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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 1 HOUSE OF COMMON'S. N OTICES of MOT lONS, and ORDERS of the DAY, which "pie stand in th e ORDER B OOK of the HOUSE of COM . MONS, for TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY next. h ot . Taesday, April 10, 1821. c " or illotions.—t. Sir Henri'Parnell,—Committee on the Commercial Intercourse between Great Britain and 2. _lreland. te James Mackintosh,—Three Bills to amend the Cri- Order.rnof the D i nal L aws. ay —l. Callington Borough, Right of Elec . 2. t '° ,l , Petition ;—Ballot for Committee at three. Land Tax Commissioners Bill;—Committee. *2 . ....polled Stamps, &c. Bill ;—_Committee. Stantp Duties on ;Medicines Acts;—Committee thereupon. 0 . Ste a li ng in Shops (Ireland) Bill ;—Second Reading. C. Tithes Leasing (Ireland) Bill;—Further Consideration of Report. ' " Smuggling Prevcn'ion Acts;—Committee thereupon. Wednesday, April 11, 1821. • tr ot , ' , es of Motions-1. Lord Archibald Hamilton,—Detailed Accounts of the Expenses of the Milan Commission ; ' and the Persons to whom paid ; also, Copy of the . Cont- Mission it se lf. `• Lerinarrl,—Account of all snch Applications for Admission to the Reading Room of the British Museum at have been postponed in the last Five Years. °. Mr. Alderman Wood,--Committee on the state of 11% % 4 • , 4 chester Gaol. of the Day—l. Courts of Admiralty (Scotland) Bill ; Committee. q. AhdtiCtion of Women (Ireland) Bill;—Second Reading.' °. East India• Private Trade Bill;—Committee. J udicial Offices (Ireland) Bill ;—Committee. 21' 4 • Thursday, April 12, 1821. s?i,lfoti - ons—i. Mr. Sesjeant Onslow,—Bill to regulate 2. Rate of Interest of Money Mr• Serjeant Onslow,--Bill . to regulate the Admission of Attornies•and Solicitors. '• Mr. srrjeant Onslow,—Bill to regulate Acceptances of Bills of Exchange. "i• Mr. Hume,—To disqualify Ordnance Officers and others from voting for Members of Parliament. Sir John Newport,—Motion relative to the Proceedings of the Commissioners of Inquiry into English Courts of Justice. ord e Friday, April 1"3, 1821. of the Day—Church 13i iefs 13i11;—Committee. MINORITY ro lt A REDUCTION' IN THE ARMY ESTIMATES.—FRIDAY. AI APRIL F. i; 41°1. 1), Visct. Fergusson, Sir R.C. Phillips, G. iiaTreti, S. M. . Glenorchy, Vlsc. Powlett, Hon. W. elYon, Ben j. Gordon, Robt. Price, Rd. b e l l ial, R. Graham, Sandford Palmer, C. F. 1347, Viscount Gipps, G. Rice, T. S. 13 ° Ighe), Sir J. F. Heron, Sir Robt. Ramsden, J. C. pe4graYe, Vise. Hobhouse., J. C. Ricardo, D. —sta r d E P Honeywood, W. P. Robarts, A. W. Ch ) •P. gala oner, Robert Hume, Joseph RObarts, G. t John Haldimand, W. Robinson, Sir Geo. ,v ert, ' Charles Heygate, Aid. Rickford, Wm. ii.::avendish, Henry James, W. Smith, John f ,°ll)ll rn- N. R. Johnson, Colonel Smith, Wm. ,r •-•, - ~, ornpton, S. Lambton,Sebright, Sir J. -•::cevey, Thos. . Lushington, S. Tierney, Rt. Hn.G. c a t t ,wrid, G. , Moberly, John Townshend,LordC, D — ,`"°TP,rin. F. G. Monck, J.B. Whitbread,i.Sam.C. Dom. r. T. H. Majoribanks, S. Wyvill, M. Ifa -I ••se'n, Wm. J. Nugent, Lord Wood, Ald. bu'leatinon, Visct. • Newport, Rt. Hon. WellsoJohn tluidas Hen. T. Si r J. Wil son , Si r R. l 'alls, Wm. O'Grady, Standish Wilson, Thomas. 4quharson, A. Parnell, Sir H. TELLER-11On. H. G. Bennet, PRICE OF STOCKS 3 THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 3 1'er Cent• Red.... 71i ex div. India Bonds 47s. 495. pr. vex Cent. C0n5....72 72i 72+ Excheq. Bills 5 6 pr. l'er C ent. Navy Ann. losgii Cons. for Account... 72 71i 72i " WATER AT LONDO or 21 minutes after 8. N BRIDGE TO-MORROW I Evening, 2 minutes after 9. THE SUN. L9LEIII QUIS DICERS FALSUM, JUDE-4T? LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1821. MO - - -- ..... la -".........1.111- t e 1 1, 41.1 s Pap e rs o f Th ur sd a y an d Frid a y l as t 4usthis e " e d 4 j. i utelligence of importance respecting the r oltaly. We have subjoined to the ltr4c ts from these Pap ers severa l - articles of 4 - ri, , u Ivii : a i te Correspondence from Turin, &c., by (il s , te it would appear, that, notwithstanding the li re ` Qur aging events in Napl e s, th e Pi e d mon t ese obt 41 staging to persevere in their effo r ts to e 11 a Constitutional G overnmen t. Th ese . 0 ,- ti ' 4141 licati ons will be found very interesting. ~ " PARIS, APRIL 5. The ; w hi c h gave of the strength of the iilz e numerat i on we (! h . 4 1411 artoY of Galicia was taken from the 'Nuremberg ti:,-90odent,' a German paper, well known for its bold asser .4'• We have now reason to hope that the submission of the Itil l aP r °li tahs, and the ill success of the Piedmontese revolution, , t ~,er ider any further military movements superfluous. 4 kai n ' u 'in and Alexandria still hold out. Genoa has declared It: -4t Austria, and follows the impulse of the Junta at Turin. 