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TIIE LONDON JOURNALS. FROM, THE DAILY -MORNING PAPVIS, April. 17, 18'22. [MORNING POST.] We received by express last night the Paris Papers to the 15th instant, the contents of which, though they furnish nothing decisive of the great Tiestion, are on the whole of a very warlike de scription.— From Constantinople we are in formed that war with Russia being considered inevitable, the Turkish armies have received or ders to concentrate themselves. Two corps of . troops have marched, the one from the capital, and the other from Adrianople, to join the forces on the Danube. It is even stated that the latter have beeii commanded to cross that river at va rious points and to enter Bessarabia, where the .IRussians are not stationed i❑ any considerable strength. The Grand Vizier is to be invested with the chief command of the army, although the Grand Signior himself will be at the head of his troops. It is added, that besides the other preparations for war, the Sultan had ordered a general press for the fleet, which was carried into execution with such rigorous disrespect of persons, that considerable resistance was offered, and the new Aga of the Janissaries fell an early victim. After the murder of their chief, the Janissaries indulged in their inveterate hatred of the Christians, numbers of whom were without distinction massacred in the streets. " This great city" says the same letter) " re ' sembles a vast camp, and the hopes of making war on the accursed Ghanos (the Russians,) and of enriching themselves by pillage, excite in all the Musselmen extraordinary joy and enthu siasm." On the other hand, letters from Vien na, equally indicative of war, state, that the most serious evils threaten Turkey,—that a kind of civil war has broken out in Bosnia, —that Servia is in a state of fermentation, —that the inhabi tants only wait for a favourable moment to throw off the yoke of the Mussulmans,—and that in Albania and Epirus the contest has recommenced with great fury. [ MORNING CHRONICLE.] Two articles in the Courier Francais of .Sun day, one from Semlin and the other from Odessa (derived probably from the Allgoneine Zeitung), are strongly calculated to dispel the hopes of peace. The former, dated March 28, announces the arrival of a courier on the morning of that day at Belgrade with news from Constantinople to the 10th March. That capital is represented to be in the most dreadful state. The Janissaries had risen, murdered their new Aga, reinstated the old Aga, and were massacring all the Christians of whatever nation they met. Constantinople, from the light of the bivouac fires, was as light by night as_by day. The letter from Odessa of the 6th March de scribes in glowing colours the enthusiasm mani fested there for the Greek cause, and the union of the Russians and Greeks.—The Constitution . net cites letters from Vienna, confirmatory of the alarming state of Constantinople, and repre senting fresh insurrections to have broken out in Turkey. Every thing is said to be indi ' cative of war. We certainly cannot help ,ex pressing our satisfaction at these indications of the approaching fall of Turkey. We view in it not merely the liberation of the Greeks, but the cotnmunication of the blessings of regular (though absolute) Government, and protection of pro perty to the other parts of the Empire. As to the balance of power, and so forth, Lord Lon, donderry took care to settle that matter long ago. 'We cannot consent to the continuance of so much misery as the existence of the Turkish tyranny necessarily supposes, for any such un real consideration as a balance of power. [BRITI6II PRESS.] Accounts, we understand, were received in town yesterday from Constantinople, of the 11th of last month, which speak of the continuance of the nego- ciations, and of the delivery of a joint note by the Ambassadors of the mediating Powers, requiring, as it, was supposed, the absolute evacuation of Moldavia and Wallachia by the Ottoman troops. This note was transmitted to the Reis Effendi on the oth or 10th of the month, and in the. ordi nary course of Turkish diplomacy an answer might possibly be returned in less than a month. if Such a note were really delivered, we must presume that it did not merely reiterate proposi tions in terms which have hitherto been found in effectual, and that a higher and perhaps a more peremptory tone has been adopted. The circum stance of any communication having taken place between the several parties so late as the 10th of• March, would tend to throw considerable doubt upon the correctness of those previous statements which represented the Divan as hav ing, on the ‘,.27th of February, resolved to reject the Ultimatum of Russia, and to decline all fur ther discussion. Such a resolution would be tan tamount to a declaration of war against Russia, and even against : the Powers which had so in effectually