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II and it must ,afford a high grdtirication fiend of the Constitutym, to rcflect Ant iet In which that question Was agitated. of the appearance of party violence or was observable. It was an amicable, but 81 iilcussion on the merits of the respective '3. Thefriends of Mr. MANNERSSUTTON , omage to his private virtues, as well as lien for the office. The same liberal Is paid 'hy the friends of Mr. WYNNE to 'nt, and the latter has the gratifying that if any other Candidate except 'ER3 had been proposed, that he only 'e been successful. But this is not the Yiag consideration 'arising from what the respectful and honourable manner he Candidates spoke of each other was Prenive of feelings in the highest de lahle to both. And now we may fairly it an honourable, such an enlightened, , roux and dignified mode of proceeding 0 have marked the discussion and the House of Commons formed upon p ies of Universal Suffrage and zinnua ? Universal Suffrage never could have ngetber such a dignified Assembly, and [Eaments woul4 have afforded no ()prior he Assembly to judge of the talents, Ige, the experience, and the virtues of ne for the office of Speaker. Every lent tTonld most probably have pro. SPEAREn, and hence no official know- have been acquired, the rules and, House would have llised into neglect , ce, some ambitious Demagogue would the day, and the best system of Go 'er devised by political wisdom and would have sunk into anarchy, ruin, Ject of the Catholic Claims, or in more !' 4 . ll Tti, the pretensions of PurEILY to re poweer in this country, is of so Id so alarming a nature, that we have fluty to present to the nation the which Mr. PITT ever delivered in this momentous topic. It will be Illustrious STATEMAN, in the year •ed the subject as unfit to be brought we would ask if its introduction at be more seasonable ? On the con tin of all friends to the Protestant s considerably increased since that evident from this Speech, that :TT ‘''As disposed to remove all re the Papists, that might be removed ;It the welfare of the Empire at large, Aug that could be construed, in the to affect the great, point of PRO ,IMANCT. Weed, what Mr. PITT !Hod applies so exactly to the pre 4ings, it skews - Such large discourse--• Ire and after ARANDOWED. lily and godlike reason"— be estimated as the effect o are persuaded, wilt make so T. 41111445 i0n upon the n a ti o n, a s the last 1 , -14 Y of the Illustrious Statesman in 4 4' lite. t _ envoi-, of his Country, the best 14 444 ':ue eligion, that we have ordered an nn nlbet o f our Paer to be printed thi p s r the n _ I t ttat : cc ommodati oo of the friends of our 11111 Ment it) Church and State. ' Net. w0,, n „... ,• ,- " , timi Journal has not, as we -11fiavotired to mak e some atonement t 'vered r L' l ll l , l L'c'hp CtrAwcau.on for haying de -1,11:4 L 0... ip was party to a n . intrigue 11 11 4%.1 , uLun for the introduction of the ! I lt t ` ceN734Ncir, as one of their toasts, / '1" 1 i ho t with insinu a ti ng , that there is I- •TIoN 14 in Government. All we 4 4 wt 'lt We 110pe SO, and that on due re ', 141 1 have a N o roimay Administra- .t. itp it, .......suchum....... ti q rt , ) " c usa, Esq. one of the Solicitors '14'11,e4:7Y. i 3 to succeed JOHN BECKSTT, 111, 11°11)e Department, the latter Gentle tteeclik, It ‘.. 'At t . - 4r. iIIANNERS SUTTON as Judge . i lt t , , e not _ _ ---,.....40,„„"_ . :' t it , ' "IY to frame an higher testimony ud o 114 1tq l . 14 a nd villue of one deported Man, , • 4,114 viret:enni.tnatis consent of all the %%us' A the Inti{ /I l l iell have survived him, should tvi4ll i'lNted authority of his principles il.l-44,, ample ex of their actions. The T , t - , a,,,, yti nl)ie national welfare have be % tl fieti m e, ' , ~ • ' 4 l i lid th e politics of Iliftt.t.tAm a ( 41 . ' `'it, t 1141derin,, What is honourable tor 1i:,,, .rat or h e k f tteficial we scarcely do more 1, 1 ,,, k , . tlll.ll ln tits opinions, and forward to ' s, ~, L'iltiht M e y er h e. ..Paine of any other Ml 3 S et : and, pursuing as we do , i i Ll* it 'IS !lilt Illy:0;00S tI) VIV , !hat t fdine of no other man can teccire this glurio consummation, On this proud eminence WILLIAM PITT stands alone. Our. living wisdom is his follower, not his competitor. It could do nothing more than achieve the triumph which he proposed, and maintain the safety which he devised. As under his guidance—speaking even