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►t day, in order not•to impede the motion of the Hon. and diant General. • CORPORATE FUNDS' BILL. • This after a few words from Lord W. Rossini., r C. WYTHSRPLL, Mr. MAISERLY, Mr. C. 'PELHAM, (1 Mr ' C. W. WY. x, was read a second time, commit and ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and Ten.o'Cloek the House adjourned. PA RLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill_Committee. Court of Chancery Bill—Further consideration of Report. Alehouses Licensing Bill—Further consideration of Report. Land Revenue (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. Su PPly-;-Cornmittee. Distresses (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. Ways and eans—Comnaittee. befaulter s at e the Ballot yesterday, to be reported. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. enPral Monday, May 7. Gascoyne—To move for a Select Committee to inquire into the present distressed state of the Bri tish Ship-owners. [ r . m• Thursday, June 14. 'elute' Angelo Taylor—To make certain alterations In the mode of ballotting for the Trial of Election Petition's and on other points connected therewith. rtiVed Due. Due. Arrived. 0 A merica,,,,,,.. 1 0 Guernsey & Jersey 0 0 n Pra zil .................... 0 0 Hamburgh Buenos,ona .Ayre. 1 1 tiltialiadee ......... 0 (1 Jamaica Islandso 2 Flanders ................. (110 4 France ..... : .......... 1 ......._9_,:_l____,, , brgh" ti Af i sa anr t ... il 0 1 Waterford tern ng JnOli WATZR AT LONDON BRII6,GE TO-MORROW. mmutea after 8. I Eveting ...52 minutes after 8. jp:ls_ *nu, t . tk. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1827. The debate of last night, in the House of 4ininons, was one of the most stormy witnessed Or number of years. Party spirit seems again LI have reac h e d no i ncons id era bl e height, and ' 4 . th e words of Mr. CANNING, " the standard EtOpposition has been now fairly unfurled." indeed, strange to observe, how men's tem- F P : I.B are changed by merely changing their places fi one side of the Speakei's table to the other. e Placid, and, as he has been called, " the syste illatically am i a bl e, " M r . P EEL i s no t a bl e to lVtlrt the hi g h b ear i ng w hi c h power and place hie to have lent him for a time. Notwith tZlittg the personal sacrifice" which he 8 of in havi ng acce pted office, no impartial ahrt4°ll can witness his present deportment, 1/ I", c alt givin g it as hi s opinion that he would Y resume his former station with all the r h al erso nal sacrifice" attached to it. Mr. PEEL on d one 90 much to benefit his :7ountry that, th e „ nig - own account, we truly regret afre line h e ' h as ta k en . B u t, v i e wing it as h e i eti ng the interests of the party to which he 14,1 1 ) 1 8, we sincerely rejoice that the cloven foot een shewi i by the Ultras at so early a period e contest. As to the conduct of his kinsman, t o 'llember for Derry, we cannot find words wi iti 7Press our a stonishment that he should c kst . ll Y expose himself to the ridicule and t otil i gation of those persons whom he so wan h,viY prov o k es . H e seems really furious 'at if he lost hi s pl ace , a nd c o uld not be more so y ear ` t t lad mortgaged his salary for the next five ei l d 44 to the shallow tricks which his party are ai k r a vouring to play off' regarding the Catholic e °ther % it Questions, they are too palpable, too e 'llptibl e to occasion any thing but astonish l - N t4t 414, 4 the .barefaced assurance which a lam eu ; Tretation of their conduct; is - calculated to th Orangemen anxious to bring on the Ca wo();ll,,e Question! Bless us all! What will the ;F L come to ? ch ti .' e te is nothing on earth easier than to Ptiblic men with inconsistency of con fala 8 0 the Ult ras , l a st night, made what they ai l ed a very able display of their own research je eti P e hetration, by pointing out different sub °ll 'which the Whigs had formerly opposed , This is mighty fine from men IN, - have been all their lives acting with those whom they differed on by far the most we r tant points of our national policy. But Iltoe ti PPose their idea is like that of a t i g 4 te Clergym a n who told his flock to do as a pe, e ,aclitd, not as he acted. The fact is, if ;"e man w ill ac t w ith none but those who with him on every subject, he had better r kt 't himself as speedily as possible with the eha 'weir of a private man. A Minister might just as hi t c onsid er si m il ar ity o f features essential in all a 4 - 0. g °ll -agues. What a wise man does is to til ot i' a te himself w ith th ose whose turn of mind poi nt erribles his own, and who have the fewest C 4ll B of difference ; and on this principle Mr. to KI NG would surely prefer Lord LANSDOWN n attl al lY of th ose w h o h ave j us tly earned the of h ag M AJESTY!S Opposit i on. th e 8 to the issue of the contest between P ar tw ?, parties hi e ith er o f th e Houses of n or Llolent,. -we really f ee l no 'sort of anxiety, ul t are N ye .much al arme d a b out t h e success of s U ~ " o Popery " 'cry out of dcors. It may ii tL eeed in some places, but the mass of the Eng t,t'it 'nation ..have ,had their eyes opened to the character of these wolves in sheep's clothing. t u t r wuntiv- J in— en ate . a loyal people, honouring, KING, and th ev ' th e an d -have b een disgusted with b _ ingratitude selfish ness of those who lted in the Royal favour, aid in the hour of s e ed left their SOVEREIGN to all the distraction nd annoyance which :the desertion of friends earth occaion even to the most exalt e d o f t h e Thy ;~.- k le French Mail which arrived last night 'Nght the Paris Papers of Tuesday, which did The each us y es t er day forenoon with the Etoile. f , y a dd, how e v er , but little to the previou s in . , y a d respecting the sudden measure of dis s:di°C the National Guard of Paris---a mea it w hich would not have been adopted, if 0 14 : 4 , 1 ; 1 not been known by the Ministers o f thne di ssatisfaction, and perhaps disaffection,Ti pr ec l4 ; body of men was great and general. e tnu e l l i l l ' ta 'icY with which the step was taken is ap pe c°nderrined in some of the Papers, and it Itl if at's that the Duke de DOUDEAUVILLE sent 0 (.4: 4 reBignation to the Krko, in consequence be en 4(iv ic 6 and protest against it not having il tba titled to. sho w pre sent sufficient time has not elapsed to lur e . b may be the consequences of thi s jut they can h ar dly be . otherwise than tr im I Portent. Th e National Guard of Pa ris co9s ed of select inhabitants of that city, had existed fora long 'series of years, and was completely interwoven with the national habits and ideas. Its number was very considerable — We believe not less than 30,000 men. The act which has disgraced - so numerous and influential a body of the Citizens of the Capital, may have got rid of an immediate danger ; but the spirit which had influenced the corps collectively, will be excited rather than allayed, by the individual injury and disgrace which each person who be longed to it considers has been done to him, by its being disbanded and annihilated: We sub join a few extracts : (From the Journal des Debcds.) " A great event has occurred. A Royal Ordinance has dissolved the National Guard of Paris. That guard was composed of the select inhabitants of the capital. It has existed for a long series of years, and has rendered hn inen'se services to order and to Royalty. Its lines have twice protected peace within and without, against the movements of foreign invasion and anarchy. Twice has the restoration appeared amidst its ranks, protected by its acclamations, supported by its devotion, and sometimes de fended by its arms. This Guard, truly national, is no more. A Royal Ordinance has treated it like the army of the Loire : it is dissolved. The ordinance was discussed in the Council, and issued at the very hour in which all the Treasury journals had recorded in their columns those lively testimonies of public joy, and that unanimity of loyal sentiments, which, as they asserted, filled the factious with despair. " We may observe that the National Guard, from its nature, carries always with it the recollections of the city; that its discipline is not even in the eyes of Royal authority that of the armed force; that, in fact, the cry of Vine le Roi, from which the troops of the line are interdicted, was permitted to this civic guard ; that its officers gave it the example of acclamations, and that this appeal to the first of its sentiments led it to allow all others to escape. But no, discipline has been wounded ; the father of the country has heard the wishes of some of his children, when he had to expect only their homage. • , • - " But who are the first, the greatest criminals 7 Who has exposed the King and France to these melancholy scenes, by persisting in persevering, in spite of the unani mous expression of public feeling, a power always com promised and put in jeopardy while in their hands ?" &c. (From the Conetitutionnel.) " PARIS, Aran. 30.—The Ministers assembled yester day evening in an extraordinary council. We learn that the anti-monarcl . <'al and anti-national measure of the dis solution of that superb National Guard, the eulogy of which has resounded this morning in all the journals, even those of the Ministers, Was warmly opposed by the Duke de Doudeauville, who pointed out all the dangers of such a proceeding, and who, it is said, nobly protested against the calumnies, by means of which advantage has been so rashly and imprudently taken of the conscientious scruples of the Monarch. Unfortunately, the councils of wisdom were not listened to. _ _ _ • " It is this morning announced that the Duke de Dou deauville has sent in his resignation to the King. " We cannot describe the profound affliction, or rather stupor, which prevails in Paris. To-day, sorrow is as ge neral as joy was yesterday. It is this evening announced that Viscount Sosthene de la Rochefoucauld, Colonel of the late National Guard of Paris, has resigned his office of Director-General of the Department of the Fine Arts. Brussels Papers of the 2d of May have been received this morning. The only thing worth extracting is the spirited and wise Address of Lord COCHRANE to the Greeks previously to his joining their cause. He enforces :mna nimity as the only but sure mode of eman cipating their country. Discord will acce lerate their ruin, and drive him from their service ; but a noble oblivion of past feuds and petty jealousies will , cement their union, and with it achieve their independence. They may trust Lord COCHRANE-his words are not more prophetic than his, assistance is disinte rested, and as for his enthusiastic intrepidityL— the bravest of the Greeks may follow him without a blush : H'CDRA, MARCH 21. The following is what Lord Cochrane, on his arrival, said to the Deputies of Hydra, Speaaia, and Hermione : " Europe contemplates with joyful participation your noble exploits ; it does not fear that you will be again sub dued. lam come to co-operate with you in your deliverance. I leave behind me in Europe powerful and generous men, who are ready to succour you. The steam boats will soon be here. The several Committees will send you money and provisions. The only thing that 1 fear is, the discord which I hear prevails among you. I will not listen to what any of the parties say, I only tell you and announce to you that if you think lit to agree together, and to act in unison with me, Greece will be delivered, and that in a short time. By acting otherwise you will be ruined, and I shall soon forsake you." Lord Cochrane then announced the speedy commencement of the naval campaign. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. At the close of business yesterday Consols exhibited considerable weakness, and immediately after business some sales were made at 81i 2 ; this morning the market opened at 81k, at which rate several bargains were done; an im provement then took place to 82i 4, but they have since dropped to 82, remaining in a feverish state ; the dealers seem puzzled how to direct their operations, and the least intelligence, however unimportant, that transpires, has greater effect than might, in ordinary times, be expected. The debates which took place last night, in which so much angry feeling was manifest, and so much disappointment shown, have not tended to allay this tmeertainty in the public . mind ; in the mean time the disposition to invest money in India Bonds and Exchequer Bills increases, the former having advanced to the extraordinary premium of 72 4, and the latter to 47 8. Nothing important has taken place in the Foreign Funds, Mexican Bonds being steady at 68i ; and Colombian, 32-a It is reported in the City that the Congress have met at Bogota, and have unanimously refused to accept the resignation of the Libe rator ; and an expectation seems to be entertained that more extensive powers than he ever possessed will be offered for his acceptance, if he can be induced to take upon him self the Government of that Republic, In the other Foreign Securities little or nothing is at present doing, nor has any material fluctuation taken place. Three per Cent. Consols, 82 ; Ditto for account, 82 ; India Bonds, 72 4 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 47 8 pm. Fouricti.