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that sateharine matter had been - used to colour them, which prevented the Officers from ascertaining their strength. Mr. BERRIES said, that the case had not yet come before the Treasury—there had been no complaint, but the Excise would in the course of its duty acquaint them with it. UNION DUTIES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. .SHERIFF ,OF DUBLIN. The House went into a Committee in resumption of the In . query on this subject. John Jackson called and examined—l keep a Tunbridge ware and toy-shop in Dublin. By Colonel Banitsr.-1 was present at a company at Mr. -Simpthorpe's on the 17th December,' in which .John APCon. 'nell was present with Sheriff Thorpe, Graham, and several others. I did not hear Sheriff Thorpe say he had an Orange panel in his pocket ; and am sure such an expression could not have been , used without my having heard and noticed it.— _ Sheriff Thorpe never said one word on the subject of either jury or panel. I was always nearer to him than Mr. Connell. By Mr. JONES—I was at the house before Sheriff' Thorpe. I remained near Sheriff Thorpe from half-past eight to eleven. ,1 mean my credit to - rest on that declaration. There were ..cards in this room, and I played with Mr. Sheriff Thorpe at five and tens ; six composed the card-party, and the parties never ..changed. I heard all he said, unless he whispered. The Ladles inatle a party by thernselves, none played at cards—there were three. We did not play at cards all night, surd only in the ,:latter part did the Gentlemen mingle with `the Ladies, and all through the night I , stood and sat so near Sheriff Thorpe as to hear all he said, I feel conscious no one could have heard that remark. • Ry Mr. RonERT Sra 'Tit—There was a conversation about the riots, but I did not hear him or any one say a word about Marquis Wellesley. I did not hold the knave of clubs on that occasion, butknew who did, when he threw it down he said, " D -n the Lord Mayor," but I did not hear him say s "I wish 1 had alick at him." The man who said this was a little men, and a Lady said it was an extraordinary expression for a man of his size. I think that observation was applied to the expres • - sion of " D—n the Mayor." I did not ►go to the door with Sheriff Thorpe. I don't know if he is an Orangeman. I am a ..Protestant-ascendancy man. By Mr. BROUGHAM—There were six Gentlemen and three Ladies present. There was a good deal of conversation. We chatted about fifteen or twenty minutes before we sat down to --play cards. We were there to pay a visit to an old acquaint .atice. In the first part of the evening the Ladies were apart, "and had a conversation, such as I can't tell--such I suppose as Ladies usually have. Sheriff Thorpe, during the whole of the fifteen minutes, was within one of me, and that was Mr. Gra. ham. A question was asked by me of Graham about the bot tle, anti that fixed in my memory the relative situation of the Gentlemen. When we sat down to cards, Graham Was on my right, on the left Simpthorpe, and Thorpe on the right of Gra ham, and Mr. Connell on the left of Simpthorpe. They some. times all of them spoke at once, and the conversation was not ' , connected. My attention was not drawn to one more than another. By Mr.'PeusekETT-4 think it impossible any one could have said any thing in that company without my hearing. By Mr. Got; LBURN—I did not hear the Lord Lieutenant's name mentioned. I did not hear any one say, " I wish the 'Devil had the Marquis Wellesley." By Sir G. HILL.—My hearing a few days afterwards what Mr. Connell had said, called my attention particularly to the :relative position of the parties, and all thatpassed there. By Mr. Alderman Tnostesoisr—l paid particular atten tion to the way in which the parties stood, because I was inte rested in hearing about the bottle. I know that Mr. Connell made use of a gross expression about the rioters, but that 1 can not remember. By Mr. BROUGHA ar—Sheriff Thorpe was in the room when I came, hut I don't know how long lie had been there before ' -rue. ' I said before, that he came in after me. I recollected all the matter in consequence of the gross expression of Mr. Con nell,.on my question to Graham, - about the throwing of the bottle; but I don't remember the expression nor the answer. Witness went away after Mr. Sherlfrrhorpe, who went away • accompanied by his wife. The examination was then continued by Mr. F. BUXTON . and Mr. SYXXS—On being questioned as to the grossness of expression which had been mentioned, witness said he con. littered all expressions to be gross which were not grammati. cally correct. He, however, by no means meant that the ~.. character of his whole testhnony should rest on the accuracy of that answer: . Examined by Mr. BROWNLOW—Witness said, that if Mr. %Sheriff Thorpe hail declared that he hail the panel in his .:.pocket, he should have considered that a gross expression. The next witness called was Wm:Graham. . 