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CATHOLIC CLAIMS.

1 /ir GrItARD wltlidiaM the notice
he had gtvell, in Ltrmilittioug founded oil
the Petitions apilist the CA; holic Clai:;is, and in
cowl-corner of the itilr motion 111 SII piton el' the
l'riiuons is (avow of such (lamp.. Inv reason for
}ha course was. not that he had chair4rd l.it opi-
s,ionP tail the suliject, tar could be accused of ',icon-
pistency—lint hecause he had been nifornird it was
caleillattd to t whirl a.' Majeaty'a Ntifiliders;
and hr bl 00000 Itl ill execute his own intenti tttt s, if, in
don% any thing of that Port, lie sl Id throw em-
barrassments in the way of Governine,,t.
MAPI4GRMEtiT OF DEBT.
Mr. GBENFtI.I.IIIII, lie had rirrrtly stated his
intention to call the attention of the iltoilmr, after
the revers. lii the dodge inside against the public
fur the trautacting (lie hotline's relative in the na-
tional deist. lie wished to s-k the Chancellor of
the Exch.-veer, whether it wes his intention to re-
fer the matter to the consideration of the Finance
Committee, with a view of exon ttttttt g whether re.
lretichinefita might nut be made ? Jf lie understood
that that wits really so lie dune, he should decline
I.ltiati any step himself; but without a distinct ult.
tletmatakii.g 1141 It should be taken up by the
ttttt Lee ssittiout delay. lie should .frel lusestlf
hound to redrew the pledge he lied given, and 011
the a .dint day possible should wake a mow',
fur rt feitiaciptlie affair to a Committee of the napes

v %k

The CHANCELLOR of the Etc:HEVER said, IN!
subject had been under the consideration of ti.e
f;iivertiment. He had laid a cane before the
Officers of the Crown—and (Hs • we cook!
Innl received their opinion, which he should lay hr.
fore the Finance Colonnttee.
• Mr. Uargrzy.r. said, unless the matter wis
entered 101 l Ppretllly mud in earnest, hr should I. I
it his duty in call the llttentitm of the HMO. Wit,
A Member-(we believe Mr. N. Calvert) wild,
the subject of reference would coneuate a great iie
of the Commit ire't time,

GRENFELL apnirbenikl the [lon. (;e10:
wail had fallen n.u+ nit error ►.rpr(Ung the ►ui.l. (.‘
matter of rrfereoce to the entuntittee—it w•r
fitted merely to that branch of the public expend'.
lure incurred for the charge. of the nuenag-titett of
the outioori: drbt--Nod lo.temd of consumitig Di;
lite time ut the Corms:litter, hr was sure tit.t
days' consideration would he quite sufficient
ehesr the country whether arty wears alight L
wade to that imutiettlar.

