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l'oda sheuld he fouttliwith taken into their consideration. The fl °n• Bart. th e n quote s t h e op i n i on o f Mr. Burke, Mr. Grattan and oth ers i n support of the view Wh i c h h e too k o f t h e question be fore the H ouse . H e agree d w i t h t h e Ri g h t H on . Secretary ff of . State for Foreign Affairs, that if the course of Lord Welles ey's GOver nment had trot been interfered with, it would have con ferred prospective benefit upon the country. But lie drew W NI , a disti nct i on between Lord Wellesley and Lord ells' leY , s admi nistration, and contended that Lord Wellesley had had were no opportunity of acting upon his own views. They thwarted by a divided Cabinet. In that Cabinet, out of the six which composed it, including Lord Wellesley, fourthin g oPpesed to him. lie would venture to say that no such . as a Catholic Association would have existed in the country it Lord Wellesley had not been tied up by this state of things. te He believed that no measure of the House could reach . the Association, without repealing all the laws which gave liberty and protection to the subject. He would say, therefore, let Association alone; let the Orange Societies really be discoun tenanced; and let the Bible Society put a stop to their attempts_ e at p rose l ytism, and Mr. O'Connell and the Leaders of th Association would then be unable to excite disturbance or alarm, The present measure ought not, in common sense, in c ommon prud ence, or i n common h onesty, to b e passe d ; but it . Passed, it mi g h t d o i n fi n i te m i sch i ef, w hil e i t wou ld neve rwurk the e ffe ct i n tended. The intelligence of the people had ma terially advanced and they consequently felt much of f m p or r e strongly the sense of injury or oppression. The Charge Magee to his Clergy had made a great impression upon the . Minds of the Catholic body, and largely contributed to the pre p vention of tranquillity amongst them. He trusted that this Bill would not pass, for it would be considered as an act of the English People against the Irish. It was time that they should open their eyes, and look to' the necessary results of what they were f u i ,u l " ' • and he sho u ld no t consi d er th a t lie had done his duty, he did not warn the House against what he conceived must be the inevitable result of such a course.—(Cheers from the Oppo stion) t,,t,ii th e --- M svhat wou ld an li on . :ember, whom he saw opposite, north of Ireland, say upon this subject? " Put down s -thereatholic Association," he knew, he would say ; but wa ley s ng I , else He had been accustomed to hear it coupled ,111 Ireland with nothing more nor less than doubling the army i . efts shelv e d the feeling and the expectation of all parties, arn h mplored the II ouse to pause in this first step of a careerwhic must be ruinous and fatal to the empire. Illr. LESLIE. FOSTER commenced his observations in , a Ptone whi c h was not distinctly audible. Be described the Ca dc Associati on as a b ody exerc i s i ng a ll t h e f unct i ons o f a Piament, identifying itself with the mass of the Catholic po- P , ul ation, end b e i ng t h e common focus of di scontent and irrita tion, It was t rue t h at t h e d ebates an d acts o f t h e Assembly were open to the public to a certain extent ; but for the manage enent and a p p li cation of its monies a Committee constantly sat, whose Proceedings were not reported, and who, as he had be en w ell informed, were in daily correspondence with a large body of men in ail parts of Ireland. The nature of the Parliansentary Functions assumed by this assembly had been so fully described i. t 'Y his Right Hon. Friend, that it would be unnecessary for him again to enumerate them to the House. The chief of these I undoubtedly considered to be the levying of what was called the Rent. The manner in which this wasdone appeared to him to be not less objectionable than the measure itself—he meant through the medium of the priests. Was it:proper, he would ask, that the ch apels dedicated to religious purposes alone should become the teasittry desaoufa scene wh ere a ll th e f ee li ngs o f ever y politi ca l ani party hatred were a rou s ed ? Putting out of view the Purpo ses to w h ich such funds might be applied, the moment the rent h a d b een paid by the Catholic an undue confidence w as rai se d i n his mind as to something which was to be done in tr„ hel .lalf, and an equally un d ue apprehension was excited in - Mimi of the Protestant, thus creati a severance of what. ler union existed between them. The ng moment the Catholic ten t was collected in a district, adieu to all harmony be , -en the two sects, and, consequently, to the peace and (re • . 7,lllNuillity inseparable from a state of mutual canfidence.