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Ilea to lay hold of another, and take him before a Magistrete, •while nothing was said in the Bill as to what would be done 'with the person so taken, after he should be brought before a Magistrate. The Bill would evidently be injurious to the owners of small properties, and what was extraordinary was, that a person could not follow a hare as a shooter', b'at might follow her with the hunt ; and then the queetion for the lawyer would be, whether the hare, if she should be killed, was the identical hare which had been started ? In place of passing this Bill, it would be better to rever', to the old law, by which the game was con sidered as belonging to nobody, and tot worth the punishments which had been Since inflicted on account of it. But then, on -the other hand, he could not but be aware that country gentle men must have their sports and amusements, and that in a coun try highly civilised there must be some laws to protect the game. But he could not approve of a law, the tendency of which lie took to be, to sacrifice the property of such a great number ef small proprietors, in order to protect the interests of a small number of great proprietors. Lord ELLENBOROUGH . was of opinion, that whatever ehtedd be done with the present Bill, the time must soon tome when the tvils connected with the existing Game Laws roust be remedied. The Noble Author of the present Bill sip- peered to him to have been rather unfortunate in the person who had manufactured it. But still he thought the Bill might he Amended by striking out six or seven hundred words, and that it would be useful in this as well as in other cases, to follow the -example of the operation which was going on in the other House, namely, that of consolidating the Laws, and preparing Acts of Parliament in plain and intelligible language. The object was said to he to make the game private property ; and, if it was so, why not say as much in plain and intelligible language, which was particularly necessary, where the law was to be administered by country Magistrates. Something plain and definite ought 'surely to be enacted, when it was considered that they had to le egislate with respect to the collecting of pullets and pullets' eggs; -and then pigeons and other animals, which regularly feed on a farmer's corn, might be considered almost as much his private property as the domestic fowls brought up at his door. The small proprietors ought certainly to be as much protected from poaching as the great proprietors ; and for this, among other reasons, that the great proprietors could not be effectually pro tected without protecting the small ones ; for if the small pro prietors were not protected, the habit of poaching would be ac luired, and there would be poaching everywhere. But, upon the 'whole, he would vote for the second reading of the Bill. Lord KING adverted briefly to the practices with respect to game in other countries, and mentioned the Elector of Ilene, who was known to us only as a seller of soldiers, but 'who was also a seller of poultry. Then as to France, Ar 'thur Young had stated, that in the times when legitimacy was pre-eminent, there were a great number of Royal Edicts for the 'Preservation of the game. For instance, that the farmers should not cut their corn, nor their hay, except at specified periods, for fear of injuring the game ; and even that some precautions should be used as to spreading manure on the fields at night, for fear of searing the game by the smell. But it had been contended, that although a. pheasant was somewhat like a Prince, inasmuch as they were maintained at the public expence, yet as the pheasant came na t ion the gross produce and the net produce, some allow ance ought to be made for the farmer. Te LORD CHANCELLOR was rather fa -vouribly disposed totvards the principle of the measure, but saw so many difficulties in the present Bill, that he thought it better not to proceed any further on the subject until they were better prepared to say how these difficulties could be met. He then ad verted to the old mode of hunting, which be him:LH had enjoyed occasionally before anything was known of that gee shtering mode 'which had been adopted more recently. He had particularly ad mired the sagacity of the dogs, and no part of that sagacity more, than that they knew when to stop. The preserves he considered as a great means of augmenting crimes. But, if he bad a pro perty of six acres in the immediate vicinity of a property of 600 acrea belonging to another person, and were to sow his ground with such grain as he chose, he would soon snake all the game of 'the owner of the 600 acres his own private property. There fore, although he was favourable to the principle of the Bill, he thought much more care ought to be taken to prevent mischief of the description which he had stat e d. - Lava WHARNCLIFFE replied, and denied that *he Bill was intended for, or would have the effect of, injuring the interests or the amusements of the smaller proprietors. As to the I , ease of the six and six h,:ndred acres, he thought, if the game of the proprietor of the 600 acres came to devour the corn of the , proprietor of the six acres, it would be but just and right that such game should be the private property of the proprietor of six acres. As to the remark which had been made with respect to the Scotch law, he insisted that by the Scotch law there was no qualification required, and that the smallest proprietor might shoot - on his own ground, or give any other person whatever a right to shoot over it. With regard to the observation, that no penalty tad been attached to the poacher who might be brought before a magistrate, he was not so " soft," to use a Northern expression, as to suppose that an interdiction would do without a penalty, and - no doubt had intended to propose a penalty in the Committee. The House then divided, when there appeared -- • For the second reading...3B I Against it 17 Majority...2l. Strangers were not admitted after the division ; but we under stood tb.at the Bill was ordered to be committed on Monday next, nr tua Monday week.