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ROYAL 1111LIT,ARY _ASYLUM at Chelsea, will March from thence, should the weather be favourable, preceded I>y the Ba t ndAnd Corps of Drums and Fifes, so as to arrive at Two o'clock, on THURSDAY next , the 3 d of March, to view IVARSHALL'S_PERISTREPHIC PANORAMA, illus trative of all the intersting Events that occurred to Buonaparte, from his defeat at Waterloo till his death ; also, the ever memorable Battle.of Trafalgar, ac. &c. A t Spring, Gardens. In consequence of the number of applications for Admissions, no Orders can.possibly be admitted on that day. Day Exhibitions every tour from Twelye to Five o'clock. Evening Exhibitions -illuminated with Gas; at Seven and half-past Eight o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, FE87287 Lord RQDEN presented , a.petition from the Protestants of the County Down, in favour of the Bill for the Suppression df the Catholic Association. The LORD Cliaricttr.ort took his seat early in the day, and heard 'Counsel in the diyorce cause of Baring v. Baring, when the examination of witnesses was terminated. Decision deferred. SCOTCH JUDICATURE BILL. SPRING GUNS. LOrd SUFFIELD further postponed his motion on Spring Guns to Friday next: The House Adjourned at HALF-PASTITEN O'CLOCK. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the second reading of the Scotch Judicature . Bill was postponed until to morrow. I.SitIRING GUNS BILL . . On the moOsgrioff ,Lord' SUFFIELD, the second reading of the Spring ClunsfAiltwas postponed till Wednesday. LIC CLA IMS. The Earl 's Ski AFTESBURY: presented a petition from Devonport against...die Claims of Catholics.---Laid on the table. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A Call of the House having been ordered for this day, the gallery was not opened to strangers till a quarter past Six o'clock. • PRIVATE TUTOR. 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No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. • HONOURED Silt, - • • • BEG leave to Inform you, that ever since the year 1790, I:bad been attlicted with the Laes Venereal, %Nell, from its obstinately resisting every course et medicine Prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis- Viarged from the Ijospital with little relief, w.aild appear to eof the most inveterate nature. In the spring ut last year my uisorder had got to such a head, as nearly to put a period /iiyexiStence2l had a large ulcer on the crown of my head, opt e on each arm, and my legs were broke out in a frightful ; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a !Tate Of uleeration for the last seven years;' my left bad also "vo large nodes on it, was very. much discoloured, and gave Ae uch excruciating pain,. particularly when warm in bed, as nearly to deprive . me of rest ; ire this lamentable state, I /"' recommended by Mr. .1. "A' bompsen, (who received so geeat a cure by them here), to take your Lealte's Patent Pills, !‘'hieli I began to do on the Vith p. 'May ; in the course of a L' ) rtnight i began to receive benefit—in little more than a 'olith the wlcers on hay head and Arms were soundly atter, the sores on. my legs healed also; leaving, how- V.!ri considerable discolouration in the slim, and pain in the t( ;nie of the left, which, .by the blessing of God, anal a little n ir I~et severance in youy invaluable Medicine, subsided ; Eye node's dispersing, the skin regaining its natural hue, and " nocturnal pains graduallT going off,—l thus became, by r liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all toy •?nber complaints—have recovered my former spirits and '`rvngth, and am becothe jolly and fat, in which state having tehtinued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew am at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but it i g you; for the good of other suffering mortals, to make my case as public as possible, as I shall on every occa "orl ; in so doing you will greatlyAlige ' your grateful, obedient, very liumbleservant. 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The trials for high son being the same in Scotland as in England, the difficulty of summoning was, in consequence of the circumstance he had alluded to, very great. His object was so to alter the plan as to remedy the defect. He should, therefore, propose - the first reading of the Bill, and leave the subject to be discussed at greater length on some future night. The Bill was then read a first time. ILLEGAL ASSOCIATIONS BILL. _ _ Mr. RitoonE:4, and several MeMbers of the House of Com mons brought up the Catholic Association Bill. On the motion of Lord LIVERPOOL it ,was read a first time. Earl DARNLEY presented a petition from the Roman Ca tholics of the parish of St. Catherine's, in the city of Dublin. The Noble Lord, observed that the petitioners besought their Lordships, and he joined in the prayer of their petition.