The Sun. — London, England, 1829-03-05 00:00:00

.i° l6 tY as he could .have wished, still by a majority ---andin antiquated bodies small majorities were the first symptoms of the advanced progress which new notions were making with the public at large—that d.eopiniona o f i ts most i n fl uent i a l mem b ers were metrically opp osite to those which were stated to be th e opinios of the more mature part of the m embers of the University of Oxford. (Hear.) T he University of Cambridge, he repeated, had re jected a petition adverse to concessions to the Ca tbolies b y a majority of five to four. That rejec tion , - too had been made by the senior members of the University ; and he was informed, upon authority w hielrh e could not doubt, that if that petition had Poe to w h at was called t h e L ower H ouse, i t wou ld have been defeated by a majority of at least three to one . (Hear, hear.) That statement, coupled with that which had just been made by the Right Hon. ` M ember for Derry, might perhaps, satisfy the Right 11 ° 11 . Member for the University of Oxford that his estimate of the opinions which the junior members of that University entertained on this subject were n ot quite so correct as his information had led him to us ( Hear.) YNES CLINTON felt convinced that a great majority of the Junior Members of Oxford ; r e ° Prssed to the cl a ims of the Roman Catholics. He was -not prepared to contradict the statement of tne H on. Membe r f or Derry, further than by stat ling t hat the great body of Electors who supported ie Election of Sir R. Inglis were distinguished by Ifreeirsitrany. station, and independence in the Uni t}, .2 11 e word with respect to what had fallen the One - Member for Durham relative to the effect wit' h ; the proposed measure would produce . in " rat igittg. about a change in the Constitution. The Hon. and Learned Member denied that such a change would be effected by that measure. Now rthis declaration he made in the face of the admis ail of one of his Majesty's Ministers who had re ucsini Y consented to support that measure, and Nl'"oadtnitted that it would break in upon the prin "Plea of the Constitution as established in 1688. It as not hi s i ntent i on to enter at th at moment i nto s e details of the measure ; but he thought that after such a declaration on the part of one of his Majesty's Ministers, it was rather too much to charge an Hon. Member with using langu a g e t oo str ong or too severe in speaking upon the subject. Mr. TENNYSON observed, that if the proposed m easure was to hare the effect of changing the tt Nstitution, as established in 1688, he would give b ig most decided dissent and opposition; but he denied the statement of the Hon. Member for Ox ford, that such would be its effect. The Hon. Baro 111eillholted'14 inn suppo r t o f hi s argument, referred to the Ri ghts; but in that Bill there is no mention whatever made of the Roman Catholics, beyond the these of Rom an C a tholics from the Throne of real ms. The Act of Charles the Second c ex ludm from certa i n p u blic thered th ee offices, because s uc h :2 11 . hen . a fear of a Papist succession, but no s ',prehension was now entertained; and there .ore r, the arguments used by a Noble Lord in another la c iade-- En a Nobl e L or d , too, b e i t remem b ere d, w h o th; !" Speaker i n th a t H ouse , and had also filled Office of L or d Ch ance ll or o f I re l an d—h e re peatedthat there was no foundation for the state. tnanent of that Noble Lord, that the passing of such th Act Wou l d shake the title of his Majesty to his an r ,? a e• - --(Hea r , h ear . ) Such doctrine was absurd ,tisot worth the con sideration of a moment. This bat 4„ •nent, he understood from the public press to a : e be en made by the Noble Lord; and, if he had 813( ' k en — if he had dared to make such an asser- I TN it Was hi g h t i me t h at t h e M em b ers o f t h at ti ea se, and th e peop l e at l arge, s h ou ld stan d f ort h vindicate the principles of the Constitution, as att "tablish e d in 1688, against this libel which was etnpted to be cast upon it. — ( ll ca") t Lord MORPETH wished to add one supplemen -I,arY fact to what had been stated with reference to i a e - late election for the University of Oxford. It t nd b een stated by the Hon. Baronet recently re aned, thut of every profession connected with the i 'isersitY, the most eminent had voted on his side ; ) . v t 'T question. He (Lord Morpeth) knew not eaß ' i the Metnbers of the Bar had voted on that oc and would, therefore, confine himself to the UAlvets ttY of Oxford—and if the ca se h e h a d t o t - ."a"e out t o ld i n hi s f avour , h e t h ought himself en !tied to the benefit of it. Now he would say, that ° f lit of 14 P ro f e ss or s of th at U n i versity, 11 voted had Mr. P ee l.—(H ear , hear.)—The H on . B aronet sad told the House that all the rising talent of the country was opposed to all further concessions to the 4(man Catholics. He (Lord Morpeth) denied that such was the fact ; but if it were so, it was 10taewhat singular that they were to be found any "here but within the walls of that House. If, how "'er, such was the fact, it were pity that such flowers were born to blush unseen, And waste their sweetness on the desert air." Olt J. GRAHAM supposed that the Hon. Mem- IZ,for Oxford was a ll u di ng to t h e support w hi c h h e „ tt received f rom t h e P oet -L aurent, w h en h e h a d sitt er ted that all who were most eminent for litera "e - 4ilL an science were fouri:l marshalled in the ranks s lo :le s upporters of exclusion. It now happened ,E unfortunately, that that most excellent per- N. Na ge, the P oet -L aureat — an d a most exce ll ent h t , age in private life he believed him to be— 't h at ed his opinions so of t en upon every sub itat was quite uncertain what opinion lie stir entertain at any given time upon any given hoJect.--(Hear, and a laugh.)—He had not the t4 io ur • . 