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SOLEM Qt_llS DIOERE FALSUM AULE4T LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL ig, 1815. We wish the public attention directed to the Speech of the Earl of LIVERPOOL in the House of Lords last night, on the subject of the Corn Laws. His Lordship admits the propriety of some alteration in the existing system, but yet he was not prepared to go into the question this Session. He was anxious, he said, 46 to see the t hde of the country placed on the most liberal f ooting, but when commercial principles were applied to Corn, obstacles arose which were not easily, Overcome." One and the chief of these obstacles is the difficulty of stating what the protecting duty should be, for periods and seasons might occur in which no protecting duty could be adhered to. On a former oc casion, in speaking of the Corn Laws, we en deavoured to shew why a fixed protecting duty on the bushel could not produce any be neficial effect, and for that purpose adverted to its very variable operation owing to the con. stant fluctuations in the price of Corn ; and we are therefore glad to see the Earl of LIVERPOOL declare that " the present importation price could not be maintained in consequence of the effect tl produced on the value of labour." It is an obvious principle that the operative classes should be en abled to buy bread at the lowest possible rate they eau, after allowing a fair profit to the farmer, Such profit being considered with reference to our relaxed trading system and the great priuci- Pies of free commerce. We have before stated our opinion that the English farmer cannot enter into competition with the foreign farmer, even in The English markets, without a protecting duty; and the difficulty is, to reconcile these opposite iuterests. For this purpose the duty should be a Protecting duty only, not a prohibitory duty ; it s hould be just enough to equalize the charge of e ach grower, leaving it for the public to judge b etween .them as to the quality of the ar ticiet and so to determine which s hal l 41a vo the preference in the market. But l making th e i r amendments, the Earl of v Ettroot. says, 66 their Lordships would h a ve to Proceed on one of three principles :-Ist. They Fi ght alter the importation price, and in other !SPects re t a i n t h e system. 2d. Th e y might alter th e existi ng system a l toget h er , an d adopting the reco mmendation of the Committee of 1822, im- Pose protecting duties with a maximum, beyond : Illi cit importation should be free , and a minimum S ha er which no d. A importation should be allowed. .."'• general protecting duty might be fixed, tang r id • of tne present system of averages."— 11 : 4 l ast -Seems to us b es t c a lculated for 7e r, P u blic good, f or th e g r e at evil of a fixed t °tectie e. duty may be avoided by simply "ag the ti t • duty ad va l orem a t th e p or t o f impor jion, the price of corn at the place where the " I Port at i on whence is made being the standard from the value should be determined. A plan so simple as ihio, by its flexible quality in per mitting the price of corn to regulate the duty, not the duty the price of corn (as is the case with a fixed duty per bushel), removes at once all the obstacles that the Earl of LtvEaroot. alludes to in his speech, and places the trade in corn where it ought be, on the same footing as all other manufacutures. The existing sys tem of averages may also be abolished. — The very extreme case of great scarcity should be left to provide for itself, but there -does not appear in these times any objection of lodging in the hands of the Executive a discretionary power to remit, not increase, the whole or any part of the duty as occasion requires. So important does this part of our trading system appear to us, that we are sorry, with a plan so sim ple and so efficacious, that the consideration of the Corn Laws is to be deferred for an other year. If, indeed, it is true (and who can doubt it) that the present system cannot be maintained in consequence of the effect it produces on the value of labour, It becomes imperative to apply a remedy forthwith; and although we are ready to admit the subject, for many reasons, re quires long consideration, still we think there is time in the present Session to amend the law, the great principle that some alteration is neces sary, being conceded. Frankfort Papers of the lgth instant, arrived this morning. Official reports from Transylvania had reached Vienna, stating that the plague had wholly disappeared in Wallachia. The two Princesses METTERNICH, accompanied by Count ESTEUHAZY, arrived on the 13th at Nuremberg, and left that town on the following day on their route to Vienna. From the Paris Papers of Saturday it appears that on the preceding day the Law of Indemnity was brought back to the Chamber of Deputies, in order that the Chamber might decide upon the amendments of the