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Veto, but only a suspensive Veto, according to the manner which the Constitution shall deter mine." This does not include the laws made in the present Cortes, which shall not be subject to any Veto whatever. The executive power is in the King and his Ministers acting under his authority. The judi cial Polver is in the'Judges. 25, The direct ini tiative of the laws belongs to the Cortes alone. P 3) The King cannot be present at the declara lions of the Cortes, but only at the opening and close of the Session. 29, The Cortes are to name the Regency when it is necessary. They alone can approve Treaties of Alliance, Subsidy, or Commerce ; allow or refuse the entrance of Porei gn troops; fix the value, weight, standard, 'and impression of the Coin.-30, A permanent Junta of the Cortes shall reside at the Capitol. 31 7 The person of the King is invaluable, but the Ministers are responsible. 3`2, The Cortes fix the Civil List at the beginning of every reign. 33, There shall be a Coun cil of State composed of members proposed by the Curies. 34, The imposition of taxes, and ttl e manner of raising them, shall be fixed by the Cortes alone, &c. The Decree bears the signatures of all the m embers of the Cortes.—(Diario da Regencia, Marc,: 16.) SHIP NEWS. DEAL, Mancti 28.—Wind S. blows hard. The Morning field for Pernambuco, has gone, for Ramsgate Harbour. Ano ther brig, name unknown, it is supposed parted her cable, and 11°3 gone through the Gulls to the northward. Remain the res t °f the outward-bound, apparently all well ; five o'clock more moderate. RAIISGATr, :MARcH M.—Arrived the Fame, Stockman, from London for Dartmouth ; and Catharine, Griffiths, from Pallidly for Rye, with loss of an anchor and cable each. MARRATr, MARCH 28.—Arrived the Turah, Lawson, from London for Genoa, with loss of anchor and cable. P ORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.—Arrived the Robert arhi Ann, Wellburn, from Shields for Gibraltar. TORBAY, MARCH 27.—The Union, Pack, from Poole for N ewfoundland, parted two cables, and put into Torquay. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind W.—Arrived the Alpha, Tuldas, from Newcastle for Rio Janeiro ; Antelope, Sherriff, f rom London for Vigo ; and Swift, Cuam, from Poole for Newfoundland. VAL mou'r Lt, MAnc 26.—Wind S.—Arrived the Stanmer Packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in 10 days ; Minerva, Dyer, from London for Glasgow ; and another ship name unknown. Put.back the Lady Arabella packet for Lisbon. The wind has just changed from the southward to the N. W. and still con tinue; to blow a tremendous gale, and we much fear the ships the 'bads in the shift may have sustained damage. K114814 :r., MARCH 23.—Arrived the brig Dion from Sa vannah for Aberdeen, with loss of boats, part of deck, load, 444 leaky. S covLisn.—The manufactures of this place we re never more in demand than at present.— On e house in town entered at the Customs last eek, 180,000 yards of bagging and Osnaburg ° r• exportation. Our ship-masters are become Th Ore enterprising ; an d we n ow s ee ve ss e l s f rom for eign ports discharging at our quays in all sea ." 3. A few days ago, one arrived from Itiga ; and three sailed for Liebau the week before last, I 'hich we believe is sooner than from any other Port i n B r i ta i n. T here were no fewer than five v essels i n our h ar b our l ast wee k , l oa di ng goo d s f the States, (three for New York, and two A O ' New Orleans); th ree on th e bi r th f or B r iti s h '' l, ;, ll4 erica, and one f or J ama i ca . A vesse l f or y ew York, and another for Jamaica had sailed elth ie full cargoes the previous we e k.