— is was one of the features of theca se which he thought im hperiously called upon the House to put the Association down. t w as scarc e ly necessary f or hi m to repeat the allusion which " ‘ead been made t o th e i nvocat i on upon the hatred borne to r angemen ; he wo u ld on l y d o so f or t h e purpose of shewing its application and effect. It must be retnemb'sred, that this was chiefly addressed to the Catholics of the West and South of Ire ia.nd, He was one who regretted that Orange Associations ex isted at all ; an d i n those parts of the kingdom they were cer tainly unknown. Th e C atholic population there were in the habit of hearing denunciation s of Orange Magistrates and Orange Police, and considered such parties only to be Orange- Men. But after the circulation of this address, every one who did not subscribe to the Rent would be considered as Orange men by these ignorant and deluded people; and consequently ' they were taught by the Catholic Association to bear hatred against th e entire Protestant community. Let the house look to the consequence of this, and say whether the Catholic Asso ciation sho u ld b e suffered to continue unmolested in its career. Would not this inevitably lead to similar feelings and similar combination on the other side ? Hon. Members Might argue upon speculative opinions in that House, but he w as acquainted with the fact that such feelings had already Item engendered i n many parts of Ireland. In one instance, 'the alarm created in the minds of the Protestant inhabitants dr ove them t o th e act of taking up arms in the expectation o f being attacked. The alarm he believed was unfounded.— ‘lfear, hear, from th e O ppos i tion.)—He believed to have been th un founded, but it w as a natural consequence growing out of e conduct of the Association. —(Cheers.)—The inhabitants of th e town, t o w hi ch he alluded, sat up the whole of a particular ni ght, in constant fear of their lives. Was this a state of things to be tolerated ?—(Cheers.)—Let them suppose that any acci u ° ;ntal c i rcumstance had occured on that night, such as the firing I le a g u ll by a poacher, or th e casua l b urn i ng o f a cottage. Th e '. xt m orning would hav e seen th e t wo sec t s arrange d aga i nst r'acb other in deadly strife. Was it right, then, to leave in ex ence a body whose avowed object was to sow disunion and ; °4t a l litY throughout the country—to implant hatred on both thereby to impede and counteract whatever was proposed tOe,be done for the amelioration of the country. Was it tight to leave them encouraging the hopes of the Catholic Peasantry by visions which could never be realized—which could certainly never be realized by the measure con tendedvi for by Honourable Gentlemen opposite. Their ar ti?Ut was not so great in pursuit of political rights; it was eir belief in the spritual superiority of their faith, which w as s , most readily acted upon. They never would have subscribed to the rent if it had been demanded for that ob stieet, for they would have no confidence in the money being a o d a PPlled• The Catholic Association, therefore, wisely ores another course, and, by a union with the priests, t h„, l s upon the religious feelings of the people. The Ca- Pence 'Joe Clergy, who were supported by the peasantry at an ex tsaionfe 20 0,0001. per annum, levied this further sum at time and by the same means. There was another ::Powerful objection to the acts of the Association, which had , t ?tbeen n ot i ced by the House. It was generally the practice Jus ' me most violent p o li t i c i ans to respect private character, and pto enter the bounds of domestic society. But this body eened and exercised the power of invading the privacy of hos t to Nve' arid of becoming the judges of a man's private conduct. a haissa landlord to his tenant, as a father to his child, as cl 7 raced, his guest, or in whatever relative situation he could private conduct was to be laid before the Asso ciation, and they denounce him to the country. The practical _ existed of such a denunciation, in such a state of society t443,rxisted in Ireland, when a man was held up as a traitor or a ' ,O u t , might easily be conceived. Another influence of b e ech he complained was the unconstitutional power such a chic must possess in the return of Members; an influence ;‘,Tch he conceived to be contrary to the freedom of election.— ' elelth regard to the claim of the Association for the merit of'! Vill`..U. existing tranquillity in Ireland, he was ready to admit it in .:e degree. He allowed that they had enjoined peace to all ,°_,ge. uuder their subjection. But it was only conditionally, 4,Q" until" their claims had been laid before Parliament.-- :•_nese calm they had produced was, therefore, only a state of 1 t",,,u.t_ thless expectation which excited a heat in the minds of the ,„`°Ple not to he allayed, he was sure, even by the granting of ca7cination. But he had the satisfaction of looking to other Petit "' from which he hoped and expected permanent pros 4yrte.__Y and happiness for Ireland. He believed that country e to s have been so well employed as at the present moment; capi ta ? ___t a wes the true cause of her tranquillity. Briti . sh of C a p i n already . finding its way into Ireland, and in spite t rain. , it would bring peace and prosperity in its The system of exclusion which had repressed the ; trade of Ireland had not been long removed ; but since that Ject was effected by the Right Hon. Member for Liverpool, I a s t rlost rapid increase had taken place. In the cotton trade ' 1 inn advance had been made, that it bid fair in a few Ys to exceed in extent the whole linen trade of Ireland. I ) ~1:11P Honourable Member then stated the annual increase sTvt appeared upon the returns of the imports and exports. whichtalso congratulated the House upon the improvement where had followed upon the relaxation of the Distillery Laws. 0 b ee had been an increase of prosperity in Ireland. Capital 0 `,`U, been flowing into the proper channel with rapidity be ri •remet the expectation of the most sanguine economist. Provi -I°ll3 were never more abundant. The measures of Govern.. i ont had promised peace and security. The tithe commuta ,l shad had been found advantageous. He was not unwil ling to r extend tranquillity to the Catholic