„ that they would not pas a law which must deprive a large portion of his Majesty's subjects of their freedom, by passing a law to put down the Catholic Association—at least, without hearing what that Association had to say in its defence: He was not now wil ling to enter into the subject, but would.do so on some future occasion, when the time for doing so would be more proper than the present; but he would now intreat their. Lordships to con sider the consequences of the measure.—The petition was then read. The Earl of LIVERPOOL then moved that the Illegal As sociation Bill should be read a second time on Thursday next, and that their Lordships be ordered to be summoned for that day. The Earl of DARNLEY then presented a petition from the county of Monaghan against the same Bill. The Noble Lord observed, that although he, advocated the prayer of the petition, it did not necessarily follow that he advocated every word and act of the Catholic Association.—Laid on the table. The Earl of CARNARVON presented a petition on the same subject from a parish in the county of Cork. The Noble Earl said, he felt it his duty to draw the attention of the House to a substitution in the petition _of the words " very respectfully" for " humbly." , He,clid not know how this alteration occurred ; but he could assure the House of his conviction that no slight was meant to their Lordships. Lord LI VB RVOOL --Insert the word " humbly." The petition was.then received and read. Lord HOLLAND presented-a sivuilar petition,from the town of Drogheda. The Noble, Lord observed, that he ,had thought the attention, of the House would he. well bestowed on these pe titions. If the object a the Association were, as it was con tended and admitted to be, to speak the sentiments of the Irish people,-and to endeavour to redress their grievances, then those petitions, as tending to prove that. this feeling was common throughout Ireland, should have their due weight and effect.— He would not suppose their Lordships meant so to infringe on the rights of the country, and the rights of all countries, as to oppose the wishes of the great majority of the people. . He had a great many petitions to present to their Lordships, and all of them were conceived in the same spirit though not in the same words. The Noble Lord then presented similar petitions from the towns of Kinsale, Ross, Carbery, and Skibbilfeen, in the county of Cork ; from Ballinasloe, in the county of Sligo ; and from the county of Wexford. Earl GROSVENOR presented a similar petition from the parish of St. Andrew, in the county of Dublin. The Noble Earl . said, , that although he would not at the present moment discuss the subject, he could not avoid observing that the mea sure was•one to which he should always object, as he would to any measure of coercion.—The petition was then laid on the table. _ _ Lord KING presented a similar petition from the parish of . St. Michael, in the city of Dublin.—. Laid on the table. The Marquis of LA NSDOWN said, that since he bad the honour to present a petition from the merchants, bankers, and landholders of Dublin, he had received a communication from two Noblemen, the Marquis of Sligo and Lord . Ashtown, ,ex, Pr.essive of their regret that before the petition had been pre sented an opportunity had not been given them of affixing to it their names, And requesting him to make the statement he now did. He repeated his conviction .that the Bill would be ineffectual in itself, and injurious in its nature. The petition he held in his hand was one of great weight and importance it was from the Roman Catholics of England and Scotland, praying that the [louse would not pass the Bill tbr putting down the Irish Roman Catholic Association, and was signed by 3,000 persons. The Noble Lord then presented petitions of a similar nature from 3laryborough, the principal town in the Queen's County • from Cove, in the county of Cork.; from Donnabeg, and another parish in the county of Dublin ; from the Catholics, and - another from the Protestants 'of the parishes of St, Luke, St. Peter and St. Nicholas Without, in the Bishop'S and Dean's Liberties in the city of Dublin ; from Killarney, in the county of Kerry ;- from the parish of Clokh nama, in the. Queen's County ; frorn , Kilrush, in the county of Clare ; and from Tralee, the principal town in the county of Kerry. The Noble .Marquis then observed, that he held in his hand a petition which he had no doubt came in the re gular way, signed by 6,000 inhabitants of the city of Lime rick ; but the seal had been placed over some important words, and lie feared the petition, on this account, could not be re ceived.