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A in t r rZ ) t g i l T eecomrtn4renrled ixt chronic Rheumatism, Spar % ..s,, si ..tir.is, Pal‘T, Stiffness, a 94 Etlargenten i tot:l d e . '54, '4.4‘nsi-Brtilseii 80.. i ". lir 'Bottles; 'at' is' i i`" a WEST'S GALLERY, No. 14, NEW MAN -STREET. 'Die GRAND PICTURES of CHRIST REJECTED, and ' DEATH on the PALE HORSE, p ainted b the late BEN JAMIN 'it EST, E sq . P.R.A. are NOWON VIEW with his other Works, among which are Subjects illustrative of Events connected•with . th e Life and Death of our Saviour. Admission, ts.-- . .:atalogue, is. NOw rit and SOUTH SMELLY.; PATENT WROUGHT IRON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, Designed by Captain SA3IUEI. BROWN, R.. N. P ROSP ECT US. `Though the advantages that must be derived from the erec tion of a Suspension Bridge over the Tyne from North to South Shields, both in a local and national point of view, are ob vious, a few of the most important may be thus enumerated : The population of North Shields and Tynemouth, and the populasion of South Shields and Westoe, form a total of 50,000. inhabitants, exceeding any town on the great North Road between London and Edinburgh ; but the river is a great obstacle to general intercourse. In passing, or conveying goods across the riv er a t Shi e ld s by boats,-it must be acknowledged that the risk, at all times great, has beep rendered more so of late by the increase of traf fic, and the rapid movements of the numerous steam vessels, which greatly endanger the lives of persons crossing, of which there are innumerable instances. The Bridge would remedy the evil, and the large population of both towns, now divided, wculd derive incalculable, advantages from the Union. North Shields would then be within 7 miles of Sunderland, though at present ally person travelling post between those towns, will find the distance to be nearly 20 miles; and the line of com munication between Sunderland and South Shields with Mnr peth, the great mart for cattle, would be considerably sho r t ene d . Sunderland is 27 mil es f rom llorpeth by Newcastle, at present' the only road, but by way: of North Shields, where there is ,now an excellent turnpike, the distance would be reduced to 23 miles. The distance from South Shields to Morpeth, through Newcastle, is 26 miles, but by North Shields it would not exceed 17 miles of, good and level turnpike-road. In each case, the hills and pavement, from the Barras Bridge at New castle to the head of Gateshead (an inconvenience much com plained of, and which does more injury to cattle than driving them 6 or 7 miles upon an ordinary turnpike) would be avoid , ed, and the expence and delay of keeping the cattle upon the .road (no trifling consideration) would be saved. The Resident in North Shields would have a conveyance from his own door directly southward, whilst those of South Shields And Sunderland would find a similar advantage in pro ceeding northward. The increasing populous towns of Blyth and Hartley, (of great consequence from their connection with collieries which are multiplying in their neighbourhood) the former distant from - ,North Shields ten miles, the latter six miles, both situated on the sea coast, will receive the greatest benefit from the` Bridge ui theiecommunication with the south, through sea port towns with which they have considerable and important intercourse ; and they will also partake of the general improve ment of North And South Shields. ' The persoris interested in Sunderland Bridge and in the roads from South Shields tn. Durham and Stockton, from. North Shields to Newcastle,- and from Shields to Alorpeth, must reap great advantage from the increase of passage which the Bridge will ,note. The project will bear consideration not only as a mere matter of local imp irtance, but in a national point of view, as regards the advantage Government will derive from the facility which will be given to the passage of troops, ordnaace, and stores from North to South Shields, Tynemouth Castle harbeen long used as a dept for military Stores ' • but the want of a rea dy communication, with t h e southern bank of the river, was con stantly felt during the late war, when a bridge of barges and flat bottomed . boats was constructed at enormous expence to little. purpose.. It is understood that the distance from North Shields to Edin burgh, bye coast road, is shorter than from Newcastle to that city, by five or six Miles, and by a more level road; and that a saving of six or Kellen miles can he made in the distance from York to South Shields. ..It follows, then that, by a Bridge over - the Tyne at Shields, the distance is shortened, between York and EdinbUrgh, twelve or thirteen miles, which will deserve