The Sun. — London, England, 1831-01-29 00:00:00

hiI s tPPING INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.) ter number of if , preserve tranquill'l 1 Council, whiali, ° %A t FROM LLOYD'S. , JA x. contrive ti l ~"a• 28, _Wind N. W. moderate.—Arrived ihtitariver and s.iileil, 11 , e Surly, Darre, for New e of Cambridge, demi:: Senate to su i sti le ,: w a le. Arrived the teliance, Luckie, from p e o ,, r : ll l and Mary, Brown, from Slicn for the presFnt, ii - ,7 L a . .. ( . ) ." 11, JAN. 28.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived o quit the (1 1 ty*. Wilson, from Bombay. report that Ibe °1 ...1 1 '1214 4 ' 0 111 "g e, i m , e of ot h e r tea'3 o pe,, ni ,. "11, .1 AN. 27. Wind W. S. W.--Arrived th,. city, endeevoured t tu " 4 , May, from Madras. rat of setting firls is iniUTII, JAN. 27.--WinTl S. W. to W. fresh irk which, if it 1 rai 0. 4 'qualls.—Arrived the Ktzia, Dighy, from St. 010 teat difficulties fr :l a tat sTo l otaro erara. .11 at the gates' , be :) JAN. 27.—Arrived the Doelifour, Shell, ercever, on SattlP-i itititled by the 00):14„ , fro 27.—Off port, the Sylvanus, Jen proclainationka° li tt ,. ul New York. ersity. r itis 4st 4 y. JAN. 26.—Arrived the Dunlop, Gowan, Andrew's, N B. angers of their 0 6 1V A , i1 ,rise, the citizens . J oha , 4 4 "an, JAN. 26.—Off port, the Miramichi, from , to abandon a C i v jOw ts ' N. S. attached, whets i.,,,711rxe1; J aw. 28.—Arrived the Gateshead , Fotbergill, k rbis ca s tl e . l ea k y, h oun d to C or k. unwillingly led P " 0% b y JAN. 26.—Arrived the Sarah Ann, Coley, ea, the COO O i i, Lar r : es • he representatioct - ki'bebtle'toj". 26.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Morris, from en at heart. , t y T h ion, composed ( *oily,' ~,e . _ Andrew Forlie., Sutton, from Rillyshaneon t , recompanied by , • .1. , 0 . 4 01 , +truck on Magee Island on Wednesday morning,. ! Commander 0 1 0 0 IZall fun of wa ter. ' . capitulate, if s o t ; venue, o I.esage, of Havre, sailed from Guadaloupe omise not to November, and was abandoned about 100 ion the batt.t .l oo 4 l 'es from i ll i St. Thomas's in. Major-G e NI. Armenia, Haywood . , from St. Michael's, arrived granted them tip. ' mouth, i . 1/0" having lost anchor and chain. i make t h eir -, 11 4 orreetion fled sea' their functions! light, and on SO at word to Ge! I, and that Gott On Sunday 0 !rvation had occal cries of .‘ Gad/ T}IE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) 110 CITY, T WEL YE 0' CL OCR. '' a4 .t elphi , a Papers to the '2lst of December, and Ma.. 'Oith 41 e 26th of Septembor, have been received at the a nd South American Coffeehouse. ith (From the Philadelphia Paper.) lettLAllnual Report of the Treaqiry was yesterday, P rop7 e , c 16, rec e ived by both Houses of Congress. !It • t " Report it appears that the receipts in the Trea : 1 4 14 the year 1829, were, from Customs, 22,601,965 ti sod 91 cents, from sales of public lands, 1, 517 , 175 511 4 , - ) 13 cents, from dividends in Bank Stock, 490 , 000 IC,: incidental receipts 138,486 dollars 24 cents., toil altogether 24,827,627 dollars 38 cents. The 'es::: l ot° the Treasury for the first three quarters of the 4 7 , Year 1830 were, from Customs, 17,268,122 dol sto c ents, sales of lands, 1,293,7 19 dollars 27 cents , 41: d ividends 490,000 dollars, miscellaneous 84,176 4. A 7 s Cents. Estimated receipts for the fourth guar -414 all sources, 5,025,000 dollars, making altogether If tk .l6l ° l B dollar s 79 cents. tt,e4"e estimated receipts of the fourth quarter of the iN t Year b e correc t, ther e will be a deficiency in the 11 11, 1 be o f 1 830, compared with that of 1829, of 666,6 08 ' '°e S 9 een - s. / o "Penditure of 1829 arriounteri to 25,044,358 dol fillAneenta; the expenditure of the three first quarters 44 41 7 amount to 20,780,936 dollars 84 cents ; the kst ill te4 t expenditure for the fourth quarter of 1830 St e t ° 4,316,004 dollars 98 cents. ; making the N,"Penditure of 1830, 25,096,941 dollars 82 cents. oit;:Penditures of 1830 are, therefore, 47,416 dollars rore than those for 18":. , .9. amount of public debt paid in 1529 was dollars 78 cents. ; the amount paid and to be 1 830, is 11,354,630 dollars 9 cents. 1,414 4 total amount of public debt on the Ist of IT, 1 830, was 48,565,406 dollars 50 cents, con s/ 6 440,556 dollars 17 cents of 6 per Cent. Stock, ,0 00 dollars 20 cents of Five per Cent. Stock, in kit the 7,000,000 dollars held by Government on the i of th e Bank of the United Status ; 15,994,064 del -41 Cents of Four old a Half per Cent. Stock ; b 6 .4 :49 dollars 45 cents of Three per Ceti% Stock. id hce consists of upwards of 32,000 dollars of small !se events have: ce, as a prelio:l to avoid the 0 1 ' tote of agitat;ontl ely to quit the tod ter, Baron Von tusel or Hoppe tes, on the au Paris, that a ved there annoy cockade at DI n 3 statement of help SUSPCCI .1 of juggling tines, whose bitter cause t. If the Li Ist ria, and iv this (10' and non -0 most assUl 1m with Fran' natural to be intrigues o by all their h° and the incliS t ty over the c espots but sli t justice, and 11; a 'Sill to tal amount of Public Debt on the 14t of January,tia, tti w n lll be 39,123,191 dollars 68 cents. The whole ,t 4. a ,. g amount of this debt is redennable, neatly one 'ff tt ,' the pleasure of Government, and the balance at . 1); 4t Pcriods. het t amount of imports into the United States, for the date, ,aclin .'t 4 „, g Sept tuber 30, 1830, was 65,500,000 41- k l,flo 0 : 0‘ t, 11 5 amount of exports for the same period was ) 4 : t a „ n : ) ° dollars. The amount of duty on imports ati lo j a e : . ! which accrued in the three first quaJers of Liner at 5,610,000 d at 20,570,000 dollars, and in the fourth CY 13, °, 6 1 0,000 dollars. The balance in the Trett -41,.. e ,, ,t th e let of January, 1529, was 5,t 72,435 dollars ti 1145, 7 0 5,; on the Ist of January, 1830, it was t in January, 79 cents. The estimated balance on auary, 1831, will be 4,519;78 1 dollars 90 cents. (From the Madras Papers.) I, l tis r , CH ANGE IN THE CANTON FACTORS . . ii., 4 h,v:l.sorted that some members of the factory at Can ,l.l)rtititttesn recalled to the Court of Directors, and their ,fe1,,1 tar"o"t';ch. fill,•ti up by persons at home, who will pro- I to thi a ": 24 immediately. Various causes are assigned itaerrimmeeasure—the existing dispute with the Chinese Pa r i• ". and certain statements in the evidence before oer:rent Committee. t fea t " been a considerable fail of rain within these I , e Mlie r. da y, Which we hope will tiut an end to the het t Aq i:., ti t 4 giztzi Prince has arrived at Marseilles, who has )tin, accoall• t t e h aaai r .i lv ed of hia small estates in the last war between it has toil 1 1 . r4tat n 3 and Persians ; it is said he is reduced to the -. I Ay e hverty. • change ill o i 11160:::1,i1.1as. arrived at Nice, which brings a report that leery—and oll i te r , ''tY In Morocco has hoisted the tai-coloured flag. to this fire t ie ii t 'aut, t "lt, to • THE FUNDS. It 01 1, , ,I, 0r,.._ _itch left off yesterday at 803 i for the Ac people, Nal' ,Il i c , As y „, t r' n n o ed at th e same price with little doing. ward a crisis '''' l iti 1t5,, k ,.. t hing doing in the Foreign Market. iv . !I ti t r 4 " , l( t ; te k , 203 4 Blt ITIS II I; ) I i I t N t : , D it e form, p t.)i , l , ce cis ..... Reduced, s Ditto, New, 89A % country, ' IM 4 0:,? , f4 t ,•,, ( '"os. 80% 4 , Four per Cent. (MAI) 99% % . sl l' N t:v4 "' Acct. 8 ii 4 It 1S . lilt t i Ptee, t : lied 88t is 3ti India Bonds, .13 15 CO Q I t 'llt. tio . ,, % Exchequer Bills, 32 3 s'hose train - a Oi l . A % FOREIGN FUNDS. f the Ali t'f j• h'' ll t ia l:n4 Y s's o Greek, 27 28 1 I, ' i ' li a lv4 it ' •! S lu st Mexican, 35 1 % 6 )rogress, tile; j P r Pio t i -'; , 17 is Peruvian, 14% 15 1r . q,,, , € 0 54 Portuguese, 43% be brancleu t/ itt 45 tb Prussian, _ A o :11,,, er_ e c ent. ...... Russian, 1, should theV t i' i 2 nt..... Spanish, 104 X i ',le . (I). HALF-PAST ONE. country i tr ? O4 t ," , the M a d a city. v r, c 8 it !ilr„,„ it 1 , ~ . '-s Gazette of the 18th Dec.) We o e L i.. aa tto Lin instant the cantonment of Julnali was tivo ste aatir the yet left for to e i greatest consternation by the death of a d i tO rt , i, itt ,!) . t1 1 ,," Murdo, of the horse artillery, who, with Add say, H tss .'ng,„ e uincete and Lieutenant Brett in consequence of mould wish t o , 1, 1 . io v ~.,e brow -h r 8 t. the camp to g . , ‘ora . . ~,,,,, Been in its vicinity, proceeded in quest of you - set so ,t 1 . ° l ''tt ~U n Corni„ 4, 1 01 - ,, ,,l after , g . . to a small ntillah . , two tigers started considerate/ f 1,1 1 ,1 t4i,, "ost Ate , '/eitig them for an instant, ran off to a gs, we wall , da l )I, ttt Pur„ er, ' „ , when turning again tile)' were met by tiers, as th e ) , , ill ',ll:ele4rZt.d, the Other gottijuennidesrva c s uv sh e t r it of de a at i l )ti b . y h . L b it u u t tza ii n ie t on of all sO c I X; I t „: 4 1.11 ro .g r to discover the monster, he sprang with a ave known it c /i at it % tvi t l i d bi 7 l , Lieutenant 111`Aluido, who was knocked Dille weeks s ill o te i terequirtn, a : u l i eg sh b , roken ; the tiger began then to bite twot ulders. Lieutenant Craigie quickly ili ° i q! l ' i, l 'ilti With lg in ()pro s joo ri It i, tri l th th e neck. balls, and Lieutenant Brett hit him peo i i i ~., , , t ie i..e i,, bali They had already fired several times, iOSt of 011 iii " 1, 0 vi , a u g , put beingan end exhausted,. Lieutenant Craigie with 31evilnmisnet, 601 es ' ! wi t 1 a th e , „n to this monster. Lieut. APlNlurdo, tO ,I . If trah 4, 1104 l a , i e .. 4 e , _ ~,., pan lar ds Etill scnsible, his leg . I ,lits I tef ... l r n e eral places, d his hands torn to pieces. ot ,I.ciiyritporvateaewl.enttsoerrs recei this partY ; 1 1 ' 1a. i... 1, e pri 2 the surgeon arrived." 'try motile 51 11 1 ved this morning from Paris their foli o t ", h t y fit : ported in 'iiliation from 13russels. It was gene tilt, di; taaitio t e i egrapbl. Paris that accounts had been received Btu, .;,_ %.at they have hoisted the Orange tell thew) , tv e 4 at% at cy ._.,,, he CI . , i,e _ i,,!,etikinter revolution this information should be Un- V"' u . AoL l ' ,o il ''' tit ', 1 .;) 3 c „ nt:,, must have taken place. tiv ; anti P O l P I ti l' Ile ir e steady at 80i 1 dor the account, It f t , the doing. 1)11 of lt,,fi.d:Foreign Market also very little business going th L 'itr r ,„ , 4t t he j2l a u r t e vi i i n _ t u °Wn from Holland this morning, stating .1' nd a have got up 2 per cent. (.: 0 , 101 T HREE 0' CL 0 CK. ', BOi I. nrespondent -ring Heave!! them lies) I Already they 11 ;, at which res t the effect th'lt. 1 a nuisance ; that the Coos ° to be interffer etiugs which Great Brital p in France , ' titer to be d e l sguidcd these resold ° of the Reforfil The 1 the county}' , .li' ,e ; i' a- ear a-y by ti ter and Lirerr cool' p acket pe r ' , ‘t r 'clock in the 31tc,;0: ,e o'clock on I:ly to (pay fore rlyve r don ebc. by ""' sseesione bef',l'lP( 20 ho urs —Cork Sogifl,' orw hrr opoly 6 tere ,: °. O O b een rn in a nd tha t fi, theiProlikt a or ,1.--M 0 01 e j 11 dford, alWerttle: ere , from die It sad hero 04:pre h !s have re-enoW 4 1)Ni Right 11011. R. WILMOT ITORTON is Nh t n iii i::l:anv . erno r of Ceylon. The salary, we believe, is un pound s a year. Nit le story of the 400 rriests in France having "rtn t d • ( le t to the Protestant religion gains confirmation ti received d a il y from respectable quarters, in ';'pl44 to which, we hear that his Majes!y the King of ~:t1:.‘41.4(2.1-1 has written his cular fren, the tAn't , WIN-CHESTER, for to an English parti copy of i the d Pro t, li: raver -bot,k. ki,,,,X,P.NIELF. and his daughter are engaged e4ert",,leiday and Satuiday next at Brighton. Venice . , : l Ye t i c i and the Gamester have been selected. The y fortnight since at the same theatre, when the two teceilms exceeded any thing before known there. IRELAND-REMOVAL OF CHURCH PROPERTY. THE FOLLOWING LETTER, WHICH HAS BEEN LAID BEFORE HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, HAS BEEN HANDED TO US FOB !NSERTION TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. SlRE,—]laving had occasion to investigate the causes which have obstructed the progress of the Reforwation in your Majesty's kingdom of Ireland, and to consider the means by which it may now be promoted, and having already called the attention of your Majesty's Irish Government to the subject, i feel it again to be my duty to lay the result of my observations before your Majesty. At a time when the stability of your Majesty's throne, the permanent tran quillity of this part of the empire, and the deplorable state of the Church. urgently demand the most vigorous efforts, no consciousness of slender ability, or want of influence, could justify the loyal subject and faithful Christ;an in fail ing to attempt, at least, to discharge his duty. The recetit political agitation—the t vents which are taking place on the continent—the extension of education —the proceedings of the religious societies—and the ex ertions of a number of your Majesty's Protcstant subjects, are awaking a hopeful spirit of inquiry among all class of your Majesty's people of Ireland : and, happily, all par ties are disposed to regard the Word of God as the sole standard of truth in all religious matters. As is usual in such cases, the abuses which affect the temporal interests of men first arrest their attention ; and at the present moment, the grievance of tithes and the abuses of the temporalities of the Church excite a deep interest among all &vacs of the people of this country. This unhappy sutject of the temporalities, which has all along, since toe Reformation, stifled the spirit of the Christianity of Ireland, and converted the religious con troversy into an ambitious struggle for power on the one hand, and a painful effort to retain it on the other, places your Majesty's faithful Protestant subjects, who desire to promote the Reformation, in a very awkward and painful position. Honoured by God to be the aggressors, in the diffusion of that generous truth which teaches men to love Voir neighbour, to fear God, and to honour the King, if they decline to declare their sentiments on the all-en grossing subj,et of these paltry temporalities, the people, on the not unreasonable principle of " physician heal thy self," treat their instructions with contempt, and deride their efforts to extend the Reformation ; but if, on the other hand, they honestly declare themselves against the abuses of the system, a number of unhappy men, who seem to bare got into the Church unawares, immediately raise a loud clamour against these upright individuals, as enemies to the Protestant Church, and stir up the people to oppose that truth which they themselves are sworn to e clef. ml, and paid by the public to propagate. So strongly ' is party feeling excited in this way, that it is very plain to all who know the state of your Majesty's kingdom of Ire land, that till the question of temporalities is finally settled, the Reformation must, in a great measure, be arrested, AK it has been these three hundred years ; and now that Roman Catholic Emancipation has cleared the approach to the doors of the Church, public attention will always be strongly directed to that point, greatly to the annoyance of your Majesty's Government, and not without danger to the peace of the country. To facilitate the progress of Reformation therefore, and at the same time secure the permanent tranquillity of Ire land, there is now no alternative but to try the question by the principles of Divine truth, and, unflinchingly fol lowing its unerring guidance, set the matter for ever at rest ; and happily, so plain is