0 „ be in - communication with the Poets 4 1, r est, like the Hon. Baronet, but the information to leh lie had received from those who were accus hilaed to move in the Poet-Laureat's circle, induced te ? to believe, that in spite of his recent violent pro -4:6" against concessions to the Catholics, he was sne 'aelined to give his unqualified opposition to the 1 4 , nau te% to be proposed by his Majesty's Govern toint'alear, hear, and a laugh.) As to what fun] by th ett hom the Hon. Baronet, intoxicated as he was Gentle sweetness of the triumph which he had re achieved at Oxford, be would merely say, of * -}," Iv al not u nna t ura l f or hi m t o f orm hi s opinion the people of England on this _t e sense of ques t;L°n fr o rn what he had found to be the sense of his ii a l osti titents at Oxford. • F rom t h e p os i t i on w hi c h 1,:,/lon. Bar one t h a d a d vance d upon t h at su bj ect, to ,cegged most w id e l y to di ssent ; an d w i t h respect observations on t h e r i s i ng ta l ent o f t h e coun- Ohe (Sir J. Graham) concurred with his Noble eo l lend in thinking that if the rising talent of the p: r a .trY be unanimous in f avour o f exc l us i on , i t i s whtleularly unfortunate that it is to be found every se t except within the walls of this House ; for Ish_ hav e yet to learn that the youth of England, that are within these walls, is prepared to vote in t 4 ' , L t Mieerity in which the Hon. Baronet is certain ue placed, if he shall divide the House upon the th e t tlte of concession. (Hear.) He regretted that 11 1311 . Member who had acted as the chairman ti,,,,!ue Hon. Baronet's election committee should, k ili g the absence of the home Secretary from the p t , - . 41 e, have commented with such severity on ex tni.t;slons which he was alleged to have used in a it v , debate. He regretted it, first of all, because itt',.'",,irregular to dale;alde at all to what had been ktili' e u on a former arid, ne . xt, because it was tins more irregular to allude to it when the party (11, n ot present to afford an explanation of it. rei r ,: nr a bear.) H owever th e H o p. B arone t m i g ht r e ,,: ic e in his recen t su c ce ss, he b e li eve d t hat ever y gr e " na able man of both parties would wait w ith the each est anxiety to see the names of time voters for it ca ndidate at the late election for Oxford ; for th ol vir ould be manifest, from the publication of tia 4 ,,, e names, that great difference existed even members of the church, as to the course li e Ptirsitea in tine present exigencies of the country. tm et, vould state, in the presence of the Hon. Baro sihetand without meaning him the slightest diste el4et' that he regretted the preference which the %hors of I Oxford had given him over the Right Pr e d:, l3 ecretary for the Hom e Depa r t me nt. If the th e 'iotis on die other side should come true, if Phurch should be placed in danger, if trouble tlit4.titnes sho u ld b e at hand, if die institutions of tt"S e td. Should really be attacked, he should ven - .` ° :PrOdiet that the day would not be far distant . . when even the High Church Doctors would regret the choice which th y hiol reach, and the champion whom they hal I, (l Lear.) t"funm tempts' erit 111,Tno cum opt,vcrit emptum tt Intact= Pall.th! 4 ; et turn cpolia iota dienit,e tt Oderit." (He.. 1%) "I have great east•," continued the Hon. Member, " in speaking on this subject at present, bec.at , e the Right Hon. Secretary is *not in the House to hear me. I cannot boast of my friendship with that Right Hon. Gentleman in private life. I have been op posed to him on almost every occasion since I en tered upon public life. I have not voted with him, I believe, on five occasions since I came into Parlia ment. I think him, however, a really honest and conscientious man—(lcear, hear)—and, considering the great sacrifices which he has recently made; the connexions from which lie has torn himself; the public attachments which he has broken asunder ; the private feelings of those near and dear to him, from which he must have averted his eyes; the dangers which he might have:created by a different course; the difficulties which he might have aggra vated by merely adhering to his old system ; the civil war which he had avoided by departing from it; and the great public service which he has ren dered to the State by his manly avowal of his change of opinion ; considering all these circum stances, I think that the Right Hon. Gentleman is entitled to the very highest, praise, old to the honest support of every friend of the Catholics, which is all that I have to bestow.—(Cheers.) After a few words from Mr. DUNCOMBE, The petition was brought up and read, as were similar petitions from South Shields, and from two districts in Cumberland. Sir R. INGLIS said, it was not his intention or wish to enter further at that moment into the gene ral question ; indeed, he would rather abstain from doing so. He could not, however, avoid stating the fact, that 30 of the first class-men of Oxford had voted for him. (Hear, hear.) He begged pardon of the House for referring to himself, and assured them that the statement was reluctantly drawn from him, but it would have been ungrateful in him to withhold it. That support was not, however, given to him, but to the principles which he had uniformly advocated. As to what had been said by the Hon. Member for Carlisle with respect to the Poet Laureat, he could only say, that he had uniformly maintained the same opinion ; and further, that this was the first time since 1801 that Keswick had ex pressed its opinions upon this great question. Mr. DA WSON brought up papers relative to the Miscellaneous Estimates.—Laid on the table. Sir JOHN LOWTHER presented a petition from Whitehaven, against the Roman Catholic Claims. Sir J. GRAHAM had been informed that the Petition had been got up under the immediate sanc tion and patronage of a Noble Family with whom the Hon. Bart. was intimately connected. The petition had been entrtkted to police officers, who took it round for signatures ; and children under ten years of age had been called upon and allowed to sign it. It purported to be the petition of the merchants, tradesmen, and inhabitants of that town, but there were also other signatures of it. There were fourteen Harbour Trustees, of whom ten had signed the counter petition, two refused to sign, one was absent, and the fourteenth happened to be a Noble Lord, at present the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests ; and he congratulated the Noble Lord on having the support of such a num ber of his co-Trustees in favour of a measure to which he, as a Member of the Administration, was now about to give his cordial support.