111 ,0 1 r 3 t e Zen said that Savoy has declared in favour of the Pied .t'l44l. '''' at-ma. A Milanese Junta has been , established at ,t'ex .' and eats in concert with that of Piedmont, in order t ltai e ,,'te an insurrection in the Milanese territory, where a grea , • nait°,•,ferlicteruation exists. It is thought that the Piedmontese 0, 1 4 1,15 employed in raising the frontier provinces in France, dez:'„eonseqUenCe the French Government is forming a camp rely" a,, : '''Yoris i and on Saturday four officers of rank set out for ' 42 ,7 received only three hours notice to prepare them rsnaisti4 their posting expences were paid bY government. .A t og rl - 'table number of troops have been sent out of Paris in '4°l4 0 7°,, With. several - carts laden with arms, and the soldiers went' • , 5, ogifferenf barriers in detachments ofls or 20 men each. , N s i 4 Sunday last, the order of the day, which grants per , ti l ., t ° l l to regiments to have the honour , of sending a deputa- L 4,t, ° . tl 'e King, was first commenced. It was composed of ! h qiit t ", ''s) Lieutenants, Sub-Lieutenants and Soldiers, and was 1:1 f; tti x ,Press the sentato . enta of ' popular feeding' to the reign -1., .6y. 'telleh 5 per cents. 4 before 3, sth of April, 82f. 30c. 6, ~,,.. " TURIN, Mkn.cn 30. c 6 ", • .e have the following Proclamation : , 6 e ,Te, Charles Felix of Savoy, Duke of Genevois, &e. kgd e l'Y our_ manifesto of the fifth , ultimo we sufficiently ti o ,,_ km.iw our intentions relative to rebellious and sedi a,,,"3 Subjects, as well as to the form of government, which tio 4 wl sll to preserve such as it existed before the abdica te, 6! )f the King our well-ht - daved brother. Meanwhile, til ",.' l 3' the present decree, establish provisionally, and un ),,l4urther orders, three Governors General—.one in the ot lr el 'Y of Savoy, the other in Genoa, and the third in , vith ()tiller continental states ; each of whom is invested sh a ll !'- 1 mtaty, civil, and ecoriomicrd authority, and '4,,,,, s_o.e subject only to our immediate orders. In con tolic,-..: Whereof, we intrnst the government of Savoy 1 10 _ 'oe,-tenant Count Salmour d'Andezeno ; that of Ge ,.,4_,! General Count Desgeneix ,• and that of the other v;oetta,ental States to Lientmeneral Count Sallier -de Latour. IT'4!_eaecordingly order all the several Governors,.Royal.Officers, tOshts Prefcts, all the Judges, &c., including every e partrn the feat, t 9 take their orders,' Until new regulations be th at _ ~._ ri ,. the hetoe-ramed Governors. We also desire to the.l,llknstrates of every class, who have remained faithful t.ou rts ~..'ls_,Jlet,o reader continue to ' sit, as heretofore, in their Justice,' '''''' to administer prompt and impartial itte.::: t y li a l t i a : (l in such circumstances it is from Heaven the ne ,•-t,l'et a i 'L'o t 'shi l li, e u i p li s efi l Y, i , t h o be expeT cetl, we therefore make known et, 14-i t h „ 11 ,. L, s ops : and all ecclesiastical functionaries, "'l tnarastry, our earnest wish that they L'S) address their Prayers to Heaven, to invoice the Most High, and in particular the Virgin Mary, the mother of God, who has been the powerful protection of the states of our family. " CHARLES FELIX. " Given at Modena, March " " VIENNA, MAncti 26. " We have received the four'th bulletin of the. army under the command of General Frimont. It makelt known the ca pitulation of Capua, of which the public are already aware ; but it also contains the folloWing. facts, which ate less known, though equally worthy of notice : " On the 19th the General-in-Chief summoned the fort of Monte Cassino to surrender. The commander sent a reply in the negative ; but the garrison, which was composed of 300 men of the Queen's Guards, refused their service, and our troops entered the place. The Neapolitan soldiers were made prisoners and'disarmed ; but immediately afterwards their arms were restored, and they were incorporated with a regiment of Austrians. They loudly testified their joy._ _ " After having - evacuated the camp of Mignano, the Nea politan army was in•fact disbanded; thousands of Neapolitan soldiers. were wandering in the midst of our ranks. In conse quence of the proposition of General Caraseosa, the General in Chief (Baron Frimont) determined to send Count Fiquehnont to Capua, to negoeiate a Convention. When he arrived there on the 20th early in the morning, neither General Carascosa nor General Filangierie were to be found : the troops had tired on them, and they had fled to Naples. The Convention was concluded with tile only General present, Baron Ambrosio. " Field Marshal Prince de %%Tied is appointed Military Commandant of the Abruzzi. " The Royal Guard, which from the first manifested their fidelity to the King, has maintained this honourable conduct.