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by proxy was not enough to -satisfy him. The Crown at the commencement ofthe Sepiotr,r,eqommetidedParlianietit to suppress the taihOlic 71`hat. step was taken upon ittfOrmation received frOM his Majesty's Viceroy in Ireland, and eould.. t ilt- the 'isetirrg,,, fairly towards that Noble Person to withhold the information communicated. With respect to the tate, of the Cathplic:telief x . ll, they under. stood it was irregular to advert to*.the proceedings of an, other place, although• every snioking house and . alelinxe in the United Kingdoni had the ,privilege of dictiSaing err that occurred Within the walls of that niece the lipase of Com Mons could not name. He trii . gV . however, allude to a very; Strong libel which had been Published, and which lie expected to see prosecuted in England and Ireland. Ile alluded to a speech purporting to be that of an Illustrious Person., printed by Ben bow, the convicted ,libeller of his ,:Majesty's male and female subjects. A speech had been circulated tvhich._never was spoken. • One colporicut of the article. was no less than a Peer. —He had circulated the .libel, having previously A' criminal information was doubtklis on. the unless the At torney-General had given the person who . published the libel an opportunity to deny. on .oath• that it was spoken by the Royal Duke., ._•Nothing could ..he more injurious to the Wits trious Person than to make him , say he would govern upon a scale of his own-when lie came.to the throne. • James Second never dreamed of •govermitig. Protestants, as the scandalous libeirnade an Illustrious. Person wish to govern.the Roman Ca tholics. He recommended his Right. Hon. and Learned Friend not to file a criminal .information on the first day of Term, but take an assertion on oath that the publication was false.— Some allusion had been made during the discussion .of the re jected Bill to the Seven Bishops, and it had been asked whether these Seven Bishops had .been influenced by interestod, mo tivtli. The-S even Bi s h o p s opposed arbitrary,Monarch, and were ready•to go to the scaffold. Their firmness was not to get prouiotion,• but the object of the Bishops of the present, day was to get from one See to another. The only danger they rail at present was:that of Court interest. What would be said to . the declaration ef a, Learned Judge derogatory to the Bight Hon. Gentle Man, • the Attorney-General for.,lreland. Lord Eldon had said he was a great lawyer before the disrespectful, words were uttered in the debate mpon the Roman' Catholic Belief Itillitow -was that to be reconciled ! Whatever the speeches might -be, and th e h o p e th a t th e C a th o li c quest i on would be -set -at•rest, it never would be set'at rest—until jus tice was done to six millio ns o f people, Itoppeared to him ex. traordinary•that the country was governed by a Ca,,,inet which v.:night agree upon a Joint Stock Company concern but could 'not it grree upon queStipn of vital importance to the country. Alr. - Pitt had, for example, said, that although it was ques- Sion of the last importance, and one to which lie was himself attached, he could not press it against the conscientiou s objec tions of the late Kiug. -'That argument did not, however, apply to the present . King. He was not, to he sure, a very young nian ; he was well .stricken in . years. Ile had not, however, attained the same venerable age at which his father !radar-_ rived, and he entertained no conscientious scruples on this urea sure:- On the contrary it was generally; and he believed with reason, supposed that •his present Majesty was favourable to the question of Catholic emancipation., He hadiven a pledge„ of lit a opi n in n !.i n : t h e year 1768; and he' {Mr. Brougham) ap-, l'S'aled to the Members of the Cabinet (as we understorid" the; and- Learned Member)- .to say Whether his Majesty's opinions were not still . unchanged.. • Mr.-S e c re t ar y: CANNING- rose to order, and said, that no Privy Councillor of his Majesty could give any answer to the question of the Hon. Member, who he was sure must perceive the impropriety of persisting in a course of argument from Which no result-cooldbe ObtainciL --,(Hear, hear !) . • Mr. BROUGHAM acknowledged that much latitude had been used in the debate; he might, therefore, stand excused if he had urged that which upon cool reflection appeared to be irrelevant. He could not, however, help again pressing upon the eonsideratiOn of the House the fact of the extraordinary di vision which had taken place in the Cabinet upon this all-iin- Portant question. The was a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland favourable, to the question, corresponding with the Home Se cretary of State, who was opposed to it; and an Under Secre tary at variance with the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Attorney- General *for Ireland) who formed so prominent a part of the Cabinet.- We heard the one saying, that no reliance could be Placed npon the Catholic Priesthood—whilst the other would not have as word uttered against- that venerable Body. It was difficult to reconcile those opposite opinions—if it were' has. Many, it war " Harmony least understood." Ile hoped, hOw e ve r , that the enlightened part of the present ad ministration would shake off their trammels, and make a stand for Allis great question. If they did so, the effort, wh .u.ele; they "lucceeded or failed, would cover them with immortal glory. But t i i e had no fear of their fail u re. Those w h o su ppo r t e d this quex - Were backed by the voice of the people, and he was stare that 4° 11 1 . e - motives which' prevented the Right Gentleman r• tanning) from leaving his native-country, would ke used to from l eav i ng , h e wou ld no t sa y, hi s native -pl ace , n hear ! j•,..but one upon which he had conferred:so much honour. These were his( Mr. Brougham's)-opinions. He was, sorry that h e could not give them the effect he wished. He trusted how ever that some compromise would he entered into which would save Ireland. lithe Ministers of this country 1. ere, bower or, unwilling to enter into such compromise, he should not despair, notwithstanding, of the safety of Ireland—for while she had •the intrinsic right of her cause, backed by num bers to support-it, there could belie) doubt. f her ultimate sue eess- That success was not h oweve r to b e o b ta i ne d by v i o l e n c e , l).