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1 . --'• .ez. ~.. 7 , , ......... NITAIBER 10,115. ARMY CONTRACTS, Commissariat' Department, Treasury Chambers, Jan. 29, 1825. NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons de- sirous of contracting to supply BEEF and MUTTON to his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Bat racks, in the under-mentioned Counties and Islands : Bedford, Burks (including the T("iwtatsf Htingerford), Her wick, Bucks, Cambridge (including the Town of Newmar ket), Chester, Cm nwali (including Scilly), Cimiberland, Der- Devon, Dorset, Durham' (including Holy Island), Essex (exclusi ve of Tilbury Fort), Gloster (including the City of ilrist " l ), Hants, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Isle of Map, Isle Of Wight, Kent (including Tlibury Fort), Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln. Middlesex, Monmouth, Norfolk, North Northinnbetland, Nottingham, Oxford, Rutland, salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, tVarwick, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, York, the several Conn ties "f North and South NVales, in the several Counties in Nu rth Britain, and in the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey. That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the €3 sth day of March next; that Proposals in writing„ sealed" up, and marked ''Tender for Army Supplies," will. he received at this Office on or ireful e Tuesday, the Ist day of March, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock on that Day. Proposals must be made separately for each County and Is land, ex cept f or the Counties compris i ng North, an d S out h Wa les, all of which must be included in one Tender: lilie twisE the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney; as also must the several Counties in North Britain : anti each proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to the Ten der properly filled up, by Two Persons of known Property,' "g ' i g i nK to become hound with the Patty tendering, in the ilationot stated i n th e p r i n t e d P ar ti cu l ars , f or th e doe per formance of the Contract; and no Proposal will be noticed i t' '' /e s's mad e on a pr i n t e d T en d er, an d the Pr i ces expressed "utds at length ; and should it so happen that during the !"tilinuance of the Contract no Troops should be supplied I t l Y Virt ue of the same, the amount of he Stamps on t Con- - 'act and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractors , ha' be refunded to him. at l : t articulay s o f t h e Contracts may km had upon appli ca ti on Office, between the hours of't'en and Four. ARMY CoNTRACTS Commissariat Department, Ticasury Chambers, Jan. 29, 1825. NOTICE is her e by given to all P ersons de " siions of contracting to supply the following At ticles ft, the Use of the Army, BREAD—To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barrack, in the under-mentioned Counties: Devon, Dorset, Sussex. FORAGE, vi z . OA-1-s, HAY, and STRAW—To, his Ma jesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Barraof9, and Oats, in Cantonments and Quarters, in th.e under-mentioned 11.'ouniks Devon, Dorset, Hants, Lancaster, Middlesex. That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the :251 44 Y of March next ; that Proposals in writing, sealed up `ind marked, " Tender fur army Supplies,' ; will he received at this Office on or before Friday, the 25th day of Fe brhary next, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock cm that day, I' '"Porils mast be made separately for each County, and each Proposal must have the Letter, which is an nexed to the Tender properly filled up,' by Two Persons of kniii.Vn property, engaging to become bound with the Party endering, in the amount stated in the printed Particulars, for thc due Performance of the Contract ; and no P "P o 'al w ill be noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and tile P • rices expressed in Words at length ;• and should it so happen that during the continuance of the Contract no "Ps should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount of the stamp s for the Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor, shall be refunded to him. t'd " ie ulars of the Contracts may he had upon application „"'"se Chambers between the hours of Ten a nd Font-. Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at the "We between the hours ot Twelve and Two. CRABBLE HOUSE, NEAR DOVER. TO BE SOLD OR LET, T HA Tverydesirable FREEHOLD ESTATE, late in th e occupation of Mr. NATHANIEL WA lA -4;;!-It'11,two situate in the beautiful and healthy village of Grabble, miles from Dover, and near the London-road. by .House comprises an elegant suite of rooms, connected t 4; doors, with sever a l sma ll er rooms on t h e groun d kitei r ychambers and attic roo ms ; t wo l arge conven i ent drys with c apaeious cellars, exce ll ent l ar d er, d a i ry, an d laun -1,31, with commodious outbuildings, coach-house, stables, &c. st e , Or e arden is large, in a high state of cultivation, and well lq:alid:,l with fruit-trees, &c. Adjoining the same is a rich cep t containing about four acres, the whole freehold, ex ,e aJout two acres and a half of the meadow, held under 4 ' e tom his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury on the ausiu.arl tems, and comprehends a most desirable Residence for axe fa mily, and is capable of being divided into two distinct p l ags. the Fixtures may be taken at a valuation. icno°l; particulars, and to treat for the same, apply to Messrs. b ove c Lcer, Solicitors, or W. Horsnaill, Cabinet-maker, &A% `• 111 ----------- LY ITALIAN and SPANISH POETRY, ROMANCES, &c. fi b . m r „.,;. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, Nip.- , ; )111 F;11Y, at his House, No. 3, , WF . L . LI . N9_T()ti : • `l'Lr, SI'ItAND, on MONDAY, kehruar,,, 14. and AN"IX following Days (Sunday excepted), at Twulre o'Clock, Extremely Rare - and Curious COLLEC- F.Ap,3' l !)N of ITALIAN'and SPANISH LITERATURE, I , ii ''''' CL ASSICS, & c . containing many from the Fusco_thingb,...idLirary, the Property of the ABBE cELo-rrl. 10- ti 4 . n ladis de Gault,- Venet 1533 ; Breydenhach Pregrina x.r.ci de Jerusalem, 1488 ; Demetrii Chalcondylre Erotemal . a C' ,t'._,optiea octo Partitim Orationis, Nlediol. circa 1483 ; Ci -1.-:nde Otliciis, Rornae, Swevitheym et Pannartz, 1469; i e de las Indias,' con 14 Conquista del Peru, poi - Pizarro, cut s . Direetorium Humana Vite, black letter, curious wood •se;:'• Lactantim, Venet. Adml, 1471 ; Dialogus Scritinum v.. 'Moratoria, first edit. 1470 ; Primalcon y Pahneria d'Oliv ,, , rFfleciano, 1534; Prisciani Grammatica, with the date, by ,ial,ndelrrium de Spirit, as likewise flue edition without the ir...7,; Anglia Fairfaxismos, superb impressions of the por si"•,, Rouen, 1649; Card. Bessarione Oratiane a tutti gli v„gn9ri d'ltalizt sur la Guerra contra it Turcho 1471; Lu lidn't 11 e Peticion de Amores Carte de ./Exedres, black letter; ' rideville Maraviglione del Moody, Mediol. 1480; MI Se. Indi Epistole ad Nlahumetem 1475; Libel Chiantato Porto- Nl lino,l , X: e.nez. 1480; Voragine ' Vite de' Santi, tradutto dal , • nerbr. apud Nicol lenson, with 5? Designs by the cele'.. ory t i • - . Press, e ,, Andre t Mantegna ; various Works from the Aldine &c. &c. hol° To he viewed on Thursday the 10th, and Catalogues to be had at the Place of Sale. ANGLO:MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION. - orricE is hereby given, that a SPECIAL IN GENERAL MEETING of thy PROPRIETORS i= appointed to he held, at the CITY of LONDON TAvEnN, Bishops,(at-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d day of this Instant February, at One . o'Cloek precisely,'to receive a Report from the Dfrtetors un the AiNirs of the As sociation. JOSEPH LOWE, • Secretary to the Association. London; Feb. 8, 1825 CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION, St. John's Wood, Mai y-le-bone. Patron—THE KING. President—The Right Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of LONDON. Vice-President—The Right Hon. Cord KENYON. lIE ANNIVERSARY MEETING. of thi> A. SOCIETY for CLOTHING, MAIN PAINING, and EDUCATING POOR ORPHAN CHILDREN of CLER GYMEN of the ESTABLISHED - CHURCH of ENGLAND, until of AGE to be put APPRENTICE, will he heidi n at EItEEMASONS"IAVERN, Great Queen•street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on TUESDAY, the .2d February instant: The Chair will be taken for the general business of the Day at Half-past Two o'Clock precisely. Dinner on Table at Eire o'Clock precisely. STEWARDS. Right Rev. Henry William Lord Bishop of Bangor Very Rev. Samuel Smith, D.D. Dean of Christ Church Ven. John Jas. Wats.n, D.D. Archdeacon of St. Albans Hon. and Rev. E. J.Turnonr, NLA.Secretary to the Societ Rt. Hon. Earl of Liverpool, K G. Rt. Hon. Earl of Vernlam Rt. Hon. the Lo-d Chief Jus tice of COIIIIIIOII Pleas Rt. Hon. the L"rd Mayer Thos. Le Blithe, LL.D. Vice- Chanc"Bor of the Univer sity of Cambridge. Saltine' ri , sanquet, Esq.- William Rosantittet, Esq. Mir/ Nichol', Esq. No Collection after Dinner. Dinner Tickets, 15s. each, to be taken at the Bar. Donations and Subscriptions will in the mean time be thankfully received by the Treasurers, Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge and Joshua Watson, Esq.; at their Bankers, Messrs. Drommond,Charing-cross ; and MesSrs. Sikes, Snaith and Co., Mansion-house-street ; by the Secretary, No. 80, Somerset-street, Portman-square; or by the Collector, at No*. 67, Lincoln's Inn-fields. E.. 1. TCRNOUR, M.A. Sec. • LENT LECTURES. Lately publiOietl. in 12mo. price 59. in hoards, LENTLECTURES, on the Penitential PSALMS, the Offices of the Church, and the Church Catechism. By the Rev. E. BERENg, M.A. Printed for C. and J. Rivii)gton, St. Paul's Church-yard ; and Waterloo 7 place, Pall-Mall. . Of whom may be had, by the same Author, Thirty-three Village Sermons, on the Chief Articles of Faith, &c. —on the Relative Duties—and ou the Christian Character, 12ino. price 4s. 6(1. hoards. _ _ The Lectu►ts and Set mow sire each in Three Parts, which may be purchased separately. FOR PRESERVING Tor: TEET/I ;IND rritE VEGETABLE TOOTH-POWDER - has so long been in general use, that it is unnecessary -to offer any further recommendation of it.. Composed of Ve getables, without the admixture of any Mineral or pernicious ingredient wiritever, it is free from the usual objection against the use of other Dentifrices. Its detersive power is just suf ficient to annihilate those deStructive particles which adhere to tier Gums and the Interstices of the Teeth ; healing inju ries in the tormer, and. promoting a new F - naon.l (where it has b een ihjored or corroded) on the latter. It likewise - lin litrts a firmness and healthy redness to the Gums ; and . , if aced regularly, will preserve the Teeth in a sound state to old ;we. • Ski in Boxes, at 2s. 9d. by Butler, Chemist, 4, Cheapside, St. Paul's; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond street ; 2.20, Re genvstreet; and by the principal Medicine Venders through out the United Kingdom. rr Be careful to ask for " Butler's Vegetable Tooth Powder," and to observe the Hattie and address of " Butler, Chearside," ate engraved on the Stamp and Label at, tacked to ea:.