the truth upon this point, that it is only necessary to csll attention to the subject to produce unanimity among all the enlightened and candid of your Majesty's subjects. Your Majesty and your Majesty's Government cannot for a moment tolerate the idea that Church property is in. violable, and held by the same tenure t.s private property. This is not true in point of fact—when a Rector for cano nical ir rt-gulatities may be divested of his office arid de prived of his living ; and it were, to pronounce the trans fer of Ecclesiastical property effected at the Ref), mation unjust, and to declare the whole to belong to the Roman Catholic Church, in which it was originally vested. Cburch property is rightly to be considered public property, vested in the Church for a puYie purpose, viz., the religious instruction of the whole people, and the State which gave it may, for just reasons, as has keen done once already, take it away and employ it in a manner which it judges more equitable. There is no question respecting the existr nee of the Prot, slant E,tairliabinEnt, of which the ess, nti property is that your Majtsty is a another of Ow Church, as determined by the Constitution ; nor does the quest:on affect tie controversy between the Roman Catholics and Protestants respecting the true Clutch. It is unques tionably the duty of your Alaj , sty anti t: e other branches of the Legislature, to protect, and by all right means to establish the Church; and God forbid the time should ever arrive when a British Legislature sl.ould feel indifferent to the maintenance of the true Gospel, as set forth in the articles of the Church of England. Nor is it to be denied that the present mole of paying ' the Clergy was originally not inconsistent with the prin ciples of secrest Scripture, as some sects have un warily contended. Christians are commanded to support their teachers, and as the manner in which they are to rase the funds is not prescribed, it was not unreasonable to adopt the method appointed by God himself, under a farmer dispensation; and while the Church embraced the whole nation, the general principle of the tithe-system, therefore, was unobjectionable. • A yew order of things has now arisen. Bodice; of Christians, unconnected with the Church, have not only been tolerated, but have been recognised as part of the• body politic, and form, at the present moment, the greet majority of your Majesty's affectionate and loyal subjects. To give satisfaction to these powerful parties is now a sub ject for the serious consideration of your Majesty's Go vernment and the Legislature, and most happily , the Di vine Law, respecting the provision for the Clergy, exactly meets the case, and enables the Legislature to put the mat ter beyond all colt' ()easy. " The Lord bath ordained th it they who preach ti e gospel, should live of the gospel," 1 Cur. ix, 11; and has expressly limited the claim of the Clergy for maintenance to those ". who are taught in the word," or who receive their instructions and are within the pale of the Church. The reasonableness, equity, and expediency of the Sta tute, as well as its divine authority, must recommend it to every enlight ned understanding. By this low the Clergy of the Church—the true and perfect Church though it were—have a claim only on their own flocks, or are en titled to that portion of the public property devote Ito the maintenance of religion, which belongs to their people as a part of the whole nation. With this Divine ordinance the present law of the land respecting the temporalities of the Church is completely at variance. Ido not insinuate that the people are not bound to submit to the low, and respect the authority of your Majesty's Magis:rates. The precept in such cases is, " submit to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake ;" and our Divine Redeemer gave an illustration of this precept in his own person, first proving the tribute demanded of him to be unjust, and nevertheless ordering payment to be made that no offence might be given. But though this consideration determines the duty of your Majesty's subjects, it does not justify the human law, nor deliver the Legislature and your Majesty's; Govern ment from the dangerous position of supporting their au thority, in opposition to the law of God and the feeling of equity entertained by your Majesty's people. The right of Parliament to employ the public property in the man ner which they deem most advantageous to the nation is not disputed ; but in legislating with reference to the Church their power is limited by the law of God, and they must not subvert any of the Divine ordinances. The law of God cannot be abrogated by Act - of Parliament. Here there is an authority paramount to all human legis la• ion, to which the Parliament and the nation must sub mis•ively bow. The Church is a kingdom of which the Divine Redeemer is Sovereign, alone possessing legislative power. The New Testament is the Statute Book, and the Clergy, legitimately appointed, are the executive Ma• gistracy ; and within this kingdom no power on earth can presume to legislate without a daring usurpation of the prerogative of the Most High ; and that in direct oppo sition to the law of Gud, it has been attempted to sup port our holy religion by a compulsory exaction for the maintenance of the Clergy, must be regarded by every en lightened and faithful Christian in your Majesty's empire as a flagrant national sin. The charge, indeed, lays principally against the Clergy, who commit a double offence, in failing to dis charge their duty as the faithful teachers of all the Divine commands, and in enforcing, f or t h e i r own ad vantage, the law of tire land et va r i ance w i t h th e law of God. H owe ver inadequately a Clergyman may be remunerated, or ho wever much oppressed, as so many of the working Cergy are, in common with the people . , he cannot escape thiseserious charge in supporting the pre sent system. He is as truly guilty of exacting money violation of the liw of God, as the felon whose life pays the forfeiture of his crime. It is a monstrous inconsis tencv in the legislation of the country that so many of your Majesty's unhappy subjects are condemned to conkti punishment for taking paltry sums, by force or fraud, in violation of the law, while the same law authorises the clergy to exact millions annually in direct opposition to the law of God. No wonder that the source of Christian instruction is polluted, the morals of the people deterio rated, the nation agitated, and your Majesty's empire in danger of being convulsed. The tithes have been the price of blood in Ireland ; and it will be well with the Clergy if they shall he able t, extricate themselves from their present situation without some signal expression of the Divine displeasure. To the political effects of the system it is not my province to call your Majesty's attention. The enlightened men who n-w compose your Majesty's Government must be sensible, how unreasonable and foolish it were to expect trarquillity in Ireland, or in any country enjoying a popular constitution, when public property, to the amount of several millions per annum, is monopolised by the Clergy of some twenty-fifth part of the whole population. The idea of paying the Priests is one of those paltry expedients which have so long ruined the Churches of Ireland, and is utterly impracticable in the present state of religious parties in your Majesty's dominions. All your Majesty's subjects who regard the authority of the word of God must oppose a measure which makes no difference btween the idle and the diligent, the faithful and the ftlse, and which is so degrading to the clerical chai acre" that it uniformly ends in binding a worthless and ineffi cient Clergy upon the necks of the people. The Roman Catholic Clergy also are too careful of their influence to