-4nit, by steady opposition, and under such circitru. stances no Government, he was 'sure, would refuse to concede a measure which was called for, alike:by justice and sound polity. (Henr i hear I) Ur. 11 . MARTIN hoped his Hon._ Friend would ' not press h i'.M9tion to a division. If he did so; it wOUld, he was sure, te.negatived by a large majority, and he submitted to his Min: ▪ end whether such a result would not have the effect of con.' vmcing the people of this country that the question was more unpopular than ft really was.' b alr. PLIINXETT did not wish to follow the example of his '°°. and Learned Friend in wandering frOm the question'. The Honourable Gentleman had remarked - that the Nobre Lord 4 t the head of the Irish Government. had always* come forviard t ° sanction measures 'of severity and coercion, but never to IlanCtion measures of grace and favour. He (Mr: P.) might et ?) without affecting to be very intimately acquainted with the , uri e o f communications which took place between that Noble rerson and the Government !fere, that as far as he could form an 0 - p i • mon upon the sobjeet, there was no measure of grace or our recommended by the - Noble Lord which the Govern- Vent did not Con s cientio us ly a c t u p on . H e ' ould add, that h ri°w ing the sentiments of the Noble Person alluded to, upon to e great question •of the ,Catholic Claims , he would undertake . t aa . for him, .that these sentiments remained unaltered, old ,„ 1 ) ' t 1 his opinion of the . importance, the value, and the nectssity the terests of the enipire, of conceding. those claims, was as ~, L a nka,and as firm as it was at any for period. With re t to that deeply interesting subject, it was impossible for try, not to fecl.tbit in the opinion of the House and the coun ts ey 11 0 Present- slate of that question was calculated st. - ' c le- deep regret. The circumstances in which the question th at l u4eeti, were. certainly most alarming. Its situation 'Jai er n 9f entire . noV.elty, because it' was not only in the situation ll o „" being carried, but it was' calculated to place the two aees hi an unpleasant situation with respect to each other, on Ivi t ' ut °otit of the dissonance of opinion. He had already stated t had. to•say in answer to the allegation, as to the impo. hA v " a divid e d C a bi net upon t hi s ques ti o n. For the present asoth°:ld Merely add, that high .as the question was, there was (ii frer r not less so in the scale of importance, upon -whiCh a Itef ot en ,„ c e of opinion was entertained—iie meant P arliamentary Poli t ,'" He had heard a Right Honourable Gentleman op of• a ‘,declare that he would have no objection to form part Itefortiovernment which was unanimous on the subject of att ech u. Having said thus much, he must say also that Ins ti e ,: 'tient to the Catholic cause was unalterable. The mo an, Z ia this - Session, brought forward without his being. .°Pti o i, -t „Y,to the or i g i nat i ng o f it. Had he had it in his 'eayinoring it forWaid this year, he -had .no hesitation In •tl e , e ,.. that he would have advised against it. During the 44, 11 .2 s aorh e , had not e xpressed that. opinion; lest the declare kite "`Not have the effect of retarding the progress of the mea 43elie„- d knd be hoped the House would do him the, • justice to 'eollP°rt or throu" gbou he gave to it his cordial aside zei s l , o e u ry s_ in every stage a the Bill lie threw aside e DortZ'al Minor consideration, and attended only -to the am. ce o f -ting not eatquestion itself. -He _now saw. th e exa,,80..,0t0 c h , inge - the 'er ions q which he' hid expressed . as . tO ocy, and therefore the justifiableness of the opituooa th• i x e nacl acied on with resp ect tea diiided Government 110, "Airr - f . rt g oil ues t t i i i o . p s ,.f or . they saw that the . , question sUffered om nO . , A u ,„' to oal o - 0 th i n circumstance. if the Government were c • it • a , 'those who were averse - to this measure, he was AVI I - • °111 (1 not have succeded as it had done in that House. the tl e4 '" mid the Right Honourable O, Gentleman, " I express . ,_tate,s_7soi the bottom of my- heart, my regret and alarm at 4 ,1 . by ,10rortunate issue of this measure, I: beg to be understood hearts feeling any degree of despondency as to the • shtne 4t• lu l ,: t i ! c cess of the measure.—(llth !)—Far from it ol as t o ,the accompliahment, and the speedy accom-• ths`;` l • - .4..„% i i t too agree .with the Hon. and Learned thy" tied ".. :that s peedy and successful issue could .not .be . i hes t se ,ives. I ;3' the egregious indiscretion of the Catholics whi el I. ° th e toe Catholics be firm and tranquil, and obe pt iN tt Utll, 1.1 ": if they are content to use those. arms only 4 ay t „ : :n l Po As iirtle-e, and the Constitution place in their hands, c oo , th e e that they can fail.—(Cheers.)—lf I were to p r 4! l ; reo,a7vernment, or to this House, that this question l po t i o "sing 1 :, to its present st a t e . muc h l onger , I s h ou ld b e it ve R ‘,"l. a bsurd d ece i t . — (Ch e e rs. )—l s hould tie im that this tnost .egregiously if 1 were to affect to be.: question can ever be put an end to,- except ) iti l acebuiplishment.—(Cheers.) . ---If the Catholics were - to tell me that they are not anxiousin this question; that they atif i6differept_to,the,iaatienf it,,they would be the most scandalous liypoeriteeirrea' thing.-(Hear, hear !)