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*-,""f4A ortune to differ in many points with that Illustrious Prince, yet he was fully Deady and bound to admit that the late Duke of York possessed many good and excellent qualities, which were deserving of great praise.—(Cheers.) That Illustrious Prince, when he received the sanguinary order of the French Convention, was about to join the army then under arms, and instead of issuing a similar order, he immediately gave di rections to the British soldiers, that instead of following the example of their enemies they should on all occasions give them quarter. --(Loud cheers.) Such was the conduct of a British Prir,ce.—( Hear, hear, hear.) But they were told that the `.ipanish Prince had been unfortunate in his conduct—that he had adopted a bad example instead of following the good and humane example set him by our gall•ant and illustrious countryman.--( Cheers.) With respect to the answer given on the former occasion by his Nohle Friend, he would only repeat that he did not believe that it induced one single man to enter the Queen of Spain's service, who would not have otherwise done so. If he knew anything of the character of his gallant countrymen, they would not require any caution of the kind to prevent there, pursuing any course. His Noble Friend might fairly say, for the future, that the friends of Don Carlos had truly repre presented that P r in ce t o b e more crue l an d bl oo dy, an d capable of any breach of faith or treachery, than he believed possible. When he spoke on the former occasion he laboured under this impression, and he (Lord Brougham) was satisfied that the language then used by his Noble Friend did not remove the scruples of any man, or influence any one, be he soldier or not, to enlist, who had not previously made up his mind.—( Cheers. ) He agreed in all that had been said by his Noble Friend as to the inconveniences that would result from direct foreign inter vention in the affairs of Spain. He would appeal to a high authority, who knew the affairs of Spain well—indeed, the highest authority on the subject—he meant the Noble Duke ( Wellington), to whom Spain as well as his own country owed a debt of gratitude which never could be paid.—( Cheers.) Ho believed the views and feelings of the Noble Duke on this subject fully coincided with those of his Noble Friend (Lord Melbourne). He believed the Noble Duke would agree that, of all things, to unite and, tranquillize and promote the peace of Spain was the proper course for this country to put sue ; without, however, interfering in the affairs of that country in a manner which was not lawful or in accordance with the rules which goveened independent nations.—( Cheers.) The first duty of England in this question was to promote the tranquil lity of Spain—the peace and prosperity of Spain—but above all to secure the independence of Spain—above all, and before all, to ensure the exclusion of all interference in the af fairs of Spain by all foreign powers.—( Cheers.) He should • regard it as a great evil for England as well as for Spain to see the flag of France wave over one single square yard of the Spanish territory.—(Loud cheering.) This was not a new opinion, but one be had entertained, with his Noble Friend at the head of the Government, long before he held office, and he had never changed his opinion on the subject. The Noble Earl had alluded to the introduction of foreign bayonets in the war now raging in Spain. He (Lord Brougham) should look upon the assistance afforded to the Government of Spain by foreign bayonets as the most mischievous gift that could be be stowed on the country. The assistance which would be af forded by such foreign bayonets as probably alone were likely to be offered for the purpose—was only calculated to exasperate the feelings of the adverse parties in that country.—( Hear, hear, hear.) No person could entertain a contrary opinion, who was at all conversant with Spanish history, and above all the recent Spanish history._( Hear, hear.) He would merely al lude to the foreign interference which had taken place in the affairs of Spain in 1823, when the Noble Duke and his friends were in office, when he (Lord Brougham) expressed similar opinions to those he had that night given utterance to. —( Here there was some interruption by a Noble Lord; but the nature of it we could not learn.) Lord Brougham proceeded to say that such interruption came with a very good grace from the Noble Earl who, he understood, had undertaken to keep his Noble and Learned Friend the Chancellor of Ireland, and himself, an ex-Chancellor, in order.--( A laugh.) He wished the Noble Earl much joy of the task he had undertaken. He did not know whether the Noble Earl had succeeded in keep ing his Noble and Learned Friendin order, but he didnet think that the Noble Earl had succeeded extremely well with him self.—(Laughter.) The Noble Earl said that he (Lord Brougham) had been speaking too long; now he did not pro mise that he would not speak long.—(No, no.) He had ne ver on any occasion said that he would not speak for a long time : he had always cautiously avoided making such a pro mise—( Laughter)—and therefore he ought not to be told that he had promised to make a short speech. But what he wished to recal to the recollection of the Noble Earl was, the conduct of his friends, the legitimate Bourbons—of the Carlists of France—( Hear, hear)—of that party against the legitimate party of Europe, lying to the north of the Pyrennees—of that Bourbon Carlist party of France, who sent an army under the Duke of Angouleme into Spain, for the purpose of overthrow ing the Constitutional Government, and who, by the aid of foreign bayonets, planted another form of government in that country. He had no wish to see foreign bayonets enter Spain ; but if they did go, the acuteness of the Noble Earl would lead him to recollect that there were two ways in which they might go. They might either go armed with a commission from a foreign power, as the army of France did in 1823, when it overthrew the Constitutional Goverment of Spain—which was a way of carrying foreign bayonets into a country which was wholly abominable, and which was the only way which was censured by the Noble Earl—or they might go under a commission from the State to whose aid they went.—(Hear, hear.) But in that case he did not call it the intervention of foreign bayonets--but proper and legitimate auxiliaries of the Government, led under the constitutional banners of the country. He would tell the Noble Earl that such an admission as this of foreign bayonets, had always beers a principle of constitutional freedom.— He would not go back to the period when the interven tion of foreign bayonets upon this principle had established the free, constitutional, and Protestant Government of England, in the century before the last; but he would say generally that any State which was attacked from within or from without, had a right, if it pleased, by its constitutional organs—by those exercising the government —by those representing the people for whose safety those representatives were called together—that government, those organs, and those constitutional powers, had not only a right, but if need be, it became their duty to call in foreign as sistance, provided always that such foreign assistance was de pendent, and disciplined, and subordinate to the domestic powers of the State.