'Examined by Colonel BARRY—Witness was a printer ; was , In company with Sibthorp •on the 17th of December, shortly after the riot at the theatre, at Sibthorp's house. He named . the persons who were there, as the other witnesses had done. Mr. Sheriff Thorpe was in the room before him ; witness be . tiered that he was in the room before Mr. Connell; when lie went in the Ladies were by the fire—the Gentlemen were near • the piano. Did not remember Mr. Sheriff Thorpe's making ' use of any expresSion like that which bad been mentioned respecting the panel; thought if he bad it would have at. -tracted Ins notice • no such expression was used in his hearing.; if it had been dada in the common tone of' conversation he roust have heard it. Sheriff Thorpe left the company before `witness ; he had forgotten whether lie (witness) or Mr. Connell ...left the room first. After witness left, the sheriff and Mr. - Connell were not together. By Mr. Iluoucittax.—A bill of indictment had been pre- Terred against witness. He had not been tried; the bill was 'ignored. Witness came here last Friday; had seen the other . 'witnesses ; might have spoken abusively—very abusively of Ahern; knew Serjeant Henries; it was not true that he bad said " witness deserved to be ducked," but lie said, that " if witness were heard to make use of certain expressions which escaped him, he might be ducked." The expressions which he (witness) had used, were not directed against the witnesses but generally against people of bad character. It was on this that the remark was made, that " if he were heard so to ex press himself, he might be ducked." When in the witnesses' room, witness had a cane in his hand ; be had no sword.stick ; be had nothing of the kind of his own; he might have had one in his hand belonging to another person ; he had no doubt that he had; he might have been flourishing and brandishing it about in the witnesses room, whoever it might belong to : lie might have said, that " lie would do some execution with that • • stick before lie left London." The CHAIRMAN here remarked, that the witness did not' seem to have a correct idea of the place where be Was standing, • or of the importance of this inquiry. He admonished him to ~ give more proper, direct, and respectful answers. • Was.acquainted with Mr. Thorpe the Sheriffi Did not par. • titularly attend to what Mr. Thorpe said at Sibthorpe's. The -.company talked together in the usual way. There were three Ladies there. They sat with the Gentlemen. Mr. APConnell . was there. There was no conversation about who threw the bottle at the Theatre. Did not' hear Mr. M`Connell say any thing particular. Did not hear him !peak of any gross reflec tion. Believed they played at cards ; witness and Mr. M'Connell, and Mr. Jackson, went away together 1 Mr. Hope 'had gone before. When witness went to Sibthorpe'e he found • the party at table; he joined them at cards; the Ladies played .. taste By Mr. R. Smlr Li—When he went, Mr. Connell, Mr. Thorpe, Mr. Sibthorpe, and Mr. Jackson, were at cards, he believed. Remembered playing the knave of clubs, and said, " There's -the Lord Mayor, and be d—d to him." That was all. No ob.. servation was made. Ho might have used the words he had re peated more than once, knit not on that night. He might on --other occasions. He had been in the habit of frequently damn. -ing time Lord Mayor. Had never d—d the Lord Lieutenant. Hulled not wished him ill heaven or elsewhere. Heard nothing avid against the Lord. Lieutenant that night. Nothing was -said- about the bottle or the riot. . By different hi embers- 4/Itl not know that evening that there was a charge against hiin for a riot. Did not know of it till a Week afterwards. . Witness was ordered , to . withdraw. The officers of the House were directed to kik) hint apart from the other witnesses. ' Colonel BARRY ligid, if the Bight Hon. Gentleman the Attorney-General for Ireland had no objection, he could 'wish to ask him a few quetitlOns. Mr. PLUNKETT Owned, and stood up in his place to be examined. The Right Hon. Gentleman ideweified a letter which was handed to him, as being his writing. The cause of hia'writing that letter WAS an apprehension that the Mieriffof Dublin might .not procure a fair panel. He was then isited, . Would the Right lion. Gentleman conelder the circumstance --of a Juror, being an Orangeman, sufficieet objection to hie be ing on the panel ? Certainly, in toy mind that would be e sufficient objection, -though in strictness it might not be a legal ebjection. • Mr. WETHER ELL objected to the Right Hon. Gentleman, • the Attorney-General for Ireland, being examined as a wit- WO in a case where his own character and professional repute . tiou were so much implicated. onel BARRY said he had but few questions to put: he hit Apprized the Bi g ht floneurable Gentleman of his purpose, ril All Wile had objected to them he certainly would not have asked them. Sir G. HILL thought they ought to know to what extent it 'was proposed that the examination of the Right Hon: Gently limn should 'be carried. Any examination of the Attorney, General for Ireland, on this' occasieil, . had his , (Sir G. lii s,) most entire disapprobation. After a few words from Mr. WY tt it and Colonel , BARRY, the examination was resumed. . Q. I wish to know if the Right Hon. Gentleman has bad the Rules and the Regulations of the Orangemen before him ? A. I have had printed books containing the Orange Societies rules, and extracts from their other