--If they were to tell nie :on 'their Oaths 'iis" I believe that they reverence that sinc . .' don) that they did;not with for the priiileges of the Constitus Aim,. I would think them odipus and scandalous ,hypticrites. And if,they iiioke tine saying e truth, on the o t h e r h a nd,' in sang so,' they intist'belid subjects 'indeed ; fbr what could be worse than to see five milliona of people living under - a Constitution, to the privilegel,of which they were indifferent.—(Cheers.)-- They must be, indeed, the basest'of the human race—they must .be predestinated slaves , --to feel nothing but indifference to such blessings; and nAsnedituri Lasuited to such beings but the calm of absohite subjection.".—(CheersTh a t this question then must he decided soon, and that, by its aecOMpliihment, lie en , tertained no doubt whatever. When, then, he was asked, why entertaining such Opinions he consented to continue to remain in a divided Government, he :should ask, in turn, would the retirement of those who were friendly to the question assist or retard its , progress? Il e unequivocally said it would be an injury.' It would 'postpone the accomplishment 'of the measure, to an indefinite time ; it would be the signal for a flame in Ireland; Wl:ailing that country into a state of .commotion, which those who railed it might fruitlessly attempt ,to allay. He was bound tlien 'to remain as he was. He could do n 4 good by the opposite, course. His „Hight. /fon. .Friend said, that it he, thought his retirement' from office would serve" the he viould'not Continue in Office. He (Mr. P.) could only say, that he,had been tried before, and when he had the chance of continuing in Office, whenthe remaining in it firer boreconaic.lerationa- of conscience and c o nsistency, he had no hesitation in relinquishing that office. Thejtight Hod.' Gen tleman then referred to som e supposed Observations . whieh had been: attrihnted by the Hon: and Learned Member (Mr. - Brougham) to a high individual in another place, npon his. (Mr; I'.'s) conduct: H e had the pleasure to'state, 'that he had had a personal conversation with that Noble Person 'and the result was, his (Mr. P.'s) mind hadbeen completely relieved by the assurance that nothing offensive had been intended. In conclusion, the Right Hon: Gentleman tiakt, be' thought that he was consulting the interest:;' of the cause itself in remaining in the Government rather than in retiring, and said that he saw no benefit to be derived from agreeing to the motion of his Hon. Friend.—(Hear, hear !) Mrs BROUGHA3I explained. Mr- CANNING said that the disclaimer alluded to by his Hon. Friend the Attorney-General for Ireland,'aplied no less to•the Hon. MeMber for Winehelsea than 'to the lion. Gen(le:. man who had first mentioned it. For the question of the reso lution, he hoped to induce the, nei - tumble:Member for Lime rick 'not to press it; but, after all that'hiut passed; it was im possible for him to sit down without troubling the House 'with a few words. With respect to the.reference which had been made to divided Governments, he had never meant to say that it would not have heen desirable to Constitute an administra tion unanimous; but there was a wide difference, and such a difference as no wise, and_perhaps he . might sayhonest, mao could fait to see, between the question of forming a new Guvernment; 'and of dissOlting one which was already' in eXiatence: ' He was perfectly ready to concur with, his' Hon. Friend the, Chancellor of the Exchequer; and he sabb—with tho most perfect-sincerity of heart —that Wire thonghtbis relin quislinient of Officei-COuld COndtice td the settlement of the Ca tholic question, he not hesitate one moment to make the sacrifice. , Not-that when he made this declaration he did not see-without meaning to over.:rate „ any advantage contingent upon his cOntinuance—Ahat' his witlidravritig himself front the Government would be attended with some public disadvantage; but his view would such a course could decide the sub. ject of Catholic claims—that the public good obtained out weighed that disadvantage; But his opinion was (and he should frankly state it) founded upon recent and most anxious deliberation, that his relinquishment of office at present could Only serve to bring on public evils of the most treMendous cha racter, as Well as to throw the prospects of the object which it was intended to serve still further back than ever. The lion. and Learned Member opposite had observed, that he (lid not fully understand the reasons which had - been used by an Hon. Friend nrar him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer); nor could lie himself perhaps (Mr. Canning) expect,, standing where lie did, that he should be able to snake himself quite intelligible to the Hon. and Learned 111-ember.' All he could say was this—it was not likely that he should venture to matte an assertion which was untrue beforea great number of persons who would have the means of judging of its truth; and he did say, standing under those circumstances, that he was convinced that the' course recotumended to him by the Hon:Member for Winchel., sea ,would .be , fraught with nothing else than calamity to the country. This only he would add more, that he held himself as perfectly. at 'liberty to discuss the subject in question in the Ca binet as any other; but,-at die same . time, be reserved to him self the discretion of using that lib er ty at such times as he thought most expedient. With respect to the Catholic question, in its present extraoidihary position, he - felt almost difficult) , about .stating, his opinion ; because, whatever be said, he was liable to one .of two accusations: If he said that lie thought the question was not so forward in the opinions of the country as he could wish' it to be, then he ahoull be charged with risking the creation of the evil which lie deprecated : it' lie stated confident ly that he thought it had made great progress, then he should be told 'that he 'excited hopes, which -7circurnstances afterwards would not be capable to realize..