but of action, which is the best reward of all who are called to take any part in public transactions. (From the Berkshire Chronicle, Feb. 14.) The proposed terms for " conciliating" Mr. O'Connell and his tail, are in fact a complete Surrender of the Pro testant Constitution of these realms to its determined foes. 'We make the statement advisedly : the securities of which we hear, are a subterfuge,—they offer no guarantee what ever,—and in short the statute for " Emancipation," will throw open the gate, and put our civil, ecclesiastical, and Protestant liberties in the possession of those whose inte rest it is to destroy them ! But this is not all; it will actually be recommended to the Legislature that all the Hierarchy of the Popish Church in these countries, be taken into the pay of the State ; and not only are we to encourage this species of political assassination, but we are to reward those—we are to be taxed to reward those—: who are thus hired to destroy all that was gained by the glorious Revolution of 1688 ! !—But in the contemplation of the intended havoc, there is the consolation that we yet have a Patriotic and Protestant Monarch,—and we assert, fearless of contradiction, that it was not till repeated au diences had failed, and that an illustrious individual was bored with almost unceasing importunities, that he con sented to have the subject of concession even alluded to in the Speech. (From the Nottingham Review, Feb. 13.) The great consideration which we knew must, some time or other, be forced upon the notice of the Admini stration, as paramount to all others, has at length been recommended from the throne, 'and at a time when it was generally less expected than it has been during the twenty five years it has afforded subject for discussion. It is in troduced by a Cabinet whose sentiments have hitherto been expressed, as more generally hostile to concession than most other Administrations. In the debates on the sub ject it has been well expressed by Mr. Peel, that neutrality on a subject which swallowed up all others, would, if con tinued longer, be a crime ; and though he saw dangers which others supposed to be groundless, he saw much more danger in the continuance of the present state of things, with a self-constituted power, more potent than the Government itself, which might, if exasperated, break out into acts of the greatest danger. It was a crime in the Government longer to remain inactive, and to allow the breach to become wider, and therefore more difficult to be filled up. (Flom the Lickficid 'llcrcury, Feb. 13.) No event in our domestic policy ever produced more various or intense sensations than the announcement, by Ministers, of their intention to concede the Roman Catho lic claims. To one party it will be cause of unspeakable joy, and, we hope, of proportionate gratitude ;—to another it will be a source of infinite mortification, and, we fear, of equal intemperance ; while the moderate part of the British population will trust that it is the forerunner of domestic union, and the remedy against fearful convul sions. The lowest orders in society also, though utterly ignorant of the question and its merits, will affect, or be taught to affect the deepest interest in it. It is a question, therefore, which evidently demands, at every step of its investigation, the most calm, severe, and impartial reflec tion. That man who willingly permits his passions or prejudices to warp his judgment on a matter so vitally im portant to the British Empire, betrays the trust confided to him as a British citizen. For ourselves, we will avow, that whenever we may approach it, we would rather be blam ed for tameness an stupidity, than for indiscretion and mis chief-making. We appeal to common sense and to Christian humanity, whether a positive evil, such as stares us in the face, is to be encountered from fear ofa danger, remote, contingent, and as vet imaginary ? To throw ones e lf down a real pre cipice, from fear of falling over one that was dreamt of, would scarcely be wiser. But where is the danger of uniting our Catholic countrymen to us by more social and more endearing ties? It is dunned into our ears, but never shewn to our eyes. In free nations where the Church and State are connected, the preponderating religion alone can have the benefit of what is called an Established Church, with its temporalities. This is abundantly proved by the History of England. In this respect Scotland is free; Ireland is not ; nor are we prepared to advocate that she ought to be so. But if we are justified in withholding from the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland the tempo ralities once improperly obtained by her, we are not there fore justified in withholding from her members the civil rights that naturally belong to them ; nor is there any danger in conceding the latter. The British population is essentially Protestant, and so long as it is so, the ascen dancy of the Protestant Church must and will prevail in Great Britain. We surely are not afraid of seven millions of persons wresting p,.ssessions from fourteen