the attention and support of his Lordship the Postmaster General An alteration is about to be made in the running of the mail, to pass from Sunderland to Newcastle, missing South. Shields; yet it is certain this measure, so serious an evil to the inhabitants, is only resoried to for want of the projected Bridge. It is needless to comment on the advantages which will result to individuals whose estates are in the immediate vicinity of the Bridge, or the eastern parts of Durham and Noithumber land. The establishment of a good market at Shields must ' necessarily follow, from the encreased demand of the large united population and the facility of supply. Though the great benefit the ancient and commercial town of Newcastle, the capital of the North, must derive from the prosperity of Shields has not been stated - as one of the advan tages to be calculated upon froM the, Suspension Bridge, in ought not to be overlooked, especially when the great increase of trade is considered whiCh Inuit accrue from the proposed rail-road to Carlisle. Capt. Brown undertakes that the cost of the Bridge and erec dons spell not exceed D 3,000/., which is to be provided for by a capital of 100,000/. in shares of one hundred pounds each. It only, therefore, remains to satisfy the Capitalist that he will receive a rentuner.ating interest, of which there is every prospect. The tolls are estimated on the present existing intercourse between the., two towns and adjacent country, at a very moderate calculation, to pioduce 6,0001. per annum, though an immense increase may be fairly contemplated as soon as the Bridge is opened., _lndeed there can be no doubt; independent of all the intercourse of the district, that this will be a consider able thoroughfare for travellers pursuing their route along the coast, who will thus embrace the opportunity of crossing the Bridges of SUnderland and Shields, the latter promising to be one of the noblest works in the kingdom. Lastly, The advantages to be derived are not, as in most of the prOjects of the present day, fallacious or visionary ; there can be no deception, as the benefits, both public and private, may be contemplated.and appreciated by every one possessing local knowledge. N. B. Subscription lists are lett at the banks in Newcastle, Shields, Sunderland, Durham, and Stockton ; and with Al essrs . Fry and Chapman', bankers, London. One-third of the capital is already subscribed. A PUZZLING CASE BRILLIANTLY sErriEo. In vest of snow-*l.iteness, and-Boots of jet hue, A flair-dre.ser ran', we might rattier say, flew, Si' rapid his pace, puts tier hag in his band, And turn'd into F•Neter•s'tret t in the Strand: — Where ronittiin the corner, in cE.ntact he came Kith Sam, long ae‘Stistom'd Snot.ho; to proclaim. Su fierce the concussion that both staggeed hack, All white the Soot loom's., the limber all bmck„ Excepting his Boots,. fir they lost their jet glow And seeni'd as if euret'a with flakes of pure snow; For Soot versus Piiwder both begs were at work, The Combatants fi;.:ht ,tt like Grecian and Turk. Of Justice the parties now sought, each, redress, r3ch his great damage now prone to express; — Your Worship perceives," said the indignant barber, This plight in, that no one my prs'ou will harbour; ;sly vest, lately white, with vile Soot badly suits, , Anti worse the hair-powder th a t covers my boots.' " And who iti.his service," ash'd S oo t.h o, " w ill k ee p, A dandefied, powder d, full-dress'd Chimney-sweep?" 'the Justice was puzzled, and friendship ativied, "'Reflection." he said, "should be cherish'd and priz'd." 4'6 It e tiretion the Frizeur.exclaini'd, " 'tis..g o n e Which way ?" ask'd the Justice, " why, Sir, it is lacking: Fur never the worth or reflection was known The lustre when absent of WA attts; - 's Jet Blacising e iced with eclat, and SAW Sweep RcH~,c tt: 3 111 S 1 pristine accuteness to keep, Applied to . 1 he Boots a restorative hand, ions distinct tve and bland • Renewing the v•* . . erred, and each fairy-like shad • . pume _ atr-ti • Boots to prevabc. Th e , P''' . • "" , a ',l EJ. • e Eitsy gbi n i n g and Brilliant BLACKIN(3, prepared by This ROBEItT XI/A it REN,. 30 ;. sTit AND. LONDi • Id in every Town in the K at i tci ng i d s u d m . ;act.. Als . o L p ika As t- I ,A, } .! BLA cKING, in Pots ri o n . ; !ed. and d. each. A Shilling Pit of Paste I .