Association ; but it ap- Peared to him that body occasioned the interruption of tran quillity. He, for one, could never concede the power claimed. e The firmness of Government alone could meet the evil. When 0 the Convention was held at Duncannon and Athlone, the mea t sure of Parliament judiciously applied, proved a remedy for it disorder. It was his firm belief that the present Catholic Atom- If ciation was averse to good order : the elements of _peace and a P tus Perity had been springing up in Ireland, and Parliament Id were now call ,a 1 upon to protect, by their wisdom and energy all that was dear in that country. Mr. J. WILLIAMS said the principle of the Bill was vicious. He could see no advantage it could produce in Ire land. They had been told it was necessary to take a decisive step to correct excesses ; but what was the tendency of these • supposed excesses of the Catholic Association ? The Catho lic Body had been long deprived of their rights; and he might ask whether it was just on the first appearance of a want of discretion in men so used to turn on them all the powerful effect of popular prejudice and legislative wrath. Concession would do more good than restriction. The justice of the claim made by Irish Catholics was at least some excuse for their ir regularity. If they Laboured under long grievances they were almost compelled to seek redress in popular assemblies.— ( Hear, hear, hear !)—lt had been said by an able and Hon. Member of that House, that he should shrink from his duty it he did not say the vice of the people of Ireland was occasioned by the faults of their Government.—(Hear, hear!)—The` fault had been, holding out false hopes—promi s ing a m eas u r e of re lief, and failing in the attempt to carry it into effect. After they had been so long disappointed, some feeling of irritation was natural. Holding out false hopes was enough to make them lose their patience. The Hori. Member cited the speech of the Attorney General for Ireland. That Right Hon. Gen tleman said the people of Ireland had not been fairly dealt with. It was the bounden duty of Government to make up their minds on a question of great importance. All ex pectation of concession on the subject of Catholic Claims, should be put down if it could not be granted. It was impos sible to conciliate the public mind if the Cabinet on that ques tion was divided. On such a question it was the duty of men to speak out. To conceal opinions upon the subject, was to sur render the interests of the country. The uncertainty of the Go vernment upon that question was one of the causes of dissatisfac tion in the sister country. ‘Vhat could follow under such a state of things but heart-burning. The House were not told what was to be the benefit flowing from this measure. Did the Right Hon. Gentleman suppose that when they had put down the Ca tholic Rent they removed the cause of complaint ? A cure ' must be applied. They might administer nostrums, but con cession and conciliation would only work a cure. If the Bill passed into a law, it would be inoperative without re sorting to force, and if any man in that House could calmly contemplate the use of force in Ireland upon such a ques tion, he should express astonishment at the morbid state of his nerves. When the fleet of France was in Channel and Ireland was in danger, some concession on the part of this country induced that open hearted and generous people to break up their meetings and bravely assist the efforts of the British Government. How was it with respect to America ? The Stamp Act in 1773 occasioned rebellion, but the moment it was repealed, peace and order followed. The Irish were not less disposed to be grateful than other countries. If the Go vernment gave them that which justice required, they would disarm all opposition. Whilst they bad cause of complaint, they would run in one boat down the stream of opposition. In the event of passing the enactments projected by the Govern ment, force must be used to carry them into effect, and Minis ters would incur heavy responsibility to the country. He should oppose the measure. Mr. Secretary PEEL rose to combat a few of the arguments urged by the opposers of the motion. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman had expressly said he could not vindicate the acts of the Roman Ca:holic Association. It was his opinion no man could support those acts; still the Hon. and Learned Gentleman thought there were points which tied up the hands of Parliament, and that they were bound to attend to those points. There was an ead of legislation if that doctrine was right. If Parliament had not the right to apply a remedy in all cases which they might consider subject to their controul, there was an end of all legisla tion. Many persons might suppose they had cause of complaint, and contend that Parliament could not deal with any excesses they might commit. Some believed that the representation in Parliament was so defective that the people were deprived of their rights in that House. Why should they not form an Association for Parliamentary Retorrn ?—(11 ear, hear !) In case such an Association was formed for such an object, could Parliament be told that they had no right to deal with it, because the Members of it had a subject of complaint ? It was absurd to suppose, for an instant, that the House could not legislate upon this or any subject. The Parliament of Eng land were sole judges of the laws necessary to bind the people. —Those who thought they had cause of complaint against the laws had a right to petition, but they had no right to resort to Conventions and annual Parliaments illegally assembled.