books. Mi. WETHERELL again objected to the examination of his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. PLUNKETT had no objection to be examined, but he thought it right to state the limits within which he thought his answers ought to he confined. He was willing to answer any questions respecting the conduct of Mr. Sheriff Thorpe, but he was of opinion that he ought not to answer those which had nO . bearing on that subject. Mr. WETHERELL objected to tub examination going on. He had no doubt that his Right Hon. Friend would keep strictly to the line of his duty in the answers which he should give, but as his evidence would be viewed out of doors, with a strong prejudice against it, bethought the Right Hon. Gentle man, implicated as he was in thig inquiry, oughtnot to be called upon, to give evidence on one side or the other. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the Committee as competent to examine his Right lion. Friend as any other Member of the Committee, but at the same time he considered him to have a right to decline answering any questions which might interfere with the duties of his high office. As far as the examination had gone he saw nothing objectionable. Sir J. MACKINTOSH thought the question put to the Rt. lion. Gentleman by the Hon. Member who had thus far con ducted this inquiry. with so much credit to himself, was most pertinent to the inquiry ' and ought to be put. '" Mr. A BERCROMBY was of the same opinion. The examination was then resumed. The Right lion. Gentleman under examination then explain ed the answer which he had given to the l as t ques ti on . He did not know whether the extracts with which he had been furnished were from the books of the Lodge 1612. He had no objection to,describe the extracts with which had been laid before him, the only difficulty which he had on the subject related to his memory. He did not know whether he could recollect them. The extracts of which he had spoken only contained the names of individuals, acts done at various periods by the Association, and things of that description.—Being asked if he had any ob jection to state whether those extracts were prepared by certain persons of the name of Atkinson ? he thought he ought to de cline giving an answer to that question. Had a similar ques tion been asked with respect to any other persons, he should have had the same objection to answer it. " After a few words from Mr. R. SMITIT, Mr. CALCRAFT, and Col. BARRY, the question was withdrawn. John Crosby dreaves was then called. A conversation then arose in which Mr. ADERCROMITY, Mr. PLUNKETT, and Col. BARRY, took a part, on the order in which it would he better to examine the witnesses. On the suggestion of Mr. WT1414, it. was deter Mined to calf in Thomas Sibthorpe and take his evidence before proceeding to the examination of the witness already called. - Thos.:Sibthorpe was then examined by Colonel BARRY. — He described the company at his house on the 17th September as it had been described by the preceding witnesses. Witness did not hear Mr. Sheriff Thorpe use the words imputed to him ; must have heard them if they had been used. By Sir J. MACKINTOSII.—Witness was in the room the whole evening. The Sheriff was the first that arrived; Jackson, he thought came next, and M'Connel next after him. He remem bered no gross expression having been used. He remembered some observations on the Lord Mayor and the exclathation of " Bad luck to Hugh Fleming !' He also remembered that the Sheriff had wished the Lord Lieutenant to the devil. This was when he was going away. These words might not have been heard by those who were at a distant part of the room. He had not heard Sheriff Thorpe say that he had an Orange panel in his pocket." He had seen 111`Connell about the 26th or 27th Dee.; had spoken to him on the subject of this report, and told him that he had heard no such conversation. Witness was then very closely interrogated, to ascertain as the parting words of the Sheriff respecting Lord 'Wellesley had not been heard by some of those in the room, whether the remark said to have been made respecting an Orange panel, might not have been made without being heard by witness. The witness was unwilling to admit this, and thought if it had been made he Must have heard it. Nothing had previously been said against the Marquis of Wellesley. By Mr. R. SMITI-I.—Witness had been talking with , Mr. Sheriff Thorpe the whole night. The Lord Lieutenant's con duct had not been remarked upon ; (lid not recollect what he thought when Sheriff' rhorpe wished Lord Wellesley to the devil; had heard no one censure the Marquis of Wellesley, or wish him out of the country, or speak against him in any way, till those words were used which he had mentioned. _ _ By Mr. SCARLET T.