degra le themselves in the opinion of the people, by becom ing political int rcenaries and stipendiaries of state; and even though they were thus b night over, the matter were fir from being settled. when a number of your Majesty's faithful Protestant subjects are prep-lull at the expense of their lives, were it necessary, to uphold the authority of God, and deliver the Christian Church from the oppression of a hireling Clergy, who have too long " through covetousness, with feigned words, made merchandise" of the souls and bodies of your Majesty's unhappy people of Ireland. There is no alternative which the Legislature can safely adopt but to restore the ordinance of God. Let the whek of the temporalities, as the sees shall be vacated by death, be transferred to your Majesty's Exchequer—the proceeds employed to dimixish the national burdens. and thus vir tually put into the pockets of the people ; and then, accord ing to the law of God, let all parties be allowed to pay their Clergy in the manner they find convenient. As a provision for the much-oppressed poor of this country is navy indispensable, and as part of the tithes was originally intended for that purpose, the whole of them, under the Composition Act, should immediately be converted into a poor rate, and the present Incumbents paid an equivalant from the Exchequer; and thus, by a most popular mea sure, your Majesty's Government would remove a most fruitful source of discontent, and, without disturbing the vested rights of the Clergy, settle the question of the temporalities for ever. . _ The numerous and immense advantages resulting from this measure to the Church and the nation, must be ap parent to your Majesty's Government. The Church would not be, overthrown hut established, and the patro nage only transferred from your Majesty's Chancellor to the pimple, whose personal interest and local know ledge render them the on!y persons cap tole of exercising it, and whose liberality never fails to a faithful and dili gent Clergy. The source of the abuses in the Church would then be removed, and the way cleared for the gene ral union of all sound Protestant Dissenters ; and the faithful Clergy of all denominations, no longer corrupted by political ambition on the one hand, or degraded by infe riority on the other, could unite, on fair and honourable terms, in a great and generous effort, for the religious in struction of all classes of the people, till ignorance and crime, infidelity and sedition, should be banished from the land, and ," truth meet with mercy and righteousness, and peace kiss each other," in every district of your Majesty's extensive empire. Happily at the present moment, a number of circum stances favour the change, and all classes of your Majesty's subjects are prepared to support this great nrtional me ,sure. The working Protestant clergy, who are honestly la lyiuring for the salvation of the piople, are " ready" to use the language of one sf those faithful men, " to sup port any thing which can be proved right from the word of God." Oppressed in common with the people, and while they faithfully discharge their duty, with little chance of preferment, they have the mortification to find their influence destrmed and their usefulness limited, by the odium attached to these accursed tithes of wliiiih they receive so scanty a portion ; and any change would at once raise their reputation in the public estimation, and better their temporal condition. A working curate, for instance, who receives 751. a year, e - bile his non resident rector exacts, perhaps, a thousand from the parish, would him self become the rector with a greatly increased salary. „ . Your Majesty's Protestant subjects also, members of the Established Church, are now becoming sensible that the s;,iritual efficiency of the Church lik,s been too long sacri ficed to the political ascendancy of their party; and now that the political privileges of al parties are equal, they are aware that to maintain the present system were to yield themselves the prey of a number of selfish Clergy, who, without Framoting their spiritual welfare, expose them to the contempt of their fell,,w-subjects ; but having no ob ject hut the establishment of the truth, they are confident that, with an active Clergy and a Church delivered from abuses, they would speedily acquire that a,cehdancy, or r..ther a far nohler ascendancy than that which all the power of the British Government has failed to obtain for them. Your Majesty's Pre,byterian subjects of the north, too, are beginning to feel ashamed of havin4 suff,:ed their Clergy to be paid by the regium donum, which is consi dered by others a bribe for their silence, and as investing them with the character of politic:a mercenaries, while by honestly maintaining the truth of God, they would re ceive a much larger sum as their due share of the public property, deliver their country from a flagrant grievance, remove the principal barrier which divides the two great bodies of Protestants, and vindicating their character as honest m e n, be enabled much more effectively to extend the influence of truth among the population of Ireland. In short, were your Majesty's Government to restore the divine law respecting the provision for the Clergy, a ll the goo,i and enlighten, d men of the E.tablit , hed Church— the whole body of the Dissenters of England—all the Ro man Catholics and Presbyterians of Ireland—the people of Scotland to a man—all, indeed, who fear God and love their country, would rally round your Majesty's throne in support of the measure. ' - Should your Majesty's Government, however, unhappily determine otherwise, and resolve to maintain the present system of the temporalities with all its cunsequ,nt cor ruptions, your Majesty's throne, I am in duty bound to de clare, would then be placed in direct opposition to that of the Divine Redeemer ; and all your Majesty's faithful sub jocts, who regard the threatenings and predictions sf Revelation, watch the events which are taking pla..e On the continent, or observe on the principles of cause and effect the curi eat of public opinion in this country, f ee l reason to apprehend a result which, as your Majesty's dutiful and affectionate subjects, they would unfeignedly deplore, and labour by alt means to avert. 1 fervently pray God that your Majesty and your Majesty's Govern ment may be endowed with wisdom and strength from on high to devise and execute those decided measures which the condition of this part of your Majesty's empire so urgently demands. But whatever be the issue of the present deeply-inte resting state of public feelitu, as it is by the faithful drcia ration of his word that the Divine Redeemer conducts thel administration ot his kingdom, and prepares nations for judgment or for mercy, I feel it my duty, as the humblest Minister of the Protestant Church, to lotlg,:; my protest in support of the scriptural principle of the provision for the Clergy, in opposition to the oppressive and iniqui • tons system now by law established : and should such a case as that of the unhappy Going again occur, or blood be otherwise shed in Ireland—which may God in mercy avert—in the presence of your Majesty and the whole nation I sidemnly declare, that it lays an the heads of those Clergy who shall support the present unscriptural system, and thereby bring reproach upon the Gospel of Salvation, and betray the truth, with which, as professed Ministers of Christ, they have heed entrusted. I earnestly pray God that your must gracious Majesty may long reign over a free, an enlightened, and Christian peo ple, while I have the happiness to remain, Your Majesty's ni,ost dutiful and loyal subject, T. TULLY CRYIIBACE Limerick, Jan. 10, 1831. BONAPARTE'S well known sneer at us as a 6' nation of shopligepere would be but too well founded, if it be true, as is currently reported, that a number of per sons of high rank are about to embark in a coach -making establishment. STAFFORDSHIRE INCENDIARIES.