-T, In, such a dilemma, he knew but one course, which, was to speak .the - direct truth according to the 'best of his judgthent, let the consequence . be what it inignt: At the Commencement of the present session, he had said theminds of the people ofTingland were not matured for the measure. This had been denied.; and different minds. no tipubt, would draw different conclusions ; hut, from all that had happened during the. Seseion, his opinion remained'un. changed. At /he same .time, .however, when - he. said this, he did not believe that fit the higher- and more enlightened daises , of gocietKgreafprogress lied been made, and lie believed . _ that the resistance generally was passive rathei than active; and that,. when it bad been goaded ,into violent motion, it was sonic of the friends of.the cause generally who were to be thanked for that -result. But; although this he . tooluto have been . . thestateof things.at . the commencement of the present session, 'yet he- believed now that. that state was - somethinkaltered ; and that, if' the feeling of' the country had to be again excited on the question, it would pronounce itself in a very different way 'from that which it had. done a few weeks since. But, whatever was the fact as to England, in Ireland the difference which ma nifested itself was most striking. Thatmeastire, which had ap peared originally almost in the shape of an appeal by one part of the population against another part, came now forward almost without dissent from any, and bid fair shortly to be recomm ended by all. Then such being his view of the state of Ireland, he did think that the question must make its way. If any thing could re.. card it, it must be an expression of violence on the part of Ireland, and, still more, arraying England in its present temper against Ireland in that temper which lie deprecated. 'For, as far as his opinion went, be, had always ;Advocated the Catholic measure, not as an exclusively Irish onejaut as one which was to serve the interests, and 'knit together _the affections, Of the two countries.' The ground on which the bill was resisted, he hadno hesitation to Say, he thought untenable. If the argu ment proved any thing, it proved too much—if Catholics co u ld not be good subjects under a Protestant Government, they could not be good subjects at all. Besides, he did not like that argument of " divided allegiance," or measuring men by a scale as it were of moral geometry. If had but half the allegiance of the Ca tholics, why•wits it we had but half ? }homer answered the quest. tion, who was better judge of human nature than Euclid : ".A man," he said, "i s but half a man, unless he enjoys all his rights." In glancing, however, at what had passed in another place, he was bound to vindicate one Noble Friend of his front the charges which had. been thrown out against hint by the Hon. and Learned M em b er opposite. He did this, not from a particular knowl e d ge o f the individual,.but from a knowledge; 1 of his general character. He rejected the suggestion of the. Hon. and Learned Gentleman as impossible. The lion. Ment tier for Winchelsea seemed to think —a consideration which had given him (Mr. Canning) some pain—that the speech of that Noble Lord to whom he alluded had been measured after another speech which he had designated as a libel—measured , to fall in with it. Ills Noble F r i en d he would tell the House and the Honourable Member this—was — incapable of such a thought or act. If there Ina a man in- England who would not suit his opinion to th e v i ew of any human England who his • Noble Friend was that man. Whatever he had spoken was let the House be sure, his sincere opinion...an opinion from which he (Mr. Canning) might dissent, but to the candour-of which he paid the most implicit homage. Indeed, if the Hon Member for Winclielseti had only" looked to the whole contents of the speec h in question, he would have seen the most glaring, the - most perfect , discrepancies between it an d the speech to which he e ndeavours to assimilate it. Wh o , among all the persons - oath to the- removal of civil disabi lities, who had spoken'on'the subjett—who had disposed so uncere moniously, yet so satistitctorily, of the idle objection Coronation n v a e t r i 7Noble laird,, who was represented • • the tone of, a speech in which the. objection Of that . as MIL. it l i f triiens t g l: the Coronation oath formed the chief feature ? That Noble Lord, h s e a yi felt no moreunwilling rather than to obloquy, was . entitled to the highest gratitude of the Catholics.,•and to their highest acknowledgment; and if . he WitS tion, it was considered forbidden ground The • what might be . Right Ho eluded by • co b nt eca ent u :: nourable Gentleman c°l2 a few sing, that if he could sUm up his feelings 'ti _t old not words,undervalue (andpethaps the Ho nourable Member wo his feelings), he could production of the papers for which ' he assure him that. the his dOncluil called would utterly falsify _ _ on.--(Hearg hear !)-- Sir , T T co nsidered - the speech of the Nobl - Lord Sit F. BUR M A h h had hrd e extraordinary t-at e ever ea •It had Produced. the most extraorca sucho see him f a surpnsing effect in the con come inward, and •me with uncompromising v i o l ence of that, for the first ti 9 di ' Though'hi§ 'Right lion. 