-1) box of this esteemed Dentifrice, to distinguish it from Imitations under similar titles. PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, FEB. 10. Mr. BEST, from the Bank, presented accounts of all Exche. quer Bills purchased by the Bank on which any sums had been advanced to the public service pursuant to Act of Parliament, and also of the applications made by the CnANcELLort of the EXCHEQUER fur advances from the sth of January 1824, to the sth of January . lB2s.—Laid on the table. STANDING ORDERS OF THE HOUSE•I, Lord HOLLAND rose to call th e at t ent i on o f their Lord ships to an Order of the House, by which their Lordships bad resolved to place a certain Act, the Act of 31st of Henry the Eigth, as an Appendix to their Lordships' Standing Orders, and had ordered their Lordship? Standing Orders to b e p r i nt .. ed. This was done, he thought, in opposition to one Standing Order the 104th, which he requested might be read. This order was accordingly read by the Clerk, and purported that no new Standing Order should be made, unless a notice was previously given and their Lordships summoned. The Order to which he had first adverted had been made in violation of this order, or, what was worse, by an invasion of it. The addition of this Act, by way, of appendix, was something he never heard of before; it was an inroad on the Standing Order of their Lord ships, and he was afraid it might not stop there. He saw no good reason for printing their Lordships' Standing Orders, ex cept those which relate to the business of persons out of doors; they, indeed, could not be made, but he saw no use in printing the other, except it was to revise and improve them. He con sidered the Standing Orders as the great protection of the Mi nority in their Lordships' House, and having generally been in the minority, he had a strong predilection for them, and should - be one of the last men not to support and enforce them. But if printing them was intended now to call the attention of the world to them, it might first be necessary to revise them, and make them more wholesonie and practicable. But if this were not done, it was better that they should not be printed. There were some of them which he believed it was physically and morally impossible to enforce, and he could not, therefore, see any reason for printing and reviving what it was possible to enfbrce. The Noble Baron sat down without submitting any motion to their Lordships. STATE OF , IRELAND. The Order of th e D a y having been read, The Earl of LIVERPOOL rose, pursuant to his notice, to move the revival of the Committee of last year, to inquire into the State of Ireland. The subject being already fami liar to their Lordships, he should not trouble them with many words. He should only state the general object of his motion, and the course of proceedings which he should propose to adopt. Their Lordships were aware that a Committee had been appointed last year to examine the nature and extent of the disturbances which prevailed in certain parts of Ireland which had been subject to the operation of the Insurrection Act. As the object was to prove the expediency of continuing that Act, the inquiry had been limited to the counties where it was in force, or was likely to be put in force. But though limited in point of locality, it had gone far into general subjects not immediately connected with its original object, and the Noble Earl himself, who had previously proposeti a more ex tended investigation, had expressed his approbation of the dis• position which his Majesty's Ministers had shown to give every possible latitude to the inquiry, and also of the superior conve nience of a limited, ove r a general investigation. With respect to the question which the Noble Marquis opposite (Lansdown) had put to him a few days since, he had not hesitated to answer that he had no objection to extend the present inquiry to all parts of Ireland. Some words of qualification should however be put in, more to direct the Committee to what should be the sub jects for inquiry, than with a view to confine it. The motion 1 4/ 1 ak..ep-1 FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1,825 with which lie should conclude should therefore stand thus : •"that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the state of Ireland; more particularly with respect to those circuin stances which may have led to disturbances in that part of the .United kingdom." This, be repeated was done for the pur pose of directing, not for that.of limiting inquiry. It might be asked whether it should embrace the Catholic question ? To this he should answer, that he would consider it improper to refer that question to,any Meet Committee. It was one of too much importance and magnitude- not to be decided by the House itself, and not to receive the free vote and opinion of every Peey. - . He therefore did not intend to refer the Catholic question to the Committee for an opinion or judgment, and id deed it' it were to give one is would prove useless, for it would not induce any Noble Lord to give up the right of judging for himself. He did not mean however, to prevent examinations being taken in the Committee as to opinions and facts bearing upon that question. If any facts appeared to any NoWe Lord calculated to throw light upon, it, he should be at full liberty to make them objects of examination, As to the course which he proposed to follow, he thoughtthak the most correct one would be to name the same Illembera. of the Committee as last year, with the exception of tleuee weo.owere absent,,or who might be desirous that their ;mles should be withdrawn. As his Noble. Friend, the _Earl of Aberdeen, was on the Continent, and not likely to be able to attend