from the grave—we have vanquished the foreign enemy, so must we also put down the- domestic foe—a conquest which certainly has neither the grace nor the gra ' titication of Triumph, but which is not less ne cessary than it is painful. It is indeed a deep misfortune, that ihe revolu tionary spirit which Mr. PITT'S foresight de nounced in its birth, which his energy resisted in its maturity, and which his counsels pursued to its destruction, should have found such speedy re animation. • Yet, let it not therefore be said, that his labours were vain, or that his course is to be. retraced : we have only to urge forward upon it, as he would if living. Revolution has been put clown in the West, anc t now rears her crest in ►.he South. For this calamity, perhaps one fatal error, whereof the confirmation occurred immediately before Mr. PITT'S first assumption of office, and for which he is wholly irresponsible, is alone to be blamed.— When the cancer's core w,►s probed into, and seen, and examined, and understood, and left unextir paled, nay, established as a part of tl►e system, who shall wonder that the venom again spreads, and again demands the cautery and the knife ? Who shall promise that the morbid parts may not again "en, turbulence ►would have been I infect the sound ? But of all this Mr. PITT is blameless. Sc, also are the Ministers, who, with no more power than he possessed, will effect the security that he once before effected. They will—it may be confidently promised—they will prevent that mischief, the punishment whereof might be useless, itnot im possible. They will use the strength of the State to defend the State :—and, as THE LAW is valu able, not for its OWN ABSTRACT SAKE, but for its GENERAL PURPoSE OF PROTECTING THE NATION, they will take care that it shall not be PRESERVED for its own DESTRUCTION. At least, the respon sibility of the neglect will not rest upon them : they will have fulfilled their bounden duty ; and the decision will rest with the Legislature, wns- THRR THE COUNTRY SHALL BE RESCUED OR In this alternative, let us hope that the princi- es of Mr. PITT may still be . followed ; that those doctrines which have counter-revolutionized Europe may now save Ragland from revolution ; that those exertions, which, in the emphatic lan guage of his youthful disciple, Mr. I'eaL, have punished " the despot abroad," may now pre vent " the demagogue at home:" Thus will the noblest homage be paid to the memory of our great Minister ; and thus, if the spirits of just men made perfect do retain their earthly cares and affections, our departed guardian will continue to us his posthumous protection ; and, under his never•dying Councils, ENGLAND WILL ALWAYS SAVE HERSELF AND THE WORLD. Letters _from Catalonia, received yesterday, mention that General MILANS, accompanied by Commandant Don Joss Quell, of the Tirtufares of Tarragona, was in the mountains of San Grao with 6000 men and 18 pieces of artillery. .The want of arms alone, it is said, prevent his numbers from increasing, but the neighbouring. peaSants supply all his wants. • It is reported in the fashionable circles, that her 1114sErry intends holding a Drawing-room on the 12th instant, if her health permits. Yesterday the Dicke of.Yoax transacted mili- tary business with the PRINCE REGENT at Carl ton-house, Sunday afternoon a Cabinet Council was hell at Viscount Can-LaneAou's office, which was at, tended by the Earls of LIVORPOOL and OATHURST. Viscounts SIDMnUTII, MEL.VILLE s CASTLEREAGH, Mr. W. Pole, &c. Yesterday Lnrd CASTLEREAGH•was unanimous. ly elected an . Eicier . Brother of the Trinity-house, in the room of the late Duke of ,Mita LBOHOUOII j and the Earl of LIVERPOOL .was-.unanimously re chosen Master for the ensuing year.. A Circular was issued early on-Saturday, on the part of Ministers, recommending Mr. MANNERS SUTTON to their friends as the s u ccessor o f M r. ABBOT (now Lord COLCHESTER) to the chair of the House of Commons. The numerous friends of Mr. C. WYNN were equally active in his interest. There are now in the House of Lords no less than four Peers who have successively filled the . Chair in the House of Commons, namely, Lord GRENVILLE, Lord SIDMOUTH, 'Lord REIM:ALE, and Lord COLCHESTER. Lord COLCHESTER, the fate Speaker, has two sons. The eldest is a Lieutenant in the navy, now on board the Alceste ftigate with Lord ASMERSTi the second is at Westminster-school. The PITT CLUB in Town consists at present of one thousand three hundred and furry Members, besides having several Candidates on the list for admission. The PITT CLUB of Scotland, held at Edinburgh, consists, we understand, of- upwards of seven hundred Members ; but the number o f: Members of theTtovincial Clubs,in Great Britain we have not been able yet to ascertain. it ti 7l nre; a, ol d tt itY fri 1 'le moor Bad 1.. lel 8° ) Soli& la 1 1% L. , g of li F,Trity w e OW L..