„L.", I Bottkf 1.1 - tp.tid _Fop, ‘t ,5 BLACKING. la: PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 6. Petitions against th e Catholic Claimswere presented by Lord KENYON, from Knighton, •in Radnorshire; by - Lord COL CHESTER, from Colchester (as we understood); by the Duke of MosrnosE, from the Burghers of Glasgow, signed by 1,200; by the LORD CHANCELLOR, from A stor., near Bir mingham, from the town of 'Dudley, and from another place, the name of which was not heard ; by the Bishop of ST. DAVID'S, four petitions from parishes in Wales; and by the Bishops of BATH nil'tirEL,l.s, from the Protestant Dissen ters of Ebenezer Chapel, in the parish of St. Mary, Marl borough. In presenting the last petition, the Bishop of BATH and WELLS observed, that it was one which he had great pleasure in submitting to the Lordships. It expressed the sentiments of a most respectable body of Dissenters, and the manner in which they spoke of the Establishment did great honour to the Church and to them. The petition Was remarkable for its good sense; but there were two points which-he wished to notice first, that there was a number of females among the petitioners; and secondly, that several of the names were not in the hand writing of the petitioners. He had' asked the reason of so many names appearing in one hand, and was informed that it was a usual practice irrthe congregation for the deacon to sign the names of other persons, they being present and authorizing the signature. If there should he any objection to the petition on this account, he would present it as merely the petition of the persons who had signed it. He wished the petition to he read at length, as the opinions it contained did honour to those from whom it came ; and it was one of the best petitions in sentiment and language he ever had the honour to present to that House. Lord KING had listened attentively to the reading of the petition, and thought•the Right Ref. Prelate must be rather singular as to his ideas of good sense, When he praised this peti tion so much. There appeared to be very little sense in it, anti the little it contained was buried under a mass of words. lie had a petition to present.of a different purport. It came from the Unitarians of the town of Taunton. It expressed the sen timents of a numerous and respectable, and, what was more, a very honest body of Dissenters. - Perhaps the presenting; of it would give an opport u nit y , of somethin g to b e said in the manner of a redoubtable Doctor of Dublin, who fired off a double battery against the Catholics for believing too much, and the Unitarians for believing too little. The Noble Lord then presented the petitiOn, which was in favour of the Catho lic The Bishop of BATH and WELLS and Lord KING inter changed a few words, which ware not distinctly heard below the bar. The LORD CHANCELLOR confirmed the obseriations he made yesterday on the- Portland petition., It had been re ceived from-tht.country by the gentleman who give it to him to present, just as he was entering the. House., That gentle.. man's name had been associated with his as a promoter of the petition ; but he had really as little to do with it she (the Lord Chancellor) had had. Upon further inquiry, he had found that the information' which he received yesterday, and commu nicated to the House, was perfectly correct. Lord HOLLAND postponed the second reading of the At tainder Bill to Friday next ; anti presented a petition from the Artisans of Wolverhampton, in favour of the Equitable Loan Bill.—Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Some accounts were presented at the bar from the East India Company. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL presented a petition from Brighton, 'against the Brighton Gas Company Bill.. . Mr. LESTER presented a petition from the Merchants, Ship-owners, and others of Poole, againSt the Ship Canal Bill. Mr. BERKELEY PORTMAN presented petitions from Chardstock, against the Ship Canal ; and from the Vestry of the Parish of St. Marylebone, Middlesex, against the New Street Bill. A petition from Brighton, against the new Fish Company, was also brought up. Mr. J. BENETT presented a petition, praying for the abo lition of Negro Slavery, from the inhabitants of New Sarum and its vicinity. COAIBINATI( %N LAWS. Mr. MANSFIELD, in presenting a petition against the re ' enactment of the Combination Laws, bespoke for it the indul gent consideration of the House. It was from the frame-work knittters of Leicester, of whom he thought it must be allowed, not only by their masters, but by every Hon: Gentleman ac quainted with that part of the country, that they had conducted themselves extremely well, even in periods of the -greatest ma nufacturing distress. While they • prayed to be indulged with freedom of labour, as far as regarded the liberty of disposing of their industry to the best adviintage, they entirely deprecated all idea of being supposed to desire to dictate, in any manner, to their masters whom they should employ or reject. Mr. BARING also presented a petition concerning those Laws. The petition he held in his hand he considered as of some