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~e~~~ ,ut - !;:7::/10 k ••ir 1.2,1 • . y4'~-~i~sr~ 1~ f . ~i • 7 _A'7; 'A • : I „ • :7.Zei„X4.4211. ii NumitEß 10,109, '' affecting the public credit, to give additional " facilities to the national industry, and to make " a further reduction in the burdens of the peo " plc." No attempt will be made, therefore, we presume, to reduce the interest of the debt. ' Some difficulties have arisen in the arrangement of measures for the suppression of the Slave Trade between this country and America. The President of the United States is much more dif fuse upon the same subject in his late speech on the opening of Congress. Ile alludes also to the line of demarcation between the territories of the two Powers in North America, in con formity with the treaty of Ghent, which he says is not yet drawn ; and to the unsettled state of the commerce between the United States and the British West India islands ; on both of which subjects the King's Speech is silent. The treaties with the new States of America are described in very guarded, terms:,- " His Majesty has taken measures " for confirming, by treaties, the commer " vial relations already subsisting between this " kingdom and those countries of America which appear to have established their separation " from Spain." Nothing is acknowledged, there fore, beyond the legislative protection of a com merce already existing. We are, however, con tent : in this way it generally is, that the energy of British subjects precedes the tardy measures of their Government. With this topic we couple the notice of the state of Ireland, occurring in an earlier part of the Speech, on account of the manner in which Mr. Brougham mingled them in the debate throughout an happy banter of the Lord Chancellor and Mr. Canning. Had the Right Hon. Secretary of State been as energetic and pertinacious in maintaining the rights of the Irish, as in asserting the independence of the South American States, there is no doubt that the Lord Chancellor's love for his country, and his unabated desire to serve her, would have still induced him to make part of- an Adminis tration, two important measures of which were contrary to his principles and advice. It is cu rious to see the Lord Chancellor the subject of debate between Mr. Canning and Mr. Brougham, each loving and esteeming hint alike : the one, probably, thinking that he has been happy enough to have wrung out of his Lordship's nar row policy the scanty recognition of legal trade with South America ; the other upbraiding the timidity with which the soft torture has been ap plied to his Lordship's mind, and asserting, that by the more liberal use of the same instrument, — his Lordship's love for serving his country,— more important concessions in favour of the Irish might have been extorted from him. Not a word is said of Spain or its protracted occupa tion by a foreign force. We are no parties to this transaction ; and therefore, probably, it should make no part of an address from the So vereign to his people ; or, the value of Spain is so trilling, that its acquisition by the rival of this country will be but as the dust in the balance ; or, it may be thought useful to familiarize our minds to the oppression of a people's liberties. [MORNING POST.] Parliament was yesterday opened by Royal Commission, the King not being sufficiently re covered to render -it safe for him to attend in person. His Majesty was thus deprived of the gratification he must have felt in personally con gratulating Parliament and the country on the success of those measures which have secured to the nation peace at home, respect abroad, an increasing commerce, a productive revenue, and a consequent decreased taxation. Well and truly is it said, in the Royal communication, that " there never was a period hi the history of this country when all the great interests of the na tion were at the same time in so thriving a con dition, or when a feeling of content and satisfac tion was more widely diffused throughout all classes of the Britiih people." And not less gra tifying is the Royal assurance, that notwithstand ing the expence arising out of the necessary aug mentation of our military establishment," such is the flourishing condition and progressive im provement of the Revenue, that it will still be in the power of Parliament, without affecting upub lic credit, to give additional faculties to the na tional industry, and• to make a further reduction in the burdens of his people." Our readers will see that the Speech affords a full confirmation of all we have from time to time stated relative to the formal recognition of such of the South Ame rican States as have established their separation from Spain—a measure of the soundest policy and wisdom on the part of Ministers, and one from which the most important commercial advan tages cannot fail to be derived by the country. It is with no slight degree of satisfaction also that we find ourselves completely borne out by the Royal communication in every thing we have said and urged relative to the mischievous pro ceedings of the Roman Catholic Association, and the absolute necessity of putting down so dan gerous a body by a speedy Legislative enactment. Almost in our own words does the Speech, in re commending without delay the application of a remedy to this alarming evil, pronounce the pro ceedings of the Popish Demagogues to be " irre concileable with the spirit of the Constitution, and calculated, by exciting alarm and by exas perating animosities, to endanger the peace of so ciety, and retard the course of National Im provement."