—(Du n d ee °lirr.) On Sunday the 18th inst. while the Rev. Mr. /41 '141 was preaching in Waltham-street Chapel, a t nala dressed in a white jacket, march e d up . i le of t h e • a i s l es, an d su dd enly ran up the !It Ite Ps of _ th e p u lpit b e hi n d M r . SMJTH, and tt r• i Pped off his jacket and pulled out a parcel, string of which he was attempti n g t o loose, 4" a cry was made " he has got a ' , tie - operated , like an electrical shuck on audience some fell down for security, th : others turned ghastly pale—at last some of te ti al l eople mustered courage to• seize the of %kirk'', who proved to be au insane sailor, wh o ile kh s ti q had come to preach ; the parcel in his in g PrOved to be a flag which he was endeavour ilofurl, and most likely intended to hoist it It pulpit,--( Hull Paper.) ; ; W as on Thursday last finally settled by th e .1 9 4 4 4t rates of Southampton, that the Butcher's 11:: f let, which has so long occupied the tre of ti:."igh-street, to the annoyance of thenhabi boli' ail(' Passengers, shall be removed to the o rti t° 4l of Bridg - e-street,in consequence of which pi c ,"'s have been given to pave and prepare the Do-see of waste ground for that purpose, with all, 441 e dispatch. i,hti n institution has been founded in Colchester, to e d, " The Loyal Colchest er A ssoc i at i on, " N e ountera c t the diffusion of disloyal and tp~ l tious and to supp or t hi s Majes cii.t3, Qovernment. The members of the asso tio 'au have resolved, by pecuniary Contrihu- N,) to encourage the establishment and li tl ' ti auance of loyal associations of the free th,,g("sses. At a mos t respectable meeting of i ' fri e nd s o f th e I nst i tution, held last week, 411 , P Q. 11. Smy Tir , B art., i n the Chair, a liberal "scripti on was entered into for its support. ofThe pier of St. Michael's Mount, on the coast ~%ornwall, is•about to be considerably extend -1.(1 so that ship s m ay lie afloat at low water, and lud a safe shelter in stormy weather. A fine reliqu e of antiquity was lately dug up the garden ground of . Essex Hospital, at Col , ! tester, it i s an ancient figure of the Theban Sphinx, admirably Well executed. BRITI.iIi LITE:tATURE. LETTER to **•• , on the Rev. W. L. BOWLES STRICTURES on the LIFE and WRITINGS of POPE. by the Right Hon. Lord BYRON. This tract made its appearance yesterday ; and as every thing from the pen of Lord B vuox, whether poetry or prose, must be interesting to the public, we take the first opportunity of no ticing it. It has for some years been a sort of fashion among the puny herd of Critics and ' Poetasters of the day to attempt to depreciate the poetical character of POPE. This silly and hopeless undertaking commenced with a man named WESTON, who engaged in a controversy with the late Miss SEWARD on the subject.— WESTON, an obscure and feeble writer, wishing to acquire notice for critical judgment and taste, attacked the literary character of POPE through the medium of The Gentleman's Magazine, and was answered. by Miss SEwAttn. The contro ♦ersy was carried on for some time with great civility on both sides, for as the opponents were actuated by vanity, not malice, there was little danger of a breach of the peace, particularly as the advocate for the Bard was a Lady. The de fence, however, was as weak as the attack, and both could only excite the pity, if not the con tempt, of all judicious readers. Happily the Poet's genius, taste, judgment, and other high literary' qualities, were calculated to triumph over this ridiculous warfare. But the attempt to lessen the fame of the Poet has been lately revived, and it has been the fashion to compare him with the maudlin Bards of the present day ; to represent him as the mere painter of man ners, while they have been held forth as persons who deeply probe the human heart, and penetrate into all its movements. Mr. BOWLES is not to be classed among the Professors of the new School of Poetry, as his works in general par take of a former and a better School, but he has indulged himself in very severe strictures, not only on the writings of POPE, but also on his moral character. This attack on one of the brightest ornaments of British Literature has roused the laudable zeal of Lord Burros in de fence of the injured Bard. The Noble Lord has on this occasion expressed his sentiments with characteristic spirit and humour. While he urges sound arguments on the one hand, there is a sportive negligence on the other. The reasoning and the ridicule promote the same end, and excite full conviction in the mind of the reader, that POPE, in his province, possesses the highest order of excellence, and that particularly as an Ethical Poet there are very few, in any province, that can be considered as his equals. This