interposed their mediation. We be •lieve, however, that these Powers are sincerely desirous of maintaining the peace of • Europe, .and their anxiety for the insurance of this object might have induced their Ambassadors to try again the chance of .negotiation. [MORNING HERALD.] The foreig►i Mails received in the course of yeSterday maintain the same tone respecting the moral certainty of hostilities, but without stating anything fresh in the way of confirmation. From the length of time, however, between the date of the rejection of the Ultimatum, and the date of the last accounts from Constantinople—which includes 'a fortnight—it may be inferred that there was still at least a possibility of pacific ar *rangernents. Nothing decisive having been done:-.=--no• formal manifesto of war having been issued by, the Porte, it may be supposed that the negotiations were merely dispensed and not broken up. In accordance with this supposition, we find it stated that Lord Strangford had addressed a Note to. the Reis-Effendi. The contents of that Note are stated in the foreign papers as amounting to an earnest demand that the Ultimatum should be accepted. But this lat ter assertion is entitled to no credit. The hinge upon which, as it strikes us, the pending ques tion turns, is the decision to be taken by the Cabinet of Vienna. We stated several days since, that an opinion prevailed among well-in formed persons on the Continent, that the Aus trian Government might join Russia as a partici pator in the spoils of the Ottoman Empire. 'We have no reason at present to repeat with any confidence that such a project was on the tapir between these two Powers. But it seems highly probable, that not even a guarantee by Russia of the new acquisition made by Austria in Italy would be a sufficient coun terpoise to the latter Power, for the entire exposure of a vital part of her territory, to the force and ambition of Russia, by the cession of the Turkish Provinces to the Emperor Alexander. If Austria be kept detached from Russia, it is difficult to suppose that the Russian Monarch would push what must be regarded as a war of aggression and invasion, against the sense and interests of the other Powers of Europe. But a junction with Austria might induce him to tempt his fortune. [NEW TIMES.] Letters from Vienna to the 3d instant have reached town, but they contain nothing ma terial respecting political affairs. We are assured, however, that a despatch from thence had reached Baron De Vincent, the Aus trian Ambassador at Paris, stating that the negociations continued to be carried on with unremitted assiduity, and with every prospect of ultimate success. The Morning Chronicle has discovered a new source of alarm, namely, that the Russian Ministers at Vienna see the Aus trian Minister very frequently ; from whence the Chronicle thus draws its inference :—" A plan of partition satisfactory to both the Courts has been agreed on, no doubt, ere this." The force of this little phrase," no doubt," must strike every body. It connects the premises with the conclusion in the happiest manner possible, and without the necessity of recurring to all the te dious formalities of the Logic school. For our own part, we confess, that the "no doubt" clause did not at first occur to us : and we were, therefore, inclined to think that Ministers, avowedly em ployed on an arduous negotiation, might see each other frequently without adopting or having the slightest intention to adopt a plan of partition ; but the clear sightedness of our cotemporary is greatly helped by his previous determination not to doubt ; and we must leave him in undisturbed possession of the happy art by which he builds such important inferences on such slight and shadowy foundations. For our own part, we are contented to reason in our own homely way on the plain and palpable interest of all the great Powers to maintain peace with each other. Upon the conduct of such Governments, or rather Anarchies, as those of Turkey and Spain, no reliance can indeed be placed. They are guided by popular opinion, that is to say, by the Jani zaries and the Descamisados, and all that can be done with them 'is to leave them to the fruits of their own folly. Hence, if the Divan should not adopt a wiser policy, (which we rather think they will do) some hostile movements - may perhaps take place a few months hence on the frontiers, and there may be a struggle for the possession of Moldavia and Wallachia ; but even in that case the united will of all the great powers will probably limit the war by the line of the Danube. The rage for conquest is over—the lesson which has taught its futility is too near our own times not to have sunk deep into the mind of every Statesman ; and when the Em peror Alexander reflects that the mats who carried victory from the walls of Cadiz to Mos cow perished as an exile on the rock of St. Helena, he cannot easily condescend to build his