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~~. ~-~, : , r,lY~l'`~ CONTEMPORARY PRESS. The followitig anecdote -is in general circulation through London, and we have every reason /o believe that it is true:—,A few days before Mr. Shell's motion on the subject of Lord Londonderry's appointment as am bisSador to Russia, Lord John Russell met Lord-London derry at the Duke of Devonshire's, and having. been • on terms of great - intimacy with him at• Vienna and else where, he took that opportunity of telling him that he considered the attacks which had been made on him in the public papers as harsh and "unfair,—that a communi cation had been made to him by an Irish member of an intention to bring his case before the House of Com mons,—that he-believed he had dissuaded him from do ing so, and that, at all events,.he would have nothing to do with so personal an attack. Lord Londonderry was naturally pleased with this mirk of friendship, and thanked him for it. On the Friday following 41r. Shell, how ever, did bring forward his motion; and on the Monday Lord Londonderry, who hati not announced to any one what his intentions Were, was visited by Mr. Hohnes, who informed him that it was necessary that he should make up his mind- speedily, as Lord fohn Russell in-- tended to take the business into his own hands, and ask Sir Robert Peel a question on the subject that day. Lord, Londonderry denied the possibility of such being the case, and told Mr. Holmes what had occurred at Devon shire-house. He then went to the HOuse of Lords, and was scarcely on his legs to announce his resignation , when he heard that Lord John Russell had risen in the Commons, and put a question to Sir Robert Peel whe ther his appointinent was to be cancelled or not. Lord John subsequently also said, " 'lathe considered the ap pointment so ill-advised as to call for. the observations Made by other gentlemen as well as Mr. Shell." This anecdote requires but few comments. It is lamentable to think that the' rancour of party feeling should so far prevail over an otherwise honourable mind, as to tempt a sran like Lord John Russell to make a gratuitous offer of friendship, and then fly from it, as he did, without the slightest reason for doing so. We believe that Lord LondOnderry had an opportunity of speaking his mind to Lord John Russell at Devon shire-house since the affair; and that he plainly told him befOre Sir Robert Gordon his opinion of his conduct.— Times. A great variety of intelligence is contained in our paper'of,this day - connected . with the uncontested elec tions of some of the whig-radidal ministers, and the.great constitutional contests in which the return of others of their number to the House of Commons is about to be opposed with the best prospects of success. This mass of information presents many points which invite discussion or remark, to none of which can we find space adequately to advert, while by far the greater number tnust of necessity escape any special notice from us. We must, however, devote a word or two of com ment to the speeches of Mr. Spring Rice and Mr. Orde, the two consistent and harmonious colleagues in office, who had the good fortune to be re-elected without oppo sition. , The former, while he expresses much gratitude for the aid his party has received from men of extreme opinions in respect to 'the. reforms of the institutions of the country, professes that he has no sympathy with them as politicians, and affects to spurn every suggestion of violent or precipitate change. Mr. Spring Rice, mode rate reformer as he seems anxious, at least when at Cam bridge, to represent himself, is an advocate for the aboli tion " at one fell swoop" of all the municipal corpora tions now existing in England and Wales, and the crea tion in their place of new corporations, the ruling mem bers of 'which are to be elected—how frequently Mr. Spring Rice does not inform us—by the ten-pound house holders. This, for a moderate reformer, is pretty well, considering that the scheme of corporation reform which Mr. Spring Rice suggests has been distinctly denounced by the only Whig member of the commission which was appointed to inquire into the present state of corporate bodies, and the most effectual correction of their abuses, who has any claim to learning or talent, we mean of course Sir F. Palsgrave, as a remedy for existing abuses at once the most vicious, extravagant, and inefficacious, that could be devised. If to go beyond any existing =necessity, if to defeat the purposes in view by an excess -a innovation, is an essential part of the conduct of a moderate reformer, Mr. Spring Rice is, no doubt, as he gives himself out to be, a moderate reformer, and quite incapable of lending whatever influence office may have given him to men of extreme or dangerous opinions. The Only difficulty, in this case would be to know who are 'the reformers who are not moderate. Mr. Spring Rice seems to think it hard that Sir Robert Peel should have been permitted to propose improVe ments in our laws and institutions, with the general ap- Probation of all parties in the nation, whereas the same reforms would have prodneed extensive alarm had they been proposed by himself and his colleagues. The truth is as Mr. Spring Rice very candidly states it, yet it is not hard, but strictly and merely just. Sir Robert Peel has a character which convinces mankind that when he Proposes a measure he means exactly what he proposes, and no more. He is not, and ought not to be, regarded as a labourer in the work of meditated destruction, ap plying, in the first instance, the thinnest side of the wedge. And if Mr. Spring Rice and his colleagues have the misfortune to be regarded in this light, (by-the-bye, it is to the honour of Mr. Spring Rice that he is so deeply sensible how great a misfortune this is) who have they to blame for it but themselves ? Had Sir Robert Peel among his friends and supporters any party whose avowed object is the overthrow of the established church ? Did he permit any portion of the patronage of his govern ment to be distributed by one who seeks to separate Ire land hi:3m Great Britain, and to subject the former to an independent Roman catholic government ? Had he ever among his lords of the 'treasury any advocate of vote by ballot ? The last question is suggested to us by the speech of Mr. Orde, one of the new Lords of the Treasury, who, in his election speech at Newport, expresses much indig nation at what he pleases to describe as a calumny pro mulgated against him, that calumny being merely that he had relinquished his opinion as to the necessity of the vote by ballot. Perhaps Mr. Orde, in the opinion of Mr. Spring Rice, is also a very moderate reformer. If not, the country will no doubt be edified very soon by seeing a division upon an important constitutional and practical question in the House of Commons,upon which the Chancellor of the Exchequer will vote on one side, and a Lord of the Treasury on the other. Will 'the new Chancellor of the Exchequer allow the same latitude . to individual opinion among the holders of stibOAdidate offices when his first budget is to be discussed P PtWe. suspect not. But, if our suspicion be well foundediftvill it not follow that the present ministers care more for . a siz-and-eightpenny affair of revenue than for any princi pie of the constitution ? And we ask Mr. Spring Rice if sucha_ministry ought to be entrusted with the task of 'refOrniing the most valuable of our national institutions with the same alacrity and confidence as that of Sir `Robert Peel? . Mr. Murray is threatened with a signal defeat at Leith, notwithstanding the support of the voluntary party, the party in Scotland who wish to abolish the church—that church which has been constantly lauded as the best and purest in Christendom by English radicals and dissenters, when the only object they had in view was to attack the Church of England. Here is another of the subordinate °Meets of the present administration to whose character and position we may refer' in 'order to explain to Mr. Spring RiCe a distinction which seems to puzzle him so exceeaingly.. Does the alliance of Mr. Miirray, 'the Flop 'of. the Voluntary party In Scotland, and deriving support.in his election exchisivel,y from them, strengthen the claims of the present 'gci - iernment - to the eonfidende orthe nation ;"titid entitle it to- expect that its reforms in the state and in the church shotild be regarded without distrust ? Mr. Murray' has lost, it .seems, the support of such adherents of the national church as were before ifis posed to favour his claims by the unbecoming, imprudent, , and irreligious act of playing at backgammon on a Sun day; in the public cabin of a public passage-boat. For the opinion of this class of his supporters Mr. Murray, it 'is evident, could not have had much respect. Farther than this there is nothing in his conduct to excite sur prise, for we ,believe the instances are very rare in which radicalism is unconnected with profanity.