—"The five men apprehended at Swindon, on the charge of setting tire to the corn-ricks, were, it is said, sworn in special constables on the morning of the day the fire subsequently occurred! DROMORE REFORM MEETING.—Reform is going forward admirably in the North. Parishes and vil lages are preparing petitions . Drom o re about to follow the example set to it in other places, mid is to meet 011 Thursday to petition for Reform, Retrenchment , a Revi sion of the Grand Jury Laws Tithes.—.Northern Whig. , and a modification of the PA SHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Breeknock;in l Arlington-street, from the Wilder ness, Kent; Lord Southampton, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn,. street, from Leicester ; T. H. Tracey, Esq , in Dover-street, from his seat, Toddingtoi, Gloucestershire ; Miss Evelyn, at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour ; James Luke, Esq., at Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street, from Brighton ; - Barnard, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; Colonel Vernon Graham, from Wil ton Park, Wolverhampton ; Captain Macpherson, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from the North ; William ChatterieS, Esq., at ditto, from Surrey ; John Horrock, Esq., at ditto, from the North ; Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnott at ditto, from Wales ; Mr. and Mrs. Horton, in Grosvenor street, from Brighton ; A. Mor gan, Esq., at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from Surrey ; General and Mrs. Scott, at ditto, from Sunning-hill ; Edward Cotton, Esq., at ditto, from Bognor ;. L. L. Rivett, Esq., at ditto, from Hants; Captain Robeck, at ditto, from Paris ; - Montgomery, Esq., 3d Dragoons, at ditto, from Dorchester; John Micklam, Esq, tlth Lancers, at ditto, from Salisbury. DEPARTURES. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, from Connaught-place, for Brighton ; John Murphy, Esq., from Morley's Hotel, Cock spur-street, for Dublin ; Hon.. Montague Onley, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; Sir R. Burroughs, Bait, from Apethorpe, on a tour; R. Ark wright, Esq., for Normantown, Leicestershire; Le Comtesse De Montalembert, from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Paris ; Captain Sitwell, from ditto, for Brighton. THOUGHTS ON THE POLISH MANIFESTO. BY EDMUND READY.., ESQ., AUTHOR OF " CAIN, TER WANDERER," " REVOLT OF THE. ANGELS." " As if the annals of the world had not taught us that, even after an interval of ages, nations reduced to foreign subjection did not always recover• that independence which had been des tined for them by the Creator from the beginning of time."—Extr. Yes—that great truth descended from high heaven, Speaks like the awful voice of Prophecy ! It cometh from the shadows of the past, And bath its echo in futurity : A faith by God himself in mercy given, That time, and wreck, and nature shall outlast. Behold the principle innate in man, Like life renew'd, and manifest by this— Tyrants have risen since the world began, Nations Leen overthrown in the abyss Of ruin, leaving like the blasting wind, Silence, and death, and solitude behind! But, when recovering their exhauited strength, Have they not ever rallied—and at length Strangled their sleeping conquerors 1' Look back, Through the long vistas of Time's wasted track : Over the wrecks of states in ruin hurled; Think of the ancient kingdoms of the world Whose very shadows are departed ! how Their equal fate doth this great truth avow ! They wared against each other, and they fell, Swallow'd and lost in the receptacle Of Rome the eternal; until she—even she— As if to show the mockery of power, Like a spent wrestler in his weaker hour, Bow'd down her stately head to destiny: What restless spirit then is this that works Among the human race ?—and if it lurks Awhile midst ashes, only hides its path, Till it can burst forth in volcanic wrath Conquering, or self-destroying ?—LIBERTV. The feeling kindled through the man when God Breath'd in his form, and rais'd it from the sod : THEN did He utter this sublime decree, That changeless—deathless—shall for ever be!— " I make him of the elements, his mind " Shall be like them, resembling Deity " Ever advancing to his bounds assign'd, " Even as the chainless waters uncontin'd, " And, like the winds, pure, vigorous, strong, and free:" IMPROMPTU. Thou art my superior; I like thee net !"—Old Play. In time of old—no matter when Time monkeys imitated men, A frothy Prig, of small dimensions, Of little wit and great pretensions, Forsook his sire's perukes and blocks, And thus assail'd Lord B. and V*** : " Sir Edward, why this frequent pause ?" " My Lud: sour ears demands my cause :" " Si 4 Edward, I hear all you say : Papers I sign, to save delay, As Chancellors before have done, 'Gainst whom a muck you never run : If more you have to say, proceed ; If not—clerk, name of next case read." Sir Edward felt, with all the auditory, His infinite inferiority; \Vas mum, look'd pouting and appaint, On the raw place most sorely gall'd, And curs'd the day he chang'd the cares Of clipping, to the splitting hairs. FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. (From La Belle Assemble(.) WALKING DRESS. A dress composed of lilacgros de Napies, the corsage made up to the throat, and to sit close to the shape. It fastens I ehind. The upper part of the sleeve has the usual fulness to the turn of the arm ; from thence to the wrist it sits close, but is disposed in horizontal folds !lid one upon another, each about an inch and an half in breadth. A light fancy silk trimming, a shade or two darker than the dress, goes round the border at the knee. The mant l e i s o f green velvet, lined with goes de Naples, and made with long loose sleeves. The cap is something longer than usual, and rounded at the ends. The collar is composed of five points ofblack velvet ; that in the centre of the back is the deepest, those at the sides are smaller. Black velvet benuet, worn over a mourning cap of English lace ; the brim, of a mode rate size, lined with rose-coloured silk plush. The crown is deco rated in a very novel manner with black velvet ornaments, edged with black blond lace, and intermixed with knots of black satin ribbon of the tulip fcrm. DINNER !mess. lond u ta n e lace, o i s s , A dress of ethereal blue satin; the corsage, arranged in crossed above the knee with three white satin rou_ drapery, is cut extremely low all round. 'lhe blond lace ehenti sette is seen only in the centre of the bosom. Beret sleeves. The of English blond lace, of un common is trimmed just leaux, laid on at some distance from each other : the last of these sceormvenoraisdeapthheaaidlinbgeatuot,)a• flou nce :its set on full. A knot of white placed on the rouleaux surrounded with buds and foliage, issues from it. A . gold bandeau, with an emerald in the centre, goes round the forehead. 