— As soon as they were apprised of the Proclamation of the King, they communicated to General Carascosa, by General Selvaggio, • that they would have fought against the enemy, if such had been the King's order, but since hit Majesty had given contrary directions, they. would not disobey his orders.' General Caracosa replied, that he respected their sentiments of fidelity, and recommended the Royal Guard to give an example to the rest of the army by maintaining good discipline.' The guards have done so, and have preserved their ranks entire amid the general desertions. When they garrisoned Capua, they de manded that they should in no case be required to act contrary to the orders of the King. They tore off the tricolored rib bands from their colours, and burnt them, amid cries of Live the King.' " The alta condita (the grand lodge of the Carbonari), - the only real power which controlled the Prince Regent, the Par liament,and the army, is dissolved, after having burnt all its acts. " The Duke of Modena arrived on the 18th at .Laybaelt. " MADRID, MARCH 26: " The news . from the interior is satisfaCtory. The report of the commission appointed by the Cortes to examine the Me moir of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, respecting . our rela tions with foreign powers, has just been published. After many sensible and excellent observations, the report concludes in the following manner : _ . " 1. The Cortes trust that the Government will exert all its means and energies in protecting our commerce, which it seems the Regency bf Algiers have threatened to attack. _ _ _ " Cortes - have witnessed, with great satisfaction, that the Government has displayed a proper dignity in disapproving the principle of foreign interference in the internal regulation of the. government of another nation, by declaring boldly that it will never recognize 43 legitim a te the result of such an IN TERPOSITION. " 3. The Cortes expect, from the zeal of thegovernment, that it will demand with energy and perseverance the securities deemed necessary from certain courts, and that, not contenting itself with simple verbal declarations on so important a ques tion, it will persevere until the guarantees judged necessary for the honour and tranquillity of the nation shall have been ob tained. KINGDOM OF ITALY. THE PROVISIONAL JUNTA OF GOVERNMENT. " Yesterday the Prince Regent disappeared from the capital. In the preceding night his aid-dc-camps had ordered the artil lery to prepare to follow him, and in Chivasso, he himself re newed the orders in writing ' • but the brave artillery, who are incapable of abandoning the duties unposed upon them by the Constitution, sworn to by the Prince, remained firm, and did not abandon the safety of the country to the faithlessness of the traitors who perhaps made the Prince the victim of their se duction. . " In this serious emergency the Provisional Junta of Turin shcwed their devotion to the sacred cause entrusted to their pro tection, and determined to provide for the security of the nation. " All the friends of the Constitution and the independence of Italy, ought to rely with confidence on the firmness of the au. thorities who have proclaimed and defended it ; the plots of the enemies of the King and country a r e di sc o v ered, and their wicked designs brought to light. " In the evening of the `2lst the population of Genoa con. ducted themselves in that imposing manner which becomes a great and generous city, to which the intrigues of a few worth. less wretches were preparing of new the fetters of despotism." We wish to call attention, particularly, to one passage of Mr. P.M'S last speech. He said 6 C that a Protestant King, with Popish advisers, was much more to be feared than a Popish King with Protestant advisers." Nothing can be more true or more important. A Popish King may be thwarted by a Protestant Council and Parlia ment; and if obstinate and imprudent, as the last ill-fated STUART was, may find an opposition strong enough to make his throne uneasy to him, or even untenable, as it was to Jam Es. Bul Protestant King may be indifferent, as too many Protestants are, particularly in high stations, while his Popish advisers will be always active ; laying snares which he never suspects, and con triving plans, the tendency of which he will nei ther know nor regard till they burst,out to his ruin, and that of all his Protestant subjects. For, be assured, Papists will never tolerate us as we have tolerated them. Much less will they grant us favours, as we are so ready to grant them.— Besides this, a King, nominally Protestant, way be secretly a Papist, as it is now known Charles the Second was, so far as he had any religion.— . Then what will be our situation ? Instead of not seeing the plots of his Popish advisers, he will know, and secretly abet them, and then where are you, Gentlemen Emancipators ? At Smithfield presently, except those who, as we lately hinted, will take refuge in the Temple of Indifference !-.-a large, and, we fear, a constantly increasing party! FREEDOM OF COMMERCE.---If the proposed system, in regard to the timber trade were an insulat ed question, it might be necessary for every opponent to this change of the national system, to vindicate himself from the charge, either implied or direct, on the score of interested motives, so frequently brought forward by the LIBERAL disciples of the New School. But the fact is, and sorry are we so to observe, that it is evidently, nay avowedly, but the FIRST STEP to a more extended departure from a system by which ourprosperityat home, and our greatness abroad, have been nourished for above three centuries ; for the system is much older than the Navigation Act of Charles the Second. A fact so.. alarming, deserves serious and general consideration ; more particularly, because the new measures are not attempted to be founded upon practical principles—they are in fact in opposition to the