Peers. The KING'S Commissioner (M. de MARTIGNAC) proposed that the amendments should be immediately adopted, the most important of which is similar to one which the Chamber rejected when brought forward by one of its own Members. This preci pitate course was strongly opposed by M. B. CONSTANT, as contrary to the standing orders and to public decency, and it was resolved by a con siderable majority to postpone the discussion to the following day. The Etoile, dated Sunday, gives only the fol lowing short notice of the sitting of Saturday'..:— " At the opening of the Sitting, the debate on the amend . ments, made by the Chamber of Peers to the Indemnity Law, was began. M. Duplessis de Grenedan spoke against the amendment to Art. I. The speech of the Hon. Member ex cited violent murmurs, and he was frequently interrupted by cries of Order, order !' The Minister of Finance then made a speech in reply to the preceding speaker." A letter , from Bayonne in the Quotidienno states, 'that M. UGARTE, the disgraced favourite of the King of SPAIN, intends to take up his resi dence in that town, which would seem to be the general rendezvous of the disgraced Ministers of the Peninsula. At this moment there are three residing in Bayonne—the Marquis de MATAFLO RIDA, General ALoz, who has the title of Envoy Extraordinary to St. Petersburgh, and the Portu guese General SILVEIRA. The Constitutionrzel states, that a Priest of Darnetal has been charged by a great number of the inhabitants of that town, fathers of families, with having corrupted the morals of the youth under his spiritual care. The particulars of the accusation are too shoCking for the Journalist to repeat. The Vicar-General refused to listen to the complaint, which, he said, was only a Jaco bin conspiracy, but the facts have been since laid before the Civil Authorities, and the prosecution commenced. At Rouen there has been a tumult arising from the interference of the Cardinal Archbishop, who would not 'suffer the Tartufe to be played within his diocese. The following are extracts PARTS, APRIL 22. Lord Granville, the British Ambassador, will give a grand diplomatic dinner, at Which will be present the President of the Council, and several other Members, and the Ambassadors and Ministers Plenipotentiary of Foreign Powers. It has been observed that the English Ambassador was not present it any of the-diplomatic dinners which were given during the stay of Prince Metternich at Paris. Prince Metternich goes directly to Genoa, and thence to Parma • from Parma he will proceed to Rome, before he goes to Milan. f From the Courier Francais.J We have received news from St. Louis (Senegal) of the 27th of February. The inhabitants of Martinique, who were transported to that colony, had just received the notice that they were set at liberty ; and though they regret not having been publicly justified, with respect to the imputations cast upon them, and by which they were marked as conspirators, they are sensible, that under the circumstances they could not expect more from the efforts made in their favour. Five of these unfortunate individuals have sailed for St. Thomas's ; four others were to sail on the 29th for the English colony of Dominica; the others are obliged to remain till the Government has consented to pay their passage, or till the merchants have taken it upon them out of humanity. The Governor of Senegal has refused to let them freight a small vessel, which those who were in better circumstances wished to engage, in order to save their companions from the rigours of a destructive climate. When Sadi Mahmoud, Envoy of the Bey of Tunis, landed at the Lazaretto of Marseilles on the 23d of March, he was im mediately complimented by the Board of Health, at the head of which was the Mayor. The following are the terms in which t h a t magistrate spoke to this Ambassador 41. SlR—The Prince who sends you was always the faithful friend of France. Never has he more highly appreciated his rendering S c h a n your t o a u i rre Excellency attachment to it than when he c omes . to participate in its joy at the h a ry accession of a Sovereign whom it adores. e Board of Health (intc i i ii t ol d ,r a b n wy ee h e ry e a n wr c sh y e h ltl a ei s ss the honourable due to K m in i g ss 's io w n been so worthily chosen, and to the Prince who has confided it is happy to fulfil the to you." h t some of the persons who were present an d It is said t a heard this speech, .repeated in chorus, when repthey went out, the f a il jw i lig woydi of a well-linown song—'. Trive Alber s Maroc, et Tunis.' _ _ _ The atlair of ort was brought to-day.before the COurt of Cassation, but was put off for a week. FRENCH FUNDg.—Nius, Arm!, 2:l.—Five per Cpnts. opened at 101 f. 90c., closed at 102 f: • Bank Stock, 2,12,0 f. Neapolitan Renter, 89f. 70c. Spanish ditto, 13{.