ens, part of the inquiry, he should propose that Lord" Fitzgibbon be appointed in his stead ; and in lieu of Earl Fitzwilliam e whose wish it was to with. draw, he should propose the Duke of Devonshire. The Noble Earl Concluded by moving the appointment of the Committee. Earl DA RNI,Er reminded the House of the motion which. he had made twelve months ago, for a general inquiry into the state of Ireland, in which, however, he had .only had the sup port of sixteen of their Lordship:‘ It was not his intention to oppose the present motion, as he approved of its object, -nei ther would he Claim it as," his thunder." He would leave that thunder in the hands of Jupiter himself, and only hope that he would make a good use of it. Notwithstanding the assurances of the Noble Earl' that he would not narrow inquiry ; if the Committee were not to possess themselves of facts bearing on the Catholi c Q uest i on b y t h e examination of persons best able to give information, they would badly perform the tisk 'im posed upon them. He had' last year made that question the most prominent part of his motion, whereas the Noble Earl had left it out entirely. In all times it bad formed the principal point for consideration in the affairs of Ireland, and now it had become an indispensable one. The examination of the last year, as far as it had gone, had certainly thrown new light upon the propriety of granting the Catholic claims; and the .more they examined the subject, the more would their Lord ships be conyincEil that Ireland would never be tranquil until those claims were satisfied. To refuse much longer must be come impossible; and it would be wiser to . take the earliest opportunity of and voluntarily meeting the subject, than to wait till it grew a matter of necessity. As to the opinion which he had expressed of the superior convenience, of the course adopted by the Noble Earl over that which he (Earl Darnley) had recommended, it proceeded f,ont this : that had his motion for a general inquiry been supported by the House, the Noble Earl might probably have found means from the power which he possessed, to narrow its sphere, whilst that Noble Earl, after moving for- a narrow inquiry, had libe rally ex tended.it,heyond its on gMal limits. Th'e • 37quis.of •,LA NS W DON did not rise to oppose th e e3l ;, , motion. :tin the cOntrary, opposition would' come from any bOkratrier than from him, as the subject of inquiry was not connected. with any: measure .before the House. He also felt that investigation would take place under better auspices in' the preaerat :Circumstances of the country, and he trusted that it would not. be ,narrowed too much by any limitations whiCh that Noble Earl might put upon it. His object in ris ing was to ask whether the .Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of Education in Ireland was nearly ready to be laid before the House, as the question. had acquir ed still greatyr importance sire they had commenced their in quiry. It had been referred by the other House to those Com missioners last Session ; and he understood they had.been en gaged all .summer in the investigation. He was anxious to have their Report, as it Would spare the Committee much time. If the Noble Earl were not prepared to answer the question this evening, hewould perhap.s.be able to give a reply the. next , day of wetting.. ee• The Earl of LIVERPOOL was willing to give the Noble• Marquis all the satisfaction in his power. The Commissioners had carried on the inqUiry with the greatest industry and per severance during the whole summer, but were not at this nio ment, he understood, quite. prepared to make their Report. By the Easter holidaya, however, they were of opinion that they, could Produce it. He should be able to give the Noble Marquis more certain inilmnation perhaps in the course of a few hours. Ile admitted the importance that the Report should be made ; but, on a subject of such magnitude and interest, he' lied not thought proper to hurry the Commissioners. Great and valuable progress had been made in the inquiry ; and he re peated, the ComMiasioners expected to be able to report about Easter. Lord HOLLAND found it impossible to join in the unani mous vote of the House, without expressing his surprise at the time at which the Noble Earl opposite had become a convert to the necessity of - a general inquiry into the state of Ireland. He also complained that the Noble Earl had only said what should nut be, and not what should be the grounds of inquiry. All general investigati o n s had hitherto been uniformly rejected.. When last Session some districts of Ireland were disturbed, the inquiry was confined to them ' • but now that the country w e r e told tliere were no disturbed districts the narrow ground for a seneral inquiry was running from under th e Noble Earl. file Catholic question, which formed the prin cipal feature in the state of Ireland, might be thought a good subject for investigation. Oh no, said the Noble Earl,. inquiry on that you shall have none ; the Committee shall have nothing to do with that. Then what was it to examine? Perhaps the extraordinary laws which excluded so large a body of men from the privileges of the Constitution.. No; you must not look at them, said again the Noble Earl. Infatuated as Mark Antony- with his love, he would say like hi m , a ll ow your tongues f ree li cense to discuss my faults, but, say not a word about Cleopatra. The Catholic Question was his Cleo patra. Ile was ready to acquiesce in the motion, because all inquiry of any kind whatever was useful to Ireland, and be cause no inquiry could take place without information being elicited respecting the Catholic