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teceived by the lord Lieutenants of Ireland, and that he filled tire office of Magistrate under what he termed the pink of loyalty, Lord Manners and Mr. Saurin. It had been also relied upon by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, that he had not been put upon his defence on that charge—that he had not an opportunity of vindication. It happened that he was not tried, but the cause of his not having been tried on that charge was this :.—He had been found g uilty of publishing a seditious libel addressed to the United rishmen, an address adopted at , a meeting of which Mr. Drennan was chairman, and Mr. Rowan ' secretary. For this seditious libel he was charged, convicted, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Meanwhile, cir cumstances transpired which subjected hint to the charge of high treason, but before the trial on this charge could take Place, he fled the country. From that address he would, with the permission of the House, read an extract :—" Citizens soldiers, you first took up arms to protect your country.from foreign enemies and from domestic disturbance : for the same purpose it now becomes necessary that you should resume them. A proclamation had been issued in England for embodying the militia ; and a proclamation has been issued by the Lord Lieu tenant and Council in England. * Citizen soldiers, to arms ; take up the shield of freedom and the pledges of peace —peace, the motive and end of your virtuous institution —war, 'an occasional duty, ought never to be made an occupation. Every man should become a soldier in defence of his rights. No man ought to continue a soldier foroffending the rights of others. The sacrifice of life in the service of our country is a 'duty too honourable to be entrusted to mercenaries, and at this time, when your country has been by public authority proclaimed in danger, we conjure you by your interest, your duty, and your glory, to stand to your arms, and in spite of a police—in spite of a fencible militia, it is only by the array of a force in whom the people confide—by a' desire to preserve Peace in your respective vicinages, that the present agitation 'can be stilled, the prevailing licentiousness put down, and pros perity restored in the speedy resurrection of a free constitution ." th e Right Honourable Gentleman proceeded -to read several Passages from the address, which he contended to • be of a nighly inflammatory character, and he did not think-that he exceeded the bounds of strict propriety and even moderation, when lie sail that such a letter, as lie had read, addressed to such a man, was at least an act of indiscretion, and was cal ciliated to excite suspicion and alarin.—( Hear, hear !)—On the private character of Mr. Rowan he did not at all animad- Nen. As a father, a husband, and in the several relations of private life, he was said to be, and he did not doubt that he was deserving of the highest respect. But it was not in that capa city that he was addressed by the Catholic Association. They addressed him as a public man, in the character and capa city of a public body.—(Hear, hear, hear !)—Luckily, the persons to whom this address, exciting them to a civil com motion, was presented, did not obey it, and it failed in pro ducing the mischiefs which an observance of it must I , ave heaped on the country. The Honourable Member for Win ehelsea had stated, that Mr. Hamilton Bowan had been received in private life by persons of distinction ; there existed no imputation against Mr. ROwan's private life, it was only with his public conduct they had to deal, and the most moderate language that could be,held respecting that con di c. was, that at best it had been very suspicious. The Hon. Gentleman himself admitted Mr Hamilton Rthvan's connexion with Jackson, who was implicated in'treasonable practices; he gives.an account of the free pardon he had received from his' Sovereign, but he stops there, and omits all mention of the lenity of Lord Clare towards him, atur the kind protection he had extended to his wife and children When Mr. Rowan was absent from the country. What had been the language of Mr. It Rowan himself when he entered the Court of King's Bench to plead his Majesty's pardon ? He slated, that before he had left his country he had known hiS Soyereign only by his acts *V authority and command, but that lie had now to acknow ledge the support and protection afforded' his -deStitute family durin g his absence. He owed his lift to his Sovereign's de nlency, and if he abstained from professions, it was only lest his motive in making them might be misinterpreted, but he trusted his future life would best eXplain what were the senti- Ments of his breast, and atone forldS past errors. Such had been the language of Mr. H. Rowan, and the only remark he (Mr. Peel) should make was, that the nature of that address made him regret the part Mr. Rowan eppeared since to have taken.