own glory on so sandy a foundation. [TIIE TIMES.] We understand that dispatches were received yesterday, by an extraordinary courier from Vi enna, dated the 4th instant, which state that " the negociations between Russia and Turkey ".had recommenced, with better prospects than " ever of a pacific termination." We learn still more explicitly, by a letter from Paris, written on Saturday last, that similar intelligence had been transmitted to Baron Vincent, the Austrian Ambassador in that capital. This information, however, is defective in one material point, which is, whether Constantinople or Vienna is the scene of the renewed negociations. It is more probable that the latter place is meant, as the term " ne gociations" will more justly apply to what is passing there relative to the great question, than at Constantinople. Of the mission of M. Tatischeff to Vienna, the precise object has not yet been developed. lie still, however, remains in that capital, and the persuasion pre vails in the highest quarters that he has full powers to arrange with the Austrian Government what concessions, if any, it will be right and politic to make to Turkey. One proof of this con sists in a fact, which seems to be admitted, that Austria, in the exercise of her functions as me diator, has, more 'than once, caused the diplo matic notes given in by Turkey, in answer to the requisitions of Russia, to be returned to the Divan, without transmitting them to Peters burgh. There can be no doubt, however, that they were submitted to the inspection of AI. Ta tischeff, on whose judgment of the degree in which they might prove unacceptable to the Russian Cabinet they must have been sent back for re-consideration. This mission of M. Tatis cheff to Vienna, there to remain as a sort of auxiliary agent to the Austrian Ministers, is no unskilful expedient for saving the dignity of his Imperial Master, in case that further concessions for peace' sake should ultimately be found requi site or wise. In the midst of this complicated scene of diplomacy, assurances are repeatedly given, we understand, to the Court of Vienna, of the really pacific disposition of the Sultan and of the Emperor of Russia, tempered, no doubt, by the reluctance both Sovereigns would. feel to sub mit to any compromise of their pride in the eyes of their respective subjects. Notwithstanding. these favourable appearances, the natural intri cacy of the question . renders it extremely ha zardous to pronounce a positive opinion on the result. Persons who are sanguine that peace may be relied on, profess, indeed, to found that belief on grounds that may be thought solid. We are assured thateven the failure of the mediation of Austria will not absolutely destroy their hopes, inasmuch as the great Powers interested in pre= serving the tranquillity of Europe have resolved, should that agency lose its intended effect, that a Congress, or something like it, shall take place during the approaching summer, in some central part of Europe, to determine on the respective pretensions of the negociating Powers. Nations that are beginning to feel the blessings of peace will of course be most anxious to retain them. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 16 FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 5, 1822. The King has been pleased to nominate and appoint Bartho lomew Frere, Esq. to be his Majesty's Commissioner of Arbi tration, in the room of Justinian Casamajor, Esq. deceased, to the mixed British and Portuguese Commission established at London, pursuant to the Act passed in the 59th year of the reign of late Majesty, cap. 17. WHITEHALL ' APRIL 13, 1822. The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be pas sed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, appointing Wm. Robert Henry Brown, Esq. to the office of Warden of the Fleet, in the room of Nicholas Nixon, Esq. deceased. BANKRUPTS. W. Paull, Bolehall, Tamworth, Warwickshire, tanner, to surrender April 30; at one, May 1, at the Castle Inn, Tam worth, and 28, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Tamworth. Attornies, Messrs. Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; and Mr. R. Neville, Tamworth. J. Garnett, Liverpool, linen-draper, May 3,4, and 28, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, Messrs. Orred, Lowe, and Hurry, Liverpool ; and Messrs. Lowe and Bower, South ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London. R. Robinson, Liverpool, corn-dealer, May 1, 2, and 28, at twelve, at the George Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, Mr. Gandy, Liverpool; and Mr. E. Chester, Staple Inn, London. W. J. Browne and W. Kermode, Liverpool, merchants,May 1, 2, and 28, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool. Attornies, Mr. T. G. Massey, Liverpool ; and Messrs. Adlington, Gre gory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London. W. F. Wilcock, Plymouth, dealer, April 