—The petitions were laid on the table. • Lord CLIFDEN presented a petition, which he said was signed by a great number of Protestants . as well as Catholics, praying their Lordships not to pass the Bill for the Suppress swn of the Irish Catholic Association. He felt assured that the Bill would have no effect: It must be in the recollection of their Lordships that two years ago a Bill was.patised to put down Orange Associations; yet those Orange Associations continued to flourish. He suspected that the same fate would attend the present precious Bill.- -The 'House had experiente in the case of the Orange Associations, which he • believed had increased since the passing of a law against them. He had read in the Warder .(a Dublin newspaper) an account of 'a murder in the county of Cork, followed by a preposition to murder all the - Catholics, men, women, and children, in that country. He had heard it - stated that a great. roportion of the Protestants of the three provinces, Leinster, Munster,:and Con naught, wished that the measure of Catholic Emancipation might be carried, and would be very 'glad if the House would grant it. The petition he had to present Was from the city of Kilkenny. The Noble Lord p resen t e d s i m il ar p e titions from the town and borough of New 'Ross; from Mallow, in the. county of Cork ; from several parishes in the county of Tip perary ; from the county and county town of Galway ; from the town and parish ofTuam ; from the Roman Catholic In habitants of Birmingham ; from Dingle, and from Clones, in the county of Monaghan. The Petitions were laid on the' table. ' The Bishop of. BATH and WELLS :presented a Petition , from the city of Bath, in favour of the Bill against the Irish 11,. legal Institutions, and praying that the House would not grant any further concessions to the Roman Catholics. • Laid on the Table. The same Noble and Reverend Prelate presented a sirril/ar Petition from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the City of Bath. Earl FITZWILLIAM spoke in so lew a tone of voice asp be scarcely audible below the bar.' We understood his Lord ship to say, that ,he objected strongly to the nature and spirit of the Petition presented' by the Noble and Reverend Lord. - He complained that the Clergy had cane before their Lordships ,ro'dictate to them on, a subject like the present. If clergymen, of the Protestant Church did so, why might pot these-'of the Catholic do the same? Could t h e House oppose the PriestS of for offering their advice ? and was.' there' the Catholic reliiion 'any thing to prevent the army or the navy from coming forward: in alike manner ? In the petition opinions are attributed to the Catholics which they dp not avow, and in sonic cases deny, • and things are.there mentioned as facts .which he himself could 'disprove. He woUld Worm the House of his opinion on the subjeCt of the Bill ;• it was this—that the House was proposing an unconstitutional Measure, and was .flying in the face of the Almighty in not fearing his vengeance for continuing to keep in misery seven millions of our fellovr-.reatures. The Bishop of BATH' and WELLS said, - that the Noble Earl (Fitzwilliam) had indulged in gteneral observations, which `it was quite impossible'that he should answer. Had the Noble Earl mentioned any partictilaVfoefs," there would haVe been an opportunity for a reply. With respect to his observation - " that such a petition should not wive front the Clergy," if it meant any thing, it would-go the length of saying that - no petition should come from 'the clergy under any circumstances—that they alone should be exclUded from the righ Cof petitioning—a right which confessedly belonged to all his - Majesty's subjects. He conceived it would only be a waste of time to point out rea sons why the Clergy possessed, and should exercise the right of petitioning., In conclusion, he wouldobserve, that lic knew of nothing objactiocable in the petitio : he did not think it,con tained any thing contrary to thfl which a Protestant Clergyman should hold ; and he show d - be glad to know that its assertions were weighed before Noble Lords should give their votes on Thursday night, upon the' second reading of the Bill. Earl FITZ WILLIA :11 again rose—The Noble and Rev. Lord had charged hail with having-made general objections, whilst he avoidCd referring to specific facts. The Noble Lord here read several _passages from the petition, and con tended that the petitioners attributed motives of which they could not be sure, and . appealed to facts which he knew to be unfounded. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS, in explanation, ob served, that Chapters; with 'their Dean, possessed and exercised the right of petitiorring from tune inithernorial. SOnne of the facts alluded to-_ in the petition Were notorious. It was well known that the Catholics of Ireland denied that they were per mitted the privilege of religious worship,. though it was equally well known that this privilege was exercised in the most unre strained manner. Lord lIOLLANa.said, if the question was--whether the petition should be received or not ?