— The Honourable Member, in additionto his'statethent respect ing the reception of Mr. Rowan in Ovate life, had gone on to inform the House, on the previous occasion to which he had already alluded, that Mr. Rowan had been placed in the Ma gistrate's chair under the auspices of .Lord Manners and Mr. Saurin. The Honourable Gentleman- had stated this boldly, and he was mare if it would tOrn out' that the Statement was e rroneous , it was at least unintentionally so on the part of the e ' l "onrable 'Member. However, had stated it boldly, and ''e (Mr.-Peel) had lately heard so. many erroneous assertions with respe c t to and individuals, that; for his part, he was Plc,lllingtO venture to contradict any statement however glar '4PY incorrect. He had, in, the present instance, made in quiry in the quarter most likely tdafford correct information on the subject, and had that day received the document which he now held in his hand, from the Ilanaper Office in Dublin. It statedeethat search having been - made in the official records, it was thereby ascertained that Mr: A. IL Rowan had not been in the commission of the peace during the last twenty years.— (Loud and protracted cheers.) He. thought the House would be satisfied with this information and allOw that he had dashed the poison e d c h a li ce f rom theiiandS' of the Hon. Member, Which he had commended to his lips. - The Hon. MeMber sat down amid loud cheers. Mr. BROUGHAM would trouble the House with a few words in answer to what had been advanced by the Right lion. .Secretarywho had just sat dowo ;. and, in the first place, no thing could be more perfectly.'different from the lion. Mem ber's speech upon . e former evening, than his own version of it to-night. Few, indeed, could be able to 'recognize the tenor of that speech in the Hon.'Member's repetition of it. But in ' his (Mr. Brougham's) meMory, there etWelt a recollection of the words and sentiments uttered by the Right HMI: Secretary on the occasion, and from . that recollection lie was free to say, they were totally Unlike, and distinct from, the Moderate tone. adopted in his speech of this night. No two things could be formermore unlike. On the the_ Right lion. Secretaey had asked if it was at all meant to . defend an Association which to its own rash and illegal acts, had added the additional error of addressing, in a respectf u l tone, in ettainted traitor ? These Were the word s of the Right - Hon. Secretary ;. and he appealed to the calmer and more dispassionate part of, that House, who neither sat here nor there, on his side or that side of the Hon. Secretary—and he would add, he appealed to the better feeling of the Hon.' Gentleman . himself, after the lapse of one week, Whether these - were words to be uttered with impunity; and per mitted to pass without contradiction, when applied to an indivi dual who had not been convicted, by a, tribunal of his country ? - -(Hear !)—'Were such words to be uttered within these walls, and in the face of the country, and was it not right that a con tradiction to.them should . go forth with an equal degree of pub- iiCity ? Let the Hon. Secretary imagine himself for a moment in the situation - of the gallant son of that calumniated nrian,, and what would be his feelings at hearing his parent brand ed and denounced as an attainted traitor ? These were the. expressions which he was not ashamed to say had excited his (Mr. Brougham's) feelings of indignatiOn at the time, and he had stood up in his place to defend Hamilton Rowan from such an imputation --from that defence he would not now shrink.— tie had defended the Catholic Association; who were charged with having communicated in . respectful and friendly terms with this attainted traitor—neither would he shrink from that defence. And as nothing of the harshness of the original charge had been abated except the tone 'of it, he was now going again to enter upon the defenCe of :Hamilton Raman and the Catholic Association. He would pass over much of the detail of the transaction; it had been .admitted that Mr. Rowan was not tried' on a charge of treason ; but if he was not, Mr. Jackson had been , and said, the Honourable Gentle-, man, Mr. Bowen was implicated • in some of the facts which• ' tr anspired on the trial of another party. It was wholly unne-' Tessary to say any thing of such an inference—he would l eave it as he found without remark. But- said the Honourable Secretary, Mr. Rowan has been tried. For what had he been • treid ? Was it for felony ? Was it for treason ? °l', was-it not rather for such a 'constructive crime as any ho nourable and patriotic man might,under similar circumstances , have committed, and committed without feeling either shame . or regret ? Mr. Rowan had been tried for a libel; and if the Catholi c A ssoc i at i on h ave put f ort h an a dd ress to aman who is accused of a crime which any virtuous man might have been accused of blameless, are they to be stigmatized in such " . I ,,liguage as th a t adopted by his Majesty's Secretary for the Home epartment ? If the Catholics have erred, in looking; with re- Elect upon such an individual at the tirneof his conviction, they no not appear io have profited by the experience of 31 years, so as to amend that error, for they have this Session selected, as the advocate' of their -claims, an Hon. Baronet, who, in peaceable and settled times, was convicted of a seditious libel, and sentenced to imprisonment upon the very banks of the river that washes these walls.