millions. It would, indeed, he a new feature in the English character to fear a contest with a majority of two to one on the English side, anti would be rivalled only by the madness of the one to two who would make the absurd attempt. The plaia Act itg, tuiles4 the Ftengu VOlA9lica 0 1 4 rcoll - I vert the majority of the British population to the Romish persuasion, they can never even soil, with a touch, any of our liberties, in Church or in State. This re-con version, then, is cur only danger. Against that we are sufficiently guarded, if not by the diffu sion of knowledge—nor by Protestant attachment to Protestant principles,—at any rate ley the number, the learning, the virtue, and the diligence of our Clergy, in propagating and expounding their purer doctrine. The imposition, therefore, of civil disabilities on Roman Ca tholics seems to imply a suspicion of our own Clergy, and of the superiority of our own creel We sincerely hope that this question will be left to the wisdom of the Legis lature, and not agitated by an ignorant democracy. Those who present it to public meetings know well that such meetings literally know nothing of the matter : but they act on Wilkes's numerical principle. " You may," said he to a person threatening public petitions against him, " you may get all the sense of the country on your side, if you will ; but give me all the nonsense, and I will beat you." If, however, violent men still persist in appeal ing to the excited passions of the popul ice, the populace must be estranged from them. And that an English pa puhice will be so we doubt not, when they hear that the measures offered to them for their execration, emanate from a Wellington and a Peel, and are under the sanction and restraint of the most enlightened Monarch of the House of Brunswick that has yet sat upon the British throne. (From the Hull Rockingham of Feb. 14.) CATHOLIC QUESTION.-We know teo well the strength of human prejudices, to be surprised at the expressions of mortification and disappointment, the change in his Ma jcsty's councils has produced. We are ready to acknow ledge that these expressions are the outward exhibition of bona st feeling—misguided feeling, we really think, but net on that account less honest. We think that the recom mendation of his Majesty to the two Ilouses, illustrated as it has been, by the speecht•s of his Ministers, in regard to Ireland, is the commencement of a course of pro ceeding, fraught with results to the empire of the happiest character. Catholic concession and Catholic ascendancy, with some, are synonimous terms. Now, we think that, in essence, no two things can be more contradictory; and it is, in part, because we are advocates for Protestant ascen dency, that we wish-to remove from it the disgrace of being maintained by inflicting injury on our Catholic brethren. We wish to see it stand on its own foundation, supported by its own excellency, and surrounded only by those irre fragable arguments on which it was originally founded. (Ftom the Leeds Mercury of Feb. 14.) The feeling of pleasure with which we last week eorn municated to part of our readers the recommendation of his Majesty to Parliament, to take into its consideration the Catholic Question, and the determination of Ministers to make the settlement of the Catholic Claims a Cabinet question, have only been strengthened and confirmed by the interval which we have since had to reflect on the con sequences of those events. We still look on the tecommen dation of the King, and the determination of his Ministers, as being among the most important circumstances which have taken place in this country since the Revolution. We see in them the extinction of those religious animosities which have, in Ireland, embittered the intercourse of society, and extinguished the common feelings of kindness and benevolence ; the termination of those political contests which have banished trade and commerce from that unfor tunate country, and driven into voluntary exile the most wealthy and influential portion of its aristocracy; the subsidence of those feelings of bigotry which have so long misled the people of this and the sister kingdom, and which have induced them in so many instances to give to religious intolerance that which was due only to talent and knowledge ; the removal of part of that almost intolerable weight of taxation, by which the people of the United Kingdom are oppres sed, and which is only necessary so long as we prefer governing a third part of the Empire by force and coercion, the dearest of all methods, to governing it by justice and conciliation, which is, and always has been, the cheapest; —we see, in fact, in them the only, but at the same time the effectual means of terminating the dissentions by which both England and Ireland have been so long distracted, and establishing of a complete union of interest and of feeling in all parts of his Majestv's dominions, and among every class of his Majesty's subjects, It is because we sincerely believe that the settlement of the Catholic Question will produce these effects, that we most