27, 29, and May 28, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. Attornies, Mr. W. Jacobson, Plymouth ; and Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London. N. Vincett, Northampton-place, Old Kent-road, draper, April 23, 30, and May 28, at twelve, at the Court of Commis sioners. Attornies, Messrs. Wilde, Rees and Peacock, Col lege-hill. J. Sharpley, York, merchant, May 1, 2, and 28, at eleven, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, York. Attornies, Mr. E. Walker, Exchequer Office of Pleas, London ; and Messrs. L. and E. N. Alexander, Halifax. M. M'Shane, Foley-place, Portman-square, upholsterer, April 23, 30, and May 28, at eleven, at the Court of Commis sioners. Attornies, Messrs. Stevens and Wood, Little Saint Thomas Apostle. Emmott, Leicester-square, tailor, April 20, 27, - and May 28, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Collett, Vimburn, and Collett, Chancery-lane. P. Herbert and J. Herbert, London, merchants, April 23, . 30, and May 28, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Osbaldeston and Murray, London-street, Fenchurch-street. W. Miller, Chapel-street, Pentonville, merchant, April 20, 27, and May 28, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. At tornies, Messrs. Kearsey and Spurr, King-street, Cheapside. S. Arnsby, jun. Fishtoft, Boston, Lincolnshire and T. Arnsby, Tansor, Northamptonshire, horse-dealers, NI ay 2,3, and 20, at eleven, at the Peacock Inn, Boston. Attornies, Mr. Thompson, Stamford; and Mr. W. Wright, Inner Temple, London. DIVIDENDS. June 6, T. Atkinson and J. Spark, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, linen-drapers, at eleven, at the George-Inn, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—April 23, J. Williams, Bishopsgate-street linen-draper, at one, at the Court of Commissioners—May 27, T. Burbery, Woolston, Warwickshire, grazier, at eleven, at the George Inn, Rugby, Warwickshire—May 9, G. Bowdon, Barlbrough, Derbyshire, candle-wick-manufacturer, at eleven, at the Office of Mr. Wake, Sheffield, Yorkshire—April 30, J. I. Stubb, Kerby-street, Hatton-garden, merchant, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—May 9, . Greaves, jun. Liver pool, broker, at one, at the George Inn, Liverpool—May 18, W. Cooper, Beeston, Leeds, victualler, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds--May 11, J. Galey and W. Galey, Birming ham, brush makers, at eleVen, at the Royal Hotel, Birming ham—May 7, J. Pearson, Leicester, commission agent, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners, London—May 11, T. Trew, Chichester, common brewer, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Chichester. CERTIFICATES-MAT 7. It Tutin, CLandos-street, Covent-garden, cheesemonger—J. Scott, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woolstapler—W. Broadbelt, Preston, Lancashire, corn-merchant—R. Abbey, Alne, York shire, miller--J. Surrey and J. Surrey, Mark-lane, mealmen— T. Oliver, High-street, St. Marylebone, victualler—T. Morton, Nottingham, lace-maker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Beer and W. Fish, Maidstone, Kent, common-brewers-- C. Gruiber and A. Buller, Store-street, Bedford-square, mil liners—G. and J. Bacon, Greenwich, Kent, plasterers—NV. H. Brydges and B. B. Buchanan, Ledbury, Herefordshire, sur geons—D. Hamner and Co. Exchange-alley, Cornhill, London, . - lock-brokers----W. and J. Appelbee, Hinckley, Leicestershire, bakers—J. Sherer and Co. London—W. Pugh and Co. Great Tower-street, London, sugar-coopers—T. Claughton and Co. Liverpool, coal-merchants—R. E. Harvey and T. Mather, jun. Liverpool, merchants—J. Noble and Co. Liverpool, sugar-re finers—G. and 1. Shaw, 'Wakefield, Yorkshire, grocers—J. H. Stein and W. Twyford, Manchester, surgeons—L. Green wood and Co. Deighton, Yorkshire, fancy clothiers—T. H. Riches and H. Norton, Uxbridge, Middlesex, attornies—J. and 11. Wentworth, Wandsworth, Surrey, engineers. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, April IG. Amstet dam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 8 Antwerp l2 3 Haniburgh 37 3 2/ Us Altona • Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 30 0 Us. Ditto nom - de:tux, ditto Frankfort on the :oft . ' el Madrid 37 Effective Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona 361 Effective Seville Gibraltar Leghorn G.-1 (.a ~, q 4 -Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 60 Malta 45 -Naples 4O Palermo Lisbon Oporto Ilio.itheiro Dublin .... 9:1 Cork. 9i pet Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin P.O 0 0 per Ox Foreign Gold, ii► Bars l7 101 New Doubloons New Dollar 3 0 4 10 Silver in . Bars, Standard 0 4 CORONER'S' INQUEsT.