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS .— MARCH 20. This day two Election Committees were to have been appointed, one to try the County Galway Election Petition, the other to try the ‘l Count y o f D u bli n El ect i on P et i t i on. A sufficient number of Members however, did not meet to ballot for the Election Com blitteet: and the House adjourned. . PARLIATiIENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. I 'd Viscount Lowther—That the new List of Committees on Private i x- Ritllsuenberprinted. Report of the Commissioners directed by the Lord ,...LiZut G e r n a a tta t n o — flreland to inquire into the Proceedings of the Pa " . ".B Board in i the City of Dublin, and also for certain documents 3 relating ther t . 1 1 r ‘ .,',. 4 11 tn C e op o Y of any Agreement between the Government t of e e ,,, - ,''n u llal and the British Government, respecting the defraying h — Pence* of the British Troops in that Country. 1 . G , ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 2' Dub County Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three. • üblin County Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half after a 14 , thre e . 4. H anl e* of Members absent to be set aside. 5. H am of to be called over. g. c ul tafre Duties Bill—Committee. .7. N r ew ed !° lll (Scotland) Bill—Report. 18. c a "enth Wales Act—Committee thereupon. A . .., nada Clergy Reserves Bill—Second reading. ueneral T s umpike Act Amendment Bill—Further consideration of 10 . IL , Iteliort. - 11. Su Officers ad ne Officers Widows Pensions Bill—Third reading iA., 19, w.,•.(1; - J—Committee. and Means—Committee. 1. M r D p "P PED NOTICES OF MOTIONS OF YESTERDAY. Li„7„enrY Grattan Report of Commissioners directed by the Lord ticns-reinerrantilr IreL7nd to inquire into the state of the Richmond Pe- Dublin. 2 . Mr le• enn edY—Bill to regulate the Salmon Fisheries of the United a Mi. " l, 4 „, eni , n • Re - ---`-^er of Corporal Punishments in the Army in each 4. Ntr.%rnent during the last two years. dip s nin— Number of Ships trading between the British West In. 5. Colonel D av e United States for the last eleven years. ef taki a aviez-- select Committee to take into consideration the mode 8 the Poll at El t' for Members to serve in Parliament 6. M fo r. r iN i e t o i r el g o an ts d Boriughsec. ilmis Election co "se To postpone the consideration of the Denbigh 7. Lord Franciaerevittee till after the Easter - res. mittee of 1816; ecii'oll Gower—To re-print the Foreign Countries. ' Report of the Corn & Mr. Hume—Accountine the regulations affecting Roman Catholics in and of the District e f u t in he be i t ri a czne of the Rector of Mary.le-bone, fibrilar. P. Mr. Lus i n of the Parish Rates, and Easter le.bou e c h lt t t l em—To add Members to the Committees on the Ma ry- Bill.. rch " Bill; and the Mary-le-bone Paving and Lighting DROPPED ORDE RS OF THE DAY OF YESTERDAY. raidation Bill —Further consideration of Report. 'a Annual Duties lisle — Committee. 4. Corn Trade Acts —R e S. Spring Guns Bill—C o 6. Duke and Duchess of Clar en • 7. Ounce Thread Bill—Third recaedi A nnuity Bill—Third reading. E. Public Works (Ireland) Eil l __ } , nIC. 9. Passengers Act—Committe e . " rt • Piq uant ti etica of l is announ ce d , un d er the very A potle ieu d esp 3 . 14 Fair . rit FINE ARTS.—NAPOLEO . N t p h e r p i a o ft! t t u s I W pi A ctu rt r l e A s at L th O e U E l g S y A p: — These are two very curious and inteArZinn tian Hall, Piccadilly. They are full lett in g m of e, N b a y pol G eo e n . 13ti°48, te and Maria Louisa, in the I par rard and Lefevre. We were very much struck with - the beauty and excellence ofthe pa i nting, and tbey are in the hi g h est ea preso state of - - `"cli• The one of Buonaparte wan his d e expressly painted by or r for the palace of Fontainbleau, where it remain d - e som e Yeara-...th at of Mari a Louisa was s ent to the Gob e li n manufactory to h e wecopied in tapestry, and on the change of the Government Gir re k7,„ e t n ged by the French authorities for a collection of in the .. " . ' s il l the pos • o f a gentleman at Paris, and now m usk „..._ session been ~,,,, L'uYal- The • are undoubted originals, and have - reenn-red b ) the Artists th roseives as their re aPective-prodoet• ' y blz new • • '‘Hit, These splendid pictures would be a vain., Initom, to a _ coil ec ti t ,,,, l , 94, nt oue'forming a Museum, Gallery, or large , 4a,-1 1 1' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1927. The affecting Memoir of his late Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, during his late illness, which we exclusively published yesterday, has excited an extra ordinary interest. It has been copied to-day from our columns into all the London Papers, and will, without doubt, find its way into every Journal published in the empire, and be read by millions. It is but seldom that accounts of the last moments of Princes can reach the public eye, and perhaps it is not too much to say that such accounts, if faithful