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This Day was published, In 2 vols. 12mo. price 16s. in boards, EI[OII,TUS ANGLICUS ng; or, the Modern Ensh Gar ; contini a Familiar ption of all the Plants which den are culti a vated in the Climate Descri of Great Britain, either for Use or Ornament, and . of a Selection from the established Favourites of the Stove and Green-house • arranged according to the System a Linnus ; with Remarks on the Properties if the more valuable Species. " This work is calculated to diffuse a knowledge of orna mental Gardening and a taste for Botanical Studies, which, in deed, are now justly considered to form an essential part of an accomplished and scientific education. It is also an easy, in telligible anti compendious guide to an acquaintance with our native plants. The descriptions are clear, and the remarks on the different genera useful and interesting. Along with an ac count of each species, the time of flowering, the native country, and the date of its introduction into this kingdom, are stated.". Monthly Censor, Dec. 1822. " The Hortus Anglicus is chiefly founded on the list of plants cultivated in the Royal Botanical Garden at Kew. The general characters are extracted from Wildenow's • Species' Plantarum, and the place of each genus is inserted, both ac cording to Linnaeus and Jussieu. Many other works of ac knowledged merit have been used to supply the remaining parts of this useful compilation, and the whole Work is put to gether very clearly and methodicall."—British Critic, 'Now 1822. 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Printed for C. and J. Rivington, Waterloo-place. and St. Paul's Church-yard. FOR THE SUN. Tuesday, March 4, 1823. MR. EDITOR—In your Paper of Monday evening it is stated that Mr. AnEßNATHY's.journey to the 56 mile stone on the Gloucester road, and back in 28 hours, is the greatest performance on record, in contradiction to that I say that FosTE3I PowELL, in the year 1786 (his age being 52 years), went on foot from Hyde Park corner to the 50 mile stone on the Bath road, and back again in twenty-three hours and one quarter; and that in 1787 he came from Canterbury to London-bridge and back again, being 112 miles, five m i nutes within the 24 hours • and on Monday, the 23d of August, 1790; he started from London-bridge to 1 ork and back again, which journey heperformed in 136 hours and 13 minutes. , The time allowed was 138 hours. • A CONSTANT READER OF YOUR PAPER. P. S. The writer of this went a part of each of these journeys with him , a nd can now produce a living witness that accompa nied him the whole of them. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LOS s, MAncii 5. Lord BEXLEY was introduced, and took the Oaths and his Seat. His Supporters were, Lord COLCHESTER and Lard MARYBOROUGII. Lord KENyoN presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Liecester, against the Marria ge the table. Act.—Read, and laid on The Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer Appointment Bill, the Exchequer Bills Bill, the Animal Duties Hill, the Transfer in Aids Bill, the Lanarkshire Roads, and the Haw Passage Bridge Bills, were read a second time—Adjourned. lIOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir JOIIN WILLIAM HEAD BRYDGES, of Wootton Court in • the County of Kent, ,took the Oaths and his seat for Coleraine. A person from the Bank presented an Account of the Cash Balances in the hands of the Direciors.—Laid on the table. RAMSGATE HA RI3OUR. Returns relative to the number of Foreign. and British Ves sels which had entered Ramsgate 113rbnur, and of the Annual Balances in the hands of the Trustees, were also laid on the table. MARRIAGE VALIDITY BILL. On the motion of Sir Joux NICHOLL, this Bill was read a third time and passed. The second reading► of the Marriage Act Repeal Bill was postponed to Monday next. LONDON BRIDGE. Mr. Alderman WOOD brought up the Report of the Corn. mittee on this subject, and obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the rebuilding of _London Bridge. SUPPLY. On the motion of Mr. LITSIIINGTON, the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply, was postponed to Friday next. _ _ _ The Committee of Ways and Means was also postponed to the same day. SCOTCII CREDITORS' BILL. On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, this Bill was read a third .time and passed. IRISH ASSESSED TAXES REPEAL PILL. • This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be commit ted to-morrow. INROADS OF THE JESUITS. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a petition from an indi vidual of the name of Wm. Parker, who was better known to the Hon. Member for Cork than to himself. He did not mean to vouch for the truth of the allegations of this petition, and least of all for that w hi c h re fl ecte d on S i r Christopher Bird, holding a high Colonial Office at the Cape of Good Hope. The Hon. Member proceeded to read this petition, which set forth that great evil s res u lt e d b ot h to t h e said Colony and to Ire land, by the insidious and secret practices of the Jesuits. Ile defended the Orange Lodges as loyal and Constitutional, and necessary to counteract the designs of the Jesuits. The Peti tioner accused Sir C. Bird of being a Jesuit, and prayed the House to hear evidence at the Bar to examine into the truth of his allegations, and render justice to his sufferings from the Jesuits. The Hon. Member stated that he knew little of the petition or its contents, further than that it had been placed in his hands, and he had. thought it his duty to present it. He would go so far as to say, th a t h e h a d good authority to state, that at Stoney Hurst there was an institution of Jesuits, and he believed under the direction of the brother of the individual alluded to. He believed it was not doubted that Jesuit Socie ties existed in Ireland, and were greatly on the increase. An Hon. Baronet, in 1814, indeed, stated in that House, that lie knew, the Jesuits had received 30,000/. from Rome to build churches, and promote these Societies. If this were the case, it was not to be supposed that these people had been idle since 1814. Many Irish Members, on that occasion, said they ne ver heard of such an institution, and he was surprised they had never heard of any thing more *We on 'the subject; It be; hoved the Irish Members to look 'to this. But, at the same time, it was to be borne in mind that this was an English question ; for whatever concerned the Protestant Religion con cerned England. He might be answered, that the Jesuits did no harm—theywent on acquiring knowledge. But if they had done no harm, what good had they done—and if there was no danger in their existence, why had they been expelled from various empires. They were 'expelled from China, from Pa raguay, France, Sweden, and Denmark, Spain, Genoa, Malta, and Parma. Buonaparte desired they might never be allowed to exist in his dominions ; for, said he, their doctrines are, that their General is the Sovereign of Sovereigns, and General of Generals, whose orders th e y were boundto obey, however contrary to the laws of the land in which they were. " No," said he, " I will never have a body in my dominions who are under the orders of a foreign General at Rome."—(Hear, hear, hear !)—Now Buonaparte knew the doctrines of most sects, and if he was wrong, it was incumbent on those who favoured the Jesuits to shew it. He did not understand the meaning of the silence held upon the subject of these Societies ; he thought there was some hidden' mystery and dangerous plot under the whole. He held in his hand a pamphlet, written by Mr. Steele, who had had some experience of the Hibernian Schools, and who said that he had witnessed the Priests stand ing with whips at the corner of the streets leading to these fl s w °gi i i i n ict were afterwards to lead them to their disciples to enter them, and r sc e li ce o t o r l e s, th a o n se d cr ,o nlly . e ctrat e commit th*outrages for which the Catholic inhabitants of Ireland were-remarkable. He had no hesitation in saying that he believed all the misdemeanours committed by the people, and the evils which afflicted that unfortunate country, were at tributable to the pernicious doctrines of the Jesuits, who' had got so much ahead there owing to the neglect of the British Legislature.—(A laugh.)---Ile begged to inform the Hon. Member for Westminster (Mr. Hobhouse) that he was not to be deterred from doing what he consid ere d to b e hi s d uty b ecause of his laughter. e had already stated that he knew nothing of the truth of the allegation of this petition, but he thought they were of a nature to require attention, and especially when connected with other circumstances known to him and the House. The petition had been put into his hands, and he thought himself bound to present it. If it were doubted that "there was a Jesuit establishment in Ireland, he called upOn the Irish Members to say what that institution in the County of Kildare was. They had already been told of this, and it had been alluded to in the petition presented the other night by the Hon. Member for Armagh. He would mention an otherplace too, and that was within a few miles of Dublin, where a large mansion had been bought by a Dr. Murray connected with the Archbishop of Dublin, to be appropriated, as he had been informed and believed, to the purposes of the Jesuistry. When allegations of this kind came in upon them from all quarters it was absolutely necessary the House should look about it and endeavour to ascertain both the truth and extent to which this great evil had been