evidence recently reported to Parliament--but upon an abstract theory, which may be brought to act equally upon every other interest, whether Agricultural, Manufacturing, or Co lonial generally. It is an additional misfortune, that the New Theory, like the dry rot so much complained of, has izfected BOTH SID .5 OF TFIt both paeties in the -nation, and that too in direct apposition to-a principle acknowe hedged, and a. practice recon l imended only a few weeks ago. That our government contracts for the supply of grain and flour to our West Indian Islands should be supplied from the Home market, in preference to flour from the United States, is but a part of the grand principle of our navigation laws; but the converse is not the less true, and if that principle is to-be swept away in regard to British North America aad the timber trade, the Agricultural Interest at Home, and the West India Colonial Interest must expect soon to find their welfare sacri ficed to the NEW PLAN of purchasing every thing at the cheapest market. We fear that much of the erroneous feeling upon this subject must be attributed to Adam Smith, or at lease to some misunderstanding of his theories, forgetting to take into the account his unwilling admissions. Speaking of our system of 'prohibitions and restrictions, that eeriter, it ought not to be forgotten, and therefore we recal it to the recollection of the Modern Economists, acknowledges, that from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth, the English Legislature has been parti cularly attentive to the interest of commerce and manufactures ; and he is forced to add, that in reality there is no country in Eu rope,- Holland itself not excepted, of which the law is, upon the whole, more favourable to that sort of industry. More im portant still, he acknowledges, that Commerce and`manufac tures have accordingly been continually advancing during all that period. Let the LANDED INTEREST too observe, that he adds, the cultivation and improvement of the country has, no doubt, been also gradually advancing. Yet, upon a fallacious idea of Dr. Smith's principles, are. we now called upon to change that system ; under circumstances too, which it is evi dent Dr. Smith could never have contemplated ; for when he attempted to draw up, in his claeset, oficeefor the guidance of practical men, it was at a period when the population of the country vas much beloW its present amount, and when it was strongly urged, and almost generally believed, that a national debt, if approaching only to one-third of its present entent, must be attended with inevitable ruin.- These Modern Economists ought to read the strictures of a Northern Peer upon Dr. Smith's political fallacies ; and we trust, that the Noble Lord will now fulfil the pledge he has given in that work. But a complete answer both to Dr. Smith, and to the Modern School, has already been given by Mr. Marryat in last Thursday's de bate, especially when he proved in the clearest and most argu mentative manner the fallacy of the assertion, that we have not grown great through our navigation laWs, and restrictive system, but in spite of them ! If the question is indeed to be argued upon abstract principles, then we might go at once to the justification': of our restrictive system in 'regard to our navigation act upon the broad basis laid down by the learned Selden. A basis too on which all nations have acted, and are now acting—that the ocean, from the law of na ture, as well as of nations, is not common to all, but capable of becoming the property of a particular nation, as much as the earth can possibly be. This is not the place to argue his sound principle that the British Monarch is Lord of the perpetual do minion of the seas that flow round the British Isles ; but both these principles, however special they may be considered, lead to general rules ; and as far as they are general, lead to specific rules. In short, they establish a rule for principle, as Dr. Smith does himself for practice, when lie admits that the policy of Europe occasions a very important inequality in the whole of the advantages and disadvantages of the different employ ments of labour and stock, by restraining the competition in lODIC employments to a smaller number than. might otherwise be disposed to enter into them ; but which he considers injuri ous, thereby giving the retort courteous to those who would di minish our ships and seamen, " because we have too many of them !" • • Since writing the above, we have read with much pleasure the first article in. the last number of Tut: QUARTERLY REVIEW, whiCh we most earnestly recommend to the pe rusal of all classes of the people. We shall, however, when ever the intervals of the Session of Parliament will permit, resume this subject, and in the course of our observations, we shall take occasion to notice the opinions of BAcoN, TEM PLE, LAW, CHILD, ,GEE, BARNARD, STEWART, HAWKESBURY, RSE, SHEFFIELD, REEVES, CHAL MERS, CAMPBELL, PETTY, and LAUDERDALE, on this subject; and contrast them with each other, and with the opi nions of the RIEARDOS, BENNETTS, and the other modern Economists of the present day : but we do not think we can close this article