Question, which must tend to its final settlement. In point of policy and Parliamentary regularity, however, the Noble Earl had chosen , the very worst time he possibly could for recommending the, present inquiry., A great man of antiquity bad said, that the whole art of war consisted in being in time. So ought it to be in policy. Had this been attended to, how much irritation and difficulty might not have been avoided ! It.had been said of a predecessor of the Noble Lord, who was always in a state of useless bustle, that he had lost half - an hour in the morn ing and was losing the whole day in looking after it. So in the morning of their administration had his Majesty's Go vernment not neglected the opportunities which - offered them selves, they would not now be losin g ti me i n try i ng to recover them. But to conciliate and to bring the present difficulties to a termination, ninth more was now required than, merely being in time. Had it been attempted after the return of peace, it would then Lave been easy for this country to quiet Ireland. _ - The Earl of HA RROWBY could not allow the observations of the Noble Baron to pass . without remarking that he hadmis understcod, for he could no suppose that he would misrepresent what had fallen from his Noble Friend. General inquiries had been refused on former occasions on the ground that they were less likely to be attended with useful results than more limited ones. Last year when it was proposed to renew the Insurrec tion Act; an inq u i r y was a l so proposed to show its necessity. So far from an in c li nat i on being displ a y e d b y any Member of his Majesty's Government to check investigation, the greatest disposition was evinced to remove as far as possible,. even the limitations put upon it by that House, and not to keep or at le a st to i nterpret t i i t ie w m itl i i n in t i e ts tn g o e ti or caopoiliii,rceaillenbsrvendoslnner, There was scarce l y any topic connected with Ireland which would not be !blind in the minutes of the Committee.' Was there any thing inconsist ent, therefore, whilst proposing a renewal of the inquiry, to abstain from affixing limits to its operations ? In fact the Commissioners had stated in their report last year, that there were many points on which they had not perfected their en quiries, and they recommended to th e H ouse to renew the Com tuittee. It was therefore their recommendation, strengthened by the higher authority of the Spe ec h f rom the Throne, which formed the ground for the present revival. As to keeping the Catholic question out of sight, the Nobl e B aron ought to have recollectedthat his Noble Friend (the Earl of Liverpool) had idisthat he s that hould have no o bj ect i on to inquire uponquestion and into the opi. nions of individuals upon that subject, for i n suc h a case ppi ntotin all tatty were fact ,, . a Cht. Noble Ilaron not a warm er or tnore s e t t a s te Wllich bpre fl.t \l\ SUN. persevering friend than himself (the Earl of Harrowby) to mak ing concessions to the Catholics. but he felt that if the Committee were to report on that subject, they would exceed their powers. No House of ParliaMent, acting properly, would ever refer such a question for decision to any select body. It was one on which all opinions ought to be freely given, and it would not be fit that such a question should come to. the House biassed one way or the other by the opinion of a Committee. Even were he certain that the Report should be made in the sense which he approved, he should still object to such a Report being made. , Lord KING asked their Lordships what they would say of an empiric who should mix his medicines one day and appoint a consultation upon it for the next day .? WoUld they not think it most ridiculous? This was, however, what they were now doing. The medicine was in, the mortar at this very moment was pounding, and they were voting an inquiry ! • Why object to having a consultati on fi r st a nd the medicine after? Because they were afraid that another course would'be recom mended, and that instead of their steel medicines, they siviuld have to give soothing opium or st7engthening bark. Bark they • would admit was a very good specific, but „far tuo dear and too important Mr them .to, use. , The motion was then agreed to and the Committee appointed. —Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Earl of NEWPORT moved for a N2w Writ for the Borough of Newport (Ile Of Wight), in cmsequence of the decease of Sir Leonard Holmes.—Ordered. OIL GAS Mr. PLUNKETT.obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better lighting the Cities of London and. Westminster with Oil Gas. • ASSESSED TAXES, Mr. DICKENSON presented a Petition from the Borough of Wells, praying a repeal of the House and Window Tax.— Ordered to lie on the table. ILLEGAL ASSOCIA TIONq. Mr. MAXWELL presented a Petition from the County of Cavan, praying for the suppression of Illegal Associations in Ireland.—Ordered to lie on, the table. GA 31R LAWS. Mr. STUART WORTLEY gave notice of a motion for his day se'nnight, for the.amend•nent of the Game Laws. cArruoLic ASSOCIATION. Mr. H.- DAVIS presented a petition from the parish of St. John the Baptist, Bristol, praying that there might be no fur. :her concessions made to the Catholics. TOBACCO AND SNUFF. Mr. H. DAVIS presented a pct . i m frcrn Bristol, praying a reduction of the duties on Tobacco and SnufE—Ordered to lie on the table. ASSESSED TAXES. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a Petition from Bath. brick;- Somerset, praying for the repeal of the House and Win dow Tax—Ordered to be printed. . CATHOLIC AS'.OOIATLON. -Sir GEORGE HILL presented a Petition from London. derry, praying forthe suppression of the Catholic Association.. - He would reserve any observations he might have to offer upon these Associations for another period. The petition set forth that the :Association sought to alienate the affections of the Irish people from the constituted authorities. It was signed by 29 of the Irish Clergy, 30 Magistrates, and (i4O inhabitants. The Hon. Member would explain to the House the manner in which this petition had been brought forward. A schoolmaster had raised a subscription in Londonderry, the funds of which it was discovered were applied to the Catholic Bent. In consequenct of this public act, a requisition was signed, and a meeting held on the 12th of January, when the petition before the House was framed. Mr. ABE RCROMBY said, perhaps the Right Honourable Baronet could favour the House with a tolerably accurate re port of the.speeches made at this meeting.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. G. DAWSON presented .a similar petition from the county of Londonderry, signed by 1,700 freeholders. The Honourable illember.said the petitioners had abstained from offering before-arty-Petitiori to the House, for the - purpose of avoiding what might be considered an act of hostility ; but the. Catholic body was the first to throw down the gauntlet. They now came forward to deny what had been boldly, falsely, and impudently asserted—that the Protestants of Ireland were fa vourable to the measures of the Catholic Association. The petitioners were decidedly opposed to any further concessions to the Catholics. Sir 11. PARNELL said, the Hon. Gentleman had thought proper to assert that nine-tenths of the Irish population were op. posed to the claims of the Catholics ; he, however, could re verse the position as regarded the feelings of the majority, when he iniOrmed the House that at least two-thirds of the Irish had taken active part with the associated body.—(Hear, hear!) Mr. A BERCR(MI3Y could state to the House, that on one occasion a requisition was presented to the Sheriff of the county of Waterford, signed by Protestants inclined to favour the Ca, tholic claims, and that individual refused to call a meeting. %Jr. I). BROWNE said, the only permanent foundation of the peace of Ireland would be found in the total extinction of all religious distinction. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. COAL DUTIES. Sir.T. ACLAND presented a petition from South Moulton, Devonshire, fbr the repeal of the sea-port coal duties.—Ordered to lie on the table. Col. DA VIS gave notice, that on Tuesday, the Bth of March, he:would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the repeal of du ties on various exciseable articles. COAST OF AFRIC 1. Mr. HUME rose for the purpose of inquiring of the Right Hon. Secretary for the Foreign Department, whether he in tended to lay before the House any papers relating to recent occurrences on the coast of Africa. Mr. Secretary CANNING replied, that the business re ferred to did not come immediately under his observation, and he was not aware that it was in contemplation to lay any papers of such a nature before the House. CHANCERY COMMISSION. Mr. WILLIAMS, seeing the Right Honourable the Secre tary for the Home Department in his place, would take this op portunity of asking him if he would inform the House when it was intended to lay a report of the Committee before them. Mr. Secretary I'EEI; replied, that there were others, per haps, who could give the Hon. Member more information on this subject than himself. The Hon. Gentleman's interrogatory would probably be answered if he were to address it to some Member of the Committee. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, he apprehended the Committee would, in a tew days, give a partial report.—(A laugh.) ASSOCIATION 6 IN IRELAND. Mr. GOULBURN said he rose, pursuant to a notice which he had given a few days back, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relative to unlawful Societies in Ire land. In doing so he could not but express his regret that cir cumstances should have occurred to impose on him so painful a duty. 'Towards the close of last Session he took occasion to state to the House, that he hoped the measures which had been adopted by- Parliament, and the mode in which they were car'. tied into elect by the Irish Government—chat the resistance given to all proceedings tending to perpetuate discord or pro duce disorder, and the impartial manner in which the laws were administered to all ranks and denominations of his, Ma jesty's subjects in that country, would be found sufficient to preserve it steadily in the march of general improvement. He now regretted to be obliged to say, that circumstances had since arisen to interrupt the peace and prosperity of Ireland. He could not conceal from the House—indeed the House was itself aware of the fact—that although. the outrages which prevailed at one period over a considerable extent of Ireland had given way to the laws enacted for their suppression —that although • the condition of the poor had been greatly ameliorated, and in a fair course of advancement, that although trade had greatly im proved,and new sources of industry and wealth had grown up_ that although all classes of the people enjoyed at present ease and comforts to which they had hitherto been strangers—yet, not withstanding these auspicious indications of fature prosperity, a Body had sprung forth calling itself the Catholic Association which was destructive of all order and good government, and inconsistent _with the principles of the Constitution. . The House was aware that last Session Ministers were called upon to interfere and suppress that Body ; but, with a forbearance which ought to have inspired better feelings and better con.