---( Hear, hear.) These were his opi nions with respect to the intervention of foreign bayonets. He disapproved of the intervention of the Legitimatists of France, who interfered for the purpose of putting down the constitution of Spain; but not in the intervention of the gal lant English, who rallied round the constitution now esta blished in Spain, restoring peace and prosperity, and pre serving the independence of that country. The Duke of WELLINGTON then rose and said, that in the state of the relations of this country with the Peninsula, and in the existing state of Europe, it was most desirable that this discussion should be avoided. He was much concerned to find that the Noble and Learned Lord had thought proper to enter into such a discussion, and he could assure the House that it was not his (the Duke of Wellington's) intention either to continue it or to reply to the topics alluded to by the Noble and Learned Lord. He merely rose to protest against such a speech being made upon such an occasion.—( Hear, hear.) As his Noble Friend had thought proper to make a speech upon the affairs of Spain, he could hardly have avoided speak ing of the war in the Basque provinces, and the origin of that war. But his Noble Friend had not gone far into the subject, and he certainly did not deserve the answer which he got from the Noble and Learned Lord. His Noble Friend certainly did object to the decree which had been so often referred to, and he (the Duke of Wellington) was convinced that there was not one Member of that House—that there was not an indivi dual in the country__whodidnot join him in disapproving of it. —( Hear.) But what was stated by his Noble Friend was quite true. There were two sides, and two sets of opinionists in Spain, and it was not one side only which was guilty of ex cesses—_( Heir, hear)—both sides had bee n gu ilty o f excesses , and before the Noble and Learned Lord introduced such violent language into his speech, he ought to have discussed the matter coolly, and endeavoured to find whether there might not be some excuse for those excesses. He (the Duke of Wellington) did not wish, however, to continue the discus sion of this subject. His desire was to avoid all discussion. —( Hear, hear.) . He wished that the hands of Government should be left free, so that if possible the efforts of all parties might be collected to put an end to that description of war. fare which at present ravaged the centre of Europe.—( Hear, hear.) That was the reason why he deprecated discussion upon this occasion. It could lead to no good. It might lead to harm, and he was sure their Lordships would see reason to repent of having entered upon it.—( Cheers.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY then rose to reply, He hoped that the Noble Viscount would lay the Eliot Con vention upon the table of the House, in order that it might be seen whether the British auxiliaries were included in it or not. The conversation then dropped. CONSTABULARY FORCE (IRELAND) BILL. Viscount DUNCANNON moved the second reading of the Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY opposed the Bill. The Earl of RODEN said that he should oppose the Bill, for he thought it would produce the worst effects in Ireland. A Bill similar in principle to the present had been introduced to the House of Commons in the year 1822, which was then opposed by Henry Brougham, Viscount Duncannon, and Lord Althorp. He should move as an amendment that the Bill'be read this day six months. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that he should support the Bill. The Inspectors General cf the Police in Ireland had already de facto the power which this Bill only went to give them de jure. Lord BROUGHAM said that he could with perfect con sistency oppose the Bill of 1822 and give his support to the present measure. - Lord FARNHAM opposed the Bill chiefly on the ground of its baring been introduced at so late a period of the session, for which he thought the Noble Viscount was wholly inex cusable. The Earl of WINCHILSE A said that he should support the amendment, because be looked upon the present Bill as one of the three instalments agreed to be paid by the Govern.. went to the individual who contracted for them for his support. The first was to give up the property of the Established Church ; the second instalment was to alter the system of police in Ireland ; and the third, which had not as yet been brought up to their Lordships' House, was to alter the system of Municipal Governments in Ireland, and when these had passed, the whole Governments in Ireland would be trans ferred to the hands of that individual. LOrd HATHERTON said that there seemed to be only one point in the present Bill to which objection was taken, and that might be struck-02h The Inspector General h*l now 1b appointment of constables, and this extiteclA jealousy in Ireland. As to the individuals to whose supposed influence allusion had been made, it should be recollected that the Act which now regulated the police in Ireland was passed when was in the most bitter opposition to the Government. He (Lord Hatherten) should oppose the amendment of the Noble Earl. After a few words from the Marquis of II EADFO RT, The Earl of WICK LOW said that in considering the Bill, he should entirely throw aside all party feelings. He was convinced that the police force of Ireland had been most efficient, and that, therefore, the main principle of the pre sent Bill was one which their Lordships ought not to adopt. The Bill would throw great numbers of the present police cut of employ, and they would be cast for support upon the counties. The Magistrates of Ireland would receive the Bill as a degradation, and he thought that at all events it ought not to be pressed through Parliament at so late a period of the session. He thought that the Bill ought to be postponed to the next year. Lord (.:LONCLIRRY supported the Bill. Lord FITZGERALD and VESCI thought that the Bill would not attain a single object which the Government could not reach by the existing state of the law. The Marquis of WESTMEATH contended that the pre sent police force of Ireland was efficient, and he should there fore oppose the Bill. Lord GLENELG spoke in a very inaudible tone of voice. We understood him to defend the provisions of the Bill. He thought, however, that if the objection of the Noble Lords opposite were confined to the clause transferring the power of appointment from the Magistrates to the Crown, the omission of that clause would not materially affect the principle of the Bill. The Earl of HA DDINGTON defended the existing police force in Ireland, and maintained that there was no necessity for such a change as that contemplated by the present Bill. At the same time he did not mean to say that the police force of Ireland was incapable of improvement. But the present Bill would alter without improving. One of his chief ob jections to the Bill was the proposition it contained for trans ferring the power of appointment from the magistracy to the Crown. lie objected also to the period at which it was brought forward. Lord DUNC ANNON assured the Noble Lords opposite that he had no desire to cast an imputation or a slur upon the conduct of the Magistrates of Ireland, and he maintained that there was nothing in the Bill calculated to have such an effect. He should be perfectly ready to consider the objection a bl e clause in committee, and if necessary to amend it. He would only now observe, that if the Noble Lords opposite were de termined to resist every thing for which Mr. O'Connell might ever happen to have voted, it would be idle for Ministers to attempt to legislate upon any subject connected with Ireland. After a few words from Lord CA RBER Y, which were not heard, the question was put, and the House divided : __ Fo; the amendment Against it Majority... l2 The Sheriffs' (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Savings' Banks (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed.—Adjourned at half-past nine o'clock. NATIONAL CHARACTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— Should the state of public affairs leave you sufficient room in your paper, be so obliging as to find space for the fol lowing attempt to lay before your readers, what, however in complete, I venture to call—a Scale of NATIONAL CHARACTER; 5Y 5 g.. 1, 1 " ';' •,' F; 2. - - z .9 8.• 3 tf: :tt ; 2 <7," 2 .. -,,; g o& g European P , E 5 q , f. , V 7 1 - 7 7 , 5 Nations. 4 f<4 i 2 ii ci English lO 16 19; 1 11 20 15 3 4 2119 19 Scots —l Irish ll 7 1114 1:0 11 1 12 1 16 1 Italians . 2 ,, 6 71111 13 1118118 19 18 1 . French l7 12 141 4 19 17:2010 8 1 12 7 f , Spaniards - l3 2 5 10 14 1 8 12 0 114 7' l 9 6 Portuguese l4 I , ' 4 10 16 6 20 ! lO 8; 3 1 Russians l6 9 6 15 19 1R 6 1 12 710 7 Danes and Swedes 17117 IS '20119 2019114 10116 15 Germans 17119 20 20'20 18':21 8 1 10 8 1 , Dutch ' 18116 20 19117 19 1:11 6 3 1 11 20 Belgians 1 6 111; 20 r;0 1 15 15 18i 9 2115120 Turks lB 2 1120 20 17 20 8 2116 1 2 My failures in the above, may, perhaps, suggest alterat improvements to some correspondent of more ability than, Your humble servant, 10, Johnstone -street, Bath. MUNICIPAL REFORM BILL. ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS. Last evening a numerous meeting of the parishioners of this parish was held at the Two Angels and Crown Tavern, Upper St. Martin's-lane, in consequence of the mutilations that were being made by the House of Peers in the Muni cipal Corporation Bill, and the determined spirit evinced by the Tory Lords to destroy the most effective and salutary clauses in this most important question, and to consider what measures should be adopted in reference to the same. Mr. KILNER was called to the Chair. ~Mr. WEBB then rose—He said this is an eventful crisis ; and he therefore trusted that Reformers would waive all minor differences, and unite in one body to oppose any in fringement on their rights and liberties. The Lower House, backed by the people, had carried that great measure the Reform Act, and they would now, he had no doubt, succeed in triumphantly compelling the House of Peers to restore this Bill, which would purify all those sink-holes of cor ruption—the corporate bodies ; and he believed that the whole of the inhabitants of Westminster had the fullest con fidence in his Majesty's present Ministers ; and it gave him the greatest pleasure to announce that an address was preparing, which would shortly be presented to Lord Mel bourne, expressing their gratitude for the exertions that he as well as his coadjutors had made in opposing all the ty rannical measures attempted to be adopted by the Tory Peers. Mr. WILLIAMS trusted that the whole population of England would unite and instruct their Representatives to refuse any mutilation made by the Lords, for it must be ob vious to every one the object which these mercenary Peers had in view, which was to keep possession of the wealth and influence in the different Corporations, which were the just rights of the people of England. He was happy to say that the people now knew their power, and would use it too. Mr. REXWORTHY concurred in the remarks expressed by the former gentleman. The CIIAIRMAN then drew the attention of the meeting to the subject of registration. This was a subject which ought to claim their most serious attention, as the Tories had been for some time" strong in the field," and were em ploying counsel, and using every exertion to set aside n y vote that they considered inimical' to their principles. After several other gentlemen had addressed the meet ing, resolutions were entered into, and the meeting separated. LIVERPOOL. The Memorial to Lord Melbourne and his Majesty's Ministers, signed by a large number of the leading men of this great commercial town, after expressing their gratis :,de to Ministers for the introduction of the Reform & 1 1, an d their disapprobation of the conduct of the Pet - ts , conclude s thus : " Your memorialists feel bound by the urgency of the case, and the importance of t interests at stake, m os t re spectfully to offer to his Majesty's Ministers the result of their own local knowledge and experience, and t o s t a t e th e i r conscientious c r.uviction, that although the w h o l e o f th e clauses hay:, not been discussed in the House of Lords, yet that fl.e Principles of the Bill as introduced by his Majesty's "..linisters have been so entirely altered, that your memo rialists believe it is no longer adapted to effect the benefits which they had so anxiously expected. " Your memorialists, therefore, most respectfully, but most earnestly, implore his Majesty's Ministers to repudiate the Bill, and to exert their powerful aid to prevent this measure from passing into a law, unless the great principles can be restored, and the full benefit of this most salutary measure be secured." BURY ST. EDMUNDS. On Tuesday last, a meeting took place at the Guild hall, in this Borough, to take into consideration the mu tilation of the Municipal Reform Bill, by the House of Lords. The Alderman having taken the Chair, the requisition was read by Mr. Battley, who stated that he had arranged with the Town Clerk to receive 3s. 4d. for the job.— (Laughter.) The Alderman then said that, having re ceived a requisition so respectably signed, he felt it his duty to call the meeting, and he now requested them to appoint a Chairman. Mr. EAGLE was called to the chair. Mr. MEREST came forward to propose a petition to the House of Lords. Being satisfied they were all agreed as to the necessity of an extensive measure of Corporation Reform, and as to the merits of the Bill which had passed the House of Commons, he should merely point out a few of the alterations which had been made by the House of Lords. The principal stab to the measure was that which continued the Aldermen for life. This he considered fatal to the Bill. For an example of its operation he referred to the borough of Malmesbury, with Mr. Hanks, the pig killer, for its present Alderman, and Mr. Pike, the tiler, for his successor, neither of whom could read or write. Were these fit persons to be Chief Magistrates of the bo rough?—(Cheers and laughter.) With regard to the con tinuance of the freemen, be begged to refer to the Corpo ration of Cambridge, ho had not only disposed of the property entrusted to them, but bad on one occasion elected fifty or sixty freemen residing at Cheverley and elsewhere, THE MTN. Llyci,i)N_ THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1835. for no other reason than because they were retainers and dependents of a Tory Duke. Another stab to the mea sure was the qualification clause. If a money qualification was necessary for a town counaor, how much more so. must it be for a Peer ? He should be sorry to see such a test applied to the House of Lord's ; but if it were, he was confident that some of them would have to walk out of the House and never go in again.