importance; it was from the Ship-caulkers in the em ploy of Messrs. Curling and Young, stating that they were perfectly satisfied with their wages, but in consequence of not belonging to the Thames Caulkers Union, they were liable to continual insults from those who combined against their masters. They therefore threw themselves on the protection of the House, and prayed that such measures might be adopted as would secure them the reward of their own labour, and prevent them from being put in actual fear of losing their lives by the malice of those who were diScontented. The following are the words of the Petition : “ The Humble Petition of the undersigned Ship Caulkers of the River Thames, Sheweth That the Petitioners have been for some time in the employ of Messrs. Curling, Young and Company, of Lime house, as Ship Caulkers. That they are perfectly contented with their wages and gene ral treatment, and are satisfied that if any cause of complaint or grievance existed, any representation they might make would meet with attention and redress from their employers. That they are No'r Members of the River Thames Caulkers Union. That in consequence thereof,. they are constantly- exposed to every description of annoyance and insult; they canno t wa lk .t h e streets without being assailed with the most opprobrious epithets, their lives have been threatened, and some of them have actually suffered from actual violence. That, totally unconscious of having given any cause of offence to those from whom they experience this unjust and tyrannical treatment, your Petitioners throw themselves on the protection of your Honourable House, praying that you will be pleased to adoPt inch measures as in your wisdom may seem meet, to ensure to them the free exercise of their labour, un controuled by the annoyance and intimidation of others." The Petition was then referred to the Select Committee on the Combination Laws. .• • Mr. MANSFIELD presented a petition from the Minister, Church wardens,. and Parishioners of St. Margaret's, West minster, against any furth er concessions to th e Roman Catholics. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. PA:ur ox Conn E T from Shrewsbury ; by 'Mr. E. Barr...rip, from the pa r i s h o f St. John, Exeter, from Teignmoutli, and limn Copley, all in the county of Devon. Sm all Tithes.—r. -SYKES Ronda first andht in a Bil seconl for 'thed timme.ore easy r ecovery of 31r..NEWIll A N brought up a petition in favour of the con. tinuance of - the protecting duties on Foreign Corn, from a dis trict in the:county of Devon ; and . Mr. CURTEP 4 , a similar petition, from the hundred of Grinstead, in Sussex. Lord EBR I NOTON presented a petiti on 'f rorn Eingsbridge, nume rously Devon, praying for a repeal of the Hou se and Wiraow_Tax. presented a petition f rom T aunton, borough, De von, against the duty on coal carried coastwi se . Mr. BASTARD presented a petition from u g in favour of the Ship Canal. Th e Hon. Gentle rously signed,* man also presented it petition from t place, praying for ,Ail A. 8. - I -RING e and the repeal of the. Ho .us 'Window Tare ax. verally read, and ,All theie petitions were- seordered to be printed. OIL-TRADE. The Hon. W. GORDON presented a petition from the owners of shipping (emPloyed in the whale fishery) i n Aber. They prayed that the duties might be continued that were now -levied on: foreign oil imported into Great 13fitain. The bonnties haying been . withdrawn from our own fishery. and the dUties now in force - upon the imp ortat i on of foreiti oil being about to - be withdrawn' also, it was obvious- tent die cticct of all this iipini-Ouivwri oit-tradt - Luust tie most injiN although it had formerly been deemed the best' policy of Ga. verninent to protect it as a trad'e that provided the best ntirery for our seamen. Mr. SYKES thought the total remission of this titY*iteinld be attended with. serious injury to many individuan. . (The remainder of this gentleman's observations we were unable tc collect.) Mr. H USKISSON said, if he were called; Eton slibrtly to state the •absurdity of the existing system on Which.this trade was established, so far as regarded the payment of duties, he should state it in this manner—that we imposed a Mit . ); on the importation of an article, for the production of which 'we 'al lowed a bounty.