'he hair is disposed in ü b l broad plaited braids on each side, and a bouquet, composed of a ats at t i h n e , l ed eft ge k d n iA ce rit , h ai n it a i rr r rose with buds and fob u age,aorns the su mm i t o f th e h ea d . Neck chain and ear - rings gold. (From the Lady's Magazine.) COURT DRESS. has been diligently at work in devi s i ng nove lti es s uit a ble Owing to the an nouncement of sf; "- ;nany Drawing-rooms, in gt,e)lt'hue%„asion, The beautiful dress which was fully described in our last (but the p l a te of which, owi ng t o an acc i dent, was not such as it should have been, and is n ow repeated), i s capa bl e o f a thousand varieties. The Chryscon fringe and ornaments are ex hibitc‘d in all their brillianc y - and splendour. The toque is of light blue velvet, ornamented ..:ith gold ti ssue l e a v es, a nd s ix os_ 4ich plumes, tipped with blue. A di amon d c h a i n w ith c l as p cro s ses the forehea d. Dross of rich satin , sh o t so as to p roduce the tints and reflec tions of mother-of.pearl. The corsage is made Co g 1, - and trimmed round the bosom with a waved Chryscon, er ~ or gold ba' i . ,- ull blonde sleeves over beret short sleeves. The .. dr ,, , , i , „6 0 s urrounded at the knees with the Chryscon, or pa id fringe. The gold that trimmed our pattern dress was tent go ~ • o f t!,i beautiful material. The band may be of the patent silver, as, like the Chryscon, it neither tarnishes nor soils a dress of the most delicate texture. T h e dress-makers at Brighton were, during the past month, in troducing gold and sillier in every possible manner on the dresses of those who were honoured with invitations to the Palace. - EVENTIVO DRESS. Toqu e of light green figured velvet ; scarf of blonde gauze, shot and striped with light green, and fringed with Chryseon gold press of ca nary -coloured shot satin, figured with a rich o patternt Of 3 bright gold-colour. Th e c o rsa ge s o mewhat rounded ; o soin, and drap e d w i t h very full folds • a quilting of black theb ' r ound the bosom ; epau l ettes and elbow ruffles of black blonde. Long White kid g l oves; go ld co l oure d sa ti n s h oes , boun d and sandaled with bl ac k ribbon ; pearl ear-rings. The s kirt of the dress very full, but without trimming. There is an endeavo ur made to intr o d uce dresses w i th t h e s ki rts cut gor i ng, an d with less fullness.; but this is wholly confined to robes. W ALKING DRESS. There is nothing new in out-door costume, though it may be seen by our Plates that there are striking and beautiful novelties in e v eiling dress. Pelisses are made as plainly :IS possible: the s ki r t is without trimming ; the corsage simply folds on the bust ; these is not the slightest variation in the sleeves; and a full cloak, or thick fancy boa, is worn over the pelisse, according to the temperature of the day. Round hats, with cut ribands and b ow 6 of black blonde, and feathers, for carriage costume. DINNER ligEms. Hat of pale blue satin, worn far back on the head ; in front is a coronet of tulle points, edged ana veined with pale blue satin ; from this spring two long white ostrich feathers. Robe of wood coloured satin. Deep shoulder-pieces nearly cover the tops of the la tulle sleeves, and meet under a pearl brooch ; over these folds a low chemisette of rich British lace, the edge of which is wrought beautifully in scollops. The dress is bordered down in front, round the shoulders and bottom, with narrow swansdown, beneath which appears a floss silk fringe. Pearl ear-rings and bracelets. 'White satin shoes. BALL CRESS. The hair dressed with bows and braids mingled ; two or three pink gauze bow s are placed hi g h on t h e b ac k o f the head, and two smaller near the brow on the right side ; three small Para dise plumes are put on the lett ; a row of pearls crosses the fore head from right to left this style of head-dress, both in the arrangement of the hair and disposal of the ornaments, is exqui site. Th e corsage of the dress consists of an elegant white Esse chemisette made round to the bosom, with longitudinal plaits to the waist ; long zleeves of the same material. Skirt of gaze d'Orient of a pale mallow-colour; trimmed at the knees with long satin points of the same colour as the dress, headed by a beauti ful cord of the Chryseon gold ; the points are edged with a looped trimming of the same gold. A lage gauze bow is fastened on the front of the ro w o f van d y k es, an d ano th er just beneath it, con nected together by Chryseon cords. Deep points of satin fall over the shoulders, and gradually diminish to the waist. Similar points finish the wrists. Necklace, bracelets, and waist-buckle, of moonstones set in wrought gat. Back satin shoes, and white gloves. REPEAL OF THE UNION. 4DJ 0 URIVED AGGREGATEMEETING . (From the Dublin Morning Register of Thursday.) The business of the treat aggreg ite Anti-Union meet ing of the citizens of Dublin was resumed yesterday,— The efowd was equally large, and enthusiastic in its ele mnn%tratipn of zeal f r a repal of the Union, as on the pr , viotoi day. The Chsir was taken about half-past two o'clock by HENRY GRATTAN, Esq. Mr. STEELE proposed the fourth resolution, in a speech of greet humour, eloquence, and force, during which ho was enthusiastically cheered. . Mr. COPP' N G Eli seconded the resolution. Mr. O'DwvER, who was loudly cheered on presenting himself, said I have been opposed to the agitation of the question which has excited so much n itional interest. I h a ve not come here to detail my objections. They are still strong with me. Candour obliges me to say, besides, that I am the eeemy Of some of the means adopted to influence the public mind in its favour.—( Some murmurs.) lam a friend to the closest ties of Briti.h connecron, and I aesire to be a participator in the 11 7 gli enjoyments and protection of British law. It is with heart-felt pain, how ever. and as an enemy of the repeal of the Union, that declare, I regard the recent proceedings of the Govern ment as eminently calculated to augment popul. ir excita tion, increase national discontent, and prolong, if not per petuate, agitation.—(l.oud cheers.) The resolution was then pu►, and carried unanimously. Mr•. Mauniee O'Cots.seer, proposed a resolution of thanks to the 1 al press of Ireland, for its mations in the cause of liberty and popular right. Mr. Disteote seconded the motion, which passed unani mously. Mr. LAWLESS supported the motion. Mr. RONAYNE came forward with a motion on the subject of Reform. The state of representation in Ire• land, he observed, was as corrupt as it could well be. They had in Ireland a number of boroughs, which wets the property of a f-w individuals, and with which the people had nothing at all to do. These boroughs, it was notorious, were bought and sold, and the rights of the people were thus disposed of to the highest bidden— (Hear, hear.)—Mr. Ronayne then alluded in strong and powerful language to the prosecution instituted against Mr. O'Connell, and mentioned that the Union, which Mr. O'Connell sought to repeal, was carried by the most abo minable means. Mr. Ronayne sat down amid the enthu siastic cheers of the entire meeting. Mr. Cassmtev seconded Mr. Ronayne's motion for Reform in a most eloquent speech, in the course of which he called upon the Orangemen of Ireland, at this crisis of their country's Este, to join with Mr. O'Connell in se, k ' ing for the regeneration, the happiness, and the indepen dence of their native country. Mr. J. D. MULLEN proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. O'Connell. Great efforts had been made, and were still snaking, to run down Mr. O'Connell by a certain party in Dublin, who called themselves merchants, but who were not animated by the slightest spirit of independence. __(Hear, hear.)—O'Connell had merely said, that if a cer tain aggression were made r.n the liberty of the subjes t, instead of having recourse to violence, he would oily use a moral coercion, by,exciting a demand for. gold instead of paper. This wag -a thing he said he would do, and for saying this an outcry was attempted to he made against him. lie (Mr. M.) now stated, that if any attempt shook] he made to interfere with popular rights, they should have gold, they must have gold, and they would have nothing else.—(Enthusiastic cheers.) Mr. LAWRENCE FINN seconded the resolution. Mr. O'CONNELL presented hitneelf amid the most en thueiastic cheers. He said,—l tell the people of France. that they neiy boast of a victory, but our victory shall not be stained by a tear ; the Ildaians may talk of their triumph, but no one shall sigh over ours ; the Pules may count it great glory to have slaughtered foreign ge nerals—it may he ~lory, hut it is not one we seek after, for there shall not be one drop of blood to disfigure and cloud the glory of Ireland. The Hanoverians have set us an example the other day ; they have continued as their King, that excellent man King William; hut they insisted on a free constitution.