records, would rarely afford any other than painful, though perhaps instructive reflections. In the case, however, of the illustrious DUKE, whose dying scene has been described with the accuracy of an historian, as well as with the affection of a friend, by his faithful Secre tary, we find ample ground for instruction, but no cause for painful sensations, except those for the loss of so good and so amiable a Member of Society of the most exalted rank. If we consider his Royal Highness's manly fortitude during his long illness, his pious re signation, his religious devotion and Christian repent ance, and his calm and placid temper under all his bodily sufferings,—if, we consider these qualities, which shone forth so conspicuously in his Royal Highness's last illness, and bear also in mind the steady and un shaken friendship which he manifested to those about him to the last moment of his existence, we must admit that the death-bed of the Duke of YORK was one of the finest examples which humanity can afford ; and that the faithful friend who has, with such fidelity and affection, recorded the scene, has, - in doing so, no less conferred a benefit on society than done justice to the memory of his exalted and excellent Master. The subject of Catholic Emancipation was again discussed last night in the House of Lords, on the oc casion of the Duke of DEVONSHIRE'S presenting a petition from the County of Waterford in favour of the Catholic Claims. We are glad to see that tbe friends of Ireland are resolved not to allow the question to sleep, though a numerical majority in Parliament is inclined to let matters continue as they are. Some merriment was occasioned amongst the Noble Peers by the LORD CHANCELLOR'S declaration, that " there was not in the Kingdom a greater friend to toleration than he was." If this is the case the Learned Lord is most grossly misrepresented. By the bye, we do not know how the Lawyers will approve of his Lordship's wit, re garding the discretion of his dogs being superior to that of the Learned Members of the Bar. We are aware that his Lordship's jokes, ex cathedra, cause great glee, whether counterfeit or not, and a man may not object to being called a witty dog, or a lucky dog, or a handsome dog ; but we are not aware that either sex wishes to carry farther an identity with the canine race. We sincerely wish Lord WHARNCLIFER success in his endeavour to alter the present system of the Game Laws. We trust we shall not be reckoned presumptuous for following the high example of the LORD CHANCELLOR in expressing a great affection for field sports of every descrip tion ; but certainly it would be difficult to speak too strongly of the complication, tyranny, and in consistency of these laws, and of their inefficiency to sup press the practice of poaching. We are glad to see that our legislators turn their eyes to the Game Laws of Scotland, which, though nut perfect, are infinitely better than those of England. We would strongly recommend to JOHNSON, the common in former, to enrich himself by prosecuting Scots and Irish Peers, and all the younger sons of the English Nobility, for it seems that they have no right by law to shoot a single bird. This would not only fill the pockets of that distinguished public character, but would render a change absolutely necessary, by convincing the Landed Interest that these Game Laws are op pressive, even to those for whose supposed benefit they are avowedly framed. Brussels Papers of the 17th instant have been re ceived this morning. The rivers in the Low Coun tries had considerably abated, and with them the ap preb ert sions of the people. A great sensation was created in Vienna by the arrest of the Father Confes sor to the Empress. The last news from Batavia was favourable to the Dutch : BRUSSELS, MARCH 11. The ruler of the University of Breslow, in order to induce the Students not to take part in secret 'associations and meetings, whatever may be their form and their object, has just rendered public a sentence passed by the superior tribunal of Silesia; sitting in that city, according to the investigation carried on at Copenick, by the Prussian Commissioners of Enquiry. Among the persons condemned are two young men, who came from Halle, in 1822, and studied in the University of Breslow. Several persons, among whom is a professor, are condemned to different terms of imprisonment, from six to 15 years' loss of their offices, &c. We learn from good authority that the Government has ac ceded to some of the observations made by the sections of the Second Chamber of the States-General, on the project of law for the organization of the Courts of Justice. It seems, however, that the observations of the Sections relative to the propriety of lessening the number of provincial Courts of Justice have not been attended to, and that the Government still desires there should be 17. BRUSSELS, MARCH IS• -The accounts of the state of the rivers in the northern parts of the kingdom continue to be favourable. The Rhine, the Lek, the Waal, and the Yssel, fall considerably every day. The Court has put on mourning for four weeks on account of the death of the Empress of Brazil. MARCY 14. Letters from Vienna announce that Father Jobs, Confessor to her Majesty the E m p ress o f Austria , has been arrested, and placed inder very • strict confinement. His papers are now under exam - natian by Commissioners appointed by the Ernpexor. This event appeers to have caused,great sensation in that capital. MARCH 15.