„ . ,t, rOvil dig lat . . l P t r ., , italoatea. NI ' 1 title lio 0 4, his little 1 Ne u , 0 as :4 r.,, ..,, pponen 51 , _ ... uusoel i , - l littorz ' 1 ;' 4 M have I, , t gratify i,l ," , ,fort a: ith ie6 the r '7; SIY tip w , treditat / l i g it if lo c h ' ~,, I d icon D O 1 , eY to i _ 40 : 0 1 .1 of 0 1 , • OPci I ~' 1 . e it - 4 ' Is? .' ht t age ~. !f o r rh A hj t i ,__ ' p,Yr "gyred,' ilk .. . . est! ,s9trid itt , i, rarlia me 1 i ntve F. ~,,, "eorir 1 ,g," :' orih e ' l 1,i 0 , 1 ' l ot:rate( s - =7ett chic or4er of tl 1 :.. N t etti 0; •, 1:Olivia!). • IMP Iti L I it M' 1111 O eeh which 'fp nt oh this sl,#' "1 " that -14113ittered th tCxa hi, we w pie l *Quhl be to tier " t he alarm of lie lids col 0, It is evi( 5 11 it kr. PITT W from the 110 )it tlgwith the t n rt st Itt lV St4tt e tree, to t A4CIINPAN 1,0 tila t period F Di things pt, 47, ftk int befo capabil clle 'A almost h tp„ e4 tit Y* , we c 1,1_4 PreiSiOr I? 0 'r it v. AN ENIGMA. BY LOAD BYRON• 'Twas whisper'd iti Heav'n, and Mutter'd in hell, And Echo caught softly the words as they fell ; In the confines of Earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the Ocean its presence confect. It *►s seen in the Ligltt'niug, and beard in the Thunder, 'Twill he found in the Spheres when all driven asunder. It was given to Man with his earliest breath, It assists at his birth, and attends him in death, Presides o'er his happiness, honour, and health, Is the prep of his house, and the end of his wealth ; It begins ev'ry hope, er'ry wish it must bound, And though unassuming with Monarchs is crowa'd. In the heaps of the Miser 'tis hoarded with care, But is sure to he lost in the prodigal heir ; Without it the Soldier and Sailor may roam, But woe to the wretch who expels it from home. En the whispers of Conscience its erica will be found, Nor e'er in the Whirlwind of passion be drowu'd ; It softens the heart, and tho';',Th deaf be the ear, • It will make it - acutely and instantly bear; Bat in shades let it rest, like an elegant flow'r, Oh ! breathe on it softly—it dies in an hour. a.* As our fair Readers are generally mote adroit in dis covering the meaning of such Compositions ns the above, we hope that one of thttla will favour us with a solution of this Enigma. SHIP NEWS. DEAL, JUNE 2.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Ernest, HUTSON, from the Cape of Good Hope; New Phoenix, LEWTHWAITE, from Triniditd ; and Prince of Orange, SILK, from Bengal. Sailed the Eliza, _RENNOLOSON, for Ceylon. Came down from the River, and sailed, the Eagle, for Miramichi. POLTSMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Arrived off the Wight 'the Camden, BILLINGHURST, from Antigua ; she sailed the Ilth April, at which time the Island was quite healthy. FALMOUTH, MAt 31.—Arrived the Romney, FUNNEMARK, from Norway; Levant, MALCOLM, andsAgenoria, MARTIN, from Alexandria. Sailed the Jessie, RITCHIE, for London. HARWICH, JUNE 2,---Arrived the Lord Nelson packet with a mail from Cuxhaven. The. ship Wellesley, of Greenock, M`CeAzza. arrived in Cork harbour on Tuesday, laden with u►ahogany,.&c. from Honduras. On the 24th of April last, she states that the ship Two Brothers, of Liverpool, Enwaap WELSTRAD, Muster, from Brazil, with a cargo of cotton, (pondered, when 10 men belonging to her perished—the'Captain and two others were saved by the Three of the IVellesley's crew perished in at tempting to save,the men from the wreck. IVINDSOR, JUNR 2.