more appropriately, than by submitting to our Readers the following passages of the article in, tb4 QUAR TERLY REVIEW to which we have alluded:— " It is questionable whether the advantage of the world, con considered universally, would be increased by perfect freedom of intercourse. Man thrives best by - families, communities, and special national interests. It is no reason against these forms and diVisions of society, that the spirit and partialities which bind them may be carried to excess, and that, good in in them selves, they are liable to abuse. Every country usts its own in dustry for the encouragement of its own people, • and follows such intercourse with its neighbours as will serve mutually with out particular prejudice. Whatever attraction of benevolence and beauty may appear in the speculations of political econo mists, their' unlimited adoption must be posivoned until man be: conies devoid of covetousness and rapacityf; and, till then, they may be joined to the past rhapsodies of community_ of goods and universal non-resistance. tr e wou ld su b m i t to these eco nomists, to confine their provident - care, in the first instance, to something short of the entire generation of man. It is long since the poet sang— ' Gon loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next ; and next, all human race.' It is a strong reason to doubt the practicability of these schemes, that statesmen have no where ventured upon them ; not fro m ignorance, as has been petulantly pretended, but from extended knowledge. Neither in old or new states, do legislatures find the Utopian ideas of these philosophers to be feasible : yet Adam smith, the great advocate tOr the most unrestricted trade, is read in all countries and languages, and his doctrines have been moulded into all shapes, whether to inform youth or puzzle the learned. Refl ec ti on an d practice seem to show that this valuable writer, in the zeal. of his argument, carried too far 1 Ins views of freedom of trade, as he assuredly did those of en limited production and unrestrained par&nony.—lt is the policy of general freedom of foreign,. not of domestic, commerce that we hold in doubt. If in internal free intercourse one province gain and another suffer, the conjoint interest and .wealth may be the same, or even increased. If Dorset and Hants suffer a • privation of manufactures while Yorkshire and Lancashire abound, the common country may still be benefited by the con centration of manufacturing industry. But if Dorset and Hants were supplied from Normandy and the Netherlands, the policy with regard to this country might be justly questioned. Should it be urged that &improvement of the world might be promoted, the patriot (whose affections are local) must grieve, while the cosmopolite rejoices. The interests,' says Mr. Mal thus, ' of an independant state are especially different from those of a province, a point which has not been sufficiently at tended to. The interest of each independent state is to accu mulate..the greatest - quantity of wealth within its own limits.'— Are we then advoCates for universal restrictions on commerce ? We answer, no. But what limits do we assign ? There is the great difficulty; and while we see the necessity of many, we are sensible that to mark then - iota is work of extreme nicety, and requires a considerable knowledge of details. This is matter for the labour, judgment, and patriotic feeling of the legislature. If we have produced any conviction by our remarks,.' it Will be admitted that the application of the freedom of trade a the i existing establishments of this country will, in some re es, be attended with good, in others with a• neutral effect, air' in many be followed by injurious consequences. The investigation of the question may tenth to • iltfuse correct views, and be a safe guard against extravagant hopes, misconceptions, and the far. warding .of hasty and ill-understood rewesentations to parlia ment. We may reasonably doubt the practicability of tlw abstract propositions and theories of zealots in political economy, who, unmindful of the-cupidity and rivalry of nations, would rush into the most open and exposed freedom of trade.. Never country possessed, with its manufactures and colonies, the resources of this. Let these be cultivated. Let us not endanger our manufac tures and render useless our colonies to enrich rivals and doubt fully benefit ourselves. Let the freest intercourse and removals of restrictions be adopted as far as regards the internal comma- I nlcafions of this country passcssianS ; they forl'n a ivorii Within t l iemselves the tip:in the British Eft; waves over the productions of every climate and is the au4nsWled,ed banner of near hundred 0. of people. Let the privileges of public con...pa:lies, where they impede 'national csimpatition, be relaxed' and opened : li mitations and monopolies amongst oarseives daimot be good:— The country is yet susceptible of incalculable advances in wealth and. prdiperiol. We shall rejoice to sac neNv WhigggiVen to the commerce of the world, without impairing its 'actual strength ; and in the establishment, of a happy activity of inter course betiVeezi the ieradtest corners of the globe, the idoption of the most effectual in - eansof ektending Itnthviedge, plenty, religion,. bestowing on pea: , .., its - characteristic abun dance : yet in the attainment of this good, WE SHOULD AP PROACH WITH TENDERNESS the unrivalled fabrics of manu facturing establishments, which a system of restriction has i.ear'- ,ed. amongst us :—we should hesitate to expose to the chance of degradation, the substantial and mateldess improvementS of our ii i , rticulture, AND ABOVE ALL, innovate with apprehezi'siOn on those NAVIGATION Laws to which are to be traced so much of the commerce, the glory, and, perlizips, the independence of the empi re. " o@la CATlfor.rc3.