—Morning Post. • preceded by attendant ministers in the rites of their office, mak ing . the rounds of a new church in the metropolis. Such a scene,' remarks the popish edidor, ' proves the triumph of their faith.' At Chelsea, it is said they have new congregations every half hour, and thus accommodate, in one chapel, a popu , latioo of 6000 persons. In 1796 there were but ten chapels in London, but they are now increased to 25. The following is a brief sketch of the Reformation Society's map . Public seminaries • Chapels. or colleges. In Lancashire Middlesex Northumberland .. 18 Staffordshire ... 27 7 Yorkshire "The . nutnber of chapels in England and Wales, in 1824, was 358, but in 1834 it was 429; the increase in England, therefore , is 71 chapels, and in Scotland, since 1829, it is 23." Every newspaper teems with accounts of new chapels, and nunneries, and colleges, where the superstition may be bred and nourished. Take, for instance, the following paragraph from the Brighton Geizette of Thursday : " The Roman catholics are inclosing with a stone wall the large piece of land which they have purchased near St Leo nard's. It has an imposing appearance. The report is that they are going to build a college; but it is not positively known. There can be no d ou bt, h oweve r, th a t it is intended for a very large establishment." Well may we shudder when we learn these facts, and recollect the filthy, ferocious, and idolatrous character of the Romish superstition. For the abominable practices by which it suggests vice to the innocent, and introduces the foulest pollution into the bosom of every family, see the Times of Tuesday, April,7th, and the standard Roman catholic work, entitled " The earden of the Lord," pub lished by Keating and Brown. For its sanguinary fero city, remember the days of Queen Mary, and the victims of the inquisition. Its idolatry is proclaimed by the confessions of every reformed church in christendom. And it is to restore this system that the whigs are again in power . !;,-Alackburn Standard. POPERY AND PERJURY. (From the London Standard of Monday.) We have this day to importune public attention tolthe most valuable and interesting pamphlet that has ever is sued, in our memory, from the press of Great Britain. It is an essay upon the oath taken •by Roman catholic members of the houses of parliament ; written by a Ro man catholic; not merely by a Roman catholic, but by a Romait catholic lawyer of distinguished ability—not merely by an able Roman catholic lawyer, but by a gen. tleman whose zeal for his religion, whose knowledge and experience recommended him to his Roman catholic countrymen as the fittest of their whole number to be, employed as the Roman catholic agent to the parliament, and people of Great Britain. The author of the pam phlet in question is Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, a barrister,' a member of a most ancient and respectable family in the.west of Ireland; who having, during many years, we believe as many as ten or fifteen, acted as secretary to the several catholic committees, catholic boards, catholic associations, &c., that in succession usurped the function ,of a Roman catholic parliament in Ireland—was appointed Ronan catholic agent,' or envoy, to this country in 1824 —an appointment in which he continued until the ad mission of Roman catholics into parliament in 1829 ex tinguished the necessity or pretext for .such an office. Whatever light, therefore, can he reflected upon the meaning of the oath taken by Roman catholics, from the most pet feet knowledge of the discussion preceding the establishment of that oath, of the intention of those who framed, of those who approved of it, and of those who professed"their readiness to take it, must be 2 expected from Mr. Macdonnell. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC OATH, &c. Whatever disinclination I may have hitherto entertaine d to a public statement of my construction of the Roman Catholic oath embodied in the relief bill of 1829, I feel that the contro versy respecting that solemn obligation has reached a crisis so awfully important in its bearing upon the moral and political fame of the Roman Catholic community, and more especially upon one who had been, for several years, officially involved in their proceedings as I have been, that I could not without great derilection of duty towards all parties, abstain, any longer, from the declaration of my sentiments, and a development of the grounds upon which they rest. * 'a * * It is certainly not intended that the relief bill of 1829 bhould provide new facilities for catholics to injure the church establish ment-, This will be admitted on all hands : and yet it is not equally-:clear that their admission to seats in the two Houses of Parliament would have provided such facilities, if some correc tive hied notbeen also embodied in the bill. Now, it is obvious that the only corrective provided by the bill is the oath. Again, no man will be found so rash as to contend that, if the minister who framed and proposed the oath in 1829 had openly stated to parliament and the protestant public, at the time, that its ob ject was to recognise and establish the right of Roman Catholic members of both houses to legislate upon the rights and privi leges of the church establishment, such form of an oath, or any other form, accompanied by such an avowal of its object, would have been tolerated, for a moment, by the legislature. Surely, then, if the jealousy would have been so determined at that time, it cannot be deemed reasonable or just, at the present day, to attach to that oath a signification which would confessedly_ have ensured its rejection at the time of its formation. It will be seen, by-and-by, those restrictive obligations are not only not optiosed.to the avowed principles and desires of the Roman Catholic community, but are, on the contrary, in strict and ma nifest accordance with their uniform declarations, during a long succession of years, without one sjngle exception to that uni formity, that I can bring to mind; therefore the limitation can not be , deemed so unreasonable or so unexpected as some per sons would appear to consider it; and it is not unworthy of re mark, that the disproportion between the numbers of catholics and protestants in Ireland, and also the amount of the revenues of the establishment, were, at least, as highly estimated is hen the oath was framed in 1829, as at the present day. * * In fact, I have always considered, and am still decided in that impression,. that the oath of 1829 was framer* and proposed by the minister, and. adopted and enacted by the legislature, as a security against the hostile interposition of catholics, par ticularly catholic members of the two houses of parliament, in the affairs of the church establishment, including the property of that establishment. If we refer to the words of the act itself, and to the statements and explanations of the minister who in troduCed it, we shill find this fact placed, according to the best of myledgmenii,.~ beyond a possibility of doubt. The words of the net axe as fotlow : " 4nd he it enacted, that from and after the commencement of this act, it shall be lawful for anf person professing the Ro man Catholic religion,..being a peer, or who shall, after the commencement. of this act, be returned as a member of the House of Commons, to sit and vote in either house of parlia ment, respectively, being in all other respects duly qualified to sit and, vote therein, upon taking and subscribing the following oath, instead of the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and aliena tion." The part of the oath tc which I now refer is the following : " I. do swear that I will defend, to the utmost of my power, the settlement of property within this realm, as established by the laws; and I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly ab jure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, as settled by law within this realm, and I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the protestant religion, or protestant government, in the United Kingdom." * • * The former oath [the oath propos e d i n 1793) did not require an express general disclaimer of an intention to subvert the church establishment, but, perhaps, a cc id enta ll y li m i te d the obligation by adding the words:—" for the purpose of substi tuting a catholic establishment in its stead ;" whereas, the new form of oath, now used, pledges the catholic, generally, against an intention to subvert the establishment, whether for that pur pose or any other purpose, or without any specific purpose whatever. It also binds him " n ever " to exercise any privi lege, &c., to disturb "ur" weaken the protestant religion, " or" protestant government, in the United Kingdom; whereas the word " never" was not contained in the oath of 1793, and the copulative " and" stood in the place of the disjunctive " or," as appears by the following extract from that oath of 1793 : " I do swear that I will defend, to the utmost of my power, . the settlement and arrangement of property in this country, as established by the laws now in being. Ido hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the pre sent church establishment, for the purpose of establishing a ca tholic establishment in its stead; and I do solemnly swear that I will not exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb and weaken the protestant religion and pro testant government in this kingdom." Those who are conversant with former discussions, particu larly between catholics, as was noticed by the minister in 1829.. respecting the relative value of the conjunctive "and," and the disjusustive 'J or," as used in the oath, will feel the-materiality. of this relerence to the substitution of "or," for " and," as intended to constitute, if possible, a more direct and unequis vocal pledge of catholic faith, against any adverse or unfriendly , interposition of the newly acquired privilege against the church establishment. Assuredly, the substitution must have been in- - tended for some purpose or other, as must also the whole of this part of the oath. e * • * * The relief bill was introduced by Sir Robert Peel on the sth March, 1829. In the course of his unexampled speech, on that occasion, he observed:— " We have to reconcile two great objects—the restoration of civil and political privileges to the Roman catholics, with the full and perfect security of the rights of the established church." Again, after stating the terms of the new oath, and dwelling upon its power and obligations, he says :-- • So far as oaths can give security, this oath gives us all the security which we can expect." It cannot be doubted but that the only just conclusion from --.