—Thought Mr. Sheriff Thorpe bad joined in the conversation on the subject of the riot while the party were at cards, but heard hint express no particular opi nion; he spoke merely on the facts; the conversation lasted some time; the conversation was general; did not remember any conversation about the traversers ; did not know that Gra ham was one of them at the time; did not have any particular conversation with Graham that evening; Graham conversed with Mr. Thorpe as the rest did; did not recollect where Gra ham sat he did not recollect that Graham and the Sheriff sat next to each other; the conversation was so general before the party went to cards, that it made no particular impression on witness.. The witness underivent a further examination from Mr. Bti TTERWORTY:r;"Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. JONES,. COL BARRY, Mr. Sheriff'rpomrsow, and Mr. NOLAN, but nothing mate. rial was elicited eli.e.t could be heard in the Gallery. Witness waii r rdered to withdraw. The CHAIRMAN here announced to the officers of the House, that it was no longer nocetisary to keep any witness se parated from the rest, John Crosby (*.eaves 'was called in and examined by Col. BARRY. _ _ Witness recollected the riot at the theatre on the 14th De cember. He attended the theatre that night. Three persons were. first taken up,. the two Atkinsons and Wm. Graham. He did not commit them Wm. Forbes was apprehended in the theatre by witness, taken to the watch-house, and there bailed-under witness's sanction. He was accused of a serious charge. Mr. GOULDUILDI considered the course of examination on which his Hon. Friend was entering, had no reference to the conduct of Mr. Sheriff Thorpe. Colonel BARRY thought he should he enabled to prove that the examinations objected to was most material to the in. quiry. He submitted to the Right Hon. Gentleman whether after the latitude allowed in former examinations it might not appear to the public that there was a desire in this instance to keep something back which ought to be disclosed if the exa mination was stopped. Mr. GOULBURN expressed his determination to do his duty in that House, whatever might be thought of his conduct elsewhere. He should have no objection to an inquiry into the whole conduct of the Irish Government, if the House thought this necessary. Sir J. MACKINTOSH thought it desirable to limit the in quiry to mutters which connected themselves with the conduct of the Sheriff: Mr. BENNET saw no reason for stopping this examina tion after others had been so unnecessarily extended, and es. pecially after the long examination respecting the CM of Sir edward Littl eh ales. . . . . . _ _ _ Mr. GOULBURN denied that he had acted under the in fluence of any improper motive. Colonel BARRY expressed his determination to conduct the case in his own way. He should persevere in the course which he thought right, unless the committee stopped him, in which case he must submit to their decision. Mr. PLUNKETT begged to remind the Committee, that the instance in which an ex-officio information had been filed after a billof indictment had been ignored by his predecessor, had not been made the subject of an examination by him. He had taken the liberty to state the fact to the House, and it had af. .terwards been introduced into the pending inquiry, by a ques. don put to the Clerk of the Crown. Colonel BARRY and another lion. Member spoke against stopping the examination. Mr. WYNN thought it irregular, and was of opinion they were not authorised to enter into it by the instructions the Committee has received. The House, if this had been con templated, would hav e di rec t e d an i nqu iry into the whole of the late transactions, instead of confining the Committee to an investigation of the conduct of the High Sheriff: He thought the Hon. Gentleman, Colonel Barry, had taken a higher ground than he was authorised to take, when he declared it to be his resolution to persevere. He did not see how the present exa mination could be made to bear on the manner In which the High Sheriff had selected the Grand Jury. Mr. BRIGHT thought the Right lion. Gentleinan, who had just sat down, had mistaken the Right Hon. Gentleman, when he complained of the tone he had taken, and his determination to go on with the examinations. What he (Colonel Barry)liad said, was that he would persevere laden the Committee de cided against...him. lie was of opinion, that the examination ough I, 40 proceed. • WYNN and Mr. Gounnua expressed themselves wil ling to withdraw their opposition to the examination if the Right lion. Gentleman (Col. Barry) would engage. that it should bear on the question before the Committee. Colonel BARRY thought it right to guard against com mitting himself on that point. He expected to do so, but it necessarily depended on the answers of the witnesses.-- He might not be able to prove that which be mail attempting to prove. The witness was , again called in: Ile recollected the appre hension of 'Win. Forbes. He recollected the charge against him. Public 'feeling in Dublin was that time highly exaspe rated, and Unsler such circumstances it was difficult to got 4 pannel of impartial men on a question like that which was then In agitation. _ - The witness was asked if he thought the committal of all the parties fora great crime was a measure which tended at all to allay the exasperation of which he had spoken ? , Sir J. MACKINTOSH objected to this question. Mr. BENNET thought it might be put as other questions on matters of opinion had been allowed. Mr. BRIGHT thought that the examination ought no to be stopped. Examination resumed.