—soanaious was he that the petition of all his Illajesty's subjects should be heard, that his voice shOuld be given for receiving the petition, notwithstand ing the gross allegations it contained, and th e sp i r i t, st ill worse, in which it was framed. Th e petition contained the word " humble," but he should leave it to their Lordships to deter mine what degree of humility the petitioners manifested. He helieVed the petition also contained the word "-morality" but he was sorry that there was little of the spirit of Christian cha rity about it. His Noble Friend (Earl,Firxwilliam) said, the petitioners had imputed motives to the Catholics which they could not know ,that the Catholics entertained, and had 'alluded to facts which he (Earl Fitzwilliam ) could di s p rove . The. Noble and Reverend;,-Lord .liad.challenged his Noble Friend to point out that,towhich he objected ; and his Noble Friend complied, h*,,teitiling ,passages.ftorn th petition, which he_ could disprove. Th;e:Aitlile and Reverend Lord neglected to reply to his Noble rnend,.thOugh he. had risen thrice. The petition said that the Cathelies now openly the supre macy of the Pope ; the contrary. was the fact.. The petitioners Might suspect that the Catholics acknowledged the supremacy of the Pope, but it. was Pot like Christian pastors to charge theni with avowing it. T o be sure they were Papists, but no just man, no an of Christian feeling,. would have imp u ted that which M was nor avowed. The petitioners say that this prin ciple is avowed--hilt where would the Nobl e an d R ev . Lord who presented the petition find the proof of this allegation. The 'Catholics disclaimed such Principle—was it not disclaimed in every petition presented from them ; and was there not an open avowalbf the principles of civil and religiou s lib e i ty i n a ll t h e i r petitions ? Ile hoped that sudi uncharitable imputations, made without any iyoof, would pot induce the House to visit with reprdbation seven millions of „people. The Bishop of CHESTER thought that those imputations of uncharitablenesS cast upon the clergy were very unfounded. As to the belief of Roman Catholics in the Pope's supremacy, they were too wise tdmake such allegations in documents to be laid before Parliament,. because such an acknowledgment might he fatal to their purpose; but it was unhei,itatingly avowed in many of their publications. Numberless boOlts were circidated in his large diocese, in svhich the - doctrinecit'toePope's supremacy was distinctly maintained. A'Rbm an Cathertvp;iest of great celebrity 'When *wing on the Gallican Chuich;P.sserved, that he could not approve of it, he-Cause of that hetet adox tenet, which held, that tite'supteree civil power was in the King ; nor could this writer, he said, •' consent to any v.,)ree withal compromised the indefeasible supremacy of the Pope. This doctrine was also preached by many Roman Catholic priests in Lancashire; and they were known to hive told the. people, that. the churches were in their possession formerly, and should be again before long. As to the Archdeaconry it was a recognised body, and had as undisputed a right to petition as a corporation ; or any other body. With regard to • the petition, he was free to admit that lie should be 'glad to see sonic of the assertions which it Contained Obliterated ; he thought . some of the assumptions might have gone beyond the strict line of truth.—(Hear, hear!) He thought, however, that imputations of uncharitableness were most deserved. When Protestant clergymen lifted up their 'voices in perilous times, it was not well to accuse them of wanting charity. They have an answer to such an imputation, but they use not the weapons of retaliation. The clergy of the Established Church were only spoken of by the Roman Catho lics 'as' hungary Protestant pavers. Being in possession of these facts, and a great many others, which he should think it his duty to lay before their hardships at a more proper time, as a Prelate of the English church, Ire would give his support to the petition, which expieksed, though injudiciously, the feel ings of a body of men, 'Who were connected with a church which, in his opinion, had strong claims os the veneration and affec tion of their Lordships. ' Lord, HOLLAND was convinced that the Catholics never avowed what was iminited to them. The petition said of them " that they had now thrown aside the show of loyalty," and openly avowed that • their intention was the overthrow of the Protestant religion. The Bishop of' BATH and WELLS said, the Archdeaeonry hid a right to • petitron as well as a Dean and Chapter ; or a County. • He was not answerable for all the allegations in every petition which he presented.