warmly rejoice at the prospect of its speedy settlement. ' and he will then appeal to his people for a new Parliament freely and fairly chosen to advise him of their wishes on this all-important topic. We, therefore, heartily recommend, that immediate meetings of the Protestants be called for the purpose of addressing or petitioning his Majesty to or der that the proposed alterations in the Constitution—to gether with all the information arid reasons on which they are founded, be forthwith laid before the nation through its Representatives; and that then his Majesty will be pleased to dissolve the present Parliament, and appeal to the people for their free and deliberate decision. In an affair of this consequence it is not too much to expect the concurrence of his Majesty's Ministers. (From the Durham Chronicle of Feb. 14.) The congratulations in which we last week indulged have not proved unfounded. All doubts on the Catholic Question are now at end. We refer, with feelings of exul tation which we cannot hope to express, to the 'peech from the Throne, and the debates which have subsequently occurred in the two Houses of Parliament' n this subject. The conduct of the Ministry will have a happy effect. It is creditable to their sagacity as Statesmen and honourable to their feelings as men: What a change within a few weeks,—we may almost say a few days! What a triumph for liberality—what a victory for justice ! Some there are who calculate upon an opposition to the measure of Go vernment sufficiently strong to ensure its defeat. It is a vain hope. Such persons need not expect that Ministers are insincere in the desire they have expressed to bring the question to the only settlement of which it is suscepti ble. The Members of the Government new stand too deeply committed to trifle with the demands of the Ca tholic people. (From the Carlisle Journal of Feb. 14.) THE KING'S Sri , .Fol.---We this day publish one of the most important speeches ever delivered from the Throne of England. The King, it will be seen, recommended Parliament to take the Catholic Question into immediate consideration, with a view to its final settlement. This and the comments of his Majesty's Ministers upon it, are most interesting, and leave but little doubt of the speedy accomplishment of a measure of which, w 9 are proud to say, we have always been the humble advocates. Until we saw the recommendation in print we always doubted the truth of the reports which stated this to be the inten tion of Ministers : we suspected the Duke of Wellington's power as well as his will to do the act of justice it now appears he contemplates. As we said last week, we are heedless as to the means of accomplishing this great mea sure ; and shauld be as glad to see the Duke as any other nun carry it. (From the Gla.wour Free Press of Feb. It) The Catholic cause is progressing in Parliament as well as even the most ardent friends of civil and religious liberty could wish. Mr. Peel has introduced his measure for sup pressing illegal associations in Ireland, and it will be seen from the details of the Bill, that it will operate not less effectually upon Orange than Catholic bodies of that de scription. A great deal of noise, but of a very senseless kind, is made by the opponents of Ministers on this mo mentous subject.—This, however, like all things that are unreasonable, will soon exhaust itself. Ministers have only ! to treat it with , indifference, in order e ff ectually to render it harmless. The makers of such noise will not survive many such thrusts as those recently given to them by the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel, when the former called upon them, if they disapproved of his measures, to propose something better, and when the latter declared that so uni versal was now the desertion of wisdom and talent from the able of bigotry and intolerance, that no Cabi net could be formed on exclusive principles, whose helplessness would not ren der it a laughing-stock to the country. These were_ not Mr. Peel's exact words, but the meaning is strictly that y c . ircu m la re ted trt r i e s: they will e i o l d l approaching i i i n r h v i e s cor r e observations.tc.ha n N g es w cipation no longer stands in the way of political union among able public men, the Duke could not perform a more t nß h a tul t 7 e t o h l‘u e lr'snlasit'e' question of Eman - wise act than that of strengthening his. hands by the ac cession of gentlemen qualified, by their knowledge and ta lent, properly to administer the affairs of the country. (From the Inveriuss Courier of Feb. ) I.) We have only room to refer our readers to the King'► Speech, and the interesting debates consequent upon it, and to congratulate them upon the wise policy of Government, and the signal triumph gained by the cause of Civil and Reli gious Freedom. The last blow has been struck at the citadel of intolerance, and it will soon, we hope, be pros trate with the dust. Compared with this victory, all the Duke of Wellington's former achi,vements are but as sound ing brass and a tinkling cymbal. We regret--deeply re gret=that the triumph was not awarded to the splendid exertions of Canning, whose eloquence would have en shrined the measure in immortal words; but the boon by whomsoever conferred, is one of priceless valve, and will do more real good than any measure propounded since the accession of the House of Brunswick to the Throne of England. (From the Ircetern Times of Feb. 14.) The victory of liberal opinions is certain ; and without waiting for the final decision of the question, we unhesita tingly pronounce it to be complete.