—Witness thought it might increase the exasperation in the minds of many. The parties accused had not lnen committed for high treason by witness. It was never proposed by him to sip such a committal. The wit. ness had no personal objection to state any thing that had passed ; the witness received several informations, which he signed ; there was an information on the capital charge, which he subscribed ; he subscribed one information respecting a con versation at a tavern in Essex -street. Q. Did any information the witness subscribed warrant a committal on a capital charge 2 A. In the ordinary course of his business, as a Magistrate, he should not have considered it ground for a capital charge. The committal of Sharpe was signed by R. Searle. Examined by a MEMBER—The committals took place on the 2341 December; the trials were on the 2d or 3d February ; it was not likely the sheriff should have struck a panel for the trial of the rioters on the 17th of December.—The witness then withdrew. _ _ Virm. Leadon called—The witness was a tallow-chandler in Dublin. He knew James Hornsby. That person was dead. Before his death he made a communication. The ATTORNEY-GENERAI. wished to know the ob ject of the examination of this witness. Colonel BARRY—To impeach the evidence of two wit nesses respecting Graham and throwing the rattle. Mr. PLUNKETT said, the Hon. Member could only exa mine to prove the witnesses could not be believed on their oaths. Mr. BROUGHAM was ready to allow the utmost latitude in the Inquiry, but he could not say they had any right to exa mine a person as to what a dead man had said, and which was to impeach the evidence of two witnesses. Col. BARRY said, he should prove the dead man confessed he threw the rattle, and that he was identified as the man who threw it, in Newgate. He thought such evidence was in hiS opinion admissible. The witness was called in. A. He had a conversation with the man ; in the month of March he called upon him ; the man was in a dangerous stage of consumption. Speaking of the trials in the King's Bench, the man said the lads will get off better than they expect, as little do they know that it was poor James Ormsby who threw the rattle; he died some time after. _ . . Examined by a ME 3111Ek---Onnsby, when he made the de claration, was in a dying state; he was in the last stage of con sumption. Examined by Mr. GOULDURN—The witness went to see Handling in the prison. •By Mr. PLUNKETT—The witness neur made any deposi tion to impeach the testimony of the witness ; he was intimate with Mr. Forbes ' • he was not a member of any lodge. Examined by Mr. BROUGHAM—He was an Orangeman and a purple man. He was not intimate with Mr. Ormsby. At the time the traversers were tried, Ormsby was not in dan ger of death. The man was on his death-bed in March, when he had the conversation with the witness. The man was in a state of mind which the sense of immediate dissolution might produce: He went after a book h e h a d l en t t o M r . Omisby, He told Mr. Forbes of the conversation on the Friday fol lowing. Lord MILTON.—Q. What made the witness so anxious that the traversers should he acquitted ?—I certainly,felt for. them •AR belonging to the same lodge. Robert Gilbert called—He never recollected persons coming to the gaol of Newgate to see the rioters. A man named Orrnsby was identified by one Lewis as the man, who threw the rattle. Major Tandy, 'a Magistrate, was present at the time. The witness pointed out Graham, but Lewis said Ormsby was the man. Examined by Lord MILTON—He considered the circum stance of Lewis pointing out Ormsby as the man who threw the rattle a matter of importance ; but he made no communication because Major Tandy was present. Lewis was sub-sheriff of the county of Kildare. By Col. Bait RY—The persons charged with the riot were put on the felons' side, where they remained seven days. Re-examined by Lord Mri..rox—Lewis said on his own knowledge that Ormsby. was the man. When the witness told him Ormsby was not one of the prisoners there, he said he was not so certain of his face as his clothes. Examined by Air. SMlTll—Ormsby was there on a visit.— The witness afterwards spoke to Ormsby, and told him a gen tleman had pointed him out as-the man who threw the rattle, and that he was known by his clothes. Ormsby appeared much agitated, and said he did not wear the coat he had on, at the time the rattle was thrown. • Examined by Sir J. NewPonT—He was not examined at the trial ; he told the Tmversera that a Gentleman brought by Major Tanday had pointed out Ormsby as the man who threw the rattle; they did call upon him as a witness; he told the agent of the Traverses, all he knew about it. Examined by Mr. ELLICE of Coventry—He said he expect. id to be calledi but was not called because Mr. Lewis did not attbut to identify Ormsby at the trial. -Sir J. NEWPORT—Q. Who told you the person was Mr. Lewis ?