—(Hear and a laugh.) Sir R. HERON presente4 three petitions from Districts in Lincolnshire, in favour of the Catholic Claims. Colonel LOWTHER presented a petition from Richmond, in opposition to the Catholic Claims. Mr. BLACKBURN presented a petition► from Warrington, against the Catholic Claims. General GASCOYNE bore testimony to the re spectability of the petition. It was, he understood, signed by 10,00 persons. The petitions were severally read, and ordered to be printed. General GASCOYNE presented a petition from Preston and its neightrurhood, against further con cessions to the Catholics. The petition had 3,400 signatures of the inhabitants of the town of Preston and its vicinity ; and as 100 of these had keen the supporters of an Hon. and Learned Gentleman now in ,the House, probably that Hon. Member would find reason when he again met them, to believe that they were not free from the chance of a change of opinion. Mr. J. WOOD observed, that scarcely on any former occasion, when he had presented petitions to the House, or when they had been presented by others, had he obtruded himself on their notice ; but as this petition referred to the borough which he represented, he trusted they would allow him to make a few observations, and he promised that they should be few. That the Gallant General should be disposed to treat as a matter of importance this petition, could be no cau,e of wonder—it was his own bantling.—(Hear, and laughter.) It was the illegitimate issue of his connexion with the borough of Preston.—(Laughter.)—The Gallant General had advertised for a petition of this sort ; and till he had advertised for it, there had not been the re motest idea among the inhabitants of that borough to trouble the House ❑pon the subject. Their feel ings had been gratified by the communication made to the Parliament from the Throne. There was un• doubtedly a difference of opinion among them, but not such a difference as to induce the party opposing the measure, of their own accord, to get up a peti tion on:the subject ; and it was only in consequence of the advertisement which the Gallant General had put forth, that any of them had come forward with such zeal. The Gallant General was anxious to in troduce a crooked sword into the Church. Whether he had done any thing to entitle himself to the grad tude of those who thought the Catholic Claims ought not to be conceded, it was impossible to say; but when the Gallant General advertised for a petition against the Catholics, he (Mr. J. Wood) had taken on himself to state, and perhaps the prophecy had tended to its own accomplishment, that the one would pro duce the other, arid that petitions of another sort would speedily be presented. Owing to the ab sence of his Hon. Colleague from town, a petition agreed to by the inhabitants of Preston, and signed by three thousand six hundred and sixteen persons, was not presented. Among them were three mem bers of the Corporation, two of whom were Magi strates of the borough. As to the petition pre sented by the Gallant General, he (Mr. Wood) was the last man who ought to show any thing like in attention to the opinions of any of his constituents, 2,000 of whose names were said to be affixed to that petition. That fact undoubtedly sheaved that a difference of opinion did actually exist in the bo rough ; but when he was reminded of it in the mariner he had been by the Gallant General, he could only state, in answer, that both his Hon. Colleague and himself had stood forward at the time of their election and on all other occasions, as the friends of religious liberty to the fullest extent. If, therefore, the electors of Preston had been de ceived, it was not by his Hon. Colleague or by himself, for - they had taken the most ample pains to exhibit to the electors what their votes would be. It should be observed, however, that the petition now presented was not only from Preston, but from the country fifteen miles round it ; and he had let ters from individuals in the town, and from a clergy man of the neighbourhood, by which he was in formed that the instructions given to those who were asked to sign were put into the following form of question :—" Will you have a Protestaut or a Popish King ?" Of course the people preferred the Protestant King, and accordingly signed the petition. It would, however, not only be met by a counter-petition from the town itself, more nutne 7 rously signed, but no less than thirty-two other petitions from the neighbouring townships would be sent up against it ; and• all these had been occa sioned through the getting up of this petition. The Gallant General would therefore be outnumbered; and while he marched with a single recruit, his (Mr. Wood's) Hon. Colleague and himself would have thirty-three in their train.—(Hear, hear.) Gen. GASCOYNE said as to the petition being his, he did not know what the Hon. and Learned Gent. meant ; and it was no bantling of his. The petition %vas numerously, and, us he understood, re spectably signed ; and it did seem to him a reason why the Hon. and Learned Gentleman ought not to speak so triumphantly, when he recollected that a petition so numerously signed came from his own constituents.