— The Parliament of England could and ought to apply a remedy, if the proceedings of any body were contrary to toe spirit of the Constitution. He considered this Association hostile to, and interfering with the administration of justice. Follow ing the example of the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, he might cite the doctrines of eminent men upon the law as applied to confederacies. There was in this country about three years ago an association which acquired the name of the Constitutional Association, but distinguished on the opposite side of the House by the contrary appellation of the Bridge-street Gang.—(A laugh.)—He was no admirer of it. He never lent his aid to it, but he could not avoid seeing a wide difference between that body of persons and the Catho lic Association. Every observation made against the Constitu tional Association fell with tenfold weight on the Catholic Association. The Right Honourable Secretary then adverted to the opinions of the late Mr. Whitbread, to prove that indi viduals who did acts similar to those of the Constitutional As sociation, came within the Act of Maintenance. He then resorted to legal authorities. It had been said by lawyers in that House that counter Associations might take place.— An Honourable and Learned Member (Mr. Denman) had properly observed, that the great objection to those Socie ties was, that they could not fail to become seminaries for spies and informers. The truth of that observation was proved by the case of the soldier who had been acquitted by forty-three Magistrates. A Learned Civilian had said no thing could be more disgraceful than to see pouring into the Jury-box the members of' these Associations, obtaining, as it were, a triumph over the law. The Hon. and Learned Member for Winchelsea, was of opinion that a distinction ought to be drawn between the Constitutional and Roman Catholic As sociations, but the arguments against one applied to all.— He considered it dangerous to permit the existence of these bodies, and his alarm was increased by the manner in which they were defended. The Honourable and Learned Mem ber for Peterborough had said on a former occasion, that he could not consider the Constitutional Association legal.— It usurped the authority of the Attorney-General, whose duty it was to prosecute for political offences. All these arguments applied to the Roman Catholic Association, and that fact went a great way in proving the necessity for the Bill. He should carry the case further, and prove beyond the possibility of denial that the Catholic Association in terfered in the most serious manner with the administration of justice. The present Lord Mayor, when Sheriff Garratt, in 1821, was a Memher of the Constitutional Society. A prosecution had been preferred against a bookseller named Dolby, for a seditious libel. Mr. Garratt returned the Jurors to try the defendant. At the trial there was a challenge to the array. It was stated that the Sheriff, who was returning officer, had been a member of the Society which prosecuted the de fendant. The objection was held to be good by the Court of King's Bench; and the Coroner of the county was directed to return another Jury. Now suppose, said Mr. Secretary Peel, he had been a grand Juror, would not the same principle of reasoning apply. He disqualified by his connection with the prosecutors—apply the same objection to the Roman C a th o li c Association, and is not every man who subscribed to it disqualified from being either a juror or witness? In that point of view had not the Association neutralized the benefits confer red on the Roman Catholics? They were all jurors and wit nesses, yet their own body had deprived them of those privileges. The effect would be dreadful in a Roman Catholic town or county. The subscription of a farthing by way of rent would deprive every one who so subscribed from appearing as wit ness upon a trial for a political offence. All might be dis qualified from serving in the administration of justice. The ob jection then went to taint the administration of justice, yet the Hon. Baronet had defended the acts of the Catholic Associa tion. He held in his hand the last Paper from Ireland, with an account of the proceedings of the Association. In the pro ceedings of that Body, on Wednesday, a Gentleman made a report of the case of Chasel and the Rev. Augustus Caven dish. They were to be prosecuted at the expence of the So ciety, and a memorial was to be sent by the complaining party to Government. They sent this Magistrate to trial with the publication of an exparte case. Could any man in that House support such an act of injustice. He had received a letter from a Nobleman in Ireland stating that the charge against the Rev. Magistrate was unfounded. The letter came from the Earl of Donoughmore, who had the confidence of the Catholics. He was ready to declare as Governor of the County that he had sent 400 folios disproving the charge to the Chancellor. The Judge before whom the matter was investi ievgt x i eoo might 1 (,), gated also added his testimony to the document sent by the \ uhoue c o os: l ectn e eiasAabc: L soosuu o oa rd. ticci m ei niollui m l innai e n ddsnt ra c wta e hat iii p sato r n o ihAn s ao e sdaif b n a ln d a : l d ur ineg e i t i .ii i i d a tsst s T h k ai tn o hl e hs d t eoeo a pnwbaceoushorkusaenentt.:wtoerßnyhyr ielltlirwvhafohyfeantr:se rentat thnarheadl these facts, the Ca state of alarm and agitation. This had been attributed to the Bible Society, but the supposition that it arose from that cause reminded him of the fable. All the beasts were struck with pestilence, and after grave inquiry they found it was occasioned by a certain ass who had browsed on a thistle on Sunday.