—( Hear 1)--Now as the bounty was withdrawn on this article, the duty ought to be remitted or if retained, retained at the lowest rate possible. With respect to hat had been said about the duty on foreign rape-seed, he could iesure Hon. Gentlethen, that the duty bad never been imposed with any reference whatever to the whale fishery. It was imposed during the severest pressure of agricultural distress, at the suggestion of some Gentlemen,' who, thinking that the whole land of England was going out of cultivation, entleavettred to devise means for retaining it in culture, and proposed the cultivation of rape-seed with that view; bat he did not believe - that the two descriptions of - oil that had been alluded to tvere - used for the same or similar purposes. Whale-oil was employed for the purposes of burning, '&b.; rape-seed oil, for dressing -cloth.— Probably, indeed, at times, the one might happen' to 1, so dear that it might be necessary to use the other as a substitute for it ; and thus it was represented as one of the of the cloth-trade, that whale-oil had been used instead of rape, to the great disparagement of the manufacture,hatin conseqUeuce of the dearness of rape-oil. However, he agreed - with the Hon. Membertbr Hull, that the proposed arrangement in respect of the' duty on imported foreign oil should be so managed as to bear with the least possible severity on individuals in that trade.— He had imagined that by allowing till next January - he bad af forded a sufficient time for this purpose; but perhaps it might be of benefit to reduce the duty in January next only one and the remaining half in six months afterwards. - - Mr. HUME stated, that in consequence of the • alarm that had been excited in - this trade by the approaching remission of the duty on imported foreign had within these few . dayS fallen 51. per ton. He agreed with the Right Honourable Gentleman who• •had• just sat down, that nothing - could be more absurd than that a 'duty of this kind should ever have been imposed at all ; but lie 'recommended, under all the cir cumstances, that the whole duty be continued until - January twelvemonth, as in the mean time .-fresh cargoes would have been received that might be disposed of probably with :advan tage to the trade. CURWEN said a few words that were quite inaudible to us. Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS, as Chairmati-of the Com mittee in which this duty was originally proposed, disclaimed all concurrence in tilt proposition. He'had been asked to bring in the Bill, but had refused to do so;. and was now rejoiced- at the conduct he had pursued on that occasion.—The petition was then read. • . Mr. HLTSKISSON presented a petition from a body of Pro testant Dissenters of Liverpool (Unitarians), represen t i n g t h at they had heard th a t th e Presbyterians generally had been repre. Rented to be hostile to the Cathtilic claims. Theyhumbly prayed leave, on the contrary, to state the grounds upon which, as they thought, the Catholic disabilities might be withdrawn. They conceived that the grounds of those disabilities never could have been the religious opinions of the Ronian Catholics, merely, as such. The petitioners had ever been friendly t'o the princi4 pies of a free government and a free constitution ; and they felt , that the claims of the Roman Catholics had formerly been op posed, because there Was a family then in exile, to whom the Roman Catholics were attached, who, if they again arrived at power, would not act in unison with those principles.— (Hear!) But, now that the danger to be apprehended from that - thirdly had pa.ssetl hy—now- that the dangers against which the ing laws pfovided were no longer - to be dreaded, anxious as . they were for the Protestant succession to the throne, and. for the safety, of the church establishment, they thought they. 'might, in perfect consistency with those feelings, and in per fect unison with the object their ancestors had in view at the period of the Revolution, call on the Legislature to remove those disabilities under which the Roman Catholics now iaboar_ ed ' • because they were of opinion, th at f rom t h e non-removal ' of those disabilities, much danger might be apprehended, while the danger against which those disabilities had been interpoSed as ra safeguard had entirely subsided.—( Ifear l)—On these grounds, the petitioners, men of the highest respectability, Mr.• Roscoe and others, prayed the House that the disabilities af fecting the Roman Catholics might be removed. Sir ISAAC COFFIN was surprised that Hon. Gentlemen ; •who presented petitions against the Roman Catholic claims, did not recollect the numlier of Catholics who; century after century', had falien'in the field, fighting in support of the Pm-' testant , succession to The Crown of these realms.—(Hear!)— Was it to he endured, that the descendants of men who had thus conducted themselves should be excluded from the benefit of the Constitution ? He was anxious that they should have all the benefits which the 'Dissenters 'enjoyed, anil - nO more. Nothing could be more fair or reasonable than such a • proposition. • , • • . The petition, which was from a • bOdy "of 'Presbyterians,. now generally.known by the name of Unitarian Christians, of Liverpool, was then brought up, laid on. the table, and .