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country ;" and a Committee of twenty-one are appointe 1
to consider how the late Act for the suppression of the
Catholic Association may be safely evaded. The
Catholic Archbishops are requested " to draw up a form
of prayer, and direct it to be read in all Roman Catho-
lic places of worship previous to the last mass on Sundays
and holidays," for the promotion of the com Mon cause in
which they are engaged. From what fell from Mr. Suet 1.,
it would appear that it is intended to (terry on the new As-
sociation chiefly through the instrumentality of the Ca-
tholic Priests. In the first instance, they are tt be
employed in making an enumeration of the Catho-
lic population. They are afterwards to present petitions
to Parliament. They are willing, Mr. SIIEIL assures
us, " to enter into a great confederacy for the free-
dom of Ireland. They collected the Catholic Ira ;
they are ready to count the Catholic people." This
statement is made, we presume, of course with the view
of advancing the Catholic cause ;"but every man, in the
slightest degree conversant with the feelings and habits of
the English people, must know that its tendency is
directly the reverse. What are we told? That the
Catholic Clergy, " confederated for the freedom of Ire-
land," are about avowedly to assume the guidance and di-
rection of the population of that country. First, they will
ascertain precisely their strength, and then they will levy
their capitation tax and wage war with their oppressors.
Already we are warned, that the refusal to grant the
Catholic Claims " tends to endanger the tranquillity of
Ireland, the integrity of the Empire, and the saceenion to
the Throne." If the Irish Catholics will persist in using
threats instead of arguments, they mcst take the con-
sequences. All their 'pest friends have advised them to
a different course; but it seems as if they did not
wish to succeed unless they could achieve their object
itas were by conquest. It is this absurd and cri-
minal desire that alwar leads to their defeat. It is the
duty of Government tc repress all endeavours to overawe
it; and be the party that makes the attempt as numerous
and as powerful as it may, it must yield in the first
struggle to the irresistble force of the Ktwo's Govern-
ment, and sink to the condition of a sulxlued enemy.
This, we fear, is the crisis to which the Irish leaders are
hurrying onward their eciantrymen. How much wiser would
it be in Mr. O'Cote watt to resume the language of conci-
liation by which he won so many friends, and lay aside
for ever the dark and offensive language of faction, by
which, among a people like the English, who hate to be bill-
lied even into what is right, he can only raise up fresh
' adversaries.

CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.

This ware a close Holiday at the Stock-Exchange; but specu-
liters congregated numerously on the Royal-Exchange. No Stock
transactions however took place, that can be quoted with any ac-
curacy. Many loose bargains were talked of; but they of course
formed no criterion for prices.