allowed to creep. They were told that they had almost got possession of one of our chief colonies, and were spreading themselves over Ireland and England, and it was time they should be c l ose l y watc h e d . The Hon. Baronet concluded by moving for l eave to b r i ng up the petition. Mr. C. lIUTCHINSON said he knew the Petitioner, and believed him to b e exem plary in every pri vate re l at i on of life. He believ e d h e h a d c l a ims upon the G overnment ' for having been dec e i ve d i n t h e h o p e s held out rel a ti ve to t h e C ape of Good Hope, in consequence o f which he h a d l ost considers. ble property, and had a l arge family to maintain. H e a d m i tte d the petitioner's pri va t e gr i evanc es, but could not agree with him in the othe r v i ews i n hi s petition. H e regretted also that he had alluded to Colonel Btol by name, w h om h e consi dered a very meritorious officer. '1 he of th e petition was the complaint r e l at i ve to t h e Jesuits of Ir e l an d , whom he charged with being th e cause o f the outrages an d su ff erings of that country. He un d ertoo k to sa y that the ch arge was wholly false—it was insol en t an d i gnorant . It w as not to the machi nations of the Jesuit s , as h a d b een said also on a l ate occasion when petitions were persente d to the House b y t h e Hon. Member for Armagh, t h at a ll t he crying evils of t h at country were to be attributed. It was most unfair and unjust to charge them, and most extraordinary that advocates should be found amongst the respectable Members of that House for such opi nions and doctrines. He h a d not said it on a late o ccas i on ; b ut l as B2 s O n i c t h w —( as that ileltr the l PopeHe repeated what h e h a d sa id . I n said to Cardin a l G onsalvi that he said it then, th a t h e k new o f no establishm ent o f Jesuits in the Ireland, year the order ofJesuits had not been restored in Ireland, because it was contrary to the wi s h es of the Government of th e B r i t i sh Empire. .. , His Holiness at the same stated that the order had been restored to Russia, because he had received a petition from the Emperor Paul, requesting that it might be so. And for the same reason it had again been establshed in the Two Sicilies, they having frequently solicited to the same effect. Now, as to the ~~ NUMBER 9526. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. THE GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE o f th e WORKS o f MODERN ARTISTS IS OPEN Daily, fron, Ten in the Morning until Five in .the Evening. By Order, JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. Admis;ton t3.-.-Catalogue Is. The Subscribers to the Print from Mr. West's Picture of " Our Saviour Healing the Sick in the Temple," who have not already received their Impressions, may receive them upon payuient of the Remainder of their Subscriptions, at the British Institution daily. TO WEST INDIA PROPRIETORS. rIIIIE depressed State of. COLONIAL PRO PERTY for some time past has been such as to render it very unable to bear the heavy charges to which it is subject, and among . those Charges, the Merchant's Commission forms a very prominent item. A GENTLEMAN of respectability and experience in West India Concerns, would be glad to un dertake ALL the DUTIES of a CONSIGNEE, at a fixed moderate remuneration, for any Proprietor who does not re quire advances, or to a very limited extent. Address (post paid) to P. X. at Mr. Turner's, stationer, No. 69, Cheapside. TO CARPENTERS, BUILDERS, and 0T HE RS.—The DIRECTORS of the WEST INDIA DOCK COiVIPANY hereby give Notice, that on Wed nesday, the 12th instant, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may bewilling to CONTRACT for the execution of the whole of the Work necessary to a proposed EXTENSION 0? the WOODEN JETTY PIER, at the Blackwall entrance of Docks. The timber to be the best Dantzic or Memel fir and English Oak. A plan, specification, and form of tender raay be seen at this House. No tender will be received after 1 o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless the party or an agent for him attends. West India Dock House, 8, Billiter-square, Marck 3, 1823. 11. LONGLANDS, Sec. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 5, 1823. WHEREAS, in pursuance of the 6th Sec. tion of the 7th Chapter of the By Laws of the I.TNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND trading to the EAST INDIES, it is ordained, "That a List shall be published thirty days before the Annual Election of Directors, containing the Names of 'such Proprietois qualified agreeable to law, as shall signify in writing to the Secretary their desire of becoming Candidates fur the Direction, 32 days before such annual Election." The Court of Directors of the said Company do hereby give notice, in order that the Proprietors may conform to the Said By Laws, that the e.isuing ELECTION of SIX DI RECTORS of the said Company for Four Years, is appbinted ,for t he 9th April next ; and that such List will be pub lished thirty days before the said Election, as the above. illotritioned By Law directs. JOSEPH DART, Sec. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 5, 1823. -THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, . That they hare received a Letter, Copy of which is as fol lows, viz.:— To the Honourable the Court of Drectors of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies. • " Honourable Sirs, " We, whose Names are undersigned, being Proprictors of Eae India Stock, duly qualified, request you will be pleased to make the General Quarterly Court of the East India Com pany, which is to be held on the 19th instant, SPECIAL, for the purpose of taking into consideration the State of the East India Sugar Trade. " We have the honour to be, " Honourable Sirs, " Your obedient Servants CHARLES FORBES. " M. INIGHTINGALL. " CHRISTOPHER COLE. " H. ST. G. TUCKER. "JAMES KINLOCH. " DAVID RICARDO. " W. H. TRANT. " ZACHARY MACAULEY. " JOSEPH HUME." T he GENERAL COURT appointed to be held at this House un the 19th instant is therefore further made SPE CIAL accordingly. " London, 4th March, Ma. JOSEPH DART, Srcretary TFAST' INDIA HOUSE, March 5, 1823. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG- I'4I4/3 RAD ING to th e EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice,. That the COURT will he ready to receive PROPOSALS i n w riting, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 26th March instant,. from the Owner or Owners of good, sound, and tubbt4nti4l SH IPS, of the Burden of from 400 Tons to 600 Totg., registered meas 4t `*hire th urement, specifyi ng th e R a t e o f F re i g ht th e may be w illi ng to LET such SHIPS for ONE VO brio YAGI. to and from BE NGAL and MADRAS, to carry out -4 ‘ 141 , g h ome Goods on the Company's account. rkhe C°l-11 " : will also be ready to receive PROPOSALS w4.it ing, on the aforesaid 26th March, from the Owner or Clwn " B of good, sound, and substantial SHIPS, of the Bur dest of from 400 Tons to GOO Tons, registered measurement, 4 1 1 , Z it Ying the Rate of Frei g ht at which they may be willing to a A j' !ncli SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BENGAL tnECOOLEN, to ou t and bring home Goods on tecuiripari...6 account. Th e T "ue ri, Willi the words " Ship Tender" on the cover, ii-'l4,, evera lly sealed up and left with the Secretar at 4i~ Rti thi s at or T y, befo re welve &Clock at Noon, on the abov e - e, gnell day, beyond which hour no Tender will be re. p JOSEPH DART, Secretary. the,,articulars of the . Terms and Conditions upon which . 111 will be t he employed may b e had upon application to y t i c,„ ~ ,1 19 1 to the Comm m Committee of Shipping, on or after o da ^ t, the 10th inst. 4.. . BEROSE AND VEGE • • SEEDS. 4•' ANNUAL IMPORTATION of these Jtastl i "r 7 fragrant and esteemed FLOWER ROOTS, has •137, 1 T, , re veired at C. BARRON'S Foreign ‘Varehouse, No. Ifew,. , 4 •• 'MALL, late Partner with Mr. BART() VALLE. •60:,;e:Y60e Anenninies and Ranunculus Roots, at 2s. and doz en • White and Green Turkey Cucumber Seeds, 'no t)e. s - ;arly • d la te Malta Cauliflower, early and 4it4.7"ing drocoli' S ' e u :.ds Egkr Plant and Spanish Melon ..- .4144. 0 sorts Is Gd, per packet ; Spiral Cyprus Seed, ptch o . Pri e tit °r ange •` and Lemon T rees will be home in a few d a y s . ~ 0 (14 ~ In structiuu s for the manag emen t o f th e T rees, 4'carld Seeds,may he had ; as well as Lists of the Roots, $O l , r t i icts rd ei 00 .. • t 4, 4 •-•-•,.%) :h.* '•'--.-+'... s - ~ -,- ...c T ,•::,,':- .: institution spoken of in :he county of Kildare, the Hon. Bart. had completely misrepresented. Ile knew of the Jesuit's insti. tution there ; but he knew of a most excellent school under the. superintendence of Dr. Kenny, a leerned Divine, 'and very superior classical scholar. Ile admitted that Dr. Kenny had had an education abroad which fitted him to be a Jesuit; but whether he was one or not he did not know, nor did it signifte He had established a school in Kildare, and had employed learned gentlemen under him to take care of it. But so far from doctrines dangerous to the peace of the kingdom beingdie seminated there, the House would scarcely believe that latterly some of the scholars from that school had entered the Protestant Institution of Dublin, called Trinity College, and obtained their high honours. The conduct of the school was open to public inspection, and he believed at the last public examination the Duke of Leinster, and his brother in that House, as well as many other distinguished characters, had attended. So much good has this Establishment done, that lie understood