mained surrounded by the Turks, who had on th::
plain erected a mausoleum to the memory of the
nephew of their chieftains who had fallen in the
battles thus shewing to the people the tate they had
to expect in the event of the triumph of the Turks,
and the altar on which their blood was likely to flow
in the hoar of victory. When Pare% at that period,
saw the Venetian Power fallen,conld it be lered
that, with their native feelings mod orethlections for
liberty, they should have looked to England, whom
was then flying in their seas, for pi merlin's ?
The French garrison wall at the time hemmed in
be the Turk.. the people knew rout whet to do,
8,0,1 they Hindierl to Lord Collingwood for assist-
alive. Ile relit C roam Iloste ; but the difficulty
was, how to give the people the requisite aid—for
11-14 countr, beirg at the time at !mice with the
Ottoman Porte, could not interpose its authority
apiust the progress of the snits of that power.—
Rut Captain Hoste said, that if the British flag
mere hoisted on the fort, which wee then resisting
the Turkish arms, he aliould feel it his duty to re-
wet any attack upon that fl lg. the at the same
time sent a British flag to the then authorities of
Pares. This flag they contrived to have conveyed
into the fo-t by an old woman who attended it ; it
e is hoisted on the castle, and then the British ships
honied tinder it, and in a few days the Turkish
Nriny &salu i-med. and the people expressed t;o:ir
gratitude to the English. Ought such brave men
to he atiiiiidoned by a penile who ponied them-
selves tin their love of freedom !ear, heur.)—
W.heu Try surrendered to t;)e deputies bUll!e•
guru lly ..et.t by General Caouribell. they egoeed to
abide the fate generally of the lohiaii
The .on of Nfr. Forerti, who had previously been
the British Besideht at Varga, was sot by General
Callipbt-11, accompanied by Sir C. Gold-ail, to the
neive nuthoritits—and the people, alter stipu-
' eine- for their liberties, embraced the proffer of
Deist' protection. From the dispatches sent home
at that time (extracts from which the Hon. Baronet
read), it was.quite manifest that the great majority
el the people were decider!ly adaw.n to the
'l'm dominion, and dettrninued, to air utmost
extrerni?y, to resist it. It the Nobl.e Lord typo.
:ate ,Lord Crealereagli) knew the teal ft. lungs sill
of the people of Pared, he did tout think lie
armful for a moment hesitate to review .1111 CYS7+II.III
of their territory, small as it was, nu the Cetigress of
the European Powers. The other Clhis'uris Go-
vernments, which had pret Musty to iiiii atoled the
authorities of this small state. haul invariably It.
sereeted their rights and liberties; and ais it to be
ran-lent for E•llainl, the 'turbo of freedom, to
ire the tiist to isbandosi the just caste of men who
placed their reliance upon Briu.sii !worm-, and
who were determitird to spill their lolooul fur
the assertion of their freedom ?—(i: roe, hear.)—
Eoglithoirts should recollect, flint tills wee the last
spot 111 Greece where the cross hid not bee,. rut.-
1110114144.1 by the crescent, and *here Erighsh ha.
riour haul been plighted fur the inuitutenance of (;ree
clan liberties. —(1 fear.l—No new? Treaty had lire's
made since 1815, alien Lord Collingwood wis a
party to ihe cession of this territory. The Bret 'a-
lit:h. of the existing Treaty acknowledged tile civil
aserits of these people—why then were they to be
o'-aoloned ?—(Hear.)--The Treaty alluded to
•• Corfu and its dependencies," the dtliel 10;011 was
course referable to the geographical situation of
the smaller Wands, and the Treaty distit.c ly re-
cm:wised the independence of the native out ino Hies ;
it eve," dot so its the Treaty la tweeli the Bussiaiis
nett ilie Turks, which, by the way, was recaeeised
rai longer than the convenieoce et tither party ren-
der, it it dentahle. The very fun IA lat ion of the
T.i:ey, un which alone the right tuf eeseimi retried,
Wl4 I 1110/11 the admission of the right of the
reie:a io civil and religious liberty. Notaiilis
tlitibe solemn pledge., tlie people were
.0,-,doned to the Turkish Government—their
rt which hurl been the seat of freedom
;IA todustry, was converted into the asylum of
,!,.•!, anal desolation. The situation of t)se people
oas therefore truly distressing. If they were to be
untried in this manlier, unfruitiniate wes the corals
rielice they hail reposed in Britisii irutegrity. 'Fifty
:night then, indeed, exclaim. ill the language
a hien one of the tined of the poets put tutu, the
pinnth of /Ennis, respecting the savkiug of froy
Bac ern, alms patens, quad me, per Iris, per iglus,
at tatliiill bagel!' is penitealitniA, ',Nue
AAVlleillni, ostensive meow, juxtaque Crtniam,
Altertim is Eberle' sextets sanguine remain!
Anna, vin, retie arms: vocal tuz Wilma vino,.
Redulne me Diens, simile iasisairata mines
nungeas oases hodie ntoriesur inulti.
The Hon Baronet concluded by nitving—

That ■n humble Address be prey riled to Isis Royal fligh-
nc‘s the Prince Regent, for copies of alt the itistruetions
2C131 out to the British Officers in the Mediterranean, re.
spectisig the occupation of Pargs, and also copies of ill
coninsiinications wade by the nalnie suthirritien, and of all
pi innises or expectations held oat to them.—(Neer./