—Yesterday an Inquisition was taken at the Black Swan Tavern, Ryder's-court, Leicester square, before Mr. Blocs, Coroner, on the body . of Sophia Chant, who met her death by taking laudanum, in a fit of jealousy. The Coroner summed up the evidence, and the Jury unanimously returned a Verdict—" That the deceased poison ed herself in a fit of insanity." FELINE CURIOSITY. A cat, belonging to GEORGE BoxALL, of this town (long known as the Ditchling postman) has a kitten, to which Nature, we suppose in a frolicsome mood, has given five perfect legs, two before as in common, and three behind, the supernumerary one being . placed between the other two ; and what renders it further noticeable is the pecu liarity of its foot, which possesses all the members common to two feet, but so closely connected, that. when in motion, they have the appearance of, but one. This extraordinary kitten is of a dark tortoisehell colour, and being strong and lively, no doubt is entertained of saving it for the inspection of those who may be fond of seeing natural curiosities.,—:(Suisex Ad vertiser.) FOR THE SUN. LETTER IV. MR. EDITOR—Since the date of my third Let ter, I have seen by the public prints, that an official return of the population of Ireland had been laid before Parliament, amounting to six millions, eight hundred and forty-six thousand, nine hundred and forty-nine ; notwithstanding which I must still profess myself a sceptic, not only for the reasons mentioned in my former letters, but for these following. In the first place, the population of Great Britain amounted, in 1801, to ten millions, nine hundred and forty two thousand, six hundred and forty-six—in 1811, to twelve millions, five hundred and ninety six thousand, eight hundred and three—and, in 1821, to fourteen millions, three hundred and seventy-nine thousand, three hundred and seventy seven,—giving an increase in ten years, from 1801 to 1811, of one million, six hundred and fifty-four thousand, one hundred and fifty-seven— not quite one-seventh ; and from 1811 to 1821, an increase of one million, seven hundred and eighty-two thousand, five hundred and seventy four, being one-seventh : while it appears that the population of the County of Cork increased one third, from 1813 to 1821—eight years,—that is, advanced from five hundred and twenty-three thousand, nine hundred and thirty-six, to seven hundred and two thousand : and in the County of Limerick, the most disturbed county for several years, and one besides, in which there is more pasturage and less tillage (a cir cumstance not likely to increase population) than in any other in Ireland,—that it had ad vanced, in eight years, from one hundred and three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five, to two hundred and fourteen thousand, two hun dred and eighty-six--more than doubled : there fore, I conceive that, if in Great Britain, where the lower classes have so many more advan tages and comforts than the lower classes in Ire land, as stated in my third Letter,—the popula tion increased only one-seventh in ten years, it is really too much to believe that in the County of Cork it has increased more than one-third in deight years ; and, in the County of Lime rick considerably more than doubled in the same space of time—Secondly, the population of Ireland, as given in the late return to Par liament, is within three hundred and forty-two thousand, seven hundred and thirty-nine of half the population of Great Britain ; although the entire surface of the former is to that of the latter only in the proportion of one to three, and nearly one-half ; and notwithstanding the ad vantages in favour of the latter, from the various and numerous manufactures, as well as from su perior habits of industry, cleanliness, and sobriety of its inhabitants all tending more, I should imagine, to the increase of population, han idleness, sloth, and drunkenness. I am aware that I lay myself open to a charge of presumption, in thus calling in question the accuracy of the enumeration lately laid before Parliament : but in this, as well as in my third Letter, I have stated, to the utmost of my ability, the grounds of my dissent; and it is for the candid and intelligent Reader to determine how far they are well founded. At the same time, I beg it may be distinctly understood that it is very remote from my intention to throw out any re flection upon the persons employed in so laborious an office as making an enumeration of the popu lation of Ireland; my idea is,that in many instances they have been imposed upon by those whose object is to mislead the Legislature and the British na tion, and to intimidate, by an exaggerated ac count of the physical strength of Ireland ; and the increase of the population of the counties of Cork and Limerick, beyond all credibility, will, in my opinion, fully warrant such a supposition. Had the population of the other counties been particularized in the public prints, in the same manner as that of Cork and Limerick, we might have been enabled to have discovered more Popish miracles. But, it may be asked, how could imposition have been practised upon the persons employed to make the enumeration ? Nothing, I conceive, from existing circumstances, more easy. It would have been impossible for them to have visited the cottages of the peasantry, so as to have made their returns from their own observa tion : therefore, as the Romish Bishops have be come of consequence, and are high in favour, they might have been applied to, to procure from the Priests under them a return of the Romish inhabitants in their respective parishes ; and those that have any knowledge of Popery will not think it any breach of charity to suppose that those Priests, or even their superiors, would have no scruple to add a nought or two : for, if by so doing they could deceive or intimidate the Legislature into a compliance with their exor bitant demands, the end would fully justify the means, according to the tenets of their Church. Be that as it may, I leave it to the good sense of the Reader to determine how far it comes within the range of probability for the population of any country to advance, in ninety years, from little more than two millions, by Dr. BURKE'S account, to six millions, eight hundred and forty-six thousand, nine hundred and forty-nine,—taking into consideration too the numberless insur rections, and two open rebellions, that have agi tated Ireland from the year 1731 to the year 1821, particularly in 1798 ; all of which tended, in a very considerable degree, to the reduction of the numbers of the Popish party. I had imagined that I had, in my third Letter, dismissed Mr. O'CoNNELL, with all due respect : but two Letters from him, lately published in the Cork Mercantile Chronicle, one addressed to Secretary IlAy, the other to Doctor TROY, call for some animadversion ; 'inasmuch as they shew that inconsistency, and, when occa sion requires, that versatility of character I have already described ; and that to the most Reverend Doctor evinces at once pre varication, and a mean servile subjection to the spiritual authority of Priests. But I beg leave to premise, that with Mr. O'CoNNELL's private character I have no concern ; nor Shave I ever heard any thing alleged against him that could in the slightest degree impeach it : it is as ga public man, the would-be Leader of a Faction, that I hold him up to observation s and as such he lays himself open to scrutiny. Of the letter to Secretary HAY I shall give only an extract, which is in point ; but the whole of that to Dr. TROY I shall submit to the con sideration of your Readers, as necessary to the conclusions I shall draw, and the observations I shall make, which, however, shall be as brief as possible. " I ans, I own, greatly shocked at the part Dr. MURRAY is taking. I had the highest opinion of him, and the greatest respect for him. But I see he wishes with Dr. TROY'S See to inherit the patronage of the Catholic Church of Ireland. Oh ! it is melancholy to think of his falling off—he who compared the Vetoists to Judas. As for Dr. Tnolr, better could not be expected from him—his traffic at the Castle is long notorious. But the sneer at the Board, and the suppressed anger of those Prelates, would he ludicrous, if the subject were not so im portant and vital. Are they angry because we urge, not the name but the reality of domestic nomination ? Alas ! the fact is, that is just the cause of their ill temper, and the source of their attack upon us."—" My Lord, there has appeared a let. ter in the Evening Post of yesterday, bearing my signature, and addressed to Mr. EDWARD HAY. I have not the least recollection of having written that letter. I, however, eagerly seize the first possible opportunity to offer my humble apology for any expression I might have used derogatory to you, and to implore your pardon."—" The contents of that letter will, I have no doubt, convince your Grace that it was written with. out deliberation, in great haste, and merely as a private com munication ; and Ido most solemnly , assure you that I have not directly or indirectly sanctioned its publication."—" I ac• knowledge, my Lord, that I should not, even in private confi dence, have used the expressions that letter contains, touching a Prelate of your years and virtues. lam sincerely sorry for having used them. I feel no humiliation in thus publicly re tracting them ; and even if I felt it, I should cheerfully sub• mit to that humiliation by way of atonement," (probably by way of penance too).—" I hope I shall obtain your Grace's pardon, and feel that I ought not to obtain my own."—" Allow me, my Lord, to include in these sentiments your respected coadjutor, the most Rev. Dr. MURRAY. I have the highest opinion of him, and the greatest respect for him. A more in timate acquaintance since that period has confirmed those sen. timents. If any man were peculiarly formed to conquer preju dice, and abash calumny, that man is Dr. M uRRAY—the gentle courtesy of his gentlemanly manners, the persuasive mildness of his sound eloquence, and the meek piety of his whole demeanour as a Christian Prelate, have formed for him a character that may set every assault at defiance.'