in teresting tract is worthy of the literary character of the Noble Writer, and will have the effect • of placing the laurels of the Bard whose cause he has so liberally advocated in a proper light, and assist in preserving them in perpetual ver dure. On this occasion we camrot deny ourselves the vain gratification of subjoining a trifle of our own, written in consequence of a similar attempt a few years ago to raise the reputation of the mawkish tribe of modern Poets upon the ruins of those, to whom it is an injustice to their memory to bring them into any sort of comparison ; MODURN POEMS. THE SCOTCH REVIEWERS, Critics shrewd and sage, Exalt the Poets of the present age, Say POPE and DRYDEN shall no longer reign, But useless lumber on the shelf remain ; That they but painted manners,- female art, While living Bards din- deep into the heart. Let not the praise of MODERN WoRRS end here— Their value will increase through ev'ry year, And when for them each ANTIQUARY calls DRYnxN and POPE lie common on our Stalls. • ENGLISH OPERA Roust.—The liberal Pro prietor of this Theatre last night brought forward an entertainment, suitable to the season, hi a mag nificent ORRERY, calculated to excite due rever ence for the Author of the Universe, in display ing the wonders of the Creation. An equally complete work of the kind was never presented to the Public. All the great astronomical discoveries were explained with clearness in due succession, viz. the systems devised by PY THAGORAS, PTOLEMY, GALILEO, 'I'YCIIO BRAIIE, COPERNICUS, and the SOLAR SYSTEM as it is now received and admitted to be most correct. These several systems were illustrated by beautiful trans parencies, representing all the celestial bodies in their order, magnitude, and relative positions. The Lecture was delivered by Mr. BARTLEY, not with a tame recital, like a lesson learned by heart, but with a spirit, feeling, arid eloquence that proved he was well acquainted with the science which he so ably illustrated. The dis course, indeed, was throughout marked by ele gance, piety, and fervour, and was given with so firm, distinct, and audible a voice, that not . a syllable was lost, and he justly receiv ed warm and reiterated applause from a numer ous audience. MORAL MccnANism.—lt is said that an artist has invented a machine for seminaries, which, by means of steam, not only warms the room, but flogs all the boys, on a general scale ! ICHTHYOLOGY. —OR the '2d ult., ROBERT AITCHISON, fisherman, Dunbar, caught a cock lobster of an uncommon large size.. It weighed seven lb. 14 oz. avoirdupois. The circumfer ence of the. body was 13 inches, and of the thumb claw 11 inches, the l e n g th o f the latter was 18 inches. The body measured 1631 inches long, and from the point of the two horns to the tip of the tail 331 inches. From the shell of the body being covered with a fine gr,een downy hair-like substance, the fisher ' men supposed that it was of a considerable long age. STAMMERING.--A Gentleman conceiving him self in possession of great THEATRICAL genius and abilities, chose the part of Richmond, in Shakspeare's tragedy of Richard the Third, for his debut. From a natural defect in his utter ance, the delivery of his first line produced an effect, which at once convinced him of his error; and he retired without proceed ing in the character. He spoke the line as follows :—" Thus f—f—far have w—we marched int—to the b—bowels of the land w—without IMPEDIMENT." JAMES ABERNETHY, thP wandering mendicant, so well known between " Tinto tap and London Hill," and who some time ago entered into his 00th year, declares that this last year has been the mildest lie ever remembers. None can be a' better judge, as he is out every day. One flake of snow did not fall on him during the whole inter.—(Glasgow Chronicle.) P 0 2. T R Y. CA:M.!NA WICCAMICA.—(No. X.) THE INVITATION. BY Beaux and Astronomers in distant quarters, Turn up your cps, And bless your stars and garters. Seven smiling lasses to minis: I plann'd a light balloon ; An I widely to expand their views, Dispatch'd it t..) the Moon. :Instead of silk and subee gas My Ball was scribbled paper, Suspended o'er each soa:in; Lisa With complimental vapour. Not Flattary's vapour, such as floats, Cormuix'd with gross perfume, Steaming from coxcombs' lying throats In Tyson's reeking room. A* sunbeams from the glitt'ring stream, Toward Heaven the vapours raise, From merit bright thus h'g'i est.cm Sublimes poetic praise. Ye grave Mamas who crowd the rooms With daughters—to be married ; See to what notable bridegrooms In my balloon they're carried. 