'Friend, the Attorney:Ge 'ineral for Irefarid,Atidught : the Viet:eat Sestion - Unfavourable tothe , discussion of the, Catholic Qnestion; he (Sir P..l3urdett) %ma of opinion that discussion had advanced it that Session fUrther than pit had stood ever before. Ai to - Elie - alleged feeling against it, he ,lhought the feeling was rather in its favour; not alone among the enlightened and learned and respectable ranks,, but even among the - eOtriparatively ignefant;' Whereirer it waShrought before the - test of large assemblieS'of the people, liberality was triumphant. -As.a specimen of the,opinions.of the working classes on .it he would refer the House to the - meeting at Manchester, and the speech of a ivotkilik 'man: there, f u ll of_ sound sctise;olid prin ciple, and 'liberality, "which fitted him for filling: any of therhgher stations in Society. The question would.be carried before hing. As to the: unbecoming charge against a Noble Lord, of hii having:yielded-in the question tolsersOns in high' places ; it was no..very 'great proof :of that NObleLord'aintle ,- pendenee that in differed from th at person ' s op i n i on on t h e oath; Yet voted in accortlitnee with the scruples that dictated that opinion. Another 'part OF that Noble Lord's es:induct of which . the public had a right to complain Was,: that,' ,keeping his opin ions in mysterious reserve, he had by doing so_.excited hopes and created expectations which he knew could not then be real ized ; which fallacious hopes had led the friends of the Catho lic cause to 'expose it to' an oVerwhelming defeat,. and • expose the people of Ireland to feelings of irritation and disappoint ment,•whose consequences - nobody'could predict. It was'not fair to induce the Catholic 'leaders, through that 'hope of success, to , cansent to measures, and to compromise principles, and altoge ther to adopt a line of conduct on collateral questions, which conduct Mould lia've 'the effect Of making them unpopular among their countrymen. That treatment of those Gentle.. men .'was uncanilid, :ungenerona, unwise, and ,un-Statesmian like.' 'lle hoped that the people of Ireland would, how. ever, •in ptirsuance of their friend's ~adviceS, ..remain calm, quiet, and ready, -though be should, not .be surprised it the bitterness of their irritated feelings, should prevent them from - ConduCting therriselvea with prudence and forbearance, under their unexpeeted - disappOintment. Their present ob ject was - to conciliate the gOod . will of the people of England, when they should come betbre the House next Session backed by the Protestants of Ireland and the: people Of England. 'He wished that House would adhere to its present opinion, 'and then the few in the other, House could not resist the strongly suPpOrted justice of their claims. One argument of his Hon. and Learned Frind fer continuing to act with' a' ivided Mi nistry was quite fallacioutt—he meant his allusion to 'Parlia mentary Reform. The cases were different; the question, of Re forthinvolvedne public interestsreqUired no sacrifice—was pot (*le or imniedinte, instant Urgency—the present omission of it brought no danger to the State. - Though.constitutional and just,it was not indispensably necessary within any particular time; but the other Was not so. Who could say what may happen if the Catholic Question be not granted •En ;hind was not so anxious about Reform as she ought, and as lie wished. , : , 'But Ireland - was most anxious for Emancipation ; she presented innumer able 'petitions. Ministers under-rated their own talents and influence - with the public if the retired Government could not .be carried oft without them, and, the opponents of the question sho u ld yield to . their more liberal Colleagues. -The Goierinnent Of the country • could not be carried on in tranquillity or security while. that ..measure remain ed unsettled. 'lt w a s sa id, an d • • might: be true, that Ireland would' not be able to sustain a civil , war long ; but was not die bare possibility of such an event replete with disaster an d dismay II ear, hear !)—The House , could: not recede; . Parliament had granted too much to be able to ref use t h e re mainder; it had no choice i n the Catholic Question ; it should go forward ; justice should be done; every public man ought to lend, his aid to compel the Government to pass the question ; all the great national questions ought to be .suspended till they were forced to satisfy the people of Ireland. He fondly hoped another - 'SesSion would settle. it. Mr. S. RICE stated that his purpose having -been answered by the debate on his motion, he should beg -leave to withdraw it. He was happy to find that Lord Wellesley's opinions on Emancipation were still' unchanged, after personal obsetvation of four years. Ile trusted that the debate'of • to-night would give fresh hopes to, the Catholics of Ireland when it should raach them. Re joined with' his - Hon. Friend in recommend ing to them union, moderation, and firmness ; and hoped that the House would .soim again send up the same 'Bill with a greater majority.—( Hear !) The other Orders of the Day were'then disposed of, and the house adjourned at a QUARTER TO Two 'O'CLOCK.. • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE: OF COMMONS: • .700/8 27 ) . die - Mali 1826. .9 mESSAnE: from the 'lJoßps•Thrit they: hire agreed to— Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill;.. Chelsea Pensioners Bill; Disembodied Militia Bill ; Postage (frelandillill Chelten. ham, Denbigh and Llanwrst, Leeds and Halifax, York, Barnsley and Grange :floor,Kingston-upon-Hull and Per, riby, Shepley-lane Head', and - Upton-tipozi-Severn Roads Bills ; • Coekerliam Tithes Bill ; York Minster Improvement Bill;•.Brighton Chapels Bill; Gorbals Statute Labour Bill; Louth Gas Light Bill ; and West Ilsley ( Berks) lndosure Bill, without amendment ; and to Grimsby Haven Bill ; and Roclolale Improvement Bill, with amendments.. Roans—llOss , shire, and Mahon and Pickering__Bills re . ported, to . beingrossed. Crewkerne--Bill read 'a third time, and passed. Ardglasm—Petition of William Ogilvie, Esq. against--referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel or dered; further time granted. .Doncaster anti Thorne—Peti tion of the Dowager'Marchioness of Hertford, against —re ferred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. NA;itlATlOXSce.