--( 11 ear !)--For his part,loooking to the circumstances !ftlie time and thecountry,and looking to theterms of the alleged libel he (Mr. Brougham) wbuld not .have cared to have set his hand to it. What were the sentiments of the libel? Hamil ton Rowan had called upon the people to arm in defence of their country ; and if he had m ean t t o a d v i se th em no t t o s t o p th ere , but after had repelled theforeign invader from their shores to se cure the possession of constitutional liberty, he had only clone .that Parliament had done itself. And had not the Irish Par liament acted as it did on th e occas i on to w hi c h h e a ll u d e d, i t _ as his opinion Ireland would n o t now b e a p ar t of thi s em pi re . It!et•the House bear.in its recollec t i on th a t th e s e w e re t r o u bl ous times in whi c h t hi s man lived—times in which the name of au veneration, individual, now never menti one d b ut w i t h res p ec t an d the did not wholly escap e i mputat i on. H e a ll u d e d to late Mr. Grattan. 'The name of that great and respected character wae not safe from similar charges to those which had been made against Mr. Rowan—accusations were made— ' the Privy Council deliberated—and it was only by a tempo rary absence that he had escaped the danger. Another part of the charge was' capable of being met in another manner. Mr: O'Gorman; whose signature appeared attached to the Ad. dress, was not a Member of the Catholic Asaociatioa. But in what manner had the Honourable Secretary stated the case of Mr. Rowan's trial ? He commenced by reading the attain der' - and concludes with the accused's confession of gratitude for his Majesty's free pardon, and the kind treatment of his unprotected family. And, gracious God ! was the HouSe to be told that - the only use of the !loyal mercy was to make it serve to round a period, and point .a sarcasm against' parties whom it might be the interest of Gentlemen at the other side of the. House to vituperate and decry: , ? Above all, was the King's mercy itself to be outraged by denouncing the object of it as an attainted traitor? The Honourable Gentleman has stated, that Mr. Rowan was received into private society of a dignified character, on account of his private virtues and with- out •reference to his public conduct. His (Mr. Brougham's) • statement had been (and it remained uncontradicted) that Ha milton Rowan was received publicly at the levee of the Chief Governor of the country. Another statement of his had been, • and at the time' he had no more reason to doubt its correct ness than the Honourable Secretary himself appeared to have, that Rowan was in the Commission of the Peace. The fact had been so 'represented to him on what :he' . then 'con- , sidered, and still continued to consider, very good authority, I • however ,it might have fallen into error in the, present instance. ' He had stated the circumstance on the authority of a gentleman from the sister country; he could, of course, himself have no ' knowledge of the facts, and had been perfectly ignorant of them till within a few minutes of his addressing the. House. The mis take; for a mistake he believed it was, appeared to have originated in' li is informant having seen the signature of Archibald Hama:. ton Rowan subscribed to a loyal address of a particular nature, which, from the tenor of its wording,. he- thought extremely likely to lead a man, better informed upon the . .subject than he cculd pretend to be, into error. the document purported to be " the Address of the undersigned, being Magistrates, and Grand Jurors of the County of Down." Nothing could be more likely to occasion a mistake than a document such as that ; and though some Gentlemen might be disposed to construe the t 4 and" in a. disjunctive sense, it certainly was capable of receiving the other interpretation. He thought he heard some Hon.. Member cry " Question." He assured the Gentleman, whoever he might be, that he might betake himself again to the repose from which he had been probably aroused, but it was his (Mr. B.'s) inten tion to proceed in his course in spite of the Hon. Gentleman's interruption:—( Loud cheers.) —Many errors had crept into do . - • cnments in public offices. It was answered that Mr. H. Rowan ' was not in the Commission of the. Peace. He had mentioned • it . on the authority of three witnesses; who were as credible, perhaps, asat Return' from. the Hanaper Office. He therefore stood acquitted of any mis-statement.—(llear, hear !)