Maiwitt.L, in seconding the motion, paid
a high tribute to the character sod independence
of the people of Parga, and sko to the efforts
made by the Noble Lord to regenerate the people
of Greece, by sending to the lonian 'thumb, as
zovernors, men of sense and character, who were
iC.ely to cherish and encourage the iadrpenclent
tet,iogb of the people. _ . _

Lord CASTLICRBAUII said, that I.e had no objec-
-I'•m to the production of the papers moved for by
e Honourable Member, the more particularly as
d.sclion of those papers, or the diatt.wwion
!,!;t rn ht subvequently take place, could not now
1 •rrrrnpt any negociations that the Government of
c:•untry might be engaged in with foreign
-'et. lie bud no objection to the production of
r pAtit•nt, and when they were before the (louse,

was hound to make every offint for the security sistl
protection of the people, consistently with the ge-
weal Treaties with other States. Psirga certainly
lesid on this country the claim of good offices for
her future security and happiness. The /louse, lie
said, mu.t see that Ministers would have subjected
themselves to a severe respousihility, had they en-
tered into any engagements that would bind this
country to hold territories so distant and so
unproductive. The Noble Lord nest emiterid-
ed th st this country had no right whatever
to maintain powlessioe of Parga against the claim of
the Porte. The British Government indeed had
every wish to extend its protection to the info.,
bitauts short of keeping poirsessinsi of the place
against the claims of the Porte—tor, at the Con-
vention at Vienna, end subsequently at Paris, there
wag no doubt whatever entertained but that the
Treaty of 1800, between Russia and the Porte, was
in full and complete operation—of this he never
heard a doubt expressed. The Treaty of 18t& ex-
pr,s.ly refers to the Treaty of lin°, and in that
Treaty there was an express article which could
leave no doubt of the cl; of the Porte. Ile nal
not deny hut that scenes occurred its the freight
hood of Pugs which were most painful to humanity
to dwell on—tat had Great Britain interfered
she would have beets open to the suspicion that
such interference would have proceeded from other
views than those of tionianity. The object of Great
Britain was, that all such inhabitants as should nut
wish to live Utile/ the Bosnian Treaty, might have
liberty to remove mud settle in the lonian Islands;
and that arrangessieuts should be made voth the
inhalnisanta of Pihrg,l, is, them to remove
their property, and to give full indemnity for what
property they might leave behind, and that those
inlialniutits who might choose to remain at Parga
might übtmim the advantage of the Treaty of
1800. Of that Treaty being in toll force between
Russia and the Porte, he never beard a doubt ex-
pressed ; and as fur Great Britain, she hid iso
more right to the pos.ession of Porgy than any
of the other Powers of Europe. In point of duty
and is:character, this country was bound to protect
the people of that twitn—to provide as far as she
could far their arcur4y and their happiness, hut
further than this she hall not power to proceed—
rite had out tyro the colour of right to retain pos-
session. The Noble Lord concluded by waging
theist Ise had too objection to the production of the