—Brazilian, 612 2 • Buenos Ayres, 57 9 ; Chilian, 31 3 ; Colombian, 32 7 11 ; Danish, 61 4 ; Greek, 161 4 ; Mexican, Five per Cent., 56 7 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 681 11 ; Peruvian, 29 31 ; Portuguese, 76 ; Russian, 90 ; Spanish, 12i .Mnip:s.—Anglo Mexican, 40 371 dis. ; Brazilian, 3 die. ; Colombian, 13 15 per Share ; Real del Monte, 80 90 pm. ; Tlalpuxabua, 20 pm. ; United Mexican, 13i 12} pm. Two o' Ouch. The City has been inundated with reports this morning ; among others, the resignation of the 'French' Minister, and the marching of troops of the line towards' Paris.— This had the effect of causing ConSols,to decline to . Bli ; they became rather, higher afterwards, and are now 82 ; the heavy stocks &Cop, and are lower ; 31 per Cents., 87-3- ; 4 per Cents., 1826, 97, India Bonds have reached 75. In Exchequer Bills no alteration. THREE O'CLOCK Consols, 82, buyers, scarcely any business. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 82 I Danish Bonds Do. for Ac. 82 Greek Do. 1825, 164 Brazilian Bonds I Mexican Do. 1825 68i Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 31 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 90 Columbian, 1R24, 32 5 Spanish Do. 124 TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—We liasten to an nounce to our readers, that we understand from good au thority his Majesty has signified his intention of visiting Tunbridge-Wells this season, for which occasion due pre paration will be made, and a suitable mansion fitted up.— Brighton Paper. A countryman' driving a team, the whole of which were of Pharoah's lean kind, was asked by a portly attorney, why the fore horse was so fat, and the rest so lean.? The countryman replied, " The fore horse is a lawyer, and the others are his clients." --Pottery Mercury. Upwards of sixty stage-coaches now start from and arrive at Cheltenham daily. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IM PE RIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. The House met to-day at half-past Four o'clock. Lord ELDON entered shortly after, and took his seat on the Woolsack, beside the Lord Chancellor. Their Lord ships.were soon joined by the Earl of Redesdale. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. The Bishop of CHESTER presented several petitions From the county of Lancaster against any further conces ;ions to the Roman Catholics. The Marquis of CAMDEN presented a petition from Maidstone against any alteration in the Corn Laws. Several petitions of a similar nature were presented by Lord YA RBOROUGH. Lord ROLLE presented a petition from a parish in the County of Devon against any concession to the Catholics. STATE OF IRELAND. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in moving for the returns of which he had given notice, and which he understood there was no intention to withhold, said that he was anxious to ascertain one or two facts - connected with the . state of Ireland. He wished to know whether any measures were in preparation for the purpose of car rying into effect the report of the Irish Committee in 1825, as respected the system of Education in that coun try, and the Grand Jury.Prosentments ? In the course of last Session, a Noble Earl (Liverpool), now unfortu nately absent, observed that the Government had applied its attention to the re-modelling of the Grand Jury System, and that the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of Education were employed in trying an experiment, with a view of seeing how far they could succeed in establishing a system which would please both parties.— The Noble Earl' now wished to know, whether the experiment had been tried, and what the result was. Lord GODERICH replied, that the Irish Government had for some time been anxiously esadeavouring. to effect a Reform in the. Grand Jury system. With respect to education; he was sure that all must know.how anxiously the Commissioners had been at work.. They had 'already, presented several reports, and were about to•present. their final one very. shortly. Under. thew. circumstances, the late Secretary for the Home Department, and the Secretary for Ireland, had found it imposaible to take 'any' steps until that final report was laid on the labia. The Noble Lord complained of the want of courtesy in being called upon off hand to answer queitions of this nature without previous notice. . The Marquis of LANSDOWN said that he bad been induced to abstain from mentioning the subject during the earlier part of the Session, from the • hope that the final report would contain the requisite information. THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. The Earl of WINCHELSEA then rose and said, I wish to know from the Noble Lords who have so recently taken their seats on the opposite side, whetht i• it is their inten tion to bring forward any of the three great Constitutional questions which they have hitherto so ably and so strongly supported. --(Hear, hear.) I allude, my Lords, to Par ,mentary Reform—the Abolition of Sinecuresand the Repeal of Corporation and Test Acts ?—(Cheers and laugh ter.) if they do not bring them forward I certainly will. Under the existing state of the Administration, of "the country, it is, I feel, my duty to quiet the extraor dinary agitation which prevails as to the course they are about to adopt. We have a Government composed of two parties, who had each violently " and, I believe, honestly differed in their opinions—and who entertained sentiments diametrically opposite, upon all the great questions that interest the nation. This is a sub ject upon which we ought no longer Cu remain in suspeuce, and I am determined to bring to the test the principles of the present Adminiatration. With this view, I now give notice, that on 'the I Ith of ince, I will bring forward a motion to the -, AO that this House resolve itself into a Committee to :consider the, s,s4e of the Nation. (Cheera.) 7 ---It i, clear, my Lords,, that some extraordi nary' alteration has taken place. There his ',either been on. the part of the Members of the _Administration, an abandonment of the opinions Which hitherto regulated their public life, or else there "hew exists no unanimity between th e m.--(Cheer.)=—:Orie,oriither of these pOsitions must be conceded to roe; and with the view of bringing the question to a decided issue, I now move that your Lordships be summoned for Monday the I Ith of June. . The Marquis of LONDONDERRY then • rose.