—(Cheers.) Ile then read the petition to the House of Commons, which was to the effect that the Commons would not accept the Bill as mu tilated by the Lords, but that they would use those means which the Constitution had placed in the. power of the Lower House, to secure the ultimate passing of the Bill into a law, unaltered in substance from the form in which it first passed into the House of Lords. Mr. RIDLEY seconded the petition, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. LEECH said the question they were met to consi der was simply whether the people of England were to submit to the House of Lords, or the House of Lords to the people. If the Lords persisted in the line of conduct they were now pursuing, they would prove themselves not only enemies to their own order and to the people, but traitors to that crown which it was their duty to uphold. The speaker concluded by moving an address to Lord Melbourne and the rest of his Majesty's Ministers, ex pressive of admiration of the firmness and ability with which they had carried the great measure of Corporation Reform through the House of Commons, and praying them still to continue their exertions in the cause of Re form, supported in the struggle, as they were sure to be, by the grand bulk of the wealth and intelligence of the country. Mr. GOLDING seconded the address, and it was car ried unanimously. Mr. CREED, as a member of the Corporation, main tained the correctness of the Commissioners' Report as to this borough. It was now become a question, he said, whether they should not place the Lords in the back ground, and only petition the Commons to throw back the mutilated Bill with disdain and disgust. He hoped the people would show that they were not to be trifled with, but would remind the Peers.that a time would come when the country would do without a House of Lords. He con cluded by moving "That the thanks of this meeting be given to those Peers who have supported the Bill,' and particularly to the Right Hon. Lord Brougham, for his able, unrelaxing, and spirited exertions in its favour." Mr. MEREST then proposed three cheers for Lord C. Fitzroy, the Member for the borough, to whom he hoped the petition would be entrusted for presentation. The meeting then separated. Buay, LANCASHIRE.—The news of the mutilations made in the Municipal Corporation Reform in the House of Lords excited considerable indignation in Bury. A peti tion to the Commons, praying that they will not consent to any alteration in the Bill which may impair, or in any degree lessen or narrow the elective rights which it confers, and also an address to his Majesty, expressive of confidence in his Majesty's Ministers, are in the course of signature, and will be forwarded this evening.—illanchester Guardian. THURSO.—A public meeting has been held in this town to petition the House of Commons not to adopt the muti lations made by the Lords in the Corporations Reform Bill. BOLTON.—On Friday a public meeting was held in Bolton, when it was resolved to petition the House of Commons not to receive the Municipal Corporations Re form Bill in its present mutilated state. KIDDERMINSTER.—A numerous meeting of the inhabi tants of this borough was held on Monday last, at the Union Inn, Charles Talbot, Esq., in the Chair. Several resolu tions were agreed to, expressive of confidence in the pre sent Administration, and of a hope that Lord Melbourne would not yield until the measure of Corporate Reform, as it stood before it went into the House of Lords, had be come the law of the land. NEWCASTLE.—A public meeting is to be held in the Guildhall to-morrow (the 25th) "to consider the pro priety of petitioning the House of Commons to reject the Municipal Reform Bill as now amended by the House of Lords." The inhabitants of Newcastle will act as the oc casion requires. They see that the Corporation Reform Bill, after the mangling and mutilating it has suffered in the House of Lords, is not worth having—to pass it in its pre sent state is to insult and mock the people, instead of ren dering to them their just rights. Though there is no fear of any opposition being attempted at the meeting, we hope it will be numerously attended.—Tyne Mercury. YARMOUTH, AUG. 24.—A numerous meeting of the in habitants was held at the Star Hotel on Saturday last, George D. Palmer, Esq., in the Chair, at which a petition to the House of Commons was unanimously agreed to stating the deep regret and indignation of the petitioners at the mutilation of the Municipal Reform Bill by the House of Lords, apparently with a view to deprive the country of a measure calculated to remedy the multifarious abuses which had so long prevailed in corporate cities and boroughs —condemning the introduction of clauses for establishing a qualification for municipal officers, and for continuing a por tion of the present corrupt bodies in office without election —and praying the House to reject such alterations in the Bill as would impair its integrity. The petition, which it is expected Ivill be numerously signed, is to be sent to Lord J. Russell for pfesentation. bring back gold to this country ; and a supply of sovereigns was obtained last week even from New York, notwithstanding the charge of transmission from so great a distance; as A eoth mercial operation. It only requires-, therefore, as leas been said, a tranquil state of polities to produce very prosperous appearances in this,n-iarket. HINDERING THE KING'S TROOPS.—At the rirentford Petty Sessions yesterday, Henry Elder; residing at Isleworth, appeared before 0 . (': l!eilt:h to answer a summons, obtained againet hint under the sth of William IV., cap. 5, sec. 5/, Oirtimonly called the Mutiny Act, for refusing to remove with his waggon, the baggage and arms of the Gre nadier Guards, the same having been legally pressed, according to warrant. The proceedings were instituted by direction of Colonel Lascelles, the Commanding Officer of the regiment. The Bench, convicted him under the 63d section, and fined him in the mitigated penalty of 405., and costs, being the lowest amount allowed by the Act. DON CARLos.—Extract of a letter of the 20th instant from Toulouse :—" The estimates made at Paris of the forces of Don Carlos are not correct. We are assured by eye-witnesses that he cannot take the field on the plain with more than between 1 1,000 and 12.000 men, who will not be so effective there as they are in the mountains. The cavalry, which is only tolerably good, does not exceed 800 ; and the bands which hare joined him from Old Castile amount toge ther to only 3,000, two-thirds of whom will never fight in a fair field. His artillery is very small, and not well manned ; and the remainder of his battalions, which have not increased since his defeat at Bilboa and the death of Zumalacarreguy, will not leave their fastnesses. On entering into Castile, the Carlists, who were deluded, imagined that the peasantry would rise and join them ; but this was not the case. They are constantly asserting that they have plenty of money, and yet they are driven to use all sorts of expedients to obtain it, and they have many creditors here complaining of want of rthyment." • PLAGUE.