—We were rather sur prised last week at the gracious recommendation of his Majesty, and still more were we delighted at the candid and bold declarations of Mr. Peel. Since that debate not a day has passed, that has not most unequivocally shown the sincerity of the Home Secretary, to promote the pecu liar objects of his office—the establishment and preserva tion of the peace of the country. We would also give honour, where honour is so justly due.—And for the Duke of Wellington, his victor's wreath Almost bid and extin guished by the glory of the civic crown. We have heard from What we deem good Au thority, that the King has promised the Duke of Northuni , Berland to pay him a visit here in the course of the autii mer.--Dublin Morning Register. The O'Connell mountains were all in a blaze on Monday night, when the King's Speech had been re ceived in Clare. Bruff was illuminated, and at Hospittle a great fire was blazing, from the multitude which sur, rounded it, were heard cries of " The brave O'Connell w " "Don with the Peelers"— an d " D own w i th the Orange men." There was a tremendous fire at Effin, and the en thusiasm was heightened by firing of shots and hurraing. Rathkeale was enlivened with turf, bone, wood, and straw fires. Kilmallock was illuminated on Monday evening, s a e n t d o t n h e lirene i gh n b e o s t r a r hoo ßa n i n a g sr ry blaze. P but extinguishedart o fa f oxcover withsa without much injury. Crowds collected mund a large fire, shout ing for " O'Connell," and execrating the Brunswickers.—. One of the party sung out, " May the cocks of England never crow, the sons of Erin never blow, till Ireland is made free !" Thu counties of Limerick, Tipperary, aril Kerry, caught the signal, and, as if by magic, a simulta neous illumination ,of country for a distance of several miles was visible. Limerick, seen from the outskirts, ap peared as if on fire, and the blaze was reflected from tho Shannon waters. The peasantry in general imagined they were celebrating the act of Mr. O'Connell's - taking his seat in Parliament, by these rejoicings. —Limerick Chronicle. (From the Dublin Earning Mail of Feb. 13.) NATIONAL. Art ear..—Betrayed as the Protestants of this empire are, it still remains for them to bring their betrayers to an account, and to ascertain as precisely as possible the amount of the treachery—the exact loss they will have to sustain. This is the first step necessary to be taken, in order to make suitable provision for the future. We earnestly hope, therefore, that the Constitutional Members, in both Houses of Parliament, will insist that Ministers shall, without delay, submit to public scrutiny the heads of their new Emancipation Bill, together with those of all the collateral measures which they intend to bring forward in the course of the Session for the security of the Protest ant Institutions and the Church by law established. This course is imperatively called for as a mere matter of justice —nay, of common prudence on the part of the Ministry. A great change, amounting to a perfect revolution, is about to be effected in the Constitution. It cannot be doubted that the people have a right to choose their own Constitu ti.m, and to decide whether they will continue to hold by that under which they now live and have long lived so prosperously, or consent to a modification, or as the case may be, a total alteration of it. If his Majesty's Minis ters have one grain of prudence—one spark of honesty amongst them, they will pursue (whatever be their own opinions) the following course, namely, they will submit to the Parliament now assembled, and through it to the na tion it represents, the propositions they have to make upon this subject—together with all the information and all the reasons upon which they have come to their recent deci sion. They will then advise the King to dissolve the present Parliament; and calling another, for this ex press purpose of collecting the national wishes respect ing the proposed change, leave it to the people at large to decide the question. If the new Parliament shall coincide with the Cabinet in its view of the subject, Ministers will be without danger and without blame. But if the voice of the nation, spoken through its Representatives se lected for this express purpose, reclaim against' the innova tion, what could justify Ministers in persevering? What could guarantee them against the consequences? Nay, what Minister would dare to lay his unsanctified 11011(1 upon the ark of the national safety? If we would recomtnend this course to 'Ministers, much