visible improvement had taken place in the neighbourhood, to the increased comfort and advantage in every respect of the per sons living in every direction round about it—and this wa s a part of the country formerly noted for outrages. And yet this was what had been accused with all that was bad in that House and elsewhere. For his part, he hoped it would be extenged widely throughout Ireland. This was a subject connected with a question coming on that night of great importance to Ireland, and lie hoped the House -would see to what extent indulgence must be given to the Catholics of Ireland, when it was found possible to deceive Hon. Members so respectable as the Hon. Members for Armagh and Semersetshire, to come forward and advocate what was decidedly false.—(Hear, hear !)—He re peated that it was false ; and when the House saw that it went to calumniate five millions and a half of the inhabitants of that country, they would know bow much the Catholics were enti tled to their protection. He told that House that they would be guilty of much injustice if they hurried on to that momen tous question relative to the Catholics of Ireland, with all their Protestant prejudice and British ignorance on their heads.— (Cheers reiterated by both parties.)—He said this with every feeling of respect for the House ; and lie repeated that there was in that House much ignorance on the subject of the claims, and situation of the Catholics of Ireland.—(hear, hear !)--And lie said that it behoved the House most particularly to consider this, when they saw two Honourable and respectable Members made the unwilling, and he said it respectfully; the ignorant instruments to gull and blind the House.—(Hear, hear !) There were persons so mad in Ireland that they would conic to that Bar, and offer to prove any thing. lie knew there were some respectable Protestants there who really thought that no good could conic till the five millions and a half of Catholics were destroyed. He was glad this discussion had arisen, since he felt it to be his duty to rivet the attention of the, H o use to those petiti ons whi c h h a d l a t e ly b een presente d. The people of Ireland were not to be trusted against each other. They were So distracted amongst themselves, that they were incapable of judging. That must he left to the house of Commons; but then the House must be more enlightened on the subject.— (Hear, hear!) Mr. WILMOT did not rise to prolong the discussion, but to call the attention of the House to the terms of the Petition upon which it had arisen, and to shew that it was the most irrele vant that could be conceived, to the matter of that Petition.— (Hear, hear !)—The subject matt er o f th e P et i t i on was, t h at Mr. iarker was an emigrant to the Cape of Good Hope, where he was so unfortunate as to meet with losses in his specula tion. These losses, however, the Petitioner went on to attri bute to Colonel Bird's being a Jesuit. He never thought of attributing his misfortunes to the natural causes of rusting in the wheat, and others proceeding from the climate. Then this Gentleman went on very jesuitically to connect the subject of his losses with the establishment at Stoneyhurst. Nothing, in fact, could be less connected than the subject of the Petition, which was one of p r i va t e gr i evance , and the discussion into which the Hon. Baronet had led the House. He was surprised, that when the Hon. Baronet had given notice of this Petition, and therefore had had at least twenty-four hours to consider it he should not have been able to make out a better chain of Con s nexi9n. • If the Hon. Baronet would present a Petition . w hi c h Confined itself to the matter of grievance, he assured him he would be ready to give the House some information to form a judgment upon it. And he assured the Hon. Baronet, that so voluminous and prolix were the statements sent in to the Co lonial Office by this Gentleman, that if he were to give them to the Hon. Baronet, they would occupy him twenty-four hours longer before he could make any thing of them. And when he told the House that in almost every one of them the failure of the harvest was attributed to Colonel Bird being a Jesuit; they would excuse him for not having answered every one of his communications. Ile must again express his surprise at the Hon. Baronet's having sanctioned the petition he had brought forward. If the Baronet agreed with the petitioner, that Jesuitry could have the effect of spoiling the harvest, and doing that which others thought to he beyond all human con troul, lie could only say that he must infer that the Hon. Baro net's opinion on the subject of Agricultural Distress was no longer what it used to be.