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N!r. SCA nt.grr said, he looked to the treatment
of the people ParKa but in uoe light—l►e vomit-
deret: ii as a dis;Jaca to corilt:rd Europe—and un-
le-s twine new light was thrown upon the trartrac-
' tiool, moles% some document should be produced, of
winds he 'lever heard the existence, he had too doubt
tleit there was no pretence fge surrendering to
the oppressive rule of the Turks the people of
Virgil, who had confided in the good faith and
the good feelings of this country, who hail lived
under our protection, and had every claim on the
honour, the .iectierosity„ and the justice of Great
Britain. It had been said, that we were hout•d by
the Treaty of 1800, between R•lssia and the Porte.
Ti.i, he denied ; but if that Treaty were binding
in one part, it was binding in the whole, and the
Turks should not be permitted to have au unfair
olvisoitage. That the unhappy inhabitants of
!Jorge will be the buffeter* there could be no doubt.
The Treaty of 1815 goes to throw them entirely
into the hands of the Turks.—to make them in fact
the slaves of that odious Government : and whet
was their situation before ? they possessed extensive
privileges—they had the blessings and the rights of
freemen ; but this Treaty goes to lake away those
I irivtltges---to rob them of those rights—to lay
them prostrate at the feet of Turkish tyranny—mil
so sadly revi:rsed will he their situation, that they
will he driven altogether from their country. And
all this will happen under the protection of the
British Government ! lie looped not—he hoped the
character of the country would not be then coon-
piouli,ed, and that the feelings of humanity would
not he thus outraged.
Sir JANIES MAcKlNTottll said, he elotire:y con-
cur:et' %Oh hi. lion. and Learned Friend in the
trimmer he had de►cribed the treatment of the in.
habitants of Parga. Ile considered the Treaty, if
it were carried into execution, us an net of
the greatest perfidy, abhorrent to the feelings of
humanity, and disgraceful to the character of civi-
' hard nations. The House, lie was sure, would
rejoice to think that there was nothing in that Treaty
to oblige this country to countenance en act which
he should ever con.ider as one of the b4.ett
treachery and the most unrelenting cruelly. The
Noble Lord (Castlereagh) had said, that this coun-
try was bound by the Treaty of 1800. lie contend-
ed that she was not, and that the Porte had violat-
ed that Treaty in More thau one instance. Ede
asked, was that Treaty to be now renewed ? If it
were, the come Treaty should be acted on ; or was
it intended to revive one-half of it in favour of a
Tu►kiiit tyrant, whilst a Christian people were to
be left bound baud and foot at the feet of unfeel-
ing and unrelenting Iratbariatis? He asked, was this
the manner in which the Noble Lord would judge
of the faith of Treaties? He hopid the Parliament
of the country would judge other►sise, and would
protect the people of Purge front the moat cruel
arid odious tyrants in the world.
Mr. GOULDURY expressed his astonishment ■t
the mapper in which the Hon. Gentlemen had ex-
press'ed themselves, at the time when it was con-
fersed that the facts were not before the House upon
which alone a fair judgment (night be formed. He
would not enter on the merits of the present sub-
ject prematurely—the Thane" woold be laid on the
table of the House, and a fair opportunity would
be then afforded for discussion. _ 7 _

; lur neution wuy them put and carried without a

NAVY PRIZE-MONEY.

Mr. LONG inovi.,l for li-otre to bring in a Bill for
the further regul iiion of the DistribOtion of Navy
Prize-Moory.--Agrertl to.

11113 H CLERK or THE pEAEIE HILL.

. .
Sir Jona NEWPORT mowed the Order of the
Uhiy for the further consideration of the Report on
this Bill.

►OIT •ad Lind CANissisrom. the iliil ►ru+ real
•
COl I d time. ordered to be rukrw•rd.
Mill tl►e turd tome Me Wrdnr.,l.V moxt.
FICAMILWORK Kwirruts BILL.

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Mr. MA ssriEi.o unwell the 1);sler of the Day
far she sec I reading of this B;11.
Mr. HUME opposed the Bill it (viol/let:lldr
length. He contended that legishoise intetbre!we
on this subject would, he nowise, ,nod that tme
immediate effect of site Bill would be to turn 'sin.
wordy of 3,000 persons out of empifiymeol, at a pe•
riot! when distress was so great—he sued that this
would be an effect of the Bill, fur winch nothing
scarcely could compensate.
Mr. MANSFIELD said. that if the (Beets of the
Ball were such as the Hon. Member ap:oreliesided,
the House would scout it. He hoped he would
not be the man that would introduce such a Bill.
No man felt more than he did for the distrees.o of
the people. The present misery of the people was
!painful to the feelings of every humane heart—the
present all was intended for their relief, and
had hopes that the Ilan. Member would change
his opinion on she subject in the Committee.
Mr. JOHN SMITH raid, lie would support the
Bill. It was an expe • enr, and ishfrientllst as lie
was to legislative interference oil sulojects like the
present, hr would yet support the 8011, because he
felt that the people of this couutry were now reduced
to a state of such terrible distress, that lie would
gladly agree to any measure of alleviation that
would alinril consolation to the people.