- read. . Mr. ATTWOOD presented a petition from Callington, ;ainst the Roman Catholic Claims. "Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Guild of Joiners of Dublin, praying, as we understood, for a reconsideration of the Combination Lamm—Referred to the Committee on the said laws. _ Mr. P. SMITH presented a petition from' the Chamber of Commerce of Drohedi4 praying for a Repeal of the Duty on Coals carried coastwise. _ _ 3lr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from Robert Gourlay, Esq. stating that he had been - persecuted\ for the lalt fifteen years, and praying for a Commission to inquire into his case. • The Lunacy Traverse Bill was read a 'second time:—To be committed on Monday; BANK ACCOUNTS. Mr. 011ENFELI, said, hiS Hon. Friend (Mr.. Manning) would recollect, that at the beginning of laat session.he sailed for an -. 2ecouht, as he'had been in the - habit of doing for sove, ral years past, to shOw to the public what profit was maile' . by the Bank on the balances of the public debt.. Ills Hon. Friend had, when thus applied to, denied that the public had any right to call for such an Account.. tic now wished to ask _his Hon. Friend, 'whether , if he matt the same motion in • the Parliament, present Session of irliament, a similar objection would tie opposed to it, 'or whether the 'document in question would he laid before - the•flouse ?:. • Mr: MANNING answered, that his opinion on this subject rchiained unchanged. Great inconvenience wouhl arise front tht , production of such an account as that called' for, by his with equal propriety, demand an inspection of the accounts a any private bank. brong ri h s t se u ci p g tt re te at re . p g : t r i t po., of te the ( n o t. The Scotch Jutiiciture Bill went through a Committee. The Hon. Friend : who might, he thought; report was received, and Ordered to be taken into further consi.: derstion On Monday se'rinight. , . . , with rtspect to the Isle of Man, Mr. lID.ME presented two petitions ; the one from Arbioath,' m ti :n o : , tte e on the other from Aberdeen. agilinst the Clyde Navigation Bill. Collili . . Mr. If ERRIES e and he - hoped that certain suggestions which had been thrown out by him would not be neglected. ourition from Mr. 111... .relative - 1 7. - - ..' e In answer to' a , to an w th l eA l i i i : r t s i :l ef.l(ot)-iStrlinl'an'niEenNt-h Acts.ea x d p a d opt eti w agreement, or Supposed agreement, between Governtnent and ' the Duke of . Athol, for a total relinquisinnent of all claims Of . scvereignty in the Isle of Man , _ . Mr: lIBRRIIN said', that those to whom thl:‘ b:,isiness W4ll - had two subjects before theM : One ti.:.s the purchaseof the interest which the Noble Doke had tin the revenue of the island.; . and no (19tibt coUld be entertained 'of' .the utility of malting' iliat - purehao, which had Not effected. With respect ' •hiefi related to tile autho 't 'I h to the other polt4, , . • r, , Y possegßeG s 1 the Noble Duke in the admintstrawm of justice in the island, the House of Keys had petitioned on the subject, and due re spect shoold be paid to'thetr representation, , The report'was then agreed to. Mr. S. It 1('l: presented a . petition from thet harnber' of. Commerce of Linieriek, in favour of the Corninercial Banks Bill. . .. . . Bill The report of of Chancery the Irish Court i was b roug h t up, and agl:Ced `the _ _ L t w h e ii9 • ? e sy no , f t o t ,;:he_ . . . ROMAN CATHOLIC. RELIEF . BIL L - Mr. ol . B re tt.4l.J i : g i . H i 4 l ll f l w En to ov n e c d; tu h l e ili Ord 4et e o r f - o t tlic Catholic Relief Bill. op e• . , -L-On the question; ".that the Speaker do new I eave th Chtur,' being put, --• General GASCOYNE - rose at present merely .adfkrt to some points connected 'With the - Catholic Bit whill.Whieltitad not been - generally noticed. • Two distinct measureft were entro duced as adjuncts tollmancipation, 'which be sk - us justified considering as - parts of the whole subject—he Meant the..llL4 for regulating the Elective Franchise in' Ireland, and'fOr pay ing the Romish Clergy.. The three Bills should receive 4is de cided oppotition. • If the House were prepared to adopt the prip - ciple of disfranchisement, it Would comnience an Augeatelabottr, for he could not conceive where the' interference 'was to'ittep. Every man knew thafin the nature of things the "landlord : ester c sett an inflnenceover his tenant,. anti the master over hitt work man, and he therefore was at a loss to conceive any just fetinzirtt tion to thcoperAtion of such a law. In another respect he migh serve, that the man most sanguine of long life could never hepe to see the object of this Bill completely realized ; for althjettgl tt proposed to give an immediate security' by disqualify irg 251J,000 electors, the present. generation . must pass away a tharseiurity was really' available. The other 13111—if Bill he Might call it--wheit althoughallewed to, be brought in,. had -not - yet been introduced, was for granting 'aetum of money an nually to tee Boman Catholic Clergy. 