—Exchange on London, one month, 21t.9.1:.; three months 21f. 80c,— (Coors Autheutipte.) The Milan Gazette, published under Austrian authority and cOntroul,, contains the following account of the movements. and operations of the P.tcui Of EGYPT and of his son IBRAHIM, who commands the expedition against the Greeks:— NAPLES, APRIL 1. We have received through an offiCial channel the tollowing accounts from Alexandria, in Egypt, dated the 13th January. His Highness the Pacha left that place on the 14th instant to return to Cairo, where he arrived on the fith. He is gone for the purpose of regulating more financial matters, and for the new military armaments,- itis said, howeVer, that his Highness has declared his intention of shortly returning hither. His High ness has kept up, and continues to.keep up,,the most active cor respondence with his son Ibrahim, by means of several ships of war, which not only acquaint him with all the operations of cumstancesrequire. the fleet, but likewise enabl e hi m to g i ve all such orders as cir- Besides the several European vessels which have sailed from this port freighted by the, Paella to carry provisions to various pans of the island of Candia, and to Modon in the 11.1orea, 25 others are ready in the harbour to sail for the same destina tion ;"they are fur the most part laden with naval stores, which they are to convey to Suds for the use of the squadron. His Excellency Ibrahim Paella, after having.:dispased his transports in two divisions, sailed on the 6th of last month (December) for Marmarism with all hi ships of war. One of the divisions followed his Excellency back to Candia, the other remained at Rhodes. His Excellency arrived happily on the 12th of the same month in the port of Suds, where. , he'' anded . both the troops and the horses embarked on board ships. of war and the transports. There his Etcelleuty : having made the troops encamp, and received abunda n t sup pli es o f provisions, which were sent him from Canea, dismissed all the transports, among which 40 were European. On the 18th of the same month the French frigate Galatea anchored there, the Captain of which having delivered to Ibrahini Pacha what he had in charge for him put to sea 'again.. On the 20th, Ibrahim Pacha dispatched three brigs of war to 3lodon, with 400 infantry and Commissioners, charged to pre pare in that place quarters fdr the army which his Excellency intends to land there at a proper opportunity : these brigs were to take und er t h e i r protect i on 16 vessels, laden with provisions, which hail been previously dispatched for this port, and all those which follow in the sequel. After completing these operations, his Excellency sailed again with the ships of war to Marmarissa, where lie arrived on the Bth, to take on board the other troops which are at Rhodes, and to escort those on board the second division of transports, which were waiting for him there, and to bring them likewise to Suda, as we have learned to-day by the Egyp tian schooner Pnpillon, which has arrived from that port after a passage of four days, with dispatches addressed to his Highness Mehemet Pacha. On the sth of this month a corvette and two brigs of war sailed from this port with ammunition and 400 infantry, des tined to join the army of Ibrahim Paella. General Livron, employed in the Egyptian army, is sent to France, for the purpose of executing various commissions given to him by his Highness the - Paella, which, it is said, include, among other things. the purchase•of a train of artillery. He is furnished for this purpose with letteps of credit for several mil lions of francs, and it is thought he will be here again in five months. is Britntime Nes y s corvette, the .4Yren, which sailed from M • t this port on the 25th of last month, delivered to Ibrahim Pacha some dispatches sent to him by his Highness Mehemet Pacha. This vessel will afterwards go to Smyrna. • On tile 27th the English brig Alacrity arrived here from Syria, and on the 30th his Most Christian Majesty's gabarre, La Cherrette,Srom Smyrna. The symptoms of plague as well as fever which prevailed at Alexandria in the months of November and December last had wholly dis appeared iu the month_ of January. The Official Journal of Naples announces in the following terms the departure -of the Ktma of the Two SICILIES Their Majesties the ding and Queen are ahont to proceed to Milan, where they will : reside as long as it may . be necessary and becoming the gracious invitation of his Majesty the Em peror of Austria. The departure of .our august 'Sovereign is fixed for the 1 ith of this month (April) The Chevalier di Medicis, President of the Council of Mi nisters, and the Marquis Riau, Minister of the King's House hold, will Accompany bit Majesty. , . The King, at his departure, leaves with his - -de the most preciouspkdge of his love, in confiding to the affection of his subjects.the Duke ,of Calabtia, his august heir,. and all the Princes and Princesses who constitute his family. During the absence