—Stour,.ftnd Baybridge—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Clyde—Petition of persons interested in the navigation of the Leven -and Loch Lomond ,• againstre. ferreel to the Conunittee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. HAnnotin—Littlehattipton BRIsTOL TowN DUES } Pooit—Montgomery and Pool e STREET —Glasgow Biblles ingrossed.r eportetl to INOLOSURES—Winterbourne (Gloucester)--13111 read a third time, •and passed. East Stanton (Lincoln):---Bill reported, to be ingrossed. EsT AT - us—Lord Cadogan's, Cadogan's, MacGregor's. and eyricles—Bills read a second time, and committed. Clowe's Bill read a first time. • - • ThvoitcEs—Moore's—Bill read a second time and committed. - Peter's, and NlTiseman's—itills read a first dine. Citt.sEA ULEnE LAND—BiII read a second time, and com mitted. BRlDGES—Chester, and•KingstOn—Bills read a third time. • and passed. South Esk Petition from Montrose, • referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. itAILw A Y s—Dytfrin reported, to be ingrossed. Stratford. and MOreton—Bill reported, Report to lie on the table. IMPROVEMENTS—Dundee--,Two Petitions from Dundee, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. Beverley, and Derby—Bills reatta third time, a nd passed. Godalming, and Londonderry--41illa' reported, to be ingrossed-- Co3lPANY—Edinbutgli and Leith Water —Bill reported, • Re- Ott to lie on the table. Docxs—lsle of Dogs—Bill reported, riin to be against—.referred ein a gro i ssLl. ' re K fer in red ston-upon-Hull—Petition fr o m o to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. CANAL—Counter's Creek—Petition for leave to present a Peti tion for a Bill, referred' to a Committee. LEAsING MAKING (Scotland).. 1 Bills read a thi r d ti me , PAV irac —Banbury . j• and passed. LONDON Cor,Ltcil—Bill ordered. Coax LAws—Petition from Whitburn, against any.alteration therein ; and from Great and , Little Bolton, for a revision thereof—to lie on the table. COMBINATION LAws—FivePetitions against, anti One in fa vour—referred to the Select Committee. SAr.mox FISHERY BlLL—Petition from Millers on the Cart; against—to lie on the table. COTTON MILLS REGIrLATTOIt BlLL—Petition from Black . burn, against—to lie on .the table. • . ( - 311.,AssAcTs—Itesolutions reported and agreed to, and Bill ordered. That in lieu of the present Ditties, there' shall be charged for every 1000th. weight, avoirdupois,• of the fluxed Materials, &c. that shall be made in Great Britain or Ire. land, for the . purpose of making Flint or Phial Glass, the sum of la 13s. 4d. And that, ia lieu of the present Draw backs, there shall he allowed 291. 3s. 4d. for every ION& of Flint or Phial Glass which shall be exported. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS . DAV. 1. Elective Franchise (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 2. Spring Guns Bill—Second reading. 3. Gardens Protection Bill—Second reading. 4.. Pirates Head Money Bill—;Committee. 5. Dunleary Harbour Bill—Further consideration of It O. - Cotton Mills Regulation Bill—Committee. ePort., 7. Poor Relief ( Ireland) Bin—Second reading. Judges Salaries (England)—Further consideration of Re. port thereupon. 9. Distillery 13111—Further consideration of Report. 0. Supply—Report (25th April) [Postponed Resolution.] 1. Canada- Tenures Bill—Third wading. 2. British Consuls Bill—Committee. 3. Townland Boundaries (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 4. Felonies Counsel Bill—Second reading. 5. Striall Debts (Scotland) Bin—Third reading. 0. Wrongous Imprisonment Bill—Committee, 7. Small Tithes Mll--ComMittee. 3. Supply—committee. The proceedings in the House of Commons last night were of .a more spirited and lively nature than has usually been the case of late. They arose out of the motion of Mr. S. Back: for the production of a dispatch from the Loan LIEU.. TENANT of Ireland (presumed to exist), respect ing the origin, nature, Sand extent of religious animosities in that country, and the best means of. allaying them. The motion met with the decided opposition of the Government, on the ground that if any such document did exist, the produc. on of it could not be attended with advantage to I reland,containing, as it inust,relations of riots and excesses ofall sorts. Mr.lticE eventually withdrew s motion, having obtained what he most desired Iy it 5 an Aipportunity for the !louse to record its sentiments, on the rejection of the Catholic Re. lief Bill by the House of Lords. Mr. BltatiollAst said, " to the wople of Ireland, he would now recommend submission to the Law—he agreed with his Honourable. Friend in counselling union —above all things union." There is much wis dom in this advice, and we trust, coming from so firm a. friend of the. cause, the Irish Ca- t►iolics u ill follow it. Submission to established authority is the" best answer to the charge of " divided allegiance. that has been exhibited against them and sure we are, if the feeling of the people on this subject is in that passive state it N represented to be by Mr. CANNING, that submission will more than any thing else tend to remove any fears that may be entertained 00 the subject. It is also to be observed, that the commencement of the first Session of a new Parliament is the best time to bring forward such a question, because the new right (if conferred) will not be brought into action all at once, for the first time, but only by degrees, as opportuni ties occur ; and thus the people will become fa miliarized with it before a general election shall call upon them to exercise it to the fullest ex 'tent. Several Members of the Administration declared, that if they thought the resignation of their offices would be favourable to the Catholic cause, they would not hesitate to resign, but on I the contrary they felt assured that such resigns_ Lion would be attended with great disadvantages to the public affairs without producing the de sired purpose. Mr. CANNING, indeed, went so far as t o declare that his " relinqui s h ment of office at present would only serve to bring on public evils of the most tremendous character, as well as to throw the prospects of the object it was intended to serve still further back than ever." We are fully persuaded of the disastrous character of the evils, such resignations would produce, but hope, how anxious soever these