—(A laugh.)—This Associatio n was a public body acting illegally, and they had a right to infer danger. They had an agent in every parish in Ireland, an d it would be easy to organize every species of nusehief. The Honourable Baronet said, the only wanted to raise a sum to contradict a statement made by Y the Earl of Liverpo3l. Why, they wished to raise 50,000/. a year ; 5,0001. was to enlighten the Press, 5,0001. to prepare Petitions to Parliament, and 5,0001. to convert their haughty neighbours in England. They could not' employ their funds that way, and the Catholic Body, entrusted with fUnds to such an amount, ought to be watched with jealousy. With respect to the application of force, the Eight Hon. Secretary had too good an opinion of the Roman Catholics of Ireland to suppose they would give any ground for the employment of force. His hope was, that leave would be given to bring in the Sir H. PARNELL explained. Mr. DENMAN rose amidst cries of adjourn. He was only anxious to convince the House that the conduct of the Consti tutional Association was distinct from that of the Catholic As sociation. Did the Constitutional Society meet to redress their own wrongs ? They thought proper to introduce a series of jobs which the Attorney-General ought to have done. The Catholic Association subscribed their money for mutual defence. The Catholics did not prosecute for political offences.—(Hear !) They had prosecuted in one instance for a libel on the College of Maynooth, which was a v i n di cat i on o f their own body. The Constitutional Association did not prosecute in any but political cases. The effect of this Bill would be to drive the parties into secret cabals. The Right Hon. Gentleman had said not one of the subscribers could sit as a Juror in eases of prosecution, by the Catholic Association. Right it was so, but who could find out whether the parties were subscribers The feelings of a Catholic would never lead to any such disqualifications.— The Constitutional Society had been looking out for every miserable libel, while they suffered Vile vilest calumnies in one journal to escape notice. They had it from the highest authority of the law, that it was not illegal to form an associa tion for the purpose of preventing a violation of the law. There was a society to prosecute all persons opposing toleration.— The Methodists as a body had formed an association, and subscribed funds to protect themselves. Mr. Denman then de fended the acts of the Catholic Association. Destroy the effect by removing the cause of their dissatisfaction. Give them emancipation. Put all upon the same footing, and there would no longer be any pretence for this Association. lie denied that the people of Eri. , ,land were opposed to the Catholic claims. The English Catholics by their forbearance had gained just nothing. If that 1 - louse were as true to itself on the Catholic Question as they were on the Marriage Act, they would find that the Noble Person alluded to would yield as he did on that occusion. Ile then alluded to the recognition of South America, which he thought a measure of compromise in the Cabinet. \ Vas it then that the Right lion. Gentleman oppo site (Mr. Canning) said, give me but the recognition of South America, and I will consent to the two Bills. ill r. CANNING—No, no !—(across the table with great emphasis.) DEN3IAN concluded by giving his direct negative to the motion. PEEL then, at a quarter past two o'clock, rose and proposed an adjournment of the debate until to-morrow (this day), which was carried without a division. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at lIALF-PAsT Two O'CLOCK. THE DECCAN BOOTY. ( From The Times. ) DECCA N PRIZE MON EY.—The following para gragh appeared last night in an evening paper, but we have reason to believe that it is wholly without foundation, except as far as relates to the willingness of the East India Company to pay over to the trustees for the army certain sums of money as prize, which their officers had received as part of the booty taken from the Peishwa.— We believe that the Lords of the Treasury have not come to any definitive decision on any part of the claims ; and that the only claims as yet submitted to them by the trustees relate to property seized in the dominions of his Highness the late Peishwa, and that the claims for the booty taken at Nagpore and Mahid pore have not yet been reported on by the Law Officers of the Crown : " This long-depending cause has recently been finally de cided by the Lords of the Treasury. No blame with respect to the ultimate arrangement of this business can he imputed, we understand, to the East India Company. They have acted merely as treasurers, and were at all times ready to comply with the directions of the Trustees that were appointed by the Lords of the Treasury. With regard to the delay which has taken place in the distribution, it is necessary to observe, that when the adjudication was made some time back in favour of the captors, a question then arose concerning what was, or what was not, prize, including jewels and other articles of considerable value. With a view to the final decision of this question, it be came necessary to obtain information, and a variety of docu ments from India. This circumstance necessarily occasioned delay. As soon as the requisite evidence, however, had been obtained, the Lords of the Treasury lost no time in determin ing the question. This decision, which we understand is li beral, comprehensive, and favourable to the captors, has been recently pronounced ; and instructions, it is understood, will be sent out forthwith to India for the immediate distribution of the prize." MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, FEn. 10.