more strongly would we advise the people to insist upon its being adopted. The King will not—cannot disregard the voice of his faithful subjects—cannot refuse oomph nee with the wishes of the bravest, the noblest, the most powerful, and the mast ge nerous people upon the face of the earth ; he cannot be inattentive to the demands of that people to whom he is indebted for all the glories that surround his Throne— for that galaxy of rcnow❑ which will render his reign the most illustrious in the records of his tory; to whom he owes the magnificence and splen dour of his personal condition—the power, the patronage, the very luxuries he enjoys--to whom lie and his family are indebted for their all in all. Ile cannot re fuse the application of his people. He will, if he be eallud "lion, direct his Beivolits tv the course we have advised ; HERRINGS.—The fishermen of Buckhaveii, St. Monance, and other places along the coast, have been actively employed in the herring fishing for some days put. They were very successful in Largo Bay during the whole of last week.—Fife Herald. POPULAR TUMULT.—On Thursday, be twixt the hours of two and three oVock, a number 'of young men assembled on the Calton-hill, and proceeded to equip a large effigy of an Anatomist, who has been ren dered very obnoxious to the public by recent events. The figure was dressed in a black coat, raised aloft on a pole, and had a label attached to its back, naming the per son intended to be represented. About three o'clock the procession (few in number at first) left the Calton-hill, and proceeded along the Bridges towards Newington- No thing being previously heard of the intended movement, the policemen were dispersed in their several stations, and the mob, with the figure " high in air," proceeded without molestation, shouting, cheering, and increasing in num bers, till the whole southern suburbs seemed in mo tion. One or two of the policemen on the line of the procession made some exertions to get at the figure, but they were roughly driven off, and found all at tempts at a capture out of the question. On arriving at Newington, the mob halted at the gentleman's door, and a nunkber of lads deliberately proceeded to " Burke" the effigy, amid loud huzzas. Having squeezed and throttled the figure for some time, they tied a rope about its neck, and suspended it from a small tree in the shrubbery before the house ; but the branches giving way, the effigy was pulled, battered, and tossed about, and latterly tossed on the top of the trees, preparatory to immolation. A lighted torch was then procured; but before ignition could he ef fected, a strong body of police arrived, and took several of the ringleaders into custody.—Scotsman. ELOPEMENT.—Iii a fair and fertile spot upon the banks of a neighbouring river, stands a mill, em bowered amidst hazel and green alder, whose occupant has attained in his own neighbourhood a celebrity independent of his dusty calling. This he has achieved by victories in the service, and under the auspices of Hymen. Four times has the addresses of the man of meal been favoured with success, and crowned with a long line of living trophies of matrimony. To descend from metaphor—the miller is now married to his fourth svite, and more singular still, he is his wife's fourth husband, whilst the ne plus ultra of his arithmetical acquirements will scarce suffice to express the numerical strength of his progeny. Now we are not prepared to say that the romantic situation of the mill is not in some degree answerable for this unequivocal contempt and disregard of the doctrines of Malthus ; it is certainly not guiltless in the matter. But this is not all, The influence which it has so powerfully exerted upon the miller could not be expected to fall innocuous upoa his buxom daughter. Accordingly, its every feature was to her redolent of love. The voice of the gushing waters, and of the feathered songsters, whose wild notes resounded from every bough of the brown hazel, found a response in the bosom of fair Bessy Mil ler. She loved and sighed—nor loved and sighed in vain. But alas, for the worldly wisdom of parents ! Out of a host of wooers, (for Bes'y was a Belle) her fa ther took upon himself time selection of a suitable match, and as fathers always do,"sought out the man of most goods and chattels. Bat Bessy's heart had long before been be trothed to a youthful lover, whose sole inheritance was )ortith could." The father's will, however must needs I, done. The marriage day was fixed for Friday last, — the feet-washing night had arrived, and the friends who had collected to join in the festivities had scarce closed their eyes in peaceful slumber and resigned themselves, ex hausted by their merry-making, to the luxury of the leabuidh bkreachd, when the " future bride," wl:o, the fear of an attempt at escape, was seated between the father mid the best-neon, softly rose, and eluding the vigilince of her guards of honour, flew upon the wings of love to the swain Of her heart, who was anxiously waiting for her ap pointment. The flight was soon discovered, the hue end cry raised in every direction in pursuit of - the fair fugitive, but their exertions proved unavailing, for 1.1;,5y was " o'cr the border and awa" with her devoted and fovea. —Znvernos G`vorien 19 504 7 11 3 I SPRING ASSIZES. 