—(Hear and laughter.) Sir. HOBHOUSE rose to tell the Hon. Baronet why he had laughed. It was because lie had gone on to attribute every evil known to afflict Ireland, even, he believed, to the failure of the potatoe crop, to the Jesuits. "Without meaning personal disrespect, he could not help smiling at the proposal for us to imitate the example of his Tartarian Majesty, who expelled the Jesuits from his dominions. He should be glad to see this petitioner come to the Bar of the House and bring a Jesuit in his hand. He should like to see such a thing as a Jesuit, for' he had travelled far, and confessed he had never had the goo d fortune to f a ll in withi one. Ile should like to see one at the Bar, that the House might know what sort of an animal it was the Government of this country had to contend against. (Hear !) Mr. HUME thought that Mr. Parker had a fair charge against the Colonial Government, but admitted that he had not stated the grounds of it in this Petition. He wished the Hon. Member for Armagh would state, in his place, where the institutions of' Jesuits were fo u nd e d i n I re l an d. He had been informed that there was no such thing, although he (Mr. Hume) should have no objection to their being spread all over the country. Mr. BROWNLOW said, that the Petitions he had lately presented came from a number of most respectable individuals in the county of Armagh, linen-drapers, and others, who were firmly persuaded of the existence of Jesuit Societies in Ireland. Since making that communication in the House, he had re ceived many letters from different parts of Ireland thanking lion for having done so, and confirming the truth of the state ment. These persons all asserted that one Jesuit institution was in the county of Kildare, and he (Mr. Brownlow) had no doubt it was so. Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD admitted the irrelevancy of the discussion into which the House had been led. He, how ever, would take the liberty of extending it so far as to remind the House of a letter of Lord Sidmonth some time back, in which it was stated to be an insuperable objection on the part of' the Prince Regent and the Government to the establish ment of Jesuit Societies in Ireland. It appeared that the Pope had given for answer to Cardinal Gonsalvi, that he would not authorise the restoration of the Order on that plea ; and it was therefore plain that if they did exist, it was con trary to the injunction of the. Pope against the law of the realm, and therefore they might by law be put down. Sir 11. PARNELLIdid not think that the Society of Jesuits did exist in this country or in Ireland. As to the mansion stated to have been bought by Dr. Murray, near Dublin, it was for the purpose of extending schools all over Ireland, from which the poor derived the greatest benefit. The Petition was then brought up and read. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE, in moving that the Petition be laid on the table, took occasion to say, for the 'benefit of the Colonial Secretary opposite (Mr. Wilmot), that he was no mitre to be told how he was to employ his time in the morning, than how lie was to give his vote in the evening. He must say, in opposition to the Hon. Secretary, that he never saw a clearer chain of connection than between die averments of the Petition, and what he had said. The Petition was then ordered to he printed. ORANGE INSTITUTIONS. Mr. ABERCROMBY stated the motion which he was about to submit to the House was not calculated to interfere in any way with that of which notice had been given by the Honourable Member for Armagh. That Honourable Gen tleman proposed to raise a question on the conduct of the King's Attorney-General in Ireland. It was not intended to deny that the law warranted the course which had been pursued, but the discretion exercised by the Attorney-General ' ould be called in question in a particular case, where an ex-officio information had been filed by the Right Hon. Gen tleman. He stated thus much, to shew that the motion of the Hon. Gentleman (the Member for Armagh) was very different from that now to be submitted to the consideration of the House. The motion of the Hon. Member for Armagh was of a limited and temporary character, beginning and ending with PRICE SEVEN IlttiC,rer the particular circumstances to which it referred. 