- d uct t h„ ti h a d Aince been exemplified, Government declined to interpose its power. However alarming some of the proceed ings of the Association might then seem, they were so dashed with those which were ridiculous that it was hoped the evil could not long survive. Since that time the, character of that Body had materially changed, and it was now not only calcu lated to create alarm and dis May, but every .honest man,. he PRICE SEVENPENCP. thought, must confess also, calculated to impede the perity of the empire and to produce and foster public content. The Bill which he should now introduce pith t.e view of resisting the evil in question, went to amend two ;Vot e , one passed by the Irish Parliament in 1793, and railed -th,e Convention Act, the other passed the year before last, ter putting down secret societies hi Ireland. Although these related to different objects, they were bOth applicable to the present - state of the sister eountrp It was well knee , that . the Act passed in .1793, was intended - to prohibit ell assemblies either representing - or affecting to represent f.e public generally, or any class ,of the people. But it net; not, because danger was apprehended from lteprsetee ' tive Bodies only that the above Act was passed, but be cause all _bodies then existing of an' alarming character we of that nature. • Up to 1793, all assemblies which had met ia Ireland were representative, and the particular one which was Tidied by the Convention Act was so *likewise, presentation, therefore, was only a distinguishing; fe'.4•ture o:' the general evil which it was proposed to redress, and not the test by which the Government 'of that period pr,. ceeded. If the House attended to the R(...solutions •adoptc:l in the Irish 'Legislature previous to the passing of time law, would find that representation was only one characteristic cr the bodies it wished to suppress./the lrish House of Lord particularly, it was stated that the object was to put down-self . created assemblies taking. upon themselves to interfere with th,t prerogatives of Parl iamentond levy surns.of money on t ;NW:: subjects. It was not, therefore, rePresentatiOn which gave the character of danger to the assemblies then cOntemphced, and the debates of that era show that the .3ctrwas directed svainsc self-created societies exciting alarm, and tending to distill b the peace of the country, Parliament had now to deal with an Asso ciation formed expressly to evade the law—an association awar. I that the p ovisions of the existing law-only extended to roprese I tative bodies, and which therefore claimed to itself the. privilege of not being a representative assembly, but one formed and mait taine:l on independent grounds. It had, however, been ad mitted a few evenings back by the Hon. and Learned Gentle- Man °Kosice (Mr. Brougham), that the Catholic Association " virtually represented" the Catholics of Ireland, and there was no testimony on a matter of this sort which he Goul burn) would prefer to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's. He would ask, then, Was there not as goad ground to suppresa a body " Virtually" representing, as a body actually representing the Catholics ?—and whether a body was to be tolerated whict did that virtually which the law prevented it from doing actes ally ? If the Catholic Association technically evaded the ob ject of Parliament, the latter was bound to keep pace with the ingenuity thus. employed, and to meet the artifice which had been resorted to. Surely it would not be Contended that any society should be allowed to effect that virtually which it w prohibited frinn effecting actually ? If he (Mr. Gm ulburr ) wire to virtually calumniate any Gentleman oppaNite, he should think himself more culpable than if he had openly done so, for he' should have to add the shame of the subterfogv the guilt of thg act. But putting represmtation aside,, he was prepared to 'ground hiS motion on .the nature and constitu tion of the bodies with which the horse bad nO t e to deal. lie trusted, however, he might indulge the hope that die necessity' for adopting the present - measure would be short lived, and its operation equally temporary. He hail already intimated that he should first draw attention . to the Catholic Association. In entering upon that subject, he Was afraid. he should ap pear fatiguing ; for it had been the boast of the Body alluded to, that all its acts were public.—(Hear, hear !).—lt had been its object to disseminate its proceedings in every pos sible channel of publicity.. 'lie therefore felt the difficulty of stating; any thing to the House which had not been known to it before. (Hear, hear!)-The Catholic A ssoc i at iO n was formed in the May f 1823. To his present purpose, the objects with which it professed to set out were matters of comparative Indifference. Whether it assembled as was declared, solely to aid in prom., ing Catholic Emancipation, and" the r e d ress of what wer e termed other grievances affecting that Body —or whether, as some of its Members asserted, the object was to obtain a 'Re form of Parliament, a repeal of the Union, and the ultimate Separation of the country froM England, he should not now dwell on. Were the objects perfectly inoffensive, that would trot shield from the consequences of the injurious means that might be employed in effecting them. Were . they not, it' was not worth quarrelling' With the Catholics, beeause they h a d ex actly done what they assembled to do. In abstaining, too, from any particular observations on the speeches of individuals in the debates of that assembly, he was willing to allow that persons in popular meetings were apt to be led away by ardour of momentary incitement to transgress the bounds of discretion. lie should likewise ab.itain from th ose de bates, because it was on the whole tone and . teileur of'- the proceedings of the Association_(Hear, hear !)