of the King, the presidency of the Council will be filled by the Marquis Tonithassi. His Majesty on the 4th honoured with a visit the Com mander Saverio Poli, his former governor. This venerable old man, confined to his bed by his infirmities, nearly fainted with emotion at the sight of his august pupiL We have received a file of Sineapore Chronicles to the end of September. The French frigate Thetis had ar rived there on the 31st of the preceding month, on her way to Manilla. The Padrees of Sumatra, it, appears, who had been beaten by the Dutch troops on the south-west coast of Su matra, had begun to extend their conquests and depredations to the north coast, and had actually invaded the principality of Siac, opposite Malacca. Numbers of the Siac people had been driven from their homes, and several overtures had been made to the Authorities of Singapore by the Chiefs of the interior of that country for permission to settle and colonize per manently at Singapore. The Pirates are stated to have again made their appearance in the neighbourhood of Sin gapore. Count MUNSTER had an audience of the KING yesterday. COUllt-PALMELLA, Ambassador from Portugal to this country, with his family and suite, ar rived at Portsmouth on Sunday last from Lisbon, after a tedious voyage of 25 days. Colonel CAMPBELL, the bearer of the Treaty of Commerce with Colombia, arrived at Cartha gena on the 28th of February, on his way to Bogota. • Mr. Secretary CANNING, Nve _regret to say, re. mained severely indisposed yesterday at Glou cester Lodge.—Dr. llot.r.arin attends him daily. We are glad to find that the strongest hopes are entertained of Lord CRAYEN'S recovery. His Lordship is visited daily bi MATON, and Dr. EDEN IS in constant attendance. Colonel STRUTT, we regret to hear, has for some time been confined with a ,sever e attack of the goat. On Saturday last GEORGE 13gST, Esq., wa.m called to the Bar by the Ilonourable.Society of the Middle Temple. Mr. STANFORD, of Preston,liad 43 sheep killed a few nights ago by a dog. ALARMING FlR.E.—This morning, b etween two and three o'clock, the neighb our h ood of Phcenix-street,Soho-square, was throw n int o coo fusion and alarm in consequence of a fire w hi c h broke out in the premises of Mes srs . SPENCER and IlonsoN, the eminent lamp and oil contrac tors, of PlnEnix-street. At one period of t h e fire the flames were so very extensiv e , i n conse quence of the oil on the premises, that th e w h ole ne ighbourhood was threatened with destruc tion. engines o esa n rr t i l v ie ed e s i o ern on after it b egan, alent, but by s i x o'clock five other houses were injured b y the i ( p i Several ayed a c e t n i actively flames, and the one in which the fir e commenced completely burnt to th e g round. We did n o t hear of any accident. Messrs. Spence r and Hod son was insured in the Westminster and Eagle Fire Offices. THEATRE. His MAJESTY last night honoured CovENT-GannEN MEATRE with his presence, and all possible preparations were made to receive the August Visitor. The King's Box was fitted up with the usual splendour for the occasion, and all the Private Boxes over it were set apart for his Majesty's At tendants. A Guard of Honour, commanded by Major Ben tinck, marched at half-past five o'clock into Prince's-place, Hart-street, where the King enters the Theatre. Sir R. Birnie, the Chief Magistrate of the Police, accompanied by Mr. Min shun and Mr. Halls, the Magistrates, and a numerous as semblage of Police Officers under their direction, arrived to preserve order, which was admirably accomplished.—The pass,. age and stairs on which his Majesty was to ascend to his box were covered with carpet. A party of the Yeomen Guard lined the entrance hall. At half-past six o'clock five of the Royal carriages were in readiness in . the Court-yard of the King's Palace, Pall-mall, the coachmen and footmen in their state liveries. At ten minutes before seven. o'clock his Majesty en tered his carriage, dressed in a blue uniform, the same as he wore at the last Levee, with four splendid Orders on his left breast. The King was attended in his carriage by the Master of the Horse and Viscount Lake, as the Lords in Waiting. In the first carriage were Mr. Lewis and the Rev. Mr. Legge, the Gentleman Ushers in Waiting, and also the Exons. In the second carriage were Sir Robert Bolton, the Equerry in Waiting—Master Paulet, the Page of honour—the Silver Stick in Waiting, and Mr. Brent, the Deputy-Comptroller of the Household. In the third carriage were the Comptroller Of the Household, the Treasurer of the Household, the Master of the Robes, and Sir Andrew Barnard, the Groom in W a iti ng . —ln the fourth carriage were the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice- Chamberlain, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, and the Earl of Harrington, Gold Stick in Waiting. The King followed in the fifth and last carriage, escorted by a party of Life Guards. —The, streets through which the King was to pass were thronged with loyal spectators, as well as all the houses.