-- - - 1 these pro osition must be, that the object of the oath was to ROMAN CATHOLIC STATISTICS. — Let no t the proven-' establish p a security s against any hostile exercise of the parlia tants of England flatter themselves that they c an escape I i mentary privilege granted to the catholics, as affecting the if they are indolent or indifferent in this moment of clan- 1 rights of the church. What f o ll o w s i s s till m ore dire c t and ger and tribulation to their Irish brethren. The re- I material. On Monday, March 23d, the House of Commons l i j n ei t n h g e e o n a g tl a i g :— ed ' i ' " l elm) i s n w i p tte r e, th in the consideration of these words establishment of popery its Ireland is the object and pur pose with which the present ministry is formed. Lord d efend to the utmost of my power the settlement att i property will within c e d t oa this d r d e t a h l i e n s , e a words, blished by the laws;''Alr o John Russell and his colleagues have sought and gainedoesrd ta- 1. office on the faith of this sole assurance—that they would " including the glebe-lands, rejts lir si o n p d o- other hercditaments Or plunder the protestant church, drive the protestant popu- the protestant established church ;" and he added, "this amend lation into exile, and transfer the property which is now I ment will comprise all those matters which, in the conscience o ch f u a r p c a h pAst, N a l r r e not consered as the property of eosiblished devoted to protestant purposes to the propogation of the . .Secretary Peel rejected this hasoffive distrust popish creed. No wonder that O'Connell and his gang of.catholic sincerity. He Bahl— are in high glee ; they foresee some reward for the per- " I think the introduction of the proposed words quite urine juries which they have perpetrated. But let the people cessary. If the honourable member deems the ecclesiastical, as well as the lay property of the church not sufficiently secured of England take warning. If they connive at the exist by the decl , aratioi . a, d le o thiigo a little further, and he will find ence of a government founded on so hellish a principle, the words anyintention and Idisclaim disavow and solemnly and indebted for its momentary creation to means soherebyd abjure irupiotts—for by the perjured papists of th: , tail alone did spent, as settled by law within this realm.'" do not strain The secretary added this emphatic decl a rati on :—" as far as Lord John succeed in his motio n — if they every nerve to prove, by annihilating these traitors, words go, these afford ample security." their attachment to reli g ion and li berty , let them look The secretary (p eel ) again in r e ply t o an o bj ect i on o f M r. Estcourt said:— for a fearful retribution. " According to the form as it stands, the Roman ca.tholic rte- Do any flatter themselves with the hope that in Eng- t closes that he will defend, to the utmost of his power, the settle land there is nothing to apprehend from them ? Let them ' meat of property _as established by law; so that the w o rd s in read the following statement. : e l u d e e cclesiastical and other property. In the next clause he " A member of the society of friends has published an account is called upon. solemnly to swear that he never will exercise any of theincrease of the Roman catholics. He says it was stated , privilege to which he may be entitled to disturb or weaken the by the Reformation Society's Legate at Oxford last summer, s protestant religion or government of this kingdom. It seems to that the increase of their chapels is on the average of two a me that, coupling the d ec l aration he first makes with th e -o a th month. At Berruendses'a Roman catholic chapel is now builds he afterwards takes, it is sufficient. I beg to refer my hon. ink. and the attendants have increased in, that neighbourhood friend to the oath framed by Dr. Duigenan in 1794, it runs ' from 2110 to 3000, arid are very wealthy. On layin g the founda- thus:—' And Ido hereby declare, disavow, and solemnly abjure Lion stone of this edifice, the P u isi . sit Mayasine observes ' 'that any intention to subvert the present church establishment, tor for tar first time since the reformation t h ey had the proud gra- the purpose of substituting a Homan catholic estafili s b me nt i n. p re late with crcnier in hand, its sti.iiii.' 1114,1ibjettiou to that oath was, that a Roman siticaticm of witnessing the mitred THE LIVERPOOL , STAND ARD. catholic might swear that he had no intention to substitute a Roman catholic establisment instead of the protestant church, and yet that he might attempt to subvert the latter if he had no such intention of substitution. To meet this objection, I make the Roman catholic swear positively that he has no intention to subvert or injure." Again replying to other members he said : " I beg to ask whether the oath, as it now stands, is not suffi cient, recollecting that it is to be taken by members of parlia ment, for we are now only speaking OR in that view ?" Again, when rejecting another distrustful amendment, he said, with The same delicacy and confidence towards catholic feeling and sincerity as marked the whole course of his observa tions : " To call on the Roman catholics to swear, as I propose, is going to the extreme point to which I think that we can go with a person who is not of our religion—we are now speaking of the oath to be tendered to Roman catholics claiming seats in parli• meat." In the same spirit of confidence and delicacy towards catholic members, Mr. Secretary Peel objected to two other modes which had been proposed at other times, as securities against their hostile interposition; one was that they should be express ly excluded from taking part in discussions or measures affecting the establishment; the other was that catholics should be per mitted to speak, but not permitted to vote, on such questions. lie rejected both as being unnecessary, on account of the oath, and also as being impracticable without offering offence. In the 7th section of the declaration of the British Roman catholic bishops, it is expressly stated on the obligation of an oath, " He who takes au oath is bound to observe it in the obvi ous meaning of the words, or in the known meaning of the per son to whom it is sworn." Which declaration was adoptei in and circulated with " an address from the British Roman catho tics to their protestant fellow-subjects ;" to which are affixed the signatures of some of the most exalted and most estimable members of the whole British community. If it could be truly alleged that my construction of the intent of the oath would place it in opposition to the views and expec tations of the catholic body, some difficulty might be raised in reconciling it with the declared objects of the relief bill generally; but so far from being opposed to those -views and expectations, it was, on the contrary, in perfect unison and ac cordance with them. And here I may refer to the extract of a letter from an Irish Roman catholic peer, read by Mr. Wilmot Horton, in the course of the debate on the bill on the 18th of March, 1829, and who read fully at the same time the seventh section of the address of the British catholic prelates, to which I have referred, in refutation, as he stated, of any calumnious charges of the disregard of oaths by catholics. The right hon. gentleman is reported to have said, that noble person observed, in reference to .a proposal of restriction by Mr...Horton,— " That, in prohibiting the catholics from legislating upon the affairs of the established church, he (NIL. Horton) would exact no sacrifice, but, on the contrary, afford them a relief from a most disagreeable and irksome duty ; were it possible, indeed, (continuer' the writer,) to suppose that the catholics - - should be admitted to parliament unfettered by any restrictions or disqua lifications, I should feel it my duty to act under the influence