-...:(H ear , hear !)—When.a petition was handed hiro for presentation, he looked it over. attentively, a nd if its allegation's seemed reasonable, and those who peti tioned were respectable, he thought it_ his duty to lay the peti tion before the House. He believed that such was the practice of every one of their Lordships, and he was sure every one of them would set as' he had under similar circumstances. He did not think it just or Parliamentary. to impute motives to speakers, and still less t o i mpute motives to petitioners, who could not be heard to defend themselves. Lord HOLLAND explained. He had imputed no motives, hehad iliilidorntllained that the petitioners unjustly attributed metives•to - the Catholics. The EatihiCARNARVON thought that- i f die Clergy made common cause with their fellow-subjects in political matters, it would be much more advantageous, and add more to their re pittation';' if The Bill against the Catholics affected the Clergy peculiarly, there might be sonic reason whythey should divide theinselves *Ord their .fellow-subjects ; but it was a general question in which the particular interests,of the Clergy were not involved. All the allegations in the petition were false, and that such Staten:tents should be made only prOved how much pre in ju i d n ir , e rn i, a en y o td Ve th ri e o iTi e jo s r o ds h h er ip j s u , d h g o rn w ent and it should be a via they should decide upon the evidence of vague repents. The petition prays the House to pieS•erve the country from spiritual violence and tyranny. Now was not this unreasonable? The whole nuestion of the • Catholic Claims arose out . of spiritual tyranny and oppression. In 'conclusion the NobleEari,observed; that he was anxious to • throw the doOts open to petitioners, but lie was sorry to see per.: - .sons in a station so respectable as that of Clergymen, throwing out imputations which were totally unfounded. Lori,[ KING said, the wise men of Wells were the first to bit)* the trumpet of " NO Popery," and no doubt were anxious as Was contained in that to makeup in sound what was wanted in sense, He did: not thin so riiucli bigotry a'ntl • think n ai d i n ) -7 11 s a e ce but a cathedral town.-.. pain.° . _ He WislietTtlie Clergy would tea the proclamation• of the to tiilered truly the iothlostng their establiAinent. "Ile . wished let ant - King; of Hanover_ upon their chapter-doors. If they - con f thisproclamation':• • • CnirnEze, . in, good time, it produced these_ petitions might be preserved; and that Seine futuo .antiquary would see the • lawn sleevesirit Whieli veiled and concealed inuchchatity._ ns t i'. ° l l'(*) the petition was re ceived, and ordered to be laid en their Lordships' table. 'ILLEDAL ASSOCIATIONS. • After a Tew fro? Lord The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Col- Sir tY. Cun.T is presented a Petition from the Ward of Port soken for a repeal of the Assessed Taxes.. WELSH IRON MINING COMPANY. On- the motion for the second reading of thit Bill, - Mr. P. GRENFELL said, if it were a fact that delusion to a certain extent prevailed among the public with respect to some of the New Companies, he thought the sanction of an Act of Parliament was calculated to strengthen that delusion The present was one intance where, in his opinion, the flouse ought to investigate the foundation of the Speculation Before it was approved of.. The Bill was then read a second time.:. :•• On the motion ,that it be committed, , Mr. HUSKISSON was sorry to acknowledge, that at the 'I very time when 'Parliament - had - puidown the Lottery, the for, illation of many of these new CompanieS seemed productive of a still worse species of gambling. He believed, however; if all the subscribers bad Pat paid up the sums affixed to their ; names before the Bills. proceeded to another place (the Housei of Lords) they would find great 'difficulty in having them passed. The standing orders of 'the place, he alluded to, posed that restriction en such Bills.. . Mr. HOBHOUSE was glad to hear that some restraint was placed upon • the present rage for. speculation, for he .could prove: to. the Houle, that, in'one - o . r 'two instances, Companies had tieengottup without any-real pretext tor their formation. —One he should not hesitate to: mention, namely, the Based Peruvian-MiningAssociation, which he believed had no foun. dalion whateVer to proceed - on, beyond what it possessed 'on the Stock' ExChange. • - Mr: BARING thought it' impolitic that whatever trash'ini the way of speculation might be brought into that House should be allowed to pass on the Mere hope that it Would be examined in another place.. The Hause did not' do