—A.: It was told me in confidence, and Ido not wish to mention the Gentleman's name. _ _ . Sir J. NEWPORT pressed the question, and the witness said he was told it was Mr. Lewis, by Mr. Stoddart, a Police Ma gistrate. The witness having withdrawn, Colonel BARRY said, It was not his Intention to call more witnesses as they had not arrived from Dublin. It was there. fore for the House to say when the examination should come on again. - He had more witnesses to move for. Mr. OOULBURN said it was the wish of the House to dis cuss the Insurrection Bill on Monday. On the motion of Sir J. MACKINTOSH, Sheriff Cooper was called in. Mr. Cooper told Mr. Poole, when he applied to be put on the Grand Jury, to go to Mr. Sheriff Thorpe, who was in the Sheriff's Court. It was either on Tuesday or Friday in that week. The pannel was not settled before Pool's application. On the motion of Mr. JONES, Mr. R. Moore was called in. He lived in the city . of London ; he was a stockbroker, and had a clerk named H. M'Kulloch ; he knew Sheriff Thorpe; he saw M'Kullock in his office from ten to five; he asked his clerk whether he had been to the theatre; he said he had, and that he took no part in the riot whatever; he was on the grand jury, but did not know that more than two were re quired in law to make a riot. The witness withdrew. Lord FOLKESTONE proposed that the House should ad journ over Wednesday. • Colonel BARRY thought it expedient to proceed again on Wednesday. On the motion of Colonel BARRY. the Chairman reported progress ; and the House having resumed, the Committee was ordered to sit again on Wednesday. The other Orders of the. Day were then read, and the House adjourned at HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK, to Monday. FOR THE SUN. Mr. EDITOR.--Your Paper, I believe, has a large circulation amongst the Clergy : Allow me, then, to re commend to them, through such a channel, a measure which has lately been adopted in the City of Bath.—lt is, Sir, an Address to the Legislature for the formation of an Ecclesiastical Establishment in our West India Colonies, similar to that which has been provided for the East. This proposal; lam sure, need only to be mentioned to secure the approbation df all reasonable men, as the best mode of bringing about a better order of things in our Colonies, both as regards the Whites and the Negroes. It is to little purpose to seek for the Emancipa. Lion of those who are , not in a state to be trusted with freedom, —but to endeavour to make them fit for such a blessing, is at once a benevolent and sensible attempt. I trust, Sir that our Religious Societi es , an d par ti c ularly our Universities, will follow such an excellent example: It need only to be brought before the Legislature, and then every one will wonder that it was not before carried into effect. I am, Sir yours, &c. Bath, May u, 1023. THE PROJECTOR. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR-Seeing that the painted window for the choir of Hereford Cathedral is advertiied for, inspection, I think it to be regretted that the opportunity now presented,, of making an Engraving front it, should be suffered to slip by. The stone-work of the window, with its compartments acct.', rattly traced, and with the different figures, as they will ap. pear, chastely and judiciously coloured, in the style of ACKER- StANN'S New College window, engraved . by LEWIS, would not only' have peculiar claims upon the notice of all connected with the Church and neighbourhood, but form both a lively repre sentation of a splendutwork of Art, and a well-timed compli. went, which all may pay by possessing it, to one of our most celebrated painters. I am your's, much obliged, • WEST GLERICUS .ANGLICANUS. We were the first to state, a considerable time since, that Russia was assembling an Army, which was then believed to be destined for the Rhine, as soon as circumstances should, in the opinion of the Emperor ALEXANDER, or of his Allies, require a large Russian force in , that quarter. The annunciation of this important fact was at first discredited ; but every day it has re ceived additional corroboration, and is at length fully confirmed by the answer given to Mr. BROUGHAM last night in the House of Commons by. Mi. CANNING,. Russia) then)l it is now certain, has, assembled an .Array on the Vistula; and, it is believed that the Austrian troops which evacuated Piedmont and Naples have been halted in the Milanese. What ever may be the object of these military arran e ments, we repeat that our. Government have io information to warrant the idea that the army either of Austria or of Russia is intended to be immediately employed against Spain. M. de CHATEAURRIAND, on the part of the French Government, has also positively denied the existence of any treaty by which foreign troops are to be introduced into France. Still, it is evident that the present position of the Russian and Austrian forces is in consequence . of the contest now carrying on in the Peninsufa; and the rumours of the intended journey of the Emperor ALEXANDER to Bad-Ems, seem to in' I dicate the manner in which his force is meant to . be employed. Projects have been attributed to his Imperial MAJESTY, which, if true. would be rather inconsistent with the character of a faithful ally of the French Government, and would give the Spaniards no reason to apprehe nd any thing from Russian hostility 1 We shall net otherwise allude to these alleged projects at pre. sent. All that we have to say is this, —that affairs are obviously approaching to a crisis which must , involve Europe in another general war. We haYe al ways, as our Readers know,anticipated that the frantic attack upon Spain would bring matters to this' pass at last. We, therefore, shall,nnt be surprised by the tremendous events which are at hand. Unless the war between France end Spain be brought to a speedy close indeed) either by the triumph of the French, or bf a peace founded on mutual concession!, England will be forced into the coViict sooner make from this than the Public gene r a lly . apprehend. W e no a.sse o r t t i ii i ) e i r t on rmottoe than ligtit. a grounds ; and their guard, who might b e i n jured tdssuuesi; to put those of ou r f e ll o w subjec b y . 