'Twas well l.got 3 wife at last, Of pure tethereal birth, Since really taxes come too fast, For bards to wed on earth. 'But now I'm thus a marrie.l man Of grave and high co edition, Mamas may safely aid my plan, For future expedition. Let all then who to Bath repair To pump-room or to ball, Trust their sweet daughters to my care, - "Not apprehend a fall. And let each beau, by sauntting bell 4, Who hope to be admir'd, Whose heart with gaseous ardour *lva* By gazing beauty first'. For each new tit) prepare to pour The vapour of his brain, To fill the shrunk balloon once more, That belles niay soar again. So shall we fill the firmament With: brighter constellations, Than ever Pagan fancy sent To heavenly habitations. The milky way more white will shine, More bright with zodiac blaze, Our world will stop at every siyn, And lengthen years and days. N. B.—Ladies, and the Public in general, are rcapzetfully informed, that the Balloon. sets out every Friday evening, vespere Veneris, from the Steam Offi6e, near the Cross, Bath, where places may be taken, for Ladies only, and where vapour communications will be thankfully received by me, PE TER WILKINS. UNIVERSITY INTIILLIGENCE. • ABERDEEN, MARCH s.—On the ht instant the Right Hon. the Earl of FIFE was elected Lord Rector of the University and Marisehal College of Aberdeen ; and the following Goitlenien were, at the same time, nominated as his Assessors, vii. UAV IN HADDER, Esq. of Union Grove, Lord Provost of Aberdeen ; THOMAS GORDON, ESCI. of Park; D. VDOWALL GRANT, Esq. of Arndilly ; and Dr. WM. RUDDI MAY, of London.-- If trou-LUMSDEN, Esq. of Pitcaple, to be Dean of Faculty.— We Understand. that Lord FIFE has given .C5O to be distribut ed in Prizes to the most deserving Students in the diffe.rent Classes. FREEMASON il Y. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEE. Monday, April 2, LONDON, Nod. 5, 27, 39, 89, 213, 223, 274, 289. Quarterly Meeting, Boys' School at 7. COUNTRY. Nos. 20, 64, 72, 102, 148, - 191, 202, 219, 267, 311, 369, 372, 393, 423, 493, 502, 503, 509, 632, [630, 644. Tuesday, -3, LONDON. .Nos. 9, 240, 281, 287, 381. CouNTRY. Nos. '2l, 127, 167, 170, 180, 184, 196, 204, 385, 387, 476, 507, 512, 532, 544, Ml, 557, 63,t. Wednesday, -4; LoN•nox. Nos. 35, 75, 220. COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 95, 124, 139, 144, • 207, 229 339, 465, 487, 491, 50.5, 513, 526, 529, , 581 505, 656, 711, 713. Thursday, -5, Lox Dov. Nos. 25, 34, 61, 122, 239, 277, 325, 829. COUNTRY. Nos. 48, 113, 171, 182, 234, 416, 451, 453, 466, 469, 555, 561, 599, 627. Friday, -6, LONDON'. Nos. 10, 210, 399, 409. COUNTRY. Nog. 13, 28, 30, 55, 58, 470, 538. GENERAL WASHINGTON.—A. so ldier in the American army was sentenced to - be shut. This unfortunate young man.had, out of his savings, supported a very aged father and mother for marry years. General WAsfuNGTox, being in formed of the filial piety of the criminal, miti gated the punishment, and only expelled him the regiment. "If we put him to death," said he, " we should run the risk of killing three instead of one." When the gallant Colonel Lr. BLANC, who so eminently distinguished himself at Monte Video, had returned to Europe, he used to observe,that the whole Navy of Great Britain had sailed be tween his legs. This seeming improbability was perfectly true ; for he had at that time a leg on each side of the Atlantic, his right leg being buried in South America, while his left supported his body in England. When the Councillor VON, STEFT, the Emperor of Austria's body physician, waited upon him about a year ago, the Emperor then being much indisposed, the Physician made use of the phrase—" Your Majesty's constitution k consi derably weakened ;" " what," said the Emperor, " do you also talk of constitution ? I will listen to no such nonsense." Councillor Von Steft has been since in disgrace. _ _ Tuesday_ night, between 11 and 12 o'clock, Edward Smithers, Esq, was attacked in Caven dish-square by two foot-pads, who beat him cruelly, and robbed' him of Si. in notes, and some silver. PARMA 11-ENT. „OF LQi4I)S, MAkCII 28. The Irish Witchcraft Law Repeal Bill, and the Irish Bankrupt Law„s Amendment Bill were brought up from theCommous, and each read the first time. The Irish Attorney's Fees. Reptlation Bil was read the second,thne. The Commercial Intercourse Bill and the Gram pound 11' itnesses Indetnnity Bill went tkrougi the, Committees. The Earl of CARNARYON presented a Petition from certain Hundreds in the County of Leices ter, praying for the repeal of the Duty on Horses .mployed in Husbandry.—Ordered to be laid on the Table. Tice Earl of C.VIINARVOri gave notice, that he would move for the attendance of the witnesses on theGrampound Disfranchisement Bill on Mon day the oth of April, when he would also name a day for the second readi n g of the . Adjourned till to-morrow. 'MUST. OF COMIONS. MISCELLANEOUS. Sir JOII N COTTERELL presented 'a Petition from the Dean and Chapter of ,Herefo r d, p ra yi ng th a t th e Bill for re ntoying the Disabilities of the Roman Catholics might not pass into a law.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. L. KECK brought in a Bill to render valid the Inden tures of Apprenticas and certain Certificates signed by Church, wardens.—Read a first time and ordered to be read a second time on Monday, and to be printed. On the motion of Mr. FOSTER, an Account vr....s ,ordered to be laid before the House of the .Number of Country Bank Notes stamped from 1779 to the latest period to which the same could be made out. On the motion of Mr. S. WORTLEY, a Select Committee was appointed to inquire into the present state of the Laws re gulating the Stamping of Woollen Cloths, and to:report their opinion thereon to the House. The Public Notaries Bill was read a third time and passed. The Innkeepers Bill went throuth a Committee, the Report of which was ordered to be receiver to-morrow. Mr. C. GRA NT obtained leave to bring in Bills to abolish Prison Fees in Ireland, and to amend the Insolycncy Act in that country. • The Beer Duties Bill was read a third time, and - passed. Lord STANLEY presented a Petition from Bolton, in Lan cashire, praying that the County Court Bill might not pass into a laW.—OrdCred to lie on the table. On the motion of Mr. lIIIIZE, variety-of Accounts, rela tive to the Civil Department of the Ordnancei &c. were ordered to be laid before the House. Sir Cr. WARRENDER postponed the Navy Estimates to Friday. The Charitable Establishments Bill was read • a third time and passed. SILVER BULLION. Mr. GRENFE Id. rose to move for an Account of Silver purchased by Government for the Mint, since the year 1816, with the prices thereof, and of whom purchased. The Hon. Gentleman said, that his object in making the motion was to sze that the public did not pay a higher . price for silver than they ought. Silver, in considerable quantities, was purchased from the Bank—as far as that body was concerned in the tranS actiou, he did not mean to impute any blame whatever to them. What he understood was this, that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), finding that he had a large quantity of silver in bars, applied to the Bank to taste the same : the Bank accordingly took those silver bars to the amount of one million and a half, in discharge of the debt of tni Millions due by the Government to the Bank. The Bank purchased the silver at hs. 2d. per ounce, with the understand in, that when the Mint should happen to require a supply of sirver,,the flank should deliver back a quantity of _that silver at the price at which they had purchased it. With reference. to the silver coin, he thought it in every way highly creditable to Government, provided the silver was purchased at a . price no highi;r than it ought to bear. The CHANCELI.OR of the EXCHEQUER said, that on the present occasion he did not think that he was bound to give any particular explanation. He concurred with the Honour able Member that no blaMe whatever could be fairly imputed to the Bank—they only returned •to Government part of the silver which they had before purchased at the same, price at which they had purchased it. After a few words from Mr. PEARSE, the motion was agreed to. • : : " BANK CASH PAYMENTS BILL. 