—How else could he have acted than believe and repeat it .with posi direness ? ' But remove altogether from his statement the part of Mr. Ilamihon Rowan's being a Magistrate--remove that froth this loaternent, and still his defence remained impregnable. (Hear, hear !)—He was granted a free pardon,—was that eeo thing ? He was restored to his freedom as a subject,—was that nothing ?—(Cheers:)-lie was raised to pie dignity of a Magis trate, aye, and of Grand Juror, too—was not that any thing ? (Continued cheers.)—He had had entrusted to him the preser yation of the King's peace.-- . -Ite might have - been. engaged in accusing, committing, and trying.for any offence, even for high treason,-ewas that 'nothing ?—( Cheers: )—fl e had been taken into favour and respect by one Lord Lieutenant after another; and he could now read to the House a letter from one of those. high and respected individuals, the Duke of Bedford.—(Cheers.) Was it likely such a man could be favourable to the propaga tion of treason ? He would respect his opinion more than that of those who made themselves (as they called it) the defenders of the Altar and -the Constitution.—(l'l ear, hear !)—lt . was more reasonable' to rely on him who had a personal as well as hereditary title•to respect. There was nothing so valuable as the authority of men who had a deep stake in the country, who were'of high personal character; the opinion of such persons was a truer test of loyalty than any that could be brought forward on the other side. The Duke of Bedford's letter ran thus : 7 -" The first official act of mine on going to Ire land was to recommend to his Majesty to grant a free pardon to Mr. Hamilton Rowan.—(Cheers.)--A more honourable or respectable gentleman there does not exist in all Ireland."— (Continued cheers.)—The charge against the Association then resolved itself to this—addressing, as they did, a man whoth a Lord Lieutenant describes as possessing as much re., spectability as any of his Majesty's subjects. Why, then, should not he have aright to complain ? He had been branded as a traitor: -This had been done in the teeth of a free pardon. • He was bratidedas a traitor on whom the Sovereign smiled e aml • whose Ministers now come forward, and charge the Association for their . addreSsing him, who attended, and had been received too, by the Sovereign at: his - levee, with his Ministers about. hint. No living being could charge the Association with being indiscreet for holding intercourse with Hamilton nowati. 'No thing could be more unnecessary, thah :the attack on that gen tleman ; he envied not those who made it—he 'envied not those who could 'unnecessarily and uncalled foie wound that inch , . vidual ; and still less did lie envy- those wile had attacked the : Association. lie mould next advert to the charge against Baron' APCleland. He. still believed theforMer statement; he had er • communication with the man _who Ins Counsel in thitt_ case. . 'That case presented two Views—firstly e the charge was specific; secondly, the denial general and-argumentative. He (Mr. B.)- lead been charged with using strong and too abuSive language... His language, he felt, was not too stronie or abusive. He it , was • not that made the charge . originally ;:he had cited for it high authority, that of an Hon. Gentleman_OPposite (Mr. Mar tin), it was not his (Mr: Brougham's) statement— . " Non meus hie sermo secl'quern prece.picet fell" Rusticus, ahnorrnixsapiens, traaseeque Mitiervie." (Cheers and laughter:)—And what was the - fact ? A Gentle man, two years ago, presented a petition, to . that House, charge ing Baron M'Cleland • with a m - alversatino. eof. justice, - and praying to he heard at the Bar of the House by Counsel, in support of his . - charge.• -With that liefore' him he saw no reason to retract what' 'he had . said. In ecirieluSion, lie entreated the House - to pause before it took thfit step, whi t e!), it might long, too long, deplore as the 'greatest evil. 'lle denounc-,, eel it as the harbinger' of - evil, and as the ileitili • -blo'w of that , short reign of tranquillity; brought about by the Assecig.tion..r In that view of the case, he teas _strengthened, not "Weakened; - by what he had heard'froin the opposite side;' he conjured - the HouSe, before it tOokthat last step, to pause, while pattseit Might. The Bill about tbbe passed, if pass it did, was not against the Orangemen' but . the Catholics e end the Catholics only. He had. hoped, that though the substance of justice was withheld„.that still they would have the 'semblance 9 • it was the Catholics only who were prohibited from meeting. (No, no, from the Ministe rial benches.) Fes, it was the Catholics, he *would repeat. it, and prove it, toes - that the Catholics alone were to be put down. What did the Bill say ? " No' persons are to meet to petition for redress of grievances, or for a change in the Consti tution." Who ever heard of an Orangeman meeting to petition for redress or grieirantes:-:-(Cheers:)-WhOeser "heard of their praying for any alteration in the Constitution ? 'WhO was so mad as to think them otherwise than glad, that things should star as' they • were, that was their interest; alteration would be fatal to them.