—We are informed, my, Lords, by. public report, that some of the members of die new Administratiou have ,been only provisionally placed there, and The Earl of HARROWBY.,-My, Lords, so irregular a proceeding as this I never., heard.. A Noble Lord has merely ,given notice of a motion for a future day-- there is no question now hefove cannot, therefore, allow the Noble Lord to s proCeed, in this irregular manner. —(Hear, hear,) The Earl of LAUDERDALE--I apprehend, my Lords, there is a question before the House, and that peation is, 'that your Lordships be summoned on Monday the 11th of June—(Cheers and laughter.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY again arose, and, with considerable warmth said—l will not be put down by any Noble Lord on that side.of the House. If the Noble Earl who interrupted me, wishes to prevent the expression of my sentiments, be must address himself to a man of a differ ent character and spirit from me. The extreme baste with which the Noble Lord attempted to arrest me proves that what I was going to say was not likely to be very agreeable to him.—(Laughter. )—The Noble Earl felt rather a wkward,—lie is not sure, and hi: does not wish to have it asked whether the Noble Lords on his right and on his left are to remain there.—(Continued laughter.) --I now say , that which is publicly declared, namely, that the in dividuals who fill some of the offices of the new Admi nistrations—those for instance, of Secretary for Foreign Affitirs and the Home Department are not to be permanently fixed there. They are merely placed there until certain Noble Lords find how the campaign is likely tg go on. (Laughter.)—Until they find whether they are to march and join, or to fall hack and retire.—(Laughter.)— After remarking upon the state of things in this strain for some time, the Noble Marquis proceeded When I look on the opposite benches and see the motley assemblage, I cannot but conclude that the Artificer who formed the administration has divested it of all its ornament and support. It is now a sort of rubbish—(continued laughter)--very dexterously I will admit put together, but with respect to its durability I can not say much. The artificer has placed himself between• two opposing parties who will not, I am sure, have enough of strength to keep bim floating in the middle.— (Cheers.) —He had un.toried a part of the Tories, and unwhigged a part of the Whigs.—(Great laughter.) When I see the country situated as it is ; when I find that as I go aloe throug this metropolis every man I meet asks in God's name what is to become of us. Can I remain silent? The present Prime Minister has allied himself to those, whom for twenty years, he had been opposed—nay, more, lie has ad mitted them to his Councils.—(Cheers)—There is one point to which I cannot allude but with the greatest pain. I cannot contemplate with other feelings the situation of a Noble friend (Lord Goderich) of mine who- has receently taken his :seat on the opposite Benches. A friend with whom, since early life, I have walked, as it Were, bond in hand:--an individual who has assisted in carrying the glory of his country to the highest pitch, by his sedulous attention to its interests, and his' indefatigable in dustry. What must lie feel now on: being compelled to join with those to whom he had through life opposed. The Prime Minister may send Lords up here to us, but I am determined that "they shall net lord it over us.--(Cheers and laughter.) Lord GOODRICH said, 1 will not consent to be beaten in detail by going into this discussion, when the great campaign is to be opened on us on the 11th of June, and all the rubbish blown to the winds, and I declare to my God, that I care not what the result of that campaign may be.—(Great cheers.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, in explanation, observed, that lie did not intend to include the Noble Lord (Goderich) in that phrase to which he seemed to object. He only applied it to that portion of the Administration whiei had lat ly come in: The Marquis of ANGLESEA said, that the explanation which the Noble Lord had given of course applied to bin'. He was part of the " rubbish," but nothing that could be said in that way would induce him to to enter into a pre mature discusion.—(Hear, from the Treasury Bench.) Lord KING said, that if the Noble Marquis knew any thing of building, he must be aware that it was generally the rubbish which was removed.—(Great laughter.)— However extraordinary the Constitution of the present Ad ministration was in his (Lord King's) opinion, it was both more useful and more ornamental than the old House, which bad fallen.—(Hear and laughter.)—He would therefore remind Noble Lords of the expression of a celebrated French General, when he was told of the enemy's inclination to give battle. " I shall not fight" said he " when they wish but when I will. The Marquis of SALISBURY said, that however the present discussion was deprecated, it had originated in the undue• warmth which a Noble Lord opposite had evinced in endeavouring to stifle the observations .of his Noble Friend (the Marquis of Londonderry.) [Hear, from the Opposition benches.] That Noble Lord's long intercourse with the forms of the House might have taught him the impropriety of such interruptions. He confessed that he (the 'Marquis of Salisbury) was most de sirous to know the truth ofthat report which was in every one's mouth out of doors, namely, that some of the Noble Lords who now sit. on the Treasury Bench, had taken office provisionally. Lard HARROWBY rose to explain. The interruption he had given to the Noble Marquess, had been only for the purpose of preserving that order which was so necessary in the discussions of every assembly. As to the ge neral observations which had been made, for his own part, he could add but little to the observations of his Noble Friend (Lord Gooderich) like that Noble Lord, if he (Lord Harrowby) had acted in accord ance with his own wishes, he would have withdrawn alto gether from public life. He felt that this step would have been sanctioned by his increasing years ; for he felt that whatever faculties he might have had for the public service were daily diminishing. He had acted, however, on the advice and persuasion of others, who had informed him that the postponement of his intention would be useful to the public service. He could assure their Lordships his Lordship directed his eyes to the cross-bench on which that in acceding to the advice given him on this subject, he had made a great sacrifice of personal feeling,—(hear,) —and he owned he felt that sacrifice was greatly augment ed by his separation from those with whom he was accus tomtomed to act for many years, and fur whom he ever had, and ever would feel the deepest respect and the warmest attachment.---[The Noble Lord here became evi dently affected.]---It would be impossible for their Lord ships to estimate qis feelings, when he beheld those whom lie so much respected and esteemed.