--Wind \V.—Passed through for the River the Antelope, 3lunnings, from the Cape of Good Hope. Ar rived from the River and remain the Eclipse, Clark, for Val paraiso; Courier, Thomas, Tampico; Columbine, Tuit, Ber muda ; Highlander, Michell, New Providence ; Ocean, Saplbon, St. Übes ; and Coromandel, Bayer, for India ; the latter passed through. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Clibbins, from London for Vera Cruz; and the Jane, of Liverpool, from ditto for Bahia. FALMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Henry, Lewis, from Corunna, in 8 days. Sailed several coasters round the land. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9.—Wind W.N.W.--Arrived the Allerton, Davies, from Jamaica ; Washington, Craig, from Charlstone, sailed the 7th of January ; Oglethorp, Tubman, from Savannah, sailed the 10th of.lanuary ; and Thorne, Hume, from Demerara, sailed the 231 December in company with the Esequibo for the Clyde, and the Marathon, for Belfast. GRAVESEND, FEB. 10.—Sailed the Hon. Company's ship Farquharson, Cruickshanks, for China. Off Dartmouth the Harmony, Cornelius, from Bahia, in 80 days, for Hamburgh. THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, FEE. 11. The arrivals of all sorts of Grain are this week tolerably good. There is not much doing in the Wheat trade, and prices re main as Monday. Barley sells very heavily, and is rather cheaper. Beans fully support last quotations. Pease of both kinds are unaltered. Oats find buyers slowly at no variation in value. The Flour trade is excessively dull. ARRIVAL s—English Wheat, 10,200; Barley, 4,200; Oats, 12,200 ; Irish Wheat, 370 ; Oats, 600 ; Foreign Barley, 5,650 ; Oats, 4,000 qrs. ; Flour, 8,700 sacks. SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB. 11. The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and prices at Smithfield Market this morning:.-- CATTLE AT MARICZT Beasts 4ll `Sheep Calves l3B i Pigs To sink the Offal, per stone of 811). Beef 4s 2a to Ss 2d 1 Veal Mutton 45 8d to 55 6d j Pork ......... 58 Od to 6s Od Lamb Os Od to Os Od. HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD. Hay £3 Os to £5 Os Clover ...... £.l Os to XO 15s Straw £1 16s to £2 Bs. COMMON COUNCIL.—The Navigation Commit tee yesterday recommended that the Corporation should re main neuter on the question of the Saint Catherine's Docks. — The sum of 5001. was subscribed in aid of the fund for the relief of the Spanish and Italian Refugees. A recommendation to sub scribe 500/. towards the completion of the project for making an opening on the south side of Fleet -street, near St. Bride's Church, for the purpose of exhibiting that noble edifice to public view, was negatived by a majority of 75 to 50.-11 r. Ju PP was elected Principal Clerk of the Court of Requests ; the numbers being, for him 115, for 11Ir. REarr 93. The Hon. CLIRISTOPHER HUTCHINSON was pre vented from attending the House last night, in consequence of the death of his sister, the Hon. CHRISTINA HUTCHINSON. The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived last night. 'They are filled almost entirely ‘lith the debates in the British Parliament on the first day of the Session. The chief attention of the French Journalists is directed to Mr. CANNING'S speech, as delineating the policy of England towards the South American States, upon which the Canstitu tionnel bestows its accustomed measure of com mendation. It is now denied that the Prince de METTERNICH means to visit Paris, as was re ported. The project of law for regulating reli gious communities has been amended by the Chamber of Peers, by a majority of 115 votes against 100, with respect to the right of the Crown to authorise their establishment in future. According to the Ministerial project, religious communities not in existence on the Ist of Jan. 1825, might be erected by a Royal Ordinance ; but by the amendment it becomes necessary to, obtain a specific law for each Institution. This amendment completely changes the principle upon which the proposed enactment was founded, and may be regarded as a defeat of the Catholic Clergy. The Etoile contains intelligence from Greece highly favourable to the cause of independence. " The troubles in the Morea are entirely calmed ;" the famous VArtvAKI, who was considered in the light of a Russian Agent, had been exiled to Syra, but had since been permitted to repair to Zante ; and COLOCOTRONI, abandoned by his troops, has, it is said, been made pri soner, and taken to Napoli di Romania.— The same paper contains some official communi cations from Naples to the 24th ult. The new KING had issued several Decrees, one of which nominated his brother, the Prince of SALEUNO, Lieutenant-General of his Armies, and Con,- mander-in-Chief of his Guard. By another an entire amnesty had been granted to all deserters from the army and navy, who should rejoin their corps before the 31st of March next. The KING'S autograph letter to his brother, announcing his new appointment, abounds with marks of conli deuce and affection. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARTS, FEB. B.