—(Continued-cheers.)—`The Bill to the Catholics . was a double-edged sword—against the . Orange men single' edged,; it 'prohibits in both secret meetings—it prevents the Catholics alone from having open meetings—it was under a mask, double-edged, against the Catholics. The Orangemen rutty meet openly—they may have their l'arlia ment, provided they- meet not to alter. But was an Orange man to meet for such a purpose ?—they wished not for altera tion. He prayed the House, as it valued even-handed justice, to pause. • If it were his last prayer, he would conjure them, if they passed the Bill against the Catholics—ifthey imposed on - them that remedyless and grievous injustice—it they closed the door of conciliation—if they " shut the gates of mercy" on the Catholics—,(Loud Cheers.)—he would implore that 'on - next Tuesday they would recollect what they had done that night.—( Loud cheers !)-This he conjured them to do, if they were not dead to the voice Of justice. If that fatal step be to night taken, he imploredthein to give as an act of justice—to give to. the Catholics Emancipation.—(The lion. Gentleman e sat down amidst lOud: cheers, which - continued for some minutes.) Mr. PEEL rose amidst cries of -" Question." He said he re-asserted many things that had before fallen - from him.— (Cheers.)—He .had not_ of himself branded Mr. Rowan as a traitor ; he had merely read an extract from the evidence taken before the Secret Committee of the Irish Parliament, from which it appeared that Mr. Rowan was " an attainted traitor." The Right Honourable Gentleman was proceeding to protest , against fns being censured' for the Course he had pursued, when he was interrupted by . cries of " Spoke,. spoke," and " Chair." Strangers were then order :d to withdraw, and the House di. tided, when there appeared— . - For the third reading . , . 226 Against it _ - . . . 96 • - Majority . - - 130 The Bill was read a third time and passed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at A QUARTER. TO ONE O'CLOCK. Sir IV. CußTis, who had been absent for some titre on account of indisposition, was last night in the House of Commons. COPERNICUS.—During the early part of the life of .this great man when he studied at Rome-, h e re ceived the name of Copernicus. At a late hour this morning we received I.}y Express from Paris the Etoile dated - yesterday. It does: not contain any news whitever. The Renter at half-past thre e o'clock. on Thursday were 10.11. 95c. for money, and .1051. sc. for the. end of the month. The Paris Papers of Wednesday and the Etoile dated Thursday arrived last night. It is stated in the latter Journal that the health of the King of SPAIN daily improves ; and that on the representation of the Consulates of the Havannah and of Cadiz the import duty on sugar from the Spanish Co:onies is reduced to four reals per aroba instead of eight, and on Coffee it is wholly abolished. Puerto Rico and the Philippines will continue to enjoy the exemption they formerly obtained by Royal f a vour. The rest of the in telligence from I‘ladrid con s i sts of a fabricated account of victories by. land and sea alleged to have been obtained by the Royalists in South America. The total defeat of Boi.i- VAIL near Cuzco, and the d estruct i on o f t h e Colombian army is said to have occurred INDIA HousE.---The length of the Parliament, :try De bates, and other pressing matters, oblige us to defer our Report of the Debate yester day, at the India House, till Monday next. The Russian Minister of Popular Instruction, in order to guard against the introduction of foreign ad venturers.as teachers in private families, has announced' his determination to enforce the Imperial Ukase - of 1757 relative to educa tion, which requires that all teachers should be furnished with proper testimonials of their ability to instruct youth, and bring satisfactory proofs Of their moral qualifications. Mr. Secretary CANNING was attended yester day by Dr.-Ilor.r.ANn and Dr. SHUTER. Al though the Right lion. Gentleman still remains confined, eve are happy to was pronounced to be in a considerably improved state. Prince Por.tox . kC, the ..French AmbaSsador, transacted business with the CHANCELLOR. of the Excrt EQUER yesterday. :Yesterday the Earl of JlAttkoweY and the Earl of WEsTsronctArln transacted business at the Foreign Office. • • - We regret to - state,' that the Lady of Lord COCHRANE lies - extremely ill, at her house in Park-street, Grosvenor-square.. - Much has been said by the Editors of several of the French Papers concerning the Treaties of ComtherCe entered into between oursever'alAgents in South America and - the - Governments - establish ed there ;• but will not all rational people con trast'the conduct of their Government with ours, their's' having forged the fetters, and rivetted the • chains by. which a gallant nation has been enslaved ; whilst the conduct of our's has been to enrich every nation we have - entered into trea ties with, and to add to the peace and prosperity of . the world. • MADAM E CATALANI'S FOUR GRAND CONCERTS previous to her Departure for the Continent:— Madame CATALANI has the konour to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that her Concerts will lake place on the four first Thursdays in March, viz. the 3d, 10thi• 17th, and 24th at the Argyll Room, and that she will sing no where else than 'at these Conceits.