A Bill is now before Parliament for the better preser-
vation of the peace and good order in the Universities of
England, by which the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor is
authorised to appoint constables within the precincts of the
University. In the absence of the Chancellor or Vice-
Chancellor, any Pro Vice-Chancellor, or Deputy Vice-Chan-
canoe, may execute the powers of this Act. By another
clause it is enacted, that common prostitutes and night
walkers shall be deemed idle and disorderly persons within
the meaning of the Act of last Session, and may be ap-
prehended and dealt with accordingly.
A petition has lately been presented to the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, 'signed by the principal auctioneers, pray-
ing that in future one general licence may be substituted
for the many that are now requisite. At present an auc-
tioneer of respectability must have seven or eight distinct
licences to enable him to dispose of the different articles he
is commissioned to sell. By consolidating the licences, the
character of the profession generally would be raised, the
interests of the revenue promoted, and frauds upon the
public prevented. One prominent evil would be entirely
suppressed—that of mock auctions. The amount of the
general licence is left to the consideration of Government.
It would necessarily be so considerable as to exclude all
improper persons from following their fraudulent pursuits.
"%Fe would suggest that it is desirable that the Excise should
be more careful who they accept as sureties for the pay-
ment of the auction duty. Not only does the revenue
frequently suffer from inattention in this point, but fad-
Mies which should be denied are given for the introduction
of disreputable men to situations of trust and confidence.
We understand that the Resolutions proposed by Lord
Londonderry at the Meetingtof the Protestant Peers pos-
sessing property in Ireland, were written by Lord Ellen-
borough. It is also worthy of remark, that the united
annual incomes of nine only of the Peers who signed those
Resolutions, namely, Fitzwilliam, Derby, Devonshire,
Leinster, Clifden, Buckingham, Downstire, Kingston,
and Londonderry, amount probably to little short of the
enormous sum of 700,000!. sterling.
The first number of the new weekly typolithographical
publication, the Parthenon, appeared on Saturday. The
execution of this work is, we think, fully equal to the expec-
tations that were raised by its prospectus. The graphic
illustrations are numerous, and the articles judiciously
selected and ably written. -The general effect is highly
pleasing. It is decidedly the best periodical of its class.
On Wednesday last the election of the first Professor of
Political Economy, on the foundation of Henry Drum-
mond, Esq., took place at Oxford, when Nassau William
Senior, Esq. M.A., late Fellow of Magdalen College, and
Barrister-at-Law, was unanimously chosen.
By a vessel from the Havannah, letters from Vera Cruz
have been received to the sth 'of April. They state that
every thing was tranquil. .They give no particulars rela-
tive to the late meditated auack on the Havannah ; but, as
the letters were received through Cuba from Mexico, it is
evident there continues to be a direct intercourse, notwith-
standing the prohibitory laws issued by both pirties.
Extract of a letter, elated Genoa, May 5.:1, 1625
The Three Sisters arrived here on the 2d of Slay, direct from
Glasgow, for Genoa, Leghorn, and Naples, but in consequence of
the indecision of the Health-office, who would not determine whe-
ther vessels from Great Britain were to unkind in the Lasaret, or
be allowed to ride quarantine with their cargoes on board. No per-
mission was granted till Saturday afternoon, 7th inst., consequently
Capt. Rose sould not commence until Monday morning, on which
day, and the following, be sent nearly all his Genoa goods to the
Lantret. On Wednesdat, an appeal was made to the Tribunal of
Commerce by the receivers, through the consipees of the Three
Sisters, Dart and Sultan, to oblige the Captains to hare all their
susceptible goods visited before they left Genoa, in order that they
might be relieved from quarantine, when after been kept in sus-
pense till Friday, 13th, at 12 o'clock, the Tribunal, seeing that the
measure was for the general benefit, gave orders accordingly, and
decreed that the extra expense should be borne by the respective
Genoa, Leghorn, and Naples receivers. Information was imme-
diately given to Captain Rose, who acted in conformy, and on the
21st the Three Sisters was finally cleared out."
HAITI.—The Jamaica Courant of the 28th of April
contains the following article:—
The Republic of Hayti applied some time since to the Colom-
bian Republic, to obtain a Treaty, offensive and defensive; the
latter Government declined the timpani. We are now furnished,
by the Royal Gazette, with the ground. on which the refusal was
made. The answer of the Government of Colombia states

1. That as the Government of Hayti had only allowed 20 days
for its Minister to obtain the Treaty, the time wits too short to dis-
cuss, much less to decide, a Question of an much importance.
2. That a Treaty of Alliance, offensive and defensive, might ex-
pate the Republic of Colombia to a contest with France, with
which Power no controversy ezioted.
3. That the Government of Colombia could not enter into inch a
Treaty, without committing the Republics of Rio de la Plata, Chili,
and Peru ; that a Congress, consisting of delegates from those
Powers, would assemble at Panama in October next, when the
overture from the Ilaytian Government would be made, anti that
there was little doubt of a favourable inswer.

IVe regret to state that a firm in London, in extensive
business as Manchester warehousemen, failed a few days
ago. Report states the amount of their debts at 60,0001.
which is chiefly owing to houses in this town..—Manchester
Guardia.