—(Here the Lord Eldon sate) sitting apart from him. • It was a source of unaffected regret to him, but he acted on principle, and that . principle he would be ready to explain on a proper occasion, that occasion the motion of a Noble Lord would afford. He for one, was most happy that such au oppor tunity had been afforded. The Farl of WINCHELSEA begged to be allowed to change the date of his motion from the II th June to the 31st May. - Earl SPENCER objected to - the manner in which the Noble- Lords' motion was made. -It 'should decide what day he intended to fix for his motion. The Noble Lord was quite irregular. Lord ELDON said, that the comicality if not the irre gularity of the Noble Lord's motion, wakthat he postponed it from June to May. The Earl of WINCHELSEA ultimately withdrew his motion, observing, that on Monday next he would fix on a precise day to bring it forward. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met this evening at the usual hour. Nothing of interest occurred in the early part of the evening. Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE took occasion to offer some remark on the formation of the Administration, which it was expected would give rise to a discussion. The Hon. Bart. was left speaking. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Admiralty-Office, May 2, 1821. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence has appointed Sir William Johnstone Hope, G.C.8., Vise-Admiral of the White Squadron ; the Right Hon. Sir George Cock burn, G.C.8., Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron; William Robert Keith Douglas, Esq. ; and John Evelyn Denison, Esq., to be his Council as Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Dominions, Islands, and Territories thereunto be belonging. St. James's-Palace, April SO, 1827. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Anthony Hart, Esq. upon being appointed Vice-Chancellor of England. Whitehall, May 2, 1827. The King has been pleased to grant unto the Right Hon. Sir Anthony Hart, Knight, the office of Vice-Chan cellor of England, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir John Leach, Knight, appointed Master or .Keerr of the Rolls and Records of the Court of Chancery. 'le Oro Whitehall, May 4, 1827. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, ap pointing his Grace George William Frederick Duke of Leeds, to be Master of the Horse to his Majesty. The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Rear-Ad miral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen, K.C.B. to be Master-Surveyor and Surveyor-General of the Ord nance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. — The King has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great. Seal, granting to Sir George Clerk, Bart. the loflice, of Clerk of the Ordnance of the United Kingdo►n of Great Britain and Ireland. Commission in the South Shropshire Regiment of Yeo manry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. John Salway, Gent to be Lieutenant, vice R. Tench, retired. 'Whitehall, April 26,1827. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Cheese, of Kington, in the County of Hereford, Gent. to be Maste► Extraw (Hilary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. R. Ford, Sutton, Surrey, dealer and chapman. BANKRUPTS. A. Rivenall, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, victualler. J. Giles, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Surrey, dealer. W. Jones, Tredgar-ironworks, Monmouth, shopkeeper. E. Gregson, Habergamheaves, Burnley, Lancaster, cot ton-spinner. F. F. and J. R. Lavanchy, Air-street, Piccadilly, ware housemen. T. Richardson, Sowerby, York, money-scrivener. I. Stacey, Newcastle-street, Strand, tailor. G. Parker and H. Paine, Birmingham, merchants. G. Heil!, Compton-street, Clerkenwell, baker. E. J. Cooke, Gloucester, corn-dealer. W. S: Rumball, Upper Park-place, Mary-le-bone, coach maker. M. Howitt, High Holborn, ironmonger. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from London and remain, the Vibelia, Stephenson, for the Cape ; Bur leigh, Chancellor, for Bermuda; Genii, —, for Rio ; and Lady Keith, White, for Genoa. Arrived, the Belle Al liance, Huntley, from India. - PORTSMO ITT 11; MAY 3.—Wind N. W. to W.—Arrived, the Edward transport, from Lisbon. Sailed, the Constan tine and Helena Russian ships of war, for St. Petersburgh ; and his Majesty's ship Redwing, for Sierra. Leone. SOUTHAhIPTON, MAY 3.--Passed, the Euphrates, Scott, from Calcutta. _ „.., . • . GRAVESEND, MAY 3..---Sailed, .. the Kingston, Bowen, for Bengal ; the Morning Star, Gibbs, for Ceylon ; and the Benjamin, Lidinan, for Cadiz. LivEaroor., MAY 2.—Arrived, the Higginson, Banks, from Barbadoes. The Manchester, from New Orleans, was off Holyhead yesterday. Extract of s Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Malta, dated April 16 : " His Majesty's brig Brisk arrived yesterday ; she came down with convoy from Smyrna. The Bramley and the Lively have passed for England. The Robert, Wake, has ar rived from Odessa. The Catharine, Crawford, from Smyrna to Liverpool, brought in here, yesterday, the French schooner Josephine, laden with oil, which she fell in with di - ,lnasted and abandoned. The Catharine will proceed immediately." By advices from Smyrna, 50 large mistics are building in Scarpento, for the purpose of piracy. Ships of war in port :—The Asia, 84 ; Modena, 20 ; Pelorus, 18 ; Pe lican, IS ; Mastiff, 6 ; Rose, 18 ; Brisk, 10 ; and the Racer cutter. CORN-EXCHANGE. There are moderate arrivals of all descriptions of Grain this week, and a smaller supply of Flour than of late. Wheat full) supports the advance of Monday last, with little doing, as the quant►ty of fine Wheat now here is so small. Batley, Beans, and Pease, well maintain the terms last quoted. There is a moderate demand for Oats at the prices last quoted. For fresh Flour the inquiries are good. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English 5,050 qrs. 1,950 qrs. '750 qrs. s,3soscks. Irish • - - 550 Foreign 1,150 4,600 10,500 THE AGGREGATE MEETING. (.Abridgetl from the Freeman's Journal of Wednesday). Yesterday the Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of Ireland was held in Clarendon-street Chapel ; and on no previous occasion have we witnessed so full an attendance. Sir THOS. ESMONDE, Bart. was called to the Chair. Mr. O'GORMAN said, he had called them there that day on a most important occasion, by a requisition more numerously signed than on any former occasion. They were called together in consequence of the rejection of their claims by the House of Commons, on a late discussion, but great events have since occurred. Gentlemen, said Mr. O'Gorman, the times have looked badly for us, but I hope a better day is dawning on unhappy Ireland, and while it becomes us not on the one hand to be too sanguine, neither should wt be too desponding. I confess when I see suck a man as the Duke of Devonshire coming into office, I have sanguine hopes for the liberation of my c•iuntry. The Learned SECRETARY then read two letters ; the one from Lord Kenmore, and the other from Lord Killeen, apologizing for their absence from the meeting. The O'CONOR DON rose to propose the first resolu tion. We understood him to congratulate the meeting on the happy and important Changes that had taken place in the Ministry; he was, he said, fully persuaded, that if the present Administration continued in office, it would be im possible that Ireland could long continue in its present state, the object of the late Ministry would be directed to turn out the present members of the Cabinet, and they should not, therefore, embarrass their friends by any precipitate measure of petitioning. Mr. BYRNE of Lisnawilly seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mr. H. O'CONNOR nest rose, and addressed the meet ing at some length in moving the second resolution. Mr. SHEIL said—Peel is out—Bathurst i 3 out--West inorland is out—Goulburn (but he is not worth mention) is out—Wellington, the bad Irishman, (he was once a page in the Castle, and acquired a habit of thinking as trailing as a Lady Lieutenant's gown,) is out—and, thanks be to God, the hoary champion of every abuse—the vene rable supporter of corruption in all its forms—the pious antagonist of every generous sentiment—the virtuous oppo nent of every liberal amelioration—the immaculate senator, who wept over the ruins of Grampound—Eldon, procras tinating, canting, griping, whining, weeping,. ejaculat ing, protesting, money-getting and money-keeping El don, is out. This, after all, is something. We have got rid of that csudid gentleman who, for an abridge ment of the decalogue, would abridge Ireland of her liberties. We have got rid of the gaoler who presided over the captivity of Napoleon, and was so well qualified to design what Sir Hudson Lowe was so eminently calculated to execute. We have got rid of the authoritative soldier, who has proved himself as thankless to his Soverign as he had been ungrateful to his country, and who had been put to the right-about-left—and, better than all—better than the presumption of Wellington,- the narrow-heartedness of Bathurst, the arrogance of Westmorland, the osten tatious manliness and elaborate honesty of Mr. Peel, we have got rid cf John Lord Eldon's tears.—(Cheers.) Yet it were doing him wrong not to admit, that once in his life his sorrows were sincere, when upon a recent oc casiom looking the sympathetic Wetherell, and the renegade Sugden, in the face, his Lordship wept and blubbered a re signation. The whole empire rejoices at his fall, and in that fall much has been already gained by this country.— Mr. Canning and his friends will not relinquish the de termination the moment they have acquired the powers to do us justice. I have no distrust.in them ; And with re spect to the measure which we ought to adopt, I will say but one word, namely, that we ought not to press our pe tition. bat act in such a way as not to harass and embarrass the men who are still surrounded with difficulties, and who must be allowed time to mature their good intents to wards our cause. They have been long convinced that Emancipation is requisite to allay our animosities, and every day affra (.4 a new illuftration of its necessity.— (Cheers.)—l confess that I look on the recent controversy which has agitated this city, as likely to be injurious to the cause of genuine religion; for it has made its most sacred mysteries a subject of theological chit-chat. I do not mean to cast the least blame upon Mr. Maguire, who was actually dragged into the combat by his opponent; on the contrary, I think that Mr. M. acquitted himself in a man ner which reflects the greatest credit upon him ; for al though hitherto unknown, and wholly unpractised in public speaking, he entered the lists with the great prize-fighter in polemics without dismay, and, deriving a genuine elo quence from the consciousness that he spoke the truth, evinced a decided superhaity over his antagonist. He was never once betrayed into anger—while his opponent, by his contumelious charges, indicated the depth to which his pride had been wounded. He looked at him with the smile with which Calvin ordered Servetus to the flames. It was altogether a most fantastic scene. A wandering dealer in inspiration, a sort of rider to the great manufactories of religion in the metropolis, takes it into his head that he can put an end to the dispute which has agitated the world, by putting down a country Priest, to whom he gives a challenge. God forbid that I should attempt to detail the various in cidents of the theological encounter. I should not, how ever, omit to mention that I was greatly edified by the nu merous attendance of the loyal portion of the bar, among whom were to be observed three eminent gentlemen who had signed the Anti-Catholic petition . under the influence of premature anticipations. But the person most deserv ing of note was Dr. Magee, who exhibited a strange alter nation of feeling, for when a blow was made by Mr. Pope at the Church without a religion,' the Doctor forgot that thEi gentleman belonged to a religion without a Church,' while, when the Priest knocked the mitre from the head of the Establishment, the Doctor exhibited no little uneasi ness. Had St. Paul ten, thousand a year ?' said the Priest. The Doctor gave a start. Had the teachers of the Gospel two millions of green acres in Palestine ?'-- the Doctor shifted his seat. Show me an authority for the drawing-room and the levee?'—the Doctor bit his nails. Show me a text for your equipages, and your banquets, and your chariots, and your pride, and you. pomp, and your titles, and your tithes, end your ceases, and your Church rates, and your fines, and all that system of grinding taxation, by which the sacerdotal power and splendour are preserved ? Show me' was proceeding in this strain of formidable expostula tion, when I turned to look at his Grace, and I found that the Arch—(what shall I call him?) The Arch bishop had disappeared.—(Loud cheers.)