—(Hear, hear. ) the people take my advice, the period of 1752, they will find is about being revived in Ireland.—(Cheers.) Yon may ask me how I can pledge myself that the Parliament will he restored to you ? I will tell you how it can be done. By obeying nay advice, every timid man in Ireland will be with us—there is not a single art ument to prove to them that they should continue favourable to the Union— the united voice of Ireland will be with us. I defy them not to give the repeal, if I h ive seventeen members to join me, along with O'Gorman Mahon and O'Connor Don.—(Loud cheers.) I can tell you that your chair man will certainly soon be the representative for the county of Meath—of this I am sure as I am of my own existence.—(Cheers.) 1 can count then upon four—let Ire land send me sixteen members, and I think I will have sixty at the next election.—(Hear, bear, and cheers.) Let rue have twenty such men in Parliament, and I defy them to prevent a repeal of the Union—(Hear, hear)—let me we fifty, and it is exceedingly prob Ade that I will have them, and I can tell you there never vet lived a Minister who could steadily oppose the wishes of fifty honest mem who looked for nothing fir themselves, and every thing for their country. In the course of three months we would have all the terms of repeal settled upon, and the Pal Earner) t in College-green again.-- (Cheers. ) —My course is legitimate—it is constitutional—l tell ytu more —it is irresistible.--(Hear. )—Therefore do I call upon the people to attend to niy voice—therefore do I bid them to obey die law in every respeenno matter what may occur to me. I have suffered much for the people of Ireland; but I never went to jail for them yet.—(Loud cries of " you never shall.")—Listen to me, my friends.—(Cries of hear.)—lf the sentence of the law, however mistaken, should have consign d me there, do you know I would to very happy. I would have my wife and my children about me, and I should bs only the happier on that ac count.—(Hear, Lear.)—They could not take the use of pen and ink from me, and it is probable that you would have six letters a week from me, and one on Sunday.— (Laughter.)—Every culprit holds out to himself the hope of a long day, and I can tell yen that let them be in ever so great a hurry, they cannot try me till the month of May next. Let me tell you too a secret—l am going over on, Monday evening to take my seat in Pairlismenta—(Loud cheers. )—Because I now find that by no possible arrange ment can I be prevented from taking my seat.—(Hear.) The reformers charge me with calling for gold. I would not have condescended to speak on this subject if it had not been alluded to by Mr. Mullen. Now I did not call for gold, and lam sorry for it. What I said was this— that if the Press were attacked 1 would call for gold.— (Hear, hear.) One great apprehension with the Orange men is, that the Catholics should succeed in repealing the Union, they stick so fitimly Loge her, that they would com bine in putting down all other sects. The two first Catho lics that entered the House of Common*, in consequence of the Relief Bill, were the Earl of Surrey and Daniel O'Connell.—(Laughter.) We were in the House upon nosey divisions—we were the only two Catholics there, and notwithstanding the adherexee said to exist between Catholics, we never voted in the same way on any ques tion. How, too, I would ask, have the English gentry treated me ? I remember being in tl e Duke of Not folk's house—it is one of the most splendid in London, anti was that in which George the Third was born. I was addres ing him on the beauty of his magnificent suit of rooms ; for Ile ht iug a in in of very little conversation, I war obliged to talk to him of something. He seemed to be pleased that I should speak of the splendour of his house, and said to me, " Mr. O'Connell, is it not very cruel,, that a man having such a house, cannot be a commou justice of peace in his own native land ?" I told bins that I would get him a dozen justices of the peace in Ireland who would give him their commissions, houses, furniture and all, for one of his rooms.—(Laughter.) But, Duke of Norfolk, I added, Paddy will make you a justice of the peace. Paddy was before violent; he did not know his friends from his enemies, or rather, he had no friends; he now knows he has them, he will be temperate and quiet, and he will make you a Justice of the Peace.—( Hear and laughter.)-1 kept my ward with him. I not only made him a Justice of the Peace, but enabled him to take his place as Premier Peer of Eit gland.—(Heat,. hear.)—Their nobility who were slaves I made independent legislators—their gentry, enabled them to be Sheriffs and Members of Parliament, and how did they requite me ? Theee noblemen anti gentry had a club which they called the Cisalpina Club It was proposed by one of them, for the purpose of pro moting union between the English and Irish gentry ; that I should become a member of it—l never had any objection to good-fellowship, and I consented. I was proposed— they ballotted for me that day fortnight, and do you know what they (IN ?—they black-beaned me.—(Loud groans, hisses, and erica of shame.)—l now ask die Orangeman is he afraid that the Catholics will adhere firmly together, or that there is any species of freemasonry amongst them.—(hear, and cheers.)—Such, too, has been the treatment of some Irish Catholics towards me. You know that the Proclamation Act will expire next June—it shall never be renewed. I tell you that O'Gor man Mahon and I will alone be able to prevent its renewal. He and I will make it impossible to pass, for we shall beep the House adjourning for twelve months together, before it shall become a law.—(Hear, and cheers.) When it falls to the ground, we shall be able to form election clubs in every coun'y; and no man shall he your representi!ive who is not a decited friend to the tepeal of th e Huhn, or who shall not ply very dear for his seat.—(Cheers, and laughter.) We have but five months more to endure the Proclam Ilion Act; be quiet, be peat: able, be tranquil, an ; you must have your Irish Parliament restored to you. —( Long- coin i ued cheering.) O'GORMAN MAHON next addressed the meeting in a mos• eloq+r•nt speec h, in the course of which he declared his deter iatian to di rid•• the House incessantly with Mr. O'Connell, to prevent the renewal of the Proclamation Act. He sat down amidst enthusiastic cheers. Mr. WILLtAms was then called to the Chair, and thanks having h.en returned to Henry Grattan, Esq., the meeting idjourned, amid loud cheers far King William, a repeal of the Union, and O'Connell. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of CUMBERLAND left town yesterday morn ing,. for the seat of Prince LEOPOLD at Claremont. The Duke, Prince LEOPOLD, and a select party, spent the day shooting i❑ the neighbourhood of Claremont. Count FLAHAur, who has recently arrived in town from Paris, on a special mission from the King of thy FRENCH, had a long interview yesterday with Earl GREY at the Treasury. - A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, which was attetided by Earl GREY, the NI midis of LANSDOWNE, Lord DURHAM, Vi-coont MEL BOURNE, Viscount PALMERSTON, Viscount ALTHOKP, the Light Hon C. GRANT, and Lord HOLLAND. The Council sit in deliberation two hours. The Earl of CARLISLE was absent from the meeting, having left town for Brighton, in or•►er to be present at the grand e itertainment given by their MAJESTIES last evening. The Austrian, French, and Russian Amliassadorg, and the Prussian Minister, were engaged in conference for some hours yesterday aft'rnoon, at the Fi.r.