—We have news flow Batavia to the 4th Nov. ; they state that our troops have gained some advantages, which are reported to have been followed by the taking of Socracarta. Letters from Kadoc of Oct. 19, say that the number of the in surgents has considerably augmented in the district of Problingo ; Col. Cleerens was to be sent thither to restore order. Accounts have been received. - from Magellan, which say that in the recent actions near Djatmoni; the Fingerang Djogo Koes semo and Dejes Koessemo, son of Dipo Negoro, as well as several of the Princes and leading Chiefs, were killed, which has filled the insurgents with dismay. Letters from Frankfort of the 12th March say, that the sudden arrival of CONSTANTINE, at St. Peters burgh, caused great surprise, particularly as the Princess LOWITZ, his wife, was indisposed. Report states, that if the Turkish DIVAN will not listen to the paci fication with the Greeks, the GRAND DUKE will be appointed to the chief command of the Russian army destined to invade Turkey. The following arc said to be the principal stipula tions of the Convention between Great Britain and Portugal, which was signed at Brighton, on the 19th of January. The contingency therein provided for in case of the British troops passing the frontiers of Portugal is not now, we trust, likely to occur : Her Royal Highness the Infanta, Regent of Portugal, engages to provide the necessary buildings for hospitals, barracks, stores, magazines, for the British Auxiliary Army, according to the regulations of the British service. Provisions and forage are to be placed at the disposal of the British Commissariat, at a distance not greater than six leagues (Portuguese), from the head-quarters of each British detachment, except in cases where a different ar rangement shall be made. The British Commissary-General is, for the present, to provide these supplies, charging the same to the Portuguese Government. These charges being duly verified, the Portuguese Government is to pay the amount thereof forthwith, every three months, or let the same be carried over to the credit of the British Government, as may be considered most convenient by the contracting parties. The charge of provisions and forage to commence from the day of the landing of the British troops in Portugal ; and shall cease, from the day of their departure, or of their passing the frontiers of Portugal. The forts of St. Julien and Bugio to be occupied by British troops ; and this occupation to continue as long as the auxiliary army shall remain in PoFtugal. Our readers will perceive by our extracts from the London Gazette, that the Marquis of HERTFORD has been nominated by his MAJESTY to proceed to St. Petersburgh, for the purpose of investing the Em peror NICHOLAS with the insignia of the Order of the Garter. The Noble Marquis will_ proceed on this special embassy when the spring advances, and there is no doubt that he will execute it with magnificence and splendour. The Marquisses of LANSDOWNE and LONDON DERRY, both made allusions in the House of Peers, last night, to the circumstance of the Ministerial ar rangements being still unsettled. The reports which we alluded to yesterday, of the intended arrangements, gain ground, but we still believe that nothing is settled—nor-will be settled 'till just before the Easter Vacation. - Accounts were yesterday received from - Gibraltar to the 27th ult. Very considerable agitation prevailed there at the above date, in consequence of the Commander of his Alajesty s frigate, _Dryad, Captain Crofton, on that station, having seized, on the 14th of that month, one of the regular trading ships, which had regularly cleared out for Genoa, and sent her, with an Officer on board, into the Mole, the Captain and crew, together with the passengers, being taken on board the frigate. On the 26th he seized another vessel while at anchor, and sent her also in, on pretence of having arms on board. In consequence of this pro ceeding, great alarm prevailed, and 'many vessels which had com menced loading cargoes similar- to those on bor.rd these vessels, seemed'as-if they were about dischar g ing , until the result was known. The Merchants had pre s e n t e d a- strong rernoncitrance to the Governor, and therefore our next whim; will probdbly un ravel the mystery of these probtedings. Demerara Papers to the 6th February have beta rece!ved at the North and South American Coffee-house, their contents are nct of importance, being chiefly employed in contemplating the pro bable effects which would arise from the important demonstra tions made by the British Government in the affairs of Portugal. n THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The first price of Consols was 821, and immediately after they were 821 /, at which rate they have been nearly stationary, and are now at the same quotation with a very limited quantity of business doing ; India Bonds, 55 7 pm. ; EXchequer Bills, 35 6. The Foreign Funds have been very inactive all the morning ; Mexican and Colombian are higher, the former having been done at '7O, and the latter 41/ I. His - Alajesty's ship Tweed, Capt. Bunn, is anxiously expected from Vera Cruz every hour, as a vessel has arrived in the Channel from the Havannah in 31 days; some insurance was effected yesterday on the Tweectat Lloyd's, at two guineas per cent., no apprehensions are, however, yet entertained for her safety, although the weather has been dreadful, nor is there any positive accounts of her sailing ; we fear, however, that the quantity , of specie on board will be found to have been much exaggerated. Shares remain 1-, t rpid state ; the discount on United Mexican is increased to 14, 13 ,; the prices of the other speculations remain the same as , they have been for some days. Three per Cent. Consols, 821 j ; Ditto for account, 821 1; India Bonds, 55 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 35 6 pm. FOREIGN FUNDS.