—Tickets 103 . . 6d. each. Application for - Tickets and Boxes to be made at the Room, or at Mr.CITAPPELS SO, New Bond-street.—Further particulars will be duly announced. • The Opera 'of Der Preischitti is performing with great success in . Dublin, under the manage ment of Aano•rT. Miss Fonnr., late of Drury lane Theatre, has been much admired in the part of Agnes. This actress 'had not an opportunity of rising to her proper heightin London. She possesses a good voice, and" had a good musical education under the instruction of Mr. ROOKE, who directed the Orchestra last season at Vaux hall Gardens. MARSH, STItACEY, AND Co.--A meeting of the creditors that have subscribed for the pur pose of having the accounts of Marsh, Stracey, and Co. investigated,' was held last night at the Oxford Tavern, Oxford-street, for the purpose of receiving the report of the accounts from the Sub-committee. J. I.Loyn, Esq . . was called to the Chair. The Chairman, after Opening the business, directed their attention to a singular circumstance. - that in 1814, a new account was opened, anti continued in the hand-writing of Fauntleroy alone ; yet' in a few months it re ceives indiscriminately the hand-writing of Messrs. Stracey and Graham, along with that of Mr. Fauntleroy, until Juie, 1824, from which date, to - the failure of the house, the whole of the credit side is again solely in the hand writing- of Mr. Fauntleroy. A Member of the Committee then stated, 'that they had made im portant discoveries, but did not deem it politic to make them public,seon ded Jest , ada itnrncigrtritied unanimously, prejudice them It was moved,c " That the solicitors be requested 'to attend the "public meeting on Monday next, and take such course with respect to the last examination of the bankrupts as they may deem expedient and ad vantagous for the interest of the creditor's." The I meeting then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 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FisHEntEs—Tay—Petition for, leave to present a Petition for a Bill referred to a Committee: CnußCHrAßn—Stratford-le- Reports on Petitions for Bills Bow . -referred to the Select Corn- C tußCH—Cliclsea mittee on Standing Orders. NAVIGATION—CaIder arid llebble—Llxll read a second time, . . and committed: . • . , ... . . Houk AND WINDOW TAX—Petitions for the repeal thereof, from Chorley, Corporation of London', Southampton, Glou cester Vintry Ward, Cornhill NVard, Whitby, York, and Oxford—to . lie on the table. . . Com.. Du Tir.s—Petidons against, from Mortlake, Hythe, Ware, Whitechapel, Walpole St. Andrew's and St. Peter's, West Walton, Gedney Hill,. Ulverston, Tintagel, Glamor ganshire', Lansanilet, Surileet, Hornchurch, and Totnes-- to lie on the table. „ Co uNTY. COURTS BlLL—Several Petitions, in favour—to lic on the table. SETTLEMENT LAws--Petitinnl,f , om Parish of Cljmping, for an alteration in the Law respecting Mariner—to lie on the table: _ • DIsTILT.EItY Laws—Petition of the Scotch Distillers in Perthshire, for a free intercotirse •in Spirits—to lie on the table. • _ _ ---- . ASSESSED TAXES—Petition from Bury St. Edmund's, for the repeal thereof—to lie on the table. . . GAME LAWS BlLL—Second reading deferred till Thursday.. BEER DUTlES—Petition from Stopkport, for alteration there- of—to lie on the table. BAN Rs--Provincial(lreland)—Petition from Sligo, in favour— to lie on the table. NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. - Tuesday, March tl,_ • Sir John Newport—Bill to.limit the power of holding a plu nlity of Benefices, and to•repeal the Statutes granting to the Archbishops and Bishops the power of forming Epis copal Unions in Ireland. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS (Said< Stock ' 2383 3 per Cent. Re 4. perCent.Ctms. t ; } per 'Cent Ditto Red. I per Cent. I sew ion A 6 Bank lion ,, 'Ann. 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Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company . 19i 'Ditto, Marine Department ' ' 8:I . 1 Anglo-Mexican Mining Company Anglo-Chilian Mining Company • l 6l 16 4 ..t . Brazilian Mining Comp a ny Colombian Mining Company , 40 391. General Mining Association - 16 17 Hibernian Mining Company - 95 - 10 94 Pasco Peruvian Miring Company Rio de la Plata Mining Company ' 3O 31 United Mexican Mining Company Ditto New `Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company , _ Continental Gas•Lompany . 'JA London and Northern Railway Company ,- l i. „ 4 Atistrallan CoMpany . British Iron'Conipauy Canada Company . ','. 