—An effectual remedy will of course be immediately applied. The Debate in both Houses, although confined to a very few Mem bers, was highly interesting, and displayed con siderable eloquence on each side. We have at present no space for a recapitulation of the argu ments; but our readers will be delighted with the FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1825. EASE' INDIA HOUSE, Feb. 2, 1825. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED CONIPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Nutice, That a GENERAL coma of the said Company will he held at their House in Leadenhall-street on FRIDAY, the 11 t1s Instant, at Eleven u'Clock in the forenoon, at the de sire of Niue Proprietors, agreeably to the following Letter, " To the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and Court of Direc- tors of the Last India Company• " London, January 3!, 153;,. " GENTLEMEN—«'e, the undersigned Proprietors of East i fidia Stock, being duly qualified, do hereby request that you Will summon a Court of Proprietors, at as early a period as may be convenient, for the purpose of taking into considera tin the Hyderabad Papers nosy before the Pr opr.etors, as Lir as they respect the conducts:444re Most Noble the Mar quis of Hesstings, late Govertior-General of India. " 30sEpH HUT: " DOUGLAS KINNAIRD " THOS. MURDOCH. .-" RANDLE JACKSON " R. RICKARDS " WM. CUWL'IS "JAMES Sl-SAW " J. DOYLE • " ALEX. JOHNSTON." PETER AUBER, Assistant Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Feb. 2, 1825. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the UNITED• COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Nut ice, eat on the 31st of December next, and on the same day ' 1 " each succeeding year, until the whole shall 'be discharged, the S ePlennial Loan Obligations issued under the Court's ` l4,e tlisetneut of the 12th July, 1811, and renewed in the Year 1 818, for a further period of Sesen Years, will be dis *barged, agreeably to the Terms and Conditions in the man htr pointed out in the sth and 6th Clauses, viz.:— " Fifth, That whenever the respective Instalments of this Doan shall be in coot-se of payment, the holders of it shall l 'oe an option of being paid either in Cash, in India, or by 1111 8 upon the Court of Directors, at an exchange of two shillings and sixpence for each Sicca Rupee, such Bill to be drawn at eighteen months date, to be forwarded by the Ac countant General, it required, free of expence to the par ties, provided the option of payment in India be declared, in writing, by the Holders or their Attorneys, six months isr, v i otis t o such repayment, and in default of such notice, th e repayment to be made by Bills upon the Court of Direc tors, subject to the same conditions of remittance. " Sixth , That the Court of Directors shall have a power of postponing the discharge of the Bills drawn in liquidation o f principal, fur one or two yea's - , upon the payment. of interest half yearly, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annual." PETER AUI3ER, Assistant Secretary. WELCH IRON and COAL MINING COMPANt. Capital .£2.50, 000 in Ten Thousand Share s of £ 25 each . - PETER MOORE, Esq. M.P. Chairman. I)I•PUTY CAAI [MEN. n iain Kershaw, Esq. IS.B. M. Barrett, M.P. The lion. AIL Bingham 'John Dent, Esq. The Right Hon. Earl of Do noughmore General G asc oyne, hn Gray, Esq. DIRECTORS. Adolphus Kent, Esq. The Rt. lion. Lord Viscount Palmerston William Newman, Esq. Philip Perring, Esq. The Kt. Hon. Lord Teynham. AUDITORS. John Horlor, Esq. I William Prater, Esq. Robert Hone, Esq: I William Venning, Esq. Treasurers—Messrs. Sir John Perring, Bart., Shaw, Barber, and Co. Standing Counsel—John Evans, Esq., John Hildyard, Esq., Joshua Rowe, Esq. Solicitors—Alessrs. Wilks and Verbeke. }fine Superintendant—Thomas Jones, Esq. (Plas Grono.) Aline Surveyor—James Cooper, Esq. Bilston. Secretary—John Lawford, Esq. NT,Tilis Company is established for working valuable Iron Y orks, already secured in North Wales. Of fices will be t a k en f or t h e C ompany i n a f ew d a y s , an d d ue notice given thtzeof; but in the meantime any applications re litelve to the Company may be made to the Secretary, at 36, w operaßroad-street, where Prospectuses, detailing the plans and tion s of th e Company, may be procured. JOHN LAWFORD, Sec. , ± 3B , New ft o I-street, London. Feb. 2, 1825. • This Day was published, price is. -A SKETCH of IRELAND in 1824 : the Sources of her Evils considered, and their Remedies su ggested. .tP._ri!tted for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers' Hall street. bOUBLE TUBEItOSE ROOTS, 6s. per D ozen —Italian Veg e tabl e and o th e r Se e ds, &c. just x i ti tod .at C. B ARRON ' S , 19, Pail Mall, late Partner with r •BartoV a ll4 . lu Also, some fine Aonies and Ranut : ' l oots. 2s. tid. to Gs. per dozen— n Turkey Cucumber and e r ess Se e d, Is. per packet—Earl and late Malta Giuli a ler, R ointat Brounti, Italian End d ive, Arabian Cabbage, gi't Plant Seeds, I s . tid. p er p ac k e t. Di rec ti ons . for roanting the above, and Lists of many other recent suptilleS 4 n , _ b e had.