11 . den change of the policy of the countrY.T politica l It will be seen that we do not trifle 4 ", a subject so serious. in the highest quarters it is now believed that our nes" frailty cannot be much longer maintained. Blanc, Drat , The represents s d t h a e rti r c i l u e ssi f a r: tula at 120,600 men : 'Frill " FRANKFORT ON THE ODER, APRIL f n a Private Letter. 1t is quite true that.ltussia is assembline of , Army of Observation on the frontiers of the kingdom r land ; an army. it h said, of nearly 120,000 men ; but it i lieved that it has for its only object the offering an guarantee for the maintenance of public tranquillity in many, and even in France, and that it will of course bc o o r n banded as the progress of the French arms shall have rest order and peace in Spain." mforctehoen Our advises from P a ris give but law t his day' which ou r privat e Ex Tes s enabled us to COlllOl. nicate yesterday. .Alter Telegrap hic • Pi.s patch was published at Paris on Thursday ., firming the occupation of Gerona by the Freac" Army, after it bad been abandoned by the .5 . 1 4 .: ' nish troops. The following is a co py or tilt additional i n f orma tion to the c o p ious detail§ dispatch : t where it was expected with impatience, anti ergs rec eive " " PARIS, MAY B.—The•4th corps entered Geiona on A be the most lively enthusiasm." The entrance of General REGO, With a lOW division of Portuguese troops, into Spin ° t " ; firmed. His force, which at fi rst way saidi 's consist of 6,000 infantry and 2,400 cev a i r ' r ; 10 made by one of the French Mini s terial PaV e— is amount to twelve thousand men ; and Citlan" reported to have proceeded beyond Rodrigo, and n ear ly as f ar ' a s Sala tool; and to he in com mun i ca ti on w ith the S p is Army under the Count of A B's"" . 0 front of Madrid, and with .Mna lLl ' o Gallicia. It is not improbable that ° le o , - ke !novel of the Head-quarters of the to d'AmontmEmE t o Mi ran d a was *mule ortit' b r di _ prevent its com mun i ca ti ons w ith the Fre n visions in ad vance f rom b e i ng cut oft ic Portuguese division and MoniLLo. V' ROM A CORRESPONDENT•I The STOCK XCIIANGE, Twelve o'Cleck.--110s, avowal . of Mr. C ANNING l a st night of t h e u sed mans assembling an a r my on the Vistula, C"--.og, some sensation in the above Market this 111° Consols Dri anY opened at 78i W e cannot hey ' oh F ixpress this morn i ng f rom P ar is with they rei Joe entes, as it was a close holiday in the At l Capital on Thursday. Consols remain sLea'" 784 a up to this hour. bus iness i 5 o n p l e h i e led ab a o t v 3 e 6 lli — lark 3 e B t i this l. m ( 8 10 o SP" nu ' d O gs tl i ElGN MARKET.—Very littlenaish -.....--. v s stocked ; A file of Amer ican-A i bis morn' in _ . ... g (From following are extracts :--- .1 A 'ST FROM Cuß,AgoA.—We ore l is e r d y “ i 4 F TE m the Virginia Paper of the 211 of Af r e l . 1 Mel to Captain SEAWARD, who arrived Yes:llo:y.. from c scarce. A new tariff took . uragcoo, and who has given no th e ` ° „ f er• West India produce well hi g a ' ' f - trst lug t intelligence : The markets wer e 4 -,- e d ery p l ac e on th. of day bo of March, imposing an increase of duty per cent., both on imports and exports. ..„, restriction toO.Pia'r, 1 .b on commerce nearly amounted 1 . 1 ition. Capt. ROWLEY, of the Sybille,onbl 4 to rival at Maracaibo on the Ist January, St 1 d to Colonel LOPEZ that the object of his visit ‘l ll 4 , demand from him the delivery of all British red perty then in the city, which LOPEZ detliPthe doing, giving as a reason that it be be)troeli, enemies of Spain, and as such could not verad up even by MORALES himself. .O " HAVANNA/I, MARC!! 7.--A person, on wilu ..s information we depend, has communicutedio,;t the following :—On the '23d February, arrive d a t the port of Holguir, Captain IVIANEJEL, whi s os i. Maracaibo on the 13th of said mouth,‘ andl P... r , Lively announces that Gen. MOBALIO bad ow ed Carraccas with his AMY." ' PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Veneris, 9° die Maii, 1823. ROADS—Sparrows Herne, Hinckley and Lutterworth, Wis beach, Bridgford Lane, and Greenfield—Bills read a third time, and passed. Whitechapel—Bill reported ; to be in grossed. Lyme Regis, and Castleton—Further time granted .for making the Repeirti. Ilo'CLOSllßEs—Dribeek (Westmorland),l and Kirkby - in-Kendal (Westmorland) Bills read a third QUORII3I MAGISTRATES . 