--that he should rest his motion. As lie had already stated, he was willing to admit that in public. assemblies much latitude of language must be tolerated; lie did not think, howeVer, that the speakers of the:' Catholic Association 'could claim any indulgence on that score. In it there was none of that opposition which was at once- the cause and the excuse for intemperance. The great source of mischief then was the absence of all opposition—(Hear!)—The Members were all perfectly agreed on every topic and if any individual dated to offer an opinion at Variance with the gene ral feeling of the meeting, his reception was such as to'deter every other man from following the example.. .Nex t ;. in con sidering the constitution of that Body, not the least alarming feature was its indefiniteness. Other Bodies not elected, might still be under some controul. But when either being a member . or not being a member, depended upon a person's own will ; and when the numter f members was unliMited, all checks operating upon tither societies were withdrawn. He was Also obliged to acknowledge that the Association comprised a. great proportion of the Catholic hierarchy—a class of persons that ,On the present occasion he was more dispoied to speak of in sorrow than in anger—for it was painful to find those whose duty di rected them to inculcate the meek spirit of Christianity into their flocks, and-to impact to them religious and moral instrtic - - tion, not only taking a part in the political objects of the AS'- sociation, but using their powers in extending its influence. The - next class comprised in that Body were well known for years to every one who had attended to Irish affairs; they were persons of disappointed hopes, or angry dispositions and un governable ambition, who had at all times been the advocate§ either of real or imaginary sufferers, their business had been to inflame the minds.of the people—to teach them to place no re:.. Lance on the laws—and to prove to them that th e y were en d ur i n g every description of oppression. The union of these individuals with the other Members of the Association was of itself well cal culated to eiecite alarm. But to those we re t o b e a dd e d a ll t h e survivers of ;it: Catholic Committee of 1793, to put down which the Convention Act had been passed, and also ninny persons :not unknown to that House—persons long familiar with plots and treasons— with the plots and treasons of olden times—the asso ciates of Tone, of Russell, and of EmMet—men who had openly arrayed themselves in mad defiance to the Laws and Government of the Country, and who were identified with the desperate ob jects and acts of those days. This was a part of the subject, however, on which he had no inclination to enlarge. lie must next observe, than there.was certainly a euneiderahle portion of the Catholic Nobility and Gentry also connected with the As.. sociation.—( Hear, hear, 'hear !)—He was disposed to speak fairly, and he broadly stated that fact. It was impossible at the same time not to perceive that many of the Catholic Aris_ . tocracy and Gentry had been involuntarily placed in that situa tion. He would indeed assert that the great proportions of those classes viewed the conduct of the Catholic Association with as much dread and horror as any other part of the commu nity. But it was well known these men might be found' to swell the, numbers of any Society, and from their c h aracters to .... .. ....,......., ,„ confer importance on it, without being able to direct its march; It was known that neither virtue, rank, nor talent, held the as cendancy in such assemblies, but that whoever pandered to the passions of the multitude was raised to the dignity of a leader. Yet the junction of so much rank and merit gave a wei;..ilit to the Association which made it the more formidable and the inure deserving of suppression. Could the I-louse either forget t hat while it Catholics had adopted the very forms of Parliament , it opposed and spurned its authority. At the beginnin g oniniittee of of • its h Session general Committees were a ppointed — a C Grievances— a Committee of Justice—a Committee tion—(Hear !)—and all the ground that Parliament had refused of Eduee s,vsincumbent on the Association to perform the duty. to attend to these subjects, and therefore it 13 ' which e i was for examinkng likewise particular Committees,one ot general there were , e copied almost verbatim. orders of the Association were likewise ; and, "Sir," (continued from the rules and orders ofParliaine a ddressing the Speaker ), "if that Mr. Goulburn, and pointe‘dly "of its members to office similar to facts before they were submitted to the , public. The, rules and Lolly haw riot that which you . been able to find an individual i willing to accept it under the Penalty tly silent." Although the Association b of being permanen the Catholic 0 vf.. ously exercised great power over population,• it fill in this House, it is because . it has not .its through the - - method of authority • , • - took a peculiar 111110 RAMA, REGENT'S PARK.—Open SLAW Daily from Ten till Four —The present Views :ire, the Interior of Chartres Cathedral, one of the finest Oothie Remains still extant in Frit / lice; and Brest. Harbour ; which Twu Views will be shortly lemored.