--- New ' Sallad Oil, Honeycomb Parmesan, Genoa d Islaples Maccarotti, with the Italian Receipt to dress it. THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY ' Extr acisfrom the Morning Papers, Feb. 4, 1825. [THE TIMES. /le King's ann ua l Sp eec h on the opening of P....at:Lament, was yesterday read by one of the t;ornmissioners, His Majesty's health not allowing of that exercise of the prerogative personally. The subject matter of the Speech gave occasion to a d ebate in both Houses, but to no division. We shall slightly touch some of the topics on which it tre ats. " There n ever was a per i o d," says th e SPeeoh ) " when a ll th e great i nterest . ; of the ca tion were at the same time in so thriving a eon " dition." Wotild that the lesser interests partook of this affluence ! Would bread were cheaper for them ! And we are the more ardent in this wish, a s we do not perceive that any approaching change in the Corn Laws is intimated in the Speech. The melancholy truth comes out in the separate address to the Commons, that an in crease of the military establishment is necessary ; and of course the reduction of taxes is spoken of in very measured terms. " The flourishing con dition and progressive improvement of the re " venue will still enable the Commons, without happy strain in which Mr. Secretary Canning so ably and effectually intl. Iged ; as well as the no less forcible and convincing manner in which Lord Liverpool treated the various subjects. — Both these distinguished Statesmen expressed in the strongest manner their fixed determination to put down the Catholic Association, as a body inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] " There never "was a period in the history of this country (it is said in the Speech from the Throne) when all the great interests of .the na tion were at the same time in so thriving a condi tion, or when a feeling of content and satisfaction was more widely diffused through all the British people. It is no small addition to the gratifica tion of his Majesty, that Irelan - 1„ is participating in the general prosperity. 'And yet the very same Speech which contains these consolatory statements, contains also the germ of abundant dissention. The Session has, in fact, opened with indications of contention, which have not dis played themselves so early for many years. Eng land is prosperous, and Ireland is prosperous, but then , the Catholic Association has contributed greatly in the tranquillization of Ireland, and, in the opinion of the Cabinet, disorder without the Catholic Association is preferable to tranquillity with it. The reasoning of Mr. Canning is quite conclusive on.this point. " I admit (he says) that the system according to which Ireland is go verned is vicious, but then were I to retire from office, the system would not be improved, while my condition would be deteriorated. I admit that the system in question is impolitic, that the exclusion of the great body of the people from power and place ou account of their religious opinions, is to deprive the Government itself of all those means of securing obedience, which sup ply the place of force ; and, therefore, to create the most degrading species of tyranny. I allow that the tranquillization of Ireland can only be effected by the breaking of the whole system of parties, and that the consequence of putting down the Catholic Association, would be to de prive the Catholics of their principal means of defence against Protestant aggression, to add to the -insolence of those in power, and to the exasperation of those who suffer from_ it,. and to give increased force to party admit that when the body of the people are cut off from all communion with Goernment, and are placed wider subjec. tion to men who have no sympathy with them, and conceive they have an interest in perpetu ating their degradation, this body can only be in fluenced - through those leading- men in its own rank, in whom confidence is reposed ; but though Government has uo influence, and can have no in fluense, except through Catholic persons of con sideration, that consideration is with me a ground why I should endeavour by law to prevent these persons of consideration from'exercising any in fluence over their fellow citizens." This is really the sum and substance of Mr. Canning's reasonings for putting down the Catholic As sociation. cc What pledge is given by this reply (that of the Address), unless the House be prepared to say that the Catholic Associa tion, according to the character given of it by the Honourable and Lexrned Gentleman. [NEW TIMES.] The outline which we were yesterday enabled to give of his Majesty's Speech, will be found to have embraced all the great features of that me morable and gratifying document. The Speech itself will this day be found in our columns, and it will be perused by our readers with senti ments of proud delight. It describes a state of the country to which, as was justly observed in the course of the Debate, we may apply without flattery, what was applied with excessive flattery 11l ancient Nil oriturum alias, nil ()rum tale fatentes. " There never was a period in the history of this country," says his Majesty, " when all the great interests of the Nation were at the same time in so thriving a. condition ; or when a feel ing of content and satisfaction was more widely diffused throughout all classes of the British people." Phrases of this kind sometimes find their way- into strained and hyperbolical panegyrics, but here we all feel the expressions used to be the cool, temperate, and faithful language of pure description : we are in no " fiction," no " dream of passion," when we contemplate the national prosperity ; but enjoy The sober certainty of waking bliss. To this truth even those Peers and Commoners who usually vote in opposition to his Majesty's Ministers cordially assent : and the only point for which they contend is, that the merit rests with themselves for sundry judicious hints and wise suggestions, which in the course of their long occupation of the Opposition Benches they have from time to time thrown out. We do not wish to disturb their self-satisfaction in this respect. They have talked much, and may have not wholly talked in vain ; but surely the chief credit must be given to the actual directors of those measures, the happy results of which we all feel and gratefully acknowledge. As to the detail of our commercial advantages,. timt part of the discussion was most ably followed up by Mr. Alderman Thompson, whose intimate ac quaintance with the subject gave additional weight and value to all that he said. The prac ticalprinciples from which those advantages are derived, were eloquently developed in the other House by Lord Dudley and Ward, who clearly showed that in many instances our trade had made its way in spite of the restrictive system, and might therefore be expected to advance (as • Ml* ' ' SUN. in fact it is advancing) with redoubled rapidity, now that so many of those restrictions are removed. [TILE PUBLIC LEDGER.] The Speech, which was delivered yesterday by Commission, gives ample scope for honest congratulation, and, with one or two exceptions, is entitled to unqualified approbation. We quote the following passage with thut proud satisfac tion which every Englishman must feel at the glowing description it contains of the prosperity of the country :—" There never was a pe riod in the history of this country, when all the great interests of the nation were, at the same time, in so thriving a condition, or when a feel ing of content and satisfaction was more widely diffused through all classes of the British people. It is no small addition to the gratifica tion of his Majesty, that Ireland is partici pating in the general prosperity." Strong as this language is, it has a taint of exaggeration; and the reference to the state of Ireland makes the whole complete, as a just sub ject of national exultation. If that country did not share in the general improvement, there would be a flaw in the whole, which even the most splendid eloquence could not gloss over. It had been long the fashion to consider her situa tion as one of those desperate political cases, alike incapable of improvement and repose, but we now see the rottenness of this theory ; and are glad to see it admitted that there is no disease of the political body, however inveterate, but will yield to enlightened and kind treatment. ft is somewhat strange, however, to see harshness re commended, when its necessity has bee❑ tri umphantly disproved ; and it is certain!) , anoma lous to speak of tranquillity and coercion in the same breath. To dissolve the Association, with out relieving the Catholics from their disabilities, would show a spirit wholly different to that which guides the rest of our policy ; and which would account for the proposed augmentation of our Army. We hope, however, that Ministers will mix - conciliation with firmness ; and that when they have a law to put down the Associa tion, they will introduce a Bill to admit the Catholics within the pale of the Constitution. Emu paEss.] We h a v e not space or time t( do more than briefly call the attention of our readers to the debates in both Houses last night. The admira ble speech of Mr. tiecretary Canning - N‘ ill be read with great satisfaction. [MORNING T1ER.411).1 - As it isqlte peculiar province of the stage " to show the age andbody of the time, its form and pressure," we ought not to be surprised that its professors of our day exhibi(„,.littheir own pro per perions, the two mostpreVaiiing characteris tics of the age—quackery and humbug.—When Mr. Etliston, therefore, in the face of an offended audience, squeezes Mr. bean's hand, and the lat ter kisses the managerial fist of the other—when Mr. Kean, with a patriotic enthusiasm, expresses a pious hope that the persecution he is enduring will not, for the honour of his country, reach the pages of foreign Journals, we have two as admirable instances of both these qualities as their most devoted professor can wish. But as far as common sense and common decency are concerned, the very reverse of these things , would have been better. Ilad Mr. Elliston, when he seized the hand of his " co•mate and brother in exile," exclaimed, " Brother, bro ther, we are both in the wrong," the audience would have been better pleased with the truth, if not the sincerity of the avowal : and as to Mr. Kean's hope that the affair will not reach foreign Journals, though we may wish for his sake it were not the case, yet the thing having been braved, and having happened, we rejoice, for the moral character of the country, that it should be so. We will not think so meanly of foreign Jour nals, or of their readers, as to suppose that the knowledge of the manner in which a British audience and the British Press have seized upon and resented the present outrage • upon public morals and decency, will not tend to confirm and elevate the high sense of honour and propriety with NI hich, we trust, our national character abroad is stamped, in spite of the loose ex amples