—The petition was ordered to lie on the table. General GASCOYNE presented a similar peti tion from the Members of the new chapel at Ros sendale, in Lancashire, signed by 170 persons. Mr. MUNDAY presented a petition of the same kind from the congregation of St. Peter's chapel, Derby ; another from the parish of Tibshelf, in that county; and a third from the parishes of Marshfield and Dodington, in Gloucestershire. Mr. CROMPTON presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of the Independent denomi nation at Derby in favour of concession, and similar petitions from two parishes in Cork. S;r W. GUISE presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Gloucester, in favour of concession, and another to the same effect, from 193 inhabitants of Cheltenham. He expressed his full concurrence with the prayer of these petitions. Mr. J. WOOD presented three petitions of the same sort from the members of the Unitarian Dis senters of Greengate, Salford; from the Unitarian Dissenters of Park-street chapel, Bolton-le-Moors ; and from the Roman Catholics of Hollywell, in the county of Flint. The last had been occasioned by an attempt made to get up a petition of a different sort at the same place. From a letter sent to him, it appeared that a meeting had been got up there, and being composed of Welchmen, the letter of Lord Winchilsea was translated, and its translation was handed about among them. They then asked what were the sentiments of any speaker that pre sented himself, and on being informed that they were in favour of the Catholics, they hooted him down at once. The consequence of which was, that as an Anti-Catholic petition had been passed at the meeting, the Roman Catholic inhabitants of the place had sent up that which--he now _presented. Mr. J. CARTER presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth, in favour Of the Catholic Claims. Lord GEORGE LENNOX wished to say, with respect to the petition, that like one already noticed by an Hon. Baronet, it had been signed by boys and children, and net only by them but by Roman Catholic soldiers in the regiments stationed at Portsmouth. Mr. J; CARTER observed, that this must be a mistake of the Noble Lord, as the petition was the petition of the Corporation alone, and was sealed with their seal.—(Hear and laughter.)—lt was well known that that Corporation had always distin guished itself by returning Members favourable to the Catholics; and he had no doubt that if any thing should now happen to send him back to his constituents, they would show the House that they still continued to entertain the same opinion. Lord GEORGE LENNOX said, that his obser vations applied to a petition from Portsmouth, and having already made them, he should be saved the trouble of repeating them when that petition was presented. Admiral SOTHERON presented four petitions from as many parishes against concession. Mr. HEMMING presented a similar petition from Bishopstoke, in the county of Southampton. He could but regret that he was obliged to differ from the petitioners; no one was more attached than lie to the Constitution in Church and State ; but he thought the measure about to be proposed by the Ministers was one required by circumstances, and should therefore support it. General KING presented petitions from the No bility and Gentry of Sligo; from Roscommon shire; and from Ballynasloe, against concessions. Mr. CRIPPS presented a petition from Ciren cester against concessions. No undue means had been used to obtain signatures to it, and he gave it his cordial support. He could not at once turn round and say, as some Hon. Gentlemen had done, that he had been all his life in error; but if clauses which he considered really beneficial should be in troduced into the Bill, he would not say that he would always persevere in his present opinion. General ARCHDA LL presented five petitions from different places in Monaghan and Fermanagh against concessions. Mr. H. MAXWELL presented twenty-seven petitions from the same number of parishes in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland. Mr. G. MOORE presented fifteen petitions from the Protestants of Louth, Newry, Clogher, Cloon, Ardshaw, Parsons Town, Kilkenny, Carrickfergus, Antrim, and other places, against further concessions to the Roman Catholics. Mr. F. WEST presented six petitions with the same prayer, from Llangothlin, Abergavenny, and other places in Wales, and from the Welch Cal vinistic Methodists' Meeting in Jewin-street, London. Mr. SHIRLEY presented four similar petitions from parishes in the county of Monaghan. Sir E. HARVEY presented eighteen petitions, with the same prayer, horn Chigwell, and other parishes of Essex. Colonel WILSON presented a petition, also against the Catholic Claims, from 5,000 of the in habitants of York, forming the majority of the Pro testant community of that city, and all persons of respectability and property. Mr.WYVlLLsaid,that a petition with a contrary prayer had been circulated in York, which had been subscribed by all the Magistrates, almost every banker in the City, and a large majority of the whole population of the City. The names in the petition now offered had been obtained by means of every kind, not only in York, but within the vicinity of ten miles. Colonel WILSON repeated that the petition he had presented decidedly represented the opinions of the respectable inhabitants of York. The proof of the pudding, to be sure, was in the eating—(laughter,) and when the counter-petition was laid upon the table, the fact might be ascertained. A more re spectable doer ent had never been laid upon the table of Parliament than that he moved to bring up. The petition was brought up, read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Lord G. LENNOX presented petitions against fur ther concessions from the Dean, Chapter, and Clergy of Chichester, and from five parishes in Sussex. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented ten petitions, with, in the whole, between six and seven thousand sig natures, from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of York, from Bradford, and eight other places. Sir H. PARNELL presented six petitions in fa vour of Emancipation, and against the Sub-letting and Vestry Acts, from six parishes of Queen's County. Mr. H. BATLEY presented a petition against giving greater political power to the Roman Catho lics fr im the Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of Beverley. The Hon. Gentleman expressed him self most decidedly hostile to concession, in accord ance with the main body of his constituents. Mr. HODGSON presented a petition, with the same prayer, from the Chapelry of Hindley, in Lancashire. Mr. BUCK presented petitions of the same de scription from the Clergy of the Archdcaconry of Barnstaple, and from the Inhabitants of Biddeford. Mr. F. CLINTON presented a similar petition from Kirkham, Lancashire. Lord