'The NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Jrtler of the Day for the House to resolve itself into a Corn. mittee on this Bill. - _ _ . On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair being put, Mr. GRE'STELI. said, that he felt anxious to correct a misrepresentation which had been made in and out of the House respecting the Bank of Ireland. It was asserted that the Bank of Ireland refused to receive gold in payments ; the Bank only refused to receive gold in deposits. It was also asserted that the Bank refused to discount the Bills of those who imported gold ; he was authorised by the Governor of the Bank of Ire land to state, thadthat report had no foundation in fact—(Hear, hear !)—The Bank was regulated by what was called the good ness of the Bill, and by no other 'consideration ; he was also au thorised to say, that since the failures of the Banks in the South of Ireland, the Bank of Ireland increased its issues to nearly 50 per cent. Before that event the amount of its paper was three millions ; it now amounted to five millions. Mr. ELIAS said, that it cam; immediately under his own knoWledge, that a sum of money, intended to complete a sale under the Court of Chancery, was offered to be deposited in the Bank of Ireland. It was not until after several discussions that the Bank, as in law they were bound to do, received the current coin of the country. He was not surprised at the refusal of the Bank of Ireland, because the Bank Note was higher in value than the Sovc.reign ' an inconvenience which he had - foreseen when the Act of 1319 was under discussion, and which he stated to the House. Mr. PEEL sail, that if the conduct of the Bank of Ireland was fairly inquired into, it would be found that they had done nothing that did not promote the public good, him Honour able Friend (Mr. Grenfell) had made declaration which was important, considering the authority which was attached to his name. He could vothelp thinking that his Honourable Friend (Mr. Ellis) must have been mistaken. 7 The Bank of Ireland was always willing to receive Gold, except where they had rea son to think that it was brought for sinister purposes. The fact was, that great speculations in sovereigns took place in Ireland, because it was found that a sovereign was worth less than a Bank of Ireland note of the same nominal value.. Since men became anxious to exchange sovereigns for notes of the Bank of Ireland, and to make deposits to a large amount, whilst the Bank, on the other hand, was prohibited from issuing. gold, by making deposits in gold, and receiving a Bill on England, the speculator made one or two per cent. of the' Bank. This im position the Bank was naturally anxious to defeat, and whilst they received gold in fair payments it became their interest to refuse deposits made for speculative and sinister purposes. The Right honourable Gentleman then went on to say, that the Bank of England managed the whole of the public debt of Ire land without making any charge whatever to the public. Mr. ELLIS explained. He begged to be understood that he merely stated a fact without having any intention to throw the slightest imputation on the Bank of Ireland., Mr M. FITZGERALD said, that on the emergency which took place in consequence of the failure of the Banks in the south of Ireland, they had acted with as much liberality as it was possible Or them to practise, consistently with prudence and their charter. Were it not for the liberal efforts of the Bank of Ireland at that crisis, it would'be difficult to calculate on the mischief which would have ensued. The Right Honourable Gentleman next observed, that since the Act . of 1819, the Irish -Bank note stood at the highest point of value, the note of the Ilarik of England at the second, and Gold Coin at the lowest. The difference between the highest and the loWest, namely, between the Bank of Ireland Note and Gold Coin, was three and a half per cent. That difference naturally promoted speculation ; the speculator pressed his gold, in order to re ceive a profit of three and a half per