---A letter from Clot Bey states that lie and two French gentlemen and a Spaniard attend to those who are afflicted with the plague without taking any pre cautions, while others envelope themselves in waxed cloth, feel pulses through a tobacco-leaf, or dip their hands in oil or vine gar before touching the infected. Clot Bey and his friends go to the bedsides of the sick and remain for hours in the in fected air. Two young Frenchmen do the same at Alexan dria, and constantly communicate with their infected breth ren at Cairo. The plague declared itself at the former place in November, but did not become serious till February, since which 20,000 persons have perished. The disease first showed itself at Cairo in December, and in March assumed a deadly aspect. Quarantine within the house has not been success ful in all cases, and several French people have died who shut themselves up in their houses. The malady has extended to some of the European vessels, but the poorer classes have suf• fered most, particularly the Maltese, who arc the dirtiest, and constitutionally resemble the Arabs. The country around us during the present week has presented the richest and most luxuriant appearance we have ever seen. Never, probably, have the crops been ripened so rapidly as during the last weeks of this summer. In the second week of July the crops looked fine, but they were so backward that . an unusually lat e h arvest was ant i cipated. Since that time,we have had almost uninterrupted sunshine, and every de scription of grain has become ready for the sickle at once. The appearance of the fields at the beginning of this week was such as to fill the observer with exultation and thankfulness— so abundant, so healthy, so regular, was the golden produce. Everywhere the reapers were at work, accompanied by women and children. The crops are of the best possible quality.__ Leeds Mercury. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT.—On Tuesday a man, named Gomersall, attended the parish church, Halifax, for the avowed purpose of being married by licence, to a very respectable female ; but before the ceremony was concluded he declined to enter into the matrimonial state, and the mar riage party retired to the Waterhouse Arms Inn, where a din. ner was provided for a dozen or fourteen persons. Notwith standing the disappointment of the morning, we understand the afternoon was spent with much pleasantness and good humour, and another wedding dinner was ordered for the following Thursday. On Thursday the parties and their friends again attended at the church, the latter having the full assurance that the ceremony would then be complete, but again Gomersall refused to tie the nuptial knot, and the lady and her friends retired highly disgusted and mortified at his folly and brutal conduct.—Leeds Paper. EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCE.--it will be recollected that, in the end of July last, a man named Mur phy was discovered in the act of committing a capital offence on the person of Catherine Feller, in a secluded spot near the Greenwich railway, and that having been taken before the magistrates, he was committed to Newgate, to take his trial in lhe Criminal Court. Immediately after the committal of the prisoner the unfortunate girl disappeared, and has never been seen or heard of since by any of her friends or relatives. Se rious apprehensions are entertained lest she should have been murdered, to prevent her appearing against the prisoner. An uncle of the poor girl, who was much attached to her, has been so much affected with the circumstances of the brutal treatment she received at the hands of Murphy, and her sub sequent disappearance, that he made an attempt upon his life. The prisoner's trial came on last week, but there being no evidence against him, he was acquitted on the capital charge, but detained till the next sessions, on a charge of assaulting the officers who took him into custody. AFFECTING SCENE.—On Wednesday, a burial took place in the Town's churchyard. The chief mourner was an old man apparently about eighty, and stone-blind, having been so for a considerable time back. He was paying the last solemn duty to his wife, with whom, for better for worse, he had lived for about, it is said, half a century. She was the only help he had in this world, and in their mutual frailty each had been a kindly helpmate to the other. The old man kept hold of the coffin all the way to the churchyard, while the tears followed each other in rapid succession down his furrowed cheeks. Arrived at the churchyard he continued grasping the coffin. " Weel may I cling till her," said he, weeping; " she's awa that cared for me—nae ither body will mind me in my weakness." And when the coffin was to be lowered into the grave, he seized the ropes and wept— " Fareweel, a lang fareweel, noo," continued he. " This is the last taiken (token) of ye, but nae a very lang fareweel, for I'll soon be wi' you."—Aberdeen Herald. On Thursday an inquest was held at Hull, on the body of Ensign T. Brown, of the 22d Regiment, who was drowned in the moat of the garrison on the preceding Tues day evening, by the upsetting of a boat in which deceased, several ladies, and a lieutenant in the same regiment, were at the time of the . accident. All were safely got out, with exception of deceased, who after the upsetting of the 1 -,, jat heard to cry ou t, "W e arc all right —we are - 'l . l safe !" but w„ was shortly afterward s m i sse d, having, it ' 66 supposed, suddenly sunk into deep water. The Jury rev, reed a verdict of " Ac cidentally drowned." The de eased was a remarkably fine young man, and had onl just attained his 21st year. An inquisiti . - ,it was on Monday held, before Mr. Payne, at '..,e Last and Sugar Loaf, Water-lane, Blackfriars, on the . ocdy of Mr. Francis Felton, the manager of the Dub ...a Steam-wharf, St. Katharine's, whose death was painfully sudden. The deceased, it appeared, on Sunday, with his son, went into a boat, intending to row up the River. The time was between breakfast and dinner, and he was apparently in perfect health. He had not rowed for more than five mi nutes, when he dropped back. The boat was instantly pulled ashore, and the deceased carried by four men to the surgery of Mr. Houghton, of Earl-street. That gentleman, from the symptoms, considered the attack to be apoplectic, and admi nistered all the aid he could, but without avail, for in less than half an hour Mr. Felton ceased to exist. The Coroner ob served the case was hardly one for an inquest ; but he had held one at the desire of the family. Verdict—" Accidental death." CORONER'S INQUEST.--DETERMIN ED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GlRL.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Prince Regent, Regent-street, Lambeth, before Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, on view of the body of Anne Boodle, a fine young woman, aged 19, who destroyed herself by cutting *her throat with a razor, under the following determined cir cumstances :—lt appeared from the evidence that the deceased resided with her father and sister in Davis -street, Lambeth. For some weeks before the commission of the rash act the un fortunate young girl suffered from a great dejection of spirits, and complained frequently of violent pains in her head. On Monday afternoon, during the absence of the family, who vi sited the Surrey Zoological Gardens, the poor girl nearly se vered her head from her body wither . razor belonging to her father. When discovered, she was in an expiring state, and before the arrival of a surgeon life was quite extinct. The Coroner made particular inquiries of the witness as to whether the deceased had been disappointed in her affections, or if she had lately been addressed by any young man ; but it appeared that neither was the case, the relatives stating that they could not assign any cause for her dejection, otherwise than from constitutional causes; nor were they aware of any circum stance that annoyed her mind so as to drive her to the commis sion of suicide.