CLIFTON presented petitions in favour of the Catholic claims, from the Inhabitants of Cziuter bury, and from the Protestant Dissenters of the same city. Also a petition, with the same prayer, from Athboy, in the county of Meath. Colonel ANON presented a petition, signed by 600 persons,, inhabitants of Great Yarmouth, in favour of the measure of fb rt'.. r O, 'or the m oman Ca tholics. He admitted that a counter petition had been got up in the same borough, and wentioned, as a fact with which he was himself acquainted, that it had been signed by three SOBS of three tradesmen, who had subscribed the petition he held in his hand, and that the united ages of the three boys did not amount to thirty-one years. Mr. RUMBOLI) bore testimony to the reTeeta bility of the signatiares to the petition n©w offered; and it was read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. MALCOLM presented petitions from Bos ton, Lincolnshire, and two others from places in that county, against further concession. Mr. CROKER brought in the Bill for the regu lation of his Majesty's Marine Forces while on shore. It was read a first time, and the second reading was fixed for to-morrow. Colonel SIBTHORPE presented a petition from the parish of Linwood, in Lincolnshire, against the Catholic Claims. Colonel DAVIES presented a petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Worcester and its vicinity, to the same effect. From deference to his consti tuents, he would not trouble the House with many observations—but he would say, that no personal consideration should prevent him from giving his support to his Majesty's Ministers. Mr. NORTH presented petitions from the Ca tholic inhabitants of two parishes in Louth, and one in Galway, for relief from their civil disabilities. Lord T. CECIL presented a petition from the parish of St. Martin, Stamford Baron, against the Catholic Cla;ma. The Committees of Supply, and Ways and Means, were postponed till Friday next. On the Motion of Mr. HUME, Returns were ordered of the number of Slaves captured and taken -to Sierra Leone, and emancipated there in each year since.lBQB ; also, of the Population of that Colony by the latest return, distinguishing each class of persons, and especially the liberate:l Africans from the other African residents. On the motion of Mr. HUME, a Return was ordered in detail, under the separate heads, of the mode in which the sum of 50,0001., voted for Pilot age, in the Navy Estimates for 1828, was expended. ABSENT MEMBERS. On the Motion of the same lion. Gentle man, leave of absence for a fortnight was granted to Sir Robert Williams and Ebenezer John Corbett, Esq., on account of severe indisposition. The House adjourned at a Quarter past Eight. = - ---- - IRISH PROTESTANT PETITION. The following is a copy of the petition presented on Tuesday night by Mr. Brownlow : " TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE THE KNIGHTS, CITIZENS, AND BURGESSES IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The humble petition of the Noblemen, Gentle men, and others undersigned, " Showeth,—That we yield to no portion of our fellow-subjects in a just value for the principles which placed the House of Brunswick on the Throne of these Realms, and a resolute determination to sup port the same by every means in our power. That these principles, in the apprehension of your peti tioners, are founded on the basis of civil and reli gious freedom. '1 hat we cannot recognize the per fect existence of such freedom in any state which permanently excludes from a participation in its rights and franchises, and eligibility to its honours and advantages, a large proportion of its population. That such exclusion is actually maintained in Ire land, by the disqualifying statute, affecting his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects. That how over necessary such exclusion may appear to have been at an earlier period of our history, for the maintenance of the Established Religion and Con stitution of these realms, the moment such neces sity ceases, it appears to your petitioners, that in justice to the excluded, that moment also should such exclusion cease. That it is the conviction of your petitioners, that the causes which produced that necessity have long since, through the en lightened spirit of the times, and the remarkable changes in the civil and religious policy of the rest of Europe, altogether passed away, and that there fore the disqualifying statutes, to which they have above referred, may with perfect safety to the reli gious and civil institutions of the empire be at pre sent repealed. That from the progress of wealth, intelligence, and liberality, which characterizes the present age, the continuauce of such disabilities is not a matter of indifference, but a positive and para mount evil, affecting all orders of the State, and pressing with scarcely less injury on the interests of the Protestant than on those of the Catholic. It ope rates injuriously as a bar to the cessation and obli vion of political discord, and renders impossible that union of sentiment and interest on which the internal peace, and consequently the prosperity, of a nation must permanently depend. That this, which is true of other countries, is pre-eminently true of Ireland, and that your petitioners personally interested in the condition, and sincerely anxious for the happiness of this country, feel themselves called upon at this alarming juncture, to declare to the House, that these disabilities, by•perpetuating political discon tents and religious animosities, are the primary causes of all our disunion. They further declare to your Right Hon. House, that this disunion not only em bitters all social intercourse, counteracts the march of national industry and improvement, neutralizes the value, endangers the duration of all institutions, but that, from the disorganization which it intro duces into every portion of the State, and the dis content which it nourishes, as its necessary conse quence, in the large body of its inhabitants, it af fects in an eminent degree the prosperity, and may ultimately affect the security and existence of the British empire. That your petitioners are further con vinced, and this colviction is warranted by past ex perience, that unless the wisdom of the Legislature shall apply an immediate remedy to these evils, they will in their progression assume at an early period a character which must necessarily and most materially augment the difficulties of their removal. And your petitioners, therefore, implore your Right Honourable House, to consul in your wisdom, not only for the welfare of Ireland, but for that of the empire at large, by taking into immediate consideration the calamitous condition of this country, with a view to such final and conciliatory adjustment, as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the empire, to the stability of our national institutions, and to the. general satisfaction and concord of all his Ma jesty's subjects. " And your petitioners will ever pray." A NOVELTY.