-Letten from Dublin, dated late on Monday last, state, that the Rev. Dr. Tnoy, Titular Arebbishop of Dublin, and the Roman Catholi; Clergy under his superin tendence, at a Meeting held there on that day, came to an unanimous Resolution, That they could not avail themselves of the pro visions of. the Bills introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Plunkett, as they were inconsistent with their principles, as Roman Catholics. At a full meeting of the Roman Catholic Clergymen of the City of Limerick, on Friday sennight, at the house of the Right Rev. Dr. Tuohy, Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick : Resolved Ist, That one of the Bills lately introduced by Mr. Plunkett into the Muse of Commons, contains clauses'to which no Catholic Clergyman can conscientio•.:sly agree. Resolved al, 'rhat‘those'clauses are unnecessary, vexatious, dangerous, and ultimately subversive of the Roman Catholic Religion in Ireland. Resolved 31, That it is necessary to call, as soon as possible, a General Meeting of all the Roman Catholic Clergymen of this Diocese, to consider the best mode of conveying those sen timents to the House of Lords, praying that those obnoxious clauses may not receive their Lordships' sanction. Resolved 4th, That these Resolutions be communicated to the Roman Catholic Laity of the County and City of Limerick. From these documents, compared with the famous declara tion of Dr. MIL.S'EIt, it is easy to see what will be the unani mous feeling of the Popish Priesthood. For unanimous they must be who all implicitly obey the dictates of one man. It is clear that it will be to reject and spurn the boon, which the foolish liberality of Protestants, and non-religionists together, are labouring to force upon them. -IVhat then signifies it, that one or two Noblemen have published their thanks to the House of Commons for passing these strange Bills ? To the opinion of their Priests they must ultimately come, or they will incur ex communication, which to them is equivalent to final condem nation. In a word, they must follow the Priests, or cease, to be Papists. But, fur the present, the high-blooded Papists are pleased and grateful, while the Priests rave and rail, and the lower classes are in perfect apathy. They feel no joy, and owe no gratitude. What does all this prove ? What does it prove, even to demonstration ? That power is the first object of the high Papists, who think too that when they have gained that, they soon may compass all their wishes. But the low, having no such prospects, are perfectly indifferent to the whole trans action. Never was honest meaning so duped as it is (in all who are honest) of our present Emancipators. May the Lords have eyes and Understandings more open to evident reason and in. evitable consequences ! Cortx-ExcHANcE, APRIL very large . supply of every sort of Grain, and - every thing lower ; the best Wheats from 2s. to 35., and the inferior not saleable. Mrheat• 34s 60s Grey Peas 2tis 23s Bari y - 9 0s 26s Beans 9 4s 2118 . Rye 23s 30s Oats 14 28s White Pease '323 36s Flour, per sack - as 52s Yesterday the Neapolitan Prince, who arrived in London a few days since, had a long interview with Lord CASTLEREAGH. Saturday Prince LEOPOLD left town for Glare mont.—The Princess AUGUSTA has,been confined for a few days past with a cold, which, we are happy to say, was better yesterday. Her Royal _Highness received a visit yesterday from the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, who, it affords us great pleasure in being able to say, is perfectly reco vered from her cold, and rode out yesterday for the• first tune since her Royal Highness's recovery. —The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester had a part: to dinner on Saturday.—The Duke of GLOUCESTER, it is said, intends visiting the Con tinent this Summer, and remaining there several months. We understand that Vice Admiral Sir RICHARD GOODWIN KEATES, G.C.B. is appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital, vacant by the death of Admiral Sir JOHN COLPOYS. Vice Admiral Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, G. C. B. and ' one of the Lords of the Admiralty is to be Major General of Marines, vice Sir R. G. KEATES ; and Com modore Sir THOMAS MASTERMAN K.C.B. is to be Colonel of Marines, vice Capt. BROUGH. ToN, deceased. By letters received from the Euryalus, we learn that the Duke of MANCHESTER is about to embark in that frigate for England, and may be shortly expected. CITY Or LONDON NATIONAL SCHOOLS.