39 40 General Steam Navigation Company Gold Coast Association, - Great Westminster Dairy Company Metropolitan Alderney Dalryl.Comparty - ' 41 Metropolitan Fish Company , P - ' 1 Fishery Company, Yellow Receipt... 18 24 204_ 22. QOA earl T. - Ditto White .Provincial . flank of Irel .Patent" Bricks ----- 16 9.1 10 8 8 FOtRIGN MAILS. ,• ARRIVED.' 1)0E. Guernsey and Jersey - 1 0 Gottenburgh - ' - 1 0 America . - - 0 1 . II UM WATER AT LOS DON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. )turning, 27 minutes after . j Evening, "4 Lain:stet.' after 9. Tl,l E SUN. SOLE:►I 'IUIS DiennE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 26, 1825. on the 17th September : but we know by the official details received on Wednesday, by way of Buenos Ayres, that the head-quarters of BOLIVAR were in the vicinity of that town on the 16th of October, a whole month after ; and that on the 17th September, the day of his pre tended defeat, CANTERAC was pursuing his preci pitate retreat towards Cuzco after his fatal defeat in the Plains of Junin on the 6th of August. The alleged naval victory is equally false. The Asia is stated to have beaten and dispersed, on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of September, the Independent naval force blockading Callao; whilst we have authentic information from Lima to the 14th No vember, which mentions that the Asia and the Peruvian frigate Przteba fought four hours, on the 14th October, without any decisive result; both ships having retired from the contest to re pair their damages, the former returning to Callao, and the latter to her.-anchorage at San Lorenzo. The insurrectionary movements in Servia become every day more serious and extensive ; and there is every reason to believe that they have taken place in concert with the Greeks. The disCussion on the indemnity of the emi grants still continues in the French Chamber of Deputies, but it is probable that the next arrivals will announce the close of the debates. There seems no doubt that the law will pass this Chamber with' a triumphant majority. FRENCH Furms.--Pants, FEB. 23.--Five per Cents. opened at 104 f. 55c. ; closed at . lo.lf. 80c.—Bank Stock, 2000 f. —Rente de Naples, Certificate Falconnet, 001. 55c.—Rente d'Espagne, 181if.—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 57i.—Ex change on London, one month, 25f. sc. ; three ditto; 24f. 90c.—(Court Authentique%) ORATORIO. DauRY-LANE.----The Oratorios during the pre sent Lent are to be alternately performed "ai;hotk Theatres. Last night they commenced at Drury- Lane. Mr. BisHoP presided at the Organ - and Pianoforte. The Performers are nearly the shine at both houses. The Performance commenced, with "God save the King." - This was followed. by a composition of V O N WEBER,• in celebr at i on of the Battles of La B e lle Alliance and Waterloo, ingenious, appropriate, and expressive. The first act concluded with a fantasia on the Violin, by KIESEWETTER, admirably performed. The second• act introduced the Overtur e to Zauberflotei and othermiscellaneous pieces,among which were"Le.t the bright Seraphim," byMissSTEHIENs, and 4 ‘ To gether .let us range," by her andßnutAm ; and " Though you leave me now in sorrow," by SAHo.—Previous to the commencement of the Third Part, BEDFORD not BISHOP as stated) r apologized for Miss STEPHENS, who was, sud- . denly taken ill, an d cou ld - no t a ga i n appear. Signor and Signora DE BEGNIS enlivened the Third Act by a favourite duet executed with most diverting- humour and character.— BitAnAm gave " Waft her . Angels" in his' best manlier. We have no room for farther: notice: The house was very well attended, mid' the whole was received with grea t a ppl a u se . - • • REGISTER OF FASHION. THE KING. WINDSOR, FEB. 24.—His MAJESTY has not taken any out-door exercise since his return to the Royal Lodge. Yes terday her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta paid a morn ing visit to his Majesty. Sir Chas. Long arrived, yesterday at the Lodge, and bad an audience of his Majesty. Yesterday Mr. Wyatville laid before the King. several drawings,. re lative to the interior of the State apartments,' for his Majesty's approval. Mr. Wyatville was at the Lodge nearly the whole day. This morning the Duke of Gloucester left Bagshot for Bushy. His Royal Highness will return to Bagshot this even ing, and leave again on Monday next, for London. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Emily Marchioness of Londonderry entertained an elegant circle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in St. James's-square. The Marchioness of Hertford had a large party of fashion ables on Thursday evening, at her house in Manchester-square. Earl Bathurst entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday at his house in Great Stanhope-street. Lord Bexley had a grand dinner party yesterday at his house in Great George-street, Westminster. - Lord King had a large patty at dinner on Wedncsday at house in Dover -street; amongst whom were, Earl Clarei—Earl Cowper, Lord and Lady Ellenborough, Mr. and Lady Barbara Ponsonby, Mr. Howard, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rose, &C. BUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN TIT* ENSUING WEEK. His Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Monday, at Salt flill,, Fri day, at the Magpies, Hounslow. The Qudrnclon Hounds, on Monday, at Allexton Hall 7: Tuesday, at MowSeley ; Wednesday, at Queenby Wall; Thursday, at Swithland Wood ; Friday, at Owthorpe, Notts; Saturday, at Brookeshy Gate. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Mond a y, a t Od stone ; Ween s day, at Kingsbury Wood ; Friday, at Seale Wood ; Satur day, at Bosworth. _ Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Eton Woos.i ; Thursday, at Catgton ; Saturday, at Loxley Park. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEL E.--Passed through yesterday from the River the Branstons, Wilson, for Rio Janei; , ,o.; Ja:•nes and Theresa,. Aston, for Marseilles ; Mary, NliClure ; and Clarkstone,Tullerton, for Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.s.—Wind E.—Arrived the Syrep, Taylor, from Bilbao, in ballast, for London. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 24. Wind E.—Arrived the Margaret. Bowman, from Mogadore, brought home part of the crew of the Spring Grove, South Seamen ' • spoke on the 21st inst. the Royal George outward-bound Indiamen. Arrived the 111ary, Hotter', from " the Downs for the Cape Of Good Hope; -for orders. • . FALMOUTH, FEB. 24.—Wind..E.—.=Arriy617te Thetis, Turbridga, from Malta for Leith, in 29 days ; Ardimur, Friend, from Alexandria, sailed the 20th ult. ; Loyal Briton, Headley, from London for Alexandria; Neilson, Latighton, from South ton for 'T'rinid'ad. Sailed the Cambria, Cook, for _Vera Cruz; and Fortuna, Catlaw, for Corunna. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24.—Wind S.S.W.—Arriv'cid - the Ne , - tor. Henderson, from St. John's, N.. 8., sailed 24th January ; Calcutta, Stroyun, from Alexandria (E.); Three sisters, Cur raeham ; and Alexander, from ditto. GRAVESEND, FEB: 25.—Sailed the • Hon. Company's ships Atlas, Hine, and Herefordshire, Hope, for China. • • Arrived off Poole the Alacrity, Findlay, from . the Cape of Good Hope, sailed 20th December; also the Madly, Bennett, from Berbice. The Wellesley, and the Emma South Seaman, have arrived, at St. Helena. Yesterday the dispatches for Madras and China, by the ships Atlas and Herefordshire, were closed at the East India Hour, and delivered to the Pursers of those ships. • Sir Wm. CAMPBELL,.Bart. ofllarchrnont, notwithstanding the improved state of agriculture, hai continued a reduction often per cent. to his tenants, over all his estates in the 63unty of iler wick. , i • FRIGHTFUL OCCURENcE.--The following shock ing occurrence took place two days back :—Elizabeth Gilbert, a tine young woman, seventeen years of age, servant it Mr. White, ivhartinger and coal merchant, Worcester-place,. Upper Thames -street, was fastenii3g the street-doer about a quartler before twelve at night, when her master opening the parlour door to desire her to loosen the hbuse dog from the counting house, perceived a young fellow ascending the Stairs,' wlio was her lover, and whom he desired to quit the house, himself fas tening the door behind him. The servant girl then, went up stairs, it was supposed to bed, but was shortly after fOund upon' the pavement by the. watchman, her jaw-bone broken, her right thigh fractured, and in a state of insensibility. !.A .coach was procured, and she was taken to Guy's Hospital, where she lingers at the point of death. It is conjectuitd that, being , .of a violent temper; she had in a sudden gust of passion pre cipitated herself into the street from her chAmber-window in one of the attic.. .. . „ DENNIS THE CRITIC.—The story' lately intro• duced in Parliament respecting this celebrated writer and his theatrical thunder, reminds us -of' another circumstance relating to hini. After he was worn out with age and poverty,„ he resided within the verge of the Court , to prevent danger from his 'creditors.' One Saturday night he hap-. pened to saunter to 'a public house, which in a! short time he 'discovered to he out of - the ierge-• He was sitting in an• open drinking-'room, and a man of a suspicious appearance happened to come in. There was somethinn'about thellin which :-. ,q denoted to Mr. DENNIS that he was a a diff. This . idea struck him with a panic ' -he Ir afraidr. that his liberty was now at an en lie d; • , sat in the ut most solicitude, but durst no t offer to stir lest he should be seized upon. After an houi• or two had passed in this pain f u l - a nxiety ?. at last th.c n DENNIS,.. in an extacy clock struck twelve, whe 'exclaimed, addressing himself to the 'suspected per son, 46 Now, Sir, Bailiff or no Bailiff, I don't care a farthing for you/ you have_no power now." Th e . 1 man was astoni • it was explained to him, was so much affronted sospitton that had not DENNIS found pro,. It b e y ct t i h o e r) ii , P his age, he would probably have smarted for his insulting apprehension.