-TEETH TRANSPLANTED.- A young man in Congleton, having suffered much from a carious tooth, and being unwilling to lose it, determined, in case of its extraction becoming ultimately necessary to have another substituted in its stead. His brother who had a supernumerary one, voluntarily offered to accommo date him with it, if be would submit to the removal of the carious one. Having consented to this, both parties waited upon a medical gentleman (residing not an hun dred miles from the post-office,) who accordingly extracted the carious tooth, and transferred the sound tooth of his brother to its place, which latter operation was performed with comparatively little pain. The transplanted tooth has since become firmly fixed in its new sUcket, and an swers every purpose of articulation and mastication, equally well with the natural one. For the first few weeks it was tied to the adjoining tooth by means of silk, until the gums had sufficiently adhered to it.— Chester Courant. A MILITARY AWARD.—Captain S of the regiment, during the American war, was no torious for a propensity, not to story telling, but to telling long stories, which he used to indulge, in defiance of time. and place, often to the great annoyance of hie imicoecliate cotnpanions; but he was so good-htralp4red *aim!, that they were loath to chec;i 'abritplly'or harshly. An o pportunity occ urre d o! } giving him a hint, which had the desired 'effect. Ile was a member of a court-martial sembled for the trial of a private of the re.g - 7,inent. 1:14 man bore a very goo d c h ara ,g, ir ,. Keneral, the ogerice he had committed v,:as slight, and the 'court was rather at ti loss what punishment award, for it Vfal mluigite to a ward some, as th e man had t.T4 Itrand guilty. While they were deliberating on this, Major —, now General Sir suddenly turning to the president, said in his dry , manner, " Suppose we sentence him to hear two of Cap tain S-••••••••• 3 long stories." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Tuesday, March 3.) PARIS, MAncu 2.—We learn from Lisbon that great exertions are making to fit out a squadron. The greatest tranquillity prevailed, and all are as sured that the sword of justice, which the revolu tionists of all countries represent as being inces santly directed at their brethren and friends in Portugal, was never less employed that at present. . _ The Austrian Observer of Feb. 21 say---" Th e Ambassador of the Netherlands at Constantinople despatched, on the 26th January, a courier to Paris and London, with the answer to the communications made as well by him as by M. Jaubert to the Reis Effendi, in the name of the Allied Powers." Accounts received at Toulon from the division before Algiers say, that it has had several engage ments with small vessels of the enemy, several of which have been sunk, and the others put to flight. The blockade of Algiers is not easy, because our cruisers cannot approach the coast near enough to intercept the communications. It is to this difficulty that the Algerines are indebted to some degree of security. The division would be very glad if a se rious attack were made on the town. (From the Messager des Clambres of Monday.) PARIS, MARCH L—Count Saldanha, commander of the Portuguese emigrants at Brest, and Colonel Pizarro, has just arrived at Paris, for the purpose, it said, of thanking the French Government for the generous reception they have met with in this country. _ _ _ Letters from Gibraltar of the 12th February say, that the measure relative to the expulsion of all foreigners who have not resided there 15 years are to be executed with rigour. We yesterday published the table of the price of corn, for the regulation of importation and exporta tion, by which it appears that the average price of wheat for all France is 22f. 57c. Last year at this time it was 21f. 60c., so that there is an increase of 97c. Compared with the price of last month, there is a rise of 39c. Accordingly, exportations wi 1 cease to be permitted during the month of March from the ports of the Lower Loire, La Vend6e, and the Lower Charente; so that it can take place on the coast of the ocean only from Bordeaux, La Teste, and Bayonne. BUCHAREST, FEB. 6.—According to a report of General Malinofsky, from Simnitza, the citadel of Tournoul finding all its communication with Nico polis cut off, had offered to capitulate, and the General had submitted the articles agreed upon to the approbation of the General-in-Chief Count Lan geron, who had set out for Tournoul. (Letters of the 9th state that Tournoul was oc cupied by the Russians.) FRENCH FUNDS. —PARIS, MARCH 2.—Five per Cents. 110 f. 25e. ; Three per Cents., 76f. 65c. ; Bank Stock, 1,822 f. 50c. ; Naples Stock, 81f. 30e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, '79f. ; Spanish Rente perpetuelle, 4Si. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 30e. ; three months, 25f. 15e. THAMES TUNNEL. APPLICATION TO THE PREMIER RELATIVE TO THE WORKS. On Tuesday a Deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Lord Althorp, Mr. Denison, M.P., Mr. Ba ring, ALP., Mr. Palimey, M.P., Mr. Rothschild, and Mr. Brunel, the Engineer, waited upon his Grace the Duke of Wellington, upon the subject of tLe propriety of completing the magnificent passage under the Thames. It is known that the Tunnel has been for a con siderable time cleared of the water and mud which the last irruption occasioned. The promoters of the undertaking, notwithstanding the universal admira tion with which it was regarded by scientific men of all countries, found much difficulty in obtaining funds to proceed with the work, although the Duke of Wellington led the way by subscribing 5001. him self. Mr. Brunel has been indefatigable in his ex deavours to conquer the most embarrassing of dif ficulties; but the spirit of enterprise has been broken by the two calamities, one of which proved so fatal. The subscription drooped, and the grand work was suspended. It occurred to those who were amongst the original promoters of the Tunnel, to make ap plication to Government for the loan of as much money as would enable them to finish it ; and with this view the Deputation waited upon the Duke of Wellington, in order to have his sanction to an ap plication to Parliament for the loan. His GRACE received the Deputation with much courtesy; and upon being informed of the nature of their mission, expressed, in strong terms his admi ration of the national wonder which he hoped soon to see completed. The Deputation informed his Grace that the sum of 250,0001. was considered sufficient to carry into effect the great object. His GRACE asked what it was calculated the re ceipts at the Tunnel would produce annually ? Mr. BauNEL (we were given to understand) stated that he calculated the probable receipts at 22,0001. a year. The Deputation requested to know whether his Grace would sanction the appointment of a Parlia mentary Committee, to cansider the propriety of a loan to carry on this great national object ? The Duke of WELLINGTON could not, without having documents before him, specifying the pro bable expellee and the practicability, attempt to sanction any measure of the kind. He desired, therefore, that, as soon as possible, an estimate of the expellees and the probable profits, &c. &e. should be transmitted to him. The Deputation then retired, extremely well sa, tisfied at the interview. The Annual Meeting of the Prop►ietors of Shares in the above undertaking was held yesterday at the City of London Tavern. JOHN SMITH, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. It was stated in the Report, as a proof that public attention was still attracted to_the Tunnel, that during the last year 29,?07 persons had visited the works, making a total of upwards of 71,000 visiters since the works were open to the public. Mr. BRUNEI, stated, that great as the two irrup tions had been, the brickwork had resisted their destructive impetuosity. Mr. B. added, that he should be ready at any time to resume the work; and he felt perfect confidence in overcoming every diffi culty that might be met with. The balance-sheet shewed that the total receipts of the Company, by calls and interest, including 3,6991. 96. 6d. for admission-money, &c., was 176,500/., and the expeuditu►e 176,4761. 18s. 9d., leaving a balance in hand of only 23/. 14s. 6d. In answer to a question by a Proprietor•, The CtimoinAN n said the Company was liEkb.ie to the amount of 2,2961., against wWwit, was to be placed 2 tle average 6101. rec received ciuco for,O7Zimi4snsf 1,5004 per annum,on-money, In the place of the ihte Dr. Wollaston * Sir Ed ward Co.driugton was elected “ Direetor; and three gentlemen, named Gray BrAndrem, and Wollaston, were elected in the place of those who went out. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE; LIVERPOOL. TITESAAY, MARCH s.--.4"iyi . o i to E.N.E.—High water two nine.—Arrived the Wel comeA 4,.. 7 -, from Calcutta ; Leonidas, Gardener, frox4 Ciprieston ; ' Edward Downes, —, Savannah Fame, toting, from Virginia ; Envoy, —.,.,--, from Mobile Betty, ---, from Macai,i Moutrose„ Hartlq, from Demerara ; Ell J,enkinsop, front Lisbon ; Ro bin 1-loci?/ -7 7 - 7 Sayanna4 ; Gen..;ge * Cowling, trorn Dublin ; Z/yno, from Ftrceira—Marcia, Ste;rs o l, l ,s/ from Savaagah, .54 1 46-T4 Andes, 1 1 :•.tson, for Virginia ; Lady Ca*. cart, for Jamaica; Memnon, llill, for La Guayra ; Elizabeth, —, for Elsineur I Parachute, Buxton, for Boston; Ivanhoe, -----, for New Orleans; Janes, , for Philadelphia ; Roston/ ,for Charlest on . Arrived at Holyhead, yesterday, the Neptune, J . : cm Sa- Y 41144. CLARE COUNTY ELECTION. At eleven o'clock yesterday this Committee re assembled. Lord W. Russtit.i. took the Chair. With the exception of the counsel, attornies, &e. there were scarcely any persons in the room. Mr. WALMESLEY, the cleric of the Committee, read the petition against the return of Mr. O'Con nell, which set forth that on the hustings he (Mr. O'Connell) said he was a " Roman Catholic, and would s=o continue to the end of his life;" that " he would never take the oaths," &c. It also detailed the placard:—acts of intimidation —commands of " vote for your religion," &c. Mr. HARRISON asked whether it was requisite to read the ►►hole of the petition ? All the allegations ,care abandoned except that as to the eligibility of Mr. O'Connell. The question, in fact, reduced it self to a qu: stion of law. The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with the Com mittee, acquiesced. Mr. HARRISON then sail, that he had made a proposition to the Counsel of Mr. O'Connell. He was instructed to submit that Mr. O'Connell was ineligible to sit as a Member, and therefore to he elected. He lied, consequently, to urge on the Committee to direct the inquiry first to be made, whether Mr. O'Connell was eligible ? If that qua - tion were decided against him, such decision would close his case, for all depended on that question. • Mr. ADAm spoke to the like effect, observing that by the Committee coming to such decision:, the time would be materially saved. Mr. F. POLLOCK replied on the part of O'Connell. He had read all the Acts, and he no where could find the words, as to whether a " Ro man Catholic" was eligible or ineligible. Lord W. Russad, desired Mr. Harrison to say, in distinct terms, what was his proposition ? _ . 