— The Royal cavalcade proceeded by Charing-cross, Saint Mar tin's-lane, Long-acre, James-street, Hart-street, &c. His Majesty's alighting from his carriage was announced by the flourishing of trumpets. He was received by Mr. Kemble and Captain Forbes, two of the proprietors; Mr. Fawcett, the stage manager, and Mr. Gardner, the Groom of the King's Great Chamber, each of them with two large wax-lights to light him to hiS box. On entering the royal box, his Majesty was received with a universal shout of loyal welcome. The Duke of York soon followed, and also received the warmest testimonies of popular regard. The King appeared to be in perfect health. The noble form and dignified action of his Ma jesty made a strong impression on the audience. His Majesty indeed seemed to represent the grandeur of the British Empire. As,soon as the Royal Party appeared within the Theatre, the curtain rose, and the whole of the vocal corps came forward to execute the national anthem of " God .save the King."-- The stage at this moment presented a very crowded appearance, and many, both ladies and gentlemen, appeared among the dramatic ranks, to catch a glimpse of royalty, who did not belong to the professional groupe with which they were for the time lint:Angled. The burst of applause which took place on the first entrance of his Majesty, was rapturous in the highest degree, and the anthem was encored the moment the last verse had finished. The performances of the evening were the opera of Der .Prelschnts, and the farce of Charles the Second. The number of the choristers was con siderably augmented on this occasion, and all the performers exerted themselves to the utmost. His Majesty, and his Royal Highness the Duke of York, who arrived shortly after at the Theatre, appeared highly gratified, both with the vocal and dramatic exhibitions. At the conclusion of the play, a portion of the audience again called for " God save the King;" and others for " Rule, Britannia." " Rule, Britannia,'• was per formed. The agreeable little after-piece of Charles the Second ; or, the Merry Monarch, then commenced. The play has been so often performed, that it went off without any powerful effect, but the farce was so well supported by Mr. C. Kemble, Jones, Fawcett, and Miss Tree, that it afforded high entertain ment to the royal party as well as the audience in general. There were many points in the farce that touched upon the pre sent times, and some in which Royalty itself was treated with unceremonious freedom; but his Ilajestyappearedtobeas muck gratified with them as . were the audience in general. iYhea his Majesty retired, the same zealous testimonies of respect and affection burst from the audience, and the whole must have been as gratifying to himself as it .was. to so Yost a body of his loyal subj ects. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. General Sir Win. Cockbuin, Bart. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's Place, from Bath ; the Earl and Countess-of Abing. don, in Saville-row ; Mrs. and Miss Bfausnont,- in Portman._ square; Sir Bethel Codrington, Bart. in Park-lane; Hon. Captain Cadogan, in Berkeley-square • the Countess of Dart mouth and the L a dies Legge, in Ber keley-square; Lord and Lady Dufferin, in 'Cavendish-square; Major and Mrs. Ed -1 mondstone, in Park-street ; Marquis and Alarchionesir. of Exeter, in Connaught-place; the Dowager Duchess of Rut land, at her house in Sackville-street, from Belvoir Castle • the Earl of Sefton, from N ewmar k et ; Si r Th omas Ormsby, nail. and Lady, in King-street, Portman-square, from Essex; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Inge, and family, in Upper Brook-street; Captain the llon. George Fitzroy, in Mount-street, Grosvenor square; Mrs. and Miss Granville, in Park-street; the Count Hamilton, in Albemarle-street ; the Hon. Henry Legge, at the Countess of Dartmouth's, in Berkeley -square; Mrs. andiMiss Melvile, in Somerset-street, Portman-square ; Earl and Coun tess of Sherborne, and Miss Dalton, in Grosvenor-street ; Lord Trimblestown and the Hon. Mr. liarnewell, at the St. James's Hotel; Jermyn-street, from Paris • General Archdal e , M.P. at ditto, from Tunbridge .Wells; Sir J. Wells, Bart. at ditto, from Cuckfield, Sussex; R. Price, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. P r i ce , at the Burlington Hotel, Old urlington-street, from their seat in Herefordshire; Colonel and Mrs. Young, at the Wa terloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour. w; 1 - 4. 4 - 110 .