'Pita Noble Lord is short had come down contrary to the usage - of the Constitution, and called for a vote without the sanctitoo of 'a responsible RI nister of the Crown, who uniformly dernandeeSupplies 'at the instance of the So vere i gn . W Was it then to b e considered that although the Minister had not made the proposition, Alin it rce ceived his otficiel approval, and would - be conc - urrepi after wards; if adopted, by the Executive Authority ? The litotio;!, however; of. the Noble Lord appeared to atirst (General Gas coynd) as"a Sotnof .flank company, 'advanced to cover ulterthe operations,antrriet intended to do more than discharge a random shot. Ile was sorry, nevertheless, to see such an apparent ac quiescence of Ministers in the measure before the sense of Par liament. been ascertained. The authors of those laws it - was now Sougheto - repeal would, if living, have seen, _with dis May and surprise, any Bill resembling . the Noble Lord's brought into the House without the sanction of a responsible Minister ; and be ((ien. Gascoyne) thought with the country, that adjunct would be a most material objection to the granting Catholic emancipation, particularly as the enlightened part of the country were divided upon' the latter questions, and seven teenths of the mass of the population decidedly against . it.— (Hear, heat !)-What, too, was the state of this House re garding Emancipation ?. Hon. Members could not expect A dissolution to be far distant—another year at farthest would see the demise of the present Parliament ; and were Hon. Gen tlemen sure if they passed this measure the next Parliament would approve of the proceeding ? lie begged to say he had no wish for a dissolution—(hear!)—It was generally attended with trouble—(Hear !)—but neither had he ar y apprehension for the event.—{Hear !).—All he wished' to show was, that this 'was not a fit mome nt f or d ec idin g so m o mentous a subject.: If the advisers of the Crown thought otherwise, then they ought to dissolve the Parliament forthwith,' .and subMit it to the sue"- Ceeding Representatives of the People. Nothing, however; he repeated, could make Emancipation so 'unpopular as coo piing with it a Bill for paying the--Romieh Clergy ; and he must ituther observe, that whatever was the state of Ire.. land now, it had always hitherto been much the sante—with a strong tendency to outrage and rebellion. He confessed, when he saw. the Attorney-General for Ireland, almost en the sante night ttat he moved the third reading of the Bill ter suppressing the Catholic Association, the favourite or gan of the - Catholics, support the Catholic Relief Bill, • he could not help considering the latter'd sort of bounty On distil feetion: If the people of England were reconciled to this Bill; and any means could be devised for ascertaining that fa( t, liewould be as ready as any man to say -let it pass. lie ee-e , .. confident, however, that - this . was not the case, and that the House were proceeding precipitately into an evil course without that knowledge which ought to be•tht; ground work of the mea sure. It *as nochis • intention to oppose the motion for the House going into the Committee, although he had thought it proper to deliver his sentiments bel , re that took Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE said; that he also was one of those that would willingly restrain the House from going into this Committee, although it was not his intention to call for a division upon the queleion. Ile rose now for the purpo..e of recording his sentiments merely, although he was decidedly of opinion that the question ought to be • put to the vote in the present stage of the measure. !'ibis raised a most impori ant and vital question upon the s u bj ec t o f oat h s . Th e Bill dealt largely in oaths ; indeed it was a piece of legislation made up entirely of oaths, repealing and substituting oaths till it pro_ ; posed to repeal that very oath which the Members of that House had taken in the presence of each other, and in the face 'of the 'cohntry—he alluded to the Oath pf Supremacy. • He did -not doubt that every lion. Member was aequainted with the nature of thiS oath ; but he should nevertheless request that the Clerk should read.it from the table. The Clerk having read the Oath, Sir TIIOS. LETH BIZ ID(41.; preteeteled.