•ign Office, with Viscount Pa riIERSTON. The American Minister had an interview 'yesterday with Viscount Patmessxot., at the office of the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs. . . . Viscount PALMERSTON and ViSCOURt GODERICII visit d Earl GREY yesterday at the Treasury. The LoKD CHANCELLOR entertained the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and a select party to dinner yesterday at his reshience in Berkeley-square. Earl GREY had a dinner party la•t ivening at his resi dence in Downing.strret. SIR JAMES SHAW AND MR. ALDERMAN WAITH'MAN.-Sir JAMES SHAW obtained the civic dig nity of an Aldermanic gown in 1798, when he was elected fur the ward of Portsoken. The worthy Alderman is a native of Kilmarnock, and was created a Baronet of the United Kingdom during his Mayorhlty in 1809, with re main4tr to JOHN &taw, E.q., of NVhitehall-place, Sir JAMES being unmarried, and as the worthy Baronet, evhz is in the 67th year of his age, still continues single, hit nephew, Mr. JOHN SHAw, is expected to succeed him' his title and estates. The worthy Baronet's honourabl opponent was elected Alderman of the ward of Farringdon , without in 1818, and, at the general election in the same year, was returned to Parliament as one of the Represen tatives for the City. In 1821 he served the office of Sheriff, and that of Lord Mayor in 1821. The infinite vicissitudes that chequer the soi dier's life have perhaps been nowhere pontttayed with better effect than in the work of a SrAff Officer beating' the title of " The En4lii.h Army in France," which has just reached, we perceive, a a. coed edition. It com prises a journal of adventures co=nnected with the Battle of Waterloo, and with the subsequent events down to the period of the occupation of France by the Allied Forces._ The miraculous escapes, the wild episodes, the odd stories and odd c:onpanionsti:ps, the humours, the wild exploits, the alternations of generosity, and selfishness, incidental to a military career, are all narrated with an animation :hat tills our fancy with the obj,cts depicted ; and " grim visaged War" is nia.le to minister to our entertainment in a thousand various ways. On Thursday last the gentry and principal iah.thitants of the Cinque Ports and the towns in their vicinity assembled at Rye, for the purpose of discu , sing the subject of Reform in Parliament, and agreeably to a ;ooil old English custom they prepared C.:ems:dyes fir the discussion by a good dinner. Ihe dinner was given at the George Inn, in that town, and more thin 200 hundred gentlemen sat down to it. CHARLES HicKs, Esq. was in the chair ; and among the company were—Col. Evans, B. SMITH, Esq., candidate for Rye; J. FRAZER, Esq., candidate for Hythe; SHIRLEY, Esq., candidate for Winchel-ea; Dr. RANnot.ru, &e. Various resJhations were passed, and it was finally resolved that they would communicate with tEe different ports as soon as possible, after the Ministerial plan of Reform should be laid bef•rc the House; and that the next meeting should take place at Romney. The woollen cloth and wool trades continue brisk at Huddersfrld, and the markets, generally, wear an aspect of improvement.—Leeds Intelligencer. The late fires at Swindon, it has been ascer tained, were caused by four of the servants of Mr. WI LIAMS. and the discovery has occasioned very considerable surprise—the motives by which they could have been actuated to the commission of such a crime being involved in mystery, in consequence of the strict examination which they were subjected to by the Magistrates, who have been indefatig 'hie in endeavouring to trace the mischief to its soul ce. JOHN SWATKINS, a labourer under Mr. WIL LIAMS, and living in his house, has, by a confession, acknowledged his own share in the transaction, and also implicated three of his fellow-servants, namely, Tit ostAS TIMMINS, THOMAS LLovn, and THOMAS WILCOX ; and they h ire all been committed to our county gaol, for ti ial at the next Assizes. The Magistrates, we understand, are still pursuing their investigation into the circumstances of the case.— ►Wolverhampton Chronicle. AFFRAY ON 'CHANGE.-Yesterday afier neon the attention of the merchants and others frequent- ing the Royal Exchange was drawn to other matters than business. At about a quarter past four o'clock, when the Exchange was very much crowded, great con fusion arose in consequence of a cry being raised of " A tight !" All eyes were directed towards that part of the Exchange usually occupied by persons in the tallow and oil trades, and it was found that two of the merchants were engaged in a personal conflict. Eager inquiries were made as to the cause of this unbusinesslike pro ceeding, and the following was stated as the reason which had led to high words, and then blows :—One of the parties, a Mr. S—, sold to Mr. B—, some time since, 20 tuns of oil, to be delivered at a future period. The tran saction occurred before the receipt of the bad news of the failure of the Greenland fishery, and since the period of the bargain and the time of delivery oils rose 261. per tun. The seller for tome time put off the delivery of the goods, though repeatedly urged to fulfil his engagements by the bayer. Yusterilay Mr. B— again called upon Me. to deliver the oil, and publicly stated the nature of the transaction. This so enraged the seller that he struck the first blow, as is said, which led to an exchange of blows. The officer who attends the Exchange was called to pat t the combatants, and great confusion prevailed. Ulti mately peace was restored. In consequence of the rise in oils within the period when the bargain was made and the time fixed for delivery, the loss to the seller, if the contract was fulfilled at present, would be above 500!. The subject was much discussed among the trade, and but one opinion prevails upon the subject. A journal entitled l' Avenir began to be pub lished in Paris after the revolution in July. It is con ducted entirely by priests, the chid* of 'whom is the Abbe DI LA MENNAis. The Abbe and his followers belong to that fraction of the Catholic church which exalts the power of the Port; above all temporal authority. lie, therefore, during the reign of the BouanoNs, called for severe laws against heretics, and opposed the rights of the Galilean Church as a kind of heresy. Since the revolu- tion he has endeavoured to ally the most exalted claims of the spiritual power with the broadest principles of popular sovereignty. As the clergy cannot now direct the policy of the st,te in France, he thinks that he could increase their power by making them inlependent of it, and there fore proposes that they shall be supported by the offerings of the faithful instead of the ways and means of the bud get. But this is not the only singular notion of the learned Abbe. Hs has found out that none but Catholics are lovers of liberty, and cites the example of Belgium, Ire land, and Poland in proof of his discovery. Ireland is ' ,laced in the Marne category with the other two states, not only in its spirit of liberty, but in the certain issue of its supposed rebellion, and O'CONNELL is eulogized to tl:e skies as its brave, loyal, and patriotic liberator. This jumble of doctrines and principles i 3 not a little amusing. The Abl e, who is for the universal monarchy of . the Poet:, can have no sympathy with revolt, unless such a revolt as Popes former:y sanctioned. In the three cases where he extols the Catholics for their spit it of revolt, he found them subjected to rulers of a different faith. Hrocc the Poles, the Belgians, and the mobs of O'CONNELL, derive all the merit of their resistance. Were a Protestar,t people to resist the despotism of a Catholic GovernmetT, the Abbe's ideas of their merits wo uld ne longer be same.— Times.