Or such an opinion, and abstain from taking any part in the discussion, when the subje s ct of the privileges of the established church came under consideration." (Hear, hear.) In the year 1757, a declaration of principles was published by the catholics of Ireland under the superintendence of the truly illustrious Charles O'Couor, of Belenakire, Dr. Curry, a popular Irish historian, and Mr. Wyse, of Waterford - , a catholic gentle man in every stay worthy to be associated with such colleagues. The address was framed by Dr. O'Keefe, catholic Bishop of Kildare. It commences thus : _ _ _ " Whereas certain opinions and principles, inimical to good order and government, have been attributed to the catholics, the existence of which we utterly deny; and whereas it is at this time peculiarly necessary to remove such imputations, and to give the most full and ample satisfaction to our protestant brethren, that we hold no principle whatsoever, incompatible with our duty as men or as subjects, or repugnant to liberty, whether, political, civil, or religious— " Now we, the catholics of Ireland, for the removal of all such imputations, and in deference to the opinion of many re spectable bodies of men, and individuals among our protestant brethren, do hereby, in the face of our country, of all Europe, and before God, make this our deliberate and solemn declara. It proceeds to disclaim several imputed doctrines, almost in the terms subsequently adopted by Dr. Duigenan in 1793, in the formation of the Roman catholic oath, contained in the relief bill of that year. It concludes in the following terms ; " 9th. It has been objected to us, that we wish to.subvert the present church establishment, for the purpose of substituting a catholic establishment in its stead. Now we do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any such intention; and fiirther, if we shall be admitted into any share of the constitution, by our being restored to the right of the elective franchise, we are ready, in the most solemn manner, to declare, that we will not exercise that privilege to disturb and weaken the establishment of the protestant religion, or protestant government in this country." This declaration was afterwards republished and circulated in 1803, 1825, and 1829; arid, in fact, upon every occasion when the claims of the catholics were brought before parliament and the public. On the 23d of January, 1792, a petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland was introduced into the Irish House of Commons by Mr. O'Hara. It contained the following declaration : With regard to the constitution of the church, we are, in deed, inviolably attached to our own : First, because we believe it to be true ; and next, because, beyond belief, we know that its principles are calculated to make us, and have made us, good men and good citizens. But as we find it answers to ns, indi vidually, all the useful ends of religion, we solemnly and con scientiously declare, that we are satisfied with the present con dition of our ecclesiastical policy. With satisfaction we ac quiesce in the establishment of the national church ; we neither repine at its . possestions, nor envy its dignities; we are ready, upon this point, to give every assurance that is binding upon than." • In 1783, the Irish parliament passed an " Act for affording. relief to his majesty's popish or Roman catholic subjects of Ireland." It is stated to have been framed, particularly the oath, by the late Dr. Duigenan, of anti-catholic notoriety; and this fact would, of itself, - attach a 'character of cautious and zealous restriction to that obligation. The part of the oath now referred to is the following "I do swear that I will defend, to the utmost of my 'sewer, the settlement and arringement of property' in this country as established by the laws now in being; I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the pre- Sent church establishment, for the purpose' of substituting a catholic establishment in its stead; and I do solemnly'swear, that I will not exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled, to disturb or weaken the protestant religion and protestant government in this kingdom.—S6 help me. God." This oath has been ever since embodied or referred to, as a proof and pledge of our principles, in almost every speech that has been made by our friends in parliament, and every catholic petition to the legislature, address to the crown, or to our pro testant fellow subjects, speech at public meetings, pamphlet, tract, or letter to a .public journal, or evidence before parlia- Mentary committees. ' April, 1812, the petitions of the Roman catholics of Ireland were presented to the lords and commons, containing the follow ing declaration:— We beg leave humbly to state to this honourable house that we have publicly and solemnly taken every oath of fidelity and allegiance which the zealous caution of the legislature has, from time to time, imposed as tests of our political and moral prin ciples. By those awful tests we have bound ourselves, in the presence of the all-seeing Deity, whom all classes of christians adore, to be faithful and bear true allegiance, &c. And by the same solemn obligations, we are bound and firmly pledged to defend, to the utmost of our power, the settlement and arrange ment of property in Ireland, as e s tablished by the laws now in being. That we have declared, disavowed, and solemnly ab jured any intention to subvert the present church establish ment, for the purpose of substituting a catholic establishment in its stead. And we have solemnly sworn that we will not exercise any privilege to which we are or may become entitled, to disturb and weaken the 'protestant religion or protestant government in Ireland. We can, with perfect truth, assure this honourable house that the political and moral principles asserted by these solemn and special tests, are not merely in unison with our fixed principles, but expressly inculcated by the religion we profess. And we do must humbly trust that, as professors of doctrines which permit such tests to be taken, we shall appear to this honourable house to be entitled to the full enjoyment of religious freedom under the constitution of these realms. We can affirm with perfect sincerity that we have no latent views to realise, no secret or sinister objects to attain. Any such imputation must be effectually repelled, as we hum bly conceive, by the consideration of our numbers, ,our pro perty, our known principles, and character. Our object is avowed and direct; earnest, yet natural; it extends to an equal participation of the civil rights of the constitution of our coun try, equally with our fellow subjects of all other religious per suasions; it extends no further." The speech of the present Lord Brougham, in the course of the debate on that petition on the Nth April, 1812, will be found to convey an unanswerable illustration of the correctness of my . views. To these extracts, for we must hasten to a conclusion, we will merely add the evidence of Mr. O'conneil before the House of Lords' committee, in 1825—the evidence :of the Rev. Michael Collins before the same committee— the sixth resolution for bringing in the ,Roman catholic bill of 'lB2s—and Mr. Macdonnell i s own suraming.up of the argument : „ Daniel O'Connell, Esq., bitiiing been exam medlii&tre the same committee of the House of-Lords on the 11th Maid, 1825, deposed to the following effect (pages 537, 538) I am quite certain there is no provision that the legislature would think fit to make by law to prevent the possibility of 'any danger of a catholic ascendancy, which would not be most elteerfullyamd readily acceded to by the Irish catholics. "Of what nature do you conceive any such provisions could possibly be?—Only those provisions that would make the civil liberties of the catholics depend upon this; the non-intioduc tion of any law, that would have a contrary tendency. "Is there any . species of pledge upon that subject which the catholics, collectively or individually, would refuse to make ? I am convinced there is not; there is no pledge which the legis lature would require upon that subject that the catholic% would not be most ready to make; there is no provision which the legis lature could devise for that purpose that the catholics would not, in my judgment, readily and cheerfully accede to, so as to secure the state against any idea of a catholic ascendancy. " Is it possible to suggest any provision beyond the oath by which a catholic is now required to state that he will not make use of any power he receives in the state towaris the overturn ing of the protestant establishment ?—I do not think there is, except the connecting by interest with the protesta n t success i on, the catholic clergy as we ll as the catholic laity." I shall now turn to the evidence of the catholic ecclesiastics. The Rev. Michael Collins, then parish priest of Skibbereen, and afterwards catholic Bishop of Cloyne and Ross, was ex amined:— " Do you think, with respect to the establishments of the country, with respect to the existing protestant church establish ments, that that would not remain a cause of complaint and grievance ?