—The Jury returned a verdict, "'That the de ceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary mental derangement." SUICIDE (.it AN ELDERLY FEMALE IN THE DUKE OP NORTHUMBERLAND'S PARK.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the London Apprentice, Islcworth, beforo Mr. Stirling, on view of the body of Mrs. Alice Taylor, aged 81, who committed suicide, iv drowning herself in a canal which runs through the park of his Grace the DukC of Northumberland, at Isleworth. James Darnford deposed that on Monday after noon he was employed near the canal in the Duke of Nor thumberland's grounds, when he discovered the body of the deceased floating in the canal. By the Jury—l cannot speak as to the state of the deceased's mind. That part of the canal where I found the body of the deceased is accessible to foot passengers. Mrs. Susannah Wheeler, wife of John Wheeler, ohsleworth, deposed that the deceased was her mother, and resided with her and family. For some months past she (deceased) had been in a very dejected state of mind, which witness could only attribute to her anxiety respecting some of her gra:idehildren, who were left orphans, and who she decease'' feared, would be compelled to become inmates of the w:drkhouse. On Monday morning she was unusually unb:drpy, and left home saying she was going to Norwood green, which was a short distance off, to see some of her friends, but her unfortunate parent never returned, but must have gone to the canal and committed the rash act. She (deceased) did not want for any necessary of life, nor did anyother circumstance annoy her mi n d b ut w h at w i tness h a d me ntioned. The Jury returned a verdict...." that the de ceased drowned herself in a state of Temporary Mental De rangement." PRILE. OE STOC.KS THIS DAN' AT oNE O'CLOCK. Bank Sickle . ,ii.4....gtat4 1-P; I New 5 per Celli — 2 okr: ceric i:i_ct .. . 00 14,' Inika Stock 23."3!, .3 , I' , :yi:t. I on: ~9, / , % ~,": i Ditto Bond:. 'C, per Cent.— 0.. , ,i i:ei , 991.i 1 (, , ,1 . lil Anny , o, ~ ._..._ Ne..,, , -: ii:r rout '1'1 1 ,4:± ; ! New Ditqi 4 , . A.,ciiter ia:i,. - i , -... ii,:iie..t.iexpire I Ditto 50 `2o .2.' pm 1. - in :', '''''''' Kin - i ::6:: l6 :3-16 ')ltto Adverti-eil .1,2 i. 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Ditto Scrip 2 514 Australasia Bank Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 46 ... 4 Livings in the gift of Corporations, tliey wduld sejert the worst they could find I The Dissentefs, said tills stieCessoi of the Apostles, are themselves to t much given to politics to care about any other qua' lineation in a candidate for a Living. The man 01 1 is conscious of being actuated by nine brit the th e's , grevdlitig motives, cannot conceive it possible tilt other men can act from principle. But if Dr. Bl , o' FIELD would for a moment cease to make himself th e standard by which he measures the Dissenters, a nd take history and fact for his guides, he would that though the Dissenters have been at 8 ll times honourably distinguished by their dev °• Lion to the cause of civil liberty, they h ave been no less noted for their attachment to re ligiou s principle. He - would lear n th a t it i s t o tire politi c 3 feeling of the Dissenters, directed by religious principle: that we mainly owe the blessings which we have derive ° fi om the succession of the illustrious House of Hano ver to the British throne. And h e wou ld a l so discover th at the Dissenters o nce save d th e Ch urc h o f Engl.an a from impending ru i n , by a vo l un t ar y sacrifice of the ir political privileges at the shrin e o f re li g ious princip le: for which they were reward e d by th a t same Chur ch with a hundred and fifty years of degradation. Were it necessary to pursue the subject farther, s' e might remind this worldly-minded and time-servil Prelate of instances within hi s own di o cese, 511 within his own knowledge, too, in which Dissente rs have purchased advowsons, for the purpose of sear ing the services of faithful and well-qualified minister s ' but we turn from him and his intolerance with disgu st, and look to the R e p resen t a ti ves o f t h e people I.° the redress of this wrong done to- our fellow-6 60 T The House of Comm ons , we are sure , w ill r epel wl merited indignation, this pitiful attempt to fix a S ti g . ma on the dissenting community. The Bill, we observe, is to be reported this even i q; when some discussion is expected to take place. n / e also arranged that th e thi r d rea di ng s h a ll t a ke pla ce early to-morrow, that the Bill may get back to the CO; mons on that night. It is thou g ht th a t un der all til circumstances the appropriati on o f th e S u pplies nau fl°t come on till Monday. In the course of the debate in the House of II last night, upon the withd rawa l o f t h e Marquis ° t LONDONDERRY'S motion with r es p ec t t o the presella state of affairs in Spain, several Noble Lords exPre ss , c , themselves in terms seemi ng t o i m ply a suspicion the good of good faith and amicable disposition of France tow ar:ls the QUEEN'S Government. Th e e x p ress ion ef s ue d suspicion is the more remark a bl e , f rom both side s rt the House concurring i n it ; an d lik ew i se f ro m ne P ° , 2 of it being attributed to the mutual jealousies exis t ' ° : between the people of Fran ce an d Sp a i n . The silr c i position of a French army i n Spai n , w ith the av ol° . o determination of putting down the insurrection the North, was regarded by Lords BROUGHAM ! l i , CARNARVON—noblepien of the most opposite P° l1 t e cal principles—as a great n a ti ona l ca l am ity. Had th es es Noble Lords, or eith e r o f th em , a ll u d e d t o the crie' he perpetrated by the Fr e n c h s o ldi er y i n Sp a i n during t , war in the Peninsula, and stated that the recollee tic , of these crimes filled the Spani s h p easan t r y with a 11°t ~ ror of the presence of a Fr enc h arm y— a h or ror sc ) ! o e superable, that again to excite it would be to a r ` s o them into the arms of Don CARLOS—we should O de , comprehend the full extent o f th e i r groun ds for 0 nouncing the co-operation of Fran c e. This distr°,o of France is idle and impertinent, if it allude "°t 1: some intrigues which ar e b e in g carried on by the v iit vernment of LOUIS PHILLIPPE. We have found t , entrance to a labyrinth, and leave to Lord PALO S TON the discovery of the clue. In all essential particulars, beyond the implied cc It ; sure of French motiv e s f or i ntervent i on , t h e debate i t the Lords was most unsatisfactory. No new Img from any quarter, was thrown upon the question 15 intervention, directly or i n di rec tl y — no expos ition ° he made as to the actual powe rs a t th e di s p osa l of t od Spanish Government—no opini o n was b r oadly . s , unequivocally expressed a s t o th e ex t en t o f the calv ed tion contracted