--On Saturday evening her MAJESTY had a select party. Yesterday, a f ter Divine Service, her ,Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Augusta, went to dine with the Princess Elizabeth at her Cottage in Old Windsor. In !tie evening a great number of persons of all ranks were attracted to the Long-walk, to hear the Rend of the Royal Horse Guards and the drums and fifes of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Gaards. In the evening the Queen had a per formance of secro music in the Palace, and a select party. Windsor is filling very last for Ascot-heath Races. We understand Mr. Psitt.'s Speech on the Ca tholic Question is in universal request through out the country it has already reached a Third Edition. Air. EDWARD QUIN, the son of Mr. QUIN, R Qentlentan well known in the Common Council, and in the literary circles, was admitted, at the Public Examination at the University of Oxford, on the 31st ult, in the Second Cliss of Ll Trax lIUMONIORES, and also as Bachelor of Arts. Saturday the Royal Scots (about 800 strong) arrived in town from France, and were quartered in and about Paddington, whence they embarked yesterday, and in rue afternoon passed along the Canal, for Liverpool, on their route for Ireland.• The situations for placing the national !noun. ments for commemorating tilt battles of Traftlgar and Waterloo ate said to be Greenwich for the tomer, and Portland-place, in the circle next the Now-road, anti facing the Regent's-park, for the latter. MARRIAGE TN HIGH LIFE.---Yesterd a y morning were married at St. James' s Church, Mr. MIL BANK, to Lady AUGUSTA VANE, second daughter of the Earl of DARLINGTON. Ott the happy oc casion his Lordship gave an elegant entertainment to a select circle of friends, at his house in Sc. • James's-square. The Beauty of Bethnal-Green, who has been the subject of such general admiration and attraction, WAS married last Saturday to Mr. J. DANIEL, Of St. Botolph, l3isbopsgute. Amongst the early luxuries of Covent Garden _ _ Market on Saturday last, were cherries at sixteen shillings a pound, French beans at twelve shillings a hundred, and shelled pease ut teu shillings the quart. • Mr. Mons, who was wounded in a duell - With Captain Pow ittt, died on Wednesday.—On Thurs. .day P. Devon, labourer, was arrested in Dublin on a charge of having . been concerned in the horrid murder of the 11,!itnehee, at Wildgonse-lodge, cowl* ty of Louth,(Cork Advertiser, May 27.). Early on- Saturday morning a duel W4s fought between a Naval and Military Officer, the former o f whotn was wounded in the arm ; it was his only aria, as he had list the other in a severe naval engagement: BAKEIR and EATON completed 47 miles ea c h on Sunday ; the former left off at twenty minutes past' eight, the latter not till ten minutes past nine. Yesterday morning BAKER started at 35 minutes after lour, EATON at 45 minutes after four. At five in the afternoon. Batten bad com pleted 38 inilcs taut a half; , EATON at a quarter to five 37 toil s. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OP LORDS,- MONDAY, Jutaa 2. The Stone Bottles' Excise Duty Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Edinburgh Police 13ill was reported, Petitions were presented from the Parish of St. Pancras against a part of the Metropolis Paving a►►d Lighting Bill. The objection was against that provision in the Bill which clhected iron pipes to be used in all cases, whether for gas or other purposes. The petitioners conceived that iron pipes, however proper in other cases, were not proper for gas, The Petitions were referred to the Committee on the Bill,---Adiourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ELECTION Or A SPEAKER.. 'rite House re-assembled yesterday. The at endaoce was remarkably full, more than four tundred and fifty Members being present at the ime the House is usually made. Lord CASTLERRAGIi rose at four o'clock, and lelivered the following Message front clic Prince Regent, in a low tone of voice, not distinctly audible in the gallery.:-- " I have it in command from his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to acquaint the House, that your late Speal.4r, hav ing communicated to his Royal Highness his inability, from indisposition, longer to fill the Chair, and informed him of his resignation, his Royal Highness, desirous' that-public `business should suffer as" short an interruption as possible, hat- been pleased to take . the earliest opportunity of com municating this event to the House, and of conveying his pleasure that the House do immediately proceed to the election of a new Speaker." Sir J. Mellott., beginning in rather a low tone of voice, hoped the House would do hi m th e jus tice to believe that he felt the sincerest regret at the event to which the Message referred, and a proportional reluctance to offer himself to their notice on the occasion. His reluctance In come forward arose not only from a knowledge of the high estimation in which the talents, the charac ter, and