—Yes terday a Sermon was preached in the Church of St. Peter-le-Poor, Broad-street, before the Pre sident and other Officers of this Institution, by the Rev. THOMAS SAMPSON, D. D.; in whiCh he eloquently and powerfully enforced the neces sity of promoting useful and religious instruction amongst the children of the poorer classes, from the evident influence of early impressions and habits upon the future course of a man's life. The Reverehd Divine also pointed cut the beue ficiasl effects which havealready resulted from the Establishment, hi which 4500 children have received the benefit of religious instruction, and where upwards of 1000 boys and girls are new daily taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. collection was afterwards made, the amount of which was correspondent with the iyealth and respevtability of Broad-street Ward. L AMENTA BLE CATASTROPHE.----This morning, Mr. Row LEy, the son o( Sir W. ItowLEY, of Sufrolk, a Westminster , scholar, not havin g learned a task which ha been set him, in a fi t of terror threw himsolf out of a three-pair win dow at his lodging; in Dean's - Yard ; his skull was divided, ant.Uhis limbs fractured; his life is despaired of. 'PHI; TTIVATRE.;': I N'Cr 4 S THEATItE.--The same new Opera and new Ballet which have been so war:nly received were repeated on Saturday, before a large and brilliant audience. Mademoiselle Moat being still indisposed, her part was taken by Madame GATT I. Dnutty-LANt.----.After Artaxerxes s on Stant-- day s an Interlude s entitled Mystification, was re= presented. It is a pleasant little Farce, consist ing of humorous perplexities, a!ttl was well sup= ported by the - Performers. ne Deaf Lover followed, and in the supper scene s " The King," as the toast, made the House ring with loud and repeated plaudits. COVENT GARDEN.---A new Piece, chiefly cal culated to display the mimetic powers of Mr. YATES, or, ha other words, to give him an °poor tunity of holding up his brother Performers to ridicule, was brought forward on Saturday last, under the title of London Stars. We are sur prized that the theatrical fraternity aze content ed to have their peculiarities thus exposed, and consequently the influence of their talents irn• paired by what at best is mere buffoonery'. To the discredit of the audience, who ungratefully sanction such. attacks upon those' to whom they are indebted for pleasure, the piece was well received. SHIP tik;WS. DEAL, APRIL B.—Wind S.—Arrived yest,?r,lay . and snilH for the River the Esther, Johnston, from. St. Mich,in - i's. Friends, Masterton, fron) 'Malaga ; and Radius, Delano, lion?. New York. Crane down from the River the . •Nc.irthuir.b2:l34: . ":, for Mirainichi ; Asia, for Smyrna; Ann, for Gibraltar ; for Leghorn ; Sisters, for Demerara ; Friends, for Montreal ; ViAtal, for Richebuctu ; Anglia, for John's ; Syrnmetfy for New Brunswick ; Sarah Ann, fo r Q ue b ec ; Albi on an 1 Earle, Crowther, for Leghorn ; and Wellington, from Neweastl: Jamaica. The Norwegian brig Mnrgaretha, Bein, from the Baltic, got on the Goodwin Sand on Friday, but was got oif yesterday, and carried into Ramsgate leaky. Sailed the Arn7 Robertson, for India.- Arrived to-day and sailed forth:: River the Claremont, Fox, from St. Domingo. Came dovra from tine River the Frederichton, for Halifax ; Matilda, for Lisboa.; Nile, for Genoa ' • Henry, for Leghorn ; Prince of \Yaks. ti a r a ' i Ann, Triton, and Briton, _for Quebec ; Dial - no:id, for .Fay. - 1 - ; Jack Tar, for Tenerifre ; Placidia, for Philadelphia ; Cadmus, for Miramichi • Blueer, for Malta ; Active, for N a pl e s ; A zorcs , for Newfoundland ; Carron, for PrinCe Edward's Isl a nd ; Mary, for illiramichi ; and Herald, for St. John's. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL B.—Wind S.—Arrived yesterday the Boldon, Jackson, from London for :Marseilles ; Anne, Lu cas, from do., for St. Domingo ; Fortune, 13lyth,,ilrom Havre ; and Jonge Nicholas, Parma, from Donis. Sailed the - John Howard, Smith, for Quebec; Mary, Reed, for the South Seas ; Boldon, Jackson, for Marseilles ; and Robert and Ann, Wil burn,l for Gibraltar. Hann-wit, APRIL 7.—Arriv e d the L a dy N e p e i n p a;;. kt - t from Holland, and Thetis packet, from tlottenburgb, eaci with a mail. Sailed the Lord Nelson packet, for Holland, 1 - .134 Castlereagh packet, for Cuxhaven, each with a mail. PLYmourn, APRIL 7.—Wind N.—Arrived the Bee. Ray mond, from 'Poole, leaky; Impostor transport, from Pozlz mouthifor Cork • and Sophia, Austin, from Sierra Laohe for London. Passed up Channel, the Cumberland, Adorn, from Savannah for Harnburgh. Sailed the Marianna, Powe for ' Africa • Eagle, Radford, for Lisbon ; . an d H enry , St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, APRIL 6—Wind W. S. W.—Arrived' the Janus, Brown, from New Orleans, in 28 days. Sailed the Per- . severance, for St Helena ; Woodford, Iris, and Old Maid; f?r Jamaica; Clio, for St. Vincent's ; 'Aurora, for Tobago; Arz thusa, for Montserrat ; Demerara packet, for Demerara ; Pro selyte? for Antigua ; Missionary, for St Lucia; Jane, fol. Hays. ; Francis, for Buenos Ayra ; _Mariner, for St. John's, N. P. ; Ann, for Naples ; Hope, fOr Genoa • Mohawk, for St. Tubes ; Sprightly, for St. Michael's ; and British Colony, f6r and Liverpool. . _ CAR:FAR:CON, 7.