—Not at all; the church establishment is a temporal establishment, as connected with the constitution of the coun try; they have no jealousy on that score. " Do von sincerely believe that, generally speakin g , i n th e minds of the Roman catholic clergy there is not any disposition to disturb or dispossess the protestant hierarchy ?—1 do most sincerely believe it, and would make the most solemn declara tion to that effect; I can undertake to say, that not a single catholic clergyman in Ireland will contradict what I aver, that they, as catholics, have no views whatsoever to the disturbance of the establishment." Again (page 75). ~" Do you think, when the disabilities were removed, that the Roman catholics as a body would acquiesce in the present settle- Went of' church property ?—I am satisfied they would." .Sixth resolution—" Resolved that such act of repeal and explanation should be accompanied with such exceptions and regulations as may be found necessary for preserving unaltera bly the protestant succession to the crown, according to the act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the lights and liberties of the subject, and for maint a i n i ng invi olate the protestant episcopal elm ich of England and Ireland, and the doctrine, government, and discipline thereof; and the elthreti of Scotland, the doctrine, worship, government, and' discipline thereof; as the same are by law respectively esta blished." lst.—lf those declarations of catholics, collectively and indivi dually, lay and ecclesiastical, commencing in the year 1757, and carried down uniformly till 1829, were not made for the purposes which I state—Query, for what purpose wete they made? 2nd.—lf those declarations, addresses, copies of catholic oaths, petitions, tracts, and other publications of catholic societies, and catholic individuals, were not circulated for the purposeS which 1 state—Query, for what purposes were they circu lated ? 3rd.—lf the evidence given by catholics, lay and ecclesiastical, before committees of parliament, was not given and circulated for the purposes which 1 state—Query, fur what purposes was it given and circulated? 4th.—lf the catholic oaths of 179:3, and 1829, were not framed for the purpose which I state—Query, fur what purpose were they framed ? sth.—lf the object of government and parliament, In 1829, had been to frame an oath in accordance with the declarations, petitions, addresses, publications, and former oaths of the catholics of both islands—Query, must they nut have framed a form of oath conformable to the views which I profess to entertain? fith.—lf the object of government and parliament in 1829 had' been also to frame an oath calculated to remove the honest alarms and calm the apprehensions of opponents, and to pro vide some security by form of oath, to be taken by catholic members of parliament, against the hostile exercise of their privileges, es such members, in interfering with the rights and privileges of the church establishment—Query, is not it unreasonable to suppose that they must have intended that the oath which they framed should be interpreted according to my construction of its obligations ? 7th.-11 the catholics had required that the oath of 1829 should be so framed as to enable catholic members of both houses to speak and vote iu support of measures for the severance and appropriation of the church property, or of any portion thereof—Query, is it likely that the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and the other members of the government at that time, would have framed and proposed to parliament an oath that would be intended by that government to admit of such interpretation ? Bth.—lf the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel had can didly stated to the King and the two - houses of parliament that such was the intent and object of the oath, as, no doubt, they must and would have done, if they had contemplated such a construction—Query, is it probable oecredible that the King or either house of parliament would have adopted any form of oath framed for such purpose, or have passed any bill of relief in which it would have been embodied ? I own that, if I could feel justified in pressing these queries upon the attention of some the catholic, nembers of the two houses of parliament, I should be much tOmpted to intrude one step farther, and to suggest that they might, with some advan tage, review their station with a degree of consideration not far removed from caution, lest it may, some day or other, and that, too, perhaps not a very distant day, be Made appear that, while they fancied themselves exercising the authorities and enjoying the dignities of command, they were, after all, really filling the parts, not of masters and directors, but of` follovrers and instru ments; and that their advanced positiOn, at the head of the legions of the movement, was not so much that of chieftains as of pioneers. I sin disposed to guard any obstinate or ill-advised opponent to my views against holding the notion, that an acquiescence in my sentiments would connect us with the maintenance or re vival in any degree of the old ascendancy.. Such a statement or insinuation would be opposed to justice and to truth. The catholic oath did not originate with protestants; it was not pro testant, either in its conception, its birth, or its growth. It is substantially, literally, purely, emphatically, a catholic oath ; suggested by catholics, desired by catholics, conceded to catho lics, framed in the spirit, and almost in the terms, proposed by catholics, and taken by catholics. The declaration of 1757 em bodied that spirit and tuggested the oath, as we have already seen, nearly forty years before the oath was enacted by the pro testant parliament of Ireland in 1793: The petition of 1792 also aided in the suggestion. And as to the oath of 1829, it was preceded not only by that declaration 0ff757, hut by every one of those pledges, decla ra ti ons , petitions, and other publications voluntarily emanating from catholics of both countries to which I have referred; and, I am well convinced, I could truly add, by hundreds, nay, thousands of others of similar import. The fact being, that the protestant connexion of that oath of 1829, "bath this extent, no more," that a protestant parliament re duced to the form of an oath, the professions, pledges, disposi tions, and declarations of the catholics. • I conclude, therefore, with the repetition of my early declara tion, that if I were a member of either house of parliament, I should not feel myself at liberty to vote or speak in support of any measure having for its object the severance of any portion of the church property from the establishment, for any purposes whatever; and I should, of course, feel equally bound - to decline being, directly or indirectly, connected with any resolution or other proposition involving, expressly or by implication, a re cognition of the principle of such severance. Indeed, the more vague and indistinct such resolution or proposition might be, the more direct and resolute should be my abstinence from any participation in its support. Ido not presume to direct the conduct of others, but I desire to possess myself, as I now do, of the means to prove, if necessary, at any future period, for the vindication of my own consistency and good faith, or the fame of my country, that he who had been, for some years, the agent of the catholics of Ireland, if he did not control what he con scientiously considered to be the erroneous course of others, had, at least, raised his warning voice against a course which, in his opinion, tends, directly and expressly, to justify, not the confidence and promises of friends, but the distrust and predic tions of enemies : a fact, inglorious and gallin though it be, which a perusal of the debates in the House of Commons, even for the single month of March, 1829, would most painfully, but not less unquestionably, establish. So far as to the Roman catholic members of the two houses of parliament. One word, now, as to the proteitant members, or rather, to speak more correctly, I should, perhaps, say, those members who are not Roman catholics. Nothing could be more simple or speedy than the course which it is in the power of any one of them to pursue, who may question my Views ; moreover he would possess the enormous advantage is having the most recent precedents in favour of that courso. 