—Five per Cents. 103 f. 55c.—Bank Stock, 1,978 f. 75c.—Neapolitan Rentes (Fah connet's), 88f. 90c.—Spanish ditto, 174 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 574.—Exchange on London, one month, 251. ; three ditto, Ne. 85c.—( Cour: Authentique.) Frankfort Papers of the 4th instant, received this morning, mention that the Assembly of the States of Baden has been convoked by the GRAND DUKE to meet on the 21st instant. It will be seen by the following article that the En4lish Quakers have sent Missionaries to West phalia, who have been very successful in making, converts to their religious tenets : MuysTE R, JAN. 29.—The following article is in a West. phalian Paper : " Some time ago the inhabitants of a whole Parish in the County of Mark seceded from their Clergyman, renounced tLe rites of the Church, and, infected by the mystical bigotry and reveries of ill-understood religious principles, have become per fect separatists. The Consistory of the Province of Westphalia has adopted suitable measures against these abuses, and ha:; commissioned the Rev. M. Weihe, of Mennighuffen, whose long services bear testimony to his excellent character, to restore the established order of the Church. Mr. Weihe has visited the Parish in question, but we hear that he has not been received as it was hoped he would, and that he has effected nothing. Is is much to be wished that the particulars may be made known. Indeed it is not only in the county of Mark, but in other parts also of Westphalia, that melancholy occurrences of this kind are remarked. In the neighbourhood of Pyrmont and Minden also, the sect of the Quakers is evidently gaining ground, and male and female preachers come even from foreign countries. Thus in the course of last autumn several rich Quakers from Eng land arrived as Missionaries at Pyrmont, and from that place went to Minden ; in both places these people, and even some inspired women among them, preached in the meetings of the Brethren in the English language, which was explained by an intepreter. They likewise distributed numerous printed tracts chiefly in the French language, and were not sparing of money, having, it is said, distributed among their partisans about a eiousand dollars." The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 3ti February informs us, that the Southern Cantons of Switzer land are negociating a Commercial Treaty with the Austrian Government of Lombardy, for the transit of goods through Lombardy from Switzerland to the Ports of the Alediterranean, and vice versa. It is supposed that this Treaty will not be definitively concluded until the arrival of Prince .MET TER- Nam at Milan in the spring. It is reported, that at the same time the negotiations between the Canton of the Grisons and Lombardy, on certain unsettled points, will be brought to a conclusion ; and that an indemnity will be granted to several families in the (irisons, whose great estates were confiscated in consequence of the arbitrary proceedings of Bu ONAPARTE in 1797 in the Valteline, and the districts depending on it. After the comprehensive description of the nature, objects, and conduct, of the Catholic As sociation, given last night in the House of Com mons by Mr. GOULBURN, it is impossible that any man of sense can doubt of its mischievous tendency, and of the necessity of putting an end to it. The chief purpose of the Bill proposed by Mr. GOULBURN, is to prevent the Association from holding permanent sittings, and from levy ing contributions in aid of any object which they may have in view, in matters which may relate to the forcing of any particular religion on the State, and other matters equally tending to trench upon the authority of Government, and the Powers of the State. Mr. GOULBURN ob served with great truth, justice, and reason, that if you do not put down the Catholic Association, you must expect that a body of an opposite de scription will arise to support those objects which the former are endeavouring to destroy. What then must be the state of the country where such rival Factions are found to exist. The Members and the Advocates on both sides will anxiously labour to promote and to support their respective views. The struggles between both must necessarily be to keep alive hostile feelings that may produce offensive acts. The Catholic Association may properly be characterised as the CATHOLIC PARLIAMENT, involving the functions of the House of Peers and of the House of Com mons. They assume the province of both Houses in suggesting laws, and in the eventual attempt to carry them into execution, and of the House of Commons, in particular, in raising the Supplies! Can such a power be safely tolerated in any country, and especially in one where reli gious ambition, ambition because aiming at poli tical authority, is the main principle upon which religious Emancipation, as it is styled, is sought for by a large majority, against the National Faith of the Empire. If the Catholic Association raised pecuniary supplies for the purpose of feeing Counsel, in order to promote their purpose by legitimate means, through the medium of the Constitution, as observed by Mr. GOULBURN, there could be no reason why they should not be used in such a manner, but when the Catholics erect themselves into a formidable body, and acquire immense wealth, and that wealth gradually,almost rapid ly,' e augmenting, po - vernment would essentially neglect its duty, ifit did not vigilantly watch its progress and guard. against its ulterior operations. we have not room to pursue this to notice the masterly, admirable, and irre sistible train power of nns ttra ion, arguments , and with which Mr. i Secretary l EEL sup t. Gour.sußN, and carried convi ct i on to every mind that feel for the tranquillity of Ireland, and the general secur it y Vlresu of the Empire. that we and ported the reasoning and facts advanced by Mr. reco vered from the effects of hi s l ate The KING, we are ha ppy to state, is almost indisposition. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Jovis, 10 0 die Febmarii, 1825. Ntw MEMBERS SWORN—The Marquis of Graham, for Cam bridge Bor oug h ; L or d B ru d ene ll, for Marlborough ; and Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, Bart. for Cornwall County. RoAns—Brighton and Cuddleld, Spittle Gate and Bridge_ end, Derby and littoNeter, Cainscross and Stroud, and Hinckley—Bills ordered. Stockport, Pen wortham, Banff_ shire, Leicester and Lutterworth, Melton Mowbray and Lei cester, Welford Bridge and Leicester, Brighouse and Brad ford, Greenlaw, and ‘Vhiteburn and Dunse—Petitions for Bills referred to Committees. Old Stratford and Long C om p_ ton—Petition for Bill, stating that Standing Orders have not been complied with, referred to Select Committee on Stand inn. Orders. ItilieWAYS—Bolton and Westleigli—Bill ordered. Rumney —Bill read a first time. INCLOSURE—Pewsey (Wilts) CAUSEWAY and ROAD--flayle Bills ordered. PAY' NG— Leamington Priori NAVIGATION—Stour (and sandwich Harbour) , - IMPROVEMENT—Stourbridge—Petition for Bill referred to a Committee. Stroud—Bill'Ordered. HARB un—Cromarty BRIDGE—Kerne CHAPEL—Hastings Petitions for Bills COMPANIES—AIIiance liarineAssurance, referreil to London Water, and Real del Monte I mittees. Mining Pooh—St. Andrew's (Holborn) Gas LIGHT —Glasgow, and Birmingham—Bills ordered. London and Westminster Oil—Petition for Bill referred to a Committee. DOCKS—St. Katharine's—Bill ordered ; Petitions from Rams gate and Rochester, in favour—to lie on the table. HoursE AND WINDOW TAX—Petitions for the repeal thereof, from Wells, Taunton, Bathwick, and NVakot Bath)—to lie on the table. ROMAN CATHOLIC A ssoclATlON—Petitions complaining of their proceedings, from Cavan and Londonderry—to lie on the table. ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAlMS—Petition from St. John, Bristol, against—to lie on the table. COAL Dtrr 'Es—Petitions against, . from Bridlington, South ampton, and Holsworthy—to lie on the table. TOBACCO DUTlES—Petition from Bristol; for a reduction thereof—to lie on the table. ASSESSED TAXES—Petition from Thame, for the repeal thereof—to lie on the table. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Unlawful Societies (Ireland) —Adjourned Debate on Mo tion for Bill. 2. Supply—Committee. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Sir George Clerk—Bill to defer the operation of the Weights and Measures Act of last Session. 2. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Payment of Exchequer Bills, and Transfer of Aids. (In Committee of Supply.) NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, Feb. 17. Mr. Stuart Wortley—Bill to amend the Game Laws. Friday, Feb. 25. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Statement relating to the Finances of the Country. Tuesday, March 8. Colonel Davies—Committee on reduction of the Duties on various articles of Foreign produce. DA Y AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICE OF STOCKS Tlf IS 114 x k Stock 3 per Cent. Red. :3 per Cent. Cons. 3A per Cent. Ditto Red. per Cent. Di " d * ( New —lO5l 106 Bank Long Ann. Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock Ditto Bonds ... 98s. Ws pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001. 2d. Ditto I Ad. 63 65 . 63 G 4 Ditto SOUL 2d. Ditto lld. 63 6i Ditto Small 2d. Ditto I id. Ditto Commercial Bank for Act..... India for Acct. . Cons. for Feb. 25. 931 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNOS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. A ustrian Bds, 5 per ct. Brazilian Bds , 88 Scrip 1825 ,13 - 1A pm. Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian, Bds, 6 per et. Colombian Bds.6 per ct 9l Do. do. 1824 911 90i Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Bds 59 58i Mexican Bds Do. Scrip 1825 Neapolitan, 5 per — Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds B4 Portuguese Bonds B9l Prussian, 5 per et. Ditto New Russian. New, 5 per et. 9 7i;,3 Spanish 1821,5 per ct. 223 1823, ditto French Rentes lO3l Exchange ... —f. —c. Scrip PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company Anglo-Mexican Mining Company ... 115 110 1171 105 110 Anglo-Chilian Mining Company Arigna Iron and Coal Mining Company Brazilian Mining Company .. . 22. 23 22 Chilian Mining Company Colombian Mining Company General Mining Association Hibernian Mining Company Pasco Peruvian Mining Company Rio de la Plata Mining Company Tlalpuxahua Mining Company United Mexican Mining Company Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company Continental Gas Company ... United General Gas Company British Iron Company . ' - "anal 8 i Bristol Ship Cana Company Gold Coast Association New Corn Exchange Pearl Fishery Company, Yellow Receipt Ditto Write Provincial Bank of Ireland .-- i 8i FOREIGN AI WA. ARRIVED. I)l1E. Guernsey and Jersey Gottenburgli H amburgh - Holland France America - HIGH WATER AT LOSDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 31orning, 30 minutes after 9. 1 Evening, 5 minutes after 10. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS IJICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 11, 1825.