—Brazilian, 65 6 ; Buenos Ayres, 51 3 ; Chiba!), 35 7 ; Colombian, 1824, 41i ; Danish, 61+ ; Greek, 16i I'7 ; Mexican 5 per Cent. 57f 8 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 69/ 1 ; Peruvian, 34 5 ; Portuguese, 75i 6 ; Russian, 87+ ; Spanish, 12+ 1. MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 42-i- 40 die. ; Brazilian, 3 4 pm. ; Bolivar, par 1 pm. ; Colombian 15 17 per Share ; Pasco Peru vian, 16J 15i die. ; Potosi, 29 31 per Share; Real del Monte, 70 90 pm. ; Tlalpuxabua, 15 25 pm. ; United Mexican, 14 13 dis. rwo o' Clock. Consols have advanced to 83 buyers ; are now 82/ 83. :77 ; T RR e.E O'CLOC K. Con Sols; have been 83 and are now 82+ 83 again. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. Danish Bonds 61+ Greek Do. 1825 16+ Mexican Do. 1825, 70+ Peruvian Do. Russian D o . • 87+ Spanish D o . 12+ Consols 8241 . Do. for Ac. 824 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres De. 52 Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824, 41i FIRE.—THREE O'CLOCK THIS DAY.—A fire has just broke out at the house of Mr. Hart, pastry-cook, within four doors of Norfolk-street, Strand. Two engines had arrived when we went to press. Swift always sat the head of his own table, and op posite to him stood a large pier glass, so that he could see what ever his servants did at the sideboard behind his chair. He was served wholly w ith p l a t e , a nd in a style of g rea t e l egance . The beef being on e d ay over - roas ted, he sent for the cook, and told her to take it into th e ki tc h en a nd de it less; the girl innocently as swered that sh e cou ld no t. • " Why, what a hussy you are," maYs the Dean, " to commit a fault which cannot be mended !" Then, turning to a gentleman who sat next to him, he said very gravely, that as the co o k was a wo man of genius, he should by this mode of arguing, co nv i nce h er , i n a year's time, that she had better send the meat up too littl e th an too much done ; at the same time , he ordered the men servants, that whenever they thought the meat was ready, they should take it up, spit • and all, and . bring it to him by force, Promising to assist them if the cook should, be rebellious. COURSE of Iticn) Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburgh 2}4 U. 37 1 Altona Paris', 3 days' sight 25 55 Ditto 2 U. 25 80 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. 51. 154 Petersburgh, role 3 Us. 9 0 Vienna, effective 0 2 M. 10 17 Trieste do. Madrid 334 Cadiz Gilboa Baitielona ..73i Seville Gibraltar 45 ,NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 26 — Venice 46 Malta Naples 39 Pal ?.rmo per oz. 114 Lisbon 5O - Oporto 50 Rio Janeiro 39% Bahia 42 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork ntrutosr, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, in coin .... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 3 13 3 New Dollars 0 1 9/ Silver, in bars, standard 0 4 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 33 minutes after it J Evening 13 minutes after 10. EAST INDIA-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) . A general Quarterly Court of the Proprietors of India Stock, was held this day, at the Company's House in Leadenhall-street. Sir GEORGE ABERCROMBIE ROBINSON, in the Chair. The minutes of the proceedings which took place at the last Meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN observed, there were several motions to be discussed this day, which would necessarily occupy a considera ble time. He therefore hoped that Hon. Members would confine themselves to the different subjects which should come before the House, and not waste time by irrelevant observations. The first motion was then read, which proposed an enquiry into the mode of auditing the accounts in India. Mr. CALLAGHAN begged leave to ask a few questions before the motion was put from the chair. The CHAIRMAN objected to any interrogatories until the busi ness before the House was disposed of. General THORNTON hoped the House would listen to a few ob servations from the Hon. Members ; he would wish to know by what authority the Chairman refused to hear observations from Members before the commencement of business. It was customary in the House of Commons, for Ministers to answer interrogatories before the regular business commenced, and it certainly would be very inconvenient if a Member, who had to ask a few questions, should be obliged to stop until seven o'clock in the evening, when the House would be very thin, whereas what he had to say would not, perhaps, occupy more than a minute or two. It was a question of privilege, and ought to be disposed of first. The CHAIRMAN had no objection to indulge the Hon. Gentle man, provided no other person would take example by them. Colonel STaimprE wished that some general rule was laid down respecting such indulgences without any partiality. The CHAIRMAN said, that the general rule was, that the busi ness of the Court should be discharged without interruption. After a few observation from Messrs. Dickson, Migram, and Jackson, Mr. CALLAGHAN said, that the proposed question related to a Committee to be appointed at the next court, for the regulation of some bye-laws. _ _ Captain MAXFIELD said, that he would postpone his motion respecting the auditing the accounts in India, until a more conve nient opportunity. THE PRESS IN