444 u mcmuor (not Roman catholic) give notice, on the reassembtbig of parliament, in each house, that he will, on an early day, to be then fixed, " call the attention of the house" to the $o to catholic oath, and that he will move, also, for a "call of the house," and all that sort of thing, in the way of awful note of preparation. Let him, accordingly, on the day appointed, propose a resolution to the following effect:—" That the Roman catholic oath contained in the catholic relief act of 1829 was not intended to be any security to the church establishment, or to ,CPntrol Roman ca tholic members, of either house or parliatnent, in the exercise of their privilege of voting or speaking in parliament ; or to guard against their introducing or supporting, any resolution or other measure for altering the present settlement of the church properly, or severing any portion thereof from the church esta blishment." -4 Without inconveniently embarrassing the House of Lords, by any reference to their judgment on the matter, it might, perhaps, be considered just as well to lecve it altogether to the commons and the crown ; and an address to his majesty might be moved, or, at least, threatened, humbly, most humbly, of course, sub mitting the above resolution to his majesty's most gracious consideration, and soliciting, but not at all demanding, the royal assent thereto. !'here are some very peculiar reasons why I should look for ward with more than common curiosity to the speeches of some of his majesty's present ministers on the occas►on, and to the royal reply which would be given, under their advice. We will not add a word, because we cannot add a word that will not weaken the force of Mr. Macdonnell's rea soning. This pamphlet must settle the question as be tween the ehristians of England on one side, and the per jured (perhaps innocently, because from religious feeling perjured) Roman catholics, and their oold and flagitious suborners on the other. We hope that pains will be ta ken to place Mr. Macdonnell's pamphlet in every hand before a week shall have passed away. So important do we consider it, to the permanent mural interests of the country, as well as to th%,interests for the time in jeo pardy,that we should affhost wish the learned gentle man's address to constitute until every one of its state ments and arguments shall be indelibly impressed upon the minds of 'the people, almost the exclusive reading of our fellow subjects. Imports. • WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Royal Mint, Rossall; fm Jamaica, with 3.59 hds 12 tcs sum, 56 pns rum, 15 tcs 3 hf tcs coffee, 4 tcs pimento, abt 171 t logwood, abt 15 t ebony, 80 lancewood spars, 48 dry hides, 1 bx arrowroot, 2 kgs tama rinds, 700 coco nuts, J B Yates and co-10 hds • sugar, J Redmavne -13 lids rum, J Cartmel-30 tes coffee, J Ridley-30 do, Order —5 pkgs wearing apparel, abt 10 tlogwood, J Ridley-6 pns ruin, Order—a eke sugar, 2 tea coffee, 50 lancewood spars, It Sproat—Cg Dk Lima Packet, Cunningham, fin Trinidad - , with 299 lids 110 brls 12 tea sugar, W Carlisle-26 hds do, G and J Smith 3 hds I brls hf brls do, 3:1 ps Bgnum vita:, 2 hf brim coffee, I'bx ginger and jelly, 2 has ar rowroot, 1 bx cocoa paste, 2 jars tamarinds, 1 cse sweetmeats, 1 jar pickles, Ibx peppers, Order—a cords dunnage wood, For Exportation —Q Dk • SOUTH - AMERfCg.,.• • Reform, Guild, fm Buenos *Ayres 'stud yore. Video, with (from Buenos Ayres, 1585 salted ox hides, 50'1lninz Ary ox hides, 55 bales mixed horse hair, 35 bales sheep skins,.:l 1%114a 5- horse hides, 1 bale biscacha and 4 baks natri,a Order—Misled ox hides, .1 Green and co-1073 do, 3 hxs B minitifactures , ll Carbile and co-20;a00 ox hones, C and J C Shaw—(from Monte Video) 30 bales horse hair, 15 bales horse hides, Order —K Dk UNITED STATES.' Mulgrave Castle, Wlldredge, fin New York, with 1 hd sarsaparilla, F Rea-6 es conts unkn, Order—lo bales wool, Baring, Bros arid co— abt 88 t Cam peachy wood, Order-881 t fustic, 'J Hobson and Sons -173 bales cotton,' liathbone, Bros and co-93 t Cuba fustic, S Boult -20 t fustic, 20 chts coots unkn, 1 bls jalap, 6 hales sarsaparilla, Leech and Harrison-4 cs conts unkn, Durand and M.Farlane-1 ppe wine cased, H Muire-65 t Savanilla fustic, Rathbone, Bros and cu-2 chts ,clothing Mrs Crane—Q Dk Mary'Hudson, 'Johnson, fin Charleston, with 10596 bus paddy, Watson, Simpson & co-115 bags cotton, W Stewart-20 do, W Bower and Sons-101 do, J Greaves-8 do, A Taylor and co-1 brl grist, C Simpson—G Dk g-.bippinq Etna lignite. TUESDAY, APRIL 2S.—Noon, Wind E.—Fresh breeze. ARRlVED—Elizabeth, Gibson, from Ardglass—Ballinasloe, Jones, Dublin—Nancy, Sloane, Dublin—Wellington, Evans, Cardiff—Catha rine, White, Dundee—Tiger, M'Alpir), Glasgow and Greenoek—Wil liam and Mary, Donaldson, linapdale—Marys, M•Garven, Drumore —Flora, Duff, Port William—Shawtield, M'Gilvray, Islay—Zephrr, Gentle, Glasgow—John O'Gaunt, Park, Lancaster—Queen Adelaide, Watterson, Campheltown—Woodcock, Wright, Chester. - - . - - • - Samtn—Racer, Dunn ; and Boyne, Forster, fur Madeira—Parsee, M•Kellar, Bombay—Aretbusa, Hutchinson, Barbados—George Cabot, Martin: and Charles Ferdinand, Nl•Kenzie, for Havana—Christopher Columbus, Huelin, Bay Chalet:T.—Robert, Gardner; and Mary Laing, Shearer, for Montreal—Lian Rumney, Mosey ; and Camperdowtr, Farrage, for Miramichi—Quintin Leitch, Mackay : Samuel, Jameson ; Catherine, Cowan ; and John, Raisbeck, for Quebec—Reward, Tickle, Restigouehe—Transfer, Wakehain ; Eliza Ann, Carruthers Camilla, Corkill ; Maria, Blake ; Eaveretta, Skinner; and Quebec Packet, Brough, for Newfoundland—William, Lamour, Charleston—Arcadia, Donaldson ; and Elizabeth, Wilson, for New Orleans — Matchless, Bence, Vera Cruz—lris, Watts, B a hi a —Arethusa,Turner, Ancona, &c—Amphitrite. Davie, Leghorn—Mariotc, Storey, Charente, &c Gesina, Truly. Amsterdam—Maria Brandt. Grotian, Archangel— F.dmond. Monk, Copenhagen—Wilhelrnine, Hammer; and Antonio, Spelman, for Elsineur—WO - hitahrt. Kruger, Hanzburgh—Thomas Ba ring, Payne, Marva—Andrea, Christen, Ostend—Acorn, James, Riga —Vigilant, Langdon ;.Flora, Rooderkirk ; Vier Gebroedera, Bakker; Hoop, Guyt; and Industrie, Vander Duenbooden, for Rotterdam— Flora, Knutson, for Tonsberg. The Cestrian, Killock, from Bombay, at Calcutta, the 29th Dec. Magnet. M'ltlinn, hence and Rio de 3nneiro, at Calcutta, do. Fuerie Qucene, Snipe, from the Mauritius, at do. Brian Born. Harrison, from Manilla, at Singapore, rd sailed 4th ' December for this port. - Rival, Briscoe, hence, at Jamaica, in 42 days, Isabella, Tait, from Demerara, at Leith. The Paddy of Cork, —__—, from Trieste for this port, off Milford. WRECK•PJEAR RHYL—At four this morning, the flat Thomas. of Liverpool, John Pye, master, sunk in the Channel, near Rhyl. The crew, consisting of three men, took to the rigging, where they re mained until eleven, when they were rescued" from their perilous situation by the Point of Ayr life-boat. At the time a messenger arrived at die life-boat station, requiring assistance, the boat was at the West Hoyle, where she was sent at six o'clock in the morning to the assistance of the No. 1. Liverpool pitot-boat e which had a very narrow escape from being lost. OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY, SLATER-STRE E T, Established A.D. 1820. New Patients admitted during the month of April Patients prescribed for, and who have received•surgical assist ance during the month of April Number since the commencement 19,222 Consulting Surgeon. Mr. Christian. Surgeons. Mr. Edwards and Mr. Neill.—Treasurer.:Mr. J. Knowles. Visiters, Rev. T. Bold and Mr. liannier. • WEDNESDAY, APRIL W.—Noon, Wind E.—Fresh breeze. • Aanivan—The Orpheus, Burnley, from NeW York, sailed Ist inst. 23d instant, in lat. BO 50, lorig. 11, spoke - the south America. Water man, hence for New York. 27th, off Bardsey, spoke the Napoleon, Smith, hence for New York. ALSO ARRIVED—Fame, Beattie, from Carrickfergus—Nancy, Sloan, Dublin—Hugh Ha w th orn , &hi e ly, P or t William—William and Mary, Donaldson, Cameheltown—Severn, Scott, Carlisle—Marys, Girvin, Dromore—Catherine, White, Dundee—Margaret, Williams, Newport —Eliza Sanders, Sanders, from Poole. SAILED—Laura, Tobin, for Demerara-.-Prince Regent, 'White ; Au rora,. foals ; and Eliza, Fox, for Quebec—Santuel,Westray ; Shannon, Thompson ; and Argus, Kirkhough, for Newfoundland—Borodino, Hayward, New Orleans--Susannah Cumming, Patterson, New York —Mary Worrall, Smith, Buenos Ayres—Vesta, Orfeur, Constanti nople, &c—Zior, Toft, for Narva. The Avoca, Boadle, from Bahia, at the Cape of Good Hope, 9th Feb. and sailed llth for Bombay. Euphrates, Hannay, hence, at Calcutta, 2d January. • The Capricorn, Smith, from Ascension; Hero of Malown, Smith, from Bombay, at the Cape of Good Hope. Irt, floadless, from Calcutta, at St Helena, Ist ultimo, and sailed 4th for this port. • London, Nl'Clean, was to sail from Calcutta for this port. Ist Jan. The Arab, -, from Java, off the Cape o f Good Hope. Morley, Douglas, from Ceylon ; and Indian, Cook, from Manilla, at St Helena, St Leonard, Gun, from Calcutta for this port, at Saugor, 24th Feb. Nancy, Berriman, from Monte Video, at Havana. Eliza Kiiiicl., Wauzli, hence, at Cape llaytien. Manly, Davies; and Andes, Taylor, from Buenos Ayres, at Bahia. Beirain. Easter, hence, at Constantinople. Margaret Hightlekl, Thom, from. Leghorn, at Palermo. Mary Ann, Winter, hence, at Smyrna. Express, Wells, hence, at Gibraltar. Bruckton, Harvey, from Santa Martha, at Marseilles. Scio, Teasdale, from Constantinople, at Smyrna. Mary Ann, Tucker, hence, at Cuxhaven. Lune, Pearson, hence, at Ilelvoet. Vriendschap, Klein, hence, at the Texel.- Sybil, Cuthbert-son, hence, at Cork, 24th instant. (general Coffin, Andrews, from St John, N B, at the Cove of Cork. The Paragon, Fraser, from Demerara; the Arethusa, Boyd, from Trinidad; and the Roger Stewart,. Kerr, from Charleston, at the Clyde. _. • Emery, Marshall, from Matanzas, at Cowes. Hope, Tyson, from New York, off Dartmouth. Emma, Nelson, from St Domingo and Nassau, in the Downs. The Comet, —, from Charleston, at Dover. Olive Branch, Dyer, from Sayan iah, at. Dartmouth. The Malabar, Fiicker, from Bombay ; and the Theodosia, Ryan, from the Mauritius, at Portsmouth. Henry and Sarah, —, from St Jago de Cuba, at Swansea. The Janverin, Paton, from Bahia, at the Isle of Wight. The Nereid, Langtree, from Valparaiso, off Swansea, The TWo Sisters, Robinson, from Belfast for St Petersburgh, struck on It sunken rock near Tubermory, the . 