by th e th ree P owers w h o gu araut e ie with, and to, Spain the observance of the Quad ri l le Treaty—and no attempt was offered to defend / It , conduct of the Spanish Cort e s i n p ro p os i ng the ab ci tion of the fueros so long enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Basques. The spe ec h o f th e E ar l of C 0 he NARVON, who commenced by stating that lit had resided for many y ears i n th e Bisea) de provinces, confirms an assertion which we In to upwards of six months s i nce — name l y , that t le Catalonians and Biscayans are engage d i n a strt o for their fueros—not in a war f or th e e l evat i on of CARLOS to the Throne of Spain. "It was," s i , 3 ° , the Noble Lord, " the conduct o f th e Spanish Gin vernment—it was their injustice—which produce d be Biscay such decided oppo s iti o n t o th e cau se O f i t p ir QUEEN. They were deprived of their laws, ta; liberties, and their i ns tit u ti ons . Th e i r i n d e penden c r : their local attachments, and their ancient renown we j, trampled down and overthrown. W ere their V o f ships aware that, for centuries, the inhabitants to Biscay were a free people, that they paid no toes e j the Crown, that they imposed their own taxes, r 3is re their own troops, elected th e ir c i v il o ffi cers , and tie r , governed by laws made in their own popular As bell te blies ? These were not idle distinctions. They w e solid and substantial advantages, and their contionatied was guaranteed by solemn treaty. The Is:ing s , 3 ,1 Spain, whether of the A us t r i an or B our b on live, Invariably bound themselves to the observance of til at It was hardly just, it cer t a i n ly was not genero us, t this great country s h ou ld th row h er we i g ht int° t v os opposite sc a l e i n a con t es t i n w hi c h t h e B as ques ( ee contending for their rights, th e i r lib er ti es , and institutions." We confess, that although in th e a b s t rac t we ;cfbl yt• approve of every s t e p t a k en by th e Q UEEN ' S GOVe r : s ment, to give a free constitution and equal privi le g e , to Spain, yet we are ready to admit, that the pray cipitancy with whi c h suc h a swee pi ng change s effected displayed a violence of passion rather than . e g calm rational love of liberty. T o t a lk o f preson ; the fueros or privileges of the Basqu es , i s ridieul ° o l as well might we insist upon preserving the rig bts ys e sanctuary in churches and palaces, and thus P 3 r 3l le s the right arm of justice. The fiteros of the 1 3 a sc i ,; were inconsistent with the good government of Sp 3l o . they rendered the power of the executive completely' 111 it tr perative; and what was still worse, th e y f os t e red a s P i :o of dissension and local antipathy amon g the SP a l v io , people,which frequently endangered the safety of tl'°' iv t narchy. By theirfreros the Biscayans were c 7 ‘. e11 0 . 0 from the payment of all direct taxes ; f rom furnisl ii %j larger contingent of men and money to the annY: ot o navy of Spain than might please them se lves ; a nd t o keeping Custom-houses, or in any way conforming o f the laws passed by the Cortes for the go vernal el ' t i t e the rest of the kingdom. No w , it a pp ea rs to us qll its clear that such privileges granted to the iiiha bit3 uo t of any one district in a country, are tanta m° to a deprivation of rights o n th e p ar t of the C° ll3ii be nity excluded from th em . E ver y p r i v ilege Bi ns " t o f granted, and can only be exercised, at the eNr nse ve those who are not eligible to its enjoyment' ,j o g Basques, by having a privilege to refuse the of troops for the public service, possosed a P ° Jeli which frequently enabled it to fling the entire W o o of maintaining the martial - fame of the cowl* f ui dle the provinces immediately subject to the, power :ions and E. M. DUBLIN. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Boswell, in his account of Dr. Johnson's " Tour to the Hebrides," relates that in a company where the obligation of an oath happened to be the topic of conversation, it was maintained by some one, that every gentleman would be as attentive to truth without the sanction of an oath as with it. But " Dr. Johnson, though he himself was distinguished at all times by a scrupulous adherence to truth, controverted this proposition, and, as a proof that this was not, though it ought to be, the case, urged the very different decisions of elections under Mr. Grenville's Act from those formerly made. Gentlemen will not pronounce on oath what they would have said and voted in the House without that sanc tion." The Doctor was an unflinching Tory, and therefore were he alive in this our day, he might, perhaps, remain of the same opinion still, anything voted and decided by Elec tion Committees to the contrary notwithstanding. But he would find it no easy matter to bring the electors of Carlow or Drogheda round to his way of thinking, or make them believe that a gentleman's word or wish is not sometimes quite as good as his oath. The impenetrable stuff of which the Committee on the Carlow Petition was constituted, has quite bewildered public opinion in this country as to the extent to which interpretation may lawfully be stretched . to serve one's party ; and the g enera l sen ti men t se ems be, a cordial wish that the liberties and franchises of people may speedily find some better and surer area sat , a gu than the oath which binds the Memb ers o f an Never were two Memb ers mor - ..s unequivocally the chosen of a majority of vote rs th an "section Committee. Messrs. Raphael and Vigors. Every unconstitutional,..et and means had b een res o r ted t o by their oppone,-...,5. Intimidation, force, bribery, armed banditti, w e i :brought to bear aga i ns t th em , w hil e t h e on l y weapon. they used was—Popular Opinion. Yet they wJre elected by a triumphant majority. But a Committee of the House of Commons rejects them ! leis provoking beyond all patience to see the will of the majority set at nought by a cabal of quibbling Tories, and two persons forced into Parliament as the representatives of Carlow, whom Carlow, and all Ireland, abominates and disowns. If this system is to last, let the whole country be at once disfranchised, and invest the Squirearchy again with the discretionary power of nominating and returning its members. But no longer insult us with a mockery of pe presentation, which a long purse and a packed Committee can at any time render illusive and nugatory. If justice prevailed, Colonel Bruen, instead of being declared the sitting member for Carlow, would be now undergoing a prosecution, by order of the House of Commons, for send ing out hiS scouts to levy the Orangemen en masse, and bring in their armed hordes from Wexford and Queen's County, to control and terrify the freeholders in the exer cise of their rightful privileges. But a Committee of the Reformed Parliament rewards this daring attack upon the freedom of the subject and the public peace, by turning two honest men, the real representatives of the people, out of Parliament, and obtruding Mr. Bruen, and his stalking horse, Mr. Kavanagh, upon an assembly where their pre sence is an offence to the whole nation. The English funds continue steady, and exhibit none of that agitation which is usual when any Ministerial crisis is pending, which may at any moment produce very im portant results. As the time is now drawing near for the