--I wish that Mr. Pope would take up this strain of interrogation, and that, instead of trying to convince Roman Ca tholic peasants to adopt the tenets, he would endeavour to persuade some Protestant Bishops to follow the pre cepts of the Gospel. He ought to be tolerably well satis fied that after his recent experiment, that he cannot obtain any very considerable renown by engaging in controver sial contentions with our clergy. In order, therefore, that he may not be left destitute of occupation, I beg leave to point out to him another and a better path to fame, namely, the glorious enterprise of teaching certain High Priests of the Establishment to adopt a more apositolic fashion of life; and if he feels that there is no ordinary difficulty in the un dertaking, he should remember that his merit will be en hanced by the obstacles he will have to encounter. Let him go forth and ascend the steps of his Lordship's palace, and having gained admission by a knock louder than a curate's tap, let bins rush at once to the banquet-room, and throwing open the doors, advance into the midst of the episcopal festivity. Let him march, with spectral strides, and when every eye shall have been fixed upon him, let him, with his deep and sepulchral voice, demand, whether it was after such a fashion that the Apostles dined—and shaking his phantom hand at my Lord the Bishop, let him ask, how, with his pampered paunch,. his bloated cheek, and his swimming eye, he would dare to appeal before that God, of whom he professed himself a mi nister ? But let not Mr. Pope stop here. After he shall have uttered his denunciations, and turned the Bishop pale, let him walk forth, and proceeding to the chamber where he hears the sound of the harp and the tabor, let him rush into the centre of the (lance, and after he shall have cast his lurid eyes around, when the sound of the fiddle shall have died away—when the astonished musicians shall have stooc aghast and mute—when the Bishop's wife shall have got into hysterics, and the Bishop's daughters shall have sought refuge in the arms of their partners—then let this modern Isaiah exclaim—" Wee unto the daughters of Zion." It will be strange if Mr. Pope does not succeed in putting waltzing, and all ether importations of German attitude, down. But it is not to the interior of the Pontifical Palaces that be should confine his efforts for a genuine Reformation. Let bins go forth into the public streets, and with all the intrepidity that becomes his heavenly mis sion, let him denounce the Anti-Christian abuses that pre vail every where around us. Let him stand at the door of the Kildare-street Club, for example, and inquire of the Deans, and the Archdeacons, and the Rectors, whether the . chambers of the indigent, the dungeons of the captives, the death. beds of the sinful, would not be more appropriate places for ecclesiastical resort—let him, if lie tees some wealthy and luxurious Dignitary rolling in his carriage with his wife and daughters to the Castle, stop the driver, and inquire whether the way to Heaven is not too narrow for a coach and fonr.—(Loud cheers.) — I have, I fear, pursued this topic too far, and intermingled ' too much levity with subject:: of solemn and awful, con sideration ; but I own I cannot help regarding Mr. Pope and his fellow labourers in the new Reformation with a feeling of combined censure and derision. The motion before the Chair having passed, Mr. WYSE, in moving the next resolution, addressed the meetin g in an eloquent and energetic strain ; after which Mr.O'CONNELL said he neither agreed in the expec tations, nor did he participate in the apprehensions of-his Learned Friend. He thought it was the romantic dispo sition of his friend which made him sad on so joyous an occasion. It was a period big with promise ; did they not see a Cabinet formed, and of the eleven members who compose it, nine of them were favourable to Catholic Emancipation ; and what were the two men who were opposed to it ; there was the Marquis of Anglesea, and Lord hex ley, who was rather to be accounted a fraction of a mt n. The Chancellor was not against them in principle ; he voted for them once, he voted against them another time on e pediency, but he refused to pledge himself on principle. When he he saw these changes, he did hope that something - would at last lie done for this lovely land, and that he saw the bright star of promise rising upon Ireland. He did not, however, quite agree with his friend Mr. O'Connor, he was not half so loyal as that gentleman, though he was some times inclined to be loyal. He (Mr. O'Connell) rejoiced that Mr. Peel was out of office; Mr. Peel, who had been ever-praised by himself; he rejoiced . that the pretext of praising him for an affectation of candour and sincerity had teem taken away ; he rejoiced, that the opportunity of arraigning him had been given ;- he was glad, he confessed, that the reign of the Duke of Wellington . had passed by ; what was the first use he made of his station in the House - of Peers? To vote against the friends, the relatives, the brothers of those who bled for him in the field : he rejoiced that the Duke of Wellington was done with, and he was sure every one rejoiced that Lord Eldon had gone by ; Lord ' Eidon who now wept that the power he abused so long had peen put an end to, and that his money could only accumu late at compound interest in future ; he rejoiced that the administration, of which Lord Eldon was the head had passed by, and that full time was now :riven them to preach and to pray ; he rejoieod to see , rich a man as Scarlett, the ornament e!' a::: lion; in office; he rejoiced to see Sir James blackintoali the arti ficer of his own fortune, and who raised himself -to he • I Chief Justice, and was now-Judge Advocate. General; he - rejoiced to see him in office ; he rejoiced to see the mighty talents of Brougham giving his support to. such men e he ejoiced to see the Marquis ofaLansdown who never spoke a - but for the good of his country,"he rejoiced to see him pre- • tiding over the deitinies' of the empire. His friend, Mr. Shell, had abused the late controversy, he ought not to have done so, fir as ha was a poet befpre, he was n-w• a. theologian, and had nreashed them an excellent sermon. But did the Catholics deserve Emancipation? That was he question which he would like M discuss. among the English nation : he would like to discuss it in a Meeting pf Protestants, and he would convince all of them who .vere to be ca,uvinced, that the Catholics did deserve Ewan ipation. Every thing had been done to turn them from :he ancient faith ; the sword and confiscation had been :Tied, yet have here stood seven million of Catholics. Mr. O'Connell then entered into a historical review of the events in England and Ireland since the Reformation, to ,how that while the Protestants, when possessed of power, had always used it to oppress the Catholics—the Catho des, when the power came into their hands, instead if retaliating, had shown a perfect oblivion