its duty in . suffering private bills of the nature in.queStion to receive its assent with-i. out examining them ; and 'he thought his Hon. Friend opposite (AIL Huskisson) would do well to t'alce the subjkt into his consideration: They had heard- that a Ltitrned.Lord in the other House of .Parliament had intended to litroduce a bill—a bubble bill, to regulate the proceedings of joint Stock' Companies ; but whether that intention remained, or was sur - rendered, was unknown at:present.. Mr. 1 - IUSKISSON denied that. in his official opacity; as President of the Board of Trade, the duty 'devolved. on him, of: judging Of all such - yrivate bills as were referred to. It was not his bUsinesi to enter into the merits pr, demerits of pUblic speculations, but he had no hesitation in saying again, not withstanding; as he before stated last Session, that he should - oppose aurnitatiftewhich went - ta - firiiit the - pißiiiiiary liability of the parties: concerned in it . When this was not th e e a se , he saw no objection tp thq 'louse granting a right to companies to sue arid be sued as Corporations. Mr. HUME should be sorry to see a rule 'laid down for. the guidance of the House respecting these Companieo. ment could not judge what was or was net a good undertaking. When the Bill for erecting Waterloo Bridge was intr6thtced into that:House, what would have been thought if a notice had been posted up stating that the specnlation Was 'a bad. 012 e ? 'and yet none of the objects of the present Companies. could prove rnore delusive to the subscribers than Waterloo Bridge now turned out. All that Parliathent ought to do in these matters was to giVe such facilities as were in its power,; that parties might sue and be sued in their joint capacity. • Mr....B.taarG explained. • • - - - , Sir C. Mo*Gaw presented a: Petition from, Monmouthshire, ;i praying a repeal of the house Duty. Sithilar Petitions were also presented by 11r. C. DirrrnAs, from Warringfard ; by' Mr. LoCKHART, from the Parish of St. Edmonds, Oitford shire ;' and by Mr. NEwst.tN, from the inhabitants ofßeth ... rial Green, and by Mr. HOBHOUbE from the parish of St. Martin's-in4he Fields, Westminster. The lion. Member, in presenting this Petition stated, that it was signed this day in less than two hours, by every householder in the Strand, except six. lie therefore requested the attention of the Chancellor of the. Ex chequer most particularly to the subject of it, and to fact that had occurred within the last month—namely,. that al though the parish of St. Ann's contained but 1,400 houses, 100 distresses for King's Taxes had been put in there in the short period just mentioned. • _ . Mr, MABERLY supported the Petition, and took:that op, portunity to mention that the House ought to withhold a deci 7 stun upon the financial affairs of the country until the motion which stood for Thursday next was disposed A)f. Mr. NE t wual: presented a Petition from the town of Dop sam against the Coal Duty. Mr. Alderman Noon presented a Petition from the Roman Catholics of the County of Monaghan, against the Bill which had passed that House ,for suppressing the Catholic Asso ciation. A .llember under the Gallery, whose name we could not learn, said that he had two Petitions on the same subject to present to the House, but had declined doing so, as. the Bill was now before the other House. of 4 t l h l r e t o u o s c e J a i n p d r e m s F i n n t d e o d w a e t t y i . t io A rk fr s o im m il l' a p r s i w , e i e t h i o f n o r w a a s repeal sented by Sir T. LETHBRIDGE, from Lineote, in Somerset shire. Sir T. lATHBRIDGE also presented a Petition from the County Clerk of Somersetshire, relative to the Bill for the Re covery of Small Debts. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented two petitions from Green wich i • one for a Repeal of the Duty on .Seaborne Coals; the other for a Repeal of the Assessed Taxes. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS presented a petition from the Citi zens of London, praying a Repeal of the Duty on Seaborne _ Mr. Alderman WOOD supported the prayer of the petition, and enlarged upon the advantages which the poor inhabitants of the Metropolis would derive from the remission of the duty on small coal in particular. . Mr. HART Davis presented a .petition from the parish of St. Mary Ratcliffe, against granting, any further concessions to the Roman Catholics. The Honourable Member in doing so, observed, that the feelings of the people in that part of England seemed at present generally, adverse to emancipation. Sir RONALD FERGUSSON could state, that in the .part of the country which he represented no such hostile feeling now existed, although the religion of the people differed so widely from that-of the Catholics and although formerly such a feeling