'The present one was of a general nature and durable character, and re , lated to that situation of things which must endure so long u Orange Clubs or any other associations, founded on - exclusive .principles, continued td exist. To him (Mr. Abercromby), therefore, the present motion did not seem at all to interfere with that of the Honourable Member for Armagh; and he had been surprised on a former night, when he waserequested to postpone it in consideration of the notice which had, been given. He was unprepared. for the appeal which hadebeen made, but, acting in his reason at th e moment, he. had re• fused to p u t i t off. and subsequent r e fl ect i on h a d serve d b ut to convince hi m , that in coining to that determination, he was'eight. In order to avoid all misapprehension, he begged to state that it was not his intention to allude to the merit or demerit of Lord Wellesley's Government, and it was not his purpose to bring forward any thing that would at. all connect itself with the Catholic Question. The motion with which he should conclude, was one which he considered entitled to the vote of those who were unwilling to concede the Claims of the Catholics, and also those who were most anxious for the removal of the disabilities of which that im portant body complained. It had been said that this motion would be likely to cause great heat and much agitation. He did not expect this would be the case generally, though such might be the ease in particular quarters where persons were acting ult. . lei what he called the Orange System. The subject watt one which appeared to him most fitting to be brought under the con sideration of Parliament. If the Orange institutions could be maintained on the ground that they were necessary to the peace and geed order of Ireland, then let truth prevail, and let their friends fairly, openly, and manfully defend them. If, on the contrary, it should be proved that they tended to irritate the people of Ireland, and were subversive of peace and good order, then also let the truth prevail, and let these Associations be put down. The present motion, he would not conceal from the House, was one in which the Catholics of Ireland were much interested, but, in his opinion, it was not less important to the Protestants. Though anxious for the ,well being of both par ties, he preferred the Constitution to the separate interests of either Catholic or Protestant, and it was in the hope of being enabled to secure to the people of Ireland the blessings of an undivided 'Constitution, that he was encouraged to come for ward on the present occasion. It was not his purpose to impute motives to any individual, or to any body of men, acting under the Orange system. What he wished to attack was the system itself. That system, he maintained, was uncon stitutional—in many resp ec t s illegal, and had been productive of the most serious evils. He considered it a great misfortune for Ireland that ever this system had been introduced at all, .and he wished to prove that it was against the interests of all parties, and totally subversive of the legitimate controul of good Government. To trace the evil to its origin he must upon that portion of history which commenced 'with the recal of' Earl Fitzwilliam from Ireland in 1795, and was completed by the Act of Union between England and Ireland. No ratan could turn back to that period without regret, who took into his consideration the consequences of that recal. He beg ged not to be supposed to speak now as to the merits or demerits of the recal. He would only say that the appointment of Earl Fitzwilliam, and his recal, exhibit ed a strong and convincing proof that the worst policy with respect to the Government of Ireland was a vacillating and in decisive course. Considerable hopes and fears had been ex cited by the appointment of Lord Fitzwilliam. The fears of those who expected to lose their power in consequence of his appointment, ultimately procured his recal, while those who had hoped advantage from his administration, were plunged in the deepest disappointment by that event. He feared it wall too true that those who had prevailed at that period, marked their triumph by the increased severity of their rule. Never had any thing more disgraceful or more atrocious occurred than what had taken place in the county of Armagh. The county was divided between two parties, th e on e called the Catholics, the other the " Peep of Day Boys." The Peep of Day Boys had the ascendancy, as they greatly surpassed their opponents in numbers, and a war of the most atrocious character was car ried on against the Catholics. In the proceedings which then took place, the Peep of Day Boys were judges, prosecutors, witnesses, jurors, and executioners. In this way ft was that the war between the parties was prosecuted. The unhappy Catho lics were finally expelled and driven away with their fami lies from the county. It might be thought that he overstated the case, but to prove that he did not, he would read to the House what had been said by Lord Gosford at a meeting of the Magistrates in the month of Nov. 1795. One of the Resolutions proposed at that meeting declared the county of A rmagheo be at present in a state of disorder, and represented the Roman Catho lics to be constantly exposed to nightly attack from lawless and unknown pelefens. It was on this resolution that Lord Gosford made that speech from which he would now read a passage.