of the past. France might raise a blush on the cheek of England— mt no (said Mr. O'Connell), England will blush no more --she will give liberty to Ireland—she will emancipate her people—and that will be the true reformation. I call on eou, one and all, to hope that 'the day of freedom is not tar distant. C,ll ! what a country this would be, if her people were united—if her legislature was restored—if we tad an Irish parliament sitting in our metropolis, our no oility and gentry living amongst us, and one strong firm bond of union and reciprocal good will among her people. For this 1 have lived—for this I have struggled ; it is not or any triumph over a party ; I disclaim it ; I wish to gasp every honest Irishman to my heart, who will but loin with mein making Ireland prosperous and happy. Mr. LAWLESS said, the meeting had all heard of the - changes that had taken place, and of the men who had been turned out, and he joined his friends in ringing the yells of triumph over their graves.. He rejoiced that they were gone ; but who were their successors, and what were the conditions on, which they held office ?—Copley was the oew Chancellor; young, powerful, talented, and bearing inveterate animosity to the Catholics ; and who was the Chancellor? Did they know his power? He was the Keeper of the King's Conscience. What were the con = Miens on which the new Ministry held office ? He could :ell the meeting : it was, that the Catholics should not be .mancipated.—(No, no.)—He said yes ; he had a proof of it in the Marquis of Lansdown and Mr. Brougham re itsing.to take office; they knew the secrets of the arrange ment ; they had, however, done one thing, and he gave them credit for it; they have said, if you are determined not to give liberty to Ireland, if you are determined not to amend the laws there, let the laws at least be administered which are in being. Lord Wellesley, it was said, was going, and, an a Member of Parliament expressed it, they were to have a Protestant Lord Lieutenant here ; for his part, he thought Lord Wellesley was a very good Pro: testant ; however,. this showed-the character of the new Cabinet ; and who were to , be the Councillors of this Pro testant Lord Lieutenant? Why, Mr. Joy and Sergeant Lefroy. When he saw such things, Ire thought they ought not to be idle ; he would, therefore, propose a resolution, Ind his resolution was, that a Committee of forty or fifty he appointed by the present meeting, it might be an . open Committee, for the purpose of preparing a petition to Par liament, and if they saw such an order of things esta blished in Ireland as he 'anticipated, then to press at once for discussion. Those very men who had written to request that they would not press their question at present, were aware that the Catholics were not to be anticipated; onetime they cannot press it because their enemies are in power, an other time they cannot press it because their friends were in power. NOW lie was not inclined to wait until those honest friends had gone by; another year, perhaps, might gee &cm in their graves ; if they had their question die-- Utast, d within a month they would have a majority of one Mildred in the House of Commons, and even the Bench of Bishops might respect a majority of this kind. When these resolutions were prepared the day before, he differed from them, and lie told the gentlemen that he would not be bound up by forty or fifty persons meeting in a back room ; he was determined to appeal to the good sense of his coun trymen, and he would now redeem his pledge by moving Iris resolution. The resolution not being seconded, Mr. KELLY, of Acton, Middlesex, moved the next resolution, that the Catholics could not accept of any thing hut unqualified and unconditional emancipation, which being seconded by Mr. James O'Gorman, pasted with ac clamation. Mr. FITZSIMON moved a resolution, calling on the Protestants to meet them in the spirit of conciliation, and with a perfect oblivion of the past, to unite with them for the good of Ireland. The resolution having passed, a vote of thanks to the Rev. Gentlemen of the Chapel was moved and carried ; after which, The O'CONOR DON was called to the Chair, 'and hanks being voted to Sir Thomas Esmonde, the Meeting roke up. The House of Comthons - i re-assembled last night. We have given at considerable leng!.i. Mr. Peel's speech, in explanation Of the circuti-t his resignation. It will be read with 1,u,1t.1 iLterest. We ire indebted to a second edition of the SUN for the report of this speech, which was reported, printed, and received in this city, in little more than fifteen hours after its de livery.—lt has been suggested that Mr. Canning may find it necessary to resort to a Dissolution. Stich a strong step, however, is not likely to be taken, unless the .7.sinister finds his majority small. It nest be recollected that Mr. Canning will have the support of the Whigs—ei. , ! Gren ville party—and many of the adherents of the lateiNii•istry ; nor must we forget that there are Members who have re cently undergone warm and expensive contests; some of these gentlemen would naturally feel a disinclination to adopt such a course as would induce . theMipister to expose them to a renewal of those contests. From these and other considerations, therefore, the idea of a Dissolution seems somewhat premature. In the House of Lords, the oppo sition to the Minister will be very powerful—as the Landed Interest is generally opposed to him. In anticipa tion of a Dissolution; a report has gone forth, that there will be an opposition both for this city and county. Worcester Journal of yesterday. EXPULSION OF THE COURIER.—An occa sion has occurred in this town, which, though perhaps not of much seeming importance, yet as manifesting the state and the strength of parties here,on the subject of the late Ministerial Arrangements, is of a very interesting charactec. A special meeting of the Subscribers to the principal News Room of this Blase, consisting principally of the Merchantq and most respectable inhabitants of the town and neighbour, hood, was convened for the special purpose of turning out tune copy of the Courier newspaper, and substituting, in its stead, the St. James's Chronicle, and two copies of the v ctc h mar . Of this due notice was given, and on Tues day last, (the market day here), the ballot took place. The importance of the business, as a trial of strength; was fully. evidenced by the muster on the occasion. It is highly gratifying to add, that the good old cause prevailed triumphintly, and may suffice to convince the Courier, that his boasted unanimity of the press is a veiy different thiug to that of the ph:ie.—Teed* /ntelligencir4 -