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MG WILSON supported the Bill.
Mr. RICARDO said r few words inn tone or voice
so very low as not to be audible in the gallery. We
understood the Han. Geldletuatt to say ihit he iii•l
nut altogether agree in the principle of tt e Bill. but
that be would reserve his observrtiutis fur a further
discussion.

Mr. PETER Moo;E coniendtd, that the Bill, so
far from having the rtlect of turning. per‘ons out of
employment, would have directly a coutiary etfret,
and that it would iticiease the 'mintier of ptraisiiv
employed.
The Bill was read a second time, mind committed
(or to-morrow he'iltsiglit.

LONDON,
TUURSDAY, MAY 27, 1819.

The following Circtslar has been just issued. It
derives peculiar interest from the circumstance of
the bill now in the House of Commons to prevent
the enlistment of British ►uhjects in thp service of
any foreign power i a Bill which, professing to act
on the principle of neutrality, directly affects the
Insurgent Provinces of South America, and tends
to impede the progress of liberty in that interesting
quarter of the world :

War.offire. 81n, 26. 1819.

" Sta—l have to desire that you will transmit to the
Secretary at War, with the least possible delay, a list of all
British OBietra in your agency, nhettier uu Halt pay or
utherwibe (with their respective rank.), who may be now
bolding any military appuintameist in the Spani4 or Punta.
game Service, or iu the service of any Foreign Power.
" I am, Sir,
" Your most übedierrt humble Servant,
' W. MERRY.*

Yesterday was settling day at the Stork Ft-
chanty.. The great decline in the turids Earl
excited more than usual apprehensions for the re-
sult. These reaps arse not realised to any crinsi-
derahle extent. The decision of the two Worrell
of Parliament respecting the currency has toic('
to restore the public conlideme, and the panic
excite) in the tnomfy mai ket by the opposition of
the Bank, has subsided. The funds yesterday dis-
played • ft-action, and heviiii to advance. Coo-
rarli for J lily opened at 65:0 trod closed at ti 7.
Ex. littrier' Bills, which were oil Tuesday at seven
shillings dist:omit, left off at only one shilling.

iLiy
W' it is rtvrteti 11. e trlrj ct r, to ....soul
, ein on the anewire of tremor: the property tux,
With eertaits tnoditicationo.

'Tlte Waterford Mirror, 91 the 2.0 nt•tes
° th..k trruyuillrty has beets pet feed). re,oore,l
rity. Two iter,tiiis charged Mttlt nt,tnn-it• utpewa.
Wing with other% rut the 17th, were !lira no the
Ist. f I guilty, dud otdeit.l to be autpritooteil
fur ,hurt term..

We have received Jimmien f',.pert, flout one of
which, of the Tit' of MUMII, we leArto, that pried e
1.-lleni had bre., received in Knot:slim, ttatina that
Bck!Await had under hie couuuaod 11..000 ii-oops,
of which 6,000 were British, and that hi. retreat
wits for the purpose of NIOKILLO t 0 I rots
the Orinoco, while Altrlt:49 went tip that river
with a strong force in gumboits, to cut of his re.
treat, and thus place hint between two unties.
BOLIVAI has crossed the Orinoco, and hopes were
confidently entertained that the raiiiimiivre would
prove successful.

A Hamburg,' Mail bas arrived, with P4iFra to
the g:tki blay. They are dastitutt al interest.