INDIA The next motion, which related to the establishment of a Free Press in India, having been read, Colonel STANHOPE rose once more to address them respecting it. He implored them not to disgrace Great Britain, by putting a hundred millions of people, equal to the population of France, Austria, and Russia, under the restrictions of an inquisition. The worst order of that inquisition was that of establishing a censor ship of the press. The Marquis of 'Wellesley was the first who established a censorship of the press. In 1818 the Marquis of Hastings had removed this censorship, but it was ridiculous to suppose that his Lordship could entirely do away with it, if he wished to place that country in security, he should apply for an Act of Parliament to that effect. The resolution at that time entered into by the Marquis of Hastings, was not registered, and was consequently not binding. It had, however, the effect of establishing seven native newspapers. Under Mr. Adam's administration quite a different mode of proceeding was adopted, Mr. Buckingham was prosecuted and' banished, the censor ship of the press was re-established, and his decree registered.— On one occasion, when the Supreme Court of India, complained of the Bombay Gazette having misrepresented some of its pro ceeding!, at a time \ when Mr. Warden, the Secretary of Govern ment was the proprietor of that paper, Mr. Fare, the Editor, was called to account, and subsequently sent home, for the offence of which Mr. Warden was guilty. The affair was brought before the Court, and the Colonel now read extracts from the opinion of the Judges, which went to prove that nothing had been done which could tend to subvert the Constitution and Government of England. Mr. Fare, however, was sent home. The Gallant Colonel then animadverted at considerable length on the impolicy of refusing a right which the nations of India ought equally to enjoy with ourselves, observing, that the spirit of England ap peared in that respect perfectly opposed to colonization. It was true licenses were granted, but at the same time it was well known that after having obtained a licence, which was an extremely difficult task, an Editor would require six or eight thousand pounds to establish a Paper in India. It was hardly necessary to say, that if it were an Opposition Journal, the Editor would have to contend with the frowns of Govern ment and all attached to it. Actions could there be brought for libel, and after a second conviction, an Editor might be banished by a 'sort of Star-Chamber Inquisition. The gallant Colonel then adverted to the time when the nations of India were under the Mussulman Government, and read a petition which had been presented to Mr. Wynn, signed by the well known Rambron Boy, comparing that Government to the present and showing the advantages they then received, and the stimulus that excited all ranks of the natives to raise themselves to an ho nourable situation by their own merit. At present, however, it was different, they might amass money as merchants, and might get possession of :tracts of country, but never could, aspire by 'any fair ambition to raise themselves above the command of a platoon of seapoys, - or paltry clerkship in a civil office. The effect which a restricted press had on the lower classes of India was most brutalizing, and was the only cause of their cherishing the most absurd and revolting practices and notions of religion It caused them to retain the belief that there were four hundred thousand gods, to sacrifice their children and their sick men in the Ganges, and their widows in the flames. It is calculated that two widows are burnt daily. It was said that a free press was not compatible with a despotic government, but the Gallant Colonel contended that it was, and adduced several instances to support his position. He referred even to the John Bull, which on the 13th January, 1822, supported the same doctrine. He then entered into the history of the law affecting the Free Press, and observed, that the English Government was, even up to the reign of George the Second, extremely jealous of the Freedom of the Press, and that even then, it was owing to the exertions of Thomson, the Poet, and Lord Chesterfield, that a Censorship was not established. In support of a Free Press, the Gallant Colonel added,tbat in all the coun tries, such as France, Spain, Austria, Turkey,and the South Ame rican Stetes,where it was not establieh ed, a revolution had taken place, and that it was Holland, England, and Switzerland- alone, where it was established, that had withstood the shock. After a variety of other remarks, he concluded by reading an extract from a pub lication, by Mr. Sismondi, whom he characterized as one of the greatest historians and philosophers of the present o ti v m er e n ; m a e n n i tT ad in e vetting upon the inconsistency of the English promoting liberty in South America, and every part of the globe except their own dominions. The Gallant Colonel then put the motion, which was eccQuded by Captain Maxfield. The motion wasultinaately negatived. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. LUNACIES. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, he held in his hand a lunatic petition that had been mentioned the other day at the bar, as if the prayer of it had been quite of course; it had been stated to have prayed a reference to the Master to appoint a Committee, and to do nothing else. Instead of the Court having found this to have been so, upon looking into the petition, the petition called upon the Master to make a report upon forty other things, for doing which he had no authority at all. His Lordship wished, therefore, to have it distinctly understood, with reference to lunatic petitions, that when they were set down to be mentioned on the regular lunatic day, he invariably read them every one before they came on, and that from henceforth, whenever such petitions were to be mentioned on other days than at the usual times, gentlemen were to understand that the Court desired to have the opportunity of reading them before they were mentioned at the bar. CUTLER V. DAVIS. His Loansnir wished to know what the notice of motion was in this case that had been pending for judgment. Mr. HORNE would take care to furnish the notice. His Loansntr considered the question to be, whether certain copyhold estates, mentioned in a schedule of property, but not in an indenture, stated in the pleadings, were pledged as a security for a given claim. This turned upon a very nice point, and the Court's present opinion was, that the receiver should pass his ac counts, and pay the balances that cam e i n t o hi s h an d s from time to time into Court, until the cause could be heard. DE TASTET V. LOPEZ. This case underwent considerable discussion again to-dar. His LORDSHIP said, that he had ascertained that the costs had been most properly de a lt w ith. Th e case W AS at last ordered to stand over till an aff i d av it was ma d e respec ting the costs. There is a greateß u N I ;E:X rIn C it --------- 1 - 1 y A in N t G he E. B -- upp (T HIS lies of Corn here week after week, the:quantities usually 'having been moderate, which is again the case this week, but there appears quite sufficient for the present limited demand, and every article may be reported slow sale at Monday's prices. ARRIVALS. DAY. ) I Wheat. Barley. English 1,700 qrs. 1;700 qrs. Irish -- - Foreign Oats. qrs ,940 1,100 Flour. 6,ososeks IRELAND. NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION. -The Association met on Saturday at thrye o'clock, MACNAMARA, Esq., of Moher, County Clare, in the Chair. THE LATE SIR-EDWARD HELLEAV, LAE:. Mr. _LAWLESS rose, he said, to discharge a most painful duty, one which, he believed, every person who then heard- him, v old consider it imperative on the Catholic body to perform. ir , an (said Mr. Lawless) to recommend such a course on this day ae will mark our respect, in the strongest manner, for the virtues and the character of the excellent Irishman whom we hate so lately lost. There is no man who has any knowledge of the services rendered to the national cause by the late Sir Edward 'Bellew, who will net admit that his memory is deserving of such a tribute from us. I knew him long. I have often witnessed his zealous, honest, and useful co-operation with his countrymen ; and though it was my duty to dissent from the course which the worthy Baronet recommended, yet I never could refuse to him the credit cf being always actuated by the purest, sincerest, and most honourable feelings for the common cause• But there is one part of the political life cf our lamented and re spected friend which still lives in the recollection of every man here—l mean his admirable conduct on the late contested election of Louth ;—there Sir Edward Bellew displayed a spirit and an energy which, if hu-sver committed a political error, would ef fectually obliterate it—there he set an example which was ardently followed up by the gentry and people of Louth—there he con fronted and beat down the tyrant landlord who would hold his tenant as his slave, and deprive him of the first privilege of a free man.—(Cheers.)—For this alone, Sir Edward Bellew merits our grateful recollection. I shall, therefore, move the following re solution : That in respect to the memory of the late Sir Edward Bellew, whose loss in the present crisis of Catholic affairs is most particu larly to be lamented, we feel it our duty to devote this day to silent and solemn reflection on the sudden &par - hire from this life of so excellent and esteemed an Irishman, whose feelings and cha racter were bound up with the public cause, and who, wittin very short interval, displayed a spirit and energy worthy of the best days of Ireland. Mr. O'BRIEN, of Elmvale, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. O'Brien was then called to the Chair, and the Association adjourned. LORD LORTON. Mr. COMYN said, from respect to the memory of Sir Edward Bellew, he abstained from introducing to their notice, while the chair was occupied, a document which he now held in his hand, and which was of great public importance, so much so, that be could not allow the meeting to separate without laying it before them. It came from the County Roscommon, and related to certain charges which were reported to have been preferred by the Noble Lord (Lorton) against a 'Catholic Clergyman. He (Mr. Comyn) had the good fortune to be here when the report of the Noble Lord's speech was in Dublin, and he then gave . to it his unqualified contradiction. He was now happy to have it in his power to confirm his testimony, by that of some of the mos's respectable Catholics of the County Roscommon. Mr. Comyn concluded by reading the document, vindicatory of the Rev. Mr. Quinn. It was moved and carried that it should be - inserted in the usual Irish Papers, and the Sun, Times, Courier, and Morning Chronicle.—Dublin Morning Register. LLOYD'S.