1 time, and passed. UNION DUTIES COMPANIES—ImperiaI Gas Light—Further time granted for making the Reiort GAS !Act' Ts—Liverpool, and Rateliff—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Belfast—Bill read a third time, and passed: Brighton—Further time granted. POLlCE—Gorbals--Bill re-committed; to be reported on or before Friday next. SLAVERY—SeveraI Petitions for the abolition thereof. SLATE AND SToNE—Petition of Freeholders, &c. of Kirkcud bright, against the Duties thereon carried coastwise ; to lie • on the table. CoA,LDu TI E s—Petition from Tintagel, against the Duties on Coals carried coastwise. _ HARBOURS—Holyhead and Howth—Petition of the Trustees of the Birmingham and Stone Bridge Roads, against, referred. PAVlNG—Hackney—Petition of Inhabitants, against, referred. CANAL—Trent and Mersey—Reported ; Report to lie on' the . . fable. - Nye.° V EME —Halifax—reyorted ;to be ingrossed. SCHOOLS AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS (Ireland)—Pe tition of Romaii Catholic Prelates in Ireland, for the endow ment thereof; to lie on the table, and to be printed. PROMOTIONS IN THE NAv —Accounts presented—Midship men promoted ; Officers in the Navy ; First Com Missions ; Promotion in the Navy on Foleign Stations ; Promotions of Lieutenants to be Captains, &c. ;to be . printed. .. SFITAL-FIE LDS SILK MANUFACTURE ACTS—Petition of Silk Manufacturers of London, Westminster, and the Liber ty of the Tower, for the repeal thereof. Poon. LAWS AMENDMENT BILL--Petition of Churchwar. dens of Liverpool against. SALE or GAME—Second reading of the Bill defetred till Friday, May 23. LINEN MANUFACTURE (Scotland) AcTs—Considered in Committee; and Bill ordered to be brought in. SHERIFF or Duatmr—lnquiry into his Conduct—William Ward William Hall, and Charles Henry Sirr, Esq. to at tend this House on Friday next. Ordered, That the Names contained on the Commission Pannel of January, 1823, of persons returned to serve as Grand Jurors for the City of Dublin, he printed. • ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR MONDAY. 1. Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 2. Usury . Laws Repeal Bill—Second Reading. 3. Occasional Freeholders Bill—Second Reading. 4. Great Sessions in Wales Bill—Second Reading. 5. Supply—Postponed Resolutions of 30th April to be conbi. dered. 6. Grand Jury Presentments ( Ireland) Bill—Report. 7. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 8. Beer Duties Bill—Report. 0. Supply—Committee. 10. Ways and Means—Committee. 11. Union Klntercourse(lreland)Duties Bill-6 Third Reading, 12. Spital-fields Silk Manufacture Act—Committee thereupon. 13. Commercial Credit (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. 14. Unlawful Oaths (Ireland) Bill—Secondßeading. 15. Sheriff' Courts ( Scotland ). Bill —Further consideration of Report. 16. Registry of Vessels BillC,ommittee. 17.. Capital Crimes Defence Bill—Second Reading. . 18. Combination of Workmen .8111--Second Reading. 19. Customs Duties Act [59 Geo. 3, c. 521 —Committee there upon. NOTICES OF• MOTIONS FOR MONDAY. 1. Mr. Goulburn—nemaining Irish Estimates. (In Commit tee of Supply.) 2. Mr. (Joulburn—Bill to renew the Insurrection Act; and Bill to amend Irish Act relating to Seditious Societies. 3. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to prohibit Bull-baiting, and Do Fights. 4. 'Mr. William Williams—Account of Refined Sugar exported from England and Scotland in the year 1022. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Wednesday, May 14. Mr. Hume—lnquiry into the Laws and state of the Colony of Newfoundland. Friday, May 16. Mr. Lushington—Civil Contingencies, Printing, and4leferred • Miscellaneous Estimates. (In Committee of Supply ). De ferred from May 12. Monday, lay 21i. Mr. Calcraft—Repeal of the Leather Tax. Deferred from 'May O. Wednesday, June 4. Mr. John Williams—Select Committee relating to the Court of Chancery, and the Appellant Jurisdiction of the House of Lords. Deferred from May 13. Saturday, June 7. Sir Henry Parnell—Roman Catholic Endowments of Schools and other Charities. Tuesday, June 10. Mr. Western—The manner in which Juries are selected in England ; and to allow Leaseholders and Copyholdeis to be summoned. PRICE Q THIS DAY AT F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Ce,nt. Red. ' 78 3 per Cent. Cons. 70i 7) 3i per Cent. — Old 9li 4 per Cent. 1 New 99,1 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann.... 20 1-16th Imp. 3 per Cents. — India Stock India Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Acct. PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, MAY 10, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 00. (Six per Cents. 00. Russian J Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. (Ditto New 784. Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Neapolitan I Scrip, 00. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. {Five per Cent. Bonds, 46. Spanish New Ditto, 364. Scrip, 00 disc. Prussian j Five per Cent. Bonds, 83i. I. Ditto New, 88A. Danish Five per Cent. bonds, 90. Chili 69. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 68. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Bank Shares J.:21 ss. Six per Cent. 90-98. American Five per Cent. 95i-97. Three per Cent. 70. French HIGH WATER AT 140NDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 31 minutes after 2. 1 Evening, 66 minutes after 2. THE SUN. 'SOLE3I QUIS DICERS FALSUM .41.1DEAT LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1823.