20th instant, and. sustained considerable damage. A great many casks of butter, and one cask of coal tar, were picked up yesterday between Colwyn and Llandulas River. The Commerce, Long, from Yarmouth for this port, at Holyhead, with loss of jib-boom, and very leaky. The Hero, Mostyn Packet, sprung a leak off the Floating Light yesterday evening, and went down near the Fl oa ti ng Li g ht— crew an d passengers saved by the Druid steamer. The Litherland, Hawkins, hence ,for Barbados, was spoken 16th instant, in lat. 49, long. 11. The Maria, Ford, hence. for Savannah, was spoken 23th ultimo, in lat. 29 30, long. 74 40. The Douro, Little, from Antigua, at Whitehaven, sailed 22d March. The Thetis, Gill, was to sail for this port on the 2 - 3 th. The Ranger, Stewart, from this port, arrived on the 20th. On the 23d instant, off Wexford ; spoke the brig Cumbrian, Roper, hence for.Carbonear. CAPE or GOOD Horn, Feb. 21.—The Thomas Dougall, Brown, from Singapore for Liverpool, which arrived here 19th instant, in a leaky state, must discharge the cargo to be hove down. DEI•egRARA, March I.—The Blucher, Sewell, from Liverpool, is being hove down for examination. GABFAY„ , tpril 25.—The Caroline, of St John, N B, laden with tim ber, was fallen in with dismasted and abandoned, off the coast of Clare, 23d instant, and towed into Liacannor Bay, near Malbay. THURSDAY. APRIL 30.—Noon, Wind E.—Fresh breeze. • - • Anntvan—Diana, Hawkins, from Hull—Despatch. johns, Cardiff —Leeds, and William Huskisson, (steamers) from Dublin—Vulcan, (steamer) from Glasgow. Florence, Smith, hence for New Orleans, was spoken 17th March, in lat. 24, long. 81. Avoca, Boadle, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for Bombay, II th February. Judith, Ager, hence, at Guitamala. Courier, Nelson ; and Robert Finnie, Ward, hence, at Lima. David Grant, —, from Valparaiso, at Lima. Lady Cor nwa ll, —, from Iquique, at do, and would leave for this port about 21st January. Diligent, Johnson, from St Domingo, at Cove., Sybil, Cuthbertson; and Felicity, Regnan, hence, at Cove. Jane, —, hence, at Dublin. James Carkie, Young, from London, at New York.-Ist March, in lat. 42 33, long. 56, saw a British ship, timber laden, with loss of rudder, 8,1 c., but could not render her any assistance, in consequence of the heavy sea. Yo RR, March 28.—The mainmast of a brig, with all the rig ging, sails, Ste., was seen 20th instant, near Nantachet, supposed to have belonged to a vessel wrecked on the shoals. The hull of a brig, with jib-boom and bowsprit only standing, was seen on shore near Truro, 24th instant, painted black, with a white streak. PRICES OF SHARES. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30, 1835. Liverpool Coal Gag .. Liverpool New Oas and Coke Company, £100 New Shares, premium £5O Liverpool and Harrington Water Works Bootle ditto Exchange Buildings ' Liverpool and Manchester Railway, £lOO paid 200 0 0 Ditto Old Quarters ' 25 - 48 0 0 Ditto New Quarters - 47 10 9 Bolton and Leigh ditto - 80 0 0 Ditto - 20 0 0 Warrington and Newton ditto - 106 10 0 Kenyon and Leigh ditto lOO - 120 0 0 Wigan Branch ditto - 89 10 0 Preston and Wigan North Union Line ditto 2O - 5 0 0 St. Helens and Runcorn Gap,ditto., • • . lOO - 70 0 o Leicester and Swannington ditto - 52 10 0 Stockton and Darlington ditto - 298 0 0 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway so saysrl Irsoninl • Leeds and Selby Railway - 100 0 0 Grand Junction ditto ~..• 30 -- 37 15 0 London and Birmingham ditto 35 - 42 10 0 Bank of Liverpool lO - 14 5 0 Bank of Manchester 25 --- 32 0 0 Manchester and Liverpool District Bank l5 - 20 5 0 Commercial Bank of Liverpool lO - 13 5 0 Liverpool Marine Assurance Company 25 -- 25 0 0 Oldham Gas Light and Waterworks - 17 5 0 Manchester Fire and Life Assurance Co lO - 977 6 Ocean Assurance Company .10 - 10 0 0 Northern and Central Bank of England lO - 10 18 6 - 90 0 WANTED. Exchange.Shares—Liverpool 114 swGes•and•Coke Shares—Mersey and !melt. RICHARD DAWSON. Share Broker. LIVERPOOL BANKRUPT BUSINESS. FRIDAY, MAY 1. HOUR JOSEPH WHITTEN, merchant, audit and proof of debts, at Mr. Morecroft's office, 32, Church-street, at..... .. .. SAMUEL MASON, liquor-merchant, audit, Clarendon Rooms, at 12 Final dividend, at... ipms MET, tailor, audit and proof of debts, at the Clarendon Rooms, at • -- 6• • • SATURDAY, MAY 2. THOMAS PYKR, corn-merchant, audit, at Mr. Leather's office, Clarendon Buildings, at • 12 Jam% WHITTEN, merchant, final dividend, at the Clarendon Rooms, at 1 Joni( HART, tailor, final dividend, at the Clarendon Rooms, at 2 MONDAY, MAY 4. SAMUEL Senormn, Oldham, grocer, dividend, at Mr. Payne's office, Duke-street, at ll JOHN HODGKINS, brush-mannfacturer, audit, at the Clarendon Rooms, at • Final Dividend, at TnomAs MARSHALL MYERS, salt-broker, audit, at Mr. Samuel Brabner's office, 17, Fenwick_street, at 1 TUESDAY, MAY 5. meeting, at the Clarendon Tmaxiis ß W oom Ao s t , s a Y t , merchant, 2d WEDNESDAY MAY 6. THOMAS ASHCROFT and JAMES TILSToN, timber-merchants, • dividend, at the Clarendon Rooms, at 1 THE WORK HOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of Paupers in the Workhouse, fur the week ending PAUPP.R9. PER HEAD. PER WERE. April 18, 1835 1732 ls. 81d £l49 4 ii April 19.'1834 1771. ......... Is. 11id........ 171 12 - 2 Less 49 Less Os. 2itt Less 22 14 9 -- Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor, week ending April 27, Ism 2216 families, per week.....£261 410 April 28, 1834 2229 Less 13 More £7 10 10 LIVF;RPOOL DISPENSAhIES. Nunit,er of new patients entered on the s hooks of the Dispensaries during the last.meek:— Smith. North. Total. eeei red advice and medicine at the Institution. 223 284 507 Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine. Total at each Dispensary 304 412 716 VISITORS. North—Mr. J. H. Smith, Mr. G. Prevost, and Mr. Stubbs, junior. South—Mr. Jordan, Rev. F. Mdrphy , and Rev..J. H. Thom. LIVERPOOL INFIRMAR.Y REPORT. From the 2d to the 30th April, 1835. DISCHARGED. A DM TTTI{D. In-patients cured . , Relieved and at own request 19 Made Out-patients Irregular Dead In-patients Out-patients Casual during t I. P. .... l5 the last *Heel: 5 01P 0 Remain in the house 9Ol, Consulting Surgeon ; Mr. Forshaw. House'VLsitors, Mr. Parker, Mr. Huddleston, and Mr. Drinkwater. Chaplain, Davies.—Huuse Surgeon, •Mr. J. Long. LOCK HOSPITAL: Discharged 35 I Admitted....... 31 In the Hospital 45 FOREIGN MAILS. PLACES. France v. Malta. (via France,) Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and Turkey Portugal Sweden and Norway Gibraltar Malta and the Mediterranean Madeira, Azores,Canary& Cape de Verde Islds 1 Rio de Janeiro and Brazils Buenos Ayres, Montevideo; Chili, and Peru Jamaica, St. Dontingoolutl Havannah.. Mexico, Cuba, and Honduras Leeward Islands and Demerara 1 Jamaica lod llOrients }1 Carthatten a and La Guayra .... North America Spain .. Ifolland Ind the Nethteanda . Germany . .Switteriand.nennunit, Prussia. Rus 'l au, and the North of Ett.-ope POST-NIGHTS. Monday, Tueiday, Thursday, and Saturday. Monday: Thursday. Monday before the, ta - st Tuesday in every month. ; ,Tuesday before the. third Wednesday ; in everymonth. • On tin' 14th and last day of 'every month. Tuesday before the first Wednesday in every month. Monday and - 'Thursday. r:1 'IBU. dilantto. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 30. The sales in Cotton since Monday have been limited, not exceed: ing 6,000 bags, at a decline of ad , tf , lb from the highest point 1 0 ' week. LIVERPOOL CORN I WHEAT, 4p' 701 h. s d s d English, new red, 5 9 , 2 ti 6 Do. old 0 0.. 0 0 Do. new white Do. old 0 0.. 0 0 Scotch, white 5 10 .. 6 2 Do. red Irish, new red Do. old 4 11 .. 5 5 Do. new white Do. old 5 A .. 5 10 Dantzig. red Do, white Stettin. red 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. white 0 0.. 0 0 Conigsherg, red 0 0.. 0 0 Do. white Riga & Petersburg 0 0 .. 0 0 Odessa Russian. hard 0 0 0 0 Canada, red 4 9 .. 6 3 Du. white Bonded Wheat RYP, imp. gr. English and Foreign, free 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. in bond BARLEY, If imp. qr. English, Malting 3l 0 .. 36 0 Do. Grinding.6oth 3 10 .. 4 0 Irish, Malting, do. 4 1 .. 4 4 Do. Grinding, do. 3 7 .. 3 10 Foreign, d. p. do. 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. n b0nd....,, 0 0 .. 0 0 O i ATS, 4,451 h. English, new Do. old 0 0 0 0 Scotch, Ike' new., 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. old 0 0 ..• 0 0 :XCHANGE, Apair, 30. OATS, r 45/15 S d Irish, n. kilndried 3 0 0 Do. old do. Do. prime, 42113 3 21.. 1, 1 ; Do. do. o ld . 3 3.. u ; ; Foreign, free 0 0 ° ' Do. in bond . 0 0 v PEASE, 47 imp. qr. white Foreign, white 38 0 44 • BEANS, W imp. qr. English, new Do. old 3B 0 .. Foreign, free 37 0... 40 v, s Do. in bond 0 0 .. 0 Irish, new Do. old 34 0 .. 3/ • 1 M ILT. 4,- imp. qr. rA 0 English ....... 54 0.