- lc 1 ;-.....43 f , , 10 , • ''\ ~,..." I :' ‘ i, s ;i C.: 4 4 ,_ 0 1 \\- , • • ''' • • ' --k_k:R . of 3: 46 c 4 .._ ._ ,P., 4 1 4 4t ~,,, -.43-- A .0 r?. HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO COVENT-GARDEN FASHIONABLE PARTIES. The Duchess of Kent gate a grand dinner on Sunday to Princess Augusta, Prince Leopold, and a select party, at her apartments at the King's Palace, Kensington. The Earl of Harrowby entertained the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale and- a large party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Lord Wilton entertained a distinguished party at dinner yes terday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Colonel Grant entertained a small fashionable party, at his house in Grosvenor-street, on Friday, after the ceremony of the christening of his infant son, to which the Marchioness Dowager of Sailsbury stood as one of the sponsors. The Duke of York arrived yesterday at his late residence in Stable-yard, St. James's, where his Royal Highness alighted and remained a considerable time. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, and the Duke of York lisited the Princes Augusta. The Marquis of Thomond, Lord Trembleston, and the Hon. Mr. Barnewell, landed at Dover on Saturday from the Continent, and have since reached town. On Wednesday, the 20th inst., the birthday of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, was celebrated by the tradesmen and others of Alnwick, by a public dinner in the Town Hall, to which nearly 100 sat down. After his Majesty's he a lth ,h a d been given with three times three, the healths of his G race, o f the Duchess, and of the whole of - the noble family of P ercy , were drank in the most enthusiastic manner. Many loy a l an d The town was p ar tic u l a rly ga y an d festiie during the whole of the auspicious day. • evening. patriotic toasts followed, and the company spent a most joyous tionto the 5 given Alr. Kitchener, , FOOT RACE IN TILE GREEN PARK.--The long rug a n i n i e n d fi i n n e a s c l t y i i l pending match to run 100 yards, took place this morning be tween Messrs. Kitchener and Cain, the latter giving the former 5 yards. A considerable number . of persons were present to and . came in at least 7 Yards a-head. Considerable sums, h w o it w n e e v s e s r t , he in m t a h t e ch fi , rs w t changed hands on the occasion. The intention to remove Hyde Park turnpike 1 1 1 0 ich ya w rd as s gate to Grosvenor-lace is abandoned, bein g strongly opposed in Committee of the Commons. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATIL---Yes_ terday afternoon, Miss PRESCOT, who kept a seminary for young ladies, in Union -street, Borough, while sitting in her apartment, corn. plained to her servant o f aheadache, when she fell backwards in her chair insensible, and shortly afterwards expired, although every medical as sistance was afforded her. LITERARY NOTICE. POPERY and the POPISH QUESTION; being an Ex position of the Political and Doctrinal Opinions of IllessrF. O'CONNELL, KEOGH, DROMGOLE, GANDOL PIIY, &C. &C. By the Rev. GEORGE CRoLY, A.M. F.R.L.S. The learning and talents of this Author are well known to the Public; and ,therefor e his name to a work must render. it an object of at tention. His Poems place him upon a very high rank in critical estimation. He has .displayed his dramatic powers in a Tragedy that ought to have been represented on the stage, and.: in a Co medy that was very successful and attractive. lie is the author of several political tracts characterized by loyalty and constitutional rectitude. In the work before he has entered with great diligence into the POPISH QUESTION, and has urged some of the most powerful arguments, founded on facts, and on the doctrines of the Romish.Church, and has offered such weighty and striking reasoning against the Catholic Claims as may well alarm the people of this country. Hp observes that we ought to repel the claims of the y *)ists on " grounds of general good, s e lf-d e f enc h. and Public necessity." Certainly if farther concessions to the Papists cannot' , be justified on those grounds it would be madness to grant them. Mr. Caor.Y. seems to have accurately examined everything that can illustrate his reasoning and support his opinions. If, as he states 44 Rome, at this hour, looks upon every Protestant State as arebel left loose only until she can have the power of fierce coercion. For England, as the great offender, the very Chief of the revolt, there is a black and consummate re serve of retribution," why should we hazard the _danger, even if it be distant ? Are we to take no interest in the welfare of our successors, and not • to maintain what has been left to us by the virtue, Wisdom and purchased by the sufferings, of our Progenitors ? ": The Oath of Supremacy, says our author, is thegeneral demand of the Con stitution. The Papist refuses this oath (which every other subject takes) and demands the unconditional surrender of the last security of the rights and lives of Protestantism. And he refuses this al legiance to his King, while he offers it a foreigner, elected to his throne by the influence of foreign Potentates, who may be our enemies at any