—The Concert, Martin, from ;Li verpool, sunk last night near.the P erc h, Carnarvon Bay s anti it is feared very little will be saved. Crew saved. The Liffey, 50 guns, Hon. Captain Duxcax, arrived on. Wednesday from N a pl es , which place she left on the 23th o: February._ The Active, 46 guns, Captain Sir Jameslllexan der Gordon, K.C.8., was under orders to sail for England in about four days after the Liffey, and to bting home Sir Henry Lushington, Bart., the British Consul at Naples, and family. The squadron in the Mediterranean, under the orders Of Vaoe- Admiral Sir Graham _Moore, K.C.8., would then consist Q.O the Rochefort, 80 guns (tlag-ship), Captain C. M. Schonaberz, C.B. ; Revolutionaire, 46, Hon. F. B. R. Pellew, C.B. ;. Cain brian, 48 Captain G. W. Hamilton, C.D. ; Iphi gen i a , 41, Captain Hyde Parker'; Lame, 20 guns, Captain Tait ; Race horse, Hon. Captain Abbott • Spey, Captain Boswell ; and the , Scout, Captain Ramsden., The Spey was expected to be vnt home. Lady Vvrarrender, and R. W. Hay, Esq., Private Se cretary to Viscount Melville, First Lord of Admiralty, calae passengers in the Liffey. She remains at Spithead.—Mairip_ shire Chronicle.) Yesterday se'nnight the Vengeur, 74, Captain F. L. MAIT LAND, C. 8., sailed for Sheerness, to be paid off, and en Ve-ed nesday the Medina, 26, Captain llockings, sailed from Ports mouth for the Mediterranean station. Friday the Sophie, IS, Captain George French, arrived from Chatham, ratted for the East India station. • Saturday morning the Grasshopper, IS, Captain Buchan, • went out of Portsmouth harbour.—She will sail in a few days with the -Drake,. Captain C. A. Baker, for Newfoundland. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, FOR THE PRESENT WEEK. His Majesty's Stag Hounds will meet on Frit',ay, at the Ilorse-shoes,Warfield. The Pyteldey Hounds, on Wednesday, at Boughton House ; Friday, at Dean. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Friday, at Brayfi::ld Furze. The. Oakley Hounds, on Tuesday at Co',worth ; T-hvre day, at Ampthill Park ; Saturday, at ardley Pastures. The Hampshire Hounds, on Wedneeday, at Chilworth Hill; Friday, :t Crabwood Farm. Mr. Mytton's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Forton, near Newport. After • which• they return to Iveteey Bank, to con chide the season. • Sir Edward Smythe's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at'l4lid dleton Gorse ; Friday, at Buildwas Bridge. Burton Hunt.—Sir It. Sutton's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stapieford Moor; Thursday, at Nocton ; and on Saturday, at Southray Wood., The Earl of Darlington's Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Pa trick Brampton ; Saturday, at Butcher. House Bar. The Lambton Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Murton-le-Whins; Thursday, at Lanchester ; Saturday, at Fish. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Earl ana Countess Fitz william ; - the Earl of ltadnor and family ; Mr. and Mrs. Eger ton and family ; Viscount Abercromby, Warren's Hotel ; the Rev. Mr. Mackie, at the Blenheim Hotel, from Southamp ton; the Rev. Dr. and Miss Price, at their house Porthn:l - from Salisbury General Sir Edward licl-rison at the Hyde Park Hotel, Oxford-street, from .Brighton-; Adye, at ditto, from Woolwich ; Major Adye, at ditto, frain ditto; Col. and Mrs. Hay, at ditto, from Ireland. DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Saturday' an In quisition was held at the house of Mr. CRIBB, she Horse and Sacks Tavern, Harrow-road, before Tit 0 MAS STIRLING, Es 4. Coroner, on the body of STEPHEN LAIVIIENC NEll r L, Es.{. of Bridge-place, Harrow-road, and. Little Chelsea, a gentleinan of independent fortune, well known in the sporting world. it. number of witnesses were examined, by which it appeared that on Thursday morning, about nine o'clock, the deceased had been conversing with his brother, and left him to go to his bed room. About . 4 quarter of an hour afterwards the brother went to ask him a question, and just before he entered his room he heard the report of two pistols. He rushed into the apartment, and found him on the ground, quite dead. Several surgeons were almost immediately on the spot, and they found a pair of pistols lying by the side of the deceased, with a powder flask, and a quantity of loose powder and ball on the table. The de ceased had fired four times. /le first fired a ball into his head, which did not fracture the skull, owing to the small quan tity of powder in the barrel of the pistol. He fired the second shot against his breast, but the ball turned obliquely, and only tore his waistcoat. He then went, bleeding as he was, to the cupboard, and procured ball and powder, and re-loaded the pis tols; and one he fired with his ri.i.;ht hand into his brain, and the other into his heart,. and fell dead. The witness spoke to his being recently in a nervous state, and very singular in his behaviour, but the cause of the fatal deed did net transpire, though it was strictly inquired into by the Coroner. Verdict-- "Died by shooting himself in a state of lunacy."—(Ecrning Paper.)