certainly did exist. On the contrary, he would boldly assert, that the mass of the people were friendly to. Catholic Emancipation. . . Mr. MoslcK presented a petition_ from Reading fot.a repeal of the House, and Window Duty. In one parish in. Berkshire there had been 85 appeals within the last month from the duty of 3s. on each cottage. Mr. DEwisow. presented a petition from the parish of Lam beth, praying for a repeal of the Assessed Taxes, or at least for a repeal of.the House and Windew - Dinies. . . Mr. floi.mE SuMNER supported the petition. • Sir. J. NEWPORT presented a. petition from the county of presentedt a C f l r a e i m m Claims.. of Kerry in favour of the Roman Catholic Claims.. The AtToRNET-GENE RAL presented a petiti o n f r om th e torn of.Devonport, signed by upwards of 3,000 Inhabitants of e.O . great respectability, the Co ß l Or li on (l g Ur h i o li f E C i dn ' tnell against th e Bill . now i n t h e H ouse o f Lords for suppressing the Catholic Association ; anal a shiner petition from. the Catholies.of, the P ar i s h o f Ti pperary i n t h e against the Catholic petition barony of Clanwilliam. lle also presented &petition from the Protestants a Cana on Suir in favour of. the Catholic Claims: The Hon. Member observed, that .at the same time with the petition he received severalletters from the. Catholics of Carrick onSairu the ntitheneighbourhood, exp ress i ng t h e i r most grate f u l thanks for spontaneous act of liberality to.which they were indebted to the. Protestants. In mentioning, this circumstance he could not let,the.opportunity pass of reiterating a sentiment which had,lately fallen from the'. Hon. Member fOr Hertford. .shire (Sir J. Sehright): That Hon... Gentleman said. that he, as an Englishman, was ashamed that any portion of his fellow, subjects should be excluded from civil rights on account of their ,religious tenets. • He (Colonel Bagwell) wasalse:ashamed as ar. Irishman that such should' be. the case—that the fiiends whom he revered—who were his associates—with whom. he mixed in all the familiarity of private life —should be deprived of :the.privilegesrand immunities . whia he enjoyell.,, anti merel,- because he professes} one religion and , they.another.-- , (Hear , Sir .TOHN SEH/IJGHT repeated that he was ashamed that British 7 House of tortnnims should ekeltide six ntillians of . from the Coustictit4on. : nierely : .:on account of their religion. The great fault of the Homan Catlfo4p,ReligiOn Wa's lis . intolerance t; but now the tables Were tnrncd, and th,t Profestiint - waihe Intolerant . , , the Catliblic the tolerant reli gion,, -(Hear,, hear !) Mr. WY.;cinipt I.Ewts presented a petition front sow,- place - 101kb we (lid-not heir,- praying a repeal of fhekouse and. -Window- Duties. . _ • Sri r, I.' AB . R ITAVEY ikt micscntd a petition from -thechtlea con and Clergy of Colchester, against any forth'cr (n to the Roman Catholics,. in the-prayer, of which Irdetblifely con curred. • STATE3IEN'fw Oh' the motion'Of the an AN CS. I, 1 .0 g. .6f - 0 - 1 c 1% IC REtt E the House-resolved itself into a Committee of - Su The CHANCELLOR 'of the EXCHlgelEll.' - then tet;7t and spoke itsfdlloWs :L , Altliough, Sir, I Cannot - filfl;ar oitn - gratulating the House upon the auspicious eircirnst nces tin -der which I rise-to resume riik- Statement of thc•T'in/nces of the country, I- beg- the Cointnittee to beliel;e, th:iet do not do so for the'rtiere piirpri;e of Making a flonrish, of frbm a 'dek sire tQ lead the House of 'file Country' to indulge in'any un reasonable exultation as to - tile present, or atrY' e'ict,iavagant anticipations' as to the fottti:e. Rut althoughl Ita.;:e no such purpose, and althotigh there'inay be persons in MIS" Country. and in all probability there are hi other countries, whiQcalous of the' eminence of our prosperity, or ignorant of its causes, may think that we have arrived at that eminence at.:our own peril, and say to nuinetosa par•abat Excelsw turris tabillata ; unde altior tsset €asus, etimpulsa prmceps in - mane ruiOw., Yet I will venture to tell thosewho -think thus, that 3 calm dis passionate vlaw will'eorivinee them, that our prosperity has nothing holl4w in its foundation, artificial in its supetitrUcture, Or flimsy in its general bearings —that it May he . co'lterriPlat*6d with *unalloyed adMiratioti for the harmony of its proportions, and the solidity of the basis Upo n w hi c h i t is founded. -**-- (Cheeri. ) —I Bay,..Sir, that far frorn thinking we are in thiS "(ranger, no One who loOks •at the ituation in which we stand,and ap plies his mind fairly and philosophically 'to the causes' of our prosperity, who will not see plainly and legibly' pour trayed befOre him that course of policy which' we ha:Veadopted as the best calculated to strengthen our 'own resources and promote the "happiness of the civilized world. (Hear; hear, hear !)