conduct of their late Speaker were held, and his inability to do justice to his merits, but from a fear that he might not be able to bring forward, in a sufficiently prominent point of view, the merits of one qualified to succeed him. He felt no reluctance, however, to propose the Right Honourable Gentleman whom he meant to point out to the notice of the House to fill the chair ; for, divesting himself of the feelings to which he had referred, he would assure them, that if one better qualified for the high office had presented • himself to his mind, he would not have proposed him, it was unnecessary on the present occasion to waste the time or to trespass on the patience of the House by many observations. if we were now at the commencement of a new Parliament, in which many 'Members took their seats for the first time, it might be requisite to state the qua. Utica and conduct necessary for filling the chair, in order to direct their attention to it proper choice : but in addressing the House in this its filth session, in which every Member had wit tressed its proceedings for a longer or a shorter period, and when every one knew the qualities requisite for the arduous and dignified Situation of Speaker, it was perfectly superfluous to enlarge upon them. He might execute this duty to art assembly so composed in a single sentence, by merely recalling to their neollectioo what could never be effaced from their memory—the name. roes and distinguished qualities that were concen trated in their late excellent Speaker, and which shone with such lustre front the chair.—(Hear!) --a To lament the resignation of that distinguished hi• dividual was not now his business; to pass a sufficient panegyric on his merits was not within his power; and to attempt the task in an assembly where they were so tiniversAiy known, and. so warmly ac knowledged, would he a useless waste of time and labour. if his successor had' s - difficult duty to discharge in aspiring to emulate his merits, and' to acquire his distinction, he would IF., .wise have the benefit of being directed by the light of ilia example. The business of Parliament had, for a long time past, assumed a character that rendered expedient to select a person of professional education to till the Chair j and if, in mentioning the name of the Right Hon. Mr. Manners Sutton, he was not departing from that course, he felt that he was stating what would be a recomMen. dation. The Right Hon. Gentleman was brought tip to the bar, and practised at it for some time with distinction. It was thought by some, though, he did not concur entirely in the observ a tion, th a t the habits of a laWyer, if strongly fixed, were not such as. could he a recommendation to him in ful filling the duties of Parhumor, or in 'executing the ofEces of the State. If such a prejudice exist ed; it could not operate to the disadvantage of his Right Hon. Friend, as lie had not continued so long in the profession as to allow the character.of his mind to be ekelusively formed upon its habits,' He had since filled an ofttee more nearly allied to that which he now proposed for him, and tending in a high degree to prepare him for the Chairs-- aonlfice that required great and laborious Mires. ligation, profound research, extensive knowledge of business, and promptitude of decision. .A 4 Judge-Advocate-General the Right lionoora);:le t.lientletuan was not unknown to the House to hate been distinguished for firmness and strength of mind, for tire candour that graced his conduct, : and the impartiality that marked his decleions. He had for some, tune sat in the 'House, anti though, he had not taken -a prominent part in the ques tions oforder, or offered his opinion frequently about modes of proceedin, yet :the laws and the privileges of Parliament bad not been moat tentively observed by him, nor had he failed to make then, an object of his stody—(Hear, hear He did not think it proper to detain the-flouts with describing the other ,qualification, of his Right Honourable Friend, though he might , ena large upon them without being misled by the par. tialities of friendship, or transgressing the bounds of truth. He would only say, that if dignity of birth, if elevation of rank, if urbanity of manners, if integrity olconduct, if quickness of apprehena lien, if promptitude of jodgment, if firtnneSS of character, and. impartiality of decision, joined with mildness of temper and conciliatory disposi.