cent.; but the Bank, he` submitted, stood perfectly justifiable in refusing deposits in gold, offered for . the mere purpose of making an undue profit of the transaction. _ Sir 11. VARNELL said, that it was always in the power of the Bank of Ireland to correct the variation between the value of gold and of their notes. It would have been only necessary to increase the issue of their paper, in order to bring it down to the value of gold. lie hoped, for the purpose of preventing the fluctuations in the currency, that the Rignt lion. Gentleman opposite would not object to the appointment of a Committee to consider of the best means of assimilating the currency of both countries. Mr. IRVING lamented that the Banks both of England and Ireland hall not sucient means for diffusing their notes-- a measure which he thought necessary u, lighten the pressure of the difficulties under which the country laboured. Mr. T. ELLIS defended, at some length, the conduct of the Bank of Ireland. .fia uid,tllnt_in no single inst;,raie diet'('ck refuse to disco:int wheri there they were not - borne out to the utmost .extent of 'discretion. Of 1109,0901. granted bi Go. vermnent on the occasion of the failures in the South en Irn knd, not more than 100,0101.. was demanded by the Merchants of Ireland—a demonstrative proof Of the liberality of the Bank. ,llon. Gertleinan said, that the cliff4rence between. the value of the Irish Bank-note and the sovereign 11 net :t :v been so easily corrected as an Hbn. Barohtt secui the difference.arese principally &Om the rate cc rate of exchange principally caused by the great exports of oorn from Ireland—the exports of that article for the - last year ex ceed by three times the quantity of any fornieryears. Mr. RICARDO said, that the Right Hon. I'4mb:its for Oxford and Kerry had misunderstood the nature of. the pro-- ceedings of the Bank of Ireland. The Bank . eflatlAr.e. had been placed - in an unfavourable situation, and j?,fr-,nc.ted with great energy. In consequence of the stoppage eflifth coitrit:y .banks there was a necessity for an increase of 'currney of some kiai. The Bank made an effort to increase the currency, and they hal increased it to the amount Of 50 per cent. and he ha.,l heard, conversation from the -Governor of the Bank, that they woui,t have issued more kfthey-oouid have got the securities on which they usually made their - advances. 'Nov, it would not have a:.f. sisted the currency to take in sovereigns whir:: they put ferta their notes, as it was obvious that such an operation would in n degree change the total amount in circulation. The word libe rality, however, was very improperly u se d as applied to Cc , : Bank of Ireland. They never , increased 'their notes witho!,;`. reaping an advantage from it ; therefore, thou.,fli he spprov-Yt of, and praised their conduct, lie could not call it liberal.— The circulation of Ireland had been reduced below what i ought to have been, and it was only to bc . sipplied 'by the process of coinage, ,or - by an issue of paper, watch the Bark had effected. Mr. ABERCROMBY-rosa to speak on the question, but Sir J. NEWPORT observed, that as the debate on the Ca tholic Disabilities Bill had been fixed for 'that night, ha hoped the present discussion would not be proceeded with. The further consideration of the Bill, as well as of the Ira Bank Payments Bill, was postponed.to to-morrow. ROMAN CATHOLIC DISABILITY REMOVAL BJ LL. • The Order of the Day for' a Committee of th whole House on the Roman Catholic Disability Removal Bill being read, HUTCHINSON said, that as the House had come to that stage when the enactments respect ing the Roman Catholic Clergy were to - be con sidered, it became his duty to speak his opinion respecting them. Though he might offend some of the friends of the measure-by the warm ex pression of his feeling, he assured them th a t no thing could be more foreign to his intention than to change the tone of thedebate. He had been surrounded by several frieDds, deprecating the line which he had intended to pursue; he had received anonymous letters, cautioning.him as to the injury he might do to the measure, and one even assuring him that he would injur e his i n di. vidual interest in the