4,47P,29.3 15 7/ GEO. R. DAWSON. Feb. 6, 1829. NORFOL: CIRCUIT. [Before Lord TONTERDEN and Baron VAUGIIAN,3 Aylesbury March ICambridge March 23 Bedford - 14 Thetford - 28 Huntingdon -19 Bury St. Edmund's ...April 3 MIDLAND CIRCUIT. [ChiefJustice BEST and Mr. Justice Bututoucii.] Northampton %larch 9 Derby March 21 Oakham - 13,Leicester & Borough - 28 Lincoln and City - 1 1iCoventry&:Warwick, April 4 Nottingham and Town 201 HOME CIRCUIT. - [Before Loan CHIEF BARON and Mr. Baron GAanow.] Hertford March sHorsham March 23 Chelmsford - 9 Kingston • 30 Maidstone OXFORD CIRCUIT. Before Sir JAMES ALLAN PARE, Kt. and Sir JAMES PARKS, Kt.] Reading Feb. 28 Shrewsbury March 18 Oxford march 4 Hereford -23 Worcester and City .... 7 Monmouth - 28 Staffbrd -12 Gloucester and City ...April 1 NORTHERN CIRCUIT. (Before Mr. Justice tiAYLEY and Mr. Baron Hu',tom] Durham Feb. 21 Carlisle March 2 Newcastle - 27 Lancaster - 7 Appleby - 27 York and City -21 Northumberland March 2 WESTERN - (Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDAI NN , inchester March 2 New Sarum - '7 Dorchester -- 131' CIRCUIT. .LE and Mr. Justice GAZELEE.] \Exeter and City March 17 Launceston - 24 Taunton - 28 TO THE Er)ITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—You give place in The Sun to the opinions of dozens in both Houses, please to grant a nook in your co lumns to a word or two from one out of both. If concessjon to the Homan Catholics is a measure which mils ' now take place, and which is of so much im portance, :ind a matter of such absolute necessity as now, at the eleventh hour, to become a Cabinet Question, would it not have refleeted more cref it upon the political sagacity and legislative capacity of Ministers in former Cabinets to have granted sooner that which now the security of pro perty and maintenance of public tranquillity ; nay, I will go farther, (for 1 hate to mince the matter,) the continu ance of Government in Ireland, actually wrenches from them? If there ever existed a feeling of fear in the self dubbed loyal Brunswickers that the damnable tenets of Popery would poison and contaminate the air of that cleanly and virtuously inhabited building, the Chapel of-St. Stephens, would it not have been the part of common pru dence, and moderate foresight, to have lessened that fear by concession, instead of lending a helping hand to the organization of a whole nation, and compelling them to try what appears to have been successful, " a pull altoge ther ?" If, Sir, lastly, I may change the tone of my in quiries and surmise, if the Upper House of Parliament should carry the measure of concession witk a becoming majority, would it not be due to the encouragement of vir tue, of patriotism, and philanthropy, to celebrate such a maiden effort of the hereditary Aristocracy, to keep pace with the progressive march of the liberality and political wisdom of the age, by a general address of congratulation to the members of that body? Moorlands of Staffordshire, Feb. 10. JOHN 1 - . The Right Hon. Lord Willoughby de Broke, of Compton Verney, in the county of Warwick, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Margaret Williams, daughter of Sir John Williams, Bart., of Bodelwyddan,—Chester Chronicle. Miss Isabella Paton is at present performing in Edinburgh. A few nights *ince she played the cha racter of Lady Teazle, in Sheridan's comedy of the School for Scandal. Sir H. Willock, Charge d'Affaires at Persia, states that a t well known in England nnder the name of endive or succor}', is roasted and reduced to powder by the inhabitants of Moscow, and the greater part of Russia, as a substitute for tea or coffee ; that lie has derived much benefit from its use as a beverage, and that he provided a considerable quantity to take with him to Persia. COBBETT ON EMANCIPATION.---" I anti cipate but a very feeble opposition to this measure. The Borough-mongers are answered in a moment if they should conic forth : the Church is nothing without the State to support it. Amongst the rest of the community, there is sonic prejudice remaining amongst the old people ; but amongst the young men and young women, very little. The great Champion of the Church, as by law established, is Lord Eldon ; who, apparently as young as ever, has stepped forth with all his power and courage to resist this measure. His speech is worthy of some little attention. He said that, if the King demanded it, he was ready to lay down his life for him; which are very pretty words, considering that they express pure nonsense."—Cobbeit's Register. At the Court of Requests for the City of London, on Saturday last, an upholsterer summoned a gentleman for the sum of 17s. 6d., which bad been owing fur three years and a half. The gentleman produced his receipt, but owing, we presume, to :me informality, he had the satisfaction- of being lammed that he must pay aplll. `344