--(TIM DAY.) A Meeting of the Subscribers at Lloyd's Coffee-house took place this morning to receive a Yearly Report of the state of their financial affairs;. Alderman THOMPSON, M. P. in the Chair. The Meeting, which was rather numerous, would have had little to do, but for the amusement afforded in various inquiries made by a Mr. FORTUNE, who seemed desirous to imitate his great prototype, Mr. Hume, in another House. It is needless to add, that a like success to that of the Honourable Gentleman attended Mr. Fortune's endeavours, and the Report was unanimously received by the subscribers, notwithstanding the numerous quee'!)ne asked, and as repeatedly and satisfactorily answered by theworthy Chairman. FASHIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS- THE Dula or SUSSEX.—The Duke of Sussex, we are happy to state, was a little better yesterday. THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.---Letters were re- , ceived yesterday at the residence cf the Duke of Cumberland, St. James's Palace, giving an account of the indispositlon of the Duke of Cumberland. which arose from the state of his Royal Highness's eyes, brought on from late alarming• illness ; and on the 10th inst., when the letter left Berlin, the Royal Duke's eyes was then free from pain, and his health in a very favourable state. His Royal Highness had passed the 'preceding night in a very cpm. posed state. The Duchess of Kent; the - Duchess, of Gloucester. the Princesses Victoria and Feodore, visited the PrinCoss Augusta yesterday. Several - ef the Ambaisadors and Ministers, ,and a great many of the Nobility and Gentry, called yesterday at the residence of the Princess, to inquire after the health of her Royal Highness. - Prince Lieven gave a grand dinner on Monday, at Ashhurnham House, Dover-street, to the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde; the Earl and Conn tees of Morley, Lord and Lady Granville, Lord Normanby, - Lord Morpeth, Lord Dudley and Ward, the Hon. Agar and Lady Georgina Ellis, Count Flahault, &c. The Duke of Norfolk entertained a distinguished that, " His rapidly, party to dinner, yesterday, at his house in S t . James's - square. THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL.---A. blister was applied to his Lordship on Sunday , from which he derived con siderabletendedhlaie Lordship enefit.ThethNisoblme health Eoranriln'sg,aud .reported improves now being able to walk into his dining - room. Dr. Dreyer' he at- Lordship is going ou very well." , The Speakers last Parliamentary Levee for the tes, h the despatches Kin for th e Continent.g's Messen ger , was sent o ff o n Sunday M r. Aia night, with present Session will be on Saturday next, the 24th of March. Lord Charles Somerset transacted business yester day at the Colonial Office. The Marchioness of Hertford and the Countess of Essex will divide the Fashionable World on Monday next. There will be a melange of amusements at Devon shire House on Thursday evening, concluding witha Quadrille Ball. Mr. N. Rothschild gave a sumptuous dinner to a large party in Piccadilly, on Saturday last. On Monday, a Monthly Meeting of the Society for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and _Cha pels was held at their Rooms, No. 2, Parliatnent-street, Westminster, at which were present the Archbishop of Canterbury , Archbisho p of York, Bishops of Lo n don, Exeter, Litchfield and Cowntry, Bath and Wells, Chester, Gloucester, and Llandaff; Lord Kenyon, and a large number of the Committee. Grants of various sums were made to seven parishes, in aid of the enlargement of the Sc. commodation in their parish churches ; among others, a large grant was made to the parish of Clitheroe, in the county of Lancaster, where the poverty and wants of the people were most conspicuous, having a population of 10,000 souls, and only chureh-roons f or 460 persons. SURREY COUNTY RATES.--The sum levied i n the County of Surrey for the several County Rates for the year 1826, is 33,4421. 18s. 10il• i The climate in Sweden and in Russia s go regular, that a traveller may rely upon the continuance of fine weather either in summer or win ter ; the autumnal season alo ne being • I. *, ram " The present is the latest s p rin g that has been . scarcely a sign of vegetation ' yexpe rienced for many ye ars ; ion beinet to 1-e seen in the m ost warm and sheltered s p ots. g A celebrated physician of the last r e ign • whose man ner was notorious for excessive ' rudeness, o nce apologised to a p a tient, saying , " Si r, it is m y way.,, ~ patient, pointing to the door , t the, I b eg you so,' replied the It !leg you will make- th* you r way. THE LATE DIVISION. _. _There ' ere were present at the t late division on the Catholic Question, 428 English Members, 91 Irish, and 37 Scotch. Th e being 93 English, 9 Irish, number absent amounted to 10 '- 57 voted for Sir Francis and 8 Scotch. Of the-Irish Members the Scotch 22 for, and Burdett's motion, and 34 against it; a and 227 against , l 15 against; and of the English 193 for, eaving a majority of 34 English members against the motion . • —Tipperary Free Press. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. On Monday last an elopement of a sing ular nature crea t e d much sensation in the vill age of Lenham, w here the parties resided. The gallant, a young man aged 27, selected a lady of the age of 51, wife of a labouring man, and who he was perfectly sure would be blind to all his faults—for, alas ! she had lost her eyesight these ten years past ; but her feelings were quick as ever ; for, before starting she ransacked the drawers of all she could lay hold of. Th e par _ ties were traced to Rochester, and stated there that they were proceeding to America. It is thought is the village th a t she will see her folly.—.Kentish Gazette.