—" I am glad that the force of that character restrained my most sple netic moments, and that I have so much the less to apologize for to Dr. MURRAY : he may be assured that he possesses my most unfeigned respect and veneration." Mr. a'CONI;ELL sets out by declaring, that he had" not the least recollection of having written that Letter :" but almost every line contradicts the assertion; for, if he had no recollection of having written it, how could he so well remem ber, that " it Nfas written without deliberation, in great haste, and merely as a private com munication ?" or " that the force of Doctor MURRAY'S character restrained his most sple netic moments" ? My idea is, that the man who recollects all these circumstances, could not have forgotten that he had written : but there is a considerable degree of prevarication and equi vocation in his letter to Dr. TROY—I will not say jesuitical, though bordering upon it. His charge against those most Reverend Gentlemen is either true or false : if true, what can we think of the writer of the second Letter ; or, if false, what of the writer of the first ? That, however, is a matter that chiefly concerns the most Reverend Doctors themselves ; and to them I leave it : but there is a conclusion to be drawn from his letter of apology which I think concerns every Protestant :—it is this, the spiritual influence, so manifest from thence, that Priests have, however he may vapour and swagger for a time, over a mind, supposed to be enlightened and enlarged by a liberal education, and a liberal profession, which ca❑ only arise from bigotry, and its consequent dread of ecclesiastical censure and excommunication, and which would not have dis- , graced the darkest ages of Popish superstition. As a hypothetical course. to be deduced from this tyranny, exercised by Priests over the minds of the adherents of the See of Rome,—suppose the Roman Catholics of Ireland arrived at the summit of their ambition,—that Mr. O'CoNNELL, and fifty or sixty others of the Romish commu nion, shall have obtained seats in Parliament, and some of them seats in the Cabinet, —and that the Romish Bishops should propose to them a measure for the aggrandizement of their church on the ruins of the Protestant ;—would he or they be likely to refuse to give it their support ? Or, even in case of disapproval, which, however, is by no means probable, dare he or they, from the recent instance we have had of his abject sub mission to his ghostly fathers, refuse to accom plish what they ordain ? Protestants, therefore, will do well, while they yet retain the power, to guard with jealous care our happy constitution in Church and State ; nor yield it "up to State Empirics, who affect to think that the harsh features of Popery have been soft ened and ameliorated. But let them remember that Dr. TRO has declared, in his Pastoral Let ter, published in 1798, that " the religious prin ciples of Roman Catholics are unchangeable, and applicable to all times ;" and that Mr. FRANCIS PLOWDEN, the celebrated historian, has mentioned in his Case Stated, "that the modern Roman Catholics, who have been late objects bf the bounty of Parliament, do not differ, in one iota, from their ancestors." I shall now take my leave of Mr. O'CONNELL. In my next, I shall introduce to the attention of your readers Signior PASTORINI and Priest O'SULLIVAN. Cork, 14th March, 1822. SIDNEY. BIRTHS. Lady Stewart was safely delivered of a daughter on Monday evening, at his Lordship's house in St. James's-square. We . are happy to add, that her Ladyship and her infant are quite . well. On Thursday, at Woolwich, the Lady of Captain Russel, of the Royal Artillery, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 16th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Henry Moore, Mr. Vincent Oldfield, of the Edge yare-road, to Elizabeth Martha Minnitt, of Chapel-street. Grosvenor-square. On Saturday last, at the parish church of St. Mary-le-bone, Capt. Charles Shaw, R.N., second son of Sir John Gregory Shaw, Hart., of Kenward, in the County of Kent, to Frances Anne, fourth daughter of Sir Henry Hawley, Bart., of Ley bourne Grange, in the same county. Q}/, DIED. On the 11th inst., at Pentonville, aged 91, Mr. James.Fidler, upwards of 60 years an inhabitant of the parish of Clerkenwell. On the 15th inst., at her mother's; in Queen-street, Isabella, eldest daughter of the late John Man, Esq. At Rome, March 19, aged 72, Cardinal Fontana. At Maitlandfield, on the 3d inst., Colonel Charles Maitland, of Maidar dfield, N. B. Lately, at Versailles, near Paris, Guar Coldough, of Dafriy Hall; in the-County of Wexford, Esq., late Chief Justice of Newfoundland. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, Itt the 401 , (- Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CAUSTAFRS. St, of tic