• Its Inv. , : CORN, im qr. Red White FLOUR, 4, 280tb. English. fine .. • Irish, 2,15, new ~,,.'" t Do. fine American. sweet, per bri. free.... 0 0 " Do. in bond 25 0 Do. sour, free.... 18 0 19 e Do. in bond .„, 0 0 , Canadian, free 0 0 v Do. in bond 0 0.. 0 ° OATMEAL, 'f 240/8 Enelish,,nevir .... 0 0.. ° Irish, new Do. 01d..., . 24 o'., 24 n ARAN. 2416 0 0.. A LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, Arent Wht. 1 Brly. l Oats. I AVERAGN a d d i a s A Of the week Of 6 weeks, regulating duty 39 9 32 3 22 7 I Duty on Foreign IMPORTATTON OF !ORN FO Wheat Barley Malt English ' 8.503 1593 1 1 6805 Scotch ~O 349 180 I ,51 ~ Irish ..• ..• -- 1468 I -- licit. Colonies --- Fort-ign l2BO 1 243?, , Rye. Ens. sd s - 31 11 36 11 30 2 36 .4 24 3 15 6 Peto• SS 1 1 36 is 6 THE LAST Intim. Oats Beans Peas 2149 734 61 5072 ' 160 75 17106 - ---- t, LIVERPOOL PROVISION . MARKET, • 30. The stock of dry Butter is much reduced, and to 3s hate in . .. 56 ,..„ 2 1 instances been realised a b ove our quotations. Pickled is witPu" alteration. Beef And Pork continues in good request. la / 246° ' Lard, or Hams, we 4o not note any alteration. I. U. 1. 0. , BuTTER.--Betfait 74 0 6 80 a per cml• Banbridge • - 68 0 -- Colerain.,. - • OO 0 .- 00 0 --- Sligo ~., OB. 0 70 0 -•-•-• Derry' . ".._• .. 70 0 73 0 --• Waterford, neW — 102 0 107 0 ...--' Limerick....t.,.. . - Cork 2r, 0 0 -•-• 0 0 --+ Do. pickled 2t Ml. new BO 0 0 0 --. Do. dry ads, new Newry.... , 6B 0 70 0 ......... Do. dry Ist, new Dundalk 0 Carlow 7l 81111 1 .—New Prime Mess 95 New India 105 Pont. ... 46 Do. Bscov, new 32 Do. old DRY HAMS 43 WET Do _ _ 3O L: ' o— -00 -- O 82 0 -- O 102 6 per tierce. O - -110 0 0 5 2 6 perbarrel; 0 30 0 per bar re " o n 34 0 per civt- ' 0 0 --- 0 45 0 --- 0 34 0 ,AKl3.—Firicin ' 46 0-- Bladdered 49 0 -- LIVERPOOL AGRICULTI 8. d. s, d. Hay , 0 8! 0 4if 20th. New Hay 0 0 0 0 - Clover Hay 0 7 0 10 - Straw, Wheat 0 75 0 9 - Straw, Oat 0 7 0 8 - Green Clover 0 0 0 0 - RAL MARKET, APRIL 3CL Potatoes. ldo 2. s . gl 9°l* Cattle Potatoes I 1 1 3 ---"" tOgi Turnips 0 0 0 0 per Carrots 0 0 0 0 Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 -" 4 " Mantrr. 7 ft o✓' An account of Cattle imported from Ireland into Liverptiol, frost eh° 22d to the 28th instant, inclusive :-590 Cows, 194 Sheep, 371 Lo ol o . ' 5061 Pigs, 79 Horses, and 2 Mules. WHOLESALE PRICES OF BALTIC AND Al Li V Hapoo t.:. d. .t.:. d. TIMBER, V cubic foot, Riga 0 2 6 Qs 0 2 8 Dantzig [ERIC4N TIMSS 14 April 30. 1836. NMI ZS 1 55 5. V load. of 5 0 feet. (10s. 4' load of ft' 59 . 47 load of 50 (to :Mme► 0 2 2 0 2 3 American Pine Do, Quebec 0 1 81 0 1 9 Red Pine 0 1 9 0 2 0 Quebec Oak Birch PLANKS. 4r foot of 2 inch. Dantzlg Deck American Pine 0 0 21 0 0 31 DEALS,I? standard hundred. Best Petersburg lied Do. White 14 10 0 15 0 0 Memel Red l6 0 0 17 0 0 Dantzic & Swedish Red:l4 10 0 15 10 0 £44 cur 120. a £2 ss. a Al 10s. *l t ' £l9 rd ANC it°' LIVERPOOL TIDE. TABLE. Days. i t f Mrn. Ran. 1/t. .1 , Festirals. ' MAY. g. H. M. I T r. Way l,O DT al4 r 4 ISt Philip and St James. Saturday.— 2 131 147 15 4 Length of day 1 th. 46m. SUNDAY 3 2 4 222 14 2 2c' Sunday after Easter. Monday 4 242 3 5 12 7 Length of night 9h. 6h. Tuesday Wednesday 6 440 I 517 10 10 St. John the Evangelist. Thursday BIRTHS. - - - - On Wednesday, the 22d ult., in Rodney-street, Mrs. Hoyes, of a O n. On Sunday last, at Clapham, New Park, the lady of George no wt° Watson, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On Saturday the 18th ult., at St. Botolph's, Aldgate, Mr, W - I. t Richardson, of Cambridge=heath, Hackney, to Mary Ann, eld es daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Towers, of America-square, The lady is niece to Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, in this town. On Tuesday the 21st ult., at Preston, J. B. Dickson, E.g., solk' it°r i of Preston, to Margaret, second d aug ht er o f J o h n Bi r l e y ESq• ° Wood-end. On Thursday the 23d ult., at Kil'neon, by the Rev. J. Beresford; A.M., the Rev. George Gough Gubbins, of Sybil-head, rounti Kerry, to Dorothea Jane, eldest daughter of Edivara Purdue, Pq" of Lisnabin Castle, county of Westmeath, and niece of the 1 31511°P of Cork and Ross. On Friday last, at Stockport, Mr. Joseph Barlow, of Heaton NO to Mrs. Mary Wood, of Brinnington, in the county of Chester. g On Tuesday last, at St. Mary's, St o k e N ew i ngton, b y t h e Rey'. N. Taylor, A.M., rector; Mr. Samuel Lewis, to Martha, second daug b ' ter of Daniel Curling, Esq., of Canonbury. Same day, at Beddington, in Surrey, by the Rev. Edmond Stronlif George, eldest son of John Scovell, Esq„ of Carshalton, to Geca tt. ' third daughter of Thomas Bigge, Esq., of Beddington. 'Same day, at Christchurch, Mary-la-Bonne, London, the , Re'', Sanderson Robins, M.A., t o C aro li ne G er t ru d e, y oun g est daughter °' the late Mr. and Lady Caroline Barham. Same day, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. R. Davies, l‘f r ' Francis Henry Dixon, to Miss Mary Ellen Harper, both of this to 10.; Same day, at the Catholic Ch a p e l, St. P e t er ' s, Bi rm i ng h a m. sad afterwards at Handsworth Church, Mr. James Gibson, of this toWat to Anne, youngest daughter of Mr. Hardman, of Birmingham. On Wedneiday last, by special licence, by the Rev. M. S. OpPe tv i helm, Mr. Bebrend , to Maria, only daughter of the late Sam ° Hess, Esq. Same day, at_ Kirkby, the Rev. Henry Tatlock, B. A., to gi r l' daughter of John Johnson, Esq., of Whittleld.house, Kirkby. DIED, On Tuesday, the 14th nit, Captain C. 11. Johnstone, brother of the honourable member for Dumfries. Ile suddenly dropped down to the shop of Mr. Watt; ironmonger, Dumfries, and expired .in an instant. He had gone to town for the purpose of atterding the est' assembly. appointed for that night, and but a few minutes before th e fatal event was in apparent good health and spirits. The decea sed gentleman, who was in the prime of life, has left a lady and four or five young children, and, what renders his sudden death still mar e distressing, his now widowed lady is on the eve of her confinemen t * t On Sunday the 19th ultimo, at the house of her son-in-law. 5 Heysham, near Lancaster, in the 66th year of her age. Jane, th e widow of the late Thomas Rawithorne, Eaq., Merchant, of .Lang* lter. ,. On. Monday the 20th ultimo, at Woolton, aged 64, Mr. Pe w " Gascoigne. On Thursday, the 23d ult., after a short but painful illness. Elizabet h ' wife of Mr. Thomas Craven, of Toxteth Park, aged 26 years. On Friday last, Edmund Yates, Esq., of Fairlawn, Kent, and lac e ' Cheshire, aged 63 years. On Saturday last, Mrs. Jane Leader, relict of the late Captain Jarn e° Leader, (who was lost in the ship John M'Adana, from Montreal tI7 this port,) leaving an interesting little girl an orphan. Same day, Aon, wife of Mr. Henry Hughes, Toxteth Park. Same day, aged 37, Sarah, wife of Mr. Thomas Ibbison, Wood-street' Same day, aged 24, Miss Margaret Thomas, sincerely lamented I ' l all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. . Same day, aged 53 years, Mrs. Polding, of William Henry-street, Everton, much respected. ibira On Sunday last, after a few days' illness, Sarah Georgina , ' daughter of R. Skynner, Esq., of Mortimer-street, London, aged 11. Same day, at Chelsea, in her 20th year, Ellen, the youngest daugh ter of Bishop Hull, Esq., formerly of Dulwich, and now of Chelsea. /ler mild virtues, had she been spared, would have endeared her to soct etC as much as they did to her particular friends and relatives. Same day, aged 38 years, George Barton Prior, of Pembroke-P lace Academy. .• Same day, aged 22 years, John, only son of the late Mr. John Be'' son, Cable-street. Same day, aged 50, Mr. John Luck, fishmonger, of this town, mac h and deservedly respected. tbe Same day, at the Vicarage, •Wybunbury, near Nantwich, • 14th year of his age, Joseph, the eldest son of the Rev. James H S Y e' r On Monday last, in Portland-place, London, in the 80th year ho e age, Elizabeth Frances, widow of the late Samuel Smith, Esc!' Woodhall-park, Herts. air Same day, at his house, in Great George's-place, aged 4 7 Ye M. David Eddowes. On Wednesday last, Mr. Henry Sudlow, aged 36 years. LIVERPOOL : PRINTED AND.PUBLISTIRD EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING 13Y RICIMRD PATTISSON, 3 AtTgo. 4, NowrirCititacimr, Carrt.a-stwerr. Orders and -Adrertismitents are reetiaed by. Me t iira. Newton a n "Co., Warwick-square; Barker; Plect-street;..Peacon,, W alb/u ' a Riryneil, Chancel..v-Iml ; Lawsonftit Parker..Birchin-lane_Lj as .. Pa Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Corn.hill; Munden Hammond, NT , St bard-street; at Oarraway's; at the London Commercial CoPe4; house, Nlincing-lane; Jerus.alem Coffer-house, ; Char.. Coflee-house, Pater - poster - row; and North and South. An 3 4r,"' - „, Coffee-house, Threadneedle -street, London; hr Messrs. and Co., Dublin: Mr. M'Phnn,Glaszow; Mr. Wheeler.lCarit" n. -street, and Mr. Lewis, Market-street, Mitnebeater; M r. nlalkY Booksellei. Warrington; Mr. Clarke, Filet-offtte, Preston; Mr. Cave, 33, Union-street; Birminllhaau A S i ..;, r'6 ever Doc desir A. 011 .1.1111111 M . 1.........._. t. 7-...... , soocl : ••••••••••• Sail, callin only. 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