We have received Paris Papers of Solidly last.
The Coronation of the King of FitsNce: is lAA I.
be definitively tiled for the 35th of August. A
C.-?intnission had been appointed to make such re-
gulations in anticipation of Iris e►•ent 84 orrulti ten-
der the ce.-rinuity es imposing as possible. This
Commission has terminated it. I.ibuists, aiiil all the
necessary orders have been issued.
Prince LEOPOLD of Saxe. Coburg his made a
rapid tour through Saitzriland, and now poi post a
to reside in the French capital for stint• weeks.;
Letters from Tunis received at 11a.+nine•, gives
curse distressing representation t f the ravages of the
plague in that town and its vicinity. The tempi has
within a short period lost half of its iuh•thituits.
The villages iu its vicinity are quite. deserted, and
the horrors of the malady are still further aggro.
sated to the wretched survivors by the want of ne.
emery subsistence. To complete their roi4ery, the
inhabitants of the town are threatened ►yith the
hostility of the Arabs, who, taking advantage of
their condition, are resolved, to the ..t►u,nnt of
1.5.600 men, to attack them. The Pinter Minister
SoLtusts CAVA, hid olieCer.itt.ll in itt4ltt.tg in mu.
nun s body of troops iii resist the risssitsiits.
The French Five per Cents. WE ti 7 fr.—Bank
Stock, 1,115 f.

P►ince EgTERIIATY. the Austria.' A in'4l.4adnr,
and Count AI us..tEtt, had audiences of the PRINCE
ItEcENT yreletd4y.
Yeats-lA.I the. Duke of YORK and the Duchess
of GLOOM:TER visited the PRINCE. REGENT et
Carlton House.

The report of the mute of her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, yesterday, way not gone so
well as the two former days; however, it being the
third day, we ere extremely happy to say It was
only what W 11.4 anticipated as a matter of course.
The following is a copy of the Bulletin ;

Kei,singtoin Palace, Itty 18.

" Her Royal Rigbans the Duchess of Kent haste bad a
slight attack of fever yesterday evening, bat haw, however,
had a lolerable good night, and is ibis monster, as well as
eau be expected. The Royal Infant continues 16 do well.
(Signed) " J. WILSON.
" D. D. DAVIS."

The Prince Regent, and the other branches of
the ltoyal Faintly, sent to make inquiriem. The
general inquiries commenced at ten o'clui It and
continued till between oil and seven. Among the
company were—

The A;ebbishup of Canterbury, he Lord Chancellor, the
Atabasiktdor from the Netherlands, the French Anihassador,
CAntni Ludolff, the Neapolitan Minister, the Sardinian Minis-
ter, the Earl and Countess of Bessliurongb, Sir Thurman and
Lady Bell, the Master of the CArressonies, /sc.

The. Annive►sary Meeting of the Noblemen and
Gerithmen connected with the county of Cumber-
land was held on Tuesday evening. at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, Strand. JOHN CHRISTIAN
CuawEN, EN. M.P. took the Chair, and was
Ptipported by Lord MottPayti. and several others
of the Nobility and Gentry.

Cotta.—As the price of wheat was scarcely ever
known so low throughout England as it is at pre-
sent. a due attention should he paid to the bakers
in every town. that the sire of the Ina* and prism
should now he proportionate.

. .
A house for the admission of vagraits is erecting
at Doncaster, in Yorkshire, where the 'travellers,
oil examination, era to be received mod relieved, if
iiece.sary, for one night. A ilesenpisou is then
taken ut their persona, and if found again begging
or staying in the town. to be publicly whipped.
Tug LITERARY GASITTII.—We are requested
In stale that the First Quarterly Part for. 1819, of
this until...sting Journal (otiginally pntjecteJ by Mr. Cc/h-
-itting, and published in Weekly N is now Ready
for delivery. This Clew Weekly Paper is expressly designed
for the higher cocli a. Its principsl obiscis are to fill up a
chasm in English Periodical 11.1straiuse, by prtiishiing to
the Polite Woe Id a Journal peculiarly iis 1131—to realize in
their utmost extent she advantages nhulliug from she re-
storation of Contioental intercourse—to provide a ceutral
point for the collision of Wear, whereby Ilse I.itnrsry aed
Seirntific prosluctimil of Europe geurrally, and of Cuaiand
in particular, may be annuuncrd aml exsmined ; by ulueh
Ilse Student and Masi ut Ea, hum shall lie made at cpusioted
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