31r. lIAERISON—It is this, that Mr. O'Connell,. being a Roman Catholic, or Papist, was ineligible to be elected, to be retut•ned, or to sit. The Committee then desired the room to be Bleared. After about ten minutes' consultation the Counsel and Agents were re-admitted. Lord. W. RUSSELL then said, us Chairman, I am desired to inform you, that the Committee are of opinion the Counsel for the petition should first proceed to prove the fact. Mr. HARRtsoN—That is, to prove the whole of my case. • CHAIRMAN—Yes, the whole facts of your case. Mr. HARRISON then rose for such purpose. lie premised with observing, that he should have to tres pass at great length, by first stating the law of the case, the several statutes passed to exclude the Pa pists from the Houses of Parliament, namely-sth Elizabeth, 3d James 1., 7th James 1., 30th Charles 1., and Ist William and Mary. They required the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy first to be taken before the Lord Steward, or his Deputy, and then in the House, with the Speaker in the Chair. That course continued down to the present time. The first of Will;am and Mary particularly described the former oaths, the modes of taking them, and again enacted that they should still continue to be taken in such mariner, and in none other. This was requi site to be enforced by the Convention Parliament, because the Dissenters would not take the Oath of Supremacy any more than the Papists, or Roman Catholics ; for the one said that Christ was the head of the Church, as the Papists declared the Pope to • he. The first Act of William and Mary was the only Act that applied to the case, though others had been referred to—he meant by the gentleman against whom he petitioned. He did not know , how to describe that gentleman. He was not the sitting Member, because he had not appeared to take his seat ; he did not like to call him the " franking" Member, as some had termed him ; he would there fore style hi►n by a term that was well known and much used in Ireland—the " titular" Member for Clare—and that would be equally applicable after Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald should have taken his seat for Clare. (A laugh.) He (Mr. H.) contended that next to the laws existing, the constant practice of the laws was the strongest proaf. No one ever drea►nt that unnecessary oaths had been taken, till the titular Member for Clare came with his new light ; but he maintained that I William, c. 8, was the governing statute, and referred to by 1 Geo. 1., 6 Geo. 111. c. 53, as xvell as the Act of Union, re cognized it. The form of oaths were then settled, and so continued down to the present time. (Mr. H. argued these points at great length, reading the several clauses of the different Acts.) But it was said that no time was prescribed when the oaths should be taken; this was answered riot only by the Acts already named by the 33d Geo. 11. c. 20, all which prescribed that the several oaths, &c. must be taken " before they can sit or vote." Then, unless the Member, whoever ire might be, intended not to go into the House—he spoke seriee:; it . —unless he desired to continue the " Titular" or " franking" Member—the Member must take the oaths " before" he took his seat, and voted. Un— less he read the Acts, it would hardly be believed that a barrister who ought to have known better, could have asserted, in point, the pamphlets having been most industriously circulated, that " no time" was specified for taking the oaths. The like omis sions or broad assertions were made respecting Vele verton's Act, the Union, &c. He contended tk a s the Act of Union, 39 and 40th Geo. 111., c.i'l";, said, as regarded Peers, that they should tak'e the oaths and make the declaration as then established by law. It abrogated no laws, exes,.. pt where That was specifically done; but on th:e contrary enjoined the taking and subscribing of oaths, &c., as previously established. As to the doctrine held on the cons. Crary, it was puerile and absurd. And as to "Ra man Catholics" being no where mentioned, as was alleged by Mr. Pollock, the 33d Geo. 111., c. 21, was expressly " for the further relief of Papists or Roman Catholics." (Mr. H. then proceeded to read these Acts, those of the Union, &c.) The reading of the documents having been allowed, Colonel JAMES FITZGERAI.Dand Mr. MAcNAmAR proved that Mr. O'Connell repeatedly declare on the hustings that he was a Roman Catholic, •and that he would not take the oaths. Mr. IlmtnisoN said he should call no further evi denco on this part of his case. The CHAIRMAN, after conrulting with the COM mittce, declared that it would be advisable to adjourn the Committee till this day. Adjourned accordingly till eleven o'clock tc, morrow, (this day). The Dilke , of Wellington, on his way to town on Alonday morning from his seat at Strathfieldsay,e, stopped txt hi.* Majesty's palace at Windsor, to have an. audience of the King, and remained at the palace about two hours. During the war in Spain, the troops fell short of bread, and a bean-field was pur , :nased for their subsist ence, fatigue-parties being sent tc, gather the produce. Au Irishman, on being sent cm 11Ris ',ay, exclaimed, " By ! I suppose they'll 14;4, ua out to grass next." Most of thQ wipisters of the Kirk of Scotland have 16 chairs of barley and meal. According to the fiats just struck, the value of the living will be shoot . 4004 per annum. 128 bolls of barley nt '7s. £l7B 128 bolls of oatxieal,. 19s la, Manse (six per cent. interest on 1,2001.) .„ . • . • X 396 On Sundai; morning one of the patrols found a gentleman in Haiper's-fields, Paddington, who, lives. near Vauxhall-bridge, bereft of all his apparel, excepting drawers and shirt, and he was brought to the watch-house ill a state of insensibility. . It appears that .be bad beck dining, and drinking freely, on Saturdly afternoon, witt 4 a party in Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, and was after wards decoyed by some loose girls, who, taking advantage of his indiscretion, robbed him of three sovereign* and his clothes, and left him exp,,,,,d to the inclemency of a very severe night. He is a mar r i e d man , i n respecta bl e circum... stances ; and as soon as he was able to give his address, !s messenger was sent to make his wife acquainted with circumstances and she fetched him home in a coach.