great city (Cork) which he had the honour to represent. As to the latter threat, he had always assured the Catholics that he had never conceived himself entitled to their peculiar thanks, and that in supporting their claims, he felt he was supporting the interests and strength of the Empire. Now, though he felt gratitude for the temper in which the pre.. sent measure had been discussed by the oppo nents of the Catholics, especially by the Mem ber for Oxford, and though he approved of the Bill for removing disabilities, and was anxious that it should be carried into a law, he must de precate the enactments, which were called se : curities, with which it was now to be accompani ed. He thought it right that the House should not call for any securities; it was his firM cori viction that they were not necessary ; but if they were necessary, were there no others to be found than penal enactments against the Catholic Clergy ? The friends of the measu're agreed, in deed, that the Bill gave no security if there was any real danger ; they agreed that it was:highly - - penal, and would offend the Catholic. Clergy.; but, said they, do not make any opposition to it, for, however penal it may be, if it is now passed to satisfy . some unfounded apprehensions, an en-1; lightened - House of Commons will hereafter sr .peal it--- 7 (llear! from Mr. Peel.)- 7 11is objection to the first clause was, that it imposed a compal- 4 sory oath on- all Catholic Clergymen—not only , those who might hereafter enter into orders, bnt those who were already in orders. It was,ns to, the present Catholic Clergy, an ex post facto law. - What the punishment consequent on refusal wai to be, did not appear. It might be transporta-. Lion for life, or 14 years, or imprisonment for life, or any other heavy penalty. He wished to know an example in which any oath was in this ex post facto manner imposed to be taken. Many persons had great objections to take an oath on any occasion—not only Quakers bu - : often Protestants. Had they a right to say to persons who had already entered into a certai-i profession, " yon shall take a certain oath, in order that the Duke of Norfolk may sit in the House of Lords and his son in the house of Com mons 1" The House was not aware in behalf of how important a body of men he was speaking, when he raised his voice in behalf of the Catholic Clergy. There could not be a more rf spectable, or more powerful body, or one that exercised its power more beneficially, and nothing could be so mischievous as to offer them, such' an insult, as to place them in this invidious situation, that justice should not be (lone to the Nobility and Gentry of their persuasion, unless they (the Clergy) consented to degrade thernsetv . es. There were in Ireland four Catholic Archbishops, twenty-five Bishops, twelve hundred Parish Priests, eight hundred Curates,, and between two and three hundred Regulars. They were the most ancient Clergy of either Island. The only parallel to the oath now imposed upon them, was that imposed after the Revolution in France, for the refusal to take which the Clergy were sat , - jected to deportation, the consequence of which was that they fled to all parts of Europe. The lion. Member for Bramber had a strong impres sion that the establishment of the Order of Je suits in England should be resisted. lie ec.nld inform the .Honourable Member, that that Order did not exist in England or Ireland canonically. The Pope had objected to it precisely on the ground that it was objected to by the British Go vernment. The words of the Bull were,— " Ordo societatis Jesu non est restaurala in An glia quandogaidem guberniani Anglicanznon volt." He should not urge his. objection further. had received no instruction from the Clergy of Ireland, except that letter which he had men- tioned from Dr. Murphy. '['he 13ishops „were. he understood, calling together their Clergy in their several provinces. Ile would ask the No ble Lord (Lord Castlereagh,) who had displayed his talents never so consPicuoosly as in then discussions, what the effect would be if the Clergy should decide not to take the oaths? if the Ca tholic Clergy had decidedly approved of tin measure, he might have bo:ct silent, 'though he