of. ' ficial personages may be to secure to the six ma lions of Catholics what they deem to be their just rights, t.haktherwill at the same time, consider the Claim's the ininiehse malority of the subjects •of the KING . hay? on' them , for their services, when the re linquishment cpf o ffi ce by, them is t o be' attended' with public evils of such tre mendous character., Whilit, however, we thus deprecate their resignation, because the Cabinet is hot united `on one point only, hoWever-impor tant that one point may be, and not Withstanding we can give these Gentlemen z eredit for the sin cerity of their declaration . on this be h aff. we are compelled •to say 'that we are not of that .number who believe no Adminiitration could be formed Withotit the assistance of 'the , friends of Catholk Emancipation - . We know it has been the fashion of late, bothin Parliarinent and with the public journals,' to assert this; i a fact, but for our Pa r t we ne ver could find (Mt ori what, ,ground s; an d' w e therefore think thit 'if these high official personages were to try the 'ex. periment they might perchance find them Selves lamentably mistaken. The French Chambers . being . now adjourned!, the Paris Journals of uesaay. which arrived ,•, , • last night, are chiefly filled with literary diticu.:;. : . . sions, and details of the . Coronation arrange ments. The - following . are extracts. from the' • • • • Et9ile, dated 'Wednesday, .the morning pamsof Tuesday containing. nothing worth extrac ting _ MA? 24: ' The Chamber of Commerce at Bordeaux having expressed To • the French Government some gears, relative to - the piracies exer cised by insurgent privateers on French vessels in the Gulf' of MeXico, and especially near the Isle of Cuba, his Excellency the Minister of the Marine ha's lost no time izi informing the! Chamber of Commerce, that Rear-Admiral Jaurien, command ing the naval division in the Antilles, had been instructed a; far back as the month of October last year, to' detach some - Of • the vessels under his command to the Havannah. The Cap tains of the .vessels charged with this mission have also received orders tO support the applications made to the local 'authorities by M. Angelucci, Inspector-General' of the French com i ne re e ' in the isle oft:oi. The letters from ,Madrid of the 17th, which we this moment receive, make no mention of the Mutiny - of the garrisOn of Seville, of which the Constitutionne/ spoke some days •ago".- , - • There is.probably just as much foundation for the news of insurrection of the garrison of Santander, with which it enter- • tains"us to-clay. That journal dreams of nothing but troubles and war. It-is with the same view of agitating people's minds that it announces, • to-day that an European Congress will beheld at Milan. We said a long time ago, that the COngress a t Milan, for the affairs • of America and Greece, would be like that.at Paris, which. thi liberal journal so positively .announced. It was said at Constantinople On the, Nth, that Navarino was Still • besieged, and that Ibrakiia Pacha 'was' on the pdint Of making, himself master of it. " It is certain, however, that the. Egyptians were repulsed, in the first attack. It is affirmed that the Diike of Nortlinmherland, after 'the • Coronation of his Majesty, will go to the Court of the Nether- lands, to be present at the festivities in the city,of Brnssell on , the marriage of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick. iIIEXCJI Fuxos.- - -PAnis, MAY 24.-Five pei 'Cents: Opened at ..101f. 25c. ; closed at -101 f. 30c..,.;-Three per Cilia., 74f. 75c.,—Neapolitan Five per Cents. (Certificates Falcontiet), 90f. 50e.—Reote d'Esbagne, la.—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 51 E—Eichange on London, one month,-21f. 95 c . ; t hrio months, 241.130c.— (fours Ar:thentique.) Brussels Papers tolhe Idth instant, which ar rived this morning, mention that the Netherlands' Minister of Marine and Colonies, having been informed by his MAJEsrea-Consul at Alexan dria that the. plague at this moment prevails itt. Egypt, has, by a resolution of the 11th of thi* month, subjected to the strictest quarantine,ails vessels coming from Egypt ,which shall put iota, the ports and harbours of the Netherlands. It ix reported in the Germait Papers that the King of PRUSSIA and the. PRINCE IIoYAL are about to review a body of 50,000 troops assembled in.the environs of Minden and the Duchy of the Lower„ Ithine.—The following are extracts : RM ELMS, Mar : 21.—( Private Correspondence.)—Wit44!.l these few days a swarm of inspectors and agenti of, the policg have arrived from Paris, to keep order in this city during the ceremony.. of the Coronation. They, hive already. proceeded. to business, and..have began by sanding away several exiles .. who were here. On the other hand, which is to be at Our gates is marked out, and will soon be occupied •by .thee troops, who are .beginning to arrive they will consist ,of a part of the Royal Guard of the . first battalions ' of some regiments of the 'line, and some of the light 'infantry, all chosen troops. All 'the Foreign Ambassadors who are to be present at the Coronation have had the finest lodgings engagq: that_ they could procure, but none of them will display more magnificence than the Duke of Northumberland. The Hata du Moulinet, which his Excellency will occupy is ready sad new furnished throughout; and several persons belonging to his suite, have already arrived. We expect also several Soreteign Princes of Germany. The birds are being colleeted which are to be let' • loose after the Coronation. • • BnussEr. , „ M4Y 23, • A German Paper has the following article, from rrankfort —" A great German Power has Made very pressing' . appli&:' tions to the Government of the Netherlands to induce 14, to sittvi dify the commercial, system which it .has hitherto followeil e . particularly with respect to the transit of gVain and otherTagi:l - produce of Girmany. Notviithstanding the tions