payment of a very large portion of the West India claims, some speculation is exercised as to its probable effect on the market, and no doubt is entertained that it will lead for the time to a great abundance of money; and also, unless politics either at home or abroad take an adverse turn, to an advance in those descriptions of public securities which the claimants may select for investment. All the arrangements of the Bank and the Government, so far as they are allowed to transpire, seem formed to assist this anticipated effect, and it is allowed on all hands that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, since the ne gotiation of the West India loan, has attained a very compe tent degree of skill in the act of sustaining his operation in the public market. Not only will the payment of the claims, where undisputed, be expedited as much as possible ; but it is fully understood that the amount of the disputed claims will be brought into the circulation with almost equal rapidity, by paying over the sum they represent to the Accountant -Gene ral of the Court of Chancery, who will in the usual manner make purchases of stock with it. There cannot be the danger of any measure from the Bank at present, to act this state of things. The foreign exchaw tained, partly from the state of trade an , ' tions expressly entered into for that the least consequence is n^ - world. In general, 4;ounter ,... aro well sus .,.partly from opera ._ oppose, and no gold of _ of ,p.ported to any part of the Ift tendency of the transactions is to MAILS, Arrived. Due. Arrived... --- .Due Arrived. Due 0 America 0 1 Prance 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 ltrazil 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Carth:igena 0 0 Holland I Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 1 Flanders ' 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford • 0 DIGII IA AI'ER AT LONDON BRIDGE To-I%IOIIIIOW. \-torning 43 minutes :...!t - er 4. I Evening 3 minutes alter 5 THE TIMES EXTRAORDINARY.—Not to interfere with the arrangements in Printing-house square, the above Journal will be published for the Proprietors ow Saturday next, August 29th, by Effingham Wilson, Royal Ex. change, and will be sold by all Newsmen and Booksellers, to whom orders should be immediately given. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1835. After the embowelling process which the Muni cipal Corporation Bill underwent in its progress through the Committee, we imagined, in the sim plicity of our hearts, that there was no farther room for their Lordships to display their ingenuity in that particular line. We now find that we did them great injustice. Their subsequent proceed ings hare convinced us that we had greatly under rated their skill in the ancient though ignoble art of evisceration. We are truly concerned to apply the term ignoble to any art which they condescend to practise ; but we cannot sacrifice truth to any consi deration, and history informs us that among the Egyptians, the unfortunate persons whose business it was to open the body and take out the entrails previous to embalming, were held in greater detes tation than common executioners. To such a pitch indeed was this feeling carried against the Egyptian embowellers, that the instant they had scooped out the brains, and removed the heart, and the other principal organs, they were obliged to run for their lives in order to escape the vengeance of the people. Why these functionaries should have incurred so much public odium, we cannot at this distance of time ascertain with any degree of accuracy, ancient writers being silent on the subject ; but it is not unreasonable to conjecture that they, like our modern Jack Ketches, were sometimes guilty of gross indecency in the exer cise of their calling. In the dissecting room, where they had it all their own way, there was doubtless a good deal of unnecessary hacking and mangling. The great error, however—the radical error—was in allow ing them to exist at all as a distinct class. It would have been good policy, as well as mercy to the poor de vils themselves, to have put an extinguisher upon them at once. A worse nuisance, indeed, in any country, cannot be conceived, than a body of men dissociated from the community, whose habits, feelings, and func tions are continually exposing them to popular hatred. A due regard to the public tranquillity requires its iM raaate abatement. But to return to the Corporation Bill, which was re-committed on Tuesday night. Our readers need not be told that almost every thing of a popular cha racter in the Bill—every thing, in fact, that rendered it valuable as a measure of Reform—bad been already either entirely struck out, Or so altered as to be made instrumental in perpetuating the reign of Toryism, through the only means by which it can be per petuated—corruption. There remained, however, one or two points, which, on more mature consi deration, were deemed of too liberal a tendency to suit the views of the Tory Peers. They have had suffi cient proof of the assistance which the town-clerks are capable of rendering to the good old cause. They now duly estimate the value of these worthy officials. The town-clerks, who according to the Bill, as it passed through Committee, were to be elected annually, are now to be elected for lift. This amendment, moved as a matter of course by Lord LYNDIIURST, was opposed by Ministers, but without effect. The sense of the House was taken, and there appeared 104 " brave Peers of England, pillars of the State" for the town clerks, and 36 for the people The next topic of discussion was the claim of the Dissenters to be put on an equal footing with members of the Church in Town .Councils. This claim was dis allowed. The House of Lords has now decided that no Dissenter, who shall have been elected by his fellow citizens a member of a Town Council, shall take part in the proceedings of that Council when they relate to ec clesiastical matters. This is a re-enactment of the Cor poration Act, in a more oppressive and odious shape. That Act excluded Dissenters from Corporations ; this admits them, with a brand of dishonour on their foreheads. It is also an intentional—a gratuitous in sult to the whole Dissenting body ; for, ignorant and incapable as the Lords are, they cannot but know that, according to the law as it now is (and it has al ways been the same, even in the worst of times), Dissenters are qualified to exercise, and do excer cise the right of patronage in the fullest extent. And here we cannot refrain from pointing the public attention to the part—the shameful part—taken in this debate by the Bishop of LONDON. This man, whose calling as a minister of religion at least, if not his station in the Church, would lead us to expect that his sentiments would be somewhat in accordance with the precepts of that peaceful and sacred code which he professes to believe, delivered a speech, which for its narrow bigotry, its sectarian bitterness, its tendency to foment discord, and re-kindle the dying embers of religi ous intolerance, has never yet been equalled but by a similar explosion of his own against the Catholics a few ditys ago. This mitred firebrand had the au dacious impudence to stand up and declare in the . face of the world, his belief that if Dissenters were allowed a voice in the appointment of clergymen to • I . TA, - g.` 'ZIn fl'lx,. ~,~-. _.~,~ of