some of our expatriated countrymen may present to their attention. But we are tired of this nauseus subject. Ileretofore, - " when the brains ' were out, the man would die here tofore, when an audience condemned a per former—when they thrice refused to hear one word of his part, the manager, with respectful submission to their will, withdrew the obnoxi ous actor from their view. But now, forsooth, this is all persecution, and the audience are the offenders, and not the actor ! If there really were any difference of opinion among the mo ral and right-feeling part of mankind upon the occasion, we would readily pause for a deci sion of the question. But there actually nei ther is nor can be any such thing. how the audience might have- received Mr Kean six months, or even one month hence, is quite another question. But the audacity of not only braving public censure, but of claiming pub lic applauses on the very heel of one of the most profligate displays which has ever disgraced the annals of the country, admits but of one decision on the part of those who have to decide the matter. That decision had been unequivocal ly pronounced : and if • the bad taste—the bad judgment—or the avarice of the manager, conti nues to convert the Theatre into an arena of riot and contention, there is an authority which must be resorted to to prevent U. PRICE SEVENPENCU. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, FEB. 3. This day Parliament assembled for the dispatch of business , His MA,TESTY'S health not permitting him to attend in person, the Session was opened by Commission. At tivt 7:ve o'clock Lord GwYDYn, the Lord Great Chamber lain, examined the cellars and vaults under the Speaker'shouse, and other parts of the building, as is customary at the corn- , mencement of every Session. • At two o'clock we observed many of their Lordships arriving, and at half-past two the House assembled. By this time many Ladies, in full dress, were admitted into the body of the House. The Lords Commissioners, viz. the Archbishop of CANTER BURY, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earls of WESTMOR LAND, SHAFTESBURY, and HARROWDY, having taken their seats on the Woolsack, The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered that the Commons should be summoned to the bsr of their Lordships' House, to , hear his Majesty's Commission for opening Parliament, and the Speech read. In a fete minutes the SPEAKER, attended by a number of the :Members of the Rouse of Commons, appeared at the box. The Commission by which their Lordships were empowered to open Parliament having been read, The LORD CHANCELLOR rose, and delivered his Ma jesty's most gracious Speech to both Houses, (a correct copy of which will be found in THE SUN of yesterday). The Commons having withdrawn, Viscount STRANGFORD was introduced as an English Baron, and took the oaths and his seat. The House then adjourned during pleasure. At five o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR resumed his seat on the Woolsack. _ _ On the motion of the Earl of LIVER pooL, the Select Vestries Bill was read a first time. THE ADDRESS. The LORD CIIANCEILoRI:ving - again read the Speech from the Woolsack, and the Clerk having done the same at the table, Viscount DUDLEY and WARD rose.—ln moving an humble Address to his Majesty,in answer to the gracious Speech from the Throne, betook a view of the different situation in which others had stood when performing the same duty, either during the course of a long and doubtful war, in which success was pur chased by the greatest sacrifices, or at a later period, when after that war had been closed by a series of astonishing triumphi, commercial difficulties had succeeded, and obstructed the gene ral prosperity of the country. Those tasks required abilities of a higher nature than those which he possessed, for it was his good fortune, after a struggle of thirty years, to have to call upon their Lordships to carry to the foot of the Throne their unmixed, and he trusted unanimous congratulations, on a state of prosperity which had never before been attained or surpassed by this country. When peace had crowned her efforts some years ago, a long period of distress had ensued, and it was only now that she enjoyed the benefits of her heroism and re solution, and reaped all she had sown in constancy and diffi culty. He called upon those among their Lordships whose attention to public affairs had been early awakened, like. his own, by the storm that raged in Europe, and who had watched with anxiety the accidents of' the contest, to consider the striking contrast which the present displayed, and the manner in which so great an end had been achieved. If any deviation frual our Constitution had been imposed upon us by the pressure of events, no sooner had that pressure been removed than we had returned to our Constitu tion with elastic vigour. He then directed their Lordships' attention to the flourishing state of the arts, and the astonish ing results presented by that world, discovered a few cen turies ago, and inhabited by barbarous nations, which had .now become civilized states ; a world abounding, not only with those metals which allured cupidity, but with those more useful productions which sustained life, promoted in dustry, and formed the foundation of boundless prospe rity. The people of England felt the advantages which they enjoyed, and general contentment was on a level with general prosperity. There - never was a time when the spirit of useful improvement was more active, not only in objects of art, but in the details of domestic administration, or when the spirit cf mischief was more completely subdued. There never was 1, time when there was more attachment and obedience to the throne; not the blind obedience of the servile herd, but thet • allegiance which was not less rational than due. Never bad there been more enterprise or more honourahle ambition. The documents of our prosperity were in every hand, and one of its irrefragable proofs was the important fact that we had a dimi nished taxation and an encreasing revenue. Our credit stood at the highest, for our public faith had remained unbroken, and there was nothing to contrast with our prosperity. In a war undertaken on the most legitimate grounds, we had contracted a debt of enormous magnitude, and many had much difficulty to conceive how we should bear its weight. But we had never sunk, and instead of violating our engagements, the only criti cism upon our finances was, that we had acknowledged a greater ' debt than we had incurred, and that we had overpaid our cre ditors. It was satisfactory to know that our prosperity was founded on the soundest principles of commerce and political economy. It was usual when there was a departure from an established system and the adoption of new principles, that the advantage should be slow and gradual, but we had been so for . tunate, that in every case in which we had made the applica tion of new principles, they had produced good effects at once, without passing through that intermediate state. One instance in point was the change effected last year by a Noble. Earl opposite in the Silk Trade. All must recollect the oppo sition made to the measure, how the avenues to the House were obstructed by the Weavers and their Petitions complain ing that they should be ruined. But, what had been the result of that measure ? It had raised the silk trade to a level with the great staple trade of the country, the cotton trade, and la all foreign markets from whence they were not excluded, our silks had the advantage over all others. This was an additional proof that the great prosperity of England had not arisen ise consequence of the restrictive system, but in spite of it. Ire land also, though in a less degree, had shared the general pro sperity ; she had increased In wealth and in, industry, arid not withstanding religious animosities, the savage turbulence whicit had long disgraced that country had given.. way to knowledge and order. It was too much the fashion to speak of Ireland as an ill-used country. It was true that in old times England had governed her as one barbarous country governs. another: —lt - was true that in later ages Protestant England. had not adopted the most friendly or liberal policy towards her ; but for years Ireland had shared the anxious care of. Parlianaent every effort had been made to promote her interests, and such a degree of partiality had been displayed towards her, that is seemed as if Parliament were sensible that a long arrear of kind ness was due to her. He wished to avoid controversy, bUt whets Ireland came in for so much in the situation of the whole empire and the Catholic question for so much in the situation of Ire land, it was impossible to abstain from a few remarks on the subject. It was his misfortune to differ on this point with some of those whose measures he was generally disposed to support. He always thought, and still did think that the final settlemeett of Ireland depended on Catholic emancipation. He looked. upon it as the necessary foundation of peace in that country, because, sooner or later, it was inevitable, and it would be resube it'ueties would preferable that it should be considered an act of wilful justice on the part of those who gave it, than the effect of necessity_ The Catholics laboured' under a great error if they believed that the Protestants were influenced in their opposition by merely hostile and exclusive feelings. He did not deny that such a spirit might mix itself up with other sentiments, but is was not the spirit which actuated the great Protestant BoaY- They really feared for the safety of their Religion and their Church. The truth was, the Catholics suffered for the faults of their ancestors. It was to be lamented that when those were in power, and persecuted other creeds, their friend:ifhtialde au_ hands of the Heretics them to consider what would be the thority which they enjoyed ever passed into Heretics whom they pursued, and that all h ecn)ublyd otheroaly tremble at the remembrance., remember those persecutions, and c n a e' iri an ed d o . n which the and it was that which inspired the averero He thought it a Catho lics of the present day had to encounter.of Catholic emancipation, be remembered and visited on their poste:at their cruelties did now prejudice which stood in the way and conciliatory means.. He therefore but it was a natural give way to mild Catholics using an intemperance of lan, regretted to find the belief that their Cla e calculated to create antu se as gunge Their conduct trod on the utmost v erge of eadem. If the contest of the law. than those of argument, in that contest they were t ey were not likely to succeed. Every thing like malice or hos tility only served to delay their emancipation and to bring 'the and were reasonable eretobe question to that calamitous issue, who was the strongest