--With these observations, and . : wishing that ;he Com mittee will keep in view the" "principles tip - on which the po. licy 1 have alluded to c :is founded, I will preeeed to the more immediate objects or discussion. And in doing so,: I wish in the : first plice to bring under the . notice - Of the House a comparison -of the 'actual Revenue of the year past, and the estimate which at the commencement of . it, 1 ventured to make as to its probable - amount. Ar the .coMmeticz ment of last Session ?I assumed, in, the calculation which I then made, that there-Would -he at the expiration of - the year : I 824, , a surplus of 1,050,000/.1 Uponthii assumption, and car. rying Oft_its view to theend of•the year 1027, the 'f-louse was in - duced -to effect a considerable - "reduction of taxation,. amount ing -to '1'460,000/. In consequence, however*; of- an alteration subsequently made by the House in my plansi, : tv which one half of this stun was lost to the Revenue in tite'c6tiiie of the year, if the-surplus of 1824 had been 400,04q,.itVtead of 1,050,0007. at'wbicli; in the calculation in parted byr:e to the House I had estimated it, My estimate, would- ki11:1% 5 4 , e been realized, anti all the expectationi founded upOn it accomplished. But instead of this, notwithstanding the loss sti:;.tain'ei by-the . - reduction of taxation corning into more early and..consi,derable operation, owing to the, cause I have e.xPlairted,;',i)laU I had anticipated, I have the satisfaction to state to,. tlie:ll4lse that the actual net surplus of the year 1824, Afto applying 5,150,000/. to ithe reduction of debt and the repayment of duty made to the Silkmerchants,:opon- stock in hand,.t the'net sur plus is no less than. 1, , 137;144E-4.(lodd:cheering)Ldxceeding no t only that which would have been. Xufficient t0 . ,-corn . eiip to any Anticipations, the allowance for the; unforeseen oectifitnce I had alluded to being made; but eiceeding by:a 'coniderable sum that which I had calculated:it would have been, had:no reduc tion of taxation have taken place. -(Hear, hear !,)L e .che Com mittee will pardon me if I draw their attention :a little to the items, and some of the details, connected with those . ':branehes of the Revenue upon . which an increase, beyond tli..e)rpecia tionsl had formed has occurred . . At the beginning-Of last yeas, I estimated the produce of the Customs'. Duties at 1i,550,0001. Of these duties, 9000001. were repealed in the course' of the year. The loss which has been sustained in consequence of this reduction; is equal at the - least to the whole amount ie. ,pealed; because, in order to give greater- facilitiestothe exe cution of the liberal-principles which the !louse Cutd adopted no less than 460,000/. was paid:hack to the holders tilSilk stock in hand : and-if this be added to the diminution mikorally ac cruing froth the mere ieduction of duty, the total Nisi of reve nue cannot be lesi, and I believe has aCtuallyeiceecie4 ; 9oo;ooo/. But, 'suppoSing thiS demand upon the revenue of the Custonts for duty upon the stock in hand of silk had not taken place, al lOWing that the loss *of one-half .of the reduction ; of duty, vif. 450,0001. had taken place, 'My estimate would haye, been rea lized, if return of tbe Customs had been11;00,t):00/. Brat saCh hai been the ImprOvement in this branch of therevenite, that notwithstanding the drain to which 1 have adverted, the produce for the year 1824, amounts to 11,327,000/... 7 ,.-(Hear This is the total result,. which the Committee will see, has con siderably exceeded the estimate which I made;.inci„;;Ould IniVe been greater, if the 460,0001, had not been paid. to the holders of Silk by the subsequent decision of the Hotite: : Now 'who t are the circumstances which have led to this great increase I think the proximate cause is to be found in that eittensi" . ° our commercial policy : which we last year adopted--io t!me greater . c onsequent capacity of the people. of this co u ntry !ur • the consumption of foreign produce, the *Oa, fore nations rounity, - and above all the increased capieity of . •to consume our produce, arising out of the :Pr doing so w tl e itt a t if t ° li r i a s _ - bweb said ftental-thakit Is the tea senfthe com is --1 0 2 from the peenliar . situauon titre of'pne year, or tfiat . it think . t. cos think :it. AipanAi upon of this'br any-other cotintry; jatc..6nress' Sir,) - *!. upon* principles totally di . h u rnanmature,:alicl;'ivhieh the principle-which is rooted • ___. e t • _ bek t y ,_(Hear, mate(tsP the pOpu .ethhe-eermw' b g y rc ta su k l in t Hear! et. it not essent " fhut "" atone,.4s suffiCieritqa account lation in the'pf*lP.:°- - 1 ' 7 . . • . • obvious principle in the constitution of for it. Bet the' ..-; • ,'' '