— [The Learned Gentleman read a part of the speech which he had Mentioned, which described the, secret persecutions and the ferocious cruelty which pursued the Catholics. Nor age (it went on), nor sex, nor acknowledged innocence, could afford security. The only crime charged Was one which was easily proved, that the perties professed the Roman Catholic faith, or were intimate with .persons of that persuasion. The most lawless proceedings had followed, amounting to nothing less than a confiscation of property, and the proscriptions of that day had exceeded, in regard to the number ruined, every ex_ ample which ancient and modern history could supply.l—ln December 1795 (the Learned Gentleman continued) a battle was fought between the Peep of Day Boys and the Roman Catholics, in which the Peep of Day Boys were victorious, and it was shortly after that event that the first Orange Lodge was opened.---(llear, hear !) He wished to direct the attenticii of the House to the origin of this association, because that would justify him in saying that a great and fatal error had been committed I:.y those who had assumed that particular name, as the effect of it was to perpetuate associations which, while they were retained' in the mind, could not but tend to disturb the general tranquillity, and made it almost impossible to hope for that harmony and good-will which every friend to the country must desire to see established. Immediately after the name to which he objected had been assumed in. December, 1795, this association had shown itself anxious to extend its influence in every possible way, and had became connected with very important transactions. To shew the House what had been the professed object of the Orange Clubs, he would direct their attention to two sets of their resolutions embodying their constitution in 1800 and in 1820. The gene ral nature of this institution might be described in few words. It consisted of a large number of persons, having a Master, Grand Master, T reasurer , S ecre t ary , an d Committee. There were various orders and numerous meetings in different parts of the country, but the most important of all was the Grand Lodge.in Dublin. He read a list of the names subscribed to the papers which lie had mentioned, and stated a Committee to have been appointed to inquire into the state of the Association, in order to correct abuses which had crept in, and to make it more useful, pure, and meritorious than it had been. From the language held by this Committee, the House would gain some idea of the nature of th e a b uses w hi c h h a d occurred. It was stated that forms of initiation had been adopted in various Lodges which departed from the simplicity of the originatne sign, aid which were repugnant to common sense, to the reli gious feelings of many worthy brethren of the Order, and even to common decency. The Committee, therefore, prepared a form of admission, which combined With proper brevity sufficient solemnity to bind the M em b er t o t h ose d octr i nes w hi c h it was his duty to maintain as a loyal Protestant. Here, then, they had it on the authority of an Orange Committee, that some of the forms which had been in use amongst them were repugnant to common sense, to the religious feelings cf worthy men, and even to common decency. He proceeded to shew that the Committee had thought it necessary to check the over zeal of some indiscreet Members; and he then read to the House the declaration of their Resolu tion to reverence the memory of King William, the Con stitution established by him, anti the succession of the pre sent Royal Family to the Throne. They resolved annually to celebrate the defeat of King James in the Battle of the Boyne, and the anniversary of that event (the Ist of July, old sqle,) was to he always their grand era. In the Resolutions of 1800, a declaration of some importance was found which had' been omitted in 1820. The declaration to which he referred set forth a determination never to persecute any one on account otreli gious differences, provided the parties were not hostile to the State ; but, on the contrary, to protect their fellow-subjects who might be of a different persuasion from themselves. He proceeded to describe the oaths of the Orange Clubs. - The first oath a member was obliged to take ran thus :—" I, A. 8., so_ lemnly swear allegiance to King George the Fourth, arta' will to the utmost of my o Wer maintain the British Constituti on azia.the•suceession of'hif Majesty's House, being Protestants, to the Throne." He shewed that the words Protestant ascen dancy had a different meaning in Ireland from that which attached to them in this country. In the year 1782, the same party, who were now distinguished by their zeal for Protestant