hour; himself the ancient disturber of England., and bound by the severest bonds of his arrogant and tmscriptural faith, to extirpalcour Religion though it were in our ashes." Our Author observes also that " the spiritual allegiance of the Papist usurps and commands the whole moral action, and what is this but the whole mental and bodily porter of the man." These brief extracts, however, afford but a faint specimen of the work, which is not only supported by powerful reasoning, and elaborate research, but also by wit, humour, and eloquence, not unseasonably introduced. We heartily recommend•this work to our Legislators in particular, as they are to decide upon the great, the vital question, whether, they are now to gra:- tify a portion of the people, who, however they may out-number the Protestants in Ireland, are yet a small of the general Protestant community. We have thus briefly noticed the work because the sub j ect at present engrosses the attention of the nation at large, but we shall not at present presttme:te offer our own opinion .upon a question of such vital importance, as it is in the hands of our Legislators, and will doubtless be ultimately decided-upon those grounds that will secure, as far as human wisdom and foresight can secure, the parity and permanence of that best of all politi cal systems, the British Constitution in Church andStata. . MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, APRIL 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Honourable Company's ship Castle Huntley, Drummond, from China ; Eliza, Johnson ' from Jamaica, and Glory, Pope, from The Sir Edward Paget, for India ; John, for St. Kitts; Mulgrave Castle and Columbus, for St. John's, N. B.; and the Medina, for New South Airales, and several others remain, the three first having sailed yesterday, and since put back, the wind being light and variable. DOVER, APRIL 25.—Five or six large ships are in sight to the westward; some of them are Indiamen. Off the Port the Betsey and Sophia, Garraway, from Dominica, and the Dia mond, ----, from Batavia. PORTSMOUT , H APRIL 25.—Light airs from th e South ward.--Arrived th e Louisa, Burn, from St. Michaels. S a il e d his Majesty's ship O restes , f or North America; Rains transport, for Jamaica; and the Sovereign, ditto, for Chatham. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind S.W.--Passed by for London the Clydesdale, M'Oill, from Calcutta, sailed the M January, and landed passengers. Arrived his Majesty's schooner Pike, lis days from Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind S.E. to E. lt airs.—. Arrived the Competitor, Gadby, f rom Norfolk ( - V igh irginia), in 30 days. Sailed the Caldicat Castle, Heik, for Quebec ; Ebor, Anderson, for St. John's, N. B. • Southworth t r a ns p ort , f or Barbadoes ; and the Latona, Gibs on, for TenerifFe. COWES, APRIL 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Blucher, Pastle ' from St. Domingo in 47 days; Concord, Freeman, from St. 31ichael's ; and the Zepher transport, from Leith, for troops. GRAVESEND, APRIL 25.—Sailed the Honourable Com pany's ships Warren Hastings, Rowes ; Lowther Castle, Baker, and the Bombay, Charride, for China. Arrived off The Wight the Barrossa, Hutchinson, from the Mauritius. Arrived off' the Start the Camerons, Trundle, from Berbiee. The Hon. Company's ship Inglis, Serle, for Bombay - and China, was all well on the 18th ult. in lat. 2. S. log. 21. W. ; the Inglis has 500 troo p s on b oar d for Bombay. The East India Company's ship Castle Huntley arrived off the Wight the 23d inst. She sailed from China the 19th Dec., and from St. Helena the 3d March. ATTEMPT TO ROD TILE DUNDEE UNION BANK. —A very important discovery was recently made, whereby it appears that a completely organised plan to rob • the Dundee Union Bank, was formed by a gang of the most daring house breakers from London; who, it is believed, have been in Dundee many months, preparing for the nefarious attempt. It would be of no use, except to satisfy idle curiosity, to enter into particulars, in the present stage of the investigation. It is enough to mention from authority, that early information of the intended felony was obtained, and that steps we 4,, promptly taken for completely frustrating the accomplishment of the plan. --( Edinburgh Paper. ) ROBBERY.—EarIy on Sunday morning the dwelling house of Mr. STE-lIEN PONDER, N 0.21, Fish-street.hill, was feloniously entered by some daring offenders, who, it appeared,• obtained ac cess by picklock keys, and robbed the premises of a variety of bills, and acceptances, with cash, &c. to the amount of about 10001. The villains also contrived to carry away with them no less than 12 dozen ivory handled knives and forks, besides five very valuable pearl handled knives, each containing 24 blades,• and other articles, with which the depredators'escaped undiscover. ed, and for whose apprehension a reward of 501. has been offered.