of . some Journals .to the contrary, a favourable.. issue to the negociations is carrying ,on at Stuttgard.. for,. effecting a commercial union between various Germaii . States. Should this project. be - realised, we may- expect. to see measures of reprisal ,adopted with.. respect to: those neighkouring Powers who fetter our commerCe which will be found more efficacious than those .which liave hilherto been erti=• ployed by each Government in particular." The Dutch Papers of the 25th instant contain information from Corfu of the 26th April, 1), - which it appears, from vagious authentic quarters, that, the Egyptian army besieging Navaritio bad, been entirely defeated by the Greeks, anc,l drivegt to seek refuge 'under the cannon of Modon. Thg, Egyptian army lost all its baggage, artillery,laTl . ammunition. Similar success is said to Itaaw , :vf,; , , tended the Greek arms in Albania. R.Enscutts PACIIA, who had with him 10,000 Turkish troops, was attacked ou the-9th April, at Aspro potano, by the Greeks, and totally•defeated. A great number of Turks were drowned its the, river, and REDSCBID PACIIA himself returtedr-tocii Janina in a very deplocalfle condition, ite . immediately caused some oft the Turkish Chiefai, Albanians, and three hundred ChristianslielongiAg, to the principal. faniilies in that country, to ! , gr ir , put to death, pretending that his plan of attagg- 3 had been, betrayed by them to the Greplitl:illict that this causeu the loss of the battle.--Vplis.* PAC/IA and several of,. the principal Bev-. killed in this battle. _ • Yesterday afternoon, the KING lefthis.Palaces . in. Pall-Mall, for Windsor, at six o'clock, accorn.• panied by Sir WILLIAM K NIGHTON: Ilis Excellency the Marquis de P.44xEr.r / A:,;., Ambassador from the King of PORTUGAL, had a private.au.:' dience of his MAJESTY yesteaday afternoon todeliVer aire.4;' dentials; and the Count de Villa Real, Envoy frond Whitt: Court, had also an audience of his, Majesty to t4lcolckrit. o They were attended by the Right Hon. George Canning, 'the - King's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, aigt! Sir Robert Chester, his rliajesty's.Master of the cererupnie..,,, The Crown .of Framt,...which, is to be,ialageii. on the head of Cu.frti.Es at the uproadupg Cpronatjon, valued , at eighteen millions 'and a-hidf of francs,. or 740,0W' sterling. ' 19. - Ways and Means--Committee. 29.1 Supply—Report. •. • .21. Cruel. Treatment of Cattle,,Bill-rfSecon 4 22. , The King's Message to be Considered. 23." Labourers' -Wages Bill-Second .reading. , 24.• Episcopal Unions (Ireland) Bill-;-Seeond-reading,, 24., Churches in the Lowlands (,Scotland)—Report theredpon. 26. Courts of Justice Building (Scotlandy-'--Conimittee there. upn. • 27..-Excis o e on Sweets Bill-j.rhird reading. Customs and Excise Bonds Bill—Third reading. 2sl.' Excise Measures' Regulation Bill--Second reading. -, 30. 'Mauritius Trade Bill—Seeond-reading., 31. Columbia Postage Bill—Committee. 32. Customs Bounties Bill—Second reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Goulburn—Remaining Irish Miscellaneous Estimates. ( In Committee of Supply.) 2. Lord Viscount Palmerston—Bill to amend Acts relating to the transmission of effects, of, Officers and Soldiers 'dying on Foreign-Service. • 3. Lord Viscount Pabnerston-.-Billto,enable Colleges to grant Mortgages, for the purpose of increasing their Buildings for the accommodation of Students. 4. Lord Viscount Palmerston—Bill: to . enable Colleges and Chapters to exchange Lands, to a limited extent,, NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY., Monday, May 30. . ' 31r. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to amend Act 26 Geo. 3, for regulating houses for the slaughtering of horses. - • Thin sday, June 2, • 31r. Edmond Wodehouse—Motion for obtaining further in formation 'respecting the prices of Foreign Corn, through the medium of His Majesty's Consuls abroad. Tuesday, June 7- 3. Sir Matthew Ridley—Motion relative to the Revision and Consolidation of the Statutes. PRIVATE BILLS. Second Readings for This Day. ... St! Olave (Hart-street) Tithes, and Earl of Hopetoun's Estate. •.* UNUKERtIITY I*TEL PIIIICE OF STOCKI I•l+ts 11,xic.stock -za 61 3 per Oent. lied • BOl . 3 per dart. 89 i i .6 9 , 34"per,t;ent. VitiO Rea. 4 per Cent. 1 New:, lO4l t , Bank Long Ann. 21 740 b l ip. 3 per Cents: Dulls Stock • Ditto; Bonds 4B AO pm. South Sea Stock rit(crs or rottrulm Fl Att•trinn Ilde, 5 per ct.... 9( 1835 dis. Buenos Ayres Bds ...... C Wan, Bds, 6. per ct. 821 C 401111)6m Bds. 6 per ct.. Do. do. 1824 Danish, 5 per cent Do. Scrip. • 3) dis.. Greek 8d5.... Do. Scrip, 182.5 7V dis. Mexican Ilds. 75 I 4 4 Do. Scrip 102.5 3 j dis. ,LzGxxcr., see our Fourth Page. D V AT ON; O'CLOCK. 041 Annuities New Ditto Ex. Pills 10001.2 d. 6 - Ditto lAd. Ditto 50012 d. Ditto lid. Ditto Small Ditto Aid. Ditto Cominercial .Bank for Act. India for Acct.. Cona. for Opening ... 894 i NOS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, S per cent. — Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian 80nd5..., . Do. Scrip Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per ct. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct. 9444 Spanish 1821, 5 per ct., 1823 French Rentz* loof. 60c. Exchange Scrip • PILICES OF SHAKES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. AnglQ-Chilian Mining CoMpany Chilian Mining Company Colombian. Mining Company General Mining Association Pasco Peruvian Mining Company Potosi La Paz anti Peruvian Mining Association Tlalpuxaltua Al ining Company Alliane Fire and Life Aasurance Company Ditto, Marine Department British Iron Company • Bristol Ship Canal Company . ; British Shipping Company • . atiaila Cnnipany Egyptian Company Equitable Loah Bank Company • General Steam Navigation Company Imperial Plate Glass Company Provincial Bank of Ireland Peruvian Company 11 10 4 264. 26 12 13 33 32 8 It) 8!; i#i . E S UN. SOLER QUIS DWI:RE FALSUIIi .411 DRAT LONDON, FRIDAY. EVENING, MAY . 27, 1825,,