—Now ifit should turn out in the Committeithat this Bill contained clauses which required the Members of that' Ilottse to violate thN oath, he was sure hes need not say what would' be the res u lt w ith t h ose Hon. Members who took the same view of the question which he took. He regarded this question in two points of view: He thought that every Member in that house was returned there by the people of England, under in implied contract to niaintainthe Church and State in the condition in which he found it. Their Constituents were not so ignorant upon this subject-as many lion. Members chose to represent them. • They knew more; and thouht more than w as genera lly s uppose d ; an d h e cou l d tell the Rouse that they were sensibly alive at this moment to the course of legislation the House of Commons, their Lepresen tatives were about to take. Another 'view which he took of this repeal of the Oath of Supremacy. he thought 'was inexe. forcible still. It was that the Bill before the house went by a direct legislative enactment • to. recognize a foreign 'entire. inacy . in the kingdom, also against the tenor of their 'Phe oath .also which the Bill proposed to impose upon the Roman Catholic Bishops was ohe which, he sincerely believed, no Bishop who had taken' a previous oath to - the See- .ofyt tain s could conscientiously take. He hoped, therefore,- Parliament would not stultify their own proceedings so far ,as this. .Wright be bold in - dius arraigning the technicality , of this vicious piece of Legislation ; but he thought it his . duty to do 411 he could towards obstructing the cause of a measure whiCh Called upon them to break' their most Solemn. engagement 'to each Other; and to the -tontine. The Bill began by - saying that the Protestant and Presbyterian Churches of .England and land should be maintained permanent and inviolable: But if this were to be maintained as regarded Scotland; it witS!elear that the Catholics of 'that country could nut. be admitted 'to a participation in the proposed benefit of the Act. -Tire Bill nest went on to quote the oaths against 'fransuestantiatibnyaPtcr which came the following words : " And whereas time aerations relate only to matters Of spit-inlet:Mal telioint" lief, which do not in any , manner affect the allegierier• of his .3lajesty's subjects." Now he. -- conterled that they were net 'in. a state • to prove the preamble 'of the Bill, s o lo ne i t s this Wail port of-it.' He contended • that there were poiritS in . , the:lto man Catholic Creed which went - to effect his allt;giartee.'--4 He understood but one mode - allegiate,-e to the S,AT . - reign-of this country, and 'that - was spiritual 'and (Hear, hear, hear!)--The Bill then went Ori to enact the, oath' to be substituted for the - Oath of - Supremacy; and.lie - eon tended that if Reiman Catholics could take the one, ti?ey:icililtl take7the other, with the exception perhapi of that one word;' ".spiritual."—( Hear! )-1-16' believed fit. sincere Paplkt • ventuee to' take . the - oath propoied to be substituted. Dv, Doyle - said, he did not recollect what were the ciattenta, of `the • oattitaken by Cathblic Bishops to:the Pope, tior did it Ai:446r that he Wag ever pressed subsequently upori"thet point. He (Sir Thos: Lethbridge) had since procured a copy of :in oath whichle believed to be that identical one: That oath' proio istet fidelity•to the Pope; and **ore to 'assist 'him 'reg.-tieing-The • lost privileges of .Popedorit, and' in reinstating 'the POpein the plenitude of power which were 'Attached io the Chair 'of - St. 'Peter. - It- also promised to observe all the - holy' arid the articles of the Council of "Trent. This oath, - therefel • was completely hostile 'in All its ports to oath 'in' the Bill, and th e House would be sure to commit Nell' 15y smile absurdity it' -it were to •go any farther in the matter. The next point . • in:the Bill. to which he' should dire& attention - was that which regarded - the appointment of Commissitinets. This: was to' =n, - Popish body altogether—no Protestant COuncitlor was - to' be adtrtitted, they were to have it all to themselves, and this Was the 'body; strengthened as they would be 'by - their oaths to the Pop s ', - which ' was - "to' advise the Protestant' King of a Prottatan't cattntry.._(liear; hear )—Ou r - ancestors bud 'alw aye - . , upon the principles of security'; but - here was a course the very reverse ot thitt. Yet lion. - Ahem bers - Wert ready , epougli - to' declare, that they were .desirous nothing • more than support the Protestant Parliament and Church; declired7 he would' not !ratite believe& that such a clitute. - could creep' " into any Bill had he not seen it. They were told that the Ca.